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COLBY WILSON BASKETBALL CONTACT E: [email protected] P: 615-604-3803 GOVERNORS BASKETBALL | 13-TIME OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPION | 2019 OVC PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2019-20 GAME NOTES | THE SIU EDWARDSVILLE REMATCH AUSTIN PEAY (18-9, 12-2) at SIU EDWARDSVILLE (7-20, 4-10) SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 20, 2020 ■ VADALABENE CENTER ■ EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. DATE OPPONENT TIME FASTBREAK Nov. 5 Oakland City W, 110-67 THE MATCHUP Nov. 9 at Western Kentucky L, 75-97 • In control of its own destiny, Austin Peay State Vanderbilt Invitational (Campus Sites) University men’s basketball team will take to the road for three of its last four games, beginning with a trip Nov. 16 at Tulsa L, 65-72 to Edwardsville to take on SIUE in a 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt L, 72-90 Nov. 23 Southeastern Louisiana W, 81-60 contest at the Vadalabene Center. Nov. 25 South Carolina State W, 92-66 • Terry Taylor is now the nation’s ninth-leading scorer at 22.0 points per game; no Gov has averaged better Dec. 3 at Arkansas L, 61-69 than 22 points per game for a season since Nick Dec. 7 North Florida W, 90-83 AUSTIN SIU Stapleton (23.1 ppg) in 2001-02, which was the last Dec. 12 at West Virginia L, 53-84 PEAY EWARDSVILLE Dec. 17 McKendree W, 80-61 2019-20 RECORD season a Gov finished top-10 in Division I in scoring; 2019-20 RECORD St. Pete Shootout (Eckerd College) 18-9 ■ 12-2 OVC 7-20 ■ 4-10 OVC Stapleton finished seventh nationally. Dec. 21 Duquesne L, 77-86 LAST GAME • Taylor is the only Division I player in the nation currently LAST GAME Dec. 22 Alabama State W, 80-69 February 15, 2020 February 13, 2020 leading his league in scoring and rebounding, at 22.0 Dec. 30 at Georgia L, 48-78 W, 93-85 vs EKU L, 71-75 at Southeast Mo. points and 10.6 boards, respectively. He’s also one of in Clarksville in Cape Girardeau four qualified Division I players averaging better than Jan. 2 Southeast Missouri • W, 78-63 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 20 points and 10 rebounds per contest this season. Jan. 4 UT Martin • W, 82-63 Matt Figger Brian Barone • Only four rostered players remain from a year ago, Jan. 9 at Tennessee Tech • W, 75-62 Eastern Kentucky (1995) Marquette (2000) with only two--Taylor and Antwuan Butler--seeing Jan. 11 at Jacksonville State • W, 71-67 59-35 ■ 3rd season at APSU 7-20 ■ 1st season at SIUE significant playing time. Of the other two, Matheus Jan. 16 at Southeast Missouri • W, 84-59 59-35 ■ 3 career seasons 7-20 ■ 1 career seasons Silveira played just seven games before being shelved Jan. 18 at UT Martin • W, 92-81 LEADERS LEADERS and Eli Abaev missed the entire season before Jan. 23 Tennessee State • W, 99-74 Terry Taylor Zeke Moore returning to represent the USA at the 2019 European Jan. 25 Belmont • W, 86-78 ■ 22.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg, ■ 13.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, Maccabi Games in Budapest. Jan. 30 SIU Edwardsville • W, 82-58 1.3 spg, 55.6 FG% 48.3 FG%, 74.6 FT% • Jordyn Adams is the nation’s fifth-leading scorer Feb. 1 Eastern Illinois • W, 68-64 Jordyn Adams Cam Williams among freshman players at 17.2 ppg, a number that Feb. 6 at Tennessee State • L, 68-70 ■ 17.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, ■ 10.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, has jumped to 18.9 ppg since the start of OVC play. Feb. 8 at Belmont • L, 63-71 43.2 FG%, 78.9 FT% 2.4 apg, 40.9 FG% • Late arrival Evan Hinson was the rarely-seen two- Feb. 13 Murray State • W, 71-68 Eli Abaev sport standout at South Carolina, seeing plenty Mike Adewunmi Feb. 15 Eastern Kentucky • W, 93-85 ■ 7.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg ■ 8.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg of action on the hardwood while Figger was still Feb. 20 at SIU Edwardsville • 8 p.m. 1.3 apg, 46.7 FG% 49.7 FG%, 78.3 FT% patrolling the sidelines in garnet and gray. Feb. 22 at Eastern Illinois • 3:15 p.m. • There’s a lot of NBA pedigree in Edwardsville; in INSIDE THE SERIES Feb. 27 Morehead State • 8 p.m. addition to APSU Hall of Famer Bubba Wells’ time The Series: 17th all-time meeting in a series dating in the NBA, head coach Brian Barone is the son of Feb. 29 at Murray State • 7 p.m. back to 2012; the Govs lead 12-4 all-time. former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Tony Barone, OVC Basketball Championship Evansville, Ind. Series Streak: Austin Peay has won 10 straight. while Lamar and Shamar Wright are the twin sons of March 4 First Round TBA Last Meeting: Austin Peay won, 82-58, Jan. 30, 2020 the late Lorenzen Wright, a longtime NBA veteran who March 5 Quarterfinals TBA in Clarksville. played for the elder Barone in his native Memphis. March 6 Semifinals TBA March 7 Championship TBA • - OVC Game AUSTIN PEAY PROBABLE