DDREXELREXEL 2015-16 Game Notes MMEN'SEN'S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL DREXEL MEDIA RELATIONS 2015-16 Schedule Associate AD for Communications/MBB Contact: Mike Tuberosa 3141 Chestnut Street, Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Date Opponent...................................Time/Result November [email protected] O: 215-895-1591 www.DrexelDragons.com 13 at Saint Joseph’s ..............................L (82-81) 18 High Point ........................................ L (75-66) Tonight’s Game 21 Monmouth ........................................ L (82-74) Drexel Dragons (1-8) vs. Penn Quakers (5-5) Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 • 7:00 p.m. 26 vs. UNC Asheville ..............................L (85-66) 27 at Alaska-Anchorage .......................L (71-65) Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 28 vs. San Diego .....................................L (62-59) The Series: Penn leads, 15-9 December Streak: The Dragons have won the last five meetings 5 at La Salle ........................................W (66-53) Internet: www.drexeldragons.com (Rob Brooks and Mike Tuberosa) 15 at South Carolina .............................L (79-54) 19 Penn State (Palestra) ......................L (63-57) Tonight is the second 22 Penn ...........................................................7:00 28 at Iona .........................................................7:00 meeting between Penn 31 at UNCW* ...................................................1:00 and Drexel at the DAC. January The last meeting at the 2 at Elon* .......................................................4:00 7 William & Mary*...................................... 7:00 DAC came at the start 9 College of Charleston* ..........................4:00 of the 2008-09 season. 14 at Hofstra* .................................................7:00 Drexel won that game, 16 at Towson* .................................................4:00 21 at James Madison* ...................................7:00 66-64, and has now won 23 UNCW* ....................................................... 6:00 five straight in the series. 28 Towson* .................................................... 7:00 30 Hofstra*..................................................... 4:00 Drexel's Probable Starters February 4 James Madison* ......................................7:00 No. Name (Yr., Pos., Hgt.; Hometown) PPG RPG Other 6 at College of Charleston* .......................4:00 11 Tavon Allen (Sr., G, 6-7, New Haven, Conn.) 15.6 3.1 .386 3FG% 11 at Delaware* ..............................................7:00 Tied a career-high with 25 points at La Salle...had six three-pointers vs. High Point 13 at Northeastern* .......................................1:00 12 Terrell Allen (Fr., G, 6-1, Upper Marlboro, Md.) 11.2 2.4 3.7 apg 18 Elon* ..........................................................7:00 Scored 18 vs. Penn State and career-high 19 vs. UNCA...second on team in scoring 20 at William & Mary* ...................................2:00 13 Rashann London (So., G, 6-2, Philadelphia, Pa.) 10.4 2.4 2.6 apg 25 Delaware* .................................................6:00 Started every game since arriving at Drexel...had career-high 20 pts. vs. Monmouth 15 Mohamed Bah (Jr., F, 6-9, Bamako, Mali) 2.8 3.0 9 blk 27 Northeastern* .......................................... 4:00 Played for the Mali National Team this summer...second on the team in blocks in 14-15 32 Kazembe Abif (Gr., F, 6-7, Elizabeth, N.J.) 6.8 6.9 March Had his third career double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds vs. Monmouth 4-7 CAA Championship Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Md. ......TBA Off The Bench 2 Sammy Mojica (So., G, 6-3, Chelsea, Mass.) 8.9 3.0 .364 3FG% *CAA Game Had a career night with 20 points, six rebounds and six assists vs. Alaska Anchorage Home Games in Bold 5 Austin Williams (So., F, 6-8, Richmond, Va.) 1.3 3.0 All dates and times are EST and subject to Played 15 minutes in the opener...had six rebounds at South Carolina change. 24 Rodney Williams (Jr., F, 6-7, Richmond, Va.) 7.5 5.6 10 blk Had a double-double with 14 pts. and 13 reb. at La Salle...missed PSU game w/ injury 33 Chandler Fraser-Pauls (Gr., G, 6-1, Pennington, N.J.) --- --- --- First-year grad student who played soccer as an undergraduate at Lafayette Thank you to our 2015-16 Drexel Athletic Club 35 Andrew Cartwright (Fr., F, 6-5, Guilford, Maine) 0.0 0.0 members. Recognition of our 2015-16 members First-year player from Maine who attended Tilton last season is located online at www.drexeldragons.com/ 55 Tyshawn Myles (So., F, 6-8, Bronx, N.Y.) 1.6 3.5 7 blk DrexelAthleticClub. To become a member please Had six points, was 3-for-3 shooting and had six rebounds vs. UNC Asheville contact Molly Zaluski at 215-895-6375 or donate online at www.drexeldragons.com/DrexelAthlet- INJURED icClub. Thank you for your support! 