PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Director IG OUTH ONFERENCE [email protected] B S C Lauren Cooper, Assistant Director [email protected] Men’s Basketball Report 7233 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Suite 100 Charlotte, N.C. 28226 Monday, Feb. 7, 2005 Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 NO. 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 Leo Lightbourne • Senior Winthrop 7 1 .875 16 5 .762 10-0 4-4 2-1 9-1 W7 Forward • Liberty Liberty 7 3 .700 9 12 .429 5-3 4-9 0-0 7-3 W2 Andros, Bahamas High Point 5 4 .556 10 12 .455 8-1 2-9 0-2 6-4 L2 Charleston Southern 5 5 .500 8 12 .400 4-5 3-5 1-2 5-5 L1 In two wins last week, Coastal Carolina 5 5 .500 8 14 .364 6-4 2-10 0-0 5-5 W1 Lightbourne averaged 18.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and .714 from the UNC Asheville 5 5 .500 8 13 .381 6-3 2-10 0-0 5-5 W1 field on 15-of-21 shooting. He Radford 5 5 .500 10 11 .476 6-2 3-7 1-2 5-5 W1 helped the Flames move past High Birmingham-Southern 4 6 .400 11 10 .524 3-4 5-5 3-1 4-6 L1 Point in the Conference Standings VMI 0 9 .000 5 14 .263 3-5 2-9 0-0 0-10 L12 with his first career double-double against the Panthers, scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. In THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Liberty's come-from-behind win at Monday, Feb. 7 Monday, Jan. 31 Birmingham-Southern, Lightbourne was 6-of-8 from the floor and fin- RADFORD at COASTAL CAROLINA * ..............7:00pm at COASTAL CAROLINA 70, UNC ASHEVILLE 54 * ished with 12 points and seven VMI at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *................7:00pm at WINTHROP 69, VMI 44 * boards in helping the Flames win UNC ASHEVILLE at WINTHROP * ..................7:00pm BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 64, at RADFORD 62 * their first game at Birmingham- Southern's Bill Battle Coliseum, and Tuesday, Feb. 8 Tuesday, Feb. 1 tie Winthrop with a League-high WINTHROP at HIGH POINT * ......................7:00pm at LIBERTY 84, HIGH POINT 81 * seven Conference wins. Thursday, Feb. 10 Thursday, Feb. 3 NEW BALANCE HIGH POINT at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN * ........7:00pm at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 64, COASTAL CAROLINA 62 * FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK WINTHROP at LIBERTY * ................................7:00pm Longwood at VMI ........................................7:00pm Saturday, Feb. 5 Jack Leasure LIBERTY 73, at BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 69 * Guard • Coastal Carolina Saturday, Feb. 12 at COASTAL CAROLINA 75, VMI 70 * Rochester, N.Y. UNC ASHEVILLE at VMI * ..........................1:00pm at UNC ASHEVILLE 89, HIGH POINT 77 * Leasure averaged 13.7 points in COASTAL CAROLINA at HIGH POINT *............3:30pm RADFORD 66, at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 56 * BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN at WINTHROP * ......7:00pm helping the Chants win two of three CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY *..........7:00pm last week and move into a tie for fourth place in the Big South. He scored 20 points and was 8-of-15 Big South school in ALL CAPS from the floor in CCU's 75-70 win * - Big South Conference game Big South school in ALL CAPS over VMI Saturday, while equaling All times EST and subject to change * - Big South Conference game his personal-best of six rebounds at Charleston Southern. For the NEXT BIG SOUTH TELEVISION NETWORK GAMES week, Leasure was 16-of-33 from the field ( =.485), averaged 2.67 Date Game Time three-pointers per game and Thurs., Feb. 10 High Point at Birmingham-So. 7:00pm ET reached double-figures in all three Network/Affiliate: FSN South, FCS Central contests in winning his fifth weekly freshman honor of the season. Key (Market) CC - Comporium Cable, Channel 14 (Rock Hill, S.C.) CMHR - Cox Media Hampton Roads, Channel 11 CMR - Comcast Metro Richmond, Channel 95 CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast C-SET -- Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television FCS-C -- Fox