2017-18 UTA MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA Athletic Communications | 601 Spaniolo Drive | Arlington, TX 76019 Basketball Contact | Richard Kilwien | [email protected] GAME #18 | JAN. 11, 2017 | JACK STEPHENS CENTER | LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS | #BRINGYOURAGAME 2017-18 SCHEDULE HEAD COACH SERIES HISTORY UT ARLINGTON Series: UTA Leads 5-3 NOVEMBER Scott Cross (UTA ‘98) MAVERICKS Career Record: 215-154 (12th year) At UTA: Series tied 2-2 11 Loyola Marymount%ESPN3 W 85-80 Record: 11-6, 2-2 Sun Belt At Little Rock: UTA leads 3-1 Record at UTA: Same Neutral Site: 0-0 18 at BYU% BYUtv W 89-75 SEC 21 at No. 25 Alabama% L 76-77 LITTLE ROCK HEAD COACH Last Meeting 24 v Western Carolina% W 89-65 Wes Flanigan (Auburn ‘97) UTA won 71-55, 2/13/17 in Arlington TROJANS Career Record: 19-30 (2nd year) 25 at Niagara% W 95-90 Last Meeting at Little Rock Record: 4-13, 1-3 Sun Belt Record at LR: Same 27 UT Dallas ESPN3 W 73-53 LR won 72-60, 2/25/16 29 Rice ESPN3 W 69-49 Upcoming Game(s) GAMEDAY COVERAGE DECEMBER The UTA men’s basketball team (11-6, 2-2 Sun Belt Conference) travels to the state 2 North Texas ESPN3 W 65-60 of Arkansas this week for a pair of Sun Belt Conference games at Little Rock and Tickets 7 at Northern Iowa ESPN3 L 58-62 Arkansas State. Thursday’s game against the Trojans (4-13, 1-3) is scheduled for LRTrojans.com • (501) 565-8257 9 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 L 78-85 a 7 p.m. tipoff in Jack Stephens Center (capacity 5,600). Saturday’s game against Television 16 at UTRGV WAC W 86-65 the Red Wolves (6-11, 1-3) is also scheduled for a 7 p.m. start. None 18 at No. 25 Creighton FS1 L 81-90 21 Cal Poly ESPN3 W 77-56 Live Game Coverage Streaming Video: LRTrojans.com ($$) Play-By-Play: Ray Tucker ESPN2 29 at Coastal Carolina* L 65-90 Neither game this week will be televised. A subscription live stream will be Color: Kevin Crass 31 at Appalachian State* L 76-80 available with links on UTAMavs.com. Every UTA home game is streamed live on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app. A live radio broadcast of Radio Maverick Sports Network JANUARY every home and away game is also available throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area Radio: KEXB 620 AM 4 Troy* ESPN3 W 86-76 through a Learfield Sports partnership with KEXB 620 AM. Josh Sours is on the air Online: TuneIn 6 South Alabama* ESPN3 W 91-67 generally beginning 30 minutes prior to tipoff with every broadcast also available Play-By-Play: Josh Sours 11 at Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. online via TuneIn.com. Live coverage links are available on UTAMavs.com. Live Gametracker Statistics 13 at Arkansas State* 7:00 p.m. UTAMavs.com 18 Louisiana* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Tickets Social Media ESPN3 Tickets to all home UTA men and women’s basketball games are available through 20 ULM* 4:15 p.m. Twitter: @UTAMavs 25 at Georgia State* ESPN3 6:15 p.m. the UTA Box Office, online at UTATickets.com or by calling (817) 272-9595. Single Instagram: @UTAMavs 27 at Georgia Southern* ESPN3 6:00 p.m. game, group and multi-game packages are available. Tickets to the Sun Belt Snapchat: UTAMavs Championships in New Orleans, La. will also available this month. Facebook: UT Arlington Athletics FEBRUARY UTAMavs.com 1 Appalachian State* ESPN3 7:15 p.m. Postgame Coverage Recaps, Photos, Quotes, Notes, Statistics 3 Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. A complete recap of every UTA men’s basketball game, including photos, video 10 Texas State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. highlights, statistics, notes and coach and player comments will be available shortly 15 at ULM* 7:00 p.m. upon the conclusion each game online at UTAMavs.com. ESPN3 17 at Louisiana* 7:00 p.m. Social Media NEXT 2 GAMES 22 Georgia Southern* ESPN3 7:00 p.m. UTA provides extensive coverage of each of its 15 sport programs through a variety at Arkansas State 24 Georgia State* ESPN3 4:15 p.m. of social media channels, most notably Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Sat., Jan. 13 • 7 p.m. The general account username for most services is @UTAMavs. Several sports MARCH Louisiana operate specific accounts, generally used for in-game coverage of events and other 2 at Texas State* ESPN2 6:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 18 • 7:15 p.m. content. Men’s basketball is located on Twitter at @UTA_MBB. 7 First Round# ESPN3 TBD 9 Quarterfinals#ESPN3 TBD PROJECTING THE MAVS 10 Semifinals#ESPN3 TBD 11 Championship# ESPN2 1:00 p.m. No. Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes % - Homecoming; # - New Orleans, La.; * Sun Belt Conference * 25 Kevin Hervey (F, 6-9, Sr.) 21.2 8.8 2.1 0.5 1.6 Olson & Henson lists .. among NCAA scoring ldrs ... 