CSUB Roadrunner Men’s Basketball Notebook FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 4, 2008 Contact: Kevin Gilmore, SID ([email protected]) • 661.654.6071 (office) • 661.654.6978 (fax) DATE OPPONENT SCORE ROADRUNNERS (7–15 overall) vs. Nov. 9 at CS Fullerton L, 75 –92 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (8–12 overall) Nov. 13 at Saint Mary’s College L, 66 –94 Nov. 17 Fresno State W, 65 –64 FEBRUARY 6, 2008 • 6:00 p.m. (PST) Nov. 19 Weber State L, 55 –61 ARENA –AUDITORIUM • LARAMIE, WYO. Nov. 21 at CS Northridge L, 76 –92 Nov. 25 Pepperdine University L, 80 –90 KERN NEWSTALK 1410 AM • NO TELEVISION FOR THIS GAME Nov. 30 San Jose State L, 63 –78 Dec. 8 Utah State L, 66 –88 COWBOY NOTES SERIES HISTORY LAST 10 MEETINGS Dec. 11 Oregon State L, 53 –77 FIRST MEETING Dec. 15 at Cal Poly L, 56–66 Wyoming had a 2 –game win • This will be the first –ever Dec. 18 at Weber State L, 43 –74 streak snapped Sat. vs. BYU meeting between CSUB Dec. 22 at UC Riverside W, 71 –53 …has lost 6 of its last 8 and Wyoming. Dec. 28 South Dakota State W, 73 –71 (ot) …Wyoming has no common • This will be just the 6th Jan. 2 UC Davis L, 59 –62 opponents with CSUB…Jr. G all –time meeting in any Jan. 5 Univ. of the Pacific L, 58 –67 Brandon Ewing leads 3 Cow- team sport between the Jan. 7 Loyola Marymount W, 98 –64 boy starters in double fig - two schools. Jan. 9 at Univ. of San Diego W, 80 –72 Jan. 15 at Sacramento State W, 73 –61 ures at 17.5 ppg…chips in a • CSUB holds a 3 –1 edge Jan. 19 Utah Valley University L, 74 –85 team –best 4.6 apg…Sr. G over the Cowboys in Jan. 23 at Long Beach State W, 80 –77 (ot) Brad Jones adds 12.8 ppg wrestling, though the Jan. 25 at Univ. of Portland L, 63 –73 and 3.9 apg…So. F Ryan teams haven’t met since Jan. 29 at San Jose State L, 56 –71 Dermody is the third member 1991. Feb. 6 at Univ. of Wyomng 6:00 P.M. of the double –figure triumvi - • Wyoming’s volleyball team Feb. 12 at UT –Pan American 5:00 P.M. rate at 10.4 ppg. beat CSUB 3 –1 in 1991. Feb. 16 Long Beach State 7:00 P.M. Feb. 20 at Boise State 6:00 P.M. Feb. 22 UT –Pan American 7:00 P.M. Mar. 1 at Utah Valley University 6:00 P.M. THIS DATE IN ROADRUNNER HISTORY Mar. 4 CS Fullerton 7:00 P.M. The ’Runners rolled to a 75 –61 win over Cal State L.A. on Feb. 6, 1993. They All Times PST • Bold=home game would go on to the first 33 –0 season in NCAA basketball history. TEAM COMPARISON TEAM GAMES FG –FGA PCT. 3P –3PA PCT. FT –FTA PCT. O–D TOT RPG PF –DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS PPG BAKERSFIELD 22 530 –1281 .414 161 –425 .379 263 –395 .666 282 –460 742 33.7 368 –4 283 317 41 146 1484 67.5 WYOMING 20 467 –1059 .441 119 –383 .311 341 –496 .688 208 –521 729 36.5 379 –8 280 356 106 122 1394 69.7 PROBABLE ROADRUNNER STARTERS NO. ’RUNNER POS YEAR HT WT GP/GS PPG RPG APG MISC MIN QUICK FACT 12 Trent Blakley F SO 6–5 223 21 –9 9.5 5.5 0.6 0.7 spg 23.7 1st career double –double at Long Beach State 22 Terrence Johns F JR 6–2 208 22 –19 13.6 3.6 1.2 0.9 spg 29.0 Leads CSUB with 5 20+ point games 32 Demarcus Hall F SR 6–7 199 19 –6 8.0 4.1 0.6 47% FG 19.2 Leads CSUB regulars in FG% (.472) 05 Alex Johnson G FR 5–10 159 19 –14 7.1 2.4 3.2 46% 3 PT 25.2 Leads team in 3P FG% (.455) 23 Zack Grasmick G SR 6–1 184 21 –19 8.7 2.2 2.7 42% 3 PT 30.1 Missed first game since 2005 at Long Beach St. ROADRUNNERS OFF THE BENCH NO. ’RUNNER POS YEAR HT WT GP/GS PPG RPG APG MISC MIN QUICK FACT 11 Donavan Bragg G FR 6–5 192 22 –10 7.0 2.4 3.5 1.0 spg 25.0 Leads CSUB with 77 assists 21 Ryan Brown F/G SO 6–4 189 22 –2 2.8 2.1 0.5 0.7 spg 12.0 Started season –opener at CS Fullerton 52 Cory Brown C FR 6–11 213 21 –17 4.9 3.8 0.6 1.0 bpg 20.4 More than half (22) of CSUB’s 41 blocks CSUB ROADRUNNER MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES • FEB. 4, 2008 • PAGE 2 OF 6 ’RUNNER QUICK FACTS ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Roadrunners will play game four of their five –game road trip Wednesday when they make their first –ever trip to Laramie, Wyoming. The trip includes stops UNIVERSITY INFORMATION in four states: California (Long Beach State, San Jose State); Oregon (Univ. of Portland); Texas Enrollment . 