2013 - 14 MEN’S BASKETBALL MBB CONTACT: RON RATNER • [email protected] • 399 CAMPUS DR. • SOMERSET, NJ 08873 • PH: (732) 469-0440, Ext. 206 • FAX: (732) 469-0744 NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS & FIGURES NEC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WEEK 10 RELEASE • JANUARY 20, 2014 Thur., Jan. 16 ................ St. Francis Brooklyn 76 at CCSU 66 SCHOOL NEC PCT. OVR. PCT. STR. HOME AWAY NEU. Wagner 80 at Mount St. Mary’s 89 1. Robert Morris .............................4-0 1.000 9-10 0.474 W4 4-1 5-9 0-0 FDU 89 at LIU Brooklyn 67 2. St. Francis Brooklyn ...................3-1 0.750 12-7 0.632 W2 6-1 5-6 1-0 Sacred Heart 70 at Bryant 85 Bryant .........................................3-1 0.750 11-8 0.579 W2 7-2 4-5 0-1 Saint Francis U 68 at Robert Morris 73 Wagner .......................................3-1 0.750 9-8 0.529 W1 3-1 5-5 1-2 Saturday, Jan. 18 ............... Wagner 56 at Saint Francis U 50 5. Mount St. Mary’s ........................2-2 0.500 6-11 0.353 L1 5-2 1-9 0-0 Robert Morris 77 at Mount St. Mary’s 69 Fairleigh Dickinson .....................2-2 0.500 6-12 0.333 L1 3-2 3-8 0-2 Bryant 95 at FDU 68 7. LIU Brooklyn ..............................1-3 0.250 6-11 0.353 W1 3-2 3-7 0-2 LIU Brooklyn 62 at CCSU 61 Sacred Heart ...............................1-3 0.250 4-15 0.211 L2 1-4 3-8 0-3 Sacred Heart 71 at St. Francis Brooklyn 74 Saint Francis U ...........................1-3 0.250 3-14 0.176 L2 1-5 2-9 0-0 10. Central Connecticut ....................0-4 0.000 4-13 0.235 L5 3-7 1-6 0-0 THIS WEEK’S GAMES Thur., Jan. 23 ...............Sacred Heart at Robert Morris, 7 pm Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week CCSU at Wagner, 7 pm Corey Maynard, Bryant St. Francis Brooklyn at FDU, 7 pm 6-3, 185 lbs. Mount St. Mary’s at Saint Francis U, 7 pm Sr., G, Adelaide, Australia/Sacred Heart College LIU Brooklyn at Bryant, 7 pm Saturday, Jan. 25 .....Sacred Heart at Saint Francis U, 12 pm Maynard had the Bryant offense in overdrive last week as the Bulldogs improved to 3-1 in NEC play with a Bryant at St. Francis Brooklyn, 1 pm pair of double-digit wins. The Australian native stuffed the stat sheet, averaging 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, Wagner at Robert Morris, 4 pm 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals. He also made 70.4 percent of his shot attempts and drilled 7-10 from beyond the CCSU at FDU, 4:30 pm arc. Maynard opened the week on Thursday with 19 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals as the Mount St. Mary’s at LIU Brooklyn, 4:30 pm Bulldogs knocked off visiting Sacred Heart, 85-70. With Bryant leading 54-49 four minutes into the second half, the senior guard scored 10 straight points for the Bulldogs to keep SHU at bay. On Saturday, Maynard UPCOMING NEC-TV GAMES put on an incredible shooting display to set a new career-high with 30 points. He made 12-15 from the field and all three of his three-point attempts in a 95-68 win at Fairleigh Dickinson. Maynard ranks in the NEC top- Thur., Jan. 23 .......................... LIU Brooklyn at Bryant, 7 pm 15 in seven categories this season: scoring (12.7, 12th), rebounding (4.8, 15th), assists (5.0, 6th), field goal Live on MSG+, FCS, Cox (CT/RI) percentage (.482, 10th), free throw percentage (.800, 6th), steals (1.72, 3rd) and assist/TO ratio (1.73, 8th). Paul Dottino (PxP), Tim Capstraw (color), John Schmeelk (sideline) Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Sat., Jan. 25 .............Sacred Heart at Saint Francis U, 12 pm Jeremiah Worthem, Robert Morris Live on CSNNE, Root, FCS, ESPN3 Paul Dottino (PxP), Terry O’Connor (color) 6-6, 215 lbs. Fr., F, Philadelphia, PA/Math, Civics & Sciences Wed., Jan. 29 .....St. Francis Brooklyn at Sacred Heart, 6 pm Worthem’s second Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week award comes after a 2-0 week for the Colonials Live on MSG, FCS that saw the freshman forward average 16.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg. He shot 62.5 percent from the floor and 91.7 Paul Dottino (PxP), Tim Capstraw (color), Pat O’Keefe (sideline) percent from the line for the RMU, the only unbeaten team remaining in NEC play with a 4-0 mark. Worthem tossed in 12 points and added five boards as RMU rallied from 11 down in the final 4:19 for a 73-68 win over Thur., Jan. 30 .........................Bryant at Robert Morris, 8 pm Saint Francis U on Thursday. His three-pointer with 3:07 remaining sliced the lead to four and his two free Live on ESPNU, ESPN3 throws with five seconds to go iced the win. Two days later, he established a new career-high with 21 points Announcers TBD on 7-11 shooting from the field and a perfect 6-6 from the line in a 77-69 victory at Mount St. Mary’s. He hit all five of his field goal attempts in the second half and finished with 15 points after intermission. With the Colonials trailing by three with nine minutes on the clock, Worthem scored seven straight points and nine of the next 11 for RMU, which took a lead it did not relinquish. The Philly native ranks third among NEC freshman with 8.9 ppg on the year, and also averages 4.1 rpg. In league play, he has contributed 12.0 ppg and 4.3 rpg. Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week Nov. 11 ........................Jason Brickman, LIU/Dyami Starks, BRY Nov. 11 ....................................................... Wayne Martin, SFBK Nov. 18 ..........................................................Dyami Starks, BRY Nov. 18 ......................................................... Malik Harmon, SFU Nov. 25 ...........................................................Kenneth Ortiz, WC Nov. 25 ................................................Jeremiah Worthem. RMU Dec. 2 ��������������������������������������������������� Sidney Sanders, Jr., FDU Dec. 2 ���������������������������������������������������������� Wayne Martin, SFBK Dec. 9 ����������������������������������������������������������������� Earl Brown, SFU Dec. 9 ���������������������������������������������������������� De’von Barnett, SHU Dec. 16 ��������������������������������������������������������Jason Brickman, LIU Dec. 16 �������������������Iverson Fleming, LIU/Sheldon Hagigal, SFBK Dec. 23 �����������������������������������������������������������Dyami Starks, BRY Dec. 23 ������������������������������������������������������������ Byron Ashe, MSM Jan. 6 .................. Sidney Sanders Jr., FDU/Julian Norfleet, MSM Jan. 6 .......................................................... De’von Barnett, SHU Jan. 13 .....................................................Karvel Anderson, RMU Jan. 13 ...................................................... Matt MacDonald, FDU Jan. 20 ........................................................Corey Maynard, BRY Jan. 20 .................................................Jeremiah Worthem, RMU WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG • WWW.NECFRONTROW.COM • Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Google+: @NECSports RMU SURVIVES WEEK TWO AS NEC’S LONE UNBEATEN NEC ACTIVE LEADERS With all the success Robert Morris has enjoyed since 2007-08, it is remarkable to SCORING Alex Francis .............................BRY ..................1849... think that the program is off to its first 4-0 start in NEC play since the 2005-06 season. Julian Boyd .............................LIU ...................1467... Julian Norfleet .........................MSM .................1381... It certainly didn’t come easy last week. The Colonials needed to rally from a nine-point Kyle Vinales .............................CCSU ................1378... deficit with five minutes to play to knock off in-state rival Saint Francis U, 73-68, on Latif Rivers ..............................WC ...................1339... Thursday before pulling away late in the game on Saturday to win 77-69 at Mount St. Louis Montes ..........................SHU ..................1107... Mary’s in what could be construed as an early season “big game” in the NEC. Jason Brickman ......................LIU ...................1051... Jalen Cannon ..........................SFBK .................982... Lucky Jones ............................RMU .................960... And make no mistake. Going in to Emmitsburg with a chance to beat a Mount team Dyami Starks ...........................BRY ..................903 at Bryant, 991 overall... that knocked the RMU out of the NEC Tournament was a challenge the Colonials were relishing. REBOUNDING Alex Francis .............................BRY ..................862... “No. 1, because they have a great fan base every time we go there,’’ junior forward Julian Boyd .............................LIU ...................843... Lucky Jones (Newark, NJ/St. Anthony) said before the game. “No. 2, they have a great Jalen Cannon ..........................SFBK .................689... Louis Montes ..........................SHU ..................564... team. They just took down Wagner. No. 3, it’s a statement. I know we were 5-10 Lucky Jones ............................RMU .................529... coming into conference and everybody was saying Robert Morris is not this, Robert Earl Brown ..............................SFU ...................456... Morris is not that. We don’t play any slouches in non-conference, and Saturday we’ll Orlando Parker ........................WC ...................456... just have to keep expressing on the court why this is the same Robert Morris team Corey Maynard ........................BRY ..................414... as in the past. We’re going to continue to get stops, continue to fly around, have fun Naofall Folahan .......................WC ...................381... and shoot those threes.’’ Kenneth