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2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report December 21, 2015 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com/OVCDigitalNetwork.com Email: [email protected] @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In games through December 20) ONFERENCE VERALL C vs. vs. O EAST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Tennessee State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 9 2 .818 4-1 3-1 2-0 W7 Tennessee Tech 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 8 4 .667 7-0 1-4 0-0 W1 Morehead State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 6 3 .667 4-0 2-3 0-0 W1 Eastern Kentucky 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 8 5 .615 7-0 1-5 0-0 L1 Belmont 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 7 6 .538 3-0 3-6 1-0 L2 Jacksonville State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 3 10 .231 2-4 0-5 1-1 L5 vs. vs. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Murray State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 5 6 .455 3-2 0-3 2-1 L4 Austin Peay 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 5 7 .417 2-1 3-5 0-1 W1 UT Martin 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 5 7 .417 2-1 3-4 0-2 W3 SIUE 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 3 7 .300 2-3 1-4 0-0 W2 Eastern Illinois 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 2 7 .222 2-2 0-5 0-0 L3 Southeast Missouri 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 0-0 0 10 .000 0-3 0-7 0-0 L10 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Monday, December 21 Monday, December 14 Eastern Illinois vs. Omaha, 1:00 p.m. (Las Vegas, Nev.) Tennessee State 93, @Stetson 90 (2OT) Eastern Kentucky at #18 West Virginia, 6:00 p.m. (ESPNU) Alcorn State at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Tuesday, December 15 Northern Colorado at Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m. @Eastern Kentucky 80, Florida Atlantic 73 SIUE at USC, 10:00 p.m. (Pac-12 Network) @Chattanooga 80, Tennessee Tech 69 @Belmont 80, Ouachita Baptist 54 Tuesday, December 22 Eastern Illinois vs. Southern/N.C. Central, 1:00 p.m. (Las Vegas, Nev.) Wednesday, December 16 Murray State at Wright State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3) @North Florida 80, Austin Peay 70 Tennessee State at Illinois State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN3) UT Martin 82, @Saint Louis 76 Wofford at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Southeast Missouri at Missouri State, 7:05 p.m. (ESPN3) Thursday, December 17 Tennessee Tech at Iowa, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN3) @Middle Tennessee 83, Belmont 62 @Tennessee State 89, Lipscomb 86 Wednesday, December 23 Morehead State, @Eastern Washington (cancelled) Morehead State at Davidson, 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 18 Sunday, December 27 @East Tennessee State 87, Eastern Kentucky 81 Harris-Stowe at Southeast Missouri, 2:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) @UT Martin 74, Arkansas State 70 Southern Illinois 88, @Murray State 73 @Tennessee Tech 77, Miami (Ohio) 64 @Loyola Marymount 77, Jacksonville State 60 Saturday, December 19 @Cleveland State 67, Belmont 65 @Houston 81, Eastern Illinois 65 Tennessee State 81, Alcorn State 76 (Memphis, Tenn.) @Northern Kentucky 79, Southeast Missouri 69 Sunday, December 20 Austin Peay 92, @Lipscomb 84 @Morehead State 60, Western Carolina 52 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2015-16 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - December 21 • 1 THIS WEEK’S adidas® OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION PLAYER Kyle Schwartz Chris Horton, C • Sr., 6-8, 220 • Decatur, Ga. • Austin Peay Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 690-6685 Horton had a monster week in averaging 32.5 points, 15.