LAST WEEK: 13.5 ppg, 14.5 rpg, 10.0 bpg, .722 FG pct.
It was a landmark week for Wagner and its sophomore center. Helping the Seahawks reach their highest NEC win total in a decade, Nwaigwe averaged a triple-double during a pair of league wins last week and set a single-game conference record to boot. The 6-foot-3 post player averaged 13.5 points, 14.5 rebounds and 10.0 blocks per contest while shooting 72.2 percent from the floor. She helped Wagner avenge an earlier loss to cross-city rival St. Francis Brooklyn by tallying 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks in a 62-53 victory on Saturday afternoon. Nwaigwe was even better two days later when the TV cameras arrived on Staten Island. Powering Wagner to a 19-point win over Fairleigh Dickinson in the #NECWBB Game of the Week on ESPN3, the Seahawks’ center posted the first triple-double in program history. She tallied 12 points, 19 rebounds and a NEC single-game record 13 blocks in the 67-48 triumph. Nwaigwe’s 4.04 blocks per game average rank her second in the NCAA this season, and her total of 101 rejections places her within 16 swats of tying the NEC single-season record.