2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #15 Saturday, January 9, 2016 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn
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2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL Game #15 Saturday, January 9, 2016 Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. 7 p.m. #23-AP/#24-USA Today UConn Memphis Huskies VS. Tigers 10-4 overall 10-4 overall 1-1 American 1-0 American UCONN BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS TONIGHT’S GAME Date Opponent TV Time/Result The nationally-ranked (#23/#24) UConn men’s basketball team (10-4 overall, 1-1 AAC) is back on campus to continue its 2015-16 season by NOVEMBER hosting an American Athletic Conference game against Memphis (10-4, 1-0) Sun 1 Tampa (exhib.) (GP) UConnhuskies.com W, 88-72 at Gampel Pavilion. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be televised Sat 7 New Haven (exhib.) (XL) UConnhuskies.com W, 83-43 by ESPN2. Fri 13 Maine (GP) SNY W, 100-56 The Huskies are coming off a 55-53 home loss to Temple on Tuesday Tue 17 New Hampshire (GP) SNY W, 85-66 which broke a five-game winning streak. The Huskies are led in scoring Sat 21 Furman (GP) SNY W, 83-58 by junior guard Rodney Purvis (15.3), while grad Shonn Miller (13.3), Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena, Paradise Island, Bahamas sophomore Daniel Hamilton (12.9) and grad Sterling Gibbs (11.5) also Wed 25 vs. ARV/ARV Michigan AXS TV W, 74-60 average double figures. Hamilton also leads the team in rebounding (8.5) Thu 26 vs. Syracuse ESPN L, 76-79 and assists (5.1) and he and Gibbs are for the lead in steals (1.1). Fri 27 vs. #10/#11 Gonzaga ESPN L, 70-73 Memphis, which has won three of its last four, is coming off an 82-46 DECEMBER non-conference win over Nicholls State. Freshman Dedric Lawson (14.5) Wed 2 Sacred Heart (XL) SNY W, 82-49 and grad Ricky Tarrant Jr. (14.0) are the top scorers for the Tigers, while Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Lawson (8.8) leads in rebounding and Tarrent is tops in assists (3.8). Tue 8 vs. #6/#9 Maryland ESPN L, 66-76 All-time series: Even, 3-3 Sat 12 Ohio State (GP) CBS W, 75-55 Sun 20 UMass Lowell (XL) SNY W, 88-79 Last UConn win: 72-53, 3/13/14, at FedExForum, Memphis, Tenn. Wed 23 Central Conn. (XL) ESPNU W, 99-52 Last Memphis win: 54-53, 3/5/15, at Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Tue 29 at ARV/ARV Texas ESPN2 W, 71-66 JANUARY Sat 2 *at Tulane CBS SN W, 75-67 BROADCAST INFORMATION Tue 5 *Temple (XL) CBS SN L, 53-55 Sat 9 *Memphis (GP) ESPN2 7 pm TELEVISION RADIO WTIC-Hartford (1080-AM) Thu 14 *at Tulsa ESPN2 7 pm ESPN2 UConn/IMG Radio Network WILI-Willimantic (1400-AM) Sun 17 *at Houston CBS SN 2 pm Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) WELI-New Haven (960-AM) Tue 19 *Tulane (XL) CBS SN 7 pm Doris Burke (analyst) Wayne Norman (analyst) WGCH-Greenwich (1490-AM) Sat 23 Georgetown (XL) CBS noon Thu 28 *Cincinnati (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm WatchESPN -- http://es.pn/1ZLKKoh Sirius-84, XM-84 Sun 31 *at UCF CBS SN 4 pm HUSKY BITES FEBRUARY Thu 4 *at Memphis ESPN2 9 pm Kevin Ollie is in his fourth season as the 18th head coach of the UConn men’s basketball Sun 7 *East Carolina (GP) CBS SN noon program, with a career record of 82-37. He reached 50 victories in just two years and he is Thu 11 *at Temple ESPN/ESPN2 7 pm already sixth on the all-time list of UConn coaching victories. His .689 winning percentage Sat 13 *Tulsa (GP) ESPN2 8 pm ranks fourth among UConn coaches who have coached more than 20 games and he and Thu 18 *SMU (XL) ESPN/ESPN2 TBD Jim Calhoun are the only UConn coaches to win the NCAA championship. Sat 20 *at Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 TBD Thu 25 *at USF CBS SN 7:30 pm UConn is playing its 282nd game on ESPN/ESPN2 since 1986-87, the start of the Jim Sun 28 *Houston (GP) CBS SN 1 pm Calhoun era. The Huskies have a record of 168-113 (.598) in those games. Tonight’s game MARCH is the fifth of 13 regular-season UConn games on ESPN/ESPN2 this season. The Huskies Thu 3 *at SMU ESPN/ESPN2 9 pm are 1-3 on ESPN/ESPN2 so far this season. UConn is in Sun 6 *UCF (GP) ESPNU 2 pm UP NEXT: The Huskies go back on the road for a two-game swing at Tulsa and Houston, starting at Tulsa’s Reynolds Center on Thursday, January 14. The game will tip off at 7 American Athletic Conference Championship p.m. (EST) and will be televised by ESPN2. The Huskies and Golden Hurricane split their Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. regular-season series last year. Thu-Sun 10-13 AAC Championship ESPN Network TBD FOR MORE INFO ON UCONN BASKETBALL *— American Athletic Conference Opponent PLEASE CONTACT: PHIL CHARDIS GP - Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn.; XL - XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Assistant Director of Communications All times Eastern Standard [email protected]; twitter: @UConnMBB Office: 860-486-3531; Mobile: 860-771-3314 2015-2016 University of Connecticut Basketball Media Notes January 9, 2016 vs. Memphis UConnHuskies.com 2015-16 UCONN BASKETBALL ROSTER # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School 0 Phillip Nolan Sr. F 6-10 230 Milwaukee, Wis. /Riverside University HS 2 Jalen Adams Fr. G 6-3 187 Roxbury, Mass./Brewester Academy (N.H.) 4 Sterling Gibbs Gr. G 6-2 191 Scotch Plains, N.J./Seton Hall 5 Daniel Hamilton So. G/F 6-7 195 Los Angeles, Calif./St. John’s Bosco HS 10 Sam Cassell Jr. R-Jr. G 6-4 194 Baltimore, Md./Chipola College (Fla.) 12 Kentan Facey Jr. F 6-10 217 Trelawny, Jamaica /L.I. Lutheran HS 13 Steven Enoch Fr. F 6-11 245 Norwalk, Conn./St. Thomas More HS UCONN INFORMATION 21 Omar Calhoun Sr. G 6-6 205 Brooklyn, N.Y./Christ The King HS Location....................Storrs, Conn. 22 *Terry Larrier R-Fr. G/F 6-8 195 Bronx, N.Y./Va. Commonwealth Enrollment..........................30,474 23 Nnamdi Amilo Sr. F 6-4 225 New Fairfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms Founded.................................1881 President..................Susan Herbst 24 Christian Foxen So. F 6-8 223 Rocky Hill, Conn./South Kent Prep Ath. Director............Warde Manuel 31 Mike Noyes Jr. G 5-11 185 Gr anby, Conn./Granby HS Conference......................American 32 Shonn Miller Gr. F 6-7 222 Eucl id, Ohio/Cornell Athletic Conference 35 Amida Brimah Jr. C 7-0 232 Accra, Ghana/Archbishop Carroll HS Home Courts....... 44 Rodney Purvis R-Jr. G 6-4 205 Raleigh, N.C./North Carolina St. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) XL Center (15,564) * --will sit out 2015-16 season as a transfer student Nickname..........................Huskies COACHING STAFF: Colors..............National Flag Blue (Navy) & White Head Coach: KEVIN OLLIE, 4th season as HC, 6th season at UConn (UConn ‘95) Website...........uconnhuskies.com Associate Head Coach: GLEN MILLER, 13th season at UConn (UConn ‘88) Twitter.......................@UConnMBB Assistant Coach: KARL HOBBS, 13th season at UConn (UConn ‘84) Assistant Coach: RICKY MOORE, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘99) TEAM INFORMATION Director of Basketball Administration: KEVIN FREEMAN, 5th season at UConn (UConn ‘06) 2014-15 overall record...........20-15 Director of Scouting-Video: DAVE SEVUSH, 4th season at UConn (UConn ‘10) 2013-14 conference record Director of Player Development: DANNY GRIFFIN, 2nd season at UConn (Rhode Island ‘96) (American Athletic)..10-8 (tie, 5th) PRONUNCIATIONS: Starters returning/lost................4/1 Amida Brimah (Ahh-ME-da BRY-mah) Letterwinners returning/lost.......7/3 Sam Cassell Jr. (Ka-SELL) Office phone...........860-486-2720 Steven Enoch (EE-knock) Nnamdi Amilo (NOM-dee ah-MEE-lo) COACHING STAFF Head coach............................ Kevin Ollie (UConn ‘95) OVERALL IN GAMPEL: UConn has an overall tournaments. In November, 2016, UConn will record of 164-29 (.850) at Gampel Pavilion make its fourth trip to the Maui Invitational Record at school/years.....82-37/3+ since the building opened in 1990. The in Hawaii. The Huskies played in the 2000 Career record/years.................same Huskies are 82-7 (.921) against non-league Maui Invitational, finishing fifth, then won the Associate Head Coach............. competition, were 76-19 (.800) against Big event in both 2005 and 2010. In 2016, the Glen Miller (UConn ‘88) East opponents and are 6-3 against American Huskies will be part of a field that includes Assistant Coaches................... Athletic Conference opponents in Gampel. The Georgetown, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Karl Hobbs (UConn ‘84) seven non-conference losses came against Oregon, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and the host Ricky Moore (UConn ‘99) Detriot Mercy in the 2001 NIT, Jackson St. team, Chaminade. Director of Administration....... in the 1993 NIT, Florida St. in the 1992-93 Kevin Freeman (UConn ‘06) season, North Carolina St. in the 1990-91 HOT-SHOOTING HUSKIES: UConn set a Dr. of Player Develoment........ season, Texas on Nov. 30, 2014, Yale on Dec. record earlier this season when it shot over 60.0 Danny Griffin (Rhode Island ‘96) 5, 2014, and Arizona State in the 2015 NIT. percent overall in three consecutive games, Dr. of Scouting-Video.............. The 55-54 loss to Texas broke a streak of against Ohio State (60.4), UMass Lowell David Sevush (UConn ‘10) 44 straight non-conference wins in Gampel. (64.0), and Central Connecticut (60.3). UConn UConn is 39-12 (.765) in Gampel over the last currently has a 49.0 field goal percentage six seasons, plus this year (4-0).