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 assists/ E-mail: [email protected] game and hitting 80.6 percent (29-of-36) from the fi eld in a pair of road games. The senior had a pair of double- Web: http://www.OVCSports.com http://www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com doubles to increase his season total to a Division I best 10. In Sunday’s 92-84 road victory over Lipscomb Horton hit 16-of-17 (94.1%) shots on his way to a career-high 37 points (tied for the most by an OVC player ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Basketball Online Press Box is a this season); the 16-of-17 fi eld goals was the second-best shooting performance in Austin Peay history and one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member it marked the most points by an Austin Peay player since the 2007-08 season. The 16 made fi eld goals are schools. Media can access it OVCSports.com/basketballpressbox. tied for the most made by a Division I player this season. Horton made his fi rst 14 shots in the game as APSU SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the picked up its third road win of the season; he also pulled down 13 rebounds and blocked a shot. He opened the OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www. week with 28 points (which at the time was a career-high) on 13-of-19 shooting at North Florida; Horton also twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. Also had 17 rebounds and three steals in that contest. Horton currently ranks fi rst nationally in offensive rebounds check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalleyconference and the league’s (5.92/game) and second in total rebounds (13.5/game). blog at www.OVCExtra.com. WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week and Others Nominated: Cornell Johnston, Eastern Illinois; Jarelle Reischel, Eastern Kentucky; DeJuan Marrero, weekly notes report each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. Morehead State; Wayne Martin, Tennessee State; Ryan Martin, Tennessee Tech; Myles Taylor, UT Martin. CT. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league’s Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each CO-NEWCOMER gameday on the OVC Website. Wayne Martin, F • Jr., 6-7, 237 • Brooklyn, N.Y. • Tennessee State Martin helped Tennessee State to a perfect 3-0 week (and increased its winning streak to seven) by averaging 14.3 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.3 blocks, 1.3 steals and 1.0 assists/game while hitting 51.5 percent (17-of-33) OVC SID DIRECTORY from the fi eld. The transfer from Navarro College had a pair of double-doubles to increase his season total to AUSTIN PEAY six which ranks him ninth nationally. He opened the week with 23 points, 17 rebounds and fi ve blocked shots Brad Kirtley (931) 221-7561 as Tennessee State won 93-90 in double overtime at Stetson. It marked the team’s third road victory of the Cell Phone (931) 801-7875 season, its most since the 2012-13 season. He followed that with nine points, 16 rebounds and two blocks in Email [email protected] a come-from-behind home victory over Lipscomb. He capped the week with 11 points, three rebounds, three Website LetsGoPeay.com assists, three blocks and two steals in a neutral site win over Alcorn State. Martin ranks 10th nationally in Press Row Number (931) 221-7155 rebounding (11.5/game) and 15th in offensive rebounds (4.18/game). BELMONT Greg Sage (615) 460-6698 CO-NEWCOMER Cell Phone (615) 512-3633 Hakeem Rogers, G • Jr., 6-1, 195 • Elizabeth, N.J. • Tennessee Tech Email [email protected] Rogers averaged 20.0 points and 2.0 steals/game and knocked down 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from 3-point Website BelmontBruins.com range off the bench in a pair of Tennessee Tech games last week. The transfer from Casper College started Press Row Number (615) 460-8554 the week with 21 points on 5-of-8 3-point shooting in a road loss at Chattanooga. He added two steals, a block EASTERN ILLINOIS and assist in 24 minutes of action. He followed that with 19 points on 3-of-7 3-point shooting in a home victory Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 over Miami (Ohio); the junior added two rebounds and two steals in that victory. For the week he scored 40 Cell Phone (217) 508-8317 total points in just 47 minutes of action. Email [email protected] Website EIUpanthers.com Others Nominated: Demetrius McReynolds, Eastern Illinois; JaVontae Hawkins, Eastern Kentucky; DeJuan Press Row Number (217) 581-7770 Marrero, Morehead State; Bryce Jones, Murray State; Joel Angus III, Southeast Missouri; Jacolby Mobley, UT Martin. EASTERN KENTUCKY Steve Fohl (859) 622-1253 Cell Phone (859) 200-1958 FRESHMAN Email [email protected] Nick Mayo, F • Fr., 6-9, 220 • Oakland, Maine • Eastern Kentucky Website EKUSports.com Mayo earned his fourth OVC Freshman of the Week honor of the season after averaging 14.5 points, 6.0 Press Row Number (859) 622-5908 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.0 blocks/game and hitting 52.6 percent (10-of-19) from the fi eld, 75 percent (3-of-4) from 3-point range and 75 percent (6-of-8) from the free throw line in a pair of games.