Skyhawks Fly Past Men's Basketball

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EASTON, Mass. - Matt Hall led four Stonehill College players in double figures with 17 points as the Skyhawks posted a 59-52 Northeast-10 men's basketball victory over Southern New Hampshire University at Merkert Gymnasium Wednesday night.  The hosts improved to 15-10 and 11-7 in the league with the win, while the Penmen are now 12-12 and 9-10 in the league.

Hall finished 7-9 from the floor and drained three of his five three point attempts.  Vince Rosario added 13 points for Stonehill, which also got 11 points from Randall Stallworth and 10 from AJ Rudowitz.

Gerald Carter (Harlem, NY) totaled 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Southern New Hampshire, which also got 11 points and five assists from Chase Miller (Fairfax, VA).  Sam Carey (Manchester, NH) and Fotis Lioutas (Thessaloniki, Greece) added nine points apiece.

SNHU stormed out to a 10-2 lead less than four minutes into the game following a Troy Bowen (Nashua, NH) three and led 16-8 with 12:54 left in the first half when the Skyhawks went on a 13-1 run to take a 21-17 lead with 6:32 left on a Rosario basket.  The Penmen would tie the game with just under four and a half minutes left on a fast break basket by Carter that made it 23-23.  Stonehill would take a 31-28 lead into the locker room.

The hosts quickly extended their lead to nine, 39-30, early in the second half following a Nick Smith basket at the 15:20 mark.  SNHU whittled the lead down to six, 48-42, with 10:26 left on a Lioutas layup, but Stonehill responded with seven straight and a Hall basket with 5:47 left made it 55-42.  The Penmen would get the lead back down to six on an LJ Hunter (Cumberland, RI) basket with 40 seconds left but got no closer.

Stonehill connected on seven of its 18 three-point attempts and outrebounded Southern New Hampshire 39-33.

SNHU returns to action Tuesday night when it hosts Le Moyne College in a 7:30 pm contest at the SNHU Fieldhouse.