Jimmy Patsos knew that freshman Nico Clareth was going to make an impact and once junior Marquis Wright exited with a foot injury, Clareth’s time came. Continue reading “Siena Freshman Nico Clareth Bringing Saints Energy”
Monmouth head coach King Rice stressed over the summer that even though Justin Robinson made first team All-MAAC last season, he had hardly reached his ceiling. Continue reading “Justin Robinson Developing Into A Star At Monmouth”
BRONX, N.Y. – It may have been far from beautiful, but eye of the beholder and such because all the reasons why the Monmouth, Iona, and Siena coaching staffs will be losing plenty of sleep worrying about Manhattan next month were apparent in the Jaspers’ 65-57 win over previously streaking Rider at Draddy Gym Tuesday night.
Manhattan, in particular senior Shane Richards, hit big shots down the stretch, made things difficult on the defensive end for the Broncs, and gutted out another victory to move to 6-5 in the MAAC (9-11 overall).
Continue reading “Manhattan 65, Rider 57: Jaspers Starting To Look Familiar”
The final month of MAAC play begins and Monmouth has done something no other team in the country has yet to do: win at Siena. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Feb. 2”
For Monmouth junior Justin Robinson this season might seem like it is going much faster than his previous two. Continue reading “Monmouth’s Justin Robinson Focused on Completeing Hawks Ride”
The premier rivalry in the MAAC took center stage once more Friday night as Iona turned in a stellar defensive effort to take down Manhattan 70-56 at the Hynes Athletic Center in New Rochelle. Continue reading “Iona Handles Manhattan In Renewal Of The MAAC’s Best Rivalry”
HAMDEN, Conn. – Set your neighborhood time machine to 2013 and the large crowd at the TD Bank Center for Quinnipiac and Monmouth on a January night in 2016 probably made some sense to you. After all, although they were never able to quite capture the NEC title, Quinnipiac was always right there and it seemed that the Bobcats’ impending move to the MAAC would only propel them to bigger and better things (and more consistent crowds).
Sure enough, a year later, Quinnipiac was doing just fine, thank you, in its new MAAC surroundings, still pummeling teams into submission, once 14-4 in the league before a late slide. Meanwhile, for King Rice and Monmouth things were, well, rough. Rice’s team hadn’t even qualified for the 2013 NEC Tournament and its 5-15 (and 11-21 overall) a year later mark might have even exceeded expectations for a program making an upward move with seemingly very little to work with.
Continue reading “Monmouth: Started From The Bottom, Now They’re Here, MAAC”
Monmouth knocked down another domino in their remarkable season with a 66-51 victory at Quinnipiac Thursday evening. Justin Robinson led all scorers with 13 points as the Hawks improved to 8-2 in MAAC play while the Bobcats fell to 2-7. Continue reading “Monmouth 66, Quinnipiac 51: Hawks Climbing The Hill”
We are just about halfway through MAAC play and the top and bottom of the league are starting to separate from each other. The rest? It’s still to be determined. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Jan. 26”
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – It’s hard to call Marcus Gilbert unknown, especially in the MAAC, where he was a preseason first-team selection after all.
Maybe underappreciated might be a little closer to the target. Gilbert finished fifth in the MAAC with 16.1 points per game last season, and was praised by opposing coaches for his outstanding ability after almost every game, but made only the MAAC third team last March.
The primary reason isn’t hard to deduce, Gilbert’s Fairfield team finished a putrid 7-24, finishing with a lopsided MAAC Tournament loss that saw them score just 33 points. Yes, them, as in the whole team. It was Fairfield’s second straight seven-win season after the Stags went 19-16 in Gilbert’s freshman season, one that saw him on the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
Continue reading “Fairfield 98, Iona 91: A Little Redemption For Marcus Gilbert”
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