FAIRLEIGH Men’s Basketball DICKINSON game notes Tonight’s Game for-11. Scott also dished out five assists and 2009-10 SCHEDULE The Fairleigh Dickinson University men’s grabbed four steals. Junior guard Terence Nov. 13 at Villanova L, 84-61 basketball team will host Iona College on Grier also netted a season-high, adding Nov. 15 at Wichita State! L, 80-64 Wednesday evening, as the Knights look 18 points for the Knights and matched his Nov. 21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 62-53 to break their losing streak. season-high of six rebounds. Senior guard Nov. 23 at Eastern Kentucky! L, 68-39 Sean Baptiste grabbed six rebounds as Nov. 24 vs. Texas-San Antonio! L, 75-61 The All-Time Series well. Nov. 25 vs. UC-Irvine! L, 75-54 This is the 26th meeting between Fairleigh The Knights held a slight edge in points Dec. 2 at Houston Baptist L, 92-77 Dickinson and Iona, with the Gaels hold- Dec. 5 at Quinnipiac* L, 73-52 in the paint (20-18), fast break points (8-4) Dec. 7 ARMY L, 61-40 ing an 11-14 edge in the all-time series. and points off turnovers (10-8), while the Dec. 9 at Lafayette L, 73-57 The two teams last met in 1996, with Iona Peacocks held the advantage in rebound- Dec. 12 at Missouri L, 87-36 taking an 81-58 victory in New Rochelle, ing, 36-30. Dec. 19 ST. PETER’S L, 83-68 NY. FDU bounced back to shoot 47 percent Dec. 23 IONA 7:00pm in the second half, finishing the game with Jan. 2 SACRED HEART* 7:00pm Scouting the Opponent 42 percent overall, but shot just 54 percent Jan. 7 BRYANT * 7:30pm Jan. 9 CENTRAL CONN.* 7:30pm Iona enters the game against the Knights from the free throw line (22-41). For the first Jan. 14 at Robert Morris* 7:30pm with a 7-4 record this season. The Gaels time this season, the Knights had fewer Jan. 16 at Saint Francis PA* 7:00pm have posted three-straight wins (Long turnovers (13-17) than their opponent. Jan. 21 ROBERT MORRIS* 7:30pm Island, Providence, Albany), led by Scott Jan. 23 SAINT FRANCIS PA* 7:30pm Machado, who is averaging 11.1 points Coach Vetrone on the Game Jan. 28 at Bryant * 7:30pm per game. Alejo Rodriguez is leading the “There is no question that we are making Jan. 30 at Central Conn.* 1:00pm team on the boards with 5.3 rebounds per progress,” said Head Coach Greg Vetrone. Feb. 4 MONMOUTH* 7:30pm Feb. 6 at Monmouth* 7:00pm game. “We missed 19 free throws and that was Feb. 8 LONGWOOD 7:00pm the difference. But shooting that many free Feb. 11 WAGNER* 7:00pm Last Time Out throws means that we are getting the ball Feb. 13 MOUNT ST MARY’S* 7:30pm The Knights fell to visiting Saint Peter’s, into the right areas. We are getting good, Feb. 18 at Long Island* 7:30pm 83-68, on Saturday night at Stratis Arena. high-percentage shots; we just have to Feb. 20 at St Francis NY* 4:30pm Junior guard Mike Scott led the Knights knock them down. I couldn’t ask for any- Feb. 25 at Sacred Heart* 7:45pm with a season-high 21 points, shooting 7- thing more effort-wise, I’m just sorry that it Feb. 27 QUINNIPIAC* 7:30pm ! CBE Classic; Home games in ALL CAPS; isn’t translating into wins.” Probable Starters * denotes NEC opponent # Name Cl. Hometown/High School Pos Ht Wt vs. St. Peter’s (12/19) 09-10 Statistics 1 Terence Grier Jr. Cranford, NJ/St. Thomas More Prep (URI) G 5-11 180 18 pts, 6 reb 10.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg 12 Mike Scott Jr. Philadelphia, PA/Eastern Utah/TCU G 6-0 180 21 pts, 5 assists 10.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg 30 Sean Baptiste Sr North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s of Metuchen G 6-3 185 8 pts, 6 reb 13.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg 44 Kamil Svrdlik Jr. Prerov, Czech Republic/Tomas Bata F 6-8 235 7 pts, 5 reb 5.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg 50 John Galvin Jr. Weston, CT/Weston F 6-8 250 4 pts, 1 reb 3.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg Reserves # Name Cl. Hometown/High School Pos Ht Wt vs. St. Peter’s (12/19) 09-10 Statistics 00 Anaclet Mulumba So. Montreal, Canada/Vanier F 6-7 220 3 pts, 5 reb 2.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg 10 Sam Fernley So. Sheffield, England/Silverdale G 6-0 170 0 pts, 0 reb 1.4 ppg, 0.9 rpg 21 DeShawn Dockery Fr. Chicago, IL/Worcester Academy G 5-11 160 DNP ------- 22 Louis Larizza Fr. Port Chester, NY/Port Chester G 5-10 160 7 pts, 1 reb 2.7 ppg, 0.9 rpg 35 Lawrence Brown Sr. Portsmouth, England/Millersburg Military Inst. C 7-2 205 DNP 0.0 ppg, 0.6 rpg 52 DeJuan Pursley Jr. Leonia, NJ/Leonia F 6-9 215 0 pts, 0 reb 1.