Sports Information: Don Sherman ([email protected]); Steffan Waters ’13 ([email protected]); Nick Zwald ([email protected]) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14904 A SPLIT IN NORTH COUNTRY EC took a trip to North Country before the holiday break and came away with a 1-1 record. Elmira used 24 points from both Neil Ran- dolph ’15 and Justin Henderson ’16 to defeat previously-unbeaten Clarkson University, 76-68 in overtime, before falling to St. Lawrence University the following day. THE MARKSMAN Justin Henderson ’16 put on one of the best shooting displays any Elmira College men’s basketball player has ever had against Clarkson on Friday, December 5th. Henderson made 8-of-10 from three-point range, including a perfect 7-of-7 from behind the arc in regulation. The eight made three-pointers matches the most successful three- point attempts in a single game by an individual player in the last 14 years. That occurred last season when Josh Keys ’14 went 8-of-14 from three-point range against Morrisville State. RANDOLPH SETTLING IN Neil Randolph ’15 entered EC’s road-trip to North Country leading the team with 11.3 points per game, however, he was shooting just 30.4 percent from the field and 26.3 percent from behind the arc. In the two games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence, Randolph averaged an efficient 17.5 points per game, shooting 68.4 percent (13-of-19) from the field and 70 percent (7-of-10) from three-point range. Ran- dolph increased his scoring average to 13.8 and his shooting percent- ages to 41.5 on field goals and 41.4 on three-pointers. HENDERSON FROM THREE Justin Henderson ’16 totaled 11 three-pointers made over the week- end trip to North Country, shooting 64.7 percent from distance in the games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Overall, Henderson is 18-of- 33 from beyond the arc in 2014-15, shooting at an impressive 54.5 clip. ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS Monday, December 29, 2014 Warner Center -- Lexington, VA -- 2:00 p.m. WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY GENERALS (2-7, 0-2 ODAC) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME-RESULT NOV. 15 at Oswego State# W, 57-56 16 vs. Farmingdale State# L, 66-70 25 at Hilbert L, 61-79 DEC. 5 at Clarkson W, 76-68 OT 6 at St. Lawrence L, 52-72 29 at Washington and Lee$ 2:00 p.m. 30 vs. Centre or Johns Hopkins$ TBA JAN. 2 at Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 3 ST. JOHN FISHER* 4:00 p.m. 6 at Alfred* 8:00 p.m. 9 UTICA* 8:00 p.m. 10 HOUGHTON* 4:00 p.m. 16 at Hartwick* 8:00 p.m. 17 at Stevens* 5:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth* 8:00 p.m. 23 at Utica* 8:00 p.m. 24 SUNY CORTLAND 6:00 p.m. FEB. 3 at SUNY Fredonia 7:00 p.m. 6 at St. John Fisher* 8:00 p.m. 7 NAZARETH* 4:00 p.m. 13 STEVENS* 8:00 p.m. 14 HARTWICK* 4:00 p.m. 17 at Houghton* 8:00 p.m. 20 ITHACA* 8:00 p.m. 21 ALFRED* 4:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes Empire 8 contest #Oswego State Tip-Off Classic $Washington & Lee University Tournament 2014-15 SCHEDULE (2-3, 0-0 EMPIRE 8) JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLUE JAYS (5-2, 3-1 CENTENNIAL) Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Warner Center -- Lexington, VA -- 2 or 4 p.m. or CENTRE COLLEGE COLONELS (8-0, 0-0 SAA)
A Split in north CountryEC took a trip to North Country before the holiday break and came away with a 1-1 record. Elmira used 24 points from both Neil Ran-dolph ’15 and Justin Henderson ’16 to defeat previously-unbeaten Clarkson University, 76-68 in overtime, before falling to St. Lawrence University the following day.
the MArkSMAnJustin Henderson ’16 put on one of the best shooting displays any Elmira College men’s basketball player has ever had against Clarkson on Friday, December 5th. Henderson made 8-of-10 from three-point range, including a perfect 7-of-7 from behind the arc in regulation. The eight made three-pointers matches the most successful three-point attempts in a single game by an individual player in the last 14 years. That occurred last season when Josh Keys ’14 went 8-of-14 from three-point range against Morrisville State.
rAndolph Settling inNeil Randolph ’15 entered EC’s road-trip to North Country leading the team with 11.3 points per game, however, he was shooting just 30.4 percent from the field and 26.3 percent from behind the arc. In the two games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence, Randolph averaged an efficient 17.5 points per game, shooting 68.4 percent (13-of-19) from the field and 70 percent (7-of-10) from three-point range. Ran-dolph increased his scoring average to 13.8 and his shooting percent-ages to 41.5 on field goals and 41.4 on three-pointers.
henderSon froM threeJustin Henderson ’16 totaled 11 three-pointers made over the week-end trip to North Country, shooting 64.7 percent from distance in the games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Overall, Henderson is 18-of-33 from beyond the arc in 2014-15, shooting at an impressive 54.5 clip.
ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTSMonday, December 29, 2014
Warner Center -- Lexington, VA -- 2:00 p.m.
WAShington & lee univerSityGENERALS
(2-7, 0-2 odAC)
dAy dAte opponent tiMe-reSult
NOV. 15 at Oswego State# W, 57-56 16 vs. Farmingdale State# L, 66-70 25 at Hilbert L, 61-79DEC. 5 at Clarkson W, 76-68 OT 6 at St. Lawrence L, 52-72 29 at Washington and Lee$ 2:00 p.m. 30 vs. Centre or Johns Hopkins$ TBAJAN. 2 at Ithaca* 8:00 p.m. 3 St. John fiSher* 4:00 p.m. 6 at Alfred* 8:00 p.m. 9 utiCA* 8:00 p.m. 10 houghton* 4:00 p.m. 16 at Hartwick* 8:00 p.m. 17 at Stevens* 5:00 p.m. 20 at Nazareth* 8:00 p.m. 23 at Utica* 8:00 p.m. 24 Suny CortlAnd 6:00 p.m.FEB. 3 at SUNY Fredonia 7:00 p.m. 6 at St. John Fisher* 8:00 p.m. 7 nAzAreth* 4:00 p.m. 13 StevenS* 8:00 p.m. 14 hArtWiCk* 4:00 p.m. 17 at Houghton* 8:00 p.m. 20 ithACA* 8:00 p.m. 21 Alfred* 4:00 p.m.
Home contests are bolded*Denotes Empire 8 contest#Oswego State Tip-Off Classic$Washington & Lee University Tournament
2014-15 SChedule (2-3, 0-0 eMpire 8)
JohnS hopkinS univerSityBlue JAyS
(5-2, 3-1 CentenniAl)
Tuesday, December 30, 2014Warner Center -- Lexington, VA -- 2 or 4 p.m.
or
Centre CollegeCOLONELS(8-0, 0-0 SAA)
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ELMIRA QUICK FACTSLocation .............................................................. Elmira, NYFounded ..........................................................................1855Enrollment ....................................................................1,200School Colors ................................................ Purple & GoldTeam Nickname ............................................. Soaring EaglesConference ............................Empire 8 Athletic ConferencePresident ..........................................Dr. Ronald ChampagneAthletic Director ......................................Pat Thompson ’75Athletic Department ........................................ 607-735-1730Basketball Arena ..................................Speidel GymnasiumCapacity ........................................................................1,500Athletics Affiliation ............................... NCAA Division III
BASKETBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach ............................................... Randie TorgalskiAssistant Coach ......................................................Evan KeeFirst Season ............................................................... 1970-712013-14 Overall Record ................................................. 10-152013-14 Empire 8 Record .................................................5-9
elMirA froM doWntoWnThanks, in part, to Justin Henderson ’16 and Neil Randolph ’15, the Soaring Eagles lead the Empire 8 Conference in made three-pointers per game and rank second in three-point percentage. The Purple and Gold average nine made three-pointers per game and are shooting at a 37.5 percent clip, just 0.4 percent behind conference-leaders Alfred University.
leonArdi getS the CAllWith Oladapo Badmos ’17 hampered by an injury, Gino Leonardi ’16 earned the first two starts of his career against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The junior guard averaged 10.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists during the road trip, while also playing an average of 34.5 minutes per game. In EC’s overtime victory over Clarkson, Leonardi turned in a 12-point, seven-rebound, five-assist performance while playing 42 of a possible 45 minutes.
MCdonAld AS the plAyMAkerBrian McDonald ’15, after missing the opening weekend due to injury, has started each of the last three games for the Purple and Gold. Mc-Donald is averaging just 4.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, but he is contributing in another way on offense, averaging a career-high 4.0 assists per game.
All-tiMe vS. WAShington & leeEC’s first game at the Washington & Lee University Tournament, against Washington & Lee, will mark the third meeting between the institutions all-time. The Soaring Eagles and the Generals split the previous two matchups.
SCouting WAShington & leeThe Generals enter their Tournament on a seven-game losing streak, drop-ping their overall record to 2-7. Andrew Franz leads the way for Washing-ton & Lee, averaging 14.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Behind Franz in the scoring column is Clayton Murtha, who is averaging 11.8 points per game in his rookie season.
A progrAM firStNo matter who Elmira plays in the second game of the Washington & Lee University Tournament, it will be an institution that EC has never played before. Tuesday’s matchup against either Centre College or Johns Hopkins University will mark the first meeting with both teams.
