STANDISH, ME – Monks Basketball Head Coach Rob Sanicola '99 has announced his team awards. Six players received accolades for their efforts during the season, which yielded the team's first GNAC Championship. Read more

STANDISH, ME – The Maine Men’s Basketball Coaches and Writers Association (MMBCWA) has announced its 2008-2009 men’s basketball awards. The head coaches from the thirteen college programs in the State of Maine voted for the Player, Rookie and Coach of the Year awards as well as the All-State and Rookie Teams. Read more

STANDISH, ME – Saint Joseph's College sophomore guard Tyler Kelley (Saco, ME/Thornton Academy) has broken the single-season record for shooting percentage from beyond the arc. Kelley shot 49.1% (54-110) from three-point distance during the 2008-09 campaign to break the 47.4% mark set by teammate Alberto Rue '10 (Jamaica Plain, MA) in 2007-08. Read more

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BRIDGEWATER, MA - Bridgewater State (21-6) defeated Saint Joseph's (21-8), 95-79, in the opening round of the NCAA DIII Tournament on Thursday evening. Tyler Kelley ‘11 (Saco, ME) had 16 points to lead four SJC players who reached double figures. The Bears, who will travel to Middlebury College on Saturday for a second round contest, shot 66.7% from the field overall and 73.1% in the second stanza in the win. Read more

STANDISH, ME - The NCAA has announced the DIII Men's Basketball Tournament pairings, and Saint Joseph's College (21-7, 12-6 GNAC) will play at Bridgewater State College (20-6, 10-2 MASCAC) in the opening round on Thursday, March 5th at 7:00 PM. Read more

STANDISH, ME – Last week certainly was a memorable one for Saint Joseph’s Men’s Basketball Head Coach Rob Sanicola ‘99. Read more

3/2/09 – Vachon Named GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player

STANDISH, ME – Third-seeded Saint Joseph’s College defeated #4 Emmanuel College in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, 74-72 in overtime, and will play in the NCAA DIII Tournament for the first time since 2003. Senior point guard Scot Vachon (Schenectady, NY/Albany Academy) had eight points, seven rebounds and five assists in the title-clinching contest and received Tournament Most Valuable Player honors. Read more

STANDISH, ME – Third-seeded Saint Joseph’s (21-7, 12-6 GNAC) needed overtime to get past #4 Emmanuel (17-11, 12-6) in the GNAC Championship game at the Harold Alfond Center on Saturday afternoon. The Monks held a lead for over 39 minutes in regulation, but a two-pointer from Saints forward Tyrone Buchanan ‘11 (Detroit, MI) as the final buzzer rang tied the game, sending the title bout into overtime. The extra frame was knotted at 72-apiece, but a back-door play executed by Elbie Murphy ‘09 (Loudonville, NY) with two seconds remaining clinched a 74-72 victory and a GNAC Championship for the Monks. Chris Davis ‘11 (New York, NY) scored a team-high 16 points in the NCAA Tournament berth-clinching win. Ray Eatmon '10 (Huntington, NY) and Murphy were named to the All-Tournament Team and Scot Vachon ‘09 (Schenectady, NY) received Tournament Most Valuable Player honors.
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