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Zhaneia Thybulle
Dave Saffran
56
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA 0-12,0-1 NEC
65
Winner Wagner WC 8-3,1-0 NEC
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA
0-12,0-1 NEC
56
Final
65
Wagner WC
8-3,1-0 NEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA 19 6 15 16 56
Wagner WC 23 9 21 12 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Hoops Opens Up NEC Play With A 65-56 Win Over Saint Francis U

The Seahawks remain unbeaten at the Spiro Sports Center this season (6-0)

Staten Island, NY - Three Seahawks scored in double-figures as the Wagner women's basketball team remained undefeated at the Spiro Sports Center while earning their first Northeast Conference (NEC) win of the year, defeating Saint Francis U, 65-56, on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
Wagner (8-3; 1-0 NEC) was led by Alex Cowan, who poured in a team-high 17 points on 5 of 9 shooting from the field, highlighted by a perfect 4 of 4 marksmanship from three-point range. The Bowie, MD native logged 31 minutes while also going 3 of 4 from the line. 
 
Emilija Krista Grava poured in 16 points while grabbing five rebounds and recording two steals.
 
Zhaneia Thybulle tallied 15 points while grabbing a team-high seven caroms while also dishing out a game-leading six helpers in 35 minutes of action. 
 
Saint Francis U had two players in double-figures, as Kailtyn Maxwell led all scorers with 19 points on an efficient 6 of 9 shooting display while hitting all three attempts from three-point range. 
 
Jordan McLemore added 14 points, six of which came from the free-throw line in her 30 minutes of play. 
Postgame Press Conference...

Wagner-Saint Francis U Highlights...
Inside-The-Boxscore...
  • With today's win and the awarded victory due to the cancellation of the Mount St. Mary's contest, Wagner moves to 2-0 to start the conference season for the first time since the 1998-99 season, when the Seahawks jumped out to a 4-0 league start.
    • That season the Green & White earned victories over St. Francis Brooklyn, LIU, Robert Morris, and Saint Francis U before the win streak snapped at then-league member, UMBC (1/2/99). 
    • The 1998-99 team, coached by Tara Gallagher, finished the year 16-12 and 13-7 in league contests. 
  • The Seahawks are now 6-1 on the season when three players score in double-figures.
  • The Seahawks turned 13 Red Flash turnovers into 11 points. 
  • SFU outrebounded the Green & White, 43-32. 
  • For the tenth time in 11 games, Wagner has held an opponent to under 30.0 shooting from three-point range, as Saint Francis U was held to 29.4 percent. 
    • Wagner entered today's contest ranked seventh in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to just 22.8 percent shooting. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED…
First Quarter…
  • Wagner was firing on all cylinders, jumping out to a 15-4 lead over the first four minutes of the quarter.
  • The Green & White went a perfect 6 of 6 during this span, with Krista Grava, Cowan, and Thybulle at the forefront of the run. 
  • Krista Grava opened the game with a stepback jumper to put the Seahawks on the board first.
  • Diajha Allen quickly responded with SFU's first points of the game before Thybulle rattled home a three-pointer.  
  • From there, Wagner outscored the Red Flash, 10-2, over the next 2:40, to building the 11 point lead, as Raven Pitt was able to convert on the jumper in the paint. 
  • The visitors rallied back, outscoring the Green & White, 12-5, over the next four minutes, trimming the lead to four, 20-16, as Maxwell hit a pair from the charity stripe. 
  • Both teams traded three-pointers, one coming from Kate Tokuhara before Lili Benzel was able to answer back with one of her own, as the visitors found themselves down four after the first ten minutes. 
 
Second Quarter…
  • Both teams couldn't find their rhythm in the second quarter, as they combined to go 5 of 23 from the field and just 1 of 5 from long range. 
  • Cowan was first to reach double-figures at the 9:13 mark of the frame, as she received the feed from Marisa Sanchez-Henry, leading to her third trifecta of the afternoon. 
  • Sam Miller broke a two-minute scoreless drought with a jumper from Maria McConnel that trimmed the deficit to five, 26-21. 
  • Wagner scored six of the final ten points in the second quarter in taking a 32-25 halftime lead. 
  • Cowan led the way for the Seahawks with 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting while Maxwell paved the way for the visitors with 11 points. 
 
Third Quarter…
  • The Seahawks came out of the halftime break on a relentless 12-0 run over the first three minutes of the third in building a 44-25 lead. 
    • Wagner was perfect 5 of 5 over this stretch while limiting the Red Flash to just three attempts from three-point range.
  • Cowan capped off the run with her fourth and final triple of the game. 
  • The Red Flash got back-to-back baskets from Maxwell and Jada Dapaa before Kem Nwabdud was able to power in a right-handed scoop layup in the paint, increasing the lead to 46-29. 
  • SFU outscored Wagner, 11-7, down the stretch, capped off by a Benzel triple as the Seahawks were ahead, 53-40, entering the fourth. 
 
Fourth Quarter…
  • The visitors continued to climb back in the contest, as they outscored Wagner, 14-7, to get within six, 60-54. 
  • Cowan sank a pair of free throws that made it 62-54 before McLemore's made it a six-point contest again, 62-56, with under a minute to play in regulation. 
  • Thybulle was fouled and made the front end of the two-shot foul, which pushed the lead back to seven, 63-56, as SFU corralled the rebound and called a timeout to advance the ball. 
  • The Seahawks swarmed Dapaa, who forced up a three from the wing that couldn't find its mark, as Pitt came down with the rebound and found Thybulle, who advanced the ball for Wagner.
  • Thybulle was fouled by Maxwell and this time, hit both from the line, putting the game away as Wagner remains undefeated at the Spiro Sports Center this season. 
 
Next Up For Wagner…
  • The Seahawks will have eight days before returning to the court as they will embark on a four-game road trip, beginning on January 6 in Smithfield, RI as they will take on Bryant.
  • Tipoff from the Chace Athletic Center is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. 
 
 
 
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