HOFSTRA MEN’S 2005-06 Postseason NIT Notes

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Hofstra Quick Facts 2005-06 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE/RESULTS Location: Hempstead, NY Enrollment: 13,400 November Founded: 1935 19 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W 64-51 Postseason Bid: Seventh (four NCAA, three NIT) – Division I 22 at Notre Dame L 50-69 Hofstra Coach: Tom Pecora (5th year), 79-71 (79-71 overall) 29 at St. John’s W 64-51 Nebraska Series: First meeting December 1 BINGHAMTON W 69-55 Streaks, Stats, and Storylines: 3 DELAWARE W 79-65 • Hofstra is making its seventh Division I Postseason 7 at Virginia Commonwealth L 64-87 appearance, including its second straight in the NIT. It has 14 STONY BROOK W 73-56 17 vs. Dartmouth (at MSG) W 74-59 earned three NIT bids (1999, 2005, 2006) and four to the 22 at St. Francis (N.Y.) W 73-57 NCAA Tournament (1976, 1977, 2000, 2001). 30 at La Salle W 71-70 January • Hofstra is hosting its first-ever Division I postseason 5 JAMES MADISON W 87-66 game. It enters the Postseason NIT with the nation’s 7 GEORGIA STATE W 69-53 second-longest home winning streak at 20 games. 12 at Towson L 91-94 14 UNC WILMINGTON W 92-87 (3 OT) • Hofstra’s current 24 wins ties for the second-highest total 19 at Old Dominion W 76-68 in the school’s 33 years at the Division I level. 21 at Northeastern L 73-89 26 TOWSON W 82-70 • Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio enters the NIT tied for 28 at Drexel W 76-75 (OT) February his own school record for three-pointers in a season with 2 OLD DOMINION W 65-63 82. He is also 40 points from becoming the first player in 4 at Delaware W 77-62 school history to reach 1,000 points as a sophomore. 9 at Georgia State W 76-70 11 NORTHEASTERN W 89-78 • Junior guard Loren Stokes (517 points) and sophomore 15 at UNC Wilmington L 68-77 guard Antoine Agudio (508 points) are the first Hofstra 18 SIENA W 76-62 teammates to have 500 points in the same season. 20 at William & Mary W 82-57 23 #25 GEORGE MASON W 77-66 • Junior guard Loren Stokes was the runner-up for the CAA 25 DREXEL W 70-68 Player of the Year Award for the second year in a row. March 4 vs. VCU (CAA quarterfinals) W 72-66 • Junior guard Carlos Rivera and junior guard Loren Stokes 5 vs. George Mason (CAA semis) W 58-49 6 vs. UNCW (CAA championship) L 67-78 were both named to the CAA All-Tournament team last 16 NEBRASKA (Postseason NIT) 7 p.m. weekend. Rivera matched his career high with 25 points in 20 NIT Second Round (if HU advances) TBA a semifinal win over George Mason, while Stokes scored 26 in the championship game loss to UNC Wilmington. Hofstra’s Tentative Starters Pos. No. Cl. Ht. Name PPG RPG APG • Hofstra is one of only four teams in the nation to have G 1 Jr. 6-3 Loren Stokes 17.2 4.9 2.8 five players score at least 25 points in a game this year. G 13 So. 6-3 Antoine Agudio 16.9 2.9 2.8 G 31 Jr. 6-2 Carlos Rivera 12.2 3.8 3.4 • The Pride had more wins (24) than any other team left out F 25 Sr. 6-8 Aurimas Kieza 11.3 7.5 1.6 of the NCAA Tournament. F 33 Sr. 6-7 Adrian Uter 9.2 7.8 0.7 Off The Bench • Hofstra’s three guards (Loren Stokes, Antoine Agudio, G 5 So. 6-2 Jorge Lebron 1.1 0.3 0.1 Carlos Rivera) averaged a combined 51.7 points in the G 20 Fr. 6-0 Greg Johnson 2.5 1.5 1.6 CAA Tournament. G/F 3 Fr. 6-5 Zygis Sestokas 1.3 0.6 0.1 F 15 Fr. 6-8 Arminas Urbutis 1.3 1.4 0.1 • Senior forward Adrian Uter has 55 blocked shots this F 45 Fr. 6-7 Mike Davis-Sabb 1.5 1.5 0.2 season, fourth all-time at Hofstra and just 10 shy of the F/C 23 Sr. 6-9 Kenny Harris 0.6 1.0 0.0 school record for blocks in a season. F/C 54 Fr. 6-8 Chris Gadley 1.6 2.6 0.2 Hofstra Milestone Watch CAA Championship Recap (UNCW 78, Hofstra 67): Junior guard T.J. Carter had 23 points and 13 rebounds, Career including 12 straight Seahawk points down the stretch, as Loren Stokes 1440 points 60 to 1,500 UNC Wilmington held off a furious second half rally and Loren Stokes 458 rebounds 42 to 500 defeated Hofstra 78-67 in the Colonial Athletic Association Antoine Agudio 960 points 40 to 1,000 championship game on Monday, March 6 at Richmond Antoine Agudio 164 three-pointers 28 to school record Coliseum. Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) led Season Antoine Agudio 82 three-pointers 1 to new HU record Hofstra with 26 points, keying a second half run which saw Adrian Uter 55 blocked shots 10 to school record the Pride whittle a 23-point UNC Wilmington lead (53-30) Hofstra (Team) 196 three-pointers 4 to 200 down to three points at 62-59 with 4:00 left. However, Carter converted on three straight attempts, the CAA Quarterfinal Recap (Hofstra 72, VCU 66): last a three-pointer with the shot clock winding down to Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, make the score 70-63 with 1:22 left and effectively ice the NY) set a career high with 34 points, tying a Colonial game. The Seahawks shot 11-11 from the line Athletic Association Tournament record, as Hofstra held on down the stretch to seal the win. UNC Wilmington also for a 72-66 win over Virginia Commonwealth in the CAA jumped out quickly in the first half, using a 19-3 run to take quarterfinals on Saturday, March 4 at Richmond Coliseum. a 22-5 advantage with 11:44 to go on a three-pointer from Agudio’s 34 points eclipsed his previous high of 30 set in a junior guard Temi Soyebo. The Seahawks stretched their February 4 win over Delaware. Agudio got hot right from first half lead up to as many as 20 points at 35-15 on a the opening tap, hitting three three-pointers in the first three three-point play from Carter, but Hofstra went on an 11-0 minutes of the game, helping the Pride jump out to a 10-0 run to pull within 35-26 with 43 seconds left in the half on lead. It was the fifth time this season that Hofstra has a free throw from junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, started a game with at least a 10-0 run, and the first since a PR). However, senior guard John Goldsberry answered Jan. 5 win over James Madison. Hofstra maintained a 36- with a three-pointer to give the Seahawks a 38-26 lead 29 halftime lead, but had to withstand foul trouble to senior heading into the break. The second half saw the Seahawks center Adrian Uter (Queens, NY) who picked up his fourth once again jump out to a big run, which Carter capped off foul with 18:02 left and then fouled out 5:23 to play. Junior with a three-pointer to make the score 53-30, UNC guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) also fouled out with 2:37 Wilmington’s largest lead of the game. However, the Pride to play, leaving the Pride shorthanded down the stretch. responded with their backs to the wall in a big way, going Hofstra led by as many as 11 points in the second half on on a 24-5 run to pull within 62-59 with four minutes left. three occasions, the last coming at 57-46 on a tip-in from Back-to-back three-pointers from Stokes and Rivera pulled freshman guard Greg Johnson (Harlem, NY). VCU, Hofstra within 59-46. Two minutes later, sophomore guard though, got the lead down to six points at 58-52 with 5:23 Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) buried a three to left on a pair of foul shots from freshman guard Eric get the lead back under double digits at 60-51 with 7:12 Maynor. The lead see-sawed between 6-8 points for the left. Senior forward Mitch Laue hit a 17-foot jumper to stop next four minutes, until two Maynor foul shots cut it to 65- the run, but the Pride scored the next eight points, including 60 with 1:30 left. A three-pointer from senior forward Nick five from senior forward Adrian Uter (Queens, NY) to George (28 points, 12 rebounds) got the Rams within 66-64 make the score 62-59. Carter, though, then caught fire at with 1:08 to play, and after the Pride made one of two foul exactly the right time for the Seahawks, hitting a jumper in shots, the Rams had two chances to cut it to one. A Maynor the paint with 2:51 left and adding an old-fashioned three- jumper cut the lead to 68-66, but Agudio made both foul point play with 2:11 remaining to make the score 67-60. shots with 13 seconds left, enabling the Pride to hang on. Agudio hit a three-pointer from the left wing with 1:57 left to pull the Pride within 67-63, but Carter’s deep three with CAA Semifinal Recap (Hofstra 58, George Mason 49): the shot clock winding down finally thwarted the Junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, PR) matched his comeback. Rivera had 16 points, eight rebounds, three career high with 25 points and added 10 rebounds to lead assists and no turnovers on the day. Rivera played all 120 Hofstra to a 58-49 win over George Mason on Sunday, minutes in the CAA Tournament without a turnover, March 5 at Richmond Coliseum. Unlike the quarterfinals, tallying nine assists. Agudio added 13 points, and hit two when the Pride jumped out to a 10-0 lead over VCU and three-pointers, tying his own school record for three- led wire-to-wire, Hofstra trailed the entire way until taking pointers in a season with 82. its first lead on a three-point play from Rivera with 8:37 left in the contest. The Pride trailed 33-27 at the break, but Stokes, Rivera Named All-Tournament: Junior guards held George Mason to only 4-23 shooting in the second Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) and Carlos Rivera (San half (17.4 percent). Rivera’s three-point play was part of an German, PR) were both named to the CAA All- 8-0 run that gave Hofstra a 44-40 lead with 6:33 left. After Tournament team after helping the Pride reach the George Mason pulled within 46-44 on a lay-up from championship game. Stokes averaged a team-high 19.3 sophomore forward Will Thomas, Rivera nailed a three- points over the three games, including 26 in the pointer in the corner off a pass from junior guard Loren championship game loss to UNC Wilmington. Rivera Stokes (Buffalo, NY) to put the Pride ahead 49-44 with averaged 15.0 points per game, including a career-high 4:49 left. A floating jumper from Stokes stretched the lead tying 25 in the semifinal win over George Mason. Rivera to 51-44 with 2:26 left, and the Patriots could come no also played all 120 minutes in the CAA Tournament closer than four points the rest of the way. Stokes (Buffalo, without committing a single turnover. Sophomore guard NY) added 20 points for the Pride, before leaving the game Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) also chipped in a in the final minute with an injury. Thomas led the Patriots career-high 34 points in the quarterfinal win over VCU. with 17 points. The Pride’s three guards averaged a combined 51.7 points in the CAA Tournament (Stokes – 19.3, Agudio – 17.3, Rivera – 15.0). Scouting Nebraska: The Cornhuskers come into the game Hofstra In The Postseason: The Pride will be making its with a 19-13 record after reaching the semifinals of the Big seventh all-time appearance in a Division I Postseason 12 Tournament, where it fell to Kansas. Senior 6-10 Tournament, including its second in a row in the NIT. forward Wes Wilkinson leads the Cornhuskers in scoring Hofstra has four prior trips to the NCAA Division I with 12.0 points per game, while senior 6-6 guard Jason Tournament, and is making its third Postseason NIT Dourisseau is averaging 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds. appearnace. Hofstra is still looking for its first ever Sophomore 6-11 center Aleks Maric is averaging 11.0 postseason win, although it has come close in each of its points and 8.0 rebounds. Freshman guard Jamel White (8.5 last two appearances. Last year, Hofstra was within three ppg) is a Brooklyn native who attended Grady High points of St. Joseph’s in the final minute in the NIT, but School. Nebraska uses its size effectively, as it has ended up falling 53-44. In it’s last NCAA appearance in outrebounded its opponents by +3.5 per game this season, 2001, the Pride led for almost the entire first half and held a and has shot 227 more foul shots than its opponents (738 to six point lead with less than 10 minutes to go, but UCLA 511). Nebraska closed the regular season in a slump, losing rallied down the stretch for a 61-48 win in the opening its last three games, but got a second wind in the Big 12 round of the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro, North Tournament, defeating Missouri 71-64 in the opening Carolina. round and upsetting nationally ranked Oklahoma in the quarterfinals 69-63. Hofstra In The Postseason (Division I) Hofstra-Nebraska Series: This is the first-ever meeting between Nebraska and Hofstra. The two teams also have 2005 NIT St. Joseph’s 53, Hofstra 44 played no common opponents this year. Hofstra’s last game 2001 NCAA UCLA 61, Hofstra 48 against a Big 12 team was in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, 2000 NCAA Oklahoma State 86, Hofstra 66 when it faced Oklahoma State and dropped an 86-66 1999 NIT Rutgers 58, Hofstra 45 decision in Buffalo. 1977 NCAA Notre Dame 90, Hofstra 83 1976 NCAA Connecticut 80, Hofstra 78

Tale of the Tape Last Season’s NIT Recap (St. Joseph’s 53, Hofstra 44): Hofstra Nebraska St. Joseph's placed three players in double figures, led by 24-6 Overall Record 19-13 Pat Carroll's 16 points, as the Hawks earned a hard-fought 14-4 Conference Record 7-9 53-44 win over Hofstra in the opening round of the 73.5 Points Per Game 66.8 Postseason National Invitation Tournament. Freshman 67.3 Points Allowed Per Game 65.8 guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) was the +6.2 Scoring Margin +1.0 lone member of the Pride in double figures as he scored 16 36.3 Rebounds Per Game 38.6 points in the contest, while also setting a new school record 33.8 Rebounds Allowed Per Game 35.1 with his 82nd three-pointer of the season. Neither team was +2.5 Rebounding Margin +3.5 able to generate much offense on the day, as the Pride took .462 Field Goal Percentage .412 the lead into the locker room at 20-19 on a fast break lay-up .421 Field Goal Percentage Defense .409 from junior guard Gibran Washington (Jacksonville, FL). .362 Three-Point Percentage .348 Hofstra then forged its way to a 30-23 lead on a fast break .352 Three-Point Pct. Defense .364 lay-up from sophomore guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) 6.5 Three-Pointers Per Game 6.6 with 15:23 to play. Saint Joseph’s, though, answered with a 7.0 Opponents Three-Pointers PG 7.7 9-0 run to take the lead back at 32-30 on a and .651 Free Throw Percentage .671 breakaway dunk from reserve guard Abdulai Jalloh. 13.5 Assists Per Game 13.3 Agudio answered with a running jumper and then a three- 13.7 Turnovers Per Game 15.7 pointer from the left corner, his 82nd of the season (a new 14.4 Opponents TO Per Game 14.6 Hofstra single-season school record), to give the Pride a 35- +0.7 Turnover Margin -1.1 32 advantage with 9:45 to go. A three-pointer from junior 7.3 Steals Per Game 6.6 guard Dwayne Lee evened the score at 37-37 for the 4.3 Blocks Per Game 3.8 Hawks, and a fast-break three-point play from junior center Dwayne Jones gave Saint Joseph’s the lead for good at 40- 37. Two free throws from senior center Wendell Gibson Nebraska’s Tentative Starters (Far Rockaway, NY) pulled the Pride within 40-39, but Po. No. Cl. Ht. Name PPG RPG APG Carroll shook free for a three-pointer with 4:26 left to give G 3 Jr. 5-9 Charles Richardson 4.2 2.6 3.3 the Hawks a 43-39 lead. Agudio answered again with a G 31 Fr. 6-3 Jamel White 8.5 3.0 1.8 jump shot, but a lay-up from Carroll and a jumper by Lee G 1 Sr. 6-6 Jason Dourisseau 11.2 7.3 1.5 gave the Hawks their largest lead at 47-41 with 2:22 to go. F 11 Sr. 6-10 Wes Wilkinson 12.0 6.3 1.5 Agudio’s fast break lay-up pulled Hofstra within 47-44 C 21 So. 6-11 Aleks Maric 11.0 8.0 1.2 with 53 seconds left, but Carroll was fouled off the ball and Off The Bench made two foul shots to stretch the lead to five and the Pride G 10 Fr. 6-2 Marcus Walker 5.8 1.1 2.3 could come no closer. Stokes was held below double G 4 Jr. 6-2 Marcus Perry 4.1 0.9 0.5 figures for only the second time in 2004-05 with eight F 00 Jr. 6-9 B.J. Walker 4.7 3.4 0.7 points, to go along with seven rebounds and four assists. F 15 Sr. 6-8 Bronsen Schliep 0.8 1.0 0.1 Gibson had seven points and nine rebounds in his final F 50 Fr. 6-7 Kyle Marks 1.0 0.9 0.1 game with the Pride, while fellow senior Michael C 45 Sr. 6-10 Tony Wilbrand 0.6 0.8 0.0 Radziejewski (Jackson Heights, NY) had six points and four rebounds in his final game.

