Playoff push time for women’s basketball

Stasia Epler shooting a mid range jumper against UMass Boston.

Over the course of the Spartans women’s basketball season, the team has set itself up to make a strong push for a playoff spot in the final weeks of the season.

Currently sitting at a 7-12 overall record with a 4-7 conference record, the Spartans have been solid at home but have found trouble on the road throughout the season. Of the five remaining games of the regular season, the Spartans are at home twice, which seems like an advantage for the team currently.

“The second half of the season we’ve been seeing things fall more into place. We’ve gotten a couple conference wins. Now we’re just doing what we can to make playoffs and try and keep our season going as long as we can,” said junior captain, Maggie McKearin.

The Spartans, while tied with Keene State, are on the outside of the playoffs because of the tie breaker between the two teams. In the five upcoming games, the Spartans have already played each opponent once and have fared well against two of them. Plymouth State and UMass Boston were both key wins.

If the Spartans take the second game against UMass Boston on Feb. 19, it could put the team in a prime position to have a playoff birth after just nearly missing out on the playoffs a season ago.

The team is currently led by Stasia Epler, averaging just over 14 points a game while Emily Dingmon and Emily Adams are right behind her with both averaging 12.7 and 12.6 points per game respectively. Dingmon is also managing to grab 10 boards a game to average a double-double on the season currently while having a 32 percent field goal shooting.

While the team relies heavily on their trio of scorers for offense, it is a much different look offensively than the team has seen in years prior. The team looks more to attack the paint this year than previous years where it was a more balanced drive and kick out for the three-ball offense.

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