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Aaron Estrada

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Men’s Basketball Set to Start 2019-20 Season on Wednesday Night

The men’s basketball team opens up its 90th campaign at home against Bryant

Game 1
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. Bryant (1-2)
Date: Wednesday, November 13
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
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GAME NOTES
 
The 90th Campaign
  • The Saint Peter's University men's basketball team opens up its 90th season on Wednesday night in Jersey City at the Yanitelli Center with Bryant University.
  • Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., and the game will air live on ESPN+.
  • The contest will be the second straight regular season home-opener for Saint Peter's.
  • Last season, head coach Shaheen Holloway won his head coaching debut, guiding the Peacocks to a 93-86 overtime win over Lafayette in the Yanitelli Center. 
  • Since the 1969-70 season, when Saint Peter's opens the regular season ledger at home, the team has posted a winning record of 19-9.
  • Saint Peter's is 42-31 all-time in season openers dating back to the 1946-47 season.
 
Things to Know Before the Regular-Season Opener
Small Sample Size
  • The Peacocks and Bulldogs will meet for just the second time, after the first ever meeting between the two programs was played last season. 
  • Bryant took the inaugural contest last year in Rhode Island, defeating Saint Peter's 71-63.
 
Dominance against the NEC
  • Saint Peter's will meet five Northeast Conference (NEC) opponents in 2019-20, starting with Bryant on Wednesday night. Peacocks will also face Wagner (11/20), St. Francis Brooklyn (11/30), Fairleigh Dickinson (12/11), and LIU (12/22) this season.
  • Against the current NEC, Saint Peter's holds an all-time record of 150-88 and the program has an all-time record of .500 or better against 9 of the 11 NEC schools.
 
Tune-up Rivalry Game
  • Saint Peter's played crosstown rival New Jersey City University on Nov. 7. in an exhibition game, and defeated its "Battle of the Boulevard" rival 88-61.
 
Next Up
  • Following the home-opener, the men will travel north to the Ocean State, for a meeting with Big East foe, Providence College.
  • The game will be played at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. and will air nationally on FS2.
 
2019-20 Preseason Information
Meet the 2019-20 Squad
  • The Peacocks return seven letterwinners from the 2018-19 season, with a trio of starters returning and the addition of one transfer and six freshmen.
 
Welcome Back
  • Saint Peter's returns the veteran duo of Cameron Jones and Quinn Taylor along with Derrick Woods and Amir Hicks as the team's senior class. Taylor is the only returner to start in more than 30 games last season and he is the team's top returning scorer and rebounder from a year ago. The sophomore combination of KC Ndefo, Dallas Watson, and Majur Majak join the quartet as the remaining letterwinners from a season ago. Ndefo started at forward in 19 games in 2018 and he is the MAACs top returning shot blocker after finishing second in blocked shots as a freshman. Watson made 17 starts at the point guard position for the Peacocks in his rookie campaign, handing out the team's most assists and finishing top-five in scoring.
 
Time to Suit Up
  • Leading the Peacock newcomers will be redshirt junior guard and Penn State transfer Nazeer Bostick, who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. In his two seasons at Penn State, Bostick appeared in 53 games and averaged 3.5 points per outing.
 
New to Jersey City  
African Born
  • Saint Peter's is just one of two men's basketball programs in the country (Oklahoma University) to have four players on its roster that were born on the continent of Africa. Fousseyni and Hassan Drame (Mali), Majur Majak (South Sudan), and KC Ndefo (Nigeria) make up the quartet of African born Peacock players.
 
Back Together Again
  • The Peacocks have three separate pairs of players who were also high school teammates before arriving at Saint Peter's. 
  • Jones and Woods played together at Pennsbury High School in Pennsylvania, the Drame twins played their high school basketball at Our Savior New American School in Long Island, New York, and the duo of Banks and Majak were teammates at The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey.
 
Block Party
  • The Peacocks finished the 2018-19 season ranked third nationally in blocked shots. Saint Peter's ended the season averaging 5.5 blocks per game, only trailing Duke (6.8 bpg) and Washington (5.8 bpg). Ndefo, Majak, and Woods will protect the frontcourt for the Peacocks this season.
 
Year No. 2 
  • Leading the Peacocks into battle for his second year is head coach Shaheen Holloway.
  • Holloway enters the 2019-20 season following a 10-22 overall and 6-12 conference campaign last season. His team closed the season as winners in four out of six games and culminated the year with a first round MAAC Championship win over Marist before falling to eventual four-time champion Iona by just two points in the quarterfinals. Under Holloway, Davauhnte Turner '19 earned Third Team All-MAAC honors and the frontcourt led the Peacocks to a third-place national ranking in shot blocks at the season's end. 
 
Assisting Holloway on the Sideline
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Players Mentioned

Davauhnte Turner

#1 Davauhnte Turner

G
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Nazeer Bostick

#4 Nazeer Bostick

G
6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
Amir Hicks

#13 Amir Hicks

G
5' 11"
Senior
Cameron Jones

#25 Cameron Jones

G
6' 3"
Graduate Student
Majur Majak

#12 Majur Majak

C
7' 1"
Sophomore
KC Ndefo

#11 KC Ndefo

F
6' 7"
Sophomore
Quinn Taylor

#24 Quinn Taylor

G/F
6' 5"
Senior
Dallas Watson

#0 Dallas Watson

G
6' 4"
Sophomore
Derrick Woods

#20 Derrick Woods

F
6' 8"
Senior
Doug Edert

#2 Doug Edert

G
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Davauhnte Turner

#1 Davauhnte Turner

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
G
Nazeer Bostick

#4 Nazeer Bostick

6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
G
Amir Hicks

#13 Amir Hicks

5' 11"
Senior
G
Cameron Jones

#25 Cameron Jones

6' 3"
Graduate Student
G
Majur Majak

#12 Majur Majak

7' 1"
Sophomore
C
KC Ndefo

#11 KC Ndefo

6' 7"
Sophomore
F
Quinn Taylor

#24 Quinn Taylor

6' 5"
Senior
G/F
Dallas Watson

#0 Dallas Watson

6' 4"
Sophomore
G
Derrick Woods

#20 Derrick Woods

6' 8"
Senior
F
Doug Edert

#2 Doug Edert

6' 2"
Freshman
G

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