Hofstra In The CAA Tournament: The Pride has a 6-5 Getting Better All The Time: The Hofstra Men’s all-time record in the CAA Tournament after going 2-1 this Basketball team has improved its CAA record and its final season. Hofstra has won at least one game in four of its five position in the conference standings in every season since trips to the CAA’s, with the only exception a quarterfinal joining the league in 2001-02, one year after winning an loss to Old Dominion in 2004. This year marked the Pride’s America East Conference championship in the 2000-01 first appearance in the championship game after reaching season. That 2000-01 team had seven seniors on it, though, the semifinals for the third time. Hofstra also tends to leaving Hofstra without a senior on the entire roster as it overachieve in the postseason. The Pride has upset a higher ventured into a new conference. The Pride’s inaugural seed in the CAA Tournament five times, but has never been season in the CAA saw it finish tenth at 5-13 in conference beaten by a lower seed. play, although it reached the semifinals of the CAA Tournament. The following year saw the Pride improve to Hofstra In The CAA Tournament 6-12 in league play (ninth place), while the 2003-04 campaign saw Hofstra surge above .500 to a 10-8 finish, 2006 #3 Hofstra 72, #6 VCU 66 good for fifth place. Last year, the Pride’s CAA record Hofstra 58, #2 George Mason 49 jumped to 12-6, tying it for fourth place, while this year’s #1 UNC Wilmington 78, Hofstra 67 team finished 14-4, improving to a third-place finish. 2005 #5 Hofstra 89, #4 Drexel 77 #1 Old Dominion 72, Hofstra 58 Hofstra’s Conference Records - CAA 2004 #4 Old Dominion 82, #5 Hofstra 68 2003 #9 Hofstra 74, #8 William & Mary 64 Year CAA Record Finish Overall Rec. #1 UNC Wilmington 76, Hofstra 56 2005-06 14-4 3rd 24-6 2002 #10 Hofstra 72, #7 Towson 52 2004-05 12-6 4th 21-9 Hofstra 82, #2 George Mason 76 2003-04 10-8 5th 14-15 #3 VCU 70, Hofstra 54 2002-03 6-12 9th 8-21 th 2001-02 5-13 10 12-20 Hofstra In Championship Games: Hofstra made its first- ever appearance in the Colonial Athletic Association A Balanced Attack: Hofstra is one of only four teams in championship since joining the league in 2001-02. It had the nation which has had five different players score 25 or won its last three conference championships in other more points in a game this season. Senior forward Adrian conferences though, including back-to-back America East Uter (Queens, NY) was the last to join the club with 27 titles in 2000 and 2001. The Pride also won the 1994 East points in the Pride’s win over Siena on Saturday, Feb. 18, Coast Conference championship 88-86 in overtime over making Hofstra the first team in the country to have five Northeastern Illinois (although the ECC did not have an 25-point scorers (Houston, Lamar, and Louisville have automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament). Hofstra’s all- since accomplished it). Senior forward Aurimas Kieza time record in Division I conference championships is 5-2. (Marijampole, Lithuania) had 25 in a road win over Georgia State on Feb. 9, while junior guard Carlos Rivera Hofstra Division I Conference Championships (San German, PR) had 25 for the second time this season in the CAA semifinals against George Mason on March 5. Year Conference Final Score Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) has done it seven 2005-06 CAA UNCW 78, Hofstra 67 times, including 26 in the CAA Championship game on 2000-01 America East Hofstra 68, Delaware 54 March 6, while sophomore guard Antoine Agudio 1999-00 America East Hofstra 76, Delaware 69 (Huntington Station, NY) had a season-high 34 in the 1993-94 East Coast Hofstra 88, NE Illinois 86 Pride’s quarterfinal win over VCU on March 4, one of four 1985-86 East Coast Drexel 80, Hofstra 76 times he has scored at least 25. 1976-77 East Coast Hofstra 92, La Salle 81 1975-76 East Coast Hofstra 79, Temple 72 Hofstra Players - Season Highs

The Big 2-0: Hofstra picked up its 20th win of the season Name Pts. Opponent (Date) when it defeated William & Mary on Feb. 20. It is the Antoine Agudio 34 vs. VCU (3/4) second straight year that the Pride has reached the 20-win Loren Stokes 32 at Northeastern (1/21) plateau, and the seventh time in 33 years at the Division I Adrian Uter 27 vs. Siena (2/18) level. Hofstra’s 22-5 regular season finish was its second- Aurimas Kieza 25 at Georgia State (2/9) best in its Division I history, behind only the 23-4 finish of Carlos Rivera 25 vs. George Mason (3/5) the 2000-01 team, while its current 24 wins ties the 1999- 2000 team for the second most in its Division I history Agudio Steps Up Again: For the second year in a row, (behind the 26 wins of the 2000-01 team). sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) reached his season high in scoring in the CAA Hofstra 20-Win Seasons – Division I Tournament. A year ago, he tied his then-career high with 22 points in a semifinal loss to Old Dominion. In this year’s Year Rec. Coach quarterfinals on March 4 against VCU, Agudio set a new 1976-77 23-7 Roger Gaeckler career high with 34 points in the Pride’s 72-66 win, which 1991-92 20-9 also tied a CAA Tournament record held by three different 1998-99 22-10 players. The 34 points were the most for any Hofstra player 1999-00 24-7 Jay Wright since former guard Rick Apodaca poured in 34 in a home 2000-01 26-5 Jay Wright 2004-05 21-9 Tom Pecora win over Old Dominion on January 18, 2005. 2005-06 24-6 Tom Pecora Your Turn: Hofstra’s three-man backcourt has had a Stokes Moves Into Top 10: Junior guard Loren Stokes history of achieving their personal bests in the CAA (Buffalo, NY) became the 26th player in school history to Tournament. In four straight CAA Tournament games, the score 1,000 career points in the Pride’s win over Stony Pride had one of its three guards reach his career high in Brook on Dec. 14. Stokes now has 1,440 points in his three scoring. Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) had a seasons, ranking him seventh (see below), giving him a career high 31 in the Pride’s quarterfinal win over Drexel chance to become the school’s fifth 2,000-point scorer. last year, while sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) followed by tying his career high Agudio Closing In On Milestone: Sophomore guard with 22 points in Hofstra’s semifinal loss to Old Dominion. Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) is approaching This year, Agudio set a new career high with 34 points in the 1,000 point club, as he enters the NIT with 960 points. the Pride’s quarterfinal win over Virginia Commonwealth, He needs 40 to become the first sophomore in school while junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, PR) tied his history to score 1,000 points. His 960 points already is the career high with 25 in a semifinal win over George Mason. highest total for any sophomore in Hofstra history, eclipsing teammate Loren Stokes’ previous record of 923 Stokes, Agudio Make Hofstra History: Junior guard (freshmen became eligible in 1973). Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) and sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) have been going back Hofstra 1,000-Point Club and forth in the race for the team scoring lead over the last few weeks, with Stokes currently holding a narrow lead Name Years Points (17.2 ppg to 16.9 ppg). Both players went over the 500- 1) Steve Nisenson 1962-65 2,222 point plateau for the season in the CAA final, with Stokes 2) Rich Laurel 1973-77 2,102 now standing at 517 points and Agudio at 508. It is the first 3) Bill Thieben 1953-56 2,045 time in Hofstra history that two teammates have had 500 4) Craig “Speedy” Claxton 1996-00 2,015 5) David Taylor 1979-82 1,818 points in the same season. and Norman 6) Norman Richardson 1997-01 1,677 Richardson came close in 1999-2000, but Richardson 7) Loren Stokes 2003-pres. 1,440 ended with 487 points. Rich Laurel and Ken Rood also 8) Frank Walker 1985-89 1,437 came close in 1976-77, but Rood fell just shy at 483 points. 9) Leroy Allen 1983-87 1,435 10) Rick Apodaca 1999-03 1,422 Stokes, Agudio Honored By CAA: The Pride had two 11) Ken Rood 1973-77 1,368 players named to the All-CAA teams, which were 12) Dave Bell 1969-72 1,330 announced on March 2. Junior guard Loren Stokes 13) Kenny Adeleke 2001-04 1,296 14) Barry White 1966-69 1,286 (Buffalo, NY) was named to the first team for the second 14) Mike Tilley 1963-66 1,286 year in a row, while sophomore guard Antoine Agudio 16) Roberto Gittens 1997-01 1,240 (Huntington Station, NY) was named to the second team 17) Demetrius Dudley 1991-93 1,220 (after earning third team honors last year). 17) John Mills 1941-43/46-47 1,220 19) Ted Jackson 1958-61 1,159 2005-06 All-CAA Teams 20) Wandy Williams 1966-69 1,132 21) Richie Swartz 1959-62 1,107 22) Derrick Flowers 1987-91 1,069 First Team Second Team 23) Darius Burton 1993-97 1,060 Jose Juan Barea, N’eastern Antoine Agudio, Hofstra 24) Percy Johnson 1950-53 1,045 Nick George, VCU John Goldsberry, UNCW 25) James Shaffer 1991-95 1,022 Jai Lewis, George Mason Alex Loughton, ODU 26) John Irving 1974-77 1,018 Harding Nana, Delaware Gary Neal, Towson Loren Stokes, Hofstra Tony Skinn, George Mason Rising To The Occasion: Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) has performed his best this season when Stokes Honored By College Insider: Junior guard Loren facing the top five teams in the CAA. Stokes has scored 32 Stokes (Buffalo, NY) was named to the mid-major All- points against Northeastern (fifth place in the CAA), 30 America team by collegeinsider.com for the second year in against UNC Wilmington (tied for first), 27 against Old a row. He was joined on the 20-member All-America team Dominion (fourth place) and 26 against George Mason by Jose Juan Barea of Northeastern out of the CAA. Stokes (tied for first). He is averaging 22.6 points in nine games was also named the Colonial Athletic Association MVP by against the top five teams in the CAA. College Insider as well. Stokes vs. Top Five CAA Teams In The Blood Lines: Hofstra’s dynamic backcourt duo of Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) and Antoine Agudio Opponent Date Pts. FG-A (Huntington Station, NY) are not the first members of their UNCW Jan. 14 30 10-19 respective families to excel at the Division I college level. Old Dominion Jan. 19 27 12-23 Stokes’ older brother Leonard was a four-year standout at Northeastern Jan. 21 32 15-24 Cincinnati, where he once scored 39 points in an NCAA Old Dominion Feb. 2 16 7-12 Tournament game against UCLA and was named second- Northeastern Feb. 11 10 4-13 team All-Conference USA as a senior. Agudio’s father, UNCW Feb. 15 16 6-15 Alex, meanwhile, was a key player on Niagara’s 1987 George Mason Feb. 23 26 10-18 Postseason National Invitation Tournament (NIT) team and George Mason Mar. 5 20 9-17 still holds the Purple Eagles’ school record for steals in a UNCW Mar. 6 26 9-23 season (77). Totals 203 82-164 (22.6) (.500) Home, Sweet Home: Hofstra’s 70-68 win over Drexel in A Three-For-All: Only 11 players in Hofstra history had its regular season finale on Feb. 25 was its 20th in a row at made 100 three-pointers in a career prior to this season, but Hofstra Arena. Its last home loss was a 67-66 defeat to Old the list became much more crowded when the Pride had a Dominion on Jan. 19, 2005. The 20-game streak puts the player make his 100th three-pointer in three consecutive Pride alone in second place in the nation, trailing only games. Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Gonzaga’s current 40-game streak. Station, NY) became the 12th player in school history to make 100 three-pointers in a career when he knocked down Longest Current Home Win Streaks – Division I a trey in the first half against La Salle on Friday, Dec. 30. (Through Conference Tournaments) One game later, senior forward Aurimas Kieza th (Marijampole, Lithuania) knocked down his 100 career School Streak Next Home Game three-pointer in the Pride’s win over James Madison on 1. Gonzaga 40 Postseason Jan. 5. Junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, PR) then 2. Hofstra 20 Postseason joined the club in a Jan. 7 win over Georgia State. Agudio 3. Connecticut 19 Postseason currently has 164 three-pointers, putting him alone in third 4. Akron 18 Postseason place as a sophomore, only 28 shy of the school record 5. Air Force 17 Postseason already. Rivera moved into the top 10 with two three- pointers against Drexel on Jan. 28, and now has 133 (alone Mr. Durability: Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) in seventh place), while Kieza now has 123 three-pointers, has always played with a fearlessness that belies his 6-3, tying him for tenth place. 175-pound frame. This year, though, Stokes has played through a myriad of injuries. He was slowed down in Hofstra 100 Three-Pointers Club preseason practice with a back injury and then broke his nose just before the regular season started. He has since had Name Years 3FG a cut over his eye, a tooth knocked loose, and injuries to his 1) Norman Richardson 1997-01 192 wrist, thumb, hip, knee, and ankle. Despite the various 2) Rick Apodaca 1999-03 190 injuries, Stokes has still never missed a game in his career, 3) Antoine Agudio 2004-pres. 164 appearing in all 90 games in a Hofstra uniform, including 4) Jason Hernandez 1998-01 162 81 straight starting assignments. Three times this year, 5) Tim Beckett 1995-99 158 injuries have prevented him from finishing a game (at La 6) Frank Walker 1986-90 157 Salle on Dec. 30, home vs. Drexel on Feb. 23, vs. George 7) Carlos Rivera 2003-pres. 133 Mason on March 5), but he returned to start the next game 8) Demetrius Dudley 1991-93 126 each time. 9) Michael Radziejewski 2001-05 124 10) Aurimas Kieza 2002-pres. 123 Agudio Ties Own Record: Sophomore guard Antoine 10) Carlos Dicenta 1985-89 123 Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) made 82 three-pointers 12) John Mavroukas 1991-95 119 last season, breaking the old school record of 81, which 13) Errol Flanigan 1988-91 111 was set by Demetrius Dudley in 1992-93 (see chart below). 14) Anthony Davis 1995-99 106 Agudio hit two three-pointers in the second half of the CAA Championship game against UNC Wilmington on Pride Defeats First Ranked Team: Hofstra’s win over March 6, and has tied his own record heading into the NIT. George Mason on Feb. 23 marked its first victory over a Division I ranked team. George Mason debuted in the Hofstra Single-Season Three-Point FG Leaders ESPN/USA Today coaches poll at #25 on Monday, Feb. 20 (it was the first team in the also receiving votes category in Name Year 3FG the AP poll) and was playing its first game as a nationally 1) Antoine Agudio 2005-06 82 ranked team. It was also the first time that the Pride has 1) Antoine Agudio 2004-05 82 ever hosted a nationally ranked team in its Division I 3) Demetrius Dudley 1992-93 81 history. 4) Carlos Dicenta 1987-88 74 th 5) Rick Apodaca 2002-03 66 Uter Records 100 : Despite only playing for Hofstra for two seasons after transferring from Broward Agudio Ends Regular Season On High Note: Sophomore Community College in Florida, senior forward Adrian Uter guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) ended the (Queens, NY) became only the third player in school history to record 100 career blocks in a Feb. 18 win over 2005-06 regular season with one of the best shooting nights th of his career. Agudio shot a perfect 5-for-5 from three-point Siena. Uter accomplished the feat in his 50 career game, territory in the Pride’s 70-68 win over Drexel, on his way and now has 115 in his career (in 56 games – an average of to 19 points. The performance from beyond the arc was the just over two per contest). best for a Hofstra player since former Pride swingman Michael Radziejewski had a 5-for-5 effort in a loss to Hofstra All-Time Career Block Leaders Drexel on February 5, 2003. Agudio shot 56.3 percent on three-pointers (27-48) in February (nine games) to improve Name Years Blocks to 43.9 percent overall on the season, which ranked him 1) David Taylor 1978-83 178 14th in the country through Sunday’s games. He made his 2) Roberto Gittens 1997-01 138 first three shots from beyond the arc against VCU in the 3) Adrian Uter 2004-06 115 CAA quarterfinals to stretch his streak to eight straight, one 4) Danny Walker 1999-04 97 shy of Radziejewski’s school record. 5) Greg Springfield 1999-01 92

