Ohio Valley Conference Men s Basketball Report Austin Peay

2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Report Austin Peay | Eastern Illinois | Eastern Kentucky | Jacksonville State | Morehead State | Murray State | Samford | Southeast Missouri | Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech | UT Martin January 21, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Kyle Schwartz Phone: (615) 371-1698 Email: kschwartz@ovc.org Ohio Valley Conference 215 Centerview Drive, Suite 115 Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 www.OVCSports.com www.OVCSports.TV OVC STANDINGS (Through games on January 20) CONFERENCE Austin Peay Murray State Southeast Missouri Morehead State Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky Samford UT Martin Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois W 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 2 1 L 1 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 8 10 Pct. .889 .667 .600 .600 .600 .556 .500 .500 .400 .200 .091 Home 6-0 3-1 3-1 5-0 3-2 3-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-5 Away 2-1 3-2 3-3 1-4 3-2 2-3 2-3 3-2 2-3 0-5 0-5 Streak W2 W4 L4 W4 W3 W2 L1 W1 L3 L2 L6 W 12 10 11 8 9 8 8 8 8 4 2 L 7 7 9 9 11 10 10 10 12 14 17 Pct. .632 .588 .550 .471 .450 .444 .444 .444 .400 .222 .105 OVERALL Home 7-1 7-1 6-1 7-0 5-3 4-2 6-4 4-5 4-4 4-5 2-6 Away 4-5 3-5 4-7 1-9 4-8 4-6 2-6 4-5 3-8 0-8 0-10 Neutral 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 Streak W2 W5 L4 W4 W3 W2 L1 W1 L3 L2 L6 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Thursday, Jan. 24 *Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Morehead State at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *UT Martin at Samford, 7:30 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Tennessee Tech at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Austin Peay at Jacksonville State, 8:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) Saturday, Jan. 26 *Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech, 1:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Southeast Missouri at Murray State, 2:00 p.m. (TV: ESPN2) *UT Martin at Jacksonville State, 4:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Austin Peay at Samford, 7:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) *Morehead State at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Tuesday, Jan. 15 @Murray State 80, Indiana-South Bend 62 Thursday, Jan. 17 *@Eastern Kentucky 71, Jacksonville State 55 *@Morehead State 62, Samford 46 *@Tennessee Tech 74, Eastern Illinois 57 *@Tennessee State 87, Southeast Missouri 75 *@Austin Peay 86, UT Martin 71 Saturday, Jan. 19 *@Tennessee Tech 93, Southeast Missouri 76 *@Morehead State 85, Jacksonville State 70 *@Tennessee State 79, Eastern Illinois 72 *Murray State 76, @UT Martin 72 *Samford 64, @Eastern Kentucky 57 * Indicates OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 1 THIS WEEK'S OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Bruce Price, G • R-Jr., 6-1, 205 • Minneapolis, Minn. • Tennessee State Price averaged 26.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game last week as Tennessee State swept a pair of opponents at the Gentry Center. Price scored 33 points (his sixth 30-point career game) in an 87-75 victory over Southeast Missouri and added 20 points, five assists and two steals in a 79-72 win over Eastern Illinois. For the week Price hit 45.5 percent (15-of-33) from the field and 50 percent (7-of-14) from 3-point range. It marks the third time this season that Price has been honored as the OVC’s Player of the Week (Dec. 10, Jan. 2). Others Nominated: Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky; Maze Stallworth, Morehead State; Danero Thomas, Murray State; Anthony Fisher, Tennessee State; Lester Hudson, UT Martin. NEWCOMER Lester Hudson, G • Jr., 6-3, 190 • Memphis, Tenn. • UT Martin Hudson won his third Newcomer of the Week award (he also has three Player of the Week awards this season) after averaging 32.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game. Hudson, who is the nation’s leader in both points (27.6/game) and steals (3.6/game), hit 48.8 percent (21-of-43) from the field, 37.9 percent (11-of-29) from 3-point range and was perfect at the free throw line (11-of11). Hudson had 32 points against each Murray State and Austin Peay, who are the top two teams in the OVC standings. Hudson now has 12 games of 30 or more points this season. He also has 72 steals, just three away from the UT Martin single-season record just 20 games into the season. Others Nominated: Leon Buchanan, Morehead State; Jaycen Herring, Southeast Missouri. FRESHMAN Kenneth Faried, C • Fr., 6-8, 215 • Newark, N.J. • Morehead State Faried averaged a double-double last week, netting 14.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in a pair of Morehead State victories. He hit 59.1 percent (12-of-22) from the field and averaged 4.0 steals and 1.5 steals per contest. He had game-highs of 15 points and 12 rebounds in a 62-46 win over Samford, where he also had three steals. Faried added 13 points, 13 rebounds and five steals in a victory against Jacksonville State. The Eagles are now 6-4 in the OVC and in a tie for third place in the Conference standings. Others Nominated: Gerald Robinson, Jr. OVC MEDIA INFORMATION Kyle Schwartz Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations Phone: (615) 371-1698, x16 E-mail: kschwartz@ovc.org WEB SITE: For updated stats, standings, news and notes, log on to the official OVC site: www.OVCSports.com. WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players of the Week each Monday afternoon throughout the season. The full weekly notes report will be released each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. CT. The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the league's Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. OVC SID DIRECTORY AUSTIN PEAY Brad Kirtley Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number EASTERN ILLINOIS Rich Moser Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number EASTERN KENTUCKY Michael Clark Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number JACKSONVILLE STATE Josh Underwood Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number MOREHEAD STATE Randy Stacy Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number MURRAY STATE Dave Winder Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number SAMFORD Zac Schrieber Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Ron Hines Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number TENNESSEE STATE Wallace Dooley Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number TENNESSEE TECH Rob Schabert Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number UT MARTIN Joe Lofaro Cell Phone Email Web site Press Row Number (931) 221-7561 (931) 624-2904 kirtleyb@apsu.edu APSUGovernors.com (931) 221-7155 (217) 581-7480 (217) 508-8317 rlmoser@eiu.edu EIUpanthers.com (217) 581-7770 (859) 622-6170 (859) 358-8360 michael.clark@eku.edu EKUSports.com (859) 622-2226 (256) 782-5915 (256) 302-6140 underwood@jsu.edu JSUGamecockSports.com (256) 782-5583 (606) 783-2500 (606) 207-5120 r.stacy@moreheadstate.edu www.MSUEagles.com (606) 783-2126 (270) 809-7044 (270) 293-0566 dave.winder@murraystate.edu GoRacers.com (270) 809-5551 (205) 726-2802 (205) 532-3476 zdschrie@samford.edu SamfordSports.com (205) 726-2377 (573) 651-2294 (573) 450-6845 rhines@semo.edu GoSoutheast.com (573) 651-5014 (615) 963-5674 (615) 566-5026 wdooley@tnstate.edu TSUTigers.com (615) 565-7616 (931) 372-3088 (931) 267-1065 rschabert@tntech.edu TTUSports.com (931) 372-6077 (731) 881-7632 (731) 514-2905 jlofaro@utm.edu UTMSports.com (731) 881-7694 2007-08 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK PLAYER Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 10 Dec. 17 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Lester Hudson, UT Martin Lester Hudson, UT Martin DeAndre Bray, JSU/Daniel Northern, TTU Wes Channels, Austin Peay Bruce Price, Tennessee State Anthony Fisher/Amadi McKenzie, TTU Bruce Price, Tennessee State Drake Reed, APSU/Brandon Foust, SEMO Jan.14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 3 Bruce Carter, MUR/Lester Hudson, UTM Bruce Price, Tennessee State NEWCOMER Jan. 14 Nov. 12 Tarod Sanders, Murray State Jan. 21 Nov. 19 Leon Buchanan, Morehead State Jan. 28 Nov. 26 Calvin Williams, Southeast Missouri Feb. 4 Dec. 3 Leon Buchanan, Morehead State Dec. 10 Calvin Williams, SEMO/Djero Riedewald, UTM Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Dec. 17 Charles Moore, Tennessee Tech Feb. 25 Jan. 2 Lester Hudson, UT Martin Mar. 3 Jan. 7 Lester Hudson, UT Martin FRESHMAN Nov. 12 Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tenn. State Nov. 19 Marquis Weddle, UT Martin Nov. 26 Jeremy Bynum, JSU/Marquis Weddle, UTM Dec. 3 Marquis Weddle, UT Martin Dec. 10 Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee St. Dec. 17 Josh Davis, Samford Jan. 2 Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee St. Jan. 7 Marquis Weddle, UT Martin Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 3 Jonathan Toles, Jacksonville St. Lester Hudson, UT Martin Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State Kenneth Faried, Morehead State 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 2 NOTES FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE OVC Overview/This Week’s Highlights: The OVC entered last week with five teams tied for fourth place in the standings with 4-4 records and last week’s games did little to separate any one team from this close race...Austin Peay won its only game of the week and is two games ahead of the entire pack at 8-1...The Governors are followed closely by Murray State (6-3) and a trio of teams at 6-4 (Tennessee Tech, Southeast Missouri, Morehead State)...Three more teams are right behind that group at either 5-4 or 5-5 making each game in the race important...UT Martin junior guard Lester Hudson re-took the nation’s lead in scoring this week after a pair of 32 point games; Hudson is now averaging 27.6 points a contest, which is 0.1 ahead of Niagara’s Charron Fisher...Hudson also leads the nation in steals per game and is among the nation’s top 10 in 3-pointers made per game. OVCSports.TV: For the second consecutive year, fans can watch EVERY Conference matchup and all non-conference home contests this season at OVCSports.TV. The venture with JumpTV Sports (formerly XOS Technologies) allows fans to access live and on-demand streaming video and audio of all conference matchups on their home computer. The premium Web site was launched in July 2006 and streamed hundreds of events in its first season, including all Conference matchups in football and men’s and women’s basketball as well as select baseball, soccer, softball and volleyball games and OVC Championship events. Last season the OVC was one of just two Conferences nationally streaming every football and men’s and women’s basketball game on the Internet. Packages are available on a yearly, seasonally, monthly or per-event basis. This week’s games include: Jan. 24 - Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 - Morehead State at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 - UT Martin at Samford, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 - Tennessee Tech at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 - Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech, 1:00 p.m. Jan. 26 - UT Martin at Jacksonville State, 4:00 p.m. Jan. 26 - Austin Peay at Samford, 7:00 p.m. Jan. 26 - Morehead State at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. OVC Mandates Courtside Replay Systems For Basketball Games: On December 21, Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher, Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner, mandated the use of courtside replay systems at all OVC basketball venues for the remainder of the season. The mandate was reviewed by the OVC Board of Athletic Directors on Jan. 3 and the systems were put in place in all 11 venues by Jan. 12 and will be used in situations that are outlined by NCAA rules. Prior to this mandate, replay had only been available for games that were televised; the new mandate allows for officiating crews to watch replays regardless of the presence of television crews. UT Martin’s Hudson Nets First Quadruple-Double in Division I Men’s Basketball History: UT Martin junior guard Lester Hudson made NCAA Division I men’s basketball history on Tuesday, Nov. 13 when he recorded a quadruple-double in the Skyhawks 116-74 victory over Central Baptist College. He is believed to be the first men’s player to accomplish the feat at the Division I level. Hudson filled up the box score with 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in 31 minutes of play. He was 10-of-17 from the field and 5-of-7 from 3-point range and also blocked a shot. The 10 steals are the most for a Division I player this season. The transfer from Southwest Tennessee Community College was named OVC Player of the Week on Nov. 12 after his first week with the Skyhawk program. In research conducted by ESPN and the NCAA, no other recorded instances of a quadruple-double occurring at the Division I men’s basketball level have ever been record. At the Division I women’s level, UCLA’s Ann Meyers had 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in a 1978 contest against Stephen F. Austin. The feat has only happened four times in the NBA since the 1973-74 season (when the NBA started to officially recognize blocks and steals). The NBA players to accomplish the feat include David Robinson (Feb. 17, 1994), Hakeem Olajuwon (March 29, 1990), Alvin Robertson (Feb. 18, 1986) and Nate Thurmond (Oct. 18, 1974). The feat has also occurred once in the ABA (Jamel Staten on Feb 2, 2007) and once in the ABL (Debbie Black on Dec. 8, 1996). Four instances of it happening at the women’s Division III level have also been documented. Loos Elected to Austin Peay Hall of Fame: Current Austin Peay head coach and athletic director Dave Loos was elected into the Austin Peay Hall of Fame on Jan. 14. The winningiest coach in APSU history will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Feb. 16. It is the fourth Hall of Fame in which he is a member, as he is a member of the St. Louis Baseball Amateur Hall of Fame (he was a former prep player and coach), University of Memphis Athletics Hall of Fame (he was a twosport star for the Tigers) and the Missouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame (from his days coaching his alma mater of Mehlville High School). Jacksonville State Sets OVC Record for 3-Pointers Made in a Game: Jacksonville State set an OVC record for 3-pointers made in a game on Nov. 12 when they knocked down 19 triples in a 9974 victory over Tennessee Temple. The 19 3-pointers surpassed the record of 18 previously held by Morehead State (1995-96 season) and Tennessee Tech (1999-00 season). In that game, JSU point guard Will Ginn set the school with eight 3-pointers, while Jeremy Bynum added seven trifectas. OVC Reaches 60th Year: This year marks the 60th season of basketball in the Ohio Valley Conference, which was formed in 1948. The OVC is the eighth oldest Division I Conference. Familiar Faces: When players take to the court this season, teams and fans will see a lot of familiar faces on the court. Less than 30 players finished their eligibility at the end of last season, meaning COACHES TELECONFERENCE During the regular season a weekly teleconference featuring the league’s 11 head coaches will be held on Monday mornings at 10 a.m. Central Time. The initial teleconference will take place on Monday, Dec. 3. Following a break for the holidays, the schedule resumes and goes weekly beginning Monday, Jan. 14 and continues through the OVC Tournament. A schedule of what times coaches will appear weekly is below. For information on how to access the call, please contact Kyle Schwartz in the OVC Office (615-371-1698 or kschwartz@ovc.org). Following each teleconference, the audio will be cut-up and posted at OVCSports.com. Any media members who would like .mp3 files of a particular coach should also contact Schwartz. 10:00 10:05 10:10 10:15 10:20 10:25 10:30 10:35 10:40 10:45 10:50 10:55 - Call Opens/Announcements - Bret Campbell, UT Martin - Mike Sutton, Tennessee Tech - Cy Alexander, Tennessee State - Scott Edgar, Southeast Missouri - Jimmy Tillette, Samford - Billy Kennedy, Murray State - Donnie Tyndall, Morehead State - Mike LaPlante, Jacksonville State - Jeff Neubauer, Eastern Kentucky - Mike Miller, Eastern Illinois - Dave Loos, Austin Peay 2008 OVC TOURNAMENT The 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s & Women’s Tournaments will be held March 4, 7-8. The first round games will be held at campus sites (top four seeds on each side) on Tuesday, March 4. Those games can be seen live on OVCSports.TV. The winners of those games will shift to historic Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tenn. for the semifinals and finals. The men’s semifinals will be held on Friday, March 7 at 6 and 8 p.m. and televised on ESPNU with the championship game on Saturday, March 8 at 4 p.m. and televised live on ESPN2 (note, this is a change from the original time announced). The women’s semifinals are set for 12 and 2 p.m. on March 7th (televised on OVCSports.TV) and the women’s championship game is set for March 8 at 11 a.m. and will be televised on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS). This marks the 14th time in 15 years that the tournament has been held in Nashville and the fifth time it will take place in Municipal. The event was also held there in 1989, 1994, 1995 and 2004. CREDENTIALS. Credential request forms will be available on OVCSports.com beginning in January (you can also contact Kyle Schwartz at kschwartz@ovc.org). The deadline to request credentials is WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27. No credentials will be mailed; they can be picked up at Media Will-Call, located at the back entrance of the arena, off 5th Avenue. 