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2017-18 Eagle Basketball Game Notes Twitter: @WUEagles/@Winthrop_MBB Hashtags: #W1NTHROP #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2017-18 Record: 1-0, 0-0 Mountain West 2017-18 Record: 1-0, 0-0 Big South 2016-17 Final Record: 24-12, 13-5 Mountain West GAME 2016-17 Final Record: 26-7, 15-3 Big South Head Coach: Larry Eustachy (6th season, 27th overall) Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (6th season) Colorado State/Career Record: 112-60/514-318 2 Winthrop/Career Record: 102-60/same HOW THEY MATCHUP 2017-18 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION WINTHROP COLORADO Game 2: Winthrop at Colorado State 0-1, 0-0 BSC STATE Tuesday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m. (EST) NOVEMBER (0-0) 66.0 Scoring 72.0 Fort Collins, CO | Moby Arena (8,745) 10 Southern Illinois L, 81-66 .407 FG% .381 14 at Colorado State (MWN) 9 p.m. Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 18 Central Penn (Homecoming) 4 p.m. .250 3FG% .235 Station: 94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge 21 Mars Hill 11 a.m. Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 24 at Auburn 7 p.m. 4.0 3FGM PG 4.0 Color: Mike Pacheco 26 South Carolina State 7 p.m. .667 FT% .800 Television/Video: Mountain West Network 29 at Furman 7 p.m. Play-by-Play: DECEMBER (0-0) 27.0 Rebounding 48.0 Color: n/a 2 Reinhardt 2 p.m. 10.0 Assists 8.0 5 at Georgia 7 p.m. 16 at Alabama State 2 p.m. 9.0 Steals 6.0 19 at VCU 7 p.m. THE MATCHUP 30 * High Point 2 p.m. 1.0 Blocks 3.0 • Winthrop and Colorado State meet for the first JANUARY (0-0) 15.0 Turnovers PG 9.0 time 3 * at Radford 7 p.m. • The Eagles look to extend their non-conference 6 * at Campbell 2 p.m. 81.0 Scoring Defense 61.0 winning streak to five games (have won two 9 * Liberty 7 p.m. .525 FG% Defense .317 straight on the road) 12 * at Charleston Southern 7:30 p.m. • Winthrop is 1-3 all-time against current mem- 15 * Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. .412 3FG% Defense .269 bers of the Mountain West 18 * UNC Asheville 7 p.m. 21 * at Presbyterian College 4 p.m. -15.0 Rebound Margin +7.0 • This is just the 3rd time Winthrop has played in the state of Colorado 24 * at Longwood 7 p.m. -3.0 Turnover Margin +3.0 27 * Campbell 2 p.m. FEBRUARY(0-0) L1 W/L Streak W1 1 * at Liberty 7 p.m. 3 * Radford 2 p.m. 7 * Presbyterian College 7 p.m. 10 * at High Point 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 15 * at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. 18 * Longwood 2 p.m. 22 * at UNC Asheville 7 p.m. 24 * Charleston Southern 2 p.m. 27 # Big South First Round MARCH (0-0) 1 # Big South Quarterfinals 2 # Big South Semifinals BROMAN ZUNIC BROMAN COOKS FERGUSON 4 # Big South Championship 13 21 10 12 25 Jr. 4 Guard Fr. 4 Guard R-Sr. 4 Guard Sr. 4 Forward So. 4 Forward MIN. 27.0 MIN. 25.0 MIN. 23.0 MIN. 37.0 MIN. 22.0 * Big South Conference Game PPG 8.0 PPG 6.0 PPG 8.0 PPG 14.0 PPG 8.0 All Games (EST) RPG 0.0 RPG 1.0 RPG 1.0 RPG 8.0 RPG 4.0 APG 2.0 APG 1.0 APG 1.0 BPG 0.0 BPG 1.0 FG% 40.0 FG% 28.6 FG% 42.9 FG% 40.0 FT% 28.6 3FG% 25.0 3FG% 00.0 3FG% 50.0 3FG% 00.0 FG% 100.0 Brett Redden = Athletic Communications Director = [email protected] = (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 2017-18 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Nych Smith Jr. G 5-10 180 Memphis, TN/Florida Southwestern St. 1 Deondre Schumacher Fr. G 6-0 175 Norman, IL/University H.S. 2 Tom Pupavac Fr. C 6-10 220 Greelong, Australia/Belmont H.S. 3 Kellen