2018-19 SAMFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME 28 Samford (16-11, 6-8 SoCon) at Mercer (9-17, 4-10 SoCon) Thursday, February 21, 2019, 6 p.m. (CT) Hawkins Arena | Macon, Ga. | ESPN+ DATE OPPONENT TIME THE GAME Nov. 6 North Alabama W, 91-74 The Samford men’s basketball team will travel to Nov. 9 Jacksonville State W, 92-72 Nov. 12 Kennesaw State W, 74-60 Macon, Ga., to take on the Mercer Bears Thursday eve- Nov. 14 Miles College W, 66-57 ning at 6 p.m. (CT) at Hawkins Arena. The game can be Nov. 18 at Cleveland State W, 73-60 seen live on ESPN+. Nov. 20 at #23 Ohio State L, 50-68 Samford enters the game with a record of 16-11 Nov. 23 at Purdue Fort Wayne W, 74-66 Nov. 25 South Carolina State W, 77-60 overall and 6-8 in Southern Conference play. The Bulldogs Nov. 29 Belmont L, 93-99 (OT) are coming off an 80-76 overtime win over Chattanooga Dec. 9 at Alabama A&M W, 77-59 Saturday. Dec. 13 Morehead State W, 77-72 (OT) Mercer is currently 9-17 overall and 4-10 in league Dec. 17 Houston Baptist W, 85-61 Dec. 19 at #3 Tennessee L, 70-83 contests. The Bears are coming off an 88-69 loss at ETSU Dec. 22 UNCG* L, 75-83 Saturday. Dec. 29 VMI* W, 96-68 Jan. 3 at ETSU* L, 72-81 (OT) THE SERIES Jan. 5 at Western Carolina* L, 69-76 Jan. 12 at Chattanooga* L, 75-80 Samford and Mercer have met 113 previous times, Jan. 17 The Citadel* W, 80-77 with the Bears holding a 68-45 advantage in the series. Jan. 19 Mercer* L, 87-93 The teams met earlier this season on Jan. 19 in Jan. 24 at Wofford* L, 106-107 (OT) the Pete Hanna Center. In that earlier meeting, Mercer Jan. 26 at Furman* W, 75-73 Jan. 31 ETSU* L, 66-74 earned a 93-87 victory over the Bulldogs. Feb. 2 Western Carolina* W, 92-81 Feb. 7 at UNCG* L, 67-75 SAMFORD ON THE ROAD Feb. 9 at VMI* W, 84-77 (OT) Saturday’s game will mark Samford’s 13th road Feb. 16 Chattanooga* W, 80-76 (OT) game of the 2018-19 season. Feb. 21 at Mercer* 6 p.m. Feb. 23 at The Citadel* 12 p.m. This season, the Bulldogs have 14 road games Feb. 28 Furman* 6:30 p.m. on their schedule., and Samford is currently 5-7 in those Mar. 2 Wofford* 1 p.m. contests. Last season, Samford posted a record of 2-15 in Mar. 8-11 SoCon Tournament# TBD road games. *-SoCon Game #-Asheville, N.C. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP All times Central and subject to change (Based on last game) PLAYER PPG RPG APG 0 Brandon Austin 13.2 4.7 0.6 3 Josh Sharkey 16.5 3.7 7.7 4 Myron Gordon 11.9 2.6 1.7 21 Robert Allen 9.7 7.6 1.6 32 Ruben Guerrero 13.9 8.3 0.5 www.samfordsports.com 2018-19 Samford Men’s Basketball 2018-19 SAMFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Brandon Austin G 6-5 200 R-Jr. Montgomery, Ala./Univ. of Alabama 1 Kevion Nolan G 6-2 170 So. Anniston, Ala./Sacred Heart Catholic 3 Josh Sharkey G 5-10 170 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Carroll HS 4 Myron Gordon G 6-3 180 Jr. Bordentown, N.J./Harcum College 5 Deandre Thomas G 6-4 190 Fr. Richmond, Va./Millwood School 11 Steven Fitzgerald G 6-4 205 Fr. Somerset, Ky./Pulaski County HS 15 Stefan Lakic F 6-7 220 Sr. Visegrad, Bosnia/Missouri St.–W. Plains 21 Robert Allen F 6-8 200 Fr. Orlando, Fla./Edgewater HS 22 Logan Dye F 6-8 235 Fr. Haleyville, Ala./Haleyville HS 24 Jalen Dupree F 6-8 235 R-So. Cordova, Tenn./Murray State 32 Ruben Guerrero C 7-0 240 R-Sr. Marbella, Spain/Univ. of South Florida 35 Stanley Henderson, Jr. F 6-6 210 Fr. Jonesboro, Ga./Middle Georgia Prep 43 J.T. Mumber F 6-7 205 R-Fr. Rome, Ga./Darlington High School Head Coach: Scott Padgett (5th season, Kentucky, ’05) Associate Head Coach: Shawn Finney (1st season, Fairmont State, ’85) Assistant Coach: Sidney Ball (5th season, UAB, ’05) Assistant Coach: Charles Newton (5th season, Tennessee Tech, ’11) Director of Basketball Operations: Matthew Powell (Samford, ’14) Video Coordinator: Crawford Burton GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Alabama (3): Brandon Austin (Montgomery), Logan Dye (Haleyville), Kevion Nolan (Anniston). Bosnia (1): Stefan Lakic (Visegrad) Florida (1): Robert Allen (Orlando) Georgia (2): Stanley Henderson, Jr. (Jonesboro), J.T. Mumber (Rome) Kentucky (1): Steven Fitzgerald (Somerset) New Jersey (1): Myron Gordon (Bordentown) Pennsylvania (1): Josh Sharkey (Philadelphia) Spain (1): Ruben Guererro (Marbella) Tennessee (1): Jalen Dupree (Cordova) Virginia (1): Deandre