2010-11 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 MBB Contacts: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner/Ben Shove, Director of Sports Services Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • Central 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 5 • December 13, 2010)

Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral

Monday, December 6 Friday, December 10 1. St. Francis (NY) 2-0 1.000 5-3 .625 W4 4-0 1-3 0-0 Lafayette 76, SACRED HEART 71 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 76, Canisius 58 Fairleigh Dickinson 2-0 1.000 3-5 .375 L2 2-2 1-3 0-0 Quinnipiac 1-0 1.000 7-2 .778 W3 5-2 1-0 1-0 Tuesday, December 7 Saturday, December 11 Dayton 63, CCSU 61 Columbia 76, Bryant 72 Wagner 1-0 1.000 4-5 .444 L2 1-1 3-4 0-0 Penn State 57, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 53 Albany 64, CCSU 63 5. Long Island 1-1 .500 6-3 .667 W1 3-2 3-1 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 84, Lehigh 78 Iona 87, FDU 66 Central Connecticut State 1-1 .500 4-5 .444 L4 1-0 2-5 1-0 W. Virginia 82, ROBERT MORRIS 49 LONG ISLAND 85, Lafayette 80 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 68, Colgate 57 MONMOUTH 78, Hartford 74 (2 OT) Robert Morris 1-1 .500 4-5 .444 W1 3-0 1-5 0-0 Columbia 77, WAGNER 71 Loyola (MD) 65, MT. ST. MARY’S 42 Mount St. Mary's 1-1 .500 3-7 .300 L3 2-1 1-6 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 73, 66 9. Monmouth 0-1 .000 4-5 .444 W1 2-2 0-3 2-0 Wednesday, December 8 ROBERT MORRIS 90, Youngstown St. 60 Yale 75, BRYANT 53 SACRED HEART 75, Stony Brook 66 Bryant 0-1 .000 1-8 .111 L6 0-3 0-4 1-1 #6 Connecticut 78, FDU 54 Saint Peter’s 51, WAGNER 50 Sacred Heart 0-2 .000 3-7 .300 W2 2-2 1-4 0-1 Iona 88, LONG ISLAND 82 Princeton 64, MONMOUTH 61 Saint Francis (PA) 0-2 .000 2-6 .250 L4 2-0 0-6 0-0 SACRED HEART 56, Hartford 55 Home Team Underlined Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament

This Week’s Schedule Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Player of the Week

Monday, December 13 Saturday, December 18 Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac LONG ISLAND at Northwestern 7:00 pm FDU at Saint Peter’s 2:00 pm Sr., F, 6-7, 240 lbs., Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Lehigh 7:00 pm Rutgers at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Rutty takes home his second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week honor this season and the fifth of his career for his stellar play MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Albany 7:00 pm in a pair of wins last week. The 2009-10 NEC Player of the Year averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting Tuesday, December 14 ROB. MORRIS at Appalachian St. 7:00 pm FDU at Rutgers 7:30 pm Drexel at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 1:00 pm 52.0 percent from the floor. He was also a perfect 14-14 from the line as Quinnipiac improved to 7-2 on the year. Rutty began the Dartmouth at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm week with his league-leading fifth double-double and 35th of his career with 27 points and 11 rebounds in an 84-78 win over Sunday, December 19 defending champion Lehigh on Tuesday. He added two blocks and a steal while shooting a perfect 11-11 from the free- Wednesday, December 15 BRYANT at Boston College 3:00 pm throw line. A career 50.6 percent shooter from the stripe, Rutty had entered play last week shooting just 35.5 percent (11-31) from MONMOUTH at Rider 7:00 pm Niagara at CCSU 3:30 pm the line on the year. The Newburgh, NY product went to record 13 points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocks in Saturday’s 73- SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Ohio 7:00 pm Army at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm SACRED HEART at Yale 2:00 pm 66 victory over Rhode Island, which marked the program’s first-ever win against an Atlantic 10 team. By week’s end, Rutty had lifted Friday, December 17 his career numbers to 1,305 points and 888 rebounds. He is now 15th on the Quinnipiac career scoring list and fifth on the Princeton at WAGNER 7:00 pm programs’s Division I list, just 15 behind former teammate James Feldeine. Rutty’s rebound total ranks first in Quinnipiac’s Division I history, fifth in program history and 10th on the NEC career chart.

Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week NEC Players of the Week NEC Rookies of the Week Dominique Langston, Quinnipiac Nov. 15 Justin Rutty, QU Nov. 15 Alex Francis, BU Fr., G, 6-3, 215 lbs., Bridgeport, CT/Kolbe Cathedral (St. Thomas More) Latif Rivers, WC Langston came off the bench to help spark Quinnipiac to a pair of key non-conference wins last week. He averaged 7.5 points, 10.5 Nov. 22 Ken Horton, CCSU Nov. 22 Alex Francis, BU rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.0 blocks as the Bobcats extended their win streak to three. Though Langston struggled from the field Julian Norfleet, MSM and scored just three points in an 84-78 triumph over Lehigh on Tuesday, he provided a huge lift with 14 rebounds, five assists and Nov. 29 Jerrell Thompson, SHU Nov. 29 Ike Azotam, QU a pair of blocks in just 22 minutes of action. The 14 rebounds were a personal-best and the most by a Quinnipiac player this season. Latif Rivers, WC Four days later, he scored 12 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out six assists in a 26-minute stint as the Bobcats downed Dec. 6 Akeem Bennett, SFNY Dec. 6 Latif Rivers, WC Kamil Svrdlik, FDU a highly regarded Rhode Island team that reached the Postseason NIT Final Four last season. In Quinnipiac’s decisive 12-0 second- Dec. 13 Justin Rutty, QU Dec. 13 Dominique Langston, QU half run against the Rams, Langston scored or assisted on nine of the 12 points (five points, two assists). On the season, Langston is averaging 7.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 2.7 apg in a key reserve role for the surging Bobcats.

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Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson (1-8, 0-1 NEC) (4-5, 1-1 NEC) (3-5, 2-0 NEC)

at World Vision Basketball Classic Connecticut 6 Classic at Moehegan Sun Arena N 18 Stony Brook L 59-66 N 12 at Cleveland State L 57-71 N 13 vs. Hartford W 64-62 N 20 Albany L 46-72 N 13 vs. Kent State L 49-90 N 15 at Army W 101-87 N 27 at North Carolina State L 67-77 N 14 vs. Iona W 74-72 N 20 at UMBC W 82-74 N 29 at Longwood W 83-78 N 20 Army L 66-76 N 22 at Penn State L 61-77 D 2 BRYANT W 78-68 N 27 MONMOUTH W 54-50 (OT) D 4 CCSU W 48-46 N 24 Harvard L 66-69 N 29 at Providence L 57-92 N 28 at Lehigh L 68-88 D 8 at #6 Connecticut L 54-78 D 4 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 46-48 D 11 at Iona L 66-87 D 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 68-78 D 7 at Dayton L 61-63 D 14 at Rutgers 7:30 pm D 8 Yale L 53-75 D 11 at Albany L 63-64 D 18 at Saint Peter’s 2:00 pm D 11 at Columbia L 72-76 D 19 Niagara 3:30 pm J 2 Lafayette 4:00 pm D 19 at Boston College 3:00 pm D 22 New Hampshire 7:00 pm J 6 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm D 23 at Michigan 7:00 pm D 29 Brown 7:00 pm J 8 QUINNIPAIC 4:00 pm D 28 Oberlin 7:00 pm J 3 Massachusetts 7:00 pm J 13 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm D 31 at Brown 12:05 pm J 6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 15 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 3 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 8 LONG ISLAND 3:30 pm J 17 Houston Baptist 7:00 pm J 13 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 6 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 20 at BRYANT 7:00 pm J 15 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm J 22 at CCSU 3:30 pm J 8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm J 20 at MONMOUTH 7:45 pm J 13 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 27 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 22 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3:30 pm J 29 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 15 at SACRED HEART 3:30 pm J 27 MOUNT ST. MARY'S 7:00 pm F 1 NJIT 7:00 pm J 20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 29 WAGNER 3:30 pm J 22 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm F 3 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 3 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 27 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 5 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 9 BRYANT 7:00 pm F 9 at MONMOUTH 7:45 pm J 29 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:00 pm F 12 MONMOUTH 2:00 pm F 3 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 12 at BRYANT 4:00 pm F 17 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 17 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 5 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 19 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 9 at CCSU 7:00 pm F 19 QUINNIPIAC 3:30 pm F 24 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 24 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 12 CCSU 4:00 pm F 26 at LONG ISLAND 2:00 pm F 26 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm F 17 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) F 19 SACRED HEART 2:00 pm M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals F 24 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals F 26 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm M 9 Championship M 9 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

Long Island Monmouth Mount St. Mary’s (6-3, 1-1 NEC) (4-5, 0-1 NEC) (3-7, 1-1 NEC)

N 12 Norfolk State W 87-64 N 16 Stony Brook (ESPN Hoops Marathon) L 49-51 at Global Sports Main Event Tournament N 16 at Texas State W 91-67 N 19 Lehigh W 69-68 N 13 at Dayton L 52-67 N 20 at Manhattan W 91-80 N 27 at CCSU L 50-54 (OT) N 15 at Cincinnati L 59-69 N 23 at Fordham W 82-70 N 29 at Davidson L 53-69 N 20 Savannah State W 68-62 (OT) N 27 at Saint Peter’s L 62-65 Basketball Travelers Invitational N 22 at Niagara L 63-65 D 2 ROBERT MORRIS L 69-70 D 3 at Eastern Michigan W 64-63 at Global Sports Main Event Tournament D 4 vs. Idaho L 66-69 N 27 Florida A&M W 70-61 D 4 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 81-67 N 29 Navy L 68-81 D 8 Iona L 82-88 D 5 vs. North Dakota W 57-52 D 8 Princeton L 61-64 D 2 at SACRED HEART W 66-52 D 11 Lafayette W 85-80 D 4 at QUINNIPIAC L 75-77 D 13 at Northwestern 7:00 pm D 11 Hartford W 78-74 (2 OT) D 7 at Penn State L 53-57 D 19 Army 4:00 pm D 15 at Rider 7:00 pm D 11 at Loyola (MD) L 42-65 D 18 Rutgers 7:00 pm D 28 at NJIT 7:00 pm D 18 at Albany 7:00 pm D 22 Villanova 7:00 pm D 20 American 7:00 pm D 30 at Navy 7:00 pm D 29 at Harvard 7:00 pm J 6 at BRYANT 7:00 pm D 23 at Northwestern 2:00 pm J 3 BRYANT 7:00 pm D 29 at Vermont 7:00 pm J 8 at CCSU 3:30 pm J 6 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 2 at Virginia Tech 2:00 pm J 13 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 8 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 6 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 15 WAGNER 4:30 pm J 13 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 8 ROBERT MORRIS 1:00 pm J 20 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 15 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 13 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 22 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 20 CCSU 7:45 pm J 15 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm J 27 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 22 at BRYANT 4:00 pm J 20 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 29 at MONMOUTH 2:00 pm J 27 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:45 pm J 22 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 3 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 29 LONG ISLAND 2:00 pm J 27 at CCSU 7:00 pm F 5 QUINNIPIAC 4:30 pm F 3 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 29 at BRYANT 4:00 pm F 3 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 9 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 5 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 9 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:45 pm F 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 12 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 12:00 pm F 9 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 17 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 12 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2:00 pm F 17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:45 pm F 12 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 19 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 17 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 19 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 19 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 24 BRYANT 7:00 pm F 24 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 26 CCSU 2:00 pm F 24 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 26 at SACRED HEART 3:30 pm F 26 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 3 Quarterfinals NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 9 Championship M 9 Championship M 9 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS 2010-11 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Quinnipiac Robert Morris Sacred Heart (7-2, 1-0 NEC) (4-5, 1-1 NEC) (3-7, 0-2 NEC) Connecticut 6 Classic at Mohegan Sun Arena N 13 Saint Peter’s W 55-30 Connecticut 6 Classic at Harbor Yard N 13 vs. Yale W 84-75 N 16 at Kent State (ESPN Hoops Marathon) L 59-62 N 13 vs. Fairfield L 45-62 N 16 Hartford W 66-64 N 19 Duquesne W 69-63 N 15 at Fordham L 51-69 N 20 Vermont L 75-79 N 23 at #5 L 53-74 N 17 at Massachusetts L 65-73 N 23 at Dartmouth W 69-52 N 29 at Cleveland State L 53-58 N 20 at Brown L 67-81 N 29 Maine W 75-67 D 2 at LONG ISLAND W 70-69 N 23 New Hampshire W 50-42 D 1 Massachusetts L 64-66 D 4 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 63-65 D 2 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 52-66 D 4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 77-75 D 7 at West Virginia L 49-82 D 4 WAGNER L 68-73 (OT) D 7 Lehigh W 84-78 D 11 Youngstown State W 90-60 D 6 at Lafayette L 71-76 D 11 Rhode Island W 73-66 D 18 at Appalachian State 7:00 pm D 8 Hartford W 56-55 D 22 at Niagara 7:00 pm D 22 at Arizona 8:30 pm D 11 at Stony Brook W 75-66 D 29 at Boston University 7:00 pm D 30 at Morgan State 7:00 pm D 19 at Yale 2:00 pm J 3 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 2 at Ohio 2:00 pm D 21 at Providence 7:00 pm J 2 Holy Cross 2:00 pm J 6 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 6 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 8 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm J 6 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 8 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 1:00 pm J 8 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 13 BRYANT 7:00 pm J 13 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 15 CCSU 4:00 pm J 13 CCSU 7:00 pm J 15 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 15 BRYANT 3:30 pm J 17 at Brown 1:00 pm J 20 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 20 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 20 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 22 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 22 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 22 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 27 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 27 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 27 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 29 at SACRED HEART 2:00 pm J 29 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 2:00 pm J 29 ROBERT MORRIS 3:30 pm F 3 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 3 BRYANT 7:00 pm F 3 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 5 at LONG ISLAND 4:30 pm F 5 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 7:00 pm F 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:30 pm F 9 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm F 9 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 9 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 14 at SACRED HEART 7:30 pm F 12 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 8:30 pm F 14 QUINNIPIAC 7:30 pm F 17 at BRYANT 7:00 pm F 17 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 17 at CCSU 7:00 pm F 19 at CCSU 3:30 pm F 19 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 19 at BRYANT 2:00 pm F 24 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 24 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm F 26 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 26 MONMOUTH 3:30 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 9 Championship M 9 Championship M 9 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS

St. Francis (NY) Saint Francis (PA) Wagner (5-3, 2-0 NEC) (2-6, 0-2 NEC) (4-5, 1-0 NEC)

N 12 at Boston College L 49-79 N 12 at American L 52-62 N 12 Lafayette W 63-58 N 15 at South Florida L 71-74 N 15 Colgate W 69-66 N 15 at Lehigh L 57-73 N 21 Howard W 70-52 N 17 at Lafayette L 68-72 N 21 at Stony Brook W 58-54 N 24 at Brown L 63-67 N 20 Bucknell W 68-67 N 26 at Hofstra L 63-67 D 2 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 57-44 N 24 at Hartford L 55-60 N 29 at Bucknell W 77-73 D 4 ROBERT MORRIS W 65-63 N 27 at Youngstown State L 63-91 D 1 at St. John’s L 61-69 D 7 Colgate W 68-57 D 2 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 44-57 D 4 at SACRED HEART W 73-68 (OT) D 10 at Canisius W 76-58 D 4 at LONG ISLAND L 67-81 D 7 at Columbia L 71-77 D 14 Dartmouth 7:00 pm D 13 at Lehigh 7:00 pm D 11 Saint Peter’s L 50-51 MSG Holiday Festival D 15 at Ohio 7:00 pm D 17 Princeton 7:00 pm D 20 vs. Northwestern 7:00 pm D 18 Drexel 1:00 pm D 21 at Texas A&M 7:00 pm D 21 vs. Davidson/St. John’s 7/9:30 pm D 23 at Cincinnati 7:00 pm D 30 Albany 7:00 pm D 30 NJIT 7:00 pm J 2 at North Carolina 3:30 pm J 3 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 3 at Hartford 7:00 pm J 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 6 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 6 at CCSU 7:00 pm J 8 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 8 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 8 at BRYANT 4:00 pm J 13 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 13 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 13 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 15 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 15 at LONG ISLAND 4:30 pm J 15 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:30 pm J 20 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 20 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 20 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 22 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 22 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 22 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 27 at BRYANT 7:00 pm J 27 at MONMOUTH 7:45 pm J 27 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 29 at QUINNIPIAC 3:30 pm J 29 at CCSU 3:30 pm J 29 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 3 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 3 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 3 CCSU 7:00 pm F 5 BRYANT 7:00 pm F 5 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 5 SACRED HEART 4:30 pm F 9 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 9 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 9 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm F 12 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 12 LONG ISLAND 12:00 pm F 12 ROBERT MORRIS 8:30 pm F 17 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 17 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 17 at MONMOUTH 7:45 pm F 19 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 12:00 pm F 19 at WAGNER 12:00 pm F 19 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 24 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 24 CCSU 7:00 pm F 24 WAGNER 7:00 pm F 26 BRYANT 4:30 pm F 26 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 26 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) NEC Tournament (all games at higher seed) M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals M 3 Quarterfinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 6 Semifinals M 9 Championship M 9 Championship M 9 Championship

NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Games in CAPS NEC Top Scoring Tandems NEC Men’s Basketball Notes: The NEC currently features nine teams with duos who combine to score at least 25.0 ppg. (through games of December 11) Topping the list is the St. Francis (NY) senior guard tandem of Ricky Cadell (, NY/The Patterson School (NC)) (17.4 ppg) and Akeem Bennett (Long Island, Bobcats Earn Quality Win Over URI NY/West Hempstead) (16.8 ppg). The duo rank third and fourth in the league, respec- Quinnipiac picked up perhaps the NEC’s best win of the season on tively, and combine for 34.2 ppg. Saturday with a 73-66 victory over visiting Rhode Island. The Rams, who reached the Postseason NIT Final Four last season, entered the School Player (NEC Rank) PPG Player (NEC Rank) PPG Com- game with a 6-3 mark and are ranked #45 in the RPI rankings. bined SFNY Ricky Cadell (3) 17.4 Akeem Bennett (4) 16.8 34.2 The Bobcats featured a balanced scoring attack led by senior forward Justin Rutty’s (Newburgh, NY/ QU James Johnson (2) 17.6 Justin Rutty (5) 16.3 33.9 Newburgh Free Academy) and senior guard Deontay Twyman (Olney, MD/Sherwood (Polk WC Tyler Murray (1) 17.8 Latif Rivers (9) 14.7 32.5 CC, Ball State)), who scored 13 points apiece. Freshman guard Dominique Langston (Bridgeport, FDU Mike Scott (6) 16.3 Kamil Svrdlik (10) 14.5 30.8 CT/Kolbe Cathedral (St. Thomas More)) had the game’s biggest bucket, skying high for an offensive BU Frankie Dobbs (8) 14.8 Cecil Gresham (14) 13.3 28.1 rebound and putback with 2:20 to play after the Rams had whittled an eight-point lead down to three. Twyman CCSU Ken Horton (11) 14.3 Shemik Thompson (17) 13.1 27.4 converted a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left to seal the affair. Rutty and Langston were named Choice SHU Jerrell Thompson (12) 13.7 Shane Gibson (16) 13.3 27.0 Hotels NEC Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. LIU Kyle Johnson (13) 13.6 (19) 12.4 26.0 SFPA Umar Shannon (7) 15.3 Mislav Jukic (28) 10.4 25.7 The win was the first win for the Bobcats over an Atlantic 10 opponent in its history. Quinnipiac had entered the contest 0-7 against A-10 foes, including a two-point loss at the buzzer to UMass on December 1. Other RMU’s Abraham Finds Rhythm NEC wins over the A-10 this season include Robert Morris’ 69-63 conquest of Duquesne (November 19) Robert Morris sophomore guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, NJ/Harp Academy), and Long Island’s 82-70 victory at Fordham (November 23). There were also a couple of near misses as the 2009-10 NEC Rookie of the Year and NEC Tournament MVP, had a breakout game on CCSU fell at Dayton, 63-61, last Tuesday, and Sacred Heart lost at UMass, 73-65, on November 17. Saturday in the Colonials’ 90-60 romp over Youngstown State. Abraham missed four games due to a suspension for violating team rules, then was held to just two points in his return at Terriers Barking Loud West Virginia last Tuesday, but exploded for a career-high 26 points versus YSU. The pre- Under first year head coach , St. Francis (NY) has won four straight games for the first time since season All-NEC selection hit a career-high eight three-pointers, including a pair of four-point the 2005-06 season. With a win over visiting Dartmouth on Tuesday, St. Francis will have its first five-game win plays. The eight three trifectas were an NEC single-game season high and the most since streak since claiming six in a row during the 2003-04 season. The Terriers, who are a perfect 4-0 at home, Sacred Heart’s Corey Hassan sank 10 against Wagner on January 30, 2010. have received a boost from sophomore forward Akeem Johnson (, NY/Susan S. McKin- ney). Over the last three games, Johnson has come off the bench to hit 18-24 (.750) shots from the field and QU’s Board Domination Continues averaged 14.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per outing. In Saturday’s 76-58 win at Canisius, he recorded a career- After finishing 20th in the nation in rebound margin in 2008-09 and second in 2009-10, highs 21 points and a season-best eight boards. The Terriers are 5-1 this season with Johnson in the lineup. Quinnipiac shows no signs in letting up on its stranglehold on the boards. The Bobcats have outrebounded each of their first nine opponents this season and rank seventh nationally in SHU’s Bike Approaching 500th Win rebound margin at an astounding +11.4 per game. Quinnipiac established a school Division Following a pair of victories last week, longtime Sacred Heart head coach Dave Bike is now just two wins away I record with 60 boards in its 84-78 triumph over Lehigh on Tuesday. In that contest, the from his milestone 500th victory. Bike enters play this week with a career mark of 498-450 in his 33 years Bobcats outrebounded the Mountain Hawks, 60-34. at the helm of Sacred heart program. His name appears in a number of spots in the NCAA recordbook, including second behind Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim (34) for most consecutive years at the same school among LIU Winning Possession Game active head coaches. Among current coaches, Bike also ranks seventh for most seasons coached (33), ninth After averaging 69.7 ppg a year ago, Long Island has emerged as the NEC’s highest scoring for most games coached (948) and 20th for victories (498). team this season with 81.1 ppg. One key to the surge is the Blackbirds’ improved shooting from the floor. LIU shot 40.0 percent in 2009-10, but lead the league in field goal accuracy Colonials’ Challenging Slate this season at 45.3 percent. It is a less heralded statistic - possessions per 40 minutes - that Two-time defending NEC champion Robert Morris may be off to a 4-5 start, but that record is certainly may indicate how LIU has generated so many scoring opportunities. The Blackbirds are deceiving when one considers the team’s schedule to date. The Colonials’ non-conference strength of sched- averaging 78.4 possessions per 40 minutes, nearly five more than Quinnipiac, which ranks ule is ranked ninth in the nation as RMU’s seven non-league opponents have combined to win 73.5 percent second in the league with 73.6. On a national basis, LIU is eighth in the category. The Black- of their games with a 50-18 record. RMU’s four out-of-conference setbacks have come to #3 Pittsburgh (10- birds are also 36th nationally in turnovers forced per game, which has boosted the number 1), West Virginia (7-2), Cleveland State (12-0, five-point loss) and Kent State (8-3, three-point loss). of possessions for the team.

NEC on TV Sacred Heart’s Comeback For The Ages There are a number of televised games featuring league teams over the next two weeks, including Long Island When Sacred Heart staged a 20-point comeback in a 56-55 win over Hartford last Wednesday, taking on Northwestern in a BigTenNetwork.com broadcast on Monday at 7:00 pm. it marked the largest second half deficit overcome for a win in the program’s Division I history. The Pioneers trailed the Hawks, 51-31, with 8:17 remaining in the game before staging the Dec. 13 Long Island at Northwestern 7:00 pm BigTenNetwork.com historic comeback behind the play of senior point guard Jerrell Thompson (Plain- Dec. 17 Princeton at Wagner 7:00 pm Time Warner Cable (local) field, NJ/Plainfield), who scored all 11 of his points in the second half to lead the rally. Dec. 20 St. Francis (NY) vs. Northwestern 7:00 pm MSG Trailing 55-52, Thompson hit a jumper with 38 seconds left and then stepped up and drilled Dec. 21 St. Francis (NY) vs. St. John’s/Davidson 7/9:30 pm MSG a straightaway three to pull the Pioneers even at 55-55 with 24 ticks left. The Hawks set up for Dec. 21 Wagner at Texas A&M 7:00 pm FSN-Southwest the last shot but Thompson had other ideas, stripping Clayton Brothers as he tried to get to Dec. 22 Robert Morris at Arizona 8:30 pm FSN-Arizona the hoop with just seconds left. He pushed the ball up court and hit junior forward Stan Dec. 23 Mount St. Mary’s at Northwestern 2:00 pm BigTenNetwork.com Dulaire (Bloomfield, CT/Watkinson School) with a perfect pass on the break lead- ing to Dulaire getting fouled and hitting the game-winning free throw with 0.2 seconds left on NEC Numbers By Class the clock. Now one month into the season, it seems like an opportune time to examine which players have emerged as the conference class leaders in the three major statistical categories thus far in 2010-11. Fans Out In Force At TD The crowd of 2,909 that filled the TD Bank Sports Center to see Quinnipiac defeat Rhode Scoring Rebounds Assists Island on Saturday was the largest in the NEC this year and the most to see a regular season Fresh Latif Rivers, WC (14.7 ppg) Alex Francis, BU (7.4 rpg) Anthony Myers, RMU (4.6 apg) game since 3,662 fans packed the MAC to watch Monmouth’s game against Seton Hall on Soph Umar Shannon, SFPA (15.3 ppg) Julian Boyd, LIU (8.4 rpg) Frankie Dobbs, BU (5.4 apg) November 15, 2009. It was also the second-biggest crown at TD behind the 3,607 that were Junior Tyler Murray, WC (17.8 ppg) Ken Horton, CCSU (7.9 rpg) James Johnson, QU (4.3 apg) on hand for the 2010 NEC title game between the host Bobcats and Robert Morris. Senior Ricky Cadell, SFNY (17.4 ppg) Justin Rutty, QU (10.0 ppg) Mike Scott, FDU (5.6 apg) Cox Provides Unexpected Lift For Hawks NEC Men’s Basketball Seldom used Monmouth junior forward Gary Cox (Houston , TX/Nimitz NCAA Statistics (Panola College)) broke out in a big way on Saturday, coming off the bench to score a career-best 23 points as the Hawks rallied from 17 down to beat Hartford, 78-74, in double overtime. The Hawks recorded the first 15 points of the game as NEC In NCAA Statistics Monmouth did not score until there was 7:35 to play in the first half. In fact, Mon- (Top-30 - thru games of 12/12) mouth did not hit its first field goal until senior swingman R.J. Rutledge (Bald- win, NY/Lawrence Woodmere Academy (Northfield Mount Herman)) Ind. Category Rank Player School Statistics converted a layup with 5:38 remaining in the opening stanza. Cox was the catalyst FG% 17th Kamil Svrdlik FDU .622 in MU’s comeback, hitting 8-10 shots from the field, including 5-7 from three-point FT% 3rd Latif Rivers Wagner .953 range. He hit a pair of free throws with six seconds to play in regulation to tie things 19th James Johnson Quinnipiac .909 up, drilled two three-pointers in the first overtime and hit a layup to start the second Rebounds 28th Justin Rutty Quinnipiac 10.0 rpg extra session. Cox had entered the game averaging just 1.2 ppg and had played just Assists 30th Mike Scott FDU 5.6 apg 26 minutes in six games. Steals 13th Akeem Bennett St. Francis (NY) 2.8 spg 28th Mike Scott FDU 2.4 spg LIU’s Boyd Back In The Groove Double-Doubles 20th Justin Rutty Quinnipiac 5 After sitting out last season with health issues, Long Island sophomore forward Julian Boyd (San Antonio, TX/William H. Taft) has more than regained Team Category Rank School Statistics the form that led him to NEC Rookie of the Year honors in 2008-09. Boyd compiled Scoring Offense 18th Long Island 81.1 ppg consecutive career-high scoring totals last week in averaging 21.5 ppg and 11.0 3PFG% Defense 20th Robert Morris .271 rpg. He also shot 58.3 percent from the field and 81.3 percent from the foul line. FT% 6th Wagner .787 The San Antonio, TX native collected his first double-double of the year and fifth of Rebound Margin 7th Quinnipiac +11.4 rpg his career with 23 points and 13 rebounds against Lafayette - both career-highs. He Assists 28th Quinnipiac 16.4 apg had opened the week with a then-career best 20 points versus Iona and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds. On the year, Boyd is averaging 12.4 Ind. Game Highs Rank Player School Statistics ppg and ranks second in the NEC with 8.4 rpg. 3PFG 2nd Karon Abraham Robert Morris 8 vs. Youngstown State (12/11/10) FT% 1st Latif Rivers Wagner 10-10 vs. Hofstra (11/26/10) QU’s Rutty Reverses Trend At The Line 1st Justin Rutty Quinnipiac 11-11 vs. Lehigh (12/7/10) One of the most remarkable stats of the year has to be Quinnipiac senior forward Justin Rutty’s (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) 14-14 perfor- Team Game Highs Rank School Statistics mance from the free throw line last week. Rutty, a career 50.6 percent shooter from FT% 12th Wagner 18-19 (.947) vs. Stony Brook (11/21/10) the stripe, had entered play last week shooting just 35.5 percent (11-31) from the line. He hit all 11 of his free throws as part of a 27-point, 11-rebound effort in an 84-78 win over Lehigh on Tuesday, then went 3-3 as the Bobcats stopped Rhode Island, 83-76, on Saturday. Blue Devil Heartbreakers Central Connecticut State has lost three games in a row by a total of just five points. The losses This Week’s Non-Conference Game To Watch have come at FDU (48-46), Dayton (63-61) and Albany (64-63). Monmouth will host its second Big East opponent since the opening of the MAC last season when Rutgers pays a visit on Saturday. The Hawks, who entertained Seton Hall in the second game ever played in the new arena, Did You Know? will also welcome Villanova on December 22nd. The game against the Scarlet Knights will generate additional Central Connecticut State played eight of its first nine games away from home, but now has to interest with the return of former Robert Morris head coach Mike Rice, who is now manning the sidelines for leave Connecticut just once before February 3. The Blue Devils will play six straight at Detrick Rutgers. Rice took the Colonials to back-to-back NEC crowns in 2009 and 2010 before accepting the Rutgers Gymnasium, then make the short trips to Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart. Next up is an outing position last spring. at Monmouth followed by three more home games. In total, CCSU plays 11 of its next 12 games in Connecticut. QU’s Rutty Now 10th On NEC Career Rebounding List Quinnipiac senior forward/center Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NJ/Newburgh Free Academy) remains Did You Know? 10th on the NEC career rebound chart with 888 career boards. He is now just six rebounds shy of passing Monmouth has had eight of its first nine games decided by five points or less, going 4-4 in Wagner’s Durell Vinson, who pulled down 893 caroms from 2003-08 to rank ninth on the list. those contests.

Rutty has a realistic chance of finishing his career as the top rebounder in league history, an honor that CCSU’s Horton Closing In On 1,000-Point Milestone currently belongs to CCSU’s Rob Robinson, who pulled down 1,022 caroms from 2000-04. With 1,265 With 958 career points, Central Connecticut State CCSU junior forward Ken Horton (Ossin- points, Rutty can also zero in on becoming the first player in league annals to finish his career with 1,500 points ing, NY/Ossining) could be the next NEC player to hit the 1,000-point milestone. There are and 1,000 rebounds. 166 players in the league’s 1,000-point club, four of whom are active. Quinnipiac senior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) is the active leader NEC Career Leaders - Rebounds with 1,305 points, followed closely behind by St. Francis (NY) senior guard Ricky Cadell 1. Ron Robinson CCSU 1,022 2000-04 (New York, NY/The Patterson School (NC)) with 1,297 points. Next on the list is Long 2. LIU 1,013 1982-85 Island senior guard Kyle Johnson (Ajax, Ontario/West Hill) (1,200) and CCSU 3. Obie Nwadike CCSU 980 2003-07 senior guard Shemik Thompson (Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen) (1,062), who 4. Eric Taylor SFPA 967 1994-98 joined the 1,000-point club on November 22. Bryant senior forward Cecil Gresham 5. CCSU 966 1998-02 (Bloomfield, CT/Maine Central Institute) has 1,120 career points, with 236 coming 6. Rahshon Turner FDU 927 1994-98 in BU’s tenure as a member of the NEC. 7. Ted Taylor MAR 923 1981-85 8. Greg Foster FDU 916 1982-84 Others on pace to reach 1,000 points include Mount St. Mary’s senior forward Shawn 9. Durell Vinson WC 893 2003-08 Atupem (Newport News, VA/Woodside) (892), Long Island senior guard David 10. Justin Rutty QU 888 2007-10 Hicks (Mendota Heights, MN/South Kent Prep (CT)) (868) and Quinnipiac junior 11. Alan Tomidy MAR 838 1991-96 guard James Johnson (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Loughlin) (861). CCSU junior guard 12. Freddie Burton LIU 836 1986-89 Robby Ptacek (Bayport, NY/Blue Point) (679), Monmouth junior guard Will Camp- 13. Nigel Wyatte WC 834 2000-04 bell (Willingboro, NJ/Paul VI) (675), FDU senior guard Terence Grier (Cran- Largest Agbejemisin WC 829 1983-87 ford, NJ/Cranford (URI)) (657), St. Francis (NY) junior forward Stefan Perunicic 15. MAR 811 1984-88 (Belgrade, Serbia/Dimitrije Tucovic) (621) and Wagner junior guard Chris Martin (Sicklerville, NJ/Winslow Township (Apex Academies)) (619) could also ap- proach 1,000 with big seasons. Quotes of the Week Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore, following Quinnipiac’s 73-66 win over Rhode Island on Saturday:

“We'd never beaten an Atlantic-10 school here at Quinnipiac, so anytime you can do that, it's obvi- ously a great accomplishment,” said Moore. “I thought Rhode Island played very well, especially in the second half. It was not a situation where they played poorly. I thought they played very well. I thought they played with purpose. I thought they made a lot of shots. They did a lot of things out there to put a nail in our heart a bunch of times. But we had a lot of resolve today on both ends of the court. Whenever we needed to make one extra play - a hustle play on defense or a big shot on offense - it seemed like we did. It's very rare that you can say you're happy with every kid that played in uniform for you, but I'm happy with every guy that played.”

Monmouth head coach , on junior forward Gary Cox, who after receiving limited minutes this season came off the bench to hit 8-10 shots from the floor and deliver a career-high 23 points in a 78-74 double overtime win over Hartford on Saturday:

“In games like that, in big comebacks, a lot of times I look at other teams and they have someone who went 7-for-9, 8-for-10,” Calloway said. “We have lots of guys that are capable of it. We talk about opportunities all of the time, and this young man took advantage of it today.”

Robert Morris sophomore point guard Velton Jones, after teammate Karon Abraham hit eight three-point- ers in a 90-60 win over Youngstown State on Saturday:

“I told him I'd never seen him be hesitant to shoot,” Jones said. “I told him he's a shooter, so shoot. It was a little stronger than that.”

NEC Signees Here is a list of announced 2011-12 men’s basketball signees from the early signing period. This list will be updated periodically.

