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Wade Rackley

Men's Basketball

Peacocks Return Home on Saturday for an Afternoon Date with Maine

After a four-game road trip, the Peacocks return home on Saturday

Game 7
Saint Peter's (1-5) vs. Maine (0-7)
Date: Saturday, December 1
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
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Opening Words
  • The Saint Peter's men's basketball team returns to Jersey City after a three-week hiatus to welcome Maine on Saturday, December 1.
  • Tip-off against the Black Bears is slated for 3 p.m.
  • After winning the season opener in overtime against Lafayette, the Peacocks have since dropped five straight, falling to Delaware at home and Bryant, NC State, North Texas, and No. 8 Auburn on the road.
  • Last time out, No. 8 Auburn defeated the Peacocks 99-49 on Wednesday night in Auburn, AL.
  • Davauhnte Turner and KC Ndefo led the Peacocks with 12 points each.
  • It was the fifth time this season that Turner was the team leader in scoring.
  • Freshman Dallas Watson finished the night with a career-high nine points and team-best six assists.
  • Klay Brown ended the game with six points and grabbed a Peacock high six rebounds.
  • Turner continues to lead the Peacocks in scoring, posting 18.2 points per game.
  • Samuel Idowu is the team's second leading scorer at 12.8 points per outing followed by Ndefo who is scoring 10.2 points per game.
  • Ndefo is the Peacocks' leading rebounder and shot blocker thus far, averaging 6.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.
  • Watson leads the squad in assists per game, averaging 3.8 a game.
 
Series History
  • Saturday's meeting between the Peacocks and the Black Bears will be just the second all-time matchup between the schools.
  • The only other meeting between the two squads occurred back on November 17, 2001 at the Golden Panther Invitational in Miami, FL with Saint Peter's earning a 79-70 victory over Maine on the neutral floor.
 
Scouting the Black Bears
  • The Maine Black Bears enter the weekend meeting winless, holding an 0-7 record.
  • The Black Bears opened the season with six straight true road contests, before facing Princeton in their home opener on Wednesday.
  • Maine has two common opponents as the Peacocks in NC State and North Texas which both squads fell to.
  • Maine has also faced Quinnipiac from the MAAC, falling to the Bobcats 58-50.
  • Isaiah White leads the team in scoring average, totaling 15.7 points per game and Andrew Fleming follows with 11.9 points per outing.
 
Up Next
  • The Peacocks take the final non-conference flight of the season to Clemson, SC for a meeting with ACC member Clemson on Tuesday, December 4.
  • Following the game at Clemson, the Peacocks put together a three-game series against the NEC, with contests against LIU Brooklyn, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Fairleigh Dickinson.
 
Following in the Footsteps of a Scoring Legend
  • Through the first five games, Davauhnte Turner scored in double figures every game, with three 20+ point efforts, while leading the team in scoring in four out of the five games.
  • Turner's 19.4 points per game average through the season's first five games were the highest points per game average for a Saint Peter's player since Peacock legend Keydren "Kee Kee" Clark averaged 20.8 points through the first five contests of the 2005-06 season.
 
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.
 
New Opponents in 2018
  • The Peacocks will face five new opponents during the 2018 non-conference slate.
  • The new opponents include Delaware, Bryant, North Texas, Auburn, and Clemson.
 
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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