HOFSTRA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2005-06 Postseason NIT Notes Second Round vs. Saint Joseph’s Junior guard Loren Stokes Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio First-Team All-CAA Second-Team All-CAA First-Team NABC All-District 2 Second-Team NABC All-District 2 1,463 Career Points (seventh at HU) 981 Career Points SPORTS NEWS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY • HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK 11549-1090 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTER (516) 463-6759 • FAX: (516) 463-5033 • [email protected] 2005-06 HOFSTRA MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES (25-6) NIT Second Round vs. Saint Joseph’s (19-13), Monday, March 20 (Philadelphia, PA) - ESPNU Hofstra Quick Facts 2005-06 HOFSTRA SCHEDULE/RESULTS Location: Hempstead, NY Enrollment: 13,400 November Founded: 1935 19 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W 64-51 Postseason Bid: Seventh (four NCAA, three NIT) – Division I 22 at Notre Dame L 50-69 Hofstra Coach: Tom Pecora (5th year), 80-71 (80-71 overall) 29 at St. John’s W 64-51 SJU Series: Saint Joseph’s leads 24-1 December Last Meeting: 2005 NIT: Saint Joseph’s 53, Hofstra 44 1 BINGHAMTON W 69-55 3 DELAWARE W 79-65 Streaks, Stats, and Storylines: 7 at Virginia Commonwealth L 64-87 • Hofstra is making its seventh Division I Postseason 14 STONY BROOK W 73-56 appearance, including its second straight in the NIT. It has 17 vs. Dartmouth (at MSG) W 74-59 22 at St. Francis (N.Y.) W 73-57 earned three NIT bids (1999, 2005, 2006) and four to the 30 at La Salle W 71-70 NCAA Tournament (1976, 1977, 2000, 2001). Saint January Joseph’s defeated Hofstra in last year’s NIT 53-44. 5 JAMES MADISON W 87-66 7 GEORGIA STATE W 69-53 • Hofstra is coming off the first Division I postseason win 12 at Towson L 91-94 in its history (a 73-62 win over Nebraska on Thursday). 14 UNC WILMINGTON W 92-87 (3 OT) 19 at Old Dominion W 76-68 • Hofstra’s current 25 wins is one shy of the school record, 21 at Northeastern L 73-89 set by the 1951-52 team and matched in 2000-01. 26 TOWSON W 82-70 28 at Drexel W 76-75 (OT) • Sophomore guard Antoine Agudio is 19 points from February becoming the first player in school history to reach 1,000 2 OLD DOMINION W 65-63 4 at Delaware W 77-62 points as a sophomore. He also broke his own record for 9 at Georgia State W 76-70 three-pointers in a season on Thursday (85). 11 NORTHEASTERN W 89-78 15 at UNC Wilmington L 68-77 • Junior guard Loren Stokes (540 points) and sophomore 18 SIENA W 76-62 guard Antoine Agudio (529 points) are the first Hofstra 20 at William & Mary W 82-57 teammates to have 500 points in the same season. 23 #25 GEORGE MASON W 77-66 25 DREXEL W 70-68 • Hofstra is averaging only 7.8 turnovers per game in its March four postseason contests, including six in its NIT first round 4 vs. VCU (CAA quarterfinals) W 72-66 win over Nebraska on Thursday. 5 vs. George Mason (CAA semis) W 58-49 (ESPNU) 6 vs. UNCW (CAA championship) L 67-78 (ESPN) 16 NEBRASKA (NIT) W 73-62 • Junior guard Carlos Rivera and junior guard Loren Stokes 20 at Saint Joseph’s (NIT) 7 p.m. (ESPNU) were both named to the CAA All-Tournament team. Rivera has 25 points in a semifinal win over George Mason, while Hofstra’s Tentative Starters Stokes scored 26 in the championship game loss to UNCW. Pos. No. Cl. Ht. Name PPG RPG APG G 1 Jr. 6-3 Loren Stokes 17.4 5.1 2.8 • Hofstra is one of only four teams in the nation to have G 13 So. 6-3 Antoine Agudio 17.1 2.8 2.8 five players score at least 25 points in a game this year. G 31 Jr. 6-2 Carlos Rivera 12.0 3.9 3.5 F 25 Sr. 6-8 Aurimas Kieza 11.1 7.5 1.7 • Hofstra’s three guards (Loren Stokes, Antoine Agudio, F 33 Sr. 6-7 Adrian Uter 9.4 7.6 0.7 Carlos Rivera) have averaged a combined 52.0 points in Off The Bench four postseason games (three CAA, one NIT). G 5 So. 6-2 Jorge Lebron 1.1 0.3 0.1 G 20 Fr. 6-0 Greg Johnson 2.5 1.5 1.6n • Senior forward Adrian Uter is a perfect 11-for-11 from G/F 3 Fr. 6-5 Zygis Sestokas 1.3 0.6 0.1 the floor in the postseason, after shooting 6-for-6 against F 15 Fr. 6-8 Arminas Urbutis 1.3 1.4 0.1 Nebraska on Thursday. He has made his last 12 shots from F 45 Fr. 6-7 Mike Davis-Sabb 1.5 1.5 0.2 the floor, after setting a school record earlier this season by F/C 23 Sr. 6-9 Kenny Harris 0.5 0.9 0.0 making 18 in a row from Feb. 18-20. F/C 54 Fr. 6-8 Chris Gadley 1.5 2.8 0.2 Hofstra Milestone Watch NIT Opening Round (Hofstra 73, Nebraska 62): Junior Career guard Loren Stokes (Buffalo, NY) scored 23 points and Antoine Agudio 981 points 19 to 1,000 sophomore guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, Antoine Agudio 167 three-pointers 25 to school record NY) added 21 as Hofstra cruised to a 73-62 win over Loren Stokes 1463 points 37 to 1,500 Nebraska in the opening round of the Postseason NIT on Loren Stokes 467 rebounds 33 to 500 Thursday. Agudio also broke his own school record for Season Antoine Agudio 85 three-pointers New HU record three-pointers in a season in the game. He hit three shots Adrian Uter 57 blocked shots 8 to tie school record from beyond the arc, improving his total to 85. Last season, Team 25 wins 1 to tie school record he made 82, breaking the previous record of 81 held by Demetrius Dudley (1993-94). Senior center Adrian Uter Scouting Saint Joseph’s: The Hawks come into Monday (Queens, NY) added 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the night’s game with a 19-13 record on the year, including floor. He is now 11-of-11 from the floor in the postseason, nine wins in their last 10 games. The only loss in that after making all five of his shots at the CAA Tournament. stretch was a 62-61 defeat to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 The game turned in the final seven minutes of the first half. championship game. Saint Joseph’s has had some A three-pointer from Nebraska guard Marcus Perry tied the memorable postseason runs in the last two years, reaching score at 21-21 with 6:52 left, but Hofstra went on an 11-0 the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and run to take control of the contest. Stokes started the run reaching the championship game of the NIT last year. with a jumper and also ended it with another jumper with Sophomore guard Abdulai Jalloh leads four players in 2:32 left in the half. Another Perry three-pointer cut the double figures with 14.8 points per game. Senior swingman lead to 32-24, but Stokes hit a lay-up and Uter hit a short Chet Stachitas averages 13.3 points per game. The Hawks jumper in the paint to give Hofstra a 36-24 lead at the are the top foul shooting team in the nation at 79.5 percent. break. Hofstra took its largest lead of the game at 52-33 with 11:57 to play on an Agudio lay-up, but the Hofstra-Saint Joseph’s Series: The Hawks hold a 24-1 Cornhuskers responded with their first sustained run of the all-time lead in the series, although only one of those 25 night. A three pointer from freshman guard Jamel White games is relevant to the current teams. Last year, Saint started an 11-0 Nebraska run that ended with two foul shots Joseph’s defeated the Pride 53-44 in the opening round of from center Aleks Maric with 8:56 to play, making the the NIT. Prior to last year, the teams had to played since score 52-44. Stokes stopped the run with a short jumper on 1993-94. Hofstra’s lone win in the series was in 1976-77, the right baseline, but a dunk from Maric with 5:09 to play when the Pride finished 23-7. brought Nebraska within 58-49. Hofstra, though, used a fast break lay-up from Stokes and a breakaway dunk from Tale of the Tape Agudio to start an 8-1 run that made the score 66-50 with Hofstra SJU two minutes to play and sealed the win. Jason Dourisseau 25-6 Overall Record 19-13 led Nebraska with 15 points, while White had 14 points and 73.5 Points Per Game 65.8 six assists in his homecoming to the New York area. 67.1 Points Allowed Per Game 61.2 +6.4 Scoring Margin +4.6 Last Season’s NIT (Saint Joseph’s 53, Hofstra 44): Pat 36.3 Rebounds Per Game 32.4 Carroll's 16 points as Saint Joseph’s earned a hard-fought 34.1 Rebounds Allowed Per Game 30.6 53-44 win over Hofstra in the opening round of the +2.2 Rebounding Margin +1.8 Postseason NIT.