#UBhornsUP ubmenshoops ubmbb ubathletics MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: BRIAN WOLFF | [email protected] | (O) 716-645-6993 | (C) 716-359-2750 19-3 7-2 #23/#25 16-6 5-4 -/- RECORD MAC RANKING (AP/COACHES) RECORD MAC RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- NATE OATS 83-42 KENO DAVIS 114-103 HEAD COACH RECORD AT UB, 4TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT CMU, 7TH SEASON (H: 9-0, A: 8-3 N:2-0) GAME BUFFALO VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN SERIES AT A GLANCE SCHEDULE Buffalo, NY • Alumni Arena (6,783) All-Time Series Buffalo leads, 20-14 Date Opponent Time 23 Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 • 3:30 pm Last Meeting W, 89-74 10/26 Daemen (Exhibition) (ESPN+) W, 97-50 March 8, 2018 at Cleveland 11/6 St. Francis (PA) (ESPN+) W, 82-67 ESPN+ UB RADIO NETWORK 11/9 at West Virginia (ESPNU) W, 99-94 (OT) TALE OF THE TAPE 11/12 at Southern Illinois (ESPN+) W, 62-53 PBP: Paul Peck PBP: Josh Whetzel Analyst: Will Regan Analyst: Bob Gaughan BULLS CHIPPEWAS 11/21 Dartmouth (ESPN+) W, 110-71 Radio: ESPN 1520/WHTK 1280 POINTS 11/24 Marist (ESPN3) W, 76-49 OPENING TIP Webcast: TuneIn 84.8 PER GAME 84.7 11/30 vs. Milwaukee# W, 96-77 • Buffalo returns to Alumni Arena for just the second time in 12/1 vs. San Francisco# W, 85-81 POINTS the last three weeks when the Bulls host Central Michigan 71.0 75.8 12/5 Le Moyne (ESPN3) W, 89-55 on Saturday afternoon. UB has won six straight against ALLOWED 12/8 at St. Bonaventure (ESPN+) W, 80-62 the Chippewas, averaging 90.0 points per game during the 12/15 Southern Illinois (ESPN+) W, 73-65 winning streak. .462 FG% .462 12/18 at Syracuse (ESPN2) W, 71-59 • Buffalo has won 21 straight games at Alumni Arena, tied 12/21 at Marquette (Fox Sports 1) L, 103-85 with Tennessee for the second longest home winning streak .417 FG% .447 12/29 at Canisius (ESPN+) W, 87-72 in the nation. The only team with more home wins in a row is DEFENSE 1/4 at E. Michigan* (CBSSN) W, 74-58 Houston, who leads the nation with 31. 3-POINT 1/8 Toledo* (ESPN+) W, 110-80 • The Bulls are looking for their 20th win of the season on .340 .362 1/12 Miami (OH)* (CBSSN) W, 88-64 Saturday afternoon. It would mark just the eighth time in FG% 1/15 at W. Michigan* (ESPN+) W, 88-79 school history that UB has won 20 or more games in a season and the fourth time in the last five years. 3-POINT 1/18 E. Michigan* (ESPNU) W, 77-65 .317 FG% DEFENSE .307 1/22 at N. Illinois* (ESPN+) L, 77-75 • UB remained in the top 25 for the 13th straight week as 1/25 at Kent State* (CBSSN) W, 88-79 they are now 23rd in the latest AP Poll, release this previous .692 FT% .667 1/29 Ball State* (ESPN3) W, 83-59 Monday. The 13 weeks extend the new Mid-American Conference record, surpassing the 11 straight weeks that 2/1 at Bowling Green* (CBSSN) L, 92-88 Bowling Green was ranked during the 1961-62 season. REBOUNDS 2/9 C. Michigan* (E3/E+) 3:30 pm 40.6 38.7 • Buffalo is coming off a four-point loss to Bowling Green last PER GAME 2/12 at Akron* (ESPN+) 7:00 pm Friday night at the Stroh Center. It was the largest margin of 2/15 at Toledo* (ESPNU) 7:00 pm defeat against MAC opponent in the last 35 games, dating REBOUNDS 2/19 Ohio* (ESPN+) 7:00 pm 37.5 37.6 back to a six-point loss to Akron on February 24, 2017. The ALLOWED 2/22 Kent State* (ESPN2) 7:00 pm four point loss was UB’s largest on the road in a MAC arena TURNOVERS 2/26 Akron* (ESPN+) 7:00 pm since January 3, 2017 at Toledo.. 11.7 12.2 3/1 at Miami (OH)* (CBSSN) 8:00 pm PER GAME 3/5 at Ohio* (ESPN+) 7:00 pm (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 3/8 Bowling Green* (E3/E+) 7:00 pm PROBABLE GAME STARTERS 3/11 MAC Tournament First Round Campus Sites 3/14 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals Cleveland, OH 3/15 MAC Tournament Semifinals Cleveland, OH 3/16 MAC Tournament Finals Cleveland, OH * Mid-American Conference game • # Belfast Hall of #4 JORDAN #5 MASSINBURG #2 HARRIS #3 GRAVES #1 MCRAE Fame Classic • All times are Eastern Standard Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Pts. Reb. Ast. Mid-American Conference Tournament (Cleveland, 6.7 3.3 3.5 18.4 6.5 3.0 13.8 6.4 2.8 9.2 3.7 1.7 6.6 3.3 0.6 OH) 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER COACHING STAFF