HACKENSACK, N.J. – FDU women's basketball (25-4, 16-0) defeated Le Moyne (10-19, 8-8) by a score of 66-38 on Thursday night. FDU has now won 35 straight regular season games against NEC opponents, setting a new conference record. With the win, the Knights also clinched sole possession of the 2025-26 NEC Regular Season Championship for the second straight season.
The defense was clicking early for the Knights on Thursday night. FDU held Le Moyne to just one made field goal across the first six and a half minutes of regulation. In that same span, FDU took a 12-3 lead with the help of some sharp-shooting. Kailee McDonald and Madlena Gerke each hit threes to help kickstart the Knights offense. As the first quarter drew to a close, the Dolphins started to find the offense, tightening the FDU lead to just 15-10.
Le Moyne would continue applying pressure to FDU as the second quarter came around. The Knights were held to just one point, a Rebecca Osei-Owusu free throw, across the first five minutes of the quarter. With the Knights leading just 16-14, Madlena Gerke came to the rescue. Gerke scored eight points across the final five minutes of the first half, helping the Knights finish on a 12-3 run and build a double-digit lead heading into halftime.
Out of the halftime break, the defense continued for the Knights. FDU held Le Moyne to just eight points across the third quarter. The Knights proceeded to explode on offense in the fourth quarter, scoring 23 points as a team to put away the Dolphins and walk away with the historic victory in Hackensack.
- The FDU Knights are in the midst of the most dominant stretch in NEC women's basketball history.
- FDU has won 35 straight regular season games against NEC opponents, a total no other team in conference history has reached.
- The Knights' last regular season loss against an NEC opponent was to Le Moyne on February 24, 2024, over two calendar years ago.
- Madlena Gerke led the Knights in scoring again, continuing her dominant month of February.
- Gerke scored 14 points, knocking down four threes in the process.
- Gerke has knocked down at least four threes in each of the last six games.
- The Riga, Latvia native is averaging 16.7 PPG across six games in the month of February.
- Ava Renninger scored ten points, while grabbing nine rebounds and recording four assists in the win.
- It was a balanced offensive effort for the Knights in the win, as 11 different players recorded points.
- The FDU defense was lethal in the win, holding Le Moyne to just a 29.2 FG%.
- FDU forced 18 turnovers in the win.
- The Knights currently boast the number two scoring defense in the nation, allowing just 51.9 PPG to opponents.
- FDU won the rebounding margin 48 to 30.
The Knights will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, February 28 as they take on LIU. Tip-off in Hackensack will be at 2 p.m. Coverage will be available on NEC Front Row and WFDU.
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Segovia Steakhouse is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-26 FDU women's basketball season.
