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2009 NEC Basketball Tournament Following an 18-game regular season, the eight-team 399 Campus Drive, 1st Floor NEC Tournament will be conducted for a fifth con- Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone (732) 469-0440 secutive year in a playoff format with all games being Fax (732) 469-0744 played at the home of the higher seed. After the www.northeastconference.org quarterfinals, teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. Quarterfinal play takes place on Thurs- day, March 5, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March 8. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, will be contested on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00 pm. Providing Opportunities. Building Futures. Table Of Contents Northeast Conference Staff Men’s Basketball Directory ______4

NEC Team Capsules ______5-7 Commissioner 2008-09 League Notes ______8-12 Brenda Weare 2007-08 Season Review ______13 [email protected] Ext. 1 NEC Men’s Basketball Signings ______14-16 2008-09 NEC Composite Schedule ______17 Associate Commissioner (PR/Television) Central Connecticut St. University _____ 18-19 Ronald Ratner [email protected] Fairleigh Dickinson University ______20-21 Ext. 6 ______22-23 Monmouth University ______24-25 Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Andrew Alia Mount St. Mary’s University ______26-27 [email protected] ______28-29 Ext. 4 ______30-31 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Sacred Heart University ______32-33 Joyce Bell St. Francis (NY) College ______34-35 [email protected] Saint Francis (PA) University ______36-37 Ext. 2 ______38-39 Director of Sports Services 2007-08 Individual Statistics ______40-41 Robert Morris’ Michelle Boone 2007-08 Team Statistics ______42-44 2007-08 Second Team All-NEC [email protected] 2007-08 Individual Statistics (Conf. Only) __ 45-46 Leading Active NEC Scorer With 1,290 Points Ext. 5

2007-08 Team Statistics (Conf. Only) ___ 47-49 Assistant Director of Communications www.northeastconference.org Ralph Ventre [email protected] Ext. 7 2008-09 NEC Championship Dates Media Relations Intern Championship Date Site/Host Jaclyn Swierc Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Nov. 1 Holmdel Park (West Long Branch, NJ) [email protected] Field Hockey Nov. 7-8 High Seed Ext. 8 Women's Soccer Nov. 7, 9 High Seed Men's Soccer Nov. 14, 16 High Seed Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Women's Volleyball Nov. 22-23 High Seed Edgar Cartotto IWomen's Swimming Feb. 12-14 Yale University ndoor Track & Field Feb. 21-22 P.G. County Sports Complex (Landover, MD) The Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Mar. 5, 8 & 11 High Seeds Women's Basketball Mar. 7, 8 Sacred Heart (quarterfinals and semifinals) Men’s Basketball Summer Preview Mar. 15 Higher Seed (championship) Men’s & Women’s Tennis Apr. 17-19 Mercer County Tennis Center (tentative) is designed to assist members of the media. (West Windsor, NJ) Further information can be requested by con- Women's Lacrosse Apr. 24, 26 High Seed tacting Ron Ratner at the NEC or the individual Women’s Golf Apr. 24-26 TBA NEC sports information directors. Men's Golf May 1-3 TBA Outdoor Track & Field May 2-3 Mon mouth University All rosters and schedules listed in the NEC Sum- Softball May 8-9 High Seed mer Preview are tentative and subject to change. Baseball May 21-23 TBA

3 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Contacts Summer Preview NEC Staff

Title Name E-Mail Phone Number Commissioner Brenda Weare [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 1 Associate Commissioner (PR/Television) Ron Ratner [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 6 Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Joyce Bell [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 2 Assistant Commissioner (Marketing/Operations) Andrew Alia [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 4 Director of Sports Services Michelle Boone [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 5 Asst. Director of Communications Ralph Ventre [email protected] (732) 469-0440 - Ext. 8 Coordinator of Basketball Officials Edgar Cartotto NEC Fax Number (732) 469-0744 NEC Website www.northeastconference.org

NEC Basketball Membership Information

Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island

Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Charles “CJ” Jones (860) 832-3038 David Langford (201) 692-2208 John Suarez (718) 488-1030

Asst. AD/Sports Information Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Tom Pincince (860) 832-3089 Sara Naggar (201) 692-2499 Jeff Mead (718) 488-1420 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach (860) 832-3093 (201) 692-9063 (718) 488-3499

Sports Information Fax (860) 832-3084 Sports Information Fax (201) 692-9361 Sports Information Fax (718) 488-3302

Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac

Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Dr. Marilyn McNeil (732) 571-3415 Lynne Robinson (301) 447-5000 Jack McDonald (203) 582-8621

Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Asst. Sports Information Director Chris Tobin (732) 263-5180 Mark Vandergrift (301) 447-5384 Greg Ott (203) 582-5387 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach (732) 571-7584 (301) 447-5388 (203) 582-3784

Sports Information Fax (732) 571-3535 Sports Information Fax (301) 447-5300 Sports Information Fax (203) 582-5385

Robert Morris Sacred Heart St. Francis (NY)

Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Dr. Craig Coleman (412) 262-8302 C. Donald Cook (203) 365-7649 (718) 489-5486

Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Jim Duzyk (412) 262-8314 Gene Gumbs (203) 396-8127 David Gansell (718) 489-5369 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach (412) 262-8297 Dave Bike (203) 371-7848 (718) 489-5265

Sports Information Fax (412) 262-8557 Sports Information Fax (203) 365-7696 Sports Information Fax (718) 797-2140

Saint Francis (PA) Wagner Bryant (to become core member of NEC in 2012-13) Director of Athletics Director of Athletics Bob Krimmel (814) 472-3280 Walt Hameline (718) 390-3488 Director of Athletics Bill Smith (401) 232-6559 Sports Information Director Sports Information Director Bob Volkert (814) 472-3128 John Beisser (718) 390-3227 Sports Information Director [email protected] [email protected] Jason Sullivan (401) 232-6072 [email protected] Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Head Basketball Coach Don Friday (814) 472-3286 (718) 390-3462 Tim O’Shea (401) 232-6077

Sports Information Fax (814) 472-3196 Sports Information Fax (718) 390-3347 Sports Information Fax (401) 232-6361

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Central Connecticut State tiste, is back in the fold, and may have been the league’s biggest presence (4.7 ppg) to the backcourt. Up front, the Blackbirds Central Connecticut State’s ability to surprise last season. A nondescript rookie in 2006-07 who quietly must wrestle with the losses of Kellen Allen (13.4 ppg), a terrific withstand roster turnover and re- averaged 4.6 ppg, Baptiste became FDU’s most reliable player as a post-up player, and Eugene Kotorobai (10.5 ppg), a versatile per- main a contender year in and year sophomore. He finished third in the NEC with 18.5 ppg and at 6’3”, former who was just as effective on the boards (team-leading 7.1 out is a testament to 13th year head ranked eighth in rebounding with 6.3 per outing. A punishing, rpg) as he was spotting up from outside the arc (team-high 71 coach Howie Dickenman’s system, physical player on forays into the lane, Baptiste also has the skills to treys). Cushioning the blow somewhat will be the return of a pair as well as the mental and physical pull up from mid-range and hit regularly from downtown (31 three- of starters in senior forward Ron Manigault and junior center Au- toughness of the players he recruits. pointers). He is also a gritty performer who missed just three games rimas Adomaitis. Though measuring just 6’4”, Manigault holds his Faced with significant manpower losses following the Blue Devils’ after suffering a fractured jaw in late January, and ended the year ground in the post and is the team’s most active player around the third NEC championship in 2006-07, Dickenman restocked the with a 14.2 ppg scoring improvement, the biggest bump of any hoop. In the City native’s first year at LIU, he averaged 5.0 cupboard with a collection of ready for prime-time players to com- player in the conference and second in the nation. Baptiste will ppg and is the team’s leading returning rebounder after hauling pliment Tristan Blackwood, a first team all-star who would go on to also benefit from the return of junior point guard Cameron Tyler, down 5.6 per outing in 2007-08. At a rugged 6’8” and 235 lbs., graduate as the league’s all-time three-point king with 328 shots who sat out 2007-08. Tyler, who made a leap similar to Baptiste Adomaitis (3.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg) clogs the lane on defense and has a from outside the arc. While Blackwood provided veteran leader- between his freshman and sophomore years, averaged 14.3 ppg soft touch around the rim. Bouncy sophomore forward Ike ship, it was the quick maturation of the team’s newcomers that and ranked fifth on the circuit with 5.1 apg in 2006-07. A fearless Udanoh gives the Blackbirds another option off the bench. Stock- boosted the Blue Devils to a 10-8 league slate and a berth in the penetrator with flair, Tyler’s ability to draw defenders then share piling his team with young talent in the offseason, Ferry added no NEC Tournament for the tenth straight year. CCSU first year players the ball with his teammates should create a whole new set of scor- fewer than nine players to the roster. With the mindset of bringing accounted for an astounding 59.3 percent of the team’s scoring ing opportunities for the Knights this season. To help make up for some added size to the lineup, Ferry signed a pair of 6’5” swingman output a year ago with 45.3 percent coming from its freshman the lost three-point artistry of Ubilla, Eric Hazard and Bernell Mur- - Miguel Bocachica and Booker Hucks - to help bolster an already class. Though the Blue Devils will once again feature a youthful ray - the trio combined for 175 trifectas last season - the Knights strong backcourt. Bocachica, a native who competed look in 2008-09 - just two upperclassmen dot the roster - Dicken- will unleash Eric Moore, a 6’1” junior sharpshooter from Dover, NJ on Puerto Rico’s U18 team that finished fourth at the FIBA Ameri- man has built both a present and future NEC title contender. The who sat out last season after transferring from Buffalo. Moore av- cas Championship over the summer, can fill it up from the outside. two key figures in CCSU’s youth movement a year ago were NEC eraged 12.5 ppg, 2.3 apg and buried 75 three-pointers in 21 starts Hucks was an All-State honoree at Bay Shore after tallying 18.0 ppg Rookie of the Year Shemik Thompson and all-Rookie performer for the Bulls in 2006-07. Another transfer, 5’11” sophomore Ter- as a senior. Ferry also added 6’6” forwards and Arnold , both of whom enter their sophomore campaigns. ence Grier, played a year at Rhode Island after finishing his Cranford Mayorga, along with 6’7” New York City product Elijah Whitehead. Thompson, a 6’0” guard, was given the keys to the offense last (NJ) High School career as the leading scorer in Watchung Confer- Boyd is a spaceeater in the paint who will give the Blackbirds an- season and was more than up to the challenge. His ability to handle ence history. Also expected to contribute in what could be a loaded other option on the low block. He was named All-State in Texas as the ball and find the open man meshed well with the talents of his backcourt is 6’3” sophomore guard Jordan Stasyszyn, who showed a senior after a distinguished career at William H. Taft in San Anto- athletic wingmen. Thompson also displayed an effective mid-range a feathery touch from three-point range and could work himself nio. Mayorga, a Canadian import, helped lead H.B. Beal to the shot and finished the year averaging 8.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg while into a regular spot in the rotation, and 6’0” freshman point guard bronze medal at the Ontario AAAA championships last season. Four making 27 starts at the point. A lean 6’6” inch forward, Horton’s Sam Fernley, a member of England’s National Team. A pair of sec- guards round out Ferry’s recruiting class with Argentinian native has close to a seven-foot wingspan, which proved bothersome to ond year players were thrown into the fire last year, and after re- Lucas Faggiano joining Michael Culpo (17.6 ppg as a senior at St. opponents on both ends of the floor. He averaged a league-lead- sponding to the challenge, should become mainstays in the FDU Andrews Prep in Barrington, RI Stephen O’Reilly and Iona transfer ing 2.1 blocks per outing, and has the potential to be a double- frontcourt over the next three years. DeJuan Pursley, a 6’9” for- John Scott. double performer on a consistent basis. The team’s leading return- ward, started his freshman year slowly, but became an offensive ing scorer at 12.7 ppg, Horton also averaged 5.4 rpg and hit 55.2 and defensive force in the middle for the Knights in February. Monmouth percent of his shots from the floor (third in the conference), in- Equipped with terrific natural athletic ability and bothersome The face of Monmouth basketball is about cluding 21 shots from beyond the arc. Joining Horton up front is length, Pursley (5.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, team-leading 30 blocks) aver- to change. Just one year away from the the team’s lone senior, Marcus Palmer, a 6’6” junior college trans- aged 9.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.1 bpg and shot 55.2 percent from the field grand opening of the 4,100 seat, state- fer who injected toughness and interior muscle into the Blue Devil over his last nine outings, including a 23-point, nine of-the-art Multi-Purpose Activity Center lineup. By mid-January Palmer began to blossom and averaged performance against Quinnipiac. John Galvin, a 6’8” forward, got (MAC), the Hawks will play their last sea- 16.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg and shot 52.8 percent from the field over his last off to a terrific start, earning NEC Rookie of the Week honors in son in fabled Boylan Gymnasium, home 11 games. He ended the year as the team’s leading rebounder (5.8 November, but missed nearly the entire last month of the season to the basketball team since 1965. Un- rpg) and fourth-leading scorer (10.1 ppg). Sophomore forwards after sustaining a concussion. An active player in the paint, Galvin der 12th year head coach Dave Calloway, David Simmons and Tamir Johnson should also see their roles ex- made 18 starts and contributed 6.0 ppg and 4.7 rpg. Lawrence Monmouth has embarked upon a similar transformation on the panded in 2008-09. Shortly after winning NEC Rookie of the Week Brown, who at 7’2” is the tallest player in the conference, will push court by infusing a wealth of young talent into a program hungry honors for the first time in mid-December, the 6’5” Simmons was for more court time in his junior year. Often forced to employ a six- to regain its status as one of the NEC’s elite. The Hawks offered a sidelined with an injury that kept him out until making a cameo in man rotation last season, FDU suffered from lack of depth, espe- glimpse into the future last season with notable wins over Wichita CCSU’s quarterfinal playoff loss to Sacred Heart. A slashing, physi- cially in the frontcourt where the Knights were outrebounded by State and Charlotte in November, but had trouble closing out cal forward, he registered back-to-back double-doubles before over seven boards per game. That should change this season with games once league play hit and were eliminated in the NEC quar- going down and averaged 4.8 ppg and 4.7 rpg as a freshman. the addition of Saint Joseph’s transfer Alvin Mofunanya. A rugged terfinals by top-seeded Robert Morris. With a year of seasoning, Johnson started 18 games for the Blue Devils and was another 6’8”, 245 lb. forward, Mofunanya is a local product from Engle- Calloway has high hopes his sophomore class will gel with a mix of active player inside the paint, finishing with 3.8 ppg and 3.4 ppg. wood, NJ who played two years for the Hawks. Likewise, Green returning veterans and begin the team’s ascension back up the Junior guard Joe Seymore is the lone holdover from CCSU’s 2007 added 6’8”, 235 lb. forward Kamil Svrdlik, a Czech Republic native NEC standings. With the departure of leading scorer Jhamar Young- NEC championship team. The crafty guard is the team’s top long with well-rounded skills, and 6’7” forward Anaclet Mulumba Mbayi, blood, senior guard Whitney Coleman will be counted on to in- distance shooting threat, having hit 66 shots from beyond the arc a top-notch athlete out of Montreal. crease his production in 2008-09. Schooled in the intricacies of as a freshman, followed by 55 last season when he finished with Monmouth’s motion offense, Coleman is athletic enough to create 10.5 ppg. Sophomore guard Aaron Hall (4.7 ppg) can fill it up from his own looks and seasoned enough to take - and make - big shots. mid-range and at 6’1” has little trouble bulling his way to the rim. Long Island A year ago, the 6’3” combo guard averaged 11.9 ppg and hit 42 CCSU adds four newcomers to the lineup this season, including Despite a rollercoaster 2007-08 shots from three-point range. His partner in the backcourt is 6’0” former all-State forward Chris Baskerville. The 6’5” Hartford prod- season, Long Island may have point guard James Hett, who started all 31 games as a freshman and uct, who can play both inside and outside and is an outstanding turned the corner under seventh averaged 5.0 ppg. Hett never seemed to get rattled in directing the rebounder, sat out 2007-08. Freshman Robbie Ptacek is another year head coach Jim Ferry. Fol- Hawks’ attack and led all NEC freshman with 3.4 apg. Frequent All-State performer out of Blue Point High School in Bayport, NY. lowing an 8-3 non-league cam- targets of Hett’s pinpoint passes were 6’3” Alex Nunner and 6’4” An outstanding shooter, Ptacek averaged 25.0 ppg and was a paign - the fifth-best in conference Yaniv Simpson, who were able to carry the team at times with their McDonald’s All-America nominee as a senior. Three-point ace Kyle annals - the Blackbirds struggled prodigious long range bombing. Nunner, a senior, sank a team- Desmarais, the latest in a succession of standout CCSU guards out putting teams away during the NEC portion of their schedule, drop- leading 48 trifectas and contributed 6.8 ppg. Simpson emerged as of Canada, along with St. Anselm transfer Ross Pentland, a 6’3’ ping six outings by four points or less. Still, by finishing the season one of the NEC’s top sixth men in his sophomore season and closed guard who sat out last season, will add depth in the backcourt. with a .500 mark, LIU posted its best record in a decade and set the out the year by leading the team in scoring in each of the last three stage for a hoops revival in Brooklyn. The cornerstone of LIU’s team games. He averaged 8.5 ppg in just over 18 minutes per outing and Fairleigh Dickinson is its well fortified backcourt with budding star and second team drilled 46 shots at a 42.2 percent clip from beyond the arc. Sopho- As in the financial world, past returns are all-NEC honoree Jaytornah Wisseh flanked by Kyle Johnson and more swingman R.J. Rutledge (7.0 ppg) was a part-time starter and not necessarily indicative of future po- David Hicks, both of whom are coming off NEC all-Rookie cam- key contributor in his first year of collegiate ball. A lanky wing tential when it comes to the Fairleigh paigns. A high-octane talent, Wisseh’s quickness and athleticism player who possesses all the tools and has a good feel for the game, Dickinson program, headed by 26th year allow him to slice to the basket for easy buckets, but it was the 6’1” Rutledge hit 38 three-pointers as a freshman. Manning the interior head coach Tom Green. After combining point guard’s ability to find his teammates both in the open floor for the Hawks will be sophomores Nick DelTufo and George Bar- to win 54 games the previous three years, and in half-court sets, that sets him apart. An improved perimeter bour, along with junior Dutch Gaitley. At 6’8” DelTufo displayed to the outside world the Knights may have appeared to take a step shot helped boost his scoring average from 8.7 ppg as a freshman solid, low-post, back-to-the-basket moves as a freshman when he back with an eight-win season in 2007-08. But by squeezing every to a team-high 15.8 ppg, and he ranked sixth in the conference in started 24 games and averaged 6.8 ppg and 2.6 rpg. Barbour (3.7 last bit of potential from a young, inexperienced team riddled with both point production and assists (5.1 per game). Johnson, a 6’4” ppg), an aggressive 6’7”, 220 lb. forward, had his first year in West injuries a year ago, and then adding a host of notable newcomers shooting guard, providing scoring punch off the bench in his first Long Branch cut short after nine games by a knee injury. The 6’9” to the mix, Green appears to have FDU primed to regain its status season, displaying a sweet stroke from long range. A composed Gaitley, who is the son of Monmouth women’s basketball coach as one of the top-tier programs in the NEC. The one major loss for performer, he led all NEC freshman with 57 three-pointers and Stephanie Gaitley, led the team with 20 blocks and finished second the Knights will be that of scoring-whiz Manny Ubilla. Blessed with ended the year fourth on the club with 10.3 ppg. The 6’1” Hicks, with 3.7 rpg. Calloway brought in three newcomers in the offsea- unlimited range, Ubilla struck fear in opponents with his ability to who started all 30 games, emerged as the team’s defensive stopper son, including speedy 5’10” point guard Will Campbell, an All- create and make tough shots, and finished second in the confer- and contributed 8.0 ppg. He also drilled 35 shots from down- South Jersey first team selection who averaged 22.4 ppg from St. ence in scoring with 20.8 ppg. His backcourt partner, Sean Bap- town. Lightning-quick Tyrone Mattison, a senior, brings a veteran Paul VI. Up front, the Hawks added a pair of 6’7” forwards in Mike

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Myers-Keitt and Travis Taylor. Myers-Keitt, a Waterbury, CT native, - talent to build around for the future. Despite their relative inex- season, most notably 6’3” senior guard Jeremy Chappell, a former should thrive in the open court and can also shoot effectively from perience, the team’s newcomers played a vital role in leading Quin- NEC Rookie of the Year and second team all-NEC selection a year long distance, while Taylor, a long, lean player who can score down nipiac to a fourth place finish in the conference and a .500 record ago. One of the most physically gifted players in the conference, low or knock it down from mid-range, averaged a double-double for the year. With another strong recruiting class set to suit up this Chappell quietly led Robert Morris and ranked eighth in the NEC last season at Union (NJ) High School. Waiting in the wings for winter, the Bobcats could be a major player in the conference title in scoring with 14.9 ppg. With 1,290 points and 460 boards, he Monmouth is Justin Sofman, a 6’4” guard who transferred from race this season. The first order of business, however, will be finding is the league’s leading active scorer and rebounder, as well as one Rutgers and will sit out 2008-09. a player or combination of players to replace Anderson, one of the of the top long range threats having hit 159 three-pointers over most skilled offensive performers to suit up in recent NEC memory. the course of his career, including 62 last season. He can also get Mount St. Mary’s Anderson not only led the league with 21.7 ppg, but also paced after it defensively, as his 80 swipes were the second-best mark in Following the program’s first NEC the Bobcats in rebounds, assists and steals. One candidate to help the conference in 2007-08. Joining Chappell in Rice’s three-guard championship since 1999, the best fill the void is 6’3” sophomore guard Evann Baker, who electrified alignment are returning starters Bateko Francisco and Jimmy Lan- may be yet to come for Mount St. the TD Banknorth Center crowd at times last season and was named ghurst. In his first year with the Colonials, the 6’1” Francisco (8.4 Mary’s. After a 6-6 start against con- to the NEC all-Rookie team at year’s end. A slick penetrator, Baker ppg) exhibited unlimited offensive potential and emerged as a ference opposition, the installation also showed he can fill it up from the outside, converting 53.3 defensive stopper. A superb transition player who attacks the basket, of an up-tempo attack proved to percent of his three-point shots. On the year, he ranked second the senior also made defenders pay when given daylight to the be the catalyst for the Mount, which won five of its last six league among NEC freshman with 11.1 ppg, but it will his ability to recover tune of 42 three-pointers. Langhurst, a 5’11” junior, is a feared outings to enter the postseason with momentum, then completed from postseason knee surgery that will determine if he ‘is able to catch-and-shoot threat who works well off screens and can square a Cinderella run as the #4 seed with double digit wins over Quin- improve on that average in 2008-09. Senior Bryan Geffen (7.3 to get his shot off quickly. After being used sparingly as a freshman, nipiac, regular season champion Robert Morris and Sacred Heart, ppg), a 5’11” guard, carried the Bobcats for stretches last season he averaged 9.6 ppg last season, drilled a team-high 69 trifectas the latter two coming on the road. With fifth year head coach with his long distance shooting ability off the bench. He ranked (five in the Postseason NIT game at Syracuse) and finished third on Milan Brown pushing all the right buttons, Mount St. Mary’s capped second on the team with 38 trifectas and was fourth in the NEC the circuit by hitting 41.6 percent of his three-point attempts. its year with the first NCAA win in school history, a 69-60 triumph shooting at a 40.9 percent clip from beyond the arc. Another key Sophomore Gary Wallace (3.5 ppg) has all the tools to be the point over Coppin State, before entering the national spotlight with a contributor in the backcourt last season was 6’5” James Feldeine. guard of the future for the Colonials. With good size (6’3”, 195 lbs.) matchup at top-ranked North Carolina. Fast forward six months Like Baker, Feldeine is an all-around threat who can put the ball on for the position, Wallace demonstrated maturity and the ability to and the focus has now shifted to delivering another NEC title back the floor and attack the rim, while also filling it up from the outside find the open man as a freshman. Junior guard Mezie Nwigwe (5.8 to Emmitsburg, a goal well within reach considering the team’s (30 three-pointers). The junior ranked third on the Bobcats with ppg, 20 treys) has excelled the last two seasons in his role as a high- commitment to defense and the proven firepower returning in 8.2 ppg last season and also pulled down 3.9 rpg. Look for 6’2” energy performer off the bench. While Robert Morris seems well 2008-09. Brown’s franchise performer is junior point guard Jer- Jeremy Baker, who sat out last year and is Evann’s brother, to vie for stocked in the backcourt, Rice will need his returning players up emy Goode, a 5’9” blur with the ball. Having been handed the keys a spotlight role in the backcourt rotation. While Quinnipiac had front to step up their contributions if the Colonials are to contend to an up-and-coming team as a freshman, Goode matured into his little depth in the frontcourt last season, the Bobcats did tie for the this season. With a solid skill set, wiry junior forward Dallas Green role last season as the team’s undisputed floor leader. With an league lead in rebound margin at +5.0 per game, due in part to the (2.3 ppg) was able to make the most of his 6’8” frame when called improving jump shot and a proven ability to control the tempo of emergence of burly 6’7”, 240 lb. Justin Rutty. Rutty (7.5 ppg) upon, mixing it up inside and using his long arms to block 14 shots. the game on both ends of the floor, the Charlotte, NC product put finished second among league freshman with 5.3 rpg and also Bouncy 6’7” senior Ifeanyi Ehirim brings experience to the lineup up some dazzling numbers, averaging a team-high 14.5 ppg, to go wrapped the year as the NEC’s top-rated field goal shooter by bulling and excels in the transition game. Expect increased playing time for along with 5.5 apg (third in the NEC), 2.0 spg (fourth) and a league- his way to basket en-route to a 59.0 percent success rate from the powerful 6’7”, 240 lb. sophomore Will Royal. Rice added five re- leading 178 made free throws. Despite the departure of backcourt floor. Junior Louis Brookins, an athletic 6’6” forward also made an cruits in the offseason, highlighted by 6’8” Rob Robinson, a junior partner and three-point ace Chris Vann, the Mount will still be able impact up front, starting 23 games and averaging 6.5 ppg and 5.3 transfer from Globe Institute of Technology who will give the Colo- to spread the floor with the return of 6’4” wing player Will Holland, rpg after transferring from UMES. Sophomore Ed Zajac was one of nials a defensive presence in the paint. An NJCAA All-American as 6-3 guard Jean Cajou and 6’5” forward Kelly Beidler, the latter two three Quinnipiac players to win NEC Rookie of the Week honors a freshman, Robinson averaged a double-double for Globe last providing a key spark off the bench during the team’s tourney run. last season (joining Baker and Rutty), and used his 6’10”, 250 lb. season. Junior Josiah Whitehead comes to Robert Morris via Cecil An inside-outside threat, Holland ranked third on the team with frame to snare 3.3 rpg in limited time. Sophomore combo forward CC. A power forward and versatile athlete, Whitehead was part of 8.6 ppg a year ago and drained 56 three-point shots. Cajou got off Jonathan Cruz, a 6’7” transfer from Rhode Island who sat out 2007- Cecil’s national championship team as a freshman and averaged to a slow start after sitting out 2006-07, but made great strides in 08, is an inside-outside threat and solid passer who will make a 11.5 ppg in 2007-08. Rice also added 6’6” Russell Johnson, who the second half of the season and raised his game in the playoffs major push for playing time this season. Moore, who built a stellar led Chester High School to a 33-1 record and State Championship when he was named NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after reputation as a recruiter in his stretch as an assistant at UConn, last season. Johnson, who will sit out 2008-09 to concentrate on averaging 16.0 ppg and 3.7 rpg. A solid on-the-ball defender, filled a number of needs with a four-player incoming class. DeAn- academics, can play any of four positions. In the backcourt, Phila- Cajou connected at a 46.4 percent rate from three-point land and dre Bynum, a 6’6” wing player who played on two straight state delphia native Velton Jones and Clinton, MD product Jason Burns ended the year averaging 7.1 ppg, including 15.9 ppg over the last championship teams at White Station High School in Memphis, were early signees. Jones, a true point guard and all-Philadelphia eight games of the campaign. Beidler is a nightmare matchup for can shoot with range and slash to the hoop. Another versatile Catholic League performer, is a tenacious competitor, while Burns opponents with the strength to play down on the block, the speed recruit is 6’2” Harold Washington, who can play either guard po- is a combo guard and solid defender who earned first team all- to attack the basket and the shooting ability to be an effective sition. A first team All-Metro player and All-Prince George’s County Prince George County and Honorable Mention All DC-Metro hon- perimeter marksman. Like Cajou, he came on strong down the player out of Gwynn Park in Brandywine, MD, Washington helped ors as a senior. stretch and scored 15 points in a reserve role in each of the Mount’s lead his team to an undefeated record as a senior, then competed three NEC Tournament games. With nine players measuring 6’5” or in the Capital Classic All-Star game. An outstanding defender, 6’0” Sacred Heart taller, the Mount may sport the biggest and deepest frontcourt in Brooklyn native James Johnson will help plug the hole at point After coming tantalizingly close to its first the conference, led by 6’7” seniors Sam Atupem and Marcus Mitchell. guard with the transfer of Casey Cosgrove, who started all 29 games NEC championship in each of the last two A starter from the onset of his career, Atupem is a nimble and effec- last season. Rounding out the recruits is 6’9” power forward Eric years, Sacred Heart’s unfilled hoop tive post player with range out to 15 feet. He has hit over 50 Coggins, who established school shot blocking records at Canton dreams should serve as the ultimate in percent of his shots from the floor in each of his three seasons. (OH) Central Catholic. motivation when the 2008-09 season Atupem averaged 7.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg and ranked second in the NEC commences. Title game losses at CCSU with 49 blocks in 2007-08. Mitchell is a career 53.7 percent shooter Robert Morris in 2007 and at home in front of a fren- from the field and is one of the top passing big men. As a junior, he When Mike Rice arrived at Robert Morris a zied, sellout crowd to Mount St. Mary’s averaged 5.4 ppg and a team-high 5.9 rpg. The third member of year ago, he knew he was being handed the in 2008 should do little to dampen the growing optimism of the the Mount’s elite bench core last season was 6’7” Shawn Atupem, keys to a veteran-laden championship con- Pioneer faithful that have witnessed the program make a 180 de- a wiry version of older brother Sam. The younger Atupem (4.2 tender. But what transpired over the win- gree turn in recent years. Following a pair of school record 18-win ppg) has great upside to his game and is a springy, athletic small ter months was beyond the wildest expec- campaigns, 31st year head coach Dave Bike will work to keep the forward who excels in the open court. Providing depth up front tations of even the most ardent Colonial program speeding along the same path, and may have enough will be sophomore Tayvon Jackson, along with redshirt freshmen fans, even though the season came to a un- talent stockpiled to take another crack at bringing a league crown Danny Thompson and John Schwarz, all of whom measure 6’7”. expected halt with a loss to eventual NEC back to Fairfield. Bike, who ranks first among active NEC coaches Brown added just two newcomers to his lineup in the offseason, champion Mount St. Mary’s in the NEC semifinals. The ground- with 464 career wins, returns an essential weapon to his arsenal 5’10” point guard Lamar Trice and 6’7” forward Jacolby Wells. With breaking year featured a school record 26 victories - including a when senior forward Joey Henley suits up for the first time since an ability to pressure the ball defensively, the ultra-quick Trice will landmark 57-51 win at Boston College - and the program’s first 2006-07. Henley’s odyssey at Sacred Heart began back in back in enable Brown to spell Goode. Last year, Trice led Philadelphia’s NEC regular season title since 1991-92 following a 16-2 league 2003-04 as a multi-sport athlete, but after missing two years of Imhotep Charter to the Pennsylvania State semifinals and averaged slate. Rice, who was named Coach of the Year and NABC basketball due to sustaining football injuries and successfully peti- 8.0 apg. A top-flight athlete, Wells averaged 15.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and District Three Coach of the Year, established a new conference record tioning the NCAA for a sixth year, the cagey veteran is back healthy 5.0 bpg as a senior at Greensville County High School in Virginia. for wins by a first year head coach and led the Colonials to the for his final season. A second team all-NEC pick back in 2004-05 national postseason for the first time since 1992 with an appear- and a vital cog in the Pioneers’ run to the NEC championship game Quinnipiac ance in the Postseason NIT. With the NEC’s best overall record over in 2006-07, the 6’5”, 225 lb. Henley brings leadership, athleticism Last season was one of transition for Quin- the last five years, Robert Morris has firmly established itself as a and tenaciousness on both ends of the floor to the Pioneer lineup. nipiac. The arrival of head coach Tom program on the rise, though producing a worthy encore in 2008- Two years ago, the graduate student averaged 11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg Moore on the scene signaled a new era for 09 does pose its challenges. Rice must contend with the chemistry and hit 56.8 percent of his shots from the floor, including a 22- the program, and in his first year, he took issues resulting from the loss of 2007-08 NEC Player of the Year point effort against CCSU in the title tilt. Henley’s return will help the first steps in molding the Bobcats into Tony Lee, the heart and soul of the team and one of the most mitigate the loss of Brice Brooks, who evolved into a true low post a title contender. With then-senior De- versatile players in the history of the league, along with three-time threat last season and led the Pioneers in scoring with 12.8 ppg. Mario Anderson providing leadership and all-star forward A.J. Jackson. However, while the terrific tandem After sitting out the 2006-07 campaign with an injury, senior for- shouldering the brunt of the scoring load, was leaving their mark in Moon Township, Rice was already build- ward Ryon Howard made a strong recovery and contributed 7.7 Moore surrounded the veteran all-star with a host of young talent ing for the future. The Colonials will return ample firepower this ppg and 5.5 rpg a year ago. With the ability to get out in the open

