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MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Dec. 31, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected] CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU 2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Through Dec. 30) |---------------CONFERENCE---------------| |------------------------OVERALL------------------------| TEAM W-L PCT. HOME AWAY W-L PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL L10 STREAK LOUISIANA TECH 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-2 .846 8-0 3-2 0-0 8-2 W3 UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 7-0 3-2 0-1 8-2 W7 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 4-1 2-2 2-1 7-3 W1 UTEP 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-5 .615 6-3 0-2 2-0 5-5 W2 WKU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-5 .615 7-0 0-3 1-2 6-4 W2 OLD DOMINION 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-6 .538 7-0 0-4 0-2 4-6 W3 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-7 .462 4-3 1-3 1-1 4-6 W2 NORTH TEXAS 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-8 .385 5-4 0-4 0-0 3-7 W1 RICE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-8 .385 4-4 1-4 0-0 5-5 L2 MARSHALL 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-9 .308 3-2 0-5 1-2 4-6 L2 SOUTHERN MISS 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-8 .273 2-4 1-4 0-0 3-7 W1 CHARLOTTE 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-9 .250 2-4 1-2 0-3 3-7 W1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-11 .154 1-2 1-6 0-3 2-8 L6 UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-11 .154 1-4 1-5 0-2 2-8 L2 RECENT RESULTS HOW TO WATCH C-USA BASKETBALL Wednesday, December 30 Date Game Coverage Time Middle Tennessee 82, Trevecca 67 Fri., January 1 North Texas at UTSA ASN 6:00p Rice at UTEP ASN 8:00p Tuesday, December 29 UAB 76, Stephen F. Austin 66 Sat., January 2 Charlotte at Old Dominion ASN 11:00a Charlotte 111, Citadel 93 Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech C-USA DN 6:00p FIU 65, Florida A&M 45 Old Dominion 68, Norfolk State 57 Sun., January 3 WKU at Marshall ASN 12:00p North Texas 69, Sam Houston State 64 Florida Atlantic at FIU FSN 2:00p Incarnate Word 82, Rice 76 Middle Tennessee at UAB ASN 2:00p Southern Miss 66, SE Oklahoma State 52 Rice at UTSA C-USA DN 3:00p UTEP 85, UT Rio Grande Valley 64 North Texas at UTEP ASN 4:00p Tennessee-Martin 57, Florida Atlantic 48 Thu., January 7 Florida Atlantic at Marshall ASN 6:00p UTEP at Middle Tennessee ASN 6:00p Monday, December 28 Charlotte at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p Louisiana Tech 77, Prairie View A&M 58 FIU at WKU FCS 7:00p WKU 93, Brescia 66 UTSA at UAB C-USA DN 7:00p Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech CBS SN 8:30p Sunday, December 27 (4) Maryland 87, Marshall 67 Sat., January 9 Rice at North Texas ASN 1:00p South Dakota State 65, Middle Tennessee 61 UTEP at UAB CBS SN 1:00p Florida Atlantic at WKU FCS 2:00p UTSA at Middle Tennessee ASN 3:00p Charlotte at Louisiana Tech C-USA DN 6:00p FIU at Marshall C-USA DN 6:00p Old Dominion at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p All Times Central Conference USA contest @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Dec. 31, 2015 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected] CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU THIS WEEK IN CONFERENCE USA WEEKLY AWARDS - DECEMBER 28 THIS WEEKEND IN CONFERENCE USA Marshall senior forward James Kelly earned C-USA Player of the Week hon- The 21st season of Conference USA men’s basketball opens on New Year’s ors, while Rice’s Marcus Evans claimed this fourth C-USA Freshman of the Day with a pair of games, and all 14 teams will have at least one conference Week honor of the season for games through Dec. 27. Kelly averaged 21.7 game under their belts by the end of the weekend. points and 9.0 rebounds for the Herd this week, including a 38-point, 13-re- bound performance in a neutral court win over Wyoming. Evans currently sits The four Texas teams make their debuts Friday with North Texas at UTSA and atop the C-USA scoring chart and is the top freshman scorer in the nation, Rice at UTEP. The games tip at 6 and 8 p.m. CT, respectively, for a double- averaging 19.9 points per game this season. He scored a game-high 22 points header that can be seen on ASN. They will then swap opponents for Sunday and grabbed seven rebounds at South Alabama on Dec. 22. Awards are cho- contests. sen by a vote from a media panel representing the 14 member schools. UTSA is in the midst of a six-game homestand. Senior Ryan Bowie continues PLAYER OF THE WEEK to lead the Roadrunners, averaing 18.