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2017 - 18 MEN’S BASKETBALL MBB CONTACT: RON RATNER • [email protected] • 200 COTTONTAIL LANE • SOMERSET, NJ 08873 • PH: (732) 469-0440, Ext. 206 • FAX: (732) 469-0744 NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS & FIGURES NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WEEK 2 RELEASE • NOVEMBER 20, 2017 Mon., Nov. 13 ... Mount St. Mary’s 62 at #13 Notre Dame 88 SCHOOL NEC PCT. OVR. PCT. STR. HOME AWAY NEU. LIU Brooklyn 68 at Fordham 81 1. Wagner ........................................0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 W1 1-0 1-1 0-0 Wagner 55 at Missouri 99 Fairleigh Dickinson ......................0-0 0.000 2-2 0.500 W2 2-0 0-2 0-0 Robert Morris 61 at Grand Canyon 75 Saint Francis U 63 at San Francisco 75 LIU Brooklyn ...............................0-0 0.000 2-3 0.400 W1 1-0 0-2 1-1 Tues., Nov. 14 ............................... CCSU 55 at St. John’s 80 Saint Francis U ............................0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 W1 0-0 1-2 0-0 Sacred Heart 53 at Boston College 73 St. Francis Brooklyn ....................0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333 W1 1-0 0-2 0-0 Bryant 72 at North Carolina State 95 Wed., Nov. 15 ........Mount St. Mary’s 68 at Georgetown 104 Central Connecticut .....................0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 W1 0-0 1-3 0-0 St. Francis Brooklyn 79 at Manhattan 80 (OT) Mount St. Mary’s .........................0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 W1 0-0 0-3 1-0 College of New Rochelle 68 at LIU Brooklyn 104 FDU Florham 111 at Fairleigh Dickinson 49 Robert Morris ..............................0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 W1 0-0 1-3 0-0 Robert Morris 53 at San Diego 65 Sacred Heart ................................0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 W1 0-1 0-1 1-1 Fri., Nov. 17 ............................. CCSU 79 at East Carolina 68 Bryant ..........................................0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000 L3 0-1 0-2 0-0 Miami (OH) 78 vs. LIU Brooklyn 74 Sat., Nov. 18 ��������������������������������American 70 at Wagner 71 Kean 55 at Fairleigh Dickinson 94 Saint Francis U 83 at Longwood 56 NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL C0-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK North Florida 81 at Mount St. Mary’s 84 Hartford 84 vs. LIU Brooklyn 86 Deion Bute, Central Connecticut Saint Peter’s 70 at Sacred Heart 61 6’9”, 220 lbs. Navy 79 at Bryant 71 Jr., C, Philipsburg, St. Maarten/Tallahassee CC Sun., Nov. 19 ..........Brown 74 at St. Francis Brooklyn 77 (OT) Robert Morris 66 at Duquesne 59 A welcome addition to CCSU’s front line this season, Bute comes off a week that saw him average a team- Maine 68 vs. Sacred Heart 69 (OT) high 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks while shooting a scorching 72.2 percent from the floor over two games. He recorded a career-high 19 points on 8-11 shooting from the field and pulled down THIS WEEK’S GAMES nine boards at St. John’s on Monday. Bute, who hails from Philipsburg, St. Maarten, then posted his first Tues., Nov. 21 ............. York (PA) at Mount St. Mary’s, 7 pm career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in CCSU’s 79-68 win at East Carolina on Friday. The Franciscan at Saint Francis U, 7 pm Tallahassee CC transfer is averaging 11.5 ppg and ranks second with 7.0 rpg on the year for the Blue Devils. Staten Island at Wagner, 7 pm Bryant at Rutgers, 7 pm Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary’s Coppin State at CCSU, 7 pm Wed., Nov. 22 ....................... Mitchell at Sacred Heart, 1 pm 5’5”, 150 lbs. Holy Cross at FDU, 2 pm Sr., G, Mebane, NC/Eastern Alamance LIU Brooklyn at UMass Lowell,. 3 pm Fri., Nov. 24 ....................Navy at St. Francis Brooklyn, 4 pm Robinson, a two-time All-NEC second teamer for the defending champion Mountaineers, averaged 20.0 CCSU at Cleveland State, 5 pm points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals over three games last week. He shot 46.8 percent from Norfolk State at Robert Morris, 6 pm the floor and made all ten of his free throw attempts. After a 14-point outing at #14 Notre Dame on Mon- Bryant at Hartford, 7 pm Mount St. Mary’s at Ohio U, 7 pm day, Robinson led all scorers with 26 points, and added four assists and three steals at Georgetown on Saint Francis U at Louisville, 7 pm Wednesday. Three days later he hit the go-ahead runner with 35 seconds to play en-route to game-high Sacred Heart at Northwestern, 8:30 pm scoring honors once again as the Mount tagged an 84-81 loss