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GAME DAY INFORMATION DATE: February 1, 2020 | 1:30 p.m. LOCATION: Charger Gymnasium | West Haven, Conn. GAME DAY LINKS LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

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OPENING TIP
New Haven starts a two-game homestand on Saturday afternoon, closing out NE10 cross-divisional play with a matchup against Franklin Pierce.
 
Each team is coming off keys wins on the road earlier this week as the Chargers took down Southern New Hampshire, and the Ravens pulled off an upset of Pace.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-   Franklin Pierce holds a 30-20 all-time record against the Chargers, with the Ravens pulling off a 69-63 overtime win in Rindge last year.

SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
-   The Chargers snapped a three-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a solid 60-49 victory at Southern New Hampshire. Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) was one of three Chargers to score in double figures with a game-high 19 points. Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) scored 15 points and Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) tallied her first career-double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
 
LAST TIME THEY MET
Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) banked in a turnaround jumper to beat the buzzer at the end of regulation to force overtime, but the furious rally by the New Haven ultimately fell short in a 69-63 overtime loss at Franklin Pierce on January 30, 2019. Read full recap here.
 
LAST TIME OUT
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. Read full recap here.
 
NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS
The Chargers rank in the top 50 in the nation (out of 307) in several statistical categories:
- Scoring Defense: (8th/52.9 ppg)
- FG% Defense: (12th/.336)
- Rebounding Margin: (40th/+6.8)
- Steals Per Game: (44th/10.4)
 
CLOSING IT OUT
The Chargers are 10-1 this season when leading at the half, and 11-0 when leading with five minutes remaining in regulation.
 
DEBOSE BIG NUMBERS
Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) set a season-high with 19 points and tied her career-highs with five three-pointers and seven total field goals in Tuesday's win at SNHU. Last Saturday at Assumption, she notched a career-high six steals, surpassing her previous career-high of five which she had done on two previous occasions.
 
LOCKDOWN DEFENSE
The Chargers have allowed under 50 points in eight games this season, including a season-low 40 points to No. 19 Bentley on Jan. 14.
 
Allowed less than 50 points against:
Bridgeport (42), Bloomfield (47), Le Moyne (49), Southern Connecticut (48), Saint Rose (48), Goldey-Beacom (43) and No. 19 Bentley (40), and SNHU (49). New Haven holds the nation's 8th-best scoring defense (52.9).
 
OCASIO'S CAREER-HIGHS
Luzdali Ocasio (Davenport, Fla./New Hampton) came away with a career-high seven steals on Jan. 22 against Saint Anselm, surpassing her previous career-high of four which she set earlier this season against Le Moyne. She also had a career-high with 11 points, helped by a career-high three three-pointers against Bentley on January 14. She set a career-high with six rebounds at Saint Michael's on January 11 and boasts a 10-assist effort at Chestnut Hill on December 11. She is ranked 10th in the NE10 with 3.7 assists per game.
 
CRASHING THE BOARDS
New Haven was outrebounded for the first time all season on Jan. 22 against Saint Anselm. They have outrebouded their opponents in 14 games this season, and drew even on three occasions against Pace, Stonehill and Assumption. New Haven's +6.8 rebounding margin is second in the NE10.
 
SCOUTING FRANKLIN PIERCE
-   At 9-10 overall (3-9 NE10), the Ravens are coming off perhaps their biggest win of the season on Wednesday night with a 69-59 upset of a Pace team that is ranked No. 6 in the latest D2SIDA East Region Poll.
 
-   The Ravens led wire-to-wire in the win, with sophomore guard Lisa Sulejmani scoring a career-high 22 points to go with six assists. She has scored in double figures in three of the last four games.
 
-   The Ravens shot over 47 percent from the floor in the game.
 
-   FPU has won three of its last four games and has scored an average of 72.7 points over the last four games, nearly eight points higher than its season average of 64.6 points per contest.
 
-   Defensively, the Ravens average 62.4 ppg on average, eighth in the NE10, and are sixth in the NE10 with +3.4 rebounding margin and 7.8 steals per game.
 
-   Sophomore Izzy Lipinski leads the NE10 with a field goal percentage of 59.6 percent and is the Ravens' second-leading scorer with 14.8 ppg.
 
-   Sophia Holmes leads the team with 15.4 ppg and is the Ravens leading threat from beyond the arc (36.4 percent/2.1 3FG per game).
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Chargers will welcome Pace to Charger Gymnasium on Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. matchup.