2009-10 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Contact: Benjamin Shove, Director of Sports Services Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 14 • February 22, 2010) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Robert Morris* 14-2 .875 19-10 .655 L1 10-3 8-6 1-1 Thursday, February 18 BRYANT 53, WAGNER 51 2. Quinnipiac* 13-3 .812 19-8 .704 W1 11-0 7-8 1-0 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 85, CCSU 58 3. Mount St. Mary's* 10-6 .625 13-14 .481 W8 7-3 6-11 0-0 LONG ISLAND 68, FDU 62 Long Island* 10-6 .625 12-15 .444 W2 9-3 3-11 0-1 MONMOUTH 51, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 49 5. Saint Francis (PA)* 9-7 .562 11-16 .407 W4 9-5 2-11 0-0 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 73, QUINNIPIAC 68 ROBERT MORRIS 64, SACRED HEART 39 Fairleigh Dickinson* 9-7 .562 10-19 .345 W1 7-6 3-11 0-2 7. Monmouth 8-8 .500 12-16 .429 L1 8-5 4-9 0-2 Saturday, February 20 8. Central Connecticut State 7-9 .438 10-17 .370 W1 6-4 3-12 1-1 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 74, BRYANT 45 CCSU 62, WAGNER 60 St. Francis (NY) 7-9 .438 10-17 .370 L4 5-8 5-9 0-0 FDU 56, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 55 10. Sacred Heart 6-10 .375 13-14 .481 L2 9-3 3-11 1-0 LONG ISLAND 83, MONMOUTH 74 11. Wagner 2-14 .125 4-25 .138 L6 1-10 2-14 1-1 QUINNIPIAC 87, ROBERT MORRIS 79 12. Bryant 1-15 .062 1-27 .036 L1 0-9 1-16 0-2 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 73, SACRED HEART 68 Home Team Underlined * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Choice Hotels Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week Nov. 16 Corey Hassan, SHU Nov. 16 Will Felder, SFPA Jaytornah Wisseh, Long Island Nov. 23 Jeremy Goode, MSM Nov. 23 Kenny Onyechi, LIU Sr., G, 6-1, 180 lbs., Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy Justin Rutty, QU Nov. 30 Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Nov. 30 Ed Waite, MU Wisseh takes home his third Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award this season after averaging 24.0 points, 7.5 assists, 5.5 Dec. 7 Devin Sweetney, SFPA Dec. 7 , LIU rebounds and 2.0 steals in a pair of wins that clinched an NEC Tournament berth for the Blackbirds. He also shot 50.0 percent Dec. 14 Corey Hassan, SHU Dec. 14 Karon Abraham, RMU from the field and 77.8 percent from the line. Wisseh began his week on Thursday with a game-high 27 points, along with six Travis Taylor, MU rebounds and five assists in LIU's' 68-62 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson. He netted seven points during a 14-0 first half run that Dec. 21 Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Dec. 21 Umar Shannon, SFPA gave the Blackbirds a ten-point lead and hit a key layup with 39 seconds left on the clock that stretched LIU's lead to five. Wisseh Jan. 4 Liam Potter, SHU Jan. 4 Karon Abraham, RMU then collected his fourth double-double of the year with 21 points and a season-high 10 assists in an 83-74 win over Monmouth Jan. 11 Sean Baptiste, FDU Jan. 11 Kenny Onyechi, LIU on Saturday. The Brooklyn, NY native scored all of his points in the second half, including LIU’s final 10 points over the last two Jan. 18 James Feldeine, QU Jan. 18 Karon Abraham, RMU Travis Taylor, MU minutes of the contest after the Hawks pulled to within three. Wisseh currently ranks third in the NEC with 17.6 ppg and leads the Jan. 25 Corey Hassan, SHU Jan. 25 Russell Johnson, RMU circuit with 5.7 apg. He has also joined the NEC’s exclusive 1,500-point, 500- club this season - just eight players in conference Feb. 1 Devin Sweetney, SFPA Feb. 1 Velton Jones, RMU history have reached the milestone - with 1,621 points (sixth all-time at LIU) and 516 dimes over the course of his career. Feb. 8 Sean Baptiste, FDU Feb. 8 Karon Abraham, RMU James Feldeine, QU Feb. 15 Kelly Beidler, MSM Feb. 15 Will Felder, SFPA Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week James Johnson, QU Will Felder, Saint Francis (PA) Feb. 22 Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Feb. 22 Will Felder, SFPA Fr., F, 6-6, 200 lbs., Cleveland, OH/Lutheran East Felder earns his second consecutive Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award and third of the year as the Red Flash clinched an NEC Tournament berth for the first time since the 2004-05 season with two wins last week. Felder averaged 16.5 points and 6.0 rebounds, and shot 5-9 (.556) from three-point range as well as a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe. He recorded a career- best 20 points and was 8-8 from the line as Saint Francis (PA) rallied from 15 down in the second half to stop second-place Quinnipiac, 73-68, at the Stokes Center on Thursday. Felder was responsible for the game's key play, drilling a three-pointer with 2010 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament 46 seconds remaining to boost the Red Flash lead to six. Two days later, he notched 13 points and five rebounds in a 73-68 win over Sacred Heart. Felder hit 3-4 shots from outside the arc and tallied eight of his points in the second stanza. During Saint Francis All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be (PA)'s four-game win streak, the Cleveland, OH product has averaged 14.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg, and shot 7-11 (.636) from long range reseeded after quarterfinals. along with 15-15 from the line. On the year, Felder ranks second on the Red Flash with 9.2 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Thursday, March 4 Sunday, March 7 Wednesday, March 10 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) This Week’s Schedule 2:00 pm (MSG, FCS) Thursday, February 25 Saturday, February 27 LONG ISLAND at CCSU 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at CCSU 1:00 pm NEC Website ST. FRANCIS (NY) at BRYANT 7:30 pm LONG ISLAND at BRYANT 3:30 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit FDU at SACRED HEART 7:45 pm QUINNIPIAC at FDU 7:30 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org MONMOUTH at QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm SACRED HEART at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:30 pm ROBERT MORRIS at MT. ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm Standings and statistics are updated daily. ROBERT MORRIS at WAGNER 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER 7:00 pm March 4, 7 & 10 2009-10 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson (1-27, 1-15 NEC) (10-17, 7-9 NEC) (10-19, 9-7 NEC)

at Providence Tournament Connecticut 6 Classic at Harbor Yard N 13 at #6 Villanova L 61-84 N 13 at Providence L 53-96 N 13 at Fairfield L 58-67 at EBC Classic N 16 at Savannah State L 45-53 N 15 at Wichita State L 64-80 N 14 vs. Mercer L 56-80 N 21 Central Michigan W 62-53 N 15 vs. Bucknell L 56-59 CollegeInsider.com Skip Prosser Tournament at Citadel N 28 vs. Savannah State W 51-44 at EBC Classic N 20 at Harvard L 55-71 N 29 at Citadel L 53-67 N 23 at Eastern Kentucky L 39-68 N 25 Brown L 68-70 D 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 63-50 N 24 vs. Texas-San Antonio L 61-75 N 30 at Army L 58-64 N 25 vs. UC-Irvine L 54-75 D 5 at LONG ISLAND L 65-69 D 2 at Houston Baptist L 77-92 D 3 at LONG ISLAND L 46-62 D 9 at New Hampshire L 55-67 D 5 at QUINNIPIAC L 52-73 D 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 48-54 D 12 Albany W 70-68 (OT) D 7 Army L 40-61 D 9 at Yale L 54-69 D 22 at Northwestern L 54-74 D 9 at Lafayette L 57-73 D 12 Columbia L 57-69 D 30 UMBC W 89-86 (2 OT) D 12 at Missouri L 36-87 D 20 at Boston College L 46-72 J 2 vs. Holy Cross (at Mohegan Sun) L 53-70 D 19 Saint Peter’s L 68-83 J 4 at Colgate L 45-64 D 23 at St. John’s L 44-80 D 23 Iona L 60-82 J 7 at MONMOUTH L 42-55 J 2 SACRED HEART W 88-85 D 28 at Indiana L 42-90 J 9 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 74-83 J 7 BRYANT W 66-50 J 2 at Cornell L 49-75 J 11 Savannah State L 63-73 J 9 CCSU W 83-74 J 7 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 50-66 J 14 QUINNIPIAC L 45-76 J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS L 73-80 J 9 at MONMOUTH L 62-67 J 16 SACRED HEART W 88-65 J 16 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 52-54 J 14 SACRED HEART L 60-72 J 21 at SACRED HEART L 53-71 J 21 ROBERT MORRIS L 50-65 J 24 at QUINNIPIAC L 62-75 J 23 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 78-75 J 16 QUINNIPIAC L 66-80 J 28 at BRYANT W 67-55 J 21 at QUINNIPIAC L 59-84 J 28 MONMOUTH W 66-44 J 30 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 77-67 J 30 at CCSU L 67-77 J 23 at SACRED HEART L 60-84 F 4 MONMOUTH W 75-69 F 4 at Bryant W 60-34 F 6 at MONMOUTH W 71-65 J 28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-67 F 6 BRYANT W 61-48 J 30 MONMOUTH L 46-50 F 8 Longwood L 81-83 F 11 ROBERT MORRIS L 60-69 F 11 WAGNER W 70-65 F 4 CCSU L 34-60 F 13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 57-59 F 13 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 67-77 F 6 at CCSU L 48-61 F 18 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 58-85 F 18 at LONG ISLAND L 62-68 F 11 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 34-60 F 20 at WAGNER W 62-60 F 20 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 56-55 F 13 ROBERT MORRIS L 42-52 F 25 LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm F 25 at SACRED HEART 7:45 pm F 18 at WAGNER W 53-51 F 27 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 1:00 pm F 27 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 20 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 45-74 M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals F 25 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals F 27 LONG ISLAND 3:30 pm M 10 Championship M 10 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Long Island Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s (12-15, 10-6 NEC) (12-16, 7-9 NEC) (13-14, 10-6 NEC)

N 13 at St. John’s L 70-83 N 13 Florida International W 99-70 N 14 at #17 Oklahoma L 71-95 N 17 at Army L 56-63 N 15 Seton Hall L 72-87 N 18 at American W 73-62 N 21 Navy W 83-72 N 18 at Saint Peter’s L 34-58 N 21 Loyola (MD) W 63-44 N 24 Saint Peter’s W 77-71 N 23 at Lehigh L 74-86 N 25 Niagara L 64-74 N 28 at Seton Hall L 66-95 at World Vision Basketball Challenge N 28 at Navy W 65-56 (OT) D 3 BRYANT W 62-46 N 27 at Wyoming W 75-73 N 30 at #18 Georgetown L 62-83 D 5 CCSU W 69-65 N 28 vs. Pepperdine L 73-82 D 3 at ROBERT MORRIS L 57-63 D 9 at Iona L 64-80 N 29 vs. Hampton L 56-59 D 5 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 66-73 D 12 at Lafayette L 63-77 D 5 at SACRED HEART L 73-81 D 9 at Rutgers L 52-66 D 8 at Old Dominion L 38-64 D 19 Manhattan L 61-71 D 19 at L 48-66 at Chattanooga Tournament D 12 Penn W 80-75 D 16 at Princeton L 42-46 D 22 at Boston University L 77-86 D 29 at Chattanooga L 59-76 D 30 Vermont L 69-71 D 30 vs. Eastern Kentucky/Morgan St. L 70-87 D 19 Rider L 63-70 J 2 at Siena L 76-79 (OT) J 4 at Bethune Cookman L 69-78 D 23 Texas A&M Corpus Christi W 65-51 J 7 at QUINNIPIAC L 63-64 J 7 ROBERT MORRIS W 74-64 J 2 QUINNIPIAC W 72-60 J 9 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 89-80 J 7 CCSU W 55-42 J 9 at SACRED HEART W 69-65 J 14 at WAGNER W 79-64 J 9 BRYANT W 67-62 J 14 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 58-61 J 16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 67-86 J 14 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 63-53 J 16 LONG ISLAND W 86-67 J 21 WAGNER L 59-65 (OT) J 16 at ROBERT MORRIS L 67-78 J 21 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 60-63 J 21 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 69-40 J 23 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 67-58 J 23 at LONG ISLAND L 58-67 J 23 ROBERT MORRIS L 53-66 J 28 SACRED HEART W 64-52 J 28 at ROBERT MORRIS L 58-66 J 28 at CCSU L 44-66 J 30 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 73-74 (OT) J 30 QUINNIPIAC W 61-56 J 30 at BRYANT W 50-46 F 4 WAGNER W 69-44 F 4 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 62-53 F 4 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 69-75 F 6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 84-88 (3 OT) F 6 at WAGNER W 66-50 F 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-71 F 11 at MONMOUTH W 69-42 F 11 at SACRED HEART W 81-75 F 11 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 42-69 F 13 at QUINNIPIAC L 72-80 F 13 WAGNER W 76-67 F 13 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 77-67 F 18 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 68-62 F 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 51-49 F 18 CCSU W 85-58 F 20 MONMOUTH W 83-74 F 20 at LONG ISLAND L 74-83 F 20 BRYANT W 74-45 F 25 at CCSU 7:30 pm F 25 at QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm F 25 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:30 pm F 27 at BRYANT 3:30 pm F 27 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 27 ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals M 10 Championship M 10 Championship M 10 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2009-10 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Quinnipiac Robert Morris Sacred Heart (19-8, 13-3 NEC) (19-10, 14-2 NEC) (13-14, 6-10 NEC) Connecticut 6 Classic at Harbor Yard Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Connecticut 6 Classic at Harbor Yard N 13 vs. Hartford W 85-74 N 11 at Syracuse L 60-100 N 13 vs. Yale W 92-86 N 18 at Lehigh L 71-79 N 16 at Penn State L 61-80 N 15 Lafayette W 81-70 N 21 at Yale W 71-64 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (at Albany, NY) N 18 at Fordham L 66-76 N 24 at Maine W 59-56 N 20 vs. Detroit Mercy L 59-71 N 21 at Xavier L 65-105 N 21 vs. Alcorn State W 107-76 N 25 at Penn State L 75-87 N 30 at Navy L 62-65 N 22 at Albany L 66-71 D 2 at Massachusetts L 58-62 D 3 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 63-57 N 30 Columbia W 60-55 D 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 73-52 D 5 WAGNER W 73-70 D 5 MONMOUTH W 81-73 D 8 at Rhode Island L 74-83 D 12 at Duquesne L 54-59 D 11 at Hartford W 76-65 D 13 at Vermont L 77-80 D 15 at Cleveland State W 78-70 D 13 at Fairfield L 77-80 D 23 Columbia W 63-51 D 19 Appalachian State L 52-65 D 21 Stony Brook W 78-70 D 30 Dartmouth W 73-51 D 22 Kent State L 57-71 D 22 at Holy Cross W 82-79 J 2 at MONMOUTH L 60-72 D 30 at Youngstown State W 72-67 D 30 Brown W 83-78 J 7 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 64-63 J 2 Ohio W 81-79 J 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 85-88 J 9 WAGNER W 78-66 J 4 Morgan State W 78-75 J 7 WAGNER W 75-59 J 11 Brown W 88-75 J 7 at LONG ISLAND L 64-74 J 9 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 65-69 J 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 67-63 J 14 at BRYANT W 72-60 J 14 at CCSU W 76-45 J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 80-73 J 16 at BRYANT W 80-66 J 16 at CCSU L 65-88 J 16 MONMOUTH W 78-67 J 21 CCSU W 71-53 J 21 BRYANT W 84-59 J 21 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 65-50 J 24 CCSU W 75-62 J 23 at MONMOUTH W 66-53 J 23 BRYANT W 84-60 J 28 at WAGNER W 66-57 J 28 LONG ISLAND W 66-58 J 28 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 52-64 J 30 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 56-61 J 30 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-56 J 30 at WAGNER L 73-74 F 4 at SACRED HEART W 86-71 F 4 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 76-67 F 4 QUINNIPIAC L 71-86 F 6 SACRED HEART W 90-87 F 6 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 75-64 F 6 at QUINNIPIAC L 87-90 F 11 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 77-65 F 8 at #25 Pittsburgh L 53-77 F 11 LONG ISLAND L 75-81 F 13 LONG ISLAND W 80-72 F 11 at CCSU W 69-60 F 13 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 62-50 F 18 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 68-73 F 13 at BRYANT W 52-42 F 18 at ROBERT MORRIS L 39-64 F 18 SACRED HEART W 64-39 F 20 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 68-73 F 20 at ROBERT MORRIS W 87-79 F 20 QUINNIPIAC L 79-87 F 25 MONMOUTH 7:30 pm F 25 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:45 pm F 25 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 27 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:30 pm F 27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals M 10 Championship M 10 Championship M 10 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

