Friday, January 25, 2013

Throggs Neck News: Maritime Wins Again

Throggs Neck News: Maritime Wins Again: --> BRONX, NEW YORK, January 25- The Maritime basketball team won its second consecutive game Thursday night, this in dramatic fashio...
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Maritime Wins Again

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BRONX, NEW YORK, January 25- The Maritime basketball team won its second consecutive game Thursday night, this in dramatic fashion, 77-74 in overtime, over NYU-Poly at the Jays’ Jacobs Gymnasium. The Privateers overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to tie the game with 39 seconds to go and outscored Poly, 10-7, in the extra stanza to improve to 3-11 (2-7 Skyline) on the season, while the Jays fall to 4-11 (1-8 Skyline).
"Tonight was a great win,” exclaimed head coach Jake Scott. “We had to fight very hard to come back and push it to overtime. We got some great contributions from some bench players late and that was the difference."
Senior Ron Bethea (Harlem, N.Y./Humanities Prep.) recorded 26 points off the bench to lead the Privateers, while sophomore Sean Corley (Harlem, N.Y./Thurgood Marshall) had a great all-around game with 16 points, six rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Freshman Tim McNamara (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) added 11 points and sophomore T-Vaughn Gibson (Freeport, Bahamas/Sunland Baptist) chipped in with 10 to round out the double-digit scorers.
The Privateers held the lead for the entire first half, building a game-high lead of 10 points at 10:16 on a three-pointer by Kevin Blohm (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville). NYU-Poly fought back to within two points, 39-37, before the halftime break.
In the second half, the Jays outscored Maritime 28-12 over the first 13 minutes to take a 14-point, 65-51 lead. The Privateers climbed back over the next seven minutes, as Bethea led the charge with nine points. They eventually tied the game on two free throws by Corley with 39 seconds to go to force overtime.
In the extra five minutes, Bethea drained two foul shots at 3:39 to give Maritime its first lead since the beginning of the second half. A free throw by Corley and a trey by Bethea made the score 73-67 in favor of the Privateers with 53 seconds to go. Poly fought back to within one point, 75-74, with 26 seconds to go. Bethea drained two more free throws to seal the game.
Maritime returns to action on Saturday, January 26, when they play host to St. Joseph’s College. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. at the Riesenberg Hall Gymnasium.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Maritime Snaps Losing Streak 

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BRONX, NEW YORK, January 23- The Maritime basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak in dominating fashion on Tuesday night at the Riesenberg Hall Gymnasium, claiming its second victory of the season, 79-57, over Skyline opponent Mount St. Vincent. The Privateers improve to 2-11 (1-7 Skyline) with the victory, while the Dolphins fall to 4-12 (2-7 Skyline).
“I am so proud of our team tonight,” said head coach Jake Scott. “Everything we have been working on to this point came together. They deserve to be excited after that win. We will continue to work and improve every day. It was a great team effort.”
Sophomore T-Vaughn Gibson (Freeport, Bahamas/Sunland Baptist) led all players with a career-high 28 points; 17 of them coming in the second half. Classmate Sean Corley (Harlem, N.Y./Thurgood Marshall) drained 19 points, while also grabbing six rebounds and dishing out six assists. Senior Ron Bethea (Harlem, N.Y./Humanities Prep.) was limited in the second half due to an apparent leg injury, but still scored 13 points and had a game-high seven rebounds in just 27 minutes.
The Privateers charged out to a 21-point lead, 28-7, at 7:48 of the first half, but Mount St. Vincent fought back with nine straight points in just three minutes, all but two were off of Maritime turnovers. The Red and Blue were able to correct their mistakes and held a 12-point, 35-23, lead at halftime.
The Dolphins picked up their game early in the second half and the lead was cut down to just eight points, 45-37, at 14:03. However, a long stretch from 10:22 to 4:24 of the second saw the Privateers expand their lead to a game-high 23 points after a 20-7 run made the score 71-48. It was capped off by Gibson nailing two free throws.
Mount had three players score in double-figures, led by junior James Zuccaro, who had 18 points. Sophomore D’Andre McPhatter added 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds and junior Gerard Fraser scored 11.
The Privateers shot a season-high 51.0-percent from the floor (26-for-51) compared to the Dolphins’ 32.8-percent (22-for-67).
Maritime is back in action on Thursday, when the squad will travel to Brooklyn to take on NYU-Poly. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Jays’ Jacobs Gymnasium.


