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for larger version       Rockaway NCAA College Basketball: Tournament Play Heats Up
But he resurfaced, taking his explosive 5 foot 10 shooting skills to top junior college basketball programs at Tallahassee and Howard College in Texas. Making an impact with Howard, who were ranked #1 in the country for the 2005-06 season, Forbes would get enough exposure to find a new home playing Division I basketball at the University of Binghamton. Forbes went through the transition of adjusting to college basketball in the America East Conference. While his team would up with a 13-16 record and the resignation of their coach Al Walker, Forbes did well in his first year to become a building block for whoever takes over. He averaged 11 points per game, second only to Steve Proctor who had 11.8. Forbes has been adept at switching from the when called for. For these stars, their NCAA postseason tournament title dreams continue. Michael Hines will be playing for glory starting on March 15. His Sullivan Community College Generals will be the #1 seed in the 2006-2007 NJCAA Division III Men's Basketball National Championship at SUNY New Delhi. Hines averaged 8 points per game as the former Beach Channel sophomore helped Sullivan College leap to a 29-0 record. They were also for the 12th time this season in the weekly poll by the NJCAA as the #1 ranked team. Katreem Palmer Scaling to new heights with starting minutes and an increased role at Delaware State, Palmer won second allteam Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women's basketball honors. The junior, who graduated from beach Channel, hit career high in points with 10.5 per game and 6.8 boards per contest. The Hornets also had their first winning season in a few years with an 18-12 regular season campaign. Delaware State is still in the hunt for an NCAADivision I automatic berth by advancing to the semifinals today at 2:30 p.m. Rhashon Clark The inconsistent play from a young and retooled Iowa State Cyclones ended in a 15-15 regular season and an eight spot in the Big 12 Conference Tournament which started at presstime. They'll face ninth seed Okalahoma and for any outside chance of winning an NIT bid, the Cyclones will have to win at least two games to get consideration. Clark averaged 6 points and six rebounds while being the only player on the squad to start all 30 games at small forward. For some players based from Rockaway, the NCAA season has already come to a close. Arthur Robertson and teammate Michael Brockington helped lead Post University, a Division II school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship Tournament. The second seeded Eagles though had their 17-12 regular season campaign erased in the semifinals of the tournament. The sixth seeded University of the Sciences upset the #2 seed Post University 62-55 on March 2nd at Dominican College. Robertson scored 10 points but it was it below his season average of 12.1 per game. He did end his junior campaign on an impressive note overall. Leading the team in scoring and rebounding, he was also named the CACC conference player of the week twice. Brockington, a junior, saw action in all 29 games and averaged 4 points per game. Maureen Carey, the former Stella Maris product and current freshman at Mount St. Vincent received little playing time, only getting into 16 of 27 contests for the team. But she did partake even in a limited role, a renaissance season for the Dolphins, who exceeded low expectations by going 17-10 and winning Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference Tournae bench for the 11-12 Hawks.
Dowling College player Molly Tubridy averaged 6.7 points per game in only 14 minutes of action this season. The 5 foot 11 Broad Channel native sophomore saw her team go 11-16 on the season.
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