MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S BAKETBALL Vermont (18-5, 8-0) vs. Maine (5-18, 1-7 AE) Feb. 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. • Patrick Gymnasium Burlington, VT - ESPN 3 @BLACKBEARMBB | MAINE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS - 5747 MEMORIAL GYM - ORONO, ME - [email protected] | 207-581-4158 | WWW.GOBLACKBEARS.COM Maine (5-18, 1-7 AE) vs. Vermont (18-5, 8-0 AE) 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1 Feb. 1, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. (5-18) OCTOBER Burlington, VT - Patrick Gymnasium 29 vs. HUSSON (Ex.) W, 108-79 Radio: 1230 WGUY AM (Ron Lisnet) NOVEMBER (2-5) Live Video: ESPN 3 (Alastair Ingram, ) 5 vs. UMFK# (Ex.) L, 80-75 Live Audio: GoBlackBears.com 11 at Virginia Tech L, 80-67 13 at Longwood W, 80-58 Live Stats: GoBlackBears.com 19 at Boston University& L, 102-78 All-Time Series: Maine leads 70-65 20 at Northeastern& L, 80-72 Current Streak: Vermont - W9 21 at LIU Brooklyn& L, 71-66 26 vs. UMPI W, 96-45 Last Meeting: January 5, 2017 @ Maine (L 90-77) 30 vs. CCSU L, 82-61 Last Victory: January 22, 2013 @ Maine (W 71-68) DECEMBER (2-5) First Meeting: December 3, 1970 @ Maine (L 50-45) 3 at Duke L, 94-55 7 vs. HOLY CROSS W 55-53 PROJECTED STARTERS 10 at Dartmouth W 73-68 18 vs. QUINNIPIAC% L 85-75 MAINE PPG RPG APG 20 at Providence L 79-59 F 0 Andrew Fleming (6-7, Fr.) 9.8 6.7 1.0 22 at Brown L 82-77 G 3 Ryan Bernstein (6-0, So.) 4.3 2.7 3.3 30 at Buffalo L 79-60 G 5 Danny Evans (6-4, Fr.) 3.5 2.7 1.0 JANUARY (1-8) G 10 Wes Myers (6-2, Jr.) 17.0 4.0 1.6 2 vs. COLUMBIA L 98-73 F 50 Vincent Eze (6-8, R-Fr.) 5.4 4.6 0.4 5 vs. VERMONT* L 90-77 8 at UMBC* L 75-64 --Reserves-- 11 vs. UMASS LOWELL* W 73-71 G 2 Austin Howard (6-1, Jr.) 7.4 2.3 0.7 14 vs. STONY BROOK* L 74-54 F 4 Marko Pirovic (6-7, Sr.) 6.6 3.9 0.7 16 at Hartford* L 54-44 19 vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE* L 74-63 F 11 Ilija Stojiljkovic (6-7, So.) 2.4 2.9 0.8 22 at UAlbany* L 81-63 G 23 Jaquan McKennon (5-10, So.) 4.1 1.5 2.3 29 vs. BINGHAMTON* L 65-54 G 32 Dennis Ashley (6-1, R-Fr.) 2.7 0.4 0.4 FEBRUARY (0-0) 1 at Vermont* 7:00 P.M. 4 vs. UMBC* 1:00 P.M. Head Coach: Bob Walsh (Hamilton ‘94) - Third season 6 vs. HARTFORD* 7:00 P.M. School Record: 16-67 (7-31 AE); Career: 219-127 (11th) 9 at UMass Lowell * 7:00 P.M. 12 at Stony Brook* 2:00 P.M. VERMONT PPG RPG APG 15 at New Hampshire* 7:00 P.M. G 2 Trae Bell-Haynes (6-2, Jr.) 11.4 2.2 3.7 19 vs. UALBANY* 2:00 P.M. F 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, Fr.) 10.0 5.3 0.6 25 at Binghamton* 2:00 P.M. G 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, R-So.) 9.3 2.6 2.0 All times are Eastern - Home games at Cross Insurance Center F 34 Kurt Steidl (6-6, Sr.) 9.1 4.4 1.4 CAPS denote home games F 35 Nate Rohrer (6-8, R-Jr.) 11.2 5.4 1.3 * - America East contest # - Game being played in the Pit & - Steve Wright Classic played at Boston University Head Coach: John Becker (Catholic ’90), 6th season % - Game played at Cross Insurance Arena Portland • @ Vermont2012-13Five - Maine PatrickTime SoConWomen’s Gymnasium Champions Basketball - Burlington, • • Page VT Page • 1 Page1 1 MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL Career Double-Doubles 3 ..................................... Andrew Fleming 1 ...............................................Vincent Eze 1.....................................Marko Pirovic Maine Struggles in Conference Play The Black Bears, who are entering the second half of conference play on a five-game conference Career 10+ Point Games losing skid, travel to Vermont for a Wednesday night bout that pits the Black Bears against the 26................................... Aaron Calixte conference-best 8-0 Vermont Catamounts. 17..............................Troy Reid-Knight 16........................................Wes Myers Scouting Maine 11 ...................................Marko Pirovic Maine is coming off a tough loss at home against Binghamton which saw a low-scoring first 8.................................. Ryan Bernstein half ending in an 11-point loss for the Black Bears; Wes Myers led all scorers with 22 points, 7.................................Andrew Fleming along with seven rebounds and two steals. Andrew Fleming and Ryan Bernstein both finished 6...........................................Garet Beal with eight points each. 6................................................ Ilker Er Myers leads the team in points per game with 17.0, 23.0 in conference play; he ranks third in 6................................... Austin Howard conference in points per game. Myers also ranks 56th nationally for made free throws with 98 5........................................ Vincent Eze (ranked third in conference). Andrew Fleming follows close behind in the scoring column with 4...................................Ilija Stojiljkovic 9.