Valdosta State Blazers Friday, January 19th• 8:00 p.m. Valdosta, Ga. • the complex Vs. VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS AUBURN MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS RECORD: ...................... 15-2, 8-1 GSC (MontgoMery, AlA.) HEAD COACH: ................. Mike Helfer RECORD: ....................... 7-9, 3-6 GSC HEAD COACH: ..............Michael Cheaney YEAR AT VSU: ..............................13th YEAR AT AUM: ..............................4th RECORD AT VSU: .... 243-125, 114-84 GSC VSU ALL-TIME VS. AUM: ...............2-3 STREAK ........................................ W8 STREAK ........................................ W1 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS (15-2, 8-1 GSC) # NAME Pos. HT. WT. CL. HOMEtoWN / PREVIOUS school 0 Tyler Johnson G 6-4 180 Jr. Howell, Mich./ Schoolcraft College 1 Max Harris F 6-5 190 Jr. Titusville, Fla. / Ava Marie University 2 Carlos Jones G 5-11 170 So. Decatur, Ga. / Stephenson HS 3 Winston Morgan G 6-0 175 Jr. Manchester, Conn. / Mississippi Gulf Coast 4 Clay Guillozet G 6-4 190 So. Greenville, Ohio / West Liberty State 12 Beau Justice G 6-2 175 Jr. Peebles, Ohio / West Liberty State 20 KJ James F 6-5 175 Sr. Charelston, S.C. / Armstrong Atlantic 21 Labrian Shiflet G 6-3 180 Sr. Taylors, S.C. / Florida Southern 23 Jimmy Kodet F 6-7 208 Sr. Williamston, Mich. / Lansing CC 24 Greg Zuppas F 6-6 240 Jr. Orlando, Fla. / Daytona State 34 Justin McBride F 6-11 350 Sr. Starke, Fla. / Central Florida Head Coach: Mike Helfer (13th Year) Assistant Coach: Blake Justice (1st Year) Graduate Assistant Coaches: Josh Lemons, Bryceland Brown AUBURN MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS (7-9, 3-6 GSC) # NAME CL. POS. HT. HOMEtoWN / PREVIOUS school 0 Kenneth Keith R-Jr. G 5-10 Opelika, Ala. / Lurleen B. Wallace CC 1 Kameron Hornbuckle Sr. F 6-6 Birmingham, Ala. / Wallace-Selma CC 2 Darrion Taylor So. G 5-7 Lawrenceville, Ga. 3 Desmond DeRamus R-Jr. G 6-2 Montgomery, Ala. 4 OJ Merriweather Fr. F 6-7 Birmingham, Ala. 5 Airen Brooks Fr. G/F 6-7 Hatchechubbee, Ala. 10 Michael Bryant So. G 6-3 Port Allen, La. 11 Trae Higginbotham Fr. G 6-1 Snellville, Ga. 12 Jarett Croff Sr. C 6-10 Franklin, Tenn. / Texas Southern 14 Jarvis Johnson R-Jr. G 6-2 Opelika, Ala. / Southern Union CC 15 Matt McMorris So. G 6-1 Buford, Ga. / South Georgia Technical 20 Reagan Eubanks R-Sr. G 6-5 Spanish Fort, Ala. / Faulkner State CC 21 Antoine Pitts Fr. F 6-7 Auburn, Ala. 22 Lafayette James-Core Sr. F 6-6 Chicago, Ill. / Malcolm X CC 25 Chandler Ferguson Sr. F 6-6 Smiths Station, Ala. / Chattahoochee Valley CC 32 Marcus Jackson Jr. G 6-2 Killeen, Texas Head Coach: Michael Cheaney (4th Year) Assistant Coach: Robert Penny Valdosta State Men’s Basketball • Page 2 Valdosta State Blazers VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS SEASON STATISTICS Overall: 15-2 Conf: 8-1 Home: 8-0 Away: 5-2 Neutral: 2-0 -MINUTES- -TOTAL- -3-PTS- -F-THROWS- -REBOUNDS- -SCORING- ## Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A-avg TO STL BLK Pts-Avg 12 Justice, Beau 17-17 582-34.2 99-214 .463 47-110 .427 81-88 .920 12 39 51 3.0 32 59-3.5 40 25 2 326-19.2 20 James, KJ 17-16 484-28.5 93-158 .589 13-29 .448 65-89 .730 40 89 129 7.6 43 25 1.5 27 14 18 264-15.5 03 Morgan, Winston 17-17 535-31.5 70-157 .446 58-126 .460 16-21 .762 1 42 43 2.5 37 53-3.1 35 10 0 214-12.6 04 Guillozet, Clay 17-11 495-29.1 69-138 .500 6-32 .188 34-59 .576 45 61 106 6.2 35 52-3.1 18 17 0 178-10.5 34 McBride, Justin 9-0 126-14.0 27-44 .614 0-0 .000 20-31 .645 20 37 57 6.3 26 5-0.6 21 3 9 74-8.2 23 Kodet, Jimmy 