When and Where: December 19, 2025 – Melbourne, Fla. (Clemente Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 70, Mercy University 39
Records: SNHU 3-4, Mercy 5-5
Sophomore
Kameron St. Pierre (Swansea, Mass.) netted a season-high 11 points, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team rode its defense to a 70-39 victory against Mercy University on Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Florida Institute of Technology Holiday Festival at the Clemente Center.
KEY MOMENTS
- SNHU scored the first five points of the game as part of a 14-2 run over the opening six minutes. Six different scorers contributed to the balanced run, with sophomore Taylor Brennan (Southbury, Conn.) and junior Ava Winterburn (New Boston, N.H.) each leading the way with three points.
- The Penmen built a 40-19 halftime lead and would close the third quarter with another balanced, 11-2 flurry – capped by four points from Brennan – to open a commanding 58-29 advantage.
- SNHU then began the final frame with 10 straight – led by four from freshman Madelynn Deprey (Caribou, Maine) – to seize its largest lead of the contest at 68-29 with 4:38 on the clock.
NOTES
- Senior Meghan Gordon (Attleboro, Mass.) scored a game-high 12 points (6-14 FG), to go with seven rebounds and three assists.
- Pierre was 4-for-9 from the floor, including 3-for-6 from downtown, while corralling five rebounds.
- Taylor also hit for 11 points (5-8 FG, 1-2 FT), while adding five boards and four helpers.
- SNHU outshot Mercy, 47.5 percent (29-61) to 24.1 percent (14-58), including 57-20 in the third quarter.
- After a 71-38 win over the University of Bridgeport on Nov. 30, the Penmen have now held two opponents under 40 points in the same season for the first time since 2009-10. SNHU defeated Saint Anselm College, 53-33, at home Nov. 18 and then posted a 53-35 home victory over Saint Michael's College on Dec. 2.
- The Penmen also limited Bridgeport to 20.3 percent shooting last month. SNHU had not limited two opponents to less than 25 percent shooting in two games in the same season since 2016-17 when they held the University of the District of Columbia to 23.8 percent in a 74-43 opening-night loss on Nov. 12 and then limited Mercy to 24.3 percent the following day in a 79-52 defeat.
- SNHU leads the all-time series with Mercy, 7-0. This was the first meeting between the two teams since Dec. 29, 2018, when the Penmen went into Dobbs Ferry and scored an 82-41 road victory over the Mavericks.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen wrap up the Florida Tech Holiday Festival against Florida Tech on Saturday (Dec. 20) at 1 p.m.
- SNHU is not back home until Sunday, Jan. 4 (1:30 p.m.) when it plays host to American International College at the Stan Spirou Field House.
