FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016 NEC CHAMPIONS NCAA Tournament Appearances Game 4: 1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016 Fairleigh Dickinson (1-2) NEC Champions vs Lipscomb (2-2) 1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016 Saturday, Nov. 19 - 5:30 p.m. - Rose Hill Gymnasium - Bronx, N.Y. NEC Regular Season Champions 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 2006 LIVE COVERAGE: Audio: Sam Levitt (KnightVision) Stats: sidearmstats.com/fordham/mbball FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON VS. LIPSCOMB ALL-TIME SERIES Tonight's Tale of the Tape... • Tonight is the first ever meeting between the Knights and Bisons FDU Lip Overall 1-1 1-1 2016-17 Men’s Basketball KenPom.com 271 252 Schedule/Results FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON LAST TIME OUT Scoring Offense 73.7 86.8 Scoring Defense 69.0 75.5 November • The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team dropped its first Scoring Margin 4.7 11.3 Nov. 11 at Seton Hall L, 70-91 of three games at the Johnny Bach Classic, falling to the host FG% 44.6 50.4 Nov. 15 FDU-FLORHAM W, 96-48 Fordham Rams 68-55 on Friday night. 3-Pt. FG% 33.3 37.9 • The Knights shot a higher overall percentage from the field than FT% 67.7 68.3 Nov. 18 at Fordham L, 55-68 the Rams, 39.1 percent (18-of-46) to 36.5 (19-of-52) percent FG% Defense 42.4 42.3 Nov. 19 Lipscomb (at Fordham) 5:30 PM but struggled mightily from downtown, converting just 3-of-16 3-Pt. FG% Defense 33.9 32.9 Nov. 20 Saint Peter’s (at Fordham) 1 PM (18.8%) from behind the arc. Rebounding 39.0 35 • In the loss, sophomore forward Mike Holloway tallied 16 points Rebounding Opp. 36.7 37.3 Nov. 30 at Army 7 PM and 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double. Sopho- Rebounding Margin 2.3 -2.3 more center Malik Miller and junior guard Stephan Jiggetts joined Turnovers/TO Margin13.7/-.7 15.5/-.3 Holloway in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Steals 7.3 6.5 December • Miller set a new career-high with 10 rebounds for his first ever Blocks 4.3 1.8 Dec. 3 at Ohio State 4:30 PM double-double. Dec. 7 IONA 7 PM HERENDA'S TAKE Dec. 10 at Towson 2 PM • "We just need to put two good halves together. Our defense in the first half at Seton Hall and our sec- Dec. 14 at Rutgers 7 PM ond here tonight is our formula for success. We will eventually start to gel offensively but we just need Dec. 17 at Cincinnati 2:30 PM to take better care of the basketball and we will be fine." • "I just really loved our second half toughness and grit." Herenda added, "We have an extremely quick Dec. 29 SAINT FRANCIS U* 7:30 PM turnaround to bounce back and potentially win a basketball game here tomorrow night. Dec. 31 ROBERT MORRIS 3 PM ABOUT THE JOHNNY BACH CLASSIC • Johnny Bach was a coaching icon on the collegiate, professional and international levels. He has been credited with helping the Chicago Bulls win three straight NBA Championships and is also the winnin- January gest coach in Fordham basketball history. He led the Rams to 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. Jan. 5 at Wagner* 9 PM • He played for the Boston Celtics and Hartford Hurricanes from 1948-50 before entering the coaching Jan. 7 BRYANT* 3 PM ranks where he spent time with Fordham and Penn State collegiately and professionally with the Gold- Jan. 12 at Mount St. Mary’s* 7 PM en State Warriors, Bulls, Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards (1950-2006). Jan. 14 at CCSU* 3:30 PM Tonight's Fairleigh Dickinson Men's Basketball Lineup Jan. 19 ST. FRANCIS BK* 7 PM # Name Cl. Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School Jan. 21 LIU BROOKLYN* 4 PM Projected Starters Jan. 26 at St. Francis BK* 7 PM 0 Stephan Jiggetts Jr. G 6-1/195 Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara 1 Darnell Edge So. G 6-1/185 Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties Jan. 28 at Bryant* 12 PM 2 Darian Anderson Jr. G 6-1/182 Washington, D.C./St. John’s College 34 Mike Holloway So. F 6-7/250 Pittsgrove, N.J./Arthur P. Schalick February 35 Malik Miller So. F 6-9/215 Troy, N.Y./Catholic Central Feb. 2 SACRED HEART* 7 PM Reserves 3 DaRon Curry So. G 6-0/170 Deptford, N.J./Phelps School Feb. 4 WAGNER* 11 AM 5 Earl Potts Jr. Jr. G/F 6-6/205 Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding Feb. 9 CCSU* 5 PM 12 Kaleb Bishop Fr. F 6-8/195 Paterson, N.J./St. Anthony Feb. 11 at LIU Brooklyn* 4:30 PM 13 Mike Schroback Jr. G 5-10/175 Hasbrouck Hts., N.J./Hasbrouck Hts. 14 Tyrone O’Garro R-Sr. F 6-6/210 