Monmouth Mykel Harris F Lexington Park, MD/The Phelps School Andrew Nicholas G/F 6-6 Wrightsville, PA/Eastern York Austin Tillotson G 6-0 York, PA/Eastern York

Mount St. Mary’s Taylor Danaher C 6-10 200 Fredericksburg, VA/ Fredericksburg Christian School

Quinnipiac Ousmane Drame F 6-7 Boston, MA/New Mission (Marianapolis (CT) Prep) Zaid Hearst G 6-4 Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook (Salisbury (CT) School)

Sacred Heart Phil Gaetano G 5-11 Wallingford, CT/Sheehan

Saint Francis (PA) Ollie Jackson G 6-4 180 Dallas, TX/L.G. Pinkston

Wagner Marcus Burton G 6-0 Matthews, NC/David W. Butler Mario Moody F 6-7 Orange, NJ/East Orange Campus Bryant (1-8, 0-1 NEC) Last Week: Yale 75, Bryant 53; Columbia 76, Bryant 72 This Week: at Boston College (Sunday) The Bulldogs suffered a pair of setbacks last week, including a nailbiting 76-72 loss on the road at Columbia on Saturday. Bryant also suffered a 73-53 home defeat to Yale on Wednesday...Against Columbia, Bryant shot 59.3 percent in the second half and held Columbia to just 36.0 percent shooting to erase a 13-point halftime deficit. N28 at Lehigh L 68-88 The Bulldogs took their first and only lead of the game with one minute left to play, when senior swingman Cecil Gresham (Bloomfield, CT/MCI) dropped in his D2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 68-78 third trifecta of the day for a 68-67 edge...Gresham led the team on the week with 17.5 ppg, posting a team-high 16 points against Columbia and a game-best 19 points D8 Yale L 53-75 versus Yale...Sophomore Frankie Dobbs (Berea, OH/St. Edward (Ohio U.)) also had a big week for the Black and Gold, averaging 13.5 ppg (13 vs. Yale, 14 D11 at Columbia L 72-76 at Columbia) and 4.0 rpg, but the point guard's most impressive number came in the assists column as he dished out a career-high 10 against Columbia...Dobbs has D19 at Boston College 3:00 pm now scored in double figures in every game of the season (nine-straight)...Both Gresham and Dobbs shot better than 50 percent from the floor on the week, converting D23 at Michigan 7:00 pm 52.2 percent and 52.9 percent, respectively, while shooting 44.4 and 46.2 percent from long range...Dobbs is the league leader with 2.8 three-pointers per game. He D28 Oberlin 7:00 pm D31 at Brown 12:05 pm is also second in assists (5.5 apg), sixth in free throw percentage (.857), seventh in three-point percentage (.431) and eighth in scoring (14.8 ppg)...Freshman forward J3 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Alex Francis (Harlem, NY/Holderness Prep) averaged 10.5 ppg and a team-best 7.5 rpg. He netted a team-leading 16 points in 38 minutes against the Lions, and J6 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm also pulled in a game-high nine rebounds, blocked a shot and went 6-8 from the line...Francis leads all NEC freshman with 7.4 rpg and is second with 12.4 ppg. Overall, J8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm he ranks fifth in the NEC in rebounding...Freshman guard Matt Lee (Bloomfield, NJ/Westtown School) also had a career day against Columbia, scoring a J13 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm personal-best 11 points on 4-8 shooting with three trifectas...Gresham lifted his career total to 1,120 points. He is second on the team in both points per game (13.3) J15 at SACRED HEART 3:30 pm and rebounds per outing (4.8)...The Bulldogs travel to Boston College on Sunday. Central Connecticut State (4-5, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: Dayton 63, CCSU 61; Albany 64, CCSU 63 This Week: vs. Niagara (Sunday) The Blue Devils have now lost four straight games, but the last three have come by a total of five points. CCSU fell at Dayton, 63-61, last Tuesday, then lost at Albany, 64-63, on Saturday...Playing before more than 12,000 fans at Dayton, the Blue Devils had a chance to win in the final seconds but senior forward Markeys Deans (West Hempstead, NY/St. Dominic (Howard JC)) had his three-pointer rim out and senior guard Shemik Thompson’s (Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen) putback was off the mark...The Blue Devils trailed by as many as 18 points N27 MONMOUTH W 54-50 (OT) at Albany, and used a 24-4 second half run to take a three point lead late in the game. The Great Danes scored seven straight points, however, to retake the lead and come away with the N29 at Providence L 57-92 victory...The one point difference marked the fourth straight time the Blue Devils and Great Danes had a game decided by three or fewer points. Last season, CCSU won 70-68 in overtime D4 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 46-48 in New Britain. The previous year the Great Danes came out on top, 68-67, at the buzzer and in 2007-08 Albany won by a 63-60 final score in overtime. A total of seven points have decided D7 at Dayton L 61-63 the last four meetings, with the Great Danes winning three of those games...The loss to Albany ended a string of four straight road games for the Blue Devils, and eight of nine games away D11 at Albany L 63-64 from home to start the season. Beginning with Sunday’s game against Niagara, the Blue Devils will play six straight home games, before making short hops to Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart. D19 Niagara 3:30 pm D22 New Hampshire 7:00 pm Next up is a trip to Monmouth followed by three more home games. In total, CCSU plays 11 of its next 12 games in the state and leaves Connecticut just once before February 3...Junior guard D29 Brown 7:00 pm Robby Ptacek (Bayport, NY/Blue Point) matched his career-high on Saturday with 26 points - including 18 in the second half - against Albany. He hit 9-17 from the field (7-11 after J3 Massachusetts 7:00 pm halftime), 3-5 from three-point range and 5-6 from the line...Junior forward Ken Horton (Ossining, NY/Ossining) added 15 points and nine rebounds versus the Great Danes...The J6 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm crowd in Dayton game was the largest the Blue Devils have played in front of since taking on Ohio State in the 2007 NCAA Tournament...Deans finished with a career-high with 22 points J8 LONG ISLAND 3:30 pm and grabbed eight rebounds against the Flyers. He hit 10-14 from the floor, including 6-7 after intermission, and sank a pair of three-pointers in the loss...CCSU had 18 assists on 25 baskets J13 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm versus Dayton, the team’s highest percentage of the season. The Blue Devils also turned the ball over just 11 times in the contest...Horton needs 42 points to reach 1,000 for his career...Horton J15 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm leads the Blue Devils with 14.3 ppg and 7.9 rpg. He ranks fourth in the NEC in rebounding...Thompson is averaging 13.1 ppg and Ptacek has lifted his average to 12.6 ppg...Thompson is seventh on the loop with 3.8 apg. Fairleigh Dickinson (3-5, 2-0 NEC) Last Week: #6 UConn 78, FDU 54; Iona 87, FDU 66 This Week: at Rutgers (Tuesday); at Saint Peter’s (Saturday) Fairleigh Dickinson dropped a pair of non-conference road contests last week, falling to #6 Connecticut on Wednesday, 78-54, before losing Saturday at Iona, 87-66...The Knights played both games without the services of starting senior guard Terence Grier (Cranford, NJ/Cranford)...Senior forward Kamil Svrdlik (Prerov, Czech Republic/Tomas Beta) scored at least 20 points for the third-straight game with a game-high 21 points against Connecticut...Senior guard Mike Scott N27 at North Carolina State L 67-77 (, PA/Franklin Learning Center (TCU)) added 14 points and a team-high five assists versus the Huskies...Junior forward Nate Gibbs (Dallas, N29 at Longwood W 83-78 TX/DeSoto) led the Knights with eight boards against the Big East opponent...Against Iona, Gibbs scored a career-high 13 points to lead the Knights, while once again D2 BRYANT W 78-68 D4 CCSU W 48-46 pacing the team on the glass with eight boards...Svrdlik added 12 points, two blocks and tied a career best with three steals, while Scott chipped in with 10 points...FDU D8 at #6 Connecticut L 54-78 had its best game from three-point range against the Gaels as they shot 46.2 percent (6-13) from behind-the-arc...Svrdlik leads the NEC in field goal percentage (.622) D11 at Iona L 66-87 and ranks 17th in the nation in field goal accuracy. He is also the league leader in blocks (2.0 bpg) and ranks 10th in scoring (14.5 ppg)...Scott leads the NEC in assists D14 at Rutgers 7:30 pm D18 at Saint Peter’s 2:00 pm (5.6 apg) and minutes played (37.5 mpg), and also ranks in the top-15 in steals (second, 2.4 spg), free throw percentage (fifth, .865), scoring (sixth, 16.3 ppg), made J2 Lafayette 4:00 pm three-pointers (2.0/game, 10th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.32:1, 12th)...Gibbs is eight on the circuit with 6.8 rpg...The Knights will play a pair of intrastate rivals this J6 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm week as they travel to Rutgers on Tuesday before playing at Saint Peter’s on Saturday. J8 QUINNIPAIC 4:00 pm J13 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J15 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Long Island (6-3, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: Iona 88, Long Island 82; Long Island 85, Lafayette 80 This Week: at Northwestern (Monday); vs. Army (Sunday) Long Island split a pair of home contests last week to wrap up a four-game homestand. The Blackbirds fell on Wednesday to Iona, 88-82, then rebounded with an 85- 80 win over Lafayette on Saturday...LIU has scored 80 or more points in seven games this season and leads the NEC in scoring at 81.1 ppg. The Blackbirds scored 80 N27 at Saint Peter’s L 62-65 or more points five times in 2009-10...The Blackbirds have outrebounded each of their last five opponents...Sophomore forward Julian Boyd (San Antonio, TX/ D2 ROBERT MORRIS L 69-70 William H. Taft) had consecutive career-high scoring totals last week with the first 20-point games of his career. He averaged 21.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg, and shot 58.3 percent D4 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) W 81-67 from the field and 81.3 percent from the foul line. Boyd also hit 2-5 from long range. He collected his first double-double of the year and fifth of his career with 23 points D8 Iona L 82-88 and 13 rebounds against Lafayette - both career-highs. Boyd opened the week with a then-career best 20 points versus Iona and narrowly missed a double-double by D11 Lafayette W 85-80 D13 at Northwestern 7:00 pm grabbing nine rebounds. He scored 14 points in the second half as LIU came back from 15 down to take a one-point lead before Iona held on late. The San Antonio, D19 Army 4:00 pm TX native netted 16 points in the first half on 5-7 shooting against Lafayette to help LIU build a lead it never relinquished...Sophomore forward (Silver D28 at NJIT 7:00 pm Spring, MD/Springbrook) handed out a career-high five assists as LIU totaled 17 dimes against Lafayette. This marked the sixth time LIU has had at least 15 assists D30 at Navy 7:00 pm in a game this season...Senior guard Kyle Johnson (Toronto, Ontario/West Hill) moved into 18th place on the LIU career scoring chart with 1,200 points...Sophomore J6 at BRYANT 7:00 pm guard C.J. Garner (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook (South Alabama)) has scored in double-figures in each of the last four games and is averaging 15.5 ppg J8 at CCSU 3:30 pm J13 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm during that stretch...Johnson leads four LIU players in double-figures with 13.6 ppg. Boyd (12.4 ppg), Garner (12.3 ppg) and Olasewere (12.2 ppg) are all averaging J15 WAGNER 4:30 pm between 12.2 and 12.4 ppg in a balanced attack for head coach . All four rank in the NEC top-25 in scoring...The Blackbirds play at Northwestern on Monday before returning home to host Army on Sunday. Monmouth (4-5, 0-1 NEC)

Last Week: Princeton 64, Monmouth 61; Monmouth 78, Hartford 74 (2 OT) This Week: at Rider (Wednesday); vs. Rutgers (Saturday)

