Wednesday, December 7
Fairfield, Conn.
7:00 PM
Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics
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Fairfield University
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Pioneers Travel to Fairfield for Crosstown Rivalry Game
12/6/2022 3:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Sacred Heart will be on the road for its next four games, starting with Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Conn.—The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team will hit the road for a crosstown rivalry matchup against Fairfield University on Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM at the Stags new Leo D. Mahoney Arena. The Pioneers are 5-4 on the season and the Stags are 3-6 overall.
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- Sacred Heart and Fairfield meet for the ninth time. The Pioneers are 0-8 all-time with the Stags. In the last meeting, Fairfield won, 71-61 on November 20, 2021. This was the first game between the teams since the 2016-17 season.
- The Pioneers hit the road after a 2-1 week, last week. SHU beat Western New England, 100-59, and New Hampshire, 66-61, but fell to Lowell for the second time this season, 70-59.
- Junior Nico Galette had two double-doubles last week in both of the Pioneers' victories. He had 22 points with 10 rebounds against WNE and scored 17 points with 13 rebounds against UNH.
- SHU hits the road for its next four games with stops at: Fairfield, the University of Pittsburgh, Stony Brook, and Saint Joseph's University.
- Sacred Heart has three players averaging double figures in scoring, led by Galette with 17.1, Raheem Solomon with 13.0, and Joey Reilly with 11.9.
- Head Coach Anthony Latina is in his 10th season as the head coach of Sacred Heart.
- Galette was named to the All-NEC preseason team.
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