2017-18 Game Notes
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715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-637-2726 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2017-18 GAME NOTES MBB Contacts: Brian Beyrer ([email protected]), Pat McWalters ([email protected]) February 23, 2018 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 / WatchESPN.com - Robert Lee and Julianne Viani 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 16-12 H: 7-3 A: 7-6 N: 2-3 MAAC: 10-6 GAELS AND JASPERS SQUARE OFF ON ESPNU Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men’s basketball team (16-12, 10-6 MAAC) hosts archrival Manhattan 11/10/17 at Albany (ESPN3) L, 67-69 (13-15, 8-8 MAAC) at the Hynes Center in an important MAAC matchup Friday night. With two 11/14/17 at Syracuse (ESPN3) L, 62-71 games remaining in the regular season, the Gaels look to finish strong before next weekend's Island of the Bahamas Showcase MAAC tournament at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. 11/17/17 vs. Weber State (FloHoops) W, 80-72 Iona vs. Manhattan WHAT'S AT STAKE? 11/18/17 vs. Northern Kentucky (FloHoops) L, 72-85 Overall: 53-40 (.570) (Cluess, 13-5) With two regular season games remaining, Iona will serve 11/19/17 vs. Coastal Carolina (FloHoops) L, 84-89 Home: 25-12 as either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in next weekend's MAAC 11/28/17 at Ohio (ESPN3) W, 93-88 Away: 20-15 Championship. The standing guarantees the Gaels' first Neutral: 8-13 12/2/17 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (ESPN3) W, 82-75 contest in the tournament will be a Saturday night quarterfinal LAST 15 MEETINGS 12/9/17 at NJIT (ESPN3) W, 74-70 contest at either 7 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. There are four games Date W-L Score Site 12/12/17 YALE (ESPN3) W, 83-67 among the final eight total MAAC regular season games 2/4/12 W 85-73 A 12/17/17 vs. St. John’s (FoxSports1; at MSG) L, 59-69 with impact on Iona's postseason seeding. Please refer to the 1/6/13 W 78-70 H 12/19/17 at Holy Cross (Patriot League Network) W, 82-68 outcome chart on page 10 of tonight's game notes. 2/15/13 L 73-74 2OT A 12/21/17 at Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 Network) L. 74-80 IONA VS. MANHATTAN - SERIES HISTORY 3/11/13 W 60-57 Sprngfld 12/29/17 at Niagara* (Niagara Sports Network) W, 98-93 OT Tonight’s game is the 94th meeting between the two NY 1/31/14 W 85-73 H 12/31/17 at Canisius* (ESPN3) L, 78-85 Metropolitan area schools. Iona holds a 53-40 advantage. 2/28/14 L 77-80 OT A 1/5/18 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPNU) W, 73-69 The Gaels have won 17 of the last 24 meetings and are 25- 3/10/14 L 68-71 Sprngfld 1/7/18 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 84-65 12 on their home floor. In the rekindled rivalry between the 2/13/15 W 70-67 A 1/11/18 SIENA* (ESPN3) W, 71-69 two closely located schools, head coaches Tim Cluess 2/27/15 W 79-75 H 1/14/18 RIDER* (ESPN3) W, 91-64 holds a 11-5 head-to-head lead over Steve Masiello. 3/9/15 L 69-79 Albany 1/19/18 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) W, 76-73 1/29/16 W 70-56 H SCOUTING MANHATTAN (13-15, 8-8 MAAC) 1/21/18 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) L, 82-84 2/24/16 W 86-73 A • Seniors Rich Williams (14.4 ppg) and Zane Waterman 1/27/18 vs. Manhattan* (at Nassau Colesium) W, 78-65 1/17/17 W 82-67 A (12.0 ppg) are the team's scoring leaders. 