Monmouth continued its trend of playing tight games, dropping a 64-61 decision to Princeton on Wednesday, followed by a 78-74 double overtime win over Hartford on Saturday...The Hawks have now had eight of their first nine games decided by five points or less, going 4-4 in those contests...Monmouth, which posted four non-conference victories last season, is 4-4 in its non- D5 vs. North Dakota W 57-52 league games so far this year...The double overtime game against Hartford was Monmouth’s first to extend past regulation since February 2, 2008. In that season, the Hawks played four D8 Princeton L 61-64 overtime games. Monmouth had last played a two-overtime game on February 20, 2006, a 96-89 home win over FDU...Hartford scored the first 15 points of the game on Saturday as D11 Hartford W 78-74 (2OT) Monmouth did not score until there was 7:35 to play in the first half. The Hawks did not hit their first field goal until senior swingman R.J. Rutledge (Baldwin, NY/Lawrence Woodmere D15 at Rider 7:00 pm Academy (Northfield Mount Herman)) converted a layup with 5:38 remaining in the first stanza...Monmouth has now used five different starting lineups in its first nine games. The D18 Rutgers 7:00 pm only starting constants have been senior point guard James Hett (, NY/Monsignor Farrell) and sophomore forward Ed Waite (Fort Lauderdale, FL/Pine D22 Villanova 7:00 pm Crest)...Junior center Phil Wait’s (Manchester, England/Proctor Academy (St. John’s)) double-double of 11 points and 16 rebounds against Hartford was the first of his career D29 at Harvard 7:00 pm and the first by a Monmouth player this season...Wait averaged 11.5 ppg and 11.5 rpg, and shot 60.0 percent from the floor on the week. He hit 5-6 shots and finished with 12 points, seven J3 BRYANT 7:00 pm rebounds and two blocks against Princeton...Hett established a new career-high with 10 assists versus Hartford...Hett ranks fourth on Monmouth’s career assist list with 408 helpers...Junior J6 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm forward Gary Cox (Houston , TX/Nimitz (Panola College)) had his best game in a Monmouth uniform on Saturday, hitting 8-10 shots from the field, including 5-7 from three-point J8 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm range, in a career-best 23-point effort. He added five rebounds and helped key the comeback win over the Hawks. Cox hit a pair of free throws with six seconds to play in regulation to tie J13 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm things up, drilled two three-pointers in the first overtime and hit a layup to start the second extra session...Cox had entered the game averaging 1.2 ppg...Junior guard Will Campbell J15 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm (Willingboro, NJ/Paul VI) is Monmouth’s lone double figure scorer at exactly 10.0 ppg...Seven different players have led Monmouth in scoring in nine games...Hett is fifth in the NEC with 3.9 apg...Monmouth is allowing just 62.7 ppg...The Hawks play a pair of Garden State rivals this week. Monmouth travels to Rider on Wednesday, then hosts Rutgers on Saturday. Mount St. Mary’s (3-7, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: Penn State 57, Mount St. Mary’s 53; Loyola (MD) 65, Mount St. Mary’s 42 This Week: at Albany (Saturday) The Mount went 0-2 on the road last week to fall to 3-7 overall on the season. Mount St. Mary's opened the week with a heartbreaking 57-53 loss at Penn State, then lost at Loyola (MD), 65-42, on Saturday...The Mount tied Penn State at 53-53 on junior guard Lamar Trice’s (Philadelphia, PA/Imhotep Charter) floater in the lane at Global Sports Main Event Tournament N27 Florida A&M W 70-61 with 29 seconds left. However, PSU’s Talor Battle drained a thirty-footer with 1.3 seconds left to lift the Nittany Lions to the win...The Mount is now 0-6 all-time against Penn N29 Navy L 68-81 State with the past two losses coming by five and four points, respectively...The game against Loyola was the 166th all-time meeting between the two schools. The D2 at SACRED HEART W 66-52 Greyhounds used an early 13-0 run to take control of the game and snap the Mount's three-game win streak in the series. Mount St. Mary's still owns a 96-70 lead in D4 at QUINNIPIAC L 75-77 the series which began in 1910 and is the longest running rivalry in the state of Maryland...The Mount had a tough time on the offensive end of the floor, averaging 47.5 D7 at Penn State L 53-57 D11 at Loyola (MD) L 42-65 points while hitting 33.6 percent from the field in the two losses...Senior forward Shawn Atupem (Newport News, VA/Woodside) has pushed his career total to D18 at Albany 7:00 pm 892 points, just one shy of moving into the Mount's top 50 all-time scoring list...Freshman guard Julian Norfleet (Virginia Beach, VA/Landstown) is the third- D20 American 7:00 pm leading freshman scorer in the NEC with 10.9 ppg...Trice leads the team with 12.3 ppg, while Atupem is averaging 11.7 ppg...Trice is 10th in the NEC with 3.4 apg...The D23 at Northwestern 2:00 pm Mount is second in the league in field goal percentage defense (.400)...Mount St. Mary’s closes out its five-game road swing to open December this Saturday at Albany. D29 at Vermont 7:00 pm J2 at Virginia Tech 2:00 pm The Mount is 1-6 on the road this season. J6 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J8 ROBERT MORRIS 1:00 pm

Quinnipiac (7-2, 1-0 NEC) Last Week: Quinnipiac 84, Lehigh 78; Quinnipiac 73, Rhode Island 66 This Week: Idle Quinnipiac won a pair of home games last week against defending Patriot League champion Lehigh (84-78) on Tuesday and Atlantic-10 power Rhode Island (73-66) on Saturday...The win over URI was the first in program history over an Atlantic-10 team in eight tries...Senior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) paced the Bobcats with 20.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 2.0 bpg to earn Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. He shot 52.0 percent from the floor and a perfect 14-14 from the line...Rutty recorded his league-leading fifth double-double of the year and 35th of his career with 27 points and 11 rebounds against Lehigh. He was a perfect 11-11 from the stripe. He followed with N23 at Dartmouth W 69-52 13 points and seven rebounds against the Rams...Rutty came into the week shooting 35.4 percent (11-31) from the line on the season, and 48.8 percent (187-383) for his career...Rutty pushed N29 Maine W 75-67 his career numbers to 1,305 points and 888 rebounds. He’s now 15th all-time on the QU career scoring list and fifth on the DI list, just 15 behind former teammate James Feldeine for 14th D1 Massachusetts L 64-66 and fourth, respectively. Rutty’s rebound total is first in QU’s DI history, fifth in program history, and 10th on the NEC rebounding list...Freshman guard Dominique Langston (Bridgeport, D4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 77-75 CT/Kolbe Cathedral (St. Thomas More)) was terrific off the bench, averaging 7.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 5.5 apg and 1.0 bpg. He was tabbed Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week...Langston D7 Lehigh W 84-78 had an off shooting night and scored just three points against Lehigh, but added a Quinnipiac team season-high 14 rebounds, five assists and two blocks. Langston totaled 12 points, seven D11 Rhode Island W 73-66 rebounds and six assists against the Rams. In the Bobcats’ decisive 12-0 second-half run, Langston scored or assisted on nine of the 12 points (five points, two assists)...Junior guard James D22 at Niagara 7:00 pm Johnson (Queens, NY/Bishop Loughlin) averaged 15.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.5 spg and 2.5 rpg...Johnson started his 73rd consecutive game, passing Jared Grasso (’02) for most consecutive D29 at Boston University 7:00 pm starts in the program’s Division I history to begin a career...Senior guard Deontay Twyman (Olney, MD/Sherwood (Polk CC, Ball State)) averaged 12.5 ppg, while sophomore J3 WAGNER 7:00 pm forward Jamee Jackson (Newark, NJ/St. Anthony’s) contributed 9.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg...Sophomore guard Lance Brown (Teaneck, NJ/Paterson Catholic (Fordham)) returned J6 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm to the lineup against URI after missing the prior four games due to injury. He scored four points and grabbed five rebounds...Freshman guard William Harrison (Bronx, NY/Wadleigh J8 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm (Western Texas College)) had his most productive game as a Bobcat against Lehigh with four points, nine rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes...Against the Mountain Hawks, the Bobcats J13 BRYANT 7:00 pm grabbed 60 rebounds, a program Division I record. In outrebounding Lehigh, 60-34, the Bobcats raised their rebound margin to +12.5, before seeing it dip to +11.4 following the URI game. J15 CCSU 4:00 pm Quinnipiac currently ranks seventh in the nation in rebound margin...The Bobcats blocked eight shots against Lehigh, the most for a Quinnipiac team since 1999-00...The Bobcats dished out 20 assists against Lehigh and 21 versus URI...Rutty leads the NEC with 10.0 rpg...Quinnipiac returns to action following first-semester final exams on December 22 at Niagara. Robert Morris (4-5, 1-1 NEC) Last Week: West Virginia 82, Robert Morris 49; Robert Morris 90, Youngstown State 60 This Week: at Appalachian State (Saturday) Robert Morris split a pair of games last week, concluding a five-game road trip with an 82-49 loss at West Virginia on Tuesday before improving to 3-0 at home with a 90-60 win over Youngstown State on Saturday...The Colonials scored more points in the first half (50) against the Penguins than they did in the whole game against the Mountaineers...Robert Morris owns a record of 62-15 (.805) at the Charles L. Sewall Center since the beginning of the 2005-06 campaign...The win against the Penguins helped the Colonials avoid their first three-game losing streak since N29 at Cleveland State L 53-58 2005-06...RMU shot a season-low 29.8 percent (17-57) from the field against West Virginia but rebounded to post a season-high shooting percentage of 57.4 percent (31-54) versus YSU...The D2 at LONG ISLAND W 70-69 performance for Robert Morris against the Penguins marked the first time in 2010-11 the Colonials shot better than 46 percent from the field...Freshman forward Yann Charles D4 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 63-65 (Longueuil, Quebec/Champlain St. Albert) and redshirt freshman guard Coron Williams (Midlothian, VA/Christchurch) tied for team-high honors against WVU with 11 D7 at West Virginia L 49-82 points each ...Charles added 10 points and a team-high six rebounds as one of five Colonials to score in double figures in the win over YSU... Sophomore guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, D11 Youngstown State W 90-60 NJ/Harp Academy) returned from a four-game suspension due to a violation of team rules at West Virginia and scored just two points off the bench, but exploded for a career-high 26 points D18 at Appalachian State 7:00 pm versus Youngstown State. He shot 8-12 from beyond the arc and 2-2 at the free-throw line. Both of Abraham’s free throws were successful four-point plays after hitting a three-pointer and D22 at Arizona 8:30 pm being fouled. The eight trifectas were a career-high, as well as NEC single-game season high...Sophomore forward Lijah Thompson (Philadelphia, PA/Monsignor Bonner) D30 at Morgan State 7:00 pm contributed a career-high 16 points off the bench in the win over the Penguins...Redshirt sophomore guard Velton Jones (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast Catholic) finished with 15 J2 at Ohio 2:00 pm J6 at WAGNER 7:00 pm points against YSU, while redshirt sophomore forward Russell Johnson (Chester, PA/Chester) contributed 12 points...Robert Morris posted a season-high 25 assists in its win over J8 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 1:00 pm YSU, with freshman guard Anthony Myers (Washington, DC/Charis Prep) leading the way with a season-best 10 dimes. The 10 assists tied for the most by an NEC player this J13 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm season...Myers is third in the league with 4.6 apg...Johnson leads the Colonials with 13.3 ppg. He ranks seventh in the NEC with 7.3 rpg...Robert Morris plays just once this week, opening J15 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm a six-game road swing on Saturday at Appalachian State. Sacred Heart (3-7, 0-2 NEC) Last Week: Lafayette 76, Sacred Heart 71; Sacred Heart 56, Hartford 55; Stony Brook 75, Sacred Heart 66 This Week: at Yale (Sunday)

The Pioneers opened the week with their third-straight loss - a 76-71 setback at Lafayette - but rebounded with a pair of wins at home against Hartford, 56-55, and at Stony Brook, 75-66...All three of Sacred Heart’s victories this season have come against America East teams. The Pioneers also beat New Hampshire on November 23...Head Coach Dave Bike, now in his 33rd year at Sacred Heart, is just two wins away from securing his 500th career victory...The Pioneers 20-point comeback win over Hartford on Wednesday night was the largest second half deficit N23 New Hampshire W 50-42 D2 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 68-73 (OT) overcome for a win in the program’s Division I history. Sacred Heart trailed the Hawks, 51-31, with 8:17 remaining in the game before staging the historic comeback. Junior forward Stan D4 WAGNER W 56-55 Dulaire's (Bloomfield, CT/Watkinson School) free throw with 0.2 seconds left gave the Pioneers their only lead of the night and the win, 56-55...Senior point guard Jerrell D6 at Lafayette L 71-76 Thompson (Plainfield, NJ/Plainfield) averaged 15.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.0 spg last week. Thompson poured in a season-high 19 points with a pair of steals at Lafayette. He D8 Hartford W 56-55 led an 18-3 run in the second half that helped the Pioneers come back from 15 down to take a late 65-63 lead before falling to the Leopards. Thompson scored all 11 of his points in the D11 at Stony Brook W 75-66 second stanza against Hartford to lead the comeback victory. He added four assists and two steals. Trailing 55-52, Thompson hit a jumper with 38 seconds left and then stepped up and drilled D19 at Yale 2:00 pm a straightaway three to pull the Pioneers even at 55-55 with 24 ticks left. The Hawks set up for the last shot but Thompson had other ideas, stripping Clayton Brothers as he tried to get to the D21 at Providence 7:00 pm hoop with just seconds left, pushing the ball up court and hitting Dulaire with a perfect pass on the break leading to Dulaire getting fouled and hitting the game-winning free throw. Thompson J2 Holy Cross 2:00 pm did much of his damage at the charity stripe on Saturday, hitting seven of eight at the line on the way to 16 points with five assists, six rebounds and two steals against Stony Brook...Thompson J6 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm leads the Pioneers in scoring (13.7 ppg), rebounding (5.1 rpg), assists (2.4 apg) and steals (1.6 spg)...Redshirt sophomore guard Shane Gibson (Killingly, CT/Killingly) averaged J8 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm 14.3 ppg and 4.3 rpg on the week. He was vital in the Pioneers comeback win over Hartford, pulling down two key rebounds on missed Hawk free throws with under a minute left to help J13 CCSU 7:00 pm fuel the rally. Gibson also scored 14 of his game-high 19 points in the second half of the Stony Brook win...Dulaire averaged 10.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg, while shooting 75.0 percent from the floor J15 BRYANT 3:30 pm (12-16) in the three games...Sacred Heart next plays on Sunday when it travels to in-state rival Yale.

