University of Central Arkansas - 2010-11 Bears Basketball SID Contact: Steve East • Phone: (501) 450-5743 • Cell: (501) 339-8215 E-mail: [email protected] • www.ucasports.com UCA Bears (4-10, 0-1) 2010-11 UCA Bears Scoreboard GAME Date Opponent Result/Time vs. Nov. 13 vs. Hendrix W, 87-46 SFA LUMBERJACKS (9-4, 0-1) Nov. 16 vs. UMKC L, 71-73 Nov. 19 @ Hawaii L, 69-83 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 • 7:00 p.m. 15 Nov. 23 Champion Baptist W, 100-29 JOHNSON COLISEUM • NACOGDOCHES, TX Nov. 26 @ Southern Methodist L, 72-76 Dec. 1 @ Oklahoma State L, 57-69 PROJECTED STARTERS Dec. 4 @ Missouri State L, 61-101 CENTRAL ARKANSAS BEARS Dec. 8 vs. Tennessee-Martin L, 64-73 Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Dec. 10 vs. Chicago State (@ SFA) W, 85-73 G 3 Dewan Clayborn 5-11 180 JR 10.0 2.3 3.1 Dec. 11 vs. Grambling State (@SFA) L, 60-70 G 5 Mike Pouncy 6-2 195 SR 7.4 2.2 1.1 F 10 Mark Rutledge 6-4 180 JR 9.4 3.9 2.3 Dec. 18 @ Missouri (KATV) L, 63-116 F 21 Chris Henson 6-8 215 JR 9.2 5.6 1.0 Dec. 21 vs. Lyon W, 81-67 C 35 Terry Tidwell 6-8 230 SO 4.0 3.7 0.3 Dec. 30 @ Oklahoma (KATV) L, 73-76 Jan. 8 vs. Lamar (SLC TV)* L, 75-99 SFA LUMBERJACKS Jan. 12 @ Stephen F. Austin* 7:00 Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Jan. 15 vs. Northwestern State* 4:00 G 12 Eddie Williams 6-2 190 SR 7.8 3.4 3.1 G 14 Denzel Barnes 5-7 170 SR 8.7 1.9 4.3 Jan. 19 @ Nicholls* 6:30 F 23 Jordan Glynn 6-7 225 SR 11.5 8.1 1.4 Jan. 22 @ Lamar* 7:05 F 24 Mark Gomillia 6-5 190 SR 4.8 2.2 0.3 Jan. 26 vs. SE Louisiana* 7:00 C 55 Jereal Scott 6-7 230 JR 12.7 6.2 0.5 Jan. 29 vs. McNeese State* 4:30 Feb. 2 @ Northwestern State* 7:00 BEAR TRACKS... Feb. 5 @ UT Arlington* 12:00 Feb. 9 vs. Texas State* 7:00 √ LAST OUTING: UCA was tied with Lamar at the 2:30 mark of the first half Saturday but Feb. 12 @ McNeese State* 3:00 then saw the Cardinals pull away in the second half for a 99-75 victory in the Southland Feb. 19 vs. Sam Houston State* 4:00 Conference opener at the Farris Center. Feb. 23 vs. Nicholls* 7:00 UCA had four players in double figures, led by senior guard Imad Qahwash with 19 Feb. 26 @ SE Louisiana* 7:00 points. However, the Cardinals got a combined 45 points from a pair of guards (Devon March 2 @ UTSA* 7:00 Lamb 23, Mike James 22) and dominated the rebounding battle 51-25. Lamar shot 52 March 5 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 4:00 percent from the field, including 55.6 in the second half. UCA shot 45.2 percent overall and just 54.2 percent (13 of 24) from the free-throw line. * Southland Conference games √ LAST MEETING: The Lumberjacks won both meetings last season, including a hard- fought 54-49 game at the Farris Center on March 3. In that game, SFA led by as much as GAME INFORMATION 15 points before UCA made it close at the end, despite shooting only 31.4 percent from TIME: ................... Tipoff 7:00 p.m. the field for the game. The Bears did make 9 three-pointers, with guard Jared Rehmel RADIO: ............... KUCA 91.3 FM with Monty Rowell going 4 for 7. INTERNET: ........... www.ucasports.com Tadre Sheppard led the Bears with 13 points, while Rehmel added 12. Jordan Glynn had TELEVISION: ....... none 12 points and Eddie Williams had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Lumberjacks. UCA SERIES: ................ SFA leads the overall series 6-0. outrebounded SFA 32-31 and forced 15 turnovers. COACHES: UCA - Corliss Williamson is 4-10 in his first season at √ CHANGING LINEUPS: The Bears started their eighth different lineup against Lamar on Central Arkansas. Saturday, mainly due to injuries and sickness. Sophomore center Terry Tidwell drew his first SFA - Danny Kaspar is 190-117 in his 11th season at start in just his fourth game. He transferred from UAPB last spring and had to sit out the first SFA. semester. Starting center Carlos Dos Santos was battling a knee injury, while senior guards Mike Pouncy and TK Smith were both sick most of the week. Pouncy ended up playing 20 minutes when it hosted Lamar in the conference opener on and scoring 13 points, while Smith went 16 minutes and was scoreless. Southland Conference TV. UCA’s game with Missouri on Dec. 18 was televised statewide on KATV Channel 7, while √ REBOUNDING WOES: The Bears struggled earlier in the season with rebounding, but the UCA-Oklahoma was on KATV2. looked like they