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FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY STAGS
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY HAWKS
5-12 // 2-3 MAAC Head Coach (Years at Fairfield)........... Sydney Johnson (8th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 178-190 Record at Fairfield................................................ 112-137 Assistant Coaches.....................................Mitch Buonaguro .................................................................. Tom Parrotta ................................................................Tyson Wheeler Director of Operations................................Stephen Elmore
3-14 // 2-2 MAAC Head Coach (Years at MU)........................... King Rice (8th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 120-126 Record at Monmouth............................................ 120-126 Assistant Coaches (Years at MU)............. Rick Callahan (8th) .......................................................... Jamal Meeks (4th) .................................................................. JR Reid (1st) Director of Basketball Operations............... Josh James (1st) Special Assistant to the Head Coach.......... Dan Murphy (1st)
FAIRFIELD QUICK FACTS
Founded:...........................................................................................................1942 Location:................................................................................................. Fairfield, CT Enrollment:......................................................................................................5,192 Athletics Website:............................................................................ FairfieldStags.com President:......................................................................................Dr. Mark R. Nemec Director of Athletics:........................................................................... Paul Schlickman Mascot.............................................................................................................Stags Colors........................................................................................ Red, Black and White Home Arena............................................................... Webster Bank Arena/Alumni Hall Capacity................................................................................................10,000/2,479 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference.......................................................................................................MAAC Facebook................................................................ Fairfield University Men’s Basketball Twitter............................................................................................ @StagsMensBBall
IONA COLLEGE GAELS 5-10 // 3-1 MAAC Head Coach (Years at Iona).......................Tim Cluess (9th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 285-125 Record at Iona.................................................... 187-102 Assistant Coaches.............................................. Eric Eaton ......................................................................Tra Arnold ....................................................................Ricky Johns Director of Operations................................... John Mateyko
IONA QUICK FACTS
Founded:...........................................................................................................1940 Location:......................................................................................... New Rochelle, NY Enrollment:......................................................................................................3,792 Athletics Website..................................................................................... ICGaels.com President:...................................................................................... Dr. Joseph E. Nyre Director of Athletics:......................................................................... Matthew Glovaski Mascot............................................................................................................. Gaels Colors.............................................................................................. Maroon and Gold Home Arena.......................................................................................... Hynes Center Capacity...........................................................................................................2,611 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference.......................................................................................................MAAC Facebook........................................................................... Iona Gaels Men’s Basketball Twitter.............................................................................................. @IonaGaelsMBB
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2018-19 MONMOUTH SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time/Result 10.27 Exh. CALDWELL W, 85-84 11.06 LEHIGH L, 61-85 11.09 at Colgate L, 74-87 11.12 at Saint Joseph’s L, 63-78 11.15 q vs. West Virginia L, 53-71 11.16 q vs. Valparaiso L, 53-64 11.18 q vs. Cal State Fullerton L, 63-87 11.24 PRINCETON L, 57-60 11.28 at Kentucky L, 44-90 12.01 at Bucknell L, 43-65 12.05 at Hofstra L, 73-75 12.08 at Albany L, 63-82 12.20 YALE L, 58-66 12.31 at Penn W, 76-74 (OT) 01.03 at Iona L, 84-103 ^ 01.05 SAINT PETER’S W, 61-44 ^ 01.10 at Quinnipiac L, 83-89 (2OT) ^ 01.12 MANHATTAN W, 65-49 ^ 01.14 at Siena 7:00 PM ^ 01.17 FAIRFIELD 7:00 PM ^ 01.20 IONA 1:00 PM ^ 01.24 at Canisius 7:00 PM ^ 01.26 at Niagara 3:00 PM ^ 01.31 SIENA 7:00 PM ^ 02.02 RIDER 2:00 PM ^ 02.07 at Saint Peter’s 7:00 PM ^ 02.09 at Fairfield 1:00 PM ^ 02.15 at Rider 7:00 PM ^ 02.17 MARIST 2:00 PM ^ 02.22 CANISIUS 7:00 PM ^ 02.24 ^ QUINNIPIAC 2:00 PM 03.01 at Manhattan 7:00 PM ^ q-Myrtle Beach Invitational ^-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest * - All road contests will air on the Shore Sports Network.
All info as of 1/13/19.
