EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2016-17 Roster ....................................Page 1 Meet the Eagles ............................................ 2 Eagle Basketball Highlights/Schedule .......... 3 2015-16 Review ......................................... 4-7 Head Coach Jim Hayford & Assistants .... 8-13 2015-16 Statistics/Quick Facts .............. 14-15 Season Outlook ..................................... 16-19 Player Profiles ....................................... 20-35 2016-17 Opponents ............................... 36-38 Tyler Harvey/Rodney Stuckey ............... 39-41 Eagles in the Pros ................................. 42-45 Eagle Honors ......................................... 46-51 Year-by-Year/Coaches Records ................. 52 Team and Individual Records ................ 53-55 Game, Season & Career Leaders ......... 56-60 Year-by-Year Statistical Champions ........... 61 Record versus Opponents ..................... 62-63 Letterwinners/History/Hall of Fame ....... 64-68 WWW.GOEAGS.COM No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Exp Hometown / Previous School 0 ^Julian Harrell G/F 6-5 195 Sr. 1L/TR/JC* Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola HS ’12 / Penn / City College of San Francisco 2 Ty Gibson G 6-3 190 So. 1L Issaquah, Wash. / Issaquah HS ‘15 4 Sir Washington G 6-3 180 Jr. 2L* Las Vegas, Nevada / Clark HS ’13 5 #Michael Wearne G 6-2 190 Fr. HS* Croydon, Australia / Box Hill HS ‘15 10 %Jacob Davison G 6-4 175 Fr. HS Montebello, Calif. / Cantwell-Sacred Heart HS ‘16 12 #Grant Gibb G 6-5 185 Fr. HS* Longview, Wash. / Mark Morris HS ‘15 13 Luka Vulikic G 6-5 190 Fr. HS Belgrade, Serbia / Svetozar Markovic Jagodina HS 14 Mason Peatling F 6-8 220 Fr. HS Melbourne, Australia / Beaconhills College HS ‘16 15 Joshua Thomas G 6-3 185 Fr. HS Spokane, Wash. / Central Valley ‘16 20 Cody Benzel G 6-4 175 So. 1L* Spokane, Wash. / Ferris HS ‘14 24 Jacob Wiley F 6-7 220 Sr. TR* Newport, Wash. / Newport HS ’12 / Montana / Lewis-Clark State 32 ^Bogdan Bliznyuk G/F 6-6 215 Jr. 2L Lutsk, Ukraine / Todd Beamer HS ’14 . ’15 Big Sky Conf. Freshman of the Year 34 Jesse Hunt F 6-7 210 So. 1L/HS Geraldton, Australia / Sir Francis Drake (Calif.) HS ‘15 40 &Geremy McKay F 6-7 230 So. TR* Melbourne, Australia / Caulfield Grammar School ’13 / Univ. of Albany 42 #Mario Soto G 6-6 205 So. TR* Irvine, Calif. / Saddleback Valley Christian HS ’14 / Concordia (Irvine, Calif.) 44 ^Felix Von Hofe F 6-5 200 Sr. 3L Melbourne, Australia / Wesley College ’12 / Australian Institute of Sport ^Returning Starter. #2015-16 Redshirt. &Sat out 2015-16 season because of NCAA transfer rules. %Expected to redshirt 2016-17 season. Head Coach: Jim Hayford (Sixth Season at EWU; Azusa Pacific ‘90) Associate Head Coach: Shantay Legans (Eighth Season; Fresno State ’04) Assistant: Chris Victor (Second Season; Concordia/Irvine ’05) Assistant: David Riley (Third Season as assistant; previously Director of BB Operations; Whitworth ‘11) Dir. of BB Operations: Zachary Byrne (First Season; East Carolina ’16) Dir. for Ath. Performance: Amir Owens (Third Season; Idaho State ’10) Athletic Trainer: Ryan Moreau (First Season; Central Michigan ’13) Student Manager: Thomas Moore Pronunciations Michael Wearne ............Wern Von Hofe..................Von-hoff Luka Vulikic ...............Lou-kah Vool-ih-kich Bogdan Bliznyuk............Bawg-dun Bliz-nook Shantay Legans ............Shawn-tay Leg-uhns 2016 CBI TOURNAMENT • 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT & REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 1 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 #20 Cody Benzel #32 Bogdan Bliznyuk #10 Jacob Davison #12 Grant Gibb Spokane, Wash. Lutsk, Ukraine Montebello, Calif. Longview, Wash. #2 Ty Gibson #0 Julian Harrell #34 Jesse Hunt #40 Geremy McKay Issaquah, Wash. Los Angeles, Calif. Geraldton, Australia Melbourne, Australia #14 Mason Peatling #42 Mario Soto #15 Joshua Thomas #44 Felix Von Hofe Melbourne, Australia Irvine, Calif. Spokane, Wash. Melbourne, Australia #13 Luka Vulikic #4 Sir Washington #5 Michael Wearne #24 Jacob Wiley Belgrade, Serbia Las Vegas, Nevada Croydon, Australia Newport, Wash. 2016 CBI TOURNAMENT • 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT • 2015 BIG SKY TOURNAMENT & REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2 EAGLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 Eagle Basketball Highlights . • NCAA Tournament berths in 2015 & 2004, NIT in 2003 & CBI in 2016. • Big Sky Tournament champions in 2015 & 2004. • Big Sky regular season champions in 2015, 2004 and 2000. • Head coach JIM HAYFORD took over an Eastern team five