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2007-08 UMKC BASKETBALL 2007-08 UMKC Men’s Basketball Game Notes - No. 4 - 11/15/07 Game #3 UMKC at Northern Arizona Nov. 17, 2007 - 4 p.m. (CST) Rolle Activity Center Flagstaff, Ariz. 2007-08 Schedule & Results QUICK HITS Oct. 27 !Harris Stowe State (Exh.) W, 94-51 Head Coach Matt Brown won his first career game on Tuesday night when UMKC Nov. 11 ^at Kansas L, 62-85 topped Washburn, 79-75... senior Brent Stephens scored a career-high 28 points on Nov. 13 ^Washburn W, 79-75 8-of-13 shooting to pace the team... UMKC is now 1-1 on the season and in the Nov. 17 ^at Northern Arizona 4:00 p.m. Nov. 19 ^at Arizona 8:30 p.m. Jayhawk Invitational this season... Saturday’s game is the third game for the Nov. 24 Arkansas Tech 7:05 p.m. Kangaroos in the Jayhawk Invitational... senior Jeremiah Hartsock was named The Nov. 26 Florida Atlantic 7:05 p.m. Summit League Player of the Week on Nov. 12... the Kangaroos are picked to finish Nov. 29 at UTSA 7:00 p.m. sixth in the 2007-08 Summit League Preseason Poll in a vote of the league’s head Dec. 3 Eastern Washington (DH) 8:05 p.m. coaches, sports information directors and selected media members. Dec. 6 *at Oakland 6:00 p.m. Dec. 8 *at IPFW 3:00 p.m. STATISTICS AT A GLANCE Dec. 15 Wichita State 7:05 p.m. Dec. 19 Northern Iowa 7:05 p.m. Dec. 22 Loyola Chicago 12:05 p.m. PPG FG% 3PT% FT% Reb Asst. TO Dec. 29 at Central Arkansas 6:00 p.m. UMKC 70.5 .476 .381 .711 28.0 18.0 17.5 Jan. 3 *IUPUI 7:05 p.m. NAU 73.5 .451 .385 .811 38.0 18.5 13.5 Jan. 5 *Western Illinois (DH) 7:05 p.m. Jan. 8 at Missouri 7:05 p.m. GAME FACTS Jan. 12 *Southern Utah (DH) 7:05 p.m. Jan. 17 *at South Dakota State 7:00 p.m. Time and Place -- 4 p.m. (CST), The Series -- Saturday’s meeting is the Jan. 19 *at North Dakota State 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, Rolle Activity Center, first all-time between the two schools. Jan. 24 *%Oral Roberts 7:05 p.m. Flagstaff, Ariz. Jan. 26 *%Centenary 7:05 p.m. The Coaches -- UMKC is led by first year Jan. 31 *at Western Illinois 7:00 p.m. Television -- Saturday’s game will be tele- head coach Matt Brown. Brown comes to Feb. 2 *at IUPUI 6:00 p.m. vised on Fox College Sports Pacific and on Kansas City after serving the last 10 years Feb. 9 *at Southern Utah 8:35 p.m. Dish Network Channel 9411. Mitch as an assistant coach at West Virginia and Feb. 14 *%North Dakota State 7:05 p.m. Strohman will call the play-by-play, while Richmond under John Beilein. Feb. 16 *%South Dakota State 7:05 p.m. Dave Brown will handle the color commen- Northern Arizona is led by ninth year Feb. 21 *at Oral Roberts 7:05 p.m. tary. head coach Mike Adras. Adras is ninth in Feb. 23 *at Centenary 5:30 p.m. Big Sky history with 130 career wins. Feb. 28 *IPFW 7:05 p.m. Radio -- 810 AM WHB or 97.3 FM. Danny Overall, he is 130-107 at NAU. Mar. 1 *Oakland (DH) 7:05 p.m. Clinkscale will call the play-by-play action Mar. 8-11 Summit League Championships TBA for the Kangaroos. Next Up -- UMKC will close out the (Tulsa, Okla.) Jayhawk Invitational with a game at No. 17 Live Stats - Follow all the action as it Arizona on Monday night in Tucson. ! Game held at the Swinney Recreation Center on the UMKC campus. ^ Jayhawk Invitational occurs via live stats at DH - indicates a doubleheader with the UMKC women’s and men’s basket- www.nau.newtier.com. ball programs. % at Kemper Arena All time Central and subject to change. PROBABLE STARTERS UMKC Kangaroos (1-1) Pts. Reb. FG% FT% 23 Reggie Hamilton G 6-0 175 Fr. Harvey, Ill./Thornwood 14.5 3.0 .667 .333 41 Akeem Hemingway G 6-0 180 Jr. Myrtle Beach, S.C./Connors St. College 2.5 1.0 .400 .000 33 Brian Gettinger C 6-8 230 Jr. Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission S. 0.0 1.0 .000 -- 3 Dane Brumagin F 6-4 195 Jr. Montgomery City, Mo./Warrenton Christian 13.0 4.0 .421 .833 15 Brent Stephens F 6-5 210 Sr. Jay, Okla./Monmouth University 19.5 3.5 .429 .923 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (1-1) Pts. Reb. FG% FT% 1 Matt Johnson G 6-2 175 Jr. Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College 5.5 2.5 .444 .667 14 Nate Geiser G 6-4 210 Sr. Tonkawa, Okla./No. Oklahoma College 8.5 2.5 .462 .000 21 Josh Wilson G 6-2 205 Jr. Longview, Wash./Mark Morris 12.0 5.5 .428 1.000 25 Ryan McCurdy F 6-10 210 Sr. Gilbert, Ariz./Highland 10.0 6.0 .500 1.000 42 Zarko Comagic F 6-6 225 Jr. Kralejevo, Serbia/Central Arizona JC 3.5 4.5 .333 .500 www.umkckangaroos.com 1 2007-08 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Last School/High School 1 James Humphrey F 6-7 195 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind./Fork Union Mil. Acad./Paul Harding HS 2 Nathan Balch G 6-0 170 Fr. Westerville, Ohio/Olentangy HS 3 Dane Brumagin G/F 6-4 195 Jr. Montgomery City, Mo./Warrenton Christian HS 4 Jeremiah Hartsock F 6-8 215 Sr. Bartlesville, Okla./Bartlesville HS 14 Alex Pledger C 7-1 245 Jr. Hamilton, New Zealand/Boys HS 15 Brent Stephens F 6-5 210 Sr. Jay, Okla./Monmouth University/Jay HS 21 Spencer Johnson F 6-6 200 Fr. Champaign, Ill./Laurinburg Institue/Champaign Central HS 22 Tim Blackwell G/F 6-4 190 Sr. Cameron, Mo./Creighton University/Cameron HS 23 Reggie Hamilton G 6-0 175 Fr. Harvey, Ill./Thornwood HS 32 Jakub Jurczak F 6-10 215 Jr. Krosno, Poland/SMS Kozienice HS 33 Brian Gettinger F/C 6-8 230 #Jr. Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission South HS 35 Kenny Simms F/C 6-9 250 Jr. Jackson, N.J./Fla. International Univ./Jackson Memorial HS 41 Akeem Hemingway G 6-0 190 #Jr. Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrle Beach HS/Connors State College # indicates redshirt PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Nathan Balch . .Ball-CH Head Coach: Matt Brown Dane Brumagin . .Brum-a-jin Assistant Coaches: Kareem Richardson, Ed Kohtala, Martin Unger Brian Gettinger . .Gett-ing-er Graduate Assistant: Drew Molitoris Jakub Jurczak . .YUR-chuck Ed Kohtala . .Kah-tahl-a Matt Brown was named the At WVU, Brown was responsible for the recruit- UMKC QUICK FACTS eighth head men's basketball ment of student-athletes, as well as serving as coach at UMKC on April 12, the compliance representative for the men's Location . .Kansas City, Mo. 2007. Brown comes to basketball program. He also oversaw the devel- Founded . .1933 Kansas City after serving as opment of the post players, in addition to serv- Nickname . .Kangaroos an assistant coach at West ing as a academic mentor to players on the Colors . .Blue and Gold Virginia University for the team. Enrollment . .14,221 past five seasons. Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Before moving to West Virginia, Brown served Conference . .The Summit League Brown comes to UMKC with as an assistant coach at the University of Home Court (Capacity) . .Municipal an impressive resume as he’s led teams to the Richmond under Beilein from 1997-2002. Their . .Auditorium (9,827) post season in seven of his 10 years as an 1997-98 squad posted a 23-8 overall record and Chancellor . .Guy Bailey assistant coach. He’s guided squads to three secured an NCAA Tournament berth. With the Director of Athletics . .Tim Hall NCAA Tournament and four National Spiders, Brown led the development of the post Invitational Tournament (NIT) appearances in players and he oversaw the underclassmen MBB QUICK FACTS his time at Richmond and West Virginia. recruiting. Additionally, Brown has been a part of 265 victo- Prior to joining Beilein's staff, Brown spent three Head Coach. Matt Brown ries as a student assistant, administrative assis- years under the tutelage of Billy Donovan at MBB Office Phone . (816) 235-1036 tant and an assistant coach. He’s also helped Marshall University and the University of Florida. Career Record . 1-1 guide teams to the NCAA Elite Eight and NCAA Serving as an administrative assistant at both Record at UMKC . 1-1 Sweet 16, an NIT Championship, a Colonial universities, Brown handled mailouts to under- Assistant Coach Kareem Richardson Athletics Association regular season title and a classmen and assisted with the day-to-day oper- Assistant Coach . Ed Kohtala Southern Conference North Division ations of both programs. Assistant Coach. Martin Unger Championship. Graduate Asst. Drew Molitoris Brown started his coaching career at his alma 2006-07 Record . 12-20 While in Morgantown, Brown was a key member mater, Shippensburg University, as a student 2006-07 Mid-Con Record . 6-8/6th of Head Coach John Beilein's staff. In 2004-05, assistant. He played for the Red Raiders from Last Post-Season Appearance . N/A Brown helped the Mountaineers advance to 1991-93 after transferring from Northern Final ranking last year (poll) . N/A their first Big East Tournament Championship Kentucky University, where he suited up from Letterwinners Returning/Lost .