The Chestnut Hill College Men's Basketball will travel to the state of Delaware for the second time in four days as they take on Goldey-Beacom College on Wednesday in Wilmington.
 

The Basics
Date:	February 2, 2022
Opponent:	Goldey-Beacom College
Location:	Wilmington, Del.
Time:	8:00 PM
Arena:	Joseph West Jones Center
Chestnut Hill Info (10-8, 7-3 CACC)
Roster	Schedule	Statistics
Goldey-Beacom Info (10-8, 6-3 CACC)
Roster	Schedule	Statistics
Video/Livestats:	https://griffinathletics.com/coverage

The Series
Wednesday's contest will be the 28^th meeting between Goldey-Beacom and Chestnut Hill.  The Lightning hold a 16-11 lead in the all-time series and had won eight straight against the Griffins until Chestnut Hill earned a 73-68 win the last time these two teams met on December 4, 2021.  The Griffins are 3-10 all-time at the Jones Center.

Conference Action
Chestnut Hill lost their last CACC game to Wilmington University on Sunday to fall to 7-3 in CACC games.  However,  their 7-3 CACC record is the program's best since the 2011-12 season when the team started out 9-2 in CACC games on the season en route to an 11-6 conference record and a berth in the CACC Championship Tournament. Goldey-Beacom sits ½ game behind the Griffins with a 6-3 conference record having lost their last game to Dominican college, snapping their five game CACC win streak.

About the Griffins
The Griffins enter Wednesday's game with a 10-8 overall record and a 8-3 mark in CACC games.  They are in second place in the CACC south Division, two games behind league leading Jefferson University.

A trio of players are averaging double figures to lead the Griffins offense. Division I transfer Nigel Haughton is the team's leading scorer, rebounder and playmaker, averaging 13.1 points, 6.4 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game.  The sophomore guard is shooting 45.9% from the field, including a 29.2% mark from three-point range.  He is second on the team with 19 three-point baskets.   Haughton also leads the team with 27 steals and 53 assists. 
 
Freshman MJ Iraldi is averaging 13.1 points per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. (35.0% from three-point range).  He is fourth on the team with 13 steals and is averaging 4.9 rebounds per game. Amir Warrick is the third Griffin scoring in double figures, averaging 12.4 points per game while shooting 47.0% from the field.  Warrick is third on the team with 31 assists and second on the team with 98 rebounds, 20 steals and 11 blocks. 
 
Trevonn Pitts is averaging 9.5 points per game and is fifth on the team with 12 steals. Conor Regan is averaging 8.1 points per game, is tied for second on the team with 19 three-point field goals and fourth in rebounding (5.2/game) He leads the team in blocks with 16.
 
David Erebor is averaging 7.1 points per game and is shooting a team-best 53.5% from the field (9^th in CACC).  Erebor is second on the team in rebounds, averaging 6.1 per game.  James Rider IV recently moved into a starting role and is now averaging 8.6 points per game. He is second in the CACC in three-point field goal%, shooting 46.3% from three-point range (26-57).  Noah Charles is second on the team in assists with 41 and steals with 14 while averaging 4.1 points per game. 

Last time Out
Wilmington University jumped out to an early lead forcing the Chestnut Hill College Men's Basketball team to play from behind the entire game as the Griffins fell 84-80 to the Wildcats Sunday afternoon at the WU Athletic Complex in Newark, Delaware.

The Griffins drop to 10-8 overall and fall to 7-3 in Central Atlantic collegiate conference games.  Wilmington improves to 5-15 overall and 2-8 in CACC games.

Amir Warrick led three players in double figures for the Griffins, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine rebounds.  MJ Iraldi added 16 points while David Erebor chipped in 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

The Wildcats scored the first points of the game and later jumped out to a 19-12 lead just seven minutes into the half.    Neal Hill's three-point basket cut the lead to four at 21-17 before the Wildcats embarked on a 10-2 run to go up by double-digits 31-19.  Wilmington pushed the lead as high as 15, 46-31 in the final 90 seconds.  Layups from Iraldi and Nigel Haughton brought the Griffins within 11, 46-35 as the half ended.

Iraldi scored the first points of the second half to bring the Griffins within nine 46-37 but they would get no closer over the next ten minutes as the Wildcat lead oscillated between 11 and 14 points.  Trailing by 12, at the 9:24 mark, the Griffins cut into the lead with a 7-2 run, closing the gap to 72-65 before the Wildcats got it all back with a 7-2 run of their own to lead 79-67 with 5:32 remaining.

 Free throws by Noah Charles started a run of seven straight Griffin points to make it a two possession game at 79-74.  Erebor had a traditional three-point play and Iraldi added two free throws before WU's Danny Walsh (18 points) broke the streak.   Chestnut Hill had one last run in them, cutting the margin to two, 82-80 in the final seconds before Walsh nailed down the win with two free throws with just five ticks on the clock. The Griffins could not score, and the Wildcats had the upset victory

Warrick Named to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll
Chestnut Hill College Men's Basketball player Amir Warrick has been named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Weekly honor Roll for his performance in the Griffins two games last week.

This week's honor marks the third time Warrick has been recognized by the conference, having been name to the weekly honor roll on December 20, 2021 and November 28, 2021.

Warrick reached double figures in scoring in both games last week as the Griffins went 1-1 for the week.  Opening the week against Holy Family, he scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds while also recording four steals and two assists as Chestnut Hill defeated the Tigers 63-59.  Against Wilmington on Sunday, Warrick led the Griffins with 21 points (8-15 FG) and again grabbed nine rebound. He also had a steal and an assist.

For the week, Warrick averaged 18 points, nine rebounds and 2.5 steals per game.   He shot 48% from the field (12-25) and 85.7%  (6-7) from the free throw line.
The complete list of Chestnut Hill Men's Basketball players who have received CACC or PSCBA accolades this season is below:
 

Week Ending 01/30	Amir Warrick		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 01/23	Nigel Haughton		PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
			CACC Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 01/16	Nigel Haughton		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
			PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 01/09	James Rider IV		PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
	Nigel Haughton		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 12/20	Amir Warrick		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
			PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 12/12	David Erebor		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
			PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 12/5	MJ Iraldi		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
			PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 11/28	Amir Warrick		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
			PSCBA Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 11/21	MJ Iraldi		CACC Weekly Honor Roll
Week Ending 11/14	Nigel Haughton		CACC Weekly Honor Roll

 
First Win
Chestnut Hill Head Coach J.J. Butler earned his first win as a head coach on November 17 as his Griffins defeated Bloomsburg University 76-69.  Two newcomers MJ Iraldi and Nigel Haughton were the catalysts for the Griffins as was David Erebor on defense.  Iraldi and Haughton combined for 41 points while Erebor had four blocks and eight rebounds while also contributing 11 points.


 

Griffins				Lightning
74.3		Pts/game		72.6
73.8		Pts allowed/game		71.7
46.3		FG%		43.7
44.7		FG% Defense		44.2
33.8		3PT FG %		35.0
67.2		FT %		67.3
37.6		Rebounds/game		36.3
33.8		Rebounds allowed/gm.		35.6
3.8		Rebound margin		0.7
12.2		Assists/game		12.8
6.3		Steals/game		7.6
2.8		Blocks/game		1.8

Last Time Out for Goldey-Beacom
Goldey-Beacom wasted a 34-point effort from sophomore Nazim Derry  and left Orangeburg, NY with a crushing 69-62 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference loss at 21st-ranked Dominican (NY).

Goldey-Beacom in the first half held Dominican to two stretches of over three minutes without a point.  The Chargers shot just 28 percent (8-of-29) from the floor, 4-of-17 from 3-point range and committed 10 turnovers.

Meanwhile, Derry was the Lightning's focal point on offense with 14 points in helping his side own a 28-22 halftime cushion.

Goldey-Beacom kept things going in the second half, using a 15-6 run in just under 4 1/2 minutes to gain a 50-35 margin with 11:35 remaining.  Derry continued his torrid display with 10 points in that run to help the Lightning shoot 6-of-9 from the floor.

But the Chargers would not be denied in ending the contest on a 34-12 run, snapping the Lightning's five-game winning streak.

Derry drilled a 3-pointer with 5:33 remaining for a 59-51 GBC lead.  After Joseph Merrill and Jalen Burgess each canned triples for Dominican, junior Juran Ligonde hit a layup with 3:36 left for a 61-57 margin.

Wahaad Johnson then became the star for Chargers after going scoreless up until this point.  He nailed a jumper with 3:15 to play for a two-point contest and then canned the go-ahead 3-pointer from the right corner with two minutes left for a 62-61 Dominican lead.

A free throw from sophomore Mekhi Collins with 96 seconds wiped out Dominican's first lead of the game for a 62-62 tie.  However, Brandt Roundtree's layup with 1:08 left gave the home side the lead for good.

Burgess converted an old-fashioned three-point play with 28 seconds remaining before Johnson hit two free throws and the last of his seven points with 11 seconds to go for the final.