Man Of The Block: Senior forward Adrian Uter (Queens, Lithuanian Connection: Hofstra features three players on NY) threatened the school record for blocks in a season last its roster this season from Lithuania. Senior forward year, and is once again in the top five this season. Uter’s 60 Aurimas Kieza (Marijampole, Lithuania) was the first to blocks last winter was the third most in school history, join the Pride in 2002-03 after playing his senior season at leaving him only five shy of the record held by David Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. He was joined Taylor, while his 55 so far this season ranks fourth, 10 shy this season by two of his country-mates, as freshman of Taylor’s record. forward Arminas Urbutis (Kaunas, Lithuania) and freshman swingman Zygis Sestokas (Vilnius, Lithuania) Hofstra Single-Season Block Leaders came to Hempstead. Urbutis played for two seasons at Montverde Academy in Florida, while Sestokas played at Name Year Blocks Statesville Christian High School in North Carolina. Kieza 1) David Taylor 1982-83 65 graduates this season, but he will be replaced next season 2) Roberto Gittens 1997-98 61 by Mantas Leonavicius (Vilnius, Lithuania), who is 3) Adrian Uter 2004-05 60 currently playing at Statesville Christian. Kieza has started 4) Adrian Uter 2005-06 55 every game for the Pride this season, averaging 11.3 points 5) Greg Springfield 1999-00 53 and 7.5 rebounds. Sestokas and Urbutis have consistently been in the rotation and have stepped up at different times Uter Has Unprecedented Hot Streak: Senior forward this season. Sestokas was named the CAA Rookie of the Adrian Uter shot 6-for-6 from the floor, all in the first half, Week on Dec. 19 after scoring 10 points in a home win in the Pride’s 82-57 win over William & Mary on Feb. 20. over Stony Brook and adding six points in a win over Uter also shot 12-13 in the Pride’s win over Siena on Feb. Dartmouth at Madison Square Garden. Urbutis, meanwhile, 18, making his last 12 in a row after missing a jumper on shot 7-of-10 from the free throw line down the stretch to the first possession of the game. The 18 straight made field help the Pride defeat Georgia State at home on Jan. 7. goals is a school record and left him seven shy of the NCAA record held by Ray Voelkel of American, which has Going Streaking: Hofstra had its third six-game win streak stood since 1978. Uter missed his first shot against George of the season heading into the CAA championship game. Mason on Feb. 23 to end the streak at 18, before bouncing The Pride has now had a win streak of at least six games back to make his next four. His 6-for-6 effort against five times in the last two years. In the Pride’s 33 years at William & Mary was also the first perfect shooting day for the Division I level, it has had a total of 13 win streaks of at the Pride (with at least five field goals made) since least six games, with five of them coming in the last two November of 2001. Uter also shot a perfect 5-for-5 in the seasons. A year ago, the Pride began the season 9-0 (its CAA Tournament, including 3-for-3 in the championship. best ever start at the Division I level) and added a seven- game streak late in the year (the final six regular season Making A Difference: There’s no question that senior games and a CAA quarterfinal win over Drexel). forward Adrian Uter (Queens, NY) has proven to be one of the most indispensable parts of the Hofstra line-up. The St. Hofstra Win Streaks Of Six Or More (Div. I) John’s game on November 29 was the first indication of how much he means to the Pride. When he picked up his Year Streak Record Head Coach second foul in the first half, St. John’s outscored the Pride 2005-06 6 24-6 Tom Pecora 26-9. Once Uter returned in the second half, it was all 2005-06 6 24-6 Tom Pecora Hofstra the rest of the way. Overall, the score was 55-25 2005-06 6 24-6 Tom Pecora Hofstra with Uter on the floor, and 26-9 St. John’s without 2004-05 7 21-9 Tom Pecora him. Uter also missed four games with an injury from Jan. 2004-05 9 21-9 Tom Pecora 5-14, and his impact on the Pride’s defense and rebounding 2000-01 18 26-5 Jay Wright is clearly evident in the statistics. In the 26 games with Uter 1999-00 11 24-7 Jay Wright on the floor, Hofstra has outrebounded its opponents by 3.9 1999-00 7 24-7 Jay Wright boards per game and held its opponents to just 41.0 percent 1998-99 6 22-10 Jay Wright shooting from the floor. In the four games without him, 1991-92 6 20-9 Butch van Breda Kolff opponents shot 49.1 percent and outrebounded Hofstra by 1985-86 7 17-13 Dick Berg 7.0 boards per game. 1976-77 9 23-7 Roger Gaeckler 1975-76 6 18-12 Roger Gaeckler The Defense Never Rests: Hofstra held George Mason to only 16 second half points on 4-23 shooting (17.4 percent) Home Away From Home: Hofstra made a triumphant in its CAA semifinal win on March 5. It was the second return to Madison Square Garden on Dec. 17, defeating time that the Pride has put on a defensive clinic in the Dartmouth 74-59. The last time it appeared at the World’s second half of a memorable win. Earlier this year, the Pride Most Famous Arena was in December of 2002, when it lost held St. John’s to only 11 points in the second half of its to St. John’s 84-59. Senior Aurimas Kieza (Marijampole, 64-51 win on Nov. 29. What makes those two defensive Lithuania) was the only current player to appear in that performances even more remarkable is the fact that the game, when he scored 12 points in his collegiate debut. Pride relied almost exclusively on its starting five during Hofstra has had some tremendous success at MSG over the the second halves of both those games. All five starters years, tallying a 7-2 record in its last nine appearances after played all 20 minutes in the second half of that St. John’s defeating Dartmouth. Included in that stretch are contest, while only Antoine Agudio (two minutes) and consecutive ECAC Holiday Festival titles in 1998 and Loren Stokes (one minute) came out in the second half of 1999. In fact, Hofstra nearly three-peated at the Holiday the George Mason win. Festival, but lost in the 2000 title game to Penn State 74-71.

Starting Fast: Hofstra has shown a rather remarkable Pride Signs Three In Early Period: The Hofstra Men’s propensity this season for jumping out of the gate quickly. Basketball team signed three players in the fall signing Eleven times this season, the Pride has jumped out to a lead period: 6-7 power forward Mantas Leonavicius (Vilnius, of at least seven points in the opening minutes of the game. Lithuania/Statesville (N.C.) Christian), 6-2 guard Sal There have also been five times when it led by at least 10-0 Patricio (Queens, NY/Florida Prep), and 6-10 forward Greg before its opponent could score, including a 10-0 run to Washington (Islip, NY/Winchendon (Mass.) Prep). Mantas start its CAA quarterfinal win over VCU on March 4. Leonavicius is a 6-7 power forward from Vilnius, Lithuania, who is currently playing at Statesville Christian Hofstra Fast Starts High School in North Carolina. He was high school teammates with current Hofstra swingman Zygis Sestokas Date Opponent Start Final at Statesville Christian last year, and also played with Mar. 4 VCU 10-0 72-66 Sestokas at Sarunas Marciulionis' sports academy in Feb. 20 William & Mary 12-2 82-57 Lithuania before coming to the United States. Sal Patricio Jan. 26 Towson 9-2 82-70 is playing his second season at Florida Prep Academy after Jan. 5 James Madison 10-0 87-66 previously starring at Bryant High School in Queens. Greg Dec. 22 St. Francis (NY) 11-0 73-57 Washington is attending Winchendon Prep after previously Dec. 17 Dartmouth 15-2 74-59 playing at Central Islip on Long Island. He was ranked Dec. 14 Stony Brook 17-0 73-56 among the top 300 recruits by Hoop Scoop, and represented Dec. 7 VCU 11-3 64-87 Suffolk County in the Coaches vs. Cancer All-Star game. Dec. 3 Delaware 22-4 79-65 Dec. 1 Binghamton 7-0 (and 16-6) 69-55 Player of the Week Honors: Junior guard Loren Stokes Nov. 29 St. John’s 11-0 64-51 (Buffalo, NY) was named the CAA Player of the Week for the third time this season on Monday, Feb. 27, tying him Hofstra Sets Three-Point Record: The Pride set a new with Towson’s Gary Neal for the highest total in the team record for three-pointers in a game in its loss to conference this season. Stokes also won the award a Towson on Jan. 12. Hofstra finished the game with 15 league-high four times last year, when nobody else won it three-pointers, breaking the previous record of 14 set in a more than twice. He was also named the Metropolitan road loss at James Madison on Feb. 1, 2003. Sophomore Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Player of the guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY) hit six Week on Feb. 27. The Pride has nine different weekly three-pointers to tie his career high, one shy of the school awards from five different people this year (see below). record, while junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, PR) added five. It was only the second time in school history Hofstra Weekly Awards that two Hofstra teammates had hit five three-pointers in the same game. Feb. 27 – Loren Stokes CAA Player of the Week Feb. 27 – Loren Stokes Metro NY Player of Week Home Wreckers: Old Dominion has nearly had a perfect Feb. 20 – Adrian Uter Metro NY Player of Week record at home in each of the last two seasons, but both Feb. 13 – Aurimas Kieza CAA Player of the Week times Hofstra has spoiled the unblemished record. A year Jan. 30 – Loren Stokes CAA Player of the Week ago, the Monarchs took a 14-0 home record into its final Jan. 23 – Loren Stokes CAA Player of the Week game at the Constant Center, but the Pride stepped in and Jan. 2 – Antoine Agudio CAA Player of the Week spoiled the perfect season with a 66-63 win. This year, Old Dec. 19 - Zygis Sestokas CAA Rookie of the Week Dominion was a perfect 8-0 at home heading into its Jan. Dec. 5 – Antoine Agudio CAA Player of the Week 19 game, but the Pride again came away with a win. Old Dominion is now a combined 28-2 at home over the last Pecora Named Man Of Year: Hofstra Men's Basketball two seasons, with Hofstra accounting for both losses. Coach Tom Pecora was named the Man of the Year by the Hope Through Hoops Foundation, it was announced on Hofstra Earns Third Straight Win Over St. John’s: Feb. 24. The Hope Through Hoops Foundation was Junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) had 19 points, founded in August of 2002, in the honor of Tom Crotty, a eight rebounds and five assists and the Hofstra defense held victim of the World Trade Center tragedy. The award is St. John's to only 11 points in the second half as it pulled given by the Hope Through Hoops Foundation to a person away for a 64-51 win Tuesday, Nov. 29 at Carnesecca who personifies Tom Crotty's personality and philanthropic Arena. St. John’s has long been known as the premier ways. Pecora is a familiar figure in the community, as he is college basketball program in the New York metropolitan actively involved with several charities, including Coaches area, but the Pride has been able to perhaps steal the crown vs. Cancer, Wheelchair Charities, Father Hartman's Christa of late. St. John’s completely dominated the series in the House, the Dante Foundation and several others. He has 1900’s, winning all 19 meetings between the schools. In the served as the co-chairman for the annual Coaches vs. 2000’s, though, the Pride has won four of the six meetings, Cancer Charity Golf Classic, which is entering its fourth including the last three in a row (all three coming by year this summer. double-digit margins). Hofstra first broke through in December of 2000, when it captured an 86-80 win at NABC Honors Pecora: Hofstra Men’s Basketball Coach Nassau Coliseum. St. John’s bounced back to win the next Tom Pecora was named the District 2 Coach of the Year in two meetings, but Hofstra went into Alumni Hall in 2003- a vote of the district’s basketball coaches, it was announced 04 and came away with an 81-64 win, the second-worst on March 10. Pecora, one of 16 district winners from loss that the Red Storm has ever suffered at its on-campus around the country, will be honored at the NABC’s awards facility. The Pride added a 78-68 win at Hofstra Arena last dinner at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final year, and the 64-51 win this season. Four later this month. Final CAA Standings Odds And Ends: Some strange, unusual, and sometimes relevant facts regarding the Hofstra Men’s Basketball program: School CAA Overall UNC Wilmington* 15-3 25-7 Defense Tells The Story: Hofstra is 55-2 in the last 57 games George Mason 15-3 23-7 when it has held its opponents to less than 60 points (9-0 this Hofstra 14-4 24-6 Old Dominion 13-5 21-9 season). In a strange coincidence, both losses in that stretch Northeastern 12-6 19-11 have been in the Postseason NIT, a 53-44 loss to Saint Joseph’s VCU 11-7 19-10 last year and a 58-45 loss to Rutgers in 1999 – the only two Towson** 8-10 12-16 NIT appearances in school history. Hofstra has won 65 regular Drexel 8-10 15-16 season games in a row when holding opponents below 60. Delaware 4-13 9-20 Georgia State*** 3-15 7-22 Just Give Us The Damn Ball: Hofstra has won the opening William & Mary 3-15 8-20 tap a remarkable 26 times in 30 games this season, including James Madison 2-16 5-23 16 in a row heading into the NIT. Two of the four taps it lost * UNCW earned tiebreaker for first due to its 1-1 record against were without starting center Adrian Uter, who missed four Hofstra (George Mason was 0-1) games with an injury in January. ** Towson earned tiebreaker for seventh seed due to its 1-1 record against Hofstra (Drexel was 0-2) Reigning Over The Empire State: Hofstra is a perfect 16-0 *** Georgia State earned tie breaker for 10th seed due to its 1-1 this season in games played in the state of New York. It is 13-0 record against Delaware at home, 1-0 at Madison Square Garden (vs. Dartmouth) and 2- 0 in road games in New York (St. John’s, St. Francis). Going CAA Postseason Games: back to last year, the Pride’s Empire State streak is 23 in a row.

NCAA Just Pretend They Are ALL Blue Hens: Hofstra has shot a March 16: George Washington vs. UNC Wilmington combined 40-45 from the free throw line (88.9 percent) in its March 17: Michigan State vs. George Mason two meetings with Delaware this season (21-22 at home, 19-23 NIT at Delaware). March 15: Old Dominion at Colorado March 16: Nebraska at Hofstra Closing Time: Hofstra is 118-4 since 1999-2000 when leading with 2:00 to play. Two of those four losses came in consecutive About Head Coach Tom Pecora: Tom Pecora is in his home games last year, a Jan. 19 loss to Old Dominion (67-66) fifth season as the Head Coach of the Hofstra Men's and a Jan. 8 loss to Drexel (84-81, OT). Basketball program, and has a career record of 79-71. Pecora was named the 10th Head Coach in Hofstra Men's Beyond The Arc: Hofstra has made at least one three-pointer Basketball history when he was promoted to the position on in 287 straight games, dating back to a loss at Boston March 28, 2001, after serving for seven years as an University in 1996-97. The Pride’s streak was in jeopardy assistant under former head coach Jay Wright. Over his against Florida International on opening day this season, but seven years as an assistant, Pecora had an integral role in Antoine Agudio finally knocked one down with 8:45 to play. building Hofstra up into one of the top mid-major programs in the country, including a 50-12 record and back-to-back Working Overtime: Hofstra is 11-1 in its last 12 overtime America East Conference Championships in 1999-2000 games, after defeating Drexel in overtime on Jan. 28. Two of and 2000-01. His efforts as an Assistant Coach culminated those 11 have been in triple-overtime, including one earlier this in a 26-5 record in 2000-01, when the Pride tied the school season against UNC Wilmington (Jan. 14). record for most wins in a season. Pecora stepped into the head coaching position in 2001-02, and Hofstra has Who Figured A Half-Hour Could Matter So Much?: improved its Colonial Athletic Association record in each Hofstra has a 24-6 record on the season. Strangely, it is 0-3 this of the last five seasons, including a third-place finish and a year in 7:30 p.m. games (compared to 12-2 at 7 p.m.). 22-5 final regular season record this winter, its second 20- win season in a row. Hofstra ended last season with a 21-9 Saved By The Buzzer: Hofstra’s Aurimas Kieza accomplished overall record, and earned a berth in the Postseason NIT. a rare feat under Head Coach Tom Pecora when he made a The NIT bid was Hofstra's sixth all-time Division I game-winning buzzer-beater on Feb. 2 vs. Old Dominion. Over postseason appearance, an accomplishment which helped Pecora’s five seasons, only two meaningful buzzer-beaters Pecora earn the Coach of the Year award from the have gone in, with a game-winning three-pointer from Carlos Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY). Rivera against Columbia in 2003-04 being the other. Overall, He is a 1983 graduate of Adelphi, where he is a member of Hofstra (2-13) and opponents (0-13) have combined to shoot 2- the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. 26 on meaningful buzzer-beaters in the Pecora Era (not even counting desperation shots of 30+ feet). Tom Pecora Year-By-Year Steal Away: The Pride has won 17 straight games when Year Overall CAA reaching double figures in steals (including 5-0 so far this 2005-06 24-6 14-4 season). 2004-05 21-9 12-6 2003-04 14-15 10-8 Lucky Number: It seems that the number 45 has a key role in 2002-03 8-21 6-12 the Pride’s success this season. When it shoots 45 percent or 2001-02 12-20 5-13 better, it is 19-0. When it holds opponents below 45 percent Total 79-71 47-43 shooting, it is also 19-0.

13-3 when outrebounding opponent IN 2005-06, HOFSTRA IS... 10-3 when opponent outrebounds Hofstra 1-0 when rebounds are even 16-5 against the CAA 2-0 against the America East 4-0 with 20+ assists 1-1 against the Big East 8-1 with 15-19 assists 1-0 against the Atlantic 10 9-2 with 10-14 assists 1-0 against the Sun Belt 3-3 with less than 10 assists 1-0 against the Ivy League 1-0 against the Northeast Conference 5-0 with 10 or more steals 1-0 against the MAAC 17-3 with 5-9 steals 2-3 with less than 5 steals 1-1 on Mondays 1-1 on Tuesdays 21-5 when Hofstra wins the opening tip 1-2 on Wednesdays 3-1 when opponent wins opening tip 8-1 on Thursdays 1-0 on Fridays 18-3 when scoring the first points of the game 11-1 on Saturdays 6-3 when opponent scores first points of the game 1-0 on Sundays 16-3 when leading at halftime 14-5 when playing night games 8-3 when trailing at halftime 10-1 when playing afternoon games 23-0 when leading with 2:00 to play 1-1 when scoring less than 60 points 1-6 when trailing with 2:00 to play 5-3 when scoring 60-69 points 12-1 when scoring 70-79 points 7-1 when playing on television 5-1 when scoring 80+ points 17-5 when not on television

9-0 when opponents score less than 60 points 5-0 when five players score in double figures 8-1 when opponents score 60-69 pts. 7-1 when four players score in double figures 6-2 when opponents score 70-79 pts. 9-4 when three players score in double figures 1-3 when opponents score 80+ pts. 3-1 when two players score in double figures

7-0 when shooting 50% or better from the field 21-6 when Loren Stokes scores 10 or more 12-0 when shooting between 45-50% from the field 21-4 when Antoine Agudio scores 10 or more 4-2 when shooting between 40%-45% from the field 16-4 when Carlos Rivera scores 10 or more 1-4 when shooting less than 40% from the field 15-2 when Aurimas Kieza scores 10 or more 10-2 when Adrian Uter scores 10 or more 2-2 when opponents shoot 50% or better from the field 1-0 when Greg Johnson scores 10 or more 3-4 when opponents shoot between 45%-50% 1-0 when Zygis Sestokas scores 10 or more 9-0 when opponents shoot between 40%-45% 1-0 when Mike Davis-Sabb scores 10 or more 10-0 when opponents shoot less than 40% 10-2* when Antoine Agudio leads in scoring 3-1 when shooting 50% or better on threes 9-3* when Loren Stokes leads in scoring 7-0 when shooting 40-50% on threes 2-1 when Carlos Rivera leads in scoring 7-2 when shooting 30-40% on threes 2-0 when Adrian Uter leads in scoring 7-3 when shooting less than 30% on threes 2-0 when Aurimas Kieza leads in scoring

