DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 26, 2022) – The Mercy College women's basketball team plays at Assumption University on Sunday, November 27th at 3 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Sunday, November 27th 3 p.m.
Records: Mercy (3-2), Assumption (5-0)
Location: Worcester, Mass.
Last Meeting vs. Assumption
Assumption earned a 66-54 win over Mercy on November 28, 2021.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 67-59 win over Bridgeport on Tuesday for their second win in a row. The Mavericks were led by senior Katie Wall who had a season-high 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting and by freshman Angelina Barrera who had a career-high 12 points. Wall was named to the ECC Honor Roll last week after leading Mercy in points per game. The Mavericks are off to their best start since 2014 and look to defeat Assumption for the first time since 1985. Mercy is 1-4 all-time against the Greyhounds. Wall leads the Mavericks with 15.4 points per game and averages 4.0 rebounds per game. The senior is currently 40 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Bender is second on the team with 10.0 points per game and averages 4.6 rebounds per game. The graduate student is 59 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Sophomore Kayla Halvorsen is third on the team with 8.6 points per game on 50.0 percent shooting and senior Asha Talib averages 6.6 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game. Sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich is posting a career-high 5.0 points per game. Junior Maria Tedesco averages 5.6 rebounds per game and Barrera is netting 4.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Graduate student Sara Hopkins dishes out a team-high 3.8 assists 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 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, Barrera, Nya Carroll and Kyla Nembach to help get the Mavericks back to the ECC Championship.
Scouting the Greyhounds
The Greyhounds are coming off an 82-59 win over Dominican on Saturday to extend their win streak to five games. Assumption was picked ninth in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 12-13 last season. The Greyhounds are ranked No. 5 in the latest D2SIDA East Region Top 10 Poll. Assumption is led by Molly Stokes who averages a team-high 13.2 points per game. Amanda Mieczkowski is second on the team with 11.8 points and 3.2 assists per game. Marina Callahan ranks third on the team with 10.4 points per game and Teagan Curran is fourth with 8.6 points per game. Monica Spain averages a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game and Ja'Lyn Armstrong dishes out a team-high 3.4 assists per game.
Next Game
Mercy plays at Staten Island on Wednesday, November 30th at 5:30 p.m.
