Men's Basketball Heads to St. John's

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team is back on the road on Wednesday, December 6, to take on St. John's at 7:00 pm. The Pioneers face their first Big East opponent of the season in non-conference play.

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RECORDS:
SHU 4-5
St. John's: 5-2

LAST TIME OUT:

Sacred Heart fell 70-49 at home to Boston University on Saturday afternoon.
Nico Galette led three players in double figures with 13 and grabbed six rebounds.
Aidan Carpenter tallied his third game in double figures this season with 12, and Alex Sobel added 10 points and six rebounds.
Sobel and Carpenter each had two blocks, and Galette had a team-high three steals.

OPENING TIP:

Sacred Heart and St. John's meet for the fifth time on Wednesday. The Red Storm holds a 4-0 advantage in the series. The first meeting was on December 29, 1999, and the most recent was on December 22, 2019
SHU returns to the road after dropping two in a row at home last week.
Nico Galette had a 40-point week last week for SHU.
Three Pioneers are averaging in double figures: Galette (15.3), Tanner Thomas (10.8), Alex Sobel (10.4). Sobel leads the team in rebounds (7.6), and Galette is second with 7.1 rpg.
Sobel is tied for fifth in the nation in blocks with 23 (as of 12/3)
Galette and Thomas have brought in NEC Player of the Week awards for the Pioneers this season.
The team voted Galette, Reilly, and Kyle McGee to be captains of the 2023-24 squad.
The Pios were selected first in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. Galette and Reilly were selected to the All-NEC preseason team. Both Galette and Reilly earned All-NEC first and third-team honors last season, respectively.

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Aidan Carpenter

Nico Galette

Kyle McGee

Alex Sobel

Tanner Thomas

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