St. Francis (NY) St. Francis (PA) Wagner (10-17, 7-9 NEC) (11-16, 9-7 NEC) (4-25, 2-14 NEC)

N 13 Brown L 64-68 N 13 American W 65-61 N 13 at Lafayette L 72-81 N 17 at Boston College L 44-72 N 16 at Notre Dame L 72-95 N 21 Stony Brook L 48-72 N 21 Canisius L 69-79 N 19 Lafayette L 77-88 N 24 at NJIT L 51-56 N 24 at Massachusetts L 65-83 N 21 at Bucknell L 58-70 N 28 Bucknell L 61-85 N 28 at Colgate W 66-65 N 25 Lehigh L 67-76 D 3 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 42-69 D 3 CCSU L 50-63 N 28 at #17 Ohio State L 47-110 D 5 at ROBERT MORRIS L 70-73 D 5 BRYANT W 54-48 D 8 Columbia L 91-102 D 3 WAGNER W 69-42 D 12 at Saint Peter’s W 59-58 D 8 Hartford W 63-60 D 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 73-66 D 13 at #6 Syracuse L 51-75 at Las Vegas Classic D 13 at Drexel L 35-57 D 17 at Brigham Young L 61-77 D 22 Lafayette L 69-74 D 16 Youngstown State L 65-74 D 19 at Nevada L 61-74 D 29 at Fairfield L 58-65 D 20 at Akron L 51-80 D 22 vs. Jackson St. W 71-62 J 7 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 69-57 D 22 at Duquesne L 56-86 D 23 vs. Chicago St. L 63-78 J 9 ROBERT MORRIS L 63-67 J 2 Hartford W 64-52 D 28 NJIT L 56-65 J 11 at Columbia W 59-53 J 7 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 57-69 D 30 at Princeton L 42-45 J 14 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 61-58 J 9 at LONG ISLAND L 80-89 J 4 at Brown L 71-72 (OT) J 16 at WAGNER W 60-53 J 14 MONMOUTH L 53-63 J 7 at SACRED HEART L 59-75 J 18 at Dartmouth L 64-65 J 16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 54-52 J 9 at QUINNIPIAC L 66-78 J 21 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 63-60 J 21 at MONMOUTH L 40-69 J 14 LONG ISLAND L 64-79 J 23 WAGNER W 57-54 J 23 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 75-78 J 16 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 53-60 J 28 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 63-71 J 28 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 71-63 J 21 at LONG ISLAND W 65-59 (OT) J 30 at ROBERT MORRIS L 56-74 J 23 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 54-57 J 30 LONG ISLAND W 74-73 (OT) J 28 QUINNIPIAC L 57-66 F 4 LONG ISLAND L 53-62 F 4 ROBERT MORRIS L 67-76 F 6 at LONG ISLAND W 88-84 (3 OT) J 30 SACRED HEART W 74-73 F 6 at ROBERT MORRIS L 64-75 F 4 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 44-69 F 11 at QUINNIPIAC L 65-77 F 11 at BRYANT W 60-34 F 6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 50-66 F 13 at SACRED HEART L 50-62 F 13 at CCSU W 59-57 F 11 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-70 F 18 MONMOUTH L 49-51 F 18 QUINNIPIAC W 73-68 F 13 at MONMOUTH L 67-76 F 20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-56 F 20 SACRED HEART W 73-68 F 18 BRYANT L 51-53 F 25 at BRYANT 7:30 pm F 25 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:30 pm F 20 CCSU L 60-62 F 27 at CCSU 1:00 pm F 27 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 25 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 27 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm M 4 Quarterfinals M 4 Quarterfinals NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 7 Semifinals M 7 Semifinals M 4 Quarterfinals M 10 Championship M 10 Championship M 7 Semifinals M 10 Championship NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS Defense continues to be the key component to the Mount’s surge. Over the eight-game streak, NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: the Mountaineers are allowing 51.8 ppg while holding the opposition to 37.1 percent shoot- (through games of February 20) ing from the field and 22.5 percent from three-point range. The Mount offense is enjoying a resurgence as well, averaging 76.2 ppg, while converting 51.6 percent of its shot opportuni- NEC Playoff Race Enters Final Week ties and 44.9 percent from beyond the arc. Just one week remains in the regular season, and there are still many questions to be answered. The regular season crown remains up for Red Flash Revival grabs between Robert Morris and Quinnipiac, five teams are battling With home wins over Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart last week, Saint Francis (PA) - which was for the two remaining top-four spots/quarterfinal home games, and picked to finish last in the NEC preseason coaches poll - has now won four straight games for four teams are gunning for the final two NEC playoff berths. the first time since the 2002-03 season, qualified for the NEC Tournament for the first time since 2005 and clinched at least a .500 record in league play for the first time since 2004-05. Qualifiers The Red Flash came back from a 15-point second half deficit to upend the second place Long Island, Mount St. Mary’s, Fairleigh Dickinson and Saint Francis (PA) all clinched NEC playoff spots last Bobcats on Thursday, then utilized a 31-point, 13- performance from senior for- LIU qualified for the third straight year, while Mount joined the postseason party for the fifth straight season. ward Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) on Saturday to hold FDU is back in the postseason following a two-year absence, while Saint Francis snapped the longest playoff off Sacred Heart after building an early 14-point lead. The victory snapped a seven-game drought in the conference, qualifying for the first time since the 2005 tourney. The quartet joins Robert Morris losing streak to the Pioneers. and Quinnipiac in the eight-team playoff field. With a 9-7 NEC mark, Saint Francis has now tripled its conference win total from a year ago. Despite Setback, Colonials Remain One-Game Up On Bobcats In Regular Season Title Race Likewise, with six wins in their last eight outings, the Red Flash have posted the program’s best Robert Morris (14-2 NEC) missed out on an opportunity to clinch its third consecutive NEC regular season eight-game stretch since 1998-99. title, an automatic bid to the Postseason NIT and the top seed in the NEC Tournament after falling at home to Quinnipiac (13-3 NEC), 87-79, on Saturday. The Bobcats, who had dropped a 73-68 decision at Saint Francis NEC-TV To Feature Key Games This Week (PA) on Thursday, remained one-game back of the Colonials with two to play. If the two teams are tied at the The NEC regular season television package wraps up this week with three games on tap, conclusion of the regular season, Quinnipiac will get the nod as the tourney’s top seed based on Saturday’s including two men’s games with potential playoff implications. On Thursday, Long Island visits head-to-head win over the Colonials. In that game, Quinnipiac sophomore guard James Johnson (Brook- CCSU in a doubleheader televised live on MSG, FCS and Cox. The women tipoff at 5:00 pm, lyn, NY/Bishop Loughlin) scored a career-high 28 points and added six rebounds and six assists. The followed by the men at 7:30 pm. Paul Dottino (play-by-play), Tara Petrolino (color) and loss snapped a 12-game NEC win streak for the Colonials and a 19-game home win streak against league Jaclyn Vocell (sideline) will be calling the women’s game, followed by Dave Popkin (play-by- opposition. play), (color) and Dottino (sideline) in the booth for the men’s contest. On Saturday, the premier NEC rivalry of recent years is renewed when Mount St. Mary’s hosts Looking ahead at this week’s schedule, Robert Morris heads out on the road to face Wagner on Thursday, Robert Morris at 4:00 pm live on MSG and FCS. FSN-Pittsburgh will broadcast the game on before visiting red-hot rival Mount St. Mary’s (see later note) on Saturday in a televised battle of league heavy- same-day delay at 7:00 pm, while MASN will air it on delay on Sunday at 4:00 pm. Popkin weights. Quinnipiac, looking for its first-ever NEC regular season crown, hosts Monmouth on Thursday, then (play-by-play), Terry O’Connor (color) and Dottino (sideline) will provide commentary. wraps up play on Saturday at FDU. These games are part of a 21-game package that concludes in March with the airing of the men’s and women’s title games on ESPN2 and ESPNU, respectively. Angling For Home Game Unlike conferences that contest their postseason tournament at a neutral site, the NEC format of playing all Bryant Gets On The Board games at the higher seed adds a sense of drama as the regular season winds down with teams fighting to finish After dropping its first 26 games of the 2009-10 campaign, Bryant posted its first win of the in the top-four and earn quarterfinal round home games. Thus far, Robert Morris (14-2) and Quinnipiac year and snapped a 28-game losing streak dating back to last season with a 53-51 triumph (13-3) have clinched first round home games, leaving five teams angling for the final two slots. Mount St. Mary’s at Wagner on Thursday. With the game tied at 51 and time winding down, freshman guard (10-6) and Long Island (10-6) control their own destiny, with FDU (9-7) and Saint Francis (PA) (9-7) Raphael Jordan (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll) was fouled with one second left on the nipping at their heels. Monmouth (8-8) remains mathematically alive for a home tournament game as well. clock. Jordan calmly sank both free throws as the Bulldogs came out on top for the first time since a 70-46 win over NJIT on February 17, 2009. Freshman forward Vlad Kondratyev Mount St. Mary’s is the only one of the five teams to play both its games at home this week, taking on Wagner (Nikolayev, Ukraine/The Rock School) provided the spark for Bryant in the victory and Robert Morris. The Mount can clinch a top-four seed by beating Saint Francis (PA) on Thursday. Long with a game-high 14 points on 6-6 shooting from the floor. Island can also clinch with one win along with a Saint Francis (PA) loss. There are many other scenarios that can play out over the next week. Tiebreakers will be updated on the NEC site following Thursday’s games. Milestone Victories For LIU’s Ferry, SFPA’s Friday & MU’s Calloway Long Island head coach and Saint Francis (PA) head coach Don Friday both Fighting For Survival posted milestone wins on Saturday. Ferry won his 200th career game (200-151) with an 83- Every bit as intense as the battle for a quarterfinal home game is the slugfest for the final NEC Tournament 74 triumph over Monmouth, while Friday (100-88) collected his 100th victory as the Red berths. With one week to play, only Wagner has been eliminated from playoff contention as four teams are Flash defeated Sacred Heart, 73-68. With a 51-49 win over St. Francis (NY) on Thursday, engaged in a duel for the final two chances at playing postseason ball in March. Sitting in seventh place with earned his 169th career win to pass Wayne Szoke on the all-time Division an 8-8 league record is Monmouth. The Hawks not only control their own destiny and can qualify with one I list at the school. more victory, but can also get in with a Sacred Heart loss. Trailing the Hawks by one game are CCSU and St. Francis (NY) with 7-9 marks. The two teams also control their own destiny and will play each other for the QU’s Rutty Enters Top-25 On NEC Career Rebound Chart; SFPA’s Sweetney second time this season on Saturday in a game with tiebreaker ramifications. The Blue Devils won the first Soon To Follow meeting between the two programs, 63-50, on December 3. At 6-10, Sacred Heart is on the outside looking Quinnipiac junior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NJ/Newburgh Free Academy) in, but with two wins, owns a variety of tiebreakers over the teams currently it trails in the standings. moved into the top-25 on the NEC career rebound chart last week. With 737 boards, Rutty is now tied for 24th with FDU’s Damari Riddick (1984-88). Rutty has a realistic chance of Head-To-Head finishing his career as the top rebounder in league history, an honor that currently belongs CCSU MU SHU SFNY to CCSU’s Rob Robinson, who pulled down 1,022 caroms from 2000-04. Saint Francis (PA) CCSU — 1-1 1-1 1-0* senior forward Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) is now 26th MU 1-1 — 0-1* 1-0 in career rebounds with 735. SHU 1-1 1-0* — 1-0 NEC Career Leaders - Rebounds SFNY 0-1* 0-1 0-1* — 19. Frantz Pierre-Louis WC 758 1994-99 20. Anthony Dickens RMU 751 1985-90 * CCSU-SFNY and MU-SHU play on Saturday 21. Tony Lee RMU 750 2004-08 22. Darwin Purdie SFNY 748 1985-89 Who’s Hotter Than The Mount? 23. Michael Watson MSM 746 1992-95 Seemingly peaking at the right time with eight straight victories is preseason NEC favorite Mount St. Mary’s, 24. Justin Rutty QU 737 2007-10 which has improved to 10-6 in league play following a 2-6 start. Now tied for third place, the Mountaineers Damari Riddick FDU 737 1984-88 have won six straight games by double figures, marking the first such occurrence for the program since 1995- 26. Devin Sweetney SFPA 735 2006-10 96. Likewise, the Mount’s average margin of victory over the past six games is 22.3 points. FDU’s Baptiste Reaches Milestone The eight straight wins matches an eight-game streak in 2008-09 as the second-longest in the Mount’s DI On Saturday, Fairleigh Dickinson senior guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/ history. Mount St. Mary’s has had five win streaks of six or more games since moving to Division I with four St. Joseph’s of Metuchen) became the seventh player in FDU history and 26th player in of them coming since the start of the 2007-08 season. NEC annals to reach 1,500 points and 500 rebounds for his career. Baptiste, who is aver- aging 16.4 ppg and 5.6 rpg this season, has increased his career marks to 1,511 points and 541 boards. NEC Men’s Basketball NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: NCAA Statistics Round 14: Mount St. Mary’s-Robert Morris In what has developed into one of the great NEC rivalries despite the four and one- NEC In NCAA Statistics half hour trip distance between the two schools, Robert Morris and Mount St. Mary’s (Top-30 - through games of Feb. 21) will meet on Saturday for the 14th time since the start of the 2005 season. With the Colonials’ 63-57 victory earlier in the season, RMU now leads the series over the Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics past four-plus years by a 9-4 margin, including four straight victories. 3PFG 9th Corey Hassan Sacred Heart 3.3/game 24th Ryan Litke Sacred Heart 3.0/game The two teams have competed against one another in the NEC Tournament four 3PFG% 27th Ryan Litke Sacred Heart .406 straight years, highlighted by Robert Morris rallying to defeat the Mount on a last FT% 24th Karon Abraham Robert Morris .879 second shot, 48-46, in the 2009 title game. The previous three years, the team that Rebounds 13th Justin Rutty Quinnipiac 10.7 rpg swept the regular season series went down in the playoffs. In the 2006 NEC Assists 20th Jaytornah Wisseh Long Island 5.7 apg quarterfinals, the fifth-seeded Colonials used a late three-pointer from then-fresh- Steals 9th Jeremy Goode Mount St. Mary’s 2.6 spg man to upend fourth-seeded Mount in Emmitsburg. In 2007, fifth- 24th Akeem Bennett St. Francis (NY) 2.2 spg seeded Mount St. Mary’s returned the favor, winning 78-61 against fourth-seeded Double-Doubles 27th Justin Rutty Quinnipiac 12 RMU in quarterfinal action in Moon Township. In the 2008 semifinals, top-seeded RMU was ousted by the fourth-seeded Mountaineers, 83-65. The Mount would go Team Category Rank School Statistics on to capture its third league crown. 3PFG 7th Sacred Heart 8.9/game 3PFG% 8th Sacred Heart .403 To illustrate the tight nature of the rivalry, eight of the 13 meetings between the teams Rebound Margin 2nd Quinnipiac +9.7 rpg over the past four years have been decided by five points or less and the average margin of victory is just 6.2 points. Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics FG% T-21st Travis Taylor MU .857 (12-14) vs. Penn (12/12) Landmark Season For Bobcats 3PFG T-4th Corey Hassan SHU 10 vs. Wagner (1/30) Quinnipiac’s 19 wins overall and 13 league victories are new Division I records for T-10th Corey Hassan SHU 9 vs. Hartford (12/11) T-18th Chris Martin WC 8 vs. Columbia (12/8) the Bobcats, besting the 1999-00 team that went 18-10, 12-6 NEC. 3PFG% 8th Corey Hassan SHU .833 (10-12) vs. Wagner (1/30) FT% T-1st Sean Baptiste FDU 1.000 (10-10) vs. UTSA (11/24) Rutty’s Glass Sweep/Bobcat Boardroom Jean Cajou MSM 1.000 (10-10) vs. Boston U. (12/22) Quinnipiac junior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NJ/Newburgh Free Devin Sweetney SFPA 1.000 (12-12) vs. LIU (1/30) Academy) snared 11 offensive rebounds against Saint Francis (PA) last Thursday Assists T-8th Mike Scott FDU 13 vs. Sacred Heart (1/2) to break his own school mark of 10 set on November 21 against Yale. At 14.7 ppg Blocks T-9th Papa Lo Bryant 9 vs. LIU (12/3) and a league-leading 10.7 rpg - a figure that places him 13th in the nation - Rutty is one of just 23 players nationally to be averaging a double-double this season. He Team Game Highs Rank School Statistics leads the NEC with 12 double-doubles this season and has posted 25 in his career. 