ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Game 6: St. Lawrence University
FRIDAY’S OPPONENT
Last Time Out
Elmira enters Friday’s contest coming off a split of a two-game set over Thanksgiving Weekend at the Carnegie Mellon Double Tree Tournament in Pittsburgh, PA. The Soaring Eagles struggled to get things going offensively in the opening game on Saturday against the tournament hosts, falling 72-53. EC would bounce back in a big way the following day against Chatham University, scoring its first win of the season in overtime against the Cougars in a 93-88 barnburner. The Purple and Gold came out firing in the first half, shooting over 60% from the field (17-of-28) to take an 11-point lead into halftime. The Cougars fired back in the second stanza, whittling down the deficit, before Alex Schoppen knocked down a triple at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. Hayden Harkins ’18 was the hero for the Soaring Eagles in the extra session, hitting two of his career-high eight three-pointers in overtime, to seal the victory.
All-Time Series
Elmira has traditionally struggled against St. Lawrence, entering Friday’s contest just 1-10 all-time against the North Country foe. The Soaring Eagles first met the Saints in a neutral site game played at Manhattanville College during the 1980-81 season, with St. Lawrence taking home a 61-59 victory. Elmira’s lone victory in the series came in an 81-78 win at Speidel Gymnasium during the 1987-88 season. The Saints have dominated the recent series, which picked up again in 2006-07, winning eight straight over that stretch. Elmira is 1-4 all-time against St. Lawrence at Speidel Gymnasium.
st. Lawrence University SAINTS (1-4)
Friday, December 4th, 2015 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 7:00 p.m.
Career Days
A pair of Elmira players posted career-best performances in the Soaring Eagles’ 93-88 overtime victory over Chatham this past Sunday. Gino Leonardi ’16 posted a monster game for Elmira, scoring a career-high 28 points, with 22 of those coming in an efficient first half. The senior point guard went 9-of-13 from the field, including 3-for-4 from three-point range in the open2015-16 SCHEDULE (1-4, 0-0 EMPIRE 8) ing 20 minutes. Harkins also posted a huge game, chipping in a career-best 24 Day Date Opponent Time-Result points with all eight of his field goals coming from behind the arc. He finished NOV. 20 Morrisville State^ L, 72-81 8-of-13 from distance, notching career-highs for both makes and attempts. 21 Mount Saint Mary^ L, 71-83 24 Hilbert L, 73-80 Porrett Recognized for Strong Start 28 Carnegie Mellon% L, 53-72 Justin Porrett ’19 has paced Elmira’s talented crop of freshmen, logging just 29 Chatham% W, 93-88 (OT) over 23 minutes per game, while garnering his first two career starts over the DEC. 4 St. Lawrence 7:00 p.m. weekend at the Carnegie Mellon Tournament. He had a big week, collecting a 9 SUNY Cortland 7:30 p.m. total of 36 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in the three games against Hilbert 29 Wesleyan& 6:00 p.m. College, Carnegie Mellon, and Chatham. He was recognized on Monday, earn 30 Endicott& 5:00 p.m. ing Empire 8 Conference and ECAC Corvias Upstate Rookie of the Week honors. JAN. 4 Stevens* 2:00 p.m. Overall, he ranks third on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game, 8 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. while he leads the Soaring Eagles with 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per contest. 9 Nazareth* 5:00 p.m. 12 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. Downtown Deliveries 15 Utica* 6:00 p.m. One area that Elmira has excelled at through the early portions of this season 16 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. has been its long-range shooting. The Soaring Eagles have been lethal from 19 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. the beyond the arc this season, averaging 10.6 made three-pointers per game, 21 Alfred* 6:00 p.m. while converting at a 42.7% clip (53-for-124), which is the top mark in the Em 27 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. pire 8 Conference. The Purple and Gold are coming off their best performance 30 Stevens* 1:00 p.m. of the season, as EC knocked down 16-of-32 shots from distance in the victory FEB. 5 Utica* 6:00 p.m. over Chatham. Harkins has had the hot hand from beyond the arc all season, 6 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. as he paces the squad with 21 three-point makes and 43 attempts. His 48.8% 9 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. conversion rate from three-point range is tops amongst all eligible Empire 8 play 12 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. ers and he is on pace to break the program’s all-time record for made three’s in 13 Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. a single-season, which Ryan Bennett ’01 set at 97 during the 1998-99 season. 20 Alfred* 2:00 p.m. 26 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA Scouting St. Lawrence 27 Empire 8 Final TBA The Saints have gotten off to a rocky start to their 2015-16 campaign, entering Friday’s contest with a 1-4 record. St. Lawrence was not able to carry the momenBold Indicates Home Contest tum from its first victory of the season into its latest contest, a 77-65 loss at Platts*Denotes Empire 8 Contest burgh State on Tuesday evening. Turnovers have proven to be an issue for St. ^Elmira College Tip-Off Classic %Carnegie Mellon Invitational Lawrence through the early portion of this season, as the team is averaging 14.0 &Salem State Holiday Classic per game. The Saints were right on their season average in the loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday. St. Lawrence is powered by the talented backcourt junior duo of Kyle Edwards and Willie Zachery. Edwards leads the team in scoring at 12.4 points per game. Zachery ranks second at 9.4 per game, while he has shown an aptitude for getting to the charity stripe, where he is converting at an 85% clip (17-of-20).
