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2020-21 University of North Alabama Men’s2020-21 Basketball University of Game North NotesAlabama Men’s Basketball Game Notes GAMES 17 & 18: BELLARMINE NORTHNORTH ALABAMAALABAMA 14 NCAA TOURNAMENTS // 6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS // 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday & Saturday, Feb. 12-13 • 6 PM/6 PM • Florence, Ala. • Flowers Hall NOVEMBER 25 OAKWOOD W • 98-74 NORTH ALABAMA BELLARMINE DECEMBER LIONS - VS - KNIGHTS 6 CARVER W • 107-40 10-6 Overall 11-5 Overall 10 TROY L • 57-62 13 at Indiana L • 52-87 6-4 ASUN 8-2 ASUN 17 CROWLEY’S RIDGE W • 99-51 20 FREED-HARDEMAN W • 82-56 OPENING TIP JANUARY 8 STETSON* L • 77-86 The UNA men host Bellarmine this weekend in a rescheduled ASUN series. UNA 9 STETSON* W • 73-66 (OT) was originally scheduled to face the Knights Jan. 19-20. However, schedule 15 at Kennesaw State* W • 66-43 changes throughout the ASUN forced the league to rework the fi nal three 16 at Kennesaw State* W • 66-64 • weekends of the regular season so that the overall schedule remains balanced. 22 JACKSONVILLE* W • 82-81 (OT) The Lions will travel to Liberty next weekend before closing out the regular 23 JACKSONVILLE* W • 76-54 season at home against Lipscomb. 29 at North Florida* W • 82-78 30 at North Florida* L • 72-82 • This will be the fi rst meeting between the two men’s basketball programs. FEBRUARY After putting together a six-game winning streak, its longest since the 2013- 5 at FGCU* L • 60-86 14 season, the UNA men’s team has now lost three straight games to fall from 6 at FGCU* L • 60-69 • atop the ASUN standings. The Lions now face ASUN-leading Bellarmine. The 12 BELLARMINE* 6 PM Knights have won eight straight to claim fi rst place with an 8-2 league record. 13 BELLARMINE* 6 PM 19 at Liberty* 5 PM 20 at Liberty* 6 PM Although Jamari Blackmon has climbed to No. 7 on UNA’s all-time list of made 26 LIPSCOMB* 6 PM three-point baskets, the junior from Hoover enters this weekend searching 27 LIPSCOMB* 6 PM • to break out of a long-range shooting slump. Blackmon, who has 163 career three-pointers, has missed his last 11 shots from beyond the arc. MARCH ASUN Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.) PROBABLE STARTERS 3 Opening Round (8 vs. 9 seed) TBA 4 Quarter-Finals TBA 5 Semi-Finals TBA 7 Championship Game TBA * ASUN game | All Times Central Jamari Payton Emanuel Mervin C.J. Blackmon Youngblood Littles James Brim 6-1 • Jr. • G 6-5 • Sr. • F 6-7 • Jr. • F 6-7 • So. • F 5-9 • Sr. • G MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS: NORTH ALABAMA PPG ...........10.7 PPG ............9.4 PPG ............9.4 PPG ..........15.0 PPG ............8.7 Shane Herrmann ([email protected]) RPG .............2.3 RPG ............4.3 RPG ..........10.1 RPG ............7.1 RPG ............3.6 (256) 765-4895 (offi ce) • (256) 483-2604 (cell) FG% ..........35.4 FG% .........39.0 FG% .........50.4 FG% .........47.2 FG% .........41.2 FT% ..........76.5 FT% .........82.5 FT% .........55.3 FT% .........71.0 FT% .........78.9 BELLARMINE John Spugnardi ([email protected]) AST ...........2.10 AST ..........1.30 AST ..........1.20 AST ..........1.10 AST ..........3.00 (502) 272-8078 (offi ce) • (502) 905-0922 (cell) BLK ...........0.06 BLK ..........0.69 BLK ..........0.47 BLK ..........0.33 BLK ..........0.22 MIN ...........26.0 MIN ..........25.1 MIN ..........29.2 MIN ..........26.0 MIN ..........27.4 2020-21 University of North Alabama Men’s Basketball Game Notes GAMES 17 & 18: BELLARMINE INSIDE THE NUMBERS: ASUN Men’s Basketball Standings Team ASUN Overall Streak Bellarmine 8-2 11-5 Won 8 Liberty 6-2 15-5 Won 4 North Florida 5-3 7-11 Won 1 North Alabama 6-4 10-6 Lost 3 75.6 POINTS 74.1 Lipscomb 6-4 12-9 Won 1 Per game Florida Gulf Coast 4-4 9-6 Won 2 42.1 FG% 51.0 Stetson 4-6 7-10 Lost 1 Jacksonville 3-7 9-11 Lost 7 73.2 FT% 74.7 Kennesaw State 0-10 3-15 Lost 13 41.3 REBOUNDS 32.1 THIS WEEKEN’S ASUN SCHEDULE Per game Bellarmine at North Alabama North Florida at Liberty 11.3 ASSISTS 16.0 Lipscomb at Jacksonville Per game Stetson at Kennesaw State FGCU - Idle 6.6 STEALS 6.9 Per game ASUN...NOT ‘ATLANTIC SUN’ 3.3 BLOCKS 1.9 When referring to our athletic conference, please use “ASUN Per game Conference” or “ASUN” and refrain from using “Atlantic Sun Conference”. The conference underwent a rebranding campaign 13.8 TURNOVERS 10.9 in April of 2016 which dropped the usage of “Atlantic Sun.” Per game in all references. LIONS GETTING THEIR SHOTS UP, IN GAME COVERAGE: Heading into the seventh weekend of ASUN play, UNA is at LIVE STATS RADIO or near the top of several offensive categories. The Lions lead https://portal.stretchinternet.com/una/ WBCF the league in scoring in overall games (75.6 PPG) and is third stats.htm?eventId=614041&stream- in conference games (71.4 PPG). In fi eld goal attempts per Type=stats game, UNA is fi rst overall at 63.6 shot attempts and second & SOCIAL MEDIA in league action at 60.7 attempts. At the foul line, North Al- Twitter: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/una/ abama leads the ASUN in free throws made per game (14.5) stats.htm?eventId=6140426&stream- and free throws attempted per game (19.8). Type=stats @UNA_Basketball @UNAAthletics VIDEO Instagram: UNA MEN ALSO GETTING TO THE BOARDS https://www.espn.com/watch/play- Another category the UNA men are leading the ASUN in is er?id=a20Basketball-01-12_Bellarmine_ @una_mbb rebounding. The Lions’ 41.3 rebounds per game leads the vs._North_Alabama-US-EN @UNA_Athletics league in all games, while their 38.3 boards per contest in & Facebook ASUN games is second in the standings. For the season, https://www.espn.com/watch/play- UNA also leads the conference in defensive rebounds per er?id=a20Basketball-01-13_Bellarmine_ @NorthAlabamaMBB game (29.1), rebound margin per game (4.6) and offensive vs._North_Alabama-US-EN @UNAathletics rebounds per game (12.2). www.roarlions.com 2020-21 University of North Alabama Men’s Basketball Game Notes GAMES 17 & 18: BELLARMINE 2020-21 University of North Alabama Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Will Soucie G 6-5 200 Fr. Califon, New Jersey (Gill St. Bernard’s) 1 Detalian Brown G 6-3 195 Fr. Chicago, Illinois (Combine Academy Prep) 2 Jonathan Breeland, Jr. G 6-3 193 So. Columbia, South Carolina (Neosho County CC) 3 Jamari Blackmon G 6-1 205 Jr. Hoover, Alabama (Hoover HS) 4 Isaac Chatman F 6-6 200 Jr. Cordova, Alabama (NE Mississippi CC) 5 Mervin James F 6-7 215 So. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (Pebblebrook HS) 10 Sawyer Wright C 6-8 210 Fr. Tuscumbia, Alabama (Deshler HS) 11 C.J. Brim G 5-9 170 Sr. Tupelo, Mississippi (Pearl River CC) 12 James Anderson, II F 6-5 200 Sr. Roswell, Georgia (Cuyahoga CC) 14 Payton Youngblood F 6-5 200 Sr. Birmingham, Alabama (Snead State CC) 15 Coleman Barranco G 5-9 150 Fr. Birmingham, Alabama (Vestavia Hills HS) 21 Emanuel Littles F 6-7 215 Jr. Lanett, Alabama (Lanett HS) 22 Austin Meloche G 6-1 180 So. Palm Harbor, Florida (Calvary Christian HS) 24 Aleksa Matic G 6-4 210 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia (Sportksa Gimnazija) 35 Dallas Howell F 6-7 210 Fr. Coffee Springs, Alabama (Enterprise HS) Coaches/Staff Head Coach: Tony Pujol (3rd Season) Assistant Coach: Willie Watson Assistant Coach: Tom Berryman Assistant Coach: Ahmad Smith Director of Basketball Operations: Brandt Danals Video Coordinator: Ben Singletary Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ryan McTavish Managers Athletic Trainer: Cody Partin Graduate Assistant: Tanner McGill Colton Knox Pierce Miles Pronunciation Guide Gavin Weber Will Soucie - Soo-See Jay Olivis Coleman Barranco - Ba-Ronco Matthew Irby Austin Meloche - Mal-osh Cainon Moore Aleksa Matic - Alexa Mah-titch Joshua Sewell Tony Pujol - Poo Hole Jalen Patton 2020-21 University of North Alabama Men’s Basketball Game Notes GAMES 17 & 18: BELLARMINE QUICK HITS: Bellarmine University 0 - Ethan Claycomb Sr. F 6-7 205 Vincennes, Ind. THE BELLARMINE FILE 1 - Juston Betz Jr. G 6-3 190 New Albany, Ind. Located in Louisville, Ky., Bellarmine is the newest member 2 - Alec Pfriem So. G 6-5 205 Cincinnati, Ohio of the ASUN Conference. The Knights had been members 3 - Zac Jennings Fr. G 6-5 205 Burlington, Ky. of the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from its 10 - Garrett Tipton So. G 6-4 195 Columbus, Ohio 13 - Dylan Penn Jr. G 6-3 190 Evansville, Ind. formation in 1978 until joining the ASUN in 2020. On June 14 - Sam DeVault So. F 6-10 220 Evansville, Ind. 18, 2019, it was officially announced that the Knights would 22 - Bash Wieland So. G 6-6 205 Cincinnati, Ohio join the ASUN beginning in the 2020-21 school year, starting 23 - Hunter Brogan Fr. G 6-4 185 Mt. Washington, Ky. a 4-year transition to NCAA Division I. Bellarmine teams 24 - Eli Roberts Fr. F 6-7 220 Louisville, Ky. that are not sponsored by the ASUN have varied homes. The 25 - CJ Fleming Sr. G 6-0 180 Cincinnati, Ohio 30 - Nick Thelen So. F 6-7 217 Edgewood, Ky. men’s lacrosse team is a member of the SoCon.