ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- Saint Peter's University men's basketball senior guard
Marcus Randolph and red-shirt junior forward
Mouhamed Sow were honored on the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Third Team. The Peacocks, the reigning MAAC Champions, were selected to finish in fifth place this coming season.
Randolph led the Peacocks with 42 three-pointers last season, ranking in the top-15 in the conference. He averaged 6.5 points per game, while shooting 40.4% from downtown, good for fourth in the MAAC.
Sow played a key role for the Peacocks during the MAAC Championship run last season, earning MAAC All-Tournament honors. In the opening game of the MAAC Championship, Sow registered 10 rebounds, and four blocks in a two-point win over Rider. Sow powered the Saint Peter's offense in the semifinals with a team-best 15 points, while adding six board and four blocks, including the game-winning bucket as time expired in a two-point win over top-seed Quinnipiac. For the season, Sow averaged 5.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, ranking third in the MAAC in blocks.
Saint Peter's finished the season with a 19-14 record and a 12-8 conference mark, finishing the regular season in fifth place in the MAAC. During the MAAC Championship, the Peacocks defeated #4 Rider 50-48 in the quarterfinals and top-seed Quinnipiac 62-60 in the semifinals. Saint Peter's knocked off #2 seed Fairfield 68-63 to capture the program's second MAAC title in three seasons and the first MAAC Championship for Head Coach
Bashir Mason. Mason and the Peacocks earned the #15 seed in March Madness, where they faced Tennessee in the First Round in Charlotte.
The Peacocks open their 2024-25 season on Monday, November 4 as they take on in-state rival Seton Hall University at the Prudential Center in Newark. Saint Peter's opens their home schedule when they host Saint Elizabeth University on Wednesday, November 20.
The 2024-25 campaign culminates with the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships from March 11-15 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the sixth consecutive year dating back to 2020. For all information regarding the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter.
2024 MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll
| 1 |
Quinnipiac |
166 (11) |
| 2 |
Marist |
144 (1) |
| 3 |
Iona |
139 |
| 4 |
Fairfield |
119 (1) |
| 5 |
Saint Peter's |
118 |
| 6 |
Merrimack |
112 |
| 7 |
Rider |
99 |
| 8 |
Niagara |
66 |
| 9 |
Siena |
54 |
| 10 |
Manhattan |
49 |
| 11 |
Mount St. Mary's |
42 |
| 12 |
Canisius |
38 |
| 13 |
Sacred Heart |
37 |
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