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Daemen drew up another victory Friday night, this time defeating D'Youville in the teams' first meeting since 2003
85
Winner Daemen DAEW 2-0,1-0 ECC
52
D'Youville DYCW 0-1,0-1 ECC
Winner
Daemen DAEW
2-0,1-0 ECC
85
Final
52
D'Youville DYCW
0-1,0-1 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Daemen DAEW 20 13 30 22 85
D'Youville DYCW 8 14 20 10 52

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | By Joe Kraus, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Titus Erupts for 25 Points as Wildcats Win in Reunion with D'Youville

BUFFALO, N.Y. – An old rivalry has returned to the Western New York collegiate basketball circuit.

Junior forward Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) scored a game-high 25 points, including 16 in the second half, as the Wildcats opened East Coast Conference play against league newcomer D'Youville, 85-52, Friday night at College Center Gymnasium. The game marked the first time these two opponents have faced each other since February of 2003. With the victory, Daemen is now off to their 15th 2-0 start in program history, the third of the team's NCAA era.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Titus connected on 11-of-16 shots from the field and made a team-high 3-of-7 three-point attempts. The 2020 ECC Championship Most Outstanding Player recipient also recorded 9 rebounds in the victory.
  • Senior forward Caroline White (Fairport, N.Y.) added 18 points along with 6 rebounds, 5 of them coming on the offensive side of the floor.
  • Redshirt senior Tiara Filbert tossed in 17 points and season-highs in rebounds (4) and assists (4).
  • Sarah Pfeiffer drilled a game-high five three-pointers and totaled 21 points to spark D'Youville.
  • Danielle Hore contributed 15 points, including two three-pointers while Riley Riedel added five points.

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SUMMARY
First Quarter (Daemen 20, D'Youville 8) – The Wildcats started the contest on an 8-0 run with contributions from Titus, Filbert and Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) before Haley Kirisits scored the first bucket for the Saints to briefly stop the bleeding. A three-point play from White and a fast-break basket from Filbert and two more baskets from Ivy (8 points total) built up the Wildcats lead over the last three minutes of the period.

Second Quarter (D'Youville 14, Daemen 11) – After a Titus basket grew Daemen's lead to 15 points with under seven minutes left in the half (25-10), the Wildcats went into a cold spell offensively while the Saints went on a 5-0 run for over three minutes as a three-pointer from Hore and another lay-up from Kirisits allowed the Saints to cut the deficit to 10 points (25-15.) White ended the Saints momentum with back-to-back baskets as part of her 9 points in the half. A Saints foul shortly before the break allowed Filbert to convert one of two free-throws to preserve the Wildcats' double-digit lead (33-22).

Third Quarter (Daemen 30, D'Youville 20) – Behind 5 points from Titus and more success inside the paint from Filbert, Ivy and White, the Wildcats started the frame on an 11-2 run to build their lead to 20 points (44-24) with 7:22 remaining. The Saints heated up when Pfeiffer converted four three-pointers over the last five minutes of the frame while Filbert and Autumn Buchsenschutz (Port Allegany, Pa.) found long-range success of their own in this span. The offensive brigade sent the teams to the fourth quarter with Daemen leading, 63-42.

Fourth Quarter (Daemen 22, D'Youville 10) – Despite Pfeiffer's final three-pointer coming in the first minute of the frame, the Wildcats contained their pressure and went on a 19-5 run over the last 8:12 with scoring from a host of players and building a 33-point lead at the buzzer, their largest of the season.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Once again, Daemen turned their defensive success into offensive opportunities, scoring 23 points off turnovers and 16 points off fast-break opportunities. The team also made themselves comfortable inside the paint scoring 50 points along with 16 offensive rebounds (32 total).
  • For a second straight game, Daemen shot 50% from the floor (34-for-68) while holding D'Youville to 31.7% (20-for-63). Both teams converted timely shots from three-point range with Daemen shooting 7-for-20 and D'Youville finishing 8-for-24. 
  • Redshirt freshmen Gina Fumerelle scored her first basket in the blue-and-white late in the fourth quarter.  
GAME NOTES
  • Daemen is ranked No. 17 in the latest Division II Sports Information (D2SIDA) national media poll and sit atop the D2SIDA East Region poll for a second consecutive week. Daemen is included in the national rankings for the first time in the program's NCAA era.
  • The Wildcats have now won 16 of their 18 games dating back to last season, and 39 of their 46 games dating back to the 2018-19 season.
  • Daemen returns seven players, including incumbent starters Filbert, White and Titus, from their 2019-20 team that went 23-5 overall and earned the program's first NCAA tournament berth.
  • Daemen has now held 25 of its last 30 opponents to 65 points or fewer, posting a 24-1 record in those contests.
  • Filbert's four rebounds tonight give her 401 for her career. She becomes just the 13th player in team history to reach 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 200 assists in a career. She also moved past Jillian LaPoint for 22nd place on Daemen's all-time scoring list this evening. Filbert has now totaled 1,027 points in 87 games. 
  • The game was D'Youville's first as a member of the East Coast Conference. The Saints are beginning a three-year transition from NCAA Division III to Division II and were accepted into the ECC this past summer.
  • Prior to tonight's game, Daemen and D'Youville last met on February 6, 2003 - a 77-38 Daemen victory. Daemen is 15-0 against D'Youville during the program's modern era (1986-present), including a perfect 7-0 at College Center Gymnasium. 
 
NEXT JUMP BALL
The two teams will reconvene at Lumsden Gymnasium to conclude this home-and-home series on Sunday Jan. 24 for a 12 p.m. tip-off. The game will be streamed on the ECC Sports Network.
 
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