STATEN ISLAND, NY–Wagner's Julia Fabozzi scored the game-winning basket to give the Seahawks a 62-60 home victory over visiting NJIT Thursday evening in women's basketball non-conference action inside the Spiro Sports Center.
The Seahawks snap a seven-game skid, improving to 2-7 on the season while the Highlanders drop its eighth straight, moving to 2-10 on the season.
The Highlanders have one non-conference game remaining on the schedule on December 30 at LIU to conclude the 2024 calendar year. Tip off is slated for 7pm in Brooklyn.
Wagner opened the fourth quarter on an 8-3 run and pulled within one of the Highlanders, 53-52, at the 7:31 mark and took a 55-54 lead on a three-point play by Keana Foz. Foz sank a three-pointer on the next possession to put the Seahawks ahead 58-56 with 3:11 on the clock.
NJIT's Marissa Gingrich knotted the game at 58-all on a tough driving layup with less than three minutes to play. With the score tied at 60-all, Wagner scored with 5.5 seconds on a driving layup by Julia Fabozzi to give the Seahawks a two-point lead, 62-60, and held on to snap its seven-game skid to secure the home victory.
Fabozzi led all players with 23 points and nine rebounds followed by Keana Foz with 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field and dished out five assists.
NJIT had three players reach double-digits paced by freshman Olivia Kukyk who scored a career-best 15 points on 5-of-8 from three-point range. Alejandra Zuniga netted 13 points while Marissa Gingrich chipped in 12 points off the bench.
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Graduate student Enya Maguire paced the Highlanders on the boards with five rebounds followed by Zuniga and Gingrich each grabbing four rebounds. Zuniga shared game-high honors dishing out five assists.
In the first quarter, Aria Myers connected on a three-pointer at the top of the three-point arc to give NJIT an early 5-4 lead and went ahead 7-4 on a bucket by Marissa Gingrich at the 4:10 mark. After a 7-7 tie, NJIT went on a short 6-2 spurt – four points coming from Piper Engleby and a three-point bucket at the buzzer of the first quarter to put NJIT ahead 14-9.
Wagner scored the first five points of the second quarter to knot the game at 14-all but NJIT went on an 8-3 run sparked by a three-pointer by Olivia Kulyk and capped on by a driving layup from Alejandra Zuniga for a 22-17 advantage at the 5:38 mark. The Seahawks scored five straight to tie the game at 22-all with 4:47 on the clock. NJIT finished off the half on an 11-4 spurt for a 33-26 lead at the half.
Freshman Olivia Kulyk knocked down three three-pointers to begin the third quarter and pushed the NJIT lead to seven, 44-37, resulting in a Wagner timeout at the 5:45 mark. Wagner scored seven consecutive points closing the Highlander gap to within two, 44-42, with 3:04 on the clock. The Highlanders went on a 6-2 spurt in the final 2:30 for a six-point lead 50-44.
Next Up
NJIT will close out the 2024 calendar year on December 30 at LIU. Tip off is slated for 7pm.
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