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TCNJ’S ATHLETICS WEEK IN REVIEW DECEMBER 13, 2005
FEMALE LION OF THE WEEK TABLE OF CONTENTS ANGELA TECCA Women’s Track and Field MEN’S BASKETBALL...... 2 Junior • TCNJ nets big win over Rutgers-Camden, Wildwood Crest, NJ/Lower Cape May falls at William Paterson. Scott Findlay Tecco etched her name into TCNJ’s record book as the moves into ninth place on the all-time junior established a new school mark in the 1,000 meters scoring list. at the New Year Invitational hosted by Princeton Univer- sity this past weekend. Tecco finished the race in 2:58.11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL...... 3 to finish fourth in the event. She was also part of the 4x400 relay team that placed second with a clocking of • Lions gets back on track with two confer- 4:04.90. ence victories, extend winning streak to three on Monday with win at Marymount.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD.4 MALE LION OF THE WEEK • TCNJ opens the indoor season at the New MARQUIS MITCHELL Men’s Track and Field Year Invitational as Marquis Mitchell gets Sophomore the Lion men off to fast start setting a new Bergenfield, NJ/Bernards school record in the triple jump. For the women, Angela Tecco runs her way into the Mitchell had a tremendous season debut for the Lions at record book. the New Year Invitational as the sophomore not only set a school record in the triple jump, but posted an NCAA pro- visional performance as well. His new school record stands HONORS...... 5 at 14.05 meters. He finished fourth in the event. MEN’S BASKETBALL STATS...... 6 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STATS...... 7
LIONS’ SPORTS HOTLINE RESULTS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES: SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE 609.771.2682 Sports Info Director: Ann King Assistant SID: Lyle Fulton Office Phone: 609.771.2517 Office Phone: 609.771.2266 Home Phone: 732.605.9696 [email protected] Fax: 609.771.3067 [email protected] Athletic Web Site: www.tcnjathletics.com MEN’S BASKETBALL..2 MEN’S BASKETBALL 6-2 Overall, 3-2 NJAC the first session. Findlay finished with 22 points and 12 The Lions returned to New Jersey Athletic Con- rebounds as he added his second straight double-double ference play this past week and came away with a split as he hit 10-18 from the floor. Findlay now has 24 career winning 75-61 at home over Rutgers University-Camden double-doubles as a Lion. and then falling at William Paterson University by the The hosts also got 11 points from junior Brian score of 65-55. Halligan (Delran, NJ/Delran) and 10 points from sopho- TCNJ hosted Rutgers-Camden on Wednesday more Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris) as the and got off to a good start taking a 37-23 lead at half- Lions finished with a 51.7 percent shooting performance time. Senior Scott Findlay (Long Valley, NJ/West Mor- from the floor. ris) led the way with ten points and seven rebounds in Next up was a road game at William Paterson and the Pioneers shot down the Lions 65-55. William Pater- son was an impressive 12-for-19 from behind the 3-point NOV. Opponent Time arc led by sophomore guard Jason Cameron, who con- Sat.19 vs. Curry College! W, 59-57 nected five times from long range to finish with 16 points. Sun. 20 vs. Salem State! W, 65-51 Tue. 22 *ROWAN UNIVERSITY W, 50-49 Findlay led all scorers in the game with 20 points, Wed. 30 *RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE L, 58-56 which moved him into ninth place on the school’s all-time DECEMBER scoring list. The center now has 1,293 career points, Sat. 3 *at Kean University W, 72-60 moving him ahead of former Lion teammate, Kyle Burke Mon. 5 UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON W, 53-42 (2001-2005) who had 1,280 points. Next in Findlay’s Wed. 7 *RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN W, 75-51 sights, in eighth place, is Sean Covington (1995-99) with Sat.10 *at William Paterson University L, 65-55 1,308 points. Sun. 18 MUHLENBURG COLLEGE 2:00 PM Senior forward Bobby Davidson (Princeton, NJ/ JANUARY Princeton) added 15 points for TCNJ and Hallingan con- Wed.4 *at Ramapo College 8:00 PM Fri. 6 at Washington & Jefferson College Tournament tributed nine. vs. The College of Wooster 6:00 PM TCNJ will take to the court one more time this Sat. 7 at Washington & Jefferson College Tournament semester hosting Muhlenberg College on Sunday in a non- vs. Washington & Jefferson/SUNY