2013 - 14 MEN’S BASKETBALL MBB CONTACT: RON RATNER • [email protected] • 399 CAMPUS DR. • SOMERSET, NJ 08873 • PH: (732) 469-0440, Ext. 206 • FAX: (732) 469-0744 NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS & FIGURES NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WEEK 3 RELEASE • NOVEMBER 25, 2013 Monday, Nov. 18 ..................Wagner 102 at Coppin State 87 SCHOOL NEC PCT. OVR. PCT. STR. HOME AWAY NEU. St. Francis Brooklyn 50 at #9 Syracuse 56 1. Bryant .........................................0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 W1 1-0 2-2 0-0 FDU 50 at #5 Arizona 100 Wagner .......................................0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 W2 2-0 1-2 0-0 Tuesday, Nov. 19 ........................ Sacred Heart 65 at Yale 80 Robert Morris .............................0-0 0.000 3-3 0.500 L1 2-0 1-3 0-0 Saint Francis U 46 at George Mason 58 St. Francis Brooklyn ...................0-0 0.000 3-3 0.500 W1 0-0 2-3 1-0 FDU 76 vs. Metro State 87 Wednesday, Nov. 20 ....................... Bryant 68 at Harvard 86 LIU Brooklyn ..............................0-0 0.000 1-4 0.200 L4 1-0 0-2 0-2 Thursday, Nov. 21 ........................ Vermont 61 at Wagner 68 Sacred Heart ...............................0-0 0.000 1-4 0.200 W1 0-1 1-2 0-1 Texas Arlington 81 at Robert Morris 88 Fairleigh Dickinson .....................0-0 0.000 1-5 0.167 L5 1-1 0-3 0-1 Friday, Nov. 22 ....................LIU Brooklyn 64 at UC Irvine 84 Mount St. Mary’s ........................0-0 0.000 1-5 0.167 W1 1-0 0-5 0-0 Saturday, Nov. 23 ................Sacred Heart 85 at Fordham 73 Saint Francis U ...........................0-0 0.000 1-5 0.167 L4 1-0 0-5 0-0 Saint Francis U 64 at Colgate 81 Robert Morris 74 at Cleveland State 87 Central Connecticut ....................0-0 0.000 0-4 0.000 L4 0-2 0-2 0-0 St. Francis Brooklyn 59 at Coastal Carolina 70 American 64 at Mount St. Mary’s 68 Eastern Washington 70 vs. LIU Brooklyn 102 Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week Saint Peter’s 67 at FDU 63 Kenneth Ortiz, Wagner Rider 89 at CCSU 73 6-0, 205 lbs. Sunday, Nov. 24 ..................Bryant 60 at New Hampshire 55 LIU Brooklyn 57 vs. Boston U 72 Sr., G, Newark, NJ/Science Park (Southern Mississippi) St. Francis Brooklyn 68 vs. Oakland 62 Ortiz did it all for Wagner last week, leading the Seahawks to a pair of victories that pushed the Green & White over the .500 mark with a 3-2 record. He averaged 13.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.0 steals and shot THIS WEEKS GAMES 53.8 percent from the field. Ortiz contributed 12 points and dished for a season-best 10 assists for his fourth Monday, Nov. 25 ..........Wagner vs. Stetson (Estero, FL), 6 pm career double-double as Wagner rolled up 102 points in a 15-point road win over Coppin State last Monday. FDU vs. Norfolk State (at Rutgers), 5:00 pm He also added five rebounds and a pair of steals as the Seahawks scored the program’s most points in a game Tuesday, Nov. 26 .......... Bucknell at Mount St. Mary’s, 7 pm since putting up 105 against UMES on December 15, 2007. Ortiz followed with a team-high 15 points and Robert Morris at Buffalo, 7 pm added five rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 68-61 over America East preseason favorite Vermont at Sacred Heart at Boston College, 7 pm the Spiro Center on Thursday. Up one with under three minutes to play, his offensive rebound off a missed CCSU at NJIT, 7 pm Wagner vs. St. Bonaventure/S. Illinois (Estero, FL), TBD three throw led to two more shots from the line for the Seahawks. He also hit a pair of free throws with 1:34 FDU at Rutgers, 7:30 pm to play to keep Wagner’s lead at three, then came up with a steal with 17 seconds to play to ice matters. Ortiz, Wednesday, Nov. 27 ..........................Brown at Bryant, 7 pm a two-time NEC Defensive Player of the Year, has registered double figures in all five games this season and Mount St. Vincent at St. Francis Brooklyn, 7 pm is averaging 13.8 ppg (12th in NEC), 4.5 apg (fifth) and 1.8 spg (third). Wagner vs. TBA (Estero, FL), TBD Friday, Nov. 29 ...........Mount St. Mary’s at Michigan St., 1 pm Saturday, Nov. 30 ................... Salve Regina at Bryant, 1 pm Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week CCSU at Brown, 2 pm Jeremiah Worthem, Robert Morris American at Saint Francis U, 2 pm Robert Morris at Delaware, TBD 6-6, 215 lbs. Sunday, Dec. 1 .............................. FDU at Seton Hall, 12 pm Fr., F, Philadelphia, PA/Math, Civics & Sciences Norfolk State at FDU, 2 pm Worthem has quickly established himself as a key contributor off the bench for the Colonials, and last week Sacred Heart at Lehigh, 2 pm averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds as Robert Morris split a pair of games in the Keightley Classic. Another St. Francis Brooklyn at Stony Brook, 7 pm in a long line of RMU recruits out of Philadelphia, Worthem finished with seven points and six rebounds in CATCH NEC TEAMS ON TV an 88-81 home win over UT Arlington on Thursday. Two days later in a setback at Horizon League contender Cleveland State, he led the Colonials with 16 points and tied for team-high honors with five rebounds. Worthem Sacred Heart at Boston College (Tue., 7:00 pm) ........ ESPN3 shot 4-5 from the floor against the Vikings in 24 minutes of action. On the 2013-14 season, the 6-6 forward Mount St. Mary’s at Michigan St. (Fri., 1 pm) ................ BTN is supplying RMU with 7.3 ppg and his 4.2 rpg ranks him second among all NEC freshman. FDU at Seton Hall (Sun., 12 pm) .....................................FS1 Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 11 ........................Jason Brickman, LIU/Dyami Starks, BRY Nov. 11 ....................................................... Wayne Martin, SFBK Nov. 18 ..........................................................Dyami Starks, BRY Nov. 18 ......................................................... Malik Harmon, SFU Nov. 25 ...........................................................Kenneth Ortiz, WC Nov. 25 ................................................Jeremiah Worthem. RMU WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG • WWW.NECFRONTROW.COM • Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Google+: @NECSports LATINA’S FIRST WIN IS A MEMORABLE ONE NEC ACTIVE LEADERS Anthony Latina has become synonymous with NEC hoops the last 15 years. He SCORING Alex Francis .............................BRY ..................1573 assisted on two NEC championship teams at CCSU, then served on Dave Bike’s staff Julian Boyd .............................LIU ...................1467 when Sacred Heart made back-to-back NEC title game appearances in 2007 and 2008. Kyle Vinales .............................CCSU ................1237 Now in his first year running the show for the Pioneers, Latina earned his first-ever Latif Rivers ..............................WC ...................1211 Julian Norfleet .........................MSM .................1157 head coaching victory on Saturday, and it is one he will not soon forget. Louis Montes ..........................SHU ..................954 Jason Brickman ......................LIU ...................893 Sacred Heart went into Rose Hill Gym in the Bronx on Saturday winless, but dominated Jalen Cannon ..........................SFBK .................772 Lucky Jones ............................RMU .................762 Fordham down the stretch, ending the game on a 10-1 run to down an A-10 opponent Ben Mockford .........................SFBK .................736 for the first time in school history by an 85-73 final score. REBOUNDING Julian Boyd .............................LIU ...................843 “Today we put it together for 40 minutes,” said Latina after the victory. “We finished Alex Francis .............................BRY ..................763 strong, something we didn’t do against Holy Cross and Brown. Hopefully today was a Jalen Cannon ..........................SFBK .................578 good first step in the right direction.” Louis Montes ..........................SHU ..................502 Lucky Jones ............................RMU .................444 Orlando Parker ........................WC ...................396 The Pioneers received a pair of double-double performances from senior forward Corey Maynard ........................BRY ..................356 Louis Montes (Brockton, MA/Brockton) and sophomore forward Tevin Falzon Earl Brown ..............................SFU ...................340 Naofall Folahan .......................WC ...................330 (Newton, MA/Newton North (Winchendon School)). Montes finished with 16 points Julian Norfleet .........................MSM .................299 and a season-high 13 boards, while Falzon came off the bench to register 16 points and 10 caroms. ASSISTS Jason Brickman ......................LIU ...................767 Phil Gaetano ............................SHU ..................370 Up 78-73 with 54 seconds left, junior Chris Evans (Stamford, CT/Stamford (Taft Anthony Myers-Pate ...............RMU .................343 School)) snagged an offensive rebound off a Falzon missed free throw to effectively Kenneth Ortiz ..........................WC ...................321 Brent Jones .............................SFBK .................270 seal the victory as the Pioneers hit 7-8 shots from the line in the final minute. Corey Maynard ........................BRY ..................267 Julian Norfleet .........................MSM .................257 “I think the biggest thing was total team effort defensively and on the glass...we put Malcolm McMillan ...................CCSU ................236 Kyle Vinales .............................CCSU ................220