DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Nov. 27, 2023) – The Mercy University women's basketball team hosts Post University on Wednesday, November 29th at 5 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 29th 5 p.m.
Records: Mercy (5-1), Post (2-3)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Post
Mercy earned a 72-69 win over Post on December 4, 2019.
Scouting the Mavericks
The Mavericks are coming off a 67-66 loss at Goldey-Beacom on Sunday. 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 November 13th and is averaging a team-high 21.7 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting with 5.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game. The graduate student leads the East Region 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 second on the team with 10.8 points per game and is averaging 7.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game. The junior scored a career-high 20 points against Goldey-Beacom on November 26th. Sophomore Angelina Barrera is third on the team with 8.0 points per game and is second on the team with 6.8 rebounds per game with 1.5 steals per game. Barrera scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Bloomfield on November 15th. Tedesco is recording 5.3 rebounds per game and 2.2 assists per game. Halvorsen is netting 5.7 points per game on 44.8 percent shooting. Barrera and Stanavich were named to the ECC Honor Roll on November 20th and Stanavich was tabbed to the Honor Roll for a second time on November 27th. Mercy is ranked seventh in the latest Division II College Sports Communicators (D2CSC) East Region Top 10 Poll for the second straight week. The Mavericks look to beat Post for the second straight time after dropping the previous five meetings.
Scouting the Eagles
Post is coming off a 57-51 win over regionally-ranked Southern New Hampshire on Sunday. The Eagles were picked second in the CACC North Division Preseason Poll after going 21-10 last season, falling in the CACC Championship. Post is led by Maya Klein who averages a team-high 11.8 points per game on a team-high 3.0 threes per game. Dede Stevenson is second on the team with 9.8 points per game and leads the team with 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Taina Pagan ranks third on the team with 9.0 points per game and leads the team with 11.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
Next Game
Mercy plays at St. Thomas Aquinas in their ECC opener on Saturday, December 2nd at 1 p.m.
