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Lyron Bennett
John Steady
57
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 2-2,0-1 NE10
76
Winner American Int'l AIC 3-2,1-1 NE10
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
2-2,0-1 NE10
57
Final
76
American Int'l AIC
3-2,1-1 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 25 32 57
American Int'l AIC 42 34 76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Falls To American International

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball team fell to American International College, 76-57, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at Henry A. Butova Gymnasium in Springfield, Mass. With the loss, the Owls drop to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Northeast 10, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the NE10.

Aaron Russell (Bowie, Md.) led the Owls with a game-high 13 points, while Lyron Bennett (Boston, Mass.) scored 12 points and Ulyen Coleman (Brockton, Mass.) scored 11. Zack Penn (New Hartford, Conn.) shot 3-for-6 from the field and scored six points to go along with five rebounds and two blocked shots.

How It Happened
First Half
  • Both offenses started the game well, with AIC holding an 8-7 lead after the first four minutes and four seconds. AIC then went on a 19-10 run to take a 27-17 lead with 7:46 remaining and forced a Southern timeout. 
  • AIC extended their lead to 37-19 with 3:35 remaining. 
  • Russell made a corner three-pointer to restart the Owls' offense, but the Yellow Jackets took a 42-25 lead into halftime. Bennett shot 3-for-5 in the first 20 minutes to pace Southern with nine points. 
Second Half
  • AIC kept up their hot start coming out of the locker room, and scored 12 of the first 14 points of the half to take a 54-27 lead. Coleman made a pair of free throws, but the Yellow Jackets scored seven straight points to take a 61-33 lead. 
  • AIC took their largest lead of the game at 72-40 with 5:31 remaining. Southern outscored AIC 17-4 in the final five minutes of the game by shooting 6-of-9 from the field. Russell scored five of Southern's points, and Alex Lin (Hillsdale, N.J.), Evan Gutowski (Trumbull, Conn.), and Elmin Redzepagic (Wolcott, Conn.) all scored two points each. 

Notes
  • Bennett and Coleman have reached double-digit points scored in all four games this season.
  • Russell has scored at least 10 points in three of his first four career games.
 
Up Next
Southern plays their first home game at James Moore Field House of the season on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 against University of New Haven. 



 
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