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Staten Island, NY - After posting a decisive 101-82 win on Thursday night, Wagner (14-10; 8-5 NEC) will look to make it two in a row against first place Bryant (16-7; 9-3 NEC) on Saturday at 4:00 pm. The game will be streamed free of charge through
NEC Front Row with
WFAN Update Anchor Joey Wahler providing the call.
QUICK HITS
* Freshman
Dwaun Anderson cracked
SportsCenter's Top-10 plays for the third time this year with
this thunderous dunk early in the first half against Central Connecticut.
* In the teams' first match-up, the Bulldogs defeated the Seahawks by an 82-59 count as Dyami Starks paced five double-figure scorers for the victors with 17 points.
* Bryant shot a blistering 56.3 percent (27-for-48) from the floor, including 50.0 percent (8-for-16) from long range. Wagner, meanwhile, was limited to just 33.3 percent (20-for-60) shooting, including 19.2 percent (5-for-26) from deep.
* Senior
Jonathon Williams led the Seahawks with 17 points and nine rebounds and is now averaging 16.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game over three career match-ups with the Bulldogs.
* The Green & White leads the all-time series by a 4-2 count and has split two meetings between the teams at the Spiro Sports Center. Last year, Wagner won 78-61 with Bryant posting a 53-51 victory during the 2009-2010 campaign.
* This season, the Seahawks are 8-2 at home and 20-5 over the last two seasons. The Green & White has also posted a stellar 119-66 (.643) record in the Spiro Sports Center since its renovation in 1999.
* The Seahawks cracked the century mark against CCSU for the first time since besting Sacred Heart 100-92 in a double-overtime thriller exactly five years ago to the date
* Additionally, the last time Wagner scored at least 100 points in a non-overtime game was in an 105-86 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on December 15, 2007.
* It also marked the 26th time in the Seahawks' Division I (since 1976-1977) history that the Green & White has notched at least 100 points, including just the eighth time in the renovated Spiro Sports Center.
* Wagner's 52 first-half points came on a season-best 69 percent (20-for-29) shooting as the Seahawks converted on 11 of their final 12 shots before halftime, including nine-straight at one point. The 52 points were better than or matched Green & White's total scoring output in six games this season.
* Sophomore
Marcus Burton paced five double-figure scorers with a career-high 23 points, on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 shooting from the line, while adding a personal-best seven assists, against no turnovers. The 23 points supersede his total of 17 from his previous five games combined.
* Joining Burton in double-figures were junior
Latif Rivers (15), junior
Kenneth Ortiz (14), Williams (12) and junior
Orlando Parker (10) as the Seahawks placed five in double-figures for the second time in three games after failing to do so once in the their first 21 games.
* Thanks to Burton, the Green & White reserves scored a season-high 44 points, on 15-of-23 shooting (.652), with 20 of the team's 40 rebounds.
* Rivers and Williams notched double-figures in scoring for the sixth-straight game after each player was held below 10 points in the same game for their first time as teammates against the Mount. Ortiz's 14 points came with seven assists, against just one turnover, as the Garden State native now has seven games with at least seven assists this season.
* Over the last six games, Rivers is averaging 17.8 points per game while shooting 53.2 percent (33-for-62) from the field and 60.0 percent (18-for-30) from long range. Williams, meanwhile, is notching 14.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 54.2 percent (32-for-59) from the field. Additionally, Ortiz is averaging 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game while shooting a blistering 56.5 percent (35-for-62) from the floor.
* As a unit, Wagner is making good on 50.0 percent from the field, including 43.2 percent from deep, over the aforementioned six-game sample.
* The Seahawks have also outshot the opposition in each of their last seven games, highlighted by their season-high 61.4 percent performance against CCSU.
* The last time the Green & White converted on at least 60 percent was in an 83-74 victory over Yale on December 6, 2008. The 61.4-percent mark was also Wagner's best performance since making good on 64.7 percent in an 89-70 win against Saint Francis U on January 15, 2005.
* Rivers' 15 points against CCSU also give him 1,063 for his career while moving the high-scoring guard past
Nigel Wyatte and into a tie with
Lamont Street for 34th place on the all-time Seahawk scoring list.
* Parker recorded double-figures for the third time this year with 10 points while junior
Naofall Folahan narrowly missed double-figures with eight points and a game-high nine rebounds.
* In a losing effort, Kyle Vinales of Central Connecticut scored 42 points while breaking the Spiro Sports Center record for most points in a game of 38 set by Darshan Luckey of Saint Francis U on February 3, 2003.
* Thanks to its most recent victory, Wagner improved to 14-2 in Thursday night games and 9-3 in February over the last two years.
* The Seahawks also won for the 30th-straight game when either leading or tied with five minutes to play and are a perfect 12-0 this season and 37-1 over the last two years.
* Head coach
Bashir Mason, who turned 29 on Monday and is the nation's youngest coach, notched his 14th win of the year against CCSU, while setting a school-record for the most victories by a first-year Wagner coach since the school's ascension to D-1 in the fall of 1976.
* To get the record, Mason bested Howie Dickenman, who at 66 years and 96 days is the 10th oldest coach in the D-1 ranks. With the win, Mason also improved to 3-2 this year against senior citizens.
* In Monday's NCAA RPI rankings, Bryant was the NEC's highest ranked team at 134th while Wagner was third at 149th.
* The Seahawks continue to lead the league and rank among the national leaders in field goal percentage defense (.399) (58th NCAA), scoring defense (65.4) (150th NCAA) and blocks (5.0) (33rd). The Green & White also are among the top-100 in rebounding margin (+4.7) (55th NCAA), field goal percentage defense (.399) (58th NCAA) and steals per game (8.1) (62nd NCAA).
* At home this season, Williams and Rivers are averaging a combined 31.9 points per game while shooting 50.0 percent (75-for-150) from the field, 53.7 percent (22-for-41) from long range and 81.0 percent (51-for-63) from the line.
* Williams continues to lead the team in scoring (14.4 ppg) (9th NEC) and rebounding (6.8 rpg) (t-8th NEC) while also shooting a team-best 50.7 percent (8th NEC) from the field and 79.3 percent (6th NEC) from the line.
* Ortiz also ranks among the league leaders in scoring (12.0 ppg) (17th NEC), assists (5.0 apg) (4th NEC) and steals (2.0 spg) (3rd NEC). For his career, Ortiz has recorded over 500 points, 200 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals.
* Folahan is second in the NEC with 1.5 blocks per game and sophomore
Mario Moody third with 1.48. Additionally, Moody (34) and Folahan (33) each have more blocks then the entire Bryant (25) does as a team.
* Wagner returns to action on Thursday, February 21 at St. Francis Brooklyn with tip time slated for 7:00 pm.
* Follow Wagner Athletics on Twitter (@wagnerathletics) for all the latest news and updates on the athletic department, @WagnerHoops for news and updates on the men's basketball program and @bashirmason to follow the Seahawks' first-year head coach.
