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2014-15 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report January 26, 2015 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 25) ONFERENCE VERALL C vs. vs. O EAST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Belmont 5 2 .714 3-0 2-2 W3 1-0 4-2 13 7 .650 7-2 6-5 0-0 W3 Morehead State 4 3 .571 1-2 3-1 W2 2-0 2-3 9 13 .409 3-5 5-7 1-1 W2 Eastern Kentucky 3 3 .500 1-1 2-2 L2 0-2 3-1 11 8 .579 5-3 6-5 0-0 L2 Tennessee Tech 2 6 .250 2-3 0-3 W1 1-1 1-5 10 11 .476 8-3 2-8 0-0 W1 Jacksonville State 2 6 .250 2-3 0-3 L1 1-1 1-5 9 13 .409 8-3 1-10 0-0 L1 Tennessee State 0 6 .000 0-3 0-3 L6 0-1 0-5 3 18 .143 3-5 0-12 0-1 L6 vs. vs. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Murray State 7 0 1.000 2-0 5-0 W7 5-0 2-0 17 4 .810 8-1 8-1 1-2 W15 Eastern Illinois 6 2 .750 3-2 3-0 L2 6-0 0-2 12 8 .600 6-3 5-4 1-1 L2 UT Martin 4 2 .667 3-1 1-1 W1 3-2 1-0 12 7 .632 6-2 6-5 0-0 W1 SIUE 4 4 .500 4-1 0-3 L1 3-3 1-1 8 11 .421 8-3 0-8 0-0 L1 Southeast Missouri 3 4 .429 1-2 2-2 L1 3-3 0-1 9 11 .450 6-3 3-7 0-1 L1 Austin Peay 2 4 .333 1-1 1-3 W1 1-3 1-1 7 13 .350 5-2 1-10 1-1 W1 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Wednesday, January 28 Thursday, January 22 *Morehead State at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Morehead State 78, @Tennessee Tech 74 *@SIUE 69, Austin Peay 65 Thursday, January 29 *@Jacksonville State 71, Eastern Kentucky 67 *Eastern Illinois at UT Martin, 6:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Belmont 72, UT Martin 67 *Jacksonville State at Belmont, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Murray State 77, @Eastern Illinois 62 *Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *SIUE at Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Saturday, January 24 *Eastern Kentucky at Murray State, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU) *Austin Peay 56, @Eastern Illinois 52 *Morehead State 66, @Jacksonville State 63 Saturday, January 31 *@UT Martin 70, Southeast Missouri 53 *Tennessee Tech at Belmont, 2:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Murray State 60, @SIUE 54 *Eastern Kentucky at Morehead State, 3:15 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Tennessee Tech 83, Eastern Kentucky 81 (OT) *SIUE at Eastern Illinois, 3:15 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Southeast Missouri at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Sunday, January 25 *UT Martin at Murray State, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *Belmont 63, @Tennessee State 55 *Jacksonville State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2014-15 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 26 • 1 THIS WEEK’S adidas® OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION PLAYER Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Cameron Payne, G • So., 6-3, 180 • Memphis, Tenn. • Murray State Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 690-6685 Payne averaged 27.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists/game in helping Murray State to E-mail: [email protected] a pair of road games to extend the team’s winning streak to 15 games, tied for the seventh- Web: http://www.OVCSports.com http://www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com longest streak in OVC history. Payne had a career-high 33 points on 12-of-20 shooting ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Basketball Online Press Box is a (3-of-5 3-pointers) in handing Eastern Illinois its fi rst Conference loss of the season on one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member Thursday. The point guard added four assists (against only one turnover) and pulled down schools. Media can access it OVCSports.com/basketballpressbox. fi ve rebounds in the win. At SIUE he hit 4-of-6 3-pointers on his way to 22 points in a full 40 SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the minutes of action. Payne also had six assists, six rebounds and a steal in that win. For the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www. twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. Also week Payne hit 51.2 percent (21-of-41) from the fi