17-17 322-18.9 51-115 .443 24-66 .364 10-13 .769 17 65 82 4.8 41 8-0.5 12 9 25 136-8.0 21 Shiflet, Labrian 17-0 171-10.1 29-74 .392 18-49 .367 11-13 .846 3 22 25 1.5 15 6-0.4 9 3 3 87-5.1 24 Zuppas, Greg 17-1 335-19.7 25-60 .417 1-7 .143 31-44 .705 29 62 91 5.4 40 21-1.2 25 10 6 82-4.8 0 Johnson, Tyler 17-0 194-11.4 15-42 .357 13-36 .361 2-5 .400 1 14 15 0.9 12 15-0.9 5 5 0 45-2.6 01 Harris, Max 4-0 10-2.5 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0-0.0 0 1 0 2-0.5 02 Jones, Carlos 10-0 40-4.0 2-10 .200 0-4 .000 1-3 .333 2 2 4 0.4 14 3-0.3 4 1 0 5-0.5 Total 17 3500-205.9 533-1112.479 191-480 .398 323-427 .756 202 491 693 40.8 319 262-15.4 220 108 67 1580-92.94 Opponents 3500-205.9 500-1147 .436 134-388 .345 235-342 .687 206 418 624 36.7 332 211-12.4 231 99 56 1369-80.53 AUBURN MONTGOMERY WARHAWKS SEASON STATISTICS Overall: 7-9 Conf: 3-6 Home: 2-3 Away: 5-4 Neutral: 0-2 -MInUteS- -TOTAl- -3-PtS- -F-tHROWS- -reBoUnDS- -SCorIng- ## PlAyer gP-gS MIn-Avg Fg-FgA PCt 3Fg-FgA PCt Ft-FtA PCt Off Def Tot Avg PF A-AVG. TO STL BlK PtS-Avg 20 Reagan Eubanks 6-3 173-28.8 36-75 .480 15-40 .375 11-16 .688 4 23 27 4.5 15 15 8 4 9 98-16.3 03 Desmond DeRamus 15-11 563-37.5 88-174 .506 23-64 .359 35-49 .714 27 37 64 4.3 31 65 31 3 30 234-15.6 22 Lafayette James-Core 14-12 343-24.5 70-156 .449 24-55 .436 15-27 .556 17 32 49 3.5 32 11 34 10 21 179-12.8 02 Darrion Taylor 16-14 491-30.7 61-160 .381 34-104 .327 28-31 .903 11 28 39 2.4 17 53 22 0 16 184-11.5 12 Jarett Croff 14-9 273-19.5 48-79 .608 2-5 .400 24-29 .828 16 52 68 4.9 40 7 16 11 5 122-8.7 05 Airen Brooks 10-1 151-15.1 28-60 .467 7-23 .304 10-12 .833 7 27 34 3.4 29 5 13 3 4 73-7.3 00 Kenneth Keith 15-1 232-15.5 27-73 .370 13-45 .289 32-38 .842 4 27 31 2.1 22 26 10 0 11 99-6.6 10 Michael Bryant 15-13 209-13.9 30-68 .441 17-38 .447 14-19 .737 4 22 26 1.7 21 15 26 2 17 91-6.1 01 Kameron Hornbuckle 15-7 258-17.2 27-51 .529 0-0 .000 10-13 .769 28 44 72 4.8 36 6 12 8 4 64-4.3 21 Antoine Pitts 12-2 111-9.3 11-26 .423 2-7 .286 7-9 .778 14 12 26 2.2 22 6 7 3 4 31-2.6 14 Jarvis Johnson 7-0 30-4.3 5-12 .417 3-8 .375 2-3 .667 1 3 4 0.6 2 0 5 0 1 15-2.1 11 Trae Higginbotham 8-1 65-8.1 6-21 .286 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 2 2 4 0.5 4 3 2 1 2 13-1.6 04 OJ Merriweather 9-0 90-10.0 5-18 .278 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 3 14 17 1.9 15 2 1 5 3 14-1.6 32 Marcus Jackson 10-1 94-9.4 6-14 .429 0-6 .000 2-2 1.000 3 8 11 1.1 13 2 6 0 3 14-1.4 25 Chandler Ferguson 7-0 37-5.3 3-6 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1 6 7 1.0 2 0 3 0 0 8-1.1 15 Matt McMorris 10-0 94-9.4 3-23 .130 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 2 9 11 1.1 8 9 5 1 7 7-0.7 Team 16 3225 454-1016 .447 144-414 .348 194-252 .770 165 369 534 33.4 311 225 213 51 137 1248-78.0 Opponents 16 3225 463-961 .482 132-354 .373 272-373 .729 178 429 607 37.9 255 280 232 59 102 1330-83.1 PROJECTED BLAZER STARTERS #3 Winston morGan #4 clay Guillozet #12 Beau Justice #20 KJ James #23 Jimmy Kodet @BlazerAthletics #BlazerNation Valdosta State Men’s Basketball • Page 3 Valdosta State Blazers QuicK notes: Valdosta State Blazer • VSU jumped to No. 21 on the NCAA National Rankings as voted on by the NABC Coaches this week. The Quick Facts Blazers 15-2 record earned them 66 total votes in the polls. Fellow GSC teams who made the national rank- University Information ings included West Florida (13th) Name .............................................. Valdosta State University and Christian Brothers (22nd). Location ............................................................. Valdosta, Ga.