Providence, R.I.—Senior center Willcia McBorrough (Providence, R.I.) scored 12 points as the Rhode Island College women's basketball team closed out the regular season with a 66-43 win over Plymouth State, 66-43, on Senior Day at The Murray Center on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
Rhode Island College 66, Plymouth State 43
Rhode Island College (20-5, 15-1 LEC)
Plymouth State (2-19, 1-15 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• RIC recognized McBorrough, senior guard Abby Phelan (Norton, Mass.), senior guard Maire Gallagher (Worcester, Mass.) and senior team manager Ryan Fleming, along with their families, with a Senior Day Ceremony before the start of today's game. Poetically, Phelan, Gallagher and McBorrough scored the first three buckets for the Anchorwomen.
 
• With the win, Rhode Island College clinched the outright Little East Women's Basketball Regular Season Title. The Anchorwomen had captured at least a share of the championship, along with securing the No. 1 seed for the upcoming LEC Championship, in a 61-54 win over UMass Dartmouth on Tuesday night.
 
• It is the fourth LEC Regular Season Championship for the club (2022, '21, '14, '12).
 
• The Anchorwomen would not trail for the entire game and would wind up victorious for the 20th time this season.
 
• McBorrough also registered five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a pair of steals.
 
• Gallagher scored 10 points and pulled down six rebounds in her final home regular season game.
 
• Phelan provided 11 points in her regular season finale.
 
• Freshman forward Angelina Nardolillo (Hinsdale, N.H.) led the hosts with a team-high 13 points, most of which came in the second half.
 
• PSU junior guard Jalen Cook (Monkton, Vt.) paced the Panthers with a game-high 19 points and eight rebounds.
 
 WHAT'S NEXT
In upcoming action, No. 1-seeded Rhode Island College will host the winner of No. 9-seeded Plymouth State and No. 8-seeded Western Connecticut in the opening round of the 2022 Little East Women's Basketball Championship on Tuesday, Feb. 22 (6 p.m.).