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Men’s Basketball Heads to North Texas on Saturday

The Peacocks travel to the Lone Star State for a weekend matchup against the Mean Green

Game 5
Saint Peter's (1-3) vs. North Texas (7-0)
Date: Saturday, November 24
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: UNT Coliseum, Denton, TX
GAME NOTES
 
Opening Words
  • The Saint Peter's men's basketball team will head to Texas for game three of its current road stretch on Saturday, November 24, playing at North Texas.
  • Opening tip will be at 4 p.m. eastern standard time between the Peacocks and Mean Green.
  • After winning the season opener in overtime against Lafayette, the Peacocks have since dropped three straight, falling to Delaware at home and both Bryant and NC State on the road.
  • Last time out, the Peacocks fell to NC State 85-57 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday night.
  • Davauhnte Turner led all scorers with 20 points and six assists.
  • Turner has scored 20 or more points in three out of Saint Peter's four games and leads the Peacocks in scoring, averaging 19.5 points per game, and assists, at 4.3 a game.
  • Samuel Idowu is the team's second leading scorer at 16.0 points per outing followed by redshirt-junior guard Cameron Jones who averages 9.5 points per game and freshman KC Ndefo who is scoring 9.0 points per game.
  • Ndefo is the Peacocks' leading rebounder and shot blocker thus far, averaging 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.  
 
First Meeting
  • Saint Peter's and North Texas will be meeting for the first time in each program's history.  
 
Peacocks vs. The Lone Star State
  • This will be the 10th time in program history that the Peacocks will be playing a team from the state of Texas, holding a 4-5 record against the Lone Star State.
  • Since the 2016-17 season, the Peacocks are 3-1 against the state, posting wins over Houston Baptist, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Texas State.
  • The last time Saint Peter's played in Texas was during the historic 2017 CollegeInsider.com Championship title game, when the Peacocks topped Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 62-61 to earn the program's first ever national postseason tournament crown.
 
Scouting the Mean Green
  • The North Texas Mean Green are the second consecutive unbeaten opponent for the Peacocks, holding a 7-0 record.
  • The Mean Green has three wins over non-Division I teams and four victories over DI schools.
  • The Division I wins have come over Portland, Hawaii, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Maine.
  • Four of the five North Texas starters are averaging in double figures.
  • Umoja Gibson leads the Mean Green with 16.0 points per game, with Zachary Simmons (14.4), Ryan Woolridge (12.4), and Jorden Duffy (10.3) all scoring in double digits this season.
 
Up Next
  • The current four-game road trip concludes at Auburn on Wednesday, November 28.
  • The Peacocks and the nationally ranked Tigers will tip at 8 p.m.
 
Forcing Overtime Yet Again…
  • The Peacocks forced an overtime period in the season opener and second game of the season after trailing by double digits late in the second half of both contests.
  • Against Lafayette, the team trailed by 13 points with eight minutes left and versus Delaware, the Peacocks were down by 16 points with nine and a half minutes to play.
  • This was the first time in the program's 89-year history that the team opened the season with back-to-back overtime games.  
 
Peacocks Putting up Points
  • The Peacocks poured in 93 points in the season opener against Lafayette after not hitting the 90-point plateau for almost two full years (90 points on November 18, 2016 vs. Lipscomb).  
 
Not One, But Two…
  • Cameron Jones and KC Ndefo both recorded their first career double-doubles in the season opener against Lafayette. It was the first time since 2013 that two separate Peacocks logged a double-double in the same contest.
 
Overtime Opener
  • Going into overtime in the season opener is not a common occurrence for Saint Peter's. The program last went into an extra period in the season's first game during the 1979-80 campaign.
 
MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll
  • The Peacocks were selected 10th by the coaches in the preseason coaches' poll, receiving 28 votes after finishing eighth last season and making a historical run into the MAAC semifinal round of the 2018 MAAC Championship.
 
Meet the 2018-19 Squad
  • The Peacocks return two starters and nine letterwinners from last year's team, while adding six newcomers.
 
Returning Duo of Starters
  • The Peacocks return the duo of Samuel Idowu and Quinn Taylor, who both started all 32 games last season for Saint Peter's.
  • Idowu, a redshirt-senior, is the team's top returning scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker. He averaged 11.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game last season.
  • A junior, Taylor logged more minutes than any returning Peacock in 2017-18. He averaged 7.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per outing a year ago. Taylor is the squad's top returning stealer, after making 33 steals last year.
 
