www.USAJaguars.com 2014-15 @SouthAlaMBK SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 8 • South Alabama Jaguars (2-5) at Richmond Spiders (4-4) December 18, 2014 • 7 p.m. • Robins Center (7,201) • Richmond, Va. • Gotham Classic South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2014-15 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Matthew Graves (Butler, 1998) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 13-25 (2nd year) 11/14 CARROLL W 85-64 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: Same Enrollment .....................................................................16,055 Record vs. Richmond: 0-0 11/17 at Southern Miss L 59-68 President ..........Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina ‘74) 11/22 at Detroit L 53-66 Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) Richmond Chris Mooney (Princeton, 1994) 11/28 at Miami (Fla.) L 75-87 National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I Record at UR: 170-138 (10th year) 12/2 SPRING HILL W 71-54 Conference .................................................................Sun Belt Overall Record: 188-148 (11th year) 12/6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOT 67-68 Home Court ..................................Mitchell Center (10,000) 12/15 at Pepperdine# L 68-78 Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars LAST GAME 12/18 at Richmond# 6 p.m. CST School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White South Alabama gave up a 17-0 second-half run in a 78-68 loss at 12/20 at IUPUI# Noon CST Pepperdine. Richmond held Howard to a season-low 41 points in a 12/23 HOWARD# 7:05 p.m. • Coaching Staff • 54-41 win. 12/30 ARKANSAS STATE* 7:05 p.m. Head Coach .................................................Matthew Graves 1/3 at Texas-Arlington* 7:15 p.m. NEXT GAME Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 1998 1/5 at Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:30 p.m. Record at South Alabama ........................13-25 (2nd year) The Jaguars continue play in the Gotham Classic at IUPUI on Satur- 1/8 APPALACHIAN STATE* 7:05 p.m. Career Record .................................................................Same day. The Spiders face Pepperdine in Madison Square Garden. 1/10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* 4:05 p.m. Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings ON THE AIR 1/15 at Texas State* 7:30 p.m. Assistant Coach .............................................Darnell Archey Radio: 710 AM WNTM; J.D. Byars (pxp) 1/17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:15 p.m. Alma Mater ..........................................................Butler, 2003 On the web: www.iheart.com/live/newsradio-710-wntm-1 (audio) 1/19 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK* 7:05 p.m. Assistant Coach .....................................................Dan Matic 1/22 at Appalachian State* 6:30 p.m. CST Alma Mater ................................Trinity International, 2007 RANKINGS through Dec. 16) 1/25 NJIT 2:05 p.m. Assistant Coach ...........................................Russ Willemsen USA: #317 RPI, #262 Sagarin 1/29 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ...............................................................Lee, 2004 UR: #55 RPI, #92 Sagarin 1/31 at Louisiana-Monroe* 4 p.m. Director of Basketball Operations ..................Chris Coker 2/4 TEXAS STATE* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ........................................North Alabama, 1994 THE SERIES 2/7 GEORGIA STATE* 4:05 p.m. Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown First meeting. 2/12 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. 2/14 TEXAS-ARLINGTON* 4:05 p.m. • Athletic Media Relations • 2/19 at Georgia State* 6 p.m. CST Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund 2/21 at Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. CST Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 2/26 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:05 p.m. Email [email protected] 3/5 at Arkansas State* 7:30 p.m. Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact . Matt Horne Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 3/7 TROY* 4:05 p.m. Email [email protected] 3/12-15 at Sun Belt Conference Tourn. TBA AMR Fax .........................................................