STEViE MEJIA DAVID IMES Mike Moore led the CAA 2011-12 in scoring at 19.9 points HIGHLIGHTS per game. Dwan McMillan finished second in the CAA in assists at 4.8 per game Coach Mo Cassara presents Mike Moore with a ball commemorating his 1,000th career point. Hofstra had two Charles Jenkins was presented with a wins over Long commemorative ball in recognition of Island University being Hofstra’s all-time leading scorer. and Iona (pictured) teams that reached the Charles Jenkins played in 2012 NCAA 51 games for the Golden Tournament. State Warriors during his rookie campaign in 2011-12 and aver- aged 5.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists Coach Mo Cassara presents Nathaniel per game. Lester with a ball in recognition of his 1,000th career point. table of contents Table of Contents .........................................................1 Adidas ..........................................................................3 Hofstra Highlights ........................................................4 Hofstra Facilities ..........................................................6 Hofstra Game Day .......................................................8 2012-13 Quick Facts ..................................................10 Media Information .....................................................12 Strength and Conditioning .........................................14 Player Development ...................................................15 Hofstra in the Community .........................................16 Mo Cassara’s Sneakers and Stilettos Basket Ball ......17 Mo Cassara .................................................................18 Steven DeMeo ............................................................21 Wayne Morgan ...........................................................22 Patrick Sellers ............................................................23 Kyle Steinway ............................................................24 Brian Bert/Support Staff ............................................25 2012-13 Roster ...........................................................26 2012-13 Outlook ........................................................27 Meet The Pride ...........................................................29 Matt Grogan ...............................................................30 David Imes .................................................................32 Stevie Mejia ...............................................................34 Stephen Nwaukoni .....................................................36 Moussa Kone .............................................................38 Jamal Coombs-McDaniel ...........................................40 Taran Buie ..................................................................42 Daquan Brown ...........................................................44 Shaquille Stokes .........................................................46 Jordan Allen ...............................................................48 Dallas Anglin .............................................................50 Jimmy Hall .................................................................52 Darren Payen ..............................................................54 Kentrell Washington...................................................56 This is Hofstra ............................................................58 Hofstra University President ......................................60 University Senior Administration/Trustees ................61 Director of Athletics ...................................................62 Athletics Administration and Head Coaches .............64 University Academic Support ....................................66 Sports Medicine .........................................................67 Long Island ................................................................68 New York City ...........................................................69 David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex ........70 Madison Square Garden/Barclays Center ..................72 The Colonial Athletic Association .............................73 2012-13 Opponents ....................................................74 Monmouth/Purdue/South Dakota State .....................74 District of Columbia/Marshall/Manhattan .................75 George Washington/SMU/Wagner .............................76 Long Island/Wright State/Tulane ...............................77 Florida Atlantic/Georgia State/Delaware ...................78 William & Mary/Northeastern/George Mason ..........79 Drexel/UNCW/James Madison .................................80 Towson/Old Dominion ...............................................81 Team Travel/Mo Cassara Basketball Camp ...............82 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 table of contents 2011-12 Season in Review .........................................83 2011-12 Statistics and Results ...................................83 2011-12 Game-by-Game Team Statistics ..................84 2011-12 Game-by-Game Individual Statistics ...........85 The Last Time ............................................................86 2011-12 Team Highs and Lows .................................87 2011-12 Trivia ............................................................88 2011-12 Box Scores ...................................................89 2011-12 Colonial Athletic Association Review .........99 2012-13 CAA Composite Schedule .........................104 Traditions and Records ............................................106 Hofstra Tradition ......................................................106 Hofstra in the NCAA Tournament ...........................108 Hofstra in the NIT ....................................................110 Holiday Festival .......................................................112 Hofstra in the NBA ..................................................114 Recent Professional Players .....................................115 NIT/Haggerty Award Winners .................................116 Hofstra Basketball Alumni .......................................118 1,000 Point Scorers ..................................................120 Hofstra Record Book ...............................................122 Retired Jerseys .........................................................128 Year-by-Year Statistics/Coaching Records ..............129 All-Time Series Records ..........................................130 Hofstra All-Time Results .........................................132 Media Outlets ...........................................................143 CAA Championship .................................................144 Hofstra Campus Map/Getting To Hofstra ................145 Pride Snapshots ........................................................146 2012-13 Radio/TV Chart .........................................148 COACh Mo CASSARA 2 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL HOFSTRA CBS Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves was the speaker at the Newark Mayor Cory Booker was undergraduate ceremony during Hofstra’s 2012 the keynote speaker for Hofstra’s Commencement Exercises. annual P.R.I.D.E. week. Rapper Snoop Dogg was one of the headliners at Vibe Live during the 2012 Fall Festival. Hofstra students raised more than $100,000 for cancer research during the 2012 Relay for Life. The Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine completed its first year of existence in July 2012. 4 HOFSTRA HIGHLIGHTS Hofstra is just 25 miles from New York City. Hofstra hosted a Presidential Debate on October 16, 2012, and brought a slate of top political strategists, activists, scholars and journalists to campus as part of an election-themed event series. WRHU, Hofstra’s radio station, was recently rated the fifth best college radio station in the nation by The Princeton Review. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the reporters who broke the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post, spoke at Hofstra on March 20, 2012, for the 40th anniversary of The Princeton Review recently named the Zarb School of Business the story that forced President Nixon to resign. one of its “Great Schools for Marketing and Sales Majors.” 4 5 Hofstra Facilities 6 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL 6 2012-13 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL Gohofstra.com 7 HOFSTRA 8 HOFSTRAGame dAY 8 9 2012-13 MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS Location: Hempstead, New York 11549 Founded: 1935 Enrollment: 11,463 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Nickname: Pride Colors: Gold, White and Blue Home Court: David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex (5,023) Press Row Phone: (516) 463-7725 President: Stuart Rabinowitz NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative: Michael Barnes Vice President and Director of Athletics: Jeffrey A. Hathaway Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Danny McCabe Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Cindy Lewis Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities: Jay Artinian Associate Director of Athletics for Communications: Stephen Gorchov Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs: Tim McMahon Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance: TBA Assistant Director of Athletics for Development: Daniel Solow Assistant Director of Athletics for Corporate Relations: S TEvie Mejia Ellen Johnson Assistant Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Development: Samantha Sweeney Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing and Promotions: