Emmitsburg, MD - Fresh off of their first Northeast Conference (NEC) win of the season, a 70-53 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on Monday that capped a four-game homestand for the Seahawks, the Green & White visit Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, January 30 in a 6:00 p.m. tip.

The Series

The Mount holds a 39-15 lead in the all-time series and has won 10 in a row vs. Wagner.

 Nwajei Named NEC Player of Week After Averaging 42.0 Points In Last Two Games

Junior guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum), who delivered an epic week, including a performance of the ages which helped her average 42.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.5 steals in Wagner's two games, earned her third Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Week honor this season, and seventh for  her career.The nation's second-leading scorer at 26.7 ppg while tallying a staggering 33.9 points per contest in NEC games, Nwajei scored at a remarkable rate over the Seahawks two-game stretch. Even by her lofty standards, the Rockaway Park native recorded an unprecedented 84 points in 80 minutes of action. On January 14, the 5-8 guard poured in a school and NEC-record 53 points on 18-of-34 shooting vs. Sacred Heart in a tough 77-73 loss and followed that with a 31-point outburst on January 26 in leading the Seahawks to a 70-53 win over St. Francis Brooklyn in a game seen live on ESPN3. Against SHU, Nwajei was 5-of-14 from three-point range while adding six rebounds, five steals and three assists. Against St. Francis Brooklyn, she hit 6-of-8 from the field and scored 15 points in the fourth quarter as Wagner outscored the Terriers 21-10 in the final frame to pull away for the win. In addition to her game-high 31 points, the New York City guard dished out seven assists while committing only one turnover. For the season, Nwajei only trails only Washington's Kelsey Plum, who is at 27.2 ppg. Plum and the Huskies next play at No. 16 Stanford on Friday while the Seahawks are at Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.The lightning-quick Nwajei's prowess gives her a chance to become the first player in league history to hit the 2,000 career point mark as a junior.  With a minimum of 10 games remaining this season, Nwajei is up to 1,742 career points, No. 2 all-time in Seahawk history, behind Stephanie Samuels (1982-86) who scored 1,835 points. Nwajei is now within 80 points of reaching the NEC all-time Top 10 scoring list as Sacred Heart's Callan Taylor (2009-12) is currently 10th with 1,822 points. For her career, Nwajei is averaging a school-record 22.6 ppg. For her career, Nwajei has now reached the 30-point plateau 18 times, including eight times this season. She has topped the 40-point mark three times this season (four in her career).headed by her record 53-point explosion vs. Sacred Heart (1/24), which is the top individual scoring game in the nation this season.

Nwajei Top Career Scoring Games

53 – vs. Sacred Heart (1/24/16)

45 – vs. Stony Brook (12/18/15)

42 – at Saint Francis U (1/2/16)

40 – vs. Columbia (12/30/14)

 

Roma Rules the Boards
Sophomore Sofia Roma (Richmond Hill, NY/Nazareth Regional) ranks No. 1 in NEC games only, averaging 13.3 rpg. Overall, the 6-2 forward checks in at 10.3 caroms per game which is T-1st in the conference with Bryant's Breanna Rucker. The 6-2 Roma has four double-doubles on the team and her career high is 20 rebounds, which she pulled down vs. Central Connecticut (1/16), one of four games this season with 15 or more rebounds.


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