STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Gordon – career-high-matching 23 points (8-18 FG, 3-7 3-FG, 4-6 FT), 10 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Madison Hughes (Columbia, Conn.) – 11 points (4-5 FG, 3-3 3-FG), 7 rebounds
• Graduate student Stephanie Davis (Windham, N.H.) – 9 points (4-9 FG, 1-2 3-FG), career-high-matching 10 rebounds, career-high 6 assists, career-high-matching 3 steals

KEY MOMENTS   

• Southern New Hampshire scored the first five points of the game and jumped out to an 11-4 lead over the opening 3:11, led by six points from Hughes. Adelphi, however, scored 18 straight over the final 5:34 of the frame to seize a 22-11 lead at the end of one.
• Davis snapped a scoreless stretch of 7:06 with a layup just 19 seconds into the second quarter that sparked a 10-0 run – with six points from Gordon and four from Davis – to pull the Penmen within 22-21 with 6:08 to go in the half. The Panthers would run their lead back up to 30-21 less than 90 seconds later, but a 9-1 counter-run – with the final four points coming from senior Sydnie DeVries (Monson, Mass.) – slashed the SNHU deficit to one with 44 seconds left. Adelphi would bring a 34-31 edge to the break.
• The Panthers would grab their largest lead of the contest at 48-36 with 4:04 remaining in the third, but five from Gordon and three from DeVries powered an 8-2 run to trim the visitor's deficit to 50-44 after three.
• The Penmen were staring at a six-point deficit with less than three minutes to play in regulation when a 3-pointer from freshman Samantha Pfeil (Methuen, Mass.) and a bucket from Davis brought SNHU within 57-56 with 2:06 left. The Penmen would send it to OT with a free throw with six seconds to go.
• Each team only scored two points in the first overtime, with Adelphi having a look at a jumper as time expired that did not go.
• The Panthers built a six-point lead in the second extra session, but a triple from freshman Taylor Brennan (Southbury, Conn.) and a pair of Pfeil free throws with 1:08 on the clock made it a 66-65 game. An Adelphi miss gave the Penmen a crack at the lead, but a turnover handed the ball back to the Panthers with 27 ticks left. They would miss both free throws, giving SNHU one final chance, but a jumper in the final seconds did not fall.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• One game after establishing a new career high, Pfeil matched it with eight points (2-5 FG, 2-4 3-FG, 2-2 FT), while grabbing six rebounds.
• DeVries posted seven points (2-8 FG, 3-3 FT), seven boards and a pair of assists.
• Brennan tallied four points (1-7 FG, 1-5 3-FG, 1-2 FT), four rebounds and four assists.
• Freshman Kameron St. Pierre (Swansea, Mass.) chipped in three points (1-3 FG, 1-1 3-FG), two rebounds and four assists.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Adelphi, 34.9 percent (22-63) to 34.2 percent (26-76), including 39.3 percent (11-28) to 28.2 percent (11-39) from downtown. The Penmen were also plus-seven from the stripe and shot it better, 76.9 percent (10-13) to 37.5 percent (3-8).
• The Penmen captured the glass (54-40) and received more scoring from their bench (11-9). The Panthers won the paint (22-16), scored more points off turnovers (24-12), second chance points (12-10) and on the fast break (14-2), and submitted a better assist-to-turnover ratio (12/13-19/23).

NOTES

• The Penmen had won five of their last six games, including two straight.
• Adelphi takes a 10-9 lead in the all-time series with SNHU and snaps a four-game losing skid to the Penmen, who had captured the last two meetings on the road. This is the first loss at Adelphi for SNHU since March 1, 2020 (81-55).
• This was Gordon's first 20-point game of the season and just the second of her career. She matches the 23 points she scored Feb. 24 of last season against Assumption University.
• Gordon's double-double is her fourth of the season and 13th of her career.
• SNHU dips to 68-32 (.680) since the 2021-22 season started.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Tuesday, Jan. 14 (5:30 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Anselm College and the Stan Spirou Field House.