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TONIGHT’S ACTION: The Fairleigh Dickinson University 2012-13 Schedule/Results men’s team will open the 2012-13 season at Xavier of the Atlantic-10 Conference. The game is hosted at the Cintas Center Nov. 9 at Xavier 7:00 p.m. in Cincinnati, Ohio and will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Ohio. Nov. 18 at Northwestern! 1:00 p.m. Friday is the first day NCAA men’s basketball teams are eligible to Nov. 20 at Illinois State! 8:05 p.m. compete in regular season contests. Nov. 23 vs. Delaware State! 1:00 p.m. Nov. 24 vs. TBD! TBD Nov. 28 at Saint Peter’s 7:00 p.m. THE SERIES: Friday’s matchup will be the first ever meeting Dec. 1 at Lehigh 7:00 p.m. between the Knights and the Muskateers. Dec. 7 Lafayette 7:00 p.m. Dec. 9 Hartford 4:00 p.m. Dec. 22 at Vermont 2:00 p.m. Dec. 29 at VCU 4:00 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS: Dec. 31 at Longwood 2:00 p.m. Jan. 3 at Mt. St. Mary’s* 7:00 p.m. #5 | Melquan Bolding | 6’3 | 195 | Sr. | G | Mt. Vernon, N.Y. Jan. 5 at Wagner* 4:00 p.m. Bolding will serve as this year’s captain for the Knights. The Jan. 10 Robert Morris* 7:00 p.m. senior averaged 15.1 last season and scored a Jan. 12 Saint Francis PA* 7:00 p.m. career-high 38 points against Longwood. Jan. 14 NJIT 4:30 p.m. Jan. 17 LIU * 7:00 p.m. #22 | Mathias Seilund | 6’7 | 205 | Jr. | F | Dragoer, Denmark Jan. 19 at St. Francis NY* 4:30 p.m. The junior saw action in 28 games last season with an average of Jan. 24 at Monmouth* 7:00 p.m. 17 minutes per game. Averaged 3.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per Jan. 26 at Quinnipiac* 12:00 p.m. game, while leading the team with an .824 free-throw percentage. Jan. 31 Bryant* 7:00 p.m. Feb. 2 Central Conn. St.* 7:00 p.m. #23 | Lonnie Robinson | 6’5 | 220 | Sr. | F | Deerfield Beach, Fla. Feb. 7 at Sacred Heart* 7:00 p.m. The senior will lead the backcourt for the Knights this season. Feb. 9 Monmouth* 7:00 p.m. He played all 29 games last year with 25 starts. Averaged 6.9 Feb. 14 St. Francis NY* 7:00 p.m. points per game with a .354 three-point shooting percentage. Feb. 16 at LIU Brooklyn* 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Saint Francis PA* 7:00 p.m. #24 | Mustafaa Jones | 6’3 | 180 | So. | G | Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 23 at Robert Morris* 7:00 p.m. Jones will make his debut with the Knights after sitting out last Feb. 28 Wagner* 7:00 p.m. season. The sophomore is a transfer from Hartford. Mar. 2 Mt. St. Mary’s* 7:00 p.m.

