Hunter Hawks at SUNY Purchase Panthers
HARRISON, N.Y. (Interstat) — Hunter and SUNY Purchase will meet Saturday in a women’s NCAA Division III basketball game at Purchase Gymnasium in Harrison, N.Y. The Hawks are the visiting team, and the Panthers are the home team. Both teams enter the matchup with a 1-0 record.
Hunter is coming off a 58-45 home win over Saint Elizabeth in its most recent game. Sophie Stratton led the Hawks with 33 minutes, 17 points, 14 rebounds and four assists. Olivia Andruszkow added 11 points, seven rebounds, one assist and five blocks in 23 minutes, while Brihanna Gary contributed five points, six rebounds and one assist in 20 minutes.
Stratton, a guard, is a player to watch for Hunter. In the Hawks’ recent win over Saint Elizabeth, she recorded 17 points, 14 rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes. Hunter will look to carry that production into Saturday’s road matchup as it faces a SUNY Purchase team that also opened with a victory.
SUNY Purchase is coming off an 80-47 home win over Pittsburgh-Greensburg in its most recent game. Halle Greaige paced the Panthers with nine points, nine rebounds and two assists in 15 minutes. Tamara Cosbert added three points, nine rebounds and six assists in 20 minutes, and Ashley Santiago finished with seven points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 15 minutes.
Greaige, a guard, is a player to watch for SUNY Purchase. She recorded nine points and nine rebounds in 15 minutes in the Panthers’ recent win. SUNY Purchase will seek to build on that win when it hosts Hunter on Saturday at Purchase Gymnasium. The Panthers will then continue their early schedule with a road game at Albertus Magnus, followed by a trip to City College of New York and a visit to Sarah Lawrence. SUNY Purchase also has home games ahead against Yeshiva, Saint Joseph’s (Long Island), Manhattanville and John Jay, along with road matchups at Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) and Merchant Marine.
Hunter’s upcoming schedule includes a road game at Farmingdale State, followed by trips to Stevens Tech, Merchant Marine and Wellesley. The Hawks also are scheduled to visit Saint Joseph’s (Long Island) before home games against Drew and Baruch. Hunter later has road games at New York and a home contest against John Jay.
The matchup features two teams that won their openers by double-digit margins. Hunter’s victory came against Saint Elizabeth, while SUNY Purchase’s win came against Pittsburgh-Greensburg. Both teams will be playing their second game of the season.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Hunter 72, SUNY Purchase 59. Interstat’s ELO system projects Hunter with a 92.9 percent probability to win.