HARTFORD, Conn. – The third-seeded Trinity College Women's Basketball team will welcome sixth-seeded Tufts University at Oosting Gymnasium in the quarterfinals of the 2025 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Basketball Championship on Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 p.m.
 
Bantam Bytes

• Trinity registered a 17-7 record with a 6-4 mark in NESCAC play.
• The Bantams are making their seventh straight NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship Tournament appearance in search of their first conference crown.
• Trinity had dropped three of their last four games entering the playoffs.
• The Bantams led the conference in scoring, generating 70.5 points per game.
• Trinity has been efficiency from long range, leading the NESCAC in three-point field goal percentage (.356), three-point field goals made (180), and three-point field goals per game (7.5).
• In conference, the Bantams rank second in rebounding margin (6.1); third in scoring margin (8.2), field goal percentage (.408), rebounds per game (41.3), blocks per game (4.08), assists per game (14.17).
• Defensively, Trinity ranks third in opponent rebounding (35.2), fifth in opponent three-point field goal percentage (.281), seventh in opponent field goal percentage (.372), eighth in steals per game (6.67) and tenth in scoring defense, allowing 62.3 points per game.
• Sophomore Olivia Vick is fourth in the Nation in three-point field goal percentage, connecting at a .474 clip, tops in the NESCAC.
• Vick ranks third in conference in free throw percentage (.807), fourth in scoring (16.6 ppg) and tenth in field goal percentage (.432).
• Sophomore Madi Forman is the fifth-leading rebounder in the NESCAC, grabbing 8.8 boards per game, while ranking seventh in blocks (29) and blocks per game (1.2).
• Junior Melissa Whitmore dished out a team-high 58 assists while averaging 8.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore Avery Marzo logged career-highs in points (201), rebounds (73), assists (33), steals (17) and blocks (16), while shooting 43% from the floor, including 35.3% from three-point range.

Scouting Tufts

• Tufts posted a 15-9 record with a 5-5 mark in conference play.
• The Jumbos are seeking their fourth NESCAC Women's Basketball Championship in program history, and their first since 2023.
• Tufts has lost three of their last four games, but did collect a 60-50 victory over seventh-ranked Smith College
• The Jumbos lead the NESCAC in turnover margin (3.38) and turnovers forced per game (18.6).
• Tufts is the lowest-scoring offense in the league, producing 60.8 points per game.
• Offensively, the Jumbos rank second in free throw percentage (.746), fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.309) and 11^th in field goal percentage (.372).
• Tufts is allowing 58.5 points to opponents, ranking fifth in the NESCAC.
• Defensively, the Jumbos rank second in steals per game (9.58), eighth in opponent three-point field goal percentage (.296), and 11^th in opponent field goal percentage (.395) and blocks per game (1.96).
• Senior Sofia Gonzalez is Tufts leading scorer with 13.2 points per game and ranks second in conference in steals (52), steals per game (2.2).
• Senior Annika Decker ranks second in assist-turnover ratio (2.0), third in assists (90) and assists per game (3.8), fourth in steals (41) and sixth in steals per game (1.7).
• First-year Monet Witherspoon is eighth in conference in field goal percentage (.441) and steals (35), and ninth in steals per game (1.5), while senior Caitlyn O'Boyle ranks ninth in rebounding with 7.2 boards per game.

History

• All-time, the Bantams are 17-25 against Tufts University, dating back to their initial meeting during the 1984-85 season.
• Tufts has won three of the last four meetings, including a 68-59 win over the Bantams earlier this month.
• Vick led the Bantams in scoring with 19 points, while Whitmore added 12 points and four rebounds.
• Tufts sophomore Stella Galanes netted a career-high 20 points in the win, while Witherspoon chipped in 17 points off the bench and Gonzalez had 14 points and seven rebounds.
• Trinity last defeated Tufts with a 57-30 win over the Jumbos last season.

 
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