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sportzwireradio · 4 years ago

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SPORTS REPORT INTERVIEWS ST. JOSEPH'S LONG ISLAND MEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH BILLY HEENAN

NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 07, 2020/THOMAS BRICE/-- The Sports Report New York's #1 sports show is proud to announce as a guest this week new assistant coach for the St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball team Billy Heenan. Billy Heenan, who is entering his first season as an assistant coach for the St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball team played for the Golden Eagles from 2014-2016 where he appeared in 46 games including 21 starts including scoring 10 points or more 12 times in his career at St. Joseph's Long Island including a career high 21 points on January 2, 2016 against Maritime.

Billy Heenan, on January 4, 2016 was named to the Skyline Conference Weekly Honor Roll, and was named to the Skyline Conference Academic Honor Roll in Winter 2015-16.

Billy Heenan, a business administration graduate at St. Joseph's Long Island also was a member of the 2014-15 St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball team which played in the Skyline Conference Tournament final.

Billy Heenan, an Amityville High School graduate where from 2010-2012 he was a member of the Academic All County and the first ever player from Amityville High School to win the Fred Williamson Award which is given to a player recovering from injury.

"I want to congratulate Billy Heenan on coming back home where he belongs as an assistant coach the St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball team. Billy Heenan was an important cog to the great 2014-15 Golden Eagles team which played in the Skyline Conference Final, as his leadership on and off the court helped that team dramatically reverse it's fortunes. Billy's skills on and off the court have helped make him one of the up and coming minds in the game of basketball on Long Island. I am honored to have had Billy Heenan on the Sports Report this week to talk the past, present, and future of the St. Joseph's Long Island Golden Eagles Men's Basketball along with another alum of St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball in Brad Weiss. I look forward to watching and covering St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball on the Sports Report this upcoming season."--Thomas J. Brice, founder, host, producer, engineer of The Sports Report New York's #1 Sports show

The Sports Report New York's #1 sports show is hosted, produced, and engineered by Thomas Brice, and features weekly analysis from Ernest Dove an accredited member of the media covering the New York Mets minor league affiliate the St. Lucie Mets. Rob Morosca, and Brad Weiss 4 year Starting Forward/Center with the St. Joseph's Golden Eagles men's basketball team who's 25th all time in school history in rebounds and near the top of the list in blocked shots.

The Sports Report has quickly established itself as New York's #1 sports show generating over 500,000 views on all of it's platforms and has had on some of the top athletes in the world of sports such as 13 year Major League Baseball veteran, key member of the 2000 National League Champion New York Mets Glendon Rusch who pitched the 22nd one hitter in New York Mets history on July 14, 2001. Binghamton Rumble Ponies pitcher Stephen Villines who is the all time leader in saves for the Kansas Jayhawks. St. Lucie Mets pitcher Conner O'Neil the all time leader in saves for the Cal State Northridge Matadors. Kansas City Royals Hall Of Famer, two time American League All Star, 20 game winner, 1985 World Series Champion and analyst for Fox Sports West covering the Los Angeles Angels Mark Gubicza. Coastal Carolina George F Buddy Sasser Hall Of Fame, Big South Conference Hall Of Fame, former Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos infielder Luis Lopez. President of the NFL Players association Austin-San Antonio chapters, former Texas University running back Rodrick Walker. 9 year MLB veteran Jeff Frye of the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, and Colorado Rockies who hit for the 2nd cycle in Toronto Blue Jays history on August 17, 2001. 14 year NHL Defenseman Rich Pilon who is 2nd all time in New York Islanders history in penalty minutes and 30th all time in games played, and the all time leader in appearances for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and New York Mets prospect Trey Cobb.

To listen to this week's episode of the Sports Report featuring new St. Joseph's Long Island Men's Basketball assistant coach Billy Heenan click on the link below as Billy Heenan opens the Sports Report at the 3 minute and 10 second mark.

https://soundcloud.com/thesportsreport2019/catching-up-with-billy-heenan-and-doug-elwell

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auburnfamilynews · 5 years ago

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Let’s look back at Samir’s 5 best scoring games of his Auburn career!

This week, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of the seniors that contributed greatly to the success of the Auburn Basketball program. I really hoped we would celebrating their run through their 3rd consecutive NCAA Tournament but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be. If you know me, I like countdowns and I thought it would be a great idea to look back at some of these senior’s best games in an Auburn uniform. We’re gonna start with this year’s leading scorer: Samir Doughty.

Thank you Samir for coming to Auburn! We are definitely going to miss your confidence and the swagger you brought to the team on a nightly basis.