Maritime conference contest at Packer Hall with a 2 p.m. start. Mon. 9 at Lehman College 5:00 PM The Lions won’t waste much time once the calendar Wed. 11 *MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY 8:00 PM changes to 2006 as the team will head to Ramapo College Sat. 14 *at Rutgers University-Newark 7:30 PM for a big NJAC game on January 4. Wed. 18 *at New Jersey City University 8:00 PM Sat. 21 *WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY 3:00 PM Wed. 25 *at Richard Stockton College 6:00 PM Sat. 28 *KEAN UNIVERSITY 1:00 PM FEBRUARY Wed. 1 *at Rutgers University-Camden 8:00 PM Sat. 4 *RAMAPO COLLEGE 3:00 PM Wed. 8 *at Rowan University 8:00 PM Sat. 11 *RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK 3:00 PM Wed. 15 *at Montclair State University 8:00 PM Sat. 18 *NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY 1:00 PM Tue. 21 NJAC Tournament First Round Game 7:00 PM Thu. 23 NJAC Tournament Semifinal Game 7:00 PM Sat. 25 NJAC Championship Game TBA MARCH Thu. 2 at NCAA Division III Playoffs First Round TBA Sat.4 at NCAA Division III Playoffs Second RoundTBA Fr.-Sa. 10-11 at NCAA Division III Sectionals TBA Fr.-Sa. 17-18 at NCAA Division III Final Four TBA (Hosted by the Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA) ALL HOME GAMES ARE CAPITALIZED AND ARE HELD IN PACKER HALL. ! Salem State Tournament *Indicates New Jersey Athletic Conference Game WOMEN’S BASKETBALL..3 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 5-4 Overall, 3-2 NJAC nal 20 minutes, TCNJ limited the Saints to only 24.2 per- The Lions got back in the thick of the NJAC race cent shooting from the floor outscoring their hosts 28-19 scoring a pair of conference wins last week. in that time frame. TCNJ got things going on its home court against The team comes back from the holiday break on Rutgers-Camden defeating the Scarlet Raptors in con- Wednesday, January 4, 2006 traveling to Ramapo College vincing fashion 80-56. for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff. In the win, senior center Danica Miller (Ruther- ford, NJ/Rutherford) netted 10 of her 14 points in the first half. She was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor in the first stanza as the Lions led 39-25 at the break. Miller finished with a 7-for-8 effort from the floor and added four blocked shots as well. Sophomore Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) contributed 12 points as well for the Lions and has reached double-digits the last three NOV. Opponent Time times out for the Lions and added a career-high 10 re- Sat. 19 vs. Capital University! L, 45-35 bounds. Sun. 20 vs Cazenovia College! W 68-38 Freshman Lisa Koch (Oakridge, NJ/Jefferson Tue. 22 ROWAN UNIVERSITY* W, 78-52 Township) chipped in a career-high effort for the Lions Mon. 28 at Dickinson College L, 58-41 as she connected on 11 points off the bench. Senior for- Wed. 30 RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE* L, 70-55 ward Erin Frank (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) also DECEMBER Sat. 3 at Kean University* L, 75-68 had 10 points for the Lions as 12 different players scored Wed. 7 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-CAMDEN* W, 80-56 in the victory. Sat. 10 at William Paterson University* W, 78-66 The Lions then headed to William Paterson Uni- Mon. 12 at Marymount University (VA) W, 60-55 versity and came away with a 78-66 victory, after trail- JANUARY ing by 11 points in the opening half. Wed. 4 at Ramapo College* 5:30 Frank scored 13 points and snared nine rebounds, Mon. 9 SALISBURY UNIVERSITY 6:00 leading four players in double digits, as TCNJ used a 22- Wed. 11 MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY* 6:00 6 run to start the second half en route to the conference Sat. 14 at Rutgers University-Newark* 5:30 victory. Mon. 16 MOUNT SAINT MARY 7:00 Wed. 18 at New Jersey City University* 6:00 Junior guard Margo Buchalski (Cherry Hill, NJ/ Sat. 21 WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY 1:00 Cherry Hill East) poured in 11 points and junior guard Wed. 25 at Richard Stockton College* 8:00 Megan Hueter (Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights) Sat. 28 KEAN UNIVERSITY* 3:00 and Koch each added 10 for the Lions, who have now FEBRUARY defeated the Pioneers 13 straight times. Hueter hit two Wed. 1 at Rutgers University-Camden* 6:00 3-pointers to start the second-half spurt that put the Li- Sat. 4 RAMAPO COLLEGE* 1:00 ons ahead, 53-39, with 14:03 left in