All that is good in the Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Machado and Hymes named players of the week
Machado had three double-doubles, recording 46 points (15.3/g), 41 assists (13.7/g), a 51.5% shooting effort from the field and just six turnovers (2.0/g) at this weekend’s 5-Hour Energy Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Machado had 14 points, 11 assists vs. Purdue; 17 points, 15 assists vs. Western Michigan; and 15 and 15 with no turnovers vs. Maryland. In Machado’s three double-doubles, he shattered the tournament’s record of 22 set in 2008 by USC’s Daniel Hackett. The single game mark entering the weekend was 10 in last year’s championship game by West Virginia’s Joe Mazzulla. Machado eclipsed the mark in each game this season. The two 15 assist efforts matched his career-high from a year ago.
Fairfield battles Arizona State on ESPN2 Thanksgiving night
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Spend Thanksgiving with the Stags as the men’s basketball team opens up play in the 2011 Old Spice Classic . Fairfield will take on Arizona State Thanksgiving night with the game time slated for 9:30 pm. The game will be shown live nationally from Orlando on ESPN2.
After playing the Sun Devils, Fairfield will play either Dayton or Wake Forest in the second game which is scheduled for Friday, November 25. Game time, opponent, and ESPN network will be determined based on results of the games on Thursday. The team’s final game of the Old Spice Classic will be on Sunday, November 27 against either DePaul, Indiana State, Minnesota, or Texas Tech. Game time and ESPN network will be determined. Check back to this web site for updated information after each game.
The Stags are coming off an impressive 73-52 win over the College of the Holy Cross on Sunday, just two days after the Crusaders posted a double-digit win over Boston College. Fairfield received another stellar effort from sophomore Maurice Barrow, who posted his first double-double of the year with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Rakim Sanders and Ryan Olander checked in with 13 points against Holy Cross, while Derek Needham added 10 markers.
Quick hitters from the game notes
Hymes dials in from long distance
Canisius Junior guard Alshwan Hymes became the 11th player in school history to hit 100-career 3-point field goals Nov. 17, when he hit four shots from
long range in the team’s loss at UNLV.
Hymes closed out his sophomore campaign in 2010-11 ranked fourth in the MAAC and 105th in the nation with 2.3 3-point field goals per game, and his 69 treys last year tied him for fourth all-time in for 3-point field goals made in a single season by a Canisius player.
Niagara Big Men contribution
The trio of Scooter Gillette, Joe Thomas and Eric Williams combined for 50 percent of the scoring for Niagara in the setback at Missouri. Thomas is currently second in the conference in field goal percentage (66.7) and Gillette is third in blocks per game (2.0).
Block party
Manhattan’s sophomore forward Rhamel Brown engraved his name in the
Manhattan men’s basketball record book last season. The 6’6” forward recorded 68 blocks, which ranked the second all-time for a single season only behind Arturo Dubois (74 – 2005-06). It was the highest total ever by a Jasper freshmen and he led the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference averaging 2.2
blocks per game. Brown is within striking distance of entering the top-10 of the program’s career blocks list.
Rebounding advantage
It’s only been four games, but Loyola is +42 in the rebounding column this year, averaging 9.5 more than its opponents per game. The Greyhounds have outrebounded two teams by 13 or more, pulling down 22 more than Coppin State and 13 more than New Hampshire.
Under 60 crowd
Fairfield allowed 52 points to Holy Cross on Sunday, the first sub-60-point performance by the opposition this year. Fairfield has won 42 straight games when allowing less than 59 points or less in a game. The last time Fairfield lost a
game when the opponent scored less than 60 points came in the 2007-08 season when St. Francis College (N.Y.) posted a 55-51 victory.
Current Fairfield Assistant Coach Brian Nash was the head coach of the Terriers in that Stags loss.
New York state of mind
With four freshmen (T.J. Curry, Chavaughn Lewis, Isaiah Morton and Manny Thomas) from New York City (Morton originally grew up in Coney Island) joining Marist, Chuck Martin, a Hall of Famer at St. Raymond’s High School, now has six players from The Big Apple.
Two area stars ink NLIs with Loyola
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jimmy Patsosadded to his growing cavalcade of Baltimore-Washington area talent this week when the Greyhounds received National Letters of Intent from Josh Forney and Will Rassman.
