GAME INFORMATION
Daemen Wildcats (2-3, 0-0 ECC) vs. Le Moyne Dolphins (2-3, 1-2 NE-10)
Saturday, Nov. 25 |  1 p.m.
Amherst, N.Y. |  Lumsden Gymnasium

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THE LEAD
The Daemen College women's basketball team hosts Le Moyne College in a non-league game. It marks the third time in the past four years the teams have met. The Dolphins have prevailed in the last three meetings.

BANKER'S BACK
Jenepher Banker enters her second season as head women's basketball coach at Daemen after leading the Wildcats to an 11-15 overall record (8-10 ECC) last year. Banker arrived at Daemen with nearly 30 years of coaching experience at various levels, ranging from Division I to high school. Banker served as the head coach at Penn State-Behrend for five seasons (1988-93) where she led the NCAA Division III program to a 67-61 overall record. Her 1991-92 team went 23-4, winning the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region championship. That team garnered Penn State-Behrend's first-ever national ranking in any sport. She was inducted into Penn State-Behrend's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. Banker ultimately settled at the high school level, coaching the varsity team at Grand Island High School from 1998-2013—building the Lady Vikings into a regional contender with seven Section VI championships, four appearances in the Far West Regional, and one appearance at the New York State final four.

DAEMEN QUICK FACTS
Daemen returns three starters and six players from last year's team that posted an 11-15 overall record and an 8-10 mark in the East Coast Conference. The Wildcats were voted eighth in the 2017-18 ECC preseason poll. Key losses include guard Leah McDonell and forward Natalie Galus. McDonell collected second-team All-ECC honors last year after ranking fifth among the ECC leaders in both scoring average (15.9) and field goal percentage (.498) and second in steals per game (2.6). She started 105 of a possible 107 games over her career and has racked up 1,005 points, 511 rebounds, 258 assists and 150 steals. Galus was a steady contributor over her four-year career and totaled 965 points, 646 rebounds and 198 blocks. She ranks fifth among Daemen's all-time leaders in career blocks and eighth in career three-point field goals made (144). Daemen opened the season with two-straight wins, but has dropped three-straight since. The Wildcats are coming off an 82-75 loss to Notre Dame in their home-opener on Wednesday.

SUPERIOR SENIOR
Senior Sarah Saba tops the list of returning players. She became the first-ever women's basketball player from Daemen to earn first-team All-ECC honors as a sophomore and repeated the honor last year after averaging 15.9 points and a team-high 7.4 rebounds. Saba scored her 1,000th career point during a loss to Saint Anselm last December—making her the 23rd player in program history to reach the 1,000 point plateau. She closed out her sophomore season as Daemen's leader in points (432), rebounds (165), blocks (44) and steals (36), and became the first player since former great Sarah Soroka in 2010-11 to lead the team in points, rebounding, blocks and steals. She has scored in double figures in four of the five games this season and ranks second among all East Coast Conference players in scoring average (17.4 ppg). She also leads the team in rebounds per game (6.2) and blocks (6), is tied for the team-lead in steals (8) and ranks second in assists (15). She scored a career-high 30 points in a loss to nationally-ranked Virginia Union and netted 23 in the loss to Notre Dame.

SABA CRACKS TOP-10
Sarah Saba has moved into ninth place in career scoring among Daemen's all-time leaders. She has played in all 86 games over the past three seasons (82 as a starter) and has totaled 1,344 points (15.6 ppg), 598 rebounds (7.0 rpg), 125 blocks and 113 steals. She has scored in double figures in 72 of her 86 career games and has registered 17 career double-doubles.

SELECT COMPANY
With her 30-point performance against Virginia Union, Sarah Saba becomes just the fifth Daemen women's basketball player since the 2010-11 season to score 30 or more points in a game. Only Leah McDonell (2016-17), Raeann Stillell (2013-14), Ellie Allen (2011-12) and Sarah Soroka (2010-11) have reached the 30-point milestone over that span.

MORE EXPERIENCE
Senior Liz Miles and junior Erin Egan also return to the line up. Miles is entering her fourth season with the team and has played in 78 of a possible 86 games over the past three seasons. Egan played in 20 of 26 games last year and has is averaging 17 minutes a game off the bench this season. She totaled 11 points in 15 minutes off the bench in a win over American International.

