Wagner College Women's Basketball Game Information
Game 2	Wagner College Seahawks (1-0) @ Saint Peter's University Peacocks (0-2)
Date | Time	Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 7:00 PM
Location	Jersey City, NJ | Run Baby Run Arena
Game Notes	Wagner | Saint Peter's
Social Media	Twitter: @WagnerWHoops, @WagnerAthletics Instagram: @wagnerwhoops

Jersey City, NJ -   The Wagner College women's basketball team continues its three-game road trip to start the 2021-22 season as the Seahawks travel to Jersey City, NJ to take on the Saint Peter's University Peacocks.


OPENING TIP...

• The Green & White opened the new season with a 61-49 triumph over America East members, NJIT, at the Wellness & Events Center back on November 9.

• Terrell Coburn's head coaching tenure is off to a winning start. 
• The first-year bench boss and his Seahawks invaded Newark, NJ on Opening Night and posted a 61-49 victory over America East member NJIT.

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• Coburn was elevated to Wagner's head coaching position this past offseason following five years of service as an assistant on Grymes Hill. He also spent five seasons in Brooklyn as an assistant for LIU.

• Wagner was predicted to finish second in the 10-team Northeast Conference (NEC), according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• The league's head coaches unanimously chose Mount St. Mary's for the second straight year as the preseason favorites. 
• The Seahawks, who advanced to the league title game against the Mountaineers last season, soared to its highest preseason ranking since 2014-15, when the Green & White was predicted to finish fourth in the league. 
• Saint Francis U, Sacred Heart, and Fairleigh Dickinson rounded out the top-five teams. St. Francis Brooklyn, Bryant, Merrimack, LIU, and Central Connecticut wrapped up the ten-team poll
• Additionally, senior forward Emilija Krista Grava was named to the five-person Preseason All-NEC team. This marks the second straight year that Krista Grava has been named a preseason All-NEC selection.

WELCOME BACK....

• The Green & White returns 10 players from last season's squad that reached the Northeast Conference (NEC) championship for the first time in nearly two decades. 
• Along with Krista Grava, Coach Coburn brings back seniors Kem Nwabudu and Zhaneia Thybulle and graduate Kate Tokuhara.
• Nwabudu was among the top-30 scores in the conference in her first season on Grymes Hill, averaging close to 10.0 points per game while grabbing a team-best 5.6 caroms a contest. 
• Thybulle solidified the point guard spot, as she finished second in the conference in assists per game, dishing out nearly five a contest. 
• Other returners include senior Raven Pitt, juniors Drayah Heyward and Katrice Jackson, and sophomores Alex Cowan, Marisa Sanchez Henry and Ciara Brannon. 

NEW TO THE MIX..

• Wagner welcomed four newcomers throughout the offseason in Rakisha Ballinger, Cassidy Saylor, Mikyah Finley, and Lina Loceniece.

 COBURN'S STAFF...

• Terrell Coburn begins his first season as head coach and has constructed a talented coaching staff. 
• Two newcomers, Samera Marsh and Alycia Gervais, join second-year assistant coach Hannah Howard as Coburn's inaugural staff.
• Marsh has strong ties to the NEC, having been an assistant at Long Island University while Gervais arrives from Dean College, where she led the Bulldogs to back-to-back NEC Tournament appearances. 

WAGNER-SAINT PETER'S || ALL-TIME SERIES...
SCOUTING THE PEACOCKS...

• Saint Peter's is looking for their first win of the season after dropping back-to-back road tilts at Rutgers and Lehigh. 
• Kendrea Williams and Kassondra Brown are leading the team in scoring, with Williams pouring in 14.0 ppg and 3.5 rebounds while Brown is tallying 12.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, and 3.0 apg. 
• Head coach Marc Mitchell, the 2021 "The Rock" MAAC Co-Coach of the Year, is 1-1 all-time against Wagner.

UP NEXT...

• Wagner closes out the three-game road trip on Saturday, November 20, as the Seahawks square off against the Brown University Bears of the Ivy League.
• Tipoff is set for 4:00 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+ ($).