3PFG% 15th Saint Francis (PA) .684 (13-19) vs. Notre Dame (11/16) Win Streak T-10th Mount St. Mary’s 8 Quinnipiac’s domination on the boards in 2009-10 has the Bobcats challenging the Home Win Streak T-14th Quinnipiac 12 NEC single-season record for rebound margin. Currently ranked second nation- ally (behind #2 Kentucky, +9.8 rpg) in the category at +9.7 rpg, the Bobcats - who are second in the NEC with a 13-3 record - remain ahead of the league mark of +9.1 rpg established by Fairleigh Dickinson in RMU Approaching Record Run 1997-98. The Bobcats have outrebounded 26 of their 27 opponents this season. Robert Morris has now posted a 101-54 record over the last five years, the second-most wins over a five-year period in NEC history. The Colonials need two more victories this season to NEC Numbers By Class break Fairleigh Dickinson’s record of 102 wins from 1984-89. Robert Morris is also seventh With the regular season winding down to its conclusion, these players have emerged as the NEC’s class for most conference victories in a five-year span with 64. The Colonials need one more win this leaders in the three major statistical categories. season to break CCSU’s record of 45 wins in a three-year stretch, which spans the era. Scoring Rebounds Assists Additionally, Robert Morris have clinched a fifth straight winning season for the first time in the Freshman Karon Abraham (13.0 ppg) Jamal Olasewere, LIU (6.3 rpg) Velton Jones, RMU (2.9 apg) 34-year history of the program. Sophomore Travis Taylor, MU (17.4 ppg) Travis Taylor, MU (7.9 rpg) Justin Newton, SFNY (3.5 apg) Most Overall Wins Over A Five Year Span (90+) Junior Ricky Cadell, SFNY (16.0 ppg) Justin Rutty, QU (10.7 ppg) Mike Scott, FDU (5.4 apg) FDU 102 1984-89 Senior Corey Hassan, SHU (19.6 ppg) Liam Potter, SHU (8.1 rpg) Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU (5.7 apg) RMU 101 2005-10 CCSU 100 1998-03 SHU, WC Dominate Most Improved Scorers FDU 97 1985-90 Which NEC players have made the biggest offensive jumps this season? Strangely enough, six of the seven FDU 97 1986-91 most improved scorers from a year ago play for either Sacred Heart or Wagner. Pioneer senior guard CCSU 95 1999-04 Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack) has made the biggest jump with an 8.2 ppg increase RMU 93 1987-92 from last season’s 11.4 ppg to his league-leading 19.6 ppg average in 2009-10. Teammate Liam Potter FDU 92 1987-92 MU 91 2000-05 (Lincolnshire, England/Tilton School (NH)), a senior center, has improved 8.1 ppg from 2007-08 RID 91 1992-97 after sitting out a year ago. Wagner senior forward Michael Orock (Hoboken, NJ/Hoboken) has lifted his scoring total from 3.2 ppg to 10.6 ppg, a 7.4 ppg increase that ranks him third on the chart. Below are the Most Conference Wins Over A Five Year Span (60+) top individual scoring improvements (at least a 5.0 ppg jump) from the 2008-09 season to the 2009-10 season. CCSU 68 1998-03 MU 68 2000-05 2008-09 2009-10 SFNY 67 1997-02 Player Scoring Scoring Increase CCSU 66 1999-04 Corey Hassan 11.4 ppg 19.6 ppg +8.2 ppg SFNY 66 1998-03 Liam Potter 1.4 ppg* 9.5 ppg +8.1 ppg MU 65 2001-06 Michael Orock 3.2 ppg 10.6 ppg +7.4 ppg RMU 64 2005-10 Sorena Orandi 1.7 ppg 8.1 ppg +6.4 ppg MU 63 1999-04 Ryan Litke 7.9 ppg 14.0 ppg +6.1 ppg RID 63 1992-97 SFNY 62 1999-04 Chris Martin 6.1 ppg 11.6 ppg +5.4 ppg CCSU 61 2001-06 Tyler Murray 2.6 ppg 8.4 ppg +5.8 ppg RMU 61 2004-09 * 2007-08 stats (sat out 2008-09) SFNY 61 1996-01 WC 60 2000-05 RMU’s Abraham Approaching School Scoring Record Bobcats Excelling On Home Stage Robert Morris freshman guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, NJ/Harp Academy), the team’s leading Quinnipiac is the lone NEC program with a perfect mark at home this season. The Bobcats are scorer at 13.0 ppg, has accumulated 378 points on the year and is now just 33 points shy of setting a new 11-0 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center and have won 12 straight at their home arena dating school freshman record for points. Former NEC Player of the Year Jeremy Chappell established the mark back to last season. Quinnipiac is also 15-0 when playing in the state of Connecticut in 2009-10. with 410 points in 2005-06. Abraham is also the leading freshman scorer in the NEC this season. MSM’s Goode, LIU’s Wisseh Resume Steady Climb Up NEC Career Assist Chart NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: Mount St. Mary’s senior guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) is now QU’s Rutty, LIU’s Johnson Join NEC 1,000-Point Club just eight assists shy of taking over second place on the NEC’s career assist chart. With eight Mount St. Mary’s senior forward Kelly Beidler (Virginia Beach, VA/Tallwood) (993 points) and CCSU assists last week, he boosted his career mark to 591 and passed Saint Francis (PA)’s Napoleon senior guard Joe Seymore (Newark, DE/Hodgson) (980 points) are the next two NEC players on the Lightning (589 from 1981-85) in the process. Goode is also the Mount career leader in the brink of reaching 1,000 points for their respective careers. Membership in the NEC millennium club now stands category. Long Island senior guard Jaytornah Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Acad- at 164 dating back to the inception of the conference in 1981. A total of eight NEC players have cracked 1,000 points emy) moved up three spots last week and is now 12th in league annals with 516. He broke this season. Dave Masciale’s school record of 504, and is now just seven behind former NEC rival Mark Porter (2004-08) and 13 assists shy of hitting the top-10. Quinnipiac junior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NJ/Newburgh Free Academy) and Long Island NEC Career Assist Leaders (500+) (* also at least 1,000 career points) junior guard Kyle Johnson (Ajax, Ontario/West Hill) both eclipsed the 1,000-point mark on February 1. Drafton Davis MAR 804 1984-88 11. Rutty will resume play on Thursday with 1,049 points, while Johnson has posted 1,061 points. Sacred 2. Deon Hames* RID 598 1992-96 Heart senior forward Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack) reached the 1,000-point milestone 3. Jeremy Goode* MSM 591 2006-10 on January 28th. Hassan enters play this week with 1,133 points at Sacred Heart and 1,465 for his career, 4. Napoleon Lightning* SFPA 589 1981-85 which includes his freshman season at Boston University. Hassan leads the NEC with 19.6 ppg. St. Francis 5. Courtney Pritchard* WC 563 2000-04 (NY) junior guard Ricky Cadell (New York, NY/The Patterson School (NC)) made it to 1,000 on 6. Andre Van Drost WC 560 1982-87 January 23rd. He has accumulated 1,130 points in his career. Along with Hassan, Sacred Heart senior guards 7. Forest Grant* RMU 555 1981-84 8. Rob Monroe* QU 541 2001-05 Ryan Litke (Windsor, CT/Windsor) and Chauncy Hardy (Middletown, CT/Xavier) both reached 9. Greg Nunn SFNY 534 1997-01 1,000 this season. Litke hit the milestone on January 14th and has lifted that number to 1,159 points, while 10. Gregory Harris* MSM 529 1996-00 Hardy cracked 1,000 on November 25th and has since boosted that total to 1,205. Quinnipiac senior guard 11. Mark Porter* WC 523 2004-08 James Feldeine (New York, NY/Cardinal Hayes) toppled the 1,000-point mark on January 7th and 12. Jaytornah Wisseh* LIU 516 2006-10 is up to 1,249 points. Monmouth senior guard Whitney Coleman (Salem, CT/East Lyme) eclipsed the 13. Mel Hawkins FDU 508 1987-91 plateau on December 12th. Coleman is now at 1,164 points. 14. Tristan Blackwood* CCSU 506 2004-08 15. Dave Masciale* LIU 504 1994-98 Injured Bryant senior forward Cecil Gresham (Bloomfield, CT/MCI) reached the 1,000-point mark on December 20th and now has 1,018 for his career, though the first three years of his career came prior to the RMU’s Run In Perspective Bulldogs’ entry into the NEC. He is the 31st player in Bryant history to reach the 1,000-point mark. Robert Morris currently ranks sixth in the nation in winning percentage against conference opposition over the last three years, a remarkable run which coincides with Mike Rice’s arrival The NEC began the 2009-10 campaign with four returning players already with 1,000 points to their credit. on the scene back in 2007. The Colonials are 45-7 (.865) versus NEC opponents in that span, Mount St. Mary’s senior guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) is the leading active beginning with a 16-2 mark in 2007-08, followed by a 15-3 record in 2008-09 and this year’s scorer in the league and 27th in conference history with 1,659 points. Long Island senior guard Jaytornah 14-2 slate. RMU sits behind three national powers (Memphis, Gonzaga and Kansas) and two Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy) sits second among current players with 1,621 points, the mid-major stalwarts (Cornell and Butler). In total conference wins over the last three years, 36th-best mark in league annals. FDU senior guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s the Colonials are third. RMU has also posted winning streaks of at least nine games in each of of Metuchen) has amassed 1,511 points with Saint Francis (PA) senior forward Devin Sweetney (Wash- the last three seasons. Finally, seniors Mezie Nwigwe (Hyattsville, MD/High Point), ington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) next with 1,475. Jimmy Langhurst (Willard, OH/Willard) and Dallas Green (Indianapolis, IN/ Northwest) has amassed 86 wins, the most by a class in school history. The trio snapped Mount St. Mary’s junior guard Jean Cajou (Fairfax, VA/Paul VI) (935) also has a chance at hitting 1,000 former guard Jeremy Chappell’s (2005-09) mark of 82. this season. Conference Winning Percentage (2007-08 season to Present) School 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 TOTALS Litke Begins Top-10 Climb In Career Three-Point Shooting Memphis 16-0 (1.000) 16-0 (1.000) 10-2 (.833) 42-2 (.955) Sacred Heart senior guard Ryan Litke (Windsor, CT/Windsor) has jumped into a tie for ninth place on Gonzaga 13-1 (.929) 14-0 (1.000) 10-2 (.933) 37-3 (.925) the NEC career list for made three-pointers. With 265 trifectas, the Windsor, CT native pulled even with former Butler 16-2 (.889) 15-3 (.833) 17-0 (1.000) 48-5 (.906) Mount gunslinger Kevin Booth (1989-93) and is two behind Mount’s Landy Thompson, who drained 267 Cornell 14-0 (1.000) 11-3 (.786) 9-1 (.900) 34-4 (.895) treys from 2002-06. With 80 treys in 27 games this season (at a 40.6 percent success rate), he ranks second Kansas 13-3 (.813) 14-2 (.875) 12-0 (1.000) 39-5 (.886) in the NEC and 22nd nationally with 3.0 per game. Litke broke the Sacred Heart career record of 219 (formerly Robert Morris 16-2 (.889) 15-3 (.883) 14-2 (.875) 45-7 (.865) held by Darrin Robinson) earlier in the season. Morgan State 14-2 (.875) 13-3 (.813) 11-1 (.917) 38-6 (.864) NEC Career Leaders - Three-Pointers Made Davidson 20-0 (1.000) 18-2 (.900) 9-6 (.600) 47-8 (.855) 1. Tristan Blackwood CCSU 328 2004-08 Siena 13-5 (.722) 16-2 (.889) 15-1 (1.000) 44-8 (.846) 2. Joey Mundweiler Wagner 312 2004-09 Utah State 12-4 (.750) 14-2 (.875) 11-2 (.846) 37-8 (.822) 3. Chris McGuthrie Mount St. Mary’s 300 1993-96 Xavier 14-2 (.875) 12-4 (.750) 10-2 (.833) 36-8 (.818) 4. Angel Santana St. Francis (NY) 294 1996-00 BYU 14-2 (.875) 12-4 (.750) 10-2 (.833) 36-8 (.818) 5. James Williams Long Island 277 2003-07 Alabama State 15-3 (.833) 16-2 (.889) 8-5 (.583) 39-10 (.796) 6. Justin Chiera CCSU 274 2002-06 Oral Roberts 16-2 (.889) 14-4 (.778) 11-5 (.688) 41-11 (.788) 7. Dedrick Dye Wagner 270 1999-03 St. Mary's 12-2 (.857) 10-4 (.714) 9-3 (.750) 31-9 (.775) 8. Landy Thompson Mount St. Mary’s 267 2002-06 Michigan State 12-6 (.667) 15-3 (.833) 10-4 (.714) 37-13 (.740) 9. Ryan Litke Sacred Heart 265 2006-10 SHU’s Hassan Shoots For National Honor Kevin Booth Mount St. Mary’s 265 1989-93 Sacred Heart senior forward Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack) currently 11. Dave Calloway Monmouth 260 1987-91 ranks third in the nation in made three-pointers (89) and ninth in three pointers per game (3.3). If Hassan finishes the year as the national leader, he will be come the first NEC player to LIU’s Wisseh Joins MSM’s Goode In NEC 1,500/500 Group lead an individual statistical category since Quinnipiac’s Jeremy Bishop ranked first in re- Mount St. Mary’s senior guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) and Long Island senior bounding with 12.0 per outing in 2001-02. guard Jaytornah Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy) both joined the NEC’s exclusive 1,500- point, 500-assist club this season. There are just eight players in conference history to reach the milestone. Hassan now has a league-leading 89 three-pointers on the season and 203 for his career. With Goode has amassed 1,659 points and a school record 591 assists, while Wisseh is up to 1,621 points (sixth two more games remaining in the regular season, along with any NEC Tournament games all-time at LIU) and 516 dimes. should Sacred Heart qualify, Hassan has an opportunity to become the ninth player in league annals to finish a season with at least 100 treys. Members of the NEC 1,500-Point/500 Assist Club Jeremy Goode MSM 1,659/591 2006-10 Pioneer Gunslingers Jaytornah Wisseh LIU 1,621/516 2006-10 Sacred Heart long range bombers Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack) and Mark Porter WC 1,577/523 2004-08 Tristan Blackwood CCSU 1,605/506 2004-08 Ryan Litke (Windsor, CT/Windsor) rank one-two in the NEC in made three-point field Rob Monroe QU 1,685/541 2001-05 goals with 3.3 per game (89 total) and 3.0 per game (80 total), respectively. Two teammates Gregory Harris MSM 1,760/529 1996-00 have never finished one-two in the category in the history of the conference. Likewise, Hassan Dave Masciale LIU 1,501/504 1994-98 and Litke’s combined 6.3 trifectas per outing would the highest total by a pair of teammates in Deon Hames RID 1,589/598 1992-96 league annals. Hassan also ranks ninth and Litke 24th in the national rankings for three- pointers per outing. As a team, Sacred Heart leads the NEC and ranks seventh nationally with 8.9 treys per game. The Pioneers are also eighth in the country with a 40.3 percent conversion rate from outside the arc. FDU head coach Greg Vetrone, commenting on his team’s 56-55 win at St. Francis (NY) on NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: Saturday that wrapped up an NEC Tournament spot for the Knights: MSM’s Goode Moves Up NEC Career Steals Chart “The team really stayed together in a tough road environment and pulled it out,” said With much of the attention devoted to his scoring and passing skills, one might forget Mount St. Mary’s senior Vetrone. “Any time you are on the road and it comes down a one-possession game, you guard Jeremy Goode’s (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) defensive prowess throughout his four year are in a good position. Kamil [Svrdlik] was the "X" factor in the game with 13 points run in Emmitsburg. Goode, who leads the NEC and sits ninth in the nation with 2.6 steals per game, is ninth and seven rebounds - that was a tremendous 36 minutes.” in NEC history and second in school annals with 254 career swipes. The all-time NEC leader is RMU’s , who piled up an amazing 382 steals in just three years once the NEC (then ECAC Metro) was formed Long Island head coach Jim Ferry, on staying in third-place and importance of finishing in the in 1981-82. By including his freshman year in 1980-81, Harris finished with 450 swipes. Steals were not top four: recognized by the NCAA until the 1985-86 season. Since that time, the career steals leader is Providence’s John Linehan (1997-02) with 385. “We’re trying to get a top four seed so we can get that home playoff game,” said Ferry. “Considering how this year started with all the adversity we had, you have to give these NEC Career Steals Leaders guys credit. I think people started counting us out, but we kept our mouths shut and 1. Chipper Harris RMU 382 1981-84 we’re trying to grind it. What I talk to these guys about is we are not going to make any 2. Drafton Davis MAR 301 1984-88 excuses, we are here for a reason...you have to go out and grab it and make it happen. 3. Bruce Johnson MAR 299 1981-85 If we can get one of those top four seeds you are sitting good with a home playoff game 4. Tony Lee RMU 275 2004-08 and that’s what we’re fighting for now.” 5. Jeremy Chappell RMU 266 2005-09 Forest Grant RMU 266 1981-84 MSM’s Goode Leads Double Digit Brigade 7. John Giraldo MU 260 1992-96 Mount St. Mary’s senior guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) has 8. Dave Masciale LIU 258 1993-97 been a model of consistency over the course of his playing career in Emmitsburg, not only as 9. Jeremy Goode MSM 254 2006-10 a distributor, but a scorer as well. Currently averaging 14.3 ppg, Goode has scored in double 10. Rick Mickens CCSU 243 1997-00 digits in 90 of his 124 career games. The 90 career 10+ point games ranks first among active competitors with Saint Francis (PA) senior forward Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C./ SFPA’s Hoffman Named To ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 First Team Riverdale Baptist) second with 83. Saint Francis (PA) senior forward Kurt Hoffman (Johnstown, PA/Greater Johnstown) was recently Monmouth sophomore forward Travis Taylor (Union, NJ/Union) is the only players to named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 2 Men’s Basketball First Team, as announced by the reach double figures in every game this season and maintains a 23-game streak dating back to College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). By earning first team honors, Hoffman advances last season. to the national ballot where CoSIDA’s Academic All-America Committee and the CoSIDA Board of Directors will vote for the Academic All-America teams. Most Games - 10+ Points (50 or more, active players) Jeremy Goode, MSM 90 Hoffman is a two-year team captain. The former President (2009) of the Saint Francis Student-Athlete Advisory Devin Sweetney, SFPA 83 Committee, Hoffman is currently juggling the requirements of a Division I men’s basketball player, as well as Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU 80 taking classes and student-teaching. He has a 3.81 grade-point-average (GPA) in Mathematics/Secondary Sean Baptiste, FDU 68 Education. James Feldeine, QU 66 Chauncy Hardy, SHU 60 RMU Did You Know? The 39 points allowed by Robert Morris in a 64-39 win over Sacred Heart on Thursday marked just the third time in school history the Colonials held a team below 40 points. Five of the Colonials top-10 defensive games in regard to points allowed have come in the three years Mike Rice has been at the helm of the program.

