vs Bryant (Mon. 7 p.m.)- FDU NOTES | BRY NOTES | LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TWITTER
HACKENSACK, N.J. - The Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball team will try to move to 2-2 in Northeast Conference play on Monday night against Bryant. Tip is set for 7 p.m. at the Rothman Center. The game can be watched live on NECFrontRow.com with the link above.
QUICK HITTERS
•FDU won at Wagner for the second straight season on Saturday.
• The Knights' last four games (1-3) have been decided by a total of 14 points. That is the first time that has happened under Peter Cinella.
• FDU had 9 offensive rebounds at Wagner -- second straight game under 10 for first time this season.
• FDU scored 59 points in the win at Wagner. It was the first time that FDU had won while scoring less than 60 points since beating Mount St. Mary's 54-52 in 2014-15.
SERIES SCORE
Bryant has won seven straight games against Fairleigh Dickinson. The Knights last beat the Bulldogs on January 30, 2012, by the score of 54-43. The last home win for FDU over Bryant came back in the 2010-11 season by the score 58-48.
LAST TIME OUT
A trio of Knights were in double figures and FDU used a strong third quarter to get its first NEC win of the season at Wagner, 59-53. Peniel M'Bikata had 12 to lead the way. Amina Markovic and Brianna Thomas were also in double figures with 11 points each. The Knights scored six of the first eight points of the third quarter to extend the lead out to 39-30. The lead would get to as many as 15, 45-30 in the third. Wagner battled back in the fourth to get within four in the final minute but the Knights overcame a five-minute span of not making a field goal to end the game by hitting a couple free throws down the stretch.
ABOUT BRYANT
The Bulldogs are winners of two straight games and sit at 7-7 overall and 2-1 in NEC play. Last time out for the Bulldogs they topped Mount St. Mary's 78-62 at home in Smithfield, R.I. The only common opponent in the non-conference schedule between the two sides is UMass Lowell. Bryant beat UML 73-62 on 12/21 at home. FDU lost to UMass Lowell 61-55 on 12/5 in Lowell, Mass. Alex Klein leads the squad at 16.1 per contest. Klein is also grabbing 8.2 'boards per game. Ivory Bailey puts up 12 points per off the bench.
WHERE POINTS COME FROM
FDU has scored 857 points this season. 51.8% (416) of those have come from inside the arc. 30.8% (264) have come from three-pointers and the remaining 17.4% (149) have been scored via the free throw line. Compared to Bryant, the Bulldogs get 23% from the free throw line, 20.6% from three and 56.4% from two-point range.
WILL TAKE THAT OFF YOU HANDS
The Knights are first in the NEC in turning over the opposition at 20.5 forced turnovers per game. That mark is 32nd in DI.
NEC RANKS
Scoring offense – 3rd (61.2)
Scoring defense – 6th (68.9)
FT percentage - 7th (66.5%)
Field goal percentage – 6th (35.5%)
3FG percentage – 7th (28.6%)
FG% defense – 7th (41.7%)
3FG% defense – 9th (36.1%)
Rebounding offense – 3rd (38.6)
Rebounding margin – 2nd (0.2)
Total Rebounds - 3rd (541)
Assists per game – 6th (11.6)
Blocks – 8th (2.1 per game)
Steals per game – 2nd (9.8)
Turnover Margin – 2nd (-0.57)
Turnovers per game – 8th (19.9)
Turnovers forced per game - 1st (20.5)
Assist/Turnover Ratio – 8th (0.58)
NEED A BALANCED DIET
FDU is 3-5 when it has three players in double figures. The Knights had three in double figures at Wagner; M'Bikata (12) and Markovic and Thomas (11). The Knights have 5 players averaging over 6.0 points per game, which has not happened since the 2005-06 season when FDU had 5 players over 7.0 ppg.
U20
The Knights got the turnovers per game under 20 for the first time since game three at 19.9 after only turning the ball over 11 times at Wagner. The game vs Wagner was the third straight game for FDU with less than 20 turnovers; first time this season that has happened and longest stretch since having an eight-game streak covering the last six games of last season and first two of this season.
LETTIN' THEM FLY
The Knights are averaging 6.3 three-pointers made per game so far this season. That is three more than they made per game all of last season. FDU has already taken 308 threes this season, compared to 375 in 32 games in 2015-16.
