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Post Wins ECC Championship
Adelphi built a 10-point lead in the first half, but CW Post ralled for a 60-57 win and the ECC Championship. Kenny Burkes capped off the comeback with the winning three pointer. St. Anthony's Jonathan Schmidt led Post with 25 points and was named tournament MVP. The win guarantees an automatic bid into the NCAA D2 Northeast Regional tournament, and as a result the Pioneers received the fourth seed in the regional and will face fifth-seeded Bryant University on Mar. 15 at host Bentley College in Waltham, Mass
CW Post Ranked 10th Nationally!
In the latest Division 2 Poll, CW Post is now the #10 ranked team in the country with a 21-2 record. As a team, the Pioneers average more than 18 assists per game, almost double their opponents! They are led by St. Anthony's Jonathan Schmidt, who averages 19 points and 5.5 assists a game, and feature 8 players who score 5 or more points a game. That's a team!
Stony Brook Captures L.I. D1 Title
In the annual battle between Long Island's two D1 basketball schools, Stony Brook shocked Hofstra with a 33-17 first half and then held on for a 77-74 win and the Long Island D1 Championship! Former Walt Whitman teammates Antoine Agudio and Nick Carter both contributed, Carter picking up 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists for Stony Brook, and Agudio leading Hofstra with 24 points.
Good Day For Green Brothers
It was a good Saturday for the Green brothers. Both had collegiate career highs of 20 points (Danny for UNC vs. Kentucky, Rashad for Manhattan vs. Boston University). Rashad capped off his week by being named MAAC Rookie of the Week, having averaged 15.0 ppg for the week. Danny is averaging 12.2 points per game this season off the bench so far for the Tar Heels.
College NotesBrentwood's Tim Ambrose has moved into the starting lineup for U Albany, and so has Chaminade's Andrew Beinert at Holy Cross!.....Suffolk CC defeated Nassau 80-75 led by Rakeem Vanterpool (North Babylon) with 22 points.....Tom Dowling of South Side is averaging 7.2 points a game for Bentley College, the #1 ranked D2 team in the nation.......Jonathan Schmidt (St. Anthony's) was named ECC Player of The Week for the third time this season, and also ECAC Player Of The Week! ........In his second start for the Wyoming Cowboys, Tyson Johnson (St. Mary's) played 17 minutes, went 4-6 FG, 3-3 FT, 2 REB, 1 Blk and 11 points vs UTEP.........R. J. Rutledge (LWA) had eight points in Monmouth's win over Princeton...... Danny Green (St. Mary's) has 20 points and 5 assists in North Carolina's win over Valpariso.......Tim Ambrose (OSNA/Brentwood) had 10 points in Albany's loss to Iowa State........Antoine Agudio (Walt Whitman), the second-leading scorer in the nation with a 26.8 average, has missed Hofstra's last two games with a sprained left ankle.....Antoine Pearson (St. Dominic) had 23 points in Manhattan's loss to Rutgers.........Nick Carter (Walt Whitman) had 10 points in Stony Brook's loss to Cornel.... Kahiem Seawright (Uniondale) had 13 points and 6 rebounds in Rhode Island's win over Georgia Southern and 16 points and 5 rebounds in a win over Eastern Michigan.... Jon Han (LWA) had 24 points - including the game-tying shot late in regulation - in Fairfield 89-78 overtime win over St. Peter's. He also had 9 assists...... A. J. Price (Amityville) had 13 points and 5 assists in UConn's win over Central Florida...