MONMOUTH QUICK FACTS Founded:...........................................................................................................1933 Location:................................................................................... West Long Branch, NJ Enrollment:......................................................................................................6,300 Athletics Website:....................................................................... MonmouthHawks.com President:.........................................................................................Grey J. Dimenna Director of Athletics:.........................................................................Dr. Marilyn McNeil Mascot............................................................................................................Hawks Colors.................................................................................................Blue and White Home Arena............................................................................ OceanFirst Bank Center Capacity...........................................................................................................4,100 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference........................................................................................... Metro Atlantic Facebook....................................................................................Monmouth Basketball Twitter............................................................................................ @MonmouthBBall Instagram................................................................................ @MonmouthMensBBall
NOTES ON THE HAWKS HOLDING THEM TO 50 Monmouth set a season low defensively against Iona, allowing just 50 points 120 WINS FOR COACH RICE Monmouth Head Coach King Rice picked up his 120th career win over Manhattan, the fifth Monmouth coach to reach that mark all time. His 100th career win also came over the Jaspers, coming at Draddy Gym. LOCKING DOWN AT HOME Monmouth is giving up 46.5 points per game at home against MAAC opponents this season, holding both Saint Peter’s and Manhattan under 50 points. Against the Jaspers, MU allowed just two two-point field goals in the opening half. SHOOTING IT WELL MU posted its best field goal percentage of the season against Manhattan, shooting 52.5% from the field on 23-of-43, including four makes from three. Eight Hawks converted field goals in the game. PAPAS GETS IT GOING Sophomore George Papas has gone for eight points in two of his last four games, including hitting a huge pair of triples in the win over Manhattan to extend the Hawks lead in the second half. He has taken 57 shots this season, with 43 coming from downtown. A WILD COMEBACK Monmouth trailed Quinnipiac by 14 with 1:33 to play in regulation, and by 12 inside the final minute, but forced overtime thanks to a 19-5 run to end the game. The Hawks scored 17 points in 51 seconds to tie, doing so in the final 54 seconds of the contest. MU forced four turnovers in the contest, including a back court violation, a five-second call, a ten-second call, and an offensive foul on an inbounds attempt. Ray Salnave’s layup with just over three ticks remaining was the tying bucket, and Deion Hammond scored nine points during the comeback. HAMMOND MAKING LIKE REGGIE MILLER Deion Hammond scored seven points in 1.2 seconds against Quinnipiac, and nine points in 3.9 seconds to spark the comeback. He nailed a straight on three with 36.2 seconds to play, and after QU failed to get the ball inbounded resulting in a violation, Hammond took the ensuing trigger and banked home a three, plus the foul with 35 seconds exactly to go. Following a Bobcats offensive foul that took no time off, Hammond dropped a baseline runner with 32.3 remaining, capping his remarkable run. RUTHERFORD FINDS DOUBLES For the first time in 16 games as a Hawk, Nick Rutherford reached the double-figure plateau at Quinnipiac, scoring 10 points on 5-7 shooting on the night. All five of his baskets came on layups, and the senior played over 35 minutes in the double OT affair. HAMMOND’S CAREER HIGH Helped along by his scoring outburst in the final minute, Deion Hammond notched a career-high of 27 pointst at Quinnipiac, the most by a Hawk this season. His 10 made field goals were also a career best, and the sophomore netted 20+ points for the fourth time in his career and third time this season.
2018-19 MONMOUTH ROSTER NUMERICAL
2018-19 FAIRFIELD ROSTER NUMERICAL
No. 0 2 3 4 5 10 11 13 14 15 21 24 25 32 44
No. 0 1 2 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 24 25 30
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 Melik Martin F 6-6 200 Deion Hammond G 6-4 200 Mustapha Traore F 6-8 210 Nick Rutherford G 6-3 185 Trevon Gross Jr. G 6-3 205 George Papas G 6-5 175 Marcus McClary G 6-3 195 Dave Calloway Jr. G 6-0 170 Michael James Jr. G 6-0 170 Nikkei Rutty F 6-8 225 Louie Pillari G 6-6 200 Samuel Chaput G 6-0 175 Diago Quinn C 6-9 255 Sam Ibiezugbe C 6-11 245
Cl. R-So. So. So. R-Jr. R-Jr. Gr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Hometown/High School/Previous Elmont, NY / Benjamin N. Cardozo York, PA / York Catholic Mitchellville, MD / Riverdale Baptist School Philadelphia, PA / The Phelps School Indianapolis, IN / Allen / Florida Atlantic Jackson, NJ / St. Benedict’s Prep / Virginia Jersey City, NJ / Union Catholic / Gould Academy Linden, NJ / The Patrick School Neptune, NJ / St. Rose West Hempstead, NY / Malvern New Rochelle, NY / Trinity-Pawling Tinton Falls, NJ / Christian Brothers Academy Longueuil, Quebec / Saint Anthony’s (TX) New York, NY / Lake Forest Academy [IL] Simsbury, CT / The Masters School
Cl. Fr. Fr. Gr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. R-Jr. Sr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. R-Jr.
Hometown/High School/Previous Neptune, NJ / St. Rose Longueuil, Quebec / Saint Anthony’s (TX) Jackson, NJ / St. Benedict’s Prep / Virginia Mitchellville, MD / Riverdale Baptist School Simsbury, CT / The Masters School West Hempstead, NY / Malvern York, PA / York Catholic Linden, NJ / The Patrick School Jersey City, NJ / Union Catholic / Gould Academy Tinton Falls, NJ / Christian Brothers Academy New York, NY / Lake Forest Academy [IL] Indianapolis, IN / Allen / Florida Atlantic New Rochelle, NY / Trinity-Pawling Elmont, NY / Benjamin N. Cardozo Philadelphia, PA / The Phelps School
ALPHABETICAL No. 14 25 10 3 44 15 2 13 11 24 32 5 21 0 4
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Dave Calloway Jr. G 6-0 170 Samuel Chaput G 6-0 175 Trevon Gross Jr. G 6-3 205 Deion Hammond G 6-4 200 Sam Ibiezugbe C 6-11 245 Michael James Jr. G 6-0 170 Melik Martin F 6-6 200 Marcus McClary G 6-3 195 George Papas G 6-5 175 Louie Pillari G 6-6 200 Diago Quinn C 6-9 255 Nick Rutherford G 6-3 185 Nikkei Rutty F 6-8 225 Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 Mustapha Traore F 6-8 210
TALE OF
MU Category FFD
Name Yr. Pos. Neftali Alvarez Fr. G Felix Lemetti Fr. G Taj Benning So. G Aidas Kavaliauskas Jr. G Thomas Nolan R-Jr. G Calvin Whipple Fr. G Kevin Senghore-Peterson So. Jonathan Kasibabu Sr. F Matija Milin Sr. F Wassef Methnani So. F Jesus Cruz So. G Landon Taliaferro Jr. G Omar El-Sheikh So. F
Ht. 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4 F 6-8 6-9 6-8 6-5 6-3 6-8
Wt. 165 170 185 175 195 185 6-6 220 240 215 208 210 185 215
Hometown/High School/Previous Catano, P.R./Miami Christian Stockholm, Sweden/Miami Christian Fair Lawn, N.J./ Bergen Catholic Kaunas, Lithuania/ SPIRE Academy Trumbull, Conn./ Fairfield Prep Leominster, Mass./ Northfield-Mount Hermon Frolunda, Sweden/ Myerscough Coll. Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo/Westtown (Pa.) Belgrade, Serbia/ Sports Gymnasium Kairoun, Tunisia/ The Knox School Carolina, Puerto Rico/ Loomis Chaffee Boulder, Colo./ Boulder Cairo, Egypt/The Knox School
Ht. 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-8 6-8 6-1 6-1 6-8 6-9 6-3 F 6-3 6-4
Wt. 165 185 210 215 240 175 170 208 215 195 6-6 220 185 185
Hometown/High School/Previous Catano, P.R./Miami Christian Fair Lawn, N.J./ Bergen Catholic Carolina, Puerto Rico/ Loomis Chaffee Cairo, Egypt/The Knox School Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo/Westtown (Pa.) Kaunas, Lithuania/ SPIRE Academy Stockholm, Sweden/Miami Christian Kairoun, Tunisia/ The Knox School Belgrade, Serbia/ Sports Gymnasium Trumbull, Conn./ Fairfield Prep Frolunda, Sweden/ Myerscough Coll. Boulder, Colo./ Boulder Leominster, Mass./ Northfield-Mount Hermon
ALPHABETICAL No. 0 2 24 30 13 5 1 15 14 10 12 25 11
Name Yr. Pos. Neftali Alvarez Fr. G Taj Benning So. G Jesus Cruz So. G Omar El-Sheikh So. F Jonathan Kasibabu Sr. F Aidas Kavaliauskas Jr. G Felix Lemetti Fr. G Wassef Methnani So. F Matija Milin Sr. F Thomas Nolan R-Jr. G Kevin Senghore-Peterson So. Landon Taliaferro Jr. G Calvin Whipple Fr. G
THE TAPE
MU Category FFD
17 Games Played 17 3-14 Overall Record 5-12 .403 Field Goal % .453 2-3 Home Record 2-4 .270 3PT % .381 1-8 Road Record 2-7 .684 Free Throw % .724 0-3 Neutral Record 1-1 34.1 Rebounds/Game 30.5 2-2 Conference Record 2-3 178 Assists 241 503 1st Half Points 633 267 Turnovers 228 547 2nd Half Points 604 46 Blocks 30 24 Overtime Points n/a 113 Steals 105 -2.3 Rebound Margin -5.2 1074 Total Points 1237 363 Personal Fouls 444 375 FG made 454 63.2 Points/Game 72.8 79 3PT made 164 74.6 Points Against/Game 75.7 245 FT made 165 -11.4 Scoring Margin -2.9
NUMERICAL No. 0 1 2 3 5 10 12 13 20 24 32 44
2018-19 IONA ROSTER
Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Rickey McGill Sr. G 6-1 Isaiah Still Jr. G/F 6-6 E.J. Crawford Jr. G/F 6-6 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 Ben Perez Jr. G 6-3 Andrija Ristanovic Fr. F 6-10 Tajuan Agee Jr. F 6-8 Jahnathan Maxwell Jr. F 6-8 Isaiah Ross* Jr. G 6-4 Malik Rhem Jr. G 6-3 Payton Hudson Fr. G 6-0 Niksa Nikolic Jr. F 6-8
Wt. 175 190 210 185 180 200 215 230 195 170 170 234
Hometown/High School/Previous Spring Valley, NY / Spring Valley Rahway, NJ / Robert Morris Hartford, CT / St. Thomas More East Orange, NJ / St. Anthony / Eastern Kentucky San Marcos, CA / South Plains College (TX) Belgrade, Serbia / Hillcrest Prep (AZ) Chicago, IL / Hyde Park / Tyler JC (TX) Virginia Beach, VA / Odessa College (TX) Davenport, IA / UMKC Bronx, NY / Cardinal Spellman Yonkers, NY / Our Savior Lutheran Belgrade, Serbia / Southeastern CC (IA)
Wt. 215 210 185 170 230 175 180 170 200 195 190
Hometown/High School/Previous Chicago, IL / Hyde Park / Tyler JC (TX) Hartford, CT / St. Thomas More East Orange, NJ / St. Anthony / Eastern Kentucky Yonkers, NY / Our Savior Lutheran Virginia Beach, VA / Odessa College (TX) Spring Valley, NY / Spring Valley San Marcos, CA / South Plains College (TX) Bronx, NY / Cardinal Spellman Belgrade, Serbia / Hillcrest Prep (AZ) Davenport, IA / UMKC Rahway, NJ / Robert Morris
ALPHABETICAL
TALE OF
MU Category IC
THE TAPE
MU Category IC
17 Games Played 15 3-14 Overall Record 5-10 .403 Field Goal % .465 2-3 Home Record 3-1 .270 3PT % .361 1-8 Road Record 1-6 .684 Free Throw % .722 0-3 Neutral Record 1-3 34.1 Rebounds/Game 33.7 2-2 Conference Record 3-1 178 Assists 213 503 1st Half Points 535 267 Turnovers 211 547 2nd Half Points 670 46 Blocks 32 24 Overtime Points n/a 113 Steals 119 -2.3 Rebound Margin -3.6 1074 Total Points 1205 363 Personal Fouls 298 375 FG made 411 63.2 Points/Game 80.3 79 3PT made 136 74.6 Points Against/Game 83.9 245 FT made 247 -11.4 Scoring Margin -3.6
All info as of 1/13/19.
