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WBB_Alahna Paige layup 2022
43
Queens (NY) Queens 2-6,0-2 ECC
61
Winner Daemen Daemen 6-0,2-0 ECC
Queens (NY) Queens
2-6,0-2 ECC
43
Final
61
Daemen Daemen
6-0,2-0 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Queens (NY) Queens 17 6 14 6 43
Daemen Daemen 15 14 16 16 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Women's Basketball Moves To 6-0 With 61-43 Win Over Queens

The Wildcats Have Beaten The Knights Eight Straight Times

AMHERST, N.Y. – Another game, another win for Daemen University women's basketball. The Wildcats won their sixth straight in a commanding 61-43 victory over Queens on Sunday afternoon to remain unbeaten on the season. Daemen moves to 6-0 on the year, and 2-0 in East Coast Conference play. The Wildcats have won five straight ECC regular season games dating back to Feb. 20, and owns a 27-1 record in regular season conference games since the 2020 season.

The Wildcats are off to their best start during their NCAA era (2015-present) and the best start overall since they opened the 2012-13 season with six straight wins.

The nationally-ranked Wildcats put together a balanced attack against the Knights, with three different players scoring double-digit points on the afternoon. Daemen finished the game shooting 46-percent from the field (24-of-52) and 47-percent from beyond the arc (7-of-15). Graduate student Paige Emborsky (Newfane, N.Y.) scored a team-high 17 points for the third time this season, shooting 70-percent (7-of-10) from the field and was a perfect 3-of-3 for three's. Emborsky has led all Wildcat shooters in four of Daemen's six games this season. 

Coming off a 56-49 loss to D'Youville on Friday night, Queens moves to 2-6 on the season and 0-2 in ECC play. The Knights were held to just six points in the second and fourth quarters by the Daemen defense. Today marked the fourth straight game that Daemen held Queens to under 55 points. 

Today's matchup was the final home game of 2022 for the Wildcats. Daemen will play the next five games on the road, starting with next Friday's ECC tilt at St. Thomas Aquinas, before returning to Lumsden Gym on Wednesday, Jan. 11 when they host longtime rival Roberts Wesleyan.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Junior guard Alahna Paige (Rochester, N.Y.) played a season-high 37 minutes in the victory, and finished with 11-points, going 4-of-10 from the field and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. Paige tied Emborsky for a team-high eight rebounds, pulling down seven defensive boards, and adding five assists and two steals. 
  • Guard Paige Emborsky continues to shine as a Wildcat, tallying her fifth game scoring in the double digits. Along with a team-high 17 points, Emborsky tied Paige with a team-high eight rebounds on the day, snagging seven defensive rebounds and one O-board.
  • Junior forward Natalie Angeletti (Panama, N.Y.) put together her second highest scoring game of the season, totaling 13 points and shooting 63-percent from the field (5-of-8) and a perfect 100-percent from beyond the three-point line, knocking down the only three she shot today. Angeletti totaled five rebounds today along with three assists, a block and a steal. 
  • Coming off her best game of the season on Friday, junior guard Gabby McDuffie (Buffalo, N.Y.) ranked second on the team with six rebounds (four defensive and two offensive boards), and finished with four points and an assist.
GAME NOTES
  • The Wildcats are ranked No. 1 in the East Region and No. 10 nationally in the D2SIDA polls, and No. 23 in the WCBA Top-25 Coaches Poll.
  • Today's victory marked the eighth straight win over Queens for Daemen.
  • Queens led 17-15 after the first, marking the first time this season that Daemen has trailed at the end of a quarter.
  • The Wildcats pulled down four of their six total offensive rebounds in the first quarter.
  • Paige led the Wildcats with five points in the first, and led the team in shooting at the half, going 3-of-6 from the field and 2-of-3 from beyond the arc in the first two quarters.
  • Daemen outscored Queens 14-6 in the second quarter to regain the lead 29-23 going into the half, shooting 42-percent (11-of-26) from the field and 43-percent (3-of-7) for three.
  • Angeletti accounted for a quarter of Daemen's halftime rebounds, pulling down three defensive boards and one offensive rebound, and led all Wildcat shooters with eight halftime points.
  • Daemen and Queens traded baskets throughout a scrappy third quarter, and the Wildcats entered the final 10 minutes with a 45-37 lead over the Knights. Daemen shot 50-percent from the field in the third, and 40-percent from three point land.
  • The Wildcats led by as much as 22 points in the game, and finished with their third straight 18-point victory. 
  • Daemen outscored Queens 32 to 20 in the paint, and totaled 11 fast break points compared to just two for the Knights. 
UP NEXT
The Wildcats hit the road for their final ECC matches before Christmas. Daemen head to Sparkill, N.Y. to take on St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, Dec. 9, then will face Mercy on Sunday, Dec. 11.
 

Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

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