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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College men's basketball team will look to snap a two-game losing streak by returning to the friendly confines of the Spiro Sports Center to host Northeast Conference (NEC)-leading Saint Francis U on Thursday, February 28 in a 6:00 p.m. tip that will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
All-Time Series vs. the Saint Francis U Red FlashThe Seahawks and the Red Flash are meeting for the 74th time and Wagner holds a 37-36 all-time, lead, which includes this season's 83-79 road win back on January 24. In 2017-18, Wagner recorded its first season sweep of the Red Flash since the 2013-2014 season (Jan. 18, 2018 @Wagner, Wagner 73, SFU 64) | (Jan. 16, 2018, @SFU, Wagner 91, SFU 61) . All-time, Wagner is 24-15 against the Red Flash on Staten Island. Seahawk seventh-year head coach
Bashir Mason holds a career record of 9-4 against Saint Francis U and is 4-2 when facing the Red Flash at the Spiro Sports Center.
Since the Last MeetingSince Wagner's 83-79 win at SFU on January 24, the Red Flash have gone 8-2 in climbing atop the NEC standings at 11-5. The Seahawks, since that initial meeting vs. the Red Flash, have gone 5-5.
Wagner Last Time Out
Career-high scoring days by sophomore forward
Nigel Jackson and freshman guard
Jonathan Norfleet were not enough as the Wagner men's basketball team suffered a 74-66 defeat in its final regular season road contest at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday afternoon. Despite the setback, the Seahawks qualified for this year's Northeast Conference (NEC) tournament and are in a two-way tie for fifth place with an even 8-8 conference mark with two games to play.The Knights, who were led by Darnell Edge's 22 points, improve to 15-13 overall and 10-6 in league play. Jackson's career-high 22 points off the bench all came in the second half on 8-of-12 shooting, including four makes from downtown as Norfleet, the second Seahawk in double figures, also set a career mark with 16 points.. Trailing 31-25 at the half, Jackson rattled off a series of three-pointers and scored 16 of Wagner's first 18 points in the second half in an attempt to fuel a comeback, but his three-pointer with 15:29 to play to make it 42-36 was the closest the Seahawks would get as the Knights pulled away for the victory. Wagner held a 16-7 edge in points off turnovers and held a 24-5 advantage in bench points. Redshirt senior guard
Romone Saunders led Wagner with seven rebounds while also chipping in seven points. Fellow redshirt senior
AJ Sumbry added six boards and five points on the afternoon. The Knights had the advantage on the glass, out-rebounding Wagner 30-27 on the afternoon while shooting 51.3% from the field and 53.3% from beyond the arc, while holding the Seahawks to 38.9% accuracy from the floor.
Saint Francis U Last Time OutSenior Jamaal King scored 23 points while celebrating his senior day but it wasn't enough as Saint Francis U saw its eight-game win streak snapped in a 69-66 loss to the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (13-15, 7-9 NEC). Saint Francis trailed by six at the half, 38-32. Every time the Red Flash pulled within one possession, the Blackbirds answered with a three-pointer. Saint Francis tied the score at 48-48 on a layup by sophomore Mark Flagg at 12:21 of the second half but it was followed by a three from Ty Flowers. The red Flash trailed 68-61 with under three minutes to play before senior Keith Braxton cut it to four with a three-pointer. An offensive rebound and putback from Flagg made it a two-point game with 19 seconds left. Saint Francis fouled Flowers with 10 seconds remaining. He made the first free throw and missed the second but King couldn't get off a game-tying three and was called for a travel to end the game. Saint Francis played with better energy in the second half but was undone by the shooting disparity from three-point range. The Blackbirds made 5-of-11 three-pointers in the half while SFU connected on just 1-of-8. Saint Francis finished the game 24-of-61 (39.3%) from the field while the Blackbirds made 25-of-53 (47.2%). The Red Flash hit 3-of-16 (12.5%) three-pointers while LIU Brooklyn connected on 10-of-26 (38.5%). Saint Francis was aggressive in getting to the free throw line but made just 15-of-22 (68.2%). The Blackbirds finished the game 9-of-15 (60.0%).
Bashir Mason a Perfect Seven Straight NEC Berths
Wagner head coach
Bashir Mason has now led the Seahawks to berth in the NEC Tournament in each of his seven seasons at the helm of the Seahawk program. As a program, the Green & White have qualified for nine consecutive NEC appearances.
In Saturday's 74-66 loss at FDU, a pair of Seahawk delivered career games in sophomore forward
Nigel Jackson and freshman guard
Jonathan Norfleet, who hit for 22 and 16 points, respectively. All 22 of Jackson's points came during the second half against the Knights. After seeing just two minutes of playing time in the opening half after picking up two fouls and going 0-of-1 from the floor, Jackson's 22-point second-half explosion came during a 17-minute stint where he was 8-of-12 (75 percent) from the field.
