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: (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 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 Probable Starters: Milwaukee Panthers (Based on last game) ^ MKE Classic (Milwaukee) All games played at Klotsche Center Courtney Brown Jr. #13 Josh Thomas #24 G/F Guard So. • 6-7 Sr. • 6-4 TV Games Noted 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.

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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. C.J. Wil- Chicago, where he finished as the associate head Today Coaches Poll and advanced to the Final Four. bourn also picked up Horizon League all-freshman coach. Prior to arriving at Northwestern, he spent MKE also handed Iowa State its first loss in a home honors, the first for a Panther since 2012-13. two seasons at Missouri State, where he recruited opener in 20 years when it upended the Cyclones, Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year 74-56, in Baldwin’s second game as head coach. Baldwin joined Milwaukee from Northwestern Uni- Marcus Marshall. versity and became the seventh head coach since In the classroom, the team was honored as part Milwaukee’s 1990 move to NCAA Division I. A native of Leavenworth, Kansas, Baldwin got his of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Pub- coaching start during the 2001-02 season at Lincoln lic Recognition Awards for outstanding academic Baldwin spent four seasons as an assistant coach University in Jefferson City, Missouri. achievement. Milwaukee was one of just 35 men’s at Northwestern, helping rebuild his alma mater basketball programs recognized nationwide and the into a force in the Big Ten. A key member of the Baldwin was a standout player for Northwestern only member of the Horizon League on the list after Northwestern coaching staff under head coach from 1990-94. He still ranks first in school history posting a perfect 1,000 four-year rate. The program Chris Collins, Baldwin saw the Wildcats increase with 272 career steals, second all-time with 452 achieved the same distinction in May 2019 for this their win total in each of his four years there. assists and 20th with 1,189 points. His 90 steals as a past school year. freshman in 1990-91 are the school’s single-season That culminated in the 2016-17 season with a school- record, while his 154 assists as a senior in 1993-94 Five different school records were set over the record 24 victories and the first NCAA tournament rank third in school history. course of the 2017-18 campaign, with Milwaukee berth in school history. NU’s campaign also included advancing to the semifinals at Motor City Madness 10 wins in Big Ten play for the first time since the Patrick and Shawn (née Karey – herself a former - the only league school to advance that far in each 1930s. That followed what was a school-record 20 Northwestern volleyball player) have four children: of the two seasons. wins during the 2015-16 campaign. Patrick, Tatum, Brooke and Claire.

Horizon League Team Information League Overall Around the Horizon League 2019-20 Overall Record 12-19 Standings W L W L Home/Away/Neutral 7-8/4-9/1-2 Purdue Fort Wayne - - 1 0 Wednesday, December 9, 2020 League Record 7-11 Robert Morris - - 1 0 6 PM Point Park at Youngstown State League Finish 8th UIC - - 3 1 6 PM Robert Morris at West Virginia League Tournament Finish 0-1 Wright State - - 1 1 *Cancelled Northern Kentucky - - 2 2 Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 IUPUI - - 0 0 Friday, December 11, 2020 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/10 Milwaukee - - 0 0 7 PM Milwaukee at Kansas State Newcomers/Redshirts 8/3 Youngstown State - - 0 0 Cleveland State - - 0 2 Saturday, December 12, 2020 Media Relations Detroit Mercy - - 0 3 11 AM Green Bay at Northern Iowa Assistant AD for Athletic Communications/ Green Bay - - 0 4 11 AM Tennessee State at IUPUI MBB Contact Chris Zills Oakland - - 0 6 1 PM Detroit Mercy at Western Michigan Cell Phone 414-750-2090 E-mail [email protected] 2020-21 Horizon League Preseason Poll Sunday, December 13, 2020 Associate Director Cody Bohl School (1st) Pts School (1st) Pts 11 AM Wright State at Bowling Green Cord. Content Creation Ashley Steltenpohl 11 AM Oakland at Michigan State 1. Wright State (37) 517 7. Cleveland State 283 Multimedia Coordinator Kolton Schlichting 1 PM Northern Kentucky at Kent State 2. YSU (3) 423 8. Green Bay 253 1 PM Milwaukee at Western Michigan Phone 414-435-8118 3. Northern Ky. (4) 413 9. Detroit Mercy 185 3 PM Cleveland State at Ohio State SID Fax 414-229-5749 4. Robert Morris 345 10. Milwaukee 172 Press Row Phone 414-229-6276 5. UIC 312 11. Fort Wayne 127 6. Oakland 288 12. IUPUI 114 3 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes

AND WE’RE OFF ing a Panther uniform, while joining Jr. (starts in 16 of the final 17 outings A couple of different looks to the sea- Wright as the second one to not have while playing in all 31 games), and Amir son opener, which sees Milwaukee spent most of his career at Milwau- Allen (10 starts in 23 appearances). playing its opening game of the season kee. The most recent to hit the mark in on the road for the fifth time in the last MKE-only games was Matt Tiby in 2016, SPECIAL COMBINATION eight years. The team is 18-12 in season finishing with 1,332 points (in three Te’Jon Lucas pulled off a pair of special openers since returning to the NCAA seasons). statistical achievements last winter, Division I ranks full-time in 1990-91, finishing as the Horizon League lead- which includes a 72-62 victory over Lucas starts the season at 751 points. er in both assists (5.1 apg) and steals Concordia Wisconsin to start the 2019- (1.9 spg). In finishing No. 1 on the as- 20 slate a year ago. In all, the Panthers NEW FACES sist chart, he joined Kaylon Williams have also posted a 4-11 mark in sea- There will be numerous new faces for (league leader in 2010-11 and 2011-12) son openers played away from home in the fans to get to know this season. In as the only other Panther to do so in that span. On the flip side, MKE is 25-5 fact, just one team in the country at the program history while also becoming in that same stretch in home openers, NCAA Division I level has more new- the first MKE player to pace the league claiming victories in 18 of the past 20 comers than the eleven MKE now has in steals. In the process, he became (13 in a row at one point). This is the on the 2020-21 roster. just the fifth Horizon League player to fourth opener for head coach Pat Bald- 12 – Arkansas accomplish the double-No. 1 feat. win, having gone 2-1 over the previous (4 grad transfers/3 transfers/5 freshmen) The others: three seasons at the helm. 11 – Milwaukee *, Oakland (2013-14) 11 – Alcorn State *Cedric Jackson, Cleveland State (2008-09) A WHOLE NEW WORLD 11 – Arizona *Roy Simms, Detroit Mercy (1982-83) The program was paused in late No- 11 – New Mexico *, LaSalle (1980-81). vember due to COVID-19 protocols, 11 – Seattle forcing the Panthers to cancel the MKE 11 – South Dakota TOP TALENT IN 2019-20 Classic and postpone the start of the Te’Jon Lucas got the nod as a member new campaign. The 2020-21 season- The makeup of Milwaukee’s 11 fresh of the second team when the Horizon opening date of Dec. 11 is the first to faces breaks down to the following: League announced its All-Conference take place in the month of December Transfers set to play (2): Teams last winter, making him the first since the 1992-93 campaign (Dec. 1 that Vin Baker Jr., Joey St. Pierre Panther to earn a postseason award season) and the latest in program his- Transfers who will sit (1): since Jeremiah Bell was also a sec- tory since the 1926-27 slate tipped off Jordan Lathon (Jr.) ond-team honoree in 2017-18. In addi- on Dec. 22, 1926. JUCO transfers (2): tion, C.J. Wilbourn was also recognized, DeAndre Gholston, Tafari Simms earning a spot on the Horizon League P.O.Y. POSSIBILITIES Redshirt Freshmen (1): All-Freshmen Team. He was the first Te’Jon Lucas is embarking on what Tyler Ellingson Panther to be named to the All-Fresh- should be a memorable senior season. True Freshmen (5): man team since Jordan Aaron in 2012- Following a junior campaign in which Donovan Newby, Devon Hancock, Kaleim 13 (formerly the All-Newcomer team). he led the Horizon League in assists Taylor, Nick Pappas, Grant Coleman and steals while also scoring nearly THE MAIN DISH 15 points per game, Lucas will be on LEAGUE SCHEDULE NOTE With his league-leading assists to- the short list of everyone’s conference The updated 2020-21 Horizon League tal finishing at 153, Te’Jon Lucas was Player of the Year candidates. In addi- schedule for Panthers features a unique creeping up on an all-time mark as a tion to topping the field in assists and slate of 20 games split evenly between junior. He finished with the sixth-best steals, Lucas also ranked third in the home and road venues. However, due to total in program history, just behind league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6), the COVID-19 pandemic, the setup of the Marc Mitchell’s 156 in 1991-92. For per- fifth in free throw percentage (79.4), games is unprecedented, with teams spective, Kaylon Williams set the stan- ninth in minutes played (33.4 mpg), and playing the same opponent on back-to- dard with 178 in 2010-11. 12th in scoring. back dates at the same location. Each school will have five home weekends CHARITY STRIPE SAGA THE TREK TO 1,000 and five road weekends and will play 10 The Panthers have been very good at Lucas will also have a major milestone of 11 league opponents (Milwaukee will the free throw line as a team over the waiting for him this season, as he is on not play Youngstown State.) past few seasons, recording the top pace to cross the 1,000-point plateau two marks in program history very re- for points in a career at some point. The START ME UP cently. A year ago, the team connected most recent player to achieve the feat The Panthers will return five players on .709 (399-of-563) to finish third in in a Panther uniform was Jake Wright, who made starts in 2019-20, including the Horizon League and just outside of who netted his 1,000th in his final col- a pair of players in Te’Jon Lucas (30- the Top 5 in program history. legiate game to close out the 2018-19 of-30, missing one to injury) and C.J. season (with 288 of those points com- Wilbourn (30-of-31) that started 30 of TOP TEAM FREE THROW %/SEASON ing at MKE). the team’s 31 contests. 1. 2013-14 season: .745 (527-707) 2. 2017-18 season: .744 (375-504) When Lucas gets the milestone, he In addition, MKE returns Josh Thomas would be the 28th player to do so wear- (20 starts in 31 games), Courtney Brown 4 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes

NEARLY NO ONE BETTER MILWAUKEE GAME-BY-GAME Speaking of free throws, MKE had two Opp. W/L FG 3PT FT Off-Def-Reb PF PTS A TO BL ST of the top five in the Horizon League a NDSU -Cancelled- season ago, with Te’Jon Lucas (.794 on 108-136) at No. 5 and Darius Roy (.815 on S MISS -Cancelled- 97-119) checking in at No. 4. After pass- at K-State ing the minimum amount of attempts to at WMU qualify for the career free throw per- at GB centage list in program history, Roy at GB was knocking on the door of a school UIC record. The current mark of .838 (207- of-247) is held by Jordan Aaron (2012- UIC 14). Roy finished his Milwaukee career at RMU at .828 (183-of-221). at RMU PFW Lucas himself looks to keep a three- PFW year trend going, having converted at a better rate from the free throw line at CSU each of his three college seasons: at CSU at IUPUI FRESHMAN: 42-of-71 (.592) at IUPUI SOPHOMORE: 32-of-52 (.615) NKU JUNIOR: 108-of-136 (.794) NKU CAREER: 182-of-259 (.703) at WSU WILBOURN FINDING HIS WAY at WSU Not only did C.J. Wilbourn become the Oakland first Panther to be named to the All- Oakland Freshman team since 2012-13, but he also finished the season on a high note by connecting on 65.1 percent of his field goals (28-for-43) over his final 10 games. He earned a spot in the starting OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME lineup from day one, starting 30 of the Opp. W/L FG 3PT FT Off-Def-Reb PF PTS A TO BL ST 31 games (all but “Senior Night”) on the NDSU -Cancelled- season, averaging 4.4 points and 2.9 S MISS -Cancelled- rebounds per outing. at K-State ENTER THE FROSH at WMU Speaking of big “frosh” moments, the at GB starting lineup against IUPUI Jan. 3 at GB a year ago featured three different UIC freshmen, with C.J. Wilbourn, Courtney Brown Jr., and Shae Mitchell all earn- UIC ing the opportunity against the Jag- at RMU uars. It’s a rare feat for the Panthers, at RMU happening just one other time in recent PFW memory. That was in January of 2016 PFW when August Haas, Jeremy Johnson at CSU and Bryce Nze accomplished the feat. at CSU Wilbourn was also a member of the at IUPUI starting lineup in the season opener at IUPUI against Concordia Wisconsin Nov. 5, NKU marking just the third time a frosh NKU has been a starter in a season opener in the past decade for the Panthers, at WSU joining August Haas (against MSOE, at WSU 11/11/16) and Thierno Niang (against Oakland Mary, 11/9/12). Oakland 20/20/20 VISION The Panthers pulled off an offensive feat not seen in quite some time last 5 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes

