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WBB_Mickayla Ivy 2022 at UB
Geoff Schneider
64
Winner Daemen Daemen 9-2,4-1 ECC
45
Staten Island CSI 5-9,1-3 ECC
Winner
Daemen Daemen
9-2,4-1 ECC
64
Final
45
Staten Island CSI
5-9,1-3 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Daemen Daemen 23 10 12 19 64
Staten Island CSI 13 8 10 14 45

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

Three Wildcats Drop Double-Digit Points In 64-45 Win Over Staten Island

Women's Basketball Moves To 9-2 On The Season

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's basketball team returned to East Coast Conference action on Friday night with a 64-45 victory over Staten Island on the road. The Wildcats move to 9-2 on the season and 4-1 in conference play. The Dolphins drop to 5-9 and a 1-3 ECC record. The Wildcats have a 57-8 record in ECC action since the beginning of the 2018-19 season.

Three Wildcats notched double-digit points on the night, led by fifth-year forward Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and graduate student guard Paige Emborsky (Newfane, N.Y.) each scoring 14 points on the day. Emborsky led or tied all Wildcat scorers for the second straight game and eighth time on the season.

After a back-and-forth first four minutes of play, Daemen went on a tear and led for the rest of the game. Even with a slower second and third quarter that saw the Dolphins and Wildcats almost equal in scoring, Staten Island could never catch up to Daemen's lead. The Wildcats shot 47-percent from the field (25-of-53) and 25-percent from beyond the arc (3-of-12), with three-machine Emborsky draining all three three-pointers for Daemen on the night. 

The Wildcats are back at Lumsden Gymnasium on Wednesday, Jan. 11 when they host longtime rival Roberts Wesleyan in the battle of I-90. 
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Mickayla Ivy played her best game of the season, totaling 33 minutes of play for a season-high 14 points. Ivy shot 42-percent from the field, draining five of 12 shots, and pulled down a team-high six rebounds (four defensive boards), led the team with three blocks, tallied four assists and two steals. 
  • Paige Emborsky led all Daemen players with 34 minutes on the day and shot 50-percent from the field (5-of-10) and beyond the arc (3-of-6). She snagged a defensive rebound and totaled two assists. 
  • Senior forward Marina Maerkl (Binghampton, N.Y.) scored double-digit points for the second time this season, knocking down five-of-six to shoot an impressive 83-percent from the field to total 10 points in the game. She added a season-high five rebounds (four defensive boards) and a steal.
  • Junior guard Alahna Paige (Rochester, N.Y.) shot 44-percent (4-of-9) from the field for nine points, and added four rebounds, four assists and a season-tying high four steals.
GAME NOTES
  • Daemen wins their third straight contest over Staten Island.
  • The Wildcats shot 52-percent from the field (9-of-17) in the first quarter and tallied seven defensive rebounds to lead Staten Island 23-13 after one.
  • Ivy led all players with eight points in the first quarter, which marks more points that the forward has scored than in seven of the 10 games she has played in this season.
  • At the half, Daemen led 33-12 with Ivy and Emborsky both putting up eight points and Paige scoring seven points through the first two quarters.
  • The Wildcats shot just 28-percent (4-of-14) from the field and 33-percent (2-of-6) from beyond the arc in the second quarter.
  • Through three quarters, Daemen held Staten Island to just 31 points.
  • Daemen out-scored CSI 19 to 14 in the final quarter of play. 
  • Emborsky drained three three-point field goals for the eighth time this season. Two of those three-balls came in the second quarter.
  • Staten Island's 45 total points is tied for the second least that this Wildcats has given up all season. 
  • Ivy's three blocks marks a season-high for the forward. Her previous high in the 2022-23 season was two vs. Pace in the season opener.
  • The Wildcats held Staten Island's two top scorers in Jenalyse Alarcon and Ashley Lambert to just seven points a piece in the game. 
  • Daemen freshman Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) tallied one block tonight, marking the sixth game of the season that she has totaled one or more blocks in a game.
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