BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT MEDIA PACKET ROCK HILL, SC (WINTHROP UNIVERSITY) MARCH 2-5, 2017 WINTHROP 2016-17 Eagle Basketball Game Notes GAME INFORMATION Twitter: @WUEagles/@patkelsey Hashtags: #W1NTHROP #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2016-17 Record: 12-18, 7-11 Big South 2016-17 Record: 25-6, 15-3 Big South 2015-16 Final Record: 11-20, 5-13 Big South GAME 2015-16 Final Record: 23-9, 13-5 Big South Head Coach: Kevin McGeehan (4th season) Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (5th season) Campbell/Career Record: 51-76/same Winthrop/Career Record: 101-58/same BSC Record: 23-47 32 Big South Record: 56-30 HOW THEY MATCHUP 2016-17 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION 25-6, 15-3 BSC WINTHROP CAMPBELL Game 31: #1 Winthrop vs. #7 Gardner-Webb Sunday, Mar. 5, 1 p.m. (EST) 79.8 71.5 NOVEMBER (4-2) Scoring Rock Hill, SC | Winthrop Coliseum 12 Ferrum College (HC) W, 66-47 .457 FG% .457 Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 15 ^ at Manhattan College (ESPN2) W, 94-81 Station: 104.1 The Bridge 18 ^ at Florida State (ACCN) L, 100-86 .373 3FG% .371 Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 21 ^ at Illinois (ESPN3) W, 84-80 OT 9.5 3FGM PG 7.7 Color: Mike Pacheco 27 ^ New Hampshire L, 65-60 Television: ESPN 30 Furman W, 58-57 OT .718 FT% .749 Play-by-Play: Roy Philpott Color: Paul Biancardi 37.4 32.8 DECEMBER (5-2) Rebounding Video: none 3 at Dayton (FS-OH) L, 83-67 12.8 Assists 11.6 Live Stats: 6 Greensboro College W, 106-63 17 at Hampton W, 86-79 6.5 Steals 6.6 20 Georgia Southern W, 86-84 SERIES SCAN 22 at St. Louis (FS-MW) W, 66-55 5.4 Blocks 3.9 • Winthrop is 2-0 against Campbell this season 29 * at Charleston Southern W, 84-68 13.3 Turnovers PG 13.2 but trail the all-time series 20-16 31 * Radford L, 82-80 • Winthrop has three straight and five of the last JANUARY (7-1) 70.5 Scoring Defense 70.2 seven meetings 4 * at High Point W, 80-74 • Campbell last won over Winthrop at the Win- .407 FG% Defense .438 7 * Longwood (DH) W, 83-65 throp Coliseum on Dec. 31, 2015 (90-83) 11 * Presbyterian College W, 75-52 .313 3FG% Defense .340 • The team that leads at halftime in the last five 14 * at Campbell (ASN) W, 72-63 meetings has gone on to win 19 * UNC Asheville (ESPNU) W, 76-73 +0.9 Rebound Margin -0.8 • 21 * at Liberty W, 61-48 +0.0 Turnover Margin -0.9 23 Pfeiffer cancelled 26 * at Gardner-Webb W, 72-70 W7 W/L Streak W4 28 * High Point (ESPN3) L, 83-80 OT FEBRUARY(8-1) 1 * at Radford W, 81-65 4 * Campbell W, 76-62 PROBABLE STARTERS 9 * at UNC Asheville (ESPNU) L, 104-102 OT 11 * Gardner-Webb (ASN) W, 77-71 15 * at Longwood W, 83-63 18 * Liberty (ASN) W, 84-67 23 * Charleston Southern W, 86-72 25 * at Presbyterian Col. (ESPN3) W, 93-56 MARCH (2-0) 2 # vs. (8) Charelston Sou. (ESPN3) W, 92-78 JOHNSON BROMAN PERKINS COOKS OKEKE 3 # vs. (4) Gardner-Webb (ESPN3) W, 80-77 OT 5 13 1 12 00 Sr. 4 Guard So. 4 Guard R-Sr. 4 Guard Jr. 4 Forward R-Jr. 4 Center 5 # vs. (7) Campbell (ESPN) 1 p.m. MIN. 35.0 MIN. 27.9 MIN. 19.5 MIN. 28.6 MIN. 14.1 PPG 22.4 PPG 5.5 PPG 7.3 PPG 16.2 PPG 3.3 ^ Preseason NIT RPG 3.9 RPG 1.6 RPG 2.5 RPG 9.0 RPG 3.9 * Big South Conference Game APG 2.7 APG 2.1 APG 1.0 BPG 1.8 BPG 1.5 # Big South Tournament (Rock Hill, SC) FG% 43.5 FG% 35.8 FG% 41.6 FG% 48.5 FT% 61.1 3FG% 40.4 3FG% 35.5 3FG% 37.6 3FG% 33.3 FG% 25.0 Brett Redden = Asst. Communications Director = [email protected] = (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 2016-17 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Duby Okeke R-Jr. C 6-8 230 Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro H.S 1 Roderick Perkins R-Sr. F 6-5 185 Smyrna, GA/Erskine College 3 Kellen Blake Jr. G 6-2 165 Arlington, VA/Washington Lee H.S. 4 Mitch Hill Jr. SF 6-4 200 Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore H.S. 5 Keon Johnson Sr. G 5-7 160 Mansfield, OH/Mansfield Senior H.S. 10 Anders Broman R-Jr. G 6-2 190 Duluth, MN/South Dakota State 12 Xavier Cooks Jr. G/F 6-8 185 Wollongong, New South Wales/Australian Institute of Sport Centre of Excellence 13 Bjorn Broman So. G 6-0 177 Duluth, MN/Lakeview Christian Academy 14 Adam Pickett So. G 6-1 195 Staunton, VA/Stuart Hall 15 Patrick Fisher Fr. G 6-4 200 Carlsbad, CA/Vermont Academy 25 Josh Ferguson Fr. F 6-8 200 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School 30 Raivis Scerbinskis Fr. F 6-8 215 Riga, Latvia/ Riga Secondary School No. 64 31 Tevin Prescott R-Sr. F 6-5 180 Hartsville, SC/Hartsville H.S. 32 Freddy Poole Jr. PF 