Samir’s Auburn Career

Junior: 7.3 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 43% 3-point shooter

Senior: 16.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 33.5% 3-point shooter

Samir began his career at VCU where he played for 2 seasons for now LSU coach Will Wade. Samir transferred to Auburn before the start of the 2017-2018 season and sat out that season. Last season, Samir played a key role off the bench behind Jared Harper and Bryce Brown and had a knack for making big shots in big situations. One of the shots I’ll never forget was his 3-pointer late in the Tennessee game in Auburn Arena. It was my last home game there as a student and when Samir made that shot, I knew we were gonna win that game.

I lied last week when I said my favorite Samir play was the crossover, step-back 3 against Colgate. THIS is my favorite Samir Doughty play!!!! pic.twitter.com/FPpObA206C

— Jaylin Williams Fan Account (@ShootyHoopsWill) March 16, 2020

Samir had a much bigger role this season taking over the primary 2 guard duties as well as the backup PG role. Doughty led the team in scoring this season and had several games where he put the team on his back including in his final game in Knoxville making a career high 8 3-pointers.

Here are Samir’s Top 5 Scoring Performances of his Auburn Career:

5. 24 points - 12/19/19 vs N.C. State

Auburn needed all of Samir’s 24 points in this one, a 79-73 win over the Wolfpack. Samir was 6-12 from the field, 3-5 from 3, and 9-12 from the free throw line. Like he did against Tennessee in March 2019, Doughty made another shot to tell another team “Night Night!!”

Samir Doughty’s HUGE 3 to ice the game against NC State pic.twitter.com/Cife1l9E9R

— Jaylin Williams Fan Account (@ShootyHoopsWill) January 3, 2020

4. 25 points - 3/4/20 vs Texas A&M

This is the only game on this list in which Auburn lost and unfortunately for Samir, it was his last home game too. Auburn only lost 3 times in his 2 years on the court at Auburn Arena. Samir was 5-12 from the field, with all 5 of his baskets being 3s and was 10-11 from the free throw line.

3. 26 points - 2/28/20 vs LSU

What will forever be known as the “Samir Shimmy” game to me. Samir was 10-19 from the field, including 5-11 from 3. Auburn was down big late and many people LSU had this game won. But J’Von McCormick’s 3-point barrage helped get Auburn to overtime and then Samir took over. Doughty made multiple 3s in OT, the final one led to this...

AUBURN WINS IN OT!!! pic.twitter.com/5m4wuq5G28

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) February 8, 2020

2. 32 points - 3/7/20 at Tennessee

Talk about going out on a high note! 2 of Samir’s 5 highest scoring performances came during the final week of the season. Samir made a career high 8 3-pointers against the Vols and had an answer for every Tennessee run. Samir made his 8 3s on 13 attempts, and was 10-19 overall from the field.

1. 33 points - 11/15/19 vs Cal State Northridge

This game was a blowout, sorely needed after the nailbiter at South Alabama but Samir made sure to put this game away early. Samir was 10-15 from the field, 6-8 from 3 and made all 7 free throws. He also had 8 rebounds in this contest. Samir had 22 points, a new career-high at that point, by halftime, part of a 116-70 barrage over the Matadors.

If you remember my preseason Countdown to Tip-Off and now add this year to the mix, Samir would have made the list on 4 occasions, as he accumulated 4 25+ point games.

Thanks again Samir for being an Auburn Tiger and I know the Auburn family will always have your back!

Tomorrow, we’ll look back upon another one of our seniors.

from College and Magnolia - All Posts https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2020/3/16/21181128/thank-you-seniors-samir-doughty

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junker-town · 5 years ago

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25 college basketball players who will define Championship Week, ranked

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

These are the college basketball players you need to know as Championship Week grabs the spotlight.

For complete coverage of Championship Week from Mike Rutherford, follow this StoryStream.

25. Lamine Diane (Cal State Northridge/Big West)

After being ruled academically ineligible to compete during the first semester of the 2019-20 season, Diane has been back to putting up his ridiculous stat lines over the last two months. As a freshman last season, the native of Senegal was the only player in the country to average above 24 points (24.8), 10 rebounds (11.2) and two blocks (2.2) per game. Diane is averaging more points (25.5 ppg) this season, has upped his steal (1.8 spg) and assist (2.9 apg) averages, and is only slightly behind last year’s pace when it comes to rebounds (10.1 rpg) and blocked shots (1.8 bpg). His Matadors squad currently sits in a three-way tie for second place in the Big West standings.

24. Jibri Blount (North Carolina Central/MEAC)

Blount does a little bit of everything for North Carolina Central, which is currently tied for first in the MEAC standings and looking to claim the league’s auto-bid to the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season. If that happens, it’s almost a certainty that Blount will have had a significant amount to do with it. The 6’7 junior is averaging 19.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.

