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The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team will travel to Pace (16-5, 13-4 NE-10) on Wednesday night followed by a home game against AIC (9-12, 8-9 NE-10) on Saturday. SCSU enters this week's matchups with a 16-4 overall mark and is 13-3 in Northeast-10 Conference play.

ALL-TIME VS PACE
Southern holds a 16-13 series edge against Pace.

ALL-TIME VS AIC
AIC owns a 18-13 all-time series lead against SCSU.

SENIORS SET NEW CAREER-HIGHS
Senior guards Alex Fiola and Lauren Allen set new career-highs in scoring last week en-route to a 71-63 win over Assumption. Allen netted a new carrer-high 12 points, while classmate Alex Fiola tallied 20 points.

VOTES IN NATIONAL POLL
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team fell just out of the ESPN Division II National Poll. The Owls were just short of breaking the top 25. SCSU recently beat Nationally ranked Bentley University last Satruday. The Owls are 16-4 on the season and 13-3 in Northeast-10 Conference play. This is the first time the team has recieved votes since the 2007 season.

DOWN THE STRETCH
With five games to go the Owls are in sole possession of seond place in the NE-10. The top 10 teams in the conference will make the NE-10 tournament, with the top four teams hosting.

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
Southern has taken down three nationally ranked opponents this year, including No. 22 Assumption, No. 23 Franklin Pierce and No. 5 Bentley.

BALL BANDIT
Junior Camille Fantini recorded a new career-high seven steals in a win over Assumption last Wednesday.

OWLS BREAK BENTLEY'S HOME STREAK
Southern broke Bentley's 17-game home winning streak, beating the No. 5 nationally ranked Falcons, 63-59 on Jan. 28.

MOORE EARNS NE-10 WEEKLY HONORS
Sylvonya Moore was selected as the Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week for her efforts in the Owls' two wins. She averaged 25.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest, including a career-high 30 points in the win over SNHU.

GIVE ME MOORE
Sylvonya Moore erupted for a career-high 30 points in a win over SNHU. She scored 20 points in the first half and knocked down her first seven field goals en route to a 12-for-15 effort from the field. Moore also added a career-high six steals and six rebounds in the contest.

DOUBLE DOSE
Junior Camille Fantini and sophomore Moni Ocran-Smith registered double-doubles en-route to a 59-38 win against Stonehill. 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 and rebounds against Stonehill. Fantini netted 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds.

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

CAREER HIGHS EQUALING SUCCESS
The Owls have benefitted from increased scoring output from nearly its entire roster this season. Returners Sylvonya Moore (14.5 ppg), Alex Fiola (8.9 ppg), Camille Fantini (10.6 ppg), Moni Smith-Ocran (9.3 ppg) and Shaniqua Fuller (2.7 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 9-3 when senior guard Sylvonya Moore leads the team in scoring, and 14-1 when Moni Ocran-Smith leads the team in rebounding. The club is also 12-0 when at least one player posts a double-digit rebounding effort and 7-0 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 10 of the last 14 contests.

AMONG THE NORTHEAST-10 LEADERS
Camille Fantini leads the league with 3.3 steals per game and 70 total steals, while Moni Smith-Ocran is currently third in the NE-10 with 9.8 rebounds per contest and is 13th in steals. Alex Fiola is also 18th in the league in assists. Sylvonya Moore ranks fourth in the league in steals and 12th in points/game.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS
Southern is currently ranked No. 7 in the country in steals/game and ranks No. 8 in turnover margin. Camille Fantini is also No. 10 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 15-game winning streak was 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 sixth double-double of the year with an 12-point, 15-rebound effort in the win over Bentley. She now has eight 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
One hundred and forty of the 191 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 will host LeMoyne on Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m.