6 Summer Preview NEC Team Capsules 2008-09 Men’s Basketball floor and play above the rim, the 6’6” Howard also led the team opportunities. Junior Rainier Rickards gives St. Francis depth at provide stability up front, including local products Kurt Hoffman with a 51.8 percent conversion rate from the field. Though he saw the two and three spots. With outside shooting being a sore spot and Randy Spaid. The 6’6” Hoffman, a part-time starter out of limited playing time as a freshman last season, Mehmet Sahan’s last season, Nash sought to remedy that deficiency by stocking his Johnstown, PA, averaged 2.2 ppg, but hit 59.0 percent of his shot imposing physical proportions (6’9”, 245 lbs.) and rugged style of roster with a number of players with range, most notably 6’4” opportunities. Spaid (1.8 ppg), who hails from Portage, PA, is the play make him a leading candidate to assume a key role in the pivot bomber Tom Ward, one of two English recruits who played their team’s tallest player at 6’8” and increased his strength with a rigor- this coming year. Veteran 7-footer Liam Potter gives Bike another high school ball in the Canary Islands. Ward averaged 17.0 ppg and ous conditioning program over the summer. Possessing a nice option down low. While the Pioneers return the bulk of their handed out 5.0 apg last season. His high school teammate, 6’9” touch from the outside, 6’7” Croatian native Mislav Jukic (2.0 ppg) backcourt, the loss of second team all-NEC award winner Drew center Richard Clark, competed for the 20-and-under English hopes to earn more court time this year as well. Despite the late Shubik to graduation may be the toughest blow in the team’s quest National Team last summer and contributed 13.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg departures of Berry and Dieng, Friday still managed to add Curtis for a championship. The unquestioned heart-and-soul of the team, as a senior, while also displaying a sweet stroke from long distance. Keys, a 6’3” guard from Reston, VA, and 6’6” forward Cedric La- Shubik was the Pioneers’ second-leading point producer, and from The Terriers will feature nine New York City born players on the timer, a transfer from Santa Clara who will sit out the upcoming his point guard position, also paced the Pioneers in rebounds, roster this season, including a trio of local recruits. Junior forward/ season. assists and steals. The responsibility of replacing Shubik’s produc- center Nigel Byam played at Edward R. Morrow in Brooklyn, then tion will fall upon a trio of sweet-shooting juniors: 6’0” Chauncey earned all-conference honors after averaging 14.3 ppg and 8.6 rpg Wagner Hardy, 6’3” Ryan Litke and 6’4” Corey Hassan, whose ability to while competing at Carl Albert State College in Poteau, OK last In the New York Metro-area col- space the floor and hit the three-point shot will prevent opposing season. An inside-outside threat, the 6’7” Byam will add to the lege hoops scene, it was Wagner defenses from packing in the lane and open up scoring opportu- team’s athleticism and give the Terriers another gazelle on the break. that took center stage last season, nities for the team’s interior players. Hardy is the team’s leading A combo guard who led Poly Prep to a 25-1 record last season, winning a school-record 23 returning scorer (10.1 ppg, 41 three-pointers) and best at break- Justin Newton will likely spell both Womack and Cadell. A 6-footer, games, including a best-ever 15-3 ing down his defender off the dribble and leading the break. Litke Newton tallied 17.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.0 apg en-route to all-State mark in league play. Led by a trio (9.1 ppg) possesses one of the quickest releases in the league, and honors. Eion Lewis, a springy 6’5” forward out of neighboring of outstanding seniors, the Seahawks were able to win the close has proven to be unstoppable when he gets hot from beyond the Bishop Ford High School, sat out last season after he averaged 20.0 ones - including an NCAA-record tying five overtime victories on arc. He has hit 62 and 64 treys, respectively, coming off the bench ppg and 5.0 rpg and earned all-league recognition as a senior in the road - and were nearly unbeatable at home, winning ten straight in his first two seasons and has 15 postseason three-pointers to his 2006-07. Junior forward/center Nigel Lee and his 6’6”, 250 lb. at one point in front of ever-growing and frenzied crowds at the credit. Hassan was hobbled for much of his first season with the frame will add some bulk to the lineup. A Glendale, MD native, Lee Spiro Center. While the year came to an abrupt close with a setback Pioneers after transferring from Boston University, but played played for Frederick CC last season, recording 10.7 ppg and 6.5 to Sacred Heart in the NEC semifinals, the 2007-08 season will go through the pain and became a leading contributor during Sacred rpg. The final piece of the recruiting puzzle is 6’7” forward Herman down as the year Mark Porter, Durell Vinson and James Ulrich all Heart’s stretch run. A superb athlete, he finished the year averaging Wrice. The Philadelphia product played high school ball in River- cemented their legacy in the annals of Wagner hoops. The three 8.1 ppg and sank 46 shots from long distance. Sophomore Jerrell side, NJ, then travelled even further north to compete for Monroe players combined for over 3,700 career points and 2,000 career Thompson will also be in the mix for minutes at the point. Bike (NY) CC, where he was tabbed second team all-region last season. rebounds, while Porter and Vinson were each named to the all- didn’t have to travel far on the recruiting trail, opting to remain in- NEC first team a year ago. Their departures signal the rise of a new state in attracting a four-player class. Shane Gibson, a highly re- St. Francis (PA) era for the Seahawks and sixth year head coach Mike Deane, who garded 6’2” scoring guard out of Killingly, CT who averaged 30.9 Taking over a program with a proud bas- secured the ninth 20-win campaign of his career last season. While ppg and 10.1 rpg and was named all-State as a senior will be a ketball heritage, Don Friday will begin the Deane’s rotation will change, most of the faces from last year’s welcome addition to the lineup with the loss of Shubik. Another process of transforming Saint Francis (PA) powerhouse do return, most notably the starting duo of Jamal guard, 6’2” Steve Zazuri, Jr. should be quite familiar with the cam- back into a contender. The energetic Smith and Joey Mundweiler. Smith, a terrific all-around talent who pus as his father is the all-time assist leader at the school. Zazuri was young head coach with strong Pennsylva- has been cast in a supporting role throughout much of his career, a second team all-State player last season at Masuk High School. nia ties was hired in May following a suc- could be on the verge of a breakout senior year. The 6’5” swingman Bloomfield, CT native Stan Dulaire, a 6’5” combo forward, aver- cessful five-year hitch at Lycoming that was is 96 points shy of 1,000 for his career, and with his ability to score aged over 20 points per outing for the Watkinson School as a se- preceded by a nine-year stint as an assis- in traffic, shoot with range (36 three-pointers last season) and hit nior, while 6’9” all-State center Nick Greenbacker is a fundamen- tant at Bucknell. Friday’s challenge in his maiden voyage will be to the boards, should improve on his 11.0 ppg and 5.4 rpg averages tally sound player who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds as a turn around a program that has struggled to gain traction in recent from 2007-08. With a big senior year, the 6’2” Mundweiler will go senior at East Catholic High School in Manchester, CT. years, missing out on an NEC playoff berth in each of the last three down as one of the top three-point artists in NEC history. With 77 seasons, including a last second overtime loss to Fairleigh Dickin- treys last season and the active league leader with 214 for his ca- St. Francis (NY) son to close out 2007-08 when a win would have clinched a tour- reer, Mundweiler has made a living finding open areas to spot up To refer to St. Francis (NY) as the ney spot. Not long after arriving on campus, Friday and the Red outside the arc, then hitting daggers when called upon in crunch “new look” Terriers may be some- Flash were stung by the news that veteran forwards Chris Berry and time. Also bearing down on the 1,000-point milestone - he enters what of a stretch, but a slew of Bassirou Dieng - the team’s top two scorers and rebounders - would the year with 853 - Mundweiler was one of five double-digit scorers fresh faces bring renewed optimism not be returning in 2008-09, depleting the front line. Their depar- for Wagner last season, averaging 10.3 ppg. A pair of returning to the program, which missed ture means that the spotlight will shine on three key returnees, senior forwards will help in maintaining team chemistry with the qualifying for the NEC Tournament for just the second time in the while also opening up opportunities for a number of upperclass- loss of Vinson and Ulrich. At 6’4” and 230 lbs, Llewchean Radford last 18 seasons a year ago. The team’s Achilles’ heel in 2007-08 was men who to this point have played limited minutes. Look for Fri- has become a crowd favorite for his hustling play and willingness to a combination of poor shooting from both the line and three- day to tab junior forward Devin Sweetney to serve as the hub of the tangle with big bodies and power his way to the basket. Coming off point range, as well as a failure to deliver the knockout blow. As a Red Flash offense. Despite being hampered with a knee injury last the bench, he contributed 5.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg and shot 53.2 percent result, the Terriers dropped eight conference games (and 14 over- season, the 6’6” Sweetney still averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.0 rpg. from the floor in 2007-08. Justin Drummond (2.7 ppg, 41 assists) all) by eight points or less, including three overtime setbacks over When healthy, the Washington, D.C. product is a high-octane tal- is one of three fifth-year seniors on the team, joining Smith and a three-week stretch in January. While St. Francis recovered some- ent who creates mismatches with his length and ability to attack Mundweiler. The ability to handle the ball and spot the open man what down the stretch and had an opportunity to secure a playoff the basket and play above the rim, while also showing range from has allowed the 6’6” Drummond to fulfill a de-facto point guard berth on the final day of the regular season, a home loss to local the perimeter. Saint Francis will sport an experienced backcourt role at times. Junior forward Michael Orock (6’7”), sophomores rival Long Island ended a frustrating year in Brooklyn Heights. with 5’10” guards Cale Nelson and Marquis Ford returning for their Clifton Spiller (6’7”) and Clayfell Harris (6’8”), and redshirt fresh- Determined to changes the team’s fortunes in 2008-09, fourth senior years. A former walk-on, Nelson assumed a starting role last man Brian Szczpanski (6’11”) combine to give the Seahawks great year head coach Brian Nash’s offseason recruiting efforts reaped season and averaged a career-best 10.0 ppg, along with a team- size in the frontcourt. Orock, in particular, is active around the dividends with a seven-player bonanza. While there will be ample high 3.9 apg and 57 three-pointers. A prototypical glue guy on the hoop and has showed signs he may be ready to take on a more opportunity for the newcomers to log extensive minutes on the floor, Nelson is a solid ballhandler who keeps the floor spread with significant role this coming year. native Doug Elwell court, the Terriers do return a veteran leader in Jamaal Womack, his drive-and-dish abilities. After leading the NEC in three-point (1.7 ppg) could also see more court time this season. The 6’5” along with his starting backcourt partner Ricky Cadell, who comes percentage as a sophomore, Ford struggled with his outside shot swingman has displayed good court vision throughout his career, off a solid freshman campaign. Womack, a senior who averaged last season, hitting just 28.0 percent from beyond the arc. Perhaps as well as the ability to shoot from long range. Sophomore T.J. 12.1 ppg last season, is one of the fastest coast-to-coast players in the team’s quickest player, Ford hopes for a bounce-back year and Czeski gives the Seahawks added depth in the backcourt. Looking the conference, and often dictates the pace of the game with his to improve on his 5.3 ppg and 2.1 apg averages from a year ago. to employ more pressing-style defensive pressure this season, Deane quickness and defensive tenacity. At 5’8”, he possesses a shooting Last season’s most pleasant surprise was the long distance marks- targeted a four-player recruiting class that would fit his concepts. guard mentality inside a point guard body. Womack hit 72 three- manship of 6’5” senior Grant Surprenant. Surprenant (5.1 ppg) Chris Martin, a 6’0” combo guard, is a Winslow, NJ native who pointers last season, and his 163 career trifectas rank him second led the NEC in three-point percentage, hitting an astounding 52.2 spent a postgraduate year leading Apex Academies to a 26-2 record among active NEC players. Cadell, 6’2”, was thrust into the spot- percent of his attempts, including six against both Penn State and and a top-10 national prep ranking. An outstanding shooter, he light upon his arrival and did not disappoint, starting 26 games at St. Francis (NY), the latter game featuring a buzzer-beater from the averaged 15.7 ppg and 6.2 apg at Apex. Deane reached all the way the point and averaging 9.3 ppg. Displaying composure befitting corner to second the game into a second overtime and help the into Canada to snare 6’4” point guard Tyler Murray. An explosive an upperclassmen, he led the Terriers with 2.6 apg and also made Red Flash break a nine-game losing streak. Senior guard Steve Pro- athlete, the honor student averaged 15.3 ppg, 6.2 apg and 5.4 rpg 26 shots from downtown. Sophomore Rocco Rubino, a 6’2” guard, feta was one of the team’s most improved players last season, aver- last season for Eastern Commerce High School in Toronto and showed flashes of potential last season, and could settle into a role aging 4.4 ppg and sinking 26 trifectas. The most intriguing pros- competed in the Jordan Canadian All-Star game. Josh Thompson as a designated three-point marksman this coming year. Up front, pect on the roster is 6’0” sophomore guard Sorena Orandi. After continues Wagner’s pipeline out of St. Augustine Prep High School junior wing player Kayode Ayeni was one of the NEC’s most im- scoring three points and playing a grand total of 25 minutes the in Richland, NJ, the same program that produced Porter and Vin- proved players last season. A long, lean athletic marvel, the 6’5” entire season, the Swedish native came off the bench to contribute son. A 6’4” wing player who was also recruited as a football player Ayeni (7.7 ppg) thrives in the open court, but will also mix it up seven points against Monmouth in the penultimate game of the by the likes of Boston College, Penn State and Rutgers, Thompson inside - he ranked second on the team with 5.7 rpg - and float out season, then played 42 minutes and finished with 24 points and six averaged 15.7 ppg as a senior and was a first team All-South Jersey to three-point range on occasion (19 treys). Senior forward John rebounds in the team’s finale against Fairleigh Dickinson. Orandi, honoree. Rounding out the class is 6’9” center Ryan Schroten- Gooden is the most experienced member of the Terriers along with along with junior Chris McFarland, provide the Red Flash with depth boer, a skilled post player out of Bishop Verot High School in Fort Womack. A hard-nosed interior player, the 6’6” Gooden (2.5 ppg) at the point, while junior Kyle Jackson gives Friday another option Myers, FL. As a senior, he registered 10.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg. is active around the hoop and adept at converting second chance at the two-guard spot. A trio of junior forwards hope to step in and

7 Northeast Conference League Notes Summer Preview

NCAA Success 2008 NEC Tournament Format The NEC has now won NCAA Tournament games twice in the last three years following Mount St. Mary’s 69-60 triumph over Coppin State in an Following an 18-game regular season, the eight-team opening round game last March. The Mount followed in the footsteps of Monmouth, which ousted Hampton in the opening round of the 2006 NEC Tournament will be conducted for a fifth con- NCAA Tournament, 71-49. Robert Morris owns the NEC remaining NCAA triumph, a 64-54 win over Georgia Southern in a 1983 first round game. secutive year in a playoff format with all games being NEC’s Postseason Pair played at the home of the higher seed. After the quar- The NEC sent two teams to the postseason for the second time in the last three years when Mount St. Mary’s represented the conference in the NCAA Tournament and regular season champion Robert Morris was awarded a spot in the Postseason NIT. The Mount would go on to win an NCAA opening terfinals, teams will be reseeded so the highest remain- round game over Coppin State, 69-60, before dropping a 113-74 decision to #1 seed North Carolina in a first round outing. Robert Morris came ing seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semi- up just short in its first round NIT game, falling at Syracuse, 87-81. In 2006, Monmouth went to the NCAA Tournament, while Fairleigh Dickinson competed in the Postseason NIT. finals. Quarterfinal play takes place on Thursday, March 5, followed by the semifinal round on Sunday, March A Winning Season The NEC matched a single-season record in 2007-08 with six programs (Robert Morris, Wagner, Sacred Heart, Mount St. Mary’s, Long Island and 8. The championship game, to be televised by ESPN2, Quinnipiac) finishing with .500 or better overall records on the year. The feat had been accomplished three times, most recently in 2002-03 with will be contested on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00 pm. NEC champion Wagner, along with Monmouth, CCSU, Quinnipiac, Saint Francis (PA) and FDU. It also occurred in 1993-94 and 1989-90.

Magic 50 For NEC Look Who’s Back NEC schools finished the 2007-08 regular season non-conference slate with a league record 50 victories. The NEC also won 41.0 percent of its out- The NEC welcomes back just two all-NEC performers of-league tilts (Division I opponents only), the league’s best showing outside the conference since the 1995-96 season when NEC teams won 43.0 percent of their outings and three schools (Marist, Monmouth and Mount St. Mary’s) advanced to the postseason. this season: Robert Morris senior swingman Jeremy Chappell and Long Island junior guard Jaytornah Wis- NEC Nation’s Fourth Most Improved Conference One by-product of the NEC’s out-of-conference success last season was a notable bump in the RPI rankings. The NEC finished the year tied for the seh. On the other hand, 33 of the league’s 55 starters fourth most improved conference in the nation. After being ranked 28th in the country in 2006-07, the NEC climbed to 24th in the rankings, the (60.0 percent) return in 2007-08. Similarly, four of highest for the conference since finishing 22nd in 1995-96. Welcome To The NEC...Bryant University the NEC’s top- ten scorers, as well as 13 of the top-30 Most Improved Conference RPI In October, 2007, Bryant University accepted an invitation from the NEC’s Council will suit up this season. Conference 2006-07 RPI 2007-08 RPI Improvement Southland 26 17 +9 of Presidents to become the league’s 12th member in 2012 upon completion MAAC 23 18 +5 of the five-year NCAA Division I reclassification period. The Bulldogs will play a Returning All-Conference Players Sun Belt 20 15 +5 full Division I schedule in 2008-09 and compete against each NEC team at least NEC 28 24 +4 once, though they will not count in the standings or be eligible for the confer- Jeremy Chappell (RMU) - 2nd team Big 12 7 3 +4 ence tournament. Bryant, which finished 18-13 in 2007-08, had earned five Jaytornah Wisseh (LIU) - 2nd team consecutive berths to the NCAA Division II Tourament, including a trip to the NEC National Exposure NCAA title game in 2004-05. The Bulldogs are led by first-year head coach Tim The NEC’s first-ever nationally televised regular season game took O’Shea, who spent the last seven years as head coach at Ohio University. Other Returning Award Winner place on ESPNU on January 5th, 2008 as Robert Morris stopped Shemik Thompson (CCSU) - NEC Rookie of the Year Quinnipiac, 86-79, in Hamden. As part of the league’s partnership with ESPNU, the network also aired CCSU’s 100-87 win over Sacred Heart in the NEC regular season finale on March 3rd and Robert Morris’ 86-75 triumph over Long Island in the NEC Women’s Championship game on March 16th.

NEC History Wagner, Long Island Rank Among Best In NYC Wagner and Long Island sported two of the five best records among the 20 New York Metropolitan area Division I teams last season. Setting a school The 2008-09 season marks the 28th year of NEC men’s record for wins, Wagner ranked first in the area with a 23-8 mark, ahead of Rider’s 23-10 record. Marist (18-14) finished third, followed by Seton basketball. Founded in 1981 as the basketball only Hall (17-15) and Long Island (15-15). ECAC-Metro Conference, the league began sponsor- RMU’s Chappell Working His Way Up NEC Scoring Chart ing additional sports in 1985 and changed its name to The NEC will begin the 2008-09 campaign with just one returning player - Robert Morris senior swingman Jeremy Chappell - already a member of the 1,000-point club, and a host of others set to join the ranks as the season progresses. A total of six NEC competitors reached the 1,000-point plateau the Northeast Conference in 1988. As membership a year ago to raise membership to 146 since the league began sponsoring basketball in 1981. Chappell enters the campaign with 1,290 points. He and sport sponsorship continued to grow over the next was part of a trio of 1,000-point scorers last season, but will now be the go-to player for the Colonials with the graduation of Tony Lee (1,489 points) decade, the NEC has expanded its base to six states, 22 and A.J. Jackson (1,429 points). If Chappell exceeds his point total (478) from 2007-08, he will finish among the top-10 on the NEC career scoring chart. The Cincinnati, OH native enters the season 379 points ahead of Sacred Heart forward Joey Henley, a graduate student who is the second-leading championship sports and now has access to NCAA returning scorer with 911 points to his credit. Others in line to crack the 1,000-point milestone this season are Wagner senior swingman Jamal Smith (904), automatic bids or play-in access in 13 sports. Monmouth senior guard Whitney Coleman (873), Wagner senior guard Joey Mundweiler (853), St. Francis (NY) senior guard Jamaal Womack (841), Mount St. Mary’s junior guard Jeremy Goode (791), LIU junior guard Jaytornah Wisseh (725) and Saint Francis (PA) junior forward Devin Sweetney (682).

NEC Scholar-Athletes FDU To Participate In ESPN BracketBusters & NEC Sponsored Legends Classic ESPN BracketBusters A total of 22 men’s basketball players were named to Fairleigh Dickinson will take part in the annual series for the second time when the Knights travel to an opponent to be determined on February 20 or February 21. The BracketBuster pairings - featuring some of the nation’s top mid-major programs - will be announced the 2007-08 NEC Academic Honor Roll, 16 of whom in early February. FDU’s opponent will return a home game to the Knights in the 2009-10 season. The Knights are the only NEC institution to have return this season, including a league-high four from participated in BracketBusters, going on the road to defeat Wisconsin-Green Bay, 68-64, on February 18, 2006. FDU will also participate in the second Legends Classic, a multiple-team event sponsored by the NEC that culminates with two days of games at the in Newark, Monmouth, which won the NEC Team GPA award in NJ over Thanksgiving week. The Knights will play at Washington State (NCAA Sweet 16) on November 16 and Mississippi State (NCAA 2nd round) the sport with a 3.01 average. on November 22, then return home to host two games on November 28 (Eastern Kentucky) and November 30 (Akron, Postseason NIT 2nd round).

NEC Academic Honor Roll - Men’s Basketball Returnees CCSU’s Decade Of Dominance Central Connecticut State has not only won three NEC Tournament championships over the last decade, but has also been the most dominant team Name School Major in terms of regular season success. Over the last ten years, the Blue Devils have won 124 league games, far ahead of Robert Morris’ 106 victories. Joe Seymore CCSU Electronics Technology Monmouth and St. Francis (NY) are tied for third with 105 wins, followed by Wagner with 102. CCSU has registered eight 10-win seasons over the Shemik Thompson CCSU Business ten-year span, one more than Robert Morris’ seven double-digit victory campaigns. Michael Blackgrove FDU Communications 20-20 Vision For Robert Morris, Wagner Jordan Stasyszyn FDU Communications With both Robert Morris (26) and Wagner (23) hitting the 20-win milestone in 2007-08, it marked the first time in six years and the sixth time in Aurimas Adomaitis LIU Economics league history that two NEC teams made it to 20 victories. The best NEC season came in 1995-96 when Mount St. Mary’s (21 wins), Monmouth (20) Nick Del Tufo MU Business and Marist (22) all hit the 20-win plateau. Dutch Gaitley MU Communications Seasons With Two NEC Teams Reaching 20 Wins 2007-08 Robert Morris 26 Wagner 23 1995-96 Marist 22 Mount St. Mary’s 21 Monmouth 20 James Hett MU Undecided 2001-02 CCSU 27 UMBC 20 1990-91 Saint Francis (PA) 24 FDU 22 Yaniv Simpson MU Business 1997-98 FDU 23 Long Island 21 1982-83 Robert Morris 23 Long Island 20 Tayvon Jackson MSM Computer Science Back-To-Back Quest Continues Jimmy Langhurst RMU Social Science It has now been 14 years since an NEC program captured back-to-back conference tournament titles. Not since 1993 and 1994 when Rider claimed Gary Wallace RMU Sports Management league crowns has a program been able to turn the trick, though Fairleigh Dickinson came within seconds of pulling it off before falling to Monmouth Kurt Hoffman SFPA Mathematics on a last second shot in the 2006 NEC title game. Justin Drummond WC Business Administration Sacred Heart Making Winning A Habit Clayfell Harris WC Undecided Sacred Heart has posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since elevating to Division I in 1999. The Pioneers (18-14 in each of the last Caleb Stratton WC Undecided two years) had last turned the trick in 1988-89 (22-10) and 1989-90 (15-14). The 18 wins are the school Division I record for victories as well.

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Mount’s Brown Rewarded For Efforts NEC Television Package After his team’s spectacular run to the NEC Tournament championship as the #4 seed, followed by the first NCAA Tournament win in program history, For the 12th straight season, NEC fans will have the Mount St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown was rewarded with a five-year contract extension shortly thereafter. In guiding Mount St. Mary’s to its opportunity to watch live action on Madison Square first league title since 1999, the Mount finished with a 19-15 record, the second-most wins in school annals since moving to Division I in 1988-89. The steady progression under Brown began two years ago when the Mountaineers hosted their first NEC Tournament game in 10 seasons, then Garden Network, FSN-Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Sports reached the tourney semifinals in 2007. Network, Cox Cable (CT/RI) and other local and re- gional outlets throughout the Northeast. In total, the Friday To Take Over At Saint Francis (PA); O’Shea Assumes Reins At Bryant NEC plans to broadcast approximately 20-25 men’s Saint Francis (PA) will sport a new look on the sidelines with the introduction of Don Friday as the school’s 20th head coach in May. Friday came to and women’s contests this season, along with ESPN2’s Loretto following a successful five-year stint as head coach at Division III Lycoming College. He was twice named MAC Coach of the Year, compiled an 83-49 (.629) record in his tenure at Lycoming and took the Warriors to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2004. Friday also played live airing of the NEC men’s basketball championship a leading role as an assistant at Bucknell University and Lebanon Valley College. He served as top assistant at Bucknell from 1994-03, and helped game on Wednesday, March 11 as part of the network’s recruit many of the players who would go on to win Patriot League championships and capture NCAA Tournament first round games in both 2005 Championship Week festivities. The NEC’s 2008-09 and 2006. Friday broke into coaching as the first assistant at Lebanon Valley College from 1989-94, where he helped rebuild a program at his alma slate of televised games will be released in the fall. mater that had not had a winning season since 1972. He finished his coaching career at Lebanon Valley by helping guide the squad to the 1994 NCAA Division III national championship. NEC On-Air Talent In June, future NEC member Bryant University announced the hiring of Tim O’Shea, fresh off a successful seven-year stint at Ohio University. O’Shea, For the ninth year, play-by-play announcer Dave Pop- the seventh head coach in Bryant history, posted a 120-95 record at Ohio, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2004-05 and the second kin will join former Wagner basketball coach and color round of the inaugural Invitational following a 20-13 season in 2007-08. A four-year letterwinner and 1984 graduate of Boston College, O’Shea’s resume also includes stops as assistants at his alma mater (1997-01), Rhode Island (1988-97) and Yale (1986-88). analyst on NEC men’s basketball televi- sion broadcasts. Capstraw will share color commen- Quick Start For RMU’s Rice tary duties with Terry O’Connor, who enters his sev- In his first year as head coach at Robert Morris, Mike Rice took the proverbial ball and ran with it. In leading the Colonials to a school record 26 victories enth year on the announcing crew, and former Quin- and the program’s first NEC regular season title since 1991-92, he was named Jim Phelan Coach of the Year as well as NABC District Three Coach of the Year. Rice established a new conference record for wins by a first year head coach, including one of the signature victories in NEC annals when nipiac head coach Joe DeSantis, in his second season. the Colonials knocked off Boston College, 57-51, last January. Robert Morris, which one 14 straight games until losing in the NEC semifinals, also Paul Dottino returns for his ninth year providing ad- took part in the postseason for the first time since 1992 with an appearance in the Postseason NIT. In that game, the Colonials hung on until the ditional in-game insights as sideline reporter, while also final moments before dropping an 87-81 decision at Syracuse. handling play-by-play duties on occasion. Kevin Con- CCSU’s Dickenman Setting Bar High nors embarks his fourth season as sideline reporter In just 12 seasons at Central Connecticut State and 11 as a member of the NEC, Howie Dickenman has already been honored by his peers with a league- and fill-in play-by-play caller. Capstraw and Dottino record four Jim Phelan Coach of the Year honors. No other coach in the history of the conference has won the award more than twice. Under his will also reprise their roles, respectively, as hosts of the direction, the Blue Devils are 14-7 (.667) all-time in NEC Tournament play - the second-best mark in conference annals behind Rider’s 11-3 (.786) popular halftime shows, “Holding Court” and “Two- - including a 9-0 record in the postseason as a #1 seed. Dickenman, who also won Coach of the Year accolades in 1999-00, 2001-02 and 2005- on-2:00.” 06, has led the Blue Devils to ten straight NEC Tournament appearances and claimed league championships in 2000, 2002 and 2007.

FDU’s Green & Wagner’s Deane Join Sacred Heart’s Bike In 400-Win Club NEC vs. Elite Competition Sacred Heart’s Dave Bike, Wagner’s Mike Deane and Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tom Green have combined to win 1,280 games over the course of their head NEC teams will be tested by some of the nation’s best coaching careers. Now in his 31st year at the controls of the Pioneer program, Bike (464-414) enters the 2008-09 season as the NEC’s winningest throughout the non-conference schedule. League active coach. He is the only NEC coach with a national championship pedigree, as he led Sacred Heart to the NCAA Division II title in 1986. Deane, who has made four trips to the NCAA Tournament while head coach at Siena, Marquette (twice) and Lamar, won his 400th game last December and members will play up to 14 games against schools that enters his 25th season as a head coach and sixth at Wagner with 416-292 mark. He has compiled nine 20+ win seasons, including a school-record qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament and nine 23-win campaign in 2007-08. Green, the NEC’s all-time leader in league (257) and tournament (26) victories, won his 400th game in style. In the more versus Postseason NIT participants. Knights’ regular season finale against Saint Francis (PA) last March, Manny Ubilla sank a desperation three-point shot at the buzzer for a 72-70 overtime win. Green begins his 26th year at the helm of the FDU program and is 400-328 overall. NEC vs. 2008 NCAA Tournament Teams Green Days At FDU Nov. 14 FDU at Pittsburgh Fairleigh Dickinson head coach Tom Green, who won his record fourth NEC title in 2005 and piloted the Knights to the NEC regular season cham- Nov. 16 FDU at Washington State pionship in 2005-06, is set to embark upon his 26th season at the Teaneck, NJ school. Green has piloted the Knights to four NEC crowns - most of Nov. 17 Saint Francis (PA) at American any NEC coach - in 1985, 1988, 1998 and 2005, as well as regular season championships in 1985-86, 1987-88 and 2005-06. Last season, Green Nov. 22 FDU at Mississippi State won his 400th career game and with a 257-177 NEC record, he is the all-time leader in league wins, nearly double that of second place , Nov. 21/2 Quinnipiac vs. UMBC (potential opponent) who won 129 games at St. Francis (NY) from 1991-05. He is also the NEC’s all-time leader with 26 tournament victories. The most tenured coach Nov. 25 Monmouth at Villanova in the state of New Jersey, Green is FDU’s all-time leader in wins (400) and games coached (728), and has seven 20+ win campaigns under his belt. Nov. 25 Mount St. Mary’s at George Mason The Knights have appeared in nine NEC Championship games and have reached the NEC semifinals in 16-of-25 seasons. The 2004-05 Metropolitan Nov. 30 Wagner at Kansas State Basketball Writer’s Association Coach of the Year, Green is also a two-time NEC Coach of the Year, a two-time New Jersey Sports Writers Coach of the Dec. 1 Mount St. Mary’s at American Year and a three-time New Jersey Coaches Association Coach of the Year award recipient. Dec. 14 Robert Morris at Miami Calloway’s Corner Dec. 20 Mount St. Mary’s at Georgetown Entering his 12th season at Monmouth, Dave Calloway is one of the most successful coaches in NEC history. After beginning his head coaching career Dec. 31 Quinnipiac at Cornell by losing 29 of his first 32 games and entering his fourth year on the job with a 20-47 mark, the Monmouth alum has since reeled off six winning seasons Dec. 31 Robert Morris at Xavier in the last eight years during which the Hawks have won three NEC titles (2001, 2004 and 2006), two NEC regular season crowns (2003-04, 2004- Dec. 31 Saint Francis (PA) at Vanderbilt 05) and posted a 129-117 (.524) overall record, as well as a 91-57 (.615) mark in conference play. Calloway, who as an assistant helped guide Monmouth to its first league championship in 1996, has a career record of 149-164. His three NEC Tournament titles as head coach are one shy NEC vs. 2008 Postseason NIT Teams of the record held by Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tom Green, and his 10-6 (.625) record in NEC postseason play is the second best among active league Nov. 17 Mount St. Mary’s at Virginia Tech coaches. Calloway also added an NCAA Tournament win to his resume when the Hawks defeated Hampton in 2006. A four-year letterwinner and Nov. 20 Rhode Island at Monmouth NEC all-star back in his playing days with Monmouth, Calloway has participated in eight NEC Championship games (winning four) with the Hawks Nov. 30 Akron at FDU as a player or coach. He played in two (losing in 1988 and 1990) and served as a Monmouth assistant in three more (winning in 1996; losing in 1994 Dec. 1 Saint Francis (PA) at Morgan State and 1997) before striking gold as a head coach in 2001, 2004 and 2006. A former Academic All-American, Calloway led the nation in three-point Dec. 13 CCSU at Rhode Island field-goal percentage (58.5 percent) as a sophomore in 1988-89 and scored 1,404 career points. Dec. 28 St. Francis (NY) at Akron NEC Tournament Experience Dec. 29 CCSU at Arizona State The four league coaches who have NEC championships under their belts are CCSU’s Howie Dickenman, Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tom Green and Monmouth’s Dec. 30 FDU at Rhode Island Dave Calloway and Mount St. Mary’s Milan Brown. Green’s Knights were victorious in 1985, 1988, 1998 and 2005, while Dickenman’s Blue Devils Dec. 31 Long Island at Charlotte won the title in 2000, 2002 and 2007. Calloway took the Hawks all the way in 2001, 2004 and 2006. Brown won his first crown in 2008. Other league coaches who have been to the NEC title game include Sacred Heart’s Dave Bike (2007 and 2008) and Wagner’s Mike Deane (2005). Long NEC vs. RPI Top-100 Island’s Jim Ferry (2005) and Robert Morris’ Mike Rice (2008) have taken their programs to the NEC semifinals. Last season, NEC schools played 19 games versus teams Deane’s List Of Accomplishments ranked in the top-100 in the final RPI rankings, including Now in his sixth season as head coach at Wagner, Mike Deane brings a wealth of postseason experience to the conference and is one of just three NEC 15 games against NCAA qualifiers and seven more coaches - Monmouth’s Dave Calloway and Mount’s Milan Brown being the others - with an NCAA Tournament win at the Division I level. Deane served against Postseason NIT participants. This season, NEC as head coach at Siena from 1986-94 where he compiled a 166-77 record and led the Saints to their first-ever NCAA Tournament win with a first round upset of #3 seeded Stanford in 1989. He went on to post a 100-55 record over five years at Marquette, making back-to-back NCAA institutions have up to 23 games on tap against top- Tournament appearances in 1996 and 1997. Deane’s previous stop prior to Wagner was a three-year hitch at Lamar, where his teams posted a 39- 100 RPI schools, including marquee matchups against 48 record, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2001. Coming off a school record 23-win season - the ninth 20-victory campaign of his career Xavier (#7, Robert Morris), Georgetown (#8, Mount - and with an overall record of 416-292, Deane is just one of 28 active coaches to reach the 400-win plateau. St. Mary’s), Vanderbilt (#17, Saint Francis (PA), Pitts- burgh (#18, FDU) and Washington State (#21, FDU).

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As Goode As It Gets The Numbers Game • 2007-08 One of the most scintillating players in the conference, Mount St. Mary’s junior guard Jeremy Goode took his game to another level last season when he led the Mountaineers to their first NEC title since 1999. The jet-quick point guard led the NEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.65:1), and finished NEC vs... third in assists (5.5), fourth in steals (2.0) and ninth in scoring (14.5). With the ability to control the tempo of the game, beat pressure and excel America East 8-12 Mid-American 0-2 as a decision-maker, Goode has an opportunity to become one of the top playmakers in league annals. With 337 assists after two seasons, the Charlotte, NC native leads all active NEC players in the category and has already cracked the top-50 in career helpers. If Goode maintains the pace ACC 1-2 Mid-Con 0-0 he has set over his first two years, he could end his career as the second-leading distributor in conference history. Atlantic Sun 0-0 MEAC 4-1 Atlantic 10 2-10 Missouri Valley 1-0 FDU’s Baptiste Makes The Leap Big East 0-12 Mountain West 0-0 With the league deciding to add a Most Improved Player award at year’s end, the announcement came one year too late for FDU sophomore guard Big Sky 0-0 NAIA 0-0 Sean Baptiste. After a solid freshman campaign that saw him contribute 4.6 ppg in a reserve role, Baptiste burst onto the scene in 2007-08, finishing third in the league in scoring with 18.8 ppg. His 14.2 ppg scoring improvement was the biggest leap of any player in the conference and second Big South 1-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 in the nation. In a nod to his consistency, he scored in double digits in all but one game. A physical player who is a fearless penetrator and strong Big Ten 0-1 Pac-10 0-2 in the air, Baptiste also ranked third in the conference in double-doubles (four) and eighth in rebounding (6.3). Big-12 0-2 Patriot 12-9 Big West 0-0 SEC 0-0 SHU’s Henley Granted Sixth Year By NCAA Colonial 3-2 Southern 0-0 Sacred Heart forward Joey Henley was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA last December, and will be eligible to play for the Pioneers during Conference USA 0-1 Southland 0-0 the 2008-09 season. Henley, who has been a three-sport athlete for the Pioneers, was twice injured playing football forcing him to miss the 2005- 06 and 2007-08 seasons. He was the first athlete in NEC history to be named Rookie of the Week in both football and basketball, and also the first Division II 1-0 SWAC 0-0 to be named all-NEC in two sports (basketball and track). The Kent, WA native was also named to the league’s all-Rookie basketball team in his Division III 0-0 Sun Belt 1-1 freshman year. Currently enrolled in graduate school, Henley has accumulated 911 points and 438 rebounds in his three seasons of play. He scored Horizon 1-1 WCC 1-0 22 points and pulled down seven boards in the 2007 NEC title game, a 74-70 setback to CCSU. Independent 1-0 WAC 0-0 Ivy 8-7 Overall 52-74 Colonials, Blue Devils Lead NEC Pack MAAC 7-9 Overall (DI Only) 51-74 In terms of consistency, CCSU and Robert Morris have been the NEC’s premier programs over the last five years (see chart below) with respect to both overall and conference records. CCSU is the NEC’s winningest program in conference play over two, three and four year periods and tied with Robert Morris over a five year time frame, while the Colonials had the best record last season. In terms of overall won-loss percentage, the Colonials are at College Insider NEC Returning the top in each of the five time spans. Starters Final 2007-08 NEC Records - Last Five Years Mid-Major Poll CCSU 4 One Year Two Years Three Years Four Years Five Years Central Conn. St. 10-8 (.556) 26-10 (.722) 39-15 (.722) 47-25 (.653) 56-34 (.622) FDU 2 1. Davidson (29-7) Fairleigh Dickinson 4-14 (.222) 13-23 (.361) 27-27 (.500) 31-41 (.431) 51-39 (.567) Long Island 4 Long Island 7-11 (.389) 13-23 (.361) 22-32 (.407) 32-40 (.444) 36-54 (.400) 2. Butler (30-4) Monmouth 4 Monmouth 4-14 (.222) 11-25 (.306) 23-31 (.426) 37-35 (.514) 49-41 (.544) 3. Western Kentucky (29-7) Mount St. Mary’s 11-7 (.611) 20-16 (.556) 31-23 (.574) 36-36 (.500) 44-46 (.489) Mount St. Mary’s 4 Quinnipiac 11-7 (.611) 22-14 (.611) 29-25 (.537) 35-37 (.486) 40-50 (.444) 4. Drake (28-5) Quinnipiac 3 Robert Morris 16-2 (.889) 25-11 (.694) 35-19 (.648) 46-26 (.639) 56-34 (.622) 5. Gonzaga (25-8) Robert Morris 3 Sacred Heart 13-5 (.722) 25-11 (.694) 33-21 (.611) 36-36 (.500) 44-46 (.489) 6. Kent State (28-7) St. Francis (NY) 4-14 (.222) 11-25 (.306) 18-36 (.333) 27-45 (.375) 39-51 (.433) Sacred Heart 2 Saint Francis (PA) 4-14 (.222) 9-27 (.250) 11-43 (.204) 21-51 (.292) 31-59 (.344) 7. St. Mary’s (25-7) St. Francis (NY) 2 Wagner 15-3 (.833) 23-13 (.639) 29-25 (.537) 39-33 (.542) 49-41 (.544) 8. South Alabama (26-7) St. Francis (PA) 3 Overall Records - Last Five Years 9. Siena (23-11) Wagner 2 One Year Two Years Three Years Four Years Five Years 10. VCU (24-8) NEC 33/55 Central Conn. St. 14-16 (.467) 36-28 (.563) 54-39 (.581) 66-55 (.545) 80-69 (.537) (.600) Fairleigh Dickinson 8-20 (.286) 22-36 (.379) 42-48 (.467) 62-61 (.504) 79-73 (.520) Long Island 15-15 (.500) 25-34 (.424) 37-50 (.425) 51-65 (.440) 59-84 (.413) Monmouth 7-24 (.226) 19-42 (.311) 38-57 (.400) 54-70 (.435) 75-82 (.478) 2007-08 RPI Rankings Mount St. Mary’s 19-15 (.559) 30-35 (.462) 43-52 (.453) 50-72 (.410) 60-91 (.397) Quinnipiac 15-15 (.500) 29-30 (.492) 41-46 (.471) 51-63 (.411) 60-83 (.420) Robert Morris 26-8 (.765) 43-19 (.694) 58-33 (.637) 72-48 (.600) 86-63 (.577) NEC 24/31 conferences Sacred Heart 18-14 (.563) 36-28 (.563) 47-45 (.511) 51-68 (.429) 63-83 (.432) Wagner 120/341 teams St. Francis (NY) 7-22 (.241) 16-44 (.267) 26-61 (.299) 39-76 (.339) 54-89 (.378) Saint Francis (PA) 6-23 (.207) 14-44 (.241) 18-68 (.209) 33-81 (.289) 46-96 (.324) Robert Morris 126 Wagner 23-8 (.742) 34-27 (.557) 47-41 (.534) 61-57 (.517) 74-73 (.503) Mount St. Mary’s 150 Sacred Heart 165 NEC Coaching Records Quinnipiac 192 Year Conf. Games Overall Record Long Island 199 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. CCSU 206 Mike Rice (RMU) 2007 16-2 .889 26-8 .765 In first year, led RMU to single-season school record for wins Fairleigh Dickinson 284 Howie Dickenman (CCSU) 1997 127-75 .629 192-161 .544 Guided Blue Devils to NEC titles in 2000, 2002 and 2007 Tom Moore (QU) 2007 11-7 .611 91-74 .552 Piloted young Bobcat team to fourth place NEC finish in first season Monmouth 295 Tom Green (FDU) 1984 257-177 .592 400-328 .549 All-time NEC leader in league/tourney victories; has won record four NEC titles St. Francis (NY) 313 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 108-88 .551 149-164 .476 Has taken Monmouth to three NEC titles this decade Saint Francis (PA) 314 Mike Deane (WC) 2003 49-41 .544 416-292 .588 Led Wagner to school record 23 wins in 07-08 Milan Brown (MSM) 2003 44-46 .489 60-91 .397 Won first NEC title last season, then recorded NCAA victory Jim Ferry (LIU) 2002 43-65 .398 172-122 .585 Has led LIU to NEC playoffs in four of six years as head coach Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 65-103 .387 464-414 .528 Winningest active NEC coach has taken Pioneers to two straight NEC title games Games Decided By Brian Nash (SFNY) 2005 18-36 .333 26-61 .338 Terriers just missed out on second straight NEC playoff appearance in 07-08 Five Points Or Less Don Friday (SFPA) 2008 0-0 .000 83-49 .629 Former Bucknell assistant takes over Red Flash program

Central Connecticut State 3-6 2008 NEC Tournament Review Fairleigh Dickinson 4-7 The 2008 NEC Tournament was the fourth straight held with the higher seed hosting all games. Following the quarterfinals, teams were reseeded so that the highest remaining seed played the lowest remaining Long Island 2-6 seed...Mount St. Mary’s captured its third NEC Tournament championship with a 68-55 win over third-seeded Monmouth 3-6 Sacred Heart. The Mount, seeded #4, also claimed NEC titles in 1995 and 1999...The Mountaineers became Mount St. Mary’s 3-5 the second-lowest seed to win the NEC Tournament. Mount St. Mary’s won it all in 1999 as the #6 seed...The Quinnipiac 8-3 Mount also became the sixth team in conference annals to win the NEC crown on the road, joining Mon- Robert Morris 6-1 mouth (2006), Fairleigh Dickinson (1985 and 1998), Mount St. Mary’s (1995) and Robert Morris (1983)...Sa- cred Heart has now reached the NEC title game two straight years. The Pioneers had not won an NEC Sacred Heart 5-2 Tournament game prior to 2007...Mount St. Mary’s freshman guard Jean Cajou became the third freshman St. Francis (NY) 6-9 in league history to capture NEC Tournament MVP honors, joining Monmouth’s Alex Blackwell (1990) and Rider’s Charles Smith (1994)...CCSU has Saint Francis (PA) 2-5 earned an NEC Tournament berth ten straight years, the longest current run in the conference...Fairleigh Dickinson has qualified for 25 of the league’s Wagner 9-1 27 postseason tournaments, the most of any NEC school. FDU has compiled more tourney wins (27) than any other NEC program, including 26 under Tom Green, the winningest coach in postseason play in league history...With Robert Morris winning its quarterfinal game over Monmouth, #1 seeds are now a perfect 25-0 in their opening game of the NEC Tournament since the league scrapped a divisional format in 1984.

