2016-17 UTA MEN’S BASKETBALL UTA Athletic Communications | 601 Spaniolo Drive | Arlington, TX 76019 Basketball Contact | Richard Kilwien | [email protected] | O: (817) 272-2239 2016-17 SCHEDULE 2017 National Invitation Tournament NOVEMBER First Round - at BYU • March 15, 2017 • Marriott Center (18,987) • Provo, Utah 12 Texas Southern% W 89-82 8:00 p.m. (CDT) • ESPN2, WatchESPN.com, UTAMavs.com, TuneIn.com & KEXB 620 AM 14 at Minnesota BTN+ L 67-84 16 at FGCU ESPN3 L 72-85 THE MATCHUP Upcoming Games 18 at Arkansas SEC+ L 67-71 The regular season league champion UTA men’s basketball 21 St. Francis (Ill.) W 88-67 HEAD-TO-HEAD team (25-8, 14-4 Sun Belt Conference) travels to Provo, 23 Mount St. Mary’s W 80-71 UTA BYU Utah Wednesday to face BYU (22-11, 12-6 West Coast Overall Record: 25-8 22-11 26 at Fordham W 67-63 Conference) in the first round of the National Invitation Conference Record: 14-4 12-6 29 at Texas LHN W 72-61 Tournament (NIT). Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. (CDT). The Scoring Offense: 77.3 80.4 winner of Wednesday’s game advances to the 2nd round Scoring Defense: 69.0 73.3 against the winner of 2nd seeded Houston vs. No. 7 Akron. DECEMBER Scoring Margin: +8.3 +7.0 3 at North Texas W 77-61 Rebound Margin: +4.1 +5.4 Live Game Coverage 5 UT Dallas W 99-49 FG %: .458 .457 Wednesday’s game will be televised by ESPN2 and 8 at No. 12 Saint Mary’s W 65-51 3PT FG %: .337 .344 streamed via WatchESPN with Eric Rothman and Corey 16 at Bradley ESPN3 W 56-51 FT %: .677 .732 Williams calling the action. A live radio broadcast of 22 at Loyola Marymount W 80-77 FG Defense: .413 .411 every UTA men’s game will be available throughout the 31 Coastal Carolina* W 90-69 Assists / Game: 15.4 15.6 Steals / Game: 7.2 6.7 Dallas-Fort Worth area through a Learfield Sports partner- Blocks / Game: 2.2 4.7 ship with KEXB 620 AM. Josh Sours will be on the call JANUARY Assist / TO Ratio: 1.2 1.1 beginning 30 minutes prior to tipoff. The audio broadcast SS 2 Appalachian State* W 84-69 will also be available online via TuneIn.com. Links to live SS 7 at Texas State* L 73-81 coverage and statistics are available on UTAMavs.com. ESPN3 CATEGORY LEADERS 14 at Troy* L 71-93 ESPN2 Points/Game: UTA Kevin Hervey 17.1 16 at South Alabama* W 89-83 BYU Eric Mika 20.1 Tickets 21 ULM* ESPN3 W 71-55 Tickets to UTA games in the NIT are available online at FG%: UTA Jorge Bilbao .539 23 Louisiana* ASN W 108-71 BYU Yoeli Childs .556 UTATickets.com or by calling the UTA Box Office at (817) 28 at Appalachian St.* ESPN3 W 83-67 272-9595 during weekday business hours. 30 at Coastal Carolina* L 70-72 3PT FG%: UTA Drew Charles .388 BYU TJ Haws .399 Game Coverage & Information FEBRUARY FT%: UTA Kevin Hervey .752 A complete recap of every UTA men’s basketball game, gen- 4 Texas State* SS W 76-61 BYU TJ Haws .797 erally including photos, video highlights, statistics, notes and 11 Arkansas State* W 81-75 Rebounds/Game: UTA Kevin Hervey 8.6 coach and player comments will be available shortly upon ASN 13 Little Rock* W 71-55 BYU Eric Mika 9.2 the conclusion each game online at UTAMavs.com. The site ESPN3 18 at Georgia State* W 68-67 Assists/Game: UTA Erick Neal 6.4 also contains updated statistics, biographical information, 20 at Georgia Southern* ASN W 81-71 BYU L.J. Rose 4.7 feature stories and other content relevant to UTA Athletics. 25 South Alabama* W 86-75 Blocks/Game: UTA Faith Pope 0.5 SS 27 Troy* W 82-67 BYU Eric Mika 1.9 Social Media The UTA athletic department provides coverage of each of MARCH Steals/Game: UTA Erick Neal 1.6 its 15 sport programs via a variety of popular social media BYU Nick Emery 1.7 2 at ULM* W 72-57 channels. The username for most services is @UTAMavs. 4 at Louisiana* ESPN3 L 81-83 Minutes/Game: UTA Erick Neal 31.6 Several sports operate specific accounts, which are used for BYU TJ Haws 30.8 10 Coastal Carolina# ESPN3 W 74-51 in-game coverage of events and other content. The men’s 11 Texas State# ESPN3 L 62-83 basketball Twitter account is @UTA_MBB. 13 at BYU% 8:00 p.m. % - Homecoming; # - New Orleans, La.; * Sun Belt PROJECTING THE MAVS Conference game; %National Invitation Tournament; SS - Spectrum Sports; ASN - American Sports Network .No Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes & ESPN3; ALL TIMES CENTRAL; Opponent AP Ranking * 25 Kevin Hervey (F, 6-9, Jr.) 17.1 8.6 2.0 0.3 1.1 SBC Player of the year ... 2x Player of the Week ... 