March 5 -- Great Lakes District A Quaterfinal/Play-In Game
Macomb (17-9) at Schoolcraft (16-8)
5:30 p.m. | 18600 Haggerty Rd., Livonia, MI
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March 7 & 9 -- Great Lakes District A Semifinal & Championship
(if nec.) - Winner of Tuesday's game plays No. 18 Mid Michigan on March 7
1:00 p.m. | 1401 E. Court St., Flint, MI
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BY THE NUMBERS: 4
Macomb Women's Basketball will go for the program's sixth title in a Region 12 Tournament this week beginning with the Region 12 Great Lakes District A Tournament play-in game Tuesday at Schoolcraft.
Four (4) of the five Region 12 titles in program history have been won during the celebrated 15-year career of head coach
Jay Ritchie.
BY THE NUMBERS: 17
What a season it has been for sophomore superstar,
Tamia Tounsel! The sophomore forward has been a thorn in opponent's sides all season and has amassed an impressive
17 double-doubles through 26 games played. Entering the postseason, Tounsel is averaging a double-double with 15.8 PPG and 11.4 PPG.
IT'S WIN OR GO HOME TIME!
Welcome to the postseason, Monarchs! Macomb Women's Basketball begins NJCAA Division II Great Lakes District A Tournament play on Tuesday (March 5) with a 5:30 p.m. "Win or Go Home" game in Livonia against Schoolcraft. The winner of Tuesday's game moves on to the District A Semis against top-seeded Mid Michigan on Thursday at 1 p.m.
PAIR OF 15 POINT SCORERS
Tamia Tounsel leads a balanced Monarch scoring attack with an average of 15.8 points per game (PPG) and is immediately followed by
Marissa Thomas who checks in at an even 15.0 PPG.
Sydney Garon nets 8.3 PPG while
Kamryn Richards and
Enddiea Reese follow with 8.0 and 7.0 PPG, respectively. As a team, the Monarchs average 64.5 PPG and have held opponents to 60.4 points per contest this season.
HOW THE WEEK IS WON
Time to break down the Monarchs' path to the District A title and a berth to the NJCAA DII National Championship. The Monarchs need to win Tuesday to advance to Flint. From there, the Monarchs need to upset arguably the best team in all of Region 12, No. 18 Mid Michigan College, to move on to the District A Championship Game vs. whoever emerges from the other semifinal.
THOMAS' BALANCED PLAY
Sophomore transfer
Marissa Thomas has, without question, enjoyed a highly-successful season at Macomb. Through 26 games, Thomas has stuffed the stat sheet to the tune of a team-best 103 assists while averaging 15.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG and 4.0 APG.
A LOOK AT: SCHOOLCRAFT
The Ocelots of Schoolcraft College enter the District A play-in game as the East No. 3 seed after winning the conference tiebreaker with the Monarchs (Schoolcraft won both regular season meetings this year). The Ocelots, a deep and talented team, average 68.3 PPG behind three players averaging double figures and 41.4% shooting overall.
A LOOK AROUND THE BRACKET
We've talked about the Monarchs' path this week, but let's take a look at the complete Great Lakes District A bracket. While the winner of Macomb vs. Schoolcraft moves on to play one-loss and 18th ranked Mid Michigan, the other side of the bracket features some impressive teams from across Region 12 as South No. 2 seed Hocking awaits the winner of West No. 2 Kellogg vs. West No. 5 Lake Michigan.
ADDITIONAL STAT LEADERS
Tamia Tounsel leads the way in points (15.8) and rebounds (11.4) and is also the team leader in steals with 56, while
Marissa Thomas has dished out a team-high 103 assists for a 4.0 APG average.
Sydney Garon has drained 60 3-pointers and is followed by
Kamryn Richards with 40. Richards averages a team-best 85% from the free throw line.
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