2017-18 Men's Basketball News
“It’s not how you start, but how you finish” -- that saying could not sum up the 2017-18 Massasoit men’s basketball season any better.
he Massasoit men’s basketball team closed out the 2017-18 season by winning its first-ever NJCAA National Tournament game, defeating Minnesota West, 91-86, on Saturday afternoon at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse on the campus of SUNY Sullivan.
Massasoit sank 13 3s, six coming from Rollsky Edouard (Holbrook), but a late spurt by the No. 3 seed North Lake Blazers proved to be the difference as the Warriors fell, 81-74, on Friday afternoon.
Now in his 17th season guiding the men’s basketball team, the Brockton resident has the Warriors in the quarterfinal round of the Division 3 national tournament.
The 6-foot-7 sophomore from Quincy made the All-Region 21 third team and is averaging 11.7 points and 10.8 rebounds for the national tournament-bound Warriors.
Massasoit’s Jim Stapleton was named NJCAA District 8 Coach of the Year, announced Wednesday night at the NJCAA Division III National Tournament banquet.
Nassau started hot from downtown and never cooled down, shooting nearly 60 percent for the game as the Massasoit men’s basketball team lost in the opening round of the NJCAA Division III National Tournament, 91-70, on Thursday at SUNY Sullivan.
The starting forwards on the Warriors’ team that is 20-6 and headed to the national tourney played against each other in high school at Avon and Holbrook.
After not playing any sports last academic year, the Holbrook resident is a member of both the basketball and baseball teams at Massasoit Community College and helped the Warriors win the Region 21 basketball title.
The Massasoit men’s basketball team earned the No. 7 seed of the eight-team NJCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament field and will battle No. 2 Nassau in the quarterfinals, Thursday, March 15 at 5 PM on the SUNY Sullivan County campus in Loch Sheldrake, NY.
Rollsky Edouard (Holbrook) was named NJCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for his efforts in leading the Warriors to the Region 21 title and their first trip ever to the NJCAA National Tournament.
The postseason awards are icing on the cake for the Region 21 Champion and NJCAA Tournament bound Massasoit Warriors as sophomores Rael Handy, Mark Munroe and Mark Georges all earned All-Region 21 accolades for their play during the historic 2017-18 campaign.
The Massasoit men's basketball team will face Bristol CC today at 2 PM in the Region 21 Finals on the campus of Bunker Hill for the right to play in the NJCAA National Tournament, hosted by Sullivan County CC (NY) March 15-17.
The Massasoit men’s basketball team captured the Region 21 Championship in thrilling fashion on Sunday afternoon, defeating Bristol 77-74 in overtime to punch its ticket to the NJCAA National Tournament for the first time in program history.
The Massasoit men’s basketball team drained 14 3-pointers, seven from Rollsky Edouard, and held off a late Bulldog rally to defeat Bunker Hill in the Region 21 Semifinals, 82-80, on Saturday on the BHCC campus.
The Massasoit men’s basketball team will get another crack at the Bunker Hill Bulldogs this season, as the two squads will face for the fourth time in 2017-18 and the second time in as many weekends. The two teams will meet in the NJCAA Region 21 Tournament Semifinals on Saturday at 6 PM, hosted by Bunker Hill.
