Maybe those criminal justice majors at John Jay can get our lemon tree back from Stony Brook.
Well that wasn’t good at all, was it? The Flying Dutchmen’s four-game winning streak ended with a giant thud Wednesday night, when Stony Brook figuratively dragged the lemon tree out of Hempstead (they couldn’t literally do it because the game was at Stony Brook) with a 79-62 win. The good news is that wasn’t really the local rivalry game the Dutchmen had to win. That arrives today, when the Dutchmen host Division III John Jay. Hey, it’s a rivalry game if I say it is. Here’s a look back at the loss to the Patriots (ugh) and a look ahead to *checks Google* the Bloodhounds? That’s a cool nickname.
THE MOST RECENT GAME SUMMARIZED IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Bleeech. The Dutchmen led for a span of 19:58 bridging the halves, which should have been enough for the officials to grant them the victory. Alas, Stony Brook ended the game on a 45-20 run that began right after the Dutchmen took their biggest lead at 42-34 following a nostalgic 3-point play by Zach Cooks. The Dutchmen went 8-for-27 from the field the rest of the way, but the percentage was boosted by going 3-for-5 over the meaningless final 2:27. The Dutchmen finished the game just 5-for-26 from 3-point land — the quartet of Aaron Estrada, Jalen Ray, Zach Cooks and Omar Silverio combined to go 3-for-23, with Cooks and Silverio going a combined 0-for-12 — and allowed Stony Brook to pull down a whopping 20 offensive rebounds. Darlinstone Dubar scored 17 points, including 13 in the first half, while Cooks had 14 points. Ray had just six points, though he once again led the Dutchmen in rebounding with eight boards. Kvonn Cramer had eight points off the bench while Abayomi Iyiola had six points on 3-for-3 shooting and added three rebounds, two steals and two blocks despite playing just 11 minutes.
3 STARS OF THE GAME (vs. Stony Brook, 12/8)
3: Darlinstone Dubar
2: Zach Cooks
1: Abayomi Iyiola
SEASON STANDINGS
Darlinstone Dubar 15
Zach Cooks 13
Aaron Estrada 12
Jalen Ray 9
Omar Silverio 5
Kvonn Cramer 4
Abayomi Iyiola 2
THE FLYING DUTCHMEN AFTER TEN GAMES
With Wednesday’s loss, the Dutchmen fell to 5-5, which is tied for the 43rd-best start in program history. The Dutchmen were over .500 through 10 games in each of the previous seven seasons. Ten other teams began 5-5, most recently the 2001-02 team. Here is how some notable Hofstra teams have fared through 10 games.
NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1975-76: 5-5
1976-77: 7-3
1999-2000: 6-4
2000-01: 7-3
2019-20 (IT COUNTS TO US): 6-4
NIT TEAMS
1998-99: 6-4
2004-05: 9-1 (most recent 9-1 start, loss to Syracuse in 10th game was first of season)
2005-06: 8-2
2006-07: 6-4
2015-16: 6-4
2018-19: 7-3 (most recent 7-3 start, marked fourth win in the 16-game winning streak)
NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1958-59: 6-4
1961-62: 9-1
1962-63: 7-3
1963-64: 9-1
Some other notable eight-game starts:
2020-21: 6-4 (most recent 6-4 start)
2013-14: 3-7 (most recent 3-7 start)
2008-09: 8-2 (most recent 8-2 start)
2007-08: 2-8 (most recent 2-8 start)
2003-04: 4-6 (most recent 4-6 start)
2002-03: 1-9 (most recent 1-9 start)
2001-02: 5-5 (at .500 for the last time)
1994-95: 2-8 (Jay Wright’s first team)
1993-94: 1-9 (VBK’s last team)
1960-61: 10-0 (most recent 10-0 start)
1959-60: 10-0
1955-56: 10-0
1947-48: 9-1 (loss to Brooklyn Polytech in 10th game was first of season)
The Dutchmen have never opened a season 0-10.
Full records not available for the following seasons: 1936-37, 1941-42, 1942-43, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1954-55, 1957-58.
This feature is inspired by Greg Prince, who measures how the current Mets compare, record-wise, to previous teams through the same point in the season.
NUMBER TEN THROUGH TEN
With Wednesday’s loss, Speedy Claxton fell to 5-5 as head coach. He is the third head coach to open 5-5 at Hofstra, following in the footsteps of the man who helped recruit him to Hofstra, Tom Pecora (2001-02), as well as Joe Harrington (1979-80).
