2009-10 Men’s Basketball 2009-10 BASKETBALL GAMENOTES ● GAME 34 SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 2009-10 Schedule & Results Matchup: No.1 Morgan State vs. 24-9, 15-1 in MEAC Fast Fact: Morgan No. 8 Howard/No. 9 North Carolina A&T State has won four (11-1 home, 12-7 away, 1-1 neutral) Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 straight, including Opponent Time Time: 7:00 p.m. (ET) 16 of its last 18 N13 @Univ. of Albany W, 69-65 Site: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, N15 @UMBC W, 72-57 Winston-Salem, N.C. games ... Reggie N19 E. TENNESSEE STATE W, 72-61 Record: Morgan State 24-9 (15-1) Holmes moved past N22 @#22 Louisville L, 81-90 Marvin Webster N24 @Univ. of Arkansas W, 97-94 Coache: MSU - Todd Bozeman (92-50 - 4th yr; N28 @Appalachian State L, 93-92 OT 144-85 overall) (1,990) as MSU’s D1 @Loyola L, 66-78 Television: n/a All-Time Leading D5 @Coppin State* W, 80-67 Rank: Mid-Major Top 25 ranked No. 18 Scorer (1,994). D8 @Univ. of Minnesota L, 64-94 D12 MANHATTAN W, 83-74 Radio: WEAA, 88.9 FM D22 TOWSON W, 87-80 Websites: www.MorganStateBears.com; D29 vs. Eastern Kentucky L, 62-76 MSU PREPARES FOR QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP ON 30 vs Long Island W, 87-70 THURSDAY AGAINST THE WINNER OF THE No. 8 HOWARD/ J4 @Robert Morris L, 75-78 No. 9 NORTH CAROLINA A&T GAME J6 @Baylor L, 63-79 ● No. 18 Morgan State, the 2009-10 MEAC regular season champions, will face J9 @Howard* W, 90-58 the winner of Howard vs. North Carolina A&T on Wednesday, March 10th. Tip-off J11 @Hampton* (ESPNU) W, 73-63 is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem (NC) and will be J16 @S. Carolina St.* (ESPN2) W, 72-67 broadcast by WEAA, 88.9 FM. J18 @Winston-Salem State W, 84-65 J23 DELAWARE STATE* W, 72-62 ● Reggie Holmes, the hometown hero who helped restore Morgan State basketball to prominence, had J25 UMES* W, 91-54 the best of farewells at Hill Field House on Thursday night. Playing before a packed house in his final J30 @Norfolk State* WOT, 100-94 home game, Holmes broke Marvin Webster's all-time scoring record at Morgan with a 36-point effort and F1 @North Carolina A&T* W, 74-65 a 74-54 victory over Coppin State. F6 FLORIDA A&M* W, 94-68 ● MSU senior guard Reggie Holmes will enter Wednesday's contest averaging 22.4 points per game, F8 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* W, 48-47 including six 30 point outings thru 33 games. He currently leads the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference F13 WINSTON-SALEM ST. W, 79-65 in scoring and ranks in the NCAA Top 10 (ranked No. 8). F15 S. CAROLINA ST.* (ESPNU) L, 68-71 ● The Bears finished the regular season with an 11-1 home record; Todd Bozeman has led the Bears F17 @Delaware State* W, 68-65 to a 35-6 (.854) home record inside the confines of Hill Field House. Morgan State is 12-7 (.632) on the F20 @Murray State (ESPNU) L, 75-66 road this season. F22 @UMES* W, 65-61 F27 NORFOLK STATE* W2OT, 88-87 2009-10 MSU Men’s Basketball Roster M1 N.C. A&T* (ESPNU) W, 81-67 NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. PPG RPG HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL M4 COPPIN STATE* W, 74-54 1 Adam Braswell G 6-1 185 Fr. - - Willingboro, N.J./Burlington Township M8-13 MEAC Tournament TBD 2 Gene Johnson F 6-7 220 Jr. 1.0 1.0 Hagerstown, Md./St. Maria Gorreti HS 3 Danny Smith G 5-11 190 Jr. 3.0 3.1a Randallstown, Md./NW Nebraska CC/Woodlawn HS BOLD – Home Games at Hill Field House 4 Anthony Anderson* F 6-10 235 Fr. - - St. Charles, Md./La Plata HS * = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Games 11 Reggie Holmes G 6-4 180 Sr. 22.4 4.2 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances HS 13 Sean Thomas G 6-1 185 So. 4.8 3.1a Clinton, Md./Gwynn Park HS Pronunciation Guide 21 Joe Davis G 6-0 180 Jr. 7.0 1.3 Warrensville, OH/Cleveland St/Warrensville Hts HS 23 Troy Smith G 6-4 195 Sr. 8.9 4.0 Baltimore, Md./NE J.C. (Colorado)/Douglass HS Name Pronunciation 32 DeWayne Jackson F 6-8 210 Fr. 10.1 4.3 Bowie, Md./Bowie HS Braswell BRAZ-well 33 Kevin Thompson F 6-9 240 r-So. 12.6 12.0 Baltimore, Md./Walbrook HS Foote FOOT 34 Ameer Ali G/F 6-4 