2015-16 Men's Basketball Notes
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2015-16 Men’s Basketball Notes Jordan Korphage, Assistant SID One UTSA Circle • San Antonio, TX 78249 Email: [email protected] Cell: 210.501.4006 Game 30 | at Old Dominion | Feb. 27 | 7 p.m. (CT) | Constant Convocation Center 2015-16 Schedule Date: Sat., Feb. 27, 2016 Time: 7 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Norfolk, Va. November (1-6) Arena: Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Nov. 13 at Loyola-Chicago (ESPN3) L, 64-76 TV: American Sports Network (KMYS-CW 35 in San Antonio) Nov. 15 at Clemson! (ESPN3) L, 45-78 Radio: Ticket 760 AM Nov. 17 at Creighton! (FS2) L, 78-103 UTSA Audio: goutsa.com, iHeartRadio mobile app Old Dominion Nov. 21 at Southern Utah W, 82-79 Roadrunners Monarchs Nov. 23 vs. Central Arkansas! L, 84-98 Location: San Antonio, Texas Series vs. Old Dominion Location: Norfolk, Va. 2015-16 Record: 5-24 Overall: 2-1 2015-16 Record: 16-12 Nov. 25 vs. Texas Southern! L, 80-91 In Norfolk: 1-1 Nov. 29 UT Permian Basin L, 85-90 C-USA Record: 3-13 Thompson vs. ODU: 2-1 C-USA Record: 9-6 December (1-5) Last Meeting: UTSA, 72-67 (02/12/15) Head Coach: Brooks Thompson Head Coach: Jeff Jones Dec. 2 at Texas State (TWC) L, 53-76 Career Record: 188-189 (12th season) Career Record: 419-324 (24th season) Dec. 8 at Texas (LHN) L, 50-116 Record at UTSA: 133-175 (10th season) Record at ODU: 61-38 (3rd season) Dec. 12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (TWC) L, 79-85 Dec. 16 East Central Oklahoma W, 75-61 Fast Break Points Dec. 19 Utah Valley L, 78-83 • UTSA will head to Norfolk, Va., for a 7 p.m. (CT) matchup at Old Dominion on Saturday, Feb. 27. Dec. 22 Cal Poly L, 73-88 • The game can be seen on the American Sports Network (check local listings) and KMYS-CW 35 in the San Antonio January (2-7) area. Four of the team’s final five games of the regular season are televised by ASN. Jan. 1 North Texas* (ASN) L, 66-70 • The Roadrunners lead the all-time series 2-1, including a 1-1 mark in Norfolk. UTSA won last year’s meeting, 72-67, Jan. 3 Rice* W, 85-80 Jan. 7 at UAB* L, 82-104 in San Antonio. Jan. 9 at Middle Tennessee (ASN) L, 71-79 • UTSA is coming off a 114-108 double-overtime loss at Charlotte on Thursday night. For the second consecutive game, Jan. 16 UTEP* (ASN) W, 71-67 the Roadrunners hit 14 3-pointers. All five starters finished the contest with at least 15 points, led by Ryan Bowie’s Jan. 21 FIU* L, 56-72 game-high 23 points. Jan. 23 Florida Atlantic* L, 71-86 • Wilson has paced the Roadrunners by averaging 19.5 ppg through 15 C-USA contests. The sophomore has topped 20 Jan. 28 at Louisiana Tech* L, 75-85 points seven times in league play, including a career-high 29 points against Marshall (Feb. 6). Jan. 30 at Southern Miss* L, 70-86 • Bowie leads the squad and he ranks fifth in C-USA in scoring with 18.1 ppg, while his team-leading 7.0 rpg rank February (1-6) 12th. The Lewisville native has led the team in scoring 16 times and rebounding 17 times this season. Feb. 4 WKU* L, 71-83 • Bowie also ranks among the league’s best in minutes played (34.55 mpg/3rd), 3-point field goals made per game Feb. 6 Marshall* (ASN) L, 91-109 (2.59/3rd), 3-point field goal percentage (.410/8th), defensive rebounds per game (5.21/9th), free throw percentage Feb. 11 at Florida Atlantic* L, 73-79 (.773/13th) and offensive rebounds per game (1.66/15th). Feb. 13 at FIU* L, 65-79 • Bowie now ranks 19th in program history for career scoring (920), tied for 16th in rebounding (373) and 10th with Feb. 18 Louisiana Tech* (ASN) L, 74-87 137 3-pointers. Feb. 20 Southern Miss* (ASN) W, 74-53 • Saturday’s game can be heard live in the San Antonio area on Ticket 760 AM beginning with the pregame show at Feb. 25 at Charlotte* L, 108-114 6:30 p.m. (CT). Andy Everett (play-by-play) will have the call. The broadcast also can be heard live online at goUTSA. Feb. 27 at Old Dominion* (ASN) 7 p.m. com or on your mobile device with the free iHeartRadio app. March (0-0) 2015-16 UTSA Roadrunners March 5 at UTEP* (ASN) 3 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG APG March 8-12 Conference USA Tournament# TBA Projected starters 2 J.R. Harris G 6-4 170 Jr.-TR Baton Rouge, La./Indian Hills JC 11.8 2.5 1.6 (FS2) FOX Sports 2 • (TWC) Time Warner Cable SportsChannel 10 Christian Wilson G 6-2 170 So.