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2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report February 1, 2016 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com/OVCDigitalNetwork.com Email: [email protected] @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through January 31) ONFERENCE VERALL C vs. vs. O EAST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Belmont 8 1 .889 4-0 4-1 L1 2-1 6-0 16 7 .696 8-0 7-7 1-0 L1 Tennessee Tech 8 2 .800 5-0 3-2 W3 3-1 5-1 16 7 .696 12-0 4-7 0-0 W3 Tennessee State 6 2 .750 3-0 3-2 W1 1-2 5-0 15 6 .714 7-1 6-5 2-0 W1 Morehead State 6 3 .667 4-1 2-2 W2 2-1 4-2 12 9 .571 8-2 4-7 0-0 W2 Jacksonville State 4 6 .400 2-3 2-3 L2 1-3 3-3 8 17 .320 5-7 2-9 1-1 L2 Eastern Kentucky 3 6 .333 2-4 1-2 L3 1-2 2-4 12 12 .500 10-4 2-8 0-0 L3 vs. vs. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Eastern Illinois 6 4 .600 3-1 3-3 W3 3-3 3-1 9 13 .409 6-3 3-8 0-2 W3 Murray State 5 4 .556 4-1 1-3 L1 3-3 2-1 11 11 .500 8-3 1-7 2-1 L1 UT Martin 3 5 .375 2-1 1-4 W1 2-3 1-2 11 12 .478 6-2 5-8 0-2 W1 Austin Peay 3 6 .333 2-3 1-3 W1 1-5 2-1 10 14 .417 6-5 4-8 0-1 W1 Southeast Missouri 2 7 .222 1-4 1-3 L1 0-6 2-1 5 17 .227 3-7 2-10 0-0 L1 SIUE 1 9 .100 1-4 0-5 L4 1-5 0-4 4 18 .182 3-8 1-10 0-0 L4 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Monday, February 1 Wednesday, January 27 St. Ambrose at Eastern Illinois, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Morehead State 75, Austin Peay 65 *Murray State 75, @Eastern Kentucky 71 Thursday, February 4 *Austin Peay at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Thursday, January 28 *Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Eastern Illinois 82, UT Martin 74 *Morehead State at Belmont, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Belmont 72, @Jacksonville State 63 *Murray State at Southeast Missouri, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU) *Southeast Missouri 58, @SIUE 51 *@Tennessee Tech 81, Tennessee State 79 Saturday, February 6 *Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois, 11:00 a.m. (American Sports Network) Saturday, January 30 *Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@UT Martin 63, Murray State 59 *Eastern Kentucky at Belmont, 5:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Austin Peay 86, @Southeast Missouri 80 *UT Martin at SIUE, 5:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Tennessee State 78, @Jacksonville State 53 *Austin Peay at Murray State, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Eastern Illinois 60, @SIUE 46 *Morehead State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Morehead State 70, @Eastern Kentucky 67 *@Tennessee Tech 89, Belmont 79 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2015-16 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - February 1 • 1 THIS WEEK’S adidas® OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION PLAYER Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Torrance Rowe, G • Sr., 6-1, 175 • Atlanta, Ga. • Tennessee Tech Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 690-6685 Rowe led his team to a perfect 2-0 week including handing Belmont its fi rst Conference loss of the E-mail: [email protected] season by averaging 22.5 points, 3.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists/game and hitting 43.8 Web: http://www.OVCSports.com http://www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com percent (14-of-32) from the fi eld and 78.6 percent (11-of-14) from the free throw line. The senior has ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Basketball Online Press Box is a helped the Golden Eagles to a 16-7 start which is the best for the program since the 2001-02 season. one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member Against Tennessee State to open the week he scored 19 points and dished out four assists while also schools. Media can access it OVCSports.com/basketballpressbox. hitting a pair of free throw with 0.5 seconds left on the clock to give his team the 81-79 victory. Against SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the Belmont Rowe hit 4-of-9 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 26 points in the 89-79 win over Belmont. OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www. In that