League/National Statistic Rankings* season when the team finished with three players with 20 or more points DYNAMIC DUO Category League # Nation in the same game. Te’Jon Lucas, De- Te’Jon Lucas (31) and Darius Roy (23) Andre Abram and Darius Roy all con- combined for 54 points against the Scoring Offense 5 72.2 183 tributed exactly 20 points each against Phoenix Jan. 11, the most for a pair of Scoring Defense 7 73.1 256 Green Bay Feb. 15, the first time three MKE teammates in quite some time. Scoring Margin 5 -0.9 248 Panthers have done the trick since With a second-half lead of as much as FG Pct. 8 .410 321 February 5, 2005. That day, Milwaukee 12 down to just one at 65-64, Roy hit a FG Defense 7 .307 214 defeated UIC by a final score of 85- huge three-pointer to make it 68-64 FT Pct. 3 .707 205 75, with Joah Tucker (26), Ed McCants and then Lucas took over for a bit. He (22) and Boo Davis (20) all finishing scored Milwaukee’s next 11 points, go- Reb. Margin 8 -1.7 235 with impressive point totals. ing 6-for-6 from the line. Roy’s 3 with 3PT/Game 7 7.3 185 just over two minutes left essentially 3PT FG Pct. 6 .319 301 TE’JON TAKEOVER sealed the deal at 82-73, with the two 3PT Defense 7 .353 291 Te’Jon Lucas came up big against IU- combining for 28 straight (Lucas 17/ Assists 8 12.6 276 PUI Feb. 8 last season, matching his Roy 11) at that point in the contest. The Blocked Shots 4 3.1 156 career-high with 31 points. His ca- last time a pair of teammates scored Steals 8 5.9 234 reer-best 12 rebounds also gave him as much was in December of 2012, his second career double-double (his when Jordan Aaron (34) and Paris Turnovers 5 13.4 169 other came via points/assists) and Gulley (20) combined for 54 in a vic- TO Margin 3 +1.9 46 he did most of his damage down the tory over Ohio Dominican. Ast/TO Ratio 7 +0.9 253 stretch. On the bench with four fouls, Lucas came back in with 7:30 to play A TRUE SPORTSCENTER #1 Individuals Among League Leaders* and the contest tied at 60. He came While it may have been a bit of time Scoring PPG down and hit a huge three-pointer the since the Panthers last made the 11. Darius Roy 15.2 next possession, getting fouled and SportsCenter Top 10, they did so with a 12. Te’Jon Lucas 15.1 converting the free throw for the four- bang Jan. 5. Te’Jon Lucas’ game-win- point play with seven minutes to go. ner against UIC not only made the list, Rebounding RPG but came in at No. 1 on the “Worldwide 11. DeAndre Abram 6.1 He ended up playing the rest of the af- Leader in Sports”. It is the first time 24. Te’Jon Lucas 4.4 ternoon with those 4 fouls, scoring 16 the Panthers have ever earned the top 25. Josh Thomas 4.4 of his 31 in that 12 and a half-minute spot on the highlight feature. span – including what turned into the Free Throw Percentage Pct. eventual game-winner with 7.0 sec- RUN & GUN 5. Darius Roy .820 onds on the clock. With the game tied, The early two-game offensive out- 6. Te’Jon Lucas .792 78-78, he drove down the left side of burst against Western Michigan Nov. 9 the lane, sidestepped the defense and and Wisconsin Lutheran Nov. 12 were Field Goal Percentage Pct. banked it in off the glass for the go- actually unprecedented, seeing Mil- 7. Te’Jon Lucas .425 ahead bucket. He was named Horizon waukee top 100 points in back-to-back 10. Darius Roy .375 League Player of the Week as a re- games for the first time in the NCAA sult, the first two-time winner in one Division I era (since 1990-91). The last 3-PT Field Goal Per Game 3FG/G season for the Panthers since Jordan time the Panthers put up consecutive 8. Darius Roy 1.9 Johnson in December of 2015. games above 100 points was back in 12. DeAndre Abram 1.6 January of 1989, topping SIUE (101-89) Assists APG RISE AGAINST THE PHOENIX and Lakeland (125-79). That 1988-89 1. Te’Jon Lucas 5.1 Te’Jon Lucas finished with a new team also put together a stretch of 10. Darius Roy 3.1 career-high and the first 30-point three in a row in mid-February. game of his career when he netted 31 Steals SPG against Green Bay Jan. 11. The 30-point BROADCAST BASICS 1. Te’Jon Lucas 1.9 (89th) effort was the first for a Panther since Each and every Panther game this DeAndre Abram went for 31 against season will be available on the Black Assist/Turnover Ratio Ratio Detroit Mercy last January, a span of & Gold Network. In conjunction with 2. Te’Jon Lucas 1.6 29 games. The 31 points topped Lucas’ the website mixlr.com, Scott Warras 9. Darius Roy 1.3 former career-best of 26 against Mor- - back for his fifth season with the gan State earlier and included a 9-of- MKE men and 15th with the Panthers Minutes Played Avg/G 10 showing at the free throw line - his overall - will broadcast every game 7. Te’Jon Lucas 33.7 most made free throws in one game over the internet at the following link: 8. Darius Roy 33.6 in his career as well. For his efforts, mixlr.com/mke-panthers. 18. Josh Thomas 29.6 he was named the Horizon League Player of the Week, just the second GAME PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ON-LINE *NCAA/League Rankings Last Updated Feb. 26* time for a Milwaukee player since De- With the announcement of no fans in Individual NCAA Rankings in Parenthesis cember of 2015. He was also tabbed the stands until at least January of the College Sports Madness Horizon 2021, fans can still be part of the in- League Player of the Week. arena feel with the option to download 6 2020-21 Milwaukee Men’s Basketball Game Notes The Last Time The Panthers ... A Milwaukee Player Had Number of Games Since 40-plus points ...... Clay Tucker (40) at Wright State - Feb. 27, 2003 ...... 549 30-plus points ...... Te’Jon Lucas (31) at IUPUI - February 8, 2020 ...... 7 20-plus points ...... Darius Roy (26) vs. Cleveland State - February 27, 2020 ...... 3 20-plus rebounds ...... Has never happened in NCAA Division I play 15-plus rebounds ...... DeAndre Abram (16) vs. UIC - January 17, 2019 ...... 43 10-plus assists ...... Te’Jon Lucas (10) vs. Kansas City - November 15, 2019 ...... 28 5-plus steals ...... Darius Roy (6) at Cleveland State - January 25, 2020 ...... 11 5-plus blocks ...... J.J. Panoske (8) vs. Northern Kentucky - Jan. 4, 2016 ...... 148 Double-Double ...... DeAndre Abram (18 pts/12 reb) vs. Youngstown State - February 29, 2020 ...... 2 2, 20-plus point scorers ...... Te’Jon Lucas (20)/Darius Roy (20)/DeAndre Abram (20) vs. Green Bay - Feb. 15, 2020 ...... 6 Triple-Double ...... Jordan Johnson (10 pts/10 reb/10 asst) vs. Youngstown State - Feb. 22, 2016...... 134

