Saint Mary's Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Saint Mary’s Gaels
West Coast (20-10, 13-5)

 

Big Wins: 11/29 Iowa State (67-63), 1/15 at San Diego (57-56), 1/17 at BYU (61-51)
Bad Losses: 11/16 Boston College (72-82), 12/19 at Virginia (49-62) 2/26 San Francisco (63-65)
Coach: Paul Thomas

Probable Starters:
Shannon Mauldin, Junior, Guard, 10.2 ppg, 2.4 apg, 5.5 rpg, 2.0 spg
Lauren Nicholson, Junior, Guard, 17.0 ppg, 1.9 apg
Stella Beck, Freshman, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 1.9 apg, 5.9 rpg
Hayley Hendricksen, Senior, Forward, 8.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Carli Rosenthal, Senior, Forward, 6.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Devyn Galland, Sophomore, Guard, 4.8 ppg
Carly Turner, Freshman, Guard, 4.1 ppg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 65.2 (154th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 64.1 (170, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.0 (87, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (138, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.4 (300, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 29.0 (248, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.4 (62, 5)
Rebound Margin: 11.0 (8, 1)
Assists Per Game: 10.9 (293, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 18.8 (305, 10)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014    NIT    First Round win over Cal State Bakersfield
2014    NIT    Second Round loss to UTEP
2013    NIT    First Round win over Seattle
2013    NIT    Second Round win over Northern Colorado
2013    NIT    Third Round win over BYU
2013    NIT    Quarterfinal loss to Utah
2012    NIT    First Round win over UNLV
2012    NIT    Second Round loss to Oregon State
2011    NIT    Round of 64 loss to Nevada
2010    NIT    Round of 64 loss to Utah
2002    NIT    First Round loss to Oregon
2001    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Texas
2001    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Tennessee
1999    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Notre Dame

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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