6-7 240 Columbia, SC/Dutch Fork H.S. 33 Hunter Sadlon Sr. G 6-0 168 Cincinnati, OH/Turpin H.S. 42 Joshua Davenport Sr. F 6-5 200 Cincinnati, OH/Moeller H.S. COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) #0 Duby Okeke DOOBIE OKAY-KAY Associate Head Coach—Mark Prosser (Marist, ‘02) #10 Anders Broman ON-DURS BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Marty McGillan (UNC Wilmington, ‘90) #13 Bjorn Broman BEE-YORN BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) #30 Raivis Scerbinskis RAVES SHUR-BEEN-SKISS Director of Basketball Operations—Mike Howland (DePauw, ‘02) #33 Hunter Sadlon SAD-LAWN Video Coordinator: Mitchell Hill (Tennessee Tech, ‘14) Graduate Assistant: John Staley (University of Findlay, ‘16) RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0-Duby Okeke 1-Roderick Perkins 3-Kellen Blake 4-Mitch Hill 5-Keon Johnson 10-Anders Broman 12-Xavier Cooks R-Jr. / C / 6-8 / 230 R-Sr. / G-F / 6-5 / 185 Jr. / G / 6-2 / 165 Jr. / SF / 6-4 / 200 Sr. / G / 5-7 / 160 R-Jr. / G / 6-2 / 190 Jr. / G-F / 6-8 / 185 Jonesboro, GA Smyrna, GA Arlington, VA Cincinnati, OH Mansfield, OH Duluth, MN Wollongong, New South Wales 13-Bjorn Broman 14-Adam Pickett 15-Patrick Fisher 25-Josh Ferguson 30-Raivis Scerbinskis 31-Tevin Prescott 32-Freddy Poole So. / G / 6-0 / 177 So. / G / 6-1 / 195 Fr. / G / 6-4 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 215 R. Sr. / F / 6-5 / 180 Jr. / PF / 6-7 / 240 Duluth, MN Staunton, VA Carlsbad, CA Miami, FL Riga, Latvia Hartsville, SC Columbia, SC 33-Hunter Sadlon 42-Joshua Davenport Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Sr. / G / 6-0 / 168 Sr. / F / 6-5 / 200 Pat Kelsey Mark Prosser Marty McGillan Brian Kloman Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH (5th season) (5th season) (4th season) (3rd season) EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP IN THE BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT • Making fourth straight championship game appearance and 15th all-time • Eagles are 10-4 all-time in the title game, but have lost the last three trips • Eagles captured their seventh straight tournament opening game with a 92-78 win over CSU • The Eagles 14 three-pointers were a program record in conference tournament games • The 92 points were the 3rd most in a conference tournament game in the history of the program • Winthrop is the #1 seed for the 8th time and is 17-1 all-time as the top seed • Holds an all-time mark of 45-21 (45 wins are more than any other Big South member) and is 8-4 all-time under current head coach Pat Kelsey • Winthrop holds a Big South Record 10 championships (last one coming in 2010 in Conway, SC) • The Eagles hold the record for most consecutive wins in conference tournament games (12) and most consecutive title game appearances (4-twice) • When playing a conference tournament game in the Winthrop Coliseum, the Eagles are 19-3 all-time and have won 13 straight (Last home confer- ence tournament loss was 2004 quarterfinals with a 49-46 loss to 6th-seeded UNC Asheville) • Winthrop his hosting the Big South Conference Tournament Semifinals for the first time since 2007 WINTHROP VS. CAMPBELL HISTORY • Eagles won the two meetings this season and have won three straight but Campbell leads the all-time series 20-16 • In 36 meetings all-time, Winthrop has scored 2,448 (68.0 ppg) while Campbell has totaled 2,434 (67.6 ppg) • Two teams meet for the fourth time in conference tournament history as Campbell has won two of the three meetings • Winthrop won the last time these two teams met in the conference tournament (71-55 on Mar. 29, 2012 in Asheville, NC) BIG SOUTH NOTES • Won 15 league games (most under Kelsey), which ties for the program record for the most with the 2004-05 team that was 15-1 • Eagles have won 27 of their last 32 games vs. league opponents • Captured a program record 8th road win in league play as the team finished 8-1 on the road (12 total on the season) • The 8 wins betters the win total by the 2006-07 team that held the record with 7 • Led the league in scoring at 79.4 ppg, field goal percentage defense (.407), three-point field goal percentage defense, blocked shots, defensive rebounds and three-point field goals per game • Finished with 80.2 ppg in league games only, which is second straight season with 80 or more points per game (1st time in program history a team has averaged 80 or more in back-to-back conference seasons) • Held Liberty to just 48 points, which is the fewest points against by a league opponent since Jan.