Men’s Basketball to Face Endicott in CCC Quarterfinals Tuesday

SUFFOLK vs ENDICOTT
Date Time Venue Video Stats Series Program Last Meeting   Last Suffolk Win Streak	Tuesday, Feb. 22 5:30 PM Smith Court Boston, Mass. Suffolk Stretch GoSuffolkRams.com 2-3 Digital Program Feb. 19, 2022, L, 90-71 Jan. 15, 2022, W, 86-82 L1

BOSTON – The Suffolk men's basketball team begins its journey for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) crown Tuesday, Feb. 22 when the fourth-seeded Rams battle fifth seed Endicott in the conference quarterfinals at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court at 5:30 p.m.  

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2022 CCC TOURNAMENT

First Round – Monday, Feb. 21
#7 Gordon defeated #10 Curry, 80-66 – Box Score
#9 Wentworth defeated #8 University of New England, 93-73 – Box Score

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, Feb. 22
#9 Wentworth at #1 Nichols – 7:00 PM - Live Stats | Live Video
#7 Gordon at #2 Salve Regina – 7:00 PM - Live Stats | Live Video
#6 Western New England at #3 Roger Williams – 5:30 PM – Live Stats | Live Video
#5 Endicott at #4 Suffolk – 5:30 PM - Live Stats | Live Video

Semifinals – Thursday, Feb. 24
#1/Lower-seeded First Round Winner vs. #4/5 Winner
#2/Higher-seeded First Round Winner vs. #3/6 Winner 

Championship – Saturday, Feb. 26
Semifinal Winners 

MORE INFO: INTERACTIVE BRACKET | PRINTABLE BRACKET 

WHITEOUT
Suffolk men's and women's basketball teams, along with the Suffolk University Student Government Association, are asking all members of Ram Nation to wear white on Tuesday, Feb. 22 and create an atmosphere the Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court has never seen.  

MORE INFO: Whiteout: CCC Basketball Quarterfinals, Tuesday, Feb. 22 

RAMS IN THE POSTSEASON

• Suffolk will make its first appearance in the CCC post season Tuesday night.
• The Rams first CCC tournament trip marks the 17th overall and ninth straight conference postseason turn for the blue-and-gold.
• The blue-and-gold will play in the 4 vs. 5 game for the first time since 2013 and second time as the fourth seed.
• The only other time Suffolk entered a postseason field as the fourth seed was in 2004.
• The Rams are 0-1 when playing in the postseason as the fourth seed.
• Suffolk will host a postseason game for the first time since 2019 when Suffolk was the GNAC's second seed.
• The blue-and-gold is 2-2 when playing on its home hardwood in a conference tournament.
• The last time Suffolk won a postseason outing at home was Feb. 20, 2002 when the Rams bested Emmanuel, 89-61, in the GNAC Quarterfinals.
• Suffolk looks to advance to a league's tournament semifinals for the fifth time, first since 2018-19.
• The Rams have competed in a conference title game just once, when it grabbed GNAC glory in 2002.
• Under Jeff Juron's guidance, Suffolk sits 1-5 in the postseason. 

DOUBLEFEATURE
Both of Suffolk's basketball teams will compete at the friendly confines of Smith Court Tuesday night in the CCC Quarterfinals marking the 10th double header of the 2021-22 season. The men are 5-4 when playing on the same day in the basement of the Ridgeway Building as the women, while the women are 6-3 in home double features.

LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk men's basketball closed out its regular-season on the road and the Rams fell to the Gulls of Endicott, 90-71, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at MacDonald Gymnasium. 

MORE READING: Men's Basketball Overpowers Roger Williams in Home Finale, 81-71

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk (15-9, 10-8 CCC) has one of the top offenses in the leagues with 83.0 ppg. The scoring threats are well spread out with four different players averaging double figures in Nate Hale (18.0), Aidan Sullivan (11.7), Keenan Robertson (11.0) and William Rowe (10.3). 

Defensively, the Rams hold a slim 1.2 boards per outing edge on the glass over their opponents. Robertson and Rowe are the main ingredients to the blue-and-gold's 37.3 rpg effort. Robertson, a freshmen, anchors the effort on the boards with 7.0 rpg, while Rowe, a senior, pulls down 6.2 rpg.

GET TO THE KNOW THE GULLS
Endicott (13-10, 10-8 CCC) wrapped up the regular-season on a high note with a near 20-point victory over Suffolk. 

Like the Rams, the Gulls see a foursome provide double digit points to the team's 77.4 offensive output in Jalen Echevarria (19.4), Billy Arseneault (15.0), Cameron Ray (12.9) and Spencer Aronson (11.4). 

Arseneault factors into the conversation on the glass as well with 5.4 rpg, good for second on the squad, behind Stephen Fama's 6.0 rpg.

WE MEET AGAIN
Suffolk and Endicott split the two-game regular-season series with the Gulls this year. 

In Boston, Jan. 15, the Rams overcame a second-half, 16-point deficit for an impressive 86-82 comeback win. Nearly a month later in Beverly, the Gulls rallied around their seniors to storm past Suffolk, 90-71.

MORE READING: Men's Basketball Comes Back to Defeat Endicott, 86-82 | Men's Basketball Stumbles in Season-Finale at Endicott, 90-71

INSIDE THE SERIES

• The Suffolk, Endicott series is one of the newest in the Rams' record books, dating back to 2018-19.
• The Rams and Gulls have traded wins and loses throughout the five meetings.
• Suffolk is 2-3 all-time against Endicott.
• The Rams are unbeaten against the Gulls in Boston, 2-0.
• Suffolk has never won a road game versus Endicott, 0-2.
• The teams have met on a neutral surface once, in the first meeting, Nov. 17, 2018. Suffolk fell in that tilt, 85-62.
• Suffolk's highest offensive output against the Gulls with 95 points, March 6, 2021.
• Suffolk's largest margin of victory was an 11-point triumph, 95-84, over the Gulls March 6, 2021. That win came in Beantown.
• The largest margin of defeat for Suffolk to Endicott was a 23-point setback which came in the first battle via an 85-62 decision, Nov. 17, 2018.
• Suffolk and Endicott have never needed overtime to decide a winner.
• The Rams and Gulls will meet in the post season for the first time.
• All five games in the series have come with Jeff Juron on the bench.

EYES ON THE GAME

RAMS RECOGNITION
Keenan Robertson of the Suffolk men's basketball team picked up Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Rookie of the Week status after helping the Rams to a 2-1 week, the league office announced Monday. 

MORE READING: Robertson Named CCC Rookie of the Week

WHAT'S NEXT?
The winner of Tuesday's tangle will earn a spot in the semifinals Thursday, Feb. 24 against the victor of top seed Nichols against ninth seed Wentworth.