Women’s Hoops Treks to Fordham Sunday

University of Massachusetts Women's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 28	Massachusetts (13-14, 5-8 Atlantic 10) at Fordham (19-8, 10-3 Atlantic 10)
Date // Time	Sunday, Feb. 24 // 2 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Mullins Center
Stream	ESPN+
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Game Notes	Massachusetts // Fordham
Twitter	@UMassAthletics // @UMassWBB // @CoachVerdiUMass
Instagram	UMass Women's Basketball
Facebook	UMass Women's Basketball
Tickets	Fordham Tickets Central

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Recap in a Minute
Massachusetts looks to recover Sunday from a tough loss at home to George Washington on Wednesday. In the contest, the Minutewomen were held to just 12 first half points and were unable to bounce back in a 66-59 loss. Freshman Destiney Philoxy highlighted the Minutewomen with a career- and game-high 22 points on the night to go with a team-best six rebounds. Sophomore Bre Hampton-Bey had eight points, five boards and four steals.

The All-Time Series With Fordham
UMass comes into the game with a 21-19 edge all-time against the Rams. The squad is looking for its first victory over its rival from the Bronx since Feb. 6, 2010, when the Minutewomen rolled to a 60-50 win at the Mullins Center. On that day, then-freshman Jasmine Watson had a career-high 21 points as the Maroon and White had 19 assists on 20 baskets.

Sharp-Shooting Squad
Massachusetts heads into Wednesday as the the second-best three-point shooting team (32.0 percent) in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while also ranking third in total field goal percentage (39.5) in the league.

Good Things Come in Threes
With one make from downtown against Davidson on Feb. 16, Hailey Leidel now has put down 213 three-pointers in her UMass career, setting a new program record in that category. Former Minutewoman Katie Nelson previously held the mark with 191 makes from 2001-06.

Averaging 14.6 points throughout her time in Amherst, Leidel is 11th on the all-time scoring list at UMass with 1,271 career points. She needs 21 points to pass Jasmine Watson (2009-13) for 10th at UMass while Crystal Carroll (1993-97) sits in ninth place with 1,405 points.

Doubling the Fun
Leidel has turned in five double-double performances in her career, all throughout the 2018-19 season. Her first was in a come-from-behind win over UT Rio Grande Valley (Nov. 20), while Leidel also produced double-doubles in victories vs. Fairfield (Nov. 25), Incarnate Word (Dec. 7), at La Salle (Jan. 13) and vs. Duquesne (Feb. 7).

From South Hadley to Scholarship
Senior Mackenzie Sullivan was awarded a full scholarship during a team meeting held on Sat., Jan. 12. Sullivan, a native of nearby South Hadley, Massachusetts, initially walked on to the Minutewomen squad in Sept. 2018.

"Mackenzie earned that scholarship because she comes to practice every single day and is exactly what we want to coach here at the University of Massachusetts," said head coach Tory Verdi. "She's an unbelievable teammate, she's coachable and she brings it each and every day. Mackenzie is relied upon and is well-deserving of her scholarship."

Starting Fresh
Massachusetts' win over Saint Louis win on Jan. 6 snapped the team's nine-game losing streak against the Billikens dating back to Jan. 19, 2011. It also marked the first time since 2012-13 that the Minutewomen opened up the Atlantic 10 schedule on the winning end.

George Collects Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor
Jessica George was tabbed a co-recipient of the Atlantic 10's Player of the Week award on Mon., Dec. 31. She was key in UMass' Sat., Dec. 29 victory at Marist, a 70-55 decision to conclude the non-conference schedule. The native of Waldorf, Maryland put down a game-high and career-high 22 points on 7-of-14 shooting, including a 6-of-8 showing from three-point land. George added three rebounds plus one steal and one assist and did not have a single turnover in her 38 minutes played.

'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 against a Division I foe was on Jan. 22, 2008 in the squad's non-conference finale, a 91-57 rout of Yale in Amherst at the Mullins Center.

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

Next Up
The Minutewomen are back at the Mullins Center for the team's regular season home finale on Wed., Feb. 27 with a 7 p.m. game against Richmond.

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Players Mentioned

Jessica George

Bre Hampton-Bey

Hailey Leidel

Destiney Philoxy

Mackenzie Sullivan

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