COLBY WILSON BASKETBALL CONTACT E: [email protected] P: 615-604-3803 GOVERNORS BASKETBALL | 13-TIME OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPION | 2019 OVC PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2019-20 GAME NOTES | THE TENNESSEE STATE REMATCH AUSTIN PEAY (16-7, 10-0) at TENNESSEE STATE (14-9, 6-4) SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 6, 2020 ■ GENTRY CENTER ■ NASHVILLE, TENN. DATE OPPONENT TIME FASTBREAK Nov. 5 Oakland City W, 110-67 THE MATCHUP Nov. 9 at Western Kentucky L, 75-97 • Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team Vanderbilt Invitational (Campus Sites) is set for the return trip to the Nashville pairing of the Ohio Valley Conference, beginning with a 7:30 Nov. 16 at Tulsa L, 65-72 p.m., Thursday rematch with Tennessee State at Nov. 20 at Vanderbilt L, 72-90 Nov. 23 Southeastern Louisiana W, 81-60 the Gentry Center. Nov. 25 South Carolina State W, 92-66 • After his season’s seventh 30-point night, with 37 against Tennessee State in the previous meeting on Dec. 3 at Arkansas L, 61-69 January 23, Terry Taylor is now the nation’s eighth- Dec. 7 North Florida W, 90-83 AUSTIN TENNESSEE leading scorer at 22.1 points per game; no Gov has Dec. 12 at West Virginia L, 53-84 PEAY STATE Dec. 17 McKendree W, 80-61 2019-20 RECORD averaged better than 22 points per game for a season 2019-20 RECORD St. Pete Shootout (Eckerd College) 16-7 ■ 10-0 OVC 14-9 ■ 6-4 OVC since Nick Stapleton (23.1 ppg) in 2001-02, which Dec. 21 Duquesne L, 77-86 LAST GAME was the last season a Gov finished top-10 in Division LAST GAME Dec. 22 Alabama State W, 80-69 February 1, 2020 February 1, 2020 I in scoring; Stapleton finished seventh nationally. Dec. 30 at Georgia L, 48-78 W, 68-64 vs EIU W, 72-67 at Tennessee Tech • Taylor is the only Division I player in the nation currently in Clarksville in Cookeville leading his league in scoring and rebounding, at 22.1 Jan. 2 Southeast Missouri • W, 78-63 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH points and 9.7 boards, respectively. Jan. 4 UT Martin • W, 82-63 Matt Figger Brian Collins • The Govs enter Thursday’s contest as the only team Jan. 9 at Tennessee Tech • W, 75-62 Eastern Kentucky (1995) Belmont (2006) in the OVC ranked among the nation’s top-100 in Jan. 11 at Jacksonville State • W, 71-67 57-33 ■ 3rd season at APSU 23-30 ■ 2nd season at TSU scoring (78.3 ppg, 31st), field goal percentage (47.2, Jan. 16 at Southeast Missouri • W, 84-59 57-33 ■ 3 career seasons 77-61 ■ 5 career seasons 27th), three-point field goal percentage (35.9, 62nd) Jan. 18 at UT Martin • W, 92-81 LEADERS LEADERS and free-throw percentage (73.5, 86th). Jan. 23 Tennessee State • W, 99-74 Terry Taylor Carlos Marshall Jr. • Only four rostered players remain from a year ago, Jan. 25 Belmont • W, 86-78 ■ 22.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg, ■ 12.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, with only two--Taylor and Antwuan Butler--seeing Jan. 30 SIU Edwardsville • W, 82-58 1.3 bpg, 57.7 FG% 41.7 FG%, 79.6 FT% significant playing time. Of the other two, Matheus Feb. 1 Eastern Illinois • W, 68-64 Jordyn Adams Wesley Harris Silveira played just seven games before being shelved Feb. 6 at Tennessee State • 7:30 p.m. ■ 17.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, ■ 11.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, and Eli Abaev missed the entire season before Feb. 8 at Belmont • 5 p.m. 44.6 FG%, 78.0 FT% 48.4 FG%, 78.8 FT% returning to represent the USA at the 2019 European Feb. 13 Murray State • 8 p.m. Carlos Paez Maccabi Games in Budapest. Michael Littlejohn Feb. 15 Eastern Kentucky • 4 p.m. ■ 7.8 ppg, 3.9 apg ■ 10.9 ppg, 3.3 apg • Jordyn Adams is the nation’s fifth-leading scorer Feb. 20 at SIU Edwardsville • 8 p.m. 40.3 3pt FG%, 86.4 FT% 2.7 3pt FGG, 43.0 3pt FG% among freshman players at 17.4 ppg, a number that Feb. 22 at Eastern Illinois • 3:15 p.m. has jumped to 20.1 ppg since the start of OVC play. INSIDE THE SERIES Feb. 27 Morehead State • 8 p.m. • Late arrival Evan Hinson was the rarely-seen two- The Series: 79th all-time meeting in a series dating sport standout at South Carolina, seeing plenty Feb. 29 at Murray State • 7 p.m. back to 1963; the Govs lead 48-30 all-time. of action on the hardwood while Figger was still OVC Basketball Championship Evansville, Ind. Series Streak: Austin Peay won the last two meetings patrolling the sidelines in garnet and