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DATE: January 10, 2022
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LOCATION: Stan Spirou Field House
Manchester, N.H. |
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WHAT'S ON TAP
Looking to break a four-game skid, New Haven heads back to Manchester, N.H. for the second of back-to-back games in the city. This time around they will come up against a team that has won its last nine games and stands at 7-1 in the Northeast-10, which puts them in a three-way tie for first place in the league standings.
SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
Looking for their first victory of 2023, New Haven needs to rely on a defense that is holding opponents to just 61.3 points per game, while keeping confidence in their shooting ability that is currently 25th best in the nation as they are connecting on 44.6 percent of their attempts. Leading the efforts is graduate guard Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) who is averaging 16.1 points per game, fifth 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 14.7 ppg, while one of two players in the NE10 who is averaging a double double as she is pulling down 10.5 rebounds per outing, second best in the NE10. In addition, Deshaies leads all NE10 players and is second in the nation with her 69% shooting percentage (79-of-115) 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 52 assists, with her 4.7 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 111 on the year and has turned the 215 turnovers they have forced into 186 points, including 25+ in two games, against Bloomfield (29) and Franklin Pierce (28).
SCOUTING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Winners of their last nine games, the Penmen enter the midweek home game against UNH with a 7-1 NE10 record, one of three one-loss teams in the conference standings - tied with Assumption and Bentley. As a team, Southern New Hampshire is averaging 67.7 ppg which is third best int he NE10 and just .4 behind Assumption who leads the league at 68.1 ppg. Leading the Penmen individually is Adriana Timberlake who is averaging 17.4 points per game, second best in the NE10. The senior captain is shooting 38.6 percent on the year, while also leading the team with 26 three pointers, 46 assists and 20 steals. The only other player to average double figures is Jess Knight who is scoring at a 16.2 ppg clip, while leading the team with 9.7 rebounds per contest.
SERIES HISTORY vs SNHU
·        New Haven and Southern New Hampshire meet for the 61st time in the history of the two programs.
·        New Haven holds a 38-22 record in the previous 60 games, including opening the series winning eight straight and a stretch of 10-straight games midway through the series.
·        In most recent memory, the Penmen won three of the last four meetings, one in each of the last four seasons. Prior to that, New Haven had won five-straight from 2013-2017.
·        Last season, SNHU scored a 62-50 win in West Haven, while New Haven took the win last time playing at Stan Spirou Field House, with that game the final meeting before the CoVID shutdown.
OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
Going into the Tuesday night match-up at Southern New Hampshire, the New Haven women's basketball team is currently second among all NE10 teams with their 44.6 percent shooting average, connecting on 295-of-662 total attempts. Leading the way individually is senior Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) who leads the NE10 and is second in the nation at 69% (79-of-115). As a team, the 44.6% average is currently 25th in all of NCAA D2. Included among those numbers is 70 three pointers, on 207 attempts, for a 33.8 percent average which is fourth best in the NE10. Currently, Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) leads the team with 21 three pointers, but keep an eye on freshman Lindsay Hogan (Bayville, N.Y./Locust Valley) who found her groove against Dominican when she went 7-of-9 from beyond the arc and now provides an efficient option off the bench for the Blue and Gold.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
Part of the reason the New Haven women's basketball team has a top-25 field goal percentage in all of D2 is because they have done a great job in finding the open player. For the season, New Haven has 166 assists with their 13.83 assist per game average fourth best in the NE10. Senior point guard Kameryn King (Old Saybrook, Conn./Mercy) leads the team with 52 three pointers, with her 4.7 average the second best in the league.
NEXT TIME OUT
New Haven will make a quick stop back on its home court with a single home game breaking up road trips. Making their way to Charger Gym next will be crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State University with the Battle of the Elm City slated for 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 14 in the first game of a doubleheader with the men's team. All of the action in the conference battle will be available live on the Charger Sports Network on NE10 NOW.
