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DATE: January 3, 2024
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LOCATION: Ross Sports Center | Colchester, Vt. |
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WHAT'S ON TAP
Looking for its first conference win of the season and a third-straight win on the record, the New Haven women's basketball team begins the 2024 portion of its schedule on the road in ski country, Colchester, Vt., as they take on the Saint Michael's Purple Knights.
SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
Three straight double doubles from graduate post player Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) and she is back on top of the scoring column for the Blue and Gold while also leading the team and the Northeast-10 Conference in rebounds. One of two players in the NE10 to average a double-double, Deshaies enters Wednesday night with averages of 13.0 ppg and 10.4 rebounds per game. Also on a bit of a hot streak is junior guard Charlotte Bassett (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) who has scored in double figures in three of the last four games, including a career-high 22 points against Georgian Court. Her recent success has also moved her up the scoring column, currently third on the team with an average of 7.8 ppg. Remaining among the trio of leading scorers is sophomore Lindsay Hogan (Bayville, N.Y./Locust Valley) who has helped fill the void left by the loss of two of the top three scorers from a year ago as she is averaging 12.6 points across the first nine games and leads the Chargers with 16three point field goals. To start the season, fifth-year head coach Debbie Buff turned to the experience of senior Gabrielle Stickle (Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) to run the offense and she hasn't disappointed as she has dished out 37 assists and is third in the NE10 with 4.1 per game. Included for Stickle is a pair of games with a career-high eight assists versus Goldey-Beacom and Georgian Court. Despite the 4-5 overall record, New Haven is outscoring opponents by an average of 7.3 points per game, scoring 80+ in the first two games of the season, after hitting that scoring mark just once all of last season. All combined, the Chargers are shooting 41.4 percent (212-512) as a team, led by Deshaies who is shooting 50.0 percent from the field (52-104).
SCOUTING SAINT MICHAEL'S
Also in search of its first NE10 win of the season, Saint Michael's enters Wednesday night with a 4-7 overall record. For the season, the Purple Knights are scoring at just a 55.6 points per game average, while surrendering 64.3 ppg to their opponents. Individually, just one player is averaging in double figures for Saint Michael's with one of two sisters on the team, Amber Furch leading the way with a 10.1 ppg average, shooting 41.5 percent from the field. More than half of her 34 total field goals have come from outside the arc (21 three's), while she is also second on the team with 21 assists. Following her in the scoring column is Makayla Blake who is averaging 9.6 ppg and a team-high 5.0 rebounds per game.
SERIES HISTORY vs SAINT MICHAEL'S
· New Haven and Saint Michael's meet for the 24th time in the history of the two programs.
· New Haven holds a 14-9 record in the previous 23 games, including winning the last 11 straight meetings.
· New Haven opened up the series with a 10-point victory back in February of 1983.
· Last season, the Chargers continued their current win streak in the series with a nine-point triumph.
· In the current 11-game win streak, New Haven has won by double figures in all but two games and both of those were nine-point victories.
NEXT TIME OUT
New Haven will play one more game on the road before making its home debut in 2024, with the second-game of the two-game road trip slated for Saturday, January 6 when they take on the American International Yellow Jackets in Springfield. Opening tip from Butova Gymnasium is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. with all of the action available live on the Chargers Sports Network on NE10Now.tv
