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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Game 11 |Game at Savannah 11 | at Savannah State - Page State 1 CONTACT: Amy Woodruff, Associate Communications Director O: (305) 284-3241 | C: (813) 410-1194 [email protected] | @CanesHoops 2013-14 SCHEDULE SETTING THE SCENE DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE Dec. 19, 2013 | 7 p.m. Oct. 30 Florida Tech (exh.) W, 84-55 2013-14 Savannah, Ga. | Tiger Arena Nov. 8 St. Francis Brooklyn E3 L, OT, 62-66 TV: CSS Radio: 560 WQAM | Sirius 85 | XM 85 Nov. 11 Georgia Southern E3 W, OT, 81-80 MIAMI SAVANNAH STATE Web: WQAM.com Nov. 14 Texas Southern E3 W, 84-69 HURRIcaNES (5-5) TIGERS (2-9) Nov. 18 at College of Charleston & CSS W, 70-54 national RANKING national RANKING Series: Miami leads 3-0 Nov. 21 UCF E3 L, 58-63 -- / -- -- / -- Last Meeting: January 3, 2004. DIRECTV Wooden Legacy (Anaheim, Calif.) Miami won, 105-65 Nov. 28 vs. RV/- George Washington ESPNU L, OT, 63-71 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Nov. 29 vs. Cal State Fullerton E3 W, 48-46 L, 60-61 (OT) vs. Virginia Tech L, 72-43 at Arkansas After leading Miami to the 2013 NCAA Dec. 1 vs. RV/RV Arizona State E3 W, 60-57 StatistiCAL LEADERS StatistiCAL LEADERS Sweet 16 and winning the school’s first Dec. 4 at Nebraska ! ESPNU L, 49-60 Points per Game Points per Game ACC regular season and tournament Dec. 8 Virginia Tech* ESPNU L, OT, 60-61 Rion Brown, 13.3 Deven Williams, 12.2 championships, Jim Larrañaga was Dec. 19 at Savannah State CSS 7 p.m. Garrius Adams, 11.0 Joshua Montgomery, 9.9 honored as the AP, Naismith, USBWA Dec. 22 La Salle ESPN3 3 p.m. Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game Rion Brown, 6.3 Jyles Smith, 7.1 Henry Iba and ACC Coach of the Year. Dec. 30 Loyola (MD) ESPN3 7 p.m. Assists per Game Assists per Game The Bronx, N.Y., native helped Jan. 4 at Syracuse* ACCN 2 p.m. Rion Brown, 2.9 Terel Hall, 2.7 Miami to a No. 2 national ranking Jan. 8 at North Carolina* ESPN2 9 p.m. by both the AP and USA TODAY, Jan. 15 Florida State* ACCN 9 p.m. HEAD CoaCH HEAD CoaCH and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Jim Larrañaga Horace Broadnax Jan. 18 at Georgia Tech* RSN 2 p.m. Tournament. He is the 10th coach Overall: 524-359 (30th) Overall: 143-232 (13) in the last 10 years to lead two Jan. 22 Duke* ESPN2 7:30 p.m. At UM: 54-25 (3rd) At SSU: 107-135 (9) top-10 programs. Jan. 25 Syracuse* CBS 1 p.m. Jan. 29 at Maryland* ACCN 9 p.m. Feb. 1 Norfolk State ESPN3 4 p.m. THE GAME Feb. 5 Pittsburgh* RSN 7 p.m. Miami hits the road to face Savannah State in Georgia on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 NC State* RSN 2 p.m. Feb. 10 at Florida State* ESPNU 9 p.m. THE SERIES Feb. 15 at Virginia Tech* RSN 6 p.m. Miami is 3-0 in the all-time series against Savannah State, which dates back to the 1988-1989 season. The Canes Feb. 19 Notre Dame* RSN 9 p.m. are 3-0 against the Tigers at home. Miami was won three straight matchups against Savannah State, defeating Feb. 22 Boston College* ACCN 12 p.m. the Tigers, 107-98, on March 2, 1989; on Nov. 30, 2002 they defeated Savannah State 91-57, and most recently Feb. 26 at Virginia* RSN 7 p.m. downed the Tigers 105-65 on Jan. 3, 2004, all in Coral Gables. March 1 at NC State* ACCN 12 p.m. March 4 at Clemson* ACCN 8 p.m. THE BROADCASTS March 8 Wake Forest* RSN 2 p.m. Catch the game on CSS with Mike Morgan and Bobby Cremins making the call. Also check out the game on 560 March 12 ACC Tournament WQAM Radio with Joe Zagacki. All home games are played at the BankUnited Center Game times are ET and subject to change THE COACH * ACC game ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge Head coach Jim Larrañaga has a 524-359 overall record in his 30th season as a head coach. He is 54-25 in his & First game of Wooden Legacy, played in Charleston, S.C. third season at the University of Miami. ACCN - ACC Network RSN - Regional Sports Network All conference games on an ESPN network will also be available on WatchESPN. All conference games carried on ACCN or RSN will also be available on ESPN3. THE WEATHER All games can be heard on WQAM 560 and Canes All Access on HurricaneSports.com Projected temperatures on game day: Coral Gables - 78/72. Savannah, Ga.- 70/53. SOCIAL MEDIA Website: HurricaneSports.com UP NEXT Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @CanesHoops Miami returns to the BankUnited Center for a pair of non-conference matchups against La Salle on Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. and Loyola at 7 p.m. on Dec. 30. MIAMI MEDIA GUIDE Miami is not printing media guides again this season. 