2014 EMPIRE 8 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP February 28 / March 1, 2014 Hartwick College’s Lambros Arena 2014 EMPIRE 8 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP #1 HARTWICK COLLEGE HAWKS No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown / Previous School 1 Joey Lufkin Fr. 5-9 155 G Argyle, NY / Argyle 2 Stavros Keschoulos Fr. 6-7 200 F Athens, Greece / Athens College 3 Justin Pratt Fr. 6-5 190 F North Kingstown, RI / North Kingstown 4 Billy Byrne Fr. 6-1 180 G New York, NY / Lehman Manhattan 5 Ryan Gill So. 5-11 170 G Seaville, NJ / Ocean City 10 Glenn Gavan So. 6-2 190 G Newton, NJ / Pope John XXIII 11 Matt Petruccione Jr. 5-11 180 G Saratoga Springs NY / Bishop Maginn 12 Christian Laputka Sr. 5-9 155 G Freeland, PA / Hazleton Area 13 Kyle Bradley Sr. 6-4 210 F Cornwall NY / Mansfield University 14 Edvin Rovcanin Fr. 6-6 205 F Wayne NJ / Wayne Hills 20 Fernando Vazquez Fr. 6-0 175 G Babylon, NY / Babylon 21 Mike Geisser Sr. 6-5 195 F East Hanover, NJ / Hanover Park 22 Kyle Williams Fr. 6-4 180 G Bronx, NY / Salesian 24 Anthony Keane Sr. 6-3 210 G Staten Island, NY / Monsignor Farrell 31 Marc Summy So. 6-2 200 G Conestoga, PA / Penn Manor 32 Matt Wilson So. 6-9 245 C Shelton, CT / Franklin and Marshall 33 Jared Suderley Sr. 6-6 212 F Newport, NY / West Canada Valley 35 Zach Simmonds Fr. 6-3 185 G Nashua, NH / Souhegan 40 Thomas King Fr. 6-1 170 G East Hampton NY / East Hampton 43 Kevin Bersch Fr. 6-6 215 F Hainesport, NJ / Rancocas Valley 50 Peter Melanson Jr. 6-7 245 F Little Compton, RI / Bishop Stang Head Coach: Todd McGuinness (Bethany ’02), 5th season Assistant Coaches: David Wadas, Nick Lambros, TJ Hoose Student Assistant: Shiva Senthil Team Manager: Allison Beaupre THIS SEASON: Hartwick enters the conference playoffs on a three-game winning streak and are SEASON RESULTS making a return to the Empire 8 Tournament after (16-9 OVERALL, 10-4 E8) a one-year hiatus. The Hawks punched their ticket to the playoffs with a win over Stevens on Febru- NOVEMBER ary 18 and clinched home court in the final regular Fri. 15 Ursinus ^ W, 89-73 season game of season against Elmira. Sat. 19 Messiah ^ L, 75-76 Thu. 21 Wells W, 70-59 THE COACH: Head coach Todd McGuinness is Sun. 24 OSWEGO L, 69-71 in his fifth season at the helm of the Hartwick pro- Tue. 26 Union W, 76-65 gram and is third in victories with a record of 78- Sat. 30 Mount Union # L, 81-95 51. This is the third time he has led the Hawks to the Empire 8 Tournament. In 2011-12, Hartwick DECEMBER finished 23-4 to tie for the most wins in school his- Sun. 1 Clarkson # L, 85-90 Sat. 3 ONEONTA W, 86-78 ot tory. McGuinness was named the Empire 8 Coach Mon. 30 HOBART L, 72-78 of the Year and led the Hawks to the NCAA Tour- nament for the second straight year. JANUARY Fri. 3 ITHACA * W, 92-50 HAWKS AT A GLANCE: Hartwick has the Sat. 4 UTICA * W, 92-77 conference’s second-best scoring offense (83.6/ Fri. 10 St. John Fisher * W, 84-82 gm) this season. The Hawks are shooting 47.6% Sat. 11 Nazareth * L, 76-86 from the field to tie for second and lead in three- Tue. 14 Stevens * W, 74-68 point percentage (39.1%). ’Wick is second in free- Fri. 17 ALFRED * W, 131-124 ot throw percentage (72.2%). The Hawks are tied for Sat. 18 HOUGHTON W, 96-82 Fri. 24 Utica * W, 93-82 first in defensive rebounds (27.2). Nationally, the Senior Kyle Bradley leads the Empire 8 in field- Sat. 25 Ithaca * W, 76-58 Hawks rank 22nd in scoring offense and are 30th goal percentage. Fri. 31 NAZARETH * L, 72-82 in three-point field goal percentage. two schools on January 14. ’Wick had a 12-point FEBRUARY LEADERS: Three Hawks are scoring in double lead in the second half but held off a late Stevens’ Sat. 1 ST. JOHN FISHER * W, 71-41 figures led by Jared Suderley’s 20.2 points per comeback to pull out the victory. In the second Fri. 7 Elmira * L, 75-81 game. Joey Lufkin (16.1) and Kyle Bradley (14.1) game, the Hawks trailed by 14 points early in the Sat. 8 Alfred * L, 98-105 are the other two. Suderley leads the conference in first half but rallied to tie the game and eventually Tue. 18 STEVENS * W, 78-72 scoring while Lufkin is sixth and Bradley is ninth. hung on for a 78-72 win. Nazareth has given the Fri. 21 Houghton W, 92-81 Bradley is the top shooter in the E8 as he is hitting Hawks the most trouble this season. The Golden Sat. 22 ELMIRA * W, 81-64 60% of his shots from the floor. Suderley is the Flyers handed ’Wick its first conference loss of Fri. 28 ALFRED ! 