ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Game 3: Hilbert College
TUESDAY’S OPPONENT
Last Time Out
The Soaring Eagles began the season with a pair of losses in the Elmira College Tip-Off Tournament over the weekend. EC rallied from a 21-point deficit to come within five of Morrisville State in the closing minute, but could not overcome the Mustangs in the 81-72 loss on Friday. The following afternoon, EC saw a 10-point second half lead against Mount Saint Mary College quickly evaporate in the final eight minutes, as the Knights went on a late 18-0 run en route to an 83-71 victory.
All-Time Series
The Soaring Eagles are 1-2 all-time against the Hawks, as the two programs have met each of the last three seasons. Elmira’s only win against Hilbert came in the 2013-14 season, when EC beat the Hawks 74-64 at home. Last season, Hilbert defeated the Soaring Eagles, 79-61, in Hamburg, NY. In the first-ever meeting between the two teams on December 15, 2012, the Hawks overcame a three-point halftime deficit to earn a 71-66 victory against EC.
Leonardi Leading the Way
As expected heading into the season, senior Gino Leonardi ’16 ranks among the team leaders in multiple statistical categories through the first two games. The Spencer, NY, native is averaging a team-high 14.0 points per game and is tied for the team lead in rebounds per game (4.0) and minutes played (27.5). Leonardi is also first in field goals made (11) and second in assist per game (3.0). Against Mount Saint Mary, the fourth-year guard netted a career-high 18 points to pace the Soaring Eagles.
Hilbert College HAWKS (4-0)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 7:00 p.m.
Porrett Producing In First Season
Forget first-year jitters, Elmira’s freshman guard, Justin Porrett ’19, is off to a solid start to his collegiate career. In the first game of his career against Morrisville State, Porrett filled the stat sheet with nine points, five assists, two rebounds and two steals in 23 minutes off the bench. He played another 20 minutes against the Knights the following afternoon, shooting 5-for-10 from the 2015-16 SCHEDULE (0-2, 0-0 EMPIRE 8) field with 12 points. He also dished out four dimes and grabbed a pair of rebounds. Day Date Opponent Time-Result Porrett’s team-leading 4.5 assists per game are seventh-most in the Empire 8. NOV. 20 Morrisville State^ L, 72-81 21 Mount Saint Mary^ L, 71-83 Off the Bench 24 Hilbert 7:00 p.m. With three of Elmira’s five starters unable to find a groove in the second half 28 Carnegie Mellon% 3:00 p.m. against Morrisville State, it was the bench players who nearly led the Soaring 29 Chatham/Trine% TBA Eagles back from a 21-point deficit. The bench scored 31 of EC’s 44 secondDEC. 4 St. Lawrence 7:00 p.m. half points and 41 of the 72 in the game. Anthony Abate ’19 led the Purple and 9 SUNY Cortland 7:30 p.m. Gold with eight second-half points, while Justin Porrett ’19 and Henry Cuffee 29 Wesleyan& 6:00 p.m. ’19 each scored seven. The effort against Morrisville State marks the most 30 Endicott& 5:00 p.m. points scored off the bench since February 14, 2015, when the substitutes JAN. 4 Stevens* 2:00 p.m. scored 42 in an 80-65 win over Hartwick College. Last season, Elmira had five 8 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. games where the bench scored at least 41 points; EC went 3-2 in those games. 9 Nazareth* 5:00 p.m. 12 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. From Downtown 15 Utica* 6:00 p.m. One of Elmira’s strengths this season is shooting the three-ball, and the Soaring 16 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. Eagles put that on display in the EC Tip-Off Tournament. The Purple and Gold 19 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. are averaging 11 made three-pointers per game, this after knocking down 14 21 Alfred* 6:00 p.m. in the loss to Mount Saint Mary. Since the start of the 2001-02 season, there 27 Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. have only been four other occasions where EC made 14 or more treys in a 30 Stevens* 1:00 p.m. single game. The Soaring Eagles enter Tuesday’s game ranked second in the FEB. 5 Utica* 6:00 p.m. Empire 8 in threes per game and three-point field-goal percentage (41.5 percent). 6 Hartwick* 2:00 p.m. 9 Houghton* 6:00 p.m. Scouting Hilbert 12 St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. Hilbert College is off to a red-hot start to the 2015-16 campaign, and will 13 Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. bring a prolific offense to Speidel Gymnasium on Tuesday. The Hawks 20 Alfred* 2:00 p.m. are off to a 4-0 start for the second year in a row, and are averaging 95.5 26 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA points per game, ranking 19th in all of NCAA Division III in scoring of 27 Empire 8 Final TBA fense while owning the nation’s 13th-best field goal percentage (52.5). Hilbert has outscored its opponents by an average of 19.5 per game. Four Bold Indicates Home Contest different Hawks average double-digit points per game, led by Sean Weisansal *Denotes Empire 8 Contest with 20.3. Senior Jerame Owens is a fearsome presence in the post, rank^Elmira College Tip-Off Classic %Carnegie Mellon Invitational ing second on the team with 16.5 points per game. Owens, a 6’6” forward &Salem State Holiday Classic from Spencerport, NY, is a two-time First Team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate All-Conference honoree and was voted the conference’s Preseason Player of the Year. He was also named a DIII News Preseason All-American Honorable Mention after leading the Hawks with 16.4 points and 10.0 rebounds as a junior. ElmiraCollegeAthletics @ECSoaringEagles ECSportsInfo
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2015-16 SOARING EAGLES MEN’S BASKETBALL
Game 3: Hilbert College
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 (0-0) Scoring Less Than 40............................................ 0-0 Scoring 40-49........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 50-59........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 60-69........................................................ 0-0 Scoring 70-79........................................................ 0-2 Scoring 80+........................................................... 0-0 Allowing Less Than 40.......................................... 0-0 Allowing 40-49..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 50-59..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 60-69..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 70-79..................................................... 0-0 Allowing 80+......................................................... 0-2 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 Stevens Nazareth Alfred Hartwick Houghton 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 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 0-2
