#25 Harvard (9(9----1)1) vs. Florida Atlantic (4(4----7)7)7)7) ursday, December 22 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) Lavietes Pavilion • Cambridge, MA FAU SCHEDULE #25 Harvard Crimson NOVEMBER 9-1 (Ivy) TUETUE————8888 LYNN (Ex.) W, 6464----53535353 Sat —12 Portland! L, 65-70 Sat—13 @Washington! L, 71-77 Florida Atlantic Owls Sun—14 Georgia State! W, 84-77 Wed—16 American L, 56-62 4-7 (Sun Belt, East) SAT --- 191919 GEORGE MASON W, 8080----7575 (OT) Tue—22 @Hofstra W, 62-60 Sat—26 @USF L, 68-53 ON THE AIR Wed—30 @Kansas L, 54-77 RADIO --- ESPN760AM, Ken LaVicka (pxp) DECEMBER INTERNET --- www.fausports.com (audio) and ESPN760.com (audio) SATSAT————10101010 WARNER W, 9898----7070 Tue—13 @Mississippi St. L, 68-75 SAT—17 Miami# L, 90-93 (2OT) ALL-TIME SERIES urs—22 @Harvard 7 p.m. WEDWED————28282828 SIENA 7 p.m. ALL TIME SERIES --- First Ever Meeting Sat—31 @Louisiana* 5:15 p.m. JANUARYl THURSTHURS————5555 ULM* 7 p.m. Sat—7 @UALR* 8 p.m. Tue—9 @Arkansas State* 8 p.m. SatSatSat—Sat ———14141414 MIDDLE TENN.* 7 p.m. urs—19 @Troy* 8:30 p.m. Sat—21 @FIU* 2 p.m. THURSTHURS————26262626 WKU* 7 p.m. THE COACHES FEBRUARY urs—2 @South Alabama* 8:05 p.m. FAUFAU————Mike Jarvis (Northeastern ‘68) SATSAT————4444 FIU* 2 p.m. Record at FAU: 45-60(4th season)/Overall:Overall: 364-262 (23rd season) THURSTHURS————9999 DENVER* 7 p.m. HarvardHarvard———— Tommy Amaker (Duke ‘87) SATSAT————1111 NORTH TEXAS* 7 p.m. urs—16 @WKU* 8 p.m. Record at Harvard: 75-52 (5th season) Overall: 251-191 (14th season) Sat—18 @Middle Tenn.* TBA THURSTHURS————23232323 SOUTH ALABAMA* 7 p.m. GAMEDAY NOTES SATSAT————25252525 TROY* 7 p.m. MARCH Head Coach Mike Jarvis returns to his hometown to take on the #25 Harvard Crimson. SAT—3 Sun Belt Tournament e Owls took Miami to double overtime on Saturday at the Orange Bowl Classic before SUN –4 Sun Belt Tournament MON—5 Sun Belt Tournament falling 93-90. Omari Grier had a career high 27 points in the loss. Tonight’s game is just the second meeting with an Ivy League school in FAU history. FAU defeated Columbia All times eastern 70-58 on January 2, 1996. Homes games in Bold/Bold/CAPS *Sun Belt Conference game !World Vision Classic (Seattle, WA) #Orange Bowl Classic (Sunrise, FL) OWLS’ PROJECTED LINEUP STARTERS 20112011----1212 STATS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GP/S MIN PPG RPG APG Notes 2 Raymond Taylor G 5-6 Jr. 11/5 26.8 9.4 2.5 5.5 Had a season high 10 assists vs. Warner 10 Dennis Mavin G 6-3 So. 11/6 11.8 4.2 1.5 0.6 Scored a season high 17 at #14 Kansas 25 Pablo Bertone G 6-3 So. 11/7 26.6 10.5 6.0 1.4 Had double-double (17 pts, 12 rebs) at #14 Kansas 31 Omari Grier G 6-3 Fr. 11/1 20.4 11.5 2.3 0.9 Scored a career high 27 points vs. Miami 52 Kore White F 6-8 Jr. 11/11 26.5 10.5 5.4 1.5b/g Career high 22 pts, 11 rebs vs. UALR OFF THE BENCH 20112011----1212 STATS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. GP/S MIN PPG RPG APG Notes 5 Alex Tucker G 5-10 Sr. 11/7 21.5 4.0 2.5 4.7 2nd in career assists, hit