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Staten Island, NY - Wagner (4-5) returns to action against preseason Ivy League favorite Princeton (7-3) on Friday, December 17 at 7:00 pm in the Spiro Sports Center. The Seahawks will be looking to snap their current two-game losing streak and a four-game skid against Ivy League competition. The Tigers, who will be coming to Staten Island for the first time, bested the Green & White by a 45-42 count in Jadwin Gym a year ago.

TONIGHT'S MEDIA
The game will also shown locally on Time Warner Cable. Wayne Fidelman will be calling the game with Joe Nugent and Tim Gannon providing the color. Pete Mulroy completes the coverage team as the sideline reporter. Jon Barr will be calling the game for the Seahawks Broadcasting Network while Princeton will also be broadcasting the game.

TIP-OFF TIME
Wagner locks horns with Princeton on Friday, December 17 at 7:00 pm at the Spiro Sports Center. The Seahawks are a stout 4-5 on the year with eight games decided by 10 points or less. The Tigers, who were selected to win the Ivy League, have won five-straight games en route to a 7-3 record.

LAST TIME OUT
Wagner jumped out to a 43-29 lead with just over 11 minutes to play against Saint Peter's but would only convert one more field goal the rest of the way as the Peacocks ended the game on a 15-5 run over the final 8:56 en route to a come-from-behind 51-50 win. The Seahawks connected on 16-of -26 shots (65.4 percent) over the first 30 minutes before going just 1-of-9 to end the game, including misfiring on three shots over the final 23 seconds.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
According to Monday's NCAA Rankings, Wagner is currently ranked sixth in the nation in free throw shooting at 78.7 percent (148-188). Freshman Latif Rivers, who made his first 31 collegiate free throws, ranks third nationally at 95.3 percent (41-43) while junior Tyler Murray is third in the NEC and 32nd nationally at 89.6 percent (43-48). Rivers is also 35th in the nation from beyond the arc, converting at a 44.2 percent clip (min. 2.5 threes/game) and 78th with 2.6 threes per game. Murray is 79th in scoring with a NEC-best 17.8 points per game.

EVEN BETTER
The Seahawks' NCAA-best free throw percentage jumps to 83.1 percent in the last five minutes of games as Wagner is connecting on 49-of-59. Freshman Latif Rivers is a perfect 13-for-13 (100.0 %) while junior Tyler Murray is 18-for-20 (90.0 %).

A YEAR AGO
The Green & White hit on just 61.1 percent from the free throw line.

BEST IN SHOW
Wagner leads the Northeast Conference in three point percentage (.412) and field-goal percentage defense (.396), ranking 19th and 67th in the nation, respectively. The Seahawks are also second in the NEC and 97th nationally with 7.0 threes per game and 3rd in the league and 52nd overall in three-point percentage defense (.396).

COACHING MATCH-UP
Head coach Dan Hurley is 4-5 in this his first year at Wagner while fourth-year Princeton coach Sydney Johnson has a 48-49 record as his alma mater. After going 6-23 in his first year with the Tigers, Johnson has guided Princeton to a 42-26 mark over the last two-plus years, highlighted by 22 wins and a trip to the College Basketball Invitational semifinals a year ago.

NCAA HISTORY
Both coaching staffs are inundated with NCAA post-season experience. Head coach Dan Hurley helped his Seton Hall teams to three NCAA Tournaments, highlighted by a trip to the Sweet 16 in 1991-1992 while assistant coach Bobby Hurley guided Duke to four tournament berths, three Final Fours and two National Titles from 1989-1993. Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams, including the 1995-1996 Princeton squad that engineered a legendary 43-41 upset of defending National Champion UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Assistant coach Brian Earl was on that that Tigers team as well as two other NCAA squads.

ASSISTANTS BREED SUCCESS
Assistant coach Bobby Hurley and Princeton assistant Brian Earl were each used to winning games during their four years on collegiate hardwoods. Hurley was a part of 119 Duke wins from 1989-1993 while Earl won more games than any other Tigers player, helping the Ivy League institution win 95 games from 1995-1999.

BROTHERS IN ARMS
While everyone knows about the Hurley brother tandem many people don't know about Brian Earl and his brother Dan Earl. Brian Earl was a fixture of three NCAA Tournament teams at Princeton while his brother Dan Earl guided football crazy Penn State to a NCAA Tournament apperance and Top-10 ranking during the 1995-1996 season. Dan, like his brother, is an assistant coach in the collegiate ranks at Penn State. Both Hurleys and both Earls scored over 1,000 points in their careers.

