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2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 2 INSIDE `RUNNERS UNITED Welcome back for another game day! Inside this Roadrunners GameDay Magazine you will find the most up-to-date insight and information about your `Runners and their 2020-21 season opponents. From team rosters to statistical comparisons to historical backgrounds, we have you covered for everything related to CSUB men’s basketball. We appreciate your support of our `Runners and can’t wait to see you back in the Icardo Center when possible!

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5 Head Coach Rod Barnes 20 Feature Player

Coaching and Support Home Court: History of 8 Staff 23 the Icardo Center 11 CSUB Roster 25 CSUB Administration

Mascot Spotlight: Rowdy the Season Statistics 13 27 Roadrunner

Roadrunner Scholarship 15 Roster Breakdown 30 Fund

18 Oppponent Roster

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Rod Barnes became the eighth head men’s Barnes has led Bakersfield to several program basketball coach at CSU Bakersfield on Mar. 30, milestones starting with his first season in 2011 2011, and is in his tenth season at the helm of the when the ‘Runners made their first NCAA Division Roadrunners in 2020-21. In his short tenure at I postseason appearance, earning a spot in the CSUB, Barnes has led the `Runners to postseason CollegeInsider.com Tournament after posting a play four times including three of the past four 16-15 record. Barnes also won his 200th game completed seasons. as a Division I head coach Feb. 22, 2012, when the Roadrunners defeated New Jersey Tech on Barnes’ vision for the program came to fruition in the road in double overtime. Barnes was named 2015-16 as he led CSUB to its best NCAA Division “Independent Coach of the Year” in 2012. I record at 24-9 (11-3 WAC) while also guiding the ‘Runners to a WAC Tournament championship and Barnes came to Bakersfield off a stint at Georgia their first NCAA Tournament appearance. State (2007-11) where he added 44 wins to his HEAD COACH coaching resume and helped rebuild a basketball During the 2016-17 season, Barnes built on the program amidst academic, administrative, and TENTH SEASON success of the 2016 NCAA Tournament bid, leading conference turmoil. AT CSUB his team to a WAC regular-season championship, another first for the program. After falling in the Prior to Georgia State, Barnes led his alma WAC Tournament final, the `Runners made the mater Ole Miss to the Sweet 16 in the 2001 NCAA • 21st Year as a Head best of their National Invitational Tournament Tournament. The same year, he was named SEC Coach (NIT) run, becoming the first eight-seed to advance Coach of the Year and Naismith national coach of • 332-324 Overall to Madison Square Garden for the NIT semifinals. the year. Barnes posted a win percentage of .564 Record (141-109) in eight years in the SEC while producing • 4 NCAA Tournament The 2018-19 season saw Barnes’ program return three 20-win seasons. Appearances (CSUB, to the postseason for the third time in the last four Ole Miss) years. The `Runners accepted an invitation to the Barnes had a stellar career as a player at Ole • 7 Postseason CollegeInisder.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) Miss, averaging 19.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 4.0 Appearances (NCAA, and again proved to be a force on the road. CSUB assists as a senior. He became in the first player NIT, CIT) won back-to-back games away from home before in the history of the program to collect 500 points, • 2017 College Insider falling in the CIT quarterfinals. 100 rebounds, and 100 assists in a single season. Hugh Durham Mid- Barnes is the only person in the storied history of Major Coach of the CSUB transitioned from the Western Athletic the Southeastern Conference to be named both Year Conference to the Big West Conference in summer All-SEC as a player and SEC Coach of the Year. He • 2016 & 2017 Western of 2020. During the program’s tenure in the WAC was inducted as a member of the Ole Miss Hall of Athletic Conference – seven seasons, all under Barnes – the `Runners Fame in 2012. ‘Don Haskins Coach earned two conference titles, an NABC All-Region of the Year’ honoree, 22 All-WAC nods, and seven academic He is a 1988 graduate of Mississippi with a degree • 2001 Naismith All-WAC honorees. in business management. Barnes is married to National Coach of the his wife Bridgett and has three sons, Brandon, Year During the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, Barnes Bray, and stepson Corey. Bray (2016-19) and • Only person in posted a 49-19 record and was named ‘Don Brandon (2013-14) both competed for Barnes at history of SEC to earn Haskins Coach of the Year’ in the Western Athletic CSUB during their collegiate careers. The Barnes All-SEC (1988) and Conference each year. He was also named ‘Hugh family now features three CSUB alumni: Bridgett, ‘Coach of the Year’ Durham Mid Major Coach of the Year’ in 2017. Brandon, and Bray. (2001).

