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Stonehill hosts Wagner College for a Northeast Conference matchup for the program's Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward game on Paula Sullivan Court at Merkert Gymnasium tonight. The Skyhawks got their season-ending three game homestand off to a winning start with Saturday's 61-50 victory over Central Connecticut State University to complete the regular season series sweep here at Merkert Gym. The Seahawks have lost six of seven after Saturday's 78-52 setback at Fairleigh Dickinson.

Media Information
Tonight's game will be broadcast live via SkyhawksVision on NEC Front Row. Charlie Bergeron (PBP) and Brian Buckley (analyst) have the call of the action for the 24th-straight year. The broadcast can be accessed via stonehillskyhawks.com through its NEC Front Row portal (necfrontrow.com/schools/SC) or through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku via the NEC On the Run App. Radio coverage locally is provided by WSHL 91.3 FM.

In Memory of Lucy Smith '74
Prior to tonight's game, Stonehill will observe a moment of silence in memory of Lucy Smith, '74 a longtime friend of the women's basketball program who passed away Saturday. Lucy was a supporter of the Stonehill women's basketball team dating back to its first years of existence during her undergraduate years all the way up until her passing. She could be found seated among the "Friends of Paula" in the seating areas high above and behind the Skyhawks bench. Lucy's wake will be held Friday at Kane Funeral Home in Easton from 4:00-8:00 p.m., with the Funeral Mass at the Chapel of Mary here on campus on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. The women's basketball program and entire Stonehill athletic department sends its condolences and prayers to Lucy's family and friends.

Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward
The Stonehill and Wagner coaching staffs will be proudly wearing Autism Speaks puzzle piece pins in support of Coaches Powering Forward Week, February 21-28. The Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward Week is an annual effort to bring the NCAA community together in support the mission of Autism Speaks. Since starting Coaches Powering Forward nine years ago, more than 5,000 Autism Speaks puzzle piece pins were provided to coaches, their staff and broadcasters help create a more inclusive world for autistic people during the awareness games. Today autism affects 1 in 44 children in the U.S. and more than 70 million people worldwide. Their efforts, along with Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward supporters across the country, will help create a more inclusive world where all people with autism can reach their full potential. Visit autismspeaks.org/coaches for more information.

Play 4 Kay
Stonehill is joining women's basketball programs at every level nationwide in supporting the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) Play 4 Kay Week. The Skyhawks are wearing pink uniforms through the remainder of the month of February. Play4Kay is the largest fundraising initiative of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and the vision of its founder Olympic gold medal-winning and Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Kay Yow. For Coach Yow it was simple, to unite people through sport in the fight against cancer. Join the fight, choose a game on your schedule to Play4Kay, fundraise for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, and help deliver Coach Yow's vision of a future without cancer. Through Play4Kay, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has national impact, extending hope to survivors, raising money to aid in the fight against all cancers affecting women and serving the under-served. As a result of Play4Kay and your participation, the Kay Yow Cancer Fund has been able to award over $8M toward this fight.

Last Time Out
Stonehill rode a second quarter surge to a 61-50 victory over Central Connecticut State in a Northeast Conference matchup at Merkert Gymnasium. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) led three from Stonehill in double-figures as she scored six of her game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter to help the Skyhawks close out the win, adding five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) added 11 points, a season-high matching six assists, three steals and three rebounds, while freshman Melissa Whitmore (Hanover, N.H.) posted her fourth-straight double-figure scoring game with 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting, draining her lone three-point try, with two boards. Belle Lanpher was the lone Central Connecticut State player in double-figures with 14 points, aided by 6-of-8 shooting at the free-throw line, with two rebounds and two assists. Both teams finished with 18 turnovers, but Stonehill made the most of CCSU's, posting a 21-6 advantage in points off, while also finishing even on the offensive glass as the Skyhawks hauled in 18 offensive boards, compared to 18 defensive rebounds by the Blue Devils to register a 39-30 rebounding edge overall.

Against the Seahawks
Tonight marks just the second meeting all-time between Stonehill and Wagner. The Seahawks won the inaugural meeting between the two teams with an 84-63 decision on Staten Island back on January 19. Tonight marks the Seahawks first ever visit to Merkert Gymnasium.

Last Time They Met
Wagner held off a third quarter Stonehill rally with 77-percent shooting in the fourth quarter to secure an 84-63 victory in NEC action on Staten Island on January 19. Drayah Heyward led four Wagner players in double-figures with a game-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, with five assists, four rebounds, three steals and a blocked shot. Kem Nwabudu posted a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, with two assists. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) led three from Stonehill in double-figures with 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals, while senior Mia Kelly (South Hadley, Mass.) registered 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting, with four assists and two steals. Wagner finished shooting 59.3-percent from the floor, including 10-for-13 (76.9%) in the fourth quarter to answer a Stonehill rally in the third quarter that pulled the Skyhawks from a 15-point (43-28) halftime deficit to within five (53-48) with a minute remaining in the third.  