Forney, who plays at St. Frances Academy, will be the fourth player from Baltimore on the men’s basketball roster next year, joining this year’s sophomores Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons) and Jordan Latham (City) and freshman R.J. Williams(St. Frances).
Breaking down Iona’s defense
Here are two clips showing the matchup defense of Iona. In the first, you can see Iona lined up in their 2-1-2 press before dropping back into the zone. In the Maryland game, Iona matched up with Sean Mosley and Terrell Stoglin and chased these players, the best Maryland offensive players, around the court. The goal is to not let these players find the holes in the zone, so when they cut through the zone, a defensive player will shadow them until they can pass them off to a teammate.
Iona runs by Maryland
SAN JUAN, PR – The Iona College men’s basketball team out ran Maryland 89-63 to claim fourth place at the 2011 5-hour ENERGY® Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Senior Scott Machado was named to the All-Tournament team as he recorded 15 points and 15 assists in the Gaels’ win.
Manhattan takes down Fresno State
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – Manhattan senior forward Roberto Colonette collected an offensive rebound and delivered the game-winning put back as the Jaspers defeated Fresno State (2-2) 85-83 on Monday in Fort Collins, Colo. Colonette came up with his last second heroics to cap a wild finish in a 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip Off consolation contest played at Colorado State.
“Our guys are an extremely gritty group and we didn’t go away,” explained Manhattan first year head coach Steve Masiello. “They never quit and keep playing. I am really happy with their effort tonight.”
100 Days to “MAAC”-achusetts
Monday, November 21st marked 100 days until the MAAC Basketball Championships will be in Springfield MA. With 100 days to go before the MAAC Basketball Championships, college basketball enthusiasts can purchase a one-day only special “100 bundle” for $100. The bundle includes tickets to the 2012 MAAC Basketball Championships on March 1-5 (18 games) and the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase on December 9th (4 games). With this special bundle you save more than $20 on your tickets.
Broncs defeat Howard
LAWRENCEVILLE–Og Mandino, the best-selling author of The Greatest Salesman in the World once said “Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”
The Rider men’s basketball team avoided its first 0-5 start since 1987-88 with a victory over Howard Monday evening. “There are lessons to be learned every night,” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. “It’s nicer when you learn those lessons and are winning. Sometimes you just need to get that first win.”
Broncs to play 2 in The Cathedral
PHILADELPHIA, PA–For several members of the Rider University men’s basketball team, playing this Friday and Saturday in the Philly Hoop Group Classic is more than just a tournament in their hometown. It is even more than a Thanksgiving Homecoming. It is a return to the Cathedral of Basketball.
“It is going to be fun for our Philly kids playing at the Palestra,” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. “They know that is an important place in basketball history. Being Thanksgiving weekend their families and high school friends should be home so it should be a really good atmosphere for them.”
Marist earns victory over Radford
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – With a strong effort in the second half, the Marist Men’s Basketball team picked up their first win on the young 2011-12 season with a 60-47 victory over Radford in the consolation game of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Freshman Chavaughn Lewis (Queens, N.Y.) and junior Devin Price (Inglewood, Calif.) led the Red Foxes with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Minutes mount for stalwart Saints
LOUDONVILLE — Siena senior guard Kyle Downey rarely gets a breather, and he’s not expecting any in the near future.
He played the entire 40 minutes in Siena’s 64-58 loss to St. Bonaventure on Monday night, bringing his season average to 37 minutes through three games.
“We only have seven guys right now, so it’s going to be something we deal with the whole season, or at least the next couple of weeks,” Downey said Tuesday. “We can’t really make excuses. We just have to play through it and get used to it.”
Canisius College junior Harold Washington was named to the Jesuit Basketball Weekly Honor Roll today by the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight, a project developed by the Association of Jesuit College and Universities.
Washington, who joined the Golden Griffins after spending two seasons at Cecil College in Maryland, averaged 20 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in the Griffs’ two road games at Longwood and UNLV last week. In the team’s 87-83 win over Longwood Nov. 15, the 6-foot-1 guard scored 30 points for the Blue and Gold, with 21 of those coming in the game’s second half. For the week, he shot 53.1 percent (17-for-32) from the field and his six rebounds against UNLV Nov. 17, is his career high.
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