230 r-So. 4.3 4.1 Philadelphia, Pa./Progressive HS 42 Rodney Stokes F/C 6-10 225 Jr. 3.3 2.8 Glen Burnie, Md./Old Mill HS 44 John Long F 6-5 210 Sr. 1.0 1.4 Hagerstown, Md./Hagerston C.C./S. Hagerstown HS Media Relations ● Morgan State University ● Baltimore, Md. 21251 P: (443) 885-3831 ● F: (443) 885-8307 ● email: [email protected] 53 Buford Foote C 6-9 215 Sr. - - Atlanta, Ga./Pensacola C.C./Stone Mountain HS Probable starters highlighted - *Injured and not dressed Head Coach: Todd Bozeman (Rhode Island, 1986), 4th year at MSU Assistant Coach: Kevin McClain (Univ. of Americas, 2003), 4th year at MSU Assistant Coach: Keith Goodie (Morgan State, 2008), 3rd year at MSU Head Manager: Quentin Dulic, 2nd year at MSU Director of Media Relations: Leonard L. Haynes IV (Howard, 1992), 8th year at MSU 2008-09 MEAC Champs ● 2009 MEAC Tournament Champs ● 2009 Mid-Major Coach of the Year ● 2009-10 MEAC Champs ● Joe Davis (G/6-0/180) - Transfer from 2010 MEAC Basketball Tournament Cleveland State ... Product of Warrensville, Ohio ... March 9 – 13 Has D1 experience ... Averaged double-digit points Winston-Salem, NC (Joel Coliseum) www.meachoops.com off the bench for Vikings… Also joins the team as a junior. MEN’S BRACKET No. 7 Bethune-Cookman GAME 4 BEAR NEWS & NOTES Tues., March 9 ● Morgan State is ranked 18th in the CollegeInsider. 6:30 p.m. GAME 10 Wed., March 10 No. 10 Florida A&M 9:30 p.m. com Mid-Major Poll, marking its 6th week ranked No. 6 Maryland E. Shore No. 2 Delaware State GAME 18 among the top Mid-Majors in the country. GAME 8 Semifinals Wed., March 10 Fri., March 12 ● Morgan began its celebratory night with the 8 p.m. 3 p.m. GAME 13 FINALS Thurs., March 11 pre-game announcement that the Bears had swept No. 11 Coppin State 6 p.m. GAME 19 the top individual awards for the season in the No. 3 South Carolina State Sat., March 13 2:00 p.m. Champion MEAC. Reggie Holmes was named Player of the No. 4 Norfolk State ESPN2 Year , Kevin Thompson earned Defensive Player GAME 14 Thurs., March 11 of the Year and freshman DeWayne Jackson was 8 p.m. selected as Rookie of the Year. Todd Bozeman also No. 8 Howard No. 5 Hampton GAME 17 Semifinals was named Coach of the Year for the third straight GAME 5 Fri., March 12 Tues., March 9 6 p.m. 9 p.m. GAME 9 season. Wed., March 10 No. 9 North Carolina A&T 7 p.m. ● Morgan State had an 11-game winning streak No. 1 Morgan State snapped by S.C. State on Feb. 15 and bounced back with a win against the MEAC's No. 2 ranked 2010 MEAC Men’s Basketball Championship Schedule Delaware State on Feb. 17 ... The Bears have won 19 of its last 24 games. Tuesday, March 9 - Opening Round 6:30 PM Game 4 - No. 7 Bethune-Cookman vs. No. 10 Florida A&M ● Morgan State captured its 3rd straight MEAC 9:00 PM Game 5 - No. 8 Howard vs. No. 9 North Carolina A&T regular season title in after a 65-61 victory during Wednesday, March 10 - Opening Round/Quarterfinals Senior Night at MD-Eastern Shore. 3:00 PM Game 8 - No. 6 Maryland E. Shore vs. No. 11 Coppin State 7:00 PM Game 9 - No. 1 Morgan State vs. Winner of Game 5 ● Reggie Holmes scored 32 points to pace Morgan 9:30 PM Game 10 - No. 2 Delaware State vs. Winner of Game 4 State to an 81-67 win over N.C.A&T (March and set Thursday, March 11 - Quarterfinals a new school record with including 8-for-13 from 6:00 PM Game 13 - No. 3 South Carolina State vs. Winner of Game 8 8:00 PM Game 14 - No. 4 Norfolk State vs. No. 5 Hampton 3-point range. His eight 3-pointers set a school record. ● Reggie Holmes has scored 739 points (2nd Friday, March 12 - Semifinals 6:00 PM Game 17 - Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 14 highest total in the nation) for the season ...providing 8:00 PM Game 18 - Winner of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 13 just about 30 percent of the Bears' scoring. Saturday, March 13 - Championship Final (ESPN2) ● Senior guard Troy Smith scored a career-best 2:00 PM Game 19 - Winner of Game 17 vs. Winner of Game 18 with 19 points in a win against Norfolk State (March 1). BEAR SCHEDULE ● Freshman DeWayne Jackson is MSU's 3rd ● The Bears once again have an ambitious non- leading scorer by averaging 10.1 ppg thru 33 games..