23. Sayeed Pridgett (Montana/Big Sky)

Pridgett has quietly been having one of the best seasons of any non-power conference player in America. The 6’5 senior from Oakland leads Montana in scoring (19.3 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg), assists (3.8 apg), and steals (1.6 spg). With two games to play in the regular season, Pridgett and the Grizzlies currently sit tied atop the Big Sky standings with Eastern Washington at 14-4.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" Sayeed Pridgett goes coast-to-coast for a massive dunk! #GoGriz #GrizHoops pic.twitter.com/PVT2pkk8S1

— Montana Griz BB (@MontanaGrizBB) January 22, 2017

22. Isaiah Blackmon (Saint Francis Pa./Northeast)

A year ago, Saint Francis’ Keith Braxton took home Northeast Conference Player of the Year honors. Twelve months later, that same honor seems destined to go to Braxton’s teammate, Isaiah Blackmon. The 6’1 guard has been a revelation for the Red Flash in his senior season, and will enter the NEC tournament averaging career-bests in points (19.2 ppg), rebounds (5.4 rpg), assists (1.6 apg), and free-throw percentage (83.3 percent).

21. Paul Atkinson (Yale/Ivy League)

Yale has been the best team in the Ivy League so far this season thanks in no small part to Atkinson’s 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. The play of the 6’10 junior will make the Bulldogs a trendy NCAA tournament upset pick ... if they can get there. In order to make that happen they will likely have to knock off their biggest threat, Harvard, on the Crimson’s home floor.

20 Tevin Brown (Murray State/Ohio Valley)

Ja Morant’s right hand man a year ago, Brown has stepped into the Racers’ starring role as a sophomore. One of the best two-way players in America at any level, Brown is a lockdown defender who shoots 41.5 percent from three and leads the Racers in scoring at 17.7 points per game.

19. Jalen Pickett (Siena/Metro Atlantic Athletic)

A year ago, Pickett set Siena freshmen records for both scoring (521) and steals (66), while also achieving the fourth-highest single-season assist total overall (221) in school history. He’s been even better as a sophomore, and has the Saints alone atop the MAAC standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

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18. Jordan Ford (Saint Mary’s/West Coast)

It’s a only a mild overstatement to say that as Jordan Ford goes, so goes Saint Mary’s. Heading into his final collegiate postseason, the lightning quick guard is averaging 21.2 points per game and shooting 48.9 percent from the field despite almost never leaving the floor for the Gaels. He’s been on the court for an average of 37.7 minutes per game this season, the ninth-highest rate in the country.

17. Osasumwen Osaghae (Florida International/Conference USA)

One of the most improved players in the country, Osaghae averages 12.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. The senior forward makes his biggest impact on the defensive end where he leads the nation in blocks by averaging just a hair under 4.0 swats per game. No one else in Division-I averages better than 3.5. Osaghae and the Panthers are currently tied for fourth in the C-USA standings with two regular season games still to play.

16. Caleb Homesley (Liberty/Atlantic Sun)

The likely A-Sun Player of the Year, Homesley has saved the best basketball of his college career for the end. The 6’6 senior guard averaged 22.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while shooting 50.9 percent from the field and 46.5 percent from three over the final seven games of the regular season.

15. Trevelin Queen (New Mexico State/WAC)

Queen was the Aggies’ leading scorer before having to miss five games after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on Jan. 22 to fix a lateral meniscus tear. Though the initial prognosis was that Queen would be out 4-6 weeks, he returned to the court just 22 days after the surgery. The super athletic senior has looked more like his old self in recent games. If he can get back to near 100 percent, NMSU could once again be a dangerous first round opponent for some top five seed.

14. Jordan Lyons (Furman/Southern)

The winningest player in the history of the program, Lyons will also leave Furman as the school’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, and in the top 15 on the career scoring list. The only major thing Lyons has failed to do in his college career — which has included Furman being ranked for the first time in 107-year history of the program — is take the Paladins to the NCAA tournament. Lyons and company will be the 2 seed in the SoCon tournament. If they win it, Furman will make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1980.

13. Grant Riller (Charleston/Colonial Athletic Association)

There’s a reason why Riller has started to pop up as a late first round pick on a number of recent NBA mock drafts. He’s got tremendous handles, a reliable outside shot, and (currently) 2,448 career points, the second most in Charleston history and the third most in Colonial Athletic Association history. Riller will look to add to that total at the CAA tournament, where his Cougars will be the No. 4 seed.

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12. Carlik Jones (Radford/Big South)

The Big South’s Player of the Year, Jones has scored 20 or more points 16 times this season. Despite only being a junior, Jones ranks eighth on Radford’s all-time scoring list with 1,498 career points. He and the Highlanders will be the No. 1 seed at the Big South tournament.

