MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Jan. 26, 2016 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected] CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU 2015-16 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Through Jan. 23) |---------------CONFERENCE---------------| |------------------------OVERALL------------------------| TEAM W-L PCT. HOME AWAY W-L PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL L10 STREAK UAB 7-0 1.000 5-0 2-0 17-3 .850 12-0 5-2 0-1 10-0 W14 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6-1 .857 4-0 2-1 14-5 .737 8-1 4-3 2-1 7-3 W6 MARSHALL 6-1 .857 3-0 3-1 10-10 .500 6-2 3-6 1-2 7-3 W1 FIU 5-2 .714 2-1 3-1 11-9 .550 6-4 4-4 1-1 7-3 W2 LOUISIANA TECH 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 14-5 .737 10-1 4-4 0-0 6-4 W1 UTEP 3-4 .429 3-1 0-3 11-9 .550 9-4 0-5 2-0 5-5 L1 OLD DOMINION 3-4 .429 2-3 1-1 10-10 .500 9-3 1-5 0-2 6-4 L1 CHARLOTTE 3-4 .429 2-2 1-2 6-13 .316 4-6 2-4 0-3 5-5 W2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3-4 .429 2-0 1-4 5-15 .250 3-2 2-10 0-3 3-7 W1 SOUTHERN MISS 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 5-12 .294 3-6 2-6 0-0 4-6 L1 WKU 2-5 .286 1-1 1-4 10-10 .500 8-1 1-7 1-2 4-6 L2 NORTH TEXAS 2-5 .286 1-2 1-3 7-13 .350 6-6 1-7 0-0 4-6 L4 UTSA 2-5 .286 2-3 0-2 4-16 .200 3-7 1-7 0-2 3-7 L2 RICE 1-6 .143 1-1 0-5 6-14 .300 5-5 1-9 0-0 2-8 L3 RECENT RESULTS HOW TO WATCH C-USA BASKETBALL Saturday, January 23 Date Game Coverage Time Marshall 78, at Old Dominion 75 Thu., January 28 Charlotte at FIU ASN 6:00p Florida Atlantic 86, at UTSA 71 Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic C-USA DN 6:00p at Middle Tennessee 87, Rice 73 Middle Tennessee at Marshall C-USA DN 6:00p at Charlotte 88, WKU 71 UTSA at Louisiana Tech C-USA DN 6:30p Louisiana Tech 70, at Southern Miss 59 (RV) UAB at WKU FS1 6:30p at (RV) UAB 78, North Texas 57 UTEP at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p FIU 79, at UTEP 69 Sat., January 30 (RV) UAB at Marshall CBS SN 11:00a Thursday, January 21 Charlotte at Florida Atlantic ASN 1:00p at Old Dominion 68, WKU 62 Old Dominion at FIU C-USA DN 6:00p at Charlotte 103, Marshall 95 Middle Tennessee at WKU FCS 7:00p at Middle Tennessee 86, North Texas 64 North Texas at Rice C-USA DN 7:00p FIU 72, at UTSA 56 UTSA at Southern Miss C-USA DN 7:00p at (RV) UAB 82, Rice 70 Sun., January 31 UTEP at Louisiana Tech FSN 3:00p at UTEP 71, Florida Atlantic 56 Wed., February 3 Charlotte at North Carolina A&T 6:00p Saturday, January 16 Middle Tennessee 64, at Old Dominion 61 Thu., February 4 FIU at (RV) UAB ASN 6:00p at UTSA 71, UTEP 67 Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee MT10 6:30p UAB 74, at Charlotte 72 Louisiana Tech at Rice C-USA DN 7:00p at Florida Atlantic 63, Louisiana Tech 61 WKU at UTSA C-USA DN 7:00p Southern Miss 66, at FIU 60 Southern Miss at North Texas ASN 8:00p Marshall 94, at Rice 90 Marshall at UTEP C-USA DN 8:05p WKU 81, at North Texas 76 Sat., February 6 Marshall at UTSA ASN 1:00p Thursday, January 14 Louisiana Tech at North Texas ASN 3:00p WKU at UTEP FS1 3:00p UAB 72, Old Dominion 71 (OT) Old Dominion at Charlotte C-USA DN 6:00p Marshall 97, at North Texas 78 FIU at Middle Tennessee C-USA DN 6:00p Middle Tennessee 73, at Charlotte 72 Florida Atlantic at UAB C-USA DN 7:00p at FIU 88, Louisiana Tech 74 Southern Miss at Rice C-USA DN 7:00p at Florida Atlantic 58, Southern Miss 51 at Rice 83, WKU 73 Conference USA Contest | All Times Central @Conference_USA / @CUSAMBK ConferenceUSA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 SEASON C-USA NOTEBOOK Jan. 26, 2016 Contact: Courtney Morrison Archer [email protected] CHARLOTTEFIUFLORIDA ATLANTICLOUISIANA TECHMARSHALLMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASOLD DOMINIONRICESOUTHERN MISSUABUTEPUTSAWKU THIS WEEK IN CONFERENCE USA WEEKLY AWARDS - JANUARY 25 THIS WEEK IN CONFERENCE USA Old Dominion senior Trey Freeman earned his fi rst C-USA Player of the Week UAB rides the nation’s longest current win streak of 14 games into Bowling award of