SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Game 12 • Monmouth (4-7) vs. No. 8 (9 …MONMOUTH HAWKS • - indicates possible starters NO.N AME (C L., H T., WT.)P OS.PPG RPG APG N OTES 1 Dion Nesmith (So.,

MONMOUTH HAWKS • - indicates possible starters

NO. NAME (CL., HT., WT.) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTES

1 Dion Nesmith (So., 6-3, 200) G n/a n/a n/a declared ineligible by NCAA

2 Jesse Steele (So., 5-9, 180)* G 4.4 1.1 0.7 transfer from Army; 7 GP at Army

3 Will Campbell (Jr., 5-10, 175) G 8.8 2.3 1.5 17 pts vs UND; 2009 NEC All-Rookie

10 •Jordan Davis (Fr., 5-9, 200) G 5.8 3.0 3.0 33 assts, 19 to

12 Matt Pritchett (Jr., 6-3, 200) G 0.6 0.8 0.0 transfer from Eastern Wyoming

15 •James Hett (Sr., 6-0, 185) G 5.5 2.5 4.3 420 assists in 101 GP; 10 assts vs UH

20 •Mike Myers Keitt (Jr., 6-7, 180) F 7.7 2.6 1.0 66 career GP; 12.7 ppg in BTC

21 Marcus Ware (So., 6-7, 215) F 3.2 3.5 0.2 7 pts., 7 rebs at CCSU

23 R.J. Rutledge (Sr., 6-4, 175) G 8.5 3.5 0.7 5 3FG vs Rutgers; 82 career GP

24 Daniel James (Fr., 6-6, 195) F n/a n/a n/a freshman from Huddersfi eld, England

25 Gary Cox (Jr., 6-6, 200) F 4.0 1.1 0.0 career-hi 23 pts vs Hartford

32 •Ed Waite (So., 6-5, 240) F 9.9 6.0 1.5 14 pts, 5 rebs at Rider

44 •Nick DelTufo (Sr., 6-8, 245) F 4.1 2.2 0.4 11 pts vs Rutgers; 99 career GP

51 Phil Wait (Jr., 7-0, 275) C 4.5 4.1 0.1 11 pts, 16 rebs vs UH

* - career numbers entering 2010-11

2010-11 ME N ’S BA S K E T B A L L GA M E NO T E S

SCHEDULE/RESULTS11.16 ^ STONY BROOK [ESPN] L, 49-51

11.19 LEHIGH W, 69-68

11.27 * at Central Connecticut State L, 50-54 (ot)

11.29 at Davidson L, 53-69

12.03 # vs. Eastern Michigan W, 64-63

12.04 # at Idaho L, 66-69

12.05 # vs. North Dakota W, 57-52

12.08 PRINCETON L, 61-64

12.11 HARTFORD W, 78-74 (2ot)

12.15 at Rider L, 54-74

12.18 RUTGERS L, 56-79

12.22 #8 VILLANOVA 7:00 p.m.

12.29 at Harvard 7:00 p.m.

01.03 * BRYANT 7:00 p.m.

01.06 * QUINNIPIAC 7:00 p.m.

01.08 * SACRED HEART 7:00 p.m.

01.13 * at Saint Francis (Pa.) 7:00 p.m.

01.15 * at Robert Morris 7:00 p.m.

01.20 * CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 7:45 p.m.

01.22 * at Bryant 4:00 p.m.

01.27 * ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 7:45 p.m.

01.29 * LONG ISLAND [MSG, FCS] 2:00 p.m.

02.03 * at Mount St. Mary’s 7:00 p.m.

02.05 * at Wagner 7:00 p.m.

02.09 * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:45 p.m.

02.12 * at Fairleigh Dickinson [MSG, FCS] 2:00 p.m.

02.17 * SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) 7:45 p.m.

02.19 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 p.m.

02.24 * at Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m.

02.26 * at Sacred Heart 3:30 p.m.

03.03 $ NEC Quarterfi nals 7:00 p.m.

03.06 $ NEC Semifi nals tba

03.09 $ NEC Championship [espn2] 7:00 p.m.

Home Game is BOLD CAPS

^ - 2010 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon

# - Basketball Travelers Classic (Moscow, Idaho)

* - Northeast Conference games

$ - NEC Tournament (at higher seeds)

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Blue & White Bits• Monmouth returns to action on

Wednesday night, when the Hawks host

their second straight Big East opponent,

as No. 10 Villanova comes to town. The

Hawks, who are 2-3 at home so far this

year, are hosting their third Big East foe

in the MAC since its doors opened last

year.

• Villanova, which is 9-1 overall, is aver-

aging 76.8 points per game and has four

players in double-fi gures, while six play-

ers average 8.0 points or more. ‘Nova is

the highest-ranked oppenent Monmouth

has ever faced at home.

• Monmouth welcomes seven new faces

to this year’s squad, and returns 46.3%

of its scoring from last season, and 220

career combined starts.

• Dave Calloway, who has spent 24 years

of his life with the Monmouth family, is in

his 14th year as the head coach. Callo-

way, who has won three NEC titles, has

posted a 122-113 mark in league play.

• Game 12 •

Monmouth (4-7) vs. No. 8 Villanova (9-1)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 • 7:05 p.m.

the MAC (4,000) • West Long Branch, N.J.

• Game Day •

TV: none

Live Stats/Video: GoMUHawks.com

Radio: 88.9 FM WMCX

www.wmcx.com

Gary Kowal (Play-by-Play)

Rob Pina (Color Analysis)

All-Time Series: Villanova leads 6-0

Last Meeting: VU, 71-48 (11/25/08)

Dave Calloway

Monmouth, 1991

14th season

173-213 overall

Team Stats:

ppg 59.7

rpg 35.4

fg% 40.0

3fg% 30.5

ft% 58.8

Jay Wright

Bucknell, 1983

16th season

309-177 overall

Team Stats:

ppg 76.8

rpg 40.9

fg% 44.4

3fg% 31.4

ft% 78.5

CALLOWAY VS. THE NECTeam Record/Post Season

Bryant 2-0/0-0

Central Connecticut State 11-13/3-0

Fairleigh Dickinson 11-15/2-1

Long Island 12-12/1-1

Mount St. Mary’s 9-13/1-0

Quinnipiac 13-9/0-1

Robert Morris 9-13/1-1

Sacred Heart 9-11/0-0

St. Francis (N.Y.) 12-11/1-2

St. Francis (Pa.) 15-6/0-0

Wagner 14-8/0-1

TOTAL VS. CURRENT 117-110/9-7

ALL-TIME 122-113/10-7

CALLOWAY YEAR-BY-YEARMONMOUTHYear Overall NEC Notes

1998 3-10 3-9

1998-1999 5-21 5-15

1999-2000 12-16 9-9

2000-2001 21-10 15-5 NCAA fi rst round

2001-2002 18-12 14-6

2002-2003 15-13 13-5

2003-2004 21-12 12-6 NCAA fi rst round

2004-2005 16-13 14-4

2005-2006 19-15 12-6 NCAA fi rst round

2006-2007 12-18 7-11

2007-2008 7-24 4-14

2008-2009 8-23 6-12

2009-2010 12-19 8-10

2010-2011 4-7 0-1

Career Record: 173-213 (14th season)

Career NEC Record: 122-113 (14th season)

CALLOWAY QUICK FACTS

BORN: October 7, 1968

EDUCATION: Monmouth, 1991 - B.A.

Monmouth, 1995 - M.A.

EXPERIENCE: Monmouth assistant coach

(1991-1998)

Monmouth head coach

(1998-present)

FAMILY: Wife: Denise; Son: David (9)

HIGHLIGHTS:

2001 NEC Coach of the Year

Four NCAA Tournaments (3 as head coach)

Two NEC regular-season titles

Four NEC tournament titles (3 as head coach)

Four 20-plus-win seasons (2 as head coach)

Dave CallowayHEAD COACH • MONMOUTH, 1991 • 14TH SEASON • 173-213 OVERALL / NEC RECORD: 122-113

In his 14th season as head coach, Dave Calloway has registered a

173-213 overall record. Calloway became Monmouth’s head coach

in 1998 after serving as assistant coach for six-plus seasons. Cal-

loway led Monmouth to a 21-10 season and an NCAA Tournament

appearance in 2000-01, earning NEC Coach of the Year honors.

In 2004, he led the Hawks back to the pinnacle of the NEC with a

21-12 mark and the school’s third NCAA Tournament appearance

and fi rst NEC regular-season title. MU’s climb continued in 2006,

as the Hawks won the NEC Tournament for a fourth time and went

on to defeat Hampton in the NCAA Opening Round, before falling

to top-seeded Villanova in the fi rst round. Calloway enjoyed a stel-

lar playing career at Monmouth, logging 1,404 points and ranking

14th on MU’s all-time scoring list. His point total ranks seventh in

the Hawks’ Division I era. During his playing career, MU compiled

a 67-48 record and posted a winning mark all four years. Calloway, who earned Academic All-

American honors as a junior, still holds career and single-season three-point shooting records

at Monmouth.

CLIMBING UPAfter starting his career 3-29, Calloway pushed his coaching record over the .500 mark, by

recording six consecutive winning seasons from 2000-01 to 2005-06. That streak marked just

the second time the Hawks have strung together fi ve or more winning years since moving to

Division I in the mid-80’s.

CAREER HAWKCalloway has spent 24 years with the program (player, assistant and head coach).

ALL OR NOTHING... ALMOSTFor the most part, it has been all or nothing for Dave Calloway at the NEC Tournament. He owns

a 10-7 record in the tournament, going 9-0 during MU’s three NEC Championship runs (2001,

2004, 2006), but bowing out in the opening round in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2010.

2005 was the fi rst year Calloway recorded a win, but did not go on to win the championship,

bowing out to Wagner, 63-60, in the semis.

MONMOUTH MENTORSHIPCalloway, who has led the Monmouth program to three NEC Championships as a head coach

(and was an assistant coach during the 1996 title season), has guided the Hawks to three NCAA

Tournament appearances. An Academic All-American during his playing days, Calloway has

mentored two NEC Players of the Year (Rahsaan Johnson - 2001 and Blake Hamilton - 2005),

two NEC Rookies of the Year (Alpha Bangura - 1999 and Jhamar Youngblood - 2006) and a

Defensive Player of the Year (Kevin Owens - 2003).

TOUGH STARTSUnder Calloway, MU annually plays a tough out-of-conference schedule. Since 1998-99, Cal-

loway’s fi rst full season, the Hawks are 40-88 in non-conference games. Some impact wins:

Princeton (3), Akron, Vanderbilt, Hofstra (2), Hampton, Southern Illinois, Loyola Marymount,

Wichita State, Charlotte, FIU, Wyoming, Penn, Lehigh and Eastern Michigan. Some high-profi le

defeats: Penn, Gonzaga, Boston College, Notre Dame, Miami, Nebraska, UNLV, Maryland, Seton

Hall, South Carolina, Loyola Marymount, San Diego State, Clemson, Houston and Rutgers (in

ot).

AS A YOUNGSTER...Calloway was one of former coach Wayne Szoke's prize recruits as a sharpshooting guard from

St. Joseph's High School. He tallied 1,458 career points and had his jersey number retired by

the school. His prep career included South Jersey Player of the Year honors, along with a Cape

Atlantic League and South Jersey Parochial B title. In 2001, Calloway was inducted into the St.

Joseph's High School Hall of Fame.

CALLOWAY MILESTONESWHAT... ............................................. WHEN ......................WHERE/WHO ....................WHY

FIRST WIN ..................................... 01/22/98 ...........................AT WAGNER .................. 58-56FIRST NEC WIN ............................... 01/22/98 ...........................AT WAGNER .................. 58-56FIRST HOME WIN .............................. 01/24/98 ........................... VS. CCSU .................. 63-58FIRST NON-CONFERENCE WIN ................ 11/30/99 ...........................VS. DREXEL .................. 81-69FIRST NON-CONFERENCE ROAD WIN ......... 12/09/00 ............................AT ALBANY .................. 61-52FIRST NEC TOURNAMENT WIN ................ 03/03/01 ...........VS. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON .................. 71-5925TH WIN ..................................... 12/09/00 ............................AT ALBANY .................. 61-5250TH WIN ..................................... 01/19/02 ...........VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) .................. 57-5575TH WIN ..................................... 11/21/03 ............. VS. APPALACHIAN STATE .................. 69-65100TH WIN .................................... 01/15/05 ..................... AT LONG ISLAND .................. 69-57125TH WIN .................................... 02/20/06 ............... FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON .......... 96-89 [2OT]150TH WIN .................................... 11/29/08 ...............VS. NJIT (PALESTRA) .................. 55-47

HAWKS IN THE PRESEASON COACHES POLLMonmouth was selected tenth in the Northeast Conference 2010-11 preseason coaches poll, based on voting conducted by the league’s head coaches. After cap-turing its fi rst-ever NEC regular season crown a year ago, Quinnipiac was picked unanimously to win the 2011 Championship, as the preseason rankings, along with the league’s preseason all-conference team, were announced during a media tele-conference with coaches this afternoon as a prelude to the NEC’s 30th anniversary season.

Two-time defending NEC Tournament champion Robert Morris was tabbed second, followed by Long Island in third. Central Connecticut State was picked fourth, ahead of Mount St. Mary’s in fi fth and Fairleigh Dickinson in the sixth spot. St. Francis (N.Y.) and Saint Francis (Pa.) tied for seventh in the poll, and were followed by Sa-cred Heart in ninth, Monmouth in tenth, Wagner in eleventh and Bryant in twelfth.

Quinnipiac becomes the NEC’s fi rst unanimous favorite since Long Island in 1997-98. It also marks the second time in its 13-year history with the conference that the Bobcats have been installed as the preseason favorite.

BASEMENT DWELLERIn the last four seasons, Monmouth has been picked ninth or lower in the pre-season poll. In 2007-08, Monmouth was picked 10th in the NEC Preseason Poll, which was the lowest in the NEC preseason coaches poll since 1999-2000 when it was voted 11th in a 12-team league. That year, Monmouth was coming off a 5-21 season (5-15 in the NEC), when the Hawks held the nation’s longest losing streak (19 games).

FRESH FACESIn 2007-08, in its season-opener at Colgate, Monmouth started a freshman for the fi rst time since November 21, 2000, when Jason Krayl earned a starting nod at Rider. That game also marked the fi rst time since 1998, Dave Calloway’s fi rst full season as head coach, the Hawks gave the starting nod to multiple rookies. 2008-09 marked the second straight year in which the Hawks started a rookie in the opening game, as Mike Myers Keitt got the nod at forward against FAU (11/14).

THE MATCHUPUtilizing its trademark matchup, Monmouth annually ranks among the NEC leaders in scoring defense. In fact, MU has led the NEC in the category in 14 of the last 22 years, including two years ago (67.1 ppg). The Hawks fi nished last season ranked sixth in that category (66.6) - only 3.4 ppg behind league-leading Mount St. Mary’s. MU is allowing 65.2 ppg after 11 games this year to rank third in the NEC.

ON THE AIRHawk basketball games can be heard live on Hawks Radio. The fl agship station is WMCX-FM (88.9) in West Long Branch. All games are broadcast by a corps of Mon-mouth University students.

HAWKS GAMES ONLINE - AUDIO/VIDEOHawks’ fans can listen to live audio of Monmouth basketball online. The radio broad-cast of all MU basketball games can be heard live on-line on the offi cial website of Monmouth’s student radio station WMCX, www.wmcx.com. Once again, all Mon-mouth men’s and women’s home basketball games (except televised contests) will be available on GoMUHawks.com, via webstreaming (fees apply).

LEADING SCORERMonmouth’s top returning scorer is junior guard Will Campbell (11.2 ppg in 2009-10), who also has the highest career-point total of all returning players. The guard, who has 614 career points, has started 23 games in the Blue and White, and fi n-ished 2010 ranked 20th in the league in scoring.

TEAM CAPTAINSAt a team meal in early November, Monmouth’s team captains were selected by the roster. The senior trio of Nick DelTufo, James Hett and R.J. Rutledge were chosen.

BLACKJACKOn December 14, 2005, MU’s vaunted matchup zone made national headlines, as the Hawks held Princeton to just 21 points in an MU victory. The 21 points equaled the lowest total by a Division I team since the introduction of the 3-point line for the 1986-87 season, until Saint Louis’ 20-point outburst (1/10/08) against George Washington knocked MU off that pedastal. Coastal Carolina held Georgia Southern to just 21 points in a 61-21 win on January 2, 1997.

UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTSLocation ............................West Long Branch, N.J.Founded .....................................................1933Enrollment .................................................4,500President ....................Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney IIVice President & Athletic Dir.. ...Dr. Marilyn McNeilConference .......................................... NortheastNickname .................................................HawksColors ..............................Midnight Blue and WhiteArena .........................................the MAC (4,000)Web Site ....................................GoMUHawks.com

2009-10 Overall Record ............................ 12-192009-10 NEC Record ........................... 8-10/t-8th2009-10 Postseason ................ L, in NEC quarters

First season of Basketball ......................1956-57Overall Record (55th season) ............... 841-646

First season of Division I ................... 1983-1984Overall DI Record (28th season) .......... 378-420

First season in NEC ............................ 1985-1986Overall NEC Record (26th season) ........ 241-200All-Time NEC Tournament Record .............21-16

NEC Regular Season Titles (2)..........................................................2004, 2005NEC Championships (4)........................................1996, 2001, 2004, 2006NCAA Tournaments (4)........................................1996, 2001, 2004, 2006

MEDIA SERVICESINTERVIEWS WITH COACH CALLOWAY Media wishing to interview Coach Calloway must notify the Monmouth Athletics Com mu ni ca -tions offi ce. 24 hours of ad vance notice is appre ci -at ed. Coach Calloway is available most weekday morn ings or after practice.

WEEKLY PLAYER IN TER VIEWS All player interviews must be re quest ed through the Athletics Com mu ni ca tions offi ce, and must be arranged at least 24 hours in advance.

PRACTICE COVERAGE Monmouth’s practices are open to the media. Shooting of video and still photos is limited to the fi rst 20 min utes of each practice unless other ar range ments are made through Athletics Com-munications.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS Arrangements for media cre den tials for Mon-mouth home basketball games must be made through the Monmouth Athletics Com mu ni ca tions offi ce. Re quests by ac cred it ed media mem bers should be made in writing and submitted on com pa ny let ter head to Chris Tobin. Credentials must be re quest ed at least 48 hours prior to re quest ed game.