! South Padre Island Invitational #34 | Kyle Pearson | 6’5 | 190 | Fr. | F | Woodbridge, N.J. * Pearson will make his collegiate debut on Friday. The local rooke averaged 21 points and eight rebounds for Woodbridge High School last year. GENERAL INFORMATION THE KNIGHTS TONIGHT: Captain Melquan Location:...... Teaneck, NJ Bolding will lead the Knights in their season debut. Founded:...... 1942 The senior averaged 15.1 points per game last season. Enrollment:...... 6,051 Senior Lonnie Robinson will help Bolding in the Nickname:...... Knights backcourt. The guard averaged 6.9 points per game Colors:...... Burgundy & Blue Affiliation:...... NCAA Division I last season and saw plenty of playing time with 25 Conference:...... Northeast starts in 29 games. Acting President:...... Sheldon Drucker NCAA Faculty Rep:...... Dr. Marion McClary Head Coach Greg Vetrone will use youth to help Athletic Director:...... David Langford the Knights recover from a 3-26 record last season. Athletic Phone:...... 201-692-2208 Freshmen Xavier Harris and Kyle Pearson will look to make an immediate impact against Xavier on ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Friday night. Assistant AD/Communications:...Chris Strauch Office Phone:...... 201-692-2204 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: The Muskateers MBB Contact/Assistant Director of Athletic are coming off a Sweet 16 appearance and their sev- Communications:...... Jamie Church Email:...... [email protected] enth-consecutive 20-win season with a 23-13 mark Office Phone:...... 201-692-2149 during the 2011-12 season. Cell Phone:...... 973-459-1289 Athletic Communications Fax:...... 201-692-9361 Head Coach Chris Mack returns no starters and five Athletic Communications Address: letter winners from last year’s squad, including Travis 1000 River Road H-AT1-01 Taylor. Taylor played two years at Garden-State rival Teaneck, NJ 07666 and Northeast Conference foe, Monmouth Universi- Web Site:...... fduknights.com ty before transferring to Xavier and is no stranger to Twitter:...... FDUKnights the Knights. Taylor leads all returning players with 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last year. MEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICE Head Coach:...... Greg Vetrone Alma Mater:...... C.W. Post ‘86 Semaj Christon will make his debut with Xavier on Office Phone:...... 201-692-9626 Friday. The freshman was named to the preseason FDU Record:...... 19-71 Atlantic-10 All-Rookie team and recorded a team- Career Record:...... 19-71 high 12 points and dished out five assists in the Associate Head Coach:...... Marcus Toney-El team’s only exhibition contest. In exhibition play, Alma Mater:...... Seton Hall ‘04 the Mustakeers defeated Division II Kentucky State, Assistant Coaches:...... Chris Brickley 74-53...... Damon Francis Xavier was selected to finish ninth in the Atlantic-10 PROGRAM INFORMATION preseason coaches’ poll. 2011-12 Record:...... 3-26 2011-12 NEC Record:...... 2-16 Starters Returning/Lost:...... 3/2 REVISIT THE 2011-12 SEASON: The Fairleigh Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.....6/5 Dickinson men’s basketball spent the year rebuilding Newcomers:...... 5 and finished with an overall record of 3-26 and a Northeast Conference mark of 2-16. PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Competition:...... 1949-50 The team defeated the likes of Saint Peter’s, Bryant All-Time Record:...... 855-812 and St. Francis NY during the 2011-12 season. NCAA Appearances (last):...... 4 (2005) NIT Appearances (last):...... 2 (2006) They were one of a handful of college basketball teams to conclude their season on a winning note Look for freshman Xavier Harris (Philadelphia, PA/ when they defeated St. Francis NY, 45-44 in the last Constitution (The Peddie School)), a 6’6”, 230 lb. game of the season. wing, to make an impact in the frontcourt. Sekou Harris (Plainfield, N.J./Plainfield) and Sidney Sanders Junior Melquan Bolding led the team with 15.1 Jr. (Charleston, S.C./Burke (Polk State)) will make an points per game and a stellar performance against immediate impact as guards for the Knights. Longwood, where he produced 38 points. HEAD COACH, GREG VETRONE: Greg Ve- Junior Kinu Rochford was a strong contendor defen- trone became the sixth Head Coach of the Fairleigh sively with 6.8 rebounds per game and 26 blocks. Dickinson University men’s basketball program on March 9, 2010 after serving as the Interim Head George Goode was named the team’s MVP after Coach for the 2009-10 season. Prior to his stint as averaging 12.8 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per Interim Head Coach, he was an assistant coach for the game. Senior Briahn Smith was honored with the Knights in 2008-09. This will be his fourth season as Knight Award. the leader of the men’s basketball program.

PRESEASON PROSPECTUS: Team chemistry In his first full season as head coach in 2010-11, Ve- will go a long way in determining Fairleigh Dick- trone’s squad finished with an overall record of 5-24 inson’s (3-26, 2-16 NEC) ultimate position within (3-15 NEC). the NEC this season. While fourth year head coach Greg Vetrone brings back three seniors, there are two As Interim Head Coach in 2009-10, Vetrone guided transfers who sat out last year along with four new- the Knights to a 10-8 record in Northeast Conference comers who must be incorporated into the mix for play, earning a fifth seed in the conference tournament the Knights. after the Knights were absent from the postseason the previous two seasons. FDU is rock-solid in the backcourt with returning seniors Melquan Bolding (Mt. Vernon, NY/Bishop “Greg is a great fit for this University,” said David Stepinac (Duquesne)) and Lonnie Robinson (Deer- Langford, Director of Athletics. “His strong recruit- field Beach, FL/Deerfield Beach (Western Texas)). ing skills, networking capabilities and fundraising Bolding can score from any spot on the floor and is strengths complement his coaching abilities very well. one of the league’s top improvisers with the ball. He led the Knights with 15.1 ppg and 38 3PFG last season, and should thrive this coming year when he moves back to his natural two-guard spot. Robinson ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE: led the Knights in three-point shooting (.354) and contributed 6.9 ppg. LIU Brooklyn vs. Morehead State 5:45 p.m. Transfer guards Yves Jules (Brooklyn, NY/Canarsie) Mount St. Mary’s at Pittsburgh 6:00 p.m. (Hofstra) and Mustafaa Jones (Philadelphia, PA/ Monmouth vs. Hofstra 7:00 p.m. Neumann Goretti) (Hartford) will also compete for Saint Francis PA at Penn State 7:00 p.m. time. Robert Morris vs. Rider 7:00 p.m. Manning the paint will be 6’6” senior forward Kinu Bryant at Indiana 8:00 p.m. Rochford (Brooklyn, NY/James Madison (Globe St. Francis NY at Lafayette 8:30 p.m. Institute)), an efficient player who shot nearly 56 percent from the field, and averaged 9.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg in just over 25 mpg. We are excited about what he can do here at FDU of California- Irvine, Vetrone was an assistant coach and we share his vision for this program. I expect from 1991-95 and worked as the recruiting coordinator great things from Greg.” as well as hosting alumni and booster club events.

