MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS 12/16 @ Duquesne ESPN+ L, 72-46 12/22 CENTRAL CONN
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vs. RYAN LONG - MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT january 19, 2019 - stony brook - game notes OFFICE: (207) 581-4849 | CELL: (570) 332-3078 | [email protected] @Blackbearsmbb #Blackbearnation SCHEDULE/RESULTS Maine TALE OF THE TAPE Sbu DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. 3-16/1-3 record/conf. 15-3/3-0 11/6 @ Denver Altitude TV L, 63-50 62.2 points per game 73.4 71.2 opponent points per game 66.5 11/8 @ Utah Pac-12 Network L, 75-61 -9.1 scoring margin +6.9 11/10 @ San Francisco Stadium Plus L, 93-50 .432 field goal percentage .427 11/17 @ NC State ^ ACC Network Extra L, 82-63 .300 3-point field goal percentage .343 .652 free throw percentage .740 11/20 @ North Texas ^ C-USA.TV L, 74-63 (OT) 32.2 rebounds per game 40.8 11/25 @ Quinnipiac ESPN+ L, 58-50 -1.4 REBOUND MARGIN +7.5 11/28 PRINCETON ^ ESPN+ L, 73-59 14.5 ASSISTS PER GAME 10.9 15.5 TURNOVERS PER GAME 14.8 Peacocks All-Acess (OT) 12/1 @ Saint Peter’s ^ L, 63-59 3.4 BLOCKS PER GAME 4.2 12/4 FORDHAM ESPN 3 W, 75-68 (2OT) 7.5 STEALS PER GAME 5.8 12/8 @ Dartmouth ESPN+ L, 78-52 12/10 MAINE-MACHIAS ESPN+ W, 98-43 HOW TO FOLLOW MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS 12/16 @ Duquesne ESPN+ L, 72-46 12/22 CENTRAL CONN. 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ESPN 3 L, 93-90 (2OT) G Sergio El Darwich Dekwaneh, Lebanon/Western Texas College/South Dakota State/Lee Academy 12/29 @ Rutgers BTN Plus L, 70-55 Cross insurance center 1/2 @ Brown ESPN+ L, 75-67 11.6 ppg/3.8 rpg/2.4 apg/.551 fg%/.311 3-fg% 1/5 @ UMBC* ESPN 3 L, 61-52 bryan stackpole sandy thomas G Isaiah White 1/9 VERMONT* ESPN 3 L, 73-59 Ellicott City, Md./Harford CC/UNC Asheville/Centennial 1/12 @ ALBANY* ESPN+ W, 66-64 14.4 ppg/3.1 rpg/1.4 apg/.398 fg%/.331 3-fg% jim churchill 1/16 HARTFORD* ESPN+ L, 77-76 ron lisnet 1/19 STONY BROOK* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. G/F Vilgot Larsson 1/26 @ Binghamton* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. goblackbears.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary Stockholm, Sweden/Hill College/ KORRESPONDENSGYMNASIET 1/30 @ UMass Lowell* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 7.3 ppg/4.7 rpg/1.6 apg/.435 fg%/.333 3-fg% 2/3 NEW HAMPSHIRE* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. @Blackbearsmbb 2/6 @ Vermont* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. F Andrew Fleming 2/10 UMBC* ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills 2/13 @ HARTFORD* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 13.3 ppg/6.9 rpg/3.5 apg/.467 fg%/.321 3-fg% 2/17 ALBANY* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. F Vincent Eze 2/23 @ Stony Brook* ESPN 3 7:00 p.m. Lagos, Nigeria/Notre Dame Green Pond (Bethlehem, Pa.) 2/27 UMASS LOWELL* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 5.8 ppg/3.8 rpg/1.0 apg/.494 fg%/.500 3-fg% 3/2 BINGHAMTON* ESPN+ 11:00 a.m. 3/5 @ New Hampshire* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. the maine line ^ - Denotes Wildcat Classic * - Denotes America East game OPENING TIP: After a tough 77-76 loss to Hartford on Wednesday night, the University of Maine Black Bears men’s bas- ketball team looks to down Stony Brook on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. The contest will be broadcasted on ESPN+, with Bryan Stackpole and Sandy Thomas on the call. Jim Churchill and Ron Lisnet will be on the air waves on WCYR 102.9 FM, with streams available on GoBlackBears.com and the TuneIn radio app. FREE TICKETS FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS: With the government shutdown affecting many across the nation, the University of Maine Athletics Department is offering free admission to furloughed federal employees and their families for two upcoming UMaine men's basketball games. Free admission is available for government employees and their families for the Wednesday, Jan. 16 men's basketball game against Hartford and the Saturday afternoon contest against Stony Brook at 1:00 p.m. To reserve tickets and for more information, contact the UMaine ticket office at 207-581-BEAR, or email the ticket office at [email protected]. To claim tickets the day of the games, visit the Will Call table at the main entrance of the Cross Insurance Center and present valid government identification to receive @BlackBearsMBB | #BLACKBEARNATION admission. LAST TIME OUT: The Maine Black Bears men’s basketball team