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game; he’s fourth in conference in rebounds per game. Ryan 2....................................Dennis Ashley Bernstein is ranked 13th in the nation in assist-turnover ratio with a conference-high 3.26 after 2......................................Danny Evans his five-assist/zero-turnover performance against Binghamton. He has 75 assists on the season, 1.............................Jaquan McKennon averaging 3.3 per game. Vincent Eze has started the last 10 games for Maine and has seen his play time and stats steadily increasing. He is averaging 8.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game Career 20+ Point Games in conference play. 7...........................................Wes Myers 2..................................... Aaron Calixte Scouting Vermont 2.................................Andrew Fleming The Catamounts have been very strong in conference play through the first half of the America 1................................................ Ilker Er East schedule with a perfect 8-0 record against conference opponents, winning 10 straight games 1................................... Austin Howard since December 21st; their most recent win comes against Stony Brook, as the Catamounts took down the Seawolves 71-64. Ernie Duncan had a game-high 22 points, along with four rebounds/ Career 10+ Reb. Games assists and a steal. Payton Henson and Anthony Lamb both had 10 points in the contest. 3.................................Andrew Fleming Trae Bell-Haynes leads the Catamounts in scoring this season with 11.4 points per game, 13.6 in 1.....................................Marko Pirovic conference. Payton Henson follows close behind with 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. 1....................................Ilija Stojilkovic Anthony Lamb leads the conference in blocked shots per game with 1.04; he’s averaging 10 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game. 1........................................ Vincent Eze Career Numbers Watch Beal ................................28 points from 300 ...................................64 rebounds from 200 Calixte ...........................25 points from 600 All-time series ........................................ 10 assists from 200 Maine and Vermont have faced off 135 times with Maine owning the all-time series 70-65. ...................................54 rebounds from 200 Vermont has been undefeated in the matchup since January 22, 2013, Maine’s last victory Reid-Knight ..................62 points from 500 against the Catamounts, where Justin Edwards and Ali Fraser went off for 22 and 20 points respectively in Alfond Arena. Statistical Comparison In game one of the 2016-17 season series, Vermont traveled up to Bangor to take down Maine MAINE CATEGORY VERMONT in both teams’ conference opener by a final score of 90-77. Vermont had four players in double 5-18/1-7 RECORD/CONF. 18-5/8-0 figures, Kurt Steidl with 20 points (five rebounds, three assists and blocks, two steals), Trae 66.9 POINTS PER GAME 73.3 Bell-Haynes and Anthony Lamb with 15, and Darren Payen with 12. For the Black Bears, Wes 75.7 OPPONENTS PPG 64.1 Myers dropped 30 points with Ryan Bernstein, Austin Howard, and Aaron Calixte dropping -8.7 SCORING MARGIN +9.3 12, 11 and 11 respectivley. 41.0 FG % 48.6 31.8 3-POINT FG % 36.1 66.1 FT % 70.0 33.9 REBOUNDS PER GAME 34.5 -2.0 REBOUND MARGIN +3.2 12.3 ASSISTS PER GM 13.5 12.6 TURNOVERS PER GM 12.0 1.6 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GM 3.9 5.2 STEALS PER GM 5.7 • @ VermontFive - PatrickTime SoCon Gymnasium Champions - Burlington, • Page VT • 2 Page 2 MAINE MEN’S BASKETBALL Last Game vs. Binghamton The Last Time... Binghamton 65, Maine 54 (Jan. 29, 2017) Scored 30+ Points Cross Insurance Center - Bangor, ME 31, Wes Myers vs UML (1/11/2017) Had 15+ Rebounds 16, Devine Eke vs. Army (12/2/15) Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Binghamton vs Maine Had 10+ Rebounds 1/29/17 2:00pm at Cross Insurance Center - Bangor, ME 11, Vincent Eze vs. Stony Brook (1/14/17) Binghamton 65 • 12-11, 3-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Had 10+ Assists 15 Bobby Ahearn f 1-6 1-2 2-2 1 6 7 2 5 0 2 0 1 23 12, Xavier Pollard vs Siena (11/25/12) 42 Willie Rodriguez f 5-14 2-4 3-4 2 5 7 3 15 2 1 0 1 31 32 Thomas Bruce c 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 4 3 1 2 0 22 01 Marlon Beck II g 1-6 1-6 1-2 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 19 Had 5+ Blocks 04 Timmy Rose g 6-8 3-3 5-6 1 4 5 1 20 2 3 0 2 31 00 Fard Muhammad 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5, Mike Allison vs UNH (1/30/13) 10 Yosef Yacob 3-5 1-3 2-4 0 4 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 22 12 John Rinaldi 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 22 22 Everson Davis 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 Made 10+ Field Goals 41 Dusan Perovic 1-2 1-1 0-3 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 12, Wes Myers vs.