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Men’s Basketball Returns to Jersey City on Sunday for the First Contest of a Two-Game Home Stand

The Peacocks welcome Marist to the Yanitelli Center on Sunday

Game 16
Saint Peter's (4-11, 1-2) vs. Marist (6-8, 1-1)
Date: Sunday, January 13
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
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Opening Words
  • The Peacocks return home for the next two games beginning with a weekend meeting with Marist on Sunday, January 13.
  • Tip-off for the weekend contest is set for 1 p.m.
  • After finishing non-conference play with a 3-9 record and on a winning note after defeating Hampton, the Peacocks opened MAAC play with a home victory over Siena on January 3, knocking off the Saints 65-60, and improving their home record to 4-2 on the season.
  • The Peacocks have since dropped back to back MAAC road contests at Monmouth and Fairfield, dropping the team's road record to 0-9 on the season.
  • At Fairfield, Saint Peter's lost a tightly played game, 60-57, after Samuel Idowu missed the game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.
  • Davauhnte Turner led all scorers with 20 points, behind a 4 of 8 performance from behind the 3-point line, while also grabbing six rebounds and assisting on four shots.
  • Manny Dixon scored a career-high 10 points and made three steals on the defensive end.
  • Quinn Taylor followed the duo with nine points four rebounds, three assists, and three steals.
  • Dallas Watson scored eight points, all coming in the first half, and added four assists.
  • Idowu added six points and led the Peacocks with seven rebounds.
  • The Peacocks' starters combined to score 53 of the 57 points scored in the game.
  • Turner ranks second in the MAAC this season in scoring, averaging 17.5 points per game and he leads the Peacocks and ranks eighth in the conference with 3.1 assists per game.
  • He is followed by Idowu who is averaging 11.3 points per outing, which puts him 21st in the MAAC, while also ranking second in the league in blocks by swatting 1.5 blocks a game.
  • Quinn Taylor is leading the Peacocks with 5.6 rebounds per outing, good for ninth in the MAAC rankings.
 
Series History with Marist
  • Saint Peter's and Marist will do battle for the 53rd time ever since the team's first met in 1980-81.
  • The Peacocks lead the all-time series 29-23 and hold a 27-22 series advantage with both teams as members of the MAAC.
  • The Peacocks had previously won five straight over the Red Foxes, before losing to them in the second game of last year's series.
  • The teams split last year's series, with the home team winning both games.  
  • In the first meeting, Davauhnte Turner scored 30 points as the Peacocks outscored Marist 25-10 late in the second half to earn a 70-66 comeback win.
  • In the second meeting, the Peacocks fell to Marist 69-51.
  • This will be the first meeting for the Peacocks against former head coach John Dunne, who joined the Red Foxes in April 2018.
 
Scouting the Red Foxes
  • The Marist Red Foxes sit at 1-2 in the MAAC and hold a 6-9 overall mark.
  • The Red Foxes are 1-4 in their last five games having only defeated Manhattan on January 8.
  • Marist most recently lost to Siena, 71-66 on Friday night.
  • Saint Peter's and Siena are 1-1 against mutual opponents so far this season, with the Peacocks defeating Siena and falling to LIU Brooklyn, while the Red Foxes knocked off LIU Brooklyn but fell to Siena.
  • Marist leads the conference in field goal percentage defense, holding its opponents to .427 percent shooting per game.
  • The Red Foxes are led by all-league guard, Brian Parker, who is averaging 14.9 points per game.
 
Up Next
  • The Peacocks remain home and will host Manhattan next on Thursday, January 17 at 7 p.m.
 
Pacing the Conference in Scoring D Still
  • Despite the departure of defensive minded coach John Dunne, Saint Peter's leads the MAAC in scoring defense, holding opponents to a league best 60.3 points per game.
  • The Peacocks have led the MAAC in scoring defense the past three seasons and in four out of the last five years dating back to 2013-14.
 
Best Shooting Performance of the Season  
  • In the MAAC opening win over Siena (January 3) the Peacocks posted one of their best overall shooting performance of the season.
  • The team shot a season-best 52% (26-50) from the field, logged its third best 3-point shooting outcome of the season, connecting on 42.9% (6-14) from behind the arc, and the squad shot over 70% from the free-throw line after averaging under 70% from the charity stripe in non-conference action.
 
Seeing 20/20
  • The senior duo of guard Davauhnte Turner and forward Samuel Idowu scored 23 and 20 points respectively in Saint Peter's win over Hampton (December 29).
  • This was the first time a Peacock duo scored 20 or more points in a game since Quadir Welton '17 and Nick Griffin '18 scored 23 and 21 points respectively on November 18, 2016 against Lipscomb.
 
First Three Home Games End in Overtime
  • The season's first three home games for Saint Peter's 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

Nick Griffin

#0 Nick Griffin

G
6' 2"
Graduate Student
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

Players Mentioned

Nick Griffin

#0 Nick Griffin

6' 2"
Graduate Student
G
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

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