2017-18 UTA MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA Athletic Communications | 601 Spaniolo Drive | Arlington, TX 76019 Basketball Contact | Richard Kilwien | [email protected] GAME #6 | NOV. 27, 2017 | COLLEGE PARK CENTER | ARLINGTON, TEXAS | #MAVCITY 2017-18 SCHEDULE HEAD COACH SERIES HISTORY UT ARLINGTON Series: UTA leads 3-1 Scott Cross (UTA ‘98) NOVEMBER At UTA: 3-1 MAVERICKS Career Record: 208-149 (12th year) 11 Loyola Marymount%ESPN3 W 85-80 Record: 4-1, 0-0 Sun Belt At UTD: 0-0 Record at UTA: Same Neutral Site 0-0 18 at BYU% BYUtv W 89-75 SEC Last Meeting at UTA 21 at No. 25 Alabama% L 76-77 HEAD COACH UT DALLAS. UTA def. UTD 99-49, Dec. 5, 2016 24 v Western Carolina% W 89-65 COMETS Terry Butterfield (Eckerd ‘79) 25 at Niagara% W 95-90 Career Record: 445-304 (29th year) Last Meeting Record: 2-1, 0-0 ASC Record at UTD: 284-177 (18th year) 27 UT Dallas ESPN3 7:00 p.m. UTA def. UTD 99-49, Dec. 5, 2016 29 Rice ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Upcoming Game(s) GAMEDAY COVERAGE DECEMBER The UTA men’s basketball team (4-1, 0-0 Sun Belt Conference) opens a 3-game 2 North Texas ESPN3 7:00 p.m. homestand Monday when it hosts fellow University of Texas system institution UT Tickets 7 at Northern Iowa ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Dallas (2-1, 0-0 American Southwest Conference) in a 7 p.m. contest in beautiful UTATickets.com • (817) 272-9595 9 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 2:00 p.m. College Park Center (capacity 7,000). The Mavericks remain at home Wednesday Television 16 at UTRGV WAC 7:00 p.m. for a game against the University of North Texas and Saturday against Rice Univer- None 18 at Creighton FS1 8:00 p.m. sity. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. starts. 21 Cal Poly ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Streaming: Play-By-Play: Pete Stein 29 at Coastal Carolina* 6:30 p.m. Live Game Coverage Color: Robert Gill 31 at Appalachian State* 1:30 p.m. Every UTA home game is streamed live on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.com or the pop- ular WatchESPN app. In addition, a live radio broadcast of every home and away Radio Maverick Sports Network JANUARY game will be available throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area through a Learfield Radio: KEXB 620 AM 4 Troy* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Sports partnership with KEXB 620 AM. Josh Sours will be on the call generally Online: TuneIn 6 South Alabama* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. beginning 30 minutes prior to tipoff and every broadcast will be available online Play-By-Play: Josh Sours 11 at Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. via TuneIn.com. Live coverage links are available on UTAMavs.com. Live Gametracker Statistics 13 at Arkansas State* 7:00 p.m. UTAMavs.com 18 Louisiana* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Tickets ESPN3 Tickets to all home UTA men and women’s basketball games are available through Social Media 20 ULM* 4:15 p.m. Twitter: @UTAMavs 25 at Georgia State* ESPN3 6:15 p.m. the UTA Box Office, online at UTATickets.com or by calling (817) 272-9595. Sea- Instagram: @UTAMavs 27 at Georgia Southern* ESPN3 6:00 p.m. son, single game, group and multi-game packages are available. Tickets to the Sun Snapchat: UTAMavs Belt Championships in New Orleans, La. will also available later in the season. Facebook: UT Arlington Athletics FEBRUARY UTAMavs.com 1 Appalachian State* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Postgame Coverage Recaps, Photos, Quotes, Notes, Statistics A complete recap of every UTA men’s basketball game, including photos, video 3 Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. highlights, statistics, notes and coach and player comments will be available shortly 10 Texas State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. upon the conclusion each game online at UTAMavs.com. 15 at ULM* 7:00 p.m. 17 at Louisiana* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. Social Media NEXT 2 GAMES 22 Georgia Southern* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. UTA provides extensive coverage of each of its 15 sport programs through a variety Rice 24 Georgia State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. of social media channels, most notably Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Wed., Nov. 29 • 7 p.m. The general account username for most services is @UTAMavs. Several sports North Texas MARCH operate specific accounts, generally used for in-game coverage of events and other ESPN2 Sat., Dec. 2 • 7 p.m. 2 at Texas State* 6:00 p.m. content. Men’s basektball is located on Twitter at @UTA_MBB. 7 First Round# ESPN3 TBD 9 Quarterfinals#ESPN3 TBD PROJECTING THE MAVS 10 Semifinals#ESPN3 TBD 11 Championshp# ESPN2 1:00 p.m. No. Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes % - Homecoming; # - New Orleans, La.; * Sun Belt Conference * 25 Kevin Hervey (F, 6-9, Sr.) 22.4 8.0 2.4 0.6 1.8 SBC POY ... Olson & Henson award watch lists .. 20+ pts 4x in 5g game; %Barclays Center Classic; ALL TIMES CENTRAL; Opponent * 1 Erick Neal (G, 5-10, Sr.) 14.8 2.8 11.6 0.0 1.0 1st NCAA in asts ... Barclays Ctr Classic MVP ... 15 ast at Niagara AP Ranking & TV listed where applicable. * 13 Johnny Hamilton (C, 7-0, Gr.) 13.8 8.0 0.4 2.6 0.4 30/15 v WCU ... Grad Trnsfr/Va Tech ... 2 yrs JC ... 112 blks as soph * 5 Kaelon Wilson (G, 6-2, Sr.) 11.6 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.4 105 apps, 29 starts ... 22 pts at Niagara ... .472 career FG% 22 Link Kabadyundi (C, 7-1, Sr.) 6.8 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 36 UTA apps ... 15 gms at TCU as Fr ... .933 FG% ... 11 pts at UA REFERENCING UT ARLINGTON 15 Scott Muirhead (F, 6-3, So.) 6.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 21 apps ... 10 of 11 career FGs are 3pts ... nickname is “Bill” The UTA athletic 4 Davion Turner (F, 6-9, Jr.) 5.8 3.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 JC Trnsfr ... 11 pts, 5 rebs v WCU ... .667 FG%, .500 3pt% department respectfully * 3 Nathan Hawkins (G, 6-5, Sr.) 5.2 1.8 1.2 0.0 1.6 74 apps at UTA ... xfer from Neb. ... 11 pts, 4 steals vs WCU requests that members 23 Mairega Clarke (G, 6-5, Sr.) 3.6 2.2 0.4 1.0 0.6 23 apps in 2yrs as JC Transfer ... .750 FG%, incl. 4-fof-4 from 3pt of the media and athletic 2 D.J. Bryant (G, 6-0, So.) 0.4 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 40 apps, 3 starts as Soph ... named “Tough Guy” during boot camp institutions refer to the 20 Julian Harris (F, 6-5, Sr.) Injured 71 apps in 2 yrs ... .537 FG pct., .600 FT pct. ... injured, preseason University of Texas at 30 Patrick Binzer (G, 6-2, Jr.) Injured 6 apps as Soph ... avg 24 pt/14reb as prep Sr ... Attded SMU & TCU Arlington as UT Arlington. 21 Pedro Castro (G, 6-6, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 16.6pts/7.3rebs as Prep Sr ... TABC all-region ... Dist MVP UTA is acceptable on second reference. Using 34 Tim Holland (F, 6-8, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 3x all-district ... 17pts/8.4rebs ... CenTex All-Star Gm MVP Texas-Arlington, UT-Arlington or any other form 44 Nils Huizenga (F, 6-7, Fr.) dnp Frosh ... 8pts/9rebs as prep ... 2nd team all-dist ... AAU 3D Empire is incorrect. *Indicates expected starter #MavCity | 2017 Sun Belt Champions | 27-9 Record, 14-4 in SBC | 14-1 in College Park Center | NIT Qtrfinals UT ARLINGTON MAVERICK QUICK FACTS 2017-18 UT ARLINGTON ROSTER GENERAL No. NAME POS HT WT CL EXP Hometown / High School / Last College Name ..................................University of Texas at Arlington 1 Erick Neal G 5-10 155 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Lincoln City/Zip .......................................... Arlington, Texas 76019 2 DJ Bryant G 5-11 180 So. 1L Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview Founded ..................................1895 (Senior College, 1959) 3 Nathan Hawkins G 6-7 210 Sr. 2L Garland, Texas / Rowlett / Nebraska Enrollment .............................. 39,714 (28,218 undergrad) 4 Davion Turner F 6-9 185 Jr Tr Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill / Hill College Nickname...........................................................Mavericks 5 Kaelon Wilson G 6-2 192 Sr. 3L Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster School Colors ....................... Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations ................................................NCAA Division I 11 David Azore G 6-5 205 Fr. HS Friendswood, Texas / Clear Brook Conference .........................................Sun Belt Conference 13 Johnny Hamilton C 7-0 230 Gr. Tr Rio Claro, Trinidad / St. Augustine / Virginia Tech President ..............................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari 15 Scott Muirhead F 6-3 206 So. 1L Ennis, Texas / Ennis Director of Athletics .............................................Jim Baker 20 Julian Harris F 6-5 235 Sr. 3L Mansfield, Texas / Lake Ridge 21 Pedro Castro G 6-6 170 Fr. HS Fort Worth, Texas / Brewer HISTORY 22 Link Kabadyundi C 7-1 274 Sr. 1L Montreal, Canada / Alma Academy / Blinn JC First Year of Men’s Basketball ...............................1959-60 23 Mairega Clarke G 6-5 184 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Putnam Science Acad. / Carl Albert St. Overall All-Time Record ........................................716-906 25 Kevin Hervey F 6-7 230 Sr. 3L Arlington, Texas / Bowie No. Years in NCAA Tournament .............................1 (2008) 30 Patrick Binzer G 6-2 183 Jr. 1L Weatherford, Texas / Weatherford Christian Postseason Appearances ...........................5 (NCAA - 2008; 34 Tim Holland F 6-8 220 Fr. HS Austin, Texas / Cedar Ridge ......................................