Women’s Basketball to Face Scranton in the Opening Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament
Framingham, Mass. – After receiving the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference's (MASCAC) automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship Tournament, the 2023-24 MASCAC Regular Season and Tournament Champion Framingham State University Rams will be squaring off against the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA in a first round game on Friday, March 1st.
The Rams will be making the program's third appearance in the NCAA Tournament after winning their third MASCAC Tournament Title in four seasons.
Framingham State finished the 2023-24 season 24-2 overall and 11-1 in MASCAC action. After earning the top seed in the 2024 MASCAC Women's Basketball Tournament, the Rams led by Tournament MVP Flannery O'Connor dispatched fourth seed Salem State in the semifinals before defeating second seed Bridgewater State in the finals this past Saturday.
The 2023-24 Rams were led by the duo of O'Connor and Kelsey Yelle. O'Connor averaged a double double of 16.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game during her senior season, while Yelle averaged 15/5 points and eight boards a contest. Gwendolyn Carpenter averaged 9.5 points, six rebounds and 7.4 assists per game as she became the Rams all-time assist leader during her senior season.
Scranton earned an automatic bid to the tournament after defeating Catholic University in the Landmark Conference Championship game. The Lady Royals won the program's ninth consecutive conference title and enter the tournament with an overall record of 25-2 and 16-2 in Landmark Conference action.
This will be just the second meeting between Framingham State and the University of Scranton.
Scranton will be hosting the four team regional on Friday and Saturday with Marymount (VA) and Ohio Northern meeting in the other first round matchup. The winners of the two first round games will face each other on Saturday to advance.
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