Virginia Union Quick Facts

Location ...... Richmond, VA VIRGINIA Founded / Enrollment ...... 1865 / 1,700 UU NN II OO NN Nickname / Colors ...... Panthers / Maroon & Steel BASKETBALL Conference ...... CIAA 1980, 1992, 2005 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ■ 23 CIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Home Court ...... Barco-Stevens Hall (2,500) President ...... Dr. Claude G. Perkins Athletic Director ...... Joe Taylor (9-16) Head Coach ...... Tony Sheals (Bethune-Cookman ‘80) VUU Record ...... 9-16 (1st Year) VS. (13-12) Overall Record ...... 73-119 (6th Year) Probable Starting Lineup Associate Head Coach ...... Lonnie Williams No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Assistant Coaches ...... Derek Thompson ...... Hannibal Tuck 2 Avery JIRMNSON 6-0 185 Sr. 12.3 2.6 Harlem, NY All-Time Record ...... 1562-720 3 Ray ANDERSON 6-3 175 So. 14.8 4.1 Wilmington, DE 10 D’Andre BULLARD 6-4 185 Sr. 11.8 4.0 Orlando, FL All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ...... 45-24 12 Colton LEWIS 6-9 220 So. 7.8 6.0 Harrisburg, PA ...... (25 Tournament Appearances, 7 Elite Eights) 22 Karo ADJEKUGHELE 6-6 210 Fr. 3.6 2.6 New Rochelle, NY ...... 3 NCAA Championships (1980, 1992, 2005) 2014-15 Schedule / Results ABOUT THIS GAME BY THE NUMBERS DATE OPPONENT ...... TIME / RESULTS Virginia continues the 2014-15 14.8 Nov. 4 ALL-ARMY (Exhibition) ...... L 80-78 men’s basketball season with the regular- The number of points per game that Nov. 15 West Virginia State ...... W 76-71 season finale between the Panthers and the Nov. 16 Notre Dame College ...... L 112-99 sophomore Ray Anderson is averag- Chowan University Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Sat- NOV. 19 ALDERSON-BROADDUS ...... L 87-72 ing this season for the Panthers. urday, February 21, in Murfreesboro, N.C. NOV. 22 SHAW...... W 77-70 4 NOV. 25 VIRGINIA-LYNCHBURG ...... W 116-57 VUU is coming off a 70-64 win over Elizabeth Nov. 30 Charleston ...... L 69-58 City State University on Wednesday, February The number of times D’Andre Bullard DEC. 2 BARBER-SCOTIA ...... W 125-71 18, 2015 in Barco-Stevens Hall in Richmond, has scored 20 or more points in the Dec. 5 Morehouse ...... L 70-66 Va. last six games for Virginia Union Dec. 6 Tuskegee ...... L 74-57 University. Dec. 7 Virginia State ...... L 72-61 In the two schools’ last meeting, Chowan de- DEC. 16 GLENVILLE STATE ...... L 73-70 feated VUU 87-73 on January 31, 2015, Barco- 11 JAN. 3 LIVINGSTONE ...... L 83-65 Stevens Hall in Richmond, Va. JAN. 5 JOHNSON C. SMITH ...... L 72-68 The number of rebounds that Colton Jan. 8 Shaw ...... L 79-60 GAME FACTS Lewis grabbed against Notre Dame Jan. 10 Fayetteville State ...... L 73-62 Date: February 21, 2015 College on November 16, Fayette- Jan. 12 St. Augustine’s ...... L 72-66 ville State on January 10, and Bowie Time: 4:00 p.m. ET Jan. 18 Virginia State^ ...... L 64-45 State on February 11. This is the Jan. 21 Bowie State ...... L 74-68 Site: Jesse Helms Center (2,000) highest number of rebounds in a Jan. 24 LINCOLN ...... W 75-73 (OT) Murfreesboro, N.C. single game for a VUU player this Jan. 28 Elizabeth City State ...... W 88-79 (OT) season. JAN. 31 CHOWAN ...... L 87-73 Officials: Michael Terry FEB. 4 WINSTON-SALEM STATE...... W 80-70 Quintin Murphy 125 FEB. 11 BOWIE STATE ...... W 83-76 Kevin Ricks Feb. 14 Lincoln ...... L 74-67 The number of points VUU scored in FEB. 18 ELIZABETH CITY STATE ...... W 70-64 Last Meeting: January 31, 2015 its’ 125-71 win over Barber-Scotia Feb. 21 Chowan ...... 4:00 p.m. Richmond, VA College on December 2, 2014 in Chowan 87-73 Barco-Stevens Hall. CIAA TOURNAMENT FEB. 23-28 2014-15 Men's Basketball Rosterage

