Men's Basketball Travels to Dartmouth

Saturday, November 9

Hanover, NH

1:00 PM

Sacred Heart

Dartmouth College

Photo by: Josh Gee

11/8/2024 1:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

The Pioneers wrap up the first week of the season with their third straight road game

FAIRFIELD, Conn.—The Sacred Heart University men's basketball team wraps up its season-opening three-game week with a road trip to Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 9.

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OPENING TIP

Sacred Heart and Dartmouth meet for the fourth time in the series history on Saturday. SHU is 2-1 all-time against Dartmouth. The two teams last met on Dec. 21, 2023. The Pioneers won 67-57 at home.
SHU has dropped its first two games of the season, 81-70 at Temple and 92-56 at #3 UConn.
Amiri Stewart (13.0) and Bryce Johnson (10.0) have scored in double figures in back-to-back games for Sacred Heart.
The Pioneers are on the road for the first two weeks of the season. Wrapping up its three-game week, at Dartmouth, followed by a trip to Providence, RI for a three-game tournament at Brown next weekend.
Sacred Heart returns three active members from last year's team: Tanner Thomas, who made nine appearances before missing the remainder of the season with an injury. Raymond Espinal-Guzman, a redshirt junior forward who appeared in 24 games last season, and Aidan Carpenter, a redshirt junior guard who made 30 appearances with 16 starts.
Thomas was named to the All-MAAC preseason third team.
Johnson returns to Sacred Heart after a year at Northeastern.
This year is Sacred Heart's first season as a full-time member of the MAAC.
The Pioneers have 10 new players on the team.
Head Coach Anthony Latina begins his 12th season as head coach and 20th year overall with the Pioneers.
SHU is set to officially reopen the newly renovated William H. Pitt Center on Thursday, Nov. 21, against Central Connecticut State University at 8 pm.

LAST TIME OUT:

Sacred Heart dropped its second game of the season, on the road at UConn, 92-56.
Amiri Stewart (13) and Bryce Johnson (10) scored in double figures, for the second straight game.
First-years Nyle Ralph-Beyer, Taj Bryant, and redshirt Lucius Gibson-Savadel each made their first appearances with the Pioneers.
Junior Griffin Barrouk brought in his first points as a Pioneer with a triple late in the second half.
Ralph-Beyer scored on his first attempt with a three-pointer, securing his first career points. Bryant tallied his first point for SHU with a made free throw.