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Liberty League women's basketball tournament quarter final

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Women’s Basketball hosts St. Lawrence in Liberty League Tournament

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's basketball team hosts St. Lawrence in the quarterfinals of the Liberty League Tournament, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

HOW THEY GOT HERE
  • The No. 4-seeded Tigers finished the regular season at 14-11 overall and 12-6 in Liberty League play.
  • St. Lawrence is the five-seed in the tournament, having finished the season 10-8 in the Liberty League and 16-9 overall.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • This season, RIT split their two games against the Saints. The Tigers came up with a 68-60 win over St. Lawrence at home on Jan. 25 before falling on the road to the Saints, 55-52, just two weeks later.
  • The Tigers are 13-35 all-time against St. Lawrence.
  • In two previous postseason meetings, St. Lawrence have come out on top. The teams last met in the postseason in the 2019-20 season. The first meeting came in the 2013-14 tournament when RIT fell to the top-seeded Saints in the semifinals.  
 SEASON STATS
  • First-year guard Caroline Henderson leads RIT with 13.4 points per game this season. Through 25 games, Henderson is shooting 39.4 percent from the field and a league-best 43.3 percent from three-point range.
  • Sophomore guard Maddy Ramsgard is also scoring in double figures with 11.0 points per game while leading the team in assists.
  • Senior forward Faye Kaplinski has a team-best 22 blocked shots to go along with 8.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
  • As a team, RIT is scoring 63.4 points per contest which is third most in the Liberty League this season.
 
ON THE LINE
  • The winner of this game advances to the semifinals and will travel to take on top-seed Ithaca this coming Friday (Feb. 28).

Players Mentioned

Faye Kaplinski

#25 Faye Kaplinski

F
5' 10"
First Year
Maddy Ramsgard

#23 Maddy Ramsgard

G
5' 5"
Sophomore
Caroline Henderson

#11 Caroline Henderson

G
5' 4"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Faye Kaplinski

#25 Faye Kaplinski

5' 10"
First Year
F
Maddy Ramsgard

#23 Maddy Ramsgard

5' 5"
Sophomore
G
Caroline Henderson

#11 Caroline Henderson

5' 4"
First Year
G