2018-19 Schedule GAME Alabama State at Iowa State Statistical Showdown Game 1 Date Opponent Site Time Ames, Iowa (Hilton Coliseum - 14,384) 1 Tuesday, November 6, 2018 (7:00 p.m.) November Nov. 6 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 7 pm HORNET SPORTS NETWORK POWERED BY POINTS Nov. 8 at South Dakota St. Brookings, SD 7 pm 68.7 72.8 Nov. 11 LaGrange Montgomery, Ala. 5:30 pm Per game Nov. 14 B’ham-Southern Montgomery, Ala. 7 pm Talent: Travis Jarome (Play by Play) - audio only Nov. 21 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 7:30 pm Airtime: 6:45 pm .409 FIELD GOAL .437 Nov. 28 at Akron Akron, Ohio TBA Station: www.BamaStateSports.com Percentage December TIP-OFF .328 3-PT FG .358 Dec. 12 at Boise State Boise, Idaho TBA Percentage Dec. 15 at Utah State Logan, Utah 7 pm • Alabama State and Iowa State will meet for the first time in Dec. 18 at Sam Houston St. Huntsville, Texas 6:30 pm school history when they hit the floor to open the 2018-19 FREE THROW basketball season. .646 .700 Dec. 21 vs. Liberty Tampa, Fla. TBA Percentage Dec. 22 TBA Tampa, Fla. TBA • The Hornets will play a pair of games on the road this week to open the 2018-19 season, traveling to South Dakota State - BOARDS January an NCAA Tournament participant - on Thursday, the second 36.5 36.7 Jan. 5 Grambling State* Montgomery, Ala. 5:30 pm consecutive trip to Brookings, SD for the Hornets. Per Game Jan. 7 Jackson State* Montgomery, Ala. 7:30 pm • Alabama State will return home for a pair of games following ASSISTS Jan. 12 at UAPB* Pine Bluff, Ark. 7 pm the two road games to open the season, facing LaGrange 10.1 13.6 Jan. 14 at MVSU* Itta Bena, Miss. 7 pm (November 11) and Birmingham Southern (November 14), before Per Game hitting the road again for the remainder of their 2018-19 Jan. 19 at Alabama A&M* Birmingham, Ala. 5 pm non-conference schedule. Jan. 26 Alcorn State* Montgomery, Ala. 5:30 pm 4.2 BLOCKS 4.2 Jan. 28 Southern* Montgomery, Ala. 7:30 pm • Alabama State was picked to finish fifth in the Southwestern Per game Athletic Conference on a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, announced by the conference STEALS February office arlier this fall. 5.5 4.8 Feb. 2 at Texas Southern* Houston, Texas 4 pm The Hornets return several players who saw time in the Per Game Feb. 4 at PVAMU* Prairie View, Texas 7:30 pm • starting lineup. All eight players who return this season saw time Feb. 9 UAPB* Montgomery, Ala. 5 pm in the starting lineup last season, and the Hornets did not 78.6 SCORING 75.5 Feb, 11 MVSU* Montgomery, Ala. 7:30 pm lose a player who started last season. Defense Feb. 16 Alabama A&M* Montgomery, Ala. 5 pm • Alabama State signed Therrell Gosier II out of Northwest Feb, 23 at Alcorn State* Lorman, Miss. 5 pm Mississippi Community College in the offseason to help with the .453 FG % .442 Feb. 25 at Southern* Baton Rouge, La. 7:30 pm post play. Although a tremendous post player, Gosier is most Defense known in the south for his football prowess as a three-star March receiver coming out of high school with several offers from 3-PT FG % Mar. 2 Texas Southern* Montgomery, Ala. 5 pm Power 5 schools. .377 .339 Mar. 4 PVAMU* Montgomery, Ala. 7:30 pm • Alabama State returns the SWAC Freshman of the Year last Defense Mar. 7 at Grambling State* Grambling, La. 7:30 pm season in Jacoby Ross, who averaged 12.5 points per game for Mar. 9 at Jackson State* Jackson, Miss. 5 pm Alabama State in his first collegiate season. -3.2 REBOUND -0.8 • Reginald Gee, a preseason all-conference selection, is closing Margin All home games are listed in bold. in on 1,000 career points at Alabama State and is on pace to do All times listed at Central Standard Time (CST) so before around Christmas (or the New Year) if he keeps up the 0.7 AST - TO 1.2 * - Southwestern Athletic Conference game pace from his previous two seasons. Ratio Strategic Communications PROBABLE STARTERS Travis Jarome Director, Strategic Communications / MBB Contact e [email protected] c 334.294.1475 o 334.832.2632 v 334.229.5211 3 5 12 14 24 John Phillips Strategic Communications Assistant Gene Davis Tobi Ewuosho Reginald Gee Ed Jones Branden Johnson e [email protected] 6-1, 180, Sr., G 6-5, 175, Jr., G 6-3, 175, Jr., G 6-8. 