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Photo by: Eric Miller
Photo by: Eric Miller
Posted: Mar 04, 2020

Bryant rounds out regular season at Wagner

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – With the final conference seedings on the line, the Bryant University women's basketball team travels to Wagner on Thursday, March 5 for the regular-season finale. 

THE PARTICULARS
Opponent: Wagner
Game Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Spiro Sports Center (Staten Island, N.Y.)
Watch Live: NEC Front Row
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Game Notes: Game 29 – Wagner
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THE MATCHUP
 The Bulldogs continue to fight for a homecourt quarterfinal advantage when they head to Staten Island to meet with Wagner for the regular-season finale. Bryant remains undefeated against the Seahawks in Staten Island after an 84-69 triumph last season. However, Wagner topped the Bulldogs earlier this season, 58-45, for its third win all-time against the Black and Gold.

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
 The Seahawks earned a postseason berth but have dropped their last two games against LIU and FDU as they now sit at 6-10 against the NEC. Wagner is fighting to grab a sixth-place seeding but can fall as low as eighth.

The last time Bryant met with Wagner, sophomore Emilijia Krista Grava was the Seahawk's leading scorer with 18 points.  Since January, Krista Grava has posted five 20-point games and seven double-figure performances out of the last nine games. She's currently NEC's leading scorer with 438 points on the year, as well as the conference leader in field goal attempts (392), field goals made (185), and points per game (16.2). 

LAST TIME OUT: SACRED HEART
 Bryant fell to Sacred Heart, 60-49, during the final home game of the regular season. Senior Sydney Holloway (Morgantown, W.Va.) posted a double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds. Fellow senior, Masey Zegarowski (Hamilton, Mass.) matched Holloway with 10 points while Brooke Bjelko (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) led with 14 boards. Despite the setback, the Bulldogs outrebounded SHU, 51-28. Bryant now ties for sixth with LIU with a 7-10 NEC record. 

HOLLA!
 Holloway has posted double-figure scoring in ten of the last 11 games for the Bulldogs, including her first 20-point performance of the season against St. Francis Brooklyn with 22 points and 14 rebounds. In the 11-game span, the senior has tallied seven double-doubles with the most recent performance occurring against Sacred Heart with 10 points, 11 rebounds. Holloway also leads the conference in rebounding with 242 on the year averaging 9.3 a game. She also leads the conference and ranks 23rd in the country with 3.9 offensive rebounds per game.

FREE-BEES
 As a team, the Bulldogs rank second in the NEC behind St. Francis Brooklyn with 335 made free throws off 484 attempts. In Bryant's last two games, the Bulldogs have gone to the line over 20 times as they shot 20-of-25 against FDU before going 18-for-27 against Sacred Heart. Senior Sydney Holloway leads the Black and Gold and ranks second in the NEC with 92 made free throws. Holloway also ranks third with 130 attempts.

DOMINATING THE GLASS
 In seven of its last eight games, Bryant has dominated its opponent on the glass by outrebounding them by double-digits. Most recently, the Bulldogs posted three-straight double-digit rebound margins including a season-high of 51 team rebounds against Sacred Heart. The Bulldogs lead the NEC and rank 50th nationally with a 5.3 rebound margin per game.

CLINCHED
 Thanks to a 55-47 win over FDU, the Bulldogs have punched their ticket to the 2020 NEC women's basketball postseason tournament. Bryant currently sits in a tie with LIU in sixth-place with a 7-10 conference record. The Bulldogs can finish as high as fourth with a win at Wagner and an LIU win over Sacred Heart. However, the Black and Gold can fall as low as seventh or eighth if they fall to the Seahawks. If Bryant wins and Sacred Heart beats LIU, the Black and Gold will fall in either fifth or sixth. Since the Division I era, Bryant has yet to miss a postseason tournament following its three-year waiting period. The last time Bryant made it past the quarterfinal round was in 2017 when the Bulldogs reached the NEC Final for the first time in Bryant's history.