2010-11 Iona Gaels Basketball Athletic Communications • 715 North Avenue • New Rochelle, NY 10801 • 914-633-2334 • Fax: 914-633-2072 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES MBB Contact: Brian Beyrer, Associate AD/Athletic Communications (e-mail: [email protected]) January 14, 2011 LISTEN LIVE - www.ICGaels.com/insider - Gary Stanley and Vin Parise QUICK FACTS WATCH LIVE - Iona Insider (Courtesy of BroncsVision) Location ............................................ New Rochelle, NY, 10801 President ...................................................... Br. James A. Liguori Athletics Director ................................................... Patrick Lyons Gaels travel to Rider for key MAAC matchup Head Coach ........................................Tim Cluess (Hofstra ‘83) Record at Iona ...................................... 10-6 (.625)/first season The Iona College men’s basketball team (10-6, 4-1 MAAC) travels Overall Record ..................................108-29 (.788)/fifth season to Lawrenceville, NJ to take on Rider (12-5, 4-1 MAAC) in a battle of Iona vs. Rider Web Site: ......................................................www.ICGaels.com the two teams tied for second place in the MAAC standings early Overall: 22-21 (.512) in the season. Home: 12-8 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Away: 9-11 Neutral: 1-2 Overall: 10-6 H: 7-1 A: 3-3 N: 0-2 MAAC: 4-1 IONA VS. RIDER - SERIES HISTORY LAST 15 MEETINGS Date Opponent Time/Result The Gaels regained the series lead at 22-21 last season with two Date W-L Score Site World Vision Classic wins over the Broncs. The victories snapped a four-game slide vs. 2/13/03 L 58-69 A 11/12/10 vs. Kent State L, 72-73 the Rider for Iona. Rider has won five of the last eight meetings. The 12/5/03 L 67-88 A 11/13/10 at Cleveland State L, 68-78 Gaels are 9-11 vs. the Broncs at Alumni Gym. Prior to last season’s 2/24/04 W 78-63 H 11/14/10 vs. Bryant L, 72-74 win, Iona’s previous victory in Lawrenceville was on Feb. 15, 2006. 12/5/04 L 61-62 H 11/18/10 RICHMOND W, 81-77 2OT 2/7/05 W 67-66 A 11/23/10 at Albany W, 86-65 SCOUTING RIDER 12/7/05 W 80-59 H 11/30/10 at Norfolk State W, 73-64 One of the hottest teams in the MAAC, Rider comes into tonight’s 2/15/06 W 83-79 A 12/3/10 CANISIUS* W, 94-85 game with a six-game winning streak and a 12-5 overall record. The 12/7/06 L 55-69 A 12/5/10 NIAGARA* W, 82-58 Broncs are tied for second with the Gaels in the MAAC standings at 2/3/07 W 69-57 H 1/11/08 L 64-72 H 12/8/10 at Long Island W, 88-82 4-1. Senior guard Justin Robinson is No. 4 in the league in scoring at 1/21/08 L 63-68 A 12/11/10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 87-66 15.9 ppg, No. 3 in assists at 4.5 apg and No. 1 with 46 three-point field goals. He’s also the MAAC’s leading free throw shooter at 88.9%. 1/1/09 L 54-68 H 12/18/10 at No. 5 Syracuse (SNY) L, 77-83 1/11/09 L 69-70 A Senior Mike Ringgold averages 13.1 ppg and 5.2 rpg while junior 12/22/10 VERMONT L, 79-84 1/9/10 W 69-49 A 12/29/10 HOFSTRA W, 87-62 Novar Gadson has posted 12.4 ppg and 4.8 rpg. Freshman Danny 1/18/10 W 72-59 H 1/3/11 at Siena* L, 67-73 Steward is the squad’s leading rebounder at 5.9 per contest. 42 games 1/7/11 SAINT PETER’S* W, 70-52 Iona 3,019 pts 70.2 ppg 1/9/11 LOYOLA (MD.)* W, 86-68 THE GAELS IN MAAC PLAY Rider 2,871 pts 69.0 ppg 1/14/11 at Rider* 7:00 pm Since the inception of the MAAC in the 1981-82 season, Iona has compiled a 268-193 (.581) record in regular season conference 1/16/11 MARIST* 2:00 pm GAELS VS. BRONCS 1/21/11 at Niagara* 7:00 pm play. The Gaels’ 268 wins are the highest of any current MAAC NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 1/23/11 at Canisius* 2:00 pm member. Their .581 winning percentage is second to Siena’s Machado 4 30.5 17.0 6.5 4.3 1/27/11 RIDER* 7:30 pm .605. Six seasons ago, Iona became the first team in league Fields 4 22.3 7.8 2.0 2.0 1/30/11 at Loyola (Md.)