5/8/08
Cecil's Whitehead Signs with Robert Morris University
Cecil Men's Basketball Player Josiah Whitehead signed a Division I National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and
athletic career at Robert Morris University on Wednesday, May 7.
Click here to read the Cecil Whig story about the signing:
http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/05/08/sports/03-whitehead.txt.
4/28/08
Cecil's Lowery Signs with University of Dayton
Cecil Men's Basketball player and All-American Rob Lowery signed a National Letter
of Intent with the University of Dayton Flyers on Monday, April 28.
Click here to read an article about the signing in the Dayton Daily News:
http://www.daytondailynews.com.
The Cecil Whig also ran a series of articles on the Rob Lowery signing. Click here to view them:
http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/04/29/sports/01-lowery.txt.
http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/04/30/sports/03-column.txt.
3/3/08
Seahawks Defeated in Regional Final
The Cecil men’s basketball team’s perfect season came to an end in a 98-95 overtime loss to Prince George’s Community College in the Region XX Championship on Sunday, March 2. Rob Lowery recorded 19 points and nine assists for the 31-1 Seahawks who had won 80 consecutive games against Maryland JUCO opponents. Antonio Haymon and Josiah Whitehead scored 17 points apiece, while Kevin Palmer and Jabril Bailey added 16 and 13 points, respectively. Cecil advanced to the final with a 97-77 victory over Community College of Beaver County on Saturday. Haymon and Whitehead were named to the all-tournament team. Click here to read an article about the game from Monday's Cecil Whig: http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/03/03/sports/01-men.txt.
2/26/08
Cecil Seahawks Win Fifth Straight MD JUCO Championship
The men’s basketball team captured its fifth straight Maryland JUCO Championship with a 106-82 win over Chesapeake College. All-tournament selection Rob Lowery tallied 24 points and 10 assists in the title game, while tournament MVP Kevin Palmer and Jabril Bailey scored 23 points apiece. Antonio Haymon contributed 16 points and 15 rebounds. Winners of 80 consecutive games against conference opponents, the 30-0 Seahawks advanced to the final by defeating Frederick Community College, 110-97, and Prince George’s Community College, 102-77. Seeded No. 1 for this weekend’s Region XX Tournament at Hagerstown Community College, Cecil has received a quarterfinal bye and will play Community College of Beaver County on Saturday, March 1 at 3pm. Monday's Cecil Whig features an article about the MD JUCO Championship win and can be read at the following site: http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/02/26/sports/02-cecil.txt. The Cecil Whig also ran an article comparing Cecil's 2006 National Championship team to this year's team. Click here to read that article: http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2008/02/26/sports/03-column.txt.
2/20/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Wins Tournament Opener
The men’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Maryland JUCO Conference
Tournament with a 110-48 win over Anne Arundel Community College on Tuesday, February 19. Jabril Bailey
led the 27-0 Seahawks with 22 points, while Rob Lowery scored 17 points. Josh Bennett has 11
points and 11 rebounds, and Rodney Jones and Travis Johnson added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
The remainder of the tournament will be played from Saturday to Monday, February 23-25, at Frederick Community
College. Cecil will face Fredrick at 7 p.m. Saturday. If the Seahawks continue to prevail, they will play at 3 p.m.
Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday. Click here to view the tournament bracket:
http://www.mdjuco.org/Men's_Brackets_08.htm.
Last week, Cecil’s men’s basketball program was featured in a column in The News Journal,
which can be read at the following site: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802130403.
2/18/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Wraps Up Perfect Regular Season; Home Playoff Game February 19
The men’s basketball team completed the regular season with a 26-0 record by defeating the College of Southern Maryland, 122-79, on Friday, February 15. Rob Lowery tallied 29 points and 10 assists, while Jabril Bailey and Antonio Haymon scored 28 and 18 points, respectively. The Seahawks are the No. 1 seed for this week’s Maryland JUCO state tournament. Cecil will host Anne Arundel Community College at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 19. The remainder of the tournament will be played from Friday to Sunday at Frederick Community College.
2/15/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Wins Two More
The men’s basketball team moved within one win of a perfect regular season by defeating Garrett College on Monday, February 11, 86-73, and Montgomery College Rockville on Wednesday, February 13, 84-53. Rob Lowery led the Seahawks with 28 points at Garrett, while Antonio Haymon and Jabril Bailey scored 18 and 17 points, respectively. Haymon led the Seahawks with 21 points against Rockville and Kevin Palmer tallied 14 points. Cecil (25-0, 15-0 Maryland JUCO) will conclude the regular season with a 7 p.m. game at College of Southern Maryland on Friday, February 15, and will host a Maryland JUCO play-in game at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 19.
