ECC Men's Basketball Report - Week 11

Posted: Jan 30, 2023

	Player of the Week Darren Fergus, Molloy (So, G - Freeport, N.Y.) Fergus led the Lions averaging 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 2.7 steals per game on the week. The guard scored his 1,000th career point in a 25-point performance in Molloy's win over Daemen, reaching the milestone in just 62 games. The sophomore ended the 2-1 week with a double-double against D'Youville, pulling down 13 rebounds to go with 25 points while dishing out eight assists.
	Defensive Player of the Week Tyler Carey, Queens (Sr, F - Bay Shore, N.Y.) Carey averaged 11.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks as the senior recorded 22 points, 22 rebounds, and nine blocks on the week. Carey tallied his seventh double-double of the year with 10 points, 13 rebounds and matched a career-high six blocks in the Friday victory over D'Youville. On Sunday afternoon the senior recorded 11 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks against Daemen.
	Rookie of the Week Kyle Pulliam, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fr, G - Silver Spring, Md.) Pulliam averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in the Spartans' last two contests. The freshman guard recorded nine points, eight rebounds, and three assists against UDC, before posting a 15-point, five-rebound, one-assist, two-steal, one-block effort at Staten Island.

ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Michael Aiken, Dist. Columbia (So, G - Washington, D.C.)
Aiken averaged 19.0 points, 5.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game in a 1-1 week for UDC. In the game against STAC, he led with a game-high 20 points while pulling four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. In the Firebirds' win over Mercy, he was one assist shy of a double-double with 18 points, nine assists, two rebounds, and two steals.

Messiah Mallory, Staten Island (So, C - Watervliet, N.Y.)
Mallory helped lead the Dolphins to a win over Mercy on Wednesday with a 25-point, 13-rebound double-double. He then scored another 17 points and blocked five shots in Saturday's loss to St. Thomas Aquinas. The CSI sophomore finished the week averaging 21.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 3.5 blocks per game across two contests. He also shot nearly 52 percent from the field and was a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the arc.

Sean Smith Jr., Mercy (Gr, F - Yonkers, N.Y.)
Smith Jr. averaged a team-high 26.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game on 48.6 percent shooting with 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in two games this week. The graduate student opened the week with 22 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals against Staten Island on Wednesday. The forward ended the week with a game-high and season-high 30 points on 10-of-19 shooting with seven threes, 10 rebounds and one steal at UDC on Saturday.

Antonio Vendola, St. Thomas Aquinas (Sr, G - Fernandina Beach, Fla.)
Vendola averaged 18.0 points, 1.0 rebound, and 3.5 assists in two contests last week. The red-shirt senior guard recorded 18 points, one rebound, and two assists against UDC, before posting an 18-point, one-rebound, five-assist, one-steal effort at Staten Island.

ECC Men's Basketball Players of the Week

Date	Player	Defensive	Rookie
11/14	Joey Atkins, Daemen	Messiah Mallory, Staten Island	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas
11/21	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas	Micah Campbell, Dist. Columbia	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas (2)
11/28	Antonio Vendola, St. Thomas Aquinas	Jayden Dewaal, Mercy	Sean Conroy, Mercy
12/5	Darren Fergus, Molloy	Tyler Carey, Queens	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas (3)
12/12	Messiah Mallory, Staten Island	DeVante Jamison, St. Thomas Aquinas	James Chestnut, Staten Island
12/19	Billy Reyes, Molloy	Nicholas Johnson, Roberts Wesleyan	James Chestnut, Staten Island (2)
1/3	Jamal Barnes, St. Thomas Aquinas	Joey Atkins, Daemen	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas (4)
1/9	James Chestnut, Staten Island	Justin Hemphill, Daemen	James Chestnut, Staten Island (3)
1/17	Andrew Mason, Daemen	Joey Atkins, Daemen (2)	Ryan Garwood, Roberts Wesleyan
1/23	Darren Fergus, Molloy (2)	Tyler Carey, Queens (2)	James Patterson, St. Thomas Aquinas (5)
1/30	Darren Fergus, Molloy (3)	Tyler Carey, Queens (3)	Kyle Pulliam, St. Thomas Aquinas

Standings

	Conference					Overall
-	GP	Record	Win %	PF	PA	GP	Record	Win %	GF	GA	Last 10	Streak
St. Thomas Aquinas 1. *	16	15-1	0.938	1410	1160	31	26-5	0.839	2622	2243	8-2	Lost 1
Daemen 2.	16	12-4	0.750	1239	1058	28	20-8	0.714	2091	1830	8-2	Lost 1
Dist. Columbia 4.	16	10-6	0.625	1304	1222	27	13-14	0.481	2203	2144	7-3	Lost 1
Molloy 3.	16	10-6	0.625	1229	1223	29	11-18	0.379	2135	2298	4-6	Lost 3
Roberts Wesleyan 6.	16	7-9	0.438	1232	1322	26	10-16	0.385	1939	2092	4-6	Lost 1
Staten Island 5.	16	7-9	0.438	1158	1217	28	9-19	0.321	2010	2168	4-6	Lost 1
Queens (N.Y.)	16	5-11	0.313	1196	1216	28	8-20	0.286	2003	2064	2-8	Won 1
Mercy	16	3-13	0.188	1191	1408	26	6-20	0.231	1896	2148	4-6	Lost 1
D'Youville	16	3-13	0.188	1163	1296	25	4-21	0.160	1749	2092	1-9	Lost 3

Last Week's Results

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Wednesday January 25, 2023

Dist. Columbia *

St. Thomas Aquinas

100

Wednesday, January 25

Final

Officials Appreciation Night

Staten Island *

Mercy

Wednesday, January 25

Final

Box Score

Wilmington (Del.)