Glidden

Loder

Prime Performers
Fifth-year Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) and postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) were both named Northeast Conference Prime Performers on Monday. Glidden earns the recognition for the third time this season after averaging 17.0 points on 75-percent shooting (15-for-20) with 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 blocked shots per game for the Skyhawks last week. She recorded a career-high 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the floor at LIU on Thursday, with nine rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots. Loder is selected for the second-straight week and fourth time this season overall after averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and a blocked shot per game over the Skyhawks two games. She dished out a season-best six assists in both games for the Skyhawks, netting 15 points at LIU on Thursday and then 11 with a season-best three steals in Saturday's win over Central Connecticut State. Fifth-year Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) has collected a team-high nine Prime Performer selections, as well as a pair of NEC Player of the Week honors, for Stonehill. Four Skyhawks in all have collected the recognition in Stonehill's first season in the NEC, with senior Mia Kelly (South Hadley, Mass.) joining the group above with two selections.

NEC Prime Performers:
Nov. 14: Maddie Loder
Nov. 28: Sophie Glidden
Dec. 5: Emily Bramanti & Mia Kelly
Dec. 12: Emily Bramanti
Dec. 19: Emily Bramanti
Dec. 26: Emily Bramanti & Mia Kelly
Jan. 3: Emily Bramanti & Sophie Glidden
Jan. 9: Emily Bramanti
Jan. 18: Maddie Loder
Jan. 23: Emily Bramanti
Jan. 30: Emily Bramanti
Feb. 6: Emily Bramanti
Feb. 13: Maddie Loder
Feb. 20: Sophie Glidden & Maddie Loder

#1400
Tonight's game is the 1,400th game in the history of the Stonehill women's basketball program. The Skyhawks have posted a 986-413 (.705) record since the program started in 1971-72.

Bramanti

Glidden

Academic All-District
Stonehill fifth-years Emily Bramanti (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Sophie Glidden (Scarborough, Maine) were both named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District team on Tuesday. The CSC Academic All-America program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. It recognizes women's basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, and first, second and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in mid-March. The Stonehill duo earn the recognition for the first time and are among eight honorees from the NEC. Bramanti is a criminology major with a 3.51 cumulative GPA, while Glidden is a health science major with a 3.69 cumulative GPA. They are the fifth and sixth Academic All-District honorees for the women's basketball program all-time, and the first since Emily Rousseau, '11 earned her second of back-to-back selections during her senior year.

Everything's Sixes
Postgrad Maddie Loder (Independence, Minn.) has dished out a season-high six assists in each of Stonehill's last two games. She has led Stonehill in assists nine games this season, with the Skyhawks 4-5 in those games, and she is now ranked ninth among NEC assists leaders with 2.5 per game, including five assists per game over the last three games.

Move the Ball
Stonehill leads the NEC with its 14.0 assists per game, averaging 15.2 per game since November, compared to 10.7 per game over the first month of the season. The Skyhawks are collecting assists on 64.8-percent of its field goals this season, including 67.3% since December 1 after dishing out 157 assists on 208 field goals over the last 12 games (75.5%), with three-straight 20 assist games, including a season-high 26 (on 28 field goals) against LIU last Thursday. The Skyhawks lead the Conference with 15.6 assists per game in NEC play.

In Transition
Stonehill announced it had accepted an invitation to join the Northeast Conference and commence a four-year transition to full NCAA Division I membership on April 5. The Skyhawks started their four-year transition on July 1 and will earn full NCAA Division I membership in 2026-27. At the June NEC meetings, the Conference presidents announced a shift in the waiting period for automatic qualifier sports from competing for NEC postseason championships from four to two years, making Stonehill eligible to compete in the NEC postseason starting in 2024-25.

Getting Social
Fans and media members of Stonehill athletics have multiple social media outlets to get updates on all 21 varsity programs. The department's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/stonehillskyhawks, and you can also follow @GoStonehill on Twitter and @stonehillskyhawks via Instagram!  Stonehill women's basketball is also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/StonehillCollegeWomensBasketball, Twitter and Instagram by following @stonehillwbb. You can even follow head coach Trisha Brown on Twitter via @CoachTB_SC.

Up Next
Stonehill has a week off before it wraps up its inaugural NCAA Division I season with a Northeast Conference matchup with Fairleigh Dickinson on Senior Night here at Merkert Gymnasium next Thursday, March 2, at 6 p.m.