When and Where: January 11, 2020 – Garden City, N.Y. (Center for Recreation and Sport)
Score: Adelphi University 92, Southern New Hampshire University 90 (2OT)
Records: Adelphi 16-0 (7-0 NE10), SNHU 9-6 (2-5 NE10)

Seniors Karlee Ziliak (Evansville, Ind.) and Victoria Dean (Plymouth, Mass.) each scored 14 points to lead six scorers in double figures, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team pushed undefeated and 12th-ranked Adelphi University to the brink, before falling in double-overtime, 92-90, Saturday afternoon at the Center for Recreation and Sport.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Ziliak – 14 points (5-10 FG, 4-7 3-FG), 7 rebounds, 2 assists
• Dean – 14 points (4-15 FG, 2-9 3-FG, 4-4 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 assists
• Junior Gyanna Russell (E. Hampton, Conn.) – 13 points (5-10 FG, 3-6 FT), 7 rebounds
• Junior Sarah Deyo (Attleboro, Mass.) – 13 points (6-9 FG, 1-2 3-FG), 9 rebounds, 2 steals
• Freshman Adriana Timberlake (Braintree, Mass.) – 11 points (4-9 FG, 1-3 3-FG, 2-2 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 assists
• Sophomore Jenna Roche (Braintree, Mass.) – 10 points (3-6 FG, 1-3 3-FG, 3-4 FT), career-high 7 assists, 4 rebounds 
• Senior Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) – 9 points (3-16 FG, 3-13 3-FG), 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Samantha Chapps (Old Saybrook, Conn.) – 4 points (2-3 FG), 3 blocks, 2 steals, 2 rebounds (14 minutes)

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire, which erased a 13-point deficit in the game, trailed, 75-68, with just over four minutes to play in regulation when five straight from Ziliak and a layup from Deyo forged a 75-75 tie with 3:03 to go. After the Panthers went in front, 78-75, Roche nailed a 3-pointer to tie the game and send it to overtime with less than a minute left.
• SNHU led, 84-82, following a Timberlake trey, but a layup from Leonie Edringer with six seconds left sent the game to a second extra session.
• It was Edringer, who would again play hero in the second overtime, as her layup with 20 ticks on the clock put Adelphi in front, 91-90. A potential go-ahead bucket on the other end forced the Penmen to foul and Edringer hit one of two at the line with five seconds remaining to make it 92-90. SNHU would have one more chance with a game-winning 3-point attempt, but it would not fall.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Edringer led all players with 29 points (13-23 FG, 3-5 FT) and 17 rebounds for the Panthers, while Katie Murphy (19 pts, 10 asts) and Emily Miccile (14 pts, 11 rebs) both posted double-doubles.
• The Penmen outshot the Panthers, 39.8 percent (33-83) to 36.3 percent (33-91), while Adelphi returned the favor from behind the arc, 33.3 percent (7-21) to 30 percent (12-40).
• Adelphi was plus-7 from the line, despite SNHU shooting it better, 75 percent (12-16) to 65.5 percent (19-29).
• The Penmen collected more second chance points (10-8) and received more scoring from their bench (30-18), while the Panthers won the glass (59-57) and the paint (48-38), gathered more points off turnovers (24-10) and on the fast break (19-16), in addition to featuring a better assist-to-turnover ratio (23/14-19/21).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire loses for the third time in four games, while Adelphi wins its 16th straight to begin the season.
• Adelphi evens the all-time series, 6-6, after winning for the sixth time in the last seven meetings. The Panthers also capture their fourth consecutive home game in the series and have not lost to SNHU in Garden City since Jan. 21, 2012 (81-74).
• SNHU has its five-game overtime winning streak snapped, losing in overtime for the first time since Feb. 22, 2014. It is also the first double-OT contest for the Penmen since Feb. 10, 2015 when they defeated Franklin Pierce University, 65-64.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Tuesday, Jan. 14 (5:30 p.m.) when they take on Southern Connecticut State University.
• The next home contest for SNHU is Saturday, Jan. 18 (1:30 p.m.) when it plays host to Le Moyne College at the Stan Spirou Field House. The game will air on WGIR 610-AM.

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