ETSU Vs. North Florida Game Notes
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2013-14 GAME NOTEBOOK 2013-14 Schedule and Results (2013-14 Season • All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 10/29 MILLIGAN ^ (ASun.TV) W, 118-83 11/2 MARS HILL ^ (ASun.TV) W, 119-83 11/8 at Charlotte L, 75-80 11/12 MOREHEAD STATE (ASun.TV) L, 63-71 11/16 at Western Kentucky L, 50-57 11/19 WINTHROP (ASun.TV) L, 66-76 11/21 SAMFORD # W, 89-75 11/23 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN # W, 66-58 11/27 at Tennessee Tech L, 83-98 11/30 MARSHALL # W, 88-78 12/4 at Austin Peay W, 80-74 12/7 at Georgia Tech (ESPN3) L, 57-87 12/16 TUSCULUM (ASun.TV) W, 108-87 12/21 AUSTIN PEAY (ASun.TV) W, 84-79 12/29 VALPARAISO (ASun.TV) W, 73-62 1/4 at Kennesaw State * (ESPN3) W, 71-55 1/6 at Mercer * (ASun.TV) L, 63-73 1/9 LIPSCOMB *(ASun.TV) L, 80-82 1/11 N. KENTUCKY * (ASun.TV) W, 74-65 1/16 at Stetson * (ASun.TV) L, 58-64 1/18 at FGCU * (ESPN3) L, 62-90 1/23 NORTH FLORIDA * (ASun.TV) W, 99-93 1/25 JACKSONVILLE * (ASun.TV) W, 76-75 1/31 MERCER * (ASun.TV) L, 77-90 2/2 KENNESAW STATE * (ASun.TV) W, 86-73 2/6 at N. Kentucky * (ASun.TV) W, 64-50 2/8 at Lipscomb * (ESPN3) W, 96-88 2/10 USC UPSTATE * (ASun.TV) L, 63-75 2/13 FGCU * (ASun.TV) W, 89-81 2/15 STETSON * W, 93-66 2/20 at Jacksonville * (ASun.TV) L, 86-91 2/22 at North Florida 7 p.m. 2/28 at USC Upstate (ESPN3) 7 p.m. ETSU 3/1 A-Sun Tournament TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ Exhibition games; * A-Sun Conference game; Men’s Basketball 2013-14 # First Bank and Trust Company Roundball Show- case at Freedom Hall $ A-Sun Tournament Broadcast games in (parenthesis): The Buccaneers at North Florida — Comcast SportsSoutheast (CSS) — ASun.TV live video stream (ASun.TV) — ESPN3.com live video stream (ESPN3) Feb. 22, 2014 -- UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- 7 p.m. (EST) Radio: Buc Sports Network -- Web: ASun.TV -- TV: None ETSU (2013-14 Record: 16-13 Overall, 9-7 A-Sun) Watch the Probable Starters (Note: 2012-13 statistics) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G Bucs LIVE on 1 Petey McClain G So. 6-0 185 29/26 3.7 2.3 3.2 21.2 4 Rashawn Rembert G Jr. 6-3 195 29/29 16.2 2.7 1.8 35.5 13 A.J. Merriweather G Fr. 6-2 185 29/27 10.3 6.5 1.2 27.0 ASun.TV 20 Hunter Harris F Sr. 6-7 235 28/27 9.0 5.3 0.3 24.3 Once again this season, ETSU fans around 15 Lester Wilson F So. 6-4 215 29/4 10.1 3.4 0.6 20.5 the globe will have the opportunity to watch Reserve the Bucs play via Internet video streaming at 0 Ron Giplaye F Jr. 6-6 250 5/0 1.4 0.8 0.4 4.6 ASun.TV. All home games as well as most 2 Devin Harris G Fr. 6-4 200 14/1 1.8 1.4 0.7 9.9 road games in A-Sun play will be broadcast 5 Jalen Riley G Jr. 6-0 150 29/1 12.7 2.2 1.5 19.7 on A-Sun.TV FOR FREE. 10 Isaac Banks F Fr. 6-7 215 20/0 1.5 1.3 0.3 6.2 11 Todd Halvorsen G Sr. 6-3 190 9/1 1.0 0.3 0.2 4.0 21 Tyler Ailshie G Jr. 6-1 195 2/0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 32 Adam Denison F Jr. 6-3 190 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 Lukas Poderis F Sr. 6-8 250 27/3 1.9 2.6 0.2 12.0 35 Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard F Sr. 6-6 250 28/26 10.9 5.0 3.1 31.5 Head Coach: Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham, ’85) Assistant Coaches: Bob Bolen (Bluefield State, ’86), Thomas Carr (Pfeiffer, ’08) NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ... 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 ETSU at North Florida We are “ETSU” Media Information The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Offi ce is like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor available to assist members of the media with their questions our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Associate University in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent Athletic Director Michael White with any questions about the references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use Bucs. ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Michael White, Assoc. AD ........(423) 439-4220 (W) Buc bits (Basketball Contact) ...................(423) 956-1461 (C) The ETSU men’s basketball program was glad to see the Kevin Brown, Asst. Director. ..(423) 439-5612 (W) 2012-13 campaign come to an end, following a season Lance Rinker, GA ......................(423) 439-5612 (W) which saw the team face multiple obstacles and chal- Drew Weber, GA ........................ (423) 439-8212 (W) lenges -- such as a brutal schedule that featured the likes of North Carolina, Arizona, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 Georgia and Press Row Phone ............................ (423) 439-5329 Hawaii ... Other ETSU’s Record vs. A-Sun Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 issues for the team included School Overall Tourn. ...........................................Johnson City, TN., 37614 senior post Florida Gulf Coast 10-4 N/A Overnight Address ....Memorial Center, Rm. 146-W Lukas Poderis Jacksonville 13-7 1-0 Corner of State of Franklin and John Rober Bell (Port Richey, Johnson City, TN., 37614 Fla.) missing Kennesaw State 17-1 1-0 the season with Lipscomb 32-13 2-0 ankle injury Mercer 12-7 1-0 Quick Facts for ETSU Hoops that he suffered North Florida 16-2 1-1 in the preseason, USC Upstate 8-5 N/A GENERAL I NFORMATION senior guard Location ...........................................................Johnson City, Tenn. Jarvis Jones Stetson 12-9 2-1 Founded ................................................................................. 