The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team (11-10, 4-6 NEC) will be looking to get a win on the road as they take Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, February 5 at Knott Arena. Tipoff is slated for 3 pm with the FDU men's contest against the Mount scheduled for 7 pm.
In their last outing, the Blackbirds of Long Island handed the Knights their 10th loss of the season, 68-49, on Monday, January 31.
The Knights' scoring attempt was paced by junior Jasmyra Saunders (Trenton, NJ/Trenton Catholic) who had 13 points. Red-shirt freshman Danielle Pankey (Middletown, N.J./Middletown South) added 10 for FDU, while senior Alyssa Mayrose (Freehold, NJ/Freehold) tallied nine points. Mayrose also had seven rebounds and three assists.
Mount St. Mary's comes into the game with a 4-17 record on the season including one win and nine defeats in the Northeast Conference.
MSM is led by senior forward Mary Dunn. Dunn is currently averaging 11.9 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game, leading the team in both categories. Freshman guard, Ashley Christie, is averaging 9.2 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Selina Mann, a 5'4 sophomore guard, leads the team in both steals (60) and assists (93). Dunn, Christie and Mann have started each of the Mount's 21 games together.
The Mount averages 56.2 points per game while allowing opponents to score 66.8 points per game.
This will be the 42nd meeting of The Mount and the Knights since 1990. The Mount holds a slight advantage in the series, having won 22 games and dropping just 19 but FDU took the win in their most recent matchup on February 13, 2010.
