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WOFFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL MBB Contact: Phil Marcello // [email protected] // 864-597-4092 // @WoffordTerriers 2018-19 SCHEDULE 2019 NCAA TOURNAMENT • SECOND ROUND OVERALL: 30-4 SOCON: 18-0 SOCON TOURNAMENT: 3-0 NO. 19 WOFFORD TERRIERS(30-4, 18-0 SOCON) NOVEMBER Tue. 6 #8 North Carolina L, 78-67 VS. NO. 7 KENTUCKY WILDCATS (28-6, 15-3 SEC) Sat. 10 at High Point W, 68-60 Tue. 13 Carver W, 94-35 MARCH 23, 2019 Fri. 16 ^ at Stanford Cancelled Sun. 18 ^ at Oklahoma L, 64-75 VYSTAR VETERANS ARENA Wed. 21 ^ Coppin State W, 99-65 Fri. 23 ^ Mars HIll W, 97-46 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Mon. 26 at South Carolina W, 81-61 DECEMBER Wed. 1 * ETSU W, 79-62 Tue. 4 at #2 Kansas L, 47-72 Thu. 6 Kentucky Christian W, 112-58 Sun. 9 Coastal Carolina W, 82-71 Sat. 15 UNC Asheville W, 92-49 TOURNAMENT STORYLINES Wed. 19 at #17 Mississippi State L, 87-98 Sat. 29 * at Western Carolina W, 74-54 HISTORY MADE JANUARY • The No. 19 Wofford men’s basketball team recorded its first ever win in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night as Thu. 3 * The Citadel W, 112-81 Fletcher Magee drained seven 3-pointers to break the all-time record for career 3-pointers in Division I history and lead Sat. 5 * Mercer W, 78-74 Thu. 10 * at UNCG W, 72-43 the Terriers to an 84-68 win over Seton Hall. Magee scored a team-high 24 points, going 7-for-12 from 3-point range, Sat. 12 * at VMI W, 90-76 breaking Travis Bader’s (Oakland, 504) record for career threes in the process. Magee, who now has 509 career 3-pointers Sat. 19 * Furman W, 59-54 hit 5-of-7 in the second half, propelling Wofford to the 20-point victory. Thu. 24 * Samford W, 107-106 (OT) Sat. 26 * Chattanooga W, 80-69 Thu. 31 * at Mercer W, 76-87 SECOND ROUND MAtchUP • The Terriers, who are the No. 7 seed, will face the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA FEBRUARY Tournament on Saturday after Kentucky disposed of the 15th-seed Abilene Christian Wildcats 70-44 on Thursday. The Sat. 2 * at The Citadel W, 99-61 Thu. 7 * at ETSU W, 78-76 (OT) Wildcats of Kentucky ended the season ranked No. 7 in the AP Top 25 Poll. Sat. 9 * Western Carolina W, 83-56 Thu. 14 * VMI W, 95-84 ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS Sat. 16 * UNCG W, 80-50 • The 2018-19 campaign has been a record one for Wofford, setting new program marks in wins (30), wins in a regular Sat. 23 * at Furman W, 72-64 season (26), wins in a row (21) and wins in the Southern Conference, going 18-0 in the regular season and 21-0 against Thu. 28 * at Chattanooga W, 80-54 SoCon foes on the season (tournament included). The perfect conference season was the SoCon’s first since Stephen MARCH Curry’s Davidson squad ran the table in 2007-08, and the No. 7 seed is the conference’s highest since 1979. Wofford also Sat. 2 * at Samford W, 85-64 claimed its first AP Top 25 ranking in program history, being ranked No. 24 on February 25, and have been boosted to Fri. 8 & SoCon Tournament BYE No. 19 since. Sat. 9 & vs. No 8 VMI W, 99-72 Sun. 10 & #4 ETSU W, 81-72 TERRIERS IN THE TOURNAMENT TV/RADIO Mon. 11 & #2 UNCG W, 70-58 Watch: CBS Thu. 21 % #10 Seton Hall W, 84-68 All-time: 1-4 Sat. 23 % #2 Kentucky 2:30 p.m. SoCon Titles: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019 CBS: Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel, Jamie Erdahl Radio: iHeart Radio Greenville/Spartanburg Seeding history: #13, #14, #15, #12, #7 Announcers: Jim Noble (PxP), Thom Henson (color) ^ - Battle 4 Atlantis Last Game: #7 Wofford 84, #10 Seton Hall 64 (3/21/19) * - Southern Conference Game & - Southern Conference Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) WOFFORD PROJECTED STARTERS STORM FLETCHER NATHAN CAM KEVE SOCIAL HUB 5 MURPHY 3 MAGEE 10 HOOVER 33JACKSON 24 ALUMA @WOFFORDMBB // @WOFFORDMBB // 6-0 • So. • G 6-4 • Sr. • G 6-4 • Jr. • G 6-8 • Sr. • F 6-9 • So. • F Winchester, Va.. Berlin, Md. WOFFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL Middleton, Wisc. Orlando, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. 