Vetrone brings a wealth of experience to the posi- For four years, Vetrone was an assistant coach at Uni- tion with over 20 years working within all aspects versity of Nevada- Las Vegas, where he scouted, recruit- of basketball. Prior to rejoining the FDU staff, ed and coordinated game strategy. Vetrone helped coach Port Chester High School to the 2008 League Championship, posting an 18-6 Vetrone graduated from University- CW record. Before that, he worked at Aviator Sports and Post Campus with a bachelor’s degree of arts in 1986. Recreation as the Basketball Manager, acting as the He lives in Bethpage, NY with his wife, Erin, and chil- director of all basketball events, coordinating youth dren, Vanessa, 18, and Vinny, 15. clinics, summer camps, high school basketball tour- naments and adult leagues. ON THE ROAD: The Knights will play seven games on the road before facing an opponent at Stratis Arena. Vetrone served as a consultant for the Grass Roots This includes games in five different states and a total Program/Reebok. In that position, he was the Di- 5,575 miles traveled. rector of ABCD East and West Camp Next, co-di- rector of ABCD All-American Basketball Camp ACROSS THE MAP: FDU will play 19 games on and co-director of Roundball Classic High school the road this season. They will face teams in ten states All-American game in Chicago, Illinois. (Ohio, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ver- mont, , Maryland, and Connecticut) From 2004-06, he was the manager for Coaches and across two time zones. versus Cancer, coordinating all fundraising efforts with NCAA and NBA coaches. In that position, he also acted as the director of the Snapple Westchester Classic College Basketball game and the Coaches vs. ACROSS CAMPUS: Cancer Coaching clinic. MEN’S SOCCER: The FDU Men’s Soccer team is For five years prior to that, Vetrone was a consultant competing for the Northeast Conference Champion- for The Hoop Group/Eastern Invitational Camps. ship this weekend. The Knights will face Monmouth He worked to enhance individual skills of all camp on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the semifinal game. The participants, while also serving as the head coach of winner will face the winner of Quinnipiac/Saint Francis the One-World-All-Stars exhibition team and direc- PA on Sunday. tor of the International Basketball League Draft. WOMEN’S BOWLING: The Knights’ women’s bowl- Vetrone began his coaching career in 1985 as an ing team was the NCAA runner up during the 2011-12 assistant basketball coach for LIU-CW Post, where season. The Knights are back in action this season and he was the chief recruiter, organized workouts and are competing in the first NEC meet this weekend in in-season practice sessions. He was also responsi- Kutztown, Pa. ble for established study hall and bi-weekly student grade updates and served as the liaison for housing WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The FDU women’s department and financial aid office. basketball team faces Siena and Syracuse this weekend to open the 2012-13 season. He then moved to Fairleigh Dickinson as an as- sistant coach (1988-91), where his responsibilities included recruiting, scheduling recruiting visits and coordinating recruiting calendars. At the University 2011-12 KNIGHT’S RECORD IN GAMES: GARDEN STATE OPPONENTS: The Knighs will At home...... 2-11 play three in-state opponents this year. They will host On the road...... 1-15 NJIT and Monmouth and make trips south to Jersey Neutral location...... 0-0 Lead at the half...... 2-4 City to take on Saint Peter’s and West Long Branch to Trail at the half...... 1-22 face Monmouth a second time. Tied at the half...... Lead with 5:00 left...... 3-0 MEETING AGAIN: The Knights will face six non- Trail with 5:00 left...... 0-26 conference opponents that they faced last season: Saint Tied with 5:00 left...... In overtime...... Peter’s, NJIT, Lehigh, Lafayette, Vermont and Long- Out- opponent...... 1-8 wood. The Knights went 1-5 against these teams. Out-rebounded by opponent...... 1-16 Rebounds tied...... 1-2 INTRODUCTIONS: FDU will take on Xavier and Shoot 50% FG or higher...... 1-2 Northwestern for the first time in program history. Shoot 40-49% FG...... 1-10 Shoot under 40% FG...... 1-14 Opponent shoots 50% FG or higher...... 0-3 NOT MUCH LOST: The Knights’ offense returns Opponent shoots 40-49% FG...... 0-17 78.9 percent of last year’s scoring and 56.2 percent of Opponent shoots under 40% FG...... 3-6 last year’s rebounds. Shoot better than opponent...... 3-8 Shoot lower than opponent...... 0-18 LEADERS RETURNING: All offensive statistic Shoot same as opponent...... team leaders return from the 2011-12 season. This Commit less turnovers than opponent...... 1-7 Commit more turnovers than opponent...... 2-17 includes point leader, Melquan Bolding, field-goal Commit same number of TO as opp...... 0-2 percentage leader, Kinu Rochford and three-point field- Score 80 points or more...... 0-2 goal percentage leader, Lonnie Robinson. Score 70-79 points...... 1-2 Score 60-69 points...... 1-11 ALL GREGS’ GUYS: In Head Coach Greg Vetrone’s Score under 60 points...... 1-11 fourth season he has compiled a team of his own re- Allow 80 points or more...... 0-9 Allow 70-79 points...... 0-7 cruits. Vetrone has also kept the coaching staff from Allow 60-69 points...... 2-10 last season. Toney-El is in his second year as Associate Allow under 50 points...... 1-0 Head Coach, while Brickley and Francis both return for In games decided by 5 points or less...... 2-2 their second year. as assistants. Games decided by 6-10 points...... 0-3 Games decided by 11-15 points...... 1-12 ROOKIES: The Knights have a strong group of new Games decided by 16-20 points...... 0-5 Games decided by 20+ points...... 0-4 players this season. Vetrone has four freshmen (Sekou More bench points than opp...... Harris, Xavier Harris, Kyle Pearson, Myles Mann); one Less bench points than opp...... junior college transfer (Sidney Sanders Jr.); two trans- In November...... 1-4 fers newly eligible (Mustafaa Jones, Yves Jules); and In December...... 0-6 two walk on players (Yosua Cordero-Collado, Timothy In January...... 1-9 Smith). In February...... 1-7 On Monday...... 0-2 On Tuesday...... 0-2 THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT: FDU has two play- On Wednesday...... 0-4 ers who sat out last season. Yves Jules and Mustafaa On Thursday...... 1-7 Jones will both make their debuts for the Knights this On Friday...... 1-0 season. Jules transferred to FDU from Hofstra, while On Saturday...... 1-9 Jones played at Hartford before putting on burgundy On Sunday...... 0-1 Day Games (Before and at 4pm)...... 1-9 and blue. Night Games...... 2-17 TVGames...... 