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WBB upsets Ferris State
56
Ferris St. FSU 6-2,1-1 GLIAC
61
Winner Daemen Daemen 8-3,3-0 ECC
Ferris St. FSU
6-2,1-1 GLIAC
56
Final
61
Daemen Daemen
8-3,3-0 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ferris St. FSU 20 8 11 17 56
Daemen Daemen 17 14 16 14 61

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

Wildcats Take Down First Top-Five Opponent In NCAA DII Era, Upset #5 Ferris State

AMHERST, N.Y. – UPSET ALERT!! The Daemen University women's basketball team took down #5 ranked Ferris State 61-56 at Lumsden Gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference tilt, marking the first time in program history that Daemen beat a top-five ranked opponent.
 
With the win, the Wildcats move to 8-3 on the year and extend their home winning streak to 19 straight games, a streak that dates back to February 18, 2022, and is the fifth-longest home win streak in NCAA Division II. Daemen picks up a win over a ranked opponent for the first time since the 2022-23 season opener where the Wildcats topped #22 Pace 52-45. Ferris State drops just their second game of the season and moves to 6-2 this season.
 
Senior guard Alahna Paige (Rochester, N.Y.), who is in the middle of a career-best season, led all players on the floor with 26 points, marking the third straight and fifth game this season that she finished with 20+ points. Ferris State's Chloe Idoni led the Bulldogs with 22 point and finished with a double-double, adding 10 rebounds in the loss.
 
The Wildcats will travel to Pennsylvania to play in their final non-conference game of the season at Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday for a 1 PM tip-off.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Paige, who ranks third in the NCAA Division II in three pointers per game (3.6) and fifth in three-point percentage (52.2%), finished 10-of-21 from the field (47.6%) and 2-of-6 from beyond the arc while adding four rebounds, three assists and a steal.
  • Sophomore forward Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) finished with 10 points after going 3-of-5 from the field and banking both three balls she shot on the day. Pikett added five rebounds and a block, steal and assist.
  • Junior forward Julia Hauer (Binghamton, N.Y.) finished with six points after shooting 60% (3-of-5) from the field, three rebounds, one block and one steal on the day.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Wildcats opened the scoring with back-to-back three balls, taking a 6-0 lead over the Bulldogs early. Ferris State and Daemen traded points throughout the entire first quarter, and a late layup by the Bulldogs lifted Ferris State up 20-17 after the first.
  • The Wildcats shot 50% (7-of-14) from the field in the first, with all seven buckets coming from seven different Wildcat players in the quarter. Daemen banked three of five three-pointers, with Pikett, Paige and Sophie Auer (Lewiston, N.Y.) each knocking down a triple.
  • The Bulldogs banked a pair of baskets to start the second quarter with an eight-point advantage, but from there, Ferris State went on a five-minute scoring drought as Daemen scored 11 unanswered points to take a 28-25 lead into the final minute. Paige knocked down a three with 33 seconds left in the second to give Daemen a 31-28 lead going into the half.
  • Daemen shot 46% (6-of-13) in the second, but outscored Ferris State 14-8. Paige accounted for nine of Daemen's 14 second quarter points.
  • The Wildcats opened the third quarter on an 8-0 run after Ferris State went scoreless for the first four minutes of the quarter. The Bulldogs put together a run in the final few minutes of the third, but after Daemen outscored Ferris State 16-11, the Wildcats led 47-39 after three.
  • Daemen shot 45% (5-of-11) from the field in the third quarter and added 5-of-8 from the free throw stripe.
  • The fourth quarter was a shootout from the start!! After Ferris State opened the fourth with a 5-2 run, the Wildcats went on an 8-2 run of their own to take a 57-49 lead with 5 minutes left. The Bulldogs scored seven unanswered points down the stretch, but it was not enough to overcome Daemen's lead as the wildcats hold on for a 61-56 victory.
  • The Wildcats shot 47% from the field, banking 24-of-51 and 6-of-15 from beyond the arc, while holding the Bulldogs to shooting 35% from the field (22-of-62).
  • Today's game marked the first time that the Wildcats and Bulldogs met on the court.
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