New Haven Starters: Quashawn Lane (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic Academy), Derrick Rowland (Cohoes, N.Y./Green Tech), Victor Olawoye (Elmont, N.Y. /Elmont Memorial High School ), Majur Majak (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Davontrey Thomas (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) 

Chestnut Hill Starters: Trevonn Pitts, Conor Regan, Nigel Haughton, Joseph Iraldi, Amir Warrick

How it Happened 
It was a night of many firsts Sunday evening in Charger Gymnasium. New Haven (88-69) holds a 1-0 record over the Chestnut Hill Griffins in their series premiere. Secondly, Tavin Pierre Philippe (Brooklyn, N.Y./Baldwin High School), transfer guard from Stony Brook, made his first court-appearance as a Charger with 20 minutes of court action. 

Philippe had a stellar off-the-bench performance for his first game in blue and gold. The sophomore put up 12 points and grabbed four boards to help assist the Chargers in their fourth non-conference win of the season. 

New Haven ended a 12-4 run with 12:30 left in the first half, which concluded with Antonio Lopez (Medford, N.Y./St. Anthony's) taking possession away from James Rider, who found Olawoye downcourt who dunked the ball through the net. 

Rowland, the graduate guard from New York, completely led the offense in the first half of play. He finished with 20 points and shot 5-of-6 in the first 20 minutes of action, he only saw the floor for 15. 

At the halftime buzzer, the Chargers walked out holding 18 points over the Griffins heads. They only committed two turnovers and shot 57 percent from the field. 

After the break the Chargers grabbed their largest lead of the game, 23 points, with 16:54 left to go. Olawoye rebounded Nigel Haughton's missed three-point attempt, sprinted down the court and hooked in a layup of his own.

Olawoye was absent from the starting five the past two games but increased productivity by assisting three baskets. 

New Haven never lost sight of their lead, they held onto their advantage over the Griffins for just slightly under 38 minutes and walked out with their seventh win of the season. 

Inside the Box Score 

• Rowland topped his season high of 22 points set last game against American International. He finished with 26 points tonight. 
• Four of New Haven's players finished in double-digits tonight: Thomas (15), Lane (14), Rowland (26), and Tavin Pierre Philippe (Brooklyn, N.Y./Baldwin High School) (12). 
• Rowland shot 7-of-10 from three-point range.
• In the first half alone, New Haven shot 20-of-35 from the field drawing a 57.1 shooting percentage. 
• The eight turnovers tonight is the lowest amount of turnovers committed by the Chargers. They also committed eight to start their season at the College of Staten Island. 

What's Next

After the holiday break the Chargers will return to action to face the University of Bridgeport. Harvey Hubbel Gymnasium will host New Haven on Dec. 30 at 3 p.m.