When and Where: February 3, 2024 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: University of New Haven 76, Southern New Hampshire University 73 (OT)
Records: SNHU 13-7 (9-6 NE10), UNH 8-13 (5-10 NE10)
Graduate student
Matt Becht (Vienna, Va.) and graduate student
Alex Rivera (Lowell, Mass.) scored 23 and 18 points, respectively, but the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team suffered a 76-73 overtime loss to the University of New Haven on Saturday at the Stan Spirou Field House.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Becht – 23 points (7-14 FG, 6-10 3-FG, 3-3 FT), 2 steals
- Rivera – 18 points (6-11 FG, 6-10 3-FG), 2 rebounds
- Senior Noah Kamba (Lynn, Mass.) – 11 points (3-9 FG, 3-8 3-FG, 2-2 FT), 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
- Junior Derrick Grant Jr. (Plainfield, N.J.) – 11 points (4-6 FG, 3-4 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 steals
KEY MOMENTS
- Southern New Hampshire led, 19-16, with a little more than eight minutes to play in the opening half when New Haven ripped off a 10-0 run to go up, 26-19, with 5:29 left. The Chargers grabbed their largest lead of the half at 33-25 with 1:24 on the clock and brought a 35-28 into the locker room.
- New Haven was in front, 44-35, four minutes into the second half when a Becht 3-pointer sparked an 8-0 run that pulled the Penmen within 44-43 with 14:08 remaining. The Chargers countered with a 14-5 span to take their largest lead of the contest at 58-48 with 8:39 to play, but SNHU scored 18 of the next 25 – with 12 coming on four triples from Rivera – to seize a 66-65 lead with 26 ticks left. Tyler Saint-Furcy was fouled with 8.9 seconds to go and made one of two at the line to send the game to overtime.
- SNHU scored the first three points of the extra session, but New Haven netted six straight to go on top, 72-69, with under a minute to play. The Penmen were within 74-73 with under four seconds to go, but New Haven hit a pair at the line to go up three and the SNHU heave at the buzzer did not fall.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior Jordan Brathwaite (Silver Spring, Md.) posted seven points (3-4 FG, 1-1 3-FG), three rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.
- Junior Kurtis Henderson (Brockton, Mass.) recorded three points (1-5 FG, 1-2 3-FG) and two assists.
- New Haven outshot Southern New Hampshire, 49.2 percent (30-61) to 44.4 percent (24-54), including 52.9 percent (9-17) to 48.6 percent (17-35) from beyond the arc. The Chargers were also better from the line, 77.8 percent (7-9) to 72.7 percent (8-11).
- The Penmen scored more points off turnovers (12-7), received more scoring from their bench (18-9) and featured a better assist-to-turnover ratio (13/6-15/12), while the Chargers captured the glass (41-21) and the paint (34-14), scored more second chance points (16-9) and on the fast break (4-0).
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire had won five of its last seven, including three straight.
- SNHU leads the all-time series with New Haven, 52-29, while the teams have split the last six meetings. The Chargers have won three of the last five at SNHU.
- The Penmen recorded a 64-58 victory at New Haven in the first regular-season meeting back on Dec. 2.
- Over the five seasons of head coach Jack Perri's tenure, the Penmen are 42-18 (.700) at home, including 6-2 this season.
- Grant, who was a 59 percent free throw shooter last season, started this campaign 15 of 24 (62.5%) from the line over his first six games, but has since gone 40-for-50 (80%) over his last 14, including 21-for-24 (88%) in the last seven.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen return to action Wednesday, Feb. 7 (7:30 p.m.) when they take on Bentley University.
- The next home game for SNHU is Saturday, Feb. 10 (3:30 p.m.) when it takes on Adelphi University at the Field House in a game that airs live on WGIR 610-AM and Fox Sports New Hampshire 930-AM.
