• Davis engineered the nation’s fifth largest • In 2014-15, CMU shattered the program turnaround in 2014-15, as the Chippewas and MAC records for three-pointers went from 10 to 23 wins, and led Central in a season, knocking down 322. The Michigan to a MAC championship, the Chippewas ranked No. 3 nationally No. 1 seed in the MAC Tournament and in three-pointers per game (10.1). the program’s first postseason berth since Individually, John Simons led the nation in 2003. long-range shooting by a forward, making over 45% of his attempts. • Davis was named MAC and NABC District 14 Coach of the Year in 2015. He also • Davis led the Chippewas to a record 16 received the Skip Prosser Award, a national wins and a 94% winning percentage at honor presented annually to a coach who home in 2014-15. CMU sold out McGuirk achieves success on the basketball court Arena for its rivalry showdown with and also displays moral integrity off of it. Western Michigan and had three other home games that drew crowds of more • CMU was one of just 19 Division I than 4,000 fans. institutions to earn the Team Academic Excellence Award from the National • First Team All-MAC and NABC All-District Association of Basketball Coaches in guard Chris Fowler became CMU’s all- 2015. In addition, a conference-high five time assists leader as a junior last season, Chippewas received Academic All-MAC surpassed the 1,000-point barrier and recognition. moved into the program’s top 10 in scoring. Fowler also led the the MAC and ranked 12th in the NCAA in assists per game (6.1). QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION General Information Coaching Staff Location ......................................Mount Pleasant, Mich. Head Coach .....................................................Keno Davis Enrollment ................................................................26,968 Record at CMU .......................................44-50 (.468) Founded ....................................................................... 1892 Career Record ....................................118-105 (.529) Nickname .........................................................Chippewas Assistant Coach ........................................ Kevin Gamble Colors .................................................... Maroon and Gold Assistant Coach ......................................Kyle Gerdeman Conference.................................................Mid-American Assistant Coach .................................................Jeff Smith President ............................................. Dr. George E. Ross Director of Basketball Operations ..............DJ Mocini Athletics Director ..........................................Dave Heeke Video Coordinator .....................................Alex Edwards Web .................................................CMUChippewas.com Graduate Assistant ...............................Robbie Harman Facebook ...................Facebook.com/CMUMensBball Graduate Assistant ......................................Ryan Mizner Twitter ...................................................@CMUMensBball Athletic Communications Team Information Assistant AD for Communications ........Rob Wyman 2014-15 Record ........................................................... 23-9 Associate Director ................................John Regenfuss MAC Record/Place ....................................12-6/1st West Office Phone .......................................989-774-3277 Lettermen Returning/Lost ...................................... 10/3 Cell Phone ............................................989-400-8913 Starters Returning/Lost ...............................................5/0 Email ..................................... [email protected] Newcomers ..........................................................................1 Assistant Director ........................................Maria Rivera Arena ............................................McGuirk Arena (5,300) Assistant Director .................................. Andy Sneddon Website ..........................................CMUChippewas.com Program History First Season ...................................... 1904 (108 seasons) Local Media Information All-Time Record .............................1,232-1,196-2 (.507) Men’s Basketball Radio Play-By-Play .....Don Chiodo All-Time MAC Record.... 253-327 (.436) (43 seasons) Email [email protected] MAC Regular Season Titles ....................9 (1975, 1977, Morning Sun Reporter .........................Nate Schneider 1979, 1987, 2015, 2001 West, 2003 West, 2009 Email [email protected] West, 2010 West) MAC Tournament Titles ......................... 2 (1987, 2003) NCAA Tournament Appearances ........4 (1975, 1977, 1987, 2003) The 2015-16 Central Michigan University men’s basketball media guide was published by the Athletic Communications Office, 100 Rose Center, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859. The guide and covers were designed, written and edited by Rob Wyman, John Regenfuss, Andy Sneddon and Maria Rivera. Photos by Ike Han, Morgan Taylor, Robert Barclay and Steve Jessmore. Printing by CMU Printing Services. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2015 MAC Champions .................1 Chris Fowler ............................22-23 All-Time Letterwinners .......44-47 Quick Facts .......................................2 Blake Hibbitts ............................... 24 All-Time vs. Opponents ......48-49 Media Information ........................3 Rayshawn Simmons .................. 25 All-Time Game-by-Game ...50-64 Preseason Notes ........................4-5 John Simons ................................. 26 Postseason History ..................... 65 2015-16 Roster ...............................6 Austin Stewart ............................. 27 Year-by-Year Results .................. 66 TV/Radio Roster .............................7 Marcus Keene .............................. 28 Individual Records ...............67-70 2015-16 Schedule..........................8 Braylon Rayson ............................ 29 Team Records ............................... 71 Head Coach Keno Davis .....10-12 Milos Cabarkapa ......................... 30 Year-by-Year Statistics .........72-73 Asst. Coach Kevin Gamble ....... 13 Josh Kozinski ................................ 30 Arena Records .............................. 74 Asst. Coach Kyle Gerderman .. 14 Luke Meyer ................................... 31 100-Point Games ........................ 74 Asst. Coach Jeff Smith ............... 15 DaRohn Scott ............................... 32 DOBO DJ Mocini ......................... 16 Corey Redman ............................. 32 Support Staff ................................ 16 2014-15 Statistics .................34-37 Director of Athletics Dave Heeke 2014-15 MAC Recap .................. 38 .....................................................18-19 Honors ......................................40-41 Senior Leadership Team ........... 20 Retired Jerseys ............................. 42 CMU Head Coaches ................... 20 Chippewas in the Pros .............. 43 2 QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION Covering the Chippewas Central Michigan University encourages your CENTRAL MICHIGAN coverage of its athletic events. The Athletic ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Communications Department is responsible for CMU Events Center, Lower Level coordinating the dissemination of pre-event (989) 774-3277 releases, issuing credentials for media members, Assistant AD: Rob Wyman and coordinating post-event coverage. If the (248) 953-6471 • [email protected] Athletic Communications Department can assist you in your work in any way, please contact a Associate Director (MBB Contact): John Regenfuss member of our staff. (989) 400-8913 • [email protected] Game Notes Assistant Director: Maria Rivera Game notes are generally available two days (248) 915-8556 • [email protected] prior to a game. Notes are emailed and are also Assistant Director: Andy Sneddon available on the web at CMUChippewas.com. To (231) 838-9188 • [email protected] be added to the email distribution list, please contact John Regenfuss. Media Room Located on court level, just off the northwest corner Website of the court, the Media Room is available for members Media members are reminded that the official of the working media. A light pregame meal will be athletics website–CMUChippewas.com–contains served approximately one hour before the game updated player stats each week. Also available and coaches and selected players will hold a press on the site are weekly video interviews with conference in the room following the game. The room a coach and player, postgame highlights and is equipped with Internet access and space for media press conferences. to work. Interviews Credential Requests All coach and player interviews must be Requests for media credentials should be made by arranged through John Regenfuss. Please allow contacting John Regenfuss. Parking passes are not at least 24 hours to schedule an interview. required on campus after 5 p.m. Players and coaches are generally available following practices, or by appointment, if Media Will Call necessary. Credentials left at Media Will Call will be available at Ticket Central, located inside the CMU Events Center Visiting Radio atrium. One ISDN line and one telephone line are available for use by the official radio network of the visiting team. Visiting networks that wish to have additional lines installed at their Chippewa Nickname own expense may do so by contacting