2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO - ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONTM S PHONE: (610) 289-1963 - E-MAIL: [email protected] Release 1.24.20 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague TM MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (as of 1.23.20) Upcoming Schedule (all times EST) Patriot League Overall Saturday, January 25 Lafayette at Lehigh (PLN/SE2) .....................Noon W-L PCT. H A STREAK W-L PCT. H A N STREAK Army at Navy (CBSSN) ..........................1:30 p.m. Colgate 6-1 .857 4-0 2-1 W2 15-5 .750 9-0 5-5 1-0 W2 Colgate at American (PLN/NBCSW) .......... 2 p.m. Navy 5-2 .714 2-1 3-1 W3 11-7 .611 7-2 4-5 0-0 W3 Boston U. at Holy Cross (PLN/NESN) ........ 2 p.m. Loyola Maryland at Bucknell (Stadium/PLN)......7 p.m. AMERICAN 5-2 .714 3-0 2-2 W3 9-9 .500 5-2 4-7 0-0 W3 Boston U. 4-3 .571 3-1 1-2 L2 10-10 .500 6-2 4-6 0-2 L2 Monday, Jan. 27 Bucknell 4-3 .571 3-1 1-2 L1 8-12 .400 5-3 2-8 1-1 L1 Lehigh at American (CBSSN) ..................... 7 p.m. Lafayette 3-4 .429 2-2 1-2 L2 11-7 .611 6-3 5-4 0-0 L2 Recent Results Army 3-4 .429 1-2 2-2 W3 8-10 .444 4-4 4-6 0-0 W3 Monday, Jan. 20 Lehigh 2-5 .286 2-1 0-4 L3 5-14 .263 4-3 1-11 0-0 L3 At Colgate 80, Bucknell 65 Holy Cross 2-5 .286 2-1 0-4 W1 3-17 .150 2-6 0-10 1-1 W1 Wednesday, January 22 Loyola 1-6 .143 1-3 0-3 L6 9-11 .450 5-3 3-7 1-1 L6 Army 94, at Lafayette 74 American 93, at Loyola Maryland 91 (OT) At Holy Cross 96, 95 (OT) Navy 60, at Boston U. 58 (OT) Patriot League Men’s Basketball Twitter Notebook - @Patriot_GameDay - #PatriotMBB •The #PatriotMBB continues League play; WATCH 4 games on @PatriotLeagueTV this weekend including 1 on @Stadium and 2 games on @CBSSportsNet •#PatriotMBB teams are shooting a combined 44.9 percent from the field, the 5th-best mark in @NCAA D1. The League’s 34.2 percent shooting from 3-point range is 9th among the 32 DI conferences. PLN - Patriot League Network •Through 35 #PatriotMBB games 15 have been decided by 5 or fewer points and 10 have come down to the final possession Stadium - Stadium TV •.@ArmyWP_MBB’s Tommy Funk is 22 assists behind @LehighMBB’s Kahron Ross for the #PatriotMBB all-time lead in assists CBSSN - CBS Sports Network •.@ColgateMBB is ranked 17th in the @CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25 after winning 14 of its last 16 games ACCN- ACC Network •.@ArmyWP_MBB Sr. G Tommy Funk and @LehighMBB Sr. G Jordan Cohen were selected as candidates for the 2020 @SnrCLASSAward AE.TV - AmericaEast.TV •#PatriotMBB Players of the Week Announced; Player - @ArmyWP_MBB Sr. G Tommy Funk; Rookie - @NavyAthletics Fr. F Daniel Deaver AFN - American Forces Network •.@AU_MBasketball Sr. G Sa’eed Nelson was selected the #PatriotMBB Preseason Player of the Year for the 2nd season in a row; Nelson ranks AT&T - AT&T SportsNet among the Top-25 League career leaders; 8th in scoring (1,857), 15th in assists (469) and 4th in steals (237). BTN - Big Ten Network *.@LafayetteMBB’s Justin Jaworski joined @LehighMBB’s Jordan Cohen and @ColgateMBB’s Jordan Burns in making the #PatriotMBB 1,000-point BTN2go - Big Ten Digital Network club during the 2019-20 season; The League currently has 9 active 1,000-point scorers BTNPlus - Big Ten Network Plus *#PatriotMBB is 54-67 against non-League opponents with a .500 better record against 11 other leagues, including: America East (8-7); Atlantic CUSA - Conference USA Network Sun (2-2); American (2-0); Big West (1-0); Horizon (2-0); Ivy (9-6); MAC (1-0); MEAC (2-0); NEC (7-7); SoCon (1-0), and WAC (2-0) ESPN3 - WatchESPN.com *.@ColgateMBB’s 19 made 3-pointers, against Green Bay, is the 2nd most by a #PatriotMBB team; @Bucknell_MBB set the record with 21 last season FS1 - Fox Sports 1 FCS - Fox College Sports LSN* - Lafayette Sports Network Patriot League Notebook * - RCN-4, RCN-8, WBPH-60 HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL THIS WEEK NBCSW - NBC Sports Network Washington The Patriot League continues its League slate this weekend with five games on Saturday, including four on the Patriot League SE2 - Service Electric 2 Network (PLN). The action begins at noon when Lehigh hosts Lafayette in a game that will be televised locally on Service Electric SEC - SEC Network 2. Rivalry Saturday continues when Navy hosts the Army West Point at 1:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. Boston University TV3 - Charter TV3 meets with Holy Cross for the Turnpike Trophy at 2 p.m. on the PLN and regionally on NESN. League-leading Colgate travels to WCC - WCC Digital Network second-place American for a 2 p.m. game on the PLN and NBC Sports Network Washington. Loyola Maryland heads to Bucknell WVU - WVUSports.com for a 7 p.m. meeting that will be televised via Stadium and on the PLN. Visit the Patriot League Men’s Basketball composite schedule on the League’s official website - www.PatriotLeague.org - for up-to-date listings on how to watch or listen throughout the season. ARMY’S TOMMY FUNK AND LEHIGH’S JORDAN COHEN NAMED 2020 SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATES Army West Point senior guard Tommy Funk and Lehigh senior guard Jordan Cohen were among the 30 NCAA DI men’s basketball student-athletes selected as candidates for the 2019-20 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA DI senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete. FOUR PATRIOT LEAGUE STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST Four Patriot League men’s basketball student-athletes were selected to the Lou Henson Award Watch List when it was an- nounced by CollegeInsider.com. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the NCAA’s top Division I mid-major player. Pa- triot League Preseason Player of the Year American senior guard Sa’eed Nelson, Boston University senior forward Max Mahoney, 2018-19 Patriot League Player of the Year Colgate senior forward Rapolas Ivanauskas and Loyola Maryland senior guard Andrew The Patriot League Network, powered by Kostecka, the League’s leading scorer in 2018-19, were announced among the preseason watch list of 50 student-athletes. Stadium, streams more than 1,000 live events per year, including coverage of more PATRIOT LEAGUE FINISHES AMONG NCAA LEADERS IN GRADUATION RATE REPORT than a dozen Patriot League Championships. The Patriot League recorded a 94 percent graduation success rate (GSR) and an 83 percent federal graduation rate (FGR) in data released by the NCAA yesterday to rank atop the national leaders in both measures of academic success for student-athletes. Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders The League’s 94 percent GSR is third in the nation while the 83 percent FGR leads the NCAA for the seventh consecutive year. The The Patriot League continually demonstrates League’s men’s basketball programs finished with the best FGR (93) mark in the nation with Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh posting that student-athletes can excel at both aca- perfect scores. Patriot League men’s basketball also had the second-highest GSR score (98) in the NCAA with Boston University, demics and athletics without sacrificing its Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh receiving perfect scores. high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic 2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS success is achieved while its member institu- tions remain committed to its founding princi- INDIVIDUAL TEAM ple of admitting and graduating student-ath- POINTS: Jordan Burns (GATE), 40 (at Green Bay, 11.26.19) POINTS: Colgate, 99 (at Green Bay, 11.26.19) letes that are academically representative of REBOUNDS: Austin Butler (HC), 17 (vs. Sacred Heart, 12.22.19) MARGIN: Lafayette, 40 (vs. Widener, 12.19.19) their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot ASSISTS: Tommy Funk (ARMY), 13 (vs. FDU, 11.18.19) FG PCT: Loyola Maryland .627 (vs. UMass Lowell, 12.27.19) League institutions is viewed as an important STEALS: Sa’eed Nelson (AU), 8 (vs. UMBC, 12.3.19) REBOUNDS: Lehigh, 64 (vs. Cairn, 11.12.19) component of a well rounded education. BLOCKS: Dylan Hastings (LAF), Matt Faw (HC) 5 STEALS: American (2x), Bucknell, 13 3-PT FG MADE: Jordan Burns (GATE), 8 (at Green Bay, 11.26.19) 3-POINT FG MADE: Colgate, 19 (at Green Bay, 11.26.19) Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 TM Release 1.24.20 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague Patriot League Men’S BasKetball NotebooK PATRIOT LEAGUE 5TH IN FIELD GOAL PCT. PICKING POCKETS IN THE PATRIOT Patriot League Media Contacts The 10 Patriot League men’s basketball Two of Patriot League players are among PATRIOT LEAGUE COMM. STAFF American teams are shooting a combined 44.90 the top-20 NCAA DI active leaders in Ryan Sakamoto / Asst.