Tim Ambrose (Brentwood, OSNA) came off the bench to score all 17 of his career-high total in the second half to lead Will Brown's U of Albany team to a 66-53 victory over St. Francis, N.Y...... Antoine Pearson (St. Dominic) scored 22 points and fellow guard Rashad Green (St. Mary's) added 16 points and seven rebounds to lead Manhattan past Princeton... John Garcia (Brentwwod) had 10 points and 12 rebounds in Seton Hall's OT loss to Penn State,,,,.Danny Green (St. Mary's) had 12 points and 3 steals in North Carolina's win over Rutgers... .Etienne Brower (West Hempstead) had 10 rebounds and 3 blocks as UMass defeated Al Skinner's Boston College team.......Tyrone Nash (LWA) had 6 points and 5 rebounds in Notre Dame's win over Northern Illinois,,,.. A.J. Price (Amityville) had nine assists in UConn's win over Quinnipiac........RJ Rutledge (LWA) had 13 points and four rebounds in Monmouth's loss to Rider,,,,, Kahiem Seawright had 13 points and 10 rebounds in Rhode Island's win over New hampshire....Stony Brook hammered Dartmouth 70-43 for their first win after 6 straight losses......RJ Rutledge had11 points in Monmouth's loss to Sacred Heart. Former LWA teammate Josh Marshall had 3 points and 2 rebounds in limited playing time.....St. John's got hammered by Miami 66-47 for their first loss.......Hofstra lost to UNC Wilmington in OT despite a career high 34 points from Antoine Agudio........Antoine Pearson (St. Dominic) connected on a three-pointer from the top of the key as time-expired to give Manhattan College a 65-62 win over Saint Peter’s....For the second week in a row, Jonathan Schmidt (St. Anthony's) has been named this East Coast Conference Player of the Week......Lee Bertram (Bayport Blue Point) was selected as the SUNY New Paltz student-athlete of the week ending December 9th. The sophomore captain averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds.He posted his second double-double of the season in the 68-65 win over John Jay, on his way to a career high 22 points... .... Andrew Beinert (Chaminade) was named the Patriot League's Rookie of the Week for his outstanding play in a Holy Cross win over St. Joseph's of Philly........... Suffolk CC Brentwood won at Kingsborough CC 90-79. Rakeem Vanterpool (North Babylon) had 27 points....... Tom Brown (Bayport-Blue Point) of Ithaca College had 13 points and 6 rebounds in their win over Cortland....... Mike Stayne (Sachem East) was named athlete of the week at Valley Forge Christian College The team is 10-1, and he is averaging 15 pts and and 19 mins a game. .........Suny Plattsburgh's Errol Daniyan (Longwood) had 9 points in their win over Clarkson He was 4-5 from the field. Plattsburgh improves to 5-0 and is ranked 13th in the nation........Lindenhurst's Ed Zajac was named Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie Of The Week.......Columbia's Patrick Foley (St. Anthony's) is out with a shoulder injury.......South Side's Tom Dowling came off the bench for Bentley College to score a total of 31 points in 36 minutes of action in lopsided wins over Southern Connecticut State (92-53) and UMass-Lowell. Bentley's top scorer for the week, the freshman averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting 67 percent from the field. Dowling opened the week with the first double-figure scoring game of his career, 14 points (on 5-6 shooting) in a 92-53 pounding of Southern Connecticut. He followed that with 17 points, five rebounds and two steals - all career-bests - in his home debut on Sunday, an 81-54 win over UMass-Lowell.......
LWA's RJ Rutledge had 9 points and 4 rebounds in Monmouth's loss to St. Peter's......Holy Cross is looking more and more like a team to be reckoned with, as Ralph Willard's team hammered Yale 60-39........ Lindenhurst's Ed Zajac had 17 points and 15 rebounds in Quinnipiac's double overtime win over Lehigh........ West Hempstead's Etienne Brower had 14 points as UMass defeated Syracuse.....St. John's beat LIU to go 4-0...... Stony Brook battled Kentucky right down to the wire before falling by 10. Beauford had 20 for the Seawolves....St. Anthony's Patrick Foley left the game in the first half with what appeared to be a shoulder injury, but Columbia still rolled over Stony Brook 66-46. Walt Whitman's Nick Carter led Stony Brook with 13 points, but it was not a good game for the Seawolves, who shot poorly and looked completely outclassed in front of their home crowd........Ed Zajac from Lindenhurst pulled down 7 rebounds in the Quinnipiac Bobcats' loss to New Hampshire..... Greenport's Matt Duel knocked down a three pointer in his first action for St. John's. The Red Storm beat FDU.... OSNA's Tim Ambrose had 9 points in only 13 minutes as Albany downed Scared Heart.....St. Dom's Antoine. Pearson had 10 pts in Manhattan's win over St. Francis...... St. Mary's Danny Green had 14 points and 3 steals in North Carolina's win over BYU..... John Garcia from Brentwood had 4 points and 6 rebounds in Seton Hall's win over Virginia.....