(251) 460-7297 * Sun Belt Conference game Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 # Gotham Classic AMR Mailing Address ............................5950 Old Shell Rd. Quick Hits Mitchell Center Room 1209 Record: 2-5, 0-0 Sun Belt Mobile, AL 36688 vs. non-conf: 2-5 Streak: Lost 2 • Basketball History • Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 1-4 / 4-6 / 6-9 First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 Longest winning / losing streak: 1 / 3 Overall All-Time Record ...........................................751-566 Wins vs. RPI Top 50 / 100: 0 / 0 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................318-253 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes Sun Belt Tournament titles .........1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 1 Ken Williams G 6-2 175 So. 27.6 12.8 2.3 12.7 ppg, 2.3 3pg in last 4 games 1998, 2006 2 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 165 Fr. 24.9 11.0 3.9 Dbl-digit pts in last 6 games; career-high 6 asts vs. Middle Tenn. 4 Barrington Stevens III G 5-10 180 Jr. 31.6 8.4 2.3 Season-high 14 pts vs. MT; T-8th in SBC in asts, 3rd in A/T ratio Media Relations Contacts 5 Abdul Lewis F 6-9 225 Fr. 25.0 6.1 7.4 1st career dbl-dbl (17 p/12 r) vs. Mid. Tenn.; 11.0 rpg last 2 games South Alabama 10 Georgi Boyanov F 6-8 200 So. 16.3 5.1 4.9 1st career dbl-dbl (14 p/10 r) vs. Spring Hill, career highs in pts & rebs Matt Horne ([email protected]) 14 Devin Epps G 5-10 160 Fr. 3.0 3.0 0.3 3-for-3 on 3-ptrs this season (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 20 Tafari Whittingham F 6-8 195 Jr. 12.2 4.6 3.0 11 pts, 6 rebs, 3-3 FGs at Detroit (912) 536-5806 (cell) 22 John Brown G 6-3 190 Jr. 26.7 9.0 3.1 18.0 ppg in 1st two games 24 Dionte Ferguson F 6-6 220 Sr. 22.6 9.1 7.1 Career-high 16 pts, 7-9 FGs at Pepperdine Richmond 25 Jermaine Williams G 5-7 175 Sr. — — — Will be eligible in December Will Bryan ([email protected]) 32 Austin Karazsia F 6-8 220 So. 10.0 0.8 1.7 Tied career high with 4 rebs in 12 minutes vs. Spring Hill (804) 289-8320 (offi ce) 33 Luka Andjusic F 6-4 190 Fr. 10.4 2.1 1.3 Seven 1st half points at USM, hit two 3-pointers (804) 437-8317 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME Pepperdine 78, South Alabama 68 • December 15, 2014 • OPENING TIP MALIBU, Calif. — After trailing by as many as nine in the fi rst half, the Pepperdine • South Alabama had its run of four straight games with a double-double—by four diff erent players— snapped Monday at Pepperdine. Freshman Abdul Lewis had 10 rebounds but scored four points. men’s basketball team put up 17 unanswered points in the second half en route to a • The Jaguars have been outshot by every opponent this season. Pepperdine converted 47.5 percent from 78-68 win over the University of South Alabama Monday night at Firestone Fieldhouse. the fl oor while the Jaguars shot 38.3 percent. The victory—part of the Gotham Classic—gives the Waves a 6-2 record while the • USA is 1-16 on the road the last two seasons. The win came at Western Kentucky last year. Jaguars fall to 2-5. • The Jags dished out a season-best 15 assists at Pepperdine on 23 fi eld goals. The assist-to-fi eld goal “I’m really proud of their eff ort,” USA head coach Matthew Graves said. “We’re a ratio is also a season high and the team had just nine turnovers. Junior Barrington Stevens III and team that’s grown from last year because we have an ability to show some resolve. At sophomore Ken Williams both gave out four assists with no turnovers. Detroit we were down, against Middle Tennessee we got down early in the fi rst half but • Williams has three multi-assist games with no turnovers in his last four games, including seven assists came back and fought, and here we got down but came back and fought. The more we and no miscues combined in his last two outings. He had one multi-assist-and-no-turnover game last continue to do that, we’ll be in a position where we’ll be up four or fi ve points and we’ll season. go on a run and put a team away. It’s a gradual process and one where we just need • Stevens tied his career-high assist total with no turnovers with four and has moved up to third in the Sun to stay the course, keep guys fi ghting and playing hard and we’re going to get there.” Belt Conference and 41st in the nation in assist/turnover ratio at 2.9. In his last three games, Stevens has Pepperdine outscored South Alabama 31-6 over an 11:23 stretch spanning half- 11 assists and two turnovers. time and shot 55.2 percent in the second half. • The Jaguars used a diff erent starting lineup for the fi rst time this season as freshmenTaishaun Johnson and Lewis earned their fi rst career starting assignments. Stacy Davis led all players with 20 points—14 in the second half alone—and 10 • Johnson responded with 12 points to extend his run of games in double-digit scoring to six. He shot just rebounds, and dished out four assists with two blocks. Jett Raines and Shawn Olden 2-for-8 from the fl oor, but hit eight of his nine free-throw attempts and had two steals.