There were three games played on Friday involving area teams. Iona, Fordham and Fairleigh Dickinson all got into the win column for the first time this season tonight. Below are some important takeaways.
Tag: Mike Glover
Quick hits from Iona’s loss to Purdue
Iona lost out on a golden opportunity to get a win versus talented, but raw Purdue team this afternoon at the 5-Hour Energy Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The 91-90 defeat was especially difficult because it basically was decided by two last-season heaves. Purdue’s at the end of the first half went in, Iona’s at the end of the game was wide left.
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Three Questions – Iona
As the season approaches every team has questions. This series is going to look at three key ones.
1. How does the late addition of Lamont “Momo” Jones impact team chemistry? – Iona is getting a number of new additions to the roster this season, including Arizona transfer Jones, who was granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA. But Jones isn’t the only player the Gaels add to their roster. Ra’Shad James also will need to find some minutes. Here’s the thing, 76.8 percent of Iona’s offensive possession minutes return, including the two big usage guys – Mike Glover and Scott Machado.
Mike Glover picked as MAAC Preseason POY
The MAAC gave out its preseason awards on Tuesday in Springfield, MA and the Iona Gaels were the big winners. Forward Mike Glover was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year after he averaged 18.4 PPG and 10.1 RPG last season. The Gaels were also selected No. 1 in the preseason standings.
About that Wooden Award List
First, congratulations to Iona’s Michael Glover for being named to the John R. Wood Award Men’s Preseason Top 50 List. It’s quite the honor to be recognized by the national media and it shows just how far he’s come. What’s even more impressive is that Glover made the list while playing for a team that plays in the MAAC. There were a lot of other talented mid-major players that got snubbed.
A Bleacher Report article worth reading
I tweeted about this over the weekend (and you should follow my account), but this article on Bleacher Report about the Top 30 Mid-Major Players at every position for 2011-12 is actually pretty insightful. The ranks of the New York area players are after the jump.
Iona falls to Santa Clara in CIT Championship
Iona lost tonight to Santa Clara and if you saw the Broncos celebrating on the court afterwards you know that this title meant something to them. Both teams played hard, but it was the battle-tested Santa Clara squad that pulled out the 76-69 victory to take the title. The margin might seem small, but this was a pretty convincing victory as Santa Clara was able to go inside and dominate the paint.
It wasn’t that the Broncos shot better, because they didn’t. It was they got more shots up. Santa Clara had 18 offensive rebounds on 39 missed shots, which works out to an offensive rebounding percentage of 43.6%. Iona came into the game allowing teams to grab 29.5% of their misses, while Santa Clara came in pulling down 35.8% of their misses. Neither of those percentages suggested this would happen.
But it did and the Broncos, even after committing six more turnovers, ended up with three extra shots – approximately the difference in the game. Take a look at the Four Factors below.
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Iona advances to CIT Finals
Iona defeated East Tennessee State 83-80 this afternoon on the road to advance to the CIT Championship game. The Gaels will now play Santa Clara in New Rochelle on Wednesday night for the tournament title. Iona was carried by Mike Glover. He scored 33 points and grabbed 10 boards. Glover also shot 13-19 from the field.
Glover’s shooting was reminiscent of the entire Iona squad, which managed to shoot 52.9% from the field in the game. The Gaels had a 60.2% effective field goal percentage. That’s even better than the 54.5% the Gaels came in averaging on the season. Considering that it was on the road that’s even more impressive. Sean Armand scored 20 points for Iona on 6-11 three-point shooting.
Two Iona players named Lou Henson All-Americans
Mike Glover and Scott Machado of Iona were both named to the 2011 Lou Henson All-America teams today. The team is composed entirely of Mid-Major players as defined by CollegeInsider.com, the people running the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in which the Gaels are currently doing so well. Most of the players on the team are juniors and seniors, but one sophomore, Ohio’s D.J. Cooper, made the team as well.
Glover has averaged 17.9 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game this season. Machado is averaging 13.4 points per game and 7.5 assists per game. Glover’s effective field goal percentage ranks 38th in the nation this season at 60.8% and Machado’s assists rate is 39.2, 11th in the nation. Iona continues play in the CIT on Saturday afternoon at East Tennessee State. The Pirates’ Mike Smith, who averages 17.3 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per game, was also named to the team.
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