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MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-15 SEASON e NOTEBOOK e FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer e [email protected] CHARLOTTE eFIUeFLORIDA ATLANTIC eLOUISIANA TECH eMARSHALLeMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXAS eOLD DOMINIONeRICEeSOUTHERN MISSeUAB eUTEPeUTSA eWKU 2014-15 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Through Feb. 22) |---------------CONFERENCE---------------| |------------------------OVERALL------------------------| TEAM W-L PCT. HOME AWAY W-L PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL L10 STREAK eLOUISIANA TECH 12-3 .800 6-0 6-3 21-7 .750 13-0 8-7 0-0 7-3 L1 eUTEP 11-3 .786 6-1 5-2 19-7 .731 12-2 5-4 2-1 8-2 W7 eUAB 11-4 .733 8-0 3-4 15-13 .536 12-4 3-6 0-3 7-3 W2 eOLD DOMINION 9-5 .643 7-0 2-5 20-6 .769 15-0 3-5 2-1 6-4 W2 eWKU 9-5 .643 6-1 3-4 16-10 .615 11-3 4-7 1-0 5-5 L4 eMIDDLE TENNESSEE 8-7 .533 7-2 1-5 15-13 .536 12-3 3-8 0-2 5-5 W2 eUTSA 7-7 .500 3-4 4-3 13-12 .520 6-7 7-5 0-0 6-4 L2 eNORTH TEXAS 7-7 .500 4-3 3-4 13-13 .500 10-5 3-8 0-0 6-4 W4 eRICE 7-7 .500 4-3 3-4 10-16 .385 7-5 3-9 0-2 5-5 W1 eFIU 6-8 .429 3-4 3-4 13-14 .481 6-4 6-9 1-1 4-6 L1 eCHARLOTTE 5-9 .357 3-4 2-5 12-15 .444 6-5 4-9 2-1 4-6 W1 MARSHALL 5-9 .357 4-3 1-6 9-18 .333 8-7 1-10 0-1 5-5 L2 SOUTHERN MISS 2-13 .133 1-6 1-7 7-19 .269 6-7 1-12 0-0 2-8 L2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1-13 .071 1-6 0-7 8-17 .320 6-6 2-11 0-0 1-9 L9 eClinched berth into 2015 C-USA Men’s Basketball Championship RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING SCHEDULE Sunday, February 22 Date Game Coverage Time eMiddle Tennessee 68, WKU 66 Thu., February 26 eUTEP at Louisiana Tech FS1 7:00p eFIU at Marshall ASN 7:00p Saturday, February 21 eFlorida Atlantic at WKU FCS 7:00p eOld Dominion 72, Louisiana Tech 53 eCharlotte at North Texas C-USA DN 7:00p eCharlotte 71, Southern Miss 43 eOld Dominion at Rice C-USA DN 7:00p eNorth Texas 70, FIU 56 eUTSA at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p eRice 76, Florida Atlantic 69 eUAB 72, Marshall 54 Sat., February 28 eMiddle Tennessee at UAB ASN 2:00p eUTEP 69, UTSA 62 eOld Dominion at North Texas ASN 4:30p eFlorida Atlantic at Marshall C-USA DN 6:00p Thursday, February 19 eUTSA at Louisiana Tech C-USA DN 6:00p eMiddle Tennessee 90, Marshall 51 eCharlotte at Rice C-USA DN 7:00p eOld Dominion 64, Southern Miss 38 eFIU at WKU FCS 7:00p eLouisiana Tech 83, Charlotte 82 (OT) eUTEP at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p eNorth Texas 79, Florida Atlantic 72 eFIU 60, Rice 56 Thu., March 5 eWKU at Charlotte FCS 6:00p eUAB 71, WKU 66 eUAB at Florida Atlantic C-USA DN 6:00p eMiddle Tennessee at FIU 6:30p Saturday, February 14 eSouthern Miss at Louisiana Tech CBS SN 7:00p eCharlotte 89, UTSA 81 eMarshall at Old Dominion ASN 7:00p eMarshall 87, WKU 82 eRice at UTSA 7:00p eLouisiana Tech 75, FIU 42 eNorth Texas at UTEP C-USA DN 8:00p eSouthern Miss 62, Florida Atlantic 54 eNorth Texas 57, Middle Tennessee 56 Sat., March 7 eNorth Texas at UTSA 2:00p eRice 82, UAB 73 eRice at UTEP C-USA DN 3:00p eUTEP 62, (RV) Old Dominion 47 eWKU at Old Dominion ASN 4:30p Thursday, February 12 eMarshall at Charlotte 6:00p eLouisiana Tech 65, Florida Atlantic 54 eMiddle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic C-USA DN 6:00p eRice 71, Middle Tennessee 68 (2OT) eUAB at FIU ASN 7:00p eNorth Texas 67, UAB 64 eConference game eUTSA 72, (RV) Old Dominion 67 All Times Central eUTEP 73, Charlotte 68 eFIU 73, Southern Miss 71 (OT) @Conference_USA ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-15 SEASON e NOTEBOOK e FEBRUARY 25, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer e [email protected] CHARLOTTE eFIUeFLORIDA ATLANTIC eLOUISIANA TECH eMARSHALLeMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXAS eOLD DOMINIONeRICEeSOUTHERN MISSeUAB eUTEPeUTSA eWKU THIS WEEK IN CONFERENCE USA e WEEKLY AWARDS - FEBRUARY 23 e THIS WEEK IN CONFERENCE USA Old Dominion junior guard Trey Freeman claims his fi rst C-USA Player Six C-USA games are on the schedule Thursday, all tipping at 7 