Bucknell Women's Basketball 2017 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Bucknell Bison

Patriot (27-5, 16-2)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/13 at St. Joseph’s (64-61), 11/27 Drexel (78-66), 2/25 at Navy (63-54)
Bad Losses: 12/3 at Rutgers (53-57), 2/1 at American (47-59), 2/4 at Holy Cross (51-63)
Coach: Aaron Roussell
 
Probable Starters:
Kyi English, Sophomore, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 1.7 apg
Megan McGurk, Senior, Guard, 5.1 ppg, 3.1 apg, 3.8 rpg
Claire DeBoer, Senior, Forward, 16.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.4 apg
Sune Swart, Senior, Forward, 11.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 bpg
Kaitlyn Slagus, Sophomore, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.5 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Kate Walker, Sophomore, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 1.6 apg, 3.9 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.9 (131st in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.7 (28, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.4 (57, 1)                 
Field-Goal Defense: 35.6 (20, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.6 (104, 3)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.9 (81, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.4 (34, 1)
Rebound Margin: 7.9 (15, 1)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (176, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.1 (204, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2016    NIT      First Round win over Akron
2016    NIT      First Round loss to Michigan
2008    NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
2007    NIT      First Round loss to Hartford
2002    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Baylor
 
*all team stats through 3/2