They’re here. Fortunately for us, in this case “they” doesn’t refer to malevolent spirits. Unfortunately for the teams of the MAAC, “they” refers to the Manhattan College Jaspers, who come with their own brand of vengeance. Continue reading “Manhattan 78, Monmouth 71: They’re Still The Champs”
Saint Peter’s head coach John Dunne never watched Antwon Portley play until he reached campus, but it did not take long to convince him that the freshman would have an impact. Continue reading “Freshman Antwon Portley Leading Saint Peter’s Fast Start In MAAC Play”
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – With Monmouth and Iona doing their thing, Saint Peter’s has been able to glide under the MAAC radar for most of the season. In fact, while Monmouth was beating Notre Dame and USC in Orlando (and scaring Dayton), the Peacocks were losing four straight, including to Lafayette, Hartford, and Fairleigh Dickinson, none of which can be mistaken for a national power.
But, although they haven’t been heard or seen by most, the Saint Peter’s Express has been registering on the MAAC screen. That approaching red dot and accompanying beep you heard Tuesday night was the Peacocks registering another conference win, this one 77-71 at Fairfield’s Alumni Hall. Saint Peter’s is now a game ahead of Iona and tied with Monmouth atop the conference at 6-1, and with a showdown at Jordan Washington-less Iona looming Friday night, the MAAC may have to deal with the Peacocks sooner rather than later.
Continue reading “Saint Peter’s 77, Fairfield 71: Check Your MAAC Radar, Please”
This week almost every MAAC team will eclipse the halfway point of conference play, but plenty has stood out from the first 40% of the season. Continue reading “MAAC Weekly Roundup: Jan. 19”
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ. – Junior guard Justin Robinson of the Monmouth University men’s basketball team said he was frustrated when he failed to score 1,000 career points at Kingston, N.Y. High School. Continue reading “Monmouth 85, Siena 69: Robinson Eclipses 1,000 As Hawks Handle Saints”
Teddy Okereafor has already graduated from Rider and in his two seasons as a Bronc, it’s hard not to see him with the ball in his hands in the game’s most important spot. Continue reading “Rider’s Teddy Okereafor Eager To Prove He Belongs”
HAMDEN, Conn. – Tom Moore threw everything, including the kitchen sink in the form of a 1-3-1 at Canisius Sunday afternoon, but in the end, the story was the same, lots of missed shots in a frustrating 63-53 defeat, the Bobcats’ third straight defeat and sixth in seven games.
“We’re stuck in it,” Moore said. “More stuck in it than any other Quinnipiac team I’ve had here. We have resilient, tough kids, who are hurt and bruised by this offensive funk. But we have to keep working at it and we’ll eventually find ways to put a better offensive team on the floor.”
Continue reading “Canisius 63, Quinnipiac 53: Shooting Woes Continue For Bobcats”
Friday night’s showdown between the MAAC’s top two powers was full of fireworks, both before and after the final buzzer. Continue reading “Monmouth 110, Iona 102: Four Thoughts”
HAMDEN, Conn. – The credit does not belong to the critic, as Mr. Roosevelt once taught us, but the data made it pretty easy to be critical of Siena’s defense last season. Coming off a 2013-14 campaign in which the Saints were second in the MAAC (behind only champion Manhattan) and 78th nationally in defensive efficiency, Siena mysteriously couldn’t stop anyone last season with largely the same personnel that had won 20 games and the CBI in Jimmy Patsos’ first season in Loudonville (OK, Albany).
The final tally: 334th in defensive efficiency, dead last in the 11-team MAAC, and therefore an extremely disappointing 11-20 record.
Continue reading “Siena 64, Quinnipiac 52: How About That Saints’ Defense?”
Monmouth had already proven themselves as a MAAC contender before they ever set foot on the court at the Hynes Center Friday evening. Continue reading “Monmouth Proves They Are The Team To Beat In The MAAC”
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