32 dbl-dbls game; %Barclays Center Classic; ALL TIMES CENTRAL; Opponent * 1 Erick Neal (G, 5-10, Sr.) 14.1 4.0 8.1 0.1 2.1 top 5 NCAA in asts ... UTA career assist ldr ... Triple-Double v UTD AP Ranking & TV listed where applicable. * 5 Kaelon Wilson (G, 6-2, Sr.) 12.1 4.0 1.9 0.1 0.4 117 apps, 41 starts ... 1,031 career points ... 6 career dbl-dbls * 13 Johnny Hamilton (C, 7-0, Gr.) 11.9 7.6 0.5 2.1 0.5 30/15 v WCU ... Grd Xfer/Va Tech ... amg SBC ldrs in blks, FG% * 3 Nathan Hawkins (G, 6-5, Sr.) 6.5 2.2 1.5 0.1 1.5 86 apps at UTA ... amg SBC steals ldrs ... 16 pts, 2 steals v UTRGV REFERENCING UT ARLINGTON 4 Davion Turner (F, 6-9, Jr.) 5.6 3.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 JC Trnsfr ... 11 pts, 5 rebs v WCU ... 10 pts (4-4 FG, 2-2 3pt) v Troy The UTA athletic 20 Julian Harris (F, 6-5, Sr.) 3.8 2.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 83 apps, 3+ yrs ... UTD 1st app in ‘17 ... 9 pts at App State (5-6 FT) department respectfully 22 Link Kabadyundi (C, 7-1, Sr.) 3.2 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 47 UTA apps ... 15 gms at TCU as Fr ... .840 FG% ... 11 pts at UA requests that members 23 Mairega Clarke (G, 6-5, Sr.) 2.2 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 35 apps in 2yrs as JC Transfer ... 7th in mins ... 4 rebs vs Cal Poly of the media and athletic 15 Scott Muirhead (F, 6-3, So.) 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 28 apps ... 12 of 13 career FGs are 3pts ... nickname is “Bill” institutions refer to the 2 D.J. Bryant (G, 6-0, So.) 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.1 0.6 52 apps, 5 starts ... boot camp “Tough Guy” ... 8 ast at UTRGV University of Texas at 30 Patrick Binzer (G, 6-2, Jr.) injured 6 apps as Soph ... avg 24 pt/14reb as prep Sr ... Attded SMU & TCU Arlington as UT Arlington. 21 Pedro Castro (G, 6-6, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 16.6pts/7.3rebs as Prep Sr ... TABC all-region ... Dist MVP UTA is acceptable on second reference. Using 34 Tim Holland (F, 6-8, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 3x all-district ... 17pts/8.4rebs ... CenTex All-Star Gm MVP Texas-Arlington, UT-Arlington or any other form 44 Nils Huizenga (F, 6-7, Fr.) redshirt (Fr) Frosh ... 8pts/9rebs as prep ... 2nd team all-dist ... AAU 3D Empire is incorrect. *Indicates expected starter 2017 Sun Belt Champions | 34-4 in College Park Center (3 Yrs) | 2nd Most Victories D1 In Texas (3 Yrs) UT ARLINGTON MAVERICK QUICK FACTS 2017-18 UT ARLINGTON ROSTER GENERAL No. NAME POS HT WT CL EXP Hometown / High School / Last College Name ..................................University of Texas at Arlington 1 Erick Neal G 5-10 155 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Lincoln City/Zip .......................................... Arlington, Texas 76019 2 DJ Bryant G 5-11 180 So. 1L Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview Founded ..................................1895 (Senior College, 1959) 3 Nathan Hawkins G 6-7 210 Sr. 2L Garland, Texas / Rowlett / Nebraska Enrollment .............................. 39,714 (28,218 undergrad) 4 Davion Turner F 6-9 185 Jr Tr Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill / Hill College Nickname...........................................................Mavericks 5 Kaelon Wilson G 6-2 192 Sr. 3L Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster School Colors ....................... Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations ................................................NCAA Division I 11 David Azore G 6-5 205 Fr. HS Friendswood, Texas / Clear Brook Conference .........................................Sun Belt Conference 13 Johnny Hamilton C 7-0 230 Gr. Tr Rio Claro, Trinidad / St. Augustine / Virginia Tech President ..............................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari 15 Scott Muirhead F 6-3 206 So. 1L Ennis, Texas / Ennis Director of Athletics .............................................Jim Baker 20 Julian Harris F 6-5 235 Sr. 3L Mansfield, Texas / Lake Ridge 21 Pedro Castro G 6-6 170 Fr. HS Fort Worth, Texas / Brewer HISTORY 22 Link Kabadyundi C 7-1 274 Sr. 1L Montreal, Canada / Alma Academy / Blinn JC First Year of Men’s Basketball ...............................1959-60 23 Mairega Clarke G 6-5 184 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Putnam Science Acad. / Carl Albert St. Overall All-Time Record ........................................723-911 25 Kevin Hervey F 6-7 230 Sr. 3L Arlington, Texas / Bowie No. Years in NCAA Tournament .............................1 (2008) 30 Patrick Binzer G 6-2 183 Jr.