game winner vs. Hofstra 44 Kelvin Penn F 6-6 Fr. 10/7 18.2 2.1 3.0 1.7b/g Freshman brings energy off bench 21 Jordan McCoy F 6-6 Jr. 10/1 15.3 3.3 4.4 0.4b/g Career high 18 points vs. FIU, career high 11 rebs vs. Warner 1 Shavar Richardson G 6-3 Sr. 11/1 12.6 4.3 1.5 0.6 Season high 13 pts off bench at Washington 22 Greg Gantt (inj.) G 6-2 Jr. 9/9 27.2 12.9 2.7 0.9 Scored 1,000th career point vs. Hofstra www.fausports.com 2011-12 FAU Men’s Basketball 2011-12 FAU MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES vs. Harvard OWL QUICK FACTS GAMEDAY INFO GAMEDAY MATCHUP GENERAL LISTEN LIVELIVE————Every second of FAU Location: ...…………………………….Boca Raton, FL Men’s Basketball action during the Founded………….………………………………...1961Founded VS. Founded 2011-12 season can be heard online at Enrollment:Enrollment:…………………...…………………28,000 www.fausports.com. Games will also be Nickname:Nickname:………………………………...…….…Owls Florida Atlantic Harvard Colors:Colors:…………………………………….Blue and Red available at ESPN760.com Arena:Arena:………………………………FAU Arena (5,000) ESPN 760’s Ken LaVicka (play-by- 12/22/1112/22/11————7:007:00 PM [ET] Press Row Phone:Phone:……………………...(561) 297-4092 play) is on for his third season as full- Cambridge, MA Affiliation:Affiliation:……………………………NCAA Division I time voice of the Owls and will provide Lavietes Pavilion Conference:Conference:………………………………..…..Sun Belt commentary for both home and road Athletic Dept. Phone:Phone:………………….(561) 297-3710 games. President:President:…………………………Mary Jane Saunders TALE of the TAPE Athletics Director:Director:………………………Craig Angelos TWEET AWAYAWAY————Follow the Owls on Athletics Web Site:Site:.……………….www.fausports.com CATEGORY FAU HU twitter (@FAUOwlAthletics) to keep RECORD 4-7 9-1 up with all the recent news in the FAU STREAK L2 W1 MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Athletic department. Final scores and PTS/Gm. 71.2 67.0 First Year of BasketballBasketball:………………………1988-89 breaking news can be found every day PTS ALLOW/Gm. 73.1 - AllAllAll-All ---TimeTime RecordRecord:……………………………... 258-414 the Owls take the floor. e FAU FG% 42.4 45.5 Best AllAll----TimeTime Year:Year:…………………..21212121----1111 (2010(2010----11)11) Coaching Staff including Head Coach FG% Def. 44.2 - Conf. Championships:Championships:…………….1 (Sun Belt, 2011) Mike Jarvis (@coachmikejarvis), Associ- 333-3---PTPT FG% 39.1 35.8 NCAA Tournament AppearancesAppearances:…………...1 (2003) ate Head Coach Mike Jarvis II 333-3---PTPT FG/Gm. 9.0 6.3 NCAA Tournament Record:Record:……………………….0-1 (@coachdeuce) and Assistant Coaches 333-3---PTPT FG% Def. 40.3 - NIT Tournament AppearancesAppearances:……………....1 (2011) Tim Kaine (@CoachTKAINE) and FT% 60.5 72.9 NIT Tournament Record:Record:……………………….0-1 Pete Gash (@CoachGashFAU) are all FT/Gm. 10.2 15.3 Affiliations:Affiliations:………...Atlantic Sun (11 seasons, ‘94-’06) active on Twitter. REB/Gm. 35.5 33.6 ……………………....Sun Belt (6th season, ‘06-present) REB Margin -0.8 - AST/Gm. 15.5 12.9 FACEBOOKIN’ ITIT————Follow the COACHING STAFF TO/Gm. 12.4 12.7 Head Coach: ...