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MU vs. RANKED TEAMSMonmouth’s loss at No. 20 Villanova (11/25/08), dropped the Hawks’ record to 0-16 all-time vs. Top 25 squads. Monmouth’s last game versus a ranked-opponent came against No. 3 Villanova in the NCAA Tournament in 2006. In the 2004 NCAA Tournament fi rst round, the Hawks lost 85-52 to then No. 9 Mississippi State in Orlando. In 2001-02, Monmouth hosted No. 22 Gonzaga, marking the fi rst time that a team ranked in the top 25 had ever made an appearance at Boylan Gym. Monmouth lost the game, 79-54. That same season, Monmouth also lost to No. 2 Maryland, 91-55, at Cole Fieldhouse. At the 2001 NCAA East Regional, the Hawks dropped a 95-52 decision to No. 1 ranked Duke. During the 1999-2000 season, Monmouth lost to No. 25 Miami (Fla.), 67-46 and No. 20 DePaul, 69-62. In 1995-96, Monmouth lost to No. 20 Duke, 69-53, in the regular season and No. 20 Marquette, 68-44, in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks have also lost to No. 25 St. John’s (85-60 - 11/23/90), No. 18 Iowa (55-46 - 12/30/89), No. 18 North Carolina State (95-50 - 12/27/88), No. 11 St. John’s (98-58 - 12/23/85), No. 17 Georgia Tech (96-66 - 1/17/85) and No. 6 Georgetown (75-54 - 1/9/84).

MOVING UP THE NEC CHARTDave Calloway moved into fourth place on the Northeast Conference list of all-time regular-season league wins with 122, surpassing Basketball Hall of Famer Jim Phelan (116), and Dave Magarity (117 wins). Next on the list for Calloway is former St. Francis [N.Y.] head man, Ron Ganulin (129).

SIX PACK OF WINSThe Hawks strung together six consecutive winning seasons from 2000-01 through 2005-06, winning three NEC titles. It marked the fi rst time the Blue and White posted six straight winning marks since moving to D-I in 1983-84.

IT’S CALLED CHARITY, CUZ THEY ARE “FREE” THROWSThe school season-record for free throw percentage is 77.1%, set during the 1990-91 and 2004-05 seasons. Monmouth fi nished last season connecting on 68.5% (416-607) from the line. The Hawks are shooting worse so far this year, connecting on just 58.9% (116-197) after 11 games. Monmouth’s worst-ever showing was in 2001-02 when the team hit 64.9% from the line.

70-BELOWMonmouth, which prides itself on defense, maintains that it will always give itself a chance to win if it holds opponents to under 70 points. MU surrendered 70+ 14 times last season, including seven 80+ outings, and was 3-11 in those games. The Hawks, who surrendered 70+ points to Hartford in double overtime, Rider and Rutgers, are 3-5 when holding teams under 70.

THREE DECADES ON THE SIDELINESAssistant coach Ron Krayl is now in his 34th season on the sidelines for the Hawks. The mastermind behind the Hawks’ matchup zone defense, Krayl scored over 2,300 points in his playing days at Sioux Falls. A draftee in both the ABA and the NBA (Philadelphia 76ers), Krayl also played during his service with the U.S. Army, with the likes of Mike Krzyzewski and Fran Dunphy.

O-FER AGAINST THE BIG EASTMonmouth is now 0-37 against teams from the BIG EAST Conference after its loss to Rutgers (12/18/10). The Hawks gave themselves a chance to earn a victory in 2007-08, falling at Seton Hall in OT. MU took Rutgers to overtime in 2003-04, but lost by three. Monmouth will host a pair of BIG EAST teams this season in the MAC, as both Rutgers and preseason No. 6 Villanova visit West Long Branch.

THE MONMOUTH TRADITION• NCAA Tournament Appearances (4)

1996, 2001, 2004, 2006

• NEC Tournament Championships (4)

1996, 2001, 2004, 2006

• NEC Regular Season Championships (2)

2004, 2005

• NEC Coach of the Year (2)

Dave Calloway (2001), Wayne Szoke (1988)

• NEC 25th Anniversary Team (1)

Alex Blackwell, 1989-92

• Basketball Academic All-American (1)

Dave Calloway (third team), 1989-90

• Honorable Mention All-American (2)

Rahsaan Johnson (2001)

Blake Hamilton (2005)

• NEC Player of the Year (2)

Rahsaan Johnson (2001)

Blake Hamilton (2005)

• NEC Newcomer/Rookie of the Year (3)

Alex Blackwell (1990), Alpha Bangura (1999),

Jhamar Youngblood (2007)

• NEC Defensive Player of the Year (1)

Kevin Owens (2003)

• NEC All-Conference First Team (15)

Fernando Sanders (1989), Alex Blackwell (1990,

1991, 1992), William Lewis (1992), Glenn Stokes

(1994), John Giraldo (1995, 1996), Corey Albano

(1996, 1997), Rahsaan Johnson (2000, 2001,

2002), Blake Hamilton (2004, 2005)

• NEC All-Conference Second Team (12)

Mason McBride (1986), Harrie Garris (1988), Fer-

nando Sanders (1988), Dave Calloway (1990),

William Lewis (1990, 1991), John Giraldo (1994),

Mustafa Barksdale (1997), Dwayne Byfi eld (2003),

Kevin Owens (2003), Marques Alston (2006), Tra-

vis Taylor (2010)

• NEC All-Newcomer/Rookie Team (15)

Fernando Sanders (1986), Ernie Dix (1987), Dave

Calloway (1988), Chuck McCay (1989), John Gi-

raldo (1993), Corey Albano (1994), Joe Fermino

(1998), Andre Williams (1999), Kevin Owens

(2000), Dwayne Byfi eld (2002), Whitney Coleman

(2006), Jhamar Youngblood (2007). Will Campbell

(2009), Travis Taylor (2009), Ed Waite (2010)

• NEC Tournament MVP (5)

Alex Blackwell (1990), Corey Albano (1996), Rah-

saan Johnson (2001), Blake Hamilton (2004),

Marques Alston (2006)

• NEC All-Tournament Team (17)

Harrie Garris (1988), Derric Thomas (1988), Wil-

liam Lewis (1990), Alex Blackwell (1991), Steve

Wriedt (1993), Glenn Stokes (1994), John Giraldo

(1994), Mustafa Barksdale (1996, 1997), Corey

Albano (1997), Rahsaan Johnson (2000), Gerry

Crosby (2001), Tyler Azzarelli (2004), Dwayne By-

fi eld (2004), Blake Hamilton (2004, 2005), Chris

Kenny (2006)

Individual Career Totals (sorted by Points) * includes previous DI schools

PLAYER G GS MIN PTS REB ASST BLK STL

Campbell 69 27 1,674 683 161 68 8 75

Rutledge 82 26 1,487 507 178 62 8 22

Hett 101 98 3,213 453 285 420 9 115

Myers Keitt 66 40 1,205 447 166 80 14 36

DelTufo 99 42 1,555 397 193 46 23 28

Waite 42 37 884 388 226 56 7 50

Davis 11 3 296 64 33 33 2 18

Wait* 22 2 245 56 59 3 13 1

Cox 9 0 88 36 10 0 1 6

Ware 12 0 173 34 38 2 2 4

Steele* 7 1 97 31 8 5 0 3

Pritchett 5 0 35 3 4 0 0 1

Nesmith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

IT ONLY TAKES ONE MORE POINT THAN YOULast season, Monmouth fi nished 5-2 in games decided by fi ve points or less. Eight of Monmouth’s fi rst nine games were decided by fi ve points or less, and Monmouth was 4-4 in those games after its 78-74 win over Hartford.

DEFENSIVE AT THE ARCMU allowed 32.8% from three-point range to its opponents last season - which was fourth-best in the league. Conversely, the Hawks hit just 31.1% of their own attempts (11th-best).

MONMOUTH ALL-TIME 1,000-POINT SCORERSWhile the Monmouth D-I basketball record books contain 18 members in its 1,000-point club, the all-time 1,000-point scorers include 13 more members that date back to the 50’s. Led by Ron Kornegay’s 2,526 points, MU now has 31 members in this club. Second to Kornegay, (Athletic Director at Manasquan H.S., and the only retired number at MU - #22) is Ed Halicki (1969-72), who threw a no-hitter for the San Francisco Giants in his Major League Baseball career.

THE COACHING TREE...Monmouth has the sons of two coaches or former coaches on its roster this year. Nick DelTufo’s father was an assistant coach at Montclair State and Caldwell, while R.J. Rutledge’s father was an assistant coach at St. John’s during the 1980’s.

DISHING IT OUTJames Hett registered 105 assists as a rookie, which was the pro-gram’s highest freshman total since 1992-93, when John Giraldo collected 109 as a rookie. The point guard, who set a new career-best with 10 assists vs. Hartford (12/11/10), now has 420 career assists in 101 games (4.16 apg). Hett surpassed No. 3 Rahsaan Johnson (418; 1999-2002) on the all-time list, and now has No. 2 John Giraldo in his sights. The Hawks’ all-time assist leader is Derric Thomas, who had 524 assists from 1984-88.

LAST “HOME” OPENERFor a second straight year, the Hawks opened the season at home,

as Monmouth topped FIU in the MAC last season. Prior to last year,

the last time Monmouth opened a season at home was when the

Hawks hosted Rider University to open the 2001-02 campaign. On

that night, the Hawks received their 2001 NEC Championship &

NCAA Tournament rings and bested the Broncs by fi ve.

TOURING THE GARDEN STATEThis season, the Hawks will face four of the seven Garden State

Division I Basketball programs - Fairleigh Dickinson, Princeton,

Rider and Rutgers. Monmouth, which competed against six NJ

squads last year, went 0-7 on the Garden State Tour.

WAITE-LISTED AS ALL-ROOKIELast season, forward Ed Waite earned Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team honors, increasing the program-total to 15 players

who have earned All-Newcomer/All-Rookie accolades. Waite, who

hauled in a season-best 17 rebounds as part of his fi rst career

double-double against Fairleigh Dickinson in February, averaged

9.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a freshman.

MU ON THE ESPN FAMILY OF NETWORKSMU is now 6-4 when appearing on the ESPN family of networks:3/9/88 - ECAC Metro Championship at FDU - L, 90-753/3/96 - NEC Championship vs. Rider - W, 60-593/5/01 - NEC Championship vs. St. Francis - W, 67-643/10/04 - NEC Championship vs. CCSU - W, 67-5511/24/05 - Great Alaska Shootout vs. Southern Illinois (espn.360) - W, 80-6811/25/05 - Great Alaska Shootout vs. South Carolina - L, 62-563/8/06 - NEC Championship Game at FDU - W, 49-483/14/06 - NCAA Opening Round Game vs. Hampton - W, 71-4911/17/09 - at Saint Peter’s - L, 34-5811/16/10 - Stony Brook - L, 49-51

2009-10 FINAL NEC STANDINGS

School NEC Pct. ALL Pct. Streak

1. Quinnipiac* 15-3 .833 23-10 .697 L2

Robert Morris* 15-3 .833 23-12 .657 L1

3. Mount St. Mary’s* 12-6 .667 16-15 .516 L1

4. Long Island* 11-7 .611 14-17 .452 L1

5. Fairleigh Dickinson* 10-8 .556 11-21 .344 L2

6. Central Conn. St.* 9-9 .500 12-18 .400 L1

Saint Francis (Pa.)* 9-9 .500 11-19 .367 L3

8. Monmouth* 8-10 .444 12-19 .387 L4

St. Francis (N.Y.) 8-10 .444 11-18 .379 L1

10. Sacred Heart 7-11 .389 14-15 .483 W1

11. Wagner 3-15 .167 5-26 .161 W1

12. Bryant 1-17 .056 1-29 .033 L3

games played through 3/18/10

2010-11 NEC PRESEASON POLL TEAM [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] 2009-10 NEC/FINISH

1. Quinnipiac [11] 15-3/t-1st

2. Robert Morris 15-3/t-1st

3. Long Island [1] 11-7/4th

4. Central Connecticut State 9-9/t-6th

5. Mount St. Mary’s 12-6/3rd

6. Fairleigh Dickinson 10-8/5th

7. St. Francis (N.Y.) 8-10/t-8th

Saint Francis (Pa.) 9-9/t-6th

9. Sacred Heart 7-11/10th

10. Monmouth 8-10/t-8th

11. Wagner 3-15/11th

12. Bryant 1-17/12th

2010-11 PRESEASON ALL-NEC G Karon Abraham, So. Robert Morris

G Akeem Bennett, Sr. St. Francis (N.Y.)

F Ken Horton, Sr. CCSU

F/C Justin Rutty, Sr. Quinnipiac

G Mike Scott, Sr. Fairleigh Dickinson

SEEING THE SUN RISEIn Monmouth’s 6 a.m. game at Saint Peter’s (11/17/09), the Hawks posted its lowest point total (34) since scoring 33 points against Notre Dame in the 2007 Paradise Jam.

WARE MENDEDSophomore forward Marcus Ware, who missed eight weeks with a stress fracture in his foot sufferred in the fi nal Blue/White scrim-mage, was cleared to practice on 12/7/09, but saw action in just two games [Rutgers (12/9), and Princeton (12/16)], before red-shirting with that foot injury.

DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORERSIn 21 of Monmouth’s 31 games last year, the Hawks had at least three players score in double-fi gures. In the games in which three Hawks did not score in double-digits, MU went 2-8. No Hawks scored in double-fi gures in the opener versus Stony Brook (11/16), but a trio did in wins over Lehigh, Eastern Michigan, North Dakota and Hartford, and in losses to Idaho and Rutgers.

NEC OPENERSMonmouth is now 16-10 all-time in Northeast Conference open-ers, dating back to the Hawks’ fi rst season in the NEC (1985-86), after its season-opening loss at CCSU (11/27). Over that span, the Hawks are 6-5 when they open league play on the road.

ALLOWING 80+Monmouth allowed 80+ points to seven opponents last season. The most 80-point outings by the opposition came during the 1985-86 season, when 11 teams hung 80+ on the Hawks. The 1991-92 edition had no opponents accompish the feat.

IT’S A LONG ROAD AHEAD...Last season, MU endured a seven-game road swing - the pro-gram’s longest since venturing away from home for eight straight games in 1993-94. The Hawks’ longest road trip this season is fi ve games, which will see the Blue and White travel to four dif-ferent states (including a stay in Washington). Monmouth went 2-3 on the trip.

CAUGHT UP IN THE IVYMU’s win over Penn (12/12) last season was the Hawks’ fi rst win in the series that started in 2002-03 (1-4). The win over Penn also gave the Hawks their win over an Ivy League team other than Princeton.

WIN STREAKIn 2009-10, Monmouth put together a fi ve-game win streak, which was the Hawks’ fi rst such streak since 2004-05 when the Blue and White strung together six straight wins in January.

517 STRAIGHTMonmouth, which went 0-for-11 from three-point range at Princ-

eton (12/16), broke a streak of 517 straight games of hitting a

three-pointer. The last game in which the Hawks pitched on 0-fer

from beyond the arc was February 13, 1992 at Long Island, in

which MU went 0-for-5.

517 STRAIGHT - PART IIDoing the research for the previous note led Monmouth Athletics

student-worker Mark Mohrman to discover that the last time the

Hawks went through an entire game without hitting a free throw,

was also the February 13, 1992 contest at LIU. Monmouth, which

lost by 17 that night, went 0-for-5 from the line as well.

HOME WINSThe Hawks’ eight home wins is the most for the program since the

2006-07 season when MU posted eight home wins. The school re-

cord for home victories is 13, set during the 2003-04 campaign.

MINUTE MENMU now has 18 players in its DI history to play over 3,000 career minutes, led by all-time leading scorer John Giraldo (1992-96). Player Minutes 1. John Giraldo (‘92-96) 4,089 2. Whitney Coleman (‘05-10) 3,894 3. Dave Calloway (‘87-91) 3,885 4. William Lewis (‘88-92) 3,822 5. Corey Albano (‘93-97) 3,311 6. Dwayne Byfi eld (‘01-05) 3,301 7. Chris Kenny (‘02-06) 3,299 8. Fernando Sanders (‘85-89) 3,225 9. Alex Blackwell (‘89-92) 3,218 10. James Hett (‘07- ) 3,213 11. Mustafa Barksdale (‘93-97) 3,151 12. Marques Alston (‘03-07) 3,14613. Rahsaan Johnson (‘99-02) 3,120 14. Jason Krayl (‘00-04) 3,087 15. Derric Thomas (‘85-88) 3,047 16. Blake Hamilton (‘01-05) 3,025 17. Tyler Azzarelli (‘02-06) 3,020 18. Kevin Owens (‘99-03) 3,010

NEW FACESMonmouth welcomes several new faces to the program this year,

including seven players, and new staff. The Hawks’ newcomers in-

clude Gary Cox, Jordan Davis, Daniel James, Dion Nesmith, Matt

Pritchett, Jesse Steele and Phil Wait, while the sideline welcomes

assistant coach Kevin Murphy and former Monmouth standout

and the 2005 NEC Player of the Year, Blake Hamilton.

10-YEAR ANNIVERSARYThis season marks the 10-year anniversary of Monmouth’s 2001

Northeast Conference Championship, the Hawks’ fi rst under head

coach Dave Calloway. That season, the Hawks fi nished with a

school-record 21 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in

Greensboro, North Carolina, where they faced eventual National

Champion, Duke University.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDSLast season, forward Ed Waite hauled in a season-best 17 re-

bounds as part of his fi rst career double-double against FDU

(2/6). Waite’s accomplishment was the highest rebound total

since Corey Albano grabbed 20 boards against LIU in Febru-

ary, 1997. Waite’s 17 rebounds was the seventh-highest total in

MU’s D-I annals, as Karl Towns grabbed 23 against Morgan State

(1985) to head the list.

HONORING THE PAST... RAHSAAN JOHNSON NAMED TO NJHOOPS ALL-DECADE TEAMOne of the most dynamic scorers in Monmouth and Northeast Conference history, guard Rahsaan Johnson - the 2001 NEC Play-er of the Year and Honorable Mention All-America, was named to NJ Hoops’ All-Decade Team.

In three seasons with the Hawks (1999-2002), Johnson scored 1,628 points, which is good for sixth all-time at MU. Johnson is also third on the all-time assist list (418), ranks fourth in steals (169), and 11th in rebounds (456). In addition, Johnson holds the single-game scoring record at Monmouth with his 43 point effort versus St. Francis (N.Y.) [2/4/01] in a 86-77 victory. The Hawks were 51-38 during Johnson’s career and he helped them to a Northeast Conference Championship in 2001.

Joining Johnson is Saint Peter’s guard Keydren Clark, Seton Hall guard Andre Barrett, Rider forward Jason Thompson and Rutgers guard Quincy Douby.

CALLOWAY’S CAREERHead coach Dave Calloway, in his 14th season at the helm of the

Hawks’ program passed former coach and mentor Wayne Szoke

on the Monmouth all-time Division I victory list with his win over

St. Francis [N.Y.] (2/18), giving Calloway 169 career wins. Callo-

way’s win over Hartford put the Hawk at 173 total victories.

