2017-18 UTA MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA Athletic Communications | College Park Center | 601 Spaniolo Drive | Arlington, TX 76019 Basketball Contact | Richard Kilwien | [email protected] | @rkilwien GAME #22 | JAN. 25, 2018 | GSU SPORTS ARENA | ATLANTA, GEORGIA | #BRINGYOURAGAME 2017-18 SCHEDULE HEAD COACH SERIES HISTORY UT ARLINGTON Series: UTA leads 6-4 NOVEMBER Scott Cross (UTA ‘98) MAVERICKS Career Record: 217-156 (12th year) At UTA: Series tied at 2-2 11 Loyola Marymount%ESPN3 W 85-80 Record: 13-8, 4-4 Sun Belt At Atlanta: UTA leads 3-2 Record at UTA: Same Neutral Site: UTA leads 1-0 18 at BYU% BYUtv W 89-75 SEC 21 at No. 25 Alabama% L 76-77 GEORGIA STATE HEAD COACH Last Meeting 24 v Western Carolina% W 89-65 Ron Hunter (Miami, Ohio ‘86) UTA won 68-67, 2/18/17 in Atlanta PANTHERS Career Record: 411-290 (24th year) 25 at Niagara% W 95-90 Last Meeting in Arlington Record: 14-6, 5-2 Sun Belt Record at GSU: 137-80 (7th year) 27 UT Dallas ESPN3 W 73-53 UTA won 85-70, 12/30/15 29 Rice ESPN3 W 69-49 Upcoming Game(s) GAMEDAY COVERAGE DECEMBER The UTA men’s basketball team (13-8, 4-4 Sun Belt Conference) hits the road this 2 North Texas ESPN3 W 65-60 week for a pair of formidable Sun Belt Conference games in the state of Georgia. Tickets 7 at Northern Iowa ESPN3 L 58-62 The Mavericks travel to Atlanta Thursday for a 6:15 p.m. (CST) tipoff at Georgia GeorgiaStateSports.com • (404) 413-4020 9 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 L 78-85 State (14-6, 5-2) in the GSU Sports Arena (capacity 3,854). Saturday, UTA plays a Television 16 at UTRGV WAC W 86-65 4 p.m. (CST) contest at Georgia Southern (14-6, 5-2). None 18 at No. 25 Creighton FS1 L 81-90 21 Cal Poly ESPN3 W 77-56 Live Game Coverage Video: ESPN3.com Play-By-Play: Sam Crenshaw ESPN2 29 at Coastal Carolina* L 65-90 Both games in Georgia will be streamed live on ESPN3. Every UTA home game Color: Rodney Turner 31 at Appalachian State* L 76-80 is streamed live on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app. A live radio broadcast of every home and away game is also available throughout the Radio Maverick Sports Network JANUARY Dallas-Fort Worth area through a Learfield Sports partnership with KEXB 620 AM. Radio: KEXB 620 AM 4 Troy* ESPN3 W 86-76 Josh Sours is on the air generally beginning 30 minutes prior to tipoff with every Online: TuneIn 6 South Alabama* ESPN3 W 91-67 broadcast also available online via TuneIn.com. Live coverage links are available on Play-By-Play: Josh Sours 11 at Little Rock* L 65-77 UTAMavs.com. Live Gametracker Statistics 13 at Arkansas State* W 97-71 UTAMavs.com 18 Louisiana* ESPN3 L 65-77 Tickets Social Media ESPN3 Tickets to all home UTA men and women’s basketball games are available through 20 ULM* W 71-55 Twitter: @UTAMavs 25 at Georgia State* ESPN3 6:15 p.m. the UTA Box Office, online at UTATickets.com or by calling (817) 272-9595. Single Instagram: @UTAMavs 27 at Georgia Southern* ESPN3 4:00 p.m. game, group and multi-game packages are available. Tickets to the Sun Belt Snapchat: UTAMavs Championships in New Orleans, La. are also available for purchase. Facebook: UT Arlington Athletics FEBRUARY UTAMavs.com 1 Appalachian State* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Postgame Coverage Recaps, Photos, Quotes, Notes, Statistics 3 Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. A complete recap of every UTA men’s basketball game, including photos, video 10 Texas State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. highlights, statistics, notes and postgame coach and player comments will be avail- 15 at ULM* 7:00 p.m. able online shortly upon the conclusion each game at UTAMavs.com. ESPN3 17 at Louisiana* 7:00 p.m. Social Media NEXT 2 GAMES 22 Georgia Southern* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. UTA provides extensive coverage of each of its 15 sport programs through a variety at Georgia Southern 24 Georgia State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. of social media channels, most notably Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Sat., Jan. 27 • 6 p.m. (CST) The general account username for most services is @UTAMavs. Several sports MARCH vs Appalachian State operate specific accounts, generally used for in-game coverage of events and other 2 at Texas State* ESPN2 6:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 1 • 7:15 p.m. content. Men’s basketball is located on Twitter at @UTA_MBB. 7 First Round# ESPN3 TBD 9 Quarterfinals#ESPN3 TBD PROJECTING THE MAVS 10 Semifinals#ESPN3 TBD 11 Championship# ESPN2 1:00 p.m. No. Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes % - Homecoming; # - New Orleans, La.; * Sun Belt Conference * 25 Kevin Hervey (F, 6-9, Sr.) 20.7 8.6 2.2 0.6 1.5 Olson & Henson lists .. among NCAA scoring ldrs ... 