Willard New Coach At Iona
Kevin Willard, who used to run up and down the halls at St. Dominc while his father Ralph coached the Bayhawks, is the new men's basketball head coach at Iona College this season. Willard comes back to the tri-state area after serving the last six seasons as an assistant and associate head coach at the University of Louisville under another St. Dom's hero - Rick Pitino. The Gaels are coming off a woeful 2-28 season under Jeff Ruland, who was bought out of the final two years of his contract. Ruland, a Sachem native and former Iona All-American and two-time NBA All-Star, coached the Gaels for nine seasons, winning three MAAC titles and making three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Before working at Louisville, Willard spent four years as a coaching associate/scout under Pitino with the Celtics. Willard is the latest former Pitino assistant to join the head coaching ranks; a list that includes several current NCAA head coaches. Cincinnati's Mick Cronin, Florida's Billy Donovan, Arizona State's Herb Sendek, Minnesota's Tubby Smith, New Mexico State's Reggie Theus, and his father, Ralph Willard at Holy Cross are among the many successful members of the Pitino coaching tree. In addition to Pitino, Willard credits his father Ralph as one of his coaching influences. He will look to continue the up-tempo style, pressure defense, and strong work ethic that helped Louisville's return to national prominence over the last six seasons.
Openings For College Coaches
Suffolk County Community College (Brentwood Campus) is looking for assistant coaches for their MENS BASKETBALL TEAM. Anyone interested please contact Head Coach Gregg Barry at greggsanden@yahoo.com
Hofstra Takes On Long Island
It should be another great season for the Hofstra Pride, who return a strong roster and should be Long Island's top college team again this year. As an added bonus, their early season schedule is full of teams that feature Long Islanders as either players or coaches. They open their season on the road against Long Island's Ralph Willard and his Holy Cross team. Andrew Beinert from Chaminade will be a freshman on that team. Then their home opener is against a good Manhattan squad that features Antoine Pearson of St. Doms, Rashad Green of St. Mary's. and Djibril Coulibaly of Upper Room. They host Long Island D1 rival Stony Brook in December and visit Rhode Island with rising star Kahiem Seawright from Uniondale , and then make an encore appearance at The Holiday Festival to defend their title, where their . first round opponent is Virginia Tech, coached by Long Island's Seth Greenberg! Their conference schedule? Northeasten's head coach Bill Coen is from Port Jeff, and Uniondael's Lance Fertado plays for Drexel!
Kevin Vosilla / Massapequa Update
He will be a junior this season. Led Rider in field goal percentage for the second year in a row…played in 22 games last season and now has 33 collegiate games under his belt…began last season by making three of four shots from the field and grabbed six rebounds in the season opener…scored six points at Iona and six points again in MAAC playoff win over Iona last year…made seven of the last eight foul shots he took last season…grabbed five rebounds in win at Boston U. last season…averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per 40 minutes played last year…made his first collegiate field goal attempt and his first two foul shots…as a freshman compiled six points and three rebounds in nine minutes of action in a pair of games against Iona.
High Expectations For Jones
Former Wyandanch star Kenny Jones, now a Senior at Kentucky State, was just named Pre-season Player of the Year as well as 1st Team All-Conference!
Palacios Out With Injury For Pitino
Senior forward Juan Palacios suffered a knee injury in practice and will be out four to six weeks. Pitino hopes to have him back in time for a Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas that could include a game against North Carolina
Red Storm Preview Reception
Red Storm fans can catch up with head coaches Norm Roberts and Kim Barnes Arico on Thursday Oct. 18 at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale. Cost is $30 per person. 7-9 p.m. Get an inside look at the upcoming basketball season! Roberts and Barnes Arico will be on hand to chat with fans and take questions. Presented by the St. John's Red White Club. All St.John's fans, alumni and friends are invited.
Vallins Will Play For Hofstra
Friends Academy's David Vallins, who led his team to the State Class C Championship Game, will be playing for Hofstra this season. Vallins had originally planned to attend Skidmore, but impressed Hofstra Coach Tom Pecora and was invited to play for the Pride.
Agudio Named Preseason All-CAA Hofstra's Antoine Agudio, who starred at walt Whitman, was named to the Preseason All-CAA First Team in a vote of the conference’s coaches, media representatives and sports information directors
Ambrose Looks Good On Tour
Will Brown's University of Albany men’s basketball team completed a four-day foreign tour to Barbados in Seotember, playing and winning three games against local teams. Redshirt freshman Tim Ambrose, who is from Brentwood and attended OSNA, averaged 13.0 points on the tour and scored a game-high 16 in his team’s 82-45 win over the Lumber Company Lakers.