0-3 when opponent shoots 50% or better on threes 11-1 when Aurimas Kieza leads in rebounding 5-1 when opponent shoots 40-50% on threes 8-4** when Adrian Uter leads in rebounding 11-2 when opponent shoots 30-40% on threes 3-0* when Loren Stokes leads in rebounding 8-0 when opponent shoots less than 30% on threes 2-0 when Carlos Rivera leads in rebounding 1-1* when Chris Gadley leads in rebounding 2-1 when making 10 or more three-pointers 1-0 when Mike Davis-Sabb leads in rebounding 16-4 when making 5-9 three-pointers 6-1 when making 0-4 three-pointers 8-4 when Carlos Rivera leads in assists 8-1** when Loren Stokes leads in assists 2-4 when opponents make 10 or more three-pointers 7-1** when Antoine Agudio leads in assists 19-2 when opponents make 5-9 three-pointers 2-0 when Greg Johnson leads in assists 3-0 when opponents make 0-4 three-pointers 1-0 when Aurimas Kieza leads in assists

16-3 when shooting more free throws than opponent 7-3 when opponent shoots more free throws * number of times tied for the team lead 1-0 when free throws are even

12-2 when having fewer turnovers than opponent 10-3 when opponent has fewer turnovers 2-1 when turnovers are even

