ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Game 25: Elmira College at Alfred University
THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENT
Last Time Out
Elmira suffered a double-digit defeat in its most recent contest, a 77-46 setback on the road against Nazareth College. The loss to Nazareth was the latest in a fivegame skid, as the Golden Flyers swept the regular season series. Elmira struggled to find its rhythm from the field, as the Purple and Gold connected at 29.5-percent clip for the game, including a 17.4-percent success rate from three-point range. Gino Leonardi ’16 paced the Purple and Gold with a 14-point performance, making him the only Soaring Eagle in last Saturday’s contest to finish in double figures.
Record Book Watch
Hayden Harkins ’18 knocked down two of Elmira’s four three-pointers against the Golden Flyers. His two makes from downtown give the second-year sharpshooter 71-made three’s on the season, good enough to place Harkins in a three-way tie for sixth place in EC history for single-season three-point buckets. Harkins needs just two more to move into a three-way tie for fourth place with former EC marksman, Josh Keys ’14.
Alfred University SAXONS (9-15, 5-10 Empire 8)
Henderson Inches Closer
Saturday, February 20th, 2016 Terry S. Galanis Family Arena -- Alfred, NY -- 2:00 p.m.
2015-16 SCHEDULE (4-20, 2-13 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
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*
Bold Indicates Home Contest *Denotes Empire 8 Contest ^Elmira College Tip-Off Classic %Carnegie Mellon Invitational &Salem State Holiday Classic
ElmiraCollegeAthletics @ECSoaringEagles ECSportsInfo
With 125-made three-point attempts in his three-year career, Justin Henderson ’16 moves ever so close to cracking EC’s top-10 list for career three-point baskets. Henderson needs just three more makes from distance to move into a two-way tie with David Nelson ’10 for 10th place in the Elmira record books. Henderson is averaging 2.6 three-pointers per game this season, but that conversion rate has dropped to 1.8 in his last four games. Additionally, Henderson is connecting at a 32.2-percent clip from downtown in true road games this season, just a shade higher than his season average of 31.8-percent.
Season Low Turnovers
Time-Result In Elmira’s Friday night matchup with St. John Fisher College, the Soaring Eagles committed a season-low five turnovers. It marked the fourth time this season EC L, 72-81 has committed fewer than 10 in a game, although, Elmira is winless in those four L, 71-83 occurrences. Additionally, Elmira produced 17 assists against the Cardinals for a L, 73-80 season-high 3.4 assist-to-turnover ratio. L, 53-72 W, 93-88 (OT) All-Time Series The series between Elmira and Alfred is split almost right down the middle, as EC L, 74-81 holds a slim 32-30 edge over its E8 rival. The Saxons have held the upper hand L, 66-80 in recent seasons, taking seven of the 11 matchups over the last five seasons, L, 56-91 however, Elmira has the most recent victory in the series. Elmira will be looking W, 62-59 to snap a seven-year streak of away losses at Alfred; EC’s last win at Alfred dates L, 94-95 (OT) back to the 2007-08 season, when the Soaring Eagles powered past the Saxons, L, 58-71 60-53. L, 47-85 Last Matchup L, 73-77 It was a thriller the last time these two teams squared off. Elmira eked out a L, 66-76 four-point win, 76-72, at Speidel Gymnasium on January 21st, giving the Soaring L, 70-81 Eagles their first conference- and home-win of the 2015-16 campaign. Elmira led L, 64-74 by nine at halftime and by as much as 10 with just about three minutes remaining W, 76-72 in regulation. However, the Saxons would not go away quietly, as Alfred trimmed L, 64-80 the EC lead to just one on several occasions during the final three minutes. ThankW, 75-70 fully, Elmira’s clutch free-throw shooting guided the Purple and Gold to the win. L, 74-75 Three Elmira players finished with double figures, including rookie guard Justin Porrett ’19 who scored 21 points and pulled down seven boards. Gino Leonardi L, 65-83 ’16 and Justin Henderson ’16 chipped in with 18 and 17 points, respectively. L, 67-80 L, 68-75 Scouting the Saxons L, 46-77 Similar to the Soaring Eagles, Alfred University has been eliminated from Empire 8 2:00 p.m. Tournament postseason contention. The Saxons are 9-15 with a 5-10 mark in conference play. Alfred has dropped three straight games after falling to Houghton College 80-78 on Thursday evening. The Saxons are 2-7 with wins against Utica and Stevens over their last nine games. Although Alfred does not have a winning record, the Saxons are .500 at home this season, going 4-4 at Terry S. Galanis Family Arena. One area Alfred has excelled at this season is protecting the ball, as the Saxons rank first in the conference in turnover margin (4.50) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.33). The Saxons are paced on offense by 1,000-point scorer Tyler Seelman, who owns a team-leading 16.4 points and 2.8 assists per game. The majority of Seelman’s scoring has come from beyond the arc, as the junior marksman owns the E8’s fourth-most makes from downtown (65). DefenECSoaringEagles sively, keep an eye on Julian Reinhart, whose 1.5 steals per game average is tied for third in the conference.
