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GOTHAM CLASSIC December 13-27, 2014 www.GothamClassic.com Media Contact: Ray Cella: 609-921-1300, [email protected] GOTHAM CLASSIC: Just in its third year, the Gotham Classic has already made its mark on the college basketball scene. The Gotham Classic features fi ve teams from across the nation playing four games THE FIELD apiece. The Showcase Round on December 20 at Madison Square Garden featured a doubleheader RICHMOND with Richmond meeting Pepperdine in the fi rst game followed by NC State versus then No. 22/20 West PEPPERDINE Virginia in the nightcap. NC STATE The Spiders and Waves will also host three games as part of the Gotham Classic. Each will face Howard, WEST VIRGINIA IUPUI, and South Alabama. Those three teams will also host a game of their own. HOWARD IUPUI CREDENTIALS: Requests for credentials for games played at home sites of the Gotham Classic must SOUTH ALABAMA be made through the host institution’s sports information department. Credential requests for the Showcase Round at Madison Square Garden must be made through the Gazelle Group at rcella@ gazellegroup.com. MEDIA CONTACTS Richmond Will Bryan O: 804-289-8320 [email protected] Pepperdine Roger Horne O: 310-506-4455 [email protected] NC State Josh Rattray O: 919-515-1182 [email protected] West Virginia Bryan Messerly O: 304-293-2821 [email protected] Howard Edward Hill Jr. O: 202-806-7184 [email protected] IUPUI Ed Holdaway O: 317-274-2725 [email protected] South Alabama Matt Horne O: 251-414-8184 [email protected] TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets for the Gotham Classic may be purchased through each institution’s respective ticket offi ce, while tickets for the Showcase Round at Madison Square Garden may be purchased through TicketMaster: TicketMaster ticketmaster.com 866-448-7849 Richmond richmondspiders.com 877-SPIDER-1 Pepperdine pepperdinesports.com 310-506-4150 Howard hubison.com 202-806-5441 IUPUI iupuijags.com 317-274-5453 South Alabama usajaguars.com 251-461-1USA OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT APP Fans and media can download YEAR-BY-YEAR CHAMPIONS the free offi cial Gotham Classic Champion Runner-Up Score program app by typing in 2013 #2 Ohio State Notre Dame 64-61 “College Hoops Events” in either 2012 Temple #3 Syracuse 83-79 Apple Store or Google Play. Team information, venue information, and event history are among the app’s features. The app has all OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT WEBSITE: The offi cial website of the tournament iswww.GothamClassic.com . the information for the Gotham The site contains the latest news and information regarding the Gotham Classic. Classic, the 2K Classic benefi ting Wounded Warrior Project, and the Progressive Legends Classic. GOTHAM CLASSIC 2014 GOTHAM CLASSIC All Times Eastern Saturday Dec. 13 Richmond 54, Howard 41 6:00 PM Monday Dec. 15 Howard 57, IUPUI 47 6:00 PM Pepperdine 78, South Alabama 68 10:00 PM Wednesday Dec. 17 Pepperdine 53, Howard 45 10:00 PM Thursday Dec. 18 Richmond 65, South Alabama 54 7:00 PM Saturday Dec. 20 IUPUI 71, South Alabama 65 (OT) 1:00 PM SHOWCASE ROUND Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. Saturday Dec. 20 Richmond 65, Pepperdine 63 7:00 PM No. 22/20 West Virginia 83, NC State 69 9:30 PM Tuesday Dec. 23 IUPUI at Richmond 12:00 PM Howard at South Alabama 8:00 PM Saturday Dec. 27 IUPUI at Pepperdine 4:00 PM Home teams in BOLD The Gazelle Group | 475 Wall Street | Princeton, NJ 08540 | 609-921-1300 | gazellegroup.com Visit GothamClassic.com for more information GOTHAM CLASSIC PUNCH YOUR TICKET: Seven of the 10 teams that competed in the STATS LEADERS: Below are players and teams in the Gotham Classic who fi rst two Gotham Classics have gone on to earn postseason bids that rank among the national statistical leaders: March with fi ve of those teams going to the NCAA Tournament. Last season, Ohio State, which won the Showcase Game, North Dakota (through games of Dec. 21, NCAA.com) State, and Delaware each received NCAA tickets. In 2012, Syracuse Individual and Temple both went to the NCAAs with the Orange advancing to 3FG Attempts: James Daniel (HU) ................................8th ................101 the Final Four. Blocks/Game: BeeJay Anya (NCSU) ............................5th ................3.50 Team HOME SWEET HOME: Although this is only the third Gotham Winning%: West Virginia ..........................................tie 14th .......90.9 Classic, Madison Square Garden is like a second home for Gazelle Scoring Margin: West Virginia ..........................................19th .............16.2 Group events. For the last 17 years, The World’s Most Famous Arena FG% Defense: Howard ....................................................19th .............36.8 has served as host of the Championship Rounds of the 2K Classic 3FG% Defense: Pepperdine .............................................1st.................21.6 benefi