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Eastern Kentucky 2018-19 Eastern Kentucky Men's Basketball Game Notes 9-10 2-4 14-5 6-0 GAMECOCKS OVERALL OVC OVERALL OVC A.W. Hamilton 9-10 Ray Harper 55-33 COLONELS HEAD COACH RECORD AT EKU // 1ST HEAD COACH RECORD AT JSU //3RD 2018-19 Schedule GAME EKU VS. JACKSONVILLE STATE Berea, Ky. // Seabury Center Gymnasium NOVEMBER JSU 7:30 p.m. ET // Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 1 KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN (Exhibition) W, 136-92 EKU -vs- 20 7 MARSHALL L, 105-77 10 at Chattanooga W, 81-78 SCORING 13 MIDWAY W, 107-52 85.9 76.6 QUICK HEADLINES 16 vs. No. 12 Kansas State^ L, 95-68 17 vs. Northern Iowa^ L, 90-85 FG% • This will be the 31st all-time meeting between EKU and 19 vs. Kennesaw State^ W, 100-81 43.5 45.3 Jacksonville State. The Colonels lead the series, 20-10; 28 at No. 6 Tennessee L, 95-67 however, the Gamecocks swept both matchups last sea- son. DECEMBER 32.6 3FG% 32.8 1 at High Point W, 70-69 • Senior Nick Mayo scored his 2,000th career point on Sat- 5 USC-UPSTATE W, 79-77 8 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W, 76-74 REBOUNDS urday vs. SEMO. Mayo is the only player in OVC history 15 at Xavier L, 95-77 38.1 39.6 and the only active Division-I player with 2,000 career 22 at Duquesne L, 85-84 (OT) points, 700 career rebounds, 200 career assists, 100 ca- 29 BRESCIA W, 145-72 16.2 ASSIST 13.8 reer blocks and 100 career three-pointers. JANUARY • Entering this season, EKU had not had a buzzer-beater 3 at Austin Peay* L, 93-75 BLOCKS win since 2014. The Colonels have had three buzzer- 5 at Murray State L, 97-85 3.5 4.7 beaters already this season. 10 at Tennessee State* L, 82-81 12 at Belmont* L, 109-93 SCORING • EKU ranks 11th in the county in scoring offense this 17 UT MARTIN* W, 97-73 DEFENSE 19 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* W, 85-83 84.5 65.9 season (85.9 ppg). 24 JACKSONVILLE STATE*! 7:30 PM 26 TENNESSEE TECH*% 7:00 PM FG • EKU ranks second in the country in steals/game (11.0), 31 at Eastern Illinois* 8:30 PM 47.7 DEFENSE 39.1 fourth in turnovers forced/game (19.2) and 15th in turnover margin (+4.2). The Colonels lead the OVC in all FEBRUARY 3FG three categories. 2 at SIUE* 8:00 PM 35.2 DEFENSE 33.0 7 BELMONT* 7:30 PM • Saturday’s game was the first the Colonels have won all 9 TENNESSEE STATE* 7:00 PM REBOUND 14 at Morehead State* 7:35 PM MARGIN season in which they also lost the turnover battle (15- 16 MURRAY STATE* 7:30 PM -2.4 +5.1 11). 21 at Tennessee Tech* 8:30 PM 23 at Jacksonville State* 5:00 PM TURNOVER • Junior Kelvin Robinson has 16 assists and only tunover 28 AUSTIN PEAY* 7:30 PM +4.2 MARGIN +2.9 in his last three games. MARCH AST-TO Social Networks 2 MOREHEAD STATE* 7:00 PM 1.1 RATIO 1.0 Home Games In Bold CAPS * Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game, ^ 2018 Paradise Jam, Times given are Eastern and subject to change, Rankings are AP/Coaches, ! Game at Berea College (Berea, Ky.), % Game @EKUHoops @EKUHoops EKU Colonels at Georgetown College (Georgetown, Ky.) Probable Starters (based on previous game) BROADCAST INFORMATION RADIO • WCYO 100.7 FM • Greg Stotelmyer, play-by-play • Doug Sallee, analyst ESPN+ • espnplus.com • Greg Stotelmyer, play-by-play • Doug Sallee, analyst WEAVER MAYO T. KING H. KING ROBINSON 0 FRESHMANJUNIOR // G // F 10 FRESHMANSENIOR // F // G 12 FRESHMAN // F 14 FRESHMAN // G 22 JUNIOR // G PPG 10.2 PPG 23.1 PPG 6.0 PPG 5.5 PPG 7.3 CONTACTS RPG 2.7 RPG 8.2 RPG 3.6 RPG 1.3 RPG 3.9 STEVE FOHL TYLER BROWN FG% .339 FG% .482 FG% .506 FG% .431 FG% .437 EKU Tyler Brown 3FG% .353 3FG% .316 3FG% .444 3FG% .465 3FG% .150 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 859.200.1958 APG 2.3 APG 2.5 APG 1.0 APG 0.7 APG 3.7 1 Colonel Basketball 2018-19 NOTES NOTE: Individual player notes are located on the player Media Information pages (pages 13-26). Double-Digit Leaders CONTACT INFORMATION Double-Figure Scoring Games Steve Fohl (MBB Contact) MR. 2000! 2018-19 Career Associate Director of EKUSports Communications Senior Nick Mayo scored his 2,000th career point on Jan. 19 vs. SEMO. Mayo is the only player in OVC No. Recor d No. Record Work Phone: 859-622-1253 Cell: 859-200-1958 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 859-622-5108 history and the only active Division-I player with 2,000 Lachlan Anderson 4 3-1 4 3-1 career points, 700 career rebounds, 200 career assists, Pedro Bradshaw 1 1-0 1 1-0 McBrayer Arena Press Row Phone: 859-622-5908 100 career blocks and 100 career three-pointers. Peyton Broughton 3 2-1 6 5-1 MEDIA SERVICES HOW KELVIN GOT HIS GROOVE BACK Jomaru Brown 15 7-8 15 7-8 CREDENTIALS In junior Kelvin Robinson’s first three OVC JacQuess Hobbs 1 1-0 5 3-2 Credentials are issued to members of the working media games, he had three assists and 12 turnovers. In EKU’s Houston King 3 2-1 3 2-1 only. Requests for credentials should be made to Steve last three OVC games? 16 assists and only one turnover. Fohl. Tre King 4 2-2 4 2-2 HOBBS GOES COAST-TO-COAST FTW! Nick Mayo 19 9-10 102 42-60 COACHES INTERVIEWS With the game tied 83-83, sophomore Jac- Jordan Oakley 1 1-0 1 1-0 All interviews with head coach A.W. Hamilton and all as- quess Hobbs dribbled the length of the floor and hit a sistant coaches must be arranged through the EKUSports Kelvin Robinson 5 1-4 5 1-4 floater as time expired to give EKU the buzzer-beating Communications office. Please contact Steve Fohl to Dujuanta Weaver 9 3-6 12 4-8 arrange all interviews. win over SEMO on Jan. 19. Entering this season, EKU had not had a buzzer-beater win since 2014. The Colonels PLAYER INTERVIEWS have had three buzzer-beaters already this season. Double-Figure Rebounding Games All interviews with EKU men’s basketball players must be 2018-19 Career HUEY MAKES THE MOST OF FIRST arranged through the EKUSports Communications office. No. Record No. Record Please contact Steve Fohl to arrange all interviews. START Freshman Houston King made his first career Lachlan Anderson 2 2-0 2 2-0 PRACTICE start on Thursday vs. UT Martin and responded with 16 Tre King 1 1-0 1 1-0 EKU men’s basketball practices are generally open to the points on 4-of-6 shooting from deep. King ranks second Nick Mayo 4 3-1 14 9-5 media. However, practices held on the day before games in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage (46.2%). will be closed to the media. Media members are welcome to get interviews before practice begins on the day prior to games. Media members should arrange all interviews through the EKUSports Communications office by contact- EASTERN KENTUCKY - TEAM COMPARISONS ing Steve Fohl. POST-GAME INTERVIEWS JACKSONVILLE STATE (14-5, 6-0 OVC) EASTERN KENTUCKY (9-10, 2-4 OVC) For home games, coach Hamilton and selected EKU Team Statistics JSU OPP Team Statistics EKU OPP players will be available in the media room after a brief Scoring Offense 76.6 65.9 Scoring Offense 85.9 84.5 cooling off period, generally 10 minutes after the game. Scoring Margin +10.7 -- Scoring Margin +1.4 -- For road games, coach Hamilton and selected players will FG Percentage .453 .391 FG Percentage .435 .477 NCAA TEAM RANKINGS (thru Jan. 21) be available outside the team’s locker room, following 3-Pt. FG Percentage .328 .330 3-Pt. FG Percentage .326 .352 Team Statistics EKU the cooling off period. Please direct post-game interview Free Throw Percentage .723 .732 Free Throw Percentage .682 .723 Scoring Offense 10 requests to Steve Fohl. Rebounds Per Game 39.6 34.5 Rebounds Per Game 38.1 40.5 Scoring Defense 348 Locker Room - The EKU locker room is closed to the media Rebound Margin +5.1 -- Rebound Margin -2.4 -- Scoring Margin 190 for all home and road games. Assists Per Game 13.8 11.7 Assists Per Game 16.2 15.2 FG Percentage 238 PRESS ROW SERVICE Turnovers Per Game 13.2 16.1 Turnovers Per Game 15.0 19.2 FG Percentage Defense 337 Complete individual and team statistics and play-by-play Turnover Margin +2.9 -- Turnover Margin +4.2 -- 3-Pt. FG Per Game 41 will be available to the media following the game. One Steals Per Game 8.4 6.3 Steals Per Game 11.0 6.8 3-Pt. FG Percentage 252 hour prior to tip-off, media packets containing a game Blocks Per Game 4.7 2.7 Blocks Per Game 3.5 3.5 3-Pt. FG Pct. Defense 244 program, flipcard, updated stats and game notes will be Free Throw Percentage 238 available in the media working area. Wireless internet INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rebound Margin 279 access is available in McBrayer Arena. SCORING G Pts.