NO REALLY THAT WASN’T MUCH FUN AT ALL
The good news: Even with Wednesday’s loss, Hofstra is still 24-6 all-time against Stony Brook. The bad news: The 17-point margin of defeat made it the Dutchmen’s most lopsided defeat against their Long Island rivals. Stony Brook’s four previous wins against Hofstra as a Division I member came by a combined 20 points, and that’s with a 65-52 win on Dec. 21, 2002. Good thing I was only 12 years old and had no idea what a Hofstra or a Stony Brook were when the Flying Dutchmen lost to the Division III Patriots during the 1985-86 season!
NOT QUITE ON THE REBOUND
Per loyal reader EvanJ, the 54 rebounds by Stony Brook were the most recorded by a Hofstra opponent since James Madison needed three overtimes to collect 55 rebounds in the Dutchmen’s 95-88 win on Feb. 9, 2005. In addition, the 20 offensive rebounds by Stony Brook were the most by an opponent since Towson had 22 offensive rebounds in a 76-65 win on Feb. 27, 2020. Twelve days later the Dutchmen (thought they) were dancing, so there’s that?
DOUBLE THE O-FER “FUN”
Omar Silverio (0-for-7) and Zach Cooks (0-for-5) were each scoreless from 3-point land. It marked the first time two Hofstra players were 0-for from 3-point land (minimum five attempts) since Mar. 17, 2010, when Cornelius Vines (0-for-8) and Chaz Williams (0-for-6) combined to go 0-for-14 in the 74-60 loss to IUPUI in the CBI. You know something wasn’t good when it’s compared to one of the Dutchmen’s CBI experiences. (And that also proved to be the last game at Hofstra for Vines, who was a senior, and Williams, who wasn’t, as well as Tom Pecora. Not a great night)
MISFIRING FROM THREE
The Dutchmen shot 19.2 percent (5-for-26) from 3-point land Wednesday, which marked their poorest performance from beyond the arc (minimum 20 attempts) since they were 4-for-25 (16 percent) in an 88-61 loss to William & Mary on Jan 2, 2020. Things turned out OK after that, though!
SILVERIO’S STREAK STOPPED
Alliteration! Omar Silverio’s streak of double-digit scoring efforts ended at a potentially record-setting four games as he was limited to three points (ironically, in that it’s not ironic at all, collected via a nostalgic 3-point play). Silverio is the first Hofstra player since at least the 2006-07 season to score in double digits in four consecutive games as a reserve.
ZACH STILL COOKIN’
It wasn’t all bad Wednesday! Zach Cooks scored 14 points as he extended his career-opening (well, at Hofstra, at least) streak of double-digit scoring efforts to 10 games. Cooks is just the third player in the last 30 years to begin his Hofstra career by scoring in double figures in at least 10 straight games and the first since 2014-15, when Juan’ya Green scored in double figures in every game on his way to building a 43-game streak and Ameen Tanksley scored in double figures in his first 19 games.
Juan’ya Green 43 games (start of 2014-15 season through Dec. 9, 2015)
Ameen Tanksley 19 games (2014-15 season)
ZACH COOKS 10 games (2021-22 season)
Seth Meyers 8 games (1995-96 season)
Antoine Agudio 7 games (2004-05 season)***
***freshman
Speedy Claxton’s career-opening double-digit scoring streak lasted three games in 1996-97, while the late great Demetrius Dudley’s streak spanned four games in 1991-92.
RAY MOVIN’ ON UP
More good news/bad news! The good news is that by scoring six points Wednesday, Jalen Ray moved past Leroy Allen into 13th place on the all-time Hofstra scoring list and also spaced out the gradualness of his climb. Of course, that’s also the bad news, as Ray finished the game two points shy of surpassing Frank Walker for 12th place.
12.) Frank Walker 1,437
13.) JALEN RAY 1,436
14.) Leroy Allen 1,435
15.) Rick Apodaca 1,422
Ray has gained at least a half-spot on the all-time Hofstra scoring list in 20 of the 25 games he’s played since joining the 1,000-point club last Dec. 22. Assuming he moves past Walker, it will likely be a while before he catches Norman Richardson, who is 11th all-time with 1,677 points.
