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PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Men’s Basketball Report [email protected] Rebecca Hay, Public Relations Assistant Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 WEEK 15 BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON 2008-09 BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS CHOICE HOTELS CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Big South Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neu L10 Streak ARTSIOM PARAKHOUSKI xy-Radford 14 2 .875 17 10 .630 8-4 9-6 0-0 9-1 W8 Jr. • Center • Radford x-Liberty 11 5 .688 20 9 .690 13-1 5-8 2-0 7-3 L1 Minsk, Belarus x-VMI 11 5 .688 20 7 .741 12-3 8-4 0-0 6-4 L3 Parakhouski averaged 23.0 points, x-UNC Asheville 10 7 .588 14 14 .500 10-3 4-11 0-0 6-4 W2 9.0 rebounds and an impressive 85.0 Presbyterian ** 8 8 .500 11 16 .407 8-2 3-13 0-1 5-5 L1 percent from the field (17-of-20) in Gardner-Webb 7 9 .438 11 16 .407 5-5 6-11 0-0 3-7 L5 two wins last week. He opened his week with 29 points and eight Winthrop 7 9 .438 9 18 .333 5-6 4-11 0-1 4-6 W3 rebounds in Radford’s road win at Coastal Carolina 5 11 .313 11 17 .393 8-6 2-10 1-1 4-6 L2 Charleston Southern. He scored 20 High Point 4 12 .250 8 18 .308 4-9 4-9 0-0 3-7 L1 points in the second half and finished Charleston Southern 3 12 .200 8 18 .308 6-10 2-8 0-0 3-7 W1 9-of-11 from the floor and 11-of-16 from the free throw line. Parakhouski x - Clinched Quarterfinal home game in Big South Tournament backed that effort with his 14th dou- y - Big South Regular-Season Champion ble-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a victory at ** - Presbyterian is not eligible for the 2009 postseason tournament VMI. He was 8-of-9 from the field and also assisted on three baskets. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS JOHN WILLIAMS Monday, Feb. 23 Monday, Feb. 16 Soph. • Forward • UNC Asheville Longwood at HIGH POINT..................................7:00pm LIBERTY 85, at COASTAL CAROLINA 82 * Raleigh, N.C. at PRESBYTERIAN 63, VMI 57 * Williams averaged 25.0 points, Tuesday, Feb. 24 RADFORD 80, at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 71 * 5.5 rebounds, 6.0 blocked shots and CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at WINTHROP * ..............7:00pm 76.0 percent from the field (19-of- VMI at LIBERTY * (TV: FTN) ................................7:00pm Wednesday, Feb. 18 25) in two wins last week. He WINTHROP 60, at GARDNER-WEBB 55 * scored a career-high 32 points Wednesday, Feb. 25 UNC ASHEVILLE 81, at HIGH POINT 78 * (OT) against High Point, grabbed 10 PRESBYTERIAN at GARDNER-WEBB * ....................7:00pm rebounds and blocked five shots HIGH POINT at RADFORD * ................................7:00pm Saturday, Feb. 21 against the Panthers while going 11- RADFORD 97, at VMI 90 * of-14 from the field and 10-of-14 Thursday, Feb. 26 at UNC ASHEVILLE 74, COASTAL CAROLINA 63 * from the line. On Saturday vs. COASTAL CAROLINA at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *....7:30pm at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 57, PRESBYTERIAN 52 * Coastal Carolina, Williams tallied 18 at WINTHROP 65, Appalachian State 63 points on 8-of-11 shooting and Saturday, Feb. 28 at James Madison 90, GARDNER-WEBB 78 blocked a career-best seven shots COASTAL CAROLINA at WINTHROP * ....................2:00pm at Old Dominion 80, LIBERTY 56 in the victory. LIBERTY at RADFORD * (TV: MASN) ......................6:00pm CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at GARDNER-WEBB * ........7:00pm VMI at HIGH POINT * ........................................7:00pm NEW BALANCE UNC ASHEVILLE at PRESBYTERIAN *......................7:00pm FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK CHASE HOLMES End of regular-season * - Big South Conference game Guard • Presbyterian Big South school in ALL CAPS Spartanburg, S.C. Holmes averaged 19.5 points * - Big South Conference game and 6.0 rebounds in two games for Big South school in ALL CAPS the