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MEN'S HOOPS PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH, PEREZ NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CACC

11-8-05
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's basketball team was tabbed to finish fourth in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference 2005-06 Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference announced on Monday at its annual Media Day, held at Continental Airlines Arena. The league's 12 head coaches also voted Cougars' sophomore forward Manny Perez (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor), right, to the Preseason All-CACC squad.

The Cougars, who went 17-15 overall and 14-6 in the CACC to take third place last season, received 107 points in the voting. Defending regular-season and tournament champion Bloomfield College was picked to repeat, followed by conference newcomer Philadelphia University and Holy Family. Philadelphia joins the CACC this season after competing in the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference last season.

As a freshman, Perez recorded team highs of 16.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game en route to earning CACC Newcomer of the Year and second team all-CACC and all-Met honors. His 517 points are the most scored by a freshman at Caldwell and the fourth-highest single-season total in the program's history.

The Cougars, coached by Mark Corino, came within one game of earning the program's first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by advancing to the CACC Tournament finals, where they lost to Bloomfield. Along with Perez, Corino and the Cougars return four starters, including senior point guard Kelvin Reese (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck), plus key reserve Mark Kelly (Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Twp.). Corino begins his 18th season as the Cougars' head coach needing three wins to reach 300 victories at Caldwell and eight wins to become just the second active men's college basketball coach in New Jersey with 400 career victories.

The Cougars open the season at Disney's Division II Tip-Off Classic on Friday, Nov. 11, when they play Southern Indiana at 6:00 p.m. in Orlando, Fla.

CACC 2005-06 Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

  School 2003 Records Points
1. Bloomfield (8) 24-8 (15-5 CACC) 138
2. Philadelphia (2) 21-9 (17-7 NYCAC) 124
3. Holy Family (2) 19-11 (15-5) 121
4. Caldwell 17-15 (14-6) 107
5. Felician 15-15 (11-9 85
6. NJIT 11-17 (10-10) 77
7. Nyack 20-13 (13-7) 75
8. Dominican 12-18 (10-10) 65
9. USP 12-17 (10-10) 51
10. Post 6-21 (6-14) 40
11. Goldey-Beacom 6-21 (5-15) 36
12. Wilmington 2-25 (1-19) 17

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