The Chestnut Hill College Women's Basketball team, seeks to continue their early season success as play their first home game of 2022, hosting Felician University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference crossover contest on Saturday.
The Series:
Saturday's game will be the 14
th meeting between Chestnut Hill and Felician University, dating back to the 2007-08 season, the Griffins' first in the CACC. Chestnut Hill has won the last six meetings between the two teams and holds a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series. The Griffins are 5-1 all-time at Sorgenti Arena with their last win coming on February 16, 2019, as they defeated the Golden Falcons 93-54.
Conference Action
Chestnut Hill has won their first three CACC games this season earning wins over Holy Family, Goldey-Beacom and most recently, Wilmington University. Wednesday night's win over Wilmington marks the first time the Griffins started their season with a 3-0 record in CACC games. Felician is also undefeated in conference play, earning wins over Bloomfield College and Dominican College last month.
About the Griffins:
The Griffins enter Wednesday's game with a 9-3 record following a 62-36 road win at Wilmington University. Chestnut Hill's 8-3 start to the season is their best since becoming an NCAA Division II member. The Griffins started the 2002-03 season with a 9-3 record as an NCAA Division III institution and a member of the Atlantic Women's Collegiate Conference. (AWCC)
Three players are averaging double figures this season led by
Leah Miller's 16.4 points per game. Miller has played in the Griffins first eight games but missed the last four contests due to an injury. Miller also leads the team with 10.1 rebounds per game and is shooting 77.1% from the free throw line and 52.0% from the field. She ranks among the top five in the CACC in scoring average, rebounds/game, field goal percentage and field goals/game. Miller is second on the team lead with four double-doubles.
Emily Chmiel leads the team with five double-doubles (2
nd in the CACC) is averaging 13.4 points per game and ranks among the conference top five in five different statistical categories, including total rebounds (3
rd, 108) and field goal percentage (5
th, 53%). Chmiel is second on the team averaging 9.0 rebounds per game and leads the team with 15 blocks and 108 total rebounds while appearing in all 12 games for the Griffins.
Point guard
Cassie Sebold is averaging 12.7 points per game and leads the team with 65 assists (2
nd in CACC, 9
th in NCAA) and 17 steals. Sebold has second on the team with 13 three-point field goals made on the season.
Lauren Crim made five 3 point field goals in the Griffin's Wednesday night win over Wilmington to take over the team lead with 18. She is averaging 6.1 points per game and tied for third in the CACC along with teammate
Morgan Orloski with an assist/turnover ratio of 2.0. Orloski is also shooting 34.8% from beyond the three-point arc, and 43.2% from the field overall.
Bri Hewlett has started the last four games in place of the injured Miller and is shooting 37% from beyond the arc while averaging 5.0 points per game
Last Time Out
Showing no signs of rust after a 16-day layoff, the Chestnut Hill Women's Basketball team rode a monster first quarter as they remained undefeated in conference play with a 62-36 win at Wilmington University's Athletic Complex Wednesday night.
The Griffins, who dressed only eight players for the contest, improved to 9-3 overall and 3-0 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) games. The Wildcats fell to 1-8 overall and 1-3 in league play. Chestnut Hill's 9-3 start is their best start to a season since the 2002-03 campaign when the team also went 9-3. In addition, the win also marks the first time in the program's Division II history that the Griffins started off 3-0 in CACC games.
Chestnut Hill put three players in double figures led by
Emily Chmiel's (Doylestown, Pa.) 19 points.
Lauren Crim (Warrington, Pa.) added 15 points (5-8 3 pt. FG) and
Bri Hewlett (North Wales, Pa.) chipped in 13. Chmiel also grabbed 10 rebounds to record her fifth double-double of the season and third in her last four games.
Crim Named CACC Player of the Week while Chmiel Garners CACC Rookie of the Week Honors
Chestnut Hill College women's basketball players
Lauren Crim (Warrington, Pa.) and
Emily Chmiel (Doylestown, Pa.) have been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week respectively for their performance in their game at the University of New Haven on December 19.
Crim, a junior guard, earns her first CACC honors of the season while Chmiel nets her third honor of the season and second CACC Rookie of the Week accolade. Chmiel was named CACC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending December 5 and earned Rookie of the Week honors for the Week ending November 21.
In the Griffins 66-61 win at New Haven, Crim led four Chestnut Hill players in double figures with a season-high 22 points, making a season high six three-point field goals (6-11, 55%). The junior guard connected on her first three three-point attempts of the game and finished the half with five three-point buckets. For the game, Crim shot 54% from the field making seven of 13 shots, was 2-3 from the free throw line, and contributed a rebound, one assist and one steal.
