2007-08 MEN’SMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALLBASKETBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 200 Cottontail Lane, Vantage Court North, Somerset, NJ 08873 Men’s Basketball Contact: Ron Ratner, Associate Commissioner Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • Saint Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Men’s Basketball Northeast Conference Men’s Basketball Facts & Figures (Week 10 • January 21, 2008) Last Week’s Results School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Quinnipiac 6-1 .857 10-8 .556 W4 5-4 5-4 0-0 Monday, January 14 CCSU 75, LONG ISLAND 59 2. Wagner 5-1 .833 12-5 .706 L1 6-2 6-3 0-0 3. Sacred Heart 6-2 .750 9-10 .474 W3 4-3 5-7 0-0 Wednesday, January 16 4. Robert Morris 4-2 .667 13-6 .684 W1 4-3 8-2 1-1 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 56, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 44 5. Central Connecticut State 5-3 .625 9-10 .474 W5 6-4 3-6 0-0 Thursday, January 17 6. Mount St. Mary's 4-3 .571 8-10 .444 L1 4-5 4-5 0-0 CCSU 73, MONMOUTH 65 7. Long Island 2-4 .333 10-7 .588 L1 7-1 2-6 1-0 LONG ISLAND 85, WAGNER 65 8. Monmouth 2-5 .286 5-14 .263 W1 1-7 2-6 2-1 QUINNIPIAC 75, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 72 SACRED HEART 87, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 82 9. St. Francis (NY) 2-6 .250 5-14 .263 L2 3-6 2-8 0-0 10. Fairleigh Dickinson 1-5 .167 5-11 .312 L4 3-2 2-7 0-2 Saturday, January 19 11. Saint Francis (PA) 1-6 .143 3-15 .167 L9 1-8 2-7 0-0 CCSU 85, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 63 QUINNIPIAC 84, LONG ISLAND 80 Top eight teams qualify for NEC Tournament SACRED HEART 67, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 59 ROBERT MORRIS 65, SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 55 Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week MONMOUTH 62, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 60 (OT) DeMario Anderson, Quinnipiac Sr., G, 6-4, 205 lbs., Oxon Hill, MD/Oxon Hill (CCSU, Globe Institute) Anderson earned his second straight Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week award after he led Quinnipiac to a pair of victories that catapulted the Bobcats into first place in the league standings with a 6-1 record. Anderson averaged 22.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.5 apg, 1.5 spg and shot a perfect 15-15 from the free throw line. He recorded a game-high 24 points, and added six rebounds, five assists, two blocks and a pair of steals on Thursday as Quinnipiac went on the road to defeat St. Francis (NY), 75-72. Anderson finished 10- 10 from the charity stripe, including two free throws with ten seconds remaining that provided the final three-point margin of victory. Two days later, the Oxon Hill, MD product netted a team-high 21 points, nine boards and six assists in an 84-80 victory over visiting Home Team Underlined Long Island. He sank four free throws in the final 27 seconds to ice the win. Anderson has now scored 20+ points in five straight games and stretched his double-digit scoring streak to a league-best 38 games dating back to last season. He ranks second in the Choice Hotels Choice Hotels NEC with 20.8 ppg, seventh with 6.2 rpg and has lifted his career scoring total to 1,422 points, tops among active conference competitors. NEC Player of the Week NEC Rookie of the Week Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 12 Durell Vinson, WC Nov. 12 Evann Baker, QU Shemik Thompson, Central Connecticut State Nov. 19 Tony Lee, RMU Nov. 19 John Galvin, FDU Fr., G, 6-0, 185 lbs., Milton, DE/Cape Henlopen Nov. 26 Mark Porter, WC Nov. 26 Kyle Johnson, LIU Thompson became the third CCSU player to take home Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week accolades this season for his role in Dec. 3 Jeremy Chappell, RMU Dec. 3 Ed Zajac, QU extending the Blue Devils’ win streak to five following a 3-0 week. Thompson put up solid all-around numbers, averaging 11.7 ppg, 5.3 Dec. 10 Jeremy Goode, MSM Dec. 10 Evann Baker, QU rpg, 5.7 apg and 1.7 spg, while shooting 57.1 percent from the field. He also played 115 of a possible 120 minutes, including all 