32 dbl-dbls game; %Barclays Center Classic; ALL TIMES CENTRAL; Opponent * 1 Erick Neal (G, 5-10, Sr.) 13.9 3.8 7.6 0.1 2.3 4th NCAA in asts ... UTA career assist ldr ... Triple-Double v UTD AP Ranking & TV listed where applicable. * 13 Johnny Hamilton (C, 7-0, Gr.) 11.9 8.0 0.6 2.2 0.6 30/15 v WCU ... Grd Xfer/Va Tech ... SBC leader in blocks w/46 * 5 Kaelon Wilson (G, 6-2, Sr.) 11.7 4.0 1.9 0.1 0.6 121 apps, 45 starts ... 1,070 career points ... 6 career dbl-dbls * 3 Nathan Hawkins (G, 6-5, Sr.) 6.4 2.2 1.9 0.1 1.4 90 apps at UTA ... amg SBC steals ldrs ... 16 pts, 2 steals v UTRGV REFERENCING UT ARLINGTON 4 Davion Turner (F, 6-9, Jr.) 5.9 3.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 JC Trnsfr ... .434 3-pt pct ... 10 pts (4-4 FG, 2-2 3pt) v Troy The UTA athletic 20 Julian Harris (F, 6-5, Sr.) 3.8 2.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 84 apps, 3+ yrs ... UTD 1st app in ‘17 ... 9 pts at App State (5-6 FT) department respectfully 22 Link Kabadyundi (C, 7-1, Sr.) 3.2 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 51 UTA apps ... 15 gms at TCU as Fr ... .806 FG% ... 11 pts at UA requests that members 23 Mairega Clarke (G, 6-5, Sr.) 2.4 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 37 apps in 2yrs as JC Transfer ... 7th in mins ... 4 rebs vs Cal Poly of the media and athletic 15 Scott Muirhead (F, 6-3, So.) 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 31 apps ... 13 of 14 career FGs are 3pts ... nickname is “Bill” institutions refer to the 2 D.J. Bryant (G, 6-0, So.) 1.4 1.5 1.5 0.1 0.7 56 apps, 5 starts ... boot camp “Tough Guy” ... 8 ast at UTRGV University of Texas at 30 Patrick Binzer (G, 6-2, Jr.) injured 6 apps as Soph ... avg 24 pt/14reb as prep Sr ... Attded SMU & TCU Arlington as UT Arlington. 21 Pedro Castro (G, 6-6, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 16.6pts/7.3rebs as Prep Sr ... TABC all-region ... Dist MVP UTA is acceptable on second reference. Using 34 Tim Holland (F, 6-8, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 3x all-district ... 17pts/8.4rebs ... CenTex All-Star Gm MVP Texas-Arlington, UT-Arlington or any other form 44 Nils Huizenga (F, 6-7, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 8pts/9rebs as prep ... 2nd team all-dist ... AAU 3D Empire is incorrect. *Indicates expected starter 2017 Sun Belt Champions | 35-5 in College Park Center (3 Yrs) | 2nd Most Victories D1 In Texas (3 Yrs) UT ARLINGTON MAVERICK QUICK FACTS 2017-18 UT ARLINGTON ROSTER GENERAL No. NAME POS HT WT CL EXP Hometown / High School / Last College Name ..................................University of Texas at Arlington 1 Erick Neal G 5-10 155 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Lincoln City/Zip .......................................... Arlington, Texas 76019 2 DJ Bryant G 5-11 180 So. 1L Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview Founded ..................................1895 (Senior College, 1959) 3 Nathan Hawkins G 6-7 210 Sr. 2L Garland, Texas / Rowlett / Nebraska Enrollment .............................. 39,714 (28,218 undergrad) 4 Davion Turner F 6-9 185 Jr Tr Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill / Hill College Nickname...........................................................Mavericks 5 Kaelon Wilson G 6-2 192 Sr. 3L Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster School Colors ....................... Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations ................................................NCAA Division I 11 David Azore G 6-5 205 Fr. HS Friendswood, Texas / Clear Brook Conference .........................................Sun Belt Conference 13 Johnny Hamilton C 7-0 230 Gr. Tr Rio Claro, Trinidad / St. Augustine / Virginia Tech President ..............................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari 15 Scott Muirhead F 6-3 206 So. 1L Ennis, Texas / Ennis Director of Athletics .............................................Jim Baker 20 Julian Harris F 6-5 235 Sr. 3L Mansfield, Texas / Lake Ridge 21 Pedro Castro G 6-6 170 Fr. HS Fort Worth, Texas / Brewer HISTORY 22 Link Kabadyundi C 7-1 274 Sr. 1L Montreal, Canada / Alma Academy / Blinn JC First Year of Men’s Basketball ...............................1959-60 23 Mairega Clarke G 6-5 184 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Putnam Science Acad. / Carl Albert St. Overall All-Time Record ........................................725-913 25 Kevin Hervey F 6-7 230 Sr. 3L Arlington, Texas / Bowie No. Years in NCAA Tournament .............................1 (2008) 30 Patrick Binzer G 6-2 183 Jr.