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#15 Morgan State Bears (23-11) GAME at #2 Oklahoma Sooners (27-5) March 19, 2009, 9:40 p.m. - NCAA First Round Sprint Center 35 Kansas City, Missouri SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 2008-09 Schedule Projected MSU Starters and Notes Opponent Time G 3 Jermaine “Itchy” Bolden (5-9, 175, Sr., Baltimore) 9.2 ppg, .439 3FG, 4.9 apg, 1.4 spg N15 La Salle L, 61-64 Has started in every game this season...Selected to the Shamrock Classic All-Tourney Team...Recorded career- N17 UMBC W, 67-60 high 11 assists vs. North Carolina A&T (1/10/09)...Scored career-high 18 vs. #3 Norfolk State in the MEAC N19 Manhattan L, 60-61 Championship (3/14/09)...Averaged 15.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 5 apg in the 2009 MEAC Tournament N21-23 1-Glenn Wilkes Classic vs. Marshall W, 72-67 vs. Utah L, 37-66 G 21 Rogers Barnes (6-1, 185, Sr., Columbia) 8.6 ppg, .426 FG, 1.9 apg, 1.7 spg vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay L, 54-71 Saw action in 22 games last season...Averaged 3.9 ppg...Has started in 33-of-34 games this season... N29 Ole Miss L, 70-78 Averaging 31 minutes per game...Posted career-high 24 points vs. N.C. A&T...Had 5 steals in win at D1 St. Francis (Pa.) L, 61-65 Maryland...Leads the team in steals (1.7)...Scored 17 in MEAC semifinal vs. Coppin State (3/13/09) D6 Coppin State* W, 62-48 D10 DePaul W, 79-75 F 32 Marquise Kately (6-5, 220, Sr., San Francisco, Calif.) 11.0 ppg, .477 FG, 5.4 rpg, 1.5 apg D27 vs. William Jessup W, 70-68 Was selected to the 2009 NABC All-District First Team...2009 All-MEAC Second Team...Has started in 30-of-34 D28 vs. Saint Mary’s L, 60-76 games...11.0 ppg...5.4 rpg...1.5 apg...Scored season-high with 19 points at South Carolina State (2/9)... D30 Univ. of Washington L, 67-81 Scored 16 pts vs. Towson in ESPN BracketBuster game...Scored 16 pts (6-7 FG) and had 7 rebs. in MEAC Finals J7 Maryland W, 66-65 J10 N.C. A&T* W, 73-62 F 42 Rodney Stokes (6-10, 225, So., Glen Burnie) 4.5 ppg, .538 FG, 3.5 rpg, 1.2 bpg J12 Norfolk State* W, 74-70 Standout at Old Mill H.S. (Mitchellville, Md.) where he led team to two Regional Championships...Holds his J17 Florida A&M* L, 58-63 high school’s record for rebounding and blocked shots...Saw action last season as a true freshman... J19 Bethune-Cookman* W, 78-44 Averaging 4.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game.... J24 Howard* W, 78-56 J26 Hampton* L, 57-62 J31 Md-Eastern Shore* W, 87-52 G 11 Reggie Holmes (6-4, 185, Jr., Baltimore, Md.) 16.9 ppg, .373 3FG, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 spg 2009 NABC All-District First Team 2009 All-MEAC first team F2 Delaware State* W, 57-54 Was selected to the ... ...Averaged 21.3 ppg and 2009 MEAC Tournament MVP... F7 Winston-Salem State W, 73-64 7.3 rpg in the MEAC Tournament...Selected Ranked among the MEAC’s leading Alltel Player of the Game F9 South Carolina State* W, 66-56 scorers...Joined the MSU 1,000 point club... vs. Maryland (1/7/09) F14 Florida A&M* W, 75-57 F16 Bethune-Cookman* W, 55-44 #15 Bears, #2 Oklahoma Tip-off in NCAA First Round in K.C. F18 Howard* W, 74-69 F21 Towson-BracketBuster (ESPN) W, 80-64 The Matchup Oklahoma (27-5) is coming off a 71-70 loss against Oklahoma F23 Hampton* L, 47-49 Morgan State (23-11), the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference F28 Delaware State* W, 64-50 State in the quarterfi nals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday champs, was made the 15th seed in the South Region and night. Blake Griifen scored a game-high 17 points and pulled M5 Coppin State* W, 68-62 will play No. 2 Oklahoma (27-5) on Thursday, March 18 in down a game-high 19 of the Sooners 39 rebounds. Willie M11 4- vs. #8 Florida A&M W, 71-41 Kansas City, Mo. The No. 15 seeded Bears, making their fi rst- Warren and Austin Johnson chipped in 13 each. The Sooners M13 4-vs. #5 Coppin State W, 75-67 ever NCAA appearance, will tip off against the No. 2 seeded have lost 4 of their last six games. M14 4-vs. #3 Norfolk State W, 83-69 Oklahoma Sooners Thursday at the Sprint Center in Kansas M19 5-vs. #2 Oklahoma 9:40 p.m. City, Missouri. Bears