Mark Simpson, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Nic Bowman, Assistant Director Men’s Basketball Report [email protected] Deandra Danch, Public Relations Assistant Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 Big South Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Home Road Neu L10 Streak EVAN GORDON • G x-Coastal Carolina 15 0 1.000 24 2 .923 12-0 9-1 3-1 10-0 W22 Soph. • Liberty x-Liberty 13 2 .867 19 8 .704 12-2 5-6 2-0 8-2 W3 Indianapolis, Ind. UNC Asheville 8 6 .571 13 11 .542 7-4 5-7 0-0 6-4 W1 Winthrop 8 7 .533 12 13 .480 8-2 4-8 0-3 5-5 L1 Gordon averaged 18.0 points, 3.5 Charleston Southern 7 8 .467 13 14 .481 10-2 2-11 1-1 4-6 L3 rebounds and 3.5 steals in two wins last week, helping Liberty clinch VMI 7 8 .467 14 11 .560 9-5 5-5 0-1 4-6 W2 a Top 2 seed in the 2011 Advance High Point 6 9 .400 10 15 .400 8-4 2-11 0-0 5-5 L2 Auto Parts Big South Men’s Bas- Presbyterian College ** 5 10 .333 11 16 .407 5-3 5-12 1-1 3-7 W1 ketball Championship. He opened Gardner-Webb 3 11 .214 8 18 .308 4-5 2-13 2-0 2-8 L1 his week with 20 points and fi ve Radford 2 13 .133 5 20 .200 4-8 0-13 0-0 1-9 L3 steals in the Flames’ victory over Radford, in addition to going 7-of- 13 from the fi eld and 4-of-8 from ** - Presbyterian College is not eligible for the Big South postseason tournament three-point range. Gordon then x - Clinched home seed in 2011 Advance Auto Parts Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament scored 16 points and had four re- bounds and two steals in Liberty’s win against High Point, guarantee- ing the Flames a top two fi nish in Tuesday, Feb. 15 Monday, Feb. 7 the Conference standings as well as GARDNER-WEBB at COASTAL CAROLINA * ............. 7:00pm at HIGH POINT 82, North Carolina Central 74 securing a program-record 13th Big WINTHROP at HIGH POINT * .............................. 7:00pm South win of the season. LIBERTY at VMI * ............................................ 7:00pm Thursday, Feb. 10 PRESBYTERIAN at RADFORD * ............................ 7:00pm at WINTHROP 75, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 68 * UNC ASHEVILLE at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * ........7:30pm COASTAL CAROLINA 61, at PRESBYTERIAN 41 * at LIBERTY 79, RADFORD 71 * Thursday, Feb. 17 at VMI 87, HIGH POINT 74 * North Carolina Central at COASTAL CAROLINA ....... 7:00pm Saturday, Feb. 12 Saturday, Feb. 19 at VMI 71, RADFORD 58 * Northeastern at UNC ASHEVILLE ........................ 2:00pm at PRESBYTERIAN 61, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 48 * D.J. COVINGTON Iona at LIBERTY ............................................. 3:00pm COASTAL CAROLINA 61, at WINTHROP 56 * F • VMI VMI at Morgan State ........................................ 4:00pm UNC ASHEVILLE 57, at GARDNER-WEBB 54 * Virginia Beach, Va. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at UNC Wilmington ........ 7:00pm at LIBERTY 65, HIGH POINT 54 * Appalachian State at HIGH POINT ....................... 7:00pm Covington averaged 15.5 points, RADFORD at William & Mary ............................. 7:00pm 7.5 rebounds and went 12-of-22 Ohio at WINTHROP ......................................... 7:00pm from the fi eld ( =54.5 percent) and Davidson at PRESBYTERIAN................................7:30pm 7-of-10 from the free throw line ( GARDNER-WEBB at Tennessee Tech .................... 8:30pm =70.0) to lead VMI to two Big South victories last week. He scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked two shots in the Keydets’ victory over High Point. Covington followed that effort with 11 points and seven * - Big South Conference game * - Big South Conference game boards in VMI’s win against Radford, Big South school in ALL CAPS Big South school in ALL CAPS in which he scored eight points -- in- All times EST and subject to change cluding six-straight -- in a 16-2 run he started in the second half that eventually put away the Highland- ers. WEEK CHOICE HOTELS PLAYER OF THE WEEK F JOHATHAN BROOKS, CHARLESTON SO. Nov. 15 F Jon Moore, Sr., Gardner-Webb 11.0 PPG, 13.0 REB in 2 GP ... 