2009-10 www.usajaguars.com SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 18 • South Alabama Jaguars (11-6, 3-2) at Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks (6-11, 1-5) January 14, 2010 • 7 p.m. • Fant-Ewing Coliseum (7,000) • Monroe, La. South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2009-10 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Ronnie Arrow (Southwest Texas State, 1969) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 171-119 (11th year) 11/13 vs. Houston Baptist# W 76-64 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: 305-210 (19th year) 11/14 at Rice# L 69-71 Enrollment .....................................................................14,757 Record vs. ULM: 3-0 11/15 vs. Sacramento State# W 70-58 President ...............V. Gordon Moulton (Georgia Tech ‘65) 11/19 SPRING HILL (DH) W 82-53 Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) Louisiana at Monroe Orlando Early (Gardner-Webb, 1990) 11/21 at Tulsa L 62-84 National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I Record at ULM: 54-84 (5th year) 11/25 ALCORN STATE% W 83-67 Conference .................................................................Sun Belt Overall Record: Same 11/26 GEORGIA STATE% W 70-66 Home Court ..................................Mitchell Center (10,000) 11/29 at Arkansas W 74-61 Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars LAST GAME 12/9 MOBILE (DH) W 70-51 School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White South Alabama let a second-half lead get away in a 69-63 loss to Ar- kansas State. Louisiana at Monroe fell at Florida Atlantic 74-61. 12/12 SOUTHERN MISS (DH) L 54-66 12/16 UALR* W 74-71 • Coaching Staff • 12/19 UAB L 54-72 Head Coach ......................................................Ronnie Arrow NEXT GAME 12/22 at #18/18 Florida W 67-66 Alma Mater ...........................Southwest Texas State, 1969 The Jaguars return home Saturday to host Troy. The Warhawks battle 12/31 at Florida International* W 71-59 Record at South Alabama (yrs) ........171-119 (11th year) Denver in Monroe. 1/2 at Florida Atlantic* W 96-93 OT Career DI Record (yrs) ........................ 305-210 (19th year) 1/7 WESTERN KENTUCKY* L 64-67 OT Career DI and JUCO Record (yrs) ..... 607-253 (29th year) ON THE AIR 1/9 ARKANSAS STATE* L 63-69 Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 Radio: 105.5 FM WNSP in Mobile; Lee Shirvanian (pxp) 1/14 at Louisiana-Monroe* 7 p.m. Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings On the web: www.wnsp.com (audio); Jaguar Nation (video) 1/16 TROY* (DH) 7:05 p.m. Associate Head Coach .....................................Chuck Taylor 1/21 at North Texas* 7 p.m. Alma Mater ................................Wayne (Mich.) State, 2002 RANKINGS through 1/12) 1/23 at Denver* 5 p.m. CST Assistant Coach ..............................................Michael Floyd USA: #201 RPI, #182 Sagarin 1/28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater .............................................Murray State, 1999 ULM: #277 RPI, #285 Sagarin 1/30 at Troy* 7 p.m. Assistant Coach ..................................................Mike Brown 2/4 at New Orleans* 7 p.m. Alma Mater ................................Wayne (Mich.) State, 2002 THE SERIES 2/6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* (DH) 1 p.m. USA leads 8-2. Director of Basketball Operations ..................Chris Coker 2/11 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL* 7:05 p.m. Alma Mater ........................................North Alabama, 1994 2/13 LA-LAFAYETTE* (DH) 7:05 p.m. Current streak: USA, Won 7 Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown 2/18 at Western Kentucky* 7 p.m. ULM’s last win in series: 87-70 (2/7/76) 2/20 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. Last meeting: South Alabama 67, ULM 60 (2/21/09) • Athletic Media Relations • 2/25 DENVER* 7:05 p.m. Last fi ve games: USA leads 5-0 Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund 3/6-9 Sun Belt Conference Tournament TBA USA’s last win at Fant-Ewing Coliseum: 90-57 (1/8/09) Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 * Sun Belt Conference game ULM’s last win at Fant-Ewing Coliseum: 87-70 (2/7/76) Email ............................................ [email protected] # Rice Basketball Challenge, Houston, Texas USA’s record at Fant-Ewing Coliseum: 4-1 Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact . Matt Horne % 2nd Annual USA Thanksgiving Tournament, Mobile, Ala. Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 USA’s away streak: Won 4 Email ................................................mhorne@usouthal.edu USA’s longest winning / losing streak in series: 7 / 2 Quick hits AMR Fax .........................................................(251) 460-7297 Record: 11-6, 3-2 Sun Belt Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 Notes: USA’s average margin of victory in its seven-game win streak is Streak: Lost 2 AMR Mailing Address .......................1209 Mitchell Center 15.3 points... The two schools played four times in 1975 and 1976 but Last 5/10/15 games: 3-2 / 6-4 / 10-5 Longest winning/losing streak: 4 / 2 Mobile, AL 36688 didn’t resume the series until 2005. • Basketball History • First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 Overall All-Time Record ...........................................686-493 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................277-206 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes 1 Martino Brock G/F 6-5 187 Fr. 26.8 11.4 6.5 16.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg in last 2 games 2 Charles Tabet C 6-8 225 Jr. 15.4 1.6 3.2 Leads team in blocks (16) Media Relations Contacts 3 Bryan Sherrer G 6-0 188 Sr. 30.5 11.1 2.1 Tied career high with 21 pts at FAU (1/2) South Alabama 4 LaShun Watson G/F 6-6 198 Sr. 21.2 7.9 5.0 Tied career high with 9 rebs vs. WKU (1/7) Matt Horne ([email protected]) 5 Allyn Cooks G 5-11 160 So. 24.0 8.1 1.4 Career-high 21 pts at FAU (1/2) (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 11 Philip Tabet C 6-8 220 Sr. 7.2 1.2 0.6 Played at Florida (12/22) for 1st time since Nov. 29 (knee) 12 Rob Phillips G 6-1 159 So. 3.4 1.3 0.1 Hit 3-ptr at end of 1st half vs. Arkansas State (1/9) (912) 536-5806 (cell) Louisiana-Monroe 22 Gary Redus II G/F 6-7 180 Jr. 18.2 8.4 1.8 Missed Arkansas State (1/9) game with right knee injury 24 DeAndré Hersey F 6-6 209 Fr. 8.9 1.7 1.4 Tipped in winning pts with 1.8 left at Florida (12/22) Jeremy Reid ([email protected]) 32 Javier Carter F 6-7 202 Fr. 11.6 2.4 2.5 0 pts vs. UAB (12/19) - 1st scoreless game since 11/15 (318) 342-5462 (offi ce) 33 Tim Williams G 6-2 200 Jr. 31.9 14.8 7.4 19.4 ppg in last 5 games, led team in scoring each game (716) 867-1908 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME OPENING TIP Arkansas State 69, South Alabama 63 • January 9, 2010 MOBILE, Ala. --- Arkansas State outscored the University of South Alabama 37-24 in • Head coach Ronnie Arrow needs one win to break Cliff Ellis’ school record for the second half and rallied from a seven-point defi cit at halftime for a 69-63 men’s bas- career wins. He has a 171-119 record in 11 seasons at USA. • Tim Williams led South Alabama in scoring Saturday with 17 points, marking the ketball victory Saturday afternoon at the Mitchell Center. fi fth straight game he posted team-high scoring totals. He has led USA in scoring The Red Wolves improve to 4-1 in the Sun Belt Conference and 9-7 overall while nine times on the season. the Jaguars lose their second straight to fall to 11-6 and 3-2 in the league. • Bryan Sherrer leads the Sun Belt in free throw percentage (90.4%). He was held “Needless to say, I’m disappointed in the result of the game,” said USA head coach without a free throw attempt for the last two games after going to the line at Ronnie Arrow. “We had a lead and let it evaporate. We had opportunities to get back in least once in the fi rst 15 outings. at the end, and didn’t take advantage of it.” • Martino Brock, USA’s second leading scorer (11.4 ppg), recorded double-digit ASU’s Brandon Reed led all players with 26 points and fi ve assists. Martavius points in back-to-back games for the fi rst time since Nov. 13-14, the fi rst two Adams and Rashad Allison tallied 12 and 11 points, respectively. games of the season. South Alabama junior Tim Williams (Pontiac, Mich.) scored 11 of his team-high • South Alabama has lost back-to-back games for the fi rst time this season. 17 points in the second half and freshman Martino Brock (Memphis, Tenn.) posted • ULM is second in the conference in rebounding margin (+3.3) despite not having totals of 16 points and eight rebounds. a player average more than 5.8 per game. The Warhawks are sixth in rebounding The Jags went into halftime up seven after getting a 3-pointer from sophomore off ense (34.9) and third in rebounding defense (31.6). Rob Phillips (Goldsboro, N.C.) with three seconds left to cap off a 10-2 spurt. The mo- • Four of USA’s last fi ve games have been decided by six or fewer points. The Jags mentum continued after the break as sophomore Allyn Cooks (Bryan, Texas) drove for have a 2-2 record in those games.