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2015-16 WEBER STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL #WeAreWeber WeberStateSports.com • Facebook: WeberStateAthletics • Twitter: @weberstate, @weberstatembb Men’s Basketball Contact: Paul Grua • Phone: (801) 626-7414 • Email: [email protected] 2015-16 Wildcat Schedule GAME #5 2015 GULF COAST SHOWCASE Overall: 2-2 Big Sky: 0-0 Home: 1-1 Home: 0-0 WEBER STATE (2-2) VS. Away: 0-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 DRAKE (2-2) Date Opponent Time MT/Result 11/13 Utah State (KJZZ) L 70-73 11/16 at South Dakota State L 68-85 11/19 U. of Antelope Valley (KJZZ) W 90-47 11/23 ^ vs. Central Michigan W 60-63 11/24 ^ vs. Drake 6:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 24 • 8:30 p.m. ET (6:30 MT) 11/25 ^ vs. Murray State or Pepperdine TBA Estero, Fla. • Germain Arena 12/01 Pacific Union College (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 12/05 # vs. BYU (BYUtv) 1:00 pm 12/09 at Utah Valley 7:00 pm Online video: YouTube.com/bdglobalsports 12/13 at Denver 12:00 pm Radio: KLO 1430 AM (Steve Klauke) 12/18 ! vs. Portland 6:30 pm 12/22 South Dakota State (KJZZ) 7:00 pm Live audio: WeberStateSports.com 12/28 Multnomah (KJZZ) 7:00 pm Live stats: WeberStateStats.com 01/02 * Idaho State (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 01/07 * North Dakota (KJZZ) 7:00 pm Twitter: @weberstate, @weberstatembb 01/09 * Northern Colorado (KJZZ) 7:00 pm Series: Weber State leads 1-0 01/14 * at Portland State 8:00 pm 01/16 * at Sacramento State 8:00 pm Last game: 11/27/10 - Anchorage, AK - WSU 82-81 01/23 * at Idaho State 7:00 pm 01/28 * Southern Utah (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 01/30 * Northern Arizona (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 02/04 * at Northern Colorado 7:00 pm 02/06 * at North Dakota 1:00 pm 02/11 * Sacramento State (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 02/13 * Portland State (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 02/18 * at Southern Utah 7:00 pm 02/20 * at Northern Arizona 4:00 pm 02/25 * Montana State (KJZZ) 7:00 pm WEBER STATE WILDCATS (2-2) 02/27 * Montana (KJZZ) 7:00 pm 03/03 * at Idaho 8:00 pm PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last game) 03/05 * at Eastern Washington 3:00 pm No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG 03/13-15 Big Sky Tournament (Reno, NV) TBA 25 Dusty Baker G/F 6-4 190 So. Coto de Caza, CA 7.3 1.8 1.8 21 Joel Bolomboy F/C 6-9 235 Jr. Fort Worth, TX 17.3 12.0 1.8 ^ Gulf Coast Showcase - Estero, FL 44 Zach Braxton C 6-9 250 RFr. Highlands Ranch, CO 5.5 3.0 0.5 # Game played at Vivint Smart Home Arena - Salt Lake City ! Game played at Moda Center - Portland, OR 24 McKay Cannon G 6-0 185 Fr. Shelley, ID 6.5 2.8 2.0 * Big Sky Conference game 30 Jeremy Senglin G 6-2 195 Jr. Arlington, TX 19.0 3.8 2.0 All times are Mountain and subject to change. KEY RESERVES No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG 05 Cody John G 6-3 190 Fr. Toronto, Canada 6.0 1.5 0.5 35 Kyndahl Hill F 6-7 225 Jr. Humble, TX 6.3 3.8 1.3 23 Richaud Gittens G 6-4 200 Jr. Tempe, AZ 5.0 3.3 1.0 02 Juwan Williams F 6-5 190 Fr. Richmond, TX 1.5 1.5 0.0 15 Jeremiah Jefferson G 6-2 185 RFr. Dallas, TX 3.0 0.5 0.5 TIPOFF Weber State Quick Facts • After a 63-60 comeback win over Central Michigan Monday night, the Weber State Location: Ogden, Utah men’s basketball team is back in action Tuesday night facing Drake in the second Enrollment: 25,955 round of the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla. Nickname: Wildcats • The Wildcats are 2-2 this season after Monday’s win over CMU. Conference: Big Sky • Joel Bolomboy had a double-double for the fourth straight game this season. President: Dr. Charles A. Wight • Jeremy Senglin scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lead the Weber Athletics Director: Jerry Bovee State rally. Associate AD/SWA: Amy Crosbie • For the seventh time in the last eight years Weber State was picked to finish first in the Big Sky preseason coaches poll. Athletic Communications • Drake is also 2-2 on the season after an overtime win over Western Kentucky Dir. of Ath. Comm. (MBB contact): Paul Grua Monday night. The Bulldogs are coached by former Utah head coach Ray Giacoletti. Office phone: (801) 626-7414 • This will be the second meeting ever between the two teams. Cell phone: (801) 452-3811 Email: [email protected] ABOUT THE GULF COAST SHOWCASE Press Row: (801) 626-6588 The 2015 Gulf Coast Showcase is in its third year of existence and is