Brooklyn, NY - Following a tough 74-69 loss at LIU Brooklyn on Saturday in a game that Wagner nearly pulled out the win after trailing by 24 points, the Seahawks again cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Monday, January 15 to face the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers in a 1:00 p.m. Martin Luther King Day matinee.
All-Time Series
Today's game marks the 79th all-time meeting between the schools and the Seahawks hold a 57-21 lead in the all-time series. Over the last five seasons, the Seahawks are 3-2 vs. the Terriers. These teams split their two matchups last season, with each team holding serve on its home floor.
February 18, 2017 – Loss 63-50
January 30, 2017 – Win 58-45
February 1, 2016 – Win 82-78 (OT)
January 26, 2016 – Win 70-53
February 16, 2015 – Loss 67-55
First NEC Opening Game Win In Six Years
The Seahawks' 75-66 victory at Bryant on December 29 marked Wagner's first NEC-opening game win in six years, since December 3, 2011, when the Wagner topped St. Francis Brooklyn by a 49-45 count on Staten Island.
Former DII All-American Getting It Done in D-I
Fifth-year senior forward
Sierra Clark (Hughesville, MD / Archbishop Spalding), who was recruited to and played for
Heather Jacobs at Adelphi University where she went on to earn Division II All-American honors last season, is coming off a 34-point, 10-rebound performance at LIU Brooklyn on Saturday. Against the Blackbirds, Clark finished 14-of-22 from the floor and grabbed 10 rebounds. While the 34 points are the most that Clark has scored here in her first season as a Seahawk, they are not her overall career high as she had 36 points while playing for Adelphi vs. St. Michaels on January 9, 2016. For the season, Clark is now averaging 17.9 points and 8. 7 rebounds per game. Through 16 games, the 5-11 Clark has seven double-doubles, seven 20-point-plus games, and 23 double-digit scoring efforts to her credit.
Wagner Last Time OutTrailing by 24 points late in the third quarter, the Wagner women's basketball team staged a furious comeback before running out of time, falling 74-69 at LIU Brooklyn despite 34 points from
Sierra Clark. With the hard-luck loss, the Seahawks fall to 3-12 on the season, 1-5 in Northeast Conference (NEC) play while the Blackbirds improve to 6-9 overall, 2-2 in league. Wagner, which trailed 40-28 at halftime, fell behind by a count of 60-36 with 2:52 left in the third quarter following a layup by LIU's Deangelique Waithe. The Seahawks then scored the final eight points of the quarter to make it a 60-44 game entering the fourth. In the final quarter, Wagner outscored the Blackbirds 25-12, which made it a 33-12 run overall, to draw within three at 72-69 with three seconds to play. The Green & White were forced to foul and Drew Winter knocked down a pair of free throws as LIU Brooklyn held on for the 74-69 win. After falling behind by that 24-point, 60-36 deficit, Wagner outscored 8-0 over the final 2:32 of the third quarter, with four of those points coming on a pair of Clark layups. The other four points came on free throws as redshirt freshman guard
Taylah Simmons and junior guard
Nakylia Carter each went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe during this stretch. In the fourth quarter, it was all Wagner. In perhaps their best single quarter of the entire season, the Seahawks were led by Clark's 12 points, Carter and freshman guard
Alayshia Dailey accounted for five and four points, respectively over the 10 minutes, with Simmons and freshman guard
Khaleah Dixon-Edwards hitting for two apiece during the comeback. Wagner began to whittle away at the Blackbirds' lead over the next five minutes, cutting it the deficit to seven points on a pair of Carter free throws with 4:07 to play. After LIU's Denisha Petty-Evans knocked down a 10-foot jumper to push the lead back to nine, at 66-57 with 3:55 left.The Seahawks then went on a furious 12-3 burst, with seven of those points coming from Clark, including a top-of-the-key three-pointer with three seconds to play which made it 72-69. A key to the Wagner comeback bid was the Seahawks' proficiency at the foul line as the Green & White went 18-of-25 from the charity stripe, good for a 72% clip, which is their third-best performance of the season. The 18 made free throws were a season high while the 25 free throw attempts were tied for the second-highest on the year. Simmons wound up matching her career high with 15 points, including 7-of-8 accuracy from foul line. The 6-0 guard added eight rebounds, tied her career high with four assists while logging a full 40 minutes for the first time as well. Carter, meanwhile, another first-year Seahawk, had her best game of the season, finishing with a career-high nine points and dishing out four assists, which tie for a season best. The 5-8 junior college transfer from Oklahoma accomplished these numbers while playing a career-high 39 minutes.
Short-Handed Seahawks
The Green & White were able to create all of this late-game excitement at LIU despite being without the services of redshirt freshman guard, as the Seahawks' second-leading scorer (9.3-point average) and top three-point shooter (27 made 3-pointers), was under the weather and unable to play. In addition to being without Lenahan for the entire game, Wagner was also forced to play all but seven seconds of the final quarter without senior guard
Tanasia Russell. The South Jersey native took an elbow to the nose from LIU's Seneca Edwards at the 9:53 mark of the fourth. After a video replay review, Edwards was charged with a flagrant foul, as Simmons stepped in and sank two free throws to make it a 60-46 game.
2018 Basketball Alumni Day Schedule For Saturday, January 20Wagner Athletics is excited to announce that the annual Basketball Alumni Day event will take place on Saturday, January 20, 2018, when the Seahawks host Robert Morris University for a doubleheader affair at the Spiro Sports Center. The women's basketball alumni day will begin with the game at 1:00 p.m. when each former player in attendance will be recognized on court during the contest. Once the game is completed a reception including food, beer, wine and soda will take place in the Hall of Fame room. The men's basketball alumni day will begin with the contest against the Colonials at 4:00 p.m. where each former player in attendance will be recognized on the court. Once the game is completed a reception including food, beer, wine and soda will take place in the VIP room. The cost of the event is $20 per person, as this will ensure your ticket to the game and the reception. Those interested in attending the festivities should contact
Greg Cusick at 718-420-4008 or email gregory.cusick@wagner.edu.
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Up Next
The Seahawks return home to the Spiro Sports Center for two straight games, beginning on Saturday, January 20 with a 1:00 p.m. matchup vs. Robert Morris on Alumni Day. Following this game, the Wagner and RMU men's teams will square off at 4:00 p.m. The Seahawks will then warp up their two-game homestand on Monday, January 22 for a 7:00 p.m. contest vs. Saint Francis U.
