2020-21 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 14 • #8 QUINNIPIAC • MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND • TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 5 p.m. • Atlantic City, N.J. • Boardwalk Hall • ESPN+ (Daryl Fein & Chris Williams) ABV @ICGaels, @IonaGaelsMBB, #ICMBB #GaelNation 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The No. 9 seed Iona College men's basketball team (8-5, 6-3 MAAC) GAELS IN THE MAAC Overall: 8-5 H: 4-2 A: 4-3 N: 0-0 MAAC: 6-3 takes on No. 8 Quinnipiac (9-12, 7-10 MAAC) in the first round of the CHAMPIONSHIP Date Day Opponent Time/Result 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Championship at Jim Whalen Boardwalk Army 4-0 N 30 Mon at Seton Hall (FS1) L, 64-86 Hall Tuesday night on ESPN+. Canisius 6-3 D 5 Sat at Hofstra (FloSports) W, 82-74 Fairfield 3-4 WHY NINE? DRIVE FOR FIVE? D 8 Tue MORGAN STATE (ESPN3) L, 72-83 Fordham 3-2 • Despite owning the second-best winning percentage in the conference, D 11 Fri at Fairfield* (ESPNU) W, 70-42 Holy Cross 3-2 due to this season's tiebreaker, the Gaels will serve as the No. 9 seed. Loyola 4-0 D 12 Sat at Fairfield* (ESPN+) L, 52-67 • With the 2020 Championship canceled before completion last Manhattan 3-4 D 18 Fri at Rider* (ESPN+) W, 70-54 year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iona still remains the four-time Marist 4-2 D 19 Sat at Rider* (ESPN+) W, 72-64 defending MAAC Tournament Champion. Monmouth 3-0 D 23 Wed COPPIN STATE (ESPN+) W, 85-65 • The Maroon & Gold look to climb a steep hill in its Drive for Five straight Niagara 2-5 F 12 Fri MANHATTAN* (ESPN+) W, 85-67 titles, needing to win four games in five days to accomplish the feat. Rider 4-1 F 13 Sat MANHATTAN* (ESPN+) L, 70-77 Saint Peter's 8-4 F 17 Wed at Quinnipiac* (ESPN+) L, 70-74 THE GAELS IN MAAC TOURNAMENT PLAY Siena 10-0 F 19 Fri MONMOUTH* (ESPNU) W, 91-86 In 40 years as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Overall 57-27 (.679) F 20 Sat MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) W, 88-65 Iona has compiled an all-time record of 57-27 (.679) record in the league’s postseason tournament - including a IONA VS. QUINNIPIAC MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ - No. 9 Seed Overall: 9-6 (.600) league-record 12 titles. The .683 winning percentage is M 9 Tue #8 Quinnipiac (ESPN+) 5 p.m. MAAC Championship: 0-0 highest in MAAC history (Siena, 40-25, .615). M 10 Wed #1 Siena (ESPN+) 5 p.m. MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS M 12 Fri #4 Marist/#5 Saint Peter's (ESPNEWS) 6 p.m. THE GAELS ON THE MAAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Year Round Decision Site first meeting M 13 Sat Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. Since the inaugural MAAC Tournament in 1982, Iona Home events in CAPS & BOLD; MAAC Games noted by an asterisk basketball players have been selected to the MAAC GAELS VS. BOBCATS All-Tournament team a record 51 times, including a NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST MAAC-high 12 MVP winners. Rickey McGill, Zach Ross 3 37.7 15.3 4.0 1.3 Lewis, Jordan Washington and A.J. English were the Joseph 1 25.0 12.0 3.0 0.0 MVPs of the last three tournaments. Twelve players Koroma 1 17.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 in school history have been named to a MAAC Gist 3 31.0 8.0 4.3 3.0 All-Tournament team on multiple occasions. Tony van Eyck 3 28.3 8.0 6.7 1.0 Hargraves (4x), Rory Grimes (3x) and David Laury (3x) JeanLouis 1 23.0 8.0 4.0 3.0 are the only ones to earn more than two. Chavez 1 17.0 6.0 1.0 0.0 Myers 1 7.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 Shema 1 15.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 Cashaw 2 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 Weiss 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rowe 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2020-21 IONA GAELS AT A GLANCEOf ## Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Note Starters (based on last game's starting five) 0 Berrick JeanLouis Jr. G 6-4 195 8.1 5.5 1.7 Uber-athletic wing... Leads MAAC with 2.3 spg, No. 6 with 1.3 bpg 2 Asante Gist Sr. G 5-10 185 12.2 1.8 4.0 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team... Ranks No. 2 in MAAC with 4.2 apg.. 18p last night 11 Dwayne Koroma Fr. F 6-7 190 2.5 3.8 1.3 Talented rookie prospect... Has start`ed last four games... Season best 10p at QUI on Wed. 20 Isaiah Ross Sr. G 6-3 200 20.5 3.3 1.7 All-MAAC First Team... 3x MAAC POW (12/7, 12/21, 12/28)... Leads MAAC in scoring 23 Nelly Junior Joseph Fr. F 6-9 230 12.1 7.1 1.2 MAAC All-Rookie... 