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]) December 18, 2010 LISTEN LIVE - www.ICGaels.com/insider - Gary Stanley and Vin Parise QUICK FACTS WATCH LIVE - SportsNet New York (SNY) / ESPN3.com - Mark Larson and Dan Liedka Location ............................................ New Rochelle, NY, 10801 President ...................................................... Br. James A. Liguori Athletics Director ................................................... Patrick Lyons Gaels head to Syracuse to take on Orange Head Coach ........................................Tim Cluess (Hofstra ‘83) The Iona College men’s basketball team (7-3) puts its seven-game Record at Iona ........................................ 7-3 (.700)/first season Iona vs. Syracuse winning streak on the line when they take on one of the hottest Overall Record ..................................105-26 (.802)/fifth season Overall: 0-3 (.000) Web Site: ......................................................www.ICGaels.com teams in NCAA Div. I, No. 5 Syracuse (10-0), at the Carrier Dome. Home: 0-0 The Gaels return to “the Dome” for the second time in history and Away: 0-2 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS first time in 27 years in a game that can be seen in the Metropolitan Neutral: 0-1 Overall: 7-3 H: 4-0 A: 3-1 N: 0-2 MAAC: 2-0 Area on SportsNet New York. ALL-TIME SERIES Date Opponent Time/Result Date W-L Score Site World Vision Classic IONA VS. SYRACUSE - SERIES HISTORY 12/2/78 L 76-89 A 11/12/10 vs. Kent State L, 72-73 The two teams meet for the fourth time in history tonight the the 12/4/83 L 92-102 A 11/13/10 at Cleveland State L, 68-78 Orange defeating the Gaels in all three contests. In the last meeting, 3/13/98 L 61-63 N 11/14/10 vs. Bryant L, 72-74 Syracuse needed a three-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining to 3 games 11/18/10 RICHMOND W, 81-77 2OT defeat the 12th seeded Gaels in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Iona 229 pts 76.3 ppg 11/23/10 at Albany W, 86-65 Championship. The Orange are 2-0 against Iona on their home Syracuse 254 pts 84.7 ppg 11/30/10 at Norfolk State W, 73-64 court including the one matchup at the Carrier Dome. 12/3/10 CANISIUS* W, 94-85 SCOUTING SYRACUSE Iona vs. the Big East 12/5/10 NIAGARA* W, 82-58 Team W-L Last Meet The Orange have won 10 straight to open up the 2010-11 season and 12/8/10 at Long Island W, 88-22 Cinncinnati 0-0 have earned a No. 5 ranking in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches 12/11/10 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 87-66 Connecticut 1-3 2009 12/18/10 at No. 5 Syracuse (SNY) 7:00 pm and AP Top 25 polls. Three players averaged 10 or more points led DePaul 0-3 1988 12/22/10 VERMONT 7:30 pm by senior forward Rick Jackson’s 14.0 ppg. He also averages a Georgetown 0-5 1980 12/29/10 HOFSTRA 7:30 pm team-best 12.5 rebounds. Junior guard Scoop Jardine comes in at Louisville 1-5 2007 1/3/11 at Siena* 7:00 pm 13.2 ppg and has recorded a team-high 62 assists, 16 three-pointers, Marquette 1-5 1988 1/7/11 SAINT PETER’S* 7:30 pm and 21 steals. Senior Kris Joseph has averaged 13.1 ppg Notre Dame 0-1 1995 1/9/11 LOYOLA (MD.)