11th career rebs Listed * 1 Erick Neal (G, 5-10, Jr.) 10.4 3.5 6.4 0.1 1.6 2nd team all-SBC ... top 10 NCAA assists ... 2nd, UTA career ast REFERENCING UT ARLINGTON * 45 Jorge Bilbao (F, 6-9, Sr.) 9.3 6.7 1.1 0.4 0.8 5.1 career reb avg. (641/124 gms/9th at UTA) ... 3rd gms played * 5 Kaelon Wilson (G, 6-2, Jr.) 8,2 2.6 1.1 0.2 0.8 19 pts (8-8 FG) v Texas So. ... 23 gms of .500+ FG% ... 97 apps The UTA athletic department respectfully * 4 Drew Charles (G, 6-2, Sr.) 7.7 2.4 1.3 0.0 0.6 121 career apps ... grad stdt ... 5th, SBC 3pt% ... 8th, UTA in 3ptrs requests that members of the media and athletic 34 Faith Pope (F, 6-8, Sr.) 5.0 2.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 67 apps, 5 starts ... JC transfer in 15-16 ... 3 blocks at Minnesota institutions refer to the University of Texas at 3 Nathan Hawkins (G, 6-5, Jr.) 3.5 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 67 apps at UTA ... xfer from Neb. ... DF mins played last 8 gms Arlington as UTA. UT Arlington is acceptable 20 Julian Harris (F, 6-5, Jr.) 2.2 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 68 apps in 2 yrs ... 7 pts vs. App State ... .511 FG pct., .636 FT pct. on second reference. Using Texas-Arlington, UT- 22 Link Kabadyundi (C, 7-1, Jr.) 1.2 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.1 JC Transfer ... Played 15 gms at TCU as Fr ... 9pts/11reb at Blinn JC Arlington or any other form is incorrect. 15 Scott Muirhead (F, 6-3, Fr.) 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 RS Freshman ... 4-yr varsity letterwinner ... 6 pts (2 3ptrs) vs. LA 2 D.J. Bryant (G, 5-11, Fr.) 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.3 Freshman ... 33 apps, 3 starts at UTA ... led HS team to state finals. ~ 10 Jalen Jones (G, 6-2, Sr.) 12.4 4.1 1.2 0.2 1.0 2nd in scoring, 3rd in mins played ... inj. in SBC qtrs ... 32 starts ~ 13 Erkam Kiris (F, 6-8, Fr.) 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 Freshman ... U18 Turkish National Team ... 4 pts v UTD, at Troy ~ 30 Patrick Binzer (G, 6-2, Fr.) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 RS Freshman ... Avg 24 pts/14rebs as prep Sr ... 2nd team all state ^ 23 Mairega Clarke (G, 6-5, Sr.) 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 18 apps in 15-16 as JC Transfer ... .541 FG%, inc. .500 from 3pt *Indicates projected starter; ^Redshirt/Career statistics displayed; ~Out for the season w/injury; As of Mar. 13, 2017 #MavCity | Sun Belt Tournament No. 1 Seed | Undefeated (13-0) in College Park Center | 2017 Sun Belt Champions UT ARLINGTON MAVERICK QUICK FACTS GENERAL 2016-17 UT ARLINGTON ROSTER Name ..................................University of Texas at Arlington No. NAME POS HT WT CL EXP Hometown / High School / Last College City/Zip .......................................... Arlington, Texas 76019 1 Erick Neal G 5-10 155 Jr. 2L Dallas, Texas / Lincoln Founded .................................. 1895 (Senior College 1959) 2 DJ Bryant G 5-11 180 Fr. HS Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview Enrollment ............................................................. 51,000 3 Nathan Hawkins G 6-7 210 Jr. 1L Garland, Texas / Rowlett / Nebraska Nickname...........................................................Mavericks School Colors ....................... Royal Blue, Orange and White 4 Drew Charles G 6-2 193 Sr. 3L Azle, Texas / Azle Affiliations ................................................NCAA Division I 5 Kaelon Wilson G 6-2 192 Jr. 2L Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster Conference .........................................Sun Belt Conference 10 Jalen Jones G 6-2 209 Sr. 1L Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill / McLennan CC President ..............................................Dr. Vistasp Karbhari 13 Erkam Kiris F 6-8 209 Fr. HS Istanbul, Turkey / Spire Academy Director of Athletics .............................................Jim Baker 15 Scott Muirhead F 6-3 206 Fr. RS Ennis, Texas / Ennis 20 Julian Harris F 6-5 235 Jr. 2L Mansfield, Texas / Lake Ridge HISTORY 22 Link Kabadyundi C 7-1 274 Jr. Tr Montreal, Canada / Alma Academy / Blinn JC First Year of Men’s Basketball ...............................1959-60 23 Mairega Clarke G 6-5 184 Sr. 1L Queens, N.Y. / Putnam Science Acad. / Carl Albert St. Overall All-Time Record ........................................714-901 25 Kevin Hervey F 6-7 230 Jr.