2010-11 SAINT ROSE MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA NOTES Saint Rose (13-6/8-6 NE-10) at Stonehill (15-4/9-4 NE-10) Saturday - January 29, 2011 - 3:30 pm Merkert Gymnasium (2,200) Easton, Massachusetts

Game Day Quick Facts Saint Rose "Golden Knights" Probable Starters Series Record: Saint Rose 8-7 F #22 . Brian Hanuschak .... 6-7 ...... JR ... 10.5 ppg ..... 8.8 rpg ...... 1.21 bpg Record at Stonehill: Stonehill 4-3 F #33 . Sheldon Griffin ...... 6-5 ...... JR ... 7.5 ppg ...... 5.1 rpg ...... 851 FT% (57-67) Record at Saint Rose: Saint Rose 5-3 G #1 ... Andre Pope ...... 5-10 .... SO .. 13.2 ppg ..... 4.6 rpg ...... 4.11 apg ...... 2.00 spg Neutral Courts: N/A G #10 . Shea Bromirski ...... 6-0 ...... JR ... 15.3 ppg ..... 2.89 apg ...... 889 FT% (80-90) NCAA Tournament: Saint Rose 1-0 G #11 . Rob Gutierrez ...... 6-0 ...... JR ... 18.5 ppg ..... 4.4 rpg ...... 2.00 spg First Meeting: 3/8/98 at Siena ...... Saint Rose 97-87 (2OT) Off The Bench ...... NCAA Regional Championship C #52 . Dominykas Milka.... 6-8 ...... FR... 5.6 ppg ...... 4.4 rpg ...... 15.4 minutes Largest Saint Rose Win: 1/18/03 G #3 ... Kareem Thomas ..... 6-1 ...... FR... 4.9 ppg ...... 1.06 apg ..... 15.6 minutes ...... 103-73 at Saint Rose F #50 . Devin Grimes ...... 6-6 ...... SO .. 3.9 ppg ...... 3.8 rpg ...... 14.0 minutes Largest Stonehill Win: 2/21/09 ...... 80-59 at Stonehill Audio Broadcast - Via the Web: ...... www.gogoldenknights.com Stonehill "Skyhawks" Probable Starters ...... Chad Cooper (Play by Play) F #10 . Mike Kernan...... 6-7 ...... SR... 11.9 ppg ..... 10.0 rpg F #21 .Patrick Lee ...... 6-5 ...... JR ... 10.4 ppg ..... 6.7 rpg Saint Rose Quick Facts G #11 . Ivan Almeida ...... 6-6 ...... JR ... 12.7 ppg ..... 6.2 rpg ...... 1.53 bpg City/Zip: Albany, NY 12203 G #15 .Daniel Heppert ...... 6-4 ...... SR... 9.9 ppg ...... 5.8 rpg Founded: 1920 G #22 . Sam Markle ...... 6-1 ...... SO .. 5.8 ppg ...... 2.2 rpg ...... 5.01 apg Enrollment: 5,102 Nickname: Golden Knights Off The Bench School Colors: Gold, Black & White G #12 . Brian Hamor...... 6-2 ...... SO .. 11.3 ppg ..... 2.95 apg ..... 25.3 minutes Arena: Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium G #2 ... Andre Tongo ...... 6-1 ...... JR ... 5.1 ppg ...... 1.8 rpg ...... 14.5 minutes Capacity: 1,000 G #31 . Adam Fazzini ...... 6-7 ...... SO .. 2.6 ppg ...... 1.3 rpg ...... 10.3 minutes Conference: Northeast-10 All-Time Record: 695-380 (.669) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 First NCAA Season: 1991-92 37th Season: First Season 1973-74 “We have been very fortunate to have had great coaches and great players 20-Win Seasons: 16 throughout the years. We have found a formula that works for us at Saint At Nolan Gym: (76-21, Seventh Year) All-Time NE-10 Record: 145-89 (.622) Rose. One of our goals is to attract players who will fit in with the rest of the ...... Regular-Season College’s student body and who are poised to develop as students, people and

Sports Information as players. We want to develop a relationship where we’ll be their coach for Assistant A.D./SID: ...... David Alexander four years and their friends forever.” Office Phone: ...... (518) 458-5491 E-mail: ...... [email protected] Saint Rose Head Coach Brian Beaury Assistant SID: ...... Joshua Jennings Office Phone: ...... (518) 458-5496 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Fax: ...... (518) 458-5457 Postgame Protocol: All postgame interviews take place outside the Saint Rose locker room Website: ...... www.gogoldenknights.com following a 10 minute "cooling off " period. Please direct all interview requests to either David Alexander or Joshua Jennings prior to the final buzzer. An official boxscore is provided at half- time and at the end of the game, at which time a complete play-by-play will be handed out as well. Thank you!

