Men’s Basketball Coaches Association Report #10- 02.24.03

COACHES’ POLL:

RANK TEAM (First place votes) PTS Record Last Poll 1 Saint Joseph's College (10) 63 20-4 1 2 Husson 50 20-5 2 3 Bates (1) 37 16-9 3 4 Bowdoin 29 10-14 4 5 Maritime 9 13-10 5

Player of the Week: Randy Fletcher, Sr., C, Husson, Danny Ginn, Sr., G, Bowdoin and Gary Dussard, So., G, Machias

Randy Fletcher (Husson) led the Monks to victories over Machias, Fisher, and Lyndon State. He collected a double double against Lyndon, dropping 22 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. He scored 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds against Fisher, and added 15 points and 8 rebounds against Machias. Randy averaged 18.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, while shooting over 59 percent (22-of-37) from the floor over the three games.

Danny Ginn(Bowdoin) scored 23 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the three-point arc in a first round NESCAC loss to nationally-ranked Amherst. He also grabbed five rebounds.

Gary Dussard (Machias) Gary averaged19.3 points on 23-0f-45 shooting from the field and hit 12-of-13 foul shots over the three games. He also averaged 6.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 3.3 steals.

Other Notables:

C.J. Neely (Bates) Scored a team-high 23 points in a loss at #6 Williams.

Jason Levecque (Southern Maine) in one games last week, Jason scored 34 points and pulled down 6 rebounds. He had two assists, two blocks, and three steals. Jason shot 13-of-24 from the floor, including 5- of-13 from the three-point line.

Rookies of the Week: Matt McManus, Fr., G, University of New England and James Godley, Fr., G, Thomas

Matt McManus (UNE) averaged 13.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in three games for the Nor’easters. His week was highlighted by a 20-point performance versus Endicott.

James Godley (Thomas) averaged 16 points per game for the Terriers. He was 11-for-15 from the foul line and averaged 2.o steals for the week.

Other Notables:

Phil White (Husson) averaged 11.6 points, seven rebounds, and 1.6 assists over a three game span. He was 13-of-20 from the field, good for 65 percent.

