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DATE: January 7, 2022
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LOCATION: Stoutenburgh Gymnasium
Manchester, N.H. |
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WHAT'S ON TAP
Looking to break a three-game skid, New Haven heads to Manchester, NH for the first of back-to-back games in the city, first up against Saint Anselm. The Chargers are looking to build on the momentum of their largest offensive output last time out against Dominican with 84 points.
SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
Defense wins games! It has been a yearly goal to hold opponents to a low scoring output and this year is no different as the Chargers enter Saturday limiting their opponents to just 61.4 points per game, seventh best in the NE10. On the flip side, New Haven enters the Saint Anselm game outscoring their opponents by 5.2 points per game as they average 66.5 offensively. In addition, New Haven is second among all NE10 teams with their +7.0 rebound margin. Leading the offensive efforts is graduate guard Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) who is averaging 16.8 points per game, third in the NE10, including a career-high 30 points in the season opener against Georgian Court. Her co-captain Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) has both offense and defense on her mind as she is second on the team averaging 14.1 ppg, while one of two players in the NE10 who is averaging a double double as she is pulling down 10.8 rebounds per outing, second best in the NE10. In addition, Deshaies leads all NE10 players and is second in the nation with her 68% shooting percentage (70-of-103) with all of her points coming from inside the three-point arc. Rounding out the leading scorers for the Blue and Gold is senior point guard Kameryn King (Old Saybrook, Conn./Mercy) who is averaging 11.4 ppg, while leading the team with 47 assists, with her 4.5 assists per game average second best in the conference. Defensively, it is senior guard Marigona Bacaliu (Worcester, Mass./Putnam Science Academy) who leads the team with 25 steals, while New Haven has 105 on the year and has turned the 190 turnovers they have forced into 182 points, including 25+ in two games, against Bloomfield (29) and Franklin Pierce (28).
SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM
Following a loss last time out against league-leading Assumption, the Hawks stand at 5-8 on the year and 2-7 in the Northeast-10, despite winning the three games previous to meeting Assumption. On paper, the Hawks don't look like a team with a losing record as they are outscoring their opponents by just over one point per game, averaging 61.1 points per contest. In addition, they are also outrebounding their opponents by a slim margin - 37.3 to 36.7 as well as entering Saturday with a better field goal percentage, better three- point field goal percentage and a better percentage at the free throw line than their opponents. Individually, the Hawks are led by Gabby Turco who is one of just two players averaging double figures at 16.1 ppg. Following her is Liv Robles with an 11.7 ppg average, while leading the team with 102 rebounds for an average of 7.8 per game.
SERIES HISTORY vs SAINT ANSELM
·        New Haven and Saint Anselm meet for the 27th time in the history of the two programs.
·        Saint Anselm holds a 14-12 record in the previous 26 games, including wins in eight of the first 10 matchups, all prior to New Haven joining the NE10
·        New Haven has seen success in the last 10 years of the series, winning eight of the last 14 meetings.
·        The Hawks have seen much of the most recent success, winning the last three matchups, including an 81-43 win last season in Manchester.
LAST TIME THEY MET
Shooting just 27 percent for the game, New Haven was held to a season-low 43 points and suffered its largest margin of defeat in its most recent match-up with the Hawks, 81-43, which also came on Saint Anselm's home court. In that game, Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) was the only New Haven player in double figures as she finished with 10 points to go along with a team-best seven boards. The Hawks also led the rebounding battle with a 40-32 margin. Following Deshaies in leading the scoring efforts was Charlotte Bassett (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) who came off the bench to drain nine points, shooting 4-of-7 overall.
NEXT TIME OUT
In just three days' time, New Haven will make its second-straight trip to Manchester, NH as they will next match-up with Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday night with opening tip against the Penmen set for 5:30 p.m. All of the action in the conference battle will be available live on NE10 NOW.