0-7 Games Streamed Live...... 2-18 COACHING STAFF: FDU returns the entire coach- The Last Time...by an FDU Player 40 points ing staff from the 2011-12 season. Associate Head 48 by Tom Fox vs. Upsala 3/1/62 43 by Elijah Allen vs. UConn 3/12/98 -NCAAs Coach, Marcus Toney-El, enters his second season with 41 by James Felton vs. LIU, 2/23/02 31 points that title after previously serving as an Assistant Coach. 39 by Manny Ubilla at Rhode Island 1/2/08 38 by Melquan Bolding vs. Longwood 1/16/12 Damon Francis and Chris Brickley also enter their sec- 37 by Sean Baptiste vs. Quinnipiac 1/3/09 ond here with the Knights, both as Assistant Coaches. 36 by Tamien Trent at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 34 by Terence Grier at Sacred Heart, 2/24/11 34 by Sean Baptiste at Long Island 1/29/09 34 by Manny Ubilla at Long Island 12/8/07 THE AVERAGE KNIGHT: The 2012-13 squad has 34 by Andre Harris at Robert Morris 2/1/07 34 by Gordon Klaiber at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 an average height of 6’3 and an average weight of 199 34 by Michael Payne vs. Baltimore 1/21/81 33 by Melquan Bolding at Lafayette 11/22/11 pounds. The tallest player is Mathias Seilund at 6’7, 33 by Sean Baptiste at Sacred Heart 1/17/08 with Kinu Rochford packing on the most muscle at 235 32 by Chad Timberlake vs. Sacred Heart 1/23/06 31 by Sean Baptiste vs. Houston Baptist 12/2/09 pounds. 31 by Cameron Tyler vs. St. Francis PA 1/11/07 31 by Gordon Klaiber vs. St. Peter’s 12/18/04 31 by Gordon Klaiber at Quinnipiac 1/26/04 31 by Sean Baptiste at Sacred Heart 12/6/08 BROTHERLY LOVE: Three Knights hail from the 20 rebounds 20 by Rahshon Turner vs. Monmouth, 2/19/98 city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, Pa. Mustafaa Jones, 15 rebounds Dylan Moody and Xavier Harris all call Philly home. 17 by John Galvin vs. St. Francis NY, 1/29/11 17 by Alvin Mofunanya vs. Wagner, 2/11/10 16 by George Goode at LIU Brooklyn 1/12/12 16 by John Galvin vs. Houston Baptist, 1/17/11 16 by Kamil Svrdlik vs. Houston Baptist, 1/17/11 16 by Chris Ekwe vs. Wagner, 1/29/01 By Fairleigh Dickinson (Team) 15 by Kinu Rochford vs. Lehigh 11/15/11 100 points 15 by Alvin Mofunanya vs. Robert Morris 1/21/10 15 by Alvin Mofunanya at Sacred Heart 2/25/10 115 vs. Long Island, 2/23/02 15 by Alvin Mofunanya vs. Quinnipiac 2/27/10 15 by James Felton vs. St. Francis NY 2/2/02 112 vs. Wagner 3/3/69 and vs. SFPA 3/1/84 13 Field Goals Made 109 at Long Island, 1/6/02 21 by Tom Fox vs. Upsala 3/1/62 14 by Terence Grier at Sacred Heart, 2/24/11 103 at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 14 by Tamien Trent at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 100 vs. Quinnipiac, 1/27/03 13 by Gordon Klaiber at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 13 by Chad Timberlake vs. Sacred Heart 1/23/06 75 Field Goals Attempted +5 Three-Point Field Goals Made 8 by Manny Ubilla at Rhode Island 1/2/08 87 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/1/01 7 by Mike Scott at Quinnipiac 2/26/11 81 vs. Long Island, 2/23/02 7 by Bernell Murray at Monmouth 2/20/06 6 by Manny Ubilla at Saint Francis PA 2/9/08 79 vs. Long Island, 1/27/11 6 by Manny Ubilla at Sacred Heart 1/17/08 6 by Manny Ubilla vs. St. Francis NY 2/9/07 77 vs. LIU Brooklyn 2/23/12 6 by Tamien Trent vs. Pepperdine 11/19/04 75 at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 10 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 15 by Manny Ubilla at Rhode Island 1/2/08 30 Three-Point Field Goals Attempted 11 by Tyler Reynolds vs. Long Island 1/27/11 11 by Iman Mattox at Monmouth 3/3/03 40 vs. Robert Morris, 1/19/02 11 by Lionel Bomayako vs. Robert Morris 2/27/03 34 vs. Prairie View, 11/15/01 10 by Briahn Smith at Bryant 1/26/12 10 by Melquan Bolding vs. Longwood 1/16/12 33 vs. Army, 11/25/02 10 by Melquan Boldng at Louisville 12/10/11 10 by Manny Ubilla vs. Sacred Heart 1/31/08 31 at Army, 1/4/04 10 by Manny Ubilla at Sacred Heart 1/17/08 31 at Monmouth, 3/3/03 10 by Marcus Whitaker at Army 1/4/04 10 by Brandon Edwards at Florida St. 12/6/03 31 at Minnesota, 12/13/02 10 by Mike Scott at Rutgers 12/14/10 13 Free Throws Made 30 at Florida State, 12/6/03 16 by Jay Jorgensen vs. Utah 1/2/78 30 Free Throws Made 13 by Mike Scott vs. St. Francis NY, 1/29/11 15 by Michael Peeples vs. Wagner, 1/6/07 43 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/1/01 14 by Manny Ubilla vs. St. Francis NY 1/12/08 13 by Matt Hammond at Army, 1/7/03 37 vs. Niagara 1/19/77 13 by Manny Ubilla at Long Island 12/8/07 36 at Lafayette 11/16/07 10 Assists 16 by Mel Hawkins vs. LIU, 1/24/91 50 Free Throws Attempted 13 by Derrick Williams vs. Monmouth, 1/17/81 57 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/1/01 13 by Mike Scott vs. Sacred Heart, 1/2/10 12 by Glenn Snape vs. New Rochelle, 11/18/80 50 Rebounds 11 by Mike Scott vs. Wagner, 2/11/10 11 by Cameron Tyler vs. Mt St Mary’s 2/7/09 52 vs. Houston Baptist, 1/17/11 10 by Manny Ubilla vs. St. Peter’s 12/22/07 51 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/1/01 10 by Cameron Tyler at Sacred Heart 1/30/07 10 by Tamien Trent at St. Francis NY 2/21/05 50 vs. Monmouth 2/23/04 10 by Tamien Trent at LIU, 1/31/05 10 by Marcus Whitaker at Wagner, 3/6/04 10 by Mike Scott at Longwood, 11/29/10 2011-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------05 BOLDING, Melquan... 25-21 810 32.4 125-356 .351 38-130 .292 90-118 .763 20 54 74 3.0 36 0 47 91 2 23 378 15.1 00 HAYES, Lonnie...... 11-11 400 36.4 49-143 .343 10-40 .250 35-50 .700 8 28 36 3.3 31 0 45 48 0 22 143 13.0 01 GOODE, George...... 29-29 895 30.9 148-302 .490 0-5 .000 74-107 .692 57 158 215 7.4 87 4 45 50 41 13 370 12.8 44 ROCHFORD, Kinu..... 29-20 739 25.5 118-211 .559 0-1 .000 34-71 .479 85 113 198 6.8 105 8 28 47 26 23 270 9.3 23 ROBINSON, Lonnie... 29-25 800 27.6 70-191 .366 23-65 .354 38-69 .551 18 79 97 3.3 51 1 58 73 3 16 201 6.9 33 SMITH, Briahn...... 29-15 681 23.5 62-173 .358 27-92 .293 22-31 .710 15 58 73 2.5 50 0 30 25 2 20 173 6.0 34 LO, Mouhamed...... 22-4 310 14.1 28-55 .509 0-2 .000 22-39 .564 16 38 54 2.5 45 1 15 26 7 12 78 3.5 22 SEILUND, Mathias... 28-10 478 17.1 34-89 .382 8-31 .258 14-17 .824 18 35 53 1.9 49 0 12 30 19 12 90 3.2 15 OYENIYI, Ayotunde.. 21-1 175 8.3 12-28 .429 0-0 .000 12-15 .800 12 34 46 2.2 28 1 5 13 10 7 36 1.7 10 FERNLEY, Sam...... 14-7 235 16.8 4-24 .167 2-19 .105 2-3 .667 4 13 17 1.2 28 1 17 9 0 5 12 0.9 21 MOODY, Dylan...... 23-2 266 11.6 5-16 .313 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 3 8 11 0.5 31 0 19 20 0 13 11 0.5 55 LARIZZA, Louis..... 3-0 12 4.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.0 TEAM...... 46 48 94 3.2 1 7 ------Total...... 29 5801 655-1589 .412 109-393 .277 343-520 .660 302 666 968 33.4 544 16 322 440 110 167 1762 60.8 Opponents...... 29 5800 718-1653 .434 207-559 .370 465-636 .731 343 722 1065 36.7 496 - 404 372 70 221 2108 72.7

