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OPENING TIP
New Haven will hit the road for the final time in the regular season with a trip across town to Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-   New Haven will be vying for its fourth straight win over the Owls in the all-time series after having swept the season series last season. The Chargers defeated the Owls back on December 4 by a score of 52-48.
 
All-time, the Chargers hold a 45-30 record against SCSU.

SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
-   The Chargers are coming off a 2-0 week with a 56-49 win at Saint Rose and a 60-46 win over American International.
 
-   New Haven has clinched a spot in the upcoming NE10 Conference Tournament and sits in fourth place in the Southwest Division, 1/2 game behind Pace for third place. The top three seeds in each division all earn byes into the NE10 quarterfinals.
 
-  After starting the season 10-1, the second-best start through 11 games in program history, the Chargers are 7-6 over their last 13 games (4-1 at home / 3-5 on the road).
 
-   New Haven's defense has been a consistent force all season for the Blue and Gold, leading the NE10 and ranking t-6th in the nation in scoring defense at 53.0 points per game. The Chargers also lead the conference and rank 10th nationally in FG% defense (.333), and rank third in the NE10 by holding the opposition to just .288 percent from three-point range. The Chargers also sit 29th in the nation in rebounding margin (+7.5) and 55th in steals per game (10.0).
-   Offensively, the Chargers are averaging 57.5 points per game, good for 12th in the NE10.
 
-   The Chargers rank seventh in the conference by shooting 41.1 percent overall and are shooting 29.1 percent from the arc, which sits 12th in the NE10.
 
-   Senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) leads the team in scoring (13.3) and is second in rebounding (7.3). She has scored a season-high 27 points, both of which came against American International, most recently in New Haven's last game on Feb. 15. She also tied her career-high with 18 rebounds against American Int'l on Feb. 15.
 
-   Freshman Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) has moved back into the NE10 lead in field goal percentage at 56.0 percent (117-for-209). She is second on the team with 11.7 points and leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game.
 
-     Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) is ninth in the NE10 with a .381 3FG percentage. She also averages 3.8 assists per game, tied for sixth in the NE10. She is averaging 9.3 points per game, fourth on the team.
 
SCOUTING SOUTHERN CONN. STATE
-   At 9-16 overall, the Owls enter Wednesday's matchup in sixth place in the NE10 Southwest Division with a 3-13 mark in conference play.
 
-   Without their leading scorer and rebounder, Kiana Steinauer, for most of the season, junior forward Jessica Fressle (17.3 ppg) and senior guard Imani Wheeler (14.5) are the team's active scoring leaders.
 
-   Alexa Kellner adds 9.3 points per game and is second in rebounding (5.4).
 
-   The Owls are coming off a five-point road loss to Pace, and an 11-point defeat at home to Le Moyne last week. Three Owls scored in double figures against Le Moyne, while the team went 10-for-10 from the free throw line.
 
-   SCSU ranks third in the NE10 with 8.8 steals per game, and averages 7.9 three-pointers per game (.307 3FG%).
 
-   The Owls turn the ball over an average of 13.5 times per game, the second-fewest in the NE10, which ranks 30th nationally.
 
-   Their turnover margin of +3.96 also ranks 39th nationally in Division II.
 
-   SCSU is shooting 34.0 percent from the floor this season, including 30.7 percent from three-point range.
 
LAST TIME THEY MET
New Haven held off a late surge from crosstown rival Southern Connecticut to claim a 52-48 win on December 4 at Charger Gymnasium. Read full recap here.
 
LAST TIME OUT
A dynamic performance from senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) lifted New Haven to a 60-46 Northeast-10 Conference win over American International on Saturday at Charger Gymnasium. Read full recap here.
 
NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS
The Chargers rank in or near the top 50 in the nation (out of 307) in several statistical categories:
- Scoring Defense: (t-6th/53.0 ppg)
- FG% Defense: (10th/.333)
- Rebounding Margin: (29th/+7.5)
- Steals Per Game: (55th/10.0)
 
WORMACK CLOSING IN
-  Senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) enters Wednesday with 995 career points, just five points shy of becoming the 20th player in program history to join the 1,000 point club. She would also become just the 14th player in program history to have 1,000 points and 500 career rebounds.
 
-  Wormack also is third all-time on the school's career blocks list with 127. Next up on the list is Aquillan Hayes '15 with 134. The program record for career blocks is 246 held by Joy Jeter '89.
 
Wormack is also fourth in program history with a .485 career field goal percentage. She finished last season with a .527 field goal percentage, which ranks ninth all-time in single season program history.
 
BACK-TO-BACK!
For the second straight week and the fourth time this season, Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) was named the NE10 Rookie of the Week on Monday.
 
Deshaies is coming off a week in which she averaged a double-double with 11.5 points and 11.0 rebounds while leading the Chargers to a 2-0 week with wins over Saint Rose and American International. She also added in 2.5 steals per game, shot .412 from the floor and was a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line. Read full story here.
 
CRASHING THE BOARDS
-   New Haven's 59 rebounds against AIC were the most since the team had 50 at Dominican last season on Jan. 2, 2019.
 
-   New Haven has been outrebounded only twice all season on Jan. 22 against Saint Anselm and Feb. 8 at Le Moyne. They have outrebounded their opponents in 19 games this season, and drew even on three occasions against Pace, Stonehill and Assumption. New Haven's +7.5 rebounding margin is second in the NE10.
 
LOCKDOWN DEFENSE
The Chargers have allowed under 50 points in 12 games this season, including 40 points to then-No. 19 Bentley a season-low 35 points to Pace on Feb. 5. The Chargers are tied for sixth in all of DII women's basketball in scoring defense by allowing just 53.0 ppg.
 
DOWNtown
New Haven has hit a dry spell from three-point range, connecting on just two of their last 30 attempts over the last three games (.067) and is 5-for-40 (.125) over the last four games.
 
Despite the lack of shots from downtown, the Chargers are 3-1 over that span.
 
NEXT ON TAP
The Chargers will host nationally-ranked No. 10 Adelphi on Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale, on Senior Day and Alumnae Day at Charger Gymnasium.