Basketball Headlines

Men's basketball head coach Sal Lagano wins Sportsmanship Award
Old Westbury, N.Y. (May 12, 2009) -
NYIT head men’s basketball coach Sal Lagano has been selected as the winner of the 2009 College Basketball Official Association’s (CBOA) Sam Schoenfeld Sportsmanship award for the Metro-N.Y. area. Lagano will be honored at a special dinner on May 19, 2009...Details

Lassiter earns ECC All Conference and All-Met honors
Central Islip, NY (April 22, 2009) -
Senior Bryant Lassiter (Bay Shore, N.Y.) has been voted to the 2008-2009 East Coast Conference men’s basketball All-Conference Second Team as voted upon by the league’s coaches. This is the third selection to an All ECC team for Lassiter, who was a First Team All-Conference selection as a sophomore and junior. Lassiter  was also voted to the 2008-2009 Metropolitan Writers Basketball All-Met Division II Second Team...Details

Bears Fall To Bridegport In ECC Quarter-Finals
Bridgeport
, CT (March, 4, 2009) - Senior Teairez Stennis scored a game-high 20 points, and had five assists to help lead the number two seed, University of Bridgeport Purple Knights, to a 70-50 home win over the number seven seed, NYIT Bears, in the quarterfinals of the 2009 East Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament...Details






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