KANSAS CITY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES: SOUTH DAKOTA Jerod Fox, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant | [email protected] | 316.249.2846 Results (2-2, 0-0 Summit) Date Opponent TV/Streaming Time (CT)/Result GAME 5 Kansas City at Minnesota | Dec. 10 | 7 P.M. TV/VIDEO: FS1 NOVEMBER (2-2) LIVE STATS: https://bit.ly/3m23SP0 Nov. 25 Culver-Stockton Roo Sports Network W, 105-35 Kansas City Head Coach Billy Donlon Nov. 27 #Greenville Avila Stretch W, 138-97 School: 18-16 (2nd year) | Career: 127-110 Minnesota Head Coach Richard Pitino Nov. 28 #SEMO Avila Stretch L, 66-71 School: 132-108 (8th year) | Career: 150-122 Record: 2-2 Record: 5-0 Nov. 30 @ Kansas State ESPNU L, 58-62 DECEMBER (0-0) We Are the Please Refrain from Use of UMKC or Kangaroos Dec. 5 South Dakota Roo Sports Network Canceled Kansas City Roos! Dec. 10 @ Minnesota FS1 7 P.M. Five Things to Know battled for all 40 minutes, but could not Dec. 12 @ Toledo ESPN3 12 P.M. overcome the slow start. • Kansas City is set to be back in action on Dec. 23 @ Saint Louis TBA TBA Thursday evening against the Minnesota • Brandon McKissic carried the offensive JANUARY (0-0) Gophers after Saturday’s game against load for the Roos, finishing with 24 South Dakota was canceled due to points on a career-high 10 field goals. Jan. 2 *@ North Dakota TBA 3:30 P.M. COVID concerns within the Coyotes’ program. • The Roos have struggled to get to the Jan. 3 *@ North Dakota TBA 3:30 P.M. free throw line this year and Monday was Jan. 8 *South Dakota Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. • Kansas City Head Coach Billy Donlon is no different. The Wildcats outscored the no stranger to the Big Ten Conference, Roos 20-to-5 from the charity stripe. Jan. 9 *South Dakota Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. having held an Assistant Coaching title at Michigan in 2016-17 and Northwestern • Kansas City played its brand of defense Jan. 15 *@ Western Illinois TBA TBA from 2017-19. against the Wildcats, forcing 18 Jan. 16 *@ Western Illinois TBA TBA turnovers on 10 steals. • The Roos are searching for their first win Jan. 23 *@ Oral Roberts ORU Sports Network 7 P.M. over a Power Five team since defeating • Franck Kamgain was the only other Roo Mississippi State, 72-67 on 12/12/15. to reach double digit scoring, finishing Jan. 24 *@ Oral Roberts ORU Sports Network 7 P.M. Kansas City will also seek to defeat a with 11 points. Jan. 29 *North Dakota State Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. Big Ten opponent for the first time in program history. The Roos hold an 0-10 Last Time vs. Minnesota: L, 58-76 Jan. 30 *North Dakota State Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. mark against the conference all-time (KC (11/13/15) FEBRUARY (0-0) does have one win over Nebraska, but • Kansas City started the game hot, it came in 2000 when the Huskers were jumping out to a 20-11 lead in the first Feb. 12 *Omaha Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. still in the Big XII). 14 minutes of action, but the Gophers Feb. 13 *Omaha Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. used a 44-28 second half to take the • The Roos, benefitted by 100+ point win. Feb. 19 *Denver Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. games in the first two contests of the season, currently hold the 20th-best • The Roos recieved 44 points off of the Feb. 20 *Denver Roo Sports Network 7 P.M. scoring average (91.8 ppg) in Division bench, led by LaVell Boyd with 25 points One. Kansas City leads the Summit in on 7-of-10 three point shooting. Feb. 26 *@ South Dakota State TBA 7:30 P.M. scoring average by nearly 10 points Feb. 27 *@ South Dakota State TBA 7:30 P.M. • The Gophers had three players score in • Brandon McKissic continues to move double-digits, led by Joey King’s 22. MARCH (0-0) up the Kansas City scoring records. His 24-point performance against Kansas • The Roos out-performed the Gophers Mar. 6-9 Summit Championship TBA TBA State gave him 914 on his career, 17th in on the boards, pulling down 42 total Kansas City history. He is just nine points rebounds. from moving into the 16 spot, and 16 All home games bolded, played at Swinney Center points from 15th. Series History vs. Minnesota: Minnesota Leads, 2-0 # Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Tipoff | * Summit Regular Season Contest Last Time Out: L, 58-62 at Kansas State (11/30/20) • The Roos and Gophers have met only two times in the past, both games being • Kansas City started cold, falling behind played in Minneapolis. Last Game’s Starters 17-0 to start the game. The Roos #0 Zion Williams #3 Brandon McKissic #11 Franck Kamgain #20 Josiah Allick #33 Marvin Nesbitt Jr. Sr. | G | 6’4 Sr. | G | 6’3 Jr. | G | 6’2 So. | F | 6’8 Sr. | G | 6’4 8.5 ppg | 4.5 apg | 2.5 rpg 15.3 ppg | 1.7 rpg | 3.7 apg 9.5 ppg | 2.8 rpg | 2.0 spg 14.5 ppg | 4.3 rpg | .615 FG% 13.0 ppg | 7.8 rpg | 3.8 apg KCRoos.com/MBB @KCRoosMBB KANSAS CITY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES: SOUTH DAKOTA Jerod Fox, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant | [email protected] | 316.249.2846 • The first meeting between the two classroom was noticed by the NABC programs happened on Nov. 17, 2003, a as the Roos were honored with a NABC Record When... 78-67 victory for the Gophers. Team Academic Excellence Award, the Playing at Home ............................. 