Fresno Pacific Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: Matt Mazzoni Phone: 559-453-3613 2016-17 RESULTS/SCHEDULE THE SCHEDULE 0-0 Overall, 0-0 PacWest 0-0 Home/0-0 Away/0-0 Neutral Fresno Pacific vs. Saint Martin’s November Friday, November 11, 2016 • 8 p.m. 6 UC Santa Barbara (exhibition) L 62-82 Special Events Center • Fresno, Calif. 11 St. Martin’s 8 p.m. 12 Western Oregon 7:30 p.m. 16 Cal State East Bay 7:30 p.m. SUNBIRD UPDATES 19 UC Riverside (exhibition) 4 p.m. 26 Western Washington 3:15 p.m. The Fresno Pacific men’s basketball team opens the 2016-17 regular season by hosting the PacWest/GNAC 27 Alaska Fairbanks 3 p.m. Challenge at the Special Events Center. There will be four games played in two days between FPU, Point Loma, December Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s. The Sunbirds will face Saint Martin’s on Friday at 8 p.m. before taking on 1 Academy of Art* 7:30 p.m. Western Oregon at 7:30 p.m. 3 Point Loma* 4:30 p.m. 7 Concordia* 7:30 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 10 Cal State L.A. 3 p.m. The Sunbirds had a preseason exhibition on Sunday against UC Santa Barbara. FPU fell to the Gauchos 82-62 17 California Baptist* 7 p.m. but played the NCAA Division I opponent tough throughout the game. Kavika Jimenez led FPU with 13 points, 19 Stanislaus State 7 p.m. January six rebounds and three assists, while Mike Crawley and Sam Holmes (3-of-5 3FG) added nine points apiece. Freshman R.J. Horn totaled eight points, including a pair of three pointers, Suhail Mohammadi grabbed six 3 Dixie State* 7:30 p.m. rebounds, dished out five assists and scored three points, and Rafail Eleftheriou scored five points to go along 5 Holy Names* 7:30 p.m. 9 Point Loma* 7:30 p.m. with six rebounds. 11 Hawai’i Pacific* 7:30 p.m. 14 Chaminade* 4:30 p.m. SUNBIRDS ON THE RADIO 20 Notre Dame de Namur* 7:30 p.m. FPU Athletics has entered into an agreement with local radio station AM 1680 The Answer to provide a broadcast 23 California Baptist* 7:30 p.m. home for the Sunbirds, beginning with the upcoming men’s basketball season. AM 1680 The Answer (KGED) 25 Academy of Art* 7:30 p.m. will broadcast all 13 men’s basketball home games, beginning with the home opener vs. Saint Martin’s on 28 Holy Names* 4:30 p.m. November 11. February 4 Dominican* 4:30 p.m. SCHEDULE NOTES 9 Hawai’i Hilo* 9:30 p.m. The Sunbirds open the regular season at home with the PacWest/GNAC Challenge that features Point Loma, 11 Hawai’i Pacific* 5 p.m. Saint Martin’s and Western Oregon. There will be four games played in two days at the Special Events Center, 13 BYU-Hawaii* 9:30 p.m. with FPU playing Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. 18 Azusa Pacific* 4:30 p.m. 23 Dominican* 7:30 p.m. FPU’s non-conference slate also includes one other Division I in-state opponent: UC Riverside. The Sunbirds 25 Notre Dame de Namur* 4:30 p.m. March will also face Cal State East Bay, Western Washington, Alaska Fairbanks, Cal State L.A. and Stanislaus State in non-conference action. 1-3 PacWest Tournament Irvine, Calif. all times Pacific The team’s 20-game PacWest schedule includes home games against Point Loma, California Baptist, Dixie State all home matches listed in bold and Azusa Pacific. The top six teams in the league qualify for the PacWest Tournament in Irvine, March 1-3, with * PacWest opponent the winner receiving the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. SOCIAL MEDIA PACWEST PRESEASON POLL FPU was picked to finish 11th in the 2016-17 Pacific West Conference standings according to a poll of the league’s coaches. California Baptist received 179 points and six first-place votes to top the poll. Azusa Pacific, last season’s PacWest regular season champion, was second with 171 points and five first-place votes. Following the two were Dixie State and Concordia in third and fourth, respectively. The Red Storm garnered 161 points while /fpuathletics /fresnopacificuni Eagles amassed 156 points and one first-place vote. Rounding out the poll was Point Loma (140 points, one first-place vote), Chaminade (129), Hawai’i Pacific (118), BYU-Hawaii (96), Dominican (93, one first-place vote), @fpusunbirds @fpusunbirds Hawai’i Hilo (66), FPU (59), Academy of Art (45), Holy Names (32) and Notre Dame de Namur (25). fpuathletics.com QUICK FACTS ROSTER NOTES The University First-year head coach C.J. Haydock returns five from the 2015-16 team, including the team’s second- Location .....................................Fresno, CA 93702 leading scorer Spencer Krannitz (14.9 ppg, .507 FG%). T.J. Viney (6.0 PPG, 3.3 APG), Suhail Mohammadi Founded .........................................................1944 Enrollment .....................................................3,603 (18.6 MPG, 3.9 PPG), Jeff Bartley (16 GP) and Oliver Herting (.687 FG%) also return for the