Previews for Wednesday's game will be posted late Tuesday night.

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DIVISION 2

No. 7 Belchertown (15-7) vs. No. 3 Monument Mountain (15-6)
At Curry Hicks Cage, 5
Head to head: The Spartans beat the Orioles 48-41 in Great
Barrington on Feb. 12
Common opponents: Lee (Belchertown one loss, Monument two
losses)
How they got here: Belchertown beat Mount Greylock (51-35)
and Frontier Regional (55-38); Monument beat Drury (45-40 in overtime)
Outlook: The same four Division 2 teams return to the Cage
from last year, but with different matchups between the two Bi-County East
teams and the two Berkshire teams. Last year, it was the two Berkshire teams in
the finals, with Monument winning the title. The Orioles put up a good fight in
the regular season, including junior forward Brianna Del Valle, who scored a
career-high 26 points in the loss. You know the Spartans will be looking hard
at that tape, finding ways to slow down Del Valle and forcing the rest of the
team to carry the majority of the offense. Monument, meanwhile, has plenty of
depth in Sara Mills (12.4 points per game), Laura Ann Dinan (9.9) and Alyssa
Nejaime  (9.3). Interesting stat
(via www.ssportshaven.com) -- Nejaime
made 13 twos and 48 3-pointers during the regular season.

DIVISION 3
No. 1 Lee (20-1) vs. No. 5 Ware (17-5)
At Curry Hicks Cage, 6:30
Head to head: Did not play
Common opponents: Both teams beat Taconic twice and Holyoke
Catholic once
How they got here: Lee beat Holyoke Catholic (65-32); Ware
beat New Leadership (58-14) and Hopkins Academy (57-40)
Outlook: The Wildcats are deep, talented, relentless and
have been the clear tourney favorite all year. Katie Eckart (13.8) was the
Berkshire League’s top scorer and has been a defensive stopper for years.
Sisters Stephanie and Alex Young each averaged more than 10 points per game as
well. Ware, meanwhile, counters with one of the area’s top players in Justine
King and you know Lee will unleash everything it has defensively to slow down
the 1,000-point scorer. The rest of the team, which was terrific without King
against New Leadership, will have to be ready to potentially handle some of the
load.

No. 2 Smith Academy (19-2) vs. No. 3 Sabis (18-3)
At Curry Hicks Cage, 8
Head to head: Did not play
Common opponents: Monson (Sabis won three times, Smith lost
once at Monson)
How they got here: Smith Academy beat McCann Tech (62-57);
Sabis beat Monson (74-71)
Outlook: The Falcons are the final Franklin League team
standing after surviving a scare against McCann in the quarterfinals. The team
is deep, with guard Lindsay Gondek and forward Abeni Davies each averaging just
over 13 points per game. But other players, including Steph and Allison Slysz
and Alyssa Klepacki have all shown the ability to take over offensively if
needed. As for Sabis, the Bulldogs were essentially a given for the No. 2 seed
until they lost two of the final three games considered for seeding by the
MIAA. Sabis survived a terrific challenge from the Mustangs in the quarters and
feature the dynamic duo of Alexis Chappell and Jazmine Collins, who have
combined to average roughly 35 points per game this season.