Women’s Basketball Travels to IU Indy for Wednesday Night Game

Wednesday, January 15

Indianapolis, IN

6:30 PM

Wright State University

IU Indy

Photo by: Jordan Wommack

Women’s Basketball Travels to IU Indy for Wednesday Night Game

1/14/2025 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Watch on ESPN+Live Stats WSU Game Notes at IUI

DAYTON — The Wright State women's basketball program will take a trip to Indianapolis for a 6:30 p.m. game at IU Indy on Wednesday, January 15. The game will stream on ESPN+ and have live stats provided.

GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, January 15 – 6:30 p.m. – Watch – Live Stats – WSU Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State added their second Horizon League win, taking Youngstown State 77-62 on Sunday. Wright State (4-14, 2-6 HL) finished shooting 44.4 percent overall from the floor, going 7-of-14 from three, and 81.5 percent on the line.

Amaya Staton led the team with her fifth double-double of the season, recording 14 points and a career best 16 rebounds. Staton also led the team with a career best seven blocks, matching the program game-best of over 40 years.

Joining Staton in the double-figure scoring was Abbie Riddle, tallying a career best 11 points while going four-of-five from the floor and two-of-two behind the arc. Claire Henson and Makiya Miller also saw double-digit scoring, each adding ten points for the Raiders.

Olivia Brown led the team with five assists, followed by Chloe Chard-Peloquin and Macie Taylor with two each. Following Staton's 16 rebounds was Henson with six, and Taylor with four. Brown led the team with a career best four steals, followed by Miller and Taylor with one each.

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS
IU Indy is currently 4-13 on the season, seventh in the Horizon League with a 3-5 conference record. Recently, the Jags fell short at Northern Kentucky, 80-63, previously defeating HL opponents Oakland, 79-73, and Robert Morris, 56-36.

As a team, IUI is shooting 39.8 percent overall from the floor, 30.3 percent from three, and 71.8 from the free throw line.

Katie Davidson leads the Jags with a 46.2 field goal percentage, averaging 14.2 points per game. Shania Nichols-Vannett follows, averaging 10.4 points per game with a team-leading 40.7 three-point percentage. Faith Stinson leads IUI with 5.5 rebounds per game and ranks second in the league with 1.35 blocks per game.

HISTORY VS. IU INDY
The Raiders defeated IU Indy 2-0 last season, putting up an average 12-point margin of victory, moving their all-time series record 15-8.

SAGESTER: FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
On January 13, junior guard Rylee Sagester was the first Raider to earn Horizon League weekly honors, being named the Freshman of the Week. A native of West Alexandria, Ohio, Sagester helped the team to their first two HL wins, defeating Detroit Mercy, 67-64, and Youngstown State, 77-62. Over the two games, Sagester shot 53.8 percent from the floor and 62.5 percent from three, going five-of-eight from behind the arc. She averaged 10 points per game, leading the team alongside Claire Henson with 15 points against UDM, sinking four-of-five from three.

RECORD MATCHED
On Sunday, January 12, in a 77-62 win over Youngstown State, Amaya Staton matched the program record for blocks in a game, recording seven on the day. The record had been previously set over 40 years prior by Christi Hill against Georgetown on January 16, 1982.

STAT STUFFING HALF
Junior forward Chloe Chard Peloquin tallied a career best of five blocks in the conference opener at Detroit Mercy on Wednesday, December 4. The Johnstown, Ohio native recorded all five blocks in the first half. She is the first Raider to accomplish the feat since Richelle van der Keijl in the 2015-16 season. As a team, Wright State had not tallied five blocks in this season, last doing so in at IU Indy on January 11, recording five blocks in the first half and six in the second.

RECORD FROM RANGE
Rylee Sagester put up career highs two consecutive outing, first on Friday, November 6, leading the team with a career high 17 points at Oakland. The redshirt-freshman recorded all but two points from behind the arc, shooting 5-of-11 on the night, a career best, while going two-for-two on the free throw line. Sagester followed, adding seven more points against Cleveland State on Monday, December 16, recording all 24 points from three. The redshirt-freshman is currently ranked 44th nationally with a 44.2 three-point percentage.

STATON HAS 'EM SEEING DOUBLE
Amaya Staton is no stranger to dual-figure stats, putting up a double-double for three consecutive games (Nov. 15-24). Staton's first of the back-to-back-to-back double-doubles came at home on November 15, tallying 12 points and 13 rebounds against Tennessee State; then at Bellarmine on November 21, grabbing 11 rebounds and leading the team with 15 points, and again against Ohio with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The Lorain, Ohio native was the first Raider to see three consecutive double-doubles since Lexi Smith in the 2016-17 season; and as of November 25, Staton was one of just 11 other NCAA Division I women's basketball players to do so in the 2024-25 season.

CAREER HIGH SEASON OPENER
The Raiders opened the 2024-45 season at Wisconsin, as Claire Henson and Makiya Miller each saw career-highs with double-digit points in the 95-68 final. Miller ended the night with a career high 22 points, marking eight double-figure scoring games in her collegiate career. Miller matched a career high of six rebounds, previously recorded at Michigan State (01/13/23) and Ohio Christian (11/17/22). Joining Miller in double-figures was Henson, tallying 12 points, another Raider career high. Chloe Chard Peloquin matched a career best of seven rebounds in her Wright State debut, recording five points.

UP NEXT
The Raiders will return home on Thursday, January 23 to take on Green Bay for a 7 p.m. game. Fans can keep up with the action through live stats and the ESPN+ livestream.