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Taurus Adams II Senior Day
Colleen Murphy
72
Saint Rose STROSE 5-22,2-16 NE10
91
Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 15-10,10-6 NE10
Saint Rose STROSE
5-22,2-16 NE10
72
Final
91
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
15-10,10-6 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Rose STROSE 36 36 72
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 42 49 91

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Adams II Leads Men's Basketball Past Saint Rose, 91-72, On Senior Day


NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team defeated the College of Saint Rose, 91-72, in the Owls' final regular-season home game of the year at James Moore Field House. With the win, the Owls sweep the season series against Saint Rose and improve to 15-10 overall and 10-8 in the NE10, while Golden Knight drop to 5-22 overall and 2-16 in conference play. With Pace losing to American International College, the Owls can now finish no lower than third in the NE10 Southwest Division standings, and have automatically clinched a berth in the NE10 Quarterfinals of the conference tournament. This is the Owls' highest finish in the Southwest Division since also finishing in third during the 2016-17 season. 

Prior to the start of the game, Southern honored Taurus Adams II (Milwaukee, Wisc.) for Senior Day. Adams II had a memorable Senior Day with his 10th double-double of the season after tallying 21 points and 19 rebounds. Four other players reached double-figures in points, as junior Greg Jones (Bronx, N.Y.) also scored 21 points and added nine rebounds, a block and two steals. Freshman Lyron Bennett (Boston, Mass.) finished with 11 points and 12 assists, his first career double-double, while fellow freshman Levar Allen (Richmond, Va.) scored  a career-high 15 points and shot 6-11 from the field. Zack Penn (New Hartford, Conn.) added 10 points and shot 5-7 from the field.

First Half
  • Allen powered the offense early on, scoring six points on two three-pointers to give Southern a 13-12 lead with 14:36 remaining. 
  • Southern's lead grew to 24-19 after a made jumper by Jones, by Saint Rose was able to go on a mini 8-2 run to take a 27-26 lead. 
  • The score remained nearly even for the next four and a half minutes, but Southern came out on top, 34-32, with 3:46 remaining. 
  • Adams II then scored six of Southern's next eight points to end the half, highlighted by a dunk off a pass from Penn, to take a 42-36 lead into the locker room. 


Second Half
  • Jones and Bennett opened the second half by making three-straight three's, and Adams II scored on a layup and converted the three-point play to give Southern 54-38 lead. After Saint Rose made two free throws, Isaiah Boissard (Walden, N.Y.) nailed a three-pointer, and Jones and Bennett scored on jumpers as Southern took a 61-40 lead with 12:01 remaining, their largest of the game. 
  • The Owls eventually took a 65-42 lead with 12:01 remaining after two free throws by Jones. Overall, Southern opened the second half on a 23-6 run, shooting 8-13 from the field and 4-5 from three-point range. Southern's defense also held the Golden Knights to 1-11 shooting during the run. 
  • Southern maintained a lead of nearly 20 points the rest of the way, with the highlight play of night coming from an alley-oop pass from Boissard to Jones, to cap off Southern's 19-point win.

Notes
  • Adams' Senior Day performance signaled his 10th double-double of the season.
  • Adams' 19 rebounds match his career best that he set against Adelphi on Jan. 8, 2020.  
  • Adams II becomes the first Southern player to record at least 15 rebounds in two separate games during the same season since Desmond Williams (Torrington, Conn.) and Austin Carter (Bloomfield, Conn.) did so in 2015-16. 
  • In two games against Saint Rose this season, Adams II has scored 45 points on 60.0 percent shooting, while also pulling down 30 rebounds.
  • Jones has scored in double figures in 12 of his last 13 games. Over his last 10 games, Jones also scored at least 15 points in eight games and at least 20 points in five games.  
  • Jones has made 42 of his last 45 free throw attempts dating back to Jan. 8 against Adelphi.
  • Allen recorded career-highs in points (15) and three-pointers made (two) and tied a career high in field goals (6) and rebounds (4).  
  • Bennett's 12 assists are a career-best, while he is now averaging 13.6 points and 6.0 assists in his last six games.
  • Bennett's 12 assists were the most by a Southern player since Tylon Smith (Manchester, Conn.) recorded 12 against East Stroudsburg on Feb. 11, 2015. 
  • Bennett also recorded the second most assists in a game by a Southern freshman. Phil Valentin recorded 13 assists against American International College on Dec. 7, 1989. 
  • It was the fourth time this season that the Owls scored 90 points in a game, while its 19-point victory gave them their fourth win by 15-or-more points this season.
  • Five Owls scored in double-figures for the fourth time this season, last doing so on Feb. 11, 2020 against Pace.
  • Southern racked up 24 assists in the game, their second most this season. They had 26 against New York Tech on Feb. 5, 2020. 
  • Southern's 19-point win was their largest margin of victory in conference play this season.
  • The Owls have swept Saint Rose in back-to-back seasons, winning four consecutive games against the Golden Knights overall. 
  • This was Head coach Scott Burrell's 90th career win. He is currently fourth all-time in program history in career wins, and is one of two coaches to win 90 games in their first five seasons as a Southern head coach.


Up Next
Southern will travel to Garden City, N.Y. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 to take on Adelphi in its final regular-season game of the season. 
 
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