The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team returns to the North Eastern Athletic Conference postseason after a year away, and the Chargers will battle Morrisville State on Saturday afternoon in Utica, N.Y. Lancaster Bible won the NEAC South Division for the seventh time in program history this season, while Morrisville State finished second in the NEAC North Division.
 
SUNY Poly will serve as the host the NEAC Final Four this weekend, and the host Wildcats will take on Penn St. Berks in the other NEAC Semifinal on Saturday.
 
Team Records
Morrisville State: 18-8, 13-3 NEAC
Lancaster Bible: 12-13, 10-6 NEAC

Regular Season Meeting
Morrisville State 76, Lancaster Bible 42
Dec. 7, 2019: Lancaster Bible led very early in the contest, but Morrisville State closed the first quarter on a 19-4 run, and led 23-10 after 10 minutes of play…The Mustangs then scored the first 13 points of the second quarter, and led 36-10 midway through the second frame…The Chargers trailed by 20 points at halftime, and the host Mustangs extended it to 38 points at one point in the fourth quarter.

How they Got Here 
Morrisville State: Morrisville State squeaked by SUNY Cobleskill, 79-78 on Tuesday night in the NEAC Quarterfinals, as the Mustangs nearly coughed up a 13-point fourth-quarter lead…Alexis Campbell led Morrisville State with 24 points, while Brooke Hammersley came off the bench to score 19 points in 24 minutes…Tori Rockefeller added 18 points for the Mustangs.
 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers won the NEAC South Division by going 7-3 in division play, and 10-6 overall in NEAC action…This is the first time the Chargers have reached the NEAC Semifinals since the 2016-17 season.

Statistically Speaking
Morrisville State: The Mustangs average 72.3 points per game, and allow 65.8 points per contest…The Mustangs are shooting 37.2 percent from the field this season, including a 32.2 percent mark from beyond the arc…Alexis Campbell scores 16.2 points per game for Morrisville State, while Tori Rockefeller averages 16.0 points per game…Rachel Vieira also scores in double figures at 13 points per contest…The Mustangs average just 31.2 rebounds per game, while the Chargers pull down 38 boards a game.
 
Lancaster Bible: Lancaster Bible scores 60.2 points per game, and allows 61.7 per contest…The Chargers are shooting 37.5 percent from the floor this season, and 28.8 percent from 3-point range…Caitlin Hickey, who was named NEAC Player of the Year on Thursday, is averaging 16.8 points per game this season, and also pulls down 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest…Lizzy Tilton, a NEAC All-Conference Second Team selection, averages 12.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game…Alaysha Iwais averages 8.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game for the Chargers as well, who have gotten great production from many players this season.

Team Notes 
Morrisville State: The Mustangs are 7-7 in games away from home this season, including an 0-1 mark in neutral site games…Morrisville State's neutral site game was on Nov. 15 against Clarkson in Oswego, N.Y., and the Mustangs lost, 65-33…This is the fourth time the Chargers and Mustangs will have met in the NEAC Playoffs…Morrisville State won in 2015, but the Chargers rebounded to win in 2016…The Mustangs won the last time these teams met in the NEAC postseason, which came in 2017.
 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers are 7-6 all-time in the NEAC Playoffs, but have lost their last two games…This will be Lancaster Bible's first NEAC postseason contest since the 2017-18 season when the Chargers lost to Penn St. Abington, 67-54 in the NEAC Quarterfinals…Lancaster Bible is 5-9 in all games away from Horst Athletic Center this season, including an 0-1 mark in neutral site games…Lancaster Bible's only neutral site game this season was against Wheaton (Mass.) on Nov. 16 in Union, N.J., and the Chargers lost, 83-63…Hickey enters Saturday's game with 1,840 career points, the second-most in program history, and third-most in Lancaster Bible men's or women's basketball history.
 
How to Follow
Saturday's NEAC Semifinal can be followed two ways on Saturday, either with LIVE VIDEO or LIVE STATS…Thanks to SUNY Poly for providing the links.