Men's Basketball Goes for Sixth Straight Win Wednesday at Stonehill

MERRIMACK MEN'S BASKETBALL

Game #6 at Stonehill, Wednesday December 3, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Game Notes (.pdf) / Live Stats / Listen Live / Watch Live

Tonight's game: Two of the teams in the Northeast-10 meet tonight when Stonehill hosts the Warriors. The Skyhawks are 5-1 after defeating Southern New Hampshire on Sunday.

All-Time Series: Merrimack is 35-60 lifetime against the Skyhawks. The two teams split the series last season with each team winning on the other’s home court.

Excellent Start: Merrimack is 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference for the second straight season. Last year, Merrimack started the season 6-0 for the first time in school history while earning a #25 national ranking.

Duncan Reaches 1,000: Junior captain Darren Duncan became the 35th member of Merrimack’s 1,000 point club on November 24 against Southern New Hampshire. A Preseason All-American by the Sporting News, he was named to the Northeast-10 2007-2008 First Team and was the NE-10 Freshman of the Year in 2006-2007. Last year he was also a Second Team selection for the Daktronics All-Region team.

More Duncan: Duncan leads the Northeast-10 in scoring (20.2) and in assists (8.2) per game.

Road Warriors: Merrimack opens a five-game road trip tonight. They will not return home until January 6 when they host Bentley.

Big Scorers: Merrimack averages 89 points per game and has a scoring margin of 16.6 points per game. Both of which rank first in the Northeast-10. The Warriors also lead the conference in free throw percentage (73.2%).

Welcome to the NCAA: Freshman Wayne Mack made a nice first impression in the Merrimack lineup, scoring 20 and 16 in the first two games while hitting 14-of-21 from the field and 6-of-8 from three-point territory. Teammate Roland Davis, also a freshman, has tallied 20 and 15 points respectively in the last two games.

Crashing the boards: Senior Chris Winters ranks fifth in the conference in rebounds per game with 8.8.

Mency making his mark: Last year’s Northeast-10 Freshman of the Year Dee Mency ranks seventh in the conference with 17.0 points per game.

Merrimack head coach Bert Hammel: Now in his 29th year, Hammel is 412-390 all-time. He won his 400th game last January 22nd with a win at St. Anselm. He has brought Merrimack to the NCAA tourney four times, with the most recent being last season. Hammel is a 1973 graduate of Bentley College.

Preseason Poll: Merrimack was picked second in the Northeast-10 preseason poll behind two-time defending champion Bentley University.


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