Stetson Men’s Basketball 2012-13 Game Notes at Lipscomb | Feb. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Allen Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) Game Twenty-Five Day Date Opponent Time/Result Date: Feb. 14, 2013 Mon. Oct. 29 FLAGLER (ex.) W, 79-71 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT Fri. Nov. 9 at Miami (ESPN3) L, 79-87 Tue. Nov. 13 FLORIDA A&M W, 88-66 Location: Nashville, Tenn. Mon. Nov. 19 SOUTHEASTERN W, 81-59 Arena: Allen Arena (5,028) Mon. Nov. 26 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 54-63 STETSON HATTERS Series: Tied 11-11 LIPSCOMB BISONS Wed. Nov. 28 at VCU L, 56-92 Overall: 10-14 Overall: 9-14 TV: ESPN3 Mon. Dec. 3 at Bethune-Cookman L, 63-86 A-Sun: 7-6 A-Sun: 4-8 Thu. Dec. 6 FAU L, 78-88 Last: ETSU - L, 61-62 Talent: George Plaster, Justin Seamon Last: NKU - W, 76-58 Streak: L1 Streak: W1 Sun. Dec. 9 FIU L, 79-82 Radio: WSBB 1230 AM, 1490 AM Sat. Dec. 15 at Richmond L, 57-76 Coach: Casey Alexander Coach: Scott Sanderson Overall: 19-34 (2nd) Audio: www.MyAM1230.com Overall: 286-209 (17th) Tue. Dec. 18 at FAU W, 69-68 at Stetson: 19-34 (2nd) at LU: 219-200 (14th) Thu. Dec. 20 at UCF (CSS/BHSN) L, 66-83 Talent: Robbie Aaron, Ryan Rouse Mon. Dec. 31 at Mercer * L, 64-70 Stetson Snapshot Wed. Jan. 2 at Kennesaw State * W, 70-60 Sat. Jan. 5 NORTH FLORIDA * L, 74-90 • When the first NCAA statistics were released on Nov. 26, Stetson was Mon. Jan. 7 JACKSONVILLE * W, 81-72 leading the nation in assists per game with a mark of 20.0 through three games. Through 24 games now, the Hatters are averaging an Atlantic Thu. Jan. 10 at ETSU * W, 72-70 Sun best 16.8 helpers per contest, which ranks ninth in all of NCAA Divi Sat. Jan. 12 at USC Upstate * (ESPN3) W, 66-64 sion I. Stetson is on pace for 488 assists in regular season play, which Thu. Jan. 17 NORTHERN KENTUCKY * W, 71-59 would be the third most ever in program history. 505 is the all-time Sat. Jan. 19 LIPSCOMB * (ESPN3) W, 85-69 record. Fri. Jan. 25 at FGCU * (CSS/CST/ESPN3) L, 65-96 • With three three-pointers vs. ETSU on Feb. 9, Joel Naburgs is now in third Thu. Jan. 31 at Jacksonville * L, 70-71 place in all-time Stetson history with 164 career three-pointers made. Sat. Feb. 2 at North Florida * L, 59-64 With seven more treys this season, the senior would become the all-time Thu. Feb. 7 USC UPSTATE * W, 73-66 leader in threes at Stetson. Aaron Graham, who made the second most Sat. Feb. 9 ETSU * L, 61-62 threes ever in a season at Stetson last year with 68, leads the Hatters with 56 treys and is fourth all-time with 156 in his career. Thu. Feb. 14 at Lipscomb * (ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 at Northern Kentucky * 7:00 p.m. • With 10 points vs. ETSU on Feb. 9, Adam Pegg recorded double figures Fri. Feb. 22 FGCU * (CSS/ESPN3) 7:00 p.m. for the 19th straight game, and the 22nd out of 23 total contests this Thu. Feb. 28 KENNESAW STATE * 7:15 p.m. season. The center is sixth in the Atlantic Sun Conference, scoring 15.5 points per game. Sat. Mar. 2 MERCER * 3:15 p.m. W-S Mar. 6-9 A-Sun Tournament TBA Stetson Probable Starters * Atlantic Sun Conference Contest Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG Other G 10 Hunter Miller 6-1 180 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. 3.0 2.7 apg Home Games in ALL CAPS G 12 Joel Naburgs 6-3 210 Sr. Ringwood, Australia 9.2 3.8 apg All times Eastern G 23 Chris Perez 6-3 210 Jr. Santiago, D.R. 15.4 4.6 rpg Schedule subject to change F 3 Willie Green 6-6 200 Jr. Orlando, Fla. 8.3 6.4 rpg C 41 Adam Pegg 6-9 260 Sr. Clearwater, Fla. 15.5 5.9 rpg Stetson Athletic Communications G 1 Dennis Diaz 6-3 185 So. Deltona, Fla. 1.5 6 stls Dan Forcella - Assistant Director F 2 Leke Solanke 6-5 215 Fr. Abeokuta, Nigeria 0.6 7 blks Email: [email protected] G 11 Aaron Graham 6-3 180 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 12.0 56 3’s Office: (386) 822-8718 G 14 Brian Pegg 6-7 205 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. 