DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2023) – The Mercy University women's basketball team plays at Adelphi University on Saturday, November 18th at 12:30 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Saturday, November 18th 12:30 p.m.
Records: Mercy (3-0), Adelphi (1-2)
Location: Garden City, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Adelphi
Adelphi earned a 120-57 win over Mercy on November 10, 2019.
Scouting the Mavericks
The Mavericks are coming off a 51-48 win over Bloomfield on Wednesday. Mercy enters the 2023-24 season picked fourth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 17-10 last season. The Mavericks recorded their most overall wins in a season since 1989 and had their most ECC wins since 1997. Mercy's third-place finish in the ECC standings was the highest in program history. The Mavericks also had their highest winning percentage since 1986 and hosted their first-ever ECC Championship Game. Mercy looks to qualify for the ECC Championship for the fourth straight year and win their first-ever ECC Championship. Graduate student Katie Wall returns for sixth-year Head Coach Scott Lagas after being named First Team All-ECC and First Team All-Met last season. The guard was named ECC Player of the Week once last season after averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game with 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Wall had a team-high 54 steals and ranked third in the ECC in points per game last season. Also, returning is sophomore Angelina Barrera who was named to the ECC Honor Roll twice last season after averaging 7.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and had a team-high 21 blocks in 26 games. Junior Jaclyn Stanavich also returns after averaging 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 24 games a year ago. Senior Maria Tedesco returns after recording 4.2 points and a team-high 5.3 rebounds per game. Also returning for Lagas are junior Kayla Halvorsen and sophomores Megan Marcotte and Kyla Nembach. Lagas will also look to freshmen Paige Fourtin, Mary McClintock, Layla Greene, Victoria Pfeffer, Molly Boek, Amani Abuhatab and Grace Lesko to help get the Mavericks back to the ECC Championship. The Mavericks have been led so far by Wall who was named ECC Player of the Week on Monday and is averaging a team-high 24.7 points per game on 45.1 percent shooting with 6.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. The graduate student leads the ECC in points per game. She scored a career-high 40 points in the Mavericks season-opening win over Saint Anselm on November 11th. Stanavich is third on the team with 8.0 points per game and is averaging 7.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Sophomore Angelina Barrera is second on the team with 10.0 points per game and is posting 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Barrera scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Bloomfield on November 15th. Tedesco is recording 6.0 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game. The Mavericks look to beat Adelphi for the first time since 2009 and look to start 4-0 for the first time since 1975 and first time as a Division II school.
Scouting the Panthers
Adelphi is coming off a 63-58 win over American International on Wednesday in their home opener. The Panthers were picked seventh in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 10-16 last season, falling in the First Round of the NE10 Championship. Adelphi is led by Rolanda Robinson who averages a team-high 13.3 points per game on 44.8 percent shooting. Isabella Asencio is second on the team with 11.3 points per game on 43.8 percent shooting and leads the team with 2.0 steals per game. Jenna Jordan also averages double figures in points with 11.3 on 50.0 percent shooting with a team-high 7.7 rebounds per game. Kaitlyn O'Connell posts 8.0 points per game and dishes out a team-high 5.7 assists per game.
Next Game
Mercy hosts Bridgeport in their home opener on Tuesday, November 21st at 5 p.m.
