DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 21, 2023) – The Mercy College women's basketball team hosts ECC foe Molloy University for Senior Night on Wednesday, February 22nd at 5 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Wednesday, February 22nd 5 p.m.
Records: Mercy (15-9, 9-5 ECC), Molloy (5-18, 4-10 ECC)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Molloy
Mercy earned a 52-46 win over Molloy on January 18, 2023.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 69-59 loss to Daemen on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich who had a career-high 18 points. Senior Katie Wall was named ECC Player of the Week last Monday and was tabbed Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention last Tuesday. Freshman Angelina Barrera has been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice. Wall has been named to the Honor Roll five times this season. Wall was also named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on December 19th and has been named Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention three times. Graduate student Taysha Bender has been named to the ECC Honor Roll three times this season and has also been named Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention once. 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. The Mavericks are 4-34 in their last 38 meetings against Molloy and look to sweep the season series for the first time since the 2000-01 season. Mercy also looks to pick up their first home win over the Lions since 2011. Mercy has now recorded back-to-back double-digit win seasons for the first time since the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons. The Mavericks currently have their most wins in a season since the 1988-89 season and have posted their first winning record in the regular season since the 1996-97 season. With a win, Mercy would have their most ECC wins in a season since the 1996-97 season when they had 11 ECC wins. The Mavericks have secured their third straight berth into the ECC Tournament. Mercy currently sits in third place in the ECC standings. Wall averages a team-high 14.2 points per game with 2.5 assists per game and 2.0 steals per game. Bender is second on the team with 10.9 points per game and averages 4.0 rebounds per game. The graduate student also averages 1.8 steals per game. Senior Asha Talib averages 5.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and sophomore Jaclyn Stanavich is posting a career-high 5.7 points per game. Junior Maria Tedesco averages a team-high 5.5 rebounds per game and freshman Angelina Barrera is netting 7.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Graduate student Sara Hopkins dishes out 2.1 assists per game and senior Kellie Nudd posts 7.1 points and 4.6 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 Lions
Molloy is coming off a 44-39 win over Staten Island on February 11th. The Lions were picked tied for fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 17-10 overall and 13-5 in ECC play last season. Molloy is led by two-time ECC Defensive Player of the Week Trinity Hudson who averages a team-high 10.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Gianni Domond is second on the team with 8.7 points per game and Samantha Muller is third on the team with 8.2 points per game and leads the team with 1.7 assists per game.
Next Game
Mercy will play at Queens on Saturday, February 25th at 3:30 p.m.
