Hofstra looks to extend streak vs UNCW
January 30, 2021 GMT
Raiford G. Trask Coliseum, Wilmington, North Carolina; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra looks for its fifth straight conference win against UNC Wilmington. Hofstra’s last CAA loss came against the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 74-56 on Jan. 15. UNC Wilmington lost 82-73 loss at home to Hofstra in its most recent game.
FEARLESS FRESHMEN: Hofstra’s Jalen Ray, Isaac Kante and Kvonn Cramer have collectively accounted for 55 percent of the team’s scoring this season and have scored 72 percent of all Pride points over the last five games.
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CLAMPING DOWN: The Pride have allowed just 68.7 points per game to Colonial Athletic opponents thus far. That’s an improvement from the 73.3 per game they gave up against non-conference competition.
Towson, Hofstra meet in conference play
January 21, 2021 GMT
Mack Sports Complex, Hempstead, New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: CAA foes meet as Towson faces Hofstra. Towson won 78-74 at home against UNC Wilmington on Tuesday. Hofstra is coming off a 68-67 road win against Delaware on Sunday.
SENIOR STUDS: Hofstra’s Jalen Ray, Isaac Kante and Tareq Coburn have combined to account for 65 percent of the team’s scoring this season and have scored 62 percent of all Pride points over the last five games.
STEPPING IT UP: The Tigers have scored 69.7 points per game across three conference games, an improvement from the 66 per game they put up over five non-conference games.MIGHTY MARTIN: Zane Martin has connected on 20.6 percent of the 34 3-pointers he’s attempted. He’s also made 74.2 percent of his foul shots this season.
NEWARK, Del. Jalen Ray had 23 points as Hofstra held on to beat Delaware 68-67 on Sunday.
Ebby Asomoah s basket came after the buzzer for the Blue Hens, who scored the last five points.
Asamoah hit a 3 with 1 1/2 minutes to go to pull the Blue Hens within 68-65 and the teams swapped misses before Dylan Painter hit from the lane with 50 seconds left. Delaware s Andrew Carr blocked Isaac Kante at the basket and Kante missed again on the recovery, setting up a final shot.
Caleb Burgess had 17 points and six rebounds for Hofstra (7-6, 3-3 Colonial Athletic Association). Kvonn Cramer added eight rebounds. Stafford Trueheart had three blocks.
By - Associated Press - Friday, January 15, 2021
NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Andrew Carr and Ryan Allen scored 19 points apiece, and Dylan Painter had 18 points and a career-high 19 rebounds as Delaware defeated Hofstra 74-56 on Friday.
Ebby Asamoah had 12 points for Delaware (4-5, 2-2 Colonial Athletic Association).
Jalen Ray had 25 points for the Pride (6-6, 2-3). Isaac Kante added 10 points and Kvonn Cramer had seven rebounds. Tareq Coburn, the Pride’s second leading scorer coming into the matchup at 16 points per game, shot only 20% for the game (1 of 5).
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Hot-shooting Hofstra stuns Richmond Richmond head coach Chris Mooney watches his Spiders during a 76-71 loss to Hofstra on December 22, 2020. (Source: WWBT NBC12) By Marc Davis | December 22, 2020 at 10:32 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 10:32 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Four Richmond players scored in double figures, but it wasnât enough to cool off a hot-shooting Hofstra team, which topped the Spiders, 76-71, at the Robins Center on Tuesday afternoon. The loss snaps Richmondâs seven game home winning streak.
The Pride opened up a ten point first half lead, but the Spiders were able to chip away and pull to within three at halftime, trailing 36-33. Richmond would have some more juice coming out of the locker room and opened up a nine point advantage at 55-46 with 10:28 to play in the game, but Hofstra used an 11-1 run to take the lead back with 8:03 remaining.