DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 18, 2022) – The Mercy College women's basketball team hosts Wilmington University on Saturday, November 19th at 3 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, November 19th 3 p.m.
Records: Mercy (1-2), Wilmington (0-3)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Wilmington
Mercy earned an 83-79 win over Wilmington on November 20, 2019.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 57-48 loss to Caldwell on Wednesday. The Mavericks were led by senior Kellie Nudd who had a team-high nine points. Senior Katie Wall was named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday after leading Mercy in points per game last week. The Mavericks are looking to beat Wilmington for the second straight time. Mercy looks to start 2-2 for the second straight season. The Mavericks look to win their home opener for the second straight season. Wall leads the Mavericks with 11.7 points per game and averages 4.0 rebounds per game. Sophomore Kayla Halvorsen is second on the team with 11.3 points per game on 50.0 percent shooting and senior Asha Talib averages 7.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Graduate student Taysha Bender pours in 8.3 points per game and sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich is posting a career-high 7.7 points per game. Junior Maria Tedesco averages a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game. Mercy enters the 2022-23 season picked fourth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 11-16 last season. The Mavericks recorded their most overall wins and most ECC wins since 1997 and earned the program's first ECC Championship berth without every team making it since 2009. Mercy looks to qualify for the ECC Championship for the third straight year and win their first-ever ECC Championship. The fourth-place ranking is the highest in five seasons under Head Coach Scott Lagas. Wall was named the ECC Preseason Player of the Year after being named First Team All-ECC and First Team All-Met last season. She was named ECC Player of the Week twice after averaging a team-high 16.0 points, 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game. The guard ranked fourth in the ECC in points per game and second in assists and steals per game. Also returning for the Mavericks is Bender who was named Second Team All-ECC and Second Team All-Met last season after averaging 14.3 points per game. Senior Kellie Nudd also returns after averaging 10.4 points per game. Tedesco comes back after leading the Mavericks with 6.0 rebounds per game to go along with 6.0 points per game. Talib averaged 6.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last season and also returns. Lagas will look to graduate student Sara Hopkins who returns after missing last season due to injury. Hopkins averaged 6.8 points and a team-high 5.6 assists per game for Concordia in 2021. During her three-year career at Concordia, she averaged 8.2 points and 3.8 assists per game. Lagas will also look to freshmen Megan Marcotte, Angelina Barrera, Nya Carroll and Kyla Nembach to help get the Mavericks back to the ECC Championship.
Scouting the Wildcats
Wilmington has opened its season with three straight losses and is coming off a 66-36 loss to Division I Delaware State on Tuesday. The Wildcats were picked sixth in the CACC South Division Preseason Poll after going 1-22 last season. Wilmington has been led by junior Amber Washington who averages a team-high 14.0 points per game with 5.3 rebounds per game. Sophomore Daja Claiborne posts 7.7 points per game and a team-high 8.7 rebounds per game. Sophomore Jade Roberts is averaging 5.7 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Next Game
Mercy plays at Bridgeport on Tuesday, November 22nd at 5 p.m.