Dennison Commits To Hofstra
Tony Dennison, a junior college All-American, will play at Hofstra next year. The 6-2 Dennison starred at Bryant High School in Queens before attending Broward Community College in Florida.
Price Ready To Lead Huskies Back
SI.com story onAmityville's AJ Price: UConn's A.J. Price
Va. Tech Searching For Stability
Virginia Tech Coach Seth Greenberg, the pride of Plainview, is interviewd in an article appearing on ESPN.com about prospects for this year's team in the aftermath of what happened a
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Garcia Showing What He Can Do
After an injury plagued start to his college career, Brentwood's John Garcia finished the season as Seton Hall's leading rebounder, averaging 7 boards per game.
Akeem Bennett Update
2005-6 All Long Island player Akeem Bennett from West Hempstead had a good first season at D1 Western Oklahoma State Junior College, averaging over 12 points per game. He was named to the First Team in the Western Division of his conference, and Head Coach Rolando De La Barrera says " He has displayed the toughness and defensive intensity of a high level player. Look for him to possibly make all conference next year and move on the the D1 Level"
Agudio All Met D1 First Team
Walt Whitman's Antoine Agudio was named first-team All-Metropolitan New York. Agudio finished his stellar Hofstra career as the all-time leading scorer in school history with 2,276 points and is the all-time leading three-point shooter as well.
Pearson / Han D1 All Met 3rd Team
Former St. Dominic star and Manhattan College sophomore point guard Antoine Pearson was named to the 2007-08 All-MET Division I Third Team. Pearson led the Jaspers in both scoring and assists. LWA's Jon Han also collected 3rd Team Honors, leading Fairfield in both scoring and assists.
Aleek Pauline To Norfolk State
Former St. Mary's point guard Aleek Pauline will be playing for D1 Norfolk State next season. Pauline was at Reedley CC in California, where he made the all rookie team, the all conference team, and was named MVP after averaging 12 points 6 assists per game in his first season. He sat out last season, so he still has 3 years left of eligibility remaining.
OSNA'S Kaba To Transfer
Daye Kaba will transfer from Boston College to Marist. He will have two years of playing eligibility Left
Wright, Cavataio To Leave St. Johns
Guards Larry Wright (Saginaw, Mich.) and Mike Cavataio (Forest Hills, N.Y.) plan to transfer from St. John's to other institutions following the spring semester.
Davidson Run Ends With 2pt Loss
Trailing by 2 with time running down, Davidson could not get off a good shot and fell to Kansas. LINKS:
Battle Of The Island At NCAA's
The good news is that one team with Long Island roots advanced to the Final Four. The bad news is that it was at the expense of another team with Long Island roots as Rick Pitino's Louisville Cardinals fell to Danny Green's North Carolina Tar Heels. LINKS:North Carolina holds off Louisville Hansbrough wills North Carolina to San Antonio Top Seed Has Answer To Cardinals Comeback
Davidson Does It Again!
Bob McKillop's Davidson team picked up another unlikely win, upsetting Big 10 Champion Wisconsin to advance to the Elite 8! LINKS:Davidson Is No Cinderella Davidson Is Dazzling in Toppling Another Giant Davidson Students On Great Ride Starting guards have Davidson in Elite company
Jim Christian To TCU
The AP is reporting that TCU is set to hire Kent State's Jim Christian as its basketball coach. Christian was 138-58 at Kent State the past six seasons. The Golden Flash won at least 20 games each of those seasons, including a 28-7 mark this season when they were knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the first round by UNLV - the same team that ended TCU's season.
AJ Price Named All-American
AJ Price, who's value to his team was dramatically demonstrated when he got hurt early in UConn's upset loss to San Diego in the NCAA Tournament, has finally been recognized as one of the top players in the country after a rocky start to his college career. The former Amityville star was named Second Team All-American by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Price was also a unanimous pick on the All-Big East first team
NIT Report: Florida Advances
After back to back NCAA Championships, Billy Donovan's Florida Gators were starting from scratch this season. They didn't get the chance to defend their titles, but were good enough to get an invitation to the NIT, and are making the most of it - advancing to the semifinals with a convincing win over a good Arizona State team...... Etienne Brower and his UMass team are also making a run in the NIT. The Minutemen beat Syracuse to advance to the semifinals, and Brower, who is from West Hempstead, had 19 points and 5 assists. Unfortunately, UMass and Florida meet in the next round, so there will be only one team with Long Island roots in the final......... Seth Greenberg's Virginia Tech team fell one game short of the NIT Final Four, falling to Mississippi, who will meet Ohio State in the other semifinal. Ironically, a Florida - Ohio State Final is a real possibility!