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2015-16 SOARING EAGLES MEN’S BASKETBALL
Game 6: St. Lawrence University
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 (1-4) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 0-1 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 0-3 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+......................................................... 1-3 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 St. John Fisher Ithaca Houghton Alfred Stevens Nazareth Hartwick 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 3-0 4-1 3-1 4-2 4-2 3-2 3-3 2-4 1-4
OVERALL Pct. 1.000 0.800 0.750 0.667 0.667 0.600 0.500 0.333 0.200
Streak W3 W3 W3 L1 L1 L2 L1 L1 W1
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) 4. J. Henderson - 19 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 5. G. Leonardi - 18 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21)
Rebounds
1. J. Porrett - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. J. Porrett - 7 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 3. J. Henderson - 6 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) H. Cuffee - 6 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) G. Leonardi - 6 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Turnovers
Assists
1. N. Cesare - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Mullane - 5 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 4. Two tied with 4
Steals
1. N. Cesare - 3 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. J. Porrett - 2 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) H. Harkins - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Mullane - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Porrett - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Blocks
1. G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 2. J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 3. J. Porrett - 4 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) 4. Three 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) H. Cuffee - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) A. Abate - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21)
Made Free Throws
Made Field Goals
Free Throw Attempts
Made Three-Point Field Goals
1. G. Leonardi - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Ruback - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 4. J. Mullane - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
1. G. Leonardi - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. J. Ruback - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 5. J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
1. G. Leonardi - 10 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 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) 5. J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24)
1. H. Harkins - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 3. H. Harkins - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) G. Leonardi - 4 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 4. Three tied with 3
Minutes Played
2
1. G. Leonardi - 42 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. J. Henderson - 38 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 3. J. Henderson - 34 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 4. H. Harkins - 32 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 5. Two tied with 31
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
Game 6: St. Lawrence University
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
Game 6: St. Lawrence University
Elmira College Men's Basketball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 02, 2015) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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10 05 24 23 22 13 21 15 44 01 32 12 55 03
Player
LEONARDI, Gino HARKINS, Hayden PORRETT, Justin HENDERSON, Justin MULLANE, John ABATE, Anthony RUBACK, Justin BROOKSBANK, Ryan CHOCEK, Ryan BAYS,Connor CUFFEE, Henry CESARE, Nick DAVIS, Matt SWARTTZ, Barak Team Total.......... Opponents......
gp-gs
Score by Periods Elmira Opponents
119 139 116 150 118 76 70 9 13 35 61 59 42 18
5 5
1025 1025
1st 2nd 178 171 206 190
HOME 0-3 0-0 0-3
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
4-4 5-4 5-2 5-5 5-5 5-0 5-2 1-0 1-0 2-2 5-0 4-0 4-1 3-0
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 1-4 0-0 1-4
29.8 27.8 23.2 30.0 23.6 15.2 14.0 9.0 13.0 17.5 12.2 14.8 10.5 6.0
ELMIRA 362 72.4 -8.4 134-307 .436 53-124 .427 10.6 41-62 .661 8.2 159 31.8 -4.6 79 15.8 70 14.0 -0.4 1.1 29 5.8 6 1.2 524 3-175 -
25-57 21-46 24-54 14-52 14-27 11-17 6-12 1-2 2-7 2-5 9-12 4-8 1-8 0-0
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
.439 7-17 .457 21-43 .444 3-9 .269 11-42 .519 0-0 .647 7-7 .500 1-2 .500 1-1 .286 0-0 .400 2-3 .750 0-0 .500 0-0 .125 0-0 .000 0-0
.412 7-10 .488 2-4 .333 6-9 .262 1-2 .000 10-13 1.000 1-2 .500 10-11 1.000 1-2 .000 0-0 .667 2-2 .000 1-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-1
134-307 .436 53-124 134-276 .486 47-106
.427 41-62 .443 89-121
OPP 404 80.8 134-276 .486 47-106 .443 9.4 89-121 .736 17.8 182 36.4 79 15.8 68 13.6 1.2 32 6.4 19 3.8 285 1-178 1-107
AWAY 0-1 0-0 0-1
Date 11/20/15 11/21/15 11/24/15 11/28/15 11/29/15
.700 .500 .667 .500 .769 .500 .909 .500 .000
1.000
.500 .000 .000 .000 .661 .736
4
Rebounds def tot avg
5 8 13 1 13 14 6 18 24 6 15 21 6 11 17 2 5 7 0 7 7 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 2 10 12 1 4 5 1 3 4 0 4 4 17 8 25 47 112 159 48 134 182
3.3 2.8 4.8 4.2 3.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.0 1.3
pf dq
a
15 6 11 9 10 6 12 0 3 4 16 9 7 1
2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 6 19 5 9 2 4 0 0 3 6 11 1 0
31.8 109 36.4 80
6 -
79 79
Opponent MORRISVILLE MOUNT SAINT MARY HILBERT at Carnegie Mellon vs Chatham
* - Conference game
OT Totals 13 362 8 404
off
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
L L L L Wot
to blk stl
pts
12 1 0 64 7 0 4 65 17 0 5 57 5 0 5 40 5 1 2 38 1 1 3 30 5 0 2 23 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 8 3 3 3 19 5 0 4 8 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 70 6 29 362 68 19 32 404 Score 72-81 71-83 73-80 53-72 93-88
avg
16.0 13.0 11.4 8.0 7.6 6.0 4.6 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.0 0.5 0.0 72.4 80.8 Att. 288 103 133 178 107