Men's Basketball

December 5, 2007

WATERBURY, Conn.-The Post University men's basketball team returns home for the first time in 16 days with the team plays host to Pace University in a non-conference game in the Drubner Center. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.

The Eagle Sports Network will carry the game live on http://www.posteagles.com/. Joe Coss (play-by-play) will call the action. Fans can listen to the game for free by clicking on the Listen Live logo on the lower left-hand corner of the site, beginning with the Nike Pre-game Show at 6:35 p.m.

Post returns to the friendly confines of its home court, with a 2-3 overall record and a 1-0 mark in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), after a 76-60, win against Nyack, last Saturday. Pace is 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the Northeast-10, after an 84-77 loss to St. Rose on Tuesday evening.

Against Nyack the Eagles received a pair of season-best performances from senior swingman Arthur Robertson (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel) and junior center Jesse Iyalekhue (Bronx, N.Y./Columbus). Robertson led all scorers with 25 points on 8-of-14 from the field, and was 5-of-10 in the second half, en route to 17 points in the half. He also eclipsed the 600-rebound mark, and was named CACC honorable mention.

Iyalekhue poured in a season-high 19 points, connecting on 9-of-12 shooting on the evening. He scored 10 points in the first half for the Eagles.

The Eagles enter the game averaging 70.4 points per game, and have three scorers averaging double-figures. Junior forward AJ Reitter (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) leads the team and is sixth in the CACC in scoring with 16.6 points per game. Robertson is second on the team and ninth in the conference with 15.0 ppg. Iyalekhue is chipping in 10.0 ppg.

Pace comes to the Drubner Center for the first-time ever, and is led by Ryan Williams, who is averaging 20.1 points per game. He has also made 23 three-pointers in seven games. Desmond Quincy Jones is second on the team in scoring with 11.7 ppg, and also leads the team with 9.3 rebounds per contest.

Four players are averaging double-digits, and the team has connected on 61 treys this season. However, opponents are averaging 80.9 ppg, and the opposition is out rebounding the Setters by a -6.0 margin (Pace-35.3 rpg; opponents 41.3 rpg.).

The game will cap of a busy week for Head Coach Mike Donnelly and his family, as he and his wife Jill welcomed Payten Rose Donnelly into the world on Monday. Mom and baby are doing well, while Dad and daughter Kara are excited as well.

Also Rob Ernst will serve as an honorary coach for the Eagles.

The Eagles return to the Drubner Center on Saturday afternoon, as they host USP in a CACC clash. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m.; following the USP-Post women's game at 1 p.m. Saturday's game will be the first meeting between the two schools since USP upset Post in the 2007 CACC Championship semifinals.