A Milwaukee Team Had 100-plus points ...... 103 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran - Nov. 12, 2019...... 29 Under 50 points ...... 49 at Wisconsin (L, 71-49) - November 24, 2017 ...... 89 Overtime ...... W, 80-79 at IUPUI - February 8, 2020 ...... 7 Won by 30-plus points ...... W (88-58) vs. MSOE - November 11, 2016 ...... 129 Won by 40-plus points ...... W (103-53) Wisconsin Lutheran - Nov. 12, 2019 ...... 29 5-plus game win streak ...... 7 games; Feb. 19, 2015 to Nov. 15, 2015 A Milwaukee Opponent Had 100-plus points ...... 115 vs. Western Michigan - Nov. 9, 2019...... 30 40 to 50 points ...... 53, Wisconsin Lutheran - Nov. 12, 2019...... 29 under 40 points ...... 37, UC Irvine - Nov. 26, 2016 ...... 125 game programs as the season rolls on. Head to the MKE website and click IT’S OUR HOUSE on the “Multimedia” tab for download Although the building is not new and IT’S options. has been the site to many historic basketball moments in Milwaukee THE BEAR NECCESSITIES history, this is Milwaukee’s sixth sea- “MILWAUKEE” Former Milwaukee forward Deme- son in an arena that bears its name - trius Harris (2011-13) is once again on UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. In July • A lot has been made of the cor- the active roster in the National Foot- of 2014, the University and Wisconsin rect way to talk about the University ball League in 2020, playing with the Center District entered into a 10-year of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, especially Chicago Bears following one season partnership that included naming in the area of collegiate athletics. It with the Cleveland Browns and five rights to the facility formerly known would be appreciated if you would re- years with the Kansas City Chiefs. as The MECCA and U.S. Cellular Arena. An undrafted free agent to start his fer to the athletics teams as “Milwau- career, he has caught seven passes kee”. Your cooperation in this matter for 45 yards this season, making five is greatly appreciated. starts in 10 appearances. Coming into 2020, Harris had caught 79 passes for • Milwaukee Athletics is continu- 799 yards, including nine touchdowns. ing to make the effort to brand it- The first Panther to play in the NFL self as “Milwaukee” instead of since 1983, Harris played two seasons other references. Please avoid at Milwaukee and helped the team to UW-Milwaukee, UW-M, Wisc.-Mil, UW- a College Basketball Invitational ap- MIL, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, etc. pearance in 2012 before putting up 9.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 2012-13. The 6-foot- 7 Harris made his NFL debut when • “MKE” is preferred for athletics. “Uni- he appeared in eight games as a tight versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee” can end for the Chiefs in 2014 and hauled be used as a first reference of the in three passes for 20 yards before school and “UWM” is also acceptable. suffering a season-ending foot injury during warm-ups against Buffalo in We ceratinly appreciate your assis- early November. tance with this effort in advance.