No. 12 2 3 32 13 0 5 24 10 20 1
Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Tajuan Agee Jr. F 6-8 E.J. Crawford Jr. G/F 6-6 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 Payton Hudson Fr. G 6-0 Jahnathan Maxwell Jr. F 6-8 Rickey McGill Sr. G 6-1 Ben Perez Jr. G 6-3 Malik Rhem Jr. G 6-3 Andrija Ristanovic Fr. F 6-10 Isaiah Ross* Jr. G 6-4 Isaiah Still Jr. G/F 6-6
2018-19 FAIRFIELD SCHEDULE
Date 11.06 11.10 11.13 11.17 11.23 11.24 11.25 12.01 12.06 12.09 12.16 12.22 01.03 ^ 01.05 ^ 01.07 ^ 01.10 ^ 01.13 ^ 01.17 ^ 01.19 ^ 01.24 ^ 01.27 ^ 01.31 ^ 02.02 ^ 02.04 ^ 02.09 ^ 02.15 ^ 02.17 ^ 02.24 ^ 03.01 ^ 03.03 ^ ^-MAAC contest
Date 11.09 11.13 11.19 11.21 11.24 11.27 12.01 12.09 12.15 12.22 12.30 01.03 ^ 01.05 ^ 01.11 ^ 01.13 ^ 01.18 ^ 01.20 ^ 01.25 ^ 01.27 ^ 01.31 ^ 02.02 ^ 02.08 ^ 02.10 ^ 02.13 ^ 02.15 ^ 02.19 ^ 02.22 ^ 02.24 ^ 03.01 ^ ^-MAAC contest
Opponent Time/Result at Purdue L, 57-90 at Bucknell W, 60-58 LIU BROOKLYN L, 87-89 WAGNER L, 73-79 vs. Longwood L, 65-67 at Seattle L, 80-83 vs. Denver W, 86-85 at Army West Point L, 60-63 OAKLAND L, 86-87 at Old Dominion L , 69-79 at Boston College L, 67-77 at New Hampshire W, 63-57 RIDER L, 82-83 at Iona L, 87-94 NIAGARA W, 77-59 SAINT PETER’S W, 60-57 at Quinnipiac L, 78-80 at Monmouth 7:00 PM CANISIUS 1:00 PM SIENA 7:00 PM IONA 1:00 PM at Manhattan 7:00 PM at Marist 7:00 PM at Siena 7:00 PM MONMOUTH 1:00 PM at Canisius 7:00 PM at Niagara 2:00 PM MANHATTAN 3:30 PM MARIST 7:00 PM at Saint Peter’s 1:00 PM
2018-19 IONA SCHEDULE
Opponent Time [et] ALBANY W, 72-68 at New Mexico L, 83-90 vs. Long Beach State L, 85-86 vs. Hartford W, 80-75 at Providence L, 79-91 at Ohio L, 65-89 at VCU L, 59-88 vs. Columbia L, 71-74 vs. Princeton L, 81-85 at Yale L, 84-99 HOLY CROSS L, 71-78 MONMOUTH W, 103-84 FAIRFIELD W, 94-87 at Niagara L, 90-95 at Canisius W, 88-70 MARIST 7:00 PM at Monmouth 1:00 PM RIDER 7:00 PM at Fairfield 1:00 PM at Marist 7:00 PM SIENA 1:00 PM QUINNIPIAC 7:00 PM NIAGARA 1:00 PM at Siena 7:00 PM SAINT PETER’S 7:00 PM at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM at Manhattan 7:00 PM CANISIUS 1:00 PM at Rider 7:00 PM
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY HAWKS
5-12 // 2-3 MAAC Head Coach (Years at Fairfield)........... Sydney Johnson (8th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 178-190 Record at Fairfield................................................ 112-137 Assistant Coaches.....................................Mitch Buonaguro .................................................................. Tom Parrotta ................................................................Tyson Wheeler Director of Operations................................Stephen Elmore
3-14 // 2-2 MAAC Head Coach (Years at MU)........................... King Rice (8th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 120-126 Record at Monmouth............................................ 120-126 Assistant Coaches (Years at MU)............. Rick Callahan (8th) .......................................................... Jamal Meeks (4th) .................................................................. JR Reid (1st) Director of Basketball Operations............... Josh James (1st) Special Assistant to the Head Coach.......... Dan Murphy (1st)
FAIRFIELD QUICK FACTS
Founded:...........................................................................................................1942 Location:................................................................................................. Fairfield, CT Enrollment:......................................................................................................5,192 Athletics Website:............................................................................ FairfieldStags.com President:......................................................................................Dr. Mark R. Nemec Director of Athletics:........................................................................... Paul Schlickman Mascot.............................................................................................................Stags Colors........................................................................................ Red, Black and White Home Arena............................................................... Webster Bank Arena/Alumni Hall Capacity................................................................................................10,000/2,479 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference.......................................................................................................MAAC Facebook................................................................ Fairfield University Men’s Basketball Twitter............................................................................................ @StagsMensBBall
IONA COLLEGE GAELS 5-10 // 3-1 MAAC Head Coach (Years at Iona).......................Tim Cluess (9th) Overall Coaching Record....................................... 285-125 Record at Iona.................................................... 187-102 Assistant Coaches.............................................. Eric Eaton ......................................................................Tra Arnold ....................................................................Ricky Johns Director of Operations................................... John Mateyko
IONA QUICK FACTS
Founded:...........................................................................................................1940 Location:......................................................................................... New Rochelle, NY Enrollment:......................................................................................................3,792 Athletics Website..................................................................................... ICGaels.com President:...................................................................................... Dr. Joseph E. Nyre Director of Athletics:......................................................................... Matthew Glovaski Mascot............................................................................................................. Gaels Colors.............................................................................................. Maroon and Gold Home Arena.......................................................................................... Hynes Center Capacity...........................................................................................................2,611 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference.......................................................................................................MAAC Facebook........................................................................... Iona Gaels Men’s Basketball Twitter.............................................................................................. @IonaGaelsMBB
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2018-19 MONMOUTH SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time/Result 10.27 Exh. CALDWELL W, 85-84 11.06 LEHIGH L, 61-85 11.09 at Colgate L, 74-87 11.12 at Saint Joseph’s L, 63-78 11.15 q vs. West Virginia L, 53-71 11.16 q vs. Valparaiso L, 53-64 11.18 q vs. Cal State Fullerton L, 63-87 11.24 PRINCETON L, 57-60 11.28 at Kentucky L, 44-90 12.01 at Bucknell L, 43-65 12.05 at Hofstra L, 73-75 12.08 at Albany L, 63-82 12.20 YALE L, 58-66 12.31 at Penn W, 76-74 (OT) 01.03 at Iona L, 84-103 ^ 01.05 SAINT PETER’S W, 61-44 ^ 01.10 at Quinnipiac L, 83-89 (2OT) ^ 01.12 MANHATTAN W, 65-49 ^ 01.14 at Siena 7:00 PM ^ 01.17 FAIRFIELD 7:00 PM ^ 01.20 IONA 1:00 PM ^ 01.24 at Canisius 7:00 PM ^ 01.26 at Niagara 3:00 PM ^ 01.31 SIENA 7:00 PM ^ 02.02 RIDER 2:00 PM ^ 02.07 at Saint Peter’s 7:00 PM ^ 02.09 at Fairfield 1:00 PM ^ 02.15 at Rider 7:00 PM ^ 02.17 MARIST 2:00 PM ^ 02.22 CANISIUS 7:00 PM ^ 02.24 ^ QUINNIPIAC 2:00 PM 03.01 at Manhattan 7:00 PM ^ q-Myrtle Beach Invitational ^-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest * - All road contests will air on the Shore Sports Network.
All info as of 1/13/19.
