New Haven (18-7, 13-6 NE-10) vs. Adelphi (5-20, 3-16 NE-10)
Tuesday, Feb. 25 – 7:30 p.m.
Garden City, N.Y. – Center for Recreation and Sport
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Opening Tip
The University of New Haven men's basketball team concludes the regular season with a Tuesday trip to Adelphi. The Chargers, who can clinch the No. 2 seed in the Northeast-10 Southwest Division with a win, defeated the Panthers by a score of 83-55 on Dec. 7 in West Haven.
 
Last Time Out
Led by a game-high 21 points from Justin Exum and the 16th double-double of the season for Eric Anderson, New Haven bested visiting American International, 68-57, on Feb. 19.
 
Exum knocked down four three-pointers for the second consecutive game en route to his game-high 21 points. The program's all-time leader in made three-pointers (283) also shot 7-for-8 from the free throw line and distributed five assists.
 
Anderson netted 16 points and led all players with 15 rebounds.
 
Jeffery Adkins and Ashanti DePass also reached double figures with 15 and 11 points, respectively, as the Chargers shot 23-for-47 (48.9 percent) from the floor, 8-for-23 (34.8 percent) from three-point range and 14-for-19 (73.7 percent) from the free throw line.
 
Led by Anderson's 15 rebounds, the Chargers owned a 32-30 advantage on the boards. Each team committed eight turnovers.
 
AIC surged to pull within two points at 44-42 with 13:15 to go in the contest, but the Chargers would not cede a field goal over the ensuing 6:58 while putting together a 12-1 run to rebuild a 56-43 advantage. Adkins scored nine points during the spurt, including the final seven. The lead grew as large as 16 points as the Chargers rolled to their third consecutive win with a 68-57 decision.
 
New Haven limited its opponent to 60 points or fewer for the 14th time this season and held its 22nd straight foe below its 2013-14 scoring average.
 
New Haven Notes
Through games played Feb. 23, New Haven ranks fifth in Division II with 62.1 points allowed per game. The Chargers also slot eighth in the nation in fewest turnovers committed per contest (9.5) and ninth in field goal percentage defense (39.5 percent). The Blue and Gold lead the NE-10 in all three categories and have also committed the fewest fouls per game in all of Division II with just 13.8 infractions per contest.
 
The Chargers have held 24 of 25 opponents, including their last 22, below their current 2013-14 scoring average. The New Haven defensive effort has limited 14 teams to 60 points or fewer.
 
Offensively, the Blue and Gold shot 50 percent or better from the field in seven contests this winter. New Haven's most efficient effort was a 27-for-49 (55.1 percent) performance in the Nov. 26 win at American International. The Chargers also buried 8-of-16 attempts from beyond the arc and went 12-for-13 from the free throw line in the 74-52 triumph over the Yellow Jackets in Springfield.
 
The Chargers' 10-3 road record marks only the second time in the past 20 seasons that New Haven has won 10 true road games. The Blue and Gold have won at least seven contests with a winning record on the road in each of the last three seasons after a stretch of seven consecutive sub-.500 campaigns away from Charger Gymnasium from 2004-11.
 
With 19 points on 9-for-10 shooting in the Feb. 15 win over Pace, Eric Anderson became the 34th member of the Chargers' 1,000-Point Club. This winter, Anderson averages 15.8 points and ranks second in the Northeast-10 with 11.4 rebounds per game. The reigning NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year, Anderson ranks second in the conference with 2.48 blocks per contest. He slots seventh in the nation on the boards and 18th in rejections. He has posted 16 double-doubles this season.
 
In the midst of his junior season, Anderson has moved into second all-time at New Haven with 184 rejections. He recently surpassed Bill Jeffress for second place and stands seven blocks shy of the 191 shots turned away by Herb Watkins. Both Jeffress and Watkins suited up for the Chargers from 1984-88.
 
Anderson's 71 blocks in 2012-13 were the second-most in a single-season in Charger history, tied with Jeffress and two shy of Watkins' program-record 73 rejections. He has 62 blocked shots to date in 2013-14, which is the fifth-highest single-season total in the New Haven record books.
 
