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ASU MEN’S BASKETBALL Anthony Reynolds Assistant Sports Information Director [email protected] 870-972-3547 870-530-4454(cell) 870-972-3367 fax Arkansas State at Ball State Radio: 95.9 FM “The Wolf” ASRN Vs. Livestats Available via AStateRedWolves.com 3-1 3-1 November 29 Muncie, Ind. Worthen Arena (11,500) 2 p.m. 2008-09 ASU Men’s Basketball Schedule TIPPING IT OFF: The Red Wolves con- on the team with 4.8 rpg. Ball State stands Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 3 Henderson State (Exh.) 93-46 (W) tinue its three-game roadtrip with a pair of at 3-1 with its only loss to Butler in its sec- Nov. 10 Southern Arkansas (Exh.) 59-58(W) games in the state of Indiana beginning with ond game of the season, 55-64. The Nov. 14 at Mississippi 52-65(L) a 2 p.m. matchup at Ball State Saturday in Cardinals have posted wins over Eastern Nov. 17 Lyon College 88-46(W). Nov. 19 Murray State 55-47(W) Muncie, Ind. After playing the Cardinals, Ilinois (72-69), SIU-Edwardsville (67-55) Nov. 25 at Tennessee-Martin 76-67(W) ASU will travel to Terre Haute to play and Milwaukee (82-69). The Cardinals are Nov. 29 at Ball State 1 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference opponent Dec. 1 at Indiana State 6 p.m. led by Jarrod Jones who is averaging 18 ppg Dec. 4 Central Baptist College 7:05 p.m. Indiana State. and Anthony Newell is averaging a double- Dec. 6 at Missouri State 7:05 p.m. double with 16.3 ppg and pulling down 10.5 Dec. 15 Mississippi Valley State 7:05 p.m. Dec. 18 Florida International* 7:05 p.m. SERIES VERSUS BALL STATE: The rebounds per game. Dec. 20 at UALR* 7 p.m. Red Wolves won the only meeting between Dec. 23 Southeast Missouri State 7:05 p.m. the two squads, 57-47, over the Cardinals on HOT START: At 3-1 ASU is off to its best Dec. 29 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. Jan. 3 New Orleans* 7:05 p.m. Dec. 16, 2007 in Jonesboro. start since the 2004-05 season when they Jan 8 at Denver* 8 p.m. went 5-1 to start the season. Jan 10 at North Texas* 7 p.m. THE PRINCIPALS: The Arkansas Jan 15 Louisiana-Monroe* 7:05 p.m. Jan 17 South Alabama* 7:05 p.m. State Red Wolves are 3-1, winning three in AYERS BUSTS OUT: After spending Jan. 22 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. a row after falling in their season opener at three games as a spectator due to an injury, Jan. 24 Florida Atlantic* 7:05 p.m. Jan. 29 Western Kentucky 7:05 p.m. Ole Miss. The Red Wolves downed Lyon sophomore-transfer guard Brandon Ayers Feb. 5 at Troy* 7:05 p.m. College (88-46) and Murray State (55-47) at broke out in a big way against UT Martin, Feb. 7 at Florida International* 7:30 p.m. the Convocation Center and beat UT Martin coming off the bench to score 12 points in Feb. 12 UALR* 7:05 p.m. Feb. 14 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. (76-67) on their home floor last Tuesday. 15 minutes of action, while pulling down Feb. 19 at New Orleans* 7 p.m. Senior forward Shawn Morgan leads the two defensive boards. Ayers was 2-5 from Feb. 21 Denver* 7:05 p.m. Red Wolves with 11.3 ppg and 5.8 rpg. Feb. 26 North Texas* 7:05 p.m. three-point range and was 2-2 from the Feb. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe* 7 p.m. Junior guard Donald Boone ranks second charity stripe. Mar. 04 SBC Tournament Round 1@ TBA on the squad with 10.3 ppg while leading the Mar. 7-10 SBC Tournament# TBA @ - At On-Campus Sites team with eight steals and ranking third UT MARTIN GAME (11/25/08) – The # - At Hot Springs, Arkansas with 11 assists. Junior guard Mike Lance is Red Wolves were in control and never * Sun Belt Conference Game averaging 7.3 ppg and is second on the trailed as the ASU men’s basketball team All Times Central Time squad with 4.8 rpg. Junior Eric McKinney is improved its record to 3-1 with a, 76-67, averaging 1.25 blocks per game while scor- win over UT Martin (2-2) Tuesday night at ing 5.5 ppg and is tied with Lance for second the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The p Arkansas State (3-1) Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other