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AUSTIN PEAY vs. LIBERTY | Dec. 14, 2013 | Dave Aaron Arena/Dave Loos Court | Clarksville, Tenn. BRAD KIRTLEY, Sports Information Director Winfield Dunn Center P.O. Box 4515, Clarksville, TN 37044 O: (931) 221-6561 | F: (931) 221-7562 [email protected] | www.LetsGoPeay.com TONIGHT’S GAME SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER Sat. 4 Central Missouri (Exhibition) W, 78-75 Fri. 8 Oakland City W, 84-69 Thu. 14 at #13 Memphis (FSS) L, 69-95 Tue. 19 Southern Illinois W, 72-70 Central Michigan Tournament Thu. 21 Central Michigan L, 75-90 Fri. 22 Cal State Northridge L, 77-80 Sat. 23 Montana State W, 78-72 AP COACHES #25 #25 Sat. 30 at Youngstown State W, 88-86 DECEMBER Austin Peay Liberty Wed. 4 East Tennessee L, 74-80 GOVERNORS FLAMES Sat. 7 at Samford L, 63-85 (4-5, 0-0 OVC) (4-5, 0-0 Big South) Sat. 14 Liberty 7 p.m. Tue. 17 at Vanderbilt (CSS) 8 p.m. Fastbreak Thu. 19 Lipscomb 7 p.m. • This is Dave Loos’ 24th season as Austin Peay head coach and he is 375-337 at Sat. 21 at East Tennessee 3 p.m. APSU–the winningest basketball coach in Ohio Valley Conference history–and Mon. 30 Dalton State 7 p.m. 457-390 all-time in his 28th season as a college head coach. JANUARY • For the first time since the 1996 season Dave Loos is only the Austin Peay Thu. 2 UT Martin • 7 p.m. basketball coach. He stepped down as APSU Athletics Director last April. Sat. 4 Southeast Missouri • 7:30 p.m. • APSU was picked to finish third behind Southeast Missouri and Murray State in Sat. 11 at Murray State • 7:30 p.m. the OVC West Division in the preseason poll. Thu. 16 at SIU Edwardsville • 7 p.m. • APSU coach Dave Loos is a 1970 Memphis alum. The former basketball/baseball Sat. 18 at Eastern Illinois • 2 p.m. standout was inducted into M-Club (Memphis Athletic Hall of Fame) in 2002. Thu. 23 Jacksonville State • 7 p.m. • Since 1993-94, Austin Peay has finished at .500 or above in the OVC for 19 of Sat. 25 Tennessee Tech • 7 p.m. the last 20 seasons, that one season being 2012-13. Fri. 31 Murray State • CBS SN 8 p.m. • In 2013, the Governors failed to reach the OVC tourney for the first time in Dave FEBRUARY Loos’ coaching career. They have appeared in 28 of the last 29 OVC tourneys. Thu. 6 at Tennessee State • 7 p.m. • Senior guard Travis Betran and senior forward Will Triggs were named Preseason Sat. 8 at Belmont • 4 p.m. All-OVC as voted by the conference coaches and sports information directors. • The Governors, who were shooting less than 50 percent at the line after the Thur. 13 Eastern Illinois • 7 p.m. initial two games, have shot better than 70 percent since, including 78.4 percent Sat. 15 SIU Edwardsville • 7:30 p.m. (29 of 37) against Samford. Wed. 19 at Morehead State • 6 p.m. • Liberty, which was the surprise winner of the Big South tourney a year ago, is led Sat. 22 Eastern Kentucky • 7:30 p.m. by guards Davon Marshall (12.6 ppg) and John Caleb Sanders (10.7 ppg), who Thur. 27 at Southeast Missouri • 7 p.m. played for the National Homeschool championship team two straight years. • The Flames are coached by Dale Layer, the former Colorado State head man who MARCH took over the program in 2009. Sat. 1 at UT Martin 4 p.m. OVC Tournament • Municipal Auditorium • Nashville, TN AUSTIN PEAY PROBABLE STARTERS Wed. 5 First Round . 6/8 p.m. Thurs. 6 Quarterfinals 6/8 p.m. Fri. 7 Semifinals (ESPNU) 6:30 /9 p.m. Sat. 8 Championship (ESPN2) 6 p.m. All times central. Key: † - Exhibition contest, • - OVC contest MEDIA CENTER #22 #4 #5 #24 #10 RADIO • Governors Radio Network Travis Chris Ed Will Play-by-Play Greg Walker Damarius Analyst David Loos Smith Betran Horton Dyson Triggs WVRY 105.1-FM, WKFN 540-AM, ESPN 100.7 FM, Pts 9.1 Pts 12.9 Pts 12.4 Pts 7.7 Pts 11.1 letsgopeay.com Reb 3.9 Reb 1.4 Reb 10.0 Reb 2.2 Reb 4.8 Ast 4.8 Ast 2.0 Blk 3.4 Ast 1.3 Ast 1.2 TELEVISION • Peay Nation Broadcasting Play-by-Play Micah Williams FG% 56% FG% 33% FG% 56% FG% 54% FG% 56% Analyst Mark Owens FT% 56% FT% 83% FT% 73% FT% 77% FT% 68% 2 Governors Game Notes DETAILING TONIGHT’S GAME What You Should Know… THE SERIES: This is the second meeting between Austin Peay, a member