2017-18 Eagle Basketball Game Notes Twitter: @WUEagles/@Winthrop_MBB Hashtags: #W1NTHROP #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2017-18 Record: 6-1 2017-18 Record: 5-3, 0-0 Big South 2016-17 Final Record: 19-15 GAME 2016-17 Final Record: 26-7, 15-3 Big South Head Coach: Mark Fox (9th season/14th overall) Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (6th season) Georgia/Career Record: 151-119/274-162 Winthrop/Career Record: 107-62/same 9 Big South Record: 56-30 HOW THEY MATCHUP 2017-18 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION 5-3, 0-0 BSC WINTHROP GEORGIA Game 9: Winthtrop at Georgia NOVEMBER (4-3) 90.4 Scoring 72.7 Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. (EST) 10 Southern Illinois L, 81-66 Athens, GA | Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) .483 FG% .449 14 at Colorado State (MWN) L, 80-76 Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 18 Central Penn (Homecoming) W, 106-65 .402 3FG% .315 Station: 94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge 21 Mars Hill W, 104-49 24 at Auburn (SECN) L, 119-85 11.8 3FGM PG 5.9 Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 26 South Carolina State W, 86-61 .689 FT% .701 Color: Mike Pacheco 29 at Furman (ESPN3) W, 93-74 Television: SEC Network DECEMBER (1-0) 40.0 Rebounding 42.0 2 Reinhardt W, 107-76 Play-by-Play: Dave Neal 17.4 Assists 13.7 5 at Georgia (SECN) 7 p.m. Color: Sean Famham 16 at Alabama State 2 p.m. 8.8 Steals 5.0 19 at VCU (MASN) 7 p.m. THE MATCHUP 30 * High Point 2 p.m. 3.5 Blocks 5.3 • Winthrop and Georgia meet for the 7th time as JANUARY (0-0) 13.3 Turnovers PG 14.6 UGA leads the series 5-1 3 * at Radford 7 p.m. • The two teams last squared off on Dec. 8, 2015 6 * at Campbell 2 p.m. 75.6 Scoring Defense 66.1 9 * Liberty 7 p.m. as Georgia won 74-64 .399 FG% Defense .375 12 * at Charleston Southern 7:30 p.m. • The last two meetings have been decided by 10 15 * Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. .296 3FG% Defense .280 or fewer points 18 * UNC Asheville 7 p.m. 21 * at Presbyterian College 4 p.m. -0.6 Rebound Margin +8.3 • Winthrop is 3-26 all-time against the SEC, hav- 24 * at Longwood 7 p.m. +3.9 Turnover Margin -3.7 ing lost to Auburn already this season 27 * Campbell 2 p.m. FEBRUARY(0-0) W3 W/L Streak W2 1 * at Liberty 7 p.m. 3 * Radford 2 p.m. 7 * Presbyterian College 7 p.m. 10 * at High Point 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 15 * at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. 18 * Longwood 2 p.m. 22 * at UNC Asheville 7 p.m. 24 * Charleston Southern 2 p.m. 27 # Big South First Round MARCH (0-0) 1 # Big South Quarterfinals 2 # Big South Semifinals BROMAN ZUNIC BROMAN COOKS FERGUSON 4 # Big South Championship 13 21 10 12 25 Jr. 4 Guard Fr. 4 Guard Gr.. 4 Guard Sr. 4 Forward So. 4 Forward MIN. 24.6 MIN. 21.8 MIN. 25.4 MIN. 28.1 MIN. 19.1 * Big South Conference Game PPG 8.5 PPG 9.8 PPG 13.9 PPG 15.4 PPG 8.0 All Games (EST) RPG 0.9 RPG 2.3 RPG 2.1 RPG 9.9 RPG 6.5 APG 3.4 APG 2.3 APG 1.8 APG 4.1 SPG 0.9 FG% 45.8 FG% 44.1 FG% 45.6 FG% 48.4 FG% 54.2 3FG% 36.1 3FG% 40.5 3FG% 37.0 3FG% 20.0 FT% 80.0 Brett Redden = Athletic Communications Director = [email protected] = (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 2017-18 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Nych Smith Jr. G 5-10 180 Memphis, TN/Florida Southwestern St. 1 Deondre Schumacher Fr. G 6-0 175 Norman, IL/University H.S. 2 Tom Pupavac Fr. C 6-10 220 Greelong, Australia/Belmont H.S. 3 Kellen Blake Sr. G 6-2 165 Arlington, VA/Washington Lee H.S. 4 Mitch Hill Sr. SF 6-4 200 Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore H.S. 10 Anders Broman Gr. G 6-2 190 Duluth, MN/South Dakota State 11 Charles Falden Fr. G 6-3 170 Richmond, VA/Massanutten Military Academy 12 Xavier Cooks Sr. G/F 6-8 185 Wollongong, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport Centre of Excellence 13 Bjorn Broman Jr. G 6-0 177 Duluth, MN/Lakeview Christian Academy 14 Adam Pickett Jr. G 6-1 195 Staunton, VA/Stuart Hall 15 Jermaine Ukaegbu Jr. F 6-6 200 Silver Springs, MD/Indian Hills C.C. 21 Kyle Zunic Fr. F 6-2 177 Wollongong, Australia/Lake Ginninderra 22 Austin Awad Jr. F 6-6 200 Melbourne, FL/Eastern Florida State College 25 Josh Ferguson So. F 6-8 200 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School) 30 Raivis Scerbinskis R-Fr. F 6-8 215 