PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Director [email protected] Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Men’s Basketball Report [email protected] Janette Schneider, Public Relations Asst. Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 WEEK 9BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS CHOICE HOTELS CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Big South Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neu L10 Streak CHAVIS HOLMES UNC Asheville 0 0 .000 11 3 .786 8-1 3-2 0-0 7-3 W3 Jr. • Guard • VMI Winthrop 0 0 .000 8 6 .571 4-1 1-4 3-1 5-5 L1 Charlotte, N.C. Coastal Carolina 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 7-0 0-6 0-0 5-5 W1 Holmes scored 24 points and VMI 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 5-1 2-3 0-2 6-4 W1 drained 5-of-9 three-pointers (.556 Liberty 0 0 .000 7 7 .500 6-0 1-5 0-2 6-4 W1 percent) in leading VMI to a 102-99 High Point 0 0 .000 6 6 .500 3-0 1-5 1-1 6-4 L2 road win at Mercer. He scored 11 of VMI’s last 14 points over a span of Charleston Southern 0 0 .000 6 8 .429 5-3 1-4 0-1 4-6 W1 1:49 and hit the game-winning Radford 0 0 .000 4 10 .286 3-2 1-8 0-0 3-7 L4 three-pointer with 4.6 seconds left. Holmes also made two free throws in the final minute and finished 8- of-16 from the floor and 3-of-3 from THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS the line. Monday, Jan. 7 Wednesday, Jan. 2 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Virginia Tech ..............7:00pm VMI 102, at Mercer 99 KENNY GEORGE Emory & Henry at RADFORD ..............................7:00pm at WINTHROP 78, Limestone 34 R-Jr. • Center • UNC Asheville at East Carolina 89, COASTAL CAROLINA 64 Chicago, Ill. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at South Carolina 90, RADFORD 63 Southern Virginia at VMI ..................................12:00pm at Florida 88, HIGH POINT 70 George recorded a team-high 16 Florida Christian at HIGH POINT ..........................7:00pm points and 13 rebounds off the Kentucky Christian at LIBERTY ............................7:00pm Saturday, Jan. 5 bench in UNC Asheville’s 61-58 win UNC ASHEVILLE 61, at South Carolina 58 over SEC member South Carolina Wednesday, Jan. 9 at COASTAL CAROLINA 83, Susquehanna 72 Saturday night. He was 8-of-11 UNC ASHEVILLE at #1 North Carolina ....................7:00pm at LIBERTY 74, Nyack College 57 from the floor (.727 percent), Presbyterian at WINTHROP ................................7:00pm at Marshall 67, WINTHROP 62 (OT) including the go-ahead dunk with at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 115, Ohio Christian 44 less than 30 seconds left. George Saturday, Jan. 12 had five offensive rebounds and RADFORD at COASTAL CAROLINA * ......................2:00pm blocked three shots in the victory. LIBERTY at UNC ASHEVILLE * ..............................4:30pm WINTHROP at HIGH POINT * ..............................7:00pm VMI at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * ........................7:30pm NEW BALANCE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK AUSTIN KENON Guard • VMI Virginia Beach, Va. Kenon had 15 points, five * - Big South Conference game Big South school in ALL CAPS rebounds, three assists and three Big South school in ALL CAPS steals in VMI’s victory at Mercer. All Times EST and subject to change After a slow start in which he missed six of his first seven attempts from the field, he hit a string of four-straight three-point- ers in the second half that helped VMI rally from a deficit to build a six-point lead, its largest of the game. Kenon scored all 15 points on three-pointers. BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • JAN. 7, 2008 2007-08 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 9 PLAYER NOMINEES Week Choice Hotels Player of the Week F OMAR CARTER, FR, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Nov. 13 C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville 20 PTS, 5 REB vs. Ohio Christian ... 9-of-13 FG ( 13.5 PPG. 8.0 REB, 7.5 BLK in 2 G ... 11-of-15 FG ( =.733), 5-of-6 FT ( =.833) ... 10 BLK vs. Lees-McRae =.692), 2-of-5 3FG ( =.400), 3 AST, 3 STL Nov. 20 G Chris Gaynor, Sr., Winthrop 9.0 PPG, 8.0 REB, 7.0 AST in 2 G ... 