PUBLIC RELATIONS Mark Simpson, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Brian Verdi, Assistant Director Men’s Basketball Report [email protected] Brian Taylor, Public Relations Assistant March 16, 2015 [email protected] Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 POSTSEASON REPORT #BIGSOUTHMBB • BIGSOUTHSPORTS.COM • @BIGSOUTHMBB CONTACT: MARK SIMPSON 2014-15 BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS 2014-15 BIG SOUTH ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS Big South Overall TEAM W L PCT W L PCT Home Road Neu L10 Streak ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM x-Charleston Southern 13 5 .722 19 11 .633 13-2 6-8 0-1 7-3 L1 First-Team x-High Point 13 5 .722 22 9 .710 11-2 9-6 2-1 6-4 L2 Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern y-Coastal Carolina 12 6 .667 24 9 .727 15-2 8-7 1-0 8-2 W3 John Brown, High Point Radford 12 6 .667 21 11 .656 12-3 8-7 1-1 6-4 L1 Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb Javonte Green, Radford Winthrop 12 6 .667 19 13 .594 11-3 6-10 2-0 7-3 L1 Keon Moore, Winthrop UNC Asheville 10 8 .556 15 16 .484 8-6 6-10 1-0 4-6 L1 Gardner-Webb 10 8 .556 20 14 .588 12-2 5-10 3-2 5-5 L1 Second-Team Presbyterian College 6 12 .333 10 22 .313 7-8 3-11 0-3 3-7 L2 Andrew Rowsey, UNC Asheville Longwood 5 13 .278 11 23 .324 6-7 2-14 3-2 4-6 L1 Warren Gillis, Coastal Carolina Campbell 4 14 .222 10 22 .313 9-6 1-15 0-1 2-8 L2 Tyler Strange, Gardner-Webb Will Saunders, Charleston Southern Liberty 2 16 .111 8 24 .250 8-8 0-13 0-3 2-8 L2 Quincy Taylor, Longwood x - Big South Regular-Season Co-Champion Honorable Mention y - Big South Tournament Champion Jordan Downing, Presbyterian Arlon Harper, Charleston Southern NCAA POSTSEASON SCHEDULE 2015 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP R.J. Price, Radford DeSean Murray, Presbyterian Wednesday, March 18 - CIT First Round 2015 VISITMYRTLEBEACH.COM Josh Cameron, Coastal Carolina Maryland-Eastern Shore at HIGH POINT ............... 7:00pm MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Wednesday, March 18 - NIT First Round Wednesday, March 4 - First Round DeSean Murray, Presbyterian #8 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at #1 Old Dominion .....7:15pm (9) Longwood 65 .............................. (8) Presbyterian 61 Xavier Cooks, Winthrop (7) Gardner-Webb 72 ............................(10) Campbell 64 Kevin Vannatta, UNC Asheville Wednesday, March 18 - CBI First Round (6) UNC Asheville 80 ............................... (11) Liberty 70 Ryan Badowski, Longwood RADFORD at Delaware State ............................. 8:00pm Curtis Phillips, Campbell GARDNER-WEBB at Colorado ............................. 9:00pm Friday, March 6 - Quarterfi nals (9) Longwood 68 .................... (1) Charleston Southern 60 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Friday, March 20 - NCAA Tournament Second Round (5) Winthrop 67 ..................................... (4) Radford 66 Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern #16 COASTAL CAROLINA vs. #1 Wisconsin ............. 9:20pm (7) Gardner-Webb 72 ......................