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TYLER NEVILLE - MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT DEC. 15, 2019 - vs QUINNIPIAC - game notes OFFICE: (207) 581-4849 | CELL: (910) 478-7784 | [email protected] @Blackbearsmbb #BlackBearNation SCHEDULE/RESULTS TALE OF THE TAPE Date Opponent Time 3-6 / 0-0 AE record/conf. 3-4 / 0-0 MAAC 56.9 points per game 73.0 Oct. 27 HUSSON # W, 76-50 64.7 opponent points per game 75.0 Nov. 3 MCGILL # W, 70-63 -7.8 scoring margin -2.0 Nov. 6 MERRIMACK W, 84-64 41.7 field goal percentage 44.5 29.0 3-point field goal percentage 35.3 Nov. 10 at Harvard L, 46-67 67.8 free throw percentage 74.8 Nov. 16 at Portland L, 62-71 34.3 rebounds per game 35.9 Nov. 19 at #25 Washington L, 53-72 +4.4 REBOUND MARGIN -1.1 15.4 ASSISTS PER GAME 13.4 Nov. 24 MAINE MARITIME^ W, 90-50 17.2 TURNOVERS PER GAME 12.9 Nov. 27 at #7 Virginia L, 26-46 3.8 BLOCKS PER GAME 3.4 Dec. 1 at Connecticut L, 40-60 5.3 STEALS PER GAME 5.0 Dec. 4 at Northeastern L, 63-78 Dec. 7 at C. Conn. State W, 66-64 HOW TO FOLLOW MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS Dec. 11 DARTMOUTH L, 44-77 Dec. 15 QUINNIPIAC 1:00 PM 0 - F - ANDREW FLEMING Cross Insurance Center 10 GP/ 10 GS, 18.1 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.8 APG, 51.5/34.8/71.4, 34.3 MPG Dec. 20 at UMass. 7:00 PM 2019 America East Preseason All-Conference Bangor, Maine 4th in the America East in PPG, 2nd FG%, 3rd in MPG, 4th in SPG (1.3), Dec. 29 at Hawaii 5:00 PM (HT) 6th in BPG (1.1) Jan. 2 COLUMBIA 7:00 PM 3 - F - VILGOT LARSSON - Stockholm, Sweden Jan. 5 STONY BROOK* 1:00 PM 10 GP/ 10 GS, 7.6 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 41.0/33.3/65.4, 27.8 MPG Jan. 8 at unh* 7:00 PM http://bit.ly/2NagzaY Jan. 11 at UAlbany* 3:00 PM Jan. 15 UMASS LOWELL* 7:00 PM 5 - F - NEDELJKO PRIJOVIC - Belgrade, Serbia @BlackbearsMbb 10 GP / 10 GS, 8.2 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 2.1 APG, 40.7/31.3/50.0, 30.8 MPG Jan. 19 BINGHAMTON* 2:00 PM Jan. 22 VERMONT* 7:00 PM Jan. 25 at UMBC* 1:00 PM 13 - F - MIKS ANTOMS - Riga, Latvia Feb. 1 HARTFORD*^^ 12:00 PM 8 GP / 4 GS, 3.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 37.0/0.0/45.5, 18.0 MPG Feb. 5 at Vermont* 5:00 PM Feb. 12 UMass Lowell* 7:00 PM Feb. 16 UALBANY* 1:00 PM 25 - G - SERGIO EL DARWICH - Dekwaneh, Lebanon Feb. 22 at Stony Brook* 7:00 PM 6 GP / 6 GS, 11.3 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 4.0 APG, 42.9/25.0/86.7, 32.8 MPG Feb. 26 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 PM Feb. 29 UMBC* 1:00 PM Mar. 3 at Hartford* 7:00 PM the maine line # - Exhibition ^ - Played at the Portland Expo ^^ - Played at Memorial Gymnasium, Orono Campus DOUBLE DIP AT HOME * - America East Game All home games are played at Cross Insurance Center The Black Bears returned to their home court at the Cross Insurance unless otherwise noted Center for the first time since November 6th following eight straight road contests on Wednesday night, falling to Dartmouth by a 77-44 fi- nal. The Black Bears stay home for today’s matchup with Quinnipiac, but @BlackBearsmBB | #BLACKBEARNATION then it’s right back on the road for dates at UMass (Dec. 20) and Hawaii (Dec. 29) to finish the 2019 leg of the ‘19-’20 season. #BlackBearNation 1 2018-19 MAINE BLACK BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School 0 Andrew Fleming Sr. F 6-7 Norway, Maine / Oxford Hills 1 Mykhailo Yagodin R.So. G 6-5 Odessa, Ukraine / South Plains College 2 Ja’Shonte Wright-McLeish Fr. G 6-4 Montreal, Canada / Collége Jean-Brébeuf 3 Vilgot Larsson Jr. F 6-8 Stockholm, Sweden / Korrespondengymnasiet 4 Ata Turgut Fr. F 6-9 Ankara, Turkey / Ted Ankara Kolejliler 5 Nedeljko Prijovic R.Jr. F 6-8 Belgrade, Serbia / Texas State / Lee Academy 10 Stephane Ingo R.Fr. F 6-9 Mississauga, Canada / Second. Catholique Sainte-Famille 11 Agah Kizilkaya Fr. G 6-3 Copenhagen, Denmark / Sakarya Ugur Okullari 12 Veljko Radakovic Fr. F 6-9 Novi Sad, Serbia / Lee Academy 13 Miks Antoms Jr. F 6-8 Riga, Latvia / Archbishop Carroll 15 Taylor Schildroth Fr. G 6-0 Blue Hill, Maine / George Stevens Academy 21 Precious Okoh Fr. G 6-1 Brockton, Mass. / Bradford Christian Acad. 22 Solomon Iluyomade R.So. F 6-7 London, Eng. / City of London Acad. 25 Sergio El Darwich Sr. G 6-4 Dekwaneh, Lebanon / W. Texas Col. / Lee Acad. 44 Peter Stumer Fr. G 6-6 Sodertalje, Sweden / Alviks Basketbollklubb Head Coach: Richard Barron (Kenyon College ‘91), Second Season Assistant Coaches: Edniesha Curry, Kevin Reed, Igor Vrzina Director of Operations and Sports Performance: Matt Marshall pronunciation guide HOMECOMING SPOILED #1 – Mee-hi-low Ya-go-din The Bears fell in their return to the Cross Insurance Center on Wednes- typically goes by “Misha” - (Me-shah) day night, as the Dartmouth Big Green dispatched the Black Bears by a 77-44 final score. #2 – Jah-Shawn-Tay #3 – Vill – got Dartmouth opened the game on an 11-0 run to set the tone early, as #5 – Ned-yel-coe Pree-yo-vich Maine managed to trim the lead back down to five after a Mykhailo #11 – Ah-gah Kiz-il-kaya Yagodin three ball made it 15-10. The Big Green put up