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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 6 | GAMEvs. Purdue 6 | vs. - PurduePAge 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 Nov. 29, 2011 | Mackey Arena | West Lafayette, Ind. | 9 p.m. has developed a first-of-a-kind Digital Guide on the Canes athletic programs. Built for web browsers, as well as iPad and Xoom tablets, 2011-12 TV: ESPN2 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 | 90.5 WVUM | Sirius 94 perspective, it will quickly become a valuable resource for die-hard Webcast: WQAM.com | WVUM.org (student) | ESPN3 Hurricanes fans. MIAMI (4-1) PURDUE UM MEN’S BASKETBALL DIGITAL GUIDE HURRicanes BOILERmaKERS Series: Purdue leads the series 2-0 http://mbbguide.theusports.com/mbb1.html Officials: TBA national RANKING national RANKING Last Meeting: March 14, 1999 -- / -- RV / RV as of Nov. 21 Miami lost 73-63 in the NCAA Tournament in Boston 2011-12 SCHEDULE LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE L, 64-61 (OT) at Ole Miss W 78-57 vs. Coppin 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 - 17.8 Robbie Hummel - 19.3 Mason for 14 seasons. He guided 11/19 North Florida TheACC.com W, 75-62 Durand Scott - 12.6 Ryne Smith - 12.6 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) Garrius Adams - 5.4 Robbie Hummel - 4.9 2006, 2001, 1999) – including an 11/29 at Purdue ! ESPN2 9 p.m. Assists per Game Assists per Game unprecedented run to the 2006 Final 12/03 Massachusetts ESPNU 1 p.m. Durand Scott - 3.6 Lewis Jackson - 4.7 Four that captured the nation’s 12/06 Memphis ESPN2 9 p.m. HEAD Coach HEAD Coach attention. Following that 12/10 at West Virginia ESPN2 7 p.m. run, he was selected the 12/17 vs. Florida Atlantic + FSN 12 p.m. Jim Larranaga Matt Painter Overall: 474-345 (28th) Overall: 169-70 2006 Clair Bee Coach of 12/22 at Charlotte 7:30 p.m. Division I: 447-309 (26th) At Purdue: 144-65 the Year. 12/30 Appalachian State TheACC.com 7 p.m. At UM: 4-1 (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 (4-1) travels to West Lafayette, Ind., to face RV/RV Purdue (6-1) in the Big 10/ACC Challenge on 01/24 at Georgia Tech * ESPNU 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. 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 trails the all-time series with Purdue 0-2, with both games being played at neutral sites. On 02/11 at Florida State * Raycom/ESPN3 1 p.m. March 14,1999, Miami lost 73-63 to Purdue in the NCAA Tournament in Boston. In their first meeting, 02/15 North Carolina TBA/ESPN3 7 p.m. the Boilermakers won 110-82 at the Eastern Airlines Palm Beach Classic on Dec. 30, 1987. 02/18 Wake Forest * RSN 1 p.m. 02/21 at Maryland * Raycom/ESPN3 8 p.m. THE BROADCASTS 02/26 Florida State * ESPNU 6 p.m. 02/29 at NC State * RSN/ESPN3 9 p.m. Catch the game on ESPN2 with Bob Wischusen and Stephen Bardo making the call. Also watch online 03/03 Boston College Raycom/ESPN3 2:30 p.m. at ESPN3.com. Notes: The game will also be carried live by 560 WQAM Radio with Joe Zagacki (play-by-play) and Josh All home games are played at the BankUnited Center Game times are subject to change Darrow (analyst). * ACC game +MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, Sunrise, Fla. ! Big Ten/ACC Challenge All games can be heard on WQAM 560 and Canes All-Access on THE COACH HurricaneSports.com Miami: Head coach Jim Larranaga is in his 28th season as a head coach and first at Miami. He has posted a 474-345 overall record and holds a 447-309 record in D-I games. Coach L was also the head UM RADIO - WQAM 560 Joe Zagacki, play-by-play Josh Darrow, analyst coach of D-II American International for two years. SOCIAL MEDIA THE WEATHER Website: HurricaneSports.com Projected temperatures on game day: Miami - 63/74 | West Lafayette - 27/39 Twitter: @CanesHoops | @CanesCoachL Facebook: /MiamiHurricanes | /MiamiBasketball UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME 6 | vs. Purdue - 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 Notched six steals at Ole Miss ... Has recorded nine assists in the past two games ... Averaging 23.8 minutes as a true freshman. 10 Ethasor A-tha-saur 1 Durand Scott Jr. G 6-5 202 New York, N.Y. | Rice Akpejiori AHK-peh-jour-ee Averaging 3.6 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game ... At least four assists in four games ... Double-digit scoring in four 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 28-straight games. 32 Swoope Swope 4 Trey McKinney Jones R-Jr. G 6-5 216 Milwaukee, Wis. | South Milwaukee | UMKC 35 Kadji KAHD-gee Scored 12 points twice this season ... At least two assists in the past three games ... Nine boards at Ole Miss ... Shooting 48.4% FG. 10 Raphael Akpejiori So. F 6-10 230 Lagos, Nigeria | Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) Coaches Has played 9.8 mpg after playing more than 10 minutes just three times last season ... Is 6-of-10 from the field with seven 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 Hit the game-tying three-pointer against Tennessee Tech ... Was sick and sat out games against UNF and FGCU. Julian Gamble, Malcolm Grant 21 Erik Swoope So. F 6-6 230 Lake Elsinore, Calif. | Harvard-Westlake DeQuan Jones, Ryan Quigtar Averaging 4.6 rebounds and 30.8 mpg after finishing last year with 1.0 rpg and 6.5 mpg ... Has scored 35 points - only scored 40 last season. Juniors 25 Garrius Adams Jr. G 6-6 200 Apex, N.C. | Middle Creek Garrius Adams, Reggie Johnson Team-high 14 points vs. UNF ... Led the team with eight rebounds in opener ... Averaging 5.4 rpg after just 3.7 rpg last season. Trey McKinney Jones, Durand Scott 35 Kenny Kadji R-So. F/C 6-11 251 Douala, Cameroon | Pendleton | IMG Academy | Florida Sophomores Nine rebounds and 10 points vs. UNF ... Breakout game against Rutgers with 13 points, five rebounds and 6-of-11 FG. 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 0-2 against Purdue, coming up short, California Erik Swoope 4 In 2006, Larranaga became the first coach at a mid-ma- 73-64 in the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 110-82 jor school to take his team to the NCAA Final Four in 27 years.