* 2:00 pm Pittsburgh 1-1 1980 1/14/11 at Rider* 7:00 pm IONA VERSUS THE BIG EAST Providence 3-1 2009 1/16/11 MARIST* 2:00 pm Iona is 20-68 all-time against current BIG EAST opponents after Rutgers 1-2 2006 1/21/11 at Niagara* 7:00 pm defeating Providence and losing to Connecticut last season. Seton Seton Hall 9-28 2005 St. John’s 3-6 1995 1/23/11 at Canisius* 2:00 pm Hall is the Gaels’ most frequent opponent, accounting for 37 of the South Florida 1-1 2008 1/27/11 RIDER* 7:30 pm 87 games that Iona has played vs. the BIG EAST. St. John’s is No. 2 on the list with a 6-3 advantage against Iona. The Friars (3-1) are the lone Syracuse* 0-3 1998 1/30/11 at Loyola (Md.)* 12:00 pm Villanova 0-4 1954 BIG EAST opponent that the Maroon & Gold has a series advantage. 2/4/11 at Fairfield* (ESPNU) 9:00 pm West Virginia 0-0 2/7/11 MANHATTAN* (MSG-TV) 7:30 pm The win over Providence snapped a five-game skid vs. the BIG EAST Totals 20-68 2/11/11 SIENA* (ESPNU) 7:00 pm that included losses to UConn in 2003, Seton Hall in 2005, Rutgers in *- 2010-11 opponent 2/13/11 at Marist* 4:00 pm 2006, Louisville in 2007 and South Florida in 2008. 2/16/11 at Manhattan* 7:00 pm GAELS VS. THE BIG EAST 2/19/11 at Bracketbusters TBA COMMON OPPONENTS NAME GP MIN PTS REB AST 2/25/11 at Saint Peter’s* 7:00 pm The Gaels and Orange share Canisius as a common opponent Smyth 2 26.5 13.0 5.0 1.0 2/27/11 FAIRFIELD* 3:30 pm in 2010-11. Both squads topped the Golden Griffins earlier this Machado 3 30.0 12.3 4.3 4.7 Dwight 3 28.0 10.0 3.0 2.7 Home events in CAPS and BOLD; MAAC Games noted by an asterisk season. Fields 2 16.5 7.5 2.0 0.0 McFadden 2 20.0 5.5 1.5 1.5 Pelcher 1 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 2010-11 Iona College Gaels at a Glance Rodriguez 4 18.3 3.8 5.3 0.3 No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note Jenkins 3 26.3 3.7 2.0 2.3 Probable Starters 1 Mike Glover Jr. F 6-7 215 22.1 9.6 Has recorded five straight double-doubles with 20+ pts and 10+ reb.. Leads MAAC with 22.1 ppg 3 Scott Machado Jr. G 6-1 180 13.7 5.2 Recorded third-highest assist total at Iona with 15 at ALB... Leads MAAC, No. 2 in the nation with 8.0 apg 11 Jermel Jenkins Jr. G 5-11 185 12.1 3.0 Will play multiple-guard positions... Scored 10 or more seven of 10 games this year 21 Alejo Rodriguez Sr. F 6-8 235 6.3 7.6 Recorded 10+ points in two of last three games... No. 6 in MAAC in rebounding at 8.3 rpg 33 Kyle Smyth So. G 6-4 185 12.8 2.2 Set Iona record with seven 3-pt FGs at ALB... 10+ points in six of last eight appearances Off the Bench 2 Mike McFadden So. F 6-8 220 -- -- Will not play due to injury... Expected to return to the lineup in late January 5 Rashon Dwight Sr. G 6-3 185 5.1 1.5 Veteran leader in Iona’s back court... Posted career-best 19 points at Cleveland St. 10 Trinity Fields Jr. G 6-2 175 0.0 0.2 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 2.0 0.9 Lethal scorer from outside... Set a career-high with nine points at LIU on three trifectas 23 Randy Dezouvre Jr. G-F 6-5 210 3.9 1.7 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 that played scholastically at Huntington Prep in W.Va. 35 Jayon James Fr. G-F 6-6 225 -- -- Will not play due to injury... Expected to return in late December 44 Chris Pelcher So. F-C 6-10 240 3.2 1.7 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 No. 5 Syracuse - December 18, 2010 - 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. Post. He amassed a 120-33 record in those five years and had unprecedented success at both schools. When combining his high school record, Cluess has won more than 77 percent of his games coached.