u 11 Shawn Morgan F 6-6 Sr. 2L Memphis, Tenn. 11.3 5.8 ASU’s top scorer and rebounder. e n 22 Ifeanyi Koggu G 6-1 Sr. 1L Tyler, Texas 5.5 4.0 Has 12 assists and four steals. i L 31 JeJuan Brown F 6-7 Jr. TR Biloxi, Miss. 7.0 4.0 Has two blocks and two steals. g 32 Eric McKinney F 6-8 Jr. TR Waldo, Ark. 5.5 4.8 Has five blocks this season. n i 34 P.J. Keaton G 6-4 Sr. 1L Champaign, Ill. 4.3 2.0 Has seven assists and two steals. t r a t Ball State (3-1) Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other S 1 Malik Perry F 6-4 So. 1L Philadelphia, Pa. 5.0 5.5 Missed first two games of season. d e 4 Brandon Lampley G 6-0 Sr. 3L Hamilton, Ohio 9.0 3.8 Leads team with 22 assists. t c 11 Laron Frazier G 6-0 Sr. 1L Waukegan, Ill. 9.8 2.0 Shooting 69% from FT line. e j 32 Anthony Newell F 6-5 Sr. 3L Chicago, Ill. 16.3 10.5 Leads team with 42 rebounds o r 45 Jarrod Jones F 6-9 Fr. HS Michagan City, Ind. 18.0 8.8 Shooting 66% from the field. P 2008-09 ASU Men’s Basketball 1 AstateRedWolves.com Red Wolves win snapped a six-game home leads the team with eight steals. Junior for- 2008-09 Sun Belt winning streak for the Skyhawks. ward Eric McKinney leads the squad with Standings Four ASU players scored in double-figures, five blocks and is tied for second on the (as of 11-23-08) led by senior guard Ifeanyi Koggu and jun- team with 4.8 rpg. Freshman Daniel Bryant West Division Conf. Overall ior guard Mike Lance who each tossed in 13 and senior Ifeanyi Koggu have 13 and 12 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. points. Sophomore Brandon Ayers added 12 assists, respectively, to lead the squad. UALR - - 3-0 1.000 points in his ASU debut while junior JeJuan North Texas - - 3-1 .750 Brown added 11 points, which was a season TEAM BY COMMITTEE: ASU has been ASU - - 2-1 .667 high. utilizing its deep bench, playing all available The Red Wolves led at the half, 37-25. players all four games this season. ASU has ULM - - 1-2 .333 Brown led the way at the half with nine had eight different players score in double- Denver - - 0-2 .000 points, while Shawn Morgan was perfect figures this season and have had only two New Orleans - - 0-3 .000 from the field at the break, shooting 3-3 and players play more than 30 minutes (P.J. ULL - - 0-3 .000 was 2-2 from the charity stripe, for eight Keaton had 34 minutes against Ole Miss. points. and Shawn Morgan played 35 against East Division Conf. Overall ASU built its largest lead of the game when Murray State and UT Martin). eight of W-L Pct. W-L Pct. freshman guard Daniel Bryant scored a ASU’s 10 available players are averaging FAU - - 3-1 .750 layup with 6:01 remaining in the first half, five points per game or more, with all of FIU - - 2-1 .667 putting the Red Wolves up by 20 (30-10). them averaging over 10.8 minutes per MTSU - - 2-1 .667 Fifteen of UTM’s 25 first half points came game. USA - - 2-2 .500 from the duo of Marquis Weddle (8) and Lester Hudson (7). BLOCKING SHOTS: The Red Wolves WKU - - 1-2 .333 Hudson finished the game as the Skyhawks’ have racked up 13 blocks so far this season Troy - - 1-3 .250 leading scorer tossing in 23 points, while through four games. Junior Eric McKinney Preseason All-Sun Belt leading UTM on the boards with seven leads the Red Wolves with five blocked First Team rebounds and two blocks. Weddle regis- shots, which ranks him tied for seventh in Carlos Monroe, FAU tered 22 points and along with Hudson was the Sun Belt in the category. Senior forward Russell Hicks, FIU the only other UTM player to score in dou- Shawn Morgan has also netted four blocks Desmond Yates, MT ble figures. which places him tied for tenth in the con- Josh White, NT ASU’s defense continued to be a bright spot ference. Brandon Davis, USA for the Red Wolves. ASU held the Skyhawks Second Team to 25% shooting from the floor in the first THE RED WOLVES AT HOME: Over Tony Hooper, ULM half and 36.7% (22-60) for the game. ASU the 21 years that ASU has competed in the Kevin Kanaskie, MT also held the Skyhawks to 37.5% (12-32) ASU Convocation Center, the Red Wolves Collin Dennis, NT from behind the three-point arc .