1/29/18 at Fairfield* (ESPN3) L, 100-103 OT 2/24/17 W 72-51 H • Waterman leads the way with 6.8 rpg while Williams is 2/2/18 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPNU) W, 87-82 2OT 1/27/18 W 78-64 Nassau the Jaspers' top deep threat with 50 3FG. 2/4/18 at Marist* (ESPN3) W, 98-64 93 games • Senior Zavier Turner is the top playmaker with 3.8 apg 2/8/18 MONMOUTH* (ESPN3) L, 50-72 Iona 6,614 pts 71.0 ppg and is No. 3 at 10.0 ppg. Manhattan 6,524 pts 70.2 ppg 2/10/18 at Saint Peter’s* (YouTube) W, 86-77 • Sophomore Pauly Paulicap is one of the MAAC's 2/12/18 at Siena* (SNY/ESPN3) L, 78-82 OT top newcomers, averaging 9.6 points, 6.6 rebounds GAELS VS. JASPERS 2/16/18 NIAGARA* (ESPN3) L, 84-85 and a league leading 2.6 blocks per game. NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 2/23/18 MANHATTAN* (ESPNU) 9 p.m. 9.3 MILES TO RIVERDALE Casimir 6 32.5 16.5 2.7 1.7 2/25/18 at Rider* (BroncVision) 2 p.m. Lewis 5 28.4 12.8 2.4 2.4 MAAC Championship - Albany, NY The campuses of tonight’s opponents are separated by less than 10 miles, the closest of any two MAAC Much 5 32.0 12.0 3.6 3.0 3/3/18 vs. Quarterfinal Round (ESPN3) 7/9:30 p.m. teams. Manhattan is located 21.2 miles from Saint Griffin 1 19.0 12.0 4.0 1.0 3/4/18 vs. Semifinal Round (ESPNU/3) 7/9:30 p.m. Peter’s and Canisius is 22.0 miles from Niagara, the Edogi 1 29.0 10.0 6.0 1.0 3/5/18 vs. Final (ESPN/2) 7 p.m. next two pairs with the closest proximity. (Distances Crawford 3 22.0 8.0 1.0 1.3 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; courtesy of GoogleMaps). McGill 5 23.8 6.2 2.2 3.4 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk Svandrlik 3 8.7 2.3 2.7 0.3 Williams 2 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Kensmil 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2017-18 Iona Gaels at a Glance No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note Probable Starters (based on last game’s starters) 0 Rickey McGill Jr. G 6-1 175 13.5 4.0 Posted 13 points and dished out seven assists two games ago at Siena 2 E.J. Crawford So. F 6-6 210 12.9 3.4 Averaging 17.2 ppg in last five games... 20 double-digit efforts in last 26 games 4 Schadrac Casimir Jr. G 5-10 165 9.1 1.9 Became 39th Iona player to record 1,000 points at Siena last Monday 11 Roland Griffin Jr. F 6-7 215 10.7 5.4 Averaging 14.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in last 12 games... Four 20+ point efforts in last seven games 13 TK Edogi Gr. F 6-8 220 9.0 7.4 MAAC leading rebounder in conference play (7.8/g)... No. 2 with 57.5 FG% Off the Bench 1 Zach Lewis Gr. G 6-3 185 8.1 2.6 Posted back-to-back 10+ point efforts at SPU & SIE for first time since Dec. 29 & Dec. 31 3 C.J. Seaforth Fr. G 6-1 155 2.1 0.7 Jet-quick guard off the bench for the Gaels in rookie campaign 15 Deyshonee Much Sr. G 6-5 180 11.5 4.1 Returned to lineup vs. Niagara after missing Saint Peter's and Siena game 20 Jan Svandrlik Gr. G/F 6-7 210 4.3 1.8 Averages 14.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.7 3FG/g when playing more than 15 min in a game 21 Gavin Kensmil Fr. F 6-7 230 1.1 0.9 Strong inside presence, will come off the bench in frontcourt 44 Tyrell Williams Jr. F 6-9 230 0.8 1.0 Will compete for time in Iona’s frontcourt... Strong rebounder and post defender 2017-18 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes Senior Night - vs. Manhattan - February 23, 2018 - Page 2 GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY four straight from 1981-85. Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 • Tim Cluess is the only (of 12 all-time) head season, Iona has compiled a 375-231 (.619) record coach in program history to earn 20 wins in each in regular season conference play. The Gaels’ of his first seven seasons in New Rochelle. He is also 375 wins and .619 winning percentage are the the Iona coach to boast six 20-win seasons as the highest of any current MAAC member. The Gaels leader of the Maroon & Gold (Pat Kennedy, 4). became the first MAAC team to reach 375 wins 20+ WIN SEASONS 2017-18 MAAC STANDINGS with its win at Saint Peter's on Feb. 10, a five seasons 1949-50 (21), 1978-79 (23), 1979-80 (29), 1981-82 (24), MAAC OVERALL after reaching 300. Iona is currently 82 ahead of 1982-83 (22), 1983-84 (23), 1984-85 (26), 1995-96 (21), SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. 1996-97 (22), 1997-98 (27), 1999-00 (20), 2000-01 (22), Rider 14 3 .824 21 8 .724 GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AT HOME 2005-06 (23), 2009-10 (21), 2010-11 (25), 2011-12 (25), Canisius 14 3 .824 20 10 .667 The Gaels are 5-3 at home in 2017-18.