GAMENOTES SAINT LOUIS (14-6, 5-2 A-10) RICHMOND (7-13, 1-6 A-10) Wed., Jan. 30, 2019 • 6 p.m. (CT) • St. Louis, Mo. • Chaifetz Arena (10,600) Watch: CBS Sports Network (Chris Hassel, Bob Wenzel) SAINT LOUIS BILLIKENS RICHMOND SPIDERS Radio: 101 ESPN (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.) 2018-19 Record: 14-6 (5-2 A-10) 2018-19 Record: 7-13 (1-6 A-10) Billiken Media Relations Contact: Brian Kunderman Home/Road/Neutral Record: 11-1/3-3/0-2 Home/Road/Neutral Record: 4-7/2-4/1-2 314-808-4868 | [email protected] Last Game: L, 53-54 (vs. Davidson) Last Game: L, 57-66 (vs. St. Bonaventure) Current Streak: L2 Current Streak: L4 Saint Louis Billikens Schedule/Results NCAA NET Ranking: 87 (thru games of Jan. 27) NCAA NET Ranking: 211 (thru games of Jan. 27) KenPom Rating: 109 (thru games of Jan. 27) KenPom Rating: 219 (thru games of Jan. 27) NOVEMBER Scoring Margin: +4.3 Scoring Margin: -0.7 Tue., 6 SEMO (FSMW+) W, 75-65 Sat., 10 Troy (FSMW) W, 62-58 Head Coach: Travis Ford Head Coach: Chris Mooney Tue., 13 North Alabama (FSMW) W, 69-58 Ford’s Record at SLU: 43-43 (3rd year) Mooney’s Record at UR: 244-208 (14th yr.) Sat., 17 at Seton Hall (FS2) W, 66-64 Ford’s Career Record: 379-309 (22nd year) Mooney’s Career Record: 286-247 (17th yr.) Wed., 21 vs. Pitt (ESPN3) L, 73-75 Leading Scorer: Javon Bess (15.8 ppg) Leading Scorer: Grant Golden (17.8 ppg) Sat., 24 Central Arkansas (FSMW) W, 73-61 Leading Rebounder: Hasahn French (8.3 rpg) Leading Rebounder: Grant Golden (7.1 rpg) DECEMBER Assists Leader: Jordan Goodwin (3.6 apg) Assists Leader: Jacob Gilyard (5.3 apg) Sat., 1 Butler (FSMW) W, 64-52 Blocks Leader: Hasahn French (1.6 bpg) Blocks Leader: Grant Golden (0.9 bpg) Wed., 5 at Southern Illinois (ESPN+) L, 56-61 Steals Leader: Jordan Goodwin (2.1 spg) Steals Leader: Jacob Gilyard (3.2 spg) Sun., 9 Oregon State (ESPNU) W, 65-61 Next Game: Saturday, Feb. 2, at URI Next Game: Saturday, Feb. 2, vs. La Salle Sun., 16 at Houston (ESPNU) L, 64-68 Wed., 19 NC Central (FSMW) W, 74-65 THE OPENING TIP... Sat., 22 vs. Florida State (FS2/FSMW+) L, 59-81 Sun., 30 Appalachian State (FSMW) W, 83-55 n Saint Louis (14-6, 5-2 A-10) is looking to break its first two-game skid of the JANUARY season. The Billikens were on a season-high six-game winning streak prior to Sun., 6 Rhode Island (ESPNU) W, 60-53 dropping their last two matchups. Wed., 9 UMass (CBS SN) W, 65-62 n The Billikens are 11-1 at Chaifetz Arena this season. Sat., 12 at La Salle (NBCSN) W, 71-64 n SLU is coming off a 54-53 loss to Davidson on Saturday afternoon. ADion Wiley Tue., 15 at Fordham (ESPN+) W, 63-60 3-pointer with 14 seconds left gave the Bills the lead briefly, but Davidson buried Fri., 18 Saint Joseph’s (ESPN2) W, 68-57 a pair of FTs with six seconds left to go on top. SLU missed two free throws with Wed., 23 at Duquesne (ESPN+) L, 73-77 less than a second remaining and Davidson escaped with the win. Sat., 26 Davidson (CBS SN) L, 53-54 n Senior guard Javon Bess continues to lead the Billikens in scoring with 15.8 ppg, Wed., 30 Richmond (FSMW) 6 p.m. tied for 10th in the A-10. He also leads Saint Louis in 3-pointers made (43) and is FEBRUARY second in rebounding with 7.1 rpg (fifth in the A-10). Sat., 2 at Rhode Island (CBS SN) 3 p.m. n Sophomore guard Jordan Goodwin averages 10.1 ppg and leads SLU in assists Tue., 5 Dayton (CBS SN) 8 p.m. Fri., 8 at Saint Joseph’s (ESPN2) 6 p.m. (72) and steals (42; third in A-10). He also pulls down 7.0 rpg, eighth in the A-10. Wed., 13 at George Washington (CBSSN) 5:30 p.m. n Senior guard Tramaine Isabell Jr. is second on the Billikens in scoring (11.3 ppg) Sat., 16 La Salle (CBS SN) 4 p.m. and assists (61). Sat., 23 at Dayton (CBS SN) 3 p.m. n Sophomore forward Hasahn French scores 8.9 ppg and is second in the A-10 in Tue., 26 at VCU (CBS SN) 6:30 p.m. rebounding with 8.3 rpg. He has climbed to sixth in school history with 91 career MARCH blocked shots. Sat., 2 George Mason (NBCSN) 2 p.m. n Saint Louis is 17th in the NCAA in adjusted defensive efficiency at kenpom.com. Wed., 6 Duquesne (FSMW) 7 p.m. The Billikens lead the A-10 in scoring defense, yielding 62.5 ppg. Sat., 9 at St. Bonaventure (ESPN+) Noon n The Billikens are on the road for much of February as they play five of their next All times Central seven away from Chaifetz Arena, beginning Saturday at Rhode Island. PROBABLE STARTERS #0 #2 #3 #1 #11 D.J. Javon Jordan BESS Hasahn Tramaine