DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Dec. 4, 2023) – The Mercy University women's basketball team hosts ECC foe College of Staten Island on Wednesday, December 6th at 5 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Wednesday, December 6th 5 p.m.

Records: Mercy (6-2, 0-1 ECC), Staten Island (5-2, 2-0 ECC)

Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. Staten Island

Mercy earned a 51-36 win over Staten Island on January 25, 2023.

Scouting the Mavericks

The Mavericks are coming off a 73-59 loss at St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday. Mercy was led by graduate student Katie Wall who scored a game-high 28 points and by junior Jaclyn Stanavich who had 16 points. 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 named to the ECC Honor Roll on December 4th and is averaging a team-high 22.3 points per game on 44.4 percent shooting with 6.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game. The graduate student leads the East Region in points per game and set a new school record with her 193rd career three-pointer against St. Thomas Aquinas on December 2nd. 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 12.8 points per game and is averaging 6.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.8 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 8.8 points per game and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game to go along with 1.5 steals per game. Barrera scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Bloomfield on November 15th. Tedesco is recording 5.9 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game. Halvorsen is netting 4.6 points per game. 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 ninth in the latest Division II College Sports Communicators (D2CSC) East Region Top 10 Poll. The Mavericks are 3-1 all-time against Staten Island.

Scouting the Dolphins

Staten Island is coming off a 58-41 win against Queens on Saturday. The Dolphins were picked seventh in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 11-19 last season. Staten Island is led by Dana Phelan who is averaging a team-high 11.4 points per game and by Jenalyse Alarcon who is netting 10.4 points per game with a team-high 7.7 rebounds per game. Ashley Lambert is third on the team with 9.7 points per game and Kyra Rose is fourth with 8.4 points per game.

Next Game

Mercy plays at District of Columbia on Saturday, December 9th at 1 p.m.