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 25: Elmira College at Alfred 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 (4-20) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-2 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 0-3 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 1-7 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 2-7 Scoring 80+........................................................... 1-1 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 1-0 Allowing 60-69..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 2-8 Allowing 80+....................................................... 1-12 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 Hartwick Nazareth Stevens Ithaca Houghton Alfred Utica Elmira
LEAGUE W-L Pct. 12-2 0.857 11-3 0.786 11-3 0.786 8-6 0.571 7-7 0.500 6-10 0.375 5-10 0.333 3-11 0.214 2-13 0.133
OVERALL W-L Pct. 18-5 0.783 16-7 0.696 15-8 0.652 12-11 0.522 13-10 0.565 12-13 0.480 9-15 0.375 6-16 0.273 4-20 0.167
Streak W6 L1 W2 W3 W2 W2 L3 L3 L5
Top-Five Individual Performances of 2015-16 Points
Assists
Rebounds
Steals
1. G. Leonardi - 29 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) 2. G. Leonardi - 28 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Henderson - 25 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) 4. H. Harkins - 24 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 5. J. Porrett - 24 (vs. Utica, 2/5)
1. J. Mullane - 13 (vs. Endicott, 12/30) 2. H. Cuffee - 9 (at Ithaca 1/12) 3. N. Cesare - 8 (vs. Utica, 2/5) J. Porrett - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 5. Nine tied with 7
Turnovers
1. G. Leonardi - 7 (at Stevens, 1/30) G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Endicott, 12/30) G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 4. G. Leonardi - 6 (at Houghton, 1/19) J. Porrett - 6 (at Stevens, 1/30)
Made Free Throws
1. J. Porrett - 8 (at St. John Fisher, 2/12) J. Porrett - 8 (at Hartwick, 1/16) G. Leonardi - 8 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) 3. J. Porrett - 6 (vs. Hartwick, 2/6) G. Leonardi - 6 (at Stevens, 1/30)
1. H. Cuffee - 4 (at Utica, 1/15) 2. G. Leonardi - 3 (vs. Houghton, 2/9) B. Swarttz - 3 (vs. Houghton, 2/9) G. Leonardi - 3 (vs. Utica, 2/5) J. Porrett - 3 (vs. Utica, 2/5) N. Cesare - 3 (at Carnegie Mellon, 11/28) J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Made Field Goals
1. G. Leonardi - 10 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) G. Leonardi - 10 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Porrett - 9 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24) 4. Four tied with 8
1. J. Porrett - 8 (vs. Utica, 2/5) 2. G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) 3. J. Porrett - 6 (vs. Alfred, 1/21) J. Porrett - 6 (at Houghton, 1/19) J. Mullane - 6 (at Ithaca, 1/12) J. Porrett - 6 (vs. St. Lawrence, 12/4)
Made Three-Point Field Goals
Free Throw Attempts
Minutes Played
1. J. Porrett - 12 (vs. Utica, 2/5) 2. G. Leonardi - 8 (at Houghton, 1/19) J. Porrett - 8 (at Houghton, 1/19) J. Mullane - 8 (at Ithaca, 1/12) G. Leonardi - 8 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) J. Mullane - 8 (vs. Endicott, 12/30) G. Leonardi - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29)
Blocks
1. Multiple players tied with 1
2
1. H. Harkins - 8 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 2. H. Harkins - 7 (at Hartwick, 1/16) J. Henderson - 7 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) 4. J. Henderson - 6 (at Hartwick, 1/16) J. Henderson - 6 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24)
1. G. Leonardi - 42 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) G. Leonardi - 42 (vs. Chatham, 11/29) 3. J. Henderson - 39 (vs. Stevens, 1/4) G. Leonardi - 39 (at Houghton, 1/19) 5. J. Porrett - 38 (at St. John Fisher, 2/12) J. Porrett - 38 (at Stevens, 1/30) J. Porrett - 38 (vs. Alfred, 1/21) J. Henderson - 38 (vs. Hilbert, 11/24)
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 25: Elmira College at Alfred 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 25: Elmira College at Alfred University
2015-16 Elmira College Basketball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 16, 2016) All games Overall record: 4-20 Conf: 2-13 Home: 1-11 Away: 1-8 Neutral: 2-1 ##
01 03 05 10 12 13 15 21 22 23 24 25 30 32 40 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 SIM, Nicholas BISCHOFF, Paul CUFFEE, Henry EDSOR, Calum CHOCEK, Ryan DAVIS, Matt Team Total.......... Opponents......
