Women’s Basketball Welcomes Northern Kentucky for NGWSD Game

Saturday, February 1

Dayton, OH

2 PM

Wright State University

Northern Kentucky

Buy Tickets

Photo by: Jordan Wommack

Women’s Basketball Welcomes Northern Kentucky for NGWSD Game

1/31/2025 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Watch on ESPN+Live Stats WSU Game Notes vs NKU

DAYTON — The Wright State women's basketball team will return home to take on the Northern Kentucky Norse for a National Girls & Women in Sports Day game on Saturday, February 1. The game is set for a 2 p.m. tipoff and will stream on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Saturday, February 1 – 2 p.m. – Watch – Live Stats – WSU Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders moved to 3-9 in the Horizon League after falling to Robert Morris 74-53 on Wednesday evening. Wright State finished shooting 34 percent from the floor, 23.5 percent from three, and 73.9 percent on the line. The Raiders were led by Claire Henson with 15 points and nine rebounds. Makiya Miller and Macie Taylor followed, adding nine points each. Miller led the team with five steals, followed by Henson with three, while Amaya Staton had two of the Raider's four blocks.

At the half the Raiders were shooting 42.9 percent overall from the floor, led by Olivia Brown with six points, followed by Henson with four. In the first two quarters, Henson and Taylor each grabbed two off the backboard, while Chard Peloquin and Henson both blocked one shot.

RMU outscored the Raiders 23-11 in the third, holding WSU to shooting 25 percent from the floor. Henson led the period recording seven points while grabbing four of the Raider's eight rebounds. WSU outscored the Colonials 18-16 in the final quarter, going eight-of-ten on the free throw line. Taylor led the period with nine points, while Henson grabbed three rebounds.

SCOUTING THE NORSE
Northern Kentucky is currently 8-15 on the season, sitting tied for sixth in the Horizon League with a 5-7 conference record. The Norse recently defeated Detroit Mercy on Wednesday, January 29. Four NKU starters saw double-figure scoring in the 79-49 win, led by Mya Meredith and Macey Blevins with 13 points each, followed by Abby Wolterman and Hal Idowu with 10 points each.

Idowu leads the team, averaging 12.3 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game. Senior guard Jacy Jones leads the Norse with 30 three-pointers on the season, closely trailed by Kalissa Lacy with 29. Jones is third in the HL and ranks No. 55 nationally with a 2.08 assist to turnover ratio, sitting fourth in the league with 77 assists and 3.3 assists per game.

As a team, NKU is shooting 40.1 percent from the floor, 32.1 from three, and 70.8 on the free throw line. They are second in the league in defensive rebounds per game (26.2) and with 7.0 three pointers per game.

HISTORY VS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY
The Raiders hold a 17-16 all-time record over NKU, going 1-1 last season, defeating the Norse 90-83 and falling 77-63.

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.

SHOWING OFF IN THE CLASSROOM
The Wright State women's basketball team shines both on and off the court, as all 13 student-athletes achieved a cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 or better after the Fall 2024 Semester. Additionally, the team ended the Fall semester with the highest term grade point average of the department, combining for a 3.753. Cumulatively, the team holds a 3.615 grade point average.

UP NEXT
WSU will stay home, taking on IU Indy on Wednesday, February 5 at 7 p.m., before going on the road to take on Purdue Fort Wayne at 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 8. Both games will have will stream on ESPN+.