of the ale of The ape APSU LU Ohio Valley Conference, and Liberty, a member of the Big South. The Governors lost T T … Scoring Offense 75.6 67.3 last season’s Sears BracketBuster contest, 79-73, in overtime in Lynchburg, Va. This will be the last BracketBuster-related game played by the Governors since the series Scoring Defense 80.8 64.3 was dropped after the 2012-13 season Field-Goal Percentage 46.4 45.4 Field-Goal Percentage Defense 45.6 40.9 3-pt. Field-Goal Percentage 27.5 34.7 Deeper Meanings… 3-pt. Field-Goal Percentage Defense 36.7 30.3 WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN: It would make the Governors 5-5...it would be APSU’s Free-Throw Percentage 66.9 71.6 first December win, improving it to 1-2...it would snap a two-game losing streak...it would Rebounding Average 34.2 36.9 even APSU’s record in the series with Liberty at 1-1...it would be only the second APSU victory against current Big South members...it would give Dave Loos a 2-1 mark against Rebound margin -3.6 +6.9 Liberty coach Dale Layer. Assists Average 15.1 12.3 Turnovers Average 17.2 15.1 WHAT A LOSS WOULD MEAN: The Govs would drop to two games below the .500 Blocks Average 6.3 3.6 mark at 4-6...it would be APSU’s third straight defeat...it would be APSU’s second straight Steals Average 7.9 4.7 home loss...it would give APSU a 2-5 all-time record against current Big South mem- bers...Loos would drop to 457-392 overall and 375-339 as the Governors head coach. 2012-13 OVC STANDINGS OVC Overall West Murray State 10-6 .625 21-10 .677 Southeast Missouri 8-8 .500 17-16 .515 Eastern Illinois 6-10 .375 11-21 .344 GOVS BY STARTING LINEUP Record UT Martin 5-11 .313 9-21 .300 Williams Betran Dyson Triggs Horton 2-2 SIU Edwardsville 5-11 .313 9-18 .333 Smith Betran Dyson Triggs Horton 2-3 Austin Peay 4-12 .250 8-23 .258 East GOVS POINT OF VIEW Belmont 14-2 .875 26-7 .788 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-15 16-25 26+ Avg. Eastern Kentucky 12-4 .750 25-10 .714 Wins (4) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 +7.7 Tennessee State 11-5 .688 18-15 .545 Losses (5) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -14.4 Jacksonville State* 8-8 .500 17-11 .607 Morehead State 8-8 .500 15-18 .455 Tennessee Tech 5-11 .313 12-17 .414 •Ineligible for OVC championship GOVS VS. BIG SOUTH GOVERNORS ROSTER Campbell 0-0 Charleston Southern 1-0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Exp Hometown (High School/JC) Coastal Carolina 0-0 1 Fred Garmon G 5-11 175 Jr. JC Kennett, Mo. (Mineral Area JC) Gardner-Webb 0-1 2 Zavion Williams G 5-10 170 R-So. TR Clarksville, Tenn. (Lipscomb) High Point 0-1 4 Travis Betran G 6-3 185 Sr. 1L Harlem, N.Y. (Kilgore College) Liberty 0-1 5 Chris Horton C/F 6-8 195 So. 1L Decatur, Ga. (Columbia) Longwood 0-0 10 Will Triggs F 6-6 230 Sr. 3L Edwardsville, Ill. (Edwardsville) Presbyterian 0-0 11 Thomas Greer G 6-5 180 R-Jr. 2L Atwood, Tenn. (West Carroll) 12 Jeremy Purvis G 5-10 150 Sr. 1L Clarksville, Tenn. (Jackson State CC) Radford 0-0 15 Chris Freeman F 6-6 205 Jr. 2L San Antonio, Texas (Muhlenberg (Ky.)) UNC Asheville 1-0 20 Cory Arentsen G 6-5 185 So. 1L Breese, Ill. (Mater Dei) VMI 0-0 21 Preston Herring F 6-7 180 So. 1L Lester, Ala. (West Limestone) Winthrop 0-1 22 Damarius Smith G 6-2 190 Jr. JC Clarksville, Tenn. (Vincennes (Ind.)) GOVS CAREER STARTS 23 Serigne Mboup F/C 6-7 190 So. JC Dakar, Senegal (New Mexico Military Institute) 24 Ed Dyson F 6-4 190 Jr. JC Washington, D.C. (Cloud County (Kan.) CC) Player 13-14/Car 25 Josh Ledbetter F 6-6 200 Fr. HS Shepherd, Mich. (Shepherd HS) Will Triggs 9/58 Chris Freeman 0/3 Pronunciation Guide Travis Betran 9/40 Loos like “juice” Chris Horton 9/40 Cory Arentsen arnt-sen Jeremy Purvis 0/12 Travis Betran bee-tran Cory Arentsen 0/1 Serigne Mboup Suh-RENE Boop Zavion Williams 4/4 Damarious Smith Duh-MARE-ee-us Ed Dyson 9/9 Zavion Williams ZAY-vee-un Damarius Smith 5/5 Governors Game Notes MORE MEDIA INFORMATION FOR OUR MEDIA… INTERVIEWS: All interview requests should be submitted to the APSU Sports Information Office… • HEAD COACH: Head coach Dave Loos typically will be available during the week for interview.