SFPA Did You Know? Saint Francis (PA) is 6-1 in games decided by five points or less.

SFPA Did You Know? Saint Francis (PA) senior forward Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) passed Greg Jacobs and Harkeem Dixon to move into seventh place on the school's all-time scoring list last week. Sweetney has recorded 1,475 points and 735 rebounds in his career.

LIU Did You Know? Long Island has clinched its second straight 10-win NEC campaign for the first time since 1996-98.

FDU Did You Know? Fairleigh Dickinson’s 56-55 win over St. Francis (NY) snapped a six-game losing streak to the Terriers that dated back to 2006. The Knights won on senior forward Alvin Mofunanya’s (Englewood, NJ/St. Joseph’s) jumper from just inside the arc with three seconds left on the clock. The victory clinched an NEC playoff spot for FDU.

Quotes of the Week Mount St. Mary’s head coach Milan Brown, after his team won its eighth straight game on Saturday: “Definitely, coming from a spot where we could have very easily stopped and quit and said we’ll just try again next year to being right here, it’s hopefully a really good story that we’ll continue to write for our season,” said Brown.

Quinnipiac head coach , after the Bobcats defeated first place Robert Morris on Saturday: “(We) wanted this game," said Moore. “I knew we'd be ready after Thursday. I'm proud of the effort after what happened at Saint Francis.”