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 3 every team has several experienced players back this season. Two teams - Austin Peay and Eastern Illinois - return all five starters as well as double-digit letterwinners (EIU did not lose a single letterwinner from last season). Jacksonville State and Southeast Missouri each return four starters while Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, Samford and Tennessee State will have three starters apiece back. All 11 Head Coaches Return: There was no turnover in the OVC coaching ranks at the completion of last season as all 11 OVC men’s basketball coaches return this season to guide their respective squads. It marks only the sixth time in the last 30 years (dating back to the 1978-79 season) that every Conference head coach has returned from the previous season. The other years in which every coach returned were 1978-79, 1993-94, 1994-95, 2001-02 and 2004-05. Alexander and Steinbrecher Named to NCAA Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group: This past June NCAA President Myles Brand announced the establishment of the Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group. The group, which includes Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Jon A. Steinbrecher and Tennessee State University head men’s basketball coach Cy Alexander, is comprised of presidents and chancellors, head coaches, commissioners, directors of athletics and faculty athletics representatives and is charged with developing strategies to enhance academic performance and graduation rates in Division I men’s basketball. Specifically, the charge to the Division I Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group is to: (1) Analyze available data, research and literature regarding the academic performance trends of Division I men’s basketball student-athletes, (2) Identify characteristics and factors in the sport that may be serving to impair the academic performance of Division I men’s basketball student-athletes, (3) Identify changes that would enhance academic performance and graduation rates in Division I men’s basketball, (4) Submit to the Division I Board of Directors, no later than the end of 2008, a set of recommendations and proposals that would enhance APR and graduation rates in Division I men’s basketball and (5) Maintain ongoing communication with, and seek reactions from, the NCAA governance structure, the NABC membership and conference offices during the course of the project. Austin Peay Picked as Preseason Favorite: In a preseason vote of league head coaches and sports information directors, defending regular season champion Austin Peay has been picked to repeat as champions in 2007-08. The Governors were 16-4 last season in claiming their seventh OVC regular season championship and lost in the finals of OVC Tournament. They received 19 of a possible 22 first-place votes. Eastern Kentucky, last year’s Tournament Champion, was picked to finish second and received one first-place vote. Tennessee Tech, who received the other two firstplace votes, was picked third, followed by Murray State, Southeast Missouri, Tennessee State, Samford, Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State, Morehead State and UT Martin. All-Time Preseason Predicted Order of Finish: Does being picked the preseason favorite mean good things for a team? In the 28 years of preseason OVC polls that are available, the preseason poll predicted the eventual league champion 60.7 percent of the time (17 out of 28). That was a much better percentage than the preseason football polls, which predicted the OVC champion only 42.9 percent of the time. from 1994-95 through 1999-00, the preseason champion was picked correctly, but over the last eight years, the preseason poll has correctly predicted the champion only every other season (incorrectly picking Samford last season). If that trend continues, it would mean good things for Austin Peay this year. Reed Tabbed as Preseason Player of the Year: Austin Peay junior forward Drake Reed was tabbed as the preseason OVC Player of the Year in a vote of league head coaches and sports information directors. Reed was named the 2006-07 OVC Player of the Year after helping Austin Peay to the regular season championship; he became the first sophomore to take home OVC Player of the Year honors since Murray State’s Ron “Popeye” Jones did in 1990. Reed was one of 10 players selected to the preseason All-OVC team. He was joined by Bruce Carter (Murray State), Anthony Fisher (Tennessee Tech), Brandon Foust (Southeast Missouri), Adam Leonard (Eastern Kentucky), Fernandez Lockett (Austin Peay), Romain Martin (Eastern Illinois), Amadi McKenzie (Tennessee Tech), Travis Peterson (Samford) and Mike Rose (Eastern Kentucky). Multiple Postseason Berths: Last season the OVC had a team in each the NCAA Tournament and the National Invitational Tournament on both the men’s and women’s side. For the men, Eastern Kentucky played in the NCAA Tournament, while Austin Peay was the NIT representative. That marked the first time since the 2002 season (when Murray State made the NCAA’s and Tennessee Tech the NIT) that the OVC had put two men’s squads into the postseason. On the women’s side, Southeast Missouri (NCAA) and Murray State (NIT) accomplished the feat, marking the second year in a row two women’s squads had earned postseason bids. Only one other time in OVC history (1989) had four total teams played in the postseason; that year Murray State (NCAA) and Middle Tennessee (NIT) were in on the men’s side while Tennessee Tech (NCAA) and Murray State (NIT) advanced to postseason on the women’s side. OVC Schools in O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters Series: For the second straight year, all 11 Ohio Valley Conference schools will participate in the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters series. Five schools will host games this season while the other six will go on the road. Austin Peay has competed in the most BracketBusters games, competing in each of the past four years. Murray State (3-0) and Tennessee-Martin (2-0) are the only OVC schools with unblemished records in BracketBusters play. In its sixth year, O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters is an ESPN television property that was tremendously successful with its first five events in February of 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The event has allowed Division I conferences to participate in a cutting-edge format that OVC RECORD BOOK WATCH CAREER FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Warren Kidd, MTSU (1991-93) Alonzo Hird, EKU (2004-06) Carlos Rogers, TSU (1992-94) Jim Clemens, TTU (1971-74) Lorenzo Coleman, TTU (1993-97) Matt Sisley, SEMO (1992-93) Joe Williams, APSU (1999-01) Amadi McKenzie, TTU (2004-present) Mike Lahm, MUR (1983-85) Jerry Beck, MTSU (1989-92) 11. Chris Ogden, MUR (1986-90) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. .664 .620 .617 .602 .601 .598 .596 .592 .592 .592 .591 Note: McKenzie’s is 432-of-730 from the field in his career. CAREER 3-POINTERS MADE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Joe Sibbitt, APSU (1994-98) DeWayne Powell, UTM (1992-96) Henry Domercant, EIU (2000-03) Matt Witt, EKU (2002-06) J. Robert Merritt, SAM (2003-06) Frank Allen, MUR (1989-93) Nick Stapleton, APSU (1998-02) Jamie Roberts, TSU (1997-00) Ricky Minard, MOR (2000-04) Robert Taylor, MTSU (1989-93) Todd Babington, APSU (2004-present) Bruce Price, TSU (2003-present) 319 302 285 283 263 251 244 228 226 222 204 171 CAREER 3-POINTERS ATTEMPTED 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Joe Sibbitt, APSU (1994-98) Matt Witt, EKU (2002-06) DeWayne Powell, UTM (1992-96) Henry Domercant, EIU (2000-03) Nick Stapleton, APSU (1998-02) Jamie Roberts, TSU (1997-00) Frank Allen, MUR (1989-93) Monty Wilson, TSU (1992-97) Robert Taylor, MTSU (1989-93) J. Robert Merritt, SAM (2003-06) Todd Babington, APSU (2004-present) Bruce Price, TSU (2003-present) 830 775 763 704 662 658 653 641 619 590 548 522 CAREER ASSISTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Bruce Jones, EKU (1977-81) Van Usher, TTU (1989-92) Norman Jackson, APSU (1974-78) Matt Witt, EKU (2002-06) John DeCamillis, EKU (1982-86) Colby Pierce, APSU (1993-97) Anthony Avery, TTU (1985-89) Walker Russell, JSU (2003-06) Don Mann, MUR (1985-89) Carlton Clarington, TTU (1981-85) Reiley Ervin, TSU (2004-present) Derek Wright, APSU (2004-present) 699 690 637 630 626 593 591 590 531 470 386 382 1,000 POINT CLUB Entering the season, only two active OVC players had scored more than 1,000 points in their careers. A third (Amadi McKenzie) joined the list on Dec. 6 and a fourth (Drake Reed) did so on Jan. 3. The newest member (Bobby Catchings) entered the list on Jan. 17. Below is a list of the players who have the best shot at joining that club this season. Anthony Fisher, TTU (2004-present) 1,517 Bruce Price, TSU (2003-present) 1,367 Amadi McKenzie, TTU (2004-present) 1,144 Drake Reed, APSU (2005-present) 1,079 Bobby Catchings, EIU (2003-present) 1,025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Rose, EKU (2005-present) 947 Travis Peterson, SAM (2004-present) 945 Fernandez Lockett, APSU (2004-present) 867 Joe Ross Merritt, SAM (2004-present) 842 Todd Babington, APSU (2004-present) 838 Reiley Ervin, TSU (2004-present) 827 Romain Martin, EIU (2006-present) 654 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 4 involves “wild-card” pairings for the pool of participating teams, with half of the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters teams pre-designated as “home” and the remaining half as “road” teams. The 2008 O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters will take place over two days for the third straight year — FridaySaturday, February 22-23 — with a total pool of 100 teams representing 16 conferences in a 50game event. In an effort to provide a greater opportunity for NCAA Tournament-caliber teams, the event had expanded its pool of teams (18 in 2003, 46 in 2004, 64 in 2005, 100 in 2006 and 102 in 2007) each year to produce a better cross section of squads for the hoops bonanza. A minimum of 14 games will be televised, including six games on ESPN2, five games on ESPNU — ESPN’s collegiate network that was launched on March 4, 2005 — and two games on ESPN360 — ESPN’s broadband network. In 2008, one game will air live on ESPN Classic for the first time. The remaining 36 contests will not be televised by the ESPN family of networks. The evaluation and pairings of teams for the ESPN television package will be made by the staff of ESPN, in consultation with the commissioners of participating conferences. Consideration will be given to avoiding match-ups of conference teams and match-ups of any teams that have already met during the current season. ESPN, in consultation with the conference commissioners, will make pairings decisions on Sunday, February 3, and those selections will be announced on Monday afternoon, February 4. The selection of ESPN networks and start times will not be announced until Monday, February 11. Pairing decisions for the remaining games that will not be televised will be announced by Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 11 a.m. Eastern. A Look Back at 2006-07: Austin Peay was dominant during the 2006-07 regular season, winning 16 games (the second most in a 20-game OVC schedule) as the Governors earned its seventh OVC regular season crown and the No. 1 seed for the OVC Tournament. But Austin Peay had challengers, as three teams (Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, Murray State) finished tied for second in the standings and were hungry to claim the League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Murray State was upset at home by Samford in the first round of the tournament while Austin Peay, EKU and Tech all won their first round games to advance to the semifinals and finals in Nashville. Austin Peay dispatched Samford and Eastern Kentucky outlasted Tennessee Tech in the other semifinal. The championship could be called an “instant classic” as the two teams took each others best shots. EKU led the entire first half (and by as many as 10 points) before Austin Peay claimed its first lead early in the second half before once again falling behind by double digits (this time 11 points) midway through the half. A furious comeback was capped by two Wes Channels free throws with 22 seconds left as the Govs led 62-61. The game, however, would be decided by Josh Taylor who scored on a driving lay-up with 2.9 seconds left to give EKU its fifth OVC Tournament Championship. Eastern would go on to earn a No. 16 seed and play North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As the League’s regular season champion, Austin Peay received a bid to the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and traveled to Colorado to battle Air Force. It marked the first time since the 2004 season that two OVC teams were competing in the postseason during the same year. Austin Peay sophomore forward Drake Reed was named Player of the Year (becoming the first sophomore to win the award in 17 years) while Governors coach Dave Loos won his record fifth OVC Coach of the Year crown. Eastern Illinois’ Romain Martin and Eastern Kentucky’s Adam Leonard shared the OVC Freshman of the Year award. OVC VS. OTHER CONFERENCES America East ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic-10 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big 12 Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Independents Ivy Metro Atlantic Athletic Mid-American MEAC Missouri Valley Mountain West Non-Division I Teams Northeast Pac-10 SEC Southern Southland SWAC Summitt Sun Belt West Coast Western Athletic TOTAL NON-CONFERENCE RECORD 1-0 0-5 3-5 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-7 1-3 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-4 0-2 2-3 0-2 18-0 0-0 1-0 0-8 0-1 0-5 0-0 1-2 2-4 0-0 1-1 34-61 ALL-TIME OVC COACHING VICTORIES Austin Peay head coach Dave Loos is in his 18th season with the Governors in 2007-08. His 283 victories as head coach is third most among all coaches who have ever roamed the OVC sidelines. Loos is only 36 wins away from Cal Luther’s all time record of 319 wins. Luther spent 23 years at two different OVC schools (Murray State and UT Martin). Loos’ 17 years as an OVC head coach is second behind only Luther. 1. Cal Luther, MUR/UTM (1958-74, 92-99) 319 2. E.A. Diddle, WKU (1948-64) 296 3. Dave Loos, APSU (1990-present 283 4. Lake Kelly, APSU (1971-77, 85-90) 189 5. Madison Brooks, ETSU (1957-73) 186 6. Paul McBrayer, EKU (1948-62) 181 7. Bob Laughlin, MOR (1953-65) 166 8. Jimmy Earle, MTSU (1969-79) 164 9. John Oldham, WKU (1964-71) 146 10. Bruce Stewart, MTSU (1984-91) 141 NATIONAL POLLS Now in its ninth season, CollegeInsider.com produces a weekly Mid-Major Top 25 poll. The poll includes teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MidEastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summitt, Sun Belt and West Coast. The poll is voted on my coaches from the above-mentioned conferences. COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (as of 1/14) No. Team Record Pts. 1. Butler (30) 16-1 774 2. Gonzaga (1) 12-4 734 3. St. Mary’s (1) 14-2 713 4. Drake 14-1 670 5. Kent State 13-3 628 6. Akron 12-3 547 7. Sam Houston State 13-2 526 8. VCU 11-4 494 9. George Mason 11-5 473 10. UC Santa Barbara 13-4 459 11. Creighton 12-3 441 12. Illinois State 13-3 423 13. Stephen F. Austin 13-2 404 14. South Alabama 13-3 344 15. Western Kentucky 12-5 343 16. Cal State Northridge 12-3 277 17. IUPUI 13-3 270 18. Cleveland State 12-5 238 19. Davidson 8-6 227 20. UNC Asheville 12-4 171 21. Holy Cross 9-5 132 22. Valparaiso 12-5 122 23. Niagara 11-4 71 24. Chattanooga 12-5 69 25. Wagner 12-4 66 Others (OVC Only): Austin Peay (24 votes); Southeast Missouri (4 votes). 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 5 2007-08 SUPERLATIVES Quadruple-Doubles Lester Hudson, UT Martin (1) 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) Double-Doubles Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech (7) 18 points, 14 rebounds vs. N.C. Central (11/21) 18 points, 10 rebounds vs. Austin Peay (12/1) 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois (12/6) 22 points, 12 rebounds vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/5) 14 points, 14 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (1/10) 12 points, 15 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois (1/17) 11 points, 11 rebounds vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) Gerald Robinson, UT Martin (6) 29 points, 12 rebounds vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 19 points, 12 rebounds vs. Central Arkansas (11/15) 10 points, 11 rebounds vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 25 points, 16 rebounds vs. Covenant College (11/19) 11 points, 10 rebounds vs. Austin Peay (1/3) 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. Murray State (1/19) Lester Hudson, UT Martin (5) 35 points, 10 rebounds vs. #3 Memphis (11/5) 27 points, 11 rebounds vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 28 points, 11 rebounds vs. Arkansas State (11/29) 26 points, 11 rebounds vs. UNLV (12/22) 29 points, 10 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois (1/10) Brandon Foust, Southeast Missouri (4) 19 points, 10 rebounds vs. Tulsa (12/22) 12 points, 11 rebounds vs. Central Methodist (12/30) 25 points, 10 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois (1/5) 10 points, 12 rebounds vs. Murray State (1/7) Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech (4) 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. Bluefield College (11/27) 10 points, 11 rebounds vs. Austin Peay (12/1) 16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Georgia Tech (12/27) 20 points, 12 rebounds vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) Calvin Williams, Southeast Missouri (3) 13 points, 10 rebounds vs. Evansville (11/20) 11 points, 10 rebounds vs. Coppin State (11/23) 16 points, 12 rebounds vs. Tennessee State (12/6) Drake Reed, Austin Peay (3) 18 points, 11 rebounds vs. Belmont (11/17) 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. UT Martin (1/3) 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (1/5) Jerrell Houston, Tennessee State (3) 16 points, 11 rebounds vs. Murray State (1/5) 12 points, 11 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (1/12) 12 points, 14 rebounds vs. Southeast Missouri (1/17) Kenneth Faried, Morehead State (3) 24 points, 12 rebounds vs. Alice Lloyd (11/26) 15 points, 12 rebounds vs. Samford (1/17) 13 points, 13 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (1/19) Travis Peterson, Samford (2) 12 points, 10 assists vs. Lipscomb (11/26) 13 points, 11 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (12/6) Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky (2) 25 points, 11 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois (12/17) 14 points, 11 rebounds vs. Austin Peay (12/22) Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay (2) 14 points, 10 rebounds vs. Valparaiso (11/24) 23 points, 13 rebounds vs. Southeast Missouri (1/12) Leon Buchanan, Morehead State (2) 15 points, 12 rebounds vs. Alice Lloyd (11/26) 18 points, 10 rebounds vs. UT Martin (1/12) Olajide Hay, UT Martin (1) 14 points, 11 rebounds vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) Bryan Friday, Samford (1) 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. Belmont (11/15) J.R. Weathers, Jacksonville State (1) 13 points, 11 rebounds vs. Texas State (11/17) Amadou Mbodji, Jacksonville State (1) 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. Berry College (11/20) Curtis West, Samford (1) 12 points, 11 rebounds vs. Towson (11/20) Will Bogan, Southeast Missouri (1) 15 points, 12 rebounds