NOT TOO SHABBY
Wagner head coach Dan Hurley, assistant coach Bobby Hurley and assistant coach Bashir Mason have seen their alma maters go a combined 22-5 to start the season. Duke (B. Hurley) has started a perfect 10-0 while Drexel is an impressive 7-1 (Mason) and Seton Hall (D. Hurley) has a solid 5-4 record.

12/19/06
Drexel handed No. 20 Louisville its first loss at the Cardinals' new Yum Center on Tuesday, December 15 almost four years to the date of the Dragons' last win over a Top-25 team. In Drexel's 84-79 win over No. 23 Syracuse on December 19, 2006, assistant coach Bashir Mason scored 14 points, on 5-of-8 shooting, while recording five assists and five steals and did not turn the ball over in 31 minutes. In the previous game, Mason scored 21 points with three assists and three steals in helping the Dragons topple Villanova for the first time in school history by an 81-76 count.

PRINCETON NOTES
Princeton is arguably the toughest team the Green & White have seen to date. The Tigers have five-straight games, victories including four-straight by 10 points or less and two in overtime. Princeton has captured overtime victories against Rutgers, Siena and Tulsa in overtime while going 3-2 in games decided by five points or less.

SCOUTING PRINCETON
Unlike past Princeton teams that ran a complicated offensive set while keeping the scores in the low 50s, this Tigers team is averaging 72.3 points per game as four players are averaging double-figures. Sophomore forward Ian Hummer, who scored just two points in 22 minutes against Wagner a year ago, leads the way with an average of 15.5 points per game while also grabbing a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. He is also shooting a team-best 61.5 percent from the floor. Junior guard Douglas Davis is next up at 14.2 points per game while hitting on 43.9 percent (29-66) from long range. Senior guard Dan Mavraides has matched Davis with 14.2 points per game while also grabbing 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 41.8 percent (23-55) from long range and a team-best 82.5 percent (33-40) from the charity stripe. Rounding out the top scorers is senior forward Kareem Maddox at 11.9 points per game while matching Hummer with a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game.

KEY MATCH-UP
Wagner defense vs. the Princeton shooters. The Tigers, like the Seahawks, are an excellent three-point shooting team hitting on an average of 39.3 percent while averaging 7.7 triples per game. The Green & White will need to lock down Princeton's outstanding guards and have shown they can be up to the challenge, as is evident by the Seahawks' NEC-leading field-goal percentage defense (.396).

ALL-TIME VS. PRINCETON
The teams have met just twice before with the Tigers winning each match-up. Last year on December 30, 2009, Princeton claimed a 45-42 decision at Jadwin Gym while previously defeating Wagner 82-66 on November 29, 1978. This will be the first time the Tigers have ventured onto Staten Island as both previous games were at Princeton.

ALL-TIME VS. THE IVY
Wagner is just 18-23, all-time, against the Ivy League and lost four-straight games against the Ancient Eight with the most recent setback coming at Columbia on December 7 by a 77-71 count as the Green & White trailed the entire game.

THE LAST MEETING WITH PRINCETON
Wagner opened the second half on a 14-2 run, taking a 36-24 lead at the 11:21 mark of the second half only to have Princeton respond with 14-straight points while assuming a two-point lead. The Seahawks would rally to take a three-point lead at 42-39 with just 1:56 remaining only to have the Tigers score the final six points on a three Mavraides three pointer and an old-fashioned three-point play by Maddox. Mavraides' three pointer capped a game-high 21 point performance as the senior guard went 5-of-11 from beyond the arc. Junior Tyler Murray had 10 points with seven rebounds for the Green & White.

WHILE ...
Mavraides made it rain against Wagner, the rest of the team was a combined 0-of-16 from beyond the arc. The Seahawks' defense also limited Davis, who would go on to average a team-best 12.7 points per game, to just eight points on 3-of-11 shooting, including 0-of-7 on three-point attempts.

COACH HURLEY VS. THE IVY
Head coach Dan Hurley went 2-0 against the Ivy League as a player at Seton Hall. Assistant coach Bobby Hurley went 3-0 against the Ivy and began his illustrious career with a 130-54 thrashing of Harvard on November 25, 1989.