0 Robert Valentine Fr. G 6-1 165 Richmond, VA Armstrong HS

2 Avery Jirmnson Sr. G 6-0 185 Harlem, NY Garden City CC

3 Ray Anderson R-So. G 6-3 175 Wilmington, DE St. George's Tech

4 Reggie Smalls Jr. G 6-0 180 Bradenton, FL St. Petersburg College

5 Deonte Moore Jr. G/F 6-4 205 Orlando, FL Santa Fe College

10 D'Andre Bullard Sr. G 6-4 185 Orlando, FL Florida A&M

12 Colton Lewis R-So. F/C 6-9 220 Harrisburg, PA St. Petersburg College

14 Franky Johnson Jr. G 6-3 180 Fairfield, CA Coppin State

20 Austin Spriggs Sr. F 6-6 190 Largo, MD Bishop McNamara HS

22 Karo Adjekughele Fr. F 6-6 210 New Rochelle, NY Fordham Prep

24 Ronald Whaley Jr. F 6-7 215 Cleveland, OH Monroe College

25 Dashawn Barton So. G 6-3 185 Hampton, VA Bethel HS

44 Cedric Happi Noube Jr. F 6-7 235 Cameroon, Africa Emilio Aguinaldo College

51 Robel Hurui Jr. C 7-1 245 Lanham, MD Harcum College TONY SHEALS HEAD COACH 1ST SEASON

Tony Sheals was named the ninth Head Coach in the history of Virginia Union University men's basketball on April 10, 2014.

Sheals spent one season as the head men's basketball coach at Saint Augustine's Univer- sity in 2013-14.

He has coached on the high school, collegiate and professional levels for more than 26 years, including Florida State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Towson University and Delaware State University. Sheals spent three seasons at Florida A&M University, where he was the Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach. While at Florida A&M, the Rat- tlers reached the MEAC Tournament semifinals in the 2011-2012 season.

Sheals began his collegiate coaching career at South Florida Community College, where he coached the Panthers for two seasons (1992-94).

Sheals was head coach at Bethune-Cookman (1994-1997) and Delaware State (2000) during their most successful periods in basketball history. He finished with a conference record of .500 or better each season at Bethune- Cookman, where Sheals was named MEAC Coach of the Year in 1995 as the Wildcats established school marks for best overall regular- season record and conference finish.

Sheals enjoyed success as an assistant coach for several years in the traditionally strong Atlantic Coast Conference, considered one of, if not the best, collegiate basketball conference in the nation. He was Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Miami (2001-2002) and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Florida State University (2002-2006).

Sheals was head coach at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla., for three seasons (2006-09).

Sheals was also an assistant coach at Towson State (1997-1999) of the America East Conference where he was primarily responsible for re- cruiting the No. 1 recruiting class in the league for two consecutive years.

During his time in Miami, the Hurricanes played in the NCAA Tournament, earning a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and won a then school-record 24 games. At Florida State, he helped assemble four of the top recruiting classes in school history, including the nation's No. 1- ranked class in 2003. The Seminoles defeated six nationally-ranked Division I teams with Sheals on the coaching staff. He also coached and recruited eight NBA players while at Miami and Florida State.

Sheals began his coaching career at Kathleen High School (1984 -1990) in Lakeland, Fla., where he compiled a career record of 156-57. He led his teams to three state tournament finals appearances (1986, 1987, 1989), posting one 31-win season and two 29-win seasons during his tenure. His 1987 team was ranked 18th in the nation by USA Today and Sheals was named Class 4A Coach of the Year by the Central Florida Coaches Association. He was recently inducted into the Lakeland Sports Hall of Fame for his coaching achievements at Kathleen High School.

Sheals holds a B.S. degree in health and physical education from Bethune-Cookman University (1980), where he finished Cum Laude. He and his wife Marian, have two children: a son, Drew, and a daughter, Marissa. LONNIE WILLIAMS DEREK THOMPSON ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH

With over 27 years of collegiate coaching and Derek Thompson will be entering his first season recruiting experience, Williams adds a dimen- as an assistant on the panther’s staff. Derek is sion to the men's basketball team that will look thankful to coach Sheals for the opportunity to to improve the Panthers, both on and off the join the Virginia Union family and looks forward court. to being a part of a program with such great tradition. He will be entering his fourteenth year "You want somebody that brings a multifacet of of college coaching after serving the last four experience on and off the court." Coach Sheals years as the associate head coach and assistant explains. "He has built and developed programs, to the athletic director at . He is and although we've never worked together, known for his work in developing guards as his we've maintained a relationship for over twenty- most recent work produced the 2014 Southern five years." Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) all- conference selection Terrence Noel and Eric With over 230 career wins as a head coach, the New York City native brings the winning Lipkin who was voted the 2013 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) new- attitude back to Panther basketball. comers of the year award, both starting at the guard position for Miles