vs. Coppin State (11/23) Erik Adams, Jacksonville State (1) 10 points, 10 rebounds vs. Samford (12/6) Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois (1) 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Tennessee Tech (12/6) Djero Riedewald, UT Martin (1) 18 points, 10 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (12/8) Tony Easley, Murray State (1) 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (12/18) DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State (1) 10 points, 13 assists vs. Southeast Missouri (12/20) Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State (1) 2008-09 SIGNEES Below are lists of players who have signed National Letters of Intent at OVC schools during the early signing period. AUSTIN PEAY Tyrone Caldwell, G, 6-0, Clarksville, Tenn. Anthony Campbell, F, 6-7, Edwardsville, Ill. Robert Elam, F, 6-6, Batesburg, S.C. James Harris, G, 5-10, Kalamazoo, Mich. Mike Smith, F, 6-5, Bronx, N.Y. EASTERN ILLINOIS Daimian Garrett, G/F, 6-6, Evansville, Ind. Will Hamilton, G, 6-3, Greenfield, Ind. James Hollowell, F, 6-5, Indianapolis, Ind. Jay Smith, G, 6-2, Terre Haute, Ind. EASTERN KENTUCKY Cordaro Ellis, F, 6-8, Lynchburg, Va. Joshua Jones, G, 6-4, Indianapolis, Ind. MOREHEAD STATE Tyler Brown, G, 6-3, Owensboro, Ky. Devon Carter, F, 6-8, Rome, Ga. Dwayne Davis, G/F, 6-4, Philadelphia, Pa. Jamal Jackson, G, 6-1, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Steve Peterson, G/F, 6-5, Columbus, Ga. MURRAY STATE Ivan Aska, F, 6-7, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. SAMFORD Jeffrey Merritt, G, 6-6, Oklahoma City, Okla. John Peterson, F, 6-7, Boca Raton, Fla. TENNESSEE TECH Zach Bailey, G, 6-1, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Tyler McDaniels, F, 6-8, Snellville, Ga. 2008 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTERS For the third straight year, all 11 OVC teams will compete in the 2008 O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters series in February (22-23). The event began in 2003 and has had OVC teams compete in it during each of the past four years. Austin Peay has competed in the most events (4), while Murray State (3-0) and UT Martin (2-0) have the best record in the event. Below is a complete history of OVC teams in the event. ALL-TIME RECORDS/FACTS All-Time Record: 9-16 All-Time Home: 5-6 All-Time Road: 4-10 Most Appearances: Austin Peay (4) Best Record: Murray State (3-0) Undefeated Teams: Murray State (3-0), UT Martin (2-0) 2003 No participants 2004 Austin Peay at Wichita State 2005 Austin Peay at East Tennessee State Murray State at Rice 2006 Arkansas State at Austin Peay Eastern Michigan at Eastern Illinois UNC Asheville at Eastern Kentucky New Orleans at Jacksonville State Morehead State at Central Michigan Illinois-Chicago at Murray State Samford at Ohio (TV - ESPN 360) Southeast Missouri at UC Riverside Tennessee State at Ball State Tennessee Tech at Bradley Tennessee-Martin at Evansville L, 62-47 L, 85-81 W, 69-63 W, 92-71 L, 65-50 L, 83-77 W, 79-74 L, 87-76 W, 72-68 L, 64-52 L, 69-61 W, 70-69 L, 77-62 W, 69-62 2007 Austin Peay at Akron (TV - ESPNU) L, 74-57 Eastern Illinois at Loyola (Chicago) L, 66-43 Eastern Kentucky at Youngstown State L, 66-61 Jacksonville State at Chattanooga L, 75-64 Bowling Green at Morehead State L, 90-72 Murray State at Rider W, 58-51 Evansville at Samford L, 69-65 Louisiana Tech at Southeast Missouri L, 72-56 Loyola College (Md.) at Tennessee State L, 62-60 Northwestern State at Tennessee Tech W, 85-84 (OT) Saint Peter’s at UT Martin W, 59-58 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 6 2007-08 SUPERLATIVES 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. Norfolk State (12/29) Kevin Thomas, Murray State (1) 14 points, 10 assists vs. Austin Peay (1/10) Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky (1) 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. Jacksonville State (1/17) Jake Byrne, Eastern Illinois (1) 10 points, 12 rebounds vs. Tennessee Tech (1/17) Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State (1) 11 points, 10 assists 30-Plus Point Games 36 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 36 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. #15 Vanderbilt (12/29) 35 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. #3 Memphis (11/5) 35 ............... Leon Buchanan, Morehead State vs. Bowling Green (11/17) 34 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State at #15 Indiana (12/3) 34 ............... Maze Stallworth, Morehead State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/19) 33 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (1/17) 32 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Covenant College (11/19) 32 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/6) 32 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (1/12) 32 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/17) 32 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Murray State (1/19) 31 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Maine (11/6) 31 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/6) 31 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Jacksonville State (12/8) 31 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/3) 30 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. St. Peter’s (12/1) 20-Plus Point Games 29 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 29 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Morehead State (12/19) 28 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Arkansas State (11/29) 28 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/17) 28 ............... J.J. Wesley, Jacksonville State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/20) 28 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Murray State (1/5) 28 ............... Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. Samford (1/19) 27 ............... Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois vs. Harris Stowe (11/10) 27 ............... Jeremy Bynum, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Temple (11/12) 27 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 27 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Covenant College (11/19) 27 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/3) 27 ............... Tyler Laser, Eastern Illinois vs. Murray State (1/3) 27 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Tennessee State (1/7) 26 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Cumberland (11/9) 26 ............... Tyler Holloway, Murray State vs. Arkansas State (11/26) 26 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. UNLV (12/22) 26 ............... Bruce Carter, Murray State vs. Austin Peay (1/10) 25 ............... Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. W.V. Wesleyan (11/10) 25 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 25 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. North Dakota State (11/19) 25 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Covenant College (11/19) 25 ............... Wes Channels, Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech (12/1) 25 ............... Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State (12/8) 25 ............... Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. Eastern Illinois (12/17) 25 ............... Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky vs. Eastern Illinois (12/17) 25 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. #15 Vanderbilt (12/29) 25 ............... Brandon Foust, Southeast Missouri vs. Eastern Illinois (1/5) 24 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Georgia Tech (11/11) 24 ............... Will Ginn, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Temple (11/12) 24 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Union College (11/13) 24 ............... Joe Ross Merritt, Samford vs. Belmont (11/15) 24 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 24 ............... Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Alice Lloyd (11/26) 24 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. Austin Peay (12/1) 24 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State (12/8) 24 ............... Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. Belmont (12/19) 24 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. #17 Vanderbilt (12/22) 24 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (1/12) 23 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. Bluefield College (11/27) 23 ............... Frank Davis, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (12/8) 23 ............... Josh Davis, Samford vs. Reinhardt (12/15) 23 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 23 ............... Trey Montgomery, Samford vs. Murray State (12/20) 23 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Georgia Tech (12/27) 23 ............... Darius Cox, Tennessee State vs. UT Martin (1/7) 23 ............... Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Southeast Missouri (1/12) 23 ............... Drake Reed, Austin Peay vs. Southeast Missouri (1/12) 23 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Jacksonville State (1/12) 22 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Florida (11/11) 22 ............... Dorien Brown, Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State (11/16) 22 ............... Jerrell Houston, Tennessee State vs. Akron (11/18) 22 ............... Roderick Pearson, Southeast Missouri vs. Longwood (11/24) 22 ............... Drake Reed, Austin Peay vs. Belmont (12/19) 22 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/5) 22 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/5) 22 ............... Julio Anthony, Eastern Illinois vs. Southeast Missouri (1/5) OVC ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS POINTS SCORED 1,517 Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech 1,367 Bruce Price, Tennessee State 1,144 Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech 1,079 Drake Reed, Austin Peay 1,025 Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois 947 Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky 945 Travis Peterson, Samford 867 Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay 842 Joe Ross Merritt, Samford 838 Todd Babington, Austin Peay 827 Reilly Ervin, Tennessee State REBOUNDS 664 Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech 584 Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay 486 Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky 470 Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois 459 Drake Reed, Austin Peay 369 Travis Peterson, Samford 321 Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech 314 Bruce Price, Tennessee State 308 Jake Byrne, Eastern Illinois 276 Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky 270 Kyle Duncan, Austin Peay 255 Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech ASSISTS 386 Reilly Ervin, Tennessee State 382 Derek Wright, Austin Peay 330 Bruce Price, Tennessee State 325 Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech 324 DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State 240 Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State 239 Travis Peterson, Samford 174 Will Ginn, Jacksonville State 151 Joe Ross Merritt, Samford 135 Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois 133 Adam Leonard, Eastern Kentucky STEALS 190 Derek Wright, Austin Peay 160 Bruce Price, Tennessee State 113 Reilly Ervin, Tennessee State 110 Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech 105 Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay 105 Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky 95 DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State 92 Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech 80 Adam Leonard, Eastern Kentucky 72 Lester Hudson, UT Martin BLOCKED SHOTS 92 Travis Peterson, Samford 74 Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky 72 Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech 58 Amadou Mbodji, Jacksonville State 54 Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech 54 Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois 47 Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay 37 Drake Reed, Austin Peay 35 David Johnson, Southeast Missouri 33 Jamaal Douglas, Eastern Kentucky 30 Michael Rembert, Southeast Missouri 27 Jake Byrne, Eastern Illinois 26 Calvin Williams, Southeast Missouri 26 Ousmane Cisse, Eastern Illinois 3-POINTERS MADE 204 Todd Babington, Austin Peay 171 Bruce Price, Tennessee State 158 Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech 148 Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky 146 Adam Leonard, Eastern Kentucky 144 Joe Ross Merritt, Samford 133 Reilly Ervin, Tennessee State 130 LaDarious Weaver, Tennessee State 128 Tyler Holloway, Murray State 121 Travis Peterson, Samford 112 Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois 102 Bobby Catchings, Eastern Illinois 89 Derek Wright, Austin Peay 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 7 2007-08 SUPERLATIVES 22 ............... Bruce Carter, Murray State vs. Southeast Missouri (1/7) 21 ............... Todd Babington, Austin Peay vs. Vanderbilt (11/10) 21 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Alaska-Fairbanks (11/15) 21 ............... Drake Reed, Austin Peay vs. Florida Gulf Coast (11/23) 21 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Arkansas State (11/24) 21 ............... Drake Reed, Austin Peay vs. Memphis (11/27) 21 ............... Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. James Madison (11/28) 21 ............... Jaycen Herring, Southeast Missouri vs. Tennessee State (12/6) 21 ............... Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Jacksonville State (12/8) 21 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/8) 21 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. Oregon State (12/16) 21 ............... Jonathan Toles, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Tech (1/10) 21 ............... Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/17) 21 ............... Anthony Fisher, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) 20 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Cumberland (11/9) 20 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Northwestern State (11/24) 20 ............... Joe Ross Merritt, Samford vs. Lipscomb (11/26) 20 ............... Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky vs. Murray State (12/5) 20 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech (12/6) 20 ............... J.J. Wesley, Jacksonville State vs. UT Martin (12/8) 20 ............... Jamyron Steward, Morehead State vs. UT Martin (12/17) 20 ............... Danero Thomas, Murray State vs. Jacksonville State (12/18) 20 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/19) 20 ............... Adam Leonard, Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay (12/22) 20 ............... Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Bowling Green (12/29) 20 ............... Josh Bedwell, Samford vs. UT Martin (1/5) 20 ............... Nick Murphy, Jacksonville State vs. Austin Peay (1/5) 20 ............... Leon Buchanan, Morehead State vs. UT Martin (1/12) 20 ............... Maze Stallworth, Morehead State vs. Jacksonville State (1/19) 20 ............... Leon Buchanan, Morehead State vs. Jacksonville State (1/19) 20 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) 20 ............... Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Eastern Illinois (1/19) 20 ............... Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Eastern Illinois (1/19) 11-Plus Rebound Games 16 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Covenant College (11/19) 15 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Illinois (1/17) 14 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. N.C. Central (11/21) 14 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (12/8) 14 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Jacksonville State (1/10) 14 ............... Jerrell Houston, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (1/17) 13 ............... Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Southeast Missouri (1/12) 13 ............... Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Jacksonville State (1/19) 12 ............... Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Vanderbilt (11/10) 12 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 12 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 12 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Central Arkansas (11/16) 12 ............... Will Bogan, Southeast Missouri vs. Coppin State (11/23) 12 ............... Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Alice Lloyd (11/26) 12 ............... Leon Buchanan, Morehead State vs. Alice Lloyd (11/26) 12 ............... Calvin Williams, Southeast Missouri vs. Tennessee State (12/6) 12 ............... Brandon Foust, Southeast Missouri vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/2) 12 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/5) 12 ............... Brandon Foust, Southeast Missouri vs. Murray State (1/7) 12 ............... Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Samford (1/17) 12 ............... Jake Byrne, Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Tech (1/17) 12 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) 11 ............... Olajide Hay, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 11 ............... J.R. Weathers, Jacksonville State vs. Texas State (11/17) 11 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 11 ............... Gerald Robinson, UT Martin vs. Mississippi State (11/17) 11 ............... Drake Reed, Austin Peay vs. Belmont (11/17) 11 ............... Curtis West, Samford vs. Towson (11/20) 11 ............... Calvin Williams, Southeast Missouri vs. Coppin State (11/23) 11 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Arkansas State (11/29) 11 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Austin Peay (12/1) 11 ............... Travis Peterson, Samford vs. Jacksonville State (12/6) 11 ............... Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Murray State (12/8) 11 ............... Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Evansville (12/8) 11 ............... Djero Riedewald, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 11 ............... Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky vs. Eastern Illinois (12/17) 11 ............... Darnell Dialls, Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay (12/22) 11 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. UNLV (12/22) 11 ............... Amadi McKenzie, Tennessee Tech vs. Georgia Tech (12/27) 11 ............... Brandon Foust, Southeast Missouri vs. Central Methodist (12/30) 11 ............... Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (1/19) 10-Plus Assist Games 13 ............... DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State vs. UT Martin (12/8) 13 ............... Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State vs. UT Martin (12/17) 13 ............... DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/20) 12 ............... Carlos Wright, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 12 ............... Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. UT Martin (1/3) 11 ............... DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State vs. Berry College (11/20) 11 ............... Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/19) 11 ............... Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/10) 11 ............... Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. Southeast Missouri (1/12) CONSECUTIVE WINNINGS SEASONS Murray State has had tremendous success on the basketball court over the past two decades. The Racers have not had a losing season since 198687, and since then have run off 20 straight winning campaigns. That ranks as the fourth best streak nationally (tied with UConn). Syracuse holds the top active mark nationally with 37 straight winning seasons. Syracuse Oklahoma Kansas Murray State Connecticut 6. Oklahoma State 7. Kentucky 8. College of Charleston Gonzaga 10. Maryland Stanford Utah State 1. 2. 3. 4. 37 27 24 20 20 19 17 16 16 14 14 14 OVC OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS Below are the Conference win totals for OVC teams since the beginning of the 2003-04 season (when the OVC expanded to 11 teams with the addition of Jacksonville State and Samford). Murray State leads the pack with 61 wins over that time period, while Austin Peay is one back at 60 wins. Murray State Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky Samford 6. Tennessee State 7. Southeast Missouri Morehead State 9. Jacksonville State 10. UT Martin 11. Eastern Illinois 1. 2. 3. 4. 61 60 51 48 48 39 32 32 30 26 24 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 8 2007-08 SUPERLATIVES 10 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 10 ............... Travis Peterson, Samford vs. Lipscomb (11/26) 10 ............... Kevin Thomas, Murray State vs. Austin Peay (1/10) 5-Plus Steal Games 10 ............... Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 7 ................. Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Belmont (11/17) 7 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Samford (1/5) 7 ................. Reiley Ervin, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (1/17) 6 ................. Rashaud Nixon, Tennessee Tech vs. Union College (11/13) 6 ................. Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/6) 6 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Jacksonville State (12/8) 6 ................. Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. Belmont (12/19) 6 ................. Ernest Fields, Austin Peay vs. Middle Tennessee State (12/29) 6 ................. Trey Montgomery, Samford vs. Tennessee Tech (1/12) 6 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Murray State (1/19) 5 ................. Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. W.V. Wesleyan (11/10) 5 ................. Trey Montgomery, Samford vs. Evansville (11/11) 5 ................. DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Temple (11/12) 5 ................. Jonathan Toles, Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State (11/16) 5 ................. Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. Florida Gulf Coast (11/23) 5 ................. Danero Thomas, Murray State vs. Avila (11/23) 5 ................. Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Northwestern State (11/24) 5 ................. Derek Wright, Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech (12/1) 5 ................. Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. #15 Indiana (12/3) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 5 ................. Nikola Stojakovic, Morehead State vs. UT Martin (12/17) 5 ................. DeAndre Bray, Jacksonville State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/20) 5 ................. Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. #17 Vanderbilt (12/22) 5 ................. Wes Channels, Austin Peay vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/22) 5 ................. Jonathan Toles, Jacksonville State vs. Norfolk State (12/29) 5 ................. Fernandez Lockett, Austin Peay vs. Jacksonville State (1/5) 5 ................. Kenneth Faried, Morehead State vs. Jacksonville State (1/19) 4-Plus Block Games 5 ................. Will Bogan, Southeast Missouri vs. Xavier (11/10) 5 ................. Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Union College (11/13) 4 ................. Amadou Mbodiji, Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State (11/16) 4 ................. Amadou Mbodiji, Jacksonville State vs. Central Arkansas (11/24) 4 ................. Travis Peterson, Samford vs. Reinhardt (12/15) 4 ................. Travis Peterson, Samford vs. Southeast Missouri (12/18) 4 ................. Daniel Northern, Tennessee Tech vs. Morehead State (1/7) 4 ................. Daniel Northern Tennessee Tech vs. Samford (1/12) 5-Plus 3-Pointers Made 8 ................. Will Ginn, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Temple (11/12) 8 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 8 ................. Maze Stallworth, Morehead State vs. Eastern Illinois (12/19) 8 ................. J.J. Wesley, Jacksonville State vs. Southeast Missouri (12/20) 7 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. #3 Memphis (11/5) 7 ................. Jeremy Bynum, Jacksonville State vs. Tennessee Temple (11/12) 7 ................. Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Morehead State (12/19) 7 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. #15 Vanderbilt (12/29) 6 ................. Jimmy Drew, .Southeast Missouri vs. Coppin State (11/23) 6 ................. Tyler Holloway, Murray State vs. Arkansas Stat e (11/26) 6 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Arkansas State (11/29) 6 ................. Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. St. Peter’s (12/1) 6 ................. J.J. Wesley, Jacksonville State vs. UT Martin (12/8) 6 ................. Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (12/17) 6 ................. Romain Martin, Eastern Illinois vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/17) 6 ................. Adam Leonard,. Eastern Kentucky vs. Austin Peay (12/22) 6 ................. Josh Bedwell, Samford vs. UT Martin (1/5) 6 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Tennessee State (1/7) 6 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Murray State (1/19) 5 ................. Todd Babington, Austin Peay vs. Vanderbilt (11/10) 5 ................. Gerald Robinson, Jr., Tennessee State vs. Georgia Tech (11/11) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Central Baptist College (11/13) 5 ................. J.J. Wesley, Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State (11/16) 5 ................. Amadou Mbodji, Jacksonville State vs. Berry College (11/20) 5 ................. Joe Ross Merrit, Samford vs. Lipscomb (11/26) 5 ................. Todd Babington, Austin Peay vs. Memphis (11/27) 5 ................. Bruce Price, Tennessee State vs. #15 Indiana (12/3) 5 ................. Frank Davis, Tennessee Tech vs. Southeast Missouri (12/8) 5 ................. Mike Rose, Eastern Kentucky vs. Eastern Illinois (12/17) 5 ................. Kenard Moore, Southeast Missouri vs. Eastern Kentucky (1/2) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/3) 5 ................. Marquis Weddle, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/3) 5 ................. Julio Anthony, Eastern Illinois vs. Austin Peay (1/7) 5 ................. Adam Leonard, Eastern Kentucky vs. Morehead State (1/10) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Eastern Illinois (1/10) 5 ................. Joe Bailey, UT Martin vs. Eastern Illinois (1/10) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Morehead State (1/12) 5 ................. Lester Hudson, UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (1/17) 5 ................. LaDarious Weaver, Tennessee State vs. Eastern Illinois (1/19) SIXTH MAN SCORING Nationally there are players that are making an impact for their team without being in the starting lineup. Below is a list of the nation’s top “sixth men” ranked by points per game. To be on the list a player must not have started more than 25% of his team’s games this season. (Numbers current as of 1/15). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 14. 16. 18. 19. 20. Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts** Travis Holmes, VMI LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor Deon Tresvant, CS-Northridge** Kenny George, UNC-Asheville Dar Tucker, DePaul Anthony Vereen, UT Arlington Johnnie Bryant, Utah Kellen Allen, Long Island** Brent Benson, Texas State Eric Coleman, UNI Wes Channels, Austin Peay Jon Avery, IUPUI Jarryd Loyd, Valparaiso** J.P. Prince, Tennessee Jaycen Herring, SE Missouri** Darian Townes, Arkansas P’Allen Stinnett, Creighton Andrew Henke, Air Force Kelvin Davis, San Diego State 16.2 14.9 14.2 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.9 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.1 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.3 **Indicates that he also leads his team in scoring. 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 9 OVC PLAYERS AMONG NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS The below list contains any Ohio Valley Conference players ranked in the Top 100 of the NCAA Division I national leaders. Rankings are through games on Jan. 17. (NOTE: The next set of NCAA leaders will be released on Tuesday, Jan. 22). TEAM LEADERS SCORING OFFENSE 70. UT Martin 75. Tennessee State 77. Southeast Missouri SCORING DEFENSE 25. Samford 70. Eastern Kentucky SCORING MARGIN none FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 21. Murray State 75. Tennessee State 90. Austin Peay FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE none 3-POINT FIELD GOALS PER GAME 16. UT Martin 31. Jacksonville State 54. Eastern Kentucky 79. Tennessee State 88. Samford 3-POINT PERCENTAGE none FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 22. Eastern Illinois 43. Austin Peay 94. Murray State REBOUND MARGIN 70. Murray State 86. Tennessee Tech ASSISTS/GAME 21. Jacksonville State 95. Austin Peay BLOCKED SHOTS/GAME 53. Southeast Missouri 93. Jacksonville State 99. Tennessee Tech STEALS/GAME 14. Austin Peay 17. Tennessee Tech 30. Tennessee State 48. Southeast Missouri 78. UT Martin TURNOVERS/GAME 25. Austin Peay 89. Samford 99. Eastern Kentucky 74.7 73.4 71.1 +3.9 +3.2 17.6 14.8 4.5 3.9 3.8 9.8 9.8 9.4 8.6 8.1 12.6 13.8 14.1 9.2 8.5 8.2 7.8 7.6 48.5% 46.6% 46.3% 75.7 75.4 75.2 PERSONAL FOULS/GAME 5. Samford 22. Eastern Kentucky 59. Austin Peay 77. UT Martin ASSIST-TO-TURNOVER RATIO 42. Austin Peay 54. Jacksonville State INDIVIDUAL LEADERS POINTS/GAME 3. Lester Hudson, UTM 40. Bruce Price, TSU FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 48. Amadi McKenzie, TTU 89. Drake Reed, APSU 3-POINTERS MADE/GAME 3. Lester Hudson, UTM 34. Romain Martin, EIU 62. Todd Babington, APSU 88. J.J. Wesley, JSU 3-POINT PERCENTAGE 43. Lester Hudson, UTM 64. Romain Martin, EIU 82. J.J. Wesley, JSU 91. Todd Babington, APSU FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 19. Julio Anthony, EIU 51. Leon Buchanan, MOR 77. Bobby Catchings, EIU 93. Lester Hudson, UTM 27.4 19.5 55.7% 51.6% 4.3 3.1 2.7 2.6 43.2% 40.4% 38.3% 37.1% 88.7% 84.4% 83.3% 82.5% 14.5 15.6 16.8 17.2 1.18 1.13 REBOUNDS/GAME 50. Daniel Northern, TTU ASSISTS/GAME 9. DeAndre Bray, JSU 10. Nikola Stojakovic, MOR 59. Bruce Price, TSU 82. Derek Wright, APSU BLOCKED SHOTS/GAME 18. Daniel Northern, TTU 45. Amadou Mbodji, JSU STEALS/GAME 1. Lester Hudson, UTM 11. Derek Wright, APSU 29. Bruce Price, TSU ASSIST-TO-TURNOVER RATIO 12. DeAndre Bray, JSU 36. Nikola Stojakovic, MOR 43. Derek Wright, APSU 56. Carlos Wright, UTM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 3-POINTERS MADE 13. Will Ginn, JSU J.J. Wesley, JSU Lester Hudson, UTM Maze Stallworth, MOR 3-POINT PERCENTAGE 13. Maze Stallworth, MOR 15. Romain Martin, EIU FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1. Leon Buchanan, MOR STEALS 1. Lester Hudson, UTM POINTS 22. Tennessee Tech 27. UT Martin 3-POINTERS MADE 5. Jacksonville State 3-POINT PERCENTAGE 8. Morehead State 8 8 8 8 80.0% (8-10) 77.8% (7-9) 100% (15-15) 10 117 116 19 70.6% (12-17) 8.7 6.6 6.6 5.0 4.6 2.7 2.1 3.5 2.7 2.4 2.95 2.33 2.26 2.10 59.6 63.4 OVC COACHING RECORDS Coach, School Dave Loos, Austin Peay Mike Miller, Eastern Illinois Jeff Neubauer, Eastern Kentucky Mike LaPlante, Jacksonville State Donnie Tyndall, Morehead State Billy Kennedy, Murray State Jimmy Tillette, Samford Scott Edgar, Southeast Missouri Cy Alexander, Tennessee State Mike Sutton, Tennessee Tech Bret Campbell, UT Martin OVC-Only Games Yrs. W L Pct. 18 178 113 .612 3 12 39 .235 3 29 21 .580 5 30 52 .366 2 14 16 .467 2 19 10 .655 5 48 34 .585 6 ** 63 29 .685 5 39 42 .481 6 62 36 .633 9 52 96 .351 All Games* W L Pct. 283 244 .537 18 58 .237 43 38 .531 50 84 .373 20 27 .426 26 21 .553 71 66 .518 101 69 .594 54 83 .394 98 74 .570 94 153 .381 Overall Career Record Yrs. W L Pct. 22 365 296 .552 8 105 137 .434 3 43 38 .531 8 92 129 .416 2 20 27 .426 10 128 136 .485 11 173 139 .554 9 130 124 .512 21 331 283 .539 6 98 74 .570 9 94 153 .381 *Indicates overall record while at current OVC school in years school was a member of the Conference ** Edgar coached four years at Murray State (1991-95) before taking over at Southeast Missouri in 2006-07. He is 21-29 (14-15 in OVC games) at Southeast Missouri. 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 10 TEAM SNAPSHOTS AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS (12-7, 8-1) Home: 7-1, Away: 4-5, Neutral: 1-1 Team Notes The Governors played just once last week, topping UT Martin 86-71, and remained on top of the OVC standings as they near the halfway points of the Conference race...APSU has won eight of its last nine games overall and holds a two-day lead over second-place Murray State, who is the only team to beat them in OVC play this season...In the UT Martin victory, six different players scored in double figures, marking the first time since Jan. 2, 1997 that the team had placed six in double figures...The win over the Skyhawks was the ninth game in a row in which they scored 70 or more points...The game also saw the Governors tie its season-high for 3-pointers made (10); Derek Wright led the way with 18 points...Senior guard Todd Babington made four 3-pointers in the win over UTM, marking the eighth straight game he has made three or more trifectas in a game; Babington leads all OVC active players with 204 career 3-pointers...Austin Peay will go on the road for a pair of games this week...The action begins when they play at Jacksonville State on Thursday night in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPNU...The week concludes at Samford on Thursday night. EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS (2-17, 1-10) Home: 2-6, Away: 0-9, Neutral: 0-1 Team Notes Eastern Illinois saw its losing streak reach six in a row last week as it dropped road games at Tennessee Tech (74-57) and Tennessee State (79-72)...The team played without leading scorer Romain Martin for the fourth time this season, as an injury has kept him out of the lineup for over two weeks...In his place Jon’Tee Wilhite had a good week, averaging 18.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game while hitting 53.8 percent (14-of-26) from the field; he scored 17 in the game at Tech and added 19 points and nine rebounds in the loss at Tennessee State, a game that was seen nationally on ESPNU...Senior Bobby Catchings added 13.0 points a contest while big man Jake Byrne averaged 9.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per contest...The Panthers are still first in the Conference in free throw shooting (74.1%)...EIU has only one game this week, on Saturday night when they host Morehead State...The rest could give them a chance to get Martin back and healthy and in the lineup. NOVEMBER 1 RHODES (exhibition) 5 LAMBUTH (exhibition) 10 at Vanderbilt 17 BELMONT (OVCSports.TV) 20 at Utah State 23 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 1 24 vs. Valparaiso 1 27 at #3 Memphis DECEMBER 1 at Tennessee Tech* 6 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 8 at Evansville 15 AKRON (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Belmont 22 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Middle Tennessee JANUARY 3 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 5 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 7 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 10 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 12 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 17 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Jacksonville State* (ESPNU) 26 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Southeast Missouri* (ESPNU) 31 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 9 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 16 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 18 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 2 (OVCSports.TV) 28 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 78-62 W, 75-62 L, 87-67 W, 71-56 L, 71-68 W, 67-57 L, 61-47 L, 104-82 W, 76-72 W, 67-63 L, 72-62 L, 64-55 W, 93-84 W, 75-67 W, 78-75 W, 90-85 (ot) W, 71-55 W, 73-57 L, 82-70 W, 85-82 W, 86-71 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:30 7:30 TBA 6:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 13,196 2,800 7,900 250 500 16,987 1,994 2,889 5,179 2,732 1,106 2,895 3,162 2,184 3,317 2,473 4,061 3,617 2,875 NOVEMBER 1 MONMOUTH COLLEGE (exhibition) 5 ILLINOIS COLLEGE (exhibition) 10 HARRIS-STOWE (OVCSports.TV) 13 LOYOLA-CHICAGO (OVCSports.TV) 20 at Western Illinois 24 at Arkansas State 27 at UW-Green Bay 30 vs. Rice 1 DECEMBER 1 vs. Iowa 1 6 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 8 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Bowling Green JANUARY 3 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 5 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 10 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 12 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Tennessee State* (ESPNU) 26 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 31 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 7 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 9 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 14 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 2 (OVCSports.TV) 28 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 81-46 W, 92-61 W, 85-63 L, 72-65 L, 75-57 L, 74-60 L, 63-47 L, 55-49 L, L, L, L, L, L, 