(2) High Point 71 (OT) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (3) Coastal Carolina 74 ......................(6) UNC Asheville 57 DeSean Murray, Presbyterian Saturday, March 7 - Semifi nals DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (5) Winthrop 71 .................................. (9) Longwood 58 Javonte Green, Radford (3) Coastal Carolina 73 .....................(7) Gardner-Webb 70 COACH OF THE YEAR Sunday, March 8 - Finals Barclay Radebaugh, Charleston So. (3) Coastal Carolina 81 ........................... (5) Winthrop 70 Big South school in ALL CAPS ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM All Times EST Andrew Ryan, Campbell ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Paul Gombwer, Charleston So. Elijah Wilson, Coastal Carolina (MVP) Tristian Curtis, Coastal Carolina Warren Gillis, Coastal Carolina Tyrell Nelson, Gardner-Webb Keon Moore, Winthrop Haiishen McIntyre, High Point Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb Ethan Layer, Liberty Shaquille Johnson, Longwood Damarion Geter, Longwood Kyle Noreen, Radford Giacomo Zilli, UNC Asheville Derrick Henry, Winthrop SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Giacomo Zilli, UNC Asheville BIG SOUTH MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTSEASON REPORT • CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK • MARCH 16, 2015 2014-15 CHOICE HOTELS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK BIG SOUTH IN THE NCAA STATISTICS WEEK CHOICE HOTELS PLAYER OF THE WEEK The following individuals and teams are ranked Nov. 17 G Andrew Rowsey, Soph., UNC Asheville - 27.0 PPG, 3.0 AST, 3.0 STL, 95.5 FT (21-of-22) at Wake and East Carolina in the NCAA statistics report, through games of March 15: Nov. 24 G Tyler Strange, Sr., Gardner-Webb - 14.3 PPG, 7.3 AST, 3.3 REB, 1.7 STL, 46.2 3FG (6-of-13), 71.4 FT (15-of-21) INDIVIDUAL (TOP 50) Dec. 1 G Andrew Rowsey, Soph., UNC Asheville - 28.5 PPG, 3.0 STL, 2.0 AST, 47.5 FG (19-of-40), 44.4 3FG (12-of-27) Free Throw Percentage Dec. 8 F John Brown, R-Jr., High Point - 22.5 PPG, 7.0 REB, 2.5 AST, 2.5 BLK, 1.5 STL, 51.7 FG (15-of-29), 83.3 FT (15-of-18) 2. Andrew Rowsey, UNC Asheville ............92.1 24. Warren Gillis, Coastal Carolina ............. 87.0 G Josh Cameron, Sr., Coastal Carolina - 18.0 PPG, 5.0 REB, 2.0 STL, 1.5 AST, 50.0 FG (13-of-26), 50.0 3FG (8-of-16) 34. Keon Moore, Winthrop ....................... 85.9 Dec. 15 F Jerome Hill, Jr., Gardner-Webb - 28 points, 19 rebounds, 4 blocks vs. Furman Three-Point Field Goal Percentage 2. Quincy Taylor, Longwood ...................48.0 Dec. 22 C D.J. Mason, Jr., Campbell - 13.5 PPG, 9.5 REB (4.5 OFF REB), 2.0 AST, 57.1 FG (12-of-21) in 2 GP 14. Keon Moore, Winthrop ....................... 43.2 23. Andrew Ryan, Campbell .................... 41.9 Jan. 5 G Josh Cameron, Sr., Coastal Carolina - 17.5 PPG, 2.0 REB, 1.0 AST, 54.5 FG (12-of-22), 75.0 3FG (9-of-12) in 2 GP 31. Will Saunders, Charleston Southern .......41.1 50. Andrew Rowsey, UNC Asheville ............38.2 Jan. 12 G Tyler Strange, Sr., Gardner-Webb - 16.5 PPG, 9.5 AST, 4.5 REB, 2.5 STL, 52.4 FG (11-of-21), 53.3 3FG (8-of-15) Assists Per Game Jan. 19 F Jerome Hill, Jr., Gardner-Webb - 25.5 PPG, 13.0 REB, 1.0 BLK, 51.5 FG (17-of-33), 85.0 FT (17-of-20) 4. Tyler Strange, Gardner-Webb .................7.4 Scoring Jan. 26 G Saah Nimley, Sr., Charleston Southern - 34.0 PPG, 5.5 REB, 3.5 AST, 52.5 FG (21-of-40), 47.8 3FG (11-of-23) 5. Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern ........ 21.2 26. Andrew Rowsey, UNC Asheville ............19.2 Feb. 2 F Javonte Green, Sr., Radford - 21.5 PPG, 8.5 REB, 1.0 STL, 1.0 BLK, 70.0 FG (14-of-20), 88.2 FT (15-of-17) 28. John Brown, High Point...................... 19.0 29. Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb ................. 18.9 Feb. 9 F Jerome Hill, Jr., Gardner-Webb - 22.0 PPG, 13.0 REB, 2.0 AST, 59.1 FG (13-of-22), 66.7 FT (18-of-27) 36. Keon Moore, Winthrop ....................... 18.5 G Andre Smith, Sr., Winthrop - 19.5 PPG, 3.5 REB, 3.0 AST, 2.0 STL, 53.8 FG (14-of-26), 50.0 3FG (9-of-18) Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 5. Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern ........ 3.47 Feb. 16 F John Brown, R-Jr., High Point - 27.5 PPG, 5.5 REB, 1.0 BLK, 69.0 FG (20-of-29), 83.3 FT (15-of-18) 6. Andrew Rowsey, UNC Asheville ............3.29 9. Will Saunders, Charleston Southern ...... 3.17 Feb. 23 G Saah Nimley, Sr., Charleston Southern - 29.5 PPG, 4.5 REB, 2.5 AST, 48.5 FG (16-of-33), 57.1 3FG (12-of-21), 83.3 FT 11. Keon Moore, Winthrop ....................... 3.16 March 1 G/F Theo Johnson, Jr., Liberty - 22.0 PPG, 5.0 REB, 3.0 AST, 50.0 FG (10-of-20), 77.4 FT (24-of-31) 37. Quincy Taylor, Longwood ................... 2.77 Field Goal Percentage 8. Tyrell Nelson, Gardner-Webb ...............59.7 33. John Brown, High Point...................... 54.6 39. Javonte Green, Radford .....................54.0 Double Doubles 9. Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb ....................17 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio 2014-15 THE CRONS BRAND FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK 10. Tyler Strange, Gardner-Webb ............... 3.07 29. Shivaughn Wiggins, Coastal Carolina ......2.61 WEEK THE CRONS BRAND FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Nov. 17 F Kem Ubaru, Fr., UNC Asheville - 13.5 PPG, 5.5 REB, 50.0 FG (8-of-16), 73.3 FT (11-of-15) at Wake and East Carolina Rebounds Per Game 15. Jerome Hill, Gardner-Webb ................. 10.1 Nov. 25 F Kem Ubaru, Fr., UNC Asheville - 14.0 PPG, 5.0 REB, 1.5 STL, 71.4 FG (10-of-14), 100.0 3FG (1-of-1), 70.0 FT (7-of-10) 39. Javonte Green, Radford ...................... 8.8 Blocked Shots Per Game Dec. 1 F Curtis Phillips, Fr., Campbell - 10.0 PPG, 2.5 REB, 1.0 STL, 45.5 FG (5-of-11), 100.0 FT (8-of-8) 23. Jaleel Roberts, UNC Asheville ............. 2.60 Steals Per Game Dec. 8 F Alex Wnuk, Fr., UNC Asheville - 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5-of-7 FG, 1-of-1 3FG vs. Limestone 45. Leron Fisher, Longwood ..................... 1.91 Dec. 15 G Peter Moller, Fr., Liberty - 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 9-of-12 FG, 4-of-5 3FG vs. Bluefi eld TEAM (TOP 30) Dec. 22 G Ryan Badowski, Fr., Longwood - 14.5 PPG, 6.0 REB, 1.0 STL, 58.3 FG (7-of-12), 50.0 3FG (4-of-8), 73.3 FT (11-of-15) Rebound Margin 4.