GAME INFORMATION
Game #10: Daemen Wildcats (4-5, 1-2 ECC) vs. Le Moyne Dolphins (7-2, 4-2 NE-10)
Wednesday, Dec. 19 |  1 p.m.
Syracuse, N.Y. |  Ted Grant Court

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The Daemen College women's basketball team heads to Syracuse, N.Y. for a non-conference game against Le Moyne College Wednesday (Dec. 19). The Dolphins are ranked ninth in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors Association (D2SIDA) East Region poll. It will mark the sixth time over the past seven games that Daemen's opponent has been regionally ranked by the D2SIDA.

ROAD WARRIORS
Nine of Daemen's first 10 games have been road or neutral site games. Wednesday's game will be the last of seven-straight road or neutral site games for the Wildcats.

BANKER'S BACK
Jenepher Banker enters her third season as head women's basketball coach at Daemen. Over the past two seasons she has led the Wildcats to a 23-32 overall record and a 17-19 mark in the ECC. Last year she led Daemen to its first-ever appearance in the ECC Championship Tournament. 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 years (1988-93) and 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 most recently coached at the high school level, guiding the varsity team at Grand Island High School from 1998-2013. She built 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 eight players from last year's team that posted an 12-17 overall record and a 9-9 mark in the East Coast Conference. The Wildcats earned a bid to the ECC Championship Tournament for the first time since joining the league in 2013-14. Daemen suffered a 76-64 loss to Roberts Wesleyan in the ECC Tournament quarterfinals. The Wildcats are ranked eighth in the ECC preseason poll. The Wildcats opened ECC play with a 72-70 win at rival Roberts Wesleyan on Dec. 5, and are coming off losses at regionally-ranked LIU Post (70-54) and regionally-ranked New York Tech (84-46) this past weekend.

COMEBACK KIDS
The Wildcats have overcome second-half deficits in their last three wins over Mercyhurst (74-67), Gannon (58-52) and Roberts Wesleyan (72-70). Daemen trailed Mercyhurst by 10 points (59-49) late in the third quarter, before outscoring the Lakers 25-8 the rest of the way. Gannon held a five-point lead (52-47) before Daemen scored the final 11 points of the game. Roberts Wesleyan was up eight points (58-50) with seven minutes to play before Daemen closed out the game with a 12-4 run.

HISTORIC WINS
Daemen's win over Mercyhurst marked its first win over a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team since the 2004-05 season when the Wildcats posted a 90-82 win over Gannon. Daemen's win over Gannon marked its first win in the series since the 2004-05 season, and its first at Gannon's Hammermill Center since the 1996-97 season.

A NEW ERA
A familiar face will be missing from the Daemen lineup following the graduation of Sarah Saba. A four-year starter for the Wildcats, she played in all 110 games over her career and totaled 1,774 points (16.1 ppg), 770 rebounds (7.0 rpg), 157 blocks and 157 steals. She scored in double figures in 96 of her 110 career games and ranks fifth in career points among Daemen's all-time leaders. She also ranks seventh in career rebounds and sixth in career blocks. 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 as a junior and senior. She averaged an ECC-best 17.7 points last year and became the first women's basketball player from Daemen to lead the league in scoring average.

SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORE
Sophomore Tiara Filbert enjoyed a solid rookie season last winter and is off to a strong start this year. Filbert, who sat out the 2016-17 season due to injury, played in all 29 games last year and started 20 of the final 21 games. She ranked second on the team in total points (252), scoring average (8.7) and defensive rebounds (115). A one-time ECC Rookie of the Week selection, she scored in double figures 12 times, including 10 of her final 19 games. Filbert scored a career-high 21 points in the win over Mercyhurst on Nov. 15 and is averaging a team-high 14.3 points. She also leads the team in field minutes played (254), goal percentage (.489), three-pointers made (20), three-point field goal percentage (.488) and steals (17). Her three-point field goal percentage ranks first among all ECC players and 19th nationally.

SUPER SUB TO SENIOR STARTER
Senior Erin Egan played in 27 of 29 games last year and averaged 17 minutes a game off the bench. She averaged 5.4 points and 4.6 rebounds and ranked second on the team in blocks (34) and steals (26). She has started eight of nine games in 2018-19 and ranks second on the team in scoring average (9.1), rebounds per game (4.8) and steals (15). She registered a season-high 14 points and nine rebounds in the season-opening loss to St. Rose.

BIG SHOT BUCHSENSCHUTZ
Sophomore Autumn Buchsenschutz is playing a much larger role this year after seeing limited playing time as a freshman. She has started all nine games this season and is averaging 23.1 minutes a game. She scored a career-high 13 points and handed out four assists in the win over Gannon and followed up with 10 points and three assists in the win over Roberts Wesleyan. She drilled a big three-pointer with 27 seconds left in the win over Gannon and her triple with 56 seconds left gave Daemen the lead for good (69-66) against RWC. She ranks second on the team in three-pointers made (12) and is averaging 6.2 points with a team-high 24 assists.

