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2007-08 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 7 • December 31, 2007) Last Two Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Monday, December 17 Saturday, December 29 1. Mount St. Mary's 2-0 1.000 6-6 .500 L2 3-3 3-3 0-0 ROBERT MORRIS 74, Youngstown St. 71 Navy 85, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 83 Sacred Heart 2-0 1.000 5-8 .385 W1 3-1 2-7 0-0 Arizona State 95, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 56 Wagner 1-0 1.000 8-4 .667 L1 4-2 4-2 0-0 Tuesday, December 18 Kansas State 101, WAGNER 59 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 64, Winthrop 59 Quinnipiac 1-0 1.000 5-6 .455 L1 3-2 2-4 0-0 Sunday, December 30 Saint Francis (PA) 1-0 1.000 3-9 .250 L3 1-5 2-4 0-0 Wednesday, December 19 Vermont 84, CCSU 63 QUINNIPIAC 85, Dartmouth 63 UNC-Charlotte 65, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 59 6. Long Island 1-1 .500 9-3 .750 W5 6-0 2-3 1-0 ROBERT MORRIS 91, Canisius 73 LONG ISLAND at Central Florida Tournament Providence 94, SACRED HEART 89 7. Robert Morris 0-1 .000 8-5 .615 W1 3-2 4-2 1-1 LONG ISLAND 95, Texas Pan-American 83 Iona 76, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 66 MONMOUTH 59, Princeton 50 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-1 .000 4-6 .400 L1 3-0 1-4 0-2 Thursday, December 20 ROBERT MORRIS 88, Lafayette 76 Monmouth 0-1 .000 3-10 .231 W1 1-4 0-5 2-1 LONG ISLAND 67, Saint Peter’s 62 SACRED HEART 61, Holy Cross 58 Central Connecticut State 0-2 .000 4-9 .308 L2 3-4 1-5 0-0 Friday, December 21 St. Francis (NY) 0-2 .000 3-10 .231 L7 3-2 0-8 0-0 Lafayette 76, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 72 Duquesne 99, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 80 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Saturday, December 22 UMass 79, CCSU 55 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 85, Saint Peter’s 74 Vermont 80, QUINNIPIAC 72 Tony Lee, Robert Morris SACRED HEART 75, Harvard 66 Sr., G, 6-0, 205 lbs., Boston, MA/Charlestown South Florida 86, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 66 Lee takes home Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week accolades for the second time this season and fifth time in his career after helping WAGNER 82, Loyola Marymount 79 (OT) lead the Colonials to a 3-1 record over the last two weeks. He averaged 15.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 9.0 apg and 3.8 spg, while shooting 59.1 percent Sunday, December 23 from the floor. On December 17, he nearly secured his first career triple-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds, nine assists and four steals Florida Atlantic 62, MONMOUTH 57 in a 74-71 win at Youngstown State. Just two days later, Lee recorded his second double-double of the week and fourth of the year with 14 points, six rebounds, ten assists and five steals as the Colonials rolled to a 91-73 win over Canisius. Last Friday, the Boston, MA native Friday, December 28 finished with 17 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three steals in an 86-70 setback to local rival Duquesne. Robert Morris bounced Lehigh 56, MONMOUTH 39 Oregon 81, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 73 back on Sunday with an 88-76 triumph over Lafayette as Lee finished with 16 points, six boards, nine assists and three steals to lift the Boston College 80, SACRED HEART 75 Colonials’ record to 8-5 on the season. In the midst of one of the great all-around seasons in NEC history, Lee leads the NEC and ranks Duquesne 86, ROBERT MORRIS 70 Home Team Underlined in the top-10 nationally with 7.7 apg and 3.2 spg. He also ranks second in rebounding (7.1 rpg), third in field goal percentage (.534), seven in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.61:1) and 10th in scoring (14.4 ppg). Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week David Hicks, Long Island Nov. 12 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 12 Evann Baker, QU Fr., G, 6-1, 195 lbs., Mendota Heights, MN/St. Thomas Academy (South Kent Prep) Nov. 19 Tony Lee, RMU Nov. 19 John Galvin, FDU Hicks joins classmate Kyle Johnson as winners of the Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award this season after averaging 10.0 ppg, Nov. 26 Mark Porter, WC Nov. 26 Kyle Johnson, LIU 4.0 rpg and 2.0 apg as Long Island posted a pair of victories over the holiday break to improve to 9-3 on the year. Off to the program’s Dec. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Dec. 3 Ed Zajac, QU best start since the 1982-83 season, the Blackbirds have won five straight games, due in part to Hicks’ recent play. He scored 11 points, Dec. 10 Jeremy Goode, MSM Dec. 10 Evann Baker, QU added two rebounds and dished for a career-high three assists in a 95-83 win over Texas-Pan American in the first round of the Central Dec. 17 Sean Baptiste, FDU Dec. 17 David Simmons, CCSU Florida Tournament on Sunday. His lone trifecta came during a critical 7-0 run that gave LIU a nine-point second half lead. On December Dec. 31 Tony Lee, RMU Dec. 31 David Hicks, LIU 20, he tallied 10 points and a career-high six rebounds in a 67-62 victory over Saint Peter's that improved LIU’s home record to 6-0 this season. The Mendota Heights, MN native has scored double-figures in three consecutive games to boost his season average to 7.1 ppg. This Week’s Schedule 2008 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be Monday, December 31 Saturday, January 5 Thursday, January 10 LIU at Central Florida Tournament CCSU at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at CCSU 7:00 pm reseeded after quarterfinals. LIU at Central Florida 3:30 pm FDU at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at FDU 7:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at QUINNIPIAC* 4:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Thursday, March 6 Sunday, March 9 Wednesday, March 12 Wednesday, January 2 WAGNER at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm WAGNER at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship FDU at Rhode Island 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at SAINT FRANCIS (PA)7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) Upcoming Games 4:00 pm (MSG) Thursday, January 3 Saturday, January 12 QUINNIPIAC at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm CCSU at WAGNER 7:00 pm Monday, January 7 ST. FRANCIS (NY) at FDU 7:00 pm MT. ST. MARY’S at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at WAGNER 2:00 pm NEC Website QUINNIPIAC at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Oklahoma 6:00 pm MONMOUTH at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit ROBERT MORRIS at Boston College 7:00 pm Sunday, January 13 the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org SACRED HEART at ROBERT MORRIS^3:00 pm Standings and statistics are updated daily. * Televised on ESPNU ^ Televised on MSG Network, FSN-Pittsburgh 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (4-9, 0-2 NEC) (4-6, 0-1 NEC) (9-3, 1-1 NEC) N 11 at Princeton L 57-59 at NIT Season Tip-Off (at Syracuse) N 12 at Notre Dame L 50-82 N 14 Albany L 60-63 (OT) N 12 vs. Saint Joseph’s L 66-86 N 16 at Army W 64-54 N 17 New Hampshire L 70-78 N 13 vs. Siena L 66-88 N 20 Columbia W 70-60 N 20 at Binghamton W 68-65 (OT) N 16 at Lafayette W 98-92 N 24 Canisius W 70-63 N 25 at Lafayette L 54-71 N 19 at Rider L 70-85 N 28 at St. John’s L 56-68 N 28 at La Salle L 55-59 N 25 at St. John’s L 67-92 D 1 Hartford W 86-62 D 1 Lehigh W 65-55 D 8 at LONG ISLAND L 77-90 D 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-73 D 6 SACRED HEART L 52-68 D 10 Norfolk State W 80-64 D 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 90-77 D 8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 D 15 Stony Brook W 74-71 D 10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 D 11 UMBC W 58-54 D 22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 D 13 Harvard W 88-77 D 16 Delaware W 81-48 D 30 at Charlotte L 59-65 D 20 St.