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Salisbury University 

Salisbury, MD

2009-2010 Men's Basketball

News & Headlines

March 2010

03/17 - Palmer named to ECAC All-South Region third team

03/02 - Palmer selected as first-team All-Capital Athletic Conference

February 2010

02/23 - Sea Gulls fall to Wesley in CAC tournament; several milestones reached

02/22 - CAC opponent set for men's basketbal; Sea Gulls travel to Wesley on Tuesday

02/20 - Men's basketball tops Mary Washington; clinches spot in CAC tournament

02/17 - Salisbury battles back in final minutes but falls by three to Wesley

02/16 - Palmer is PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week

02/15 - Salisbury men fall to Marymount, still control CAC fate

02/13 - SU dribbles past Stevenson, 70-58

02/11 - Mother Nature wins again; basketball doubleheader at Marymount postponed

02/08 - Sea Gulls see five-game win streak come to end at York; Palmer scores 25

02/06 - Basketball doubleheader at York pushed back again

02/05 - Basketball games at York postponed

02/03 - Salisbury wins fifth straight, topples Gallaudet 64-50

02/02 - SU RESCHEDULES GAME WITH WASHINGTON

The Salisbury University men's basketball team rescheduled its previously postponed contest with the Shoremen of Washington (Md.) College for Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m., at the Cain Athletic Center in Chestertown, Md. The original contest on Dec. 18 was postponed due to inclement weather in the area. -- delmarvanow.com

January 2010

01/27 - McGrew big again as men's basketball wins fourth straight

01/25 - Palmer named CAC men's basketball Player of the Week

01/23 - Sea Gulls upset No. 16 St. Mary's, 76-66

01/21 - Special announcement for Sea Gull basketball fans

01/20 - Men's basketball back to .500 as McGrew has career night

01/18 - A night of personal bests as Sea Gulls defeat Eagles, 80-71

01/16 - A grand day for Palmer, Sea Gulls fall at Wesley

01/13 - SU's Palmer does the math: 978 + 22

Three years ago, Greg Palmer never would have seen himself in the scenario he is in now. As a freshman, the Salisbury University guard saw little time on the court, scoring only three points. Now, as a senior, Palmer is on the verge of scoring 1,000 points as the Sea Gulls play host to Capital Athletic Conference rival York tonight. Palmer stands just 22 points away from reaching the milestone. "When I first came here, I didn't play any minutes, so I didn't have any goals like that whatsoever," Palmer said. "Then my second year I ended up being fortunate to score a bunch of points. I thought about the math in my head, and I thought I'd have a chance to do it if I played my remaining two years." Prior to coming to SU in the fall of 2005, Palmer was a standout at Salisbury Christian School. During his senior year as a Jaguar, Palmer averaged 25.5 points a game, leading his team to its first Peninsula Athletic Christian Conference title. SU coach Steve Holmes first saw a 12-year-old Palmer in basketball camp and was fascinated by his perimeter shooting ability. "You could see Greg really shot the ball well and he liked to play and had a real good feel for the game," Holmes said. "When he got here as a freshman, he had good size [height-wise], but he was still thin and didn't have great endurance and strength yet. I knew it was going to take a little time for him to develop." Under Holmes' tutelage, Palmer learned help defense, boxing out and reading defenses on screen plays. "I feel like my first two years I learned something new every day in practice," Palmer said. But Palmer did not get the chance to put that knowledge to use much in his first year. He saw extremely limited action, playing just 21 minutes over eight games. Disappointed with his lack of playing time, the notion of leaving the team crossed his mind but quickly dissipated. "I would be really down on myself maybe after a game I really thought I was going to get in and it didn't just work out that way," Palmer said. "But (leaving) was never really a serious consideration." With the loss of two all-league guards, Palmer -- who worked on his strength over the year -- made the starting lineup his sophomore year and didn't disappoint. In 24 games, he scored 410 points, a 407-point improvement over his freshman total, and averaged 17.1 points a game. "We were challenging the sophomores and the returning players to step forward and take charge of the guard spots because they were open," Holmes said. "Greg stepped up, and it was easy to tell how hard he worked in the offseason." As a junior, Palmer scored 380 points and averaged 14.6 points. Now as a senior, Palmer is averaging 15.4 points. As for when ball drops through the rim for point No. 1,000, 1,001 or 1,002, Palmer knows what the best possible scenario would be: "A three-pointer would be nice," he said. "That's the foundation of my game, and it would be pretty fitting." -- delmarvanow.com

01/13 - Salisbury crushes York in CAC action; McGrew hits career-high 19 points

01/09 - Salisbury defeated by Marymount, 73-68

01/06 - Salisbury topples Gallaudet for first CAC win of 2009-10 season

01/04 - Sea Gulls grounded by Marlins

December 2009

12/18 - Basketball games at Washington (MD) College postponed

12/13 - Sea Gulls top Maryland Bible College, 86-71

12/12 - Salisbury falls on first night of CNU Classic, 71-65

12/09 - Salisbury falls to St. Mary's in CAC action

12/07 - Palmer named PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week

12/06 - Sea Gulls win Optimist Classic; Palmer named Tournament MVP

12/05 - Salisbury wins opening game of Optimist Classic; will play for championship tomorrow

12/03 - 2009 Optimist Classic set to tip off Friday

12/02 - Sea Gulls fall to Blazers in first home game of season

November 2009

11/22 - Sea Gulls clipped by Blue Jays in Pride of Maryland third-place game

11/21 - Sea Gulls fall to No. 20 St. Mary's 78-76 in Pride of Maryland Tournament

11/20 - Sea Gulls open up season with win against Goucher

11/20 -  Sea Gulls will rely on experience and fresh faces in 2009-10