Clinch 2nd Straight Regular Season Title * - Denotes MEAC Games. For the second consecutive season the Morgan State Bears have 1- Glen Wilkes Classic; 2-St. Mary’s Tournament; The winner of the MSU-OU game will face the winner of the clinched the MEAC men’s basketball regular season title. The Bears, 3-Bracket Busters; 4-Winston-Salem, NC game between seventh-seeded Clemson and 10th-seeded who fi nished the season boasting a 13-3 conference mark, entered 5-Kansas City, MO Michigan on Saturday. the 2009 MEAC Basketball tournament as the number one seed. The Departed Tip-off for the game is slated for 9:40 p.m. and will be The Bears had three key departures from last season’s squad, and On the Air televised by CBS Sports. The Bears will matchup with every one of them played a key role to the team’s success over the RADIO * MSU Sports Radio Network Oklahoma for the fi rst time in history. last two years. Guard Jamar Smith was selected as the 2008 MEAC Play-by-Play: Lamont Germany Player of the Year and center Boubacar Coly earned the MEAC Defensive Player of the Year honor, while point guard Jerrell Green Analyst: Austin Ward The Bears defeated Norfolk State 83-69 on Saturday, March 14th, marking its fi rst MEAC Championship Title since led the squad in assists (3.6 apg) and quarterbacked the team. Available on WEAA Radio - 88.9 FM 1977. Reggie Holmes paced the Bears with 20 points, while “Those three guys contributed signifi cantly to the foundation of our program,” noted Todd Bozeman. “Hopefully, we’ll be able Jermaine “Itchy” Bolden added 18 and Marquise Kately to look back and know they were the most important building TELEVISION * CBS posted 16. blocks we had.” Play-by-Play:Tim Brando #15 MSU #2 OU Analyst: Mike Gminski Record 23-11 (14-3 MEAC) Record 27-5 (13-3 BIG 12) Check your local listings 2007-08 Record 22-11 (14-2 MEAC) 2007-08 Record 23-12 (9-7 BIG 12) Last Game March 14 in W-Salem, N.C. Last Game March 12 in Oklahoma City, OK win vs. Norfolk St., (W, 83-69) in vs. Oklahoma St. (W, 71-70) Coach Todd Bozeman (3rd yr) Coach Jeff Capel (3rd yr) Career Record 121-75/7th year Career Record 145-73/7th year MSU Record 58-40/3rd year OU Record 66-32/3rd year Bozeman vs. OU 0-0 MSU’s Last Game -- #1 MSU 83, #3 NSU 69 (3/14/09 - W-S, N.C.) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jermaine “Itchy” Bolden has come up with a few big shots this season. He scored the Bears’ game-winning shot against William-Jessup, he hit a clutch Who to Contact three-pointer down the stretch against Maryland, and tonight he once again delivered MSU Sports Information Offi ce when it mattered most. (443) 885-3831 The senior guard hit a three-pointer with 40 seconds to go to help the Bears hold off Norfolk State 74-70. Sports Info. Director After a put-back by NSU’s Brandon Monroe cut the Bears’ lead to 72-70 with nine (Men’s Basketball) seconds left, Rogers Barnes sank two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to improve the Leonard L. Haynes IV Bears’ record to 3-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and 8-8 overall. [email protected] Tonight was a good test for the Bears who were defeated last season by a buzzer-beater at Norfolk State, and were entering the game fresh off a hard fought win against North Carolina A&T on Saturday. Plus, the Bears faced Asst. SID a Spartan team that was trying to win its third consecutive game after a 10-game losing streak. (Women’s Basketball Contact) Michael Deloach, the MEAC’s leading scorer (20.4 ppg), scored the Spartans’ fi rst 14 points, as NSU took an early Kevin Paige 14-7 lead with 13:23 remaining in the fi rst half. MSU went on a 10-0 run, including four points from Barnes, to [email protected] take back the lead, and the Bears led 35-30 at the half. The teams traded baskets throughout most of the fi rst seven minutes of the second half. NSU’s last advantage Statistician came at 46-45 after two free throws by Lyons with 13:57 left in the game. But Holmes, who did not score a single Myron Vanterpool fi eld goal in the fi rst half, scored the game’s next eight points in a 14-4 run that gave the Bears a 59-50 lead with Sports Info.