Complete Game Notes

TWO KEY GAMES AWAIT
Winners of 12 in a row, the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team looks to continue its winning streak with two conference games this week against Southern New Hampshire (15-4, 10-3 NE-10) at home on Wednesday and at Bentley (16-2, 12-1 NE-10) on Saturday. The Owls enter the week with an overall record of 14-3 and 11-2 in Northeast-10 Conference play.

DOUBLE DOSE
Junior Camille Fantini and sophomore Moni Ocran-Smith registered double-doubles en-route to a 59-38 win against Stonehill on Saturday. Fantini netted 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Ocran-Smith tallied 18 points and grabbed 13 boards.

FANTINI SETS NEW CARRER HIGHS VS. STONEHILL
Camillie Fantini set new career-highs in points are rebounds against Stonehill on Saturday. Fantini netted 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds.

ALL-TIME VS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Owls hold a 33-22 all-time series edge against the Penmen.

ALL-TIME VS BENTLEY
Bentley owns a 19-9 series lead against Southern.

FRESHMAN FURRY
Freshman guard Mariah Hankton had a game-high 15 points in a win over St. Anselm Tuesday night.

RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE
The Owls jumped out to a 15-0 run to start the game against St. Anselm.

CAREER HIGHS EQUALING SUCCESS
The Owls have benefitted from increased scoring output from nearly its entire roster this season. Returners Sylvonya Moore (13.4 ppg), Alex Fiola (8.9 ppg), Camille Fantini (10.7 ppg), Moni Smith-Ocran (9.5 ppg) and Shaniqua Fuller (3.1 ppg) are currently all posting career-bests in points per game.

STEALING THE SHOW
The Owls recorded a season-high 21 steals against Queens on Jan. 9 and at Merrimack on Jan 14.

TRACKING THE TRENDS
SCSU is 7-2 when senior guard Sylvonya Moore leads the team in scoring, and 11-1 when Moni Ocran-Smith leads the team in rebounding. The club is also 10-0 when at least one player posts a double-digit rebounding effort and 6-0 when a player records a double-double.

MOORE EARNS NE-10 HONORS ONCE AGAIN
Sylvonya Moore was selected to the Northeast-10 weekly honor roll last week for her play against St. Michael's and Merrimack. She averaged 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals per contest in a 2-0 week for the Owls.

FIOLA KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
Senior guard Alex Fiola averaged 16.5 points per game in the Owls' contests against St.Michael's and Merrimack, while also hitting on 10-of-23 shots from behind the three-point arc.

AGGRESSIVE DOWN ON THE BLOCKS
Moni Smith-Ocran has recorded double digits rebounding efforts in eight of the 10 contests.

AMONG THE NORTHEAST-10 LEADERS
Camille Fantini leads the league with 3.2 steals per game and 55 total steals, while Moni Smith-Ocran is currently third in the NE-10 with 9.9 rebounds per contest. Alex Fiola is also 14th in the league in assists.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
Southern is currently ranked No. 7 in the country in steals/game (14.3) and ranks No. 8 in turnover margin (+7.4). Camille Fantini is also No. 16 in steals/game.

HANKTON SHINES
Freshman Mariah Hankton netted a career-high 22 points in a conference matchup against UMass-Lowell on Jan. 7.

TEAM EFFORT
The Owls made a statement against UMass-Lowell, outscoring the RiverHawks, 40-9, in bench points.

CAN WE GET SOME MOORE
Senior Sylvonya Moore finished with a double-double against UMass-Lowell. Moore posted 13 points and 14 rebounds in the win.

FOUR SCORE AND...
Southern Connecticut had four players in double figures against Franklin Pierce, led by a 21-point effort from Sylvonya Moore.

STRINGING IT TOGETHER
The Owls 12-game winning streak is the longest since the 2006-07 season.

DISHING IT OUT
Senior Alex Fiola handed out a career-high seven assists in the win over Franklin Pierce.

SWIPER, NO SWIPING!
Sophomore Shaniqua Fuller recorded a career-best five steals against Franklin Pierce.

MOORE EARNS WEEKLY HONORS
Sylvonya Moore was named to the Northeast-10 weekly honor roll for her play in the Owls' win over Dominican.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Moni Smith-Ocran posted her fifth double-double of the year with an 18-point, 13-rebound effort in the win over Stonehill. She now has seven career double-doubles.

FOLLOW THE CAPTAINS LEAD
Senior point guard Alex Fiola netted a season-high 19 points to help lead Southern to a win over Eckerd College.

MISSING IN ACTION
The Owls continued their dominance as seven players recorded a steal in the 81-57 win over New Haven. Camille Fantini finished with five steals to lead the way, while senior captain Alex Fiola had a career-high four steals.

.MOORE FUELS COMEBACK
Sylvonya Moore scored a career-high 27 points to go along with eight rebounds, two assists and three steals in the overtime win against AIC. The Owls came back from an eight point halftime deficit to send the game into overtime, where Moore stole the show by scoring all eight of the Owls' points in the extra frame as SCSU went on to win, 71-66.

FROM WAY DOWNTOWN
118 of the 159 shots taken by Alex Fiola this year have been three-pointers.

SHARP SHOOTERS
Efficient shooting aided the Owls in their win over AIC, as they shot 52.8 percent from the field en route to the comeback victory.

IN THE NE-1O PRESEASON POLL
The Owls were selected 13th in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason poll.

MOORE EARNS NE-10 HONORS
Sylvonya Moore was named to the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll for her play against Adelphi and St. Thomas Aquinas. She averaged 19 points per game and totaled nine steals, seven rebounds and eight assists.

LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR THAT WAS
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team concluded its 2010-11 season with 11 wins. The Owls just missed a Northeast-10 Tournament berth.

COMMUNITY SERVICE CUP WINNERS
The team won the Tim Greer Insurance Agency Inc. Community Service Cup for their efforts during the 2010-11 academic year.

COMMUNITY RECOGNITION
The 2010-11 squad was recognized by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education for their outstanding community service efforts. Head coach Meghan Brown and captain Alex Fiola attended an event in Hartford to receive formal recognition for their efforts in April.

ON DECK
The Owls host Assumption on Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m.