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Tuesday, Jan. 28 – 6 p.m. Post at Felician Job Gym – Rutherford, N.J. Coverage: Live Stats

 
The Post University women's basketball team looks to end its four-game losing streak in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play as it travels to Felician on Jan. 28. The Eagles have dropped the last seven to the Golden Falcons included a 68-66 lost earlier this season. Monique Chance has grabbed 15 rebounds in three consecutive games.
 
LAST MEETING: Felician 68, Post 66 – Recap | Box Score
The Eagles lost their first CACC game of the season as it fell to Felician at home Dec. 19. The loss snapped Post's nine-game conference win streak. The Eagles had four players in double-digits on the night, led by junior Aubrey Latham (Mystic, Conn.) with 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting. Monique Chance filled the stat sheet with 12 points, 13 boards, five assists, and five steals.
 
Down 58-48 with 9:38 remaining in the game, the Eagles staged a 16-5 run capped off by a layup from Latham to take a 64-63 advantage, their first since the 13:13 mark of the first. Felician gained the lead back on its next possession and led 68-66 with 11 seconds left. Out of a timeout, junior Fernanda Mansilla (Ancud, Chile) drove to the baseline and put up a runner that was blocked by Sierra McDuffy. She grabbed her own rebound but could not get another shot off before time expired.
 
LAST TIME OUT: Goldey-Beacom 68, Post 45 – Recap | Box Score
Post dropped its second straight game on Saturday afternoon as it fell at Goldey-Beacom, 68-45, in a CACC matchup. Monique Chance grabbed 15 rebounds for the third consecutive game and fourth time this season. Junior Raven Wright-James (Middletown, Conn.) led the Eagles with 12 points to go along with six boards.
 
Two three-pointers over a span of four minutes by Wright-James gave the Eagles a 23-20 advantage at the 6:14 mark of the first. Post would not score for the remainder of the half as the Lightning closed out the period on a 12-0 run to take a 32-23 lead at the intermission. Goldey-Beacom staged a 16-4 run midway through the second half pull away at 50-33. A three-pointer by Latham ended the stretch and pull the Eagles within 14, but that would be as close as they would get.
 
SERIES HISTORY:
Post is 9-12 all-time against Felician and has lost the last seven meetings between the two. The Eagles have not defeated the Golden Falcons on the road since Jan. 10, 2008. Post fell 68-66 at home on Dec. 19 for its first conference loss of the season.
PREVIOUS RESULTS:
12/19/12 ............... H .......... L, 68-66
1/18/12 ................. A .......... L, 73-52
12/3/11 ................. H........... L, 80-74
1/13/11 ................. A .......... L, 68-39
12/9/10 ................. H........... L, 71-53
1/28/10 ................. H........... L, 69-54
12/10/09 ............... A .......... L, 69-43
2/24/09 ................. H.......... W, 65-62
2/17/09 ................. A .......... L, 68-64
1/15/08 ................. H.......... W, 77-63
1/10/08 ................. A ......... W,62-52
1/30/07 ................. A ......... W, 81-67
11/30/06 ............... H.......... W, 69-56
2/11/06 ................. A .......... L, 83-67
1/12/06 ................. H.......... W, 67-57
2/17/05 ................. H.......... W, 76-72
1/13/05 ................. A .......... L, 68-63
2/18/04 ................. H.......... W, 80-57
1/2004 ................... A ......... L, 71-65
2/19/03 ................. A ......... W, 93-92
1/2003 ................... H.......... L, 75-57
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN LIGHTNING
Felician enters Tuesday night at an overall record of 6-13 and is 6-6 in CACC play. The Golden Falcons have lost four of their last five games and most recently fell 72-52 at No. 11 Holy Family on Jan. 26. Junior forward Trina Plummer was named CACC Player of the Week on Jan. 21. She leads Felician with averages of 13.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Plummer dropped a game-high 26 points on the Eagles the first matchup this season. Felician is third in the conference with 15.6 offensive rebounds per game. They are near the bottom of the league in points per game (57.4 – 12^th), three-point percentage (24.0% - 13^th), and turnovers per game (23.5 – 13^th).
 
LATHAM SCORES 1,000 IN HER CAREER
Aubrey Latham scored 21 points against Concordia on Jan. 15 to join the Eagles' 1,000-Point Club. She hit the milestone with a layup in the first half against the Clippers. Latham is the fifth player in Post University history to score 1,000 points and is tied for fourth on the all-time scoring list.
 
