Women's Basketball Report (Week 13) - RHIT Upends HCAC Leading Franklin
GREENWOOD, IN - Rose-Hulman (8-15, 6-10 HCAC) climbed back into the HCAC tournament picture with a pair of wins last week. The Engineers surprised previously No. 12 ranked Franklin with a 59-52 win in Terre Haute Wednesday and ended the week with a dominating 60-33 triumph over Defiance Saturday.
Rose is currently tied with Bluffton for the sixth and final spot in the race for a HCAC tournament berth. The Engineers hold the tiebreaker over the Beavers due to the win over Franklin.
Senior Alisa Dickerson (Elizabethtown, Ky./H.S.) narrowly missed a triple-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists against the Grizzlies Wednesday evening.
She followed that effort with 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and four blocks in the win over Defiance.
For the week, Dickerson averaged 18.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 4.0 blocks per game, while becoming RHIT's career leader for assists with 322.
RHIT will face Earlham and Hanover during the final week of the regular season.
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No. 19 Franklin College (21-2, 14-2 HCAC) fell into a first place tie with rival Hanover (18-4, 14-2 HCAC) after dropping the Rose contest Wednesday. The Grizzlies bounced back and delivered a 68-43 setback to Anderson Saturday.
Hanover took care of business at home in dominating fashion, beating Anderson 73-48 and Bluffton 77-47. The Panthers sit alongside the Grizzlies and can share the regular season title with a pair of wins this week.
Franklin holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Hanover due to the season sweep and would earn the right to host the postseason tourney. The two schools have secured a bye in the upcoming league tournament.
Manchester (15-8, 11-5 HCAC) and Transylvania (12-11, 10-6 HCAC) have also locked up spots in the tournament field. The Spartans and Pioneers will be the No. 3 or 4 seeds in the tournament.
Two tournament spots remain up for grabs heading into the final week of the regular season schedule.
Defiance (10-13, 8-8 HCAC) can lock up a spot with a win over Bluffton or Franklin at home this week.
Bluffton (8-15, 6-10 HCAC), Rose-Hulman, Anderson (8-15, 5-11 HCAC), and Mount St. Joseph (5-18, 5-11 HCAC) all remain alive for the final spot with two games remaining.
Tie Breakers for Seeding
1. Head to head competition. When there are multiple teams tied, this head to head process will apply the total number of wins and losses among these teams in an attempt to break the tie.
2. Competition against rank/order of regular season standings
3. The NCAA Quality-of-win-index
4. Win-loss percentage in-region
5. If these four steps do not break the tie then a coin toss or lottery will be used.
Tie Breaker Notes:
1. If the final standings have more than one tie then lower ties are resolved first
2. If there are multiple ties for a position the tie breaker process must start from the beginning each time a team is eliminated from the tie.
3. If there are more than two teams in an unbreakable tie than a lottery will be used
to determine the seed positions.
4. The commissioner will administer coin tosses or lottery draws.
For a complete recap of Week 13 in HCAC Women's Basketball, click here
