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RYAN LONG - MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT November 6, 2018 - Vs. Denver - game notes OFFICE: (207) 581-4849 | CELL: (570) 332-3078 | [email protected] @Blackbearsmbb #BlackBearNation SCHEDULE/RESULTS Maine TALE OF THE TAPE denver DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RES. 0-0/0-0 record/conf. 0-0/0-0 11/1 MAINE-PRESQUE ISLE& -- W, 82-40 66.9 points per game 73.1 75.2 opponent points per game 73.0 11/6 @ Denver Pioneers All-Access 9:00 p.m. -8.3 scoring margin +0.1 11/8 @ Utah Pac-12 Network 9:00 p.m. .408 field goal percentage .473 11/10 @ San Francisco TBD 5:00 p.m. .302 3-point field goal percentage .400 .689 free throw percentage .694 11/17 @ NC State ^ ACC Network Extra 2:00 p.m. -3.4 rebounds per game 36.9 11/20 @ North Texas ^ C-USA.TV 8:00 p.m. 35.3 REBOUND MARGIN +6.0 11/25 @ Quinnipiac ESPN+ 2:00 p.m. 11.8 ASSISTS PER GAME 15.1 15.5 TURNOVERS PER GAME 15.0 11/28 PRINCETON ^ ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 2.9 BLOCKS PER GAME 2.4 12/1 @ Saint Peter’s ^ Peacocks All-Acess 3:00 p.m. 6.4 STEALS PER GAME 4.3 12/4 FORDHAM ESPN 3 7:00 p.m. 12/8 @ Dartmouth ESPN+ 2:00 p.m. HOW TO FOLLOW MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS 12/10 MAINE-MACHIAS ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 12/16 @ Duquesne ESPN+ Noon G SERGIO EL DARWICH 12/22 CENTRAL CONN. 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ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. magness arena Dekweneh, Lebanon/Western Texas College/South Dakota State/Lee Academy 12/29 @ Rutgers BTN Plus 3:00 p.m. 1/2 @ Brown TBD 7:00 p.m. Altitude / Pioneer all-access Todd Romero G Isaiah White 1/5 @ UMBC* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. Ellicott City, Md./Harford CC/UNC Asheville/Centennial 1/9 VERMONT* ESPN 3 7:00 p.m. Ron lisnet 1/12 @ ALBANY* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 1/16 HARTFORD* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. G/F Vilgot Larsson 1/19 STONY BROOK* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonir/?id=238732 Stockholm, Sweden/Hill College/ KORRESPONDENSGYMNASIET 1/26 @ Binghamton* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. 1/30 @ UMass Lowell* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. @Blackbearsmbb 2/3 NEW HAMPSHIRE* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. F Andrew Fleming 2/6 @ Vermont* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. Norway, Maine/Oxford Hills 2/10 UMBC* ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. 2/13 @ HARTFORD* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 2/17 ALBANY* ESPN 3 1:00 p.m. F Ilija Stojiljkovic 2/23 @ Stony Brook* ESPN 3 7:00 p.m. Nis, Serbia/Prano-Poslovna Skola Nis/Lee Academy 2/27 UMASS LOWELL* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 3/2 BINGHAMTON* ESPN+ 11:00 a.m. 3/5 @ New Hampshire* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. the maine line THE OPENING TIP: The Maine Black Bears men’s basketball teams tips off its 98th season on & - Denotes exhibition Tuesday night, taking on the Denver Pioneers in the first of a six-game road swing to begin the 2018-19 season. Maine will battle the Pioneers Tuesday at Magness Arena, before playing Utah ^ - Denotes Wildcat Classic on Thursday and San Francisco on Friday. The. matchup between the Pioneers will be broadcasted * - Denotes America East game locally in Denver on Altitude, with a live stream available online at Denver Pioneers.com. Fans can listen to the game on 96.1 WGUY, or stream the radio broadcast on goblackbears.com or on the TuneIn radio app. A NEW ERA: Richard Barron takes over the Black Bear men’s program, which went a combined to go 24-100 the past four seasons. Eight returners and eight newcomers fill out the 2018-19 roster. Maine will take on a challenging non-conference schedule to prepare for the America East sched- @BlackBearsMBB | #BLACKBEARNATION ule, highlighted by three Power-5 teams (Utah, NC State, Rutgers). The Black Bears will participate in the Wildcat Classic, which features away matchups with NC State (Nov. 17), North Texas (Nov. 20) and Saint Peter’s (Dec. 1). The Black Bears’ home opener against Princeton is also a part of the Wildcat Classic. Maine begins America East play on January 5th at the defending America East Tournament Champion UMBC. #BlackBearNation 1 2018-19 MAINE BLACK BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Andrew Fleming Jr. F 6-7 222 South Paris, Maine/Oxford Hills 1 Mykhailo Yagodin So. G 6-5 195 Odessa, Ukraine/South