2012-13 Morehead State Men's Basketball
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2012-13 MOREHEAD STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME #1 -- EAGLES (0-0) AT LIU BROOKLYN BLACKBIRDS (0-0) FRIDAY, NOV. 9 -- 5:45 P.M. ET -- BARCLAYS CENTER -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. SCHEDULE & RESULTS NOTES Day Date Opponent Time (ET) HOW DID LAST YEAR END UP? Fri. Nov. 9 vs. LIU Brooklyn & 5:45 p.m. Morehead State finished 18-15 overall and 10-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference last year. Mon. Nov. 12 at Maryland & 8:00 p.m. The Eagles fell to Tennessee State in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament. Thurs. Nov. 15 Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 7:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 18 Lafayette (Pa.) & 2:00 p.m. THE RETURNEES Wed. Nov. 21 at Kentucky & 7:00 p.m. Morehead State returns six players from the 2011-12 season. Junior Drew Kelly is the Mon. Nov. 26 Norfolk State 7:00 p.m. team’s top returning scorer at 10.2 per contest. The Eagles return 47 percent of their Wed. Nov. 28 at Marshall 7:00 p.m. scoring, 68 percent of their rebounding and 32 percent of their assists in 2012-13. Sat. Dec. 1 at Wright State 2:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 5 North Dakota State 7:00 p.m. THE NEWCOMERS Sat. Dec. 8 Indiana State 2:00 p.m. Morehead State welcomes 10 transfers and three freshmen to the program in 2012-13. Wed. Dec. 19 at South Dakota 8:00 p.m. Senior Jason Holmes and sophomore Brent Arrington played in last year’s NCAA Fri. Dec. 21 at North Dakota State 8:00 p.m. Tournament with Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Mississippi Valley State. Fri. Dec. 28 Southern Mississippi 7:30 p.m. Sun. Dec. 30 Union (Ky.) 2:00 p.m. EXHIBITION RECAP Thurs. Jan. 3 SIU Edwardsville # 7:00 p.m. Morehead State defeated St. Catharine (Ky.), 71-54, in its lone exhibition contest on Sat. Jan. 5 Eastern Illinois # 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3. The Eagles used 12 players, with 10 individuals cracking the scoring column, 10 Wed. Jan. 9 at Austin Peay # 8:00 p.m. players pulling down a rebound and eight individuals recording an assist. Sat. Jan. 12 at Eastern Kentucky # 7:00 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 17 at Southeast Missouri # 8:00 p.m. TOP PRESEASON PERFORMERS Sat. Jan. 19 at UT Martin # 7:00 p.m. Jason Holmes led Morehead State with 13 points on 6-of-8 from the field in the Thurs. Jan. 24 Belmont # 7:00 p.m. exhibition, while junior Chad Posthumus yanked down a team-best nine rebounds in Sat. Jan. 26 Tennessee State # 7:30 p.m. just 13 minutes. Senior Devon Atkinson added team highs of seven assists and four Thurs. Jan. 31 at Belmont # 8:00 p.m. steals in just 20 minutes, while senior Milton Chavis blocked a team-best four shots. Sat. Feb. 2 at Jacksonville State # 5:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 9 Eastern Kentucky # 5:30 p.m. SCOUTING THE BLACKBIRDS Thurs. Feb. 14 Jacksonville State # 7:00 p.m. LIU Brooklyn finished last season 25-9 overall, 16-2 in the Northeast Conference and Sat. Feb. 16 Tennessee Tech # 7:30 p.m. 15-0 at home. The Blackbirds have played in the last two NCAA Tournaments after Wed. Feb. 20 Murray State # 7:00 p.m. winning back-to-back NEC Tournament championships. LIUB has four starters and nine Sat. Feb. 23 at BracketBusters TBA letterwinners back from the 2011-12 campaign. Thurs. Feb. 28 at Tennessee State # 7:00 p.m. Sat. March 2 at Tennessee Tech # 8:30 p.m. A CHALLENGING SCHEDULE Wed. March 6 OVC First Round $ 7 or 9 p.m. Morehead State is scheduled to play 13 games against postseason teams from a year Thurs. March 7 OVC Second Round $ 7 or 9 p.m. ago. The Eagles will face 2012 NCAA Tournament participants LIU Brooklyn (Nov. 9), Fri. March 8 OVC Semifinals $ TBA Kentucky (Nov. 21) and Norfolk State (Nov. 26) during the season’s first month. Sat. March 9 OVC Championship $ TBA NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES & Denotes Barclays Center Classic Morehead State has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances in school history. The # Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game Eagles have played in the “big dance” two of the past four seasons (2009 & 2011). $ Denotes OVC Tournament game in Nashville, Tenn. PROBABLE STARTERS (subject to change / includes 2011-12 statistics) F #00 Drew Kelly 6-7 235 R-Jr. Franklin, Tenn. Miami University 24.8 min 10.2 ppg 4.8 rpg .463 FG% .765 FT% F #24 Milton Chavis 6-6 210 Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Kilgore College 19.2 min 7.9 ppg 4.2 rpg .530 FG% .655 FT% C #42 Jason Holmes 6-9 225 R-Sr. Elk