2019-20 Game Notes
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715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-637-2726 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2019-20 GAME NOTES MBB Contacts: Brian Beyrer ([email protected]), Jonathan Stanko ([email protected]) March 4, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN+ - Vin Parise and Adam Finkelstein 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 11-14 H: 5-5 A: 4-8 N: 2-1 MAAC: 9-9 IONA HOSTS QUINNIPIAC ON SENIOR NIGHT Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men's basketball team (11-14, 9-9 MAAC) hosts Quinnipiac (14-15, 9-10 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 MAAC) and the Hynes Center on Senior Night. The Gaels Iona vs. Quinnipiac 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT honor five players playing in their final home game:Tajuan Overall: 9-4 (.692) (9-4, Cluess) 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 Agee, E.J. Crawford, Niksa Nikolic, Ben Perez and Mo Home: 5-1 MAAC/ASun Challenge Thiam. With two games remaining in the regular season, Away: 4-2 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 the Gaels can finish anywhere between fourth and eighth Neutral: 0-1 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 in the MAAC standings prior to next week's championship. ALL TIME MEETINGS 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 IONA VS. QUINNIPIAC - SERIES HISTORY Date W-L Score Site Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY • Iona and Quinnipiac square off for the 14th time in 11/16/12 L 92-98 OT USVI 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT history and the in the Tim Cluess era. 1/6/14 L 74-86 A 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 • Iona leads the 9-4 following a win in this year's first meeting. 1/24/14 W 95-73 H 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 • Iona is 5-1 in New Rochelle in the six years the Bobcats 1/6/15 W 81-73 H 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 have been a member of the MAAC. 2/15/15 W 60-57 A 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 1/2/16 W 78-66 A 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC (14-15, 9-10 MAAC) • Junior guard Rich Kelly leads a quartet of Bobcats with 8+ ppg 2/15/16 W 78-59 H 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-57 1/14/17 L 91-97 OT A 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) L, 73-83 with his 16.7 ppg average. He ranks No. 2 in the MAAC in scoring, No. 3 with 4.4 apg, No. 2 with 89.1 FT%, and No. 1 with 2.7 3FG/g. 1/23/17 W 84-74 H 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) W, 69-66 2/2/18 W 87-82 OT H 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) L, 88-94 • Junior forward Kevin Marfo averages 10.3 points and an NCAA-leading 13.1 rpg. 2/8/19 L 65-66 H 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) L, 64-87 2/19/19 W 81-77 A 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) L, 49-72 • Sophomore Tyrese Williams (9.2 ppg) and junior Jacob Rigoni (8.6) round out the teams high scorers. 2/7/20 W 73-52 A 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPN3) W, 73-52 13 games 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) W, 78-54 LAST TIME VS. QUINNIPIAC (FEB. 7, IONA 73, QU 52) Iona 1,039 pts 79.9 ppg 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPN3) W, 80-57 • Iona rebounded from back-to-back 20-point losses Quinnipiac 960 pts 73.8 ppg 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) W, 78-70 witha resounding 73-52 road win on Feb. 7. 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) L, 64-65 • E.J. Crawford (18p) led five Gaels in double-figures. GAELS VS. BOBCATS 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPN3) W, 70-69 Isaiah Ross had 16 points and Tajuan Agee posted NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) W, 86-65 an 11-point, 13-rebound double-double. Agee 3 38.0 18.3 12.3 2.7 2/29/20 at Niagara* (ESPN3) L, 91-100 • Bobcat rookie Matt Balanc led with 14 points. The Gaels Crawford 6 33.2 16.7 6.5 2.0 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. held the nation's top rebounder Kevin Marfo to eight boards, Ross 1 38.0 16.0 4.0 1.0 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. the only time this season he failed to reach at least 10. van Eyck 1 35.0 15.0 6.0 2.0 MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ LAST TIME VS. OUT (FEB. 29, NIAGARA 100, IONA 91) Washington 1 37.0 13.0 4.0 3.0 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD • Niagara's Marcus Hammond drained a three- Gist 2 30.0 7.5 3.5 3.0 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. pointer as time expired in regulation to force overtime Perez 3 18.3 2.7 1.3 0.7 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. in the Gaels' nine-point defeat on the road. Nikolic 3 7.3 0.7 3.7 0.3 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. • Tajuan Agee posted a career-best 28 points and Ristanovic 2 11.5 0.0 2.5 0.0 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; E.J. Crawford had his first double-double of the year Cashaw 1 4.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk with 25 points and a career-best 13 boards. Isaiah Ross netted 16 points and five assists while Isaiah Washington had 10 points, and six assists in the loss. 2019-20 Iona Gaels at a Glance ## Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Of Note Starters (based on last game's starting five) 2 E.J. Crawford Sr. G 6-6 210 18.8 5.2 1.9 No. 1 MAAC scorer... 10+ points in all 24 GP... First double-double of season at NIA 5 Ben Perez Sr. G 6-3 180 2.4 1.5 0.8 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19... Season-high 7p at NIA 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 10.8 4.8 4.0 Recorded third-ever triple double in program history at Canisius 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 14.8 7.3 3.2 Ranks on MAAC leaderboard in 10 different stat categories... #5 ppg, #4 rpg, #4 FG%, #8 apg 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 11.5 3.2 1.2 No. 1 in conference with 3.1 3FG/g in MAAC play Off the Bench 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 3.7 2.6 0.2 Matched season-high 13p at Marist 3 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 185 10.1 2.2 2.6 Posted 22p with 5 3FG vs. Monmouth in last game played... Not available today (injury) 4 Parker Weiss Fr. G 6-3 170 0.0 0.0 0.0 Freshman walk-on from Southern Florida... Brother Cooper is a junior on Fordham's football team 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 2.1 1.4 0.1 Posted career-highs in points (13), FG (5), 3FG (3) in win over Marist 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.7 0.7 0.5 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 3.2 4.0 1.0 Season-high 15p at QUI; 13r vs. MAN... Returned to lineup after missing two games (injury) 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 1.0 1.2 0.0 Recorded 5r in 7min off the bench at QUI... Returned to lineup after missing three games (injury) 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Quinnipiac • March 4, 2020 • Page 2 GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY CUPID'S ARROW Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981- • The loss at Siena snapped a 13-game MAAC 82 season, Iona has compiled a 397-247 (.616) regular season and tournament winning streak record in regular season conference play. The on Valentines Day or later (from 3/3/18-present). Gaels’ 397 wins and .616 winning percentage • Iona is 15-2 during the stretch. are the highest of any current MAAC member. • In 10 seasons under Tim Cluess, Iona has posted The Gaels became the first MAAC team to a 58-16 (.784) record from February 14 through 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS* reach 375 wins with its win at Saint Peter's on the completion of the MAAC Championship MAAC OVERALL Feb. 10, 2018, five seasons after reaching 300. including 19 of the last 23 contests dating back SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Iona is currently 87 ahead of Manhattan, the to the 2017 tournament. No. 2 team on the list. Siena 13 5 .722 17 10 .630 BOMBS AWAY Saint Peter's 13 6 .684 16 12 .571 GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AT HOME • For the 22nd time in school history (all in Tim Monmouth 11 7 .611 17 12 .586 The Gaels finished 2018-19 with a 7-2 mark at home.