2015-16 Men's Basketball News
HIGGINS NAMED GNAC & DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR; Negri, Clay & Davis Earn All-GNAC Honors
BOSTON, Mass. - Emmanuel College senior guard Sarah Higgins (Groveland, Mass.) was selected as the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, as voted upon by the league’s 12 head coaches. Higgins, a First Team All-Conference selection, averaged 14.5 points and 6.6 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game for the Saints and led the GNAC with 3.4 steals per game. The Groveland, Mass. native helped guide Emmanuel to a share of the GNAC regular-season title and a runner-up finish in the GNAC title game.
February 29, 2016
SAINTS LOOK TO SLAY THE BEAST IN GNAC SEMIFINALS
BOSTON, Mass. —The fifth-seeded Emmanuel College men's basketball team looks to upset the top-seeded Johnson & Wales Wildcats in Thursday's Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament semifinal in Providence at 7:30 p.m.
February 25, 2016
SAINTS OVERPOWERED BY #14 WILDCATS IN GNAC SEMIS
PROVIDENCE, RI. – The Emmanuel College men's basketball team (10-17) hung tough with #14 Johnson & Wales (25-2), but wasn't able to to upset the Wildcats, who cleaned up a 97-79 win in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) semifinals last night.
February 25, 2016
SAINTS HEAD TO ANNA MARIA FOR GNAC QUARTERFINALS
BOSTON, Mass.—The fifth-seeded Emmanuel College men's basketball team has qualified for the second Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament quarterfinal in the last two years and will travel to Paxton, Mass. to battle fourth-seeded Anna Maria College at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
February 23, 2016
DAVIS LIFTS SAINTS TO GNAC QUARTERFINAL WIN OVER ANNA MARIA, 91-89
PAXTON, Mass.—Senior Kyle Davis (Groveland, Mass.) hit a floating layup off an inbounds play with 1.3 seconds remaining to push the fifth-seeded Emmanuel College men’s basketball team to a 91-89 win over the No. 4 AMCATS of Anna Maria in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Quarterfinal on Tuesday evening.
February 23, 2016
ALBERTUS MAGNUS SLIPS BY MEN'S HOOPS, 90-87
New Haven, Conn. – In his final home regular season contest, senior Marc Wilson (Jersey City, N.J.) scored a game-high 28 points to lead the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team past visiting Emmanuel, 90-87, on Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action at The Nest inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.
February 20, 2016
CAPTAIN CLAY LEADS THE WAY AS SAINTS UPSET LASELL
NEWTON, Mass. (2/16/16) – The visiting Saints of Emmanuel College powered to a 75-63 victory over Lasell College in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men’s basketball action Tuesday evening in the Athletic Center. The loss drops the Lasers to 17-7 overall and 14-3 in the GNAC, while the Saints jump to 9-15 this season and break .500 in the league at 9-8.
February 16, 2016
MEN'S HOOPS PREVAIL OVER ANNA MARIA 80-79 IN WILD FINISH
BOSTON, Mass. – The Emmanuel College men’s basketball team nearly squandered a 14 points second half lead only to hang on for an 80-79 victory over Anna Maria College Saturday afternoon in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at the Jean Yawkey Center. The Saints win their fourth straight and fifth consecutive GNAC tilt to improve to 8-15 overall and 8-8 in GNAC play while the loss dips the AMCats to 12-11 and 8-8 in conference.
February 13, 2016
BUTTERBRODT BOOSTS SAINTS TO FOURTH STRAIGHT GNAC WIN
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University men’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Emmanuel College, 73-70, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tuesday evening.
February 09, 2016
SAINTS HOLD OFF LATE SURGE FOR 76-69 WIN OVER RIVIER
BOSTON, Mass. – The Emmanuel College men’s basketball team held on for a 76-69 Great Northeast Athletic Conference victory over Rivier University Saturday afternoon at the Jean Yawkey Center Gymnasium. The Saints, who led by as many as 17 in the first half, surrendered the lead midway through the second stanza only to come back and hold on for the win to improve to 6-15 overall and 6-8 in GNAC play. The loss drops the Raiders to 3-18 and 3-11 in the GNAC.
February 06, 2016
DIXON POWERS MEN’S HOOPS PAST SAINT JOSEPH’S, 73-61
BOSTON, Mass. – Senior forward Rashad Dixon (Brockton, Mass.) scored 15 points to lead the Emmanuel College men’s basketball team past Saint Joseph’s College (ME), 73-61 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action on Wednesday evening at the Jean Yawkey Center Gymnasium. EC improves to 5-15 overall and 5-8 in GNAC play while the loss drops the Monks to 6-14 overall and 3-10 in the GNAC.
February 03, 2016
#25 WESLEYAN SHARPSHOOTERS HAND SAINTS NON-CONFERENCE LOSS
BOSTON, Mass. – Senior guard Jack Mackey (Warwick, N.Y.) hit seven three pointers to lead #25 Wesleyan University to a 78-60 non-conference victory over Emmanuel College on Monday evening.
February 01, 2016
SAINTS USE BALANCED ATTACK TO HANDLE RAMS AT HOME
BOSTON, Mass. - Eleven different players tallied points for the Emmanuel College men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon as the Saints took down cross-city rival Suffolk, 68-58 at the Emmanuel College Gymnasium.
January 30, 2016
#23 WILDCATS RUN PAST SAINTS FOR 17TH STRAIGHT WIN
BOSTON, Mass. - #23 Johnson & Wales Men's Basketball shot 40.3 percent from the field and cruised to an 82-54 victory at Emmanuel in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action on Thursday evening.
January 28, 2016
LASELL STAYS UNBEATEN IN GNAC, TOPS MEN’S HOOPS 96-85
BOSTON, Mass. – Lasell College used a 96-85 victory over Emmanuel College to stay unbeaten in Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Jean Yawkey Center. The Lasers improve to 13-4 overall and a perfect 10-0 in GNAC play while the loss drops the Saints to 3-13 and 3-7 in the GNAC.
January 23, 2016
JWU SURGES PAST MEN'S BASKETBALL, 116-74
PROVIDENCE, RI – Every game the Johnson & Wales University men’s basketball team is going to play pressure defense, but when the Wildcats find their rhythm offensively they are hard to beat. JWU shot 53.3 percent from the floor as it rolled to a 116-74 victory over Emmanuel College on Monday, January 18.
January 18, 2016