Caroline Gorman
December 10, 2012
Professor Tierney
Reporting and News Writing
As Stonehill College’s men’s Basketball set off into their season as the “2011-2012 Northest-10 conference Tournament Champions” they have some worries after losing their strong seniors, Andre Tongo, Sean Lowry and Patrick Lee, the team’s assistant coach. This doesn’t stop the team from being confident in the abilities that these seniors have going into their 2012-2013 season.
Brian Hamor, from Schenectady, N.Y. is a 6 foot 2 inch guard who performs extremely well with teammate 6 foot 1 inch, Sam Markle from Brandoford, Connecticut. These two are known as an unbeatable force when coming down the court.
“He knows exactly where everyone is and no matter the space, he will get the ball right into your hands,” says Hamor about his teammate Sam, Markle, is a strong ball handler and is always unexpected when it comes to his skills and knowledge of the court. “You never expect him to do half the things he does, but when he does them. They always work,” says Hamor. “I wouldn’t make half the points I did if it wasn’t for his capability of getting the ball right to me,” says Hamor. “This season will be a challenge without Andre who was one of our strongest players, but I do not doubt the capabilities that this team has and the success we can do,” says Markle himself. Both Markle and Hamor think highly of each other’s capability of achieving success on the court. “Brian doesn’t give up, regardless of the circumstances,” Markle says confidently. Hamor is known as a strong offensive and defensive player. Hamor enters his senior season 58 points shy of becoming the 36th 1,000 point scorer in program history. He also received Most Outstanding Player- NCAA Division II East Regional. “He has a strong mind set and you can never doubt his commitment to the team,” says teammate Markle.
6 foot 7 inches, the teams strongest forward transferred from Quinnipiac University, Raheem May-Thompson. “There was definitely a transition from Quinnipiac University to Stonehill since QU was division one, but Stonehill fights harder than any team I know and the bond of our team is indescribable,” says Thompson.
Thompson is from London, England so, the team has become his family. Thompson handles the ball well in tough situations and somehow always manages to get it right into the hoop. “He has determination in his eyes and just takes one step right to the hoop,” says junior teammate, Mitch Amelio. Although Thompson has only been on this team for one season teammates say, “he clicks right in, he doesn’t mess up the rhythm,” says Markle and Hamor.
Adam Fazzini is a guard, 6 foot 6 inches, a strong and well balanced leader for the 13 other players on the team. “Adam is a strong player but an even smarter teammate, he knows exactly what to say and knows exactly what should be done,” says teammate Thompson. Although Adam is known to be quiet, on the court he is much different. His years here have really given him a successful career.
“Yes we lost some amazing players who brought us to the success we have today but that does not mean we cannot get there ourselves again. We gained a lot of strong players, such as Jack Cole, Carter Smith and Josh Heyliger, gaining such strong guards and forwards, our team has a high shot of even breaking more records than before,” says Fazzini.
Even though the team lost three valuable seniors, they believe the team is stronger than ever and they believe that they will have success and achieve everything they possibly can. Losing players only gives the team a chance to step and up become the team everyone and themselves views them to be.
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