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2018-19 SEASON REVIEW MIKE MIRANTO Sr. Associate A.D. - External Operations & Communications DAEMEN WILDCATS Lumsden Gymnasium, 4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226 O: 716.839.8385 | C: 716.471.7626 [email protected] | www.daemenwildcats.com MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE / RESULTS AT A GLANCE Overall: 24 -6 ECC: 16-2 24-6 CURRENT CURRENT HOME CURRENT ROAD (H: 15 -1, A: 8-4, N: 1-1) OVERALL RECORD STREAK STREAK STREAK NOVEMBER (4-1) (H: 15-1, A: 8-4, N: 1-1) LOST 2 WON 8 LOST 2 9 CALDWELL $ W, 75-60 10 NYACK $ W, 83-72 16-2 CURRENT CURRENT HOME CURRENT ROAD 14 @ Mercyhurst L, 67-65 ECC RECORD STREAK STREAK STREAK 24 SLIPPERY ROCK W, 78-71 (H: 8-1, A: 8-1) WON 3 WON 8 WON 1 26 LAKE ERIE W, 71-51 DECEMBER (5-0) #10 / #13 9 / 7 #1 / #2 #5 5 @ Roberts Wesleyan* W, 78-70 HIGHEST NATIONAL NUMBER OF HIGHEST REGIONAL NCAA TOURNAMENT 14 @ LIU Post* W, 102-70 POLL RANKING WEEKS IN POLL RANKING EAST REGIONAL SEED 16 @ NYIT* W, 98-72 (D2SIDA / NABC) NATIONAL POLL (D2SIDA / NCAA) (D2SIDA / NABC) 29 ST. MICHAEL'S W, 64-55 31 ST. ROSE W, 74-55 JANUARY (7-2) HISTORIC CAMPAIGN BY THE NUMBERS 2 #4/#4 ST. ANSELM W, 78-72 The 2018-19 season was one for the record ECC books at Daemen as the Wildcats captured STAT # 4 vs. Dallas Baptist W, 87-80 RANK 6 @ #7/#22 St. Edward's L, 110-83 their second East Coast Conference regular 11 MOLLOY* L, 72-71 season title, sat atop the regional rankings PTS/GAME 81.8 2ND for much of the campaign, ascended into 13 QUEENS * W, 80-65 the top-25 national polls for the first time 18 @ Mercy* W, 75-74 as an NCAA Division II member and PTS/GAME 20 @ Bridgeport* W, 87-85 71.0 1ST garnered the program's first-ever NCAA ALLOWED 25 #11/#12 ST. THOMAS W, 82-79 Tournament bid. AQUINAS* 27 DIST. COLUMBIA* W, 95-66 The Wildcats rattled off wins in 11 of their FG% .472 1ST first 12 games, including a 78-72 defeat of FEBRUARY (6-1) previously unbeaten St. Anselm who came FG% DEFENSE .416 3RD 2 ROBERTS WESLEYAN* W, 83-64 into the Jan. 2 contest ranked No. 4 in both Division II national polls. 8 @ Molloy* W, 89-75 3-POINT .387 1ST 10 @ Queens* W, 89-63 Daemen embarked on a 10-game winning FG% 15 LIU POST* W, 108-63 streak beginning in mid-January, a stretch 17 NYIT* W, 87-72 that vaulted them to the top of the regional poll and as high as No. 10 (D2SIDA) 3-POINTERS 22 @ St. Thomas Aquinas* L, 75-60 8.5 3RD 24 @ Dist. Columbia* W, 87-81 and No. 13 (NABC) in the top-25 national MADE/GAME polls. It marked the Wildcats' longest winning streak since the 2013-14 season MARCH (2-2) when they won 14 consecutive games. 3-POINT FG% 1 MERCY* W, 89-69 .347 7TH DEFENSE 3 BRIDGEPORT* W, 93-71 The Wildcats wrapped up the ECC regular 9 @ Bridgeport # L, 79-77 season title with a 93-71 defeat of 16 vs. New Haven & L, 72-67 Bridgeport on March 3. They entered the FT% .768 1ST ECC Championship tournament as the No. 1 seed, but were upset by fourth-seeded Bridgeport in game played at UB's Hubbell REBS/GAME 39.3 5TH HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS Gymnasium. * denotes East Coast Conference