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 Score by Periods Elmira Opponents
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
17-4 14-1 22-8 22-22 16-8 24-1 9-0 20-2 24-24 24-24 24-20 6-0 9-0 22-3 6-0 3-0 21-3
235 76 491 688 230 361 62 230 507 687 682 22 42 270 16 23 230
24 24
4852 4850
13.8 5.4 22.3 31.3 14.4 15.0 6.9 11.5 21.1 28.6 28.4 3.7 4.7 12.3 2.7 7.7 11.0
ELMIRA 1627 67.8 -10.8 587-1412 .416 220-605 .364 9.2 233-341 .683 9.7 764 31.8 -5.3 322 13.4 323 13.5 -2.2 1.0 111 4.6 39 1.6 3601 12-300 -
1st 2nd 760 838 905 956
18-54 1-12 75-185 136-305 8-27 37-82 5-16 21-47 55-122 77-229 96-208 1-3 6-9 31-53 2-3 2-10 16-47
.333 .083 .405 .446 .296 .451 .313 .447 .451 .336 .462 .333 .667 .585 .667 .200 .340
7-19 1-2 71-167 36-106 1-2 10-26 3-10 5-17 0-0 62-195 22-56 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3
587-1412 .416 220-605 660-1366 .483 164-460
OPP 1886 78.6 660-1366 .483 164-460 .357 6.8 402-560 .718 16.8 892 37.2 342 14.3 270 11.3 1.3 161 6.7 99 4.1 3151 9-338 3-36
.368 .500 .425 .340 .500 .385 .300 .294 .000 .318 .393 .000
1.000
.000 .000 .000 .333
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
16-22 3-5 13-16 48-70 10-15 15-28 4-5 13-16 35-49 10-16 49-72 2-2 2-4 2-6 0-0 0-0 11-15
.727 .600 .813 .686 .667 .536 .800 .813 .714 .625 .681
1.000
.500 .333 .000 .000 .733
.364 233-341 .683 .357 402-560 .718
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Date 11/20/15 11/21/15 11/24/15 11/28/15 11/29/15 12/04/15 12/9/15 12/29/15 12/30/15 01/04/16 01/08/16 01/09/16 01/12/16 1/15/16 01/16/16 01/19/16 01/21/16 01/27/16 1/30/16 02/05/16 02/06/16 02/09/16 02/12/16 02/13/16
9 27 36 1 9 10 10 39 49 15 71 86 22 23 45 15 29 44 0 2 2 9 25 34 34 43 77 20 65 85 21 84 105 0 0 0 1 2 3 17 38 55 0 3 3 0 1 1 13 19 32 58 39 97 245 519 764 258 634 892
4
2.1 0.7 2.2 3.9 2.8 1.8 0.2 1.7 3.2 3.5 4.4 0.0 0.3 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.5
pf dq
36 5 29 52 34 36 3 40 55 43 54 1 3 60 3 6 35
0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
a
15 5 21 67 23 15 1 8 26 27 91 0 1 13 0 2 7
to blk stl
9 5 2 7 0 3 20 0 4 81 5 22 15 0 5 16 2 12 3 0 0 15 1 4 25 7 4 14 3 14 75 1 21 1 1 1 3 0 0 18 7 14 2 1 1 2 0 0 11 6 4 6 31.8 495 12 322 323 39 111 37.2 402 - 342 270 99 161
Opponent MORRISVILLE MOUNT SAINT MARY HILBERT at Carnegie Mellon vs Chatham ST. LAWRENCE at SUNY Cortland vs Wesleyan vs Endicott STEVENS ST. JOHN FISHER NAZARETH at Ithaca College at UTICA at Hartwick at Houghton ALFRED ITHACA COLLEGE at Stevens Institute UTICA HARTWICK HOUGHTON at St. John Fisher at Nazareth
* - Conference game
OT Totals 29 1627 25 1886
Rebounds off def tot avg
L L L L Wot L L L W Lot L L L L L L W L W L L L L L
Score 72-81 71-83 73-80 53-72 93-88 74-81 66-80 56-91 62-59 94-95 58-71 47-85 73-77 66-76 70-81 64-74 76-72 64-80 75-70 74-75 65-83 67-80 68-75 46-77
pts
avg
59 6 234 356 27 99 17 60 145 226 263 4 15 64 4 4 44
3.5 0.4 10.6 16.2 1.7 4.1 1.9 3.0 6.0 9.4 11.0 0.7 1.7 2.9 0.7 1.3 2.1
1627 1886
67.8 78.6 Att. 288 103 133 178 107 550 500 0 0 144 266 233 350 134 625 178 587 155 378 525 344 273 0 701