Hofstra Regular Season Recaps 51 with 3:15 to play. St. John's continued to misfire from the perimeter down the stretch, and a Stokes breakaway Game 1 Recap (Hofstra 64, FIU 51): Sophomore guard dunk sealed the win with 1:26 to go. After falling behind Antoine Agudio picked up where he left off last season by 40-27 at halftime, Hofstra regrouped in the locker room and scoring 17 points as the Hofstra Men's Basketball got back in the game behind Stokes and Agudio, who team overcame a sluggish start to defeat Florida combined to score the Pride's first 12 points of the second International 64-51 in its 2005-06 season opener. Agudio, half. Agudio's second three-pointer in the spurt pulled the unanimous 2004-05 Colonial Athletic Association Hofstra within 47-41, and junior guard Carlos Rivera Rookie of the Year selection, stepped up in the first half followed with a floating jumper to pull the Pride within 47- after Hofstra fell behind 21-10 with 7:11 left. He started a 43. Hofstra took its first second-half lead on a tip-in from 17-2 run to close out the half with a jumper in the lane, and Kieza, making the score 50-49 with 9:40 to play. Lamont added a driving lay-up and another jumper to pull the Pride Hamilton scored on a putback for St. John's to make the within 23-19. Once Agudio heated up, the rest of the team score 51-50 with 8:06 left, but the Pride held the Red Storm followed suit. Freshman forward Arminas Urbutis came off without a point the rest of the way. Hofstra held the Red the bench to make six straight free throws in the final 2:07 Storm to only 17.2 percent shooting (5-29) in the second of the half to put the Pride up 27-23 at intermission. Florida half, including 1-16 from three-point territory. Agudio International rallied in the second half to pull in front 33-30 scored 16 points and Rivera finished with 11 as the Pride's on a banked-in three-pointer from Johwen Villegas. three guards combined for 46 of the Pride's 64 points. However, Hofstra used a 12-2 run to take control of the Hamilton led St. John's with 18 points. game for good at 42-35, capped off by a three-pointer from Agudio, the first for the Pride after it missed its first 12 Game 4 Recap (Hofstra 69, Binghamton 55): Sophomore shots from behind the arc. Agudio was followed by junior guard Antoine Agudio scored 19 points to lead four players guard Carlos Rivera with 14 points and freshman guard in double figures, and senior forward Adrian Uter added a Greg Johnson with 12. Johnson stepped up after junior double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds as Hofstra guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY), a first-team All-CAA captured a 69-55 win over Binghamton at Hofstra Arena. selection last year, had foul trouble and finished with four Junior guard Carlos Rivera chipped in with 13 points and a points, only the fourth time he’s been held below double career-high seven assists, while junior guard Loren Stokes figures as a starter (47 games). Senior forward Ivan added 10 points. Hofstra led 16-6 early on a three-pointer Almonte led the way for Florida International with 18 from freshman guard Zygis Sestokas, but the Bearcats hung points and 10 rebounds, both game highs. tough and pulled to as close as three points at 19-16 on a lay-up from guard Andre Heard. A pair of Agudio foul Game 2 Recap (Notre Dame 69, Hofstra 50): Junior shots and a Rivera lay-up pushed the lead back up to six, guard Colin Falls had 19 points and senior guard Chris and the Pride settled for a seven-point lead at the break 37- Quinn had 16 points to lead the Notre Dame Men's 30, despite the fact that Stokes, Uter and senior forward Basketball team to a 69-50 win over Hofstra on Tuesday Aurimas Kieza all played seven minutes or less after evening at the Joyce Center. After Hofstra took a 33-29 picking up two early fouls. The Pride's starting five was lead into the half, Notre Dame came out of the locker room finally reunited in the second half, and an early three- on a mini-spurt to take a 37-36 lead on a three-pointer from pointer from Kieza gave the Pride a 44-32 advantage with Russell Carter. A lay-up from senior forward Adrian Uter 18:57 to play. gave Hofstra the back temporarily at 38-37, but the Fighting Irish went on a 9-0 run, keyed by five points from Game 5 Recap (Hofstra 79, Delaware 65): Sophomore Falls, to take a 46-38 advantage. Hofstra bounced back to guard Antoine Agudio tied a career high with 22 points to pull within 48-43 on a basket from sophomore guard lead Hofstra to a 79-65 win over Delaware in its CAA Antoine Agudio with 11:33 to play, but Notre Dame then opener at Hofstra Arena. Hofstra used a big 16-0 run in the pulled away with a 16-3 run to take a 64-46 lead with 4:59 first half to take control of the game, extending a narrow 6- to go and cruised from there. Stokes led the Pride with 13 4 lead into a commanding 22-4 advantage at the 10:02 points, while junior guard Carlos Rivera had 11 and Uter mark on a lay-up from senior forward Adrian Uter. had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Delaware scored the next nine points on three three- Agudio was held to eight points, ending his streak of 17 pointers, two from junior guard Calvin Cannon, to pull straight games in double figures dating back to last year. back within 22-13. However, Hofstra responded with a 10- Notre Dame outscored the Pride 40-17 in the second half, 0 run, capped off by five straight points from senior as Hofstra shot only 7-31 from the floor (22.6 percent) after forward Aurimas Kieza to take its largest lead of the half at intermission. 32-13. After the Pride took a 43-25 lead into the locker room at intermission, Delaware came out in the second half Game 3 Recap (Hofstra 64, St. John’s 51): Junior guard with a 16-6 spurt to pull within 49-41 on a pair of Cannon Loren Stokes had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists foul shots. However, Agudio hit a three-pointer while being and the Hofstra defense held St. John's to only 11 points in fouled and converted on the four-point play to put the Pride the second half as it pulled away for a 64-51 win at ahead by double figures for good. Kieza scored a season- Carnesecca Arena. St. John's took its final lead of the game high 17 points and added nine rebounds for the Pride, while on a putback from junior forward Lamont Hamilton with junior guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) chipped in with 8:06 remaining, putting the Red Storm ahead 51-50. 16 points. Uter just missed his second straight double- Hofstra, though, did not allow a point the rest of the way as double finishing with nine points and 11 rebounds. Senior it closed out the game with a 14-0 run. Senior forward forward Harding Nana led the way for Delaware with 20 Aurimas Kieza gave Hofstra the lead for good with a points and seven rebounds. floating jumper to make the score 52-51. Junior guard Carlos Rivera followed with a fast break lay-up and a jumper from sophomore guard Antoine Agudio made it 57- Game 6 Recap (VCU 87, Hofstra 64): Junior guard B.A. and got as close as 11 points with 1:47 to play on a three- Walker had 22 points to lead the VCU Men’s Basketball pointer from Mike Lang to cut the lead to 70-59, but the team to an 87-64 win over Hofstra on Wednesday evening Pride scored the final four points to seal it. Junior guard at Alltel Pavilion. Senior forward Adrian Uter had a Loren Stokes had 12 points for the Pride, while senior double-double for Hofstra with 10 points and a career-high forward Adrian Uter chipped in with 10 points and a game- 15 rebounds, helping the Pride hold a commanding 50-28 high eight rebounds, helping Hofstra to a commanding 43- edge on the boards. Junior guard Carlos Rivera had a team- 28 edge on the boards. Dartmouth was led by Calvin high 12 points, while junior guard Loren Stokes added 10, Arnold with 14 points and Leon Pattman with 11 (all in the giving him 995 points in his three-year career. VCU took second half). control of the game in the closing minutes of the first half, going on a 19-3 run over the final 8:25 to turn a 26-19 Game 9 Recap (Hofstra 73, St. Francis-NY 57): Senior deficit into a 38-29 lead at the break. After the Pride scored forward Adrian Uter scored a career high 21 points to lead the first two points of the second half, the Rams scored the five players in double figures as the Hofstra Men's next six points to push the lead into double figures for Basketball team rolled to a 73-57 win over St. Francis good. Hofstra pulled its starters with just under 8:00 to go (N.Y.) at Peter Aquilone Court. Senior forward Aurimas when it trailed by 15. The three-point line was the big Kieza had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, difference in the contest, as the Rams shot over 50 percent while junior guard Carlos Rivera (San German, PR) had 11 from beyond the arc at 14-27, while Hofstra shot just 1-21. points and a career-high 10 assists. Rivera became the first Senior forward Nick George added 16 points for the Rams, Hofstra player to have 10 assists in a game since Gibran while junior guard Jesse-Pellot Rosa added 15. Sophomore Washington had 12 in an 81-64 win over St. John's on Dec. guard Antoine Agudio finished with nine points, marking 2, 2003. Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio added 12 only the fourth time in his career (36 games) that he has not points, while junior guard Loren Stokes had 10. Uter scored in double figures. reached his career high in the first half alone, tallying 15 points as the Pride took a 42-31 lead into the break. Uter Game 7 Recap (Hofstra 73, Stony Brook 56): Junior shot 7-of-9 from the floor in the opening stanza, with one guard Loren Stokes tallied season-highs with 29 points and of his misses coming on a put-back attempt at the first half 10 rebounds, and added the 1,000th point of his career, to buzzer. Hofstra got off to a quick start, jumping out to an lead the Hofstra Men's Basketball team to a 73-56 victory 11-0 lead before St. Francis finally scored. The Pride also over Stony Brook at Hofstra Arena. Stokes became the 26th began the second half with another sustained run, a 16-3 member of the 1,000-Point Club. The Pride has now won spurt to take a 58-34 lead. The Pride held St. Francis to four of its last five games, including three wins over just 29.6 percent shooting, while shooting 51.7 percent at schools from the state of New York (St. John's, the offensive end. Binghamton and Stony Brook). The Pride broke open the game early with a 17-0 lead in the first 6:17 of the contest. Game 10 Recap (Hofstra 71, La Salle 70): Sophomore Junior guard Carlos Rivera got Hofstra started with a lay- guard Antoine Agudio hit a jumper in the lane with 1:03 up and a three-pointer, and a pair of foul shots from left in regulation to give Hofstra a dramatic come-from- sophomore guard Antoine Agudio capped off the 17-0 run. behind 71-70 win over La Salle on Friday evening at Tom A jumper by freshman forward Stephane Bakinde got Gola Arena. Hofstra trailed 69-61 with under four minutes Stony Brook on the board at the 13:20 mark, but Hofstra to play, but closed out with a 10-1 run to steal the win. pushed ahead 26-4 on a three-pointer by Stokes for its After an Agudio foul shot, senior forward Aurimas Kieza largest lead of the contest. Stony Brook battled back, scored seven straight points to tie the score at 69-69. La though, and pulled within 33-21 at the break on a pair of Salle forward Steven Smith made one of two free throws to foul shots by junior forward Mike Popoko. Hofstra started give the Explorers the lead, but Agudio's 10-foot jumper the second half with an 8-0 run, capped off by two foul off a curl proved to be the decisive points. On La Salle's shots from Stokes to take a 41-21 lead. Stony Brook got as ensuing possession, Smith drew a double-team and kicked close as 12 points with 9:47 left, then pulled within 11 at a pass to guard Jermaine Thomas along the right baseline, 65-54 with 3:26 left, but the Pride was able to maintain its but Thomas' jumper missed long and was rebounded by double-digit margin the entire second half. Stokes was Pride junior guard Carlos Rivera. Hofstra called time-out joined in double figures by freshman guard Zygis Sestokas, with 15 seconds left on the shot clock, and La Salle nearly who had a career-best 10 points off the bench. Popoko was stole the inbounds pass, but instead forced the Pride into a the only player in double figures for Stony Brook with 15 35-second violation with 6.1 seconds left. The Explorers points. inbounded the ball to guard Tabby Cunningham, who tried to dribble through a double-team at midcourt, but instead Game 8 Recap (Hofstra 74, Dartmouth 59): Sophomore lost the ball to Agudio as the Pride came away with the guard Antoine Agudio scored a career-high 24 points to win. With the score 69-61, Kieza knocked down a three- lead the Hofstra Men’s Basketball team to a 74-59 win over pointer off a baseline inbounds pass to pull Hofstra within Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon at Madison Square 69-65, and after a Rivera steal, Kieza converted on a slash Garden. Agudio eclipsed his career high of 22, which he to the basket to make the score 69-67. Kieza then stole the had accomplished on three occasions. He scored 11 of the ball from Smith at the top of the key and went coast-to- Pride’s first 12 points to stake the Pride to an early 12-2 coast for the tying lay-up, using his left hand to shield the lead and finished the first half with 19 points before tacking ball from Smith, who attempted to come from behind to on five more after intermission. The Pride led 15-2 at the block the shot. Agudio led all scorers with 23 points, 14:27 mark and led by as many as 22 in the first half (35- including 5-of-7 from three-point territory. Junior guard 13) on an Agudio three-pointer before settling for a 41-24 Loren Stokes added 18 points and senior center Adrian lead at the break. Hofstra led by as many as 27 points in the Uter had 12 points and four blocks. Smith had 21 points second half, at 65-38 with 9:05 to play on a three-pointer and 10 rebounds for La Salle in the loss. from junior guard Carlos Rivera. Dartmouth kept fighting Game 11 Recap (Hofstra 87, James Madison 66): around a pair of Neal free throws, to tie the score at 86-86. Freshman forward Mike Davis-Sabb scored 16 points on 6- Neal was fouled off the ball on the ensuing Towson of-7 shooting in his first career start and senior forward possession and converted both to give the Tigers the lead Aurimas Kieza added a career high 24 points to lead for good. Hofstra had two chances to tie, but could not Hofstra to an 87-66 win over James Madison at Hofstra convert, and two more Neal foul shots extended the lead to Arena. Davis-Sabb was a last minute substitution in the 90-86. Junior guard Loren Stokes went coast-to-coast for a starting line-up, filling in for Adrian Uter, who suffered a lay-up to pull the Pride within two with 18 seconds left, and minor injury in pre-game warm-ups and did not play. Neal was fouled again. This time, though, he missed the Davis-Sabb had a pair of lay-ups, helping the Pride jump second shot, but Towson forward Winstonn Tubbs came up out to a quick 10-0 lead. James Madison fought back after with the offensive and made one of two foul shots the slow start, which saw Hofstra take its largest lead at the to stretch the lead back up to four at 92-88. Senior forward half at 16-2 on a Kieza jump shot. The Dukes got as close Aurimas Kieza then hit a tough off-balance three-pointer to as five points at 20-15 on a pair of foul shots by senior pull Hofstra within 92-91 with six seconds to play, and guard Jomo Belfor. However, Hofstra surged back in front Neal hit two more foul shots, leaving the Pride with one by 12 at the break when junior guard Carlos Rivera (San last chance to tie. Agudio got a decent look from the left German, PR) capped off the half with a three-pointer with wing under pressure from Neal, but the ball hit off the back five seconds left. The Dukes opened the second half with rim as Towson held on. The Tigers led 27-12 early, but the four points to pull within 40-32, but Hofstra scored the next Pride came all the way back to take a 45-43 lead at the eight, capped off by a three-pointer from sophomore guard break on a three-pointer from freshman guard Zygis Antoine Agudio. James Madison never threatened the rest Sestokas. Stokes added 19 points for Hofstra, giving the of the way, as Hofstra was able to coast for the win. Pride 73 points from its three-man backcourt. Senior Kieza's 24 points eclipsed his previous high of 20 points, forward Lawrence Hamm added 22 points for Towson, which he had accomplished on two occasions. His previous while freshman guard Tim Crossin had 10 points, 10 assists season high had been 17, set in the Pride's home win over and no turnovers. Delaware on Dec. 3. Agudio tied Davis-Sabb with 16 points, while Rivera added 12 and junior guard Loren Game 13 Recap (Hofstra 92, UNCW 87 – 3 OT): Junior Stokes added 10 points and a season-high seven assists. guard Loren Stokes scored 30 points, including 14 in Belfor and freshman forward Juwann James tied for team- overtime, as the Hofstra Men's Basketball team outlasted high honors with 16 points for James Madison. UNC Wilmington 92-87 in triple overtime at Hofstra Arena. With the score tied 82-82 after the second overtime, Game 12 Recap (Hofstra 69, Georgia State 53): Stokes started the third overtime session with back-to-back Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio tied career highs with 24 three-pointers to give the Pride an 88-82 lead. UNC points and six three-pointers to lead Hofstra to a 69-53 win Wilmington responded, though, as lay-ups from junior over Georgia State at Hofstra Arena. Agudio matched his guard T.J. Carter and senior forward Beckham Wyrick career high of 24 points which he set earlier this season in a made the score 88-86 with 2:22 to go. Carter, who carried win over Dartmouth at Madison Square Garden. Senior UNC Wilmington on his back for most of the night on his forward Aurimas Kieza added 16 points and eight rebounds way to a career-high 31 points, then missed back-to-back for the Pride, while junior guard Carlos Rivera added 13 jumpers on the Seahawks' ensuing possession. Hofstra then points. Hofstra used a 9-0 run in the first half to take a 17- ran the shot clock down, and Agudio hit a tough pull-up 11 lead on an Agudio three-pointer. Georgia State fought jumper with one second on the shot clock to give the Pride all the way back to within one point at 30-29 with 3:31 in a 90-86 lead with 18 seconds left. Wyrick missed a three- the half on a pair of foul shots from senior guard Herman pointer on the next possession and Hofstra was able to hold Favors, but Agudio answered with a three-pointer to give on for the dramatic win. Hofstra led through most of Hofstra a 33-30 lead heading into the break. The Pride then regulation, taking its largest lead at 48-33 on a lay-up from pulled away in the second half with a 14-3 run, stretching a junior guard Carlos Rivera with 12:59 left. However, UNC 39-36 lead into a commanding 53-39 advantage with 9:53 Wilmington would then score on its next 14 possessions, to play. Agudio hit a pair of three-pointers during the run, led by Carter, who had 17 points in the second half. Carter and Hofstra was able to maintain a double-digit margin the tied the score at 58-58 with a three-pointer with 5:41 left, rest of the way. Georgia State was led by senior guard and put UNC Wilmington ahead 70-68 with a jumper with Malcolm Manier with 17 points, while sophomore forward 44 seconds remaining. Senior forward Aurimas Kieza Justin Billingslea added 13 points. Sophomore center answered with a jumper to tie the score at 70-70, and Carter Deven Dickerson added a game-high 13 rebounds for the missed in the closing seconds. After UNC Wilmington Panthers in the loss. The Pride tallied 17 steals on defense, surged ahead in the first overtime, Agudio tied the score at the most since it set a school record with 22 against Central 76-76 with a three-pointer before Carter missed at the Connecticut back in 1993-94. buzzer. In the second overtime, Carter tied the score at 82- 82 with a three-pointer with 52 seconds remaining and Game 13 Recap (Towson 94, Hofstra 91): Junior guard Stokes missed at the buzzer for Hofstra. Stokes added Gary Neal scored 34 points to spoil career-high nights from seven assists and three steals to his 30 points on the Hofstra sophomore guard Antoine Agudio and junior guard evening. Rivera chipped in with 20 points, four assists and Carlos Rivera as Towson held off Hofstra for a 94-91 win five steals, his second straight game of 20 or more points, at the Towson Center. Agudio scored a career-high 29 while Agudio added 16 points. Carter shot 11-22 on the points, eclipsing his previous best of 24, and Rivera added night, including 6-11 on three-pointers to reach his career 25, bettering his previous high of 23. Agudio nearly willed high of 31 points, breaking his previous high of 19. the Pride to the win after it trailed by as many as 15 points Goldsberry added 16 points and a game-high 10 assists. in the first half and as many as nine in the second half. With Towson leading 84-80 with under two minutes to play, Agudio hit back-to-back three-pointers, sandwiched Game 15 Recap (Hofstra 76, Old Dominion 68): Junior Game 17 Recap (Hofstra 82, Towson 70): Junior guard guard Loren Stokes poured in 27 points to lead the Hofstra Loren Stokes had his fifth career double-double with 31 Men’s Basketball team to a 76-68 win over defending points and 11 rebounds to lead Hofstra to an 82-70 win Colonial Athletic Association champion Old Dominion at over Towson at Hofstra Arena. Stokes helped the Pride the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Hofstra trailed 35-28 overcome another huge scoring night from junior guard at the break, but opened up the second half on an 11-0 run, Gary Neal, who had 36 points and made seven three- keyed by Stokes, who had seven points during the spurt, to pointers. Stokes had 23 of his 31 points in the first half take a 39-35 lead. The Pride held Old Dominion scoreless alone to stake Hofstra to a 40-31 at the break. Junior guard for the first 6:52 of the second stanza before junior forward Carlos Rivera then hit four threes in the second half to Arnaud Dahi scored on a fast break lay-up. Old Dominion finish with 19 points, while sophomore guard Antoine took its final lead of the game at 43-41 on a three-pointer Agudio hit two to finish with 11 points. The Pride had to from sophomore forward Brian Henderson, but Stokes fight off a couple of Towson rallies in the second half to answered with a floating jumper and senior forward hold on for the win. A Neal three-pointer early in the Aurimas Kieza put the Pride ahead to stay 45-44 on a put- second half pulled the Tigers within 42-38. Rivera back with 11:00 to go. Old Dominion pulled within 50-48 answered with back-to-back treys to stretch Hofstra's lead on a free throw, but a Kieza three-pointer started an 11-3 back up to double figures at 48-38. Hofstra stretched its run that gave Hofstra its largest lead at 61-51 with 5:23 left lead up to as many as 16 points at 59-43 on a Rivera three- on an old-fashioned three-point play from Agudio. The pointer with 12:50 to go, but Towson rallied to pull within Monarchs got as close as five points with 2:45 on a three- 66-63 with 5:07 left. Hofstra answered with a 9-0 run on pointer from senior guard Isaiah Hunter, making the score three shots from beyond the arc, including one from Rivera 63-58, but junior guard Carlos Rivera shot 10-10 from the and two from Agudio, to go up 75-63 with 2:07 left and put free throw line down the stretch to seal the win. Stokes’ 27 the game away. Senior forward Lawrence Hamm was the points comes one game after he matched his regular season only other player besides in double figures for Towson with career high with 30 in a triple-overtime win over UNC 15 points. Wilmington on Saturday. Rivera added 17, and Agudio scored 10 (all in the second half) to give the Pride all three Game 18 Recap (Hofstra 76, Drexel 75 – OT): Junior guards in double figures for the third game in a row. Kieza guard Carlos Rivera scored six points in the final 18 chipped in with 12 points and a career-high tying 15 seconds of overtime to finish with 15 points and give rebounds. Old Dominion was led by Hunter with 21, while Hofstra a wild come-from-behind 76-75 win over Drexel at reigning CAA Player of the Year Alex Loughton was held the Daskalakis Athletic Center. Drexel held Hofstra to 14. scoreless over the last 3:51 of regulation and the first 3:53 of overtime to turn a 67-61 regulation deficit into a 73-67 Game 16 Recap (Northeastern 89, Hofstra 73): Senior overtime lead. Junior guard Dominick Mejia opened the guards Jose Juan Barea (29) and Aaron Davis (21) overtime with a three-pointer from the right wing, his first combined for 50 points to offset a career-high 32 points points since the opening half, giving Drexel a 70-67 lead. from junior guard Loren Stokes and lead Northeastern to an The Dragons earned a stop, and junior guard Bashir Mason 89-73 win over Hofstra at . Hofstra took a hit a long three-pointer with the shot clock winding down 42-34 lead into halftime, but Northeastern exploded for a to put Drexel ahead 73-67. Hofstra trailed 75-69 with 35 22-7 run in the first 5:15 of the second half to take a 56-49 seconds left, but Agudio made one of two foul shots and lead. Davis scored 10 points during the run, capping it off the Pride came up with a huge offensive rebound on the with a three-pointer off a kick-out pass from Barea. second one. Rivera then knocked down a three-pointer with Northeastern then built the lead up to 10 points at 61-51 on 18 seconds left to cut the lead to two, and Hofstra drew a another Davis three-pointer with 13:03 left. Hofstra had five-second call on the ensuing inbounds pass. Rivera was one last spurt in it, pulling to within 63-59 with 10:49 to go then fouled on a three-pointer, and Drexel head coach on a three-pointer from sophomore guard Antoine Agudio. Bruiser Flint was called for a technical foul with 6.2 A Stokes lay-up made the score 68-63 with 6:47 left, but seconds. Rivera missed the two technical foul shots, but Northeastern answered with a 10-0 run to take a 78-63 lead regrouped to make the last three to give Hofstra the 76-75 and was able to cruise from there. Barea had six points lead. Mason then shook free for a good look at a 25-footer during that pivotal 10-0 run. The first half was a see-saw that went in and out as the Pride came away with a affair with neither team leading by more than four points miraculous win. With the score tied 67-67 at the end of until the Pride went on a 9-2 run to turn a 20-20 tie into a regulation, Hofstra called a timeout with 11.3 seconds left 29-22 advantage with 7:01 to play on a Stokes fast break to set up its final play from underneath its own basket. lay-up. Northeastern answered back as Barea fed junior Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio had a good look from 15 guard Bobby Kelly for a three-pointer, then scored five feet that rimmed out, and senior forward Aurimas Kieza straight points to pull the Huskies within 32-30. However, missed on a tip-in at the buzzer to send the game into Stokes responded by scoring six points during a 10-4 run to overtime. Drexel used a 6-0 run to turn a 67-61 Pride lead end the half as the Pride took a 42-34 lead into into a 67-67 tie with 1:03 to play. Junior guard Bashir intermission. Stokes shot 15-24 from the floor to record his Mason started the run with a bank shot in the lane, and 32 points. Senior forward Aurimas Kieza added his second capped it off by hitting one of two foul shots to tie the straight double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, score. Hofstra missed two chances at the go-ahead basket while Agudio added 13 points. Barea, the nation’s leader in on its ensuing possession, and Drexel called timeout with assists, added 10 assists to his 29 points, while Davis shot 38.6 seconds left. Junior guard Loren Stokes harassed 8-11 from the floor and 5-7 on threes to record his 21 Mejia into a wild runner that missed badly. All five starters points. Sophomore forward Shawn James added 12 points, finished in double figures for Hofstra, led by Agudio with nine rebounds and 10 blocks, falling one rebound shy of a 19, Stokes with 17 and Rivera with 15. Kieza ended with triple-double. his third double-double (10 points, 13 rebounds) in the last four games, while Uter ended with 11 points. Game 19 Recap (Hofstra 65, ODU 63): Senior forward 38-37 at the half, but opened the second stanza with a 7-0 Aurimas Kieza (Marijampole, Lithuania) hit a three-pointer run and led the rest of the way. Georgia State pulled within as time expired to give Hofstra a 65-63 win over defending 54-52 with 8:57 left on two foul shots from senior guard CAA champion Old Dominion Hofstra Arena. Hofstra also Boyd Copeland, and within 58-55 on a three-pointer from completed a series sweep of the defending CAA champions freshman guard Leonard Mendez with 7:23 to play. after winning 76-68 in Norfolk on Jan. 19. For the fourth However, sophomore guard Antoine Agudio scored on a time in five all-time meetings at Hofstra Arena, the Pride's reverse lay-up and Stokes added a floating jumper in the game with Old Dominion came down to a buzzer-beater, paint to stretch the lead back up to 62-55 with 5:14 to go. but it was the first time that it went in. The previous three Stokes then helped seal the game by converting on an old- had all been one-point games that were decided when the fashioned three-point play with 3:45 left to make the score losing team missed at the buzzer, including a 67-66 Old 66-58, and with a floating jumper with 1:41 left to push the Dominion win a year ago when guard Loren Stokes lead to 70-62. Junior guard Carlos Rivera was also in (Buffalo, NY) missed a three-pointer as time expired double figures for the Pride with 11. (which was Hofstra's last home loss). This time around, Old Dominion junior guard Drew Williamson gave the Game 22 Recap (Hofstra 89, Northeastern 78): Junior Monarchs a 63-62 lead on a three-pointer with 5.4 seconds guard Carlos Rivera had 22 points to lead five players in remaining and Stokes once again brought the ball down double figures and senior forward Aurimas Kieza added 18 court against defensive pressure. This time, though, he points and 12 rebounds to lead Hofstra to an 89-78 win kicked it to his right to Kieza, who spotted up just to the over Northeastern at Hofstra Arena. Rivera hit a three- right of the top of the key. Kieza let fly with a three-pointer pointer just before the halftime buzzer to give the Pride a over the top of an onrushing defender that found the net 39-36 lead at intermission and the Pride led throughout the just after the horn sounded. It appeared that Hofstra would entire second half. Northeastern pulled within 45-43 on a not need any late heroics as a jumper by Stokes in the paint Barea lay-up, but Kieza answered with a put-back basket put the Pride ahead 62-54 with 2:30 to play. Old Dominion and then stole the inbounds pass and added another quick answered, though, with three straight three-pointers to take lay-up to stretch the lead to 49-43. A Kieza three-pointer the lead. Senior forward Alex Loughton hit the first one gave Hofstra a 10-point lead at 53-43, but a quick 6-0 run with 2:13 left, and junior forward Arnaud Dahi followed from Northeastern pulled the Huskies within 62-58 on a with 1:27 to go. After Hofstra missed the front end of a fast break lay-up from junior guard Adrian Martinez off a one-and-one with 21 seconds to play, Williamson shook Barea full-court pass with 9:59 left in the game. However, free at the top of the arc and buried a 22-footer to cap off junior guard Loren Stokes answered with a short jumper, the 9-0 run and give the Monarchs their only lead of the and sophomore guard Antoine Agudio followed with a second half. Stokes and Agudio tied for team high scoring pull-up three-pointer on a fast break to start a 15-0 Pride honors for Hofstra with 16 points apiece, while Kieza run that put the game away. Agudio finished with 16 chipped in with 15 and Rivera with 14. Dahi led the way points, and senior forward Adrian Uter added 15 points and for Old Dominion off the bench with 20 points, while 11 rebounds to give Hofstra two players with double- Williamson added 13, Loughton added 11 and junior doubles for the first time in two years. Stokes had 10 points forward Valdas Vasylius had 10. and seven assists to give Hofstra all five starters in double figures. Martinez finished with 17 points off the bench for Game 20 Recap (Hofstra 77, Delaware 62): Sophomore the Huskies, while senior guard Aaron Davis added 13. guard Antoine Agudio scored a career-high 30 points to lead Hofstra to a 77-62 win over Delaware on Saturday Game 23 Recap (UNC Wilmington 77, Hofstra 68): afternoon at the . Agudio keyed a Junior guard T.J. Carter scored 15 of his team-high 20 second-half run to give the Pride control of the game after points in the second half to offset 26 from Hofstra the Blue Hens took their final lead at 46-45 on a lay-up sophomore Antoine Agudio and lead UNC Wilmington to a from forward Harding Nana. Agudio scored five points in a 77-68 win over the Pride at Trask Coliseum. The Pride quick 9-0 spurt that gave Hofstra a 54-46 lead with 9:29 to played most of the game without junior guard Carlos play. Hofstra led by 11 points at 59-48, before Delaware Rivera, who injured his ankle five minutes into the game went on an 8-0 spurt to pull within 59-56 on a three-pointer and did not return. Hofstra also played six minutes of the from guard Calvin Cannon with 5:35 to play. However, second half without senior forward Aurimas Kieza , who Agudio answered with a long two-pointer coming out of a needed stitches to close a cut over his eye. Hofstra trailed time-out to start an 8-0 run that enabled the Pride to pull by eight at halftime, but after UNC Wilmington opened away for the win. Agudio’s 30 points eclipsed his previous with a lay-up, Agudio had four quick points and passed to high of 29 set in a road loss at Towson back on Jan. 12. He senior center Adrian Uter for a dunk to pull Hofstra within scored 13 in the first half and 17 in the second half. Junior 35-31. However, Carter had a four-point play with a three- guard Carlos Rivera added 15 points, while Stokes and pointer and a foul, and senior forward Mitch Laue scored senior forward Aurimas Kieza each added 10. Kieza also on back-to-back putbacks to cap off an 8-0 UNC added a game-high 10 rebounds for his fourth double- Wilmington run to push the lead back to 43-31. The double in the last six games. Nana led the Fightin’ Blue Seahawks maintained a lead of between 7-13 points the rest Hens with 16 points, while Cannon chipped in with 11. of the way, until briefly taking a 14-point lead in the final minute. Freshman guard Greg Johnson filled in for Rivera and played a season-high 30 minutes, tallying nine points, Game 21 Recap (Hofstra 76, Georgia State 70): Senior three assists and only one turnover. Uter pulled down a forward Aurimas Kieza scored a career-high 25 points to career-best 18 rebounds to go along with eight points. lead Hofstra to a 76-70 road win over Georgia State. Junior Stokes had 16 points for the Pride, while senior guard John guard Loren Stokes chipped in with 20 points for the Pride, Goldsberry had 15 points, six rebounds and seven steals for giving Hofstra two players with 20 or more points for the the Seahawks. Sophomore center Vladimir Kuljanin added first time since a loss at Towson on Jan. 12. Hofstra trailed 14 points on 6-6 shooting off the bench as well. Game 24 Recap (Hofstra 76, Siena 62): Senior forward clutch jumper in the lane and then threw an alley-oop to Adrian Uter scored a career-high 27 points on offense and Kieza on the next possession to give the Pride a 69-62 lead added his 100th career blocked shot on defense to lead with 2:33 to go. A put-back lay-up from sophomore Hofstra to a 76-62 win over Siena at Hofstra Arena. Uter forward Will Thomas pulled George Mason within 69-64 shot 12-13 from the floor, making his last 12 shots in a row with 2:01 to play, but Stokes hit a floating jumper in the after missing a short jumper on the Pride's first possession lane with the shot clock winding down to seal the victory. of the game. Hofstra struggled with Siena for long stretches Agudio finished with 12 points and seven assists for the however, as the Saints held the Pride to only four points in Pride, while senior center Adrian Uter added 12 points and a 10-minute span of the first half. Siena used a 19-4 run to eight rebounds. Uter came into the game with a streak of 18 turn a 22-15 deficit with 11:06 remaining in the half into a consecutive made field goals, but missed his first attempt 34-26 with 1:36 left on a three-pointer from senior guard on a put-back in the first four minutes to snap the streak Antoine Jordan with 1:36 left in the opening stanza. Hofstra seven shy of the school record. Junior guard Carlos Rivera junior guard Loren Stokes, though, answered with two added 10 points for the Pride. George Mason was led by baskets in the final minute of the half to pull the Pride senior center Jai Lewis, who had 23 points on 8-of-12 within 34-30 and give Hofstra the momentum heading into shooting from the floor. Senior guard Lamar Butler added the locker room. The Pride was finally able to seize control 14 points. of the game with a 7-0 run midway through the second half, turning a 51-50 lead into a 58-50 advantage. Uter started Game 27 Recap (Hofstra 70, Drexel 68): Senior forward and ended the run with lay-ups, sandwiched around a fast- Adrian Uter celebrated Senior Day with 13 points and 11 break three-pointer from sophomore guard Antoine rebounds as Hofstra held off a late Drexel rally to capture a Agudio. After a three-pointer from Tay Fisher temporarily 70-68 win in its regular season finale at Hofstra Arena. stopped the run, Uter scored back-to-back lay-ups to start a Hofstra took a seemingly insurmountable 68-57 lead with 9-0 run and seal the win for the Pride. Agudio was the only 2:57 remaining on the fifth three-pointer from sophomore other player for the Pride in double figures besides Uter, guard Antoine Agudio. Agudio was 5-for-5 from behind finishing with 19 points. the arc, the best shooting performance from three-point territory since former swingman Michael Radziejewski was Game 25 Recap (Hofstra 82, W&M 57): Senior forward 5-for-5 against Drexel on Feb. 2, 2003. However, Drexel Adrian Uter scored 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting to set a responded with a 10-0 run and had four shots to take the school record for consecutive field goals made and lead the lead in the final 30 seconds but were unable to convert. Hofstra Men’s Basketball team to an 82-57 win over Junior guard Dominick Mejia started the rally with a three- William & Mary at Kaplan Arena. The Pride jumped out to pointer, his school record 91st three-pointer of the year, an early 12-2 lead, but William & Mary clawed back in the breaking the old school mark of 90 held by Phil Goss. game and trailed only 27-24 with 7:10 left in the half. Freshman guard Tramayne Hawthorne then hit a jumper in However, junior guard Loren Stokes answered with a short the paint, and capped off the rally with an old-fashioned jumper to start a 10-3 run and give Hofstra a 37-27 lead. three-point play on a fast break to make the score 68-67 After settling for a 42-33 lead at the break, the Pride broke with 45 seconds to play. After junior guard Bashir Mason the game open by hitting its first six field goal attempts of stole the inbounds pass for Drexel, the Dragons had three the second half to take a 57-41 lead. Senior forward chances at a go-ahead basket. Mason missed the first shot, Aurimas Kieza capped off the run with a three-pointer, part got his own rebound, and missed the follow-up. Sophomore of a stretch in which he scored 10 straight Hofstra points. forward Frank Elegar then came down with the offensive That three-pointer also started a 14-0 Pride run as it took a rebound, but missed a short jump hook, and Uter earned the 68-43 lead with 9:41 left in the game on a lay-up from defensive rebound when the Pride had the arrow on the Stokes. Stokes led the Pride with 19 points on 9-of-13 held ball. Freshman guard Greg Johnson was then fouled shooting, while Antoine Agudio had 16 points on 5-of-6 on the ensuing inbounds pass and calmly made both foul shooting. The Pride shot 73.6 percent in the first half (17- shots to put the Pride ahead 70-67 with 12 seconds left. The 23) and then made its first six shots of the second half to Pride fouled to prevent a tying three-point attempt with just improve to 23-29. under four seconds remaining, and Mejia made the first before missing the second on purpose. Drexel came down Game 26 Recap (Hofstra 77, GMU 66): Junior guard with the offensive rebound and kicked the ball out to Loren Stokes scored 26 points to lead five players in double Mason, who had an open look from 23 feet but left it short figures as the Hofstra Men's Basketball team defeated 25th- at the buzzer as the Pride held on for the win. Junior guard ranked George Mason 77-66 at Hofstra Arena. Senior Loren Stokes led Hofstra with 20 points in 23 minutes, but forward Aurimas Kieza added a double-double with 17 was injured with 9:02 to play and did not return. Junior points and a game-high 10 rebounds for the Pride, which guard Carlos Rivera also fouled out in the final minute, has now won 21 games in back-to-back seasons. Hofstra leaving the Pride without two-thirds of its backcourt down finished 21-9 a year ago, while qualifying for the the stretch. Elegar led the Dragons with 15 points and Postseason NIT. Hofstra used a 14-2 first half run to take a seven rebounds, while Mason finished with 14 and Mejia 33-24 lead with 5:24 left in the opening half on a Stokes added 12. jumper. The Pride led by eight at the half at 41-33, and matched its largest lead of the game at 53-42 on a lay-up from sophomore guard Antoine Agudio with 13:35 to play. George Mason, though, answered the challenge and came all the way back to within three points at 61-58 on a three- pointer from sophomore guard Folarin Campbell with 7:37 to go. A Campbell lay-up with 4:13 to play brought the Patriots within 65-62, but Agudio made a tough double- The Last Time It Happened...