* 12:00 pm history to top the 200-win mark in MAAC play. They remain the Smyth 2 21.5 7.0 2.0 1.0 2/4/11 at Fairfield* (ESPNU) 9:00 pm only team with more than 250 wins and are currently 49 ahead Jenkins 4 25.8 6.3 2.3 2.8 2/7/11 MANHATTAN* (MSG-TV) 7:30 pm of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. Rodriguez 6 23.0 5.5 7.3 0.3 2/11/11 SIENA* (ESPNU) 7:00 pm Dwight 5 20.4 4.2 2.0 2.4 2/13/11 at Marist* 4:00 pm THE GAELS IN MAAC PLAY AWAY FROM HOME Pelcher 2 7.0 2.0 2.5 0.0 2/16/11 at Manhattan* 7:00 pm The Gaels fell to 11 games under .500 in MAAC road games 2/19/11 at Bracketbusters TBA after falling to Siena on Jan. 3. The program earned its 100th MAAC road victory with its win at Loyola on 2/25/11 at Saint Peter’s* 7:00 pm Feb. 13, 2009. Iona holds a 107-118 (.476) record on the road in 29+ seasons of MAAC Basketball. The Gaels 2/27/11 FAIRFIELD* 3:30 pm finished 6-3 in league games on the road last season, clinching their first winning record since 2005-06 (8-1) Home events in CAPS and BOLD; MAAC Games noted by an asterisk and third in the last decade (5-4, 2000-01 and 2001-02). 2010-11 Iona College Gaels at a Glance No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note Probable Starters 1 Mike Glover Jr. F 6-7 215 21.4 10.1 Recorded his 10th double-double of the year vs. LOY... Leads MAAC with 21.4 ppg, 2nd with 10.1 rpg 3 Scott Machado Jr. G 6-1 180 14.1 5.1 Had his sixth double-double with 13p and 11a vs. LOY... Leads MAAC, and No. 2 in NCAA with 8.4 apg 5 Rashon Dwight Sr. G 6-3 185 6.7 1.8 Veteran leader in Iona’s back court... Averaged 12.3 ppg in last four home games 21 Alejo Rodriguez Sr. F 6-8 235 7.0 6.8 Recorded 10+ points in four of last eight games... No. 9 in MAAC in rebounding at 6.8 rpg 33 Kyle Smyth So. G 6-4 185 12.3 2.0 Set Iona record with eight 3-pt FGs at ALB... 10+ points in nine of last 14 appearances Off the Bench 10 Jermel Jenkins Jr. G 5-11 185 9.2 2.8 Will play multiple-guard positions... Has come off the bench in last four games 11 Trinity Fields Jr. G 6-2 175 0.3 0.3 Will see action in Iona’s deep guard rotation... Third-year performer can play both guard positions 22 Sean Armand Fr. G 6-3 190 3.1 0.9 Lethal scorer from outside... Netted nine points last Friday vs. SPC 23 Randy Dezouvre Jr. G-F 6-5 210 3.4 1.4 High energy performer off the bench... Scored season best 12 points off bench at Norfolk State in 13 min 24 Aleksandar Kesic Fr. F 6-8 210 0.0 0.6 Belgrade, Serbia native... Has returned home to attend to death in his family 32 Kristian Duravcevic Fr. F 6-8 215 -- -- First-year walk-on... Dressed for the first time at SYR after returning from preseason injury 35 Jayon James Fr. G-F 6-6 225 -- -- Will not play due to injury... Return date unknown... Red shirt candidate 44 Chris Pelcher So. F-C 6-10 240 2.9 1.8 Second-year post player will spell Glover/Rodriguez in the front court.. Had career-high 12 pts vs. FDU 2010-11 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes at Rider - January 14, 2011 - Page 2 Head Coach Tim CLUESS Iona College Director of Athletics Patrick Lyons announced the appointment of Tim Cluess as the 12th head coach of the men’s basketball program on April 8, 2010. Cluess comes to New Rochelle with an impressive 20-year coaching resume after spending the last four seasons as head coach at C.W. Post in Brookville, NY. “Tim possesses all of the qualities that I was looking for in the search process for our next head coach,” said Lyons. “He is a proven winner at every level that he has coached and a New York native that will push the program forward with our goals. We’re ecstatic to have him on board.” One thing that can be said about Cluess; he is a winner. After spending 14 years as head coach at St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset, NY, Cluess spent the last five in the college ranks at Suffolk Community College and C.W.