SCouting CentreThe 13th nationally-ranked Centre College Colonels enter the Washing-ton & Lee Tournament with a perfect 8-0 record, with six of their eight wins coming by double-figures. Josh Karsner and Blake Scinta lead the way for the Colonels, scoring 19.5 and 19.0 points per game, respectively, while Matt Gump rounds out the double-digit scorers at 10.4 points per game.
SCouting JohnS hopkinSJohns Hopkins University enters the Tournament with a 5-2 overall re-cord. The Blue Jays have three players in double-figure scoring, Jimmy Hammer at 16.6 points per game, George Bugarinovic at 12.4 points per game, and Ryan Curran at 11.5 points per game. Bugarinovic also leads the team with 6.9 rebounds per game.
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2014-15 ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALLNO. NAME POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM1 Tyler Dibble ’15 G 6’3” 190 Stamford, NY Jefferson3 Barak Swarttz ’18 G 6’1” 175 Newton, MA Newton South4 Connor Bays ’18 G 6’3” 165 Bel Air, MD CM Wright5 Oladapo Badmos ’17 G 5’11” 180 Richmond Hill, ONT Kiski Prep10 Gino Leonardi ’16 G 5’10” 180 Spencer, NY Spencer -Van Etten12 Nick Cesare ’16 G 6’3” 185 Lincoln, RI St. Andrew’s School13 Vinny Facchino ’18 G 6’0” 165 Morganville, NJ St. John Vianney15 Jake Metcalf ’15 F 6’4” 190 Oswego, NY Oswego21 Neil Randolph ’15 F 6’5” 215 Wicklow, Ireland Presentation22 John Mullane ’16 F 6’5” 200 Norfolk, MA King Phillip Regional23 Justin Henderson ’16 G 6’3” 175 Staten Island, NY Saint Joseph by the Sea24 Jordan Harden ’15 G 6’2” 165 Marathon, NY Marathon Central25 Justin Ruback ’18 G 6’3” 175 Pittsford, NY Pittsford Mendon30 Paul Bischoff ’18 F 6’3” 200 Oneonta, NY Oneonta32 Hayden Harkins ’18 F 6’4” 205 Tampa, FL Newsome33 Brian McDonald ’15 F 6’5” 205 Prince Frederick, MD Huntingtown34 Ryan Brooksbank ’17 F 6’5” 185 New City, NY Albertus Magnus44 Ryan Chocek ’18 F 6’8” 200 Huntington Beach, CA Huntington Beach50 Matt Davis ’16 F 6’7” 265 Horseheads, NY Notre Dame52 David Borelli ’15 F 6’6” 245 Rochester, NY Bishop Kearney
TEAM STATISTICS ELMIRA OPPSCORING 312 345 Points per game 62.4 69.0 Scoring margin -6.6 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 105-274 130-289 Field goal pct . 3 8 3 . 4 5 03 POINT FG-ATT 45-120 27-90 3-point FG pct . 3 7 5 . 3 0 0 3-pt FG made per game 9.0 5.4FREE THROWS-ATT 57-84 58-92 Free throw pct . 6 7 9 . 6 3 0 F-Throws made per game 11.4 11.6REBOUNDS 175 190 Rebounds per game 35.0 38.0 Rebounding margin -3.0 -ASSISTS 58 71 Assists per game 11.6 14.2TURNOVERS 61 49 Turnovers per game 12.2 9.8 Turnover margin -2.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 1.4STEALS 17 34 Steals per game 3.4 6.8BLOCKS 3 18 Blocks per game 0.6 3.6ATTENDANCE 0 1342 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 4-321 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-57
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalsElmira College 145 155 12 312Opponents 164 177 4 345
Date Opponent Score Att.11/15/14 at Oswego State W 57-56 21111/16/14 vs Farmingdale State L 66-70 5711/25/14 at Hilbert College L 61-79 33712/5/14 at Clarkson University Wot 76-68 39012/6/14 at St. Lawrence L 52-72 347
* - Conference game
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ELMIRA 57, OSWEGO 56 November 15, 2014
Max Ziel Gymnasium - Oswego, NY(0-1)(1-0)
FARMINGDALE 70, ELMIRA 66 November 16, 2014
Max Ziel Gymnasium - Oswego, NY(1-1) (1-1)
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsElmira College vs Oswego State11-15-14 8:30 PM at Oswego, N.Y. - Max Ziel Gymnasium
Officials: Mike Collins, Duane Gordon, Steve PerkinsTechnical fouls: Elmira College-None. Oswego State-None.Attendance: 211
Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalElmira College 25 32 57Oswego State 24 32 56
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsFarmingdale State vs Elmira College11-16-14 2:00 PM at Oswego, N.Y. - Max Ziel Gymnasium
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsElmira College vs Hilbert College11/25/14 7:00 pm at Hamburg, NY - Hafner Recreation Center