10 Summer Preview League Notes 2008-09 Men’s Basketball

Wisseh Joins LIU Guard Lineage The lone sophomore to be named an NEC all-star a year ago, Long Island’s Jaytornah Wisseh is the latest in a long line of Long Island guards - a list in Leading Active NEC Scorers recent years that has included all-conference performers Charles Jones, Antawn Dobie and James Williams - who have risen to prominence in (500+ Points) Brooklyn. A local product who attended high school less than one mile from the LIU campus, Wisseh parlayed a terrific freshman campaign that saw him earn all-Rookie honors into a full time role at the point in 2007-08. Cat-quick and a dazzling penetrator and finisher, Wisseh seemed to get Player Team Cl Points stronger as the year wore on. Taking on more a scorer’s role during the second half of the season, he averaged 19.9 ppg, and shot 47.4 percent from Jeremy Chappell RMU Sr 1,290 the field and 86.5 percent from the line over the last 14 games. On the year, he finished sixth in the NEC in both scoring (15.8 ppg) and assists (5.1), Joey Henley SHU Gr 911 and also ranked second in assist-to-turnover ratio (.1.58:1), seventh in free throw percentage (.798) and eighth in steals (1.6). Jamal Smith WC Sr 904 Whitney Coleman MU Sr 873 Long Island, Robert Morris and Wagner Non-Conference Performances Among Best Ever Joey Mundweiler WC Sr 853 Long Island, Robert Morris and Wagner combined for a 24-12 mark in non-conference play in 2007-08 and each earned a place on the NEC’s all- time list of finest out-of-conference performances. With an 8-3 record, the Blackbirds tied for fifth in league history with a .727 winning percentage. Jamaal Womack SFNY Sr 841 It represented the program’s best non-conference mark since posting an identical record in 1986-87. Robert Morris finished 9-5 in non-league play Jeremy Goode MSM Jr 791 a year ago to tie for 14th all-time in the conference. Among the wins was a 57-51 triumph at Boston College on January 7th. Wagner also earned Jaytornah Wisseh LIU Jr 725 a spot on the list, coming in tied for 16th after ending its year 7-4 versus non-league competitors. Devin Sweetney SFPA Jr 682 Chauncy Hardy SHU Jr 630 Robert Morris also matched the NEC mark for non-league victories with nine, tying Monmouth (1991-92) and St. Francis (PA) (1990-91). The Sean Baptiste FDU Jr 594 Colonials hold the NEC record with an .889 non-conference winning percentage, established in 2006-07. Cameron Tyler FDU Jr 574 25 Best Non-Conference Records In NEC History (* won NEC title) Sam Atupem MSM Sr 572 Robert Morris 8-1 .889 2006-07 Quinnipiac 6-3 .667 2002-03 Wagner 7-4 .636 1991-92 Joe Seymore CCSU Jr 569 Wagner 7-2 .778 2005-06 CCSU 6-3 .667 1998-99 FDU 7-4 .636 1989-90 Cale Nelson SFPA Sr 568 Marist 7-2 .778 1995-96 Robert Morris* 8-4 .667 1989-90 Marist 7-4 .636 1989-90 Marquis Ford SFPA Sr 556 St. Francis (PA) 7-4 .636 1989-90 Monmouth 9-3 .750 1991-92 FDU* 8-4 .667 1987-88 Ryan Litke SHU Jr 535 Long Island 8-3 .727 2007-08 Robert Morris 9-5 .643 2007-08 FDU 7-4 .636 1986-87 Monmouth 8-3 .727 1990-91 St. Francis (PA)* 9-5 .643 1990-91 Wagner 7-4 .636 1986-87 Long Island 8-3 .727 1986-87 Wagner 7-4 .636 2007-08 FDU 7-4 .636 1985-86 CCSU* 7-3 .700 1999-00 FDU* 7-4 .636 1997-98 Siena 7-4 .636 1983-84 Leading Active NEC Rebounders St. Francis (PA) 7-3 .700 1997-98 St. Francis (PA) 7-4 .636 1991-92 (200+ Rebounds)

RMU Earns Spot In NEC Recordbook Player Team Cl Rebounds Robert Morris’ outstanding two-year run in non-conference play is the best in NEC history. After setting a new single-season league standard for out- Jeremy Chappell RMU Sr 460 of-conference success a year ago with an 8-1 mark, the Colonials came back with a 9-5 record in 2007-08. The combined 17-6 record the last two Jamal Smith WC Sr 440 years matched Monmouth’s 17-6 run from 1990-92. Joey Henley SHU Gr 438 Best Back-To-Back Non-Conference Records In NEC History Markus Mitchell MSM Sr 367 Robert Morris 17-6 .739 2005-07 CCSU 13-6 .684 1998-00 Saint Francis (PA) 16-9 .640 1990-92 Devin Sweetney SFPA Jr 367 Monmouth 17-6 .739 1990-92 FDU 15-8 .652 1986-88 Saint Francis (PA) 16-9 .640 1989-91 Sam Atupem MSM Sr 318 Whitney Coleman MU Sr 314 RMU’s, SHU’s Road To Success Ryon Howard SHU Sr 314 Robert Morris concluded the 2007-08 NEC regular season with a perfect record on the road, going 9-0 against conference competition away from Llew Radford WC Jr 262 the Sewall Center. The Colonials enter 2008-09 four shy of CCSU’s league record of 13 straight NEC road wins, set over three seasons from 2000- Kayode Ayeni SFNY Jr 257 02. Robert Morris also established a new conference standard with 14 road triumphs last season, including ten straight at one point. Sacred Heart also enjoyed road success last year, finishing the regular season with an 8-1 record away from home against NEC competition. John Gooden SFNY Sr 250 Jamaal Womack SFNY Sr 233 Reaching The Playoffs Sean Baptiste FDU Jr 219 Below is a look at each of the 11 NEC school’s success rate in reaching the conference tournament over the last five years. Justin Drummond WC Sr 219 Jaytornah Wisseh LIU Jr 217 Qualified For NEC Tournament • Last Five Years (2004-08) Kelly Beidler MSM Jr 214 All 5 Years: Central Connecticut State, Robert Morris Jeremy Goode MSM Jr 212 4 Years: Fairleigh Dickinson, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Wagner Joe Seymore CCSU Jr 205 3 Years: Long Island, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, St. Francis (NY) 2 Years: Saint Francis (PA)

Ball Hawks Leading Active NEC Assists Utilizing its trademark matchup-zone, Monmouth perennially ranks among the league leaders in scoring defense. In fact, Monmouth has led the NEC (100+ Assists) in the category in 14 of the last 20 years, including five of the last six and seven of the last nine. In 2007-08, the Hawks yielded 67.1 ppg to lead the NEC.

NEC in NCAA Statistics • 2007-08 Player Team Cl Assists Jeremy Goode MSM Jr 337 Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics Jaytornah Wisseh LIU Jr 240 Scoring 15th DeMario Anderson Quinnipiac 21.7 ppg Cale Nelson SFPA Sr 234 24th Manny Ubilla FDU 20.8 ppg Marquis Ford SFPA Sr 232 Rebounds 4th Durell Vinson Wagner 11.5 rpg Whitney Coleman MU Sr 228 Assists 10th Tony Lee Robert Morris 6.4 apg Jeremy Chappell RMU Sr 226 Steals 5th Tony Lee Robert Morris 2.8 spg 12th Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris 2.5 spg Cameron Tyler FDU Jr 214 17th Drew Shubik Sacred Heart 2.3 spg Jamaal Womack SFNY Sr 190 3PFG Made 14th Tristan Blackwood CCSU 3.5/game Chauncy Hardy SHU Jr 175 20th Manny Ubilla FDU 3.3/game Joey Mundweiler WC Sr 140 3PFG% 28th Manny Ubilla FDU .429 Tyrone Mattison LIU Sr 123 Team Category Rank School Statistics Jamal Smith WC Sr 114 3PFG% 23rd Quinnipiac .392 James Hett MU So 105 Assists 10th Robert Morris 17.6 apg Steals 2nd Robert Morris 9.9 spg Personal Fouls 2nd CCSU 14.2/game W-L% 24th Robert Morris .765 NEC Double-Double Leaders (Active) Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics Points 29th Manny Ubilla FDU 39 vs. URI (1/2) Player Team Cl No. Rebounds 19th Durell Vinson WC 20 vs. FDU (1/27) Joey Henley SHU Jr 7 27th Durell Vinson WC 19 vs. MU (2/16) Devin Sweetney SFPA So 7 Assists 14th Mark Porter WC 13 vs. UMES (12/15) Jeremy Chappell RMU So 6 Steals 12th Jeremy Goode MSM 7 vs. Loyola (MD) (12/1) FT% 1st Kyle Johnson LIU 1.000 (10-10) vs. Columbia (11/20) Sean Baptiste FDU Jr 4 1st Whitney Coleman MU 1.000 (10-10) vs. SFNY (1/19) Ken Horton CCSU So 3 1st DeMario Anderson QU 1.000 (10-10) vs. SFNY (1/17) Ryon Howard SHU Sr 3 Kyle Johnson LIU So 3 Team Game Highs Rank School Statistics 3PFG% 5th Quinnipiac .750 (9-12) vs. Dartmouth (12/19) Marcus Palmer CCSU Sr 3 FT% 17th Long Island .955 (21-22) vs. Saint Francis (PA) (2/7)

11 Northeast Conference League Notes Summer Preview

Stat Leaders Return Bench Sparks Mount Postseason Run A total of four NEC individual offensive statistical leaders from last season return in 2008-09, including Mount St. Mary’s junior The Mount received 111 points from its bench in the three-game NEC Tour- guard Jeremy Goode, who led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio, and ranked third in assists and fourth in steals. nament and 54 more in the NCAA games against Coppin St. and UNC. Com- ing off the pines, freshman guard Jean Cajou was named MVP of the NEC Category PlayerStats Category Player Stats Tournament after he averaged 16.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg and shot 12-22 (.545) from FG% Justin Rutty, QU .590 Blocks Ken Horton, CCSU 2.1 the field, including 7-13 (.538) from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward 3PFG% Grant Surprenant, SFPA .522 Asst./TO Ratio Jeremy Goode, MSM 1.65:1 Kelly Beidler averaged 15.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and hit 61.9 percent of his shot opportunities in the tourney, then scored seven points and pulled down a Double Down career-high 15 boards against Coppin St. Freshman forward Shawn Atupem In 2007-08, the NEC had 38 players combine for 97 double-double performances. In addition, there were 23 instances in which netted 12 points versus Sacred Heart, then added 10 against Coppin St. players recorded at least 20 points and grabbed at least ten rebounds or dished out ten assists. Wagner’s Durell Vinson (now Experienced Wagner Duo graduated) paced the conference with 14 double-double outings last season. Sacred Heart senior forward Joey Henley and Saint While Wagner graduated three 1,000-point scorers in Mark Porter (1,577 Francis (PA) junior swingman Devin Sweetney share the career lead among active NEC players with seven double-doubles apiece. career points), Durell Vinson (1,144) and James Ulrich (1,023), the Sea- Below is a list of the NEC’s top returning double-dipping performers: hawks’ cupboard isn’t exactly bare. Senior swingman Jamal Smith could be poised for a breakout season after finishing third on the team with 11.0 ppg Double-Doubles 20-10 Games Double-Doubles 20-10 Games a year ago. Classmate Joey Mundweiler, a shooting guard who averaged 10.3 Player School (Career) (Career) (2007-08) (2007-08) ppg last season, has been one of the top long-range bombers on the circuit Joey Henley Sacred Heart 7 2 1 1 over the course of his career, and enters the 2008-09 campaign with 214 Devin Sweetney Saint Francis (PA) 7 2 1 1 treys, just 39 shy of entering the NEC career top-ten in the category. To- Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris 6 2 3 1 gether, Smith (904 points) and Mundweiler (853) are the league’s top re- Sean Baptiste Fairleigh Dickinson 4 1 4 1 turning career scoring tandem. Top Returning Scoring Duos November Rain For Monmouth Opponents The NEC will feature just two schools with duos that combined to score at least 25.0 ppg last season. Topping the list is the After stunning Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference) last November 17, Fairleigh Dickinson combination of Sean Baptiste and Camerson Tyler. Baptiste ranked third in the NEC a year ago with 18.5 ppg. it took all of 48 hours for Monmouth to strike again, downing Charlotte Tyler, who did not play last season, averaged 14.3 ppg in 2006-07. (Atlantic-10) in overtime, 58-56, on November 19 in the final game of the Paradise Jam, which was held in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The Hawks School Player PPG Player PPG Combined PPG finished fourth in the tournament with a 2-1 record, ahead of Notre Dame, Fairleigh Dickinson Sean Baptiste 18.5 Cameron Tyler 14.3 (06-07) 32.8 Charlotte, Wichita State and Illinois-Chicago. Monmouth is now 4-2 in its Long Island Jaytornah Wisseh 15.8 Kyle Johnson 10.3 26.1 two trips to the Paradise Jam. In 2003, the Hawks defeated Appalachian State and Hampton. Both losses came to Big East schools (Boston College Returning Firepower and Notre Dame). Also on Monmouth’s November hit-list: Vanderbilt, which A total of five NEC programs will bring back at least 65 percent of their scoring from a year ago. Monmouth leads the pack with four fell to the Hawks, 81-67, on November 24, 2002. starters and 79.6 percent of its firepower back in the fold, with defending champion Mount St. Mary’s second at 76.5 percent and CCSU third at 72.8 percent. Long Island is fourth with 66.4 percent of its scoring returning, followed by Saint Francis (PA) at 65.6 Young Talent Leading Way At CCSU, QU percent. As a testament to the influx of young talent in the league last season, both CCSU and Quinnipiac finished the 2007-08 campaign with three players Returning Scoring (Percent) apiece selected as Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Award winners. It marked CCSU: 72.8 percent Fairleigh Dickinson: 42.2 percent Long Island: 66.4 percent the first time since the 2003-04 season that one team produced three Rookie Monmouth: 79.6 percent Mount St. Mary’s: 76.5 percent Quinnipiac: 54.4 percent of the Week recipients. The Blue Devils’ Shemik Thompson and Ken Horton were Robert Morris: 59.3 percent Sacred Heart: 52.7 percent St. Francis (NY): 50.6 percent each three-time winners, while David Simmons claimed one weekly honor. Saint Francis (PA): 65.6 percent Wagner: 44.3 percent Quinnipiac’s Evann Baker won the award twice, joining teammates Justin Rutty and Ed Zajac, who were each honored once. Wagner Wins NEC’s Most Improved Award Red Flash’s Back-To-Back Bombers In a year that featured a number of notable leaps, Wagner was the big winner in the Most Improved sweepstakes last season. The Saint Francis (PA) has had a long legacy of prolific three-point shooting Seahawks went from 11-19 in 2006-07 to 23-8 in 2007-08. The 12-game improvement represented the second-biggest year- artists as eight of the NEC’s 22 single-season percentage leaders in the cat- to-year jump since the start of the decade. Robert Morris (+9 wins) and Mount St. Mary’s (+8 wins) also made great strides from egory have laced up their shoes in Loretto. Two of those leaders - senior the previous season. Below are the greatest improvements in the NEC from one season to the next since 2000: guards Marquis Ford and Grant Surprenant - are back in 2007-08. Two years NEC Most Improved Teams From 2000-07 ago, Ford hit 51.0 percent of his three-point attempts, the highest accuracy +13 CCSU 2001-02 14 wins to 27 wins +8 Mount St. Mary’s 2007-08 11 wins to 19 wins rate since all-time Red Flash great Mike Iuzzolino drained 52.8 percent of his +12 Wagner 2007-08 11 wins to 23 wins +8 Saint Francis (PA) 2002-03 6 wins to 14 wins shots in 1990-91. Surprenant was even better last season, when he shot +11 Fairleigh Dickinson 2002-03 4 wins to 15 wins +8 Mount St. Mary’s 2002-03 3 wins to 11 wins 52.2 percent from beyond the arc, the third-highest mark in NEC history. +9 Robert Morris 2007-08 17 wins to 26 wins +8 Quinnipiac 2001-02 6 wins to 14 wins A Guard’s World +9 Monmouth 2000-01 12 wins to 21 wins The NEC has traditionally been considered a guard-oriented league, and 2007-08 did little to dispel that label. By season’s end, nine of the top-10 The Home Court Disadvantage scorers in the conference were backcourt performers. St. Francis (NY) senior The home court was anything but an advantage for NEC teams during league play in 2007-08. Teams playing at home won just forward Robert Hines (seventh) was the only non-guard to crack the top-10. 45.5 percent of their contests, a ten-year low and far lower than the ten year average of 58.4 percent. The previous worst single season mark by host teams came in 1999-00 at 53.7 percent. Womack’s March To 1,000 With 841 career points, St. Francis (NY) senior guard Jamaal Womack will likely 10-Year Study: Home Records In NEC Play become the first Terrier player in six years to hit the 1,000-point mark (Clif- 2007-08: 45-54 .455 2003-04: 64-35 .646 1999-00: 58-50 .537 ford Strong scored 1,090 points from 2000-03). Womack, who is the team’s 2006-07: 57-42 .576 2002-03: 69-39 .639 1998-99: 64-46 .640 leading returning scorer after hitting for 12.1 ppg in 2007-08, has devel- 2005-06: 63-36 .636 2001-02: 68-52 .567 Totals 620-441 .584 oped into one of the top three-point shooting threats in the conference. 2004-05: 60-39 .606 2000-01: 72-48 .600 After hitting 24 trifectas as a freshman, he sank 67 as a sophomore and 72 - fifth most in the conference - in his junior campaign a year ago. Colonials Climb NEC Win Chart With 26 and 23 wins, respectively, a year ago, Robert Morris and Wagner set new school records for victories and moved into New Look Knights an elite group of teams in league annals. The Colonials now rank second all-time on the NEC’s single-season chart, while Wagner Following a year in which a lack of manpower forced head coach Tom Green is tied for fifth. CCSU established the league record for wins with 27 in 2001-02. to employ six and seven man rotations, Fairleigh Dickinson will sport a fresh look and a deeper bench in 2008-09. In addition to the return of junior NEC Single-Season Wins Leaders guard Sean Baptiste (18.8 ppg), the Knights will also feature sophomores CCSU 27-5 2001-02 Fairleigh Dickinson 23-7 1997-98 DeJuan Pursley (9.0 ppg and 7.2 rpg over the last ten games of the season) and Robert Morris 26-8 2007-08 Fairleigh Dickinson 23-7 1987-88 John Galvin (6.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg) in the frontcourt. Green will also reacquaint CCSU 25-6 1999-00 Wagner 23-8 2007-08 himself with junior point guard Cameron Tyler, who sat out last season after Saint Francis (PA) 24-8 1990-91 Robert Morris 23-8 1982-83 averaging 14.3 ppg and 5.1 apg in 2006-07. A trio of transfers will also figure heavily into FDU’s plans, the most notable being junior guard Eric Moore. At Robert Morris Joins Pantheon Of NEC Greats Buffalo in 2006-07, Moore averaged 12.5 ppg, buried 75 treys and led the Robert Morris’ 16-2 record in NEC play last year one of the best single-season records in conference history. The Colonials tied MAC in three-point field goal production, averaging 2.7 per game. Alvin the 2006-07 Central Connecticut State and 1995-96 Mount St. Mary’s teams for third on the all-time chart with a 16-2 mark. At Mofunanya, a burly 6’8” junior forward who played two years at Saint Joseph’s, 15-3 a year ago, Wagner is tied for ninth on the list. should also play a prominent role in the FDU frontcourt, while Terence Grier will add depth at guard after transferring from Rhode Island. Best NEC Regular Season Records CCSU 19-1 (.950) 2001-02 NEC champion Robert Morris 12-2 (.857) 1982-83 NEC champion CCSU In The Spotlight Marist 15-1 (.938) 1986-87 NEC champion UMBC 17-3 (.850) 1998-99 NEC semifinalist Over the last eight seasons, CCSU has had an affinity for the bright lights, Robert Morris 16-2 (.889) 2007-08 NEC semifinalist Wagner 15-3 (.833) 2007-08 NEC semifinalist specifically when featured as part of the NEC Network’s television package. CCSU 16-2 (.889) 2007-08 NEC champion CCSU 15-3 (.833) 1999-00 NEC champion The Blue Devils have posted a 28-7 record in league produced games since Mount St. Mary’s 16-2 (.889) 1995-96 NEC semifinalist Long Island 15-3 (.833) 1996-97 NEC champion the 1997-98 season, including a 7-1 mark over the last two years. From Long Island 14-2 (.875) 1997-98 NEC runner-up January, 1999 to February, 2003, CCSU won 12 straight televised games, excluding any locally produced or national broadcasts. 12 Summer Preview 2007-08 Season Review 2008-09 Men’s Basketball

2008 NEC Basketball Tournament Final Standings

Thursday, March 6 Quarterfinals at Higher Seeds School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral #1 Robert Morris 64, #8 Monmouth 50 1. Robert Morris* 16-2 .889 26-8 .765 L2 11-4 14-3 1-1 #2 Wagner 71, #7 Long Island 62 #3 Sacred Heart 84, #6 Central Connecticut State 71 2. Wagner* 15-3 .833 23-8 .742 L1 13-3 10-5 0-0 #4 Mount St. Mary's 80, #5 Quinnipiac 70 3. Sacred Heart* 13-5 .722 18-14 .562 L1 9-6 9-8 0-0 Sunday, March 9 4. Mount St. Mary's*^ 11-7 .611 19-15 .559 L1 8-7 10-7 1-1 Semifinals at Higher Seeds #4 Mount St. Mary’s 83, #1 Robert Morris 65 Quinnipiac* 11-7 .611 15-15 .500 L2 7-7 8-8 0-0 #3 Sacred Heart 55, #2 Wagner 49 6. Central Connecticut State* 10-8 .556 14-16 .467 L1 8-6 6-10 0-0

Wednesday, March 12 7. Long Island* 7-11 .389 15-15 .500 L2 9-5 5-10 1-0 NEC Tournament Championship at SHU 8. Fairleigh Dickinson 4-14 .222 8-20 .286 W1 4-8 4-10 0-2 #4 Mount St. Mary’s 68, #3 Sacred Heart 55 St. Francis (NY) 4-14 .222 7-22 .241 L1 4-10 3-12 0-0 Monmouth* 4-14 .222 7-24 .226 L2 2-11 3-12 2-1 2008 NCAA Tournament Saint Francis (PA) 4-14 .222 6-23 .207 L5 3-12 3-11 0-0 NCAA Opening Round (Dayton, OH) Tuesday, March 18 * NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Mount St. Mary’s 69, Coppin State 60

NCAA East Regional • 1st Round (Raleigh, NC) Friday, March 21 NEC All-Conference Teams #1 North Carolina 113, #16 Mount St. Mary’s 74 Player of the Year 2008 Postseason NIT Tony Lee Robert Morris G 6-0 205 Sr Boston, MA/Charlestown NIT First Round (Syracuse, NY) Tuesday, March 18 Rookie of the Year #1 Syracuse 87, #8 Robert Morris 81 Shemik Thompson Central Connecticut State G 6-0 185 Fr Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen 2008 NEC All-Tournament Team Defensive Player of the Year Mark Porter WC 17.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 5.5 apg Brice Brooks SHU 15.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg Tristan Blackwood Central Connecticut State G 6-0 175 Sr Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce Drew Shubik SHU 13.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 5.7 apg Jeremy Goode MSM 17.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.7 apg Jean Cajou MSM 16.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Tournament Most Valuable Player Mike Rice Robert Morris Jean Cajou MSM 16.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg 15 pts., six rebs. in title game 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball First Team All-Conference

2007-08 Choice Hotels/NEC Players of the Week Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Nov. 12 Durell Vinson, WC DeMario Anderson Quinnipiac G 6-4 205 Sr Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill (Globe Institute, CCSU) Nov. 19 Tony Lee, RMU Nov. 26 Mark Porter, WC Tristan Blackwood Central Connecticut State G 6-0 175 Sr Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce Dec. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Tony Lee Robert Morris G 6-0 205 Sr Boston, MA/Charlestown Dec. 10 Jeremy Goode, MSM Dec. 17 Sean Baptiste, FDU Mark Porter Wagner G 6-2 205 Sr Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep Dec. 31 Tony Lee, RMU Durell Vinson Wagner F 6-7 215 Sr Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep Jan. 7 Manny Ubilla, FDU Jan. 14 DeMario Anderson, QU Jan. 21 DeMario Anderson, QU 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Second Team All-Conference Jan. 28 Devin Sweetney, SFPA Feb. 4 Drew Shubik, SHU Feb. 11 Mark Porter, WC Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Feb. 18 Durell Vinson, WC Jeremy Chappell Robert Morris G 6-3 200 Jr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest Feb. 25 Bateko Francisco, RMU Mar. 3 DeMario Anderson, QU A.J. Jackson Robert Morris F 6-6 240 Sr Monessen, PA/Monessen (E. Tennessee St.) Drew Shubik Sacred Heart G 6-4 205 Sr Stoystown, PA/North Star 2007-08 Choice Hotels/NEC Rookies of the Week Manny Ubilla Fairleigh Dickinson G 6-2 185 Sr Freehold, NJ/Freehold (Lackawanna CC) Nov. 12 Evann Baker, QU Jaytornah Wisseh Long Island G 6-1 180 So Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy Nov. 19 John Galvin, FDU Nov. 26 Kyle Johnson, LIU Dec. 3 Ed Zajac, QU 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball All-Rookie Team Dec. 10 Evann Baker, QU Dec. 17 David Simmons, CCSU Dec. 31 David Hicks, LIU Name School Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School Jan. 7 Justin Rutty, QU Evann Baker Quinnipiac G 6-3 185 Fr Washington, D.C./Archbishop Carroll (MCI) Jan. 14 Ken Horton, CCSU David Hicks Long Island G 6-1 195 Fr Mendota Heights, MN/St. Thomas Academy Jan. 21 Shemik Thompson, CCSU Jan. 28 Ricky Cadell, SFNY Ken Horton Central Connecticut State F 6-6 185 Fr Ossining, NY/Ossining Feb. 4 Ken Horton, CCSU Kyle Johnson Long Island G 6-3 200 Fr Ajax, Ontario/West Hill Feb. 11 Shemik Thompson, CCSU Feb. 18 Shawn Atupem, MSM Shemik Thompson Central Connecticut State G 6-0 185 Fr Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen Feb. 25 Shemik Thompson, CCSU Mar. 3 Ken Horton, CCSU 13 Northeast Conference NEC Newcomers Summer Preview

Bryant (to become core member of NEC in 2012-13)

Don Trifari G 6-2 170 Towaco, NJ/Paul Robeson (NY) Averaged 23.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 spg and made 3.0 three-pointers per outing as a senior at Paul Robeson.

Sam LeClerc G 6-1 180 Fayette, ME/Winthrop Helped lead Winthrop to the Western C Championship in 2006 and the state title in 2008, scoring 28 points in the championship game against a Calais team that entered the game riding a 63-game winning streak. LeClerc averaged 20.7 ppg and was named the Mountain Valley Conference's Player of the Year. A Mr. Maine basketball finalist, he surpassed 1,000 points for his career.

Papa Lo F/C 6-9 215 Theis, Senegal/Winchendon School (MA) (UMass) (will sit out 2008-09) Will sit out 2008-09 after averaging 1.2 blocks per game as a freshman at UMass. Contributed 10.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 6.0 bpg at Winchendon School.

Central Connecticut State

Chris Baskerville F 6-5 225 Hartford, CT/Bulkeley A 2007 graduate of Bulkeley High School, he was a four-year starter who scored 1,124 points and grabbed 836 rebounds. Baskerville, who sat out the 2007-08 season, was named All-State his senior season.

Kyle Desmarais G 6-2 190 Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College Desmarais was named Quebec League Most Valuable Player and All-Canadian last season at Dawson College.

Robbie Ptacek G 6-3 180 Bayport, NY/Blue Point Averaged 25 ppg, 5.0 apg and 6.0 rpg his senior year at Blue Point. He was a first team All-State Class B selection and was named All-League, All-Conference, All-County and All- Long Island. A McDonald's All America nominee, Ptacek scored over 1,000 career points and holds the school-record with 43 points in a single game.

Fairleigh Dickinson

Sam Fernley G 6-0 170 Sheffield, England/Silverdale Fernley is a member of the English National team.

Terence Grier G 5-11 180 Cranford, NJ/Cranford A transfer from URI, he played in 28 games for the Rams in 2006-07. At Cranford, he was the leading scorer in Watchung Conference history.

Anaclet Mulumba Mbayi F 6-7 220 Montreal, Quebec/Vanier College

Kamil Svrdlik F 6-8 235 Czech Republic/Tomas Bata

Long Island

Miguel Bocachica G/F 6-5 190 Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter Bocachica helped Puerto Rico finish fourth at the 2008 FIBA Americas Championship U18 for Men this past July. While at Imhotep Charter, he earned Philadelphia Daily News All-Public League honors.

Julian Boyd F 6-6 215 San Antonio, TX/William H. Taft Competing for William H. Taft, Boyd was named All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, the District 28-5A MVP and the 2008 San Antonio Express-News Player of the Year. He was also tabbed the South team's MVP at the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star game.

Michael Culpo G 6-1 170 Barrington, RI/St. Andrew’s Prep Averaged 17.6 ppg and 5.1 apg as a senior at St. Andrew’s Prep.

Lucas Faggiano G 6-2 Argentina

Booker Hucks G/F 6-5 180 Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore Tabbed as a Class AA All-State honoree by New York State Sportswriters Association, he averaged 18 ppg, 3.0 apg, 3.0 spg and 3.0 bpg for Bay Shore last season.

Arnold Mayorga F 6-6 190 London, Ontario/H.B. Beal Secondary School Mayorga helped lead H.B. Beal to the bronze medal at the Ontario AAAA championships.

Stephen O’Reilly G 5-11 170 St. Croix, Virgin Islands/South Kent Prep (CT)

John Scott G/F 6-3 220 Albany, NY/Iona College

Elijah Whitehead F 6-7 200 New York, NY/Proctor Academy (NH)

14 Summer Preview NEC Newcomers 2008-09 Men’s Basketball

Monmouth

Will Campbell G 5-10 170 Willingboro, NJ/Paul VI Mike Myers-Keitt F 6-7 190 Waterbury, CT/Marianapolis Prep (CT) Travis Taylor F 6-7 200 Union, NJ/Union

Mount St. Mary’s

Lamar Trice G 5-11 165 Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter Trice led Imhotep Charter to the state semifinals and a 27-4 record his senior season. In the Class AA state semifinal game, he tallied 13 points, eight assists and six rebounds in a loss to Strawberry Mansion. Trice averaged 8.0 ppg, 8.0 apg and 3.0 spg as a senior while earning Third Team All-Philadelphia Public League honors. He also participated in the Philadelphia Public League All-Star game.

Jacolby Wells F 6-7 215 Emporia, VA/Greensville County Wells was named First Team AA Virginia High School League All-State in Virginia. He also earned First Team All-Southside District honors and second team Region I honors for the second straight year. Wells averaged 15.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 5.0 bpg as a senior and earned a spot in the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star game. He tallied a triple-double with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks against Surry County High School as a senior. He is the first-ever student-athlete at Greensville County High School to earn a Division I basketball scholarship.

Quinnipiac

DeAndre Bynum G/F 6-6 200 Memphis, TN/White Station (Progressive Christian Academy (MD)) Bynum averaged 20.0 ppg in his post-graduate year at Progressive Christian Academy in Camp Springs, MD. He was a member of two straight state championship teams at White Station High School.

Eric Coggins F/C 6-9 205 Canton, OH/Canton (Ohio) Central Catholic James Johnson G 6-0 183 Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Loughlin

Harold Washington G 6-2 180 Brandywine, MD/Gwynn Park Washington was named First-Team All-Prince George’s County and earned All-Metro (Washington Post) recognition following his senior year at Gwynn Park. As team co-MVP, Washington led Gwynn Park to an undefeated (22-0) regular season, as well as the No. 6 ranking in the state and No. 8 ranking in the Washington Post. He also played in the Capital Classic All-Star Game and was voted Most Valuable Player of the Prince George’s County All-Star Game. Washington was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Bay Ball Classic in December and earned All-Tournament Team honors in the 2A Maryland State Playoffs.

Robert Morris

Jason Burns G 6-3 175 Clinton, MD/Frederick Douglas Named First Team All-League and All-Prince George’s County after averaging 22.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 3.0 apg for Frederick Douglas. Burns was also selected Honorable Mention All-Metro (Washington, DC).

Velton Jones G 6-0 170 Philadelphia, PA/Northeast Catholic A First Team All-Philadelphia Catholic League and Second Team All-City of Philadelphia player for Northeast Catholic, Jones contributed 14.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 6.0 apg as a senior in leading his team to the Catholic League championship. Jones is the only player in Philadelphia history to win a Public League and Catholic League championship.

Rob Robinson F 6-8 215 Waldorf, MD/Oxon Hill (Globe Institute of Technology) In his sophomore season at Globe, he averaged 17.4 ppg, a team-high 11.0 rpg and 2.6 apg while shooting 54.9 percent from the field. As a freshman in 2006-07, Robinson earned National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Second Team Division I All-America honors after posting averages of 14.5 ppg and 9.9 rpg.

Josiah Whitehead F 6-6 225 Portsmouth, VA/Cecil CC Averaged 11.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg, while shooting 56.4 percent from the field as a sophomore at Cecil Community College. He helped lead Cecil to a 33-1 record, with its only loss coming to Hagerstown in the Region XX championship game. Whitehead was one of five players to score in double figures for Cecil last season, which averaged 100.9 ppg.

Sacred Heart

Shane Gibson G 6-2 170 Killingly, CT/Killingly Averaged 30.9 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 3.8 apg and 5.6 spg as a senior at Killingly. He was named All-State by the Hartford Courant and scored 51 points in a game in a win over Windham High last February.

Stan Dulaire F 6-5 195 Bloomfield, CT/Watkinson School Averaged over 20.0 ppg in his senior year playing at the Watkinson School in Hartford. Scored over 1,000 points in his career.

Steve Zazuri G 6-2 190 Monroe, CT/Masuk Zazuri was named second team All-State by the Hartford Courant. He tallied 49 points in a game twice his senior year and finished his Masuk career with over 1,000 career points

Nick Greenbacker C 6-9 210 Manchester, CT/East Catholic Greenbacker was a Hartford Courant All-State selection after averaging 16.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg and 4.0 apg in his senior campaign at East Catholic.

15 Northeast Conference NEC Newcomers Summer Preview

St. Francis (NY)

Nigel Bynam F/C 6-7 210 Brooklyn, NY/Edward R. Morrow (Cal Albert State College) Bynam contributed 14.3 ppg and 8.6 rpg at Carl Albert State College last season. He was named to the Second Team Bi-State East Conference Team.

Richard Clark C 6-9 215 Berkshire, England/Centroa de Ensenanzas de Canarias (Canary Islands) Averaged 13.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg a year ago for Centroa de Ensenanzas de Canarias in the Canary Islands. He competed for the 20 and under English National Team in the summer of 2007

Nigel Lee C 6-6 250 Glendale, MD/Bowie (Frederick CC) Averaged 10.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg while shooting 62 percent from the field for Frederick CC in 2007-08. Lee played his freshman season at Allegany College (MD)

Justin Newton G 6-0 185 Jamaica, NY/Poly Prep Newton helped lead Poly Prep to a 25-1 record last season and a berth in the Private League Championship game. He averaged 17.5 ppg., 5.0 rpg and 4.0 apg en-route to First Team All State Class B honors.

Tom Ward G 6-4 195 Brighton East Sussex, England/Centroa de Ensenanzas de Canarias (Canary Islands) Averaged 17.0 ppg and handed out 5.0 apg last season at Centroa de Ensenanzas de Canarias in the Canary Islands. Ward, who has spent some time in the United States as a student at Modesta Christian High School in California, played for the 20 and under English National Team over the summer.

Herman Wrice F/C 6-7 210 Philadelphia, PA/Riverside (Monroe CC) Wrice played the past two seasons at Monroe Community College. He netted 7.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg this past season and was named to the Second Team All Region squad. Wrice was team captain and an all-conference pick as a senior at Riverside High School. That year, he was named Second Team South Jersey and was invited to play in the All-Jersey All-Star game.

Saint Francis (PA)

Curtis Keys G 6-2 170 Reston, VA/South Lakes

Cedric Latimer F 6-6 220 Los Angeles, CA/Windward A transfer from Santa Clara, Latimer played in 30 games last season for the Broncos, averaging 1.9 ppg and 1.7 rpg. The Los Angeles, CA native will sit out 2008-09.

Wagner

Chris Martin G 6-0 190 Winslow Township, NJ/Winslow Township (Apex Academies) Despite missing a portion of the 2007-08 season due to a bout with mono, Martin averaged 15.7 ppg and 6.2 apg in helping to lead Apex to a 26-2 record and a top-10 national prep ranking. At Apex, Martin was teammates with the heralded Morris twins, Markieff and Marcus, a pair of 6-10 forwards who are both headed to play for national champion Kansas. At Winslow Township, Martin averaged 19.6 ppg in guiding the Eagles to a 25-5 record his senior season, following a junior year where he scored 15.1 ppg for a 17-10 team.

Tyler Murray G 6-4 190 Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce Averaged 15.3 ppg, 6.2 apg and 5.4 rpg in guiding Eastern Commerce to a 38-5 record in 2007-08. Following the season, Murray was named to the South Region District All-Star team by the Toronto Star. He competed in the prestigious Jordan Canadian All-Star Game, which featured the top 20 seniors in Canada, and distinguished himself by scoring 17 points and dishing out five assists. As a junior, Murray averaged 13.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 5.0 apg to help lead the Saints to a 38-4 record.

Ryan Schrotenboer C 6-9 220 Fort Myers, FL/Bishop Verot As a senior, Schrotenboer averaged 10.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg in leading Bishop Verot to a 16-11 record and its third consecutive district title. In his junior season, Schrotenboer played on a senior-laden 23-6 District Champion team that featured three future Division I players, and averaged 8.2 ppg and 6.4 rpg.

Josh Thompson G/F 6-4 195 Richland, NY/St. Augustine Prep Averaged 15.7 ppg to help guide St. Augustine Prep to a 21-7 record. He was the Daily Journal Player of the Year, named to the Atlantic City Press All-Star Team, a First-Team All-South Jersey choice by the Philadelphia Inquirer, a Third-Team All-South Jersey selection by The Star-Ledger and was tabbed All-Atlantic County by NJHoops.com. As a junior, Thompson averaged 11.3 ppg.

