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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College men's basketball team will host Sacred Heart on Sunday afternoon, with tip-off scheduled for 1:00 pm at the Spiro Sports Center.
 
Last Time Out
 
Sophomore Rob Taylor II scored a game-high 17 points, as the Wagner College men's basketball team earned a wire-to-wire 72-50 victory over Central Connecticut on Friday night at the Spiro Sports Center.
 
Taylor's Big Night
 
Against the Blue Devils, sophomore Rob Taylor II was once again Wagner's leading scorer. 
 
Taylor's 17 points against CCSU came on 7-11 shooting as the Seahawks converted on 30-63 (47.6%) of field goals on the night.
 
Three of Taylor's five double-digit performances on the season have come in the last four games since taking over in a starting role. In that span, Taylor has converted on 21-36 shots (58.3%) from the field.
 
Hunt Leads The Way
 
Junior DeLonnie Hunt is Wagner's leading scorer with 11.6 points per game and entered the weekend with an NEC-leading assist/turnover ratio of 2.48, which is also among the top-50 in the country.
 
Brandon Brown Continues To Impress
 
Brown scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds in Monday night's victory and was the second Seahawk to earn NEC Prime Performer honors last week.
 
The first-year Seahawk entered the weekend as the NEC leader with8.9 rebounds per game, good for 47^th in the country.
 
Honoring John DiMaggio '65
 
As part of Sunday's game against Sacred Heart, Wagner will honor former Seahawk great John DiMaggio '65. DiMaggio, who passed away at the age of 82 last March following a brief bout with cancer, will be acknowledged during halftime of Wagner's game against the Pioneers.
 
DiMaggio, a member of the Wagner Athletics Hall of Fame and Staten Island native, played three years of basketball at Wagner scoring 1,088 points and was a versatile player able to play guard or forward. He finished his career by averaging 18.5 points per game and 12.5 rebounds per game in leading the Green & White to a 14-12 record as a senior in 1964-1965.
 
He capped his final campaign by earning first-team Tri-State Basketball League and All-Met Basketball in the college division. Additionally he was named Team MVP and honored as Wagner's Most Outstanding College Athlete and was coached by Wagner Hall of Fame coach Herb Sutter and Chester Sellito. 
 
DiMaggio was a part of Wagner's historical 77-76 overtime defeat against top-ranked NYU during the 1963-64 season.
 
Dominating The Glass
 
Wagner entered the weekend ranked 19^th in the country with 13.12 offensive rebounds per game. The Seahawks also pace the NEC with a rebounding margin of 3.9.
 
Wagner DNA On Display
 
Wagner came into the weekend ranked first in the NEC in scoring defense (62.9 ppg), which is good for 33^rd nationally. Wagner is also first in the conference in field goal percentage defense (43%). Against CCSU, Wagner held the Blue Devils to 1-16 (6.3%) from long range and 16-46 (34.8%) shooting from the field throughout the contest while outscoring CCSU 44-24 in the paint.
 
The Series
 
Sunday's game marks the 45th all-time meeting between the schools, with Wagner holding a 27-17 edge in the head-to-head series. In the last 11 meetings, Wagner is 8-3 against Sacred Heart.
 
In the lone meeting between the two teams last season, Wagner earned a 76-67 road win over the Pioneers.
 
Scouting The Pioneers
 
Sacred Heart enters Sunday's matchup with a 4-2 conference record and 11-10 overall mark. The Pioneers handed FDU its first NEC loss of the season on Friday with a 92-85 victory.
 
Next Up  
 
Wagner will host St. Francis Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon at 5:00 pm in a nationally televised contest on CBSSN.