TEAM STATISTICS FDU OPP TEAM LEADERS SCORING 1762 2108 Points per game 60.8 72.7 POINTS G Pts Pts/G Scoring margin -11.9 - BOLDING, Melquan 25 378 15.1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 655-1589 718-1653 GOODE, George 29 370 12.8 pct. .412 .434 ROCHFORD, Kinu 29 270 9.3 3 POINT FG-ATT 109-393 207-559 3-point FG pct. .277 .370 ROBINSON, Lonnie 29 201 6.9 3-pt FG made per game 3.8 7.1 SMITH, Briahn 29 173 6.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 343-520 465-636 HAYES, Lonnie 11 143 13.0 pct. .660 .731 SEILUND, Mathias 28 90 3.2 F-Throws made per game 11.8 16.0 LO, Mouhamed 22 78 3.5 REBOUNDS 968 1065 OYENIYI, Ayotunde 21 36 1.7 Rebounds per game 33.4 36.7 FERNLEY, Sam 14 12 0.9 Rebounding margin -3.3 - MOODY, Dylan 23 11 0.5 ASSISTS 322 404 Assists per game 11.1 13.9 TURNOVERS 440 372 REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G Turnovers per game 15.2 12.8 GOODE, George 29 215 7.4 Turnover margin -2.3 - ROCHFORD, Kinu 29 198 6.8 /turnover ratio 0.7 1.1 ROBINSON, Lonnie 29 97 3.3 STEALS 167 221 BOLDING, Melquan 25 74 3.0 Steals per game 5.8 7.6 SMITH, Briahn 29 73 2.5 BLOCKS 110 70 Blocks per game 3.8 2.4 ATTENDANCE 11088 42813 Home games-Avg/Game 13-853 16-2676 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd total Fairleigh Dickinson 806 956 1762 Opponents 1024 1084 108 NUMERICAL

