2014-15 South Alabama Men's Basketball
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www.USAJaguars.com 2014-15 @SouthAlaMBK SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 23 • Texas State Bobcats (10-10, 4-7) at South Alabama Jaguars (7-15, 5-6) February 4, 2015 • 7:05 p.m. • Mitchell Center (10,000) • Mobile, Ala. South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2014-15 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Matthew Graves (Butler, 1998) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 18-35 (2nd year) 11/14 CARROLL W 83-64 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: Same Enrollment .....................................................................16,055 Record vs. TXST: 1-2 11/17 at Southern Miss L 59-68 President ..........Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina ‘74) 11/22 at Detroit L 53-66 Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) Texas State Danny Kaspar (North Texas, 1978) 11/28 at Miami (Fla.) L 75-87 National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I Record at TXST: 18-33 (2nd year) 12/2 SPRING HILL W 71-54 Conference .................................................................Sun Belt Overall Record: 264-174 (15th year) 12/6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOT 67-68 Home Court ..................................Mitchell Center (10,000) 12/15 at Pepperdine# L 68-78 Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars LAST GAME 12/18 at Richmond# L 54-65 School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White South Alabama got within three at Louisiana-Monroe after fall- 12/20 at IUPUI# LOT 65-71 ing behind by 18, but lost 67-61 Saturday. Texas State lost its fi fth 12/23 HOWARD# L 60-73 • Coaching Staff • straight, 72-63 at home to Louisiana-Lafayette. 12/30 ARKANSAS STATE* LOT 60-63 Head Coach .................................................Matthew Graves 1/3 at Texas-Arlington* L 87-99 NEXT GAME Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 1998 1/5 at Arkansas-Little Rock* W 72-69 Record at South Alabama ........................18-35 (2nd year) The Jaguars stay at home to face Georgia State Saturday. The Bobcats 1/8 APPALACHIAN STATE* W 104-95 Career Record .................................................................Same go to Arkansas-Little Rock. 1/10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* L 73-81 Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings ON THE AIR 1/15 at Texas State* L 71-82 Assistant Coach .............................................Darnell Archey Radio: 710 AM WNTM; J.D. Byars (pxp) 1/17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W 89-82 Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 2003 On the web: www.iheart.com/live/newsradio-710-wntm-1 (audio); 1/19 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK* W 66-64 Assistant Coach .....................................................Dan Matic South Alabama All-Access (video) 1/22 at Appalachian State* L 53-64 Alma Mater ................................Trinity International, 2007 1/25 NJIT L 55-72 Assistant Coach ...........................................Russ Willemsen RANKINGS through Feb. 2) 1/29 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* W 89-85 Alma Mater ...............................................................Lee, 2004 USA: #298 RPI, #288 Sagarin 1/31 at Louisiana-Monroe* L 61-67 Director of Basketball Operations ..................Chris Coker TXST: #230 RPI, #233 Sagarin 2/4 TEXAS STATE* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ........................................North Alabama, 1994 2/7 GEORGIA STATE* 4:05 p.m. Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown THE SERIES 2/12 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. Texas State leads 2-1. 2/14 TEXAS-ARLINGTON* 4:05 p.m. • Athletic Media Relations • 2/19 at Georgia State* 6 p.m. CST Current streak: Texas State, 1 win Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund 2/21 at Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. CST Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 Last meeting: Texas State 82, South Alabama 71 (1/15/15) 2/26 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:05 p.m. Email [email protected] USA’s last win in the series: 63-53 (3/6/14) 3/5 at Arkansas State* 7:30 p.m. Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact . Matt Horne USA’s last win in the Mitchell Center: 63-53 (3/6/14) Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 TXST’s last win in the Mitchell Center: N/A 3/7 TROY* 4:05 p.m. Email [email protected] USA’s record in the Mitchell Center: 1-0 3/12-15 at Sun Belt Conference Tourn. TBA AMR Fax .........................................................