2016-17 Men’s Basketball Notes Jordan Korphage, Assistant SID One UTSA Circle • San Antonio, TX 78249 Email: [email protected] Cell: 210.501.4006 Game 20 | at Marshall | Jan. 26 | 6 p.m. CT | Cam Henderson Center 2016-17 Schedule Date: Thu., Jan. 26, 2017 Time: 6 p.m. CT Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Huntington, W.Va. November (2-4) Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043) Nov. 11 at Fresno State (MWN) L, 66-69 Radio: Ticket 760 AM Audio: goutsa.com, iHeartRadio mobile app Nov. 13 at Oregon State (P12) L, 64-72 Nov. 16 at Illinois-Chicago (CSC/ESPN3) L, 78-86 UTSA Series vs. Marshall Marshall Nov. 19 Prairie View A&M W, 69-59 Roadrunners Overall: 2-1 Thundering Herd Nov. 22 at Lamar (ESPN3) L, 58-78 Location: San Antonio, Texas In Huntington: 1-0 Location: Huntington, W.Va. Last Meeting: Marshall, 109-91 (02/06/16) Nov. 25 Texas State W, 63-48 2016-17 Record: 9-10 2016-17 Record: 12-8 Current Streak: L1 December (3-4) C-USA Record: 4-2 C-USA Record: 5-2 Dec. 1 at Cal Poly L, 47-59 Head Coach: Steve Henson Head Coach: Dan D’Antoni Dec. 3 at Utah Valley L, 71-75 Career Record: 9-10 (1st season) Career Record: 40-43 (3rd season) Dec. 7 at Texas Tech (FSSW) L, 50-87 Record at UTSA: same Record at Marshall: same Dec. 10 Southeastern Okla. State W, 88-69 Dec. 18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 69-73 Fast Break Points Dec. 21 Utah Valley W, 66-60 Dec. 29 East Central W, 79-75 • Conference USA’s top offense will face one of its best defenses when Marshall hosts UTSA at 6 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the January (4-2) Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va. Jan. 1 UTEP* (SS) W, 67-55 • UTSA leads the all-time series agaist the Thundering Herd, 2-1, including an 82-68 victory in its only previous trip to the Henderson Jan. 5 at Southern Miss* L, 59-77 Center back on Jan. 22, 2015, behind a career-high 36 points from Jeromie Hill. • UTSA coaches and staff will wear sneakers for Thursday’s game to support Coaches vs. Cancer during its annual Suits and Sneakers Jan. 7 at Louisiana Tech* W, 69-68 Week. For more information, visit coachesvscancer.org. Jan. 12 Florida Atlantic* W, 68-63 • At 4-2, UTSA is off to its best ever start in Conference USA play and its four league wins already are more than last season. Jan. 14 FIU* (SS) W, 57-55 • The Roadrunners are coming off a 59-39 setback at UTEP last Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center. Giovanni De Nicolao led Jan. 21 at UTEP* L, 39-59 UTSA with nine points, while Jeff Beverly tied a career-high with 10 rebounds. Jan. 26 at Marshall* 6 p.m. • Jeff Beverly has led UTSA in scoring 10 times and he has reached double figures in 15 games. He ranks 10th in C-USA in scoring at Jan. 28 at WKU* (FCS) 3 p.m. 15.4 ppg, while his 6.5 rebounds per game are tied for tops on the team and rank 12th in the league. During C-USA play, the big February (0-0) man is averaging 15.8 points (11th) and 7.8 rebounds (6th) per game. Feb. 2 Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. • UTSA has been a force on the glass this season and its 40.4 rpg lead C-USA and rank 17th in the nation. In addition, the Feb. 4 UAB* 3 p.m. Roadrunners’ 12.9 offensive rebounds per game rank 40th among Division I programs. Jeff Beverly and Byron Frohnen lead the Feb. 9 Southern Miss* (SS) 7 p.m. team and rank 12th in C-USA at 6.5 rpg. Feb. 11 Louisiana Tech* 3 p.m. • The Roadrunners’ defense has held six opponents to fewer than 60 points after doing so just once a season ago and UTSA ranks Feb. 16 at Rice* 7 p.m. among the league’s top five in three defensive categories, including 3-point field goal percentage defense (.322/2nd), field goal Feb. 18 at North Texas * (ESPN3) 2 p.m. percentage defense (.418/3rd) and scoring defense (67.7 ppg/4th). The Roadrunners’ 62.8 points-allowed per game during Feb. 23 at FIU* 6 p.m. conference play ranks third behind Louisiana Tech (60.7 ppg) and Middle Tennessee (62.3 ppg). Feb. 25 at Florida Atlantic* 6 p.m. • Thursday’s game can be heard live in the San Antonio area on Ticket 760 AM beginning with the pregame show at 5:30 p.m. CT. March (0-0) Andy Everett will have the call. The broadcast also can be heard live online at goUTSA.com or on your mobile device with the free March 2 Charlotte 7 p.m. iHeartRadio app. March 4 Old Dominion 3 p.m. 2016-17 UTSA Roadrunners March 8-11 at C-USA Tournament# TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Last School PPG RPG APG All times Central and subject to change Projected Starters (MWN) Mountain West Network • (P12) Pac-12 Network 3 Gino Littles G 6-0 160 Jr.