ALBANY – The College of Saint Rose women's basketball team, the seventh-seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament, is scheduled to meet third-seed Bentley University (20-10) at 7:00 pm Friday with a trip to the league's championship game on the line. The Golden Knights (20-9) are making their third NE-10 semifinal appearance in four years, but have not met Bentley since the 2001 conference title contest.

Saint Rose advanced to the semifinals by knocking off second-seed Stonehill College 67-59 Tuesday night, which followed Sunday's 66-46 triumph versus 10th-seed Saint Michael's College. The Golden Knights, who have won 11 of their last 13 games, own a +14.0 scoring margin throughout their two NE-10 tournament games. They have buckled down defensively by surrendering a mere 52.5 points on 33.0 percent shooting from the floor. Conversely, Saint Rose is scoring at a 66.5 clip and burying 45.5 percent of its field goal attempts.

The Falcons have reeled off four straight wins since suffering an 80-76 setback to the Golden Knights on their home floor back on February 14. Bentley took the only other meeting this season between the two clubs 66-58 in Albany on January 8. The Falcons own a 13.0 margin of victory during their current 4-0 streak.

Senior guard Dana Brown and senior center Lauren Revesz have combined for 44.9 percent of the club's scoring output this season. Revesz leads the team's scoring parade with 17.2 points per-game, the league's second highest total. Brown is ninth behind a 15.4 scoring average and has been in double-figures scoring in 26 of the squad's 29 games. Both players were All-Conference selections this season.

Senior forward Ashley Anderson has come on strong of late, tossing in 17.0 points and hauling in 11.5 rebounds thus far in the league tournament. She recently moved into seventh on the College's all-time rebounding list with 760 career boards. Junior guard Elizabeth Buckley poured in 18 points Tuesday night after burying five, 3-pointers. She joins Revesz and Brown in twin-figures with 10.1 points on a regular basis.

Senior guard and first-team All-Conference performer Kristy McLean paces Bentley with 16.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per-game. She also ranks fourth in the NE-10 with an .868 free throw percentage. Meanwhile, sophomore guard Kim Brennan contributes 15.1 points and 3.7 assists a night. Nine players see at least 10.0 minutes of playing time, seven of which toss in 5.7 points per-game or better. Additionally, Bentley limits its opponents to a league-worst .277 field goal percentage from the arc and possesses the third-ranked scoring defense in the conference, surrendering 60.9 points.

The winner of Friday's date will square off against the winner of the other semifinal encounter between fourth-seed American International (20-11) and top-seed Franklin Pierce (22-5). The title game is set for Sunday, March 8 at the site of the highest remaining seed. Admission to all NE-10 tournament games is $6 for adults and $3 for senior citizens and children under 12-years-old. 

Northeast-10 Conference Women's Basketball Championship Central