NIAGARA UNIV. — The Niagara University women’s Purple Eagles will take on Iona at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gallagher Cente.
In its last game, the Purple Eagles fell to Fairfield, 66-63. Victoria Rampado led Niagara in scoring with a season-high 26 points. She also had a team-best nine rebounds. Tiffany Corselli was second in rebounding with six rebounds and Dagny Davidsdottir was second in scoring with eight points, tying her career-high. Jamie Sherburne led the team in assists with six, tying her season-high.
Over the course of the game, the score was tied five times and the lead changed five times.
Redshirt-junior forward Rampado leads the Purple Eagles in scoring with 16.8 points per game and in rebounding with 8.2 rebounds per game. Rampado is tied for first in the MAAC in rebounding and is fourth in scoring. Junior forward Stroemple also averages in double figure scoring with 12.3 points per game. Stroemple has the second-best field goal percentage in the MAAC; she is 103-for-198 for a percentage of 52.0. Corselli leads Niagara in assists with a team-best 2.4 assists per game and in steals with 1.5 steals per game. Niagara is first in the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage; the team is 123-for-366 (33.6%), is second in free throw percentage (73.5%) and is fourth in the MAAC in overall field goal percentage (40.1%).
Sophomore guard Alexis Lewis leads the Gaels in scoring and rebounding with 17.0 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per game. Lewis is second in the MAAC in scoring and third in rebounding.
Marina Lizarazu, a senior guard, leads the team and the MAAC in assists, averaging 3.8 assists per game. She is third in the MAAC in steals with 2.4 per game. Senior forward Karynda DuPree has the most blocked shots in the MAAC and averages a league-best 1.8 blocks per game. She also ranks fourth in the MAAC in field goal percentage; she is 89-for-176 (50.6%). Iona is fifth is the conference in overall field goal percentage (39.3%) and fifth in the conference in steals; the Gaels average 8.0 steals per game.
The Purple Eagles host the Manhattan Jaspers at 3 p.m. Saturday The game will air live on LCTV.
from PurpleEagles.com via IFTTT
