715 NORTH AVENUE • NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 914-637-2726 • FAX: 914-633-2072 2019-20 GAME NOTES MBB Contacts: Brian Beyrer ([email protected]), Jonathan Stanko ([email protected]) January 24, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 - David Resnick and Adam Finkelstein 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 4-8 H: 1-3 A: 1-4 N: 2-1 MAAC: 2-3 IONA HOSTS CANISIUS FRIDAY AT HYNES Date Opponent Time/Result The Iona College men's basketball team (4-9, 2-4 MAAC) opens weekend No. 4 of MAAC play vs. Canisius 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 (8-10, 3-4 MAAC) Friday night. The Gaels and Golden Griffins square off at the Hynes Center on ESPN3. 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT IONA VS. CANISIUS - SERIES HISTORY 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 Iona vs. Canisius • The Gaels and Griffs meet for the 76th time in history MAAC/ASun Challenge Overall: 42-33 (.560); 14-7 (Cluess) with Iona holding a 42-33 advantage. 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 Home: 24-7 • Canisius holds the highest winning percentage against 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 Away: 13-22 the Gaels among any MAAC opponent all-time (.440) 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 Neutral: 5-4 and third-highest in the Cluess era (.333). LAST 15 MEETINGS Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY • Iona is 14-7 vs. the Griffs under Tim Cluess’ tutelage after Date W-L Score Site 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT sweeping the series in 2018-19. 3/9/13 W 89-85 Sprngfld 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 • The Maroon & Gold is 24-7 at the Hynes Center. 1/17/14 L 83-85 H 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 2/9/14 W 101-91 A 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 SCOUTING CANISIUS (8-10, 3-4 MAAC) 3/9/14 W 75-72 Sprngfld 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 • Three Griffs average 10 or more points led by senior 1/10/15 W 79-76 H 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 guard Malik Johnson's 13.6 ppg. Johnson is also first with 1/18/15 L 74-78 A 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-59 4.9 apg and 5.9 rpg. His assists number leads the MAAC. 2/5/16 W 84-66 A 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) L, 73-83 • Junior guard Majesty Brandon averages 12.7 ppg with 2/28/16 W 86-78 H 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. a team-best 28 3FG. 3/4/16 W 73-55 Albany 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. • Junior forward Scott Hitchon boasts a 10.3 ppg average. 1/8/17 W 98-75 H 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. • The MAAC's defending regular season co-champions 2/14/17 L 89-93 A 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) Noon were picked to finish second in the MAAC preseason poll. 12/31/17 L 78-85 A 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY 1/21/18 L 82-84 H 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) 2 p.m. Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, 1/13/10 W 88-70 A 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7/9 p.m. Iona has compiled a 390-242 (.617) record in regular 2/24/19 W 87-80 H 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. season conference play. The Gaels’ 390 wins and .617 75 games 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. winning percentage are the highest of any current MAAC Iona 5,601 pts 74.7 ppg 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7 p.m. member. The Gaels became the first MAAC team to Canisius 5,444 pts 72.6 ppg 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. reach 375 wins with its win at Saint Peter's on Feb. 10, 2/1/29 at Niagara* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. 2018, five seasons after reaching 300. Iona is currently GAELS VS. GOLDEN GRIFFINS 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 84 ahead of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AT HOME Crawford 6 28.5 15.7 3.2 1.0 MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ The Gaels finished 2018-19 with a 7-2 mark at home. Gist 2 28.0 14.0 1.5 1.5 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD Iona has won 40 of its last 54 MAAC regular season Agee 2 25.5 13.5 7.5 1.5 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. contests at the Hynes Center. Iona is 69-17 (.802) in Perez 2 34.5 9.5 7.0 2.5 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. New Rochelle under head coach Tim Cluess. The Ristanovic 1 26.0 8.0 5.0 0.0 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. Gaels overall record in home conference games is Nikolic 1 23.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; an outstanding 220-90 (.710). MAAC Games noted by an asterisk 2019-20 Iona Gaels at a Glance ## Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Of Note Starters (based on last game's starting five) 2 E.J. Crawford Sr. G 6-6 210 16.9 5.0 1.5 No. 2 MAAC overall scorer, No. 1 in MAAC games... 10+ points in all 13 games 3 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 185 9.9 2.3 2.8 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team... Season best 23 points vs. Princeton 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 9.8 4.1 2.9 Season-long four straight 10+ point efforts incl. season-high 17p at Rider 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 13.3 7.8 2.8 Ranks on MAAC leaderboard in 10 different stat categories... #11 ppg, #4 rpg, #6 FG% 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 8.6 3.4 1.2 No. 1 in conference with 2.8 3FG/g in MAAC play Off the Bench 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 5.5 2.9 0.2 Matched season-high 13p at Marist... DNP last weekend (injury) 4 Parker Weiss Fr. G 6-3 170 0.0 0.0 0.0 Freshman walk-on from Southern Florida... Brother Cooper is a junior on Fordham's football team 5 Ben Perez Sr. G 6-3 180 2.5 1.6 0.8 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 1.6 1.3 0.0 Stretch four... Had 11 points with 3 3FG vs. North Carolina in NCAA tournament 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.0 1.7 0.0 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 2.2 3.2 0.5 JUCO transfer... Competed for the Netherlands in World 3x3 Championships this fall 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 0.3 0.9 0.0 True post performer... looks to rebound from injury suffered late in junior campaign 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Canisius • January 24, 2020 • Page 2 AT THE HELM • Crawford ranks No. 14 on Iona's all-time • Associate head coach Tra Arnold - in his scoring list most recently passing Greg Jenkins second year at Iona - continues to serve as with his performance at Rider. acting head coach for tonight's contest as Tim • In nine seasons, Cluess has mentored more Cluess continues to monitor a health matter. than 1/4 of Iona's all-time 1,000 point scorers. • Before coming to Iona, Arnold spent six • Junior Asante Gist reached 1,000 points at successful seasons head coach at Odessa UConn in a college career that includes two 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS College in Northwest Texas. He served three seasons at Eastern Kentucky. years prior as head coach at Blinn College. MAAC OVERALL 1000 POINT SCORERS UNDER TIM CLUESS • Arnold mentored more than 30 future NCAA SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT Rk* Name Points Year Reached Division I players including: LJ Figueroa (St. Monmouth 4 2 .667 10 7 .588 3. A.J. English 2,004 2015 (3rd) John's), Jermaine Haley (West Virginia), Keandre Quinnipiac 4 2 .667 9 7 .563 8. Sean Armand 1,694 2013 (3rd) Cook (Missouri State), Josh Gray (NBA Pelicans, LSU), Niagara 4 2 .667 6 11 .353 12. Scott Machado 1,613 2012 (3rd) and Devin Davis (G-League Magic, Houston). Manhattan 4 3 .571 8 8 .500 14. E.J. CRAWFORD 1,546 2019 (3RD) • Director of Operations John Mateyko is Fairfield 3 3 .500 7 10 .412 16. David Laury 1,465 2015 (3rd) serving as an assistant coach of the program in Saint Peter's 3 3 .500 6 9 .400 20.