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2013 2014 BLAZER BASKETBALL VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS (13-8, 7-8) at WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS (3-17, 2-12) November 11 TRINITY BAPTIST THE COMPLEX W, 97-58 Monday, February 17, 2014 8:00 p.m. UWF Field House (1,180) Pensacola, Fla. 16 FLORIDA MEMORIAL# THE COMPLEX W, 73-69 17 CARVER# THE COMPLEX W, 107-80 GAME CENTER 23 JOHNSON C. SMITH THE COMPLEX W, 91-85 (ot) VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS 26 at Albany State Albany, Ga. W, 91-89 (ot) Record: 13-8, 7-8 GSC Record: 3-17, 2-12 GSC 30 at Lynn Boca Raton, Fla. W, 81-80 (ot) Ranking: Not Ranked Ranking: Not Ranked Last Game: Defeated Union 66-63 Last Game: Lost 71-57 to Delta State December Head Coach: Mike Helfer Head Coach: Bob Stinnett 14 WEST FLORIDA* THE COMPLEX W, 80-70 Overall Record: 357-169 (.678) Overall Record: 218-152 (.589) 19 at Lee* Cleveland, Tenn. L, 72-59 Record at VSU: 171-86 (.665) Record at UWF: 55-64 (.462) Last Five Games: 2-3 Last Five Games: 0-5 January Helfer vs. West Florida: 13-4 Stinnett vs. Valdosta State: 4-5 4 WEST ALABAMA* THE COMPLEX W, 93-83 All-Time Series: 28-18 Last Meeting: Dec. 14, 2013 - @VSU 80, UWF 70 6 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE* THE COMPLEX W, 82-74 9 at North Alabama* Florence, Ala. L, 97-69 RADIO INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET 11 at Union* Jackson, Tenn. L, 64-54 Station/Internet: Talk 92.1 FM (Valdosta) / talk921.com Webcast: client.stretchinternet.com/client/uwf.portal# 16 at West Georgia* Carrollton, Ga. W, 72-64 Talent: Mike Chason Live Stats: client.stretchinternet.com/client/uwf.portal# 18 at Shorter* Rome, Ga. L, 98-84 23 (20) DELTA STATE* THE COMPLEX L, 72-68 BLAZER BITS 25 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS* THE COMPLEX W, 84-65 • Valdosta State is in its 60th season of basketball and sports an all-time record 941 victories against 611 losses. • The Blazers are in their 32nd year playing the Gulf South Conference and sports an overall league record of 236- February 212. 1 LEE* THE COMPLEX W, 76-70 • Head Coach Mike Helfer is in his ninth year as the leader of the Blazer program, making him the third-longest 6 at West Alabama* Livingston, Ala. L, 72-68 tenured coach in VSU history. Helfer has an all-time record of 171-86. 8 at Alabama-Huntsville* Huntsville, Ala. L, 73-62 • Helfer is the third-winningest coach in VSU history, just five wins behind Gary Colson for second. 13 NORTH ALABAMA* THE COMPLEX L, 79-63 • The Blazers have won 67 of 119 Gulf South Conference games in Helfer’s nine seasons with Valdosta State. 15 UNION* THE COMPLEX W, 66-63 • Valdosta State won the first game this year 80-70 in Valdosta, back on December 14. 17 at West Florida* Pensacola, Fla. 8:00 p.m. • The two teams were originally scheduled to play today’s game on Tuesday, January 28, but saw the game post- 20 WEST GEORGIA* THE COMPLEX 8:00 p.m. ponted due to a winter storm that moved through Pensacola. 22 SHORTER* THE COMPLEX 8:00 p.m. • Valdosta State and West Florida meet for the 47th time in school history, with the Blazers holding a 28-18 edge in 27 at Delta State* Cleveland, Miss. 8:30 p.m. the all-time series. • Jeremy McKay recorded his first career double-dobule with 11 points and 10 rebounds Saturday against Union. March • Meanwhile, David Murray registered his eighth double-double of the season, and the ninth of his career, with 10 1 at Christian Brothers* Memphis, Tenn. 5:00 p.m. points and 11 rebounds Saturday. 