Connor Laverty, Jared Peters, and Elijah Boyd named All-MAC Commonwealth! Head coach Chris Carideo named Coach of the Year!
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Led by Jared Peters' career-high 23 points, the Pride overcomes a 21-point deficit to down conference foe Stevenson 79-76!
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Thank you for all of the support we received during this historical season! We finished 24-5 and won an NCAA tournament game for the first time since 2009.
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🚨🚨🚨Over the next few weeks, we will be doing a “Player Spotlight” so you can get to know our players a little better!!
First, get to know Senior captain, Jared Peters
@JaredPete5
(Shillington, PA)!!!
Great team win! Congrats to our guy Howie Rankine on scoring 1k Points. On to the next round at Home tomorrow at 7:40pm. Come out and support!
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🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨
Jared Peters and Pat Holden have been named All-MAC Commonwealth, marking 8️⃣ years in a row the Pride is represented on an All-Conference Team!
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Great win tonight in front of an awesome crowd! Congratulations to our guy Steven Matlack on reaching 1k career points! On to the Mac Commonwealth championship, Saturday 7pm @ Home vs Eastern!
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Congratulations James! James joined our basketball team this year after the football season and has been a joy to have! Comes to practice & plays hard everyday and the team seems to always gravitate to him. It’s as if he was on our team since his freshmen year! Well deserved!
Congratulations to senior Connor Laverty for being named this years’
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Male Athlete of the Year award! Connor led us to 19 wins this year (most in 10 years), and won MAC Player of the Year! Congratulations and we will miss you
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Jake Cashmer (Mt. Laurel, NJ)
Jake comes from one of the best HS programs in SJ historically in Lenape HS. He helped lead his team to a 2 seed in the state playoffs and was team captain!
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🚨 This semester Academics by the Numbers ‼️
2 players with 4.0
8 players on the Dean’s List
11 players earning Widener Honor Roll
12 players over 3.0
Team GPA - 3.39
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We are fortunate enough to have a coach
@CoachCarideoWU
with so much success on the court and on the sidelines. He's done it all at One University Place
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🚨 This semester academics by the numbers ‼️
8 players making Dean’s List
10 players earning Widener Honor Roll
12 players over 3.0
3.38 Team GPA
*Fall Team GPA - 3.39
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Luke Mazur (Linwood, NJ)!
Luke averaged 15 pts his senior season and was 1st team all conference, 3rd team All league and led his league in 3 pointers (82).
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to Sam Smith ‘18! Smith had one of the best single seasons in recent memory at Widener his junior year averaging 14ppg, 5rpg, while shooting 49% from the field & 42% from 3! Sam also won GEICO Play of the Year with his buzzer beater to force OT vs Albright!
Big thank you to all of the players and parents who attended our prospect camp yesterday. We appreciate everyone who was able to make it and hope to see you at our games this year.
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🚨🚨🚨 Player Spotlight - Bo Furey-Bastian (West Chester, PA)! Bo made the Dean’s List in both semesters last year while also earning MAC Academic Honor Roll!
Congratulations to our 3 Seniors on graduating today! Thank you for your work ethic, dedication and all the memories over the years! ECAC Champs, Regular Season Champs, 68 wins and a cumulative GPA of 3.3! We can’t wait to see what the future holds!
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to a few highlights of Sardayah Sambo ‘18! Sambo finished top 10 in points & rebounds while finishing top 5 in FG% & blocks in program history!
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A big congratulations to our undergrads Matt Daulerio and Luke Mazur. As well as Steven Matlack and Dominic Dunn for completing their Masters Degrees! Your hard work in the classroom has paid off! Congratulations!
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A game winner by Connor Laverty gives the Pride a win over Arcadia as it clinches the top seed in the MAC Commonwealth Championship!!
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.
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was down 48-33 with 15 minutes left in the second half before stringing together a 27-0 run to beat Catholic!
Laverty was the high-man with 20 points on 66.7 percent shooting.
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We are excited to announce a commitment in the class of 2028 from Alex Mostashari. Alex is a 6’5 wing from Great Falls, Virginia who attended the Fairfax Christian School! Welcome to Widener Alex!
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Big Home W! Thanks to all of the fans who came out to support us in a great atmosphere. Shout out to our guy
@kevinschenk23
on a huge game tonight! Next we are at Albright Saturday to close out the regular season.
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🚨 Player Spotlight- Pat Holden (Cape May, NJ)! Pat started every game last year and is shooting 42% (career) from 3! Most importantly in the classroom Pat has made Dean’s List every semester,
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Honor Roll in his first 2 seasons and holds a GPA of 3.75‼️
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We’d like to take this time to welcome the class of ‘24 to our basketball program and
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Anthony Pompilii (Chesapeake City) G from Bohemia HS
Anthony is his HS’s all time leading scorer & averaged 19 pts his senior year!
Closing out the regular season 22-3. Big game for Howie Rankine as well as great contributions from our bench. On to playoffs, Wednesday vs Alvernia @ 7pm at home. Come out and support!
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Huge congratulations to
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on surpassing 700 rebounds for his career! Kenny has 704 rebounds and counting after our game last night. Kenny is the first player to grab 700 rebounds in the Coach Carideo era. Congratulations Kenny!
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One of our programs’ GOATS Lou Stevens ‘88! He’s the all time leading scorer (2140) FGM (821) FTs (421), ‘88 All American & DIII POY, in ‘85 was crowned DIII Mid Atlantic MVP leading WU to the ‘85 championship game! Lou is in the Philadelphia small college basketball HOF!
Congratulations to our guys Aj Sawyers, Kenny Lewis, Pat Holden, Pete Gard and Steven Matlack for graduating today! Thank you for your efforts in the classroom and on the court! We are proud of all of you, and wish the best of luck in the future
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Flashback Friday! Flashback to Kendall Green ‘17! In Kendall’s Junior campaign he averaged 7 RPG & led the team in steals & double doubles despite being a guard, while averaging 12.6 points on 50% FG & shooting 54% from 3!