Fields Selected Pre-Season All-Conference
11/9/2007
Fields Selected Pre-Season All-Conference
Central Islip, NY - Senior Richard Fields (Bronx, NY) was selected to the East Coast Conference Pre-Season First Team this week by a vote of conference coaches.
Fields averaged 19.4 points per game last season, second best in the conference. The forward also chipped in 4.4 rebounds per game as well. Fields led the Clippers in scoring in 18 of the 26 games played last season, including 11 of the last 12 games. The forward had a season high 32 points in a 71-68 win at Molloy College on January 13, 2007.
Fields also finished last season second in the conference in free throw percentage, making 146 of 177 (82%) free throws attempted, second in 3-point field goals made (2.54 per game) and sixth in steals (1.85 per game). Last year, Fields scored in double digits in 25 of 26 games played and shot 35% from the floor, including 34% from behind the 3-point arc.
The Clippers will open the regular season on Friday, November 16th, as they travel to Jacksonville, FL to face the Ospreys of the University of North Florida. The action will begin at 7:00 PM.
2007-08 ECC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
(First place votes in parentheses)
School 2006-07 Record (ECC)
NYIT (6) 20-9 (15-5)
Bridgeport (3) 22-9 (14-6)
C.W. Post (2) 19-11 (13-7)
Adelphi 18-13 (12-8)
Molloy 14-15 (10-10)
New Haven 9-19 (8-12)
Saint Thomas Aquinas 11-17 (11-9)
Queens 14-14 (11-9)
Dowling 6-21 (5-15)
Concordia 8-18 (7-13)
Mercy 5-22 (4-16)
Preseason All Conference Teams
First Team
Bryant Lassiter (1) Jr. G NYIT
Cassius Chaney So. F New Haven
John Schmidt (2) Jr. G C.W. Post
Rich Fields (3) Sr. G/F Concordia
Glenn Martin (3) Sr. G/F Molloy
Second Team
Kirk Stewart (3) Sr. G NYIT
Khaleef Allicott So. G Queens
David Seagers So. G Dowling
Vincent Falzone (2) Sr. F Molloy
Akeem Comas Sr. F Saint Thomas Aquinas
Preseason Player of the Year: Bryant Lassiter, NYIT
(1) First Team 2006-07
(2) Second Team 2006-07
(3) Third Team 2006-07
