PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Director [email protected] Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Men’s Basketball Report [email protected] Janette Schneider, Public Relations Asst. Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 WEEK 10 BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS CHOICE HOTELS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Big South Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neu L10 Streak BRYAN SMITHSON UNC Asheville 1 0 1.000 12 4 .750 9-1 3-3 0-0 7-3 W1 R-Sr. • Guard • UNC Asheville VMI 1 0 1.000 9 6 .600 6-1 3-3 0-2 7-3 W3 Kennesaw, Ga. Coastal Carolina 1 0 1.000 8 6 .571 8-0 0-6 0-0 6-4 W2 Smithson averaged 28.0 points High Point 1 0 1.000 8 6 .571 6-0 1-5 1-1 6-4 W2 in two games last week, pouring in Winthrop 0 1 .000 9 7 .563 5-1 1-5 3-1 5-5 L1 a game-high 25 points at top- Liberty 0 1 .000 8 8 .500 7-0 1-6 0-2 6-4 L1 ranked North Carolina and then dropping in a career-high 31 points Charleston Southern 0 1 .000 6 10 .375 5-4 1-5 0-1 3-7 L2 in Asheville’s 74-70 Big South-open- Radford 0 1 .000 5 11 .313 4-2 1-9 0-0 4-6 L1 ing win over Liberty. He was 10-of- 15 from the field against the Tar Heels, including 3-of-5 from long distance, and added four rebounds, THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS five assists and a steal. Saturday Monday, Jan. 14 Monday, Jan. 7 against the Flames, Smithson was VMI at COASTAL CAROLINA * ..............................7:00pm at Virginia Tech 79, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 49 10-of-12 from the floor, made four RADFORD at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * ................7:30pm at RADFORD 124, Emory & Henry 109 three-pointers and contributed five rebounds, four assists and two Tuesday, Jan. 15 Tuesday, Jan. 8 steals in the victory. He made five LIBERTY at WINTHROP * ....................................7:00pm at VMI 123, Southern Virginia 85 of his first six shots and his final at HIGH POINT 124, Florida Christian 43 three-pointer of the day tied the Wednesday, Jan. 16 at LIBERTY 84, Kentucky Christian 45 game at 70. For the week, HIGH POINT at UNC ASHEVILLE * ........................7:00pm Smithson shot .741 percent from Wednesday, Jan. 9 the floor (20-of-27), .636 from Saturday, Jan. 19 at #1 North Carolina 93, UNC ASHEVILLE 81 three-point range (7-of-11), .818 UNC ASHEVILLE at VMI *....................................1:00pm at WINTHROP 55, Presbyterian 48 from the charity stripe (9-of-11) WINTHROP at RADFORD * ..................................2:00pm and averaged 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY * ..................7:00pm Saturday, Jan. 12 assists and 1.5 steals. COASTAL CAROLINA at HIGH POINT * ....................7:00pm at COASTAL CAROLINA 76, RADFORD 75 * at UNC ASHEVILLE 74, LIBERTY 70 * at HIGH POINT 62, WINTHROP 61 * NEW BALANCE VMI 93, at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 91 (OT) * FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK JAMARCO WARREN Guard • Charleston Southern Gainesville, Ga. Warren averaged 16.0 points in two games last week, and posted a career-high 26 points in the Buccaneers’ 93-91 overtime loss to * - Big South Conference game * - Big South Conference game VMI. He connected on 8-of-17 Big South school in ALL CAPS Big South school in ALL CAPS three-point attempts against the All Times EST and subject to change Keydets, tying the school record, and twice tied the game with treys. Warren first concluded a lengthy CSU comeback with a three that tied the score at 71, then his final three-pointer tied the contest at 83 early in overtime. Warren made all five of his three-pointers in the sec- ond half and six in a row including overtime. Earlier in the week at Virginia Tech, he tallied six points on two three-pointers and handed out three assists. Warren finished the two games with a .417 percent- age from the arc (10-of-24) and added 2.