{"id":109887,"date":"2026-01-24T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/womens-basketball-travels-to-liu-on-saturday-wagner-college-athletics-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:28:00","slug":"womens-basketball-travels-to-liu-on-saturday-wagner-college-athletics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/womens-basketball-travels-to-liu-on-saturday-wagner-college-athletics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball Travels to LIU on Saturday &#8211; Wagner College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-links\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/necfrontrow.com\/game\/14336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liuathletics.com\/sidearmstats\/wbball\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stats<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2013 <\/strong>The Wagner College women&#8217;s basketball team heads across the Verrazzano to LIU for a 2 p.m. tip-off at the Steinberg Wellness Center on Saturday, Jan. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wagner (8-10, 4-3 NEC) climbed to above .500% in conference play following a 59-45 victory over Le Moyne on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Seahawks led 35-15 at the half thanks to a 19-4 second quarter while turning the ball over only eight times and forcing 19 Stonehill miscues on the other end.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/irene-fernandez-de-caleya\/17498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irene Fernandez de Caleya<\/a> led the way with 15 points and seven rebounds, while redshirt senior <a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/priscila-varela\/17503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priscila Varela<\/a> added 13 points, knocking down a pair of three-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/keana-foz\/17499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keana Foz<\/a> chipped in 12 points, five rebounds, and three steals providing a steady inside presence. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lijirin-doyinsola-modesayor\/17496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lijirin Doyinsola Modesayor<\/a> scored eight points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Seahawks turned defense into offense with 22 points off Le Moyne&#8217;s 19 turnovers, while only surrendering four points off miscues and turning the ball over only eight times<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the start of conference play, the Seahawks rank atop the NEC in steals per game with 9.22 and first in the conference in blocks per game with 3.33.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since the start of the new year, Foz ranks third in steals per game within the NEC at 2.2 steals per contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/hawa-balde-camara\/17493\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17493\" target=\"_blank\">Hawa Balde-Camara<\/a><\/dfn> sits second in the conference in blocks per game with 1.0. Both Foz and Balde-Camara ended last season in first place in their respective categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Seahawks were picked to finish seventh in the conference&#8217;s preseason coaches poll.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last time out, LIU (11-7, 6-1 NEC) defeated Stonehill by a score of 72-59 on Thursday. Neil Harrow runs the helm of the LIU coaching staff and is in his first season with the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senior Kadidia Toure leads the Dolphins&#8217; offense averaging 18.9 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. Toure leads the NEC in points, rebounds, blocks (1.3) and is tied in first in steals (1.0) per game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Among the NEC, the Sharks rank first in scoring offense (70.1) and combined team rebounds (38.9). LIU was picked eighth in the NEC preseason coaches poll.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After taking on LIU, Wagner hosts CCSU for a 5:00 p.m. tip-off at the Spiro Sports Center on Jan, 29 at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/news\/2026\/1\/23\/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-travels-to-liu-on-saturday.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; WATCH | Live Stats&#13; STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2013 The Wagner College women&#8217;s basketball team heads across the Verrazzano to LIU for a 2 p.m. tip-off at the Steinberg Wellness Center on Saturday, Jan. 24.\u00a0 Wagner (8-10, 4-3 NEC) climbed to above .500% in conference play following a 59-45 victory over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}