2017-18 Bison Basketball Game Notes
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BUCKNELL 2017-18 BISON BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Game 29: bucknell (19-9, 13-2 PL) at Holy Cross (10-16, 7-8 PL) #rayBUCKNELL saturday, february 17 |worcester, mass.| hart center (3,536) SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Tip .......................................... 12 p.m. ET N10 at Monmouth (ESPN3) 79-78 L BUCKNELL BISON HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS TV .........................................Stadium TV Record ...................................19-9 Record .................................10-16 N12 at Arkansas (SEC Network) 101-73 L Talent ............ Elijah Gonzalez, Jim Cain Patriot League .......................13-2 Patriot League .........................7-8 N15 at #9 North Carolina (ACC Network) 93-81 L Webcast ............ Patriot League Network KenPom/RPI Ranking ........ 112/91 KenPom/RPI Ranking ...... 307/274 N18 at Maryland (Big Ten Network) 80-78 L URL ............................PatriotLeague.tv 2016-17 ..................26-9 (15-3 PL) 2016-17 ..................15-17 (9-9 PL) N20 SIENA (PLN) 115-92 W Radio ......... Eagle 107 (WEGH 107.3 FM) Head Coach .............Nathan Davis Head Coach ..............Bill Carmody N22 BALL STATE (PLN) 87-83 W Internet Audio ..........BucknellBison.com At Bucknell ...............62-32 (3rd) At Holy Cross ............40-53 (3rd) N26 at Stony Brook 85-76 W Play-by-Play .................Doug Birdsong Overall....................203-71 (9th) Overall................324-298 (20th) N29 at Saint Joseph’s 83-70 L Live Stats...................BucknellBison.com Location .................Lewisburg, Pa. Location ............ Worcester, Mass. D2 VERMONT (WQMY/PLN) 81-77 W Series .................... Bucknell leads, 41-29 Enrollment ...........................3,600 Enrollment ...........................2,904 First Game ............ 1/12/1991 (H, 80-78) D5 at Northeastern (NESN Plus) 82-64 L Colors ....................Orange & Blue Colors .......................Royal Purple Last Bucknell Win ......1/20/2018 (77-56) President ......Dr. John C. Bravman President ..Rev. Philip L. Boroughs D16 at VCU 85-79 L 2OT Last HC Win .............3/3/2016 (77-72 ) Interim AD ............. Tim Pavlechko AD ............................. Nathan Pine D19 at Richmond (MASN) 86-78 W Current Streak ........................Bucknell 3 Web Site .........BucknellBison.com Web Site ...........GoHolyCross.com D22 LA SALLE (WQMY/PLN) 88-81 W D29 AMERICAN* (PLN) 84-55 W BUCKNELL PROBABLE STARTERS J2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* (PLN) 84-79 L NOTES: Quick point guard ... 2x team co-captain ... Second Team All-PL J5 at Army West Point* (PLN) 83-66 W STEPHEN BROWN 2 5-11 • 160 • Sr. • Manassas, Va. and PL All-Defensive honoree last season ... 4th on BU career assist J8 at Lafayette* (PLN) (OT) 80-75 W chart (499) ... 126 asst./51 TO on season ... had career-high 27 pts (7-9 PTS REB AST MIN G J11 LEHIGH* (Stadium TV/PLN) 78-65 W 3FG) at Navy, then 21 at Boston U. ... 0 TOs in either game ... 20 pts. vs. 14.0 3.5 4.5 30.2 Loyola last time out ... 15.2 ppg in PL play ... 1 ast. shy of 500 for career. J15 at Colgate* (CBS SN) 63-51 W J17 at Loyola* (Stadium TV/PLN) 78-70 W KIMBAL MACKENZIE NOTES: One of most improved players in PL last year ... 2017 Third J20 HOLY CROSS* (WQMY/PLN) 77-56 W 1 6-1 • 195 • Jr. • Oakville, Ontario Team All-Patriot League and Academic All-Patriot League selection ... PL All-Tournament selection ... tallied 23 pts. (5-7 3FG) in NCAA Tourna- J24 at Navy* (PLN) 87-67 W PTS REB AST MIN G ment game vs. West Virginia ... missed 10G with abdominal injury ... J28 at Boston University* (CBS SN) 91-79 W 7.7 2.1 2.4 27.3 9.9 ppg since return ... hit 3FG at buzzer to beat Colgate on Monday. J31 ARMY WEST POINT* (PLN) (OT) 83-71 W F3 LAFAYETTE* (Stadium TV/PLN) 74-59 W AVI TOOMER NOTES: Key player for Bucknell last season as a freshman ... took over 11 6-3 • 188 • So. • Atlanta, Ga. starting spot at the 3 position midway through last season and quickly F5 at Lehigh* (CBS SN) (OT) 92-89 L became one of the team’s top defenders ... played in all 35G, starting F12 COLGATE* (CBS SN) 65-64 W PTS REB AST MIN G last 22 ... missed 16G this year with a foot injury but returned Jan. 17 F14 LOYOLA* (PLN) 94-53 W 5.5 1.8 0.9 19.9 at Loyola ... season-high 10 pts. vs. Holy Cross & Navy ... 41.2 3FG%. F17 at Holy Cross* (Stadium TV/PLN) 12 p.m. ZACH THOMAS NOTES: 1st Team All-Patriot League selection last season ... 