MBB: University Athletic Association

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UAA has just announced their Athletes of the Week for the week of Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, 2022

Congratulations to Robert Faller of Case Western Reserve on becoming the third CWRU men's basketball player to get Athlete of the Week for this season.

He joins Cole Frilling, who got Athlete of the Week on Nov. 30, 2021, and Mitch Prendergast, who got Athlete of the Week on December 6, 2021.

uaasports.info/information/aow/011022

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I am looking forward to seeing the NYU men's basketball team hopefully able to return to the court against Misericordia tonight.  Of course, I will be watching this on Misericordia's live stream on Youtube and I got a look at the Cougars's previous game vs Arcadia.

Assuming this game does get played this evening, this will be the first meeting between NYU and Misericordia since the first round of the 2012 NCAA DIII tournament that was played at the former Coles Center on the NYU campus.

NYU comes into the contest 8-1, 0-0 in the UAA.   Misericordia comes into the contest at 4-8, 3-3 in MAC-Freedom.

NYU's Bobby Hawkinson has already been named UAA Athlete of the Week in men's basketball twice this season--he got the honor on November 8 and December 13, 2021.

Scheduled tip is at 6 PM Eastern.

Also, starting this Friday, all NYU home games will be streamed on Team1Sports.com, which means that they will be able to be viewed on a Roku TV, as well as other streaming TV services.  Sidearm Stats will continue to provide the live stats.

 

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At this time, Rochester at Buffalo State is still scheduled to be played today.

Congratulations to Rochester men's basketball coach Luke Flockerzi on being named as one of DIII Most Impactful Coaches for 2021-22 by Silver Waves Media:

10:38 AM Eastern Rochester press release:

uofrathletics.com/news/2022/1/5/mens-basketball-flockerzi-named-one-of-division-iiis-most-impactful-coaches.aspx

January 12, 2022 update-- Congratulations also go to Wash U men's basketball coach Pat Juckem on also getting the honor of being named as one of DIII's Most Impactful Coaches for 2021-2022 by the same organization.

Wash U press release:

www.washubears.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20220112jpwtbl

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Halftime from Dallas, PA--

Misericordia 38, NYU 37

Leading scorers for Misericordia--

Derek Smith and Kevin Lazdowsky each have 9 points a piece.

Elijah Rosenthal has 7 points

Derek Smith leads Misericordia with 5 rebounds

Joseph Baldachino leads Misericordia with 4 assists

Leading scorers for NYU--

Bobby Hawkinson has a game-high 15 points so far.

Alex Maticiuc has 7 points for NYU

Harrison Whatley has 6 points for NYU.

Bobby Hawkinson leads NYU with 8 rebounds

Kawika Akina leads NYU with 3 assists

Misericordia shot 14 of 37 from the field (37.8%), 9 of 24 from 3 pt land (37.5%), and 1 of 2 from the charity stripe.

NYU shot 16 of 35 from the field (45.7%), 1 of 10 from 3 pt land, and 4 of 5 from the charity stripe.

NYU outrebounding Misericordia 26-17, 7-4 on the offensive glass

Misericordia made 9 assists and turned the ball over 3 times-- all 3 times were as a result of NYU steals.

NYU made 7 assists and turned the ball over 9 times-- 5 of which were as a result of Misericordia steals.

Bench points even at 11 a piece

Points off turnovers-- Misericordia leads 6-4

Points in the paint-- NYU leads that category 28-8

Second chance points-- NYU leads that category 5-4

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NYU leading Misericordia 45-43, 16:38 left in regulation

NYU now shooting 20 of 41 from the field, 1 of 11 from 3 pt range, and 4 of 5 from the charity stripe for the game so far.

Bobby Hawkinson now has 19 points to lead all scorers.

Out of the timeout, Misericordia ties it at 45-45 with 15:27 left in regulation.

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NYU and Misericordia are tied at 62-62 with 6:04 left in regulation

Bobby Hawkinson has 23 points to lead all scorers

Alex Maticiuc has 11 points for NYU-- playing with 4 fouls.