4x MAAC ROW (12/7, 12/21, 12/28, 2/15)... Leads MAAC rookies in PPG, RPG, FG%, BPG Off the Bench 1 Colton Cashaw Sr. G 6-2 185 0.4 0.4 0.6 Back up point guard... Converted first field goal vs. Monmouth Feb. 19 3 Ryan Myers Fr. G 6-0 170 7.2 1.6 1.2 Five double-digit point efforts... Averaging 10.0 ppg, 2.2 3FG/g, 61.5 FG%, 61.1 3FG in last 3 GP 4 Parker Weiss So. G 6-2 175 0.6 0.1 0.0 Second-year walk-on from Florida... Has converted both FGA this season 5 Tahlik Chavez So. G 6-1 160 3.5 1.4 0.9 Tremendous shooter with great range... Scoring guard that will see point guard minutes 12 Jordan Brooks Fr. G 6-4 190 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rookie walk-on from Kentucky... Son of former Rick Pitino player/assistant Delray Brooks 13 Omar Rowe Fr. G 6-5 185 0.7 0.6 0.1 New York product that played scholastically in Conn. and prep down South 15 Johan Crafoord Fr. F 6-8 230 0.8 0.4 0.4 Tough inside presence who will push for time in Iona's deep front court 24 Dylan van Eyck Sr. F 6-8 210 7.3 6.5 2.8 Three games with 10+ rebounds... Averaged 13.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.5 apg in 2 GP vs. Monmouth 44 James Carey So. G 5-10 160 0.7 0.0 0.0 Sophomore walk-on... Played rookie year at Gettysburg College (PA)... Scored first Iona pts in last game 50 Trey James Fr. F 6-10 240 0.5 1.0 0.0 2021 recruit, joined Iona a year early after graduating HS in December.. Made debut vs. MON 55 Osborn Shema So. F 7-0 200 3.6 4.0 0.6 One of Iona's top recruits for 2020-21... Made season debut vs. MAN... Grabbed 10r in last GP 2020-21 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Quinnipiac - MAAC Opening Round - March 8-13, 2021 • Page 2 INSIDE THE MAAC TOURNAMENT FORMAT GAELS ON THE MAAC Eleven teams vie for the MAAC Championship for ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM the eighth straight year, with the current bracket introduced in 2014. The tournament continues its 1982 Rory Grimes (MVP), Tony Hargraves, single-bye format for the 13th straight season. Gary Springer 1983 Steve Burtt, Rory Grimes, Tony Hargraves For the sixth straight season, the top two seeds 1984 Steve Burtt (MVP), Tony Hargraves, 2020-21 MAAC STANDINGS* earn a day off before the semifinal round with a Gary Springer quarterfinal win. Iona appears in the first round MAAC OVERALL 1985 Tony Hargraves (MVP), Rory Grimes of the MAAC Championship for in back-to-back SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT 1986 Bob Coleman seasons for the first time since 2008 and 2009. 1987 Alvin Lott, Richie Simmonds 1. Siena 12 4 .750 12 4 .750 1989 Glenn Grant 2. Monmouth 12 6 .667 12 7 .632 GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY 1991 Sean Green, Antoine Lewis 3. Saint Peter's 10 8 .556 13 10 .565 Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 1992 Derrick Canada 4. Marist 10 8 .556 12 8 .600 season, Iona has compiled a 403-252 (.615) record 1996 Mikkel Larsen 5. Niagara 7 9 .438 8 10 .444 in regular season conference play. The Gaels’ 403 1998 John McDonald (MVP), Tariq Kirksay, 6. Canisius 7 5 .583 7 6 .538 wins and .615 winning percentage are the highest Kashif Hameed 7. Fairfield 7 11 .389 7 16 .304 of any current MAAC member. The Gaels became 2000 Dyree Wilson (MVP), Nakiea Miller, 8. QUINNIPIAC 7 10 .412 9 12 .429 the first MAAC team to reach 400 wins with its Tariq Kirksay 9. IONA 6 3 .667 8 5 .615 win at Rider on Dec. 19. Iona is currently 88 wins 2001 Nakiea Miller (MVP), Phil Grant, Earl Johnson 10. Manhattan 6 12 .333 7 12 .368 ahead of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. 2005 Steve Burtt 11. Rider 5 13 .278 6 16 .273 2006 Steve Burtt (MVP), Ricky Soliver, * - Total wins dictate MAAC Championship seeding BUSTING THE (MAAC) BRACKET • The No.