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Men’s Basketball Starts Three Game Series with the NEC Beginning with LIU Brooklyn on Saturday

The Peacocks return home for a meeting with LIU Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon

Game 9
Saint Peter's (2-6) vs. LIU Brooklyn (4-4)
Date: Saturday, December 8
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
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Opening Words
  • With the completion of the most difficult portion of the non-conference schedule, which featured five of the last six games on the road at two ACC schools and a top-10 SEC school, complete, the Peacocks will begin a three-game series with the Northeast Conference (NEC).
  • The first of the three contests tips at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 8 at the Yanitelli Center against the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds.
  • Saint Peter's currently holds a 2-6 record on the season after falling in a closely fought game with previously ranked Clemson on Tuesday night.
  • At Clemson, the Peacocks and Tigers played a tight contest that ended with a 65-60 Clemson victory.
  • The team's combined for 13 lead changes, 10 ties, spent six minutes knotted up, and the Peacocks and Tigers held leads of 16 and 17 minutes respectively on the night.
  • The trio of guards paced the Peacocks in scoring led by Davauhnte Turner (18), Cameron Jones (13), and Dallas Watson (11) while also connecting on nine of the team's 10 made 3-pointers.  
  • Quinn Taylor grabbed a season high 10 rebounds in the game to lead the Peacocks and freshman 7-footer Majur Majak swatted four shots.
  • Three Peacocks are scoring in double figures on the season with Turner leading the Peacocks with 16.3 points per game followed by Idowu who is averaging 12.8 points per outing and Jones who averages 10.1 points.
  • Freshman KC Ndefo is the Peacocks' leading rebounder thus far, averaging 6.1 rebounds.
  • Freshman Dallas Watson and Turner lead the squad in assists per game, both dishing out 2.9 a game.
 
Series History
  • Saint Peter's and LIU Brooklyn will square off for the 37th all-time meeting between the two programs.
  • The Peacocks lead the all-time series, 22-14 dating back to its inception in 1957-58.
  • Last season, the teams met at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY where LIU Brooklyn previously played its home games. In the game, the Peacocks blew out the Blackbirds, 71-56, led by 19 points from Davauhnte Turner and 15 points from Quinn Taylor.
  • The home team had won the previous seven meetings until last season's road win for Saint Peter's snapped the streak.
 
Peacocks vs. the Northeast Conference
  • LIU Brooklyn will be the second of four NEC opponents this season for Saint Peter's.
  • The Peacocks faced Bryant back on November 14, and will also meet St. Francis Brooklyn (Dec. 15), and Fairleigh Dickinson (Dec. 19) from the conference.
  • Over the past three seasons, Saint Peter's is a combined 6-1 versus the NEC only falling to Bryant earlier in the year.
  • The six wins include wins over Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Francis Brooklyn in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, and a win against Sacred Heart and LIU Brooklyn last season.
 
Scouting the Blackbirds
  • The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds are an even 4-4 heading into the weekend game.
  • LIU Brooklyn opened up the season 3-0 before dropping three straight and then going 1-1 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic in Northern Ireland.
  • Last time out, the Blackbirds fell to MAAC member Marist College 70-53 in the championship game of the Belfast Classic.
  • Saint Peter's will be LIU Brooklyn's third MAAC opponent this year, as the Blackbirds defeated Fairfield earlier in the season.
  • Senior Raiquan Clark leads the team in scoring with his 21.1 points per game average.
 
Up Next
  • The Peacocks continue the three-game series against the NEC at St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, December 15 at 4 p.m.
  • The series will conclude at Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday, December 19.
 
Three Home Games; Three Extra Periods
  • All three Saint Peter's home games this season have needed an extra period to determine a winner.
  • In the program's history, no Peacock team has ever played in three consecutive overtime games through the first three home games of the season.
 
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 eight 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 senior Davauhnte Turner, 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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