Saint Francis (PA) head coach Don Friday, after the Red Flash clinched a playoff berth on Saturday with a 73- 68 win over Sacred Heart: “Coming into this game, I knew that this was going to be a close game, this was going to be a grind- out game,” Friday said. “Sacred Heart was playing for their playoff lives today, as we were. We had a lot of shots that didn’t fall in the first half, and (Sweetney) walking off the floor says, ‘We are down by one and I missed two free throws.’ I knew that my kids were pressing because they wanted it so bad.” Bryant (1-27, 1-15 NEC) Last Week: Bryant 53, Wagner 51; Mount St. Mary’s 74, Bryant 45 Next Week: vs. St. Francis (NY) (Thursday); vs. Long Island (Saturday) The Bulldogs split road games last week and Bryant earned its first victory of the season with a 53-51win at Wagner...Bryant then fell 74-45 at Mount St. Mary’s...Freshman guard Raphael Jordan (Bel Air, MD/John Carroll) drained two free throws with just 0.8 seconds on the clock at Wagner to snap Bryant’s 28-game losing J16 QUINNIPIAC L 66-80 streak dating back to last season. Jordan went 6-6 from the line in the contest and posted eight points with four rebounds off the bench...Jordan then poured in a J21 at QUINNIPIAC L 59-84 game-best and career-high 19 points off 9-15 shooting at the Mount. Jordan recorded all three Bryant steals in the contest and finished the week leading the team J23 at SACRED HEART L 60-84 in scoring average (13.5), rebounds (8), steals (4) and minutes (26.5 per game)...Freshman forward and Bryant leading scorer Vlad Kondratyev (Nikolayev, J28 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-67 Ukraine/The Rock School) posted double-figure scoring in both outings with a game-high 14 points at Wagner on 6-6 shooting prior to an 11-point J30 MONMOUTH L 46-50 F4 CCSU L 34-60 effort at Mount St. Mary’s. Kondratyev shot 61 percent on the week and added one ...Sophomore bigman Papa Lo (Thies, Senegal/Winchendon) posted F6 at CCSU L 48-61 a team-best six rejections on the week, recording four against the Mount and two more against WC. Lo ranks fourth on the circuit with 1.91 blocks per game...Senior F11 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 34-60 Adam Parzych (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) dished out six assists last week in the two games, a little above of his season average of 1.8 apg...Bryant F13 ROBERT MORRIS L 42-52 F18 at WAGNER W 53-51 closes the season at home vs. St. Francis (NY) and Long Island. F20 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 45-74 F25 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm F27 LONG ISLAND 3:30 pm

Central Connecticut State (10-17, 7-9 NEC) Last Week: Mount St. Mary’s 85, CCSU 58; CCSU 62, Wagner 60 Next Week: vs. Long Island (Thursday on MSG, Cox & FCS); vs. St. Francis (NY) (Saturday) The Blue Devils went 1-1 last week, losing at Mount St. Mary’s, 85-58 before the Blue Devils rebounded with a 62-60 win at Wagner...Central has moved into a tie for the eighth and final NEC tournament spot. The Blue Devils are tied with St. Francis (NY) and will end the regular season on Saturday afternoon at home against J16 SACRED HEART W 88-65 the Terriers after hosting Long Island at home on Thursday night...In Saturday’s win at Wagner, sophomore guard Robby Ptacek (Bayport, NY/Blue Point) J21 at SACRED HEART L 53-71 scored 17 points and grabbed three rebounds to lead the Blue Devils. Junior forward Markeys Deans (West Hampstead, NY/St. Domnic’s (Howard (TX) J24 at QUINNIPIAC L 62-75 JC) added 15 points and five boards while junior guard Shemik Thompson (Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen) had 14 points and a career-high eight boards J28 MONMOUTH W 66-44 as Central won its seventh league game of the season...In Thursday’s loss at The Mount, freshman forward Joe Efese (Teaneck, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) J30 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 77-67 F4 at Bryant W 60-34 set a new career-high with 15 points in the loss at the Mount. Efese also added five points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks in the win at Wagner on Saturday...Thompson F6 BRYANT L 58-85 netted 22 points, including 20 in the first half at The Mount. It marked his fourth 20-point game of the season and he started the game 10-10 from the floor...Senior F11 ROBERT MORRIS L 60-69 guard Joe Seymore (Newark, DE/Hodgson) currently sits at 980 career points and with two regular season games remaining needs just 20 points to become F13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 57-59 the 31st player in school history to record 1,000 career points. Central will honor Seymore and junior guard Ross Pentland (Holden, MA/St. John’s (St. F18 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 58-85 F20 at WAGNER W 62-60 Anselm)) prior to the SFNY tilt. Pentland is a senior academically and will receive his degree in May. Central hosts Long Island and St. Francis (NY) this week. F25 LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm F27 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 1:00 pm

Fairleigh Dickinson (10-19, 9-7 NEC) Last Week: Long Island 68, FDU 62; FDU 56, St. Francis (NY) 55 Next Week: at Sacred Heart (Thursday); vs. Quinnipiac (Saturday) The Knights went 1-1 in road games last week, falling at Long Island, 68-62 on Thursday before picking up a 56-55 win at St. Francis (NY)...FDU has clinched an NEC Tournament berth after missing the tournament for the past two years...Junior guard Mike Scott (Philadelphia, PA/TCU/Eastern Utah) led the Knights in the loss to LIU with 19 points. Senior guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s of Metuchen) had a solid game with 15 points, 5 rebounds J21 ROBERT MORRIS L 50-65 and 5 assists. Junior guard Terence Grier (Cranford, NJ/URI) added 12 points and senior forward Alvin Mofunanya (Englewood, NJ/Englewood J23 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 78-75 (St. Joseph’s)) had his fifth-straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds...It was the first conference game and second time this season where the J28 at BRYANT W 67-55 Knights have shot better from the floor than their opponent...The Knights shot a season-low eight free throws, connecting on six vs. LIU...It was also only the second J30 at CCSU L 67-77 time that FDU has lost when holding its opponent to under 40 percent shooting...In the win against St. Francis (NY), the Knights were leading by as many as 14 but F4 MONMOUTH W 75-69 F6 at MONMOUTH W 71-65 the Terriers staged a run in the second half to make it a tight finish. Mofunanya netted a game-winning jumper from the corner with just three seconds left for the F8 Longwood L 81-83 win. Baptiste poured in 21 points and Scott just missed a triple-double with 10 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Junior forward Kamil Svrdlik (Prerov, F11 WAGNER W 70-65 Czech Republic/Gymnzaium Zlin) had 13 points and seven rebounds. Junior forward John Galvin (Weston, CT/Weston) had seven rebounds and F13 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 67-77 two blocks...This is the first time that FDU has defeated St. Francis (NY) since 2006 (a span of six meetings)...Baptiste averaged 18.0 ppg last week on 42 percent F18 at LONG ISLAND L 62-68 F20 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 56-55 shooting with 3.5 rpg. He broke the 1,500-point plateau, now sitting at 1,511. He became the seventh player in FDU history and 26th player in NEC annals to reach F25 at SACRED HEART 7:45 pm 1,500 points and 500 rebounds (541) for his career...The Knights close out the regular season at Sacred Heart on Thursday before hosting Quinnipiac for senior F27 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm day on Saturday.

Long Island (12-15, 10-6 NEC) Last Week: Long Island 68, FDU 62; Long Island 83, Monmouth 74 Next Week: at CCSU (Thursday on MSG, Cox & FCS); at Bryant (Saturday) Long Island won back-to-back games last week for its first win streak since winning three straight from Jan. 7-14...LIU topped FDU, 68-62 before an 83-74 win over Monmouth last week...The victories give head coach Jim Ferry 200 wins for his career...LIU also clinched its second straight 10-win Northeast Conference campaign J16 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 67-86 J21 WAGNER L 59-65(OT) for the first time since 1996-98...Senior guard Jaytornah Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Acad.) has scored at least 20 points in three straight games and J23 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 67-58 is sixth all-time at LIU with 1,621 points. Wisseh averaged 24.0 points, 7.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds last week to earn this third Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week J28 at ROBERT MORRIS W 66-58 award of the season. He shot 50 percent from the floor (16-32) and had a 21-point, 10-assist effort in the win vs. Monmouth...Junior guard Kyle Johnson (Ajax, J30 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 73-74(OT) Ontario/West Hill) has 1,061 points now and ranks 25th all-time on the LIU scoring list...Johnson had 16 points and 10 rebounds against FDU for his fifth F4 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 62-53 F6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 84-88(3OT) double-double of the year. He scored 20 points against Monmouth, including 18 in the first half on 6-9 shooting. Johnson moved past Matt Picinic for fourth on LIU’s F11 at SACRED HEART W 81-75 career three-pointers made list with 187...Freshman forward Jamal Olasewere (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) scored a career-high 16 points in the F13 at QUINNIPIAC L 72-80 win over Monmouth...LIU shot 54 percent from the field for the game against Monmouth, its best field goal percentage since hitting 50 percent in a win over Wagner F18 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 68-62 on Jan. 14...Freshman forward Kenny Onyechi (Sugar Land, TX/Kempner) blocked four shots last week and has 57 for the season, which is the seventh- F20 MONMOUTH W 83-74 F25 at CCSU 7:30 pm best single-season mark at LIU. Onyechi is tied for the league lead with 2.11 bpg...Wisseh currently ranks third in the NEC with 17.6 ppg and leads the circuit with 5.7 F27 at BRYANT 3:30 pm apg (20th nationally)...Wisseh has joined the NEC’s exclusive 1,500-point, 500-assist club this season - just eight players in conference history have reached the milestone - with 1,621 points (sixth all-time at LIU) and 516 dimes over the course of his career...The Blackbirds close out the regular season at CCSU and Bryant this week. Monmouth (12-16, 8-8 NEC) Last Week: Monmouth 51, St. Francis (NY) 49; Long Island 83, Monmouth 74 Next Week: at Quinnipiac (Thursday); vs. Sacred Heart (Saturday) Monmouth split road games last week, winning at St. Francis (NY), 51-49 and losing at Long Island, 83-74...After the SFNY victory, it marked Monmouth’s first two- game win streak since. Jan. 9-14...With 12 victories, the Hawks have won double-figure games for the first time since 2006-07 (when the Hawks went 12-18)...Mon- mouth is currently 8-8 in league action. 2005-06 was the last time Monmouth posted eight wins in the league...Three Hawks averaged in double-figures this week, J16 at ROBERT MORRIS L 67-78 led by sophomore forward Travis Taylor’s (Union, NJ/Union) 18.0 points per game...Senior guard Whitney Coleman (Salem, CT/East Lyme (St. J21 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 69-40 J23 ROBERT MORRIS L 53-66 Thomas More Prep)), who netted 19 points at Long Island and junior guard Justin Sofman (West Milford, NJ/West Milford (St. Thomas More J28 at CCSU L 44-66 (Rutgers)) both averaged 13.0 ppg. Sofman connected on 8-19 from beyond the arc in the two games...Since returning to the lineup, Taylor has averaged 22.0 J30 at BRYANT W 50-46 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as the team has posted a 2-1 record. Taylor, who is fourth in the NEC with 17.4 ppg, has scored in double figures in 23 straight F4 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 69-75 F6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-71 games...Freshman forward Ed Waite (Ft. Lauderdale, FL/Pince Crest) has averaged 9.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Waite nearly missed his second F11 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 42-69 career double-double at LIU on Saturday, recording 10 points and nine rebounds...Junior guard James Hett (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) now F13 WAGNER W 76-67 has 356 career assists and is averaging 4.09 assists per game over his career. Hett ranks third in the NEC with 4.57 apg...Head coach Dave Calloway now has 122 F18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 51-49 NEC wins to stand in fourth place all-time. Calloway now seeks to catch former St. Francis (NY) head coach, (129) for third place...Monmouth is looking F20 at LONG ISLAND L 74-83 F25 at QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm to clinch one of the two remaining NEC Tourney berths. The Hawks are at Quinnipiac on Thursday before a home game vs. Sacred Heart on Saturday. F27 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm

Mount St. Mary’s (13-14, 10-6 NEC) Last Week: Mount St. Mary’s 85, CCSU 58; Mount St. Mary’s 74, Bryant 45 Next Week: vs. Saint Francis (PA) (Thursday); vs. Robert Morris (Saturday on MSG, FCS, MASN (TD) & FSN-Pittsburgh (TD)) Mount St. Mary’s stretched its win streak to eight games with a pair of impressive victories this week - an 85-58 win over CCSU and a 74-45 win over Bryant...Senior point guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) averaged 22.5 points and 4.5 steals to pace the Mount on the week...The Mount has won six J16 LONG ISLAND W 86-67 straight games by double figures, marking the first time since 1995-96 that the Mount has turned that trick. The Mount’s average margin of victory over the past six J21 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 60-63 J23 at LONG ISLAND L 58-67 games is 22.3 points...The eight-game win streak matches an eight-game streak from last year as the second-longest in the Mount’s Div. I history (since 1988-89). J28 SACRED HEART W 64-52 The Mount has had five win streaks of six or more games since moving to Division I. Four of those streaks have come since the 2007-08 season...The Mount is thriving J30 QUINNIPIAC W 61-56 on defense. Over the eight-game win streak, the Mountaineers are allowing 51.8 points per game while holding the opposition to 37 percent shooting from the field F4 WAGNER W 69-44 F6 at WAGNER W 66-50 and just 22.5 percent from three-point range...The Mount offense is enjoying a resurgence as well, averaging 76.2 points while converting 51.6 percent from the F11 at MONMOUTH W 69-42 field and 44.9 percent from beyond the arc during the win streak...Senior forward Kelly Beidler (Virginia Beach, VA/Tallwood) has moved to 993 career F13 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 77-67 points at the Mount and needs just seven more to become the 41st player in Mount history to reach the mark...The Mount’s trademark defense has also taken over F18 CCSU W 85-58 the top spot in the league in scoring defense (63.6), field goal percentage defense (.407) and three-point defense (.304)...Junior forward Shawn Atupem F20 BRYANT W 74-45 F25 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:30 pm (Newport, News, VA/Woodside) had a strong week, averaging 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds while converting 14-23 (60%) from the field. Atupem posted F27 ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pm career-highs of 18 points and eight rebounds in the Mount’s win over Bryant...Goode leads all NEC players with 1,659 points (27th in NEC history), 591 assists (third) and 254 steals (ninth)...Goode is also ninth nationally with 2.6 spg...The Mount closes out the regular season with home games against Saint Francis (PA) and Robert Morris this week. Quinnipiac (19-8, 13-3 NEC) Last Week: Saint Francis (PA) 73, Quinnipiac 68; Quinnipiac 87, Robert Morris 79 Next Week: vs. Monmouth (Thursday); at FDU (Saturday) Quinnipiac split a pair of road games last week, falling at Saint Francis (PA.), 73-68, before bouncing back to become the only NEC team to defeat Robert Morris at the Sewall Center this season with an 87-79 over the Colonials...The win kept the Bobcats’ hopes of winning the NEC Regular Season Championship and earning home court throughout the NEC Tournament alive...Sophomore guard James Johnson (Queens, NY/Bishop Loughlin) averaged a team-best 18.5 points J16 at BRYANT W 80-66 and 6.0 assists per game on the week, including 28 points, six rebounds and six assists at RMU. Johnson nailed all three of his three-point attempts in the J21 BRYANT W 84-59 J24 CCSU W 75-62 contest...Junior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Acad.) compiled his 11th and 12th double-doubles of the season, the 24th and 25th J28 at WAGNER W 66-57 of his career, in the two games and averaged 15.5 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in the week. Rutty pulled down 11 offensive rebounds against SFPA, breaking J30 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 56-61 his own Quinnipiac Div. I record of 10 offensive caroms, set this past Nov. 21 at Yale...Senior guard James Feldeine (New York, NY/Cardinal Hayes) also F4 at SACRED HEART W 86-71 averaged 18.0 points last week while junior guard Deontay Twyman (Olney, MD/Sherwood) scored 10 points in each of the two games…The Bobcats remain F6 SACRED HEART W 90-87 F11 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 77-65 one of the most dominant teams in the nation on the boards at 41.0 rebounds per game, including 15.2 offensive boards per game. They’re currently outrebounding F13 LONG ISLAND W 80-72 their opponents by a margin of plus-9.7 rebounds per game, good for second in the nation behind only No. 2 Kentucky (+9.8)…The Bobcats’ 19 wins overall F18 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 68-73 and 13 league victories are new Quinnipiac Division I records, besting the 1999-2000 team (18-10, 12-6 NEC)...Rutty leads the NEC and ranks 13th nationally with F20 at ROBERT MORRIS W 87-79 10.7 rpg...The Bobcats close out the regular season with a home match-up against Monmouth (Thursday) before travelling to FDU on Saturday night. F25 MONMOUTH 7:30 pm F27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:30 pm

Robert Morris (19-10, 14-2 NEC) Last Week: Robert Morris 64, Sacred Heart 39; Quinnipiac 87, Robert Morris 79 Next Week: at Wagner (Thursday); at Mount St. Mary’s (Saturday on MSG, FCS, FSN-Pittsburgh (TD) & MASN (TD)) RMU split a pair of home games last week, earning a 64-39 win over Sacred Heart before dropping an 87-79 decision to Quinnipiac...The loss to the Bobcats snapped RMU’s 12-game winning streak in NEC games and also snapped a 19-game home winning streak against league foes...The 39 points allowed in the win over the Pioneers marked just the third time in school history the Colonials held a team below 40 points...Five of RMU’s top 10 defensive games in regard to points allowed J21 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 65-50 have come in the three years Mike Rice has been at the helm of the Colonials...Senior forward Rob Robinson (Waldorf, MD/ Globe Inst. of Tech.) averaged J23 at MONMOUTH W 66-53 17.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in the two games last week while shooting 75 percent(15-20) from the field. Robinson led RMU in both games in scoring, netting J28 LONG ISLAND W 66-58 18 points against SHU and 16 pts. against QU. He was a perfect 8-8 on field goals vs. SHU, marking the third time that Robinson produced a perfect shooting J30 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 74-56 F4 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 76-67 night…Freshman guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, NJ/Harp Acad.) averaged 14.5 points and 3.0 assists last week...Abraham cracked the top 10 in the F6 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 75-64 RMU single-season record book for three-pointers last week, as his seven on the week pushed his season total to 67, which ranks ninth all-time. Abraham enters F8 at #25 Pittsburgh L 53-77 the final week of the regular season 33 points shy of establishing a new freshman record for points...Senior guard Mezie Nwigwe (Hyattsville, MD /High F11 at CCSU W 69-60 Point) established a new RMU record for games played last week (125 gms). Nwigwe averaged 8.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week...Redshirt F13 at BRYANT W 52-42 freshman guard Velton Jones (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast Cath.) scored 15 points, dished out seven assists and posted a pair of steals against F18 SACRED HEART W 64-39 F20 QUINNIPIAC L 79-87 Quinnipiac...Senior forward Josiah Whitehead (Portsmouth, VA/Cecil CC) scored 10 points off the bench against SHU while redshirt freshman forward F25 at WAGNER 7:00 pm Russell Johnson (Chester, PA/Chester) scored 11 points as a reserve against QU...RMU can clinch the NEC regular season title and top seed in the league F27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm tournament with wins at Wagner and Mount St. Mary’s this week. Sacred Heart (13-14, 6-10 NEC) Last Week: Robert Morris 64, Sacred Heart 39; Saint Francis (PA) 73, Sacred Heart 68 Next Week: vs. FDU (Thursday); at Monmouth (Saturday) The Pioneers dropped a pair of road games last week at Robert Morris, 64-39 and at Saint Francis (PA), 73-68...The Pioneers will need to win their final two games of the season, and get a little help, if they are to make their fifth straight NEC Tournament appearance...The 39 points scored at Robert Morris is a Division I low, and just one off the school record of 38 set on March 19, 1983 against the District of Columbia in the Division II National Quarterfinals...Sacred Heart were held to just J16 at CCSU L 65-88 J21 CCSU W 71-53 24 percent shooting (10-42) from three-point range last week...SHU fell behind SFPA 15-1 in the first four minutes of the game on Sunday before outscoring the J23 BRYANT W 84-60 Red Flash, 25-5 to take a 26-20 lead with 3:10 left in the half. The Pioneers led 27-26 at the intermission...The Pioneers started five seniors in the game at Saint Francis, J28 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 52-64 meaning senior guard Josh Marshall (Farmingdale, NY/Woodmere Acad.) made his first career start, playing 10 minutes...Senior guard Corey Hassan J30 at WAGNER L 73-74 (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack (Boston Univ.)) scored 20 points at Saint Francis – the 12th time this year he has scored 20 or more in a game. Hassan continues F4 QUINNIPIAC L 71-86 F6 at QUINNIPIAC L 87-90 to lead the NEC with a 19.6 scoring average, while ranking fifth in rebounding (7.7 rpg)...Hassan is currently third in the nation with 89 made three-pointers...The F11 LONG ISLAND L 75-81 Pioneers are seventh nationally in three-poiners per game (8.9) and eighth in three-point percentage (.403)...The Pioneers play their final home game of the season F13 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 62-50 on Thursday against FDU and then finish the regular season at Monmouth on Saturday. F18 at ROBERT MORRIS L 39-64 F20 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 68-73 F25 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:45 pm F27 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm

St. Francis (NY) (10-17, 7-9 NEC) Last Week: Monmouth 51, St. Francis (NY) 49; FDU 56, St. Francis (NY) 55 Next Week: at Bryant (Thursday); at CCSU (Saturday) St. Francis (NY) dropped two home games by a combined three points last week, falling 51-49 vs. Monmouth and 56-55 vs. FDU...The Terriers have dropped four JJ18 at Dartmouth L 64-65 J21 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 63-60 straight contests...St. Francis (NY), who started the season with a 6-2 mark in the league, have now lost seven of their last eight games...Until the two defeats last week, J23 WAGNER W 57-54 the Terriers were a perfect 6-0 when holding their opponents under 60 points...The Terriers had defeated FDU six straight times until Saturday’s loss...St. Francis J28 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) L 63-71 continues to struggle offensively as they are averaging just 54.8 ppg. during their four-game losing skid...The Terriers, who still have not scored 70 points in a J30 at ROBERT MORRIS L 56-74 regulation game this season, are also averaging just 23.5 points in the opening half over their last nine contests. They have failed to score 30 points in the opening F4 LONG ISLAND L 53-62 F6 at LONG ISLAND W 88-84 (3OT) stanza in 14 of their last 15 contests...Junior guard Ricky Cadell (New York, NY/The Patterson School) averaged 16.0 points (9-19 3FG) last week which F11 at QUINNIPIAC L 65-77 is right on his average for the season to ranks seventh in the NEC...Junior forward Akeem Bennett (Long Island, NY/West Hempstead) recorded his third F13 at SACRED HEART L 50-62 double-double of the season with a 15-point, and a season-high 12 rebound performance against Monmouth…Senior forward Kayode Ayeni (Brooklyn, New F18 MONMOUTH L 49-51 F20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 55-56 York/Laurinburg Prep) left the Monmouth game in the first half with a knee injury and did not return in the second half. He did, however, start against FDU and F25 at BRYANT 7:30 pm played 27 minutes contributing nine points and four boards...The Terriers went a combined 7-23 (30%) from the line against Monmouth and FDU...Bennett and F27 at CCSU 1:00 pm sophomore guard Justin Newton (Brooklyn, NY/Poly Prep Country Day) rank sixth and seventh, respectively in the league with 4.07 and 3.52 apg...St. Francis will close out the regular-season with road games at Bryant and Central Connecticut State this week. A pair of wins will ensure the Terriers a spot in the NEC Tournament for the second year in a row.

Saint Francis (PA) (11-16, 9-7 NEC) Last Week: Saint Francis (PA) 73, Quinnipiac 68; Saint Francis (PA) 73, Sacred Heart 68 Next Week: at Mount St. Mary’s (Thursday); at Wagner (Saturday) Saint Francis (PA) won two home games last week by identical 73-68 scores over Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart to clinch a berth in the NEC Tournament for the first time since the 2004-05 season...Saint Francis has now won four straight games for the first time since the 2002-03 season and for just the second time since the 1997- 98 campaign...This season’s group of Red Flash seniors – Kurt Hoffman (Johnstown, PA/Greater Johnstown), Chris McFarland (Montgomery J16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 54-52 Village, MD/Riverdale Baptist) and Devin Sweetney (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist) – were a combined 1-9 against QU and SHU entering the J21 at MONMOUTH L 40-69 weekend...SFPA also guaranteed itself a non-losing NEC record for the first time since 2004-05 and tripled its NEC win total of three from a year ago...Head coach J23 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 75-78 J28 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 71-63 Don Friday won his 100th career game with the SHU victory...Sweetney averaged 22.0 ppg and 9.5 rpg while shooting 9-20 from the floor (45%) and 91 percent J30 LONG ISLAND W 74-73(OT) from the free throw line (22-24)...Freshman forward Will Felder (Cleveland, OH/Lutheran East) averaged 16.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.0 bpg, while shooting F4 ROBERT MORRIS L 67-76 45.0 percent from the field, 55.6 percent from outside the arc, and a perfect 10-10 at the free throw line last week to take home his third Choice Hotels NEC Rookie F6 at ROBERT MORRIS L 64-75 of the Week award...Junior forward Cedric Latimer (Los Angeles, CA/Windward) averaged 12.0 ppg and 3.0 rpg...Junior guard Sorena Orandi (Vastra F11 at BRYANT W 60-34 F13 at CCSU W 59-57 Frolunda, Sweden/Solebury Prep) averaged 7.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 5.0 apg on the weekend. He had a season-high 5 assists in both games and none of his F18 QUINNIPIAC W 73-68 buckets were bigger than a driving layup with 17 seconds to go in SFU’s win over the Pioneers, giving the Red Flash a two-possession lead in the final seconds...Freshman F20 SACRED HEART W 73-68 Chris Johnson (Newport News, VA/Denbigh) recorded a career-high 11 points, dished out three assists and had two steals in the QU victory and finished F25 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:30 pm the weekend averaging 7.0 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.0 rpg and 1.0 spg...During its current four-game winning streak, SFU is scoring 66.2 ppg while shooting 46.5 percent F27 at WAGNER 7:00 pm from the field and holding opponents to 35.1 percent; The Red Flash visits Mount St. Mary’s and Wagner this week to close out the regular season. Wagner (4-25, 2-14 NEC) Last Week: Bryant 53, Wagner 51; CCSU 62, Wagner 60 Next Week: vs. Robert Morris (Thursday); vs. Saint Francis (PA) (Saturday) Wagner dropped a pair of two-point decisions at home last week, falling to previously winless Bryant, 53-51 before a 62-60 defeat to Cent. Conn. St...The Seahawks are in the midst of a six-game losing streak but the last five defeats have come by single-digit margins, to FDU (70-65), MU (76-67), BU (53-51) and CCSU (62- J16 ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 53-60 J21 at LONG ISLAND W 65-59(OT) 60)...The loss to Bryant featured featured four ties and six lead changes. Freshman forward Josh Thompson (Richland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) came up J23 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 54-57 with a with seven seconds to play and the score tied, 51-51 and tried a desperation 70-foot shot that caromed off the rafters with 4.8 seconds to go, giving the J28 QUINNIPIAC L 57-66 ball back to Bryant. Two free throws with 0.8 seconds remaining by Bryant’s Raphael Jordan gave BU their first victory of the season...Wagner then dropped another J30 SACRED HEART W 74-73 nailbiter two nights later vs. CCSU despite a career-high 19-point effort by sophomore guard Tyler Murray (Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce). F4 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 44-69 F6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 50-66 Following an eight-point, seven-assist outing vs. Bryant, Murray notch 13.5 points and 6.5 assists for the week...Senior center Michael Orock (Hoboken, NJ/ F11 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 65-70 Hoboken) is one of 27 NEC players to average double-figure points while ranking tenth in the league with 6.4 rebounds. Orock leads the conference, shooting F13 at MONMOUTH L 67-76 54.6 percent from the floor...Wagner closes out the season with home games vs. Robert Morris and Saint Francis (PA) this week. F18 BRYANT L 51-53 F20 CCSU L 60-62 F25 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F27 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm NEC Men’s Basketball 2010 NEC Basketball Tournament Facts/Figures Schedule