another big run #12 – Vel-coe though, this time a 9-0 run, and the Black Bears never could quite close #13 – Miks (rhymes with flicks) the gap. The buzzer sounded, and the Ivy League visitors walked away #15 – Shill-d-roth with the 77-44 victory. Andrew Fleming led Maine offensively with 15 #21 – Oh-coe points, six rebounds, and four assists on the evening. #22 – Il-yo-mah-day Nedeljko Prijovic had another great game on the glass, pulling down #25 – El Dar (rhymes with far)- vitch nine rebounds. Maine’s shooting woes continued, as they put forth a #44 – Steam-mur 34.7/27.8/50.0 shooting line on the evening. Edniesha – Ed-nee-sha Igor Vrzina – Ee-gore Vriz-nah (rhymes with frizz) BATTLE TESTED BEARS The Black Bears enter the week ranked 21st in the nation by ESPN and 27th by KenPom.com in strength of schedule across all of Division I men’s basketball. Vermont is the next highest-ranked America East team in each ranking, coming in at 38th on ESPN and 52nd on KenPom.com. #BlackBearNation 2 quick facts series history Overall ............................................................................................................ 5-5 General Information Streak ............................................................................................................. L, 1 School ........................................The University of Maine Last 4 meetings ............................................................................................... 2-2 Location ........................................ Orono, Maine 04469 First Meeting .......................................................Nov. 20, 2007, Maine W, 64-59 Founded ..................................................................1865 Last Meeting ...............................................Nov. 25, 2018, Quinnipiac W, 58-50 Enrollment ...........................................................11,168 Last Maine Win .................................................................. Nov. 26, 2017, 78-72 Nickname ......................................................Black Bears Most points scored ..........................98, Dec. 29, 2015, Maine W at home, 98-95 Colors .......................Blue (PMS 289 and 292) & White Most points allowed ..........................102, Nov. 25, 2013, Quinnipiac W, 102-61 Affiliation ............................................ NCAA Division I Largest Margin of Victory ..................... +7, Nov. 25, 2008, at Quinnipiac, 73-66 Conference ................................................. America East Facility ...........................Cross Insurance Center (5,800) PRESEASON OUTLOOK President ................................................... Susan Hunter 2019-20 sees the second year of the Richard Barron era in Orono. In Director of Athletics .......................................Ken Ralph Barron’s first season at the helm, the Black Bears posted a 5-27 over- Athletic Dept. Telephone ........................(207) 581-1052 Deputy Director of Athletics ....................... Brian Faison all record and a 3-13 mark within the America East conference before Senior AD - External Ops..................... Tyson McHatten bowing out to the juggernaut Vermont program in the first round of the Senior AD - Development ...................... Seth Woodcock conference tournament. With one of the youngest rosters in the Ameri- Asst. AD for Finance .................................... Matt Curtis Director of Compliance ...................Samantha Hegmann ca East, Barron and the rest of the program will look to surprise people in the upcoming season. Leading the way will be senior co-captains History Andrew Fleming and Sergio El Darwich. Darwich enters his second year First Year of Men’s Basketball .............................1904–05 as a member of the Black Bears after transferring in from Western Texas Program Record ............. 962-1,162 (.453) 100th Season NCAA Tournaments ..............................................None a year ago. He started 25 games a year ago, shooting 49% from the field Last Post-Season Game ............................ March 9, 2019 and racking up 94 assists, 40 steals, and seven blocks on the season. America East Tournament ......................... Quarterfinals Fleming returns for his final year in Orono after leading the 2018-19 Result .......................................... Vermont 73, Maine 57 squad in scoring, rebounding, and assists, averaging 13.8, 7.0, and 3.1 a Athletic Communications game. He posted four double-doubles on the season and collected dou- Asst. Direct. of Ath. Comms ....................... Tyler Neville ble-digit point totals in 22 of 28 of his appearances. Fleming entered his Office Phone .............................................207.581.4849 senior season just 12 points shy of 1,000 career points, and with three E-Mail [email protected] America East All-Conference honors already on his resume (All-Rookie Cross Center Press Row ..........................(207) 992-7746 Web Site ...................................www.GoBlackBears.com ‘16-17, Second Team ‘18-19, Preseason All-Conference ‘19-20).