11. Terry Taylor (Austin Peay/Ohio Valley)

One of the most electric players at the mid/low major level of Division-I, Taylor leads Austin Peay in scoring (21.4 ppg), rebounding (10.8 rpg), steals (1.3 spg), and blocks (1.4 bpg). The likely OVC Player of the Year, Taylor has 16 double-doubles so far in his junior season, a feat he accomplished in seven of Austin Peay’s final eight regular season games. Taylor and the Governors will be a dangerous 3 seed in the OVC tournament.

10. AJ Green (Northern Iowa/Missouri Valley)

A year after being the Missouri Valley’s top scoring freshman, Green has emerged as the best player on the league’s best team. The 6’4 sophomore from Cedar Falls is averaging 19.7 points per game and shooting 91.7 percent from the free-throw line, the fourth-best mark in the country. Regardless of how UNI performs at Arch Madness, it’s a safe bet that the basketball world will see Green do his thing in the Big Dance.

9. Jermaine Marrow (Hampton/Big South)

The nation’s fourth-leading scorer at 24.3 points per game, Marrow makes Hampton a real threat as the 5 seed in the Big South tournament. The Pirates won one game in the Big South tournament last season, their first in the conference after making the jump over from the MEAC. With Marrow, who became the school’s all-time leading scorer last month, graduating after this year’s run, the pressure is on to do even more.

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8. Justin Turner (Bowling Green/Mid-American)

Currently averaging 18.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, Turner is the primary reason Bowling Green is in prime position to make it to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1968. The Falcons have been a force in the MAC with Turner at full-strength, but were remarkably average in December when the 6’4 junior was sidelined with a hamstring injury he suffered during the team’s overtime upset of Cincinnati.

7. Jhivvan Jackson (UTSA/Conference USA)

UTSA’s season hasn’t gone as well as Roadrunner fans were hoping it would four months ago, but that isn’t the fault of Jackson. The nation’s second-leading scorer is averaging 27.3 points per game and has scored 20 or more points in every game but three this season. Even though they’re currently below .500 with a 7-9 league mark, Jackson should make UTSA a live longshot at next week’s C-USA tournament.

6. Yoeli Childs (BYU/West Coast)

Suspended for the first nine games of this season because he filed his NBA Draft eligibility paperwork in the wrong order (swear to God that’s a real story, look it up), Childs has been an absolute monster for the Cougars since returning. BYU is riding a nine-game winning streak that includes a double-digit victory over Gonzaga, and Childs is the biggest reason why. The senior forward heads into the postseason averaging 22.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

5. Nathan Knight (William & Mary/Colonial Athletic Association)

The Tribe’s leader in both scoring (20.6 ppg) and rebounding (10.5 rpg), Knight is about to wrap up arguably the best career in the history of William & Mary basketball. What makes the season even more special is that he could have easily transferred to a high major program for his final college season, especially after head coach Tony Shaver was given a surprising axe last spring. Instead, Knight stuck around to make sure the Dane Fischer era got off to the best start possible. The only thing left for him to accomplish now is taking the Tribe to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the 83-year history of the program.

.@wmtribembb senior center Nathan Knight has been named Men's #CAAHoops Player of the Week, while @Elonmbasketball guard Hunter McIntosh earned CAA Rookie of the Week accolades pic.twitter.com/8X1Ra2vVM0

— CAA Basketball (@CAABasketball) February 17, 2020

4. Loudon Love (Wright State/Horizon League)

The play of Love is the biggest reason Wright State heads into the postseason with a 25-6 overall record and won the conference’s regular season title by a full two games over Northern Kentucky. The 6’9 Love was named Horizon League Player of the Year after averaging 16.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

3. Sa’eed Nelson (American/Patriot League)

American’s all-time leading scorer, Nelson is the only active Division-1 player with 2,000 career points, 500 assists, 500 rebounds and 250 steals. Earlier this week he became the third American player to be named Patriot League Player of the Year, joining Patrick Docter (2002) and Derrick Mercer (2009). Nelson’s Eagles will be the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League tournament.

2. Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga/West Coast)

One of the least-heralded Gonzaga stars in recent years, Petrusev’s meteoric rise in his sophomore season is the main reason the Zags are right back in the mix as a top tier national title contender. The 6’11 native of Serbia enters the postseason averaging 17.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.

1. Anthony Lamb (Vermont/America East)

His numbers are down a bit from last season, but Lamb still seems like a virtual lock to win his second straight America East Player of the Year award. Lamb now also has the opportunity to become just the second player in the history of the America East to be named the Most Valuable Player of the league’s tournament three times. The only time in his college career that Lamb didn’t earn the honor was two years ago when the Catamounts were upset in the championship game by UMBC.

Absolutely nothing noteworthy happened after that.

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