2017 PL F21 NAVY* (Stadium TV/PLN) 7 p.m. 23 6-7 • 228 • Sr. • Ijamsville, Md. Tournament MVP ... great season thus far in 17-18 (6x PL Player of F24 at American* (PLN) 2 p.m. Week) ... 38 pts./11 reb./7 asst. at Stony Brook ... 19 reb. at St. Joe’s PTS REB AST MIN F ... 36 pts./13 reb./3 asst. last week at Lehigh ... No. 21 nationally in M1 PL Tournament Quarterfinals+ (PLN) TBA 21.3 9.4 2.4 32.1 ppg, No. 34 in rpg, No. 1 in FTA & FTM ... 20+ pts. 15x ... 13 dbl-dbls. M4 PL Tournament Semifinals+ (CBS SN) 12/2 p.m. M7 PL Championship Game+ (CBS SN) 7:30 p.m. NANA FOULLAND NOTES: 2x co-captain has evolved into a dominant center ... reigning 20 6-10 • 235 • Sr. • Reading, Pa. Patriot League Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year ... also an Academic All-PL pick ... 5th on Bucknell’s career scoring list * Patriot League game PTS REB BLK MIN C (1,654) ... No. 1 active scorer among centers in NCAA ... also 3rd at BU + PL Tournament games at home of higher seed 15.4 6.9 1.8 28.5 in blocks (200), 7th in rebounds (856) ... career-hi 30 pts. vs. La Salle. BUCKNELL RESERVES BUCKNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Notable Director of Athletic Comm.: Jon Terry 0 Paul Newman Fr. C 6-9 244 0.7 1.1 Frosh understudy in star-studded frontcourt Office: (570) 577-3121 3 Jimmy Sotos Fr. G 6-3 193 5.3 2.8 Started 11G while Mackenzie injured Cell: (570) 850-9603 4 Nate Sestina Jr. C 6-9 247 6.4 3.8 Double-digit pts. 5x off bench E-Mail: [email protected] 5 Jordan Sechan Fr. G 6-0 168 0.2 0.2 Walk-on point guard gaining experience Web Site: BucknellBison.com 12 John Meeks Fr. F 6-6 225 1.9 0.9 Good early reviews on lefty from NC Twitter: @Bucknell_Bison, @Bucknell_MBB 13 Bruce Moore So. F 6-8 213 5.3 2.4 Season-high 18 pts. vs. Boston U. Instagram: @BucknellBison 14 Ben Robertson So. F 6-5 200 1.8 1.3 Career-high 11 pts. at Army Facebook: Bucknell Athletics 15 Nate Jones Jr. G 6-5 209 1.9 1.3 10 pts. at VCU Associate SID: Jen Dobias 22 Matt O’Reilly Jr. G 6-3 195 2.1 0.2 Long-range shooter out with foot injury Assistant SIDs: Matt Jackson, Christian Rauch Bucknell Men’s Basketball Game Notes — 2 HEAD COACH NATHAN DAVIS BISON NOTES & NOTABLES Nathan Davis returned to Buck- nell in April 2015 to become the WITH A WIN OVER HOLY CROSS, BUCKNELL WOULD ... 21st head coach of the Bison men’s u... record the 14th 20-win season in school history. basketball program, and his impact u... improve to 20-9 overall, 14-2 in the Patriot League and 9-8 on the road this season. on the program has been imme- u... win its 16th in the last 18, and 20th in its last 25. diate. The Bison have captured u... maintain at least a four-game lead in the Patriot League. Patriot League regular-season titles u... sweep the season series from the Crusaders and improve to 42-29 all-time against them. in each of his first two seasons u... win at the Hart Center for the third straight year. as head coach, and in 2017 they u... improve to 63-32 under Nathan Davis. returned to the NCAA Tournament u after winning the PL Tournament title. ... improve to 104-26 in Patriot League play since the start of the 2010-11 season. Davis was a familiar face to Bucknell fans when he returned to Lewisburg, as he spent five years (2003-08) as the top as- HEADLINES sistant coach under Pat Flannery and was on the bench for uAfter a wild 48 hours at Sojka Pavilion earlier in the week, Bucknell has clinched the outright Patriot League the team’s historic NCAA Tournament victories in 2005 and regular-season title for an unprecedented fourth straight year and for seventh time in the last eight years. The 2006. Bison are assured of the No. 1 seed and hosting rights throughout the Patriot League Tournament. In his very first season as head coach in 2015-16, he guided uBucknell was seconds away from seeing its lead over second-place Colgate reduced to one game on Monday the team to a 14-4 Patriot League record (17-14 overall). The night. But the Bison scored nine straight points in the final 21 seconds to steal a 65-64 win, and then on Wednesday Bison had to win their final four games of the regular season to hold off Lehigh by one game for the regular-season title. a 41-point rout of Loyola, combined with Colgate's loss to Lehigh, made it a four-game margin with three to play. Davis was named Patriot League Coach of the Year and was uDating back to mid-December, the Bison have won 15 of their last 17 games, and they are 19-5 since starting picked as a finalist for the Joe B.