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AUSTIN PEAY MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA CONTACT Colby Wilson, Assoc. Director of Athletic Comm. Winfi eld Dunn Center • Clarksville, TN 37040 E: [email protected] • P: 931-221-6561 • C: 615-604-3803 2017-18 GAME NOTES | THE SEASON OPENER AUSTIN PEAY (0-0) at VANDERBILT (0-0) SCHEDULE NOV. 10, 2017 ■ MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM ■ NASHVILLE, TENN. DATE OPPONENT TIME Nov. 4 Sewanee (Exh.) W, 95-78 THE MATCHUP ■ FASTBREAK OPENING TIP... NEW MANAGEMENT NIT Tip-Off Classic (Campus Sites) Nov. 10 at Vanderbilt 8:30 p.m. • For the fi rst time in 27 seasons, Austin Peay will open up Nov. 13 at Virginia 6 p.m. the year with a new face on the sidelines as head coach Matt Figger begins a new chapter in the program’s Nov. 16 Oakland City 7 p.m. storied history. Nov. 19 UNC Asheville 2 p.m. • Austin Peay soundly handled Sewanee, 95-78, to open Nov. 22 Bethel & 3 p.m. exhibition play before a two-game road trip kicks off Nov. 26 Miami University 2 p.m. AUSTIN VANDERBILT the regular season--the Govs will visit Vanderbilt and Nov. 29 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. PEAY Virginia as part of the NIT Tip-Off Classic. Dec. 2 Alabama A&M 3:30 p.m. 2016-17 RECORD • In his fi rst time appearing in front of the home faithful, 2016-17 RECORD 19-16 ■ 10-8 SEC Dec. 6 at Illinois 7 p.m. 11-19 ■ 7-9 OVC freshman Terry Taylor showed Governor fans the Dec. 16 at Evansville 3 p.m. LAST GAME promise that made him a highly sought-after recruit. LAST GAME March 16, 2017 Dec. 19 Troy 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 2017 The Bowling Green native was a perfect 9-for-9 from in Salt Lake City Dec. 22 Western Kentucky 7 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Mo. L, 66-68, Northwestern the fl oor, pouring in 24 points and adding 12 boards. W, 88-79, SEMO NCAA Tournament 1st Round • As a group, the Governors doubled up Sewanee in Dec. 28 SIU Edwardsville • 7 p.m. rebounding (40-20), with Taylor (12), senior Averyl HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Dec. 30 Eastern Illinois • 7 p.m. Matt Figger Bryce Drew Ugba (8) and junior Chris Porter-Bunton (7) outpacing Jan. 4 UT Martin • 6 p.m. Eastern Kentucky (1995) Valparaiso (1998) the Tigers by themselves. Jan. 6 Southeast Missouri • 7 p.m. 0-0 ■ 1st season at APSU 19-16 ■ 2nd season at Vandy • Taylor (24 points) led four Govs in double fi gures Jan. 11 at Tennessee Tech • 6:30 p.m. 0-0 ■ 1 career season 143-65 ■ 6 career seasons against Sewanee--Zach Glotta (22), Averyl Ugba (18) Jan. 13 at Jacksonville State • 3:30 p.m. EXHIBITION LEADERS RETURNING LEADERS and Tre’ Ivory (15). Terry Taylor Matthew Fisher-Davis • The Govs seek their fi rst road-opening win since 2010- Jan. 18 at Tennessee State • 7:30 p.m. ■ 24 pts, 12 reb, 9-for-9 ■ 13.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 40.4 11 (Saint Louis). Jan. 20 at Belmont • TBA shooting, 4 ast, 3 stls FG%, 37.2 3pt FG% • Picked seventh in the SEC preseason poll, Vanderbilt Jan. 25 Eastern Kentucky • 7:30 p.m. Zach Glotta Jeff Roberson is paced by Matthew Fisher-Davis, a preseason ■ 22 pts, 7-for-12 shooting, Jan. 27 Morehead State • 7 p.m. ■ 10.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 41.6 second-team All-SEC selection who averaged 13.9 5-for-8 3pt shooting, 3 stls FG%, 79.3 FT% Feb. 1 at UT Martin • 7:30 p.m. ppg and hit 37.2 percent (84-for-226) from beyond Averyl Ugba Riley LaChance Feb. 3 at Southeast Missouri • 4:15 p.m. ■ 18 pts, 8 reb, 6-for-10 the arc last season. ■ 10.5 ppg, 3.9 apg, 3.3 rpg, Feb. 8 at Murray State • 7 p.m. shooting 48.6 3pt FG% • Bryce Drew made his third appearance as an NCAA Tournament head coach last season, leading Feb. 10 at Eastern Illinois • 3:15 p.m. the Commodores into the tournament after two Feb. 15 Tennessee Tech • 7:30 p.m. qualifi cations at Valparaiso (2013, 2015). Feb. 17 Jacksonville State • 7 p.m. • Only Glotta, Ivory, Porter-Bunton and Steve Harris ■ INSIDE THE SERIES Feb. 22 at SIU Edwardsville • 7 p.m. were on Austin Peay’s roster in the last appearance Feb. 24 Murray State • 7 p.m. The Series: This is the 17th meeting between the two between these two squads to kick off the 2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship schools; Vanderbilt holds a 14-2 series lead. season; Glotta started and played 12 minutes in Series Streak: Vanderbilt has won 12 straight his fi rst collegiate game, while