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]) February 7, 2020 WATCH LIVE - ESPN3 - Steve Lenox, Bill Mecca, Dianne Nolan 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 5-12 H: 2-5 A: 1-6 N: 2-1 MAAC: 3-6 IONA BEGINS CONNECTICUT SWING FRIDAY AT QUINNIPIAC Date Opponent Time/Result Weekend No. 6 in MAAC play takes the Iona College men's basketball team (5-12, 3-7 MAAC) 11/2/19 MT. ST. VINCENT (exh.) W, 112-79 on a two-game trip to Connecticut. The Gaels take on Quinnipiac (11-9, 6-4 MAAC) Friday 11/9/19 at La Salle (NBC Sports Network) L, 64-70 OT night at the People's United Center on ESPN3. 11/13/19 OHIO (ESPN+) L, 72-81 Iona vs. Quinnipiac IONA VS. QUINNIPIAC - SERIES HISTORY MAAC/ASun Challenge Overall: 8-4 (.667) (8-4, Cluess) • Iona and Quinnipiac square off for the 13th time in 11/22/19 vs. Stetson (ESPN3) W, 60-55 Home: 5-1 history and the in the Tim Cluess era. 11/23/19 vs. Kennesaw St. (ESPN3) W, 75-52 Away: 3-2 • Iona leads the 8-4 following splitting the series in 2018-19. 12/4/19 at Connecticut (SNY/ESPN3) L, 62-80 Neutral: 0-1 • Iona is 3-2 in Hamden in the six years the Bobcats have ALL TIME MEETINGS Hall of Fame Invitational - Brooklyn, NY been a member of the MAAC. Date W-L Score Site 12/17/19 vs. Princeton (Iona Insider) L, 86-90 OT 11/16/12 L 92-98 OT USVI 12/29/19 at Colorado (Pac-12 Network) L, 54-99 SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC (11-9, 6-4 MAAC) 1/6/14 L 74-86 A 1/3/20 SAINT PETER’S* (ESPN+) L, 74-75 • Junior guard Rich Kelly leads a quintet of Bobcats with 1/24/14 W 95-73 H 1/5/20 at Monmouth* (ESPN3) L, 71-83 8+ ppg with his 17.1 ppg average. He ranks No. 2 in the 1/6/15 W 81-73 H 1/10/20 at Rider* (ESPNU) W, 69-66 MAAC in scoring, No. 3 with 4.6 apg, No. 1 with 87.6 FT%, 2/15/15 W 60-57 A 1/12/20 NIAGARA* (ESPN+) L, 69-70 and No. 2 with 2.7 3FG/g. 1/2/16 W 78-66 A 1/17/20 FAIRFIELD* (ESPN3) W, 64-59 • Junior forward Kevin Marfo averages 10.2 points an an 2/15/16 W 78-59 H 1/19/20 at Marist* (ESPN3) L, 73-83 NCAA-leading 13.6 rpg. 1/14/17 L 91-97 OT A 1/24/20 CANISIUS* (ESPN3) W, 69-66 Sophomore Tyrese Williams (10.2 ppg), junior Jacob Rigoni 1/23/17 W 84-74 H 1/26/20 MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) L, 88-94 (9.3) and freshman Matt Balanc (8.2) round out the teams 2/2/18 W 87-82 OT H 1/31/20 SIENA* (ESPN+) L, 64-87 high scorers. 2/8/19 L 65-66 H 2/2/20 at Manhattan* (ESPN+) L, 49-72 • The Bobcats were picked third in the MAAC this season 2/19/19 W 81-77 A 2/7/20 at Quinnipiac* (ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. under third-year head coach Baker Dunleavy. 12 games 2/9/20 at Fairfield* (ESPN+) 2 p.m. GAELS IN MAAC REGULAR SEASON PLAY Iona 966 pts 80.5 ppg 2/14/20 MANHATTAN* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, Iona Quinnipiac 908 pts 75.7 ppg 2/16/20 MARIST* (ESPN+) 1 p.m. has compiled a 391-245 (.615) record in regular season 2/19/20 at Siena* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. conference play. The Gaels’ 391 wins and .615 winning GAELS VS. BOBCATS 2/21/20 RIDER* (ESPNU/ESPN3) 7 p.m. percentage are the highest of any current MAAC NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 2/27/20 at Canisius* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. member. The Gaels became the first MAAC team to Agee 2 38.0 22.0 12.0 2.5 2/1/29 at Niagara* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. reach 375 wins with its win at Saint Peter's on Feb. 10, Crawford 5 31.8 16.4 6.4 1.2 3/4/20 QUINNIPIAC* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 2018, five seasons after reaching 300. Iona is currently84 Gist 2 30.0 7.5 3.5 3.0 3/6/20 at Saint Peter’s* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. ahead of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. Perez 2 27.