contest the senior had four rebounds, three assists and an assist. Rowe currently ranks second twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. Also in the OVC in free throw percentage (87.3%), third in 3-pointers made (2.5/game) and minutes played check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalleyconference and the league’s (34.6/game), fourth in scoring (17.7 points/game) and assists (4.7/game) and sixth in assist-to-turnover blog at www.OVCExtra.com. ratio (1.8). In OVC-only games this season Rowe is second in the league in scoring (19.1/game). WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week and weekly notes report each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. Others Nominated: Josh Robinson, Austin Peay; Evan Bradds, Belmont; Trae Anderson, Eastern Il- CT. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each linois; Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky; Jeremy Watson, Jacksonville State; DeJuan Marrero, Morehead gameday on the OVC Website. State; Jeffery Moss, Murray State; Keron DeShields, Tennessee State; Twymond Howard, UT Martin. CO-NEWCOMERS OVC SID DIRECTORY Ryan Martin, F • Sr., 6-9, 225 • London, England • Tennessee Tech AUSTIN PEAY Hakeem Rogers, G • Jr., 6-1, 175 • Elizabeth, N.J. • Tennessee Tech Brad Kirtley (931) 221-7561 The Tennessee Tech duo combined to average 39.0 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals/ Cell Phone (931) 801-7875 Email [email protected] game and hit 52.3 percent from the fi eld as the Golden Eagles topped Tennessee State and Belmont Website LetsGoPeay.com (handing the Bruins its fi rst OVC loss of the season) to improve to 16-7 overall and 8-2 in league play. Press Row Number (931) 221-7155 Martin averaged 17.5 points and 13.5 rebounds/game in recording his sixth and seventh double-doubles of the season; the transfer from South Plains College had 17 points and 14 rebounds against Tennes- BELMONT Greg Sage (615) 460-6698 see State and 18 points and 13 rebounds against Belmont. Coming off the bench Rogers averaged Cell Phone (615) 512-3633 21.5 points and 2.0 steals/game while knocking down six 3-pointers in the two victories; the transfer Email [email protected] from Casper College had a season-high 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting against TSU and 20 points on Website BelmontBruins.com 7-of-12 shooting against Belmont (where he also had a season-high three steals). Press Row Number (615) 460-8554 EASTERN ILLINOIS Others Nominated: Demetrius McReynolds, Eastern Illinois; Jarelle Reischel, Eastern Kentucky; Greg Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 Tucker, Jacksonville State; DeJuan Marrero, Morehead State; DaMarcus Croaker, Murray State; Trey Cell Phone (217) 508-8317 Email [email protected] Kellum, Southeast Missouri; Keron DeShields, Tennessee State; Kedar Edwards, UT Martin. Website EIUpanthers.com Press Row Number (217) 581-7770 FRESHMAN Nick Mayo, F • Fr., 6-9, 220 • Oakland, Maine • Eastern Kentucky EASTERN KENTUCKY Steve Fohl (859) 622-1253 For the fourth-straight week and eighth time this season Mayo earned OVC Freshman of the Week Cell Phone (859) 200-1958 honors after averaging 20.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks/game and hitting 66.7 percent (16-of- Email [email protected] 24) from the fi eld while also going a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. He started the week with Website EKUSports.com a game-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting in a loss to Murray State. Three days later Mayo had his Press Row Number (859) 622-5908 second double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds while also adding a season-best JACKSONVILLE STATE fi ve blocks; in that contest he hit 6-of-8 fi eld goals and was 7-of-7 at the free throw line. Mayo is the Josh Underwood (256) 782-5915 top freshman scorer in the OVC (14.7 points/game) and also ranks third in the league in fi eld goal Cell Phone (256) 453-0545 percentage (61.0%). In OVC-only games he is fi fth in the OVC in scoring (18.6 points/game). Mayo Email [email protected] Website JSUGamecockSports.com needs three more Freshman of the Week honors to tie the all-time OVC record currently held by former Press Row Number (256) 782-5583 EKU player Matt Witt (2002-03).