Travis Magnusson (Farmington) averaged 15 points and 8.7 assists per game for the Beavers over three games. Individual Scoring Individual Blocked Shots Rank Name Team GP PTS PPG Rank Name Team GP BLK BPG 1 Jason Levecque USM 22 517 23.50 1 Bradley Kline UMPI 17 45 2.65 2 Jed Johnson Maritime 22 466 21.18 2 Matt Clement Maritime 21 52 2.48 3 Matt Clement Maritime 21 443 21.10 3 Luke Nielsen UMF 16 32 2.00 4 Nayten Gaye UNE 16 310 19.38 4 Kyle Petrie Bowdoin 24 32 1.33 5 C.J. Neely Bates 25 442 17.68 5 Jed Johnson Maritime 22 24 1.09 6 Jimmy Cardaci Thomas 20 347 17.35 6 Joe Footer Machias 25 25 1.00 7 Randy Fletcher Husson 25 424 16.96 7 Mike Hardy UNE 24 23 0.96 8 Bilal Dawan-Abdullah SJC 24 407 16.96 8 Bartas Samaitis UMFK 25 23 0.92 9 C.J. Vose SJC 24 400 16.67 9 Mark Yakavonis Bowdoin 24 21 0.88 10 Travis Magnusson UMF 24 392 16.33 10 Elliot Linsley Bates 25 21 0.84 11 Mike Francoeur USM 21 342 16.29 12 Danny Ginn Bowdoin 24 370 15.42 Individual Field Goal Percentage (min 3 made/game) 13 Gary Dussard UMM 25 372 14.88 Rank Name Team GP M A FG PCT 14 Kyle Petrie Bowdoin 24 355 14.79 1 Phil Munro Machias 24 125 173 0.723 15 Andrew Clavette UMFK 26 378 14.54 2 Wayne Clarke Machais 24 74 121 0.612 3 Randy Fletcher Husson 25 168 281 0.598 Individual Rebounding 4 Vlad Khazanovich UMFK 25 92 156 0.590 Rank Name Team GP RBS RPG 5 James Malley UMF 24 101 179 0.564 1 Jed Johnson Maritime 22 356 16.18 6 Matt Clement Maritime 21 179 322 0.556 2 Matt Clement Maritime 21 213 10.14 7 Kyle Petrie Bowdoin 24 147 272 0.540 3 Vjeko Jadric UMPI 21 198 9.43 8 Brandon Stewart SJC 20 76 142 0.535 4 C.J. Vose SJC 24 226 9.42 9 Mike Francoeur USM 23 135 255 0.529 5 Luke Nielsen UMF 13 121 9.31 10 Jed Johnson Maritime 22 191 369 0.518 6 Randy Fletcher Husson 25 225 9.00 7 Mark Yakavonis Bowdoin 24 201 8.38 Individual Three-Point Percentage (min 1.5/game) 8 Kyle Petrie Bowdoin 24 195 8.13 Rank Name Team GP M A FG PCT 9 Jimmy Cardaci Thomas 18 146 8.11 1 Dwayne Ailey Husson 24 41 86 0.477 10 Kevin Crosman Colby 21 166 7.90 2 Brian Gerrity Bates 25 59 133 0.444 3 Danny Ginn Bowdoin 24 66 151 0.437 Individual Assists 4 Jon Furbush Bates 21 31 71 0.437 Rank Name Team GP A APG 5 Patrick McGowan Colby 21 38 90 0.422 1 Travis Magnusson UMF 24 156 6.50 6 Nate Cyr Husson 16 32 78 0.410 2 Jon Newland Maritime 21 120 5.71 7 Matt McManus UNE 25 63 157 0.401 3 Justin Underwood SJC 23 123 5.35 8 Andrew Clavette UMFK 26 79 201 0.393 4 Al Whittaker Machias 21 100 4.76 9 Jason Levecque USM 22 45 116 0.388 5 Kyle Petrie Bowdoin 24 110 4.58 10 Mike Francoeur USM 23 40 105 0.381 6 Brian Gerrity Bates 25 98 3.92 7 Adam LeClair Maritime 22 80 3.64 Individual Free Throw Percentage (min 1.5/game) 8 Dan Emerson UMPI 22 77 3.50 Rank Name Team GP M A FT PCT 9 Angelo Salvaggio Bates 25 85 3.40 1 Dwayne Ailey Husson 24 56 70 0.800 10 Mike Francoeur USM 23 70 3.04 2 Danny Ginn Bowdoin 13 24 30 0.800 3 Angelo Salvaggio Bates 25 80 100 0.800 Individual Steals 4 Jason Levecque USM 22 102 129 0.791 Rank Name Team GP S SPG 5 Ryan Rivera Husson 25 83 106 0.783 1 Justin Underwood SJC 23 50 2.17 6 Stafford Bente UMFK 26 54 69 0.783 2 Chujor Chujor Machias 25 51 2.04 7 C.J. Neely Bates 25 90 115 0.783 3 Dan Emerson UMPI 22 44 2.00 8 Patrick McGowan Colby 21 49 64 0.766 4 Dan Grappi Thomas 24 48 2.00 9 Brian Gerrity Bates 25 55 72 0.764 5 Braden Clament Bowdoin 24 39 1.63 10 Bobby Thompson UMFK 18 36 48 0.750 6 C.J. Vose SJC 23 35 1.52 7 Kevin Crosman Colby 21 29 1.38 8 Brian Gerrity Bates 25 30 1.20 9 C.J. Neely Bates 25 29 1.16 10 Angelo Salvaggio Bates 25 28 1.12 Winning Percentage Team Field Goal Percentage Rank Team GP W L PCT Rank Team GP M A FG % 1 Saint Joseph's College 24 20 4 0.833 1 Saint Joseph's College 24 706 1546 45.67% 2 Husson College 24 20 5 0.833 2 Maine- Fort Kent 26 825 1809 45.61% 3 25 16 9 0.640 3 Maine Maritime 22 586 1307 44.84% 4 Maine- Fort Kent 26 16 10 0.615 4 Maine- Machias 26 747 1670 44.73% 5 Maine Maritime 22 13 9 0.591 5 Husson College 25 741 1675 44.24% 6 Maine- Farmington 24 12 12 0.500 6 24 685 1549 44.22% 7 Maine- Machias 26 12 14 0.462 7 University Southern Maine 24 643 1488 43.21% 8 Bowdoin College 24 10 14 0.417 8 Maine- Presque Isle 22 612 1424 42.98% 9 University New England 25 9 16 0.360 9 Bates College 25 703 1653 42.53% 10 Maine- Presque Isle 22 7 15 0.318 10 Maine- Farmington 24 629 1523 41.30% 11 22 6 16 0.273 11 Colby College 22 552 1340 41.19% 12 Thomas College 24 6 18 0.250 12 University New England 25 677 1730 39.13% 13 University Southern Maine 24 4 20 0.167 13 Thomas College 24 464 1243 37.33%