Bill Boylan, who guided Monmouth from 1956-1977, earned 364

career wins on the sideline and recorded a .699 win percentage

in his 21 seasons.

MORE AND MORE “W’S”Last season, with its victory at St. Francis (2/18), Monmouth

earned its 12th overall win (its highest win total since 2006-07),

and earned its eighth league win (its highest win total since post-

ing 12 victories in 2005-06).

CHRISTENING THE MACAfter 44 years of calling Boylan Gymnasium the home of Mon-

mouth University Basketball, the Hawks opened the 2009-10 cam-

paign in the brand new, $57-million Multipurpose Activity Center

on November 13 and 15, when MU hosted FIU and Seton Hall. FIU

and SHU both made fi rst-time appearances on campus, while the

Pirates’ visit was the fi rst time MU hosted a BIG EAST team.

TRANSFERSCenter Phil Wait sat out the mandatory year last season after

transfering to Monmouth from St. John’s University. Wait, who

saw action in 11 games with the Red Storm as a freshman, started

MU’s exhibition game against Dominican and added nine points,

three rebounds and three blocks.

Guard Jesse Steele, who was a mid-year transfer from Army, will

be eligible for the Hawks once the fi rst semester ends. Steele,

who appeared in seven games for the Black Knights, earning one

start, is expected to be dressed for the fi rst time in the Blue and

White, when Monmouth visits Harvard on December 29.

TRANSFERS, PART 2Guard Dion Nesmith’s eligibility is still being questioned by the

NCAA. Nesmith, who accepted a scholarship to play football at

Northeastern out of high school, transfered to Monmouth after NE

dropped its football program. If Nesmith came to Monmouth to

play football, he would have been eligible right away.

Joining Nesmith, Steele and Wait, as transfers are forward Gary

Cox and guard Matt Pritchett, who came from junior colleges.

LEAVING BOYLANThrough the 2008-09 season, the Monmouth Basketball programs

posted a combined 415-247 record in Boylan Gym. The Hawks

called Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, later named William T. Boy-

lan Gymnasium in 1992, home for 44 seasons. Alumni Gymnasi-

um opened on November 27, 1965, and opened its doors for reg-

ular season competition on December 1, 1965 when MU defeated

Saint Peter’s 73-71, on Ron Kornegay’s team-high 24 points.

LAST YEAR’S BASKETBALL TRAVELERS TRIPIn 2009-10, Monmouth competed in the World Vision Classic, an-

other Basketball Travelers, Inc. Tournament, and posted a 1-2

mark in the event. After defeating host Wyoming in its opening

game, Monmouth recorded back-to-back, single-digit losses to

Pepperdine and Hampton.

THIS YEAR’S BASKETBALL TRAVELERS TRIPMonmouth went 2-1 in the Basketball Travelers Classic in Idaho

(12/3-5), registering victories over Eastern Michigan (MAC) and

North Dakota (Great West), while dropping a three-point deci-

sion to host Idaho (WAC). Mike Myers Keitt (12.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg,

56.0% FG) and Will Campbell (11.7 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg) both

earned All-Tournament Team recognition for the Hawks.

STARTING LINEUPSIn its fi rst 11 games of the season, Monmouth has utilized fi ve

different starting lineups. Two Hawks (Hett and Waite) have been

the only constants so far this year.

EXTRA SESSIONSMonmouth’s double overtime game against Hartford was the

Hawks’ second extra session game of the season, and the fi rst

2OT game since February 20, 2006 - when MU outlasted Fairleigh

Dickinson 96-89, in Boylan Gym.

DOUBLE YOUR PLEASUREPhil Wait’s fi rst career double-double against Hartford (11 pts, 16

rebs) was the Hawks’ fi rst double-double since Ed Waite posted a

10-point, 17-rebound effort at Fairleigh Dickinson (2/6/10).

COMING OUT PARTYJunior Gary Cox, who had played in a total of 26 minutes in the

fi rst eight games, played a career-high 30 minutes for the Hawks

against Hartford on Saturday, and delivered. Cox, who went

5-for-7 from three-point range, hit 8-for-10 from the fl oor for a

team-high 23 points, while adding fi ve rebounds, in MU’s come-

back win over UH.

QUITE THE COMEBACK...MU’s 17-point comeback in the victory over Hartford, was the

Hawks’ biggest comeback win since November 24, 2003, when

Monmouth erased a 19-point defi cit against Hampton in the Para-

dise Jam. Monmouth trailed 35-16 with 1:58 remaining in the

half, in a 64-52 victory over the Pirates - which was a PJ record.

Monmouth’s largest DI comeback was in the 2001 NEC Champion-

ship game against St. Francis, when the Hawks came back from

20 points down with 14 minutes remaining.

THREE NLI’sGuard Austin Tillotson (York, Pa./Eastern York), wing Andrew

Nicholas (Wrightsville, Pa./Eastern York), and forward Mykel Har-

ris (Lexington Park, Md./The Phelps School) have all signed Na-

tional Letters of Intent to play basketball at Monmouth University

in 2011, head coach Dave Calloway announced recently.

Tillotson and Nicholas are currently teammates at Eastern York

High School in Wrightsville, Pa., and were both named to Class

AAA all-state basketball teams as juniors. The duo led Eastern

York to its fi rst District 3 title in 22 years, a single-season record

31 wins and a PIAA Class AAA semifi nal appearance.

Tillotson, a 6-0 guard, averaged 19. 2 points and 5.5 assists this

past season en route to being a fi rst-team all-state selection.

Tillotson was also named the Daily Record/Sunday News’ Division

III/IV Player of the Year as a junior.

The 6-foot-6 Nicholas, a left-handed wing player, scored 20.9

points per game, connected on 62 threes and grabbed 6.2 re-

bounds per game during his junior campaign, en route to his sec-

ond team all-state team selection. Nicholas was also a third team

all-state selection in 2009.

Harris, currently attending The Phelps School in Malvern, Pa.,

played at Great Mills High School in Maryland last season. Harris

averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game,

while leading Great Mills to the 4A regional fi nals. At GMHS, Har-

ris was named to the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference all

conference team, fi rst team all-county and the Washington Post

First-Team All Extra.

Tillotson, Nicholas and Harris will fi ll the voids on the roster left

by graduating seniors James Hett, R.J. Rutledge and Nick DelTufo

in the spring of 2011.

UP NEXT...Monmouth returns to action on Wednesday, December 29, when

the Hawks travel to Harvard for a non-conference game at 7:00

p.m.

2010-11 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL ROSTERS

Numerical

NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. WT. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL)

1 Dion Nesmith So. G 6-3 200 HS Union, N.J. (Union/Northeastern)

2 Jesse Steele So. G 5-9 180 1L Milford, N.J. (Oak Hill Academy/Army)

3 Will Campbell Jr. G 5-10 175 2L Willingboro, N.J. (Paul VI)

10 Jordan Davis Fr. G 5-9 200 HS Tampa, Fla. (Sickles)

12 Matt Pritchett Jr. G 6-3 200 2L Norwalk, Conn. (Bridgeport Central/Eastern Wyoming)

15 James Hett Sr. G 6-0 185 3L Staten Island, N.Y. (Monsignor Farrell)

20 Mike Myers Keitt Jr. F 6-7 180 2L Waterbury, Conn. (Marianapolis Catholic)

21 Marcus Ware So. F 6-7 215 1L Vineland, N.J. (Vineland)

23 R.J. Rutledge Sr. G 6-4 175 3L Baldwin, N.Y. (Northfi eld Mount Herman Prep)

24 Daniel James Fr. F 6-6 195 HS Huddersfi eld, England (Canarias Academy)

25 Gary Cox Jr. F 6-6 200 2L Houston, Texas (Nimitz/Panola College)

32 Ed Waite So. F 6-5 240 1L Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Pine Crest)

44 Nick DelTufo Sr. F 6-8 245 3L Mendham, N.J. (West Morris Mendham)

51 Phil Wait Jr. C 7-0 275 1L Manchester, England (Proctor Academy/St. John’s)

Alphabetical

NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. WT. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL)

3 Will Campbell Jr. G 5-10 175 2L Willingboro, N.J. (Paul VI)

25 Gary Cox Jr. F 6-6 200 2L Houston, Texas (Nimitz/Panola College)

10 Jordan Davis Fr. G 5-9 200 HS Tampa, Fla. (Sickles)

44 Nick DelTufo Sr. F 6-8 245 3L Mendham, N.J. (West Morris Mendham)

15 James Hett Sr. G 6-0 185 3L Staten Island, N.Y. (Monsignor Farrell)

24 Daniel James Fr. F 6-6 195 HS Huddersfi eld, England (Canarias Academy)

20 Mike Myers Keitt Jr. F 6-7 180 2L Waterbury, Conn. (Marianapolis Catholic)

1 Dion Nesmith So. G 6-3 200 HS Union, N.J. (Union/Northeastern)

12 Matt Pritchett Jr. G 6-3 200 2L Norwalk, Conn. (Bridgeport Central/Eastern Wyoming)

23 R.J. Rutledge Sr. G 6-4 175 3L Baldwin, N.Y. (Northfi eld Mount Herman Prep)

2 Jesse Steele So. G 5-9 180 1L Milford, N.J. (Oak Hill Academy/Army)

51 Phil Wait Jr. C 7-0 275 1L Manchester, England (Proctor Academy/St. John’s)

32 Ed Waite So. F 6-5 240 1L Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Pine Crest)

21 Marcus Ware So. F 6-7 215 1L Vineland, N.J. (Vineland)

Coaching StaffHEAD COACH: Dave Calloway (Monmouth, 1989), 14th season

ASSISTANT COACH: Tahj Holden (Maryland, 2007), 3rd season

ASSISTANT COACH: Kevin Murphy (Kentucky, 2000), 1st season

ASSISTANT COACH: Ron Krayl (Sioux Falls, 1969), 34th season

DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Chris Kenny (Monmouth, 2006), 5th season

DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Blake Hamilton (Monmouth, 2005), 1st season

ATHLETIC TRAINER: Simon Rosenblum, A.T.C. (Waynesburg, 1997)

Pronunciations:

Dion NESMITH Ness-mith

Mike Myers KEITT Myers KIT

Marcus WARE Where

Ed WAITE WEIGHT

Nick DEL TUFO del TWO-FOE

Phil WAIT WEIGHT

OVERALL RECORD: 4-7 (HOME: 2-3; AWAY: 0-4; NEUTRAL: 2-0)NEC RECORD: 0-1 (HOME: 0-0; AWAY: 0-1)

MONMOUTH OPPONENT MONMOUTH OPPONENT MONMOUTH DATE OPPONENT RESULT HIGH SCORER HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDER HIGH REBOUNDER HIGH ASSISTS

11.16 STONY BROOK L, 49-51 Campbell (9) Martin (13) Waite (13) Joyner (11) three with 2

11.19 LEHIGH W, 69-68 Waite (20) Ojo (23) Waite (7) Ojo (7) Hett (8)

11.27 at CCSU* L, 50-54 (ot) DelTufo (12) Efese (15) Campbell, Ware (7) Horton (14) four with 2

11.29 at Davidson L, 53-69 Waite (15) McKillop (17) Waite (8) Cohen (9) Waite (3)

12.03 >vs. Eastern Michigan W, 64-63 Myers Keitt (17) Bowdry (28) Myers Keitt, Waite (6) Bowdry (12) Campbell (4)

12.04 >at Idaho L, 66-69 Wait (13) Geiger (17) Myers Keitt, Wait (5) Barone (8) Davis (6)

12.05 >vs. North Dakota W, 57-52 Campbell (17) Schuler, Benter (10) Waite (6) Mitchell (8) Hett (4)

12.08 PRINCETON L, 61-64 Hett, Wait (12) Davis (18) Waite, Wait (7) Maddox (9) Davis (4)

12.11 HARTFORD W, 78-74 (2ot) Cox (23) Zeglinski (31) Wait (16) Burton (16) Hett (10)

12.15 at Rider L, 54-74 Waite (14) Robinson (22) Ware (6) Stewart (12) Hett (5)

12.18 RUTGERS L, 56-79 Rutledge (17) Coburn (18) Rutledge (6) Biruta, Beatty (9) Hett (7)

12.22 VILLANOVA

12.29 at Harvard

01.03 BRYANT*

01.06 QUINNIPIAC*

01.08 SACRED HEART*

01.13 at Saint Francis (Pa.)*

01.15 at Robert Morris*

01.20 CCSU*

01.22 at Bryant*

01.27 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.)*

01.29 LONG ISLAND*

02.03 at Mount St. Mary’s*

02.05 at Wagner*

02.09 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON*

02.12 at Fairleigh Dickinson*

02.17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)*

02.19 ROBERT MORRIS*

02.24 at Quinnipiac*

02.26 at Sacred Heart*

03.03 NEC Quarterfi nals $

2010-11 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL RESULTS

2010-11 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL STARTING LINEUPS

DATE OPPONENT RESULT GUARD GUARD FORWARD FORWARD CENTER

11.16 STONY BROOK L, 49-51 Hett Campbell Myers Keitt Waite Wait

11.19 LEHIGH W, 69-68 Hett Rutledge Myers Keitt Waite Wait

11.27 at CCSU* L, 50-54 (ot) Hett Rutledge Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

11.29 at Davidson L, 53-69 Hett Rutledge Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.03 >vs. Eastern Michigan W, 64-63 Hett Campbell Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.04 >at Idaho L, 66-69 Hett Campbell Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.05 >vs. North Dakota W, 57-52 Hett Campbell Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.08 PRINCETON L, 61-64 Hett Campbell Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.11 HARTFORD W, 78-74 (2ot) Hett Davis Rutledge Waite DelTufo

12.15 at Rider L, 54-74 Hett Davis Rutledge Waite DelTufo

12.18 RUTGERS L, 56-79 Hett Davis Myers Keitt Waite DelTufo

12.22 VILLANOVA

12.29 at Harvard

01.03 BRYANT*

01.06 QUINNIPIAC*

01.08 SACRED HEART*

01.13 at Saint Francis (Pa.)*

01.15 at Robert Morris*

01.20 CCSU*

01.22 at Bryant*

01.27 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.)*

01.29 LONG ISLAND*

02.03 at Mount St. Mary’s*

02.05 at Wagner*

02.09 FDU*

02.12 at FDU*

02.17 SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)*

02.19 ROBERT MORRIS*

02.24 at Quinnipiac*

02.26 at Sacred Heart*

Home games in BOLD CAPS

* - indicates Northeast Conference game

> - Basketball Travelers Classic (Moscow, Idaho)

$ - NEC Tournament Quarterfi nal

2010-11 MONMOUTH TEAM HIGHS/LOWS

Monmouth Opponent

Points 1st Half High 31 vs. Rutgers (12/18/10) 39 by Rider (12/15/10); Davidson

Low 17 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 20 by Stony Brook (11/16/10)

Points 2nd Half High 42 vs. Hartford (12/11/10); vs. Lehigh 42 by Rutgers (12/18/10)

Low 24 at Davidson (11/29/10) 21 by CCSU (11/27/10)

Total Points High 78 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 79 by Rutgers (12/18/10)

Low 49 vs. Stony Brook (11/16/10) 51 by Stony Brook (11/16/10)

FG Made High 27 at Idaho (12/4/10) 31 by Rutgers (12/18/10)

Low 17 vs. Stony Brook (11/16/10) 15 by CCSU (11/27/10)

FG Attempted High 65 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 78 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 44 vs. North Dakota (12/5/10) 43 by Idaho (12/4/10)

FG Percentage High 47.9 vs. Easterm Michigan (12/3/10) 58.1 by Idaho (12/4/10)

Low 29.5 at CCSU (11/27/10) 30.0 by CCSU (11/27/10)

3-Pt. FG Made High 9 vs. Rutgers (12/18/10) 14 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 2 vs. Stony Brook (11/16/10) 2 by Stony Brook (11/16/10)

3-Pt. FG Att. High 27 vs. Rutgers (12/18/10); vs. Hartford 47 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 13 at Davidson (11/29/10) 12 by Idaho (12/4/10)

3-Pt. FG Pct. High 40.0 vs. Princeton (12/8/10) 58.3 by Idaho (12/4/10)

Low 12.5 vs. Stony Brook (11/16/10) 12.5 by Stony Brook (11/16/10)

FT Made High 18 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 19 by CCSU (11/27/10)

Low 4 at Idaho (12/4/10) 4 by North Dakota (12/5/10)

FT Attempted High 30 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 26 by CCSU (11/27/10)

Low 9 at Idaho (12/4/10) 5 by North Dakota (12/5/10)

FT Percentage High 81.3 vs. Stony Brook (11/16/10) 80.0 by North Dakota (12/5/10)

Low 44.4 at Idaho (12/4/10) 33.3 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Off. Rebounds High 17 vs. Hartford (12/11/10); at CCSU 21 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 5 vs. Easterm Michigan (12/3/10) 7 by North Dakota (12/5/10)

Def. Rebounds High 36 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 33 by CCSU (11/27/10)

Low 10 at Idaho (12/4/10) 17 by Idaho (12/4/10)

Total Rebounds High 53 vs. Hartford (12/11/10) 51 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 24 at Idaho (12/4/10) 27 by North Dakota (12/5/10); by Idaho

Assists High 19 vs. Lehigh (11/19/10) 18 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Blocked Shots High 4 at Rider (12/15/10) 11 by Princeton (12/8/10)

Steals High 11 vs. Lehigh (11/19/10) 9 by Rider (12/15/10)

Turnovers High 19 at Rider (12/15/10) 25 by CCSU (11/27/10)

Low 10 at Idaho (12/4/10) 11 by Hartford (12/11/10); by Easterm Michigan

Personal Fouls High 24 at CCSU (11/27/10) 23 by Hartford (12/11/10)

Low 10 vs. North Dakota (12/5/10) 14 by Idaho (12/4/10)

2010-11 MONMOUTH MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

Games as Leading ScorerEd Waite ............................ 3Will Campbell ...................... 2Phil Wait ............................. 2James Hett ......................... 2Nick DelTufo ....................... 1Mike Myers Keitt .................. 1Gary Cox ............................ 1R.J. Rutledge ...................... 1

Games as Leading RebounderEd Waite ............................ 6Phil Wait ............................. 3Mike Myers Keitt .................. 2Marcus Ware ....................... 2Will Campbell ...................... 1R.J. Rutledge ...................... 1

Games Leading in AssistsJames Hett ......................... 7Jordan Davis ....................... 4Ed Waite ............................ 2Will Campbell ...................... 2Mike Myers Keitt .................. 1

Double-Figure Scoring GamesWill Campbell ...................... 5Ed Waite ............................ 5Mike Myers Keitt .................. 4James Hett ......................... 3Phil Wait ............................. 3R.J. Rutledge ...................... 3Nick DelTufo ....................... 2Jordan Davis ....................... 1Gary Cox ............................ 1

20-Point GamesEd Waite ............................ 1Gary Cox ............................ 1

