NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - The State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team will be in search of its first victory of the season at the Chuck Resler Tournament this weekend hosted by The University of Rochester. The Hawks will play against Utica College on Friday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. before playing in either the consolation game (1 p.m.) or the championship game (6 p.m.) on Saturday, Nov. 22, against either Gordon College or the University of Rochester.
RECORDS: The Hawks are 0-2 after falling to Vassar on Tuesday... Utica is 0-1, dropping its season opener to Cortland... Rochester is 1-0 with a victory over Nazareth College... Gordon is 0-1 after falling to the No. 16 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (0-2): New Paltz fell at cross-river rival Vassar 70-61 on Tuesday night... Senior forward
Taylor Sowah led the offense with 19 points... Sowah recorded his second double-double in as many games, pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds... Senior forward
Alex Perlman scored 15 points behind 7-of-7 shooting from the foul line off the bench... Freshman guard
Malik Seelal scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds off the bench.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:
Points: Perlman (16.0 ppg), Sowah (16.0 ppg), Seelal (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (13.0 rpg), Perlman (6.0 rpg),
Kevin Roach (5.5 rpg)
Assists: Sowah (2.0 apg),
Eric Regenbogen (1.5 apg),
Taylor Mulvey (1.0 apg), Seelal (1.0 apg)
Steals: Regenbogen (2.0 spg), Roach (2.0 spg), Sowah (2.0 spg)
Blocks: Perlman (1.0 bpg), Sowah (1.0 bpg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks are averaging 58.0 points per game... New Paltz is shooting 35-of-111 from the field (31.5 percent)... The Hawks are 41-of-64 from the foul line (64.1 percent)... New Paltz is 5-of-28 from 3-point range (17.9 percent)... New Paltz has outscored teams 64-60 in the second half.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS (0-1): Utica fell to SUNY Cortland, 73-54, in its season opener... Senior guard/forward Conor Maisch led the offense with 16 points... Maisch also grabbed five boards... Senior guard Aaron Nevins chipped in 10 points... Graduate student Chris Jeffers contributed nine points and five rebounds... Freshman forward Ivan Iton recorded six points and four boards off the bench... Utica finished the 2013-14 season with an 8-17 record, going 1-13 in Empire 8 play.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:
Points: Maisch (16.0 ppg), Nevins (10.0 ppg), Jeffers (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds: Jeffers (4.0 rpg), Maisch (4.0 rpg), Nevins (3.0 rpg)
Assists: Agim Hamiti (2.0 apg), Jeffers (2.0 apg)
Steals: Hamiti (1.0 spg), Maisch (1.0 spg)
Blocks: Dillan Veeder (1.0 bpg), Robert Tutein (1.0 bpg), Hamiti (1.0 bpg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Pioneers are shooting 32.7 percent from the field (18-of-55)... Utica is 15-of-20 from the charity stripe (75.0 percent)... The Pioneers are 3-of-18 from downtown (16.7 percent)... Utica is averaging 33.0 rebounds per game.
LAST MEETING: The Hawks last played the Pioneers back in the 1948-49 season... New Paltz fell to Utica twice that year (65-43 and 69-53).
SCOUTING THE YELLOWJACKETS (1-0): Rochester knocked off Nazareth College, 61-56, in its season opener... Junior forward Jared Seltzer led the team with 12 points... Sophomore guard Sam Borst-Smith chipped in 10 points and grabbed five boards off the bench... Senior forward/center Tyler Sankes scored nine points... The Yellowjackets went 16-of-18 from the foul line... Last season, Rochester won the Chuck Resler consolation game over D'Youville College 119-66... Rochester went 10-15 last season with a 4-10 mark in the University Athletic Association (UAA).
STATISTICAL LEADERS:
Points: Seltzer (12.0 ppg), Borst-Smith (10.0 ppg), Sankes (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds: Borst-Smith (5.0 rpg), Zack Ayers (5.0 rpg)
Assists: Mack Montague (2.0 apg), Borst-Smith (2.0 apg)
Steals: Kevin Sheehy (2.0 spg)
Blocks: Ayers (2.0 bpg)
TEAM STATISTICS: Rochester is shooting 40.4 percent from the field (19-of-47)... The Yellowjackets are 7-of-22 from 3-point distance (31.8 percent)... Rochester is shooting 88.9 percent from the foul line (16-of-18)... Rochester outscored Nazareth, 37-26, in the first half.
LAST MEETING: The Hawks fell at Rochester, 73-43, when these two teams last met on Nov. 16, 2007.
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS (0-1): Gordon fell to No. 16 MIT on Tuesday, 64-51... Senior guard Taylor Bejema scored a game-high 19 points, grabbed seven boards and dished out five assists... Sophomore forward Dominic Paradis scored 12 points... Freshman guard Jaren Yang knocked in 11 points... Senior forward Hans Miersman notched six points and five boards... Gordon went 18-11 last season with a 12-6 mark in Commonwealth Coast Conference action.
STATISTICAL LEADERS:
Points: Bajema (19.0 ppg), Paradis (12.0 ppg), Yang (11.0 ppg)
Rebounds: Bajema (7.0 rpg), Sam Johnson (5.0 rpg), Paradis (5.0 rpg), Miersma (5.0 rpg)
Assists: Bajema (5.0 apg), Johnson (2.0 apg)
Steals: Jason Dempsey (1.0 spg)
Blocks: Dempsey (2.0 bpg), Johnson (1.0 bpg), Bajema (1.0 bpg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Fighting Scots are shooting 36.0 percent from the field (18-of-50)... Gordon is 5-of-18 from 3-point range (27.8 percent)... Gordon is 10-of-13 from the foul line (76.9 percent).
LAST MEETING: This would mark the first meeting between these two programs if New Paltz and Gordon meet on Saturday.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks return home to host Mount Saint Mary on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 5 p.m... Utica hosts SUNYIT on Tuesday at 4 p.m... Rochester remains at home to host the Holiday Inn Airport Tournament from Nov. 29-30... Gordon travels to Salem State College on Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