Molloy

Wednesday, January 25

Final

Friday January 27, 2023

Daemen *

Molloy

Friday, January 27

Final

Box Score

D'Youville *

Queens (N.Y.)

Friday, January 27

Final

Queens, N.Y. | Fitzgerald Gymnasium

Saturday January 28, 2023

St. Thomas Aquinas *

103

Staten Island

Saturday, January 28

Final

Mercy *

Dist. Columbia

113

Saturday, January 28

Final

Washington D.C. | Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex

Sunday January 29, 2023

Daemen *

Queens (N.Y.)

Sunday, January 29

Final

Box Score

D'Youville *

Molloy

Sunday, January 29

Final

Rockville Centre, N.Y. | Quealy Gymnasium

* Conference

Upcoming Games

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Wednesday February 01, 2023

Cheyney

Mercy

Wednesday, February 01

Final

Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas *

Roberts Wesleyan

Wednesday, February 01

Final

Thursday February 02, 2023

Dominican (N.Y.)

Queens (N.Y.)

Thursday, February 02

Final

Friday February 03, 2023

Staten Island *

Daemen

Friday, February 03

Final

Box Score

Dist. Columbia *

D'Youville

Friday, February 03

Final

Buffalo, N.Y. | College Center Gym

Saturday February 04, 2023

Queens (N.Y.) *

Molloy

Saturday, February 04

Final - 2OT

Box Score

Mercy *

Roberts Wesleyan

Saturday, February 04

Final

Box Score

Sunday February 05, 2023

Dist. Columbia *

Daemen

Sunday, February 05

Final

Amherst, N.Y.| Charles L & Gloria B Lumsden gymnasium

Staten Island *

D'Youville

Sunday, February 05

Final

Buffalo, N.Y. | College Center Gym

* Conference

NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through Games January 29

ECC Single Game-Highs

Individual
Points: 38 - Darren Fergus, Molloy (vs. Mercy, 1/18)
Rebounds: 20 - Tyler Carey, Queens (vs. Mercy, 1/21)
Assists: 14 - James Chestnut, Staten Island (vs. Saint Michael's, 11/22)
Steals: 6 - Two times (Last: Jayden Seraphin, Queens vs. D'Youville, 1/27)
Blocks: 6 - Two times (Last: Micah Campbell, Dist. Columbia vs. Alliance, 11/14)
Field Goals Made: 12 - Two times (Last: James Chestnut, Staten Island vs. Daemen, 1/6)
Free Throws Made: 15 - Darren Fergus, Molloy (vs. Mercy, 1/18)
Three Point Field Goals Made: 8 - Bryce Waterman, Staten Island (vs. Franklin Pierce, 1/17)

Team
Points: 116 - St. Thomas Aquinas (vs. Mercy, 1/11)
Rebounds: 56 - Queens (vs. Mercy, 1/21)
Assists: 27 - Daemen (vs. Mercy, 12/11)
Steals: 18 - Dist. Columbia (vs. D'Youville, 1/6)
Blocks: 11 - Two times (Last: Daemen vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 1/11)
Field Goals Made: 43 - St. Thomas Aquinas (vs. Mercy, 1/11)
Free Throws Made: 28 - Dist. Columbia (vs. Goldey-Beacom, 11/16)
Three Point Field Goals Made: 18 - Three times (Last: St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Staten Island, 1/28)

ECC Team Notes

	Daemen: Daemen (13-7, 6-4 ECC) had its region-best seven-game winning streak snapped at Molloy Friday night and bounced back with a win at Queens Sunday. The Wildcats are 10-2 over their last 12 games. Senior guard Ryan Salzburg (Manlius, N.Y.) recorded his 200th career assist in the win over Queens. Senior Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) played in his 100th collegiate game over the weekend. Redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) has recorded a block in 19 of 20 games this year and is just two blocks shy of becoming the fifth player in program history to register 50 or more rejections in a season. Junior Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) is three shy of 150 three-pointers for his career. The Wildcats are idle until this weekend when they host Staten Island (Feb. 3) and District of Columbia (Feb. 5).
	District of Columbia: UDC went 1-1 on the week in league play, falling to STAC on the road during the week and then defeating Mercy at home on the weekend. In the game against Mercy, the Firebirds recorded their highest-scoring game since 2006. The Firebirds improve to 5-5 in league play. Next Up, UDC heads upstate to N.Y. for a two-game back-to-back road trip next weekend, kicking off with a match-up against D'Youville on Friday.
	D'Youville: No team notes submitted.
	Mercy: The Mercy College men's basketball team went 0-2 on the week with losses to Staten Island and UDC. The Mavericks were led by graduate student Sean Smith Jr. who averaged a team-high 26 points per game. Mercy resumes action on Wednesday when they host Cheyney at 7 p.m.
	Molloy: No team notes submitted.
	Queens: Men's basketball went 1-1 on the week as sophomore Shamar Chester led the Knights averaging 17.0 points. Queens continues their homestand with a non-conference game against Dominican on Thursday evening before hitting the road in ECC play against Molloy Saturday afternoon.
	Roberts Wesleyan: Roberts Wesleyan did not play last week
	Staten Island: The Dolphins went 0-2 on the week suffering a loss in non-conference play against Franklin Pierce on Tuesday and a loss in conference play against Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. Both games saw the Dolphins attempt to come from behind late, but the Dolphins ultimately fell short in both contests.
	St. Thomas Aquinas: The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Basketball team (19-3, 10-0 ECC) went 2-0 last week, beating UDC (100-74) and Staten Island (103-62). STAC will next be in action on February 1 at Roberts Wesleyan (7:30 p.m.)