Niagara University women’s basketball will take on the Fordham Rams at Rose Hill Gym at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Last time out, the Purple Eagles were defeated by the Drexel Dragons, 69-57, on Dec. 13. Victoria Rampado led the Purple Eagles in scoring with a season-high 25 points and in rebounding with a season-high 12 rebounds. Rampado recorded her second double-double of the season and earned MAAC Player of the Week honors following her impressive performance. Tiffany Corselli, who added 10 points for Niagara, led the Purple Eagles in assists with five. Dagny Davidsdottir had a team-high two blocks, her career-high. Jamie Sherburne’s 11 points, her season-high, were one short of her career-high.
Redshirt-junior forward Rampado leads the Purple Eagles in scoring with 16.7 points per game and in rebounding with 7.2 rebounds per game. Rampado also has a team-high seven blocks (0.7 blocks per game). Junior forward Kaylee Stroemple and senior guard also average in double figure scoring; Stroemple averages 11.3 points per game and Corselli averages 10.5 points per game. Corselli averages a team-best 3.3 assists per game and 1.7 steals per game.
Junior forward G’mrice Davis leads the Rams in scoring, averaging 12.3 points per game, and in rebounding, averaging 12.3 rebounds per game. Davis also leads the team in blocks witrh five and averages a team-high 1.3 steals per game. Senior guard/forward Danielle Burns and sophomore guard Lauren Holden lead Fordham in assists; they both average 1.8 assists per game. The Rams faced Manhattan in their last time out on Dec. 27. Fordham defeated the Jaspers, 63-60. Davis led the Rams with a season-high 24 points. She also had a team-high 18 rebounds.
The Purple Eagles resume conference play at Saint Peter’s at 3 p.m. Dec. 30. Following Saint Peter’s, Niagara heads to Siena, taking on the Saints on Jan. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
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