Newark, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep Feb. 16 at Sacred Heart* 7 PM 20 Dondre Rhoden So. F 6-6/230 Ridgefield Park, N.J./Putnam Science Feb. 18 MOUNT ST. MARY’S* 4 PM 22 Ashton Malone-Dunson Jr. F 6-4/209 Hillside, N.J./St. Mary's of Assumption Feb. 23 at Robert Morris* 7 PM 23 Ghassan Nehme So. G 6-3/195 Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mtn. Feb. 25 at Saint Francis U* 1 PM 24 Nadi Beciri So. F 6-7/235 Maywood, N.J./Bergen Catholic Coaching Staff Home Game in CAPS -- All times EST Head Coach: Greg Herenda (Merrimack '83) - Fourth Season Associate Head Coach: Bruce Hamburger *Northeast Conference contest Assistant Coaches: Dwayne Lee and Winston Smith Director of Basketball Ops.: Pete Lappas FDUKnights.com @fduknights @fduknightsathletics @fduathletics 2016-17 Fairleigh Dickinson Men's Basketball Notes - Game 4 INDIVIDUAL CAREER TOTALS Player G Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Darian Anderson 65 886 229 217 117 14 Holloway's Efficiency: Mike Holloway has dou- Schedule/Results Earl Potts Jr. 62 677 292 61 57 19 ble-doubled in each of the Knights' last two games. November Stephan Jiggetts 62 484 112 131 51 1 The sophomore forward has totaled 41 points over Nov. 13 at #9 Villanova L, 54-91 Mike Schroback 42 27 7 12 4 0 that stretch on an efficient 18-of-25 (72%) shooting. Nov. 16 FDU-FLORHAM W, 111-70 Darnell Edge 36 162 49 36 14 0 Nov. 18 ARMY L, 85-96 Mike Holloway 35 349 201 27 24 33 300 Games: Tuesday's game against FDU-Florham Nov. 21 at Fordham L, 62-85 Ghassan Nehme 33 135 52 21 13 2 was Greg Herenda's 300th as a college basketball Nov. 24 at Delaware L, 72-73 Malik Miller 33 135 85 6 7 18 head coach. Herenda has a career record of 162-140 Nov. 28 SAINT PETER'S W, 77-62 Tyrone O'Garro 29 99 99 22 17 13 (.536). Nov. 30 at Princeton L, 61-91 Dondre Rhoden 28 17 19 1 5 6 DaRon Curry 26 37 13 16 3 0 Crash the Boards: The Knights dominated on the December Kaleb Bishop 3 16 14 2 2 2 glass against FDU-Florham, nabbing a program Dec. 2 at Temple L, 70-79 Nadi Beciri 3 16 7 1 0 2 single-game high 54 rebounds. Dec. 9 at Lafayette W, 91-89 (OT) Dec 18 TOWSON W, 69-68 QUICK FACTS Historic Gyms: Two of the Knights' first three games Dec. 23 at Rutgers L, 64-72 Name of School.........Fairleigh Dickinson University have been played at two of the most iconic buildings Location.........................Hackensack / Teaneck, N.J. in the nation. The Knights opened at Seton Hall's January Founded...........................................................1942 Walsh Gymnasium (1939) and Fordham's Rose Hill Jan. 2 ST.FRANCIS BK* W, 86-77 Enrollment.......................................................6,464 Gymnasium (1925). Rose Hill is the oldest active Jan. 4 BRYANT* L, 80-85 Nickname.....................................................Knights on-campus NCAA Division I gym in the country. Jan. 7 at Sacred Heart* W, 80-68 Colors..........Burgundy (#9e1b32) & Blue (#003479) Jan. 9 CCSU* W, 92-73 Jan. 14 at Saint Francis U* W, 71-59 Arena Name (Capacity):..........Stratis Arena (1,852) Coming Soon: The Knights announced the signing Jan. 16 at Robert Morris* L, 58-64 Conference...............................................Northeast of ultra-quick point guard Jahlil Jenkins from Virginia Academy (Ashburn, Va.) to next year's squad. Jan. 21 LIU BROOKLYN* W,101-95 President...............................Christopher Capuano Jan. 24 MOUNT ST. MARY'S* L, 72-87 Athletic Director.............................David Langford Featuring the third-youngest team Jan. 28 SAINT FRANCIS U* W, 86-82 Head Athletic Trainer......................Amanda Livsey Youth Prevails: Jan. 30 at LIU Brooklyn* W, 88-85 in the nation, the Knights claimed the NEC title last Athletic Dept. Phone........................201-692-2208 season and returned to the NCAA Tournament for 1 Athletic Dept. Fax.............................201-692-936 the first time since 2005. February Feb. 4 at Wagner* W, 82-79 Feb. 6 at St. Francis BK* L, 71-85 BASKETBALL INFORMATION The young Knights are back for an- Familiar Faces: Feb. 11 at Bryant* W, 91-77 Head Coach.....................................Greg Herenda other run this season with 11 players returning from Feb. 13 ROBERT MORRIS* L, 70-72 Twitter..........................................@CoachHerenda last year's 13-man roster, including four of the team's Feb. 18 WAGNER* L, 74-94 Alma Mater......................................Merrimack ’83 five starters. Feb. 20 SACRED HEART* L, 86-91 Office Phone....................................201-692-9626 Feb. 25 at Mount St.