years ago that had been to the Big Sky Conference Tournament just once in five seasons, but in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons he took the Eagles to new heights. The 44 combined victories those two 2016-17 Schedule years are the most since EWU AS OF OCTOBER 20, 2016 became a member of NCAA Division I in the 1983-84 Date Opponent Time season. Eastern also had its first back-to-back national tournament postseason appearances at the Division O 30 Saint Martin’s% 2:05 p.m. N 11 Linfield 12:05 p.m. I level, including its first-ever win (79-72 over Pepperdine in the CBI in 2016). With 84 victories overall and N 14 at Northwestern&^ 6 p.m. 49 league wins under Hayford through the 2015-16 season, the 84 wins equals the best five-year stretch in N 17 at Texas& 5 p.m. EWU’s 33 seasons as a member of Division I. N 21 Bryant& 6:05 p.m. -- Seattle versus Louisiana Monroe, 3:35 p.m. • A four-time All-Big Sky performner, VENKY JOIS was selected to the All-Big Sky Conference first team N 22 Seattle or La. Monroe& 6:05 p.m. as a senior for the second -straight season. He was also a NABC All-District 6 second team selection in the -- Consolation Game, 3:35 p.m. or 6:05 p.m. (EWU will play at 6:05 regardless) 2015-16 season, and a year earlier he earned first team All-District 6 honors and was picked for the Big Sky -- Championship Game, 6:05 p.m. or 3:35 p.m. (EWU Conference All-Tournament team. He was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in the 2013-14 will play at 6:05 regardless) season, and earned honorable mention All-Big Sky accolades as both a freshman and sophomore. He set 10 N 26 Denver= 6:05 p.m. -- San Fran. versus Sacramento St., 3:35 p.m. school records as an Eagle, including a school-record 1,803 career points. N 27 San Francisco= 6:05 p.m. -- Denver versus Sacramento State, 12:05 p.m. • BOGDAN BLIZNYUK was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014-15, an honor won for -- EWU women vs. Multnomah, 3:05 p.m. the sixth time in 14 seasons by Eastern players. As a sophomore, he recorded the first triple-double in school D 4 at Seattle 1 p.m. history when he had 11 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists against Northern Arizona on Jan. 16, 2016. D 8 Great Falls 6:05 p.m. D 13 Morehead State 6:05 p.m. • In his lone season as an Eagle, AUSTIN McBROOM was a first team NABC All-District 6 and All-Big Sky D 18 at Northern Kentucky 10 a.m. Conference performer. A graduate transfer, McBroom finished the season with 115 3-pointers to rank third in D 20 at Xavier! 3:30 p.m. D 22 at Colorado 5:30 p.m. league history, and ranked 18th in NCAA Division I and first in the Big Sky with a 21.0 scoring average. D 30 at Idaho* 7 p.m. • Eagle sharpshooter TYLER HARVEY was selected by Orlando in the second round as the 51st pick overall J 5 Montana State* 6:05 p.m. J 7 Montana* 1:05 p.m. in the National Basketball Association Draft on June 25, 2015. Harvey was a walk-on to the Eastern program J 12 at Idaho State* 6:05 p.m. in the fall of 2011, then developed into a honorable mention All-American in the 2014-15 season when he J 14 at Weber State* 6 p.m. led NCAA Division I in scoring (23.1) and 3-pointers made per game (4.00). He set Big Sky Conference and J 19 Northern Arizona* 6:05 p.m. school records with 128 3-pointers in the 2014-15 season. J 21 Southern Utah* 1:05 p.m. J 26 at Montana* 6 p.m. • The Eagles closed a monumental 2014-15 campaign with a 26-9 record overall after finishing 14-4 in the J 28 at Montana State* 1 p.m. Big Sky Conference to share the regular season title with Montana. Eastern swept through three games in F 2 Sacramento State* 6:05 p.m. F 4 Portland State* 1:05 p.m. the Big Sky Conference Tournament to garner the school’s second NCAA Tournament appearance in school F 9 at North Dakota* 5 p.m. history. The Eagles finished with program bests for victories overall (26), in the Big Sky (14), on the road F 11 at Northern Colorado* 1 p.m. (11) and in non-conference play (9) in 32 seasons as a member of NCAA Division I. Eastern set a total of 18 F 17 Idaho* 6:05 p.m. school records during the year. F 23 Weber State* 6:05 p.m. F 25 Idaho State* 1:05 p.m. * Eastern’s heart-stopping 88-86 victory at Big Ten Conference member Indiana Nov. 24, 2014, will go down M 2 at Southern Utah* 5:30 p.m. as one of the greatest victories in school history after the Eagles snapped the nation’s third-longest non- M 4 at Northern Arizona* 3:30 p.m. conference home court winning streak at 43 in front of 11,636 Hoosier fans at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, M 7-11 Big Sky Tournament at Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada Ind.