ting Wounded Warrior Project. It is only fi tting that the Gotham Off . Reb./Game: West Virginia ..........................................1st.................19.00 Classic also be play on the world’s biggest stage. Def. Reb./Game: NC State ...................................................6th ................29.08 Blocks/Game: NC State ...................................................9th ................6.5 Steals/Game: West Virginia ..........................................1st.................13.4 DID YOU KNOW...: The seven teams in the Gotham Classic and the Fewest TO/Game: Richmond................................................20th .............10.8 Gotham Classic Showcase have combined for 72 Division I NCAA TO Margin: West Virginia ..........................................1st.................11.5 Tournament appearances. The seven teams have also combined for 43 wins this season. TRIVIA 101: Since its inception in 2012, home teams have posted an 19-4 (.826) record in Gotham Classic games, including 6-0 this year. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: Tarik Phillip of West Virginia was the lone New York City resident to participate in the Showcase Round of the Gotham Classic at Madison Square Garden: WVU Tarik Phillip G So. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Brooklyn College Acad. (Independence (Kan.) CC) NATIONAL POLLS (Dec. 22, 2014) Associated Press USA Today REMEMBERING NEWTOWN: Prior to the tip of the NC State-West 1 Kentucky 1 Kentucky Virginia game on December 20 at Madison Square Garden, a 2 Duke 2 Duke moment of silence was observed in commemoration of the two-year 3 Arizona 3 Arizona anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 4 Louisvile 4 Louisvile Newtown, Conn. On December 14, 2012, 26 people, including 20 5 Virginia 5 Virginia children, were murdered at the school. In addition to the moment of 6 Wisconsin 6 Wisconsin 7 7 silence, ribbons will be placed on the playing court and the names of Villanova (LC) Villanova (LC) 8 Gonzaga 8 Gonzaga the victims will be displayed on the GardenVision scoreboard. 9 Texas (2K) 9 Texas (2K) 10 Kansas 10 Kansas 11 Wichita State 11 Wichita State ON THE AIR: Below is a look at the television schedule for the 12 Iowa State 12 Iowa State Gotham Classic (all times are Eastern): 13 Washington 13 Washington 14 Utah 14 Utah Dec. 13 Howard at Richmond, 6:00pm WTVR 15 Maryland 15 Maryland Dec. 20 South Alabama at IUPUI, 1:00pm ESPN3 16 Notre Dame 16 Notre Dame Richmond vs. Pepperdine (MSG), 7:00pm ESPN3 17 St. John’s 17 West Virginia (GC) NC State vs. West Virginia (MSG), 9:30pm ESPN2 18 West Virginia (GC) 18 Ohio State 19 Oklahoma 19 St. John’s 20 North Carolina 20 Oklahoma 21 Ohio State 21 North Carolina 22 Baylor 22 Baylor 23 Northern Iowa 23 San Diego State 24 Colorado State 24 Northern Iowa 25 TCU 25 Colorado State Gazelle Group Events 2K - 2K Classic benefi ting Wounded Warrior Project LC - Progressive Legends Classic GC - Gotham Classic GOTHAM CLASSIC WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR Dec. 18 RICHMOND, Va. - Four players scored in double-fi gures to help lead Dec. 13 Richmond to a 65-54 win over South Alabama at the Robins Center. RICHMOND, Va. - In the opening game of the third annual Gotham Kendall Anthony scored a game-high 18 points junior Terry Allen Classic, Richmond withstood a gritty Howard team to earn a 54-41 added 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace the Spiders. T.J. Cline win at the Robins Center. had 10 points and eight boards and ShawnDre Jones chipped in 14 points Defense was the name of the game for the Spiders, who forced off the bench. 21 turnovers which resulted in 21 points. Richmond (4-4) also held Richmond (5-4) led for over 34 minutes in the game and forced 14 the Bison to just .295 (13-of-44) shooting from the fi eld, including Jaguar turnovers, seven coming off Spider steals. Richmond converted 4-of-23 (.174) in the second half. those turnovers into 15 points. ShawnDre’ Jones led Richmond with 11 points while Deion South Alabama (2-6) was led by Dionte Ferguson, Taishaun Johnson, Taylor posted eight points and seven rebounds. James Daniel led and Ken Williams, each of whom scored nine points. Ferguson added Howard (5-6) and all scorers with 18 points. James Carlton recorded seven rebounds. 12 points and six rebounds. Dec. 20 Dec. 15 NEW YORK, N.Y. - No. 22/20 West Virginia and Richmond emerged MALIBU, Calif. - Stacy Davis had 20 points and 10 rebounds and victorious in the Gotham Classic Showcase Round at Madison Square Pepperdine used a 22-3 second-half run to rally past South Alabama, Garden. 78-68. In the fi rst game of the doubleheader, Richmond came away with Davis had his second double-double of the season and the 14th a 65-63 win over Pepperdine in a game that featured 12 lead changes of his career. The Waves have won the last eight times when Davis and four ties. The Spiders were led by T.J. Cline, who garnered Most posts a double-double.