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Schedule/Results Milwaukee’s Record When... Date Opponent Result MKE Record Leading Scorer Rebounder Overall 12-19 Nov. 27 North Dakota State -Cancelled- League Games 7-11 Nov. 29 Southern Miss -Cancelled- Non-League Games 5-8

Dec. 11 at Kansas State At Home 7-8 Dec. 13 at Western Michigan On the Road 4-9 Dec. 19 at Green Bay* At a Neutral Site 1-2 Dec. 20 at Green Bay* Dec. 26 UIC* Leading at halftime 10-6 Dec. 27 UIC* Trailing at halftime 2-13 Tied at Halftime 0-0 Jan. 1 at Robert Morris* Jan. 2 at Robert Morris* When 4+ players score in double-digits 5-5 Jan. 8 Detroit Mercy* Jan. 9 Detroit Mercy* When 3 players score in double-digits 4-6 Jan. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne* When 2 players score in double-digits 3-5 Jan. 16 Purdue Fort Wayne* When 1 player scores in double-digits 0-3 Jan. 22 at Cleveland State* Jan. 23 at Cleveland State* Scoring <50 points 0-0 Jan. 29 at IUPUI* Scoring 50-59 points 0-4 Jan. 30 at IUPUI* Scoring 60-69 points 3-9 Scoring 70-79 points 6-3 Feb. 5 Northern Kentucky* Scoring 80 or more points 3-3 Feb. 6 Northern Kentucky* Feb. 12 at Wright State* Allowing <50 points 0-0 Feb. 13 at Wright State* Allowing 50-59 points 4-1 Feb. 19 Oakland* Allowing 60-69 points 3-4 Feb. 20 Oakland* Allowing 70-79 points 4-8 Allowing 80 or more points 1-6

MKE outrebounds opponent 9-3 Horizon League Tournament Opponent outrebounds MKE 3-16 March TBD Rebounding is even 0-0 March TBD March TBD MKE shoots 50% or better 3-1 March TBD MKE shoots 45-49.9% 0-3 MKE shoots 40-44.9% 6-8 MKE shoots 39.9% or less 3-7

An opponent shoots 50% or better 1-8 An opponent shoots 45-49.9% 1-3 An opponent shoots 40-44.9% 4-4 An opponent shoots 39.9% or less 6-4

