Box Score FINAL STATS

Hackensack, NJ – Freshman guard Jordyn Peck (Shaker Heights, OH/ Shaker Heights) capped her impressive freshman campaign with 19 points and senior forward Marie-Laurence Archambault (Montreal, Quebec/ Montmorency) added 13 in the final game of her productive career but it was not enough as Fairleigh Dickinson held off the scrappy Seahawks, 59-54.
 
With the loss, the Seahawks conclude their injury-riddled 2012-2013 season with a 3-26 record, 2-16 in Northeast Conference (NEC) play while FDU improves to 12-17, 7-11 in the conference.
 
The game was tied 21-21 at the half with both teams cold from the field. Wagner hit 7-of-30 shots for 23% in the opening stanza while the Knights were just 6-of-35 which computes to 17% shooting.
 
There was very little separation between the teams in the opening seven-plus minutes of the second half and when sophomore guard Jacqui Thompson (Southampton, PA. St. Basil Academy) hit a driving layup with 12:47 left to play it was a 31-29 game with the FDU on top. Tiffany Grant answered with a three-point jumper which triggered a quick 10-0 FDU run over the next 2:19 that gave the Knights their biggest lead of the game at 41-29 with 10:28 left.
 
The Seahawks fought back with a 10-4 run, capped by a layup by junior forward Laura Amorosa (Kirkland, Quebec/ Phillips Academy) off a steal by Peck that drew the Green & White to within six at 45-39 with 3:53 remaining. Wagner would get as close as five points on two occasions the rest of the way. At the 1:20 mark Archambault drained the final three-pointer of her career to make it 54-49 before Peck sailed in a rainbow three with 10 seconds to go to fashion the final score at 59-54.
 
The ever-hustling senior guard Veronick Fournier (Gatineau, Quebec/ Montmorency) ended her Seahawk career in typical fashion, snaring a team-high 10 rebounds to go with seven points and a steal while playing the entire 40 minutes. At 5-9, Fournier finished the season tops on the team in rebounding at 5.9 per game. The balance in her game is illustrated in the final season stat page which reflects that her point and rebound totals were identical as she scored 171 points while grabbing 171 rebounds on the season. Amorosa and sophomore forward Stephanie Blais (Sherbrooke, Quebec/ Montmorency) chipped in with six and five points, respectively while Thompson added four points and a team-high three assists.
 
FDU center Erika Livermore matched Wagner's Peck for game-high honors with 19 points while pulling down a game-high 14 rebounds. Guard Amanda Andrades also recorded a double-double for the Knights, with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Andrades had an interesting stat line as she was just 1-of-8 from the field but made a living at the line, sinking 10-of-15 free throw attempts.
 
Wagner outshot FDU 31%-22% but the Knights enjoyed an overwhelming advantage at the foul line, making 28-of-39 free  throws (72%) while the Seahawks were 12-of-17 (71%) from the charity stripe. Wagner was whistled for 27 fouls on the evening while FDU committed just 17.The Knights also held the advantage in the rebounding department, snaring 55 boards while the Seahawks managed 44.
 
SENIOR SUMMARIES
Tonight's game marked the end of the careers for three Seahawks as Archambault, Fournier and Robinson all donned the Green &  White for the final time as they now point towards their graduations in May.
 
Marie-Laurence Archambault, 6-0 Forward
*Played in 115 games for the Seahawks, gaining starts in 78 of those games.
 
*Saw action in 3,266 career minutes which is a 28.4 minutes per game average.
 
*Scored 1,038 career points which ranks 20^th on the Wagner all-time career list.
 
*Made 234 three-pointers in her career, which ranks third on the Seahawk all-time list behind only Joy Gallagher (2002-2006), who is tops with 240, and Susan Moffat (1994-1998) who ranks second with 236.
 
*Led the 2012-2013 Seahawks in scoring at 10. 7 points per game, just ahead of Blais (10.3) and Peck (10.2).
                                
*Her 66 made three-pointers this season rank seventh all-time, one behind the 67 she made last season which was good for sixth place.
 
*Tied for team-high honors in blocked shots with Blais as each recorded 27 on the season.
 
Veronick Fournier, 5-9 Guard
*Played in 110 games for the Seahawks, gaining starts in 88.
 
*Consistently filled several statistical columns during her career, finishing with 513 points, 412 rebounds, 144 assists and 109 steals and 28 blocked shots.
 
*Logged a total of 2,883 career minutes, a 26.2 per game average.  
 
*Recorded a team-high 54 steals in 2012-2013, which is just 18 shy of cracking the Seahawk all-time list.
 
*As a 5-9 guard, led the 2012-2013 Seahawks with 171 rebounds (5.9 per game).
 
Chanez Robinson, 6-2 Center
*Saw action in 44 games, with starting assignments in 22, during her two-year Seahawk career after transferring from Northeastern.
 
*Her .410 shooting percentage (41-of-100) was No. 1 on the team.
 
*Finished tied for second in rebounding in 2012-2013 with a 4.1 per game average.
 
*Averaged 6.4 points per game this season which ranked fourth on the team.
 
*Her 21 blocks were third on the team.
 
*Played a total of 814 career minutes, an 18.5 per game average.
 
FIVE FRESHMEN ARRIVING FOR NEXT SEASON
Last November, Wagner College Head Women's Basketball Coach Lisa Cermignano announced the signing of five widely-recruited and highly-rated student-athletes to national letters of intent : 5-9 shooting guard Maria Conyers-Jordan (Philadelphia, PA / Friends' Central), 5-11 small forward Jackie Dluhi (Middletown, NJ/ Middletown South), 5-8 point guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/ Murry Bergtraum), 5-8 shooting guard Lyndsay Rowe  (South River, NJ / St. John Vianney) and 6-3 forward Shakila Small  (Brooklyn, NY/ Medgar Evers College Prep).

These five student-athletes will enroll at Wagner as freshmen for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Name                                  Ht      Pos.                 Hometown/HS                                                     AAU Team
Maria Conyers-Jordan    5-9    Guard               Philadelphia, PA/ Friends' Central                   NYC Gauchos
Jackie Dluhi                    5-11  Forward             Middletown, NJ/ Middletown South                 Jersey Shore Wildcats
Jasmine Nwajei              5-8    Guard                Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum             Positive Direction Royals
Lyndsay Rowe                 5-8    Guard                South River, NJ/ St. John Vianney                   Jersey Cardinals
Shakila Small                  6-3    Forward            Brooklyn, NY/ Medgar Evers College Prep    NYC Gauchos