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2016-17 MERRIMACK COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME #30 #8 SEED MERRIMACK COLLEGE WARRIORS (18-11, 12-9 NE10) #GoMack AT NO. 16/24 // #1 SEED LE MOYNE COllEGE DOLPHINS (22-6, 16-4 NE10) SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017 | 5:00 P.M. | TED GRANT COURT | SYRACUSE, N.Y. NCAA EAST REGIONAL - QUARTERFINALS MUltIMEDIA INFORMATION 2016-7 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Webcast (Free): Pack Network (http://www.packnetwork.com/ncaadiieastm/) Live Stats: SIDEARM Stats (www.LeMoyneDolphins.com) 18-11 (12-9 Northeast-10) Twitter: www.Twitter.com/MerrimackMBB SETTING THE STAGE NOVEMBER Fri. 11 vs. Post & ............W, 80-61 THE PARTICULARS Sat. 12 vs. Bloomfield & ....... L, 97-83 Returning to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in program history and for the first time Wed. 16 @ Bentley * ......... W, 68-61 in seven years, the Merrimack College men’s basketball program travels to Ted Grant Court in Sun. 20 BRIDGEPORT ........W, 88-86 Syracuse, N.Y. on Saturday for the NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals where the eighth-seeded Tue. 22 @ Stonehill * ..........W, 77-75 Warriors will meet top-seeded Le Moyne at 5 p.m. Sun. 27 CONCORDIA (NY). W, 95-81 ALL-TIME VS. LE MOYNE Wed. 30 SAINT MICHAEL’S * ...W, 93-76 Saturday’s meeting is the 32nd all-time between the two schools. Le Moyne holds the slight upper hand, winning 16-of-31 (51.6%), breaking at 15-15 deadlock in the regular season with a 80-76 win DECEMBER at Hammel Court. The series began during the 1996-97 season, with the program’s splitting a pair of meetings as the home team prevailed on each occasion. In 15 games in Syracuse, the Warriors Sat. 3 @ Saint Anselm * ...... L, 88-59 have a 5-10 ledger, but won their most recent trip to Ted Grant Court, 80-65, during the 2015-16 Tue. 6 FRANKLIN PIERCE * ...L, 86-79 season. Saturday marks the first postseason meeting of any kind for the two squads. MerrimackAthletics.com Thu. 8 @ Assumption * .......W, 62-59 Sun. 18 #19 SOUTHERN N.H. *. W, 94-78 SCOUTING THE DOLPHINS Entering Saturday’s matchup with a 22-6 overall record, the Dolphins are enjoying a historic sea- Fri. 30 LIU POST ............W, 84-72 son as the program earned the region’s top seed and will host the regional for third time and first since 1969. Saturday will be the program’s 20th all-time NCAA Tournament game (4-15) and fourth JANUARY at home. Le Moyne lost its previous three tourney contests played in Syracuse. NE10 Coach of the Year Patrick Beilein is in his second season with the program and has led the program to a 15-win Mon. 2 @ Dominican (NY) .....W, 67-65 turnaround after a 7-13 record in 2015-16. NE10 Defensive Player of the Year Russell Sangster Wed. 4 NEW HAVEN * ........W, 68-65 became the program’s third recipient of the award for the league’s top defender when the NE10 @MerrimackMBB Sat. 7 PACE * .............W, 100-74 announced its major awards. Sangster leads the team in scoring (11.8 ppg), Isaiah Eisendorg (5.0 Tue. 10 @ Southern Conn. * ..... L, 89-65 rpg) is the Dolphins’ top rebounder, while Sangster leads the squad in assists (77) and steals (37). Sat. 14 LE MOYNE * ..........L, 80-76 Wed. 18 @ Saint Rose * ........ L, 86-82 LAST TIME OUT: MERRIMACK HEADS TO NCAA TOURNEY AS EAST REGION’S 8TH SEED Sat. 21 @ AdeIphi *. .W, 81-77 After beginning the year picked near the bottom of the Northeast-10 Conference and expected to experience a transition season under first-year head coach Joe Gallo, the Merrimack College men’s Tue. 24 AMERICAN INT’L* .....W, 78-77 basketball team learned on Sunday night that it earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Division Mon. 30 SOUTHERN CONN. .W, 100-94 (OT) II Men’s Basketball Championship and will be the eighth seed in this weekend’s East Regional hosted in Syracuse, N.Y. FEBRUARY The selection marks the ninth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and first since the Wed. 1 @ Saint Michael’s * ...... W, 64-60 2009-10 campaign. The Warriors finished the season with 18 wins, and were regionally ranked as Sat. 4 SAINT ANSELM * .... W, 78-76 high as fifth by the NCAA Selection Committee when polls began on February 15. Tue. 7 STONEHILL * ........L, 85-77 Sat. 11 @ Southern N.H. * .....L, 89-79 The Le Moyne College Dolphins earned the right to host the region as an at-large selection after Wed. 15 ASSUMPTION * ......W, 80-74 winning the NE10’s Southwest Division and totaling 22 victories on the year. Saint Anselm collect- ed the NE10’s automatic qualifier as the NE10 Final victor and will be the