2008 Woodie Awards
Marist finishes with winning record at Old Spice Classic
Andy Alongi
Issue date: 11/30/06 Section: Sports
Jordan finished the tournament with 62 points, 27 assists and a two-to-one assist to turnover ratio. For his efforts, Jordan was named the most outstanding player of the first Old Spice Classic and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) co-player of the week.
Jordan was happy to be recognized.
"It's a nice award to get," he said. "The tournament got me and the school a lot of national exposure. It's nice to be recognized."
The bench players were also a big key to winning Sunday's match-up against the Broncos. Four bench players, including junior guard Kaylen Gregory, junior forward Shae McNamara, junior forward Wilfred "Spongy" Benjamin and sophomore guard Gerald Carter, all added to the offensive attack, contributing a collective 27 points.
Coach Brady said the bench players made a big contribution.
"The bench has been a huge help," he said. "I told them we're going to need someone in every game. Western Michigan gets a lot out of their bench. We matched their bench efforts with ours today."
Despite the win, Marist was out-rebounded 36-28 with a wide majority of those rebounds coming on the offensive glass. In that facet, the Foxes were out-rebounded 13-3.
After the tournament, which featured three nationally televised games on ESPN2, Marist improved to 4-2 after defeating Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Thanksgiving Day, finishing the tournament with a 2-1 record.
Coach Brady said the program has been put in a national light.
"I told our team to play on national television three times is remarkable," he said. "To come out with wins against post-season teams is great. The seniors put our program in a national light. We played Arkansas our best, and we needed them to miss a few shots."
Jordan said the competition at the Old Spice Classic was very tough.
"This competition is a lot bigger and stronger here [at the Old Spice Classic], but we competed with everyone," he said. "Playing with these teams is huge and finishing third is huge."
Marist returns to action on Saturday Dec. 2 when the Foxes travel to Richmond to take on the Spiders at 7 p.m.
Jordan was happy to be recognized.
"It's a nice award to get," he said. "The tournament got me and the school a lot of national exposure. It's nice to be recognized."
The bench players were also a big key to winning Sunday's match-up against the Broncos. Four bench players, including junior guard Kaylen Gregory, junior forward Shae McNamara, junior forward Wilfred "Spongy" Benjamin and sophomore guard Gerald Carter, all added to the offensive attack, contributing a collective 27 points.
Coach Brady said the bench players made a big contribution.
"The bench has been a huge help," he said. "I told them we're going to need someone in every game. Western Michigan gets a lot out of their bench. We matched their bench efforts with ours today."
Despite the win, Marist was out-rebounded 36-28 with a wide majority of those rebounds coming on the offensive glass. In that facet, the Foxes were out-rebounded 13-3.
After the tournament, which featured three nationally televised games on ESPN2, Marist improved to 4-2 after defeating Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Thanksgiving Day, finishing the tournament with a 2-1 record.
Coach Brady said the program has been put in a national light.
"I told our team to play on national television three times is remarkable," he said. "To come out with wins against post-season teams is great. The seniors put our program in a national light. We played Arkansas our best, and we needed them to miss a few shots."
Jordan said the competition at the Old Spice Classic was very tough.
"This competition is a lot bigger and stronger here [at the Old Spice Classic], but we competed with everyone," he said. "Playing with these teams is huge and finishing third is huge."
Marist returns to action on Saturday Dec. 2 when the Foxes travel to Richmond to take on the Spiders at 7 p.m.
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