A December to Remember

With the Asiaf Field house closed until January 5th and the new year right around the corner, the Region XXI report is out giving the Men and Lady Warriors a lot to look back on.

Half way through the season the Men’s team has a division record of 1-1 and a regional record of 7-2. They have scored 748 points making their offensive average 83.1 points per game. Even though they have allowed 666 points, their defensive average is 73.5 points per game.

Rob Adams appears as one of the regions Assist Leaders. Adams has played in all 9 games with a total of 54 assists. Adams has also scored 55 2-point field goals, 13 3-point field goals, and 35 foul shouts. He has an average of 20.6 points per game.

Also playing for the Men’s basketball team, Quinton Peddy appears on the list of Rebound Leaders also playing in all 9 games with 72 overall rebounds.

The Lady Warriors have a division record of 2-1 with a regional record of 6-3. They have scored 558 points making their offensive average 62 points per game and they have allowed 562 points making their defensive average 62.4 points per game.

Captain of the team Joneiha Veiga is on the list of Regional Leaders. With 9 games played, Veiga has scored 48 2-point field goals, 12 3-point field goals, and 22 foul shouts. This makes her average 17.1 points per game. Veiga is also a regional rebound leader with 125 rebounds.


The Warriors seasons will begin again on January 3rd when both teams will be at Gateway Community College. The Lady Warriors start at 1:00 and the Men play following the Women’s game around 3:00.

See you next year!

Warrior Named to All-American Team

Massasoit soccer player Paulo Teixeira continues to rack up the awards as he was recently named to the First Team 2008 NSCAA/Adidas Junior College Division I All-American Team. Paulo was the sole member of this elite team from MA and the only player from the New England Region XXI conference to be recognized. If you see Paulo Teixeira, be sure to congratulate him on his accomplishment.

Massasoit Women dealt a loss by UCAP

The University of Connecticut at Avery Point breezed by the Lady Warriors, 73 -35, on Saturday at the Asiaf Field House. The Lady Warriors lost control of the game early as they were beset by a plague of turnovers. UCAP’s full court pressure stifled Massasoit and inhibited their ability to move the ball over the mid court line and the women trailed 35-16 at the half. The Lady Warriors could not find the hoop making just 14 of 58 shots overall. No Lady Warrior scored in double digits for the game.

While Massasoit was able to neutralize the UCAP height advantage on the boards, out-rebounding them 39-38 behind Joneiha Veiga’s 16 rebounds, UCAP’s height proved to be a problem for the Massasoit offense as they blocked 5 shots and held Massa to just 24% shooting for the game.

The Lady Warriors go on the road Tues 12/2 to take on the Lady Tigers of Roxbury at 5:00pm. GO WARRIORS!!

Submitted by Roly Landers

Men's Basketball Rebounds to the Win

On Tuesday November 25 the men's basketball team defeated Mass Bay at home 87-75

Helping their team with the win were Rob Adams, Marcus McLaurin, and Shane Coleman, all scoring in the double digits. 

"We don't have a captain of this team we have leaders," said head coach Jim Stapleton, "we have leaders, and watching this game you can see who those leaders are." 

McLaurin had 10 points, Coleman had 12 points, and Adams had 28 points. Rob Adams played all 40 minutes of the game with 9 steals and 6 assists. "It shows a lot of respect for a player when they are in for the whole game" said coach Stapleton. 

Marcellus Lee, John Reardon, Marlon Black, John Romanick, Quintin Peddy, Matt Ezepek, and Joe Whalen also helped the Warriors with the win. 

The next home game is Saturday December 6 at 1:00 PM.

Men's Basketball Falls Short of a Win

On Thursday the Warriors were defeated in Warwick by the Community College of Rhode Island 86-76.

Rob Adams led the Warriors with 32 points and 9 rebounds. Shane Coleman also contributed with 15 points and 8 rebounds.

"The Warriors showed a lot of fight in attempting to come back on the road" said head coach Jim Stapleton.

The Warriors will try to come back from this loss on Tuesday night when they are at home playing Mass Bay Community College at 6:00 PM.

Women's Basketball Home Opener a Success

The Massaoit Warriors (3-0) played a great game Thursday night when they beat the Bristol Community College Bees (1-2) 90-54.

With a 2-2-1 press the Warriors took the lead early in the first. Even though they had 19 turnovers, because of 19 steals the Warriors led 43-23 at the half.

In the second half the Warriors played a 1-3-1 half court press only turning the ball over twice and allowing them to steal 7 more times. Even though the Warriors turned the ball over more then BCC, the Warriors had the ball 15 more times due to their 50 rebounds versus BCC's 33 rebounds.

Leading the team to victory was none other then the captain Joneiha Veiga. Veiga had 20 of the 50 rebounds along with 5 steals and 30 points. Helping with the 26 overall steals was Shannon Mullen with 5. Amanda Dutcher also added 14 points and starter Treasa O'Neil added another 12. "Ten of the eleven players scored for the Warriors making this a great team victory" said head coach Sal Pina.

Coach Pina said that the Warriors will "face their toughest challenge of the season to date" as they travel to Connecticut to face Manchester Community College this Saturday.