57-45 72-53 74-72 72-69 80-75 52-48 818 562 926 932 616 2,606 2,916 9,158 9,107 834 948 1,150 1,477 1,137 637 1,211 2,473 838 727 2,359 3,529 W, 83-80 (ot) L, 82-71 L, 73-57 L, 69-63 L, 67-56 L, 74-57 L, 79-72 7:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 7:15 6:00 7:30 7:30 TBA 7:15 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 6:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. South Padre Island Tournament (South Padre, Texas) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in Bold; All Times Central and Subject to Change Iowa Hawkeye Classic (Iowa City, Iowa) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 11 TEAM SNAPSHOTS EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS (8-10, 5-5) Home: 6-4, Away: 2-6, Neutral: 0-0 Team Notes Eastern Kentucky split a pair of games last week and is now 5-5 overall in the OVC, which puts them in a tie for seventh place in the Conference standings...The week began with a 71-55 home-court victory over Jacksonville State and ended the week with a 64-57 loss to Samford...Junior Mike Rose averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game last week and hit 51.4 percent (18-of-35) from the field and 40 percent (4-of-10) from 3-point range...Rose netted his first career doubledouble in the Jax State contest, scoring 17 points and grabbing a careerbest 10 rebounds...He finished the week by scoring a career-high 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting (57.9%) against Samford...The loss to Samford prevented the Colonels from winning three games in a row for the first time this season...EKU hit 50 percent (28-of-56) from the field in the JSU win; the team is 3-0 this season when hitting 50 percent or better from the field and 20-3 under head coach Jeff Neubauer when reaching that mark...EKU will now have to go on the road for its next three contests...This week the team will play just once, Thursday night at Tennessee State. JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS (4-14, 2-8) Home: 4-5, Away: 0-8, Neutral: 0-1 Team Notes A week after winning two in a row, Jacksonville State went on the road and dropped a pair of OVC games on the road, falling at Eastern Kentucky (7155) and Morehead State (85-70)...Jax State is now 0-8 on the road this year (and 0-9 away from its home court)...Nick Murphy, last week’s OVC Newcomer of the Week, had another good week, as he averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game and hit 54.5 percent (12of-22) from the field...Murphy scored 21 points on 8-of-11 (72.7%) shooting in the Eastern Kentucky game and followed that up with 13 points, five rebounds and two steals against Morehead State...The Gamecocks will host two games at Pete Mathews Coliseum this week, a place where they are 4-5 this season...On Thursday night the team plays Austin Peay in a game that can be seen nationally on ESPNU...On Saturday the team will host UT Martin. NOVEMBER 10 W. VIRGINIA WESLEYAN (OVCSports.TV) W, 78-45 13 THOMAS MORE COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) W, 56-38 17 at East Tennessee State L, 76-56 21 at UAB L, 64-50 25 at #10 Duke (Fox Sports South) L, 78-43 28 JAMES MADISON (OVCSports.TV) L, 82-71 DECEMBER 1 YOUNGSTOWN STATE (OVCSports.TV) 5 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 8 WESTERN KENTUCKY (OVCSports.TV) 17 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 19 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 22 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) JANUARY 2 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 5 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 10 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 12 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 17 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 19 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 at Tennessee Tech* (ESPNU) 7 MURRAY STATE* (ESPNU) 9 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 14 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 20 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 1 (OVCSports.TV) 28 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 2 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 5,700 2,400 3,755 3,321 9,314 1,750 1,400 2,779 4,900 1,150 1,100 2,895 3,321 3,100 3,209 727 2,300 3,200 NOVEMBER 1 WEST GEORGIA (exhibition) 9 at Georgia 12 TENNESSEE TEMPLE (OVCSports.TV) 16 vs. Kennesaw State 1 17 vs. Texas State 1 20 BERRY COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Central Arkansas DECEMBER 1 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (OVCSports.TV) 6 at Samford* (ESPNU) 8 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 18 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 20 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 29 NORFOLK STATE (OVCSports.TV) JANUARY 5 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 7 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 10 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 12 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 24 AUSTIN PEAY* (ESPNU) 26 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 31 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 14 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 16 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 2 (OVCSports.TV) 28 at Eastern Illinois (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 89-77 2,199 L, 107-65 7,446 W, 99-74 2,013 L, 80-74 887 L, 86-83 477 W, 97-89 (ot) 1,688 L, 76-72 363 L, L, L, L, L, L, 82-68 41-34 90-81 79-65 81-80 76-72 1,309 1,427 3,065 986 1,309 875 3,317 568 822 930 2,300 2,830 W, 61-50 W, 59-58 L, 77-60 W, 72-69 W, 70-51 L, 75-67 L, 66-55 L, 75-64 L, 62-53 W, 67-56 W, 71-55 L, 64-57 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1:00 8:00 6:00 7:30 7:00 6:00 TBA 6:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. L, 71-55 L, 57-53 W, 79-74 W, 83-79 L, 71-55 L, 85-70 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 7:30 7:30 4:00 TBA 7:15 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 6:00 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 100 Club Classic (Kennesaw, Ga.) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 12 TEAM SNAPSHOTS MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES (8-9, 6-4) Home: 7-0, Away: 1-9, Neutral: 0-0 Team Notes Morehead State continued to be one of the hottest teams in the league, as it won its third and fourth games in a row last week with a pair of home wins...The Eagles topped Samford 62-46 and Jacksonville State 85-70...The four-game winning streak is the longest for the team sine the 2002-03 season; that year the Eagles were OVC co-champions...Freshman center Kenneth Faried continued his good play as he was named OVC Freshman of the Week after averaging 14.0 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game and hitting 59.1 percent (12-of-22) from the field...Faried had 15 points, 12 rebounds and three steals in the Samford win and followed that up with 13 points, 13 rebounds and five steals in the Jax State victory...Senior point guard Nikola Stojakovic scored a career-high 10 points in the win over Samford and had 11 points and 10 assists in the JSU contest; he had 16 assists and only two turnovers last week and is now ninth on the MSU career assists list (240)...Junior Leon Buchanan averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 rebounds last week, including 20 in the JSU win...Senior Maze Stallworth averaged 15.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, including 20 in the JSU contest...Morehead State is currently 7-0 at the Johnson Arena on the year and 1-9 away from home...The Eagles played a tough non-conference schedule, as their five non-conference losses this season have been to teams with a combined record of 52-27 (65.8%)...This week the Eagles will play at Southeast Missouri and Eastern Illinois. MURRAY STATE RACERS (10-7, 6-3) Home: 7-1, Away: 2-5, Neutral: 0-1 Team Notes Murray State continued its hot streak last week, winning both of its games to improve to 6-3 in the OVC, which put it second in the OVC standings, two games behind Austin Peay, a team the Racers have already defeated this season...Last week the team disposed of non-conference foe Indiana-South Bend (80-62) at home and then went on the road to beat UT Martin (76-72); the road win was only the second of the season for Murray State...The Racers have won five straight overall, the best stretch under second-year head coach Billy Kennedy...Kennedy’s longest winning streak as a head coach is six games, done in his final year at Southeastern Louisiana...Sophomore Danero Thomas averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game last week, including scoring 19 in the road win over UTM...Junior guard Tyler Holloway hit one 3-pointer against UT Martin and needs just six to move into seventh place on the Racers all-time list...Murray State will play its next three games at home in the Regional Special Events Center, a place where the team is 112-22 in its 10th year in the building...This week the team hosts Tennessee Tech, who sits in 3rd place in the OVC standings, on Thursday and Southeast Missouri State on Saturday...The SEMO game can be seen live nationally on ESPN2. NOVEMBER 1 MOUNTAIN STATE (exhibition) 5 BEREA (exhibition) 9 at Houston 13 WESTERN ILLINOIS (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Bowling Green 21 at Oklahoma (ESPN Full Court) 26 ALICE LLOYD (OVCSports.TV) DECEMBER 1 at Marshall 6 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 8 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 17 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 19 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Louisville (ESPN Full Court) JANUARY 3 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 10 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 12 at UT Martin* (ESPNU) 17 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 19 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 29 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN (OVCSports.TV) 7 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 9 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 14 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 20 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 23 at TBA 1 28 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 2 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 W, 76-72 W, 93-75 L, 83-54 W, 61-49 L, 86-70 L, 74-42 W, 85-51 L, 69-56 L, 67-63 L, 63-44 W, 80-75 W, 80-75 L, 73-49 L, 59-53 L, 73-55 W, 62-53 W, 81-79 W, 62-46 W, 85-70 7:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 6:30 3:15 7:30 4:00 6:00 TBA 6:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 1,050 1,027 3,427 1,452 1,053 9,732 1,210 4,485 2,889 2,848 1,083 1,477 19,366 867 1,294 3,209 4,332 3,619 2,830 NOVEMBER 3 BETHEL (exhibition) 10 RIDER (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Western Kentucky 23 AVILA (OVCSports.TV) 26 ARKANSAS STATE (OVCSports.TV) DECEMBER 1 at Mississippi State 5 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 8 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 18 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 20 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Chattanooga 1 30 vs. Belmont 1 JANUARY 3 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 5 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 10 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 15 INDIANA-SOUTH BEND (OVCSports.TV) 19 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 24 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 26 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (ESPN2) 29 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 31 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Eastern Kentucky* (ESPNU) 9 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 14 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 16 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 2 (OVCSports.TV) 28 at Tennessee Tech* (ESPNU) MARCH 1 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 W, 82-49 W, 66-65 L, 87-63 W, 84-55 W, 81-67 L, 78-61 L, 59-58 W, 63-44 W, 79-65 L, 65-64 L, 74-50 L, 84-67 L, 83-80 (ot) W, 92-88 W, 79-51 W, 82-70 W, 80-62 W, 76-72 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 8:00 3:15 7:30 7:30 TBA 6:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 2,271 2,737 5,566 1,824 2,715 7,787 2,779 2,848 986 1,067 4,108 3,652 637 3,070 4,023 4,061 2,075 4,109 6:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters 2 OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change Dr. Pepper Classic (Chattanooga, Tenn.) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters 3 OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 13 TEAM SNAPSHOTS SAMFORD BULLDOGS (8-10, 5-5) Home: 4-5, Away: 4-5, Neutral: 0-0 Team Notes Samford split a pair of games last week and is now at 5-5 in the Conference standings, which puts them in a tie for seventh...The Bulldogs lost 62-46 at Morehead State and topped Eastern Kentucky 64-57, both of which were on the road...The EKU victory snapped a three-game losing streak for Samford...The Bulldogs snapped that streak with good shooting, as they hit 58.5 percent from the field and 48 percent from 3-point range...Samford hit a season-high 12 3-pointers in the win...Bryan Friday turned in a perfect shooting performance on the night, hitting 6-of-6 from the floor, 4-of-4 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe...Friday finished the game with 18 points and eight rebounds...Samford is now 4-5 this season at home in the brand new Pete Hanna Center and 4-5 in road games...The Bulldogs will host a pair of opponents this week at “The Pete” when UT Martin (Thursday) and Austin Peay (Saturday) come to town. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REDHAWKS (11-9, 6-4) Home: 6-1, Away: 4-7, Neutral: 1-1 Team Notes Southeast Missouri saw its losing streak reach four games, as the Redhawks dropped both of its games last week on the road...Southeast lost 87-75 at Tennessee State and 93-76 at Tennessee Tech...After holding a piece of first place, the team has now fallen into a three-way tie for third...The team did suffer bad news last week when senior forward and preseason All-OVC pick Brandon Foust was determined to be out for the season with an injury; he had recorded four double-doubles in his last five games before the season-ending injury...Junior guard Jaycen Herring continued to be a factor off the Redhawks bench, as he averaged 14.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game; Herring had 17 points and three rebounds against TTU and 11 points and five boards against TSU...Despite making just two starts all season, Herring leads the Redhawks in scoring (12.3 points/game) and ranks among the nationally leaders in sixth-man scoring...The Redhawks will look to snap its losing streak on Thursday night when it returns to the Show Me Center to play Morehead State...The Redhawks will then go on the road to play regional rival Murray State on Saturday; that game can be seen live on ESPN2. NOVEMBER 1 OGLETHORPE (exhibition) 5 LINDSEY WILSON (exhibition) 11 at Evansville 15 BELMONT (OVCSports.TV) 20 TOWSON (OVCSports.TV) 24 BREWTON-PARKER (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Lipscomb DECEMBER 2 at Florida State 6 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (ESPNU) 15 REINHARDT (OVCSports.TV) 18 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 20 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at #20 Clemson JANUARY 3 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 5 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 10 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 12 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 24 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 26 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 31 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 9 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 14 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 16 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 23 at TBA 1 28 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 2 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 W, 75-62 W, 42-33 W, 50-49 L, 82-73 L, 73-66 W, 73-30 L, 70-65 (ot) L, 61-45 W, 41-34 W, 89-61 L, 63-62 W, 65-64 L, 78-45 W, 62-58 L, 63-49 W, 57-53 L, 55-46 L, 57-47 L, 62-46 W, 64-57 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 7:30 7:30 7:00 TBA 7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 836 578 5,170 1,518 631 302 1,162 7,509 1,427 500 1,145 1,067 9,512 1,789 2,453 568 1,569 1,373 3,619 3,200 NOVEMBER 1 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (exhibition) 3 MISSOURI-ROLLA (exhibition) 10 at Xavier 1 14 at Illinois State 1 16 CULVER STOCKTON (OVCSports.TV) 20 EVANSVILLE (OVCSports.TV) 23 vs. Coppin State 1 24 vs. Longwood 1 28 at Louisiana Tech DECEMBER 1 at Bradley 6 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 8 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 18 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 20 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 22 at Tulsa 30 CENTRAL METHODIST (OVCSports.TV) JANUARY 2 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 5 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 7 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 12 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 24 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Murray State* (ESPN2) 29 AUSTIN PEAY* (ESPNU) FEBRUARY 2 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 9 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 14 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 23 at TBA 2 28 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 102-96 2,509 W, 80-43 2,879 L, 90-59 10,250 L, 90-71 4,522 W, 87-78 2,924 W, 87-77 3,102 L, 102-99 (2ot) 200 W, 82-78 200 W, 59-54 1,454 L, 90-72 W, 102-95 W, 84-74 W, 63-62 W, 81-80 L, 89-51 W, 76-63 W, 66-55 W, 82-71 L, 79-51 L, 85-82 L, 87-75 L, 93-76 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 6:30 6:00 7:30 6:00 TBA 7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 9,112 3,206 3,905 1,145 1,309 4,882 2,858 3,321 1,211 4,023 3,617 2,400 1,491 7:15 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 7:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Chicago Invitational Challenge (campus/Chicago, Ill.) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD, All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 14 TEAM SNAPSHOTS TENNESSEE STATE TIGERS (8-10, 5-4) Home: 4-2, Away: 4-6, Neutral: 0-2 Team Notes Tennessee State won both of its game last week to improve to 5-4 in the OVC, which puts them in sixth place...Overall the team has won three of its last four, suffering just a four-point defeat two weeks ago over that time span...A big part of the team’s play has been junior guard Bruce Price, who earned his third OVC Player of the Week award of the season on Monday...Price averaged 26.