ETSU Vs. FGCU Game Notebook
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2012-13 GAME NOTEBOOK 2012-13 Schedule and Results (2012-13 Season • All Times EST) Date Opponent Time/Score 11/3 CARSON-NEWMAN ^ (ASun.TV) W, 71-63 11/10 at Virginia Tech (ESPN3) L, 62-80 11/17 TENNESSEE TECH (ASun.TV) L, 62-65 11/20 at Charleston Southern W, 59-57 11/23 at Georgia L, 38-54 11/29 MILLIGAN COLLEGE (ASun.TV) W, 94-46 12/5 at James Madison L, 45-70 12/8 at North Carolina (ESPN3) L, 55-78 12/14 at Ole Miss (ESPN3) L, 55-77 12/18 CHARLESTON SO. (ASun.TV) L, 51-72 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic 12/22 vs. Arizona (ESPNU) L, 53-73 12/23 vs. Hawaii (ESPNU) L, 61-84 12/25 vs. San Francisco ESPN3) L, 49-67 1/2 VCU (ASun.TV) L, 58-109 1/5 at Lipscomb * (ASun.TV) L, 56-60 1/7 at N. Kentucky * (ASun.TV) W, 49-44 1/10 STETSON * (ASun.TV) L, 70-72 1/12 FGCU * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 1/17 at Mercer * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/19 at Kennesaw State * (ASun.TV) 2:30 p.m. 1/24 JACKSONVILLE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 1/26 NORTH FLORIDA * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 1/28 at USC Upstate * (ASun.TV) 7:30 p.m. 1/31 N. KENTUCKY * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/2 LIPSCOMB * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 2/7 at FGCU * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/9 at Stetson * (ASun.TV) 3:15 p.m. 2/14 KENNESAW STATE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/16 MERCER * (ASun.TV) 4 p.m. 2/21 at North Florida * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. 2/23 at Jacksonville * (ASun.TV) 3:15 p.m. 3/1 USC UPSTATE * (ASun.TV) 7 p.m. ETSU 3/6-9 A-Sun Tournament $ TBA Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ Exhibition games; * A-Sun Conference game; Men’s Basketball 2012-13 $ A-Sun Tournament Broadcast games in (parenthesis): — Comcast SportsSoutheast (CSS) — ASun.TV live video stream (ASun.TV) — ESPN3.com live video stream (ESPN3) The Buccaneers vs. FGCU Jan. 12, 2013 -- ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (Johnson City, Tenn.) -- 4 p.m. (EST) Radio: Buc Sports Network -- Web: ASun.TV -- TV: None Watch the ETSU (2012-13 Record: 3-13 Overall, 1-2 A-Sun) Probable Starters (Note: 2012-13 statistics) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG APG Min/G Bucs LIVE on 1 Petey McClain G Fr. 6-0 185 9/8 2.8 1.8 3.0 23.8 2 Jarvis Jones G Sr. 6-2 190 9/9 13.9 3.0 2.2 37.0 ASun.TV 15 Lester Wilson F Fr. 6-4 205 16/14 15.5 5.8 0.4 34.9 Once again this season, ETSU fans around 20 Hunter Harris F Jr. 6-7 220 16/15 7.6 5.9 1.1 28.3 the globe will have the opportunity to watch 35 Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard F Jr. 6-5 250 15/6 3.9 2.8 1.4 21.5 the Bucs play via Internet video streaming at Reserves ASun.TV. All home games as well as most 3 Mario Stramaglia G Fr. 6-1 180 12/2 3.8 1.4 1.0 15.0 road games in A-Sun play will be broadcast 4 Rashawn Rembert G So. 6-3 185 15/9 7.5 2.0 1.7 24.7 on A-Sun.TV FOR FREE . 11 Todd Halvorsen G Jr. 6-2 190 9/0 1.8 0.7 0.6 6.6 12 Yunio Barrueta G Fr. 6-4 215 16/4 2.5 2.4 0.6 14.3 21 John Walton F So. 6-7 200 16/10 4.7 4.0 0.2 22.2 34 Lukas Poderis F Sr. 6-8 230 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 44 Ron Giplaye F Jr. 6-6 230 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Head Coach: Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham, ’85) Assistant Coaches: Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan, ’70), Scott Wagers (Tennessee Wesleyan, ‘89), Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’81), NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES ... 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 ETSU vs. FGCU Media Information We are “ETSU” East Tennessee State’s Athletic Media Relations Offi ce is The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to available to assist members of the media with their questions ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request and requests about Buccaneer basketball. Contact Associate to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State in first reference Athletic Director Michael White with any questions about the is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buc- Bucs. caneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Michael White, Assoc. AD ........(423) 439-4220 (W) Buc bits (Basketball Contact) ...................(423) 956-1461 (C) After several years of quality returning players and at least Kevin Brown, Asst. Director. ..(423) 439-5612 (W) some level of certainty regarding what to expect heading Kyle Mattracion, GA .................(423) 439-5612 (W) into the winter months, the 2012-13 ETSU men’s basketball team will enter Media Relations Fax ........................(423) 439-6138 the new cam- Press Row Phone ............................ (423) 439-5329 paign with sev- ETSU’s Record vs. A-Sun eral questions Media Relations Mailing Address . P.O. Box 70707 School Overall Tourn. and concerns. ........................................... Johnson City, TN., 37614 ... The loss of Florida Gulf Coast 8-2 N/A Overnight Address ....Memorial Center, Rm. 146-W standout se- Jacksonville 11-5 1-0 Corner of State of Franklin and John Rober Bell niors such as Kennesaw State 13-1 1-0 Johnson City, TN., 37614 Adam Sollazzo Lipscomb 30-12 2-0 .................................................................................................................... (Tampa), Isiah Mercer 12-3 1-0 Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Tom- North Florida 14-1 1-1 Quick Facts for ETSU Hoops my Hubbard USC Upstate 8-2 N/A (Boston) will be G I Stetson 11-8 2-0 ENERAL NFORMATION hard to over- Northern Kentucky 1-0 0-0 Location ...........................................................Johnson City, Tenn. come, consider- Founded ................................................................................. 