the game. Wed. 8 at Rowan University* 6:00 TCNJ shot well from the floor connecting 55.6 Sat. 11 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK* 1:00 percent of their attempts sinking 25-of-45, while limit- Wed. 15 at Montclair State University* 6:00 Sat. 18 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY* 3:00 ing the Pioneers to 34.3 percent (24-of-70) of its shots, Mon. 20 NJAC Tournament First Round 7:00 including 19.0 percent on 3-pointers (4-of-21). Wed. 22 NJAC Tournament Semifinals 7:00 The team made it three straight wins on Monday Fri. 24 NJAC Championship 7:00 as the Lions traveled to Marymount University in Vir- MARCH ginia and returned home with a 60-55 triumph. Wed. 1 at NCAA Division III First Round TBA TCNJ once again had a balanced offense with Sat. 4 at NCAA Division III Second Round TBA Buchalski leading the way with a game-high 14 points. Fri.-Sat. at NCAA Division III Sectionals TBA Shields chipped in with nine points and seven assists, 10-11 while Latissa Watson (Union, NJ/Union) and Hueter each Fri.-Sat. at NCAA Division III Finals at Blake Arena 17-18 (Hosted by Springfield College, Springfield, MA) finished with eight. HOME GAMES ARE CAPITALIZED AND PLAYED IN PACKER HALL. Frank and Depken also contributed as each player scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds. * New Jersey Athletic Conference Game Defense played a big role in the win as the Lions # Buffalo State Betty Abgott Invitational overcame a 36-32 deficit at the intermission. In the fi- MEN’S AND WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD..4 The College of New Jersey men’s and women’s Monmouth Regional) picked up seventh in the 60 meter indoor track and field teams opened the new season on hurdles in 9.47. Saturday at the New Year Invitational at Princeton Uni- TCNJ also turned in a second place finish in the 4 versity. The Lions had several impressive performances x 400 relay in 4:04.90 as Bonelli, Tecco, Crum and Gray at the non-team scored meet, including a pair of school ran for the Lions. records. In the men’s competition, sophomore Marquis In the women’s 1,000-meter run, TCNJ’s junior Mitchell (Bergenfield, NJ/Bergen Tech) had an NCAA Angela Tecco (Wildwood Crest, NJ/Lower Cape May) provisional performance in the triple jump of 14.05 broke the school record with her personal best of 2:58.11 meters, which is also a school record for the effort. to take fourth place in the race. Also running in the same After two years away from the track, Eric Green event was freshman Susan Crum (Andover, NJ/ (East Orange, NJ/East Orange) returned to the track and Hopatcong) as she picked up a 12th-place finish in proceeded to finish fourth in the 60 meters in 6.99 sec- 3:12.12. onds and fourth in the 300 meters in 35.33. In the 500-meter run, sophomore Carolyn Gray In the mile run, rookie Pasquale DiGioacchino (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) had a personal best (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) finished in eighth in time as she placed third in 1:18.55. Sophomore Jessica 4:31.35, while junior Craig Beall (Denville, NJ/ Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) finished in sixth Parsippany Hills) picked up 11th in 4:34.99. in the 500 meters in 1:19.37. Another personal best per- In the 3,000-meter run, senior Brian Donovan formance was recorded in the 3,000-meter run as fresh- (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) finished in third man Jenna Bauberger (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hill) fin- place in 8:39.46, while freshman Greg Bull (East ished in third place in 11:39.54. Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) picked up 15th in Junior Khristelle Manuyag (Cranford, NJ/ 9:07.21. Cranford) finished in fifth in the 60 meter dash in eight In the long jump, senior Kevin Jones (Galloway, seconds flat, while senior Erika Huggler (Eatontown, NJ/ NJ/Absegami) finished in 11th with his leap of 6.79 meters. Freshman Rob McGowan (Monroe Township, NJ/ Monroe Township) recorded a fifth place showing in the 500-meter run in 1:06.91. DECEMBER The Lions won’t return to the track again until Sat. 10 at New Year Invitational NTS 2006 when they head back to Princeton University for its hosted by Prinecton University JANUARY relay event set for January 15. Sun. 15 at Princeton University Relays 11:00 a.m. Sat. 21 at Maryland Invitational TBA hosted by University of Maryland Sun. 29 at Haverford College Invitational 9:00 a.m.
