2018-19 UC IRVINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @UCImbb /UCIMBB 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @UCIMBB MEDIA RELATIONS : Sarah Zetlmeisl // PHONE: (949) 824-8934 // EMAIL: [email protected] // UC IRVINE AT DETROIT MERCY Audio KUCI.org/AM830 Sunday, Nov. 24 | 12:00 PM PT | Clark High School | Las Vegas, Nev. Live Stats ucirvinesports.com 2019-20 Schedule TV FloHoops ($) 2019-20 Overall Record 0-3 All-Time Series N/A Overall 3-3 | Home 1-0 | Away 2-3 | Neutral 0-0 2019-20 Horizon League Record 0-0 Head Coach Mike Davis (2nd Year) Series at Neutral Site N/A NOVEMBER Record at DM 11-23 Streak N/A Career Record 363-264 1 Fri. UCSD (Exhibition) W, 80-64 Last Meeting N/A 5 Tues. @ San Diego W, 76-73 OPENING TIPS 9 Sat. @ Pepperdine L, 77-73 > The Anteaters moved to 3-3 after dropping a one-point decision, 59-58, to TCU on the road (Nov. 21) 12 Tues. Life Pacific W, 98-52 15 Fri. @ Boise State W, 69-60 > Over the past three seasons, UCI is 12-4 at neutral sites. UCI’s last neutral site win was in the first round of the NCAA 18 Mon. @ Colorado L, 69-53 Tournament over fourth-seed Kansas State, 70-64 21 Thur. @ TCU L, 59-58 24 Sun. % vs. Detroit 12 p.m. > To open the 2019-20 season, UCI is playing 7 of its first 8 games away from home 26 Tues. % vs. Louisiana 12 p.m. 30 Sat. Eastern Michigan 7 p.m. > The Anteaters are 15-5 in road games over the last two seasons. UCI snapped its nine-game road win streak with the DECEMBER loss to Pepperdine Nov. 9. Nine road wins was tied for second most in the country. The 'Eaters had not lost on the road 7 Sat. Cal Baptist 7 p.m. since Dec. 29, 2018 at Pacific 14 Sat. Pacific Union 7 p.m. 16 Mon. ^ vs. Kent State 4 p.m. > Senior Evan Leonard is approaching the 1,000 career points milestone. He currently sits at 983 points 17 Tue. ^ Sun Bowl Tourney TBA 20 Fri. @ UIC (Chicago) 5 p.m. > Senior guard Eyassu Worku became the 10th Anteaters in school history to eclipse 300 assists. He did so at Colorado 28 Sat. Pacific 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 after dishing out three assists and has 306 on the season. Worku is also approaching the 1,000 point JANUARY mark with 957 career points 4 Sat. @ Harvard 11:00 a.m. 11 Sat. *Hawaii 7 p.m. > True freshman Austin Johnson is making an immediate impact on the Anteater roster. He has 15 blocks on the season which ranks 16th nationally and second among freshman 15 Wed. @ *Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. 18 Sat. *UC Riverside 7 p.m. > UCI is ranked No.11 in this week’s edition of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll. The ‘Eaters entered the year ranked 22 Wed. *@ LBSU 7 p.m. No. 14 25 Sat. *Cal Poly 7 p.m. 30 Thur. *@ UC Davis 7 p.m. > Head Coach Russell Turner is seven wins away from becoming UCI’s all-time winningiest coach, surpassing Pat FEBRUARY Douglass (197 wins) 1 Sat. *Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. 6 Thur. *UC Davis 7 p.m. > Anteater alum Scott Brooks’ jersey is being retired at UCI’s next home game Saturday, Nov. 30th at the Bren Events 8 Sat. *@ UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. Center 12 Wed. *@ UC Riverside 7 p.m. 15 Sat. *@ Hawaii 9 p.m. With a win Sunday … Head coach Russell Turner would reach his 192nd career win … The ‘Eaters would win their first 19 Wed. *Long Beach State 7 p.m. game against Detroit Mercy in the series history 22 Sat. *@ CSUN 7 p.m. HEART BREAK IN TEXAS 27 Thur. *@ Cal Poly 7 p.m. > UCI led by two, 58-56, with four seconds to play until TCU’s RJ Nembhard drilled in a three-pointer to seal a one-point, 29 Sat. *UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. 59-58 victory MARCH > Austin Johnson made a career-high five blocks including a big stop with 12 seconds to play to prevent a TCU layup 4 Wed. *CSUN 7 p.m. > Brad Greene finished with his second double-double of the season (10 points, 12 rebounds). His 12 boards were a career 12 Thurs. & Big West Tournament TBA -high 13 Fri. & Big West Tournament TBA > UCI held a 44-28 advantage in rebounds 14 Sat. & Big West Tournament TBA % MGM Grand Event—Las Vegas, Nev. PROBABLE STARTERS ^ Sun Bowl Tournament—El Paso, Texas No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG Notes * Big West Conference game 55 Brad Greene RS-Jr. C 6-10 8.7 7.2 Has two double-doubles in 2019-20 & at Honda Center - Anaheim, Calif. 