Seahawks back home to host Colonels

Summary: Salve Regina University men's basketball hosts Curry College in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (1 p.m. tip-off)

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (15-9; 10-7 CCC) versus Curry Colonels (5-19; 4-13 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Feb. 22, 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: Salve Regina leads, 30-24

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 69-67, in overtime on January 18, 2014, in Milton, Mass.

Last Colonel win in series: Curry won, 80-79, on February 2, 2013, in Newport, R.I.

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Tale of the Tape - Salve Regina v. Curry

SEAHAWK SENIORS WHITE OUT

Salve Regina men's basketball honors its five seniors playing in their final regular season home game today - Jeff Bielefeld, Patrick Dinneen, Joshua Fuhrmeister, Joshua Hohlfelder, and Alex Pratt.
Seahawk fans are encouraged to wear a plain white t-shirt for the doubleheader.

SALVE REGINA VS. CURRY

Salve Regina leads, 30-24, in a series that began in 1983.
Curry won the conference championship last year and swept the season series from the Seahawks in 2012-13.
Salve Regina won the first meeting this season at Milton, Mass., 69-67, in overtime - one of two OT triumphs for the Seahawks.
Jeff Bielefeld recorded a double-double with team-highs in points (23) and rebounds (11). Joshua Hohlfelder added 19 points, while Patrick Dinneen chipped in with 12.
Lambros Papalambros poured in a game-best 27 points. Carlos Ribeiro and Matt Russell contributed with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Russell also pulled down a team-high eight boards.

LAST TIME OUT - WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 76, SALVE REGINA 70 - FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Seahawks opened up in a press against the Golden Bears and started the game on a 9-2 run.
Barrett Hanlon led Salve Regina with 19 points; Jeff Bielefeld scored 15 while Joshua Hohlfelder added 13 points and Nicholas Bates scored 10 for the Seahawks.

LAST TIME OUT - CURRY 68, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 51 - FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Curry ended a six-game losing streak with its 68-51 win at home against the Nor?easters.
With 11:53 remaining in the second half, the Colonels extended their lead to 20 (51-31) after Paul Preziosi split a pair from the charity stripe.
The Nor'easters answered with a 16-5 run that was capped off with a three-pointer by Brayden Morse with 4:03 on the clock.
Curry went on to score 12 of the game's final 16 points to secure the 68-51 victory.

SCOUTING THE COLONELS

In CCC games, Curry ranks first with 8.8 steals per game.
Lambros Papalambros leads all Colonels in scoring (17.9 ppg) and rebounding (5.5 rpg).
The Colonels are last in the league in defensive rebounds, but rank third in offensive rebounds.

RODGERS RECREATION CENTER

Salve Regina's 34-point victory in its home opener over Connecticut College on November 19, 2013, represents its largest margin of victory in a home game for the Seahawks since an 86-51 win against visiting Lesley on December 6, 2008.
Salve Regina's largest margin of victory ever (51 points) came on February 12, 1995, in a 124-73 win against New England College at Rogers High School gymnasium (Newport, R.I.).

TODAY'S SALVE REGINA MEN'S BASKETBALL FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Salve Regina men's basketball has a 5-3 record all-time on February 22.
The last time the Seahawks played on this date (2011), Salve Regina won a quarterfinal playoff game at Regis, 62-58, behind 27 points from Windell Hinkson. Two more road wins later that week brought Salve Regina its third conference championship.
30 years ago today (February 22, 1984), Salve Regina def. Atlantic Union, 117-93, for a then school-record points in a single game.

INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY

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

CAPTAINS

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."

CCC PRESEASON COACHES' POLL

Salve Regina ranked fifth in the conference's pre-season coaches' poll, released on Friday, November 15, 2013.
Gordon and Curry both received four first-place votes, but the Scots edged the Colonels in total points.
Salve Regina finished just ahead of Eastern Nazarene in the poll, a team the Seahawks lost to in first-round action of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Men's Basketball Championships last season.

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

CCC LEADERS

Both teams feature a pair of players in the Top 10 in scoring, Barrett Hanlon (18.3 ppg) and Patrick Dinneen (15.7 ppg) for the Seahawks, Lambros Papalambros (17.9 ppg) and Antonio Jones (14.9 ppg) for the Colonels.
Jeff Bielefeld ranks third in the league in rebounds, grabbing 9.0 boards per game.
Hanlon (53.1%) and Bielefeld (52.8%) rank third and fifth, respectively, in field goal percentage in the league.

WHAT'S UP NEXT

Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) playoffs begin on Tuesday; Salve Regina can clinch the fourth seed with a win today. Even with a loss, if the Seahawks and Gulls remain tied after today?s games, Salve Regina split with Endicott in the regular-season series, and owns a tiebreaking chip with its win over Nichols.
A Colonel win today could force a tie with the Golden Bears in the final regular season standings. Western New England and Curry split their meetings this season, and the Golden Bears own the tiebreak for the final playoff spot with their win over Eastern Nazarene.

DOUBLE VISION

Jeff Bielefeld recorded his eighth double-double on the season during an overtime win against Endicott.
Nicholas Bates has two double-doubles for the Seahawks, posting the first of his career in his first home game, and then a second in a one-point win against Roger Williams (career-highs with 18 points, 14 rebounds).
Barrett Hanlon picked up his first collegiate double-double (20 points, 12 rebounds) in his return to the hardwood two weeks ago at University of New England. He added another at Western New England on Thursday.

COACHES' CORNER

Sean Foster is in his 12th season as the head coach, the winningest in the history of the Seahawks (155-161; .491).
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.

RECORD BOOK CHECK

Patrick Dinneen now has 1,106 career points, passing Tom Hole (1,097) for 13th on the all-time scoring list.

27 DRESSED FOR SUCCESS

27 Salve Regina basketball alumni, with graduation years ranging from 1989 to 2013, attended HoopsFest 2014 on Saturday, January 25, 2014.
12 former women's players and current assistant coach, Ashley Cerniglia, participated in the 40-minute alumni game (four 10-minute periods with running time).
11 former men's players saw game action (12th-year head coach Sean Foster, and his former player from the Class of 2004, Greg Kawula, did not suit up).
From the Class of 1989, Sean Flanagan wore uniform No. 50, even though he's a few years shy of that age.
The class best-represented was 2011 with six players, which included the former Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of Year and current Wentworth assistant coach, Erin Phillips.