10-Rebound GamesEd Waite ............................ 1Phil Wait ............................. 1

Double-DoublesPhil Wait ............................. 1

DunksOpponents ........................ 12Monmouth .......................... 4

Phil Wait ............................. 3Marcus Ware ....................... 1

Charges DrawnOpponents ........................ 19Monmouth ........................ 10

Nick DelTufo ....................... 5Jordan Davis ....................... 1Marcus Ware ....................... 1James Hett ......................... 1Ed Waite ............................ 1Gary Cox ............................ 1

Three-Point PlaysOpponents ........................ 12Monmouth ........................ 11

R.J. Rutledge ...................... 3Mike Myers Keitt .................. 2Ed Waite ............................ 2Nick DelTufo ....................... 1Will Campbell ...................... 1Phil Wait ............................. 1Jordan Davis ....................... 1

Four-Point PlaysOpponents .......................... 0Monmouth .......................... 1

Jordan Davis ....................... 1

Forced Five-Second CallsOpponents .......................... 0Monmouth .......................... 1

Forced 10-Second BackcourtOpponents .......................... 0Monmouth .......................... 0

Technical FoulsOpponents .......................... 3Monmouth .......................... 3

Jump Balls ControlledOpponents .......................... 5Monmouth .......................... 9

James Hett ......................... 4Will Campbell ...................... 2R.J. Rutledge ...................... 2Gary Cox ............................ 1

Forced Shot Clock ViolationsOpponents .......................... 5Monmouth .......................... 1

Bench ScoringOpponents .......................182Monmouth .......................260

Monmouth’s First SubstitutionMarcus Ware ....................... 4R.J. Rutledge ...................... 2Gary Cox ............................ 2Nick DelTufo ....................... 1Will Campbell ...................... 1Phil Wait ............................. 1

Monmouth’s First PointsEd Waite ............................ 2James Hett ......................... 2Will Campbell ...................... 2R.J. Rutledge ...................... 1Mike Myers Keitt .................. 1Marcus Ware ....................... 1Jordan Davis ....................... 1Nick DelTufo ....................... 1

Largest Halftime Lead6 vs. North Dakota (12/5/10)

Largest Halftime Defi cit13 at Rider (12/15/10)13 vs. Hartford (12/11/10)13 vs. Princeton (12/8/10)

Largest Monmouth Lead17 vs. North Dakota (12/5/10)

Largest Monmouth Defi cit23 vs. Rutgers (12/18/10)20 at Rider (12/15/10)18 at Davidson (11/29/10)17 vs. Hartford (12/11/10)

Largest Monmouth Win5 vs. North Dakota (12/5/10)

Largest Monmouth Defeat23 vs. Rutgers (12/18/10)20 at Rider (12/15/10)16 at Davidson (11/29/10)

Longest Winning Streak1, 12/11/10 - 1, 12/5/10 - 1, 12/3/10 - 1, 11/19/10 -

Longest Losing Streak2, 12/15/10 - 2, 11/27/10 - 11/29/10

Largest Home Crowd2,852 (12/18/10)2,308 (11/16/10)

Largest Road Crowd3,106 (11/29/10)

Largest Neutral Crowd613 (12/3/10)

Monmouth’s 2010-11 Record When...

Plays at home ..................... 2-3 Plays in November ...............1-3

Plays on the road ................ 0-4 Plays in December ...............3-4

Plays at neutral site ............. 2-0 Plays in January ..................0-0

Games following win ............ 0-4 Plays in February ................0-0

Games following loss............ 4-2 Plays in March ....................0-0

Leads at half ....................... 1-1 Plays during the day ............2-2

Trails at half ........................ 3-6 Plays at night .....................2-5

Tied at half ......................... 0-0 Plays on Sunday .................1-0

Overtime games .................. 1-1 Plays on Monday .................0-1

Shoots 50% or higher .......... 0-0 Plays on Tuesday .................0-1

Shoots less than 50% .......... 4-7 Plays on Wednesday ............0-2

Opp. shoots 50% or less....... 4-6 Plays on Thursday ...............0-0

Shoots better than opp. ........ 3-1 Plays on Friday ...................2-0

Shoots worse than opp. ........ 1-6 Plays on Saturday ...............1-3

Outrebounds opponent ......... 3-2 Margin is 5 pts or less ..........4-4

Is outrebounded .................. 1-5 Margin is 10 pts or less ........4-4

Has equal rebounds ............. 0-0 Margin is between 11-20 ......0-2

More TOs ............................ 3-5 Margin is more than 20 ........0-1

Equal or less TOs than opp ... 1-2 Has a 20+ scorer ................2-0

Equal or more bench pts ....... 3-6 Scores 59 points or less .......1-5

Less bench pts. ................... 1-1 Scores 60+ points ...............3-2

Makes 5+ 3-Pt. Shots .......... 3-5 Scores 70+ points ...............1-0

No MU player fouls out ......... 2-4 Scores 80+ points ...............0-0

1+ MU player fouls out ......... 2-3 Scores 90+ points ...............0-0

Has 15+ assists .................. 2-2

Plays on TV......................... 0-1

Stony Brook (2-1) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

2 Carter * 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16

5 Coley * 2-7 0-0 3-4 0-2-2 1 7 0 5 0 2 26

10 Dougher * 3-14 2-10 1-2 0-6-6 1 9 3 2 0 2 38

23 Joyner * 2-6 0-0 1-5 5-6-11 2 5 0 2 1 0 22

30 Martin * 4-11 0-1 5-6 2-3-5 3 13 0 1 0 0 34

4 Jackson 0-3 0-2 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 1 1 0 1 17

15 Hayes 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5

21 Rapier 5-7 0-0 0-2 1-5-6 3 10 2 3 1 0 26

22 McAlister 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

32 Mayo 3-3 0-0 1-1 3-0-3 2 7 0 0 1 0 13

TEAM 0-3-3

Totals... 19-55 2-16 11-20 13-28-41 16 51 6 15 3 6 200

Pct. .345 .125 .550 DB: 3

2010-11 MONMOUTH BOX SCORESGame 1

Stony Brook 51Monmouth 49November 16, 2010 • The MAC • ESPN

FG’s (1st half: 9-26, .346; 2nd half: 10-29, .345)

3FG’s (1st half: 0-7, .000; 2nd half: 2-9, .222)

FT’s (1st half: 2-9, .222; 2nd half: 9-11, .818)

Bench Points: 17

Monmouth (0-1) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

20 Myers Keitt f 3-5 1-3 1-2 0-2-2 1 8 0 3 0 0 17

32 Waite f 1-9 0-2 3-4 4-9-13 1 5 2 1 0 1 25

51 Wait c 2-8 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 5 4 0 2 1 0 20

3 Campbell g 3-10 1-4 2-2 2-1-3 3 9 1 2 0 0 22

15 Hett g 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 1 2 2 1 0 2 22

10 Davis 1-3 0-1 2-2 1-0-1 2 4 2 3 0 1 25

12 Pritchett 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 0 1 11

21 Ware 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 4 0 1 0 0 15

23 Rutledge 2-7 0-4 2-2 1-4-5 4 6 0 0 1 2 23

25 Cox 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 0 1 6

44 DelTufo 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 2 1 0 3 1 1 14

TEAM 4-3-7

Totals... 17-57 2-16 13-16 15-29-44 22 49 7 16 3 9 200

Pct. .298 .125 .813 DB: 0




Bench Points: 21

Offi cials: Guy Pagano, Donnie Eppley, Tom Courtney

Attendance: 2,308 • Technical Fouls: none

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Tot

Stony Brook 20 31 51

Monmouth 24 25 49

Monmouth fell in its 2010-11 season opener, 51-49, to defending America East Conference regular season champion Stony Brook on Tuesday morning, as part of ESPN’s Tip-Off Marathon. MU, which got offensive production from all 11 players, had its game-tying attempt fall off the rim as time expired in the season-opening defeat.

SB, an NIT squad last year, outscored the Hawks 5-0 in the fi nal 1:08, and reclaimed the lead 50-49 on a pair of Chris Martin free throws with 23.5 ticks left. Trailing by one, the Hawks moved the ball around for a three-point shot from R.J. Rutledge, but the Seawolves corralled the miss, and Bryan Dougher was able to hit a foul shot for a two-point lead. Following the miss, the Hawks raced down court, but Marcus Ware’s attempt from the top of the key fell off the rim.

Back-to-back layups from James Hett and Waite gave Monmouth its fi rst lead of the game, 4-2, just 2:10 into the contest, and the Hawks pushed their lead to 8-4, following consecutive baskets from Phil Wait and Myers Keitt with 14:58 showing.

The Seawolves then scored fi ve of the game’s next six points to knot the score at 9-9 on Dave Coley’s short runner, and SB claimed its fi rst lead since 2-0 on Martin’s free throw with 7:26 left.

SBU’s lead was short-lived when Campbell dropped in a fast break layup off a feed from Waite, off a Seawolves’ turnover, as the Hawks grabbed a 13-12 advantage with 6:51 on the clock.

The two sides traded leads over the next two minutes before a pair of Gary Cox free thro ws moved Monmouth in front 17-14 with 4:51 remaining until the break. After Coley drilled another short jumper for SBU, Myers Keitt dropped in a post hoop, and Cox raced for a layup following a steal to push the Hawks ahead 21-16 with 3:29 left.

Jordan Davis’ drive down the middle gave MU its largest lead of the half, 23-16, with 2:14 showing, but a pair of lay-ins from Al Rapier, including one with 4.0 ticks left, made the score 24-20 at the half.

After the two teams combined to 0-for-15 from three-point range in the opening stanza, each side drained a trey out of the break, as SBU’s leading scorer Bryan Dougher connected from deep for his fi rst points of the contest, and Myers Keitt answered for a 27-23 MU edge with 18:21 showing. The Hawks pushed their lead to 29-23, just 32 seconds later on Campbell’s offensive putback.

Monmouth increased its run out of the break to 9-3 when Campbell drilled a trifecta off a feed from Hett in transition, to claim its largest lead of the game, 32-23, with 15:35 left.

MU secured a double-digit lead with 13:57 remaining when Davis found Ware for a basket off an inbounds play and a 34-23 edge.

The Seawolves answered by scoring the next nine points, over the next 2:05 of action, to trim the Monmouth lead to 34-32 following back-to-back Rapier layups.

Clinging to a two-point advantage, Monmouth answered with a quick 5-0 spurt to coral a 39-32 lead with 11:05 left on Rutledge’s traditional three-point play. After SBU pulled within 39-34 on Martin’s baseline drive, MU infl ated the lead back to nine, 43-34, on Ware’s follow dunk and a pair of Campbell free throws.

Dougher’s deep three and Dallis Joyner’s short jumper in the lane, combined with a pair of Martin foul shots, allowed the Seawolves to climb within 43-41 with 6:12 left, before Waite stopped the run with a free throw with 5:08 remaining.

SBU upped its run to 10-1 on Anthony Mayo’s three-point play with 4:06 showing to knot the score at 44-44, but Monmouth reclaimed a 46-44 lead on Wait’s short baseline jump shot, 22 ticks later.

After an empty Monmouth possession, Martin drained a jumper in front of the SBU bench to tie the game at 46-46 with 1:44 left.

On the ensuing possession, Hett tossed a skip pass to Rutledge who attempted a three-pointer, but corralled his own miss, and turned it into a three-point play, and a 49-46 edge with 1:15 showing.

Out of a timeout, Dougher dropped in a fl oater to pull the Sea-wolves within 49-48 with 1:08 on the clock, and after a MU turnover, Martin was fouled on the offensive rebound. With SB in the double-bonus, Martin drained the fi rst foul shot before MU called timeout. Out of the break, Martin hit the second for the one-point lead.

Lehigh (1-2) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

4 Adams f 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-3-3 2 5 2 5 0 2 23

42 Knutson f 5-8 0-0 2-2 2-4-6 1 12 2 2 0 1 31

3 McCollum g 7-17 0-4 5-5 1-4-5 1 19 3 2 1 2 29

11 McKnight g 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-0-0 2 3 1 0 0 0 20

15 Keefer g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

1 D’Orazio 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-1-1 1 6 1 1 0 1 11

5 Small 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 2 1 0 0 20

20 Greiner 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 4 0 0 2 0 1 17

23 Ojo 8-13 5-9 2-4 4-3-7 3 23 2 3 0 1 31

33 McCarthy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

40 Safstrom 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

TEAM 2-1-3

Totals... 25-51 8-22 10-13 10-18-28 16 68 13 16 1 8 200

Pct. .490 .364 .769 DB: 2

Game 2

Lehigh 68Monmouth 69November 19, 2010 • The MAC




Bench Points: 29


20 Myers Keitt f 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 0 2 2 3 0 1 21

32 Waite f 9-14 0-0 2-6 4-3-7 2 20 0 3 0 3 21

51 Wait c 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 4 0 1 1 0 17

15 Hett g 4-6 3-4 5-8 2-2-4 1 16 8 2 0 2 37

23 Rutledge g 7-13 3-9 0-0 1-2-3 3 17 2 2 0 0 28

10 Davis 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2-3 1 3 6 0 0 3 28

12 Pritchett 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

21 Ware 2-7 0-0 1-3 1-2-3 3 5 1 1 0 1 27

25 Cox 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

44 DelTufo 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 3 2 0 1 0 1 14

TEAM 3-2-5 1

Totals... 26-55 7-19 10-19 16-17-33 15 69 19 14 1 11 200

Pct. .473 .368 .526 DB: 4



FT’s (1st half: 2-2, 1.000; 2nd half: 8-17, .471)

Bench Points: 10

Offi cials: Robert Riley, Tom Fahey, Gary Duda

Attendance: 1,120 • Technical Fouls: Lehigh - Ojo, Michael


Lehigh 36 32 68

Monmouth 27 42 69

With 17.8 seconds left, junior Mike Myers Keitt tied the game at 68-68 with a pair of free throws, while senior James Hett’s foul shot with 1.1 ticks remaining lifted Monmouth to a 69-68 victory over de-fending Patriot League champion Lehigh. Monmouth, which trailed by six points with 3:40 left, and four with just over a minute remaining, improves to 1-1, while the Mountain Hawks fall to 1-2 on the year.

Trailing by six, Monmouth climbed within 65-61 with 2:42 showing behind a pair of Ed Waite free throws, before R.J. Rutledge’s offensive rebound and putback trimmed the defi cit to two, 65-63, with 2:04 left. Lehigh answered with an offensive putback of its own when Gabe Knutson bailed out the Mountain Hawks on C.J. McCollum’s miss, to put LU ahead 67-63 with just over a minute remaining.

On the following trip down the fl oor, Hett drilled a wing three-point-er for the Hawks to trim the lead to 67-66 with 40.1 ticks left, before Mackey McKnight connected on a free throw with 32.8 seconds re-maining to put Lehigh ahead 68-66. After a timeout, Myers Keitt was fouled with 17.8 ticks showing and with the side in the double bonus, the forward drained both foul shots to knot the score at 68-68.

On the ensuing possession, McCollum missed a game-winning three-point attempt for Lehigh, and as Waite secured the defensive rebound, Hett was fouled on his block out assignment with 1.1 ticks left. Despite missing the fi rst free throw, Hett drilled the second to put Monmouth in front 69-68, while Myers Keitt slapped away Le-high’s inbounds pass to end the game.

Hett, who was one assist away from tying his career-best fi nished with eight assists, and 16 points, while tying a career-high with three three-pointers. Waite notched a team-best and career-high 20 points for the Hawks, while leading the side with seven rebounds. Rutledge added 17 points in his fi rst start since December 2008, while adding three rebounds and two assists. Freshman Jordan Davis, who added three rebounds and three steals, handed out six assists of his own.

MU opened the scoring on Waite’s post move, before Lehigh an-swered with consecutive jumpers in the lane to take an early 4-2 edge. After McCollum connected on a pair of free throws to put Le-high in front 6-4 with 16:49 showing, the Hawks put together a 10-0 run over a 1:33 span to claim a 14-6 lead. In the run, Hett drilled a wing trey and Rutledge drained a trey in transition to cap the span.

Following the Hawks corralling an eight-point lead, the Mountain Hawks rattled off the next six points, before Nick DelTufo’s tip-in maintained a 16-12 advantage for MU, with 10:44 remaining.

Trailing by four, LU connected on four straight three-pointers, in-cluding a pair from Michael Ojo, to snare a 24-16 lead with 6:17 left until the break.

Phil Wait’s short jumper off an inbounds play, ten seconds later, pulled MU within 24-18, but Ojo notched the next three points to give Lehigh its largest lead of the stanza, 27-18 with 4:30 remaining.

Trailing by nine once again, Davis drilled a corner three-pointer for the Hawks to make the score 29-23 with 3:20 on the board, but Ojo’s fourth trifecta put Lehigh back in front 34-25 with 1:46 left.

A pair of Hett free throws allowed Monmouth to climb within 34-27 but Knutson’s lay-in with 55 ticks left maintained a 36-27 lead for the Mountain Hawks at the intermission.

Out of the locker room, Waite scored the fi rst eight points of the second half, all in the lane, to pull the Hawks within 36-35 with 17:26 remaining in the game. After Rutledge’s pull-up jumper in transition, off a feed from Hett, at the top of the key pulled MU within 38-37, the Mountain Hawks infl ated the lead to 42-37 on Knutson’s offensive rebound and putback.

MU raced back into the game with a 7-0 spurt in the next two minutes, capped by Hett’s corner trifecta, to take its fi rst lead since it was 16-15, with 13:30 showing as the Hawks took a 44-42 lead.

The two sides traded treys over the next minute, as Rutledge’s trey from the top of the key reclaimed a 47-45 advantage for the Blue and White with 11:56 remaining.

Two Knutson foul shots knotted the score at 47-47 with 11:26 showing, but MU rallied with a 6-0 run, highlighted by a pair of Waite baskets in the lane to take a 53-47 advantage with 9:57 left.

Trailing by seven following a Marcus Ware foul shot, McCollum drilled two straight short jumpers to make the score 54-51 with 8:08 left. Ware’s post move reclaimed a 56-51 advantage for Monmouth, but McCollum drained two straight pull-up jumpers along the baseline to make the score 56-55 with 6:00 showing.

Ojo connected on a free throw and dropped in a basket on his own miss to push the Mountain Hawks back in front, 58-56, with 5:30 left, and Lehigh upped its run to 13-2 over a 3:43-span to take 60-56 lead with 4:51 left.

Rutledge connected on his third three-pointer of the game to pull MU within 60-59 with 4:29 remaining, but Ojo’s fi fth trey and another McCollum runner put Lehigh ahead 65-59 with 3:40 on the clock.

