Bellarmine Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, KY 40205 Founded / Enrollment 1950 / 3,293 BELLARMINE BASKETBALL Nickname / Colors Knights / Scarlet & Silver 2011 NCAA II Champion • 4 NCAA II Final Fours • 20 NCAA II Tournament Appearances Conference ASUN Home Court Freedom Hall President Dr. Susan M. Donovan Bellarmine Knights Director of Athletics Scott Wiegandt Head Coach Scott Davenport (16th) vs. Transylvania Pioneers | Mount St. Joseph Lions Bellarmine Record 365-112 Friday, January 1, 7 p.m. | Saturday, January 2, 5 p.m. | Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY Overall Record 365-112 Assistant Coach Doug Davenport (5th) Assistant Coach Beau Braden (5th) MOST RECENT STARTERS Assistant Coach Al Davis (2nd) Bellarmine (1-3, 0-0 ASUN) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 32-22 F 0 Ethan Claycomb 6-7 205 Sr. 11.3 3.0 Vincennes, IN (20 Appearances, 4 Final Fours, 1 NCAA Title - 2011) Important Phone Numbers F 30 Nick Thelen 6-7 217 So. 7.3 2.3 Edgewood, KY Athletics Office 502-272-8381 G 1 Juston Betz 6-3 190 R-Jr. 3.0 1.7 New Albany, IN Sports Information Office 502-272-8078 G 25 CJ Fleming 6-0 180 Sr. 15.0 1.0 Cincinnati, OH SID - John Spugnardi, cell 502-905-0922 G 32 Pedro Bradshaw 6-7 185 Jr. 15.0 7.3 Russellville, KY Twitter/Instagram @BUKnightsMBB/@BellarmineMBB Head Coach: Scott Davenport, 16th season, 365-112 (76%) (FULL ROSTER: Page 3, TEAM STATS: Page 25) 2020-21 SCHEDULE Transylvania (0-4, 0-0 HCAC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Date Opponent Time F 22 Lucas Gentry 6-5 205 Sr. 9.5 5.3 Mt. Vernon, KY December F 23 Zach Larimore 6-4 180 Jr. 15.3 3.5 LaGrange, KY Tues. 4 at No. 6 Duke L 54-76 Sun. 6 at Howard W 84-63 F 34 Dominique Turner 6-5 185 Sr. 5.8 3.3 Shelbyville, KY Wed. 9 CHATTANOOGA L 68-77 G 10 Michael Jefferson 6-3 165 Sr. 6.3 5.0 Berea, KY Wed. 23 at Notre Dame L 70-81 G 12 Will Sivills 6-3 180 Sr. 1.8 0.8 Paducah, KY January Head Coach: Brian Lane, 20th season at Transy (FULL ROSTER: Page 2, TEAM STATS: Page 23) Fri. 1 TRANSYLVANIA 7 PM Sat. 2 MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 5 PM Mt. St. Joseph (0-3, 0-0 HCAC) Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Fri. 8 LIPSCOMB * 7 PM F 1 Devin Young 6-7 Jr. 13.3 3.3 Crestwood, KY Sat. 9 LIPSCOMB * 5 PM Fri. 15 at Florida Gulf Coast * 7 PM G 2 Tanner Clos 6-1 Jr. 9.3 4.3 Alexandria, KY Sat. 16 at Florida Gulf Coast * 7 PM G 23 Brady Thomas 5-10 Jr. 12.0 5.7 Grove City, OH Fri. 22 STETSON * 7 PM G 24 David Luers 6-0 Jr. 9.0 1.3 Lebanon, OH Sat. 23 STETSON * 5 PM G 32 Avery Paddock 6-4 So. 7.3 4.7 Alexandria, IN Fri. 29 at Kennesaw State * 7 PM Head Coach: Toby Carrigan, 10th season at Mount St. Joseph (FULL ROSTER: Page 2, TEAM STATS: Page 24) Sat. 30 at Kennesaw State * 5 PM February Fri. 5 JACKSONVILLE * 7 PM QUICK SHOTS KNIGHT INSIGHTS Sat. 6 JACKSONVILLE * 5 PM Fri. 12 at North Florida * 7 PM Series Records: Bellarmine leads Transy 43-40, • Bellarmine senior CJ Fleming missed the sea- Sat. 13 at North Florida * 5 PM Bellarmine leads MSJ 1-0. son’s first three games, but he showed no signs Fri. 19 NORTH ALABAMA * 7 PM Sat. 20 NORTH ALABAMA * 5 PM of rust in knocking down 5 of 6 triples against Fri. 26 at Liberty * 7 PM Radio: ESPN Louisville (93.9 FM The Notre Dame (tied for the second-best single- Sat. 27 at Liberty * 7 PM Ville); Doug Ormay, play-by-play; game 3-point shooting performance in school March Mark Bugg, color commentary history). The Cincinnati native also logged 34 Tues. 2 ASUN Championship minutes of action with no turnovers and four ESPN+ Nick Curran, play-by- Video: assists. * - ASUN game play; Forrest Smallwood/Nick Holmes, All Times ET • Thanks in part to Fleming’s outstanding shoot- color commentary ing at Notre Dame, the Bellarmine team ranks third in the nation in 3-point FG percentage at WARM-UPS 44.3%. Through Dec. 29, only Baylor (46.4%) and DePaul (45.5%) have been more accurate The Knights will get their final tests before than the Knights from downtown. moving into conference play with Transylvania • Bellarmine’s first-ever Division I win came Dec. and Mount St. Joseph coming in on Friday and Saturday. The timing of the games (7 p.m. and 6 at Howard in Washington, D.C., as the Knights 5 p.m.) was arranged to mimic what the Knights captured an 84-63 victory. Due to the pandemic will face in ASUN competition. forcing the postponement of fall sports, the win was the first at the DI level for any of BU’s Both games this weekend come