TEAM-GAME Hofstra scored 90-99 points 2005-06: 92 vs. UNCW, 1/14/06 (92-87, 3 OT) Hofstra scored 100 points or more 1991-92: 103 at UMBC, 2/29/92 (103-87) Opponent scored 90-99 points 2005-06: 94 by Towson, 1/12/06 (94-91) Opponent scored 100 points or more 1995-96: 100 by Drexel, 1/6/96 (100-71) Held an opponent to less than 50 points 2004-05: 40 vs. Columbia, 12/22/04 (64-40) Held an opponent to less than 40 points 1988-89: 34 vs. Rider, 1/18/89 (48-34) Hofstra was held below 50 points 2004-05: 44 at Saint Joseph’s, 1/4/03 (53-44) Hofstra was held below 40 points 1998-99: 37 by Drexel, 2/28/99 (55-37) 50 percent from the field 2005-06: .522 vs. Drexel, 2/25/06 (24-46) 60 percent from the field 2003-04: .600 vs. Towson, 1/7/04 (36-60) 50 percent from three-point territory 2005-06: .778 vs. Drexel, 2/25/06 (7-9) 80 percent or better from the foul line 2005-06: .900 at William & Mary, 2/20/06 (9-10) 90 percent or better from the foul line 2005-06: .900 at William & Mary, 2/20/06 (9-10) 100 percent from the foul line 1997-98: 11-11 at American (P.R.), 11/29/97 20-point win 2005-06: 82-57 at William & Mary, 2/20/06 30-point win 1999-00: 90-57 vs. New Hampshire, 2/18/00 20-point loss 2005-06: 87-64 at VCU, 12/7/05 30-point loss 2002-03: 77-46 at Old Dominion, 3/1/03 Overtime win 2005-06: 76-75 at Drexel, 1/28/06 Double-overtime win 1993-94: 88-86 vs. NE Illinois, 3/6/94 Triple-overtime win 2005-06: 92-87 vs. UNCW, 1/14/06 Overtime loss 2004-05: 81-84 vs. Drexel, 1/8/05 Win on Last-Second Shot 2005-06: 65-63 vs. Old Dominion, 2/2/06 (Aurimas Kieza) Loss on Last-Second Shot 1994-95: 70-68 vs. Northeastern, 1/3/95 (Damon Singletary) 5-game winning streak 2005-06: 6 games (three times) 10-game winning streak 2000-01: 18 games Win Over Ranked Team 2005-06: 77-66 vs. #25 George Mason, 2/23/06

INDIVIDUAL-GAME 25 or more points 26 by Loren Stokes vs. UNCW, 3/6/06 (CAA) 30 or more points 34 by Antoine Agudio vs. VCU, 3/4/06 (CAA) 35 or more points 40 by Craig Claxton at Maine, 1/21/00 40 or more points 40 by Craig Claxton at Maine, 1/21/00 Opponent with 30 or more points 36 by Gary Neal (Towson), 1/26/06 Opponent with 35 or more points 36 by Gary Neal (Towson), 1/26/06 Opponent with 40 or more points 42 by Eddie Benton (Vermont), 12/8/95 Two players with 20 points or more 25/20 by Carlos Rivera/Loren Stokes vs. George Mason, 3/5/06 (CAA) Two players with 25 points or more 29/25 by Antoine Agudio/Carlos Rivera vs. Towson, 1/12/06 Three players with 20 points or more 21/20/20 by Speedy Claxton/Lawrence Thomas/Tim Beckett vs. Delaware, 1/7/97 Five players in double figures 77-66 win vs. George Mason, 2/23/06 Two players with 10 or more rebounds 12/11 by Aurimas Kieza/Adrian Uter at Towson, 1/12/06 Three players with 10 or more rebounds 11/11/10 by Danny Walker/Wendell Gibson/Kenny Adeleke vs. FAU, 11/17/01 15-20 rebounds 18 by Adrian Uter at UNCW, 2/15/06 20 rebounds 20 by Kenny Adeleke vs. UNCW, 2/15/03 More than 20 rebounds 21 by John Irving vs. Lehigh, 1976-77 20 points and 20 rebounds 25/20 by David Taylor vs. Wagner, 1981-82 double-double (Pts.- Rebs.) 25/10 by Carlos Rivera vs. George Mason, 3/5/06 (CAA) Two players with double-doubles (pts./rebs) 18/12 & 15/11 by Aurimas Kieza & Adrian Uter vs. Northeastern, 2/11/06 double-double (Pts.-Assists) 11/10 by Carlos Rivera at St. Francis (NY), 12/22/05 100 percent from the field (min. 5 made) 6-6 by Adrian Uter at William & Mary, 2/20/06 100 percent from foul line (min. 5 made) 7-7/5-5 by Carlos Rivera/Antoine Agudio at Delaware, 2/4/06 100 percent from foul line (min. 10 made) 10-10 by Danny Walker vs. JMU, 2/8/02 100 percent from three-point line (min. 3 made) 5-5 by Antoine Agudio vs. Drexel, 2/25/06 100 percent from three-point line (min. 5 made) 5-5 by Antoine Agudio vs. Drexel, 2/25/06 Six or more three-pointers 6 by Antoine Agudio at Towson, 1/12/06 Five or more three-pointers 5 by Antoine Agudio vs. VCU, 3/4/06 (CAA) Two players with five or more three-pointers 6/5 by Antoine Agudio/Carlos Rivera at Towson, 1/12/06 Eight assists exactly 8 by Carlos Rivera at Northeastern, 1/21/06 Nine assists exactly 9 by Loren Stokes vs. William & Mary, 1/24/04 Ten assists exactly 10 by Carlos Rivera at St. Francis (NY), 12/22/05 More than 10 assists 12 by Gibran Washington at St. John's, 12/2/03 Five steals or more 5 by Carlos Rivera vs. UNC Wilmington, 1/14/06 – 3 OT Five blocks or more 9 by Adrian Uter vs. Towson, 2/16/05

#1 – Loren Stokes Junior, 6-3, 175, Guard Buffalo, NY/Turner-Carroll HS/St. Thomas More Prep

• Ranks seventh in Hofstra history in career scoring with 1,440 points as only a junior. Has a chance to become only the fifth 2,000 point scorer in school history by the end of next year. • Averaging a team-high 17.2 points per game. • Shooting 49.2 percent from the floor from his guard position. • Has never missed a game in his Pride career (89 games), including 81 straight starts. • Has scored in double figures in 75 of 81 career starts, including 27 of 30 this season and 28 of 30 last season. • First-team All-CAA selection in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Was runner-up for the CAA Player of the Year both seasons (and was also runner-up for the Rookie of the Year Award in 2003-04). • Named to CAA-All Tournament team last week. Had 20 points in a CAA semifinal win over George Mason and 26 in a championship game loss to UNC Wilmington. • Named a Mid-Major All-American by collegeinsider.com for the second year in a row. • A three-time CAA Player of the Week this season (tied with Gary Neal of Towson for the most awards in the conference). Also a four-time CAA Player of the Week winner last year, when nobody else won more than twice. • Had a stretch of four straight games with 25 or more points from Jan. 14-26, the longest such streak since Craig “Speedy” Claxton had six in a row during the 1999-2000 season. No Hofstra player had even had three in a row since. • Has averaged 22.6 points on 50.0 percent shooting against the top five teams in the CAA (nine games). • Scored a career-high 32 in a road loss to Northeastern on Jan. 21. • Tallied 30 points in a triple-overtime win over UNC Wilmington on Jan. 14, with 14 of his points coming in the overtime sessions. • Also had 30 points in a triple-overtime win over James Madison last season. • One of only three players in the nation to rank in the top 10 in his conference in scoring, rebounding assists and steals during the 2004-05 campaign. • Younger brother of Leonard Stokes, a former four-year standout at Cincinnati, where he once scored 39 in an NCAA Tournament game against UCLA.

Loren Stokes' Career Statistics

Year G/GS FGM-A PCT FTM-A PCT 3FGM-A PCT Reb. Avg. A TO BS S Pts. Avg. 05-06 30-30 208-423 .492 77-131 .588 24- 69 .348 148 4.9 84 86 11 46 517 17.2 04-05 30-30 196-408 .480 141-221 .641 16- 53 .302 183 6.1 104 95 11 54 549 18.3 03-04 29-21 143-313 .457 77-137 .562 11- 34 .324 127 4.4 82 87 7 37 374 12.9 Totals 89-81 548-1144 .480 295-489 .603 51-156 .327 458 5.1 270 268 29 137 1440 16.2

Loren Stokes’ Season/Career Highs

Career Highs Season Highs Points 32 at Northeastern (1/21/06) 32 at Northeastern (1/21/06) Rebounds 11 (twice, most recently vs. Towson, 1/26/06) 11 vs. Towson (1/26/06) Assists 9 vs. William & Mary (1/24/04) 7 (three times) Steals 4 (four times, most recently at Drexel, 1/28/06) 4 (three times) FGM 15 at Northeastern (1/21/06) 15 at Northeastern (1/21/06) FGA 24 at Northeastern (1/2106) 24 at Northeastern (1/2106) 3FGM 3 (twice, most recently vs. W&M, 1/31/05) 2 (seven times) 3FGA 7 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) 7 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) FTM 13 vs. Drexel (3/5/05) 11 vs. Towson (1/26/06) FTA 22 vs. JMU (2/9/05) 17 vs. Towson (1/26/06) Minutes 54 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) 54 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) #13 – Antoine Agudio (uh-GOO-dee-oh) Sophomore, 6-3, 185, Guard Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman High School

• Second-team All-CAA selection in 2005-06. • CAA Rookie of the Year in 2004-05 (unanimous selection). Also named to the 2004-05 All-CAA third team. • Has 960 career points, the highest total for any sophomore in school history (freshmen became eligible in 1973). • Scored a career-high 34 points in a CAA quarterfinal win over VCU. • Named to the CAA All-Tournament team last year, after tallying 19 points in a quarterfinal win over Drexel and 22 in a semifinal loss to Old Dominion (which matched his career high at the time). • Set a school record with 82 three-pointers as a freshman last year and has matched it again this season. • Alone in third on the Pride’s all-time three-point list with 164 as only a sophomore. The school record is only 192, held by Norman Richardson (1997-2001). • Shot 5-for-5 from three-point territory in the Pride’s regular season finale, a 70-68 win over Drexel. • Has started every game in his two-year career (60 games), while scoring in double figures in 53 of them. • Is neck-and-neck with Loren Stokes for the team scoring lead heading into the postseason. Stokes averages 17.2, while Agudio averages 16.9. • Tallied 30 points in a road win at Delaware on Feb. 4, setting a career high at the time. • A two-time winner of the CAA Player of the Week Award, after winning the CAA Rookie of the Week Award a league record eight times last year. • Has shot 27-50 from three-point territory in the last nine games (54.0 percent). Also shot 27-48 (56.3 percent) from three-point territory during February (nine games). • Scored 29 points in a road loss at Towson on Jan. 12, including two straight three-pointers in the final two minutes to tie the score. • Made six three-pointers in back-to-back games against Georgia State (Jan. 7) and Towson (Jan. 12), tying his career high, one shy of the school record. • Son of Alex Agudio, who was a key member of Niagara’s 1987 NIT team and still holds the school record for steals in a season.