Agudio All CAA First Team
Hofstra Senior guard Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) was named to the All-CAA first team for the second season in a row, after earning second team honors in 2005-06 and the CAA Rookie of the Year honor in 2004-05. He finished his career as Hofstra's all-time leading scorer, and was fourth in CAA history and fourth among NCAA Division I active players. Agudio also shattered the Hofstra school record for career three-pointers and ranks second in CAA history in that category as well.
Acree NABC All-District First Team
Brentwood/s David Acree, of St. Joseph's College, was named to the NABC Atlantic All-District First Team. Acree averaged 18.7 points per game for St. Joseph's.
Jones Player Of The Year
Senior Kenny Jones of Kentucky State University was named Player Of The Year in The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(SIAC). Kenny Played high school ball at Wyandanch under Coach Carlyle Gainey and Quinsey Simpson
Schmidt All Northeast First Team
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named CW Post junior guard Jonathan Schmidt from St. Anthony's to the Division 2 All-Northeast First Team. Schmidt led 26-5 CW Post to the D2 NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2003-04 season, averaging 20.2 points and 5.2 assists per game. He was also named the East Coast Conference Player of the Year and ECAC Player of the Year.
College Update
St. Dom's Jim Christian, who is the head coach at Kent State, has led his team to another 20 win season. They have won at least 20 in each of his 7 seasons as coach and they are 24 - 6 this year.......St. Anthony's Jonathan Schmidt, who plays for CW Post, was named the East Coast Conference Player of the Year. C.W. Post Head Coach Tim Cluess received Coach of the Year honors........Bay Shore's Bryant Lassiter was named ECC First Team.........Adelphi Freshman Richard Byrd from Copiague was named ECC Rookie of The Year, and teammate Alvin Vivican, III of Brentwood was named All Conference 3rd Team, In Atlantic 10 action, West Hempstead's Etienne Brower had 11 points and 5 rebounds in a key UMass win over LaSalle...... Kahiem Seawright from Uniondale had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists, also in a win over LaSalle! ....In the ACC, Danny Green from St. Mary's had 12 points and 7 rebounds in a North Carolina win over Florida State.........The Farmingdale State men's basketball team (22-5) won their second Skyline Conference Title in three years........ Virginia Tech Coach Seth Greenberg, who is from Plainview, has his young Hokies team at 18-11 after a win over Wake Forest...... Westbury's Paul Hewitt coached his 13-16 Yellow Jackets to an upset win over Clemson....... Moving to the Mountain West Conference, St. Mary's Tyson Johnson had 20 points and 9 rebounds in Wyoming's loss to Brigham Young......In the Northeast Conference, LWA's RJ Rutledge had 12 points and 5 rebounds in Monmouth's loss to Robert Morris.......In the Big East, St.Dom's Rick Pitino and his 24-6 Louisville Cardinals beat former Hofstra Coach Jay Wright and his Villanova team. OSNA's Juan Palacios had 13 points for Louisville.... Brentwood's John Garcia had 9 rebounds in a Seton Hall loss to Syracuse....LuHi's Bob McKillop and his Davidson team moved to 20-0 in the Southern Conference with a win over Georgia Southern..... St. Dom's Antoine Pearson had 15 points in Manhattan's loss to Iona in action from the MAC..... Freshman center Lester Prosper from Mepham was named All-Skyline Conference Second Team after leading the conference and ranking 13th in the nation with an average of 2.52 blocks per game. Prosper averaged 9.6 points, 6.6 rebounds while shooting 51.2 percent from the field...... Brentwood's David Acree (First Team) and Massapequa's Phil Lipari (Second Team) of St. Joseph's College were named All-Skyline Conference, and John Mateyko was named Skyline Conference Coach of the Year.....
