ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College vs. Wesleyan & Endicott
THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS Wesleyan CARDINALS (8-1, 0-0 NESCAC)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 James Twohig Gymnasium -- Salem, MA -- 6:00 p.m.
Endicott GULLS (4-3, 2-1 CCC)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 James Twohig Gymnasium -- Salem, MA -- 5:00 p.m.
Last Time Out
The Soaring Eagles battled SUNY Cortland in a back-and-forth contest back on December 9th, with the Red Dragons pulling out the victory 80-66. Trailing by nine at the break, Elmira opened the second half on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to three points at 42-39. Cortland would punch back with a 19-6 run of its own to widen the gap with 6:10 to play. Although the Soaring Eagles showed their resolve, cutting the deficit to six points, the Red Dragons would nail their free throws late to hold on for the comfortable win. Hayden Harkins ’18 continued his sharp shooting with a team-high 17 points, while Gino Leonardi ’16 and Justin Porrett ’19 chipped in 14 points and 12 points, respectively.
Living by the Three
Elmira certainly has not shown hesitancy in firing shots from distance this season. The Soaring Eagles have attempted 175 shots from three-point range through the first seven games this season, an average of 25.0 attempts per contest. The Purple and Gold have been quite successful from the beyond the arc, draining 69 of the attempts for a robust 39.4-percent clip as a team. EC will look to rediscover its hot hand at the Salem State Tournament, as the team is coming off its worst performance from distance on the year, shooting 29.2-percent (7-for-24) in the loss to Cortland. Harkins has been lights out from range this season. Of his 30 made shots, 29 have come from beyond the mark, while he is knocking down long-range shots at a 46.8-percent clip this season.
Clean Up the Boards
Rebounding has been an area that Elmira will look to improve upon when it returns to action this week. The Soaring Eagles have been outrebounded in six of their seven contests this season, entering this week’s contests with a -6.1 rebounding margin on the year. A big trouble spot for the Purple and Gold has been 2015-16 SCHEDULE (1-6, 0-0 EMPIRE 8) Day Date Opponent Time-Result their work on the defensive glass in recent games. Elmira has allowed opponents to pull down double-digit offensive rebounds in each of the last four games, an NOV. 20 Morrisville State^ L, 72-81 21 Mount Saint Mary^ L, 71-83 average of 12.8 per game. 24 Hilbert L, 73-80 28 Carnegie Mellon% L, 53-72 All-Time Series: Wesleyan 29 Chatham% W, 93-88 (OT) Elmira and Wesleyan have only met one other time in the history of both proDEC. 4 St. Lawrence L, 74-81 grams. The meeting occurred at the opening game of the Skidmore Tournament 9 SUNY Cortland L, 66-80 in Saratoga Springs, NY, during the 2000-01 season. The Cardinals took the victory 29 Wesleyan& 6:00 p.m. in the contest by a final score of 89-74. 30 Endicott& 5:00 p.m. JAN. 4 Stevens* 2:00 p.m. 8 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. Scouting Wesleyan 9 Nazareth* 5:00 p.m. Senior guard BJ Davis leads the Cardinals in the backcourt, averaging 20.4 points 12 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. per game. He has been lights out from distance this season, making shots at a 15 Utica* 6:00 p.m. 53.2-percent clip from beyond the arc, which is tied for 15th in the country. Davis 16 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. also has shown a keen ability for getting to the charity stripe, where he is 41-of 19 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. 49 this season. Senior Rashid Epps and junior Joseph Kuo have made for a potent 21 Alfred* 6:00 p.m. 27 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. one-two punch in the low post. Kuo ranks second on the team with 11.9 points 30 Stevens* 1:00 p.m. per game, while he leads the squad with 7.2 rebounds per contest and 12 blocks FEB. 5 Utica* 6:00 p.m. on the year. Epps has chipped in 9.1 points and 6.3 boards per game. 6 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. 9 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. All-Time Series: Endicott 12 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. Elmira is 1-0 in the all-time series against Endicott. The lone meeting took place at 13 Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. neutral site in the penultimate game of Elmira’s 1996-97 season, with the Soaring 20 Alfred* 2:00 p.m. Eagles taking home a barnburner of a contest by the final score of 95-88. 26 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA 27 Empire 8 Final TBA
Scouting Endicott
Bold Indicates Home Contest *Denotes Empire 8 Contest ^Elmira College Tip-Off Classic %Carnegie Mellon Invitational &Salem State Holiday Classic
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Offensively, the Gulls are powered by junior guard Kamahl Walker, who is averaging a whopping 27.3 points per game to go along with his team-leading 3.6 assists. He poured in 35 points in the victory over Salve Regina, while he also has a 47-point effort on his resume, coming against Keene State earlier this season. Junior forward Daquan Sampson also is a formidable force to contend with in the low post. He ranks second on the team at 12.9 points per game, while he nearly averages a double-double with 9.9 rebounds per contest. ECSoaringEagles
