Men's Basketball

November 30, 2007

WATERBURY, Conn.-After an 11-day lay-off, the Post University men's basketball team returns to the hardwood on Saturday afternoon at Nyack, for the first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North contest of the season.

Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. in the Bowman Gym, following the Post women's game against Nyack at 4 p.m.

The Eagles have been idle since falling 72-71 to C.W. Post on November 20 in the Drubner Center. In that game, junior AJ Reitter (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) led the Eagles with 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field. The 6-foot-5 forward netted 15 of his team-high points in the first half, knocking down 5-of-8 from the floor and three three-pointers.

He leads the team and is fifth in the CACC, in scoring with 18.8 points per game. In addition, Reitter is sixth in the conference with 11 three-pointers made.

Senior swingman Arthur Robertson (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel) became the latest member of the 1,000-point club against C.W. Post, with a driving lay-up in the lane with 6:18 left in the second half. He needed three points entering, to reach the milestone, and finished the evening with nine to give him 1,006 points in his career. He enters Saturday's contest needing only four rebounds for 600 in his career.

The Warriors enter Saturday's matchup with the Eagles, with a 3-2 overall mark. After dropping its first two games of the season to Adelphi (68-63) and Molloy (74-70), Nyack has won three straight, heading into the meeting with Post. Last time out Nyack, beat Baptist Bible, 73-60, behind 25 points from Brian Roberts.

Roberts is the only player averaging double-digits for Nyack with 11.6 points per game, and is leading the team on the glass with 7.0 rebounds per contest. John Van Dunk is second on the team in scoring with 9.2 points per game, as he is shooting 50 percent (20-40) from the floor this season. Sheanan Martinez leads the team in assists with 17 (3.4 per game).

The contest features two of the top rebounding teams in the conference, as with games played through November 27, Nyack tops the conference with 43.0 rebounds per game, with the Eagles right behind in second with 42.0 caroms a game.

The Eagles won both meetings with the Warriors last season, and have won each of the last three meetings between the two teams. Post won 70-65, behind 15 points from swingman James Lee, in the last game at Bowman Gym, on Nov. 28, 2006. The Eagles took the second meeting of the season 85-73, with 14 points and nine rebounds from Robertson.

The two teams will meet again on January 31 at the Drubner Center.

Post returns home on Thursday, Dec. 6 with a non-conference tilt against Pace University. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. The game will be webcast on http://www.posteagles.com/, with Joe Coss (play-by-play) calling the action, beginning with the Nike pre-game show at 6:35 p.m.