WINTHROPBASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT-SOUTH REGION 10th NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE ROCKTHEHILL WINTHROP 2016-17 Eagle Basketball Game Notes GAME INFORMATION Twitter: @WUEagles/@patkelsey Hashtags: #W1NTHROP #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2016-17 Record: 23-9, 12-6 Big East 2016-17 Record: 26-6, 15-3 Big South 2015-16 Final Record: 22-11, 10-8 Big East GAME 2015-16 Final Record: 23-9, 13-5 Big South Head Coach: Chris Holtmann (3rd season) Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (5th season) Butler/Career Record: 45-22/89-76 Winthrop/Career Record: 102-58/same NCAA Tournament Record: 33 NCAA Tournament Record: 0-0 HOW THEY MATCHUP 2016-17 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION 26-6, 15-3 BSC WINTHROP BUTLER Game 33: #13 Winthrop vs. #4 Butler Thursday, Mar. 16, 1:30 p.m. (EST) NOVEMBER (4-2) 79.7 Scoring 76.3 Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center 12 Ferrum College (HC) W, 66-47 .457 FG% .478 15 ^ at Manhattan College (ESPN2) W, 94-81 Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 18 ^ at Florida State (ACCN) L, 100-86 .373 3FG% .363 Station: 104.1 The Bridge 21 ^ at Illinois (ESPN3) W, 84-80 OT Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 27 ^ New Hampshire L, 65-60 9.5 3FGM PG 7.6 Color: Mike Pacheco 30 Furman W, 58-57 OT .720 FT% .740 Television: TNT Play-by-Play: Carter Blackburn DECEMBER (5-2) 37.4 Rebounding 32.0 Color: Mike Giminski 3 at Dayton (FS-OH) L, 83-67 12.8 Assists 13.2 Video: ncaa.com/march-madness-live/watch 6 Greensboro College W, 106-63 17 at Hampton W, 86-79 6.6 Steals 6.2 20 Georgia Southern W, 86-84 THE MATCHUP 22 at St. Louis (FS-MW) W, 66-55 5.3 Blocks 2.8 • Winthrop and Butler meet for the first time 29 * at Charleston Southern W, 84-68 13.2 Turnovers PG 10.2 • The Eagles are 1-0 against programs from the 31 * Radford L, 82-80 state of Indiana in the NCAA Tournament JANUARY (7-1) 70.2 Scoring Defense 68.4 • Winthrop is 1-9 all-time in the NCAA Tourna- 4 * at High Point W, 80-74 ment .405 FG% Defense .444 7 * Longwood (DH) W, 83-65 • This is Winthrop’s first NCAA Tourna- 11 * Presbyterian College W, 75-52 .310 3FG% Defense .334 ment appearance since 2010 when it played 14 * at Campbell (ASN) W, 72-63 Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a play-in game 19 * UNC Asheville (ESPNU) W, 76-73 +1.0 Rebound Margin +0.6 • Winthrop is 3-4 all-time against programs 21 * at Liberty W, 61-48 +0.9 Turnover Margin +3.4 from the Big East Conference 23 Pfeiffer cancelled 26 * at Gardner-Webb W, 72-70 W8 W/L Streak L2 28 * High Point (ESPN3) L, 83-80 OT FEBRUARY(8-1) 1 * at Radford W, 81-65 4 * Campbell W, 76-62 PROBABLE STARTERS 9 * at UNC Asheville (ESPNU) L, 104-102 OT 11 * Gardner-Webb (ASN) W, 77-71 15 * at Longwood W, 83-63 18 * Liberty (ASN) W, 84-67 23 * Charleston Southern W, 86-72 25 * at Presbyterian Col. (ESPN3) W, 93-56 MARCH (3-0) 2 # vs. (8) Charelston Sou. (ESPN3) W, 92-78 JOHNSON BROMAN PERKINS COOKS OKEKE 3 # vs. (4) Gardner-Webb (ESPN3) W, 80-77 OT 5 13 1 12 00 Sr. 4 Guard So. 4 Guard R-Sr. 4 Guard Jr. 4 Forward R-Jr. 4 Center 5 # vs. (7) Campbell (ESPN) W, 76-59 MIN. 35.0 MIN. 27.9 MIN. 19.5 MIN. 28.8 MIN. 14.1 16 & vs. (4) Butler (TNT) 1:30 p.m. PPG 22.5 PPG 5.5 PPG 7.5 PPG 16.3 PPG 3.3 RPG 3.9 RPG 1.7 RPG 2.4 RPG 9.2 RPG 3.9 ^ Preseason NIT APG 2.6 APG 2.2 APG 1.1 BPG 1.8 BPG 1.5 * Big South Conference Game FG% 43.5 FG% 36.2 FG% 42.3 FG% 48.9 FT% 60.8 # Big South Tournament (Rock Hill, SC) 3FG% 40.4 3FG% 35.4 3FG% 38.2 3FG% 34.0 FG% 26.8 & NCAA Tournament First Round Brett Redden = Asst. Communications Director = [email protected] = (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 2016-17 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Duby Okeke R-Jr. C 6-8 230 Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro H.S 1 Roderick Perkins R-Sr. F 6-5 185 Smyrna, GA/Erskine College 3 Kellen Blake Jr. G 6-2 165 Arlington, VA/Washington Lee H.S. 4 Mitch Hill Jr. SF 6-4 200 Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore H.S. 5 Keon Johnson Sr. G 5-7 160 Mansfield, OH/Mansfield Senior H.S. 10 Anders Broman R-Jr. G 6-2 190 Duluth, MN/South Dakota State 12 Xavier Cooks Jr. G/F 6-8 185 Wollongong, New South Wales/Australian Institute of Sport Centre of Excellence 13 Bjorn Broman So. G 