EASTON, Mass. (Nov. 1, 2026) – The Stonehill men's basketball team will kick of its 2026-2027 season this week hosting Curry College on Monday, November 2 before heading out on the road against Fordham Thursday, November 5.
GAME / MEDIA INFORMATION
Stonehill (0-0, 0-0 NEC) vs. Curry College (0-0, 0-0 CNE)
Monday, November 2 | 7:02 p.m. | Paula Sullivan Court at Merkert Gymnasium | Easton, Mass.
Charlie Bergeron and Chris Costich will have the call on NESN+ and NEC Front Row.
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Stonehill vs. Fordham
Thursday, November 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Rose Hill Gym | Bronx, N.Y.
Andrew Bogusch and Andrew Posadas will have the call on ESPN+.
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History vs. Curry
Stonehill and Curry meet for the first time in program history.
Scouting The Colonels
Curry College, located in nearby Milton, Massachusetts, is a member of the Division III Conference of New England. Last season, the Colonels finished 10th in the CNE with a 7-18 overall record and a 3-13 conference mark. Curry returns eight players from the 2025-2026 team, including their top four leading scorers from a year ago - Manny Hidalgo (280 pts), Isaiah Andino (277 pts), Jeremiah Predin (275 pts) and Tommy Mallinson (248 pts). While being the Colonels leading scorer, Manny Hildalgo also was second on the team dishing out 63, trailing only senior Tommy Mallinson, who led the Colonels with 64. Junior Jeremiah Predin led the Colonels in the post with 142 boards.
Scouting The Rams
Fordham opens the season at No. 17 Kansas on Monday, November 2. The Rams won a pair of exhibition games against UMBC and Fairfield in late October. Sophomore Abass Bodjia led three Rams in double figures dropping 16 points in an 87-67 victory over the Retrievers. Senior Lateef Patrick, Jr. and sophomore Kelvin Odih came off the bench to net 14 and 10, points, respectively. Three days later in their second exhibition against the Stags, Lateef Patrick, Jr. led a trio of Rams in double figures dropping 20 points off the bench. Junior Amir Lindsey added 18 points, including going a perfect seven-for-seven from the charity stripe, while Bodija followed up with 10 points.
Coaching Tree
Curry's Head Coach Phil Alibrandi is in his seventh season at the helm of the Colonels. He is a 2011 graduate of Regis College where he played for longtime Head Coach Nate Hager and served a graduate assistant under Hager. The Skyhawks will host Regis College later this year on December 15 for Youth Education Day.
New Skyhawks
The Skyhawks welcome 11 newcomers to the Stonehill campus - including nine transfers.
Eli Greenberg (Le Moyne),
Anquan Boldin Jr. (Florida A&M),
Jack Medalie (Saint Anselm),
Amare Allen (Maine),
Felipe Patino (Southern Mississippi),
Ewan Steele (Idaho),
Devon Arlington (Yale),
Benicio Leons (Panola College), and
Danny Cheng (Seminole State College). In addition, freshmen
Kemar Grant and
Andre Langley join the Skyhawks for the upcoming 2026-2027 season.
Welcome To Stonehill
The Skyhawks also welcome four new members of the coaching staff.
Evan Conti,
Mike Larkin, and
Taurus Samuels join Stonehill as Assistant Coaches, while
John McKeown joins as the Director of Basketball Operations.
The Evan Conti File
Evan Conti enters his first year as an assistant coach the Queens, New York native, spent the last five seasons was an Associate Head Coach at Saint Michael's where he helped guide the Purple Knights to their third most victories with 24 in 2023-2024. Additionally that season, Saint Michael's were the NE-10 regular season champions and claimed the top seed in the East Region and hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional for the first time in program history.
A Return To New England: Mike Larkin
Mike Larkin returns to New England as an assistant coach after spending the last seven years as the Director of Basketball Operations for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights saw a renaissance since Larkin's arrival in Piscataway. Rutgers reached the post-season in three consecutive seasons, which included back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Most notably during the 2020-21 season, the Scarlet Knights earned their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1991 and first Tournament win with a victory over Clemson – the program's first since 1983. Prior to his arrival in Piscataway, New Jersey, he spent seven years on the coaching staff at Saint Michael's College.
