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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 10 |GAME vs. FAU 10 | - vs.Page FAU 1 COntact: Amy Woodruff, Assistant Communications Director O: (305) 284-3241 | C: (813) 410-1194 [email protected] | @CanesHoops SETTING THE SCENE PRINTED GUIDES ARE IN THE PAST FOR UM The University of Miami Athletics Web Services department MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic has developed a first-of-a-kind Digital Guide on the Canes athletic Dec. 17, 2011 | BankAtlantic Center | Sunrise, Fla.| 12 p.m. programs. Built for web browsers, as well as iPad and Xoom tablets, 2011-12 TV: Fox Sports Network the digital guide is a living preview of the UM basketball program. Filled with vivid photography, exclusive videos and a ton of historical Radio: 560 WQAM perspective, it will quickly become a valuable resource for die-hard MIAMI (5-4) FAU Webcast: WQAM.com Hurricanes fans. Officials: Ray Natili, Dwayne Gladden, Andrew Marotta UM MEN’S BASKETBALL DIGITAL GUIDE HUrricanES OWLS http://mbbguide.theusports.com/mbb1.html Series: Miami leads the series 20-1 national RANKING national RANKING Last Meeting: March 16, 2011 -- / -- -- / -- Miami won 85-62 in the NIT in Coral Gables, Fla. 2011-12 SCHEDULE LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE L, 77-66 at West Virginia L, 75-68 at Miss State COACH LARRANAGA 11/03 Florida Southern (exhibition) W, 88-78 LEADERS LEADERS Jim Larranaga came to Miami after 11/11 Tennessee Tech TheACC.com W, 69-58 serving as the head coach at George 11/15 Rutgers ESPN3 W, 72-57 Scoring per Game Scoring per Game Malcolm Grant - 15.8 Greg Gantt - 12.9 Mason for 14 seasons. He guided 11/19 North Florida TheACC.com W, 75-62 Durand Scott - 11.9 Pablo Bertone - 11.0 the program to five NCAA Tourna- 11/22 Florida Gulf Coast RSN W, 60-50 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game ment appearances (2011, 2008, 11/25 at Ole Miss FSN L, 64-61 (OT) Durand Scott - 5.0 Pablo Bertone - 6.0 2006, 2001, 1999) – including an 11/29 at Purdue ! ESPN2 L, 76-65 Assists per Game Assists per Game unprecedented run to the 2006 Final 12/03 Massachusetts ESPNU W, 83-75 Durand Scott - 3.7 Raymond Taylor - 5.1 Four that captured the nation’s 12/06 No. 21/20 Memphis ESPN2 L, 71-54 HEAD Coach HEAD Coach attention. Following that 12/10 at West Virginia ESPN2 L, 77-66 run, he was selected the 12/17 vs. Florida Atlantic + FSN 12 p.m. Jim Larranaga Mike Jarvis Overall: 475-338 (28th) Overall: 363-261 (23rd) 2006 Clair Bee Coach of 12/22 at Charlotte 7:30 p.m. Division I: 448-312 (26th) At FAU: 44-59 (4th) the Year. 12/30 Appalachian State TheACC.com 7 p.m. At UM: 5-4 (1st) 01/02 UNC Greensboro RSN 9 p.m. 01/07 at Virginia * ESPNU 6 p.m. 01/10 at North Carolina * Raycom/ESPN3 9 p.m. 01/18 Clemson * RSN/ESPN3 7 p.m. THE GAME 01/22 NC State * ACCN/ESPN3 12 p.m. Miami (5-4) faces Florida Atlantic University (4-6) in the MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic at 01/24 at Georgia Tech * ESPNU 9 p.m. the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. 01/29 at Boston College * Raycom/ESPN3 1 p.m. 02/01 Maryland * Raycom/ESPN3 8 p.m. THE SERIES 02/05 at Duke * ESPNU 3 p.m. 02/09 Virginia Tech TBA/ESPN3 9 p.m. Miami is 20-1 against Florida Atlantic since the series began in 1989. The Canes last defeated the Owls 02/11 at Florida State * Raycom/ESPN3 1 p.m. in the NIT last season, 85-62, in Coral Gables. 02/15 North Carolina TBA/ESPN3 7 p.m. Miami is 5-11 in the Orange Bowl Classic since the 1994 season. UM defeated FAU, 87-69, in the 02/18 Wake Forest * RSN 1 p.m. Classic on Dec. 19, 2009. 02/21 at Maryland * Raycom/ESPN3 8 p.m. 02/26 Florida State * ESPNU 6 p.m. 02/29 at NC State * RSN/ESPN3 9 p.m. THE BROADCASTS 03/03 Boston College Raycom/ESPN3 2:30 p.m. Catch the game on Fox Sports Network with Rich Waltz and Mark Wise making the call. The game will Notes: also be carried live by 560 WQAM Radio with Joe Zagacki (play-by-play) and Josh Darrow (analyst). All home games are played at the BankUnited Center Game times are subject to change * ACC game +MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, Sunrise, Fla. THE COACH ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge All games can be heard on WQAM 560 and Canes All-Access on Head coach Jim Larranaga is in his 28th season as a head coach and first at Miami. He has posted a HurricaneSports.com 475-338 overall record and holds a 448-312 record in D-I games. Coach L was also the head coach