Game REBOUND Despite the conference tournament loss, +6.0 2ND $ denotes ECC -CACC Challenge game MARGIN # denotes ECC Tournament game Daemen was awarded an at-large bid to & denotes NCAA Tournament game the NCAA Tournament, earning the No. 5 seed to the East Region Championship. ASTS/GAME 14.9 2ND They made their NCAA tourney debut March 16, but saw their season come to an end with a 72-67 loss to fourth-seeded New TO/GAME 13.6 1ST Haven. The team's 24 wins this season were the STLS/GAME 6.9 6TH most since their transition to NCAA Division Ii. BLKS/GAME 2.9 7TH WWW.DAEMENWILDCATS.COM | @DAEMENATHLETICS 2018-19 Daemen Men's Basketball SEASON REVIEW 2018 -19 DAEMEN MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School / Previous School 2 Breon Harris Jr. G 5-9 Niagara Falls, N.Y. / Niagara Falls 3 Tajmin Holt So. G 6-3 Rochester, N.Y. / Rochester Early College 4 Jeffrey Duah So. G 5-7 Bronx, N.Y. / South Bronx 5 Jay Sarkis R-Jr. G 6-1 Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Athena 10 Trevor Book Fr. G 6-4 North Tonawanda, N.Y. / North Tonawanda 11 Ziv Basden R-Fr. F 6-5 Nassau, Bahamas / Redemption Christian 12 Darius Garvin Sr. G 6-1 Elmira, N.Y. / Notre Dame 14 Da'Shawn Hines So. G 5-10 Amherst, N.Y. / Amherst 15 Dmarco Barnes R-Sr. G 5-10 Baldwin, N.Y. / Baldwin / Post University 20 Quinn Lee Yaw R-Sr. F 6-5 Jamestown, N.Y. / Jamestown / St. Bonaventure University 22 Andrew Sischo R-So. C 6-9 Guilderland, N.Y. / Guilderland 23 Ryan Bradley Fr. F 6-7 Wilson, N.Y. / Canisius 24 Nick Petrucelli R-Sr. G 6-3 Hicksville, N.Y. / Hicksville / Thomasville Prep 25 Deion Hamilton R-Sr. G/F 6-4 Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Athena 44 Jeff Redband R-Jr. F 6-7 Batavia, N.Y. / Batavia COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach Mike MacDonald (St. Bonaventure '88) BREON Harris Bree-on (Fifth Season) TAJMIN Holt Tahj-min Assistant Coach Ryan Grandits (Medaille '14, Daemen '15) Jeffrey DUAH Doo-ahh Assistant Coach Blair Estarfaa (SUNY Cortland '16) Ziv BASDEN Baz-den Assistant Coach Matt Dyrek (SUNY Brockport '16) Andrew SISCHO Sis-ko Nick PETRUCELLI Pet-ruh-sell-ee RADIO/TV ROSTER #2 #3 #4 #5 #10 #11 #12 Breon Harris Tajmin Holt Jeffrey Duah Jay Sarkis Trevor Book Ziv Basden Darius Garvin G • Jr. • 5-9 G • So. • 6-3 G • So. • 5-7 G • R-Jr. • 6-1 G • Fr. • 6-4 F • R-Fr. • 6-5 G • Sr. • 6-1 Niagara Falls, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Bronx, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. North Tonawanda, Nassau, Bahamas Elmira, N.Y. Greece Athena Notre Dame Niagara Falls Rochester Early South Bronx N.Y. Redemption College North Tonawanda Christian #14 #15 #20 #22 #23 #24 #25 Da'Shawn Dmarco Quinn Andrew Ryan Bradley Nick Deion Hines Barnes Lee Yaw Sischo F • Fr. • 6-7 Petrucelli Hamilton G • So. • 5-10 G • R-Sr. • 5-10 F • R-Sr. • 6-5 C • R-So. • 6-9 Wilson, N.Y. G • R-Sr. • 6-3 G/F • R-Sr. • 6-4 Amherst, N.Y. Baldwin, N.Y. Jamestown, N.Y. Guilderland, N.Y. Canisius Hicksville, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Amherst Baldwin Jamestown Guilderland Hicksville Greece Athena #44 Mike Ryan Blair