……………………………....Mike Jarvis Owls on facebook (Gofau Owls) for TO Margin +0.9 - Alma Mater: ...……………....................Northeastern ‘68 information about upcoming events A/TO Ratio 1.3 1.0 Record at FAU: ...………………………………....45-60 and to stay connected with the FAU STL/Gm. 6.5 4.9 Years at FAU: ...……………………………………Four Athletics social network. BLK/Gm. 4.6 4.2 Assoc. Head Coach: …….. …Mike Jarvis II (Boston ‘92) Asst. Coach: ...……………..Tim Kaine (Winthrop, ‘02) FAUSPORTS.COMFAUSPORTS.COM————e Official Asst. Coach: ……………………..Peter Gash (Lynn ‘07) home for Florida Atlantic Athletics is www.fausports.com. Get up to the 20102010----1111 REVIEW Overall RecordRecord:…………..………………………..21-11 minute news on all 18 intercollegiate Home:Home:………………………………………………10-3 sports including live audio, video and Away:Away:...……...………………………………………..9-7 the FAU social media network. Neutral:Neutral:………...……………………………………2-1 SBC Record (Finish):(Finish):………………………...13-3 (1st) TAKE A PEEKPEEK————e FAU Sports Starters Returning/Lost:Returning/Lost:…..………………………..4/1 Weekly Show offers an in-depth look at Letterwinners Returning/Lost:..……………………..9/2Returning/Lost: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: the entire FAU athletic department. Newcomers:Newcomers:...………………………………………….4 Host Ginette Javier takes you behind Postseason:Postseason:……………………………..NIT, 1st Round the scenes and does interviews with …...…………………………………...…L 62-85, Miami Owl coaches and student athletes. e Final Ranking:Ranking:…………………………………….NR show can be seen at the official website of FAU athletics, www.fausports.com. 2002 Atlantic Sun Champions, 2011 Sun Belt Regular Season Champions • 2 Postseason Appearances 2011-12 FAU MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES vs. Harvard NCAA RANKINGS NEWS and NOTES (As of 12/19/11) PLAYER TO WATCH: Omari Grier scored a season high 27 points in the Owls’ last game, a 93-90 double overtime loss to Miami SCOUTING THE CRIMSON: Harvard is a defensive minded squad, hold- Category Actual (Rank) Leader (Team) Scoring Offense 71.2 (120th) 88.7 (VMI) ing teams to just 41.1 percent from the floor, including just 33.1 percent from Scoring Defense 73.1 (284th) 44.7 (Wisconsin) three-point land. Offensively, Harvard averages 67.0 points per game and is led Scoring Margin ---1.9-1.9 (231st) 27.7 (Missouri) by the frontcourt combination of Kyle Casey and Keith Wright, who combine FG pct. 42.4 (213th) 53.3 (Coas. Carolina) FG pct. defense 44.2 (237th) 33.7 (Kentucky) for nearly 23 points and 13 rebounds a game. FT pct. 60.5 (319th) 82.5 (Maine) Rebound Margin ---0.8-0.8 (229th) 12.9 (Pittsburgh) TAKING CARE OF THE BALL: FAU finished the 2010-11 season 29th in 333-3---Pt.Pt. FG per game 9.0 (15th) 11.3 (Florida) 333-3---Pt.Pt. FG pct. 39.1 (36th) 45.7 (Indiana) the nation in turnovers per game at 11.3 per game. is season, the Owls are 333-3---Pt.Pt. FG pct. defense 40.3 (324th) 21.7 (Virginia Tech) averaging 12.4 turnovers a game.