GAME DAY INFORMATION DATE: February 14, 2023 LOCATION: Charger Gymnasium West Haven, Conn. GAME DAY LINKS LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

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THE LEAD
Looking to get back in the win column, the Chargers welcome the Staten Island Dolphins to West Haven for the final non-conference game of the season with just two games remaining in the regular season following this match-up. Opening tip in the NE10 vs ECC battle is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

SCOUTING THE CHARGERS
With its final non-conference game of the season on the docket tonight, New Haven relies heavily on its starting five who are all averaging more than 30 minutes per game, with three of the five averaging in double figures and the five combined providing 86% of the total scoring (1,342-of-1,559 total points). Leading the team individually is graduate guard Quashawn Lane (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic Academy) who has scored in double figures in all but one game this season, moving into the lead with his 15.1 ppg average. In addition, Lane leads the team with 82 assists and 36 steals. Following Lane is senior transfer Ty Perry (Boston, Mass./Brighton) who is averaging 14.6 ppg. Junior Davontrey Thomas (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) rounds out the top three with a 12.4 ppg average, including leading the team from beyond the arc with 56 three pointers. Rounding out the starting five is Victor Olawoye (Elmont, N.Y./Elmont Memorial High School) and Majur Majak (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./) who average 9.6 and 7.3 ppg, respectively. Among the five, Majak leads the team and the NE10 with an impressive 62.5 percent (70-of-112) shooting from the field, while Lane is also among the best in the league at 53.4 percent (126-of-236). Majak is also the NE10's leading shot blocker with 66 stuffed attempts, which also ranks him third nationally in total blocks.

SCOUTING THE DOLPHINS
Looking for their third win in the last four games, the Dolphins are looking to get back in the win column after dropping a 77-57 decision on the road at Molloy over the weekend. Despite averaging 72.2 points per game for the season, Staten Island is being outscored by more than five points per game as they are surrendering 77.3 ppg to their opponents. They are also being outdone on the boards by an average of 3.6 per game. Individually, five different players are averaging in double figures, led by Messiah Mallory who comes in shooting at a 49% clip (153-314) for an average of 15.9 ppg while also leading the way on the boards with 9.0 per game. He is also a big shot blocker with 62 on the year. Following him in leading the team is Bryce Waterman who is averaging 13.3 ppg.

SERIES HISTORY vs STATEN ISLAND

·         New Haven and Staten Island meet for the third time in the history of the two programs.

·         New Haven owns a perfect 2-0 record in the previous two meetings.

·         The initial meeting in the series cam back in the 1961-62 season with the Chargers taking a slim 70-68 win.

·         When renewing the series last season, New Haven stormed out of Staten Island with a convincing 81-50 victory.

LAST TIME VS THE DOLPHINS
Despite trailing 2-0 in the first minute of the game, the Chargers stormed out to an 81-50 victory to open its 2021-22 campaign with its first game of the CSI Tip Off Tournament. Leading the Chargers on the day was then sophomore Davontrey Thomas (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) who chipped in a cool 31 points, which remains his career-high to this day. For the game, Thomas shot 10-of-15 form the field, including four three pointers while also going 7-of-8 from the free throw line. He was one of two players in double figures as Quashawn Lane (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic Academy) joined him with 11 points. Thomas also completed the double double on the day, pulling down 10 boards. As a team, New Haven shot 47.7 percent from the field, connecting on 31-of-65 attempts, with six of those baskets outside the three point arc. They also went 13-of-21 at the free throw line.

NEXT TIME OUT
The Chargers will head on the road for the final time in the regular season with their longest conference road trip of the year when they venture to Syracuse for another date with Dolphins, this time the Le Moyne Dolphins, in a rematch of an earlier meeting that fell in favor of the Chargers 69-50. The Saturday afternoon NE10 battle is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. tipoff with all of the action available live on NE10 NOW.