Saturday's game between Mount St. Mary's and Loyola marks the 32nd meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1974-75 season The Mount leads the series 21-10.
►The Mount lost its first official game in program history to the Greyhounds 60-31 on Dec. 4, 1974.
►The two teams played every year for the first 19 years and then played three more times after taking a year off in 1991-92 before stopping the in-state rivalry after the 1996-97 season.
►Loyola has won all three meetings since renewing the series in 2006 and five of the last six matchups, including a 55-54 win last season in Baltimore.
►The Mountaineers last win in the series was a 75-67 decision in 1996. Mount St. Mary's won 13-straight in the series and 17 of 18 from 1978-1991.

about thegreyhounds... Loyola comes into the contest 2-3 after falling 67-60 at Bucknell on Tuesday. The Greyhounds were picked to finish seventh in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
►Senior F Kaitlin Grant paced the Greyhounds with 16 points against the Bison. The junior ranks second with 12.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per game
►Junior G Erica DiClemente added 15 points against Bucknell and ranks third on the squad with 9.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
►Sophomore G Miram McKenzie registered her third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday. The sophomore leads the team with 17.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

last time we met... Loyola rallied from a 10-point deficit and notched the game-winning basket with 9.9 seconds remaining to earn a 55-54 victory against Mount St. Mary's on Dec. 1, 2008. Mary Dunn paced the Mount with 15 points and eight rebounds while Leah Westbrooks posted 12 points and seven rebounds and Lauren Howell added 12 points off the bench. Siobhan Prior fueled Loyola with 12 points and Grant tallied 11 points and 13 rebounds.

last time out... Colgate defeated Mount St. Mary's 56-45 on Tuesday. Mary Dunn registered a career-high 21 points along with eight rebounds for the Mount while Leah Westbrooks grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss.

next on tap... Mount St. Mary's hits the road for a 10-game road trip, the longest stretch away from Knott Arena in program history. The squad starts the road trip at Lafayette on Monday.
►The next time the squad returns to Knott Arena will be on Jan. 16 against St. Francis (N.Y.).

early season notes... The Mount has won two of its first four games for the 14th time in Mount Division I program history.
►Mount St. Mary's looks to win three of its first five games for the ninth time in the team's Division I history.

get er' dunn... Junior Mary Dunn is averaging 16.7 and 7.7 rebounds per game in her last three games.
►Dunn has registered double figures in her last two games. She posted 16 points and 12 rebounds against Radford on Nov. 21 and then notched a career-high 21 points against Colgate three days later.

a career day to write about... Junior Mary Dunn notched a career-high 21 points against Colgate on Nov. 24, surpassing her career best of 18 points accomplished twice in her first two seasons.
►Sophomore Sandra Andresson tied a career-high with 13 points against Canisius on Nov. 14. Andresson also posted 13 points in last year's meeting against the Golden Griffins.
►Sophomore Courtney Nyce scored a career-high nine points against Duquesne on Nov. 18.
►Freshmen Selina Mann (six points), Tara Lonergan (six points) and Jamie Halloran (two points) each recorded career-high point totals against Duquesne on Nov. 18.
►Freshman Syd Henderson posted a career-high eight points in her collegiate debut against Colgate on Nov. 24.

preseason poll... The Mount St. Mary's women's basketball team has been selected to finish eighth, according to the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll. Sacred Heart, the defending NEC regular season and tournament champion, was tabbed as the preseason favorite after picking up nine of the 12 first-place votes. Saint Francis (Pa.) earned two first-place nods to finish second while Central Connecticut State and Robert Morris rounded out the top-4 teams. The Colonials nabbed the final first-place vote. Quinnipiac, Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth, the Mount, Long Island, Bryant, Wagner and St. Francis (N.Y.) rounded out the 12-team field. Bryant joins league play in 2009-10, but is still in the Division I reclassification process and will not be eligible for postseason play until the 2012-13 campaign.

we will leave a light on for you... Mount St. Mary's will play 12 of it first 15 games on the road.
►In 2004-05, the Mount opened the year with 13 of 17 on the road.
►The squad will also embark on a 10-game road trip and will not have a home game for 46 days between Nov. 28 and Jan. 14.
►It marks the first time in program history the Mountaineers will travel for 10-straight road contests.
►The previous longest road trip was seven games in 2004-05.