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals/game and hit 45.5 percent (15-of-33) from the field and 50 percent (5-of-10) from 3-point range...Price had 33 points in a win over Southeast Missouri (his sixth career 30-point game) and added 20 in a victory over Eastern Illinois in a game seen nationally on ESPNU...Helping out Price was is freshman Gerald Robinson, Jr., who averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals/game last week...Overall the Tigers hit 12-of-24 (50%) from 3-point range in the win over EIU; that included senior LaDarious Weaver who was 5-of-6 from 3-point range...The Tigers will host Eastern Kentucky on Thursday night and travel to play Tennessee Tech on Saturday; three of the team’s next games will be at the Gentry Center, a place where TSU is 4-2 this season. TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLES (9-11, 6-4) Home: 5-3, Away: 4-8, Neutral: 0-0 Team Notes Tennessee Tech won both of its games last week (both by 17 points apiece) and has won three in a row overall and five of its last six...The Golden Eagles find themselves at 6-4 in the OVC race, which puts them into a three-way tie for third place...Senior guard Anthony Fisher’s play has been a big part of the team’s recent success...Last week Fisher averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals/game while hitting 50 percent (14-of-28) from the field; Fisher scored 19 points in the win over Eastern Illinois and 21 in the victory over Southeast Missouri...Junior Daniel Northern posted his OVC-best sixth and seventh double-doubles of the season last week; he had 12 points and 15 rebounds against EIU and 11 points and 11 rebounds against SEMO...Northern also blocked five shots and now leads the OVC in both rebounding (8.9/game) and blocks (2.7/ game)...Senior Amadi McKenzie had his fourth double-double of the season (and 11 of his career) with 20 points and 12 rebounds against SEMO...Frank Davis has now scored in double figures in five straight games, averaging 12.0 points per game over that stretch...The Golden Eagles will play at Murray State on Thursday night and then host Tennessee State on Saturday. NOVEMBER 6 FISK (exhibition) 7 CARSON NEWMAN (exhibition) 9 CUMBERLAND UNIV. (OVCSports.TV) 11 GEORGIA TECH (OVCSports.TV) 15 at Alaska-Fairbanks 1 17 vs. Colorado State 1 18 vs. Akron 1 DECEMBER 3 at #15 Indiana 6 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 8 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Belmont 22 at #17 Vanderbilt (CSS) 30 at Illinois JANUARY 3 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 5 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 7 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 10 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 12 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 17 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 19 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (ESPNU) 24 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 29 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 31 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) 9 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) 14 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 18 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 23 TBA 2 (OVCSports.TV) 28 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) MARCH 1 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 101-69 W, 85-75 W, 90-80 L, 99-85 W, 78-64 L, 87-68 L, 74-72 L, 84-72 L, 102-95 W, 74-72 L, 82-71 L, 83-74 W, 60-58 W, 59-53 L, 92-88 L, 75-74 W, 55-46 L, 83-79 W, 87-75 W, 79-72 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 TBA 6:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 6,695 796 715 7,387 2,833 1,656 3,334 17,171 3,206 948 1,203 13,808 16,618 867 3,070 878 1,569 930 2,400 3,529 NOVEMBER 4 PIKEVILLE COLLEGE (exhibition) 9 at Rutgers 1 11 at Florida 1 (FSN Florida) 13 UNION COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) 19 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 (OVCSports.TV) 21 at North Carolina Central 1 24 at Northwestern State 27 BLUEFIELD COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) DECEMBER 1 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 6 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 8 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at Oregon State 22 at Kentucky (Fox Sports South) 27 at Georgia Tech JANUARY 3 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 5 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 7 MOREHEAD STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 10 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 12 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 17 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 19 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 26 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 31 at UT Martin* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (ESPNU) 7 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 9 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 14 UT MARTIN* (OVCSports.TV) 16 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 23 at TBA 2 28 MURRAY STATE* (ESPNU) MARCH 4 OVC Tournament 7 OVC Tournament 8 OVC Tournament 1 2 3 3 4 4 W, 82-67 L, 93-65 L, 70-64 W, 97-54 L, 90-72 L, 73-70 L, 83-81 W, 117-88 L, 79-76 W, 72-53 L, 84-74 W, 79-62 L, 69-47 L, 83-63 L, 62-58 W, 75-64 L, 73-55 L, 79-74 W, 57-47 W, 74-57 W, 93-76 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 TBA 6:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 10,013 2,116 1,351 1,242 507 873 1,007 1,994 834 3,905 3,216 22,371 9,191 1,789 3,100 1,294 822 1,373 2,359 1,491 6:00 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) (ESPNU) (ESPN2) TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Top of the World Classic (Fairbanks, Alaska) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change Blue Ribbon Challenge (campus sites) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 15 TEAM SNAPSHOTS UT MARTIN SKYHAWKS (8-12, 4-6) Home: 4-4, Away: 3-8, Neutral: 1-0 Team Notes UT Martin suffered losses against the top two teams in the OVC last week (Austin Peay and Murray State) and is now 4-6 overall in the Conference...Junior guard Lester Hudson was named OVC Newcomer of the Week for the third time this season; it was his sixth honor this season in 10 weeks of awards, as he has also been named OVC Player of the Week three times this season...Hudson leads the nation in points (27.6) and steals (3.60/game)...In two games last week Hudson averaged 32.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 2.5 assists/game; he has now scored 30 or more points 12 times this season...Hudson has 72 steals on the year, which is just three away from the UT Martin season record...Senior Gerald Robinson netted his sixth double-double of the season (second most in the OVC) when he had 16 points and 10 rebounds against Murray State...The Skyhawks will look to snap their skid in a pair of road games this week...UT Martin will play at Samford on Thursday night and at Jacksonville State on Saturday. NOVEMBER 1 BETHEL (exhibition) 5 at #3 Memphis 1 (ESPNU) 6 vs. Maine 1 13 CENT. BAPTIST COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) 15 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Mississippi State 19 COVENANT COLLEGE (OVCSports.TV) 29 at Arkansas State DECEMBER 1 at Saint Peter’s 8 JACKSONVILLE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 17 at Morehead State* (OVCSports.TV) 19 at Eastern Kentucky* (OVCSports.TV) 22 at UNLV 29 at #15 Vanderbilt JANUARY 3 AUSTIN PEAY* (OVCSports.TV) 5 SAMFORD* (OVCSports.TV) 7 at Tennessee State* (OVCSports.TV) 10 at Eastern Illinois* (OVCSports.TV) 12 MOREHEAD STATE* (ESPNU) 17 at Austin Peay* (OVCSports.TV) 19 MURRAY STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 24 at Samford* (OVCSports.TV) 26 at Jacksonville State* (OVCSports.TV) 29 EASTERN KENTUCKY* (OVCSports.TV) 31 TENNESSEE TECH* (OVCSports.TV) FEBRUARY 2 at Southeast Missouri* (OVCSports.TV) 7 TENNESSEE STATE* (OVCSports.TV) 9 EASTERN ILLINOIS* (OVCSports.TV) 14 at Tennessee Tech* (OVCSports.TV) 16 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* (OVCSports.TV) 23 at TBA 2 MARCH 1 at Murray State* (OVCSports.TV) 4 OVC Tournament 3 (OVCSports.TV) 7 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPNU) 8 OVC Tournament 4 (ESPN2) 1 2 3 W, 96-63 L, 102-71 W, 66-62 W, 116-74 L, 78-75 L, 86-70 W, 103-77 L, 71-69 W, 78-74 W, 90-81 L, 80-75 L, 70-51 L, 74-48 L, 92-85 L, 90-85 (ot) W, 63-49 W, 75-74 W, 69-63 L, 81-79 L, 86-71 L, 76-72 7:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 7:30 6:00 7:30 6:00 TBA p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 16,555 16,771 2,925 2,213 9,950 1,245 2,833 1,007 3,065 1,083 1,100 7,899 12,559 2,184 2,453 878 838 4,332 2,875 4,109 7:30 p.m. TBA 6:00/8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, Beneffiting CVC (Memphis, Tenn.) O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 4 OVC Tournament Semis/Finals (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * Ohio Valley Conference Game Home Games in BOLD; All Times Central and Subject to Change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 16 2007-08 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Thursday, Nov. 1 Mountain State at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. (exhibition) Bethel at UT Martin, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition) Oglethorpe at Samford, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition) Rhodes at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition) Monmouth College at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. (exhibition) Lincoln University at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition) West Georgia at Jacksonville State, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition) Saturday, Nov. 3 Bethel at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition) Missouri-Rolla at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition) Sunday, Nov. 4 Pikeville College at Tennessee Tech, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition) Monday, Nov. 5 @#3 Memphis 102, UT Martin (2K Sports Hoops Classic) @Morehead State 93, Berea 75 (exhibition) @Eastern Illinois 92, Illinois College 61 (exhibition) @Austin Peay 75, Lambuth 62 (exhibition) @Samford 42, Lindsey Wilson 33 (exhibition) Tuesday, Nov. 6 UT Martin 66, Maine 62 (2K Sports Classic - Memphis, Tenn.) @Tennessee State 101, Fisk 69 (exhibition) Wednesday, Nov. 7 @Tennessee State 85, Carson-Newman 75 (exhibition) Friday, Nov. 9 @Rutgers 70, Tennessee Tech 64 (Blue Ribbon Challenge) @Tennessee State 90, Cumberland University 80 @Georgia 107, Jacksonville State 65 @Houston 83, Morehead State 54 Saturday, Nov. 10 @Xavier 90, Southeast Missouri 59 (Chicago Challenge) @Eastern Kentucky 78, West Virginia Wesleyan 45 @Vanderbilt 81, Austin Peay 67 (South Padre Invitational) @Eastern Illinois 85, Harris Stowe 63 @Murray State 66, Rider 65 Sunday, Nov. 11 @Florida 93, Tennessee Tech 65 Samford 50, @Evansville 49 Georgia Tech 99, @Tennessee State 85 Monday, Nov. 12 @Jacksonville State 99, Tennessee Temple 74 Tuesday, Nov. 13 @Eastern Kentucky 56, Thomas More College @Morehead State 61, Western Illinois 49 @UT Martin 116, Central Baptist College 74 Loyola University (Chicago) 72, @Eastern Illinois 65 @Tennessee Tech 97, Union College 54 Wednesday, Nov. 14 @Illinois State 90, Southeast Missouri 71 Thursday, Nov. 15 Belmont 82, @Samford 73 Central Arkansas 78, @UT Martin 75 Tennessee State 78, @Alaska-Fairbanks 64 (Top of the World Classic) Friday, Nov. 16 @Kennesaw St. 80, Jacksonville St. 74(100 Club Classic) @Southeast Missouri 87, Culver Stockton 78 Saturday, Nov. 17 @Western Kentucky 87, Murray State 63 @Mississippi State 86, UT Martin 70 @Bowling Green 86, Morehead State 70 @East Tennessee State 76, Eastern Kentucky 56 Colorado St. 87, Tennessee St. 68 (Top of the World Classic) Texas State 86, Jacksonville State 83 (100 Club Classic) @Austin Peay 71, Belmont 56 Sunday, Nov. 18 Akron 74, Tennessee State 72 (Top of the World Classic) Monday, Nov. 19 @UT Martin 103, Covenant College 77 North Dakota State 90, @Tennessee Tech 72 (Blue Ribbon Challenge) Tuesday, Nov. 20 @Jacksonville State 97, Berry College 89 (OT) @Western Illinois 75, Eastern Illinois 57 Towson 73, @Samford 66 @Southeast Missouri 87, Evansville 77 @Utah State 71, Austin Peay 68 (South Padre Island Invitational) Wednesday, Nov. 21 @North Carolina Central 73, Tennessee Tech 70 (Blue Ribbon Challenge) @UAB 64, Eastern Kentucky 50 @Oklahoma 74, Morehead State 42 Friday, Nov. 23 Austin Peay 67, Florida Gulf Coast 57 (South Padre Island Invitational) Coppin St. 102, Southeast Missouri 99 (2OT) (Chicago Challenge) @Murray State 84, Avila 55 Saturday, Nov. 24 @Samford 73, Brewton-Parker 30 @Northwestern State 83, Tennessee Tech 81 @Central Arkansas 76, Jacksonville State 72 @Arkansas State 74, Eastern Illinois 60 Valparaiso 61, Austin Peay 47 (South Padre Island Invitational) Southeast Missouri 82, Longwood 78 (Chicago Challenge) Sunday, Nov. 25 @#10 Duke 78, Eastern Kentucky 43 Monday, Nov. 26 @Morehead State 85, Alice Lloyd 51 @Murray State 81, Arkansas State 67 @Lipscomb 70, Samford 65 (OT) Tuesday, Nov. 27 @#3 Memphis 104, Austin Peay 82 @Tennessee Tech 117, Bluefield College 88 @UW-Green Bay 63, Eastern Illinois 47 Wednesday, Nov. 28 James Madison 82, @Eastern Kentucky 71 Southeast Missouri 59, @Louisiana Tech 54 Thursday, Nov. 29 @Arkansas State 71, UT Martin 69 Friday, Nov. 30 Rice 55, Eastern Illinois 49 (Iowa Hawkeye Classic - Iowa City, Iowa) Saturday, Dec. 1 *Austin Peay 79, @Tennessee Tech 76 @Mississippi State 78, Murray State 61 UT Martin 78, @Saint Peter’s 74 Central Arkansas 82, @Jacksonville State 68 @Eastern Kentucky 61, Youngstown State 51 @Iowa 57, Eastern Illinois 45 (Iowa Hawkeye Classic) @Marshall 69, Morehead State 56 @Bradley 90, Southeast Missouri 72 Sunday, Dec. 2 @Florida State 61, Samford 45 Monday, Dec. 3 @#15 Indiana 84, Tennessee State 72 Wednesday, Dec. 5 *Eastern Kentucky 59, @Murray State 58 Thursday, Dec. 6 *@Samford 41, Jacksonville State 34 *Tennessee Tech 72, @Eastern Illinois 53 *@Austin Peay 67, Morehead State 63 *@Southeast Missouri 102, Tennessee State 95 Saturday, Dec. 8 *@UT Martin 90, Jacksonville State 81 Western Kentucky 72, @Eastern Kentucky 60 @Evansville 72, Austin Peay 62 *Tennessee State 74, @Eastern Illinois 72 *@Murray State 63, Morehead State 44 *@Southeast Missouri 84, Tennessee Tech 74 Saturday, Dec. 15 @Samford 89, Reinhardt 61 Akron 64, @Austin Peay 55 Sunday, Dec. 16 Tennessee Tech 79, @Oregon State 62 Monday, Dec. 17 *@Morehead State 80, UT Martin 75 *@Eastern Kentucky 72, Eastern Illinois 69 @Belmont 82, Tennessee State 71 Tuesday, Dec. 18 *Murray State 79, @Jacksonville State 65 *Southeast Missouri 63, @Samford 62 Wednesday, Dec. 19 *@Morehead State 80, Eastern Illinois 75 *@Eastern Kentucky 70, UT Martin 51 Austin Peay 93, @Belmont 84 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 17 *Morehead State at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 *@Samford 65, Murray State 64 *Southeast Missouri 81, @Jacksonville State 80 Saturday, Dec. 22 @Kentucky 69, Tennessee Tech 47 @Tulsa 89, Southeast Missouri 51 @UNLV 74, UT Martin 48 *@Austin Peay 75, Eastern Kentucky 67 @#17 Vanderbilt 83, Tennessee State 74 Wednesday, Dec. 26 @Louisville 73, Morehead State 49 Thursday, Dec. 27 @Georgia Tech 83, Tennessee Tech 63 Saturday, Dec. 29 @#15 Vanderbilt 92, UT Martin 85 @#20 Clemson 78, Samford 45 Norfolk State 76, @Jacksonville State 72 @Bowling Green 52, Eastern Illinois 48 Austin Peay 78, @Middle Tennessee 75 @Chattanooga 74, Murray State 50 (Dr. Pepper Classic) Sunday, Dec. 30 Tennessee State 60, @Illinois 58 @Southeast Missouri 76, Central Methodist 63 Belmont 84, Murray State 67 (Dr. Pepper Classic) Wednesday, Jan. 2 *@Southeast Missouri 66, Eastern Kentucky 55 Thursday, Jan. 3 *Austin Peay 90, @UT Martin 85 (OT) *@Eastern Illinois 83, Murray State 80 (OT) *@Tennessee State 59, Morehead State 53 *Samford 62, @Tennessee Tech 59 Saturday, Jan. 5 *@UT Martin 63, Samford 49 *Tennessee Tech 75, @Eastern Kentucky 64 *Southeast Missouri 82, @Eastern Illinois 71 *@Austin Peay 71, Jacksonville State 55 *@Murray State 92, Tennessee State 88 Monday, Jan. 7 *@Austin Peay 73, Eastern Illinois 57 *@Tennessee Tech 73, Morehead State 55 *Murray State 79, @Southeast Missouri 51 *Samford 57, @Jacksonville State 53 *UT Martin 75, @Tennessee State 74 Thursday, Jan. 10 *@Morehead State 62, Eastern Kentucky 53 *UT Martin 69, @Eastern Illinois 63 *@Murray State 82, Austin Peay 70 *@Jacksonville State 79, Tennessee Tech 74 *Tennessee State 55, @Samford 46 Saturday, Jan. 12 *Morehead State 81, @UT Martin 79 *@Jacksonville State 83, Tennessee State 79 *Tennessee Tech 57, @Samford 47 *Eastern Kentucky 67, @Eastern Illinois 56 *@Austin Peay 85, Southeast Missouri 82 Tuesday, Jan. 15 @Murray State 80, Indiana-South Bend 62 Thursday, Jan. 17 *@Eastern Kentucky 71, Jacksonville State 55 *@Morehead State 62, Samford 46 *@Tennessee Tech 74, Eastern Illinois 57 *@Tennessee State 87, Southeast Missouri 75 *@Austin Peay 86, UT Martin 71 Saturday, Jan. 19 *@Tennessee Tech 93, Southeast Missouri 76 *@Morehead State 85, Jacksonville State 70 *@Tennessee State 79, Eastern Illinois 72 *Murray State 76, @UT Martin 72 *Samford 64, @Eastern Kentucky 57 Thursday, Jan. 24 *Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. *Morehead State at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. *UT Martin at Samford, 7:30 p.m. *Tennessee Tech at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. *Austin Peay at Jacksonville State, 8:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) Saturday, Jan. 26 *Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech, 1:00 p.m. *Southeast Missouri at Murray State, 2:00 p.m. (TV: ESPN2) *UT Martin at Jacksonville State, 4:00 p.m. *Austin Peay at Samford, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 *Austin Peay at Southeast Missouri, 6:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) *Tennessee Tech at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. *Eastern Kentucky at UT Martin, 7:00 p.m. *Samford at Murray State, 7:00 p.m. *Jacksonville State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 *Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State, 7:30 p.m. *Murray State at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m. *Samford at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. *Tennessee Tech at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 *Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee Tech, 1:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) Kentucky Christian at Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. *Eastern Illinois at Samford, 7:00 p.m. *Tennessee State