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SAINT PETER'S (4-14, 2-7 MAAC) VS. MARIST (8-11, 7-2 MAAC)
Monday, January 25, 2016 @7PM
James J. McCann Arena/Poughkeepsie, NY
Game 19:
- Monday's matchup against the Marist Red Foxes marks the 43rd meeting in the all-time series.
- This is the 10th Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game of the season for the Peacocks.
- Marist is 27-16 all-time against Saint Peter's and 26-4 under current Head Coach Brian Giorgis.
About the Red Foxes:
- The Red Foxes are 8-11 overall so far this season and 7-2 in the MAAC conference.
- Last time out, the Red Foxes defeated Niagara 63-50 on January 23, 2016.
Last time we played:
- Marist defeated Saint Peter's 62-57 in the 2015 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals on March 6, 2015.
- Antonia Smith (Bronx, N.Y. / Dwight School) paced Saint Peter's with 18 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Sajanna Bethea (Levittown, Pa. / Pennsbury) posted her seventh double-double of the season, recording 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Bridget Whitfield (San Diego, Calif. / La Costa Canyon) and Hala Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt / Modern Narmer Language School) scored nine points each.
- Tori Jarosz powered Marist with 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Madeline Blais recorded 17 points and nine rebounds.
Last time out:
- The Manhattan Jaspers defeated Saint Peter's women's basketball 63-47 in MAAC action on January 21, 2016.
- Hala Mostafa recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Talah Hughes (Beacon, N.Y. / Beacon) and Janelle Mullen (Ozone Park, N.Y. / The Hun School of Princeton) both tallied seven points.
- Amani Tatum paced the Jaspers with 16 points. Taylor William followed with 11 points and five rebounds while Blake Underhill tallied nine points and five rebounds.
Last Season:
• The Peacocks went 5-26 overall in 2014-15, averaging 50.6 points per game.
• Hala Mostafa (Cairo, Egypt / Modern Narmer Language School) scored a career-high 18 points to power Saint Peter's to a 66-58 upset victory over Marist on February 26, 2015.\
• Sophomore Sajanna Bethea (Levittown, Pa./Pennbury) has been named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Preseason second-team. Bethea, who was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team as a freshman, paced the team in 2014-15 with 10.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. The 5-11 sophomore forward reached double figures in points 18 times in her freshman campaign, including posting double digits in her last six contests.
• Bethea notched a career-best 20 points in a 65-58 win against Niagara on Jan. 29, 2015 on ESPN3. She also registered eight double-doubles last season, including both games in the league postseason.
Coach Coyle:
• Pat Coyle enters her third season as the women's basketball Head Coach in 2015-16. She makes her return to the Metro Atlantic Conference (MAAC) after coaching Loyola from 1993-98 while also coming back to the New York metropolitan area.
• Coyle spent more than 10 years with the WNBA's New York Liberty, including five plus seasons as the head coach. She comes to Jersey City after serving as Agnus Berenato's Associate Head Coach at Pittsburgh for the last two seasons.
• Coyle joined the Panthers staff in 2010-11 as an assistant coach to help Pittsburgh advance to the Big East Tournament second round in her first season in Pittsburgh before being elevated to Associate Head Coach in her second season.
