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2005-06 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 9 • January 23, 2006) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Sacred Heart 6-2 .750 9-8 .529 W3 6-2 3-6 0-0 Wednesday, January 18 Monmouth 6-2 .750 9-10 .474 W1 3-4 5-4 1-2 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 70, LONG ISLAND 67 3. Central Conn. St. 5-2 .714 9-7 .562 W3 4-3 5-4 0-0 Thursday, January 19 Robert Morris 5-2 .714 9-7 .562 L2 7-0 2-7 0-0 CCSU 79, QUINNIPIAC 69 Mount St. Mary's 5-2 .714 7-11 .389 L1 2-4 4-5 1-2 MT. ST. MARY’S 64, MONMOUTH 54 6. Fairleigh Dickinson 4-2 .667 7-8 .467 W1 4-1 2-6 1-1 SACRED HEART 73, ROBERT MORRIS 60 7. Wagner 2-4 .333 9-6 .600 W1 6-2 3-4 0-0 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 68, WAGNER 61 8. St. Francis (NY) 2-5 .286 5-11 .312 L1 3-5 2-6 0-0 Friday, January 20 9. Long Island 1-4 .200 4-10 .286 L2 2-3 2-5 0-2 FDU 64, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 55 10. Quinnipiac 1-6 .143 6-10 .375 L3 4-3 1-6 1-1 11. St. Francis (PA) 1-7 .125 3-15 .167 L1 2-5 1-8 0-2 Saturday, January 21 SACRED HEART 65, ST. FRANCIS (PA) 54 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament CENTRAL CONN. ST. 59, MT. ST. MARY’S 57 (OT) MONMOUTH 80, QUINNIPIAC 74 (2 OT) WAGNER 75, ROBERT MORRIS 69 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week Home Team Underlined Kibwe Trim, Sacred Heart Sr., C, 6-10, 240 lbs., San Juan, Trinidad/St. Mary’s Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Trim, the NEC’s leading scorer, helped vault Sacred Heart into a first place tie as the Pioneers extended their winning streak to three NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week games with a 73-60 win over previously unbeaten Robert Morris on Thursday and a 65-54 triumph over St. Francis (PA) on Nov. 21 Justin Chiera, CCSU Nov. 21 Cameron Tyler, FDU Saturday. Trim averaged 19.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and shot a scintillating 76.5 percent from the field to earn the first Nov. 28 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 28 Whitney Coleman, MU weekly honor of his career. He posted his eighth double-double of the season against the Colonials with 23 points (7-9 FG), 10 Dec. 5 Obie Nwadike, CCSU Dec. 5 Grant Surprenant, SFPA rebounds and a season-high three assists. The San Juan native also played outstanding defense, leading a group effort to limit Robert Dec. 12 Jarrid Frye, SHU Dec. 12 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Morris’ A.J. Jackson - who ranks first in the conference in rebounding and second in scoring - to 10 points and three boards. Two Dec. 19 Derek Coleman, RMU Dec. 19 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Jan. 3 Mark Porter, WC Jan. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU nights later, he played just 26 minutes due to foul trouble, but scored 13 of his 16 points after the break as the Pioneers pulled away Jan. 9 Tony Lee, RMU Jan. 9 Sam Atupem, MSM from the Red Flash in the closing minutes. Trim finished the evening with 16 points (6-8 FG) and four rebounds. The 6’ 10” center Jan. 16 A.J. Jackson, RMU Jan. 16 Whitney Coleman, MU upped his scoring average last week to 18.6 ppg and now paces the circuit in field goal percentage, hitting 60.9 percent of his shots Landy Thompson, MSM Jan. 23 Sam Atupem, MSM from the floor. Trim is also fourth in the NEC with 7.9 rpg and is shooting at a 70.7 percent clip in conference play. Jan. 23 Kibwe Trim, SHU Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Sam Atupem, Mount St. Mary’s Fr., F, 6-7, 230 lbs., Newport News, VA/Woodside The winner of two of the last three Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week awards, Atupem averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2006 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament shot 70.6 percent from the field in the Mount’s 1-1 week. He helped spark Mount St. Mary’s to its fifth straight victory and fourth in a row on the road - the program’s longest streaks since the 1998-99 season and 1995-96 campaign, respectively - last Thursday, All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be scoring all eight of his points in the second half as the Mountaineers defeated Monmouth, 64-54. In that contest, Atupem was a perfect reseeded after quarterfinals. 