# Name cl. Pos. ht. Wt. hometown/High School/Previous School 2 Yves Jules Jr. G 6-2 180 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Canarsie / Hofstra 5 Melquan Bolding Sr. G 6-3 195 Mt. Vernon, N.Y. / Bishop Stepinac / Duquesne 10 Sekou Harris Fr. G 5-11 165 Plainfield, N.J. / Plainfield High School 12 Sidney Sanders Jr. Jr. G 5-11 175 Charleston, S.C. / Burke / Polk State 20 Xavier Harris Fr. F 6-6 230 Philadelphia, Pa. / Constitution / The Peddie School (NJ) 21 Dylan Moody So. G 5-8 160 Philadelphia, Pa. / Abington Friends 22 Mathias Seilund Jr. F 6-7 205 Dragoer, Denmark / Falkonergaardens Gymnasium 23 Lonnie Robinson Sr. G 6-5 220 Deerfield Beach, Fla. / Deerfield Beach / Western Texas 24 Mustafaa Jones So. G 6-3 180 Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann Goretti / Hartford 33 Yosua Cordero-Collado Sr. F 6-5 230 Bologna, Italy/Basking Ridge High School (N.J.) 34 Kyle Pearson Fr. F 6-5 190 Woodbridge, N.J. / Woodbridge 44 Kinu Rochford Sr. F 6-6 235 Brooklyn, N.Y. / James Madison /Globe Institute of Technology 55 Timothy Smith Fr. G 6’1 190 Bridgeport, Conn/Hill Regional Career High School