LOCAL COLLEGE REPORT
Adelphi rallied past Caldwell 56-52. Richard Byrd (Copiague) had 11 points.....CW Post rolled past Queens College 87-62. Jonathan Schmidt (St. Anthony';s) scored a game-high 30 points and led the Pioneers in scoring for the fifth game in a row. He also dished out nine assists..... Dowling fell 65-63 to Concordia College, dropping to 0-8 on the season and 0-5 in the ECC. James St. Robert (Copaigue) led Dowling with 15 points .......Farmingdale State improved to 5-4 overall with a victory over visiting Rutgers-Newark. Erastus Shannon (Copiague) posted the games only double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds........Antoine Agudio (WaltWhitman) had his first career double-double with 30 points and 10 rebounds, shot 6-6 from three-point territory, and hit his 300th career three-pointer to lead Hofstra past Charlotte 70-68......Molloy College defeated New Haven 81-74. Freshman Brian Hutchinson (Elmont) pitched in with 11 points, while Girard Fitts (Uniondale) finished the game with eight points.....SUNY Old Westbury lost a Skyline Conference game on the road at St. Joseph’s 75-73. Divine Jackson (Hempstead) had 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting and a team-high eight boards and Brandon Mays (St. Mary's) knocked down 4-of-5 shots to finish with 10 points for SUNY. St. Joseph's Brandon Freeman (Freeport) led all scores with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the field and pulled down eights rebounds (5 offensive). David Acree (Brentwwod) added 18 points including 4-for-6 from downtown to go with a game-high six assists and four steals. Phil Lipari (Massapequa) chipped in with 11 points and Mike Crisci (Kings Park) added 12 points. Old Westbury levels thier record at 4-4 on the season and is now 3-1 in conference action while St. Joseph's is 7-1 overall and remains undefeated in league play at 4-0.......After a promissing start, St. John's lost their second game in a row, this time at home to Niagara, 77-73........Stony Brook, looking for their 3rd win in a row, fell short against FDU, 74-71........ The Merchant Marine Academy got its first victory of the season with a 75-61 victory over Lehman College,
NYIT rallied from 17 down to defeat Adelphi 65-61. Bryant Lassister went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final thirty seconds to lift the Bears to the win. He finished with 21 points. Earlier in the week, Adelphi beat Molly behind 17 points from Alvin Vivican....Molloy bounced back from that loss with a 72-66 victory over the Golden Lions of Dowling College. NYIT fell to CW Post as Post came from behind for the win. Jonathan Schmidt had 16 for Post and Lassiter led the Bears with 16 points...... Trailing at the half, Farmindale State outscored the College of Mount Saint Vincent by 10 points to take a 90-83 conference victory.Junior forward Erastus Shannon of Copiague came off the bench to register 10 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. He currently leads the Rams with 12 blocks in five games played....... SUNY Old Westbury defeated Mount Saint Mary 65-63. Divine Jackson lifted the Panthers to victory with a go ahead lay-up with 18 seconds to go in the game.......David Acree erupted for 32 points to lead St. Joseph's to a 86-75 win over Maritime...... Adelphi overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to register a 40-38 league victory over St. Thomas Aquinas. Copiague's Richard Byrd led all scorers with 19 points and added seven rebounds
CW Post Freshman guard Gilbert Montalvo from St. Mary's was named this week’s Baden Rookie of the Week.
Farmingdale State hit five-of-six free throws in the final minute to earn an 85-80 victory over Baruch in a non-conference game. Junior forward Erastus Shannon (Amityville, N.Y./Copiague) scored four of the final seven points for Farmingdale State. Shannon finished with a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds.
SUNY Old Westbury lost 64-59 on the road to York College in non-conference action St Mary's Brandon Mays netted 11 points and grabbed seven boards for the Panthers.
St. Joseph's rocked CCNY 93-68. Massapequa's Phil Lipari led the way with 22 points, Bayport-Blue Point's Chris Niblock had 18, Brentwood's David Acree had 14, and Matt Weeks from Hampton Bays had 13.
NYIT junior Bryant Lassiter from Bay Shore led four players in double figures with a season-high 35 points as the NYIT Bears topped Wilmington University 90-79
Molloy College picked up a 79-68 conference victory over the Knights of Queens College. They improved their overall record to 3-1 and opened East Coast Conference play with a win. Sophomore Girard Fitts from Uniondale chipped in with 14 points.