4-4 from the floor and scored six points in a 6-0 run as the Mount extended a four-point lead to ten early in the second half. Two Thursday, March 2 days later, he tallied a career-high 16 points (8-13 FG) and added five boards in a 59-57 overtime setback to CCSU in Emmitsburg. Quarterfinals On the season, the Newport News, VA product is averaging 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and hitting a team-best 56.2 percent of his field Times TBA goal attempts. Sunday, March 5 Semifinals This Week’s Schedule 1:00 pm (CN8), 4:00 pm (MSG) Monday, January 23 Saturday, January 28 Saturday, February 4 LONG ISLAND at QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm FDU at WAGNER 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 8 SACRED HEART at FDU 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at SACRED HEART 2:00 pm Championship ST. FRANCIS (NY) at WAGNER 7:30 pm MT. ST. MARY’S at CENTRAL CONN. ST. 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm 7:30 pm (ESPN2) WAGNER at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm CENTRAL CONN. ST. at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Tuesday, January 24 FDU at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at ROBERT MORRIS^ 7:30 pm Upcoming Games Monday, February 6 NEC Website Thursday, January 26 MONMOUTH at WAGNER 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit FDU at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Thursday, February 2 ROBERT MORRIS at FDU 7:00 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org MT. ST. MARY’S at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at FDU 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm * Televised live on MSG Network WAGNER at CENTRAL CONN. ST. 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Standings and statistics are updated daily. ^ Televised live on Fox Sports-Pittsburgh MONMOUTH at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at CENTRAL CONN. ST. 7:00 pm 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (9-7, 5-2 NEC) (7-8, 4-2 NEC) (4-9, 1-3 NEC) Mohegan Sun Classic at CCSU at Guardians Classic (Morgantown, WV) N 22 Columbia L 63-80 N 18 Birmingham Southern W 76-67 N 12 vs. Wofford L 62-73 N 26 at Penn State L 64-80 N 19 Northeastern L 90-94 N 13 Lousiana Monroe W 74-58 N 29 at SMU L 62-74 N 22 at Florida International L 61-71 N 18 at #24 Maryland L 85-111 D 3 at New Hampshire W 59-56 N 28 at Binghamton W 69-66 N 26 Dowling W 96-50 D 10 Hartford W 85-80 D 3 at Harvard W 87-79 N 29 QUINNIPIAC W 76-70 D 14 at Harvard L 79-91 D 5 at St. Bonaventure L 56-85 D 2 at Canisius W 69-65 (2 OT) D 22 CCNY W 80-39 D 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 72-61 D 5 at Seton Hall L 57-65 at College of Charleston Classic D 18 La Salle L 106-107 (4 OT) D 10 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 71-68 D 29 vs. Rider L 59-63 D 22 Binghamton W 72-68 D 17 Drexel L 49-54 D 30 vs. Longwood L 69-86 D 29 at Delaware L 73-79 D 22 at St. Peter’s L 77-82 J 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 57-73 J 7 at LONG ISLAND W 83-74 D 28 at #10 Louisville L 66-89 J 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-83 J 9 at SACRED HEART L 71-74 J 5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-64 J 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-70 (OT) J 12 MONMOUTH L 57-61 J 12 at QUINNIPIAC L 81-102 J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS L 66-70 J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 88-74 J 14 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-88 J 18 at ST.