Women's Basketball
Saturday, February 6 - 2 p.m.
duPont Athletic Center (Rockwell Cage) - Cambridge, Mass.
Live Stats Video
Last MeetingMIT shot 62.1 percent from the field in the first half en route to a 66-34 NEWMAC victory over Smith on January 23, 2016.
Meghan Holland (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepatory) led the Pioneers with 14 points and four rebounds.
The SeriesIn a series that dates back to the 1975 season, this is the 44th meeting between these two schools. Smith leads 30-13 and is 12-8 on the road.
The EngineersMIT (14-6, 9-3) looks to win consecutive games after their 52-38 victory over Wellesley College on Wednesday. In that game, freshman Kara Holinski amassed a game-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks. The win marked the first time in program history that the Engineers won both regular season meetings against Wellesley. Sabrina Drammis (14.4 PPG) and Holinski (14.1 PPG) are ranked third and fourth in scoring in the NEWMAC. Maya Ramachandran is shooting 65.5 percent from the field and Holinski is connecting on 52.4 percent from behind-the-arc. The Engineers average 61.5 points per game and are shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 33.5 percent from 3-point range. MIT was picked to finish fourth in the preseason coaches' poll.
The PioneersSmith (7-13, 4-8) looks to snap a season-high four game losing streak after their upset bid fell short Wednesday evening against WPI, 59-56. In that game, the Pioneers had the ball with seven seconds on the clock and a chance to tie, but
Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary)'s attempt fell short. Bondi and sophomore forward
Amanda Barriscale (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais) led Smith with 12 points apiece. First-year
Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, GA/The Lawrenceville School) leads the NEWMAC with 9.2 rebounds per game and is fifth in field goal percentage (49.0%), while Bondi (37.5%) is fourth in the conference in three-point shooting percentage. The Pioneers score 62.7 points per game and are shooting 36.7 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from long distance. Smith was voted to finish fifth in the preseason coaches' poll.
Next UpSmith continues their road trip with a non-conference game at Trinity on February 9 at 7 p.m.
2015-16 NEWMAC Women's Basketball Standings| School | Conference | Overall |
| WPI | 11-0 | 19-1 |
| Babson | 11-1 | 15-5 |
| MIT | 9-3 | 11-8 |
| Coast Guard | 8-3 | 11-8 |
| Springfield | 7-4 | 13-7 |
| Wheaton | 7-5 | 14-7 |
| Emerson | 4-7 | 9-11 |
| Smith | 4-8 | 7-13 |
| Clark | 2-11 | 4-17 |
| Wellesley | 1-11 | 3-16 |
| Mount Holyoke | 0-11 | 0-19 |
