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OWLS PREPARE FOR UNH AND LE MOYNE
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team prepares for two crucial Southwest Division showdowns against cross-town rival New Haven on Wednesday evening and Le Moyne College on Saturday as part of Senior Day.

SENIOR DAY
Head Coach Kate Lynch and the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team will honor its five-member senior class on Saturday afternoon against Le Moyne. The senior class includes Jackie Beathea, Jacqueline Deens, Nicole Grossbard, Liz McKinley and Danielle Powell. 

SOUTHWEST DIVISION STANDINGS
School                    NE-10            Overall
1. American Int'l        14-4    0.778        21-4
2. Adelphi                 10-8    0.556        17-9
3. Le Moyne               9-8    0.529        12-11
4. So. Connecticut      8-9    0.471        15-10
5. New Haven            8-9    0.471        12-11
6. Saint Rose            8-10    0.444        14-11
7. Pace                    5-12    0.294        10-15
**the top five teams will compete in the NE-10 Championship

SCOUTING NEW HAVEN
• The Chargers enter Wednesday's game with a road record of 5-7 as well as on a two game-winning streak.
• Senior Brianna Bradford leads the team and ranks second in the conference averaging 18.9 points per game.
• New Haven leads the conference in three categories such as: field goals made per game (24.4), field goal attempts per game (63.3) and total rebounds per game (41.7).
• In the month of February, the Chargers are shooting a season-low in all three shooting categories (36.0 % floor, 24.4 % three-point range and 63.2 % free-throw line).
• New Haven is also averaging 58.3 points, 46.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in the month of February.

ALL-TIME VS. NEW HAVEN
New Haven leads the all-time series against Southern Connecticut, 42-23, following the earlier win over the Owls this season.

PREVIOUSLY AT NEW HAVEN
Despite being tied at halftime 31-31, the women's basketball team could not stop New Haven's second half run as the Owls fell 67-55 at Charger Gymnasium in a Northeast-10 Conference showdown. Jackie Beathea recorded her fourth double-double of the season as she led the Owls with 15 points, 14 rebounds and a steal.

SCOUTING LE MOYNE
• The Dolphins enters Saturday's game with a monthly mark of 2-1 while posting a road record of 6-4.
• Le Moyne ranks fourth in the league in offensive rebounds per game with 15.3 and steals per game with 8.2.
• Le Moyne also leads the conference in turnovers per game with 14.0.
• Vandall Andrade ranks fourth in the conference averaging 16.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
• In the month of February, Le Moyne on the road is shooting 39.0 percent from the floor, 32.3 percent from three-point range and 65.9 percent from the charity stripe.

ALL-TIME VS. LE MOYNE
Southern Connecticut leads the all-time series against Le Moyne, 21-13, following the earlier win against the Dolphins this season.

PREVIOUSLY AT LE MOYNE
Despite a career-high 10 points from freshman Amanda Pfohl, the women's basketball team opened 2016 with a 47-38 Northeast-10 Conference loss to Le Moyne College at Ted Grant Court.

WEEK 13 RECAP
Southern Connecticut went 1-1 during week 13 as the Owls fell to American International 59-52, but bounced back with a crucial 68-51 win at Saint Rose. Southern Connecticut finished the regular season with a 0-2 mark against AIC and a 2-0 sweep against the Golden Knights.

BEATHEA SETS NEW CAREER-HIGH
In the loss to AIC, Jackie Beathea recorded a new
career-high in blocks with four.

WILLIAMS TIES CAREER-HIGH
At American International on Wednesday, sophomore Chandler Williams tied her career-high two assists for the third time this season.

GROSSBARD RECORDS CAREER-DAY
Senior Nicole Grossbard recorded a career day as she registered her first career double-double and a career-high 13 assists in the Owls 68-51 win over Saint Rose. Grossbard is now tied in second in the SCSU Single-Game Assist mark along with Joan Van Ness (1977-78) and Liz Gleason (1976-1977).

BEATHEA COLLECTS DOUBLE-DOUBLE
In the win at Saint Rose, senior Jackie Beathea recorded her 16th double-double of the season with 14 rebounds and 10 points. Beathea also tied her season-high in double-doubles for the second time in her career.

POWELL POSTS SEASON-HIGH IN BLOCKS
In the win against Saint Rose, senior Danielle Powell tallied her season-high four blocks. Following the game, Powell remains second in the all-time blocking category with 111.

LYNCH CLOSING IN ON 100 WINS
Following Saturday's win against Saint Rose, head coach Kate Lynch is now four games away from recording her 100th win as a head coach.

