2017-18 UPIKE MEN’S BASKETBALL @UPIKEAthletics • Jan. 20, 2018 • 4 p.m. ET Sports Information • University of Pikeville UPIKE Men’s Basketball www.UPIKEBears.com • @UPIKEAthletics Quick Facts (606) 218-5350 • SID: Dan White Location Pikeville, Ky. 41501 No. 12 UPIKE Bears vs. No. 5 Georgetown Tigers (17-2, 2-2 MSC) (18-1, 3-1 MSC) Founded/Enrollment 1889/2,500 Nickname Bears Probable Starting Lineups Colors Orange & Black Conference Mid-South UPIKE Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Home Court East Ky. Expo Center (7,000) G 3 Chase Parsley 5-10 R-So. 6.4 2.1 G 10 Rze Culbreath 6-0 Sr. 8.3 2.7 President Dr. Burton Webb F 12 Da’Rell Domineck 6-5 R-Fr. 7.8 5.9 Athletic Director Robert Staggs G 14 Jordan Perry 6-3 So. 12.9 1.7 Head Coach Kelly Wells (Morehead State) F 22 Darrion Leslie 6-4 Sr. 13.9 8.4 UPIKE Record 276-99 (12th Season) Georgetown Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Overall Record 284-118 (13th Season) F 1 Quan Poindexter 6-5 Sr. 15.8 5.8 All-Time Record 1,040-812 G 2 Shadell Millinghaus 6-2 Sr. 23.8 9.2 G 3 Darion Burns 5-11 Sr. 3.8 3.4 National Championships One (2011) G 12 Trent Gilbert 5-11 Sr. 13.3 2.6 NAIA Fab Fours Two (2001, 2011) F 15 Jahyde Gardiner 6-6 Sr. 10.1 5.4 Statistical Comparison UPIKE GC Record ........................................... 17-2 18-1 Scoring Average .............................. 93.6 103.8 ToDAY's Game Points Allowed ................................. 64.0 70.8 Scoring Margin ................................ +29.6 +33.0 Georgetown is UPIKE’s oldest rival as this is the 142nd game between FG Percentage ................................. .531 .522 Opp. FG Percentage ......................... .374 .369 them. Georgetown holds a 99-42 lead in the series and is 7-3 against 3-Pt. Percentage .............................. .329 .405 the Bears in the last 10 meetings. During last year’s regular season, Opp. 3-Pt. Percentage ...................... .278 .274 the Tigers won 69-59 in Pikeville before protecting their home court FT Percentage ................................. .656 .720 Opp. FT Percentage .......................... .709 .682 64-45. However, in the semifnals of the MSC Tournament, UPIKE beat Rebounds Per Game ......................... 44.2 43.3 Georgetown 74-67 behind 16 points from Jordan Perry. Opp. Rebounds Per Game ................. 31.4 35.9 UPIKE Streak: W1 Last 5/10: 3-2, 8-2 University of Pikeville Bears Georgetown College Tigers NO. NAME Ht. Pos. Cl. Hometown/Previous School NO. NAME Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School 1 George Johnson 5-11 G Jr. Brentwood, Calif./College of Marin 1 Quan Poindexter Sr. F 6-5 Hopkinsville, Ky./Southwest Illinois 2 Michael Antrobus 6-3 G Fr. Morehead, Ky./Rowan County 2 Shadell Millinghaus Sr. G 6-2 Brooklyn, NY/Texas Tech 3 Chase Parsley 5-10 G R-So. Kermit, W. Va./Sheldon Clark 3 Darion Burns Sr. G 5-11 Flemingsburg, Ky./Fleming County 4 Jayvian Delacruz 6-5 G/F Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Broward College 4 Eljay Cowherd So. G 6-0 Bardstown, Ky./Bardstown 5 Mason Blair 6-0 G Fr. Paintsville, Ky./Johnson Central 11 Jacob Conway So. G 6-5 Hustonville, Ky./Lincoln County 10 Rze Culbreath 6-0 G Jr. Winchester, Va./Garett College 12 Trent Gilbert Sr. G 5-11 Georgetown, Ky./Louisville 12 Da’Rell Domineck 6-5 F R-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Hughes 13 Felix Rivera-Vega Jr. F 6-7 Pembroke Pinse, Fla./Northern Arizona 14 Jordan Perry 6-3 G Fr. West Liberty, Ky./Morgan County 14 Malik Dow Fr. F 6-4 Louisville, Ky./Mercer County l 15 Rodney Hawkins 6-7 F Sr. Baltimore, Md./Saint Peter’s 15 Jahyde Gardiner Sr. F 6-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Mansfeld University 20 Austin Combs 6-1 G Fr. Hindman, Ky./Knott Co. Central 20 Troy Steward Jr. G 6-4 Nepton, Ky./Fleming County 22 Darrion Leslie 6-4 F Jr. Huntsville, Ala./Cleveland State CC 22 Dusan Prelo Fr. F 6-11 Toronto, Canada/Crestwood Academy 24 Jeremiah Tisdale So. G 6-2 Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay 23 Michael Chambers 6-3 G Sr. Winston-Salem, N.C./Md. Eastern Shore 34 Devon Rowan Sr. F 6-8 Prospect, Ky./Kaskaskia College 24 Dylan James 6-5 F Fr. Inez, Ky./Sheldon Clark 42 Andrew Moxley Fr. G 5-10 Charlotte, N.C./Believe Prep Academy 25 Brady Schmidt 6-3 G/F So. Louisville, Ky./Atherton 35 Basil Thompson 6-6 F Jr. Philadelphia, Pa./Saint Francis Head Coach: Chris Briggs (Seventh Season, 177-49) Head Coach: Kelly Wells (12th Season, 276-99) Assoc. Head Coach: Tigh Compton Asst. Coaches: Evan Faulkner, Colt Chapman, Ben Tanoff Coming up at