2020-21 Milwaukee Basketball Game Notes
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2020-21 Milwaukee Basketball Game Notes 2020-21 Schedule/Results Contact: (0-0, 0-0 Horizon) Chris Zills Date Opponent TV Time Assistant AD MKE Classic (Nov. 27-29) for Athletic Nov. 27 ^ vs. North Dakota State E+ Cancelled Communications Nov. 29 ^ vs. Southern Miss E+ Cancelled (c): 414-750-2090 Dec. 11 at Kansas State E+ 7 PM [email protected] Dec. 13 at Western Michigan E3 1 PM Dec. 19 at Green Bay* E+ 6 PM Game No. 1: DECEMBER 11 | MILWAUKEE vs. KANSAS STATE Dec. 20 at Green Bay* E+ 6 PM Dec. 26 UIC* E+ 2 PM Gametime: 7 PM Dec. 27 UIC* E+ 2 PM Arena: Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Audio: Black & Gold Network (Scott Warras) Jan. 1 at Robert Morris* E+ TBA 0-0 (Streaming live online at mkepanthers.com) 1-4 Jan. 2 at Robert Morris* E+ TBA Milwaukee TV: ESPN+ | Live Stats: mkepanthers.com Kansas State Jan. 8 Detroit Mercy* E+ 11 AM PANTHERS Social Media: @sidzills for updates WILDCATS Jan. 9 Detroit Mercy* E+ 11 AM Jan. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne* E+ 6 PM Panthers And Kansas State Set To Meet Friday In Season Opener Jan. 16 Purdue Fort Wayne* E+ 6 PM Jan. 22 at Cleveland State* E+ 6 PM Milwaukee looks to open 2020-21 campaign with a victory Jan. 23 at Cleveland State* E+ 6 PM The Milwaukee men’s basketball team officially gets the 2020-21 campaign underway Jan. 29 at IUPUI* E+ 5 PM this week, traveling to Manhattan, Kansas, to take on Kansas State. Following a 14-day Jan. 30 at IUPUI* E+ 2 PM pause due to COVID protocols, the Panthers will finally be able to take to the court for the first time this season. The matchup, set to tip at 7 p.m., will feature a live stream on Feb. 5 Northern Kentucky* E+ 5 PM Big 12 Now on ESPN+, will have live statistics available and will be carried on the Black Feb. 6 Northern Kentucky* E+ 2 PM & Gold Network with Scott Warras on the call. All links are posted on the MKE website. Feb. 12 at Wright State* E+ 6 PM Feb. 13 at Wright State* E+ 2 PM Probable Starters: Milwaukee Panthers (Based on last game) Feb. 19 Oakland* E+ 6 PM Feb. 20 Oakland* E+ 5 PM Te’Jon Lucas #3 DeAndre Gholston #4 C.J. Wilbourn #5 Guard Guard F/C Horizon League Tournament R-Sr. • 6-2 Jr. • 6-5 So. • 6-7 TBA First Round E+ TBA PPG 14.6 PPG 11.3 PPG 4.4 TBA Quarterfinals E+ TBA TBA Semifinals E+ TBA RPG 4.3 RPG 5.2 RPG 2.9 TBA Finals ESPN TBA Assists 153 Assists -- Assists 13 Steals 56 Steals -- Steals 10 * Horizon League Games / All times central ^ MKE Classic (Milwaukee) Probable Starters: Milwaukee Panthers (Based on last game) All games played at Klotsche Center Courtney Brown Jr. #13 Josh Thomas #24 G/F Guard TV Games Noted So. • 6-7 Sr. • 6-4 E+: ESPN+ PPG 4.6 PPG 10.2 E3: ESPN3 RPG 2.9 RPG 4.4 BTN: Big Ten Network Assists 7 Assists 58 Steals 12 Steals 15 1 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes WHAT’S NEW The Milwaukee men’s basketball team of- Statistical Comparison ficially gets the 2020-21 campaign under- Category Milwaukee K-State Category Milwaukee K-State way this week, traveling to Manhattan, Points Scored 72.1 63.2 Points Allowed 73.0 72.6 Kansas, to take on Kansas State. Follow- Field Goal Pct. .411 .429 Field Goal Def. .437 .500 ing a 14-day pause due to COVID protocols, 3-Point FG Pct. .322 .330 3-Point FG Def. .351 .373 the Panthers will finally be able to take to the court for the first time this season. The Free Throw Pct. .710 .677 Turnover Margin +1.8 -1.0 matchup, set to tip at 7 p.m., will feature a Rebound Avg. 36.5 29.6 Rebound Margin -1.2 +0.4 live stream on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, will Assists 12.6 11.8 Steals 5.8 5.0 have live statistics available and will be Turnovers 13.6 15.4 Blocks 3.1 2.4 carried on the Black & Gold Network with Scott Warras on the call. All links are post- ed on the MKE website. 2020-21 Roster # Name Year Ht Wt Pos Hometown/High School/Last School With no fans permitted at most venues this 0 Donovan Newby G 6-1 190 Fr. Chicago Heights, Ill. / Bloom season, including the Klotsche Center un- til at least January 1, fans can engage with 1 Devon Hancock G 6-3 190 Fr. Dallas, Texas / Mesquite Horn the Panthers’ Virtual Gameday hub, a page 3 Te’Jon Lucas G 6-2 180 R-Sr. Milwaukee, Wis. / Washington / Illinois on MKEPanthers.com that houses all links 4 DeAndre Gholston G 6-5 215 Jr. Gary, Ind. / 21st Century Charter / Tallahassee CC fans will need for the gameday experience. 