ECC Women's Basketball Report - Week 15

Posted: Feb 28, 2022

	Player of the Week Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville (So, G - Olean, N.Y.) Pfeiffer had a stellar week for the Saints, scoring team-high points in both games en route to a 1-1 week. The Olean, N.Y. native started the weekend off with 35 points in the Saints' 83-74 win over Queens Thursday night in NYC. Pfeiffer went 5-for-9 from beyond the arc and 6-for-7 from the free-throw range to pace the Saints to the impressive win. Just two days later, Pfeiffer set a single-game conference record for made three-pointers, sinking 11 against Molloy, en route to a career-high and ECC season-high 45 points. Pfeiffer finished the weekend with 40.0 points per game, shooting 61.5 percent from beyond the arc, 85.7 percent from the free-throw line, and 58.0 percent from field goal range. She also was credited with 12 rebounds and two steals through the two games.
	Defensive Player of the Week Tiara Filbert, Daemen (Sr, G - Batavia, N.Y.) Filbert averaged 2.0 steals per game while helping Daemen to a pair of wins that clinched the ECC regular season title. She swiped three steals in Thursday's win over Molloy. Her efforts helped Daemen limit their opponents to just 31 percent shooting overall and 6 percent three-point shooting.
	Rookie of the Week Destiny Ryles, Dist. Columbia (Fr, G - Windsor Mill, Md.) Ryles averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 steals, and 2.5 assists per game to help the Firebirds split a pair of conference games on the week. In the game against STAC, she led all scorers with 23 points and added six steals, five rebounds, three assists, and a block. In the win over Mercy, she had 14 points, six rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Gabriella Aspuru, Molloy (Sr, G - Farmingville, N.Y.)
Aspuru averaged 19 points per game, tallied five blocks, and five steals helping Molloy go 1-1 last week. Against Daemen, Aspuru tallied a team-high 22 points, four steals, and one block. The senior tallied 16 points, four blocks, and one steal in the win over D’Youville.

Latavia Jackson, Dist. Columbia (So, G - Waldorf, Md.)
Jackson averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game to help the Firebirds split a pair in the last two games of the regular season. In the game against STAC, she scored 20 points and added four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. In UDC's win over Mercy, she posted a game-high 21 points, five rebounds, and two assists.

Stephanie McBride, Bridgeport (Jr, C - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
McBride closed out a fantastic 2021-22 season on Saturday with a double-double 19 points and 15 rebounds to help the University of Bridgeport post a 66-65 overtime win over Roberts Wesleyan in the team's only action of the final week of the season. She also blocked one shot in the victory. For the season, Stephanie finished averaging an impressive double-double per game of 12.9 points and 11,1 rebounds per outing, plus she blocked a total of 42 shots in 22 games played.

Katie Titus, Daemen (Sr, F - Penfield, N.Y.)
Averaged 25.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.0 blocks and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 50% both overall and from three-point range in a 2-0 week that helped Daemen clinch their third straight ECC regular season title... had arguably the best game of her career in a first-place vs. second-place showdown with Molloy when she scored 37 points (one shy of her career-high), grabbed six boards, dished a season-high five assists, and totaled three steals and three blocks... tied the program's NCAA era record by making seven three-pointers in the win... also recorded the 1,400th point of her career, becoming just the ninth player in program history to do so... finished the regular season as the ECC scoring champion, averaging 20.7 points per game.

ECC Women's Basketball Players of the Week

Date	Player	Defensive	Rookie
11/15	Katie Titus, Daemen	Haley Kirisits, D'Youville	Elizabeth Lofaro, Staten Island
11/22	Katie Wall, Mercy	Asha Talib, Mercy	Jenalyse Alarcon, Staten Island
11/29	Samirah Henderson, Bridgeport	Stephanie McBride, Bridgeport	Anna Jankovic, D'Youville
12/6	Latavia Jackson, District of Columbia	Stephanie McBride, Bridgeport (2)	Destiny Ryles, District of Columbia
12/13	Katie Titus, Daemen (2)	Riley Riedel, D'Youville	Destiny Ryles, District of Columbia (2)
12/20	Katie Titus, Daemen (3)	Katie Titus, Daemen	Haleigh Schafer, D'Youville
1/3	Jennah DeGout, Queens	No Nominations	Chelsea Reeves, Queens
1/10	Jenalyse Alarcon, Staten Island	Dimitra Gkizani, Roberts Wesleyan	Chelsea Reeves, Queens (2)
1/18	Katie Wall, Mercy (2)	Katie Titus, Daemen (2)	Sarah Ericson, St. Thomas Aquinas
1/24	Stephanie McBride, Bridgeport	Dimitra Gkizani, Roberts Wesleyan (2)	Sarah Ericson, St. Thomas Aquinas (2)
1/31	Katie Titus, Daemen (4)	Katie Titus, Daemen (3)	Julia DeBeatham, Queens
2/7	Jennah DeGout, Queens (2)	Jennah DeGout, Queens	Sarah Ericson, St. Thomas Aquinas (3)
2/14	Katie Titus, Daemen (5)	Riley Riedel, D'Youville (2)	Erin Leary, St. Thomas Aquinas
2/21	Alexa Huertas, St. Thomas Aquinas	Gabriella Aspuru, Molloy	Chelsea Reeves, Queens (3)
2/28	Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville	Tiara Filbert, Daemen	Destiny Ryles, Dist. Columbia (3)