8 p.m. best from the free-throw line (87.8%) and leads in the season on January 11, 86-76, at Kidera Gym- MARCH rebounds per game (10.8). Lufkin (53) and Justin nasium. Naz went on a 20-4 run late in the sec- Sat. 1 E8 CHAMPIONSHIP 3 p.m. Pratt (34) have combined for 87 three-point bas- ond half to break open a tight game. The Golden kets this season. Flyers converted 14-of-16 free throws down the Home Events in BOLD stretch as their lead grew to as much as 15 points ^ Homewood Suites Tip-Off Tournament (Grantham, PA) PLAYOFF HISTORY: This will be ’Wick’s with 1:11 left to play. Hartwick would narrow # U of R Holiday Inn/Airport Tournament (Rochester, NY) third overall appearance in the conference play- the deficit to eight points but it was as close as it * Empire 8 Conference game offs. In 2011, the Hawks defeated Stevens on the would get. In the second meeting at Lambros, Naz ! Empire 8 Tournament (Oneonta, NY) road 76-73 in the semifinals and then upended St. held Hartwick to just 37% shooting and ended the John Fisher at Lambros 69-58 to win the Empire Hawks’ five-game winning streak with an 82-72 8 Championship. Two years ago, when Hartwick win. The Hawks and Saxons played the highest LAST E8 TOURNAMENT: Hartwick and Ithaca last hosted the tournament, the Hawks were felled scoring game in Hartwick history on January 17 as met in the 2012 semifinals at Lambros. IC had a by eventual conference champion Ithaca, 79-67, ’Wick outlasted Alfred 131-124 in overtime. Hart- 14-point halftime lead and led throughout the sec- in the semifinals. wick shot a season-best 59.5% from the floor and ond half as it defeated Hartwick 79-67. Suderley had six players in double figures. In the rematch led ’Wick with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting and THIS YEAR AGAINST THE FIELD: The three weeks ago, the Hawks led by six points at pulled down 12 rebounds. Anthony Keane chipped Hawks are 3-3 this season against Stevens, Naza- halftime but the Saxons outscored Hartwick 63-50 in 13 points, six assists, five rebounds, and three reth and Alfred. Hartwick defeated the Ducks 74- in the second half en route to a 105-98 win. Suder- steals. Tom Sweeney led the Bombers with 21 68 in the first meeting of the season between the ley led all scorers with 28 points. points with Jordan Marcus chipping in 14 points. #2 STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DUCKS No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown / Previous School 1 Michael Langford Fr. 5-10 145 G Staten Island, NY / Staten Island Academy 2 Phillip DeSeignora Sr. 5-11 180 G Boston, MA / Medfield 4 Evan Klimchak So. 5-9 160 G Readington, NJ / Hunterdon Central 10 Kevin Zychowski So. 6-1 170 G Mendam, NJ / Oratory Prep 11 Kevin McManamy Sr. 6-5 215 F Charlotte, NC / Cannon School 11 Michael Signer Fr. 6-5 200 F Rockaway, NJ / Morris Knolls 12 Andrew Meszaros Sr. 6-3 185 G Phoenixville, PA / St. Pius X 15 Patrick Barron Fr. 6-0 175 G Long Valley, NJ / West Morris Central 21 Matt Skrelja Sr. 6-2 200 G Clark, NJ / Seton Hall Prep 23 Logan McDonald So. 6-4 235 F Lacey Township, NJ / Lacey Township 24 Alex Lorenz So. 6-4 190 F Point Pleasant Borough, NJ / Point Pleasant 33 Thomas Ahern Fr. 5-11 180 G Rockville Centre, NY / Chaminade 34 Matthew Angelos Fr. 6-1 175 G Philadelphia, PA / Episcopal Academy 35 Kenny Gan Jr. 6-5 200 F Hillsborough, NJ / Hillsborough 44 Patrick Sabatino Jr. 6-6 210 F Westfield, NJ / Westfield 45 Max Schwartz Sr. 6-6 265 F Bridgewater, NJ / Bridgewater-Raritan 50 Ian Bennett Fr. 6-5 220 F Menlo Park, CA / Sacred Heart Prep Head Coach: Bobby Hurley Assistant Coaches: Waleed Farid, Michael Collins, Ben Martinez THIS SEASON: Coming into the Empire 8 Tour- nament, the Ducks have won three out of their SEASON RESULTS last four games. After starting the season 1-2, (17-8 OVERALL, 10-4 E8) the Ducks won six straight contests spanning a month’s time and were 7-2 on January 10. After NOVEMBER dropping decisions to the Cardinals and Hawks, Sat.