Women's Hoops Hosts North Dakota Wednesday Afternoon

University of Massachusetts Women's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 8	North Dakota (1-3) at Massachusetts (5-2)
Date // Time	Wednesday, Nov. 28 // 4:30 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Mullins Center
Television	ELEVEN SPORTS // NESN
Stream	ESPN+
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Game Notes	Massachusetts // North Dakota
Twitter	@UMassAthletics // @UMassWBB // @CoachVerdiUMass
Instagram	UMass Women's Basketball
Facebook	UMass Women's Basketball
Tickets	UMass Athletics Ticket Central

Home Cookin' (We recommend the clam chowder)
Massachusetts heads into Wednesday's contest against North Dakota having won five consecutive home games. The streak began late last season with a thrilling 70-68 triumph against Davidson (Feb. 17) and continued against Rhode Island (Feb. 24), Sacred Heart (Nov. 6), Central Connecticut (Nov. 17) and UT Rio Grande Valley (Nov. 20). The last time the Maroon and White put together such a run was from Feb. 13-Nov. 27, 2016 (six games).

'90s on 9
Helped in part by a 55.9 percent (38-of-68) showing from the field and 53.3 percent (8-of-15) clip from three-point land, UMass never trailed and picked up a convincing 90-61 win over Brown on Sat., Nov. 24. The last time the Minutewomen put up at least 90 points was on Jan. 22, 2008 in the squad's non-conference finale, a 91-57 rout of Yale in Amherst at the Mullins Center.

1K Magic
Averaging 15.4 points throughout her time in Amherst, junior Hailey Leidel became the 20th 1,000-point scorer in UMass history against Bucknell on Fri., Nov. 23, and the first since Kim Pierre-Louis tallied 1,099 from 2011-15.

Just 67 games into her career, Leidel has also emerged as one of the top three-point threats all-time at UMass. After setting the single season record for makes (83) in 2017-18, she is now fourth in the same category for an entire career. Former Minutewoman Katie Nelson (2001-06) holds the record with 191 triples.

Let's Get to the Point
Early on in 2018-19, Bre Hampton-Bey has picked up right where she left off following her freshman season. Seven games into this year, the Toledo, Ohio native leads the Minutewomen in scoring (15.3 ppg) and has posted double-figure points in each game except Central Connecticut (Nov. 17–9 points). The 5-foot-6 Hampton-Bey has proved key on the glass as well averaging nearly six boards a night, also contributing almost five assists per game.

The sophomore point guard had a rookie campaign to remember in 2017-18, starting all but three games and setting the UMass freshman record for steals (64) while putting down 11.2 points per night. She capped her first season in Amherst earning a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.

Verdi Reaches 100 Career Wins
Massachusetts head coach Tory Verdi logged his 100th career victory at the collegiate level against Central Connecticut on Nov. 17 at the Mullins Center. Prior to arriving in the Pioneer Valley ahead of the 2016-17 campaign, Verdi earned 72 triumphs at the helm of Eastern Michigan (2012-16) and three as interim head coach at Columbia (2004-05).

Introducing...the Fantastic Five
The Minutewomen have welcomed five freshmen to Amherst in 2018-19, with the group collectively regarded by multiple outside groups as one of the top incoming classes in UMass history. Alexa Kellner (Stamford, Conn.), Madison Lowery (Virginia Beach, Va.), Asia McCoy (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Jessica Nelson (Buford, Ga.) and Destiney Philoxy (Queens, N.Y.) compose the class, which was ranked No. 57 nationally by Blue Star Basketball and No. 62 in the country by PASS.

Aye Aye, Captain
Senior Jessica George and junior Hailey Leidel will guide the Minutewomen this season as captains.

Next Up
Massachusetts travels to face in-state foe Northeastern on Sun., Dec. 2 in a 1 p.m. game from Boston.

Top Tweets

So proud of this team and their effort this past weekend! 3 games in 3 days is not easy but we are preparing this team for post season play. #BeilieveInOneAnother
— Tory Verdi (@CoachVerdiUMass) November 25, 2018

It is still November and there's a lot of ?? left to go…BUT:

We are 5??-2??. That's our best start through seven games since 2006-07. https://t.co/zuvlIzPeg2
— UMass W. Basketball (@UMassWBB) November 26, 2018

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Players Mentioned

Jessica George

Bre Hampton-Bey

Hailey Leidel

Madison Lowery

Asia McCoy

Jessica Nelson

Destiney Philoxy

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