Seeded third in the 2017 Skyline Conference Womens Basketball Tournament, Sage’s women’s basketball team captured the league’s championship on Saturday afternoon, knocking off top seeded SUNY-Old Westbury in the finals, 72-66, led by an explosive performance by Hoosick Falls Central graduate Frankie Pearson.
[private]With the win, Sage earned an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Championship
Sage’s senior guard Frankie Pearson was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Tournament after exploding for a career-high 27 points in the finals. Pearson shot 8-18 with an impressive six three-pointers in the contest.
She added three steals and six rebounds after hitting a cool 60.0% from three-point range and had 14 points in the first half as Sage led 37-26. Already the all-time three-pointer leader at Sage, she has 197 three-pointers and 1,066 career points and is fourth on the college’s all-time scoring list. Pearson also has now played in 107 games at Sage, another all-time mark for a women’s performer and will add to those numbers when the Gators return to the court in the NCAA tournament this coming week.
Sage stands at 20-8 on the year and brings a six-game win streak into the NCAAs. On Monday February 28 Sage learned that it will face the Eagles of University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA) on Friday evening March 3 on the campus of Amherst College (Amherst, MA). [/private]