2019-20 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report February 24, 2020 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com Email: [email protected] @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through February 23) CONFERENCE OVERALL W L Pct. Home Away Streak W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Last10 Streak Belmont* 13 3 .813 7-1 6-2 W8 22 7 .759 12-1 10-5 0-1 8-2 W8 Murray State* 13 3 .813 7-0 6-3 W1 20 8 .714 13-0 6-6 1-2 7-3 W1 Austin Peay* 13 3 .813 8-0 5-3 L1 19 10 .655 13-0 5-9 1-1 7-3 L1 Eastern Kentucky* 11 5 .688 6-2 5-3 L1 14 15 .483 9-4 5-9 0-2 7-3 L1 Tennessee State* 8 8 .500 5-2 3-6 L2 16 13 .552 10-2 4-11 2-0 4-6 L2 Eastern Illinois 7 9 .438 7-2 0-7 W2 14 14 .500 10-2 3-11 1-1 5-5 W2 Morehead State 7 9 .438 6-3 1-6 W1 13 16 .448 11-4 2-12 0-0 4-6 W1 Jacksonville State 7 9 .438 3-5 4-4 W2 12 17 .414 7-6 4-10 1-1 4-6 W2 Tennessee Tech 6 10 .375 4-5 2-5 W2 9 20 .310 6-8 3-10 0-2 5-5 W2 UT Martin 4 12 .250 3-4 1-8 L2 8 19 .296 5-5 2-12 1-2 3-7 L2 SIUE 4 12 .250 2-6 2-6 L3 7 22 .241 4-9 3-13 0-0 3-7 L3 Southeast Missouri 3 13 .188 3-5 0-8 L2 7 22 .241 6-6 0-15 1-1 3-7 L2 *Clinched a spot in 8-team OVC Tournament Field THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Thursday, February 27 Thursday, February 20 *Tennessee Tech at Belmont, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Belmont 80, @Morehead State 67 *Eastern Kentucky at Murray State, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Eastern Kentucky 83, Tennessee State 62 *Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN+) *Austin Peay 78, @SIUE 60 *Jacksonville State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Tennessee Tech 78, UT Martin 65 *SIUE at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Eastern Illinois 63, Murray State 60 *Morehead State at Austin Peay, 8:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Jacksonville State 65, Southeast Missouri 58 Saturday, February 29 Saturday, February 22 *Eastern Illinois at SIUE, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Morehead State 66, Tennessee State 63 *Southeast Missouri at UT Martin, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *Murray State 59, @SIUE 58 *Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Eastern Illinois 83, Austin Peay 80 (OT) *Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Jacksonville State 72, UT Martin 58 *Austin Peay at Murray State, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+) *@Tennessee Tech 71, Southeast Missouri 62 *Belmont at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+) *Belmont 83, @Eastern Kentucky 70 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2019-20 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - February 24 • 1 THIS WEEK’S OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION PLAYER Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Strategic Communications Josiah Wallace, G • 6-4, 185, Jr. • Marshall, Ill. • Eastern Illinois Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 775-1937 Wallace hit the 20-point plateau against a pair of fi rst place teams this week, leading the Panthers E-mail: [email protected] back from second half double-digit defi cits in wins over each Murray State and Austin Peay. The junior Web: http://www.OVCSports.com averaged 21.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists/game while hitting 47.4 percent (18-of-38) from ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Basketball Online Press Box is a the fi eld, 50 percent (4-of-8) from 3-point range and 60 percent (3-of-5) from the free throw line. In one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member Thursday’s win over Murray State, Wallace scored all 20 of his points in the fi nal 11 minutes as EIU schools. Media can access it OVCSports.com/basketballpressbox. overcame a 50-23 defi cit with 11:25 to play to top the Racers 63-60. Wallace nailed the game-winning 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left as the Panthers became just the seventh team in NCAA Division I his- SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www. tory to overcome a 27-point or more second half defi cit to win. He fi nished the game 8-of-16 from the twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. Also fi eld (3-of-5 from 3-point range) and