SNHU (10-11, 4-10 Northeast-10) vs. Merrimack (10-9, 6-8 Northeast-10)
Saturday, February 7, 2015 - 1:30 pm
SNHU Fieldhouse - Manchester, N.H.
SERIES: Merrimack leads 30-20
LAST MEETING: January 3, 2015 - SNHU 65, Merrimack 61 (at North Andover, Mass.)
THE PENMEN: The Penmen fell in their most recent outing to Saint Anselm...Vic Wiseman leads the Penmen in scoring (12.0 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg) while coming off the bench in all but three games this season..she leads Northeast-10 bench players in scoring...Brooke Springfield is scoring at a 9.0 ppg clip, while Sara Ryan has knocked down a team-high 30 three-pointers and is adding 8.6 ppg...Erin Doherty is registering 8.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest, while Catherine Stinson is recording 7.0 ppg.
HEAD COACH KAREN PINKOS: Karen Pinkos enters her 10th season as women's basketball coach at SNHU...a 1988 graduate of the University of New Hampshire who was an assistant at the Division I level for 16 years prior to coming to SNHU, Pinkos has guided the Penmen to six NE-10 Tournament appearances and won her 100th career game in the 2012-13 season.
THE WARRIORS: Merrimack faced nationally-ranked Stonehill on Wednesday evening...Chloe Rothman leads the Warriors, averaging 15.3 points and 4.0 assists per game...Aria Johnson is shooting 60.7% from the floor and is recording 12.4 points and a team-high 7.9 rebounds per game, while Caitlyn Garger is adding 10.2 ppg...Allison Wagner is adding 7.3 ppg off the bench.
WHAT'S NEXT: SNHU closes out its homestand Tuesday night against Franklin Pierce before the Penmen travel to Stonehill next Saturday.
NEWS AND NOTES: The 30 points allowed to Concordia on January 17 are a program record...the previous record low of 33 points allowed was set in November of 2009 against Saint Anselm...December 10's win over nationally-ranked Assumption was the first win for the Penmen over a nationally-ranked foe since the 2011-12 season...SNHU is 10-3 this season when scoring at least 60 points.