Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu

Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14904

Home openerSaturday’s game against Hilbert College marks the first game of the season played in Speidel Gymnasium. Since the 2000-01 season the Soaring Eagles have had mild success in home-openers as they have gone 5-8. The last time the Purple and Gold have won their first home game was against Fredonia State on November 15th of the 2009-10 campaign when EC came out on top, 83-77.

SucceSS in SpeidelLast season the Purple and Gold found a lot more success in their home gymnasium than on the road as the men went 5-6. Their high-est scoring game of the 2012-13 season was at home when they posted 88 points in their 88-62 win over Hartwick College on January 25th of last season.

leading tHe packDespite big nights from different players, Neil Randolph ’15 has been the most consistent source of offense for Elmira, averaging 15.7 points per game. Randolph led the Soaring Eagles in the 63-51 road loss against Cortland State on Tuesday night with team-highs of 14 points and seven rebounds.

Big nigHtSIn Elmira’s first game of the season, Josh Keys ’14 hit a career-high eight three-pointers, totaling 24 points on the night. In the second game of the season big-man David Borelli ’15 had the best night of his career posting his first career double-double after notching 19 points and 14 rebounds, both career highs.

ElmIrA COllEgE mEN’S BASkEtBAll gAmE NOtES

thIS WEEkEND’S OPPONENtSSaturday, November 23, 2013

Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY -- 3:00 p.m.

HilBert collegeHawks

(3-0, 0-0 aMCC)

day date opponent time-reSult

NOV. 16 #20 Morrisville% L, 75-81 17 Drew% L, 68-70 19 at Cortland L, 51-63 23 HilBert 3:00 p.m. 24 Fredonia 2:00 p.m. 26 at Oberlin 6:00 p.m.DEC. 7 clarkSon 5:00 p.m.JAN. 3 at Nazareth* 6:00 p.m. 4 St. JoHn FiSHer* 2:00 p.m. 7 St. lawrence 6:00 p.m. 10 at Utica* 6:00 p.m. 11 at Alfred* 2:00 p.m. 14 at Houghton 6:00 p.m. 21 at Hamilton 7:00 p.m. 24 at St. John Fisher* 6:00 p.m. 28 itHaca* 6:00 p.m. 31 HougHton 6:00 p.m.FEB. 1 utica* 2:00 p.m. 4 alFred* 6:00 p.m. 7 Hartwick* 6:00 p.m. 8 StevenS* 2:00 p.m. 14 at Ithaca* 6:00 p.m. 15 nazaretH* 2:00 p.m. 21 at Stevens* 6:00 p.m. 22 at Hartwick* 3:00 p.m.

Home contests are bolded*Denotes Empire 8 contest%NYU Tip-Off Tournament

2013-14 ScHedule (0-3, 0-0 empire 8)

Sunday, November 24, 2013Speidel Gymnasium - Elmira, NY -- 2:00 p.m.

Fredonia StateBlue devils

(1-2, 0-0 suNYaC)

2

2013-14 SOArINg EAglES BASkEtBAll games 4 & 5: Elmira College vs. hilbert College & Fredonia State

elMira QuiCk FaCTslocation .............................................................. Elmira, NYFounded ..........................................................................1855enrollment ....................................................................1,200school Colors ................................................ Purple & GoldTeam Nickname ............................................. Soaring EaglesConference ............................Empire 8 Athletic ConferencePresident ..........................................Dr. Ronald Champagneathletic director ......................................Pat Thompson ’75athletic department ........................................ 607-735-1730Basketball arena ..................................Speidel GymnasiumCapacity ........................................................................1,500athletics affiliation ............................... NCAA Division III

BaskeTBall iNForMaTioNHead Coach ............................................... Randie Torgalskiassistant Coach ......................................................Evan KeeFirst season ............................................................... 1970-712012-13 overall record ..................................................6-192012-13 empire 8 record ............................................... 3-11

2013-14 eMPire 8 sTaNdiNgs

league overallCollege w-l Pct. w-l Pct.Alfred 0-0 0.000 2-0 1.000Nazareth 0-0 0.000 2-0 1.000Hartwick 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667Utica 0-0 0.000 1-1 0.500Ithaca 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333Stevens 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.333elmira 0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000Houghton 0-0 0.000 0-3 0.000St. John Fisher 0-0 0.000 0-1 0.000