Monmouth (1-2, 0-1) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

15 Hett * 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-0-2 2 0 2 2 0 1 29

20 Myers Keitt * 1-5 0-0 1-1 1-1-2 0 3 2 3 0 0 14

23 Rutledge * 2-8 1-5 3-5 1-4-5 3 8 1 0 0 0 28

32 Waite * 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 5 5 1 3 0 1 16

44 DelTufo * 5-8 1-2 1-3 3-1-4 4 12 1 1 0 1 29

3 Campbell 4-16 0-8 2-2 0-7-7 4 10 2 2 0 2 31

10 Davis 2-7 1-3 0-0 2-4-6 3 5 2 1 0 3 32

21 Ware 1-6 0-0 3-7 4-3-7 3 5 1 4 0 0 28

25 Cox 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

51 Wait 1-5 0-0 0-1 3-2-5 0 2 0 1 1 0 15

TEAM 1-3-4

Totals... 18-61 4-21 10-20 17-28-45 24 50 12 17 1 8 225

Pct. .295 .190 .500 DB: 3

Game 3

Monmouth 50CCSU [ot] 54November 27, 2010 • New Britain, Conn.

FG’s (1st half: 7-24, .292; 2nd half: 9-25, .360; OT: 2-12, .167)

3FG’s (1st half: 1-7, .143; 2nd half: 3-7, .429; OT: 0-7, .000)

FT’s (1st half: 5-10, .500; 2nd half: 4-8, .500; OT: 1-2, .500)

Bench Points: 22

CCSU (4-1, 1-0) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

00 Deans * 4-9 0-2 4-5 0-7-7 3 12 1 4 3 4 42

11 Thompson * 2-9 1-4 6-8 0-6-6 2 11 4 8 0 1 39

21 Efese * 4-9 0-0 7-9 3-4-7 4 15 0 3 3 0 26

24 Ptacek * 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 1 1 0 0 17

30 Horton * 3-13 2-8 1-2 5-9-14 1 9 1 2 3 0 45

3 Rosario 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7

20 Speech 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-0-2 4 1 2 5 0 1 20

22 Bailey 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 23

33 Allen 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6

TEAM 1-2-3 1

Totals... 15-50 5-20 19-26 14-33-47 19 54 10 25 9 7 225

Pct. .300 .250 .731 DB: 0




Bench Points: 7

Offi cials: Ed Corbett, Darren Moran, Thomas Regan

Attendance: 1,379 • Technical Fouls: CCSU - Efese, Joe

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Tot

Monmouth 20 25 5 50

CCSU 24 21 9 54

In its NEC opener, Monmouth rallied from a nine-point second half defi cit, but fell 54-50 in overtime at CCSU, in Detrick Gym.

The Hawks, who trailed 38-29 with 9:02 left, rallied to tie the score at 40 after fi ve straight Ed Waite points fi ve minutes later, and held a 45-41 edge with 1:11 left on Jordan Davis’ three-pointer.

Monmouth, which was led offensively by Nick DelTufo’s 12 points and Will Campbell’s 10 points and career-best tying seven rebounds, connected on just 10-of-20 from the foul line in the game, while CCSU was successful on 19-of-26 from the stripe.

MU, which has opened the 2010-11 season with three straight games decided by four points or less, falls to 1-2, while the Blue Dev-ils, picked fourth the in the NEC preseason poll, improves to 4-1.

At the fi rst media timeout, the Hawks held a 3-2 edge, powered by R.J. Rutledge’s three-pointer from the top of the key with 17:49 showing, but Ken Horton’s corner trey gave the Blue Devils a 7-4 advantage with 13:23 on the clock.

Monmouth trimmed the lead to 7-6 on a Phil Wait tip-in with 12:46 left, but CCSU responded with a 7-0 spurt, fi ve of which came from Joe Efese, to take a 14-6 lead with 8:06 remaining.

Out of the a timeout, and a defensive stop, the Hawks halted the Blue Devils’ run when Mike Myers Keitt found DelTufo for a layup, cutting the lead to 14-8 with 7:23 left. A pair of Efese foul shots reclaimed an eight-point lead for CC with 6:34 showing, but DelTufo’s three-point play with 5:40 remaining made the score 16-11.

Three more free throws for CC pushed it back in front 19-11, but after a Campbell layup and a Myers Keitt three-point play off a missed foul shot, allowed MU to climb within 19-16 with 2:22 left.

CC’s Vince Rosario drilled a deep trey to give the Blue Devils a six-point lead, before four straight points from Campbell inched MU within 22-20 with 43 seconds left. The Blue Devils, who connected on 8-of-10 from the free throw line in the opening half, grabbed a 24-20 edge at the break on Horton’s putback with 17 ticks remaining.

CCSU grabbed a 29-22 edge at 14:47 when De’Angelo Speech con-nected on a free throw, before Campbell’s lay-in after a Jordan Davis still at midcourt, pulled the Hawks within 29-24.

Monmouth climbed within 31-28 with 12:14 showing following sin-gle free throws from Rutledge and a Rutledge drive, but Thompson’s deep three-pointer 24 seconds later put CCSU back ahead 34-28.

The Blue Devils tied their largest lead of eight points with 10:33 left when Horton drilled a three-pointer with one second left on the shot clock, to put CC ahead 37-29. CCSU increased its lead to 38-29 on a Markeys Deans foul shot, but Monmouth climbed within 38-32 with 8:16 showing when Marcus Ware, following a made free throw, cor-ralled the miss on his second and laid it back in for the Hawks.

Following a nearly three-minute scoreless drought for both sides, DelTufo drained a three from the top of the key to start a 10-2 spurt for the Hawks, as MU grabbed a 42-40 lead with 3:47 left in the game. In the run, Waite connected on a corner three, and a layup and DelTufo’s lay-in following a CC turnover gave the Hawks their fi rst lead since the 17:49 mark in the fi rst half, when MU lead 3-2.

Thompson’s free throw trimmed the MU lead to 42-41 with 1:38 left, but on the next possession, Jordan Davis connected on wing three-pointer to put the Hawks ahead 45-41 with 1:11 showing.

Rosario answered with a trey of his own for CCSU to make the score 45-44 with 48.6 seconds left, and after an empty possession for the Hawks in which MU had two chances, Waite fouled Efese in the act of shooting. With 5.4 ticks, Efese hit the fi rst free throw, and the Hawks corralled the miss on the second with 1.6 seconds left.

Inbounding in front of CCSU’s bench with 1.6 showing, Monmouth missed a chance as Campbell’s three-point attempt sailed just wide.

CCSU grabbed an early edge just 16 seconds into the extra session on Efese’s three-point play, and held a 50-46 advantage on a pair of Thompson free throws with 3:47 left.

Monmouth rallied to knot the score at 50-50 behind Davis’ layup and Campbell’s pull-up jumper in transition, with 2:40 showing. Thompson’s foul shot reclaimed the lead for the Blue Devils with 1:51 showing, and after a turnover, CCSU increased its lead to 54-50 on Deans’ three-point play with 27.2 ticks showing.


20 Myers Keitt f 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 4 0 2 0 0 14

32 Waite f 6-10 1-3 2-2 3-5-8 3 15 3 3 0 2 28

44 DelTufo c 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 3 0 2 0 0 16

15 Hett g 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-0-0 1 4 2 2 0 0 27

23 Rutledge g 2-5 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 5 0 1 0 0 18

3 Campbell 4-12 1-3 3-4 3-1-4 3 12 1 2 0 1 25

10 Davis 1-4 1-2 1-2 1-3-4 0 4 0 1 0 1 26

12 Pritchett 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

21 Ware 1-6 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 2 3 0 2 1 0 18

25 Cox 1-4 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 6

51 Wait 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11

TEAM 4-2-6 1

Totals... 19-53 5-13 10-16 15-18-33 19 53 7 16 1 5 200

Pct. .358 .385 .625 DB: 5

Game 4

Monmouth 53Davidson 69November 29, 2010 • Davidson, N.C.




Bench Points: 22

Davidson (3-3) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

15 Cohen f 5-9 0-0 0-0 3-6-9 3 10 2 2 3 0 21

40 Mann f 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 3 8 1 2 0 1 22

1 McKillop g 6-11 5-10 0-0 0-1-1 2 17 2 0 0 2 35

5 Kuhlman g 2-6 1-3 6-7 2-3-5 2 11 6 2 0 1 35

23 Droney g 1-4 0-1 2-2 1-1-2 1 4 0 3 0 0 19

12 Cochran 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 4 1 0 0 17

14 Tormey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

25 Atkinson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

31 Downing 3-8 1-2 2-2 1-0-1 1 9 0 0 0 0 14

34 Ben-Eze 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 1 5 1 0 3 0 14

42 Allison 0-2 0-1 2-4 3-1-4 2 2 0 4 0 1 21

TEAM 1-1-2 1

Totals... 24-54 8-21 13-17 14-20-34 16 69 16 15 6 5 200

Pct. .444 .381 .765 DB: 2



FT’s (1st half: 9-13, .692; 2nd half: 4-4, 1.000)

Bench Points: 19

Offi cials: Roger Ayers, Ray Natili, Les Jones

Attendance: 3,106 • Technical Fouls: MU - DelTufo, Nick


Monmouth 29 24 53

Davidson 39 30 69

Monmouth dropped a 69-53 non-conference decision at Davidson in men’s collegiate basketball action, on Monday night in Belk Arena. Monmouth, which was paced by Ed Waite’s team-high 15 points and eight rebounds, falls to 1-3 on the season, while the Wildcats, just two seasons removed from an NCAA Elite Eight appearance, even their record at 3-3 on the year.

Following Waite’s lay-up, Monmouth took a 5-2 lead when Waite found James Hett on the opposite wing for a three-pointer with 17:48 left. Davidson answered with the next fi ve points to grab a 7-5 edge and corralled an 11-7 advantage on Clint Mann’s lay-in.

Monmouth climbed within 11-10 on R.J. Rutledge’s three-point play and fi ve straight from Will Campbell, including a go-ahead trey, put the Hawks ahead 15-13 with 11:08 showing.

After four consecutive points by Jordan Downing gave Davidson a 17-15 lead, Waite connected on the next fi ve for Monmouth to push the Hawks in front 20-17 with 9:06 left. The Wildcats answered with back-to-back baskets from Jake Cohen to reclaim a 21-20 advantage with 8:36 left.

Davidson upped its run to 9-1 to take a 26-21 lead, before Gary Cox drilled a jumper in the lane, but the Wildcats increased the spurt to 15-5 and hauled in a 32-25 edge on Brendan McKillop’s third three-pointer of the half.

The Wildcats, who outscored the Hawks 20-6 over a 7:06-span, grabbed an 11-point lead, 37-26, with 1:49 left, before Jordan Davis’ three-pointer with 1:16 on the board made the score 37-29. David-son’s 22-9 run over the fi nal nine minutes of the stanza allowed the Wildcats to hold a 39-29 lead at the break.

After Davidson took a 12-point lead out of the half, Monmouth trimmed the defi cit in half with three straight drives by Mike My-ers Keitt, Waite and Rutledge, to make the score 41-35 with 17:44 remaining.

Following a pair of Campbell free throws to make the score 43-37, the Wildcats answered with a 12-1 in just under three minutes to up their advantage to 55-38 with 12:33 left.

Monmouth responded with the next fi ve points, including a Waite drive and Nick DelTufo’s three-pointer from the top of the key to make the score 55-43 with 9:44 remaining. Behind a pair of defen-sive stops, Monmouth climbed within 55-47, capping a 9-0 run, with 8:59 showing as Campbell registered a steal at midcourt and drove to the basket.

Davidson stopped Monmouth’s run behind a pair of technical foul shots, and the Wildcats ended the contest on a 14-6 run to coral the 69-53 victory.

Davidson, in its home opener of the season, connected on 44.4% from the fl oor and hit eight three-pointers, while Monmouth shot 35.8% from the fi eld and went 5-for-13 from beyond the arc.

Waite added three assists and two steals as well for the Hawks, while Campbell chipped in 12 points and four rebounds.

McKillop, who went 5-for-10 from three-point range, scored a game-high 17 points to lead three Wildcats in double-digits. JP Kuhl-man added 11 points and six assists, while Cohen nearly missed a double-double with 10 points and nine boards.

Eastern Michigan (1-4) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

1 Higgins * 2-4 2-4 0-2 1-0-1 0 6 5 0 1 1 30

13 Green * 4-8 4-7 0-0 0-2-2 3 12 1 0 0 0 24

33 Bowdry * 9-20 1-5 9-11 4-8-12 2 28 2 5 0 1 36

34 Lampley * 2-10 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 5 6 3 0 1 32

45 Balkema * 0-1 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 3 3 0 1 0 0 17

15 Cooper 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

20 Dailey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

22 Stewart 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7

30 Thompson 2-9 1-6 0-0 0-3-3 1 5 0 1 1 0 25

32 Harris 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 4 2 1 1 2 2 20

TEAM 3-0-3

Totals... 21-57 9-25 12-17 13-22-35 16 63 15 11 4 5 200

Pct. .368 .360 .706 DB: 1

Game 5

Eastern Michigan 63Monmouth 64December 3, 2010 • Moscow, Idaho




Bench Points: 9


3 Campbell * 4-10 2-6 1-1 0-3-3 0 11 4 2 0 1 31

15 Hett * 2-3 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 1 5 3 3 0 3 33

20 Myers Keitt * 6-9 3-5 2-2 0-6-6 0 17 2 0 1 0 34

32 Waite * 5-7 0-1 1-4 0-6-6 5 11 2 0 0 3 34

44 DelTufo * 3-6 0-1 2-4 1-1-2 3 8 0 0 0 0 28

10 Davis 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 3 1 2 1 1 0 14

21 Ware 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 3 0 1 3

23 Rutledge 3-7 1-5 2-2 0-5-5 2 9 0 1 0 0 20

25 Cox 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

51 Wait 0-1 0-0 2-2 2-1-3 1 2 0 2 0 0 12

TEAM 2-2-4 2

Totals... 23-48 6-19 12-19 5-26-31 18 64 13 14 2 9 200

Pct. .479 .316 .632 DB: 5,1




Bench Points: 12

Offi cials: Mike Giarratano, Doran Gotschall, John Paul Guerrero

Attendance: 316 • Technical Fouls: none


Eastern Michigan 33 30 63

Monmouth 29 35 64

In a game that featured nine ties and 17 lead changes, where neither team led by more than six points, Monmouth grinded out a 64-63 victory over Eastern Michigan its fi rst game in the Basket-ball Travelers Classic, hosted by the University of Idaho. Monmouth, which trailed 63-61 in the fi nal seconds, got the game-winning three-pointer from Will Campbell with 5.1 seconds left, and rode a defen-sive stop at the end to take the win.

With 30 seconds left and trailing 63-61, Monmouth had two at-tempts to tie the score but came up empty and gave up a foul with 12.4 seconds left in the game. After Jay Higgins missed his fi rst at-tempt, Monmouth called timeout, to set up its strategy. Following Higgins’ second miss, MU raced down the fl oor and Jordan Davis found Campbell in front of the Hawks’ bench for a corner three-point-er to put the Hawks in front by one with 5.1 seconds remaining.

After James Hett slapped away a pass attempt in the ensuing pos-session, the Eagles called timeout with 1.0 second left, inbounding from the side of the court. With Phil Wait on the ball, EMU threw the ball away as time expired.

Monmouth, which has played four of its fi rst fi ve games within four points, had three players in double-fi gures, led by Mike Myers Keitt’s season-best 17 points and six rebounds. Campbell and Waite (six rebounds) also claimed double-digits for the Hawks, who connected on a season-best 47.9% from the fl oor.

Eastern Michigan capitalized on three empty Monmouth posses-sions to open the game, to take an early 5-0 lead, but the Hawks answered with a 9-0 run to grab a 9-5 edge, capped by Waite’s wing jumper, with 16:20 remaining in the half.

Back-to-back drives from Myers Keitt upped Monmouth’s lead to 13-7, but fi ve straight points from Brandon Bowdry trimmed the Hawks edge to 13-12 with 13:10 left. Monmouth reclaimed a six-point lead after a Myers Keitt three-pointer, but the Eagles climbed within 18-16 with 9:50 on the clock.

After a Waite lay-up put Monmouth in front 20-16 with 8:15 show-ing, EMU rattled off the next fi ve points to coral a 21-20 lead after a pair of Bowdry foul shots with 6:07 left in the half.

The Eagles took a 24-23 advantage with 4:30 showing when An-tonio Green connected on his second three of the half, but behind two Nick DelTufo free throws and DelTufo’s lay-in in transition, MU claimed a 27-24 lead with 3:42 left until the break. EMU answered with a 9-2 run to end the stanza to take a 33-29 lead at the break.

EMU grabbed a 37-31 lead out of the intermission, but behind a pair of treys from Myers Keitt, MU reclaimed a 39-37 advantage with 16:34 left. MU took a 41-40 edge on R.J. Rutledge’s drive, but fi ve straight from the Eagles put EM ahead 45-41 with 14:06 left.

The Eagles’ eighth three-pointer of the game gave EM a 49-44 lead, but a pair of foul shots from Myers Keitt and Campbell’s trifecta in transition, off a feed from Hett, tied the score at 49, with 11:00 left.

Monmouth reclaimed its fi rst lead in nearly six minutes, when Phil Wait’s two free throws put the Hawks in front 51-50, while Rutledge’s trey gave the Blue and White a 54-52 with 8:53 remaining.

EM answered with a 9-3 spurt, six of which came from Bowdry, to grab a 61-57 lead, with 4:04 left. Behind back-to-back drives from Waite, the Hawks knotted the score once again 61-61 with 2:33 left.

Waite’s fi fth foul with 2:09 remaining allowed Bowdry two free throws, as EMU took a 63-61 lead, and after two misses from the Hawks with 1:33 left, EMU ran two full possessions off the clock.

MU, which held a 28-18 advantage in points in the paint, hit 5-of-12 three-pointers in the second half. Rutledge contributed nine points and fi ve rebounds, while DelTufo chipped in eight points.


