MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 Game Notes SID: Justin Johnson, Assistant Director of Media Relations • [email protected] • C: 561-302-0461 FAU • Department of Athletics • 777 Glades Rd • Boca Raton, FL 33431 2018-19 SCHEDULE Game 19 Florida Atlantic (11-7, 2-3 C-USA) at WKU (8-9, 1-3 C-USA) Date Opponent Time Saturday, Jan. 19| 2 p.m. E.A. Diddle Arena| Bowling Green, Ky. 11/7 Florida Tech W, 98-52 Radio: ESPN 106.3 FM, Ken LaVicka (pxp) 11/11 at UCF W, 80-79 Video: Stadium via Facebook Twitter/Instagram: FAU_Hoops 11/16 Georgia Southern# L, 70-80 Florida Atlantic WKU 11/17 Towson# W, 85-71 Record: 11-7 Record: 8-9 11/18 Incarnate Word# W, 71-68 H: 6-1| A: 3-5 H: 4-2| A: 2-6 11/21 Palm Beach Atlantic# W,73-62 N: 2-1 N: 2-1 11/25 Florida Gulf Coast W, 85-68 12/1 at Bethune-Cookman L, 70-72 Last game: L, 84-96 at Marshall Last game: L, 76-77 vs. FIU 12/5 Mercer W, 68-64 on 1/17/19 on 1/17/19 12/14 at Arkansas State L, 71-75 (2OT) Head coach: Dusty May (Indiana ‘00) Head coach: Rick Stansbury 12/19 Florida College W, 76-64 Overall: 11-7 (Campbelllsville ‘81) 12/22 at Miami (ACC Network Extra) L, 55-75 At FAU: 11-7 (First season) Overall: 343-203 12/29 at Illinois (BTN+) W, 73-71 (OT) At WKU: 50-37 (Third season) 1/3 at UAB* (ESPN3) L, 50-67 1/5 at Middle Tennessee* (ESPN3) W, 63-56 1/10 Old Dominion* (ESPN3) W, 80-73 About the Game 1/12 Charlotte* L, 60-65 • The Owls will try to snap a four game losing streak to the Hilltoppers in this afternoon’s 1/17 at Marshall* (ESPN3) L, 84-96 contest. • A FAU victory today would match last season’s win total. 1/19 at WKU* (Stadium) 3 p.m. 1/23 FIU* 7 p.m. Series History 1/26 at FIU* 7 p.m. • WKU leads the all-time series 14-6, holding a 7-3 advantage in Bowling Green. The Hilltoppers have won four in a row over the Owls in E.A. Diddle Arena. FAU’s last win at 1/31 La. Tech* 7 p.m. WKU came on Jan. 12, 2013. 2/2 Southern Miss* 4 p.m. 2/7 at UTEP* 9 p.m. vs. Marshall 2/9 at UTSA* 8 p.m. • Despite a career-high 32 points from Michael Forrest and a double-double from Aleksandar Zecevic, the Owls fell to Marshall 96-84 on Thursday night. FAU committed 21 2/14 North Texas* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. turnovers that led to 32 Thundering Herd points. 2/16 Rice* 2 p.m. 2/23 TBA* TBA Age is Just a Number • According to research done by the Middle Tennessee sports information office, the 2/28 TBA* TBA Owls have the sixth youngest coaching staff in the country. 3/3 TBA* TBA • As of the start of the regular season, FAU’s coaching staff averaged 34 years, 337 days 3/6 TBA* TBA of age. SCHOOL INFORMATION History of Success Location: Boca Raton, Fla. • Despite the young age of the coaching staff, they have already achieved significant Founded: 1961 success. Enrollment: 30,522 • In a combined 30 years of coaching at the Division I level entering the season, the coaching staff accumulated a combined record of 627-390 (.617), while making 21 Nickname: Owls combined postseason appearances. Colors: Blue and Red Arena: FAU Arena Lots of New Faces • In addition to the new coaching staff, the Owls welcomed in 11 new players over the (2,800) offseason, including five freshmen, three junior college transfers, two undergraduate Affiliation: Division I transfers and a graduate transfer. Conference: Conference USA Athletics: (561) 297-3199 Production Lost • With just three returners from last season’s rosters, the Owls have only 22 percent of their Ticket Office: (561) 297-0579 scoring and 17 percent of their rebounding from the 2017-18 campaign. President: Dr. John Kelly AD: Brian White Staying Close to Home FAR: Dr. Kim Dunn • FAU will play at least 18 of its 31 regular season games in the state of Florida. SWA: TBA Website: FAUsports.com 2018-19 Florida Atlantic University Men’s Basketball Game Notes GAME NOTES Miscellaneous Stats Situational Records 2018-19 Largest Margin of Victory Jaylen Sebree At home ...............................................................6-1 Under May: 46 points, vs. Florida Tech (11/7/18) • Averaged 16.9 points and 8.5 rebounds On the road .........................................................3-5 as a senior at Christian County in Neutral ..................................................................2-1 Largest Margin of Victory over a Division I Opponent Kentucky, before spending last year at In overtime ...........................................................1-1 Under May: 17 points, vs Florida Gulf Coast (11/25/18) IMG Academy in Bradenton. He had 21 points vs. Towson. Is expected to miss the On Mondays ........................................................0-0 Largest Loss On Tuesdays ........................................................0-0 Under May: 20, at Miami (12/22/18) rest of the season due to a separated On Wednesdays ..................................................4-0 shoulder. On Thursdays........................................................1-2 Largest Halftime Lead On Fridays ............................................................0-2 FAU .................................................20, 40-20, vs. Florida Tech Madiaw Niang On Saturdays .......................................................3-3 (11/7/18) • Originally from Senegal and played at On Sundays ..........................................................3-0 Opponent .....................................23, 46-23, Miami, 12/22/18 DME Sports Academy in Daytona Beach, In November ........................................................6-1 Points in a Half Florida. Had first career double-double In December........................................................3-3 FAU (12 points, 14 rebounds) in overtime win Most in 1st half: 48, vs. Florida Gulf Coast, 11/25/18 In January ............................................................2-3 Least in 1st half: 21,at Illinois, 12/29/18 over Illinois. In February ...........................................................0-0 Most in 2nd half: 49, vs. UCF, 11/11/18 In March ...............................................................0-0 Least in 2nd half: 24, at UAB, 1/3/19 Everett Winchester When leading at halftime ..................................7-1 Opponent • Will sit out the 2018-19 season under Most in 1st half: Marshall, 49, 1/17/19 NCAA transfer rules. Averaged 8.0 points When trailing at halftime ....................................4-5 Least in 1st half: Mercer, 19, 12/5/18 and 3.8 rebounds last year while helping When tied at halftime .........................................0-1 Most in 2nd half: 47, 2x, last, Marshall, 1/17/19 Wright State to a NCAA Tournament Least in 2nd half: 20, Arkansas St., 12/14/18 appearance. When leading with five minutes left ..................9-1 When trailing with five minutes left ....................2-6 Anthony Adger When tied with five minutes left ........................0-0 • All-American at Spartanburg Methodist. Converted game-winning three-point When outrebounding opponents .....................8-2 play in overtime win at Illinois. Scored When being outrebounded ..............................3-4 a career high 33 points at Middle Equal rebounds ...................................................0-1 Tennessee. Shooting 50% or better .......................................3-0 Shooting 40-49% ..................................................7-2 Xavian Stapleton Shooting 30-39% ..................................................1-4 • 6’7 graduate transfer from Mississippi Shooting below 30%............................................0-1 State. He played at Louisiana Tech, where Allowing 50% or better ........................................1-3 May was on the coaching staff, as a Allowing 40-49% ...................................................5-3 freshman before transferring to Starkville. Allowing 30-39% ...................................................5-0 Stapleton had a double-double (14 Holding to below 30% .........................................0-1 points, 10 rebounds) against UCF. Scored 23 points vs. Old Dominion. Scoring <50 points ...............................................0-0 Scoring 50-59 points ............................................0-2 Scoring 60-69 points ............................................2-1 Kevaughn Ellis Scoring 70-79 points ............................................3-3 • Played at Hamilton Heights Christian Scoring 80-89 points ............................................4-1 Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Scoring >90 points ...............................................1-0 where he averaged 10.4 points and 3.3 Holding opponents <50 points ...........................0-0 rebounds a game as a senior for the Allowing 50-59 points ..........................................2-0 Hawks. Ellis scored 12 points in just 11 Allowing 60-69 points ..........................................5-2 minutes vs. Florida Tech. Allowing 70-79 points ..........................................3-3 Allowing 80-89 points ..........................................0-1 Michael Forrest Allowing >90 points .............................................0-1 • Led Blanche Ely HS to their fifth state title When FAU has more turnovers ..........................3-5 in seven years while averaging 26 points, When opponent has more turnovers................6-1 five rebounds, four assists and three steals Equal amount of turnovers.................................2-1 per game as a senior. He was named Athlete of the Year by the Broward County Athletic Association. Forrest scored a career-high 32 points at Marshall Aleksandar Zecevic • Spent last year at San Jacinto College where he averaged 6.2 points and 5.3