Women's Basketball 1/17/20

Women's Basketball Welcomes St. Francis Brooklyn On Alumni Day

Wagner College Women's Basketball Game Information
Game #16 \| NEC Game 5	Wagner College Seahawks (4-11; 0-4 NEC) vs. St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (5-10; 1-3 NEC)
Date \| Time	Saturday, January 18, 2020 \| 1:00 PM
Location	Staten Island, NY \| Spiro Sports Center
Game Notes	Wagner \| St. Francis Brooklyn
Where To View	WATCH LIVE (NEC Front Row) Play-by-Play: Keith Raad LIVE STATS
Social Media	Twitter: @WagnerWHoops, @WagnerAthletics Instagram: @wagnerwhoops

Staten Island, NY – Following a pair of nail-biting finishes in Western Pennsylvania, the Wagner women's basketball team returns home to the Spiro Sports Center as the Seahawks welcome local Northeast Conference (NEC) rival, the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers to Grymes Hill on Saturday afternoon on Alumni Day.

Wagner All-Time vs. St. Francis Brooklyn:

Saturday's tip at the Spiro Sports Center marks the 84th all-time meeting between the two borough rivals, with Wagner holding a 61-22 advantage in the head-to-head series.
The Seahawks are 5-0 in its last five home contests against the Terriers.
In the last ten games, the Green & White is 6-4 against SFBK.

Last Time Out For Wagner:

Following their last timeout of the game and trailing 51-50 after a pair of Red Flash free throws, the Seahawks had a good look at the hoop but the ball rimmed out and a scrum ensued with Saint Francis U coming away with the loose ball as time expired as the Wagner women's basketball team dropped a heartbreaker, 51-50, on Monday evening at DeGol Arena.
Redshirt senior guard Janelle Mullen was the lone Seahawk in double-figures, finishing the contest with 11 points.
Classmate Jordan Hobson added nine points.
Junior Alayshia Dailey, who finished with six points, pulled down a team-leading nine rebounds while dishing out a game-high five assists in 29 minutes of action.
Khaleah Edwards, who drove the lane on the Seahawks' final possession, ended the game with seven points and five rebounds.
Haley Thomas and Karson Swogger led the way for the Red Flash with 11 points apiece with Thomas recording double-double, grabbing ten rebounds in the win. Jenna Mastellone chipped in 10 points off-the-bench for SFU.

A Win Over St. Francis Brooklyn Would:

snap an eight-game overall losing streak.
be Wagner's fifth home win of the season.
give Wagner its first conference win of the season (entering play at 0-4)
be the 25th win at Wagner for Head Coach Heather Jacobs.

About St. Francis Brooklyn:

St. Francis Brooklyn makes the short trip across the Verrazzano Bridge as they enter play with a 5-10 overall record and a 1-3 mark in the Northeast Conference (NEC) action.
The Terriers, who were predicted to finish fifth along with Bryant, are looking to stop a two-game losing skid, after dropping a 69-44 road decision at Robert Morris.
The Terriers have three players scoring in double digits this season, led by Jade Johnson, who ranks second in the NEC at 16.7 ppg. Johnson leads the conference in three-point field goals made with 40 while averaging close to three makes a contest in a league-best 38.1 minutes a contest.
Nevena Dimitrijevic, who garnered her fourth NEC Rookie of the Week award, is fourth in the league in scoring at 14.7 ppg while leading the conference in assists at 6.6 per game, which is fifth in the country while her 99 assists are good for eighth overall in the entire NCAA.
Ally Lassen is the third Terrier to pour in double-figures, at 14.1 ppg, while leading the team on the glass, grabbing 6.2 caroms a game.
St. Francis Brooklyn is averaging 65.9 ppg, good for second in the league while converting on 39.2 percent from the field, 33.8 percent from three-point range and hitting on 77.6 percent from the free-throw line, which ranks ninth in the nation.

