New Haven (12-5, 7-4 NE-10) at Stonehill (10-5, 7-4 NE-10)
Saturday, Jan. 25 – 1:30 p.m.
Easton, Mass. – Merkert Gymnasium
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Opening Tip
The University of New Haven women's basketball team begins a Northeast-10 cross-division road swing with a Saturday trip to Stonehill for a 1:30 p.m. contest. The Chargers will also play at Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday before returning to their home court.
 
Last Time Out
New Haven was on the short end of an 87-65 decision against No. 1 Bentley on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Charger Gymnasium.
 
Aquillin Hayes scored a team-high 20 points for the Chargers - her second 20-point performance of the season and seventh consecutive double-figure scoring effort. She also corralled a team-high six rebounds.
 
Briana Bradford shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line and drained two three-pointers en route to 18 points alongside three assists. The Chargers' top free throw shooter at 82.5 percent, Bradford has twice shot 8-for-8 from the stripe this season with six games featuring at least four attempts at the line without a miss.
 
Bria Moore added eight points, while Elizabeth Cruso and Audrey Cunningham each scored seven.
 
The Chargers were outrebounded, 49-35. New Haven converted 16 offensive boards into 14 second-chance points, while Bentley netted 20 points off of 20 rips from the offensive glass.
 
Jacqui Brugliera led five Falcons in double figures with a game-high 26 points. Bentley shot 32-for-68 (47.1 percent) from the floor, 5-for-20 (25 percent) from distance and 18-for-23 (78.3 percent) at the line.
 
Bentley scored the game's first 11 points and led wire-to-wire. New Haven would trim an 18-point deficit to climb within seven at 47-40 before the nation's top-ranked team pulled away.
 
New Haven Notes
At 12-5, New Haven is off to its best start since the 2006-07 campaign. The Chargers began that season at 16-4 and finished 25-6 en route to their second consecutive NYCAC/ECC Championship and NCAA postseason trip.
 
New Haven has limited nine opponents to fewer than 60 points this winter, including a season-low 43 tallies surrendered to Davis & Elkins on Nov. 29. Opponents have been held to a 36.0 field goal percentage and 30.5 three-point percentage while committing an average of 16.5 turnovers per game against the Blue and Gold's defensive pressure.
 
The Chargers rank second in the Northeast-10 with 61.6 points per game allowed and an opponents' field goal percentage of 36.0 percent. Led by 27 rejections by Rykema Stone, the Blue and Gold are also third in the NE-10 with 3.8 blocks per game. Offensively, New Haven slots seventh in the conference with 69.3 points per game.
 
The Chargers have knocked down eight or more three-pointers in four games this season, including 10 treys in the Nov. 13 win over Saint Rose.
 
Aquillin Hayes has recorded six double-doubles this season en route to 12.9 points per contest and ranks second in the conference with 9.9 rebounds per game. Hayes, who posted a team-high seven double-doubles last winter, most recently recorded her third career 20-point performance with an even 20 against Bentley on Wednesday.
 
Hayes has two career games with at least 20 rebounds, including the November overtime contest at No. 17 Rollins. She hauled in 21 boards to go along with 12 points and eight blocks in a win over Le Moyne last winter.
 
This season, Briana Bradford has surpassed 20 points in four games en route to a team-high 15.4 points per contest to rank eighth in the Northeast-10. She scored a career-high 24 points with five three-pointers in the Nov. 13 win over Saint Rose. Bradford also drained five from beyond the arc en route to 21 points in the conference win at Pace on Nov. 23.
 
Bria Moore has scored in double figures in 11 games this winter, including a streak of seven outings in a row from Nov. 26 to Dec. 22. She averages 11.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest and has provided a spark from long range, ranking fourth in the NE-10 at 41.3 percent (19-for-46) from distance. Moore scored a season-high 20 points against Adelphi on Dec. 7 and netted a career-best 27 points in last season's home win over Southern Connecticut.
 
Rykema Stone has posted two games with five blocks during the month of January to continue a breakout winter for the junior. She currently averages 8.2 points and 5.9 rebounds while ranking second in the Northeast-10 with 1.6 blocks per contest.
 
With 92 career three-pointers to her credit, Audrey Cunningham has climbed into a tie for seventh on the Chargers' all-time list alongside her former teammate Dominique Stellmacher (2007-11). She is three three-pointers shy of Nikki Tierney Devaney (1990-94) for sixth place and with eight more triples would become the sixth player to knock down 100 attempts from distance for the Blue and Gold.
 
The five teams that have defeated the Chargers this winter currently boast a combined record of 67-18 (.788). Among those five teams, Bentley in the unbeaten No. 1 ranked team in the USA Today Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll, while Rollins and Adelphi check in at No. 13 and No. 20, respectively.
 
Up Next
New Haven heads farther north to Southern New Hampshire to meet the Penmen on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m. The Blue and Gold return home to host Merrimack on Saturday, Feb. 1.