UPIKE Women’s Basketball • Jan. 27 • 2 p.m. ET vs. Life at the East Ky. Expo Center Men’s Basketball • Jan. 27 • 4 p.m. ET www.UPIKEBears.com vs. Life at the East Ky. Expo Center UPIKE vs. Georgetown UPIKE Sports Information • @UPIKEAthletics Men’s Basketball Notes Mid-South Conference Standings Team MSC Overall Scouting Georgetown (2) Lindsey Wilson 4-0 18-0 Five seniors in the starting lineup, a coaches dream. When that bunch also incliudes NCAA Div. I transfer Shadell Millinghaus and (T5) Georgetown 3-1 18-1 his 23.8 ppg, it gets even better. Millinghaus is the fourth leading (18) Cumberlands 3-1 15-3 scorer in the NAIA and his classmate Trent Gilbert leads the nation (25) Life 2-2 13-6 in 3-pointers with 70. Size could be a concern with no starters over (12) UPIKE 2-2 17-2 6-6, but the Tigers rank 10th nationally in rebounding with 43.3 per game. Shawnee State 1-3 10-9 Cumberland 1-3 8-10 Georgetown is an offensive threat at every spot on the foor, shoot- (RV) Campbellsville 0-4 15-5 ing over 52 percent from the feld while also ranking second in the NAIA in 3s made with 219. Stats to Watch UPIKE is 15-1 when it leads the game at halftime with the lone loss National Rankings coming last Saturday at Lindsey Wilson. The Bears are a perfect 15-0 when shooting better than an opponent from the feld and NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll 10-0 when scoring 90+ points, a mark that gets diffcult in confer- (Poll 3, Jan. 16, 2018) ence play. Team Rec. Pts. 1. William Penn (Iowa) (4) 16-1 215 Wells Near this Date as a Player 2. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (4) 17-0 211 An interesting blurb was shared by Lexington writer Mike Fields on Twitter, noting that 28 years ago from Friday that UPIKE head coach 3. LSU Shreveport (1) 16-1 205 Kelly Wells scored 47 points and pulled down 13 boards in a win for 4. The Master’s (Calif.) 18-1 201 Rowan Co. over Bath Co. Wells shot 20 of 30 in the game. T5. Columbia (Mo.) 18-1 186 T5. Georgetown (8) 17-1 186 Leslie Named to Bevo Francis Watch List 7. Hope Int’l (Calif.) 18-1 176 Darrion Leslie, who already registered the school’s second triple- 8. Lewis-Clark St. (Idaho) 16-2 167 double this season, is on pace to repeat as an All-American and last 9. Central Methodist (Mo.) 17-1 163 week was named to the Bevo Francis Award watchlist, an honor for 10. Carroll (Mont.) 16-2 155 the nation’s best small-college player. The senior is averaging 14.0 12. UPIKE 16-2 143 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Leslie has led UPIKE in assists 18. Cumberlands 14-3 95 11 times this season and has been the leading scorer fve times. 25. Life (Ga.) 13-5 50 RV. Campbellsville (Ky.) 15-4 10 MSC Dominates the NAIA Top-25 Poll No other conference is represented in the NAIA top-25 poll like the Mid-South. Starting near the top, Lindsey Wilson is ranked No. 2, 2017-18 Schedule & Results followed by Georgetown tied for No. 5. The Bears are next in line at Overall: 17-2 • MSC: 2-2 No. 12, six spots below the last poll, however, UPIKE’s 63 straight Home: 12-1 • Away: 2-1 • Neutral: 3-0 weeks in the top 25 leads active NAIA members. Other ranked MSC teams include No. 18 Cumberlands and No. 25 Life. OCTOBER UPIKE Among National Statistics Leaders 27 vs. Central Penn .................................................W, 71-53 The Bears rank in the top 10 in 15 different statistical categories, 28 vs. Florida National ............................................ W,110-85 including ranking third in scoring defense (64.0) and fourth in feld- NOVEMBER goal percentage defense (37.4). UPIKE’s +29.6 scoring margin and 3 vs. Ohio State-Mansfeld .....................................W, 88-32 its 53.1 percent shooting from the feld are both second nationally. 4 vs. Mid-Atlantic Christian ....................................W, 95-60 Kelly Wells on the Home Court, When Scoring 90 9 vs. Brewton-Parker# ...........................................W, 86-53 Kelly Wells, in his 12th season at UPIKE, is 177-26 at home and 10 vs. Bethel# ..........................................................W, 92-69 when his teams score at least 90 points his record is 130-7. Last 11 vs. (T25) Martin Methodist# ................................W, 71-64 season, Wells became the winningest coach in school history, a 14 at Bluefeld ........................................................W, 88-67 mark he has only added to at 276-99. Among active NAIA head 17 vs. Ohio-Chillicothe .............................................W, 99-45 coaches, Wells ranked 22nd in wins heading into the 2017-18 sea- 18 vs.