13 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST in win over Georgia Tech ... 8 REB, 6 AST vs. Ill-Chicago G EVERAGE RICHARDSON, SR, COASTAL CARO. C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville 20.0 PPG, 4.0 STL in 2 G ... 16-of-30 FG ( =.533), 15.0 PPG, 7.5 REB, 6.0 BLK in 2 G ... 13-of-15 FG ( =.867), 4-of-5 FT ( =.800) ... Triple-double at Campbell 5-of-13 3FG ( =.385), 3-of-5 FT ( =.600), 2.5 REB, Nov. 26 G Chris Moore, Sr., Charleston Southern 2.5 AST ... 13 PTS, 5-of-11 FG, 3-of-4 3FG, 2 AST, 4 19.0 PPG, 3.0 AST, 2.5 REB, 2.0 STL, in 2 G ... 14-of-23 FG ( =.609), 7-of-14 3FG ( =.500) ... 27 PTS at N. Florida STL at East Carolina ... 27 PTS, 11-of-19 FG ( =.579), 3 AST, 4 STL vs. Susquehanna Dec. 3 F Alex McLean, Sr., Liberty 22.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG in 2 G ... 18-of-26 FG ( =.692), 8-of-11 FT ( =.727), 5 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL in 2-0 week F ARIZONA REID, SR, HIGH POINT Dec. 10 G Kenny Thomas, Jr., Radford 22 PTS, 9 REB at Florida ... 9-of-20 FG ( =.450), 2- 23.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG in 2 G ... 13-of-26 FG ( =.500), 7-of-14 3FG ( =.500) ... Led RU to wins over G-Webb, Campbell of-4 3FG ( =.500), 2-of-2 FT ( =1.000), 1 BLK, 3 STL Dec. 17 F Reggie Williams, Sr., VMI 43 PTS, 10 REB, 17-of-22 FG ( =.773), 9-of-10 FT ( =.900), 4 AST, 2 BLK in leading VMI to win over Apprentice G ANTHONY SMITH, JR, LIBERTY Jan. 2 G Chris Gaynor, Sr., Winthrop 21 PTS, 6 REB vs. Nyack College ... 7-of-11 FG ( 11.7 PPG, 4.3 AST, 3.3 STL, 3.3 REB in 3 G ... Career-high 21 points, 7-of-8 FG, 5-of-6 3FG in win over #19 Miami =.636), 5-of-7 3FG ( =.714), 1 AST, 1 STL Jan. 7 G Chavis Holmes, Jr., VMI G MARTELL McDUFFY, JR, RADFORD 24 PTS, 8-of-16 FG ( =.500), 5-of-9 3FG ( =.556), 3-of-3 FT ... Scored 11 of VMI’s final 14 PTS, including GW 3FG 19 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STLat South Carolina ... 6-of-13 FG C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville ( =.462), 4-of-5 3FG ( =.800), 3-of-4 FT ( =.750), 2 16 PTS, 13 REB (5 offensive), 8-of-11 FG ( =.727), 3 BLK in win at South Carolina REB 2007-08 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 9 FRESHMEN NOMINEES Week New Balance Freshman of the Week F OMAR CARTER, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Nov. 13 G Jamarco Warren, Charleston Southern 20 PTS, 5 REB vs. Ohio Christian ... 9-of-13 FG ( 24 PTS, 8-of-18 FG ( =.444), 5-of-10 3FG ( =.500), 3-of-4 FT ( =.750), 8 AST, 1 STL in win over Anderson =.692), 2-of-5 3FG ( =.400), 3 AST, 3 STL Nov. 20 F Anthony Breeze, Coastal Carolina 16.5 PPG, 5.5 REB in 2 G ... 12-of-14 FG ( =.857) ... 25 PTS, 9-of-9 FG at Cincinnati ... 8 PTS, 6 REB vs. Campbell G JEREMY ANDERSON, LIBERTY Nov. 26 F Omar Carter, Charleston Southern 7 PTS vs Nyack College in 13 minutes ... 2-of-3 3FG 13.0 PPG, 12.0 REB in 2 G ... Team-high 16 PTS, 12 REB (8 OFF) vs. Auburn ... 10 PTS, 12 REB at North Florida ( =.667), 1-of-2 FT ( =.500), 1 REB, 1 AST ... Scored six points in his first seven minutes of action Dec. 3 G Jamarco Warren, Charleston Southern 17.0 PPG, 3.7 AST, 2.0 REB in 3 G ... 19-of-39 FG ( =.487), 11-of-21 3FG ( =.524) ... Two 20-point games Dec. 10 F Omar Carter, Charleston Southern 21 PTS, 10 REB, 8-of-14 FG ( =.571), 4-of-7 3FG ( =.571), 2 AST, 2 STL vs. Mercer ... 3rd double-double of season Dec. 17 F Omar Carter, Charleston Southern 19 PTS, 6 REB, 6-of-15 FG ( =.400), 3-of-8 3FG ( =.375), 4-of-4 FT ( =1.000), 3 STL in win over Gardner-Webb Jan. 2 G Austin Kenon, VMI 21.5 PPG, 2.5 REB, 1.5 STL in 2 G ... 14-of-24 FG ( =.583), 13-of-23 3FG ( =.565) ... Career-high 25 PTS at W&M Jan. 7 G Austin Kenon 15 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL in win at Mercer ... 5-of-14 3FG ( =.357), including four-in-a-row in second half BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • JAN. 7, 2008 UNC ASHEVILLE PULLS OFF BIG SOUTH’S SECOND UPSET IN A WEEK BIG SOUTH MISCELLEANOUS STATISTICS UNC Asheville used a 10-0 run over the final 3:56 to come back and defeat SEC member South Carolina Saturday, 61-58 in Columbia, S.C. It was the second-straight week a Big South team pulled an upset of GAMES WITH 20-OR-MORE POINTS a power Conference (Winthrop defeated No.