205, Sr., F 6-8, 205, R-So., C c 251.656.0117 Birmingham, AL Chicago, IL Houston, TX Atlanta, Ga. Garfield, OH o 334.832.2635 v 334.229.4511 PPG: 4.0 PPG: 6.2 PPG: 15.0 PPG: 4.5 PPG: 7.8 RPG: 1.6 RPG: 4.3 RPG: 4.6 RPG: 3.9 RPG: 6.9 Joidon Jennings APG: 0.4 Strategic Communications Assistant APG: 2.0 APG: 1.5 APG: 0.9 APG: 0.2 e [email protected] c 256.724.1825 LAST TIME OUT o 334.832.2635 v 334.229.4511 Game #31 (March 6, 2018) Texas Southern def. Alabama State 0-76 (Gee 30 pts - career high) #STATE OF MIND @BAMASTATEMBB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES NO NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL NO NAME POS 00 Azariah Seay G 6-4 185 Fr. Prattville, AL / Robert E. Lee HS 4 Leon Daniels G/F 1 Therrell Gosier II F 6-7 215 Jr. Pompano Beach, FL / NW Miss CC / Blanche Ely 3 Gene Davis G 2 Kevin Holston G 6-1 170 R-So. Washington, D.C. / Baltimore City / Chevy Chase 5 Tobi Ewuosho G 3 Gene Davis G 6-1 180 Sr. Birmingham, AL / Wallace CC / Minor HS 13 AJ Farrar G/F 4 Leon Daniels G/F 6-4 175 Jr. Atlantic City, NJ / Tallahassee / Atlantic City HS 12 Reginald Gee G/F 5 Tobi Ewuosho G 6-5 175 Jr. Chicago, IL / Lewis & Clark CC / Lincoln Park HS 1 Therrell Gossier F 10 Jacoby Ross G 5-9 165 So. New Orleans, LA / Peabody Magnet HS 2 Kevin Holston G 11 Austin Rogers G/F 6-4 180 R-So. Montgomery, AL / Brewbaker Tech Magnet HS 24 Branden Johnson F 12 Reginald Gee G/F 6-3 175 Jr. Houston, Texas / Edgewood Academy 14 Ed Jones F 13 AJ Farrar G/F 6-4 175 Jr. Duluth, GA / Georgia Highlands / Norcross HS 15 Fausto Pichardo F 14 Ed Jones F 6-8 205 Sr. Atlanta, GA / South Georgia Tech CC / Creekside 11 Austin Rogers G/F 15 Fausto Pichardo F 6-8 215 Sr. Washington Heights, NY / Niagara CC / New Hts 10 Jacoby Ross G 20 John Sellars G 6-2 165 Fr. Fort Lauderdale, FL / Ga Prep Sports Academy 00 Azariah Seay G 24 Branden Johnson C 6-8 205. R-Jr. Garfield, Ohio / Garfield Heights HS 20 John Sellars G Head Coach: Lewis Jackson Assistant Coach: Steve Rogers Assistant Coach: Anthony Sewell Director of Player Development / Operations: Tyrone Levett TV / RADIO ROSTER #00 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #10 AZARIAH SEAY THERRELL GOSIER II KEVIN HOLSTON GENE DAVIS LEON DANIELS TOBI EWUOSHO JACOBY ROSS 6-4, 175, Fr., G -7, 225, Jr., F 6-1, 180, R-So., G 6-1, 180, Sr., G 6-4, 175, G/F, Jr. 6-5, 175, Jr., G/F 5-9, 165, So., G Prattville, Ala. Pompano Beach, Fla. Washington, D.C. Birmingham, Ala. Atlantic City, N.J. Chicago, Ill. New Orleans, La. #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #20 #24 AUSTIN ROGERS REGINALD GEE AJ FARRAR ED JONES FAUSTO PICHARDO JOHN SELLARS BRANDEN JOHNSON 6-4, 180, R-So., G/F 6-3, 175, Jr., G 6-5, 220, R-So., G/F 6-8, 205, Sr., F 6-8, 215, Sr., F 6-3, 165, Fr., G 6-8, 205, R-So., F Montgomery, Ala. Houston, Texas Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Washington Heights, N.Y. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cleveland, Ohio LEWIS JACKSON Head Coach Alabama State, ‘84 #STATE OF MIND @BAMASTATEMBB MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES HORNETS ON THE ROAD TO START one of the league’s all-time top • Alabama State opens the season on scorers playing for the Longdon 2018-19 QUICK FACTS the road with a two-game Midwest Lightning (2011), Halifax Rainmen (2011-13) and Saint John Mill Rates Location road trip beginning with Iowa State on Montgomery, Alabama November 6. They will follow that up (2013-until retirement). with a contest against NCAA Founded Tournament foe, and an opponent they • Levett was a three-time all-star during 1867 faced last season, South Dakota State his career and led Vermont to the ABA championship, while also being named Enrollment in Brookings (S.D.) November 8. 5,627 All-WBA while playing for the Southern • The Hornets return home for a pair of Crescent Lightning. Conference home games the following week Southwestern Athletic (SWAC) before beginning seven-game road • During his playing career at Alabama State, Levett helped lead the Hornets Nickname swing to end non-conference play. Hornets Alabama State faces LaGrange in their to a conference championship and a home opener November 11, followed by berth in the NCAA Tournament. He was Colors a contest against Birmingham- also named Second All-SWAC in 2002. Black and Old Gold Southern at 7 pm on November 14.