HACKENSACK, N.J. – The FDU Knights will take on Saint Francis (Pa.) Thursday evening at Stratis Arena inside the Rothman Center. This conference battle will take place at 7 p.m. and Knights fans can watch the game on NEC Front Row.
The two teams battled back and forth in the first half with FDU holding onto a slim seven-point, 31-24, lead at halftime. The Knights shot 35% in the first half and held the Seahawks to only 30% shooting. The Knights's defense was stellar once again by holding Wagner to only 52 points and 33/15/61% shooting splits. The third quarter was an explosion by FDU who outscored Wagner 25-12 and shot 50% from the field. The dominance was led by senior forward
Sierra DeAngelo. DeAngelo had a career night on senior day, dropping 30 points and nine rebounds on extremely efficient shooting from the floor. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native shot a near-perfect 11-for-14 from the field, 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe. DeAngelo blew past her previous career best of 23 points which she set earlier in the season against Maryland Eastern Shore. The Knights also got double-digit efforts out of
Chloe Wilson and
Dahomée Forgues. Wilson picked up her sixth double-double on the season with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Forgues had 12 points, six rebounds, and three assists. Spaniard guard
Celia Carbonell drilled two three-pointers in today's contest to extend her consecutive games with a made three-pointer streak to 14 and to capture sole possession of 10th All-Time in program history for made three-pointers.
- Wilson leads the Knights with 16.8 points a night and 7.0 rebounds. She has picked up five double-doubles on the season and including the last time out against Wagner
- Senior DeAngelo has had a solid season scoring 12.3 points a night on a team-leading 48.4% shooting from the field
- Forgues has entered double-digit point scoring on the season averaging 10.2 points a contest.
- SHU is 7-19 on the season and has a 6-8 record in conference play
- Aaliyah Moore is a player to watch for the Red Flash, she is averaging 9.8 points a night
- Head coach Keila Whittington is in her fourth season as head coach at SFU