Last Time Against The Terriers:

Trailing by nine, 72-63, early in the fourth quarter, the Wagner College women's basketball team outscored the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers, 23-13, over the final nine minutes, highlighted by what turned out to be the game-winning jumper in the paint by redshirt sophomore Taylah Simmons as the Seahawks defeated their Brooklyn counterparts, 87-85, on February 11 at the Spiro Sports Center.
Three Seahawks finished the game in double figures, led by Simmons, as the Melbourne, Australia native netted a career-high 30 points on 14-of-27 shooting from the field in 39 minutes of action. In the process, the second-year Seahawk notched her third straight double-double (sixth of the season, eighth of her career), as she grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Simmons also recorded a team-high in assists with five, while adding two steals and a block.
Redshirt junior guard Janelle Mullen produced her first 20-point game as a Seahawk, as she matched her career-best (Dec. 4, 2016 @ Marist while playing at Saint Peter's University) by going 6-of-9 from the floor and 4-of-5 from long range in 32 minutes of play. For Mullen and Simmons, it marks the first time that a pair of Seahawk teammates have gone for at least 20 points in the same game since Corinn Baggs (20 points) and former NEC Rookie of the Year, Kerstie Phills, did so on the road at Saint Francis U (2/13/17).
Sophomore guard Alayshia Dailey added ten points and four assists in 34 minutes of action. Other notable contributions from Wagner on the evening came from sophomore Khaleah Edwards, who scored nine while senior guard Nakylia Carter netted eight points, grabbed seven rebounds, and dished out five assists while swiping three steals.
St. Francis Brooklyn had four players in double digits, led by Jade Johnson's 30 points as she scored 21 of her 30 from beyond the arc (7-of-15). Ally Lassen was the Terriers' second-leading scorer, finishing with 18 points, seven rebounds and three blocks. Maria Palarino and Dominique Ward finished with 16 points and 10 points, respectively. Amy O'Neill contributed nine points and a game-high 13 assists to go along with six rebounds and five steals in the setback.

Same Face, New Place:

Saturday's contest between the Seahawks and Terriers will be a homecoming of sorts for St. Francis Brooklyn Associate Head Coach, Jennifer Leedham.
Leedham was a part of the Seahawk staff the past three seasons.
Saturday's game will not be the first time that Leedham and Wagner head coach, Heather Jacobs, have sat on opposite benches.
Leedham was the head coach at Franklin Pierce while Coach Jacobs patrolled the sidelines for Adelphi University.
The all-time head-to-head coaching series between Coach Jacobs and Coach Leedham is knotted at 4-4.

Date	Adelphi University Panthers Score (Head Coach Heather Jacobs)	Franklin Pierce Ravens Score (Head Coach Jennifer Leedham)
2/26/16	72	65
1/6/16	44	59
3/5/15	65	54
2/12/15	61	66
1/29/15	83	53
3/2/14	81	77
1/29/14	88	97
1/19/13	71	73 (ot)

Home Sweet Home:

Wagner has posted a 4-2 record at the Spiro Sports Center this season.
The Seahawks are averaging 68.2 ppg at home this season, shooting the ball at a 40.0 percent clip from the field while hitting on 35.3 percent from the outside.
The Green & White are a plus 3.5 on the boards, averaging 38.5 caroms a contest through six home games.
Sophomore Emilija Krista Grava and junior Khaleah Edwards have averaged double-figures, led by Krista Grava, who is pouring in 21.8 ppg in five home games while Edwards is next at 15.3 a contest.
Edwards and Krista Grava have crashed the boards effectively, with EKG pulling down close to 7.4 caroms while Edwards has corralled 7.3 a game.
Senior Jordan Hobson has netted 9.0 ppg at home this season, shooting 40.0 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from long range in just 18.2 minutes a contest.
Freshman Alex Cowan has netted 9.0 ppg while dishing out 3.7 apg over the six Wagner home games.
Redshirt junior guard Morgan Lenahan currently leads the team at home, averaging 4.3 helpers a game at Spiro to go along with 3.3 rpg and 3.0 ppg.

