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Men's Basketball GAMEDAY 230 South Broad Street Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-545-6678 Fax: 215-545-3342 www.atlantic10.org Contact: Stephen Haug ([email protected]) - Thru games of Feb. 7 - -------Atlantic 10--------- -------------------------------------Overall--------------------------------------- W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Away Neu. Last 5 Streak 1. Xavier 8 1 .889 . 20 3 .870 11-1 6-1 3-1 4-1 L1 2. Dayton 7 1 .875 . 21 2 .913 14-0 5-2 2-0 5-0 W7 3. Saint Joseph’s 6 1 .857 . 13 8 .619 7-3 5-3 1-2 4-1 W1 4. Duquesne 6 3 .667 . 15 7 .682 9-3 6-4 0-0 3-2 W1 5. Rhode Island 5 3 .625 . 16 7 .696 9-1 6-4 1-2 4-1 W4 6. Temple 4 3 .571 . 12 9 .571 5-1 6-7 1-1 3-2 L1 7. Saint Louis 4 4 .500 . 13 9 .591 11-2 1-6 1-1 2-3 W2 8. Massachusetts 3 4 .429 . 8 12 .400 6-4 1-8 1-0 2-3 W1 Richmond 3 4 .429 . 11 11 .500 6-4 4-6 1-1 2-3 L3 10. La Salle 3 5 .375 . 12 10 .545 8-4 3-4 1-2 2-3 L3 11. St. Bonaventure 3 6 .333 . 12 10 .545 5-6 7-2 0-2 2-3 W1 12. Charlotte 1 6 .143 . 7 14 .333 5-5 2-6 0-3 2-3 L1 13. Fordham 1 7 .125 . 3 17 .150 2-9 1-7 0-1 1-4 L2 George Washington 1 7 .125 . 7 13 .350 5-3 2-7 0-3 1-4 W1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK UPCOMING SCHEDULE & RECENT RESULTS Aaron Jackson - Duquesne F. 5 #9/#9 XAVIER 83, TEMPLE 74 Senior, Guard, 6-4, 185 lbs. RHODE ISLAND 71, CHARLOTTE 64 Hartford, Conn./Worcester (Mass.) Academy 7 GEORGE WASHINGTON 87, FORDHAM 62 Jackson averaged 25 points, 5.5 rebounds ST. BONAVENTURE 72, LA SALLE 67 and three assists over a pair of contests on the week...shot DUQUESNE 72, #9/#9 XAVIER 68 17-of-33 from the field and 15-for-18 from the line...scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed six boards on Feb. 4 8 DAYTON at CHARLOTTE 1:00 RHODE ISLAND at TEMPLE 2:00 in Duquesne’s 78-74 (OT) loss at Saint Louis...scored a SAINT LOUIS at RICHMOND 2:00 game-high 21 points, including five free throws in the final SAINT JOSEPH'S at MASSACHUSETTS 3:00/CBS C 31 seconds, as the Dukes edged ninth-ranked Xavier on Feb. 7, 72-68...added four steals...named the A-10 Player 11 DUQUESNE at RICHMOND 7:00 of the Week for the third time this season and fifth time in MASSACHUSETTS at FORDHAM 7:00 his career. ST. BONAVENTURE at RHODE ISLAND 7:00 XAVIER at DAYTON 7:00/ESPN Classic LA SALLE at GEORGE WASHINGTON 7:30 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK CHARLOTTE at SAINT LOUIS 9:00 Andrew Nicholson - St. Bonaventure Freshman, Forward, 6-9, 230 lbs. 12 TEMPLE at SAINT JOSEPH’S 7:00/ESPN Mississauga, Ontario/ Home Team in BOLD; All times Eastern Father Michael Goetz Secondary HS Nicholson scored 12 points, grabbed eight rebounds and SHOT CLOCK SNIPPETS... blocked six shots in just 22 minutes of action on Feb. 7 as • The Atlantic 10 is the eighth-ranked conference in the RPI by St. Bonaventure earned a 72-67 win over La Salle in its collegerpi.com thru games of Feb. 7. lone contest of the week...shot 6-of-8 from the field...earns his league-leading and program-best sixth A-10 Rookie of • Duquesne's 72-68 win over #9/#9 Xavier on Feb. 7 marked its the Week honor...ranks second in the Confernce in blocks first victory over a top 10 team since a 91-84 win over No. 10 (AP) Florida State on Dec. 15, 1992, and ended the Dukes' 24- with 72. game losing streak against ranked teams since an 88-72 victory over then-No. 16 (AP) Xavier on Jan. 25, 1997. To purchase tickets to the • Jimmy Baron (URI), Jason Duty (DUQ), Yves Mekongo 2009 Atlantic 10 Men’s Mbala (LAS) and Kevin Lisch (SLU) have earned ESPN The Basketball Championship, log Magazine Academic All-District first-team distinction and will have their names placed on the national ballot for the 2008-09 on to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team. www.atlanticcitynj.com or call 609-348-7021 • Xavier has amassed 20 wins for the fourth consecutive year and 12th time in the past 13 seasons. A-10-SHUN NEWS FROM AROUND THE ATLANTIC 10 HONOR ROLL: Charlotte junior guard DiJuan Harris scored CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Rhode Island senior Jimmy 10 points and dished out 10 assists on Feb. 5 in the 49ers’ Baron ranks