2.5 1.5 Cell: (207) 650-6790 G 22 Tanner Plemmons 6-1 190 Fr. Franklin, N.C. 2.1 41% 3fg Web: www.GoHatters.com F 24 Liam McInerney 6-8 230 Sr. Port Campbell, Australia 2.7 2.3 rpg Twitter: @StetsonHatters, @StetsonMBB G 33 J.R. Weston 6-4 205 Sr. Morral, Ohio 0.0 0.4 Facebook: Facebook.com/StetsonHatters C 40 Kyle Sikora 7-0 245 So. Key Largo, Fla. Redshirting @StetsonMBB -- GoHatters.com Stetson Men’s Basketball 2012-13 Game Notes at Lipscomb | Feb. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Allen Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) All-Time vs. Lipscomb SERIES HISTORY Statistical Comparison With its win in DeLand earlier this season, Stetson Overall: Tied 11-11 tied the all-time series with Lipsomb at 11-11. The DeLand: Stetson leads 9-3 match-up dates back to 1962 when the Bisons Category Nashville: Lipscomb leads 8-2 defeated the Hatters 67-59. Lipscomb holds a Neutral: n/a healthy 8-2 advantage over Stetson in Nashville, 70.0 Scoring Offense 69.5 Streak: W1 and has won five of the last seven meetings be- 73.5 Scoring Defense 77.0 tween the two teams. Largest SU Win: 24 points, 1973 -3.4 Scoring Margin -7.6 Largest LU Win: 24 points, 2008 46.0 Field Goal Percentage 42.7 Most SU Points: 103, 2012 SCOUTING THE BISONS Lipscomb welcomes Stetson to Nashville with an 46.0 FG Percentage Defense 44.0 Least SU Points: 52, 2006 overall record of 9-14 and an Atlantic Sun Con- Most LU Points: 104, 2012 33.8 3-Pt FG Percentage 32.3 ference mark of 4-8. The Bisons recently snapped 33.5 3-Pt FG Percentage Defense 33.0 Least LU Points: 57, 2006 a three-game losing skid with a convincing 76-58 Coach Alexander vs. Lipscomb: 1-2 victory over Northern Kentucky on Feb. 8. Since 68.4 Free Throw Percentage 64.3 falling to the Hatters on Jan. 19, Lipscomb has lost 34.5 Rebound Average 38.6 12/19/62 DeLand L, 67-59 two on the road, but have won two of out its last 33.6 Opp. Rebound Average 35.6 12/11/73 DeLand W, 86-62 three home games. In fact, six out of the Bisons +0.8 Rebound Margin +3.0 1/13/03 DeLand W, 73-68 nine wins have come at Allen Arena. Deonte Al- 16.8 Assists per game 11.9 exander, who led Lipscomb with 23 points the last 2/17/03 Nashville L, 87-64 15.8 Turnovers per game 17.2 1/3/04 Nashville L, 73-66 time these two teams faced, is scoring a team-best 13.0 points per game in 2012-13. Malcolm Smith, 12.3 Opp. Turnovers per game 13.0 2/21/04 DeLand W, 70-67 Stephen Hurt, and Martin Smith are also scoring in -3.5 Turnover Margin -4.2 1/17/05 DeLand W, 71-66 double figures for the Bisons. 1.1 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.7 2/5/05 Nashville W, 73-71 5.6 Steals per game 6.4 1/16/06 Nashville L, 57-52 COMING UP NEXT 2/6/06 DeLand W, 85-67 After Thursday’s game at Lipscomb, Stetson will 2.4 Blocks per game 1.5 1/7/07 Nashville L, 79-68 make its first trip to Highland Heights for a 7:00 2/3/07 DeLand W, 69-67 p.m. game at Northern Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. We are the “Hatters” 2/2/08 Nashville L, 77-53 16. The Hatters will then return to DeLand for a trio of home contests against FGCU, Kennesaw The unlikely combination of a famous hat 1/5/09 Nashville W, 76-68 manufacturer and a university getting 1/31/09 DeLand - ot W, 85-81 State, and Mercer to end the regular season. together produced a novel nickname for 1/2/10 Nashville L, 84-63 STETSON USING TEAM PLAY ON OFFENSE 2/20/10 DeLand L, 85-71 Stetson University. The athletic teams are When the first NCAA statistics were released on called “Hatters,” reflecting the Univer- 1/3/11 DeLand W, 76-66 Nov. 26, Stetson was leading the nation in as- 1/28/11 Nashville L, 82-62 sists per game with a mark of 20.0 through three sity’s association with John B. Stetson, 1/16/12 Nashville - ot L, 104-103 games. Through 24 games now, the Hatters are maker of the well-known Stetson hats. 2/11/12 DeLand - ot L, 99-91 averaging an Atlantic Sun best 16.8 helpers per It all started back in 1883 when Henry 1/19/13 DeLand W, 85-69 contest, which ranks ninth in all of NCAA Division I. DeLand founded the DeLand Academy. Stetson is on pace for 488 assists in regular season Three years later, after a disastrous play, which would be the third most ever in program history.