16 Summer Preview Men’s Composite Schedule* 2008-09 Men’s Basketball

Friday, November 14 Monday, December 8 Saturday, Januray 17 CCSU at Boston College TBA Columbia at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm FDU at Bryant 1:00 pm FDU at Pittsburgh TBA CCSU at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at St. John’s TBA Tuesday, December 9 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at LONG ISLAND TBA QUINNIPIAC at Hartford 7:00 pm Navy at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA QUINNIPIAC at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Garden State Challenge SACRED HEART at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA ROBERT MORRIS at St. Bonaventure TBA Wednesday, December 10 WAGNER at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at Holy Cross 7:00 pm CCSU at UMBC TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Texas Tech 7:00 pm Iona at LONG ISLAND TBA Thursday, January 22 Lafayette at WAGNER TBA MONMOUTH at Rider 7:00 pm CCSU at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at FDU TBA Saturday, November 15 Saturday, December 13 LONG ISLAND at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at Florida Atlantic TBA CCSU at Rhode Island TBA SACRED HEART at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Loyola (MD) TBA FDU at Army 7:00 pm WAGNER at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Seton Hall TBA QUINNIPIAC at WAGNER 7:00 pm New Hampshire at LONG ISLAND TBA Saturday, January 24 Sunday, November 16 Colgate at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at CCSU TBA FDU at Legends Classic MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Penn State TBA ROBERT MORRIS at FDU TBA FDU at Washington State TBA ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Hofstra 4:00 pm LONG ISLAND at Bryant 1:00 pm MONMOUTH at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Monday, November 17 Sunday, December 14 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm Colgate at CCSU 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Miami 1:00 pm SACRED HEART at WAGNER TNA MONMOUTH at Florida International 7:00 pm Hartford at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Virginia Tech TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Iona 7:00 pm Thursday, January 29 Army at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm CCSU at WAGNER TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at American 7:30 pm Wednesday, December 17 Bryant at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Bethune-Cookman at LONG ISLAND TBA FDU at LONG ISLAND TBA Tuesday, November 18 QUINNIPIAC at Dartmouth 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Garden State Challenge ROBERT MORRIS at Lafayette TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Delaware at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at St. Bonaventure 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at Fairfield TBA ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Navy 7:00 pm Friday, December 19 Saturday, January 31 Albany at SACRED HEART TBA Bryant at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 19 Saint Peter’s at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm CCSU at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm Albany at Bryant 7:00 pm Duquesne at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at FDU TBA Saint Peter’s at WAGNER TBA LONG ISLAND at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm Saturday, December 20 MONMOUTH at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Thursday, November 20 Princeton at CCSU TBA WAGNER at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Army at LONG ISLAND TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Georgetown TBA MONMOUTH hosts Hoop Group Shootout ROBERT MORRIS at Central Michigan TBA Monday, February 2 Rhode Island at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Lafayette at FDU TBA SACRED HEART at Providence TBA Sunday, December 21 Lehigh at MONMOUTH 1:00 pm Thursday, February 5 Friday, November 21 Vermont at QUINNIPIAC 12:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at CCSU TBA QUINNIPIAC at Columbia Classic Brown at WAGNER TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at LONG ISLAND TBA QUINNIPIAC vs. TBA 7:00 pm Bryant at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Garden State Challenge Monday, December 22 QUINNIPIAC at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Rutgers TBA Albany at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm FDU at WAGNER TBA Saturday, November 22 Tuesday, December 23 CCSU at Albany TBA FDU at Saint Peter’s TBA Saturday, February 7 FDU at Legends Classic MOUNT ST. MARY’S at La Salle TBA Bryant at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm FDU at Mississippi State TBA SACRED HEART at Penn State TBA ROBERT MORRIS at CCSU TBA LONG ISLAND at Canisius TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at FDU TBA MONMOUTH at Penn 7:00 pm Saturday, December 27 LONG ISLAND at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at Columbia Classic FDU at Seton Hall TBA ST. FRANCIS (NY) at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC vs. TBA 4:00 pm LONG ISLAND vs. Manhattan (at ) TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER TBA ROBERT MORRIS at Rutgers Tournament ROBERT MORRIS vs. Marist (at Rutgers) TBA Sunday, December 28 Thursday, February 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Hartford 7:00 pm Duquesne at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm WAGNER at Bryant 7:00 pm Bucknell at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 8:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Akron 2:00 pm CCSU at FDU TBA WAGNER at Stony Brook TBA WAGNER at NJIT TBA MONMOUTH at LONG ISLAND TBA QUINNIPIAC at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Monday, November 24 Monday, December 29 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Loyola Marymount at WAGNER TBA CCSU at Arizona State TBA SACRED HEART at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Lehigh 7:00 pm Bryant at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA QUINNIPIAC at Brown TBA Saturday, February 14 Tuesday, November 25 SACRED HEART at Columbia 7:00 pm CCSU at Bryant 3:30 pm Binghamton at CCSU TBA FDU at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm MONMOUTH at Hoop Group Shootout Tuesday, December 30 WAGNER at LONG ISLAND TBA MONMOUTH at Villanova TBA Rhode Island at FDU TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at George Mason TBA ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Ohio 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at Maine 7:30 pm WAGNER at Kansas State TBA SACRED HEART at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Youngstown State at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Wednesday, December 31 Tuesday, February 17 Wednesday, November 26 LONG ISLAND at Charlotte TBA NJIT at Bryant 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at Saint Peter’s TBA QUINNIPIAC at Cornell 12:00 pm Manhattan at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm ROBERT MORRIS at Xavier TBA Thursday, February 19 SACRED HEART at Boston College 2:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at Bryant 7:00 pm Friday, November 28 SAINT FRANCI S (PA) at Vanderbilt 6:00 pm SACRED HEART at CCSU TBA FDU hosts Legends Classic FDU at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Eastern Kentucky at FDU TBA Friday, January 2 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at LONG ISLAND TBA MONMOUTH at Hoop Group Shootout (at ) Yale at Bryant 1:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm MONMOUTH vs. Niagara TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Lafayette TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at WAGNER TBA Saturday, November 29 Saturday, January 3 Friday, February 20 or Saturday, February 21 MONMOUTH at Hoop Group Shootout (at Palestra) CCSU at LONG ISLAND TBA FDU at TBA (ESPN BracketBusters) TBA MONMOUTH vs. Hartford/NJIT TBA QUINNIPIAC at FDU TBA Boston University at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA SACRED HEART at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Saturday, February 21 ROBERT MORRIS at Iona TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at CCSU TBA SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Youngstown State TBA ST. FRANCIS (NY) at WAGNER TBA QUINNIPIAC at LONG ISLAND TBA WAGNER at Bucknell TBA MONMOUTH at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm Monday, January 5 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Sunday, November 30 CCSU at MONMOUTH 8:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at WAGNER TBA Lafayette at CCSU TBA WAGNER at FDU TBA FDU hosts Legends Classic SACRED HEART at LONG ISLAND TBA Thursday, February 26 Akron at FDU TBA ROBERT MORRIS at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA MONMOUTH at CCSU TBA Yale at SACRED HEART TBA LONG ISLAND at FDU TBA Wednesday, January 7 WAGNER at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Monday, December 1 Bryant at LONG ISLAND TBA ROBERT MORRIS at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at American TBA SACRED HEART at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Binghamton at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Thursday, January 8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at St. John’s 7:00 pm WAGNER at CCSU TBA Saturday, February 28 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Morgan State 7:00 pm FDU at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Bryant at SACRED HEART TBA MONMOUTH at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm CCSU at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm Tuesday, December 2 ROBERT MORRIS at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm FDU at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at Seton Hall 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm WAGNER at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Wednesday, December 3 Saturday, January 10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm CCSU at Delaware TBA FDU at CCSU TBA WAGNER at Columbia TBA LONG ISLAND at WAGNER TBA Thursday, March 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm NEC Tournament Quarterfinals at Higher Seeds TBA Thursday, December 4 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm FDU at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm Sunday, March 8 LONG ISLAND at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm NEC Tournament Semifinals at Higher Seeds TBA MOUNT ST. MARY’S at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Wednesday, January 14 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at Bryant 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 11 NEC Championship at Higher Seed 7:30 pm Saturday, December 6 Thursday, January 15 MOUNT ST. MARY’S at CCSU TBA CCSU at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm FDU at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm MONMOUTH at FDU TBA LONG ISLAND at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA * All times local. Schedule is tentative! MONMOUTH at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Dates & times will change due to television ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm WAGNER at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Yale at WAGNER TBA considerations.

17 2008-09 NEC Basketball Central Connecticut State Blue Devils

Summer Preview 2007-08: 14-16 Overall, 10-8 NEC

2008-09 Schedule CCSU Quick Facts

Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 14 at Boston College TBA Location: New Britain, CT SID: Tom Pincince 2007-08 Record: 14-16 N 17 Colgate 7:00 pm N 22 at Albany TBA Founded: 1849 SID Phone: (860) 832-3089 NEC Record/Finish: 10-8/6th N 25 Binghamton TBA Enrollment: 12,000 SID Fax Line: (860) 832-3084 NEC Tournament Finish: N 30 Lafayette TBA Nickname: Blue Devils SID E-mail: [email protected] Lost to SHU in quarterfinals D 3 at Delaware TBA Colors: Blue & White Press Row Phone: (860) 832-3099 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 D 6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Home Court/Capacity: Hotline: (860) 832-BLUE Letterman Returning/Lost: 8/12 D 10 at UMBC TBA CCSU Website: D 13 at Rhode Island TBA William H. Detrick Gymasium/2,654 www.ccsubluedevils.com D 20 Princeton TBA D 29 at Arizona State TBA Personnel J 3 at LONG ISLAND TBA Coaching Staff President: Dr. John W. Miller J 5 at MONMOUTH 8:00 pm Head Coach: Howie Dickenman Faculty Representative: J 8 WAGNER TBA Alma Mater/Year: CCSU/1970 J 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Dr. Paul Resetarits Record at CCSU/Years: 192-161/12 J 15 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Athletic Director: Charles “C.J.” Jones Overall Record/Years: 192-161/12 J 17 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm SWA: Amy Strickland J 22 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Assistant Coaches: J 24 QUINNIPIAC TBA Steve Curran, Kevin Papacs, Victor Payne, Jamaal Wagner J 29 at WAGNER TBA Basketball Office Phone: (860) 832-3053 J 31 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 5 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) TBA F 7 ROBERT MORRIS TBA F 12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA F 14 at Bryant 3:30 pm CCSU Roster F 19 SACRED HEART TBA F 21 ST. FRANCIS (NY) TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 MONMOUTH TBA 5 Aaron Hall G 6-1 205 So Syracuse, NY/Faith Heritage (St. Thomas More) F 28 at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 11 Shemik Thompson* G 6-0 185 So Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen M 5 Quarterfinals 21 Marcus Palmer F 6-6 220 Sr Los Angeles, CA/Price (Eastern Arizona) M 8 Semifinals 23 David Simmons F 6-5 210 So Syracuse, NY/Henninger M 11 Championship 30 Ken Horton* F 6-6 185 So Ossining, NY/Ossining Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. 32 Joe Seymore* G 6-2 195 Jr Newark, DE/Hodgson 33 Ross Pentland G 6-4 210 So Holden, MA/St. John’s (St. Anselm) (sat out 2007-08) 2007-08 Results 34 Tamir Johnson* F 6-5 215 So Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Newcomers N 11 at Princeton L 57-59 Chris Baskerville F 6-5 220 Fr Hartford, CT/Bulkeley N 14 Albany L 60-63 (OT) N 17 New Hampshire L 70-78 Kyle Desmarais G 6-2 190 Fr Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College N 20 at Binghamton W 68-65 (OT) Robbie Ptacek G 6-3 180 Fr Bayport, NY/Blue Point N 25 at Lafayette L 54-71 N 28 at La Salle L 55-59 Key Losses D 1 Lehigh W 65-55 1 Dannie Powell G 6-0 175 D 6 SACRED HEART L 52-68 D 8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 35 Tristan Blackwood# G 6-0 170 D 11 UMBC W 58-54 D 16 Delaware W 81-48 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 22 at UMass L 55-79 D 30 at Vermont L 63-84 J 3 at WAGNER L 60-68 CCSU Leading Active... J 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 80-75 (OT) J 10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 75-64 J 14 LONG ISLAND W 75-59 Scorers Assists J 17 at MONMOUTH W 73-65 Joe Seymore 569 2006-08 Shemik Thompson 90 2007-08 J 19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 85-63 Ken Horton 368 2007-08 Joe Seymore 89 2006-08 J 24 at ROBERT MORRIS L 73-84 Marcus Palmer 294 2007-08 Aaron Hall 48 2007-08 J 26 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 72-73 F 2 WAGNER W 89-63 Shemik Thompson 247 2007-08 Ken Horton 33 2007-08 F 7 at QUINNIPIAC W 85-71 Aaron Hall 132 2007-08 Marcus Palmer 25 2007-08 F 9 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 76-61 F 14 ROBERT MORRIS L 74-80 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 16 at LONG ISLAND L 64-78 Joe Seymore 205 2006-08 Joe Seymore 121 2006-08 F 21 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 73-60 Marcus Palmer 167 2007-08 Ken Horton 21 2007-08 F 28 QUINNIPIAC L 73-76 (OT) M 2 at SACRED HEART W 100-87 Ken Horton 156 2007-08 Shemik Thompson 14 2007-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) Aaron Hall 104 2007-08 Marcus Palmer 12 2007-08 M 6 at #3 SACRED HEART L 71-84 Tamir Johnson 99 2007-08 Aaron Hall 2 2007-08

NEC Games in CAPS

18 Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 4/5 Letterwinners Returning: 8/12 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

Central Connecticut State’s ability to withstand roster turnover and remain a contender year in and year out is a testament to 13th year head coach Howie Dickenman’s system, as well as the mental and physical toughness of the players he recruits. Faced with significant manpower losses following the Blue Devils’ third NEC championship in 2006-07, Dickenman restocked the cupboard with a collection of ready for prime-time players to compliment Tristan Blackwood, a first team all-star who would go on to graduate as the league’s all-time three-point king with 328 shots from outside the arc. While Blackwood provided veteran leadership, it was the quick maturation of the team’s newcomers that boosted the Blue Devils to a 10-8 league slate and a berth in the NEC Tournament for the tenth straight year. CCSU first year players accounted for an astounding 59.3 percent of the team’s scoring output a year ago with 45.3 percent coming from its freshman class. Though the Blue Devils will once again feature a youthful look in 2008-09 - just two upperclassmen dot the roster - Dickenman has built both a present and future NEC title contender. The two key figures in CCSU’s youth movement a year ago were NEC Rookie of the Year Shemik Thompson and all-Rookie performer Ken Horton, both of whom enter their sophomore campaigns. Thompson, a 6’0” guard, was given the keys to the offense last season and was more than up to the challenge. His ability to handle the ball and find the open man meshed well with the talents of his athletic wingmen. Thompson also displayed an effective mid-range shot and finished the year averaging 8.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg while making 27 starts at the point. A lean 6’6” inch forward, Horton’s has close to a seven-foot wingspan, which proved bothersome to opponents on both ends of the floor. He averaged a league-leading 2.1 blocks per outing, and has the potential to be a double-double performer on a consistent basis. The team’s leading returning scorer at 12.7 ppg, Horton also averaged 5.4 rpg and hit 55.2 percent of his shots from the floor (third in the conference), including 21 shots from beyond the arc. Joining Horton up front is the team’s lone senior, Marcus Palmer, a 6’6” junior college transfer who injected toughness and interior muscle into the Blue Devil lineup. By mid-January Palmer began to blossom and averaged 16.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg and shot 52.8 percent from the field over his last 11 games. He ended the year as the team’s leading rebounder (5.8 rpg) and fourth-leading scorer (10.1 ppg). Sophomore forwards David Simmons and Tamir Johnson should also see their roles expanded in 2008-09. Shortly after winning NEC Rookie of the Week honors for the first time in mid-December, the 6’5” Simmons was sidelined with an injury that kept him out until making a cameo in CCSU’s quarterfinal playoff loss to Sacred Heart. A slashing, physical forward, he registered back-to-back double-doubles before going down and averaged 4.8 ppg and 4.7 rpg as a freshman. Johnson started 18 games for the Blue Devils and was another active player inside the paint, finishing with 3.8 ppg and 3.4 ppg. Junior guard Joe Seymore is the lone holdover from CCSU’s 2007 NEC championship team. The crafty guard is the team’s top long distance shooting threat, having hit 66 shots from beyond the arc as a freshman, followed by 55 last season when he finished with 10.5 ppg. Sophomore guard Aaron Hall (4.7 ppg) can fill it up from mid-range and at 6’1” has little trouble bulling his way to the rim. CCSU adds four newcomers to the lineup this season, including former all-State forward Chris Baskerville. The 6’5” Hartford product, who can play both inside and outside and is an outstanding rebounder, sat out 2007-08. Freshman Robbie Ptacek is another All-State performer out of Blue Point High School in Bayport, NY. An outstanding shooter, Ptacek averaged 25.0 ppg and was a McDonald’s All-America nominee as a senior. Three-point ace Kyle Desmarais, the latest in a succession of standout CCSU guards out of Canada, along with St. Anselm transfer Ross Pentland, a 6’3’ guard who sat out last season, will add depth in the backcourt. 2007-08 Overall 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 35 BLACKWOOD, Tristan 30 30 1078 35.9 158 390 .405 105 284 .370 70 81 .864 23 58 81 2.7 57 0 155 107 3 36 491 16.4 30 HORTON, Ken 29 27 848 29.2 144 261 .552 21 56 .375 59 78 .756 61 95 156 5.4 65 1 33 50 61 20 368 12.7 32 SEYMORE, Joe 30 20 908 30.3 111 272 .408 55 155 .355 37 48 .771 26 107 133 4.4 43 0 51 49 8 18 314 10.5 21 PALMER, Marcus 29 7 702 24.2 110 229 .480 12 38 .316 62 76 .816 43 124 167 5.8 52 1 25 43 6 14 294 10.1 11 THOMPSON, Shemik 28 27 873 31.2 97 219 .443 14 54 .259 39 54 .722 31 67 98 3.5 43 1 90 71 1 29 247 8.8 23 SIMMONS, David 13 9 257 19.8 22 51 .431 0 0 .000 18 33 .545 27 34 61 4.7 27 0 3 12 2 7 62 4.8 05 HALL, Aaron 28 10 554 19.8 61 119 .513 2 5 .400 8 23 .348 44 60 104 3.7 57 2 48 43 4 18 132 4.7 34 JOHNSON, Tamir 29 18 458 15.8 40 89 .449 0 0 .000 29 54 .537 41 58 99 3.4 45 1 10 31 6 7 109 3.8 1 0 WASHINGTON, Jermaine 1 3 0 4 8 3 . 7 4 8 .500 2 4 .500 10 10 1.000 0 4 4 0.3 103301201.5 01 POWELL, Dannie 30 2 312 10.4 17 44 .386 0 1 .000 12 27 .444 7 21 28 0.9 28 0 27 17 1 11 46 1.5 20 BOULANGER, Josh 13 0 19 1.5 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0 10100060.5 03 WANAMAKER, Brian 14 0 41 2.9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 4 8 .500 1 5 6 0.4 6 0 3 4 0 2 6 0.4 TM TEAM 61 53 114 3.8 0 8 Total 30 768 1688 .455 211 597 .353 348 493 .706 365 686 1051 35.0 425 6 449 438 92 163 2095 69.8 Opponents 30 785 1748 .449 227 616 .369 257 390 .659 352 637 989 33.0 502 - 403 403 115 241 2054 68.5

2007-08 NEC 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 35 BLACKWOOD, Tristan 18 18 655 36.4 106 249 .426 66 174 .379 40 44 .909 11 32 43 2.4 40 0 105 63 3 22 318 17.7 30 HORTON, Ken 18 18 534 29.7 94 170 .553 12 37 .324 48 59 .814 43 69 112 6.2 42 0 22 29 39 16 248 13.8 21 PALMER, Marcus 18 4 512 28.4 83 167 .497 9 25 .360 41 53 .774 35 97 132 7.3 39 1 18 27 4 10 216 12.0 32 SEYMORE, Joe 18 10 523 29.1 68 163 .417 31 89 .348 26 35 .743 13 64 77 4.3 21 0 30 26 5 7 193 10.7 11 THOMPSON, Shemik 17 17 542 31.9 72 138 .522 9 26 .346 24 32 .750 19 45 64 3.8 35 1 59 47 1 19 177 10.4 05 HALL, Aaron 17 7 354 20.8 38 70 .543 1 3 .333 5 10 .500 29 40 69 4.1 32 0 33 28 1 7 82 4.8 23 SIMMONS, David 3 2 45 15.0 5 13 .385 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 6 5 11 3.7 600200113.7 34 JOHNSON, Tamir 17 13 267 15.7 23 52 .442 0 0 .000 9 19 .474 24 40 64 3.8 24 1 7 15 4 4 55 3.2 1 0 WASHINGTON, Jermaine 8 0 1 3 1 . 6 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 6 6 1.000 0 1 1 0.1 000200111.4 01 POWELL, Dannie 18 1 165 9.2 8 19 .421 0 0 .000 4 8 .500 4 11 15 0.8 16 0 16 10 0 5 20 1.1 13 BOULANGER, Josh 8 0 12 1.5 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0 10100040.5 03 WANAMAKER, Brian 9 0 26 2.9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 1 4 5 0.6 4 0 3 1 0 1 3 0.3 TM TEAM 36 29 65 3.6 0 7 Total 18 502 1049 .479 129 356 .362 205 273 .751 221 437 658 36.6 260 3 294 257 57 91 1338 74.3 Opponents 18 479 1079 .444 133 367 .362 164 246 .667 214 372 586 32.6 295 - 230 228 64 157 1255 69.7

19 2008-09 NEC Basketball Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Summer Preview 2007-08: 8-20 Overall, 4-14 NEC

2008-09 Schedule FDU Quick Facts

N 14 at Pittsburgh TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information Legends Classic N 16 at Washington State TBA Location: Teaneck, NJ SID: Sara Naggar 2007-08 Record: 8-20 N 22 at Mississippi State TBA Founded: 1942 SID Phone: (201) 692-2204 NEC Record/Finish: 4-14/Tie-8th N 28 Eastern Kentucky TBA Enrollment: 6,051 SID Fax Line: (201) 692-9361 NEC Tournament Finish: N 30 Akron TBA Nickname: Knights SID E-mail: [email protected] Did not qualify D 4 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm D 6 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm Colors: Burgandy & Blue Press Row Phone: (201) 692-9552 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 D 13 at Army 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: FDU Website: Letterman Returning/Lost: 8/5 D 23 at Saint Peter’s TBA /5,000 www.fduknights.com D 27 at Seton Hall TBA D 30 Rhode Island 7:00 pm J 3 QUINNIPIAC TBA Personnel Coaching Staff J 5 WAGNER TBA President: Dr. J. Michael Adams Head Coach: Tom Green J 8 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Faculty Representative: Richard Panicucci Alma Mater/Year: Syracuse/1971 J 10 at CCSU TBA J 15 MONMOUTH TBA Athletic Director: David Langford Record at FDU/Years: 400-328/25 J 17 at Bryant 1:00 pm SWA: Ann Gulino Overall Record/Years: 400-328/25 J 22 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) TBA Associate Head Coach: Ron Brown J 24 ROBERT MORRIS TBA J 29 at LONG ISLAND TBA Assistant Coaches: Jared Stephans J 31 ST. FRANCIS (NY) TBA Basketball Office Phone: (201) 692-9063 F 2 Lafayette TBA F 5 at WAGNER TBA F 7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA F 12 CCSU TBA F 14 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm FDU Roster F 19 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm ESPN BracketBusters F 20/21 at TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 LONG ISLAND TBA 1 Ronald Brown G 5-10 170 Jr Bronx, NY/Oak Hill Academy F 28 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm 12 Michael Blackgrove G 6-1 180 Jr River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 14 Jordan Stasyszyn G 6-3 185 So Carlisle, PA/Carlisle M 5 Quarterfinals 15 Cameron Tyler G 6-0 190 Jr Jamaica, NY/Cardozo (Notre Dame Prep (MA)) (sat out 2007-08) M 8 Semifinals 21 Eric Moore G 6-1 190 Jr Dover, NJ/St. Benedict’s Prep (U. of Buffalo) (sat out 2007-08) M 11 Championship 30 Sean Baptiste* G 6-3 185 Jr North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s of Metuchen 35 Lawrence Brown C 7-2 205 Jr Portsmouth, England/Portsmouth (Millersburg Military Institute) Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. 50 John Galvin* F 6-9 250 So Weston, CT/Weston 52 DeJuan Pursley F 6-9 215 So Leonia, NJ/Leonia 2007-08 Results 55 Alvin Mofunanya F 6-8 245 Jr Westampton, NJ/Dwight Morrow (St. Joseph’s) (sat out 2007-08) Newcomers at NIT Season Tip-Off (at Syracuse) Sam Fernley G 6-0 170 Fr Sheffield, England/Silverdale N 12 vs. Saint Joseph’s L 66-86 Terence Grier G 5-11 180 So Cranford, NJ/Cranford N 13 vs. Siena L 66-88 Anaclet Mulumba Mbayi F 6-7 220 Fr Montreal, Quebec/Vanier College N 16 at Lafayette W 98-92 Kamil Svrdlik F 6-8 235 So Czech Republic/Tomas Bata N 19 at Rider L 70-85 N 25 at St. John’s L 67-92 Key Losses D 8 at LONG ISLAND L 77-90 10 Bernell Murray# G 5-9 173 D 10 Norfolk State W 80-64 22 Manny Ubilla# G 6-2 185 D 15 Stony Brook W 74-71 33 Eric Hazard# F 6-6 213 D 22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 D 30 at Charlotte L 59-65 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost J 2 at Rhode Island L 63-94 J 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 65-62 J 10 ROBERT MORRIS L 59-64 FDU Leading Active... J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 83-88 J 17 at SACRED HEART L 82-87 Scorers Assists J 19 at CCSU L 63-85 Sean Baptiste 594 2006-08 Cameron Tyler 214 2005-07 J 25 at MONMOUTH W 70-66 Cameron Tyler 574 2005-07 Sean Baptiste 40 2006-08 J 27 WAGNER L 67-71 DeJuan Pursley 141 2007-08 DeJuan Pursley 17 2007-08 J 31 SACRED HEART L 81-92 John Galvin 114 2007-08 John Galvin 13 2007-08 F 2 QUINNIPIAC L 74-78 F 7 at ROBERT MORRIS L 45-95 Brian Lytle 71 2006-08 Brian Lytle 12 2006-08 F 9 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 79-61 F 14 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 61-78 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 18 MONMOUTH L 58-66 Sean Baptiste 219 2006-08 Sean Baptiste 40 2006-08 F 21 CCSU L 60-73 Cameron Tyler 173 2005-07 Cameron Tyler 27 2005-07 F 23 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 70-74 DeJuan Pursley 114 2007-08 Jordan Stasyszyn 7 2007-08 F 28 at WAGNER L 67-78 John Galvin 90 2007-08 M 1 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 72-70 (OT) Brian Lytle 67 2006-08

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20 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 2/5 Letterwinners Returning: 8/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

As in the financial world, past returns are not necessarily indicative of future potential when it comes to the Fairleigh Dickinson program, headed by 26th year head coach Tom Green. After combining to win 54 games the previous three years, to the outside world the Knights may have appeared to take a step back with an eight-win season in 2007-08. But by squeezing every last bit of potential from a young, inexperienced team riddled with injuries a year ago, and then adding a host of notable newcomers to the mix, Green appears to have FDU primed to regain its status as one of the top-tier programs in the NEC. The one major loss for the Knights will be that of scoring-whiz Manny Ubilla. Blessed with unlimited range, Ubilla struck fear in opponents with his ability to create and make tough shots, and finished second in the conference in scoring with 20.8 ppg. His backcourt partner, Sean Baptiste, is back in the fold, and may have been the league’s biggest surprise last season. A nondescript rookie in 2006-07 who quietly averaged 4.6 ppg, Baptiste became FDU’s most reliable player as a sophomore. He finished third in the NEC with 18.5 ppg and at 6’3”, ranked eighth in rebounding with 6.3 per outing. A punishing, physical player on forays into the lane, Baptiste also has the skills to pull up from mid-range and hit regularly from downtown (31 three-pointers). He is also a gritty performer who missed just three games after suffering a fractured jaw in late January, and ended the year with a 14.2 ppg scoring improvement, the biggest bump of any player in the conference and second in the nation. Baptiste will also benefit from the return of junior point guard Cameron Tyler, who sat out 2007-08. Tyler, who made a leap similar to Baptiste between his freshman and sophomore years, averaged 14.3 ppg and ranked fifth on the circuit with 5.1 apg in 2006-07. A fearless penetrator with flair, Tyler’s ability to draw defenders then share the ball with his teammates should create a whole new set of scoring opportunities for the Knights this season. To help make up for the lost three-point artistry of Ubilla, Eric Hazard and Bernell Murray - the trio combined for 175 trifectas last season - the Knights will unleash Eric Moore, a 6’1” junior sharpshooter from Dover, NJ who sat out last season after transferring from Buffalo. Moore averaged 12.5 ppg, 2.3 apg and buried 75 three-pointers in 21 starts for the Bulls in 2006-07. Another transfer, 5’11” sophomore Terence Grier, played a year at Rhode Island after finishing his Cranford (NJ) High School career as the leading scorer in Watchung Conference history. Also expected to contribute in what could be a loaded backcourt is 6’3” sophomore guard Jordan Stasyszyn, who showed a feathery touch from three-point range and could work himself into a regular spot in the rotation, and 6’0” freshman point guard Sam Fernley, a member of England’s National Team. A pair of second year players were thrown into the fire last year, and after responding to the challenge, should become mainstays in the FDU frontcourt over the next three years. DeJuan Pursley, a 6’9” forward, started his freshman year slowly, but became an offensive and defensive force in the middle for the Knights in February. Equipped with terrific natural athletic ability and bothersome length, Pursley (5.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, team-leading 30 blocks) averaged 9.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.1 bpg and shot 55.2 percent from the field over his last nine outings, including a 23-point, nine rebound performance against Quinnipiac. John Galvin, a 6’8” forward, got off to a terrific start, earning NEC Rookie of the Week honors in November, but missed nearly the entire last month of the season after sustaining a concussion. An active player in the paint, Galvin made 18 starts and contributed 6.0 ppg and 4.7 rpg. Lawrence Brown, who at 7’2” is the tallest player in the conference, will push for more court time in his junior year. Often forced to employ a six-man rotation last season, FDU suffered from lack of depth, especially in the frontcourt where the Knights were outrebounded by over seven boards per game. That should change this season with the addition of Saint Joseph’s transfer Alvin Mofunanya. A rugged 6’8”, 245 lb. forward, Mofunanya is a local product from Englewood, NJ who played two years for the Hawks. Likewise, Green added 6’8”, 235 lb. forward Kamil Svrdlik, a Czech Republic native with well-rounded skills, and 6’7” forward Anaclet Mulumba Mbayi, a top-notch athlete out of Montreal. 2007-08 Overall 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 22 UBILLA, Manny 28 28 1074 38.4 178 409 .435 93 217 .429 133 163 .816 17 118 135 4.8 62 0 136 105 9 41 582 20.8 30 BAPTISTE, Sean 25 25 919 36.8 151 317 .476 31 87 .356 129 169 .763 63 94 157 6.3 68 0 35 42 6 24 462 18.5 10 MURRAY, Bernell 27 25 914 33.9 101 276 .366 42 135 .311 41 48 .854 15 83 98 3.6 73 3 70 71 2 37 285 10.6 33 HAZARD, Eric 28 28 922 32.9 87 238 .366 50 160 .313 31 44 .705 29 107 136 4.9 54 1 34 58 9 13 255 9.1 50 GALVIN, John 19 18 421 22.2 40 99 .404 0 0 .000 34 53 .642 34 56 90 4.7 37 0 13 20 17 3 114 6.0 52 PURSLEY, DeJuan 27 9 548 20.3 61 112 .545 0 0 .000 19 53 .358 32 72 104 3.9 59 0 17 40 30 4 141 5.2 14 STASYSZYN, Jordan 10 1 115 11.5 8 21 .381 7 17 .412 5 7 .714 2 10 12 1.2 303402282.8 24 LYTLE, Brian 27 4 363 13.4 17 47 .362 0 1 .000 18 28 .643 27 21 48 1.8 62 2 12 20 5 7 52 1.9 01 BROWN, Ron 11 0 86 7.8 6 17 .353 0 2 .000 5 8 .625 4 10 14 1.3 4041415171.5 20 PASCAL, Raynell 17 1 115 6.8 4 23 .174 3 17 .176 0 0 .000 0 9 9 0.5 801703110.6 35 BROWN, Lawrence 19 1 117 6.2 5 13 .385 0 0 .000 1 10 .100 7 9 16 0.8 22 01640110.6 12 BLACKGROVE, Michael 9 0 31 3.4 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0.2 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.3 TM TEAM 48 47 95 3.4 1 5 Total 28 659 1573 .419 226 636 .355 417 585 .713 278 638 916 32.7 455 6 327 394 83 139 1961 70.0 Opponents 28 828 1762 .470 207 510 .406 326 498 .655 385 735 1120 40.0 532 - 446 334 97 203 2189 78.2

2007-08 NEC 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 22 UBILLA, Manny 18 18 710 39.4 126 287 .439 61 146 .418 81 99 .818 11 69 80 4.4 38 0 87 61 7 27 394 21.9 30 BAPTISTE, Sean 15 15 554 36.9 93 194 .479 16 53 .302 81 102 .794 34 65 99 6.6 37 0 14 24 4 13 283 18.9 10 MURRAY, Bernell 17 16 594 34.9 64 184 .348 28 93 .301 27 31 .871 11 55 66 3.9 43 0 47 40 2 25 183 10.8 33 HAZARD, Eric 18 18 604 33.6 55 161 .342 26 106 .245 22 29 .759 22 71 93 5.2 39 1 24 33 6 8 158 8.8 52 PURSLEY, DeJuan 17 9 409 24.1 51 91 .560 0 0 .000 17 49 .347 21 60 81 4.8 42 0 10 25 24 2 119 7.0 50 GALVIN, John 9 8 155 17.2 10 27 .370 0 0 .000 6 15 .400 7 18 25 2.8 14 04891262.9 01 BROWN, Ron 6 0 68 11.3 6 16 .375 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 3 8 11 1.8 4031103142.3 24 LYTLE, Brian 18 4 297 16.5 11 35 .314 0 1 .000 11 18 .611 20 16 36 2.0 47 2 10 15 4 6 33 1.8 14 STASYSZYN, Jordan 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 1.0 00010011.0 21 PASCAL, Raynell 12 1 101 8.4 4 18 .222 3 13 .231 0 0 .000 0 7 7 0.6 601403110.9 35 BROWN, Lawrence 11 1 97 8.8 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 1 8 .125 2 7 9 0.8 14 0164090.8 12 BLACKGROVE, Michael 5 0 25 5.0 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0.4 TM TEAM 34 29 63 3.5 1 3 Total 18 425 1024 .415 134 414 .324 249 356 .699 166 407 573 31.8 286 3 202 233 60 88 1233 68.5 Opponents 18 521 1123 .464 128 324 .395 208 316 .658 246 498 744 41.3 326 - 281 220 48 123 1378 76.6

21 2008-09 NEC Basketball Long Island Blackbirds Summer Preview 2007-08: 15-15 Overall, 7-11 NEC

2008-09 Schedule LIU Quick Facts

N 14 at St. John’s TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 20 Army TBA Location: Brooklyn, NY SID: Jeff Mead 2007-08 Record: 15-15 N 22 at Canisius TBA N 26 at Saint Peter’s TBA Founded: 1926 SID Phone: (718) 488-1420 NEC Record/Finish: 7-11/7th D 4 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Enrollment: 11,000 SID Fax Line: (718) 488-3302 NEC Tournament Finish: D 6 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Nickname: Blackbirds SID E-mail: [email protected] Lost to WC in quarterfinals D 10 Iona TBA Colors: Black & Silver Press Row Phone: (718) 488-3338 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 D 13 New Hampshire TBA Home Court/Capacity: LIU Website: Letterman Returning/Lost: 8/6 D 17 Bethune-Cookman TBA D 27 vs. Manhattan (at Madison Square Garden) TBA Wellness, Recreation & www.liuathletics.com D 31 at Charlotte TBA Athletic Center/2,500 J 3 CCSU TBA Coaching Staff J 5 SACRED HEART TBA Personnel Head Coach: Jim Ferry J 7 Bryant TBA President: Dr. David J. Steinberg Alma Mater/Year: Keene State/1990 J 10 at WAGNER TBA J 14 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Provost: Gale Stevens Haynes Record at LIU/Years: 68-103/6 J 17 ST. FRANCIS (NY) TBA Faculty Representative: Overall Record/Years: 172-122/10 J 22 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Dr. Ralph Engelman Associate Head Coach: J 24 at Bryant 1:00 pm Athletic Director: John Suarez Assistant Coaches: Lenny Pitt, Rich Glesmann J 29 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA SWA: Margaret Alaimo Basketball Office Phone: (718) 488-3499 J 31 at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm F 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA F 7 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 12 MONMOUTH TBA F 14 WAGNER TBA LIU Roster F 19 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) TBA F 21 QUINNIPIAC TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA 00 Kyle Johnson G 6-4 200 So Ajax, Ontario/West Hill F 28 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm 1 Ronald Manigault* F 6-4 210 Sr New York, NY/City College of San Francisco NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 11 Tyrone Mattison G 6-0 195 Sr Toronto, Canada/Eastern Commerce M 5 Quarterfinals 22 Jaytornah Wisseh* G 6-1 180 Jr Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy M 8 Semifinals 24 David Hicks* G 6-1 195 So Mendota Heights, MN/South Kent Prep (CT) M 11 Championship 32 Ike Udanoh F 6-7 200 So Detroit, MI/Warren Woods Tower 33 Aurimas Adomaitis* C 6-8 235 Jr Kaunas, Lithuania/Roanoke Catholic Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. Newcomers 2 Miguel Bocachica G/F 6-5 190 Fr Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter 2007-08 Results 10 Elijah Whitehead F 6-7 200 So New York, NY/Proctor Academy (NH) 12 Stephen O’Reilly G 5-11 170 Fr St. Croix, Virgin Islands/South Kent Prep (CT) 20 Booker Hucks G/F 6-5 180 Fr Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore N 12 at Notre Dame L 50-82 21 Arnold Mayorga F 6-6 190 Fr London, Ontario/H.B. Beal Secondary School N 16 at Army W 64-54 23 Michael Culpo G 6-1 170 Fr Barrington, RI/St. Andrew’s Prep N 20 Columbia W 70-60 42 Julian Boyd F 6-6 215 Fr San Antonio, TX/William H. Taft N 24 Canisius W 70-63 53 John Scott G/F 6-3 220 Jr Albany, NY/Iona College N 28 at St. John’s L 56-68 Lucas Faggiano G 6-2 Argentina D 1 Hartford W 86-62 D 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-73 Key Losses D 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 90-77 1 Eugene Kotorobai# F 6-5 210 D 10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 15 Paska Morkeliunas F/C 6-7 230 D 13 Harvard W 88-77 32 Kellen Allen F/C 6-7 225 D 20 St. Peter’s W 67-62 at Central Florida Tournament * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 30 vs. Texas-Pan American W 95-83 D 31 at Central Florida L 69-78 J 7 SACRED HEART L 68-75 LIU Leading Active... J 14 at CCSU L 59-75 J 17 WAGNER W 85-65 Scorers Assists J 19 at QUINNIPIAC L 80-84 Jaytornah Wisseh 725 2006-08 Jaytornah Wisseh 240 2006-08 J 24 at SACRED HEART L 76-77 J 26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 66-80 Tyrone Mattison 427 2005-08 Tyrone Mattison 123 2005-07 J 31 at WAGNER L 65-68 Kyle Johnson 309 2007-08 Ron Manigault 40 2007-08 F 2 MONMOUTH W 70-66 (OT) Aurimas Adomaitis 256 2006-08 David Hicks 36 2007-08 F 7 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 71-61 David Hicks 241 2007-08 Aurimas Adomaitis 165 2006-08 F 9 at ROBERT MORRIS L 72-88 F 14 QUINNIPIAC L 86-89 F 16 CCSU W 78-64 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 21 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 64-67 Jaytornah Wisseh 217 2006-08 Kyle Johnson 57 2007-08 F 23 at MONMOUTH W 75-65 Ron Manigault 168 2007-08 Tyrone Mattison 42 2005-08 F 28 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 83-68 Aurimas Adomaitis 165 2006-08 Jaytornah Wisseh 37 2006-07 M 1 ROBERT MORRIS L 68-71 Tyrone Mattison 158 2005-08 David Hicks 35 2007-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 at #2 WAGNER L 62-71 Kyle Johnson 118 2007-08 Alan Mozee 4 2007-08

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22 Long Island Blackbirds 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 4/5 Letterwinners Returning: 8/14 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

Despite a rollercoaster 2007-08 season, Long Island may have turned the corner under seventh year head coach Jim Ferry. Following an 8-3 non-league campaign - the fifth-best in conference annals - the Blackbirds struggled putting teams away during the NEC portion of their schedule, dropping six outings by four points or less. Still, by finishing the season with a .500 mark, LIU posted its best record in a decade and set the stage for a hoops revival in Brooklyn. The cornerstone of LIU’s team is its well fortified backcourt with budding star and second team all-NEC honoree Jaytornah Wisseh flanked by Kyle Johnson and David Hicks, both of whom are coming off NEC all-Rookie campaigns. A high-octane talent, Wisseh’s quickness and athleticism allow him to slice to the basket for easy buckets, but it was the 6’1” point guard’s ability to find his teammates both in the open floor and in half-court sets, that sets him apart. An improved perimeter shot helped boost his scoring average from 8.7 ppg as a freshman to a team-high 15.8 ppg, and he ranked sixth in the conference in both point production and assists (5.1 per game). Johnson, a 6’4” shooting guard, providing scoring punch off the bench in his first season, displaying a sweet stroke from long range. A composed performer, he led all NEC freshman with 57 three-pointers and ended the year fourth on the club with 10.3 ppg. The 6’1” Hicks, who started all 30 games, emerged as the team’s defensive stopper and contributed 8.0 ppg. He also drilled 35 shots from downtown. Lightning-quick Tyrone Mattison, a senior, brings a veteran presence (4.7 ppg) to the backcourt. Up front, the Blackbirds must wrestle with the losses of Kellen Allen (13.4 ppg), a terrific post-up player, and Eugene Kotorobai (10.5 ppg), a versatile performer who was just as effective on the boards (team-leading 7.1 rpg) as he was spotting up from outside the arc (team-high 71 treys). Cushioning the blow somewhat will be the return of a pair of starters in senior forward Ron Manigault and junior center Aurimas Adomaitis. Though measuring just 6’4”, Manigault holds his ground in the post and is the team’s most active player around the hoop. In the New York City native’s first year at LIU, he averaged 5.0 ppg and is the team’s leading returning rebounder after hauling down 5.6 per outing in 2007-08. At a rugged 6’8” and 235 lbs., Adomaitis (3.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg) clogs the lane on defense and has a soft touch around the rim. Bouncy sophomore forward Ike Udanoh gives the Blackbirds another option off the bench. Stockpiling his team with young talent in the offseason, Ferry added no fewer than nine players to the roster. With the mindset of bringing some added size to the lineup, Ferry signed a pair of 6’5” swingman - Miguel Bocachica and Booker Hucks - to help bolster an already strong backcourt. Bocachica, a Philadelphia native who competed on Puerto Rico’s U18 team that finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship over the summer, can fill it up from the outside. Hucks was an All-State honoree at Bay Shore after tallying 18.0 ppg as a senior. Ferry also added 6’6” forwards Julian Boyd and Arnold Mayorga, along with 6’7” New York City product Elijah Whitehead. Boyd is a spaceeater in the paint who will give the Blackbirds another option on the low block. He was named All-State in Texas as a senior after a distinguished career at William H. Taft in San Antonio. Mayorga, a Canadian import, helped lead H.B. Beal to the bronze medal at the Ontario AAAA championships last season. Four guards round out Ferry’s recruiting class with Argentinian native Lucas Faggiano joining Michael Culpo (17.6 ppg as a senior at St. Andrews Prep in Barrington, RI Stephen O’Reilly and Iona transfer John Scott. 2007-08 Overall 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 22 WISSEH, Jaytornah 30 30 1076 35.9 158 363 .435 27 88 .307 130 163 .798 23 122 145 4.8 77 1 153 97 6 49 473 15.8 32 ALLEN, Kellen 30 0 670 22.3 158 300 .527 0 0 .000 86 163 .528 58 80 138 4.6 62 1 14 66 13 8 402 13.4 01 KOTOROBAI, Eugene 29 29 875 30.2 91 273 .333 71 218 .326 52 67 .776 57 149 206 7.1 85 3 19 34 28 27 305 10.5 05 JOHNSON, Kyle 30 1 723 24.1 104 270 .385 57 148 .385 44 50 .880 35 83 118 3.9 51 0 20 42 3 19 309 10.3 24 HICKS, David 30 30 896 29.9 79 247 .320 35 131 .267 48 64 .750 26 69 95 3.2 61 0 36 44 3 29 241 8.0 02 MANIGAULT, Ron 30 30 743 24.8 57 134 .425 0 0 .000 37 69 .536 61 107 168 5.6 79 1 40 42 9 20 151 5.0 11 MATTISON, Tyrone 29 0 463 16.0 35 104 .337 14 49 .286 51 61 .836 18 35 53 1.8 37 0 24 24 2 20 135 4.7 33 ADOMAITIS, Aurimas 29 29 347 12.0 41 93 .441 0 0 .000 31 60 .517 54 34 88 3.0 54 0 10 29 8 9 113 3.9 10 MOZEE, Alan 13 0 44 3.4 4 8 .500 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0.2 404402131.0 23 UDANOH, Ike 21 0 140 6.7 10 29 .345 0 0 .000 1 5 .200 24 16 40 1.9 15 017104211.0 15 MORKELIUNAS, Paska 10 1 35 3.5 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 3 9 .333 2 2 4 0.4 60130050.5 04 AZINGE, Ren 8 0 16 2.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 0.4 2 0 2 0 0 3 4 0.5 TM TEAM 67 57 124 4.1 0 6 Total 30 738 1828 .404 208 643 .323 488 717 .681 426 758 1184 39.5 533 6 324 398 82 190 2172 72.4 Opponents 30 803 1800 .446 185 587 .315 360 504 .714 331 780 1111 37.0 643 - 448 432 118 191 2151 71.7

