STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Harris – 17 points (5-10 FG, 5-10 3-FG, 2-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 4 assists
• Senior Paul Greene (Freeport, Bahamas) – 14 points (6-11 FG, 2-4 FT), 14 rebounds
• Senior Kurtis Henderson (Brockton, Mass.) – 10 points (3-12 FG, 2-9 3-FG, 2-2 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 steals
• Senior Jhamyl Fricas (Lawrence, Mass.) – 8 points (3-7 FG, 2-5 3-FG), 2 rebounds

 KEY MOMENTS

• Southern Connecticut scored the first nine points of the game over the opening 5:21 and later led by 10 before an 8-2 Southern New Hampshire run – powered by a pair of 3-pointers from Harris – pulled it within 18-14 with 8:12 remaining in the first half. SCSU responded with another 9-0 rush that ballooned its advantage to 27-14 with 5:16 to go. Another 8-2 run – sparked by a Fricas 3-pointer – trimmed the Penmen deficit to seven with a minute left, before the Owls drained a triple to head to the break with a 32-22 lead.
• SCSU scored the first five points of the second half as part of a 9-3 spurt that gave the visitors their largest lead of the contest at 41-25 just over three minutes in. The score was 46-33 with 10-and-a-half minutes to go when an 11-4 run – buoyed by six points from Greene – pulled the Penmen within 50-44 three minutes later. The Owls led, 57-47, with under five minutes on the clock when a 9-2 burst – paced by five from Henderson – brought SNHU to within 59-56 with 2:34 left. That was as close as the hosts would come, as they trailed 66-62 with 29 ticks on the clock before the Owls made three of four at the line to seal it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Brenden Choate (Nashua, N.H.) filled the stat sheet with four points (2-4 FG), three rebounds, four assists, two steals and a pair of blocks.
• Freshman Dante Green (Dix Hills, N.Y.) contributed four points (2-6 FG) and two steals.
• Senior Jordan Brathwaite (Silver Spring, Md.) chipped in three points (1-4 FG, 1-2 FT) and a pair of blocks.
• Junior Royce Williams (Manchester, N.H.) added two points (1-8 FG), seven rebounds and two steals.
• Southern Connecticut outshot Southern New Hampshire, 45 percent (27-60) to 35.9 percent (23-64), including 50 percent (7-14) to 26.5 percent (9-34) from beyond the arc. SCSU also shot it better from the line, 72.7 percent (8-11) to 58.3 percent (7-12).
• The Penmen scored more points off turnovers (16-9) and on the fast break (13-6), received more scoring from their bench (25-15) and submitted a more impressive assist-to-turnover ratio (12/8-14/12), while the Owls won the glass (40-37) and the paint (34-26), and scored more second chance points (14-10).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has won four of six, though it has now lost two of three.
• SNHU leads the all-time series with SCSU, 59-27, and has won seven of the last 10, though the Owls have now captured back-to-back meetings after a 79-59 home win Nov. 20. Southern Connecticut also snapped a six-game road losing streak versus the Penmen, winning at the Field House for the first time since Jan. 7, 2015 (75-70).
• Greene's double-double is his 14th of the season, as well as his sixth in the last nine games and his second straight.
• Harris has scored in double figures three times in the last five games, averaging 12.2 ppg during the stretch.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Tuesday, Feb. 11 (7:30 p.m.) when they play host to Assumption University at the Stan Spirou Field House.