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TYLER NEVILLE - MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT mar. 7, 2020 - at vermont- game notes OFFICE: (207) 581-4849 | CELL: (910) 478-7784 | [email protected] @Blackbearsmbb #BlackBearNation SCHEDULE/RESULTS TALE OF THE TAPE Date Opponent Time 9-21 / 5-11 AE record/conf. 24-7 / 14-2 AE 61.8 points per game 71.6 Oct. 27 HUSSON # W, 76-50 68.3 opponent points per game 59.3 Nov. 3 MCGILL # W, 70-63 -6.5 scoring margin +12.3 Nov. 6 MERRIMACK W, 84-64 40.8 field goal percentage 44.9 28.0 3-point field goal percentage 32.9 Nov. 10 at Harvard L, 46-67 71.4 free throw percentage 71.6 Nov. 16 at Portland L, 62-71 34.1 rebounds per game 37.0 Nov. 19 at #25 Washington L, 53-72 +0.7 REBOUND MARGIN +4.6 13.9 ASSISTS PER GAME 13.8 Nov. 24 MAINE MARITIME^ W, 90-50 15.1 TURNOVERS PER GAME 11.4 Nov. 27 at #7 Virginia L, 26-46 3.5 BLOCKS PER GAME 3.4 Dec. 1 at Connecticut L, 40-60 6.9 STEALS PER GAME 5.9 Dec. 4 at Northeastern L, 63-78 Dec. 7 at C. Conn. State W, 66-64 HOW TO FOLLOW MAINE PROJECTED STARTERS Dec. 11 DARTMOUTH L, 44-77 0 - F - ANDREW FLEMING Dec. 15 QUINNIPIAC L, 61-81 29 GP/ 29 GS, 14.4 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 2.7 APG, 49.1/31.3/66.7, 34.7 MPG Patrick Gymnasium 2019 America East Third Team Dec. 20 at UMass L, 53-74 Burlington, Vt. Dec. 29 at Hawaii L, 51-91 Jan. 2 COLUMBIA W, 75-72 (OT) 2 - G - JA’SHONTE WRIGHT-MCLEISH - Montreal, Canada Jan. 5 STONY BROOK* L, 52-73 29 GP / 7 GS, 2.6 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 0.7 APG, 33.7/14.0/50.0, 14.4 MPG Jan. 8 at unh* L, 51-57 uvmathletics.com/ Jan. 11 at UAlbany* L, 70-76 5 - F - NEDELJKO PRIJOVIC - Belgrade, Serbia Jan. 15 UMASS LOWELL* W, 104-98 (OT) @BlackbearsMbb 30 GP / 29 GS, 10.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 41.8/32.5/73.7, 30.6 MPG Jan. 19 BINGHAMTON* W, 86-63 Jan. 22 VERMONT* L, 57-59 Jan. 25 at UMBC* L, 53-63 10 - F - STEPH INGO - Mississauga, Ontario Feb. 1 HARTFORD*^^ L, 49-55 29 GP / 12 GS, 4.6 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 0.9 APG 41.1/22.9/71.9, 18.8 MPG Feb. 5 at Vermont* L, 52-77 FEB. 8 AT BINGHAMTON* W, 82-75 25 - G - SERGIO EL DARWICH - Dekwaneh, Lebanon Feb. 12 at UMass Lowell* L, 63-71 24 GP / 23 GS, 14.9 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.1 APG, 42.2/30.1/85.0, 33.3 MPG Feb. 16 UALBANY* L, 60-66 2019 America East Third Team Feb. 22 at Stony Brook* L, 46-54 Feb. 26 NEW HAMPSHIRE* L, 70-77 Feb. 29 UMBC* W, 74-48 the maine line Mar. 3 at Hartford* W, 71-65 Mar. 7 at vermont $ 7:00 pm ’YOFFS # - Exhibition Maine heads to Burlington for the fifth straight postseason, as they’ll ^ - Played at the Portland Expo ^^ - Played at Memorial Gymnasium, Orono Campus * - America East Game take on the juggernaut Catamounts in the first round of the postsea- $ - America east tournament son. Maine gave Vermont a run for their money in the first meeting this season in Maine, as the Cats prevailed by a 59-57 final that saw Andrew @BlackBearsmBB | #BLACKBEARNATION Fleming’s buzzer beater attempt sail wide. The second meeting in Bur- lington was more to form of the recent history in this matchup, with UVM controlling the game end-to-end in a 77-52 victory. #BlackBearNation 1 2019-20 MAINE BLACK BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School 0 Andrew Fleming Sr. F 6-7 Norway, Maine / Oxford Hills 1 Mykhailo Yagodin R.So. G 6-5 Odessa, Ukraine / South Plains College 2 Ja’Shonte Wright-McLeish Fr. G 6-4 Montreal, Canada / Collége Jean-Brébeuf 3 Vilgot Larsson Jr. F 6-8 Stockholm, Sweden / Korrespondengymnasiet 4 Ata Turgut Fr. F 6-9 Ankara, Turkey / Ted Ankara Kolejliler 5 Nedeljko Prijovic R.Jr. F 6-8 Belgrade, Serbia / Texas State / Lee Academy 10 Stephane Ingo R.Fr. F 6-9 Mississauga, Canada / Second. Catholique Sainte-Famille 12 Veljko Radakovic Fr. F 6-9 Novi Sad, Serbia / Lee Academy 13 Miks Antoms Jr. F 6-8 Riga, Latvia / Archbishop Carroll 15 Taylor Schildroth Fr. G 6-0 Blue Hill, Maine / George Stevens Academy 21 Precious Okoh Fr. G 6-1 Brockton, Mass. / Bradford Christian Acad. 22 Solomon Iluyomade R.So. F 6-7 London, Eng. / City of London Acad. 25 Sergio El Darwich Sr. G 6-4 Dekwaneh, Lebanon / W. Texas Col. / Lee Acad. 44 Peter Stumer Fr. G 6-6 Sodertalje, Sweden / Alviks Basketbollklubb Head Coach: Richard Barron (Kenyon College ‘91), Second Season Assistant Coaches: Edniesha Curry, Kevin Reed, Igor Vrzina Director of Operations and Sports Performance: Matt Marshall Athletic Trainer: Brian Schopieray Student Assistants: Alan Molnar, Vinh Lahm pronunciation guide LAST TIME OUT #1 – Mee-hi-low Ya-go-din Maine picked up a significant win to wrap up their regular season on typically goes by “Misha” - (Me-shah) Tuesday night, taking down Hartford on the road by a 71-65 final score. #2 – Jah-Shawn-Tay This one featured 10 different lead changes, but all in the first half. A #3 – Vill – got Nedeljko Prijovic three-ball sent Maine into the break with a 35-30 ad- #5 – Ned-yel-coe Pree-yo-vich vantage that they never gave up, cruising through the second half to seal #10 - Steff-ON up their first win over Hartford since 2017. #12 – Vel-coe Rad-ah-coe-vick #13 – Miks (rhymes with flicks) Nedeljko Prijovic set the pace in this one, scoring 16 of his game-high 22 #15 – Shill-d-roth points in the first half. He finished with six rebounds, five assists, three #21 – Oh-coe steals, two blocks, and a blistering 8-10 mark from the field overall. #22 – Il-yo-mah-day The second half belonged to Sergio El Darwich, as the senior dropped in #25 – El Dar (rhymes with far)- vitch 18 of his 20 points in the second half shooting 6-8 from the field in the #44 – Steam-mur final half, alongside a perfect 6-6 mark at the free throw line down the Edniesha – Ed-nee-sha stretch. Igor Vrzina – Ee-gore Vriz-nah (rhymes with frizz) Orono - Or-UH-no Andrew Fleming and Stephane Ingo each dropped in ten points to round out the double-digit scorers, with Ingo completing his second straight #BlackBearNation 2 series history last 10 quick facts 2/5/20 ............................................L,77-52 Overall .............................................Vermont, 75-70 1/22/20 .........................................L, 59-57 General Information 3/9/19 ...........................................L, 73-57 Streak ...................................................... UVM, +19 School .......................................The University of Maine 2/6/19 ...........................................L, 86-63 1/9/19 ...........................................L, 73-49 Last 5 meetings .........................................UVM, 5-0 Location ........................................ Orono, Maine 04469 3/3/18 ...........................................L, 75-60 Last Meeting ........................2/5/20, at UVM, 77-52 2/27/18 .........................................L, 74-62 Founded ..................................................................1865 1/15/18 .........................................L, 83-62 3/1/17 ...........................................L, 86-41 Enrollment ...........................................................11,168 Last Win ...........................................1/22/13, 71-68 2/1/17 ...........................................L, 74-53 Nickname ......................................................Black Bears Colors .......................Blue (PMS 289 and 292) & White double-double with ten boards on the evening. Affiliation ............................................ NCAA Division I Conference ................................................. America East Maine shot over 50% from the field for the sixth time this season, going Facility ...........................Cross Insurance Center (5,800) 28-54 (51.9%) altogether. President ..........................................Joan Ferrini-Mundy Director of Athletics .......................................Ken Ralph MAINE LEADERS Athletic Dept. Telephone ........................(207) 581-1052 A pair of All-Conference selections lead Maine, starting with Andrew Deputy Director of Athletics ....................... Brian Faison Fleming, who has registered double-digit scoring totals in 21 of his 29 Senior AD - External Ops..................... Tyson McHatten appearances, ranks among the league leaders in points per game (14.4, Senior AD - Development ...................... Seth Woodcock 10th), rebounds per game (6.2, 13th), and assists per game (2.7, 8th). Asst. AD for Finance .................................... Matt Curtis He also ranks in the top-ten in field goal percentage, minutes per game, Director of Compliance ...................Samantha Hegmann and blocks per game. Sergio El Darwich joins Fleming in double-fig- History ures, leading the team and ranking ninth in the conference with 14.9 First Year of Men’s Basketball .............................1904–05 points per game overall and has been even better in conference play, Program Record ............. 962-1,162 (.453) 100th Season ranking seventh with 17.1 points per conference game. He also ranks NCAA Tournaments ..............................................None fourth in assists per game with 4.1 and second in steals with 1.8. Last Post-Season Game ............................ March 9, 2019 America East Tournament .......................... Quarterfinals A LOOK AT THE CATAMOUNTS Result .......................................... Vermont 73, Maine 57 The premier player in the conference, now two-time America East Player of the Year Anthony Lamb leads Vermont, sitting seventh in the Athletic Communications conference in scoring (16.5 ppg), fifth in rebounds per game (7.3), third Asst. Direct. of Ath. Comms .......................Tyler Neville in blocked shots per game (1.3), and fourth in free throw percentage Office Phone .............................................207.581.4849 (81.1%). E-Mail [email protected] Web Site ...................................www.GoBlackBears.com Stef Smith is the second option on the Catamount roster, averaging Twitter and Instagram .......................