OVERALL Pct. 1.000 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.667 0.667 0.667 0.250 0.000
Streak W3 W2 W3 L1 W1 W2 W2 W1 L2
Top-Five Individual Performances of 2015-16 Points
Assists
Rebounds
Steals
1. G. Leonardi - 18 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 2. J. Mullane - 13 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. J. Porrett - 12 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 4. G. Leonardi - 10 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) H. Harkins - 10 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
1. G. Leonardi - 6 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) H. Cuffee - 6 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 3. J. Mullane - 5 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) H. Harkins - 5 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 5. C. Bays - 3 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Turnovers
1. J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 2. G. Leonardi - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. J. Mullane - 2 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) J. Porrett - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) M. Davis - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Made Free Throws
1. J. Mullane - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. C. Bays - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) G. Leonardi - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 5. Three tied with 1
Free Throw Attempts
1. J. Mullane - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. J. Ruback - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. Four tied with 2
1. J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. J. Porrett - 4 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 3. G. Leonardi - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 4. C. Bays - 3 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 5. Five tied with 2
1. J. Henderson - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. H. Harkins - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Mullane - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Porrett - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 5. Six tied with one
Blocks
1. H. Cuffee - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) A. Abate - 1 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21)
Made Field Goals
1. G. Leonardi - 7 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 2. J. Porrett - 5 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) J. Mullane - 5 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 4. G. Leonardi - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) J. Porrett - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) H. Cuffee - 4 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Made Three-Point Field Goals
1. G. Leonardi - 4 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) H. Harkins - 3 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) J. Henderson - 3 (Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) H. Harkins - 3 (vs. Morrisville, 11/21) 5. A. Abate - 2 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) A. Abate - 2 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20)
Minutes Played
1. G. Leonardi - 31 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 2. H. Harkins - 28 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 3. J. Mullane - 27 (vs. Morrisville, 11/20) 4. H. Harkins - 27 (vs. Mt. St. Mary, 11/21) 5. J. Henderson - 26 (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
Game 3: Hilbert College
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 SWARTZZ . ..................... 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 3: Hilbert College
2015-16 Elmira College Basketball Elmira Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2015) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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01 03 05 10 12 13 21 22 23 24 32 55
Player
gp-gs
BAYS,Connor SWARTTZ, Barak HARKINS, Hayden LEONARDI, Gino CESARE, Nick ABATE, Anthony RUBACK, Justin MULLANE, John HENDERSON, Justin PORRETT, Justin CUFFEE, Henry DAVIS, Matt Team Total.......... Opponents......
2-2 1-0 2-1 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 2-1 2 2
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
OVERALL 0-2 0-0 0-2
HOME 0-2 0-0 0-2
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
35 1 55 55 16 21 30 52 48 43 26 18
17.5 2-5 1.0 0-0 27.5 6-14 27.5 11-27 16.0 2-4 10.5 5-8 15.0 3-5 26.0 7-12 24.0 4-19 21.5 9-19 13.0 5-6 9.0 0-4
400 400
54-123 51-100
ELMIRA 143 71.5 -10.5 54-123 .439 22-53 .415 11.0 13-19 .684 6.5 57 28.5 -6.5 34 17.0 24 12.0 +0.5 1.4 15 7.5 2 1.0 391 2-196 -
.400 .000 .429 .407 .500 .625 .600 .583 .211 .474 .833 .000
2-3 0-0 6-14 4-11 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 4-17 2-4 0-0 0-0
.439 22-53 .510 20-39
OPP 164 82.0 51-100 .510 20-39 .513 10.0 42-55 .764 21.0 70 35.0 32 16.0 25 12.5 1.3 13 6.5 4 2.0 0 0-0 0-0
.667 .000 .429 .364 .000
1.000
.000 .000 .235 .500 .000 .000
AWAY 0-0 0-0 0-0
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
2-2 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 3-3 3-5 0-0 1-3 1-1 0-0
.415 13-19 .513 42-55 Date 11/20/15 11/21/15
1.000
.000 .500 1.000
.000 .000 1.000
.600 .000 .333 1.000
.000 .684 .764
4
0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 13 13
Rebounds def tot avg
4 2 6 5 1 1 2 6 3 3 6 2 3 44 57
4 2 6 8 1 2 2 7 4 4 8 2 7 57 70
2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0
28.5 35.0
Opponent MORRISVILLE MOUNT SAINT MARY
* - Conference game
1st 2nd Totals 70 73 143 82 82 164
off
NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0
pf dq
a
4 0 1 7 2 0 4 4 5 7 8 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
3 0 2 6 2 1 3 3 1 9 3 1
45 26
3 -
34 32
L L
to blk stl
2 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 7 2 3
24 25
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
pts
avg
8 0 19 28 4 14 9 17 12 21 11 0
4.0 0.0 9.5 14.0 4.0 7.0 4.5 8.5 6.0 10.5 5.5 0.0
2 15 143 4 13 164
71.5 82.0
Score 72-81 71-83
0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 1
Att. 288 103