Sunbirds. Colors .....................................Navy Blue & Orange Nickname .................................................Sunbirds The roster will feature 11 newcomers – Mike Crawley, R.J. Horn, Sam Holmes, Kavika Jimenez, Jordan Affiliation ...................................... NCAA Division II Belasco, Evan Stillahn, Adriel McGee, Sam Burt, Martin Arambula, Elijah Hill and Rafail Eleftheriou. Conference .......................................... Pacific West President ............................Dr. Richard Kriegbaum SUNBIRD NOTES Athletics Director ........................Aaron Henderson Since joining the NCAA Division II in 2012-13, FPU is 2-2 in season openers….the Sunbirds’ two wins Athletics Phone ................................559.453.2009 have come against Saint Martin’s, each coming in the last two seasons by scores of 87-67 and 82-75…. Facility (Capacity) .....Special Events Center (1,600) FPU is coming off a 14-13 season, which was a five-win improvement from the previous season….C.J. Coaching Staff Haydock will be making his official head coaching debut on Friday. Head Coach .....................C.J. Haydock, 1st Season FPU Record ............................................. 0-0 (.000) HEAD COACH C.J. HAYDOCK Overall Record ...............................................Same C.J. Haydock became the head men’s basketball coach in April 2016 after serving as the program’s lead Email [email protected] assistant and recruiting coordinator during the 2015-16 season, following a highly-successful 11 years Assistant Coach ................................... A.J. Shearon of coaching in the high school ranks. As an assistant, Haydock played an integral part in all aspects of Assistant Coach ................................. Brandon Cole running the program, working as the Sunbirds’ recruiting coordinator and developing FPU’s guards. He Assistant Coach ................................... Jason Lefore helped guide the program to its first winning record since 2012-13, a five-win improvement from the Assistant Coach .......................................Tyler Revis previous season. Haydock came to FPU after coaching locally at Immanuel High School where he led the Men’s Basketball Phone ..................559.453.2135 Eagles to back-to-back Valley championships and a ranking as high as #1 in the state in 2014-15. Hay- 2015-16 Season dock, the 2015 Fresno Bee High School Coach of the Year, became the head coach at Immanuel in 2011, Overall Record .............................................. 14-13 inheriting a program that had gone 4-23 the previous year. In four seasons with the Eagles he posted PacWest Record (Finish) ..................9-11 (tied-9th) an overall record of 70-47, including a 30-3 mark in 2014-15, going undefeated against Central Section Final NCAA Ranking ........................................... NR opponents across all divisions and reaching the Division IV state quarterfinals. Highest NCAA Ranking ...................................... NR Postseason ........................................................ N/A ABOUT THE SAINTS Saint Martin’s, under second year head coach Alex Pribble, is coming off a 15-13 season in 2015-16. It Team History marked their first winning season since 2009-10. Senior guard Tyler Copp leads all five starters returning First Season .............................................. 1959-60 Overall Record ............700-807 (.464), 52 seasons for the Saints, having averaged 10.1 points per game with 67 assists. Senior center Fred Jorg provides NCAA National Championships .............................0 an experienced presence in the front court and averaged 10.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last NCAA Tournaments (Years) ....................................0 season. The Saints were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC preseason poll. PacWest Titles (Years) .............................................0 All-Time PacWest Record .... 33-44 (.428), 4 seasons SERIES HISTORY The Saints and the Sunbirds will be meeting for the third time, with FPU holding a 2-0 all-time series ad- Communications vantage. FPU defeated SMU last season 82-75 behind 51 second-half points. Suhail Mohammadi scored Contact ..............................................Matt Mazzoni 12 points and grabbed six points off the bench in the win. Email ............................ [email protected] Cell ..................................................559.363.3613 ABOUT THE WOLVES Special Events Center Western Oregon enters receiving votes in the national poll after going 31-4 last season and reaching Capacity .........................................................1,600 the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The Wolves return just one starter from last year’s team – junior forward Location