2019-20 PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO - ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONTM S PHONE: (610) 289-1963 - E-MAIL: [email protected] Release 2.4.20 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague TM MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (as of 2.4.20) Upcoming Schedule (all times EST) Patriot League Overall Wednesday, Feb. 5 Colgate at Lehigh (PLN/SE2) ...................... 7 p.m. W-L PCT. H A STREAK W-L PCT. H A N STREAK American at Navy (PLN) ............................ 7 p.m. Colgate 8-2 .800 4-1 4-1 W1 17-6 .739 9-1 7-5 1-0 W1 Boston U. at Army (PLN)............................ 7 p.m. Boston U. 7-3 .700 4-1 3-2 W3 13-10 .565 7-2 6-6 0-2 W3 Loyola at Holy Cross (PLN/NESN+) ............ 7 p.m. Lafayette 7-4 .636 3-2 4-2 W4 15-7 .682 7-3 8-4 0-0 W4 Saturday, Feb. 8 Navy 6-4 .600 3-2 3-2 L1 12-9 .571 8-3 4-6 0-0 L1 Holy Cross at Boston U (PLN) .................... 1 p.m. Army 6-4 .600 2-2 4-2 W6 11-10 .524 5-4 6-6 0-0 W6 Army at American (PLN) ............................ 2 p.m. Navy at Colgate (Stadium/PLN) ................ 2 p.m. AMERICAN 6-4 .600 4-1 2-3 L1 10-11 .476 6-3 4-8 0-0 L1 Lehigh at Lafayette (PLN) .......................... 2 p.m. Bucknell 5-6 .455 4-3 1-3 L3 9-15 .375 6-5 2-9 1-1 L3 Bucknell at Loyola (Stadium/PLN) ............ 5 p.m. Loyola 2-8 .200 2-3 0-5 W1 10-13 .435 6-3 3-9 1-1 W1 Recent Results Lehigh 2-8 .200 2-3 0-5 L6 5-17 .227 4-5 1-12 0-0 L6 Monday, Feb. 3 Holy Cross 2-8 .200 2-3 0-5 L3 3-20 .130 2-8 0-11 1-1 L3 Lafayette 65, at Bucknell 62 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Twitter Notebook - @Patriot_GameDay - #PatriotMBB •9 #PatriotMBB League games this week; WATCH all 9 games on @PatriotLeagueTV, including 2 televised on @Stadium PLN - Patriot League Network •.@ArmyWP_MBB Sr. G Tommy Funk received @USBWA @TheBigOTrophy National Player of the Week honors; Funk is the 1st #PatriotMBB student-ath- Stadium - Stadium TV lete to receive the national recognition since @Bucknell_MBB’s Mike Muscala in 2011. CBSSN - CBS Sports Network •#PatriotMBB teams are shooting a combined 45.09 percent from the field, the 4th-best mark in @NCAA D1. The League’s 34.07 percent shooting from ACCN- ACC Network 3-point range is 11th among the 32 DI conferences. AE.TV - AmericaEast.TV •Through 51 #PatriotMBB games 18 have been decided by 5 or fewer points and 13 have come down to the final possession AFN - American Forces Network •.@ArmyWP_MBB’s Tommy Funk is 4 assists behind @LehighMBB’s Kahron Ross for the #PatriotMBB all-time lead in assists AT&T - AT&T SportsNet •.@ColgateMBB is ranked 20th in the @CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25 after winning 11 of its last 13 games BTN - Big Ten Network •.@ArmyWP_MBB Sr. G Tommy Funk and @LehighMBB Sr. G Jordan Cohen were selected as candidates for the 2020 @SnrCLASSAward BTN2go - Big Ten Digital Network •#PatriotMBB Players of the Week Announced; Player - @ArmyWP_MBB Sr. G Tommy Funk collects his 3rd-straight honor; Rookie - @ BTNPlus - Big Ten Network Plus HCrossMBB Fr. F Joe Pridgen captured accolades for the seventh time this season CUSA - Conference USA 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 ESPN3 - WatchESPN.com among the Top-25 League career leaders; 8th in scoring (1,902), 14th in assists (480) and 4th in steals (244). FS1 - Fox Sports 1 •.@LafayetteMBB’s Justin Jaworski joined @LehighMBB’s Jordan Cohen and @ColgateMBB’s Jordan Burns in making the #PatriotMBB 1,000-point FCS - Fox College Sports club during the 2019-20 season; The League currently has 9 active 1,000-point scorers LSN* - Lafayette Sports Network * - RCN-4, RCN-8, WBPH-60 NBCSW - NBC Sports Network Washington Patriot League Notebook SE2 - Service Electric 2 HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL THIS WEEK SEC - SEC Network The Patriot League continues its League slate this week with four games on Wednesday, all beginning at 7 p.m. on the Patriot TV3 - Charter TV3 League Network (PLN). Lehigh welcomes Colgate in a game that will also be televised locally on Service Electric 2. Navy hosts WCC - WCC Digital Network American and Boston University travels to Army West Point in two matchups of teams near the top of the standings. Holy Cross WVU - WVUSports.com will also host Loyola Maryland in a game that will also be televised on NESNPlus. Five more games will be on the PLN on Saturday, including Navy at Colgate (2 p.m.) and Bucknell at Loyola Maryland (5 p.m.) that will be both be televised on various over-the-air outlets via Stadium. Visit the Patriot League Men’s Basketball composite schedule on the League’s official website - www.Patri- otLeague.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 Kostecka, the League’s leading scorer in 2018-19, were announced among the preseason watch list of 50 student-athletes. The Patriot League Network, powered by Stadium, streams more than 1,000 live PATRIOT LEAGUE FINISHES AMONG NCAA LEADERS IN GRADUATION RATE REPORT events per year, including coverage of more The Patriot League recorded a 94 percent graduation success rate (GSR) and an 83 percent federal graduation rate (FGR) in data than a dozen Patriot League Championships. released by the NCAA yesterday to rank atop the national leaders in both measures of academic success for student-athletes. 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 Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders League’s men’s basketball programs finished with the best FGR (93) mark in the nation with Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh posting The Patriot League continually demonstrates perfect scores. Patriot League men’s basketball also had the second-highest GSR score (98) in the NCAA with Boston University, that student-athletes can excel at both aca- Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh receiving perfect scores. demics and athletics without sacrificing its 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 2.4.20 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague Patriot League Men’S BasKetball NotebooK PATRIOT LEAGUE 4TH 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 45.09 the top-20 NCAA DI active leaders in Ryan Sakamoto / Asst. Commissioner for Tommy Bennett percent (5,781-for-12,822) from the field steals per game. American senior guard Communications (MBB Contact) [email protected] through 223 games this season. The mark Sa’eed Nelson is fifth among active NCAA [email protected] 202.885.3032 is good for fourth out of 32 NCAA Divi- DI players averaging 2.26 steals.