14 Evan Leonard Sr. G 6-1 11.0 4.0 Returns as UCI’s leading scorer; two time All-Big West selection 11 John Edgar. Jr Sr. F 6-5 6.8 4.7 Started 11 games last season, averaged 20.1 min. per game Home games in bold played at Bren Events Center 24 Eyassu Worku Sr. G 6-2 13.2 3.7* Had a career-high 26 points against Pepperdine (11/9) All times listed are Pacific 42 Tommy Rutherford Sr. F 6-8 8.5 3.5 Two time All-Big West Team selection; first team in 2017-18 * Assists per game 20192018- 2019 UCUC IRVINEIRVINE WOMEN’SMEN’S BASKETBALL BASKETBALL SERIES INFORMATION SENIOR LEADERS > Through six games, seniors Eyassu Worku, Evan Leonard and Tommy Rutherford lead the ‘Eaters in UC IRVINE VS. DETROIT MERCY scoring with 13.2, 11.0 and 8.5 ppg, respectively. Worku leads the team with 22 assists (2.7 apg) All-Time Series: N/A > Worku, Leonard, Tommy Rutherford and John Edgar Jr. have all played together since they were all Last Meeting Date Site Result sophomores in 2017-18. The four seniors have started a combined 229 games > Rutherford is shooting a team-best 73.3% (22-30) from the floor while Worku is 56.3% from three-point Series by the Numbers range Record at UCI N/A Record at DM N/A BRAD IS BACK Record at Neutral Site N/A > Coming off a redshirt season in 2018-19, RS junior Brad Greene is making an immediate impact for Most Points - UCI N/A UCI. He leads the team with 7.2 rebounds per game and is fourth in scoring (8.7 ppg). Greene is Most Points - DM N/A shooting 60.5 percent from the floor. He recorded a career-high 12 rebounds against TCU (Nov. 21) and Largest Margin - UCI N/A a season-high 14 points against Boise State (Nov. 15) Largest Margin - DM N/A Longest UCI Win Streak N/A THE WELP EFFECT Longest DM Win Streak N/A > RS Sophomore Collin Welp is UCI’s second leading scorer off the bench. He is averaging 12.3 points Current Streak N/A per game and 5.3 rebounds per game in 23 minutes per game 2019-20 Comparative Team Stats NEWS AND NOTES UCI DM > UCI plays 14 games at the Bren including three DI non-conference opponents 3-3 Overall Record 0-3 > Six postseason teams dot the 2019-20 schedule including four 20+ win teams 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 > The Anteaters were picked to finish first in the Big West Preseason Poll with 258 points. UCI tied 71.2 Points/Game 59.7 UCSB with 15 first-place votes 65 Points Allowed/Game 82.3 > Evan Leonard was selected to the six-member preseason all-conference team 41.7 Rebounds/Game 38.3 > UCI returns four starters and nine letterwinners from last year's championship team including +13.2 Rebounding Margin +0.0 seniors Evan Leonard, Eyassu Worku, Tommy Rutherford and John Edgar Jr. 46.6 FG Pct. 33.3 > The Anteaters have amassed a 76-19 record at home over the last seven years 31.9 3-pt FG Pct. 25.6 > The 'Eaters finished fourth in the nation allowing opponents to shoot just 38.2% from the field, ranked 78.4 FT Pct. 72.3 sixth in the nation in total rebounds (1,478), 13th in rebound average (39.95) and ninth in rebound margin 36.4 Opp FG Pct. 47.5 (7.0) 33.8 Opp 3-pt FG Pct. 34.1 > in 2018-19 UCI held teams under 50% in field goal percentage in 29 games, had the nation's best two- point defense (opponents shot 40.7%) and were 21st in points allowed (63.1) > UCI went 14-0 when holding an opponent to 60 points or less and have won 25 straight games dating back to last season when hitting that mark. Since 2012-13, UCI is 93-5 when doing so > UCI finished with the stingiest scoring defense in the conference allowing 63.6 points per game. UCI also led the conference in rebounding (39.95 rpg) for the sixth time in program history and five in the last six years years > The Anteaters return three all-conference selections in seniors Evan Leonard, Tommy Rutherford and Eyassu Worku > Leonard returns as the team's leading scorer averaging 11.3 ppg last season. He is a two time all- ABOUT THE TITANS conference selection and was named to the Big West All-Tournament Team in 2018-19. Leonard holds > Detroit Mercy is 0-3 on the season with losses to the school record with 44 consecutive free throws made and led the team in steals (48) and three-point RV North Carolina, 65-84, Clemson, 65-87, Wyo- field goal percentage (41.4) a year ago ming, 49-76 > Worku led the team in assists last year (87) averaging 2.9 assists per game.