Porter-Bunton (nine Evansville, Ind. Last Meeting: The Commodores won, 80-41, Nov. 13, minutes), Ivory (fi ve) and Harris (two) each made an Feb. 28 First Round TBA 2015 in the regular-season opener. appearance. March 1 Quarterfi nals TBA March 2 Semifi nals TBA March 3 Championship TBA AUSTIN PEAY PROBABLE STARTERS (16-17 Stats) TODAY’S BROADCASTS RADIO • GOVS SPORTS NETWORK (104.1 FM) Play-by-Play: Scott Chase Analyst: Eric Foister ipTV: SEC NETWORK + Play-by-Play: Kevin Ingram #1 #25 #21 #3 #24 Analyst: Shan Foster Tre’ Zach Terry Chris Averyl GOVS ON THE WEB Ivory Glotta Taylor Porter-Bunton Ugba LIVE STATISTCS Pts 1.3 Pts 2.8 Pts 17.7 Pts 6.3 Pts 13.0 StatBroadcast.com Reb 0.7 Reb 0.6 Reb 11.8 Reb 3.6 Reb 9.7 LIVE AUDIO Ast 1.0 Ast 0.9 FG% 66% Ast 1.0 Stl 1.2 http://tun.in/seqtU FG% 43% 3PT% 36% 3PT% 44% FG% 48% Blk 0.7 LIVE VIDEO secsports.com/watch 3PT% 50% FT% 60% FT% 76% 3PT% 38% FG% 56% LETSGOPEAY.COM /LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY NOTING THE GAME ■ What You Should Know… VS. 2017-18 OPPONENTS What better way to kick off a new era in Austin Peay hoops than playing early-season GOVS ALL-TIME spoiler to one of the big boys right down the road? In its fi rst season opener without Dave Loos Non-Conference since 1990, the Governors will get a stern test early on against one of 2016-17’s deadliest Alabama A&M 0-0 long-range offenses (10th nationally in total 3-point fi eld goals, 14th in 3-pointers per game). Bethel (Tenn.) 31-9 ■ Deeper Meanings… Evansville 7-17 WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN: Would make Figger the fi rst Austin Peay head coach to win in Illinois 1-3 his debut outing since 1983 (Howard Jackson, vs. Belmont)... would be the Govs fi rst win against Miami (Ohio) 0-1 an SEC foe since Dec. 10, 2011 (at Tennessee)... would be Austin Peay’s fi rst win against Vander- Oakland City 7-0 bilt since 1940... would give the Govs a win in the road opener for the fi rst time since 2010-11 Oklahoma State 0-1 (Saint Louis) and in the regular season opener for the fi rst time since 2013-14 (Oakland City). Troy 3-0 WHAT A LOSS WOULD MEAN: Would be the Govs fourth consecutive season-opening loss. UNC Asheville 1-0 Vanderbilt 2-14 ■ Last Time Against Vanderbilt Virginia 0-0 Despite it being the beginning of an Ohio Valley Conference Tounament Championship- Western Kentucky 14-39 winning campaign, the 2015-16 season began auspiciously for Austin Peay, which dropped Conference an 80-41 decision to the Commodores at Memorial Gym to kick off the slate. Khalil Davis led Belmont 31-15 the way with 10 points that night for the Govs, while Zach Glotta made the start and played Eastern Illinois 29-17 12 minutes as the true freshman point guard. Eastern Kentucky 61-52 Jacksonville State 18- 6 Morehead State 51-54 Murray State 43-85 SIU Edwardsville 7- 4 Southeast Missouri 36-22 UT Martin 71-31 Tennessee State 46-29 Tennessee Tech 69-72 TALE OF THE TAPE… APSU (16-17) VANDY (16-17) Overall OVC Overall SEC Scoring Offense 77.7 77.9 71.1 71.5 Scoring Defense 83.8 81.4 68.1 68.8 VS. 2017-18 OPPONENTS FG% 46.9 46.5 43.0 44.3 MATT FIGGER ALL-TIME FG% defense 49.1 47.2 42.5 41.8 Non-Conference 3FG% 35.5 36.7 37.6 37.0 Alabama A&M 0-0 3FG% Defense 37.0 32.6 33.7 33.9 Bethel (Tenn.) 0-0 Free-throw% 70.8 71.6 77.7 75.3 Evansville 0-0 Rebounds per game 30.4 30.8 34.5 33.4 Illinois 0-0 Rebound margin -7.0 -7.3 0.0 -2.1 Miami (Ohio) 0-0 Assists per game 10.8 10.4 12.9 12.3 Oakland City 0-0 Turnover Average 12.4 11.9 12.3 11.8 Oklahoma State 0-0 Blocks per game 2.4 2.4 3.8 3.7 Troy 0-0 Steals per game 5.7 5.9 4.2 4.4 UNC Asheville 0-0 2016-17 OVC STANDINGS Vanderbilt 0-0 Virginia 0-0 OVC Overall Western Kentucky 0-0 West Conference UT Martin 10-6 .600 22-13 .629 Belmont 0-0 Southeast Missouri 9-7 .600 15-18 .455 Eastern Illinois 0-0 Murray State 8-8 .533 16-17 .485 Austin Peay 7-9 .400 11-19 .367 Eastern Kentucky 0-0 Eastern Illinois 6-10 .400 14-15 .483 Jacksonville State 0-0 SIUE 1-15 .063 6-24 .200 Morehead State 0-0 Murray State 0-0 East SIU Edwardsville 0-0 Belmont 15-1 .938 23-7 .767 Southeast Missouri 0-0 Morehead State 10-6 .625 14-16 .467 UT Martin 0-0 Jacksonville State 9-7 .563 20-15 .571 Tennessee State 0-0 Tennessee State 8-8 .500 17-13 .567 Tennessee Tech 0-0 Tennessee Tech 8-8 .500 12-20 .375 Eastern Kentucky 5-11 .313 12-19 .387 2 • 2016-17 AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL • LETSGOPEAY.COM NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL NO.