Hofstra fans witnessed one of the great games in the history of Hofstra basketball Saturday afternoon. Sophomore forward Rokas Gustys dominated with 25 points and 20 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to earn the Pride the victory as Hofstra fell to James Madison University 86-82 in overtime. Continue reading “JMU 86, Hofstra 82: Three Thoughts On Gustys’ Historic Game”
Juan’ya Green proved Thursday night exactly why he was selected as the preseason CAA Player of the Year. Continue reading “Hofstra 69, Drexel 61: Juan’ya Green Eclipses 2,000”
Hofstra ended 2015 on a high note, winning their CAA opener 90-80 over the University of Delaware Thursday afternoon. All eight Pride players scored, including every starter finishing in double-figures as Hofstra earned their first conference victory of the season. Continue reading “Hofstra 90, Delaware 80: The Pride Start CAA Play Right”
Sometimes the end justifies the means. Hofstra didn’t have the easy time anticipated when they hosted 1-9 Sacred Heart Monday evening, but in the end the Pride managed the 80-73 victory. Continue reading “Hofstra 80, Sacred Heart 73: The Pride Survive”
A quick turnaround was just what the doctor ordered for Hofstra, who recovered from a narrow loss to Long Island rival Stony Brook over the weekend to defeat Florida Atlantic University 68-54 Tuesday evening. Continue reading “A Happy Homecoming For Hofstra”
Round two of the Battle of Long Island lived up to the hype. For the second year in a row, the rivalry game between Hofstra and Stony Brook came down to the final possession, and this time it was the Seawolves topping the Pride 71-68. Continue reading “Stony Brook 71, Hofstra 68: Pride Fall Short”
NEW YORK, NY – It was once again comeback time for Hofstra Sunday afternoon as the Pride erased a nine point first half deficit on their way to taking down Appalachian State 86-80 in the second game of the Holiday Festival doubleheader at Madison Square Garden. Continue reading “Hofstra 86, Appalachian State 80 – Pride Growing Confident”
Joe Mihalich’s Hofstra squad has certainly proven its offensive prowess this season. The Pride, picked as favorites in the CAA, have scored 96 points in each of their two contests this year and took down Division II Molloy 96-64 Monday night. Continue reading “Gustys Comes Alive As Hofstra Downs Molloy”
Hofstra trailed by as many as 18 in their season opener against Canisius, yet the claw away the winner from night one of the college basketball season. Continue reading “Three Pride Thoughts: Hofstra 96, Canisius 85”
When Joe Mihalich made the move downstate to take over the reins at Hofstra in 2013 after 15 years at Niagara, he brought two of his star players along with him. Over the past two years they have helped him transform the image of Hofstra basketball. Continue reading “Guards Young and Old Lead Hofstra’s Resurgence”
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