ALPHABETICAL

# Name cl. Pos. ht. Wt. hometown/High School/Previous School 5 Melquan Bolding Sr. G 6-3 195 Mt. Vernon, N.Y. / Bishop Stepinac / Duquesne 33 Yosua Cordero-Collado Sr. F 6-5 230 Bologna, Italy/Basking Ridge High School (N.J.) 10 Sekou Harris Fr. G 5-11 165 Plainfield, N.J. / Plainfield High School 20 Xavier Harris Fr. F 6-6 230 Philadelphia, Pa. / Constitution / The Peddie School 24 Mustafaa Jones So. G 6-3 180 Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann Goretti / Hartford 20 Yves Jules Jr. G 6-2 180 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Canarsie / Hofstra 55 Myles Mann Fr. F 6-6 225 Atlanta, Ga. / Westlake 21 Dylan Moody So. G 5-8 160 Philadelphia, Pa. / Abington Friends 34 Kyle Pearson Fr. F 6-5 190 Woodbridge, N.J. / Woodbridge 23 Lonnie Robinson Sr. G 6-5 220 Deerfield Beach, Fla. / Deerfield Beach / Western Texas 44 Kinu Rochford Sr. F 6-6 235 Brooklyn, N.Y. / James Madison /Globe Institute of Technology 12 Sidney Sanders Jr. Jr. G 5-11 175 Charleston, S.C. / Burke / Polk State 22 Mathias Seilund Jr. F 6-7 205 Dragoer, Denmark / Falkonergaardens Gymnasium 55 Timothy Smith Fr. G 6’1 190 Bridgeport, Conn/Hill Regional Career High School Top Row: Head Coach Greg Vetrone, Associate Head Coach Marcus Toney-El, Yves Jules, Kinu Rochford, Xavier Harris, Kyle Pearson, Myles Mann, Lonnie Robinson, Mathias Seilun, Assistant Coach Chris Brickley, Assistant Coach Damon Francis Bottom Row: Lonnie Hayes, Sekou Harris, Melquan Bolding, Sidney Sanders Jr., Dylan Moody, Mustafaa Jones