6-0 177 Duluth, MN/Lakeview Christian Academy 14 Adam Pickett So. G 6-1 195 Staunton, VA/Stuart Hall 15 Patrick Fisher Fr. G 6-4 200 Carlsbad, CA/Vermont Academy 25 Josh Ferguson Fr. F 6-8 200 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School 30 Raivis Scerbinskis Fr. F 6-8 215 Riga, Latvia/ Riga Secondary School No. 64 31 Tevin Prescott R-Sr. F 6-5 180 Hartsville, SC/Hartsville H.S. 32 Freddy Poole Jr. PF 6-7 240 Columbia, SC/Dutch Fork H.S. 33 Hunter Sadlon Sr. G 6-0 168 Cincinnati, OH/Turpin H.S. 42 Joshua Davenport Sr. F 6-5 200 Cincinnati, OH/Moeller H.S. COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) #0 Duby Okeke DOOBIE OKAY-KAY Associate Head Coach—Mark Prosser (Marist, ‘02) #10 Anders Broman ON-DURS BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Marty McGillan (UNC Wilmington, ‘90) #13 Bjorn Broman BEE-YORN BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) #30 Raivis Scerbinskis RAVES SHUR-BEEN-SKISS Director of Basketball Operations—Mike Howland (DePauw, ‘02) #33 Hunter Sadlon SAD-LAWN Video Coordinator: Mitchell Hill (Tennessee Tech, ‘14) Graduate Assistant: John Staley (University of Findlay, ‘16) RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0-Duby Okeke 1-Roderick Perkins 3-Kellen Blake 4-Mitch Hill 5-Keon Johnson 10-Anders Broman 12-Xavier Cooks R-Jr. / C / 6-8 / 230 R-Sr. / G-F / 6-5 / 185 Jr. / G / 6-2 / 165 Jr. / SF / 6-4 / 200 Sr. / G / 5-7 / 160 R-Jr. / G / 6-2 / 190 Jr. / G-F / 6-8 / 185 Jonesboro, GA Smyrna, GA Arlington, VA Cincinnati, OH Mansfield, OH Duluth, MN Wollongong, New South Wales 13-Bjorn Broman 14-Adam Pickett 15-Patrick Fisher 25-Josh Ferguson 30-Raivis Scerbinskis 31-Tevin Prescott 32-Freddy Poole So. / G / 6-0 / 177 So. / G / 6-1 / 195 Fr. / G / 6-4 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 215 R. Sr. / F / 6-5 / 180 Jr. / PF / 6-7 / 240 Duluth, MN Staunton, VA Carlsbad, CA Miami, FL Riga, Latvia Hartsville, SC Columbia, SC 33-Hunter Sadlon 42-Joshua Davenport Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Sr. / G / 6-0 / 168 Sr. / F / 6-5 / 200 Pat Kelsey Mark Prosser Marty McGillan Brian Kloman Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH (5th season) (5th season) (4th season) (3rd season) EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT • Eagles making 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2010 • The Eagles are 1-9 all-time in the tournament • The lone win came on Mar. 16, 2007 in Spokane, WA when the 11th seeded Eagles defeated 6th seeded Notre Dame, 74-64 • The 13th seed ties for the second highest seed in program history (11th seed is the highest any Winthrop) • The Eagles have played in the NCAA Tournament in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 TEAM NEWS • Winthrop captured its 11th Big South Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time • Eagles are 26-6 and have 26 wins for the 3rd time in program history (Back-to-Back seasons with 23 wins or more for 3rd time in program history) • Eagles have now won 20 or more games for a third time under Kelsey and for the 12th time since the program became an NCAA D1 member • Pat Kelsey became the first coach in Big South history to reach 100 wins in their first five seasons • Eagles trailed against Gardner-Webb by as much as eight points, which was the first time they’ve trailed in the last seven games • Team is 9-1 in the last 10 games and 13-2 in the last 15 with the only two losses coming in overtime • The Eagles remained ranked for an 8th straight week in the CollegeInsider.com Top 25 Mid-Major Poll, moving up two spots to 17th • The last season they were ranked in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25 was Oct. 25, 2007 in the preseason Top 25 after finishing 2nd in 2006-07 • Eagles did not lose consecutive games all season • Eagles have held double-figure leads in nine of the last 12 games and 14-of-18 • In the last 60 victories, the Eagles have won by double-figures in 37 of them (62%) • In the last 32 wins against Big South schools, 22 of them have been by double-figures (69%) • The three losses in conference play were by a total of eight points, two in overtime • Had a 7-0 start to January for the first time in the history of the program, but missed a perfect month with the overtime loss to High Point and followed that up with an 8-win February (most wins in Feb.