(251) 460-7297 USA’s home streak: Won 1 * Sun Belt Conference game Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 # Gotham Classic AMR Mailing Address ............................5950 Old Shell Rd. Notes: The two schools have met just three times in their history, all Quick Hits Mitchell Center Room 1209 after Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference starting in 2013-14… Record: 7-15, 5-6 Sun Belt Mobile, AL 36688 The home team has won all three meetings. vs. non-conf: 2-9 Streak: Lost 1 • Basketball History • Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 2-3 / 5-5 / 5-10 First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 Longest winning / losing streak: 2 / 7 Overall All-Time Record ...........................................756-576 Wins vs. RPI Top 50 / 100: 0 / 0 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................323-260 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes Sun Belt Tournament titles .........1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 1 Ken Williams G 6-2 175 So. 32.3 15.4 2.9 21.0 pts in last 2 games; 23 pts at UL Monroe 1998, 2006 2 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 165 Fr. 30.1 12.9 3.8 Career-high 23 pts (9-10 FTs) vs. UL Lafayette 4 Barrington Stevens III G 5-10 180 Jr. 33.4 7.7 3.0 10 asts, 0 TOs in last 2 games; 17 pts, 7 rebs, 6 asts vs. UL Lafayette Media Relations Contacts 5 Abdul Lewis F 6-9 225 Fr. 27.8 7.0 6.5 9 pts, 10 rebs vs. NJIT, 1st dbl-digit reb game since Dec. 15 South Alabama 10 Georgi Boyanov F 6-8 200 So. 18.1 5.8 4.7 14 pts, career-high 3 steals at UL Lafayette Matt Horne ([email protected]) 14 Devin Epps G 5-10 160 Fr. 1.8 1.1 0.3 3-for-3 on 3-ptrs this season (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 20 Tafari Whittingham F 6-8 195 Jr. 12.2 4.6 3.0 Out for rest of the season, seeking medical redshirt (912) 536-5806 (cell) 22 John Brown G 6-3 190 Jr. 21.9 6.6 2.5 Shot 50% or better from fl oor in fi rst 5 games of SBC season 24 Dionte Ferguson F 6-6 220 Sr. 26.5 11.4 6.7 17.0 pts, 63.6% shooting in last 2 games Texas State 25 Jermaine Williams G 5-7 175 Sr. 1.5 0.0 0.3 Played in fi rst career game vs. Howard Rob Beuerlein ([email protected]) 32 Austin Karazsia F 6-8 220 So. 6.6 0.9 0.9 Season-high 4 points on 2-for-3 fi eld goals vs. Howard (512) 245-4692 (offi ce) 33 Luka Andjusic F 6-4 190 Fr. 8.5 1.9 1.0 Career-high 8 points, two 3-pointers at Texas-Arlington (832) 279-0327 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME Louisiana-Monroe 67, South Alabama 61 • January 31, 2015 • OPENING TIP MONROE, La. — Down as many as 18 points early in the second half, the University • The home team has won all three meetings in the series between the two schools. of South Alabama men’s basketball team closed to within three but was unable to get • South Alabama has scored 53, 55, 89 and 61 points in its last four games. The 89 points against UL Lafayette ties the team’s second-highest total this season (89 at ULL). any closer in a 67-61 defeat at Louisiana-Monroe Saturday afternoon at Fant-Ewing • Sophomore Ken Williams is averaging 21.0 points and shooting 52.0 percent from the fl oor in his last two Coliseum. games. He had 19 in the win over UL Lafayette and a game-high 23—16 in the second half alone— The Warhawks go to 14-8 overall and 8-3 in the Sun Belt Conference, while the against UL Monroe. He is sixth in the league averaging 15.4 points per game. Jaguars fall to 7-15 and 5-6. • Williams has seven 20-point performances this season, more than double the rest of the team combined “Unfortunately we didn’t start the way we needed to,” USA head coach Matthew (3). Six of those seven came against league competition, and he ranks fi fth in the conference in scoring Graves said. “On the road, in an environment where you’re playing a top-tier team in in Sun Belt games (17.9 ppg). this league, you cannot let them go 8-for-10 right out of the gate. That was really frus- • Williams is fourth in the Sun Belt in 3-pointers with 2.5 per outing, and his total of 55 is already third- trating; we didn’t lock in and defend the way we needed to. We dug ourselves a really most by a sophomore in school history. deep hole but I’m really proud because once we dug in and were able to get some • Williams moved up to 11th place in school history with 110 career 3-pointers, and is six away from stops, then we were able to get out in transition and do some nice things. moving into a tie for 10th. “In the second half we got to the free-throw line a little bit, we made some 3s, • Senior Dionte Ferguson waited until the second half to get going Saturday at ULM, scoring 12 of his 18 got out in transition and got a lot of stops, but unfortunately when you allow a team to points after intermission.