p.m. CT. The of the Week award of the season. Freeman averaged 22.5 points in wins featured match-up is between the top two teams in the C-USA standings over Southern Miss and fi rst-place Louisiana Tech. Middle Tennessee guard as Louisiana Tech (12-3) hosts a UTEP (11-3) team just a half game behind Giddy Potts also came up big in a pair of wins for the Blue Raiders to earn them. LA Tech won the fi rst meeting between these teams back on Jan. 8 C-USA Freshman of the Week honors. Potts scored a career-best 28 points in El Paso, 58-45. The Miners ride a seven-game win streak into the Thomas with eight three-pointers in a win over Marshall, then added a team-high 22 Assembly Center, but the Bulldogs have won 26 in a row at home (sixth- points in a victory over long-time rival WKU. Awards are chosen by a vote longest in the nation) and have never lost to a C-USA opponent at home from a media panel representing the 14 member schools. since joining the league last season. It is doubtful UTEP will be intimidated by this streak as the Miners ended Memphis’ 64-game conference win PLAYER OF THE WEEK streak (that was tied for the NCAA record) back on Jan. 20, 2010. That was TREY FREEMAN / OLD DOMINION / Junior / 6-2 / G / Virginia Beach, Va. also the fi rst home conference loss for the Tigers since 2005. Thursday’s Freeman scored 27 points to lead the Monarchs in a 72-53 wire-to-wire game from the TAC will be nationally televised on FS1. win over fi rst-place Louisiana Tech on Feb. 21. The 27 points is his ODU career high, but he did score 28 when playing for Campbell. It was Free- North Texas is on a season-best four game win streak and returns home to man’s eighth game with 20 or more points this season and he has scored the Super Pit to host Charlotte. Senior Colin Voss led the Mean Green last 400 or more points in a season three straight years. Freeman tossed in a week with a career-high 22 points at Florida Atlantic and a season-best 13 team-high 18 points in Thursday’s win over Southern Miss. He also added rebounds against FIU, along with a perfect 10-of-10 e! ort at the free throw 10 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and a block in the two games. This is line. The 49ers won the fi rst meeting back on Jan. 15, scoring 53 of their Freeman’s fi rst C-USA Player of the Week honor of his career. points in the second half of a 73-57 victory. Senior Pierriá Henry led the way with 21 points. FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Old Dominion will be looking for three wins in a row as the Monarchs visit GIDDY POTTS / MIDDLE TENNESSEE / 6-2 / G / Athens, Alabama a Rice team that has been surging during conference play. Reigning C-USA Potts had a stellar week, beginning with a career night against Marshall Player of the Week Trey Freeman is coming o! a 27-point performance as as he fi nished with a career-high 28 points behind eight 3-pointers. His 28 the Monarchs beat fi rst-place Louisiana Tech this past Saturday. Rice senior points cracked the top-25 in program history for highest total in a game Seth Gearhart has averaged 23 ppg in the Owls last three games. and his eight treys tied for the second-most in school history and are the most by a MT freshman in a game. It also marked the most 3-pointers in Marshall hosts FIU for a featured game on ASN at 8 p.m. ET. The Herd needs a game by a C-USA player this season. He shot 72.7 percent from 3-point just one more win to secure its berth to the C-USA Championship next range with all eight of his treys coming in the second half. Potts came out month in Birmingham. The last time these two met in Miami on Jan. 15, FIU strong again vs WKU with 22 points, while adding six rebounds, two steals overcame an 18-point defi cit to earn a 66-62 overtime win. Senior guard and a block. Twice he hit crucial threes in the game, tying the game at 51 Dennis Mavin paced the Panthers’ o! ense with 19 points, including six- for the fi rst and giving MT its fi nal lead in the game at 61-59. He fi nished the straight in the second half. week with 12 3-pointers, averaging 25.5 points in two games, while pulling down 11 boards.