led Hartford 76-75 with three seconds left in the second half, when the Hawks’ John Carroll was fouled while attempting a shot with a half second remaining. The redshirt senior drained both from the charity-stripe, as Hartford escaped the Cross Insurance Center with a 77-76 victory on Wednesday night. Vincent Eze put together a career-game for Maine, connecting on 8-of-11 shots from the floor for 18 points. He pulled down five offensive boards for nine total rebounds in the contest. Andrew Fleming set a season-high and #BlackBearNation 1 2018-19 MAINE BLACK BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Andrew Fleming Jr. F 6-7 222 Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills 1 Mykhailo Yagodin So. G 6-5 195 Odessa, Ukraine/South Plains College 2 Celio Araujo Fr. G 5-10 175 Governador, Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil/Sheridan College 3 Vilgot Larsson So. F 6-8 215 Stockholm, Sweden/Hill College 4 Terion Moss Fr. G 5-10 175 Portland, Maine/Portland 5 Nedeljko Prijovic Jr. F 6-8 210 Belgrade, Serbia/Texas State 10 Stephane Ingo Fr. F 6-9 200 Mississauga, Ontario / Gould Academy 11 Ilija Stojiljkovic Sr. F 6-7 223 Nis, Serbia/Pravno-Poslovna Skola Nis 12 Lewis Wang So. G 6-1 180 Taipei, Taiwan/Lee Academy 13 Miks Antoms So. F 6-8 245 Riga, Latvia/Lee Academy 14 Isaiah White R-Jr. G 6-5 180 Ellicott City, Md./Harford CC 15 David Begic Fr. F 6-7 209 Zadar, Croatia / The Vanguard School 22 Solomon Iluyomade So. F 6-7 225 London, England/Laramie County CC 25 Sergio El Darwich Jr. G 6-4 205 Dekwaneh, Lebanon/Western Texas College 32 Dennis Ashley R-Jr. G 6-1 176 Los Angeles, Calif./St. Monica 50 Vincent Eze R-Jr. F/C 6-8 218 Lagos, Nigeria/Putnam Head Coach: Richard Barron, 1st season (Kenyon ’91) Assistant Coach: Kevin Reed (Maine ‘07) Assistant Coach: Edniesha Curry (Oregon ‘02) Assistant Coach: Igor Vrzina (Abilene Christian ‘07) Director of Recruiting and Basketball Operations: Jason Coleman pronunciation guide matched a career high with 14 boards, while adding 10 points in a double-double performance. SCOUTING MAINE: For the second-straight game, Maine shot above 40 percent from 3-point land. Maine knocked down 10 of its 23 attempts, for a .435 3-point percentage, its second best percentage from deep this season Miks Antoms: Mix, ANT-Tums (Fordham, 8-18 3PT FG, 444). Sergio El Darwich poured in 15 points in the Hartford loss, as he now ranks second in America East conference play with 17.3 points per game, with a shooting percentage of .543 from the floor and .476 from long range. Through four games of conference play, Andrew Fleming is leading the league in assists with Celio Araujo: Cee-lee-oh, Are-ah-rue-joh (roll r, joh five dimes per game and ranks third in rebounding, averaging 9.0 rebounds per game after matching his career-high rhymes with show) with 14 rebounds against the Hawks. Since his breakout 26-point performance against Central Connecticut State on Dec. 22, El Darwich is averaging a team-high 17.1 points per game, while shooting at a .563 clip on his field goal attempts and 42.9 percent on his shots from long distance. He is second on the team in that seven game span with Vincent Eze: Easy 5.3 rebounds per game and 2.86 assists per game. Stephane Ingo: Steph-Fawn, IN-GO SCOUTING STONY BROOK: The Seawolves (15-3, 3-0 AE) have put together a historic season, entering Saturday’s game winners of five straight and seven of their last eight. The Seawolves boast impressive wins over Atlantic 10’s George Washington (77-74) and Rhode Island (68-58) and the SEC’s South Carolina (83-81). Impressive on the road, Vilgot Larsson: VILL-Got, Lar-son Stony Brook’s lone loss has come against Brown, in a 71-69 loss in Providence. Stony Brook has rolled through conference play, defeating UMass Lowell (75-63), Binghamton (59-46) and New Hampshire (62-44) all by at least 12 points. Akwasi Yeboah leads the squad in scoring (17.9 ppg) and on the boards (6.9 rpg). Miles Latimer (11.9 Solomon Iluyomade: Ill-Lou-Ma-Day ppg) and Elijah Olaniyi (11.7) also average double-figures in scoring. This season, the Seawolves boast one of the stingiest defenses in America, ranking 25th of 351 teams in field goal percentage defense (39.5%) and 36th in Divi- sion I in 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to shoot 30 percent. The Seawolves are the best Terion Moss: TURR-Ron America East team off the glass, ranking 16th nationally in rebounds per game (40.38), and 16th in rebound margin (+7.5). Jeff Otchere has blocked 42 shots this season, the 11th most by any Division I player.