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. 

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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. 

OPENING TIP:

• 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.