Kennesaw State 2015-16 Game Notes University Men’s Basketball Assistant Director of Communications/MBB Contact: Joseph Feldman | Email: [email protected] | Office: 470-578-7789 | Cell: 678-787-0988 » 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RECORD KENNESAW STATE AT LOUISVILLE Overall 3-8 GAME 12 | DECEMBER 16 ‌​| KFC YUM! CENTER | LOUISVIllE, KY. A-Sun 0-0 KENNESAW STATE LOUISVILLE Non-Conference 3-8 at Home 3-2 RECORD: 3-8, 0-0 A-SUN RECORD: 7-1, 0-0 ACC Away 0-6 RANK: UNRANKED RANK: 19/16 Neutral 0-0 COACH: AL SKINNER COACH: RICK PITINO 1ST SEasON (388-299) 31ST SEasON (729-255) » NOVEMBER DATE OPPONENT TIME PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 8 Middle Georgia (EX.) W, 98-75 NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. WT. NOTES 13 at Alabama L, 77-64 0 KENDRICK RAY G R-JR. 6-1 180 AVERAGING 16.1 PPG 16 at LSU L, 91-69 18 at Arizona State L, 91-53 2 JORDAN JONES F R-SO.6-8 200 STARTED EVERY GAME SO FAR 21 at Samford L, 77-65 4 YONEL BROWN G SR. 5-9 160 PRESEasON ALL-ATLANTIC SUN *FANDUEL LEGENDS CLASSIC 5 BERNARD MORENA F SR. 6-8 200 AVERAGED 16.1 MINUTES LasT YEAR 23 IUPUI* W, 71-63 21 NICK MasTERSON G S0. 6-5 180 MADE 27 THREES LasT SEasON 24 Belmont* L, 80-55 28 Tennessee State L, 56-49 KEY OFF THE BENCH 30 at Elon L, 103-93 NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. WT. NOTES » DECEMBER 1 NIGEL PRUITT F SR. 6-7 180 HAD DOUBLE-DOUBLE AT LSU DATE OPPONENT TIME 14 AUBREY WILLIAMS F R-JR. 6-6 225 LEADING REBOUNDER 2 Florida A&M W, 61-41 3 TRacY HECTOR F FR. 6-4 212 ONE OF FIRST OFF THE BENCH 5 at West Viriginia L, 87-54 33 KOSTA JANKOVIC F FR. 6-7 200 STRETCH FORWARD 7 Thomas W, 69-59 11 KYLE CLARKE G FR. 6-5 188 LONG GUARD THAT CAN POST-UP 16 at Louisville 7 p.m. 18 at Chattanooga 7 p.m. asy UCKETS 22 at Indiana 6 p.m. » E B 30 Mercer 2 p.m. » Kennesaw State basketball enters its 31st season as a program » JANUARY and just its 11th season in NCAA Division I. DATE OPPONENT TIME 4 Reinhardt 2 p.m. » Al Skinner is in the middle of his first season as Kennesaw State’s 9 LIPSCOMB* 4:30 p.m. head coach and his 23rd as a head coach. 14 at Jacksonville* 7 p.m. 16 at North Florida* 7 p.m. » This season, KSU has six returners with two of those being start- 21 FGCU* 7 p.m. 23 STETSON* 4:30 p.m. ers and five newcomers on the roster. The five newcomers consists 27 USC Upstate* 7 p.m. of four freshmen and a graduate transfer. 30 NJIT* 4:30 p.m. » After being named to the Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Team, Yonel » FEBRUARY DATE OPPONENT TIME Brown won Co-Player of the Week after the first game. 1 USC Upstate* 7 p.m. 6 at NJIT* 4 p.m. » Kennesaw State is 3-2 in the Convocation Center this season. 11 NORTH FLORIDA* 7 p.m. OCIAL MEDIA AME overage 13 JACKSONVILLE* 4:30 p.m. » S » G C 18 at Stetson* 7 p.m. KennesawStateOwls TV: ESPNU 20 at FGCU* 7:05 p.m. » 25 at Lipscomb* 7:30 p.m. » MARCH » KSUOwlNation DATE OPPONENT TIME » KSUOwlsMBB 1-6 Atlantic Sun Tournament TBD » KSUOwlNation LIVE STATS: KSUOwls.com » KennesawStateOwls » KSUOwlVision 2015-16 ROSTER Coaching Staff NO. NAME HEIGHT WEIGHT POS. CLASS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Kendrick Ray 6-1 180 Guard R-Jr. Middletown, N.Y. / Quinnipiac University Head Coach: Al Skinner (UMass, 1974) 1 Nigel Pruitt 6-7 180 Forward Sr. Potomac, Md. / Bullis School Associate Head Coach: Michael Cotton 2 Jordan Jones 6-8 205 Forward R-So. Alpharetta, Ga. / St. Francis HS (Boston College, 2000) 3 Tracy Hector 6-4 212 Forward Fr. Jonesboro, Ga. / Jonesboro HS Assistant Coach: Carlton Owens (Rhode 4 Yonel Brown 5-9 160 Guard Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Berkmar HS Island, 1988) 5 Bernard Morena 6-8 200 Forward Jr. Ivory Coast / Auburn 11 Kyle Clarke 6-5 188 Guard Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla./Oldsmar Christian School Assistant Coach: Stephen Cox (Clayton 14 Aubrey Williams 6-6 225 Forward R-Jr. Bowie, Md. / Toledo State, 2004) 15 Cameron Neysmith 6-4 220 Guard Jr. Norcross, Ga. / Charleston Southern Director of Operations: John Brinson (Ken- 21 Nick Masterson 6-5 180 Guard So. Woodstock, Ga. / River Ridge HS nesaw State, 2014) 24 Josh Burnett 6-5 182 Guard Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii / SOE Academy 33 Kosta Jankovic 6-7 200 Forward Fr. Belgrade, Serbia /Renaissance Academy 00 Kendrick Ray 1 Nigel Pruitt 2 Jordan Jones 3 Tracy Hector 4 Yonel Brown Jr. / G / 6-1 / 180 Sr. / F / 6-7 / 180 R-So. / F / 6-8 / 205 Fr. / F / 6-4 / 212 Sr. / G / 5-9 / 160 Middletown, N.Y. Potomac, Md. Alpharetta, Ga. Jonesboro, Ga. Lawrenceville, Ga. 5 Bernard Morena 11 Kyle Clarke 14 Aubrey Williams 15 Cameron Neysmith 21 Nick Masterson R-Sr. / F / 6-8 / 200 Fr. / G / 6-5 / 188 R-Jr. / F / 6-6 / 225 Jr. / G / 6-4 / 220 So. / G / 6-5 / 180 Ivory Coast Daytona Beach, Fla. Bowie, Md. Norcross, Ga. Woodstock, Ga. 24 Josh Burnett 33 Kosta Jankovic Fr. / G / 6-5 / 182 Fr. / F / 6-7 / 200 Honolulu, Hawaii Belgrade, Serbia Al Skinner Michael Cotton Carlton Owens Stephen Cox Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 1st Season 1st Season 1st Season 1st Season HEAD COACH AL SKINNER Al Skinner THE SKINNER FILE Head Coach • 22nd Year UMass • 1974 Birthdate June 16, 1952 Hometown Malverne, NY High School Malverne HS College UMass, ‘74 Family Wife, Donna, Children, Vaniecia and Andre “Coach Skinner embodies every value, l Skinner, a former Division I national HEAD COACHING CAREER characteristic and skill set that we look 1988-89 Rhode Island 13-15 Acoach of the year and two-time BIG for when choosing head coaches to lead 1989-90 Rhode Island 15-13 EAST Conference Coach of the Year, our student-athletes,” Williams added. 1990-91 Rhode Island 11-17 has been named the new head coach “He has distinguished himself at the 1991-92 Rhode Island 22-10* of the Kennesaw State men’s basketball highest level of college basketball as 1992-93 Rhode Island 19-11* program, Director of Athletics Vaughn 1993-94 Rhode Island 11-16 evident by his nine NCAA Tournament 1994-95 Rhode Island 7-20 Williams announced on Sunday (April appearances. He also has a stellar history 1995-96 Rhode Island 20-14* 26). of graduating his players as every men’s 1996-97 Rhode island 20-10* basketball player who stayed four years 1997-98 Boston College 15-16 1998-99 Boston College 6-21 Skinner, who becomes the sixth head at Boston College graduated. coach in program history, brings 22 1999-00 Boston College 11-19 2000-01 Boston College 27-5* years of Division I head coaching experi- “We look forward to Al bringing 2001-02 Boston College 20-12* ence to Kennesaw State. those attributes to Kennesaw State and 2002-03 Boston College 19-12* building a men’s basketball program 2003-04 Boston College 24-10* 2004-05 Boston College 25-5* Skinner most recently served as as- that regularly challenges for Atlantic Sun sociate head coach at Division I Bryant 2005-06 Boston College 28-8* Conference titles and NCAA Tournament 2006-07 Boston College 21-12* University in Rhode Island. appearances, while at the same time 2007-08 Boston College 14-17 instilling into our student-athletes those 2008-09 Boston College 22-12* “I am extremely honored and excited characteristics and values that are essen 2009-10 Boston College 15-16 to announce that Al Skinner has accept- tial to being successful,” Williams said. ed our offer to become the next head ASSISTANT COACH coach of Kennesaw State men’s basket- 1982-83 Marist ball,” Williams said. “It is a great compli- 1983-84 Marist 1984-85 Marist ment to the University and Department 1985-86 Rhode Island 9-19 of Athletics to attract someone of Al’s 1986-87 Rhode island 20-10 stature and record of accomplishments. 1987-88 Rhode Island 28-7 2013-14 Bryant 18-14 2014-15 Bryant 16-15 Coaching Honors 2004-05 Eastern Basketball Coach of the Year Big East Coach of the Year 2000-01 Chevrolet/CBS Coach of the Year ESPN Coach of the Year Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year The Sporting News Coach of the Year Eastern Basketball Coach of the Year USBWA Coach of the Year Big East Coach of the Year NABC District 1 Coach of the Year 1991-92 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year HEAD COACH AL SKINNER A current member of the NCAA Division I Skinner took over as head coach at URI in THE SKINNER FILE Men’s Basketball Ethics Coalition, Skinner 1988 after serving as an assistant on the compiled a 385-291 (.570) career record Rams’ bench from 1984-88. while guiding his teams to nine NCAA PLAYING CAREER Tournament appearances and four confer- During his tenure in Kingston, he led Professional Playing Career ence titles during tenures at the University Rhode Island to a pair of NCAA Tourna- 1974-76 New York Nets (ABA) of Rhode Island and Boston College. His ment berths (1993 and 1997) and two more 1976-77 New York Nets (NBA) teams posted ten 20-plus win seasons.