CMSV Tip-Off Tournament Live Stats
Riverdale, N.Y. – Guided by fifth year head coach
Brian Nigro '00, the College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Basketball team will open the 2012-13 season on Friday as part of the First Annual CMSV Tip-Off Tournament. Lehman and Penn St.-Lehigh Valley open the event at 6:00 p.m. with the Dolphins and SUNY Canton to follow at 8:00 p.m.
Mount Saint Vincent returns its top scorer from a season ago in Second Team All-Skyline Conference selection
Shaquille Cunningham (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Cunningham averaged 14.3 points per outing for the Mount in 2011-12 and also paced the squad in assists with 76 and field goals made with 129.
The Dolphins also welcome back their top two threats from three-point range in 2012-13 in seniors
Sean Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y.) and
Stephen Oliver (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Caputo was the Mount's leader a season ago in three-point field goal percentage, converting just under 41-percent from behind the arc, and three-point field goals made with 61. Oliver connected on 35 triples as a junior and shot 40.7-percent overall from behind the arc.
Although losing just two players to graduation from last season, the Dolphins will need to replace two of the most production players on the roster.
Mark Waite led the team in rebounding average at 6.2 per game and steals with 49 and was third on the team in scoring average at 10.3 points per contest.
Cody Gauvard finished last season second on the team in scoring average at 13.1 points per night and was second in rebounding average with 3.7 per contest.
Nigro and the Dolphins will also lean on returning players
D'Andre McPhatter (Bronx, N.Y.),
Anthony Woods (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.),
Kevin Henry (Yonkers, N.Y.), who led the team in blocks last season, and
Michael Knott (Rockaway Beach, N.Y.).
Mount Saint Vincent welcomes a talented group of newcomers and will look for immediate contributions from
James Zuccaro (Gilbert, Ariz.), Antonio Johnson (Fort Johnson, N.Y.),
Peralt Annulysse (Key West, Fla.), Brandon Serrano (Hempstead, N.Y.), Brandon Duenas (Gilbert, Ariz.), Joe Graziano (Richmond, Va.) and
Seamus Douglas (Old Lyme, Conn.).
Upon conclusion of the tip-off tournament on Saturday, the Dolphins will play their next two away from home. The Mount opens a three game home stand on December 1 against St. Joseph's-L.I. before welcoming Vassar on December 4 and Sarah Lawrence on December 5.
