WALTHAM, Mass. – After clinching the Northeast-10 Conference championship Saturday, the Bentley University women's basketball team will look to achieve a couple additional milestones when visiting St. Michael's College Wednesday evening. The 5:30 pm game from the Ross Sports Center can be viewed via NE10 NOW on FloCollege.
 
The next win for coach C White's team will be the 25^th of the season, a milestone that the Falcons have reached 26 times previously, including a year ago. It would also be the 1,200^th victory in the program's 50-year history, a mark only two teams in Division II history have reached (Union, Tenn. and Delta State).
 
This season's Bentley team is 24-1 overall and 16-1 in the Northeast-10 with three regular season contests to play. The Falcons have won 20 straight games and have been ranked fourth in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division II poll since late December.
 
St. Michael's, 11-13 overall and 8-10 conference, had won six of its last seven before falling at Adelphi University Saturday, 65-37. The Purple Knights have been very good at home with eight wins in 11 games, including four straight victories.
 
Graduate forward Maggie Whitmore (South Portland, Maine/South Portland HS), who was named the NE10 Player of the Week Monday following her strong performance at Saint Anselm Saturday in a 50-45 win, continues to lead five Falcons who are averaging double-figure points.
 
Whitmore, who ranks in the top 17 in program history in both career points and rebounds, is averaging 12.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists this season. She had her second double-double of the season in the Saint Anselm game, finishing with 17 points and ten rebounds, and has averaged 14.2 points on 51 percent shooting in her last six games.
 
Sophomore guard Niya Morgen (Swampscott/St. Mary's HS) has moved to second on the team at 10.7 points per game, and her three-point accuracy rate (.509) continues to lead Division II nationally.
 
Senior forward Kylie DuCharme (Wilmington/Wilmington HS) and classmate Amanda Kabantu (Portland, Maine/Portland HS) are also scoring in doubles, at 10.6 and 10.3, respectively. DuCharme leads the Falcons in rebounds, steals and blocks, and Kabantu is the top offensive rebounder, despite her 5-7 height.
 
Bentley's 49.9 scoring defense is fourth best nationally in Division II, and the Falcons also rank seventh in scoring margin (19.0) and three-point accuracy (.375).
 
St. Michael's, which averages 57.3 points and gives up 61.1 a game, us led by the duo of senior guard Brianna Furch and sophomore forward Jayla Tyler.
 
Furch, the team's top three-point threat with 41 makes, averages 12.0 points and has 47 steals. Tyler has been a force on the boards, averaging 8.6 a game as well as ten points. She's had four double-doubles in her last six games.
 
Bentley is 75-4 all-time against the Purple Knights with last month's 85-56 win the Falcons' 17^th straight in the series.
 
Kabantu and Morgen combined for 34 points with both players making six of their seven shots.
 
Bentley's final road game of the regular season will be Saturday afternoon, at American International.