Blake Sr. G 6-2 165 Arlington, VA/Washington Lee H.S. 4 Mitch Hill Sr. SF 6-4 200 Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore H.S. 10 Anders Broman R-Sr. G 6-2 190 Duluth, MN/South Dakota State 11 Charles Falden Fr. G 6-3 170 Richmond, VA/Massanutten Military Academy 12 Xavier Cooks Sr. G/F 6-8 185 Wollongong, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport Centre of Excellence 13 Bjorn Broman Jr. G 6-0 177 Duluth, MN/Lakeview Christian Academy 14 Adam Pickett Jr. G 6-1 195 Staunton, VA/Stuart Hall 15 Jermaine Ukaegbu Jr. F 6-6 200 Silver Springs, MD/Indian Hills C.C. 21 Kyle Zunic Fr. F 6-2 177 Wollongong, Australia/Lake Ginninderra 22 Austin Awad Jr. F 6-6 200 Melbourne, FL/Eastern Florida State College 25 Josh Ferguson So. F 6-8 200 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School) 30 Raivis Scerbinskis R-Fr. F 6-8 215 Riga, Latvia/ Riga Secondary School No. 64 32 Freddy Poole Sr. PF 6-7 240 Columbia, SC/Dutch Fork H.S. 33 Matt Erps Sr. G 5-11 180 Spartanburg, SC/Spartanburg H.S. COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) 0 Nych Smith NICK Associate Head Coach—Mark Prosser (Marist, ‘02) 1 Keondre Schumacher KEY-ON-DRE SHOE-MOCKER 2 Tom Pupavac PAPA-VECH Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) 10 Anders Broman ON-DURS BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Mike Howland (DePauw, ‘02) 13 Bjorn Broman BEE-YORN BRO-MEN YOU-KAY-BOO Mitchell Hill (Tennessee Tech, ‘14) 15 Jermaine Ukaegbu Director of Basketball Operations— 21 Kyle Zunic ZOO-NICK Video Coordinator: John Staley (University of Findlay, ‘16) 22 Austin Awad A-WAD Graduate Assistant: Andre Smith (Winthrop, ‘15) 30 Raivis Scerbinskis RAVES SHUR-BEEN-SKISS RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0 1 2 3 4 10 Nych Smith Keondre Schumacher Tom Pupavac Kellen Blake Mitch Hill Anders Broman G, 5-10, Jr. G, 6-0, Fr. C, 6-10, Fr. G, 6-2, Sr. G/F, 6-4, Sr G, 6-2, r-Sr. Memphis, TN Norman, IL Geelong, Australia Arlington, VA Cincinnati, OH Duluth, MN 11 12 13 14 15 21 Charles Falden Xavier Cooks Bjorn Broman Adam Pickett Jermaine Ukaegbu Kyle Zunic G, 6-3, Fr. G/F, 6-8, Sr. G, 6-0, Jr. G, 6-1, Jr. F, 6-6, Jr. G, 6-2, Fr. Richmond, VA Wollongong, Australia Duluth, MN Staunton, VA Silver Springs, MD Wollongong, Australia Austin Awad 22 Josh Ferguson 25 Raivis Scerbinskis30 Freddy Poole 32 Matt Erps 33 F, 6-6, Jr. F, 6-8, So. F, 6-8, R-Fr. F, 6-7, Sr. G, 5-11, Sr. Melbourne, FL Miami, FL Riga, Latvia Columbia, SC Spartanburg, SC EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP VS. COLORADO STATE HISTORY • This is the first meeting ever between the two schools • The Eagles are just 1-2 all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference • This will be the second game ever the Eagles have played in the state of Colorado during the regular season (Jan. 3, 1987 at Air Force in a 75-66 win) • The only other game played in the state of Colorado was the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the Eagles fell 71-40 to Washington State at the Pepsi Center in Denver ROAD OPENERS • The Eagles have won their last three road openers (Clemson/USC Upstate/Manhattan) • The wins over Clemson and USC Upstate were by a combined four points • All-time the Eagles are 14-25 in their opening road games • When the first road game is the second game on the schedule, the Eagles are 3-7 TEAM NEWS • Eagles are coming off first season-opening loss under Pat Kelsey after 81-66 loss to Southern Illinois • Winthrop finished tied three other schools (Monmouth, UT-Arlington