New Haven vs. Le Moyne
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
West Haven, Conn. - Charger Gymnasium
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Opening Tip
The University of New Haven women's basketball team continues Northeast-10 Southwest Division play with a visit from Le Moyne. The Chargers are seeking their first 3-0 start since the 1999-2000 campaign.
Chargers' Last Time Out
The Chargers overcame a six-point halftime deficit to knock off visiting Saint Rose, 71-68, in the their home and Northeast-10 opener on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Briana Bradford led all players with a career-high 24 points. Her 24 points came on 7-for-13 shooting from the field with a career-best five three-pointers. She also distributed a team-leading five assists.
Bria Moore also reached double figures with 13 points in addition to six rebounds. Moore notched 11 of her 13 points in the second half, including three three-pointers. Bradford had 10 over the final 20 minutes and all nine of Lauren Hebert's tallies came after the intermission.
As a team, New Haven shot 24-for-68 (35.3 percent) from the field, 10-for-23 (43.5 percent) from beyond the arc and 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) from the free throw line.
The Chargers were outrebounded, 51-40, but held a 15-13 advantage in second-chance points. New Haven committed only nine turnovers while forcing 18 Golden Knights' miscues.
Prior to this season, UNH had not started at 2-0 and had not won its home opener since the 2009-10 campaign.
Scouting Le Moyne
Coming off of a 6-20 campaign last season, the Dolphins from Le Moyne College are already halfway to their 2012-13 win total at 3-0. Tabbed for last place in the seven-team NE-10 Southwest Division by the conference's head coaches, Le Moyne has recorded a win at Roberts Wesleyan and home victories over Daemen and Mansfield.
Alex Marple leads four Dolphins averaging double figures with 17.0 points per game. Maggie Brown nearly posts a double-double per contest with 10.3 points and 9.7 rebounds. Kayla Stroman, who is a graduate student from Niagara University, averages 7.7 points and 6.0 assists per outing. She started all 31 games for the Division I Purple Eagles last season, scoring 6.6 points per game with a team-leading 4.0 assists per contest.
Last Season vs. Le Moyne
The Chargers swept the home-and-home series with the Dolphins last season, earning an 80-72 decision in Syracuse on Dec. 1 and posting a convincing 95-52 triumph at home on Feb. 16.
Bria Moore averaged 16 points in two outings against Le Moyne, while Briana Bradford posted 14 points per game.
The last time the Dolphins visited Charger Gymnasium, Aquillin Hayes neared a triple-double with 12 points, 21 rebounds and eight blocked shots in 27 minutes of work.
Maggie Brown paced Le Moyne with 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game against the Chargers last season.
All-Time Series
After the Chargers' sweep of the 2012-13 season series, the Le Moyne lead in the all-time series has closed to 11-9. The Chargers are 8-2 against the Dolphins since joining the Northeast-10 beginning in the 2008-09 campaign.
The series began with a pair of one-point Le Moyne victories during the 1992-93 season.
New Haven Notes
After matching her career high with 23 points at Dominican on Nov. 9, Briana Bradford established a new personal standard with 24 tallies in the Nov. 13 win over Saint Rose. Bradford also knocked down a career-best five three-pointers against the Golden Knights.
Bradford's 2012-13 All-Rookie Team distinction marked the third straight season that a Charger earned a spot alongside the NE-10's top freshmen, following 2011-12 Rookie of the Year Bria Moore and 2010-11 All-Rookie selection Anh-Dao Tran.
Prior to the season-opening win at Dominican, New Haven last played an overtime game on Jan. 2, 2011 at crosstown and Northeast-10 rival Southern Connecticut State (L, 60-54) and last won in an extra session on Jan. 26, 2010 at Southern New Hampshire (W, 67-65).
The 2012-13 Season
Aquillin Hayes averaged 10.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game with seven double-doubles last season. She ranked third in the Northeast-10 and 24th in all of Division II on the glass and was also the conference's third-most prolific shot blocker. Hayes nearly registered a triple-double with 12 points, 21 rebounds and eight blocked shots in the Chargers' 95-52 thrashing of Le Moyne on Feb. 16.
Hayes' 21 boards in the triumph over the Dolphins were the most by a Charger since Joy Jeter had 23 rebounds in a win over Keene State on Jan. 23, 1988. A New Haven Athletics Hall of Famer, three-time All-America honoree and the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player for the 1987 National Championship team, Jeter is New Haven's all-time leader in both career points (2,299) and career rebounds (1,486).
The Chargers were one of three Northeast-10 teams to average more than 70 points per game (third, 71.0 ppg) last winter. New Haven also led the NE-10 in fewest turnovers committed with 15.7 giveaways per contest.
The Chargers' 13 Northeast-10 wins and sixth-place regular season finish in 2012-13 both marked program bests since joining the NE-10. At 14-13 overall, New Haven also finished above .500 for the first time since posting a 21-9 mark en route to the East Coast Conference regular season crown in 2007-08.
Up Next
After tonight's game, the Chargers will embark on a five-game swing away from Charger Gymnasium. The trip includes NE-10 Southwest Division contests at Pace and American International, a two-game stretch in Florida for the Rollins Thanksgiving Tournament and a meeting at Dowling, a 2012-13 NCAA National Finalist.