Grove, Ill. Mississippi Valley State *** did not play due to injury *** G #2 Devon Atkinson 6-1 175 Sr. Farmville, N.C. Brunswick CC 8.7 min 1.5 ppg 0.8 apg .425 FG% 3-4 FT G #22 Angelo Warner 6-3 200 So. Orlando, Fla. Jones HS 20.6 min 6.0 ppg 4.5 rpg .362 FG% .753 FT% MSUEagles.com 1 Game Notes 2012-13 MOREHEAD STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME #1 -- EAGLES (0-0) AT LIU BROOKLYN BLACKBIRDS (0-0) FRIDAY, NOV. 9 -- 5:45 P.M. ET -- BARCLAYS CENTER -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. GAMEDAY & CONTACT INFO MORE NOTES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Live Video: ESPN3.com Morehead State has won 13 Ohio Valley Conference championships. The total includes nine Radio Broadcast: WIVY-96.3 FM (Morehead) regular-season crowns (last in 2003) and four tournament titles (last in 2011). Audio Streaming & Live Stats: MSUEagles.com Audio on Mobile Phones: m.Morehead.EZStream.com OVC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Play-by-Play: Chuck Mraz Morehead State has won the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year award twice in the Media Relations: Matt Segal past three years. Kenneth Faried, who now plays for the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, earned the 606-783-2557 (office) / 317-501-3627 (cell) recognition in 2010 and 2011. [email protected] Facebook: Facebook.com/MSUEagles ROLLING AT JOHNSON ARENA Twitter: Twitter.com/MSUAthletics Morehead State has won 86 percent (50-8) of its home games over the past four seasons, YouTube: YouTube.com/MSUEagleAthletics including 91 percent (32-3) in Ohio Valley Conference play. UNIVERSITY INFO RECORD IMPROVEMENT Morehead State improved each season from 2006-07 to 2010-11. The Eagles went 12-18 Location: Morehead, Ky. (.400) in 2006-07, 15-15 (.500) in 2007-08, 20-16 (.556) in 2008-09, 24-11 (.686) in 2009-10 and Founded: 1887 25-10 (.714) in 2010-11. MSU also played in two NCAA Tournaments during the stretch. Enrollment: 10,215 Nickname: Eagles CLIMBING THE RPI LADDER Colors: Blue and Gold Morehead State went from a Ratings Percentage Index of 321 in 2005-06 to an RPI of 64 in Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2010-11. The 257-spot jump was the largest improvement of any NCAA Division I program Conference: Ohio Valley Conference over those five years. Facility: Ellis T. Johnson Arena (6,500) President: Dr. Wayne D. Andrews A WINNING PROGRAM Athletic Director: Brian Hutchinson Morehead State went from a record of 4-23 (.148) in 2005-06 to a mark of 25-10 (.714) in 2010- 11. The 21-win increase was also the largest improvement of any NCAA Division I program 2011-12 TALE OF THE TAPE over those five years. Team Statistics MSU LIUB EAGLE EXPOSURE SCORING 2070 2769 Every 2012-13 Morehead State men’s basketball game will be shown live on television or the Points per game 62.7 81.4 internet. Check the MBB schedule page on MSUEagles.com for more information. Scoring margin +1.6 +3.8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 701-1621 920-1940 HELPING THOSE IN NEED Field goal percentage .432 .474 Head Coach Sean Woods recently participated in a telethon to raise money for Hurricane 3-POINT FG-ATTEMPTS 215-599 225-606 Sandy victims at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Ky. Donations can be made by calling 859-253-1331, 3-point FG percentage .359 .371 1-800-733-2767 or visiting RedCross.org. 3-pt FG made per game 6.5 6.6 SEAN WOODS TV SHOW FREE THROWS-ATTEMPTS 453-608 704-965 The weekly Sean Woods Television Show will begin in early December and air throughout Free throw percentage .745 .730 the hoops season on Lexington’s CWKYT. Details will be announced soon on MSUEagles.com. FTs made per game 13.7 20.7 REBOUNDS 1023 1295 EAGLE SPORTS COACHES SHOW Rebounds per game 31.0 38.1 Sean Woods will also be featured on the weekly Eagle Sports Coaches Show during the Rebounding margin +2.6 +1.8 basketball season. The video is posted on MSUEagles.com each Tuesday evening and the ASSISTS 394 500 radio version is re-broadcast that night from 6-7 p.m. ET on WIVY-96.3 FM. Assists per game 11.9 14.7 TURNOVERS 493 546 Turnovers per game 14.9 16.1 THE SERIES VS. LIU BROOKLYN Turnover margin +1.0 -2.3 Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.9 Overall: LIU Brooklyn leads 1-0 STEALS 282 206 In Brooklyn: First meeting Steals per game 8.5 6.1 Streak: LIU Brooklyn won the last meeting BLOCKS 42 113 First Meeting: 1982-83 season (LIU Brooklyn 81, Morehead State 79) Blocks per game 1.3 3.3 Last Meeting: Same as first meeting MSUEagles.com 2 Game Notes 2012-13 MOREHEAD STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME #1 -- EAGLES (0-0) AT LIU BROOKLYN BLACKBIRDS (0-0) FRIDAY, NOV.