held in Dir. of Publications/Digital Media: Darin Hogge Germain Arena in Estero, Fla. Eight teams are competing in the tournament this Media Relations Assistant: Corie Holmes year which will be played Monday-Wednesday. Weber State will face either Mur- Media Relations Assistant: Justin Johnson ray State or Pepperdine in the final round of the tournament on Wednesday. Visit GulfCoastShowcase for more information. Team Information 2014-15 record: 13-17 MEDIA INFORMATION 2014-15 Big Sky record / finish: 8-10 / t7th Tuesday’s game will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. MT) and will be the final Lettermen returning / lost: 5 / 3 game of the day in the tournament. All games of the Gulf Coast Showcase will be Starters returning / lost: 4 / 1 streamed online for free at YouTube.com/bdglobalsports. The game will be also broadcast on 1430 KLO radio with Steve Klauke calling the action. Live stats will be available at WeberStateStats.com. Team History First year (four-year school): 1962-63 ‘CATS COME BACK FOR FIRST ROUND WIN OVER CHIPPEWAS All-time record: 980-565 (.634) Weber State trailed by six at halftime of Monday’s game against Central Michigan All-time Big Sky record: 509-254 (.667) but the Wildcats rallied in the second half and beat the Chippewas 63-60 in the first Big Sky regular season titles: 21 -- ‘65, ‘66, ‘68, round of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Weber State shot 41 percent from the field and ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘76, ‘79, ‘80, -83, ‘84, ‘94, ‘95, held Central Michigan to 34 percent shooting. WSU shot 50 percent form the field ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10, -14 in the second half. CMU outrebouned the ‘Cats 38-34 but Weber State knocked Big Sky Tournament titles: 9 -- ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, down 24-of-31 free throw attempts to seal the win. ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, ‘14 Big Sky Tournament appearaneces: 38 FOUR GAMES, FOUR DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOR JOEL BOLOMBOY NCAA Tournament appearances: 15 - ‘68, ‘69, ‘70, Weber State’s only senior, Joel Bolomboy, had a double-double for ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, ‘14 the fourth time in four games this season, scoring 19 points and grab- NIT Tournament appearances: 3 -- ‘84, ‘09, ‘10 bing 15 rebounds against Central Michigan. He reached double-double CIT Tournament appearances: 2 -- ‘12, ‘13 status in the first half with 11 points and 12 rebounds. It was Bolomboy’s CBI Tournament appearances: 1 -- ‘11 32nd career double-double and the 53rd time in 101 career games he has reached 10 or more rebounds in a game. Bolomboy currently ranks third in Weber State history in career rebounds and Dee Events Center Information is the school’s all-time leader in blocked shots. He needs just five more rebounds Arena: Dee Events Center to move into second in WSU history in career rebounds. He also needs 12 more Year Built: 1977 points to become the 30th player in Weber State history to reach 1,000 career points. Capacity: 11,500 Bolomboy is a preseason All-Big Sky selection. Press row number: (801) 625-6588 All-time record in DEC: 433-111 (.796) BIG SECOND HALF FOR JEREMY SENGLIN DEC record - Big Sky games: 244-63 (.795) Weber State junior Jeremy Senglin had just two points and hadn’t Current DEC winning streak: 1 made a field goal in the first half of Weber State’s game against Central Randy Rahe’s record in DEC: 115-22 (.839) Michigan Monday night. The second half was a different story. Senglin Rahe’s Big Sky record in DEC: 67-10 (.870) had 16 of his 18 points in the second half, including knocking down NCAA Tournaments: 4: 1980, 1983, 1986, 1994 three 3-pointers in helping the Wildcats to the win. He finished the game 5-of-13 shooting and grabbed three rebounds. Wildcat Basketball History After four games this season Senglin is averaging 19 points per game and has made 11 3-pointers. The Arlington, Texas native was also a Big Sky Preseason All-Conference selection. Weber State entered the 2015-16 season with the 22nd best winning percentage in WSU PICKED FIRST IN BIG SKY PRESEASON COACHES POLL college basketball history. WSU entered For the seventh time in the last eight years, Weber State has been selected to the season with a .635 all-time winning win the Big Sky Conference title. The Wildcats were picked first in the coaches poll percentage in 53 seasons of Division I and were tabbed second in the media poll, which was released prior to the season.