ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Game 7: Elmira College at SUNY Cortlland
WEDNESDAY’S OPPONENT
Last Time Out
Elmira enters tonight’s contest having dropped its last contest, an 81-74 decision at home against St. Lawrence University. The Saints led by double-digits at halftime and by as many as 18 points in the second half, but a 15-to-6 Elmira run late in the half made it a four-point game with just 40 seconds to play. St. Lawrence held the Soaring Eagles scoreless in the closing seconds of the game to seal its seven-point win. Justin Porrett ’19 led all scorers with a career-high 20 points.
Porrett’s Strong Play Continues
Justin Porrett ’19 has been performing at a high level during his rookie campaign with the Soaring Eagles. He produced a 20-point performance in Elmira’s last contest against St. Lawrence, which tied his career-best. The Dumont, NJ, native also pulled down six rebounds and dished out five assists, both numbers tying for the team high.
Career Night for Abate
Anthony Abate ’19 pieced together one of the best performances of his young collegiate career in EC’s most recent game. Abate scored a career-high 12 points against St. Lawrence, his first double-digit point total of the season. He also knocked-down a career-best four free throws and logged two steals, which was also a career high.
SUNY Cortland RED DRAGONS (5-1, 2-0 SUNYAC)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 Enhanced Role for Cesare Whitney T. Corey Gymnasium -- Cortland, NY -- 7:30 p.m. Fourth-year forward Nick Cesare ’16 made his first start of the 2015-16 season against St. Lawrence last Friday night. Cesare played a season-high 25 minutes and produced season highs of eight points and six rebounds.
2015-16 SCHEDULE (1-5, 0-0 EMPIRE 8)
Day NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB.
Date 20 21 24 28 29 4 9 29 30 4 8 9 12 15 16 19 21 27 30 5 6 9 12 13 20 26 27
Opponent Morrisville State^ Mount Saint Mary^ Hilbert Carnegie Mellon% Chatham% St. Lawrence SUNY Cortland Wesleyan& Endicott& Stevens* St. John Fisher* Nazareth* Ithaca* Utica* Hartwick* Houghton* Alfred* Ithaca* Stevens* Utica* Hartwick* Houghton* St. John Fisher* Nazareth* Alfred* Empire 8 Semifinals Empire 8 Final
Bold Indicates Home Contest *Denotes Empire 8 Contest ^Elmira College Tip-Off Classic %Carnegie Mellon Invitational &Salem State Holiday Classic
ElmiraCollegeAthletics @ECSoaringEagles ECSportsInfo
Top-10 Shooter
Time-Result Elmira’s Hayden Harkins ’18 has been one of the team’s most consistent three point shooters this season. The Tampa, FL, native is averaging 4.0 three-point L, 72-81 L, 71-83 buckets per contest, which is the 10th-highest per game average in all of NCAA DiL, 73-80 vision III men’s basketball. Additionally, his 24 total makes from three-point range L, 53-72 ranks 18th in the country. W, 93-88 (OT) L, 74-81 Foul Trouble 7:30 p.m. The Soaring Eagles have had a tough time this year on the defensive side of the 6:00 p.m. ball and adding to their dilemma, Elmira has also been committing a significant 5:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. amount of fouls. Elmira has sent its opponents to the charity stripe 153 times 6:00 p.m. through the team’s first six games for an average of 25.5 free throw attempts 5:00 p.m. per contest. On the flip side, EC has only gotten to the line 81 times for a per 6:00 p.m. game average of 13.5. As a result, opposing teams are averaging 10.0 more points 6:00 p.m. per game from the foul line than Elmira; the Soaring Eagles have dropped three 2:00 p.m. games this season by 10 points or less. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. All-Time Series 1:00 p.m. Elmira and SUNY Cortland have faced each other 34 times throughout the years. 6:00 p.m. The Red Dragons have enjoyed the majority of success in those meetings, win2:00 p.m. ning 19 of those meetings. Recent history has also favored Cortland, as the Red 6:00 p.m. Dragons have won 12 of the last 14 matchups. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Scouting Cortland 2:00 p.m. Cortland is off to a 5-1 start to the 2015-16 campaign and enter Wednesday TBA TBA night’s contest on a two-game win streak against conference opponents. The Red Dragons opened SUNYAC play with an 84-83 overtime win against Buffalo State and followed that up with a dominant 24-point victory over Fredonia State. Wednesday night’s game will be just the second home game of the year for the Red Dragons, who are 16-9 over the last two years when playing on their home floor at Whitney T. Corey Gymnasium. Dating back to the 2011-12 season, Cortland is 10-2 at home against non-conference opponents. Senior guard Blair Estarfaa is Cortland’s leading scorer, averaging 15.3 points per game. Zach Lydon is not far behind with a solid 10.0 scoring average. Justin Cooper leads the squad in rebounding with 5.2 boards per contest, while Shayne Martinez has been a force ECSoaringEagles defensively with a team-leading 12 steals.
