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2009-10 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball 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 Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 13 • February 15, 2010) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Robert Morris* 13-1 .929 18-9 .667 W2 9-2 8-6 1-1 Tuesday, February 8 Longwood 83, FDU 81 2. Quinnipiac* 12-2 .857 18-7 .720 W4 11-0 6-7 1-0 #25 Pittsburgh 77, ROBERT MORRIS 53 3. Mount St. Mary's 8-6 .571 11-14 .440 W6 5-3 6-11 0-0 Long Island 8-6 .571 10-15 .400 L1 7-3 3-11 0-1 Thursday, February 11 ROBERT MORRIS 69, CCSU 60 Fairleigh Dickinson 8-6 .571 9-18 .333 L1 7-6 2-10 0-2 FDU 70, WAGNER 65 6. Monmouth 7-7 .500 11-15 .423 W1 8-5 3-8 0-2 LONG ISLAND 81, SACRED HEART 75 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 69, MONMOUTH 42 St. Francis (NY) 7-7 .500 10-15 .400 L2 5-6 5-9 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 77, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 65 Saint Francis (PA) 7-7 .500 9-16 .360 W2 7-5 2-11 0-0 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 60, BRYANT 34 9. Sacred Heart 6-8 .429 13-12 .520 W1 9-3 3-9 1-0 Saturday, February 13 Central Connecticut State 6-8 .429 9-16 .360 L2 6-4 2-11 1-1 ROBERT MORRIS 52, BRYANT 42 11. Wagner 2-12 .143 4-23 .148 L4 1-8 2-14 1-1 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 59, CCSU 57 12. Bryant 0-14 .000 0-26 .000 L26 0-9 0-15 0-2 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 77, FDU 67 QUINNIPIAC 80, LONG ISLAND 72 * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament MONMOUTH 76, WAGNER 67 SACRED HEART 62, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 50 Home Team Underlined Choice Hotels NEC Co-Players of the Week Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Kelly Beidler, Mount St. Mary’s NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Sr., F, 6-5, 205 lbs., Virginia Beach, VA/Tallwood Nov. 16 Corey Hassan, SHU Nov. 16 Will Felder, SFPA Beidler helped Mount St. Mary's extend its win streak to six games and move into a third place tie in the NEC standings by averaging Nov. 23 Jeremy Goode, MSM Nov. 23 Kenny Onyechi, LIU 15.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a pair of road victories last week. He shot 56.3 percent from the field and made 4- Justin Rutty, QU 9 shots from three-point range. Beidler finished with nine points, tied a season-high with 14 rebounds and blocked three shots Nov. 30 Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Nov. 30 Ed Waite, MU in a 69-42 win at Monmouth on Thursday. He went on to match a career-high with 22 points to go along with six rebounds, two Dec. 7 Devin Sweetney, SFPA Dec. 7 Jamal Olasewere, LIU assists, two steals and two blocks in the Mount's 77-67 triumph at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. Beidler, a Virginia Beach, VA Dec. 14 Corey Hassan, SHU Dec. 14 Karon Abraham, RMU Travis Taylor, MU native, is averaging 10.4 ppg on the year and ranks fifth in the NEC in rebounding (7.4 rpg) and blocked shots (1.4 bpg). Dec. 21 Jaytornah Wisseh, LIU Dec. 21 Umar Shannon, SFPA James Johnson, Quinnipiac Jan. 4 Liam Potter, SHU Jan. 4 Karon Abraham, RMU So., G, 6-0, 183 lbs., Queens, NY/Bishop Loughlin Jan. 11 Sean Baptiste, FDU Jan. 11 Kenny Onyechi, LIU Johnson helped Quinnipiac clinch its fifth straight NEC Tournament berth, averaging 20.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals in a 2- Jan. 18 James Feldeine, QU Jan. 18 Karon Abraham, RMU Travis Taylor, MU 0 week. The Bobcats have now won 12 of their last 13 games and are guaranteed a quarterfinal home game in the league tourney. Jan. 25 Corey Hassan, SHU Jan. 25 Russell Johnson, RMU Johnson began his week with 17 points, three assists and three steals in a 77-65 win over St. Francis (NY) on Thursday. He followed Feb. 1 Devin Sweetney, SFPA Feb. 1 Velton Jones, RMU with a career-high 23 point effort as the Bobcats posted an 80-72 victory over Long Island two days later. He nailed three three- Feb. 8 Sean Baptiste, FDU Feb. 8 Karon Abraham, RMU pointers and added three assists in the victory over the Blackbirds. The Queens, NY product has started the first 56 games of his James Feldeine, QU Quinnipiac career, the second longest streak in the program's Division I history. One of three Bobcat players averaging in double Feb. 15 Kelly Beidler, MSM Feb. 15 Will Felder, SFPA digits (11.6 ppg), Johnson leads the team and ranks ninth on the circuit with 3.2 apg. He also ranks third in the NEC in free throw James Johnson, QU percentage, converting at an 82.8 percent clip. Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Will Felder, Saint Francis (PA) Fr., F, 6-6, 200 lbs., Cleveland, OH/Lutheran East In collecting his second Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award, Felder averaged 12.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and shot 52.9 2010 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament percent from the floor to help spark Saint Francis (PA) to a pair of road wins last week. The victories snapped the Red Flash's 23- game road losing streak and 17-game NEC road losing streak. Felder finished with 10 points and eight boards in a 60-34 win at All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be Bryant on Thursday. Two days later, the Cleveland, OH product drilled two three-pointers in the final minute - including the game- reseeded after quarterfinals. winner with 46 seconds left on the clock - then grabbed a key defensive rebound with 18 seconds remaining to send the Red Flash Thursday, March 4 Sunday, March 7 Wednesday, March 10 to a 59-57 win at Central Connecticut State. He finished the contest with 15 points (6-10 FG) and seven rebounds as Saint Francis Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship evened its NEC record at 7-7. Felder ranks third on the Red Flash with 8.6 ppg and is the team's second-leading rebounder at 4.9 rpg. Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) 2:00 pm (MSG, FCS) This Week’s Schedule Thursday, February 18 Saturday, February 20 NEC Website BRYANT at WAGNER 7:00 pm BRYANT at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit CCSU at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm CCSU at WAGNER 7:00 pm FDU at LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm FDU at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org MONMOUTH at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm MONMOUTH at LONG ISLAND 4:30 pm QUINNIPIAC at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:30 pm QUINNIPIAC at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm Standings and statistics are updated daily. SACRED HEART at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:00 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 (0-26, 0-14 NEC) (9-16, 6-8 NEC) (9-18, 8-6 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.