BeSt oF tHe reStWith Randoph, Keys and Borelli claiming 108 of the team’s 194 points scored this season, Derrick Vogel ’14, Nick Ceseare ’16 and Kurt Dutcher ’14 are doing their best to fill in the rest. This trio has combined to post 57 of the team’s remaining 86 points so far this season and also have combined to tally 14 of the team’s 38 assists so far this season through the first three games.

ranking in tHe empire 8Randolph is in second place in free throw percentage after making nine of 10 free throws so far this season while Keys is second in the E8 in three-point field goals made per game with 3.3. Vogel is fifth overall in assists per game with 3.3 and is second in assist-to-turnover ratio with 3.3 a game.

all-time vS. HilBertThese two teams faced each other for the first time ever last season, result-ing in a Hilbert victory, 71-66.

Scouting HilBertHilbert is 3-0 with wins against Alfred State College, Utica College and Houghton College. The Hawks are outscoring their opponents by an aver-age of 26.4 points. Hilbert started the season in the Hilbert Tip-Off Tour-nament where they defeated Alfred State 93-39, then went on to defeat Utica in the Championship game 88-80. Their most recent victory came against Houghton, defeating the Highlanders 73-56.

HilBert’S playerS to watcHJerame Owens leads the Hawks in scoring after three games, averaging 18.3 points per game. He was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week after his performance against Utica where he recorded 29 points, took down 20 boards, had five assists and blocked three shots. Trevor Stark is also having a great season so far averaging 15 points, 2.7 steals and 1.7 rebounds per game.

all-time vS. FredoniaElmira holds the edge in the all-time series record between these two teams at 7-5. Despite EC’s lead, Fredonia has won the previous three matchups.

coacH torgalSki vS. FredoniaSince joining Elmira in 2008, Head Coach Randie Torgalski has posted a 1-3 record against Fredonia. After defeating the Blue Devils 83-77 in the 2009-10 season, his teams have not won in the last three meetings.

Scouting FredoniaFredonia is now 1-2 on the year after losing back-to-back games to Naza-reth College and Penn State Behrend. The Blue Devils started their sea-son at the Nazareth Tip-Off Tournament where they won the first game against Union 98-89, but fell in the championship game 92-62. Fredonia’s most recent loss came on Tuesday, falling 76-46 to the Lions.

Fredonia’S playerS to watcHThe Blue Devils are led by Robert Lyles and Tyrone Clark, the only two Fredonia players averaging double-digits. Heading into this weekend of play, Lyles is averaging 15.7 points per game while adding 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Clark is right behind Lyles, averaging 15.0 points per game while chipping in 3.7 boards and 2.3 assists per game.

Media CoverageNovember 19th vs. Cortland State:

Live Stats: http://colfax.cortland.edu/athletics/mbasket-ball/live/xlive.htm

Video: www.cortlandreddragons.com/sports/2007/12/17/internetradio.aspx

geT CoNNeCTed Facebook

www.facebook.com/ElmiraCollegeAthletics

TwiTTer

www.twitter.com/ECSoaringEagles

YouTube

www.youtube.com/ECSportsInfo

3

2013-14 SOArINg EAglES BASkEtBAll games 4 & 5: Elmira College vs. hilbert College & Fredonia State