first in program history and third in A-10 annals 71-64 loss to Rhode Island...junior guard Marcus Johnson with 316 career three-pointers. Baron boasts 16 career per- averaged 14 points and four rebounds in leading Dayton to a formances with at least five field goals from beyond the arc pair of wins...Fordham freshman guard Jio Fontan scored a and nailed eight three’s at Duke on Nov. 16, the most by an game-high 22 points in the Rams’ 87-62 loss at George opposing player in the history of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Washington on Feb. 7...junior forward Damian Hollis aver- Below is a look at the Conference’s all-time leaders: aged 16.5 points on 13-of-20 shooting over two games, while freshman forward Aaron Ware averaged 7.5 1. Darnell Harris, La Salle (2005-08) 342 points...Massachusetts senior guard Chris Lowe scored 13 2. Monty Mack, Massachusetts (1998-01) 331 points, dished out 10 assists and added seven boards in the 3. Jimmy Baron, URI (2006-09) 316 Minutemen’s 80-71 win over Richmond on Feb. 4...senior guard Jimmy Baron scored all 19 of his points in the second STRAIGHT SHOOTER: Saint Joseph’s senior forward half as Rhode Island earned a 71-64 win at Charlotte on Feb. Ahmad Nivins seeks to join former George Washington 5...Saint Joseph’s senior forward Ahmad Nivins scored 16 standout Alexander Koul (1995-97) as the only players in A- points and pulled down 11 boards on Feb. 4 in the Hawks’ 66- 10 history to lead the league in field goal percentage three 58 victory over George Washington...senior guard Kevin consecutive years. Nivins shot .647 (165-of-255) from the Lisch scored 21 points as Saint Louis edged Duquesne in field a year ago. The Jersey City, N.J., native has made 141- overtime on Feb. 4, 78-74. of-213 shots through the Hawks’ first 21 contests and leads the league with 14 double-doubles. Nivins has scored in dou- DAYTON BY NUMBERS: Dayton is 9-0 this season in ble figures in 78 of his 114 career games and has reached games decided by five points or less. By comparison, VMI double figures in rebounds 27 times, including 14 times this ranks second nationally in games decided by five points or season, which is tops in the league. He also boasts 24 less at 6-0. UD is 35-4 with sophomore forward Chris career double-doubles, while his five A-10 Player of the Week Wright in the lineup and has equaled its best start (21-2) after honors this season are tied with former TU standout Mardy 23 contests since 1955-56 and 1957-58. The Flyers are also Collins for the fourth-highest single-season total in league 4-1 this season versus teams in the top 75 of the RPI thru annals. games of Feb. 6. SELECT COMPANY: Temple senior guard Dionte BACK IN TIME: Duquesne's 6-3 record in A-10 action is its Christmas averaged a league-best 19.7 points last season best since the 1980-81 Eastern 8 regular season co-champi- to become just the third player in Conference history to lead on Dukes finished 10-3 in conference play. the Atlantic 10 in scoring in successive years. The two other players to hold that distinction are John Battle of Rutgers HOME SUPREMACY: Xavier will enter its Feb. 14 contest (1984-85) and St. Bonaventure's Earl Belcher (1980-81). versus Fordham at Cintas Center riding a 21-game home- With 10 career A-10 Player of the Week honors, Christmas winning streak in A-10 play. Temple holds the record with 34 trails only Xavier’s David West (14) and Jameer Nelson of consecutive home wins in Conference play (Dec. 10, 1987 - Saint Joseph’s (13) for the most honors in league history. Feb. 19, 1991), while UMass won 24 straight home league contests from Jan. 15, 1992, to Feb. 14, 1995. Meanwhile, RARE AIR: Senior forward Kahiem Seawright recorded his Dayton is undefeated (14-0) at home this season and boasts 100th career block on Jan. 31 in Rhode Island’s 98-88 (OT) a 16-game home winning streak, the longest active streak in win over La Salle. Seawright joins former Xavier standout - the Conference and tops in program history. and two-time All-Star - David West as the only A-10 players since 1996-97 to register at least 1,000 points, 750 rebounds, GIVE HIM HIS PROPS: Duquesne senior guard Aaron 200 assists and 100 career blocks.