Jeffery Adkins most recently netted 15 points in last Wednesday's win over American International to improve his career mark to 1,208 points and climb to 22nd all-time in scoring at New Haven. This season, Adkins is averaging a team-leading 15.8 points and 4.5 assists per contest this season while shooting 50.9 percent (136-267) from the floor and 81 percent (98-121) from the free throw line. He has also moved into fifth all-time in assists at New Haven with 380 and is tied for 11th place in career steals at 129.
 
Justin Exum has improved his New Haven program record to 283 treys. He ranks fifth among all active Division II student-athletes and 15th across all NCAA divisions in made three-pointers. Exum's career .377 shooting percentage from distance is the eighth-best in program history.
 
Exum also ranks 12th all-time in scoring at New Haven with 1,561 career points. The Chargers' third-leading scorer this season with 15.2 points per game, he is 66 tallies shy of the program's all-time top 10. Exum most recently scored a game-high 21 points in Wednesday's win over American International.
 
With Anderson (1,020 points) and Adkins joining Exum in the 34-member 1,000-Point Club at New Haven this season, the Chargers boast three active 1,000-point scorers for the first time since Brian Smith (1,936), Mike Grove (1,589) and Dwane Crawford (1,095) shared the court in the 1992-93 season.
 
Cyrus James has recorded the first two double-doubles of his career this season. He is New Haven's most-efficient scorer at 61-for-114 (53.4 percent) from the floor en route to 5.9 points to go along with 7.9 rebounds per game. James ranks eighth in the NE-10 in rebounding and seventh in blocked shots (1.24 bpg).
 
In his first season as a member of the starting lineup, Ashanti DePass is netting 10.0 points with 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. The senior shares the leads the team of 51 made three-pointers with Justin Exum and converts a team-best 37.8 percent of his attempts from distance while playing 32.8 minutes per outing. Additionally, DePass is often charged with defending the opposition's top scorer from the perimeter.
 
Fourth-year head coach Ted Hotaling stands at 61-47 at New Haven (and in his head coaching career) following Wednesday's win over American International. He ranks fifth all-time in wins on the Chargers' sidelines and his .565 winning percentage is third in New Haven history.
 
Of the nine head coaches in New Haven men's basketball history, eight of them have coached at least 100 games for the Chargers. Hotaling's 55-45 mark through 100 contests was the best since Stu Grove went 63-37 en route to a program-record 253 wins from 1980-1995. Don Ormrod leads the list with an 85-15 mark while leading New Haven's first five varsity seasons and finished his tenure at 124-22 with a program-best .849 winning percentage from 1961-67. Ormrod was also the first Director of Athletics at New Haven College.
 
In The Northeast-10
Southern Connecticut has clinched the No. 1 seed in the Southwest Division and, by virtue of a head-to-head win over Saint Anselm, holds home-court advantage for the duration of the Championship. New Haven claims the No. 2 seed with a win at Adelphi on Tuesday or a Le Moyne loss at Pace. Should the Chargers and Dolphins end up tied at 13-7, Le Moyne would hold the tiebreaker, because for this scenario to occur UNH would have a loss to Adelphi on its résumé.
 
Saint Rose is locked in to the No. 4 seed. American International takes No. 5 with a win over SCSU or a Pace loss to Le Moyne. A tie would go to Pace due to the Setters' hypothetical win over the Dolphins on Tuesday that would have caused the tie.
 
Saint Anselm, Franklin Pierce and Saint Michael's are locked in to the top three seeds. Southern New Hampshire would claim the fourth seed with a home win over Assumption or a Bentley home loss to Franklin Pierce. The Falcons own the tiebreaker with the Penmen by virtue of a head-to-head win over Saint Anselm.
 
Up Next
The Chargers will return to the court on Sunday, March 2 for a Northeast-10 Championship Quarterfinal contest. With a win tonight, New Haven will be the No. 2 seed in the Southwest Division and play host to Saint Michael's. With a loss, the third-seeded Chargers will travel to Franklin Pierce. More information will be available on NewHavenChargers.com as it is finalized by the NE-10 conference office.