might have fixed the problem prior to the Lamar game. However, the The Lamar game was the only SLC TV game scheduled Cardinals dominated that category 51-25 on Saturday, with LU guard Devon Lamb pulling this season for UCA. down a game-high 13. The Bears had a stretch of six straight games this season where they were outrebounded, √ ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Senior guard Imad Qahwash by as much as 22 against Oklahoma State and 20 against UT Martin. But they won the and junior forward Mark Rutledge were named to the battle by two rebounds against both Missouri and Lyon, then tied Oklahoma in boards All-Tournament at the Etech Lumberjack Classic on Dec. before the 26-rebound deficit against Lamar. 10-11 at Stephen F. Austin. Rutledge averaged 16.5 points, The Bears rank 11th in the SLC in rebounding at 33.4 per game. shot 55 percent from the field, 57 percent from the three- point line and 90 percent from the free-throw line in two √ RIGHT AT HOME: The Bears will be playing their sixth game at SFA’s Johnson Coliseum tournament games. Qahwash averaged 12 points and in the past year. UCA played two games in the Etech Lumberjack classic both last year shot 85.7 percent from the line. and earlier this year, plus the regular-season matchup with SFA a year ago. UCA is 3-2 in the five games, with wins over Cal State Fullerton, Southern and Chicago State, and losses √ ROAD TESTED: UCA’s new coach Corliss Williamson to SFA and Grambling State. wanted to test his young team early in the season in preparation for their Southland Conference season that √ BEYOND THE ARC: The Bears nailed 12 three-pointers for the second time this season begins on January 8. against Oklahoma. UCA’s 54.5 percent was a season high as they made 12 of 22. With that in mind, over the course of the first 13 games UCA also made 12 (of 26) against SMU back on No. 28. The Bears have also had games of the season, UCA will play games at Hawaii, SMU, of 10 (Chicago State) and 8 twice (Hawaii, Champion Baptist). Ironically, only one of those Oklahoma State, Missouri State, Missouri and Oklahoma. games (Champion Baptist) was at home at the Farris Center. The Bears made their first-ever trip to the islands, playing The 12 three-pointers is tied for fourth-best in school history. Of the 13 times in history UCA at Hawaii on Nov. 19, losing 83-69. has made 12 or more three-pointers in a single game, only five have been at home. The UCA football team made the same trip in the fall of 2009, losing to the Warriors 25-20 in the season opener. √ TV GAMES: UCA played its third television game in the past four games on Saturday 2010-11 UCA BEARS BASKETBALL * PAGE 2 √ BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS: UCA Coach Corliss Williamson faced one of his mentors when the Bears took on the Missouri Tigers, coached by Mike Anderson, on Dec. 18. Williamson starred for the University of Arkansas’ national championship team in 1994, a team that had Anderson as it’s top assistant to Nolan Richardson. During Williamson’s playing career, the Razorbacks went 85-19 and also finished as NCAA runnerup in 1995. √ PLAYING THE BEST: The Bears have certainly not shied away from competition since moving up to NCAA Division I four years ago. In the past four seasons, UCA has faced Connecticut and Ole Miss in the Hispanic Fund Classic in 2006-2007 and played at Kentucky’s Rupp Arena in 2007-08 in the 2KSports Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. Two years ago, UCA took on another SEC team in Vanderbilt at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville as part of the Cancun Classic, then finished the tournament with two games in Cancun. That was UCA’s first ever basketball trip outside of the United States. Last year, UCA played No. 1 Kansas and perennial power Memphis among its first five opponents. √ BACK IN ACTION: UCA junior guard Mike Pouncy is back for another senior season after missing most of the past two seasons with a injury to the same foot. He played in only 13 games in 08-09 before initially injuring the foot. He reinjured it on Jan. 6, 2009 and missed the rest of that season as well. √ ROSTER LOSSES: The Bears lost two of their top four scorers from a year ago, in forward Mitch Rueter (13.1) and Chris Poellnitz (10.0), and it’s top three- point shooter in Jared Rehmel (50 three-pointers).