Does Marcy's Playground or Taylor Dayne have a song we can use if the Dutchmen lose tomorrow night?
This is the story of a team, that opened up 4-0 and excited the whole world…
Well, anyway. The Flying Dutchmen completed their nine-day descent from unbeaten to .500 last Saturday, when they trailed for the final 21-plus minutes of an 89-82 loss to William & Mary. The good news is if the slide continues tomorrow night, I don’t have any obvious two weeks references. So there is that.
As will hopefully remain the case for the rest of the season however long it lasts, here’s the Keep It Perky featuring the usual postgame boilerplate material. The individual news and notes from the loss to the Tribe and a preview of Charleston will be posted tomorrow. Enjoy! (Or try to do so, anyway)
THE MOST RECENT GAME SUMMARIZED IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Four players scored in double figures and Joshua Aaron Reaves had nine points in his first sustained action in two months, but a suddenly porous defense left the Dutchmen little chance at completing their second-half rally. The Dutchmen raced out to a 7-0 lead NICE FOOTBALL SCORE SEAN MCDERMOTT GOT SCREWED BIAS as William & Mary went 0-for-7 with a pair of turnovers during the first 3:47. A 3-pointer by Reaves gave the Dutchmen their final seven-point lead at 17-10 with 12:31 left before Kilian Brockhoff, who has the most William & Mary name ever, began his assault on the Dutchmen by sinking a 3-pointer to spark an 11-3 run. The Dutchmen took their final lead at 25-23 on a pair of free throws by Joshua DeCady with 8:01 remaining but were just 4-of-15 from the field with two turnovers as the Tribe ended the half on a 19-12 run to take a 42-37 lead. Victory Onuetu opened the second half with a dunk, but William & Mary took control with a 25-11 spurt in which they shot an unreal 9-of-12 from the field, including 7-of-9 from 3-point land. The Dutchmen outscored the Tribe 32-22 over the final 13:04 but never got closer than five points despite holding William & Mary scoreless from the field over the final 4:16. Biggie Patterson fueled the comeback bid by scoring 11 of his 16 points after halftime, including 10 in a span of just 2:03 shortly before the midway point of the second. Preston Edmead scored a team-high 18 points in 28 minutes while Reaves was 3-of-7 from 3-point land while adding six rebounds in 27 minutes — more playing time than he had in the previous 15 games combined. Davis scored 14 points, his second-fewest of the season, while going just 5-of-19 from the field, including 2-of-8 from 3-point land and 3-of-11 inside the arc. DeCady added 12 points while Onuetu (eight points, 13 rebounds) flirted with a double-double. German Plotnikov missed his second straight game with an injury. Brockhoff scored 28 points, the second-most by a single player against the Dutchmen in CAA play this season, while going a blistering 8-of-15 from 3-point land.
3 STARS OF THE GAME (vs. William & Mary, 1/24)
3: Biggie Patterson
2: Preston Edmead
1: Joshua Aaron Reaves
SEASON STANDINGS
Cruz Davis 49
Preston Edmead 34
Biggie Patterson 12
German Plotnikov 7
Victory Onuetu 6
Joshua DeCady 6
Silas Sunday 6
Jaeden Roberts 3
A.J. Wills 2
Joshua Aaron Reaves 1
A decidedly quirky 3 Stars as Reeves makes his season debut (obviously) and Davis misses out for the second time this season and the first time since Nov. 7 against Iona.
