2013-14 Albright College Men's Basketball Game Notes
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2013-14 Albright College Men’s Basketball Game Notes Albright College Lions (10-9, 6-6) vs. Alvernia University Crusaders (14-5, 9-3) Wednesday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. in the Bollman Center The Albright College men’s basketball team faces rival Alvernia, overtime. Swint forced a second extra period by drawing a foul looking to break a two-game Commonwealth skid in one of the behind the arc and making all three free throws, but the Lions biggest games of the season. committed a five-second violation while attempting a game- winning play with three seconds left in 2OT. Wednesday’s Games Still On Alvernia University Crusaders (14-5, 9-3) Inclement weather has caused delays or cancellations at Albright for three straight days. With snow expected to stop this The defending Commonwealth Conference champion Crusad- morning and a short travel for the visitors however, tonight’s ers are one game behind Messiah in the race for first place, games are still planned for their regularly scheduled times. after the Falcons narrowly held off Albright. “Black Out” Sponsored by Schuylkill Valley Sports Senior Brian Parker has been named the league Player of the Week two times in a row, picking up an ECAC weekly honor as Come support the Lions’ men’s and women’s basketball teams well. He is averaging 25.5 ppg over his last four contests. as the Albright community “blacks out” the Bollman Center for these hometown rivalry games. Free black t-shirts will be given Previous Meeting to all students, faculty and staff with Albright ID, while supplies last. A huge Alvernia first half carried the host Crusaders past Albright, 88-66 on December 7. This event is sponsored by Schuylkill Valley Sports, offering the highest quality merchandise from the top names in sports ap- Alvernia shot 50% from the floor and made 7-of-11 (63.6%) parel. Visit SVSports.com for more information. from behind the arc in the first half. Khalil Bennett had 23 points in a first period in which he shot 6-of-7 from the floor, SAAC Fundraiser 4-for-5 from downtown and 7-for-7 from the free throw line. He finished with 27 to lead all scorers. The Albright College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will hold a fundraiser at halftime of tonight’s men’s The Lions debuted their new all-black uniforms in front a large game. visiting student contingent. Alvernia was also well-represented in an enthusiastic crowd of 1722. Fans can attempt a three-point shot for $3, to win a t-shirt (limit 10 winners). All proceeds will go towards the family of King’s College women’s basketball coach Brian Donoghue, who was ALVERNIA AT A GLANCE diagnosed with brain cancer this summer. Donoghue is in his ninth season with the Monarchs, and has three children. Location: Reading, Pa. Enrollment: 2,135 Albright College Lions (10-9, 6-6) Nickname: Crusaders The Lions didn’t trail in regulation, but ultimately lost a 90-87 Colors: Maroon and Gold heartbreaker in double-overtime at #22 Messiah on Saturday. Affiliations: NCAA Division III, ECAC Freshman Sameen Swint had 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting. Se- Conference: Commonwealth Conference nior Pedro Perez added 22 points (9-of-15), eight rebounds, four Head Coach: Mike Miller assists and four steals. Classmate Kyle Jordan had a double- 2011-12 Record: 24-5/15-3 Conference double (17 points, 12 rebounds) and Calvert Gantz totaled 14 points and seven boards. GAMEDAY MEDIA The Lions held a 64-60 lead in the final two minutes. Albright LiveStats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/albright/mbball/ turned it over on consecutive possessions however, and David Fernandez drove to beat the buzzer and send the game to Live Video: http://albright.ezstream.com/ Albright College