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OPENING TIP
For the final time this season, the New Haven women's basketball team will face a non-conference opponent in Saint Thomas Aquinas.
 
In the midst of perhaps their toughest stretch of the season, the Chargers will be playing on the road for the sixth time in seven games, plus are in a stretch of playing three regionally ranked teams over a span of four games.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-   New Haven is 14-5 all-time against the Spartans, with whom they last met in November 2017.

SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
-   Nearly pulling off a dramatic comeback on Saturday at No. 15 Adelphi, during which the Chargers trimmed a 21-point deficit down to two in the final minutes, New Haven enters Wednesday's matchup at 10-2 overall.
 
-   The team has played strong defense through the first half of the season, allowing a conference-low 52.3 points per game. The Chargers are also leading the NE10 in field goal percentage defense (.311) and are eighth in 3pt FG% defense at 30.0 percent.
 
-  The Chargers have seen a jump in offensive production of late, scoring at least 65 points in six straight games. Previously, the team only cracked the 60-point plateau twice through their first six games.
 
-   The Chargers have climbed to fourth in the conference by shooting 43.5 percent overall and are shooting 29.7 percent from the arc, which sits 11th in the NE10.
 
-     Senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) is scoring 12.7 points per game and leads the team with 7.1 rebounds per game. She scored a season-high 27 points at American International on Dec. 10. She had a season-high 14-rebound, five-block performance on Nov. 23 against Le Moyne.
 
-   Freshman Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) leads the NE10 in field goal percentage at 61.3 percent (68-for-111). She has moved into the team lead with 12.8 ppg and is second with 6.3 rebounds per game.
 
-   Sophomore Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) is scoring 10.5 ppg. She scored at least 13 points in four straight games from Dec. 7-19 and has 4.9 rebounds per game this season.
 
-     Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) is second in the NE10 with a .488 3FG percentage. She also averages 3.7 assists per game, t-10th in the NE10. She has jumped her scoring average up to 11.2 points per game.
 
-     Redshirt sophomore point guard Luzdali Ocasio (Davenport, Fla./New Hampton) is sixth in the NE10 with 4.4 assists per game. She had a career-high 10 assists at Chestnut Hill on December 11 and has registered at least six assists in three of the last five games.
 
SCOUTING STAC
-   Entering at 10-3 (3-0 ECC), STAC is one of three teams unbeaten in East Coast Conference play and holds the top winning percentage in the ECC.
 
-   STAC is 2-2 against the NE10 this season, having beaten AIC and Pace in November, before falling to Bentley and Southern Conn. State in December.
 
-   In the latest D2SIDA East Region Poll, the Spartans find themselves ranked fifth in the region, one spot ahead of New Haven.
 
-   STAC is coming off a 59-55 loss at home on Friday to USciences, who is ranked third in the latest D2SIDA regional poll.
 
-   STAC has five players averaging at least 8.9 points per game, including three scoring in double figures, led by senior forward Melissa Sadler (13.9 ppg), Ruth Adams (13.5) and Zaria Thomas (12.9).
 
-   Adams leads the team with 6.2 rpg, while Sadler hauls in 5.2 rebounds per contest.
 
-   As a team, STAC leads the ECC with 75.5 points per game, and ranks sixth of nine ECC teams by allowing 60.7 ppg. The team also leads the ECC with a .472 FG%, but is last in FG% defense (.418). STAC turns the ball over just 14.6 times per game, the best rate in the ECC, and shoots a conference-best .351 from 3pt range.
 
LAST TIME THEY MET
Alexandria Kerr (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) scored a team-high 13 points at Aquinas Hall on Nov. 15, 2017 as the Chargers fell to St. Thomas Aquinas, 56-34.
 
Kerr finished as the only double-digit scorers for the Chargers, while also adding seven rebounds and two steals on the evening. Then-freshman Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) finished as the second-leading scorer with eight points and five rebounds. Then-sophomore Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) led on the glass with six boards on the night and also had one block. As a team, New Haven out-rebounded the Spartans 36-30.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Down by as many as 21 points on the road in the third quarter, New Haven rallied to climb within two points of No. 15 Adelphi before falling 70-66 in a hard fought game on Saturday. The Chargers (10-2, 4-2 NE10) had three players in double figures, led by junior Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington), who tied for a game-high with 19 points, six rebounds and a career-high seven assists. Freshman Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) had 16 points and seven rebounds, and sophomore Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) added 12 point and five boards. Senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) had a team-high nine rebounds to go with eight points, and Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) tallied nine points and six rebounds.
 
The Chargers outscored the Panthers (14-0, 5-0 NE10) 34-16 in the paint and limited Adelphi to 8-of-29 overall and 2-for-12 from three-point range in the second half. For the game, New Haven shot 45.0 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from three-point range, compared to the Panthers 35.5 percent clip overall and 36.1 percent mark from beyond the arc. New Haven also held a 44-34 edge on the boards.
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Chargers will cap a stretch of playing six out of seven games on the road this coming Saturday afternoon with a trip to Saint Michael's for a Northeast-10 Conference matchup.