Southern Connecticut State University Owls (6-4, 2-2 NE10)
vs Pace University Setters (11-2, 3-1 NE10)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: James Moore Field House (New Haven, Conn.)
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The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team opens up 2020 with a Northeast 10 Conference home game against the Pace University Setters at James Moore Field House on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 after a three-week holiday break. Pace was ranked No. 6 in the most recent D2SIDA East Regional Poll, last compiled on Dec. 16. 

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All-Time Against Pace University: 18-22
The Last Time They Met: Southern swept the season series against Pace last year, winning in overtime, 86-82, on Dec. 8 in Pleasantville, N.Y. and 77-61 in the regular season finale in New Haven on Feb. 23. On Dec. 8, Ulyen Coleman (Brockton, Mass.) scored a game and season-high 24 points on 9-13 shooting and drained five three-pointers. Isaiah McLeod (Cambridge, Mass.) recorded a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. On Feb. 23, McLeod scored a game-high 27 points, going 10-16 from the field. C.J. Seaforth (Hamden, Conn.) chipped in with 16 points and eight rebounds. 

Last Time Out

• Southern defeated University of the Sciences, 80-52, in a non-conference showdown at James Moore Field House.
• Freshman Lyron Bennett (Boston, Mass.) scored a career-high 22 points on 9-12 shooting and picked up four assists.
• Junior Greg Jones (Bronx, N.Y.) scored a season-high 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked two shots, and recorded three steals. Seaforth also scored 15 points. 
• Sophomore Mikey Mozzicato (Wethersfield, Conn.) chipped in a season-high 10 points.
• Sophomore Zack Penn (New Hartford, Conn.) scored six points, grabbed 10 rebounds, recorded a career-high six assists, and blocked two shots. 
• Levar Allen (Richmond, Va.) scored seven points and went a perfect 3-3 from the field in his first game since Nov. 13 against Caldwell.
• Southern's 28-point victory was their second largest margin of victory this season (33 vs Concordia on Nov. 23). 
• Southern now has two wins by at least 25 points for the first time since the 2015-16 season, where they defeated Dominican 99-69 on Nov. 14, 2015 and Caldwell 100-71 on Dec. 17, 2015. 

 
Player Notes

• Taurus Adams II (Milwaukee, Wisc.) averaged 22.3 points per game in three games December games, recording two of his four career 20+ point games in the month.
• Adams II also recorded two double-doubles in December and has five on the season, tied for third in the NE10. 
• Seaforth has made at least three three-pointers in a game in eight of his nine games played this season.
• Bennett is 8-14 (57 percent) from three-point range since Nov. 26, a span of five games. 
• Khalil Richard (Baltimore, Md.) has scored in double figures in six of the his last seven games played. 
• Among players that have made at least 2.5 per game and played in 75 percent of their teams' games, Seaforth is tied 11th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 49.3 percent and tied for 15th nationally in three-point field goals made at 3.67. 

 
Team Notes

• This is the Owls' first conference home game since Nov. 26 against American International College. 
• Southern has made 64 of their last 78 free throw attempts (82 percent) dating back to their game on Nov. 23 against Concordia. 
• The Owls are 11th nationally in free throw percentage at 80.4 percent. 
• Southern leads the NE10 in offensive rebounds per game at 12.6. 
• Defensively, the Owls are holding opponents to 41.4 percent shooting (third best in the conference) and 31.1 percent from beyond the arc (second best in the conference), while holding opponents to 71.8 points per game (fifth best in the conference). 

Up Next
Southern finishes their three game home stand with a matchup against Adelphi University on Wednesday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. at James Moore Field House.