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LIU Brooklyn at Fairfi eld University - November 13, 2018 - 7:00 PM - Webster Bank Arena - Bridgeport, Conn. 2018-19 Schedule LIU Fairfi eld Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Brooklyn University 11/6 at #22/24 Purdue L, 57-90 11/10 Bucknell W, 60-58 Team Information Team Information 11/13 LIU Brookklyn (WBA) 7:30 pm 2018-19 Record: 2-0 overall, 0-0 Northeast Conf. 2018-19 Record: 1-1 overall 0-0 MAAC 11/17 Wagner (WBA) 1 pm 11/23 vs. Longwood# 6 pm (ET) Last Game: Brown, W 83-71 Last Game: at Bucknell, W, 60-58 11/24 at Seattle# 6 pm (ET) Head Coach: Derek Kellogg Head Coach: Sydney Johnson 11/25 vs. Denver# 3 pm (ET) Overall Record: 175-154 (11th Season) Overall Record: 174-179 (11th Season) 12/1 at Army West Point 1 pm Record at School: 20-17 (2nd Season) Record at School: 108-126 (8th Season) 12/6 Oakland (AH) 7 pm 2018-19 Statistical Leaders 2018-19 Statistical Leaders 12/9 at Old Dominion 1 pm Minutes: Jashaun Agosto (32.0) Minutes: Landon Taliaferro (37.5) 12/16 at Boston College 1 pm 12/22 at New Hampshire 1 pm Points/Game: Raiquin Clark (18.5) Points/Game: Neftali Alvarez (16.0) 1/3 Rider (AH) * 7 pm Rebounds/Game: Raul Frias (9.5) Rebounds/Game: Neftali Alvarez (5.0) 1/5 at Iona * 1 pm Three Pointers: Raul Frias (6) Three Pointers: Three tied with 4 1/7 Niagara (AH) * 7 pm Assists: Clark/Batts/Agosto (7) Assists: Landon Taliaferro/Neftali Alvarez (5) 1/10 Saint Peter’s (WBA) * 7 pm Blocks: Julius Van Sauers (3) Blocks: Jonathan Kasibabu (2) 1/13 at Quinnipiac * 2 pm Steals: Raquin Clark/Julian Batts (7) Steals: Neftali Alvarez (4) 1/17 at Monmouth * 7 pm Field Goal % - Raiquin Clark (.583 - 14 of 24) Field Goal % -Neftali Alvarez (.500 - 13 of 26) 1/19 Canisius (AH) * 1 pm Free Throw % - Jashuan Agosto (.900 - 9 of 10) Free Throw % - Taj Benning (.889 - 8 of 9) 1/24 Siena (WBA) * 7 pm 1/27 Iona (AH) * 1 pm Three Point % - Julian Batts (.500 - 4 of 8) Three Point % - Taliaferro/Alvarez (.500 - 5 of 10) 1/31 at Manhattan * 7 pm 2/2 at Marist * 7 pm 2/4 at Siena * 7 pm Team Comparison 2/9 Monmouth (WBA) * 1 pm 2/15 at Canisius * 7 pm Category LIU FFD 2/17 at Niagara * 2 pm Points Per Game 96.0 58.5 2/24 Manhattan (AH) * 3 pm Points Allowed Per Game 78.5 74.0 3/1 Marist (AH) * 7 pm Field Goal Percentage .451 .385 3/3 at Saint Peter’s * 1 pm Opponent FG Percentage .379 .444 Three Point Field Goal Percentage .299 .368 WBA - Webster Bank Arena; AH - Alumni Hall Free Throw Percentage .712 .731 * - MAAC Game; # - Elgin Baylor Classic (Seattle) Rebounds Per Game 52.5 26.0 Rebounding Margin +10.5 -14.5 Turnovers Per Game 18.5 12.5 Turnover Margin +0.0 +1.0 Around The Rim Probable Starters Player Notes No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Neftali Alvarez Fr. G 6-2 165 Catano, P.R./Miami Christian Scored game-winner with 3 seconds left in regulaton at Bucknell 2 Taj Benning So. G 6-3 185 Fair Lawn, N.J.//Bergen Catholic Made all seven free throws attempts in win over Bucknell 25 Landon Taliaferro Jr. G 6-3 185 Boulder, Colo./Boulder Averaging 2.5 three pointers per game 13 Jonathan Kasibabu Sr. F 6-8 240 Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo/Westown Set personal best with a pair of three pointers at Purdue 15 Wassef Methnani So. F 6-8 208 Kairoun, Tunisia/The Knox Schoo1 Earned start at Purdue, his fi rst Feb. 17, 2018 (Quinnipiac) Off The Bench 1 Felix Lemetti Fr. G 6-1 170 Stockholm, Sweden/Fryshuset Gymnasium Tallied his fi rst points as a Stag against Bucknell 5 Aidas Kavaliauskas Jr. G 6-1 175 Kaunas, Lithuania/SPIRE Academy Made his fi rst FG of the season on his fi rst attempt at Bucknell 10 Thomas Nolan R-So. G 6-3 195 Trumbull, Conn./Fairfi eld Prep Played two minutes in 2018-19 opener at Purdue 11 Calvin Whipple Fr. G 6-4 185 Leominster, Mass./Northfi eld-Mount Hermon Made his Fairfi eld debut at Purdue, playing two minutes 12 Kevin Senghore-Peterson So. F 6-6 220 Kinna, Sweden/Myerscough Coll. Top 3 17-18 games came on road - 17 (Wagner), 9 (Purdue), 8 (Marist) 14 Matija Milin Sr. F 6-9 220 