Salve Regina hosts U. of New England
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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U. of New England (1-11; 1-2 CCC) | 22 | 37 | 59 |
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Salve Regina (9-3; 4-1 CCC) | 41 | 28 | 69 |
Summary: Salve Regina University men's
basketball hosts University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast
Conference (CCC) meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (7:30
p.m. tip-off)
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (8-3; 3-1 CCC) versus U. of New England Nor'easters (1-10; 1-3 CCC)
Game date, time and site: Thu., Jan. 9, 2014; 7:30 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; Andrew Pezzelli provides the call)
Directions: http://bit.ly/1c4fubM
Tickets: Free admission
Series edge: Salve Regina leads, 11-7
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won 70-57 on December 1, 2012, in Newport.
Last Nor'easter win in series: U. of New England won 62-56 on January 26, 2013, in Biddeford, Maine.
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- Salve Regina leads, 11-7, in a series that began in 1995.
- The teams split two meetings last season, both winning on their respective home court.
- Isiah Pringle scored 22 points for Salve Regina while Devin Thompson led all players with 24 points in a 70-57 Seahawk victory on December 1, 2012.
- Charles Fenner III led all scorers with 20 points in a 62-56 UNE victory on January 26, 2013. Pringle and Patrick Dinneen paced Salve Regina with 12 points apiece.
- Patrick Dinneen overcame early foul trouble and scored 21 of his team-high 23 points in the second half.
- Senior big man Jeff Bielefeld scored the first seven points of the game as Salve Regina extended its lead to 13-2 early.
- Barrett Hanlon had 16 points and nine rebounds.
- UNE received a team-high 11 points from senior Kurt Steiner.
- First-year Tom Nason scored 10 points in 11 minutes of play during the second half.
- Devin Thompson ranks fourth in the league in 3-point field goal percentage.
- The Nor'easters have the worst shooting percentage in the league (35.2%), one of two teams below 40% on the season.
- Only two teams in the CCC have a better 3-point shooting percentage (34.8%) - Nichols and Endicott.
- Endicott has almost 100 more free throws made (242) than UNE has attempted (147).
- Salve Regina men's basketball first played on January 9 in 1984.
- The Seahawks are 1-2 all-time on January 9.
- This is the third time the Seahawks have played in the Rodgers Recreation Center on this date.
- 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."
- Salve Regina ranks fifth in the conference's pre-season coaches' poll, released on Friday.
- 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
- Barrett Hanlon (17.8 ppg) and Patrick Dinneen (16.6 ppg) rank second and fifth, respectively, in scoring in the conference.
- Jeff Bielefeld has the third-best rebounding average (8.0 rpg) and second-best field goal percentage (58.3%).
- Both teams have CCC teams visiting their respective gyms this weekend - the Nor'easters host Nichols on Saturday while the Seahawks entertain Gordon College.
- Salve Regina then hits the road for two games (Eastern Nazarene - 1/15; Curry - 1/18).
- Jeff Bielefeld leads the Seahawks with four 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 (148-155; .488).
- 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 913 career points, ranking 22nd on the school's all-time scoring list for men's basketball.
- Players closest to the 1,000-point career milestone in Seahawk uniforms are both seniors from Medfield, Mass. - Marissa Pendergast (974) and Patrick Dinneen (913).