A Little Ivy League: Taurus Samuels
Taurus Samuels enters his first season as an assistant coach. Samuels joins the Skyhawks coaching staff after a two-year stint at his alma mater Dartmouth. One of the youngest coaches in Division I basketball, Samuels played an integral role in helping guide the Big Green through one of the program's most successful stretches in recent history, highlighted by Dartmouth's first-ever Ivy Madness appearance, its first winning season since 1999, and the most Ivy League victories in a two-year span since the 1999-2000 seasons. Following the 2024-25 campaign, Dartmouth's staff earned Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year honors, led by Head Coach David McLaughlin.
Back in the NEC: John McKeown
John McKeown returns to the NEC after spending the last two seasons with the Saint Francis Red Flash. While at Saint Francis, he helped guide the Red Flash to its second NEC Tournament Title in 2024 and went otthe NCAA First Four in Dayton. McKeown's first year with Stonehill also marks are return to New England after graduating from URI where he served as the Head Student Manager as a senior.
NESN Linear Coverage
This season NESN has agreed to pick up eight of our home games on their networks (NESN/NESN+). They will have one game on NESN and seven on NESN+.
Date Opponent Channel Time
Nov. 2, 2026 Curry NESN+ 7 p.m.
Nov. 21, 2026 Northeastern NESN+ 5 p.m.
Dec. 5, 2026 Holy Cross NESN+ 1 p.m.
Dec. 15, 2026 Regis NESN 11 a.m.
Jan. 2, 2027 Wagner NESN+ 2 p.m.
Jan. 20, 2027 Central Conn. St. NESN+ 7 p.m.
Jan. 27, 2027 New Haven NESN+ 7 p.m.
Feb. 18, 2027 LIU NESN+ 7 p.m.
Hall of Fame Class of 2026
David Donnelly '99 the newest member of the Stonehill Hall of Fame. A two-time All NE-10 First Team selection in 1998 and 1999, Donnelly ranks 10th amongst program leaders in all-time points with 1,502. As a junior, Donnelly guided Stonehill to one of its best seasons. With a 22-7 overall record and a 15-5 mark against NE-10 foes, the Skyhawks were the NE-10 regular season champions and made an appearance in the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. Donnelly's induction into the Stonehill Hall of Fame makes him the 30th member of the men's basketball program in the hall of fame.
NEC Pre-Season Poll
The Skyhawks were picked sixth in the 2026-2027 NEC Pre-Season poll tied. Defending champion LIU was tabbed to repeat receiving seven first place votes, while Mercyhurst was selected second with two first place votes.
THE CHRIS KRAUS '06 FILE
Stonehill Head Men's Basketball Coach
Chris Kraus enters his 14
h season at the helm of the Skyhawk men's basketball team and has had role in over a quarter of men's basketball games in the program's 78-year history. Kraus became the 14
th head coach of the Skyhawks in July of 2013 after spending three seasons as an assistant coach under David McLaughlin. As an assistant coach he helped guide the Skyhawks to 2011-12 NE-10 Championship and NCAA Division II East Regional title. The longest tenured head coach in program history, Kraus is also the first Canadian-born head coach to lead the Skyhawks and one of two Canadian head coaches in NCAA Division I (Pacific's Dave Smart is the other). On November 15, 2024 against New Orleans, Kraus participated in his 500th game associated with the College (student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach), then on November 27, 2024 against Marquette it marked his 300th game as head coach. As the program's all-time program leader in games coached surpassing Raymond Pepin (312) and David McLaughlin (288), Kraus is also one of four head coaches in program history to reach the 100-win mark.
Head Coach Years Wins
David McLaughlin 2003-13 189
Chris Kraus 2013-present 175
Raymond Pepin 1984-95 171
Tom J. Folliard 1978-1984 101
