BOX SCORE

When and Where: January 25, 2020 – Albany, N.Y. (Nolan Gymnasium)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 92, College of Saint Rose 80
Records: SNHU 11-8 (4-7 NE10), Saint Rose 4-16 (1-10 NE10)

Three days after Eamonn Joyce (Medford, Mass.) set new career highs in points and rebounds, the senior did it again with a career-best 35 points, as the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team defeated the College of Saint Rose, 92-80, Saturday afternoon at Nolan Gymnasium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Joyce – career-high 35 points (12-21 FG, 4-9 3-FG, 7-8 FT), 11 rebounds
• Junior Michael Almonacy (Brentwood, N.Y.) – 18 points (5-13 FG, 4-10 3-FG, 4-6 FT), 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
• Freshman Jacari Sanders (San Antonio, Texas) – 17 points (6-8 FG, 2-3 3-FG, 3-4 FT), 4 assists, 2 rebounds
• Freshman Ryan Conroy (Staten Island, N.Y.) – 10 points (3-3 FG, 3-3 3-FG, 1-3 FT), 
• Senior Shawn Montague (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) – 6 points (3-5 FG), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Mikey Buscetto (Waterford, Conn.) – 5 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire, which led, 44-34, at halftime, had extended its advantage to 57-44 less than five minutes into the second half when a 15-5 stretch - highlighted by 3-pointers from Joyce, Conroy and Almonacy - gave the Penmen their largest lead of the contest at 72-49 with 12:47 remaining.
• Saint Rose closed the game on a 17-7 run to trim the gap, but never drew closer than nine.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Sekou Sylla led Saint Rose with 26 points (12-28 FG, 2-2 FT) and 14 rebounds.
• The Penmen outshot the Golden Knights, 55.4 percent (31-56) to 46.5 percent (33-71), while Saint Rose narrowly returned the favor from long range, 53.8 percent (7-13) to 52.7 percent (15-29).
• Saint Rose was also perfect from the line in outshooting SNHU, 100 percent (7-7) to 71.4 percent (15-21), though the visitors were plus-8 at the stripe.
• The Penmen collected more points off turnovers (25-11) and featured a better assist-to-turnover ratio (20/13-17/15), while the Golden Knights captured the glass (36-28) and the paint (48-32), gathered more points on the fast break (18-15) and second chance points (19-5), and received more scoring from their bench (20-16).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire wins its second straight, while Saint Rose loses for the 14th time in its last 15 contests.
• SNHU, which leads the all-time series, 22-15, has won nine of the last 10 meetings against the Golden Knights, including three of four on the road.
• Joyce reaches the 20-point plateau for the eighth time this season and the 18th time in his career.
• Joyce's double-double is his fifth of the season and the 10th of his career.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Tuesday, Jan. 28 (7:30 p.m.) when they play host to the University of New Haven at the Stan Spirou Field House.

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