University at Albany
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL FIVE-TIME AMERICA EAST CHAMPION Contact: John Reilly • Assistant Director of Media Relations Office: 518-442-5733 • email: [email protected] 2018-19 Schedule/Results GAME #2 NOVEMBER (0-1) HOME 9 @ Iona L, 68-72 14 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 7:30 pm OPENER 17 @ Canisius 3:30 pm UAlbany (0-1, 0-0 AE) vs. Boston University (2-1, 0-0 Patriot League) 19 ONEONTA 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 7:30 p.m. 20 HOLY CROSS 7:00 pm TV: ESPN+ | Radio: 104.5 the Team SEFCU Arena (4,538), Albany, N.Y. 23 @ UW-Milwaukee^ 8:00 pm 29 vs. LIU Brooklyn^# 2:00 pm UALBANY HOSTS FORMER AMERICA EAST RIVAL BU IN HOME OPENER 30 vs. Dartmouth/Marist^# TBA DECEMBER UAlbany opened on the road last Friday against three-time defending MAAC 8 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm champion Iona. Despite jumping out to a 15-point lead, the Great Danes fell 11 @ Yale 7:00 pm by four points, 72-68, after the Gaels chipped away at the Danes’ lead in the 15 DARTMOUTH 3:00 pm second half. 18 @ Providence 7:00 pm The Great Danes debuted four new starters this season, with Devonte Camp- 20 MANHATTAN 7:00 pm bell being the only holdover from last year. Three players, Campbell, Ahmad 28 @ Kent State 7:00 pm Clark, and Cameron Healy, scored in double figures, with Campbell recording 31 @ Niagara 3:30 pm a double-double. JANUARY 5 VERMONT* 7:00 pm Boston University last hosted Emerson, defeating the Lions 94-57. It was the 12 MAINE* 3:00 pm Terriers’ third game this season after defeating Northeastern in their opener 16 @ UMass Lowell* 7:00 pm by three and falling at home to former America East rival Vermont by six. 19 @ UMBC* 1:00 pm The Terriers were picked to finish second in the Patriot League in the presea- 23 STONY BROOK* 7:00 pm son coaches’ poll this season, behind conference favorite Bucknell. Boston 26 HARTFORD* 3:00 pm University garnered two of 20 first-place votes, tallying 141 points behind 30 @ New Hampshire* 7:00 pm Bucknell’s 162 points and 18 first-place votes. FEBRUARY 2 BINGHAMTON*& 7:00 pm Fans who bring a canned food item to the University at Albany basketball 9 @ Vermont* 2:00 pm doubleheader Wednesday, Nov. 14, will receive a discounted ticket good for both games as a show of appreciation for participating in the America East 13 UMASS LOWELL* 7:00 pm Food Frenzy. 17 @ Maine* 1:00 pm 21 @ Stony Brook* 7:00 pm 23 UMBC* 7:00 pm POSSIBLE STARTERS 27 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 pm Player Pos. Ht. G/GS PPG RPG Notes MARCH #2 Ahmad Clark G 6-1 1/1 21.0 5.0 Career-high 21 pts at Iona (11/9/18) 2 @ Hartford* 5:00 pm #10 Brent Hank F 6-10 1/1 0.0 2.0 Redshirt 2017-18 #11 Cameron Healy G 6-3 1/1 14.0 4.0 Redshirt 2017-18 5 @ Binghamton* 7:00 pm #12 Devonte Campbell F 6-6 1/1 17.0 10.0 Two-time America East All-Defensive Team 9 Quarterfinals% TBA #14 Adam Lulka F 6-8 1/1 8.0 6.0 Redshirt 2017-18 12 Semifinals% TBA POSSIBLE RESERVES 16 Finals% 11:00 am #0 Antonio Rizzuto G 6-3 0/0 0.0 0.0 First year at UAlbany #1 Malachi De Sousa F 6-6 1/0 0.0 2.0 First year at UAlbany Home games in BOLD CAPS #3 Rayshawn Miller G 6-1 1/0 3.0 4.0 First year at UAlbany * - America East Game #4 Reece Brooks G 5-9 1/0 3.0 1.0 First year at UAlbany ^ - Belfast Classic #21 Jeremia Starks G 6-2 0/0 0.0 0.0 First year at UAlbany # - game played in Belfast, Northern Ireland #22 Nick Fruscio G 5-10 0/0 0.0 0.0 Career-high 3 points vs. Maine (1/22/17) & - Big Purple Growl #23 Philip Flory G/F 6-5 0/0 0.0 0.0 First year at UAlbany % - America East Tournament #32 Nikola Jerotic F 6-7 0/0 0.0 0.0 First year at UAlbany #33 Sasha French F 6-11 1/0 2.0 3.0 First year at UAlbany #54 Kendall Lauderdale F 6-8 1/0 0.0 0.0 First year at UAlbany UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY • 2018-19 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY • 2018-19 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 3 2018-19 UALBANY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Tale of the Tape Stepping Up 2018-19 Stats As the most experienced player on the roster, having been a UAlbany Boston U. regular starter for the last two years, winning America East 0-1 Overall Record 2-1 All-Defensive Team honors each of the last two season, Devonte 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 Campbell has stepped headfirst into and fully embraced his lead- L1 Streak W1 ership role on the team for this season. 68.0 Points Per Game 81.0 72.0 Points Allowed Per Game 69.7 Preseason -4.0 Scoring Margin +11.3 After finishing fourth in the regular season in 2017-18, the Great 39.0 Rebounds Per Game 41.7 Danes were picked to finish fourth in the 2018-19 America East 34.0 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 32.3 Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Last year’s regular-season champion +5.0 Rebounding Margin +9.3 Vermont was picked first for the second-straight year, while .362 Field Goal Percentage .492 .439 Opp. Field Goal Percentage .402 America East Tournament champion UMBC, which became the .458 3-Point Percentage .383 first 16-seed to defeat a one-seed in the men’s NCAA Tour- .240 Opp. 3-Point Percentage .250 namnet by knocking off top-overall seed Virginia 74-54, was .938 Free Throw Percentage .696 picked third. 10.0 Assists Per Game 14.0 22.0 Turnovers Per Game 12.3 Empire State 13.0 Opposing Turnovers Per Game 10.7 The 2018-19 schedule for the Great Danes features 31 regu- -9.0 Turnover Margin -1.7 lar-season games. Of those 31, 10 will feature opponents from 0.0 Steals Per Game 4.7 New York State, with the potential for an 11th, should UAlba- 0.0 Blocks Per Game 2.0 ny draw Marist in their final game of the Belfast Classic. Last seaosn, UAlbany went 9-2 against teams from New York. 2018-19 America East Rankings Road Warriors Team UAlbany will play just six of its 15 non-conference games at SEF- Cameron Healy CU Arena this season. The remaining nine will be played away --Scoring Offense: 6th (68.0) --Points: 14th (14.0) --Scoring Defense: 2nd (72.0) --3FG%: 2nd (.571) from home. The highlight of the non-conference schedule is a --Scoring Margin: 6th (-4.0) --Minutes: 15th (33.0) week-long trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the final phase of --FG %: 9th (.362) --FG % Defense: 3rd (.439) Adam Lulka the Belfast Classic. UAlbany’s participation in the Classic begins --3FG %: 1st (.458) --Rebounds: 12th (6.0) with a visit to UW-Milwaukee on November 23, followed by the --3FG % Defense: 2nd (.240) --3FG Made: 2nd (11.0) flight overseas for a game on November 29 against LIU Brooklyn, --FT %: 1st (.938) --Rebounding Margin: 3rd (+5.0) and one final game on November 30 against either Dartmouth or --Blocks: 9th (0.0) Marist. --Assists: 9th (10.0) --Steals: 9th (0.0) --Turnover Margin: 9th (-9.0) Searching for Production --Assist/Turnover Ratio: 9th (0.45) With such dramatic personnell changes since last season, the Player Great Danes will have to find new sources of production to win Reece Brooks games this year. Devonte Campell is one of three players return- --FT%: t-1st (1.000) ing who saw the floor last seaosn, and the only returning starter Devonte Campbell from last year’s squad. Collectively, the team returns 14.4% of --Points: 8th (17.0) --Rebounds: 2nd (10.0) its scoring production from last season, amounting to 10.7 points --FT%: 5th (.889) per game. --Minutes: 2nd (38.0) Ahmad Clark Aussie Pipeline --Points: 2nd (21.0) --FG%: 1st (.571) Continuing the tradtion of Australian players in the program, the --3FG%: 1st (.714) men’s 2018-19 roster features three Australian players in Brent Hank, Cameron Healy, and Adam Lulka. Each is expected to con- 2018-19 America East Single-Game Highs tribute significantly this season, if not win starting roles. Points: 27 (Sam Sessoms, Binghamton, 11/6) Rebounds: 14 (Anthony Lamb, Vermont, 11/6) Fresh Faces Assists: 9 (Timmy Rose, Binghamton, 11/12) Steals: 3 (7x, last 2x on 11/12) Due to heavy losses from graduation and transferring players, Blocks: 4 (3x, last 11/12) the UAlbany men’s basektball team will feature nine newcomers 2017-18 NCAA Division I Rankings on its 15-player roster this season. Further, three of the six re- Team Player turners, Brent Hank, Cameron Healy, and Adam Lulka, redshirted their freshman season last year. --3FG%: 21st (.458) Ahmad Clark --3FG% Defense: 47th (.240) --3FG%: 29th (.714) --FT%: 1st (.938) NBLxNBA Devonte Campbell --Rebounds: 56th (10.0) One of the preseason team bonding experiences the Great --OREB: 47th (4.0) Danes had was a trip to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center to --Minutes: 20th (38.0) attend the Philadelphia 76ers preseason exhibition game against Melbourne United.