2015-16 @FIUHOOPS GAME NOTES FIUSports.com /FIUMensBball @FIUHoops fiuathletics MBB CONTACT: Michael Hogan, Director of Sports Information • Office: (305) 348-1496 • Cell: (813) 469-0616 • Twitter: @mihogan STETSON at FIU Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 • 7 p.m. • Lime Court at FIU Arena • Miami, Fla 2015-16 SCHEDULE GAME NO. 7 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result N13 Trinity Baptist W, 71-39 FIU STETSON GAMEDAY N16 Florida Memorial^ W, 67-51 PANTHERS HATTERS INFORMATION JMU MEN AGAINST BREAST CANCER CLASSIC Record 4-2, 0-0 C-USA Record 2-4, 0-0 Atlantic Sun TV/Video PantherVision HARRISONBURG, VA. Last Game W, 80-72 vs. LIU Brooklyn Last Game L, 93-73 East Carolina Pete Pelegrin (play-by-play) N20 at JMU L, 64-61 N21 vs. UT Martin W, 69-62 November 25 2015 November 27, 2015 Radio/Audio FIU Sports Radio Network N22 vs. Oral Roberts L, 76-70 (ot) Head Coach Anthony Evans Head Coach Corey Williams Pete Pelegrin (play-by-play) Alma Mater St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 Alma Mater Oklahoma State, 2002 Live Stats FIUSports.com N25 LIU Brooklyn (ASN) W, 80-72 Career Record 134-129/ninth season Career Record 18-50/third season Series FIU leads the series 14-6 N30 Stetson 7 p.m. Record at FIU 35-35/third season Record at school 18-50/third season Twitter @FIUHoops D4 Elon 7 p.m. Top Players Top Players Tickets 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263) D6 Florida Gulf Coast (ASN) 3:30 p.m. Adrian Diaz (14.0 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 4.2 bpg) Derick Newton (13.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg) Single game tickets are $10 in advance D14 at North Florida 7 p.m. Daviyon Draper (16.6ppg, 5.2 rpg, 45.6 FG%) Brian Pegg (12.5 ppg, 10.3 apg) and $12 on game day. D19 at Northern Illinois 3 p.m. D22 at Binghamton 7 p.m. QUICK HITS D29 Florida A&M 7 p.m. n The FIU men’s basketball team returns home on Monday n Diaz also leads Conference USA, and is No. 2 in NCAA J3 Florida Atlantic* (FSN) 3 p.m. for the second game of a four-game homestand when it fac- Division I (through game of Nov. 28), in blocked shots per J7 at WKU* 8 p.m. es in-state foe Stetson at 7 p.m. game, averaging 4.2 rejections-per-outing. J9 at Marshall* 7 p.m. J14 Louisiana Tech* 7 p.m. n The Panthers have shot no worse than 42 percent from n Diaz is just two blocked shots from tying - and three from J16 Southern Miss* 7 p.m. behind the three-point arc in each of their last four games surpassing - Dwight Stewart (1988-93) as FIUs all-time J21 at UTSA* 8 p.m. ... FIU is shooting 44.6 percent (33-of-74) from behind the leader in blocked shots ... Stewart ended his career with 126 J23 at UTEP* 9:05 p.m. arc and averaging 8.25 treys-per-game during that stretch. rejections. J28 Charlotte* (ASN) 7 p.m. J30 Old Dominion* 7 p.m. n Daviyon Draper and Adrian Diaz continue to lead the Pan- n Following Monday’s game the Panthers will butt heads thers in scoring netting 16.6 and 14.0 points-per-game, re- with Elon on Friday, Dec. at 7 p.m., and then close out the F4 at UAB* (ASN) 7 p.m. spectively ... Diaz and paces the team on the glass, grabbing four-game homestand against Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday, F6 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. 9.8 rebounds-per-outing Dec. 6 at 3:30 p.m. (American Sports Network). F11 UTEP* 7 p.m. F13 UTSA* 7 p.m. FIU PROBABLE STARTERS F18 at North Texas* 8 p.m. F20 at Rice* (ASN) 2 p.m. F27 at Florida Atlantic* (ASN) 2 p.m. M3 UAB* 7 p.m. M5 Middle Tennessee* (ASN) 6 p.m. CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT BIRMINGHAM, ALA. M8 C-USA First Round TBD M9 C-USA Second Round TBD M10 C-USA Quarterfinals TBD G • 2 • Jr. G • 12 • So. G • 1 • Jr. F • 20 • Sr. F • 32 • Sr. M11 C-USA Semifinals TBD M12 C-USA Championship TBD DONTE ERIC JASON ADRIAN DAVIYON MCGILL NOTTAGE BOSWELL DIAZ DRAPER ^ Preliminary round; JMU Men Against Breast Points/Gm 12.0 Points/Gm 6.2 Points/Gm 9.2 Points/Gm 14.0 Points/Gm 16.6 Cancer, Classic, Harrisonburg, Va. Rebounds/Gm 5.2 Rebounds/Gm 2.8 Rebounds/Gm 2.7 Rebounds/Gm 9.8 Rebounds/Gm 5.2 * Conference USA Game $ Conference USA Tournament, Birmingham, Ala. Assists/Gm 3.3 Assists/Gm 2.3 Assists/Gm 3.3 Assists/Gm 0.7 Assists/Gm 1.2 ASN - American Sports Network; FSN - Fox Sports Net Steals/Gm 0.6 Steals/Gm 0.5 Steals/Gm 0.8 Steals/Gm 1.2 Steals/Gm 1.6 