1911 (Memphis) being Northern Kentucky 3-1 0-0 Nickname.....................................................................Buccaneers academically Enrollment ...........................................................................15,100 ineligible for Colors ..........................................................Navy Blue & Old Gold the first two months of the year, and two other senior guards who were expected to be major contributors Arena ....................................ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (5,740) were dismissed from the team in early November for Affi liation ................................................................NCAA Division I violations of team rules … This left head coach Murry Conference ..................................................................Atlantic Sun Bartow and his coaching staff with a young, inexperi- President .............................. Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) enced group of underclassmen, several true freshmen, Athletics Director .............. Dr. Richard Sander (Chattanooga, ’68) one redshirt freshman and a pair of junior college trans- Athletics Phone...................................................... (423) 439-4343 fers … Those obstacles proved to be tough to overcome, Ticket Offi ce Phone ............................................... (423) 439-5371 as the Buccaneers posted a 10-22 record and finished 8-10 in Atlantic Sun Conference play … It was the tough- Athletic Website ............................................www.ETSUBucs.com H est campaign in Bartow’s 10 seasons at ETSU, a tenure ISTORY that has produced many championships, postseason First year of basketball ......................................................1918-19 tournament appearances and 20-win campaigns … In Overall all-time record ....................................................1,230-988 all, Bartow’s teams have earned three NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament appearances/last ..................................9/2010 invitations (2004, 2009 and 2010), one NIT appearance NCAA Tournament record ........................................................2-10 (2007), and one CIT berth (2011), and the Bucs have NIT appearances/last ..........................................................2/2007 eclipsed 20 wins five times. Last post-season opponent ................Iona in CIT semifi nals, 2011 The series vs. North Florida Result ................................................................................L, 83-80 C S ETSU and North Florida have met 18 times, with ETSU OACHING TAFF leading the all-time series 16-2 ... The Bucs won the last Head Coach...................Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham ‘85) meeting between the two teams 99-93 back on Jan. 23, Record at ETSU .....................................205-148 (.581), 11th year 2014 inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Career Record .........................................308-231 (.571), 17 years BUCCANEER BASKETBALL Overall NCAA Tournament Record .................................0-4 (.000) Last time out vs. North Florida NCAA Tournament Record at ETSU ...............................0-3 (.000) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 23, 2014) – Hitting 32 of 33 free throws and manufacturing a 16-2 run midway through Basketball Offi ce Phone ........................................ (423) 439-4207 the second half, the ETSU men’s basketball team rebound- Best Time To Reach Coach .........................................Contact SID ed from a tough Florida road swing with a 99-93 win over Assistant Coaches .......................................................................... Atlantic Sun Conference foe North Florida Thursday night Bob Bolen (Bluefi eld State, ’82), 1st year at ETSU inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... The offensive ef- Thomas Carr (Pfeiffer, ’08), 1st year at ETSU fort – especially in the second half – was impressive. ETSU Trainer .......................................................................... Brett Lewis finished the game shooting 50 percent from 3-point range (9-of-18) and 97 percent from the free throw line, while T I scoring 58 points and shooting 59 percent from the floor EAM NFORMATION in the second half. ... Four ETSU players reached double 2012-13 Record .................10-22 overall, 8-10 conference record figures, led by a team-high 24 points from senior post Home: 5-8 Away: 5-11, Neutral: 0-3 Hunter Harris (Nashville), while junior guard Rashawn 2012-13 Atlantic Sun Record/Finish ...............................8-10/T-7th Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) added 22 points.