Riga, Latvia/ Riga Secondary School No. 64 32 Freddy Poole Sr. PF 6-7 240 Columbia, SC/Dutch Fork H.S. 33 Matt Erps Sr. G 5-11 180 Spartanburg, SC/Spartanburg H.S. COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) 0 Nych Smith NICK Associate Head Coach—Mark Prosser (Marist, ‘02) 1 Keondre Schumacher KEY-ON-DRE SHOE-MOCKER 2 Tom Pupavac PAPA-VECH Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) 10 Anders Broman ON-DURS BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Mike Howland (DePauw, ‘02) 13 Bjorn Broman BEE-YORN BRO-MEN YOU-KAY-BOO Mitchell Hill (Tennessee Tech, ‘14) 15 Jermaine Ukaegbu Director of Basketball Operations— 21 Kyle Zunic ZOO-NICK Video Coordinator: John Staley (University of Findlay, ‘16) 22 Austin Awad A-WAD Graduate Assistant: Andre Smith (Winthrop, ‘15) 30 Raivis Scerbinskis RAVES SHUR-BEEN-SKISS RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0 1 2 3 4 10 Nych Smith Keondre Schumacher Tom Pupavac Kellen Blake Mitch Hill Anders Broman G, 5-10, Jr. G, 6-0, Fr. C, 6-10, Fr. G, 6-2, Sr. G/F, 6-4, Sr G, 6-2, Gr. Memphis, TN Norman, IL Geelong, Australia Arlington, VA Cincinnati, OH Duluth, MN 11 12 13 14 15 21 Charles Falden Xavier Cooks Bjorn Broman Adam Pickett Jermaine Ukaegbu Kyle Zunic G, 6-3, Fr. G/F, 6-8, Sr. G, 6-0, Jr. G, 6-1, Jr. F, 6-6, Jr. G, 6-2, Fr. Richmond, VA Wollongong, Australia Duluth, MN Staunton, VA Silver Springs, MD Wollongong, Australia Austin Awad 22 Josh Ferguson 25 Raivis Scerbinskis30 Freddy Poole 32 Matt Erps 33 F, 6-6, Jr. F, 6-8, So. F, 6-8, R-Fr. F, 6-7, Sr. G, 5-11, Sr. Melbourne, FL Miami, FL Riga, Latvia Columbia, SC Spartanburg, SC EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP VS. GEORGIA/SEC • This will mark the 7th meeting all-time as Georgia holds a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series • The two teams last met on Dec. 8, 2015 at Stegeman Coliseum as Georgia prevailed 74-64 • In 2011 the Eagles had a good chance to pull off a win at Georgia, leading by five points with 21 seconds left but the Bulldogs forced OT with a Gerald Robinson layup with three seconds remaining (Georgia 92-86 in OT) • Winthrop’s only win the series came on Dec. 9, 2003 at the Stegeman Coliseum in an 80-60 victory behind 18 points from James Shuler and 13 points from Ivan Jenkins as the Eagles shot 59 percent from the floor • Eagles are 3-26 against the SEC all-time with the last win coming on Dec. 22, 2012 at Auburn (74-67) TEAM NEWS • Winthrop is 5-3 looking for a 4th straight win, having won five of its last six games • Eagles defeated Furman by 19 points, which is the highest margin of victory in a non-conference road win under Kelsey • In fact, it’s the largest margin of victory in a non-conference road game since the Eagles beat Georgia 80-60 (+20), Dec. 9, 2003 • The 20-point win at Georgia stands as the program’s record for margin of victory over a non-conference D1 opponent on the road • Against South Carolina State the Eagles received 40-plus points from their bench for a fifth straight game as the bench is currently con- tributing 37.5 points per game • The Eagles have scored 85 or more points in a school record six straight games • The Eagles are 7-3 in their last 10 games against opponents from the state of Georgia • When playing games on Dec. 5 the Eagles are 7-4 all-time but 0-3 on the road • Anders Broman and Bjorn Broman became the 9th brother combination in the history of the Big South and currently rank 6th all-time in total points combined (813) • Winthrop allowed a school-record 119 points in the loss at Auburn (Previous record was 113 set Nov. 18, 1978 vs. Gardner-Webb and Jan. 2, 1994 at #14 Connecticut) • Auburn finished the game shooting 62 percent from the field, which is the first time the Eagles have allowed an opponent to shoot 60% or better since Feb. 26, 2014 in a 107-100 overtime win over UNC Asheville • It was just the sixth time under Pat Kelsey that an opponent shot 60 percent or better • The 58 first half points allowed and the 61 in the second half were both highs for opponents under Kelsey • The Eagles hit 13 threes in the loss while Auburn knocked down 14, which was the first time the Eagles lost a game under Kelsey when both teams hit 10 or more threes in a game • Eagles held Mars Hill to 21 percent shooting, which becomes the lowest a Kelsey led team has held an opponent (24 percent vs.