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg 55 Alvin Mofunanya Sr. Englewood, NJ/St. Joseph’s (Dwight Morrow) F 6-8 245 DNP 10.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg 2009-10 FDU Men’s Basketball Against the Conference Against the Northeast Conference FDU By The Numbers FDU holds a 114-137 record against cur- Fairleigh Dickinson is 310-250 against cur- rent members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic rent Northeast Conference members. Quick Facts 2008-09 Overall Record: 7-23 Conference. The Knights are ahead in the FDU is ahead in the series against 2008-09 NEC Record/Finish: 6-12/Tie-9th series against Canisius (2-0), Loyola (16- Central Conn. (15-12), Long Island (47-41), NEC Tournament Finish: Did not qualify 4), Marist (20-16), Niagara (3-1) and Siena Monmouth (36-27), Mount St. Mary’s (24- Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 (13-6). 17), Quinnipiac (16-10), Robert Morris (30- Letterwinners32 Returning/Lost: 11/3 The Knights are behind in the all-time 29), St. Francis NY (49-33), Saint Francis 2008-09 Final RPI: 314 series versus Fairfield (6-16), Iona (11-14), PA (39-33) and Wagner (47-40). Games Decided By 5 Points or Less: 4-1 Manhattan (8-16), Rider (23-26) and Saint The Knights trail in the series with only NEC Record Peter’s (12-38). one conference school- Sacred Heart (7- Last Two Years: 10-26 (.278) The Gaels are the second of two MAAC 9). Last Three Years: 19-35 (.352)24 opponents that the Knights face this sea- Last Four Years: 33-39 (.458) son, as the Peacocks visited the Rothman Season-High Last Five Years: 46-44 (.511) Center on Saturday evening, taking away Sean Baptiste netted a game-high 31 an 83-68 win. points against Houston Baptist on Dec. 2, Overall Record Last Two7 Years: 15-43 (.259) setting a season-high, just six points shy Last Three Years: 29-59 (.330) Strong Numbers of his career-high. Baptiste was 11-for-18 Last Four Years: 49-71 (.408) Despite the Knights’ loss to Houston Bap- from the floor and led the team with seven Last Five0 Years: 69-84 (.451) tist, FDU’s 77 points, 29 field goals made, rebounds. .460 field goal percentage, five three-point Leading Returning Scorers4 field goals made, .417 three-point field goal Homestand Sean Baptiste: 16.3 ppg percentage, .737 free throw percentage and The Knights picked up their first win of the Alvin Mofunanya: 9.0 ppg nine steals are all team season-highs. season in their home opener versus Central Leading Returning Rebounders Michigan. Sean Baptiste: 5.9 rpg Protecting the Ball Out of their first 11 games, only two will Alvin Mofunanya: 5.5 rpg The loss to Saint Peter’s was the first time be played on the Knights’ own hardwood. John11 Galvin: 5.3 rpg this season that the Knights have had fewer turnovers than their opponent (13-17). Senior Standing Leading Returning Assists Alvin Mofunanya really broke out to lead Sean Baptiste: 1.1 apg 99 Terence Grier: 1.1 apg Slow Starts the Knights to a 62-53 win against Central This is the second consecutive year in which Michigan in FDU’s home opener on Nov. FDU has reached a 1-10 mark to begin the 21. Mofunanya poured in a career-high 22 season. In 2008-09, the Knights dropped points and six blocks, just missing a double- 10 cal in an area where we’re a little weak right the first six games of the season, reaching double with nine rebounds. now. I thought it showed early.” the 1-10 mark with their only win coming “They really extended their zone and against Monmouth. FDU then picked up win Block Party early in the season you don’t see that. I number two against Quinnipiac on Jan. 3. Alvin Mofunanya is only six blocks away thought (FDU) coach Greg Vetrone had FDU finished the season 7-23. from cracking the all-time list in career them really well prepared. They left the blocks. He currently has 80, and Andre Har- middle open and extended on us and did a Against the Leopards ris is 10th in program history with 86. Mofu- really good job. They contested a lot of our FDU dropped a game to Lafayette on Dec. nanya, who transferred from St.