Antoine Agudio’s Career Statistics

Year G/GS FGM-A PCT FTM-A PCT 3FGM-A PCT Reb. Avg. A TO BS S Pts. Avg. 05-06 30-30 171-378 .452 84-118 .712 82-188 .436 88 2.9 85 87 2 31 508 16.9 04-05 30-20 160-375 .427 50- 76 .658 82-194 .423 96 3.2 72 68 2 25 452 15.1 Totals 60-60 331-753 .440 134-194 .691 164-382 .429 184 3.0 157 155 4 56 960 16.0

Antoine Agudio’s Season/Career Highs

Career Highs Season Highs Points 34 vs. VCU (3/4/06) 34 vs. VCU (3/4/06) Rebounds 9 vs. Columbia (12/22/04) 6 (three times) Assists 7 (four times, most recently vs. GMU, 2/23/06) 7 (twice) Steals 4 at La Salle (12/30/05) 4 at La Salle (12/30/05) FGM 11 at Delaware (2/4/06) 11 at Delaware (2/4/06) FGA 21 at Delaware (2/4/06) 21 at Delaware (2/4/06) 3FGM 6 (three times, most recently at Towson, 1/12/06) 6 (twice) 3FGA 12 (three times, most recently vs. Ga. State, 1/7/06) 12 vs. Georgia State (1/7/06) FTM 10 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) 10 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) FTA 11 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) 12 vs. VCU (3/4/06) Minutes 52 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) 52 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06)

#25 – Aurimas Kieza (or-EE-mas key-ASIA) Senior, 6-8, 215, Forward Marijampole, Lithuania/Florida Air Academy

• Named CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 23 after scoring a career high 25 points in a road win at Georgia State on Feb. 9 and adding a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds in a home win over Northeastern on Feb. 11. • Had one of the most memorable moments in Hofstra history when he hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to defeat defending CAA champion Old Dominion on Feb. 2. • Has eight double-doubles this season, seven of which have come in conference games. • Averaging 11.3 points per game on the season, including 13.9 in CAA contests. • Ranks tied for 10th in school history in career three-pointers made (123). • Had seven straight points in the final four minutes to key a comeback 70-69 win over La Salle on Dec. 30. • Scored in double figures in 12 straight games to start the 2006 calendar year, opening 2006 with 24 points (then his career high) on 8-11 shooting (4- 4 from three-point territory) in a home win over James Madison. • Had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Pride to a 77-66 win over #25 George Mason on Feb. 23, its first ever win over a ranked team. Shot 6-of-7 from the floor, including 3-of-4 from three-point territory, in the George Mason win. • Had 12 points and matched a career high with 15 rebounds in a road win over Old Dominion on Jan. 19. • Has 79 career blocked shots, ranking him sixth in school history. • Averaged 8.5 points in November/December, but raised it to 14.0 points in January and 13.2 points in February. • Had six three-pointers at Towson on February 25. 2004, one shy of the school record. • Took 53.4 percent of his field goal attempts from three-point territory in his first three seasons (266 of 498). This year, it is only 36.4 percent (97 of 266).

Aurimas Kieza’s Career Statistics

Year G/GS FGM-A PCT FTM-A PCT 3FGM-A PCT Reb. Avg. A TO BS S Pts. Avg. 05-06 30/30 128-266 .481 48- 79 .608 34- 97 .351 224 7.5 49 47 32 34 338 11.3 04-05 30/22 87-219 .397 24- 44 .545 37-117 .316 155 5.2 20 38 23 28 235 7.8 03-04 27/9 69-152 .454 25- 36 .694 34- 87 .391 197 7.3 12 27 13 13 197 7.3 02-03 23/10 44-127 .346 19- 29 .655 19- 62 .306 78 3.4 9 32 11 9 126 5.5 Totals 110/71 328-774 .424 116-188 .617 124-363 .342 654 6.0 90 144 79 84 896 8.1

Aurimas Kieza’s Season/Career Highs

Career Highs Season Highs Points 25 at Georgia State (2/9/06) 25 at Georgia State (2/9/06) Rebounds 15 (twice, most recently at ODU, 1/19/06) 15 at Old Dominion (1/19/06) Assists 4 (five times, most recently vs. VCU, 3/4/06) 4 (five times) Steals 4 at Florida International (11/21/06) 3 (five times) FGM 10 at Georgia State (2/9/06) 10 at Georgia State (2/9/06) FGA 17 vs. La Salle (11/24/04) 16 at Drexel (1/28/06) 3FGM 6 at Towson, 2/25/04 4 vs. James Madison (1/5/06) 3FGA 11 (twice, most recently at Towson, 2/25/04) 6 vs. Old Dominion (2/2/06) FTM 6 vs. Delaware (12/3/05) 6 vs. Delaware (12/3/05) FTA 7 (four times, most recently at Towson, 1/12/06) 7 (three times) Minutes 51 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) 51 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06)

#31 – Carlos Rivera Junior, 6-2, 200, Guard San German, PR/Miami Christian HS/Bridgton Academy

• Ranks seventh in school history with 133 career three-pointers as only a junior. • Third on the team in scoring at 12.2 points per game, a career-high scoring average. • Named to the CAA All-Tournament team last week, after matching his career high with 25 points in a semifinal win over George Mason. • Played all 120 minutes in the CAA Tournament without a turnover. • Tore his ACL as a freshman, and had an injury-plagued sophomore season, but has had his healthiest season to date, appearing in all 30 games during the regular season (although he played in only five minutes in a road loss to UNC Wilmington due to injury). • Averaging 12.9 points per game in CAA contests. • Has 102 assists and only 55 turnovers on the season. • Scored six points in the final 20 seconds of overtime to give Hofstra a dramatic 76-75 comeback win over Drexel on Jan 28. • Scored a career high 25 points in a road loss to Towson on Jan. 12. • Had a team-high 22 points in a home win over Northeastern on Feb. 11. • Shot 10-10 from the free throw line in the final two minutes of a 76-68 road win over Old Dominion on Jan. 19. • Averaged 16.3 points per game in January. • Had 20 points and five steals in a triple-overtime win over UNC Wilmington on Jan. 14. • Had 11 points and 10 assists in a road win at St. Francis (N.Y.) on Dec. 22. It was the first double-digit total for a Pride player since Gibran Washington had 12 in a road win over St. John’s on Dec. 2, 2003. • Was part of a 38-2 team at Miami Christian High School in 2001-02 that featured three players currently in the CAA. Northeastern’s Jose Juan Barea joined Rivera in the backcourt, while George Mason’s Sammy Hernandez was a freshman on the team. The 38 wins set a Florida High School record, while the team ended the year ranked #11 in the final USA Today scholastic poll.

Carlos Rivera’s Career Statistics

Year G/GS FGM-A PCT FTM-A PCT 3FGM-A PCT Reb. Avg. A TO BS S Pts. Avg. 05-06 30/28 113-279 .405 93-123 .758 46-139 .331 115 3.8 102 55 4 45 365 12.2 04-05 25/19 54-148 .365 36- 47 .766 40-115 .348 73 2.9 60 44 3 29 184 7.4 03-04 21/21 82-203 .404 15- 22 .682 47-129 .364 83 4.0 48 47 4 30 226 10.8 Totals 76/68 249-630 .395 144-192 .750 133-383 .347 271 3.6 210 146 11 104 775 10.2

Carlos Rivera’s Season/Career Highs

Career Highs Season Highs Points 25 (twice, most recently vs. George Mason, 3/5/06) 25 (twice) Rebounds 11 vs. St. Peter’s (12/23/03) 10 vs. George Mason (3/5/06) Assists 10 at St. Francis-NY (12/22/05) 10 at St. Francis-NY (12/22/05) Steals 5 (twice, most recently vs. UNCW, 1/14/06) 5 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) FGM 8 (three times, most recently vs. UNCW, 1/14/06) 8 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) FGA 17 at Old Dominion, 1/10/04 16 (twice) 3FGM 6 vs. VCU (1/31/04) 5 at Towson (1/12/06) 3FGA 11 at Old Dominion, 1/10/04 9 (twice) FTM 11 at Old Dominion, 1/19/06 11 (twice) FTA 15 vs. George Mason (3/5/06) 15 vs. George Mason (3/5/06) Minutes 46 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06) 46 vs. UNC Wilmington (1/14/06)

#33 – Adrian Uter (YOU-ter) Senior, 6-7, 230, Forward Queens, NY/Springfield Gardens HS/Broward C.C.

• Set a school record with 18 straight made field goals, including his final 12 in a win over Siena on Feb. 18, and a 6-6 effort in a road win over William & Mary on Feb. 20. He missed his first attempt against George Mason on Feb. 23 to end the streak, then made his next four. • Named the Metropolitan New York Player of the Week on Feb. 20, following a week in which he set his career highs in rebounding (18 at UNC Wilmington on Feb. 15) and scoring (27 against Siena on Feb. 18). • His 27 points against Siena on Feb. 18 made him the fifth different player to score 25 points in a game this season for Hofstra. • Averaging barely under double figures in scoring (9.2 ppg). • Ranks third in school history in blocked shots with 115. • Had the third-highest single season block total in school history last year (60) and has the fourth-highest single season total this year (55). • Missed the first four games of January with an injury. The Pride was outrebounded by seven boards per game in those four contests, while allowing their opponents to shoot over 49 percent from the floor (49.1). With Uter in the line-up, Hofstra holds a +3.9 rebounding margin (a difference of 10.9 per game), and holds its opponents to only 41.0 percent shooting. • Blocked nine shots in only 15 minutes of playing time in a win over Towson last season, one shy of the school record for a game. • Ranks third in the CAA in blocked shots per game (2.1) after ranking second last year. • Has five double-doubles this season. • Shot 62.3 percent from the floor in February, after shooting 32.1 percent in January (when he was struggling to recover from his injury. • Had no scholarship offers coming out of Springfield Gardens High School, but went to Broward C.C. in Florida, where he led all of junior college in rebounding (16.7 per game) as a sophomore in 2003-04.

Adrian Uter’s Career Statistics

Year G/GS FGM-A PCT FTM-A PCT 3FGM-A PCT Reb. Avg. A TO BS S Pts. Avg. 05-06 26/26 95-171 .556 50- 98 .510 0-0 .000 203 7.8 18 34 55 20 240 9.2 04-05 30/16 77-122 .631 31- 68 .456 0-0 .000 155 5.2 12 29 60 15 185 6.2 Totals 56/42 172-293 .587 81-166 .488 0-0 .000 358 6.4 30 63 115 35 425 7.7

Adrian Uter’s Season/Career Highs

Career Highs Season Highs Points 27 vs. Siena (2/18/06) 27 vs. Siena (2/18/06) Rebounds 18 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) 18 at UNC Wilmington (2/15/06) Assists 3 at Stony Brook (12/27/04) 2 (seven times) Steals 3 at Stony Brook (12/27/04) 2 (four times) Blocks 9 vs. Towson (2/16/05) 4 (six times) FGM 12 vs. Siena (2/18/05) 12 vs. Siena (2/18/05) FGA 13 (three times) 13 (three times) FTM 5 vs. Drexel (2/25/06) 5 vs. Drexel (2/25/06) FTA 8 (three times) 8 (twice) Minutes 38 at William & Mary (1/5/05) 36 (twice)

#3 – Zygis Sestokas (ZHEE-giss shuh-STALK-iss) Freshman, 6-5, 195, Guard/Forward Vilnius, Lithuania/Statesville (N.C.) Christian HS

• Named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 19 after tallying 10 points in a home win over Stony Brook, and six points in a win over Dartmouth. • Hit a three-pointer before the halftime buzzer in a road loss to Towson on Jan. 12. • Had five points in a home win over Binghamton on Dec. 1. • Once set a North Carolina high school record with 76 points in a game while at Statesville Christian High School. • High school teammates with one of the Pride’s fall signings, Mantas Leonavicius, who is also from Vilnius, Lithuania

#5 – Jorge Lebron (hor-HAY luh-BRON) Sophomore, 6-2, 180, Guard San German, PR/Florida Prep

• In his second year with the Pride. • Scored a season-high five points in a home win over Stony Brook on Dec. 14. • Had nine points in a road loss to George Mason last year. • Tallied four points in a road win over St. Francis (N.Y.) on Dec. 22 • Rated one of the top 10 recruits in the state of Florida, coming out of Florida Prep School. • Grew up in the same neighborhood as Hofstra junior guard Carlos Rivera in San German, Puerto Rico.

#15 – Arminas Urbutis (ar-MIN-iss ur-BOOT-iss) Freshman, 6-8, 220, Forward Kaunas, Lithuania/Montverde (Fla.) Academy

• Shot 6-6 from the free throw line in his college debut against Florida International. • Scored a season-high seven points (all from the line) in a win over Georgia State on Jan. 7. • Had five points and six rebounds in a triple-overtime win over UNC Wilmington on Jan. 14. • Played a season-high 29 minutes in the UNC Wilmington contest. • Played his high school basketball for two seasons at nationally ranked Montverde Academy in Florida.

#20 – Greg Johnson Freshman, 6-0, 175, Guard Harlem, NY/Holderness (N.H.) School

• Hofstra’s top bench scorer (2.5 per game). • Had a season high 12 points in his college debut against FIU on Nov. 19. • Had nine points and three assists in 30 minutes at UNC Wilmington on Feb. 15. • Had nine points on 4-5 shooting in a home win over Siena on Feb. 18. • Has played 25+ minutes in four of the last five regular season games. • Led The Holderness School to two straight New England prep championships.

#23 – Kenny Harris Senior, 6-9, 200, Forward Bronx, NY/St. John the Baptist HS/Los Angeles City College

• Started on Senior Day against Drexel on Feb. 25 and had four rebounds in four minutes. • Scored against Dartmouth in a game at Madison Square Garden. • Began his college career at St. Bonaventure before going to L.A. City College. • Helped LACC to a combined 64-5 record in his two seasons there, while helping Hofstra to a 45-15 record. His overall college record is 109-20. • Had two points and five rebounds in a win at Stony Brook last season.

#45 – Mike Davis-Sabb (rhymes with ‘jab’) Freshman, 6-7, 230, Forward Bronx, NY/All Hallows High School

• Had 16 points, six rebounds and four assists in a home win over James Madison on Jan. 5. • Was a last minute addition to the starting lineup against James Madison, filling in for an injured Adrian Uter. • Had two points and three rebounds in a home win over Stony Brook. • Led the All Hallows High School team to the CHSAA semifinals last winter, including 27 points in an overtime win over Archbishop Molloy in the playoffs.

#54 – Chris Gadley Freshman, 6-8, 250, Forward/Center Amherst, NY/Amherst High School

• Had a season-high 11 rebounds in a road loss to Towson on Jan. 12. • Scored a season-high five points in the rematch with Towson at home on Jan. 16. • Shooting 56.3 percent from the floor on the season (18-32). • Had four points and seven rebounds in a road win over William & Mary on Feb. 20. • Pulled down six rebounds in a win at Delaware on Feb. 4. • Had a school-record 62 point game while at Amherst High School, while also adding a 50-point game as well.

2005-06 Hofstra University Men's Basketball Roster

Numerical No. Player Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College 1 Loren Stokes G Jr. 6-3 175 Buffalo, NY/St. Thomas More 3 Zygis Sestokas G/F Fr. 6-5 195 Vilnius, Lithuania/Statesville (N.C.) Christian 5 Jorge Lebron G So. 6-2 180 San German, PR/Florida Prep Academy 12 Ryan Johnson G/F So. 6-4 215 Massapequa, NY/St. John the Baptist 13 Antoine Agudio G So. 6-3 185 Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman 15 Arminas Urbutis F Fr. 6-8 220 Kaunas, Lithuania/Montverde (Fla.) Academy 20 Greg Johnson G Fr. 6-0 175 Harlem, NY/Holderness (N.H.) School 23 Kenny Harris F/C Sr. 6-9 200 Bronx, NY/St. John the Baptist/Los Angeles CC 25 Aurimas Kieza F Sr. 6-8 215 Marijampole, Lithuania/Florida Air Academy 31 Carlos Rivera G Jr. 6-2 200 San German, PR/Bridgton Academy 33 Adrian Uter F/C Sr. 6-7 230 Queens, NY/Springfield Gardens/Broward CC 45 Mike Davis-Sabb F Fr. 6-7 230 Bronx, NY/All Hallows 54 Chris Gadley F/C Fr. 6-8 250 Amherst, NY/Amherst ------Head Coach: Tom Pecora Associate Head Coach: Tom Parrotta Assistant Coaches: Van Macon, David Duke

Alphabetical No. Player Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Junior College 13 Antoine Agudio G So. 6-3 185 Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman 45 Mike Davis-Sabb F Fr. 6-7 230 Bronx, NY/All Hallows 54 Chris Gadley F/C Fr. 6-8 250 Amherst, NY/Amherst 23 Kenny Harris F/C Sr. 6-9 200 Bronx, NY/St. John the Baptist/Los Angeles CC 20 Greg Johnson G Fr. 6-0 175 Harlem, NY/Holderness (N.H.) School 12 Ryan Johnson G/F So. 6-4 215 Massapequa, NY/St. John the Baptist 25 Aurimas Kieza F Sr. 6-8 215 Marijampole, Lithuania/Florida Air Academy 5 Jorge Lebron G So. 6-2 180 San German, PR/Florida Prep Academy 31 Carlos Rivera G Jr. 6-2 200 San German, PR/Bridgton Academy 3 Zygis Sestokas G/F Fr. 6-5 195 Vilnius, Lithuania/Statesville (N.C.) Christian 1 Loren Stokes G Jr. 6-3 175 Buffalo, NY/St. Thomas More 15 Arminas Urbutis F Fr. 6-8 220 Kaunas, Lithuania/Montverde (Fla.) Academy 33 Adrian Uter F/C Sr. 6-7 230 Queens, NY/Springfield Gardens/Broward CC ------Head Coach: Tom Pecora Associate Head Coach: Tom Parrotta Assistant Coaches: Van Macon, David Duke

