Game 18 Wagner College Seahawks (11-6; 4-2 NEC) @  St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (7-12; 3-3 NEC)
Game Details	Thursday, January 21, 2016 | Brooklyn Heights, NY 7:00 p.m. | Pope Physical Education Center (1,200)
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Wagner College To Face Reigning NEC Regular-Season Champ St. Francis Brooklyn (Cormac Gordon, Staten Island Advance) 

• Thursday evening's contest between Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn marks the 93rd all-time meeting between the two schools with St. Francis Brooklyn holding a 53-39 edge in the head-to-head series.
• This series is one of the longest in Wagner's history as the two New York schools, separated by the Verrazano Bridge and a mere 30-minute car ride on I-278, first started back on January 12, 1929, when the Terriers defeated Wagner, 37-14. 
• Wagner is looking to snap a five-game losing streak against the Terriers. The Seahawks were last victorious over its Brooklyn rival back on January 19, 2012, when the Green & White earned a 73-61 victory at the Pope Physical Education Center. 
• Last season, St. Francis Brooklyn took both meetings, defeating the Seahawks 66-51 on February 7 on Staten Island and five days later, 83-66, in Brooklyn Heights, NY

• St. Francis Brooklyn was the talk of New York City hoops last year, as the Terriers came within an eyelash of claiming the program's first NEC championship after securing the regular season title.
• SFBK matched its program single-season record with 23 wins and reached the postseason for the first time in 52 years with an appearance in the Postseason NIT. 
• The Terriers, who no longer have the services of last season's Player of the Year, Jalen Cannon, the conference's all-time leading rebounder. Also, SFBK doesn't have point guard Brent Jones, as he along with Cannon, graduated.
• This year's Terriers are led by senior guard Tyreek Jewell, who is averaging 13.3 ppg in 19 games, and since NEC-play began, Jewell has been SFBK's "jewel," averaging 16.2 ppg, which ranks him fifth in conference-only games.
• As a whole, St. Francis Brooklyn ranks second in scoring defense (67.4 ppg), third in field-goal percentage defense (.443), rebounding offense (36.6), rebounding defense (35.2) and first in blocked shots at 4.84 per game, with Amdy Fall, rejecting 1.89 per game.

• Between Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn, there is one common opponent between the two from the non-conference schedule, St. John's.
• Wagner opened up the season at Carnesecca Arena on November 13, falling to the Red Storm, 66-57.  St. Francis Brooklyn squared off against St. John's at "The World's Most Famous Arena," Madison Square Garden, as part of the ECAC Holiday Festival, suffered a 63-56 setback, back on December 6.
• Among NEC competition, both teams have played Saint Francis U, Robert Morris, Bryant and Sacred Heart.  Both Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn are 3-1 against these four opponents.

• Wagner holds an all-time mark of 159-308 against all New York State Division I-based schools.
• The 21 schools are Albany, Army, Binghamton, Buffalo, Canisius, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Hofstra, Iona, LIU Brooklyn, Manhattan, Marist,Niagara, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis Brooklyn, St. John's, Siena, Stony Brook and Syracuse.
• There are only three schools from the Empire State that Wagner has yet to face in its history; Binghamton, Canisius, and Colgate.

• Junior guard Michael Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Lamar Consolidated [San Jacinto College]) recorded his team-leading sixth double-double of the season, as the first-year Seahawks ended with 13 points and ten rebounds against Central Connecticut.
• Carey's is currently second in the league with six double-doubles, trailing Saint Francis U's Ronnie Drinnon, who has eight double-doubles on the season. 
• Below are Carey's four double-double performances, in which he is he is averaging 12.8 ppg and 12.0 rpg when he produces a double-double:

• Despite suffering its first home defeat against LIU Brooklyn (1/14/16), Wagner had won its first six-games at the Spiro Sports Center, matching the mark set by the 2011-2012 squad, led by former head coach Dan Hurley when his Seahawks went 6-0.
• Under head coach Bashir Mason, the Seahawks are 36-12 at the Spiro Sports Center.
• All-time, Wagner is 147-77 since the Spiro Sports Center opened on February 20, 1999, in which the Seahawks played Fairleigh Dickinson to a 78-56 victory. 
• This season, Wagner is outscoring their opponents by 11.3 points (71.0-to-59.8) while holding a +10.6 on the glass (41.5-to-30.9).
• Despite shooting just 29.0 percent from the outside, Wagner has found a way to make the most of their chances from the charity stripe, converting 73.3 of its attempts from the line.  
• Sophomore guard Corey Henson (Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic) is one of three Seahawks to average double-figures at the Spiro Sports Center.  
• The second-year guard is averaging 14.5 ppg while shooting 48.1 percent from the field and 45.0 percent from long range. Additionally, Henson is 81.5 percent from the free-throw line (22-of-27). 
• Redshirt senior guard Dwaun Anderson (Suttons Bay, MI/Suttons Bay [Michigan State]) is averaging 28.8 minutes a contest at home shooting 87.5 percent from the free-throw line (28-of-32). Anderson, who missed all but one game last season, has tallied 11.5 ppg at home this season to go along with 5.1 rpg and a team-leading ten blocks, including a career-high four rejections against Bryant on January 7.
• Junior guard Michael Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Lamar Consolidated [San Jacinto College]) has found a new "home" on Staten Island. In eight games this season, Carey is averaging a double-double, with 11.6 ppg and a team-leading 10.5 rpg.  
• The talented 6-5 guard set a new career-high on January 7 against Bryant, grabbing 15 rebounds in the 65-56 victory over the Bulldogs. 12 of those rebounds came on the defensive end. 