Turn The Beat Around:

Wagner ranks among the top-100 in turnovers forces, averaging 18.73 per contest, which ranks third in the Northeast Conference (NEC).

3 Ball:

The Green & White rank among the top-100 teams in the nation in three-point field goals per game, averaging 6.9 contest, which is good for third in the NEC.
Senior Jordan Hobson is second in league-only games averaging 2.5 three-point field goals made per game, trailing only Mount St. Mary's Michaela Harrison (2.8).

This & That:

Through four NEC games, Wagner leads the circuit in conference-only games in turnover margin at a +8.00. The next closest team, Sacred Heart, is at a +3.75.
The Seahawks are 2-2 this season in games decided by five points or less, having dropped back-to-back tilts by an average of 2.5 points.
The Green & White have entered halftime with a lead in two of the last three contests (31-27 vs. Sacred Heart | 20-29 @ Robert Morris | 31-26 @ Saint Francis U) despite dropping all three contests.
Wagner posted a season-low eight turnovers against Saint Francis U on Monday. It marked the first time since playing LIU on the road back on February 9, 2019, when the Seahawks had nine turnovers.

Seahawk Saturday Hoops:

The Green & White are 2-4 in six Saturday contests this season, after falling most recently on Saturday in Moon Township to the defending league champions, Robert Morris.
Three Seahawks have eclipsed the double-figure mark thus far in five Saturday matchups, led by Krista Grava, who is netting 12.0 ppg while hitting on a team-high 47.3 percent from the field in just 28.0 minutes of action.
Cowan is next at 11.3 ppg while dishing out 2.7 apg in 31.0 mpg.
Edwards rounds out the trio with 11.2 ppg while crashing the boards with 5.4 caroms a game in 32.2 mpg.
As a whole, Wagner is tallying 60.0 ppg on Saturday, while hitting on 35.7 percent of its shots from the field while converting at a 73.9 percent clip at the charity stripe.
The Seahawks have forced 21.5 turnovers on Saturday. and have averaged 13.5 apg during these games.

Next Up For Wagner:

Wagner concludes its two-game homestand on Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) as the Seahawks will host the LIU Sharks at 1:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Corinn Baggs: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#13 Kerstie Phills: F; 5' 9"; Freshman

#20 Nakylia Carter: G; 5' 5"; Senior

#23 Taylah Simmons: G/F; 6' 0"; Redshirt Sophomore

#10 Alayshia Dailey: G; 5' 8"; Junior

#22 Khaleah Edwards: G/F; 5' 8"; Junior

#24 Emilija Krista Grava: F; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#14 Jordan Hobson: F; 5' 11"; Senior

#3 Morgan Lenahan: G; 5' 11"; Redshirt Junior

#44 Janelle Mullen: G; 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

#12 Corinn Baggs
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#13 Kerstie Phills
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: F

#20 Nakylia Carter
: 5' 5"; Senior
: G

#23 Taylah Simmons
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G/F

#10 Alayshia Dailey
: 5' 8"; Junior
: G

#22 Khaleah Edwards
: 5' 8"; Junior
: G/F

#24 Emilija Krista Grava
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: F

#14 Jordan Hobson
: 5' 11"; Senior
: F

#3 Morgan Lenahan
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Junior
: G

#44 Janelle Mullen
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior
: G

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Women's Basketball Welcomes St. Francis Brooklyn On Alumni Day

Players Mentioned

#12 Corinn Baggs

#13 Kerstie Phills

#20 Nakylia Carter

#23 Taylah Simmons

#10 Alayshia Dailey

#22 Khaleah Edwards

#24 Emilija Krista Grava

#14 Jordan Hobson

#3 Morgan Lenahan

#44 Janelle Mullen

Players Mentioned

#12 Corinn Baggs

#13 Kerstie Phills

#20 Nakylia Carter

#23 Taylah Simmons

#10 Alayshia Dailey

#22 Khaleah Edwards

#24 Emilija Krista Grava

#14 Jordan Hobson

#3 Morgan Lenahan

#44 Janelle Mullen

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