New Britain, CT - Led by the nation's leading scorer, junior guard Jasmine Nwajei (Rockaway Park, NY/Murry Bergtraum), a Nancy Lieberman Award candidate, the nation's leading scorer at 28.3 ppg. and Wagner's all-time leading scorer, the Seahawk women's basketball team is at Central Connecticut on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 3:30 p.m.

NCAA Division I Top-10 Scoring List

RANK	NAME	TEAM	PPG
1	Jasmine Nwajei	Wagner	28.3
2	Kelsey Plum	Washington	27.1
3	Rachel Banham	Minnesota	26.5
4	Lexi Rydalch	BYU	24.6
5	Kelsey Mitchell	Ohio St.	24.2
6	Kelsey Minato	Army West Point	23.6
7	Lucy Mason	UNCG	22.3
8	Katelynn Flaherty	Michigan	22.2
9	Jessica Kovatch	Saint Francis (PA)	22.2
10	Shereesha Richards	Albany (NY)	22.2

The Series

This marks the 39th all-time matchup between the schools and CCSU holds a 24-14 lead in the all-time series which includes a 62-52 win back on January 16 on Grymes Hill.

Nwajei Continues to Score at Torrid, Record-Breaking Pace

Jasmine Nwajei continued her torrid, record-breaking output this past week, averaging 35.0 ppg., 5.0  rpg., 3.0 spg and 2.5 apg. On February 13, the 5-8 New York City guard poured in 32 points at Bryant in a game where NEC leading rebounder Sofia Roma became the fourth Seahawk starter to be sidelined due to injury. She followed that effort with a 38-point effort vs. Saint Francis U on Feburary 15. Nwajei, who  became the Seahawks' all-time scoring leader on February 6 vs. FDU, is on pace to reach the 2,000-point career mark as a junior, as she currently has amassed 1,942 points with a minimum of four  games remaining. In addition to her national-leading 28.3 ppg. average,  she is hitting for 33.6 ppg. games in Northeast Conference (NEC) play.  Against SFU, Nwajei moved into seventh place on the NEC all-time scoring list. This season, she has a pair of 50-point plus games to her credit, having scored a school and NEC-record 53 points on January 24 vs. Sacred Heart. She also tossed 52 points in an overtime win at St. Francis Brooklyn on February 1. This season, Nwajei has eclipsed the 50-point mark twice, the 40-point mark four times, and the 30-point plateau 12 times (22 for her career).

Nwajei's Top Career Scoring Game

1.     Jasmine Nwajei – 53 – vs. Sacred Heart (1/24/16)

2.     Jasmine Nwajei – 52 – at St. Francis Brooklyn (2/1/16)

3.     Jasmine Nwajei – 45 – vs. Stony Brook (12/18/15)
 

The young guard tandem of sophomore Tanasia Russell (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) and freshman Julia McClure (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) have been finding the range offensively of late. The 5-8 Russell is averaging 12.5 ppg. in her last two games, a 14-point effort at Bryant (2/13), followed by an 11-point outing vs. SFU (2/15). McClure, who also measures 5-8, has also been hitting her stride of late after missing eight games in the middle of the season due to injury.  McClure has hit for 10.5 ppg. in her last two games, after scoring 12 points at Bryant (2/13) and nine points two days later vs. SFU (2/15).

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