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HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team (3-12, 0-4 NEC) are hoping to snap a seven-game losing skid on Saturday when it hosts Wagner (4-11, 2-2 NEC) at Stratis Arena inside the Rothman Center. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. and NEC Front Row will carry live video coverage of this contest and the second between the men's teams of the two schools.
 
Last Time Out
After arguably the team's finest performance of the season in the tight road loss at Bryant last Saturday, the Knights fell to St. Francis Brooklyn on Monday evening, 72-61, without ever holding a lead. FDU started the second period off on an 11-2 run to cut the deficit to four although the Terriers would hold on. Late in the contest, sophomore Valerie Oyakhilome (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) drilled a three-pointer to get within one of the visitors but St. Francis Brooklyn answered with an 11-2 run of its own over the following two-plus minutes to bring the lead back up to double digits. Senior point guard Amanda Andrades (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) had a team-high 17 points on a career-high 20 field goal attempts to go with five rebounds and six assists in 40 minutes. Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) was held to single-digits for just the third game of the season, and second in the team's last three contests, with nine points, six rebounds, three assists, six blocks, and two steals in 38 minutes.
 
Wagner
2014 Season: 4-11 (2-2 NEC)
Where: Hackensack, N.J. (Stratis Arena)
When: January 17, 2015 – 2 p.m.
Series History: FDU holds a 35-31 all-time advantage since 1978
Last Meeting: February 17, 2014 – Wagner 67 FDU 48 in Staten Island, N.Y.      
What You Need To Know:  The Seahawks started the season off with nine consecutive losses while playing a very difficult out-of-conference schedule, including games against Penn State, Monmouth, and national ranked Rutgers and Maryland. Wagner has since gone 4-2. The team is paced by sophomore guard Jasmine Nwajei's 22.1 points per contest ranks ninth in the entire country and she does it on 38% shooting while sharing the team lead with 6.2 rebounds per game and is ranked 15th in the nation with 3.07 steals per game. Junior guard Jordyn Peck contributes just over 15 points on average and sophomore Lyndsay Rowe shootings from deep at a 45.5% clip.
 
Up Next
The Knights host Mount St. Mary's in a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day matinee on Monday, Jan. 19. Tipoff from Stratis Arena is set for 2 p.m. with NEC Front Row providing live video coverage.