QUEENS, NY - The Wagner women's basketball team swings back into action today when the Seahawks travel to St. John's for a 2:00 pm contest that can be seen live on ESPN3.com.

ABOUT THE WAGNER SEAHAWKS

Sophomore guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum), the 2014 NEC Rookie of the Year, leads the Seahawks in scoring at 15.5 points while dishing out a team-best 3.8 assists per game. In the season opener at VCU on November 14, the 5-8 New York City guard poured in a career-high 32 points. Junior guard Jordyn Peck (Shaker Heights, OH/Shaker Heights), with 904 career points, is just 96 away from becoming the 24th Seahawk in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career. The 5-6 Peck also averages in double figures at 11.6 points per game. In the low post, redshirt-junior center Ugo Nwaigwe (Valley Stream, Valley Stream South), who at 6-3, used her her 75" wingspan to rank No. 4 nationally in blocked shots per game last season, averages 6.3 points and a team-best 7.3 rebounds per game. Nwaigwe recorded her seventh career double-double and second of the season, with 12 points and 10 rebounds, inn Friday's loss to Monmouth. Sophomore guard Lyndsay Rowe (South River, NJ/St. John Vianney) checks in at 8.8 points per game and is coming off consecutive double-digit games with 13 points vs. No. 21 Rutgers and 10 last time out vs. Monmouth. 

LAST TIME OUT FOR WAGNER

Slowed in the second half by a combination of accumulating foul trouble and cold shooting, the Wagner women's basketball team dropped an 82-59 decision to Monmouth at the Spiro Sports Center tonight, as the Hawks pulled away in a game that was tied 30-30 at halftime. Former Northeast Conference (NEC) rivals until Monmouth began play in the MAAC last season, the Seahawks and Hawks battled to a 30-30 tie at intermission. Just 33 seconds into the second half, however, sophomore guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum), the 2014 NEC Freshman of the Year and Wagner's leading scorer, was whistled for her third foul. Three seconds later, at the 19:24 mark of the second half, redshirt-junior center Ugo Nwaigwe (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) was called for her third foul and then picked up her fourth, 27 seconds after that, at the 18:57 juncture of the second half. With two of Wagner's key cogs on the sideline in foul trouble for long stretches, the Hawks went on a 16-3 tear in opening a 49-36 lead on a pair of Jasmine Walker free throws with 11:09 remaining in the game. The Green & White answered with a 6-2 spurt, capped by a three-pointer by sophomore guard Lyndsay Rowe (South River, NJ/St. John Vianney) at the 9:42 mark that drew the Seahawks to within nine at 51-42. But the Hawks countered with a 12-0 spree in building a commanding 63-42 bulge with 6:07 left and were never headed. Despite being limited to just 17 minutes of action due to the foul difficulty, Nwaigwe managed to post her seventh career double-double and second of the season, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds, both of which were team game-highs and individual season highs

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. ST. JOHN'S

This will be the 15th meeting all-time between the Red Storm and the Seahawks, with St. John's holding a 13-1 edge all-time and the Red Storm have won the last 12 meetings. The only Seahawk win in the series came on March 1, 1975 when Wagner posted a 68-49 road win. The most recent meeting between the schools came on Nov. 22, 2011, when the Red Storm posted 54-34 win at Carnesecca Arena. 

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