2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Game Notes Hofstra University Pride (9-7, 2-2 Colonial) vs. Towson University Tigers (12-5, 2-2 Colonial) Thursday, January 11, 2018 – 7 p.m. SECU Arena (5,200) Towson, Maryland #RoarWithPride 2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Schedule (9-7, 2-2 Colonial) TENTATIVE STARTING LINEUP November (4-3) Head Coach 10 Fri. ARMY WEST POINT W 77-74 JOE MIHALICH (pronounced mih-HAL-lick) 13 Mon. KENNESAW STATE W 75-57 78-71 at Hofstra (fifth season) Gildan Charleston Classic 343-274 Overall (20th season) (at TD Arena; Charleston, SC) 16 Thu. vs. Dayton (ESPNU) W 72-69 This is Coach Mihalich’s 618th overall game as 17 Fri. vs. Clemson (ESPNU) L 59-78 a head coach and his 150th at Hofstra. 19 Sun. vs. Auburn (ESPNU) L 78-89 25 Sat. at Siena L 76-85 30 Thu. MOLLOY W 107-72 #2 / Junior / Guard / 6-4 / 180 December (3-3) KENNY WORMLEY (pronounced WARM-lee) 6 Wed. at Monmouth (ESPN3) W 85-84 Landover, Maryland 9 Sat. at Rider W 88-82 4.1 ppg / 2.1 apg / 1.5 rpg / 0.3 spg / 4 3’s 12 Tue. at Stony Brook (ESPN3) W 84-81 Notes: Played 12 minutes against Elon. 20 Wed. MANHATTAN (at Adelphi) L 61-63 Long Island Hoops (at Nassau Coliseum; Uniondale, NY) 22 Fri. vs. #1 Villanova (Fox Sports 1) L 71-95 30 Sat. at William & Mary L 87-90 #3 / Junior / Guard / 6-1 / 185 January (2-1) JUSTIN WRIGHT-FOREMAN 2 Tue. at Northeastern W 71-70 Queens, New York 5 Fri. JAMES MADISON W 87-81 (OT) 25.4 ppg / 3.6 rpg / 3.1 apg / 0.8 spg / 0.3 bpg / 48 3’s 7 Sun. ELON L 76-89 Notes: Poured in a career-high 39 points, 11 Thu. at Towson 7 p.m. including the 1,000th of his career, against Elon. 13 Sat. at Drexel 4 p.m. Also added six assists and five rebounds. 18 Thu. DELAWARE 7 p.m. 20 Sat. at Charleston CollegeSportsLive 4 p.m. 25 Thu. NORTHEASTERN 7 p.m. #5 / Sophomore / Guard / 6-5 / 197 27 Sat. at Delaware 7 p.m. ELI PEMBERTON (pronounced PEM-ber-tun) February (0-0) Middletown, Connecticut 1 Thu. UNCW CollegeSportsLive 7 p.m. 15.3 ppg / 4.9 rpg / 2.2 apg / 0.7 spg / 0.2 bpg / 29 3’s 3 Sat. CHARLESTON 7 p.m. Notes: Second on the team with 19 points and 8 Thu. at Elon 7 p.m. added four rebounds versus Elon. 10 Sat. at UNCW 7 p.m. 15 Thu. WILLIAM & MARY 7 p.m. #12 / Graduate / Forward / 6-6 / 240 17 Sat. DREXEL 4 p.m. 22 Thu. at James Madison 7 p.m. JOEL ANGUS III (pronounced joe-ELL) 24 Sat. TOWSON CollegeSportsLive 4 p.m. Brooklyn, New York March (0-0) 6.2 ppg / 4.8 rpg / 0.4 apg / 0.5 spg Colonial Athletic Association Championship Notes: Had three rebounds in nine minutes (North Charleston Coliseum; North Charleston, SC) against Elon. 3 Sat. Opening Round 4 Sun. Quarterfinals #11 / Senior / Forward/Center / 6-9 / 260 5 Mon. Semifinals (CBS Sports Network) ROKAS GUSTYS (pronounced ROE-kuss goos-TEESE) 6 Tue. Championship (CBS Sports Network) Kaunas, Lithuania Home games in BOLD CAPS 11.6 rpg / 9.6 ppg / 1.8 apg / 0.9 spg / 0.4 bpg Notes: 23 rebounds, eight points, two assists BROADCAST INFORMATION and two steals versus Elon. Streaming Video: GoHofstra.com/PrideProductions Streaming Audio: GoHofstra.com/PrideProductions Radio: WRHU (88.7 FM) Live Stats: HofstraStats.com Series Record: Hofstra is 39-26 all-time against Towson in a series that began during the 1982-83 season. The Tigers 2017-18 Hofstra Men’s Basketball Team Guide: swept the season series a year ago after the Pride had done GoHofstra.com/1718MBBGuide the same during the 2015-16 season. The Hofstra/Towson series, which began with an 86-71 Pride victory, is the Pride's Media Clippings: GoHofstra.com/clippings.aspx third-most common series in program history. The 65 all-time meetings rank only behind Delaware (86) and Drexel (85). /HofstraPride @HofstraPride /GoHofstra /hofstrapride /HofstraMBB @HofstraMBB /hofstrambb OFF THE BENCH Athletic Communications Contact: Stephen Gorchov #1 / Freshman Forward / Matija Radovic (Beograd, Serbia) Associate Director of Athletics for Communications Stats: 3.6 ppg / 2.7 rpg / 0.4 apg / 0.4 spg / 0.1 bpg / 13 3’s Office Phone: (516) 463-4933 Notes: Played 16 minutes against Elon Cell Phone: (516) 523-5252 #4 / Junior Guard / Desure Buie (Bronx, New York) E-mail: [email protected] Stats: 3.7 ppg / 2.5 apg / 1.1 rpg / 0.7 spg / 7 3’s Twitter: @StephenGorchov Notes: Missed Elon game with illness #15 / Sophomore Forward / Stafford Trueheart (Lancaster, New York) HOFSTRA/TOWSON - BY THE NUMBERS Stats: 2.8 ppg / 2.2 rpg / 0.7 