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THE LEAD
With the Northeast-10 Championship just days away, the New Haven men's basketball team has a lot on the line in its regular season finale tonight when they host Saint Anselm. The winner of tonight's game between the Chargers and Hawks will secure the third and final first round bye in the postseason tournament, while the other will begin its quest for a title on Friday night. Tipoff in the regular season finale against the Hawks is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with all of the action available on the Charger Sports Network on NE10 NOW.

SCOUTING THE CHARGERS
With its final game of the regular season on the docket this afternoon, 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 88% of the total scoring (1,461-of-1,704 total points). Leading the team individually is transfer guard Ty Perry (Boston, Mass./Brighton) who has scored 20+ in eight games including hitting a career-high of 24 on three occasions. For the season, Perry is averaging 15.2 ppg which is ninth most on the team. Following him in the scoring column is Quashawn Lane (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic Academy) who has scored in double figures in all but two games this season, averaging 14.6 ppg. In addition, Lane leads the team with 89 assists and 37 steals. Junior Davontrey Thomas (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) rounds out the top three with a 12.7 ppg average, including leading the team from beyond the arc with 60 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 9.4 and 7.2 ppg, respectively. Among the five, Majak leads the team and the NE10 with an impressive 60.8 percent (73-of-120) shooting from the field, while Lane is also among the best in the league at 52.0 percent (133-of-256). Majak is also the NE10's leading shot blocker with 71 stuffed attempts, which also ranks him fourth nationally in total blocks.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS
Coming off of a win over Saint Michael's in its final home game of the regular season, Saint Anselm has a lot riding on its regular season finale on Tuesday night with a first round bye in the NE10 championship on the line. For the season, the Hawks are averaging 76 points per game which is the second highest in the conference, however on the flip side they are surrendering 71.6 ppg which is fourth worst in the league. Individually, the Hawks starting five are all averaging 9.1 ppg or more with Tyler Arbuckle leading all scorers with his 17.9 ppg average which is the second highest in the NE10. One of the biggest threats the Hawks provide is an outside shooting barrage where their 241 three pointers is currently second in the conference and they lead all NE10 teams with their .406 average from long range. The Hawks top three scorers are their biggest three point threats with Arbuckle second on the team with 51 three's. Mile Tention leads the team with 62 long range buckets, while Owen McGlashan leads Saint Anselm with 50 buckets from outside the arc.

SERIES HISTORY vs SAINT ANSELM

·        New Haven and Saint Anselm meet for the 32nd time in the history of the two programs.

·        Saint Anselm holds a 21-10 advantage in the previous 31 games, including two of three meetings last season

·        Saint Anselm opened up the series winning the first three meetings and extended that to 10 of the first 14 matchups.

·        In the meeting earlier this season, the Chargers scored a 72-63 victory on the Hawks home court, the second-straight win in the series after taking the win last season in the NCAA tournament.

LAST TIME VS THE HAWKS
Behind a season-high 25 points from junior Davontrey Thomas (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Poughkeepsie) the Chargers ran their win streak to four-straight with a 72-63 decision in the first of two meetings against the Hawks. Thomas was one of two 20 point scorers for the Chargers, joined by graduate guard Quashawn Lane (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic Academy) who finished with 20 points, while Victor Olawoye (Elmont, N.Y./Elmont Memorial High School) closed out the leading scorers with a baker's dozen, 13. Among all the leading scorers, Thomas led the shooting efforts with an impressive 10-of-13 from the field, including three from outside the arc. He also added six boards, while Majur Majak (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./) led all players in the game with 14 boards and New Haven finished with a 36-30 lead in the rebounding battle. As a team, New Haven shot 52 percent from the field, making 28-of-54 attempts, with six long range buckets. Defensively, New Haven held the home to just 39 percent shooting, 25-of-64, however the Hawks stayed in the game with 10 three point field goals. New Haven also finished 10-of-12 at the free throw line.

DEFENSE ON LOCK
The Chargers enter the matchup against Saint Anselm allowing the least amount of points in the conference, holding opponents to 63.4 points per game. New Haven has also held opponents to a 39.6 field goal percentage, which leads the NE10, and 35.8 from three-point range which is seventh in the conference.

NEXT TIME OUT
The Chargers will await the official release of the Northeast-10 Conference Championship bracket to see who they will face in their first playoff game. Opening round action is scheduled for Friday, February 24, with the top three teams in the standings earning a bye to the quarterfinals on Sunday, February 26. New Haven will play at least its first game in the Championship on its home court with a tip-off time to be determined. All of the postseason playoff action be available live on NE10 NOW.