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 26, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN+ - David Resnick and Adam Finkelstein 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 5-10 H: 2-4 A: 1-5 N: 2-1 MAAC: 3-5 IONA HOSTS SIENA TO COMPLETE HOMESTAND Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men's basketball team (5-10, 3-5 MAAC) opens 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 weekend No. 5 of MAAC play vs. Siena (9-9, 5-4 MAAC) Firday night. 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT The Gaels and Saints square off at the Hynes Center on ESPN+. 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 IONA VS. SIENA - SERIES HISTORY MAAC/ASun Challenge • The Gaels and Saints meet for the 116th time in history 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 with Iona holding a 65-50 advantage. Iona vs. Siena 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 • Siena is the Maroon & Gold’s second most frequent Overall: 65-50 (.565) (Cluess, 17-6) 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 opponent (Saint Peter’s 222). Home: 26-21 Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY • Iona maintains the series lead after winning 17 of the Away: 26-28 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT last 22 meetings following a 10-game losing streak. Neutral: 13-1 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 • The Gaels are 26-21 in New Rochelle, and just 15-16 at LAST 15 MEETINGS 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 the Hynes Center. Date W-L Score Site 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 1/19/14 W 88-74 H SCOUTING SIENA (9-9, 5-4 MAAC) 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 1/4/15 W 86-72 A • Siena enters the game winners of back-to-back games 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 2/6/15 W 87-83 H last weekend at home. 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-59 3/7/15 W 74-71 A (MAAC) • Sophomore Jalen Pickett (16.8), graduate Elijah Burns 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) L, 73-83 2/13/16 L 78-81 H (14.8), junior Manny Camper (13.6) and sophomore Donald 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) W, 69-66 2/22/16 W 87-81 A Carey (11.7) are the Saints to average 10 or more points. 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) L, 88-94 3/6/16 W 81-70 A (MAAC) • Camper leads with 10.5 rpg. 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 1/27/17 W 77-66 A • Pickett, the preseason MAAC Player of the Year, leads 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) Noon 2/7/17 L 79-81 H the team with 38 3FG, 4.8 apg, 1.4 spg and 1.1 bpg. 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. 3/6/17 W 87-86 OT A (MAAC) • Siena was picked to finish sixth in the MAAC preseason poll. 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) 2 p.m. 1/11/18 W 71-69 H 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY 2/12/18 L 78-82 OT A 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, 2/2/19 L 54-56 H 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Iona has compiled a 391-243 (.617) record in regular season 2/13/19 W 57-52 A 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7 p.m. conference play. The Gaels’ 391 wins and .617 winning 3/10/19 W 73-57 A (MAAC) 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. percentage are the highest of any current MAAC member. 115 games 2/1/29 at Niagara* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. The Gaels became the first MAAC team to reach 375 wins Iona 8,190 pts 71.2 ppg 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. with its win at Saint Peter's on Feb. 10, 2018, five seasons after Siena 7,941 pts 69.1 ppg 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. reaching 300. Iona is currently 85 ahead of Manhattan, MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ the No. 2 team on the list. GAELS VS. SAINTS NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AT HOME Crawford 7 34.6 13.7 3.9 1.1 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. The Gaels finished 2018-19 with a 7-2 mark at home. Perez 3 32.7 11.3 5.3 0.3 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. Iona has won 41 of its last 56 MAAC regular season Agee 3 30.0 11.3 11.3 1.3 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. contests at the Hynes Center. Iona is 70-18 (.795) in Gist 3 26.0 9.7 0.7 1.3 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; New Rochelle under head coach Tim Cluess. The Nikolic 2 11.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk Gaels overall record in home conference games is Ristanovic 2 24.0 1.5 5.0 1.0 an outstanding 221-91 (.708). 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) 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 4.8 2.9 0.2 Matched season-high 13p at Marist 3 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 185 10.1 2.2 2.6 Posted 22p with 5 3FG vs. Monmouth in last game... Not available tonight (injury) 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 10.7 4.7 3.2 Season-high 25p with 5 3FG vs. MON... Completed first Iona double-double with 10r 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 14.2 7.4 3.1 Ranks on MAAC leaderboard in 10 different stat categories... #7 ppg, #4 rpg, #4 FG%, #9 apg 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 8.9 3.1 1.1 No. 2 in conference with 2.8 3FG/g in MAAC play Off the Bench 2 E.J. Crawford Sr. G 6-6 210 17.0 5.1 1.4 No. 2 MAAC overall scorer... 10+ points in all 14 GP... DNP vs. Monmouth (injury) 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 5 Ben Perez Sr. G 6-3 180 2.3 1.5 0.6 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 1.4 1.3 0.1 Stretch four... Had 11 points with 3 3FG vs. North Carolina in NCAA tournament 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.4 1.2 1.2 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 2.7 3.2 0.7 JUCO transfer... Competed for the Netherlands in World 3x3 Championships this fall 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 0.7 1.1 0.0 True post performer... looks to rebound from injury suffered late in junior campaign 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Siena • January 31, 2020 • Page 2 AT THE HELM with his performance vs. Canisius. • Associate head coach Tra Arnold - in his • In 10 seasons, Cluess has mentored more than second year at Iona - continues to serve as 1/4 of Iona's all-time 1,000 point scorers. acting head coach for tonight's contest as Tim • Junior Asante Gist reached 1,000 points at Cluess continues to monitor a health matter. UConn in a college career that includes two • Before coming to Iona, Arnold spent six seasons at Eastern Kentucky. successful seasons head coach at Odessa 1000 POINT SCORERS UNDER TIM CLUESS College in Northwest Texas. He served three 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS Rk* Name Points Year Reached years prior as head coach at Blinn College. MAAC OVERALL 3. A.J. English 2,004 2015 (3rd) • Arnold mentored more than 30 future NCAA SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT 8. Sean Armand 1,694 2013 (3rd) Division I players including: LJ Figueroa (St. Monmouth 6 3 .667 12 8 .600 12. Scott Machado 1,613 2012 (3rd) John's), Jermaine Haley (West Virginia), Keandre Quinnipiac 5 3 .625 10 8 .556 13. E.J. CRAWFORD 1,564 2019 (3RD) Cook (Missouri State), Josh Gray (NBA Pelicans, LSU), Rider 5 4 .556 11 8 .579 16. David Laury 1,465 2015 (3rd) and Devin Davis (G-League Magic, Houston). SIENA 5 4 .556 9 9 .500 20. Rickey McGill 1,434 2018 (4th) • Director of Operations John Mateyko is serving as Saint Peter's 5 4 .556 8 10 .444 27. Lamont Jones 1,287 2013 (2nd) an assistant coach of the program in Cluess' absence Manhattan 4 4 .500 8 9 .471 29.