NEC In RPI Rankings NECCollege Active Insider Leaders Mid-Major Poll (through games of 2/21) (December 22) 2010 NEC 1,000+ Points or Closing In Jeremy Goode MSM Sr 1,659 Men’s Basketball Tournament Jaytornah Wisseh LIU Sr 1,621 all games to be held at home of higher seed School Rank Change Sean BaptisteSchool FDU Sr Record1,511 Bryant 344 +2 DevinTBA Sweetney Gonzaga (31)SFPA Sr 7-21,475 teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals James Feldeine QU Sr 1,249 CCSU 320 +5 Chauncy2. Creighton Hardy SHU Sr 7-01,205 Fairleigh Dickinson 278 +13 Whitney Coleman MU Sr 1,164 Ryan3. Litke East Tennessee SHU State Sr 7-21,159 Thursday, March 4 Sunday, March 7 Wednesday, March 10 Long Island 243 +6 Corey Hassan SHU Sr 1,133 Ricky4. Cadell Wichita StateSFNY Jr 7-21,130 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Monmouth 288 +11 Kyle5. Johnson Southern Illinois LIU Jr 7-11,061 Mount St. Mary’s 180 -4 Justin Rutty QU Jr 1,049 Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) Kelly6. Beidler College of Charleston MSM Sr 6-1 993 Quinnipiac 157 +3 Joe Seymore CCSU Sr 980 2:00 pm (MSG, FCS) 7. Illinois-Chicago 9-2 Robert Morris 154 +3 500+ Rebounds or Closing In Justin8. Rutty Utah State QU Jr 5-1 737 Sacred Heart 267 Even Devin Sweetney SFPA Sr 735 St. Francis (NY) 290 -13 Kelly9. Beidler Murray State MSM Sr 8-1 634 Sean Baptiste FDU Sr 541 2010 NEC Tournament Men’s Championship Bracket Saint Francis (PA) 272 +23 Kayode10. BradleyAyeni SFNY Sr 7-3 456 Wagner 334 -4 250+ Assists or Closing In March 4 March 7 March 10 Jeremy Goode MSM Sr 591 Jaytornah Wisseh LIU Sr 516 NEC 29th Even James Hett MU Jr 356 Shemik Thompson CCSU Jr 336 Highest Remaining Seed Chauncy Hardy SHU Sr 334 TBA Whitney Coleman MU Sr 287 (#1 vs. #8) TBA

Lowest Remaining Seed Close Games Double-Doubles

(five points or less) (top-10) TBA Teams will (#2 vs. #7) be reseeded 7:00 PM (ESPN2) School Rec. for semifinals NCAA Player Total Tournament Bryant 1-4 Justin Rutty, QU 12 Automatic Bid Central Connecticut State 3-2 Liam Potter, SHU 8 2nd Highest Remaining Seed Alvin Mofunanya, FDU 6 TBA Fairleigh Dickinson 4-2 (#3 vs. #6) TBA Long Island 1-2 Travis Taylor, MU 6 Monmouth 5-2 Corey Hassan, SHU 5 3rd Highest Remaining Seed Kyle Johnson, LIU 5 Mount St. Mary’s 2-5 TBA Quinnipiac 2-5 Devin Sweetney, SFPA 4 (#4 vs. #5) Robert Morris 5-2 Akeem Bennett, SFNY 3 David Hicks, LIU 3 Sacred Heart 3-5 Michael Orock, WC 3 St. Francis (NY) 6-5 David Simmons, CCSU 3 NEC Men’s Basketball St. Francis (PA) 6-1 vs. the competition Wagner 2-8 NEC vs... NEC Coaching Records Year Conf. Games Overall Record America East 8-8 Mid-American 2-2 ACC 0-2 MEAC 1-3 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. Atlantic Sun 0-1 Missouri Valley 0-1 Mike Rice (RMU) 2007 45-7 .865 69-28 .711 Atlantic 10 0-7 Mountain West 1-1 Tom Moore (QU) 2007 34-17 .667 125-98 .561 Big East 0-13 Ohio Valley 0-1 (CCSU) 1997 142-94 .602 215-195 .524 Big Sky 0-0 Pac 10 0-0 Greg Vetrone (FDU) 2009 9-7 .563 10-19 .345 Big South 0-0 Patriot 7-16 Milan Brown (MSM) 2003 66-58 .532 92-119 .436 Big Ten 0-5 SEC 0-0 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 121-108 .528 169-203 .454 Big-12 0-2 Southern 0-3 Big West 0-1 Southland 1-1 Mike Deane (WC) 2003 59-65 .472 436-331 .568 Colonial 0-2 SWAC 2-0 Jim Ferry (LIU) 2002 65-77 .458 200-151 .570 Conference USA 0-0 Summit 0-0 Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 83-118 .413 494-442 .528 Great West 0-4 Sun Belt 1-0 Brian Nash (SFNY) 2005 32-56 .364 46-98 .319 Horizon 2-2 WCC 0-1 Don Friday (SFPA) 2008 12-22 .353 100-88 .532 Independent 1-3 WAC 0-1 Tim O’Shea (BU) 2008 1-15 .063 129-143 .474 Ivy 9-10 Overall 38-102 MAAC 3-12 NEC Past Champions

2009 Robert Morris 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 1990 Robert Morris 2008 Mount St. Mary’s 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 1989 Robert Morris 2007 Central Connecticut St. 1997 Long Island 1988 FDU 2006 Monmouth 1996 Monmouth 1987 Marist 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 1995 Mount St. Mary's 1986 Marist 2004 Monmouth 1994 Rider 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson 2003 Wagner 1993 Rider 1984 Long Island 2002 Central Connecticut St. 1992 Robert Morris 1983 Robert Morris 2001 Monmouth 1991 St. Francis (PA) 1982 Robert Morris 2000 Central Connecticut St. NEC Men’s Basketball 2009-10 NEC Basketball Preseason Poll/All-Conference Teams Composite Schedule Of Television Broadcasts

Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced its 2009-10 basketball televi- sion package this afternoon, a lineup that will feature 19 regionally 1. Mount St. Mary’s (9) 7. St. Francis (NY) produced games and two national postseason broadcasts on the ESPN family 2. Long Island (1) 8. Fairleigh Dickinson of networks. Regional broadcast partners for the upcoming year include 3. Robert Morris (2) 9. Monmouth flagship station Madison Square Garden Network (MSG), along with FSN- Quinnipiac 10. Wagner Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Fox College Sports (FCS), 5. CCSU 11. Bryant Cox Sports, New England Sports Network (NESN) and Connecticut Sports 6. Sacred Heart 12. Saint Francis (PA) Network (CTSN). The 2009-10 package includes seven prime time contests and three NEC Tournament games. In total, the league will air 16 men’s Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team games and five women’s contests, including four as part of men/women doubleheaders. Name School Pos. Class Sean Baptiste Fairleigh Dickinson G Sr Date Matchup Carrier Time Jeremy Goode Mount St. Mary’s G Sr Dec. 3 Mount St. Mary's at Robert Morris 7:00 pm MSG, MASN, WPXI-NBC11 (Pittsburgh), CCSU F Jr FCS, FSN-Pittsburgh (TD-12/4 at 10 pm) Justin Rutty Quinnipiac F Jr Dec. 5 Bryant at St. Francis (NY) 12:00 pm MSG, Cox (TD-7:00 pm), FCS Jaytornah Wisseh Long Island G Sr Jan. 23 Robert Morris at Monmouth (women) 12:00 pm FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS Robert Morris at Monmouth (men) 4:00 pm MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS NEC Men’s Basketball Jan. 24 CCSU at Quinnipiac 12:00 pm NESN, CTSN (TD), ESPN FC Foreign Born Players Jan. 30 Sacred Heart at Wagner 12:00 pm MSG, FCS, CTSN (TD) Feb. 4 Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart (women) 5:00 pm FCS, CTSN, ESPN FC Name School Cl Hometown, Country Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart (men) 7:30 pm FCS, CTSN, ESPN FC Femi Akinpetide Sacred Heart So Sydney, Australia Feb. 6 Fairleigh Dickinson at Monmouth 12:00 pm MSG, FCS Claybrin McMath Bryant Fr Adelaide, Australia St. Francis (NY) at Long Island 2:00 pm MSG, FCS Jonathan Tull CCSU Fr Toronto, Canada Feb. 11 Wagner at Fairleigh Dickinson 7:00 pm MSG, FCS Anaclet Mulumba MbayiFDU So Montreal, Quebec, Canada Kyle Johnson Long Island Jr Ajax, Ontario, Canada Saint Francis (PA) at Bryant 7:00 pm FSN-Pittsburgh, Cox, FCS (TD), ESPN FC Arnold Mayorga Long Island So London, Ontario, Canada Feb. 18 CCSU at Mount St. Mary's 7:00 pm MSG, MASN, Cox, FCS, CTSN (TD) Tyler Murray Wagner So Toronto, Ontario, Canada Feb. 20 Sacred Heart at Saint Francis (PA) (women) 12:00 pm MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, WWCP-Fox 8, FCS, CTSN (TD) Kamil Svrdlik FDU Jr Tomas Bata, Czech Republic Kristijan Krajina Mount St. Mary’s Fr Osijek, Croatia Sacred Heart at Saint Francis (PA) (men) 4:00 pm MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, WWCP-Fox 8, FCS, CTSN (TD) Mislav Jukic Saint Francis (PA) Sr Zagreb, Croatia Feb. 25 Long Island at CCSU (women) 5:00 pm MSG, Cox, FCS, CTSN (TD) Devan Bailey CCSU Fr Helsby, England Long Island at CCSU (men) 7:30 pm MSG, Cox, FCS, CTSN (TD) Lawrence Brown FDU Sr Portsmouth, England Feb. 27 Robert Morris at Mount St. Mary's 4:00 pm MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS, MASN (TD) Sam Fernley FDU So Sheffield, England Phil Wait Monmouth So Manchester, England Mar. 7 NEC Men's Semifinal Game 2:00 pm MSG, FCS Raheem May Thompson Quinnipiac Fr London, England Mar. 10 NEC Men's Championship Game 7:00 pm ESPN2 Liam Potter Sacred Heart Sr Lincolnshire, England Mar. 14 NEC Women's Championship Game 3:00 pm ESPNU Richard Clark St. Francis (NY) So Berkshire, England Clayfell Harris Wagner Jr London, England Cedric Latimer Saint Francis (PA) Jr Helsinki, Finland Carrier Region Yaniv Simpson Monmouth Sr Kfar Saba, Israel MSG Network Three states in NY metro area Adam Parzych Bryant Sr Lomza, Poland Papa Lo Bryant So Thies, Senegal MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network) MD, DE, VA and DC, plus portions of PA, WV and NC Stefan Perunicic St. Francis (NY) So Belgrade, Serbia FSN-Pittsburgh Western PA, portions of WV, OH and MD Sorena Orandi Saint Francis (PA) Jr Vastra Frolunda, Gothenburg, Sweden NESN (New England Sports Network) Six-state New England region Milos Nikolic Long Island Jr Lugano, Switzerland Connecticut Sports Network Connecticut & Rhode Island Mehmet Sahan Sacred Heart Jr Istanbul, Turkey Vlad Kondratyev Bryant Fr Nikolayev, Ulraine Cox Sports Connecticut & Rhode Island WWCP Fox 8 (Altoona/Johnstown) Western PA 27 players representing 14 countries. FCS (Fox College Sports) Digital cable systems ESPN2, ESPNU Nationwide NEC Men’s Basketball ESPN Full Court Nationwide PPV Package 2008-09 Standings