DID YOU KNOW?
The last time a Princeton basketball team came to Staten Island was on November 13, 2007 when the Wagner women's basketball team dominated the Tigers by a 75-49 score.

COMMON OPPONENTS
Princeton and Wagner have each played and defeated Lafayette and Bucknell this season. The Tigers bested Bucknell 66-55 on a neutral court before winning at Lafayette 82-64. The Seahawks toppled the Leopards 63-58 in the Seahawks' season-opener before taking down the Bison 77-73 for their third win of the year.

WITH A WIN ...
Wagner would win its first game over Princeton while matching last year's win total of five and snapping a four-game losing streak against the Ivy League.

GOING FOR 1,000
Wagner will also be going for the program's 1,000th win for the third-straight game.

BAILEY NAMED TO THE NEC HALL OF FAME
Former Wagner basketball standout and Hall of Famer Terrance Bailey, the most prolific scorer in NEC men's basketball history, was one of eight members in the Northeast Conference's inaugural Hall of Fame class. He was previously selected to the NEC All-Decade team, 20th Anniversary and 25th Anniversary teams. His 2,591 career points are nearly 300 more than the next closest league player and his single-season point totals of 854 points as a junior and 788 as a senior rank him third and fourth, respectively, on the all-time conference list. Bailey led the nation in scoring (29.4 ppg) and was named the NEC Player of the Year as a junior in 1985-1986. He won the NEC scoring title again as a senior (28.1 ppg) in 1986-87 and finished his career as a three-time First Team all-league performer. Not just a shooter from the outside, the 6'2” guard also tallied 136 dunks over course of his career, including a legendary slam over 7'4” Marist center Rik Smits. The Trenton, NJ native was chosen by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 1987 NBA draft.

PERFECT PARKER
After not starting for the first time all season, freshman Orlando Parker stepped up in a big way against Saint Peter's, scoring 15 points on a perfect 7-of-7 performance from the floor while matching his career-best total of 20 minutes. Parker, who scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half, was 6-for-6 in the opening stanza while the rest of his teammates went just 3-for-12. Coming into the game, Parker had just five points over the previous three games.

PARKER'S SPLITS
Freshman Orlando Parker has scored in double-digits twice this year, notching 15 against Saint Peter's and 12 in the win over Bucknell while converting 81.3 percent (13-16) from the floor. In his other seven games he has nine points on 28.7 percent (4-16) shooting. For the season, he is averaging 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 56.7 percent (17-30).

MURRAY MAKES IT RAIN
Junior Tyler Murray coninutes to the lead the NEC in scoring at 17.8 points per game and ranks among the league-leaders in minutes played (37.3 mpg) (2nd NEC), free throw percentage (.896) (t-3rd NEC), three-point percentage (.463) (4th NEC), three-pointers made (2.1) (8th NEC), assists (3.3 apg) (11th NEC) and rebounding (5.4 rpg) (15th NEC).

LATIF LEADS ALL NEC FRESHMAN
Freshman Latif Rivers leads all NEC freshmen in scoring (14.7 ppg) while ranking eigth among all players. On the national level, he is tops in the league and third in the nation in free throw percentage (.953) while sitting fourth in the NEC in three-pointers made (2.6) and fifth in three-point percentage (.442). Against Columbia, Rivers showed his maturation. Despite struggling over the last two games, he has picked it up in the second half of each game. Against Columbia he drainedng a pair of three pointers in the game's final two minutes, drawing Wagner to within four points each time, before knocking down five-straight free throws in the final four minutes against Saint Peter's.

LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK
Despite scoring in double-digits for the ninth-straight game to start the year, junior Tyler Murray, who leads the NEC in scoring at 17.8 points per game, was held to a season-low 11 points against Saint Peter's while pulling down eight rebounds and handing out five assists, both of which led the team.

ALSO LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK
Freshman Latif Rivers failed to notch double-digits for the second-straight game and is averaging just 8.5 points in each of the last two games while going 4-of-13 from the floor.

RIVERS EARNS THIRD CHOICE HOTELS NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK ACCOLADE
Freshman Latif Rivers earned his second-straight NEC accolade and the third of of the season after averaging 17.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game as the Seahawks posted a 2-1 record on the road last week. He also hit 21-22 (.955) from the line to en-route to a pair of 20-point outings as Wagner bested Bucknell and Sacred Heart while coming up painstakingly short at St. John's.