-2L Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Mountain HS 5.9 2.6 2.3 (CSC) Comcast SportsNet Chicago • (FSSW) FOX Sports Southwest Plus 5 Giovanni De Nicolao G 6-3 175 Fr.-HS Padua, Italy/I.I.S.I. Newton School 8.5 3.2 2.8 (SS) Spectrum Sports • (FCS) FOX College Sports 13 Byron Frohnen G 6-5 205 Fr.-HS Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS 7.9 6.5 1.4 * Conference USA game # to be played in Birmingham, Ala. 25 Nick Allen F 6-8 205 So.-1L Surprise, Ariz./Willow Canyon HS 5.5 4.8 0.8 1 Jeff Beverly F 6-6 250 Jr.-RS League City, Texas/McLennan [Texas] JC 15.4 6.5 1.0 Off the Bench We are UTSA 2 J.R. Harris G 6-4 170 Sr.-1L Baton Rouge, La./Indian Hills JC 3.8 1.4 0.4 4 Kyle Massie G 5-10 160 So.-1L Helotes, Texas/O’Connor HS 0.0 0.3 0.3 11 Austin Karrer G 6-3 180 Jr.-2L New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon HS 2.1 3.9 0.9 When referencing the University of Texas at San Antonio 14 Bola Alade G 6-4 195 So.-TR Plano, Texas/Oklahoma 1.7 0.7 0.2 Athletics, please use the acronym UTSA and the nickname 15 Lucas O’Brien C 6-10 245 Sr.-3L Chandler, Ariz./Perry HS 6.3 4.2 0.3 20 George Willborn III G 6-3 180 Fr.-HS Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute 3.5 2.0 0.5 Roadrunners. Please refrain from using UT-San Antonio, 24 Mitar Stanojevic F 6-7 210 Fr.-HS Belgrade, Serbia/CYM [Texas] Academy 0.8 1.2 0.1 Texas-San Antonio, UT-SA, ‘Runners, Road Runners or any 32 James Ringholt C 6-10 230 Jr.-2L Brisbane, Australia/Brisbane Boys’ College 0.6 0.6 0.1 other variation. 34 Nick Billingsley G 6-4 185 Sr.-1L Omaha, Neb./New Mexico JC 11.1 3.0 0.3 #RunWithUs UTSA Men’s Basketball Game Notes Quick Facts Scouting Marshall: Other than the Roadrunners, Marshall Statistical Comparison is the only Conference USA school without a loss at home UTSA Marshall Location ____________________San Antonio, Texas this season and the Thundering Herd will take an 11-game 64.6 Scoring 87.8 Enrollment __________________________ 28,628 67.7 Opponent Scoring 84.6 Founded ____________________________ 1969 winning streak (10-0 this season) at the Cam Henderson Nickname ______________________ Roadrunners Center into Thursday’s game. Marshall features the top offense .384 Field Goal Pct. .468 Colors ________________Navy blue, orange and white in the league at 87.8 ppg (t-7th in NCAA) and the squad has .272 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .386 Home Court _________________ Convocation Center six players averaging at least 10 ppg, paced by C-USA scoring .659 Free Throw Pct. .733 Capacity ____________________________2,650 40.4 Rebounds 36.5 Conference ____________________ Conference USA leader Jon Elmore’s 20.5 ppg. Along with his scoring, Elmore Affiliation _____________________NCAA Division I ranks second in the league at 6.1 assists along with 4.3 boards 10.6 Assists 16.5 Athletic Director ____________________ Lynn Hickey per outing. Stevie Browning (17.0 ppg) and Austin Loop (11.0 13.8 Turnovers 12.9 Alma Mater _______________ Ouachita Baptist/1973 5.4 Steals 6.5 President _____________________Dr. Ricardo Romo ppg) are the team’s top threats behind the arc, while Ryan 1.9 Blocks 4.0 Alma Mater ______________________ Texas/1967 Taylor nearly averages a double-double (15.1 pts/8.5 reb). Athletic Dept. Phone _______________ 210-458-4161 Ticket Office Phone ________________ 210-458-UTSA Series History: Thursday’s contest will mark just the fourth all-time Series History Internet Address ___________________goUTSA.com meeting between UTSA and Marshall, with the Roadrunners holding UTSA Athletics Twitter _____________ @UTSAAthletics O: 2-1 (H: 1-1, A: 1-0, N: 0-0) a slim 2-1 lead in the series. UTSA won the first two meetings, MBB Twitter ______________________ @UTSAMBB 01/09/14 _______hW ______ 90-81 MBB Facebook ______________facebook.com/utsambb including a 90-81 win on Jan.