2013-14 elMira College MeN’s BaskeTBallNo. NaMe Pos. HT. wT. HoMeTowN Previous TeaM1 Derrick Vogel ’14 G 6’4” 205 Bel Air, MD CM Wright3 Kurt Dutcher ’14 G 6’1” 160 Gaylord, MI Gaylord10 Gino Leonardi ’16 G 5’10” 180 Spencer, NY Spencer -Van Etten12 Nick Cesare ’16 G 6’3” 185 Lincoln, RI St. Andrew’s School13 Justin Henderson ’16 G 6’3” 175 Staten Island, NY Saint Joseph by the Sea15 Jake Metcalf ’15 F 6’4” 190 Oswego, NY Oswego21 Neil Randolph ’15 F 6’5” 215 Wicklow, Ireland Presentation22 John Mullane ’16 F 6’5” 200 Norfolk, MA King Phillip Regional23 Josh Keys ’14 G 6’0” 170 Bel Air, MD CM Wright24 Zak Kumor ’14 F 6’2” 180 Newtown, PA Pennsbury30 Tyler Dibble ’15 G 6’3” 190 Stamford, NY Jefferson33 Matt Newell ’14 F 6’4” 220 Cranston, RI St. Andrew’s34 Ryan Brooksbank ’17 F 6’5” 185 New City, NY Albertus Magnus40 Brian McDonald ’15 F 6’5” 205 Prince Frederick, MD Huntingtown52 David Borelli ’15 F 6’6” 245 Rochester, NY Bishop Kearney

CoaCHiNg sTaFFHead Coach: Randie Torgalskiassistant Coach: Evan Kee

elMira College CaPTaiNs

Zak Kumor ’14 Matt Newell ’14 Derrick Vogel ’14

ProNuNCiaTioN guideDerrick Vogel ..................................................... Vo-gul Gino Leonardi .................................................. JEE-noNick Cesare ...................................................... SEE-zerJohn Mullane ..............................................MUH-laneZak Kumor ................................................... KOO-marMatt Newell ......................................................NEW-al

Kurt Dutcher ’14 Josh Keys ’14

4

2013-14 SOArINg EAglES BASkEtBAll games 4 & 5: Elmira College vs. hilbert College & Fredonia State

Elmira College BasketballElmira College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2013)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-2CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg21 RANDOLPH, Neil 3-3 85 28.3 16-35 . 4 5 7 6-16 . 3 7 5 9-10 . 9 0 0 4 7 11 3.7 6 0 5 6 1 1 47 15.723 KEYS, Josh 3-3 75 25.0 12-34 . 3 5 3 10-28 . 3 5 7 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 1.0 10 0 5 1 0 1 36 12.052 BORELLI, David 3-3 58 19.3 10-22 . 4 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 10 16 26 8.7 5 0 4 1 1 2 25 8.301 VOGEL, Derrick 3-3 91 30.3 8-25 . 3 2 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 4-5 . 8 0 0 2 7 9 3.0 3 0 10 3 0 2 25 8.312 CESARE, Nick 3-0 50 16.7 6-18 . 3 3 3 4-14 . 2 8 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 5 7 2.3 4 0 2 2 0 0 16 5.303 DUTCHER, Kurt 3-0 47 15.7 5-13 . 3 8 5 0-1 . 0 0 0 6-12 . 5 0 0 3 2 5 1.7 6 0 2 4 0 2 16 5.333 NEWELL, Matt 3-3 53 17.7 3-8 . 3 7 5 2-6 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 3 5 8 2.7 6 0 5 5 0 1 8 2.722 MULLANE, John 3-0 54 18.0 3-9 . 3 3 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 4 14 18 6.0 6 0 1 4 0 0 8 2.715 METCALF, Jake 3-0 26 8.7 4-6 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-3 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 5 0 1 1 0 0 8 2.730 DIBBLE, Tyler 3-0 29 9.7 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 1 1 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.040 McDONALD, Brian 3-0 32 10.7 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 8 3 11 3.7 5 0 3 5 0 0 2 0.7

Team 6 4 10Total.......... 3 600 68-176 . 3 8 6 27-80 . 3 3 8 31-44 . 7 0 5 43 68 111 37.0 57 0 38 32 2 11 194 64.7Opponents...... 3 600 76-165 . 4 6 1 18-57 . 3 1 6 44-58 . 7 5 9 29 71 100 33.3 42 - 32 25 11 15 214 71.3