Alma Mater: Ole Miss, ‘88

Record at CSUB: 146-135

WAC Championships: ‘16, ‘17

NCAA Tournament: ‘99, ‘01, ‘02, ‘16

NIT: ‘17 (semifinals)

CIT: ‘11, ‘19 (quarterfinals)

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MIKE SCOTT BRANDON BARNES CHRIS CREVELONE BRENT WRAPP DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH OPERATIONS

KEVIN MAYS MARCO CHIPRES MIKE WILKINS BRENDON ZIEGLER DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ATHLETIC TRAINER DIRECTOR OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE

ROADRUNNER RADIO NETWORK

The Roadrunner Radio Network pre-game show and the halftime show on AM 570 LA Sports. welcomes Isaac Lowenkron back for Keep your ears tuned as Lowenkron brings you courtside his third season as the voice of CSU action all year long. You can hear him call CSUB men’s Bakersfield’s men’s basketball radio basketball games during every home game and he will hit the broadcasts for the 2020-21 season. road with the `Runners all season as well. Lowenkron’s first Lowenkron will don the headset call of the season will be during CSUB’s home opener against once again and paint a picture for Notre Dame de Namur on Nov. 5. He will also hit the road when Roadrunner fans. the `Runners head to Cedar Falls, Iowa on Nov. 13 when CSUB A veteran of radio broadcasting, starts its road slate against the Northern Iowa Panthers. Lowenkron came to CSUB with a Now under the banner of Learfield, the Roadrunner wealth of experience. He has called Radio Network is anchored by Bakersfield’s Newstalk radio play-by-play for the Los 1180 AM/96.1 FM KERN, a 50,000-watt station carrying Angeles Clippers, UCLA football and Roadrunner basketball to all areas of Kern County as well as ISAAC LOWENKRON men’s basketball, as well as USC the surrounding Los Angeles, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo men’s basketball. Lowenkron has Counties. also done play-by-play for NFL and college football games All CSUB men’s basketball games, home and away, are for Sports USA Media. broadcasted live on Newstalk 1180 AM/96.1 FM KERN or 1230 Along the way, Lowenkron broadcasted six Pac-12 men’s AM/98.1 FM ESPN. The Dignity Health Pregame Show begins basketball tournaments and was the host of the national every broadcast 30 minutes prior to tip off. radio broadcast of the 2017 NFL All-Star Game for Westwood One. He has also served as the host of the Clippers Courtside

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0 RONNE READUS 1 SHAUN WILLIAMS 2 TRAVIS HENSON 3 CAMERON SMITH 4 TAZE MOORE

5 CZAR PERRY 10 JUSTIN 11 JACK SCHOEMANN 13 DE’MONTE 22 JUSTIN MCCALL EDLER-DAVIS BUCKINGHAM

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2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 12 SEASON STATISTICS

2020-21 CSU Bakersfield Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Jan 03, 2021 All games

Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 5-4 3-0 2-4 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 CSU Bakersfield 307 350 14 671 NON-CONFERENCE 4-3 3-0 1-3 0-0 Opponents 272 286 15 573

Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 13 BUCKINGHAM, De'Monte 9-8 209:57 23.3 32-74 .432 10-27 .370 17-20 .850 11 41 52 5.8 14 0 7 16 3 9 91 10.1 1 WILLIAMS, Shaun 5-0 97:03 19.4 17-43 .395 8-22 .364 7-10 .700 3 12 15 3.0 12 0 18 8 0 5 49 9.8 10 EDLER-DAVIS, Justin 9-9 228:26 25.4 31-73 .425 12-35 .343 13-16 .813 21 19 40 4.4 17 0 9 9 0 5 87 9.7 4 MOORE, Taze 8-3 148:24 18.6 28-63 .444 2-10 .200 17-20 .850 8 18 26 3.3 21 1 18 17 4 9 75 9.4 32 STITH, Shawn 9-4 153:23 17.0 21-39 .538 0-0 .000 28-36 .778 18 15 33 3.7 30 1 9 19 0 3 70 7.8 22 MCCALL, Justin 9-6 176:52 19.7 26-51 .510 1-2 .500 11-21 .524 15 18 33 3.7 11 0 5 8 8 6 64 7.1 5 PERRY, Czar 9-9 255:34 28.4 21-59 .356 0-2 .000 19-22 .864 3 14 17 1.9 17 2 28 17 0 10 61 6.8 0 READUS, Ronne 9-5 164:09 18.2 25-39 .641 0-0 .000 6-16 .375 24 32 56 6.2 21 0 4 13 6 4 56 6.2 2 HENSON, Travis 9-0 107:04 11.9 14-37 .378 12-25 .480 3-5 .600 5 17 22 2.4 8 0 2 6 4 6 43 4.8 55 EASTER, Grehlon 8-1 120:59 15.1 11-35 .314 4-17 .235 5-6 .833 2 6 8 1.0 13 0 8 4 0 7 31 3.9 3 SMITH, Cameron 9-0 103:47 11.5 11-27 .407 0-4 .000 6-8 .750 11 14 25 2.8 19 0 5 4 0 6 28 3.1 24 SOMERVILLE, Ray 6-0 34:23 5.7 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 5-10 .500 5 4 9 1.5 7 0 0 2 1 1 11 1.8 11 SCHOEMANN, Jack 6-0 24:58 4.2 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 2-4 .500 4 0 4 0.7 4 0 3 2 0 1 5 0.8 Team 17 11 28 8 Total 9 1825 241-552 .437 50-146 .342 139-194 .716 147 221 368 40.9 194 4 116 133 26 72 671 74.6 Opponents 9 1825 186-451 .412 64-190 .337 137-203 .675 74 177 251 27.9 174 7 107 147 33 60 573 63.7

Team Statistics Team Results CSUB OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 671 573 12/02/2020 at Santa Clara L 47-53 0 Points per game 74.6 63.7 12/07/2020 Bethesda (CA) W 94-43 0 Scoring margin +10.9 - 12/09/2020 at Arizona L 60-85 0 Field goals-att 241-552 186-451 12/12/2020 Idaho W 76-66 0 Field goal pct .437 .412 12/19/2020 St. Katherine W 87-46 0 3 point fg-att 50-146 64-190 12/21/2020 at Stanford L 50-63 0 3-point FG pct .342 .337 12/23/2020 at Pepperdine W 79-51 0 3-pt FG made per game 5.6 7.1 01/01/2021 at Long Beach St. Lot 89-90 0 Free throws-att 139-194 137-203 01/02/2021 at Long Beach St. W 89-76 0 Free throw pct .716 .675 F-Throws made per game 15.4 15.2 Rebounds 368 251 Rebounds per game 40.9 27.9 Rebounding margin +13.0 - Assists 116 107 Assists per game 12.9 11.9 Turnovers 133 147 Turnovers per game 14.8 16.3 Turnover margin +1.6 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.7 Steals 72 60 Steals per game 8.0 6.7 Blocks 26 33 Blocks per game 2.9 3.7 Winning streak 1 - Home win streak 3 - Attendance 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 3-0 6-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 13 Responding to Life’s Unexpected Moments

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2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 14 ROSTER BREAKDOWN

STARTERS RETURNING GP/GS POS. PPG OTHER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS

De’Monte Buckingham 27/31 G 8.9 4.5 reb Freshmen 2 Taze Moore 25/31 G 11.5 0.9 blk Sophomores 1 Czar Perry 25/31 G 8.4 3.8 ast Juniors 4 Shawn Stith 17/30 F 7.8 4.2 reb Seniors 7