2/11/08
No. 1 Seahawks are 23-0
The men’s basketball team reached the century mark for the 10th time this season in the 100-69 win at CCBC Catonsville on Friday, February 8. Kevin Palmer scored a team-high 29 points for the 23-0 Seahawks who have won 73 straight games against Maryland JUCO Conference opponents. Jabril Bailey had 20 points, while Antonio Haymon and Rob Lowery chipped in 15 and 14 points, respectively. Cecil will travel to Garrett College for a 7 p.m. road game on Monday, February 11 and will return home to face Montgomery College Rockville at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13.
2/8/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Defeats Rival Allegany
The men’s basketball team improved to 22-0 after defeating Allegany College of Maryland 96-83 on Wednesday, February 6. Rob Lowery scored a season-high 30 points and also had nine rebounds and six assists. Kevin Palmer scored 21 points, while Josiah Whitehead and Jabril Bailey chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively for the Seahawks who won their 72nd straight game against Maryland JUCO Conference opponents. Cecil will travel to CCBC Catonsville for an 8 p.m. game on Friday, February 8.
2/6/08
Men’s Basketball Enters the 21 Club
The men’s basketball team recorded its fourth narrowest margin of victory this season in a 98-90 win at Hagerstown Community College, on Saturday, February 2. Kevin Palmer tallied 26 points and 13 rebounds, while Rob Lowery scored 24 points for the Seahawks who improved to 21-0 and won their 71st straight game against Maryland JUCO opponents. Josiah Whitehead tallied 15 points and Antonio Haymon had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
2/1/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Continues Perfect Season
The men’s basketball team produced its second highest offensive output of the season in Wednesday’s 126-80 victory at Harford Community College. Antonio Haymon led the Seahawks with 29 points as they improved to 20-0. Rob Lowery tallied 21 points and 13 assists, while Kevin Palmer had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Josiah Whitehead, Jabril Bailey and Rodney Jones chipped in 16, 14 and 10 points, respectively. Cecil will travel to Hagerstown Community College on Saturday, February 2 and host rival Allegany College of Maryland at 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 6. Every Maryland JUCO tournament and regular season title in this decade has been captured by either the Seahawks or Allegany.
1/28/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball is 19-0
The men’s basketball team continued its undefeated season with a 99-72 Maryland JUCO Conference win over CCBC Dundalk on Saturday, January 26. Antonio Haymon and Jabril Bailey scored 23 and 21 points, respectively for the Seahawks who are 19-0 overall and 9-0 in league play. Cecil will head to Bel Air on Wednesday, January 30 to take on Harford Community College at 5 p.m.
1/25/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Matches the Patriots
The New England Patriots aren’t the only 18-0 team in the country. The men’s basketball team extended its longest undefeated start to a season in a 111-64 home win over Northern Virginia Community College on Thursday, January 24. Kevin Palmer scored 20 points, while Rob Lowery and Rodney Jones contributed 18 points apiece. Click the link above to view the latest NJCAA Division II poll
1/23/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Sets Record; Home Game Added for January 24
The men’s basketball team has begun the season with 17 straight wins for the first time in the program’s history. Rob Lowery scored a team-high 20 points in a 93-67 win over Frederick Community College on Saturday, January 19. This was the Seahawks’ 68th straight victory against Maryland JUCO Conference opponents. Antonio Haymon recorded 17 points and 15 rebounds, while Kevin Palmer scored 16 points. In place of the January 22 game at CCBC Essex that was cancelled, Cecil has added a home game vs. Northern Virginia Community College at 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 24.
1/18/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Matches Best Start
The 16-0 men’s basketball team equaled its best-ever start to a season with an 83-63 home win over NJCAA Division I Globe Institute of Technology on Wednesday, January 16. Rob Lowery scored 17 of his team-high 22 points in the second half, and Kevin Palmer had 18 points. The Seahawks will resume conference play on Saturday, January 19 with a 7 p.m. game at Frederick Community College.
1/14/08
No. 1 men’s basketball Beats Howard
Kevin Palmer scored 24 points to help lead the undefeated men’s basketball team to a 105-57 Maryland JUCO conference win at Howard Community College on Saturday, January 12. Jabril Bailey and Antonio Haymon tallied 17 points apiece, while Josiah Whitehead chipped in 16 points. The 15-0 Seahawks will host Globe Institute of Technology at 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 16.
1/11/08
No. 1 Men’s Basketball Continues Undefeated Season
The country’s top-ranked NJCAA Division II men’s basketball team extended its perfect record to 14-0, and its winning streak against Maryland JUCO Conference opponents to 66 games, in Wednesday’s 96-80 victory at Montgomery College-Takoma Park. Josiah Whitehead and Antonio Haymon led the Seahawks with 18 points apiece, while Rob Lowery, Jabril Bailey and Kevin Palmer scored 17, 14 and 11 points, respectively. Cecil will travel to Howard Community College on Saturday, January 12 for a 7:30 p.m. conference game. To view the NJCAA poll, click the link above.