1-0 first such award since 2014-15. Minnesota Scouting Report Playing at Neutral Site ................... 1-1 • For the second-straight year, the Roos will • The Gophers are off to a perfect 5-0 be playing all home games (non-confer- Playing on the Road ....................... 0-1 start this season, most recently de- ence and conference) at their on-campus Scoring 100+ Points ...................... 2-0 feating Boston College in overtime on facility, the Swinney Center. In 2018-19, Tuesday evening. Kansas City moved all of its conference Scoring 90-99 Points ..................... 0-0 games to Swinney, while the Roos played Scoring 80-89 Points ..................... 0-0 • The Gophers were able to erase a all 13 home games in 2019-20 at Swiney. 15-point second half deficit behind the Scoring 70-79 Points ..................... 0-0 efforts of Marcus Carr, who scored 20 of • From a roster standpoint, the Roos wel- his 22 points after the intermission. come back leading scorer and senior Scoring 60-69 Points ..................... 0-1 guard Brandon McKissic. He put up 11.0 Scoring Under 60 Points ................ 0-1 • Carr averages a blazing 25 points (sixth points per game last year and also led nationwide) and six assists (38th na- the club with 3.0 assists per game, which Allowing 80+ Points ....................... 1-0 tionwide) per game. ranked seventh (tied) in the conference. Allowing 70-79 Points ................... 0-1 • Liam Robbins provides an inside pres- He enters the season with 868 career Allowing Under 70 Points .............. 1-1 ence for the Gophers, hauling in over points, which is 20th on the school list. seven rebounds and swatting nearly two The two-time WAC All-Defensive Team Leading at Halftime ....................... 2-0 shots per game. member is 16 steals shy of cracking the school’s career top 10 list. Trailing at Halftime ........................ 0-2 A Look at 2020-21 • Overall, eight returners are expected Tied at Halftime ............................. 0-0 • Kansas City begins its 35th season of back, including two who played signifi- Outrebounding Opponent ............. 2-1 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball and cant minutes (over 50% games started) first year as members of The Summit in McKissic and Marvin Nesbitt Jr. A Chi- Being Outrebounded ..................... 0-1 League. Last season, the Roos were 16- cago, Ill., native, Nesbitt Jr. was third on Higher Field Goal Percentage ........ 2-0 14 overall and finished fourth in the con- the team in rebounding (3.7) and sixth in ference standings. scoring (7.1) a season ago. Lower Field Goal Percentage ......... 0-2 Fewer Turnovers ............................ 2-1 • Second-year head coach Billy Donlon • Seven newcomers are also included on took last year’s squad to its best win per- the roster. More Turnovers .............................. 0-0 centage (.533) since 2010-11. In addi- tion, the 16-14 overall record marked the • On July 1, 2020, the Roos became the Over 50% FG .................................. 2-0 most wins since the 2016-17 team. ninth member of The Summit League, a 40-49% FG .................................... 0-2 place in which the Roos held member- • In conference play, the Roos posted eight ship from 1994-2013. Kansas City de- Under 40% FG ............................... 0-0 victories, which was the highest output in parts the Western Athletic Conference Over 60% 3-Point FG ..................... 0-0 their Western Athletic Conference histo- (WAC) after seven years of affiliation. ry. 50-59% 3-Point FG ....................... 0-0 Shattering Records • Last year, the Roos started 6-0 at home, 40-49% 3-Point FG ....................... 1-0 the second-best start all-time in program • The Roos rewrote the record books in Under 40% 3-Point FG .................. 1-2 history. Overall, they went 9-4 at Swin- Nov. 27’s 138-97 victory over Greenville. Over 90% FT .................................. 0-0 ney. • The 138-point performance broke a • Donlon led the Roos to a 7-3 stretch 30-year old single-game scoring record 80-89% FT ....................................