DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 29, 2022) – The Mercy College women's basketball team plays at College of Staten Island in their ECC opener on Wednesday, November 30th at 5:30 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 30th 5:30 p.m.
Records: Mercy (3-3, 0-0 ECC), Staten Island (2-4, 0-0 ECC)
Location: Staten Island, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Staten Island
Mercy earned a 61-44 win over Staten Island on February 23, 2022.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 64-49 loss to regionally-ranked Assumption on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by senior Katie Wall who had a team-high-tying 11 points. Senior Kellie Nudd also had a team-high-tying 11 points and junior Maria Tedesco added 10 points. Wall was named to the ECC Honor Roll for the second time this season on Monday. The Mavericks are off to their best start since 2019 and look to start 4-3 for the first time since 2019. Mercy looks to win their ECC opener for the second straight season. Wall leads the Mavericks with 14.7 points per game and averages 3.8 rebounds per game. Wall also averages 2.5 assists per game and a team-high 2.3 steals per game. The senior is currently 29 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Bender is second on the team with 8.3 points per game and averages 4.2 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 7.2 points per game on 45.7 percent shooting and senior Asha Talib averages 5.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich is posting a career-high 5.0 points per game. Tedesco averages a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game and freshman Angelina Barrera is netting 5.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Graduate student Sara Hopkins dishes out a team-high 3.7 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 Dolphins
The Dolphins are coming off a 54-50 win over Pace on Sunday for their second straight win. Staten Island was picked eighth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 6-20 overall and 4-14 in ECC play last season. The Dolphins have earned wins over Wilmington and Pace after starting the season 0-4. Leading Staten Island is Jenalyse Alarcon who averages a team-high 13.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. Ashley Lambert is second on the team with 10.7 points per game and Elizabeth Lofaro is third with 9.3 points per game.
Next Game
Mercy hosts District of Columbia on Saturday, December 3rd at 5 p.m.