added three rebounds and an assist. On Saturday against OVC check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalleyconference and the league’s leader Austin Peay, the Panthers trailed by 13 points with 11 minutes to play before coming back to blog at www.OVCExtra.com. force overtime where they would eventually win 83-80, as Wallace scored six of the team’s 10 points WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week and in the extra frame. Wallace fi nished the APSU content with 23 points on 10-of-22 shooting while add- weekly notes report each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. ing seven rebounds and an assist. Wallace ranks eighth in the OVC in scoring (15.1 points/game). CT. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each Others Nominated: Terry Taylor, Austin Peay; Grayson Murphy, Belmont; Jacara Cross, Jacksonville gameday on the OVC Website. State; James Baker, Morehead State; Jaiveon Eaves, Murray State; Wesley Harris, Tennessee State; Jr. Clay, Tennessee Tech; Quintin Dove, UT Martin. OVC SID DIRECTORY NEWCOMER AUSTIN PEAY Colby Wilson (931) 221-6561 George Dixon, F • 6-5, 230, Jr. • Milwaukee, Wis. • Eastern Illinois Cell Phone (615) 604-3803 Dixon, a transfer from Vincennes University, averaged 15.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 Email [email protected] assists/game while hitting 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from the fi eld and 75 percent (6-of-8) from the free Website LetsGoPeay.com throw line as Eastern Illinois had a pair of come-from-behind wins over two fi rst-place OVC teams. In Press Row Number (931) 221-7155 Thursday’s 63-60 win over Murray State, Dixon had 16 points (on 8-of-15 shooting), seven rebounds BELMONT and four steals as the Panthers overcame a 50-23 defi cit with 11:30 to play, marking the seventh time Greg Sage (615) 460-6698 in NCAA history a team had overcome that big of a margin in the second half to win. In Saturday’s Cell Phone (615) 512-3633 overtime win over Austin Peay, Dixon had 14 points, 11 rebounds and two assists in 32 minutes of Email [email protected] action. It marked his 10th double-double of the season, the second-most in the OVC and 43rd-most Website BelmontBruins.com nationally. Dixon also ranks second in the OVC and 58th nationally in rebounding (9.0/game). Press Row Number (615) 460-8554 EASTERN ILLINOIS Others Nominated: Eli Abaev, Austin Peay; Ty Taylor, Eastern Kentucky; Kayne Henry, Jacksonville Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 State; Wesley Harris, Tennessee State. Cell Phone (217) 508-8317 Email [email protected] Website EIUpanthers.com FRESHMAN Press Row Number (217) 581-7770 Jordyn Adams, G • 6-3, 200, Fr. • Silsbee, Texas • Austin Peay Adams earned his ninth OVC Freshman of the Week award (two away from the all-time record) after EASTERN KENTUCKY averaging 22.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists/game while hitting 38.9 percent (7-of-18) from Steve Fohl (859) 622-1253 the fi eld, 58.3 percent (7-of-12) from 3-point range and 81.8 percent (18-of-22) from the free throw Cell Phone (859) 200-1958 Email [email protected] line. He opened the week with 14 points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes in a road win Website EKUSports.com at SIUE. The freshman knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and was 6-of-6 at the line. In the team’s Press Row Number (859) 622-5908 overtime loss at Eastern Illinois, Adams hit 12-of-16 free throw attempts and was 5-of-7 from 3-point range on his way to a game-high 31 points. All fi ve of his 3-pointers came in the second half as he JACKSONVILLE STATE scored 26 points after halftime. Adams enters the week ranked third nationally among freshmen in Tyler Brown (256) 782-5377 Cell Phone (423) 619-0557 scoring at 17.6 points/game. Email [email protected] Website JSUGamecockSports.com Others Nominated: Michael Moreno, Eastern Kentucky; Ta’lon Cooper, Morehead State; Mark Free- Press Row Number (256) 782-5583 man, Tennessee State; Tujautae Williams, Tennessee Tech. MOREHEAD STATE Matt Schabert (606) 783-2556 Cell Phone (606) 202-3575 Email [email protected] Website www.MSUEagles.com Press Row Number (606) 783-2500 2019-20 OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MURRAY STATE PLAYER Dave Winder (270) 809-7044 Nov.