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NYU leading Misericordia 68-64 with 4:08 left in regulation

Bobby Hawkinson of NYU has a 20/10 game-- He leads all scorers with 27 points and has grabbed 15 rebounds so far.

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Not exactly a shot with the drama of Dari Magyar's "Miracle in Manhattan" shot from 2001 that gave the NYU women a win over Wash U at the Coles Center, but Bobby Hawkinson hit a 3 at the buzzer to give NYU the win tonight over Misericordia and also gave Hawkinson a 30+ point game in the process. 

Bobby Hawkinson has put his name on the UAA AOW ballot for this week with up to 2 more games in UAA play this weekend to further prove his case.

Final tonight from Dallas, PA--

NYU 75, Misericordia 74

NYU improves to 9-1, 0-0 in the UAA, while Misericordia drops to 4-9, 3-3 in MAC-Freedom

Leading scorers for NYU

Bobby Hawkinson-- 32 points (game high, career high), 15 rebounds (game high).  His 32 points came on 14 of 19 from the field, 1 of 2 from 3 pt range, with the 3 pointer being the one at the buzzer to win the game, and 3 of 3 at the charity stripe.

Alex Maticiuc-- 11 points, 6 rebounds

Harrison Whatley-- 8 points, 9 rebounds

Kawika Akina led NYU with 5 assists, and he only turned the ball over once.

Leading scorers for Misericordia

Derek Smith-- 14 points, 9 rebounds

Kevin Lazdowsky-- 14 points, 5 rebounds

Nick Hornung-- 10 points, 4 rebounds

Elijah Rosenthal and Joseph Baldachino each led Misericordia with 4 assists a piece.

NYU shot 32 of 71 from the field (45.1%), 3 of 23 from 3 pt land (13%-- however, the last 3 pointer was the buzzer beater that won the game for NYU), 8 of 9 from the charity stripe (88.9%).

Misericordia shot 28 of 67 from the field (41.8%), 14 of 37 from 3 pt land (37.8%), and 4 of 6 from the charity stripe (66.7%)

NYU outrebounded Misericordia 47-33, 13-6 on the offensive glass

Game had 11 ties and 12 lead changes-- no team had a lead larger than 7 points

NYU made 10 assists and turned the ball over 11 times-- 6 of which were as a result of Misericordia steals

Misericordia made 18 assists and turned the ball over 7 times-- all 7 were as a result of NYU steals.

Bench points-- Misericordia won that category, 26-22

Points off turnovers-- NYU won that category, 10-9

Points in the paint-- NYU won that category, 52-26

Second chance points-- NYU won that category, 13-6

Rick Staron provided PxP commentary for Misericordia tonight.  (Thanks, Rick, for tweeting about the Hawkinson buzzer-beater so that I can get the correct spelling of your name.  The last name is hard to spell right upon just hearing it for the first time.)

The full story:  NYU Men's Basketball Returns to Action with Buzzer-Beating Win

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With tonight's game vs Misericordia now complete, Bobby Hawkinson of NYU now has 8 double doubles on the season, and currently has a 5 game double double streak coming into Friday's game vs Case Western Reserve.

In case you missed the game live, NYU vs Misericordia is now available on demand on Youtube on the MUCougars channel.

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Congrats to Bobby "Ice in the Veins" Hawkinson of NYU on his 3 point buzzer beating winning shot vs Misericordia checking in at #10 on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 this morning.

NYU sent out a congratulatory tweet on the honor at 1:45 PM Eastern this afternoon.

(Note:  That new nickname came courtesy of the ESPN SportsCenter AM announcers this morning)

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Glad I just added Mr. Ice in the Veins to my fantasy team yesterday before the game. LOL.

In all seriousness, he seems to have breezed through the NC schedule. I presume I should temper my expectations when the UAA kicks in. Maybe 20 and 10?

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Glad I just added Mr. Ice in the Veins to my fantasy team yesterday before the game. LOL.

In all seriousness, he seems to have breezed through the NC schedule. I presume I should temper my expectations when the UAA kicks in. Maybe 20 and 10?

