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HACKENSACK, N.J. - Fairleigh Dickinson concludes the 2015 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Challenge against Grand Canyon on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. at Mohegan Sun. The Knights will also be looking to snap a five-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Grand Canyon comes into the game with a 2-4 record and has lost its first three games of the Hall of Fame Challenge in Spokane, Washington against Gonzaga, Southern California and West Virginia. Dana Jones leads the Lopes at 11.2 points per game. Cheyenne Hedrington averages 10.2 and 7.8 rebounds.

SERIES SCORE
It is the first meeting between the two programs. It will also be the first time the Knights have faced a current member of the Western Athletic Conference.

LAST TIME OUT
The Knights dropped a 77-54 contest to Iona in the final game in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Gaels used a 31-point first quarter to put the game out of reach.

RETURNING SCORING
The Knights are one of two teams to return two players that averaged at least 18 a game last season. Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) averaged 18.5 and Kelsey Cruz (Chester, Va./Lloyd C. Bird) at 18.1. Ohio State is the other with Kelsey Mitchell at 24.9 and Ameryst Alston at 19.8.

HOME COOKING
FDU will hope to take advantage of seven home non-conference games this season. The Knights also have an eight-game home stand from December 9 through January 6.

PRESEASON POLL
FDU was picked 4th in the NEC Preseason Poll, as voted on by the coaches. It is the highest preseason ranking under Pete Cinella and highest since 1993-94.

PRESEASON ALL-NEC
Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) was tabbed Preseason All-NEC after averaging a double-double last season (18 and 10). The redshirt-senior was the NEC Defensive POTY and First Team All-NEC last season.

1,100 POINTS & COUNTING
Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) and Kelsey Cruz (Chester, Va./Lloyd C. Bird)passed the 1,000-point milestone last season. Cruz needs 39 points to move into 11th all-time and Livermore is 58 points from 6th.

3/4 POINTS RETURN
Knights return 77.1% (51.2 ppg) of their scoring from a season ago.

NEW POINT
The graduation of Amanda Andrades (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) and her 175 assists (5.8 apg) and 36.8 minutes leave a big hole for the Knights. Kiana Brown (Richmond, Va./Hermitage), Madelynn Comly (Littlestown, Pa./Delone Catholic) and Natalie Zamora (Albuquerque, N.M./St. Pius X) and will compete to see who gets a majority of those minutes and assists.

AMONGST THE TREES
FDU led the NEC in blocks per game last season (3.83) and was second in total blocks with 115. Erika Livermore (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) led the Knights with 70. FDU is second so far this season with 5.8 per game.

YOUNGSTERS
Freshmen; Icies Hammer (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen), Peniel M'Bikata (Abbotsford, British Columbia/W.J. Mouat Secondary) and Natalie Zamora (Albuquerque, N.M./St. Pius X) combined for 20 points vs. Iona. Classmate Madelynn Comly (Littlestown, Pa./Delone Catholic) added six assists and two steals as all four played at least 10 minutes.

NO 0-5
FDU has won the fifth game of the season each of the last two times it has started 0-4 (2012-13 win at Manhattan & 13-14 win vs. Columbia).