2020-21 Men's Basketball GAME NOTES
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2020-21 Men’s Basketball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 | Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) GAME 2 MOREHEAD STATE (0-1/0-0 OVC) vs. RV RICHMOND (0-0/0-0 A10) | Bluegrass showcase Nov. 27, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. ET • Rupp Arena • Lexington, Ky. Morehead State Eagles RICHMOND SPIDERS TV4None • Radio4Eagle Sports Network (WIVY-96.3 FM) Last Game4L, 81-45 at Kentucky (11/25/20) Last Game4W, 73-62 at Duquesne (3/6/20) Live Stats4MSUEagles.com • Live Audio4MSUEagles.com Head Coach4Preston Spradlin (46-70, 4th year) Head Coach4Chris Mooney (272-222, 16th year) Twitter4@MSUEagles & @MSUEaglesMBB #EaglesAlwaysSoar Record vs. Richmond40-0 Record vs. Morehead State41-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE TALON TIDBITS DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)|RESULT Nov. 25 at (No. 10) Kentucky (SEC Net.) ^ L, 81-45 • Morehead State matches up with Richmond for only the second time in program history. The Nov. 27 vs. (RV) Richmond (YouTube) ^ 6:00 p.m. 13th-seeded Eagles and 12th-seeded Spiders both pulled second upsets in the 2011 NCAA Tourna- Dec. 2 at Ohio State (BIG10 Net.) 5:00 p.m. ment and met on March 9, 2011 where Richmond prevailed 65-48 in the Pepsi Center in Denver. Dec. 7 at Eastern Kentucky * 7:00 p.m. • Morehead State is 7-23 all-time against teams from the current Atlantic 10 Conference alignment Dec. 9 Transylvania (Ky.) 6:00 p.m. and have faced 10 of the 14 programs in the Eagles’ history. Dec. 10 Transylvania (Ky.) 6:00 p.m. Dec. 14 Eastern Kentucky * 6:00 p.m. • Morehead State joins five other OVC schools - Austin Peay, Jacksonville State, Eastern Kentucky, Dec. 18 SIUE * 6:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri and UT Martin - with three players who are eligible this year who already have Dec. 22 at Clemson (ACC Net.) 2:00 p.m. at least one season of Division I experience. The Eagles have KJ Hunt, Jr. (McNeese State), Jan. 2 at Murray State * 5:00 p.m. Jaylen Sebree (Florida Atlantic) and Skyelar Potter (Wright State.) Jan. 7 Tennessee Tech * 7:00 p.m. • Senior forward James Baker, Jr. is the lone senior listed on the roster. DeVon Cooper is also Jan. 9 Jacksonville State * 4:00 p.m. a fourth-year player but redshirted in 2019-20 due to injury and is a redshirt junior. It marks the Jan. 14 at Eastern Illinois * 8:30 p.m. lowest number of seniors on a Preston Spradlin-coached roster since his first year in 2017-18 when Jan. 16 at SIUE * 6:00 p.m. there were no seniors. Jan. 21 Southeast Missouri * 7:00 p.m. Jan. 23 UT Martin * 4:00 p.m. • James Baker, Jr. enters the game ranked fourth in career blocked shots in program history with Jan. 28 at Jacksonville State * 8:30 p.m. 105. As a sophomore in 2018-19, his 55 rejections led the OVC in games against league foes. Jan. 30 at Tennessee Tech * 9:00 p.m. Feb. 4 Murray State * 7:00 p.m. • Freshman forward Johni Broome scored a team-high 11 points in his collegiate debut Wednes- day against Kentucky. It marks the second straight season a freshman has notched a double-fig- Feb. 6 Austin Peay * 4:00 p.m. ure scoring game in the season opener. Tyzhaun Claude had 13 in his debut last year versus Feb. 11 at Tennessee State * 9:00 p.m. Samford. Feb. 13 at Belmont * 5:00 p.m. Feb. 18 at UT Martin * 9:00 p.m. • Sophomore guard Julius Dixon came off the bench to notch a team (and career) high 11 points Feb. 19 at Southeast Missouri * 9:00 p.m. against Kentucky. Dixon easily surpassed his career high in minutes with 28 (previous was 17). Feb. 25 Tennessee State * 7:00 p.m. Feb. 27 Belmont * 4:00 p.m. • Morehead State has a 2-7 record in multi-team events in the last two seasons. The Eagles took March 3-6 at OVC Tournament (Evansville, Ind.) TBD part in the 2K Empire Classic in 2018-19 and the Hall of Fame Classic last season. • Sophomore guard Jacob Rice made a short appearance in the Kentucky game. He is the first Bold indicates home game alum of Johnson Central High School (in Paintsville, Ky.) to appear in a Division I game since Jody ^ indicates Bluegrass Showcase Salisbury for Eastern Kentucky in 1991-92. * indicates OVC game All OVC games and home games, unless otherwise noted, • Four Eagles have prior experience on the Rupp Arena court. James Baker, Jr. (Meade are on ESPN+ County), Jaylen Sebree (Christian