MURRAY NAMED NC-DOUBLE-EH-PLAYER OF THE WEEK ... AGAIN
Junior Tyler Murray was named NC-Double-Eh Player of the Week (November 29-December 5) by the Canadian Basketball Report for the second time this year. Murray had a team-leading 20.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game while shooting 50.0 percent (18-36) from the floor, including 42.9 percent (6-14) from beyond the arc, while knocking down 94.7 percent (18-19) from the charity stripe and notching his first two double-doubles.

HURLEY BROTHERS PROFILED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
Wagner head coach Dan Hurley and assistant coach Bobby Hurley were recently profiled by Harvey Araton of the New York Times in an article entitled The Coaching Hurleys Are Jersey's Boys. The entire article can be accessed via the Wagner Athletics website.

WAG-SPC NOTES
Wagner scored a season-low 50 points while recording season-lows in three-point percentage (25.0 %) and three pointers made (2) while allowing the opposition to convert more triples for the first time this season ... The Seahawks did shoot at least 42.0 percent from the floor for the fourth time in five games after failing to crack 40.0 percent in their first four games ... Wagner won the battle of the boards by a 27-23 count, after being outrebounded to the tune of 39-19 against Columbia ... The Green & White shot a season-low 63.6 percent (14-22) from the line.

ODD STAT
Wagner has converted 63 three pointers while grabbing 63 offensive rebounds over the first nine games. The 7.0 three pointers per game ranks second in the NEC while the 7.0 offensive rebounds per game rank last in the league.

FOULS
The Seahawks committed just seven fouls in the first half at Columbia, marking the first and only half this season Wagner has not allowed the opposition into the double-bonus (10 fouls). Thus far, the Green & White is committing an average of 5.7 more fouls than the opposition while ranking 334th with 25.6 fouls per game. For comparison's sake, Florida is averaging a NCAA-low 13.1 fouls per game.

EXCLUSIVE COMPANY
Head coach Dan Hurley became the first Wagner coach in the program's 30-year Northeast Conference (NEC) history to win his first league game. P.J. Carlesimo (Coach Hurley's collegiate coach at Seton Hall), Neil Kennett, Tim Capstraw, Dereck Whittenberg and Mike Deane all lost their NEC-debuts.

COMEBACK KIDS
Wagner rallied for a five-point deficit with just under 50 seconds to play in its NEC-opening 73-68 win at Sacred Heart.

RIVERS AUTOMATIC
It took seven games but freshman Latif Rivers showed he was human from the charity stripe, missing his first career free throw at Sacred Heart. After splitting a pair with 5:40 to play, the freshman guard hit his final four to help spur the Seahawks to a come-from-behind overtime victory. Rivers finished up 9-for-10 from the line and has five games in which he has converted at least six free throws. As mentioned before he ranks third in the national rankings at 95.3 percent (41-43).

MURRAY, RIVERS DUO RANKS SECOND IN THE NEC
Junior Tyler Murray and freshman Latif Rivers continue to rank as one of the top scoring duo in the league (2nd NEC) at an impressive 32.5 points per game. In the overtime win against Sacred Heart the pair combined for 44 points on 11-of-26 shooting, including 7-of-16 from beyond the arc, and 15-of-17 from the free throw line. On the year, they are shooting 40.5 percent (83-205) from the floor, 45.2 percent (42-93) from beyond the arc and a blistering 92.3 percent (84-91) at the line.

10-POINT GAMES
In games decided by 10 points or less, the Green & White is converting a remarkable 81.0 percent (136-168) from the free throw line.

RAISING THE BAR
In the last five minutes of games, the Seahawks are shooting a solid 47.6 percent (10-21) from beyond the arc while holding the opposition to just 27.3 percent (6-22) in similar situations and have converted 83.6 percent (51-61) from the charity stripe.

REBOUNDING NOTE
After failing to win the battle of the boards over the first four games, Wagner managed to win the glass battle at Bucknell (+2) and at St. John's (+6) highlighted by a season-best 44 caroms against a much more athletic Red Storm squad. After pulling down just 19 rebounds, including six on the offensive end, at Columbia the Green & White rebounded to win the board battle (27-23) against Saint Peter's.