Belgrade, Serbia/Sports Gymnasium Contributed a pair of points in 16 minutes off the bench at Bucknell 24 Jesus Cruz So. G 6-3 210 Columbia, Puerto Rico Led all reserves with 10 points at Bucknell 30 Omar El-Sheikh So. F 6-7 195 Cairo, Egypt/The Knox School Has not appeared in a game this season Head Coach: Sydney Johnson, (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: Tyson Wheeler (10th season), Mitch Buonaguro (4th season), Tom Parrotta (4th season) Director of Basketball Operations: Stephen Elmore (2nd season); Asst. Director of Basketball Operations: Liam Curry (1st season) 2018-19 Fairfi eld University Men’s Basketball Scou ng Fairfi eld: The Stags picked Series History: Fairfi eld and LIU Brook- Series History up a road split with their last-second vic- lyn will meet for the 15th me in a series tory over Bucknell University last Saturday that dates back to the 1959-60 season. Fairfi eld Leads The Series 9-5 night. Fairfi eld won the game off Ne ali Fairfi eld won the fi rst-ever mee ng that Stags Record in Fairfi eld 7-1 Alvarez’s layup with three seconds left season, pulling away with an 87-59 deci- Stags Record in Brooklyn 2-3 in regula on to secure a 60-58 decision sion. The Stags won the fi rst three games in Stags Record In Neutral Se ng 0-1 over the Bison. Alvarez’s basket raised the this series before LIU collected a 54-45 win Game By Game Results freshman’s point total to 16, his second during the 1962-63 season. Fairfi eld owns 1959-60 Fairfi eld 87, LIU 59 H straight game with that amount. Fairfi eld a 7-1 record at home against LIU Brooklyn 1960-61 Fairfi eld 88, LIU 83 A led by as many as 15 points in the fi rst with a 2-3 road and a 0-1 neutral record. 1961-62 Fairfi eld 65, LIU 52 H half and by 10 markers at hal ime before In last year’s mee ng, Tyler Nelson led 1962-63 LIU 54, Fairfi eld 45 H Bucknell was able to make its run in the all Fairfi eld scorers with 17 points as the 1963-64 Fairfi eld 75, LIU 72 H second half. Landon Taliaferro (12 points) Stags edged the Blackbirds, 76-73. Jerome 1964-65 LIU 76, Fairfi eld 72 A and Jesus Cruz (10 points) also reached Segura also reached double fi gures with 14 1973-74 Fairfi eld 88, LIU 62 H double fi gures for Fairfi eld. Alvarez enters points. Joel Hernandez led all scorers in the 1974-75 LIU 87, Fairfi eld 72 A 1975-76 Fairfi eld 111, LIU 93 H tonight’s home opener as the team’s top game with 23 points while Raiquan Clark 1976-77 LIU 64, Fairfi eld 61 N scorer, averaging 16 points per game. Talia- added 19 points to the Blackbirds’ cause. 1976-77 LIU 74, Fairfi eld 72 A ferro is the team’s other student-athlete in 1977-78 Fairfi eld 72, LIU 56 H double fi gures, averaging 11.5 points per Game Winner: Ne ali Alvarez scored 1998-99 Fairfi eld 85, LIU 60 H game. He joins Alvarez as the only Stags the game-winning basket at Bucknell, 2017-18 Fairfi eld 76, LIU Brooklyn 72 A to have 10 or more points in both games breaking a 58-58 e with three seconds this season. Alvarez is also the team leader le in regula on. He went coast to coast to Last Mee ng (December 10, 2017) in several other statistical categories, win the game a er the Bison ed the game Fairfi eld (76) with a layup of their own. He fi nished the Player FG-A 3pt-A FT-A Pts Rebs A TO BL S registering team bests with fi ve rebounds Kasibabu 2-2 0-0 4-6 8 6 1 0 0 0 per game and two steals per contest. The game with 16 points, his second straight Milin 3-8 1-4 0-0 7 0 1 2 0 0 performance with that point total. To cap Segura 7-9 0-0 0-1 14 3 6 4 0 0 Stags received support from the bench at Nelson 6-18 1-6 4-4 17 5 0 1 0 1 Bucknell with 17 points, six points be er off the night, Alvarez set his personal best Cruz 4-7 1-3 0-0 8 5 3 1 0 0 than the home team’s reserves. Four dif- with seven rebounds. Nolan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peterson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 ferent players came off the bench to score Methnani 4-6 0-2 1-2 9 2 0 1 0 1 for Fairfi eld - Cruz, Kavaliauskas (3 points), Front Runner: Jonathan Kasibabu re- Flavors Jr.