Coach Williams started his colligate career playing at Sheridan College (Wyoming) before Thompson’s experiences has given him the opportunity to serve as the Head Coach at transferring to the University of Montana-Northern in 1978 and finished at Eastern Wash- which during that time he was the youngest head coach in NCAA ington. Division1 Basketball. He has also held assistant coaching positions at Southern Univer- sity a member of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and . After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University in 1980, he contin- Derek played basketball collegiately at Morris Brown where he scored over 1,000 points for ued on to receive his Master's in Physical Education from the University of Idaho in 1982. his career and earned a B.S. degree in Therapeutic Recreation. He is a native of Atlanta, GA and is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Williams was appointed his first Head Coaching job in 1986 at the South Florida Commu- nity College, where he led the team to a 25-5 overall record, which remains statistically one of the best years in the team's history. South Florida Community College led the nation in scoring with 104.1 points per game, and went on to win the conference championship. South Florida Community College ended their season ranked second in the Florida Junior College Poll and 16th in the Nation. In addition, still in his first year, Coach Williams was named Coach of The Year for the Sun Coast Conference. HANNIBAL TUCK ASSISTANT COACH Based on such an outstanding inaugural year, Coach Williams was invited by Florida Atlan- DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT tic University to construct a program from scratch. Florida Atlantic played their first intercol- legiate basketball game ever under Coach Williams in 1988 and put together an impressive 49 point victory over Palm Beach Atlantic University with a final score of 111–62. Hannibal Tuck comes to Virginia Union after

serving as the Varsity Basketball Coach at St. Following his tenure at Florida Atlantic Williams took a head coaching job at the University Christopher's Boys School in Richmond, Va., of California-Davis, and an assistant coach and recruiting co-ordinator at North Carolina from 2010 until 2014. While at St. Christopher's, A&T, before heading to the Historic as head coach of the Golden Tuck coached the boys varsity to a Top 10 finish Tigers. While at Tuskegee Coach Williams developed an All-American, three All- in the Virginia Preparatory League for three Conference, and six All-SIAC players while leading the team to a 18-8. The 1993-1994 consecutive years and guided the team to the season under Coach Williams was one of the school's best in history, taking pride in de- most consecutive wins in school history. feating the Nations number 2 and number 6 ranked teams in Division II.

Tuck has also served as Head Coach of the Other stops along the way include being head coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Squires Richmond Basketball of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1993 until 2014. He was Shores, and assistant coach at Florida International, before pairing a position as Athletic also the head coach in basketball and football at John Rolfe Middle School in Henrico, Director and Head Men's Basketball Coach at Knoxville College, in Knoxville . Va. Tuck is an adjunct faculty member in the Criminal Justice

After leaving Knoxville College, Williams went on to Connecticut as the associate head coach at University of Hartford, before landing at Tennessee State as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

Coach Williams looks to be a compliment to Coach Sheals as they prepare to contend for the CIAA Championship this coming season. "The timing was right to get together" said Williams, "I'm blessed that he's given me this opportunity, we've talked about it for years and now it's time to put both heads together and make this thing work." . VUU MEN’S BASKETBALL PHOTO ROSTER

0 2 3 5 Robert Valentine Avery Jirmnson Ray Anderson Deonte Moore Fr. • G • 6-1 • 165 Sr. • G • 6-0 • 185 So. • G/F • 6-3 • 175 Jr. • G/F • 6-4 • 205 Richmond, VA Harlem, NY Wilmington, DE Orlando, FL

10 12 14 20 22 D’Andre Bullard Colton Lewis Franky Johnson Austin Spriggs Karo Adjekughele Sr. • G • 6-4 • 185 So. • F/C • 6-9 • 220 Jr. • G • 6-3 • 180 Sr. • F • 6-6 • 190 Fr. • F • 6-6 • 210 Orlando, FL Harrisonburg, PA Fairfield, CA Largo, MD New Rochelle, NY

24 25 44 51 Ronald Whaley DaShawn Barton Cedric Happi Noube Robert Hurui Jr. • F • 6-7 • 215 So. • G/F • 6-3 • 185 Jr. • C • 6-8 • 235 Jr. • C • 7-1 • 245 Cleveland, OH Hampton, VA Cameroon, Africa Lanham, MD