UPDATED SCSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CAREER RECORD BOOK NOTES
Jackie Beathea:
• fourth in field goals made with 549.
• fourth in free throws made with 337.
• second in free throw attempts with 571.
• first in rebounds with 1435.
• first in highest rebounding average with 13.2.
• sixth in blocks with 76.
Danielle Powell:
• 14th in rebounds with 575.
• second in blocks with 111.
Nicole Grossbard:
• fourth in total assists with 427.

UPDATED SCSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SINGLE SEASON RECORD BOOK NOTES
Nicole Grossbard
• tied in second in single game assists with 13.
• fifth in single season (14-15) total assists with 142.
Jackie Beathea
• first and second in single game rebounding with 22 and 21.
• four of top 12 top single season rebounding marks. (2 - 330, 2015-16; 4 - 298, 2015-16 ; 11 - 253, 2013-14 , 12 - 252, 2012-13)
• four of top five top single season rebounding marks. (1 - 13.2, 2015-16; 2 - 11.1, 2014-15; 4 - 10.1, 2012-13 and 2013-14.

OWLS AMONG NCAA LEADERS
According to the NCAA Ranking Summary (2/16):
Jackie Beathea ranks:
• first in rebounds per game with 13.0.
• first in offensive rebounds per game with 6.0.
• second in total rebounds with 298.
• fifth in double-double with 14.
Nicole Grossbard ranks:
• ninth in total assists with 146.
• 12th in assists per game with 5.8.

NORTHEAST-10 LEADERS (as of 2/16)
• Jackie Beathea not only leads the team, but leads the conference in rebounds averaging 13.2 a contest.
• Jackie Beathea is fifth in the league averaging 1.3 blocks per contest.
• Maria Weselyj leads the conference with a three-point shooting percentage of 44.3 percent.
• Nicole Grossbard is third in the league in assists averaging 5.8 a game as well as ninth in the league in steals averaging 1.8 a game.

BEATHEA SETS NEW SCSU SINGLE GAME-HIGH
In the win against Post University, Jackie Beathea set a new SCSU single game-high in rebounds with 22. She posted 10 rebounds in the first half and 12 rebounds in the second half.

BEATHEA RECORDS 1,000 CAREER REBOUND
On January 2, 2016, Jackie Beathea recorded another major achievement as an Owl as she recorded her 1,000th career rebound at Le Moyne. Following this accomplishment, she now leads SCSU in the all-time records books in rebounding.

NEW ARRIVALS
The Owls welcome four newcomers to the squad for the 2015-16 season – Jana Migliaro, Amanda Pfohl, Allie Smith and Erin Ryder.

WELCOME BACK
Southern Connecticut returns 13 players from last year's squad – seniors Liz McKinley, Jacqueline Deens, Jackie Beathea, Nicole Grossbard and Danielle Powell, juniors Taylor McLaughlin and Maria Weselyj, sophomores Chandler Williams, Abby Hurlbert, Paige Decker Chloe Brinton and Kendra Meredith, red-shirt sophomore Murphy Murad.

LYNCH NOTE
Kate Lynch '08 begins her first full season as head coach for the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team. Lynch has compiled a 81-65 overall record as a head coach. Lynch remains the all-time leading scorer in Owls' history (1,779 points) and ranks fifth all-time in rebounds (650).

IN THE POLLS
Southern Connecticut was selected fourth in the Southwest Division according to the Northeast-10 Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll.

TRI-CAPTAINS
Senior Jacqueline Deens, Nicole Grossbard and Danielle Powell will serve as team tri-captains for the Owls this winter.

LOOKING BACK ON THE SEASON THAT WAS
The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team closed the regular season with 14 wins and qualified for the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. The Owls had one student-athlete recognized by the league with year-end honors.

BEATHEA NAMED ALL-NE-10
For the third year in a row, Jackie Beathea earned All-Conference honors after an impressive season as she led the Owls in scoring with 384 points and rebounds with 323. She also recorded 16 double-doubles.

AMONG THE NE-10 LEADERS
Amongst the returners, the Owls had three players finish in the top five of Northeast-10 Conference participants in four categories.
•Jackie Beathea finished No. 1 in rebounds per game, pulling down 11.1 per contest.
•Jackie Beathea finished No. 1 in offensive rebounds per game, pulling down 5.0 per contest.
•Nicole Grossbard finished No. 2 in assists per game, recording 4.9 per contest.

EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM
Southern Connecticut had 11 student-athletes selected to the Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for their work in the classroom during the 2014-15 academic year.

UP NEXT
The Owls wrap up the 2015-16 regular season with a road game at pace University on Feb. 23.