eld, 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from 3-point check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalleyconference and the league’s range and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Payne ranks fi rst in the OVC in blog at www.OVCExtra.com. scoring (19.2 points/game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5), second in assists (5.9/game) WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week and and steals (2.0/game), third in 3-pointers made/game (2.2) and fi fth in free throw percentage weekly notes report each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. (77.1%). It marks the fourth time this season he has been named OVC Player of the Week. 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 gameday on the OVC Website. Others Nominated: Evan Bradds, Belmont; Eric Stutz, Eastern Kentucky; Darion Rackley, Jacksonville State; Brent Arrington, Morehead State; Charles Jackson, Tennessee Tech; Deville Smith, UT Martin. OVC SID DIRECTORY AUSTIN PEAY Brad Kirtley (931) 221-7561 NEWCOMER Cell Phone (931) 801-7875 Charles Jackson, C • Jr., 6-10, 225 • Sacramento, Calif. • Tennessee Tech Email [email protected] Jackson, the transfer from College of Southern Idaho, averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, Website LetsGoPeay.com 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals/game while hitting 78.9 percent (15-of-19) from the fi eld in a pair Press Row Number (931) 221-7155 of games. In an overtime win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, he recorded his NCAA- BELMONT leading 14th double-double of the season by scoring 18 points and hauling in 10 rebounds; Greg Sage (615) 460-6698 Cell Phone (615) 512-3633 in that game he also had two steals and a blocked shot while hitting 8-of-10 from the fi eld. Email [email protected] He started the week with 18 points, fi ve rebounds, two blocks and a steal against Morehead Website BelmontBruins.com State. Jackson ranks second in the OVC in rebounding (9.2/game), fi fth in fi eld goal percent- Press Row Number (615) 460-8554 age (59.4%) and blocks (1.3/game) and 11th in scoring (14.0 points/game). EASTERN ILLINOIS Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 Others Nominated: Trae Anderson, Eastern Illinois; Corban Collins, Morehead State; Isiah Cell Phone (217) 508-8317 Email [email protected] Jones, Southeast Missouri; Jake Newton, SIUE; Deville Smith, UT Martin. Website EIUpanthers.com Press Row Number (217) 581-7770 FRESHMAN EASTERN KENTUCKY Josh Robinson, G • Fr., 6-3, 190 • St. Louis, Mo. • Austin Peay Kevin Britton (859) 622-2006 Robinson averaged 14.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals/game last week as Austin Peay Cell Phone (859) 358-8359 split a pair of road Conference games. Robinson earned his third start of the season at SIUE, Email [email protected] Website EKUSports.com where he led the Govs with 17 points, including hitting a trio of 3-pointers while also pulling Press Row Number (859) 622-5908 down fi ve rebounds (three offensive) and netting two steals. At Eastern Illinois on Saturday he helped Austin Peay to its fi rst road win of the season, scoring 11 points including a pair JACKSONVILLE STATE Josh Underwood (256) 782-5915 of late 3-pointers that capped a 13-point second half comeback. He was also key at the end Cell Phone (256) 453-0545 of the game when he knocked down 3-of-4 free throws as the team pulled out a four-point Email [email protected] victory. Robinson has now scored in double fi gures in fi ve-straight games. Website JSUGamecockSports.com Press Row Number (256) 782-5583 Others Nominated: Cornell Johnston, Eastern Illinois; Malcolm Drumwright, Jacksonville MOREHEAD STATE State; Darreon Reddick, Tennessee State; Aleksa Jugovic, Tennessee Tech. Matt Segal (606) 783-2557 Cell Phone (317) 501-3627 Email [email protected] Website www.MSUEagles.com Press Row Number (606) 783-2500 2014-15 adidas® OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MURRAY STATE PLAYER Dave Winder (270) 809-7044 Nov. 17 Chris Horton, APSU & Corey Walden, EKU Jan. 12 Corey Walden, EKU & Jarvis Williams, MUR Cell Phone (270) 293-0566 Email [email protected] Nov.