2015-16 GAME NOTES | GAME 19 - at UMKC UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL Jason Erickson | Athletic Communications | E: [email protected] | C: 303-946-6774 | O: 801-863-5451 Utah Valley Schedule/Results Jan. 21, 2016 | 7pm CT / 6pm MT (7-11, 0-0 WAC) Municipal Auditorium | Kansas City, Missouri Radio: ESPN 960 AM | TV: KSMO (MO) NOVEMBER 09 #Western State Orem, Utah W, 97-52 Video Webcast: WAC Digital Network 13 at Brigham Young (BYUtv) Provo, Utah L, 54-85 19 Series Record: UVU leads 6-5 14 Great Falls Orem, Utah W, 89-60 18 at Denver Denver, Colo. L, 62-75 WOLVERINES 20 Antelope Valley Orem, Utah W, 104-60 UTAHVALLEY 24 at Utah State Logan, Utah L, 55-81 Overall Record 7-11 Head Coach Mark Pope 28 UC Davis Orem, Utah L, 70-82 Conference 1-2 (WAC) Alma Mater Kentucky, ‘96 Home 5-4 Year at School 1st Season DECEMBER Away 2-6 Record at School 7-11 (.389) 01 Montana State Orem, Utah L, 72-76 Location Orem, Utah Career Record (Year) Same 05 Southern Utah Orem, Utah L, 54-68 09 Weber State Orem, Utah W, 84-81 (2OT) 12 at Idaho State Pocatello, Idaho W, 100-76 19 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas W, 83-78 UMKCKANGAROOS 22 ^vs. UNC Wilmington Louisville, Ken. L, 77-102 23 ^at Louisville (ESPNU) Louisville, Ken. L, 68-98 Overall Record 8-11 Head Coach Kareem Richardson 28 at Saint Mary’s Moraga, Calif. L, 50-65 Conference 1-3 (WAC) Alma Mater Evansville, ‘97 Home 7-1 Year at School 3rd Season JANUARY Away 1-9 Record at School 32-50 (.390) 02 San Diego Christian Orem, Utah W, 88-79 Location Kansas City, Missouri Career Record (Year) Same 07 *New Mexico State (ASN) Orem, Utah L, 66-78 09 *UTRGV Orem, Utah W, 98-65 16 *at Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. L, 88-99 21 *at UMKC Kansas City, Mo. 6:05 p.m. OPENINGTIP 23 *at Chicago State Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. • Utah Valley plays its second game of a three-game WAC road stretch as the team travels to play UMKC (8-11, 1-3) 28 *Seattle U Orem, Utah 7:00 p.m. Thursday night at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. 30 *CSU Bakersfield Orem, Utah 7:00 p.m. • The Wolverines hold a 7-11 overall record and a 1-2 league mark. Utah Valley heads into Thursday’s game after FEBRUARY dropping a 99-88 decision at Grand Canyon on Saturday night. Junior forward Konner Frey led UVU with 21 04 *at UTRGV Edinburg, Texas 6:00 p.m. points and eight rebounds in the setback. 06 *at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 7:00 p.m. 13 *at CSU Bakersfield (ASN) Bakersfield, Calif. 8:00 p.m. • Thursday’s matchup with the ‘Roos marks the 12th time the two teams have met on the basketball hardwood. 18 *Chicago State Orem, Utah 7:00 p.m. UVU holds an all-time 6-5 advantage in the series. UMKC has won three straight over the Wolverines, including a 20 *UMKC (ESPN3) Orem, Utah 7:00 p.m. season sweep over UVU last season. UVU is 2-4 all-time against UMKC in games played in Kansas City. 27 *at Seattle U Seattle, Wash. 8:00 p.m. • Walk-on junior forward Konner Frey leads the Wolverines in both scoring and rebounding at 14.9 points and 6.6 MARCH rebounds a contest. Jaden Jackson and Marcel Davis are also averaging double figure scoring at 14.3 and 13.4 05 *Grand Canyon (ASN) Orem, Utah 2:00 p.m. points per game, respectively. Frey ranks fifth in the WAC in both scoring and rebounding. • Mark Pope takes the helm of the Utah Valley men’s basketball program, becoming just the second coach of Utah WAC Tournament Valley’s 12-year Division I era and eighth coach in the program’s 42-year history. Pope previously served as an March 9-12, 2015 assistant coach at Brigham Young for the past four seasons. He played for Louisville head coach Rich Pitino at Las Vegas, Nev. Kentucky during the Wildcat’s national title run in 1996. Orleans Arena PROJECTEDSTARTERS All times MST. Game times subject to change. Home games played at UCCU Center *WAC Game ^WAC Tournament Game Social Media UtahValleyWolverines @WolverineGreen 0 2 42 11 13 Marcel Davis Jaden Jackson Andrew Bastien Konner Frey Ivory Young 6-2 /180 / G / Sr. 6-2 /185 / G / Sr. 6-9 / 235 / C / Sr. 6-6 / 215 / F / Jr. 6-3 / 185 / G / Jr. WolverineGreen American Fork, UT Salt Lake City, UT Tustin, CA Bountiful, UT Houston, TX UVU Athletics P R A | P R A | P R B | P R A | P R A 13.4 5.2 4.5 | 14.3 2.7 2.3 | 4.0 5.4 1.9 | 14.9 6.6 1.4 | 7.8 2.2 1.6 Starters based on previous game’s lineup UTAHVALLEYWOLVERINES 1 UVU’S RECORD WHEN About UMKC Missouri-Kansas City heads into Thursday’s game with an 8-11 overall record. The Kangaroos are 1-3 in WAC 7-11 Overall play after dropping a pair of road games at New Mexico State ant UTRGV last week. After opening WAC play 5-4 Home with a win over Seattle U on Jan. 7, UMKC has dropped three straight. 2-6 Road 0-1 Neutral UMKC dropped a pair of WAC road games last week. The ‘Roos dropped a 65-64 decision at New Mexico State before falling 71-66 at UTRGV. Senior guard Martez Harrison led UMKC in the loss at New Mexico 1-2 WAC State, scoring a game-high 23 points. Darius Austin was also in double figures with 10 points. Austin also 6-3 Leading at Half scored a team-high 15 points in the setback at UTRGV. LaVell Boyd helped with 13, while Harrison scored 0-8 Trailing at Half 11. Harrison leads the ‘Roos in scoring this season at 15.4 points a contest. Boyd also averages double 1-0 Tied at Half digits at 12.9 a game. 1-0 Overtime The Kangaroos are coached by Kareem Richardson, who is in his third season with the team. He holds a 6-2 Has more rebounds 32-50 record with UMKC. 1-8 Has less rebounds 0-1 Rebounds are equal Series History vs. UMKC 7-2 Higher shooting percentage Thursday’s meeting with the ‘Roos marks the 12th time that the two schools have met on the basketball 0-9 Lower shooting percentage hardwood. UVU holds an all-time 6-5 advantage over UMKC, but has dropped three straight to the ‘Roos, including last season’s two-game series. 5-3 Fewer turnovers 2-7 More turnovers Last Five Results vs. UMKC Feb. 26, 2015 UMKC 69, Utah Valley 50 Kansas City, Missouri 0-1 Turnovers are equal Jan. 31, 2015 UMKC 66, Utah Valley 59 Orem, Utah 1-0 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less Feb. 22, 2014 UMKC 74, Utah Valley 56 Kansas City, Missouri 2-1 Games Decided by 4-9 Points Jan. 23, 2014 Utah Valley 66, UMKC 48 Orem, Utah Jan. 9, 2013 Utah Valley 78, UMKC 66 Kansas City, Missouri 0-6 Games Decided by 10-19 2-2 Games Decided by 20-29 Points Davis Tops UVU Career Stat Charts at 4.2 Career Assists Per Game 2-2 Games Decided by 30 Points or More Marcel Davis is currently the all-time UVU assists per game leader with a UVU two-year career average of 4.2 0-4 Scores 59 Points or Less assists per game. Davis’ 4.5 assists per game this season is currently the best single season mark in UVU history. Davis currently ranks sixth on the all-time UVU assists chart with 204 helpers in his time at UVU. The 0-3 Scores 60-69 Points senior guard currently has 381 career assists in his four-year career (USU/UVU). The senior guard also has 0-3 Scores 70-79 Points four-year career marks of 810 points, 309 rebounds, 92 steals, 285 made field goals and 59 threes. 4-1 Scores 80-89 Points 1-0 Scores 90-99 Points All-time UVU Career Assists/Game List All-time UVU Single Season Assists/Game List 1. 4.3 Marcel Davis (2014-16) 1. 4.5 Marcel Davis (2015-16) 2-0 Scores 100 Points or More 2. 3.4 Holton Hunsaker (2010-14) 2. 4.2 Holton Hunsaker (2013-14) 0-0 Opponent Scores 59 Points or Less 3. 3.1 Ronnie Price (2003-05) 3. 4.2 Nick Thompson (2012-13) 4. 4.1 Marcel Davis (2014-15) 3-2 Opponent Scores 60-69 Points 3-3 Opponent Scores 70-79 Points Schenck Leads WAC at Free Throw Line, Ranks in top-40 Nationally 1-3 Opponent Scores 80-89 Points Freshman guard Hayden Schenck leads the WAC at the charity stripe this season, connecting on an 86.7 clip from the line. He has connected on 39 of his 45 attempts this season. The 86.7 percent shooting at the free 0-2 Opponent Scores 90-99 Points throw line ranks him 40th in the nation. 0-1 Opponent Scores 100 Points or More 2-5 November Jackson Breaks School Record with Nine Threes against UTRGV 3-5 December Senior guard Jaden Jackson knocked down a school-record nine shots from beyond the arc on Jan.