TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents ....................................................................................1 School ...................................................................................USC Upstate USC Upstate quick facts .........................................................................1 Location ........................................................................Spartanburg, S.C. USC Upstate Media Relations ...............................................................2 Founded..............................................................................................1967 Media policies & procedures .................................................................2 Enrollment .........................................................................................5,500 Social Media .............................................................................................3 Nickname .................................................................................... Spartans COACHES AND STAFF Colors .........................................................Green (349), White & Black Head Coach Eddie Payne ...................................................................4-7 Home Court ..............................................................G.B. Hodge Center Assistant Coach Kyle Perry .....................................................................8 Capacity ................................................................................................818 Assistant Coach Kente’ Hart ..................................................................9 Affiliation .......................................................................NCAA Division I Asssitant Coach Luke Payne ................................................................10 Conference ...........................................................................Atlantic Sun Athletic Trainer Sandy Sandago .........................................................11 Chancellor .................................................................Dr. Thomas Moore Support Staff ......................................................................................... 11 Athletic Director .................................................................... Lee Fowler Athletic Department Phone .........................................(864) 503-5141 STUDENT-ATHLETES Torrey Craig .....................................................................................12-13 Ricardo Glenn ..................................................................................14-15 HISTORY Jodd Maxey ......................................................................................16-17 First Year of Men’s Basketball ...................................................1967-68 Babatunde Olumuyiwa .................................................................. 18-19 Overall All-Time Record ............................................................708-586 Mario Blessing .................................................................................20-21 NCAA Tournament Appearances ....................................6 (Division II) Ty Greene .........................................................................................22-23 Last NCAA Tournament Appearance ...................... 2006 (Division II) Fred Miller ........................................................................................24-25 Last NCAA Opponent ..............................Columbus State (Division II) Daniel Bridges ....................................................................................... 26 Result ................................................................................... L, 90-88 (OT) Michael Buchanan ................................................................................ 26 Josh Cuthbertson .................................................................................. 27 Austin Grimes ........................................................................................ 27 2012-13 INFORMATION Karim Mawuenyega ..............................................................................28 Overall Record................................................................................. 16-17 ShunQuez Stephens ............................................................................. 28 Conference Record/Finish ......................................................9-9/t-4th Racine Talla ............................................................................................29 Final Ranking ...................................................................................... N/A Tristan Thomas ...................................................................................... 29 Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................................5/0 Team Roster ........................................................................................... 30 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................................................7/4 Radio/TV Roster .................................................................................... 31 COACHING STAFF OPPONENTS Head Coach ..........................................................................Eddie Payne Opponent Profiles .......................................................................... 32-35 All-Time Results .................................................................................... 36 Alma Mater ...............................................................Wake Forest, 1973 USC Upstate vs. Opponents ................................................................37 Overall Record/Years ................................................417-409/28 years Record at USC Upstate/Years .................................157-176/11 years 2012-13 SEASON REVIEW Assistant Coaches ....................................................................Kyle Perry Season Stats ........................................................................................... 38 Kente’ Hart Game Results ......................................................................................... 39 Luke Payne Game-by-Game Stats .......................................................................... 40 Head Athletic Trainer ................................ Michael “Sandy” Sandago Season Superlatives ..............................................................................41 Box Scores ........................................................................................42-47 A-Sun Review ...................................................................................48-51 MEDIA RELATIONS Associate AD/Media Relations Director............................ Bill English RECORD BOOK Associate Media Relations Director/MBB Contact ....Jay D’Abramo Career records .................................................................................52-53 Office Number ...............................................................(864) 503-5166 Season records ................................................................................ 54-55 Cell Number ...................................................................(864) 216-3617 Single game records .............................................................................55 Fax Number ....................................................................(864) 503-5127 Honor Roll ........................................................................................56-57 Email .............................................................jdabramo@uscupstate.edu 1,000 point scorers .........................................................................58-60 Assistant Director ......................................................... Wesley Herring All-Americans ........................................................................................ 61 Press Row Phone ............................................................(864) 503-5058 Program history ...............................................................................62-65 Media Relations Mailing Address ........................800 University Way All-time results ................................................................................66-73 Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 Administration ................................................................................. 74-75 Athletics Website .......................................www.upstatespartans.com This is USC Upstate ........................................................................ 76-89 Twitter ....................................................................................@UPSTMBB 1 2013-14 USC Upstate Men’s Basketball Media Guide UPSTATE MEDIA RELATIONS USC UPSTATE MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT Bill English Jay D’Abramo Wesley Herring Chad Pothoff Associate AD of Media Relations Assistant Media Relations Director Assistant Media Relations Director Video Coordinator Email: [email protected] - Men’s basketball Contact - Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Offi ce: 865-503-5129 Email: [email protected] Offi ce: 864-503-5152 Offi ce: 864-503-5172 Offi ce: 864-503-5166 Cell: 864-216-3617 Twitter: @upstatejayd Mailing Address | USC Upstate Media Relations | 800 University Way | Spartanburg, SC 29303 MEDIA GUIDE – The 2013-14 USC Upstate men’s basketball media guide has been specifically designed to aid members of the media covering the