Penmen leave Springfield with basketball split

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Kylie Lorenzen (SNHU promotional photo)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Southern New Hampshire University’s men’s and women’s basketball put up impressive second halves on Saturday night, but only the women left with a win against American International College.

Leading off in the women’s contest, the Penmen built a three-point lead at the half before senior Kylie Lorenzen (Holliston, Mass.) helped increased SNHU’s advantage once both teams returned to the floor.

There she and teammate Gyanna Russell (E. Hampton, Conn.) sparked a 13-2 Penmen streak in the third quarter followed by a 14-2 blitz in the fourth quarter to put the contest out of reach for good.

Holliston ended with 18 points, 11 in the second half, one of three Penmen in double digits, as SNHU climbed to 12-7 on the year.

In the men’s game, 28 points from Daquaise Andrews went to waste as the Penmen fell 79-72.

The Yellow Jackets established a 16-point lead by halftime, building that lead up to 21 until Andrews spearheaded a 20-7 SNHU run.

SNHU managed to get the game back within a pair of baskets with just 41 seconds left in the contest before a pair of free throws from American International’s Isiah Salter (Concord, N.C.) sealed the hosts’ victory.

Andrews has now scored over 20 points in his past four contests, bringing his average per game up to 22.4, just .7 points per game less than Bentley’s Ryan Richmond.

With the loss, the men are now 10-7 on the year.

The Penmen return to action on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at home against Adelphi University, beginning with the women at 5:30 p.m. and then the men at 8 p.m.

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.