2010-11 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873 MBB Contacts: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner/Ben Shove, Director of Sports Services Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Bryant (2012-13) • 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 15 • February 28, 2011) 2011 NEC Basketball Tournament School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Quarterfinals 1. Long Island* 16-2 .889 24-5 .828 W10 11-2 13-3 0-0 Thursday, March 3 2. Quinnipiac* 13-5 .722 21-8 .724 W6 11-4 9-4 1-0 #8 Saint Francis (PA) at #1 Long Island, 7:00 pm 3. Robert Morris* 12-6 .667 16-13 .552 W6 10-2 6-11 0-0 #7 Mount St. Mary’s at #2 Quinnipiac, 7:00 pm 4. Central Connecticut State* 11-7 .611 18-11 .621 L3 11-2 6-9 1-0 #6 Wagner at #3 Robert Morris, 7:00 pm 5. St. Francis (NY)* 10-8 .556 15-14 .517 W4 10-3 5-9 0-2 #5 St. Francis (NY) at #4 CCSU, 7:00 pm 6. Wagner* 9-9 .500 13-16 .448 L4 8-5 5-11 0-0 Semifinals Mount St. Mary's* 9-9 .500 11-20 .355 W1 8-5 3-15 0-0 Sunday, March 6 8. Saint Francis (PA)* 7-11 .389 9-20 .310 L1 7-5 2-15 0-0 Lowest Seed at Highest Seed, 12 or 2:00 pm (MSG or FCS) Bryant 7-11 .389 9-21 .300 L4 5-8 3-12 1-1 3rd Highest Seed at 2nd Highest Seed, 12 or 2:00 pm (MSG or FCS) 10. Sacred Heart 6-12 .333 11-18 .379 W1 5-7 6-10 0-1 Championship 11. Monmouth 5-13 .278 9-21 .300 L3 5-10 2-11 2-0 Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm (ESPN2) 12. Fairleigh Dickinson 3-15 .167 5-24 .172 L1 3-11 2-13 0-0 * Clinched NEC Tournament berth. Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament. Last Week’s Results Thursday, February 24 LONG ISLAND 94, BRYANT 85 Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Co-Players of the Week ST. FRANCIS (NY) 75, CCSU 65 Julian Boyd, Long Island FDU 85, SACRED HEART 74 QUINNIPIAC 64, MONMOUTH 59 So., F, 6-7, 225 lbs., San Antonio, TX/William H. Taft ROBERT MORRIS 65, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 57 Boyd averaged a double-double in leading the NEC regular season champion Blackbirds to a pair of wins to close out the regular SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 84, WAGNER 78 season. Long Island has won ten straight games entering the playoffs, due in part to the strong play of Boyd, who averaged 18.5 points, Saturday, February 26 10.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals, 1.5 blocks and shot 65.2 percent from the field last week. In a 94-85 triumph over Bryant ST. FRANCIS (NY) 72, BRYANT 61 on Thursday, he tallied 20 points on 8-12 shooting, and added eight rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals. He scored six straight LONG ISLAND 86, CCSU 72 points - including a pair of dunks - late in the contest to ice the game for the Blackbirds. Boyd went on to post his tenth double-double QUINNIPIAC 71, FDU 60 of the year with 17 points and 13 rebounds in LIU’s 86-72 win over Central Connecticut State on Saturday. He connected on 7-11 SACRED HEART 88, MONMOUTH 66 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 64, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 55 shots from the floor, and also contributed three assists, two blocks and three steals. Boyd, who hails from San Antonio, TX, leads ROBERT MORRIS 66, WAGNER 49 Home Team a balanced LIU scoring attack with 13.1 ppg and is the NEC’s second-leading rebounder at 9.0 per game. He also ranks second in Underlined the league in double-doubles and field goal percentage (.532). This marks Boyd’s second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week END of REGULAR SEASON honor this season. The top-seeded Blackbirds open NEC Tournament play on Thursday, hosting #8 Saint Francis (PA). Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week NEC Players of the Week NEC Rookies of the Week Alex Francis, Bryant Nov. 15 Justin Rutty, QU Nov. 15 Alex Francis, BU Latif Rivers, WC Fr., F, 6-6, 205 lbs., Harlem, NY/Holderness Prep (NH) Nov. 22 Ken Horton, CCSU Nov. 22 Alex Francis, BU Francis put up some eye-popping numbers in winning his sixth Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award of the season. The Julian Norfleet, MSM 6-6 forward averaged an incredible 34.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 66.7 percent from the floor in the two Nov. 29 Jerrell Thompson, SHU Nov. 29 Ike Azotam, QU Latif Rivers, WC outings. On Thursday, Francis was in another stratosphere with a record-breaking performance in a 94-85 loss to Long Island. He Dec. 6 Akeem Bennett, SFNY Dec. 6 Latif Rivers, WC stamped himself a place in the conference recordbook by erupting for a career-high 43 points, which set an NEC freshman record Kamil Svrdlik, FDU and is the highest total by an NEC player in nine years. The superlatives didn’t end there. It marked the most points scored by a Dec. 13 Justin Rutty, QU Dec. 13 Dominique Langston, QU freshman in the country this season (fifth overall) and the most by a rookie since Kansas State’s Michael Beasley hit for 44 against Dec. 20 Shane Gibson, SHU Dec. 20 Naofall Folahan, WC Jan. 3 Shane Gibson, SHU Jan. 3 Jason Brickman, LIU Baylor in 2008. The output also ties for third in school history and ninth on the NEC’s all-time list. His 20 field goals established a Alex Francis, BU new league record and are the most in the nation this season. Finally, the 43 points are the most scored in a Division I game by a player Jan. 10 Tyler Murray, WC Jan. 10 Latif Rivers, WC coming off the bench in the last 15 seasons. Francis wrapped up his week with 25 points and a game-high 10 boards in his eighth Jan. 17 Karon Abraham, RMU Jan. 17 Alex Francis, BU double-double performance of the season in a 72-61 setback at St. Francis (NY). The Harlem, NY native leads all NEC freshman and Jan. 24 Ken Horton, CCSU Jan. 24 Latif Rivers, WC Umar Shannon, SFPA is ninth overall in the conference with 14.8 ppg. He also ranks fourth on the circuit in rebounding (8.0 rpg) and eighth in field goal Jan. 31 Julian Boyd, LIU Jan. 31 Alex Francis, BU accuracy (.507). His six NEC weekly honors ties him with Wagner’s Latif Rivers for most in the league this season and ranks fourth James Johnson, QU on the all-time chart. Feb. 7 Ken Horton, CCSU Feb. 7 Jason Brickman, LIU Latif Rivers, WC Feb. 14 Ken Horton, CCSU Feb. 14 Ike Azotam, QU Feb. 21 Ricky Cadell, SFNY Feb. 21 Jason Brickman, LIU Follow the NEC twitter.com/NECsports Ken Horton, CCSU For all the latest men’s basketball news, visit the NEC website at facebook.com/NECsports Feb. 28 Julian Boyd, LIU Feb. 28 Alex Francis, BU www.northeastconference.org and via social media at: youtube.com/NECsports 2010-11 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Bryant Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson (9-21, 7-11 NEC) (18-11, 11-7 NEC) (5-24, 3-15 NEC) at World Vision Basketball Classic Connecticut 6 Classic at Moehegan Sun Arena N 18 Stony Brook L 59-66 N 12 at Cleveland State L 57-71 N 13 vs. Hartford W 64-62 N 20 Albany L 46-72 N 13 vs. Kent State L 49-90 N 15 at Army W 101-87 N 27 at North Carolina State L 67-77 N 20 at UMBC W 82-74 N 14 vs. Iona W 74-72 N 29 at Longwood W 83-78 N 20 Army L 66-76 N 22 at Penn State L 61-77 N 27 MONMOUTH W 54-50 (OT) D 2 BRYANT W 78-68 N 24 Harvard L 66-69 N 29 at Providence L 57-92 D 4 CCSU W 48-46 N 28 at Lehigh L 68-88 D 4 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 46-48 D 8 at #6 Connecticut L 54-78 D 2 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L 68-78 D 7 at Dayton L 61-63 D 11 at Iona L 66-87 D 8 Yale L 53-75 D 11 at Albany L 63-64 D 14 at Rutgers L 65-79 D 11 at Columbia L 72-76 D 19 Niagara W 74-71 D 18 at Saint Peter’s L 57-60 D 19 at Boston College L 77-93 D 22 New Hampshire W 71-50 D 23 at Michigan L 71-87 D 29 Brown W 67-51 J 2 Lafayette L 92-98 (2OT) D 29 Oberlin W 71-42 J 3 Massachusetts W 92-63 J 6 SACRED HEART L 50-67 D 31 at Brown L 71-84 J 6 ST.