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FAIRFIELD, Conn.— The Sacred Heart University women's basketball team is back on the road as it travels to Emmitsburg, Maryland for a conference matchup with Mount St. Mary's on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on NEC Front Row.

OPENING TIP

• Sacred Heart plays its last two road games of the regular season, beginning with a trip to Mount St. Mary's on Thursday.
• The Pioneers look to continue their winning ways after picking up two victories against Wagner (60-50) and Merrimack (61-56).
• In the last meeting between Sacred Heart and Mount St. Mary's on January 21, the Mountaineers claimed the 60-51 victory. Olivia Tucker led the Pioneers with 16 points with 12 of them coming from the three-point line.
• Sacred Heart leads the NEC and is 72th nationally in the fewest turnovers with 349, with the lowest amount committed at a season-low (11) in the first game of the season at Hartford on November 10.
• The Pioneers are second in the conference and 35th nationally on defense in three-point field goal percentage at 27.1%.
• Sonia Smith is sixth in scoring in the NEC, averaging 13.0 points per game. She also ranks third in assists (4.5) and fourth in steals (1.8) per game. Olivia Tucker ranks third in the league in three-point field goals made with 2.2 per game. Carly Stroemel is averaging 0.9 blocks per game, which is tied for sixth in the conference.