NIAGARA UNIV. — Niagara University women’s basketball opens its season at 5 p.m. Friday when St. Bonaventure visits the Gallagher Center.
Niagara returns six letter winners from last year’s squad that went 8-23 overall and 5-15 in the MAAC. The Purple Eagles return senior guards Tiffany Corselli and Emily Granruth. Corselli finished the season averaging 9.4 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game. Granruth averaged 2.8 points per game and 1.6 rebounds per game. The junior class includes forwards Victoria Rampado and Kaylee Stroemple, as well as guard Jamie Sherburne. Guard Kharysma Bryant, who averaged 2.4 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game, is the Purple Eagles’ lone sophomore.
Adila Gathers, who joined the team midway through the 2015-16 season from St. Francis (Pa.), will be eligible to play in late December.
Jai Moore, a 5-9 guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., Maggie McIntyre, a 5-0 guard from Mantua, N.J., Morgan Baughman, a 5-10 guard from Carlisle, Pa. and Dagny Davidsdottir, a 6-1 forward from Reykjavik, Iceland make up the freshmen class. Carolyn Cosey, a 5-5 junior guard, joins the Purple Eagles from Manor College, an NJCAA Division II program. Cosey played in 22 games during the 2015-16 season and averaged 14.2 points per game, 3.0 rebounds per game and 3.1 assists per game. Diona Johnson, a 5-9 guard from Davidson College, and Paige Mosley, a 5-10 forward from Clemson University, will be eligible to play at the start of the 2017-18 season.
After missing most of the 2015-16 season due to injury, redshirt-junior forward Victoria Rampado returns to the court this season. In her three games played last season, Rampado averaged 13.3 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per game. In 2014-15., Rampado led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 12.6 points per game and in rebounding with 6.1 rebounds per game. She also led the team in free throw percentage (.748) and 3-point field goal percentage (.381). She was named MAAC Rookie of the Year at the end of the 2013-14 season.
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