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DATE: November 9, 2019 | 5:30 p.m.
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LOCATION: Charger Gymnasium | West Haven, Conn. |
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The 45th season of New Haven women's basketball will tip off this Saturday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. as the Chargers face the College of Staten Island. CSI will begin its final season as a member of the Division III CUNYAC as it begins a transition period from Division III to Division II athletics.
The Chargers are coming off an 18-12 season a year ago that saw them advance to the NE10 semifinals for the first time since 2016. CSI finished a 19-8 campaign last season by also advancing to the semifinals of its conference tournament.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Saturday's game will serve as the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
- The Chargers were selected to finish third in the Southwest Division in this year's Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll. New Haven returns four players that started in at least 17 games last season.
- Reigning NE10 All-Rookie selection
Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) was one of two all-conference honorees for the Chargers last season, a freshman campaign that saw her start all 30 games at guard and average 9.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. She also led the team from beyond the arc where she shot 33.6 percent. She dished out 39 assists and was second on the team with 62 steals.
- Forward
Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) returns for her senior season after ranking fifth in the NE10 last season with a team-high .527 field goal pct. She was second on the team in both points per game (12.2) and rebounds per game (7.8). She had a career-game with 30 points and 18 rebounds at Pace on February 13, shooting 14-for-22 from the field.
- Junior point guard
Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) started all 30 games last season, scoring at a 7.8 ppg clip, while dishing out 79 assists (2.6 apg), which ranked second on the team. She connected on 36.7 percent of her shots from the floor and added 28 total steals. She reached double-figures in scoring on eight occasions and was first on the squad from the free throw line, where she held a .771 percentage.
- The Chargers also return senior
Kim Talley (Quakertown, Pa./Lansdale Catholic), who made 17 starts at forward last season. She averaged 3.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 40.4 percent from the floor.
- The Chargers started last season 5-2 through the end of November. They went on to rattle off seven straight wins from Dec. 11 through January 16. The Chargers won their final three regular season NE10 matchups, including a 55-50 win over eventual NE10 Tournament champion Le Moyne in the regular season finale. The Chargers earned the Southwest Division's No. 3 seed in the NE10 Tournament and pulled off a 58-52 overtime upset at No. 2 seed Stonehill in the NE10 quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals for the first time since 2016.
SCOUTING COLL. OF STATEN ISLAND
- The Dolphins polished off a 2018-19 campaign with a 19-8 record, including a 12-4 mark in CUNYAC play, falling in the semifinal round of the CUNYAC Tournament.
- The team averaged 66.1 points per game offensively, holding a +10.2 scoring margin.
- As a team, CSI shot an even 38 percent from the floor and 31.3 percent from the arc.
- Defensively, they held a +2.4 rebounding margin and 3.1 blocks per game.
- CSI will return its top three scorers from last season, led by junior Megan McEwan, a First Team CUNYAC All-Star who averaged a team-high 14.9 ppg and totaled 89 assists.
- Senior Diana Todaro was a Second Team All-Conference honoree last season after averaging a double-double with 11.6 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game.
- Sophomore Kayla Schmitter was the team's third leading scorer with 9.9 ppg, and ranked second with 6.2 rpg.
- McEwen, Todaro and junior Brianna Robisky are the team's three returning players who started in at least 11 of 27 games.
NEXT ON TAP
New Haven will have one week off before its next contest, hosting Bridgeport on Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m.
