PLAYER ROTATION
Usual Starters -- F Nick DelTufo, G Whitney Coleman, G/F R.J. Rutledge, G Alex Nunner, G James Hett. Key Subs -- F Rickie Crews; C Dutch Gaitley, G Yaniv Simpson.

GAME REVIEW

LIU 75, Monmouth 65

Monmouth 73, Saint Francis (Pa.) 64

Mount St. Mary's 81, Monmouth 67

GAME PREVIEW

At Robert Morris, NEC tournament, Thursday, March 6

IN FOCUS
Can you say longshot? The Hawks almost beat RMU once during the regular season, but that game was at Monmouth. They lost by 15 at Moon Township.

ROSTER REPORT

--G Jhamar Youngblood left the team prior to the last two games of the regular season. His friends on the team said he left to keep from being a distraction. Youngblood was averaging 12.1 points per game, just behind scoring leader Whitney Coleman. He shot just 28 percent -- 28-for-100 -- from 3-point range and was just a 58.6 percent free-throw shooter.

--Gs Whitney Coleman and Yaniv Simpson scored 18 points apiece in the regular-season-ending loss at Mount St. Mary's.

--Simpson was 8-for-10 from 3-point range in the final two games of the regular season.

--G James Hett leads NEC freshmen with 3.3 assists per game.

--Coleman leads the NEC in free-throw shooting at 89.6 percent, the third-highest percentage in school history.

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