NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz men's basketball team looks to pick up its first win of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 25, hosting Hudson Valley rival Mount Saint Mary at 5 p.m.
RECORDS: The Hawks are 0-4 after dropping a pair at the Chuck Resler Tournament… The Knights are 0-2 after traveling to Tacoma, Wash. over the weekend to play in the Doug McArthur Classic.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (0-4): New Paltz is looking to earn its first victory of the season after dropping two games at the Chuck Resler Tournament hosted by the University of Rochester… The Hawks dropped a 78-73 overtime contest to Gordon in the consolation game… Four players scored in double figures with junior forward
Kevin Roach notching a game-high 20 points… Senior guard/forward
Taylor Sowah contributed 17 points while sophomore forward
Andrew Seniuk and senior guard/forward
R.J. Rosa chipped in 13 and 11 points, respectively… In the opening game against Utica, Sowah scored a team-best 23 points with Rosa tallying 17 points in his first action of the year… The Hawks fell at Vassar on Tuesday despite a combine 29 points from junior forward/center
Alex Perlman and freshman guard/forward
Malik Seelal off the bench.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Sowah (18.0 ppg), Rosa (14.0 ppg), Perlman (10.5 ppg)
Rebounds: Sowah (10.0 rpg), Perlman (6.3 rpg), Roach (5.3 rpg)
Assists: Sowah (2.3 apg), Seelal (2.3 apg), Rosa (2.0 apg)
Blocks: Sowah (1.0 bpg), Perlman (1.0 bpg),
Taylor Mulvey (1.0 bpg)
Steals: Sowah (2.0 spg), Roach (2.0 spg), Rosa (2.0 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks are averaging 65.3 ppg while allowing 72.5 ppg… New Paltz is shooting 34.0 percent from the field (80-of-235)… The Hawks are shooting 84-of-123 (68.3 percent) from the charity stripe and 17-of-79 from beyond the arc (21.5 percent).
SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS (0-2): Mount Saint Mary dropped both games in the Doug McArthur Classic last weekend in Tacoma, Wash…. The Knights fell to Puget Sound on Friday, 82-53 before dropping a 71-59 decision to Pacific Lutheran… Against the Loggers, junior guard Stephen Steyer scored a game-high 22 points including a 10-of-13 performance from the foul line… Freshman guard Daniel Wolff added 10 points… Versus the Lutes, freshman guard/forward Gerard Nocera led the team with 19 points while Wolff contributed 12 points and seven rebounds… The Knights were predicted to finish fifth of 10 teams in the 2014-15 Skyline Conference Preseason Poll.
STATISTICAL LEADERSPoints: Nocera (14.0 ppg), Steyer (12.0 ppg), Wolff (11.0 ppg)
Rebounds: Wolff (4.0 rpg), Steyer (3.5 rpg), Nocera (3.0 rpg)
Assists: Wolff (2.5 apg), Tyler McDine (2.0 apg), Steyer (1.0 apg), Jason Oder (1.0 apg)
Blocks: N/A
Steals: Nocera (1.5 spg), Steyer (1.5 spg), Owen Heath (1.0 spg)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Knights are averaging 56.0 ppg while allowing 76.5 ppg… Mount Saint Mary is shooting 41.3 percent from the field (43-of-104)… The Knights are just 8-of-43 from downtown (18.6 percent) but are shooting 66.7 percent from the foul line (18-of-27).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks fell at Mount Saint Mary 71-57 when these two teams last met on Nov. 26, 2013.
WHAT'S NEXT: After enjoying Thanksgiving Break, New Paltz begins State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play at Plattsburgh and Potsdam on Dec. 5-6… The Knights host Skyline Conference foe Maritime on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m.