vs. Alvernia University - February 5, 2014 ALBRIGHT ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School 03 Pedro Perez R-Sr. G/F 6-3 190 Bethlehem, Pa. / Bethlehem Catholic 04 Trevor Ford So. G 6-1 175 Accokeek, Md. / Gwynn Park 05 Reuel Moore Sr. G 6-1 170 East Orange, N.J. / Saint Benedict’s Prep 10 Sam Marrella Sr. G 5-9 155 Sinking Spring, Pa. / Wilson 14 Sameen Swint Fr. G 6-4 168 Sicklerville, N.J. / Timber Creek 20 Casey Ayers So. G 5-11 180 Aspers, Pa. / Biglerville 21 Evan Ward So. F 6-4 175 Mt. Laurel, N.J. / Lenape 23 Kyle Jordan Sr. F 6-4 195 Bowie, Md. / Bowie 30 Josh Marquez Fr. G 6-1 175 Woodland Park, N.J. / DePaul Catholic 32 Devin Brown Jr. G 5-8 165 Baltimore, Md. / Woodlawn 33 Calvert Gantz So. F/C 6-6 191 Lancaster, Pa. / JP McCasskey 34 Casey Burke Jr. C 6-9 233 Linwood, Pa. / Chichester 40 Trey Thatcher Fr. G 6-1 160 Westmont, N.J. / Haddon Twp. 42 Johnathan Amoroso So. F 6-1 179 Long Pond, Pa. / Pocono Mountain West 50 Thomas Vazzana Fr. F/C 6-6 205 Staten Island, N.Y. / Monsignor Farrell 55 Brandon Puffenbarger Fr. C 6-11 250 Greencastle, Pa. / Greencastle Antrim -- Daiquest Casiano Fr. G 6-0 160 York, Pa. / William Penn -- Vince Lombardi So. G 5-10 170 Brick, N.J. / Brick Memorial -- Danny Sotolongo Fr. G/F 6-2 180 Miami, Fla. / Miami Coral Park -- Michael Ward Fr. F 6-1 175 York, Pa. / Eastern York Head Coach: Rick Ferry (13th season) Assistants: Adam Van Zelst, Tony Balistrere, Hillen Grason SEASON STATISTICS 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS ## Player GP GS Tot Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 Pedro Perez 19 19 608 32.0 108 276 .391 25 89 .281 82 107 .766 38 101 139 7.3 51 2 43 63 5 27 323 17.0 23 Kyle Jordan 19 19 598 31.5 96 179 .536 1 8 .125 82 121 .678 51 110 161 8.5 70 5 31 42 38 18 275 14.5 14 Sameen Swint 19 19 631 33.2 98 211 .464 24 68 .353 51 72 .708 10 52 62 3.3 42 0 31 50 10 20 271 14.3 33 Calvert Gantz 19 19 489 25.7 56 107 .523 0 0 .000 16 31 .516 32 52 84 4.4 36 0 6 29 51 10 128 6.7 10 Sam Marrella 19 19 556 29.3 42 96 .438 19 50 .380 13 20 .650 3 43 46 2.4 36 0 76 33 1 12 116 6.1 21 Evan Ward 19 0 291 15.3 32 76 .421 0 0 .000 27 51 .529 30 54 84 4.4 54 2 7 23 10 11 91 4.8 05 Reuel Moore 10 0 108 10.8 16 40 .400 6 24 .250 6 14 .429 4 8 12 1.2 14 1 5 6 0 4 44 4.4 30 Josh Marquez 19 0 311 16.4 30 75 .400 3 21 .143 16 29 .552 6 35 41 2.2 41 1 42 29 6 13 79 4.2 32 Devin Brown 19 0 165 8.7 10 27 .370 3 9 .333 16 20 .800 0 10 10 0.5 20 0 14 12 0 14 39 2.1 40 Trey Thatcher 3 0 6 2.0 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 3 5 .600 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.0 34 Casey Burke 15 0 90 6.0 14 27 .519 0 0 .000 1 5 .200 16 18 34 2.3 25 1 1 9 5 1 29 1.9 42 Johnathan Amoroso 3 0 12 4.0 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.7 45 Itay Levy 3 0 8 2.7 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.7 20 Casey Ayers 4 0 9 2.3 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 0.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.5 55 B. Puffenbarger 2 0 6 3.0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 50 Thomas Vazzana 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 04 Trevor Ford 5 0 10 2.0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.0 Team 29 37 66 1 Total 19 3899 505 1129 .447 82 274 .299 315 477 .660 222 528 750 39.5 395 12 256 302 127 133 1407 74.1 Opponents 19 3900 502 1216 .413 113 340 .332 340 460 .739 259 502 761 40.1 382 - 257 261 62 153 1457 76.7 ALBRIGHTATHLETICS.COM Albright College vs. Alvernia University - February 5, 2014 ALVERNIA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / High School 1 David Sloan G 5-11 180 Sr. Huntingdon, Pa. / Huntingdon Area 3 Thomas Rymal G 6-2 170 So. Narberth, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll 4 Kirby Turner G 6-0 175 Jr. Elizabethtown, Pa. / Elizabethtown 5 Chris Davis G 5-9 155 Sr.