home sweet home... The women's basketball team is one win away from its 200th victory at Knott Arena.
►In its 23rd season at Knott Arena, Mount St. Mary's has posted a 199-90 overall mark, including 72-40 in non-conference play and 127-49 in league play since moving across Route 15 from Memorial Gym.
►The Mount went 8-7 last season on Jim Phelan Court.

in the non-conference slate... Mount St. Mary's is 69-103 in non-conference games since joining the Northeast Conference in 1989-90.

hearing your name called at the start... Head coach Bryan Whitten has only had 10 players start in his tenure at the Mount.
►Junior Mary Dunn has started 64-straight games in her career.
►Senior Hassanah Oliver has started the last 41 games for Whitten and 61 of the 62 games played under the coach.
►Junior Leah Westbrooks started 34 straight and 46 games in her career.
►Junior Lauren Howell has started 15 games in her career, including 12 straight.
►Sophomore Sandra Andresson has started 26 of the 34 games she has played.
►In program history, 81 starts will crack the Top-10 list and 112 games played is the 10th most in program history.

three keys to whitten success... The Mount is most successful under Whitten when the squad leads at halftime, in rebounding or keeps the opponent under 60 points.
►The Mount is 16-8 when he holds the lead at halftime, 2-0 when the game is tied, but just 6-32 when trailing at the break.
►The squad is 11-9 when it holds a rebounding edge in a game, but just 12-28 when the opponent has the advantage and 1-3 when the the two teams have equal boards.
►Mount St. Mary's is 17-15 when it holds opponents under 60 points.
►The Mount is 2-1 this season when holding the opponents under 60 points.

twin towers on the move... Juniors Mary Dunn and Leah Westbrooks are a force on the inside and are starting to force their way into the Mount's record book.
► Dunn ranks sixth in career rebounding average (7.6) at the Mount while Westbrooks ranks 11th (6.9).
►Westbrooks ranked sixth in the league in rebounds per game (7.8) and Dunn ranked ninth (7.3) in 2008-09.
►Dunn ranks 10th in Mount Division I history with 11 career double-doubles. The junior posted seven in her first year and three last year.
►Westbrooks notched six double-doubles in 2008-09 and ranks 13th in Mount Division I history.

howlin' mark on the mount record books... Junior Lauren Howell has inserted her name all of the Mount's 3-point record in her first three seasons in Emmitsburg.
►Ranks second in career 3-point percentage (.387).
►Ranks fourth in 3-pointers made (116). Next on the list is former teammate Dominique Mazzuchi (121, 2004-08).
►Ranks seventh in 3-point attempts (302). Next on the list is Amy Langville (1993-97).
►Set an individual game record by going 7-for-7 at Wagner on Jan. 28, 2008.
►Posted the fourth most made 3-pointers in a single game, hitting seven treys twice at Wagner. Also holds the ninth-best mark with six made against St. Francis (N.Y.) on Jan. 7, 2008.
►Tied the NCAA Division I record with 14-straight 3-pointers in her freshman campaign.
►The Mount was 10-7 when Oliver scored double figures last season.
►The Mount is 5-1 when the senior registers at least 16 points in a game.
►Oliver scored a career-high 23 points against Long Island on Feb. 9, 2009.
►The Mountaineers are 9-5 when Oliver dishes out five assists in a game.

the underlining whit... Head coach Bryan Whitten enters his third season at the Mount in 2009-10. The Mount is 24-40 overall under Whitten.
►Whitten has defeated all 11 teams in the NEC.►The Moun
t is 11-21 overall at Knott Arena and 5-13 in NEC play under Whitten.
►The Mountaineers fair better on the road with a 13-19 overall mark away from Emmitsburg and 9-9 in league play.
►Whitten picked up his first Mount win with a 55-51 decision at Lafayette on Nov. 17, 2007.

