2020-21 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 17 • #7 FAIRFIELD • MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL • SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2021 4 p.m. • Atlantic City, N.J. • Boardwalk Hall • ESPNU (Tiffany Greene & Chris Spatola) Westwood One (Bill Rosinski & Tim Welsh) ABV @ICGaels, @IonaGaelsMBB, #ICMBB #GaelNation 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The No. 9 seed Iona College men's basketball team (11-5, 6-3 MAAC) takes on No. 7 Fairfield (10- Overall: 11-5 H: 4-2 A: 4-3 N: 3-0 MAAC: 6-3 16, 7-11 MAAC) in the championship game of the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Championship at Jim Date Day Opponent Time/Result Whalen Boardwalk Hall Friday night on ESPNU. The two teams split their regular season meetings. N 30 Mon at Seton Hall (FS1) L, 64-86 WHY NINE? DRIVE FOR FIVE? IONA VS. FAIRFIELD D 5 Sat at Hofstra (FloSports) W, 82-74 • Despite owning the second-best winning percentage in the Overall: 70-46 (.603) | Rick Pitino: 6-1 D 8 Tue MORGAN STATE (ESPN3) L, 72-83 conference, due to this season's tiebreaker, the Gaels will MAAC Championship: 2-5 D 11 Fri at Fairfield* (ESPNU) W, 70-42 serve as the No. 9 seed. MAAC CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS D 12 Sat at Fairfield* (ESPN+) L, 52-67 • With the 2020 Championship canceled before completion Year Round Decision Site D 18 Fri at Rider* (ESPN+) W, 70-54 last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iona still remains 1985 Quarter W, 95-61 E. Ruth D 19 Sat at Rider* (ESPN+) W, 72-64 1987 Final L, 70-73 OT E. Ruth the four-time defending MAAC Tournament Champion. D 23 Wed COPPIN STATE (ESPN+) W, 85-65 1995 Quarter L, 79-81 OT Albany • The Maroon & Gold are at the precipice of its steep F 12 Fri MANHATTAN* (ESPN+) W, 85-67 1997 Quarter L, 71-80 Buffalo climb in its Drive for Five straight titles, needing to win a F 13 Sat MANHATTAN* (ESPN+) L, 70-77 2000 Semi W, 76-72 Albany fourth game in five days tonight to accomplish the feat. 2012 Semi L, 75-85 Sprngfld F 17 Wed at Quinnipiac* (ESPN+) L, 70-74 2018 Final W, 83-71 Albany F 19 Fri MONMOUTH* (ESPNU) W, 91-86 THE GAELS IN MAAC TOURNAMENT PLAY F 20 Sat MONMOUTH* (ESPN+) W, 88-65 In 40 years as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic GAELS VS. STAGS Conference, Iona has compiled an all-time record of 60-27 MAAC Championship - Atlantic City, NJ - No. 9 Seed NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST (.690) record in the league’s postseason tournament - including Ross 4 30.3 16.8 2.3 1.0 M 9 Tue #8 Quinnipiac (ESPN+) W, 72-48 a league-record 12 titles. The .686 winning percentage is Gist 5 30.8 13.2 1.8 2.2 M 10 Wed #1 Siena (ESPN+) W, 55-52 highest in MAAC history (Siena, 40-26, .606). Myers 2 18.5 8.0 1.0 1.0 M 12 Fri #5 Niagara (ESPNEWS) W, 70-64 van Eyck 4 28.0 7.3 8.5 1.5 M 13 Sat #7 Fairfield (ESPNU) 4 p.m. BUSTING THE (MAAC) BRACKET Joseph 2 21.0 6.5 5.5 1.0 Home events in CAPS & BOLD; MAAC Games noted by an asterisk • The No. 9 seed has never reached the MAAC JeanLouis 2 29.5 3.5 5.5 2.0 Championship game in the event's history. Rowe 1 5.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 • The lowest seed to reach the MAAC final was Crafoord 2 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 Fairfield, a No. 8 seed, in 1997. Weiss 3 2.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 • Iona is the No. 9 seed for the first time in history. Koroma 2 24.0 0.5 4.0 0.0 • Iona is the first 9-seed and lowest seed to reach the Cashaw 1 12.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Chavez 2 5.