7 GSC Quarterfinals$ Birmingham, Ala. TBA • Valdosta State ended the Union game on an 11-2 run as it held the Bulldogs to just one field goal in the final eight 8 GSC Semifinals$ Birmingham, Ala. TBA minutes of play. 9 GSC Finals$ Birmingham, Ala. TBA • The Blazers victory over Union marked the first time this year this season that Valdosta State won a game when scoring fewer than 70 points in a game. HOME GAME; *GSC Game; #Comfort Suites Classic; • VSU made 16-of-20 free throws Saturday evening, including seven of eight in the final five minutes, which marked (#)-national ranking; All Times Eastern Valdosta State’s final seven points of the victory. PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP (BASED ON LAST GAME) DAVID MURRAY JEREMY MCKAY COLIN COOK BLAKE JUSTICE JALEN CRAWFORD #1 #3 #15 #20 #33 Sr. Forward Sr. Guard Jr. Forward So. Guard Jr. Guard 6-4 220 5-10 160 6-8 210 6-3 190 6-3 205 Birmingham, Ala. Headland, Ala. Atlanta, Ga. Peebles, Ohio Detroit, Mich. Pts - 12.0 Pts - 12.8 Pts - 7.9 Pts - 12.9 Pts - 14.1 Rbs - 9.2 Rbs - 4.7 Rbs - 5.5 Rbs - 4.1 Rbs - 3.5 Mins. - 29.9 Mins. - 31.2 Mins. - 23.2 Mins. - 31.7 Mins. - 31.9 2013-14 VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL OPPONENT CAPSULE - WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS PROJECTED STARTERS* STAT BREAKDOWN # Name Class Pos. Pts. Reb. Assts. Blks. Stls. Team Stats 00 Terrence Townes Jr. G 14.7 4.5 38 1 11 2 Deangleo Legrier Fr. F 4.4 3.4 13 11 10 VSU Stat UWF 4 Savon Bracey So. F 3.6 2.3 8 2 4 77.1 PPG 73.8 5 Nate Johnson Sr. G 19.7 9.7 57 8 22 75.1 Opp. PPG 82.1 23 Ellis Young Sr. F 11.6 3.6 22 12 11 +2.0 Scoring Margin -8.3 *based on last game played .418 FG% .462 .440 Opp. FG% .506 A LOOK AT THE SERIES... .349 3-FG% .368 .310 Opp. 3-FG% .384 Scouting the Argonauts The Series vs. West Florida .712 FT% .675 A dangerous team despite a sub-par record, West Tuesday’s contest marks the 47th time that Valdosta .712 Opp. FT% .698 Florida enters Tuesday’s game with a 3-17 record, in- State and West Florida have played, with VSU holding a 39.3 RPG 37.2 cluding a 2-12 mark in GSC play. 28-18 edge in the series. 40.2 Opp. RPG 37.0 The Argonauts feature a talented roster, which is Blazer Head Coach Mike Helfer has posted a 13-4 -0.9 Reb. Margin +0.2 led by senior guard Nate Johnson, who is averaging 19.7 record against the Argonauts, including victories in each 13.1 Off. RPG 14.5 points and 9.7 rebounds a game. Johnson also leads the of the last two meeting between the two schools. VSU’s 26.2 Def. RPG 22.8 team with 57 assists and 22 steals on the year. win in Valdosta last February snapped a four-game winning 238 TO 296 Junior guard Terrence Townes adds 14.7 points streak for the Argonauts, which dated back to the second 11.3 TOPG 14.8 per game while two Ellis Young contributes 11.6 points meeting during the 2010-11 season. 272 Opp. TO 217 an outing. Below is a closer look at the series under Helfer. 13.0 Opp. TOPG 10.9 West Florida shoots 46.2 percent from the floor, Date Site Result +1.7 TO Margin -3.9 including 36.8 percent from beyond the three-point line. 12/14/13 Valdosta, Ga. W, 80-70 221 Assists 244 UWF is a good rebounding team as it averages 37.2 02/23/13 Valdosta, Ga. W, 86-81 10.5 APG 12.2 per game while out-rebounding foes by more than five 01/19/13 Pensacola, Fla. L, 99-93 0.93 Assist-TO Ratio 0.82 rebounds per contest. The Argonauts’ problems arise in 02/25/12 Pensacola, Fla. L, 89-76 125 Steals 96 that opponents shoot better than 50 percent from the 01/28/12 Valdosta, Ga. L, 73-63 6.0 SPG 4.8 floor. 02/24/11 Pensacola, Fla. L, 83-78 77 Blocks 48 01/27/11 Valdosta, Ga. W, 88-59 3.7 BPG 2.4 Head Coach Bob Stinnett 02/10/10 Pensacola, Fla. W, 83-73 Now in his fifth season with West Florida, Bob 01/13/10 Valdosta, Ga. W, 88-61 Individual Leaders Stinnett became the Argonauts head coach on July 27, 02/28/09 Pensacola, Fla. W, 77-65 2009. The appointment as head coach returned Stinnett 01/31/09 Valdosta, Ga. W, 78-60 VSU Stat UWF to West Florida, where he played collegiately and served 03/01/08 Valdosta, Ga. W, 65-42 Crawford - 14.1 PPG Johnson - 19.7 as a team captain on the first basketball team in univer- 02/02/08 Pensacola, Fla. W, 67-65 Justice - 12.9 Townes - 14.7 sity history. 02/24/07 Valdosta, Ga. W, 98-92 (3ot) McKay - 12.9 Young - 11.6 In his four-plus years as head coach of the Argo- 01/27/07 Pensacola, Fla. W, 70-62 Murray - 9.2 RPG Johnson - 9.7 nauts, Stinnet has tallied a 55-64 record, including a 21- 02/25/06 Pensacola, Fla. W, 83-80 Cook - 5.5 Gac - 4.9 48 mark in Gulf South Conference play, and has led UWF 12/10/05 Valdosta, Ga. W, 74-69 Cook - .527 FG% Gac - .531 to the semifinals of the GSC Tournament in each of the VSU Points Per Game: 79.2 (1347 pts) Murray - .415 3-FG% Johnson - .524 last two seasons.