(2/7/07) Earlier tonight Yeshiva University defeated Centenary College in Skyline Men’s Basketball action by the final of 87-66, improving the Macabees to 14-8 on the season.  The loss drops Centenary to 3-18, 1-11 in the Skyline Conference standings.

For most of the game, Yeshiva’s Ian Ribald (Dallas, TX/Yavneh Academy) had the hot hand converting on 12-of-16 shots, including eight three-pointers.  Ribald led all scorers with a game high 34 points.  When the Cyclones were able to contain Ribald, their shooting touch was off, as the Cyclones connected on just 23-of-62 shots from the floor, and just 9-of-14 from the foul line.  After falling behind 39-29 in the opening half, the Cyclones opened the second half with a cold spell and found themselves down 51-31 with just five minutes gone.  The hosts never seem to recover, as the twenty point margin would be as close as they would get over the final stretch of the contest. 

For the Cyclones in the loss Alex Kuchar (Rutherford/Rutherford) scored a team high 26 points, while Kyle Warner (Severn, MD/Annapolis) added 13 and Steve McNamara (Oak Ridge/Jefferson Twp.) chipped in with 12 points and 10 rebounds.  For Yeshiva, Ribald led with his 36 and teammates Richard Lewis (Memphis, TN/Cooper) and Harel Vatavu (Ramat Gan, Israel) netted 20 and 14 points respectively.  BOXSCORE

(2/5/07)  The Centenary Men's Basketball fell on the road this evening by the final of 94-67, despite putting three players in double figures.  The loss drops Centenary to 3-17 on the year, while MSMC improves to 8-14 with the victory.

The Cyclones leading scorer Alex Kuchar led the team with 26 points on 10-for-26 shooting from the field, including a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line.  Senior Kyle Warner added 15 points and 10 rebounds, while fellow senior Steve McNamara chipped in 10 points and 13 boards.

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(1/18/07)  Centenary senior Kyle Warner (Annapolis / Severn, MD) was highlighted in his hometown newspaper earlier this week.

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(12/7/06 @ CMSV) In the nightcap the Centenary Cyclones tallied their first Skyline Conference victory of the season, and first since January of 2004.  The visiting Cyclones got to off to a relative slow start, falling behind by as many as seven points halfway through the opening 20 half.  Following a three-pointer by Kyle Warner (Severn, MD/Annapolis) at the 10:27 mark which pulled Centenary to within four points (15-11), the Cyclones began to gain control of the game and over the next eight minutes outscored the host Dolphins 19-12 to take the lead by the three (30-27) with just over two minutes to go in the half.  The second half provided continuous back and forth action, which included ten lead changes.  It ultimately became a half, in which whoever was going to have the ball last was going to win the game.  The largest lead by either team, came when the Cyclones held a nine point lead at 66-57 with seven minutes to go.  Mount Saint Vincent fought back to take the lead 72-70 following a pair of free throws by Charlie Britz with just over two minutes left.  Centenary responded with a basket by Steve McNamara (Oak Ridge / Jefferson Twp.) and two free throws by Alex Kuchar (Rutherford / Rutherford) to regain the lead.  Despite the comeback effort, the Dolphins fell short as Marquis King’s three-pointer at the buzzer rimmed off and the Cyclones captured the win 76-74.  Kuchar, the Skyline’s leading scorer, lead all players with 23 points including 7-for-9 from the line.  Warner, Kyle Boone (Hopatcong/Hopatcong), and Tim Skroski (Stratford / Sterling) all added double figures netting 14, 13, and 12 points respectively.
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Sophomore stand-out Kuchar goes for single-game record of 41 in Cyclones first win

(11/21/06) The Centenary Men’s basketball team opened their home schedule at their temporary home, Hackettstown High School earlier this evening versus Berkeley College .  Following back to back losses at the Cobblestone Tournament this past weekend the Cyclones were looking their first win of the season. 
 

Centenary took control of the game at the eight minute mark of  the first half, out-scoring Berkeley 14-1 over the final stage of the half.  At halftime the Cyclones led 52-26 exactly doubling the visiting Bull dogs out put in the period. 
 

The Cyclones faltered a bit in the second half going scoreless for almost six minutes, letting the Bulldogs back into the game.  However, they were able to maintain the lead for the remainder of the game, playing visiting Berkeley nearly even the down the stretch.  Alex Kuchar (Rutherford/Rutherford) led the team on offense scoring a career-high 41 total points surpassing his previous best by ten points.  The 41 points is also a new single-game scoring record for the Centenary Men's Basketballprogram.  Freshmen Tim Skroski (Stratford/Sterling) and Nick Fazio (Dayton/South Brunswick) added 15 and 12 rebounds respectively.  For Berkeley College in the loss, Jahlil Shannon (Atlantic City/Atlantic City) totaled a team high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
 

Centenary will be in action again on November 30th, when they travel to Brooklyn College at 7:30 pm.  BOXSCORE

(11/19/06)  PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Freshman Martin Cleveland (Portland, Maine) scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Saturday afternoon to lead Husson College to an 85-54 win over Centenary College in the consolation game of the Cobblestone Inn Men’s Basketball Tip-Off Tournament at Foley Gymnasium.

Senior Tyler Muzzy (Greenville, Maine) helped the Eagles’ cause, chipping in with 14 points and seven boards, while junior Sheraud Lee (Bridgeport, Conn.) hit three three-pointers and finished with 11 points.

Senior Kyle Warner (Severn, Md.) led Centenary with 13 points.  Sophomore Alex Kuchar (Rutherford, N.J.), who scored a tournament-high 29 points in Friday’s night’s 82-67 first-round loss to Plymouth State, added 11 points against Husson and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Husson scored the first eight points of the game and never looked back.  The Eagles pulled ahead by 15 points (34-19) with three minutes to go in the first half before the Cyclones battled back to pull to within eight points (38-30) at the break.

Husson opened the second half with a 21-7 burst to go ahead by 22 points and never looked back.  BOXSCORE             

(11/17/06)  PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Junior Mike Walcek (Dover, N.H.) scored a team-high 19 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds Friday evening to lead the Plymouth State University men’s basketball team to a 82-67 victory over Centenary College in the first game of the Cobblestone Inn Tip-Off Tournament at Foley Gymnasium.

Walcek made 6-of-14 field goal tries, while collecting 10 of his 11 rebounds off the defensive glass.  He was joined in the double-figures column by freshman Mike Chergey (Bow, N.H.), who made 5-of-10 shots from the field and finished with 15 points and seven boards.

The outcome spoiled a solid performance by Centenary sophomore Alex Kuchar (Rutherford, N.J.), who scored a game-high 29 points.  Senior Steve McNamara (Oak Ridge, N.J.) chipped in with 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Cyclones.

The Panthers took an early lead against Centenary and never looked back.  The Cyclones stayed within 10 points throughout the first half and trailed 38-30 at halftime.  PSU maintained a double-digit lead most of the second half, pulling away over the last six minutes.

PSU advances to Saturday’s tournament championship game against the winner of Friday’s second contest between Husson College and Wheaton College.  The consolation game is Saturday at 1:00 p.m., followed by the title clash at 3:00 p.m.  BOXSCORE