CW Post had a 10 point halftime lead but fell to Holy Family on the road. Tunovers killed the Pioneers. Two bright spots were 5 assists and only 1 turnover from red shirt freshman Gil Montalvo and 10 points and 8 rebounds from Mateusz Sowa of Upper Room. In their previous game, a thrilling 72-71 victory over Post College of Connecticut, SJB's Kevin Spann converted two three-pointers in the game’s final 25 seconds for the win. Gil Montalvo from St. Mary's had a breakout performance with 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field, including 5-of-6 behind the arc. In all, three C.W. Post players registered double figures in scoring. Spann finished with 17 while Mateusz Sowa from Upper Room had 10 points to go with 8 rebounds. St. Anthony's Jonathan Schmidt had 5 assists and 7 rebounds. Adelphi won their opening round game in the Dominican College Tip-Off, defeating Nyack College 68-63. In their second game, they had a four point lead with 15 minutes left in the game, before falling to host Dominican 73-65. In game one, freahman David Akinyooye from Elmont had 11 points and six rebounds and fellow freshman Richard Byrd from Copiague had 10 points and five rebounds. In game two, Byrd led the team with 17 points and seven rebounds. Brentwood's Alvin Vivican and Akinyooye added 11 points each.
Molloy also was invited to the Tip-Off, and finished 1 - 1 as well against the same two teams, beating Nyack and losing to Dominican. Girard Fitts from Upper Room scored 15 points over the two games.
CW Post routed Lock Haven 91-58 in their opener, led by St. Anthony's Jonathan Schmidt, who had 22 points and 6 assists. Vallet Stream Central's Wesley Matthews was 3-for-6 from behind the arc, finishing with 12, while junior transfer Kevin Spann from St. John The Baptist had 11 points and 3 steals. Red shirt freshman Gil Montalvo from St. Mary's picked up 7 points and 2 assists in his first college game.
Dowling dropped their first two games of the season, losing 72-59 to Franklin Pierce, and then 90-71 to host St. Michaels at the DoubleTree Doc Jacobs Classic.
Senior James St. Robert from Copiague had 16 points and 7 rebounds in the opener and 18 points and ten rebounds in game two.
Farmingdale State dropped their season opener at the 14th annual Al Van Wie/ Wooster Rotary Classic, falling
106-81 to The College of Wooster. Wooster blew open what had been a close game with a 17-0 run late in the first half, turning a 25-21 lead into a 21-point cushion. Copiague's Erastus Shannon finished with 10 points and 6 rebounds for Farmingdale. In game two, the Rams defeated Otterbein College 98-94. Farmingdale star Damien Santana set a tournament record with 37 points while Shannon finished with 14 points and 5 rebounds.
NYIT Bloomfield defeated NYIT 77-68 in the second game of NYIT’s Tip-Off Classic in the season opener for both teams. Bay Shore's Bryant Lassiter led the Bears with 14 points. They bounced back in the second game, beating Stonehill 83-79. Lassiter finished with 22 points and seven rebounds in game two. Senior Kirk Stewart had a game high 27 points, while adding nine rebounds, six assists and five blocks.
SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury lost in the title game of the Old Westbury Panther Classic on Sunday at the Clark Athletic Center to Plattsburgh State, 77-65. They opened the season with a 70-67 win over Brooklyn College. Hempstead's Divine Jackson netted 11 points and added five rebounds along with a game-high four steals while Westbury'sJoshua Frazier contributed nine points and eight rebounds in the opener. St. Mary's Brandon Mays came off the bench to score nine points and grabbed five rebounds four assists. Garthlette James led OWB with 16 points and 14 rebounds. In the final, Jackson finished with 10 rebounds, 9 points, 4 steals and 2 blocks and James was high scorer again with 17.
St. Joseph's The Golden Eagle won their opener 89-45 over Berkeley in the Ramapo Tip-Off Tournament, and then fell to host Ramapo 88-74 in the championship game. Brentwood's David Acree had 24 points and Massapequa's Phil Lipari had 15 in the title game.
USMMA The United States Merchant Marine Academy men’s basketball team lost to Middlebury College in the opening round of the Stevens Tech Tournament, 113-67. Freshman forward Quincy Doffeny recorded 11 points and eight rebounds to lead the Mariners.They lost to Skidmore College in the consolation game 81-64. Ben Sturtevant recorded 12 points and three rebounds to lead the Mariners.