The Plot: Today's game features the league's most prolific scoring team against the conference's top scoring defense. The Golden Knights are tossing a league leading 78.6 points per-game, while the Skyhawks are allowing only 61.1 points per-outing. Last Time Out: Saint Rose was held to just seven field goals throughout 2010-11 NE-10 Preseason Coaches’ Poll the opening 20 minutes, which proved to be decisive in Wednesday’s Team ...... Points ...... 09-10 Record 83-60 setback to visiting league leader Bentley. The Falcons worked 1. Bentley (9) ...... 216...... 26-7/17-5 efficiently to build a 39-17 margin at the break. Saint Rose began to 2. Saint Anselm (1) ...... 195...... 20-11/14-8 find its stride in the first four minutes of the second stanza, but the 3. Merrimack (1) ...... 189...... 21-9/16-6 damage was already done. Junior guard Rob Gutierrez sparked an 4. Saint Rose (2) ...... 182 ...... 16-12/13-9 11-2 outburst with back-to-back jumpers and then capped it with a 5. Stonehill (3) ...... 174...... 24-6/20-2 layup off a feed from sophomore guard Andre Pope to make it a 47-31 6. American Int’l ...... 139...... 14-14/12-10 ballgame. However, Bentley made sure a Saint Rose comeback was 7. Adelphi ...... 135...... 22-11/12-10 not in the cards by running off 13 straight points to put things away. 8. Assumption ...... 124...... 13-15/10-12 Gutierrez paced the Golden Knights for the ninth time this year with 9. UMass Lowell ...... 120...... 20-12/13-9 20 points. Junior guard Shea Bromirski added 13, while freshman 10. So. New Hampshire ...... 111...... 15-14/9-13 guard Kareem Thomas tossed in 10 points in 23 minutes off the bench. 11. Saint Michael’s ...... 81 ...... 9-17/5-17 The Falcons had a balanced attack that featured 10 players in the 12. Franklin Pierce ...... 72 ...... 12-15/7-15 scoring column, including five in double-digits. Senior forward Brian 13. Le Moyne ...... 65 ...... 18-10/14-8 Tracey led the way with a “double-double” behind 15 points and 11 14. Pace ...... 64 ...... 10-18/8-14 boards. 15. So. Connecticut ...... 30 ...... 2-25/1-21 16. New Haven ...... 23 ...... 5-22/5-17 Scouting Saint Rose (13-6/8-6 NE-10): The Golden Knights come into ...... (First place votes in parentheses) today aiming to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season…They have also dropped four straight on this floor and six of their last seven meetings overall with Stonehill…The team’s last win NE-10 Standings ..... Conference ...... Overall here came via a 63-53 triumph eight years ago (2/23/03)…Saint Rose (as of 1/27) ..... GP .. Record ... Win % .... GP .. Record ...... Win % paces the NE-10 in FT% (.767) and scoring (78.6), is second in 3FG% Bentley ...... 14 ...12-2-0 .... 0.857 ..... 18 .. 14-4-0 ...... 0.778 (.383) and stands in third FG% (.458)…The Golden Knights are American Int’l 14 ...11-3-0 .... 0.786 ..... 19 .. 15-4-0 ...... 0.789 averaging 84.2 points, holding their opponents to 71.5 points, own Stonehill ...... 14 ...10-4-0 .... 0.714 ..... 19 .. 15-4-0 ...... 0.789 a +1.5 turnover margin and a +6.4 rebound margin throughout their Saint Anselm . 14 ...10-4-0 .... 0.714 ..... 18 .. 14-4-0 ...... 0.778 13 victories…Conversely, they are averaging 66.5 points, giving up Saint Rose ...... 14 ...8-6-0 ...... 0.571 ..... 19 .. 13-6-0 ...... 0.684 76.2 points, own a -4.3 turnover margin and a -5.3 rebound differential UMass Lowell 14 ...8-6-0 ...... 0.571 ..... 18 .. 12-6-0 ...... 0.667 throughout their six losses…Saint Rose has four players averaging Adelphi ...... 14 ...7-7-0 ...... 0.500 ..... 18 .. 11-7-0 ...... 