2007-08 NEC 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 22 WISSEH, Jaytornah 18 18 651 36.2 111 244 .455 19 56 .339 89 103 .864 12 75 87 4.8 48 1 81 60 5 30 330 18.3 32 ALLEN, Kellen 18 0 397 22.1 92 170 .541 0 0 .000 55 109 .505 30 53 83 4.6 38 1 10 40 7 3 239 13.3 01 KOTOROBAI, Eugene 17 17 501 29.5 46 154 .299 35 121 .289 38 50 .760 40 86 126 7.4 50 2 11 18 16 17 165 9.7 05 JOHNSON, Kyle 18 1 408 22.7 59 170 .347 33 95 .347 17 20 .850 22 43 65 3.6 33 0 8 23 2 7 168 9.3 24 HICKS, David 18 18 566 31.4 49 147 .333 23 73 .315 33 42 .786 21 36 57 3.2 45 0 20 26 1 20 154 8.6 02 MANIGAULT, Ron 18 18 477 26.5 38 88 .432 0 0 .000 26 51 .510 35 67 102 5.7 50 1 29 25 6 14 102 5.7 33 ADOMAITIS, Aurimas 17 17 207 12.2 25 49 .510 0 0 .000 20 37 .541 35 24 59 3.5 30 0 7 17 8 6 70 4.1 11 MATTISON, Tyrone 18 0 280 15.6 16 63 .254 7 30 .233 21 24 .875 15 15 30 1.7 25 0 15 13 2 14 60 3.3 23 UDANOH, Ike 14 0 92 6.6 7 22 .318 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 18 13 31 2.2 13 01664141.0 15 MORKELIUNAS, Paska 6 1 20 3.3 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 1 0 1 0.2 40030040.7 10 MOZEE, Alan 5 0 15 3.0 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.4 00110130.6 04 AZINGE, Ren 7 0 13 1.9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0.3 TM TEAM 38 30 68 3.8 0 3 Total 18 445 1114 .399 118 379 .311 303 443 .684 268 444 712 39.6 337 5 184 235 53 118 1311 72.8 Opponents 18 481 1074 .448 113 345 .328 238 326 .730 211 468 679 37.7 393 - 266 268 67 104 1313 72.9

23 2008-09 NEC Basketball Monmouth Hawks Summer Preview 2007-08: 7-24 Overall, 4-14 NEC

2008-09 Schedule Monmouth Quick Facts

N 15 at Florida Atlantic TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 17 at Florida International 7:00 pm Hoop Group Shootout Location: West Long Branch, NJ SID: Chris Tobin 2007-08 Record: 7-24 N 20 Rhode Island 7:00 pm Founded: 1933 SID Phone: (732) 263-5180 NEC Record/Finish: 4-14/Tie-8th N 22 at Penn 7:00 pm Enrollment: 4,500 SID Fax Line: (732) 571-3535 NEC Tournament Finish: Hoop Group Shootout SID E-mail: [email protected] N 25 at Villanova TBA Nickname: Hawks Lost to RMU in quarterfinals N 28 vs. Niagara (at Palestra) TBA Colors: Midnight Blue and White Press Row Phone: (732) 571-3677 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 N 29 vs. Hartford/NJIT (at Palestra) TBA Home Court/Capacity: Hotline: (732) 571-HAWK Letterman Returning/Lost: 10/3 D 2 at Seton Hall TBA Monmouth website: William T. Boylan Gymnasium/2,200 D 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm www.gomuhawks.com D 6 at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm D 10 at Rider 7:00 pm Personnel D 13 Colgate 7:00 pm Coaching Staff President: Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II D 19 Saint Peter’s 7:00 pm Head Coach: Dave Calloway Faculty Representative: Dr. David Paul D 21 Lehigh 1:00 pm Alma Mater/Year: Monmouth/1991 J 3 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Athletic Director: Dr. Marilyn McNeil J 5 CCSU 8:00 pm Record at MU/Years: 149-164/11 SWA: Martha Judge J 8 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Overall Record/Years: 149-164/11 J 15 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Assistant Coaches: J 17 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Mark Calzonetti, Ron Krayl, Chris Kenny J 22 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 24 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Basketball Office Phone: (732) 571-7584 J 29 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 31 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 5 Bryant 7:00 pm F 7 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 12 at LONG ISLAND TBA Monmouth Roster F 14 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 19 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 21 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm 1 Yaniv Simpson G 6-4 210 Jr Kfar Saba, Israel/Maccabai Tel-Aviv F 26 at CCSU TBA F 28 WAGNER 7:00 pm 2 Alex Nunner* G 6-3 185 Sr Leibnitz, Austria/Bhak Bruck Mur NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 5 Whitney Coleman* G 6-3 190 Sr Salem,, CT/East Lyme (St. Thomas More Prep) M 5 Quarterfinals 11 Kevin Schafer G 6-3 190 So Califon, NJ/Vorhees M 8 Semifinals 15 James Hett* G 6-0 175 So Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell M 11 Championship 21 George Barbour F 6-7 220 So Torrance, CA/Torrance 23 R.J. Rutledge G 6-5 175 So Baldwin, NY/Lawrence Woodmere Academy Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. (Northfield Mount Herman Prep (MA) 31 Nick DelTufo* F 6-8 225 So Mendham, NJ/Mendham 34 Dutch Gaitley C 6-9 225 Jr Haverford, PA/Archbishop Carroll 2007-08 Results 45 Shawn Barlow C 6-11 250 Sr Marlton, NJ/St. Augustine Prep

N 9 at Colgate L 60-63 Newcomers N 11 at Seton Hall L 81-89 (OT) Will Campbell G 5-10 170 Fr Willingboro, NJ/Paul VI at Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) Mike Myers-Keitt F 6-7 190 Fr Waterbury, CT/Marianapolis Prep (CT) N 16 vs. Notre Dame L 33-76 Travis Taylor F 6-7 200 Fr Union, NJ/Union N 17 vs. Wichita State W 59-50 N 19 vs. Charlotte W 58-56 (OT) N 28 at St. Peter’s L 62-72 Key Losses D 2 SACRED HEART L 53-80 3 Jhamar Youngblood# G 6-1 190 D 8 Penn L 61-69 12 Rickie Crews F 6-7 195 D 11 at Hartford L 53-67 52 Adam Dobriansky C 6-10 225 D 15 Rider L 55-76 D 23 Florida Atlantic L 57-62 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 28 at Lehigh L 39-56 D 30 Princeton W 59-50 J 3 at ROBERT MORRIS L 44-59 Monmouth Leading Active... J 5 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 51-50 J 10 WAGNER L 62-77 J 12 QUINNIPIAC L 58-71 Scorers Assists J 17 CCSU L 65-73 Whitney Coleman 873 2005-08 Whitney Coleman 228 2005-08 J 19 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 62-60 (OT) Alex Nunner 310 2005-08 James Hett 105 2007-08 J 25 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 66-70 J 31 ROBERT MORRIS L 60-61 R.J. Rutledge 218 2007-08 Alex Nunner 77 2005-08 F 2 at LONG ISLAND L 66-70 (OT) Nick Del Tufo 210 2007-08 Dutch Gaitley 29 2007-08 F 7 at SACRED HEART L 62-74 Yaniv Simpson 196 2006-08 R.J. Rutledge 23 2007-08 F 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 66-76 F 16 at WAGNER L 61-68 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 18 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 66-58 F 21 at QUINNIPIAC L 60-62 Whitney Coleman 314 2005-08 Whitney Coleman 108 2005-08 F 23 LONG ISLAND L 65-75 Alex Nunner 161 2005-08 Alex Nunner 74 2005-08 F 28 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 73-64 Dutch Gaitley 114 2007-08 Yaniv Simpson 47 2006-08 M 1 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 67-81 James Hett 92 2007-08 R.J. Rutledge 38 2007-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 at #1 ROBERT MORRIS L 50-64 Nick Del Tufo 82 2007-08 James Hett 11 2007-08

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24 Monmouth Hawks 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 4/5 Letterwinners Returning: 10/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

The face of Monmouth basketball is about to change. Just one year away from the grand opening of the 4,100 seat, state-of-the-art Multi-Purpose Activity Center (MAC), the Hawks will play their last season in fabled Boylan Gymnasium, home to the basketball team since 1965. Under 12th year head coach Dave Calloway, Monmouth has embarked upon a similar transformation on the court by infusing a wealth of young talent into a program hungry to regain its status as one of the NEC’s elite. The Hawks offered a glimpse into the future last season with notable wins over Wichita State and Charlotte in November, but had trouble closing out games once league play hit and were eliminated in the NEC quarterfinals by top-seeded Robert Morris. With a year of seasoning, Calloway has high hopes his sophomore class will gel with a mix of returning veterans and begin the team’s ascension back up the NEC standings. With the departure of leading scorer Jhamar Youngblood, senior guard Whitney Coleman will be counted on to increase his production in 2008-09. Schooled in the intricacies of Monmouth’s motion offense, Coleman is athletic enough to create his own looks and seasoned enough to take - and make - big shots. A year ago, the 6’3” combo guard averaged 11.9 ppg and hit 42 shots from three-point range. His partner in the backcourt is 6’0” point guard James Hett, who started all 31 games as a freshman and averaged 5.0 ppg. Hett never seemed to get rattled in directing the Hawks’ attack and led all NEC freshman with 3.4 apg. Frequent targets of Hett’s pinpoint passes were 6’3” Alex Nunner and 6’4” Yaniv Simpson, who were able to carry the team at times with their prodigious long range bombing. Nunner, a senior, sank a team-leading 48 trifectas and contributed 6.8 ppg. Simpson emerged as one of the NEC’s top sixth men in his sophomore season and closed out the year by leading the team in scoring in each of the last three games. He averaged 8.5 ppg in just over 18 minutes per outing and drilled 46 shots at a 42.2 percent clip from beyond the arc. Sophomore swingman R.J. Rutledge (7.0 ppg) was a part-time starter and key contributor in his first year of collegiate ball. A lanky wing player who possesses all the tools and has a good feel for the game, Rutledge hit 38 three-pointers as a freshman. Manning the interior for the Hawks will be sophomores Nick DelTufo and George Barbour, along with junior Dutch Gaitley. At 6’8” DelTufo displayed solid, low-post, back-to-the-basket moves as a freshman when he started 24 games and averaged 6.8 ppg and 2.6 rpg. Barbour (3.7 ppg), an aggressive 6’7”, 220 lb. forward, had his first year in West Long Branch cut short after nine games by a knee injury. The 6’9” Gaitley, who is the son of Monmouth women’s basketball coach Stephanie Gaitley, led the team with 20 blocks and finished second with 3.7 rpg. Calloway brought in three newcomers in the offseason, including speedy 5’10” point guard Will Campbell, an All-South Jersey first team selection who averaged 22.4 ppg from St. Paul VI. Up front, the Hawks added a pair of 6’7” forwards in Mike Myers-Keitt and Travis Taylor. Myers-Keitt, a Waterbury, CT native, should thrive in the open court and can also shoot effectively from long distance, while Taylor, a long, lean player who can score down low or knock it down from mid-range, averaged a double-double last season at Union (NJ) High School. Waiting in the wings for Monmouth is Justin Sofman, a 6’4” guard who transferred from Rutgers and will sit out 2008-09.

2007-08 Overall 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 0 3 YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar 2 7 2 1 8 0 9 30.0 121 315 .384 28 100 .280 58 99 .586 20 69 89 3.3 51 0 58 80 1 45 328 12.1 05 COLEMAN, Whitney 31 30 1033 33.3 133 344 .387 42 151 .278 60 67 .896 25 97 122 3.9 78 4 76 89 11 49 368 11.9 01 SIMPSON, Yaniv 22 1 398 18.1 62 147 .422 46 109 .422 16 16 1.000 4 27 31 1.4 50 1 15 23 2 10 186 8.5 23 RUTLEDGE, R.J. 31 10 634 20.5 70 176 .398 38 106 .358 40 57 .702 11 67 78 2.5 88 4 23 28 1 11 218 7.0 02 NUNNER, Alex 31 21 802 25.9 68 186 .366 48 130 .369 28 36 .778 17 80 97 3.1 60 1 42 33 0 20 212 6.8 31 DELTUFO, Nick 31 24 669 21.6 73 147 .497 8 29 .276 56 79 .709 38 44 82 2.6 86 2 16 47 12 11 210 6.8 15 HETT, James 31 31 993 32.0 56 125 .448 11 55 .200 32 46 .696 25 67 92 3.0 90 3 105 67 4 33 155 5.0 21 BARBOUR, George 9 6 161 17.9 12 36 .333 0 0 .000 9 19 .474 12 8 20 2.2 23 03834333.7 12 CREWS, Rickie 15 1 154 10.3 19 55 .345 2 12 .167 7 17 .412 11 22 33 2.2 17 0 3 16 11 8 47 3.1 34 GAITLEY, Dutch 31 9 609 19.6 23 57 .404 0 0 .000 31 55 .564 38 76 114 3.7 79 2 29 48 20 14 77 2.5 52 DOBRIANSKY, Adam 4 1 13 3.3 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 50030000.0 11 SCHAEFER, Kevin 5 0 21 4.2 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.4 10200000.0 45 BARLOW, Shawn 2 0 4 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 57 64 121 3.9 0 4 Total 31 637 1594 .400 223 695 .321 337 491 .686 258 625 883 28.5 629 17 372 446 65 205 1834 59.2 Opponents 31 693 1590 .436 211 638 .331 482 681 .708 370 781 1151 37.1 496 - 414 456 95 223 2079 67.1

2007-08 NEC 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 COLEMAN, Whitney 18 18 642 35.7 98 231 .424 30 89 .337 38 43 .884 17 70 87 4.8 44 2 51 46 8 31 264 14.7 0 3 YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar 1 5 9 4 2 8 28.5 55 147 .374 15 49 .306 34 52 .654 9 36 45 3.0 24 0 33 39 1 21 159 10.6 01 SIMPSON, Yaniv 15 0 294 19.6 45 106 .425 34 78 .436 11 11 1.000 4 19 23 1.5 41 1 13 17 2 8 135 9.0 02 NUNNER, Alex 18 17 517 28.7 43 115 .374 30 81 .370 20 23 .870 10 48 58 3.2 32 0 27 16 0 13 136 7.6 23 RUTLEDGE, R.J. 18 9 357 19.8 38 100 .380 21 59 .356 20 35 .571 7 41 48 2.7 50 3 16 13 1 8 117 6.5 15 HETT, James 18 18 584 32.4 44 89 .494 6 34 .176 21 31 .677 19 36 55 3.1 49 1 61 44 2 23 115 6.4 31 DELTUFO, Nick 18 16 378 21.0 39 78 .500 3 12 .250 25 41 .610 20 22 42 2.3 52 2 13 29 5 5 106 5.9 21 BARBOUR, George 1 1 21 21.0 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 20020144.0 12 CREWS, Rickie 9 1 90 10.0 13 34 .382 1 4 .250 5 8 .625 7 15 22 2.4 11 03976323.6 34 GAITLEY, Dutch 18 1 328 18.2 13 32 .406 0 0 .000 13 21 .619 19 34 53 2.9 50 1 10 27 11 10 39 2.2 11 SCHAEFER, Kevin 2 0 10 5.0 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 00200000.0 45 BARLOW, Shawn 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 30 42 72 4.0 0 2 Total 18 389 937 .415 140 408 .343 189 267 .708 143 366 509 28.3 355 10 229 244 37 126 1107 61.5 Opponents 18 412 939 .439 124 383 .324 281 383 .734 218 449 667 37.1 271 - 244 259 55 128 1229 68.3

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BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT Total 2008-09 NEC Basketball Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers Summer Preview 2007-08: 19-15 Overall, 11-7 NEC

2008-09 Schedule Mount Quick Facts

N 15 at Loyola (MD) TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 17 at Virginia Tech TBA Location: Emmitsburg, MD SID: Mark Vandergrift 2007-08 Record: 19-15 N 25 at George Mason TBA N 29 Boston University TBA Founded: 1808 SID Phone: (301) 447-5384 NEC Record/Finish: 11-7/Tie-4th D 1 at American TBA Enrollment: 1,528 SID Fax Line: (301) 447-5300 NEC Tournament Finish: D 4 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Nickname: Mountaineers, The Mount SID E-mail: [email protected] Defeated SHU in title game D 6 at CCSU TBA Colors: Blue and White Press Row Phone: (301) 447-3286 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 D 9 Navy TBA Home Court/Capacity: Hotline: (301) 447-6355 Letterman Returning/Lost: 9/2 D 13 at Penn State TBA /3,121 Mount St. Mary’s website: D 20 at Georgetown TBA D 23 at La Salle TBA www.mountathletics.com D 29 Bryant TBA Personnel J 2 at Lafayette TBA President: Dr. Thomas H. Powell Coaching Staff J 5 ROBERT MORRIS TBA Faculty Representative: Head Coach: Milan Brown J 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Dr. Robert Keefer Alma Mater/Year: Howard/1993 J 10 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm J 15 LONG ISLAND TBA Athletic Director: Record at MSM/Years: 60-91/5 J 17 SACRED HEART TBA Lynne Phelan Robinson Overall Record/Years: 60-91/5 J 22 CCSU TBA SWA: Jen Wivell Assistant Coaches: Brion Dunlap, Dan Englestad, Kevin Robinson, Jr. J 24 MONMOUTH TBA Basketball Office Phone: (301) 447-5388 J 29 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 5 at LONG ISLAND TBA F 7 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA F 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) TBA F 14 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Mount Roster F 19 at WAGNER TBA F 21 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 28 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm 0 Jean Cajou G 6-3 180 So Fairfax, VA/Paul VI NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 1 Jeremy Goode* G 5-9 170 Jr Charlotte, NC/Providence Day M 5 Quarterfinals 4 Kelly Beidler F 6-5 205 Jr Virginia Beach, VA/Tallwood M 8 Semifinals 5 Pierre Brown F 6-5 225 So Williamsburg, VA/Jamestown M 11 Championship 10 Shawn Atupem F 6-7 210 So Newport News, VA/Woodside 11 Will Holland* G/F 6-4 215 Jr Holland, TX/Lamar Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. 20 Kevin Jones G 5-8 145 Jr Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester Catholic 22 John Schwarz F 6-7 215 RFr Baltimore, MD/Perry Hall 30 Ed Kenny G 6-3 180 So Williston Park, NY/Kellenberg Memorial 2007-08 Results 31 Danny Thompson F 6-7 205 RFr Springdale, MD/C.H. Flowers 34 Tayvon Jackson F/C 6-7 205 So Indian Head, MD/Lackey 40 Sam Atupem* F 6-7 225 Sr Newport News, VA/Woodside N 10 at George Washington L 62-77 45 Markus Mitchell* F 6-7 240 Sr Virginia Beach, VA/Salem N 17 La Salle L 63-66 N 24 at James Madison L 73-85 N 26 American L 45-66 Newcomers D 1 Loyola (MD) W 70-58 12 Lamar Trice G 5-11 165 Fr Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter D 3 at Navy W 62-58 Jacolby Wells F 6-7 215 Fr Emporia, VA/Greensville County D 6 LONG ISLAND W 73-55 D 8 at CCSU W 60-59 Key Losses D 15 at Maine W 66-59 D 18 Winthrop W 64-59 2 Chris Vann# G 6-0 195 D 21 Lafayette L 72-76 50 Jason Loughry C 7-0 245 D 28 at Oregon L 73-81 J 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 68-60 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost J 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 62-65 J 7 at Oklahoma L 57-81 J 10 at QUINNIPIAC L 59-70 Mount St. Mary’s Leading Active... J 17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 56-44 J 19 SACRED HEART L 59-67 J 24 at WAGNER L 70-74 Scorers Assists J 26 at LONG ISLAND W 80-66 J 31 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 97-60 Jeremy Goode 791 2006-08 Jeremy Goode 337 2006-08 F 2 ROBERT MORRIS L 63-75 Sam Atupem 572 2005-08 Markus Mitchell 98 2005-08 F 7 WAGNER L 75-83 (OT) Will Holland 461 2006-08 Sam Atupem 55 2007-08 F 9 at MONMOUTH W 76-66 F 14 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 78-61 Markus Mitchell 433 2005-08 Will Holland 54 2006-08 F 16 QUINNIPIAC W 77-70 Kelly Biedler 350 2006-08 Kelly Beidler 49 2006-08 F 21 at ROBERT MORRIS L 66-69 F 23 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 72-61 M 1 MONMOUTH W 81-67 Rebounders Three-Pointers NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) Markus Mitchell 367 2005-08 Will Holland 89 2006-08 M 6 #5 QUINNIPIAC W 80-70 Sam Atupem 318 2005-08 Jeremy Goode 49 2006-08 M 9 at #1 ROBERT MORRIS W 83-65 M 12 at #3 SACRED HEART W 68-55 Kelly Biedler 214 2006-08 Kelly Beidler 27 2006-08 NCAA Tournament Jeremy Goode 212 2006-08 Jean Cajou 26 2007-08 M 18 vs. Coppin State (at Dayton, OH) W 69-60 Will Holland 182 2006-08 M 21 vs. #1 North Carolina (at Raleigh, NC) L 74-113

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26 Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 4/5 Letterwinners Returning: 9/11 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

Following the program’s first NEC championship since 1999, the best may be yet to come for Mount St. Mary’s. After a 6-6 start against conference opposition, the installation of an up-tempo attack proved to be the catalyst for the Mount, which won five of its last six league outings to enter the postseason with momentum, then completed a Cinderella run as the #4 seed with double digit wins over Quinnipiac, regular season champion Robert Morris and Sacred Heart, the latter two coming on the road. With fifth year head coach Milan Brown pushing all the right buttons, Mount St. Mary’s capped its year with the first NCAA win in school history, a 69-60 triumph over Coppin State, before entering the national spotlight with a matchup at top-ranked North Carolina. Fast forward six months and the focus has now shifted to delivering another NEC title back to Emmitsburg, a goal well within reach considering the team’s commitment to defense and the proven firepower returning in 2008-09. Brown’s franchise performer is junior point guard Jeremy Goode, a 5’9” blur with the ball. Having been handed the keys to an up-and-coming team as a freshman, Goode matured into his role last season as the team’s undisputed floor leader. With an improving jump shot and a proven ability to control the tempo of the game on both ends of the floor, the Charlotte, NC product put up some dazzling numbers, averaging a team-high 14.5 ppg, to go along with 5.5 apg (third in the NEC), 2.0 spg (fourth) and a league-leading 178 made free throws. Despite the departure of backcourt partner and three-point ace Chris Vann, the Mount will still be able to spread the floor with the return of 6’4” wing player Will Holland, 6-3 guard Jean Cajou and 6’5” forward Kelly Beidler, the latter two providing a key spark off the bench during the team’s tourney run. An inside-outside threat, Holland ranked third on the team with 8.6 ppg a year ago and drained 56 three-point shots. Cajou got off to a slow start after sitting out 2006-07, but made great strides in the second half of the season and raised his game in the playoffs when he was named NEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 16.0 ppg and 3.7 rpg. A solid on-the-ball defender, Cajou connected at a 46.4 percent rate from three-point land and ended the year averaging 7.1 ppg, including 15.9 ppg over the last eight games of the campaign. Beidler is a nightmare matchup for opponents with the strength to play down on the block, the speed to attack the basket and the shooting ability to be an effective perimeter marksman. Like Cajou, he came on strong down the stretch and scored 15 points in a reserve role in each of the Mount’s three NEC Tournament games. With nine players measuring 6’5” or taller, the Mount may sport the biggest and deepest frontcourt in the conference, led by 6’7” seniors Sam Atupem and Marcus Mitchell. A starter from the onset of his career, Atupem is a nimble and effective post player with range out to 15 feet. He has hit over 50 percent of his shots from the floor in each of his three seasons. Atupem averaged 7.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg and ranked second in the NEC with 49 blocks in 2007-08. Mitchell is a career 53.7 percent shooter from the field and is one of the top passing big men. As a junior, he averaged 5.4 ppg and a team-high 5.9 rpg. The third member of the Mount’s elite bench core last season was 6’7” Shawn Atupem, a wiry version of older brother Sam. The younger Atupem (4.2 ppg) has great upside to his game and is a springy, athletic small forward who excels in the open court. Providing depth up front will be sophomore Tayvon Jackson, along with redshirt freshmen Danny Thompson and John Schwarz, all of whom measure 6’7”. Brown added just two newcomers to his lineup in the offseason, 5’10” point guard Lamar Trice and 6’7” forward Jacolby Wells. With an ability to pressure the ball defensively, the ultra-quick Trice will enable Brown to spell Goode. Last year, Trice led Philadelphia’s Imhotep Charter to the Pennsylvania State semifinals and averaged 8.0 apg. A top-flight athlete, Wells averaged 15.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 5.0 bpg as a senior at Greensville County High School in Virginia. 2007-08 Overall 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 01 GOODE, Jeremy 33 33 1095 33.2 140 321 .436 20 67 .299 178 256 .695 28 79 107 3.2 51 0 182 110 0 65 478 14.5 02 VANN, Chris 34 34 1001 29.4 168 394 .426 88 229 .384 65 78 .833 19 81 100 2.9 81 2 40 44 0 20 489 14.4 11 HOLLAND, Will 34 34 902 26.5 94 276 .341 56 172 .326 47 63 .746 24 94 118 3.5 69 1 37 54 7 30 291 8.6 40 ATUPEM, Sam 34 33 839 24.7 111 221 .502 0 1 .000 41 54 .759 58 97 155 4.6 105 7 38 59 49 26 263 7.7 00 CAJOU, Jean 34 1 691 20.3 72 168 .429 26 56 .464 73 90 .811 18 65 83 2.4 54 0 44 54 4 25 243 7.1 04 BEIDLER, Kelly 26 0 539 20.7 67 149 .450 14 37 .378 35 61 .574 28 93 121 4.7 58 2 30 38 22 17 183 7.0 45 MITCHELL, Markus 34 34 806 23.7 79 147 .537 0 0 .000 27 47 .574 68 132 200 5.9 112 8 42 59 21 40 185 5.4 10 ATUPEM, Shawn 30 0 397 13.2 49 88 .557 0 0 .000 28 48 .583 26 44 70 2.3 50 1 8 27 5 11 126 4.2 50 LOUGHRY, Jason 29 1 350 12.1 29 56 .518 0 0 .000 5 9 .556 17 49 66 2.3 57 1 7 21 7 9 63 2.2 05 BROWN, Pierre 11 0 44 4.0 5 12 .417 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 0 5 5 0.5 504311100.9 34 JACKSON, Tayvon 21 0 137 6.5 7 20 .350 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 11 15 26 1.2 27 04451180.9 12 ASHCROFT, Matt 5 0 8 1.6 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 00030120.4 20 JONES, Kevin 5 0 8 1.6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 00120020.4 30 KENNY, Ed 5 0 8 1.6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 48 51 99 3.0 1 8 Total 34 822 1856 .443 204 565 .361 505 718 .703 345 807 1152 33.9 671 22 437 486 121 246 2353 69.2 Opponents 34 804 1901 .423 186 578 .322 507 722 .702 404 811 1215 35.7 652 - 386 503 101 209 2301 67.7

2007-08 NEC 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 02 VANN, Chris 18 18 526 29.2 87 211 .412 46 125 .368 33 37 .892 9 53 62 3.4 41 1 28 21 0 11 253 14.1 01 GOODE, Jeremy 18 18 582 32.3 76 167 .455 6 25 .240 90 131 .687 13 42 55 3.1 30 0 91 60 0 34 248 13.8 40 ATUPEM, Sam 18 17 454 25.2 65 105 .619 0 0 .000 22 32 .688 30 51 81 4.5 56 3 24 36 32 13 152 8.4 11 HOLLAND, Will 18 18 482 26.8 46 152 .303 27 90 .300 25 31 .806 14 63 77 4.3 31 0 20 30 6 12 144 8.0 00 CAJOU, Jean 18 0 321 17.8 42 74 .568 16 27 .593 29 34 .853 7 33 40 2.2 29 0 20 21 3 8 129 7.2 45 MITCHELL, Markus 18 18 403 22.4 51 87 .586 0 0 .000 16 32 .500 40 74 114 6.3 61 4 20 29 15 21 118 6.6 04 BEIDLER, Kelly 16 0 351 21.9 41 102 .402 9 26 .346 10 21 .476 19 59 78 4.9 40 2 20 23 13 8 101 6.3 10 ATUPEM, Shawn 17 0 241 14.2 35 55 .636 0 0 .000 20 32 .625 15 31 46 2.7 29 1 6 13 4 7 90 5.3 50 LOUGHRY, Jason 17 1 186 10.9 12 28 .429 0 0 .000 5 8 .625 4 26 30 1.8 26 06826291.7 20 JONES, Kevin 3 0 5 1.7 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.3 00010020.7 05 BROWN, Pierre 4 0 9 2.3 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 0 2 2 0.5 10210120.5 34 JACKSON, Tayvon 11 0 55 5.0 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 8 10 0.9 16 0303040.4 30 KENNY, Ed 3 0 5 1.7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 10000000.0 12 ASHCROFT, Matt 3 0 5 1.7 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 22 26 48 2.8 1 4 Total 18 458 989 .463 104 294 .354 252 364 .692 175 470 645 35.8 362 11 240 248 78 121 1272 70.7 Opponents 18 406 1020 .398 98 313 .313 262 383 .684 212 423 635 35.3 325 - 185 245 49 101 1172 65.1

27 2008-09 NEC Basketball Quinnipiac Bobcats Summer Preview 2007-08: 15-15 Overall, 11-7 NEC

2008-09 Schedule Quinnipiac Quick Facts

N 14 Hartford 7:00 pm Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 17 Army 7:00 pm Location: Hamden, CT Assistant SID: Greg Ott 2007-08 Record: 15-15 at Columbia Classic N 21 vs. TBA (Bryant, UMBC or Columbia) 7:00 pm Founded: 1929 SID Phone: (203) 582-5387 NEC Record/Finish: 11-7/Tie-4th N 22 vs. TBA (Bryant, UMBC or Columbia) 4:00 pm Enrollment: 7,400 SID Fax Line: (203) 582-5385 NEC Tournament Finish: N 25 at Maine 7:30 pm Nickname: Bobcats SID E-mail: Lost in quarterfinals to MSM D 1 Binghamton 7:00 pm Colors: Blue & Gold [email protected] Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 D 6 MONMOUTH 2:00 pm D 13 at WAGNER 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Press Row Phone: (203) 582-5247 Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/5 D 17 at Dartmouth 7:00 pm TD Banknorth Sports Center/3,254 Quinnipiac website: D 21 Vermont 12:00 pm www.quinnipiacbobcats.com D 29 at Brown TBA Personnel D 31 at Cornell 12:00 pm President: Dr. John L. Lahey J 3 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Coaching Staff J 8 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Faculty Representative: Sean Duffy Head Coach: Tom Moore J 10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 2:00 pm Athletic Director: Jack McDonald Alma Mater/Year: Boston University/1987 J 15 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm SWA: Tracey Flynn Record at QU/Years: 15-15/1 J 17 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Overall Record/Years: 91-74/6 J 22 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 24 at CCSU TBA Assistant Coaches: Sean Doherty, Eric Eaton, J 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm Basketball Office Phone: (203) 582-3784 J 31 LONG ISLAND 2:00 pm F 5 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 7 Bryant 2:00 pm F 12 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 14 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Quinnipiac Roster F 19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 21 at LONG ISLAND TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 WAGNER 7:00 pm 5 Jeremy Baker G 6-2 185 Jr Washington, D.C./Garden City CC F 28 CCSU 2:00 pm 11 Brian Geffen G 5-11 175 Sr Queens, NY/St. Francis Prep (Boston University) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 12 Justin Rutty* F 6-7 240 So Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy M 5 Quarterfinals M 8 Semifinals 14 James Feldeine* G 6-4 190 Jr New York, NY/Cardinal Hayes M 11 Championship 15 Louis Brookins* F 6-6 215 Sr Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook (Maryland-Eastern Shore) 23 Evann Baker G 6-3 185 So Washington, D.C./Archbishop Carroll (Maine Central Institute) Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. 30 Steve Robinson G 5-10 170 Jr New York, NY/Hyde School 32 Jonathon Cruz F 6-7 210 So Lawrence, MA/Central Catholic (URI) (sat out 2007-08) 33 Ed Zajac C 6-10 250 So Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst (Cheshire Academy (CT)) 2007-08 Results Newcomers N 11 Hartford W 85-79 (2 OT) 3 James Johnson G 6-0 183 Fr Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Loughlin N 14 at Binghamton L 75-88 21 Eric Coggins F/C 6-9 205 Fr Canton, OH/Canton Central Catholic N 20 Maine L 59-64 22 Harold Washington G 6-2 180 Fr Brandywine, MD/Gwynn Park N 25 at New Hampshire L 70-77 34 DeAndre Bynum G/F 6-6 200 Fr Memphis, TN/White Station N 28 at Lehigh W 92-88 (2 OT) (Camp Hills Progressive Christian Academy (MD)) D 3 Brown L 79-86 (OT) Key Losses D 6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 90-79 0 DeMario Anderon# G 6-4 205 D 9 at Army W 58-54 4 Casey Cosgrove# G 5-8 165 D 16 at Connecticut L 49-82 34 Karl Anderson F/C 6-9 255 D 19 Dartmouth W 85-63 D 22 at Vermont L 72-80 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 31 Cornell L 84-86 (OT) J 3 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 74-61 J 5 ROBERT MORRIS L 79-86 Quinnipiac Leading Active... J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 70-59 J 12 at MONMOUTH W 71-58 J 17 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 75-72 Scorers Assists J 19 LONG ISLAND W 84-80 Evann Baker 288 2007-08 Bryan Geffen 84 2007-08 J 26 at SACRED HEART L 74-75 James Feldeine 237 2006-08 Evann Baker 68 2007-08 J 31 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 73-55 Bryan Geffen 211 2007-08 James Feldeine 56 2006-08 F 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 78-74 F 7 CCSU L 71-85 Justin Rutty 203 2007-08 Justin Rutty 18 2007-08 F 11 WAGNER L 70-82 (OT) Louis Brookins 176 2007-08 Louis Brookins 11 2007-08 F 14 at LONG ISLAND W 89-86 F 16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 70-77 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 21 MONMOUTH W 62-60 Louis Brookins 143 2007-08 Bryan Geffen 38 2007-08 F 23 SACRED HEART L 74-88 Justin Rutty 142 2007-08 James Feldeine 30 2006-08 F 28 at CCSU W 76-73 (OT) M 1 at WAGNER L 68-77 James Feldeine 111 2006-08 Evann Baker 16 2007-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) Evann Baker 94 2007-08 Justin Rutty 18 2007-08 M 6 at #4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 70-80 Ed Zajac 86 2007-08 Louis Brookins 11 2007-08

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28 Quinnipiac Bobcats 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 3/5 Letterwinners Returning: 7/12 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

Last season was one of transition for Quinnipiac. The arrival of head coach Tom Moore on the scene signaled a new era for the program, and in his first year, he took the first steps in molding the Bobcats into a title contender. With then-senior DeMario Anderson providing leadership and shouldering the brunt of the scoring load, Moore surrounded the veteran all-star with a host of young talent - talent to build around for the future. Despite their relative inexperience, the team’s newcomers played a vital role in leading Quinnipiac to a fourth place finish in the conference and a .500 record for the year. With another strong recruiting class set to suit up this winter, the Bobcats could be a major player in the conference title race this season. The first order of business, however, will be finding a player or combination of players to replace Anderson, one of the most skilled offensive performers to suit up in recent NEC memory. Anderson not only led the league with 21.7 ppg, but also paced the Bobcats in rebounds, assists and steals. One candidate to help fill the void is 6’3” sophomore guard Evann Baker, who electrified the TD Banknorth Center crowd at times last season and was named to the NEC all-Rookie team at year’s end. A slick penetrator, Baker also showed he can fill it up from the outside, converting 53.3 percent of his three-point shots. On the year, he ranked second among NEC freshman with 11.1 ppg, but it will his ability to recover from postseason knee surgery that will determine if he ‘is able to improve on that average in 2008-09. Senior Bryan Geffen (7.3 ppg), a 5’11” guard, carried the Bobcats for stretches last season with his long distance shooting ability off the bench. He ranked second on the team with 38 trifectas and was fourth in the NEC shooting at a 40.9 percent clip from beyond the arc. Another key contributor in the backcourt last season was 6’5” James Feldeine. Like Baker, Feldeine is an all-around threat who can put the ball on the floor and attack the rim, while also filling it up from the outside (30 three-pointers). The junior ranked third on the Bobcats with 8.2 ppg last season and also pulled down 3.9 rpg. Look for 6’2” Jeremy Baker, who sat out last year and is Evann’s brother, to vie for a spotlight role in the backcourt rotation. While Quinnipiac had little depth in the frontcourt last season, the Bobcats did tie for the league lead in rebound margin at +5.0 per game, due in part to the emergence of burly 6’7”, 240 lb. Justin Rutty. Rutty (7.5 ppg) finished second among league freshman with 5.3 rpg and also wrapped the year as the NEC’s top-rated field goal shooter by bulling his way to basket en-route to a 59.0 percent success rate from the floor. Junior Louis Brookins, an athletic 6’6” forward also made an impact up front, starting 23 games and averaging 6.5 ppg and 5.3 rpg after transferring from UMES. Sophomore Ed Zajac was one of three Quinnipiac players to win NEC Rookie of the Week honors last season (joining Baker and Rutty), and used his 6’10”, 250 lb. frame to snare 3.3 rpg in limited time. Sophomore combo forward Jonathan Cruz, a 6’7” transfer from Rhode Island who sat out 2007-08, is an inside-outside threat and solid passer who will make a major push for playing time this season. Moore, who built a stellar reputation as a recruiter in his stretch as an assistant at UConn, filled a number of needs with a four-player incoming class. DeAndre Bynum, a 6’6” wing player who played on two straight state championship teams at White Station High School in Memphis, can shoot with range and slash to the hoop. Another versatile recruit is 6’2” Harold Washington, who can play either guard position. A first team All-Metro player and All-Prince George’s County player out of Gwynn Park in Brandywine, MD, Washington helped lead his team to an undefeated record as a senior, then competed in the Capital Classic All-Star game. An outstanding defender, 6’0” Brooklyn native James Johnson will help plug the hole at point guard with the transfer of Casey Cosgrove, who started all 29 games last season. Rounding out the recruits is 6’9” power forward Eric Coggins, who established school shot blocking records at Canton (OH) Central Catholic. 2007-08 Overall 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 0 ANDERSON, DeMario 28 28 924 33.0 220 492 .447 35 94 .372 132 164 .805 29 152 181 6.5 82 2 91 116 12 43 607 21.7 23 BAKER, Evann 27 11 785 29.1 95 211 .450 16 30 .533 88 107 .822 28 72 100 3.7 67 4 70 64 7 24 294 10.9 14 FELDEINE, James 29 21 793 27.3 94 209 .450 31 80 .388 22 31 .710 29 87 116 4.0 64 1 54 31 5 23 241 8.3 4 COSGROVE, Casey 29 29 742 25.6 71 190 .374 56 148 .378 33 46 .717 9 55 64 2.2 50 2 86 63 1 18 231 8.0 12 RUTTY, Justin 28 23 611 21.8 92 156 .590 0 0 .000 24 65 .369 64 80 144 5.1 81 4 18 32 11 12 208 7.4 11 GEFFEN, Bryan 30 2 681 22.7 79 190 .416 40 97 .412 21 31 .677 11 51 62 2.1 47 1 85 32 7 23 219 7.3 34 ANDERSON, Karl 24 13 537 22.4 71 124 .573 0 0 .000 30 53 .566 56 73 129 5.4 87 7 22 41 13 19 172 7.2 15 BROOKINS, Louis 27 23 655 24.3 63 128 .492 0 0 .000 50 62 .806 65 78 143 5.3 65 1 11 42 12 7 176 6.5 44 ZAJAC, Ed 27 0 402 14.9 27 58 .466 0 0 .000 15 29 .517 26 63 89 3.3 57 0 4 21 8 5 69 2.6 50 CASHIN, Andrew 11 0 33 3.0 2 5 .400 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 0.5 60000150.5 30 ROBINSON, Steve 12 0 37 3.1 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 0.3 60230140.3 02 SURACI, Matt 1 0 2 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 57 54 111 3.7 0 4 Total 30 816 1769 .461 178 454 .392 416 590 .705 376 772 1148 38.3 612 22 443 450 76 176 2226 74.2 Opponents 30 790 1767 .447 218 601 .363 456 657 .694 320 678 998 33.3 579 - 426 373 87 193 2254 75.1