1,000-point scorer... Mount St. Mary's has had a player reach the 1,000-point plateau in each of the last four seasons and five of the last six campaigns.
►Senior Hassanah Oliver is the closest Mount player to 1,000 points with 624 career points.
►Juniors Mary Dunn (594 points), Lauren Howell (454 points) and Leah Westbrooks (392 points) are next on the Mount's active point list.
►Dita Krumberga scored the most points in a season to reach the grand mark after scoring 520 points in 2006-07 and finished with 1,074 career points.

foreign flavor... Mount St. Mary's has two international players on the roster at the same time for the first time in program history.
►Junior Leah Westbrooks (Ireland) was the third international player at the Mount while sophomore Sandra Andresson (Estonia) became the fourth international player in Emmitsburg.
►The duo follows Katie Walton (Canada, 1998-02) and Dita Krumberga (Latvia, 2004-07).

collegiate debut... Freshmen Selina Mann and Jamie Halloran each made their collegiate debut against Canisius on Nov. 14.
►Mann posted five points, three steals, two rebounds and one assist in 20 minutes.
►Halloran grabbed one rebound in three minutes. The freshman notched her first career points at Duquesne on Nov. 18.
►Freshman Tara Lonergan made her collegiate debut against Duquesne on Nov. 18, finishing with six points, two rebounds and a steal.
►Freshman Syd Henderson made her first collegiate appearance against Colgate on Nov. 24, posting eight points, two rebounds and a steal.

new to the mountain... Head coach Bryan Whitten added four freshmen to his 2009-10 team. Jamie Halloran (Clarks Summit, Pa.), Syd Henderson (Mechanicsville, Va.), Tara Lonergan (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and Selina Mann (Gainesville, Va.) each joined the team this season.

new look coaching staff... Head coach Bryan Whitten revamped his coaching staff with the additions of Denise King, Jada Pierce and Lisa Steele.
►King comes to the Mount after serving as an assistant coach at at her alma mater, Rhode Island, for the last four years.
►Pierce joins the staff with 11 years of coaching experience. Pierce, who was an assistant coach at Massachusetts last season, replaces Margaret Carey who joined the Fordham women's basketball staff.
►Steele ended her four-year career at George Washington last season after registering 206 points and 107 rebounds with the Colonials.

a building block season... Mount St. Mary's finished the 2008-09 season with a 14-16 record, a six-game improvement from head coach Bryan Whitten's first season in Emmitsburg.
►The 14 wins were the most since the 2000-01 squad went 15-14. The Mount won seven of the final 11 games last year.

a record-setting defense in 2008-09... Mount St. Mary's established a new Mount Division I record after finishing last season holding opponents to 58.2 points per game.
►It was the squad's best mark since the 1991-92 season when the squad helped opponents to 60.9 points per game and was the third-best mark in program history ranking behind the 1974-75 team's 46.0 points per game allowed and the 1975-76 squad's 56.0 points per game allowed.

minute women... Mount St. Mary's was one of four teams in the Northeast Conference to have four players average 30 minutes a game, joining Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth and Robert Morris.
► The Top-4 teams in the NEC last season (Sacred Heart, Central Connecticut State, Saint Francis (Pa.) and Quinnipiac) only had two players average 30 minutes per game.
►Junior Mary Dunn played 30 minutes in 24 of 30 games in 2008--09, including playing 40 minutes three times. The Mount was 5-1 when the junior did not play 30 minutes in a game.
►Junior Lauren Howell played 30 minutes in only six games last season, but she averaged 15.6 points per game and the Mount was 5-1 in those contests.
►Junior Leah Westbrooks played 30 minutes in 21 of the 30 games last season, including five 40-minute performances. The squad was 2-7 when she did not play 30 minutes.

going pro... Brianna Gauthier signed a professional contract to play in Sweeden with the Umea Comets.
►Gauthier was the first Mount player to sign a professional contract since Dita Krumberga in 2008.
►Whitten has coached four players that have played professionally.
►Gauthier is now an assistant coach at Norwich, joining former women's basketball assistant coach Mark Zacher. Zacher is in his first season with the Cadets.

tops in the league... Mount St. Mary's has posted the most wins in the Northeast Conference since joining the league in 1989-90 with 235 victories.
►The Mount has the second-most wins in league history, trailing only Monmouth (241).
► The Mount is 235-199 in Northeast Conference play, including 131-49 at Knott Arena and 104-70 on the road.

northeast conference history... Mount St. Mary's has made 20-straight Northeast Conference Tournament appearances.
►The Mount has the longest current streak in the league for consecutive tournament appearance.
►Mount St. Mary's is 17-17 in the NEC Tournament.
►The Mountaineers have not won a tournament game since a 50-45 win against Sacred Heart on Mar. 4, 2001.
►Mount St. Mary's won tournaments in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95, including earning the league's first two NCAA Division I bids.