Standings

	Conference					Overall
-	GP	Record	Win %	PF	PA	GP	Record	Win %	GF	GA	Last 10	Streak
Daemen 1. * #	17	16-1	0.941	1236	918	27	22-5	0.815	1898	1533	8-2	Lost 1
Molloy 2.	18	13-5	0.722	1116	996	27	17-10	0.630	1676	1526	8-2	Lost 1
St. Thomas Aquinas 3.	18	12-6	0.667	1171	1070	29	14-15	0.483	1753	1769	7-3	Lost 1
Roberts Wesleyan 4.	18	10-8	0.556	1140	1154	30	17-13	0.567	1917	1942	6-4	Won 1
Dist. Columbia 6.	18	9-9	0.500	1134	1103	28	13-15	0.464	1731	1742	4-6	Lost 1
Mercy 5.	18	9-9	0.500	1144	1116	27	11-16	0.407	1706	1721	1-9	Lost 2
D'Youville	18	7-11	0.389	1149	1256	27	15-12	0.556	1768	1716	7-3	Won 3
Bridgeport	17	6-11	0.353	1095	1165	24	9-15	0.375	1565	1670	6-4	Won 2
Staten Island	18	4-14	0.222	1023	1194	26	6-20	0.231	1474	1748	3-7	Lost 6
Queens (N.Y.)	18	3-15	0.167	1076	1312	25	4-21	0.160	1560	1836	2-8	Lost 4

Last Week's Results

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Wednesday February 23, 2022

Staten Island *

Mercy

Wednesday, February 23

Final

Box Score

Dist. Columbia *

St. Thomas Aquinas

Wednesday, February 23

Final

Box Score

Thursday February 24, 2022

Daemen *

Molloy

Thursday, February 24

Final

Box Score

D'Youville *

Queens (N.Y.)

Thursday, February 24

Final

Box Score

Saturday February 26, 2022

D'Youville *

Molloy

Saturday, February 26

Final

Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas *

Staten Island

Saturday, February 26

Final

Box Score

Mercy *

Dist. Columbia

Saturday, February 26

Final

Box Score

Roberts Wesleyan *

Bridgeport

Saturday, February 26

Final - OT

Box Score

Daemen *

Queens (N.Y.)

Saturday, February 26

Final

Box Score

* Conference

Upcoming Games

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Wednesday March 02, 2022

Dist. Columbia %

St. Thomas Aquinas

Wednesday, March 02

Final

ECC Women's Basketball Championship: First Round

Mercy %

Roberts Wesleyan

Wednesday, March 02

Final

ECC Women's Basketball Championship: First Round

Box Score

Saturday March 05, 2022

Roberts Wesleyan %

Daemen

Saturday, March 05

Final

ECC Women's Basketball Championship: Semifinal

Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas %

Molloy

Saturday, March 05

Final

@ Amherst, NY

Box Score

Sunday March 06, 2022

Molloy %

Daemen

Sunday, March 06

Final

ECC Women's Basketball Championship: Final

Box Score

% Post season

NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through Games February 27

ECC Single Game-Highs

Individual
Points: 45 - Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville (vs. Molloy, 2/26)
Rebounds: 22 - Jenna DeGout, Queens (vs. Dist. Columbia, 2/5)
Assists: 11 - Danielle DiCintio, Roberts Wesleyan (vs. Felician, 11/12)
Steals: 8 - two times (Last: Katie Wall, Mercy vs. Queens, 1/19)
Blocks: 6 - four times (Last: Jenna DeGout, Queens vs. Dist. Columbia, 2/9)
Field Goals Made: 17 - Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville (vs. Molloy, 2/26)
Free Throws Made: 15 - Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville (vs. Dist. Columbia, 2/7)
Three Point Field Goals Made: 11 - Sara Pfeiffer, D'Youville (vs. Molloy, 2/26)