THREE THE HARD WAY
With its third win of the non-conference season at Bucknell, Wagner has already eclipsed its non-league victory total from a year ago when the Green & White went just 2-11.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
“Wagner trailed by as many as 16 in the second half (at St. John's), but showed that there is another team on the rise in the outer boroughs.”
Howard Kussoy - New York Post

“If there is a team personality trait emerging in the early part of new coach Dan Hurley's first season at Wagner College, spunky might be the way to best describe it.”
Cormac Gordon - Staten Island Advance

“Dan Hurley coached as hard as he could on Wednesday night -- so hard, in fact, that he picked up the first technical foul of his college coaching career in the first half, for chewing on the refs' ears. His Wagner squad played hard for him, bouncing back from a 46-30 deficit early in the second half against St. John's to cut the lead to four, 62-58, with 4:33 to play.”
Kieran Darcy - ESPN

“I first just wanted to compliment Wagner. I thought they came in with a good game plan. They played more zone than they have at any point this season. They did an excellent job with tempo and played with poise. When we made runs, they came back and answered. Clearly, Dan Hurley and his brother, assistant coach Bobby Hurley, have done a nice job of building a team that doesn't have a lot of depth, but stays within striking distance with some timely shots, using the clock well and playing at different tempos. So I want to give them some credit.”
Steve Lavin - St. John's Head Basketball Coach

DAN HURLEY QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“It's always tough to lose ... It's devastating to lose a game like that. The effort was deserving; the play wasn't.”
Head coach Dan Hurley on his team's one-point loss to Saint Peter's

NON-CONFERENCE REVENGE TOUR TAKE THREE
Wagner now has three wins over teams that defeated the Seahawks during non-league play in 2009-2010. The Green & White dropped three games to Bucknell, Stony Brook and Lafayette a year ago by an average of 19.0 points per game while allowing an average of 79.3 points per game, fueled by 42.7 percent shooting - including 34.4 percent from beyond the arc. This season Wagner has bested all three teams, allowing just 61.7 points per game on 34.0 percent shooting, including 25.0 percent from long range.

NO FLUKE
Freshman Latif Rivers followed up his outstanding performance at Hofstra with 20 points at Bucknell, highlighted by a remarkable 16-point first half in which all the Bison guards could do was watch as Rivers helped stake Wagner to what would be an insurmountable halftime lead. He helped finish off the victory by hitting four free throws, all of which came with under five minutes to play. Rivers' 20 points make him the first Wagner rookie to notch back-to-back games of at least 20 points since Dedrick Dye accrued 21 points at Mount St. Mary's (2/19/00) and 23 against Sacred Heart (2/22/00).

GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE
Freshmen Naofall Folahan, who has only been playing basketball for five years narrowly missed a double-double at Hofstra, scoring 10 points with nine rebounds after notching zero points and six rebounds over his first three games. On the year, he is averaging 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50.0 percent (9-18).

FREE THROW NOTE
Wagner is shooting 80.9 percent (81-102) from the line in the second half of games this year.

FREE THROWS NOTE PART 2
The Seahawks are connecting on 88.1 percent (74-84) from the line in its four victories, including 87.5 percent (49-56) after halftime in those games.

SETTING THE BELL CURVE
Wagner continues to pace the NEC in the early going from beyond the arc with a 41.2 percent (63-153) success rate while holding the opposition to 29.7 percent (33-111) shooting from long range.

DEFENSE BEWARE
Wagner figures to be a formidable foe in close games this season due to its prowess at the line. The three guard attack of freshman Latif Rivers (41-43) (1st NEC), junior Tyler Murray (43-48) (3rd NEC) and classmate Chris Martin (27-36) are shooting a remarkable 87.4 percent (111-127). In the last minute of games and overtime, Murray is 11-for-13 while Rivers is 6-for-6 as the Green & White have connected on 29-of-35 (82.9 %).

DEFENSE LOCKS IT UP
Wagner has jumped out to a solid 4-5 start this season thanks to a suffocating defense that is the top-ranked unit in the NEC, allowing the opposition to hit on just 39.6 percent from the field, including 29.7 percent from behind the arc (3rd NEC). In the 58-54 win over Stony Brook, the Seahawk defense limited the Seawolves to just 3-of-22 shooting over a 13:46 span in the first half stretching from 16:55 to 3:09. In the second half, the Green & White improved on their already stellar first-half play forcing Seawolves to 2-of-14 shooting over the final 11:10, including not allowing a field goal for an 8:13 stretching from 11:11 to 2:58. Wagner also had an impressive defensive stand against Bucknell, forcing the Bison into nine-straight missed field goal attempts over a 9:30 span in the first half ... en route to limiting the Patriot League school to just 2-of-15 shooting to close out the first half ... Over the final 8:34 of the first half against Saint Peter's, the Wagner defense held the Peacocks to just 1-of-7 shooting with five turnovers while turning a four-point deficit into a five-point halftime lead.