Matt Jeff Redband MacDonald Grandits Estarfaa Dyrek F • R-Jr. • 6-7 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Batavia, N.Y. Fifth Season Third Season Second Season First Season Batavia TWO-TIME EAST COAST CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2018-19 Daemen Men's Basketball SEASON REVIEW QUICK FACTS 2018-19 EAST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS College Information CONFERENCE OVERALL School Name.........................Daemen College W-L PCT W-L PCT Streak Last 10 Location......................................Amherst, N.Y. DAEMEN 16-2 .889 24-6 .800 L-2 7-3 Founded...................................................1947 St. Thomas Aquinas 15-3 .833 25-7 .781 L-1 8-2 Enrollment................................................2,636 Molloy 14-4 .778 21-10 .677 L-1 7-3 President........................... .............Gary Olson Bridgeport 11-7 .611 18-13 .581 L-1 7-3 Director of Athletics......................Traci Murphy Roberts Wesleyan 10-8 .556 14-13 .519 L-1 5-5 Athletics Phone..........................716-839-8346 Dist. Columbia 8-10 .444 15-14 .517 L-1 6-4 Nickname............................................Wildcats Queens (N.Y.) 7-11 .389 7-21 .250 L-4 3-7 Colors.......................Royal Blue, White & Gray Mercy 6-12 .333 8-18 .308 L-2 3-7 Affiliation.................................NCAA Division II NYIT 3-15 .167 3-24 .111 W-1 1-9 Conference......................................East Coast LIU Post 0-18 .000 0-25 .000 L-25 0-10 Arena.............................Lumsden Gymnasium Capacity......................................................500 2018 -19 EAST COAST CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL PTS. 2017-18 RECORD Coaching Information 1. Bridgeport (5) 95 25-6, 17-1 ECC Head Coach...........................Mike MacDonald 2. DAEMEN (5) 94 22-8, 15-3 ECC Alma Mater..................St. Bonaventure (1988) 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 74 26-7, 15-3 ECC Record at Daemen...........105-43 (5th season) 4. Molloy 73 9-21, 7-11 ECC Career Record.............361-269 (22nd season) 5. Dist. Columbia 53 7-20, 5-13 ECC Assistant Coach.........................Ryan Grandits 6. Roberts Wesleyan 51 14-14, 7-11 ECC Assistant Coach..........................Blair Estarfaa 7. Queens 38 9-16, 7-11 ECC Assistant Coach..............................Matt Dyrek 8. NYIT 31 5-25, 3-15 ECC Basketball Office Phone.............716-839-8380 9. Mercy 24 10-19, 5-13 ECC 10. LIU Post 17 11-18, 9-9 ECC East Coast Conference Address.....................609 Route 109, Suite 2D ( ) - First Place Votes .................................West Babylon, NY 11704 Office Phone..............................631-372-0332 Preseason Player of the Year: Andrew Sischo, Daemen (6-9, R-So., Center) Website..............................www.eccsports.org Live Streaming.....www.eccsportsnetwork.com 2019 EAST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Commissioner.....................Dr. Robert Dranoff FIRST ROUND - Wednesday, March 6 Associate Commissioner/SWA...Melissa Reilly #4 Bridgeport 92, #5 Roberts Wesleyan 82 Bridgeport, Conn.