at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. *Jacksonville State at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. *UT Martin at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 *Southeast Missouri at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. *Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. *Jacksonville State at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m. *Tennessee State at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m. *Murray State at Eastern Kentucky, 8:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) Saturday, Feb. 9 *Murray State at Morehead State, 3:15 p.m. *Eastern Illinois at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. *Southeast Missouri at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m. *Samford at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m. *Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 *Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. *Morehead State at Samford, 7:30 p.m. *Murray State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. *UT Martin at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m. *Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 *Morehead State at Jacksonville State, 4:00 p.m. *Southeast Missouri at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. *Eastern Kentucky at Samford, 7:00 p.m. *Eastern Illinois at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. *Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18 *Austin Peay at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20 *Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters Home Teams: Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, Jacksonville State Away Teams: Morehead State, Samford, Southeast Missouri, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin Thursday, Feb. 28 *Murray State at Tennessee Tech, 6:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) *Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. *Tennessee State at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. *Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. *Samford at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1 *Tennessee State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m. *Austin Peay at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. *Samford at Eastern Illinois, 7:15 p.m. *Jacksonville State at Southeast Missouri, 7:30 p.m. *UT Martin at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 9 OVC Tournament First Round (campus sites) Friday, March 7 10 OVC Tournament Semifinals, 6 & 8 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) Saturday, March 8 10 OVC Tournament Championship, 4:00 p.m. (TV: ESPN2) (Municipal Auditorium - Nashville, Tenn.) * - Denotes OVC contest All Times CENTRAL; dates and times subject to change 2007-08 OVC Men’s Basketball Weekly Release - January 21 • 18 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) SCORING OFFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G -------------------------------------------1.Tennessee State..... 18 8-10 1360 75.6 2.UT Martin........... 20 8-12 1511 75.6 3.Southeast Missouri.. 20 11-9 1505 75.2 4.Tennessee Tech...... 20 9-11 1481 74.1 5.Austin Peay......... 19 12-7 1386 72.9 6.Murray State........ 17 10-7 1225 72.1 7.Jacksonville State.. 18 4-14 1285 71.4 8.Morehead State...... 17 8-9 1082 63.6 9.Eastern Illinois.... 19 2-17 1184 62.3 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 8-10 1110 61.7 11.Samford............. 18 8-10 1045 58.1 SCORING MARGIN ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ---------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 17 72.1 68.8 +3.3 2.Tennessee Tech...... 20 74.1 71.1 +3.0 3.Austin Peay......... 19 72.9 71.7 +1.2 4.Tennessee State..... 18 75.6 76.7 -1.2 5.Samford............. 18 58.1 59.4 -1.4 6.UT Martin........... 20 75.6 77.0 -1.4 7.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 61.7 63.4 -1.7 8.Morehead State...... 17 63.6 67.4 -3.7 9.Southeast Missouri.. 20 75.2 79.6 -4.3 10.Jacksonville State.. 18 71.4 77.7 -6.3 11.Eastern Illinois.... 19 62.3 70.2 -7.8 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 17 446 916 .487 2.Tennessee State..... 18 492 1050 .469 3.Austin Peay......... 19 463 1001 .463 4.Samford............. 18 365 790 .462 5.Southeast Missouri.. 20 532 1168 .455 6.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 397 898 .442 7.Tennessee Tech...... 20 517 1171 .442 8.Jacksonville State.. 18 474 1077 .440 9.Morehead State...... 17 370 865 .428 10.UT Martin........... 20 529 1250 .423 11.Eastern Illinois.... 19 418 991 .422 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Tennessee State..... 18 144 384 .375 2.Jacksonville State.. 18 155 414 .374 3.Murray State........ 17 93 254 .366 4.Austin Peay......... 19 134 370 .362 5.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 150 418 .359 6.Southeast Missouri.. 20 130 363 .358 7.Eastern Illinois.... 19 102 287 .355 8.Morehead State...... 17 103 294 .350 9.Samford............. 18 142 408 .348 10.UT Martin........... 20 184 552 .333 11.Tennessee Tech...... 20 107 341 .314 REBOUNDING OFFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Tennessee Tech...... 20 770 38.5 2.Southeast Missouri.. 20 762 38.1 3.UT Martin........... 20 746 37.3 4.Jacksonville State.. 18 630 35.0 5.Murray State........ 17 581 34.2 6.Eastern Illinois.... 19 618 32.5 7.Tennessee State..... 18 574 31.9 8.Morehead State...... 17 516 30.4 9.Austin Peay......... 19 544 28.6 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 486 27.0 11.Samford............. 18 479 26.6 SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G Pts Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Samford............. 18 1070 59.4 2.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 1141 63.4 3.Morehead State...... 17 1145 67.4 4.Murray State........ 17 1169 68.8 5.Eastern Illinois.... 19 1333 70.2 6.Tennessee Tech...... 20 1421 71.1 7.Austin Peay......... 19 1363 71.7 8.Tennessee State..... 18 1381 76.7 9.UT Martin........... 20 1540 77.0 10.Jacksonville State.. 18 1398 77.7 11.Southeast Missouri.. 20 1592 79.6 FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G FTM FTA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Eastern Illinois.... 19 246 332 .741 2.Austin Peay......... 19 326 444 .734 3.Murray State........ 17 240 338 .710 4.Morehead State...... 17 239 342 .699 5.Samford............. 18 173 253 .684 6.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 166 247 .672 7.Tennessee State..... 18 232 347 .669 8.UT Martin........... 20 269 408 .659 9.Southeast Missouri.. 20 311 473 .658 10.Tennessee Tech...... 20 340 535 .636 11.Jacksonville State.. 18 182 326 .558 FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Samford............. 18 387 897 .431 2.Murray State........ 17 382 884 .432 3.Southeast Missouri.. 20 543 1256 .432 4.Tennessee Tech...... 20 499 1132 .441 5.Jacksonville State.. 18 502 1100 .456 6.Eastern Illinois.... 19 453 990 .458 7.UT Martin........... 20 564 1221 .462 8.Tennessee State..... 18 465 985 .472 9.Morehead State...... 17 389 815 .477 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 426 892 .478 11.Austin Peay......... 19 488 984 .496 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Samford............. 18 114 334 .341 2.UT Martin........... 20 159 465 .342 3.Tennessee Tech...... 20 126 368 .342 4.Jacksonville State.. 18 125 357 .350 5.Southeast Missouri.. 20 168 470 .357 6.Tennessee State..... 18 127 351 .362 7.Murray State........ 17 116 320 .363 8.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 117 311 .376 9.Austin Peay......... 19 160 407 .393 10.Eastern Illinois.... 19 145 352 .412 11.Morehead State...... 17 134 311 .431 REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Samford............. 18 530 29.4 2.Murray State........ 17 513 30.2 3.Morehead State...... 17 530 31.2 4.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 569 31.6 5.Austin Peay......... 19 602 31.7 6.Eastern Illinois.... 19 606 31.9 7.Tennessee Tech...... 20 696 34.8 8.Tennessee State..... 18 654 36.3 9.UT Martin........... 20 761 38.0 10.Southeast Missouri.. 20 765 38.2 11.Jacksonville State.. 18 735 40.8 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) REBOUNDING MARGIN ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin -------------------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 17 581 34.2 513 30.2 +4.0 2.Tennessee Tech...... 20 770 38.5 696 34.8 +3.7 3.Eastern Illinois.... 19 618 32.5 606 31.9 +0.6 4.Southeast Missouri.. 20 762 38.1 765 38.2 -0.2 5.UT Martin........... 20 746 37.3 761 38.0 -0.8 6.Morehead State...... 17 516 30.4 530 31.2 -0.8 7.Samford............. 18 479 26.6 530 29.4 -2.8 8.Austin Peay......... 19 544 28.6 602 31.7 -3.1 9.Tennessee State..... 18 574 31.9 654 36.3 -4.4 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 486 27.0 569 31.6 -4.6 11.Jacksonville State.. 18 630 35.0 735 40.8 -5.8 ASSISTS ## Team G Assists Avg/G -----------------------------------------1.Jacksonville State.. 18 315 17.50 2.Austin Peay......... 19 282 14.84 3.Murray State........ 17 248 14.59 4.Samford............. 18 259 14.39 5.UT Martin........... 20 279 13.95 6.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 247 13.72 7.Morehead State...... 17 232 13.65 8.Tennessee Tech...... 20 266 13.30 9.Tennessee State..... 18 239 13.28 10.Southeast Missouri.. 20 263 13.15 11.Eastern Illinois.... 19 237 12.47 TURNOVER MARGIN ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin -------------------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 19 240 12.6 325 17.1 +4.47 2.Tennessee State..... 18 266 14.8 302 16.8 +2.00 3.Morehead State...... 17 246 14.5 275 16.2 +1.71 4.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 248 13.8 278 15.4 +1.67 5.Tennessee Tech...... 20 336 16.8 357 17.9 +1.05 6.UT Martin........... 20 289 14.5 300 15.0 +0.55 7.Murray State........ 17 262 15.4 255 15.0 -0.41 8.Jacksonville State.. 18 281 15.6 264 14.7 -0.94 9.Samford............. 18 248 13.8 209 11.6 -2.17 10.Southeast Missouri.. 20 366 18.3 314 15.7 -2.60 11.Eastern Illinois.... 19 290 15.3 236 12.4 -2.84 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G --------------------------------------1.Tennessee Tech...... 20 296 14.80 2.UT Martin........... 20 269 13.45 3.Southeast Missouri.. 20 240 12.00 4.Jacksonville State.. 18 203 11.28 5.Murray State........ 17 185 10.88 6.Eastern Illinois.... 19 203 10.68 7.Morehead State...... 17 179 10.53 8.Tennessee State..... 18 178 9.89 9.Austin Peay......... 19 172 9.05 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 137 7.61 11.Samford............. 18 123 6.83 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G --------------------------------------1.UT Martin........... 20 184 9.20 2.Jacksonville State.. 18 155 8.61 3.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 150 8.33 4.Tennessee State..... 18 144 8.00 5.Samford............. 18 142 7.89 6.Austin Peay......... 19 134 7.05 7.Southeast Missouri.. 20 130 6.50 8.Morehead State...... 17 103 6.06 9.Murray State........ 17 93 5.47 10.Eastern Illinois.... 19 102 5.37 11.Tennessee Tech...... 20 107 5.35 BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ----------------------------------------1.Southeast Missouri.. 20 89 4.45 2.Tennessee Tech...... 20 75 3.75 3.Jacksonville State.. 18 67 3.72 4.Tennessee State..... 18 63 3.50 5.Murray State........ 17 53 3.12 6.UT Martin........... 20 48 2.40 7.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 41 2.28 8.Eastern Illinois.... 19 36 1.89 9.Morehead State...... 17 32 1.88 10.Samford............. 18 32 1.78 11.Austin Peay......... 19 28 1.47 STEALS ## Team G Steals Avg/G ----------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 19 187 9.84 2.Tennessee Tech...... 20 191 9.55 3.Tennessee State..... 18 168 9.33 4.Southeast Missouri.. 20 170 8.50 5.UT Martin........... 20 161 8.05 6.Jacksonville State.. 18 136 7.56 7.Murray State........ 17 128 7.53 Morehead State...... 17 128 7.53 9.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 134 7.44 10.Samford............. 18 95 5.28 11.Eastern Illinois.... 19 90 4.74 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio -------------------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 19 282 14.8 240 12.6 1.18 2.Jacksonville State.. 18 315 17.5 281 15.6 1.12 3.Samford............. 18 259 14.4 248 13.8 1.04 4.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 247 13.7 248 13.8 1.00 5.UT Martin........... 20 279 14.0 289 14.5 0.97 6.Murray State........ 17 248 14.6 262 15.4 0.95 7.Morehead State...... 17 232 13.6 246 14.5 0.94 8.Tennessee State..... 18 239 13.3 266 14.8 0.90 9.Eastern Illinois.... 19 237 12.5 290 15.3 0.82 10.Tennessee Tech...... 20 266 13.3 336 16.8 0.79 11.Southeast Missouri.. 20 263 13.2 366 18.3 0.72 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G --------------------------------------1.Southeast Missouri.. 20 522 26.10 2.UT Martin........... 20 477 23.85 3.Jacksonville State.. 18 427 23.72 4.Tennessee Tech...... 20 474 23.70 5.Murray State........ 17 396 23.29 6.Tennessee State..... 18 396 22.00 7.Eastern Illinois.... 19 415 21.84 8.Morehead State...... 17 337 19.82 9.Samford............. 18 356 19.78 10.Austin Peay......... 19 372 19.58 11.Eastern Kentucky.... 18 349 19.39 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) |------CONFERENCE-------| |--------OVERALL--------| STANDINGS --------Austin Peay......... Murray State........ Southeast Missouri.. Morehead State...... Tennessee Tech...... Tennessee State..... Eastern Kentucky.... Samford............. UT Martin........... Jacksonville State.. Eastern Illinois.... TEAM SUMMARIES Team G PF-PA 1386-1363 1184-1333 1110-1141 1285-1398 1082-1145 1225-1169 1045-1070 1505-1592 1360-1381 1481-1421 1511-1540 Avg Score 72.9-71.7 62.3-70.2 61.7-63.4 71.4-77.7 63.6-67.4 72.1-68.8 58.1-59.4 75.2-79.6 75.6-76.7 74.1-71.1 75.6-77.0 Margin +1.2 -7.8 -1.7 -6.3 -3.7 +3.3 -1.4 -4.3 -1.2 +3.0 -1.4 FG-FGA 463-1001 418-991 397-898 474-1077 370-865 446-916 365-790 532-1168 492-1050 517-1171 529-1250 Pct .463 .422 .442 .440 .428 .487 .462 .455 .469 .442 .423 3FG-FGA 134-370 102-287 150-418 155-414 103-294 93-254 142-408 130-363 144-384 107-341 184-552 Pct .362 .355 .359 .374 .350 .366 .348 .358 .375 .314 .333 FT-FTA 326-444 246-332 166-247 182-326 239-342 240-338 173-253 311-473 232-347 340-535 269-408 Pct RebF RebA Margin .734 .741 .672 .558 .699 .710 .684 .658 .669 .636 .659 544 618 486 630 516 581 479 762 574 770 746 602 606 569 735 530 513 530 765 654 696 761 -3.1 +0.6 -4.6 -5.8 -0.8 +4.0 -2.8 -0.2 -4.4 +3.7 -0.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Austin Peay......... 19 Eastern Illinois.... 19 Eastern Kentucky.... 18 Jacksonville State.. 18 Morehead State...... 17 Murray State........ 17 Samford............. 18 Southeast Missouri.. 20 Tennessee State..... 18 Tennessee Tech...... 20 UT Martin........... 20 ATTENDANCE Team Austin Peay Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State Morehead State Murray State Samford Southeast Missouri Tennessee State Tennessee Tech UT Martin Totals | HOME GAMES | | | | | | | | | | 8-23598 8-7053 9-10500 7-14880 8-22109 9-9533 7-23339 6-15776 8-12527 8-22526 Avg | AWAY GAMES 2950 | 2700 | 1167 | 2764 | 1059 | 9-55769 8-29321 8-21635 8-28283 9-34982 Avg | NEUT GAMES 6197 | 2737 | 3665 | 2704 | 5029 | 3535 | 3887 | 3763 | 6136 | 4860 | 5234 | 2-750 1-9158 0-0 1-477 0-0 1-3652 0-0 2-400 2-4990 0-0 1-16771 Avg | ALL GAMES 375 | 19-80117 9158 | 19-43581 0 | 18-56321 477 | 18-32612 0 | 17-65173 3652 | 17-54044 0 | 18-44515 200 | 20-65132 2495 | 18-82122 0 | 20-70848 16771 | 20-96874 3620 | 150-573857 Avg | 4217 | 2294 | 3129 | 1812 | 3834 | 3179 | 2473 | 3257 | 4562 | 3542 | 4844 | 3826 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------882 | 10-27370 W-L --8-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 5-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 2-8 1-10 Pct --.889 .667 .600 .600 .600 .556 .500 .500 .400 .200 .091 PF -77.3 74.8 76.2 66.5 72.6 76.7 63.5 53.9 73.0 65.5 66.2 PA -70.9 66.3 78.1 66.0 65.6 74.4 63.1 56.6 75.0 72.8 74.7 W-L --12-7 10-7 11-9 8-9 9-11 8-10 8-10 8-10 8-12 4-14 2-17 Pct --.632 .588 .550 .471 .450 .444 .444 .444 .400 .222 .105 PF -72.9 72.1 75.2 63.6 74.1 75.6 61.7 58.1 75.6 71.4 62.3 PA -71.7 68.8 79.6 67.4 71.1 76.7 63.4 59.4 77.0 77.7 70.2 WINNING STREAK Team Murray State Morehead State Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Austin Peay Samford NO. 5 4 3 2 2 1 ------------------------ | 10-27000 2126 | 10-50293 3334 | 11-41393 2629 | 10-61356 1566 | 12-58321 2816 | 11-57577 2146 | 106-466300 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 88-188841 4399 | 10-36198 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games. SCORING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G -----------------------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 190 88 84 552 27.6 2.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 102 31 116 351 19.5 3.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 103 30 101 337 16.9 4.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 98 3 100 299 15.7 5.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 18 106 37 30 279 15.5 6.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 20 107 47 45 306 15.3 7.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 18 97 36 33 263 14.6 8.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 104 3 68 279 14.0 9.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 17 76 24 45 221 13.0 10.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 17 67 39 47 220 12.9 11.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 74 0 71 219 12.9 12.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 67 16 41 191 12.7 13.CHANNELS, Wes-APSU....... SO 19 86 26 40 238 12.5 14.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 18 82 39 18 221 12.3 HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 18 75 14 57 221 12.3 16.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 82 22 33 219 12.2 17.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 18 70 16 59 215 11.9 18.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 17 76 19 32 203 11.9 19.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 82 5 43 212 11.8 20.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 76 3 67 222 11.7 21.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 18 76 10 46 208 11.6 22.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 83 5 34 205 11.4 23.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 80 0 66 226 11.3 24.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 17 74 2 40 190 11.2 25.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 61 33 31 186 10.9 26.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 17 64 21 36 185 10.9 27.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 19 63 52 28 206 10.8 28.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 17 59 42 23 183 10.8 29.PEARSON, Roderick-SEMO... SO 20 68 11 61 208 10.4 30.