OTHER RETURNERS GS/GP POS. PPG OTHER BREAKDOWN BY STATE

Justin Edler-Davis 6/31 G/F 6.7 4.3 stl California 5 Justin McCall 6/31 G/F 5.4 3.5 reb Arkansas 1 Ronne Readus 14/31 C 2.6 3.6 reb Illinois 1 Jack Schoemann 0/16 F 1.3 1.1 reb Kansas 1 Mississippi 1 South Carolina 1 Pennsylvania 1 NEWCOMERS HT. YR. POS. Virginia 1 Grehlon Easter 6-3 Jr. G Travis Henson 6-6 Jr. F Jahveon Medearis (RS) 6-2 Fr. G Ray Somerville 6-10 Fr. C Shaun Williams 6-13 R-So. G

2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 15 Celebrating and Supporting Roadrunner Men’s Basketball

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Head Coach: John Smith / Second Season / Dominican University, 1994 Associate Head Coach: Rodney Tention / Second Season / San Francisco, 1988 Assistant Coach: David Hanson / Third Season / Cal Poly, 2012 Assistant Coach: Justin Downer / Second Season / William Jessup, 2015

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DE’MONTE BUCKINGHAM Redshirt senior De’Monte Buckingham comes into this weekend leading CSUB in scoring at 10.1 points per game. A former Atlantic-10 Rookie of the Year while playing for the University of Richmond, Buckingham has become a consistent presence for the Roadrunners while serving as a team captain for the past two years. The native of Richmond, Va. exploded for a season-high 20 points to lead CSUB to a dominate victory over Pepperdine before Christmas. Buckingham has tallied 10+ points in sevenof Bakersfield’s last eightgames and is second on the team with 5.8rebounds a contest.

Head Coach Rod Barnes entered this season with 11-6 an 11-6 record against Big West opponents CSUB has enjoyed 9 different `Runners scoring in double digits 9 PLAYERS already this season

CSUB ranks 3rd in the country in offensive 16.33 rebounds per game this year.

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2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 22 HOME COURT THE ICARDO CENTER HISTORY OF THE ICARDO CENTER California State University, Bakersfield saw the Number of CSUB wins at completion of the Jimmie and Marjorie Icardo Center the Icardo Center since in 1989. Originally named the CSUB Activities Center, opening in 1989. the building was dedicated in honor of the longtime Roadrunner boosters who donated more than $2.5 million 248 to support Roadrunner Athletics. The 44,000 square-foot facility originally seated 3,800 fans. Originally funded by the State of California in the 1987-88 fiscal budget, separate improvements financed Icardo Center record by the CSU Bakersfield Foundation included 700 improved under Rod Barnes. chair-back seats and air conditioning. A 2,000 square- 83-29 foot, $100,000 reception room was financed by the Icardo Family. The Roadrunners moved into city-owned Centennial Garden (now Rabobank Arena) for the 1998-99 season and played exclusively at the downtown facility for the next decade, including their first seasons as an NCAA Division I program. Starting in the 2011-12 season, CSUB played selected games at both the Icardo Center and the arena before moving back on campus exclusively starting in the 2014-15 season. Due to the move back onto campus, the Icardo Center received a notable facelift in the fall of 2011 with the installation of the nation’s first blue floor. The playing surface is the first of its kind in volleyball and created quite a buzz when installed with ESPN, CBS, and NBC and other college sports networks writing stories about this new potentially-trend-setting playing surface. As part of the continued renovations, additional amenities include a concession area in the lobby, a state- of-the-art south system, dual scoreboards at either end of the playing surface, and a high-definition video board. In Summer of 2014, the facility underwent construction again, which included a new ceiling and walls color scheme matched to compliment the newly redesigned floor. New blue seats were added in the Summer of 2015 featuring contoured bench seating on the north end of the facility. Similar seating was added to the south end along with additional chair-back seating on both sides in the Summer of 2016, changing the venue capacity to 3,497. Renovations have continued on the Icardo Center as it is becoming a top-tier athletic facility. The Summer of 2018 saw the men’s and women’s locker rooms get a complete overhaul to further improve the student-athlete experience. The old main court was also ripped out and replaced by the same state-of-the-art playing surface used as the primary home court of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and in the practice facilities of the Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers. The new, still-blue court was made possible by the generosity of Kern Schools Federal Credit Union and is now known as the “Kern Schools Court”. This past summer, lighted Roadrunner and “Icardo Center” signs were added to the outside of the building. The CSU Bakersfield men’s basketball team boasts an impressive all-time record of 248-46 (.843) in the Icardo Center. CSUB is 54-19 (.740) at home since Jan. 1, 2015 and the `Runners have won 45 of their 63 (.714) home games over the last 5+ seasons.

