WEBER STATE 2012-13 MEN’S BASKETBALL Men’s Basketball Contact: Paul Grua • Phone: (801) 626-7414 • Email: [email protected] 2012-13 Wildcat Schedule Ahead in Wildcat Basketball Overall: 15-5 Big Sky: 10-2 Game #21 Southern Utah (10-12, 8-5) at Home: 8-1 Home: 4-0 Weber State (15-5, 10-2) Away: 7-4 Away: 6-2 Neutral: 0-0 Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Ogden, Utah • Dee Events Center (11,500) 11/09 Arizona Christian W 110-52 Radio: FM-106.9 “The Zone” 11/15 at San Jose State L 67-68 (ot) 11/24 at Utah State L 55-65 Online video: bigskytv.org 11/28 at Dayton W 62-61 12/05 Utah Valley W 89-56 Live stats: WeberStateSports.com 12/08 UC Irvine W 65-51 12/15 BYU (BYUtv) L 68-78 Series: Weber State leads 23-6 12/20 * at Eastern Washington W 74-53 Streak: Weber State 6 wins 12/22 * at Portland State W 73-69 (ot) 12/29 Southwest (N.M.) W 110-45 In Ogden: Weber State leads 16-2 01/03 * Northern Colorado W 79-54 01/05 * North Dakota W 95-63 Last meeting: 01/10/13 - Cedar City - WSU 81, SUU 74 01/10 * at Southern Utah W 81-74 01/14 * at Idaho State W 70-54 01/17 * Northern Arizona W 83-70 01/19 * Sacramento State W 65-56 01/24 * at Montana State L 74-79 01/26 * at Montana L 74-76 01/31 * at North Dakota W 65-51 02/01 * at Northern Colorado W 85-64 02/09 * Southern Utah 7:00 pm 02/11 * Idaho State (Altitude) 7:00 pm 02/14 * Montana 7:00 pm 02/16 * Montana State 7:00 pm PROJECTED STARTERS 02/23 + at Oral Roberts 6:30 pm 02/28 * at Sacramento State 8:00 pm WEBER STATE WILDCATS (15-5, 10-2) 03/02 * at Northern Arizona 2:00 pm 03/07 * Portland State 7:00 pm No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG 03/09 * Eastern Washington 7:00 pm 15 Davion Berry F 6-4 185 Jr. Oakland, Calif. 14.3 3.7 3.3 03/14-16 Big Sky Tournament TBD 13 Frank Otis F 6-6 220 Sr. Oakland, Calif. 9.2 6.0 1.5 + Ramada Bracketbuster game 44 Kyle Tresnak C 6-10 255 Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz. 12.0 5.6 0.5 * Big Sky Conference game 5 Jordan Richardson G 6-1 185 Jr. Lewisville, Texas 7.5 1.8 3.3 All Times Mountain. 4 Scott Bamforth G 6-2 190 Sr. Albuquerque, N.M. 13.5 2.8 2.2 All home games played at the Dee Events Center. SO. UTAH THUNDERBIRDS (10-12, 8-5) No. Player Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG 21 Jackson Stevenett F 6-4 185 Sr. Kaysville, Utah 16.7 6.2 2.0 42 Jaren Jeffery F 6-8 210 Jr. Delta, Utah 3.4 3.5 0.6 50 Jayson Cheesman C 6-11 250 Jr. Orem, Utah 7.1 6.3 0.8 3 Damon Heuir G 6-2 200 Sr. Townsville, Australia 16.8 4.0 3.1 25 Jordan Johnson G 6-3 175 Sr. Delta, Utah 3.7 2.8 1.4 Weber State Quick Facts QUICK HITS • After a four-game road trip the Weber State men’s basketball team is back Location: Ogden, Utah Enrollment: 26,483 home to begin a four-game homestand Saturday against Southern Utah. Nickname: Wildcats • The Wildcats are 15-5 overall and 10-2 in Big Sky play. Conference: Big Sky • Weber State has reached 10 Big Sky wins in seven straight seasons. President: Dr. Charles “Chuck” Wight • Southern Utah comes into the game 10-12 overall and is 8-5 in Big Sky Athletics Director: Jerry Bovee play and alone in third place in the conference. SUU has won five straight Associate AD/SWA: Amy Crosbie games following Thursday’s 81-79 overtime win at Idaho State. • The Wildcats defeated the Thunderbirds 81-74 Jan. 10 in Cedar City. Athletic Communications • Weber State holds a 23-6 all-time series edge over SUU. WSU has won Dir. of Ath. Comm. (MBB contact): Paul Grua five straight games and is 16-2 all-time against the Thunderbirds in Ogden. Office phone:(801) 626-7414 • Saturday’s game begins a stretch of four home games in eight days for Cell phone: (801) 452-3811 the Wildcats who will have six of their final eight conference games at home. Email: [email protected] (801) 626-6588 Press Row: MEDIA INFORMATION Dir. of Publications/Digital Media: Darin Hogge Media Relations Assistant: Justin Johnson Saturday’s game between the Wildcats and the Thunderbirds will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. The game will be heard live on FM-106.9 “The Zone” with Carl Arky, the 2011 Utah Sportscaster of Team Information the Year, and Dutch Belnap calling the action. It can also be heard online 25-7 2011-12 record: at 1280thezone.com. 2011-12 