2007-08 NEC 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 00 ANDERSON, DeMario 16 16 546 34.1 130 280 .464 22 59 .373 91 111 .820 19 97 116 7.3 47 1 51 60 7 30 373 23.3 23 BAKER, Evann 18 4 509 28.3 63 138 .457 10 17 .588 66 77 .857 18 41 59 3.3 40 1 45 37 5 17 202 11.2 14 FELDEINE, James 18 17 501 27.8 58 126 .460 19 45 .422 15 22 .682 17 53 70 3.9 43 1 40 19 4 11 150 8.3 12 RUTTY, Justin 16 12 357 22.3 58 88 .659 0 0 .000 11 32 .344 36 42 78 4.9 42 0 7 18 7 6 127 7.9 34 ANDERSON, Karl 16 11 372 23.3 48 81 .593 0 0 .000 22 34 .647 35 53 88 5.5 59 6 15 29 10 13 118 7.4 11 GEFFEN, Bryan 18 1 390 21.7 47 104 .452 22 44 .500 11 18 .611 4 33 37 2.1 23 1 42 16 3 9 127 7.1 04 COSGROVE, Casey 17 17 393 23.1 37 109 .339 26 81 .321 19 26 .731 6 28 34 2.0 25 1 43 27 0 11 119 7.0 15 BROOKINS, Louis 16 12 400 25.0 39 73 .534 0 0 .000 24 32 .750 42 49 91 5.7 36 0 8 26 10 3 102 6.4 33 ZAJAC, Ed 15 0 146 9.7 10 21 .476 0 0 .000 7 10 .700 7 18 25 1.7 27 03741271.8 30 ROBINSON,Steve 7 0 19 2.7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 0.4 40110120.3 50 CASHIN, Andrew 6 0 15 2.5 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0.2 10000010.2 02 SURACI, Matt 1 0 2 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 24 37 61 3.4 0 3 Total 18 491 1023 .480 99 247 .401 267 364 .734 209 454 663 36.8 347 11 255 244 50 102 1348 74.9 Opponents 18 466 1058 .440 135 376 .359 260 368 .707 204 385 589 32.7 342 - 249 205 42 103 1327 73.7

29 2008-09 NEC Basketball Summer Preview 2007-08: 26-8 Overall, 16-2 NEC

2008-09 Schedule RMU Quick Facts

Garden State Challenge Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 14 at St. Bonaventure TBA SID: Jim Duzyk N 18 Delaware 7:00 pm Location: Moon Township, PA 2007-08 Record: 26-8 N 21 at Rutgers TBA Founded: 1921 SID Phone: (412) 262-8314 NEC Record/Finish: 16-2/1st N 22 vs. Marist (at Rutgers) TBA Enrollment: 5,000 SID Fax Line: (412) 262-8557 NEC Tournament Finish: N 25 Youngstown State 7:00 pm Nickname: Colonials SID E-mail: [email protected] Lost in semifinals to MSM N 29 at Iona TBA Press Row Phone: (412) 262-8613 D 4 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Colors: Blue, Red and White Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Hotline: (412) 299-2043 D 6 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/3 Robert Morris website: D 14 at Miami 1:00 pm Charles L. Sewall Center/3,056 D 17 at Lafayette TBA www.rmucolonials.com D 20 at Central Michigan TBA Personnel D 28 Duquesne 7:00 pm Coaching Staff President: Dr. Gregory G. Dell'Omo D 31 at Xavier TBA Head Coach: Mike Rice J 3 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Faculty Representative: Dr. Scott Branvold Alma Mater/Year: Boston College/1985 J 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA Athletic Director: Dr. Craig Coleman J 8 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Record at RMU/Years: 26-8/1 J 10 at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm SWA: Addie Muti Overall Record/Years: 26-8/1 J 15 CCSU 7:00 pm Assistant Coaches: J 17 WAGNER 7:00 pm , Levi Franklin, Jimmy Martelli J 24 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Basketball Office Phone: (412) 262-8297 J 29 Bryant 7:00 pm J 31 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 7 at CCSU TBA F 12 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm RMU Roster F 14 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 19 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 21 at WAGNER TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm 2 Mezie Nwigwe G 6-4 195 Jr Hyattsville, MD/High Point F 28 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm 5 Bateko Francisco* G 6-1 180 Sr Paris, France/Fort Scott JC NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 11 Ifeanyi Ehirim F 6-7 215 Sr Toronto, Ontario/Eldon Academy Prep M 5 Quarterfinals 12 Jimmy Langhurst* G 5-11 185 Jr Willard, OH/Willard M 8 Semifinals 14 Gary Wallace G 6-3 185 So Montclair, NJ/Seton Hall Prep M 11 Championship 15 Khalif Foster G 6-3 210 So Philadelphia, PA/Academy of the New Church Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. 21 Jeremy Chappell* G 6-3 210 Sr Cincinnati, OH/Northwest 24 Dallas Green F 6-8 190 Jr Indianapolis, IN/Northwest 25 William Royal F 6-7 230 So Harrisburg, PA/Harmony Community School 2007-08 Results Newcomers N 10 Iona W 72-66 1 Rob Robinson F 6-8 215 Jr Waldorf, MD/Oxon Hill (Globe Institute of Technology) Philadelphia Classic 3 Velton Jones G 6-0 170 Fr Phialdelphia, PA/Northeast N 14 at Navy W 93-77 34 Jason Burns G 6-3 175 Fr Clinton, MD/Frederick Douglas N 18 at Seton Hall L 107-111 (OT) 44 Josiah Whitehead F 6-6 225 Jr Portsmouth, VA/Cecil CC N 23 vs. Drexel L 40-56 N 24 vs. Howard W 72-53 N 29 at Florida International W 88-61 Key Losses D 2 at Fordham W 72-66 4 Freddie Harris C 6-9 245 D 5 Central Michigan L 72-83 32 A.J. Jackson# F 6-6 230 D 8 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 66-75 D 17 at Youngstown State W 74-71 42 Tony Lee# G 6-0 205 D 19 Canisius W 91-73 D 28 at Duquesne L 70-86 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 30 Lafayette W 88-76 J 3 MONMOUTH W 59-44 J 5 at QUINNIPIAC W 86-79 J 7 at Boston College W 57-51 RMU Leading Active... J 10 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 64-59 J 13 SACRED HEART L 69-82 J 19 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 65-55 Scorers Assists J 24 CCSU W 84-73 Jeremy Chappell 1,290 2005-08 Jeremy Chappell 226 2005-08 J 26 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 83-78 J 31 at MONMOUTH W 61-60 Jimmy Langhurst 349 2006-08 Jimmy Langhurst 96 2006-08 F 2 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 75-63 Mezie Nwigwe 309 2006-08 Mezie Nwigwe 59 2006-08 F 7 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 95-45 F 9 LONG ISLAND W 88-72 Bateko Francisco 284 2007-08 Bateko Francisco 54 2007-08 F 14 at CCSU W 80-74 Gary Wallace 199 2007-08 Gary Wallace 43 2007-08 F 16 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 73-65 F 21 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 69-66 F 23 WAGNER W 74-52 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 28 at SACRED HEART W 82-69 Jeremy Chappell 460 2005-08 Jeremy Chappell 159 2005-08 M 1 at LONG ISLAND W 71-68 Mezie Nwigwe 155 2006-08 Jimmy Langhurst 72 2006-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 #8 MONMOUTH W 64-50 Ifeanyi Ehirim 99 2006-08 Bateko Francisco 42 2007-08 M 9 #4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 65-83 Dallas Green 84 2006-08 Mezie Nwigwe 30 2006-08 Mastercard NIT Bateko Francisco 82 2007-08 Gary Wallace 12 2007-08 M18 at #1 Syracuse L 81-87

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30 Robert Morris Colonials 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 3/5 Letterwinners Returning: 7/10 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

When Mike Rice arrived at Robert Morris a year ago, he knew he was being handed the keys to a veteran-laden championship contender. But what transpired over the winter months was beyond the wildest expectations of even the most ardent Colonial fans, even though the season came to a unexpected halt with a loss to eventual NEC champion Mount St. Mary’s in the NEC semifinals. The groundbreaking year featured a school record 26 victories - including a landmark 57-51 win at Boston College - and the program’s first NEC regular season title since 1991-92 following a 16-2 league slate. Rice, who was named Jim Phelan Coach of the Year and NABC District Three Coach of the Year, established a new conference record for wins by a first year head coach and led the Colonials to the national postseason for the first time since 1992 with an appearance in the Postseason NIT. With the NEC’s best overall record over the last five years, Robert Morris has firmly established itself as a program on the rise, though producing a worthy encore in 2008-09 does pose its challenges. Rice must contend with the chemistry issues resulting from the loss of 2007-08 NEC Player of the Year Tony Lee, the heart and soul of the team and one of the most versatile players in the history of the league, along with three-time all-star forward A.J. Jackson. However, while the terrific tandem was leaving their mark in Moon Township, Rice was already building for the future. The Colonials will return ample firepower this season, most notably 6’3” senior guard Jeremy Chappell, a former NEC Rookie of the Year and second team all-NEC selection a year ago. One of the most physically gifted players in the conference, Chappell quietly led Robert Morris and ranked eighth in the NEC in scoring with 14.9 ppg. With 1,290 points and 460 boards, he is the league’s leading active scorer and rebounder, as well as one of the top long range threats having hit 159 three-pointers over the course of his career, including 62 last season. He can also get after it defensively, as his 80 swipes were the second-best mark in the conference in 2007-08. Joining Chappell in Rice’s three-guard alignment are returning starters Bateko Francisco and Jimmy Langhurst. In his first year with the Colonials, the 6’1” Francisco (8.4 ppg) exhibited unlimited offensive potential and emerged as a defensive stopper. A superb transition player who attacks the basket, the senior also made defenders pay when given daylight to the tune of 42 three-pointers. Langhurst, a 5’11” junior, is a feared catch-and-shoot threat who works well off screens and can square to get his shot off quickly. After being used sparingly as a freshman, he averaged 9.6 ppg last season, drilled a team-high 69 trifectas (five in the Postseason NIT game at Syracuse) and finished third on the circuit by hitting 41.6 percent of his three-point attempts. Sophomore Gary Wallace (3.5 ppg) has all the tools to be the point guard of the future for the Colonials. With good size (6’3”, 195 lbs.) for the position, Wallace demonstrated maturity and the ability to find the open man as a freshman. Junior guard Mezie Nwigwe (5.8 ppg, 20 treys) has excelled the last two seasons in his role as a high-energy performer off the bench. While Robert Morris seems well stocked in the backcourt, Rice will need his returning players up front to step up their contributions if the Colonials are to contend this season. With a solid skill set, wiry junior forward Dallas Green (2.3 ppg) was able to make the most of his 6’8” frame when called upon, mixing it up inside and using his long arms to block 14 shots. Bouncy 6’7” senior Ifeanyi Ehirim brings experience to the lineup and excels in the transition game. Expect increased playing time for powerful 6’7”, 240 lb. sophomore Will Royal. Rice added five recruits in the offseason, highlighted by 6’8” Rob Robinson, a junior transfer from Globe Institute of Technology who will give the Colonials a defensive presence in the paint. An NJCAA All-American as a freshman, Robinson averaged a double-double for Globe last season. Junior Josiah Whitehead comes to Robert Morris via Cecil CC. A power forward and versatile athlete, Whitehead was part of Cecil’s national championship team as a freshman and averaged 11.5 ppg in 2007-08. Rice also added 6’6” Russell Johnson, who led Chester High School to a 33-1 record and State Championship last season. Johnson, who will sit out 2008-09 to concentrate on academics, can play any of four positions. In the backcourt, Philadelphia native Velton Jones and Clinton, MD product Jason Burns were early signees. Jones, a true point guard and all-Philadelphia Catholic League performer, is a tenacious competitor, while Burns is a combo guard and solid defender who earned first team all-Prince George County and Honorable Mention All DC-Metro honors as a senior. . 2007-08 Overall 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 21 CHAPPELL, Jeremy 32 29 1034 32.3 190 382 .497 62 175 .354 36 49 .735 48 105 153 4.8 81 3 76 60 15 80 478 14.9 32 JACKSON, A.J. 34 34 964 28.4 172 404 .426 49 124 .395 89 112 .795 62 130 192 5.6 89 1 30 64 27 38 482 14.2 42 LEE, Tony 34 34 991 29.1 176 347 .507 25 80 .313 86 124 .694 84 141 225 6.6 78 1 217 147 5 95 463 13.6 12 LANGHURST, Jimmy 34 34 900 26.5 99 223 .444 69 166 .416 61 73 .836 17 57 74 2.2 49 0 94 55 1 19 328 9.6 05 FRANCISCO, Bateko 34 34 869 25.6 103 223 .462 42 113 .372 36 53 .679 22 60 82 2.4 91 4 54 59 1 41 284 8.4 02 NWIGWE, Mezie 33 0 557 16.9 69 179 .385 20 53 .377 33 44 .750 26 73 99 3.0 66 0 40 50 3 12 191 5.8 14 WALLACE, Gary 34 0 538 15.8 41 93 .441 12 32 .375 25 36 .694 20 39 59 1.7 54 0 43 43 2 19 119 3.5 24 GREEN, Dallas 34 1 358 10.5 30 63 .476 0 0 .000 18 24 .750 30 45 75 2.2 64 2 12 36 14 11 78 2.3 04 HARRIS, Freddie 34 4 365 10.7 31 55 .564 0 0 .000 15 25 .600 31 42 73 2.1 70 0 18 29 4 13 77 2.3 50 ROZENDAAL, Bas 10 0 40 4.0 6 8 .750 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 2 4 6 0.6 11 02430131.3 11 EHIRIM, Ifeanyi 24 0 160 6.7 11 28 .393 0 1 .000 6 14 .429 17 16 33 1.4 21 07919281.2 03 WILSON, Cody 4 0 9 2.3 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 10210030.8 23 ROYAL, Will 10 0 39 3.9 3 12 .250 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 10 10 1.0 4 0 2 4 1 0 6 0.6 TM TEAM 58 67 125 3.7 1 9 Total 34 932 2021 .461 280 747 .375 406 559 .726 417 790 1207 35.5 680 11 597 570 77 337 2550 75.0 Opponents 34 807 1834 .440 219 703 .312 496 718 .691 368 767 1135 33.4 565 - 454 637 107 267 2329 68.5

2007-08 NEC 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 32 JACKSON, A.J. 18 18 502 27.9 94 210 .448 26 56 .464 48 58 .828 32 69 101 5.6 45 0 13 31 19 21 262 14.6 21 CHAPPELL, Jeremy 17 16 542 31.9 91 192 .474 32 88 .364 20 23 .870 29 56 85 5.0 40 1 45 30 5 39 234 13.8 42 LEE, Tony 18 18 499 27.7 95 190 .500 12 40 .300 44 62 .710 46 77 123 6.8 46 1 103 69 3 44 246 13.7 05 FRANCISCO, Bateko 18 18 494 27.4 57 125 .456 27 67 .403 22 32 .688 10 35 45 2.5 45 1 24 33 1 16 163 9.1 12 LANGHURST, Jimmy 18 18 460 25.6 47 115 .409 29 79 .367 32 33 .970 10 25 35 1.9 22 0 51 29 0 10 155 8.6 02 NWIGWE, Mezie 18 0 297 16.5 41 95 .432 14 32 .438 16 21 .762 15 41 56 3.1 34 0 28 25 3 8 112 6.2 14 WALLACE, Gary 18 0 309 17.2 30 59 .508 7 17 .412 13 18 .722 11 21 32 1.8 28 0 25 19 2 13 80 4.4 04 HARRIS, Freddie 18 1 193 10.7 18 27 .667 0 0 .000 7 15 .467 16 22 38 2.1 34 0 10 15 3 8 43 2.4 50 ROZENDAAL, Bas 3 0 15 5.0 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 4 4 1.3 30231051.7 03 WILSON, Cody 2 0 6 3.0 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 10210031.5 24 GREEN, Dallas 18 1 166 9.2 10 21 .476 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 14 23 37 2.1 25 0 5 13 7 3 25 1.4 11 EHIRIM, Ifeanyi 14 0 111 7.9 7 17 .412 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 10 12 22 1.6 14 04519161.1 23 ROYAL, Will 2 0 1 0.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 31 35 66 3.7 1 5 Total 18 493 1056 .467 148 381 .388 210 276 .761 224 421 645 35.8 338 3 312 280 45 171 1344 74.7 Opponents 18 415 959 .433 115 376 .306 234 337 .694 188 378 566 31.4 288 - 242 314 41 125 1179 65.5

31 2008-09 NEC Basketball Summer Preview 2007-08: 18-14 Overall, 13-5 NEC

2008-09 Schedule SHU Quick Facts

N 14 at Holy Cross 7:00 pm Administration Sports Information Basketball Information M 18 at Fairfield TBA Location: Fairfield, CT SID: Gene Gumbs 2007-08 Record: 18-14 N 20 at Providence TBA N 30 Yale TBA Founded: 1963 SID Phone: (203) 396-8127 NEC Record/Finish: 13-5/3rd D 4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm Enrollment: 3,400 SID Fax Line: (203) 371-7889 NEC Tournament Finish: D 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm Nickname: Pioneers SID E-mail: [email protected] Lost in title game to MSM D 14 Hartford 7:00 pm Colors: Scarlet and White Press Row Phone: (203) 396-8112 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 D 19 Albany TBA Home Court/Capacity: Sacred Heart website: Letterman Returning/Lost: 9/4 D 23 at Penn State TBA D 29 at Columbia 7:00 pm William H. Pitt Center/2,100 www.sacredheartpioneers.com D 31 at Boston College 2:00 pm J 3 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Personnel Coaching Staff J 5 at LONG ISLAND TBA President: Dr. Anthony J. Cernera Head Coach: Dave Bike J 8 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Faculty Representative: Dr. Gary Rose Alma Mater/Year: Sacred Heart/1969 J 10 ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pm J 14 at Bryant 7:00 pm Athletic Director: C. Donald Cook Record at SHU/Years: 464-414/30 J 17 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA SWA: Kim Callicoatte Overall Record/Years: 464-414/30 J 22 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Assistant Coaches: Johnny Kidd, J 24 at WAGNER TBA Basketball Office Phone: (203) 371-7848 J 29 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 31 CCSU 4:00 pm F 5 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 7 LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm F 12 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 14 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm SHU Roster F 19 at CCSU TBA F 21 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm 2 Ryan Litke G 6-3 190 Jr Windsor, CT/Windsor F 28 Bryant TBA NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 3 Jerrell Thompson G 5-10 180 So Palinfield, NJ/Plainfield M 5 Quarterfinals 4 Corey Hassan G 6-4 195 Jr Merrimack, NH/Merrimack (Boston U.) M 8 Semifinals 15 Mehmet Sahan F/C 6-9 245 So Istanbul, Turkey/Tilton School M 11 Championship 21 Ryon Howard* F 6-6 225 Sr Bronx, NY/Holderness School 22 Chauncey Hardy* G 6-0 170 Jr Middletown, CT/Xavier Schedule is tentative. NEC games In CAPS 23 Joshua Marshall F 6-5 200 So Woodmere, NY/Woodmere Academy (sat out 2006-07) 24 Joey Henley F 6-5 225 Gr Kent, WA/Kentride 32 Liam Potter C 7-0 230 Sr Lincolnshire, England/Tilton School (NH) 2007-08 Results Newcomers Shane Gibson G 6-2 170 Fr Killingly, CT/Killingly N 10 at Yale L 71-82 Stan Dulaire F 6-5 195 Fr Bloomfield, CT/Watkinson School N 12 Army L 49-64 Nick Greenbacker C 6-9 210 Fr Manchester, CT/East Catholic N 14 at Hartford L 55-70 Steve Zazuri G 6-2 190 Fr Monroe, CT/Masuk N 18 at Fairfield L 75-84 N 20 at St. John’s L 49-76 N 25 at Albany L 57-75 Key Losses N 30 Columbia W 75-59 33 Luke Granato# F 6-6 210 D 2 at MONMOUTH W 80-53 34 Eugene Pettway G 6-6 180 D 6 at CCSU W 68-52 44 Brice Brooks# F 6-7 235 D 19 at Providence L 89-94 50 Drew Shubik# G 6-4 205 D 22 Harvard W 75-66 D 28 at Boston College L 75-80 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 30 Holy Cross W 61-58 J 5 WAGNER L 63-70 J 7 at LONG ISLAND W 75-68 SHU Leading Active... J 10 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 63-73 J 13 at ROBERT MORRIS W 82-69 J 17 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 87-82 Scorers Assists J 19 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 67-59 Joey Henley 911 2003-07 Chauncy Hardy 175 2006-08 J 24 LONG ISLAND W 77-76 Chauncy Hardy 630 2006-08 Ryon Howard 80 2004-08 J 26 QUINNIPIAC W 75-74 Ryan Litke 535 2006-08 Joey Henley 72 2003-07 J 31 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 92-81 F 2 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 63-59 Ryon Howard 492 2004-08 Ryan Litke 48 2006-08 F 7 MONMOUTH W 74-62 Corey Hassan 251 2007-08 Corey Hassan 35 2007-08 F 14 at WAGNER L 92-100 (2 OT) F 16 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 73-57 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 23 at QUINNIPIAC W 88-74 F 28 ROBERT MORRIS L 69-82 Joey Henley 438 2003-07 Ryan Litke 126 2006-08 M 2 CCSU L 87-100 Ryon Howard 314 2004-08 Chauncy Hardy 80 2006-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) Liam Potter 149 2005-08 Corey Hassan 46 2007-08 M 6 #3 CCSU W 84-71 Chauncey Hardy 142 2006-08 Ryan Howard 20 2004-08 M 9 at #2 WAGNER W 55-49 Ryan Litke 123 2005-08 Jerrell Thompson 1 2007-08 M 12 #4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-68

NEC Games in CAPS

32 Sacred Heart Pioneers 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 2/5 Letterwinners Returning: 9/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

After coming tantalizingly close to its first NEC championship in each of the last two years, Sacred Heart’s unfilled hoop dreams should serve as the ultimate in motivation when the 2008-09 season commences. Title game losses at CCSU in 2007 and at home in front of a frenzied, sellout crowd to Mount St. Mary’s in 2008 should do little to dampen the growing optimism of the Pioneer faithful that have witnessed the program make a 180 degree turn in recent years. Following a pair of school record 18-win campaigns, 31st year head coach Dave Bike will work to keep the program speeding along the same path, and may have enough talent stockpiled to take another crack at bringing a league crown back to Fairfield. Bike, who ranks first among active NEC coaches with 464 career wins, returns an essential weapon to his arsenal when senior forward Joey Henley suits up for the first time since 2006-07. Henley’s odyssey at Sacred Heart began back in back in 2003-04 as a multi-sport athlete, but after missing two years of basketball due to sustaining football injuries and successfully petitioning the NCAA for a sixth year, the cagey veteran is back healthy for his final season. A second team all-NEC pick back in 2004-05 and a vital cog in the Pioneers’ run to the NEC championship game in 2006-07, the 6’5”, 225 lb. Henley brings leadership, athleticism and tenaciousness on both ends of the floor to the Pioneer lineup. Two years ago, the graduate student averaged 11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg and hit 56.8 percent of his shots from the floor, including a 22-point effort against CCSU in the title tilt. Henley’s return will help mitigate the loss of Brice Brooks, who evolved into a true low post threat last season and led the Pioneers in scoring with 12.8 ppg. After sitting out the 2006-07 campaign with an injury, senior forward Ryon Howard made a strong recovery and contributed 7.7 ppg and 5.5 rpg a year ago. With the ability to get out in the open floor and play above the rim, the 6’6” Howard also led the team with a 51.8 percent conversion rate from the field. Though he saw limited playing time as a freshman last season, Mehmet Sahan’s imposing physical proportions (6’9”, 245 lbs.) and rugged style of play make him a leading candidate to assume a key role in the pivot this coming year. Veteran 7-footer Liam Potter gives Bike another option down low. While the Pioneers return the bulk of their backcourt, the loss of second team all-NEC award winner Drew Shubik to graduation may be the toughest blow in the team’s quest for a championship. The unquestioned heart-and-soul of the team, Shubik was the Pioneers’ second-leading point producer, and from his point guard position, also paced the Pioneers in rebounds, assists and steals. The responsibility of replacing Shubik’s production will fall upon a trio of sweet-shooting juniors: 6’0” Chauncey Hardy, 6’3” Ryan Litke and 6’4” Corey Hassan, whose ability to space the floor and hit the three-point shot will prevent opposing defenses from packing in the lane and open up scoring opportunities for the team’s interior players. Hardy is the team’s leading returning scorer (10.1 ppg, 41 three-pointers) and best at breaking down his defender off the dribble and leading the break. Litke (9.1 ppg) possesses one of the quickest releases in the league, and has proven to be unstoppable when he gets hot from beyond the arc. He has hit 62 and 64 treys, respectively, coming off the bench in his first two seasons and has 15 postseason three-pointers to his credit. Hassan was hobbled for much of his first season with the Pioneers after transferring from Boston University, but played through the pain and became a leading contributor during Sacred Heart’s stretch run. A superb athlete, he finished the year averaging 8.1 ppg and sank 46 shots from long distance. Sophomore Jerrell Thompson will also be in the mix for minutes at the point. Bike didn’t have to travel far on the recruiting trail, opting to remain in-state in attracting a four-player class. Shane Gibson, a highly regarded 6’2” scoring guard out of Killingly, CT who averaged 30.9 ppg and 10.1 rpg and was named all-State as a senior will be a welcome addition to the lineup with the loss of Shubik. Another guard, 6’2” Steve Zazuri, Jr. should be quite familiar with the campus as his father is the all-time assist leader at the school. Zazuri was a second team all-State player last season at Masuk High School. Bloomfield, CT native Stan Dulaire, a 6’5” combo forward, averaged over 20 points per outing for the Watkinson School as a senior, while 6’9” all-State center Nick Greenbacker is a fundamentally sound player who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds as a senior at East Catholic High School in Manchester, CT. 2007-08 Overall 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 44 BROOKS, Brice 32 32 989 30.9 158 313 .505 3 7 .429 91 120 .758 65 111 176 5.5 90 1 50 79 22 32 410 12.8 50 SHUBIK, Drew 32 32 1069 33.4 112 245 .457 26 82 .317 102 134 .761 40 144 184 5.8 99 6 176 121 16 73 352 11.0 22 HARDY, Chauncey 32 32 914 28.6 120 278 .432 41 113 .363 43 55 .782 24 49 73 2.3 100 4 93 67 2 48 324 10.1 2 LITKE, Ryan 31 1 580 18.7 102 251 .406 64 174 .368 15 23 .652 14 47 61 2.0 76 4 23 39 12 26 283 9.1 4 HASSAN, Corey 31 7 599 19.3 92 236 .390 46 127 .362 21 27 .778 31 50 81 2.6 44 0 35 35 0 19 251 8.1 21 HOWARD, Ryon 32 28 784 24.5 103 199 .518 6 26 .231 35 49 .714 58 118 176 5.5 82 4 42 31 14 29 247 7.7 33 GRANATO, Luke 31 23 586 18.9 64 175 .366 45 135 .333 12 13 .923 10 44 54 1.7 38 0 18 32 1 10 185 6.0 34 PETTWAY, Gene 30 2 414 13.8 45 100 .450 0 0 .000 50 74 .676 29 34 63 2.1 38 0 17 21 13 21 140 4.7 23 MARSHALL, Josh 6 0 21 3.5 6 11 .545 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 3 4 7 1.2 100211132.2 15 SAHAN, Mehmet 29 0 248 8.6 24 47 .511 0 4 .000 7 12 .583 20 27 47 1.6 28 049511551.9 32 POTTER, Liam 16 3 139 8.7 9 24 .375 0 0 .000 5 11 .455 11 18 29 1.8 31 0 3 13 6 2 23 1.4 3 THOMPSON, Jerrell 19 0 107 5.6 4 22 .182 1 9 .111 8 11 .727 3 5 8 0.4 11 0 9 6 0 5 17 0.9 TM TEAM 44 53 97 3.1 0 6 Total 32 839 1901 .441 232 678 .342 390 531 .734 352 704 1056 33.0 638 19 470 461 92 277 2300 71.9 Opponents 32 789 1770 .446 196 573 .342 513 723 .710 390 792 1182 36.9 561 - 390 536 94 193 2287 71.5

2007-08 NEC 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 44 BROOKS, Brice 18 18 567 31.5 97 191 .508 1 3 .333 63 84 .750 39 66 105 5.8 48 1 33 47 15 17 258 14.3 50 SHUBIK, Drew 18 18 599 33.3 69 139 .496 15 44 .341 48 69 .696 16 86 102 5.7 48 2 106 52 9 41 201 11.2 22 HARDY, Chauncey 18 18 500 27.8 64 145 .441 25 60 .417 28 35 .800 14 28 42 2.3 56 2 53 32 1 29 181 10.1 02 LITKE, Ryan 18 0 337 18.7 65 148 .439 42 103 .408 8 10 .800 8 27 35 1.9 38 2 14 23 4 15 180 10.0 04 HASSAN, Corey 18 0 350 19.4 58 141 .411 29 72 .403 14 17 .824 23 30 53 2.9 21 0 23 24 0 13 159 8.8 21 HOWARD, Ryon 18 16 419 23.3 59 106 .557 1 8 .125 22 33 .667 31 64 95 5.3 45 2 26 16 9 13 141 7.8 34 PETTWAY, Gene 18 2 285 15.8 36 73 .493 0 0 .000 33 46 .717 20 29 49 2.7 25 0 12 12 10 15 105 5.8 33 GRANATO, Luke 18 18 346 19.2 33 99 .333 23 76 .303 7 7 1.000 5 32 37 2.1 25 0 11 17 1 5 96 5.3 23 MARSHALL, Josh 4 0 13 3.3 4 5 .800 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 1.0 10021092.3 15 SAHAN, Mehmet 18 0 150 8.3 13 28 .464 0 1 .000 6 10 .600 12 12 24 1.3 18 02527321.8 03 THOMPSON, Jerrell 11 0 55 5.0 4 10 .400 1 6 .167 4 6 .667 1 4 5 0.5 703504131.2 32 POTTER, Liam 7 0 29 4.1 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 2 4 6 0.9 11 0 1 3 3 1 0 0.0 TM TEAM 19 31 50 2.9 0 3 Total 18 502 1087 .462 137 374 .366 234 321 .729 192 415 607 33.7 343 9 284 241 55 160 1375 76.4 Opponents 18 453 1033 .439 113 331 .341 272 389 .699 229 442 671 37.3 321 - 202 303 45 97 1291 71.7

33 2008-09 NEC Basketball St. Francis (NY) Terriers Summer Preview 2007-08: 7-22 Overall, 4-14 NEC

2008-09 Schedule SFNY Quick Facts

N 15 at Seton Hall TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 18 at Navy 7:00 pm Location: Brooklyn, NY SID: David Gansell 2007-08 Record: 7-22 N 22 at Hartford 7:00 pm N 26 Manhattan 7:30 pm Founded: 1884 SID Phone: (718) 489-5369 NEC Record/Finish: 4-14/Tie-8th N 29 TBA Enrollment: 2,300 SID Fax Line: (718) 797-2140 NEC Tournament Finish: D 1 at St. John’s 7:00 pm Nickname: Terriers Press Row Phone: (718) 489-5412 Did not qualify D 4 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Colors: Red & Blue SID e-mail: Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 D 6 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Pope PEC/1,200 [email protected] Letterman Returning/Lost: 6/7 D 8 Columbia 7:00 pm St. Francis (NY) website: D 13 at Hofstra 4:00 pm www.sfcathletics.com D 22 Albany 7:00 pm Personnel D 28 at Akron 2:00 pm President: Dr. Brendan J. Dugan D 30 at Ohio 7:00 pm Coaching Staff Faculty Representative: J 3 at WAGNER TBA Head Coach: Brian Nash Dr. Thomas Quigley J 8 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Alma Mater/Year: Keene State/1992 J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:30 pm Athletic Director: Irma Garcia Record at SFNY/Years: 26-61/3 J 15 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm SWA: TBA Overall Record/Years: 26-61/3 J 17 at LONG ISLAND TBA J 22 WAGNER 7:00 pm Assistant Coaches: Jim Datka, Clive Bentick, Michael Netti J 24 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:30 pm Basketball Office Phone: (718) 489-5441 J 29 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm K 31 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA F 5 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 7 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 12 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:30 pm SFNY Roster F 19 at Bryant 7:00 pm F 21 at CCSU TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm 1 Rainier Rickards G 6-5 195 Jr Corona, NY/Florida Prep F 28 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm 3 Jamaal Womack* G 5-8 170 Sr Bronx, NY/Our Saviour Lutheran NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 11 Ricky Cadell* G 6-2 180 So New York, NY/The Patterson School (NC) M 5 Quarterfinals 32 Kayode Ayeni G/F 6-5 180 Jr Brooklyn, NY/Laurinburg Prep (NC) M 8 Semifinals 44 John Gooden F/C 6-6 220 Sr Bronx, NY/Cardinal Hayes (Gunnery Prep (CT)) M 11 Championship 45 Rocco Rubino G 6-2 165 So Brooklyn, NY/Archbishop Molloy

Schedule is tentative. NEC games in CAPS. Newcomers Nigel Byam F/C 6-7 210 Jr Brooklyn, NY/Edward R. Morrow Richard Clark C 6-9 215 Fr Berkshire, England/Centroa de Ensenanzas 2007-08 Results de Canarias (Canary Islands) Nigel Lee F 6-6 250 Jr Glenndale, MD/Bowie (Frederick CC) Eion Lewis F 6-5 175 Fr Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Ford N 9 Hartford W 62-59 Justin Newton G 6-0 190 Fr Brooklyn, NY/Poly Prep Country Day N 14 at St. John’s L 64-72 Tom Ward G 6-4 195 Fr Brighton East Sussex, England/Centroa de N 17 at Maine L 82-85 (OT) Ensenanzas de Canarias (Canary Islands) N 21 Hofstra W 60-57 Herman Wrice F 6-7 210 Jr Philadelphia, PA/Riverside (Monroe CC) N 24 at Manhattan L 69-77 N 28 Fairfield W 55-51 Key Losses D 2 Ohio L 63-67 5 Marcus Williams# G 6-3 220 10 Sami Pekkola F 6-7 220 D 6 at QUINNIPIAC L 79-90 12 Robert Hines# F 6-5 250 D 8 at WAGNER L 59-64 20 Bass Yessoufou# C 6-9 218 D 10 at Columbia L 64-83 D 15 at Albany L 53-66 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 22 at South Florida L 66-86 D 29 Navy L 83-85 SFNY Leading Active... J 3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 60-68 J 5 CCSU L 75-80 (OT) J 10 at SACRED HEART W 73-63 Scorers Assists J 12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 88-83 Jamaal Womack 841 2005-08 Jamaal Womack 190 2005-08 J 17 QUINNIPIAC L 72-75 Kayode Ayeni 310 2006-08 Ricky Cadell 74 2007-08 J 19 MONMOUTH L 60-62 (OT) Ricky Cadell 271 2007-08 Lateef Willis 36 2007-08 J 24 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 84-92 (3 OT) John Gooden 305 2005-08 Kayode Ayeni 33 2006-08 J 26 at ROBERT MORRIS L 78-83 Rainer Rickards 63 2006-08 John Gooden 30 2005-08 J 31 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 60-97 F 2 SACRED HEART L 59-63 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 9 at CCSU L 61-76 F 14 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 50-63 JKayode Ayeni 257 2006-08 Jamaal Womack 163 2005-08 F 16 ROBERT MORRIS L 65-73 John Gooden 250 2005-08 Ricky Cadell 29 2007-08 F 21 at LONG ISLAND W 67-64 Jamaal Womack 233 2005-08 Kayode Ayeni 22 2006-08 F 23 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 74-70 Ricky Cadell 86 2007-08 Rocco Rubino 9 2007-08 F 28 LONG ISLAND L 68-83 Rainer Rickards 42 2006-08 Rainier Rickards 7 2006-08 Lateef Willis 7 2007-08 NEC Games in CAPS

34 St. Francis (NY) Terriers 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 2/5 Letterwinners Returning: 6/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