MKE bench outscores opponent 10-10 Active Career Leaders MKE bench outscored by opponent 1-8 Bench scoring tied 1-0 Points Te’Jon Lucas 751 Jordan Lathon* 445 Josh Thomas 316 Rebounds Jordan Lathon* 275 Te’Jon Lucas 252 Amir Allen 215 Games are decided by 1-5 points 6-7 Assists Te’Jon Lucas 342 Jordan Lathon* 167 Josh Thomas 58 Games are decided by 6-10 points 4-8 Steals Te’Jon Lucas 119 Jordan Lathon* 52 Josh Thomas 15 Games are decided by 11-15 points 0-1 Blocks Amir Allen 45 Jordan Lathon* 35 Josh Thomas 7 Games are decided by 16+ points 2-3 Three-Pointers Jordan Lathon* 62 Te’Jon Lucas 57 Courtney Brown Jr. 33 Games Played Te’Jon Lucas 90 Jordan Lathon* 57 Amir Allen 54 Games Started Te’Jon Lucas 64 Jordan Lathon* 49 Amir Allen 40

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Milwaukee Starting Lineups Miscellaneous Kansas State Double-Doubles 2020-21 Career Western Michigan Te’Jon Lucas - 2 Josh Thomas - 1 Green Bay* Amir Allen - 1 Green Bay* Double-Digit Scoring UIC* Te’Jon Lucas - 34 UIC* Josh Thomas - 19 Amir Allen - 9 Robert Morris* Courtney Brown Jr. - 3 Robert Morris* C.J. Wilbourn - 3 Detroit Mercy* Detroit Mercy* 20-points (30-points) Purdue Fort Wayne* Te’Jon Lucas - 7 (2) Purdue Fort Wayne* Cleveland State* Leading Scorer Cleveland State* Te’Jon Lucas - 10 Josh Thomas - 1 IUPUI* IUPUI* Double-Digit Rebounding Amir Allen - 4 Northern Kentucky* Te’Jon Lucas - 1 Northern Kentucky* Josh Thomas - 1 Wright State* Wright State* Leading Rebounder Oakland* Amir Allen - 8 Oakland* Te’Jon Lucas - 6 Josh Thomas - 4 C.J. Wilbourn - 2 Courtney Brown Jr. - 1

Largest Halftime Lead TBA

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Double-Doubles 20-Point Games Largest Milwaukee Lead TBA Name Date # # Name Date Points

Largest Milwaukee Deficit TBA

Largest Deficits Overcome in a Win TBA

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2019-20 Milwaukee Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Mar 04, 2020 All games

Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 12-19 7-8 4-9 1-2 CONFERENCE 7-11 3-6 4-5 0-0 Milwaukee 1069 1097 50 2216 NON-CONFERENCE 5-8 4-2 0-4 1-2 Opponents 1082 1118 52 2252

Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 20 ROY, Darius 30-24 1016:22 33.9 155-400 .388 62-176 .352 97-119 .815 20 105 125 4.2 75 2 91 71 7 43 469 15.6 3 LUCAS, Te'Jon 30-30 1002:10 33.4 145-341 .425 40-126 .317 108-136 .794 15 114 129 4.3 89 7 153 95 5 56 438 14.6 24 THOMAS, Josh 31-20 935:01 30.2 136-294 .463 20-79 .253 24-44 .545 41 95 136 4.4 68 1 58 55 7 15 316 10.2 1 ABRAM, DeAndre 30-21 802:43 26.8 112-300 .373 46-144 .319 34-55 .618 44 144 188 6.3 65 2 20 43 24 18 304 10.1 13 BROWN JR., Courtney 31-16 634:27 20.5 47-141 .333 33-100 .330 15-19 .789 21 69 90 2.9 75 3 7 25 6 12 142 4.6 5 WILBOURN, C.J. 31-30 579:41 18.7 52-108 .481 5-25 .200 26-42 .619 48 43 91 2.9 81 2 13 26 8 10 135 4.4 4 SESSOMS, Wil 28-3 350:22 12.5 41-84 .488 1-10 .100 25-46 .543 39 38 77 2.8 68 3 9 27 15 4 108 3.9 2 HENDERSON, Harrison 27-0 236:04 8.7 30-73 .411 1-12 .083 26-37 .703 15 32 47 1.7 47 1 2 24 5 4 87 3.2 12 ALLEN, Amir 23-10 292:46 12.7 24-51 .471 0-1 .000 26-43 .605 53 27 80 3.5 47 2 7 16 13 4 74 3.2 10 BINGHAM, Arturro 24-0 193:41 8.1 23-58 .397 16-45 .356 3-3 1.000 8 12 20 0.8 28 0 11 5 1 7 65 2.7 22 MITCHELL, Shae 16-1 119:46 7.5 10-32 .313 7-20 .350 8-11 .727 4 11 15 0.9 8 0 4 6 3 2 35 2.2 34 BEHRENDT, Tyler 18-0 129:01 7.2 12-21 .571 9-14 .643 5-6 .833 3 7 10 0.6 14 0 9 8 1 6 38 2.1 11 ARTHUR-WILLIAMS JR., Bobby 2-0 22:21 11.2 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 8 8 4.0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 1.5 21 WIESEMAN, Lincoln 5-0 09:32 1.9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 0.6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.4 25 MADGE JR., Jamar 1-0 01:01 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Team 44 55 99 14 Total 31 6325 788-1908 .413 241-754 .320 399-563 .709 356 762 1118 36.1 668 23 387 417 95 182 2216 71.5 Opponents 31 6325 756-1726 .438 212-612 .346 528-735 .718 314 845 1159 37.4 573 19 384 467 98 177 2252 72.6

Team Statistics Team Results MKE OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 2216 2252 11/05/2019 Concordia Wisconsin W 72-62 1156 Points per game 71.5 72.6 11/09/2019 Western Mich. Lot3 110-115 2038 Scoring margin -1.2 - 11/12/2019 Wis. Lutheran W 103-53 895 Field goals-att 788-1908 756-1726 11/15/2019 Kansas City W 61-52 1590 Field goal pct .413 .438 11/19/2019 North Dakota W 79-70 971 3 point fg-att 241-754 212-612 11/22/2019 vs Rice L 69-75 300 3-point FG pct .320 .346 11/23/2019 vs Morgan St. W 62-57 0 3-pt FG made per game 7.8 6.8 11/24/2019 vs George Washington L 63-66 300 Free throws-att 399-563 528-735 12/03/2019 at Drake L 53-56 2373 Free throw pct .709 .718 12/10/2019 at Kansas L 68-95 16300 F-Throws made per game 12.9 17.0 12/14/2019 Eastern Ill. L 68-75 1101 Rebounds 1118 1159 12/21/2019 at Wisconsin L 64-83 17030 Rebounds per game 36.1 37.4 12/28/2019 at Northern Ky. L 64-74 2551 Rebounding margin -1.3 - 12/30/2019 at Wright St. L 70-82 3470 Assists 387 384 01/03/2020 IUPUI W 78-74 977 01/05/2020 UIC W 64-62 1012 Assists per game 12.5 12.4 01/11/2020 at Green Bay W 87-80 2494 Turnovers 417 467 01/16/2020 Detroit Mercy L 84-90 1150 Turnovers per game 13.5 15.1 01/18/2020 Oakland W 73-68 1492 Turnover margin +1.6 - 01/23/2020 at Youngstown St. Wot 75-73 1712 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.8 01/25/2020 at Cleveland St. L 53-70 1062 Steals 182 177 01/31/2020 Wright St. L 61-65 2120 Steals per game 5.9 5.7 02/02/2020 Northern Ky. L 56-65 1070 Blocks 95 98 02/06/2020 at UIC W 74-57 1995 Blocks per game 3.1 3.2 02/08/2020 at IUPUI Wot 80-79 1007 Winning streak 0 - 02/15/2020 Green Bay L 90-94 2246 Home win streak 0 - 02/21/2020 at Oakland L 68-75 3252 Attendance 21478 56603 02/23/2020 at Detroit Mercy L 73-79 1247 Home games-Avg/Game 15-1432 13-4354 02/27/2020 Cleveland St. L 68-70 1462 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-200 02/29/2020 Youngstown St. L 69-73 2198 03/03/2020 at Youngstown St. L 57-63 2110

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