Morgan State Bears (2-6) GAME vs. Coppin State (1-4) Dec. 6, 2008, 4 p.m. EST 9 Hill Field House -- Baltimore, Md. SPORTS INFORMATION • 1700 EAST COLD SPRING LANE • BALTIMORE, MD • OFFICE (443) 885-3831 • FAX (443) 885-8307 • MORGANSTATEBEARS.COM 2008-09 Schedule Projected MSU Starters and Notes Opponent Time G 3 Jermaine “Itchy” Bolden (5-9, 175, Sr., Baltimore) 6.9 ppg, .625 FT, 4.6 apg, 1.0 spg N15 La Salle L, 61-64 Last season saw action in 30 games and started in two...averaged 5.4 ppg...2.7 apg...2.0 rpg...Shot N17 UMBC W, 67-60 33.5 percent (55-164) from the field...73.5 percent (36-49 FT) from the stripe... transferred to Morgan State N19 Manhattan L, 60-61 from South Plains Community College (Texas) N21-23 1-Glenn Wilkes Classic vs. Marshall W, 72-67 G 21 Rogers Barnes (6-1, 185, Sr., Columbia) 8.1 ppg, .404 FG, 1.9 apg, 2.1 spg vs. Utah L, 37-66 Saw action in 22 games last season...Averaged 3.9 ppg...Shot 39% (30-77) from the field...Has started in vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay L, 54-71 6-of-7 games this season...Averaging 8.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg and is shooting 37.5 percent from beyond the arc.... N29 Ole Miss L, 70-78 Averaging 28 minutes per game...Posted career-high 17 points at Ole Miss D1 St. Francis (Pa.) L, 61-65 D6 Coppin State* 4:00 p.m. D10 DePaul 7:30 p.m. F 32 Marquise Kately (6-5, 220, Sr., San Francisco, Calif.) 9.6 ppg, .390 FG, 5.6 rpg, 1.4 apg D26-28 2-St. Mary’s Tournament TBA Was selected to the 2008-09 All-MEAC First-Team..returns as the Bears’ leading scorer and rebounder... D30 Univ. of Washington TBA Started in 32-of-33 games...13.1 ppg...5.9 rpg...1.7 apg...Shot 49.5% (187-378) from the field...41.7% (10-24 J7 Maryland 8:00 p.m. 3FG) from 3-point territory...44% (48-109 FT) from the stripe...Averaged 32.5 minutes per game... J10 N.C. A&T* 4:00 p.m. J12 Norfolk State* 8:00 p.m. F 33 Kevin Thompson (6-8, 240, R-Fr., Baltimore) 8.3 ppg, .347 FG, 5.5 rpg J17 Florida A&M* 4:00 p.m. Redshirted as a freshman in 2007...Standout at Walbrook H.S. (Baltimore, Md.) and one of the premier post J19 Bethune-Cookman* 7:30 p.m. players in the state of Maryland. MidAtlanticHoops.com listed him ranked 53rd of the Top 75 seniors from J24 Howard* 4:00 p.m. the Class of 2007...averaged 17.6 points per game, 11.2 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks per game....recorded J26 Hampton* 7:30 p.m. first career double-double at Ole Miss (14 pts, 10 rebs) J31 Md-Eastern Shore* TBA F2 Delaware State* 7:30 p.m. F 4 Rico Myles (6-8, 225, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.) 3.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, .526 FG F7 Winston-Salem State 4:00 p.m. Transferred from Los Angeles Trade Tech where he was a Junior College Top ranked player from 2006-08... F9 South Carolina State* 7:30 p.m. Led squad to back-to-back South Coast Conference Championships...Attended Crenshaw High School F14 Florida A&M* 4:00 p.m. F16 Bethune-Cookman* 7:30 p.m. F18 Howard* 7:30 p.m. F20 3-Bracket Buster (ESPN) TBA Morgan State Prepare For Cross-town Rival Coppin State F21 3-Bracket Buster (ESPN) TBA F23 Hampton* 7:30 p.m. The MSU Bears open the 3rd season under the F28 Delaware State* 4:00 p.m. The Matchup leadership of head coach Todd Bozeman ... Tickets M5 Coppin State* 4:00 p.m. The Bears (2-6) will host cross-town rival Coppin State for the games are on sale at the MSU Athletic Ticket M9 4-MEAC Tournament TBA at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md on Saturday, Dec. Offi ce, The MSU New Student Center and online at * - Denotes MEAC Games. 6. The Bears fell short in a 65-61 loss at home on TicketMaster.com. General admission is $10. 