715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-637-2726 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2019-20 GAME NOTES MBB Contacts: Brian Beyrer ([email protected]), Jonathan Stanko ([email protected]) January 19, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 - Dean Darling, Steve Eggink and Ed Weir 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 4-8 H: 1-3 A: 1-4 N: 2-1 MAAC: 2-3 GAELS HEAD NORTH TO POUGHKEEPSIE, FACE MARIST Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men's basketball team (4-8, 2-3 MAAC) completes weekend No. 3 of MAAC play at Marist 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 (2-13, 1-5 MAAC) Sunday afternoon. The Gaels and Red Foxes square off at McCann Arena on ESPN3. 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 IONA VS. MARIST - SERIES HISTORY Iona vs. Marist MAAC/ASun Challenge • The two teams meet for the 66th time in history. Overall: 48-17 (.738) (16-2, Cluess) 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 • Iona holds a 48-17 overall advantage and have won Home: 21-8 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 18 of the last 20 since being eliminated from the MAAC Away: 22-7 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 Championship in 2009. Neutral: 5-2 Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY • Tim Cluess' Gaels are 16-2 under head coach vs. the LAST 15 MEETINGS 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT Red Foxes. Overall 22-6 in Poughkeepsie. Date W-L Score Site 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 SCOUTING MARIST (2-13, 1-5 MAAC) 2/12/12 W 83-74 H 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 • Junior Michael Cubbage (9.9 ppg) is the top scorer on 3/3/12 W 87-63 Sprngfld 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 a squad without a double-digit point scorer. He also leads 1/10/13 W 86-82 A 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 with 5.7 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.4 spg. 2/7/13 L 104-105 2OT H 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 • Freshman Tyler Sagl leads with 26 3FG while fellow 12/4/13 W 83-74 H 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-59 rookie Matt Turner is No. 2 in scoring with 9.1 ppg. 2/23/14 W 86-67 A 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) 2 p.m. • The Red Foxes were picked eighth in the MAAC this season. 2/8/15 W 89-67 H 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 2/20/15 W 72-68 A 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY 12/4/15 W 101-66 A 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, 1/9/16 W 90-80 H 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) Noon Iona has compiled a 390-241 (.618) record in regular 12/31/16 W 93-80 H 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7 p.m. season conference play. The Gaels’ 390 wins and .618 2/17/17 W 95-88 A 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) 2 p.m. winning percentage are the highest of any current MAAC 2/4/18 W 98-64 A 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7/9 p.m. member. The Gaels became the first MAAC team to 1/18/19 W 90-77 H 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. reach 375 wins with its win at Saint Peter's on Feb. 10, 2018, 1/31/19 L 74-78 A 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. five seasons after reaching 300. Iona is currently84 ahead 65 games 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7 p.m. of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. Iona 5,095 pts 78.4 ppg 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AWAY FROM HOME Marist 4,546 pts 69.9 ppg 2/1/29 at Niagara* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. The Gaels improved to 12 games over .500 in MAAC 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. road contests following its win at Rider. Iona was 5-4 in GAELS VS. RED FOXES 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 2018-19 in its opponent's building. The program record NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST MAAC Championship - Albany, NY for regular season MAAC road wins is eight (2005-06, Gist 2 31.5 17.5 2.5 1.0 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD 2013-14, 2015-16). The Gaels are 53-30 under head Crawford 5 32.6 15.6 4.8 2.0 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. coach Tim Cluess. Iona holds a 161-149 (.519) in its 39th Perez 2 33.5 10.5 3.0 1.0 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. season in the MAAC. Agee 2 23.0 10.0 6.0 0.0 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. Nikolic 1 12.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; Ristanovic 2 10.5 2.5 2.0 0.0 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk 2019-20 Iona Gaels at a Glance ## Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Of Note Starters (based on last game's starting five) 2 E.J. Crawford Sr. G 6-6 210 17.2 5.1 1.5 MAAC Scoring Leader through Saturday's games... 10+ points in all 12 games 5 Ben Perez Sr. G 6-3 180 2.1 1.5 0.8 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 9.4 4.2 2.7 Season-long three straight 10+ point efforts incl. season-high 17p at Rider 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 14.4 8.3 3.0 Only MAAC player to rank top 8 in eight statistical categories (Rich Kelly, Jalen Pickett-7) 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 8.7 3.4 1.3 No. 2 in conference with 3.0 3FG/g in MAAC play Off the Bench 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 4.7 3.1 0.1 Season-high 13p/9r vs. Saint Peter's.. DNP last weekend (injury) 1 A.J. McNeil Jr. G 6-2 185 0.0 1.0 0.0 JUCO transfer from North Carolina... Will compete for time in backcourt 3 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 185 9.5 2.3 2.8 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team... Season best 23 points vs. Princeton 4 Parker Weiss Fr. G 6-3 170 0.0 0.0 0.0 Freshman walk-on from Southern Florida... Brother Cooper is a junior on Fordham's football team 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 1.6 1.3 0.0 Stretch four... Had 11 points with 3 3FG vs. North Carolina in NCAA tournament 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.0 0.5 0.0 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 2.4 3.3 0.5 JUCO transfer... Competed for the Netherlands in World 3x3 Championships this fall 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 0.0 0.7 0.0 True post performer... looks to rebound from injury suffered late in junior campaign 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes at Marist • January 19, 2020 • Page 2 AT THE HELM • Crawford ranks No. 14 on Iona's all-time • Associate head coach Tra Arnold - in his scoring list most recently passing Greg Jenkins second year at Iona - continues to serve as with his performance at Rider. acting head coach for tonight's contest as Tim • In nine seasons, Cluess has mentored more Cluess continues to monitor a health matter. than 1/4 of Iona's all-time 1,000 point scorers. • Before coming to Iona, Arnold spent six • Junior Asante Gist reached 1,000 points at successful seasons head coach at Odessa UConn in a college career that includes two 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS College in Northwest Texas. He served three seasons at Eastern Kentucky. years prior as head coach at Blinn College. MAAC OVERALL 1000 POINT SCORERS UNDER TIM CLUESS • Arnold mentored more than 30 future NCAA SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Rk* Name Points Year Reached Division I players including: LJ Figueroa (St. Monmouth 4 2 .667 10 7 .588 3. A.J. English 2,004 2015 (3rd) John's), Jermaine Haley (West Virginia), Keandre Quinnipiac 4 2 .667 9 7 .563 8. Sean Armand 1,694 2013 (3rd) Cook (Missouri State), Josh Gray (NBA Pelicans, LSU), Manhattan 4 2 .667 8 7 .533 12. Scott Machado 1,613 2012 (3rd) and Devin Davis (G-League Magic, Houston). Niagara 3 2 .600 5 11 .313 14. E.J. CRAWFORD 1,532 2019 (3RD) • Director of Operations John Mateyko is Rider 3 3 .500 9 7 .563 16. David Laury 1,465 2015 (3rd) serving as an assistant coach of the program in Siena 3 3 .500 7 8 .467 20.