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2007-08 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 8 • January 7, 2008) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Wagner 3-0 1.000 10-4 .714 W2 5-2 5-2 0-0 Monday, December 31 Cornell 86, QUINNIPIAC 84 (OT) 2. Mount St. Mary's 3-1 .750 7-7 .500 L1 3-4 4-3 0-0 LIU at Central Florida Tournament 3. Robert Morris 2-1 .667 10-5 .667 W3 4-2 5-2 1-1 Central Florida 78, LONG ISLAND 69 Quinnipiac 2-1 .667 6-8 .429 L1 3-4 3-4 0-0 Wednesday, January 2 Sacred Heart 2-1 .667 5-9 .357 L1 3-2 2-7 0-0 #23 Rhode Island 94, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 63 6. Long Island 1-1 .500 9-4 .692 L1 6-0 2-4 1-0 Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 .500 5-7 .417 W1 3-0 2-5 0-2 Thursday, January 3 8. Monmouth 1-2 .333 4-11 .267 W1 1-4 1-6 2-1 WAGNER 68, CCSU 60 MT. ST. MARY’S 68, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 60 Saint Francis (PA) 1-2 .333 3-11 .214 L5 1-7 2-4 0-0 QUINNIPIAC 74, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 61 10. Central Connecticut State 1-3 .250 5-10 .333 W1 3-4 2-6 0-0 ROBERT MORRIS 59, MONMOUTH 44 11. St. Francis (NY) 0-4 .000 3-12 .200 L9 3-4 0-8 0-0 Saturday, January 5 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament CCSU 80, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 75 (OT) FDU 65, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 62 ROBERT MORRIS 86, QUINNIPIAC 79 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week WAGNER 70, SACRED HEART 63 Manny Ubilla, Fairleigh Dickinson MONMOUTH 51, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 50 Sr., G, 6-2, 185 lbs., Freehold, NJ/Freehold (Lackawanna CC) Ubilla was unstoppable in capturing the second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award of his career. He averaged 31.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 1.5 spg in the Knights’ 1-1 week. Ubilla shot 51.4 percent from the field and drained 13-24 shots (.542) from three-point range. The Freehold, NJ native began his week with a career-high 39-point effort in a 94-63 setback at #23 Rhode Island on Wednesday. The 39 points - which set a Ryan Center record, established an NEC single-game season-high and ranks fourth on FDU’s all-time single-game list - included a school record eight shots from beyond the arc. He also snared seven rebounds and dished for three assists. Three days later, Ubilla helped boost FDU to a 65-62 win at Mount St. Mary’s by tallying 24 points, four Home Team Underlined rebounds, four assists and three steals. He continued his torrid shooting by making 5-9 shots from three-point territory. After the Mount pulled to within one, Ubilla scored ten points in the final 3:31, including a pair of trifectas to clinch the victory. The senior guard Choice Hotels Choice Hotels leads the NEC with 20.5 ppg, and averages 5.2 rpg and 4.8 apg (sixth in the league). Ubilla also ranks second in the league in three- pointers per game (3.3) and third in three-point percentage (.455). NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 12 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 12 Evann Baker, QU Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 19 Tony Lee, RMU Nov. 19 John Galvin, FDU Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac Nov. 26 Mark Porter, WC Nov. 26 Kyle Johnson, LIU Fr., F, 6-7, 240 lbs., Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy Dec. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Dec. 3 Ed Zajac, QU Rutty becomes the third Quinnipiac player to claim Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors this season, joining teammates Dec. 10 Jeremy Goode, MSM Dec. 10 Evann Baker, QU Evann Baker (a two-time winner) and Ed Zajac. Rutty averaged 9.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg and shot 66.7 percent from the field in the Bobcats’ Dec. 17 Sean Baptiste, FDU Dec. 17 David Simmons, CCSU 1-2 week. He started with seven points and five rebounds in an 86-84 overtime loss to Cornell on Monday, before narrowly missing Dec. 31 Tony Lee, RMU Dec. 31 David Hicks, LIU his first career double-double with 10 points (5-7 FG) and nine boards in a 74-61 conquest of Saint Francis (PA) in Loretto on Jan. 7 Manny Ubilla, FDU Jan. 7 Justin Rutty, QU Thursday. The Newburgh, NY product then hit 5-6 shots from the floor and finished with 12 points and six rebounds in an 86-79 setback to visiting Robert Morris on Saturday. For the year, Rutty is averaging 7.6 ppg and ranks second among all NEC freshman with 5.8 rpg. He also paces the Bobcats and ranks third in the NEC in field goal shooting at 55.4 percent. This Week’s Schedule 2008 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Monday, January 7 Saturday, January 12 Wednesday, January 16 SACRED HEART at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at MT. ST. MARY’S# 9:00 pm All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Oklahoma 6:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at FDU 7:00 pm reseeded after quarterfinals. ROBERT MORRIS at Boston College 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER 2:00 pm Thursday, January 17 CCSU at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Thursday, March 6 Sunday, March 9 Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, January 10 Sunday, January 13 WAGNER at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at CCSU 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at ROBERT MORRIS* 3:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm FDU at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) ROBERT MORRIS at FDU 7:00 pm Upcoming Games 4:00 pm (MSG) MOUNT ST. MARY’S at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Saturday, January 19 WAGNER at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Monday, January 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON at CCSU 2:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at CCSU^ 7:30 pm LONG ISLAND at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm NEC Website SACRED HEART at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit ROBERT MORRIS at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org * Televised on MSG, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS Standings and statistics are updated daily. ^ Televised on MSG, Cox, FCS # Televised on MASN, FSN-Pittsburgh, FCS, ESPN-FC 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (5-10, 1-3 NEC) (5-7, 1-1 NEC) (9-4, 1-1 NEC) N 11 at Princeton L 57-59 at NIT Season Tip-Off (at Syracuse) N 12 at Notre Dame L 50-82 N 14 Albany L 60-63 (OT) N 12 vs. Saint Joseph’s L 66-86 N 16 at Army W 64-54 N 17 New Hampshire L 70-78 N 13 vs. Siena L 66-88 N 20 Columbia W 70-60 N 20 at Binghamton W 68-65 (OT) N 16 at Lafayette W 98-92 N 24 Canisius W 70-63 N 25 at Lafayette L 54-71 N 19 at Rider L 70-85 N 28 at St. John’s L 56-68 N 28 at La Salle L 55-59 N 25 at St. John’s L 67-92 D 1 Hartford W 86-62 D 1 Lehigh W 65-55 D 8 at LONG ISLAND L 77-90 D 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-73 D 6 SACRED HEART L 52-68 D 10 Norfolk State W 80-64 D 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 90-77 D 8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 D 15 Stony Brook W 74-71 D 10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 D 11 UMBC W 58-54 D 22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 D 13 Harvard W 88-77 D 16 Delaware W 81-48 D 30 at Charlotte L 59-65 D 20 St. Peter’s W 67-62 D 22 at UMass L 55-79 J 2 at Rhode Island L 63-94 at Central Florida Tournament D 30 at Vermont L 63-84 J 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 65-62 D 30 vs. Texas-Pan American W 95-83 D 31 at Central Florida L 69-78 J 3 at WAGNER L 60-68 J 10 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 7 SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 5 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 80-75 (OT) J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm J 10 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 14 at CCSU 7:30 pm J 17 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 17 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 14 LONG ISLAND 7:30 pm J 19 at CCSU 2:00 pm J 17 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 19 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm J 25 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 24 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 19 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2:00 pm J 27 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 24 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 26 MOUNT ST.