POST UNIVERSITY 1,000-POINT CLUB
1. Tracey Garofolo (1998-2002) – 1,510
2. Tadj Williams (2003-06) – 1,321
3. Melissa Czeremcha (2000-04) – 1,117
4. Lisa Benettieri (1991-95) – 1,071
    Aubrey Latham (2009-) – 1,071
 
GRIFFIN HONORED AS TOP ROOKIE
Freshman Hailey Griffin was chosen as CACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 14. Griffin averaged 12.5 points in two games for the week of Jan. 6- Jan. 12., including a career-high 14 points in an 80-61 victory over Nyack. She was 9-for-16 from the floor and 6-for-8 from distance for the week. She is the first Eagle to be honored by the conference this season.
 
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
As of the NCAA Division II rankings from Jan. 24, Fernanda Mansilla ranks 11^th in the nation with 5.5 assists per game. Monique Chance is 18^th with 10.6 rebounds per game. The Eagles are 33^rd in the country with 7.0 made three-pointers per game.
 
EAGLES AMONG CACC LEADERS
Post averages 7.0 three-pointers made per game to lead the CACC and is third with a 31.2 shooting percentage from deep. The Eagles are the second-highest scoring team in the conference at 65.8 points per game. Fernanda Mansilla leads the conference with 5.5 assists per game. Aubrey Latham is third with 17.2 points per game and fourth in three-point shooting percentage at 37.8%. Monique Chance is second with 10.6 boards per game.
 
LIVE BY THE THREE
The Eagles have been knocking down shots from behind the arc all season. In eight of its victories this season, Post has taken over 20 shots from distance and made at least seven. The Eagles are the top three-point shooting team in the conference at 7.0 made per game. Against Bloomfield on Jan. 3, they made a season-high 15 from distance on 50.0% shooting.
 
DISHING OUT THE ASSISTS
Junior Fernanda Mansilla has been putting her teammates in position to score all season. She leads the CACC and is eighth in the nation with 5.5 assists per contest. Her 110 assists is the third-best single-season total in school history. The single-season record is 119, set by Melissa Czeremcha during the 2003-04 campaign. Against Chestnut Hill on Dec. 8, Mansilla dished out 11 assists, the highest total by an Eagle since the 2004-05 season.
 
CLIMBING UP THE CAREER LIST
With at team-leading 202 rebounds this season, Monique Chance has moved into second place in Post history for career rebounds. Chance sits at 758 boards for her career. Tadj Williams, who played from 2003-06, is first with 891 career rebounds.
 
SCORING 20-PLUS
Aubrey Latham scored 20 points in four consecutive games from Jan. 12-Jan. 23. Over the stretch she averaged 22.7 points per game with a high of 25 coming against Mercy on Jan. 21. She had never scored 20-plus points in more than two straight games in her career before the four-game streak.
 
RACKING UP THE DOUBLE DOUBLES
Monique Chance has been filling the box score all season. She has six double-doubles which is good for 56^th in the nation. Chance recorded four consecutive double-doubles from Dec. 19-Jan. 5. Last season, Chance tallied seven double-doubles and has 17 total in her career.
 
LONGEST IN PROGRAM HISTORY
The Eagles posted their longest conference winning streak in program history as they won nine straight CACC games from Feb. 11-Dec. 19, 2012. Post closed out the 2011-12 season with four consecutive conference wins. The Eagles began 2012-13 with their best-ever CACC start with five straight victories. Post defeated Chestnut Hill, Wilmington, and Nyack twice during the streak. Felician ended the stretch with a 68-66 win over Post on Dec. 19.
 
PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATIONS
Post was selected to finish fifth in the North Division of the CACC in the preseason poll announced on Nov. 12. The Eagles received 35 total points in the poll. Caldwell garnered 89 points and 11 first place votes and was selected as the North Division favorite. Defending conference champion, Holy Family, earned 95 points and 11 first place votes and was tabbed as the South Division favorite.
 
SCHULER NAMES THE CAPTAINS FOR HIS INAGURAL CAMPAIGN
Post University women's basketball head coach Stephen Schuler named senior guard Casey Brooks, graduate student Monique Chance and junior guard Aubrey Latham captains for the 2012-13 season. Brooks is one of the Eagles' top shooters. She led the team and was second in the conference with a 38.9 shooting percentage from behind the arc. Chance was 13th in NCAA Division II with 11.3 rebounds per game and named CACC Honorable Mention in 2011-12. Latham led the Eagles in scoring in 2011-12, averaging 15.5 points per game. She comes into the season just 238 points away from 1,000 for her career.