2005-06 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) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 11 • February 6, 2006) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Fairleigh Dickinson 9-2 .818 12-8 .600 W6 6-1 5-6 1-1 Thursday, February 2 FDU 78, LONG ISLAND 65 2. Central Connecticut St. 8-3 .727 12-8 .600 L1 7-3 5-5 0-0 MT. ST. MARY’S 60, ROBERT MORRIS 59 Monmouth 8-3 .727 11-11 .500 W2 4-4 6-5 1-2 QUINNIPIAC 72, SACRED HEART 68 4. Robert Morris 7-4 .636 11-9 .550 L2 9-1 2-8 0-0 CCSU 76, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 68 (OT) Mount St. Mary's 7-4 .636 9-13 .409 W2 4-4 4-7 1-2 Saturday, February 4 6. Sacred Heart 6-6 .500 9-12 .429 L4 6-3 3-9 0-0 FDU 87, WAGNER 72 7. Quinnipiac 5-7 .417 10-11 .476 W2 8-3 1-7 1-1 LONG ISLAND 81, SACRED HEART 65 8. Long Island 4-6 .400 7-12 .368 W1 4-3 3-7 0-2 QUINNIPIAC 73, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 68 9. Wagner 3-7 .300 10-9 .526 L3 7-3 3-6 0-0 MONMOUTH 63, CCSU 48 MT. ST. MARY’S 71, ST. FRANCIS (PA) 56 10. St. Francis (NY) 3-8 .273 6-14 .300 L2 4-5 2-9 0-0 11. St. Francis (PA) 1-11 .083 3-19 .136 L5 2-7 1-10 0-2 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Home Team Underlined Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week Chad Timberlake, Fairleigh Dickinson Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Sr., G, 6-4, 190 lbs., Brooklyn, NY/New Utrecht NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Timberlake collects his second consecutive Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award after leading the streaking Knights into first Nov. 21 Justin Chiera, CCSU Nov. 21 Cameron Tyler, FDU place with a pair of wins last week. Timberlake averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and hit 55.2 percent of his shots from Nov. 28 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 28 Whitney Coleman, MU Dec. 5 Obie Nwadike, CCSU Dec. 5 Grant Surprenant, SFPA the floor and 80.0 percent from the line as Fairleigh Dickinson stretched its win streak to six and improved to 9-2 in league play. In Dec. 12 Jarrid Frye, SHU Dec. 12 Jeremy Chappell, RMU a 78-65 win over visiting Long Island on Thursday, he tallied 17 points (8-12 FG), eight rebounds and four assists, then erupted Dec. 19 Derek Coleman, RMU Dec. 19 Jeremy Chappell, RMU for a game-high 25 points and snared seven boards in the Knights’ 87-72 conquest of Wagner in Staten Island on Saturday. With the Jan. 3 Mark Porter, WC Jan. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU score deadlocked at 35-35 at intermission, Timberlake poured in 11 of FDU’s first 15 points in the second half to help the Knights Jan. 9 Tony Lee, RMU Jan. 9 Sam Atupem, MSM slowly pull away the Seahawks. The Brooklyn native has averaged 22.0 ppg over his last five outings to raise his season average from Jan. 16 A.J. Jackson, RMU Jan. 16 Whitney Coleman, MU 12.7 ppg to 15.3 ppg, sixth in the conference. He also ranks among the NEC’s top-15 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.71:1; sixth), steals Landy Thompson, MSM Jan. 23 Sam Atupem, MSM (1.6 spg; seventh), assists (3.6 apg; seventh), field goal percentage (.480; ninth) and rebounding (5.4 rpg; 12th). In games against Jan. 23 Kibwe Trim, SHU Jan. 30 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Jan. 30 Chad Timberlake, FDU Feb. 6 Joey Butler, MSM NEC competition, Timberlake is second in the conference with 18.2 ppg. Feb. 6 Chad Timberlake, FDU Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Joey Butler, Mount St. Mary’s Fr., G, 6-2, 170 lbs., Ft. Washington, MD/Massanutten Academy (VA) Butler joins teammate and two-time honoree Sam Atupem as Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week recipients as Mount St. Mary’s won both its games last week to snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 7-4 in NEC play. Butler averaged 6.0 points, 3.0 2006 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament rebounds, 4.0 assists and shot 46.2 percent from the field in the two victories. His runner with 34 seconds remaining against Robert All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be Morris on Thursday pulled Mount St. Mary’s to within one point of the Colonials in a game the Mount would go on to win, 60-59, on reseeded after quarterfinals. a Mychal Kearse putback with ten seconds to play. Butler finished the game with six points, five rebounds and three assists. In a 71- 56 triumph over St. Francis (PA) on Saturday, the Washington, MD product recorded six points and five assists. Butler also sparkled Thursday, March 2 on the defensive end of the floor, holding his point guard counterparts to 7-22 (.389) shooting while helping force eight turnovers. Quarterfinals Times TBA On the season, he is averaging 5.2 ppg and leads all NEC freshman in assists with 3.0 per game. Sunday, March 5 Semifinals This Week’s Schedule 1:00 pm (CN8), 4:00 pm (MSG) Monday, February 6 Saturday, February 11 Thursday, February 16 MONMOUTH at WAGNER* 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm CENTRAL CONN. ST. at WAGNER 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 8 ROBERT MORRIS at FDU 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm ROBERT MORRIS at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Championship MT. ST. MARY’S at FDU 7:30 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm 7:30 pm (ESPN2) Thursday, February 9 FDU at SACRED HEART* 7:30 pm FDU at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm Sunday, February 12 MT. ST. MARY’S at SACRED HEART^ 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at ROBERT MORRIS# 2:00 pm * Televised live on MSG Network, FCS-Atlantic NEC Website WAGNER at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm CENTRAL CONN. ST. at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm ^ Televised live on Comcast-Mid Atlantic For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit # Televised live on CN8 Friday, February 10 Upcoming Games the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org QUINNIPIAC at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm CENTRAL CONN. ST. at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm Monday, February 13 Standings and statistics are updated daily. LONG ISLAND at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm WAGNER at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm 2005-06 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (12-8, 8-3 NEC) (12-8, 9-2 NEC) (7-12, 4-6 NEC) Mohegan Sun Classic at CCSU at Guardians Classic (Morgantown, WV) N 22 Columbia L 63-80 N 18 Birmingham Southern W 76-67 N 12 vs. Wofford L 62-73 N 26 at Penn State L 64-80 N 19 Northeastern L 90-94 N 13 Lousiana Monroe W 74-58 N 29 at SMU L 62-74 N 22 at Florida International L 61-71 N 18 at #24 Maryland L 85-111 D 3 at New Hampshire W 59-56 N 28 at Binghamton W 69-66 N 26 Dowling W 96-50 D 10 Hartford W 85-80 D 3 at Harvard W 87-79 N 29 QUINNIPIAC W 76-70 D 14 at Harvard L 79-91 D 5 at St. Bonaventure L 56-85 D 2 at Canisius W 69-65 (2 OT) D 22 CCNY W 80-39 D 9 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 72-61 D 5 at Seton Hall L 57-65 at College of Charleston Classic D 18 La Salle L 106-107 (4 OT) D 10 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 71-68 D 29 vs. Rider L 59-63 D 22 Binghamton W 72-68 D 17 Drexel L 49-54 D 30 vs. Longwood L 69-86 D 29 at Delaware L 73-79 D 22 at St. Peter’s L 77-82 J 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 57-73 J 7 at LONG ISLAND W 83-74 D 28 at #10 Louisville L 66-89 J 7 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-83 J 9 at SACRED HEART L 71-74 J 5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-64 J 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 73-70 (OT) J 12 MONMOUTH L 57-61 J 12 at QUINNIPIAC L 81-102 J 14 at ROBERT MORRIS L 66-70 J 14 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 88-74 J 14 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE L 74-88 J 18 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L 67-70 J 19 QUINNIPIAC W 79-69 J 20 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 64-55 J 23 at QUINNIPIAC L 69-82 J 21 at MOUNT ST.