DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Dec. 17, 2022) – The Mercy College women's basketball team hosts Goldey-Beacom College on Sunday, December 18th at 2 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Sunday, December 18th 2 p.m.

Records: Mercy (5-6), Goldey-Beacom (4-7)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. Goldey-Beacom

Mercy earned a 64-58 win over Goldey-Beacom on November 20, 2021.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy is coming off a 78-62 loss to No. 7/13 Daemen on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by graduate student Taysha Bender who had a game-high 22 points. Senior Katie Wall and Bender have both been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice this season and Bender was also named Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention last Tuesday. Wall recorded her 1,000th career point against Chestnut Hill on December 6th and Bender netted her 1,000th career point on December 9th against D'Youville. Mercy is 1-0 all-time against Goldey-Beacom with last year's meeting being the first between the two schools. Wall averages a team-high 12.3 points per game with 2.5 assists per game and 1.7 steals per game. Bender is second on the team with 12.0 points per game and averages 5.0 rebounds per game. The graduate student also averages a team-high 1.9 steals per game. Sophomore Kayla Halvorsen is fifth on the team with 5.2 points per game on a team-high 46.7 percent shooting and senior Asha Talib averages 5.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich is posting a career-high 4.4 points per game. Junior Maria Tedesco averages a team-high 6.1 rebounds per game and freshman Angelina Barrera is netting 5.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Graduate student Sara Hopkins dishes out a team-high 3.5 assists per game and senior Kellie Nudd posts 8.1 points and 5.4 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. 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 Lightning

Goldey-Beacom is coming off an 81-73 win over Staten Island on Saturday. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. The Lightning were picked fifth in the South Division of the CACC Preseason Poll after going 8-18 last season. Goldey-Beacom is led by Alanna Speaks who averages a team-high 11.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. Alexis Harrison is second on the team with 9.7 points per game and Rory Ciszkowski is third with 8.0 points per game. Mickey Williams also averages 8.0 points per game and Mone Izumi nets 7.3 points per game. Lexi Weikert dishes out a team-high 3.3 assists per game and Janiya Stevens blocks a team-high 1.2 shots per game.

Next Game

Mercy plays at Sacred Heart on Saturday, December 31st at 1 p.m.