JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Niagara University women’s basketball team will close out the 2016 season at 3 p.m. Friday against the Saint Peter’s Peacocks at Yanitelli Center.
Last time out, the Purple Eagles were defeated Dec. 22 by the Fordham Rams, 92-69. Kaylee Stroemple led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 17 points, recording her sixth double-figures scoring game of the season. Stroemple also had a team-high three assists. Victoria Rampado led Niagara in rebounding with 12 rebounds, tying her season-high. She also added 16 points, recording her second straight double-double and third overall double-double of the season.
Jai Moore added 13 points for the Purple Eagles to set a new career-high.
Redshirt-junior forward Rampado leads the Purple Eagles in scoring with 16.6 points per game and in rebounding with 7.6 rebounds per game. Rampado is third in the MAAC in both scoring and rebounding. Junior forward Stroemple and senior guard Tiffany Corselli also average in double figure scoring. Stroemple averages 11.8 points per game and Corselli averages 10.1 points per game. Corselli leads the team in steals with 1.5 per game and in assists with 3.1 per game. Stroemple has the third-best field goal percentage in the MAAC (56.2%) and freshman guard Morgan Baughman has the third-best 3-point field goal percentage in the MAAC (42.4%). Overall, the Purple Eagles rank first in the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage (35.8%) and second in the MAAC in total field goal percentage (41.5%).
Junior guard/forward Talah Hughes leads the Peacocks in scoring, averaging 12.2 points per game. Hughes ranks 12th in the MAAC in scoring. Sajanna Bethea, a junior forward, leads the team in rebounding with 7.1 rebounds per game. She has brought down the sixth-most rebounds in the MAAC. She also averages in double-figure scoring with 10.2 points per game. Freshman guard Sammy Lochner is 11-for-24 (45.8%) from 3-point range and leads the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage. Overall, Saint Peter’s has the second-best 3-point field goal percentage in the MAAC; the team is 65-for-194 (33.5%).
The Purple Eagles play their first game of 2017 at Siena on Monday at 7 p.m.
from PurpleEagles.com via IFTTT