No. Name Pos Cl. Ht Wt Hometown/High School/Previous School Head Coach Nate Oats 1 Montell McRae F Sr. 6-10 198 Cleveland, OH/Cleveland Central Catholic/South Plains (Fourth Season) 2 Jeremy Harris G Sr. 6-7 185 Greensboro, NC/Page High/Gulf Coast State Associate Head Coach Jim Whitesell 3 Jayvon Graves G So. 6-3 193 Malvern, OH/St. Vincinent-St. Mary Assistant Coach Bryan Hodgson 4 Davonta Jordan G Jr. 6-2 187 Cocoa, FL/Montverde Academy Assistant Coach Jamie Quarles 5 CJ Massinburg G Sr. 6-3 194 Dallas, TX/South Oak Cliff Director of Operations Adam Bauman 10 Ronaldo Segu G Fr. 6-0 160 Orlando, FL/Orlando Christian Prep 11 Jeenathan Williams F Fr. 6-5 203 Rochester, NY/Prolific Prep 20 Colby Moultrie G So. 6-3 190 North Tonawanda, NY/Canisius 21 Dominic Johnson F So. 6-5 230 Windsor, Ontario/Catholic Central 22 Dontay Caruthers G Sr. 6-1 191 Rochester, NY/East/Midland CC/Indian Hills CC PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 23 Jamon Bivens G So. 6-3 190 Atlanta, GA/Fayette County Davonta Jordan _____________ Duh-von-tay 24 Tra’Von Fagan F So. 6-8 200 Waterloo, IA/Cedar Falls/Florida Southwestern State Jayvon Graves ___________________ Jay-von 33 Nick Perkins F Sr. 6-8 250 Ypsilanti, MI/Milan Ronaldo Segu __________________ Seh-goo 41 Brock Bertram C So. 6-11 249 Apple Valley, MN/Apple Valley Jeenathan Williams ____________ Jeh-nathan ** Gabe Grant F Sr. 6-5 220 Chicago, IL/Mount Carmel/Houston Jamon Bivens ____________ Jay-mon Bi-vens ** Antwain Johnson G Sr. 6-2 197 Greenwood, FL/Malone/Middle Tennessee St. Tra’Von Fagan __________________ Tray-von ** Giambattista Davis G/F Sr. 6-3 203 Buffalo, NY/Park School/Daemen Jamie Quarles __________________ Qwar-uls ** Patrick Moore G Jr. 6-3 210 Fredonia, NY/Fredonia/SUNY Cortland Adam Bauman _________________Bow-man ** Sitting out the 2018-19 season due to NCAA Transfer Rules RADIO/TV ROSTER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #10 #11 #20 Montell McRae Jeremy Harris Jayvon Graves Davonta Jordan CJ Massinburg Ronaldo Segu Jeenathan Williams Colby Moultrie F • Sr. • 6-10 • 198 G • Sr. • 6-7 • 185 G • So. • 6-3 • 193 G • Jr. • 6-2 • 187 G • Sr. • 6-3 • 194 G • Fr. • 6-0 • 160 F • Fr. • 6-5 • 203 G • So. • 6-3 • 190 Cleveland, OH Greensboro, NC Malvern, OH Cocoa, FL Dallas, TX Orlando, FL Rochester, NY North Tonawanda, NY Cleveland Central Catholic Page High St. Vincent-St. Mary Montverde Academy South Oak Cliff Orlando Christian Prep Prolific Prep Canisius (South Plains CC) (Gulf State CC) #21 #22 #23 #24 #33 #41 Dominic Johnson Dontay Caruthers Jamon Bivens Tra’Von Fagan Nick Perkins Brock Bertram Gabe Grant Antwain Johnson F • So. • 6-5 • 230 G • Sr. • 6-1 • 191 G • So. • 6-3 • 10 F • So. • 6-8 • 200 F • Sr. • 6-8 • 250 C • So. • 6-11 • 249 F • Sr. • 6-6 • 220 G • Sr. • 6-2 • 197 Windsor, Ontario Rochester, NY Atlanta, GA Waterloo, IA Ypsilanti, MI Apple Valley, MN Chicago, IL Greenwood, FL Catholic Central East Fayette County Waterloo Milan Apple Valley Mount Carmel Malone (Midland/Indian Hills) (Florida Southwestern St.) (Houston) (Middle Tennessee St.) Patrick Moore Giambattista Davis Nate Oats Jim Whitesell Bryan Hodgson Jamie Quarles Adam Bauman G • Jr. • 6-3 • 210 G/F • Sr. • 6-3 • 203 Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Fredonia, NY Buffalo, NY Fourth Season Fourth Season Fourth Season Second Season Basketball Operations Fredonia Park School Fourth Season (SUNY Cortland) (Daemen College) 2 THREE-TIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2018-19 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS EAST DIVISION Conference Overall School W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA University Information Bowling Green 8-1 . 889 81.4 70.4 16-6 .727 79.2 70.4 School Name: ____ University at Buffalo Buffalo 7-2 . 778 85.7 72.6 19-3 .864 84.8 71.0 Kent State 6-3 . 667 75.1 77.1 17-5 .773 77.0 72.9 Location: ________________ Buffalo, NY Akron 5-4 . 556 62.7 63.8 13-9 .591 70.0 62.4 Founded: _____________________ 1846 Miami 4-6 . 400 66.5 68.9 12-11 .522 72.0 69.0 Enrollment: __________________29,850 Ohio 3-6 . 333 63.9 70.3 11-10 .524 69.9 71.9 President: ___________ Satish K. Tripathi WEST DIVISION Director of Athletics: ______ Mark Alnutt School W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct.