Stopera earns Skyline All-Conference Honors
Link to Skyline Team
New York, NY – The Sage Colleges' men's basketball team had one of their players honored with the release of the 2013-2014 Skyline Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Team. Graduate student and team captain, Jeff Stopera (Scotia, NY/Scotia Glenville) was named the Second Team for the Gators. Sage, which earned the team's second straight Skyline Tournament appearance, stands at 15-11 a must await word of a possible ECAC Division III Tournament bid on Monday.
He is enjoying his personal-best season with his 272 points and 166 assists. He is averaging 10.9 ppg in 25 games played with 56 steals and a team-best 33.3 minutes per game as well. He ranks No. 1 in the league with his 6.67 assists per game average, while ranking second with his 2.33 steals per game. He is also No. 2 in assist to turnover ratio with a 2.32 rating and ranks 4th in FT% (78.0%). He continues to add to Sage's career record book as he has now played in 110 games with 567 assists, 234 steals, and is No. 3 all-time at Sage in scoring with 860 career points. He is ranked No. 5 in Div. 3 with his assists per game, No. 6 in total assists, No. 35 in steals per game, and No. 247 in FT%.
Over the course of the season, he finished as the high scorer on three occasions including a 27-point effort in the win over the College of Mt. St. Vincent. He also set a new mark for most points in a game as he tallied 32 points in Sage's los with Farmingdale, 83-79. He earned Skyline Conference Co-Player of the Week honors following the 32-point performance and was also cited as the ECAC Division III Metro Men's Basketball Player.
The Gators set new standards over the course of the season for overall wins (15) and most conference wins (11).