To refer to St. Francis (NY) as the “new look” Terriers may be somewhat of a stretch, but a slew of fresh faces bring renewed optimism to the program, which missed qualifying for the NEC Tournament for just the second time in the last 18 seasons a year ago. The team’s Achilles’ heel in 2007-08 was a combination of poor shooting from both the line and three-point range, as well as a failure to deliver the knockout blow. As a result, the Terriers dropped eight conference games (and 14 overall) by eight points or less, including three overtime setbacks over a three-week stretch in January. While St. Francis recovered somewhat down the stretch and had an opportunity to secure a playoff berth on the final day of the regular season, a home loss to local rival Long Island ended a frustrating year in Brooklyn Heights. Determined to changes the team’s fortunes in 2008-09, fourth year head coach Brian Nash’s offseason recruiting efforts reaped dividends with a seven-player bonanza. While there will be ample opportunity for the newcomers to log extensive minutes on the court, the Terriers do return a veteran leader in Jamaal Womack, along with his starting backcourt partner Ricky Cadell, who comes off a solid freshman campaign. Womack, a senior who averaged 12.1 ppg last season, is one of the fastest coast-to-coast players in the conference, and often dictates the pace of the game with his quickness and defensive tenacity. At 5’8”, he possesses a shooting guard mentality inside a point guard body. Womack hit 72 three-pointers last season, and his 163 career trifectas rank him second among active NEC players. Cadell, 6’2”, was thrust into the spotlight upon his arrival and did not disappoint, starting 26 games at the point and averaging 9.3 ppg. Displaying composure befitting an upperclassmen, he led the Terriers with 2.6 apg and also made 26 shots from downtown. Sophomore Rocco Rubino, a 6’2” guard, showed flashes of potential last season, and could settle into a role as a designated three-point marksman this coming year. Up front, junior wing player Kayode Ayeni was one of the NEC’s most improved players last season. A long, lean athletic marvel, the 6’5” Ayeni (7.7 ppg) thrives in the open court, but will also mix it up inside - he ranked second on the team with 5.7 rpg - and float out to three-point range on occasion (19 treys). Senior forward John Gooden is the most experienced member of the Terriers along with Womack. A hard-nosed interior player, the 6’6” Gooden (2.5 ppg) is active around the hoop and adept at converting second chance opportunities. Junior Rainier Rickards gives St. Francis depth at the two and three spots. With outside shooting being a sore spot last season, Nash sought to remedy that deficiency by stocking his roster with a number of players with range, most notably 6’4” bomber Tom Ward, one of two English recruits who played their high school ball in the Canary Islands. Ward averaged 17.0 ppg and handed out 5.0 apg last season. His high school teammate, 6’9” center Richard Clark, competed for the 20-and-under English National Team last summer and contributed 13.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg as a senior, while also displaying a sweet stroke from long distance. The Terriers will feature nine New York City born players on the roster this season, including a trio of local recruits. Junior forward/center Nigel Byam played at Edward R. Morrow in Brooklyn, then earned all-conference honors after averaging 14.3 ppg and 8.6 rpg while competing at Carl Albert State College in Poteau, OK last season. An inside-outside threat, the 6’7” Byam will add to the team’s athleticism and give the Terriers another gazelle on the break. A combo guard who led Poly Prep to a 25-1 record last season, Justin Newton will likely spell both Womack and Cadell. A 6-footer, Newton tallied 17.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.0 apg en-route to all-State honors. Eion Lewis, a springy 6’5” forward out of neighboring Bishop Ford High School, sat out last season after he averaged 20.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg and earned all-league recognition as a senior in 2006-07. Junior forward/center Nigel Lee and his 6’6”, 250 lb. frame will add some bulk to the lineup. A Glendale, MD native, Lee played for Frederick CC last season, recording 10.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg. The final piece of the recruiting puzzle is 6’7” forward Herman Wrice. The Philadelphia product played high school ball in Riverside, NJ, then travelled even further north to compete for Monroe (NY) CC, where he was tabbed second team all-region last season. 2007-08 Overall 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 12 HINES, Robert 28 25 937 33.5 155 386 .402 26 101 .257 89 127 .701 57 115 172 6.1 74 2 62 110 10 28 425 15.2 03 WOMACK, Jamaal 29 29 1015 35.0 124 358 .346 72 229 .314 31 45 .689 17 64 81 2.8 76 1 61 46 0 46 351 12.1 05 WILLIAMS, Marcus 28 27 855 30.5 100 192 .521 9 28 .321 53 89 .596 54 100 154 5.5 75 1 74 72 6 50 262 9.4 11 CADELL, Ricky 29 26 864 29.8 99 253 .391 29 88 .330 44 59 .746 21 65 86 3.0 48 1 74 67 0 33 271 9.3 32 AYENI, Kayode 29 4 614 21.2 81 185 .438 19 52 .365 43 62 .694 70 95 165 5.7 70 2 26 63 23 11 224 7.7 20 YESSOUFOU, Bass 29 27 557 19.2 65 137 .474 0 0 .000 60 98 .612 63 89 152 5.2 84 2 7 42 5 23 190 6.6 10 PEKKOLA, Sami 23 1 198 8.6 24 56 .429 2 11 .182 10 20 .500 16 19 35 1.5 28 0 5 13 3 8 60 2.6 44 GOODEN, John 28 2 293 10.5 30 65 .462 0 0 .000 10 24 .417 19 37 56 2.0 40 0 7 18 6 4 70 2.5 1 RICKARDS, Rainer 14 2 110 7.9 9 32 .281 3 12 .250 6 19 .316 9 5 14 1.0 807224271.9 45 RUBINO, Rocco 27 0 250 9.3 14 42 .333 9 28 .321 8 13 .615 13 13 26 1.0 19 0 6 10 0 5 45 1.7 4 WILLIS, Lateef 25 2 219 8.8 8 20 .400 7 19 .368 2 4 .500 2 16 18 0.7 8 0 36 20 0 3 25 1.0 21 BURTON, David 3 0 8 2.7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 20000020.7 02 CAMPBELL, Otis 6 0 30 5.0 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0.2 4 0 1 6 1 1 1 0.2 TM TEAM 52 50 102 3.5 1 4 Total 29 710 1732 .410 176 571 .308 357 562 .635 393 670 1063 36.7 537 9 366 473 56 216 1953 67.3 Opponents 29 775 1643 .472 193 542 .356 394 561 .702 294 745 1039 35.8 529 - 461 468 83 214 2137 73.7

2007-08 NEC 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 12 HINES, Robert 18 16 616 34.2 102 247 .413 14 57 .246 52 69 .754 43 72 115 6.4 49 2 45 70 9 22 270 15.0 03 WOMACK, Jamaal 18 18 646 35.9 77 221 .348 46 142 .324 22 32 .688 4 40 44 2.4 45 0 36 28 0 34 222 12.3 05 WILLIAMS, Marcus 18 18 567 31.5 68 132 .515 9 21 .429 35 60 .583 37 65 102 5.7 49 1 53 46 4 27 180 10.0 11 CADELL, Ricky 18 17 565 31.4 65 162 .401 18 63 .286 30 40 .750 18 42 60 3.3 36 1 49 43 0 20 178 9.9 20 YESSOUFOU, Bass 18 17 376 20.9 52 103 .505 0 0 .000 40 65 .615 41 60 101 5.6 48 2 6 27 3 17 144 8.0 32 AYENI, Kayode 18 2 348 19.3 44 106 .415 8 27 .296 24 31 .774 45 46 91 5.1 43 2 14 36 9 2 120 6.7 44 GOODEN, John 17 1 180 10.6 17 36 .472 0 0 .000 3 11 .273 12 21 33 1.9 24 0 5 14 4 3 37 2.2 10 PEKKOLA, Sami 13 1 77 5.9 11 24 .458 1 5 .200 3 4 .750 7 9 16 1.2 15 03524262.0 21 BURTON, David 1 0 3 3.0 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 10000022.0 45 RUBINO, Rocco 17 0 192 11.3 9 30 .300 6 21 .286 6 8 .750 7 9 16 0.9 14 03605301.8 01 RICKARDS, Rainer 8 0 47 5.9 3 15 .200 0 4 .000 2 7 .286 6 3 9 1.1 20511281.0 04 WILLIS, Lateef 16 0 102 6.4 5 11 .455 5 11 .455 0 0 .000 2 7 9 0.6 3 0 13 9 0 1 15 0.9 02 CAMPBELL, Otis 2 0 6 3.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 33 24 57 3.2 0 4 Total 18 454 1089 .417 107 352 .304 217 327 .664 255 399 654 36.3 329 8 232 290 32 137 1232 68.4 Opponents 18 487 1014 .480 125 330 .379 250 350 .714 184 441 625 34.7 315 - 291 290 51 132 1349 74.9

35 2008-09 NEC Basketball Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash Summer Preview 2007-08: 6-23 Overall, 4-14 NEC

2008-09 Schedule SFPA Quick Facts

N 14 at Texas Tech 7:00 pm Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 17 at American 7:30 pm Location: Loretto, PA SID: Bob Volkert 2007-08 Record: 6-23 N 22 Bucknell 8:00 pm NEC Record/Finish: 4-14/Tie-8th N 24 at Lehigh 7:00 pm Founded: 1847 SID Phone: (814) 472-3128 N 29 at Youngstown State TBA Enrollment: 2,000 SID Fax Line: (814) 472-3196 NEC Tournament Finish: D 1 at Morgan State 7:00 pm Nickname: Red Flash SID e-mail: [email protected] Did not qualify D 4 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Colors: Red and White Press Row Phone: (814) 472-3145 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 D 6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Hotline: (814) 472-3896 Letterman Returning/Lost: 11/2 D 14 at Iona 7:00 pm D 17 at St. Bonaventure 7:00 pm DeGol Arena in the St. Francis (PA) website: D 19 Duquesne 7:00 pm Maurice Stokes Athletic Center/3,500 www.goredflash.com D 31 at Vanderbilt 6:00 pm J 3 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Personnel Coaching Staff J 8 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm President: Head Coach: Don Friday J 10 at QUINNIPIAC 2:00 pm J 15 WAGNER 7:00 pm Rev. Gabriel Zeis, T.O.R. Alma Mater/Year: Lebanon Valley College/1990 J 17 CCSU 7:00 pm Faculty Representative: Record at SFPA/Years: First year J 22 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA Brett Ottaway Overall Record/Years: 83-49/5 J 24 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm Athletic Director: Bob Krimmel Assistant Coaches: , Doug Kraft, Abe Badmus J 29 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm SWA: Erika Renwick Basketball Office Phone: (814) 472-3286 J 31 Bryant 7:00 pm F 5 at CCSU TBA F 7 at WAGNER TBA F 12 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 14 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm SFPA Roster F 19 at LONG ISLAND TBA F 21 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm 1 Devin Sweetney* G/F 6-6 180 Jr Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 2 Chris McFarland G 6-0 180 Jr Montgomery Village, MD/Riverdale Baptist M 5 Quarterfinals 3 Marquis Ford* G 5-10 175 Sr St. Petersburg, FL/St. Petersburg M 8 Semifinals 13 Mislav Jukic F 6-7 220 Jr Zagreb, Croatia/Life Center Academy (NJ) M 11 Championship 14 Sorena Orandi G 6-1 180 So Vastra Frolunda, Gothenburg, Sweden/Solebury Prep (PA) 15 Cale Nelson* G 5-10 180 Sr Newville, PA/Big Spring Schedule is tentative. NEC games In CAPS 21 Randy Spaid F/C 6-8 200 Jr Portage, Pa/Portage 30 Grant Suprenant G 6-5 180 Sr Palatine, IL/Palatine 33 Kyle Jackson G 6-3 175 Sr Bolingbrook, IL/Plainfield Central (Lon Morris CC) 2007-08 Results 43 Steve Profeta G 6-5 180 Sr Carnegie, PA/Chartiers Valley 54 Kurt Hoffman F 6-6 210 Jr Johnstown, PA/Greater Johnstown N 10 American L 68-75 N 12 at Penn State L 64-74 Newcomers N 14 Morgan State L 53-77 5 Curtis Keys G 6-2 170 Fr Reston, VA/South Lakes N 17 Lehigh L 66-71 40 Cedric Latimer F 6-6 220 Jr Los Angeles, CA/Windward (Santa Clara) (will sit out 2008-09) N 24 at La Salle L 59-65 N 28 Youngstown State L 65-70 Key Losses D 1 at Bucknell W 57-54 5 Chris Berry# G/F 6-4 190 D 8 at ROBERT MORRIS W 75-66 23 Bassirou Dieng# F 6-9 215 D 15 Lock Haven W 77-64 D 19 Iona L 66-76 D 21 at Duquesne L 80-99 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 29 at Arizona State L 56-95 J 3 QUINNIPIAC L 64-71 J 5 MONMOUTH L 50-51 SFPA Leading Active... J 10 at CCSU L 64-75 J 12 at WAGNER L 59-60 Scorers Assists J 16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 44-56 Devin Sweetney 682 2006-08 Cale Nelson 234 2004-08 J 19 ROBERT MORRIS L 55-65 Cale Nelson 568 2004-08 Marquis Ford 232 2005-08 J 24 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 92-84 (3 OT) Marquis Ford 556 2005-08 Devin Sweetney 99 2006-08 J 26 CCSU W 73-72 Grant Surprenant 435 2005-08 Steve Profeta 57 2005-08 J 31 at QUINNIPIAC L 55-73 Steve Profeta 240 2005-08 Grant Surprenant 39 2005-08 F 7 LONG ISLAND L 61-71 F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 61-79 F 14 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 63-50 Rebounders Three-Pointers F 16 at SACRED HEART L 57-73 Devin Swetney 367 2006-08 Cale Nelson 107 2004-08 F 21 WAGNER L 72-80 (2 OT) Marquis Ford 193 2005-08 Grant Surprenant 103 2005-08 F 23 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 61-72 Cale Nelson 121 2004-08 Marquis Ford 100 2005-08 F 28 at MONMOUTH L 64-73 Steve Profeta 115 2005-08 Steve Profeta 50 2005-08 M 1 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 70-72 (OT) Kurt Hoffman 105 2006-08 Devin Sweetney 34 2006-08

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36 Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 3/5 Letterwinners Returning: 11/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

Taking over a program with a proud basketball heritage, Don Friday will begin the process of transforming Saint Francis (PA) back into a contender. The energetic young head coach with strong Pennsylvania ties was hired in May following a successful five-year hitch at Lycoming that was preceded by a nine-year stint as an assistant at Bucknell. Friday’s challenge in his maiden voyage will be to turn around a program that has struggled to gain traction in recent years, missing out on an NEC playoff berth in each of the last three seasons, including a last second overtime loss to Fairleigh Dickinson to close out 2007-08 when a win would have clinched a tourney spot. Not long after arriving on campus, Friday and the Red Flash were stung by the news that veteran forwards Chris Berry and Bassirou Dieng - the team’s top two scorers and rebounders - would not be returning in 2008-09, depleting the front line. Their departure means that the spotlight will shine on three key returnees, while also opening up opportunities for a number of upperclassmen who to this point have played limited minutes. Look for Friday to tab junior forward Devin Sweetney to serve as the hub of the Red Flash offense. Despite being hampered with a knee injury last season, the 6’6” Sweetney still averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.0 rpg. When healthy, the Washington, D.C. product is a high-octane talent who creates mismatches with his length and ability to attack the basket and play above the rim, while also showing range from the perimeter. Saint Francis will sport an experienced backcourt with 5’10” guards Cale Nelson and Marquis Ford returning for their senior years. A former walk-on, Nelson assumed a starting role last season and averaged a career-best 10.0 ppg, along with a team-high 3.9 apg and 57 three-pointers. A prototypical glue guy on the floor, Nelson is a solid ballhandler who keeps the floor spread with his drive-and-dish abilities. After leading the NEC in three-point percentage as a sophomore, Ford struggled with his outside shot last season, hitting just 28.0 percent from beyond the arc. Perhaps the team’s quickest player, Ford hopes for a bounce-back year and to improve on his 5.3 ppg and 2.1 apg averages from a year ago. Last season’s most pleasant surprise was the long distance marksmanship of 6’5” senior Grant Surprenant. Surprenant (5.1 ppg) led the NEC in three-point percentage, hitting an astounding 52.2 percent of his attempts, including six against both Penn State and St. Francis (NY), the latter game featuring a buzzer-beater from the corner to second the game into a second overtime and help the Red Flash break a nine-game losing streak. Senior guard Steve Profeta was one of the team’s most improved players last season, averaging 4.4 ppg and sinking 26 trifectas. The most intriguing prospect on the roster is 6’0” sophomore guard Sorena Orandi. After scoring three points and playing a grand total of 25 minutes the entire season, the Swedish native came off the bench to contribute seven points against Monmouth in the penultimate game of the season, then played 42 minutes and finished with 24 points and six rebounds in the team’s finale against Fairleigh Dickinson. Orandi, along with junior Chris McFarland, provide the Red Flash with depth at the point, while junior Kyle Jackson gives Friday another option at the two-guard spot. A trio of junior forwards hope to step in and provide stability up front, including local products Kurt Hoffman and Randy Spaid. The 6’6” Hoffman, a part-time starter out of Johnstown, PA, averaged 2.2 ppg, but hit 59.0 percent of his shot opportunities. Spaid (1.8 ppg), who hails from Portage, PA, is the team’s tallest player at 6’8” and increased his strength with a rigorous conditioning program over the summer. Possessing a nice touch from the outside, 6’7” Croatian native Mislav Jukic (2.0 ppg) hopes to earn more court time this year as well. Despite the late departures of Berry and Dieng, Friday still managed to add Curtis Keys, a 6’3” guard from Reston, VA, and 6’6” forward Cedric Latimer, a transfer from Santa Clara who will sit out the upcoming season. 2007-08 Overall 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 BERRY, Chris 29 28 846 29.2 113 249 .454 15 46 .326 83 121 .686 79 104 183 6.3 51 1 27 51 6 33 324 11.2 23 DIENG, Bassirou 29 27 887 30.6 105 225 .467 4 9 .444 97 144 .674 49 141 190 6.6 86 5 12 60 29 13 311 10.7 01 SWEETNEY, Devin 29 29 972 33.5 103 261 .395 17 71 .239 83 107 .776 52 93 145 5.0 69 3 39 89 11 26 306 10.6 15 NELSON, Cale 29 29 921 31.8 92 285 .323 57 175 .326 48 62 .774 11 39 50 1.7 65 3 113 95 0 16 289 10.0 11 FORD, Marquis 28 13 602 21.5 47 150 .313 23 82 .280 30 38 .789 15 49 64 2.3 47 1 59 50 2 18 147 5.3 30 SURPRENANT, Grant 27 0 356 13.2 49 95 .516 35 67 .522 6 6 1.000 7 14 21 0.8 17 0 12 8 3 5 139 5.1 43 PROFETA, Steve 27 1 318 11.8 35 100 .350 26 80 .325 22 28 .786 12 24 36 1.3 34 2 19 13 3 13 118 4.4 14 ORANDI, Sorena 11 0 83 7.5 13 28 .464 3 7 .429 5 8 .625 5 6 11 1.0 909201343.1 45 HOFFMAN, Kurt 27 11 364 13.5 23 39 .590 0 0 .000 13 22 .591 26 41 67 2.5 47 1 17 16 12 10 59 2.2 35 JUKIC, Mislav 24 3 211 8.8 21 48 .438 3 10 .300 4 10 .400 13 18 31 1.3 45 0 5 17 1 5 49 2.0 40 SPAID, Randy 6 1 45 7.5 5 7 .714 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 3 3 6 1.0 400010111.8 20 MCFARLAND, Chris 22 1 227 10.3 8 21 .381 1 4 .250 17 25 .680 5 16 21 1.0 24 0 20 19 0 9 34 1.5 33 JACKSON, Kyle 21 2 129 6.1 7 17 .412 5 9 .556 8 12 .667 6 15 21 1.0 12 0 3 8 2 4 27 1.3 TM TEAM 45 48 93 3.2 0 9 Total 29 621 1525 .407 190 562 .338 416 583 .714 328 611 939 32.4 510 16 335 437 70 153 1848 63.7 Opponents 29 751 1570 .478 176 480 .367 388 527 .736 289 673 962 33.2 551 - 389 362 117 218 2066 71.2

2007-08 NEC 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 BERRY, Chris 18 18 554 30.8 72 155 .465 8 27 .296 51 70 .729 50 61 111 6.2 31 1 16 23 3 24 203 11.3 23 DIENG, Bassirou 18 16 567 31.5 68 146 .466 4 6 .667 59 86 .686 29 90 119 6.6 53 3 6 42 15 12 199 11.1 01 SWEETNEY, Devin 18 18 624 34.7 60 157 .382 7 44 .159 64 80 .800 36 56 92 5.1 38 1 29 58 4 18 191 10.6 15 NELSON, Cale 18 18 568 31.6 53 169 .314 29 100 .290 28 38 .737 8 22 30 1.7 35 1 66 58 0 11 163 9.1 11 FORD, Marquis 17 10 375 22.1 29 90 .322 14 51 .275 19 24 .792 10 32 42 2.5 27 0 29 30 1 13 91 5.4 14 ORANDI, Sorena 6 0 65 10.8 12 23 .522 3 6 .500 5 8 .625 5 6 11 1.8 606001325.3 43 PROFETA, Steve 17 1 209 12.3 23 61 .377 16 47 .340 18 23 .783 9 19 28 1.6 23 1 14 6 3 9 80 4.7 30 SURPRENANT, Grant 18 0 227 12.6 26 55 .473 17 37 .459 2 2 1.000 4 12 16 0.9 12 05503713.9 35 JUKIC, Mislav 15 3 148 9.9 16 33 .485 3 8 .375 4 9 .444 11 14 25 1.7 27 0 2 10 1 2 39 2.6 45 HOFFMAN, Kurt 16 3 182 11.4 13 21 .619 0 0 .000 7 10 .700 10 15 25 1.6 22 0 4 10 2 5 33 2.1 40 SPAID, Randy 3 1 28 9.3 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0.7 20001051.7 20 MCFARLAND, Chris 16 1 178 11.1 4 15 .267 1 4 .250 14 19 .737 3 10 13 0.8 19 0 11 15 0 9 23 1.4 33 JACKSON, Kyle 12 1 36 3.0 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 4 1 5 0.4 7 0 0 3 0 2 7 0.6 TM TEAM 29 28 57 3.2 0 7 Total 18 379 931 .407 104 333 .312 275 375 .733 210 366 576 32.0 302 7 188 267 30 109 1137 63.2 Opponents 18 455 962 .473 108 309 .350 228 311 .733 191 398 589 32.7 345 - 226 239 63 131 1246 69.2

37 2008-09 NEC Basketball Summer Preview 2007-08: 23-8 Overall, 15-3 NEC

2008-09 Schedule Wagner Quick Facts

N 14 Lafayette TBA Administration Sports Information Basketball Information N 19 Saint Peter’s TBA Location: Staten Island, NY SID: John Beisser 2007-08 Record: 23-8 N 22 at Stony Brook TBA N 24 Loyola Marymount TBA Founded: 1883 SID Phone: (718) 390-3227 NEC Record/Finish: 15-3/2nd N 29 at Bucknell TBA Enrollment: 2,000 SID Fax Line: (718) 390-3347 NEC Tournament Finish: D 3 at Columbia TBA Nickname: Seahawks SID E-mail: [email protected] Lost in semifinals to Sacred Heart D 6 Yale TBA Colors: Green & White Press Row Phone: (718) 420-4433 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 D 13 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Wagner website: Letterman Returning/Lost: 10/3 D 21 Brown TBA D 28 at NJIT TBA /2,100 www.wagnerathletics.com D 30 at Kansas State TBA J 3 ST. FRANCIS (NY) TBA Personnel Coaching Staff J 5 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA President: Dr. Richard Guarasci Head Coach: Mike Deane J 8 at CCSU TBA Faculty Representative: Alma Mater/Year: Potsdam State/1974 J 10 LONG ISLAND TBA J 15 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Dr. John Esser Record at WC/Years: 74-73/5 J 17 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Athletic Director: Walt Hameline Overall Record/Years: 417-291/24 J 22 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm SWA: Peg Hefferan Assistant Coaches: Kenyon Spears, John Pugliese, Shawn Postiglione J 24 SACRED HEART TBA Basketball Office Phone: (718) 390-3462 J 29 CCSU TBA J 31 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA F 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON TBA F 7 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) TBA F 12 at Bryant 7:00 pm F 14 at LONG ISLAND TBA Wagner Roster F 19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S TBA F 21 ROBERT MORRIS TBA No Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School or Previous College F 26 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm 5 Joey Mundweiler* G 6-2 190 Sr Olathe, KS/Olathe East F 28 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm 10 T.J. Czeski G 6-2 190 So Amsterdam, NY/Amsterdam NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) 12 Clayfell Harris F 6-8 235 So London, England/Bridgeton Academy (ME) M 5 Quarterfinals 13 Doug Elwell G 6-5 195 Jr Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell M 8 Semifinals 20 Jamal Smith* F 6-5 215 Sr Baltimore, MD/Towson Catholic M 11 Championship 22 Clifton Spiller F 6-7 230 So Pleasantville, NJ/Holy Spirit 33 Justin Drummond F 6-6 195 Sr Baltimore, MD/McDonogh Schedule is tentative. NEC games In CAPS 34 Llewchean Radford F 6-4 230 Sr Newport News, VA/Heritage 40 Brian Szczpanski C 6-11 255 RFr Rochester, NY/Webster-Schroeder 2007-08 Results 55 Michael Orock F 6-7 220 Jr Hoboken, NJ/Hoboken Newcomers N 9 at Lafayette W 74-70 3 Tyler Murray G 6-4 190 Fr Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce N 14 Manhattan L 56-69 11 Chris Martin G 6-0 190 Fr Winslow, NJ/Winslow (Apex Academies) N 17 at St. Peter’s L 69-72 25 Josh Thompson G/F 6-4 195 Fr Richland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep N 20 William & Mary W 88-81 42 Ryan Schrotenboer C 6-9 220 Fr Fort Myers, FL/Bishop Verot N 24 Bucknell W 64-55 N 28 at Brown W 64-63 Key Losses D 1 at Yale W 71-68 15 James Ulrich# F 6-6 215 Sr Mt. Laurel, NJ/Camden Catholic D 4 Columbia L 59-75 23 Mark Porter# G 6-1 190 Sr Atlantic City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep D 8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-59 25 Durell Vinson# F 6-7 225 Sr Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep D 15 UMES W 105-86 D 22 at Loyola Marymount W 82-79 (OT) * Starter Returning # Starter Lost D 29 at Kansas State L 59-101 J 3 CCSU W 68-60 J 5 at SACRED HEART W 70-63 J 10 at MONMOUTH W 77-62 Wagner Leading Active... J 12 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 60-59 J 17 at LONG ISLAND L 65-85 Scorers Assists J 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 74-70 J 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 71-67 Jamal Smith 904 2004-08 Joey Mundweiler 140 2004-08 J 31 LONG ISLAND W 68-65 Joey Mundweiler 853 2004-08 Jamal Smith 114 2004-08 F 2 at CCSU L 63-89 Llewchean Radford 321 2005-08 Justin Drummond 95 2004-08 F 7 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 83-75 (OT) Justin Drummond 299 2004-08 Llewchean Radford 44 2005-08 F 11 at QUINNIPIAC W 82-70 (OT) Doug Elwell 81 2005-08 Doug Elwell 32 2005-08 F 14 SACRED HEART W 100-92 (2 OT) F 16 MONMOUTH W 68-61 F 21 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 80-72 (2 OT) Rebounders Three-Pointers F 23 at ROBERT MORRIS L 52-74 Jamal Smith 440 2004-08 Joey Mundweiler 214 2004-08 F 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 78-67 Llewchean Radford 262 2005-08 Jamal Smith 64 2004-08 M 1 QUINNIPIAC W 77-68 Justin Drummond 219 2004-08 Doug Elwell 20 2005-08 NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 6 #7 LONG ISLAND W 71-62 Joey Mundweiler 159 2004-08 Justin Drummond 16 2004-08 M 9 #3 SACRED HEART L 49-55 Michael Orock 50 2006-08 Llewchean Radford 7 2005-08

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38 Wagner Seahawks 2008-09 NEC Basketball

Starters Returning: 2/5 Letterwinners Returning: 10/13 Summer Preview

2008-09 Preview

In the New York Metro-area college hoops scene, it was Wagner that took center stage last season, winning a school-record 23 games, including a best-ever 15-3 mark in league play. Led by a trio of outstanding seniors, the Seahawks were able to win the close ones - including an NCAA-record tying five overtime victories on the road - and were nearly unbeatable at home, winning ten straight at one point in front of ever-growing and frenzied crowds at the Spiro Center. While the year came to an abrupt close with a setback to Sacred Heart in the NEC semifinals, the 2007-08 season will go down as the year Mark Porter, Durell Vinson and James Ulrich all cemented their legacy in the annals of Wagner hoops. The three players combined for over 3,700 career points and 2,000 career rebounds, while Porter and Vinson were each named to the all-NEC first team a year ago. Their departures signal the rise of a new era for the Seahawks and sixth year head coach Mike Deane, who secured the ninth 20-win campaign of his career last season. While Deane’s rotation will change, most of the faces from last year’s powerhouse do return, most notably the starting duo of Jamal Smith and Joey Mundweiler. Smith, a terrific all-around talent who has been cast in a supporting role throughout much of his career, could be on the verge of a breakout senior year. The 6’5” swingman is 96 points shy of 1,000 for his career, and with his ability to score in traffic, shoot with range (36 three-pointers last season) and hit the boards, should improve on his 11.0 ppg and 5.4 rpg averages from 2007-08. With a big senior year, the 6’2” Mundweiler will go down as one of the top three-point artists in NEC history. With 77 treys last season and the active league leader with 214 for his career, Mundweiler has made a living finding open areas to spot up outside the arc, then hitting daggers when called upon in crunch time. Also bearing down on the 1,000-point milestone - he enters the year with 853 - Mundweiler was one of five double-digit scorers for Wagner last season, averaging 10.3 ppg. A pair of returning senior forwards will help in maintaining team chemistry with the loss of Vinson and Ulrich. At 6’4” and 230 lbs, Llewchean Radford has become a crowd favorite for his hustling play and willingness to tangle with big bodies and power his way to the basket. Coming off the bench, he contributed 5.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg and shot 53.2 percent from the floor in 2007-08. Justin Drummond (2.7 ppg, 41 assists) is one of three fifth-year seniors on the team, joining Smith and Mundweiler. The ability to handle the ball and spot the open man has allowed the 6’6” Drummond to fulfill a de-facto point guard role at times. Junior forward Michael Orock (6’7”), sophomores Clifton Spiller (6’7”) and Clayfell Harris (6’8”), and redshirt freshman Brian Szczpanski (6’11”) combine to give the Seahawks great size in the frontcourt. Orock, in particular, is active around the hoop and has showed signs he may be ready to take on a more significant role this coming year. Staten Island native Doug Elwell (1.7 ppg) could also see more court time this season. The 6’5” swingman has displayed good court vision throughout his career, as well as the ability to shoot from long range. Sophomore T.J. Czeski gives the Seahawks added depth in the backcourt. Looking to employ more pressing-style defensive pressure this season, Deane targeted a four-player recruiting class that would fit his concepts. Chris Martin, a 6’0” combo guard, is a Winslow, NJ native who spent a postgraduate year leading Apex Academies to a 26-2 record and a top-10 national prep ranking. An outstanding shooter, he averaged 15.7 ppg and 6.2 apg at Apex. Deane reached all the way into Canada to snare 6’4” point guard Tyler Murray. An explosive athlete, the honor student averaged 15.3 ppg, 6.2 apg and 5.4 rpg last season for Eastern Commerce High School in Toronto and competed in the Jordan Canadian All-Star game. Josh Thompson continues Wagner’s pipeline out of St. Augustine Prep High School in Richland, NJ, the same program that produced Porter and Vinson. A 6’4” wing player who was also recruited as a football player by the likes of Boston College, Penn State and Rutgers, Thompson averaged 15.7 ppg as a senior and was a first team All-South Jersey honoree. Rounding out the class is 6’9” center Ryan Schrotenboer, a skilled post player out of Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, FL. As a senior, he registered 10.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg. 2007-08 Overall 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 23 PORTER, Mark 31 31 1160 37.4 151 380 .397 40 139 .288 163 210 .776 18 132 150 4.8 55 0 172 126 28 59 505 16.3 25 VINSON, Durell 31 29 967 31.2 191 342 .558 0 0 .000 39 120 .325 141 217 358 11.5 98 2 37 103 36 34 421 13.6 20 SMITH, Jamal 30 30 1018 33.9 126 295 .427 36 107 .336 43 64 .672 60 102 162 5.4 81 3 47 48 10 33 331 11.0 5 MUNDWEILER, Joey 31 30 934 30.1 108 295 .366 77 227 .339 26 45 .578 8 49 57 1.8 55 1 55 41 5 22 319 10.3 15 ULRICH, James 31 25 880 28.4 117 234 .500 0 5 .000 75 138 .543 76 131 207 6.7 87 4 46 59 8 15 309 10.0 3 4 RADFORD, Llewchean 3 1 8 451 14.5 59 111 .532 6 21 .286 33 50 .660 50 61 111 3.6 94 4 20 46 8 19 157 5.1 33 DRUMMOND, Justin 31 2 524 16.9 34 102 .333 6 29 .207 10 21 .476 20 45 65 2.1 45 0 41 33 10 12 84 2.7 13 ELWELL, Doug 29 0 210 7.2 16 45 .356 13 37 .351 5 9 .556 5 17 22 0.8 8 0 18 12 8 4 50 1.7 55 OROCK, Michael 27 0 112 4.1 11 18 .611 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 12 20 32 1.2 25 03411230.9 22 SPILLER, Clifton 21 0 81 3.9 3 11 .273 0 0 .000 6 9 .667 6 12 18 0.9 15 02402120.6 12 HARRIS, Clayfell 13 0 43 3.3 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 0.5 12 0152040.3 04 STRATTON, Caleb 8 0 8 1.0 1 7 .143 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.3 TM TEAM 32 45 77 2.5 0 4 Total 31 819 1846 .444 178 568 .313 401 669 .599 431 834 1265 40.8 578 15 442 487 116 202 2217 71.5 Opponents 31 762 1860 .410 227 696 .326 447 636 .703 364 745 1109 35.8 608 - 451 445 82 225 2198 70.9

2007-08 NEC 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 23 PORTER, Mark 18 18 688 38.2 90 221 .407 21 78 .269 102 124 .823 10 79 89 4.9 33 0 92 80 20 34 303 16.8 25 VINSON, Durell 18 16 571 31.7 114 205 .556 0 0 .000 26 80 .325 81 126 207 11.5 57 1 22 61 19 18 254 14.1 20 SMITH, Jamal 17 17 612 36.0 76 172 .442 25 68 .368 29 43 .674 36 56 92 5.4 42 1 30 26 6 18 206 12.1 15 ULRICH, James 18 12 547 30.4 72 144 .500 0 1 .000 46 81 .568 52 86 138 7.7 49 3 31 41 6 10 190 10.6 05 MUNDWEILER, Joey 18 17 514 28.6 52 148 .351 40 118 .339 12 20 .600 2 28 30 1.7 32 1 29 21 3 9 156 8.7 3 4 RADFORD, Llewchean 1 8 8 265 14.7 35 60 .583 2 8 .250 15 21 .714 32 36 68 3.8 52 1 12 27 6 11 87 4.8 33 DRUMMOND, Justin 18 2 339 18.8 22 64 .344 6 21 .286 7 16 .438 8 31 39 2.2 25 0 23 15 6 8 57 3.2 13 ELWELL, Doug 16 0 129 8.1 9 28 .321 9 24 .375 3 5 .600 1 7 8 0.5 4 0 14 5 3 3 30 1.9 12 HARRIS, Clayfell 5 0 15 3.0 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.4 60012040.8 22 SPILLER, Clifton 12 0 29 2.4 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 3 5 8 0.7 70020170.6 55 OROCK, Michael 16 0 51 3.2 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 3 9 12 0.8 14 0110060.4 04 STRATTON, Caleb 4 0 3 0.8 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 19 32 51 2.8 0 3 Total 18 477 1058 .451 103 320 .322 243 396 .614 248 496 744 41.3 323 8 254 283 71 112 1300 72.2 Opponents 18 440 1096 .401 131 404 .324 247 353 .700 214 421 635 35.3 361 - 258 251 43 134 1258 69.9

39 2007-08 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Final Statistics) (All games)

To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games.