5 C.J. Wilbourn F/C 6-7 233 So. Bloomington, Ill. / Normal Community 10 Kaleim Taylor G 6-3 225 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis. / Milwaukee Acad. of Science LOOKING AT THE WILDCATS Kansas State has already played five 11 Vin Baker Jr. G/F 6-9 190 R-Jr. Old Saybrook, Conn. / Hamden Hall / BC games this season, posting a 1-4 mark to 12 Amir Allen C 6-8 225 Sr. Randolph, N.J. / Morris / Nth. Oklahoma open the campaign prior to hosting Mil- 13 Courtney Brown Jr. G/F 6-7 213 So. Cottage Grove, Minn. / East Ridge waukee Friday (which matches its rough- 14 Tyler Ellingson G 6-5 180 R-Fr. Menomonee Falls, Wis. / Sussex Hamilton est start since 1965). The Wildcats have 21 Tafari Simms F 6-7 212 Jr. Hamilton, Ontario / Lincoln / W. Texas dropped their past two games, falling to UNLV Dec. 5 (68-58) and to Fort Hays State 22 Nick Pappas G 6-3 180 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian Tuesday (81-68). They did defeat Kansas 24 Josh Thomas G 6-4 205 Sr. Chicago, Ill. / Simeon / Wabash Valley City Nov. 30 (62-58). Mike McGuirl leads 25 Grant Coleman F 6-7 230 Fr. Mahomet, Ill. / Mahomet-Seymour the offense at 15.2 ppg, with Dajuan Gordon 44 Joey St. Pierre C 6-10 275 R-Jr. Spring Grove, Ill. / Richmond-Burton / Parkside (10.6 ppg) and Nijel Pack (10.0 ppg) also av- eraging double-figures. The team went an uncharacteristic 11-21 a season ago. *The player below will be sitting out the 2020-21 season due to transfer regulations 2 Jordan Lathon G 6-4 200 Rs. Grandview, Mo. / UTEP / Business Head coach Bruce Weber has a special connection to UWM, having graduated from the University in 1978 with a degree in Edu- cation. He has compiled a 474-265 (.641) Coaching Staff record in his 22 seasons, which includes Pat Baldwin - Head Men’s Basketball Coach stints at Southern Illinois (1998-2003) and Paris Parham - Assistant Coach Illinois (2003-11). Weber has guided the Terrance McGee - Assistant Coach Wildcats to 20-win seasons and NCAA John Bowler - Assistant Coach Tournament appearances five times during Jason Newkirk - Video Coordinator/Graduate Assistant his tenure, including consecutive 25-win campaigns in 2017-18 and 2018-19 for the first time in school history. Despite seeing Pronunciation Guide a 33-game winning streak end at Bram- Te’Jon Lucas ... Tee-john lage Coliseum in 2019, the Wildcats have Kaleim Taylor ... KAH-leem still won 99 of their last 109 non-confer- ence homes games. SERIES HISTORY This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs on the hardwood. UP NEXT The team continues its season-opening weekend road trip with a game at West- ern Michigan Sunday. Tip time against the Broncos is set for 1 p.m. CST. 2 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes Head Coach Pat Baldwin Fourth Season Northwestern, 1994 Baldwin, a 1994 graduate of Northwestern, was one of the top players in school history. He still stands among the top 20 scorers, was a three-time team Patrick Baldwin was named head coach of the Mil- In his second year, the team was among NCAA lead- captain, graduated as the school’s all-time leader waukee men’s basketball team on June 20, 2017. In ers at times in nearly setting the program record in steals and assists, and was the Big Ten Defensive his first season on the bench, he led the Panthers for free throw percentage (at .746) and was essen- Player of the Year as a senior. to 16 victories, an improvement of five wins over the tially in every game, holding second-half leads in prior season while also finishing four spots higher in eight of the final 11 outings of the campaign. Baldwin played professionally in Bosnia and Croa- the final Horizon League regular season standings. tia before joining the coaching ranks. He has valu- In his third season, he saw Te’Jon Lucas earn Sec- able firsthand experience in the Horizon League, Included in that record was an impressive 17-point ond-Team All-Horizon League honors while also beginning with two seasons as an assistant at (73-56) victory over a Loyola Chicago team that becoming just the fifth player in league history to UW-Green Bay before a seven-year stop at Loyola finished the season ranked No. 7 in the final USA lead the way in both assists and steals.