George Washington served notice on Senior Day that they will be a force to be reckoned with two hours south of the Smith Center in Washington, DC next week. The Colonials handed regular season champion Dayton only their second loss in the Atlantic 10, 88-79. The Flyers, led by Celeste Edwards' 22 points, finish at 14-2 in league play, having already clinched the regular season title, while George Washington, led by Danni Jackson's 17 points and 12 assists, finishes in a tie for second, for now just with St. Bonaventure.
Fordham and St. Joseph's battle tomorrow in their regular season finale, with the winner making it a three-way tie at 11-5. St. Bonaventure had a chance to clinch the #2 seed all to themselves, but fell in Philadelphia to La Salle 55-49. The Explorers' victory ties them with VCU for seventh in the conference at 9-7. It also kept them a game ahead of Richmond.
The Spiders finished with a 74-63 road win at George Mason to finish at 8-8 in league play. George Mason, snakebit on many occasions this season, will be in the Wednesday play-in game with UMass on Wednesday night at the Richmond Coliseum. UMass finishes their regular season at St. Louis tomorrow, which will determine which team is the #12 seed and which is the #13, and who is considered the "home" team at the Coliseum.
Duquesne, after a hot start in league play, struggled down the stretch, but pulled out a 54-51 win today at Rhode Island. The 54 points were a season-low for the Dukes, who only shot 35 percent from the floor in the victory. The Dukes finish 10-6 and will be either be the #5 or #6 seed, tied with the loser of tomorrow's Fordham/St. Joseph's game.
Updated standings are to your right! As soon as the official tournament pairings are announced, we'll have them here.
GET TICKETS TO ATLANTIC 10 WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT AT RICHMOND COLISEUM BY CLICKING HERE!!
RVA Sports Network Coverage of Women's Basketball, Part of Our Year Of Women's Sports Initiative!
No comments:
Post a Comment