Southern Connecticut State University Owls (12-9, 7-7 NE10)
at Pace University Setters (16-8, 8-7 NE10)
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Goldstein Fitness Center (Pleasantville, N.Y.)
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Southern Connecticut State University Owls (12-9, 7-7 NE10)
vs. Le Moyne College Dolphins (17-6, 13-2 NE10)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 15, 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 will wrap up the back end of a two-game road trip against the Pace University Setters in a Northeast 10 Conference in Pleasantville, N.Y. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
 
The Owls currently sit in fifth place in the Southwest Division of the NE10 with a record of 7-7, but are tied in the loss column with third place Pace and New Haven, who both have a record of 8-7. Adelphi sits in second place with a record of 9-5, while Southern has a three game lead over American International College, sit in sixth place with a 5-10 conference record with five games remaining. The top five teams in each division play in the conference tournament, with the top three teams in each division automatically earning a spot in the quarterfinals and the top two teams hosting a quarterfinals game
 
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All-Time Against Pace University: 19-22
The Last Time They Met: Southern defeated Pace at Moore Field House on Jan. 4, 2020, 64-61. At the time, Pace was ranked No. 6 in the most recent D2SIDA East Regional Poll. Taurus Adams II (Milwaukee, Wisc.) finished with a game-high 17 points and 11 rebounds, and C.J. Seaforth (Hamden, Conn.) finished with 16 points and three steals. Isaiah Boissard (Walden, N.Y.) finished with 10 points and Lyron Bennett (Boston, Mass.) scored seven points and grabbed nine rebounds. 
 
All-Time Against Le Moyne: 19-25
The Last Time They Met: Southern fell to Le Moyne in Syracuse, N.Y., 97-70, on Dec. 7, 2019. Adams II scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds while recorded 17 points and eight rebounds. Seaforth scored 11 points and Khalil Richard (Baltimore, Md.) added 10 points.
 
Last Time Out

• Southern fell to American International College, 87-65, in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday, Feb. 8.
• Bennett scored a team-high 19 points and shot 6-11 from the field, while Boissard scored 16 points and shot 7-12 from the field.
• Greg Jones (Bronx, N.Y.) recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds, his third double-double of the season.

 
Player Notes

• Jones has scored at least 15 points in three consecutive games and five of his last six games.
• Jones is averaging 16.3 points per game and shooting 53.7 percent from the field over his last 12 games, dating back to Dec. 10 against Saint Rose.
• Jones has made 31 of his last 34 free throw attempts dating back to Jan. 8 against Adelphi.
• Boissard has recorded double-digit point totals in four of his last six games.
• Adams II has scored in double-figures in 15 of his 17 games played.
• Adams II is averaging 17.8 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game since Dec. 4 against New Haven, a span of 12 games, while also recording six double-doubles in those 12 games and shooting 57.5 percent from the field.
• Since the start of January, Adams II is 11-20 (55 percent) from three-point range.
• Bennett is shooting 46.6 percent from three-point range since Nov. 26, a span of 15 games.
• Over his last 11 games, Richard is averaging 12 points per game and shooting 46.0 percent from the field.
• Seaforth has scored at least 15 points in nine of his 17 games played this season.  
• Over the last four games, Boissard is shooting 53.4 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three-point range, scoring a total of 54 points. 
• Zack Penn (New Hartford, Conn.) is the only player to have appeared in every game for Southern this season, and is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and pulling down 5.2 rebounds per game since Jan. 22. 
• Jones was named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the 13th week of the season for his performances against New York Institute of Technology and AIC, his third consecutive weekly honor.

Team Notes

• The Owls are tied for 26th nationally in free throw percentage at 77.5 percent. 
• Southern is tied for third in the NE10 in rebounds per game (38.3) and tied for second in offensive rebounds per game (11.3). 
• Defensively, the Owls are holding opponents to 43.9 percent and 34.2 percent from beyond the arc (both tied fourth lowest in the conference), while holding opponents to 73.1 points per game (fifth lowest in the conference). 
• Southern is 16-3 in their last 19 games against the Setters, dating back to the 2010-11 season, and have won 11 of their last 12 meetings against Pace dating back to Feb. 19, 2014.
• Southern has also won four of their last five games on the road against Pace.

NE10 Rankings

• Adams II is tied for second in double-doubles with nine, second in offensive rebounds per game with 3.9, and third in rebounds per game with 9.0. 
• Seaforth is tied third in steals per game (1.7). 
• Jones is tied for fifth in blocks per game with 1.2, recording 22 total in 19 games. 
• Jones ranks third in the NE10 in free throw percentage at 89.1, among players that have made at least two free throws per game and played in 60 percent of their team's games. 
• Jones and Adams II are the only pair of teammates in the NE10 to average at least 13 points and seven rebounds per game. 

DII Rankings

• Adams II is tied for 24th in double-doubles.
• Adams II sixth in offensive rebounds per game. 
• Jones is 23rd in free throw percentage.

Up Next
Southern begins their final home stand of the season against first place Le Moyne College on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.