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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 2 • November 28, 2005) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Quinnipiac 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 W2 1-0 0-0 1-1 Monday, November 21 Saturday, November 26 San Francisco 70, MONMOUTH 66 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 66, Fordham 60 St. Francis (NY) 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 W1 1-0 1-1 0-0 MT. ST. MARY’S 62, Binghamton 53 Vermont 71, WAGNER 67 Wagner 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 L1 2-0 0-1 0-0 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 74, Lock Haven 54 Ohio 77, ST. FRANCIS (PA) 61 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 W1 1-0 0-1 1-1 SACRED HEART 63, Albany 61 Penn State 80, LONG ISLAND 64 Old Dominion 80, MT. ST. MARY’S 57 St. Francis (PA) 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 L1 2-0 0-1 0-2 Tuesday, November 22 FDU 96, Dowling 50 Central Connecticut State 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 L2 1-1 0-1 0-0 Columbia 80, LONG ISLAND 63 ROBERT MORRIS 100, Lock Haven 64 Mount St. Mary's 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 L1 1-0 0-2 0-0 WAGNER 75, American 59 MONMOUTH at Great Alaska Shootout Robert Morris 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 W1 1-0 0-2 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 106, Concordia (NY) 57 Oral Roberts 62, MONMOUTH 54 Florida International 71, CCSU 61 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 L1 0-1 1-1 0-0 St. John’s 64, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 50 Monmouth 0-0 .000 1-3 .250 L2 0-0 0-1 1-2 Wednesday, November 23 Long Island 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Pittsburgh 86, ROBERT MORRIS 59 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Thursday, November 24 MONMOUTH at Great Alaska Shootout MONMOUTH 80, Southern Illinois 68 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week Durell Vinson, Wagner Friday, November 25 MONMOUTH at Great Alaska Shootout Jr., C, 6-7, 215 lbs., Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep South Carolina 62, MONMOUTH 56 Vinson, who has taken on a spotlight role in the paint for the Seahawks following the graduation of all-NEC center Harvard 75, SACRED HEART 72 Sean Munson, comes off a career-week that saw him average 17.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and shoot 66.7 percent from the floor and 87.5 percent from the line. In a 75-59 win over American on Tuesday, Vinson Home Team Underlined established new career-highs with 22 points (10-14 FG) and 15 rebounds. He also blocked two shots as Wagner limited the Eagles to 6-29 shooting from the field in the first half in racing out to a 28-15 lead at the break. The Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Vineland, NJ product nearly recorded a second double-double with 13 points (4-7 FG, 5-6 FT) and nine boards in NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week a tightly contested 71-67 setback at Vermont on Saturday. Vinson currently leads the NEC with 10.0 rpg and is sixth in scoring (14.7 ppg), fifth in field goal percentage (.609), tenth in free throw percentage (.800) and seventh in Nov. 21 Justin Chiera, CCSU Nov. 21 Cameron Tyler, FDU blocks (1.0 bpg). Nov. 28 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 28 Whitney Coleman, MU Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Whitney Coleman, Monmouth Fr., G, 6-2, 180 lbs., Salem, CT/East Lyme (St. Thomas More Prep) Coleman had a productive start to his collegiate career last week, which began thousands of miles from Monmouth’s campus as the Hawks took on San Francisco before heading north to the Great Alaska Shootout. Coleman scored at least eight points in each of the four outings, and averaged 9.5 points and 2.0 rebounds while 2006 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament shooting 56.0 percent (14-25) from the floor, 62.5 percent (5-8) from three-point territory and 83.3 percent (5- All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be 6) from the line. He netted 11 points in his debut against San Francisco, then came off the bench to contribute reseeded after quarterfinals. eight points, seven boards, two assists and two steals in the Hawks’ 80-68 win over Southern Illinois in the Shootout opener. Coleman earned starts in each of the next two games, tallying 10 points in a 62-56 loss to South Thursday, March 2 Quarterfinals Carolina and nine in a 62-54 setback at the hands of Oral Roberts. Times TBA Sunday, March 5 This Week’s Schedule Semifinals Monday, November 28 Wednesday, November 30 Saturday, December 3 1:00 pm (CN8), SACRED HEART at Yale 7:00 pm MT. ST. MARY’S at La Salle 7:00 pm CCSU at Harvard 2:00 pm 4:00 pm (MSG) CCSU at Binghamton 7:00 pm Columbia at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Loyola (MD) at MT. ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm Maine at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at George Washington 7:30 pm Binghamton at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 8 WAGNER at Yale 2:00 pm Championship Tuesday, November 29 Friday, December 2 SACRED HEART at Boston College 7:00 pm 7:30 pm (ESPN2) QUINNIPIAC at FDU 7:00 pm FDU at Canisius 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at New Hampshire 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at SMU 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at Cornell 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at St. Bonaventure 7:00 pm NEC Website WAGNER at Brown 7:00 pm Rider at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Duquesne 7:05 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org Standings and statistics are updated daily. 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (1-2, 0-0 NEC) (2-2, 0-0 NEC) (0-2, 0-0 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 7:00 pm N 22 at Florida International L 61-71 N 18 at #24 Maryland L 85-111 D 3 at New Hampshire 7:00 pm N 28 at Binghamton 7:00 pm N 26 Dowling W 96-50 D 10 Hartford 4:00 pm D 3 at Harvard 2:00 pm N 29 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm D 14 at Harvard 7:00 pm D 5 at St. Bonaventure 7:00 pm D 2 at Canisius 7:00 pm D 22 CCNY 7:00 pm D 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm D 5 at Seton Hall 7:30 pm at College of Charleston Classic D 18 La Salle 12:00 pm D 10 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm D 29 vs. Rider 5:30 pm D 22 Binghamton 7:00 pm D 17 Drexel 7:30 pm D 30 vs. Charleston/Longwood 5:30/7:30 pm D 29 at Delaware 7:30 pm D 22 at St. Peter’s 7:00 pm J 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 7 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm D 28 at Louisville 7:00 pm J 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 4:00 pm J 9 at SACRED HEART 8:00 pm J 5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 12 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 12 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1:00 pm J 14 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 1:00 pm J 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 19 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 20 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 8:00 pm J 23 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 21 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 23 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 26 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 26 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 26 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 28 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 28 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 28 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm F 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 2 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 2 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 4 at SACRED HEART 2:00 pm F 4 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 4 at WAGNER 2:00 pm F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 10 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm F 6 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 11 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm F 12 at ST.