2013 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Champions | NCAA Sweet 16 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Game 11 | at Savannah State - Page 2 2013-14 Roster PRONUNCiations Players # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown | Previous School (s) 5 Davon Reed Dave-on 2 Corn Elder G 5-10 173 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. | Ensworth HS 10 Raphael Akpejiori AHK-peh-jour-ee On football scholarship at UM ... Basketball status TBA after football injury ... Named football and basketball PoY by The Tennessean. 15 Rion Brown Ryan 3 Steve Sorenson G 6-0 161 So. Dallas, Texas | St. Mark’s School of Texas 20 Manu Lecomte Man-ew La-cont Walk on who played in eight games as a freshman ... First (and only) career point was a free throw against Duke on Jan. 23, 2013. 21 Erik Swoope Swope 4 Raphael Akpejiori F 6-9 241 Sr. Lagos, Nigeria | Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) 23 Tonye Jekiri Tahn-yay Jah-kEEr-EE Has a rebound in each of his last five outings ... Season-highs of eight minutes at Nebraska, then nine minutes vs. VT ... Engineering major. 25 Garrius Adams GARY-us 5 Davon Reed G 6-6 208 Fr. Ewing, N.J. | Princeton Day School (N.J.) Season-best 19 points vs. ASU hitting his first four attempts from 3 ... In his four starts, posted 43 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Coaches 11 Mike Fernandez G 6-1 189 Fr. Coral Gables, Fla. | Belen Jesuit Jim Larrañaga LARE-uh-NAY-guh Walk on raised in Coral Gables, Fla. ... H.M. All-Dade County ... Hit 40 percent of field goals senior season. Michael Huger HUE-gur 12 Justin Heller G 6-2 177 Sr. Boca Raton, Fla. | West Boca Raton Community Chris Caputo Ca-poo-toe Walk on who has played in 16 career games ... Scored first career points against Charlotte Dec. 14, 2012. 15 Rion Brown G 6-6 211 Sr. Hinesville, Ga. | Liberty County Class BREAKDOWN Broke out with career-best 25 points at Nebraska, hitting five from distance ... Has 7+ rebounds in six games ... Assist in all but one game. Graduates Garrius Adams, Donnavan Kirk 20 Manu Lecomte G 5-11 159 Fr. Brussels, Belgium | Athene des Pagodes Seniors Raphael Akpejiori, Rion Brown Started first 6 games, averaging 8.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg and 2.2 apg in those outings ... Assist in all but one game. Justin Heller, Erik Swoope 21 Erik Swoope F 6-5 220 Sr. Lake Elsinore, Calif. | Harvard-Westlake Juniors James Kelly, Sheldon McClellan Tallied six points, three rebounds and an assist against GSU ... Hit first three of the season at Nebraska ... Max bench press is 365 pounds. Angel Rodriguez 22 Donnavan Kirk F 6-9 228 Gr. Pontiac, Mich. | DePaul | Detroit Country Day HS Sophomores Tonye Jekiri, Steve Sorenson Back-to-back double-doubles in first two games ... At least one block in every game ... 10+ rebounds in four games. Freshmen Deandre Burnett, Cornelius Elder 23 Tonye Jekiri C 7-0 235 So. Hialeah, Fla. | Champagnat Catholic School | Nigeria Mike Fernandez, Manu Lecomte, Davon Reed 14 total rebounds in past two games ... Two games of 6 points ... Upped mpg from 6.9 in 2012-13 to 17.0 this year ... Native of Nigeria. 25 Garrius Adams G 6-6 200 Gr. Apex, N.C. | Middle Creek GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Career high 20 points vs. UCF with 2 steals and 8 rebounds ... Notched 9 assists in first four games ... 9 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assists vs. ASU. Belgium 35 James Kelly F 6-7 246 Jr. Ann Arbor, Mich. | Owens CC | Pioneer HS Brussels Manu Lecomte Two-straight career-high games with 17 points vs. TSU, then 18 points at CofC ... 12 points, 9 rebounds in ACC debut vs. Virginia Tech. NIGERIA Lagos Raphael Akpejiori REDSHIRTS (*will sit out 2013-14 season and have two years of eligibility remaining) PUERTO RICO 1 Deandre Burnett G 6-2 191 Fr. Miami, Fla. | Carol City HS Cupey Angel Rodriguez Sustained left wrist injury, will redshirt rookie season ... 2012 Parade All-American ... Avg. 37 ppg as a senior, third in the nation. UNITED States 10 Sheldon McClellan * G 6-5 206 Jr. Houston, Texas | Texas | Bellaire California Erik Swoope Played 68 games, starting 24 at Texas ... In two seasons averaged 12.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 0.7 apg. Florida Deandre Burnett, Mike Fernandez 13 Angel Rodriguez * G 5-11 181 Jr. Cupey, P.R.