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The Wagner College Seahawks snapped their eight-game losing streak with a thrilling 65-59 overtime victory at LIU on Jan. 21 but were then upended at St. Francis (NY) 57-54 on Jan. 23. This will be the second meeting of the season between Quinnipiac and Wagner. The Bobcats enter the contest in first place in the NEC with a 7-1 NEC mark and an overall record of 13-6. The Bobcats earned a 78-66 win over Wagner in Hamden, CT back on Jan. 9.

LAST TIME OUT
St. Francis (NY) used a late 10-0 run to overtake Wagner 57-54 despite a career-high 17-point performance by freshman guard Danny Mundweiler (Overland Park, KS/Olathe East) and a 12-point, nine-rebound effort from senior forward Doug Elwell (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell). Trailing 40-31 with 13:40 to play following a three-point jumper by Ricky Cadell, the Seahawks caught fire themselves from beyond the arc, outscoring the Terriers 17-7 over the next 9:41. The Seahawk comeback was fueled by five three-point jumpers, the first by senior forward Doug Elwell (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) with 10:27 left to go and the final three-point splash by sophomore guard Chris Martin (Sicklerville, NJ/Apex Academies) with 3:59 left, which put Wagner on top 48-47 for the first time all game. Sandwiched between those two three-pointers were treys from Elwell, Martin and Mundweiler along with a layup by junor guard T.J. Czeski (Amsterdam, NY/Amsterdam). Martin then hit yet another three-pointer with 2:53 to go to make it 51-47 but Stefan Perunicic answered with a three-point bomb of his own to slice the deficit to 51-50 with 2:31 left which triggered a game-winning 10-0 run by the Terriers. During this decisive rally, which put St. Francis (NY) up by a 57-51 margin, Wagner committed a pair of costly turnovers which aided the St. Francis (NY) cause. Wagner still had a chance when Elwell drilled another three-pointer with 23 seconds left to make it a 57-54. St. Francis (NY) then missed three straight front ends of one-and-one free throw attempts to give the Seahawks a chance to tie but Martin's potential game-tying three-pointer with two seconds to play bounded off the rim as the Terriers held on. In addition to his12 points and nine boards, Elwell added four assists and two steals while Martin and Murray had nine points apiece. Statistically, the game was nearly dead even as the Terriers outshot Wagner 44 percent to 42 percent and held a slim 31-29 edge in the rebounding department. Wagner was 13-of-30 from beyond the arc with Mundweiler and Elwell leading the way by making five and four three-pointers, respectively. Cadell led the Terriers with 19 points while Akeem Bennett chipped in with 16 points while Justin Newton added seven points and 10 assists.