8.1 ppg/3.2 apg 20.6 ppg/2.6 rpg 13.4 ppg/2.5 rpg 14.6 ppg/7.6 rpg 6.9 ppg/6.7 rpg #CONQUERANDPREVAIL 2019 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - SECOND ROUND - WOFFORD BASKETBALL NOTES (Continued) COMMON OPPONENTS WITHOUT WASHINGTON » Wofford and Kentucky both matched up against six common » Kentucky will seemingly be without sophomore forward P.J. teams in 2018-19 in: Kansas, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Washington, who missed Thursday’s game due to injury. South Carolina, UNCG and VMI. » Keldon Johnson stepped up in his absence, scoring a game- » Against Southern Conference opponents, the two teams high 25 points against Abilene Christian. Travis Reid scored 18 were a combined 8-0, with Kentucky downing UNCG and VMI points while Tyler Herro totaled 14. once. » Johnson and Herro have taken over in the last five games, » Against the SEC, Wofford was 1-1 this year, topping South each averaging 16 points per contest during that span. Carolina 81-61 but falling at Mississippi State 98-87. » The Wildcats went 3-0 against the Bulldogs and South FROM DOWNTOWN Carolina this season. » Kentucky also picked up wins over North Carolina (80-72) and » Led by Fletcher Magee, Wofford averages 11.1 threes per Kansas (71-63), both of whom downed Wofford in 2018-19. game, hitting 13 against Seton Hall. » The Wildcats matched up with Seton Hall in December, with » In addition to breaking the career record for made 3-pointers, the Pirates walking away victorious 84-83. Magee is now tied for the second most 3-pointers made in a season in NCAA history, knocking down 158 to this point. » Hoover, who is averaging 16.4 points per game in his last five THE CORE FOUR games, has gone 17-for-31 (.548) from beyond the arc, draining » Four Kentucky players are scoring more than 11 points per 88 threes on the season. game in 2018-19, led by P.J. Washington’s 14.8. Tyler Herro is » Storm Murphy (.475) and Tray Hollowell (.416) are also threats totaling 14.2 points per game, while Keldon Johnson and Reid from 3-point range, totaling 48 and 42 threes this season. Travis check in a 13.8 and 11.4, respectively. » Nationally, Kentucky ranked in the top 10 in rebounding mar- A SWEET OPPORTUNITY gin (5th-9.0), made free throws (7th) and total blocks (9th-167) prior to the NCAA Tournament. » The winner of #2 Kentucky and #7 Wofford advances to the Sweet 16 which begins March 28. 2019 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 National Semifinals National Championship National Semifinals Elite 8 Sweet 16 Second Round First Round March 21-22 March 23-24 March 28-29 March 30-31 April 6 April 8 April 6 March 30-31 March 28-29 March 23-24 March 21-22 Prairie View (22-12) Belmont (26-5) North Dakota St. (18-15) Arizona St. (22-10) 1 Duke (29 - 5) Fairleigh Dickinson (20-13) Temple (23-9) First Four® N.C. Central (18-15) St. Johns (NY) (21-12) Virginia (29 - 3) 1 22-Mar 7:10 p.m. CBS 6:40 p.m. 19-Mar truTV 30 min. fol March 19-20 in Dayton 6:40 p.m. 20-Mar truTV 30 min. fol. 22-Mar 30 min. fol. truTV 16 N.C. Central/North Dakota St. Gardner-Webb (23 - 11) 16 8 VCU (25 - 7) 24-Mar 24-Mar Ole Miss (20 - 12) 8 30 min. fol. CBS 22-Mar 12:40 p.m. truTV Columbia Columbia 9 UCF (23 - 8) Oklahoma (19 - 13) 9 5 Mississippi St. (23 - 10) 29-Mar 28-Mar Wisconsin (23 - 10) 5 22-Mar 7:27 p.m. truTV 22-Mar 30 min. fol. TBS 12 Liberty (28 - 6) Oregon (23 - 12) 12 4 Virginia Tech (24 - 8) 24-Mar 24-Mar Kansas St. (25 - 8) 4 San Jose 22-Mar 30 min. fol. truTV 22-Mar 2 p.m. TBS San Jose 13 Saint Louis (22 - 12) UC Irvine (30 - 5) 13 East Regional South Regional 6 Maryland (22 - 10) Washington, D.C. Louisville Villanova (25 - 9) 6 21-Mar 30 min. fol. truTV 31-Mar 30-Mar 21-Mar 7:20 p.m. TBS 11 Belmont/Temple Saint Mary's (CA) (22 - 11) 11 3 LSU (26 - 6) 23-Mar 23-Mar Purdue (23 - 9) 3 21-Mar 12:40 p.m. truTV 21-Mar 30 min. fol. TBS Hartford Jacksonville 14 Yale (21 - 7) Old Dominion (26 - 8) 14 7 Louisville (20 - 13) 29-Mar 28-Mar Cincinnati (27 - 6) 7 21-Mar 12:15 p.m. CBS 22-Mar 12:15 p.m. CBS 10 Minnesota (21 - 13) Iowa (22 - 11) 10 2 Michigan St. (27 - 6) 23-Mar 24-Mar Tennessee (29 - 4) 2 21-Mar 30 min. fol. CBS 22-Mar 30 min. fol. CBS Columbus Des Moines 15 Bradley (20 - 14) Colgate (24 - 10) 15 1 Gonzaga (30 - 3) North Carolina (27 - 6) 1 21-Mar 7:27 p.m. truTV 22-Mar 30 min. fol. TNT 16 Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View Iona (17 - 15) 16 8 Syracuse (20 - 13) 23-Mar 24-Mar Utah St.