Big Sky record / finish: 14-2 / 2nd Lettermen returning / lost: 7 / 4 The game can be seen live online for free at bigskytv.org. Live stats are Starters returning / lost: 2 / 3 available at WeberStateSports.com. FAN PROMOTIONS FOR SATURDAY’S GAME Team History This Saturday against Southern Utah fans can get five tickets to the First year (four-year school):1962-63 game for just $35.00. Fans can also donate a pair of new or used shoes All-time record: 931-532 (.636) to charity and receive 2 for 1 admission to the game. It’s also Hall of Fame All-time Big Sky record: 479-238 (.668) Night honoring the 2013 inductees: Julie Gjertsen (women’s basketball), 19 -- ‘65, ‘66, ‘68, Big Sky regular season titles: Michelle Green (women’s track and field) and the 1982 women’s golf team. ‘69, ‘70, ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘76, ‘79, ‘80, ‘84, ‘94, ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10 Big Sky Tournament titles: 8 -- ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, WILDCATS ROLL TO WIN AT NORTHERN COLORADO ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07 Five players scored in double figures and Weber State shot 60 percent Big Sky Tournament appearaneces: 34 from the field as the Wildcats rolled to an 85-64 win at Northern Colorado NCAA Tournament appearances: 14 -- ‘68, ‘69, Saturday night in Greeley. ‘70, ‘71, ‘72, ‘73, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘83, ‘95, ‘99, ‘03, ‘07 After two free throws by Northern Colorado to take a 2-0 lead the Wild- NIT Tournament appearances: 3 -- ‘84, ‘09, ‘10 cats took over and went on an 8-0 run and led 10-2 with 15:00 to play. They 1 -- ‘11 CBI Tournament appearances: would never trail again. Northern Colorado missed its first 11 shots from the CIT Tournament appearances: 1 -- ‘12 field and the Wildcats led by 20 points, 45-25 at halftime. The ‘Cats continued their strong play in the second half and jumped out Dee Events Center Information to a 30-point lead at 62-32 with 14:12 to play. They led by as many as 32 Arena: Dee Events Center points in the second half in route to the win. Year Built: 1977 Weber State finished the game shooting 60.8 percent from the field, their Capacity: 11,500 best percentage against a Division I team this season, and held Northern Press row number: (801) 625-6588 Colorado to 38 percent shooting. WSU also outrebounded the Bears 35-27. NCAA Tournaments: 4: 1980, 1983, 1986, 1994 They were 8-17 from three-point range and 15-18 from the free throw line. All-time home record (SG&DEC): 581-119 (.830) All-time record in DEC: 401-101 (.799) DEC record - Big Sky games: 224-57 (.796) SCOTT BAMFORTH LEADS THE WILDCATS IN WINS Current DEC winning streak: 5 Weber State senior and team captain Scott Bamforth Randy Rahe’s record in DEC: 83-12 (.872) finished with 20 points to lead the ‘Cats in Saturday’s win. Rahe’s Big Sky record in DEC: 48-4 (.922) He was 6-9 from the field, including 4-7 from three-point land in the win. It was the second time this season and the 10th Wildcat Basketball History time in his career he has scored 20 or more points in a game. Bamforth has led the Wildcats in scoring five times this year. Weber State entered the 2012-13 season On the season the Albuquerque, N.M., native is averaging 13.5 points with the 23rd best winning percentage in per game, 10th in the Big Sky. He is averaging 14.8 points a game in Big college basketball history. In 50 seasons Sky games. He currently ranks first in the conference and sixth in the country of Wildcat basketball WSU entered the in free throw percentage at 91.4 percent. He has made 42 of 44 free throw season with a .634 winning percentage to attempts in Big Sky games. rank 23rd all-time. Bamforth now ranks 17th in WSU history in career scoring with 1,098 points and is third in career three-point field goals with 203. Game 21 • Southern Utah at Weber State • Feb. 9, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. • Dee Events Center • Ogden, Utah 2 FRANK OTIS CONTINUES STRONG PLAY Head Coach WSU’s other senior, Frank Otis had a terrific weekend in leading Randy Rahe Weber State to two road wins, averaging 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and shooting 82 percent from the field.