Bobby Hawkinson's 20/10 games so far this season-- He had a 20/10 game in 6 of the 10 non-conference games played this season:

1.)-- 11/5/2021-- Mount St. Vincent-- 20 points, 14 rebounds

2.)-- 11/10/2021-- at Farmingdale State-- 21 points, 15 rebounds

3.)-- 11/23/2021-- SUNY Maritime-- 25 points, 15 rebounds

4.)-- 11/28/2021-- at Old Westbury-- 21 points, 14 rebounds

5.)-- 12/10/2021-- at Hunter-- 22 points, 22 rebounds

6.)-- 1/12/2022-- at Misericordia-- 32 points, 15 rebounds

One caveat:  In the game at Hobart on November 20, 2021-- played in Geneva, NY-- where NYU lost by 28 points-- only loss of the season so far for the Violets--

Bobby Hawkinson fouled out of the game at Hobart only scoring 7 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in 26 minutes of action.

Bobby Hawkinson comes into the UAA averaging 19.8 ppg and 13.8 rpg (This includes the Misericordia stats, which the UAA has not yet put in on their league page, but NYU has on their team website).

19.8 ppg-- #3 in the UAA (behind Matthew Schner's 20.3 ppg for Emory, and Jack Nolan's 20.5 ppg for Wash U)

13.8 rpg-- #1 in the UAA, #6 in NCAA DIII men's basketball

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As of 9:36 AM Eastern, we are still on schedule for 3 UAA Men's Basketball games tonight.

A few reminders:

1.)  There are no UAA men's basketball games at Brandeis this weekend due to COVID-19 protocols.  This was announced last Thursday, January 6, 2021.

2.)  There are no spectators allowed this weekend at any UAA basketball game-- men or women.  All UAA basketball games can be watched on live stream.

3.)  NYU has a new channel for live streaming of home basketball games:  team1sports.com/nyu  The NYU basketball games can also now be streamed on a Roku TV or other streaming TV device via the Team1Sports app.

Scheduled for tonight:

1.)  (#4) Wash U at (#25) Emory-- 5:30 PM Eastern
2.)  Chicago at Rochester-- 5:30 PM Eastern
3.)  (RV) Case Western Reserve at NYU-- 6 PM Eastern-- This game will most likely be played and streamed from the Brooklyn Athletic Facility. (former gym of the former Polytechnic (NYU-Poly) Bluejays who played in the Skyline Conference back in the day).  Game is being played at the DI St. Francis-Brooklyn gym (NEC).

Scheduled for Sunday:

1.)  (#4) Wash U at Rochester-- 11 AM Eastern
2.)  Carnegie Mellon at NYU-- Noon Eastern
3.)  Chicago at (#25) Emory-- Noon Eastern

(Tonight, I will be watching at least some of the Brandeis women's game vs Carnegie Mellon on my Roku TV at 5:30 PM Eastern, but I will be checking live stats and video of the UAA men's basketball games as they are being played.)

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I thought the Roku allows for internet browsing.  If that is the case, just bring up the athletics department schedule and open up the BoxCast or Stretch Internet feed. 

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I thought the Roku allows for internet browsing.  If that is the case, just bring up the athletics department schedule and open up the BoxCast or Stretch Internet feed.

According to Roku support, Roku TVs or devices do not come with the ability to surf the web on the TV-- they do provide streaming video and music.    In addition, there are no channels from the Roku store at this time that allow you to install a web browser on the Roku TV.

Emory has a Boxcast feed, but is not on Roku's Boxcast channel-- I can watch that feed on my Chromebook or smartphone.

Brandeis has a subchannel on Roku's Boxcast channel for streaming directly to the Roku TVs-- but no men's basketball games this weekend at Auerbach Arena.

NYU home basketball games, as of today, are now on Team1Sports for Roku TV.

Rochester's feed still has to be watched directly on a Chromebook or smartphone, but their home live streams are now being offered for free while there is a ban on in-person spectators at the Palestra.