FIUSports.com | @FIUHoops THE FIU PANTHERS HEAD COACH ANTHONY EVANS QUICK FACTS The University n Name of School FIU Head Coach • St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) (1994) City/Zip Code Miami, Fla. 33199 n Founded/Opened 1965/1972 134-129 (.509) Overall (Ninth Season) • 35-35 (.500) at FIU (Third Season) Enrollment 54,000 n Nickname Panthers Family • Wife, Kisha; Son, Anthony Arena Lime Court FIU Arena n Capacity 5,000 Date of Birth • March 25, 1970 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Conference USA n Named the eighth head basketball coach at FIU on April 16, 2013. President Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg n Picked up his first win as the head coach at FIU with a 66-58 victory over Kennesaw State on Nov. 10, 2013. The win also Faculty Representative Dr. Pete E.C. Markowitz marked the 100th-career victory for Evans. Exec. Dir. of Sports & Entertainment Pete Garcia n In his first season at the helm, led FIU to a 15-win season. FIU picked up a big 72-61 victory over cross-state rival Senior Woman Administrator Julie Berg and 2012 Sweet Sixteen squad Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 7 at FIU Arena. FIU earned seven Conference USA wins in its Ticket Office Phone 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263) inaugural season in the league, including two victories over rival Florida Atlantic. n During the 2014-15 campaign, Evans saw two of his players earn All-Conference USA honors. Dennis Mavin earned second team Basketball History honors while Adrian Diaz was named to the All-C-USA Defensive Team. Diaz finished the year as the league leader in blocked shots per First Year 1981-82 game (3.0 bpg), and was sixth in NCAA Division I in total blocked shots (99) and seventh in blocked shots per game. All-Time Record* 379-576/.397 (35 years) n Coached Tymell Murphy to a Second-Team All-C-USA honor for his play during the 2013-14 season. Murphy finished the year averaging Actual On-Court Record 395-559/.414 16.6 points-per-game (No. 4 in the conference) on 58.6 percent shooting from the floor (No. 4 in the conference; No. 18 nationally). All-Time C-USA Record 15-19 (two seasons) n During his time with the Spartans, Evans amassed a 99-94 record, including back-to-back, 20-win seasons (26-10 in 2011-12 & 21-12 All-Time Sun Belt Record** 71-160/.307 (’98-’99 - ’12-’13) in 2012-13). Actual On-Court Sun Belt 80-160/.333 n During the 2012-13 season, led Norfolk State to an undefeated Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference reg- All-Time TAAC Record 58-48/.547 (’91-’92 - ’97-’98) All-Time Post-Season 18-21 (14-20)*** ular season mark (16-0) en route to being named the MEAC Coach of the Year and the team’s sec- C-USA Tournament 1-1 ond-straight post-season berth with an automatic bid to the 2013 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Sun Belt Tournament 9-14 (6-14)*** n Was finalist for the Ben Jobe Award for the 2012-13 campaign, presented to the top minority coach TAAC Tournament 8-5 in Division I basketball. He was also named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award, presented to the TAAC Champions 1995 top mid-major coach in Division I, and the Jim Phelan Award, presented to the top Division I coach. NCAA Tournament 0-1 n In 2011-12, took the Spartans to new heights with the program’s first-ever Mid-East- Years in NCAA Tourn./Last 1/1995 ern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title and perhaps the biggest upset in Last NCAA opponent UCLA NCAA Tournament history. In the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the Evans-led Result Lost, 92-56, NCAA First Round Spartans knocked off the No. 2 seed Missouri Tigers, 86-84, becoming Post-Season NIT N/A All-Time Divsion I Record 325-497/.395 (292-497/.370)* the fifth No. 15 seed (at the time) to defeat a No. 2 seed. All-Time Division II Record 84-77/.522 (’81-’82 - ’86-’87) Click to view Anthony Evans’ * Vacated 32 wins from 2002-03 to 2005-06 due to NCAA sanctions. ** Vacated nine conference wins from 2003-04 to 2005-06 due to complete bio at FIUSports.com NCAA sanctions. *** Vacated three conference tourney wins due to NCAA sanctions. Anthony Evans Career Coaching Record Coaching Staff Year School Over. Conf. Postseason 2007-08 Norfolk State (MEAC) 16-15 11-5 Head Coach Anthony Evans 2008-09 Norfolk State (MEAC) 13-18 9-7 Alma Mater, Year St.