Preview: Salve Regina men's basketball hosts Coast Guard

NOVEMBER 13 | 7 p.m. RODGERS RECREATION CENTER • NEWPORT, R.I.
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NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University men's basketball team hosts the United States Coast Guard Academy at 7 p.m. at the Rodgers Recreation Center in Newport, R.I., on Tuesday, November 13, for the first home game for the Seahawks.

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LAST TIME OUT
BOSTON, Mass. (Sat., Nov. 10, 2018) - Suffolk University made 18-of-34 3-pointers (52.9%) and defeated Salve Regina University, 95-59, in the season opener for the Seahawks at Regan Gymnasium.

MORE READING: Rams make 18 treys while shooting over 50 percent

SEAHAWKS NOTES FROM THE NEST

• Senior Kevin Mannix and junior Andrew Bronstein are serving as captains for head coach Sean Foster in his 17th season.
• Freshman Mikey Spencer and sophomore Jonathan Friberg led the Seahawks with 14 and 13 points, respectively, in a season-opening loss at Suffolk last Saturday.
• Freshman Andrew Richards shared game-high rebounding honors (six) with Ram guard Thomas Duffy.
• Rodney Morton provided the winning basket in the final second to sink Coast Guard Academy, 84-82, at the Rodgers Recreation Center (Tue., Nov. 22, 2016). Morton's heroics capped a 28-point night for the Seahawk junior guard.
• Morton led the Seahawks in scoring last season with the third-best average in program history (20.8 ppg).

BEARS BITS

• Last season, Packy Witkowski led the team with 16.8 points per game, 44 three-pointers and a 41.5 shooting percentage from 3-point range.
• The team won 11 games, finishing 11-12, it was the most wins in seven years when the 2010-11 team finished 11-14.
• The visitors opened this season five days ago at home as senior Nolan Benson led four Coast Guard players in double figures with a career-high tying 16 points as the Bears beat Roger Williams 71-54.

INSIDE THE SERIES
The Bears have a 14-10 lead in the all-time series which included three seasons (1984-1987) when Coast Guard joined Salve Regina as founding members of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC). The Seahawks have won seven of the last 10 meetings since 1990; Coast Guard has not won in Newport since 1988. Last year in New London, Conn., junior Nolan Benson had a season-high 14 points off the bench to lead four Coast Guard players in double figures as the Bears won their eighth straight beating Salve Regina 67-52 in a non-conference game.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Salve Regina plays its next four games away from Rodgers Recreation Center and starts in The Cave Classic against host Bridgewater State University on Friday, November 16 (5:30 p.m.). Coast Guard and Connecticut College host back-to-back dates for their shared tournament, "Coaches vs. Cancer," this weekend in New London, Conn. Medgar Evers (Fri. @ 8 p.m.) and Wentworth (Sat. @ 4 p.m.) are the two opponents for the Bears.