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AWAY FROM HOME Nikolic 2 7.5 1.0 3.0 0.5 3/10/20 First Round (ESPN3/+) TBD The Gaels fell to 10 games over .500 in MAAC road Ristanovic 2 11.5 0.0 2.5 0.0 3/11-12/20 Quarterfinal (ESPN3/+) 7 or 9:30 p.m. contests following its loss at Manhattan. Iona was 5-4 3/13/20 Semifinal (ESPNews) 6 or 8:30 p.m. in 2018-19 in its opponent's building. The program record for regular season MAAC road wins is 3/14/20 Championship Game (ESPNU) 4 p.m. eight (2005-06, 2013-14, 2015-16). The Gaels are 53-31 under head coach Tim Cluess. Iona holds Home events in CAPS & BOLD; a 161-151 (.516) in its 39th season in the MAAC. 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 17.3 4.9 1.4 No. 1 MAAC overall scorer... 10+ points in all 16 GP 5 Ben Perez Sr. G 6-3 180 2.1 1.6 0.7 Sharpshooting returning starter from 2018-19 11 Isaiah Washington Jr. G 6-1 195 10.4 4.4 3.2 Season-high 25p with 5 3FG vs. MON... Completed first Iona double-double with 10r 12 Tajuan Agee Sr. F 6-8 215 13.5 7.4 3.0 Ranks on MAAC leaderboard in 10 different stat categories... #10 ppg, #4 rpg, #4 FG%, #11 apg 20 Isaiah Ross Jr. G 6-4 195 9.2 3.0 1.1 No. 2 in conference with 2.6 3FG/g in MAAC play Off the Bench 0 Mo Thiam Sr. F 6-9 210 4.6 2.7 0.3 Matched season-high 13p at Marist 3 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 185 10.1 2.2 2.6 Posted 22p with 5 3FG vs. Monmouth in last game played... Not available today (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 10 Andrija Ristanovic So. F 6-10 200 1.2 1.1 0.1 Stretch four... Had 11 points with 3 3FG vs. North Carolina in NCAA tournament 13 Colton Cashaw Jr. G 6-3 190 0.7 0.9 0.9 Skilled point guard will compete for time in rotation... JUCO transfer from Charlotte area 24 Dylan van Eyck Jr. F 6-9 210 2.4 3.1 0.7 JUCO transfer... Competed for the Netherlands in World 3x3 Championships this fall 44 Niksa Nikolic Sr. F 6-8 234 1.2 1.0 0.0 True post performer... looks to rebound from injury suffered late in junior campaign 2019-20 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes at Quinnipiac • February 7, 2020 • Page 2 AT THE HELM with his performance vs. Canisius. • Associate head coach Tra Arnold - in his • In 10 seasons, Cluess has mentored more than second year at Iona - continues to serve as 1/4 of Iona's all-time 1,000 point scorers. acting head coach for tonight's contest as Tim • Junior Asante Gist reached 1,000 points at Cluess continues to monitor a health matter. UConn in a college career that includes two • Before coming to Iona, Arnold spent six seasons at Eastern Kentucky. successful seasons head coach at Odessa 1000 POINT SCORERS UNDER TIM CLUESS College in Northwest Texas. He served three 2019-20 MAAC STANDINGS Rk* Name Points Year Reached years prior as head coach at Blinn College. MAAC OVERALL 3. A.J. English 2,004 2015 (3rd) • Arnold mentored more than 30 future NCAA SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT 8. Sean Armand 1,694 2013 (3rd) Division I players including: LJ Figueroa (St. Monmouth 7 4 .636 13 9 .591 12. Scott Machado 1,613 2012 (3rd) John's), Jermaine Haley (West Virginia), Keandre Saint Peter's 7 4 .636 10 10 .500 13. E.J. CRAWFORD 1,603 2019 (3RD) Cook (Missouri State), Josh Gray (NBA Pelicans, LSU), QUINNIPIAC 6 4 .600 11 9 .550 16. David Laury 1,465 2015 (3rd) and Devin Davis (G-League Magic, Houston). Rider 6 5 .545 12 9 .571 20. Rickey McGill 1,434 2018 (4th) • Director of Operations John Mateyko is serving as Siena 6 5 .545 10 10 .500 27. Lamont Jones 1,287 2013 (2nd) an assistant coach of the program in Cluess' absence Manhattan 5 5 .500 9 10 .474 29.