{"id":110622,"date":"2026-01-31T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/late-fourth-quarter-push-falls-short-as-womens-basketball-drops-matchup-at-fdu-wagner-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:25:00","slug":"late-fourth-quarter-push-falls-short-as-womens-basketball-drops-matchup-at-fdu-wagner-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/late-fourth-quarter-push-falls-short-as-womens-basketball-drops-matchup-at-fdu-wagner-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Fourth-Quarter Push Falls Short as Women\u2019s Basketball Drops Matchup at FDU &#8211; Wagner College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sidearm-story-template-text_post-3\">\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>TEANECK, N.J. \u2014<\/strong> The Wagner College women&#8217;s basketball team fell to the defending NEC champions, FDU, by a score of 52-45 at the Bogota Savings Bank Center on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wagner (10-11, 6-4 NEC) lost a conference game for the first time since falling to the Knights back on Jan. 15 at the Spiro Sports Center. Prior to Saturday&#8217;s game, the Seahawks had won four straight conference games \u2014 defeating New Haven, Le Moyne, LIU, and CCSU \u2014 throughout the last two weeks of NEC play.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Seahawks outscored the Knights 17-10 in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead down to as little as five points with 49 seconds to play. FDU (19-4, 10-0 NEC) built a 42-28 lead after three quarters of action and came away with a seven points victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For FDU, Saturday&#8217;s game marked the program&#8217;s 29th consecutive win against conference opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/irene-fernandez-de-caleya\/17498\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17498\" target=\"_blank\">Irene Fernandez de Caleya<\/a><\/dfn> and junior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/lijirin-doyinsola-modesayor\/17496\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17496\" target=\"_blank\">Lijirin Doyinsola Modesayor<\/a><\/dfn> led Wagner with 10 points apiece. Fernandez de Caleya grabbed seven rebounds while Modesayor corralled six. Sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/keana-foz\/17499\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17499\" target=\"_blank\">Keana Foz<\/a><\/dfn> scored eight points, all of which were in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senior Angelie Ricard and redshirt senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/priscila-varela\/17503\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17503\" target=\"_blank\">Priscila Varela<\/a><\/dfn> both scored six points while senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/maria-doreste\/17495\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"17495\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Doreste<\/a><\/dfn> added five points to round out the scoring column for the Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Knights outscored the Seahawks 13-2 in second chance points. FDU snagged 19 offensive rebounds while Wagner only grabbed six.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wagner outscored FDU 26-16 in paint points but only succeeded on 1-7 (14.3%) from beyond-the-arc; comparatively, the Knights shot 6-28 (21.4%) from deep. From the free throw line, the Seahawks shot 8-18 (44.4%) while the Knights shot 12-18 (66.7%).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Next up, the Green &amp; White travel upstate to Le Moyne for a 6 p.m. tip-off on Thursday, Feb. 5 at Ted Grant Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n                    <button id=\"show-story-btn\">Read Full Article<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wagnerathletics.com\/news\/2026\/1\/31\/womens-basketball-late-fourth-quarter-push-falls-short-as-womens-basketball-drops-matchup-at-fdu.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; TEANECK, N.J. \u2014 The Wagner College women&#8217;s basketball team fell to the defending NEC champions, FDU, by a score of 52-45 at the Bogota Savings Bank Center on Saturday afternoon. 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