Women’s Basketball Reveals 2018-19 Schedule

Women's Basketball | 10/22/2018 12:00:00 AM

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(2018-19 schedule)

Goldey-Beacom's Women's Basketball team, which has many talented players back, has unveiled its schedule for the 2018-19 season.

GBC once again opens things with two games at the USciences Tip-Off Tournament, this time playing Franklin Pierce on November 9 and American International the following afternoon. The next game is the home opener November 15 against Bridgeport.

Five more non-league games follow with road tests at Molloy, Millersville, New York Tech and Saint Thomas Aquinas. The lone home game in that stretch is November 27 against Lincoln (PA).

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play finally opens December 4 at home against Georgian Court. Matchups against reigning league champion University of the Sciences will be January 22 in Philadelphia and February 23 in Pike Creek.

The home and regular-season finale is March 2 against local-rival Wilmington (DE). The conference tournament goes from March 5-10 with the champion receiving an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

One of the key versatile players back is senior guard Tanner Turner-Rush (Harrisburg, PA), who is one of the program's most athletic competitors and hardest workers. Scoring in doubles figures 11 times last season, Turner-Rush finished 83rd in the country with 34.1 minutes per game, 16th in the league with 46 three-pointers, 30th with a .234 three-point percentage, 36th with 9.5 points per game and 39th with 45 assists.

She enters the season tied for fifth in team history with 103 three-pointers and fifth outright with a .775 free throw percentage.

Junior guard Amanda McGrogan (Mount Laurel, NJ) also is a major key to the team's success, displaying great ball handling and solid overall court awareness. Starting all 27 games she played last season, McGrogan closed 41st in the league with 9.1 points per game, 14th with 90 assists, 21st with a 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio, 30th with a .394 field goal percentage, 34th with 29.4 minutes per contest, 46th with 27 steals and 48th with 4.2 rebounds per game.

Sophomore forward Alanna Speaks (Dover, DE) made the transition from the women's soccer pitch with little trouble and hopes to provide the same explosiveness with her incredible athletic ability. She ended last season 65th in the CACC with 7.0 points per game, 20th with 40 steals, 22nd with 34 three-pointers, 29th with a .250 three-point percentage, 46th with 4.3 rebounds per contest, recorded three double-doubles and scored in double figures eight times.

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Players Mentioned

#13 Amanda McGrogan: G; 5' 5"; Junior

#10 Alanna Speaks: F; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#3 Tanner Turner-Rush: G; 5' 7"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#13 Amanda McGrogan
: 5' 5"; Junior
: G

#10 Alanna Speaks
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: F

#3 Tanner Turner-Rush
: 5' 7"; Senior
: G

Players Mentioned

#13 Amanda McGrogan

#10 Alanna Speaks

#3 Tanner Turner-Rush

Players Mentioned

#13 Amanda McGrogan

#10 Alanna Speaks

#3 Tanner Turner-Rush