The overall career highs set vs. FDU by this duo included:Points: 22
Most Points in a half: 22
Field Goals Made: 8
Field Goal Attempts: 13 (tie)
Points: 16
Field Goals Made: 5(tie)
3-PT Field Goals Made: 4
3-PT Field Goal Attempts: 6
Assists: 2 (tie)
Saunders Up To 19th in All-Time Scoring
With his seven points at FDU on Saturday, redshirt senior guard
Romone Saunders moved into 19th place on the Wagner all-time scoring list with 1,287 career points, passing former recent Seahawk standout Joey Mundweiler (2004-08), who tallied 1,281 points. Standing in front of Saunders are four Wagner Hall of Fame Members in Art Redmond, Hank Predrom Dedrick Dye, and Fred Klittch.
All-Time Scoring
15. Fred Klittich (1961-64) 1,404
16. Dedrick Dye (1999-03) 1,349
17. Hank Pedro (1962-65) 1,298
18. Art Redmond (1981-86) 1,291
19. Romone Saunders (2014-pres.) 1,287
Saunders Ninth in All-Time Three-Pointers Made
Romone Saunders has moved into the Wagner All-Time Top-10 list in career three-pointers made, checking in at ninth place with 183 made three's after sinking one trey on Saturday at FDU.
All-Time 3-Pt Fg Made
1 Joey Mundweiler (2004-09) 312
2 Dedrick Dye (1999-03) 270
3 Dean Borges (1986-91) 218
4 Chris Martin (2008-12) 199
5 Bobby Hopson (1990-94) 192
6 Tyler Murray (2008-12) 189
7 Lamont Street (1990-1994) 187
8 Jeff Klauder (1998-2002) 185
10
Corey Henson (2014-2017) 180
Sumbry Moving Up on All-Time Blocks ListWith his four blocked this week, three on Thursday at Bryant one at FDU on Saturday, redshirt senior forward
AJ Sumbry is up to 133 for his Seahawk career, which ranks fourth on the Wagner all-time list. The 6-8 Sumbry actually has 144 career blocks to his credit, including 11 he had during his freshman season of 2013-14 at Quinnipiac.
All-Time Blocks
1 Naofall Folahan (2010-14) 230
2 Frantz Pierre-Louis (1994-1999) 176
3 Mladin Mutavdzic (1991-1993) 135
4. A.J. Sumbry (2016-pres.) 133
5 Jermaine Hall (1999-2003) 124
Northeast Conference Launches New Branding Initiative
The NEC launched its "All In, Ball Out" branding campaign at the league's "Social" Media Day in Brooklyn on Oct. 24, 2018. The campaign is meant to capture the essence and attitude of the NEC's basketball-centric nature, and convey a host of traits common to its student-athletes, teams and the Conference itself. A series of hoops theme nights were announced to take place during league play and enhance the fan experience through coordinated marketing efforts within the conference. The theme nights are NECNewYear (Jan. 3 & 5), MLK Day (Jan. 21) and Love & NEC Basketball (Feb. 14 & 16).
6-7 Forward Darion Jordan-Thomas Signs Letter of Intent
During the early signing period back in November, 6'7" Massachusetts forward Darion Jordan-Thomas from Woodstock Academy (CT) signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Wagner College. Jordan-Thomas, who scored more than 1,600 career points in his high school career, was a standout at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH, before electing to spend a prep school year at Woodstock Academy. The Brockton, MA native, who will be a freshman in 2019-20
Wagner Picked Fourth in NEC Preseason Poll
The Northeast Conference (NEC) preseason coaches' poll was announced on October 24 at the league's Social Media Day at Barclays Center, and the defending regular season champion Wagner men's basketball team was predicted to finish fourth by the coaches for the upcoming 2018-19 season. Saint Francis U was tabbed the preseason favorite, securing eight first-place votes. Fairleigh Dickinson was predicted to finish second while defending league champion LIU Brooklyn was picked third, with both the Knights and Blackbirds securing one first-place preseason vote apiece. Wagner checked in at fourth, Robert Morris was chosen fifth, with Central Connecticut and St. Francis Brooklyn taking the sixth and seventh spots, respectively. Bryant (8th), Sacred Heart (9th) and Mount St. Mary's round out the 10-team poll.
Up Next
Wagner concludes the regular season on Saturday, March 2 when the Seahawks host Robert Morris on Senior Day in a 4:00 p.m. tip.