40 minutes Dec. 17 Sean Baptiste, FDU Dec. 17 David Simmons, CCSU in an 11-point, four-rebound, four-assist, three-steal effort in CCSU’s 75-59 victory over Long Island on Monday. Thompson recorded Dec. 31 Tony Lee, RMU Dec. 31 David Hicks, LIU a near triple-double on Thursday, finishing with 11 points (5-7 FG), nine caroms and eight assists as the Blue Devils posted a 73-65 road Jan. 7 Manny Ubilla, FDU Jan. 7 Justin Rutty, QU win at Monmouth. He closed out the week with 13 points, three rebounds and four assists to help lead CCSU to an 85-63 conquest of Jan. 14 DeMario Anderson, QU Jan. 14 Ken Horton, CCSU FDU on Saturday. Thompson, who hails from Milton, DE, improved his season scoring average to 6.9 ppg and ranks first among NEC Jan. 21 DeMario Anderson, QU Jan. 21 Shemik Thompson, CCSU freshman with 3.2 apg. He joined classmates Ken Horton and David Simmons as fellow Rookie of the Week award recipients. This Week’s Schedule 2008 NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Thursday, January 24 Sunday, January 27 Saturday, February 2 CCSU at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm WAGNER at FDU 7:00 pm WAGNER at CCSU 4:00 pm All games at home of higher seed. Teams will be LONG ISLAND at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm QUINNIPIAC at FDU 7:00 pm reseeded after quarterfinals. MOUNT ST. MARY’S at WAGNER 7:00 pm Upcoming Games MONMOUTH at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm Thursday, January 31 ROBERT MORRIS at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm Thursday, March 6 Sunday, March 9 Wednesday, March 12 LONG ISLAND at WAGNER 7:00 pm SACRED HEART at ST. FRANCIS (NY) 4:00 pm Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Friday, January 25 FDU at MONMOUTH* 7:00 pm ST. FRANCIS (NY) at MT. ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm Times TBA TBA, 7:00 pm (ESPN2) SAINT FRANCIS (PA) at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm Thursday, February 7 4:00 pm (MSG) Saturday, January 26 ROBERT MORRIS at MONMOUTH 7:00 pm CCSU at QUINNIPIAC 7:00 pm CCSU at SAINT FRANCIS (PA)@ 4:00 pm SACRED HEART at FDU 7:00 pm LONG ISLAND at SAINT FRANCIS (PA) 7:00 pm MOUNT ST. MARY’S at LONG ISLAND 4:00 pm WAGNER at MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 pm NEC Website QUINNIPIAC at SACRED HEART 4:00 pm FDU at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm For all the latest news, scores, statistics and notes, visit ST. FRANCIS (NY) at ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 pm MONMOUTH at SACRED HEART 7:00 pm the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org * Televised on MSG, FCS @ Televised on FSN-Pitt., Cox, WWCP-Fox 8, Standings and statistics are updated daily. ESPN FC and FCS 2007-08 NEC Men’s Basketball Schedule Schedule Subject To Change. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Central Connecticut State Fairleigh Dickinson Long Island (9-10, 5-3 NEC) (5-11, 1-5 NEC) (10-7, 2-4 NEC) N 11 at Princeton L 57-59 at NIT Season Tip-Off (at Syracuse) N 12 at Notre Dame L 50-82 N 14 Albany L 60-63 (OT) N 12 vs. Saint Joseph’s L 66-86 N 16 at Army W 64-54 N 17 New Hampshire L 70-78 N 13 vs. Siena L 66-88 N 20 Columbia W 70-60 N 20 at Binghamton W 68-65 (OT) N 16 at Lafayette W 98-92 N 24 Canisius W 70-63 N 25 at Lafayette L 54-71 N 19 at Rider L 70-85 N 28 at St. John’s L 56-68 N 28 at La Salle L 55-59 N 25 at St. John’s L 67-92 D 1 Hartford W 86-62 D 1 Lehigh W 65-55 D 8 at LONG ISLAND L 77-90 D 6 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 55-73 D 6 SACRED HEART L 52-68 D 10 Norfolk State W 80-64 D 8 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 90-77 D 8 MOUNT ST. MARY’S L 59-60 D 15 Stony Brook W 74-71 D 10 at New Hampshire W 86-78 D 11 UMBC W 58-54 D 22 St. Peter’s W 85-74 D 13 Harvard W 88-77 D 16 Delaware W 81-48 D 30 at Charlotte L 59-65 D 20 St. Peter’s W 67-62 D 22 at UMass L 55-79 J 2 at Rhode Island L 63-94 at Central Florida Tournament D 30 at Vermont L 63-84 J 5 at MOUNT ST. MARY’S W 65-62 D 30 vs. Texas-Pan American W 95-83 D 31 at Central Florida L 69-78 J 3 at WAGNER L 60-68 J 10 ROBERT MORRIS L 59-64 J 7 SACRED HEART L 68-75 J 5 at ST.