ASU MEN’S BASKETBALL Anthony Reynolds Assistant Sports Information Director [email protected] 870-972-3547 870-530-4454(cell) 870-972-3367 fax Arkansas State at Denver Radio: 95.9 FM “The Wolf” Vs. Livestats and Video Available via AStateRedWolves.com 6-8, 1-2 10-4, 2-1 January 8 Denver, Colo. Magness Arena (10,791) 8 p.m. (CST) SBC SBC TIPPING IT OFF: ASU continues action (Through games on 1/6/09 ) and the per game 2008-09 ASU Men’s Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result through the Sun Belt Conference by hitting the average leads the Sun Belt Conference. Senior Nov. 3 Henderson State (Exh.) 93-46 (W) road to take on the Denver Pioneers Thursday Ifeanyi Koggu leads the Red Wolves with 65 Nov. 10 Southern Arkansas (Exh.) 59-58(W) night at 8 p.m. (CST) at the Magness arena assists, while tossing in 5.9 ppg and pulling Nov. 14 at Mississippi 52-65(L) before traveling to Denton, Texas to tangle down 3.2 rebounds per game. Koggu also Nov. 17 Lyon College 88-46(W) Nov. 19 Murray State 55-47(W) with the Mean Green of North Texas Saturday ranks third with 15 steals. Koggu is ranked Nov. 25 at Tennessee-Martin 76-67(W) at 7 p.m. at the Super Pit. 87th nationally with 4.6 assists per game, Nov. 29 at Ball State 54-53(W) which ranks third in the SBC, and 62nd Dec. 1 at Indiana State 56-54(W) SERIES VERSUS DENVER: ASU holds a nationally with a 2.17 assist/turnover ratio Dec. 4 Central Baptist College 108-71(W) Dec. 6 at Missouri State 47-52(L) 8-9 record against the Pioneers in the two which is fourth in the conference. Denver Dec. 15 Mississippi Valley State 75-58(W) team’s all-time series which dates back to the sits at 6-8 with a 1-2 record in Sun Belt Dec. 18 Florida International* 61-41(W) 1968-69 season. In their last meeting, ASU fell Conference play. The Pioneers are 5-1 at home Dec. 20 at UALR* 59-65(L) to DU 52-59 in Denver during the 2007-08 this season and 1-0 at home in conference Dec. 23 Southeast Missouri State 86-67(W) Dec. 29 at Oklahoma State 53-76(L) season. The Red Wolves own a 2-5 record play. Junior Nate Rohnert leads the Pioneers Jan. 3 New Orleans* 71-56(W) against Denver over the last five seasons. with a 13.6 scoring average, 16 steals and 55 Jan 8 at Denver* 8 p.m. assists while ranking second with 5.4 Jan 10 at North Texas* 7 p.m. THE PRINCIPALS: The Arkansas State rebounds per game and seven blocks. Jan 15 Louisiana-Monroe* 7:05 p.m. Jan 17 South Alabama* 7:05 p.m. Red Wolves are 10-4 on the season and 2-1 in Sophomore forward Rob Lewis leads the Jan. 22 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. Sun Belt Conference play, winning four of their Pioneers with 5.9 rebounds per game and Jan. 24 Florida Atlantic* 7:05 p.m. last six games. Junior Donald Boone leads ranks second on the team with a 12.7 scoring Jan. 29 Western Kentucky 7:05 p.m. ASU with 12.6 ppg and 31 steals while ranking average. Lewis leads Denver shooting 52 per- Feb. 5 at Troy* 7:05 p.m. Feb. 7 at Florida International* 7:30 p.m. third in assists (25). Boone has been the lead- cent from the floor (60-116). Freshman guard Feb. 12 UALR* 7:05 p.m. ing scorer for ASU a team-high seven times Brian Stafford ranks third on the Pioneers Feb. 14 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. this season, including three of the past five squad with a 10.1 scoring average while shoot- Feb. 19 at New Orleans* 7 p.m. contests. Senior Shawn Morgan ranks second ing 44 percent from behind the three-point Feb. 21 Denver* 7:05 p.m. Feb. 26 North Texas* 7:05 p.m. on the squad with a 8.3 scoring average and is arc. Joe Scott is in his second year as head Feb. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe* 7 p.m. pulling down 5.9 rebounds per game. Morgan coach at Denver and owns a career record of Mar. 04 SBC Tournament Round 1@ TBA also ranks second with 13 blocks and 19 steals. 