NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut women's basketball will take on Bentley University in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament Semifinals on Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Owls faced Bentley in the NE10 Championship Tournament last season, in the Championship game, where the Falcons came out on top.
 
NE10 Women's Basketball Championship Tournament Semifinals
No. 4 SCSU (19-9, 11-9 NE10) at No. 1 Bentley (28-1, 19-1 NE10)
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
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Southern Connecticut advanced to the Semifinals for the second-straight season, after defeating the fifth-seed, Pace University, 68-61 in the Quarterfinals in the Moore Field House on Sunday, March 2.

Delaney Haines led the Owls with 20 points, as she shot 8-for-19 from the floor and was 2-for-3 from the free-throw line. Hope Fox scored 14 points, was 2-for-4 from the floor, 10-for-11 from the free-throw line, grabbed a team-best of six boards, had a team-best of three assists, a team-best of two blocks and a team-best of four steals.

Jillian Martin and Katie Williamson both totaled 10 points each, as Williamson was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, grabbed five rebounds, had three assists and two blocks. Martin was 3-for-5 from the floor, had three rebounds and an assist. Ally Sentance recorded eight points, grabbed five boards, dished three assists and a steal. Rheyna Steinauer added four points while Lyzi Litwinko had two points, an assist, a block and a steal against the Setters.

Bentley, the number one seed and the Regular Season Champions, defeated no. 9, Southern New Hampshire, 64-50 in the Quarterfinals. The Falcons are ranked third in all of Division II and have been on a 24-game winning streak. Bentley's last loss came on Nov. 20, 2024, when Adelphi defeated the Falcons, 59-55 in Garden City, New York.
 
Season Notes against Bentley:

• Bentley has defeated Southern twice this season, 78-59 on Dec. 7 in the Moore Field House and 75-54 on Jan. 25 in Waltham, Massachusetts.
• In their first meeting this season on Dec. 7, both teams had only one loss and it was the first rematch after the 2024 NE10 Women's Basketball Championship game.
• Delaney Haines led the team with 17 points, had a team-best of two steals and grabbed two rebounds.
• Katie Williamson had 12 points, as she had three rebounds, two blocks and was 2-for-3 from the free-throw line.
• Rheyna Steinauer scored 11 points as she grabbed a team-best of eight boards, had a team-best of four assists and a block.
• On Jan. 25, Jillian Martin and Delaney Haines led the Owls with 10 points each as Martin totaled two steals, two assists and three boards.
• Haines was 2-for-2 from the free-throw line, grabbed two boards and had an assist.
• Katie Williamson added eight points, grabbed two rebounds and had a steal against the Falcons.

2024 Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament

• In the 2024 NE10 Championship Tournament, Southern Connecticut went on an impressive run all the way to the Championship game, for the first time since 2012.
• The Owls defeated Elm-City rival, New Haven, in the NE10 Championship First Round, 60-44, then they went on to upset No. 3, Saint Rose on the road in a 58-53 NE10 Quarterfinal victory. In the NE10 Semifinals, Southern pulled off another upset victory against No. 2, Assumption, 60-47 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Southern Connecticut advanced to the Northeast-10 Championship Game in a matchup against No. 1 Bentley University, as the Owls fell to Bentley, 64-49 in their final game of the season.

The Owls will play no. 1, Bentley University, in the NE10 Championship Tournament Semifinals on Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. in Waltham, Massachusetts. Tickets for the game will be $10 for adults, $5 for kids and seniors and free for NE10 students with an ID.