Seahawks in four-way tie for first

Summary: Salve Regina University men's basketball hosts Gordon College in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (3 p.m. tip-off)

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (9-3; 4-1 CCC) versus Gordon College (5-6; 3-2 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Jan. 11, 2014; 3 p.m. @ Newport, R.I. (Rodgers Recreation Center)

Live stats: http://livestats.prestosports.com/salveregina

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/19Mpnue (Salve Regina men's basketball channel on ustream.tv;   Bobb Angel provides the call in simulcast with WADK-AM)

Directions: http://bit.ly/1c4fubM

Tickets: Free admission

Series edge: Gordon leads, 25-17

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won 71-63 on February 11, 2012, in Newport

Last Scots win in series: Gordon won 87-64 on February 14, 2013, in Wenham

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• Gordon leads, 25-17, in a series that began in 1984.
• The Scots have won eight of the last 11 meetings including twice last season.
• Isiah Pringle scored a game-high 21 points for Salve Regina men's basketball, but it was 6-foot-9 Hans Miersma getting an offensive rebound and put back for the game-winner as Gordon won the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) battle, 64-62, on January 12, 2013, at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
• David Dempsey recorded 24 points and Park Thomas added 18 points and six assists to lead the Fighting Scots to an 87-64 win over Salve Regina at the Bennett Athletic Center on February 14, 2013. William Smiley led the Seahawks with 12 points.

• Salve Regina University got up 11-1 in the early going and maintained the lead throughout, picking up a 69-59 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men's basketball win over the University of New England on Thursday evening at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
• Barrett Hanlon led the way with 18 points, five assists, and three steals.
• Jeff Bielefeld posted a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
• Patrick Dinneen drained half of his four treys in the opening moments, and finished with 14 points.
• As a team, SRU connected on 47.4 percent (9 for 19) of its shots from behind the three-point arc.

• Gordon men's basketball team held a lead over rival Curry College for only 31 seconds in the final half, but the Scots completed a comeback in the closing minute for a 63-59 win.
• The Fighting Scots used four made free throws in the close 15 seconds to break a 59-59 tie and snatched their first back-to-back win streak of the 2013-14 season.
• Alex Carnes finished with a season-high 22 points, making three of his four attempts from deep. He also added eight rebounds, a block and a steal in 32 minutes of play.
• Hans Miersma showed off with a dominating performance of 17 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.

• Hans Miersma tops the league in rebounding (9.5 rpg) and field goal percentage (64.3%).
• Alex Carnes ranks fifth in rebounding (7.1 rpg).
• The Scots have a league-best defensive field goal percentage (39.5%).

• Salve Regina men's basketball is playing for the eighth time on January 11.
• The last time on the hardwood on this date (Jan. 11, 2011), Regis College came to Newport to defeat Salve Regina, 75-63, and eventually earn the postseason number four seed. The Seahawks upset the Pride in the first round of the CCC Championships and won two more road playoff games to grab their third title.

• Please click here for an individual career history report (pdf) for the entire 2013-14 Salve Regina men's basketball roster. 

• Seniors Jeff Bielefeld and Joshua Hohlfelder share captains' duties for the 2013-14 season.
• 12th-year head coach Sean Foster remarks: "Our staff is excited to have such dynamic leadership going into the 2013-14 season. Jeff and Josh are tremendous people, excellent students and hard-working athletes. Their positive example will be extremely beneficial to our younger players." 

TEAM - POINTS (FIRST-PLACE VOTES)
1. Gordon - 90 (4)
2. Curry - 89 (4)
3. Endicott - 81 (2)
4. Nichols - 64
5. Salve Regina - 51
6. Eastern Nazarene - 49
7. Roger Williams - 40
7. Wentworth - 40
9. U. of New England - 28
10. Western New Eng. - 18

• Hans Miersma tops the league in rebounding (9.5 rpg) and field goal percentage (64.3%).
• The Scots have a league-best defensive field goal percentage (39.5%).
• Barrett Hanlon (17.8 ppg) and Patrick Dinneen (16.4 ppg) rank second and fifth, respectively, in the league in scoring.
• Jeff Bielefeld ranks third among CCC players in rebounding (8.3 rpg) and field goal percentage (58.7%).

• Salve Regina hits the road for two games (Eastern Nazarene - 1/15; Curry - 1/18) before returning home on January 21.
• Gordon hosts University of New England on Wednesday.

• Jeff Bielefeld leads the Seahawks with five double-doubles on the season.
• Nicholas Bates has the only other double-double for the Seahawks, posting the first of his career in his first home game.

• Sean Foster is in his 12th season as the head coach, the winningest in the history of the Seahawks (149-155; .490).
• His 4-0 start for the 2013-14 season marked the best in program history.
• Foster welcomes new assistants Matt Adams and Tyler Hundley to his coaching staff.

• Patrick Dinneen now has 927 career points, ranking 22nd on the school's all-time scoring list for men's basketball, four points behind Isiah Pringle who is tied for 20th with Brian Meehan (931 points).

• Players closest to the 1,000-point career milestone in Seahawk uniforms are both seniors from Medfield, Mass. - Marissa Pendergast (995) and Patrick Dinneen (927).