County), Jacob Rice (Johnson Central) and Skyelar Potter (Bowling Green Central) all played in the KHSAA Sweet 16 in Lexington during their prep careers. how they comparE THE PROBABLE starting 5 (based on previous game) STAT MOR RICH (19-20) Points/Game 45.0 75.3 Scoring Margin -26.0 +8.5 Field Goal Percentage .340 .466 Field Goal Percentage Defense .559 .415 3-Point Percentage .143 .362 3-Pointers Made Per Game 3.0 8.0 Free Throw Percentage .500 .776 Rebounds Per Game 25.0 34.6 Rebound Margin -12.0 -0.8 G G G F F Turnover Margin -5.0 +2.9 #1 DĒVON #2 KJ #55 TA’LON #3 JAMES #22 LJ Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.4 1.4 COOPER HUNT, JR. COOPER BAKER, JR. BRYAN 4.0 ppg 4.0 ppg 3.0 ppg 10.0 ppg 2.0 ppg 2.0 rpg 2.0 rpg 4.0 apg 2.0 rpg 2.0 rpg 2020-21 Men’s Basketball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Matt Schabert ([email protected]) QUICK FACTS YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY THE EAGLES’ RECORD WHEN ... Junior Jaden Stanley-Williams was raised on the Rocky Boys Native Amer- Leading at Half 0-0 Trailing at Half 0-1 Location Morehead, Ky. ican Reservation in Montana. He eventually moved to Great Falls, Mont., and Game is Tied at the Half 0-0 then Atlanta, Ga., to continue his basketball career. Founded 1887 Playing an Overtime Game 0-0 Leading with 1 min. Left 0-0 Enrollment 9,561 hangin with mr. cooper Trailing with 1 min. Left 0-1 Nickname Eagles The Eagles are happy to have reshirt junior DēVon Cooper back in the mix Outrebounding Opponent 0-0 Colors Blue (286), Gold (116) this year afer an injury sidelined him in 2019-20. As a sophomore in 2018-19, Outrebounded by Opponent 0-1 Cooper shot 36 percent from three-point range and registered 16 double-fig- Team Rebounds are Even 0-0 Affiliation NCAA Division I Shooting 50+% 0-0 League Ohio Valley ure scoring performances. Opponent Shoots 50+% 0-1 Making More FTs 0-0 Arena (capacity) Johnson (6,500) EAGLES ADD TWO FOR 2020-21 President Dr. Jay Morgan Making Fewer FTs 0-1 Morehead State has inked two new players to NLIs for the 2021-22 season Committing More TOs 0-1 Director of Athletics Jaime Gordon already. Chris Cole is a 6-6 combo guard from Lawrenceville, Ga., and Brook- Committing Fewer TOs 0-0 2019-20 Record 13-19 wood High School. Orginally from Aurora, Colo., 6-3 guard Tucson Redding Scoring 60 points or Less 0-1 2019-20 OVC Record 7-11 (7th) will transfer to MSU next year from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Scoring 61-69 points 0-0 Scoring 70-79 points 0-0 HALL OF FAMER Scoring 80-89 points 0-0 updates on the eagles Scoring 90 Points or More 0-0 Eagle head coach Preston Spadlin was inducted into his high school’s Hall Opponent Scores Less than 60 0-0 4 of Fame on Feb. 11, 2020. He was a four-year standout for Betsy Layne High Opponent Scores 80+ 0-1 Inside Morehead State Basketball is a weekly School in Eastern Kentucky, graduating in 2005, before his collegiate playing Game Decided by 5 or Less 0-0 half-hour news magazine dedicated to all things MSU career at Alice Lloyd (Ky.). In November 0-1 basketball. David Patrick hosts the show, which features In December 0-0 In January 0-0 interviews with MSU personnel and head coach Preston In February 0-0 Spradlin as well as fun features. The program airs each In March 0-0 Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET on the CW Lexington channel. 2020-21 roster WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE EAGLES No. Name (pronunciation) Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 4All games can be heard live on the Eagle Sports Radio 0 Tyzhaun Claude^ F 6-8 240 So. Goldsboro, N.C. (Moravian Prep [N.C.]) Network with Chuck Mraz on play-by-play and Dean 1 DēVon Cooper (DAY-vahn) G 6-4 201 R-Jr. Louisville, Ky. (Waggener HS) Hardin providing analysis throughout the season. Games 2 KJ Hunt, Jr. G 6-3 170 R-Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (McNeese State) 3 James Baker, Jr. F 6-6 205 Sr. Brandenburg, Ky. (Meade County HS) are live on WIVY-93.6 FM and all games are also avail- 4 Johni Brooke (JUH-nye) F 6-10 240 Fr. Plant City, Fla. (Tampa Catholic HS) able on MSUEagles.com. 5 Skyelar Potter (SKY-lur) G 6-3 198 Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. (Wright State) 10 Marcus Garrett G 6-1 201 R-Jr. Country Hills Club, Ill. (Wabash Valley [Ill.]) 4All home games will air live on ESPN+, the $4.99 per 11 Julius Dixon F 6-7 202 So.