www.USAJaguars.com 2012-13 @SouthAlaMBK SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 8 • New Mexico State Aggies (4-4) at South Alabama Jaguars (4-3) December 4, 2012 • 7:05 p.m. • Mitchell Center (10,000) • Mobile, Ala. South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2012-13 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Ronnie Arrow (Southwest Texas State, 1969) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 210-159 (14th year) 11/9 at #25/24 Florida State@ W 76-71 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: 344-250 (22st year) Enrollment .....................................................................14,883 Record vs. NMSU: 0-0 11/14 WILLIAM CAREY W 82-64 President ...............V. Gordon Moulton (Georgia Tech ‘65) 11/19 vs. Tennessee State# L 57-68 Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) New Mexico St. Marvin Menzies (UCLA, 1987) 11/20 vs. Monmouth# L 71-73 Record at NMSU: 106-72 (6th year) National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I 11/21 at Georgia State# L 73-75 Overall Record: Same Conference .................................................................Sun Belt 11/29 at Florida Atlantic* W 77-66 Home Court ..................................Mitchell Center (10,000) 12/1 at Florida International* W 79-68 LAST GAME Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars South Alabama hit 13 three-pointers to improve to 2-0 in the Sun 12/4 NEW MEXICO STATE 7:05 p.m. School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White Belt with a 79-68 win at Florida International. New Mexico State 12/8 at UAB 7 p.m. knocked Southern Miss from the ranks of the unbeaten, winning 68- 12/16 TEXAS A&M-CC 4:05 p.m. • Coaching Staff • 60 at home. 12/22 ARK.-LITTLE ROCK* 2:05 p.m. Head Coach ......................................................Ronnie Arrow 12/29 ARKANSAS STATE* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ...........................Southwest Texas State, 1969 NEXT GAME 1/3 at Louisiana at Monroe* 7:30 p.m. Record at South Alabama .................210-159 (14th year) The Jaguars travel to UAB Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip. The Aggies play at 1/5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 7:05 p.m. Career DI Record ................................ 344-250 (22nd year) in-state rival New Mexico Dec. 15. 1/10 at Louisiana at Lafayette* 7 p.m. Career DI and JUCO Record ............. 646-293 (32nd year) 1/12 at North Texas* 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 ON THE AIR Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings Radio: 105.5 WNSP; Lee Shirvanian (pxp) 1/17 LOUISIANA AT MONROE* 7:05 p.m. Associate Head Coach ............................................Jeff Price On the web: www.wnsp.com (audio); Jaguar All-Access (video) 1/24 WESTERN KENTUCKY* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater .............................................Pikeville (Ky.), 1981 1/27 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* 4:05 p.m. Assistant Coach ..............................................Michael Floyd RANKINGS Through Dec. 2) 1/31 at Arkansas State* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater .............................................Murray State, 1999 USA: #152 RPI (RealTimeRPI), #145 Sagarin 2/2 at Arkansas at Little Rock* 7 p.m. Assistant Coach .......................................Dominique Taylor NMSU: #242 RPI (RealTimeRPI), #92 Sagarin 2/7 TROY* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater .....................Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 2007 2/9 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 7:30 p.m. Director of Basketball Operations ..................Chris Coker THE SERIES 2/14 LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE* 7:05 p.m. New Mexico State leads 7-6. Alma Mater ........................................North Alabama, 1994 2/21 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown Current winning streak: USA, 2 wins 2/23 NORTH TEXAS* 7:05 p.m. 2/28 at Western Kentucky* 7 p.m. • Athletic Media Relations • NMSU’s last win in series: 74-65 (2/14/04) 3/2 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund Last meeting: South Alabama 63, New Mexico State 55 (2/12/05) USA’s last win at the Mitchell Center: 73-64 (1/15/05) 3/8-11 at Sun Belt Conference Tournament TBA Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 NMSU’s last win at the Mitchell Center: 74-65 (2/14/04) * Sun Belt Conference game Email ............................................ [email protected] USA’s record at the Mitchell Center: 2-3 Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact . Matt Horne @ Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Tallahassee, Fla. USA’s record at home: 2-4 # Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Atlanta, Ga. Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 USA’s home streak: Won 1 Email ................................................mhorne@usouthal.edu USA’s longest winning / losing streak in series: 2 / 4 AMR Fax .........................................................(251) 460-7297 Quick Hits Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 Notes: The previous 10 meetings came when New Mexico State was Record: 4-3, 2-0 Sun Belt AMR Mailing Address ...............................171 Jaguar Drive a member of the Sun Belt Conference… The last fi ve meetings have vs. SBC East: 2-0 / SBC West: 0-0 / non-conf: 2-3 1105 HPELS been decided by 10 points or less… The Aggies won four in a row Streak: Won 2 Mobile, AL 36688 during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, sweeping the Jaguars two Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 2-3 / 5-5 / 9-6 Longest winning / losing streak: 2 / 3 straight years… The fi rst meeting between the two schools came at Wins vs RPI Top 50 / 100: 0 / 0 • Basketball History • the Birmingham (Ala.) Classic on Dec. 17, 1976, an 85-83 USA victory… First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 USA has won three of the last four. Overall All-Time Record ...........................................725-533 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................301-235 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 1 Trey Anderson G 6-4 190 Sr. 2.0 0.0 0.0 Led team in assists (91) last season 2 Dre Conner G 6-0 180 Jr. 19.7 2.8 1.2 8 pts, 4 asts, 1 turnover at Florida Atlantic 3 Xavier Roberson G 6-1 195 Jr. 27.0 13.7 3.6 Career-high 23 pts at FAU; 3-4 on 3-ptrs in 2nd half at FIU Media Relations Contacts 4 Barrington Stevens G 5-10 190 Fr. 12.8 2.8 0.6 8 pts, 2-3 3-ptrs vs. Tennessee State; 1st career start vs. Monmouth South Alabama 5 Gregoryshon Magee F 6-9 195 Jr. — — — Transfer from Neosho County CC; Injured, will return in December Matt Horne ([email protected]) 10 Wendell Wright G 6-6 205 Sr. 3.0 0.0 0.0 Shot 54.3% from the fl oor last season (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 11 Freddie Goldstein G 5-10 160 Sr. 27.0 7.3 2.3 Averaging 13.0 points and 4.0 assists in last two games (912) 536-5806 (cell) 12 Antoine Allen G 6-1 180 Jr. 26.3 9.3 1.7 13 steals in last 5 games, 4 vs. Tennessee State & Ga. State each New Mexico State 13 Mychal Ammons G 6-6 225 So. 31.6 12.4 8.1 21 pts, 5-7 on 3-ptrs and 5 blocks at FIU Tiff any Franklin ([email protected]) 21 Augustine Rubit F 6-7 230 Jr. 32.7 19.1 9.0 Just missed 4th straight dbl-dbl at FIU (19/9); 90.5 FT% in 2012-13 (575) 646-3929 (offi ce) 31 Viktor Juricek F 6-10 210 Fr. 3.1 0.9 0.6 Scored fi rst career points vs. Monmouth 32 Javier Carter F 6-7 225 Sr. 25.6 6.4 6.4 11 pts, 9 rebs, 4 blks at FAU (575) 642-2168 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME South Alabama 79, Florida International 68 • December 1, 2012 • OPENING TIP MIAMI — The University of South Alabama men’s basketball team converted 13 times • South Alabama’s 79-68 win over FIU Saturday gave Ronnie Arrow his 112th career Sun Belt victory, passing Gene Bartow for the most league history. Arrow is 112-84 in conference play in from 3-point land and head coach Ronnie Arrow became the Sun Belt Conference’s all- 14 seasons at South Alabama. time leader in league wins as the Jaguars defeated Florida International 79-68 Saturday • USA is 2-0 in the Sun Belt for the fi rst time since the 2009-10 season. night at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. • Over their last two fi rst halves, the Jaguars have converted 15 of 31 (48.4%) from 3-point land, The Jaguars improve to 4-3 overall and start 2-0 in league play for the fi rst time enabling the team to jump out to an average halftime lead of 9.5 points. Saturday USA went 8-for- since 2009-10. FIU drops to 2-3 and 1-1. 16 outside the arc before halftime as Mychal Ammons (4-for-6), Antoine Allen (2-for-2) and “I thought we had a very solid game and I thought the guys did, in certain situ- Freddie Goldstein (2-for-3) each hit multiple treys. Thursday at FAU, Xavier Roberson hit all of ations, what we had to do to win,” said Arrow. “We’re still fouling too much at the end his career-high fi ve triples in the fi rst half and Goldstein added two more. when we shouldn’t be trying to block 3-point shots, and hopefully we’ll get better at • The Jags have taken over the top spot in the Sun Belt rankings in 3-point percentage (40.0%) and are third in 3-pointers per game (7.4).