STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Daniels – 19 points (7-14 FG, 1-3 3-FG, 4-6 FT), 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks
• Greene – 11 points (3-11 FG, 5-8 FT), 18 rebounds
• Senior Kurtis Henderson (Brockton, Mass.) – 12 points (3-10 FG, 2-7 3-FG, 4-4 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
• Senior Derrick Grant Jr. (Piscataway, N.J.) – 9 points (2-4 FG, 5-8 FT), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals

 KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire trailed by a pair a little more than two-and-a-half minutes into the contest when a 16-3 burst – with five points from Daniels and four from Greene – staked the Penmen to a 19-8 advantage with 4:42 remaining in the first half. SNHU would carry a 23-11 lead into the second half.
• The Penmen opened the second half with a 10-4 run – powered by 3-pointers from Daniels, junior Royce Williams (Manchester, N.H.) and senior Noah Harris (Manalapan, N.J.) – to seize their largest lead of the contest at 33-15 a little more than five minutes in. Pace responded in a big way, however, ripping off a 19-4 run to slash its deficit to 37-34 with 10:32 to play. The Setters held the Penmen without a field goal for more than three-and-a-half minutes at one point during the stretch.
• Five points from Daniels, and four each from Grant and senior Jhamyl Fricas (Lawrence, Mass.), crafted a 13-4 barrage that ran the SNHU lead back to double digits at 50-38 with 6:38 to go. Pace answered again with an 11-2 run that made it a one-possession game at 52-49 with 4:12 on the clock. The Penmen led, 64-57, with 6.4 seconds left, but a pair of technical-foul free throws and a triple for Pace made it a two-point game with 0.7 ticks left. A foul on the ensuing inbound play with 0.2 on the clock effectively ended it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Fricas netted five points (1-3 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 2-3 FT) and grabbed two rebounds.
• Williams recorded three points (1-2 FG, 1-2 3-FG), three rebounds and two steals.
  Harris chipped in three points (1-4 FG, 1-4 3-FG).
• Southern New Hampshire outshot Pace, 36.5 percent (19-52) to 32.5 percent (25-77), including 28.6 percent (6-21) to 17.2 percent (5-29) from beyond the arc. SNHU was also plus-13 from the line, though Pace shot it better, 87.5 percent (7-8) to 69 percent (20-29).
• Pace was just 4-for-33 (12.1%) from the field in the first half, including 1-for-10 (10%) from deep.
• The Penmen captured the glass (50-40), while the Setters won the paint (34-24), scored more points off turnovers (28-12), second chance points (12-11) and on the fast break (18-10), received from scoring from its bench (15-10) and turned in a better assist-to-turnover ratio (10/16-10/26).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has captured eight of its last 10, including seven of eight.
• Pace, ranked seventh in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coaches Poll and 13th in the Division II College Sport Communicators (D2CSC) Media Poll, had won 13 straight to open the season, including five-in-a-row in conference play.
• SNHU, which leads the all-time series, 23-15, has won 14 of the last 19 meetings, though the teams have split the last 10 gatherings. The Penmen have won 10 of 11 at home against the Setters.
• The 11 first-half points for Pace are the lowest for a Penmen opponent in the opening stanza since at least the 2010-11 season. The closest during that time frame was a 13-point opening half for Southern Connecticut State University in an eventual 62-56 win at the Field House on Jan. 29, 2013.
• The 62 points are the fewest in a game for Pace since a 56-55 win against the University of New Haven on Jan. 24, 2024.
• Greene's double is his 10th of the season.
• Over the six seasons of head coach Jack Perri's tenure, the Penmen are now 53-20 (.726) at home, including 6-1 this season.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Wednesday, Jan. 8 (7:30 p.m.) when the take on Assumption University.
• The next home game for SNHU is Tuesday, Jan. 14 (7:30 p.m.) when it plays host to cross-town rival Saint Anselm College at the Stan Spirou Field House.