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Dan DeCaria (ddecaria@elmira.edu); Travis Larner (tlarner@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901
2015-16 SOARING EAGLES MEN’S BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College vs. Wesleyan & Endicott
2015-16 EMPIRE 8 STANDINGS
ELMIRA QUICK FACTS Location . .................................................. Elmira, NY Founded.............................................................1855 Enrollment........................................................1,200 School Colors...................................... Purple & Gold Team Nickname..................................Soaring Eagles Conference.................................................. Empire 8 President....................................... Dr. Norman Smith Athletic Director............................Pat Thompson ’75 Athletic Department........................... 607-735-1730 Arena . ....................................... Speidel Gymnasium Capacity . ..........................................................1,010 Athletics Affiliation......................... NCAA Division III MEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ..................................... Randie Torgalski Assistant Coach ...............................Chris Thompson Assistant Coach .................................... Steve Monks First Season ................................................. 1970-71 2014-15 Overall Record................................... 10-15 2014-15 Empire 8 Record..................................... 7-9 2015-16 EC MEN’S BASKETBALL (1-6) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 0-1 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 0-1 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 0-4 Scoring 80+........................................................... 1-0 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 60-69..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 0-1 Allowing 80+......................................................... 1-5 2014-15 EC MEN’S BASKETBALL (10-15) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-1 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 1-5 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 2-7 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 4-1 Scoring 80+........................................................... 3-1 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 3-1 Allowing 60-69..................................................... 5-2 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 2-6 Allowing 80+......................................................... 0-6 2013-14 EC MEN’S BASKETBALL (10-15) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-2 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 1-5 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 1-6 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 5-1 Scoring 80+........................................................... 3-1 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 1-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 0-1 Allowing 60-69..................................................... 7-6 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 2-4 Allowing 80+......................................................... 0-4 2012-13 EC MEN’S BASKETBALL (6-19) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-6 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 0-4 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 2-7 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 3-1 Scoring 80+........................................................... 1-1 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 1-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 3-4 Allowing 60-69................................................... 2-10 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 0-3 Allowing 80+......................................................... 0-2
Team Ithaca Houghton Alfred Hartwick St. John Fisher Stevens Nazareth Utica Elmira
LEAGUE W-L Pct. 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000
W-L 6-2 5-3 4-3 4-3 4-3 4-4 3-5 2-5 1-6
OVERALL Pct. 0.750 0.625 0.571 0.571 0.571 0.500 0.375 0.286 0.143
Streak W2 W1 L2 W1 L1 L3 L5 L2 L2
Top-Five Individual Performances of 2015-16 Points
1. G. Leonardi - 28 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. H. Harkins - 24 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Porrett - 20 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Porrett - 20 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 5. J. Henderson - 19 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24)
Rebounds
Assists
1. G. Leonardi - 5 (at SUNY Cortland, 12/9) J. Porrett - 5 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) N. Cesare - 5 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) N. Cesare - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Mullane - 5 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