FEBRUARY Fri.-Sat.3-4 at Amory Collegiate Invitational 9:00 a.m. (168th Street Amory, Manhattan, NY) Sun. 5 RIDER UNIVERSITY 1:00 p.m. at The Lawrenceville School Sun. 19 NJAC Championships 9:00 a.m. (168th Street Amory, Manhattan, NY) Fri. 24 at NYU FasTrack Invitational 10:00 a.m. (168th Street Amory, Manhattan, NY) MARCH Fri.-Sat. 3-4 ECAC Championships hosted by TBA Ursinus College (PA) Fr.-Sa. 10-11 NCAA Division III Championships 9:00 a.m. hosted by St. Olaf College (MN) 2005 WINTER HONORS..7
WINTER 2005-2006 Matt Diamond, Jr., F - (Ringwood, NJ/Lakewood) • Men’s Basketball, Salem State Tournament MVP
Scott Findlay, Sr., F - (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) • Men’s Basketball, Salem State All-Tournament Team
Jason Stallworth, Sr., G - (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan) • Men’s Basketball, Salem State All-Tournament Team
Erin Frank, Sr., F - (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East) • Women’s Basketball, Buffalo State Betty Agbott Invitational All-Tournament Team 2005-06 TCNJ Men's Basketball Stats The College of New Jersey Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec. 12, 2005) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (6-2) (3-1) (2-1) (1-0) CONFERENCE...... (3-2) (2-1) (1-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-0) (1-0) (1-0) (1-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------43 Scott Findlay...... 8-8 285 35.6 51-123 .415 5-13 .385 30-45 .667 23 48 71 8.9 16 0 19 27 6 16 137 17.1 34 Matt Diamond...... 8-4 212 26.5 27-62 .435 14-33 .424 20-23 .870 5 13 18 2.3 16 0 8 17 1 7 88 11.0 15 Brian Halligan..... 8-8 173 21.6 28-57 .491 7-26 .269 3-4 .750 8 15 23 2.9 6 0 7 6 2 12 66 8.3 04 Jason Stallworth... 8-8 237 29.6 15-25 .600 5-8 .625 28-34 .824 3 17 20 2.5 20 0 26 18 1 11 63 7.9 30 Dan DeSerio...... 8-8 196 24.5 18-41 .439 5-14 .357 12-17 .706 12 22 34 4.3 20 1 7 8 5 5 53 6.6 23 Bobby Davison...... 6-4 171 28.5 13-33 .394 5-15 .333 2-3 .667 3 26 29 4.8 8 0 17 17 3 2 33 5.5 22 Mark Aziz...... 4-0 45 11.3 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 2-6 .333 5 5 10 2.5 3 0 1 4 3 2 16 4.0 42 Adam Gonzalez...... 1-0 3 3.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 12 Corey Gilmore...... 8-0 148 18.5 3-13 .231 0-6 .000 5-11 .455 2 4 6 0.8 9 0 6 6 0 7 11 1.4 20 Jeff Molinelli..... 3-0 22 7.3 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.3 33 Josh Dittmar...... 5-0 26 5.2 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 0.8 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.8 50 David Boudwin...... 7-0 30 4.3 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 7 9 1.3 6 0 1 2 1 0 5 0.7 10 Drew Rosenfeld..... 6-0 36 6.0 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.2 3 0 4 5 0 1 0 0.0 44 Jody Crowley...... 4-0 15 3.8 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.8 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.0 03 Jonathan Buggey.... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 7 15 22 2.8 0 4 ------Total...... 8 1600 169-385 .439 41-122 .336 103-145 .710 73 182 255 31.9 111 1 97 120 24 63 482 60.2 Opponents...... 8 1599 162-409 .396 40-141 .284 69-99 .697 77 159 236 29.5 135 - 62 121 27 51 433 54.1
