Staten Island, NY –  The Wagner College women's basketball team concludes the second week of Northeast Conference (NEC) play as the Seahawks welcome Fairleigh Dickinson this evening to the Spiro Sports Center.  Wagner is looking to bounce back after suffering a 80-68 loss to Sacred Heart while the Knights are looking for back-to-back wins, after earning an 74-67 home win over Central Connecticut. 

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Inside The Numbers:

• 1249 - Monday's contest will mark the 1,249 game in the history of the Wagner women's basketball program as the Seahawks have won 524 games.
• 75 - times Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson will be squaring off. 
• 68 - points is what Wagner is averaging through three Northeast Conference (NEC) contests. 
• 3 - Seahawks are averaging in double figures over their five games...Taylah Simmons, 13.0 ppg, Emilija Krista Grava, 10.6 ppg, and Khaleah Edwards, 10.4 ppg. 

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Last Time Out For Wagner:

• The Wagner College women's basketball team dropped an 80-68 decision on Saturday afternoon to the Sacred Heart University Pioneers in Northeast Conference (NEC) action at the Spiro Sports Center.
• With the loss, the Seahawks dips to 3-11 overall and 1-2 in league contests while the Pioneers hit the .500 mark at 7-7 overall while remaining undefeated in conference tilts at 3-0.
• Three Seahawks finished the ballgame scoring in double figures, led by redshirt sophomore forward, Taylah Simmons, who poured in 16 points to go along with a team-leading eight rebounds in 33 minutes of action. For Simmons, it marks her fourth straight game scoring in double digits and the sixth time she has done so in her last seven games.
• Senior guard Nakylia Carter and freshman forward Emilija Krista Grava each added 14 points on a combined 11-of-23 shooting from the field. Carter dished out a game-high six assists, the third time in her last four games that she has dished out five or more helpers to go along with five rebounds while playing the full forty.
• Krista Grava reached double figures for the fourth time in her last five games as she added seven rebounds while rejecting two shots in her 30 minutes of action. Sophomore Khaleah Edwards contributed nine points while Alayshia Dailey contributed six.
• Katherine Haines led four Pioneers in scoring on the afternoon, rattling in a game-best 22 points while also pulling down a game-high 13 rebounds in the victory. Haines also had four blocks in her 34 minutes of play. Candice Leatherwood netted 20 points on just 2-of-6 shooting from the floor, but got the majority of her points from the free throw line, converting 15-of-17 from the charity stripe.
• Adrianne Hagood and Oliva Dabney also notched double digit performances, scoring 16 and 13, respectively on a collective 10-of-19 shooting from the field, which included a combined 5-of-9 display from the outside.

Inside The Wagner | Fairleigh Dickinson Series:

• Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson are squaring off for the 75th time, or the "Diamond Anniversary," with the Knights leading the head-to-head series, 40-34. 
• Last season, the Knights swept the season series from Wagner, earning a 74-64 win at the Spiro Sports Center on 1/6/18 and sealed the season series with a narrow, 62-61, victory at the Rothman Center back on 2/12/18. 
• Since 2002, Wagner is just 9-13 against the Knights. 
• The Seahawks are looking to snap a two skid against FDU, last picking up a 74-66 road triumph back on February 4, 2017. The last time Wagner defeated the Knights on Staten Island came back on February 14, 2015, in which the Green & White earned a 82-75 victory.
• The head-to-head series between the Green & White and the Knights back on February 28, 1978, in which Wagner defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 75-63. 
• Over the last five meetings, Wagner is being outscored by Fairleigh Dickinson by a little over 3.0 ppg (67.2-to-63.8). 
• In the last two meetings against FDU, Taylah Simmons is averaging 10.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 3.0 apg. 

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