8,000 (UT –Pan American) and Wyoming (Univ. of Wyoming). By the time the ’Runners return to Bak - Founded . 1970 ersfield on Feb. 13, they will have covered 23 days and 8,088 miles round trip. Nickname . Roadrunners Colors . Blue and Gold ROAD SWEET ROAD: Returning to the road road may actually be a good thing for the ’Run - National Affiliation . NCAA Div. II ners, who have won four of their last six games away from Rabobank Arena. Conference . NCAA Division I A DIFFERENT STATE OF MIND: When the ’Runners tip with the Cowboys Wednesday night, it Independent Arena . Rabobank Arena (10,000) will mark the first time a CSUB team has competed in the state of Wyoming. Their five pre - Arena (Campus) . Icardo Center (3,880) vious team sport meetings with Wyoming in wrestling (4) and volleyball (1) came either in President . Dr. Horace Mitchell Bakersfield or at neutral sites. Faculty Athletic Rep . Dr. Tom Doucet SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Roadrunners have been very generous this season when it Athletic Director . Rudy Carvajal comes to sharing the statistical glory. Through the first 22 games of 2007 –08, seven differ - BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF ent players have led the team in scoring while eight different players have led the team in Head Coach . Keith Brown rebounding. See page six of this release for the detailed lists. Alma Mater . U. of the Pacific, 1978 BALANCING ACT: Although junior swingman Terrence Johns (Chicago/Bakersfield College) Record at CSUB . 43 –37 (2+ years) is the only ’Runner averaging in double figures, Head Coach Keith Brown has not had a prob - Overall Record . 86–135 (7+ yrs) Assistant Coach . Brian Dignan lem finding double –figure scorers this season. When Donald Lee (L.A. Pierce College) notched Alma Mater . BYU 14 points versus Utah Valley, he became the 10th ’Runner to reach that plateau in 2007 –08. Assistant Coach . John Mosley DOUBLE –DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE: Sophomore forward Trent Blakley (Alta Loma HS) con - Alma Mater . The Master’s College tinued his strong run of recent play, notching his first career double –double in CSUB’s thrilling Assistant Coach . Geoff Probst Alma Mater . Univ. of San Diego overtime win at Long Beach State. He became the fifth different ’Runner this season to record a double –double. MEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION For the record, the others are: Cory Brown , Terrence Johns , Santwon Latunde and Demarcus 2007–08 Record . 7–15 Hall (twice). Home . 3–8 ’RUNNERS AMONG THE INDEPENDENT LEADERS: CSUB continues to be well –represented Away/Neutral . 4–7 among the NCAA Division I Independent statistical leaders. Leading the way are freshmen 2006–07 Record . 15–14 CCAA Record (finish) . 14–8 (4th) Donavan Bragg (Inglewood/Serra HS) and Alex Johns (Toronto/Vaughan Road Academy) Starters Returning/Lost . 2/3 as well as senior guard Zack Grasmick (Strathmore/Granite Hills HS) each of whom appears Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 5/6 in two categories. Johnson is third in three –point percentage (44.4) and sixth in assists (3.2 apg). Bragg is PROGRAM HISTORY fourth in assists (3.5 apg) and ninth in free throw percentage (73.2). Grasmick is sixth in All–Time Record . 737–321 (.697) three –point percentage (41.9) and 10th in assists (2.7 apg). NCAA Division II Tournament Also among the leaders are Terrence Johns , who is ninth in scoring at 13.6 ppg; freshman Appearances . 20 forward Cory Brown (Lakeside/El Capitan HS) , who is fourth in blocked shots at 1.0 bpg; 1973–76–82–83–84–88–89–90–91–92–93– and Trent Blakley , who is eighth in rebounding at 5.5 rpg. 94–95–96–97–98–01–02–03–04–06 All–Time Postseason Record . 41–20 …AND THE LITTLE ONES SHALL LEAD THEM: With an eye towards the future, the Roadrun - CCAA Titles . 11 ners continue to play a rotation that leans heavily on their younger players. Freshmen and soph - 1973-76-82-83-88-90-91-93-96-97-98 omores account for 53 of CSUB’s 110 total starts this season and have played 2,325 of a pos - sible 4,450 minutes this season (52 percent). MEDIA RELATIONS CLOSING IN ON THE CENTURY MARK: When Zack Grasmick takes the floor at Wyoming on Asst.