TEAM STATISTICS TCNJ-MEN OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 482 433 11/19/06 vs Curry College W 59-57 - Points per game...... 60.2 54.1 11/20/05 at Salem State College W 62-51 250 Scoring margin...... +6.1 - *11/22/05 ROWAN UNIVERSITY W 50-49 500 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 169-385 162-409 *11/30/05 RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE L 56-58 340 Field goal pct...... 439 .396 *12/03/05 at Kean University W 72-60 505 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 41-122 40-141 12/5/05 SCRANTON W 53-42 300 3-point FG pct...... 336 .284 *12/7/05 RUTGERS-CAMDEN W 75-51 250 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.1 5.0 *12/10/05 at William Paterson L 55-65 273 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 103-145 69-99 * = Conference game Free throw pct...... 710 .697 REBOUNDS...... 255 236 Rebounds per game...... 31.9 29.5 Rebounding margin...... +2.4 - ASSISTS...... 97 62 Assists per game...... 12.1 7.8 TURNOVERS...... 120 121 Turnovers per game..... 15.0 15.1 Turnover margin...... +0.1 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 0.5 STEALS...... 63 51 Steals per game...... 7.9 6.4 BLOCKS...... 24 27 Blocks per game...... 3.0 3.4 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 2 - ATTENDANCE...... 1390 1028 Home games-Avg/Game.... 4-348 3-343 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 1-0
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------The College of New Jersey..... 205 277 - 482 Opponents...... 214 219 - 433 2005-06 TCNJ Women's Basketball Stats The College of New Jersey Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec. 13, 2005) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (5-4) (2-1) (2-2) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (3-2) (2-1) (1-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-2) (0-0) (1-1) (1-1)
TEAM STATISTICS TCNJ-WOM OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 563 515 11/19/05 vs Capital L 35-45 115 Points per game...... 62.6 57.2 11/20/05 vs Cazenovia W 68-38 85 Scoring margin...... +5.3 - *11/22/05 ROWAN UNIVERSITY W 78-52 220 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 212-530 187-533 11/28/05 at Dickinson College L 41-58 125 Field goal pct...... 400 .351 *11/30/05 RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE L 55-70 180 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 42-150 43-134 *12/03/05 at Kean University L 68-75 211 3-point FG pct...... 280 .321 *12/7/05 RUTGERS-CAMDEN W 80-56 175 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.7 4.8 *12/10/05 at William Paterson W 78-66 212 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 97-153 98-143 12/12/05 at Marymount University W 60-55 100 Free throw pct...... 634 .685 REBOUNDS...... 356 351 Rebounds per game...... 39.6 39.0 Rebounding margin...... +0.6 - ASSISTS...... 133 122 Assists per game...... 14.8 13.6 TURNOVERS...... 179 185 Turnovers per game..... 19.9 20.6 Turnover margin...... +0.7 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.7 0.7 STEALS...... 99 90 Steals per game...... 11.0 10.0 BLOCKS...... 41 23 Blocks per game...... 4.6 2.6 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - Home win streak...... 1 - ATTENDANCE...... 575 848 Home games-Avg/Game.... 3-192 4-162 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-100 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------The College of New Jersey..... 270 293 - 563 Opponents...... 258 257 - 515