School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. NEC Basketball Broadcast Team 1. Robert Morris*^ 15-3 .833 24-11 .686 2. Mount St. Mary's* 12-6 .667 19-14 .576 Tim Capstraw Color 11th year Sacred Heart* 12-6 .667 17-14 .548 Paul Dottino Play-By-Play, Sideline 11th year Long Island* 12-6 .667 16-14 .533 Dave Popkin Play-By-Play 10th year 5. Quinnipiac* 10-8 .556 15-16 .484 Terry O’Connor Color 8th year 6. Wagner* 8-10 .444 16-14 .533 Pam Roecker Color 8th year Central Connecticut State* 8-10 .444 13-17 .433 Joe DeSantis Color 3rd year 8. St. Francis (NY)* 7-11 .389 10-20 .333 Jared Greenberg Sideline, Play-By-Play 2nd year 9. Monmouth 6-12 .333 8-23 .258 Keith Irizarry Sideline 2nd year Fairleigh Dickinson 6-12 .333 7-23 .233 Matt Harmon Play-By-Play/Sideline 1st year 11. Saint Francis (PA) 3-15 .167 6-23 .207 Tara Petrolino Color 1st year * NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Jaclyn Vocell Sideline 1st year NEC Signees 6. Sacred Heart Here is a list of announced 2010-11 men’s basketball signees from the early signing period. This list will be 7. St. Francis (NY) updated periodically. 8. Fairleigh Dickinson 9. Monmouth Bryant 10. Wagner Matthew Lee G 6-2 170 Bloomfield, NJ/Westtown School (PA) 11. Bryant Corey Maynard G 6-3 Adelaide, Australia/Sacred Heart College HS 12. Saint Francis (PA) Troy Robinson F 6-6 190 Roslindale, MA/Brimmer & May School NEC’s Postseason Pair Long Island The NEC sent two teams to the postseason for the third time in the last four years when Robert G 5-10 San Antonio, TX/Clark Morris represented the conference in the 2009 NCAA Tournament and league runner-up Mount St. Mary’s was selected to participate in the inaugural College Insider Postseason Tournament Mount St. Mary’s (CIT). In first round NCAA action in Minneapolis, MN, the Colonials hung tough with second- Justin Burrell G 5-8 Dumfries, VA/Potomac seeded Michigan State, holding a 28-26 advantage late the first half before eventually succumb- Jeff James F 6-4 Bowie, MD/Bowie ing, 77-62. Mount St. Mary’s fell victim to a late James Madison rally in a 69-58 setback in Donte Morales F 6-5 Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown (Fishburne Military) Harrisonburg, VA in CIT first round play. The Mount trailed by just two with six minutes remain- ing, but a 15-3 Duke rally over the next five minutes spelled the difference. In 2008, Mount St. Quinnipiac Mary’s defeated Coppin State, 69-60, before dropping a 113-74 decision to #1 seed North Ike Azotam F 6-7 Boston, MA/O’Bryant (Marianapolis Prep) Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, while Robert Morris came up just short in its first round Dominique Langston G 6-3 Bridgeport, CT/Kolbe Cathedral (St. Thomas More) Postseason NIT game, falling at Syracuse, 87-81. In 2006, Monmouth advanced to the NCAA Tournament and defeated Hampton, 71-49, prior to a 58-45 setback to #1 seed Villanova. That Robert Morris same year, Fairleigh Dickinson dropped an 80-77 encounter at Manhattan in the Postseason NIT. Malcolm Lemmons F 6-5 205 Washington, D.C./Gonzaga Brook Turson G 6-3 185 Plymouth, OH/Plymouth Back-To-Back Quest Continues It has now been 15 years since an NEC program captured back-to-back conference tourna- Sacred Heart ment titles. Not since 1993 and 1994 when Rider claimed league crowns has a program been Chris Evans G 6-2 Stamford, CT/Stamford (Taft School) able to turn the trick, though FDU and Mount St. Mary’s came within a hair’s length of doing so. Steve Glowiak G 6-2 New Britain, CT/New Britain The Knights fell to Monmouth on a last second layup in the 2006 NEC title game, while the Mount lost to Robert Morris last season on a shot with 2.2 seconds to play. St. Francis (NY) Mike Glover F 6-6 Bronx, NY/America Christian School (PA) 50-Spot For RMU, Rice (College of Eastern Utah) Robert Morris has now won 50 games in two seasons under Mike Rice, by far the best two-year Kenny Moore F 6-6 220 Philadelphia, PA/University City High School stretch in NEC annals. No other NEC program has won more than 44 games in back-to-back (Midland CC) years (CCSU from 1998-00). From 2007-09, the Colonials are 50-18 (.735) overall and 31- 5 (.861) in NEC play. The 31-5 mark against league opposition is the second-best two year Saint Francis (PA) stretch behind Marist’s 28-4 (.875) run from 1986-88. Robert Morris has also posted back- Scott Eatherton F/C 6-8 205 Hershey, PA/Hershey to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1988-89 (21 wins) and 1989-90 (22 wins) and Kyheim Hall G 6-3 210 Swiftwater, PA/Pocono Mountain East second time in school history. Storm Stanley C 6-11 245 Lambertville, MI/St. Francis de Sales (OH) Look Who’s Back Wagner The NEC welcomes back eight of its 10 all-NEC performers this season led by first team all-stars Josh Daniell F 6-8 205 Old Bridge, NJ/St. Patrick’s Jeremy Goode (MSM), Justin Rutty (QU) and Jaytornah Wisseh (LIU). Similarly, 39 of the Evan Pierce G 6-2 175 Pittsburgh, PA/Mt. Lebanon league’s 60 starters (65.0 percent) return in 2008-09. A total of eight of the NEC’s top-ten returning scorers and 22 of the top-30 will suit up this season.

NEC Preseason Notes Monmouth To Open MAC In November After a 44-year residency in Boylan Gymnasium, Monmouth moves into the state-of-the-art Preseason All-NEC Team Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC) with its season opener against Florida International on The preseason all-NEC team is comprised of three guards and two forwards: Fairleigh Dickinson senior November 13. The MAC, which will serve students, faculty, employees, alumni and residents of guard Sean Baptiste (North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph’s of Metuchen), Mount St. Mary’s senior the local community, contains a multi-purpose gymnasium with 4,100 seats and a 200-meter, guard Jeremy Goode (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day), CCSU junior forward Ken Horton (Ossin- six-lane indoor track. The new building is also the home to the University Bookstore, the ing, NY/Ossining), Quinnipiac junior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Acad- Monmouth Athletics Hall of Fame, home and opposing locker rooms, educational and admin- emy) and Long Island senior guard Jaytornah Wisseh (Brooklyn, NY/Banneker Academy). Goode, istrative areas, a new Varsity Club, and a new Fitness Center. The structure encompasses 152,400 Rutty and Wisseh were all first team All-NEC picks a year ago, while Baptiste and Horton (out for the season with square feet and has no comparable facilities in Monmouth County. a knee injury) were second team honorees. Wisseh is the only two-time All-NEC honoree in the group. RMU Sporting 20-20 Vision Mount St. Mary’s Picked To Defend NEC Title Robert Morris’ back-to-back 20-win seasons - the Colonials won 26 games in 2007-08 and 24 or the second straight year, Mount St. Mary’s has been tabbed by the league’s head coaches to capture the more in 2008-09 - are the first for the conference since Fairleigh Dickinson won 20 games in Northeast Conference men’s basketball championship. The Mount, which has reached the postseason in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Prior to FDU’s two-year run, you’d have to go back to Long Island’s 21 each of the last two years and won the conference title in 2008, received nine first place votes. win seasons in 1996-97 and 1997-98. In the history of the NEC, there have been seven back- to-back 20-win campaigns, including Robert Morris (21 in 1988-89, 22 in 1989-90), Fairleigh Long Island was chosen second and earned a single first place vote. Defending NEC champion Robert Morris Dickinson (21 in 1984-85, 22 in 1985-86) and Long Island (20 in 1981-82, 1982-83 and and Quinnipiac tied for third with the Colonials securing two first place nods. Central Connecticut State was 1983-84). picked fifth, with Sacred Heart in sixth and St. Francis (NY) in the seventh position. Fairleigh Dickinson landed in eight place, followed by Monmouth in ninth, Wagner in tenth, Bryant in eleventh and Saint Francis (PA) in Reaching The Playoffs twelfth. Central Connecticut State has now qualified for the eight-team NEC Tournament in each of the last 11 years, the longest current streak in the conference and tied for third longest in league history. Robert Morris will attempt to become the first team since Rider in 1993 and 1994 to repeat as league FDU holds the record with 18 straight appearances from 1984-01. Below is each NEC school’s champions. In order to do so, NEC Coach of the Year Mike Rice must replace NEC Player of the Year Jeremy success rate in reaching the tourney over the last five years. Chappell, as well as NEC Defensive Player of the Year Bateko Francisco, both of whom were lost to graduation. Qualified For NEC Tournament • Last Five Years (2005-09) NEC Preseason Poll All 5 Years: Central Connecticut State, Robert Morris 1. Mount St. Mary’s (9) 4 Years: Long Island, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Wagner 2. Long Island (1) 3 Years: Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Francis (NY) 3. Robert Morris (2) 2 Years: Saint Francis (PA) Quinnipiac 5. CCSU Mounting Achievements 3PFG% Chris Martin, WC .455 Mount St. Mary’s enters the 2009-10 campaign fresh off back-to-back postseason appearances, the Blocks Alvin Mofunanya, FDU 2.0 first such instance for the program since capturing the NEC crown in 1995 and playing in the NIT in Asst./TO Ratio James Hett, MU 2.16:1 1996. The Mount won the NEC Tournament in 2008, then came within a whisker of repeating last season, falling at Robert Morris, 48-46. The Mountaineers instead accepted a bid to the inaugural College Insider Postseason Tournament (CIT) against James Madison. With a 19-14 record in 2008- 09, the Mount also clinched its second consecutive winning season and raised its two-season win total to 38, tying for the best two-year stretch in its Division I history. Mount St. Mary’s won 17 games in 1994-95 and 21 in 1995-96.

MSM’s Goode Tops NEC Scoring List The NEC will begin the 2009-10 campaign with four returning players already members of the 1,000- point club, and a host of others set to join the ranks as the season progresses. A total of eight NEC competitors reached the 1,000-point plateau a year ago to raise membership to 154 since the league began sponsoring basketball in 1981. Mount St. Mary’s senior guard Jeremy Goode is the leading active scorer in the league with 1,283 points. If Goode exceeds his point total (492) from 2008-09, he could finish among the top-10 on the NEC career scoring chart. Long Island senior guard Jaytor- nah Wisseh sits second among current players with 1,182 points. Saint Francis (PA) senior forward Devin Sweetney has amassed 1,056 points over his first three seasons, while FDU senior guard Sean Baptiste is right behind with 1,034. There will likely be a long list of players who crack the 1,000-point milestone this season, including Sacred Heart senior guard Chauncy Hardy (940), Monmouth senior guard Whitney Coleman (882) and CCSU junior forward Ken Horton (829).

A Look Back, A Look Ahead For Bryant In its maiden Division I voyage, future NEC member Bryant had its bumps along the road, but after a 2-14 start - that included a brutal stretch against the likes of Iowa, Boston College, Providence and Maryland - the Bulldogs hit their stride in mid-January and finished out the year with a 6-6 record. Bryant posted a 6-8 record against NEC opposition, including a 3-3 mark on the road. In 2009-10, Bryant will play a full conference schedule and will count in the league standings. The Bulldogs will also be eligible for NEC weekly and postseason awards. Bryant is ineligible to qualify for the NEC Tournament until 2012-13, at which time the University officially become the league’s 12th member upon completion of the five-year NCAA Division I reclassification period.

Vetrone To Assume Interim Duties At Fairleigh Dickinson For the first time since 1982 there will be a new look on the Fairleigh Dickinson sideline this season as Greg Vetrone takes over for on an interim basis. Vetrone, who rejoined the FDU men’s basketball staff as an assistant for the 2008-09 season, has amassed over 20 years working within all aspects of basketball, but will be assuming his first collegiate head coaching position. He began his coaching career in 1986 as an assistant C.W. Post, then moved to FDU as an assistant from 1988-91. Vetrone then assisted at Cal-Irvine from 1991-95, followed by a four-year stint at UNLV.

Sacred Heart Making Winning A Habit When back-to-back 18-win years were followed by a 17-victory season in 2008-09, it marked the first time Sacred Heart had posted three consecutive winning campaigns since 1987-90 when the Pioneers were a Division II power. While the program’s first NEC championship has proved elusive, the Pio- neers reached the conference title game in 2007 and 2008, and were ousted in the semifinals last season by Mount St. Mary’s, 68-63.

Top Returning Scoring Duos The NEC will feature six schools with duos that combined to score at least 25.0 ppg last season. Topping the list is the Quinnipiac combination of James Feldeine and Justin Rutty. Feldeine paced the NEC a year ago with 17.0 ppg, while Rutty added 14.8 ppg for a combined 31.8 ppg.

School Player PPG Player PPG Combined PPG Quinnipiac James Feldeine 17.0 Justin Rutty 14.8 31.8 Long Island Jaytornah Wisseh 15.2 Kyle Johnson 13.8 29.0 St. Francis (NY) Ricky Cadell 15.3 Kayode Ayeni 13.3 28.6 CCSU Ken Horton 16.5 Shemik Thompson 11.5 28.0 Mount St. Mary’s Jeremy Goode 14.9 Jean Cajou 12.6 27.5 Saint Francis (PA) Devin Sweetney 16.3 Mislav Jukic 10.4 26.7

Home Court Streak Both Mount St. Mary’s and Robert Morris enter the 2009-10 season riding significant home win streaks. The Colonials have won 11 straight at the Sewall Center, tying them for the 14th longest streak in the nation. It also marks the most consecutive home victories for RMU since claiming 15 straight from 1990-91. The Mount has knocked off ten straight opponents at Knott Arena, the 17th longest current streak in Division I and the most for the Mountaineers since winning 16 in a row in Emmits- burg from 1994-96.

Stat Leaders Return A total of six NEC individual offensive statistical leaders from last season return in 2009-10, including Quinnipiac senior guard James Feldeine, who led the conference in scoring at 17.0 ppg.

Category Player Stats Scoring James Feldeine, QU 17.0 Rebounding Justin Rutty, QU 9.8 FT% Robby Ptacek, CCSU .878