#uKnighted FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON Men's Basketball FIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | FIVE NEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game 7 Nov 4 MANHATTANVILLE (Exh.) W, 71-56 Nov 10 at #23 Seton Hall L, 68-90 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON Knights (3-3, 0-0 NEC) Nov 12 at Penn State L, 57-81 at Nov 15 FDU-FLORHAM W,111-49 Nov 18 KEAN W, 94-55 SAINT PETER’S Peacocks (2-3, 0-0 MAAC) Nov 22 HOLY CROSS W, 87-76 Nov 26 PRINCETON L, 76-83 Wednesday, December 2 - 7:00 PM Nov 29 at Saint Peter’s 7 p.m. Yanitelli Center - Jersey City, N.J. Dec 2 at Iona 1 p.m. Dec 9 at Rutgers 7 p.m. Broadcast: Saint Peter’s YouTube - Audio: KnightVision - Sitesh Shah The Matchup Dec 16 at NJIT 4 p.m. Dec 21 at Maryland 7 p.m. The Series...Saint Peter’s leads 42-15 FDU SPU Dec 29 at LIU Brooklyn* 4:30 p.m. on the Road...6-32 Overall: 3-3 2-3 Dec 31 at Sacred Heart* 2:30 p.m. Streak... L1 Streak: W2 L1 Jan 4 CENTRAL CONN.* 7 p.m. Last Meeting...Saint Peter’s 84, FDU 58 (11/20/16) KenPom.com: 253 210 Jan 6 at Wagner* 4 p.m. <> Knights of Late: The Knights begin a seven-game road trip on RPI: --- --- Jan 11 LIU BROOKLYN* 7 p.m. Wednesday as they close out the remainder of 2017 away from home. Jan 13 ROBERT MORRIS* 4:30 p.m. The team enters Wednesday’s tilt with an 0-2 road record this season Ppg: 82.2 62.2 Jan 18 at Central Connecticut* 7 p.m. following a pair of difficult, season-opening games at Penn State and Scoring Defense: 72.3 66.6 Jan 20 MOUNT ST. MARY’S* 4:30 p.m. nationally-ranked Seton Hall. Junior guard Darnell Edge has been Scoring Margin: 9.9 -4.4 Jan 25 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN* 7 p.m. surging for the Knights averaging 19.5 points per game on 59.1 percent FG%: 51.4 40.6 Jan 27 at Bryant* 1 p.m. shooting across the team’s two games last week. The team picked 3-Pt. FG%: 38.7 33.6 Feb 1 at Saint Francis U* 6 p.m. up a pair of comfortable wins over Division III opponents Kean and FT%: 70.8 70.1 Feb 3 at Robert Morris* 2 p.m. FDU-Florham and a signature win over the Patriot League’s Holy Cross FG% Defense: 44.6 45.1 Feb 8 SACRED HEART* 7 p.m. Crusaders. Last time out, the Knights fought back to nearly overcome 3-Pt. FG% Def: 38.7 36.8 Feb 11 WAGNER* 2 p.m. a 22-point halftime deficit to Princeton before suffering a seven-point Rebounding: 34.0 26.4 Feb 15 at Mount St. Mary’s* 7 p.m. loss to the defending Ivy League Champions. Reb. Margin: 1.2 -7.6 Feb 17 at St. Francis Brooklyn* 4 p.m. <> Scouting Saint Peter’s: Wednesday marks the 2017-18 home Turnovers: 18.8 11.2 Feb 22 SAINT FRANCIS U* 7 p.m. opener for the Peacocks, who enter the contest with a 2-3 record with TO Margin: 1.0 5.4 victories over Sacred Heart (70-61) and at Lafayette (86-82). In the Feb 24 BRYANT* 4:30 p.m. Steals: 10.7 7.4 win over Lafayette on Sunday, Nick Griffin tallied a career-high 37 Blocks: 3.7 2.4 Feb 28 NEC Quarterfinals points, leading the Peacocks to the victory. Griffin, who’s a graduate Mar 3 NEC Semifinals student at SPU, was named Preseason All-MAAC Third Team, while the Mar 6 NEC Championship Peacocks were picked to finish eighth in the conference. Last season, the team finished with a 23-13 record and one the CollegeInsider.com *Northeast Conference game Tournament but this year’s squad returns just two starters and five HOME Games in Bold letterwinners. MBB CONTACT: BRYAN JACKSON Office: 201-692-2149 Cell: 732-735-3797 Fairleigh Dickinson Projected Starters Email: [email protected] 1000 River Road H-AT1-01 Teaneck, NJ No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG/APG Note 07666 1 Darnell Edge G 6-1 185 Jr. 14.8/2.0/3.2 Averaged 19.5 ppg last week Practice Coverage: All FDU men’s basketball 2 Darian Anderson G 6-1 182 Sr. 12.8/2.0/3.3 3rd in career steals in NCAA D1 practices are open to the media. Coach and Player Interviews: Media inter- 3 Jahlil Jenkins G 5-10 160 Fr. 10.3/3.8/4.8 Five steals against Princeton ested in setting up interviews with players 14 Elyjah Williams F 6-7 220 Fr. 6.8/5.3/0.8 10 rebounds against Kean and/or coaches need to coordinate their 34 Mike Holloway Jr. F 6-8 260 Jr. 16.2/6.3/1.0 