-1L Baton Rouge, La./Cathedral City [Calif.] HS 18.0 4.3 4.4 (LHN) Longhorn Network • (ASN) American Sports Network 14 Ryan Bowie G 6-1 185 Sr.-1L Lewisville, Texas/Iowa Western CC 18.3 6.9 1.6 ! Men Who Speak Up Main Event 24 Phillip Jones F 6-6 210 Jr.-2L Freeport, Bahamas/Piney Woods [Miss.] HS 4.2 3.3 0.3 15 Lucas O’Brien C 6-10 245 Jr.-2L Chandler, Ariz./Perry HS 7.4 3.8 0.7 * Conference USA game Off the bench # Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) 0 Terrell Scruggs F 6-5 195 Jr.-TR Fresno, Texas/Grand View 0.9 1.1 0.2 3 Gino Littles G 6-0 160 So.-1L Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Mountain HS 8.2 3.2 3.3 We are UTSA 5 Ömer Alp Aksu G 6-2 180 Fr.-HS Istanbul, Turkey/Izmir American Collegiate Institute — — — 11 Austin Karrer G 6-3 180 So.-1L New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon HS 1.8 1.7 0.8 13 Kyle Massie G 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Helotes, Texas/O’Connor HS 1.0 0.3 0.2 When referencing the University of Texas at San Antonio 22 Garrett Thibodeaux F 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Tyler, Texas/Lee HS — — — Athletics, please use the acronym UTSA and the nickname 25 Nick Allen F 6-8 205 Fr.-HS Surprise, Ariz./Willow Canyon HS 4.3 3.0 0.8 Roadrunners. Please refrain from using UT-San Antonio, 32 James Ringholt C 6-10 230 So.-1L Brisbane, Australia/Brisbane Boys’ College 2.0 1.6 0.3 33 A.J. Cockrell F 6-8 230 Fr.-HS Tulsa, Okla./Memorial HS 3.6 2.3 0.3 Texas-San Antonio, UT-SA, ‘Runners, Road Runners or any 34 Nick Billingsley G 6-4 185 Jr.-TR Omaha, Neb./New Mexico JC 4.0 1.6 0.2 other variation. 41 Jeff Beverly F 6-6 250 Jr.-TR League City, Texas/McClennan [Texas] JC — — — GoUTSA.com UTSA Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts Scouting Old Dominion: Picked to finish second in Conference USA, Old Dominion enters play on Saturday in fifth place in the league standings. The Monarchs are coming off a 74-53 win over UTEP on Thursday night and the Location ____________________San Antonio, Texas team will look to improve upon its 11-4 record inside the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The squad is led by Trey Enrollment __________________________ 28,628 Freeman, who leads the league in scoring at 21.1 ppg and is a strong candidate for C-USA Player of the Year honors. Founded ____________________________ 1969 Nickname ______________________ Roadrunners The senior guard is shooting 43.1 percent from the field and 80.6 percent from the free-throw line to go along with Colors ________________Navy blue, orange and white his team-leading 87 assists. Aaron Bacote has mostly come off the bench this season to average 12.8 points, while Home Court _________________ Convocation Center Brandan Stith is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.6 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. The Monarchs have Capacity ____________________ 2,650 (temporary) done most of their damage inside the arc, as the team is shooting just 28.7 percent from 3-point range. Conference ____________________ Conference USA Statistical Comparison Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I Athletic Director ____________________ Lynn Hickey UTSA ODU Alma Mater _______________ Ouachita Baptist/1973 73.4 Scoring 67.4 President _____________________Dr. Ricardo Romo 84.7 Opponent Scoring 62.2 Alma Mater ______________________ Texas/1967 .421 Field Goal Pct. .436 Athletic Dept. Phone _______________ 210-458-4161 .324 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .287 Ticket Office Phone ________________ 210-458-UTSA Internet Address ___________________goUTSA.com .709 Free Throw Pct. .680 34.2 Rebounds 38.3 Coaches 11.4 Assists 13.0 Head Coach __________________ Brooks Thompson 13.8 Turnovers 9.2 Alma Mater ________________Oklahoma State/1994 6.4 Steals 5.6 Career Record _______________ 188-189/12th season School Record _______________ 133-175/10th season 2.5 Blocks 3.9 Assoc. Head Coach __________________ Dan O’Dowd Alma Mater ________________Bethany College/1986 Series History: Saturday’s game will mark the fourth meeting Assistant Coach ___________________Robert Guster Series History between the Roadrunners and Monarchs. UTSA leads the all-time O: 2-1 (H: 1-0, A: 1-1, N: 0-0) Alma Mater _________________Missouri-Rolla/1999 series 2-1, with a 1-1 mark in Norfolk, Va. The Roadrunners won last Assistant Coach ___________________ Shenton Wai 11/11/12 _______aW ______ 79-70 Alma Mater _________ Univ.