St. Francis (NY) (5-3, 2-0 NEC) Last Week: St. Francis (NY) 68, Colgate 57; St. Francis (NY) 76, Canisius 58 This Week: vs. Dartmouth (Tuesday) St. Francis (NY) defeated Colgate (68-57) and Canisius (76-58) last week and has now won four straight games for the first time since the 2005-06 season...The Terriers improved to a perfect D4 ROBERT MORRIS W 65-63 4-0 at home with its victory over Colgate on Tuesday...The win over Canisius was the team’s first on the road this season...Senior guard Akeem Bennett (Long Island, NY/West D7 Colgate W 68-57 Hempstead) paced the Terriers with 19 points against Colgate...Senior guard Ricky Cadell (New York, NY/The Patterson School) (15 points), junior guard Dre Calloway D10 at Canisius W 76-58 (Harlem, NY/Lincoln (CO)) (14 points), and sophomore forward Akeem Johnson (Brooklyn, NY/Susan S. McKinney) (13 points) were also in double-figures...St. Francis D14 Dartmouth 7:00 pm went over the 70-point mark for the third time this season in its 18-point victory at Canisius...The win over the Golden Griffins was the fourth double-figure victory of the season for the Terriers MSG Holiday Festival D20 vs. Northwestern 7:00 pm after accomplishing that feat just once last season...The Terriers trailed Canisius, 35-29, late in the first half but went on an 18-0 run that extended into the second stanza to take control of D21 vs. Davidson/St. John’s 7/9:30 pm the contest. St. Francis held the Golden Griffins to just four second-half field goals...Johnson established a career-high with a 21 points and pulled down a season-best eight rebounds in 33 D30 NJIT 7:00 pm minutes off the bench versus Canisius...St. Francis is 5-1 with Johnson in the lineup...Cadell, who is third in the NEC in scoring (17.4 ppg) and second in three-point field goals per game (2.75/ J3 at Hartford 7:00 pm game), scored the first eight points of the second half and finished with 20 points versus Canisius...Junior three-point specialist Stefan Perunicic (Belgrade, Serbia/Dimitrije Tucovic J6 at CCSU 7:00 pm High School) broke out of a 2-22 shooting slump by knocking down four treys in the opening half...Bennett was also in double-digits with 10 points...Johnson shot a blistering 72.2 percent J8 at BRYANT 4:00 pm from the floor on the week and averaged 17.0 ppg and 7.5 rpg. He scored six key points in the opening half after the Terriers trailed by as many as seven points against Colgate. Johnson coverted J13 WAGNER 7:00 pm 8-11 from the field and scored 12 points in the second stanza versus Canisius...Johnson has converted 18 of his last 24 field goal attempts over a three-game span and is now averaging 10.3 J15 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 4:30 pm ppg and 5.2 rpg. He’s currently fourth in the NEC with a .575 field goal percentage...The Terriers hit 11 three-pointers against Canisius, the second time they have hit double-figures from downtown this season...St. Francis leads the league in points against (61.8 ppg), steals (8.5 spg), and turnover margin (+3.38)...On the year, Bennett leads the NEC in steals (2.8 spg; 13th nationally), ranks fourth in scoring (16.8 ppg), tenth in three-point percentage (.412), 11th in rebounding (6.0 rpg) and 13th in made three-pointers (1.75/game)...The Terriers will host Dartmouth on Tuesday. A win would give St. Francis its first five-game win streak since winning six in a row in 2003-04. Saint Francis (PA) (2-6, 0-2 NEC) Last Week: Idle This Week: at Lehigh (Monday); at Ohio (Wednesday); vs. Drexel (Saturday)

The Red Flash were idle last week...Looking to snap a four-game losing streak, Saint Francis (PA) returns to action on Monday at Lehigh. The Red Flash also travel to Ohio on Wednesday and host Drexel on Saturday...The Red Flash have lost all six of their road games this season, and have dropped nine straight dating back to last season...Sophomore guard Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City) leads the team and is eighth in the league with 15.3 ppg...Senior forward Mislav Jukic (Zagreb, Croatia/Life Center Academy) and sophomore N24 at Hartford L 55-60 forward Will Felder (Cleveland, Ohio/Lutheran East) are also averaging in double-digits with 10.4 ppg and 10.0 ppg, respectively...Felder is sixth in the league in rebounding at 7.4 N27 at Youngstown State L 63-91 rpg, while sophomore guard Chris Johnson (Newport News, VA/Denbigh) ranks seventh in steals with 1.6 spg. D2 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 44-57 D4 at LONG ISLAND L 67-81 D13 at Lehigh 7:00 pm D15 at Ohio 7:00 pm D18 Drexel 1:00 pm D23 at Cincinnati 7:00 pm J2 at North Carolina 3:30 pm J6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J8 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J13 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J15 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm

Wagner (4-5, 1-0 NEC) Last Week: Columbia 77, Wagner 71; Saint Peter’s 51, Wagner 50 This Week: vs. Princeton (Friday) Wagner dropped two games by a combined seven points last week, falling by a 77-71 count at Columbia on Tuesday before losing a 51-50 decision at home to Saint Peter’s on Saturday...The game against the Lions capped a grueling seven-game road trip that saw the Green & White go 3-4...Eight of the nine Wagner games have been decided by eight points or less with the Seahawks going 4-4 in those outings... Since Wagner and Saint Peter’s renewed their rivalry in the 2007-08 season, three of the games have been decided by one possession, including the last two games N29 at Bucknell W 77-73 by one point apiece, as each squad has won twice...Wagner’s loss to Columbia was the fourth-straight setback to the Lions...The Seahawks have now lost four-straight games against the Ivy D1 at St. John’s L 61-69 League and will get a chance to snap that streak as Princeton invades the in a Time Warner Cable TV game on Friday...Junior guard Chris Martin (Sicklerville, NJ/ D4 at SACRED HEART W 73-68 (OT) Apex Academies) led the way against Columbia with a season-high 24 points on 8-13 shooting after recording just 24 points on 6-18 from the field in the previous three games. For his D7 at Columbia L 71-77 career, Martin is now averaging 21.3 ppg - highlighted by a career-best 34 last year - in three games against the Lions...Junior guard Tyler Murray (Toronto, Ontario/Eastern D11 Saint Peter’s L 50-51 Commerce) also had 18 points against Columbia while sophomore forward Josh Thompson (Richland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) added 11 points...Against Saint Peter’s, freshman D17 Princeton 7:00 pm forward Orlando Parker (Orlando, FL/Orlando Christian Prep) had a game-high 15 points, shooting a perfect 7-7 from the floor. Coming into the game, Parker had scored just D21 at Texas A&M 7:00 pm five points on 2-5 shooting over the previous three games...It was also the first game this season that Parker didn’t start as Thompson replaced him giving the Seahawks their second different D30 Albany 7:00 pm starting lineup of the season...Parker has hit at a 56.7 percent (17-30) clip from the floor on the year...Murray rounded out the double-digit performers against SPC with 11 points and has J3 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm now gone for double-figures in all nine games. He averaged a team-best 14.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.0 apg on the week...Senior forward Cliff Spiller (Pleasantville, NJ/Holy Spirit) J6 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm added a season-best six rebounds in a season-high 25 minutes versus the Peacocks...Against Saint Peter’s, the Green & White recorded season-lows in points (50), three pointers (two) and J8 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm three-point percentage (25.0 percent). It was the first time this season that Wagner had fewer three pointers than the opposition, The two triples were also the fewest since hitting just J13 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm two against Mount St. Mary’s on February 6, 2010...As a unit, the Seahawks continue to lead the league in free throw percentage (.787), field goal percentage defense (.396) and three- J15 at LONG ISLAND 4:30 pm point percentage (.412)...Murray paces the NEC in scoring at 17.8 ppg...Freshman guard Latif Rivers (Elizabeth, NJ/Avon Old Farms (CT)) leads all NEC freshman and ranks ninth overall with 14.7 ppg. He is also the NEC leader and ranks third in the nation in free throw percentage (.953)...As a team, Wagner is sixth nationally in free throw accuracy. NEC Men’s Basketball 2011 NEC Basketball Tournament Facts/Figures Schedule

NEC In RPI Rankings NECCollege Active Insider Leaders Mid-Major Poll (thru games of 12/13) (December 22) 2011 NEC 1,000+ Points or Closing In Justin Rutty QU Sr 1,305 Men’s Basketball Tournament School Rank Change Ricky CadellSchoolSFNY Sr Record1,297 all games to be held at home of higher seed CCSU 183 -37 Kyle Johnson LIU Sr 1,200 teams will be reseeded following quarterfinals CecilTBA Gresham Gonzaga (31) BU Sr 7-2 1,120 (236 in NEC) Fairleigh Dickinson 231 +37 Shemik2. CreightonThompson CCSU Sr 7-01,062 Long Island 207 -8 Ken Horton CCSU Jr 958 Shawn3. Atupem East Tennessee MSM State Sr 7-2 892 Thursday, March 3 Sunday, March 6 Wednesday, March 9 Monmouth 294 -11 David Hicks LIU Sr 868 James4. Johnson Wichita State QU Jr 7-2 861 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Mount St. Mary’s 269 +13 5. Southern Illinois 7-1 Quinnipiac 95 +27 500+ Rebounds or Closing In Times TBA 12:00 pm (MSG, FCS) 7:00 pm (ESPN2) 6. College of Charleston 6-1 Robert Morris 43 -2 Justin Rutty QU Sr 888 2:00 pm (FCS, ESPN3) Kyle7. Johnson Illinois-Chicago LIU Sr 9-2 532 Sacred Heart 292 +4 Ken Horton CCSU Sr 388 David8. Hicks Utah State LIU Sr 5-1 379 St. Francis (NY) 166 +20 John Galvin FDU Sr 357 St. Francis (PA) 323 -3 Shawn9. Atupem Murray State MSM Sr 8-1 347 Shemik Thompson CCSU Sr 341 Wagner 191 -41 10. Bradley 7-3 2011 NEC Tournament Men’s Championship Bracket 250+ Assists or Closing In James Hett MU Sr 408 March 3 March 6 March 9 NEC 23/31 Shemik Thompson CCSU Sr 354 James Johnson QU Jr 298 Mike Scott FDU Sr 218 Highest Remaining Seed Jerrell Thompson SHU Jr 211 Ricky Cadell SFNY Sr 207 TBA (#1 vs. #8) TBA

