2014-15 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report March 2, 2015 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Contact: Kyle Schwartz Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Phone: (615) 690-6685 OVCSports.com/OVCDigitalNetwork.com Email: [email protected] @OVCSports OVC STANDINGS (In Games Through March 1) ONFERENCE VERALL C vs. vs. O EAST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Eastern Kentucky* 11 5 .688 7-1 4-4 W3 7-3 4-2 19 10 .655 11-3 8-7 0-0 W3 Belmont* 11 5 .688 8-0 3-5 W4 7-3 4-2 19 10 .655 12-2 7-8 0-0 W4 Morehead State* 10 6 .625 5-3 5-3 W3 7-3 3-3 15 16 .484 7-6 7-9 1-1 W3 Jacksonville State 5 11 .313 5-3 0-8 L2 4-6 1-5 12 19 .387 11-3 1-16 0-0 L2 Tennessee Tech 4 12 .250 4-4 0-8 L4 3-7 1-5 12 18 .400 10-4 2-14 0-0 L5 Tennessee State 2 14 .125 2-6 0-8 L8 2-8 0-6 5 26 .161 5-8 0-17 0-1 L8 vs. vs. WEST DIVISION W L Pct. Home Away Streak East West W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Murray State #* 16 0 1.000 8-0 8-0 W16 6-0 10-0 26 4 .867 14-1 11-1 1-2 W24 UT Martin* 10 6 .625 6-2 4-4 L1 4-2 6-4 18 11 .621 9-3 9-8 0-0 L1 Eastern Illinois* 9 7 .563 5-3 4-4 L1 6-0 3-7 16 13 .552 9-4 6-8 1-1 L1 SIUE* 8 8 .500 7-1 1-7 L1 3-3 5-5 12 15 .444 11-3 1-12 0-0 L1 Southeast Missouri* 7 9 .438 4-4 3-5 W1 3-3 4-6 13 16 .448 9-5 4-10 0-1 W1 Austin Peay 3 13 .188 2-6 1-7 L1 1-5 2-8 8 22 .267 6-7 1-14 1-1 L1 # - OVC Regular Season Champions * - OVC Tournament Participant THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS 2015 OVC Basketball Championship Monday, February 23 Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn. *@Eastern Kentucky 76, Austin Peay 64 *Morehead State 86, @Tennessee State 70 Wednesday, March 4 (First Round) #5 Morehead State vs. #8 Southeast Missouri, 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) Thursday, February 26 #6 Eastern Illinois vs. #7 SIUE, 8:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Eastern Kentucky 63, Jacksonville State 57 *@Murray State 65, Eastern Illinois 57 Thursday, March 5 (Quarterfi nals) *@Austin Peay 64, SIUE 61 #4 UT Martin vs. Winner of Game 1, 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *UT Martin 69, @Tennessee State 52 #3 Belmont vs. Winner of Game 2, 8:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) *@Morehead State 86, Tennessee Tech 73 Friday, March 6 (Semifi nals) Saturday, February 28 #1 Murray State vs. Winner of Game 3, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) *@Morehead State 87, Jacksonville State 55 #2 Eastern Kentucky vs. Winner of Game 4, 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU) *@Belmont 88, Tennessee State 62 *Murray State 73, @UT Martin 67 Saturday, March 7 (Championship) *@Southeast Missouri 89, Austin Peay 65 Semifi nal Winners, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2/Westwood One) *@Eastern Kentucky 70, Tennessee Tech 67 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2014-15 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - March 2 • 1 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship March 4-7 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee Men’s Bracket WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 FRIDAY, MARCH 6 SATURDAY, MARCH 7 (First Round) (Quarterfi nals) (Semifi nals) (Championship) #5 Morehead State GAME 1 - 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #8 Southeast Missouri GAME 3 - 6:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #4 UT Martin GAME 5 - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) #1 Murray State GAME 7 - 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) OVC Champion and NCAA Automatic #2 Eastern Kentucky Qualifi er #3 Belmont GAME 6 - 8:30 p.m. (ESPNU) #6 Eastern Illinois GAME 4 - 8:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) GAME 2 - 8:00 p.m. (OVC Digital Network) #7 SIUE All Times Central 2014-15 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - March 2 • 2 OVC TOURNAMENT HISTORY Tournament Champions Tournament Championship Breakdown 1948-49 Western Kentucky 1989-90 Murray State Murray State 15 1949-50 Eastern Kentucky 1990-91 Murray State Western Kentucky 10 1950-51 Murray State 1991-92 Murray State Eastern Kentucky 6 1951-52 Western Kentucky 1992-93 Tennessee State Middle Tennessee 5 1952-53 Western Kentucky 1993-94 Tennessee State Austin Peay 4 1953-54 Western Kentucky 1994-95 Murray State Morehead State 4 1954-55 Eastern Kentucky 1995-96 Austin Peay Tennessee State 2 1963-64 Murray State 1996-97 Murray State Akron 1 1964-65 Western Kentucky 1997-98 Murray State Belmont 1 1965-66 Western Kentucky 1998-99 Murray State Eastern Illinois 1 1966-67 Tennessee Tech 1999-00 Southeast Missouri Southeast Missouri 1 1974-75 Middle Tennessee 2000-01 Eastern Illinois Tennessee Tech 1 1975-76 Western Kentucky 2001-02 Murray State 1976-77 Middle Tennessee 2002-03 Austin Peay 1977-78 Western Kentucky 2003-04 Murray State 1978-79 Eastern Kentucky 2004-05 Eastern Kentucky 1979-80 Western Kentucky 2005-06 Murray State 1980-81 Western