MONMOUTH QUICK FACTS Founded:...........................................................................................................1933 Location:................................................................................... West Long Branch, NJ Enrollment:......................................................................................................6,300 Athletics Website:....................................................................... MonmouthHawks.com President:.........................................................................................Grey J. Dimenna Director of Athletics:.........................................................................Dr. Marilyn McNeil Mascot............................................................................................................Hawks Colors.................................................................................................Blue and White Home Arena............................................................................ OceanFirst Bank Center Capacity...........................................................................................................4,100 Affiliation............................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference........................................................................................... Metro Atlantic Facebook....................................................................................Monmouth Basketball Twitter............................................................................................ @MonmouthBBall Instagram................................................................................ @MonmouthMensBBall
NOTES ON THE HAWKS HOLDING THEM TO 50 Monmouth set a season low defensively against Iona, allowing just 50 points 120 WINS FOR COACH RICE Monmouth Head Coach King Rice picked up his 120th career win over Manhattan, the fifth Monmouth coach to reach that mark all time. His 100th career win also came over the Jaspers, coming at Draddy Gym. LOCKING DOWN AT HOME Monmouth is giving up 46.5 points per game at home against MAAC opponents this season, holding both Saint Peter’s and Manhattan under 50 points. Against the Jaspers, MU allowed just two two-point field goals in the opening half. SHOOTING IT WELL MU posted its best field goal percentage of the season against Manhattan, shooting 52.5% from the field on 23-of-43, including four makes from three. Eight Hawks converted field goals in the game. PAPAS GETS IT GOING Sophomore George Papas has gone for eight points in two of his last four games, including hitting a huge pair of triples in the win over Manhattan to extend the Hawks lead in the second half. He has taken 57 shots this season, with 43 coming from downtown. A WILD COMEBACK Monmouth trailed Quinnipiac by 14 with 1:33 to play in regulation, and by 12 inside the final minute, but forced overtime thanks to a 19-5 run to end the game. The Hawks scored 17 points in 51 seconds to tie, doing so in the final 54 seconds of the contest. MU forced four turnovers in the contest, including a back court violation, a five-second call, a ten-second call, and an offensive foul on an inbounds attempt. Ray Salnave’s layup with just over three ticks remaining was the tying bucket, and Deion Hammond scored nine points during the comeback. HAMMOND MAKING LIKE REGGIE MILLER Deion Hammond scored seven points in 1.2 seconds against Quinnipiac, and nine points in 3.9 seconds to spark the comeback. He nailed a straight on three with 36.2 seconds to play, and after QU failed to get the ball inbounded resulting in a violation, Hammond took the ensuing trigger and banked home a three, plus the foul with 35 seconds exactly to go. Following a Bobcats offensive foul that took no time off, Hammond dropped a baseline runner with 32.3 remaining, capping his remarkable run. RUTHERFORD FINDS DOUBLES For the first time in 16 games as a Hawk, Nick Rutherford reached the double-figure plateau at Quinnipiac, scoring 10 points on 5-7 shooting on the night. All five of his baskets came on layups, and the senior played over 35 minutes in the double OT affair. HAMMOND’S CAREER HIGH Helped along by his scoring outburst in the final minute, Deion Hammond notched a career-high of 27 pointst at Quinnipiac, the most by a Hawk this season. His 10 made field goals were also a career best, and the sophomore netted 20+ points for the fourth time in his career and third time this season.
2018-19 MONMOUTH ROSTER NUMERICAL
2018-19 FAIRFIELD ROSTER NUMERICAL
No. 0 2 3 4 5 10 11 13 14 15 21 24 25 32 44
No. 0 1 2 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 24 25 30
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 Melik Martin F 6-6 200 Deion Hammond G 6-4 200 Mustapha Traore F 6-8 210 Nick Rutherford G 6-3 185 Trevon Gross Jr. G 6-3 205 George Papas G 6-5 175 Marcus McClary G 6-3 195 Dave Calloway Jr. G 6-0 170 Michael James Jr. G 6-0 170 Nikkei Rutty F 6-8 225 Louie Pillari G 6-6 200 Samuel Chaput G 6-0 175 Diago Quinn C 6-9 255 Sam Ibiezugbe C 6-11 245
Cl. R-So. So. So. R-Jr. R-Jr. Gr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr.
Hometown/High School/Previous Elmont, NY / Benjamin N. Cardozo York, PA / York Catholic Mitchellville, MD / Riverdale Baptist School Philadelphia, PA / The Phelps School Indianapolis, IN / Allen / Florida Atlantic Jackson, NJ / St. Benedict’s Prep / Virginia Jersey City, NJ / Union Catholic / Gould Academy Linden, NJ / The Patrick School Neptune, NJ / St. Rose West Hempstead, NY / Malvern New Rochelle, NY / Trinity-Pawling Tinton Falls, NJ / Christian Brothers Academy Longueuil, Quebec / Saint Anthony’s (TX) New York, NY / Lake Forest Academy [IL] Simsbury, CT / The Masters School
Cl. Fr. Fr. Gr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. So. R-Jr. Sr. R-Jr. Fr. R-So. R-Jr.