0.611 double-figures in scoring on the year…Junior guard Rob Gutierrez is So. Conn...... 14 ...7-7-0 ...... 0.500 ..... 18 .. 10-8-0 ...... 0.556 pouring in a team-high 18.5 points per-outing, which is 14.1 points Assumption ... 14 ...7-7-0 ...... 0.500 ..... 20 .. 10-10-0 ...... 0.500 higher than his career average of 4.4 ppg entering this season…He’s Pace ...... 14 ...6-8-0 ...... 0.429 ..... 19 .. 10-9-0 ...... 0.526 also hauling in 4.4 rebounds on a regular basis and has been in double- Le Moyne ...... 14 ...6-8-0 ...... 0.429 ..... 18 .. 8-10-0 ...... 0.444 figures in all but one of his 18 games…Shea Bromirski, also a junior Merrimack ..... 13 ...5-8-0 ...... 0.385 ..... 17 .. 9-8-0 ...... 0.529 guard, is averaging 15.3 points, while sophomore guard Andre Pope St. Michael’s .. 13 ...5-8-0 ...... 0.385 ..... 17 .. 7-10-0 ...... 0.412 is tossing in 13.2 points and paces the club with 4.11 assists per- Southern N.H. 14 ...3-11-0 .... 0.214 ..... 18 .. 7-11-0 ...... 0.389 outing…Junior forward Brian Hanuschak is nearly producing a Franklin Pierce14 ...3-11-0 .... 0.214 ..... 19 .. 5-14-0 ...... 0.263 “double-double” with 10.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per- New Haven .... 14 ...3-11-0 .... 0.214 ..... 17 .. 4-13-0 ...... 0.235 game…Bromirski became the 24th player in school annals to reach 1,000 points (1,024) with his 18 point effort during last Saturday’s 92- Tale of the Tape ...... STR ...... STO 82 setback at UMass Lowell…The Golden Knights have scored at least Scoring Offense ...... 78.6 ...... 71.3 80 points on 10 occasions this season...Guard/Forward Chris Dorgler Scoring Defense...... 72.9 ...... 61.1 (Floral Park, NY) out of Archbishop Molloy has signed a National Letter Scoring Margin ...... +5.7 ...... +10.3 of Intent...He is averaging 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds for the Rebound Average ...... 38.3 ...... 40.9 Stanners this season. Rebound Margin ...... +2.7 ...... +9.0 FG% ...... 45.8 ...... 46.9 Scouting Stonehill (15-4/9-4 NE-10): Stonehill has won 10 of its last FG% Defense ...... 42.8 ...... 38.2 11…The lone setback came via an 87-84, 2OT loss at American 3FG% ...... 38.3 ...... 33.8 International a week ago Wednesday…The Skyhawks are furthermore FT% ...... 76.7 ...... 65.7 7-1 at home thus far…They are coming off of Tuesday’s 84-82 OT thriller Turnovers per-game ...... 18.5 ...... 17.7 at Le Moyne where junior forward Patrick Lee’s game-winning Turnover Margin ...... -0.4 ...... -1.8 turnaround heave from beyond midcourt was featured on ESPN…Stonehill paces the NE-10 in scoring defense (61.1) and FG% (.469) and is second in FG% defense (.382)…Seven players average between 12.7 and 5.1 points per-game…Junior guard Ivan Almeida This is an addition to the previous announcement the College made leads the way…Senior forward Mike Kernan is producing a “double- regarding its partnership with Pack Network that resulted in the double” behind 11.9 point s and 10.0 rebounds per-game. launch of www.gogoldenknights.tv to video stream live broadband a minimum of 20 Saint Rose intercollegiate home games throughout On the Air: Twenty-nine basketball games for Saint Rose will be aired the 2010-11 season. Among these contests are six mid-week NE-10 free of charge on the internet this season. The audio steam of the basketball doubleheaders. contests, provided by TEAMLINE, can be heard by clicking on the TEAMLINE link or on the icon next to that day’s schedule of contests on the Golden Knights homepage: www.gogoldenknights.com. Chad Cooper returns for his fifth season of calling all the exciting action of Golden Knights basketball via the web.