MANCHESTER, N.H. – Sophomore
Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) scored a game-high 19 points, 13 of which came in the third quarter, and junior
Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) picked up her first career double-double with 13 points and a career-best 10 rebounds to lead New Haven past Southern New Hampshire 60-49 on Tuesday night.
Pergola also finished with a game-high five assists. Senior
Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) also scored in double figures with 15 points, eight rebounds and a pair of blocks, and junior
Jasmine White (Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting. DeBose tied her career-high with five three-pointers, going 5-of-6 from beyond the arc and 7-for-13 overall.
New Haven finished the game shooting 44.4 percent overall and from three-point range, connecting on eight shots from beyond the arc.
Defensively, New Haven held a 37-35 edge in rebounds and limited SNHU to just 28.8 percent from the floor and 7-for-30 (23.3 percent) from beyond the arc, marking the fifth time this season New Haven held the opposition to under 30 percent from the floor.
QUOTES FROM THE COACH: Debbie Buff
"We were truly road warriors tonight. I thought we played outstanding against a really good team. Micah (Wormack), Brie (Pergola) and Cam (DeBose) all played like veterans. Jasmine (White) stepped up and really gave us a boost at the post position, and Aliyah (Wright) came in off the bench and did some great things for us. Our entire bench stepped up and I'm really happy for this team to get this win on the road when we needed it."
FIRST QUARTER
- New Haven capped a 6-0 run when Wormack dished a beautiful back door pass to Pergola for a layup that gave the Chargers an 8-3 lead ahead of the first media timeout.
- DeBose knocked down a triple from the right wing to build the lead back to five, 13-8 with just over two minutes remaining in the quarter.
- The Chargers shot an even 50 percent in the opening quarter and held a 13-10 lead after one quarter. The New Haven defense held SNHU to just 4-of-21 from the floor in the opening frame.
SECOND QUARTER
- Wormack and Pergola nailed back-to-back threes to build the lead to 19-12 early in the second.
- DeBose knocked down her second three of the game immediately following the under-five media timeout to build the lead to double digits for the first time, 24-12.
- After an 8-0 Penmen run, Pergola stepped up and sank a three from straightaway to give the Chargers a 27-20 lead going into halftime.
THIRD QUARTER
- Cam DeBose took over the game to start the second half, drilling three triples within the first five minutes to help the Chargers take a 40-26 at the 5:00 minute mark.
- Pergola found White underneath for an easy layup that brought the lead back to 14, 44-30.
- New Haven outscored SNHU 19-12 in the frame to take a 46-32 lead into the fourth quarter. DeBose netted 13 points in the frame while White sank both of her field goal attempts for four points.
FOURTH QUARTER
- SNHU scored four of the first six points of the fourth to get within 12 at the 7:43 mark to force a New Haven timeout.
- Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) drove to the basket and got a layup to fall, then completed the and-one from the line to end a 6-0 Penmen run to build the lead back to 51-38 at 5:35.
- The lead hit a game-high 15 when Wormack hit a turnaround baseline jumper from just outside the lane to go up 57-42 with two minutes left.
- Pergola and Luzdali Ocasio (Davenport, Fla./New Hampton) used three free throws in the final minute to help seal the 11-point win.
The Chargers will return home to wrap up NE10 cross-divisional play on Saturday against Franklin Pierce at 1:30 p.m.