1- Glen Wilkes Classic; 2-St. Mary’s Tournament; Monday night, snapping the Bears 15-game winning 3-Bracket Busters; 4-Winston-Salem, NC streak at Hill Field House. Saturday’s contest will The Departed mark the 65th meeting between the teams in school The Bears had three key departures from last On the Air history. Coppin State owns a 49-15 record in the season’s squad, and every one of them played a series. key role to the team’s success over the last two RADIO * MSU Sports Radio Network Coppin State (1-3) is in search of its second win of years. Guard Jamar Smith was selected as the 2008 Play-by-Play: Lamont Germany the season and will be entering Hill Field House fresh MEAC Player of the Year and center Boubacar Coly Analyst: Austin Ward off a 78-67 road loss in the Robins Center against earned the MEAC Defensive Player of the Year honor, Richmond on Nov. 30. Senior Tywain McKee led the Available on WEAA Radio - 88.9 FM while point guard Jerrell Green led the squad in Eagles with 20 points, while freshman Jordan Lee assists (3.6 apg) and quarterbacked the team. added 15 points. Coppin State’s only win of the season “Those three guys contributed signifi cantly to the was a 94-73 blowout victory against Wilmington foundation of our program,” noted Todd Bozeman. University in the Hornet Classic at Memorial Hall on “Hopefully, we’ll be able to look back and know they Nov. 15. Jordan Lee led the Eagles with 22 points. were the most important building blocks we had.” MSU COPPIN STATE Record 2-6 (0-0 MEAC) Record 1-3 (0-0 MEAC) 2007-08 Record 22-11 (14-2 MEAC) 2007-08 Record 16-21 (7-9 MEAC) Last Game Dec. 1 in Baltimore, Md. Last Game Nov. 30 in Richmond, Va. loss vs. St. Francis-Pa., 65-61 at Richmond (L, 78-67) Coach Todd Bozeman (3rd yr) Coach Ron “Fang” Mitchell (23rd yr) Career Record 100-70/7th year Career Record 359-305/23rd year MSU Record 47-35/3rd year CSU Record Same Bozeman vs. Coppin St. 3-2 Mitchell vs. MSU 40-9 MSU’s Last Game -- MSU 61, Saint Francis-Pa. 65 (12/1/08-Baltimore, Md.) BALTIMORE, Md. -- Reggie Holmes scored 19 points and Joseph Morgan chipped in 10 points as the Morgan State Bears were upended by the Red Flash of Saint Francis-Pa. 65-61 Monday night at Hill Field House. Who to Contact The Red Flash (2-4) handed Morgan State its fourth consecutive loss and also ended the Bears’ 15-game home MSU Sports Information Offi ce winning streak. The Bears went (2-6) 12-0 last year at home, en route to their fi rst MEAC regular season and have not been defeated (443) 885-3831 at home since atwo-point loss to Hampton on Feb. 20, 2007. Sports Info. Director Morgan State looked disinterested and fl at and the Red Flash capitalized by jumping out to an early lead. Devin (Men’s Basketball) Sweetney’s layup gave the Red Flash an 12-2 advantage at the 15:46 mark of the fi rst half. St. Francis ended up controlled the pace throughout most of the night and never trailed in the contest. Leonard L. Haynes IV Sweetney fi nished with a double-double by posting 19 points (7-13 FG) and a game-high 12 rebounds, while [email protected] Marquis Ford added 16 points (6-8 FG) and Mislav Jukic had 11 points. The Bears trailed 30-23 at the intermission. Asst. SID The Bears shot 35 percent from the fi eld and went 6-for-24 (.250) from beyond the arc, while the Red Flash shot a blistering 60.5 percent from the fl oor (23-38 FG) and held a 34-31 advantage on the glass. (Women’s Basketball Contact) Kevin Thompson who entered the ball game as the Bears third leading scorer (9.4 ppg), was held scoreless and fi nished Kevin Paige with fi ve rebounds. [email protected] St. Francis held their largest lead at 39-27 when Ford knocked down a jumper with 14:57 left in the game. Morgan State responded with a 14-4 run ignited primarily from the energetic play of the Bears bench. Statistician Marquise Kately fed Joseph Morgan an alley-oop dunk and Rogers Barnes hit the front end of a 1-and-1 to trim St. Myron Vanterpool Francis’ lead to 43-39 with 10:08 remaining. Sports Info. Student Assistants Morgan State continued to stay close down the stretch and a 3-pointer by Holmes cut the lead to 61-59 with 29.9 Rachel Orr, Kiara Conaway and seconds left. St. Francis then made 3-of-4 free throws in the fi nal 20 seconds to seal the win. About Coppin State Rhett Banks The Bears and Coppin State prepare for their 65th meeting in the series … Coppin State leads the series 49-15 ... Morgan State won 2-out of-3 of the meetings last season by MSU Sports Radio Network posting wins at the Coppin Center (78-50, Dec.