Hometown/High School/Previous Neptune, NJ / St. Rose Longueuil, Quebec / Saint Anthony’s (TX) Jackson, NJ / St. Benedict’s Prep / Virginia Mitchellville, MD / Riverdale Baptist School Simsbury, CT / The Masters School West Hempstead, NY / Malvern York, PA / York Catholic Linden, NJ / The Patrick School Jersey City, NJ / Union Catholic / Gould Academy Tinton Falls, NJ / Christian Brothers Academy New York, NY / Lake Forest Academy [IL] Indianapolis, IN / Allen / Florida Atlantic New Rochelle, NY / Trinity-Pawling Elmont, NY / Benjamin N. Cardozo Philadelphia, PA / The Phelps School
ALPHABETICAL No. 14 25 10 3 44 15 2 13 11 24 32 5 21 0 4
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Dave Calloway Jr. G 6-0 170 Samuel Chaput G 6-0 175 Trevon Gross Jr. G 6-3 205 Deion Hammond G 6-4 200 Sam Ibiezugbe C 6-11 245 Michael James Jr. G 6-0 170 Melik Martin F 6-6 200 Marcus McClary G 6-3 195 George Papas G 6-5 175 Louie Pillari G 6-6 200 Diago Quinn C 6-9 255 Nick Rutherford G 6-3 185 Nikkei Rutty F 6-8 225 Ray Salnave G 6-3 205 Mustapha Traore F 6-8 210
TALE OF
MU Category FFD
Name Yr. Pos. Neftali Alvarez Fr. G Felix Lemetti Fr. G Taj Benning So. G Aidas Kavaliauskas Jr. G Thomas Nolan R-Jr. G Calvin Whipple Fr. G Kevin Senghore-Peterson So. Jonathan Kasibabu Sr. F Matija Milin Sr. F Wassef Methnani So. F Jesus Cruz So. G Landon Taliaferro Jr. G Omar El-Sheikh So. F
Ht. 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4 F 6-8 6-9 6-8 6-5 6-3 6-8
Wt. 165 170 185 175 195 185 6-6 220 240 215 208 210 185 215
Hometown/High School/Previous Catano, P.R./Miami Christian Stockholm, Sweden/Miami Christian Fair Lawn, N.J./ Bergen Catholic Kaunas, Lithuania/ SPIRE Academy Trumbull, Conn./ Fairfield Prep Leominster, Mass./ Northfield-Mount Hermon Frolunda, Sweden/ Myerscough Coll. Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo/Westtown (Pa.) Belgrade, Serbia/ Sports Gymnasium Kairoun, Tunisia/ The Knox School Carolina, Puerto Rico/ Loomis Chaffee Boulder, Colo./ Boulder Cairo, Egypt/The Knox School
Ht. 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-8 6-8 6-1 6-1 6-8 6-9 6-3 F 6-3 6-4
Wt. 165 185 210 215 240 175 170 208 215 195 6-6 220 185 185
Hometown/High School/Previous Catano, P.R./Miami Christian Fair Lawn, N.J./ Bergen Catholic Carolina, Puerto Rico/ Loomis Chaffee Cairo, Egypt/The Knox School Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo/Westtown (Pa.) Kaunas, Lithuania/ SPIRE Academy Stockholm, Sweden/Miami Christian Kairoun, Tunisia/ The Knox School Belgrade, Serbia/ Sports Gymnasium Trumbull, Conn./ Fairfield Prep Frolunda, Sweden/ Myerscough Coll. Boulder, Colo./ Boulder Leominster, Mass./ Northfield-Mount Hermon
ALPHABETICAL No. 0 2 24 30 13 5 1 15 14 10 12 25 11
Name Yr. Pos. Neftali Alvarez Fr. G Taj Benning So. G Jesus Cruz So. G Omar El-Sheikh So. F Jonathan Kasibabu Sr. F Aidas Kavaliauskas Jr. G Felix Lemetti Fr. G Wassef Methnani So. F Matija Milin Sr. F Thomas Nolan R-Jr. G Kevin Senghore-Peterson So. Landon Taliaferro Jr. G Calvin Whipple Fr. G
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MU Category FFD
17 Games Played 17 3-14 Overall Record 5-12 .403 Field Goal % .453 2-3 Home Record 2-4 .270 3PT % .381 1-8 Road Record 2-7 .684 Free Throw % .724 0-3 Neutral Record 1-1 34.1 Rebounds/Game 30.5 2-2 Conference Record 2-3 178 Assists 241 503 1st Half Points 633 267 Turnovers 228 547 2nd Half Points 604 46 Blocks 30 24 Overtime Points n/a 113 Steals 105 -2.3 Rebound Margin -5.2 1074 Total Points 1237 363 Personal Fouls 444 375 FG made 454 63.2 Points/Game 72.8 79 3PT made 164 74.6 Points Against/Game 75.7 245 FT made 165 -11.4 Scoring Margin -2.9
NUMERICAL No. 0 1 2 3 5 10 12 13 20 24 32 44
2018-19 IONA ROSTER
Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Rickey McGill Sr. G 6-1 Isaiah Still Jr. G/F 6-6 E.J. Crawford Jr. G/F 6-6 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 Ben Perez Jr. G 6-3 Andrija Ristanovic Fr. F 6-10 Tajuan Agee Jr. F 6-8 Jahnathan Maxwell Jr. F 6-8 Isaiah Ross* Jr. G 6-4 Malik Rhem Jr. G 6-3 Payton Hudson Fr. G 6-0 Niksa Nikolic Jr. F 6-8