106-135 and a Pioneers record of 17-27. Mar. 7-10 SBC Tournament# TBA Junior Eric McKinney is third on the squad @ - At On-Campus Sites # - At Hot Springs, Arkansas scoring 8.1 ppg while leading ASU with 6.6 WIN TOTAL: Through 14 games this season, * Sun Belt Conference Game rebounds per game (93 total) and has 32 ASU has already eclipsed its win total from a All Times Central Time blocked shots (2.29 per game), which was year ago. ASU was 10-20 during the 2007-08 ranked 34th in the nation in the latest NCAA season, but has already won 10 games this Men’s Basketball National Ranking Summary year. ASU is off to its best start since the p Arkansas State (10-4) Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other u 11 Shawn Morgan F 6-6 Sr. 2L Memphis, Tenn. 8.3 5.9 Second in scoring, steals and rebounding. e n 22 Ifeanyi Koggu G 6-1 Sr. 1L Tyler, Texas 5.9 3.2 Leads team with 65 assists. i L 23 Donald Boone G 6-5 Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. 12.6 3.6 Leads team in scoring and steals (31). g 31 JeJuan Brown F 6-7 Jr. TR Biloxi, Miss. 7.0 5.4 Third on team with 75 rebounds. n i 32 Eric McKinney F 6-8 Jr. TR Waldo, Ark. 8.1 6.6 Top shot blocker in conference. t r a t DENVER (6-8) Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other S 5 Brian Stafford G 6-3 Fr. Walnut Creek, Calif. 10.1 2.3 Ranks third on the team with 11 steals. d e 10 Rob Lewis F 6-7 So. Colorado Springs, Colo. 12.7 5.9 Top rebounder on team. t c 11 Kyle Lewis G 5-11 So. Denver, Colo. 6.6 1.2 Shooting 46% from the field. e j 12 Justin Coughlin F 6-9 Fr. Yuma, Colo. 3.4 1.3 Shooting 42% from the field. o r 24 Nate Rohnert F 6-5 Jr. Parker, Colo. 13.6 5.4 Leads team in scoring, steals, assists. P 2008-09 ASU Men’s Basketball 1 AstateRedWolves.com 2003-04 season. 2008-09 Sun Belt ASU NO. 24 IN MID-MAJOR POLL: ASU Standings IT TAKES A THIEF: ASU ranks second in has been voted a No. 24 ranking by the (as of 1/7/09) the Sun Belt Conference with 106 steals so far CollegeInsider.com’s Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, West Division Conf. Overall this season. The duo of junior Donald Boone, released Monday. The Red Wolves received W-L Pct. W-L Pct. who leads the league with 31 steals, and senior 139 votes in the poll which is voted on by Mid- ASU 2-1 .667 10-4 .714 Shawn Morgan, who ranks eighth in the con- Major coaches from across the country and UALR 2-1 .667 9-5 .643 ference with 19 steals, have combined for chaired by Middle Tennessee head coach ULL 2-1 .667 5-8 .385 nearly half of ASU’s steal production this sea- Kermit Davis. UNO 2-2 .500 6-8 .429 son. Morgan finished the 2007-08 season Illinois State is ranked No. 1 in the poll, while North Texas 1-2 .333 8-6 .571 ranked third in the league averaging 1.9 per Western Kentucky is the highest ranked Sun Denver 1-2 .333 6-8 .429 game. With 31 steals, Boone is well on his way Belt school at No. 11. Middle Tennessee is ULM 1-2 .333 5-9 .357 to breaking into the top 10 in the single-season ranked No. 23 and UALR is ranked No. 26 in steals chart, needing 24 to take over the No. 8 the poll. East Division Conf. Overall spot. Morgan’s performance this season has The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from W-L Pct. W-L Pct. moved him into the No. 7 spot on the all-time the following conferences: America East, WKU 3-0 1.000 9-5 .643 ASU steals chart. He needs 15 more steals to Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, move up to No. 6, overtaking Bo Brown (1987- Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro MTSU 3-0 1.000 9-5 .643 89). Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, USA 2-1 .667 9-6 .600 Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Troy 2-2 .500 7-9 .438 LIVE FROM THE BRICKHOUSE WITH Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, FIU 0-3 .000 5-11 .312 JOHN BRADY: Tuesday night was the pre- Summit League, Sun Belt, West Coast. FAU 0-3 .000 4-11 .267 mier of “Live From The Brickhouse With John Brady,” a weekly radio show hosted by Matt NATIONAL RANKINGS: In the latest Other Sun Belt Action: Stoltz, the voice of the ASU Red Wolves, and NCAA National Ranking Summary (Through starring ASU head coach John Brady.