DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 13, 2024) – The Mercy University women's basketball team plays at ECC foe D'Youville University on Friday, February 16th at 6 p.m. before playing at Daemen University in an ECC matchup on Sunday, February 18th at 12 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Friday, February 16th 6 p.m.

Records: Mercy (14-8, 7-4 ECC), D'Youville (9-13, 7-5 ECC)

Location: Buffalo, N.Y.

Date/Time: Sunday, February 18th 12 p.m.

Records: Mercy (14-8, 7-4 ECC), Daemen (14-6, 9-2 ECC)

Location: Amherst, N.Y.

Last Meeting vs. D'Youville

Mercy earned a 57-55 win over the Saints on January 19, 2024.

Last Meeting vs. Daemen

Daemen earned a 55-51 win over Mercy on January 21, 2024.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy is coming off a 71-54 win over Roberts Wesleyan on February 9th. The Mavericks were led by junior Jaclyn Stanavich who had a team-high 19 points with 10 rebounds and by graduate student Katie Wall who had 18 points. Sophomore Angelina Barrera added a double-double by way of 11 points and 12 rebounds. 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, December 11th and February 5th and was named to the ECC Honor Roll on December 4th and January 8th. The guard is averaging a team-high 16.8 points per game with 5.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game. The graduate student is third in the ECC 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. Wall recorded her 500th career rebound against Molloy on February 3rd. Stanavich is second on the team with 15.7 points per game and is averaging 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.1 steals per game. The junior scored a career-high 25 points against Columbus State on December 16th. Sophomore Angelina Barrera was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on January 8th and named to the ECC Honor Roll on January 29th and is third on the team with 10.6 points per game and leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game. The sophomore ranks third in the ECC in rebounds per game. Barrera scored a career-high 23 points with 13 rebounds in the win over Caldwell on January 3rd. Tedesco is recording 5.1 rebounds per game and 2.0 assists per game to go along with 5.8 points per game. Halvorsen is netting 3.7 points per game and sophomore Kyla Nembach has scored in double figures in three of her last six games. Barrera and Stanavich were named to the ECC Honor Roll on November 20th and Stanavich has been named to the Honor Roll nine times with the most recent time coming on February 12th. The Mavericks have recorded double-digit wins in three straight seasons for the first time since they had six straight seasons of 10 or more wins from 1987-93. Mercy is currently receiving votes in the D2CSC East Region Top 10 poll. The Mavericks are 3-3 all-time against D'Youville and are 0-3 all-time in Buffalo. Mercy is 2-19 all-time against Daemen and has dropped the last 16 meetings. The Mavericks last beat the Wildcats on January 9, 2016 at Daemen.

Scouting the Saints

D'Youville is coming off a 68-61 loss at Staten Island on February 11th. The Saints were picked fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 13-14 last season. D'Youville is led by one-time ECC Player of the Week Anna Jankovic who averages a team-high 14.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on 42.0 percent shooting. Stella Mollica is second on the team with 9.0 points per game and dishes out a team-high 4.7 assists per game. Brianne Moxley nets 8.2 points per game and Jaelyn Vleer-Elliott records 8.5 points per game on a team-high 51.0 percent shooting.

Scouting the Wildcats

Daemen is coming off a 71-65 loss at UDC on February 11th. The Wildcats will host St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday before hosting Mercy on Sunday. Daemen was picked second in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 20-5 last season. The Wildcats won the ECC Championship last season for the third time in four seasons and played in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. Daemen is currently ranked No. 8 in the latest D2CSC East Region Top 10 Poll. The Wildcats are led by one-time ECC Player of the Week Alahna Paige who averages an East Region-best 20.9 points per game with a team-high 3.0 assists per game. Paige shoots 42.9 percent from downtown and makes 3.4 threes per game. Gabby McDuffie is second on the team with 9.9 points per game and Claire Pikett is third with 9.2 points per game.

Next Game

Mercy hosts Queens on Wednesday, February 21st at 7 p.m.