New Haven at Merrimack
Thursday, Dec. 19 – 7 p.m.
North Andover, Mass. – Bert Hammel Court
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Complete Game Notes (PDF)

Opening Tip
The University of New Haven men's basketball team heads to North Andover for non-conference action at Northeast-10 foe Merrimack. The Chargers and Warriors will meet as a part of the NE-10 in West Haven on Feb. 1.
 
Last Time Out
The Chargers earned their fifth consecutive victory with a 69-56 win over visiting Saint Rose on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The triumph was New Haven's first of the season when trailing in the second half.
 
Eric Anderson and Cyrus James each registered a double-double. Anderson posted 11 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots, while James tallied 11 points, a career-high 12 boards and turned away three Saint Rose shots. Anderson's double-double was his sixth of 2013-14 and James' was the first of his career.
 
Anderson's seven blocks matched his career high, and the team's 11 rejections represent a season best.
 
The last time two Chargers each notched a double-double in the same game was on Feb. 2, 2013 when Anderson tallied 12 points and 18 rebounds and Justin Exum recorded 19 points and 12 rips in a win over Massachusetts-Lowell.
 
Against the Golden Knights, four Chargers scored in double figures for the second straight contest as Jeffery Adkins poured in a game-high 17 points and Exum added 16.
 
The Chargers shot 21-for-51 (41.2 percent) from the field, 6-for-18 (33.3 percent) from three-point range and 21-for-26 (80.8 percent) from the free throw line.
 
New Haven Notes
As of the most recent NCAA report (games played on Dec. 15), New Haven ranks second in the nation in points per game allowed (58.0) and seventh in Division II in opponent field goal percentage (36.7 percent). The Chargers lead the Northeast-10 in both categories and also top the conference with a +7.8 rebounding margin. The Blue and Gold rank second conference-wide with 10.6 turnovers committed per outing.
 
Eric Anderson averages 15.0 points and leads the Northeast-10 with 12.4 rebounds per game. The reigning NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year also tops the conference with 3.25 blocked shots per contest after matching his career high with seven rejections in the Dec. 10 win over Saint Rose. He is fifth in the nation on the boards and ninth in blocked shots.
 
Anderson has posted six double-doubles this season while shooting 47.4 percent (45-for-95) from the floor and 71.8 percent (28-for-39) from the free throw line.  He is one of 10 student-athletes in Division II with at least six double-doubles this winter.
 
Eight games into his junior season, Anderson has already climbed into fourth all-time at New Haven with 148 rejections. His 71 blocks in 2012-13 were the second-most in a single-season in Charger history, tied with Bill Jeffress' 71 blocks and two shy of Herb Watkins' 73 rejections - both from the 1986-87 campaign.
 
Justin Exum has entered the top-20 in scoring all-time at New Haven. He current stands in a tie for 17th place with 1,322 career points, 305 tallies shy of the all-time top 10.
 
Also among the all-time Charger greats from beyond the arc, Exum slots at second all-time in three-pointers made with 248, and his .388 shooting percentage from distance is the sixth-best in program history. He is three treys shy of the career record of 251 established by Mike Grove from 1989-93.
 
Exum averages a team-high 16.0 points per game this season with 16 treys in six games played. He has led New Haven in scoring in each of the last two campaigns.
 
Jeffery Adkins is averaging 12.9 points per game in his final season with the Blue and Gold after a game-high 17-point outing on Dec. 10 against Saint Rose. Adkins, who posted 12.9 points per contest last winter, currently sits at 916 career tallies.
 
Adkins has also moved into 10th all-time in assists at New Haven with 299, and slots 14th in career steals with 114.
 
Cyrus James' first career double-double on Dec. 10 against Saint Rose consisted of 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. James, who also blocked three shots against the Golden Knights, shot 4-for-6 from the field and sank all three of his free throw attempts in the contest.
 
In his first season as a member of the starting lineup, Ashanti DePass is netting 9.1 points per game. Over the last four games, he is scoring 14.8 points per contest while shooting 13-for-28 (46.4 percent) from the floor with a 10-for-20 (50 percent) success rate from downtown.

Jemal Mosley has made an immediate impact on the Northeast-10 Conference in his freshman campaign. In five games against NE-10 competition, Mosley is averaging 11.0 points per contest on 19-for-33 (57.6 percent) shooting from the field in 18.8 minutes of action. The true freshman, who is recording 7.6 points per game overall, recently set a career standard with 15 points off the bench in the Dec. 7 win against Adelphi.
 
Up Next
The Chargers return to the court and resume Northeast-10 divisional action on Sunday, Dec. 22 at crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State. Tip-off from Moore Field House is slated for 3:30 p.m.