Kentucky 2006-07 Eastern Kentucky 1981-82 Middle Tennessee 2007-08 Austin Peay 1982-83 Morehead State 2008-09 Morehead State 1983-84 Morehead State 2009-10 Murray State 1984-85 Middle Tennessee 2010-11 Morehead State 1985-86 Akron 2011-12 Murray State 1986-87 Austin Peay 2012-13 Belmont 1987-88 Murray State 2013-14 Eastern Kentucky 1988-89 Middle Tennessee All-Time Tournament Records By Team Akron (1978-87)....................................................................4-2 Austin Peay (1962-present) ...........................................38-33 Belmont (2012-present)......................................................3-1 East Tennessee State (1957-78) ..........................................3-6 Eastern Illinois (1996-present) ........................................5-11 Eastern Kentucky (1948-present)..................................38-33 Evansville (1948-52) .............................................................1-4 Jacksonville State (2003-present) .....................................2-4 Louisville (1948-50) ..............................................................2-1 Marshall (1949-52) ...............................................................2-4 Middle Tennessee State (1952-00) ...................................23-24 Morehead State (1948-present) .....................................29-40 Murray State (1948-present) ..........................................63-34 Samford (2003-08) ...............................................................3-5 Southeast Missouri State (1991-present) .....................10-12 SIUE (2012-present)............................................................0-1 Tennessee State (1986-present) ....................................12-23 Tennessee Tech (1949-present) ....................................24-41 UT Martin (1992-present) ...................................................2-8 Western Kentucky (1948-82) ..............................................34-7 Youngstown State (1980-88) ................................................3-5 2014-15 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - March 2 • 3 THIS WEEK’S adidas® OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION CO-PLAYER Kyle Schwartz Corey Walden, G • Sr., 6-2, 189 • Daytona Beach, Fla. • Eastern Kentucky Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Offi ce: (615) 690-6685 Cell: (615) 690-6685 With his team needing three wins in six days to win the OVC East and earn the No. 2 seed for the OVC E-mail: [email protected] Tournament, Walden averaged 17.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 1.0 assists/game while hitting 63 Web: http://www.OVCSports.com http://www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com percent (17-of-24) from the fi eld and 86.4 percent (19-of-22) from the free throw line in helping the Colonels accomplish that feat. While being limited to just 17 minutes at Austin Peay due to a lingering injury, Walden ONLINE PRESS BOX: The OVC Basketball Online Press Box is a scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had four steals in a win over Jacksonville State last Thursday. one-stop shop for gathering information about the OVC and its member He capped the week with a huge game against Tennessee Tech, helping the Colonels overcome the Golden schools. Media can access it OVCSports.com/basketballpressbox. Eagles in a three-point victory. Walden fi nished that game with a career-high 35 pointers on 11-of-14 shooting SOCIAL MEDIA: Get breaking news about the OVC by following the (and 13-of-15 free throws) and fi ve steals. The senior had a layup, key rebound and sank two free throws in OVC through Social Media. Check out the OVC sites at http://www. the fi nal 25 seconds to secure the victory. With his 11 steals during the week he tied the EKU career record twitter.com/OVCSports and http://www.facebook.com/ovcsports. Also and move into the OVC Top 10 lists for both steals in a season (84) and career (221). Walden currently ranks check out www.YouTube.com/ohiovalleyconference and the league’s fi rst in the OVC in steals (3.0/game), second in scoring (18.6 points/game), second in free throw percent- blog at www.OVCExtra.com. age (81.8%), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6), sixth in minutes played (34.2/game), seventh in fi eld goal WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week and percentage (54.1%) and seventh in assists (3.6/game). weekly notes report each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. CT. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league’s CO-PLAYER Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each Cameron Payne, G • So., 6-2, 180 • Memphis, Tenn. • Murray State gameday on the OVC Website. Payne averaged 26.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.5 steals/game in a pair of Murray State victories as the Racers wrapped-up just the with undefeated Conference record in league history (16-0) while also running its overall winning streak to an OVC record 24 games.