TEAM STATISTICS ECMB14 OPPSCORING 194 214 Points per game 64.7 71.3 Scoring margin -6.7 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 68-176 76-165 Field goal pct . 3 8 6 . 4 6 13 POINT FG-ATT 27-80 18-57 3-point FG pct . 3 3 8 . 3 1 6 3-pt FG made per game 9.0 6.0FREE THROWS-ATT 31-44 44-58 Free throw pct . 7 0 5 . 7 5 9 F-Throws made per game 10.3 14.7REBOUNDS 111 100 Rebounds per game 37.0 33.3 Rebounding margin +3.7 -ASSISTS 38 32 Assists per game 12.7 10.7TURNOVERS 32 25 Turnovers per game 10.7 8.3 Turnover margin -2.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.3STEALS 11 15 Steals per game 3.7 5.0BLOCKS 2 11 Blocks per game 0.7 3.7ATTENDANCE 0 1135 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 1-505 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-315

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsElmira College 88 106 194Opponents 92 122 214

Date Opponent Score Att.11/16/13 vs Morrisville State L 75-81 43711/17/13 vs Drew L 68-70 19311/19/13 at SUNY Cortland L 51-63 505

* - Conference game

5

2013-14 SOArINg EAglES BASkEtBAll games 4 & 5: Elmira College vs. hilbert College & Fredonia State

Newspaper Box ScoreElmira College vs Drew11/17/13 1:00 PM at Coles Sports Center/Manhattan, NYAt Coles Sports Center/Manhattan, NYDREW 70, ELMIRA COLLEGE 68ELMIRA COLLEGE (0-2)BORELLI, David 7-12 5-6 19; RANDOLPH, Neil 5-11 0-0 13; KEYS, Josh 3-15 2-29; NEWELL, Matt 3-6 0-0 8; VOGEL, Derrick 2-7 0-0 6; DUTCHER, Kurt 2-4 0-24; METCALF, Jake 2-4 0-0 4; DIBBLE, Tyler 0-0 3-4 3; CESARE, Nick 1-4 0-0 2;McDONALD, Brian 0-1 0-0 0; MULLANE, John 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 10-14 68.DREW (1-1)Mike Klinger 10-15 6-6 27; Jason Huelbig 6-14 0-0 12; John Ford 3-6 0-0 9;Chris Capelli 2-4 2-2 6; Steve Hydzik 1-4 3-5 5; Kevin-Michael Miller 1-12-2 4; Jason Chornyei 1-3 2-2 4; Ozan Yucetepe 1-5 0-0 3; Wally Sajimi 0-00-0 0. Totals 25-52 15-17 70.Elmira College................ 36 32 - 68Drew.......................... 34 36 - 703-point goals--Elmira College 8-29 (RANDOLPH, Neil 3-7; VOGEL, Derrick 2-4;NEWELL, Matt 2-4; KEYS, Josh 1-11; CESARE, Nick 0-2; MULLANE, John 0-1),Drew 5-14 (John Ford 3-5; Ozan Yucetepe 1-2; Mike Klinger 1-3; Chris Capelli0-1; Jason Huelbig 0-3). Fouled out--Elmira College-None, Drew-None.Rebounds--Elmira College 38 (BORELLI, David 14), Drew 31 (Chris Capelli 6).Assists--Elmira College 14 (BORELLI, David 4), Drew 7 (Mike Klinger 4).Total fouls--Elmira College 18, Drew 8. Technical fouls--ElmiraCollege-None, Drew-TEAM 2. A-193

