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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner women's basketball team will play host to its first game of the season when they welcome Brown to the Spiro Sports Center.
Last Time Out
The Seahawks dropped its first game of the season at Iona on Thursday evening.
Iona opened the contest by outscoring Wagner 21-6 in the opening quarter. After Wagner took a 6-4 on a jump shot from fifth year senior
Kem Nwabudu the Gaels ended the quarter on a 17-0 run.
In the second quarter, Iona continued to apply pressure as they outscored Wagner 25-15.
Iona took a 46-21 lead into halftime as redshirt junior
Alex Cowan the way for Wagner in the first half with seven points while graduate student
Zhaneia Thybulle five.
Wagner came out firing in the third quarter as they outscored Iona 20-15 behind 9-16 shooting.
Kem Nwabudu led the way in the third with six points on 3-4 shooting to go along with four rebounds. Sophmore
Rakisha Ballinger tallied two assists in the quarter.
Iona outscored Wagner 26-21 in the final quarter to preserve the victory.
Alex Cowan all Seahawks with 11 points while
Kem Nwabudu recorded 10 points and seven rebounds. Senior
Drayah Heyward six points and four rebounds.
With 10 points, Nwabudu is six points away from reaching 1,000 for her career.
Milestone Watch
Kem Nwabudu stands six points away from 1,000 for her career. The Elmont, NY native would join 25 other members of the Wagner women's basketball program who have eclipsed 1,000 career points.
Seahawks Up To Date
Wagner opened its season with a 63-60 overtime victory over Manhattan on Monday, November 7.
In a game-high 43 minutes,
Kem Nwabudu tallied 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Zhaneia Thybulle tallied seven points, six assists and three rebounds.
Wagner had at least seven players score five or more points against Manhattan.
Through the first two games,
Kem Nwabudu leads Wagner with 11.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
Zhaneia Thybulle leads the team with 5.0 assists per game in the early season. Both players lead the Seahawks with 34.5 minutes per game played.
Preseason Favorites
The Wagner women's basketball program was predicted to finish first in the league's annual preseason poll.
Selected by the league's head coaches as the 2022-23 NEC preseason favorite, Wagner has its sights set on claiming the NEC title, a feat that has only occurred just one other time, back in 1989. It marked the first time in 30-plus years — and quite possibly the first time in program history — that the Seahawks earned No. 1 preseason status.
The Seahawks, who came short of reaching the NEC Championship game a year ago after falling in the semifinals, earned five first-place votes to secure the moniker of "preseason favorite".
Behind Wagner is FDU, who received three first-place votes while St. Francis Brooklyn checked in third in the preseason poll. Behind the Terriers is Saint Francis U, who received one first-place vote.
Rounding out the rest of the preseason poll is Merrimack, Sacred Heart, LIU, Central Connecticut State and Stonehill.
Zhaneia Thybulle Earns Preseason NEC Honors
The third team All-NEC selection and Preseason All-NEC pick dished out 5-or-more dimes 16 times last season and had a pair of 11-assist outings to add to her resumé.
Last season, Thybulle averaged 10.1 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game, 5.1 assists per game, 1.4 steals per game, and a 40.6% field goal percentage.
Thybulle's assist average and 144 assists were tops in the NEC last season.
About Brown
The Bears opened the season with a 62-52 loss against Fairfield on Monday, November 7.
In its second game of the season, Brown took on Duquesne on Friday, November 11 and fell to the Dukes 77-69.
Isabella Mauricio tallied a career-high 27 points. Her points total was the most scored by a bear since March 7, 2020.
Hitting a career-high seven threes, Mauricio was also tied for the team lead with four assists.
What's Next For Wagner
The Seahawks will travel to Princess Anne, MD to take on Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday, November 16 at 6:00 P.M.