Blue Hose. He poured in a All Times EST and subject to change career-high 24 points and grabbed six rebounds in Presbyterian’s win over VMI, while going 10-of-17 from the field. Against Charleston Southern, Holmes tallied 15 points and six rebounds in a narrow loss to the Buccaneers. For the week, Holmes was 16-of-29 from the field ( =.552 percent), 7-of-10 from the charity stripe ( =.700) and averaged 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals. BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • FEB. 23, 2009 2008-09 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES Week Choice Hotels Player of the Week F OMAR CARTER, SOPH, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Nov. 17 F Travis Holmes, Sr., VMI 16.5 PPG, 10.5 REB in 2 GP ... 11-of-22 FG ( =.500), 5- 25.0 PPG, 5.5 REB, 3.5 AST, 3.5 STL, 17-24 FG ( =.708) in 2 GP ... 30 PTS, 7 REB in win at Kentucky of-9 3FG ( =.556), 6-of-8 FT ( =.750) ... 18 PTS, 12 REB Nov. 24 G Jamarco Warren, Soph., Charleston Southern vs. Radford ... 15 PTS, 9 REB vs. Presbyterian. 25.3 PPG, 2.3 REB, 2.0 AST, 1.8 STL, 28-45 FG ( =.622), 16-27 3FG ( =.593) in 3 GP ... Two 28-point games Dec. 1 G Seth Curry, Fr., Liberty F JOSEPH HARRIS, R-JR, COASTAL CAROLINA 23.0 PPG, 4.0 REB, 27-of-52 FG ( =.519), 10-of-24 3FG ( =.417) in 3 GP ... 26 PTS in win at UVA ... 21 PTS in win over W&M 23.0 PPG, 13.0 REB, 2.5 STL in 2 GP ... 18-of-29 FG ( Dec. 8 F Travis Holmes, Sr., VMI =.621), 10-of-14 FT ( =.714) ... 14 PTS, 14 REB vs. 23.5 PPG, 5.0 REB, 7.0 AST, 5.0 STL in 2 GP ... 17-of-28 FG ( =.607), 3-of-9 3FG ( =.333) ... 10-of-13 FT ( =.769) Liberty ... 32 PTS, 12 REB, 4 STL at UNC Asheville. Dec. 15 G Chavis Holmes, Sr., VMI 24.5 PPG, 3.5 AST, 3.5 STL, 3.0 REB in 2 GP ... 16-of=26 FH ( =.615), 4-of-11 3FG ( =.364), 13-of-15 FT ( =.867) F/C CRUZ DANIELS, R-JR, HIGH POINT Dec. 22 G Grayson Flittner, Jr., Gardner-Webb 25 PTS, 15 REB, 4 BLK vs. UNC Asheville ... 11-of-14 22.5 PPG, 5.0 AST in 2 GP ... 12-of-22 FG ( =.545), 8-of-14 3FG ( =.571), 13-of-13 FT ( =1.000) ... 31 PTS, 10-of-10 FT at WCU FG ( =.786), 3-of-3 FT ( =1.000). Jan. 5 F Joseph Harris, R-Jr., Coastal Carolina 13.7 PPG, 11.7 REB in 3 GP ... 17-of-27 FG ( =.630), 14 OFF REB, 2.3 AST, 2.0 STL, 1.3 BLK ... Double-doubles each game G SETH CURRY, FR, LIBERTY 23.0 PPG, 7.0 REB, 2.5 AST in 2 GP ... 17-of-43 FG ( G Chavis Holmes, Sr., VMI 25.0 PPG, 5.5 REB in 2 GP ... 15-of-28 FG ( =.536), 6-of-13 3FG ( =.462), 14-of-21 FT ( =.667) ... 23 PTS vs. RICH, 27 vs. GWU =.395), 8-of-25 3FG ( =.320), 4-of-4 FT ( =1.000) ... 22 PTS, 8 REB at Coastal Carolina ... 24 PTS, 6 REB at Old Jan. 12 G Austin Kenon, Soph., VMI Dominion. 27.5 PPG, 3.5 REB, 3.0 AST in 2 GP ... 18-of-33 FG ( =.545), 13-of-21 3FG ( =.619), 6-of-7 FT ( =.857) in two League wins Jan. 19 G Seth Curry, Fr., Liberty G CHASE HOLMES, FR, PRESBYTERIAN 25.0 PPG, 4.5 REB, 2.5 STL in 2 GP ... 15-of-28 FG ( =.536), 4-of-12 3FG ( =.333), 16-of-17 FT ( =.941) ... 35 PTS in VMI win See Freshman of the Week Jan. 26 G Anthony Smith, Sr., Liberty 21.0 PPG, 7.5 REB, 3.0 STL in 2 GP ... 12-of-25 FG ( =.480), 9-of-16 3FG ( =.563) ... 24 PTS at HPU ... 18 PTS, 12 REB vs. RU Feb. 2 G Kyle Ohman, Jr., Liberty 21.0 PPG, 5.5 REB, 3.0 AST, 1.5 BLK, 1.0 STL in 2 GP ... 13-of-22 FG ( =.591), 8-of-14 3FG ( =.571) ... 26 PTS vs. HPU Feb. 9 C Artsiom Parakhouski, Jr., Radford 18.0 PPG, 12.5 REB in 2 GP ... 13-of-22 FG ( =.591), 10-of-12 FT ( =.833), 3 AST, 2 STL in two wins ... 15 PTS, 17 REB at WU G Reid Augst, Sr., UNC Asheville 21.0 PPG, 7.0 REB, 5.0 AST, 2.0 STL in 2 GP ... 15-of-28 FG ( =.536), 6-of-6 3FG ( =1.000), 6-of-7 FT ( =.857) in two wins Feb. 16 F Joseph Harris, R-Jr., Coastal Carolina 23.5 PPG, 18.0 REB, 3.5 AST, 2.0 BLK in 2 GP ... 21-of-36 FG ( =.583) ... 14 PTS, 14 REB at RU ... 33 PTS, 22 REB vs. VMI Feb. 23 C Artsiom Parakhouski, Jr., Radford 23.0 PPG, 9.0 REB, 2.0 AST, 1.5 BLK in 2 GP ... 17-of-20 FG ( =.850), 12-of-20 FT ( =.600) ... 9-11 FG at CSU; 8-9 FG at VMI F John Williams, R-Soph., UNC Asheville 25.0 PPG, 6.0 BLK in 2 GP ..