The 179th meeting between rivals Niagara and Canisius will occur with both seasons on the line in the first round of the MAAC tournament. Continue reading “Niagara-Canisius Rivalry Takes Center Stage In MAAC Tournament”
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The scoreboard may have said Canisius was winning, and some rookies to the Hynes Center that were attending the A.J. English and Friends Show in its final home performance may have not seen what was coming.
Of course, knowing the ending didn’t make it any less enjoyable to watch for the veterans.
Continue reading “Iona 86, Canisius 78: Thank You, A.J. English”
For the second consecutive year, Iona earned a season sweep of local rival Manhattan. The Gaels placed five players in double figures for the fourth time this season, led by senior A.J. English’s 23 points. Continue reading “Iona 86, Manhattan 73: Gaels Sweep Again”
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – There were several reasons Monmouth University men’s basketball coach King Rice was all smiles as he took his seat facing reporters and a battery of tape recorders and microphones late Friday night inside the Multi Purpose Activity Center. Continue reading “Monmouth 79, Rider 58: Hawks Clinch MAAC Title”
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Let’s be honest, we all thought the Runnin’ Stags thing was just a clever gimmick for Sydney Johnson and Fairfield, right? Coming off 7-25 and 7-24 campaigns, Fairfield again started 0-3 and then struggled to beat then fellow-struggler Sacred Heart in overtime.
That game went 82 possessions, but it was seen more as Sacred Heart’s doing than Fairfield’s, but the 89-possession pummeling of Maryland-Eastern Shore that followed was an eye opener, and the Runnin’ Stags dragged 75 trips out of a pretty good Columbia team and beat them in doing it. The real turning point from ha-ha to hmmm came right after Christmas when Fairfield ran current Patriot League leader Bucknell out of Sojka Pavilion 101-91 in 86 (?!?) possessions.
Continue reading “Fairfield 76, Siena 69: Runnin’ Stags Run All The Way To Bye”
Monmouth can still lock up the MAAC regular season championship with a win this weekend, but Iona is charging in the latest version of the standings. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Feb. 23”
Manhattan survived a late surge from Quinnipiac to spoil Senior Day and earn their first victory on the Bobcats’ home court, 63-59, Sunday afternoon in Hamden, CT. Continue reading “Manhattan 63, Quinnipiac 59: Richards Gets Revenge”
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Like many of the smaller guards in college basketball, we may never know what Justin Robinson’s real height is, but he’s listed at 5’8”, so we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt for the purposes of this narrative.
While he’ll get some competition from A.J. English, he’s certainly in the running for MAAC Player of the Year at 20.3 points, 3.8 assists, and .430 three-point percentage. But Sunday, he was struggling. With 3 minutes left in a tie game with Saint Peter’s, Robinson had just 5 points on 2-8 shooting and looked – like the rest of his Monmouth team – as if the length of the season and pressure they’ve been under was wearing on him.
Continue reading “Monmouth 82, Saint Peter’s 75 (OT): Robinson, Hawks Barely Escape”
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Thunderous boos from a packed Monmouth University student section greeted the Iona College men’s basketball team as it took the floor Friday night at the Multipurpose Activity Center on the Monmouth campus. Continue reading “Early Runs Boosts Iona Past Monmouth”
Monmouth needed an unlikely comeback to keep their stranglehold on the top of the MAAC standings and will be tested down the stretch here. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Feb. 16”
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