2015-16 UTSA Roadrunners Men’s Basketball Almanac Table of Contents Season Outlook _____________________________2-3 General Information Roster _____________________________________4-5 Location ______________________ San Antonio, Texas Schedule ____________________________________ 6 Enrollment _________ 28,628 (24,342 undergraduate) Media Information ____________________________ 7 Founded _________________________________1969 goUTSA.com _________________________________ 8 Meet The Roadrunners Nickname __________________________Roadrunners George Matthews ____________________________ 10 Colors _____ Navy blue (289), orange (1665) and white Gino Littles _________________________________ 11 Home Court __________________Convocation Center Christian Wilson _____________________________ 12 Capacity ______________________2,650 (temporary) Austin Karrer _______________________________ 13 Ryan Bowie _________________________________ 14 Conference _____________________ Conference USA Lucas O’Brien _______________________________ 15 Affiliation ______________________ NCAA Division I Phillip Jones ________________________________ 16 Athletic Director _____________________ Lynn Hickey James Ringholt ______________________________ 17 President _______________________Dr. Ricardo Romo Terrell Scruggs/J.R. Harris _____________________ 18 Kyle Massie/Ömer Alp Aksu __________________ 19 Athletic Department Phone _________ 210-458-4161 Garrett Thibodeaux/Nick Allen ________________ 20 Ticket Office Phone _______________ 210-458-UTSA A.J. Cockrell/Nick Billingsley __________________ 21 Internet Address ____________________ goUTSA.com TV/Radio Chart _____________________________ 22 UTSA Staff Brooks Thompson _________________________ 24-27 Team Information Dan O’Dowd _______________________________ 28 Head Coach ____________________Brooks Thompson Robert Guster _______________________________ 29 Alma Mater _______________ Oklahoma State/1994 Shenton Wai ________________________________ 30 Career Record _____________ 183-165/12th season Jeff Luster __________________________________ 31 Travis Reust _________________________________ 31 School Record _____________ 128-151/10th season Support Staff________________________________ 32 Associate Head Coach ______________ Dan O’Dowd Lynn Hickey _________________________________ 33 Alma Mater _______________ Bethany College/1986 Dr. Ricardo Romo ____________________________ 34 Assistant Coach ____________________Robert Guster Opponents Opponents ______________________________ 36-40 Alma Mater _________________Missouri-Rolla/1999 Conference USA Tournament __________________ 40 Assistant Coach ____________________ Shenton Wai Conference USA __________________________ 41-42 Alma Mater __ University of Victoria (Australia)/1999 2014-15 Season Review Team Operations Coordinator ___________ Jeff Luster 2014-15 Results _____________________________ 44 Final Stats __________________________________ 45 Letterwinners Returning/Lost __________________ 8/6 Game Highs ________________________________ 46 Starters Returning/Lost ______________________ 2/3 Game-by-Game Capsules __________________ 46-51 Newcomers __________________________________ 8 Conference USA Review ______________________ 52 2014-15 Overall Record ___________________ 14-16 Departed Letterwinners ____________________ 53-54 History & Records C-USA Record _______________________8-10 (t-7th) Team Records _______________________________ 56 First Year of Basketball ___________________1981-82 Individual Records ___________________________ 57 Overall All-Time Record _________________507-483 Career Top 10 Lists _______________________ 58-59 NCAA Apperances ___________________________ 4 Single-Season Top 10 Lists _________________ 60-61 1,000-Point Club ____________________________ 62 ______________________ (1988, 1999, 2004, 2011) Top Scorers _________________________________ 63 500-Rebound Club __________________________ 64 Top Rebounders _____________________________ 65 Annual Leaders _____________________________ 66 CREDITS Convocation Center Records ___________________ 67 The 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Almanac was Opponent Records ________________________ 68-69 designed, written and edited by Assistant Athletics Year-by-Year Results_______________________ 70-82 Communications Director Jordan Korphage. Assistance Postseason Tournament History _________________ 83 provided by Athletics Communications Director Kyle Milestone Games ____________________________ 84 All-Time Series Results _____________________ 85-89 Stephens and Associate Director Brian Hernandez. All-Time Letterwinners ________________________ 90 Honor Roll _______________________________ 91-92 Photography Roadrunners in the Pros _______________________ 93 Jeff Huehn, Mark McClendon and Erik Schelken. Retired Jerseys ______________________________ 94 2015-16 UTSA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA ALMANAC 1 SEASON OUTLOOK Season Outlook Last season, UTSA posted one of the top scoring offenses in Conference USA as the Roadrunners, paced by first-team all-conference pick Jeromie Hill, represented four of the top 25 scorers in the league. With three of those four players lost to graduation, including a pair that are currently playing professionally overseas, the 2015-16 team will look to a group that features two junior college transfers and eight underclassmen to help fill the void. Just two of the top six scorers return, led by Ryan Bowie’s 13.0 ppg, and the team will be looking to replace 76.6 percent of last season’s potent offense. Along with Hill, who was the only C-USA player to rank among the league’s top-five in points (16.0 ppg) and rebounds (8.1 rpg) and now suits up for the Sydney Kings in Australia’s National Basketball League, 10th-year head coach Brooks Thompson is tasked with finding replacements for 7-footer Kaj- Björn Sherman (12.0 ppg/7.0 rpg) and shooting guard Keon Lewis (15.4 ppg/3.1 apg). Leading the charge of UTSA’s new up-tempo offense Ryan Bowie will be Bowie, who ranked among the conference’s best in six offensive categories including steals (1.17 came off the bench 25 times last year. Meanwhile, spg), 3-pointers (2.07 pg), 3-point percentage (.365) Karrer also will look for increased playing time and minutes (33.73 pg). In addition, the Lewisville during his sophomore season. One of the team’s native ranked 18th in C-USA with 5.8 rebounds per best long-range shooters, the New Braunfels native outing, which was the best mark for a player listed saw action in 21 games off the bench in his first at 6-foot-4 or shorter. The Roadrunners’ best shooter campaign. from 3-point range a season ago, Bowie drained at Walk-on George Matthews is the only other least four treys seven times and capped the campaign guard with Division I experience on the roster and with a game-high 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting and the backcourt will welcome newcomers Ömer Alp 5-of-8 from behind the arc in a buzzer beating loss Aksu, Nick Billingsley and J.R. Harris. at the C-USA Tournament. Aksu will bring some international experience The squad’s only other returning starter is to the squad as the 6-foot-2 freshman comes to the sophomore point guard Gino Littles. The former walk- Alamo City from Istanbul, Turkey, where he was on, who was placed on scholarship this summer, a member of the U16 and U18 Turkish National totaled 15 minutes through the first seven games and Teams. Meanwhile, both Billingsley and Harris bring then started 22 of the final 23 contests of the 2014-15 junior college experience to the fold after coming season. During that time, Littles directed the offense from highly successful programs at New Mexico JC with a steady hand as he averaged just one turnover and Indian Hills JC, respectively. every 26 minutes of action. He will be joined in the Billingsley helped the Thunderbirds to a 50-16 backcourt this season by fellow returners Christian record in two seasons and the athletic 6-foot-4 wing Wilson and Austin Karrer. averaged 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game as Wilson saw action in 26 contests and was the a sophomore last year. Harris enjoyed great success team’s fifth-leading scorer a season ago at 5.0 ppg. on the prep gridiron as well as the hardwood before The Baton Rouge, La., native who landed as the top an injury ended his football career. He helped push play on SportsCenter with a dunk against Southern the Warriors to a 63-8 mark in two seasons and Miss, will look to crack the starting lineup after he aided back-to-back Region 11 regular season and 2 2015-16 UTSA MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA ALMANAC SEASON OUTLOOK Season Outlook tournament titles. Last season, the Baton Rouge, La., and 11.0 rebounds and at one point was the No. native averaged 9.8 points and 3.0 rebounds en 23 prospect in the state by The Arizona Republic. route to honorable mention Iowa Community College Cockrell also comes to the Alamo City after a highly Athletic Conference all-region laurels. successful prep career at Memorial High School in The frontcourt is led by the experience of Phillip Tulsa, Okla. A two-time state champion, Cockrell Jones, Lucas O’Brien and James Ringholt and the posted averages of 17.4 points and 14.5 boards group will receive plenty of help this season from a per game as he was named the 2015 Tulsa World trio of 6-foot-8 freshmen forwards in Nick Allen, A.J. All-Metro Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Cockrell and Garrett Thibodeaux. After originally committing to Air Force, Thibodeaux Jones missed the non-conference slate a season arrived in San Antonio during the summer following ago