STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Greene – 12 points (6-15 FG), 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
• Senior Jhamyl Fricas (Lawrence, Mass.) – 17 points (6-11 FG, 5-9 3-FG), 4 rebounds
• Senior Kurtis Henderson (Brockton, Mass.) – 15 points (6-12 FG, 1-3 3-FG, 2-2 FT), 4 rebounds, 6 assists

 KEY MOMENTS

• With the game tied early, six straight from Southern New Hampshire guided it out to an 11-5 lead just under five-and-a-half minutes in. American International responded with 11-in-a-row, however, to seize a 16-11 advantage just past the midway point of the opening half. A 10-4 run – highlighted by a pair of Fricas 3-pointers – flipped SNHU into the lead at 21-20 with 7:01 remaining. Five lead changes and a pair of ties followed, before another Fricas triple sparked a half-ending 7-2 spurt that sent the Penmen to the break with a 35-32 edge.
• The margin was three a little more than halfway through the second stanza when six points from freshman Dante Green (Dix Hills, N.Y.) and four from Greene and powered a 14-2 blitz that gave SNHU its largest advantage of the contest at 69-54 with 2:48 to go.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Jordan Brathwaite (Silver Spring, Md.) posted eight points (4-11 FG), nine rebounds and two assists.
• Green netted a career-best eight points (4-5 FG) and grabbed a pair of rebounds.
• Senior Noah Harris (Manalapan, N.J.) added five points (2-4 FG, 1-2 3-FG) in 12 minutes off the bench.
• Junior Royce Williams (Manchester, N.H.) chipped in four points (2-5 FG), three rebounds and a pair of assists.
• Southern New Hampshire outshot American Int'l, 47.8 percent (32-67) to 43.1 percent (25-58), including 26.9 percent (7-26) to 22.7 percent (5-22) from deep. The Penmen made both of their free throws, while AIC was 5-for-6 (83.3%) from the stripe.
• The Penmen won the glass (40-28) and the paint (42-26), scored more second chance points (12-4) and on the fast break (5-4), and submitted a more impressive assist-to-turnover ratio (14/6-6/5), while the Yellow Jackets scored more points off turnovers (7-6) and received more scoring from their bench (18-17).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire, which has now won three of its last five, avoids its first three-game losing streak since Dec. 3-10, 2022.
• SNHU, which leads the all-time series, 33-14, has won nine of the last 12 meetings against the Yellow Jackets. The Penmen have also won six of the last seven, including four straight, at home. AIC was last victorious on SNHU's court Jan. 20, 2018 (77-71).
• Greene's double-double is his 11th of the season.
• Fricas made his first start of the season. After not playing more than 17 minutes or scoring more than eight points in any of the first 13 games of the season, Fricas played 31 and 33 minutes in the last two contests, respectively. In those two games, he is averaging 18.0 points per game, while shooting 59.1 percent (13-22) from the field, including 62.5 percent (10-16) from long range.
• SNHU improves to 54-21 (.720) at home over the last six seasons, including 7-2 this year.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen return to action Wednesday, Jan. 22 (7:30 p.m.) when they take on Saint Michael's College.
• The next home game for SNHU is Tuesday, Jan 28 (7:30 p.m.) when it plays host to the University of New Haven at the Stan Spirou Field House.