1911 ing that group Nickname.....................................................................Buccaneers combined for a total of 3,091 points in their careers ... A year ago, the Bucs Enrollment ...........................................................................15,000 enjoyed quality wins such as a road victory over Atlantic 10 Colors ..........................................................Navy Blue & Old Gold Conference foe Charlotte, and finished with a respectable Arena ....................................ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (5,740) 17 victories on the season ... The team finished fourth in Affi liation ................................................................NCAA Division I the Atlantic Sun Conference standings at 10-8, reaching the Conference ..................................................................Atlantic Sun league tournament semifinals. ... This season, the Bucs’ top President .............................. Dr. Brian Noland (West Virginia, ’91) two returning starters were guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) Athletics Director .................................Dave Mullins (Samford ’68) and Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), who both combined to score 19.7 points per game a year ago. ... However, both Athletics Phone...................................................... (423) 439-4343 Cooley and Dubose have been dismissed from the team for Ticket Offi ce Phone ............................................... (423) 439-5371 violation of team rules and policies ... Along with those two, Athletic Website ............................................www.ETSUBucs.com fellow guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and forward Lukas HISTORY Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) are the only other ETSU seniors First year of basketball ......................................................1918-19 to be returning after playing significant minutes last year, Overall all-time record ....................................................1,210-964 but Poderis is now lost for the season with a left foot injury NCAA Tournament appearances/last ..................................9/2010 and will be forced to redshirt, while Jones missed the first NCAA Tournament record ........................................................2-10 seven games of the year for academic reasons ... Jones re- turned against Ole Miss on Dec. 14 ... With so few returning, NIT appearances/last ..........................................................2/2007 experienced players, ETSU will be looking to some unproven Last post-season opponent ................Iona in CIT semifi nals, 2011 returning players, as well as a recruiting class that includes Result ................................................................................L, 83-80 three incoming freshmen and a pair of junior college trans- COACHING S TAFF fers, to come in and make an immediate impact. Sophomores Head Coach...................Murry Bartow (Alabama-Birmingham ‘85) Rashawn Rembert (Tampa) and John Walton (Memphis), Record at ETSU .................................... 182-126 (.591), 10th year along with redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) Career Record ...........................................285-209 (.77), 16 years are expected to increase their production this year, while BUCCANEER BASKETBALL true freshmen guards Petey McClain (Mobile, Ala.), Mario Overall NCAA Tournament Record .................................0-4 (.000) Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.), and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, NCAA Tournament Record at ETSU ...............................0-3 (.000) Fla.) will look to blossom into early contributors. ... On the Basketball Offi ce Phone ........................................ (423) 439-4207 interior, Walton will need help from junior college transfers Best Time To Reach Coach .........................................Contact SID Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Assistant Coaches .......................................................................... Harris (Nashville). Scott Wagers (Tennessee Weslyean, ‘89), 13th year at ETSU Mike Boyd (Northern Michigan University), 10th year at ETSU Last time out Thomas Johnson (Montevallo, ’80), Third year at ETSU JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 10, 2013) – Despite placing three players in double figures and producing one of its best Trainer .......................................................................... Brett Lewis T I offensive games of the year, the ETSU men’s basketball team EAM NFORMATION was unable to put out a red-hot Stetson squad as the Hatters 2011-12 Record .................17-14 overall, 10-8 conference record upended the Buccaneers 72-70 in Atlantic Sun Conference Home: 10-3 Away: 6-10, Neutral: 1-1 action Thursday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic 2011-12 Atlantic Sun Record/Finish ..................................10-8/4th Center.