2007 Southern Connecticut
State University Men's Basketball
Game 9/10 • SCSU (1-7, 0-6 NE-10)
Dec. 28/30, 2007 • Moore Fieldhouse
vs. Dominican (5-2, 1-0 CACC) • 7 p.m.
vs. Dowling (0-9, 0-5 ECC) • 3 p.m.
New Haven, Conn.

Full notes (PDF file).



THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES
The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team wraps up 2007 with a pair of non-conference home games. The Owls will challenge the Chargers from Dominican College on Friday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. They will then welcome Dowling College on Sunday, Dec. 30 at 3 p.m. Both games will be held at the James W. Moore Fieldhouse in New Haven. The Owls enter the weekend at 1-7 overall and 0-6 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

LAST TIME OUT
The Owls dropped a 75-74 decision to Felician College on a buzzer beater from Devon Young on Friday, Dec. 21. Sophomore guard Trevor Harris led the Owls' offensive attack with 19 points on an 8-for-12 shooting day. Senior forwards Ktrice McNeill (11) and Devon Sullivan (10) and junior guard Justin Gardenhire (10) also netted double figures for the Owls.

LEADING THE SCORING ATTACK
Senior forward Ktrice McNeill leads the Owls' offense in the 2007-08 campaign with 14.1 points per game. In the month of December, McNeill has led the Owls in scoring in three of their four games, averaging 17.8 points per contest in that span.

RIGHT BEHIND HIM
Sophomore guard Trevor Harris and junior guard Justin Gardenhire are also averaging double figures for the Owls with 12.5 and 11.5 points per game respectively.

AND HE CAN DISH THEM OUT
Sophomore guard Trevor Harris is also the Owls leading assist man with 32 dimes (4.0 apg). He set a season high with eight assists against Massachusetts-Lowell on Dec. 6. Harris led the 2006-07 Owls with 3.3 per contest.

CLEANING THE GLASS
Senior forward Devon Sullivan pulled down a season high 13 rebounds in two of the last three games. On the season, Sullivan leads the Owls with 7.1 rebounds per contest. Senior forward Ktrice McNeill leads SCSU with 24 offensive rebounds, and is contributing 6.9 boards per game overall.

SEND IT BACK!
The Owls have blocked 30 shots this season. Sophomore center John Mazzarella has rejected 12 shots, pacing the Owls in that category. Mazzarella blocked a career high five shots against Felician on Dec. 21.

ACCEPTING CHARITY
Junior guard Justin Gardenhire went 8-for-10 on foul shots in the Owls' 76-74 win against the University of New Haven. All of Gardenhire's free throw attempts in that game came in the second half. On the season, Gardenhire is 34-for-45 (.756) from the line, leading that category among Owls with ten attempts or more from the stripe.

STEP RIGHT UP
The six newcomers to the SCSU lineup have accounted for 23.0 points per game this season, over 32% of the team's total scoring. Junior guard Justin Gardenhire leads the new Owls in scoring with 11.5 points per contest.

WITH HONORS
Senior forward Ktrice McNeill was named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll in two consecutive weeks this month. McNeill posted 20.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in the Owls two games in the week ending Dec. 2. He then posted 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in two games during the week ending Dec. 9. McNeill led the Owls in scoring in all four games during that stretch.

SETTING THE BAR
In his fifth game in an SCSU uniform against No. 19 Saint Michael's on Dec. 1, junior forward Preston Bell posted 11 points, pulled down five rebounds, and dished out two assists in 26 minutes of action. All of these statistics mark career highs for Bell.

BACK IN ACTION
After missing the entire 2006-07 season, senior forward Ktrice McNeill returns to the Owls lineup in the 2007-08 campaign. In the 2005-06 season, McNeill posted 10.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game for the Owls.

LEADING THE SQUAD
Senior forwards Devon Sullivan and Ktrice McNeill have been named team captains for the 2007-08 season.

ON DECK
The Owls will kick off 2008 on Saturday Jan. 5 as they wrap up their current home stand and resume conference play against Franklin Pierce. The actions tips-off from Moore Fieldhouse at 3:30 p.m. The game will also be broadcast live via the Internet at SportingNewsCT.com.