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Dr. Lynnette Zelezny was appointed to serve as the fifth president of CSU Bakersfield, effective July 1, 2018. She is the first woman to serve in that role. President Zelezny is a strong supporter of Roadrunner Athletics, believing that academics and athletics must rise together at CSUB. She is proud of the program’s competitive success – seven conference championships since 2014 – as well as its academic success reflected by eleven consecutive terms of an overall Grade Point Average of 3.0 and increases in Graduation Success Rates and Academic Progress Rates. LYNNETTE ZELEZNY

Dr. Thomas D. Wallace, Vice President for Student Affairs at California State University, Bakersfield, began his appointment February 15, 2012. He has held administrative and faculty positions at the University of Mississippi and the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Student enrollment has increased almost every year Wallace has served as the chief student affairs officer. He has initiated a number of programs and activities to foster harmony, respect and acceptance among students and campus communities. He has garnered the respect and support of faculty, staff, students and alumni on every campus he has THOMAS D. WALLACE worked. Under his leadership, campuses have been transformed to student-centered environments.

Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried was named Director of Athletics at California State University, Bakersfield on August 20th, 2015. Siegfried had been placed in the Interim Athletics Director role since July, 2014 and joined the department in March of 2012 as the senior associate athletics director. In his current role at CSU Bakersfield as director of athletics, Siegfried oversees an NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports program comprising of 16 varsity sports programs, 310 student- athletes, 85 employees, and a $14.5 million operational budget.

ZIGGY SIEGFRIED

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‘Rowdy’ The Roadrunner is the official mascot of the CSUB Roadrunners and as the men’s basketball program experienced their best season to date in 2016, Rowdy received just as much fanfare. In March of 2016, prior to the NCAA Tournament, USA Today Sports along with ‘For The Win’ blog ranked all 68 mascots participating in all those characters get together in once place. the NCAA Tournament with Rowdy the Roadrunner Rowdy enjoys watching his Roadrunners receiving the number-one spot for his court play, giving high-fives and taking photos with presence, antics, look and dance moves throughout fans. He also enjoys general shenanigans and the the season. occasional dance party on court. With that in mind Rowdy received plenty of national television exposure during CSUB’s first- round game against Oklahoma which was televised on Tru TV. Rowdy is a regular fixture at CSUB contests including soccer, basketball, volleyball and baseball. He also makes regular appearances in the community for various charitable events and outings. He also celebrates his birthday every year with a party at a CSUB event that includes all his mascot friends from around Kern County. It is thought to be the only gathering of the sort in the area and one of the most entertaining scenes when

2020-2021 CSUB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY MAGAZINE FIRST EDITION 27 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR HOTEL SPONSORS

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City of Residence Phoenix, Ariz. High School DANIEL CARRIZOSA Boulder Creek High School BASEBALL EXPECTED GRADUATION: SPRING 2021 Student Type/ Degree Program Current CSUB Student, Bachelors Degree

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Student Status and Achievements Carrizosa is a three-time Western Athletic Conference All- Academic Selection and was named the 2020 CSUB Baseball Roadrunner of the year. PERSONAL STATEMENT My scholarship at CSUB has allowed me to receive a high- level education while continuing to play the sport I love at the Division I level. I’ve been given so many opportunities and met so many driven and supportive people over the past four years. I’ll always be thankful to everyone who has helped me grow into my best self on and off the field at CSUB.

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