Plains College 2 Celio Araujo Fr. G 5-10 175 Governador, Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil/Sheridan College 3 Vilgot Larsson So. F 6-8 215 Stockholm, Sweden/Hill College 4 Terion Moss Fr. G 5-10 175 Portland, Maine/Portland 5 Nedeljko Prijovic Jr. F 6-8 210 Belgrade, Serbia/Texas State 10 Stephane Ingo Fr. F 6-9 200 Mississauga, Ontario / Gould Academy 11 Ilija Stojiljkovic Sr. F 6-7 223 Nis, Serbia/Pravno-Poslovna Skola Nis 12 Lewis Wang So. G 6-1 180 Taipei, Taiwan/Lee Academy 13 Miks Antoms So. F 6-8 245 Riga, Latvia/Lee Academy 14 Isaiah White R-Jr. G 6-5 180 Ellicott City, Md./Harford CC 15 David Begic Fr. F 6-7 209 Zadar, Croatia / The Vanguard School 22 Solomon Iluyomade So. F 6-7 225 London, England/Laramie County CC 25 Sergio El Darwich Jr. G 6-4 205 Dekweneh, Lebanon/Western Texas College 32 Dennis Ashley R-Jr. G 6-1 176 Los Angeles, Calif./St. Monica 50 Vincent Eze R-Jr. F/C 6-8 218 Bethlehem, Pa./Putnam Head Coach: Richard Barron, 1st season (Kenyon ’91) Assistant Coach: Kevin Reed (Maine ‘07) Assistant Coach: Edniesha Curry (Oregon ‘02) Assistant Coach: Igor Vrzina (Abilene Christian ‘07) Director of Recruiting and Basketball Operations: Jason Coleman PRESEASON EXHIBITION: Maine defeated the Maine Presque Isle Owls (Division III) in exhibi- pronunciation guide tion play 82-40 on November 1, at the Cross Insurance Center. Four Black Bears contributed double-figures in scoring, with Mykhailo Yagodin, Isaiah White, Andrew Fleming and Vilgot Miks Antoms: Mix, ANT-Tums Larsson combining for 47 of Maine’s 82 points in the victory. The Black Bears shot 51.61 per- cent from the field while stifling UMPI’s offense, who shot just 16.67 percent, and turned the Celio Araujo: Cee-lee-oh, Are-ah-rue-joh (roll r, joh ball over 26 times. rhymes with show) A GLANCE AT THE PIONEERS: Denver went an even 15-15 a season ago, advancing to the Vincent Eze: Easy Summit League Championship semifinals, before bowing out South Dakota State to end its season. The Pioneers found its groove in the second-half of conference play, winning eight of its final 11 contests of 2017-18. Leading scorer and All-Summit First Team selection Joe Rosga Stephane Ingo: Steph-Fawn, IN-GO (16.1 ppg, .481 FG%) returns to lead the offense in 2018-19. Vilgot Larsson: VILL-Got, Lar-son THE BARRON FILE: Richard Barron was named the 22nd head coach of Maine men’s basketball on March 5, 2018, following a three-month span as serving as Special Assistant to the Director Solomon Iluyomade: Ill-Lou-Ma-Day of Athletics. Barron previously coached the University of Maine women’s team from 2011 to 2017, but took a medical leave of absence after suffering from superior semicircular canal de- Terion Moss: TURR-Ron hiscence (SSCD). The rare syndrome affects an estimated 1% of the population according ucla- health.org. Under Barron, the Black Bear women went 85-89, with two America East Regular Nedeljko Prijovic: Ned-jel-ko, Pree-ya-Vich (Nickname: Season championships in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Maine qualified for two WNIT’s in those two seasons. In America East play, Barron led the Black Bears to a 46-34 record. Prior to coming to ‘Nedja’: Ne-Jah) UMaine, Barron served as an assistant coach at both Baylor (2007-09) and NC State (2009-11). He also served as the head coach at Princeton from 2001-2007, leading the Ivy League Tigers Ilija Stojiljkovic: Ill-Lee-Ah, Stoy-yee-kah-VICH to a 71-91 record during that span. Barron’s first head coaching gig came at Sewanee, leading the Tigers to a regular season conference title in 2000-01. His first collegiate coaching job was Lewis Wang: Wong as an assistant coach to Sewanee’s men’s program from 1993 to 1996. Mykhailo Yagodin: Meek-Hi-Low, Yah-Gode-IN (Nick- TOP RETURNERS: Andrew Fleming, Ilija Stojiljkovic and Isaiah White return as starters among name: ‘Misha’: Mee-sha) the eight returners. White averaged 11.1 points per game, including 11.9 per contest in America East games. White led the team in rebounds (5.6 per game), steals (1.4 per game) Igor Vrzina: VURR-Zee-Nah and blocks (1.5 per game). Fleming (5.3 rpg) and Stojiljkovic (5.1) followed in the rebound department on last year’s squad. Celio Araujo started in 18 games last season, returning as the leasing assist man with 1.9 helpers per contest. Dennis Ashley, Miks Antoms and Lewis Wang looks to be a factor off the bench, as Ashley recorded 3.9 points per game last season, often as a 3-point threat of the bench. After missing last season due to a hip injury, Vincent Eze returns for his redshirt-junior season in 2018-19.