against Division former Division II teams. III schools in close proximity to Bellarmine. While • Bookended around the Howard game was the Knights have an 83-game history against Bellarmine’s first-ever Division I game, at then- Transy, they have squared off aginst MSJ just No. 6 Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the once, a 95-52 win for BU in Knights Hall last Knights’ first-ever DI home game, which took year. (The teams also played an exhibition game place Dec. 9 against Chattanooga in Freedom back in 2017.) Hall, BU’s new home venue. • Pedro Bradshaw posted a career-high 22 The Pioneers and the Knights met regularly points against Chattanooga. The junior guard through 1989, but have played just once since made a career-best 10 field goals in 14 attempts. then and that game came back in 1998, a 76-67 Junior guard Dylan Penn set a new career high victory by Bellarmine in Knights Hall. with six assists against the Mocs, while junior Both Transy and Mount St. Joseph have already guard Juston Betz had a career-best three had a steady dose of D1 competion. All four steals and tied a career high with three assists. of the Pioneers previous games have come • Penn recorded Bellarmine’s first 20-point against DIs while the Lions have faced two DIs game in Division I after tallying 22 points against in their three contests. Howard. 2020-21 BELLARMINE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2020-21 Transylvania Pioneers Men’s Basketball Roster NO. NAME POS. YR. HT. WT. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS 0 Gavin Root G Sr. 6-0 175 Elizabethtown, Ky. / North Hardin 1 Quenton Turley G So. 6-1 185 Cynthiana, Ky. / Harrison Co. 2 Duce Ralls G So. 6-0 170 Mt. Sterling, Ky. / Montgomery Co. 4 Jaylan Green G Fr. 6-1 171 Lexington, Ky. / Frederick Douglass 5 Jack Patton G Jr. 6-0 165 Franklin, Tenn. / Franklin 10 Michael Jefferson G Sr. 6-2 165 Berea, Ky. / Madison Southern 11 Matthew Jones G Jr. 6-2 180 Louisville, Ky. / Louisville Southern 12 Will Sivills G Sr. 6-3 180 Paducah, Ky. / McCracken Co. 13 Will Cockrell F So. 6-6 185 Mt. Sterling, Ky. / Montgomery Co. 14 Brandon Cromwell G So. 6-0 186 Versailles, Ky. / Woodford Co. 15 Ethan Hudson G Fr. 6-1 180 Ashland, Ky. / Ashland 20 Devin Twenty G Sr. 5-11 165 Bradenton, Fla. / Lakewood Ranch 21 Simon Smith F Fr. 6-3 190 Louisville, Ky. / Saint Xavier 22 Lucas Gentry F Sr. 6-5 205 Mt. Vernon, Ky. / Rockcastle Co. 23 Zach Larimore F Jr. 6-4 190 La Grange, Ky. / Oldham Co. / BELLARMINE JOINS DIVISION I 24 Aiden Pashley G Jr. 6-5 187 Sydney, Australia / DME Sports Academy 25 Will Anderson F Sr.. 6-7 185 Tampa, Fla. / Jesuit On July 1, 2020, Bellarmine University celebrat- 30 Cameron King G Jr. 6-2 190 Lexington, Ky. / Lafayette ed the elevation of its athletics program from 31 CJ Brannen F So. 6-3 195 Cincinnati, Ohio / Beechwood NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I, making 32 JD Marshall C Jr. 6-7 190 Owensboro, Ky. / Owensboro Catholic Bellarmine the only private DI university in Ken- 34 Dominique Turner F Sr. 6-5 185 Shelbyville, Ky. / Collins tucky and one of only a handful of DI Catholic 35 Brice Scott F/C So. 6-6 240 Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Catholic universities in the South. Head Coach: Brian Lane Assistant Coaches: Mike Stone, John Hamilton, Conner Ruth All 22 of the Knights’ varsity sports programs now compete in Division I, including 17 in the ABOUT TRANSYLVANIA ASUN Conference. Don’t let the Pioneers’ 0-4 mark fool you, All-HCAC 1st Team guard Michael Jefferson Bellarmine’s move to DI was announced in Transylvania is poised for an outstanding 2020- returns to lead the Pioneers, and he is putting up the summer of 2019 as one of the first major 21 season after a landmark campaign last year. solid numbers averaging 3.8 assists per game, initiatives in the university’s strategic plan. The Pioneers captured first- to go along with 5 rebounds Stakeholder studies revealed the university place in the Heartland Collegiate and 6.3 points per game. Lucas and its student-athletes were well-poised for DI Athletic Conference regular Gentry, another all-conference competition. Transitioning to DI extends the uni- season standings then won the performer, also returns and versity’s geographic reach, supports enrollment conference tourney before drop- is leading the Pioneers in re- growth, improves diversity and achieves better ping their opening round NCAA bounding at 5.3 per game while gender balance.