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Men's Basketball GAMEDAY 230 South Broad Street Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-545-6678 Fax: 215-545-3342 www.atlantic10.org Contact: Stephen Haug ([email protected]) - Thru games of Nov. 15 - -------Atlantic 10--------- -------------------------------------Overall--------------------------------------- W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neu. Last 5 Streak 1. Charlotte 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Dayton 0 0 .000 . 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- Duquesne 0 0 .000 . 1 0 .1 000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Fordham 0 0 .000 . 0 1 .000 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 George Washington 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 La Salle 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Massachusetts 0 0 .000 . 1 1 .500 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 L1 Rhode Island 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Richmond 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 St. Bonaventure 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Saint Joseph’s 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Saint Louis 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Temple 0 0 .000 . 2 0 1.000 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 Xavier 0 0 .000 . 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK UPCOMING SCHEDULE & RECENT RESULTS Dionte Christmas - Temple N. 11 Massachusetts 90, Arkansas-Monticello 71 Senior, Guard, 6-5, 190 lbs. (2K Sports Classic, Carbondale, Ill.) Philadelphia, Pa./ Philadelphia Lutheran Christian Academy 12 Southern Illinois 80, Massachusetts 73 Christmas averaged 26 points and nine (2K Sports Classic, Carbondale, Ill.) rebounds in leading Temple to pair of victories at the Charleston Classic...had 26 points and 11 boards on Nov. 14 Temple 79, East Tennessee State 65 14 in the Owls’ 79-65 win versus East Tennessee (Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C.) State...scored 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Rhode Island 76, Brown 74 Temple’s 70-65 victory over College of Charleston on George Washington 63, Boston University 58 (OT) Nov. 15...shot 16-of-32 from the field and added seven Saint Joseph's 69, Rider 57 assists over the two games...named the A-10 Player of (Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pa.) the Week for the eighth time in his career....TU opened St. Bonaventure 72, Robert Morris 62 its season with a pair of victories for the first time since (Garden State Tip-Off) the 2000-01 campaign. Xavier 71, IPFW 43 Charlotte 77, UNC Greensboro 59 Ahmad Nivins - Saint Joseph’s Saint Louis 48, Missouri-St. Louis 33 Senior, Forward, 6-9, 235 lbs. Duquesne 84, High Point 55 Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony’s Columbia 65, Fordham 62 Nivins scored a game-high 25 points and tied his career-high with 13 rebounds in Saint Joseph’s 15 La Salle 64, Morgan State 61 69-57 win over Rider on Nov. 14...made his first eight Temple 70, College of Charleston 65 shots and finished the evening 9-of-11 from the (Charleston Classic) field...added four blocks...marks his first career A-10 Richmond 81, Randolph-Macon 57 Player of the Week honor. 16 Saint Joseph's at Holy Cross 4:00 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Temple vs. Clemson 4:00 Trey Blue - Fordham (Charleston Classic, Charleston, S.C.) Freshman, Guard, 6-3, 190 lbs. Rhode Island at Duke 4:30/ESPNU South Holland, Ill./Brewster (N.H.) Academy Old Dominion at Charlotte 6:00 Blue scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting in Wofford at Dayton 7:00 Fordham’s 65-62 loss to Columbia on Nov. 14...shot 6- for-11 from three-point range...added four rebounds and 17 Fordham at Villanova 7:30 four assists...marked the most-ever points scored by St. Bonaventure at Marist 7:30 Rams freshman in his collegiate debut, eclipsing Bryant (Garden State Tip-Off) Dunston’s (2004) previous record of 20 points. Toledo at Xavier 7:30 Home Team in BOLD; All times Eastern A-10-SHUN NEWS FROM AROUND THE ATLANTIC 10 HONOR ROLL: Charlotte senior Lamont Mack had 18 WET BEHIND THE EARS: Duquesne and Saint Louis will be points and 10 rebounds on Nov. 14 in the 49ers’ 77-59 win among the youngest teams in the nation in 2008-09. over UNC Greensboro...sophomore Damian Saunders set Duquesne has eight scholarship freshmen and four sopho- career highs in points (21) and steals (six) as Duquesne mores on the 15-man roster. Three-year starter Aaron turned aside High Point on Nov. 14, 84-55...GW senior Rob Jackson - the Dukes’ lone senior - is also the team's only Diggs scored 12 points and grabbed 14 boards in the scholarship upperclassman. Saint Louis is the only other Colonials’ 63-58 (OT) victory at Boston University on Nov. NCAA Division I school with eight scholarship freshmen and 14...sophomore Jerrell Williams had 12 points and 11 no school has more scholarship underclassmen than rebounds on Nov. 15 as La Salle edged Morgan State, 64- Duquesne's 11. In addition, Duquesne is tied with The 61...Massachusetts senior forward Tony Gaffney averaged Citadel, High Point and Saint Peter's for the most scholarship 11 points, 11 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in a pair of contests in underclassmen in the country with 11. the 2K Sports Classic...senior guard Jimmy Baron scored all 17 of his points in the second half as Rhode Island earned a PASSING THE ROCK: Senior guard Chris Lowe of 76-74 win versus Brown on Nov. 14...Richmond freshman Massachusetts led the A-10 and ranked 13th nationally in Josh Duinker came off the bench to score 13 points and assists (6.2 apg.) a year ago. The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native added nine rebounds in the Spiders’ 81-57 victory over registered at least ten assists on six different occasions. By Randolph-Macon...junior guard Chris Matthews knocked comparison, no other player in the Conference dished out ten down five field goals from beyond the arc en route to scoring or more assists in more than one game in 2007-08. Lowe, 18 points as St. Bonaventure turned aside Robert Morris on who also paced the A-10 in assists in 2006 (4.9 apg.), seeks Nov. 14, 72-62...Saint Louis freshman guard Kwamain to become the first player in league history to lead the Mitchell scored a game-high 16 points and added five Conference in assists three times. Carl Smith (UM - 1984, assists on Nov. 14 in the Billikens’ 48-33 victory over 86), Shandue McNeill (SBU - 1995, 97) and Jameer Nelson Missouri-St. Louis...freshman Ramone Moore had 11 points (SJU - 2001, 02) are the only other players to twice lead the and 10 rebounds off the bench in Temple’s 70-65 win at A-10 in assists. Lowe opened his senior campaign with 11 College of Charleston on Nov. 15...Xavier senior C.J. assists in the Minutemen’s 90-71 win over Arkansas- Anderson scored 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting and grabbed Monticello on Nov. 11. nine rebounds on Nov. 14 in the Musketeers’ 71-43 victory over IPFW. Freshman teammate Kenny Frease had 12 WRIGHT STUFF: Chris Wright looks to lead Dayton back to points, seven boards and three blocks in just 20 minutes of the postseason and continue his progression as a dynamic action. all-around player. The sophomore forward, a preseason All- Conference second-team selection, played in 15 games and SELECT COMPANY: Temple senior guard Dionte led the team in rebounding (5.7 rpg.), and field goal percent- Christmas averaged a league-best 19.7 points last season age (.602) while averaging 10.4 points a year ago. The to become just the third player in Conference history to lead Flyers certainly missed the presence of Wright after he broke the Atlantic 10 in scoring in successive years. The two other his ankle midway through the season. UD was 13-1 before players to hold that distinction are John Battle of Rutgers his injury and 9-9 afterwards. (1984-85) and St. Bonaventure's Earl Belcher (1980-81). Christmas is poised to become the first three-time scoring NICE START: UMass forward Tony Gaffney has opened his champion in league history. The Philadelphia, Pa., native senior year in grand style with his first career double-double scored 26 points in each of the Owls’ first two contests. In (16 points, 13 rebounds) in the Minutemen’s 90-71 win over addition, with eight career A-10 Player of the Week honors, Arkansas-Monticello on Nov. 11 and a career-high seven Christmas trails only Xavier’s David West (14), Jameer blocks versus Southern Illinois on Nov. 12. Meanwhile, Nelson of Saint Joseph’s (13) and Massachusetts’ Marcus Xavier sophomore forward Jamel McLean, a transfer from Camby (nine) for the most in league history. Tulsa who sat out last season, had 10 points and 10 rebounds versus IPFW on Nov. 14 to become the first FEARLESS FRESHMAN: Freshman Kenny Frease has Musketeer to record a double-double in a Xavier season- already proven he's tough as nails.