Th omas (Richmond) www.samfordsports.com 2018-19 Samford Men’s Basketball 2018-19 SAMFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL SAMFORD’S RECORD WHEN . QUICK FACTS Samford controls the tip 12-9 GENERAL INFORMATION Opponent controls the tip 4-2 Location: Birmingham, Ala. Played at home 11-4 Founded: 1841 Played on the road 5-7 Enrollment: 5,509 Played at a neutral site 0-0 Nickname: Bulldogs Played a team with a .500+ record 2-8 Played a team with a .500 record 6-0 School Colors: Red (PMS 200) and Blue (PMS 289) Played a team with a below .500 record 8-3 Arena (Capacity): Pete Hanna Center (5,000) Samford leads at the half 13-4 Press Row Phone: (205) 532-3476 Opponent leads at the half 3-7 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Tied at the half 0-0 Conference: Southern Samford leads with five minutes left 12-2 President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland (Ouachita Baptist/1979) Opponent leads with five minutes left 4-9 Director of Athletics: Martin Newton (Samford/1983) Tied with five minutes left 0-0 Samford leads with one minute left 11-1 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION Opponent leads with one minute left 5-8 Tied with one minute left 0-2 Assistant AD (MBB Contact): Joey Mullins Samford outrebounds opponent 10-2 Office Phone: (205) 726-2799 Opponent outrebounds Samford 6-9 Cell Phone: (205) 532-3477 Rebounds are equal 0-0 Home Phone: (205) 822-3609 Samford shoots 50% or better from field 7-1 E-mail: [email protected] Samford shoots less than 50% from the field 9-10 SID Fax: (205) 726-2545 Samford takes more shots 1-6 Website: www.samfordsports.com Opponent takes more shots 15-5 Shots are equal 0-0 HISTORY Samford blocks more shots 11-3 Opponent blocks more shots 4-5 First Year of Basketball: 1901-02 Blocks are equal 1-3 All-Time Record: 1114-1356, 100 seasons Samford has more turnovers 7-8 All-Time Division I Record: 589-742, 45 seasons Opponent has more turnovers 8-2 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Most Recent: Two/2000 Turnovers are equal 1-1 NCAA Tournament Record: 0-2 Samford has more steals 9-3 Most Recent NCAA Opponent: Syracuse, L (79-65) Opponent has more steals 5-6 NCAA Midwest Regional, Cleveland, Ohio Steals are equal 2-2 Samford bench outscores opponent’s bench 8-2 2017-18 INFORMATION Opponent bench outscores Samford’s bench 8-9 Benches score the same 0-0 Overall Record: 10-22 Samford shoots more free throws 12-4 Conference Record/Finish: 6-12/Seventh Opponent shoots more free throws 3-5 Postseason Result: N/A Free throws are the same 1-2 Starters Returning/Lost: 0/5 November games 7-2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 3/10 December games 4-2 Newcomers (Freshmen/Transfers): 7 (5/2) January games 2-6 February games 3-1 COACHING STAFF March games 0-0 Head Coach: Scott Padgett (Kentucky, 1999) Monday games 2-0 Tuesday games 1-1 Record at Samford: 73-87 (Fifth season) Wednesday games 1-1 Career Record: Same Thursday games 2-5 Associate Head Coach: Shawn Finney (Fairmont State, ’85) Friday games 2-0 Assistant Coach: Sidney Ball (UAB, 2005) Saturday games 5-4 Assistant Coach: Charles Newton (Tennessee Tech, 2011) Sunday games 3-0 Dir. of Basketball Operations: Matthew Powell (Samford, 2014) Overtime games 3-3 Video Coordinator: Crawford Burton (Auburn, 2016) www.samfordsports.com 2018-19 Samford Men’s Basketball 2018-19 SAMFORD MEN’S BASKETBALL SHARKEY DOES IT ALL THE LAST TIME ... Through the first 27 games of the season, junior A Samford player scored 20-29 points: Feb. 16, 2019, guard Josh Sharkey leads the team in scoring (16.5 ppg.) 27 by Josh Sharkey vs. Chattanooga and assists (7.7 apg.), and he ranks fourth on the squad in A Samford player scored 30 or more points: Jan. 24, 2019, 31 by Brandon Austin at Wofford rebounding (3.7 rpg.). He set a school record for assists A Samford player had 10 or more rebounds: Feb. 16, with 15 at Wofford. 2019, 10 by Ruben Guerrero, vs. Chattanooga Sharkey has scored in double figures in 25 of A Samford player had 10 or more assists: Feb. 2, 2019, the team’s 27 games, and he has dished out at least five 12 by Josh Sharkey vs. Western Carolina assists in 24 of those contests. A Samford player had 5 or more steals: Dec. 22, 2018, 6 by Josh Sharkey vs. UNCG GUERRERO STEPPING UP A Samford player recorded a double-double: Feb.