MASCAC Quarterfinals: #5 Fitchburg State at #4 Framingham State
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Fitchburg St. (13-12) | 27 | 20 | 47 |
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Framingham St. (16-8) | 33 | 27 | 60 |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Fitchburg State University has received the fifth seed in the 2014-15 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Basketball Tournament and will travel to #4 Framingham State on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the quarterfinals.
Earning a first round bye, Westfield State and second seed Bridgewater State will await the winner of the two quarterfinal round games, which will be played on Tuesday, February 24.
Third seed Worcester State hosts sixth seed Salem State at 7 pm on Tuesday at Clark University in the other quarterfinal contest. On Thursday, top seed Westfield State will host the winner of Framingham State/ Fitchburg State in a semifinal and Bridgewater State hosts Worcester State/ Salem State winner in the other semifinal.
The winner of the two semifinals games will then compete Saturday, February 28 at the highest remaining seed for the MASCAC Championship.
Framingham State claims the fourth seed with seven conference wins on the year. Alycia Rackliffe leads the team with 13.6 points per game and added 8.1 rebounds while Nicole Bostic finished the year with 13.2 points and 5.7 rebounds.
The Falcons had four wins in conference play this season, while being led by senior Laura Cote with 12.7 points per game while also netting 2.8 assists and 3.7 steals per contest. Classmate Megan Wodzinski has also contributed with averaging 12.5 points per game with a 41.4 field goal percentage.
Leading the Owls to 12 wins in conference play and the top spot in the tournament, Jen Ashton was strong in many statistical categories at the end of the season, including points per game (15.1) while tallying 142 assists, 95 steals and 147 rebounds on the season. Teammate Forbasaw Nkamebo closed out the regular season averaging 14.7 points and 9.9 rebounds.
Bridgewater State as the second seed finished the regular season with eight MASCAC victories. The duo of Megan Boutilette and Chanelle Melton both averaged 11.3 points per game this season while Boutilette added 9.4 rebounds and 3.8 steals per game.
Landing the third seed in the tournament is Worcester State who finished the regular season with seven league victories. Julie Frankian finished the regular season leading the conference in three point percentage (46.1) and second in points per game (15.7). Bianca Langford ended the season first in the MASCAC in rebounds per game (12.3) and fifth in field goal percentage (46.7).
Helping the Vikings to three MASCAC wins is Rachael Carter, who closed out the year first in the conference in points per game (19.4), second in rebounds per game (10.9) and fifth in three point percentage (30.7).
During the regular season Framingham State swept the two game series against the Green & Gold, winning the first matchup 85-57 at home, then travelling to Fitchburg and edging past the Falcons 62-58.