When and Where: February 14, 2026 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 70, Adelphi University 62
Records: SNHU 11-13 (5-10 NE10), AU 16-9 (8-7 NE10)
After establishing a new career best with 32 points Tuesday, sophomore
Jojo Wallace (Milford, Conn.) was at it again Saturday with 33 to help lead the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team to a 70-62 victory over Adelphi University at the Stan Spirou Field House.
KEY MOMENTS
- SNHU trailed 19-15 with just over seven-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening stanza when it awoke and dropped a 25-5 run on Adelphi to end the half and bring its largest lead of the game into the break at 40-24. Wallace scored 11 during the barrage, while senior T.J. Morris (Jamaica, N.Y.) scored all 10 of his, consecutively, during a span of 1:56 that took it from a tied game to a 29-19 Penmen lead.
- Adelphi would use a 13-4 run to whittle its deficit to 47-42 less than five minutes into the second half and would later score six-in-a-row to pull within 58-57 with 6:11 to play. That was as close as the Panthers would get, however, as SNHU responded with a 10-0 rush – paced by Wallace with seven – to open a 68-57 advantage with 2:34 remaining.
NOTES
- Southern New Hampshire has won three of its last four.
- SNHU registered 14 steals in the game – its most since Nov. 10, 2018 when it swiped the ball 15 times in an 83-65 home win against the New York Institute of Technology.
- Wallace was 14 of 22 from the field, including 2 of 5 from deep, and 3 of 5 from the stripe.
- Morris matched his career high with 20 points (7-15 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 5-7 FT), while adding four rebounds and a pair of steals.
- Redshirt-junior Jahshawne Joseph (Malvern, Ont.) recorded seven points (3-9 FG, 1-2 FT), 12 rebounds, five assists and a career-high four steals. It was his fifth double-digit rebound performance of the season.
- Freshman Jamier Rose (Berwick, Maine) came up big, defensively, with a career-best five steals. Two of them came during the game-clinching 10-0 run late.
- SNHU, which leads the all-time series with Adelphi 18-12, has won eight of 14, including six of nine. The teams have split the most recent 22 meetings, with the Penmen having won eight of the last nine, including five straight, on their home court. The last time the Panthers won at the Field House was Jan. 29, 2019 (99-90).
- Wallace has scored in double figures in all 24 contests this season and continues to lead the NE10 in scoring (23.3 ppg). Wallace has now netted 20-plus points in 11 straight and is averaging 25.7 ppg during the stretch, which includes six performances of 27 or more. Over his last four, he has scored 29 or more three times and is pouring in 28.8 ppg.
- Morris is averaging 17.0 ppg over his last three.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Penmen play their final regular-season home game Wednesday, Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m.) when they host Franklin Pierce University on Senior Night at the Stan Spirou Field House.
