Mercy College Women’s Basketball to Take on Dowling in ECC Quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 4

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mercy College Women's Basketball to Take on Dowling in ECC Tournament Quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 4

Christina Baxter (CSI:Photo)

DOBBS FERRY, NY - The Mercy College women's basketball team (10-17, 7-11 ECC) will be making its first playoff appearance since the 2001-02 season when it travels to Dowling on Wednesday, March 4 for a quarterfinal tilt at 5:00 p.m. The Mavericks' 10 wins are the most for the program since Michele Coyle's 1996-97 squad finished 13-13.

Third year head coach Ashlee Kelly's squad earned the seventh seed while the Golden Lions (20-7, 14-4) enter as the number two seed.  Mercy College is led by senior guard Christina Baxter (Greenwood Lake, NY) who averaged 16.2 points per game (5th in ECC) and led the conference with 6.1 assists per game during the regular season. Sophomore forward Delmara Reece (Yonkers, NY) averages a double-double with 11.7 points per game and 11.7 rebounds per game, good for third in the ECC.

Mercy will be looking for its first win over Dowling this season. The Golden Lions took a 91-63 decision on their home court back on December 6, and held off a late comeback bid by the Mavericks to go away with an 86-76 win on February 4 in Dobbs Ferry.

Other quarterfinal action will see top-seed Queens host St. Thomas Aquinas, third-seeded Molloy host number six seed Adelphi, and fourth-seeded Bridgeport will entertain fifth seeded C.W. Post. Winners will advance to the ECC Tournament semifinals, which will be held on Saturday, March 7, at Adelphi.

About Mercy College
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, and Yorktown Heights.  With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts and education within its five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.  Mercy College also offers competitive financial support, making college affordable.  The Mercy College faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching.  Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields.