715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-633-2334 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2016-17 GAME NOTES MBB Contacts: Brian Beyrer ([email protected]), Pat McWalters ([email protected]) February 7, 2017 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3/WatchESPN - John Brickley and Vin Parise 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 16-8 H: 7-1 A: 5-6 N: 4-1 MAAC: 9-4 IONA HOSTS SIENA IN MAAC MONDay MATCH UP Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men’s basketball team (16-8, 9-4 MAAC) looks to extend its six-game win streak 11/15/16 at Florida State (ESPN3) L, 78-99 and maintain a two-game hold on its second place standing when they face Siena (10-14, 7-6 GCI Great Alaska Shootout MAAC) at the Hynes Center. The two teams square off for the second time in 12 days. 11/20/16 at Nevada (Mountain West Network) L, 76-91 11/24/16 vs. Drake (CBS Sports Network) W, 64-53 IONA VS. SIENA - SERIES HISTORY Iona vs. Siena 11/25/16 vs. Weber State (CBS Sports Network) W, 76-54 • The Gaels and Saints meet for the 110th time in history Overall: 61-48 (.560) (Cluess, 13-3) 11/26/16 vs. Nevada (CBS Sports Network) W, 75-73 with Iona holding a 61-48 advantage. Home: 25-19 12/2/16 at Saint Peter’s (Iona Insider) W, 79-65 • Siena is the Maroon & Gold’s second most frequent Away: 22-28 12/4/16 NIAGARA (ESPN3) L, 58-74 opponent (Saint Peter’s 115). Neutral: 14-1 12/7/16 at Fairleigh Dickinson W, 90-73 • Iona maintains the series lead after winning 13 of the LAST 15 MEETINGS 12/10/16 OHIO (ESPN3) W, 79-75 last 15 meetings following a 10-game losing streak. Date W-L Score Site 12/14/16 NJIT (ESPN3) W, 94-80 • Siena snapped a seven-game losing streak vs. Iona in 2/11/11 W 69-65 H South Point Holiday Hoops Classic - Las Vegas, NV the teams’ first of three meetings last season. 3/5/11 W 94-64 Brdgpt 12/21/16 vs. UC Santa Barbara W, 73-57 • The Gaels are 25-19 in New Rochelle but are just 14-14 1/3/12 W 95-59 MSG 12/22/16 vs. Towson L, 69-76 at the Hynes Center. 1/23/12 L 62-65 A 12/28/16 at Delaware (Iona Insider) L, 54-63 1/4/13 W 66-62 A SCOUTING SIENA 12/31/16 MARIST (ESPN3) W, 93-80 3/3/13 W 80-61 H • Siena is 10-14 overall and 7-6 in the MAAC. 1/2/17 at Fairfield (Iona Insider) L, 87-93 1/12/14 W 87-78 A • The Saints were picked second in the MAAC preseason poll. 1/6/17 at Monmouth (ESPNU) L, 74-92 1/19/14 W 88-74 H • Four active Saints average 12 or more points including 1/8/17 CANISIUS (ESPN3) W, 98-75 1/4/15 W 86-72 A seniors Marquis Wright (14.9), Javion Ogunyemi (13.8), 1/14/17 at Quinnipiac (ESPN3) L, 91-97 OT 2/6/15 W 87-83 H Brett Bisping (12.8 ppg) and Lavon Long (12.6). 1/17/17 at Manhattan (Iona Insider) W, 82-67 3/7/15 W 74-71 A (MAAC) • Bisping is No. 2 the MAAC with 9.6 rebounds per game. 1/20/17 FAIRFIELD (ESPN3) W, 96-89 2/13/16 L 78-81 H • Wright is the team leader at 4.7 assists and 1.3 3FG per game. 1/23/17 QUINNIPIAC (ESPN3) W, 84-74 2/22/16 W 87-81 A 3/6/16 W 81-70 A (MAAC) 1/27/17 at Siena (ESPN3) W, 77-66 THE GAELS IN MAAC PLAY 1/27/16 W 77-66 A 1/29/17 SAINT PETER’S (ESPN3) W, 69-66 OT Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, 109 games 2/3/17 at Rider (ESPNU) W, 95-76 Iona has compiled a 362-221 (.621) record in regular season Iona 7,691 pts 71.2 ppg 2/7/17 SIENA (ESPN3) 7:00 pm conference play. The Gaels’ 362 wins and .621 winning Siena 7,458 pts 69.1 ppg 2/12/17 at Niagara 2:00 pm percentage are the highest of any current MAAC 2/14/17 at Canisius (ESPN3) 7:00 pm member. The Gaels became the first MAAC team to GAELS VS. SAINTS 2/17/17 at Marist (Iona Insider) 7:00 pm reach 350 wins with its win at Monmouth last year, a little 2/19/17 RIDER (ESPN3) 5:00 pm NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST over three seasons after reaching 300. Iona is currently Much 4 30.3 14.5 3.5 2.0 2/24/17 MANHATTAN (ESPNU/2) 7:00 pm 79 ahead of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. 2/26/17 MONMOUTH (ESPN3) 4:00 pm Crawford 1 34.0 13.0 2.0 2.0 MAAC Championship - Albany, NY - No. 2 Seed MAAC PLAY AT HOME Casimir 4 31.0 10.5 1.8 1.8 3/2/17 vs. Opening Round (ESPN3) TBA After their win over Saint Peter’s, the Gaels have won Cassell Jr. 1 27.0 10.0 5.0 6.0 3/3-4/17 vs. Quarterfinal Round (ESPN3) TBA four straight and 26 of their last 29 MAAC regular McGill 4 20.3 8.3 3.3 1.0 3/5/17 vs. Semifinal Round (ESPN3) TBA season contests at the Hynes Center. Iona is 54-7 (.885) Severe 1 21.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 3/6/17 vs. Final (ESPN/2) 9:00 pm in New Rochelle under head coach Tim Cluess. The Washington 4 9.5 4.5 3.3 0.3 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; Gaels overall record in home conference games is an Williams 1 17.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk outstanding 205-80 (.719). Bessick 2 11.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 Svandrlik 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Milosavljevic 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2016-17 Iona Gaels at a Glance No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note Probable Starters (based on last game’s starters) 0 Rickey McGill So. G 6-1 175 10.0 3.8 Leads the MAAC with 5.8 apg in 12 league contests (No. 2 Dukes-NIA, 5.3) 1 Sam Cassell Jr. Gr. G 6-4 190 12.1 3.3 Scored a career-high 29 points at Rider earning SportsCenter shout out... Son of former NBA star Sam Cassell 2 EJ Crawford Fr. G/F 6-6 210 9.7 3.3 Fourth among rookies in scoring in MAAC games (Dixon, Kiss-QUI, Jordan-RID) 10 Jon Severe Gr. G 6-2 195 11.6 3.8 No. 2 the Gaels with 49 3FG... Averaging 14.0p, 4.5r, 3.0a, 2.5 3FG in six-game win streak 22 Taylor Bessick Sr. F 6-9 250 3.2 4.7 Has two double-digit rebounding efforts this season... Earned his fifth start of season at Rider Off the Bench 4 Schadrac Casimir So. G 5-10 165 6.4 1.5 Shooting 52.1 3FG% (24-46) after starting season 2-for-15... Missed last contest due to injury 12 Luka Milosavljevic Fr. G/F 6-7 175 0.0 0.1 Rookie walk-on from Vienna, Austria... Has appeared in nine contests 15 Deyshonee Much Jr. G 6-5 180 8.6 4.1 Posted season-high 20 points at Siena two weeks ago... 20 Jan Svandrlik Jr. G/F 6-7 210 2.7 2.2 Averages 12.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.3 3FG/g when playing more than 15 minutes in a game 23 Jordan Washington Sr. F 6-8 235 17.7 7.1 Top scorer and rebounder... No. 3 in MAAC in scoring, No. 2 in FG% and No. 5 in rebounding 44 Tyrell Williams So. F 6-9 250 1.2 1.8 Appeared in 17 min at Siena, most since 19 min at Florida State in season opener 2016-17 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Siena - February 7, 2017 - Page 2 BUT FEBRUARY MADE ME SHIVER JON SEVERE • Iona has posted a 39-9 mark during the month • One of two Gaels (Washington) to score of February during head coach Tim Cluess’ tenure. double-figures in at least 16 of 22 games thus far. • The Gaels’ loss to Siena on Feb. 13 snapped • Has scored in double-digits in five of his last six an 11-game February winning streak. games, including 17 at Rider on 7-of-10 shooting. • Since a 1-5 mark in its MAAC Championship season • Leads the MAAC with a 45.4% three-point of 2013, Iona has posted a 24-2 mark in the month. field goal percentage (49-for-109). 2016-17 MAAC STANDINGS • Discounting that season, the Gaels’ February • Scored his 1,000th career point in the second MAAC OVERALL record is an incredible 38-4 record in the other half vs. Niagara. He posted 911 points in three SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT four-plus seasons under Cluess. seasons with Fordham before joining the Gaels Monmouth 12 2 .857 20 5 .800 • The program’s 8-0 mark in February 2015 and currently sits at 1,161 career points.