Women’s Hoops Opens Spring Slate At NHTI Holiday Inn Tourney
The Massasoit women’s basketball team returns to the hardwood this weekend, taking part in the Holiday Inn Tournament hosted by New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI).
BROCKTON, Mass. ---- The Massasoit women's basketball team returns to the hardwood this weekend, taking part in the Holiday Inn Tournament hosted by New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI).
Massasoit (4-6) faces NHTI (10-6) on Saturday at noon, followed by battling U-Maine Augusta (11-5) on Sunday at 10 a.m.
The Warriors are averaging 62 points, 36.7 rebounds and 12.7 assists per game through 10 contests this season. As a squad, Massasoit is shooting 40.2 percent (17th in NJCAA) from the field and 35.5 percent (13th in NJCAA) from downtown.
A trio of Warriors are averaging in double figures, led by freshman Geornaisha Silva-Moore (Brockton) with 16.8. Natascha Elias (Brockton) puts in 14.5 per game, while Tatiana Dias (Brockton) averages 13.7 points.
3-POINT BOMBERS: Massasoit is averaging 6.5 3-pointers made per game and has made 5-or-more 3s in eight of 10 games this season. In back-to-back victories against Bunker Hill and Holyoke CC, the Warriors buried a season-high 12 3s in each game. Natascha Elias averages a team-best 3.0 3-pointers per game.
SNIPER SILVA-MOORE: Geornaisha Silva-Moore, the team's leading scorer, has been locked in from 3-point range in her first season with the Warriors. For the year, Silva-Moore is making 47.9 percent from downtown, the fifth best 3-point shooting average in the NJCAA Division III. She has also scored in double figures in eight of 10 games.
DIAS DISHES OUT DIMES: Point guard Tatiana Dias has filled up the stat sheet for the Warriors as a freshman, averaging 13.7 points, 5.8 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game. Dias' assist average ranks 10th in the NJCAA DIII rankings.
MORE BOARDS FOR MALLEY: Freshman Laura Malley (Halifax) tops the team in rebounds per game, pulling down 9.8 on average. She has posted seven double-digit board performances on the year.
NEXT UP: Following the NHTI Tournament, Massasoit hosts CCRI on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