of D-II American International for two years. UM RADIO - WQAM 560 Joe Zagacki, play-by-play Josh Darrow, analyst THE WEATHER SOCIAL MEDIA Projected high and low temperatures on game day: Miami - 78 / 67 | Boca Raton, Fla. - 77 / 68 Website: HurricaneSports.com Twitter: @CanesHoops | @CanesCoachL Facebook: /MiamiHurricanes | /MiamiBasketball UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 10 | vs. FAU - Page 2 2011-12 Roster pronunciations Players # Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown | Previous School (s) 0 Shane Larkin Fr. G 5-11 160 Cincinnati, Ohio | Dr. Phillips (Fla.) 1 Durand dur-RAND Scored 14 points vs. UMass in first career start ... Career-high 16 points at Purdue, going 4-of-4 from distance ... Six steals at Ole Miss. 10 Ethasor A-tha-saur 1 Durand Scott Jr. G 6-5 202 New York, N.Y. | Rice Akpejiori AHK-peh-jour-ee Led UM in scoring vs. UMass with 16 free throws and 0 field goals ... At least four assists in six games ... Double-digit scoring in seven games. 11 Quigtar KWIG-tar 2 Bishop Daniels Fr. G 6-3 175 Raleigh, N.C. | Word of God Christian Academy 15 Rion Ryan Sat out most of preseason due to turf toe ... Rated the No. 4 dunker in the 2011 class by Rivals ... As a senior, averaged 18 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 apg. 25 Garrius GARY-us 3 Malcolm Grant Sr. G 6-1 188 Brooklyn, N.Y. | Winchendon Academy (Mass.) | Villanova 31 DeQuan duh-KWAN Back-to-back 20-point games against FGCU (21) and Ole Miss (22) ... Has hit a three in 32-straight games. 32 Swoope Swope 4 Trey McKinney Jones R-Jr. G 6-5 216 Milwaukee, Wis. | South Milwaukee | UMKC 35 Kadji KAHD-gee Loaded stat line at Purdue with 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists ... Has 29 rebounds and 42 points in past four games. 10 Raphael Akpejiori So. F 6-10 230 Lagos, Nigeria | Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) Coaches Has played 11.4 mpg after playing more than 10 minutes just three times last season ... Is 8-of-15 from the field with nine blocks. Larranaga LARE-uh-NAY-guh 11 Ryan Quigtar Sr. G 5-11 180 Skyway, Wash. | Renton Huger HUE-gur Saw limited action in five games last season ... Has played in 13 games in his three-year career , scoring eight total points. 12 Justin Heller So. G 6-2 185 Boca Raton, Fla. | West Boca Raton Community Walked onto the team last season ... Practiced, but did not see any game time ... Among top 30 three-point scorers in Palm Beach County. class BREAKDOWN 15 Rion Brown So. G 6-6 194 Hinesville, Ga. | Liberty County Seniors Has a knack for hitting the dagger shot against opponents, stopping momentum for both Tennessee Tech and UMass by hitting a three. Julian Gamble, Malcolm Grant 21 Erik Swoope So. F 6-6 230 Lake Elsinore, Calif. | Harvard-Westlake DeQuan Jones, Ryan Quigtar Averaging 3.8 rebounds and 25.6 mpg after finishing last year with 1.0 rpg and 6.5 mpg ... Has scored 47 points - only scored 40 last season. Juniors 25 Garrius Adams Jr. G 6-6 200 Apex, N.C. | Middle Creek Garrius Adams, Reggie Johnson Knocked down 4-of-6 threes at WVU on his way to 15 points, three rebounds, two assists ... Led the team with eight rebounds in opener. Trey McKinney Jones, Durand Scott 35 Kenny Kadji R-So. F/C 6-11 251 Douala, Cameroon | Pendleton | IMG Academy | Florida Sophomores Was 3-of-3 from downtown, scoring 15 points at West Virginia ... Four blocks vs. Memphis ... Nine rebounds and 10 points vs. UNF. Raphael Akpejiori, Rion Brown Justin Heller, Kenny Kadji, Erik Swoope 42 Reggie Johnson Jr. C 6-10 284 Winston-Salem, N.C. | Winston-Salem Prep Freshmen Will sit out until January after surgery on his right meniscus in June ... 2011 All-ACC H.M. ... 2010 ACC All-Tournament Second Team. Bishop Daniels, Shane Larkin 45 Julian Gamble Sr. F/C 6-10 265 Durham, N.C. | Southern Durham Will not play in the 2011-12 season due to a torn left ACL in a pickup game over the summer ... Averaged 4.0 points and 3.4 rebounds. 5 DeQuan Jones Sr. G/F 6-8 221 Stone Mountain, Ga. | Wheeler GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Will sit out the season due to an NCAA and University joint investigation ... Averaged 4.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 2010-11. CAMEROON Douala Kenny Kadji NIGERIA LARRANAGA by THE NUMBERS MIAMI QUICK HITS Lagos Raphael Akpejiori UNITED States The Canes are 20-1 all-time against FAU, with UM’s Coach Jim Larranaga is the only ACC coach not at UNC or California Erik Swoope 1 only loss coming in overtime, 74-73, on Dec.