THE FLYING DUTCHMEN AFTER TWENTY-ONE GAMES
The Dutchmen fell to 13-8 with Saturday afternoon’s loss. This ties the 2025-26 team for the 28th-best record in school history through 20 games. This is the first time the Dutchmen have opened 13-8 since 2022-23 and the eighth time overall in program history. Here is how some notable Hofstra teams have fared through 21 games:
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1975-76: 11-10 (over .500 for good)
1976-77: 15-6 (win in 21st game marked first win of nine-game winning streak that carried Dutchmen into the NCAAs)
1999-2000: 16-5 (win in 21st game marked ninth win of 10-game winning streak)
2000-01: 17-4 (win in 21st game marked ninth win in program-record 18-game winning streak)
2019-20 (IT COUNTS TO US): 14-7 (most recent 14-7 start)
NIT TEAMS
1998-99: 14-7
2004-05: 14-7
2005-06: 17-4 (most recent 17-4 start)
2006-07: 16-5 (most recent 16-5 start)
2015-16: 15-6 (most recent 15-6 start)
2018-19: 18-3 (most recent 18-3 start, win in 21st game marked 15th win in the 16-game winning streak)
2022-23: 13-8 (win in 21st game marked first win of 12-game winning streak that continued into the CAA Tournament)
NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT TEAMS
1958-59: 16-5
1961-62: 18-3 (only other 18-3 start)
1962-63: 15-6 (fourth win of 11-game winning streak)
1963-64: 17-4
Some other notable 21-game records:
2024-25: 11-10 (most recent 11-10 start)
2020-21: 12-9 (most recent 12-9 start, loss in 21st game marked the unplanned and unexpected regular season finale because of, well, you know)
2016-17: 10-11 (most recent 10-11 start; win in 21st game snapped Mihalich-era record six-game losing streak)
2013-14: 7-14 (most recent 7-14 start, Joe Mihalich’s first team)
2012-13: 5-16 (most recent 5-16 start)
2009-10: 9-12 (most recent 9-12 start, season-low three games under .500)
2001-02: 10-11 (last time within one win of .500, Tom Pecora’s first team)
1996-97: 10-11 (under .500 for good)
1995-96: 7-14 (loss in 21st game marked seventh loss of Jay Wright-era record nine-game losing streak)
1994-95: 6-15 (most recent 6-15 start, Jay Wright’s first year)
1993-94: 4-17 (most recent 4-17 start, VBK’s last year)
1991-92: 13-8 (win in 21st game was second in nine-game winning streak that ended in ECC title game)
1988-89: 8-13 (most recent 8-13 start)
1987-88: 4-17 (loss in 21st game was 11th loss of program-record 12-game losing streak)
1974-75: 8-13 (last loss of season)
1972-73: 8-13 (last win of season)
1971-72: 11-10 (over .500 for the last time, last win of season)
1970-71: 13-8 (last loss of season)
1960-61: 19-2 (only 19-2 start)
1959-60: 20-1 (most recent 20-1 start & Hofstra’s winningest team, percentage-wise; win in 21st game was 10th win of season-ending 13-game winning streak)
1955-56: 20-1 (first 20-1 start)
1944-45: 8-13 (lost season finale)
1939-40: 12-9 (won season finale)
Hofstra has never been 21-0, 3-18, 2-19, 1-20 or 0-21 through 21 games.
Seven seasons were completed in fewer than 21 games:
1936-37: 10-7
1937-38: 10-4
1938-39: 10-8
1940-41: 13-7
1943-44: 7-12
1945-46: 12-7
1947-48: 13-6
Full records not available for the following seasons: 1936-37, 1941-42, 1942-43.
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 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR
With Saturday’s loss, Speedy Claxton fell to 94-60 (.610) as head coach. That’s the fourth-best known winning percentage for a Hofstra coach through his first 154 games at the helm.
Butch van Breda Kolff I 114-40 (.740, 154th game was the third game of his seventh season in 1961-62)
Frank Reilly 112-42 (.727, 154th game was the 24th game of his sixth season in 1952-53)
Paul Lynner 95-59 (.617, 154th game was the 19th game of his sixth season in 1967-68)
SPEEDY CLAXTON 94-60 (.610, 154th game was the 21st game of his fifth season in 2025-26)
Tom Pecora 81-73 (.526, 154th game was the first game of his seventh season in 2005-06)
Joe Mihalich 81-73 (.526, 154th game was the 21st game of his fifth season in 2017-18)
Dick Berg 77-77 (.500, 154th game was the 15th game of his sixth season in 1985-86)
Jay Wright 77-77 (.500, 154th game was the ninth game of his fifth season in 1998-99)
Roger Gaeckler 74-80 (.481, 154th game was the 22nd game of his sixth season in 1977-78)
Butch van Breda Kolff II 71-83 (.461, 154th game was the 12th game of his sixth season in 1993-94)
IT HAS HAPPENED!!! With a 61-59 win over Youngstown State on Dec. 22, 1998, Jay Wright moves back to .500 all-time for the first time since Dec, 2, 1994, when his first Flying Dutchmen team was 1-1. That was also the night of my first date with my wife! It’s about time Wright, who is again tied with Dick Berg for seventh place, started earning his keep. Maybe we’ll let him stick around another two-plus seasons. Wright joins Butch van Breda Kolff I and Frank Reilly as the only Hofstra head coaches to win their 154th game at the helm. The uniquely frustrating 2006-07 season gets off to an appropriate start as the Dutchmen open a three-game losing streak by falling to Charlotte, 88-82. And VBK II drops the first-ever #Redundant ECC game of my tenure as Buffalo routs the Dutchmen, 71-57, on Jan. 15, 1994. I was being a knucklehead back home as Intersession wound down.
The records are incomplete for Jack McDonald’s first stint from 1936 through 1943 as well as the tenure of Jack Smith (1943-46).
Smith finished 27-32 in his three seasons while Mo Cassara finished 38-59 in his three seasons. Three coaches had one-season tenures lasting at Hofstra. McDonald went 18-6 in the lone season of his second stint in 1946-47 while Joe Harrington went 14-14 in 1979-80 and Mike Farrelly went 13-10 in 2020-21.
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