SCORING REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------1.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 220 35 132 607 21.7 1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 141 217 358 11.5 2.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 178 93 133 582 20.8 2.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 29 57 149 206 7.1 3.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 25 151 31 129 462 18.5 3.ULRICH, James-WC...... 31 76 131 207 6.7 4.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 158 105 70 491 16.4 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 84 141 225 6.6 5.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 151 40 163 505 16.3 5.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 29 49 141 190 6.6 6.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 158 27 130 473 15.8 6.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 29 152 181 6.5 7.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 28 155 26 89 425 15.2 7.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 29 79 104 183 6.3 8.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 32 190 62 36 478 14.9 8.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 25 63 94 157 6.3 9.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 33 140 20 178 478 14.5 9.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 28 57 115 172 6.1 10.VANN, Chris-MSM...... 34 168 88 65 489 14.4 10.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 34 68 132 200 5.9 11.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 172 49 89 482 14.2 11.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 29 43 124 167 5.8 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 176 25 86 463 13.6 12.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 40 144 184 5.8 13.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 191 0 39 421 13.6 13.AYENI, Kayode-SFNY...... 29 70 95 165 5.7 14.ALLEN, Kellen-LIU...... 30 158 0 86 402 13.4 14.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 62 130 192 5.6 15.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 158 3 91 410 12.8 15.MANIGAULT, Ron-LIU...... 30 61 107 168 5.6 16.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 144 21 59 368 12.7 16.HOWARD, Ryon-SHU...... 32 58 118 176 5.5 17.YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar-MU.... 27 121 28 58 328 12.1 BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 65 111 176 5.5 18.WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 29 124 72 31 351 12.1 WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 28 54 100 154 5.5 19.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 31 133 42 60 368 11.9 19.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 30 60 102 162 5.4 20.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 29 113 15 83 324 11.2 20.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 61 95 156 5.4 21.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 30 126 36 43 331 11.0 22.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 112 26 102 352 11.0 23.BAKER, Evann-QU...... 27 95 16 88 294 10.9 24.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 29 105 4 97 311 10.7 25.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 27 101 42 41 285 10.6 26.SWEETNEY, Devin-SFPA..... 29 103 17 83 306 10.6 27.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 29 91 71 52 305 10.5 28.SEYMORE, Joe-CCSU...... 30 111 55 37 314 10.5 29.JOHNSON, Kyle-LIU...... 30 104 57 44 309 10.3 30.MUNDWEILER, Joey-WC...... 31 108 77 26 319 10.3

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------1.RUTTY, Justin-QU...... 28 92 156 .590 1.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 217 6.38 2.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 191 342 .558 2.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 172 5.55 3.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 144 261 .552 3.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 33 182 5.52 4.ALLEN, Kellen-LIU...... 30 158 300 .527 4.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 176 5.50 5.WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 28 100 192 .521 5.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 155 5.17 6.HOWARD, Ryon-SHU...... 32 103 199 .518 6.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 153 5.10 7.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 176 347 .507 7.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 136 4.86 8.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 158 313 .505 8.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 29 113 3.90 9.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 34 111 221 .502 9.HETT, James-MU...... 31 105 3.39 10.ULRICH, James-WC...... 31 117 234 .500 10.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 91 3.25 11.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 32 190 382 .497 11.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 28 90 3.21 12.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 29 110 229 .480 12.COSGROVE, Casey-QU...... 29 86 2.97 13.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 25 151 317 .476 13.HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 32 93 2.91 14.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 29 105 225 .467 14.GEFFEN, Bryan-QU...... 30 85 2.83 15.FRANCISCO, Bateko-RMU.... 34 103 223 .462 15.LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 34 94 2.76

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G ------1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 70 81 .864 1.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 95 2.79 2.BAKER, Evann-QU...... 27 88 107 .822 2.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 32 80 2.50 3.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 133 163 .816 3.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 73 2.28 4.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 29 62 76 .816 4.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 33 65 1.97 5.CAJOU, Jean-MSM...... 34 73 90 .811 5.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 59 1.90 6.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 132 164 .805 6.WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 28 50 1.79 7.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 130 163 .798 7.YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar-MU.... 27 45 1.67 8.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 89 112 .795 8.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 49 1.63 9.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 163 210 .776 9.WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 29 46 1.59 10.SWEETNEY, Devin-SFPA..... 29 83 107 .776 10.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 31 49 1.58 11.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 25 129 169 .763 11.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 43 1.54 12.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 102 134 .761 12.HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 32 48 1.50 13.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 91 120 .758 13.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 41 1.46 14.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 59 78 .756 14.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 27 37 1.37 15.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 28 89 127 .701 15.FRANCISCO, Bateko-RMU.... 34 41 1.21

40 2007-08 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Final Statistics) (All games)

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ------1.SURPRENANT, Grant-SFPA... 27 35 67 .522 1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 105 3.50 2.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 93 217 .429 2.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 93 3.32 3.LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 34 69 166 .416 3.VANN, Chris-MSM...... 34 88 2.59 4.GEFFEN, Bryan-QU...... 30 40 97 .412 4.MUNDWEILER, Joey-WC...... 31 77 2.48 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 49 124 .395 5.WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 29 72 2.48 6.FELDEINE, James-QU...... 29 31 80 .388 6.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 29 71 2.45 7.JOHNSON, Kyle-LIU...... 30 57 148 .385 7.LITKE, Ryan-SHU...... 31 64 2.06 8.VANN, Chris-MSM...... 34 88 229 .384 8.LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 34 69 2.03 9.COSGROVE, Casey-QU...... 29 56 148 .378 9.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 29 57 1.97 10.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 35 94 .372 10.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 32 62 1.94 11.FRANCISCO, Bateko-RMU.... 34 42 113 .372 11.COSGROVE, Casey-QU...... 29 56 1.93 12.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 105 284 .370 12.JOHNSON, Kyle-LIU...... 30 57 1.90 13.NUNNER, Alex-MU...... 31 48 130 .369 13.SEYMORE, Joe-CCSU...... 30 55 1.83 14.LITKE, Ryan-SHU...... 31 64 174 .368 14.HAZARD, Eric-FDU...... 28 50 1.79 15.HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 32 41 113 .363 15.HOLLAND, Will-MSM...... 34 56 1.65

BLOCKED SHOTS ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 61 2.10 1.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 33 182 5.5 110 3.3 1.65 2.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 34 49 1.44 2.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 153 5.1 97 3.2 1.58 3.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 36 1.16 3.HETT, James-MU...... 31 105 3.4 67 2.2 1.57 4.PURSLEY, DeJuan-FDU...... 27 30 1.11 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 217 6.4 147 4.3 1.48 5.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 29 29 1.00 5.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 176 5.5 121 3.8 1.45 6.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 29 28 0.97 6.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 30 155 5.2 107 3.6 1.45 7.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 28 0.90 7.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 172 5.5 126 4.1 1.37 8.BEIDLER, Kelly-MSM...... 26 22 0.85 8.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 136 4.9 105 3.8 1.30 9.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 27 0.79 9.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 28 90 3.2 71 2.5 1.27 10.AYENI, Kayode-SFNY...... 29 23 0.79 10.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 29 113 3.9 95 3.3 1.19 11.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 22 0.69 11.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 91 3.3 116 4.1 0.78 12.GAITLEY, Dutch-MU...... 31 20 0.65 13.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 34 21 0.62 14.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 13 0.54 15.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 16 0.50

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 141 4.55 1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 31 217 7.00 2.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 29 79 2.72 2.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 28 152 5.43 3.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 25 63 2.52 3.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 29 149 5.14 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 84 2.47 4.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 29 141 4.86 5.ULRICH, James-WC...... 31 76 2.45 5.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 32 144 4.50 6.AYENI, Kayode-SFNY...... 29 70 2.41 6.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 29 124 4.28 7.BROOKINS, Louis-QU...... 27 65 2.41 7.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 31 132 4.26 8.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 24 56 2.33 8.ULRICH, James-WC...... 31 131 4.23 9.RUTTY, Justin-QU...... 28 64 2.29 9.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 28 118 4.21 10.YESSOUFOU, Bass-SFNY..... 29 63 2.17 10.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 34 141 4.15 11.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 29 61 2.10 11.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 28 115 4.11 12.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 28 57 2.04 12.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 30 122 4.07 13.MANIGAULT, Ron-LIU...... 30 61 2.03 13.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 34 132 3.88 14.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 32 65 2.03 14.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 34 130 3.82 15.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 34 68 2.00 15.HAZARD, Eric-FDU...... 28 107 3.82 SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 30 60 2.00

41 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Final Statistics) (All games)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 34 26-8 2550 75.0 1.Monmouth...... 31 2079 67.1 2.Quinnipiac...... 30 15-15 2226 74.2 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 2301 67.7 3.Long Island...... 30 15-15 2172 72.4 3.Central Conn. St.... 30 2054 68.5 4.Sacred Heart...... 32 18-14 2300 71.9 4.Robert Morris...... 34 2329 68.5 5.Wagner...... 31 23-8 2217 71.5 5.Wagner...... 31 2198 70.9 6.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 8-20 1961 70.0 6.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 2066 71.2 7.Central Conn. St.... 30 14-16 2095 69.8 7.Sacred Heart...... 32 2287 71.5 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 19-15 2353 69.2 8.Long Island...... 30 2151 71.7 9.St. Francis (NY).... 29 7-22 1953 67.3 9.St. Francis (NY).... 29 2137 73.7 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 6-23 1848 63.7 10.Quinnipiac...... 30 2254 75.1 11.Monmouth...... 31 7-24 1834 59.2 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 2189 78.2

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Robert Morris...... 34 75.0 68.5 +6.5 1.Sacred Heart...... 32 390 531 .734 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 69.2 67.7 +1.5 2.Robert Morris...... 34 406 559 .726 3.Central Conn. St.... 30 69.8 68.5 +1.4 3.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 416 583 .714 4.Long Island...... 30 72.4 71.7 +0.7 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 417 585 .713 5.Wagner...... 31 71.5 70.9 +0.6 5.Central Conn. St.... 30 348 493 .706 6.Sacred Heart...... 32 71.9 71.5 +0.4 6.Quinnipiac...... 30 416 590 .705 7.Quinnipiac...... 30 74.2 75.1 -0.9 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 505 718 .703 8.St. Francis (NY).... 29 67.3 73.7 -6.3 8.Monmouth...... 31 337 491 .686 9.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 63.7 71.2 -7.5 9.Long Island...... 30 488 717 .681 10.Monmouth...... 31 59.2 67.1 -7.9 10.St. Francis (NY).... 29 357 562 .635 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 70.0 78.2 -8.1 11.Wagner...... 31 401 669 .599

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Quinnipiac...... 30 816 1769 .461 1.Wagner...... 31 762 1860 .410 2.Robert Morris...... 34 932 2021 .461 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 804 1901 .423 3.Central Conn. St.... 30 768 1688 .455 3.Monmouth...... 31 693 1590 .436 4.Wagner...... 31 819 1846 .444 4.Robert Morris...... 34 807 1834 .440 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 822 1856 .443 5.Sacred Heart...... 32 789 1770 .446 6.Sacred Heart...... 32 839 1901 .441 6.Long Island...... 30 803 1800 .446 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 659 1573 .419 7.Quinnipiac...... 30 790 1767 .447 8.St. Francis (NY).... 29 710 1732 .410 8.Central Conn. St.... 30 785 1748 .449 9.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 621 1525 .407 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 828 1762 .470 10.Long Island...... 30 738 1828 .404 10.St. Francis (NY).... 29 775 1643 .472 11.Monmouth...... 31 637 1594 .400 11.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 751 1570 .478

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Quinnipiac...... 30 178 454 .392 1.Robert Morris...... 34 219 703 .312 2.Robert Morris...... 34 280 747 .375 2.Long Island...... 30 185 587 .315 3.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 204 565 .361 3.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 186 578 .322 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 226 636 .355 4.Wagner...... 31 227 696 .326 5.Central Conn. St.... 30 211 597 .353 5.Monmouth...... 31 211 638 .331 6.Sacred Heart...... 32 232 678 .342 6.Sacred Heart...... 32 196 573 .342 7.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 190 562 .338 7.St. Francis (NY).... 29 193 542 .356 8.Long Island...... 30 208 643 .323 8.Quinnipiac...... 30 218 601 .363 9.Monmouth...... 31 223 695 .321 9.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 176 480 .367 10.Wagner...... 31 178 568 .313 10.Central Conn. St.... 30 227 616 .369 11.St. Francis (NY).... 29 176 571 .308 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 207 510 .406

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 31 1265 40.8 1.Central Conn. St.... 30 989 33.0 2.Long Island...... 30 1184 39.5 2.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 962 33.2 3.Quinnipiac...... 30 1148 38.3 3.Quinnipiac...... 30 998 33.3 4.St. Francis (NY).... 29 1063 36.7 4.Robert Morris...... 34 1135 33.4 5.Robert Morris...... 34 1207 35.5 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 1215 35.7 6.Central Conn. St.... 30 1051 35.0 6.Wagner...... 31 1109 35.8 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 1152 33.9 7.St. Francis (NY).... 29 1039 35.8 8.Sacred Heart...... 32 1056 33.0 8.Sacred Heart...... 32 1182 36.9 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 916 32.7 9.Long Island...... 30 1111 37.0 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 939 32.4 10.Monmouth...... 31 1151 37.1 11.Monmouth...... 31 883 28.5 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 1120 40.0 42 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Final Statistics) (All games)

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 31 1265 40.8 1109 35.8 +5.0 1.Wagner...... 31 116 3.74 2.Quinnipiac...... 30 1148 38.3 998 33.3 +5.0 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 121 3.56 3.Long Island...... 30 1184 39.5 1111 37.0 +2.4 3.Central Conn. St.... 30 92 3.07 4.Robert Morris...... 34 1207 35.5 1135 33.4 +2.1 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 83 2.96 5.Central Conn. St.... 30 1051 35.0 989 33.0 +2.1 5.Sacred Heart...... 32 92 2.88 6.St. Francis (NY).... 29 1063 36.7 1039 35.8 +0.8 6.Long Island...... 30 82 2.73 7.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 939 32.4 962 33.2 -0.8 7.Quinnipiac...... 30 76 2.53 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 1152 33.9 1215 35.7 -1.9 8.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 70 2.41 9.Sacred Heart...... 32 1056 33.0 1182 36.9 -3.9 9.Robert Morris...... 34 77 2.26 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 916 32.7 1120 40.0 -7.3 10.Monmouth...... 31 65 2.10 11.Monmouth...... 31 883 28.5 1151 37.1 -8.6 11.St. Francis (NY).... 29 56 1.93

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 34 597 17.56 1.Robert Morris...... 34 337 9.91 2.Central Conn. St.... 30 449 14.97 2.Sacred Heart...... 32 277 8.66 3.Quinnipiac...... 30 443 14.77 3.St. Francis (NY).... 29 216 7.45 4.Sacred Heart...... 32 470 14.69 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 246 7.24 5.Wagner...... 31 442 14.26 5.Monmouth...... 31 205 6.61 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 437 12.85 6.Wagner...... 31 202 6.52 7.St. Francis (NY).... 29 366 12.62 7.Long Island...... 30 190 6.33 8.Monmouth...... 31 372 12.00 8.Quinnipiac...... 30 176 5.87 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 327 11.68 9.Central Conn. St.... 30 163 5.43 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 335 11.55 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 153 5.28 11.Long Island...... 30 324 10.80 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 139 4.96

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Sacred Heart...... 32 461 14.4 536 16.8 +2.34 1.Robert Morris...... 34 597 17.6 570 16.8 1.05 2.Robert Morris...... 34 570 16.8 637 18.7 +1.97 2.Central Conn. St.... 30 449 15.0 438 14.6 1.03 3.Long Island...... 30 398 13.3 432 14.4 +1.13 3.Sacred Heart...... 32 470 14.7 461 14.4 1.02 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 486 14.3 503 14.8 +0.50 4.Quinnipiac...... 30 443 14.8 450 15.0 0.98 5.Monmouth...... 31 446 14.4 456 14.7 +0.32 5.Wagner...... 31 442 14.3 487 15.7 0.91 6.St. Francis (NY).... 29 473 16.3 468 16.1 -0.17 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 437 12.9 486 14.3 0.90 7.Central Conn. St.... 30 438 14.6 403 13.4 -1.17 7.Monmouth...... 31 372 12.0 446 14.4 0.83 8.Wagner...... 31 487 15.7 445 14.4 -1.35 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 327 11.7 394 14.1 0.83 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 394 14.1 334 11.9 -2.14 9.Long Island...... 30 324 10.8 398 13.3 0.81 10.Quinnipiac...... 30 450 15.0 373 12.4 -2.57 10.St. Francis (NY).... 29 366 12.6 473 16.3 0.77 11.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 437 15.1 362 12.5 -2.59 11.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 335 11.6 437 15.1 0.77

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Long Island...... 30 426 14.20 1.Wagner...... 31 834 26.90 2.Wagner...... 31 431 13.90 2.Quinnipiac...... 30 772 25.73 3.St. Francis (NY).... 29 393 13.55 3.Long Island...... 30 758 25.27 4.Quinnipiac...... 30 376 12.53 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 807 23.74 5.Robert Morris...... 34 417 12.26 5.Robert Morris...... 34 790 23.24 6.Central Conn. St.... 30 365 12.17 6.St. Francis (NY).... 29 670 23.10 7.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 328 11.31 7.Central Conn. St.... 30 686 22.87 8.Sacred Heart...... 32 352 11.00 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 638 22.79 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 345 10.15 9.Sacred Heart...... 32 704 22.00 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 278 9.93 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 611 21.07 11.Monmouth...... 31 258 8.32 11.Monmouth...... 31 625 20.16

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 34 280 8.24 2.Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 226 8.07 3.Sacred Heart...... 32 232 7.25 4.Monmouth...... 31 223 7.19 5.Central Conn. St.... 30 211 7.03 6.Long Island...... 30 208 6.93 7.Saint Francis (PA).. 29 190 6.55 8.St. Francis (NY).... 29 176 6.07 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 34 204 6.00 10.Quinnipiac...... 30 178 5.93 11.Wagner...... 31 178 5.74 43 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS (Final Statistics) (All games)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Robert Morris...... 16-2 .889 74.7 65.5 26-8 .765 75.0 68.5 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 Wagner...... 15-3 .833 72.2 69.9 23-8 .742 71.5 70.9 Sacred Heart...... 13-5 .722 76.4 71.7 18-14 .563 71.9 71.5 Mount St. Mary's.... 11-7 .611 70.7 65.1 19-15 .559 69.2 67.7 Quinnipiac...... 11-7 .611 74.9 73.7 15-15 .500 74.2 75.1 Central Conn. St.... 10-8 .556 74.3 69.7 14-16 .467 69.8 68.5 Long Island...... 7-11 .389 72.8 72.9 15-15 .500 72.4 71.7 Fairleigh Dickinson. 4-14 .222 68.5 76.6 8-20 .286 70.0 78.2 St. Francis (NY).... 4-14 .222 68.4 74.9 7-22 .241 67.3 73.7 Monmouth...... 4-14 .222 61.5 68.3 7-24 .226 59.2 67.1 Saint Francis (PA).. 4-14 .222 63.2 69.2 6-23 .207 63.7 71.2

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Central Conn. St.... 30 2095-2054 69.8-68.5 +1.4 768-1688 .455 211-597 .353 348-493 .706 1051 989 +2.1 Fairleigh Dickinson. 28 1961-2189 70.0-78.2 -8.1 659-1573 .419 226-636 .355 417-585 .713 916 1120 -7.3 Long Island...... 30 2172-2151 72.4-71.7 +0.7 738-1828 .404 208-643 .323 488-717 .681 1184 1111 +2.4 Monmouth...... 31 1834-2079 59.2-67.1 -7.9 637-1594 .400 223-695 .321 337-491 .686 883 1151 -8.6 Mount St. Mary's.... 34 2353-2301 69.2-67.7 +1.5 822-1856 .443 204-565 .361 505-718 .703 1152 1215 -1.9 Quinnipiac...... 30 2226-2254 74.2-75.1 -0.9 816-1769 .461 178-454 .392 416-590 .705 1148 998 +5.0 Robert Morris...... 34 2550-2329 75.0-68.5 +6.5 932-2021 .461 280-747 .375 406-559 .726 1207 1135 +2.1 Sacred Heart...... 32 2300-2287 71.9-71.5 +0.4 839-1901 .441 232-678 .342 390-531 .734 1056 1182 -3.9 Saint Francis (PA).. 29 1848-2066 63.7-71.2 -7.5 621-1525 .407 190-562 .338 416-583 .714 939 962 -0.8 St. Francis (NY).... 29 1953-2137 67.3-73.7 -6.3 710-1732 .410 176-571 .308 357-562 .635 1063 1039 +0.8 Wagner...... 31 2217-2198 71.5-70.9 +0.6 819-1846 .444 178-568 .313 401-669 .599 1265 1109 +5.0

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Central Conn. St. | 14-23210 1658 | 16-25032 1564 | 0-0 0 | 30-48242 1608 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 12-5719 477 | 14-25467 1819 | 2-34692 17346 | 28-65878 2353 | Long Island | 14-10964 783 | 15-28537 1902 | 1-325 325 | 30-39826 1328 | Monmouth | 13-19917 1532 | 15-22630 1509 | 3-7779 2593 | 31-50326 1623 | Mount St. Mary's | 15-17837 1189 | 17-40379 2375 | 2-27941 13970 | 34-86157 2534 | Quinnipiac | 14-23581 1684 | 16-33321 2083 | 0-0 0 | 30-56902 1897 | Robert Morris | 15-20594 1373 | 17-38110 2242 | 2-2104 1052 | 34-60808 1788 | Sacred Heart | 15-16372 1091 | 17-37084 2181 | 0-0 0 | 32-53456 1670 | Saint Francis (PA) | 15-16788 1119 | 14-29509 2108 | 0-0 0 | 29-46297 1596 | St. Francis (NY) | 14-5215 372 | 15-21512 1434 | 0-0 0 | 29-26727 922 | Wagner | 16-20064 1254 | 15-29316 1954 | 0-0 0 | 31-49380 1593 | ------Totals | 157-180261 1148 | 171-330897 1935 | 10-72841 7284 | 239-469378 1964 |

44 2007-08 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 02, 2008 (Conference games only)

To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games.

SCORING REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------1.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 130 22 91 373 23.3 1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 81 126 207 11.5 2.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 126 61 81 394 21.9 2.ULRICH, James-WC...... 18 52 86 138 7.7 3.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 15 93 16 81 283 18.9 3.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 40 86 126 7.4 4.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 111 19 89 330 18.3 4.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 18 35 97 132 7.3 5.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 106 66 40 318 17.7 5.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 19 97 116 7.3 6.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 90 21 102 303 16.8 6.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 46 77 123 6.8 7.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 18 102 14 52 270 15.0 7.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 18 29 90 119 6.6 8.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 98 30 38 264 14.7 8.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 15 34 65 99 6.6 9.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 18 94 26 48 262 14.6 9.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 18 43 72 115 6.4 10.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 97 1 63 258 14.3 10.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 18 40 74 114 6.3 11.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 114 0 26 254 14.1 11.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 43 69 112 6.2 12.VANN, Chris-MSM...... 18 87 46 33 253 14.1 12.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 18 50 61 111 6.2 13.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 94 12 48 248 13.8 13.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 39 66 105 5.8 GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 18 76 6 90 248 13.8 14.BROOKINS, Louis-QU...... 16 42 49 91 5.7 15.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 17 91 32 20 234 13.8 15.MANIGAULT, Ron-LIU...... 18 35 67 102 5.7 16.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 95 12 44 246 13.7 WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 18 37 65 102 5.7 17.ALLEN, Kellen-LIU...... 18 92 0 55 239 13.3 SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 16 86 102 5.7 18.WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 18 77 46 22 222 12.3 18.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 18 32 69 101 5.6 19.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 17 76 25 29 206 12.1 YESSOUFOU, Bass-SFNY..... 18 41 60 101 5.6 20.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 18 83 9 41 216 12.0 20.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 16 35 53 88 5.5 21.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 18 72 8 51 203 11.3 22.BAKER, Evann-QU...... 18 63 10 66 202 11.2 23.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 69 15 48 201 11.2 24.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 18 68 4 59 199 11.1 25.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 17 64 28 27 183 10.8 26.SEYMORE, Joe-CCSU...... 18 68 31 26 193 10.7 27.SWEETNEY, Devin-SFPA..... 18 60 7 64 191 10.6 28.YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar-MU.... 15 55 15 34 159 10.6 29.ULRICH, James-WC...... 18 72 0 46 190 10.6 30.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 17 72 9 24 177 10.4

FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------1.RUTTY, Justin-QU...... 16 58 88 .659 1.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 106 5.89 2.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 18 65 105 .619 2.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 105 5.83 3.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 16 48 81 .593 3.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 103 5.72 4.PURSLEY, DeJuan-FDU...... 17 51 91 .560 4.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 92 5.11 5.HOWARD, Ryon-SHU...... 18 59 106 .557 5.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 18 91 5.06 6.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 114 205 .556 6.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 87 4.83 7.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 94 170 .553 7.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 81 4.50 8.ALLEN, Kellen-LIU...... 18 92 170 .541 8.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 18 66 3.67 9.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 17 72 138 .522 9.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 17 59 3.47 10.WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 18 68 132 .515 10.HETT, James-MU...... 18 61 3.39 11.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 97 191 .508 11.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 51 3.19 12.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 95 190 .500 12.WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 18 53 2.94 ULRICH, James-WC...... 18 72 144 .500 HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 18 53 2.94 14.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 18 83 167 .497 14.LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 18 51 2.83 15.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 69 139 .496 COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 51 2.83

FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G ------1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 40 44 .909 1.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 44 2.44 2.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 38 43 .884 2.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 17 39 2.29 3.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 89 103 .864 3.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 41 2.28 4.BAKER, Evann-QU...... 18 66 77 .857 4.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 18 34 1.89 5.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 18 48 58 .828 WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 18 34 1.89 6.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 102 124 .823 PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 34 1.89 7.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 91 111 .820 7.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 30 1.88 8.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 81 99 .818 8.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 31 1.72 9.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 48 59 .814 9.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 30 1.67 10.SWEETNEY, Devin-SFPA..... 18 64 80 .800 10.HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 18 29 1.61 11.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 15 81 102 .794 11.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 27 1.50 12.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 18 41 53 .774 WILLIAMS, Marcus-SFNY.... 18 27 1.50 13.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 38 50 .760 13.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 17 25 1.47 14.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 18 52 69 .754 14.YOUNGBLOOD, Jhamar-MU.... 15 21 1.40 15.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 63 84 .750 15.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 18 24 1.33

45 2007-08 Northeast Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 02, 2008 (Conference games only)

3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ------1.GEFFEN, Bryan-QU...... 18 22 44 .500 1.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 66 3.67 2.JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 18 26 56 .464 2.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 61 3.39 3.SIMPSON, Yaniv-MU...... 15 34 78 .436 3.WOMACK, Jamaal-SFNY...... 18 46 2.56 4.FELDEINE, James-QU...... 18 19 45 .422 VANN, Chris-MSM...... 18 46 2.56 5.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 61 146 .418 5.LITKE, Ryan-SHU...... 18 42 2.33 6.HARDY, Chauncey-SHU...... 18 25 60 .417 6.SIMPSON, Yaniv-MU...... 15 34 2.27 7.LITKE, Ryan-SHU...... 18 42 103 .408 7.MUNDWEILER, Joey-WC...... 18 40 2.22 8.FRANCISCO, Bateko-RMU.... 18 27 67 .403 8.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 35 2.06 9.HASSAN, Corey-SHU...... 18 29 72 .403 9.CHAPPELL, Jeremy-RMU..... 17 32 1.88 10.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 66 174 .379 10.JOHNSON, Kyle-LIU...... 18 33 1.83 11.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 22 59 .373 11.SEYMORE, Joe-CCSU...... 18 31 1.72 12.NUNNER, Alex-MU...... 18 30 81 .370 12.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 30 1.67 13.VANN, Chris-MSM...... 18 46 125 .368 NUNNER, Alex-MU...... 18 30 1.67 14.SMITH, Jamal-WC...... 17 25 68 .368 14.MURRAY, Bernell-FDU...... 17 28 1.65 15.LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 18 29 79 .367 15.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 18 29 1.61 HASSAN, Corey-SHU...... 18 29 1.61 LANGHURST, Jimmy-RMU..... 18 29 1.61

BLOCKED SHOTS ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 39 2.17 1.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 106 5.9 52 2.9 2.04 2.ATUPEM, Sam-MSM...... 18 32 1.78 2.BLACKWOOD, Tristan-CCSU.. 18 105 5.8 63 3.5 1.67 3.PURSLEY, DeJuan-FDU...... 17 24 1.41 3.GOODE, Jeremy-MSM...... 18 91 5.1 60 3.3 1.52 4.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 20 1.11 4.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 103 5.7 69 3.8 1.49 5.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 19 1.06 5.UBILLA, Manny-FDU...... 18 87 4.8 61 3.4 1.43 JACKSON, A.J.-RMU...... 18 19 1.06 6.HETT, James-MU...... 18 61 3.4 44 2.4 1.39 7.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 16 0.94 7.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 81 4.5 60 3.3 1.35 8.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 15 0.83 8.THOMPSON, Shemik-CCSU.... 17 59 3.5 47 2.8 1.26 MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 18 15 0.83 9.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 92 5.1 80 4.4 1.15 DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 18 15 0.83 10.NELSON, Cale-SFPA...... 18 66 3.7 58 3.2 1.14 11.BEIDLER, Kelly-MSM...... 16 13 0.81 11.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 51 3.2 60 3.8 0.85 12.BROOKINS, Louis-QU...... 16 10 0.63 ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 16 10 0.63 14.GAITLEY, Dutch-MU...... 18 11 0.61 15.PETTWAY, Gene-SHU...... 18 10 0.56

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ------1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 81 4.50 1.VINSON, Durell-WC...... 18 126 7.00 2.ULRICH, James-WC...... 18 52 2.89 2.ANDERSON, DeMario-QU..... 16 97 6.06 3.BERRY, Chris-SFPA...... 18 50 2.78 3.PALMER, Marcus-CCSU...... 18 97 5.39 4.BROOKINS, Louis-QU...... 16 42 2.63 4.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 86 5.06 5.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 46 2.56 5.DIENG, Bassirou-SFPA..... 18 90 5.00 6.AYENI, Kayode-SFNY...... 18 45 2.50 6.SHUBIK, Drew-SHU...... 18 86 4.78 7.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 18 43 2.39 ULRICH, James-WC...... 18 86 4.78 HORTON, Ken-CCSU...... 18 43 2.39 8.PORTER, Mark-WC...... 18 79 4.39 9.KOTOROBAI, Eugene-LIU.... 17 40 2.35 9.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 15 65 4.33 10.YESSOUFOU, Bass-SFNY..... 18 41 2.28 10.LEE, Tony-RMU...... 18 77 4.28 11.BAPTISTE, Sean-FDU...... 15 34 2.27 11.WISSEH, Jaytornah-LIU.... 18 75 4.17 12.RUTTY, Justin-QU...... 16 36 2.25 12.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 18 74 4.11 13.MITCHELL, Markus-MSM..... 18 40 2.22 13.HINES, Robert-SFNY...... 18 72 4.00 14.ANDERSON, Karl-QU...... 16 35 2.19 14.HAZARD, Eric-FDU...... 18 71 3.94 15.BROOKS, Brice-SHU...... 18 39 2.17 15.COLEMAN, Whitney-MU...... 18 70 3.89

46 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 02, 2008 (Conference games only)

SCORING OFFENSE SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G ## Team G Pts Avg/G ------1.Sacred Heart...... 18 13-5 1375 76.4 1.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 1172 65.1 2.Quinnipiac...... 18 11-7 1348 74.9 2.Robert Morris...... 18 1179 65.5 3.Robert Morris...... 18 16-2 1344 74.7 3.Monmouth...... 18 1229 68.3 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 10-8 1338 74.3 4.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 1246 69.2 5.Long Island...... 18 7-11 1311 72.8 5.Central Conn. St.... 18 1255 69.7 6.Wagner...... 18 15-3 1300 72.2 6.Wagner...... 18 1258 69.9 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 11-7 1272 70.7 7.Sacred Heart...... 18 1291 71.7 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 4-14 1233 68.5 8.Long Island...... 18 1313 72.9 9.St. Francis (NY).... 18 4-14 1232 68.4 9.Quinnipiac...... 18 1327 73.7 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 4-14 1137 63.2 10.St. Francis (NY).... 18 1349 74.9 11.Monmouth...... 18 4-14 1107 61.5 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 1378 76.6

SCORING MARGIN FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ## Team G FTM FTA Pct ------1.Robert Morris...... 18 74.7 65.5 +9.2 1.Robert Morris...... 18 210 276 .761 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 70.7 65.1 +5.6 2.Central Conn. St.... 18 205 273 .751 3.Sacred Heart...... 18 76.4 71.7 +4.7 3.Quinnipiac...... 18 267 364 .734 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 74.3 69.7 +4.6 4.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 275 375 .733 5.Wagner...... 18 72.2 69.9 +2.3 5.Sacred Heart...... 18 234 321 .729 6.Quinnipiac...... 18 74.9 73.7 +1.2 6.Monmouth...... 18 189 267 .708 7.Long Island...... 18 72.8 72.9 -0.1 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 249 356 .699 8.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 63.2 69.2 -6.1 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 252 364 .692 9.St. Francis (NY).... 18 68.4 74.9 -6.5 9.Long Island...... 18 303 443 .684 10.Monmouth...... 18 61.5 68.3 -6.8 10.St. Francis (NY).... 18 217 327 .664 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 68.5 76.6 -8.1 11.Wagner...... 18 243 396 .614

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Quinnipiac...... 18 491 1023 .480 1.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 406 1020 .398 2.Central Conn. St.... 18 502 1049 .479 2.Wagner...... 18 440 1096 .401 3.Robert Morris...... 18 493 1056 .467 3.Robert Morris...... 18 415 959 .433 4.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 458 989 .463 4.Sacred Heart...... 18 453 1033 .439 5.Sacred Heart...... 18 502 1087 .462 5.Monmouth...... 18 412 939 .439 6.Wagner...... 18 477 1058 .451 6.Quinnipiac...... 18 466 1058 .440 7.St. Francis (NY).... 18 454 1089 .417 7.Central Conn. St.... 18 479 1079 .444 8.Monmouth...... 18 389 937 .415 8.Long Island...... 18 481 1074 .448 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 425 1024 .415 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 521 1123 .464 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 379 931 .407 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 455 962 .473 11.Long Island...... 18 445 1114 .399 11.St. Francis (NY).... 18 487 1014 .480

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct ## Team G FG FGA Pct ------1.Quinnipiac...... 18 99 247 .401 1.Robert Morris...... 18 115 376 .306 2.Robert Morris...... 18 148 381 .388 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 98 313 .313 3.Sacred Heart...... 18 137 374 .366 3.Monmouth...... 18 124 383 .324 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 129 356 .362 4.Wagner...... 18 131 404 .324 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 104 294 .354 5.Long Island...... 18 113 345 .328 6.Monmouth...... 18 140 408 .343 6.Sacred Heart...... 18 113 331 .341 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 134 414 .324 7.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 108 309 .350 8.Wagner...... 18 103 320 .322 8.Quinnipiac...... 18 135 376 .359 9.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 104 333 .312 9.Central Conn. St.... 18 133 367 .362 10.Long Island...... 18 118 379 .311 10.St. Francis (NY).... 18 125 330 .379 11.St. Francis (NY).... 18 107 352 .304 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 128 324 .395

REBOUNDING OFFENSE REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G ## Team G Reb Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 18 744 41.3 1.Robert Morris...... 18 566 31.4 2.Long Island...... 18 712 39.6 2.Central Conn. St.... 18 586 32.6 3.Quinnipiac...... 18 663 36.8 3.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 589 32.7 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 658 36.6 Quinnipiac...... 18 589 32.7 5.St. Francis (NY).... 18 654 36.3 5.St. Francis (NY).... 18 625 34.7 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 645 35.8 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 635 35.3 Robert Morris...... 18 645 35.8 Wagner...... 18 635 35.3 8.Sacred Heart...... 18 607 33.7 8.Monmouth...... 18 667 37.1 9.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 576 32.0 9.Sacred Heart...... 18 671 37.3 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 573 31.8 10.Long Island...... 18 679 37.7 11.Monmouth...... 18 509 28.3 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 744 41.3 47 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 02, 2008 (Conference games only)

REBOUNDING MARGIN BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ------1.Wagner...... 18 744 41.3 635 35.3 +6.1 1.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 78 4.33 2.Robert Morris...... 18 645 35.8 566 31.4 +4.4 2.Wagner...... 18 71 3.94 3.Quinnipiac...... 18 663 36.8 589 32.7 +4.1 3.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 60 3.33 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 658 36.6 586 32.6 +4.0 4.Central Conn. St.... 18 57 3.17 5.Long Island...... 18 712 39.6 679 37.7 +1.8 5.Sacred Heart...... 18 55 3.06 6.St. Francis (NY).... 18 654 36.3 625 34.7 +1.6 6.Long Island...... 18 53 2.94 7.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 645 35.8 635 35.3 +0.6 7.Quinnipiac...... 18 50 2.78 8.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 576 32.0 589 32.7 -0.7 8.Robert Morris...... 18 45 2.50 9.Sacred Heart...... 18 607 33.7 671 37.3 -3.6 9.Monmouth...... 18 37 2.06 10.Monmouth...... 18 509 28.3 667 37.1 -8.8 10.St. Francis (NY).... 18 32 1.78 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 573 31.8 744 41.3 -9.5 11.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 30 1.67

ASSISTS STEALS ## Team G Assists Avg/G ## Team G Steals Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 18 312 17.33 1.Robert Morris...... 18 171 9.50 2.Central Conn. St.... 18 294 16.33 2.Sacred Heart...... 18 160 8.89 3.Sacred Heart...... 18 284 15.78 3.St. Francis (NY).... 18 137 7.61 4.Quinnipiac...... 18 255 14.17 4.Monmouth...... 18 126 7.00 5.Wagner...... 18 254 14.11 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 121 6.72 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 240 13.33 6.Long Island...... 18 118 6.56 7.St. Francis (NY).... 18 232 12.89 7.Wagner...... 18 112 6.22 8.Monmouth...... 18 229 12.72 8.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 109 6.06 9.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 202 11.22 9.Quinnipiac...... 18 102 5.67 10.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 188 10.44 10.Central Conn. St.... 18 91 5.06 11.Long Island...... 18 184 10.22 11.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 88 4.89

TURNOVER MARGIN ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio ------1.Sacred Heart...... 18 241 13.4 303 16.8 +3.44 1.Sacred Heart...... 18 284 15.8 241 13.4 1.18 2.Robert Morris...... 18 280 15.6 314 17.4 +1.89 2.Central Conn. St.... 18 294 16.3 257 14.3 1.14 3.Long Island...... 18 235 13.1 268 14.9 +1.83 3.Robert Morris...... 18 312 17.3 280 15.6 1.11 4.Monmouth...... 18 244 13.6 259 14.4 +0.83 4.Quinnipiac...... 18 255 14.2 244 13.6 1.05 5.St. Francis (NY).... 18 290 16.1 290 16.1 +0.00 5.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 240 13.3 248 13.8 0.97 6.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 248 13.8 245 13.6 -0.17 6.Monmouth...... 18 229 12.7 244 13.6 0.94 7.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 233 12.9 220 12.2 -0.72 7.Wagner...... 18 254 14.1 283 15.7 0.90 8.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 267 14.8 239 13.3 -1.56 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 202 11.2 233 12.9 0.87 9.Central Conn. St.... 18 257 14.3 228 12.7 -1.61 9.St. Francis (NY).... 18 232 12.9 290 16.1 0.80 10.Wagner...... 18 283 15.7 251 13.9 -1.78 10.Long Island...... 18 184 10.2 235 13.1 0.78 11.Quinnipiac...... 18 244 13.6 205 11.4 -2.17 11.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 188 10.4 267 14.8 0.70

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G ## Team G No. Avg/G ------1.Long Island...... 18 268 14.89 1.Wagner...... 18 496 27.56 2.St. Francis (NY).... 18 255 14.17 2.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 470 26.11 3.Wagner...... 18 248 13.78 3.Quinnipiac...... 18 454 25.22 4.Robert Morris...... 18 224 12.44 4.Long Island...... 18 444 24.67 5.Central Conn. St.... 18 221 12.28 5.Central Conn. St.... 18 437 24.28 6.Saint Francis (PA).. 18 210 11.67 6.Robert Morris...... 18 421 23.39 7.Quinnipiac...... 18 209 11.61 7.Sacred Heart...... 18 415 23.06 8.Sacred Heart...... 18 192 10.67 8.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 407 22.61 9.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 175 9.72 9.St. Francis (NY).... 18 399 22.17 10.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 166 9.22 10.Monmouth...... 18 366 20.33 11.Monmouth...... 18 143 7.94 Saint Francis (PA).. 18 366 20.33

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G ------1.Robert Morris...... 18 148 8.22 2.Monmouth...... 18 140 7.78 3.Sacred Heart...... 18 137 7.61 4.Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 134 7.44 5.Central Conn. St.... 18 129 7.17 6.Long Island...... 18 118 6.56 7.St. Francis (NY).... 18 107 5.94 8.Mount St. Mary's.... 18 104 5.78 Saint Francis (PA).. 18 104 5.78 10.Wagner...... 18 103 5.72 11.Quinnipiac...... 18 99 5.50 48 2007-08 Northeast Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Mar 02, 2008 (Conference games only)

|------CONFERENCE------| |------OVERALL------| WINNING STREAK STANDINGS W-L Pct PF PA W-L Pct PF PA Team NO. ------Robert Morris...... 16-2 .889 74.7 65.5 16-2 .889 74.7 65.5 Robert Morris 13 Wagner...... 15-3 .833 72.2 69.9 15-3 .833 72.2 69.9 Mount St. Mary's 2 Sacred Heart...... 13-5 .722 76.4 71.7 13-5 .722 76.4 71.7 Wagner 2 Quinnipiac...... 11-7 .611 74.9 73.7 11-7 .611 74.9 73.7 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 Mount St. Mary's.... 11-7 .611 70.7 65.1 11-7 .611 70.7 65.1 Central Conn. St. 1 Central Conn. St.... 10-8 .556 74.3 69.7 10-8 .556 74.3 69.7 Long Island...... 7-11 .389 72.8 72.9 7-11 .389 72.8 72.9 Fairleigh Dickinson. 4-14 .222 68.5 76.6 4-14 .222 68.5 76.6 St. Francis (NY).... 4-14 .222 68.4 74.9 4-14 .222 68.4 74.9 Saint Francis (PA).. 4-14 .222 63.2 69.2 4-14 .222 63.2 69.2 Monmouth...... 4-14 .222 61.5 68.3 4-14 .222 61.5 68.3

TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA Avg Score Margin FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct RebF RebA Margin ------Central Conn. St.... 18 1338-1255 74.3-69.7 +4.6 502-1049 .479 129-356 .362 205-273 .751 658 586 +4.0 Fairleigh Dickinson. 18 1233-1378 68.5-76.6 -8.1 425-1024 .415 134-414 .324 249-356 .699 573 744 -9.5 Long Island...... 18 1311-1313 72.8-72.9 -0.1 445-1114 .399 118-379 .311 303-443 .684 712 679 +1.8 Monmouth...... 18 1107-1229 61.5-68.3 -6.8 389-937 .415 140-408 .343 189-267 .708 509 667 -8.8 Mount St. Mary's.... 18 1272-1172 70.7-65.1 +5.6 458-989 .463 104-294 .354 252-364 .692 645 635 +0.6 Quinnipiac...... 18 1348-1327 74.9-73.7 +1.2 491-1023 .480 99-247 .401 267-364 .734 663 589 +4.1 Robert Morris...... 18 1344-1179 74.7-65.5 +9.2 493-1056 .467 148-381 .388 210-276 .761 645 566 +4.4 Sacred Heart...... 18 1375-1291 76.4-71.7 +4.7 502-1087 .462 137-374 .366 234-321 .729 607 671 -3.6 Saint Francis (PA).. 18 1137-1246 63.2-69.2 -6.1 379-931 .407 104-333 .312 275-375 .733 576 589 -0.7 St. Francis (NY).... 18 1232-1349 68.4-74.9 -6.5 454-1089 .417 107-352 .304 217-327 .664 654 625 +1.6 Wagner...... 18 1300-1258 72.2-69.9 +2.3 477-1058 .451 103-320 .322 243-396 .614 744 635 +6.1

ATTENDANCE Team | HOME GAMES Avg | AWAY GAMES Avg | NEUT GAMES Avg | ALL GAMES Avg | ------Central Conn. St. | 9-16275 1808 | 9-9521 1058 | 0-0 0 | 18-25796 1433 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 9-4491 499 | 9-9703 1078 | 0-0 0 | 18-14194 789 | Long Island | 9-7333 815 | 9-9952 1106 | 0-0 0 | 18-17285 960 | Monmouth | 9-13001 1445 | 9-9361 1040 | 0-0 0 | 18-22362 1242 | Mount St. Mary's | 9-10277 1142 | 9-9091 1010 | 0-0 0 | 18-19368 1076 | Quinnipiac | 9-16256 1806 | 9-12017 1335 | 0-0 0 | 18-28273 1571 | Robert Morris | 9-11974 1330 | 9-10872 1208 | 0-0 0 | 18-22846 1269 | Sacred Heart | 9-9072 1008 | 9-12497 1389 | 0-0 0 | 18-21569 1198 | Saint Francis (PA) | 9-10490 1166 | 9-10072 1119 | 0-0 0 | 18-20562 1142 | St. Francis (NY) | 9-3197 355 | 9-10159 1129 | 0-0 0 | 18-13356 742 | Wagner | 9-12255 1362 | 9-11376 1264 | 0-0 0 | 18-23631 1313 | ------Totals | 99-114621 1158 | 99-114621 1158 | 0-0 0 | 99-114621 1158 |

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