BACK FROM INJURY
Junior Jordan Heinold and senior Erin Sinnott both had their 2017-18 seasons cut short by injury. Heinold played in the first 13 games (7 starts) before missing the remainder of the regular-season due to injury. She averaged 7.4 points and 4.1 rebounds and ranked fourth on the team in three-pointers made (27) despite missing 15 games. She has canned 77 three-pointers over her career. She scored 14 points in the season-opening loss to St. Rose. Sinnott started the first eight games last year before missing the remainder of the season. A transfer from Division I Evansville, she was averaging 7.0 points and 4.4 rebounds prior to the injury. She hit two clutch free throws with 11 seconds left and totaled eight points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in the 72-70 win over Roberts Wesleyan.

IMMEDIATE IMPACT
Sophomore Caroline White and junior Sarah Young both made an immediate impact with the team last year. White played in all 29 games as a freshman and was in the starting lineup 22 times. She ranked third on the team in total points (249), scoring average (8.6), minutes per game (29.9), total rebounds (149) and rebounds per game (5.1). A three-time ECC Rookie of the Week selection, she ranked second in three-pointers made (36) and scored in double figures 11 times. She equaled her career-high for points (19) in the loss at LIU Post this past weekend and is averaging 6.8 points. Young contributed right away after transferring from Division I St. Bonaventure. She started 28 games last year, averaged 6.3 points and led the team in offensive rebounds (80) and field goal percentage (.500). She also ranked second in rebounds per game (5.9) and third in blocked shots (22).

TALENTED NEWCOMERS
The 2018-19 roster features six newcomers—one junior college transfer and five freshmen. Junior guard Ranaveya Richards joins the Wildcats after playing the last two seasons at Finger Lakes CC. She earned NJCAA Division III all-America honors last year after averaging 21.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists. Freshman guard Sydney Barney was a four-year starter at Beaver Area (Pa.) High School and earned all-district honors as a senior. Freshman forward Mickayla Ivy led East Grand Rapids (Mich.) to a 20-4 record and its first Class A District championship since 2009 last year. Freshman guard Vivian Ladd is a product of Johnson City (N.Y.) High School and collected first-team all-region and fifth-team all-state (Class A) as a junior. Freshman guard Katie Price led Fredonia (N.Y.) High School to back-to-back Section VI Class B titles as a junior and senior. Freshman forward Katie Titus enjoyed an outstanding career at regional power Our Lady of Mercy High School in Rochester, N.Y. A two-time first-team All-Greater Rochester selection, she led the Monarchs to 63 wins, two Section V titles and two NYSPHSAA Class AA "Final Four" appearances.

TITUS COLLECTS CONFERENCE HONOR
Freshman forward Katie Titus was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 19 after totaling 12 defensive rebounds, three blocks and two steals in the win over Mercyhurst. For the game, she totaled 14 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 22 minutes off the bench. It marked her first career double-double. Titus scored a career-high 19 points in a loss to Eckerd and is averaging 5.9 points and a team-high 5.2 rebounds per game.

LE MOYNE SCOUTING REPORT
Le Moyne is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. The Dolphins return seven players and two starters from last year's team that finished 17-11 overall (12-8 NE-10) and advanced to the semifinals of the NE-10 Tournament. Le Moyne was voted second in the NE-10 Southwest Division preseason poll. Sixth-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 2018-19 season by winning four of their first five games and enter Wednesday's game riding a three-game winning streak. LC is ranked ninth in the latest D2SIDA East Region poll and will be playing its first game since posting a 66-56 win over New Haven on Dec. 8. Junior guard McKayla Roberts tops the list of returning players. The NE-10 Rookie of the Year and third-team all-conference pick as a freshman, she earned second-team All-NE-10 honors last year after averaging 14.4 points and 4.8 assists with 67 three-pointers. She has scored in double figures in all nine games this season and once again leads the team in scoring average (17.2 ppg), assists per game (5.7) and three-pointers (27). Her free throw percentage of .973 (36-37) ranks first among all Division II players. She scored a season-high 28 points and handed out six assists in a 74-67 upset of nationally-ranked Florida Southern during the Eckerd College Thanksgiving Classic. Graduate student Corinne Poitevien and freshman Cameron Tooley have also produced. Poitevien totaled 14 points and 12 rebounds in the win over New Haven and is averaging 10.8 points and a team-high 8.0 rebounds. Tooley totaled 16 points and six steals in a recent win over Mansfield and is averaging 10.1 points with 18 three-pointers and a team-high 17 steals.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Daemen vs. Le Moyne: 2-9
Streak: Lost 4
Last Meeting: Le Moyne 67, Daemen 55 | Nov. 25, 2017 | Amherst, N.Y.
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DID YOU KNOW?: Daemen is 3-3 against Northeast-10 teams since the start of the 2017-18 season, which includes a 73-48 win over regionally-ranked Assumption College earlier this year during the Redhawks Classic.

ON THE HORIZON
The Wildcats are idle until the first week of January when they close out the non-league portion of their schedule by hosting Saint Anselm College (Jan. 3) and Saint Michael's College (Jan. 5) of the Northeast-10. It will mark their first homes games since Nov. 15.