Women's Basketball vs. Mount Holyoke
Wednesday, January 20 - 7 p.m.
Ainsworth Gymnasium - Northampton, Mass.
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Last MeetingThe Pioneers had a chance to tie the contest with seven seconds remaining in the game, but
Lauren Weston (Florence, Mass./Northampton)'s potential game-tying shot at the buzzer fell short in a 54-52 loss on January 28, 2015.
Samantha Alakai (Pukalani, Hawaii/Punahou School) led the Pioneers with 12 points and seven rebounds, while
Meghan Holland (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepatory) totaled 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Smith won the first meeting of the 2014-15 season, 82-37.
The SeriesIn a series that dates back to the 1972 season, this is the 80th meeting between these two schools. Smith leads the all-time series 46-33 as the teams split both matchups in 2014-15. The Pioneers have won 11 out of the last 12 meetings.Â
The LyonsMount Holyoke (0-15, 0-7 NEWMAC) is still in search of their first win of the season after their 56-38 loss to Emerson College Saturday afternoon. In that game, senior guard Genelle Green and junior Xajaah Williams-Flores registered 10 points apiece, while Williams-Flores also led the Lyons with nine rebounds. Green leads MHC with 11.1 points per game to go with a team-high 6.4 rebounds per contest. Mount Holyoke averages 34.5 points per game and are shooting 27.0 percent from the field and 17.1 percent from 3-point range. The Lyons were picked to finish 11th in the preseason coaches' poll.
The PioneersSmith (6-9, 3-4) looks to win consecutive NEWMAC games for the first time this season in tonight's matchup with local foe Mount Holyoke College. The Pioneers are playing the second game of a back-to-back after a 70-57 loss to Middlebury Tuesday night. In that game, first-year forward
Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, GA/The Lawrenceville School) recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Junior guard
Jade Chihara (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) scored a season-high nine points as she made her first start of the year. Guest-Pritchett leads the NEWMAC with 9.9 rebounds per game and is seventh in field goal percentage (48.4%), while
Samantha Alakai (Pukalani, Hawaii/Punahou School) (39.5%) and
Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) (33.3%) are both ranked in the top-five of the conference in 3-point shooting percentage. Guest-Pritchett was named the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Rookie of the Week on Monday. The Pioneers score 63.0 points per game and are shooting 36.9 percent from the field and 29.8 from behind the arc. Smith was voted to finish fifth in the preseason coaches' poll.
Next UpSmith hosts MIT on Saturday, January 23rd at 2 p.m.
2015-16 NEWMAC Women's Basketball Standings| School | Conference | Overall |
| WPI | 7-0 | 15-1 |
| MIT | 7-1 | 12-4 |
| Babson | 6-1 | 10-5 |
| Coast Guard | 5-2 | 8-6 |
| Springfield | 4-3 | 9-6 |
| Smith | 3-4 | 6-9 |
| Wheaton | 3-4 | 10-6 |
| Emerson | 3-5 | 5-9 |
| Wellesley | 1-6 | 3-11 |
| Clark | 1-7 | 3-13 |
| Mount Holyoke | 0-7 | 0-15 |
