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OWLS RETURN TO MOORE FIELD HOUSE
The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team (1-10, 0-8 NE-10) returns to Moore Field House for the first time since Dec. 6. Last week the Owl's snapped a nine game losing streak to defeat non-conference opponent Dowling. This week the team looks for their first Northeast-10 win as they host AIC and Southern New Hampshire before traveling to Franklin Pierce. The Owls face AIC on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Southern New Hampshire on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 10, Southern travels to New Hampshire to face Franklin Pierce at 3:30 p.m.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
On Tuesday, Jan. 6 the Owls get their first look at NE-10 opponent AIC. The Yellow Jackets post an overall mark of 7-5 and 4-4 in the conference. They are coming off back-to-back loses to Saint Rose and Bridgeport. They are led by freshman guard Isiah Wallace who averages a team-best 17 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. Up next, the Owls tip-off against Southern New Hampshire. The Penmen are 7-5 overall and 3-5 in the NE-10. They are also coming off a two game losing streak after winning five straight. Sophomore Tory Stapleton and junior Stephon Wood average 13.5 and 12.8 points per game respectively. The Owls' last opponent of the week is Franklin Pierce with a 4-6 overall record and 1-4 in conference play. The Ravens are losers of four straight and are led by senior forward Rimas Varanauskas, averaging a team-high 14.9 points per game.

OWLS ON THE HONOR ROLL
Junior center John Mazzarella has earned recognition on the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll twice this season. He was selected to the weekly honor roll on Dec. 1 for his performance against Pace and Dec. 15 for his performances against Stonehill and New Haven.

RETURNING A STRONG LINEUP
SCSU will look for its veterans to lead the team this season as they welcome back 10 returning players from last year's squad. Three of the team's top four scorers in 2007-08 return to the team's lineup including seniors Justin Gardenhire and Preston Bell as well as junior Trevor Harris.

WELCOME ABOARD
The Owls welcome two newcomers to this year's team including freshmen guard Chris Harris and forward Kieran Ramsey.

IN THE NORTHEAST-1O PRESEASON POLL
The Owls have been ranked No. 15 in this year's Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches Poll.

GOING OUT WITH A BANG
The Owls' defeated the University of Massachusetts-Lowell by a score of 61-43 in their final home game of the 2007-08 season. The team hopes for similar success this season on Senior Night, which will be played on Feb. 24 against Le Moyne at 7:30 p.m.

SETTING THE STANDARD
A trio of first year Owls in 2007-08, Andrew Zito, Lance Long and Tocari Davis, set career highs in the team's Feb. 16 game at Bryant. Zito scored a career-high 10 points. Long netted six points to mark a new career-best and also dished out a career-high three assists. Davis matched his career-high of eight points and set career highs in rebounds and assists with five of each. Davis played every minute of the game before fouling out with 22 seconds remaining.

RUNNING THE POINT
In 2007-08, Trevor Harris dished out a career-high 11 assists against Pace on Feb. 13. The Nanuet, N.Y. native was the Owls leading assist man on the season, as he dished out 102 dimes. Harris also led the 2006-07 club with 3.3 assists per game.

AN OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
In the 2007-08 campaign, the Owls scored a season-high 89 points in their win over Dominican on Dec. 28. Preston Bell led the offensive effort with a career-high 22 points. The Owls' previous season-high of 80 points came in the team's season opening loss to St. Anselm on Nov. 17. Southern Connecticut last scored 89 or more points in a game on Feb. 4, 2006 in a 102-92 overtime loss at Merrimack. SCSU last scored 89 or more points in a 40 minute contest on Feb. 25, 2003, when they defeated Le Moyne by a score of 91-75.

ON DECK
The Owls return to the court on Wednesday, Jan. 14 as the team travels to Massachusetts for a conference game against Umass-Lowell. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Costello Athletic Center.