Game #23 vs. Wagner College (NEC)
Info: Thursday, February 13 | Staten Island, N.Y. | 7:00 p.m. | Spiro Sports Center
Watch: NEC Front Row .... Live Stats: wagnerathletics.com
Le Moyne Radio: The Voice of Syracuse – WSIV 106.3FM & 1540 AM (wvoaradio.com)
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Staten Island, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College women's basketball team will begin a three-game road stand on Thursday evening at Wagner College. The second regular season meeting between the Dolphins and the Seahawks will tip off at 7:00 p.m. inside Wagner's Spiro Sports Center and will be broadcast on NEC Front Row. Dolphin fans can also tune into the Le Moyne radio broadcast for pregame, in-game and postgame coverage on The Voice of Syracuse – WSIC 106.3FM & 1540AM and at wvoaradio.com

The contest will be a Play4Kay game, in support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

THE MATCHUP:
Le Moyne has won each of its first three meetings with Wagner, dating back to last season. The Dolphins claimed both regular season meetings between the two programs in 2023-24, Le Moyne's first campaign as a Division I member of the NEC, and bested the Seahawks by a score of 62-52 on February 1 in the first meeting between the two sides this season.

Sierra Linnin (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Albertus Magnus), Haedyn Roberts (Holland Patent, N.Y./Holland Patent), and Megan Bodziony (Wakefield, R.I./St. Andrew's School/Fordham/Bryant) each scored in double figures during the win on February 1. Linnin scored a game-high 17 points with four made threes, while Roberts and Bodziony added 12 points each. Seniors Emily Florvil (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth) and Brianna Williams (Brampton, Ontario/Southwest Academy/Hartford) pulled down a team-high seven rebounds each during the victory.

Graduate guard Julia Fabozzi led the Seahawks during the setback with 16 points, while freshman guard Keana Foz added 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting, seven rebounds and three assists.

Le Moyne held the advantage in offensive rebounds during the win by a tally of 13-8, which is tied for the second-most offensive rebounds recorded by the Dolphins in a game this season. The 62-52 win also marked Le Moyne's largest margin of victory so far this season.

LAST TIME OUT:
The Dolphins improved to 4-1 at home in Northeast Conference play with a 60-58 comeback victory over the Mercyhurst University Lakers on Saturday at Ted Grant Court. Le Moyne recorded a season-high 24 field goals on 58 attempts and tallied a season-high 38 paint points. Despite trailing 28-18 at halftime and 41-25 with 6:51 remaining in the third quarter, the 'Phins closed the third period on an 18-6 run and outscored the Lakers 17-11 in the final 10 minutes to secure the victory and improve to 4-5 in NEC play.

The Dolphins limited the Lakers to 6-of-22 from three-point range during the win, and conceded just three offensive rebounds during the 40 minutes, the fewest they have allowed in a game this season.

Freshman guard Eli Clark (Oakhurst, N.J./Ocean Township) led the 'Phins with a season-high 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Lakers, while Roberts and Linnin also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Le Moyne has now won four of its last six contests, with all four wins coming at home in come-from-behind fashion. The Dolphins have trailed heading into the fourth quarter in all four of their conference victories, and have outscored their opponents in the fourth quarter by a combined tally of 77-44 during the four games.

Le Moyne will be looking for its first road victory Thursday at Wagner.

FIRST NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK:
Eli Clark was named the NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow's Office Rookie of the Week on Monday, marking the first time that a Le Moyne women's basketball player has won the weekly award. Clark claimed the honor following impressive showings against Saint Francis and Mercyhurst. During the 66-60 overtime loss against the Red Flash on February 6, Clark produced 14 points, six assists and five rebounds in a season-high 42 minutes played, then she recorded a season-high 16 points against Mercyhurst on 58% shooting with five assists and three rebounds, including 10 points and three assists during the second half.

The rookie guard, who has been named an NEC Prime Performer on three occasions this season, is second in the NEC with 4.4 assists per conference game, and has scored in double figures in nine games.

ROBERTS' DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING STREAK:
Haedyn Roberts, currently averaging a team-high 10.9 points on the season and a team-high 12.9 points during conference play, has scored in double figures in each of Le Moyne's last eight games while shooting 44% from the field and 87% from the line during the stretch.

Roberts is one of six Le Moyne players in the last 10 seasons to have a double-digit scoring streak reach eight games. The others are Vandell Andrade, Alex Marple, McKayla Roberts, Liz Millea and Lytoya Baker.

Last time out against Mercyhurst, Roberts reached 606 rebounds for her career, which ties her with Vanessa Holden for ninth all-time in program history. Roberts is also four points away from tying Holden for 20^th all-time in program history for career points. Holden finished her career with 891 points, while Roberts is currently at 887.

By shooting a combined 5-of-5 from the line during Le Moyne's two games last week, Roberts improved her career free throw shooting percentage to .830, which is the third-best career percentage in Le Moyne women's basketball program history.

NEC RANKS:
Le Moyne currently ranks third among NEC teams in made three-point field goals per conference game with 6.2, and is first in team free throw percentage at .770. The Dolphins are taking 16.9 free throws per conference game, while limiting their opponents to 11.6 attempts.

Clark ranks second among all NEC players in assists per conference game with 4.4, Roberts and Williams are eighth and ninth in rebounds with 6.1 and 6.0 rebounds per conference game, respectively, Linnin is second in made threes per game at 2.6, while Roberts is eighth in the category at 1.8. Florvil ranks second in steals per conference game with 2.3, Williams is seventh in blocks at 0.7, and Clark is seventh in minutes average at 35.1.

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS:
Wagner (5-17, 2-8 NEC) will look to snap a six-game skid when they host the Dolphins on Thursday evening. The Seahawks most recently recorded a 54-41 loss at home against FDU, which sits at the top of the NEC standings with a 9-0 conference resume, and prior to that they dropped a 3OT thriller at LIU by a score of 80-79 on February 6.  Wagner surrendered 17 offensive rebounds against FDU after allowing a season-worst 20 offensive rebounds during the triple overtime game at LIU.

Fabozzi, who spent her first two collegiate seasons at Providence, dropped a career-high 40 points at LIU on 14-of-20 shooting from the field and 11-of-14 from the line in 52 minutes played, while graduate guard Taleah Washington added 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals in 49 minutes of action.

On the year Fabozzi is averaging 15.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, while Washington is providing 14.1 points, 5.4 assists, and 4.5 rebounds through 12 games played.

Foz leads all NEC players in steals per conference game with 2.5, while junior center Hawa Balde-Camara is averaging a league-best 1.7 blocks against conference competition.

Washington, Fabozzi and Foz are each logging over 30.0 minutes per game for the Seahawks during conference play.

As a team, Wagner is third in offensive rebounds per conference game (11.9) and first in blocks per conference game (3.30). On the year, the Seahawks are first in the NEC in opponent turnover average (17.4), first in blocked shots (3.32), third in steals (7.09) and third in turnover margin (-0.73).

The Seahawks are currently 0-4 at home in NEC play, with their two conference victories coming at Chicago State and Mercyhurst.

Wagner is led by head coach Terrell Coburn, who is in his fourth season at the helm of the program after spending five seasons as an assistant coach for the Seahawks.

UP NEXT:
Following Thursday's game at Wagner, the Le Moyne College women's basketball team will travel to Chicago State University for a 2:00 p.m. ET tilt against the Cougars on Saturday. The Dolphins will conclude their road stand at FDU on February 20, in a contest that will air on ESPNU, with tipoff set for 5:00 p.m.