SEAHAWKS CHANGE IT UP
Wagner changed starting line-ups for the first time this season against Saint Peter's, starting junior Josh Thompson at the forward position instead of freshman Orlando Parker. The freshman forward responded with 15 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the floor.

GOOD NEWS: GUARD PLAY ON DISPLAY
While most Wagner fans know that the team will be a guard-oriented offense, following in the footsteps of head coach Dan Hurley, himself a standout guard at Seton Hall, no one could have foreseen the guard play in the team's first two games. Guards Chris Martin, Danny Mundweiler, Tyler Murray and Latif Rivers have shot 40.0 percent (120-300) from the floor, including 42.3 percent (63-149) from beyond the arc while accounting for 74.5 percent (427-573) of the team's scoring.

HITTING THE ROAD
Wagner recently wrapped up a seven game road trip going 3-4. The road swing is the longest for the school since the 1992-1993 version of the Seahawks opened the year with a seven-game road trip ... The Green & White would love to replicate that team's success as Wagner went 18-12 en route to the NEC Championship Game.

NON-CONFERENCE NOTES
Included in the Seahawks 11-game non-conference schedule are four games against teams that won 20 games (@ Lehigh, @ Stony Brook, Princeton and @ Texas A&M) in 2009-2010, two games (@ Lehigh, @ Texas A&M) against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament and four games (@ Stony Brook (NIT), @ Hofstra (CBI), @ St. John's (NIT) and Princeton (CBI)) vs. teams that participated in other post-season tournaments. Additionally eight of the 11 teams posted winning records a year ago and the first four (Lafayette, @ Lehigh, @ Stony Brook and @ Hofstra) went a combined 82-49 with each winning at least 19 games a year ago.

TALE OF TWO HALVES
In the first half of its nine games Wagner has outscored the opposition by an average of 1.4 ppg while shooting 42.7 percent from the floor, including a blistering 40.8 percent (29-71) from long range. In the second half, however, the Green & White has shot just 40.0 percent compared to a 45.9 percent for the opposition while being outscored by 3.9 ppg. In the final half of the nine games, Wagner is shooting a blistering 42.5 percent (34-80) from beyond the arc while forcing the opposition into 25.9 percent shooting (14-54) in similar situations.

HURLEY SIGNS TWO FOR NEXT SEASON
Wagner head coach Dan Hurley announced the signing of Marcus Burton (Matthews, NC / David W. Butler) and forward Mario Moody (Orange, NJ / East Orange Campus) for the 2011-2012 academic year. Both student-athletes will be freshmen and have four years of eligibility.

A 6'0” point guard from North Carolina, Burton averaged 13.7 points and 4.5 assists per game at David W. Butler High School last season under the direction of Kurt Wessler while earning inclusion on the Southwestern 4A All-Conference team. A powerful point guard, Burton has outstanding ball handling skills and can shoot with consistency from beyond the arc.

Burton, who hit a game-winning 40-foot shot against Providence Day High School in a playoff game, led Butler to the school's fourth-straight Southwestern 4A Conference title a year ago. He also played AAU ball for the Charlotte Royals under the tutelage of Rod Seaford.

A 6'7” forward from New Jersey, Moody averaged 11.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game for East Orange Campus under the guidance of Daron Hoges. Last year as a junior, he helped the Jaguars to a 15-10 record and showcased his outstanding athleticism in a playoff game against Paterson East Side, blocking 12 shots.

Moody, who is an outstanding athlete who can play either the small or power forward position, played AAU ball last summer with Success University Team Izod under the direction of Brian Coleman and Ed Bright.

FOLLOW ALONG
Live stats can be found on the Wagner Athletics website while a live audio stream can be accessed with Jon Barr providing the commentary for a nominal fee.

UP NEXT
Wagner will head to Texas A&M to face the Aggies in College Station on Tuesday, December 21 at 8:00 pm (EST).