2015-16 South Alabama Men's Basketball
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www.USAJaguars.com 2015-16 @SouthAlaMBK SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 2 • South Alabama Jaguars (1-0) at North Carolina State Wolfpack (0-1) November 15, 2015 • 5 p.m. CST • PNC Arena (19,700) • Raleigh, N.C. • Legends Classic South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2015-16 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Matthew Graves (Butler, 1998) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 24-41 (3rd year) 11/13 AUBURN-MONTGOMERY W 88-68 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: Same 11/15 at North Carolina State# 5 p.m. CST Enrollment .....................................................................16,462 President ..........Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina ‘74) N.C. State Mark Gottfried (Alabama, 1987) 11/19 at LSU# 8 p.m. Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) Record at NCST: 92-53 (4th year) 11/23 vs. Belmont# 3 p.m. CST National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I Overall Record: 370-208 (19th year) 11/24 vs. Kenn. State/IUPUI# 2/4:30 p.m. CST Conference .................................................................Sun Belt 11/28 at Denver 3 p.m. CST Home Court ..................................Mitchell Center (10,000) LAST GAME 11/30 SPRING HILL 7:05 p.m. Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars South Alabama rallied from a fi rst-half defi cit to defeat Auburn- 12/5 at Middle Tennessee 5 p.m. School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White Montgomery 88-68. North Carolina State fell 85-68 at home to Wil- 12/14 SOUTHERN MISS 7:05 p.m. liam & Mary. 12/18 at Samford 7 p.m. • Coaching Staff • 12/22 RICE 7:05 p.m. Head Coach .................................................Matthew Graves NEXT GAME 12/30 LITTLE ROCK* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 1998 The Jaguars travel to LSU Thursday. The Wolfpack host IUPUI Wednes- 1/2 ARKANSAS STATE* 4:05 p.m. Record at South Alabama .........................24-41 (3rd year) day. 1/7 at Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. CST Career Record .................................................................Same 1/9 at Georgia State* 1:30 p.m. CST Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 ON THE AIR 1/14 TEXAS STATE* 7:05 p.m. : Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings TV ESPNU; Mike Couzens (pxp), Len Elmore (color) 1/16 TEXAS-ARLINGTON* 4:05 p.m. Radio: 710 AM WNTM; J.D. Byars (pxp) Assistant Coach .............................................Darnell Archey 1/21 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:15 p.m. On the web: WatchESPN (video); www.iheart.com/live/newsradio- Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 2003 710-wntm-1 (audio) 1/23 at Louisiana-Monroe* 4 p.m. Assistant Coach ...........................................Russ Willemsen 1/26 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. Alma Mater ...............................................................Lee, 2004 RANKINGS end of season) 1/30 APPALACHIAN STATE* 7:05 p.m. Assistant Coach .................................................Brock Morris USA: #271 RPI, #291 Sagarin 2/4 at Arkansas State* 7:35 p.m. Alma Mater ....................................................Alabama, 2008 NCST: #32 RPI, #42 Sagarin 2/6 at Little Rock* 6 p.m. Director of Basketball Operations ....Jordan Surenkamp 2/11 GEORGIA STATE* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ......................................................Wabash, 2013 THE SERIES 2/13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 4:05 p.m. Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown Sunday will be the fi rst meeting between the two schools. 2/16 TROY* 7:05 p.m. 2/18 at Appalachian State* 6:30 p.m. CST • Athletic Media Relations • 2/25 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:05 p.m. Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund 2/27 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* 4:05 p.m. Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 3/3 at Texas-Arlington* 7:15 p.m. Email [email protected] Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact . Matt Horne 3/5 at Texas State* 4:30 p.m. Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 3/10-13 at Sun Belt Tournament@ TBA Email [email protected] * Sun Belt Conference game AMR Fax .........................................................