• When Wagner travels to Brooklyn Heights on Thursday evening, it marks the second time that Seahawks Assistant Director of Media Relations, Brian Morales, will be back in Brooklyn Heights.
• A 2008 graduate of St. Francis College, Morales joined the Wagner Media Relations staff on October 24, 2014, coincidentally the same date as the 2014 NEC Social Media Day, held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
• Wagner is looking for its first win against St. Francis Brooklyn in five tries while Morales is hoping the Seahawks earn its first win against the alma mater in two chances. 

• Through games 1/20/16, Wagner ranks among the top-50 in the NCAA in five statistical categories.
• The Seahawks are 13th in the nation in Offensive Rebounds Per Game, averaging 14.35 offensive caroms a contest.
• Wagner is 27th in Scoring Defense (63.9 ppg) and 29th in Rebounding Margin (+7.4)
• The Green & White are 36th nationally in Turnovers Forced, averaging 15.53 per contest.
• Wagner has averaged 7.8 steals per game, good 48th in the NCAA.
• Individually, sophomore guard Corey Henson (Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic) ranks 18th in the nation in Three-Point Field Goal Percentage at 45.8 percent.

• Wagner is 6-4; 3-3 away from Spiro Sports Center and 3-1 at home
• Over the last ten games, Wagner is a +8.4 on the boards (39.4-31.0) and a +5.6 on the offensive glass (13.5-7.9)
• Four Seahawks are averaging over 10.0 ppg over the last ten games, led by sophomore guard Romone Saunders (Temple Hills, MD/Potomac [Mt. Zion Prep]), who is pouring in 12.0 a contest.
• Junior guard Michael Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Lamar Consolidated [San Jacinto College]) is nearly averaging a double-double over his last ten games, scoring 10.6 ppg and pulling down a team-leading 9.2 rebounds during this stretch. 

• Wagner has done a tremendous job on the boards this season, leading the Northeast Conference in Rebounding Offense, Rebounding Defense, and Rebounding Margin.
• The Seahawks have outrebounded its opponents in 13 of 17 games this season.
• The Green & White, so far, has outmuscled the opposition by at least 20 caroms in two games this season, most recently at Robert Morris on January 4 (44-24) and at home against College of Staten Island (50-29), back on November 28.

• The Seahawks have tallied 508 of its 1,152 from inside the paint.
• The Green & White have allowed its opponents to score 457 points inside the painted area.
• Wagner has allowed 20-points or fewer from inside the paint in four  games this season (at St. John's [14], vs. Morgan State [18], vs. American [16]) and vs. Central Connecticut [16])
• The most points the Seahawks have allowed inside the paint this season is 40 at Saint Francis U back on January 2.

• Corey Henson ranks fourth in the NEC in effective field goal percentage at 56.8 percent.
• Redshirt senior forward Mike Aaman (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan [University of Rhode Island]) leads the conference in Offensive Rebounding Percentage at 14.7 percent.  Junior guard Michael Carey (Nassau, Bahamas/Lamar Consolidated [San Jacinto College]) ranks 8th in the same category at 10.8 percent.
• Conversely, Carey paces the NEC in Defensive Rebounding Percentage at 26.2 percent.  Aaman is ranked 12th at 18.6 percent. 
• This statistic measures the percentage of possible defensive rebounds a player gets and computed PlayerDR [%Min * (Team DR + Opp. OR)].
• Carey pulled down his fifth double-double of the year against LIU Brooklyn (1/14/16) as he finished with 13 points and ten rebounds.

• As of 1/16/16, Wagner is five games above .500 and is one of two teams in the league with a winning record, as LIU Brooklyn is the second team at 9-8. 

• Wagner will be back at the Spiro Sports Center on Saturday, January 23 as they look for the season sweep against Sacred Heart. 
• Tipoff is scheduled for 4:00 pm following the Wagner women's contest, also, against SHU.