2012-13 MOREHEAD STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME #3 -- EAGLES (1-1) VS. ALICE LLOYD EAGLES (3-3) THURSDAY, NOV. 15 -- 7 P.M. ET -- JOHNSON ARENA -- MOREHEAD, KY. SCHEDULE & RESULTS NOTES Day Date Opponent Time (ET) A TOUGH OUTCOME AT MARYLAND Morehead State suffered a 67-45 setback at Maryland on Monday night at the Comcast Fri. Nov. 9 vs. LIU Brooklyn & W, 77-74 Center. The Eagles opened the contest 2-of-15 from the floor and connected on just 32 Mon. Nov. 12 at Maryland & L, 67-45 percent (19-of-60) against their Atlantic Coast Conference opponent. Thurs. Nov. 15 Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 7:00 p.m. Sun. Nov. 18 Lafayette (Pa.) & 2:00 p.m. OPENING THE WOODS ERA WITH A WIN Wed. Nov. 21 at Kentucky & 7:00 p.m. Morehead State posted a 77-74 win over LIU Brooklyn on Friday evening at the Barclays Mon. Nov. 26 Norfolk State 7:00 p.m. Center. It was the MSU debut for new Head Coach Sean Woods and his staff. Wed. Nov. 28 at Marshall 7:00 p.m. SNAPPING THEIR STREAK Sat. Dec. 1 at Wright State 2:00 p.m. Morehead State’s victory on Friday night snapped LIU Brooklyn’s 27-game home Wed. Dec. 5 North Dakota State 7:00 p.m. winning streak. The Blackbirds’ run was the second-longest in the nation. Sat. Dec. 8 Indiana State 2:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 19 at South Dakota 8:00 p.m. A BIG-TIME ENVIRONMENT Fri. Dec. 21 at North Dakota State 8:00 p.m. Morehead State against LIU Brooklyn was the first college basketball game ever played Fri. Dec. 28 Southern Mississippi 7:30 p.m. at the $1 billion Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The tilt was followed by Maryland vs. No. 3 Kentucky. Attendance for the doubleheader was announced at 17,732. Sun. Dec. 30 Union (Ky.) 2:00 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 3 SIU Edwardsville # 7:00 p.m. MILTON GOES BACK-TO-BACK Sat. Jan. 5 Eastern Illinois # 7:30 p.m. Senior Milton Chavis is riding back-to-back double-figure scoring efforts for just the Wed. Jan. 9 at Austin Peay # 8:00 p.m. third time in his Morehead State career. He managed 10 points on Monday night at Sat. Jan. 12 at Eastern Kentucky # 7:00 p.m. Maryland after pouring in a career-best 24 on Friday evening at LIU Brooklyn. Thurs. Jan. 17 at Southeast Missouri # 8:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 19 at UT Martin # 7:00 p.m. LOOKING FOR PERSPECTIVE? The 24 points by Milton Chavis came after he averaged just 7.9 in 32 contests a season Thurs. Jan. 24 Belmont # 7:00 p.m. ago. His four three-point field goals came after he drained just three all of last year. Sat. Jan. 26 Tennessee State # 7:30 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 31 at Belmont # 8:00 p.m. KAHLIL CAME TO PLAY, TOO Sat. Feb. 2 at Jacksonville State # 5:30 p.m. Senior Kahlil Owens turned in his first double-double in 31 career games on Friday Sat. Feb. 9 Eastern Kentucky # 5:30 p.m. evening vs. LIU Brooklyn. He finished with a career-high 12 points and 12 rebounds. Thurs. Feb. 14 Jacksonville State # 7:00 p.m. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE READY Sat. Feb. 16 Tennessee Tech # 7:30 p.m. Morehead State used 13 players in the LIU Brooklyn game and all 14 individuals in the Wed. Feb. 20 Murray State # 7:00 p.m. Maryland contest. Junior Maurice Lewis-Briggs topped the new faces with an average Sat. Feb. 23 at BracketBusters TBA of 8.0 points during the season-opening road trip. Thurs. Feb. 28 at Tennessee State # 7:00 p.m. Sat. March 2 at Tennessee Tech # 8:30 p.m. LET’S CALL THEM ON BOTH ENDS Wed. March 6 OVC First Round $ 7 or 9 p.m. Morehead State has been called for 53 fouls through two games this season, while its Thurs. March 7 OVC Second Round $ 7 or 9 p.m. opponents have only been whistled for 22 infractions. The Eagles have attempted just 16 free throws so far, while their foes have gone to the charity stripe 62 times. Fri. March 8 OVC Semifinals $ TBA Sat. March 9 OVC Championship $ TBA SCOUTING ALICE LLOYD Alice Lloyd, an NAIA program located in Pippa Passes, Ky., owns a 3-3 record this year. & Denotes Barclays Center Classic The Eagles finished 14-15 overall and 5-8 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic # Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game Conference last season. Junior Isaac Wilson leads ALC with 15.0 points per game. $ Denotes OVC Tournament game in Nashville, Tenn. PROBABLE STARTERS (subject to change / includes 2012-13 statistics) F #00 Drew Kelly 6-7 235 R-Jr. Franklin, Tenn. Miami University 16.5 min 2.0 ppg 3.0 rpg 2-11 FG 0-0 FT F #24 Milton Chavis 6-6 210 Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Kilgore College 28.0 min 17.0 ppg 4.5 rpg 14-27 FG 2-3 FT C #42 Jason Holmes 6-9 225 R-Sr. Elk Grove, Ill. Mississippi Valley State 13.5 min 4.5 ppg 2.0 rpg 4-10 FG 1-1 FT G #2 Devon Atkinson 6-1 175 Sr. Farmville, N.C. Brunswick CC 33.0 min 9.5 ppg 3.0 apg 8-21 FG 1-2 FT G #22 Angelo Warner 6-3 200 So. Orlando, Fla. Jones HS 20.5 min 6.0 ppg 1.0 rpg 5-10 FG 0-0 FT MSUEagles.com 1 Game Notes 2012-13 MOREHEAD STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME #3 -- EAGLES (1-1) VS. ALICE LLOYD EAGLES (3-3) THURSDAY, NOV. 15 -- 7 P.M. ET -- JOHNSON ARENA -- MOREHEAD, KY. GAMEDAY & CONTACT INFO MORE NOTES ROLLING AT JOHNSON ARENA Live Video: OVCDigitalNetwork.com Morehead State has won 86 percent (50-8) of its home games over the past four seasons, Radio Broadcast: WIVY-96.3 FM in Morehead including 91 percent (32-3) in Ohio Valley Conference play. Audio Streaming & Live Stats: MSUEagles.com Audio on Mobile Phones: m.Morehead.EZStream.com A CHALLENGING SCHEDULE Play-by-Play / Analyst: Chuck Mraz / Jason Blanton Morehead State is scheduled to play 13 games against postseason teams from a year ago. The month of November includes match-ups with 2012 NCAA Tournament participants LIU Media Relations Director: Matt Segal Brooklyn (Nov. 9), Kentucky (Nov. 21) and Norfolk State (Nov. 26). 606-783-2557 (office) / 317-501-3627 (cell) [email protected] THE RETURNEES Facebook: Facebook.com/MSUEagles Morehead State returns six players from the 2011-12 season. Junior Drew Kelly is the team’s Twitter: Twitter.com/MSUAthletics top returning scorer at 10.2 per contest. The Eagles return 47 percent of their scoring, 68 YouTube: YouTube.com/MSUEagleAthletics percent of their rebounding and 32 percent of their assists in 2012-13. THE NEWCOMERS UNIVERSITY INFO Morehead State welcomes 10 transfers and three freshmen to the program in 2012-13. Three of the newcomers -- junior Karam Mashour, sophomore Brent Arrington and sophomore Location: Morehead, Ky. Jared Ravenscraft -- have to sit out this season due to the NCAA transfer rules. Founded: 1887 Enrollment: 10,215 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Nickname: Eagles Morehead State has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances in school history. The Eagles have played in the “big dance” two of the past four seasons (2009 & 2011). Colors: Blue and Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Conference: Ohio Valley Conference Morehead State has won 13 Ohio Valley Conference championships. The total includes nine Facility: Ellis T. Johnson Arena (6,500) regular-season crowns (last in 2003) and four tournament titles (last in 2011). President: Dr. Wayne D. Andrews Athletic Director: Brian Hutchinson RECORD IMPROVEMENT Morehead State improved each season from 2006-07 to 2010-11. The Eagles went 12-18 (.400) in 2006-07, 15-15 (.500) in 2007-08, 20-16 (.556) in 2008-09, 24-11 (.686) in 2009-10 and TALE OF THE TAPE 25-10 (.714) in 2010-11. MSU also played in two NCAA Tournaments during the stretch. Team Statistics MSU ALC CLIMBING THE RPI LADDER SCORING 122 377 Morehead State went from a Ratings Percentage Index of 321 in 2005-06 to an RPI of 64 in Points per game 61.0 75.4 2010-11. The 257-spot jump was the largest improvement of any NCAA Division I program Scoring margin -9.5 -5.6 over those five years. FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 50-127 134-318 A WINNING PROGRAM Field goal percentage .394 .421 Morehead State went from a record of 4-23 (.148) in 2005-06 to a mark of 25-10 (.714) in 2010- 3-POINT FG-ATTEMPTS 10-37 23-77 11. The 21-win increase was also the largest improvement of any NCAA Division I program 3-point FG percentage .270 .299 over those five years. 3-pt FG made per game 5.0 4.6 FREE THROWS-ATTEMPTS 12-16 86-133 SEAN WOODS TV SHOW Free throw percentage .750 .647 The weekly Sean Woods Television Show will begin in early December and air throughout FTs made per game 6.0 17.2 the hoops season on Lexington’s CWKYT. Details will be announced soon on MSUEagles.com. REBOUNDS 73 191 Rebounds per game 36.5 38.2 EAGLE SPORTS COACHES SHOW Sean Woods will also be featured on the weekly Eagle Sports Coaches Show during the Rebounding margin -2.0 -1.1 basketball season.