2010–11 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

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2010–11
St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record15–15 (10–8 NEC)
Head coach (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Andy Johnston (3rd season)
  • Clive Bentick (4th season)
  • Daniel Nigro (1st season)
Home arenaGeneroso Pope Athletic Complex
Seasons
2010–11 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Long Island 16 2   .889 27 6   .818
Quinnipiac 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
Robert Morris 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Central Connecticut State
11 7   .611 19 12   .613
St. Francis (NY) 10 8   .556 15 15   .500
Wagner 9 9   .500 13 17   .433
Mount St. Mary's 9 9   .500 11 21   .344
Bryant* 7 11   .389 9 21   .300
St. Francis (PA) 7 11   .389 9 21   .300
Sacred Heart 6 12   .333 11 18   .379
Monmouth 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
Fairleigh Dickinson 3 15   .167 5 24   .172
AP Poll

*Ineligible for conference tournament

The 2010–2011 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Glenn Braica who was in his first year at the helm of the Terriers. The Terriers' home games were played at Generoso Pope Athletic Complex and the team is a member of the Northeast Conference.

In

Battle of Brooklyn
game at home. After those loses, the Terriers picked themselves up and finished the regular season strong winning their last four games against conference teams.

Under Braica, the Terriers increased their scoring by more than six points per game from the previous season and were one of the best teams in the country in taking care of the basketball, averaging a conference-low 13.3 turnovers per game. The team also led the NEC with 7.80 steals per game.

Preseason

Braica was busy signing his first class, which include: 6' guard Dre Calloway, 6' 4" guard/forward Travis Nichols, 6' guard Adam Chmielewski, 6' 8" power forward Matt Milk, and 6' 2" shooting guard Ben Mockford.[2]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 12, 2010*
7:00 pm
at Boston College L 49–79  0–1
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 15, 2010*
7:00 pm
at South Florida L 71–74  0–2
Tampa, FL
November 21, 2010*
2:00 pm
Howard W 70–52  1–2
Brooklyn, NY
November 24, 2010*
4:00 pm
at Brown L 63–67  1–3
Providence, RI
December 2, 2010
7:00 pm
Saint Francis (PA) W 57–44  2–3 (1–0)
Brooklyn, NY
December 4, 2010
4:30 pm
Robert Morris W 65–63  3–3 (2–0)
Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 2010*
7:00 pm
Colgate W 68–57  4–3
Brooklyn, NY
December 10, 2010*
7:00 pm
at Canisius W 76–58  5–3
Buffalo, NY
December 14, 2010*
Dartmouth W 69–61  6–3
Brooklyn, NY
December 20, 2010*
7:00 pm, 
MSG
vs. Northwestern
MSG Holiday Festival
L 61–92  6–4
New York, NY
December 21, 2010*
7:00 pm, 
MSG
vs. Davidson
MSG Holiday Festival
L 69–76  6–5
New York, NY
December 30, 2010*
7:00 pm
NJIT W 72–47[3]  7–5
Pope Physical Education Center 
Brooklyn, NY
January 3, 2011*
7:00 pm
at Hartford L 74–82  7–6
West Hartford, CT
January 6, 2011
7:00 pm
at Central Connecticut L 43–61  7–7 (2–1)
New Britain, CT
January 8, 2011
4:00 pm
at Bryant L 64–67  7–8 (2–2)
Smithfield, RI
January 13, 2011
7:00 pm
Wagner W 72–56  8–8 (3–2)
Pope Physical Education Center 
Brooklyn, NY
January 15, 2011
4:30 pm
Mount St. Mary's L 61–70  8–9 (3–3)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
January 20, 2011
7:00 pm
at Saint Francis (PA) L 56–75  8–10 (3–4)
Loretto, PA
January 22, 2011
7:00 pm
at Robert Morris L 51–54  8–11 (3–5)
Moon Township, PA
January 27, 2011
7:45 pm
at Monmouth W 62–61  9–11 (4–5)
West Long Branch, NJ
January 29, 2011
7:00 pm
at Fairleigh Dickinson W 86–77  10–11 (5–5)
Teaneck, NJ
February 3, 2011
7:00 pm
Quinnipiac L 60–74  10–12 (5–6)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
February 5, 2011
4:30 pm
Sacred Heart W 78–51  11–12 (6–6)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
February 8, 2011
7:00 pm
at Long Island L 76–87  11–13 (6–7)
Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center
 
Brooklyn, NY
February 11, 2011
12:00 pm, 
MSG
Long Island
Battle of Brooklyn
L 80–82  11–14 (6–8)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
February 17, 2011
7:00 pm
at Mount St. Mary's W 63–60  12–14 (7–8)
Emmitsburg, MD
February 19, 2011
12:00 pm, 
MSG
at Wagner W 77–73  13–14 (8–8)
Staten Island, NY
February 24, 2011
7:00 pm
Central Connecticut W 75–65  14–14 (9–8)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
February 26, 2011
4:30 pm
Bryant W 72–61  15–14 (10–8)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex 
Brooklyn, NY
NEC tournament
March 2, 2011
6:45 pm
(5) at (4) Central Connecticut
NEC Quarterfinals
L 62–64  15–15
New Britain, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll
. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Roster

2010–11 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F
11 Ricky Cadell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr
Manhattan, New York
F/C 40 Alexander Harrington 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Lanham, Maryland
G/F 24 Akeem Bennett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr
Long Island, New York
G
1 Dre Calloway 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr
Harlem, New York
G/F 2 Stefan Perunicic 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr
Belgrade, Serbia
G
15 Justin Newton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr
Queens, New York
C 20 Richard Clark 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr
Berkshire, England
F
30 Akeem Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So
Brooklyn, New York
G
3 Ben Mockford Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Shoreham-by-Sea, England
F
14 Travis Nichols 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So
Brooklyn, New York
G
5 Adam Chmielewski 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr
Montreal, Canada
F
12 Milos Trivic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr
Belgrade, Serbia
C 33 Matt Milk 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Wantagh, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: April 1, 2011

Notes

Akeem Bennett and Ricky Cadell were named to the Second Team All-Conference Squad.[4] In addition, Bennett was named the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year. For Cadell, in the last game of the regular season he became St. Francis College's all-time leading scorer. With 1,624 points he eclipsed Darwin Purdie’s school record that had stood for over 20 years and now ranks 35th on the NEC career scoring list.[4]

References

  1. ^ Leitch, Will. "Your (Okay, Our) Guide to Resolving the NEC Playoff Mess". New York Media LLC. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Braziller, Zach (July 4, 2010). "City products Nichols and Calloway happy to join St. Francis College". nypost.com. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Men's College Roundup". nytimes.com. December 30, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Northeast Conference" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved October 11, 2011.

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