gray. March 4 First Round TBA Last Meeting: Austin Peay won, 99-74, Jan. 23, 2020 • As a testament to their depth, Jy’lan Washington (17 March 5 Quarterfinals TBA in the Dunn Center points, 9 rebounds) and Mark Freeman (19 points, 6 March 6 Semifinals TBA assists) led the undermanned-Tigers in the Jan. 23 March 7 Championship TBA contest against the Govs. • - OVC Game AUSTIN PEAY PROBABLE STARTERS TODAY’S BROADCASTS ipTV: ESPN3 Play-by-Play: Bob Belvin Analyst: Conner Onion RADIO • GOVS SPORTS NETWORK (104.1 FM) #4 #5 #21 #14 #1 Play-by-Play: Scott Chase Antwuan Jordyn Terry Eli Carlos Analyst: Eric Foister Butler Adams Taylor Abaev Paez GOVS ON THE WEB Pts 7.3 Pts 17.4 Pts 22.1 Pts 6.7 Pts 7.8 LIVE STATISTCS Ast 3.6 Reb 3.5 Reb 9.7 Reb 6.6 Ast 3.9 PeayStats.com Reb 2.4 Ast 2.2 Blk 1.3 Stl 1.1 Stl 1.4 LIVE AUDIO Stl 1.4 FG% 45% Stl 1.3 Ast 1.2 3FG% 40% http://player.listenlive.co/41591/ FT% 69% FT% 78% FG% 58% FG% 47% FT% 86% LIVE VIDEO ESPN3 LETSGOPEAY.COM /LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY @LETSGOPEAY NOTING THE GAME VS. 2019-20 OPPONENTS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW GOVS ALL-TIME The strength of Tennessee State’s depth was not displayed in the previous meeting this Non-Conference season, when the Tigers were down to just eight active players. Wesley Harris was missed even Alabama State 1-0 more than anticipated during the four-game stretch he missed, including the contest against Arkansas 0-5 the Govs–he returned just last weekend and averaged 12.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in wins Duquesne 0-1 against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State. The short lineup did kick off a renaissance Georgia 0-0 for Emmanuel Ogbuta, who is averaging 12.0 points and 4.8 rebounds on 64.5 percent since the Govs and Tigers tipped it up on Jan. 23. McKendree 2-0 What was true before the last meeting is still true today–Tennessee State commits a North Florida 2-1 bunch of turnovers (386 overall, 16.8 per game, both among the nation’s bottom-15) and Oakland City 10-0 commits a bunch of fouls (485 total, 21.1 per game, both among the nation’s bottom-15). South Carolina State 1-0 While a fully-operational Tiger unit can overcome the foul issues, Austin Peay will look to force Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 more turnovers than the 10 TSU committed in the previous contest, second-fewest by the Tulsa 0-1 turnover-prone Tigers in 2019-20. Vanderbilt 2-17 But if they aren’t fouling or turning the ball over, the Tigers can score with anyone. Tennessee West Virginia 0-1 State is among the nation’s top-100 in scoring (74.9 ppg, 89th), field goal percentage (47.8 Western Kentucky 14-41 percent, 20th), three-point field goal percentage (35.5 percent, 77th) and offensive rebounds Conference (11.35 orpg, 82nd). Keep an eye out for Michael Littlejohn in this one; the sharpshooter who Belmont 32-19 hits 43.0 percent from deep and makes nearly three three-pointers per game was held to just three points in the previous meeting between the Govs and Tigers. Eastern Illinois 34-18 Eastern Kentucky 63-53 Jacksonville State 22- 6 DEEPER MEANINGS Morehead State 55-56 WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN: Would make the Govs 11-0 in league play for the first time Murray State 43-89 since the historic 2003-04 season that saw the Govs go unbeaten in league play... would give SIU Edwardsville 12-4 Austin Peay a five-game road winning streak, its longest since a eight-gamer during that same 2003-04 season... would be Austin Peay’s first 11-game winning streak since an 11-gamer from Southeast Missouri 42-22 Dec. 20, 2006-Jan. 29, 2007... would be Austin Peay’s first road win at Tennessee State since Tennessee State 48-30 2014... would be head coach Matt Figger’s first win at the Gentry Center. Tennessee Tech 71-74 WHAT A LOSS WOULD MEAN: Would snap Austin Peay’s longest win streak in 2019-20... UT Martin 77-31 would run Austin Peay’s losing streak in the Gentry Center to three games. LAST TIME VERSUS TENNESSEE STATE VS. 2019-20 OPPONENTS A Tennessee State squad ravaged by illness is not the greatest indiciator of what the MATT FIGGER ALL-TIME 2019-20 Tigers have been. Missing not only Wesley Harris but a host of key reserves who Non-Conference had the active lineup down to eight players, the Tigers were no match for the Govs in a 99-74 Alabama State 1-0 Austin Peay victory back on January 23.