FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team opens a two-game week on Tuesday, December 19, at the University at Albany at 7:00 pm. 
 
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RECORDS: 
SHU 4-8
UAlbany: 6-5
 
LAST TIME OUT:

• Sacred Heart dropped its road contest at Providence on Saturday, 78-64. 
• Nico Galette led three Pioneers in double figures with 20 points, four steals, and six rebounds. 
• Alex Sobel scored a season-high 16 points for SHU and tied Galette in rebounds with six. 
• Aidan Carpenter had 11 points off the bench as he shot 50% from the field. 
• Brendan McGuire tallied a team-high six assists. 

 
OPENING TIP:

• Sacred Heart and UAlbany meet for the 15th time in series history. The teams have played each other six times as Division I programs and eight times in Division II. SHU holds the series record 8-6 but lost in the last meeting, 72-65 in 2019. 
• SHU will play its second straight road game, coming off a 78-64 loss at Providence on Saturday.
• Three Pioneers are averaging in double figures: Nico Galette (15.1), Tanner Thomas (10.8), and Alex Sobel (10.5). Sobel leads the team in rebounds (7.2), and Galette is second with 7.0 rpg.
• Sobel is tied for sixth in the nation in blocks with 29 (as of 12/18) and is 15th in blocks per game with 2.42.  
• Galette and Thomas have brought in NEC Player of the Week awards for the Pioneers this season. 
• The team voted Galette, Joey Reilly, and Kyle McGee to be captains of the 2023-24 squad.  
• SHU was selected first in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. Galette and Reilly were selected to the All-NEC preseason team.