3 Campbell * 3-9 1-5 0-0 1-0-1 2 7 1 1 0 3 22

15 Hett * 5-10 2-5 0-0 1-0-1 3 12 2 1 0 1 34

20 Myers Keitt * 4-10 2-5 0-0 3-2-5 2 10 0 1 0 0 22

32 Waite * 4-8 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 5 8 0 2 0 2 21

44 DelTufo * 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 17

10 Davis 2-6 2-5 0-3 1-0-1 0 6 6 1 0 3 24

21 Ware 1-1 0-0 3-4 2-0-2 3 5 0 2 0 0 18

23 Rutledge 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 3 5 1 0 1 0 19

51 Wait 6-7 0-0 1-2 1-4-5 1 13 0 0 1 1 23

TEAM 3-0-3 1

Totals... 27-58 8-26 4-9 14-10-24 20 66 11 10 2 10 200

Pct. .466 .308 .444 DB: 4, 1

Game 6

Monmouth 66Idaho 69December 4, 2010 • Moscow, Idaho




Bench Points: 29

Idaho (4-3) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

2 Ledbetter * 4-7 3-5 1-2 0-1-1 2 12 0 1 0 2 26

3 Henderson * 2-5 0-2 2-4 2-4-6 2 6 5 5 0 1 30

11 Wiley * 3-5 0-0 1-2 2-0-2 3 7 1 3 2 0 26

21 Toledo * 5-9 0-0 2-3 2-3-5 1 12 0 3 0 1 29

25 Geiger * 5-8 4-5 3-4 0-1-1 0 17 6 1 1 0 34

10 Tatum 3-3 0-0 1-1 0-0-0 1 7 3 0 1 0 20

22 Bandoumel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

33 Barone 3-5 0-0 1-2 3-5-8 3 7 0 1 2 0 25

34 Madison 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 1 0 0 10

TEAM 1-2-3 1

Totals... 25-43 7-12 12-20 10-17-27 14 69 15 16 6 4 200

Pct. .581 .583 .600 DB: 5,1




Bench Points: 15

Offi cials: Mike Giarratano, Doran Gotschall, Wilson Holland



Monmouth 25 41 66

Idaho 33 36 69

Despite four three-pointers in the fi nal minute, and a career-high 13 points from Phil Wait, Monmouth fell 69-66 to the host Vandals of the University of Idaho in its second game of the Basketball Travelers Classic in Memorial Gym on Saturday night.

Monmouth (2-4), which got a career-night from Wait on 6-of-7 shooting from the fl oor, also saw James Hett (12) and Mike Myers Keitt (10 points, fi ve reb.) in double-fi gures in the scoring column.

The Hawks, who trailed by 12 points, 66-54, with 1:14 remaining in the game, outscored the Vandals 12-1 in the fi nal minute to close the gap, but went 0-for-3 from the foul line in that span in the loss.

The Vandals jumped out to a 7-2 lead before Hett’s second driving hoop of the game, and an R.J. Rutledge three-pointer knotted the game at 7-7 with 15:36 remaining. After Jeff Ledbetter hit his second trey of the contest, Will Campbell drilled a pull-up jumper to pull the Hawks within one, and Marcus Ware’s free throw tied the score at 10-10 with 14:09 showing.

After Monmouth tied the score for a second time, the Vandals scored six straight, highlighted by back-to-back dunks from Kyle Bar-one to take a 16-10 advantage with 10:03 remaining.

The Hawks answered with an 8-0 run to coral an 18-16 edge, as Wait connected on a pair of lay-ups and Hett capped the spurt with a fl oater in the lane following an offensive rebound.

Idaho responded with a 7-0 run over the next minute to take a 23-18 lead with 6:14 on the clock, and increased its run to 12-2 to grab its largest lead of eight, 28-20, with 4:39 remaining.

Myers Keitt ended the Vandals’ streak with a corner three-pointer, cutting the lead to 28-23, but Idaho matched its largest lead of the stanza, 33-25, with 1:29 left and maintained that lead at the break.

The Hawks opened the second half scoring the fi rst four, and ex-tended the run to 14-6, capped by back-to-back three-pointers from Campbell and Myers Keitt to tie the score at 39-39 with 16:28 left.

After MU rallied to the tie the score, the Vandals responded with an 8-2 run of their own over the next two minutes to grab a 47-41 lead on Shawn Henderson’s fast break lay-up with 13:53 remaining.

Consecutive baskets from Wait allowed Monmouth to climb within 47-45 with 11:42 left, but Idaho notched the next fi ve points, includ-ing a banked-in three-pointer from Ledbetter, to snag a 51-45 edge with 10:35 on the clock.

The Vandals added to their lead behind Luiz Toledo’s post move and upped their run to 11-3 on Deremy Geiger’s three-pointer, to take a 58-48 lead with 6:36 left.

Following Wait’s lay-in off a feed from Jordan Davis, Idaho took a 62-50 advantage on Geiger’s turn-around trey from the top of the key with 3:20 remaining.

The two sides traded two-point trips over the next 2:20 of action, before Davis’ wing three-pointer with 58.3 seconds left made the score 66-57, and Hett’s second straight trifecta pulled MU within 69-63 with 7.1 ticks on the board.

Following a steal in the fi nal seconds, Davis drilled another three-pointer to make the fi nal tally 69-66.

Monmouth shot 46.6% from the fl oor in the contest, but allowed a season-high 58.1% effi ciency to the Vandals, who also connected on 7-of-12 from beyond the arc. Waite added eight points and four rebounds for the Hawks, while Campbell chipped in seven, and Davis contributed six points and six assists.

2010-11 MONMOUTH BOX SCORES


3 Campbell * 7-13 0-2 3-4 0-1-1 0 17 1 1 0 2 27

15 Hett * 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 4 2 4 1 0 2 34

20 Myers Keitt * 4-6 2-3 1-1 0-2-2 0 11 0 2 0 0 17

32 Waite * 1-6 0-2 4-8 2-4-6 1 6 0 2 1 0 25

44 DelTufo * 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 3 3 1 2 0 2 29

10 Davis 5-6 2-2 0-0 1-3-4 0 12 2 1 0 0 20

21 Ware 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2-2 2 1 0 1 0 1 15

23 Rutledge 1-5 0-3 1-2 0-4-4 0 3 0 2 0 0 22

51 Wait 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 2 0 1 0 0 11

TEAM 1-5-6

Totals... 21-44 4-14 11-20 7-26-33 10 57 8 13 1 7 200

Pct. .477 .286 .550 DB: 4

Game 7

Monmouth 57North Dakota 52December 5, 2010 • Moscow, Idaho




Bench Points: 18

UND (3-5) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

11 Webb * 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-5-5 0 6 3 1 0 1 21

23 Goodman * 3-6 3-6 0-0 1-2-3 2 9 1 3 0 0 23

32 Schuler * 4-9 2-4 0-0 1-1-2 1 10 3 0 1 2 30

44 Benter * 3-7 0-1 4-4 0-1-1 3 10 1 1 0 2 28

45 Mitchell * 2-11 1-4 0-0 2-6-8 4 5 1 2 1 0 32

0 Anderson 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 1 0 0 18

2 Haugen 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 8

5 Huff 3-5 0-1 0-1 0-0-0 0 6 0 1 0 2 20

12 Allard 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6

22 Wilmer 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6

24 Brekke 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 2 0 0 0 7

33 Archer 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

TEAM 2-1-3 1

Totals... 20-52 8-21 4-5 7-20-27 16 52 12 12 2 7 200

Pct. .385 .381 .800 DB: 0,1




Bench Points: 12

Offi cials: Mike Girratano, Doran Gotschall, Wilson Holland



Monmouth 29 28 57

North Dakota 23 29 52

Paced by a game-high 17 points from junior Will Campbell, Mon-mouth held on for a 57-52 victory over North Dakota in its fi nal game of the Basketball Travelers Classic in Memorial Gym on Sunday after-noon. Monmouth, which went 2-1 in the BTC, also got a season-best 12 points, on 5-of-6 shooting from Jordan Davis, while Mike Myers Keitt added his third straight double-digit outing with 11 points.

The Hawks, who led by as many as 17 points, 44-27 with 11:55 left in the game, held off a UND rally, as the Fighting Sioux climbed within 54-52 with 56.1 seconds remaining. Holding on to a two-point lead with under a minute, Davis connected on a runner in the lane to make the score 56-52, while a Campbell free throw with 5.5 seconds showing, accounted for the fi nal tally.

MU held an early 5-3 lead after a Myers Keitt three-pointer opened the game and single free throws from Ed Waite and Nick DelTufo, but Spencer Goodman’s second three put UND ahead 6-5 at 16:58. The Hawks reclaimed a lead behind Campbell’s lay-in, which sparked a 13-0 run, and gave the Blue and White a 18-6 lead with 10:02 left.

Goodman’s third trifecta ended MU’s run, before a post basket from Myers Keitt increased the advantage to 20-9 with 9:19 on the clock.

UND, which opened the game with four three-pointers, climbed within 20-12 at 8:59 on Patrick Mithchell’s trey, but a traditional three-point play from Myers Keitt infl ated the Hawks’ lead to 25-14 with 7:12 remaining.

UND’s fi fth three-pointer of the half trimmed the Monmouth advan-tage to 26-17 with 4:40 showing, but the Hawks reclaimed a 12-point lead on Davis’ wing trey with 2:59 left. Following Monmouth’s second 12-point advantage, the Fighting Sioux ended the stanza on a 6-0 spurt, to climb within 29-23 at the break.

Monmouth reclaimed a double-digit lead, 35-25, after a pair of Waite free throws, and pushed the edge to 37-25 behind an 8-2 spurt out of the locker room, with 15:28 remaining in the game. Campbell, who scored eight of the Hawks’ nine points in a stretch, put MU in front 44-27 with his jumper in the lane, with 11:55 left.

After the Hawks grabbed a 17-point advantage, the Fighting Sioux answered with a 13-2 run over a 4:14 span, to pull within 46-40, capped by Josh Schuler’s three-pointer, with 7:41 on the clock.

Five straight points from Davis, including a three-pointer from the top of the key with 5:52 left, gave MU a 51-40 lead, but an 8-2 spurt, including a pair of treys, allowed ND to pull within 53-48, 2:20 later.

UND increased its run to 10-2 when Derek Benter dropped in a fast break layup, pulling the Fighting Sioux within 53-50, but a single free throw from Waite put the Hawks ahead 54-50 with 1:45 left.

After an empty possession for UND, the Fighting Sioux forced a turnover which led to a pair of Derek Benter free throws. Benter, who connected on both, pulled UND within 54-52, but on the next trip down the court, Davis hit the runner in the lane with 23.0 seconds left to reclaim a two-possession lead for the Hawks.

Monmouth, now 3-4 on the season, shot 47.7% from the fi eld in the game, but connected on just 11-of-20 from the free throw line.

Basketball Travelers Classic All-Tournament Team: Deremy Geiger, Idaho (MVP); Brandon Bowdry, Eastern Michigan; Will Campbell, Monmouth; Patrick Mitchell, North Dakota; Mike Myers Keitt, Mon-mouth; Luiz Toledo, Idaho


Princeton (6-3) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

22 Saunders f 4-7 3-5 0-0 2-2-4 4 11 1 3 0 0 34

34 Hummer f 5-10 0-0 0-2 1-2-3 2 10 2 4 3 3 28

44 Connolly c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

20 Davis g 6-13 6-11 0-0 0-5-5 1 18 2 0 0 2 39

33 Mavraides g 4-12 1-8 3-6 1-2-3 4 12 2 2 2 2 35

2 Maddox 4-10 0-0 5-8 4-5-9 3 13 5 2 2 0 31

5 Bray 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5

32 Darrow 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 1 3 0 19

TEAM 1-4-5 1

Totals... 23-53 10-25 8-16 9-23-32 19 64 14 14 11 7 200

Pct. .434 .400 .500 DB: 4

Game 8

Princeton 64Monmouth 61December 8, 2010 • the MAC




Bench Points: 13


20 Myers Keitt f 4-6 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 2 9 1 0 0 1 17

32 Waite f 4-11 0-1 1-1 3-4-7 4 9 3 4 0 1 28

44 DelTufo c 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-2-3 1 3 0 2 0 0 13

3 Campbell g 1-8 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 13

15 Hett g 4-8 2-5 2-2 1-2-3 3 12 2 2 0 3 36

10 Davis 2-3 2-2 2-3 0-3-3 4 8 4 1 0 2 26

12 Pritchett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

21 Ware 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9

23 Rutledge 2-5 2-3 0-0 1-2-3 1 6 1 2 0 0 21

25 Cox 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

51 Wait 5-6 0-0 2-5 0-7-7 2 12 0 0 2 0 27

TEAM 3-1-4

Totals... 23-52 6-15 9-15 10-25-35 17 61 13 16 2 8 200

Pct. .442 .400 .600 DB: 3




Bench Points: 26

Offi cials: Robert Riley, Brandon Cruz, Thomas Regan

Attendance: 1,287 • Technical Fouls: MU - Waite, Ed


Princeton 37 27 64

Monmouth 24 37 61

Monmouth, which trailed Princeton by as many as 15 points, climbed within 61-60 with just over a minute remaining, before fall-ing to the Tigers, 64-61 on Wednesday night in the MAC. The Hawks, now 3-5 on the season, were paced by the 12-point efforts of guard James Hett and center Phil Wait, as the Monmouth defense held the Ivy League’s second-leading offense to just 27 second half points.

Trailing 44-29 with 13:59 remaining, Monmouth outscored Princ-eton 32-20 over the next 12:45 to climb within a single point on Wait’s lay-in off a feed from Mike Myers Keitt, but the Tigers rode an Ian Hummer jumper and a defensive stop to the end, holding on for the three-point decision, Monmouth’s seventh game decided by fi ve points or less already this season.

Trailing 64-61 with under fi ve seconds left, Hett, who connected on a pair of threes earlier, had his game-tying attempt fall short.

After Monmouth opened with a 3-0 lead, Dan Mavraides notched fi ve straight points to put Princeton ahead 5-3, but the Hawks an-swered with a Hett jumper and R.J. Rutledge’s three-pointer from the corner to take an 8-5 lead with 16:24 left. 33, who scored Princeton’s fi rst eight, tied the game at 8-8 with a three-pointer, as the Tigers hit three-straight treys for a 14-8 advantage with 12:15 remaining.

The Hawks stopped the Tigers’ run on Wait’s dunk, off a feed from Will Campbell, with 11:46 showing, but the Tigers answered with a trio of three-point trips, capped by a pair of Douglas Davis three-pointers, to take a 23-10 lead. Monmouth, behind a layups from Ed Waite and Wait pulled within 23-14,, but Princeton, which had seven straight three-point trips, reclaimed a double-digit edge, 25-14, on Patrick Saunders’ jumper in the lane with 6:57 left.

Hett’s short bank-shot after a hesitation dribble pulled Monmouth within 30-20 with 3:54 showing, but Kareem Maddox’s second tradi-tional three-point play of the half, gave Princeton a 13-point advan-tage with 3:29 remaining until the break.

Myers Keitt’s drive pulled MU within 33-22 with 3:08 showing, but the Tigers rode a 37-24 lead into the intermission, powered by nine three-point possessions in the stanza.

PU opened up a 15-point lead at 41-26, but a pair of three-pointers from Hett pulled MU within 44-32 with 13:39 left in the game.

Following a nearly three-minute scoreless stretch by both sides, Monmouth trimmed the lead to 44-36 on Rutledge’s three-pointer, and climbed within 46-40 on Jordan Davis’ traditional four-point play with 9:17 on the clock.

The Tigers stopped Monmouth’s surge on Davis’ fi fth three-pointer, but Wait recorded a three-point play of his own to make the score 49-43 with 7:02 left, and the Hawks climbed within 49-44 on a Myers Keitt foul shot at the 6:46 mark.

Waite’s three-point play allowed MU to trim the defi cit to 54-49 with 4:27 left, but Davis answered with a trey 12 seconds later.

Hett’s two free throws out of a timeout, coupled with Myers Keitt’s drive pulled MU within 57-53, and another Waite basket made the tally 59-55 with 2:31 on the clock. Following Maddox’s short jumper, Davis drilled a three-pointer to pull the Hawks within three with 1:49 left. After a Princeton turnover, Myers Keitt found Wait for a lay-in, which allowed MU to climb within 61-60 with 1:14 left.

Out of a PU timeout, Ian Hummer drained a short jumper for a three-point edge with 54 seconds left, before Davis connected on a free throw with 40 ticks, making the score 63-61. On the next pos-session, Hummer was fouled and after missing both shots, Maddox grabbed the offensive rebound. Princeton ran time off the clock be-fore Mavraides hit one foul shot, giving PU a 64-61 edge.

Hartford (2-8) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

23 Sabia f 6-13 2-6 1-2 2-4-6 5 15 0 2 1 1 27

25 Minor f 0-2 0-0 1-5 2-4-6 3 1 1 2 0 0 35

1 Burton g 6-15 3-10 0-0 7-9-16 5 15 2 2 0 2 47

24 Zeglinski g 10-27 7-19 4-8 3-6-9 4 31 7 1 0 1 47

32 Brothers g 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 2 0 1 1 0 0 37

2 White 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

3 Erickson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

10 Jones 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 3 1 0 0 8

13 Baker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

14 Nardi 0-4 0-4 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15

21 Maciel 5-15 2-8 0-2 2-4-6 3 12 2 1 0 1 31

TEAM 1-1-2

Totals... 27-78 14-47 6-18 21-30-51 23 74 18 11 1 6 250

Pct. .346 .298 .333 DB: 5

Game 9

Hartford 74Monmouth [2ot] 78December 11, 2010 • the MAC




Bench Points: 12


32 Waite f 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 5 3 0 2 0 1 11

44 DelTufo f 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16

10 Davis g 1-9 0-3 5-7 0-4-4 2 7 4 4 0 4 36

15 Hett g 1-4 1-3 1-2 0-3-3 1 4 10 0 0 0 43

23 Rutledge g 5-11 0-4 0-0 3-3-6 4 10 2 0 0 1 27

3 Campbell 4-11 2-8 2-4 0-0-0 2 12 1 2 0 0 41

12 Pritchett 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

21 Ware 1-3 0-0 3-4 2-4-6 2 5 0 2 0 0 9

25 Cox 8-10 5-7 2-3 3-2-5 1 23 0 1 0 1 30

51 Wait 4-9 0-0 3-6 3-13-16 1 11 0 3 2 0 34

TEAM 5-3-8

Totals... 26-65 8-27 18-30 17-36-53 19 78 17 15 2 7 250

Pct. .400 .296 .600 DB: 4




Bench Points: 52

Offi cials: Jeffery Smith, Chris Boehm, Lionel Butler


Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot

Hartford 30 29 8 7 74

Monmouth 17 42 8 11 78

Led by a career-high 23 points from junior forward Gary Cox, Monmouth rallied from a 17-point defi cit to defeat visiting Hartford, 78-74, in double overtime on Saturday afternoon. In addition to Cox’s highlight, center Phil Wait added his fi rst career double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds, and senior guard James Hett dished out a career-best 10 assists in the win.

Hartford took a 15-0 lead with 8:15 remaining, behind three three-point-ers, as Monmouth opened the game going 0-for-16 from the fi eld, which was coupled with seven turnovers. After being held scoreless for the fi rst 12:25, a pair of free throws from Marcus Ware stopped Monmouth’s slide, as MU pulled within 15-2 with 7:35 left.

UH upped its advantage to 20-3 on Morgan Sabia’s jumper over Wait, before R.J. Rutledge’s baseline drive gave Monmouth its fi rst fi eld goal of the game, with 5:38 left, and made the score 20-5.

