Women’s Hoops Hosting St. Elizabeth

Sophomore Taylor Szwec and Keuka's women's basketball team host the College of St. Elizabeth at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon inside the Weed Physical Arts Center.

The Keuka College women’s basketball team got back in the win column with a convincing 68-51 road win over Wells College on Wednesday, and the Storm return to action with a 1 p.m. home game Saturday afternoon against North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) rival the College of St. Elizabeth.

Keuka (8-3, 6-1 NEAC) currently sits in second place in the NEAC North division, half a game behind SUNYIT (12-2, 6-0 NEAC). St. Elizabeth (7-5, 4-3 NEAC) sits in third place in the NEAC South division, with the top three teams in each division advancing into the NEAC postseason tournament.

Keuka has won the last four games against St. Elizabeth, picking up a 76-57 win at home and a 57-52 road win during the 2010-11 season.

After splitting a pair of NEAC road games last weekend, Keuka picked up its sixth NEAC win in seven tries on Wednesday against the Wells College Express. Sophomore guard Jessica Bandrowski (Center Moriches, NY/Center Moriches) scored five points during an opening 9-0 run, but Wells went on a 16-0 run to take a 19-13 lead. Keuka answered with a 6-0 run to tie the game and the Storm led 32-28 at halftime.

A 26-16 spurt early in the second half sparked the Storm, which got 15 points and 11 rebounds from junior forward Mariah Mouzon (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy) and 20 points and seven boards from Bandrowski. It was Mouzon’s first double-double of the season, and 13th of her career.

Against Wells, Mouzon shot a season-best 7-for-8 from the free-throw line while Bandrowski posted her eighth game scoring in double-figures, and her third game scoring 20-plus points. Bandrowski came three points shy of her season-high of 23 points, set during a season-opening 79-39 win over SUNY Canton on Nov. 15.

Over her last seven games, sophomore Taylor Szwec (Candor, NY/Candor) has scored 64 points with 49 rebounds, an average of 9.1 points and 7 rebounds per contest for the Storm, which is 4-1 at home and 4-2 on the road this year. Getting off to a fast start is a big reason behind the Storm’s success, and Keuka is outscoring its opponents by nine points per game (63.5-54.5) while limiting opponents to just a 32.5 field goal percentage (216-for-665).

Sabrina Jarmolinski leads both St. Elizabeth and the NEAC in scoring average (20.2 ppg.) and is one of three Screaming Eagles averaging in double-figures, along with Cheyenne Grant (12.6 ppg.) and Jade Wilson (12.5 ppg.). After averaging 69.3 ppg. over its first seven games (4-3 record), St. Elizabeth has been held to 58.8 ppg. over its last five games (3-2).

Admission to the contest, which takes place inside Keuka’s Weed Physical Arts Center, is free. Be sure to follow Keuka College athletics on Facebook (Facebook.com/KeukaStorm) for the latest news, scores and stories about Keuka College athletics.