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 3 Zygis Sestokas ZHEE-giss (hard ‘g’) shuh-STALK-iss 5 Jorge Lebron HOR-hay luh-BRON 13 Antoine Agudio uh-GOO-dee-oh 15 Arminas Urbutis AR-min-iss ur-BOOT-iss 20 Greg Johnson JOHN-son 23 Kenny Harris HAIR-iss 25 Aurimas Kieza or-EEM-iss key-ASIA (like the continent) 33 Adrian Uter YOU-ter 45 Mike Davis-Sabb SAB (rhymes with ‘jab’) Coach Tom Pecora puh-CORE-uh

Hofstra Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 11, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (24-6) (13-0) (8-5) (3-1) CONFERENCE...... (14-4) (9-0) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-2) (4-0) (3-1) (3-1)

|---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 Stokes, Loren...... 30-30 1034 34.5 208-423 .492 24-69 .348 77-131 .588 43 105 148 4.9 72 3 84 86 11 46 517 17.2 13 Agudio, Antoine.... 30-30 1090 36.3 171-378 .452 82-188 .436 84-118 .712 20 68 88 2.9 40 1 85 87 2 31 508 16.9 31 Rivera, Carlos..... 30-28 947 31.6 113-279 .405 46-139 .331 93-123 .756 35 80 115 3.8 80 2 102 55 4 45 365 12.2 25 Kieza, Aurimas..... 30-30 1059 35.3 128-266 .481 34-97 .351 48-79 .608 80 144 224 7.5 60 0 49 47 32 34 338 11.3 33 Uter, Adrian...... 26-26 713 27.4 95-171 .556 0-0 .000 50-98 .510 76 127 203 7.8 89 6 18 34 55 20 240 9.2 20 Johnson, Greg...... 30-0 443 14.8 28-70 .400 2-7 .286 17-29 .586 18 26 44 1.5 43 2 48 40 0 22 75 2.5 54 Gadley, Chris...... 28-1 269 9.6 18-32 .563 0-0 .000 8-12 .667 22 50 72 2.6 48 0 6 14 18 4 44 1.6 45 Davis-Sabb, Mike... 23-3 149 6.5 12-24 .500 0-0 .000 11-13 .846 18 16 34 1.5 34 1 5 17 4 4 35 1.5 15 Urbutis, Arminas... 22-0 138 6.3 3-16 .188 0-1 .000 23-29 .793 11 19 30 1.4 18 0 2 6 0 6 29 1.3 03 Sestokas, Zygis.... 23-1 147 6.4 10-35 .286 7-28 .250 2-4 .500 6 8 14 0.6 15 0 3 8 0 4 29 1.3 05 Lebron, Jorge...... 15-0 59 3.9 4-17 .235 1-12 .083 8-10 .800 1 3 4 0.3 12 1 2 10 1 1 17 1.1 23 Harris, Kenny...... 10-1 39 3.9 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 9 10 1.0 7 1 0 1 2 0 6 0.6 12 Johnson, Ryan...... 3-0 13 4.3 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.3 TEAM...... 53 49 102 3.4 1 5 ------Total...... 30 6100 793-1718 .462 196-542 .362 422-648 .651 384 704 1088 36.3 521 17 404 410 129 219 2204 73.5 Opponents...... 30 6100 705-1675 .421 210-597 .352 398-564 .706 348 667 1015 33.8 562 - 424 433 94 189 2018 67.3

TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2204 2018 11/19/05 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W 64-51 2116 Points per game...... 73.5 67.3 11/22/05 at Notre Dame L 50-69 9837 Scoring margin...... +6.2 - 11/29/05 at St. John's W 64-51 4056 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 793-1718 705-1675 12/01/05 BINGHAMTON W 69-55 1773 Field goal pct...... 462 .421 *12/03/05 DELAWARE W 79-65 3534 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 196-542 210-597 *12/07/05 at Virginia Commonwealth L 64-87 4118 3-point FG pct...... 362 .352 12/14/05 STONY BROOK W 73-56 1803 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.5 7.0 12/17/05 vs Dartmouth W 74-59 5366 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 422-648 398-564 12/22/05 at St. Francis College NY W 73-57 217 Free throw pct...... 651 .706 12/30/05 at La Salle W 71-70 1852 REBOUNDS...... 1088 1015 *01/05/06 JAMES MADISON W 87-66 1814 Rebounds per game...... 36.3 33.8 *01/07/06 GEORGIA STATE W 69-53 2309 Rebounding margin...... +2.4 - *01/12/06 at Towson L 91-94 1523 ASSISTS...... 404 424 *01/14/06 UNC WILMINGTON W O3 92-87 2207 Assists per game...... 13.5 14.1 *01/19/06 at Old Dominion W 76-68 6716 TURNOVERS...... 410 433 *01/21/06 at Northeastern L 73-89 2150 Turnovers per game..... 13.7 14.4 *01/26/06 TOWSON W 82-70 2017 Turnover margin...... +0.8 - *01/28/06 at Drexel W OT 76-75 2278 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 1.0 *02/02/06 OLD DOMINION W 65-63 2907 STEALS...... 219 189 *02/04/06 at Delaware W 77-62 3680 Steals per game...... 7.3 6.3 *02/09/06 at Georgia State W 76-70 827 BLOCKS...... 129 94 *02/11/06 NORTHEASTERN W 89-78 3614 Blocks per game...... 4.3 3.1 *02/15/06 at UNC Wilmington L 68-77 5562 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - 02/18/06 SIENA W 76-62 3331 Home win streak...... 13 - *02/20/06 at William and Mary W 82-57 1828 ATTENDANCE...... 36682 66058 *02/23/06 GEORGE MASON W 77-66 4210 Home games-Avg/Game.... 13-2822 13-3434 *02/25/06 DREXEL W 70-68 5047 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 4-5354 $03/04/06 vs VCU W 72-66 6158 $03/05/06 vs George Mason W 58-49 5310 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total $03/06/06 vs UNC Wilmington L 67-78 4580 ------$ = CAA Tournament Hofstra...... 1050 1123 15 6 10 - 2204 * = Conference game Opponents...... 971 1022 14 6 5 - 2018 Hofstra Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 12, 2006) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (14-4) (9-0) (5-4) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (14-4) (9-0) (5-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---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 Stokes, Loren...... 18-18 651 36.2 137-274 .500 14-42 .333 48-81 .593 26 56 82 4.6 43 2 59 61 9 36 336 18.7 13 Agudio, Antoine.... 18-18 671 37.3 104-233 .446 51-114 .447 54-73 .740 13 42 55 3.1 23 0 53 49 1 18 313 17.4 25 Kieza, Aurimas..... 18-18 671 37.3 96-187 .513 26-65 .400 33-53 .623 55 88 143 7.9 40 0 30 27 16 20 251 13.9 31 Rivera, Carlos..... 18-17 554 30.8 71-168 .423 30-87 .345 60-79 .759 21 46 67 3.7 50 2 58 37 0 22 232 12.9 33 Uter, Adrian...... 14-14 364 26.0 46-99 .465 0-0 .000 25-46 .543 43 75 118 8.4 50 4 9 22 24 11 117 8.4 20 Johnson, Greg...... 18-0 283 15.7 17-41 .415 0-2 .000 11-15 .733 11 14 25 1.4 32 1 32 25 0 13 45 2.5 54 Gadley, Chris...... 18-1 201 11.2 16-30 .533 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 22 40 62 3.4 35 0 4 10 16 4 36 2.0 45 Davis-Sabb, Mike... 14-3 111 7.9 9-19 .474 0-0 .000 8-9 .889 13 12 25 1.8 25 1 5 9 3 3 26 1.9 15 Urbutis, Arminas... 13-0 89 6.8 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 17-23 .739 8 8 16 1.2 8 0 2 3 0 5 23 1.8 05 Lebron, Jorge...... 8-0 24 3.0 1-6 .167 0-4 .000 4-4 1.000 1 0 1 0.1 9 1 1 5 1 0 6 0.8 03 Sestokas, Zygis.... 14-0 64 4.6 2-17 .118 2-15 .133 0-2 .000 3 4 7 0.5 10 0 2 6 0 1 6 0.4 23 Harris, Kenny...... 7-1 17 2.4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 6 6 0.9 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 TEAM...... 32 22 54 3.0 1 0 ------Total...... 18 3700 503-1082 .465 123-330 .373 264-391 .675 248 413 661 36.7 331 12 255 254 71 133 1393 77.4 Opponents...... 18 3700 449-1000 .449 136-349 .390 261-372 .702 192 406 598 33.2 328 - 271 271 64 124 1295 71.9

TEAM STATISTICS HOFSTRA OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1393 1295 *12/03/05 DELAWARE W 79-65 3534 Points per game...... 77.4 71.9 *12/07/05 at Virginia Commonwealth L 64-87 4118 Scoring margin...... +5.4 - *01/05/06 JAMES MADISON W 87-66 1814 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 503-1082 449-1000 *01/07/06 GEORGIA STATE W 69-53 2309 Field goal pct...... 465 .449 *01/12/06 at Towson L 91-94 1523 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 123-330 136-349 *01/14/06 UNC WILMINGTON W O3 92-87 2207 3-point FG pct...... 373 .390 *01/19/06 at Old Dominion W 76-68 6716 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.8 7.6 *01/21/06 at Northeastern L 73-89 2150 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 264-391 261-372 *01/26/06 TOWSON W 82-70 2017 Free throw pct...... 675 .702 *01/28/06 at Drexel W OT 76-75 2278 REBOUNDS...... 661 598 *02/02/06 OLD DOMINION W 65-63 2907 Rebounds per game...... 36.7 33.2 *02/04/06 at Delaware W 77-62 3680 Rebounding margin...... +3.5 - *02/09/06 at Georgia State W 76-70 827 ASSISTS...... 255 271 *02/11/06 NORTHEASTERN W 89-78 3614 Assists per game...... 14.2 15.1 *02/15/06 at UNC Wilmington L 68-77 5562 TURNOVERS...... 254 271 *02/20/06 at William and Mary W 82-57 1828 Turnovers per game..... 14.1 15.1 *02/23/06 GEORGE MASON W 77-66 4210 Turnover margin...... +0.9 - *02/25/06 DREXEL W 70-68 5047 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 1.0 $ = CAA Tournament STEALS...... 133 124 * = Conference game Steals per game...... 7.4 6.9 BLOCKS...... 71 64 Blocks per game...... 3.9 3.6 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - Home win streak...... 9 - ATTENDANCE...... 27659 28682 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-3073 9-3187 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total ------Hofstra...... 655 707 15 6 10 - 1393 Opponents...... 601 669 14 6 5 - 1295 Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS VCU vs Hofstra 03/04/06 8:50 pm at Richmond, Va. (Richmond Coliseum) ------VISITORS: VCU (19-10) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 George, Nick...... f 7-18 4-6 10-14 8 4 12 2 28 2 1 0 1 38 40 Faulk, Sam...... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 03 Maynor, Eric...... g 6-10 0-1 4-5 2 0 2 5 16 5 2 0 0 35 20 Walker, B.A...... g 2-11 1-6 0-0 2 3 5 4 5 0 2 0 1 30 23 Pellot-Rosa, Jesse.. g 3-7 0-2 0-0 4 2 6 4 6 0 1 0 1 28 04 Anderson, Michael... 2-4 0-1 2-3 3 7 10 3 6 0 1 0 0 24 25 Harper, Alexander... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 31 Davis, Eric...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 32 Shuler, Jamal...... 2-6 1-5 0-1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 12 TEAM...... 1 1 Totals...... 22-61 6-22 16-23 22 21 43 27 66 8 9 1 3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 12-32 37.5% Game: 36.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 27.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 10-15 66.7% Game: 69.6% 2,1

------HOME TEAM: Hofstra (23-5) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 Kieza, Aurimas...... f 5-12 0-2 3-4 3 3 6 3 13 3 4 0 1 39 33 Uter, Adrian...... f 1-1 0-0 1-7 2 5 7 5 3 0 1 2 0 22 01 Stokes, Loren...... g 4-10 1-2 3-6 3 4 7 5 12 4 2 0 2 32 13 Agudio, Antoine..... g 10-20 5-10 9-12 1 3 4 2 34 4 0 0 1 40 31 Rivera, Carlos...... g 1-2 1-1 1-2 1 2 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 40 15 Urbutis, Arminas.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 Johnson, Greg...... 2-2 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 22 45 Davis-Sabb, Mike.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 54 Gadley, Chris...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM...... 2 2 Totals...... 23-47 7-15 19-33 11 22 33 22 72 14 10 2 6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 48.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 46.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 14-25 56.0% Game: 57.6% 5

------Officials: Tim Nestor, Manny Upton, Sean Hull Technical fouls: VCU-None. Hofstra-None. Attendance: 6158 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total VCU...... 29 37 - 66 Hofstra...... 36 36 - 72 CAA Men's Basketball Championship, Quarterfinals - Game 8 #3 Hofstra advances to face #2 GMU at 6 PM Sunday. Agudio (HU) ties tournament record for points in a game (34). Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Hofstra vs George Mason 03/05/06 6:00 pm at Richmond, Va. (Richmond Coliseum) ------VISITORS: Hofstra (24-5) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 Kieza, Aurimas...... f 1-3 0-0 4-5 1 4 5 1 6 0 2 3 1 40 33 Uter, Adrian...... f 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 4 2 40 01 Stokes, Loren...... g 9-17 1-3 1-1 0 3 3 1 20 1 3 0 0 34 13 Agudio, Antoine..... g 2-6 0-2 1-2 0 5 5 3 5 2 3 0 2 38 31 Rivera, Carlos...... g 6-14 2-7 11-15 4 6 10 3 25 4 0 0 0 40 20 Johnson, Greg...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM...... 1 1 2 1 Totals...... 19-42 3-12 17-25 7 23 30 13 58 7 9 7 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 2nd Half: 9-20 45.0% Game: 45.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 25.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 68.0% 5,1

------HOME TEAM: George Mason (23-7) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 34 Thomas, Will...... f 7-12 0-0 3-4 3 3 6 1 17 0 0 1 0 33 55 Lewis, Jai...... f 2-6 0-0 5-6 3 4 7 2 9 2 1 0 0 34 01 Skinn, Tony...... g 3-9 2-6 2-2 0 0 0 3 10 1 2 0 1 32 22 Butler, Lamar...... g 2-10 2-8 0-0 0 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 0 34 42 Campbell, Folarin... g 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 4 6 5 2 3 2 1 0 28 02 Carter, Jordan...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 05 Norwood, Gabe...... 1-2 1-2 2-2 0 4 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 21 12 Burns, Tim...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 Hernandez, Sammy.... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 TEAM...... 1 1 2 Totals...... 16-49 5-19 12-14 9 19 28 21 49 10 9 2 1 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 4-23 17.4% Game: 32.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-11 9.1% Game: 26.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 85.7% 2

------Officials: Bryan Kersey, Mike Eades, Tim Nestor Technical fouls: Hofstra-None. George Mason-None. Attendance: 5310 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Hofstra...... 27 31 - 58 George Mason...... 33 16 - 49 CAA Men's Basketball Championship, Semifinals - Game 10 #3 Hofstra advances to face #1 UNCW in the championship game Monday 7 PM. Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Hofstra vs UNC Wilmington 03/06/06 7:00 pm at Richmond, Va. (Richmond Coliseum) ------VISITORS: Hofstra (24-6) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 Kieza, Aurimas...... f 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 31 33 Uter, Adrian...... f 3-3 0-0 3-5 3 6 9 3 9 0 1 2 0 33 01 Stokes, Loren...... g 9-23 1-4 7-11 4 3 7 2 26 0 3 0 1 37 13 Agudio, Antoine..... g 4-11 2-5 3-6 0 3 3 5 13 2 2 0 1 37 31 Rivera, Carlos...... g 4-13 2-7 6-7 1 7 8 3 16 3 0 2 0 40 03 Sestokas, Zygis..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 Lebron, Jorge...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 Johnson, Greg...... 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 18 54 Gadley, Chris...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM...... 3 3 Totals...... 21-56 6-17 19-29 12 24 36 19 67 6 6 5 2 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-22 27.3% 2nd Half: 15-34 44.1% Game: 37.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 35.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 13-18 72.2% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 65.5% 4

------HOME TEAM: UNC Wilmington (25-7) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 34 Laue, Mitch...... f 6-8 0-1 0-0 3 5 8 4 12 4 0 0 1 23 41 Hendley, Todd...... f 5-13 1-3 4-5 1 4 5 3 15 1 1 0 0 35 42 Wyrick, Beckham..... f 5-8 2-3 0-0 0 5 5 3 12 1 0 1 2 24 02 Carter, T.J...... g 7-17 2-6 7-8 5 8 13 1 23 2 2 0 0 38 03 Goldsberry, John.... g 2-7 2-7 3-5 1 2 3 3 9 10 2 0 0 39 04 Fountain, Daniel.... 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 20 Lay, Taylor...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 Soyebo, Temi...... 2-4 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 2 5 1 0 0 0 17 31 Grkovic, Dejan...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 32 Kuljanin, Vladimir.. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 TEAM...... Totals...... 27-60 8-24 16-20 12 29 41 23 78 20 5 1 3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-32 43.8% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 45.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 10-11 90.9% Game: 80.0% 1

------Officials: Les Jones, Duke Edsall, Brian Kersey Technical fouls: Hofstra-None. UNC Wilmington-None. Attendance: 4580 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Hofstra...... 26 41 - 67 UNC Wilmington...... 38 40 - 78 CAA Men's Basketball Championship, Finals - Game 11 UNCW wins 4th CAA championship in 7 years.