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Throggs Neck News: Bronx Seeing Major Drop in Crime

Throggs Neck News: Bronx Seeing Major Drop in Crime: --> BRONX, NEW YORK, January 23- Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released statistics highlighting the decrease in murders in th...
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Bronx Seeing Major Drop in Crime

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BRONX, NEW YORK, January 23- Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released statistics highlighting the decrease in murders in the Bronx in 2012. Last year, the Bronx had a total of 112 murders, down from 148 in 2011 and an all time low in the borough since the early 1960s.
“We are fed up with the negative stereotypes and the erroneous images about who we are as a Borough. The Bronx is a different place from when I was a teenager in the 80s and 90s, and hopefully we can make 2013 safer. This is a good first step, but we have much more work ahead of us,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
“I would especially like to thank the hard work of the NYPD, our elected officials, community organizations and everyone who continues to help make our borough a safer place to live.”
With roughly 1.4 million residents in the Bronx, statistics show that in 2012 the Bronx had a murder rate of 8.0 per 100,000 residents. For example, in 2012 Philadelphia’s murder rate stood at 21.4 per 100,000 residents, while Boston had a murder rate of 9.1 per 100,000 and Newark had 33.1 per 100,000 in 2012.
Other cities with significantly higher murder rates than the Bronx included New Orleans, Detroit, Atlantic City, Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas and Houston. Los Angeles, with a murder rate of 7.7 per 100,000 residents, barely edged out the Bronx in 2012.
“The Bronx is outpacing the nation in a wide variety of areas, including crime reduction. These statistics show that our borough, which continues to suffer from an inaccurate image as a dangerous place, is indeed outpacing some of the nation’s biggest cities when it comes to violent crime reduction. Given these numbers, it’s time for people across the nation and the world to reconsider how they think about the Bronx,” said Borough President Diaz.
Since the NYPD began tracking crime statistics through CompStat 19 years ago, the Bronx has seen a 70.4 percent total drop in crime, including a 78.1 percent drop in murders. This year’s drop is the lowest number of total murders since 1963. In 2012, the borough saw a drop in shooting victims of 7.7 percent and in shooting incidents of 6.7 percent from the previous year. In the past 19 years, the Bronx has seen shooting victims drop 65.1 percent, and shooting incidents drop 68.5 percent.
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Throggs Neck News: Maritime Loses

Throggs Neck News: Maritime Loses: --> Four Players In Double-Figures Not Enough As Privateers Lose To Mount St. Mary  BRONX, NEW YORK, January 21- The Ma...
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Maritime Loses

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Four Players In Double-Figures Not Enough As Privateers Lose To Mount St. Mary 
BRONX, NEW YORK, January 21- The Maritime basketball team had four players scored in double-digits, but the Privateers fell to Skyline opponent Mount St. Mary, 75-64, Saturday afternoon at the Knights’ Kaplan Center. Maritime’s record drops to 1-11 (0-7 Skyline) on the season, while MSM improves to 9-6 (6-3 Skyline).
"We proved today we can play with anybody in our league,” said head coach Jake Scott. “We just need to put together a full 40 minutes of basketball. We’re looking forward to practice and three more games next week.”
The first three and a half minutes wound up being the difference in the game, as the Knights stormed out of the gate to grab a 14-0 lead. The advantage remained in double-figures for the rest of the first half, as Mount St. Mary shot 51.7-percent (15-for-29) to the Privateers’ 34.5 (10-for-29) and took a 41-27 lead into the halftime break.
Maritime fought back to within eight points, 41-33, by scoring the first six points of the second half, all by way of senior Ron Bethea (Harlem, N.Y./Humanities Prep.). At four separate times later in the half, the Privateers got within nine points, but were unable to go on the run they needed to get back into the game.
Bethea finished with a team-high 20 points, while also bringing down six rebounds. Freshman Kevin Blohm (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) added 14 points, sophomore Sean Corley (Harlem, N.Y./Thurgood Marshall) chipped in with 11 points and a game-high seven rebounds and freshman Tim McNamara (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) contributed 10 to round out the double-figure scorers.
Mount St. Mary junior Joe Stabach led all players with 22 points, while classmate Chris Pisciotta had 11 points and junior Joe Henain scored 10 and matched the game-high with seven rebounds.
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