DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Dec. 1, 2023) – The Mercy University women's basketball team plays at ECC foe St. Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday, December 2nd at 1 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Saturday, December 2nd 1 p.m.

Records: Mercy (6-1, 0-0 ECC), St. Thomas Aquinas (2-4, 0-0 ECC)

Location: Sparkill, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. St. Thomas Aquinas

Mercy earned a 65-53 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on February 8, 2023.

Scouting the Mavericks

The Mavericks are coming off a 66-50 win over Post on Wednesday. Mercy was led by junior Jaclyn Stanavich and graduate student Katie Wall who combined for 41 points and by sophomore Angelina Barrera who had a double-double. 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 21.4 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting with 5.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.1 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 12.3 points per game and is averaging 6.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game. The junior scored a career-high 21 points against Post on November 29th. Sophomore Angelina Barrera is third on the team with 8.3 points per game and leads the team with 7.7 rebounds per game to go along with 1.4 steals per game. Barrera scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Bloomfield on November 15th. Tedesco is recording 5.6 rebounds per game and 2.6 assists per game. Halvorsen is netting 5.3 points per game on 43.8 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 win at St. Thomas Aquinas for the second straight season and look to win their ECC opener for the first time since 2021.

Scouting the Spartans

St. Thomas Aquinas is coming off a 51-40 loss to Pace on Sunday. The Spartans were picked first in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 21-9 last season, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. St. Thomas Aquinas is led by ECC Preseason Player of the Year Sarah Ericson who averages a team-high 15.5 points per game and is second with 7.0 rebounds per game. Erin Leary ranks second on the team with 10.8 points per game and leads the team with 7.7 rebounds per game. Trinity Cheatom dishes out a team-high 2.5 assists per game and is third on the team with 5.3 points per game.

Next Game

Mercy hosts Staten Island on Wednesday, December 6th at 5 p.m.