16p/10r 2x2 vs Holy Cross requests through Bryan Jackson. Postgame Interviews: If members of the Fairleigh Dickinson Off The Bench media request to talk to coaches and/or play- No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG/RPG/APG Note ers after a game,please notify Bryan Jackson. Interviews will be conducted outside the 0 Tyler Jones G 5-11 165 Fr. 3.0/1.0/--- Made debut against Kean team’s locker rooms after the mandatory 5 Noah Morgan G 6-5 190 Fr. 8.8/4.0/1.7 75% from 3FG (9/12) 10-minute cooling period. FDUKnights.com 10 Pat McNamara G 6-5 190 So. 4.5/0.7/1.3 8/9 Made FGs are 3-ptrs 12 Kaleb Bishop F 6-8 195 So. 5.2/3.8/0.2 5-for-5 FG against Florham 13 Mike Schroback G 5-10 175 Sr. 2.8/0.8/1.0 Career-high 3 asts vs Florham 20 Dondre Rhoden G 6-6 220 Jr. 1.8/1.5/0.3 Career-High 6 pts vs Florham 22 Brian Fabre G 5-10 160 So. 1.0/0.5/--- College debut against Florham fduknights | fduknightsathletics |fduathletics 24 Nadi Beciri F 6-7 215 Jr. 2.8/1.6/0.4 Four Steals this season 35 Malik Miller C 6-9 215 Jr. 0.8/1.3/0.2 Team-high 27 blocks in 16-17 2017-18 Fairleigh Dickinson Men’s Basketball Game 7 #uKnighted ROSTER BREAKDOWN RETURNERS (8) FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY 1 Darnell Edge Jr. G Started 16 of 30 games/Team-high 90.4 FT percentage 2016-17 - MPG: 28.1 PPG: 9.1 RPG: 3.0 APG: 1.3 Career-Highs: Pts: 20 Rebs: 8 Asts: 4 Stls: 4 Location...............Hackensack/Teaneck, N.J. 2 Darian Anderson Sr. G 2x All-NEC Second Team/1,326 career pts (11th at FDU) ............1000 River Road Teaneck, NJ 07666 2016-17 - MPG: 33.4 PPG: 17.0 RPG: 3.8 APG: 3.2 Career-Highs: Pts: 33 Rebs: 9 Asts: 11 Stls: 6 Founded...............................................1942 12 Kaleb Bishop So. F Started 13 games/First start at Ohio St. 11 pts/8 rebs Enrollment..........................................6,464 2016-17 - MPG: 17.8 PPG: 4.7 RPG: 3.8 APG: 0.6 Career-Highs: Pts: 15 Rebs: 10 Asts: 2 Stls: 5 Nickname.........................................Knights 13 Mike Schroback Sr. G Appeared in 25 of 30 games/Career-high 6 pts at CCSU Mascot...........................................Knighttro Colors....Burgundy (#A80532) Blue (#005A9C) 2016-17 - MPG: 5.3 PPG: 0.8 RPG: 0.5 APG: 0.4 Career-Highs: Pts: 6 Rebs: 3 Asts: 2 Stls: 1 Arena.......Stratis Arena (Rothman Center) 1,852 20 Dondre Rhoden Jr. F Appeared in 18 of 30 games Conference..........................Northeast (NEC) 2016-17 - MPG: 2.2 PPG: 0.2 RPG: 0.3 APG: N/A Career-Highs: Pts: 6 Rebs: 3 Asts: 1 Blks: 3 President.....................Christopher Capuano 24 Nadi Beciri Jr. F Appeared in 25 games/Grabbed career-best 6 rebs at Cincinnati Athletic Director...................David Langford 2016-17 - MPG: 5.0 PPG: 1.6 RPG: 1.4 APG: 0.2 Career-Highs: Pts: 13 Rebs: 6 Asts: 2 Blks: 1 Head Trainer.........................Amanda Livsey 34 Mike Holloway Jr. Jr. F Started all 30 games/56.6% FG (4th in NEC), 2 double-doubles Athletic Dept. Phone..............201-692-2208 2016-17 - MPG: 27.0 PPG: 11.4 RPG: 6.3 APG: 1.1 Career-Highs: Pts: 25 Rebs: 17 Asts: 4 Blks: 4 Athletic Dept. Fax...................201-692-9361 35 Malik Miller Jr. C Appeared in all 30 games/Team-high 27 blocked shots 2016-17 - MPG: 14.8 PPG: 4.6 RPG: 3.7 APG: 0.1 Career-Highs: Pts: 13 Rebs: 10 Asts: 2 Blks: 3 COACHING STAFF NEWCOMERS (6) Head Coach............................Greg Herenda 0 Tyler Jones Fr. G Lawrenceville, N.J./Peddie School Alma Mater............................Merrimack ‘83 Herenda on Jones: “Tyler is a very talented player who can really score the ball in the open court and Office Phone...........................201-692-2126 possesses an exceptionally high basketball IQ. With his speed and quickness, Tyler’s game will fit per- FDU Record..............................50-79 (.377) fectly into our system.” Career Record.......................175-160 (.521) 3 Jahlil Jenkins Fr. G Ranson, W.Va./Virginia Academy Associate Head Coach.......Bruce Hamburger Herenda on Jenkins: “Jahlil is an ultra-quick guard, that can run a team and he makes everyone on his Assistant Coaches.......................Pete Lappas ...............................................Patrick Sellers team better.