Dec. 8 at Nova Southeastern | 5:30 PM
Where: Marion Bowman Activities Center | Saint Leo, Fla.
Records: SLU 4-3, 1-1 SSC | NSU 4-3, 1-1 SSC
Coverage Links: Live Stats | Video

Women's Basketball Notes

• Saint Leo grabbed a 93-60 win in non-conference competition against Trinity on Tuesday.
• Delaney Bernard became the program's single game three-point record holder with 10. The sophomore guard knocked down 10-of-12 from the three-point range tallying career-high 32 points. The day's performance raised her season scoring average to 7.6 PPG.
• Alani Gallagher joined Bernard in the double digit scoring with 10 points, adding five rebounds, on Tuesday. On the season, Gallagher averages 7.7 PPG, and team-high 6.6 RPG.
• Casey Wortley enters her first contest against the Sharks averaging team-high 11.7 PPG. The graduate student forward holds a 49.2-field goal percentage, going 32-for-65. Around the arc, she holds a 49.2-percent, going 11-for-29. Off the window, she averages six RPG.
• Nova dropped a 64-55 tilt at No. 22 Embry-Riddle on Saturday, Dec. 1. Mikayla Thompson recorded her second double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds.
• On the season, Alison Hughes and Hailey Conley each average 12.4 PPG. Hughes steps on the hardwood shooting 43.9- field goal percentage, going 29-for-66. Conley holds a 40.8-field goal percentage, going 31-for-76.
• Claire McMahon averages team-high 6.8 RPG with 27 grabs after four games. On Monday, Dec. 3, McMahon was named SSC Defensive Player of the Week. The redshirt-sophomore guard helped the Sharks to a 1-1 weekend, averaging 6.5 rebounds and registered six blocks and two steals. In Saturday's 62-51 win over Barry, she tallied five blocks, her second five-block performance over the course of three games.
• The Matchup: Last year, the two teams split the season with each team winning on their own court. On Jan. 13, Nova topped Saint Leo 64-44. Saint Leo answered on Feb. 7 with a 55-52 decision, the second consecutive win during a four-game winning streak.

Dec. 8 at #9/14 Nova Southeastern | 7:30 PM
Where: Marion Bowman Activities Center | Saint Leo, Fla.
Records:  SLU 3-5, 1-1 SSC | NSU 5-0, 2-0 SSC
Coverage Links:  Live Stats | Video 

Men's Basketball Notes

• Saint Leo will look to stop a red-hot Nova Southeastern team after a week off from action. The Lions took down Palm Beach Atlantic ont he road on Dec. 1 to pick up SSC win no. 1, 71-66. Kyran McClure paced the Green and Gold with 20 points, ahead of Yalen Reed at 15 and Junior Searcy at 11. McClure went 4-for-11 from the field while picking up 10 freebies at the charity stripe, going 10-for-11. 
• On the year, McClure leads the team in scoring at 14.1 points per game (ppg) with 113 total points on his junior campaign. Searcy is second to McClure at 11.3 ppg ahead of Reed's 10.1. Tyler Carter and Searcy are tied for a team lead in rebounding, each averaging 4.6 per game with 37 total on the season. Isaiah Hill is the team leader in steals with 10, with Reed leading the blocking category at 11 total on the year. McClure has dished out a team-high 25 assists to date leading the Lions. 
• Nova Southeastern hits the road for just the second time this season and remains a perfect 5-0 on the year after most recently defeating Barry, 103-93, and Embry-Riddle, 106-87. In the win over the Eagles, four players scored in double-figures led by David Dennis at 25 points. Connor Zinaich notched 22 points off the bench while Mark Matthews chipped in with 20 and Nick Smith tallying 12. 
• On the year, the Sharks are paced by Dennis who averages 23.8 ppg ahead of Matthews' 21.4, Zinaich's 13.0, Mikkel Kolstad's 11.4 and Dwayne Gibson's 10.6. Matthews leads the team in rebounding, one per game shy of averaging a double-double entering the weekend at 9.0 rpg. Dennis leads the Sharks in both assists, 33, and steals 17 while he is the team leader in blocks at seven. 
• The Matchup: Nova Southeastern averages 108.4 points per game with scores of 101, 99, 103, 106 and a 133 total against Florida National. The Lions average 70.4 ppg with scores of 83, 69 and 71 in wins with 83 and 69 point totals at home. NSU has turned the ball over just 53 times to the Lions' 103 on the year. 
• Series: The Lions hold a 26-22 favor in the head-to-head despite Nova Southeastern sweeping the season series in 2017-18 after a 77-69 overtime win in Ft. Lauderdale and a 91-77 win in the Marion Bowman Activities Center