MAAC First Round
Saint Peter's (12-17, 9-11 MAAC) vs. Marist (8-20, 6-14 MAAC)
Date: Tuesday, Mar. 8
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NY
Network: ESPN+
Tip-Off
- The Peacocks begin the postseason with a first round matchup in the MAAC Tournament with Marist on Tuesday.
- The Peacocks are coming off of a 56-43 loss at home against Fairfield last game. Freshman forward Kaila Dawkins led the team, scoring 10 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
- The Red Foxes and Peacocks met twice already this season, with the two teams splitting the regular season contests. Saint Peter's took the game in Jersey City, powered by a 23 point performance from graduate guard Kendrea Williams. Marist won the game in Poughkeepsie.
- This will be a rematch of last year's MAAC Championship game that saw Marist defeat Saint Peter's in their first appearance in the game since 2002.
The Series
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All-time: MAR leads 39-19
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Streak: MAR (1)
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Last SPU Win: 1/30/22 (W, 58-45, at SPU)
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Last MAR Win: 2/17/22 (L, 51-41, at MAR)
All-MAAC Selections
- Williams and junior center Kassondra Brown were both named to the All-MAAC Second team earlier today.
- Williams, a native of Piscataway, New Jersey, was also named to the Preseason All-MAAC Second team.
- Brown, who transferred in from Rhode Island this season, leads the team in scoring, rebounding, steals, and blocks.
- The Abington, Pennsylvania product recorded nine straight double-doubles in conference play before the streak was snapped against Fairfield last time out.
Dre's Year
- Williams hit three three pointers in the game against Rider on 2/12. She broke the career three-point record at Saint Peter's, as she now has 175 and counting. Tania Kennedy '09 previously held the record with 167 during her outstanding career.
- Williams reached the 1,000 point milestone at Saint Peter's in the last game against Marist, scoring a layup with 3:26 left in the fourth quarter to hit the magic number. She is the 24th Peacock in history to achieve this.
- Williams eclipsed the 2,000 point mark of her career with 3:47 remaining in the second quarter against Canisius on 12/19. She has achieved that total by scoring for both FDU-Florham and Saint Peter's.
- Williams ranks sixth amongst the active career scoring leaders in the country.
- She is ranked seventh amongst the active career three-point field goal leaders in the NCAA.
Season In Review
- The Peacocks have been up and down all season, showing glimpses of greatness while also struggling at times.
- Saint Peter's started off the season by losing two straight games at Rutgers and at Lehigh. They then won their first ever game in Run Baby Run Arena, taking down NEC powerhouse Wagner.
- Saint Peter's then lost three straight games against Howard, NJIT, and Morgan State. They followed that with a road win at NJIT.
- After losing to Coppin State in the next game, the Peacocks rattled off three straight victories, taking down Niagara, Canisius, and FDU before Covid halted the season.
- Following the pause, the team lost two straight games against Quinnipiac, but followed that up with wins over Canisius and Iona.
- Saint Peter's lost four of their next five, with losses coming against Manhattan (Twice), Fairfield, and Monmouth. The Peacocks took down Marist in the middle of that stretch.
- The team returned after the Monmouth loss with wins over Siena and Rider at home, followed by two straight road losses to Marist and Iona.
- The Peacocks rebounded again with home wins over Niagara and Monmouth, before losing their last three games against Rider, Siena, and Fairfield.
What's At Stake?
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The winner of Marist vs. Saint Peter's moves on to play Quinnipiac in the quarter finals on Wednesday, Mar. 9 at 1:30 p.m.
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Neither team was able to take down the Bobcats in the regular season.
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