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
Game 7: Elmira College at SUNY Cortland
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........................................................ 0-4 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+......................................................... 1-4 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 Alfred Houghton Ithaca St. John Fisher Hartwick 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 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-4 3-5 2-4 1-5
OVERALL Pct. 0.667 0.667 0.667 0.667 0.571 0.500 0.375 0.333 0.167
Streak L1 L1 L1 W1 W1 L3 L5 L1 L1
Top-Five Individual Performances of 2015-16 Points
Assists
Rebounds
Steals
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)
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. Porrett - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) N. Cesare - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) H. Cuffee - 6 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) G. Leonardi - 6 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Turnovers
1. 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. N. Cesare - 3 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. A. Abate - 2 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 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. 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) 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. J. Porrett - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 2. G. Leonardi - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) J. Ruback - 5 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 4. J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 5. J. Mullane - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
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) A. Abate - 5 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 5. N. Cesare - 4 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
2
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. Porrett - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4) 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. Four tied with 3
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 7: Elmira College at SUNY Cortland
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 7: Elmira College at SUNY Cortland
2015-16 Elmira College Basketball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 08, 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 23 164 119 84 95 14 79 134 187 149 76 19 47
6 6
1225 1225
1st 2nd 207 216 249 228
HOME 0-4 0-0 0-4
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
2-2 4-0 6-5 4-4 5-1 6-0 2-0 6-2 6-6 6-6 6-3 6-0 2-0 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 1-5 0-0 1-5
17.5 5.8 27.3 29.8 16.8 15.8 7.0 13.2 22.3 31.2 24.8 12.7 9.5 9.4
ELMIRA 436 72.7 -8.2 159-364 .437 62-151 .411 10.3 56-81 .691 9.3 183 30.5 -5.7 97 16.2 80 13.3 -0.3 1.2 33 5.5 6 1.0 1074 4-268 -
2-5 0-1 24-55 25-57 6-11 15-25 2-3 7-14 16-30 17-64 30-66 12-16 2-8 1-9
.400 2-3 .000 0-0 .436 24-52 .439 7-17 .545 1-1 .600 7-9 .667 2-2 .500 1-3 .533 0-0 .266 13-51 .455 5-13 .750 0-0 .250 0-0 .111 0-0
159-364 .437 62-151 159-330 .482 51-126 OPP 485 80.8 159-330 .482 51-126 .405 8.5 116-153 .758 19.3 217 36.2 95 15.8 78 13.0 1.2 36 6.0 21 3.5 285 1-178 1-107
.667 .000 .462 .412
1.000
.778 1.000
.333 .000 .255 .385 .000 .000 .000
AWAY 0-1 0-0 0-1
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
2-2 0-1 2-4 7-10 3-6 5-7 1-2 11-13 10-13 2-3 12-16 1-2 0-0 0-2
1.000
.000 .500 .700 .500 .714 .500 .846 .769 .667 .750 .500 .000 .000
.411 56-81 .691 .405 116-153 .758 Date 11/20/15 11/21/15 11/24/15 11/28/15 11/29/15 12/04/15
4
Rebounds def tot avg
0 4 4 0 5 5 1 15 16 5 8 13 5 6 11 2 5 7 0 1 1 1 7 8 6 12 18 10 15 25 8 22 30 2 11 13 0 1 1 1 3 4 17 10 27 58 125 183 61 156 217
2.0 1.3 2.7 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.5 1.3 3.0 4.2 5.0 2.2 0.5 0.8
pf dq
a
4 1 8 15 12 7 0 16 12 12 14 21 6 7
0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
3 0 7 13 14 3 0 4 10 10 24 6 2 1
30.5 135 36.2 101
7 -
97 95
Opponent MORRISVILLE MOUNT SAINT MARY HILBERT at Carnegie Mellon vs Chatham ST. LAWRENCE
* - Conference game
OT Totals 13 436 8 485
off
NEUTRAL 1-0 0-0 1-0
L L L L Wot L
to blk stl
pts
2 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 10 0 4 74 12 1 0 64 6 0 4 16 1 1 5 42 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 26 6 1 2 42 5 0 5 49 20 0 6 77 4 3 4 25 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 1 80 6 33 436 78 21 36 485 Score 72-81 71-83 73-80 53-72 93-88 74-81
avg
4.0 0.0 12.3 16.0 3.2 7.0 3.5 4.3 7.0 8.2 12.8 4.2 2.0 0.4 72.7 80.8 Att. 288 103 133 178 107 550