Women’s Basketball Readies for Midweek Game at Robert Morris

Wednesday, January 29

Moon Township, PA

7 PM

Wright State University

Robert Morris

Photo by: Joseph Craven

Women’s Basketball Readies for Midweek Game at Robert Morris

1/28/2025 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DAYTON — The Wright State women's basketball team will travel to Moon Township, Pennsylvania to take on the Robert Morris Colonials on Wednesday, January 29. The 7 p.m. game will stream on ESPN+ and have live stats provided.

GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, January 29 – 7 p.m. – Watch – Live Stats – WSU Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders added their third Horizon League win, defeating Milwaukee 69-61 on Saturday evening. Wright State ended the day shooting 39.3 percent from the floor and 29.4 percent from three. Amaya Staton led the team with a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Makiya Miller joined in the double-figure scoring with 11 points.

Following Staton's 12 rebounds was Miller with seven, Riddle with six, and Chloe Chard Peloquin with five. Henson led the team with three steals, followed by Olivia Brown, Chard Peloquin, and Scott with two each.

SCOUTING THE COLONIALS
Robert Morris is currently 8-12 on the season, sitting tied for sixth in the Horizon League with a 4-7 conference record. The Colonials are on a three-game winning streak, defeating Youngstown State, Oakland, and Detroit Mercy.

As a team, RMU is shooting 39.2 percent from the floor, 26.8 from three, and 70.5 on the free throw line. They are second in the league in bench points per game (22.6) and third with 36.20 rebounds per game.

Noa Givon leads the Colonials in scoring, averaging 10.8 points per game, while sophomore guard O'Dell Micah leads the team with a 48.3 three-point percentage. Graduate forward Mya Murray leads the team with 5.2 rebounds per game and with 18 total blocks.

HISTORY VS. ROBERT MORRIS
Last season, the Raiders took the 2023-24 series, defeating the Colonials with an average 5.5-point margin of victory, highlighted by their overtime win at RMU.

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
WSU will return home to take on Northern Kentucky on Saturday, February 1. The National Girls and Women in Sports Day Game is set for a 2 p.m. tip off and will stream on EPSN+.