After UH took a 22-5 cushion, Cox pulled the Hawks within 22-10 after his jumper and corner three-pointer with 4:11 remaining in the half. MU continued its surge and put together a 9-0 run, capped by Will Campbell’s fast break drive, to make the score 22-14 at 2:55.

UH, which led by 17 twice in the stanza, responded by outscoring MU 8-3 over the fi nal 2:20 to take a 30-17 lead at the intermission.

MU, which shot 5-for-28 in the opening half, and recorded a season-low 17 points at the break, hit its fi rst three fi eld goal attempts of the second stanza, while forcing four straight empty possessions for UH, to pull within 30-23 with 17:57 left.

UH halted MU’s run with a Genesis Maciel three, but Campbell answered with a trey of his own to make the score 33-26 at 16:48.

UH’s third trifecta of the half pushed the lead to 39-28 with 15:39 remain-ing, but consecutive offensive rebounds and put-backs allowed MU to climb within 39-32 with 14:19 showing.

Following UH’s fourth three of the half, MU registered back-to-back Wait hoops off feeds from Hett, to make the score 42-36 at 12:23.

MU, which outscored UH 27-14 in the opening 11:30 minutes of the half, knotted the score at 44-44 following consecutive Cox three-pointers with 8:26 remaining. UH ended an 8-0 MU spurt on Joe Zeglinski’s fourth trey with 7:55 showing, but Campbell answered with a three from the top of the key to tie the game again at 7:02.

The Blue and White climbed all the way back and took its fi rst lead of the game, 50-49, on Hett’s three-pointer with 5:09 showing, while Ed Waite’s foul shot tied the game at 51-51 with 4:07 on the board.

Following Sabia’s three-point play with 3:40 left, Monmouth answered with six straight, capped by Jordan Davis’ steal and traditional three-point play, to take a 57-54 edge with 2:23 showing.

After Davis’ three-point trip, Zeglinski registered a three-point trip as well to re-tie the score at 57-57, and UH retook the lead on a Zeglinski jumper with 1:25 remaining.

Following an empty MU possession at the minute-mark, UH missed an op-portunity after running the shot clock all the way down, as Wait hauled in the defensive rebound. On the ensuing trip, MU called timeout with 17.3 seconds left and on the inbounds play, Cox grabbed an offensive rebound on Davis’ missed jumper from the elbow.

Cox, who was fouled on the put-back attempt, drilled both foul shots to pull Monmouth even at 59-59 with 6.8 ticks showing.

UH advanced the ball to halfcourt and called timeout with 3.7 seconds left and after Maciel’s jump shot came off the rim, Milton Burton’s game-winning tip follow rolled off, sending the game to OT.

Two Cox three-pointers, combined with a Campbell free throw, gave Mon-mouth a 66-62 lead with 2:50 left, but another Zeglinski three and two foul shots knotted the game at 67-67 with 1:49 showing.

After two free throw misses from Wait with 1:19 left, Hartford had three possessions to go ahead, but after a fi nal stop Monmouth was unable to win on its trip, forcing a second extra session.

Cox opened the scoring in the second overtime with a layup, while Rut-ledge’s baseline jumper gave Monmouth a 71-69 edge with 3:30 showing. Following a pair of offensive rebounds for the Hawks, Wait dropped in a put back to put MU in front 73-69 with 1:04 left.

On the next trip, Monmouth forced a UH turnover and Hett was fouled on the inbounds play. With 33.3 ticks left, Hett drilled a free throw to make it a fi ve-point advantage for MU.

After a Zeglinski free throw, Davis connected on a pair of foul shots to put MU in front 76-70 with 24.3 seconds left. On the next trip down, Wait was whistled for a hold, allowing Anthony Minor to pull UH within 76-71. Following Minor’s miss on the second chance, Wait was fouled and hit a pair before Zeglinski connected on his seventh trifecta, making the game 78-74, with 4.0 seconds left.


23 Rutledge f 1-3 0-1 5-6 0-0-0 0 7 0 1 0 1 9

32 Waite f 7-10 0-0 0-3 1-4-5 4 14 2 4 1 1 22

44 DelTufo c 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

10 Davis g 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-3-3 2 7 4 2 1 0 33

15 Hett g 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 3 5 1 0 1 39

3 Campbell 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 13

20 Myers Keitt 4-13 3-5 2-2 1-2-3 0 13 1 1 0 1 26

21 Ware 1-6 0-0 2-6 3-3-6 4 4 0 2 1 1 22

25 Cox 1-8 1-4 0-0 0-3-3 2 3 0 2 1 2 18

51 Wait 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-1-2 1 0 0 4 0 0 14

TEAM 2-4-6

Totals... 18-50 6-16 12-23 9-23-32 19 54 13 19 4 7 200

Pct. .360 .375 .522 DB: 4

Game 10

Monmouth 54Rider 74December 15, 2010 • Lawrenceville, N.J.




Bench Points: 23

Rider (7-5) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

2 Ringgold f 2-7 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 5 5 4 7 1 1 28

31 Penn f 1-6 0-3 1-2 3-1-4 3 3 1 0 0 0 20

12 Thompson g 1-3 0-1 3-4 2-4-6 2 5 3 2 1 1 28

15 Robinson g 7-11 5-7 3-4 0-7-7 2 22 7 0 1 4 31

23 Gadson g 2-7 0-2 4-5 0-4-4 3 8 0 4 1 1 20

10 Myles 5-9 4-6 1-3 0-1-1 2 15 0 1 0 0 24

13 Stewart 2-5 0-0 3-5 4-8-12 3 7 1 2 3 2 25

14 Mansell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

21 Nd-Ezuma 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

32 Pereira 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-2-2 0 9 1 0 0 0 19

TEAM 1-2-3

Totals... 23-54 12-25 16-25 12-30-42 20 74 17 16 7 9 200

Pct. .426 .480 .640 DB: 5




Bench Points: 31

Offi cials: Ronnie Tyburski, Tim Attanasi, Donnie Eppley

Attendance: 1,616 • Technical Fouls: MU - Waite, Ed; RU - Gadson, Novar


Monmouth 26 28 54

Rider 39 35 74

Monmouth dropped a 74-54 decision at Rider on Wednesday night in Alumni Gymnasium. The Hawks, now 4-6 on the season, were lead by Ed Waite’s 14 points and fi ve rebounds, as the sophomore hit 7-for-10 from the fl oor.

Monmouth opened the scoring just eight seconds into the game on Jordan Davis’ three-pointer, but the Broncs answered with nine straight points to take a 9-3, behind a pair of treys from Justin Rob-inson, with 16:07 left. A pair of Davis free throws ended the streak, and Gary Cox’s three-pointer pulled Monmouth within 12-8 with 14:04 on the clock.

Consecutive trifectas and two foul shots from the Broncs upped Rider’s advantage to 20-8 with 10:48 remaining, before a James Hett free throw ended the RU 8-0 spurt. Following Hett’s foul shot, which made the score 20-9, Novar Gadson registered a traditional three-point play after an offensive rebound, to give Rider a 23-9 lead with 9:20 remaining.

Monmouth responded with a 14-5 run, eight of which came from Mike Myers Keitt, to climb within 28-23 on Davis’ lay-in, with 3:45 on the clock. The Broncs halted the Hawks’ spurt on an Anthony Myles’ wing three-pointer, but Myers Keitt drilled his third trey in a 5:30-minute span to make the score 31-26 with 3:04 left.

Rider answered with an 8-0 spurt in just over a minute of action, highlighted by two straight Tommy Pereira three-pointers, to grab a 39-26 lead with 56 seconds left, and carried that 13-point advantage at the intermission.

The Broncs tied their largest lead of the game behind a free throw to open the half, but two foul shots each from Myers Keitt and R.J. Rutledge pulled Monmouth within 40-30 with 17:37 left in the con-test.

Waite’s back-cut layup off a feed from Hett trimmed the RU lead to single-digits, 41-32, with 16:42 remaining, but Myles’ trey put the Broncs ahead 46-34 with 14:56 on the clock. Three foul shots from Rutledge cut the Rider lead to 46-37, but Pereira’s third trey gave the Broncs a 51-39 advantage with 13:10 showing.

Waite recorded four straight baskets for the Hawks to make the score 56-48 with 7:51 left, but the Broncs answered with a 10-3 run over the next four minutes to increase the lead to 66-51 with 3:56 remaining in the game.

A three-pointer from Will Campbell trimmed the defi cit to 66-54, but the Broncs outscored Monmouth 8-0 over the fi nal 3:45, includ-ing a Robinson three-pointer with 17 seconds left, to coral the 74-54 win.

Monmouth, which registered assists on its fi rst 12 baskets of the game, received a 13-point effort from Myers Keitt, and seven-point outings from both Rutledge and Davis.

Rider, which improves to 7-5, was led by Robinson’s 22 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals.


Rutgers (8-2) FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

24 Mitchell f 7-15 2-4 0-0 4-3-7 1 16 0 0 1 0 25

55 Biruta f 3-7 0-2 4-6 4-5-9 1 10 1 2 0 2 24

10 Beatty g 1-6 1-5 0-0 2-7-9 1 3 4 2 0 2 31

11 Miller g 6-11 1-1 1-2 3-5-8 1 14 5 2 2 1 26

31 Coburn g 7-10 2-2 2-2 0-2-2 3 18 4 1 0 0 33

2 Carroll 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 5 2 0 0 0 16

5 Lumpkins 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 5 1 1 0 1 14

15 Rigoglioso 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

21 Johnson 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 2 3 0 3 0 0 15

22 Kuhn 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

30 Schiff 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

32 Poole 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 3 5 0 2 0 1 12

33 Mitchell, F. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

TEAM 1-1-2

Totals... 31-63 9-19 8-12 16-27-43 15 79 17 13 3 7 200

Pct. .492 .474 .667 DB: 1

Game 11

Rutgers 79Monmouth 56December 18, 2010 • the MAC




Bench Points: 18


20 Myers Keitt f 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12

32 Waite f 4-10 0-1 5-5 0-4-4 2 13 3 3 1 2 26

44 DelTufo c 4-10 1-5 2-3 0-2-2 3 11 1 1 0 0 33

10 Davis g 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 1 7 1 4 0 1 32

15 Hett g 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 2 0 7 2 0 0 30

3 Campbell 2-8 1-5 0-0 0-1-1 0 5 1 0 0 1 20

23 Rutledge 6-11 5-9 0-0 2-4-6 4 17 1 3 0 1 28

25 Cox 1-3 1-2 0-2 0-0-0 2 3 0 2 0 0 14

51 Wait 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5

TEAM 3-1-4

Totals... 20-52 9-27 7-10 7-19-26 14 56 16 18 3 5 200

Pct. .385 .333 .700 DB: 1




Bench Points: 25

Offi cials: Ray Perone, Earl Walton, Paul Faia

Attendance: 2,852 • Technical Fouls: none


Rutgers 37 42 79

Monmouth 31 25 56

In a game that featured 11 lead changes and four ties, Rutgers road a late 18-2 run to outlast Monmouth 79-56 in non-conference action on Saturday night, in the MAC. Monmouth, which was paced by R.J. Rutledge’s season-high tying 17 points, behind a career-best fi ve three pointers, falls to 4-7 overall.

Rutledge, who posted a team-best 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting, added a team-high six rebounds to lead three Hawks in double-fi g-ures. Ed Waite, who went 5-for-5 from the foul line, added 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals, while Nick DelTufo chipped in 11 points, and James Hett registered seven assists.

Monmouth, which led 41-40 with 16:20 remaining in the game, and pulled even at 44-44 with 14:56 showing, succumbed to a 35-12 run by the Scarlet Knights over the fi nal 14 minutes of action.

After MU opened the scoring on DelTufo’s post move, the Scarlet Knights answered with eight straight points, including a pair of three-pointers, to take an 8-2 lead at the 17:45 mark. Trailing by six, MU scored eight straight, capped by back-to-back threes from Rutledge and Gary Cox, to reclaim a 10-8 advantage with 15:04 remaining.

Rutgers notched the next six points, which included two buckets from Gilvydas Biruta, to take a 14-10 edge at 12:40, but Rutledge’s second trey pushed the Hawks in front 15-14 with 11:03 left.

The two sides traded leads over the next minute, before Will Camp-bell’s trifecta gave the Hawks a 20-18 lead with 9:40 on the board, while Jordan Davis’ trey put MU in front 23-20 with 7:41 left.

The Knights responded with a 9-0 spurt over the next 2:39 of ac-tion, to snare a 29-23 advantage, before a Rutledge three-pointer trimmed the defi cit to 29-26 with 4:21 left.

Rutledge tied his career-best with his fourth three-pointer to pull Monmouth within 31-29 at 3:12, and a pair of DelTufo foul shots made the score 33-31 with 2:51 remaining.

RU’s Austin Carroll connected on a wing three-pointer to put the Knights ahead 36-31, 38 ticks later, and Rutgers rode a 37-31 lead into the break.

RU extended its lead 12 seconds out of the intermission to 39-31, but Monmouth rattled off a 10-0 run over the next 2:40 to grab a 41-39 edge, as Rutledge’s back-door cut into a layup, capped the spurt.

The Scarlet Knights notched the next fi ve points to reclaim a 44-41 advantage, before DelTufo drilled a three-pointer from the top of the key to knot the score at 44-44 with 14:56 remaining. With the game tied for the fourth time, RU put together an 8-0 run to snare a 52-44 lead with 12:14 left.

After Campbell’s fast break lay-in following a Waite steal, RU scored nine straight to take a 61-46 lead at the 9:00 mark. Waite halted the Knights’ run with a traditional three-point play, and Rutledge trimmed the lead to 61-52 with a corner three-pointer with 8:21 showing.

The Hawks’ 8-0 spurt, which culminated in two Waite foul shots, carried Monmouth within 61-54, but Mike Coburn recorded the next fi ve points to reclaim a double-digit lead for RU, 66-54, with 6:34 left. Despite another Waite drive, the Knights extended their run to 18-2 to carry a 79-56 lead until the fi nal horn.

Rutgers (8-2), which outrebounded the Hawks 43-26, had four players in double-fi gures led by Coburn’s 18 points and four assists.

Nesmith’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .............................................................................................................. noneRebounds ......................................................................................................... noneAssists ............................................................................................................. noneBlocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals ............................................................................................................... noneMinutes ............................................................................................................ noneField Goals ....................................................................................................... none3-Pt FG............................................................................................................. noneFree Throws ..................................................................................................... none

FG 3FG FT REB PF TP A TO B S Min

Stony Brook DND

Lehigh DND

at CCSU DNT

at Davidson DNT

vs. Eastern Michigan DNT

at Idaho DNT

vs. North Dakota DNT

Princeton DND

Hartford DND

at Rider DNT

Rutgers DND

2010-11 Game-by-Game

Steele’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .............................................................................................................. noneRebounds ......................................................................................................... noneAssists ............................................................................................................. none Blocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals ............................................................................................................... noneMinutes ............................................................................................................ none

Steele’s Career-Highs • includes at Army (2008-09)Points ...................................................................................... 11 at Bryant, 12/8/08Rebounds ....................................................... 2 • two times • last vs. Colgate, 1/10/09Assists ..............................................................................2 vs. Presbyterian, 12/1/08 Blocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals ..................................................................................... 2 at Harvard, 11/29/08Minutes ...........................................................................25 vs. Presbyterian, 12/1/08Field Goals ................................................................................. 4 at Bryant, 12/8/083-Pt FG....................................................................................... 3 at Bryant, 12/8/08Free Throws ......................................................................3 vs. Presbyterian, 12/1/08

1 • Dion Nesmith

2010-11 Career

Games Played 0 0

Games Started 0 0

Double-Doubles 0 0

Double-Digit Scoring Games 0 0

Sophomore • Guard • 6-3 • 200Union, N.J.

(Union/Northeastern)

About DionTransfered from Northeastern after the school dropped the football program ... Has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA


Stony Brook DND

Lehigh DND

at CCSU DNT

at Davidson DNT

vs. Eastern Michigan DNT

at Idaho DNT

vs. North Dakota DNT

Princeton DND

Hartford DND

at Hartford DNT

Rutgers DND


2 • Jesse Steele

2010-11 Career*

Games Played 0 7

Games Started 0 1

Double-Doubles 0 0


Sophomore • Guard • 5-9 • 180Milford, N.J.

(Oak Hill Academy/Army*)

About JesseTransfered mid-year from the U.S. Military Academy, and will be eligible for the Hawks at the end of this fi rst semester of this academic year ... Appeared in seven games for Army during the 2008-09 season


Stony Brook * 3-10 1-4 2-2 2-1-3 3 9 1 2 0 0 22

Lehigh DND - susp

at CCSU 4-16 0-8 2-2 0-7-7 4 10 2 2 0 2 31

at Davidson 4-12 1-3 3-4 3-1-4 3 12 1 2 0 1 25

vs. Eastern Michigan * 4-10 2-6 1-1 0-3-3 0 11 4 2 0 1 31

at Idaho * 3-9 1-5 0-0 1-0-1 2 7 1 1 0 3 22

vs. North Dakota * 7-13 0-2 3-4 0-1-1 0 17 1 1 0 2 27

Princeton * 1-8 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 13

Hartford 4-11 2-8 2-4 0-0-0 2 12 1 2 0 0 41

at Rider 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 13

Rutgers 2-8 1-5 0-0 0-1-1 0 5 1 0 0 1 20



Stony Brook 1-3 0-1 2-2 1-0-1 2 4 2 3 0 1 25

Lehigh 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2-3 1 3 6 0 0 3 28

at CCSU 2-7 1-3 0-0 2-4-6 3 5 2 1 0 3 32

at Davidson 1-4 1-2 1-2 1-3-4 0 4 0 1 0 1 26

vs. Eastern Michigan 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 3 1 2 1 1 0 14

at Idaho 2-6 2-5 0-3 1-0-1 0 6 6 1 0 3 24

vs. North Dakota 5-6 2-2 0-0 1-3-4 0 12 2 1 0 0 20

Princeton 2-3 2-2 2-3 0-3-3 4 8 4 1 0 2 26

Hartford * 1-9 0-3 5-7 0-4-4 2 7 4 4 0 4 36

at Rider * 2-4 1-3 2-2 0-3-3 2 7 4 2 1 0 33

Rutgers * 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 1 7 1 4 0 1 32


Davis’ 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ............................................................................12 vs. North Dakota, 12/5/10Rebounds ...................................................................................6 at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists ............................................................... 6 • two times • last at Idaho, 12/4/10Blocks ............................................................... 1 • two times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Steals ....................................................................................4 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Minutes ...............................................................................36 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Field Goals ...................................................................... 5 vs. North Dakota, 12/5/103-Pt FG...................................................... 2 • three times • last vs. Princeton, 12/8/10Free Throws ..........................................................................5 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

3 • Will Campbell

2010-11 Career

Games Played 10 69

Games Started 5 28

Double-Doubles 0 0


Junior • Guard • 5-10 • 175Willingboro, N.J.

