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]) March 6, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 - Joe Vasile and Darryl Jacobs 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 11-15 H: 5-6 A: 4-8 N: 2-1 MAAC: 9-10 GAELS COMPLETE REGULAR SEASON AT SAINT PETER'S Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men's basketball team (11-15, 9-10 MAAC) Iona vs. Saint Peter's 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 looks to keep hope of a first-round by alive in the regular Overall: 71-51 (.582) (18-4, Cluess) 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT season finale at Saint Peter's (16-12, 13-6 MAAC) and the Home: 35-22 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 Yanitelli Center. The Gaels can finish fifth, seventh or eighth Away: 26-25 MAAC/ASun Challenge in the MAAC standings prior to next week's championship. Neutral: 10-4 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 IONA VS. SAINT PETER’S - SERIES HISTORY LAST 15 MEETINGS 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 • Iona meets Saint Peter’s for the 123rd time in history this evening Date W-L Score Site 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 making the Peacocks its most frequent opponent (Siena, 117). 1/26/14 W 71-63 A Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY • The Maroon & Gold’s 71 wins vs. Saint Peter’s are the most the 2/12/14 W 62-59 H 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT program has earned against any one opponent (Fairfield, 69). 1/31/15 W 68-61 OT H 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 • The Gaels are 26-25 all-time in Jersey City. 3/1/15 L 60-68 A 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 • The Peacocks snapped a 10-game slide in the last contest. 1/22/16 W 64-58 H 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 2/1/16 W 75-67 A 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 SCOUTING SAINT PETER'S (3-6, 0-0 MAAC) 12/2/16 W 79-65 A 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 • Sophomore KC Ndefo and freshman Aaron Estrada lead 1/29/17 W 69-66 OT H 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-57 eight Peacocks scoring 5 or more points at 8.2 ppg. Ndefo 3/5/17 W 73-65 Albany 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) L, 73-83 ranks in the top 25 in the NCAA with 2.4 blocks per game and 1/5/18 W 73-69 H 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) W, 69-66 No. 2 on team with 5.2 rpg. Estrada, a leading candiate for 2/10/18 W 86-77 A 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) L, 88-94 MAAC Rookie of the Year, is No. 2 on the team with 1.9 apg. 3/4/18 W 65-52 Albany 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) L, 64-87 • Freshman Doug Edert is one of the MAAC's top 2/15/19 W 62-46 H 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) L, 49-72 sharpshooters with 51 3FG and a 46.4 3FG%. 3/8/19 W 73-72 Albany 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPN3) W, 73-52 • Rookie Hassan Drame leads with 5.3 rpg and freshman 1/3/20 L 74-75 H 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) W, 78-54 Matthew Lee leads with 2.2 apg. 122 games 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPN3) W, 80-57 • The Pecocks have 12 players who average between 13 Iona 8,540 pts 70.0 ppg 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) W, 78-70 and 23 minutes per game. Saint Peter's 8,187 pts 67.1 ppg 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) L, 64-65 WHAT'S THE SCENARIO? 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPN3) W, 70-69 • The Gaels can finish the season with one of three GAELS VS. PEACOCKS 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) W, 86-65 seeds in the upcoming MAAC Championship in NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 2/29/20 at Niagara* (ESPN3) L, 91-100 Atlantic City, NJ: No. 5, No. 7 or No. 8. Ross 1 27.0 15.0 2.0 1.0 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) L, 68-69 • With a win and a Niagara loss, the Maroon & Gold Agee 3 29.7 13.7 7.7 2.0 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. will earn a first-round bye and the No. 5 seed. Thiam 1 37.0 13.0 9.0 0.0 MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ • Additional scenarios can be found on page 7 Crawford 9 27.1 12.9 3.0 1.4 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD tonight's game notes. Gist 3 33.0 8.3 2.3 2.7 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. • Saint Peter's can be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed. With a Nikolic 1 19.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. win and a Siena loss, the Peacocks can claim a share of Washington 1 23.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. the MAAC Regular Season title, the first time since 1987. van Eyck 1 11.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; Perez 3 17.7 1.3 2.3 1.0 MAAC Games noted by an asterisk Ristanovic 3 8.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 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) 2 E.J. Crawford Sr. G 6-6 210 18.7 5.3 1.9 No. 1 MAAC scorer... 10+ points in all 25 GP... First double-double of season at NIA 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 11.0 5.0 4.0 Recorded third-ever triple double in program history at Canisius 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 14.6 7.3 3.2 Ranks on MAAC leaderboard in 10 different stat categories... #7 ppg, #4 rpg, #4 FG%, #8 apg 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 11.5 3.3 1.2 No. 1 in conference with 3.1 3FG/g in MAAC play 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 3.4 4.1 1.0 Season-high 15p at QUI; 13r vs. MAN... Returned to lineup after missing two games (injury) Off the Bench 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 3.7 2.6 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 played... Not available today (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 2.4 1.5 0.8 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19... Season-high 7p at NIA 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 2.1 1.4 0.1 Posted career-highs in points (13), FG (5), 3FG (3) in win over Marist 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.7 0.7 0.5 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 1.2 1.1 0.0 Recorded 5r in 7min off the bench at QUI... Returned to lineup after missing three games (injury) 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes at Saint Peter's • March 6, 2020 • Page 2 LAST TIME VS. SAINT PETER'S (JAN. 3, SPU 75, IONA 74) FEAST (BLOWOUT NOTES) • Saint Peter's freshman Darryl Banks' layup as • The MAAC has seen 13 of its 106 conference time expired put the Peacocks ahead in a one- games played this far be decided by 20 or more point defeat of the Gaels at the Hynes Center in points. Iona has been involved in six of them, all the MAAC regular season opener for both squads. coming in the last 11 contests. • The foreboding loss was the first of five one-point • It matches the most in a single-season for the decisions (1-4) for the Gaels in MAAC play this season. Gaels following 6-0 mark in 2011-12 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS* • E.J. Crawford (24p), Isaiah Ross (16p) and Mo • Iona is 4-2 this year after its fourth straight win MAAC OVERALL Thiam (13p) were Iona's double-digit scorers. in those contests at Canisius on Feb. 27. SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Crawford shot 11-of-14 from the charity stripe, • The six decisions are the most in the MAAC over the Siena 14 5 .737 18 10 .643 Ross hit five 3FG and Thiam posted nine boards last five seasons ahead of Fairfield's five in 2016-17.