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2012-13 Men's Basketball Roster

Brian Jenkins
Brian Jenkins
Brian Jenkins
Jason Roberts
Ali van Laer
Shane Bufano

42 Ben Crenca

  • Position F/C
  • Height 6-10
  • Weight 260
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Exeter, R.I.
  • Highschool Exeter-West Greenwich/Worcester Academy

Biography

CAREER HONORS:
  • 2012-13 Team Captain
  • 2011-12 NABC Honors Court
  • 2010 America East Academic Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2012-13 SEASON: Served as a team captain … Was hampered by injuries but persevered to play in 21 games and earn two starts … Scored a season-high eight points in a win at New Hampshire (1/2/13) in the America East opener.

2011-12 SEASON: Played in 32 games, making 14 starts as a junior … Averaged 4.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … Started off the season reaching double figures in four of Vermont’s first six games … Tallied 10 points and five rebounds in a win over Dartmouth … Went 4-for-4 from the floor for 10 points against Long Island … Added 10 points and five rebounds in an overtime win at Old Dominion … Scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a victory over Siena … Had nine points and eight rebounds against Northeastern.

2010-11 SEASON: Played in 22 games, making one start as a sophomore … Missed the first part of the year after recovering from a knee injury, as he made his season debut on December 20 at Fairfield … Scored five points and added five rebounds in a home win over UMBC … Went 2-for-2 from the floor and tallied five points in a win at Maine … Started the season finale in the NIT at Cleveland State, scoring two points and adding two rebounds.

2009-10 SEASON: Had a solid freshman year that ended early due to a knee injury … Played in the first 25 games of the year, making six starts … Went 4-for-5 from the floor to tally eight points and four rebounds in a win vs. Toledo … Netted a career-high 15 points and added five boards in a win over NJIT … Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in his final game of the season at UMBC … Also added six rebounds in wins over Yale and Hartford … Blocked a pair of shots in four different games on the year.

BEFORE VERMONT: The 6-foot-9 Crenca will look to give the Catamounts an added inside presence ... As a junior he was named the team MVP at Worcester Academy after averaging 15 points and nine rebounds per game ... Before transferring to Worcester, Crenca was named All-Division 2 in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League as a sophomore ... A McDonald’s All-American nominee, he was a teammate of classmate Luke Apfeld on the Expressions Elite AAU squad.

PERSONAL: Is the son of David and Lisa Crenca ... Has one younger sibling, Jamie ... Is a psychology major.

CAREER STATS

                                 Total         3-Point                    Rebounds   
Year      GP-GS   Min/Avg    FG-FGA   Pct   FG-FGA   Pct   FT-FTA   Pct Off-Def  Tot  Avg  PF-FO Ast  TO Blk Stl  Pts/Avg  
2009-10   25-6    273/10.9   32-67   .478    0-0    .000   23-43   .535  32-40    72  2.9  26-0    4   9  13   0   87/3.5  
2010-11   22-1    110/5.0    10-24   .417    0-0    .000    9-13   .692   8-14    22  1.0  14-0    1   9   2   0   29/1.3  
2011-12   32-14   356/11.1   49-85   .576    0-0    .000   30-50   .600  28-65    93  2.9  55-2    5  30   9   1  128/4.0  
2012-13   21-2    156/7.4    14-31   .452    0-0    .000    6-7    .857   3-14    17  0.8  27-0    1   9   6   4   34/1.6  
TOTAL    100-23   895/9.0   105-207  .507    0-0    .000   68-113  .602  71-133  204  2.0 122-2   11  57  30   5  278/2.8  

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2010-11Sophomore

    F/C
    6'10" 260 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2011-12Junior

    F/C
    6'10" 260 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2012-13Senior

    F/C
    6'10" 260 lbs
    42