on a North Florida team picked third in the Sat., Nov. 25 ������������������������������ LIU Brookly at Brown, 1 pm Denver vs. St. Francis Brooklyn, 4 pm ASUN. The Mebane, NC native scored 20 on 7-13 from the field, including 3-5 from distance, to go along Robert Morris at Little Rock, 4 pm with five rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals. Robinson ranks fourth in the NEC with 20.0 ppg. Sun., Nov. 26 ...................................Wagner at Hartford, 2 pm Princeton at Fairleigh Dickinson, 2 pm NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Brown at Bryant, 6 pm FGCU vs. St. Francis Brooklyn, 6 pm Jalen Jordan, St. Francis Brooklyn 6’3”, 160 lbs. Fr., G, Conyers, GA/Rockdale County Jordan looks to be the latest in a long line of terrific guards in recent years who have suited up for the Terriers. On Sunday, he poured in 22 points, including a 6-11 afternoon from outside the arc, and added four rebounds and a steal in St. Francis Brooklyn’s 77-74 overtime win over Brown in its home opener. On the week, Jordan averaged 13.5 ppg on 52.6 percent shooting from the floor and 50.0 percent from WATCH #NECMBB GAMES WITH FREE, three-point range. He ranks second on the Terriers and leads all NEC freshman with 13.7 ppg. ONE-CLICK ACCESS AT NECFRONTROW.COM NEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Nov. 13 .......................................................... Raiquan Clark, LIU Nov. 13 ........................................................ Koby Thomas, RMU #NECMBB Nov. 20 .................. Deion Bute, CCSU & Junior Robinson, MSM Nov. 20 ......................................................... Jalen Jordan, SFBK WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG • WWW.NECFRONTROW.COM • Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat & YouTube: @NECSports TOP STORYLINES FROM WEEK TWO OF #NECMBB Here’s all you need to know from the second week of the 2017-18 hoops season... Tuesday. Bute, who shot 72.2 percent on the week, leads the league with 2.0 bpg, and ranks seventh in rebounding (7.0) and fifth in field 8RMU’S STEEL CITY DOMINANCE OVER DUQUESNE CONTINUES goal percentage (.600). Same story, different year. 8WAGNER’S DAVIS STEPS UP GAME In the highly anticipated annual battle between Robert Morris and Duquesne for Steel A year ago, Wagner junior swingman Elijah Davis (Bronx, NY/Lincoln City supremacy, the results continued to be one sided with the Colonials winning for (Odessa College)) was a newcomer for the Green & White who had the seventh time in eight years with a 66-59 win at the Palumbo Center on Sunday. his moments, but played limited minutes on a team loaded with senior talent. RM held the Dukes to 37.0 percent shooting from the floor and induced 20 turnovers. Likewise, the Colonials racked up 12 steals, which has been the calling card of the Fast forward to this fall and Davis seems to be carving out a key role in program having led the NEC in the category in each of the last two years. Bashir Mason’s lineup. Junior forward Malik Petteway (Waterbury, CT/Sacred Heart (Northwest Florida On Saturday, Wagner fans saw a glimpse of his potential in the team’s State College)) posted his second double-double of the week with 13 points and 14 home opener. Davis established career-highs with 18 points and eight rebounds in a 26-minute stint off the bench to lead RMU. Sophomore guard Dachon rebounds and served as the spark in the Seahawks’ late-game rally that Burke (Orange, NJ/Orange) also recorded his second career double-double, finishing resulted in a 71-70 victory. with 11 points and 10 boards. Trailing by seven points with under three minutes to play, Davis scored 8NEC TURNAROUND seven points down the stretch, including a key three-point play with 29 seconds on the clock to pull Wagner to within one point. After the majority of NEC schools opened their year away from home against high major competition, conference teams rebounded nicely last week, posting a 9-3 record Davis, who has started all three games this season for the 2-1 from Friday to Sunday, including road wins over schools from the AAC (CCSU over Seahawks, ranks second on the team with 9.0 ppg and is the team- East Carolina) and A10 (RMU over Duquesne). In fact, nine of the 10 NEC schools are leader with 7.0 rpg. coming off a win heading into play this week. 8GRANT & ROBINSON SHINE VS. ELITE COMPETITION 8NEWCOMERS LEADING CCSU CHARGE In three games against major conference competition (Marquette, Believe it or not, being picked ninth in the NEC preseason poll has served as quite the Notre Dame and Georgetown) this season, Mount St. Mary’s senior launch point for those teams in each of the last two years.