Iona Gaels NCAA Basketball News

One of the five players who decided to leave Rutgers in the aftermath of a scandal that led to the firing of head coach Mike Rice has found a new home.

The 22-year-old dressed for Golden State's home game with the Utah Jazz before being sent back to the D-League for more playing time.

Lamont Jones, who finished third in the nation in scoring at 22.6 points per game, has won the Haggerty Award as the top player in the New York Metropolitan Area, the second straight year a player from Iona won the honor.

One day after Santa Cruz Warriors guard Scott Machado was called up by the Golden State Warriors, the NBA club assigned him back to the D-League. Machado, a 6-foot-2, 206-pound guard out of Iona College, was in uniform Sunday evening during Golden State's 97-90 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz after receiving a call-up earlier in the day.

Guard Scott Machado helped the Santa Cruz Warriors in their playoff push toward reaching the D-League postseason.