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Sacred Heart Welcomes Saint Francis to Pitt Center

Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN3

1/22/2022 6:36:00 PM

FAIRFIELD, Conn.— Coming off a league loss to Mount St. Mary's, the Sacred Heart University women's basketball returns to action against Saint Francis on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN3 with Paul Dott and Ali Jacques on the call.

OPENING TIP

  • Sacred Heart looks to bounce back following its loss to Mount St. Mary's on Friday. The Pioneers have lost three out of their first four games in 2022. Sacred Heart was held below .400 from the field in those contests.
  • Sacred Heart leads the series against Saint Francis 26-19 and 16-6 on home court.
  • Last season, the Pioneers split the series against the Red Flash in Loretto. Sacred Heart won game one 76-70 but fell to Saint Francis 72-67 in game two.
  • Both Nikki Johnson and Adrianne Hagood posted 31-point performances in the series. Johnson led the team in game one before Hagood followed suit in game two. Both marked career-bests for the duo.
  • Sacred Heart leads the NEC in the fewest turnovers with 197.
  • Sonia Smith is tied for sixth in scoring with 12.7 points per game and is fifth in assists with 4.3 per game. Olivia Tucker ranks fourth in the league in three-point field goals made with 2.1 per game.

HAGOOD DOING HER THING

Adrianne Hagood has been the glue to Sacred Heart when she decided to return for her fifth season. Since being named to Preseason All-NEC for the second year in a row, the graduate student has posted 12.3 points per game and is shooting 32-of-92 from the field, 16-of-45 from the three-point line and 31-of-39 from the free-throw line. Hagood earned her first NEC Player of the Week honors after posting a 25-point performance at Monmouth (12/2). She notched 22 points, scoring 18 of them on a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the three-point line against Bryant (12/31). Hagood also drained a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line against Army (11/21).

OLIVIA TUCKER THE THREE-POINT MACHINE

Olivia Tucker is making headlines after missing last season due to injury. The junior from Newark, Del., is ranked fourth in the NEC in three-point field goals made per game (1.9). Tucker tallied eight of her season-high 16 points from behind the arc against Mount St. Mary's (1/21). 



 
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