STARTERS TODAY’S BROADCASTS ipTV: ESPN+ Play-by-Play: Joe Pott Analyst: Tony Hempen RADIO • GOVS SPORTS NETWORK (104.1 FM) #4 #5 #21 #14 #1 Play-by-Play: Scott Chase Antwuan Jordyn Terry Eli Carlos Analyst: Eric Foister Butler Adams Taylor Abaev Paez GOVS ON THE WEB Pts 7.1 Pts 17.2 Pts 22.0 Pts 7.4 Pts 7.5 LIVE STATISTCS Ast 3.3 Reb 3.3 Reb 10.6 Reb 7.0 Ast 3.7 PeayStats.com Stl 1.2 Ast 2.2 Blk 1.3 Ast 1.3 Stl 1.4 LIVE AUDIO 3FG% 42% FG% 43% Stl 1.3 FG% 47% FG% 40% http://player.listenlive.co/41591/ FT% 69% FT% 79% FG% 56% FT% 59% FT% 88% LIVE VIDEO ESPN+ LETSGOPEAY.COM /LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY NOTING THE GAME VS. 2019-20 OPPONENTS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW GOVS ALL-TIME Since toppling Belmont on the opening night of league play in Nashville, it’s been feast Non-Conference or famine for SIU Edwardsville. The Cougars come in with four wins in the OVC, three against Alabama State 1-0 teams firmly in the league tournament field. They’ve also lost three of four against UT Martin, Arkansas 0-5 Tennessee Tech and Southeast Missouri–the teams SIU Edwardsville is battling at the bot- Duquesne 0-1 tom of the league. Georgia 0-0 SIUE’s successes come based largely on its willingness to defend. First-year head coach Brian Barone has the Cougars among the top half of the league in field goal percentage McKendree 2-0 defense (43.7 percent) and trending upward in turnovers forced. North Florida 2-1 The problem seems to stem from the fact that offensively, the Cougars haven’t been able Oakland City 10-0 to put together anything on a consistent basis. They don’t score poorly, per se; 67.1 points South Carolina State 1-0 is by no means the worst in the league. It just comes in fits and starts. Two games below Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 70 against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State, followed by an 84-point night against Tulsa 0-1 Southeast Missouri. Three straight games below 60 to end January and start February before Vanderbilt 2-17 administering an 83-75 win against Eastern Kentucky. Zeke Moore and Cam Williams, who West Virginia 0-1 both scored in double figures the first time these teams met and are the only Cougars averag- Western Kentucky 14-41 ing double-figure scoring, can use a reliable third option. Sometimes it’s Shamar Wright, who Conference had 11 before fouling out against the Govs; sometimes it’s Tyresse Williford, who was held to Belmont 32-20 two points in the first meeting. Sometimes it’s no one, and that’s when SIUE is in real trouble. Eastern Illinois 34-18 Eastern Kentucky 64-53 DEEPER MEANINGS Jacksonville State 22- 6 WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN: Would be Austin Peay’s 11th straight win against SIU Edwards- Morehead State 55-56 ville, its longest active streak against an Ohio Valley Conference opponent... would be Austin Murray State 44-89 Peay’s fifth straight road win against SIU Edwardsville... would give the Govs five road wins for SIU Edwardsville 12-4 the third straight season. Southeast Missouri 42-22 WHAT A LOSS WOULD MEAN: Would be Austin Peay’s first loss in Edwardsville or to the Cougars since Jan. 22, 2014. Tennessee State 48-31 Tennessee Tech 71-74 UT Martin 77-31 LAST TIME VERSUS SIU EDWARDSVILLE The Govs took care of business when the Cougars visited Clarksville, Jan. 30, crushing SIU Edwardsville in a wire-to-wire 82-58 affair. Five Govs scored in double figures, with Jordyn Adams leading the way at 17 points . Eli Abaev posted a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double VS. 2019-20 OPPONENTS and the Govs collectively held the Cougars to a sparse 41.8 percent shooting from the floor. MATT FIGGER ALL-TIME Non-Conference TALE OF THE TAPE… APSU SIUE Alabama State 1-0 Overall OVC Overall OVC Arkansas 0-2 Scoring Offense 77.6 79.4 67.1 69.9 Duquesne 0-1 Scoring Defense 72.0 68.8 73.3 73.4 Georgia 0-1 Field Goal % 46.1 46.8 42.8 42.3 McKendree 1-0 FG% defense 47.4 46.8 43.7 42.8 North Florida 1-0 Three-Point Field Goal % 34.1 37.3 31.5 32.8 Oakland City 3-0 3G% Defense 37.6 38.2 33.3 30.2 South Carolina State 1-0 Free-throw % 73.1 73.8 67.9 69.6 Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 Rebounds per game 35.5 37.0 34.2 37.4 Tulsa 0-1 Rebound margin +2.9 +5.8 -1.4 +2.0 Vanderbilt 0-2 Assists per game 13.2 13.9 13.6 12.9 West Virginia 0-1 Turnover Average 12.7 11.5 14.0 13.6 Western Kentucky 0-2 Steals per game 7.0 6.7 5.6 4.9 Conference Blocks per game 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.3 Belmont 1-5 Eastern Illinois 5-1 Eastern Kentucky 3-1 Jacksonville State 4-0 Morehead State 4-0 Murray State 1-4 SIU Edwardsville 5-0 Southeast Missouri 6-0 Tennessee State 2-2 Tennessee Tech 2-2 UT Martin 6-0 2 | 2019-20 GOVERNORS BASKETBALL | LETSGOPEAY.COM | @LETSGOPEAY | @AUSTINPEAYMBB | #LETSGOPEAY Front Row (L-R): Reginald Gee, Alec Woodard, Codey Bates, Antwuan Butler, Carlos Paez, Devon McCain, Jordyn Adams.