Women's Basketball | 3/11/2025 4:30:00 PM
The SUNY Geneseo women's basketball team is coming off one of the most impressive weekends in program history, advancing to the Sweet 16 with a pair of upset victories over No. 15 Catholic and Montclair St. The Knights will play in the Sweet 16 as the lowest seed remaining in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 14 and will travel to Gettysburg, PA, this week, where they will take on the No. 1 team in the country, NYU, on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
The Knights clinched an automatic berth to the postseason tournament by winning the Empire 8 Championship over Brockport. You can follow along and support the Knights from home this weekend by watching them on NCAA.com, HERE. Making the trip to Gettysburg? Purchase your ticket to Friday's game HERE.
Geneseo opened their incredible NCAA Tournament run against No. 15 Catholic University, the host of the first-round games. Geneseo shocked the tournament by pulling off a dominant victory over the Cardinals, leading wire-to-wire after jumping ahead 11–0. Sophomore forward Kristin Suydam recorded 20 rebounds in the game, tying the program record for rebounds in a game set by Jan Halcomb in 1980 and Lynn Hamilton in 1989. Graduate guard Kiley Snow chipped in 17 points, while senior guard Mackenzie Reigle added a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists.
The Knights faced a short turnaround for their second-round game against Montclair St., facing the Red Hawks less than 24 hours later on Saturday. The game got off to a very different start than it did against Catholic, with Geneseo trailing by as many as nine points in the first three minutes. However, the Knights overcame the adversity before halftime, going on a 12–3 run in the second quarter to help give them an 11-point advantage at half. The third quarter saw a dominant performance from Geneseo, outscoring Montclair St. 25–12, allowing Geneseo to easily cruise to a 71–49 win and a Sweet 16 berth.
Geneseo will face a tall task in their next matchup, facing defending National Champion and No. 1, NYU. The Violets have not lost a game since March 2023 and won their opening two rounds by 40 and 38 points, respectively. This will mark the first meeting between the two programs, and the winner of Friday's game will take on the winner of Randolph Macon and Gettysburg on Saturday night.
The women's basketball program now holds a 16–11 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament and has reached the Sweet 16 five times. Geneseo reached the NCAA tournament in five straight seasons from 2014–15 and 2018–19, with two trips to the Sweet 16. In the 1992–93 and 1994–95 seasons, the Knights reached the Elite Eight, highlighting another stretch of five straight years in the NCAA Tournament.
QUICK FACTS:
- Mackenzie Reigle leads the NCAA in assists, averaging 8.0 per game. Additionally, she set the program record for assists in a season this year, breaking the mark set by P.J. McTigue in the 1998–99 season. Reigle ranks second all-time in career assists for the Knights.
- Kristin Suydam leads Geneseo in scoring and rebounding this season, averaging 12.0 points per game and 7.6 rebounds, while shooting 53.4 percent from the field.
- Graduate guard Kiley Snow eclipsed the 1,000 point milestone this season, becoming the 17th player in program history to reach the mark. Snow has moved up to the top 10 all-time in program history with 1,139 points.
- Geneseo's defense has dominated this season, especially over the last five games. Since the start of the Empire 8 tournament, their opponents have been held under 30 percent shooting from the field, and they rank fifth in Division III in field goal percentage defense.
IN THE NEWS:
News 10 NBC -
Selection Show (March 4) -
NCAA First and Second Round Recap (March 10)
D3 Hoopsville -
Coach Polosky Interview (March 10 @ 22:30 mark)