9-of-19 FG ( =47.4), 17.5 PPG, 8.0 REB, 50.0 FG (10-of-20), 33.3 3FG (3-of-9), 66.7 FT (12-of-18) in 2 GP ... 24 PTS in win at Charlotte 4-of-5 FT ( =80.0) ... 16 PTS, 12 REB at Winthrop Nov. 22 G Desmond Holloway, Jr., Coastal Carolina ... 9 PTS, 14 REB at Presbyterian. 20.0 PPG, 6.0 REB, 51.1 FG (24-of-47), 45.5 3FG (5-of-11), 84.4 FT (27-of-32) in 4 GP ... two 20-point games G DESMOND HOLLOWAY, COASTAL CAROLINA Nov. 29 G Nick Barbour, Jr., High Point 16.0 PPG, 13.0 REB in 2 GP ... 12-of-27 FG ( =44.4), 22.5 PPG, 3.5 REB, 62.5 FG (15-of-24), 85.7 3FG (6-of-7), 90.0 FT (9-of-10) in 2 GP ... two 20-point games on bad ankle 6-of-11 3FG ( =54.5), 2-of-5 FT ( =40.0) ... 23 Dec. 6 G Robbie Dreher, Soph., Winthrop PTS, 14 REB at Presbyterian ... 9 PTS, 12 REB at 24.5 PPG, 4.0 REB, 45.5 FG (15-of-33), 46.2 3FG (6-of-13), 81.3 FT (13-of-16) in 2 GP ... two 20-point games Winthrop. Dec. 13 G Austin Kenon, Sr., VMI 21.5 PPG, 5.0 AST, 2.5 REB, 46.2 FG (12-of-26), 50.0 3FG (10-of-20), 90.0 FT (9-of-10) in 2 GP G NICK BARBOUR, HIGH POINT 21.7 PPG in 3 GP ... 22-of-44 FG ( =50.0), 12-of-24 Dec. 20 F Mike Holmes, Sr., Coastal Carolina 3FG ( =50.0), 9-of-12 FT ( =75.0) ... 19 PTS, 5-of-9 15.0 PPG, 8.5 REB, 1.0 BLK, 45.5 FG (10-of-22), 71.4 FT (10-14) in 2 GP ... Double-double with 14 PTS, 10 REB at LSU 3FG vs. North Carolina Central ... 25 PTS, 6-of-9 Jan. 3 G Jamarco Warren, Sr., Charleston Southern 3FG at VMI ... 21 PTS at Liberty. 22.3 PPG, 4.0 AST, 3.5 REB, 43.7 FG (31-of-71), 33.3 3FG (14-of-42), 76.5 FT (13-of-17) in 4 GP ... three 24 PT games G Jesse Sanders, Jr., Liberty G PIERRE MILLER, PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 11.3 PPG, 5.0 AST, 4.8 REB, 57.7 FG (15-of-26), 40.0 3FG (2-of-5), 81.3 FT (13-of-16) in 4 GP ... Key plays in League wins 11.5 PPG, 6.5 REB, 3.5 AST in 2 GP ... 8-of-15 FG ( =53.3), 5-of-11 3FG ( =45.5), 2-of-3 FT ( =66.7) ... 9 Jan. 10 G Matt Dickey, Jr., UNC Asheville PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST vs. Coastal Carolina ... 14 PTS, 17.5 PPG, 3.5 AST, 3.0 REB, 2.0 STL, 55.0 FG (11-of-20), 62.5 3FG (5-of-8), 80.0 FT (8-of-10) in two League road wins 4 REB, 3 AST vs. Charleston Southern. Jan. 17 G Austin Kenon, Sr., VMI 26.5 PPG, 3.0 REB, 1.5 AST, 1.5 STL, 60.9 FG (14-of-23), 64.3 3FG (9-of-14), 88.9 FT (16-of-18) in two League road wins G MATT DICKEY, UNC ASHEVILLE 18 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL in win at Gardner- Jan. 24 G Desmond Holloway, Jr., Coastal Carolina 22.5 PPG, 3.0 REB, 1.5 AST, 1.0 STL, 56.0 FG (14-of-25), 75.0 3FG (3-of-4), 87.5 FT (14-of-16) ... 27 PTS in win at GWU Webb ... 7-of-14 FG ( =50.0), 3-of-8 3FG ( =37.5), 1-of-1 FT ( =100.0). Jan. 31 G Khalid Mutakabbir, Soph., Presbyterian College 25 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 57.1 FG (8-of-14), 40.0 3FG (2-of-4), 87.5 FT (7-of-8) in 45 MIN vs. Winthrop in OT win Feb. 7 G Desmond Holloway, Jr., Coastal Carolina 19.0 PPG, 11.0 REB, 3.0 STL, 2.0 AST, 43.3 FG (13-of-30), 66.7 FT (12-of-18) in 2 GP Feb. 14 G Evan Gordon, Soph., Liberty 18.0 PPG, 3.5 REB, 3.5 STL, 2.0 AST, 44.8 FG (13-of-29), 37.5 3FG (6-of-16) in 2 GP ... 20 PTS, 5 STL vs. Radford WEEK THE CRONS BRAND FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK G SHELDON STRICKLAND, CHARLESTON SO. Nov. 15 G Luke Davis, Gardner-Webb 11.5 PPG, 2.0 REB, 1.0 AST in 2 GP ... 9-of-20 FG ( 10.0 PPG, 4.0 AST, 2.0 STL, 66.7 FG (6-of-9), 50.0 3FG (2-of-4), 75.0 FT (6-of-8) in 2 GP =45.0), 5-of-12 3FG ( =41.7) ... 20 PTS, 4-of-8 3FG Nov. 22 G Sheldon Strickland, Charleston Southern at Winthrop. 12.3 PPG, 5.0 AST, 1.3 STL, 60.0 FG (12-of-20), 44.4 3FG (4-of-9), 90.0 FT (9-of-10) in 3 GP ... 16 PTS-10 AST vs.