Saturday, January 13
Fairfield, Conn.
2:00 PM
Sacred Heart
vs
LIU
Photo by: Greg Vasil
Men's Basketball Welcomes LIU on Saturday
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SHU continues NEC play
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team returns home to continue Northeast Conference play on Saturday, January 13, at 2:00 pm against LIU.
Live Stats | NEC Front Row | Game Notes
RECORDS:
SHU: 7-10, 1-1 NEC
LIU: 3-11, 2-0 NEC
LAST TIME OUT:
Live Stats | NEC Front Row | Game Notes
RECORDS:
SHU: 7-10, 1-1 NEC
LIU: 3-11, 2-0 NEC
LAST TIME OUT:
- Sacred Heart fell on the road, 82-58 at Merrimack on Saturday afternoon.
- Nico Galette tallied his sixth game of the season with 20+ points, leading the Pioneers with 22.
- Kyle McGee also scored in double figures with 12.
- Galette was the team leader in rebounds with eight. Mike Sixsmith dished out a team-high five assists.
- Sacred Heart and LIU will meet on Saturday for the 49th time, dating back to 1997. LIU holds the series advantage, 31-17.
- SHU opened Northeast Conference play with a 79-67 win over Saint Francis on 1/4 and fell to Merrimack on the road on 1/6.
- Three Pioneers are averaging in double figures: Nico Galette (14.9), Alex Sobel (11.9), and Tanner Thomas (10.8). Sobel leads the team in rebounds (7.4), and Galette is second with 6.2 rpg.
- Sobel is fourth in the nation in blocks with 44 and is fifth in blocks per game with 2.81 (as of 1/5).
- Galette and Thomas have brought in NEC Player of the Week awards for the Pioneers this season. Sobel has been a Prime Performer three times.
- Galette, Joey Reilly, and Kyle McGee were voted captains for 2023-24.
- SHU was selected first in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. Galette and Reilly were selected to the All-NEC preseason team. Galette and Reilly earned All-NEC first and third-team honors last season, respectively.
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