WBB: GNAC Women's Hoops

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Game recap:

Yosinoff joins 800 win club as Emmanuel tops Albertus Magnus, 100-94

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There are now only 14 coaches across all 3 divisions of NCAA women's college basketball with 800 or more wins-- only 2 are in DIII, with only Andy Yosinoff currently active in DIII.

1.). Pat Summitt
2.). Tara VanderVeer
3.). Geno Auriemma
4.). Sylvia Hatchell
5.). Barbara Stevens
6.). C. Vivian Stringer
7.). Jody Conradt
8.). Jim Foster
9.). Robin Selvig
10.). Andy Landers
11.). Muffett McGraw
12.). Curt Frederickson
13.). Mike Strong (DIII-- Scranton-- retired with 815 wins)
14.). Andy Yosinoff-- Emmanuel (all 800 wins came at the same school)

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GNAC Honors-- Week 10

GNAC Corvias Co-Players of the Week:

Brittany Stone, Regis
Kelsi McNamara, St. Joe's Maine

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week

Jordan Hipwell, Suffolk

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I am watching the Emmanuel v Suffolk game on-line right now.

Emmanuel up 47-36 at the half.  Suffolk's Georgia Bourikas is just a few points away from 1,000.

Coach Andy Yosinoff was honored at courtside just before tipoff for getting his 800th win on Saturday.

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After 3 quarters, Emmanuel is up 74-47 over Suffolk.  In the entire history of the GNAC, the Suffolk Rams have never won at Emmanuel, and it will not happen tonight. 

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Final:  Emmanuel 81, Suffolk 55

Coach Andy Yosinoff has just picked up his 801st win, and is being serenaded by the Emmanuel crowd, who are holding "801" signs.

ECTV's Player of the game is Ryan Maynard, who prevented Suffolk's Georgia Bourikas from reaching the 1000 pt club tonight with a strong performance on defense. 

Emmanuel hosts Johnson and Wales on Thursday.

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GNAC Update--

1.). The Hoopsville Marathon is on today starting at 10 AM Eastern.

As part of the Marathon, Dave McHugh ("d-mac") will interview Emmanuel coach Andy Yosinoff at 5 PM Eastern. (Time scheduled approximately-- subject to change)  Among the topics that I expect to be discussed are Andy Yosinoff's 800th career coaching win and the state of the GNAC Women's Basketball race. (Spoiler alert-- St Joe's Maine is favored to win the GNAC women's AQ.)

2.). Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk is 3 pts shy from joining the 1000 pt club.  She  had 12 pts and 7 rebounds on Tuesday at Emmanuel.  Suffolk hosts Anna Maria today at 5 PM Eastern, so look for that milestone to be accomplished in the first half of that game.

3.). Regis (MA) is at St Joe's Maine this evening.  Brittany Stone of Regis goes up against Kelsi McNamara in that one.  Tipoff is at 6 PM Eastern for that one, so that is probably one of the reasons why coach Yosinoff and not coach Mike McDevitt of St Joe's Maine gets the honor of doing the Hoopsville Marathon interview this year. (Of course, 800 wins also has a lot to do with it as well.😀)

Did you know: Brittany Stone is Regis's all-time leading scorer, currently with 1682 career points.   She stands at #3 in GNAC in scoring at 19.0 ppg, at #2 in GNAC in rebounding at 12.2 ppg, and at #1 in GNAC in FG pct, shooting 61.4% from the field.  She is also a nursing major currently doing her clinicals at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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Suffolk is going to win handily over Anna Maria tonight-- the Rams have a big lead in the second quarter.

Following the game on live stats-- Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk is 1 pt shy from the 1000 pt club.  She is currently resting on the bench in the second quarter.

Emmanuel hosts Johnson and Wales at 7:30 PM, while St Joe's Maine hosts Regis at 6 PM Eastern.

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Suffolk up 54-26 over Anna Maria at halftime.

Georgia Bourikas of Suffolk scored 2 pts in the first half on 1-3 shooting, 0-1 from 3 pt range.  She currently stands at 999 career points.

Update-- With a layup 27 seconds into the third quarter, Georgia Bourikas has just joined Suffolk's 1000 point club.

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Final-- St Joe's Maine defeats Regis, 66-45.

Update-- Emmanuel defeated JWU, 70-61.  Emmanuel now in 2nd place in GNAC with a 1/2 game lead over Regis with 5 games left to play for the Saints.  Regis Pride only have 4 GNAC games left until the conference tournament.

Emmanuel is at Mt Ida on Feb. 10, and at Regis on Feb. 13.  (These two opponents are currently in the top 8 of GNAC who would qualify for the conference tournament if it was to be held today.)

Mt Ida is currently at 8th place in GNAC with a 5-6 GNAC record and 5 conf games left to play.

GNAC tournament field, if it were to be determined today, would be St Joe's Maine, Emmanuel, Regis, Suffolk, Johnson and Wales, Albertus Magnus, Norwich, and Mt Ida.

GNAC team out of the running for a playoff spot is Rivier, due to their 0-2 mark vs Mt Ida.  The Raiders will not go 0-16 in GNAC play though, as they got their first GNAC conference win of the season last night, 56-52, over Lasell.

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Emmanuel defeated Simmons today, 73-54, to go to 30-0 lifetime vs their Colleges of the Fenway neighbor from across Brookline Ave in Boston.  Emmanuel improves to 11-1 in GNAC play.

Emmanuel has their next 3 GNAC games on the road, with the highlights being next Saturday at Mt Ida and Feb. 13 at Regis.  Meanwhile, St Joe's Maine plays at Albertus Magnus next Saturday.  The Monks and the Saints are heading to the top 2 seeds in the GNAC tournament in a few weeks, barring an upset.

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GNAC Honors-- Week 11

GNAC Corvias Player of the Week--

Yuleska Ramirez-Tejeda, Emmanuel

GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week--

Jenni Rose-DiCecco, Suffolk

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St Joe's Maine is receiving votes in this week's D3Hoops.com Top 25 at 2 pts.

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Halftime in Standish, Maine

St Joe's Maine 36, Suffolk 24

For St Joe's

Kelsi McNamara 8 pts, 6 assists
Julia Champagne 8 pts, 4 assists
Emily Benway 8 pts, 3 rebounds

For Suffolk

Jordan Hipwell 7 pts
Alexis Hackett 5 pts, 10 rebounds

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Final

St Joe's Maine 73, Suffolk 45

Halftime

Emmanuel 36, Lasell 15