fourth seed. Saint Thomas Sat. 18 @ Franklin Pierce * .....L ,81-69 Aquinas prevailed as the East Coast Conference champion and are seeded fifth, while Bloomfield Tue. 21 BENTLEY *. .L, 86-84 College won the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and enter the regional seeded in the No. 6 Tue. 24 NEW HAVEN+ . .L, 84-58 spot MARCH The other four at-large berths were awarded from the NE10 as the conference earned six berths to Sat. 11 at #1 Le Moyne $ ......5 p.m. the regional for just the second time in league history. Southern New Hampshire will be the No. 2 seed after winning the Northeast Division. Saint Rose slots in as the third-seeded program follow- ing a 24-win campaign and Southern Connecticut ranked one spot above the Warriors at No. 7. + Northeast-10 Championship The opening round games will be played at Ted Grant Court on Saturday, with game times to be & at Bentley Tip Off announced later in the week. The regional semifinals will be on Sunday, while the regional final is set for Tuesday, March 14. % at SNHU $ NCAA East Regional 2016-17 MERRIMACK LEADERS *Northeast-10 Conference Game AVERAGES TOTALS HOME GAMES IN CAPS POINTS RYAN BOULTER (18.0) POINTS RYAN BOULTER (522) All times Eastern and subject to change REBOUNDS ANTHONY BARRY (6.3) REBOUNDS ANTHONY BARRY (182) ASSISTS JUVARIS HAYES (9.3) ASSISTS JUVARIS HAYES (271) BLOCKS ANTHONY BARRY (0.4) BLOCKS ANTHONY BARRY (13) 2016-17 NE10/National Rankings STEALS JUVARIS HAYES (3.0) STEALS JUVARIS HAYES (80) FG% TAWAYNE ANDERSON JR. (57.6%) FIELD GOALS RYAN BOULTER (188) Scoring Offense: 78.2 ppg (8th/122nd) 3PT% RYAN BOULTER (39.2%) 3-PT FGS RYAN BOULTER (92) Scoring Defense: 78.0 ppg (11th/185th) FT% RYAN BOULTER (85.7%) FREE THROWS JUVARIS HAYES (128) Field-Goal %: 46.1% (8th/109th) Field-Goal % Defense: 46.4% (11th/218th) Athletic Communications • Men’s Basketball Contact: Mike Sullivan • www.merrimackathletics.com 3-Pt Field-Goal %: 34.0% (12th/208th) Department of Athletics • 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845-5806 2016-17 Merrimack Men’s Basketball 3-Pt Field-Goal % Defense: 37.1% (11th/215th) ph (978) 837-5026 / (978) 994-4404 • fax (978) 837-5032 • e-mail: [email protected] 1 2016-17 MERRIMACK COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL HERE’S WHAT’S NOTEWORTHY... 2016-17 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS/LOWS MERRIMACK TEAM HIGHS MEET HEAD COACH JOE GALLO On May 9, 2016, Joe Gallo was introduced as the eighth head men’s basketball coach in Points 100 vs. Southern Conn. (1/30) Merriamck history. A 2004 graduate of Merrimack College, Gallo returned to his alma 100 vs. Pace (1/07) mater after a four-year stint as an assistant coacha and recruiting coordinator at Robert FG Made 37 vs. Pace (1/07) Morries. He is a former player with the Warriors and also served as an assistant coach FG Attempts 76 at Adelphi (1/21) from 2005-09. #GoMack FG% 56.7 vs. SNHU (12/18) FIRST FOR GALLO 3-PT FGM 15 vs. Saint Michael’s (11/30) Gallo picked up his first-ever victory in Merrimack’s season opener at the Bentley Tip- 3-PT FGA 33 vs. Saint Michael’s (11/30) Off Classic against Post University, 80-61. It marked the first of 18 wins of his debut 3-PT% 57.1 vs. Pace (1/07) campaign after the program was selected seventh of eight in the Northeast Division in the NE10 Preseason Coaches’ Poll. FTM 22 vs. Southern Conn. (1/30) FTA 28 vs. Southern Conn. (1/30) HISTORY IN SYRACUSE FT% 90.0 at Southern Conn. (1/10) In 15 games in Syracuse, the Warriors have a 5-10 ledger, but won their most recent trip Rebounds 46 at Assumption (12/8) to Ted Grant Court, 80-65, during the 2015-16 season. Saturday marks the first postsea- Assists 30 vs. Pace (1/07) son meeting of any kind for the two squads. Steals 14 vs. Bentley (2/21) GOING STREAKING Blocks 6 vs. New Haven (2/24) Merrimack has three separate winning streaks of at least five games, with a season Turnovers 18 vs. Southern Conn. (1/30) long of six straight victories spanning from Dec. 8-Jan. 7. That steak was the longest Fouls 22 at Franklin Pierce (2/18) for the program in seven years, when the 2009-10 squad ripped off 11 straight wins en route to the program’s most recent NCAA Tourney berth prior to this year. DOWNRIGHT DEFENSIVE OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS Holding opponents to under 80 points has proven to be a strong indicator of Points 97 vs. Bloomfield (11/12) Merrimack’s success this season. The Warriors are a perfect 15-0 when holding their FG Made 36 vs. Southern Conn. (1/30) opposition to 79 points or fewer, and have just a 3-11 mark when the enemy breaks the 80-point plateau FG Attempts 87 vs.