Returning to the Squad
  • The team returns seniors Davauhnte Turner and Mamadou Ndiaye, juniors Cameron Jones and Amir Hicks, sophomore Cameron Underwood, and redshirt-freshmen duo Manny Dixon and Mikko Johnson.
  • Turner made 11 starts last season and averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists. He is the Peacocks' top assists returner after handing out 61 assists last year.
  • Ndiaye appeared in 31 games a year ago, with averages of 4.4 points and 3.3 rebounds.
  • Jones appeared in all 32 games and made one start last season. He posted a stat line of 6.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.
  • Hicks saw action in three games last season.
  • Dixon comes into the season after sitting out in 2017-18, but the redshirt-freshman is projected to be a starter in the upcoming season.
 
Welcome to Jersey City
  • The Peacocks welcome six newcomers to Jersey City this season, which includes four freshmen and two transfers.
  • The four freshmen joining the team this year are Klay Brown, Majur Majak, KC Ndefo, and Dallas Watson.
  • The two transfers are Nazeer Bostick from Penn State and Derrick Woods from Delaware.
  • Bostick will sit out the 2018-19 season, while Woods will become eligible in the second half of the season.
 
Back Together Again
  • The Peacocks have two pairs of players who played their high school basketball together.
  • The junior combination of Cameron Jones and Derrick Woods both played at Pennsbury in Pennsylvania and the freshmen duo of Klay Brown and KC Ndefo each played at Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn, NY.
 
New Leader of the Peacocks  
  • First year head coach Shaheen Holloway will lead the Peacocks in 2018-19.
  • Holloway brings superlative credentials to Jersey City after spending the past eight seasons as the associate head coach at his alma mater, Seton Hall, under Kevin Willard.
  • With Holloway on the sideline serving as Willard's top assistant, Seton Hall became one of the BIG EAST's premier programs, winning the 2015-16 BIG EAST Tournament title for the first time since 1993.
  • From 2016 to 2018, Seton Hall recorded three straight 20-win seasons, the first time the program had done that since 1991-93, and three straight BIG EAST seasons of 10 wins or more for the first time in program history with Holloway.
  • Holloway helped Seton Hall advance to the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons and in 2018, the Pirates won the program's first NCAA Tournament game since 2004 with him on the bench.
 
Joining Holloway on the Sideline  
Back in the MAAC
  • Holloway, Whalen, and Morton all return to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  • Holloway and Whalen both coached at Iona previously, while Morton not only returns to the MAAC but also Saint Peter's, having served on the staff as an assistant from 2006-10
 
Seton Hall Ties
  • Holloway's staff also has deep ties to Seton Hall.
  • Holloway was a player and assistant coach for the Pirates, Whalen was an assistant coach there, Morton played for Seton Hall, and Petruzzelli worked a number of basketball clinics at the South Orange school.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Manny Dixon

#5 Manny Dixon

G/F
6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
Samuel Idowu

#23 Samuel Idowu

F
6' 7"
Senior
Mikko Johnson

#10 Mikko Johnson

G
6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
Cameron Jones

#25 Cameron Jones

G
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
Quinn Taylor

#24 Quinn Taylor

G/F
6' 4"
Junior
Davauhnte Turner

#1 Davauhnte Turner

G
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Cameron Underwood

#22 Cameron Underwood

G/F
6' 6"
Sophomore
Dallas Watson

#0 Dallas Watson

G
6' 4"
Freshman
Klay Brown

#2 Klay Brown

G
6' 4"
Freshman
Nazeer Bostick

#4 Nazeer Bostick

G
6' 4"
Junior
Majur Majak

#12 Majur Majak

C
7' 1"
Freshman
Derrick Woods

#20 Derrick Woods

F
6' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Manny Dixon

#5 Manny Dixon

6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
G/F
Samuel Idowu

#23 Samuel Idowu

6' 7"
Senior
F
Mikko Johnson

#10 Mikko Johnson

6' 2"
Redshirt Freshman
G
Cameron Jones

#25 Cameron Jones

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
G
Quinn Taylor

#24 Quinn Taylor

6' 4"
Junior
G/F
Davauhnte Turner

#1 Davauhnte Turner

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
G
Cameron Underwood

#22 Cameron Underwood

6' 6"
Sophomore
G/F
Dallas Watson

#0 Dallas Watson

6' 4"
Freshman
G
Klay Brown

#2 Klay Brown

6' 4"
Freshman
G
Nazeer Bostick

#4 Nazeer Bostick

6' 4"
Junior
G
Majur Majak

#12 Majur Majak

7' 1"
Freshman
C
Derrick Woods

#20 Derrick Woods

6' 8"
Junior
F

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