In posting their second consecutive win, the Seahawks even their record at 9-9 and 2-5 in the NEC while the Pioneers fall to 10-8, 4-3 in the NEC.

Senior guard Megan Mahoney (Staten Island, NY/ St. Peter's) led all scorers with 22 points while adding seven assists and four rebounds. Mahoney entered the game with a 977 career points, 498 amassed while at Fordham and 479 as a Seahawk. With her 22-point performance, Mahoney now has 999 combined career points.

Wagner led the entire first half, by as many as nine points, in sprinting out to a 38-32 lead at intermission. The Seahawks built the lead to 10 points early in the second half before the Pioneers rallied to take their first lead at 58-56 with 6:21 remaining in the game. Sacred Heart appeared to be in control with a 63-58 lead following a Callan Taylor jumper with 2:23 left.

Sophomore forward Marie-Laurence Archambault (Montreal, Quebec/ Montmorency) then sparked Wagner's 8-2 game-winning run with an old fashioned three-point play with 1:05 left that drew the Seahawks to within 63-60. Archambault hit a 15-foot baseline jumper and was fouled by Ericka Norman in the process. She then made the free throw and the Seahawks had life. Following a Wagner timeout, Taylor connected on a jumper with 38 seconds left to make it 65-61.

The Pioneers would hurt themselves from the free throw line in crunch time. At the 21-second mark, Norman missed the front end of a one-and-one as the score remained 65-61. Mahoney was fouled driving to the hoop with 14 seconds left and made both free throws to make it a 65-63 game. Cosgrove, an 81-percent shooter from the line on the season coming into the game, was then fouled with 13 seconds left and she too missed the front end of a one-and-one. Clark gathered the rebound as Wagner hurried into the front court.

With five seconds left, Mahoney tossed a pass to Archambault on the right wing who found Clark alone in the right corner. The junior released the ball with one second to go and the ball swished through the net with 0.7 seconds remaining. Sacred Heart was unable to get off a desperation shot as the buzzer sounded, setting off a euphoric celebration by the Wagner players and coaches.

Leading 38-32, the Seahawks got out of the gates quickly in the second half, opening with a 10-6 burst in taking their biggest lead of the game of 10 at 48-38 with 15:08 left to play. Senior forward Ashley Olsen (Staten Island, NY. Notre Dame Academy) tallied five points in the run which was capped by an old fashioned three-point play by Clark.

The Pioneers steadily and methodically whittled away at the Seahawk lead. Ericka Norman started things off with a layup at 14:59 that made it 48-40 which was followed by a Kiley Evans layup at at 14:05 that made it a 48-44 game. After Mahoney hit a jumper to put Wagner on top 54-49 at the 10:52 mark, the Pioneers went on a 9-2 run over a 4:31 span in taking their first lead of the game at 58-56 with 6:21 to go. Mahoney picked up her third personal foul with 7:51 to play and Wagner on top 56-53. In her absence, the Pioneers went on a 5-0 spurt to seize the 58-56 lead.

Alexis Campbell started the 9-2 run by nailing a three-point jumper with 9:25 to go that made it 54-51. Olsen answered with a layup off a feed from Mahoney to push the lead back to five at 56-51. Sacred Heart then reeled off the next 10 points over a span of 4:49. Two free throws by Evans were followed by a Maggie Cosgrove three-pointer that tied the game at 56-56 with 7:33 remaining. Taylor then followed with a jumper at 6:21 that gave the Pioneers the 58-56 edge.

Cosgrove then nailed a three-pointer at the 4:21 mark to push the lead to five at 61-56. A Mahoney jumper at the 4:08 mark made it 61-58. Neither team scored over the next 1:45 until Taylor hit a jumper with 2:23 left that pushed the lead back to five at 63-58. Wagner would then go on its game-ending 7-2 run, culminating in Clark's three-point buzzer-beater.

In addition to her 22 points, Mahoney's seven assists tied her career high. Clark finished with 15 points while Archambault added 13. Olsen was the game's leading rebounder with 10 to go with seven points and three assists. Sacred Heart also placed three players in double figures with Taylor leading the way with 16 points, to go with a team-high nine rebounds, followed by 15 from Cosgrove and 11 from Evans.
Wagner outshot Sacred Heart 45 percent to 41 percent while the Pioneers won the battle of the boards, 37-34.

Mahoney had 12 first-half points, including a 10-footer at the buzzer as Wagner streaked out to that 38-32 halftime lead. The Seahawks led the entire way in the first half. Clark got things started with a layup 1:05 into the game to give Wagner the early 2-0 lead.

The Pioneers were within one point at 7-6 with 14:19 left in the half before the Seahawks embarked on a 9-2 run to open a 16-8 lead with 11:30 remaining in the half. Clark started the run with a layup that made it 9-6 and Archambault capped the run with a three-point jumper that gave Wagner the eight-point cushion. Wagner took its biggest lead of the half of nine at 29-20 on a Clark free throw with 4:44 left in the half.

Archambault added 10 points in the opening half as Wagner enjoyed a 48 percent to 36 percent advantage from the field. Taylor paced Sacred Heart with eight points in the first half while Norman and Cosgrove chipped in with seven points apiece. Wagner held a 23-16 edge in the rebounding department in the first 20 minutes.

Wagner is next in action on Monday, January 24 when the Seahawks host Quinnipiac in a 7:00 pm contest. The Seahawks dropped an 85-72 decision at Quinnipiac in the NEC opener for both teams back on Dec. 4.

NOTES – The win snapped a nine-game losing streak to Sacred Heart. Before today, the last victory in this series for the Seahawks came on Dec. 13, 2003 when Wagner registered a 72-62 home victory. The Pioneers now lead the all-time series 17-8. Mahoney finished 8-of-16 from the field. The eight made field goals are one shy of her season high (9 vs. Colgate, 11/13) and the 16 attempts are a season high. Mahoney has now hit for double figures in five straight games and nine of her last 10. Archambault has reached double figures in four straight games and also has hit for double figures in nine of her last 10 games. Junior forward Micaela McDonald (Elkhorn, WI/ Elkhorn Area) scored a career-high six points, including her first career three-pointer which came in the first half.