Team Scoring Offense Team 3PT Percentage Rank Team GP PTS AVG Rank Team GP M A 3PT % 1 Maine- Fort Kent 26 2224 85.54 1 Bates College 24 181 465 38.92% 2 Husson College 25 2080 83.20 2 University New England 25 257 692 37.14% 3 Bates College 25 1967 78.68 3 Bowdoin College 23 174 469 37.10% 4 Saint Joseph's College 24 1883 78.46 4 University Southern Maine 24 251 687 36.54% 5 University New England 25 1956 78.24 5 Maine- Fort Kent 26 188 532 35.34% 6 Maine- Machias 26 1999 76.88 6 Husson College 25 213 613 34.75% 7 University Southern Maine 24 1838 76.58 7 Saint Joseph's College 24 113 334 33.83% 8 Bowdoin College 24 1811 75.46 8 Maine- Machias 26 152 468 32.48% 8 Maine- Farmington 24 1791 74.63 8 Maine- Farmington 24 148 468 31.62% 9 Maine- Presque Isle 22 1630 74.09 9 Colby College 22 124 402 30.85% 10 Maine Maritime 22 1572 71.45 10 Maine Maritime 22 116 381 30.45% 12 Thomas College 24 1698 70.75 12 Maine- Presque Isle 22 93 321 28.97% 13 Colby College 22 1431 65.05 13 Thomas College 24 151 549 27.50%

Team Scoring Defense Team Free Throw Percentage Rank Team GP PTS AVG GP Team Name GP M A FT % 1 Saint Joseph's College 24 1621 67.54 1 University Southern Maine 24 301 416 72.36% 2 Husson College 25 1700 68.00 2 Bates College 25 376 523 71.89% 3 Maine Maritime 22 1511 68.68 4 Bowdoin College 23 248 351 70.66% 4 Bates College 25 1840 73.60 3 University of New England 25 345 505 68.32% 5 Maine- Farmington 24 1772 73.83 5 Maine- Farmington 24 385 570 67.54% 6 Bowdoin College 24 1784 74.33 7 Husson College 25 385 572 67.31% 7 Colby College 22 1657 75.32 6 Saint Joseph's College 24 358 533 67.17% 8 Maine- Machias 26 2010 77.31 8 Maine- Fort Kent 26 386 582 66.32% 9 Maine- Fort Kent 26 2056 79.08 9 Colby College 22 203 308 65.91% 10 Maine- Presque Isle 22 1796 81.64 10 Maine Maritime 22 284 439 64.69% 11 Thomas College 24 2042 85.08 11 Maine- Presque Isle 22 313 484 64.67% 12 University Southern Maine 24 2091 87.13 12 Maine- Machias 26 353 571 61.82% 13 University New England 25 2204 88.16 13 Thomas College 24 321 556 57.73%

Team Scoring Margin Team Rebounding Margin Rank Team GP OFN DFN MAR GP Team Name GP OWN OPP Margin 1 Husson College 24 2080 1700 15.83 1 Saint Joseph's College 24 1063 828 9.79 2 Saint Joseph's College 24 1883 1621 10.92 2 Maine Maritime 22 979 817 7.36 3 Maine- Fort Kent 26 2224 2056 6.46 4 Husson College 25 1040 915 5.00 4 Bates College 25 1967 1840 5.08 3 Maine- Presque Isle 22 827 730 4.41 5 Maine Maritime 22 1572 1511 2.77 5 Bates College 25 1092 988 4.16 6 Bowdoin College 24 1811 1784 1.13 7 Bowdoin College 24 984 901 3.46 7 Maine- Farmington 24 1791 1772 0.79 6 Maine- Machias 26 991 911 3.08 8 Maine- Machias 26 1999 2010 -0.42 8 Colby College 22 820 866 -2.09 9 Maine- Presque Isle 22 1630 1796 -7.55 9 Maine- Farmington 24 879 932 -2.21 10 University New England 25 1956 2204 -9.92 10 Maine- Fort Kent 26 898 1040 -5.46 11 Colby College 22 1431 1657 -10.27 11 University of New England 25 960 1204 -9.76 12 University Southern Maine 24 1838 2091 -10.54 12 Thomas College 24 786 1106 -13.33 13 Thomas College 24 1698 2042 -14.33 13 University Southern Maine 22 717 1044 -14.86