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Women's Basketball Travels To Fairleigh Dickinson On Saturday

Seahawks enter with a six-game winning streak

Wagner College Women's Basketball Game Information

Game 10 |
NEC Game 9

Wagner College Seahawks (7-2; 7-1 NEC) @
Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights (10-7; 6-6 NEC)

Date | Time

Saturday, February 13, 2021 | 12:00 PM

Location

Hackensack, NJ | Rothman Center
CoVID-19 Protocol *Per FDU College COVID-19 protocols,
no fans will be permitted to be in attendance.* 
Game Notes Wagner | Fairleigh Dickinson 

Where To View

Saturday, February 13, 2021 || NEC Front Row | Live Stats
Social Media Twitter: @WagnerWHoops, @WagnerAthletics
Instagram: @wagnerwhoops

Hackensack, NJ  -   The Wagner women's basketball team looks to extend its current winning streak as the Seahawks will head to Hackensack, NJ to take on the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights.  The Seahawks are looking for their seventh straight win after completing the season sweep of St. Francis Brooklyn back on Feb. 4-5. 
2020-21 Northeast Conference (NEC) Standings (as of Feb. 10, 2021)
SCHOOL NEC  PCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK HOME AWAY
Saint Francis U 8-0 1.000 10-4 0.714 W10 5-1 5-3
WAGNER 7-1 0.875 7-2 0.778 W6 2-0 5-2
Mount St. Mary's 6-2 0.750 7-4 0.636 W1 6-1 1-3
Sacred Heart 5-3 0.625 5-5 0.500 W3 3-2 2-3
Bryant 3-3 0.500 5-5 0.500 W1 3-3 2-2
Fairleigh Dickinson 6-6 0.500 10-7 0.588 W1 5-4 4-2
Central Connecticut 3-7 0.300 3-7 0.300 L1 2-3 1-4
Merrimack 2-6 0.250 2-6 0.250 W2 2-2 0-4
LIU 3-9 0.250 3-9 0.250 L3 1-4 2-5
St. Francis Brooklyn 3-9 0.250 3-9 0.250 L1 2-3 1-6
* The 2021 NEC Women's Basketball Tournament fields have been reduced from eight teams to four teams with games being contested at the home of the higher seed. The women's semis are slated for Wednesday, March 10 and the final on Sunday, March 14.*
All-Time Series vs. Fairleigh Dickinson...
Series History Fairleigh Dickinson leads 44-37
Streak Fairleigh Dickinson, Won 2
First Meeting December 31, 1976 | Wagner 58, FDU 31 | at Wagner
Last Meeting March 2, 2020 | Wagner 53, Fairleigh Dickinson 57 | at FDU
Wagner Most Recent Win February 23, 2019 | Wagner 60, Fairleigh Dickinson 44 | @ FDU
Wagner Home Record vs.
Fairleigh Dickinson		 21-19
Wagner Road Record vs.
Fairleigh Dickinson		 15-24
Wagner Neutral Record vs.
Fairleigh Dickinson		 ---
Wagner Longest Win Streak Won 20 (Jan. 24, 1994 to Jan. 8, 2004)
Opponent Longest Win Streak Won 15 (Feb. 7, 2006 to Feb. 18, 2014)
KRISTA GRAVA NAMED NEC & MBWA PLAYER OF THE WEEK...
  • Junior forward Emilija Krista Grava captured a pair of weekly honors after pouring in 15.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg in Wagner's two wins over St. Francis Brooklyn. 
  • On Monday, she was named Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Week. 
  • The next day, the Metropolitan Basketball Writers' Association (MBWA) announced that Krista Grava was Co-Player of the Week along with Manhattan College's, Courtney Warley
  • Since 2004-05, Krista Grava is just the second Seahawk in program history to receiver Player of the Week honors from the MET Writers, joining Jasmine Nwajei, who collected the honor back on Febraury 17, 2015. 
  • Additionally, the Lignate, Latvia native is the first conference player to pick up the honor since Fairleigh Dickinson's Erika Livermore (Dec. 14-20, 2015). 

SOARING SEAHAWKS...
  • Wagner is off to a 7-1 start in league play, having won six straight contests, the best start in over two decades, dating back to 1998-1999.
  • The 7-1 mark ties this year's team with the 1987-88 squad, who, under Wagner Hall of Fame head coach, Gela Mikalauskas, were also 7-1 over the first eight conference tilts. 
  • Coach Mikalauskas' team finished the 87-88 season with an 18-11 overall record and 12-4 in league action. 
Year NEC Start Final Overall Final NEC Record
20-21 7-1 ??? ???
19-20 2-4 10-20 6-12
18-19 3-3 10-20 8-10
17-18 1-5 6-23 4-14
16-17 0-6 4-25 3-15
15-16 0-6 5-24 3-15
14-15 2-4 7-22 5-13
13-14 2-4 9-21 8-10
12-13 1-5 3-26 2-16
11-12 1-5 2-27 1-17
10-11 1-5 12-17 5-13
09-10 2-4 9-21 6-12
08-09 1-5 7-22 3-15
07-08 0-6 7-22 5-13
06-07 1-5 3-26 1-17
05-06 1-5 2-25 2-16
04-05 0-6 2-25 2-16
03-04 3-3 11-17 8-10
02-03 2-4 15-13 10-8
01-02 4-2 14-15 11-7
00-01 3-3 13-15 10-8
99-00 4-2 15-15 10-8
98-99 5-1 16-12 13-7