(251) 460-7297 # Legends Classic Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 Quick Hits AMR Mailing Address ............................5950 Old Shell Rd. Record: 1-0 Mitchell Center Room 1209 vs. non-conf: 1-0 / vs. Sun Belt: 0-0 Mobile, AL 36688 Streak: Won 1 Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 4-1 / 6-4 / 7-8 • Basketball History • Longest winning / losing streak: 1 / 0 First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 Wins vs. RPI Top 50 / 100: 0 / 0 Overall All-Time Record ...........................................762-582 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................327-265 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes Sun Belt Tournament titles .........1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 0 Shaq Calhoun G 6-4 205 So. 7.0 3.0 1.0 10 points in 14 minutes vs. Mobile 1998, 2006 1 Ken Williams G 6-3 190 Jr. 28.0 21.0 4.0 Team-high 21 pts vs. AUM; 1st Team Preseason All-SBC 2 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 172 So. 22.0 9.0 3.0 Set USA frosh records for pts (414), FTs (138) & FTAs (177) Media Relations Contacts 4 Barrington Stevens III G 5-11 182 Sr. 25.0 9.0 5.0 2nd player in USA history to have 2 seasons w/ 2.0 assist/TO ratio South Alabama 5 Don MuepoKelly F 6-7 238 Jr. 14.0 4.0 2.0 10 rebounds vs. Mobile in exhibition win Matt Horne ([email protected]) 10 Georgi Boyanov F 6-7 210 Jr. 29.0 5.0 10.0 10 rebs vs. AUM, 4th career dbl-digit rebound game (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 11 Nikola Marijan F 7-1 235 Fr. 11.0 4.0 6.0 Enrolled at USA in Jan. 2015, sat out as a redshirt (912) 536-5806 (cell) 14 Devin Epps G 5-11 175 So. — — — 3-for-3 on 3-ptrs last season 20 Tafari Whittingham F 6-8 215 Jr. 21.0 14.0 7.0 Career-high 14 pts (6-8 FGs), 7 rebs vs. AUM North Carolina State 21 Nick Davis G 6-6 185 So. — — — Redshirted last season, ineligible until December Josh Rattray ([email protected]) 22 John Brown G 6-4 200 Sr. 12.0 2.0 2.0 9 points, 4-8 FGs vs. Mobile (919) 515-1182 (offi ce) 24 Nick Stover F 6-6 200 Jr. 31.0 17.0 9.0 Career-high 17 pts, 9 rebs (tie) vs. AUM; sat out 14-15 (transfer) (919) 605-2445 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME South Alabama 88, Auburn-Montgomery 68 • November 13, 2015 • OPENING TIP MOBILE, Ala. — Down as many as 12 points late in the fi rst half, the University of • South Alabama is 1-0 for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons. South Alabama men’s basketball team outscored Auburn-Montgomery 20-3 over the • USA is 10-37 all-time in road openers and has lost 19 of its last 21. • The Jaguars last defeated a member of the ACC in the 2012-13 season opener, a 76-71 win at No. 25/24 next 8:24 to take control and eventually pull away for an 88-68 win Friday night at the Florida State. Mitchell Center. • USA allowed AUM to shoot 43.6 percent (17-39) from the fl oor and 47.1 percent (8-17) from 3-point The Jaguars win their home opener for the 24th consecutive season and start 1-0 land in the fi rst half, but just 31.0 percent (9-29) from the fi eld after halftime and missed all 13 attempts for the 10th time in the last 11 years. The game was an exhibition for the Warhawks. from behind the arc. “First off , I thought Auburn-Montgomery did an outstanding job of spreading • On the other end of the fl oor, the Jaguars converted 60 percent (18-30) of their fi eld-goal attempts in us out and making it diffi cult on our ball-screen coverage,” USA head coach Matthew the second half. Graves said. “We really struggled and weren’t aggressive. At halftime, they had made • USA has scored 81 points or more in three of its last fi ve games dating back to the end of last year. eight 3s and we committed two fouls. It was our mentality; we were soft on the ball, we • Junior Nick Stover, in his fi rst game since the 2013-14 season after transferring from Loyola Marymount, were soft in rotations and we were really soft rebounding the basketball; obviously that set a new career high with 17 points and tied his personal best with nine rebounds. He shot 6-for-12 attributed to them scoring 45 points at halftime. from the fl oor and 3-for-5 from 3-point land. Stover averaged 4.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 62 career “In the second half I thought we made some good adjustments on ball-screen games at LMU. coverage, we limited their good looks and ultimately we go on to win by 20.” • Junior Tafari Whittingham came off the bench to post career-high totals of 14 points and seven rebounds. Junior Nick Stover (Los Angeles, Calif.), in his fi rst game since the 2013-14 season Twelve of those points came in the second half as he made all fi ve of his fi eld-goal attempts. He missed after transferring from Loyola Marymount, set a new career high with 17 points and all but fi ve games last year with a knee injury and received a medical redshirt. tied his personal best with nine rebounds. He shot 6-for-12 from the fl oor and 3-for-5 • Senior Ken Williams recorded his 12th career 20-point game — 11th since the start of last season — vs.