THE LAST TIME AN INDIVIDUAL HAD… 30 or more points ...... 33 by Avery Jirmnson vs. Elizabeth City State (2/19/14) 35 or more points ...... 39 by Damion Harris vs. Elizabeth City State (2/23/12) 20 points in a half ...... 20 by Damion Harris vs. Elizabeth City State (2/23/12) 15 or more rebounds...... 19 by Omar Briggs vs. Johnson C. Smith (2/25/14) 20 or more rebounds...... 20 by Damion Harris vs. Elizabeth City State (2/4/12) 12 or more made free throws ...... 12 by Avery Jirmnson vs. Fayetteville State (1/11/14) 7 or more made three-point goals ...... 8 by Braxton Byerson vs. Fayetteville State (1/20/11) 10 or more assists ...... 10 by Avery Jirmnson vs. Elizabeth City State (2/18/15) 5 or more blocked shots ...... 5 by Omar Briggs vs. Bowie State (1/22/14) 5 or more steals ...... 5 by Avery Jirmnsson vs. Lincoln (2/18/15) THE LAST TIME A VUU TEAM... Scored 100 points ...... 125 vs. Barber-Scotia (12/2/14) Gave up 100 points ...... 112 vs. Notre Dame College (11/16/14) Scored less than 50 points ...... 45 vs. Virginia State (1/18/15) Scored 60 points in a half ...... 68 vs. Barber-Scotia (12/2/14) Scored under 20 points in a half...... 17 vs. Virginia State (1/18/15) Had a +20 rebounding margin ...... 24 vs. Elizabeth City State (2/23/11) Grabbed 60 or more rebounds ...... 63 vs. Shaw (1/27/87) Grabbed less than 25 rebounds ...... 24 vs. Chowan (1/31/15) Shot 60% or better from the field...... 62.9% vs. Barber-Scotia (12/2/14) Shot 30% or below from the field ...... 26.4% vs. Virginia State (1/19/14) Made 5 of less free throws ...... 4 vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (12/30/12) Shot 60% from the three-point line ...... 60.0% vs. Bowie State (2/2/12) Handed out 25 or more assists ...... 32 vs. Barber-Scotia (12/2/14) Committed 25 or more turnovers...... 25 vs. Johnson C. Smith (11/20/13) Committed 5 or fewer turnovers ...... 5 vs. Livingstone (1/3/15) Blocked 10 or more shots ...... 10 vs. Bellarmine (12/13/13) Had no blocked shots ...... 0 vs. Elizabeth City State (2/18/15) Had 15 or more steals...... 18 vs. Elizabeth City State (1/28/15) Had no steals ...... 0 vs. Johnson C. Smith (12/28/05) VIRGINIA UNION’S RECORD WHEN THE PANTHERS...

Lead at halftime ...... 6-2 Trail at halftime...... 1-13 Are tied at halftime ...... 2-1 Shoot better from the field than opponent ...... 7-3 Shoot worse from the field than opponent ...... 2-13 Shoot 50 percent or better from the field ...... 3-3 Shoot below 50 percent from the field ...... 6-11 Opp. shoots 50 pct. or better from the field ...... 1-7 Opp. shoots below 50 pct. from the field ...... 8-9 Make 7 or fewer three-point goals ...... 7-15 Make more than 7 three-point goals ...... 2-1 Attempt 20 or fewer three-point goals ...... 8-14 Attempt more than 20 three-point goals ...... 1-2 Shoot more free throws than their opponent ...... 8-5 Opponent shoots more free throws ...... 1-10 Free throws are the same ...... 0-1 Outrebound their opponent ...... 4-2 Are outrebounded by their opponent ...... 4-14 Rebounds are the same ...... 1-0 Commit fewer turnovers than their opponent ...... 7-9 Commit more turnovers than their opponent...... 1-5 Commit same number of turnover as opponent...... 1-2 Commit 15 or fewer turnovers ...... 7-14 Commit more than 15 turnovers ...... 2-2 Lead with 5:00 Remaining ...... 8-1 Trail with 5:00 Remaining ...... 1-14 Tied with 5:00 Remaining ...... 0-1 1-3 point margins ...... 1-1 4-5 point margins ...... 1-2 6-10 point margins ...... 5-3 11-19 point margins ...... 0-10 20 or more point margins ...... 2-0 Overtime games ...... 2-0 Vs. Top 25 teams ...... 1-1 Home games ...... 6-5 Away games ...... 3-6 Neutral games ...... 0-5 Score 59 or fewer points...... 0-3 Score 60-69 points ...... 0-9 Score 70-79 points ...... 4-3 Score 80-89 points ...... 3-0 Score 90 or more points ...... 2-1 Allow 59 or fewer points ...... 1-0 Allow 60-69 points...... 1-2 Allow 70-79 points...... 7-11 Allow 80 or more points ...... 0-3