FRENCH GOODWIN FOREMAN ISABELL JR. Goodwin’s Season Averages Isabell’s Season Averages Bess’ Season Averages Foreman’s Season Averages French’s Season Averages PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG BPG MPG 10.1 7.0 3.6 32.7 11.3 4.2 3.2 30.3 15.8 7.1 1.7 36.3 5.7 3.8 0.9 19.8 8.9 8.3 1.6 29.8 SETTING THE SCENE BILLIKENS VS. SPIDERS uSaint Louis continues Atlantic 10 Conference play when it welcomes Richmond to Chaifetz Arena on Wednesday. Game time is set for 6 p.m. (CT). uTEAM COMPARISON uThe game will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest. Dan McLaughlin and Scott SLU RICH Highmark are on the call. 66.8 ......................... Points per game .........................69.4 uThe game will be streamed live nationwide on the FOX Sports App. It will also 62.5 .................Points allowed per game .................70.2 be streamed on ESPN+ outside of the FSMW footprint. The game will blacked out +4.3 .......................... Scoring Margin ...........................-0.7 in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa for ESPN+ users. It will be .411 ...........................FG Percentage ............................464 streamed for international viewers through Atlantic10.com. .398 ................Opponent FG Percentage .................468 uThe radio broadcast will air on 101 ESPN (101.1 FM and 101Sports.com). As always, .305 ..........................3FG Percentage ...........................321 Billiken Hall of Famer Bob Ramsey provides the play-by-play, while St. Louis American .296 ...............Opponent 3FG Percentage ................348 Sports Editor and new inductee into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame, Earl Austin Jr., 5.8 ........................3FG Made Per Game ........................7.4 handles the analysis. .604 ...................Free Throw Percentage ....................671 14.7 .............Free Throws Made Per Game .............11.1 LAST TIME OUT +6.5 ..................... Rebounding Margin ......................-5.4 uSaint Louis fell 54-53 to Davidson Saturday in a thrilling Atlantic 10 Conference men’s 13.0 .........................Assists Per Game .........................15.2 basketball matchup at Chaifetz Arena. 13.9 ..................... Turnovers Per Game .....................10.0 uSophomore forward Hasahn French registered his sixth double-double of the 0.9 ........................Assist-Turnover Ratio........................1.5 season with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore guard Jordan Goodwin scored 12 7.9 ............................ Steals Per Game ............................7.4 points and dished out six assists, while senior guard Javon Bess had 10 points. 4.3 ............................Blocks Per Game ............................2.8 uThe game came down to the wire. Senior guard Dion Wiley put SLU on top by one, 53-52, with a 3-pointer from the left corner with 14 seconds remaining. On the other uSERIES NOTES/HISTORY end, Davidson’s Jon Axel Gudmundsson was fouled and connected on both free throw Saint Louis leads the all-time series 9-7 ... the Billik- attempts to put Davidson on top by a point with 5.7 seconds left. ens have won two in a row in the series. uSaint Louis had the ball as time was winding down. A Bess desperation shot was off the mark, and Goodwin corralled the rebound and was fouled on the putback. He went Date Location SLU’s Outcome to the line to shoot two with .4 seconds remaining, but he missed both attempts and 1/18/06 Richmond L, 54-65 Davidson escaped with the win. 2/28/07 St. Louis W, 78-69 2/10/08 Richmond W, 64-55 BILLIKENS IN 14TH SEASON IN ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE PLAY 1/25/09 St. Louis L, 62-70 uSLU enters the week in a four-way tie for third in the A-10 standings with a 5-2 league 2/8/09 Richmond W, 85-72••• mark. 1/9/10 St. Louis W, 63-58 uSaint Louis is in its 14th season competing in the Atlantic 10 Conference. 1/30/10 Richmond L, 36-62 uThe Billikens have an all-time record of 116-105 in A-10 tilts. 2/12/11 Richmond L, 52-64 uSLU owns two regular-season A-10 titles (2013 and 2014), and it won the A-10 2/15/12 St. Louis W, 64-50 Tournament in 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. 2/9/13 Richmond W, 56-46 1/29/14 St. Louis W, 77-57 GETTING DEFENSIVE 3/7/15 Richmond L, 51-67 uSaint Louis is 17th in KenPom.com’s adjusted defensive efficiency.