Southern Connecticut State University Women's Basketball (9-15, 3-12 NE10)
vs. University of New Haven (11-6, 17-7 NE10)
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 19
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Moore Field House (New Haven, Conn.)
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vs. The College of Saint Rose (2-15, 7-17 NE10)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 22
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Moore Field House (New Haven, Conn.)
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The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team will continue their home stand with two Northeast 10 divisional games this week. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Owls will welcome the University of New Haven to Moore Field House for an important conference matchup. On Saturday, Feb. 22 Southern will host the College of Saint Rose and honor their senior class. The NE10 postseason tournament takes the top five teams from both the Southwest and Northwest divisions. The Chargers currently sit in fourth in the Southwest and the Owls are in sixth.
The Owls are battling for a spot with American International, who currently have one more conference victory in hand. Southern Connecticut has three games remaining against New Haven (Feb. 19), Saint Rose (Feb. 22) and Adelphi (Feb. 25), all in divisional play.
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All-Time Against New Haven: 27-44
The Last Time They Met: The Owls are facing the Chargers for the second time this season. In their first meeting, UNH took a narrow 52-48 victory over SCSU on Dec. 4, 2019 at Charger Gymnasium. New Haven has captured victories in the last three meetings with the Owls dating back to Nov. 28, 2018. Southern will look to break the streak against the Chargers on Wednesday evening.
Last Time Out
- The Owls fell to Le Moyne, 69-58 on Feb. 15 at Moore Field House.
- Redshirt junior Jessica Fressle tallied 19 points, six rebounds, an assist and a block, while shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
- Senior Imani Wheeler registered 12 points, five steals, four assists and four rebounds, shooting 50 percent from beyond the arc.
- Freshman Amani Boston recorded 11 points, three assists, two steals, while going 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
- The Owls were a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line with Fressle going 6-for-6 and Boston going 4-for-4.
- Wheelers five steals were the most she has recorded in a game since she had eight against American International College and the most by any Owl since Fressle recorded five against Franklin Pierce on Jan. 22.
Team Notes
- Southern is third in the NE10 in steals per game with an average of 8.8.
- Southern Connecticut is third in the conference in three-pointers made with 197.
- The Owls average the second least number of turnovers per game in the conference and are ranked 28th in NCAA DII women's basketball with 13.5 per game.
- The team is also 38th in the nation in turnover margin with a margin of 4.04 (337-438).
Player Notes
- Imani Wheeler has recorded double-digit points in 13-straight games with 12 points against Le Moyne. She has notched double-digit points in all but four games this season. The last player to score double-digit points in 12-straight games was Taylor McLaughlin during 2016-2017 season. McLaughlin recorded 13-straight games of double-digit points from Nov. 30, 2016 to Jan. 21, 2017.
- Wheeler has tallied three-or-more steals in six of her last seven games. She sits at 80 total steals this year and 216 in her career.
- Jessica Fressle has double-digit points in five of her last six games including two back-to-back 20-point games.
The Owls in the NE10
- Imani Wheeler is first in the conference in steals per game (3.2) and in total steals (80).
- Wheeler is also 11th in the conference in total points with 341 with fellow teammate Jessica Fressle is 10th with 348. Fressle is also 12th in points per game with 14.5, while Wheeler is 15th with 13.6.
- Fressle is fourth in free throws, going 86-for-102 on the season and is fifth in free throw percentage of 84.3.
- Three Owls rank in the top ten in minutes per game as Imani Wheeler averages a conference-high 37.9 minutes per game, while Alexa Kellner is eighth and averages 34.0 minutes and Jessica Fressle is ninth averaging 33.2.
- Wheeler has seen the most minutes in the conference clocking a total of 947 minutes on the floor this season.
The Owls in NCAA Division II
- Imani Wheeler is sixth in NCAA DII in steals with 80 and seventh in steals per game (3.2). She is the only player in the Northeast 10 to break the top ten in both categories.
Second-Half Season Notes
- Paula Tattari registered a career-high 10 points. Her previous career-high of six points was set last game against SNHU on Jan. 14.
- Alexa Kellner recorded a career-high five assists against Saint Michael's. Her previous career-high was four against Dec. 14.
- Alexa Kellner topped a career-high in points with 22 against Franklin Pierce. Her previous career-high was set against Bentley on Jan. 11 when she had 15.
- Five steals are a career-high for Jessica Fressle. Her previous career-high came during the 2018-19 against Le Moyne on Nov. 17, 2018 when she recorded four.
- Imani Wheeler tallied a career-high 26 points against Assumption. Her previous career-high was on Dec. 30, 2018 against Dominican when she had 23 points.
- Jessica Fressle tallied a career-high 28 points against Saint Anselm. Her previous career-high was set earlier this year against New York Tech on Nov. 20, 2019 when she had 24.
- Fressle's two blocks are also a career high. She previous notched one block against Stonehill on Jan. 25.
- Blake Greer tallied a career-high nine boards against Jefferson, a feat she previously set back on Nov. 10, 2019, when she had six against Bloomfield.
- Alexa Kellner's three blocks against Jefferson are a career-high for the redshirt freshman. Her previous career-high was two, set on Nov. 13, 2019 against Queens and has tied that high on two other occasions this season before breaking it against Jefferson.
Up Next
The Owls host the College of Saint Rose on Saturday, Feb. 22 for senior day. Tip off is set for 1:30 p.m. at Moore Field House.