Chmiel came off the bench to record her fourth double-double of the season, tying her for the team lead (and second most in the conference), scoring ten points while grabbing 11 rebounds. The freshman forward scored the bulk of her points from the free throw line, making all six of her attempts. Defensively, Chmiel held New Haven's leading rebounder and third leading scorer to just two points and five rebounds over her 24 minutes of playing time. She also had two steals and a block on the afternoon. Chmiel scored eight points and had six rebounds in the fourth quarter alone in the narrow five-point win.
Conference Honors
The Griffins have had at least one player earn conference honors in five of the first six weeks of the 2021-22 season. The complete list is below.
Moving up the Ranks
In the Griffins' game against New Haven on December 19,
Cassie Sebold moved into 7
th place on the Griffins all-time scoring list, passing Joanne Sauer who scored 1082 points from 1978-82. Sebold needs 16 points to pass Olivia Gorczynski '15 for sixth place on the all-time list.
Lauren Crim, with her five three-point field goals against Wilmington, moved into fourth place on the Griffin's all-time three-point field goals made list with 162 for her career, passing Beth Ann Castone who sank 158 over her four-year career. (Ruairi Sullivan, a 2014 Griffins Hall of Fame inductee who played for Chestnut Hill from 1996-2000 is the Griffin's all-time leader with 239.)
Sebold Joins the 1,000 Point Club
Cassie Sebold made five free throws in the final 1:41 of the game and scored the 1,000
th point of her college career as the Chestnut Hill College Women's Basketball Team overcame a four point fourth quarter deficit and rallied to defeat West Chester University 80-68 on November 21, 2021
Sebold, a senior guard and the team's leading scorer for the 2019-20 season, entered the game needing 15 points to become the tenth player in program history to reach the coveted 1,000-point plateau. She was still eight points shy of the mark as the teams entered the fourth quarter and six points shy as the game entered the final three minutes. Sebold made a driving layup at the 2:59 mark tying the game. The senior guard then went to free throw line three times in the final 1:41. Sebold's first free throw in her final trip to the charity stripe (with 30 seconds left) was the milestone reaching point. She also made the second which provided the final 12-point margin of victory and gave her 16 points on the afternoon.
An Impressive Debut
Freshman
Emily Chmiel came off the bench on Saturday, November 13 to score 10 points and grab a team high nine rebounds in the Griffins 66-51 loss to Molloy. The 6-2 freshman also had three blocks and two steals against the Lions. Chmiel was the Griffins top rebounder the next day grabbing seven boards in CHC's win over Queens while scoring 13 points.
Griffins and Golden Falcons Comparison
| Griffins |
|
|
|
Golden Falcons |
| 64.2 |
|
Pts/game |
|
69.5 |
| 56.4 |
|
Pts allowed/game |
|
75.8 |
| 37.5 |
|
FG% |
|
37.7 |
| 37.1 |
|
FG% Defense |
|
42.6 |
| 27.8 |
|
3PT FG % |
|
33.3 |
| 78.6 |
|
FT % |
|
68.5 |
| 43.4 |
|
Rebounds/game |
|
40.1 |
| 34.0 |
|
Rebounds allowed/gm. |
|
42.5 |
| 9.4 |
|
Rebound margin |
|
-2.4 |
| 15.1 |
|
Assists/game |
|
11.6 |
Scouting the Golden Falcons
Felician University is 4-7 overall and 2-0 in CACC games. The Golden Falcons have dropped their last three contests, all non-conference affairs on the road against Northeast-10 institutions. Felician is 2-5 on the road with their only road wins coming at Dominican College and at Queens College (NY).
Three players are averaging double figures for Felician, led by Briana Lee. Lee is averaging a double-double pouring in 16.3 points per game while pulling down a league best 12.6 rebounds. She is shooting 77.6% from the free throw line and is second on the team with 22 steals.
Katelyn Andres is averaging 13.8 points per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. She is second on the team with 15 three-point field goals and has made 41% of her three-point attempts.
Courtney Logan missed Felician's first five games of the season but is averaging 12.5 points per game in the six games she has appeared in. Catherine Lecop leads the team with 44 assists and 25 steals while averaging 8.3 points per game while Aisha Traore is shooting 46.8% from the field and is the team's second leading rebounder behind Lee at 4.6 per game.
Last Time Out for Felician
Pace University accrued a 21-point halftime lead and went on to defeat visiting Felician University by that margin, 87-66, in non-conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon at the Goldstein Athletic Center. Pace is ranked No. 3 in the most recent NCAA Division II East Region media poll.
Graduate guard Katelyn Andres (North Bergen, N.J.) scored a career-high 26 points and freshman guard Courtney Logan (Riverview, Fla.) totaled 16 points and six rebounds in defeat for Felician (4-7). Graduate forward Lauren Schetter (Beacon, N.Y.) topped five Pace double-figure scorers with 17 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots.