SEASONED SOPHOMORES
Sophomores Jordan Heinold, Carina Pringle and Sydney Jones all played significant minutes this season. Heinold started 21 games last year and averaged 26.2 minutes, 9.0 points and 5.2 rebounds with a team-high 44 three-pointers. She hit four three-pointers and scored 14 points in just 19 minutes off the bench in a win over Nyack. Pringle started 20 games and averaged 27.8 minutes, 6.3 points and 2.6 assists last year. She played 30 minutes in the win over AIC and scored nine points. Jones played in all 26 games (5 starts) last year and averaged 14.2 minutes and 4.7 points with 22 three-pointers. She has started all five games this season and leads the team in three-pointers made (11) and three-point field goal percentage (.458). She went 5-for-5 from downtown and scored a career-high 18 points in the loss to Notre Dame.

BACK FROM INJURY
Red-shirt senior Taylor Heinold and red-shirt freshman Tiara Filbert will look to contribute after missing the entire 2016-17 season due to injury. Heinold started all 26 games as a freshman in 2013-14 and averaged 9.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. She played in all 26 games two years ago (2015-16) after injuries limited her to just four games as a sophomore (2014-15). She has played in all five games this season and totaled eight points against AIC. Filbert missed her freshman season after suffering a pre-season knee injury. She was a first-team Class A all-state and Greater Rochester girls basketball Player of the Year selection following her senior year at Batavia High School. She has averaged 20 minutes a game off the bench over the first five games and scored a season-high 16 points in the win over Nyack. She ranks second on the team in scoring average (9.2 ppg).

THE NEWCOMERS
The 2017-18 roster features six newcomers—four freshmen and two transfers. Junior Erin Sinnott joins the Wildcats after playing the last two seasons at Division 1 University of Evansville. Sophomore Sarah Young, a former standout at Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, was a member of the women's basketball team at St. Bonaventure University last year. Freshman guard Khamera Muhammad and freshman forward Caroline White both enjoyed outstanding high school careers in the Rochester area. Muhammad was a first-team All-Greater Rochester selection following her senior season at Rochester Early College. White played at Airport High School and was a first-team All-Greater Rochester selection as a junior and senior. Freshmen Autumn Buchsenschutz and Taylor Perry will provide depth at guard. Buchsenschutz was a three-time all-district selection at Port Allegany High School. Perry was a three-time all-conference pick at Ogdensburg Free Academy. Sinnott and Young have both started all five games. Sinnott registered a double-double (12 pts, 13 rebs) in the win over Nyack and is averaging 8.8 points and 6.0 rebounds. Young has averaged 7.0 points and 7.3 rebounds over the last three games. White has started four games and scored a team-high 15 points in the season-opening win over AIC.

LE MOYNE SCOUTING REPORT
Le Moyne is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. The Dolphins return 10 players and four starters from last year's team that finished 15-13 overall (10-10 NE-10) and advanced to the semifinals of the NE-10 Tournament. Le Moyne was voted third in the 2017-18 NE-10 Southwest Division preseason poll. Fifth-year head coach Gina Castelli played collegiately at Canisius College and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. The Dolphins opened the 2017-18 season with a 61-41 win over Goldey-Beacom, but have lost three of their last four games. LC is coming off a 60-52 loss at Adelphi on Tuesday. Sophomore guard McKayla Roberts tops the list of returning players after earning NE-10 Rookie of the Year and third-team all-conference honors last year.  She led the team in scoring average (11.5 ppg), three-pointers (51), assists (146) and steals (40) as a rookie. She once again leads the team in scoring averaging (13.0 ppg), three-pointers (11) and assists (20) through the first five games this year, and scored 17 points in the season-opening win over Goldey-Beacom. Seniors Nicole Riddick and Joanna Dobrovosky have also produced. Riddick totaled 22 points and 11 rebounds in a 73-67 loss to USciences and is averaging 9.2 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds. Dobrovosky, an honorable-mention all-conference selection last year, totaled 18 points and six blocks in a 70-67 win over American International and is averaging 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds with a team-high 13 blocks.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Daemen vs. Le Moyne: 2-8
Streak: Lost 3
Last Meeting: Le Moyne 77, Daemen 68 | Nov. 26, 2016 | Syracuse, N.Y.
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DID YOU KNOW?: Daemen ranks first among ECC schools in three-point field goals made (8.6) and attempted (25.8) per game. The Wildcats also rank third in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.333) and second in points per game (70.0).

ON THE HORIZON
Wildcats return to action Tuesday (Nov. 28) when they host Gannon University in a non-league game. It will mark the first meeting between the two schools since the 2007-08 season.