Wt. 175 190 210 185 180 200 215 230 195 170 170 234
Hometown/High School/Previous Spring Valley, NY / Spring Valley Rahway, NJ / Robert Morris Hartford, CT / St. Thomas More East Orange, NJ / St. Anthony / Eastern Kentucky San Marcos, CA / South Plains College (TX) Belgrade, Serbia / Hillcrest Prep (AZ) Chicago, IL / Hyde Park / Tyler JC (TX) Virginia Beach, VA / Odessa College (TX) Davenport, IA / UMKC Bronx, NY / Cardinal Spellman Yonkers, NY / Our Savior Lutheran Belgrade, Serbia / Southeastern CC (IA)
Wt. 215 210 185 170 230 175 180 170 200 195 190
Hometown/High School/Previous Chicago, IL / Hyde Park / Tyler JC (TX) Hartford, CT / St. Thomas More East Orange, NJ / St. Anthony / Eastern Kentucky Yonkers, NY / Our Savior Lutheran Virginia Beach, VA / Odessa College (TX) Spring Valley, NY / Spring Valley San Marcos, CA / South Plains College (TX) Bronx, NY / Cardinal Spellman Belgrade, Serbia / Hillcrest Prep (AZ) Davenport, IA / UMKC Rahway, NJ / Robert Morris
ALPHABETICAL
TALE OF
MU Category IC
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MU Category IC
17 Games Played 15 3-14 Overall Record 5-10 .403 Field Goal % .465 2-3 Home Record 3-1 .270 3PT % .361 1-8 Road Record 1-6 .684 Free Throw % .722 0-3 Neutral Record 1-3 34.1 Rebounds/Game 33.7 2-2 Conference Record 3-1 178 Assists 213 503 1st Half Points 535 267 Turnovers 211 547 2nd Half Points 670 46 Blocks 32 24 Overtime Points n/a 113 Steals 119 -2.3 Rebound Margin -3.6 1074 Total Points 1205 363 Personal Fouls 298 375 FG made 411 63.2 Points/Game 80.3 79 3PT made 136 74.6 Points Against/Game 83.9 245 FT made 247 -11.4 Scoring Margin -3.6
All info as of 1/13/19.
No. 12 2 3 32 13 0 5 24 10 20 1
Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Tajuan Agee Jr. F 6-8 E.J. Crawford Jr. G/F 6-6 Asante Gist Jr. G 5-11 Payton Hudson Fr. G 6-0 Jahnathan Maxwell Jr. F 6-8 Rickey McGill Sr. G 6-1 Ben Perez Jr. G 6-3 Malik Rhem Jr. G 6-3 Andrija Ristanovic Fr. F 6-10 Isaiah Ross* Jr. G 6-4 Isaiah Still Jr. G/F 6-6
2018-19 FAIRFIELD SCHEDULE
Date 11.06 11.10 11.13 11.17 11.23 11.24 11.25 12.01 12.06 12.09 12.16 12.22 01.03 ^ 01.05 ^ 01.07 ^ 01.10 ^ 01.13 ^ 01.17 ^ 01.19 ^ 01.24 ^ 01.27 ^ 01.31 ^ 02.02 ^ 02.04 ^ 02.09 ^ 02.15 ^ 02.17 ^ 02.24 ^ 03.01 ^ 03.03 ^ ^-MAAC contest
Date 11.09 11.13 11.19 11.21 11.24 11.27 12.01 12.09 12.15 12.22 12.30 01.03 ^ 01.05 ^ 01.11 ^ 01.13 ^ 01.18 ^ 01.20 ^ 01.25 ^ 01.27 ^ 01.31 ^ 02.02 ^ 02.08 ^ 02.10 ^ 02.13 ^ 02.15 ^ 02.19 ^ 02.22 ^ 02.24 ^ 03.01 ^ ^-MAAC contest
Opponent Time/Result at Purdue L, 57-90 at Bucknell W, 60-58 LIU BROOKLYN L, 87-89 WAGNER L, 73-79 vs. Longwood L, 65-67 at Seattle L, 80-83 vs. Denver W, 86-85 at Army West Point L, 60-63 OAKLAND L, 86-87 at Old Dominion L , 69-79 at Boston College L, 67-77 at New Hampshire W, 63-57 RIDER L, 82-83 at Iona L, 87-94 NIAGARA W, 77-59 SAINT PETER’S W, 60-57 at Quinnipiac L, 78-80 at Monmouth 7:00 PM CANISIUS 1:00 PM SIENA 7:00 PM IONA 1:00 PM at Manhattan 7:00 PM at Marist 7:00 PM at Siena 7:00 PM MONMOUTH 1:00 PM at Canisius 7:00 PM at Niagara 2:00 PM MANHATTAN 3:30 PM MARIST 7:00 PM at Saint Peter’s 1:00 PM
2018-19 IONA SCHEDULE
Opponent Time [et] ALBANY W, 72-68 at New Mexico L, 83-90 vs. Long Beach State L, 85-86 vs. Hartford W, 80-75 at Providence L, 79-91 at Ohio L, 65-89 at VCU L, 59-88 vs. Columbia L, 71-74 vs. Princeton L, 81-85 at Yale L, 84-99 HOLY CROSS L, 71-78 MONMOUTH W, 103-84 FAIRFIELD W, 94-87 at Niagara L, 90-95 at Canisius W, 88-70 MARIST 7:00 PM at Monmouth 1:00 PM RIDER 7:00 PM at Fairfield 1:00 PM at Marist 7:00 PM SIENA 1:00 PM QUINNIPIAC 7:00 PM NIAGARA 1:00 PM at Siena 7:00 PM SAINT PETER’S 7:00 PM at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM at Manhattan 7:00 PM CANISIUS 1:00 PM at Rider 7:00 PM
