2017-18 Hofstra Men's Basketball Game Notes Hofstra University Pride (6-3) Vs. Stony Brook University Seawolves (4-6) Tuesday
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2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Game Notes Hofstra University Pride (6-3) vs. Stony Brook University Seawolves (4-6) Tuesday, December 12, 2017 – 7 p.m. Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,000) Stony Brook, New York Hashtag - #RoarWithPride 2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Schedule (6-3, 0-0 CAA) TENTATIVE STARTING LINEUP November (4-3) Head Coach 10 Fri. ARMY WEST POINT W 77-74 JOE MIHALICH (pronounced mih-HAL-lick) 13 Mon. KENNESAW STATE W 75-57 75-67 at Hofstra (fifth season) Gildan Charleston Classic 340-270 Overall (20th season) (at TD Arena; Charleston, SC) 16 Thu. vs. Dayton (ESPNU) W 72-69 This is Coach Mihalich’s 611th overall game as 17 Fri. vs. Clemson (ESPNU) L 59-78 a head coach and his 143rd at Hofstra. 19 Sun. vs. Auburn (ESPNU) L 78-89 25 Sat. at Siena L 76-85 30 Thu. MOLLOY W 107-72 #2 / Junior / Guard / 6-4 / 180 December (2-0) KENNY WORMLEY (pronounced WARM-lee) 6 Wed. at Monmouth (ESPN3) W 85-84 Landover, Maryland 9 Sat. at Rider W 88-82 3.8 ppg / 2.6 apg / 1.3 rpg / 0.3 spg / 3 3’s 12 Tue. at Stony Brook (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Notes: Played 16 minutes against Rider. 20 Wed. MANHATTAN (at Adelphi) 7 p.m. Long Island Hoops (at Nassau Coliseum; Uniondale, NY) 22 Fri. vs. Villanova (Fox Sports 1) 8:30 p.m. 30 Sat. at William & Mary 4 p.m. #3 / Junior / Guard / 6-1 / 185 January (0-0) JUSTIN WRIGHT-FOREMAN 2 Tue. at Northeastern 7 p.m. Queens, New York 5 Fri. JAMES MADISON 7 p.m. 22.0 ppg / 3.1 rpg / 2.7 apg / 0.6 spg / 0.3 bpg / 28 3’s 7 Sun. ELON 4 p.m. Notes: Scored a season-high 30 points and 11 Thu. at Towson 7 p.m. added a career-high tying five assists in win 13 Sat. at Drexel 4 p.m. over Rider. 18 Thu. DELAWARE 7 p.m. 20 Sat. at Charleston CollegeSportsLive 4 p.m. 25 Thu. NORTHEASTERN 7 p.m. #5 / Sophomore / Guard / 6-5 / 197 27 Sat. at Delaware 7 p.m. ELI PEMBERTON February (0-0) Middletown, Connecticut 1 Thu. UNCW CollegeSportsLive 7 p.m. 18.9 ppg / 4.9 rpg / 2.3 apg / 1.0 spg / 0.3 bpg / 20 3’s 3 Sat. CHARLESTON 7 p.m. Notes: Poured in a career-high 28 points and 8 Thu. at Elon 7 p.m. added eight rebounds and four assists at Rider. 10 Sat. at UNCW 7 p.m. 15 Thu. WILLIAM & MARY 7 p.m. #12 / Graduate / Forward / 6-6 / 240 17 Sat. DREXEL 4 p.m. 22 Thu. at James Madison 7 p.m. JOEL ANGUS III (pronounced joe-ELL) 24 Sat. TOWSON CollegeSportsLive 4 p.m. Brooklyn, New York March (0-0) 8.4 ppg / 5.9 rpg / 0.6 apg / 0.4 spg Colonial Athletic Association Championship Notes: Eight points and a game-high 10 (North Charleston Coliseum; North Charleston, SC) rebounds in win over Rider. 3 Sat. Opening Round 4 Sun. Quarterfinals #11 / Senior / Forward/Center / 6-9 / 260 5 Mon. Semifinals (CBS Sports Network) ROKAS GUSTYS (pronounced ROE-kuss goos-TEESE) 6 Tue. Championship (CBS Sports Network) Kaunas, Lithuania Home games in BOLD CAPS 10.9 rpg / 9.2 ppg / 2.0 apg / 0.8 spg / 0.1 bpg Notes: Tied for game-high honors with 10 BROADCAST INFORMATION rebounds at Rider. Moved into seventh place all- Streaming Video: espn.com/watch/search/hofstra time in CAA history with 1,026 career rebounds. Streaming Audio: GoHofstra.com/PrideProductions TV: None Radio: WRHU (88.7 FM) Live Stats: Series Record: Hofstra is 20-5 all-time against their Long sidearmstats.com/stonybrook/mbball/ Island neighbors and won last season’s meeting 96-58 in 2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Team Guide Hempstead as the Pride placed six players in double figures GoHofstra.com/1718MBBGuide including 22 points and eight rebounds from Wright-Foreman Media Clippings: GoHofstra.com/InTheNews and 18 rebounds and 11 points from Gustys. The teams first met during the 1972-73 season with Hofstra winning that meeting by the score of 103-80. /HofstraPride @HofstraPride /GoHofstra /hofstrapride /HofstraMBB @HofstraMBB /hofstrambb OFF THE BENCH Athletic Communications Contact: Stephen Gorchov #1 / Freshman Forward / Matija Radovic (Beograd, Serbia) Associate Director of Athletics for Communications Stats: 5.1 ppg / 3.0 rpg / 0.5 apg / 0.5 spg / 0.1 bpg / 11 3’s Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Notes: Played five minutes at Monmouth Cell Phone: (516) 523-5252 #4 / Junior Guard / Desure Buie (Bronx, NY) E-mail: [email protected] Stats: 3.1 ppg / 2.7 apg / 0.9 rpg / 0.3 spg / 5 3’s Twitter: @StephenGorchov Notes: Played six minutes at Rider #15 / Sophomore Forward / Stafford Trueheart (Lancaster, NY) HOFSTRA/STONY BROOK - BY THE NUMBERS Stats: 3.5 ppg / 2.3 rpg / 0.7 bpg / 0.2 apg / 3 3’s Notes: Five points and two rebounds in 10 minutes against Rider HOFSTRA STONY BROOK #20 / Freshman Guard / Jalen Ray (Hampton, VA) 79.7 Points Per Game 75.8 Stats: 6.1 ppg / 1.3 rpg / 0.9 apg / 0.6 spg / 12 3’s 37.1 Rebounds Per Game 34.5 Notes: Season-bests of 17 points and five rebounds at Rider 14.0 Assists Per Game 16.5 #23 / Sophomore Guard / Connor Klementowicz (Freehold, NJ) 4.3 Steals Per Game 8.2 Stats: 1.5 ppg / 0.5 apg / 0.0 rpg / 1 3’s 11.9 Turnovers Per Game 15.5 Notes: Three points and one assist in win over Molloy 2.3 Blocked Shots Per Game 2.3 #33 / Senior Forward/Center / Hunter Sabety (Oceanside, NY) 45.4 Field Goal Percentage 45.0 Stats: 3.4 ppg / 2.4 rpg / 1.0 bpg / 0.2 apg / 0.1 spg 37.6 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage 38.6 Notes: Played nine minutes at Rider 72.5 Free Throw Percentage 64.7 Head Coach Joe Mihalich: Now in his fifth season at the helm of the TEAM LEADERS - PER GAME Hofstra Men’s Basketball program, Joe Mihalich has engineered a Wright-Foreman (22.0) – Points – Yeboah (13.6) strong resurgence of the Pride in four years. Mihalich has led Hofstra Gustys (10.9) – Rebounds – Saintel (4.7) to 59 wins over the past three seasons and the Pride has averaged Wright-Foreman (2.7) – Assists – McKenzie (2.7) more than 17 wins a season since Mihalich took over a program Pemberton (1.0) – Steals – Sturdivant (1.6) coming off a seven-win campaign. Mihalich guided the Pride to 15 wins Sabety (1.0) – Blocks – Cornish (0.7) during the 2016-17 season and saw four players earn honors from the Wright-Foreman (36.7) – Minutes – Yeboah (25.8) Colonial Athletic Association. The breakout year of Justin Wright- Foreman garnered him All-CAA Second Team accolades, while Family Coaching Tree: Hofstra Head Coach Joe Mihalich has spent freshman Eli Pemberton picked up CAA All-Rookie Team honors after his entire professional career in the coaching industry and his three a strong first season in a Hofstra uniform. Mihalich, who guided the sons have followed their father into the same profession. Niagara University to five postseason appearances during his tenure as the Purple Eagles head coach, was named the 12th head coach in Joe Mihalich Jr. the history of the Hofstra University Men’s Basketball program on April Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach 10, 2013. In four seasons at Hofstra, Mihalich has engineered a University of Pennsylvania masterful revitalization of the Pride Basketball program as he took over a program coming off a seven-win campaign and in only three years Matt Mihalich took the team to back-to-back 20-win campaigns and consecutive Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach postseasons appearances. The 2015-16 team went 24-10, winning the University of Harford regular season CAA title and advancing to the National Invitation Tournament. It marked the most wins for the program since the 2005- Tony Mihalich 06 season and the regular season conference title was the program's Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach first since joining the CAA in 2001. In addition, the NIT appearance George Mason University was the program's first since 2007. Mihalich came to Hofstra after leading the Purple Eagles since 1998. During that time he won 265 CAREER STATISTICS games, earned a pair of NCAA Tournament berths and made three Name (games/starts) PTS REBS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances. Wormley (42/35) 185 99 83 22 3 with HU (8/7) 30 11 21 0 2 THE JOE MIHALICH FILE Wright-Foreman (68/26) 822 151 80 33 8 Birthdate: August 29, 1956 Buie (51/2) 150 52 84 33 3 Born: Washington, DC Pemberton (39/36) 548 142 80 32 6 Raised: Philadelphia, PA Gustys (98/76) 940 1,031 91 85 73 Education: B.S. in mathematics and education from La Salle, 1978 Angus III (39/38) 383 226 37 24 15 & M.Ed. in athletic administration from Temple, 1990 with HU (9/9) 76 53 5 4 1 Family: Wife, Mary; sons Joe and twins Matt (married to Brittney) Klementowicz (5/0) 6 1 1 0 0 and Tony (married to Maddie); grandson Matthew Charles (son of Sabety (83/39) 740 432 20 26 141 Matt and Brittney) with HU (41/4) 162 165 7 7 49 COACHING CAREER STUDENT-Athletes: Seniors Rokas Gustys and Hunter Sabety have Years Title School certainly left their mark on the court but both are shining in the 1978-81 Assistant Coach DeMatha Catholic HS classroom as well.