2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL #DUNKCITY INFOGRAPHIC GAME NOTES 2013: SWEET 16 (ONLY 15 seeD EVER) | 2014: NIT | 2015: CIT 2013: ATLANTIC SUN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS | 2014: ATLANTIC SUN REGULAR SeasON CHAMPIONS Contact: Jason MacBain | Email: [email protected] | Cell: 315.750.0236 | Office: 239.590.7061 | Twitter: @JaBain SCHEDULE / RESULTS 4 FGCU @ 1 NORTH FLORIDA NOVEMBER Atlantic Sun Championship Semifinal 14 at Ohio L, 85-75 UNF Arena (5,800) | Jacksonville, FL 16 TEXAS WESLEYAN W, 85-62 ESPN3 | WatchESPN App 21 YOUNGSTOWN ST.^ W, 104-101 (3OT) Hashtags: #FGCUvsUNF | #DunkCity | #ASunMadness 22 NORTH DAKOTA^ W, 73-60 Series History: FGCU Leads, 12-10 CIT 23 BOWLING GREEN^ L, 82-77 @FGCU_MBB Note: FGCU W6, UNF W7, FGCU W5, UNF W3, FGCU W1 @OspreyMBB 27 at Florida L, 70-50 18-13 | 8-6 HC: Joe Dooley (119-89) HC: Matthew Driscoll (144-187) 22-10 | 10-4 29 AVE MARIA^ W, 91-34 The Eagles receive 60.5 percent of their total points from 2-point field goals, rank- DECEMBER ing as the 5th-highest percentage in NIT2 at #18 Texas A&M L, 75-65 83% the nation. By comparison, UNF ranks 6 at FIU W, 84-76 (OT) 344th in the nation (out of 351 teams) in 13 MASSACHUSETTS W, 77-76 POINTS that category at 41.5 percent and allows the highest percentage of made 2-point 19 RV SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L, 56-52 NIT baskets in the country (63.1) However, NIT22 LOUISIANA TECH L, 66-63 the Ospreys lead the country by a wide 28 vs. South Dakota! L, 89-81 (OT) margin in 3-pointers made with 394 and 31 LA SALLE W, 86-77 87% are 3rd in the nation in percentage of total points from 3-point field goals at 43.5, while the Eagles are 339th at 20.5 percent. JANUARY 2 ECKERD W, 68-57 REBOUNDS Marc-Eddy Norelia was named to the A-Sun First Team on Mon- 5 WEBBER INT’L W, 104-59 day, while Zach Johnson was tabbed as an A-Sun All-Freshmen 9 STETSON* W, 82-53 Team member. With 12 rebounds in the quarterfinal game against Kennesaw State, Norelia set the single-season program record CIT 14 NJIT* W, 82-78 (OT) 88% with 282 caroms (was 274 by Adam Liddell in 2006-07). Johnson CIT 16 USC UPSTATE* W, 85-56 is currently 4th on the all-time freshman scoring list at FGCU (336 21 at Kennesaw State* W, 79-74 points), behind only Christophe Varidel (345 in 2010-11), Bernard ASSISTS 24 at Lipscomb* L, 91-75 Non-Seniors From Totals % Of Thompson (368 in 2011-12) and Anthony Banks (374 in 2009-10). 27 JACKSONVILLE* L, 78-69 PROBABLE STARTERS TWEETABLES NCAA 30 at North Florida* L, 82-76 5 THINGS TO KNOW IN FEBRUARY ZACH JOHNSON (G) 1 at Jacksonville* L, 83-80 R-Fr. | 6-2 | 195 | Miami, Fla. 140 CHARActERS OR LESS 1) FGCU and UNF have only NCAA 6 NORTH FLORIDA* W, 81-65 2nd on FGCU with 13.4 ppg in A-Sun games 5 met one previous time in the CIT 11 at USC Upstate* W, 71-64 Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen Team Member A-Sun Championship, and CIT 13 at NJIT* L, 68-59 that was a 73-63 Eagles’ win 18 LIPSCOMB* W, 82-67 JULIAN DEBOSE (G) in the 2013 quarterfinals. 2) This will be FGCU’s first 20 KENNESAW STATE* W, 68-63 R-Sr. | 6-4 | 197 | Washington, D.C. true A-Sun Championship 25 at Stetson* L, 80-73 3Leading returning scorer; 1,056 career pts road game (5-1 at Mercer’s MARCH Won Gold with Team USA at World University Games ‘neutral’ arena in 2012 and ATLANTIC SUN CHAMPIONSHIP 2013; 4-2 at home from 1 5 KENNESAW STATE W, 74-64 CHRISTIAN TERRELL (G) 2014-present). So. | 6-5 | 184 | Jacksonville, Fla. 3) FGCU has had 20 games 3 at 1 North Florida 7:30 PM this year decided by 10 points 6 Final 7 PM 11 Team’s 2nd-leading scorer (12.5) or less (9-11 in those games), A-Sun Championship: Higher Seed, On Campus 386 points this year already; 110 all of last year matching the Division-I pro- ^ Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic (Alico Arena) gram record from 2011-12. ! Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) MARC-EDDY NORELIA (F) 4) The Eagles shot 52 per- * Atlantic Sun Conference Game cent and finished with a +14 R-Jr. | 6-8 | 218 | Orlando, Fla. FGCU_MBB (new in 2015-16) rebound edge against Ken- 25Team-high 17 ppg, 9.1 rpg nesaw State – both tied for @FGCU_MBB (9,577 followers) Atlantic Sun First Team All-Conference Member the 2nd-best in the program’s A-Sun Championship history. /FGCUMBB (16,475 likes) DEMETRIS MORANT (F) 5) Joe Dooley will be coach- R-Jr. | 6-9 | 209 | Miami, Fla. ing his 100th game with the @FGCU_MBB (3,665 followers) Eagles. In only his 3rd year, 21 Missed 7-straight games (1/14-2/1) Dooley has a D-I program-re- /FGCUAthletics (330,944 views) 3 blocks in the quarterfinals vs. Kennesaw State cord 62 wins (62-37). @FGCU_MBB Infographic Game Notes 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Men’s Basketball Championship Campus Sites | March 1 - March 6 Quarterfi nals Semifi nals Final Tuesday Thursday Sunday March 1 March 3 March 6 #1 North Florida 92 #1 North Florida Final #8 USC Upstate 69 Jacksonville, Fla. 7:30 PM ET #4 FGCU 74 #4 FGCU Final #5 Kennesaw State 64 7:00 P.M. A-Sun Champion #3 Jacksonville 89 #6 Lipscomb Final - OT #6 Lipscomb 92 Nashville, Tenn. 6:00 PM CT #2 NJIT 67 #7 Stetson Final #7 Stetson 82 2 #DunkCity @FGCU_MBB Infographic Game Notes MARC-EDDY NORELIA A-Sun All-Conference First Team selec- A-SUN PLAYER OF THE YEAR tion for the first time. Leads FGCU in near- Dallas Moore, North Florida ly every offensive category as he ranks 6th in the A-Sun in scoring at 17 points A-SUN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR per game, 2nd in rebounding at 9.1 per Demarcus Daniels, North Florida game and 4th in field-goal percentage at A-SUN NewcOMER OF THE YEAR .537. The redshirt junior was named A-Sun Player of the Week on three occasions Kendrick Ray, Kennesaw State this year. It marks the 4th-straight year A-SUN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR FGCU has had at least one representative Derick Newton, Stetson on the A-Sun First Team – the longest such A-SUN COacHING Staff OF THE YEAR streak in the conference. North Florida, Matthew Driscoll ZACH JOHNSON A-Sun All-Freshmen Team selection. He came on strong in league action and has now reached double-figure points in 15 of the last 18 games. He is averaging 10.8 points per game and was a unanimous selection to the team. The redshirt point guard finished the year tied with his fel- low freshman backcourt mate Reggie Reid for the most assists in the A-Sun by a freshman with 97 and now has a league-best 100 among freshmen. FGCU and North Florida are the only schools in the Atlan- tic Sun Conference which have won an A-Sun Men’s Bas- ketball Championship. FGCU won its tournament cham- pionship in 2013, while UNF claimed its last year. The Eagles joined the league in 2007-08 with USC Upstate, and prior to that UNF and Kennesaw State both joined for the 2005-06 season. Lipscomb has been a member since 2003-04, Jacksonville since 1998-99 and Stet- son since 1986-87. NJIT is in its 1st year in the A-Sun. BEST IN THE FGCU’s 9-3 record in A-Sun Championship games is good for a .750 winning percentage, by far the best among all SO TP TLIGH current A-Sun teams. In fact, FGCU and North Florida are the only current league members which are .500 or better 11-6 all-time in A-Sun Championship games as the Ospreys are overall 6-5 (.545), with four of those wins coming since last year. Despite only becoming Division-I postseason eligible for the Despite appear- Most Wins Record (Appearances) 2011-12 season, FGCU has already claimed an impressive 11 ing in just four Stetson: 10-22 (23) wins in the postseason. A-Sun Champion- FGCU: 9-3 (5) ships, FGCU has North Florida: 6-5 (7) A-SUN 9-3 NCAA 2-1 NIT 0-1 Lipscomb: 6-11 (12) the 2nd-most FGCU is the only FGCU became the The Eagles re- Jacksonville: 5-17 (17) school in D-I history first school in NCAA ceived a No. 8 seed tourney wins of USC Upstate: 4-5 (5) to reach the cham- history to reach in the NIT in 2014 any current con- pionship game of its Kennesaw State: 1-4 (4) the Sweet Sixteen and traveled to No. ference member: NJIT: 0-1 (1) conference tourna- 1 Florida State, fall- ment in each of its as a No. 15 seed in ing just short (58- first three seasons 2013 when the Ea- 78 68 of eligibility. The Ea- gles defeated No. 2 53) to the eventual NIT semifinalists. gles went 2-1 in 2012 Georgetown and No. (lost to Belmont), 7 San Diego State 81 71 3-0 in 2013 (defeat- en route to capti- ed Mercer) and 2-1 CIT 0-1 in 2014 (lost to Mer- vating the nation FGCU made its first 78 71 cer).