SLIDESHOW: Framingham State Earns Regular Season MASCAC Title With Victory Over Bears

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FRAMINGHAM – The Framingham State University women’s basketball team secured their first outright Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Regular Season Title with an 85-63 victory Wednesday evening over Bridgewater State University in MASCAC action at the Athletic Center at Framingham State University.

With the win, Framingham State is 11-0 in the Conference, and has just one game left in the regular season.

The Rams are 19-5 overall.

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INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The MASCAC Regular Season Title is the first outright title and second overall regular-season title in program history as the Rams were tri-champions after the 2013-14 season. The Rams are now 11-0 in league play which is a program record for conference wins in a season.
Freshman Flannery O’Connor (Amesbury) paced the Rams with a double-double effort of a game-high 21 points and 11 rebounds. O’Connor connected on 8-of-12 from the floor and added two assists, a steal and two blocks.
Senior Mary Kate O’Day (Berlin) and Emily Velozo (Tewksbury) chipped in with 13 points apiece in the game. O’Day finished just shy of a double-double of her own with nine boards, five assists and a block.
Freshman Katty Haidul (Wakefield) chipped in with 11 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Rams. Haidul connect on 4-of-6 from the floor including 2-of-2 from behind the arc.
The Bears were led by 15 points apiece from sophomores Hannah and Olivia Dziadyk (Wakefield).
Junior Leah Simmons (Abington) chipped in with nine points off the bench, while freshman Sydney Bradbury (East Bridgewater) added eight points.

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Prior to the game, the Rams recognized their three seniors – O’Day, Velozo and forward Julia Sanborn (Dracut) during their Senior Night Ceremony.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Rams jumped out to an 8-2 lead just over two minutes into the game with O’Connor scoring six points in the paint.
Bridgewater State closed the gap to 12-11 on a Jordyn Lako (Attleboro) free throw with just under four on the clock, but the Rams closed the quarter with a 14-2 run to lead 26-13 after one. O’Connor tallied 13 points in the opening quarter.
Bridgewater State closed the gap to eight, 30-22, four minutes into the second after a three by Hannah Dziadyk, but the Rams scored five straight pushing the lead back to 13 before heading to the locker room leading 39-28. The Rams outscored the Bears 28-8 in the paint in the first half.

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The Rams led by 16, 47-31, just over two minutes into the third after a Velozo layup. The Bears cut the lead down to 49-40 with 5:49 left in the quarter on a Hannah Dziadyk layup.
The Rams quickly pushed the lead back to double digits and used a 15-2 run to lead by as many as 22, 64-42, before leading 64-44 after three. Key plays on the run for the Rams were a three-point play by O’Day and a three by Haidul.
The Rams maintained the sizeable lead throughout the fourth quarter leading by as many as 30 before securing the 85-63 victory.