Lowest Remaining Seed Close Games Double-Doubles

(five points or less) (top-10) TBA Teams will (#2 vs. #7) be reseeded 7:00 PM (ESPN2) School Rec. for semifinals NCAA Player Total Tournament Bryant 1-2 Justin Rutty, QU 5 Automatic Bid Central Connecticut State 2-3 Kamil Svrdlik, FDU 3 2nd Highest Remaining Seed Fairleigh Dickinson 2-0 Alex Francis, BU 2 TBA Russell Johnson, RMU 2 (#3 vs. #6) TBA Long Island 1-2 Tyler Murray, WC 2 3rd Highest Remaining Seed Monmouth 4-4 Mike Scott, FDU 2 Mount St. Mary’s 0-3 TBA Quinnipiac 2-2 Tied with 1... (#4 vs. #5) Robert Morris 1-3 Raven Barber, MSM, Akeem Bennett, SFNY, Julian Boyd, LIU, Markeys Deans, CCSU Sacred Heart 1-3 Frankie Dobbs, BU, Will Felder, SFPA, St. Francis (NY) 2-1 Ken Horton, CCSU, Jamal Olasewere, LIU NEC Men’s Basketball St. Francis (PA) 2-2 Kenny Onyechi, LIU, Robby Ptacek, CCSU and vs. the competition Wagner 4-2 Phil Wait, MU NEC vs... NEC Coaching Records Year Conf. Games Overall Record America East 9-6 MAAC 4-7 ACC 0-2 Mid-American 1-2 Coach (School) Hired Rec. Pct. Rec. Pct. Atlantic Sun 0-0 MEAC 3-0 Glenn Braica (SFNY) 2010 2-0 1.000 5-3 .625 Atlantic 10 3-5 Missouri Valley 0-0 Dan Hurley (WC) 2010 1-0 1.000 4-5 .444 Big East 0-7 Mountain West 0-0 Tom Moore (QU) 2007 37-18 .672 136-102 .571 Big Sky 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Howie Dickenman (CCSU) 1997 145-95 .604 221-201 .524 Big South 0-0 Pac 10 0-0 Greg Vetrone (FDU) 2009 12-8 .600 14-26 .350 Big Ten 0-2 Patriot 9-7 Dave Calloway (MU) 1998 122-111 .524 173-210 .452 Big-12 0-0 SEC 0-0 Big West 0-0 Southern 0-1 (RMU) 2010 1-1 .500 4-5 .444 Colonial 0-1 Southland 1-0 Robert Burke (MSM) 2010 1-1 .500 3-7 .300 Conference USA 0-0 SWAC 0-0 Jim Ferry (LIU) 2002 67-79 .459 208-156 .571 Great West 1-0 Summit 0-0 Dave Bike (SHU) 1999 84-120 .412 498-450 .525 Horizon 1-3 Sun Belt 0-0 Don Friday (SFPA) 2008 12-26 .316 102-97 .513 Independent 2-0 WCC 0-0 Tim O’Shea (BU) 2008 1-18 .053 131-152 .463 Ivy 2-7 WAC 0-0 Overall 36-50 NEC Past Champions

2010 Robert Morris 2000 Central Connecticut St. 1990 Robert Morris 2009 Robert Morris 1999 Mount St. Mary’s 1989 Robert Morris 2008 Mount St. Mary’s 1998 Fairleigh Dickinson 1988 FDU 2007 Central Connecticut St. 1997 Long Island 1987 Marist 2006 Monmouth 1996 Monmouth 1986 Marist 2005 Fairleigh Dickinson 1995 Mount St. Mary's 1985 Fairleigh Dickinson 2004 Monmouth 1994 Rider 1984 Long Island 2003 Wagner 1993 Rider 1983 Robert Morris 2002 Central Connecticut St. 1992 Robert Morris 1982 Robert Morris 2001 Monmouth 1991 St. Francis (PA) NEC Men’s Basketball 2010-11 NEC Basketball Preseason Poll/All-Conference Teams Composite Schedule Of Television Broadcasts

Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced its 2010-11 basketball televi- sion package back in November, a lineup that will feature 20 regionally 1. Quinnipiac (11) 7. St. Francis (NY) produced games and two national postseason broadcasts on the ESPN family 2. Robert Morris Saint Francis (PA) of networks. Regional broadcast partners for the upcoming year include 3. Long Island (1) 9. Sacred Heart flagship station Network (MSG), along with FSN- 4. CCSU 10. Monmouth Pittsburgh, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Fox College Sports (FCS), 5. Mount St. Mary's 11. Wagner Cox Sports and Connecticut Sports Network (CTSN). The 2010-11 package 6. Fairleigh Dickinson 12. Bryant includes eight prime time contests and four NEC Tournament games. In total, the league will air 17 men’s games and five women’s contests, Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference Team including four as part of men/women doubleheaders. For the first time, both NEC men’s semifinal playoff games will be broadcast live. Name School Pos. Class Karon Abraham Robert Morris G So Date Matchup Carrier Time Akeem Bennett St. Francis (NY) G Sr Jan. 8 Saint Francis (PA) at Wagner 7:00 pm MSG+, FCS, FSN-Pitt (TD-10:00 pm) Ken Horton CCSU F Jr Jan. 20 Sacred Heart at Mount St. Mary's 7:00 pm MASN, FCS, CTSN, ESPN3, ESPN FC Justin Rutty Quinnipiac F/C Sr Jan. 27 Robert Morris at Quinnipiac 7:00 pm MSG, FCS, FSN-Pitt Mike Scott FDU G Sr Jan. 29 LIU at Monmouth (women) 11:30 am MSG, FCS LIU at Monmouth (men) 2:00 pm MSG, FCS NEC Men’s Basketball Foreign Born Players NEC Rivalry Week (Feb. 9-14) Feb. 9 Bryant at CCSU 7:00 pm MSG+, FCS, Cox (TD-9:00 pm) Name School Cl Hometown, Country Feb. 12 LIU at St. Francis (NY) 12:00 pm MSG, FCS Corey Maynard Bryant Fr Adelaide, Australia Monmouth at FDU 2:00 pm MSG, FCS Claybrin McMath Bryant So Adelaide, Australia Femi Akinpetide Sacred Heart So Sydney, Australia Robert Morris at Saint Francis (PA) (w))6:00 pm FSN-Pitt, FCS, ESPN3, ESPN FC Kyle Johnson Long Island Sr Ajax, Ontario Robert Morris at Saint Francis (PA) (m) 8:30 pm FSN-Pitt, FCS, ESPN3, ESPN FC Troy Joseph Long Island Fr Ajax, Ontario Arnold Mayorga Long Island Jr London, Ontario Feb. 14 Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart (women) 5:00 pm MSG, FCS Robinson Odoch-Opong Long Island Fr Quebec, City, Quebec Yann Charles Robert Morris Fr Longueuil, Quebec Quinnipiac at Sacred Heart (men) 7:30 pm MSG, FCS Adam Chmielewski St. Francis (NY) Fr Montreal, Quebec Daniel Witczak Saint Francis (PA) Fr Georgetown, Ontario Tyler Murray Wagner Jr Toronto, Ontario Feb. 19 St. Francis (NY) at Wagner 12:00 pm MSG, FCS Kamil Svrdlik Fairleigh Dickinson Sr Prerov, Czech Republic Sacred Heart at Bryant 2:00 pm MSG, FCS, Cox (TD-2/20 @12:00 pm) Kristijan Krajina Mount St. Mary’s So Osijek, Croatia Mislav Jukic Saint Francis (PA) Sr Zagreb, Croatia Feb. 24 Mount St. Mary's at Robert Morris 7:00 pm MSG, FCS, FSN-Pitt, MASN Mathias Seilund Fairleigh Dickinson Fr Dragoer, Denmark Devan Bailey CCSU So Helsby, England Feb. 26 CCSU at LIU (women) 11:30 am MSG, FCS, Cox (CT only) Sam Fernley Fairleigh Dickinson Jr Sheffield, England CCSU at LIU (men) 2:00 pm MSG, FCS, Cox (TD-8:00 pm) Daniel James Monmouth Fr Sheffield, England Phil Wait Monmouth Jr Manchester, England FDU at Quinnipiac 4:00 pm MSG, FCS Raheem May Thompson Quinnipiac So London, England Mar. 6 NEC Semifinal Game (men) 12:00 pm MSG, FCS Richard Clark St. Francis (NY) Jr Berkshire, England Ben Mockford Fairleigh Dickinson So Shoreham-by-Sea, England NEC Semifinal Game (men) 2:00 pm FCS, ESPN3, ESPN FC Clayfell Harris Wagner Sr London, England Ayotunde Oyeniyi Fairleigh Dickinson Fr Nigeria Mar. 9 NEC Men's Championship Game 7:00 pm ESPN2, ESPN3 Joel Gierbolini Long Island Jr Carolina, Puerto Rico Mar. 13 NEC Women's Championship Game 3:00 pm ESPNU, ESPN3 Papa Lo Bryant Jr Thies, Senegal Stefan Perunicic St. Francis (NY) Jr Belgrade, Serbia Milos Trivic St. Francis (NY) Fr Belgrade, Serbia Marco Porcher Fairleigh Dicinson Fr Benalmadena Costa, Spain Carrier Region Sorena Orandi Saint Francis (PA) Sr Vastra Frolunda, Gothenburg, Sweden MSG Network Three states in NY metro area Milos Nikolic Long Island Sr Lugano, Switzerland Mehmet Sahan Sacred Heart Sr Istanbul, Turkey MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network) MD, DE, VA and DC, plus portions of PA, WV and NC Vlad Kondratyev Bryant So Nikolayev, Ukraine FSN-Pittsburgh Western PA, portions of WV, OH and MD Naofall Folahan Wagner Fr Benin Repiblic, West Africa Connecticut Sports Network Connecticut & Rhode Island 34 players from 16 countries Cox Sports Connecticut & Rhode Island FCS (Fox College Sports) Digital cable systems NEC Men’s Basketball ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 Nationwide 2008-09 Standings ESPN Full Court Nationwide PPV Package

