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C_Pikett_2023-24vsCSI
David M. Schofield
71
Winner Daemen Daemen 14-5,9-1 ECC
44
Staten Island CSI 7-14,4-7 ECC
Winner
Daemen Daemen
14-5,9-1 ECC
71
Final
44
Staten Island CSI
7-14,4-7 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Daemen Daemen 25 10 16 20 71
Staten Island CSI 8 15 9 12 44

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

Solid Wildcat Defensive Effort Lends To 71-44 Victory At Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's basketball team won its ninth East Coast Conference game of the season with a 71-44 road win over the College of Staten Island Dolphins on Friday night. With the win, the ECC-leading Wildcats move to 14-5 on the year and 9-1 in conference play, while the Dolphins drop to 7-14 and 4-7 in ECC games.
 
The Wildcats shot 51% (26-of-51) from the field, 7-of-19 (37%) from beyond the arc and knocked down 12-of-16 from the free throw stripe while holding the home team Dolphins to a 25% shooting percentage (17-of-68), 4-of-21 from three-point land and 6-of-10 from the charity stripe. Daemen's standout senior guard Alahna Paige (Rochester, N.Y.) led all players with a 24-point outing.
 
As the top defensive unit in the ECC this season, the Wildcats will square off against the ECC's top offense, District of Columbia, on Sunday with a 1 PM game to wrap up the road trip.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Paige shot 53% (9-of-17) from the field and banked 4-of-9 from beyond the arc to lead the Cats for the 13th game this season. Playing just 28 minutes in the game, the senior added three defensive boards and two assists.
  • Sophomore forward Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) totaled 14 points after shooting an impressive 83% (5-of-6) from the field and banking both triples. She pulled down seven rebounds and tallied two assists and a block on the day.
  • Sophomore forward Cecilia Lapertosa (Whitesboro, N.Y.) pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds and dished out four assists, two blocks and two steals.
  • Junior forward Julia Hauer (Binghamton, N.Y.) totaled nine points after going 4-of-4 from the field and added three assists and one rebound. 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The Wildcats opened up the game on fire, shooting 9-of-14 from the field to take a 25-8 lead over the Dolphins after the first. Six different Wildcats tallied points in the first, with Paige leading all shooters with 10 points.
  • Staten Island put together a solid second quarter, outscoring Daemen 15-10 to cut the Wildcat lead to 12, 35-23 at the half. The Wildcats shot just 36% (4-of-11) in the second and missed four triples.
  • The Wildcats shot 46% (6-of-14) from the field and 2-of-5 from beyond the arc in the third while holding the Dolphins to just a 14% field goal percentage in the quarter. Paige and Pikett combined for 10 of Daemen's 16 third-quarter points as Daemen led 51-32 after three.
  • Daemen maintained their large lead throughout the fourth quarter, topping the Dolphins 20-12 in the final quarter after banking 7-of-13 from the field, 2-of-4 from beyond the arc and all four free throws.
  • The Wildcats have beaten Staten Island in all seven match ups between the two teams in the three-year history of the match up.
  • Since the 2018-19 season, Daemen is 75-11 in conference play.  
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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