1 Ahmad Fields (So., G, 6-5, Washington, D.C.) 9.0 5.0 Played at Utah before coming to Drexel...out indefinitely with knee injury 25 Major Canady (R-So., G, 6-4, Wilson, N.C.) --- --- --- Will miss the season due to a knee injury PENN ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL 0 Max Rothschild F 6-8 225 Fr. Chicago, Ill./New Hampton 1 Jake Silpe G 6-2 185 Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East 2 Antonio Woods G 6-1 180 So. Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit CD 3 Darnell Foreman G 6-1 175 So. Camden, N.J./Pitman 4 Jamal Lewis G 6-0 160 Sr. Springdale, Md./Sidwell Friends 5 Jackson Donahue G 6-0 175 Fr. Pawcatuck, Conn./Northfield Mount Hermon 10 Darien Nelson-Henry C 6-11 265 Sr. Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington 13 Dylan Jones F 6-8 215 Jr. Houston, Texas/The Village School 14 Sam Jones F 6-7 175 So. Gilbert, Ariz./Gilbert Christian 22 Mike Auger F 6-7 225 So. Hopkinton, N.H./New Hampton 23 Shawn Simmons G 6-4 170 So. Virginia Beach, Va./Norfolk Academy 24 Matt Howard G 6-4 185 Jr. Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora 25 Tyler Hamilton G 6-4 195 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Cheshire Academy 40 Dan Dwyer F 6-8 225 So. River Forest, Ill./Fenwick 44 Collin McManus C 6-10 230 Fr. Bedford, N.H./Northfield Mount Hermon Head Coach: Steve Donahue Assistant Coaches: Nat Graham, Ira Bowen, Joe Mihalich About The Quakers BY THE NUMBERS The Quakers are now 5-5 after snapping a four-game losing streak Drexel Category Penn on Saturday with a 73-66 win against Ursinus. Junior Matt Howard 65.3.................... Points Per Game .......................69.5 led Penn with 23 points. He added 11 rebounds for his first collegiate 72.4................Opp. Points Per Game ..................72.1 double-double. Sophomore Sam Jones also had a double-double with -7.1 ......................Scoring Margin ........................-2.6 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jones nailed five three-pointers in the .394 ..................... Field Goal Pct. ....................... .436 game, Darien Nelson-Henry grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and .437 ................ Opp. Field Goal Pct. .................. .448 blocked five shots. .333 ..............3-Point Field Goal Pct. ............... .292 Penn opened the year with three straight wins before falling to .348 .........Opp. 3-Point Field Goal Pct. .......... .333 Washington on the road. The Quakers rebounded with an 80-64 win 5.3 ....................3-Point Field Goals ......................7.3 against La Salle. Nelson-Henry leads four Quakers averaging in double .664 .................... Free Throw Pct..........................655 figures with 13.6 points per game. He also leads the club with 9.1 34.4 ......................... Rebounds .............................35.8 rebounds per game. Jones has 33 three-pointers and averages 13.3 36.0 .................... Opp. Rebounds ........................36.9 points. Antonio Woods scores 11.4 points per game and has 35 assists -1.6 ..................Rebounding Margin ....................-1.1 and eight steals. Penn is shooting 44 percent from the floor and makes 12.3 ............................Assists ...............................14.6 more than seven three-pointers per game. Nine different Quakers have 12.1 .........................Turnovers ............................12.4 at least one three-pointers. 11.4 ....................Opp. Turnovers .......................10.5 -0.7 .................... Turnover Margin ......................-1.9 1.0 ................. Assist/Turnover Ratio ...................1.2 4.2 ................................ Steals ..................................3.5 By The Numbers 4.3 ............................... Blocks ..................................1.9 17 The number of points Drexel senior Tavon Allen Team Leaders needs to reach 1,000 in his career. The New Haven, Tav. Allen (15.6) .......Scoring ..Nelson-Henry (13.6) Abif (6.9) ..................... Reb. .......Nelson-Henry (9.1) Connecticut native will become the 35th Dragon to Ter. Allen (1.9) .......... Steals ..................Woods (0.8) reach the 1,000-point plateau. R. Williams (1.2) .......Blocks .....Nelson-Henry (1.0) Ter. Allen (3.8) .........Assists .................Woods (3.5) Ter. Allen (.446) ..........FG% ....Nelson-Henry (.582) 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Rule Changes Tav. Allen (.810) ..........FT% .... Nelson-Henry (.784) *Shot clock reduced from :35 to :30 Tav. Allen (.386) .........3FG% ...................Jones (.388) *The restricted area arc expanded from three to four feet Two players (32.6) ......Min ..................Woods (32.4) *The five-second closely guarded count on a dribble is removed *Reduction of :30 timeouts from four to three *Only two of those :30 timeouts carry