Women's Basketball HCAC Tournament Preview:
HCAC TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
Ticket Pricing:
General Admission $10
Children aged 11 and under: Free
Ticket Link – HCAC Tournament Tickets
 
TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES:
Hanover is making its ninth consecutive HCAC Tournament appearance.
They have advanced to the HCAC Tournament Finals four times during that stretch.
The last HCAC Tournament Championship appearance came in 2022-23.
 
HCAC STATISTICS
Hanover leads the league in points per game – 73.0
Ranks second in win margin – 8.8
Ranks first in field goal percentage – 43.4
 
INSIDE THE ROSTER
Senior Grace Bezold (Covington, Ky.) was named the HCAC Player of the Year and earned First Team honors.
She leads the league in points per game (23.3) and rebounds per game (9.3)
Grace ranks first all-time in Hanover history in scoring average at 17.9 and second all-time in total points – 1,614.
Sophomore Sammy Berman (Independence, Ky.) was selected as Second Team All-HCAC.
Berman leads the league in steals per game (2.8) and fifth in blocked shots per game (1.6).
 
THE MATCH-UP WITH THE MOUNT
The series is tied 1-1 overall.
Mount St. Joseph holds the slight advantage in points per game (69.5 to 69.0) and rebounds per game (42.5 to 37.5).
Hanover has out shot the Lions from three-point, posting a series-high three-point field goal percentage of 34.8 to 23.7.
 
HEAD COACH JOHN JONES
Jones enters the weekend with a 154-90 overall record in his 10^th season.
 
He guided the Panthers to a 19-7 record, marking the third time under his leadership the team has tallied a 19 win season.
 
NCAA DIVISION III
In all of NCAA Division III, Bezold ranks third in field goals (237), fifth in total points (606), fifth in field goals attempted (502), eighth in points per game (23.3), 14th in free throws attempted (176), 18th in total free throws (127), 32nd in defensive rebounds per game (7.4), and tied for 37th in double-doubles (11).

TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN
No. 4 seed Anderson at no. 1 seed Transylvania, 5 PM
No. 2 seed Mount St. Joseph v. no. 3 seed Hanover, 7 PM

Saturday, Feb. 22 Tournament Results:
no. 3 seed Hanover defeated no. 6 seed Berea, 66-53
no. 4 seed Anderson defeated no. 5 seed Franklin, 74-61
no. 2 seed Mount St. Joseph defeated no. 7 seed Rose-Hulman, 72-61
no. 1 seed Transylvania defeated no. 8 seed Bluffton, 58-52.