Men's Hoop Snaps Slide, Runs Past Ravens 88-72

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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Troy Bowen (Nashua, NH) matched his career high with 21 points and Sam Carey (Manchester, NH) had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Southern New Hampshire University to a 88-72 Northeast-10 men's basketball victory over Franklin Pierce University Wednesday night at the SNHU Fieldhouse.  The Penmen snapped a four-game slide and improved to 3-5 overall and 2-5 in the NE-10, while the Ravens are now 3-6 and 1-6 in the league.

Bowen drained three three-pointers and also grabbed nine rebounds while going 7-10 from the floor.  Carey was 9-11 from the field.  Gerald Carter (Harlem, NY) finished with 13 points, while Chase Miller (Fairfax, VA) added 11 points and doled out four assists.

Kinard Dozier (Dedham, MA) finished with 17 points to lead the Ravens, but totaled just two of those points after halftime.  Timothy Munch (Blauvelt, NY) added 16 points.

SNHU opened a 17-10 lead just under five minutes into the game following a three by Cory Vejraska (Alachua, FL), but the Ravens would go on a 9-2 run to tie the game with 12:49 left in the first half on a basket by Munch.  FPU would take its lone first half lead at the 9:40 mark on a three by Dozier that made it 24-21, but the Penmen scored the next 10 points to make it 31-24 at the 8:11 mark on a conventional three-point play by Bowen.  The hosts took their largest lead of the first half with 3:40 before intermission on a pair of Bowen free throws that made it 38-27, and the Penmen held a 42-37 halftime advantage.

The Penmen opened the second half on a 9-2 run capped by a thunderous dunk by Vejraska at the 17:52 mark to make it 51-39.  Munch cut the lead to nine on FPU's next possession, but a 7-3 spurt gave SNHU a 60-45 lead with 15:35 to go.  The hosts would maintain a double-digit advantage the rest of the way.

Southern New Hampshire shot a blistering 57.1% for the contest (28-49) and were 9-15 from behind the arc.

SNHU returns to action Sunday when it hosts undefeated and No. 1 Bentley in a 3:30 tilt at the SNHU Fieldhouse.