(Paul VI)

About Will2009 Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team selection ... Monmouth’s top-returning scorer this season ... Named to All-Tournament Team at Basketball Travelers Classic in Idaho.

10 • Jordan Davis

2010-11 Career

Games Played 11 11

Games Started 3 3

Double-Doubles 0 0


Freshman • Guard • 5-9 • 200Tampa, Fla.

(Sickles)

About JordanNamed the Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, American Conference and Suncoast Player of the Year as a senior ... Team posted a 94-23 record with him at the point ... Made fi rst collegiate start against Hartford

Campbell’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ............................................................................17 vs. North Dakota, 12/5/10Rebounds ...................................................................................7 at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists ....................................................................... 4 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Blocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals .......................................................................................... 3 at Idaho, 12/4/10Minutes ...............................................................................41 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

Campbell’s Career-HighsPoints ............................................................ 27 • two times • last vs. Rider, 12/19/09Rebounds ......................................................... 7 • two times • last at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists ....................................................................... 4 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Blocks ......................................................................................2 vs. Wagner, 2/13/10Steals ................................................................ 3 • four times • last at Idaho, 12/4/10Minutes ...............................................................................41 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Field Goals .....................................................................10 vs. Robert Morris, 2/19/093-Pt FG........................................................................................5 vs. Bryant, 1/9/10Free Throws ..................................................10 • two times • last vs. Wagner, 2/28/09


Stony Brook 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 0 1 11

Lehigh 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

at CCSU DNP - CD

at Davidson 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

vs. Eastern Michigan DNP - CD

at Idaho DNP - CD

vs. North Dakota DNP - CD

Princeton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

Hartford 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

at Rider DNP - CD

Rutgers DNP - CD



Stony Brook * 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 1 2 2 1 0 2 22

Lehigh * 4-6 3-4 5-8 2-2-4 1 16 8 2 0 2 37

at CCSU * 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-0-2 2 0 2 2 0 1 29

at Davidson * 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-0-0 1 4 2 2 0 0 27


at Idaho * 5-10 2-5 0-0 1-0-1 3 12 2 1 0 1 34

vs. North Dakota * 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 4 2 4 1 0 2 34

Princeton * 4-8 2-5 2-2 1-2-3 3 12 2 2 0 3 36

Hartford * 1-4 1-3 1-2 0-3-3 1 4 10 0 0 0 43

at Rider * 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 3 5 1 0 1 39

Rutgers * 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-3-4 2 0 7 2 0 0 30


Pritchett’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ............................................................................. 2 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/10Rebounds ..............................................................................2 at Davidson, 11/29/10Assists ............................................................................................................. noneBlocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals .............................................................................. 1 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/10Minutes ......................................................11 • two times • last at Davidson, 11/29/10Field Goals ...................................................................... 1 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/103-Pt FG............................................................................................................. noneFree Throws ..........................................................................1 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10 Hett’s Career-Highs

Points ................................................................................. 19 at Quinnipiac, 2/21/08Rebounds ...................................................6 • fi ve times • last at Long Island, 2/20/10Assists ................................................................................10 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Blocks ...................................................1 • eight times • last vs. Sacred Heart, 2/27/10Steals ............................................................... 4 • three times • last vs. CCSU, 1/7/10Minutes ...............................................................................43 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Field Goals ............................................................................8 at Quinnipiac, 2/21/083-Pt FG...........................................................3 • two times • last vs. Lehigh, 11/19/10Free Throws ........................................................6 • two times • last at FAU, 11/14/08

Hett’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ................................................................................... 16 vs. Lehigh, 11/19/10Rebounds ...................................................4 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Assists ................................................................................10 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Blocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals ...........................................................3 • two times • last vs. Princeton, 12/8/10Minutes ...............................................................................43 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

12 • Matt Pritchett

2010-11 Career

Games Played 5 5

Games Started 0 0

Double-Doubles 0 0


Junior • Guard • 6-3 • 200Norwalk, Conn.

(Bridgeport Central/Eastern Wyoming)

About MattTransfered from Eastern Wyoming College ... Team’s leading scorer at Trinity-Pawling School ... Also lettered in cross country and track & fi eld

15 • James Hett

2010-11 Career

Games Played 11 101

Games Started 11 98

Double-Doubles 0 0


Senior • Guard • 6-0 • 185Staten Island, N.Y.(Monsignor Farrell)

About JamesCurrently ranks third all-time in career assists (420), and has No. 2 John Giraldo (492) in his sights ... Earlier this year, became just the 18th player in the program’s DI history to log over 3,000 career minutes played


Stony Brook * 3-5 1-3 1-2 0-2-2 1 8 0 3 0 0 17

Lehigh * 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 0 2 2 3 0 1 21

at CCSU * 1-5 0-0 1-1 1-1-2 0 3 2 3 0 0 14

at Davidson * 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 4 0 2 0 0 14


at Idaho * 4-10 2-5 0-0 3-2-5 2 10 0 1 0 0 22

vs. North Dakota * 4-6 2-3 1-1 0-2-2 0 11 0 2 0 0 17

Princeton * 4-6 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 2 9 1 0 0 1 17

Hartford DNP - CD

at Rider 4-13 3-5 2-2 1-2-3 0 13 1 1 0 1 26

Rutgers 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12



Stony Brook 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 4 0 1 0 0 15

Lehigh 2-7 0-0 1-3 1-2-3 3 5 1 1 0 1 27

at CCSU 1-6 0-0 3-7 4-3-7 3 5 1 4 0 0 28

at Davidson 1-6 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 2 3 0 2 1 0 18


at Idaho 1-1 0-0 3-4 2-0-2 3 5 0 2 0 0 18

vs. North Dakota 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-2-2 2 1 0 1 0 1 15

Princeton 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9

Hartford 1-3 0-0 3-4 2-4-6 2 5 0 2 0 0 9

at Rider 1-6 0-0 2-6 3-3-6 4 4 0 2 1 1 22

Rutgers DNP - CD


Myers Keitt’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .......................................................................17 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Rebounds ................................................................... 6 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Assists .........................................................2 • four times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Blocks ........................................................................ 1 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Steals .............................................................. 1 • three times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Minutes .....................................................................34 vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10

Ware’s Career-HighsPoints .........................................................5 • four times • last vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Rebounds ...................................................................................7 at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists ............................................................. 1 • two times • last at CCSU, 11/27/10Blocks ............................................................... 1 • two times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Steals ................................................................1 • four times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Minutes .................................................................................... 28 at CCSU, 11/27/10Field Goals .....................................................2 • two times • last vs. Lehigh, 11/19/10 3-Pt FG............................................................................................................. noneFree Throws .............................................. 3 • three times • last vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

Ware’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .........................................................5 • four times • last vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Rebounds ...................................................................................7 at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists ............................................................. 1 • two times • last at CCSU, 11/27/10Blocks ............................................................... 1 • two times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Steals ................................................................1 • four times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Minutes .................................................................................... 28 at CCSU, 11/27/10

Myers Keitt’s Career-HighsPoints .......................................................................................23 vs. Bryant, 2/5/09Rebounds .......................................................7 • four times • last vs. Wagner, 2/28/09Assists .................................................................................. 8 at Seton Hall, 12/2/08Blocks ...................................................... 2 • two times • last vs. Long Island, 1/22/09Steals .................................................................................... 3 at Seton Hall, 12/2/08Minutes .....................................................................................37 vs. Bryant, 2/5/09Field Goals ..................................................................................8 vs. Bryant, 2/5/093-Pt FG.............................................................. 3 • two times • last at Rider, 12/15/10Free Throws ...................................................... 7 • two times • last vs. Bryant, 2/5/09

20 • Mike Myers Keitt

2010-11 Career

Games Played 10 66

Games Started 9 40

Double-Doubles 0 0


Junior • Forward • 6-7 • 180Waterbury, Conn.

(Marianapolis Catholic)

About MikeEarned All-Tournament Team honors at the Basketball Travelers Classic in Idaho... Only player to start all 31 games during his freshman season.

21 • Marcus Ware

2010-11 Career

Games Played 10 12

Games Started 0 0

Double-Doubles 0 0


Sophomore • Forward • 6-7 • 215Vineland, N.J.

(Vineland)

About MarcusAppeared in just two games as a freshman before being granted a medical redshirt for a foot injury.


Stony Brook 2-7 0-4 2-2 1-4-5 4 6 0 0 1 2 23

Lehigh * 7-13 3-9 0-0 1-2-3 3 17 2 2 0 0 28

at CCSU * 2-8 1-5 3-5 1-4-5 3 8 1 0 0 0 28

at Davidson * 2-5 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 4 5 0 1 0 0 18


at Idaho 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-1-1 3 5 1 0 1 0 19

vs. North Dakota 1-5 0-3 1-2 0-4-4 0 3 0 2 0 0 22

Princeton 2-5 2-3 0-0 1-2-3 1 6 1 2 0 0 21

Hartford * 5-11 0-4 0-0 3-3-6 4 10 2 0 0 1 27

at Rider * 1-3 0-1 5-6 0-0-0 0 7 0 1 0 1 9

Rutgers 6-11 5-9 0-0 2-4-6 4 17 1 3 0 1 28



Stony Brook DNP - CD

Lehigh DNP - CD

at CCSU DNP - CD

at Davidson DNP - CD

vs. Eastern Michigan DNT - sick

at Idaho DNT - sick

vs. North Dakota DNT - sick

Princeton DNP - CD

Hartford DNP - CD

at Rider DNT

Rutgers DND


Rutledge’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ........................................................ 17 • two times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Rebounds ..................................................... 6 • two times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Assists ........................................................ 2 • two times • last vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Blocks ................................................................ 1 • two times • last at Idaho, 12/4/10Steals .............................................................................. 2 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/10Minutes .................................................... 28 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10

James’ 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .............................................................................................................. noneRebounds ......................................................................................................... noneAssists ............................................................................................................. noneBlocks .............................................................................................................. noneSteals ............................................................................................................... noneMinutes ............................................................................................................ noneField Goals ....................................................................................................... none3-Pt FG............................................................................................................. noneFree Throws ..................................................................................................... noneRutledge’s Career-Highs

Points .................................................................................. 22 at Hartford, 12/11/07Rebounds .................................................................. 7 at Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/18/08Assists .................................................................................. 5 at Villanova, 11/25/08Blocks .............................................................. 1 • eight times • last at Idaho, 12/4/10Steals ...............................................................................3 vs. Sacred Heart, 12/2/07Minutes .............................................................................35 at Robert Morris, 3/6/08Field Goals .................................................. 7 • three times • last vs. Lehigh, 11/19/103-Pt FG.................................................................................. 5 vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Free Throws ..................................................................... 6 at Saint Peter’s, 11/28/07

23 • R.J. Rutledge

2010-11 Career

Games Played 11 82

Games Started 4 26

Double-Doubles 0 0


Senior • Guard • 6-4 • 175Baldwin, N.Y.

(Northfi eld Mount Herman Prep)

About R.J.Has appeared in 82 career games, making 26 career starts ... Has the second-most made career three pointers on the current roster

24 • Daniel James

2010-11 Career

Games Played 0 0

Games Started 0 0

Double-Doubles 0 0


Freshman • Forward • 6-6 • 195Huddersfi eld, England(Canarias Academy)

About DanielFreshman from Huddersfi eld, England, who played for the Sheffi eld Junior Sharks and the U-18 English National Team ... Also lettered in soccer


Stony Brook 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-1-1 0 4 0 0 0 1 6

Lehigh 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

at CCSU 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

at Davidson 1-4 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 6


at Idaho DNP - CD

vs. North Dakota DNP - CD

Princeton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5

Hartford 8-10 5-7 2-3 3-2-5 1 23 0 1 0 1 30

at Rider 1-8 1-4 0-0 0-3-3 2 3 0 2 1 2 18

Rutgers 1-3 1-2 0-2 0-0-0 2 3 0 2 0 0 14



Stony Brook * 1-9 0-2 3-4 4-9-13 1 5 2 1 0 1 25

Lehigh * 9-14 0-0 2-6 4-3-7 2 20 0 3 0 3 21

at CCSU * 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-3-3 5 5 1 3 0 1 16

at Davidson * 6-10 1-3 2-2 3-5-8 3 15 3 3 0 2 28


at Idaho * 4-8 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 5 8 0 2 0 2 21

vs. North Dakota * 1-6 0-2 4-8 2-4-6 1 6 0 2 1 0 25

Princeton * 4-11 0-1 1-1 3-4-7 4 9 3 4 0 1 28

Hartford * 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 5 3 0 2 0 1 11

at Rider * 7-10 0-0 0-3 1-4-5 4 14 2 4 1 1 22

Rutgers * 4-10 0-1 5-5 0-4-4 2 13 3 3 1 2 26


Cox’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints .................................................................................23 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Rebounds ..............................................................................5 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Assists ............................................................................................................. noneBlocks .........................................................................................1 at Rider, 12/15/10Steals ..........................................................................................2 at Rider, 12/15/10Minutes ...............................................................................30 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Field Goals ............................................................................8 vs. Hartford, 12/11/103-Pt FG..................................................................................5 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Free Throws ................................................ 2 • two times • last vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

Waite’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ................................................................................... 20 vs. Lehigh, 11/19/10Rebounds ...................................................................... 13 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/10Assists .......................................................3 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Blocks ........................................................1 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Steals ................................................ 3 • two times • last vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Minutes ......................................................28 • two times • last vs. Princeton, 12/8/10

Waite’s Career-HighsPoints ................................................................................... 20 vs. Lehigh, 11/19/10Rebounds ................................................................. 17 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/6/10Assists ................................................... 4 • two times • last vs. Sacred Heart, 2/27/10Blocks ....................................................... 1 • seven times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Steals ............................................... 3 • four times • last vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/3/10Minutes ............................................................................... 32 vs. Quinnipiac, 1/2/10Field Goals .............................................................................. 9 vs. Lehigh, 11/19/103-Pt FG............................................................. 2 • two times • last vs. Rider, 12/19/09Free Throws ................................................................ 6 at Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/4/10

25 • Gary Cox

2010-11 Career

Games Played 9 9

Games Started 0 0

Double-Doubles 0 0


Junior • Forward • 6-6 • 200Houston, Texas

(Nimitz/Panola College)

About GaryTransfer from Panola College in Carthage, Texas ... Averaged 13.5 points per game during his two-year stay with the Ponies ... Nimitz H.S. team fi nished in the top three in the district in each of his three varsity seasons

32 • Ed Waite

2010-11 Career

Games Played 11 42

Games Started 11 37

Double-Doubles 0 1


Sophomore • Forward • 6-5 • 240Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

(Pine Crest)

About Ed2010 Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team selection ... MU’s second-highest return-ing scorer and leading rebounder from a season ago ... Entertained DI football schol-arships while at Pine Crest HS ... HS teammate of Kentucky’s Brandon Knight


Stony Brook 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 2 1 0 3 1 1 14

Lehigh 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 3 2 0 1 0 1 14

at CCSU * 5-8 1-2 1-3 3-1-4 4 12 1 1 0 1 29

at Davidson * 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 4 3 0 2 0 0 16


at Idaho * 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 17

vs. North Dakota * 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 3 3 1 2 0 2 29

Princeton * 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-2-3 1 3 0 2 0 0 13

Hartford * 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16

at Rider * 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

Rutgers * 4-10 1-5 2-3 0-2-2 3 11 1 1 0 0 33



Stony Brook * 2-8 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 5 4 0 2 1 0 20

Lehigh * 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 4 0 1 1 0 17

at CCSU 1-5 0-0 0-1 3-2-5 0 2 0 1 1 0 15

at Davidson 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11


at Idaho 6-7 0-0 1-2 1-4-5 1 13 0 0 1 1 23

vs. North Dakota 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 2 0 1 0 0 11

Princeton 5-6 0-0 2-5 0-7-7 2 12 0 0 2 0 27

Hartford 4-9 0-0 3-6 3-13-16 1 11 0 3 2 0 34

at Rider 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-1-2 1 0 0 4 0 0 14

Rutgers 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5


DelTufo’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ...................................................................................... 12 at CCSU, 11/27/10Rebounds ...................................................................................4 at CCSU, 11/27/10Assists .........................................................1 • four times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Blocks ............................................................................. 1 vs. Stony Brook, 11/16/10Steals .............................................................................. 2 vs. North Dakota, 12/5/10Minutes ................................................................................33 vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10

Wait’s 2010-11 Season-HighsPoints ........................................................................................13 at Idaho, 12/4/10Rebounds ............................................................................16 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Assists ..................................................................................1 at Davidson, 11/29/10Blocks ........................................................2 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Steals .......................................................................................... 1 at Idaho, 12/4/10Minutes ...............................................................................34 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

DelTufo’s Career-HighsPoints ...................................................................................... 15 at Bryant, 1/30/10Rebounds .....................................................................................7 at CCSU, 2/26/09Assists ..............................................................................3 at Robert Morris, 1/31/09Blocks ..........................................................................................3 at CCSU, 2/26/09Steals .....................................................2 • four times • last vs. North Dakota, 12/5/10Minutes ..................................................................... 38 at Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/4/10Field Goals .........................................6 • two times • last at Fairleigh Dickinson, 2/4/103-Pt FG...........................................................1 • 16 times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Free Throws ...................................................................7 at Mount St. Mary’s, 3/1/08

Wait’s Career-Highs • includes at St. John’s (2008-09)Points ........................................................................................13 at Idaho, 12/4/10Rebounds ............................................................................16 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Assists ...................................................... 1 • three times • last at Davidson, 11/29/10Blocks ........................................................2 • three times • last vs. Rutgers, 12/18/10Steals .......................................................................................... 1 at Idaho, 12/4/10Minutes ...............................................................................34 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10Field Goals .................................................................................. 6 at Idaho, 12/4/103-Pt FG............................................................................................................. noneFree Throws ..........................................................................3 vs. Hartford, 12/11/10

44 • Nick DelTufo

2010-11 Career

Games Played 11 99

Games Started 9 42

Double-Doubles 0 0


Senior • Forward • 6-8 • 245Mendham, N.J.

(West Morris Mendham)

About NickHas appeared in the second-most career games on the current roster ... 1,000 point scorer in high school

51 • Phil Wait

2010-11 Career*

Games Played 11 22

Games Started 2 2

Double-Doubles 1 1


Junior • Center • 7-0 • 275Manchester, England

(Proctor Academy/St. John’s*)

About PhilTransfer from St. John’s, who sat out his mandatory year last season... Career num-bers include 11 games played while with the Red Storm

OVERALL RECORD: 4-7 (HOME: 2-3; AWAY: 0-4; NEUTRAL: 2-0)NEC RECORD: 0-1 (HOME: 0-0; AWAY: 0-1)

2010-11 MONMOUTH BASKETBALL STATISTICS

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