1. J. Porrett - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) Steals 2. J. Porrett - 7 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 1. N. Cesare - 3 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) J. Henderson - 7 (at SUNY Cortland, 12/9) J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 4. Five tied with 6 3. A. Abate - 2 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) J. Porrett - 2 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) H. Harkins - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) Turnovers J. Mullane - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 1. G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Porrett - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 3. J. Porrett - 4 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) G. Leonardi - 4 (at SUNY Cortland, 12/9) Blocks 5. Five tied with 3 1. H. Cuffee - 1 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) G. Leonardi - 1 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Mullane - 1 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) Made Free Throws H. Cuffee - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 1. J. Porrett - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) A. Abate - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 2. G. Leonardi - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Ruback - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 4. J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) Made Field Goals 5. J. Mullane - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 1. G. Leonardi - 10 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. J. Porrett - 9 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 3. H. Harkins - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 4. G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) Free Throw Attempts 5. Four tied with 6 1. G. Leonardi - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. J. Porrett - 7 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 3. J. Ruback - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) Made Three-Point Field Goals A. Abate - 5 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 1. H. Harkins - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 5. J. Porrett - 4 (at SUNY Cortland, 12/9) 2. J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) N. Cesare - 4 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 3. H. Harkins - 5 (at SUNY Cortland, 12/9) J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 4. H. Harkins - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) G. Leonardi - 4 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21)
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2015-16 SOARING EAGLES MEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 1 3 5 10 12 13 15 21 22 23 24 25 30 32 40 44 55
NAME Connor Bays ’18 Barak Swarttz ’18 Hayden Harkins ’18 Gino Leonardi ’16 Nick Cesare ’16 Anthony Abate ’19 Ryan Brooksbank ’17 Justin Ruback ’18 John Mullane ’16 Justin Henderson ’16 Justin Porrett ’19 Nicholas Sim ’19 Paul Bischoff ’18 Henry Cuffee ’19 Calum Edsor ’19 Ryan Chocek ’18 Matt Davis ’16 Andrew Guanci ’19 Alex Rosen ’19
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College vs. Wesleyan & Endicott
2015-16 ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL POS. G G F G G-F G F G F G G G F F F F F G G
HT. 6’3” 6’2” 6’5” 5’10” 6’3” 6’3” 6’5” 6’3” 6’5” 6’3” 6’0” 6’3” 6’3” 6’4” 6’5” 6’8” 6’7” 6’3” 6’2”
WT. 165 180 200 180 225 160 195 190 200 185 175 175 205 185 200 205 255 200 185
HOMETOWN--HIGH SCHOOL Bel Air, MD -- CM Wright Newton, MA -- Newton South Tampa, FL -- Newsome Spencer, NY -- Spencer-Van Etten Lincoln, RI -- St. Andrew’s School Orange Park, FL -- Orange Park New City, NY -- Albertus Magnus Pittsford, NY -- Pittsford Mendon Norfolk, MA -- King Phillip Regional Staten Island, NY -- Saint Josph by the Sea Dumont, NJ -- Dumont Arbroath, Scotland -- Arbroath Oneonta, NY -- Oneonta Bel Air, MD -- CM Wright Sydney, Australia -- St. Andrews Cathedral Huntington Beach, CA -- Huntington Beach Horseheads, NY -- Notre Dame Arlington, MA -- Salisbury Syosset, NY -- Syosset
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Randie Torgalski Assistant Coach: Chris Thompson Assistant Coach: Steve Monks ELMIRA COLLEGE CAPTAIN
Justin Henderson ‘16
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
#3 BARAK SWARTTZ . ..................... Buh-rock Swartzz #10 GINO LEONARDI................... JEE-no Leo-nard-ee #12 Nick CESARE............................................. SEE-zer #21 Justin RUBACK..................................... ROO-back #22 John MULLANE....................................MUH-lane #24 Justin PORRETT...................................... POOR-et #30 Paul BISCHOFF....................................... Bish-OFF #40 CALUM EDSOR................................Cal-um Ed-sir #44 Ryan CHOCEK.........................................CHO-sick Randie TORGALSKI...............................TOUR-gal-skee 3
2015-16 SOARING EAGLES MEN’S BASKETBALL
Games 8 & 9: Elmira College vs. Wesleyan & Endicott
2015-16 Elmira College Basketball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 17, 2015) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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01 03 05 10 12 13 15 21 22 23 24 32 44 55
Player
BAYS,Connor SWARTTZ, Barak HARKINS, Hayden LEONARDI, Gino CESARE, Nick ABATE, Anthony BROOKSBANK, Ryan RUBACK, Justin MULLANE, John HENDERSON, Justin PORRETT, Justin CUFFEE, Henry CHOCEK, Ryan DAVIS, Matt Team Total.......... Opponents......