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game to JAMES KELLY / MARSHALL / Senior / 6-8 / F / Ann Arbor, Michigan rank among the top seven in C-USA for both categories. The Mean Green is Kelly led Marshall in scoring and rebounding in three games this week, aver- coming off a 69-64 win over Sam Houston State behind a career-high 27 aging 21.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. The Herd split a pair of games points from junior Deckie Johnson. In last year’s regular-season fi nale, UTSA in Las Vegas to fi nish as runners up in the Global Sports Challenge, before won an exciting 69-68 tilt in San Antonio. closing the week with a true road contest at No. 4 Maryland. He posted a career-high 38 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the Herd’s 90-82 win over UTEP won both its meetings with Rice a year ago, but this season the Owls Wyoming in Las Vegas. Kelly also grabbed 13 rebounds to record his C-USA- boast the top two scorers in the conference in freshman Marcus Evans (19.8 leading fi fth double-double of the year against the Cowboys. His 38 points ppg) and sophomore Egor Koulechov (19.0 ppg). UTEP has 10 newcomers, were the most for a Herd player since DeAndre Kane scored 40 in a triple but they enter league play with eight wins and four Miners averaging double- overtime win over Tulsa in the 2012 C-USA Championship quarterfi nals. It fi gure points. is the best MU off ensive performance in a regulation game since 2003. He added 17 points in the title game of the Global Sports Challenge and earned A pair of games are also on Saturday’s schedule, with Charlotte squaring off a spot on the all-tournament squad with teammate Ryan Taylor. Kelly has with Old Dominion in a noon ET matinee. Southern Miss also visits its travel scored in double fi gures in every game this season, a 13-game streak. For the partner Louisiana Tech for a 6 p.m. CT tip. week, he shot 52.9 percent (27-of-51) from the fi eld and 100 percent from the line (7-of-7). This is Kelly’s fi rst C-USA Player of the Week honor of the Six teams open conference play Sunday. WKU is at Marshall for a 1 p.m. ET tip season and his career. that also begins a C-USA tripleheader on ASN. UAB hosts Middle Tennessee at 2 p.m. CT, followed by that North Texas at UTEP game at 4 p.m. CT. FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Florida Atlantic and FIU open their league slate Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The MARCUS EVANS / RICE / 6-2 / G / Chesapeake, Virginia game will be televised on FSN from FIU Arena. Evans scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds at South Alabama on Dec. 22. He also had three assists, three steals and tied a career- Ten teams picked up non-conference wins earlier this week. Louisiana Tech high with three three-pointers against the Jaguars. It is the freshman’s fi fth- (8-0), Old Dominion (7-0), UAB (7-0) and WKU (7-0) closed out their non- straight 20-point game and seventh overall and fourth game with at least conference regular seasons undefeated at home. LA Tech and ODU’s overall three steals. Evans opened the second half with a three-pointer and a layup, home court win streaks of 38 and 31 games, respectively, remain among the both of which tied the game. He also twice got the Owls within a basket top fi ve nationally. UAB rides a seven-game win streak into conference play. before falling just short, 74-67. Evans is Conference USA’s leading scorer and the NCAA’s leading freshman scorer with 19.9 points per game. He also leads On Tuesday, Charlotte tossed in a season-high 111 points in a victory over the league in steals (2.2) and minutes played (33.7) per game this season.