Men’s Basketball Returns to Smith Court Tuesday for Tilt with St. Joseph’s (Maine)

TUESDAY, FEB. 18 // 8:00 PM  SMITH CENTER // BOSTON, MASS. LIVE STATS // VIDEO
EYES ON THE GAME // PROGRAM SERIES RECORD // SUFFOLK TRAILS, 7-26 LAST MEETING // JAN. 30, 2019, W, 80-78 LAST SUFFOLK WIN // SAME STREAK // W3

BOSTON – Suffolk men's basketball will play its final week of the regular season on the friendly confines of the Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court with the Rams returning home Tuesday, Feb. 18 against Saint Joseph's (Maine). The 8 p.m. tilt serves as game two of a Suffolk basketball doubleheader with the women's team opening the action at 6 p.m. against Colby Sawyer. 

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LAST TIME OUT
A trio of players in Thomas Duffy, Jonathan Eng and Nate Hale all scored 19 points apiece to anchor Suffolk men's basketball's 86-77 win over Colby Sawyer Saturday afternoon at the David L. Coffin Fieldhouse. 

MORE READING: Men's Basketball Clips Colby Sawyer, 86-77

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk has coupled back-to-back wins together to head into Tuesday's tilt 13-10 on the season and 5-4 in GNAC play.  

The trio of Nate Hale (12.0 ppg), Thomas Duffy (10.7 ppg) and Max Bonney-Liles (10.6 ppg) anchor the Rams 77.7 ppg offense. The threesome of Alex Jacovides (8.6 ppg), Brendan Mulson (8.5 ppg) and William Rowe (8.2 ppg) are consistent contributors to the scoring as well.   

Defensively, Mulson's 5.6 rpg paces the blue-and-gold on the boards. Overall, the team brings down 34.8 rpg with Rowe registering 4.6 rpg and Jarret Byrne providing 4.0 rpg. 

MONKS MENTIONABLES
St. Joe's has logged a pair of victories - a 90-81 win over Emmanuel and an 83-80 triumph against Regis – to trek to Boston 10-13 on the season and 4-5 versus GNAC foes.  

Jack Casale leads the offense and defense with 25.5 ppg and 9.1 rpg. Nicholas Curtis is second on the squad in both categories as well with 19.6 ppg and 4.2 rpg. Griffin Foley pitches in 12.0 ppg to round out the three Monks in double digits. 

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk and St. Joe's will meet for the 34th time. 
• The Rams have rattled off three straight wins over the Monks. 
• The blue-and-gold is 7-26 all-time against SJC with four of those wins coming under Jeff Juron's guidance. 
• In the Juron era, Suffolk is 4-3 against the Monks. 
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EYES ON THE GAME

LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk wraps up the regular-season Saturday, Feb. 22 when it entertains Regis at Smith Court. Prior to the 1 p.m. tip-off, the Rams will honor the playing career of its four seniors:Thomas Duffy, Jonathan Eng, George Grill­­akis and Cameron Powers.