Above: Redshirt Sophomore Ugo Nwaigwe (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) is developing into a consistent force for the Seahawks. The 6-3 center posted career highs with 12 points and 12 rebounds on Saturday at the Mount and is ranked No. 11 in the nation, and No. 1 in the NEC, in blocked shots at 3.0/game.
(Photo by Dave Saffran)

Game 17: Wagner (3-13, 2-3 NEC) at Robert Morris (8-8, 4-1 NEC)
Monday,  Jan. 20 - 2:00 pm
Sewall Center– Moon Township, PA

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Moon Township, PA - The Wagner women's basketball team is looking to even its Northeast Conference (NEC) record at 3-3 when the Seahawks travel to Robert Morris to meet the Colonials in a 2:00 pm tip-off in a Martin Luther King Day matinee on Monday, January 20.

The Seahawks are coming off of a hard-fought 89-78 loss at Mount St. Mary's on Saturday in a game that saw freshman point guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum) toss in 25 points and sophomore shooting guard Jordyn Peck (Shaker Heights, OH/Shaker Heights) go for 23.

This young, dynamic backcourt combination is sure to give opposing coaches headaches during the rest of the 2013-14 season and beyond. Overall, Peck is the NEC's second-leading scorer at 19.1 points per game while Nwajei's season average is up to 14.1, tops among all NEC freshmen. In Wagner's five NEC games, Peck is averaging a robust 24.6 while Nwajei, who has played in four NEC games, is hitting for 22.8 points per NEC outing along with 7.5 assists and 7.5 rebounds.

Redshirt sophomore Ugo Nwaigwe (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) recorded career highs with 12 points and 12 rebounds vs. Mount St. Mary's as the 6-3 center notched her second double-double of the season. In NEC play, Nwaigwe is averaging 9.6 points and 7.4 rebounds while shooting 71.4% (21-of-28) from the field. With two more swats vs. the Mountaineers, Nwaigwe is up to 48 on the season and 64 for her career, which places her eighth on the Wagner all-time list, five behind Rachel Carman (1990-1994) who had 69 career blocks.

Redshirt freshman guard Jazmine Hamlet (Manhattan, NY/ Fort Lewis) was the fourth Seahawk in double figures vs. the Mount, equaling her career high with 10 points. Freshman guard Lyndsay Rowe (South River, NJ/St. John Vianney) is the only Seahawk who has started all 16 games and is third on the team in scoring at 7.6 points per game.

After reaching the 79-point plateau for the first time since 2003 last time out in their 79-70 win over Sacred Heart on January 13, the Seahawks nearly matched that mark with 78 points vs. the Mountaineers, marking the sixth time this season that Wagner has scored 70 or more points in a game. Last season, in 29 contests, the Seahawks hit for 70 or more on just one occasion.

Robert Morris is 8-8 overall and tied for first place in the NEC with a league mark of 4-1 The Colonials have won three straight games, all of them at the Charles L. Sewall Center, affectionately referred to on the RMU campus as the Chuck, where they are 68-15 since the 2004-05 season.

The Colonials are led by 6-0 senior forward Artemis Spanou, a native of Greece and one of the top players in the history of the NEC. Spanou enters the Wagner game averaging 18.1 points and a league-leading 14.5 rebounds per game. The reigning Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week, Spanou powered Robert Morris past Bryant and Fairleigh Dickinson last week by averaging 20.0 points, 19.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per victory. Her 20th, and final, rebound in a 66-51 win over Fairleigh Dickinson moved Spanou past former WNBA Draft pick Jess Zinobile for the NEC's all-time career rebounding record.

Next up in Spanou's record-breaking career is the NEC record for career double-doubles. Spanou is currently tied with Saint Francis University's Jess Zinoble (1996-00) with 72 career double-doubles. She is seventh on the NCAA career list.
Freshman Anna Niki Stamolamprou, a 5-9 guard, and 5-10 sophomore guard Ashley Ravelli are also double-digit scorers for the Colonials, checking in at 11.7 and 10.3 points, respectively.

In the Colonials' 83-69 home win over Saint Francis U on Saturday, RMU went on an 11-0 run to break open a tight game and secure the victory over their Keystone State rivals. Spanou narrowly missed out on a triple-double, finishing with 25 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists. She finished 8-of-11 from the field and was 9-of-9 from the charity stripe while adding two steals.

Stamolamprou tacked on 15 points while knocking down three jumpers from beyond the arc, chipped in with 12 points. In a game that featured 14 lead changes and six ties, it was an 11-0 run over nearly four minutes late in the second half that put the Colonials in control.

Wagner and RMU will be meeting for the 55^th time in the all-time series and the Colonials hold a 29-25 lead. Robert Morris has won 16 consecutive games against Wagner and has not lost to the Seahawks since 2004 and the Colonials are 12-13 all-time at home vs. the Seahawks.

Notes

Over 70 For Sixth Time
Wagner's 78-point output at the Mount (1/18) marks the sixth time this season that the Seahawks have annexed the 70-point plateau. In 29 games last season, Wagner topped the 70-point mark on one occasion, that coming in a 74-70 win at LIU Brooklyn on January 14, 2013.
 
Jordyn Peck: By the Numbers

*10 Games of 20 Points or More This Season
With her 23-point outing at Mount St. Mary's (1/18), Jordyn Peck has now hit the 20-point plateau in 10 of Wagner's 16 games this season, topped by a career-high 30-point effort vs. Central Connecticut on Jan. 11. The 5-6 guard has hit for 20 or more points in all five of the Seahawks' NEC games this season.
Nov. 10                at Monmouth                        21
Nov. 20                at Iona                                   24
Nov. 26                Vermont                                27
Dec. 12                at Rutgers                             24
Dec. 21                vs. Eastern Michigan          20
Jan. 4                   LIU Brooklyn                        20
Jan. 6                   Bryant                                    29
Jan. 11                Central Connecticut             30
Jan. 13                 Sacred Heart                        21
Jan. 18                 at Mount St. Mary's               23
 
*In NEC Play
While playing 195 out of a possible 200 minutes In Wagner's five NEC, Jordyn Peck is averaging 24.6 points on 43.7 percent shooting (38-of-87), 39.0 (16-of-41) percent from beyond the arc, and 4.2 rebounds while dishing out 8 assists and committing just 6 turnovers.Following her 23-point performance at Mount St. Mary's, Jordyn Peck has is now in second place on the NEC scoring list at 19.1 points per game.