Gwynedd Mercy Cap Regular Season With A Win; Lock Up #3 Playoff Seed

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GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- The Gwynedd Mercy Women's Basketball Team secured the #3 playoff seed with a 79-63 win over Marywood in the regular season finale Friday night.

The Griffins will host #6 Rosemont on Monday night at 7 p.m. in a first-round game of the 2015 CSAC Tournament.

GM had four starters in double figures and three with double-doubles. Senior Natasha Matthews netted a game-high 20 points and added 10 rebounds. Sophomore Charlotte Kucowski added 12 points and 11 boards while junior Chandler DiFebbo totaled 11 points and 10 caroms.

Senior Kelsey Yori chipped in 17 points as the Griffins used a big first half to hold off the Pacers (16-9, 11-5 CSAC), who fell into the #4 playoff spot. Marywood will host #5 Keystone in Monday's other first-round matchup.

With the score tied at 9-9, the Griffins would go on a 21-0 run, holding Marywood without a field goal for over seven minutes. Yori would hit one of her four three-pointers on the night to give GM its largest lead of the contest (45-16) late in the stanza. Gwynedd would enter the locker room up 45-19 at the break.

Yori would hit from deep late in the second, giving the Griffins a 23-point cushion. Marywood would give a final push to get within 12 with 1:36 to go but DiFebbo would hit on four-straight tries at the free-throw line to help cement the final score.

Danielle Terranella finished with 18 points and Maddie Lavery pulled down 12 caroms as the Pacers shot 23% in the first half and would go 45% in the second.

The Griffins were 35% (27-of-77) from the field including a 7-for-20 stint from downtown. Gwynedd was able to use the charity stripe to its advantage, going 18-for-22 at the line and an important 10-for-11 in the second half alone. GM won the battle of the boards, 57-44. Their 21 offensive rebounds led to 18 second-chance points.

Monday's winners will advance to the semifinal round on Wednesday where #1 Cabrini and #2 Immaculata await.