BY STATE: BY CLASS: BY POSITION: Florida: Freshmen: Guards: Lonnie Robinson Sekou Harris Melquan Bolding Connecticut: Xavier Harris Sekou Harris Timothy Smith Myles Mann Mustafaa Jones Georgia: Kyle Pearson Yves Jules Myles Mann Timothy Smith Dylan Moody New Jersey: Sidney Sanders Jr. Sekou Harris Sophomores: Timothy Smith Kyle Pearson Mustafaa Jones New York: Dylan Moody Forwards: Melquan Bolding Yosua Cordero-Collado Yves Jules Kinu Rochford Juniors: Xavier Harris Yves Jules Myles Mann Pennsylvania: Xavier Harris Sidney Sanders Jr. Kyle Pearson Mustafaa Jones Mathias Seilund Lonnie Robinson Dylan Moody Kinu Rochford South Carolina: Mathias Seilund Sidney Sanders Jr. Seniors: Denmark: Melquan Bolding Mathias Seilund Yosua Cordero-Collado Lonnie Robinson Italy: Yosua Cordero-Collado Kinu Rochford #2 | Yves Jules| 6’2 | 180 | Jr. | G | Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jules will make his FDU debut on Friday. Jules sat out last season after transferring from Hofstra.

#5 | Melquan Bolding | 6’3 | 195 | Sr. | G | Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

Bolding will serve as this year’s captain for the Knights. The senior averaged 15.1 points per game last season and scored a career-high 38 points against Longwood.

Career Highs: 38 points - 13 rebounds - 3 blocks - 3 assists 9 field goals made - 5 three-point field goals made

#10 | Sekou Harris | 5’11 | 165 | Fr. | G | Plainfield, N.J.

Harris was the Knights’ top recruit of the off season. He averaged 14.5 points per game last sesaon and guided Plainfield High School to a record of 30-4 including a New Jersey State Tournament of Champions appearance.

#12 | Sidney Sanders Jr. | 5’11 | 175 | Jr. | G | Charleston, S.C.

Sanders Jr. is a junior college transfer from Polk State. He averaged 13.9 points per game last season. #20 | Xavier Harris | 6’6 | 230 | Fr. | F | Philadelphia, Pa.

Harris will make his collegiate debut against Xavier on Friday. The freshman averaged 14.0 points per game at The Peddie School last season.

#21 | Dylan Moody| 5’8 | 160 | So. | G | Philadelphia, Pa.

Moody saw action in 22 games last season, averaging 11.6 minutes per game.

Career Highs: 5 points - 2 rebounds - 3 assists 2 field goals made - 1 three-point field goals made

#22| Mathias Seilund | 6’7 | 205 | Jr. | F | Dragoer, Denmark

The junior saw action in 28 games last season with an average of 17 minutes per game. Averaged 3.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, while leading the team with an .824 free-throw percentage.

Career Highs: 13 points - 5 rebounds - 3 blocks - 3 assists 5 field goals made - 3 three-point field goals made

#23 | Lonnie Robinson | 6’5 | 220 | Sr. | F | Deerfield Beach, Fla.

The senior will lead the backcourt for the Knights this season. He played all 29 games last year with 25 starts. Averaged 6.9 points per game with a .354 three-point shooting percentage.

Career Highs: 25 points - 12 rebounds - 1 - 7 assists 9 field goals made - 5 three-point field goals made #24 | Mustafaa Jones | 6’3 | 180 | So. | G | Philadelphia, Pa.

Jones will make his debut with the Knights after sitting out last season. The sopho- more is a transfer from Hartford.

#33 | Yosua Cordero-Collado | 6’5 | 230 | Sr. | F | Bologna, Italy

Cordero-Collado is a senior walkon for the Knights this season. The Italian attended high school in New Jersey before coming to FDU. He is the founder and president of the club rugby team on campus.

#34 | Kyle Pearson | 6’5 | 190 | Fr. | F | Woodbridge, N.J.

Pearson will make his collegiate debut on Friday. The local rooke averaged 21 points and eight rebounds for Woodbridge High School last year.

#44 | Kinu Rochford | 6’6 | 235 | Sr. | F | Brooklyn, N.Y.

Rochford led the Knights in field-goal percentage last season (.559) and averaged 9.3 points per game. As a junior he started 20 of 29 games and scored in double figures on 13 occasions.

Career Highs: 20 points - 15 rebounds - 3 blocks - 3 assists 9 field goals made - 5 three-point field goals made

#55 | Timothy Smith | 6’1 | 190 | Fr. | G | Bridgeport, Conn.

Smith will make his collegiate debut on Friday.