College Sports Central (national digital channel) WGSR-TV Star 39 (High Point/Greensboro) WDRL-UPN (Roanoke) BIG SOUTH WEEKLY MEN’S BASKETBALL REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • FEB. 7, 2005 2004-05 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 10 PLAYER NOMINEES Week Choice Hotels Player of the Week JAKOB SIGURDARSON, G, BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN Nov. 29 F Chris Oliver, Sophomore, Radford 21.5 PPG in 2 G, 14-of-29 FG ( =.483), 5-of-12 3FG 23.3 PPG in 3 G, 29-of-38 FG ( =.763), 6-of-9 3FG ( =.667), 7.3 RPG, 20 PTS each game ( =.417), 10-of-14 FT ( =.714), 4.0 REB ... 29 PTS, 7-of-7 FT vs. Liberty Dec. 6 G Torrell Martin, Sophomore, Winthrop 14.0 PPG in 3 G, 12-of-28 FG ( =.429), 7-of-13 3FG ( =.538), 5.3 RPG; WU upsets PROV ADRIAN GROSS, F, COASTAL CAROLINA 10.3 PPG in 3 G, 14-of-21 FG ( =.667), 10.0 REB Dec. 13 G Larry Blair, Sophomore, Liberty ... 12 PTS, career-high 16 REB vs. UNC Asheville 26.5 PPG in 2 G, 20-of-35 FG ( =.571), 5-of-7 3FG ( =.714); 31 PTS vs. ODU; 22 at NCSU ... Career-high 17 PTS, 10 REB at Charleston Dec. 20 G Zione White, Senior, High Point Southern 17 PTS, 4 REB, 6-of-12 FG ( =.500), 4-of-8 3FG ( =.500) in win over Mount St. Mary’s AKEEM SCOTT, G, HIGH POINT Jan. 3 G Jakob Sigurdarson, Senior, Birmingham-Southern 16.0 PPG in 2 G, 12-of-19 FG ( =.632), 6-of-8 FT ( 16.0 PPG in 3 G, 16-of-18 FT ( =.889); 20 PTS, 6 AST vs. UTC; All-Tournament team =.750), 4.0 REB, 3.5 AST, 2.5 STL ... 21 PTS at F Kurtis Rice, Senior, Charleston Southern Liberty 15.7 PPG, 5.3 RPG in 3 G; career-high 26 PTS, 11 REB vs. Fordham; All-Tournament team CHRIS OLIVER, F, RADFORD Jan. 10 F Kurtis Rice, Senior, Charleston Southern 16.5 PPG in 2 G, 11-of-17 FG ( =.647), 10-of-18 FT 17.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG in 2 G, 14-of-21 FG ( =.667), 1.5 BLK, 1.5 STL; CSU opens Big South 2-0 ( =.556), 6.5 REB ... 21 PTS, 7-of-9 FG, 8 REB in win at Charleston Southern Jan. 17 F Leo Lightbourne, Senior, Liberty 22.5 PPG, 7.0 RPG in 2 G, 14-of-23 FG ( =.609), career-high 27 PTS at CCU; LU goes 2-0 K.J. GARLAND, G, UNC ASHEVILLE Jan. 24 G Whit Holcomb-Faye, Junior, Radford 19.5 PPG in 2 G, 16-of-27 FG ( =.593), 2-of-5 3FG 19.5 PPG in 2 G, 13-of-14 FT ( =.929), 4-of-8 3FG ( =.500); GW 3FG at buzzer in OT vs. HPU ( =.400), 5-of-7 FT ( =.714), 4.5 REB, 5.5 AST, 2.5 STL ... 19 PTS at Coastal Carolina ... 20 PTS, 8-of- Jan. 31 F Bryan McCullough, Senior, UNC Asheville 11 FG, 7 AST vs. High Point 15.5 PPG in 2 G, 11-of-18 FG ( =.611), 3-of-4 3FG ( =.500), 4.5 RPG; UNCA wins twice Feb. 7 F Leo Lightbourne, Senior, Liberty 18.0 PPG in 2 G, 15-of-21 FG ( =.714), 9.5 REB ... 24 PTS, 12 REB vs. HPU; 12 PTS at BSC Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 2004-05 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK OTHER WEEK 10 FRESHMAN NOMINEES Week New Balance Freshman of the Week ARIZONA REID, F, HIGH POINT Nov. 29 F Reggie Williams, VMI 6.5 PPG in 2 G, 6-of-12 FG ( =.500), 6.5 REB, 2.0 STL ... 10 PTS, 5-of-9 FG ( =.556), 3 STL vs. UNC 14.0 PPG in 2 G, 11-of-23 FG ( =.478), 4-of-5 FT ( =.800), 13 rebounds, 6.5 RPG Asheville ... 8 REB at Liberty Dec. 6 PG Chris Gaynor, Winthrop 9.0 PPG in 3 G, 5.3 APG, 4.3 RPG, 2.3 SPG, 8-of-16 FG ( =.500), 5-of-10 3FG ( =.500) REGGIE WILLIAMS, F, VMI 16.0 PPG in 2 G, 12-of-25 FG ( =.480), 7-of-7 FT ( F Reggie Williams, VMI = 1.000), 4.0 REB ... 18 PTS, 6 REB at Coastal 12.5 PPG in 2 G, 4-of-12 3FG ( =.333), 4.0 RPG; 16 PTS, 3 3FG in win over VA Tech Carolina. Dec. 13 F Reggie Williams, VMI 24.5 PPG in 2 G, 17-of-30 FG ( =.567), 6.5 RPG; 28 PTS, 9 REB vs. Towson Dec. 20 G Jack Leasure, Coastal Carolina 8.5 PPG in 2 G, 3.5 APG, 1.5 RPG; 13 PTS, 3 3FG vs. UNCW; career-high 5 AST vs. JSU Jan. 3 G Jack Leasure, Coastal Carolina 8.0 PPG in 3 G, 9-of-22 FG ( =.409), 6-of-13 3FG ( =.462); 12 PTS at CofC; 9 PTS at TENN Jan. 10 G Jack Leasure, Coastal Carolina 18.5 PPG in 2 G, 13-of-25 FG ( =.520), 8-of-17 3FG ( =.471); Career-high 24 PTS vs. WU Jan. 17 PG Chris Gaynor, Winthrop 8.0 PPG, 7.5 APG, 3.5 SPG, 3.0 RPG in 2 G, 4-of-7 3FG ( =.571); 7 AST at UNCA; 8 AST vs. RU Jan.