bpg / 0.1 apg / 0.1 spg / 3 3’s Notes: Two points and two blocks in 16 minutes versus Elon HOFSTRA TOWSON #20 / Freshman Guard / Jalen Ray (Hampton, Virginia) 78.4 Points Per Game 75.1 Stats: 5.9 ppg / 1.4 rpg / 0.9 apg / 0.6 spg / 22 3’s 38.3 Rebounds Per Game 38.5 Notes: Eight points and two rebounds in 30 minutes against Elon 13.1 Assists Per Game 12.4 #23 / Sophomore Guard / Connor Klementowicz (Freehold, New Jersey) 4.9 Steals Per Game 6.1 Stats: 1.0 ppg / 0.3 apg / 0.0 rpg / 1 3’s 12.8 Turnovers Per Game 13.2 Notes: Three points and one assist in win over Molloy 2.8 Blocked Shots Per Game 4.8 #33 / Senior Forward/Center / Hunter Sabety (Oceanside, New York) 44.6 Field Goal Percentage 46.8 Stats: 4.1 ppg / 2.9 rpg / 0.9 bpg / 0.3 apg / 0.2 spg 35.8 Three-Point Field Goal Percentage 38.2 Notes: Two rebounds in seven minutes versus Elon 71.1 Free Throw Percentage 70.0 Head Coach Joe Mihalich: Now in his fifth season at the helm of the TEAM LEADERS - PER GAME Hofstra Men’s Basketball program, Joe Mihalich has engineered a Wright-Foreman (25.4) – Points – Martin (18.1) strong resurgence of the Pride in four years. Mihalich has led Hofstra Gustys (11.6) – Rebounds – Gorham (5.5) to 59 wins over the past three seasons and the Pride has averaged Wright-Foreman (3.1) – Assists – Starr (2.6) more than 17 wins a season since Mihalich took over a program Gustys (0.9) – Steals – Morman (1.3) coming off a seven-win campaign. Mihalich guided the Pride to 15 wins Sabety (0.9) – Blocks – Thomas (1.2) during the 2016-17 season and saw four players earn honors from the Wright-Foreman (37.8) – Minutes – Starr (28.9) Colonial Athletic Association. The breakout year of Justin Wright- Foreman garnered him All-CAA Second Team accolades, while Family Coaching Tree: Hofstra Head Coach Joe Mihalich has spent freshman Eli Pemberton picked up CAA All-Rookie Team honors after his entire professional career in the coaching industry and his three a strong first season in a Hofstra uniform. Mihalich, who guided the sons have followed their father into the same profession. Niagara University to five postseason appearances during his tenure as the Purple Eagles head coach, was named the 12th head coach in Joe Mihalich Jr. the history of the Hofstra University Men’s Basketball program on April Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach 10, 2013. In four seasons at Hofstra, Mihalich has engineered a University of Pennsylvania masterful revitalization of the Pride Basketball program as he took over a program coming off a seven-win campaign and in only three years Matt Mihalich took the team to back-to-back 20-win campaigns and consecutive Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach postseasons appearances. The 2015-16 team went 24-10, winning the University of Harford regular season CAA title and advancing to the National Invitation Tournament. It marked the most wins for the program since the 2005- Tony Mihalich 06 season and the regular season conference title was the program's Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach first since joining the CAA in 2001. In addition, the NIT appearance George Mason University was the program's first since 2007. Mihalich came to Hofstra after leading the Purple Eagles since 1998. During that time he won 265 CAREER STATISTICS games, earned a pair of NCAA Tournament berths and made three Name (games/starts) PTS REBS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearances. Wormley (49/41) 216 112 94 25 3 with HU (15/13) 61 23 32 5 2 THE JOE MIHALICH FILE Wright-Foreman (75/33) 1,030 180 105 40 10 Birthdate: August 29, 1956 Buie (57/3) 178 60 97 40 3 Born: Washington, DC Pemberton (46/43) 626 176 95 35 7 Raised: Philadelphia, PA Gustys (105/83) 1,010 1,119 101 92 78 Education: B.S. in mathematics and education from La Salle, 1978 Angus III (46/45) 406 249 38 28 18 & M.Ed. in athletic administration from Temple, 1990 with HU (16/16) 99 76 6 8 4 Family: Wife, Mary; sons Joe and twins Matt (married to Brittney) Klementowicz (6/0) 6 1 1 0 0 and Tony (married to Maddie); grandson Matthew Charles (son of Sabety (90/39) 774 456 22 28 147 Matt and Brittney) with HU (48/4) 196 189 9 9 55 COACHING CAREER STUDENT-Athletes: Seniors Rokas Gustys and Hunter Sabety have Years Title School certainly left their mark on the court but both are shining in the 1978-81 Assistant Coach DeMatha Catholic HS classroom as well.