the season, while Charlotte’s Jon Davis claimed C-USA Freshman of Green, Kentucky, Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. CT tip against WKU that will be the Week honors for games through Jan. 23. Freeman scored a career-high nationally televised on FS1. The Blazers have not lost since Nov. 28 at the Em- 37 points against Marshall to move to the top of the C-USA scoring chart for erald Coast Classic and have compiled a perfect 7-0 mark in C-USA play. Four the fi rst time this season with 20.0 ppg. Davis averaged a team-best 22.0 diff erent players are scoring in double-digits in conference play for UAB, led points per game to lead the 49ers to a pair of conference wins. Awards are by senior Robert Brown with 14.7 ppg. Sophomore point guard Nick Nor- chosen by a vote from a media panel representing the 14 member schools. ton also adds 9.7 points and 6.1 assists per game against C-USA foes. WKU looks forward to coming home after a four-game road swing that covered PLAYER OF THE WEEK 3,400 miles between Texas and coastal Virginia. The Hilltoppers are 8-1 at TREY FREEMAN / OLD DOMINION / Senior / 6-2 / G / Virginia Beach, Va. E.A. Diddle Arena this season. Freeman dropped a career-high 37 points and added three rebounds and three assists against Marshall on Feb. 23. He now leads the conference in FIU hosts Charlotte in the other televised game Thursday. Tip is 7 p.m. ET scoring, netting 20.0 points per game. Prior to the Marshall game, Freeman and can be seen on ASN. Both squads are coming off a pair of C-USA wins had scored a then-career-high 28 points in the Monarchs’ previous two out- this past weekend. Donte McGill led the Panthers with an average of 19.5 ings, which is what he matched when he led ODU to a win over visiting WKU. ppg in victories at UTSA and at UTEP. FIU has now won seven of its last nine For the week, Freeman averaged 32.5 points per game, hitting 71.4 percent contests. Charlotte freshman Andrien White scored 30 points as the 49ers from three and 100 percent from the free-throw line to go along with 3.5 handed Marshall its fi rst C-USA loss of the season, classmate Jon Davis fol- rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest. This is Freeman’s fi rst C-USA Player lowed up with a game-high 23 points in a Jan. 23 win over WKU. Also keep of the Week honor of the season and third of his C-USA career (Feb. 23 and an eye on senior Joseph Uchebo, who averaged 19 points and 17 rebounds March 3, 2015). in the 49ers’ last two wins. Uchebo pulled down a conference-best 21 boards FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK against the Herd and leads C-USA with 11.1 rpg on the season. JON DAVIS / CHARLOTTE / 6-2 / G / Upper Marlboro, Maryland Marshall is also returning home after four games on the road and will host Davis averaged a team-leading 22.0 points per game last week in a pair of Middle Tennessee at 7 p.m. ET. The teams are currently tied for second place 49er victories. He scored 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the fi eld to go in the C-USA standings at 6-1. MT has won its last six games, while the Herd along with a season-high-tying seven assists and a season-high-tying six has won six-straight at home, allowing only one squad to get to “Lucky 7.” rebounds to hand then-Conference USA co-leader Marshall its fi rst loss of Marshall senior transfer continues to pace the Herd with 19.9 the season Jan. 21. Davis followed up that performance with a game-high James Kelly points (second in C-USA) and 10.0 rebounds (third in C-USA). MT’s top 23 points, including going 9-for-12 from the fi eld and 4-for-6 from beyond scorer (16.3 ppg) ranks fourth in the nation for his 51.1 percent the three-point line in the 49ers victory over WKU Saturday. He also had Giddy Potts three-point effi ciency. Marshall and Middle rank one and two, respectively, six assists with two steals in the WKU game. For the week, he shot 17-22 for three-pointers made. (.773) from the fi eld and averaged 6.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.