2023 C2C Women's Basketball Tournament Preview

2023 C2C Women's Basketball Championship Preview

2/22/2023 1:00:00 PM

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The fifth-seeded Salisbury University women's basketball team takes aim at its fifth conference championship at the 2023 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Tournament in Fredericksburg, Va. The Sea Gulls open tournament play against the fourth-seeded Finlandia Lions on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Ron Rosner Arena on the campus of the University of Mary Washington.

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Salisbury finished the regular season with a 7-18 record. The Sea Gulls went 2-5 in home games, 4-11 in true road games and 1-2 in neutral contests.
Six of of the Sea Gulls' seven wins on the year came by double-digit margins. SU averaged winning by 20.1 points in its victories on the season.
The Sea Gulls opened the year with a 77-36 win over Virginia Wesleyan on Nov. 9, following it up later that month with a 77-40 victory against Hollins.

Finlandia went 11-11 in the regular season and enters tournament play on a three-game winning streak.
The Lions played C2C foe Mount Mary twice in 2022-23, winning 80-48 at home on Jan. 21 and picking up a 103-62 road win on Feb. 10.
Junior guard Natalie Bartle was named both C2C Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year after averaging a league-leading 21.4 points per game, as well as 7.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.9 steals per contest.

This is the first-ever meeting between the Sea Gulls and Lions, who hail from Hancock on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The winner of the SU-FU matchup will advance to face top-seeded Christopher Newport in the semifinals on Friday at 5 p.m., with the semifinal winners squaring off in the C2C Championship Game on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Salisbury is seeking its fifth conference championship and first since 2015. The Sea Gulls have advanced to the conference semifinals seven times under head coach Kelly Baskow, including each of the last three league tournaments.

The 2022-23 Sea Gulls

#3 Abby Wilkinson | Sr. Guard

#11 Nadia Bullock | Fr. Guard

#33 Emily Dilger | Sr. Forward

Senior forward Emily Dilger was named to the All-C2C Second Team on Tuesday. Dilger played in all 25 games, starting 15, and averaged 8.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and one block over 21.9 minutes per game.
All-C2C Second Teamer Emily Dilger ranks third in the C2C in blocks per game (1.0) and seventh in offensive rebounds per contest (2.3), while also ranking in the top 25 in scoring average (8.3), total rebounding (6.4) and field goal percentage (.415).
Nadia Bullock boasts a top-five three-point field goal percentage in the league at .318.
Abby Wilkinson (8.9) and Ashlynn Burrows (8.7) each rank in the top 20 in the C2C in points per game. Wilkinson owns the conference's third-best free throw percentage at .788, and Burrows' .430 field goal percentage slots in 10th in the league.
Alex Bull owns the third-best A:TO ratio (2.2) in the league, while Tori Rumbaugh has dished out the 12th-most assists (2.4).
Hailey Ader's 0.5 blocks per game tie her for 11th in the C2C.

We learned a lot about the character of this team this season. We know what we're capable of, and we know what great things can happen when we put it all together. This week will be a great opportunity to show our mettle and rise above our own expectations.

Kelly Baskow, Sea Gull Head Women's Basketball Coach

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