1/7/08
Men’s Basketball Wins Again
Cecil’s men's basketball team remains undefeated with a win on Saturday, January 5. Kevin Palmer poured in a team-high 31 points in the 109-66 home win over Anne Arundel Community College. Antonio Haymon scored 28 points, Josh Bennett grabbed 12 rebounds, and A.J. Spencer recorded 14 assists for the 13-0 Seahawks.
1/2/08
Men’s Basketball Wins Holiday Tournament; Coach Lewit Wins No. 300
The men’s basketball team kept its perfect record intact, 12-0, and solidified its place as the nation’s top squad by winning the Cecil Holiday Tournament. Bill Lewit earned his 300th win with the Seahawks in an 88-53 victory over Lackawanna Junior College on Friday, December 21. The following night, Cecil claimed the championship by defeating No. 9 Monroe Community College, 99-82. Tournament MVP Rob Lowery scored 27 points in the final, while Kevin Palmer and Jabril Bailey tallied 21 and 15 points, respectively. Josiah Whitehead scored 11 points vs. Lackawanna and was named to the all-tournament team.
12/14/07
Number One Men’s Basketball is 10-0
The nation’s top-ranked men’s basketball team prevailed for the tenth time in as many games this season in a 108-94 Maryland JUCO Conference victory over Prince George’s Community College on Wednesday, December 12. Jabril Bailey scored 20 of his team-high 24 points in the second half, while Kevin Palmer finished with 22 points. Rob Lowery netted 17 points as A.J. Spencer and Josiah Whitehead added 14 and 12 points, respectively.
12/12/07
Men's Basketball Remains Undefeated
Cecil’s men's basketball team kept their perfect record intact with another Maryland JUCO Conference win. Jabril Bailey scored a game-high 25 points and Rob Lowery tallied 19 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds to lead the No. 1 NJCAA Division II team in the country to a 94-89 win over Chesapeake College on Saturday, December 8. Josiah Whitehead, Bernard Cherry and Kevin Palmer chipped in 13, 12 and 11 points, respectively for the 9-0 Seahawks.
12/3/07
Number One Men’s Basketball is 8-0
The nation’s top-ranked men’s basketball team kept its perfect record intact, 8-0, by winning its first two Maryland JUCO Conference games of the season. Antonio Haymon scored a team-high 17 points in a 99-80 win over Montgomery-Germantown on Wednesday, November 28, while Jabril Bailey tallied 16 points and Bernard Cherry added 14 points and 11 rebounds. On Saturday, December 1, Haymon poured in 26 points in a 114-69 victory against Baltimore City Community College, and Rob Lowery, Kevin Palmer and Bailey notched 17 points apiece. The Seahawks will host Prince George’s Community College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 5.
11/28/07
Men’s Basketball Ranked Number One
The latest National Junior College Athletic Association Division II men’s basketball poll was released on Tuesday, November 28 and Cecil College is the No. 1 ranked team in the country. The 6-0 Seahawks defeated two Division I teams last week en route to a three-game sweep at the Scottsdale Days Inn Classic in Arizona. See the link above to view the poll.
11/26/07
Men’s Basketball Sweeps through Arizona Tournament
The men’s basketball team won all three of its games in Arizona over the Thanksgiving weekend by defeating Indian Hills (Iowa) Community College, 86-82, Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College, 80-56, and Howard (Texas) College, 97-94. Indian Hills and Howard are both top 10 NJCAA Division I programs. Kevin Palmer’s sixth 3-pointer vs. Howard with 1.3 seconds remaining enabled the Seahawks to complete the sweep. Palmer averaged 19.3 points during the trip while Rob Lowery scored 17.7 points per contest. Several other players made key contributions, including Jabril Bailey and Josiah Whitehead who recorded 13.7 and 11.0 points, respectively. Click here to read an article about the win over Indian Hills Community College: http://www.ottumwacourier.com/sports/local_story_330013935.html.
11/21/07
No. 3 Men’s Basketball Remains Perfect
Ranked third in the country in this week’s NJCAA Division II poll, the men’s basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 135-91 victory over Salem Community College on Tuesday, November 20. Cecil blew open a close game by going on a 35-7 run to start the second period. Kevin Palmer led the Seahawks with 32 points, while Antonio Haymon and Rob Lowery scored 24 and 19 points, respectively. Wednesday's Cecil Whig has a game story and photo of Haymon on the front page of the Sports section.
11/7/07
Former Seahawk Drafted by NBDL
Congratulations to 2005 Cecil College graduate Craig Winder for being the 10th player chosen in the eighth round of the recent NBA Development League draft by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in McAllen, Texas. After scoring 1,138 points in two years with Cecil’s men’s basketball team, Craig transferred to the University of Texas where he was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team. The Vipers begin the regular season with a home game vs. Austin on Nov. 23. For more information about Craig’s new team, visit the following Web site: www.nba.com/dleague/riograndevalley/.