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Kahiem Seawright, Rhode Island
Antoine Aguido, Hofstra
Antoine Pearson, Manhattan
AJ Price, UConn
Bryant Lassiter, NYIT
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Patrick Foley, Columbia
Danny Green, North Carolina
Jon Han, Fairfield
Tyrone Nash, Notre Dame
Juan Palacios, Louisville
Kevin Spann, CW Post
Jonathan Schmidt, CW Post
Hofstra's Stokes Invited By Magic
Hofstra guard Loren Stokes has accepted an invitation to play for the Orlando Magic Summer League team, it was announced today. Stokes concluded his Hofstra career this winter as the program's second all-time leading scorer with 2,148 points,
Adam Parzych / Lindenhurst Update
Newsday story about former Lindenhurst star Adam, the older brother of Kamil, who is just returning from a serious knee injury.
John Garcia / Brentwood Update
Redshirted one season, so he will be a sophomore this season at Seton Hall. Last year, he played in 13 games, making eight starts after missing the first 16 games to injury... Started six of the last seven games... Averaged 4.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game... Led the team with 1.6 blocks per game... Tallied six points, three rebounds, one block and one steal in nine minutes of action against Providence... Scored five points, grabbed three rebounds in career-high 19 minutes of playing time vs. Georgetown... Recorded 10 points in first career start at Marquette... Totaled six points and four rebounds at Connecticut... Recorded six points and seven rebounds vs. Pittsburgh... Had six points, three rebounds and three blocks vs. South Florida... Posted career-high 12 rebounds at Cincinnati with six points and four blocks... Had nine rebounds and four points at Louisville.t the school.
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Green, Fuertado To Transfer
St. Mary's Rashad Green will be transferring from Manhattan, and Uniondale's Lance Fuertado from Drexel. Fuertado wasn't getting much playing time, so it's not that much of a surprise, but Green looked like he had a promising future with the Jaspers, getting decent playing time and having some big games in his first year. We'll let you know where they end up.
Nelson SUNY New Paltz Coach
South Side HS product Dagan Nelson is a first year head coach at SUNY New Paltz, and looking to build a successful basketball program there. He coached in high school, and as an assistant at NYU, Eastern Kentucky, Stony Brook, and Concordia before making New Paltz his first college head coaching job. Bellmore's Harris Wichard will be playing for him next season, joining Peter Carmel from Stony Brook,
Lee Bertram from Bayport-Blue Point, and Matt Hauser from Chaminade.
Danny Green To Test NBA Waters
North Babylon's Danny Green joined several of his North Carolina teammates and decided to test his NBA draft status by registering for the draft. He did not hire an agent, so he can still return to North Carolina next season if he is not hapopy with level of interest he receives. The move caught his coch by surprise.
Jones Player Of The Year
Kenny Jones, from Wyndanch High School and Kentucky State University, was voted SIAC Player of the Year after averaging 19 points and 8 rebounds. He finished his career as the 4th ranked all-time scorer in Kentucky State History.
Schmidt D2 Metro Player Of Year
Cluess Coach of the Year
Schmidt, Lassiter, Suchy D2 All-Met
Jonathan Schmidt from St. Anthony's and CW Post has been named the Division 2 Metropolitan Player Of The Year, in addition to being named First Team All-Met. His coach, Tim Cluess, was named Metro D2 Coach of the year. Bryant Lassiter from Bay Shore and NY Tech, and B.J. Suchy of Ronkonkoma, OSNA, and Caldwell
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Smiles D3 Metro Coach Of The Year
Erik Smiles from Farmingdale State was named D3 Metro Coach Of The Year
Fish, Niehoff Star For Cortland
Derrick Fish of Locust Valley wrapped up his career at SUNY Cortland starting 27 of 29 games for his 21-8 team and leading the team in assists. Teammate Carson Niehoff from West Islip was second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.1 points per game.
Green Leads Rally But NC Falls
Trailing by 28 points, Danny Green led a North Carolina charge that brought the Tar Heels within 4, but then with Green out of the game, Kansas responded with a big run of their own and advanced to the NCAA Championship game 84-66. They face Memphis for the title.
Long Island Still Alive!
North Babylon's Danny Green and North Carolina are in the Final Four! They play Saturday against Kansas LINKS: