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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team will play its final game of the 2012 calendar year on Dec. 31 with a 1 p.m. road start at Dominican.

LAST TIME OUT
The Owls fell to New Haven on Dec. 8 by a final score of 84-64 to fall to 1-5 in the Northeast-10 Conference.

OWLS DEFEAT LEMOYNE
Southern Connecticut recorded a win at home on Dec. 4, beating LeMoyne 69-52. Senior Camille Fantini scored a team-high 17 points in the win.  

BEATHEA RECORDS FOURTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Freshman Jackie Beathea recorded her fourth double-double on Dec. 8 vs. LeMoyne. Beathea grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds and scored 18 points in the win.

BEATHEA AND SMITH-OCRAN RANK AMONG NCAA STAT LEADERS
Freshman Jackie Beathea and senior Moni Smith-Ocran are tied for No. 22 in the nation in double-doubles with four. while Camille Fantini is No. 26 in steals as of Dec. 16.

LEADING THE WAY
Freshman Jackie Beathea leads the Owls in scoring with 14 points per game and in rebounds with 9.9 rebounds per contest.

LAST SEASON VS. DOMINICAN
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team defeated Dominican, 70-32, in a game at Moore Field House on Dec. 30, 2011.
• Moni Smith-Ocran led the charge for the Owls picking up a double-double, scoring a team-high 18 points, 14 rebounds and four steals.
• Sylvonya Moore contributed 14 points and seven rebounds in the game. Shaniqua Fuller provided a spark off the bench, scoring nine points and collecting six rebounds in 13 minutes played. Lauren Allen, Camille Fantini and Keshia Primo eached tallied eight points in the game. Fantini also added seven rebounds, four steals and six assists in the game.

ALL-TIME VS. DOMINICAN
The Owls hold a 3-1 series record againist the Chargers. Southern has won the last two meetings.

BEATHEA TALLIES DOUBLE-DOUBLE VS. PACE
Freshman forward Jackie Beathea recorded her third double-double of the year in a 62-59 loss to Pace on Nov. 28. Sophomore Mariah Hankton also chipped in with a season-high 19 points for Southern.

ANOTHER DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR SMITH-OCRAN
Junior forward Moni Smith-Ocran tallied her fourth double-double in a row for the Owls on Nov. 20. She recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds.

SMITH-OCRAN TALLIES THIRD DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Moni Smith-Ocran tallied her third double-double on the year after recording 15 points and 14 rebounds on Nov. 17  vs. Saint Thomas Aquinas.

BEATHEA RECEIVES ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman forward Jackie Beathea was named the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie Of The Week for her performances last  week. Beathea scored 20 points and pulled down 15 reboundsat Adelphi on 11/14 and had nine points and nine boards versus Saint Thomas Aquinas on Nov. 17.

SMITH-OCRAN NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior forward Moni Smith-Ocran was named the Northeast-10  Conference Player Of The Week for her performance against  Dowling on Nov. 10. Smith-Ocran had 18 points and 12  rebounds in the Owls opener.

OWLS DEFEAT SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
SCSU defeated Saint Thomas Aquinas on Nov. 17, 63-54, to pick up its second win of the year.

BEATHEA RECORDS FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Freshman Jackie Beathea recorded her first career double-double on 11/14 in a loss to Adelphi. Beathea pulled down  15 rebounds to go with her team-high 20 points.

OWLS DEFEAT DOWLING
Southern Connecticut opened its 2012-13 season on Nov. 10 with a win against Dowling, 70-68. Camille Fantini hit a game winning three-pointer with 28 seconds left in the game.

SMITH-OCRAN POSTS DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Junior Moni Smith-Ocran posted her first double-double of the year on Nov. 10 vs. Dowling. She scored a team-high 18 points, while pulling down 12 rebounds in the win.

IN SEASON OPENERS
The Owls are now 29-10 in season-opening games since 1974-75. SCSU has won its last five season openers.

IN THE NE-10 PRESEASON POLL
The Owls have been selected fourth in the Northeast-10 Conference preseason poll.

IN THE NATIONAL POLL
SCSU has been selected No. 21 in  the USA Today Sports/ESPN Top 25 coaches preseason poll. They are also No. 16 in the Division II Bulletin preseason rankings.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome seven newcomers to the squad for the 2012-13 season - Katie Stopera, Danielle Powell, Nicole Grossbard, Amani Lightbourne, Jackie Beathea, Liz McKinley and Trinity Barnes.

VETERAN PRESENCE
Southern Connecticut returns four players from last year's squad - Mariah Hankton, Camille Fantini, Jacqueline Deens
and Moni Smith-Ocran.

OWLS ENJOY STELLAR CAMPAIGN
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team closed the 2011-12 campaign with a 25-6 overall record and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Along the way, the Owls also advanced to the finals of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament.

WIN IMPROVEMENT TOPS IN DIVISION II
The Owls improved from 11 wins in 2010-11 to 25 victories in 2011-12, which marked the best win improvement (+14) in all of Division II from the two campaigns.

OWLS FINISH NO. 24 IN NATIONAL POLL
Southern Connecticut concluded the 2011-12 season ranked No. 24 in the national ranking in the WBCA/ESPN Division II poll. SCSU had been ranked as high as No. 18 during the course of the season.

SCSU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The 2012 appearance marked the sixth appearance all-time for the Owls in the tournament. SCSU is 13-5 all-time in the NCAA tournament and has won at least one game in each of the six appearances.

SMITH-OCRAN SETS REBOUNDS RECORD
Moni Smith-Ocran set a new single season record last year, recording 307 total rebounds. That broke Melissa Palmer's record of 296 that was set during the 1987-88 campaign.

BROWN EARNS ARRAY OF ACCOLADES
Head coach Meghan Brown was named a finalist for the 2012 National Coach of the Year award in addition to her selection as WBCA Regional and Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year.

TWO OWLS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE LAURELS
Two student-athletes were awarded year-end honors from the Northeast-10 Conference. Sylvonya Moore was named Second-Team All-Conference, while Camille Fantini was named to the Third-Team.

TWO EARN ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM HONORS
Moni Smith-Ocran and Sylvonya Moore were selected to the Northeast-10 All-Tournament team for their performances in helping SCSU reach the finals.

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
Southern took down three nationally ranked opponents  last year, including No. 22 Assumption, No. 23 Franklin Pierce and No. 5 Bentley. The win over the Falcons snapped their 17-game home winning streak.

EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
The Owls had seven student-athletes named to the Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for their work in the classroom during the 2011-12 academic year - Jackie Deens, Alex Fiola, Lauren Allen, Moni SmithOcran, Shaniqua Fuller, Mariah Hankton and Keshia Primo.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
Southern finished the 2011-12 season ranked among the Division II leaders in several categories. The Owls were No. 6 in steals/game (13.9) and No. 11 in turnover margin (+5.9). In addition, Camille Fantini closed the year ranked No. 8. among all Division II players in steals/game with an average of 3.5 per outing.

FANTINI JUST MISSES ON STEALS RECORD
Camille Fantini finished just five steals away from setting a new SCSU single-season mark. She had 107 steals on the year, just four back of Geraldine Artis, who registered 111 steals for the Owls during the 1990-91 campaign.

ON DECK
The Owls open the 2013 calendar year on Jan. 5 with a road game at Saint Rose.