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds. BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • JAN. 14, 2008 2007-08 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 10 PLAYER NOMINEES Week Choice Hotels Player of the Week G CHRIS MOORE, SR, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Nov. 13 C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville 16.5 PPG, 4.5 REB in 2 G ... 11-of-22 FG ( =.500), 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 9-of-17 3FG ( =.667), 2-of-4 FT ( =.500) ... 28 PTS, Nov. 20 G Chris Gaynor, Sr., Winthrop 8-of-12 3FG, 8 REB vs. VMI 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 C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville G MARIO SISINNI, JR, COASTAL CAROLINA 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 8 PTS, 3-of-7 FG ( =.429), 2-of-2 FT ( =1.000), 3 Nov. 26 G Chris Moore, Sr., Charleston Southern REB, 4 AST vs. Radford ... Scored game-winning 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 lay-up as time expired Dec. 3 F Alex McLean, Sr., Liberty G MIKE JEFFERSON, SR, HIGH POINT 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 14.5 PPG, 7.5 AST in 2 G ... 11-of-22 FG ( =.500), Dec. 10 G Kenny Thomas, Jr., Radford 6-of-13 3FG ( =.462), 1-of-3 FT ( =.333), 3.0 REB, 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 2.0 STL ... Scored 23 points, including the final 12 Dec. 17 F Reggie Williams, Sr., VMI of the game in victory over Winthrop 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 Jan. 2 G Chris Gaynor, Sr., Winthrop G TEEJAY BANNISTER, SR, LIBERTY 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 6.5 PPG, 10.5 AST in 2 G ... 5-of-14 FG ( =.357), 2- of-4 3FG ( =.500), 2.0 REB, 1.0 STL ... 13 assists vs. Jan. 7 G Chavis Holmes, Jr., VMI Kentucky Christian ... 13 PTS, 8 AST at UNC 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 Asheville C Kenny George, R-Jr., UNC Asheville 16 PTS, 13 REB (5 offensive), 8-of-11 FG ( =.727), 3 BLK in win at South Carolina F JOEY LYNCH-FLOHR, SO, RADFORD Jan. 14 G Bryan Smithson, R-Sr., UNC Asheville 16.0 PPG, 9.0 REB in 2 G ... 13-of-18 FG ( =.722), 28.0 PPG, 4.5 REB, 4.5 AST in 2 G ... 20-of-27 FG ( =.741), 7-of-11 3FG ( =.636), 9-of-11 FT ( =.818) 6-of-7 FT ( =.857) ... 22 PTS, 9-of-12 FG, 8 REB at Coastal Carolina ... 10 PTS, 10 REB vs. Emory & Henry. F REGGIE WILLIAMS, SR, VMI 36.5 PPG, 11.0 REB in 2 G ... 30-of-46 FG ( =.652), 5-of-13 3FG ( =.385), 8-of-14 FT ( =.571), 4.5 AST, 1.5 STL ... 43 PTS, 19-of-22 FG ( =.864), 12 REB vs. Southern Virginia ... 30 PTS, 11-of-24 FG ( =.458), 10 REB in win at Charleston Southern 2007-08 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 10 FRESHMEN NOMINEES Week New Balance Freshman of the Week F ANTHONY BREEZE, COASTAL CAROLINA Nov. 13 G Jamarco Warren, Charleston Southern 10 PTS, 6 REB in victory over Radford ... 1-of-4 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 ( =.250), 8-of-8 FT ( =1.000), 3 BLK (career-high), 1 Nov. 20 F Anthony Breeze, Coastal Carolina STL in 23 minutes 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 Nov. 26 F Omar Carter, Charleston Southern G EARNEST BRIDGES, HIGH POINT 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 3.0 PPG, 2.0 REB, 2.0 BLK in 2 G ... 2-of-3 FG ( =.667), 2-of-2 FT ( =1.000) ... 6 PTS, 2 BLK, 2 REB 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) ..