Morgan State Will Take on the Liberty Flames in a Non-Conference Matchup at the Vines Center in Lynchburg 5 SAINT JOSEPH's
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2012-13 Men’s Basketball BB MEDIA SERVICES Leonard Haynes, Director [email protected] Kevin Paige, Asst. Director 1700MORGAN East Cold Spring Lane ■Baltimore, Md. ■21251 ■443-885-3831 (P) ■443-885-8307STATE (F) ■www.MorganStateBears.com [email protected] 2012-13 Schedule & Results Opponent:................................................Liberty Flames Date: ................................................November 29, 2012 The Bear Facts: (1-3 0-0 MEAC) Time: .............................................................7 p.m. (ET) Senior DeWayne Jackson returns as Date Opp. (TV)...................W/L.... Score Site: ......................Vines Center (8,085), Lynchburg, Va. NOVEMBER (1-3) Television: ................................................................N/A the Bears leading 9 1- UTSA................................. W, 71-59 Internet Stream...................................................ESPN3 scorer. He's currently 10 1- Old Dominion.................... L, 61-72 averaging 13.3 points 11 1-Holy Cross......................... L, 73-74 Radio: .......................................................................N/A 16 at Univ. South Carolina......... L, 71-87 Record: ........................................................MSU 1-3; Liberty 0-6 to go along with 4.8 29 at Liberty............................... 7 p.m. MSU Coach: ..........................Todd BozemAn (112-88 - 7th yr) boards, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals. Jackson, a Bowie DECEMBER (0-0) Websites: ..................................MorganStateBears.com 1 at Virginia Military.................. 6 p.m. ...........................................................LibertyFlames.com product, is also a two-time NABC All- 16 at Illinois State.......................4:30 p.m. District selection. 19 at University of Virginia......... 7 p.m. 27 2- at Loyola Marymount.........2 p.m. 29 2- vs. San Diego......................TBA BEARS, FLAMES SET TO TIP ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT LIBERTY JANUARY (0-0) Morgan State will take on the Liberty Flames in a non-conference matchup at the Vines Center in Lynchburg 5 SAINT JOSEPH'S................ 4 p.m. (Va.). The Bears will enter the contest looking to snap a 3-game losing streak. Liberty dropped its sixth 12 *SOUTH CAROLINA ST...... 4 p.m. straight game when they fell to Southern Mississippi 74-56 in the Legends Classic in 14 *SAVANNAH STATE............ 7:30 p.m. Huntsville, Texas. The Bears-Flames game will be streamed live nationally by ESPN3. 19 * at Hampton......................... 6 p.m. 21 * at Norfolk State................... 8 p.m. 26 * at N.C. A&T......................... 4 p.m. MORGAN STATE VS. LIBERTY 28 * at South Carolina State...... 7:30 p.m. Morgan State will play Liberty for the second time in school history. The Bears handed the Flames a 91-80 win during last year's Bracketbuster held at Hill Field House. FEBRUARY (0-0) 2 *HAMPTON .......................... 4 p.m. 4 * NORFOLK STATE.............. 7:30 p.m. MORGAN STATE VS. THE BIG SOUTH 9 * at Coppin State................... 4 p.m. Morgan State is 3-1 vs. the BIG SOUTH opponents. The Bears hold a 1-0 record against Liberty, UNC 11 * at Howard........................... 7:30 p.m. Asheville and Virginia Military Institute. Longwood holds a 1-0 record versus the Bears. 16 * at MD-Eastern Shore.......... 4 p.m. 18 * at Delaware State............... 7:30 p.m. SCOUTING LIBERTY 22-23 3-Bracketbuster..................... TBA 27 COPPIN STATE.....................7:30 p.m. MARCH (0-0) ledger last season. Davon Marshall leads the Flames averaging 11.8 points to go along 2 *MD- EASTERN SHORE 4 p.m. 4 *DELAWARE STATE 7:30 p.m. (Eckerd College is 48-56 in his 4th season at Liberty. 7 *FLORIDA A&M 7:30 p.m. 5-10 4-MEAC TOURNAMENT TBD 2012-13 MSU Men’s Basketball Roster Home Games in BOLD CAPS // All Times Eastern NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. PPG RPG HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL and subject to change // 1-ODU Tournament, 1 Donte Pretlow G 6-0 185 Fr. 2.8 1.3 Baltimore, Md./Dunbar HS Norfolk, Va. // 2-LMU Holiday Classic, Los Angeles, 3 Daryl Traynham G 5-9 180 Jr. - - Melwood, Md./Wise HS Cal. // 3-Bracketbusters // 4-Mid-Eastern Athletic 5 Justin Black G/F 6-2 220 Jr. 14.0 4.5 St. Louis, Mo./Dematha HS Conference Tournament, Norfolk, Va. 10 Christian Kabongo G 6-4 200 Jr. - - Toronto, Canada/Central Commerce (*) MEAC games. 