School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. 1. Quinnipiac* 15-3 .833 23-10 .697 NEC Basketball Broadcast Team Robert Morris*^ 15-3 .833 23-12 .657 3. Mount St. Mary's* 12-6 .667 16-15 .516 Tim Capstraw Color 12th year 4. Long Island* 11-7 .611 14-17 .452 Paul Dottino Play-By-Play, Sideline 12th year 5. Fairleigh Dickinson* 10-8 .556 11-21 .344 Dave Popkin Play-By-Play 11th year 6. Central Connecticut State* 9-9 .500 12-18 .400 Saint Francis (PA)* 9-9 .500 11-19 .367 Terry O’Connor Color 9th year 8. Monmouth* 8-10 .444 12-19 .387 Pam Roecker Color 9th year St. Francis (NY) 8-10 .444 11-18 .379 Joe DeSantis Color 4th year 10. Sacred Heart 7-11 .389 14-15 .483 Matt Harmon Play-By-Play/Sideline 2ndyear 11. Wagner 3-15 .167 5-26 .161 Tara Petrolino Color/Sideline 2nd year 12. Bryant 1-17 .056 1-29 .033 John Schmeelk Sideline 1st year * NEC Tournament participants ^ NEC Tournament champion Joey Wahler Play-By-Play 1st year NEC Preseason Notes 61 setback to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. In 2008-09, Robert Morris hung tough with second-seeded Michigan State, holding a 28-26 advantage late the first half before eventually Preseason All-NEC Team succumbing, 77-62, in a first round NCAA Tournament matchup. That same week in the inau- College Insider The preseason all-NEC team is comprised of three guards and two forwards: Robert Morris sophomore gural Tournament, Mount St. Mary’s fell victim to a late James Madison rally in guard Karon Abraham (Paterson, NJ/Harp Academy), St. Francis (NY) senior guard Akeem a 69-58 defeat in Harrisonburg, VA. In 2007-08, Mount St. Mary’s defeated Coppin State, 69- Bennett (Long Island, NY/West Hempstead (W. Oklahoma St.)), Central Connecticut State junior 60, before dropping a 113-74 decision to #1 seed North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, forward Ken Horton (Ossining, NY/Ossining), Quinnipiac senior forward/center Justin Rutty while Robert Morris came up just short in its first round Postseason NIT game, falling at Syra- (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) and Fairleigh Dickinson senior guard Mike Scott (Phila- cuse, 87-81. In 2005-06, Monmouth advanced to the NCAA Tournament and defeated Hamp- delphia, PA/Franklin Learning Center (College of Eastern Utah, UTEP)). Rutty was voted the ton, 71-49, prior to a 58-45 setback to #1 seed Villanova. That same year, Fairleigh Dickinson NEC Player of the Year last season and is a two-time first team All-NEC pick. Bennett was a second team dropped an 80-77 encounter at Manhattan in the Postseason NIT. honoree in 2009-10, while Horton was named to the second team in 2008-09 before sitting out last season. Abraham, who is the reigning NEC Rookie of the Year and was the 2010 NEC Tournament MVP, is the first Back-To-Back Quest Continues Ends sophomore to be selected preseason All-NEC since Saint Francis (PA)’s Darshan Luckey in 2003-04. It had been 15 long years since an NEC program captured back-to-back conference tourna- ment titles, but Robert Morris finally turned the trick last season with its 52-50 win over Quin- Quinnipiac Picked To Win Northeast Conference Title nipiac in the conference title game in Hamden. A year earlier, the Colonials defeated Mount St. After capturing its first-ever Northeast Conference (NEC) regular season crown a year ago, Quinnipiac has Mary’s by the same two-point margin, 48-46, in Moon Township. Not since 1993 and 1994 been picked unanimously to win the 2010-11 NEC men’s basketball championship, based on voting con- when Rider claimed league crowns had a program been able to repeat, though FDU and Mount ducted by the league’s head coaches. St. Mary’s came within a hair’s length of doing so. The Knights fell to Monmouth on a last second layup in the 2006 NEC title game, while the Mount lost to Robert Morris in the aforementioned Two-time defending NEC Tournament champion Robert Morris was tabbed second, followed by Long Island game on a shot with 2.2 seconds to play. in third. Central Connecticut State was picked fourth, ahead of Mount St. Mary’s in fifth and Fairleigh Dickinson in the sixth spot. St. Francis (NY) and Saint Francis (PA) tied for seventh in the poll, and were followed by RMU’s Record-Setting Run Sacred Heart in ninth, Monmouth in tenth, Wagner in eleventh and Bryant in twelfth. Coaches were not Robert Morris is coming off a remarkable three-year stretch in which it achieved unparalleled permitted to vote for their own team. success and rewrote the NEC recordbook. Quinnipiac becomes the NEC’s first unanimous favorite since Long Island in 1997-98. It also marks the second time in its 13-year history with the conference that the Bobcats have been installed as the preseason • In three seasons under former coach Mike Rice, the Colonials posted a 46-8 (.852) record favorite. After reaching the 2003 NEC Tournament semifinals, the Bobcats were picked to win it all in 2003- in NEC play, the best three-year span in league history in terms of wins and winning percentage. 04, but faltered in league play, finishing in tenth place. • RMU became the second team in NEC history to post three straight 20-win seasons. Long Island won exactly 20 games each year from 1981-84. NEC Preseason Poll • The Colonials are in the midst of a record-setting run. The Colonials now hold the NEC mark 1. Quinnipiac (11) for most wins over two (50, 2007-09), three (73, 2007-10), four (90, 2006-10) and five (105, 2. Robert Morris 2005-10) year periods in conference annals. 3. Long Island (1) • The Colonials have posted a 73-30 record over the last three years. 4. CCSU • RMU is 7-1 in NEC Tournament play over its last three appearances. 5. Mount St. Mary's • RMU has won the most NEC titles (seven) - FDU and Monmouth are second with four apiece 6. Fairleigh Dickinson - and has collected a league-high 29 NEC Tournament victories. 7. St. Francis (NY) Saint Francis (PA) Bobcat Breakthrough via Bobcat Boardroom 9. Sacred Heart Quinnipiac’s enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2009-10 by earning a share of its first-ever NEC 10. Monmouth regular season championship, establishing a school record with 23 wins and competing in the 11. Wagner postseason for the first time since its move to Division I in 1998-99. The secret to the Bobcats’ 12. Bryant success was its ability to control the glass. Quinnipiac ended the year ranked second in the nation in rebound margin at +8.5 per game, which represented the second-best single-season Happy Anniversary! mark in NEC history behind FDU’s +9.1 rpg margin in 1997-98. Sparked by Justin Rutty, who The 2010-11 season marks the 30th year of Northeast Conference men’s basketball. Founded in 1981 as finished eighth nationally with 11.0 rpg, the Bobcats outrebounded 30-of-33 opponents on the the basketball only ECAC-Metro Conference, the league began sponsoring additional sports in 1985 and year. Quinnipiac was also the sixth-best team across the country in rebound percentage (.568), changed its name to the Northeast Conference in 1988. As membership and sport sponsorship continued which measures the percentage of opponents’ missed shots that are rebounded successfully. to grow over the next decade, the NEC has expanded its base to six states, 23 championship sports and now has access to NCAA automatic bids or play-in access in 14 sports. 23-Wins In Perspective With Quinnipiac and Robert Morris both concluding the 2009-10 campaign with 23 wins, the NEC Rivalry Week two programs tied for sixth on the NEC’s all-time single season victory list. CCSU holds the Back for a second season, NEC Rivalry Week will take place from February 9th to the 14th. The innovative record with a 27-win season in 2001-02. It also marked just the second time in league history concept of playing back-to-back games against a local rival in a 48-hour span is the only one of its kind among that two teams posted at least 23 wins in the same year. In 2007-08, the Colonials won 26 games the nation's 31 NCAA Division I conferences. This year’s pairings are as follows: Long Island-St. Francis (NY), and Wagner was victorious in 23 contests. Fairleigh Dickinson-Monmouth, Robert Morris-Saint Francis (PA), Quinnipiac-Sacred Heart, CCSU-Bryant and Mount St. Mary’s-Wagner. There will be seven Rivalry Week games televised, including CCSU-Bryant Near Perfect At TD (Feb. 9), LIU-St. Francis (NY) (Battle of Brooklyn on Feb. 12), FDU-Monmouth (Garden State Rivalry Series Quinnipiac was a perfect 14-0 at the TD Bank Sports Center in 2009-10 before falling to Robert on Feb. 12), Robert Morris-Saint Francis (PA) (DH on Feb. 12) and Quinnipiac-Sacred Heart (DH on Feb. Morris in the NEC title game. 14). QU’s Rutty - An Unstoppable Force Look Who’s Back Quinnipiac senior forward Justin Rutty, the 2009-10 NEC Player of the Year, has an oppor- The NEC welcomes back just two of its 10 all-conference performers this season. Similarly, only three of the tunity to go down as one of the league’s all-time great big men. The 6’7”, 240 lb. post player enters NEC’s top-ten returning scorers and 14 of the top-30 will suit up in 2010-11. On the other hand, 35 of the his senior year already ranked 15th on the NEC career rebounding list (808) and has accu- league’s 60 starters (58.3 percent) return. mulated 1,158 career points. Last season, Rutty averaged 15.3 ppg and led the NEC for the second straight season with 10.9 rpg. He paced the circuit with 17 double-doubles to boost his Returning All-Conference Players career total to 30, the most among active league players. Rutty also ranked second in field goal 1st team - Justin Rutty (QU) (NEC Player of the Year) percentage (.542). On a national basis, he finished eighth in rebounding and for the second 2nd team - Akeem Bennett (SFNY) year in a row, was the second-best offensive rebounder in the country with 4.9 per game. NEC Rookie of the Year - Karon Abraham (RMU) Rutty’s Record Hunt NEC’s Postseason Duo Quinnipiac senior forward Justin Rutty is set to embark on a senior season that could see him The NEC sent two teams to the postseason for the fourth time in the last five years when Robert Morris close out his career as the NEC’s all-time leading rebounder. With 808 caroms, Rutty ranks 15th represented the conference in the 2010 NCAA Tournament and co-regular season champion Quinnipiac on the league’s career chart. He needs 30 boards to crack the top-10 and 215 on the year to was selected to participate in the Postseason NIT. In first round NCAA action in Providence, RI, the Colonials break the all-time mark of 1,022 set by CCSU’s Ron Robinson from 2000-04. Long Island’s nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. Seeded 15th, Robert Morris led #2 Villanova Carey Scurry is the only other player in conference annals to collect 1,000 rebounds, snaring for most of the game and was up by eight with four minutes to play before the Wildcats rallied to force overtime 1,013 in just three seasons from 1982-85. With 1,158 points, Rutty can also zero in on becom- and eventually prevailed, 73-70. Quinnipiac made its first ever Division I postseason appearance in an 81- ing the first player in league annals to finish his career with 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds. RMU’s Abraham Shines Under Bright Lights Of March Top Returning Scoring Duos Along with Quinnipiac’s Justin Rutty, the NEC player with the highest public profile entering the The NEC will feature just three schools with duos that combined to score at least 25.0 ppg last season. 2010-11 season is Robert Morris sophomore guard Karon Abraham. Abraham’s rise to stardom Topping the list is the St., Francis (NY) guard combination of Ricky Cadell and Akeem Bennett. Cadell as a freshman was nothing short of spectacular, culminating with a March to remember. When veteran was the league’s seventh leading scorer last season with 15.9 ppg, while Bennett ranked ninth with shooting guard Jimmy Langhurst went down with a knee injury last December, it was the 5’9” Abraham 14.5 ppg for a combined 30.4 ppg. who was called upon to fill his shoes. Despite his lack of experience, he immediately became the top offensive option for the Colonials based on his ability to score from virtually anywhere on the court. School Player PPG Player PPG Combined PPG With a quick first step, incredible elevation on his shot and unlimited shooting range, he ended the year St. Francis (NY) Ricky Cadell 15.9 Akeem Bennett 14.5 30.4 as RMU’s leading point producer with 13.6 ppg, a figure that also led all NEC freshman performers. CCSU Ken Horton* 16.5 Shemik Thompson 13.0 29.5 He also paced the NEC in free throw shooting (.851), and ranked second in made three-pointers (85) Quinnipiac Justin Rutty 15.3 James Johnson 12.1 27.4 and three-point percentage (.443). As a result, Abraham was picked unanimously as NEC Rookie of the Year, then went on to earn NEC Tournament MVP honors after averaging 17.7 ppg in the Colonials’ * 2008-09 stats run to a second straight conference title. But it was his performance in RMU’s 73-70 overtime loss to Villanova in the NCAA Tournament that made him a household name. Abraham finished the day with a game-high 23 points, including five shots from downtown. His two highlight reel plays - a four-point play after a banked-in three-pointer, followed by a circus shot reverse layup - had the crowd on its feet, as did his 25’ three-pointer that cut Villanova’s lead to one with 10 seconds to play in overtime. Abraham, along with classmates Velton Jones and Russell Johnson, will look to lead a new-look Colonial team to a third straight NEC championship this season.

2010 Northeast Conference Tournament Review The 2010 NEC Tournament was the sixth straight held with the higher seed hosting all games. Follow- ing the quarterfinals, teams were reseeded so that the highest remaining seed played the lowest re- maining seed...Second-seeded Robert Morris won its second straight NEC Tournament champion- ship with a 52-48 win over top-seeded Quinnipiac at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, CT...The 3,607 fans in attendance set an NEC title game record...RMU has won seven NEC crowns, the most in league history. FDU and Monmouth are tied for second with four apiece...The Colonials became the first team to repeat as NEC champion since Rider in 1993 and 1994...In three of the last five years, the two participants in the NEC title game have combined to score 100 or fewer points...The Colonials are now 7-2 in NEC championship tilts...RMU and Mount St. Mary’s met for the fifth straight year in the NEC Tournament with the Colonials coming out on top of the semifinal matchup, 80-62. RMU is now 3-2 in the five postseason meetings between the two programs....In 15 NEC championship games pitting the top two seeds, the #1 seed has won 10 times...The title game marked just the third time in the last nine years that the two top seeds met in the title contest...RMU freshman guard Karon Abraham earned MVP honors after he averaged 17.7 ppg and shot 8-16 from outside the arc in three games. Abraham joined Monmouth’s Alex Blackwell (1990) and Rider’s Charles Smith (1994) as the only three players to win both NEC Rookie of the Year and NEC Tournament MVP honors in the same season...RMU is 29-19 (.596) all-time in NEC Tournament play. The 29 wins are the most in NEC history...CCSU has earned an NEC Tournament berth 12 straight years, the longest current run in the conference...With RMU winning its quarterfinal game over CCSU, #1 seeds are now a perfect 27-0 in their opening game of the NEC Tournament since the league scrapped a divisional format in 1984...Saint Francis (PA) qualified for the tourney following a four-year drought.

Stat Leaders Return A total of five NEC individual offensive statistical leaders from last season return in 2010-11, including Quinnipiac senior center Justin Rutty, who paced the conference and ranked eighth nationally in rebounding at 10.9 per game.

Category Player Stats Rebounding Justin Rutty, QU 10.9 FT% Karon Abraham, RMU .851 3PFG% Michael Culpo, LIU .463 Blocks Kenny Onyechi, LIU 2.1 Asst./TO Ratio James Hett, MU 2.34:1

CCSU’s Decade Of Dominance Central Connecticut State won three NEC Tournament championships over the last decade, and was also the most dominant team in the conference in terms of regular season success. Over the last ten years, the Blue Devils have won 115 league games, with Robert Morris second with 111 victories. Monmouth (105) and Wagner (100) are the other teams to average 10 wins per season since 2000. Robert Morris registered seven 10-win seasons over the ten-year span, the most in the conference.

10-Year Study: Records In NEC Play CCSU 115-69 .625 FDU 90-94 .489 LIU 83-101 .451 MU 105-79 .571 MSM 83-101 .451 QU 88-96 .478 RMU 111-73 .603 SHU 82-102 .446 SFNY 92-92 .500 SFPA 67-117 .364 WC 100-84 .543