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 final in tournament history. Carey 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 • The Gaels are 4-2 all time vs. the No. 7 seed, 0-0 in a 7/9 game, 0-0 as the lower seed. 2020-21 IONA GAELS AT A GLANCE ## Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Of Note Starters (based on last game's starting five) 0 Berrick JeanLouis Jr. G 6-4 195 8.4 5.7 1.6 Uber-athletic wing... Leads MAAC with 2.4 spg... 13p in MAAC QF vs. Siena 2 Asante Gist Sr. G 5-10 185 12.9 1.9 3.9 Leads MAAC with 88.0 FT%... Ranks No. 3 with 3.9 apg.. Seas. best five straight 10+ pt efforts 11 Dwayne Koroma Fr. F 6-7 190 2.9 3.5 1.2 Talented rookie prospect... Has started last seven games... Season bests 10p 2x vs. QUI 20 Isaiah Ross Sr. G 6-3 200 18.8 3.8 1.5 All-MAAC First Team... 3x MAAC POW (12/7, 12/21, 12/28)... Leads MAAC in scoring 23 Nelly Junior Joseph Fr. F 6-9 230 11.3 7.4 1.3 MAAC Rookie of the Year... 4x ROW (12/7,21,28, 2/15)... Leads MAAC rookies in PPG, RPG, FG%, BPG Off the Bench 1 Colton Cashaw Sr. G 6-2 185 0.6 0.3 0.6 Back up point guard... Converted first field goal vs. Monmouth Feb. 19 3 Ryan Myers Fr. G 6-0 170 6.5 1.5 1.1 Five double-digit point efforts... 10.0 ppg, 2.2 3FG/g, 61.5 FG%, 61.1 3FG in last 3 reg. seas. GP 4 Parker Weiss So. G 6-2 175 0.5 0.1 0.0 Second-year walk-on from Florida... Has converted both FGA this season 5 Tahlik Chavez So. G 6-1 160 3.4 1.3 0.9 Tremendous shooter with great range... Scoring guard that will see point guard minutes 12 Jordan Brooks Fr. G 6-4 190 0.0 0.0 0.0 Rookie walk-on from Kentucky... Son of former Rick Pitino player/assistant Delray Brooks 13 Omar Rowe Fr. G 6-5 185 0.7 0.6 0.1 New York product that played scholastically in Conn. and prep down South 15 Johan Crafoord Fr. F 6-8 230 0.7 0.3 0.3 Tough inside presence who will push for time in Iona's deep front court 24 Dylan van Eyck Sr. F 6-8 210 7.2 6.7 2.6 Four games with 10+ rebounds... Averaged 13.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.5 apg in 2 GP vs. Monmouth 44 James Carey So. G 5-10 160 0.5 0.0 0.0 Sophomore walk-on... Played rookie year at Gettysburg College (PA)... Scored first Iona pts vs. MON 50 Trey James Fr. F 6-10 240 0.5 1.0 0.0 2021 recruit, joined Iona a year early after graduating HS in December.. Made debut vs. MON 55 Osborn Shema So. F 7-0 200 3.9 4.0 0.6 One of Iona's top recruits for 2020-21... Made season debut vs. MAN... Grabbed 10r vs. MON/QUI 2020-21 Iona College Men’s Basketball Game Notes vs. Fairfield - MAAC Final - March 13, 2021 • Page 2 ABOUT THE FINALISTS win at Rider on Dec. 19. Iona is currently 88 wins • The Gaels have reached the final round of ahead of Manhattan, the No. 2 team on the list. the MAAC Championship for the eighth straight JUNIOR JOSEPH NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR season its been held. • Freshman Nelly Junior Joseph became the • The Gaels will played in a league record 19th fourth MAAC Rookie of the Year in program MAAC title game tonight and own 12 wins. history and first since Schadrac Casimir in 2015. • Iona’s eighth straight championship game 2020-21 MAAC STANDINGS* • Junior Joseph and Casimir are joined by Scott appearance increases the previous MAAC record MAAC OVERALL Machado (2009) and Richie Simmonds (1985) as of four, shared by three other teams. SCHOOL W L PCT W L PCT MAAC Rookies of the Year from Iona. • Tonight is Fairfield's ninth MAAC championship 1. Siena 12 4 .750 12 5 .706 • Joseph led all MAAC rookies in scoring, game (three wins). 2. Monmouth 12 6 .667 12 8 .600 rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked 3. Saint Peter's 10 8 .556 14 11 .560 ALL-TIME MAAC FINAL APPEARANCES shots. He was a 4x MAAC Rookie of the Week. 4. Marist 10 8 .556 12 9 .571 Team Total Apps Final Record ROSS, JUNIOR JOSEPH NAMED ALL-MAAC 5. Niagara 7 9 .438 9 11 .450 IONA 19 12-6 • Seniors Isaiah Ross and freshman Nelly Junior 6. Canisius 7 5 .583 7 6 .538 FAIRFIELD 9 3-5 Joseph added their names to the long list of Iona 7. FAIRFIELD 7 11 .389 10 16 .385 Siena 9 5-4 College men's basketball All-MAAC performers. 8. Quinnipiac 7 10 .412 9 13 .409 Manhattan 9 5-4 • Ross, a preseason All-MAAC Second Team 9. IONA 6 3 .667 11 5 .688 Saint Peter’s 7 3-4 selection was named to the postseason first team 10. Manhattan 6 12 .333 7 13 .350 Niagara 6 2-4 after leading the league in scoring during the 11.
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