Dec. 22, 2020: Tied for 38th place
Jan. 2: 38th place
Jan. 3: 37th place
Jan. 7: 36th place
Jan. 9: 35th place
Jan. 15: 34th place
Jan. 17: 33rd place
Jan. 23: 29th place
Jan. 24: Tied for 28th place
Jan. 30: 28th place
Jan. 31: 25th place
Feb. 6: 23rd place
Feb. 7: 22nd place
Feb. 13: 21st place
Feb. 14: 21st place
Mar. 7: 18th place
Mar. 8: 17th place
Nov. 16: 16th place
Nov. 19: 15th place
Nov. 22: 15th place
Nov. 24: 15th place
Nov. 27: 15th place
Dec. 1: 15th place
Dec. 4: 14th place
Dec. 8: 13th place
REBOUNDING RAY
But really, it might be time to start wondering how many rebounds Jalen Ray needs to average in order to catch former teammate Rokas Gustys, who holds the Hofstra Division I-era rebounding record. Ray led the Dutchmen in rebounding for the third straight game Saturday. He didn’t even hold a share of the team lead in rebounds in any of his first 128 games with the Dutchmen. And now only six players since 2018-19 have led or tied for the team lead in rebounds in a single game more than Ray! (The list: Isaac Kante, Gustys, Jacquil Taylor, Tareq Coburn, Eli Pemberton and Kvonn Cramer) Now THAT’S quirky!
The last player to lead or share the team lead in rebounding for more than three consecutive games was Kante, who held at least a share of the team rebounding lead in the final six games of last season.
(If the Dutchmen win the CAA championship and advance to the national championship game, they would play 30 more games. Ray would need to average 32.4 rebounds over those 30 games in order to break Gustys’ Division I-era record of 1,305 rebounds)
IYIOLA ON TARGET
Abayomi Iyiola, who scored eight points on 4-of-4 shooting in the 88-69 win over Bucknell on Dec. 4, scored six points on 3-of-3 shooting Wednesday. He’s the first Hofstra player to enjoy back-to-back perfect shooting games (minimum three attempts) since Jacquil Taylor was 5-for-5 in consecutive games against Towson and James Madison from Feb. 21-23, 2019.
OVER THE AIR
Today’s game will be aired on FloHoops.com (subscription required). Hofstra will provide a radio feed as well as live stats at the Pride Productions hub.
JOHN JAY AND HOFSTRA VS. NON-DIVISION I FOES
John Jay (official school name: John Jay College of Criminal Justice) is a Division III school located in the heart of New York City. The Bloodhounds (again, fantastic nickname) play their home games at The Doghouse (an even more fantastic name for an arena) and compete in the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC). The school is named after former New York governor John Jay, who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. Who said I never offer any actual information here??
John Jay is 2-7 after edging Old Westbury, 67-66, on Friday night. Angel Rivera leads the Bloodhounds with 14.1 points per game while Garrison Watkins (11.8 points per game) and Bleron Lata (10.9 points per game) area also averaging in double figures. Dan Kenny is pulling down a team-high 7.7 rebounds per game while Watkins is averaging 6.0 rebounds per game.
John Jay was picked to finish third in the eight-team CUNYAC.
The Flying Dutchmen have won their last 21 games against non-Division I foes dating back to a 70-54 loss to Florida Southern during the 1988-89 seasons. John Jay is the second non-Division I opponent of the season for the Dutchmen, who beat Molloy College, 87-49, on Nov. 24. As far as I can tell, this is the first time the Dutchmen have faced multiple non-Division I squads in a season since 1997-98, when they beat American-Puerto Rico in the Puerto Rico Shootout before beating Stony Brook at the PFC. At least then one of the opponents was in a tournament setting.
Anyway, the Dutchmen have played at least one non-Division I foe six times in the last seven seasons. There were no non-Division I games last season due to the pandemic.
There is no line on this game, because even degenerate gamblers do not bet on Division I vs. non-Division I games. The Dutchmen are 5-4 against the spread this season.
THINGS YOU CAN SHOUT ON TWITTER IF CALLS GO DO NOT GO HOFSTRA’S WAY
Eric Adams bias! (The mayor-elect of New York City graduated from John Jay)
Police Academy bias! (Not that one, the school’s classes were originally held at the NYPD’s Police Academy)
Not the big league outfielder bias! (That’s Jon Jay)
This shouldn’t be this hard bias! (Duh)
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