11 Anthony Hubbard G 6-5 225 Jr. 15.5 7.3 Woodbridge, Va./Frederick CC MORGAN QUICK FACTS 12 Thair Heath F 6-9 220 Jr. 4.0 2.7 Los Angeles, Calif./Dominquez HS Location..................................................Baltimore, Md. 21 Tauron Bailey F 6-6 215 Jr. 1.8 1.8 Harlem N.Y./Satellite Academy Founded.................................................................1867 22 Blake Bozeman PG 6-2 170 So. 7.5 1.8a Bowie, Md./Solebury Prep Enrollment.............................................................8,100 23 Rasean Simpson G 6-5 190 So. 1.3 0.7 San Diego, Calif./Lincoln HS Nickname.............................................................Bears 32 DeWayne Jackson F 6-8 210 Sr. 13.3 4.8 Bowie, Md./Bowie HS School Colors........................................Orange & Blue 33 Daon Riley G 6-2 190 So. - - Severn, Md./Old Mill HS 34 Cedric Blossom F 6-6 225 Fr. 0.7 2.3 Columbia, Md./Montrose Christian Arena....................................................Hill Field House 44 Shaquille Duncan F 6-9 208 So 4.0 2.8 Philadelphia, Pa./Frankford HS Capacity.................................................................4,500 50 Ian Chiles C 7-2 270 R-Jr. 5.8 5.5 Cliffside Park, N.J./Paterson Catholic HS Probable starters highlighted - *Not dressed - +Out for season - ©Team captain Conference..........Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference President.......................................Dr. David Wilson Director of Athletics.................................Floyd Kerr Head Coach: Todd Bozeman (Rhode Island, 1986), 7th year at MSU Athletics Dept. Phone.....................(443) 885-3050 Assistant Coach: Kevin McClain (Univ. of Americas, 2003), 7th year at MSU Athletics Website......www.MorganStateBears.com Assistant Coach: Keith Goodie (Morgan State, 2008), 6th year at MSU Assistant Coach: Glenroy Palmer (Columbia Union, 2003), 1st year at MSU Director of Player Personnel: Ulysses Lee, 1st year at MSU FIRST THREE PART OF ODU TOURNAMENT JACKSON CLIMBING THE MSU RECORD BOOK 2002Bear Tracks '11-12 '12-13 DeWayne Jackson (1,195, 398 rebs., 114 asts) Scoring First 3-10 1-2 Liberty Tax Classic on the Morgan State schedule. needs just 13 points to surpass Damone Williams Leading at the half 8-5 1-0 The Bears defeated the University of Texas at San (1,207 points - 1986-90) to become the school's No. Trailing at the half 1-14 0-3 Antonio (W 71-59), and fell to Old Dominion (L 72- 13 all-time leading scorer. Jackson is one of three Tied at the half 0-1 0-0 61), and Holy Cross (L 74-73) in the event hosted Bears on MSU's all-time scoring list who have been Leading w/3:00 left 9-3 1-0 by Old Dominion at the Ted Constant Convocation coached by Todd Bozeman. Kevin Thompson (2009- Trailing w/3:00 left 0-16 0-3 Center. Morgan State senior swingman DeWayne 12) ranks No. 9 (1,487 points) and Reggie Holmes Tied w/3:00 left 0-1 0-0 Jackson was selected to the Liberty Tax Classic (2007-10) is the school's all-time scoring leader with In overtime 0-1 0-0 All-Tournament Team as a result of his performance 2,051 points. during a weekend in which he averaged 14 points, Winning the tip-off 6-9 1-2 5.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists with three steals. JACKSON BOARD WORK Losing the tip-off 3-11 0-1 DeWayne Jackson has recorded 398 rebounds MORGAN STATE TABBED THIRD IN during his Blue & Orange career and needs just 102 Shooting 50%+ 5-3 0-1 PRESEASON POLL boards to join an exclusive list of Bears who have Shooting less than 50+ 4-17 1-2 recorded 500 or more career rebounds. Outrebounding opponent 4-7 1-0 13 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball Opponent outrebounds 4-12 0-3 preseason poll behind Savannah State and Delaware JACKSON CAREER STEALS State. DeWayne Jackson is ranked among the top theft Posting more turnovers 4-10 1-1 artists in school history. Jackson has collected 125 Posting less turnovers 4-7 0-1 steals with the Bears and currently ranks No. 5. The JACKSON AND CHILES EARN PRESEASON HONORS school record for career steals is held by Terrence Wright (1992-96) with 186 career steals ... Jackson is Scoring 70+ points 6-4 1-2 Morgan State senior DeWayne Jackson was just 62 steals away from becoming the school's new Scoring 60+ points 2-8 0-1 selected to the Preseason All-MEAC First Team by Scoring 50-60 points 0-7 0-0 the conference head coaches and sports information leader. Scoring less than 50 points 0-1 0-0 directors. Junior center Ian Chiles was selected to the Second Team. JACKSON SET TO LEAD Final margin of 1-4 points 1-9 0-1 DeWayne Jackson is the lone returning senior who Final margin 5-9 points 3-5 0-0 BOZEMAN LOOKS FOR ANOTHER 20-WIN saw action for Morgan State last year. In fact, he Final margin of 10+ points 5-6 1-2 SEASON is the only seniors on the Bears roster. There are For three of the last six seasons, all as head coach, seven (7) juniors, four (4) sophomores and two (2) Todd Bozeman has guided teams to at least 20 freshmen on the 2012-13 Bears roster. victories. Bozeman set the Morgan State record for consecutive 20-win campaigns in 2007-08 with a 22- UNFAMILIAR FOES 11 record and extended it with a 23-12 campaign in Morgan State will face six teams this season that the 2008-09, followed by a Division I school record 27-11 program has never met in its basketball history. The Longest game win streak W2 W1 record in 2009-10.