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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team (1-21, 0-17 NE-10) is reaching the final stretch of the 2008-09 season. This week, the Owls host Northeast-10 opponent St. Michael's on Tuesday night. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at Moore Field House. Southern remains home for their next contest against Stonehill on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m.

SCOUTING THE PURPLE KNIGHTS 
On Tuesday night, the Owls get their second look at NE-10 opponent St. Michaels. The Purple Knights defeated the Owls earlier in the season at the Ross Sports Center by the score of 81-73. Since then, they have dropped their last 13 of 17 games. They post an overall mark of 7-13 and conference record of 5-13. Freshman guard Alex Berthiaume is their leading scorer with 13.1 points per game as well as their leading assist man. He ranks ninth in the conference with 3.8 assists per game.

SCOUTING THE SKYHAWKS
The Owls remain at Moore Field House for another conference matchup against Stonehill. The Skyhawks also got the better end of the deal versus Southern the last time these teams met. Stonehill edged out a 62-58 win at Merkert Gymnasium on Dec. 9. Despite losing their last three of four games, the Skyhawks rank third in the conference (17-5, 12-5 NE-10). Their talented backcourt is led by junior Randall Stallworth with 12.4 points per game and 4.3 assists (fourth in the NE-10). Junior A.J. Rudowitz controls the front court as he ranks 11th in the conference in points per game (14.2) and seventh in rebounds (8).

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, Feb. 18 as they host NE-10 opponent Bentley. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Moore Field House.