Team
Points: 99 - Mercy (vs. Queens, 1/19)
Rebounds: 57 - Dist. Columbia (vs. Nyack, 11/16)
Assists: 27 - St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Queens, 1/8)
Steals: 22 - D'Youville (vs. Bryant & Stratton - Albany, 12/4)
Blocks: 10 - two times (Last: Molloy vs. Dist. Columbia, 2/2)
Field Goals Made: 39 - St. Thomas Aquinas (vs. Queens, 2/12)
Free Throws Made: 25 - Daemen (vs. Bridgeport, 12/12)
Three Point Field Goals Made: 18 - Daemen (vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 12/8)

ECC Team Notes

	Bridgeport: The University of Bridgeport women's basketball team finished the season with a 9-15 overall record and a 6-11 ECC mark. Samirah Henderson led the team in scoring averaging 15.6 points per game. Janiece Loney also finished in double-digit scoring at 13.3 ppg., along with Stephanie McBride at 12.9 ppg. and Brianna Meekins at 12.6 points per outing. McBride had a fine 2021-22 season finishing averaging a double-double as she pulled down 11.1 rebounds per game this season and blocked 42 shots.
	Daemen: Daemen secured the program's third straight ECC regular season title with a pair of wins last week and will enter the postseason with records of 18-4 (overall) and 16-1 (conference). Daemen is the No. 1 seed for the ECC Championship and will host the semifinal and final rounds this weekend. The Wildcats' clinched the top seed with a 71-54 win at Molloy last Thursday and followed that with a dominant 65-39 win at Queens. They'll await the winner of Wednesday's opening round game between fourth-seeded Roberts Wesleyan and fifth-seeded Mercy. Senior forward Katie Titus finished the regular season as the only ECC player averaging at least 20 points per game.
	District of Columbia: The Firebirds went 1-1 last week, falling to St. Thomas Aquinas and beating Mercy, to finish the regular season with a record of 13-14 (9-9 ECC). UDC earned the No. 6 seed and will make their first appearance in the ECC Championship since 2016 when they take on No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas in the First Round on Wednesday.
	D'Youville: The Saints went 1-1 over the weekend to finish out the regular season, securing an impressive win over Queens Thursday night. Sara Pfeiffer set a single-game conference record for made three-pointers, sinking 11 against Molloy Saturday afternoon. The Olean, N.Y. native scored a team-high 80 points over the weekend to finish the regular season. The Saints will be competing as the No. 3 seed in the USCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Tournament.
	Mercy: The Mercy College women's basketball team went 1-1 on the week with a win over CSI and a loss to UDC. The Mavericks were led by junior Katie Wall who averaged a team-high 14.5 points per game. Mercy resumes action on Wednesday when they play at Roberts Wesleyan in an ECC Championship First Round matchup at 7 p.m.
	Molloy: The Lions went 1-1 last week and finished the regular season 16-9 overall and 13-5 in ECC play to earn the No. 2 seed in the ECC Championship. Molloy fell to Daemen, 71-54, Thursday, February 24, and defeated D'Youville, 77-66, Saturday, February 26. Senior Gabriella Aspuru tallied 22 points, and graduate student Safiyyah Lee added 13 points against the Wildcats. In the win over the Saints, sophomore Trinity Hudson tallied a career-high 27 points and 16 rebounds, and Aspuru netted 16 points.
	Queens: The Knights concluded the season 21-22 by hosting Senior Day against Daemen College on Saturday (Feb. 26) afternoon.
	Roberts Wesleyan: The Roberts women's basketball team lost to Bridgeport, 66-65 to close out the regular season.
	Staten Island: The College of Staten Island Women's Basketball team fell to Mercy College, 61-44. The Dolphins' final game of the season game against STAC which they fell to them by a score of, 62-54.
	St. Thomas Aquinas: The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Basketball team (13-14, 12-6 ECC) put together a perfect 2-0 week, defeating both District of Columbia (74-61) and Staten Island (62-54) last week The Spartans return to action on March 2 against UDC (7:00 p.m.) in the ECC Tournament Quarterfinals at Aquinas Hall Gym.