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2006-07 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 4 • December 4, 2006) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Monday, November 27 1. Central Connecticut State 1-0 1.000 2-5 .286 L1 1-1 1-2 0-2 American 59, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 46 2. Robert Morris 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 W1 3-0 2-1 0-0 Howard 75, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 69 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 W1 1-1 2-1 0-0 Tuesday, November 28 Long Island 0-0 .000 3-4 .429 W1 3-0 0-4 0-0 UW-Green Bay 76, FDU 67 Saint Francis (PA) 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 L3 2-2 0-1 0-0 St. John’s 64, LONG ISLAND 46 Penn 80, MONMOUTH 66 Monmouth 0-0 .000 3-5 .375 W1 1-0 1-4 1-1 Brown 66, WAGNER 61 Quinnipiac 0-0 .000 2-4 .333 L3 2-1 0-3 0-0 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 2-5 .286 L2 1-0 0-4 1-1 Wednesday, November 29 CCSU 77, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 64 Wagner 0-0 .000 2-5 .286 W1 1-3 1-2 0-0 Maine 68, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 65 Mount St. Mary's 0-0 .000 1-6 .143 L5 1-2 0-4 0-0 Colgate 80, QUINNIPIAC 71 #2 Pittsburgh 67, ROBERT MORRIS 53 St. Francis (NY) 0-1 .000 0-8 .000 L8 0-1 0-5 0-2 #20 UConn 89, SACRED HEART 46 Bucknell 60, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 56 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Thursday, November 30 Hartford 64, LONG ISLAND 49 Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week MONMOUTH 67, Rider 66 Javier Mojica, Central Connecticut State Saturday, December 2 Sr., G, 6-3, 180 lbs., Auburn, MA/Auburn Lehigh 55, CCSU 52 Mojica claims the first Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week award of his career after averaging 20.9 points and 7.9 rebounds in FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 85, Canisius 83 (2 OT) Central Connecticut State’s 1-1 week. He also shot a scintillating 69.6 percent (16-23) from the floor and 62.5 percent (5-8) from LONG ISLAND 70, New Hampshire 62 (OT) Loyola (MD) 83, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 66 three-point range. Mojica posted his league-leading third double-double of the season with 22 points and 11 boards in a 77-64 win Brown 80, QUINNIPIAC 74 over St. Francis (NY) on Wednesday in CCSU’s NEC opener. He also tallied 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a 55-52 ROBERT MORRIS 73, Duquesne 72 setback at Lehigh on Saturday. Mojica has scored 20 or more points in five straight games, the longest stretch for a CCSU player in Columbia 76, SACRED HEART 71 12 seasons. The Auburn, MA product currently ranks among NEC leaders in nearly every statistical category, including first in three- Fairfield 68, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 64 (OT) WAGNER 72, Yale 65 point accuracy (.526), second in scoring (20.4 ppg) and rebounding (7.9 rpg), third in made three-pointers (2.9 per game), fifth in field goal percentage (.520), 11th in free throw percentage (.760) and 12th in assists (2.9 apg). Home Team Underlined Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Devin Sweetney, Saint Francis (PA) NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Fr., G, 6-6, 180 lbs., Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist Nov. 13 Chris Weyhe, QU Nov. 13 Chauncey Hardy, SHU Sweetney continued to put up big numbers for the Red Flash en-route to his second straight Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 20 A.J. Jackson, RMU Nov. 20 Jeremy Goode, MSM accolade. He averaged 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and shot 40.0 percent from three-point range and 91.7 percent from Nov. 27 A.J. Jackson, RMU Nov. 27 Devin Sweetney, SFPA the charity stripe last week. Sweetney scored 15 of his career-high 20 points in the second half, including 11 of his team’s last 18 points Dec. 4 Javier Mojica, CCSU Dec. 4 Devin Sweetney, SFPA in a 75-69 setback at Howard on Monday. In a back-and-forth affair, he gave Saint Francis the lead three times in the final six minutes of the contest and pulled the Red Flash to within 68-67 on a layup with 1:46 to play. Two days later, the native of Washington, D.C. recorded 11 points, five boards and two steals in a near upset of Patriot League power Bucknell as the Bison ended the game on an 8-0 run to win, 60-56. On the season, Sweetney paces all NEC freshman and ranks in the NEC top-15 in scoring (eighth, 15.0 ppg), rebounding (third, 7.6 rpg), field goal percentage (11th, .481), free throw percentage (second, .880) and steals (sixth, 2.0 spg). 2007 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be This Week’s Schedule reseeded after quarterfinals. Monday, December 4 Wednesday, December 6 Saturday, December 9 MONMOUTH at Seton Hall 7:30 pm Delaware at CCSU 7:00 pm UMass vs. CCSU (at Mohegan Sun) 8:00 pm Thursday, March 1 Sunday, March 4 Wednesday, March 7 Yale at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm FDU at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at Liberty 7:00 pm Thursday, December 7 Harvard at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm Times TBA TBA, 7:30 pm (ESPN2) LONG ISLAND at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm 4:00 pm (MSG) Tuesday, December 5 QUINNIPIAC at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at WAGNER 12:00 pm FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON at Drexel 7:30 pm ROBERT MORRIS at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Hartford at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at St. John’s 7:30 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm NEC Website WAGNER at Columbia 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org Standings and statistics are updated daily. 2006-07 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (2-5, 1-0 NEC) (3-2, 0-0 NEC) (3-4, 0-0 NEC) John Thompson Challenge (at Michigan) N 14 at Providence L 71-96 N 11 Binghamton W 73-59 N 10 vs. Michigan L 40-60 N 18 at Seton Hall W 76-71 N 17 at Minnesota L 54-70 N 11 vs. Eastern Michigan L 69-76 N 21 at St. Peter’s W 72-65 N 21 at Columbia L 63-90 N 12 vs. Davidson L 64-91 N 28 UW-Green Bay L 67-76 N 25 Old Westbury W 105-50 N 18 at New Hampshire W 73-66 D 2 Canisius W 85-83 (2 OT) N 28 at St. John’s L 46-64 N 25 St. Bonaventure L 57-60 D 5 at Drexel 7:30 pm N 30 at Hartford L 49-64 N 29 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 77-64 D 9 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm D 2 New Hampshire W 70-62 (OT) D 2 at Lehigh L 52-55 D 11 Mercy 7:00 pm D 7 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm D 6 Delaware 7:00 pm D 16 at Stony Brook 2:00 pm D 9 Harvard 4:00 pm D 9 vs. Massachusetts (at Mohegan Sun Arena) 8:00 pm D 22 Rider 7:00 pm D 13 at Penn State 7:30 pm D 14 Harvard 7:00 pm College of Charleston Tournament D 15 at Binghamton 7:00 pm D 16 La Salle 2:00 pm D 29 vs. IUPUI 5:30 pm D 28 Vermont 7:00 pm D 31 at St. Peter’s 1:00 pm D 30 vs. Radford/Charleston 5/7:30 pm J 4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm D 30 at UMBC 7:00 pm J 6 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 4 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 8 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:30 pm J 11 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 11 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 6 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 13 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm J 13 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm J 13 SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 4:00 pm J 18 at CCSU 7:00 pm J 15 at CCSU 2:00 pm J 15 LONG ISLAND 2:00 pm J 20 at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm J 18 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 20 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4:00 pm J 25 QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 22 at WAGNER 7:00 pm J 20 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm J 27 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 25 at ST.