and Furman) for first in the nation for road wins with 12 in 2016- 17 • The last non-conference road win for the Eagles came Dec. 22, 2016 at St. Louis (66-55) • Have not lost back-to-back games since Jan. 2/Jan. 6, 2016 (at Coastal Carolina/at UNC Asheville) • The last 0-2 start to a season came in 2011-12 • Winthrop’s first two opponents have head coaches with a combined 43 years of coaching experience (Barry Hinson-Southern Illinois/ Lary Eustachy-Colorado State) • In games played on Nov. 14, the Eagles are 5-2 all-time with an 0-1 mark on the road • Winthrop captured its 11th Big South Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time • Eagles were 26-7 last season and had 26 wins for the 3rd time in program history (back-to-back seasons with 23 wins or more for 3rd time in program history) • It was the 3rd 20-win season under Pat Kelsey • The next win at home by the Eagles will be the 400th home victory all-time (353 home wins at the Winthrop Coliseum) • The Eagles finished the 2016-17 season with an RPI of 71 and a 3-1 mark against teams with an RPI of 51-100 • Pat Kelsey became the first coach in Big South history to reach 100 wins in their first five seasons • During his first five seasons the Eagles are averaging 11.2 wins per year in league play (Only Gregg Marshall has a better average for league wins in program history at 11.6) • Since 2012-13 when Kelsey took over at Winthrop, the Eagles have the most overall wins than any other member of the Big South with 102 in that span • Eagles looking to become first back-to-back Big South Champions since Coastal Carolina did it in 2014/2015 • In order to have the opportunity, Winthrop must reach a Big South record fifth consecutive Big South Title Game • Winthrop finished the 2016-17 season ranked 18th in the Collegeinsider.com Top 25 Mid-Major poll and open the 2017-18 season receiv- ing 11 votes • The 2016-17 team set a school record for three-point field goals (313) and three-point field goals per game (9.5) as it was the first Eagle team to hit 300 or more in a single-season • Kelsey led teams now occupy four of the top five all-time single-season records for three-pointers made • Eagles did not lose consecutive games in 2016-17 • The 15 Big South wins last year were tied for the most by an Eagle team (2004-05 team was 15-1) • Eagles have held double-figure leads in nine of the last 14 games and 14-of-20 • In the last 60 victories, the Eagles have won by double-figures in 37 of them (62%) • Over the last five seasons Winthrop is 68-25 when attempting 20 or more free throws, 18-3 when attempting 30 or more and 4-0 when attempting 40 or more • During that same time span, Winthrop is 32-35 when it has less than 20 free throw attempts • In the last five seasons Winthrop is 25-4 when making 10 or more threes and attempting 20 or more free throws in same game • Winthrop is 17-3 in the last 20 games in which it held a lead at the half • The Eagles will travel an estimated 5,850 miles during their non-conference slate • Last 8 seasons, the Eagles are 26-57 when trailing at the half during regular season league games and 19-50 against Big South opponents (regular/postseason combined) TEAM STREAKS • Eagles have won four straight non-conference games and two straight non-conference road games • Is 43-7 in last 50 games at home and 27-of-32 against Big South opponents • Have hit at least one three-point basket in 165 consecutive games, 161 straight during Kelsey era • Ended streak of 32 straight games with at least five threes on Nov.