Plymouth, N.H.--Five Anchorwomen scored in double digits as the Rhode Island College women's basketball team closed out the regular season with a 74-49 win at Plymouth State Little East action on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
Rhode Island College 74, Plymouth State, 49
Rhode Island College (22-3, 15-1 LEC)
Plymouth State (5-18, 0-16 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Rhode Island College and Eastern Connecticut share the 2022-23 Little East Regular Season Championship. The two teams each went 15-1 vs. LEC competition and split the two meetings between each other.  The Warriors won a coin flip, which gave the Anchorwomen the No. 2 seed in the upcoming 2023 Little East Women's Basketball Championship, which begins on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
 
• It marks the third straight season that the Anchorwomen have won at least a share of the LEC's regular season crown. RIC was the outright champion in 2021 and 2022. It is the fifth LEC Regular Season Championship in program history.
 
• RIC was quickly able to gain a double-digit, 18-7, lead thanks to a layup by senior guard Jeniyah Jones (Randolph, Mass.) with two minutes left in the first quarter. The visitors would end the quarter up by 14, 23-9.
 
• After two scores from the Panthers opened up the second stanza, RIC took complete control and outscored the hosts, 16-2, from 7:56-3:11. The half ended with RIC up by 23, 45-22.
 
• RIC would go on the cruise for their 15^th conference win, with sophomore forward Angelina Nardolillo (Hinsdale, N.H.) scoring 11 of her 17 points in the second half.
 
• Along with Jones and Nardolillo, seniors Neleesha Meunier (Leominster, Mass.) and Izabelle Booth (Newport, R.I.), as well as sophomore guard Madison Medbury (Scituate, R.I.), each scored 10 or more points.
 
• Freshman guard Sophie George (Meredith, N.H) and senior backcourt mate Jalen Cook (Monkton, Vt.) led Plymouth State with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Cook added six rebounds and a pair of steals.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
In upcoming action, No. 2-seeded Rhode Island College will host the winner of No. 6-seeded Keene State/No. 3-seeded UMass Dartmouth in the semifinals of the 2023 Little East Championship on Thursday, Feb. 23 (5:30 p.m.).