WAGNER'S LAST FIVE...
  • Wagner is 5-0 over the last five games. 
  • The Seahawks are outscoring their opponents by ten points a contest (60.6-50.6).
  • The Green & White are shooting 41.9 percent from the field while hitting on 35.1 percent from three-point range over the last five. 
  • Wagner's defense has been on full display, holding the opposition to just 33.7 percent shooting from the floor and 23.7 percent from beyond-the-arc.
  • Additionally, the Seahawks have forced 20.6 turnovers off nine steals per game. 
  • Wagner is a +2.2 in turnover margin during this span. 
  • Senior Khaleah Edwards is one of two Seahawks averaging double figures over the last five contests, as she is pouring in a team-high 13.0 ppg on 42.6% shooting and a team-best nine made three-pointers (39.1%).
  • Reigning NEC and MBWA Player of the Week, Emilija Krista Grava has added 12.8 ppg to go along with a team-high 6.4 rebounds over the last five games. 
  • Krista Grava is hitting on 50.8 percent from the field while averaging nearly 32 minutes per contest. 
  • Junior Zhaneia Thybulle has averaged 5.2 assists in Wagner's last five games while logging 30.8 minutes a contest. 

SEAHAWK TIDBITS...
  • In the two-game sweep of St. Francis Brooklyn, Wagner outscored the Terriers, 124-109. 
  • The Seahawks shot a combined 47.5 percent from the field while hitting on 44.4 percent from the outside. 
  • St. Francis Brooklyn was held to just 36.1 percent shooting from two-point range while only converting at a 25.8 percent clip from the outside. 
  • The Seahawks were a +3.5 on the boards but were a -3.0 in turnover margin. 
  • The Green & White dished out 16.5 assists over the two-game stretch, with Zhaneia Thybulle leading the way with 15 helpers (7.5 apg). 
  • Emilija Krista Grava and Khaleah Edwards accounted for 59 of Wagner's 124 points scored in the two-game series. 
  • Freshman guard Marisa Sanchez-Henry scored a career-high 12 points in 13 minutes of action in the series finale (2/5), highlighted by a deep three-pointer that beat the first-half horn, which earned her the No. 2 play on the NEC's Top Nine. 

 
SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS…
  • The Knights, who enter play at 10-7 overall and 6-6 in the conference, are looking for back-to-back wins after picking up a 79-74 overtime victory on the road at St. Francis Brooklyn. 
  • Freshman Devyn Scott netted a career-high 18 points while Lindsey Mack added 15 points. 
  • Madison Stanley, the team's leading scorer at 14.0 ppg, tallied 11 points in the win over St. Francis Brooklyn. 
  • Stanley ranks fifth in the conference in scoring, just ahead of Wagner's Emilija Krista Grava, while also placing tenth in rebounding, pulling down 5.9 boards per game.
  • FDU ranks second in the circuit in scoring defense at 59.2 ppg, trailing only Wagner, who paces the NEC at 57.9 ppg. 
  • The Knights have made the most three-point field goals thus far with 97.
  • On the defensive end, the Knights are second in the league in total steals with 120. 
UP NEXT...
  • Wagner and Fairleigh Dickinson will close out their season series on Monday, February 15 at the Spiro Sports Center.
  • Monday evening will be Wagner's Senior Night! 
  • Wagner will recognize its three senior student-athletes: Alayshia Dailey, Khaleah Edwards and Kate Tokuhara. 
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Players Mentioned

Alayshia Dailey

#10 Alayshia Dailey

G
5' 8"
Senior
Khaleah Edwards

#22 Khaleah Edwards

G/F
5' 8"
Senior
Emilija Krista Grava

#24 Emilija Krista Grava

F
6' 0"
Junior
Marisa Sanchez-Henry

#13 Marisa Sanchez-Henry

G
5' 6"
Freshman
Kate Tokuhara

#44 Kate Tokuhara

G
5' 10"
Graduate Student
Zhaneia Thybulle

#2 Zhaneia Thybulle

G
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alayshia Dailey

#10 Alayshia Dailey

5' 8"
Senior
G
Khaleah Edwards

#22 Khaleah Edwards

5' 8"
Senior
G/F
Emilija Krista Grava

#24 Emilija Krista Grava

6' 0"
Junior
F
Marisa Sanchez-Henry

#13 Marisa Sanchez-Henry

5' 6"
Freshman
G
Kate Tokuhara

#44 Kate Tokuhara

5' 10"
Graduate Student
G
Zhaneia Thybulle

#2 Zhaneia Thybulle

5' 7"
Junior
G

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