2004-05 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week #1 - November 22, 2004) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Long Island 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Monday, November 15 Friday, November 19 (cont.) St. Francis (PA) 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 RMU at Guardians Classic Mt. St. Mary’s at Columbia Tournament ROBERT MORRIS 68, Morgan St. 49 Morehead St. 66, MT. ST. MARY’S 65 (OT) Central Conn. St. 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 1-1 0-0 0-0 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 74, Howard 63 Mount St. Mary's 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 W1 0-0 0-0 1-1 Tuesday, November 16 Albany 85, SACRED HEART 67 Quinnipiac 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 W1 1-0 0-1 0-0 QUINNIPIAC in Preseason NIT Virginia 88, ROBERT MORRIS 55 Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 L1 0-0 0-0 1-2 Penn 74, QUINNIPIAC 60 Robert Morris 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 L2 0-0 0-2 1-0 RMU at Guardians Classic Saturday, November 20 Monmouth 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Ohio St. 82, ROBERT MORRIS 50 CCSU Hosts Mohegan Sun Classic Samofrd 72, CCSU 58 Sacred Heart 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-1 0-0 0-0 Wednesday, November 17 Mt. St. Mary’s at Columbia Tournament St. Francis (NY) 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 FDU at BCA Invitational MT. ST. MARY’S 78, Longwood 55 Wagner 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Elon 73, FDU 59 QUINNIPIAC 84, Concordia 60 St. John’s 79, WAGNER 68 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament Thursday, November 18 Loyola Marymount 73, MONMOUTH 60 FDU at BCA Invitational Fordham 83, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 62 FDU 71, New Orleans 58 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week Sunday, November 21 Friday, November 19 LONG ISLAND 66, Lehigh 56 Landy Thompson, Mount St. Mary’s CCSU Hosts Mohegan Sun Classic Jr., G, 6-1, 178 lbs., Germantown, MD/Archbishop Spalding CCSU 87, Colgate 70 A preseason all-NEC selection, Thompson began his junior year with an outstanding performance at the Columbia FDU at BCA Invitational Classic over the weekend. Thompson earned all-tournament honors after averaging 27.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 Pepperdine 80, FDU 79 assists and 3.0 steals in the two games. In a 78-55 win over Longwood in the consolation game, he scored 34 Home Team Underlined points on 11-15 shooting from the floor, tied a career-best with nine boards and added three assists and four steals. The 34-point effort was just one point off his career-high and was the fifth 30+ point performance of his career. Choice Hotels Choice Hotels One day earlier, Thompson tallied a game-high 20 points in a 66-65 overtime loss to Morehead State. In that NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week contest, he also contributed five rebounds, seven assists and two steals. The Germantown, MD native is the fifth- Nov. 22 Landy Thompson, MSM Nov. 22 Kellen Allen, LIU leading active scorer in the conference and needs just 13 points to become the 37th player in Mount history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Kellen Allen, Long Island Fr., F, 6-7, 215 lbs., Mansfield, TX/Summit In his first collegiate game, Allen made his presence felt on both ends of the court in Long Island’s 66-56 win over 2005 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament defending Patriot League champion Lehigh on Sunday. Allen came off the bench to score 10 points on 5-10 All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be shooting from the field, and added three rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. One of three Texas natives reseeded after quarterfinals. on the Long Island roster, he also drew five charges in just 21 minutes of play as the Blackbirds notched their first triumph to open a campaign since defeating St. John’s in 1996. Thursday, March 3 Quarterfinals All games at 7:00 pm This Week’s Schedule Sunday, March 6 Monday, November 22 Tuesday, November 23 (cont.) Saturday, November 27 Semifinals CCSU at Niagara 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at Dartmouth 7:00 pm Albany at WAGNER 2:00 pm Times TBA SACRED HEART at Army 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at St. John’s 7:30 pm QUINNIPIAC at Longwood 3:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (PA) at Bucknell 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at Penn State 4:00 pm Wednesday, March 9 MONMOUTH at San Diego State 10:00 pm Wednesday, November 24 St. Peter’s at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm Championship SACRED HEART at Lehigh 7:00 pm Sunday, November 28 7:00 pm (ESPN2) Tuesday, November 23 ROBERT MORRIS at Pittsburgh 7:00 pm WAGNER at American 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at Columbia 7:00 pm FIU at CCSU 2:00 pm FDU at Buffalo 7:00 pm Dominican at FDU 3:00 pm NEC Website Friday, November 26 For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit MT. ST. MARY’S at Delaware 7:30 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org Standings and statistics are updated daily. 2004-05 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (1-1, 0-0 NEC) (1-2, 0-0 NEC) (1-0, 0-0 NEC) Mohegan Sun Classic at CCSU BCA Invitational (at N.C. State) N 21 Lehigh W 66-56 N 19 Colgate W 87-70 N 17 vs. Elon L 59-73 N 24 at Columbia 7:00 pm N 20 Samford L 58-72 N 18 vs. New Orleans W 71-58 N 30 at Boston College 7:30 pm N 22 at Niagara 7:00 pm N 19 vs. Pepperdine L 79-80 D 4 at WAGNER 2:00 pm N 28 Florida International 2:00 pm N 23 at Buffalo 7:00 pm D 8 at Albany 7:00 pm D 4 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm N 28 Dominican 3:00 pm D 11 at Hartford 2:00 pm D 8 at LaSalle 7:00 pm D 4 at California 10:00 pm D 19 Old Westbury 2:00 pm D 22 at Connecticut (Hartford Civic Center) 7:00 pm D 6 at Arizona State 10:00 pm D 22 Harvard 7:00 pm Cable Car Classic (at Santa Clara) D 9 at Rider 7:30 pm at Arizona State Hoops Classic D 28 at Santa Clara 9:00 pm D 12 at WAGNER 4:00 pm D 28 at Arizona State 9:00 pm D 18 St. Peter’s 7:00 pm D 29 vs. Charlotte/Yale 9/11:00 pm D 29 vs. Penn State/Valparaiso 6:30/9:00 pm J 2 Loyola (MD) 2:00 pm D 22 at Rutgers 7:30 pm D 30 Army 7:30 pm J 5 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 6 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 10 WAGNER 7:00 pm J 8 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm J 7 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 6:00 pm J 10 at CCSU 7:00 pm J 12 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 8:00 pm J 10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 15 MONMOUTH 4:00 pm J 15 ROBERT MORRIS 4:00 pm J 12 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm J 15 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 2:00 pm J 19 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm J 17 at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm J 22 at CCSU 4:00 pm J 22 LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm J 19 LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm J 22 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 8:00 pm J 24 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm J 24 at MONMOUTH 8:00 pm J 29 at QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm J 29 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm J 24 SACRED HEART 7:30 pm J 29 MONMOUTH 7:00 pm J 31 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:00 pm F 3 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm J 31 at LONG ISLAND 7:00 pm F 3 at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm F 7 at WAGNER 7:00 pm F 5 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 5 SACRED HEART 4:00 pm F 11 SACRED HEART 8:00 pm F 10 at ROBERT MORRIS 7:30 pm F 10 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 14 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm F 12 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 17 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 7:00 pm F 12 QUINNIPIAC 4:00 pm F 18 at MONMOUTH 8:00 pm F 17 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm F 21 at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm F 21 at ST.