Game #15
Daemen Wildcats (10-4, 5-3 ECC) vs. Molloy Lions (3-15, 2-7 ECC)
Date: Friday, Jan. 27
Time: 5 PM
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. | Quealy Gymnasium
Live Stream: via
ECC Network
Live Stats: via
molloylions.com
Game #16
Daemen Wildcats (10-4, 5-3 ECC) vs. Queens Knights (5-13, 3-5 ECC)
Date: Sunday, Jan. 29
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Flushing, N.Y. | South Gym
Live Stream: via
ECC Network
Live Stats: via
queensknights.com
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The 10-4 Daemen University women's basketball team wraps up their four-game road slate with a pair of East Coast Conference matchups against the 3-15 Molloy Lions on Friday evening and a 3:30 PM game against the 5-13 Queens Knights on Sunday afternoon.
A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK
The Wildcats dropped both matchups they played last week, falling on Tuesday in a 60-51 loss to D'Youville then dropping their largest game of the season with a 68-47 loss to District of Columbia on Saturday afternoon. Graduate guard
Paige Emborsky (Newfane, N.Y.) posted a career-high 19 points while shooting 7-of-12 (58-percent) from the field and knocking down 3-of-6 three-pointers, but the Saints put together a standout fourth quarter to snap an 18-game losing streak to Daemen in a crosstown rivalry that dated back to 1986. The Wildcats then saw another long win streak get snapped on Saturday as the Firebirds outscored Daemen 21 to 9 in the fourth quarter of the game.
PIKETT AT THE BOARDS
Daemen freshman
Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) put together her best two defensive games of the season last week, first with her career-high six rebound game against the Saints on Tuesday, then marking a new career-high on Saturday with her 10-rebound game against the Firebirds. Pikett was just one point shy of her first career double-double (points-rebounds) against UDC as she scored nine points and shot 3-for-10 from the field and knocked down 1-of-5 from beyond the arc, as well as a perfect 2-2 from the free throw line. Pikett also earned four total assists on the week (three against UDC), as well as a career-high five blocks against the Firebirds and a steal. She leads the team in blocks on the year (15) and moved up to fourth on the team in total rebounds (47) after her 16-rebound week.
NATION LEADER
Daemen's three machine
Paige Emborsky has been at the top of all of Division II in three point percentage with her impressive 60.7% for the majority of the 2022-23 season. On the year, Emborsky has knocked down 37 of 61 three-point shots on the season to account for 111 of her 174 total points this year, and she also leads all ECC shooters with a 53.7% field goal percentage this season. On the men's side, Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) ranks fourth in D-II with his 48% three point percentage, and Daemen is the only program in all of Division II to have a men's basketball player and women's basketball player both ranked in the top-five of three point percentage. The Wildcat women also rank 12th in D-II in scoring defense, with Daemen allowing their opponents to score an average of 54.9 points per game.
POLL POSITION
The Wildcats dropped to sixth in the East Region in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) Women's Basketball Regional Poll,
as released on Monday afternoon. Daemen has been ranked in 44 straight regional polls, dating back to early January 2019. The East Region consists of 10 teams from the East Coast Conference, Northeast-10 Conference and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.
UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to Lumsden Gym next Friday, Feb. 3 for their first home game since Jan. 11 when they play host to Staten Island. Daemen will host District of Columbia the following Sunday, Feb. 5.
SCOUTING THE MOLLOY LIONS
The Lions come into Friday's matchup with a 3-15 overall record and 2-7 ECC record on the year, and have lost the last seven games that they have played. Two of Molloy's three wins on the season have come since their 74-56 loss to Daemen on Dec. 2, with the Lions narrowly topping D'Youville 55-52 on Dec. 4 and beating Roberts Wesleyan 64-44 in their biggest victory of the season. The Lions have four players scoring triple-digit points on the season, with junior guard
Trinity Hudson and graduate student forward
Gianni Domond leading the way with 10.4 and 8.4 ppg, respectively. Hudson (9.5 rebounds per game) and Domond (7.8 rebounds per game) have both tallied 100+ rebounds a piece this year, and Hudson is 29 boards away from her 200th rebound on the season. Sophomore center
Danielle Hippner leads the Lions with 29 blocks, while sophomore forward
Samantha Muller (28 assists) leads a quad of Lions with 20+ assists.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. MOLLOY
Series Record: 16-4 Daemen
Away Record: 4-4
Conference Record: 13-4 Daemen
Last Meeting: 74 Daemen 56 Molloy | Dec. 2, 2022 | Amherst, N.Y.
SCOUTING THE QUEENS KNIGHTS
Queens has posted a 5-13 overall record and is 3-5 in ECC play, and are currently on a four game losing streak. The Knights have dropped three straight conference games to UDC, St. Thomas Aquinas and Mercy, and are coming off a two-point loss to American International in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday. On the year, Queens has been narrowly outscored by opponents by an average of six points, and five of their losses this season have been within seven points or less. Sophomore guard
Chelsea Reeves ranks fifth in the ECC with 13.1 ppg and leads all Knight scorers with 223 points on the year while shooting 39.6-percent from the field and 38.7-percent from beyond the arc, while also leading the Knights with 5.7 rebounds per game. Freshman guard
Brianna Davis ranks sixth on the Knights in scoring with 6.4 ppg, leads Queens in steals (28) and ranks second on the team in blocks (12). In Daemen's Dec. 4 matchup against the Knights, the Wildcats did not allow any Queens players to score in the double-digits. Senior point guard
Khadija Demry, who averages 9.1 ppg, and freshman forward
Cecilia Lapertosa both scored nine points in the matchup. Lapertosa has not played in a game since Queens' 61-43 loss to Daemen.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. QUEENS
Series Record: 9-8 Queens
Away Record: 5-3 Queens
Conference Record: 9-8 Queens
Last Meeting: 61 Daemen 43 Queens | Dec. 4, 2022 | Amherst, N.Y.
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