Newspaper Box ScoreElmira College vs Morrisville State11/16/13 3:00 PM at Coles Sports Center/Manhattan, NYAt Coles Sports Center/Manhattan, NYMORRISVILLE STATE 81, ELMIRA COLLEGE 75ELMIRA COLLEGE (1-0)KEYS, Josh 8-14 0-0 24; RANDOLPH, Neil 6-12 5-5 20; VOGEL, Derrick 5-11 0-013; CESARE, Nick 2-8 0-0 6; DUTCHER, Kurt 2-5 0-0 4; METCALF, Jake 2-2 0-24; BORELLI, David 1-4 0-0 2; MULLANE, John 1-3 0-0 2; McDONALD, Brian 0-10-0 0; NEWELL, Matt 0-2 0-0 0; DIBBLE, Tyler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 5-7 75.MORRISVILLE STATE (0-1)Tom Wilk 9-13 3-4 21; Jordan Prior 7-13 2-2 20; Kucjok Ater 6-9 0-0 12;Brandon Hanks 4-12 0-0 10; Jailaan Kinsey 3-7 2-2 8; Sherard King 3-4 0-0 6;Steven Thompson 0-0 2-2 2; Ryan James 1-1 0-0 2; Nick Granato 0-0 0-0 0;Anthony Javier 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-61 9-10 81.Elmira College................ 36 39 - 75Morrisville State............. 30 51 - 813-point goals--Elmira College 16-37 (KEYS, Josh 8-14; VOGEL, Derrick 3-6;RANDOLPH, Neil 3-7; CESARE, Nick 2-7; MULLANE, John 0-1; NEWELL, Matt 0-2),Morrisville State 6-19 (Jordan Prior 4-9; Brandon Hanks 2-5; Jailaan Kinsey0-3; Anthony Javier 0-2). Fouled out--Elmira College-None, MorrisvilleState-None. Rebounds--Elmira College 30 (VOGEL, Derrick 5; BORELLI, David5), Morrisville State 36 (Jordan Prior 7; Tom Wilk 7). Assists--ElmiraCollege 17 (VOGEL, Derrick 5), Morrisville State 13 (Jailaan Kinsey 3;Brandon Hanks 3; Jordan Prior 3). Total fouls--Elmira College 12,Morrisville State 10. Technical fouls--Elmira College-None, MorrisvilleState-None. A-437

6

2013-14 SOArINg EAglES BASkEtBAll games 4 & 5: Elmira College vs. hilbert College & Fredonia State

Newspaper Box ScoreElmira College vs SUNY Cortland11/19/13 8 p.m. at Cortland, NY (Corey Gym)At Cortland, NY (Corey Gym)SUNY CORTLAND 63, ELMIRA COLLEGE 51ELMIRA COLLEGE (0-3)RANDOLPH, Neil 5-12 4-5 14; CESARE, Nick 3-6 0-0 8; DUTCHER, Kurt 1-4 6-108; MULLANE, John 2-4 2-2 6; VOGEL, Derrick 1-7 4-5 6; BORELLI, David 2-6 0-04; KEYS, Josh 1-5 0-0 3; McDONALD, Brian 1-3 0-0 2; NEWELL, Matt 0-0 0-0 0;DIBBLE, Tyler 0-0 0-0 0; METCALF, Jake 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 16-47 16-23 51.SUNY CORTLAND (2-0)SPENDJIAN, Garen 6-12 4-7 18; HERRON, Lamard 4-11 2-4 11; ESTARFAA, Blair3-7 2-2 11; HEFELE, T.J. 2-5 6-8 11; McMAHON, Kevin 1-7 5-6 7; KEARNEY,Maurice 2-4 0-0 4; FELDER, Terrence 0-1 1-4 1; GOLDEN, Andrew 0-3 0-0 0;KELLY, Michael 0-2 0-0 0; GLASCOE, Tyree 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-52 20-31 63.Elmira College................ 16 35 - 51SUNY Cortland................. 28 35 - 633-point goals--Elmira College 3-14 (CESARE, Nick 2-5; KEYS, Josh 1-3; VOGEL,Derrick 0-3; DUTCHER, Kurt 0-1; RANDOLPH, Neil 0-2), SUNY Cortland 7-24(ESTARFAA, Blair 3-6; SPENDJIAN, Garen 2-7; HEFELE, T.J. 1-2; HERRON, Lamard1-4; GOLDEN, Andrew 0-2; KELLY, Michael 0-1; FELDER, Terrence 0-1; McMAHON,Kevin 0-1). Fouled out--Elmira College-None, SUNY Cortland-HEFELE, T.J..Rebounds--Elmira College 43 (RANDOLPH, Neil 7; BORELLI, David 7; MULLANE,John 7), SUNY Cortland 33 (McMAHON, Kevin 14). Assists--Elmira College 7(VOGEL, Derrick 3), SUNY Cortland 12 (HEFELE, T.J. 3; HERRON, Lamard 3).Total fouls--Elmira College 27, SUNY Cortland 24. Technical fouls--ElmiraCollege-None, SUNY Cortland-None. A-505