New Haven (8-3) at Dowling (10-1)
Saturday, Jan. 4 – 3 p.m.
Oakdale, N.Y. – Dowling Gymnasium
 
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
Opening Tip
The University of New Haven men's basketball team concludes its non-conference schedule with a visit to East Coast Conference squad Dowling.
 
Last Time Out
New Haven opened 2014 with a 61-55 non-conference victory over the reigning Northeast-10 Champion, Southern New Hampshire.
 
Justin Exum scored a game-high 20 points fueled by a 12-for-15 performance from the free throw line, including 11 from the stripe in the second half.
 
Eric Anderson racked up his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and a game-leading 16 rebounds. Jeffery Adkins and Ashanti DePass each added 11 points, with Adkins adding five rebounds and three assists.
 
Adkins has now accumulated 977 points in his career with the Blue and Gold. The senior point guard is 23 points shy of becoming the 33rd member of New Haven's 1,000-Point Club.
 
New Haven began the game on a 16-0 run and, for the sixth time this season, never trailed en route to victory. The Penmen were held scoreless for the first 7:38 of the contest.
 
As a unit, the Chargers shot 18-for-50 (36 percent) from the field, 2-for-15 (13.3 percent) from three-point range and 23-for-32 (71.9 percent) from the free throw line.
 
New Haven outrebounded Southern New Hampshire, 46-34, and scored 28 points in the paint. SNHU held an 11-7 advantage in turnovers.
 
The Chargers and Penmen will meet as a part of the Northeast-10 schedule on Jan. 28 in Manchester, N.H.
 
New Haven Notes
As of the most recent NCAA report (games played through Dec. 22), New Haven is one of four teams in Division II surrendering fewer than 60 points per game (59.5). The Chargers also rank fifth in the nation with an opponents' field goal percentage of 36.8 percent. The Blue and Gold leads the Northeast-10 in both categories in addition to a conference-best +7.3 rebounding margin. The Chargers rank second in the NE-10 with 10.4 turnovers committed per outing.
 
Eric Anderson averages 14.5 points and leads the Northeast-10 with 12.4 rebounds per game. The reigning NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year, who also tops the conference with 2.6 blocked shots per contest, is seventh in the nation on the boards and 12th in rejections.
 
Anderson has posted eight double-doubles this season while shooting 46.9 percent (60-for-128) from the floor and 70.6 percent (36-for-51) from the free throw line.
 
In the midst of his junior season, Anderson has climbed into fourth all-time at New Haven with 151 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.
 
With two three-pointers on Dec. 22 at Southern Connecticut State, Justin Exum set a New Haven record with 253 career treys. He surpassed the mark of 251 triples established by Mike Grove from 1989-93. Exum's .383 shooting percentage from distance is the sixth-best in program history.
 
Exum also ranks 14th all-time in scoring at New Haven with 1,371 career points. The Chargers' leading scorer for the third straight season with 16.1 points per game, he is 256 tallies shy of the program's all-time top 10.
 
After a career-high 27 points at Southern Connecticut State on Dec. 22 and adding 11 on Thursday against Southern New Hampshire, Jeffery Adkins is averaging 14.9 points per game in his final season with the Blue and Gold while shooting 50.5 percent from the field.
 
Adkins, who posted 12.9 points per contest last winter, currently sits at 977 career tallies. He has also moved into a tie for ninth all-time in assists at New Haven with 308 and slots 14th in career steals with 117.
 
Cyrus James' first career double-double on Dec. 10 against Saint Rose consisted of 11 points and 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. After connecting on both on half of his six field goal attempts at SCSU, he is New Haven's most-efficient scorer this season at 28-for-48 (58.3 percent) from the floor en route to 6.1 points to go along with 8.2 rebounds per game. He hauled in a career-high 13 boards against the Owls.
 
In his first season as a member of the starting lineup for Head Coach Ted Hotaling, Ashanti DePass is netting 10.1 points per game. The senior shares the team lead with 21 made three-pointers while playing 30.7 minutes per game.
 
During their six-game winning streak from Nov. 23 to Dec. 19, the Chargers outscored opponents by a +18.2 margin with three wins by more than 20 points. New Haven led by at least 20 points before halftime in five of the six victories with four wire-to-wire wins. Justin Exum averaged a team-best 16.2 points per game in the six outings, and the Chargers outrebounded opponents, 40.2-31.7 (+8.5), during the streak.
 
Up Next
Action returns to West Haven and Northeast-10 cross-division play begins with a Wednesday matinee against Saint Anselm on Jan. 8 at 3:30 p.m.