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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team will play a pair of Northeast-10 Conference games this week when it hosts Pace on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. followed by a road game at AIC on Saturday beginning at 3:30 p.m.
BALANCE IS KEY
Four Owls scored in double figures in last week's games against Assumption and Saint Rose. In the former contest, Trevon Hamlet led the Owls with 19 points and six rebounds. Greg Langston tallied 16 points, Dominique Langston contributed 14 points to go along with six rebounds and Kyle Callanan scored 10 points to go along with a team-high four assists. In the game against Saint Rose, Hamlet and Greg Langston both scored 17 points apiece, Luke Houston added a season-high 16 points to go along with a team-high four assists and Dominique Langston chipped in with 15 points, six rebounds and four steals. Through five games this year, the Owls are 3-1 when at least four players reach double digits in scoring.
HAMLET EARNS NE-10 HONORS
Trevon Hamlet was named to the Northeast-10 weekly honor roll for his play in the win over Adelphi on Nov. 16. On the season, Hamlet is averaging 17.6 points per game to go along with 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.
NEWCOMERS IMPROVING NUCLEUS
Freshmen Kyle Callanan and Luke Houston have continued to make an impact for the Owls. Entrenched in a starting role, Callanan is averaging 8.6 points per game and is tied for second on the team with 12 assists. Houston averages 8.2 points per contest and his 11 assists are good for the third most amongst the Owls. Meanwhile, transfer Dominique Langston is third on the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game and leads the Owls in rebounding with 7.4 boards per contest.
ALL-TIME AGAINST THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
SCSU brings an all-time record of 4-19 record into Wednesday's game against Pace, though the Owls swept last year's season series. The Owls will look to improve on their 22-42 all-time record against AIC heading into Saturday's matchup.
HARRIS NAMED TEAM CAPTAIN
Senior guard Chris Harris has been selected as team captain for the Owls in 2011-12.
IN SEASON OPENERS
With the victory over Post, the Owls are now 26-36 all-time in season openers.
IN THE NE-10 PRESEASON POLL
The Owls have been selected eighth in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason poll. They finished tied for 10th in the regular season standings last season.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome eight newcomers to the squad for the 2011-12 season - Ryan Belote, Kyle Callanan, Kevin Clark, Jose Cruz, Luke Houston, Dominique Langston, Tylon Smith and Rashamell Vereen.
VETERAN PRESENCE
Southern Connecticut returns six players from last year's squad - seniors Chris Harris and Kieran Ramsey, junior Trevon Hamlet and sophomores Joe Groski, Lenzie Harrison and Greg Langston.
HAMLET RECEIVES PRESEASON HONORS
Junior forward Trevon Hamlet has earned preseason All-American honors by The Sporting News. Last season as a sophomore, Hamlet collected All-ECAC and All-Northeast-10 Conference honors after averaging 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per game.
OWLS FINISH WITH FINE CAMPAIGN
The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team took a key step forward during the 2010-11 season. The Owls closed the year with 12 wins and qualified for the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament.
REACHING THE POST-SEASON
The berth in the NE-10 Tournament was the third for the Owls since joining the league, but the first in nine years. The Owls qualified in 2000-01 and 2001-02, but lost in the first round on both occasions.
THAT'S QUITE A TURNAROUND
The Owls posted the third-highest win turnaround in all of Division II last season. Only Georgia Southwestern and Adams State (Colo.) posted better win improvements than the Owls, who finished the year 10 wins better than the year prior.
HAMLET EARNS POST-SEASON RECOGNITION
Forward Trevon Hamlet earned All-ECAC and All-Northeast-10 Conference honors after a fine sophomore season in which he averaged 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per contest for the Owls.
OWLS RANK AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
The Owls closed the year ranked No. 8 in all of Division II in field goal percentage defense (.388) and No. 15 in blocked shots/game (4.6). Trevon Hamlet closed the year ranked No. 19 with 2.3 blocks per game.
A GRAND ACCOMPLISHMENT
Thanks to a season-high 30 point effort at Assumption on Feb. 23 2010, Trevon Hamlet went over the 1,000 point mark for his collegiate career. Hamlet tallied 540 points as a freshman at Post University and tallied 475 points as an Owl in 2010-11.
IT'S SIMPLE...SHOOT BETTER AND WIN
The Feb. 23 game against Assumption marked the first time on the season that the Owls shot better from the field than their opponent, yet lost. The Owls finished the year 9-1 when shooting better than their opponents and 3-14 when shooting worse than the opposition.
DEFENSE CAN TELL THE STORY
The Owls merited just 64.8 points per game in their 12 wins, but allowed 75.9 points per game in their 15 losses in 2010-11.
OWLS IN THE REGIONAL RANKINGS
Southern Connecticut was present in the NCAA Regional rankings for most of the latter half of the season, peaking as high as No. 7 in the rankings.
WELCOME TO THE DOUBLE DIGIT CLUB
Southern Connecticut reached double figures in victories last year for the first time since the 2001-02 season. That year's club finished 14-13, also the last time that the Owls posted a winning record.
THE CENTURY CLUB
Southern Connecticut reached the 100-point plateau in the Assumption game for the first time since Feb. 10, 2001, a 124-123 triple overtime loss against Pace.
ON DECK
The Owls will travel to face Le Moyne on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.