gp-gs
Score by Periods Elmira Opponents
35 23 198 153 97 116 19 88 150 221 175 80 23 47
7 7
1425 1425
1st 2nd 240 249 291 266
HOME 0-4 0-0 0-4
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
2-2 4-0 7-6 5-5 6-1 7-0 3-0 7-2 7-7 7-7 7-4 7-0 3-0 5-1
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
OVERALL 1-6 0-0 1-6
17.5 5.8 28.3 30.6 16.2 16.6 6.3 12.6 21.4 31.6 25.0 11.4 7.7 9.4
ELMIRA 502 71.7 -9.0 187-420 .445 69-175 .394 9.9 59-89 .663 8.4 208 29.7 -6.1 110 15.7 89 12.7 -0.6 1.2 35 5.0 6 0.9 1074 4-268 -
2-5 0-1 30-66 31-70 6-12 19-32 2-3 8-16 18-34 19-71 35-73 14-18 2-10 1-9
.400 2-3 .000 0-0 .455 29-62 .443 9-25 .500 1-1 .594 7-10 .667 2-2 .500 1-3 .529 0-0 .268 13-56 .479 5-13 .778 0-0 .200 0-0 .111 0-0
187-420 .445 69-175 187-386 .484 63-153 OPP 565 80.7 187-386 .484 63-153 .412 9.0 128-171 .749 18.3 251 35.9 106 15.1 85 12.1 1.2 42 6.0 26 3.7 785 2-339 1-107
.667 .000 .468 .360
1.000
.700 1.000
.333 .000 .232 .385 .000 .000 .000
AWAY 0-2 0-0 0-2
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
2-2 0-1 2-4 7-11 3-6 6-10 1-2 11-13 10-13 2-3 14-20 1-2 0-0 0-2
1.000
.000 .500 .636 .500 .600 .500 .846 .769 .667 .700 .500 .000 .000
.394 59-89 .663 .412 128-171 .749 Date 11/20/15 11/21/15 11/24/15 11/28/15 11/29/15 12/04/15 12/9/15
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Rebounds def tot avg
0 4 4 0 5 5 2 17 19 5 10 15 7 6 13 3 7 10 0 1 1 2 8 10 6 12 18 11 21 32 9 26 35 2 11 13 0 1 1 1 3 4 18 10 28 66 142 208 73 178 251
2.0 1.3 2.7 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.3 1.4 2.6 4.6 5.0 1.9 0.3 0.8
pf dq
4 1 9 18 13 9 0 19 13 12 17 22 6 7
29.7 150 35.9 116
Opponent MORRISVILLE MOUNT SAINT MARY HILBERT at Carnegie Mellon vs Chatham ST. LAWRENCE at SUNY Cortland
* - Conference game
OT Totals 13 502 8 565
off
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
a
3 0 7 18 14 5 0 4 11 12 27 6 2 1
7 110 - 106
L L L L Wot L L
to blk stl
pts
2 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 10 0 4 91 16 1 1 78 6 0 4 16 1 1 5 51 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 28 6 1 2 46 5 0 6 53 23 0 6 89 4 3 4 29 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 1 89 6 35 502 85 26 42 565 Score 72-81 71-83 73-80 53-72 93-88 74-81 66-80
avg
4.0 0.0 13.0 15.6 2.7 7.3 2.3 4.0 6.6 7.6 12.7 4.1 1.3 0.4 71.7 80.7 Att. 288 103 133 178 107 550 500