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 18 66 15 37 184 10.2 FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 17 67 100 .670 2.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 18 68 110 .618 3.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 74 132 .561 4.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 104 188 .553 5.BOGAN, Will-SEMO......... FR 18 54 98 .551 6.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 17 74 137 .540 7.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 82 155 .529 8.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 18 66 125 .528 9.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 98 190 .516 10.HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 18 75 146 .514 11.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 76 148 .514 12.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 61 120 .508 13.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 82 163 .503 14.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 18 82 164 .500 FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 17 70 140 .500 FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.ANTHONY, Julio-EIU....... SR 19 52 58 .897 2.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 71 83 .855 3.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 84 101 .832 4.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 18 59 73 .808 5.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 17 45 56 .804 6.HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 18 57 71 .803 7.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 67 85 .788 8.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 18 46 59 .780 9.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 17 47 61 .770 10.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 101 134 .754 11.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 100 135 .741 12.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 18 37 50 .740 13.PEARSON, Roderick-SEMO... SO 20 61 84 .726 14.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 17 36 50 .720 15.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 20 45 63 .714 REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 68 109 177 8.9 2.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 44 79 123 8.2 3.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 66 94 160 8.0 4.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 17 53 78 131 7.7 5.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 46 101 147 7.4 6.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 20 45 85 130 6.5 7.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 43 80 123 6.5 8.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 30 86 116 6.4 9.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 18 32 83 115 6.4 10.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 18 39 73 112 6.2 11.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 33 78 111 6.2 12.CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 19 39 70 109 5.7 13.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 38 57 95 5.6 14.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 39 67 106 5.6 15.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 17 44 48 92 5.4 16.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 18 25 69 94 5.2 17.HAY, Olajide-UTM......... JR 20 36 64 100 5.0 18.WILLIAMS, Marvin-MUR..... SO 17 31 51 82 4.8 19.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 17 22 57 79 4.6 20.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 18 65 83 4.6 ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------------------------------------------------1.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 17 115 6.76 2.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 18 118 6.56 3.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 90 5.00 4.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 19 88 4.63 5.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 17 72 4.24 6.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 77 3.85 7.WRIGHT, Carlos-UTM....... JR 18 61 3.39 8.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 60 3.33 9.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 16 52 3.25 10.GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 18 57 3.17 11.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 61 3.05 12.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 49 2.88 13.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 17 47 2.76 14.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 46 2.56 15.PEARSON, Sam-UTM......... FR 20 51 2.55 STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G -----------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 72 3.60 2.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 19 51 2.68 3.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 42 2.33 4.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 18 36 2.00 5.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 18 33 1.83 6.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 18 31 1.72 7.DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 20 34 1.70 8.CHANNELS, Wes-APSU....... SO 19 30 1.58 LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 30 1.58 10.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 18 28 1.56 11.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 30 1.50 12.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 17 25 1.47 LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 17 25 1.47 14.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 16 23 1.44 15.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 17 24 1.41 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) 3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.DUNCAN, Kyle-APSU........ JR 19 19 30 .633 2.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 16 16 28 .571 3.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 33 67 .493 4.WEAVER, LaDarious-TSU.... SR 18 37 80 .463 5.DREW, Jimmy-SEMO......... SO 19 22 49 .449 6.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 88 205 .429 7.ERVIN, Reiley-TSU........ SR 18 18 43 .419 8.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 17 39 94 .415 9.BEDWELL, Josh-SAM........ FR 18 29 70 .414 10.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 18 39 96 .406 11.BAILEY, Joe-UTM.......... SO 19 25 63 .397 12.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 17 19 48 .396 13.TAYLOR, Josh-EKU......... SO 18 22 57 .386 14.MOORE, Kenard-SEMO....... 19 36 94 .383 15.WESLEY, J.J.-JSU......... FR 18 46 121 .380 BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G -----------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 53 2.65 2.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 18 35 1.94 3.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 20 26 1.30 4.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 20 1.11 PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 20 1.11 COX, Darius-TSU.......... FR 18 20 1.11 7.BOGAN, Will-SEMO......... FR 18 17 0.94 8.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 17 14 0.82 9.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 17 13 0.76 WILLIAMS, Marvin-MUR..... SO 17 13 0.76 11.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 13 0.72 12.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 17 12 0.71 13.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 10 0.67 14.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 13 0.65 15.WEATHERS, J.R.-JSU....... FR 17 11 0.65 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 68 3.40 2.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 66 3.30 3.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 17 53 3.12 4.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 44 2.93 5.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 17 44 2.59 6.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 46 2.30 7.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 43 2.26 8.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 20 45 2.25 9.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 38 2.24 10.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 18 39 2.17 11.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 39 2.05 CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 19 39 2.05 13.BOGAN, Will-SEMO......... FR 18 36 2.00 14.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 33 1.83 15.WILLIAMS, Marvin-MUR..... SO 17 31 1.82 MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 17 31 1.82 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 88 4.40 2.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 19 52 2.74 3.WESLEY, J.J.-JSU......... FR 18 46 2.56 4.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 17 42 2.47 5.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 20 47 2.35 6.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 17 39 2.29 7.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 18 39 2.17 8.GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 18 38 2.11 9.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 18 37 2.06 WEAVER, LaDarious-TSU.... SR 18 37 2.06 11.DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 20 40 2.00 ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 18 36 2.00 13.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 33 1.94 14.MOORE, Kenard-SEMO....... 19 36 1.89 15.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 31 1.72 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio --------------------------------------------------------------1.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 18 118 6.6 42 2.3 2.81 2.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 17 115 6.8 46 2.7 2.50 3.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 19 88 4.6 39 2.1 2.26 4.WRIGHT, Carlos-UTM....... JR 18 61 3.4 29 1.6 2.10 5.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 17 72 4.2 41 2.4 1.76 6.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 60 3.3 40 2.2 1.50 7.GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 18 57 3.2 43 2.4 1.33 8.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 16 52 3.3 46 2.9 1.13 9.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 77 3.9 71 3.6 1.08 10.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 90 5.0 83 4.6 1.08 11.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 61 3.1 65 3.3 0.94 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 109 5.45 2.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 79 5.27 3.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 101 5.05 4.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 86 4.78 5.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 94 4.70 6.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 18 83 4.61 7.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 17 78 4.59 8.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 78 4.33 9.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 20 85 4.25 10.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 80 4.21 11.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 18 73 4.06 12.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 18 69 3.83 13.CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 19 70 3.68 14.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 65 3.61 15.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 67 3.53 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) MINUTES PLAYED ## Player-Team Cl G Minutes Avg/G ------------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 20 711 35.55 2.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 17 590 34.71 3.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 18 615 34.17 4.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 18 614 34.11 5.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 18 604 33.56 6.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 19 629 33.11 7.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 17 556 32.71 8.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 17 555 32.65 9.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 19 619 32.58 10.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 20 650 32.50 11.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 20 639 31.95 12.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 19 606 31.89 13.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 18 573 31.83 14.GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 18 571 31.72 15.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 18 569 31.61 16.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 18 540 30.00 17.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 17 498 29.29 18.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 18 526 29.22 19.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 17 491 28.88 20.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 19 547 28.79 21.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 20 571 28.55 22.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 20 566 28.30 23.DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 20 565 28.25 24.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 18 498 27.67 25.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 17 469 27.59 26.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 18 492 27.33 27.ROBINSON, Gerald-UTM..... SR 15 409 27.27 28.CHANNELS, Wes-APSU....... SO 19 515 27.11 29.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 17 460 27.06 30.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 18 482 26.78 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) SCORING OFFENSE ## Team G W-L Pts Avg/G -------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 9 8-1 696 77.3 2.Tennessee State..... 9 5-4 690 76.7 3.Southeast Missouri.. 10 6-4 762 76.2 4.Murray State........ 9 6-3 673 74.8 5.UT Martin........... 10 4-6 730 73.0 6.Tennessee Tech...... 10 6-4 726 72.6 7.Morehead State...... 10 6-4 665 66.5 8.Eastern Illinois.... 11 1-10 728 66.2 9.Jacksonville State.. 10 2-8 655 65.5 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 5-5 635 63.5 11.Samford............. 10 5-5 539 53.9 SCORING MARGIN ## Team G OFF DEF Margin ---------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 9 74.8 66.3 +8.4 2.Tennessee Tech...... 10 72.6 65.6 +7.0 3.Austin Peay......... 9 77.3 70.9 +6.4 4.Tennessee State..... 9 76.7 74.4 +2.2 5.Morehead State...... 10 66.5 66.0 +0.5 6.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 63.5 63.1 +0.4 7.Southeast Missouri.. 10 76.2 78.1 -1.9 8.UT Martin........... 10 73.0 75.0 -2.0 9.Samford............. 10 53.9 56.6 -2.7 10.Jacksonville State.. 10 65.5 72.8 -7.3 11.Eastern Illinois.... 11 66.2 74.7 -8.5 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 9 244 489 .499 2.Austin Peay......... 9 227 473 .480 3.Tennessee State..... 9 252 537 .469 4.UT Martin........... 10 252 554 .455 5.Morehead State...... 10 227 501 .453 6.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 226 499 .453 7.Tennessee Tech...... 10 257 572 .449 8.Southeast Missouri.. 10 266 595 .447 9.Samford............. 10 186 422 .441 10.Jacksonville State.. 10 240 546 .440 11.Eastern Illinois.... 11 251 578 .434 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 9 54 128 .422 2.Austin Peay......... 9 72 175 .411 3.Morehead State...... 10 68 172 .395 4.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 93 243 .383 5.Jacksonville State.. 10 75 196 .383 6.Eastern Illinois.... 11 66 175 .377 7.Samford............. 10 77 216 .356 8.UT Martin........... 10 91 256 .355 9.Southeast Missouri.. 10 65 188 .346 Tennessee State..... 9 65 188 .346 11.Tennessee Tech...... 10 64 187 .342 REBOUNDING OFFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Southeast Missouri.. 10 404 40.4 2.Tennessee Tech...... 10 391 39.1 3.Murray State........ 9 308 34.2 4.Eastern Illinois.... 11 372 33.8 5.Tennessee State..... 9 303 33.7 6.UT Martin........... 10 325 32.5 7.Jacksonville State.. 10 314 31.4 8.Austin Peay......... 9 267 29.7 9.Morehead State...... 10 291 29.1 10.Samford............. 10 270 27.0 11.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 263 26.3 SCORING DEFENSE ## Team G Pts Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Samford............. 10 566 56.6 2.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 631 63.1 3.Tennessee Tech...... 10 656 65.6 4.Morehead State...... 10 660 66.0 5.Murray State........ 9 597 66.3 6.Austin Peay......... 9 638 70.9 7.Jacksonville State.. 10 728 72.8 8.Tennessee State..... 9 670 74.4 9.Eastern Illinois.... 11 822 74.7 10.UT Martin........... 10 750 75.0 11.Southeast Missouri.. 10 781 78.1 FREE THROW PERCENTAGES ## Team G FTM FTA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 9 170 227 .749 2.Murray State........ 9 131 175 .749 3.Eastern Illinois.... 11 160 214 .748 4.Morehead State...... 10 143 203 .704 5.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 90 128 .703 6.Samford............. 10 90 131 .687 7.Southeast Missouri.. 10 165 245 .673 8.UT Martin........... 10 135 204 .662 9.Tennessee State..... 9 121 187 .647 10.Jacksonville State.. 10 100 162 .617 11.Tennessee Tech...... 10 148 246 .602 FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 9 197 481 .410 2.Tennessee Tech...... 10 233 546 .427 3.Southeast Missouri.. 10 268 623 .430 4.Samford............. 10 216 492 .439 5.Tennessee State..... 9 217 477 .455 6.Eastern Illinois.... 11 273 588 .464 7.Jacksonville State.. 10 261 552 .473 8.Austin Peay......... 9 228 481 .474 9.UT Martin........... 10 270 568 .475 10.Morehead State...... 10 229 473 .484 11.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 236 485 .487 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE ## Team G FG FGA Pct --------------------------------------------1.Murray State........ 9 51 163 .313 2.Southeast Missouri.. 10 81 236 .343 3.Tennessee Tech...... 10 65 185 .351 4.Tennessee State..... 9 62 175 .354 5.Samford............. 10 65 183 .355 6.UT Martin........... 10 79 220 .359 7.Jacksonville State.. 10 70 190 .368 8.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 61 162 .377 9.Austin Peay......... 9 75 196 .383 10.Eastern Illinois.... 11 95 227 .419 11.Morehead State...... 10 86 187 .460 REBOUNDING DEFENSE ## Team G Reb Avg/G -------------------------------------1.Samford............. 10 282 28.2 2.Morehead State...... 10 300 30.0 3.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 302 30.2 4.Murray State........ 9 276 30.7 5.Eastern Illinois.... 11 343 31.2 6.Austin Peay......... 9 287 31.9 7.Tennessee Tech...... 10 322 32.2 8.UT Martin........... 10 335 33.5 9.Tennessee State..... 9 316 35.1 10.Jacksonville State.. 10 365 36.5 11.Southeast Missouri.. 10 380 38.0 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) REBOUNDING MARGIN ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin -------------------------------------------------------1.Tennessee Tech...... 10 391 39.1 322 32.2 +6.9 2.Murray State........ 9 308 34.2 276 30.7 +3.6 3.Eastern Illinois.... 11 372 33.8 343 31.2 +2.6 4.Southeast Missouri.. 10 404 40.4 380 38.0 +2.4 5.Morehead State...... 10 291 29.1 300 30.0 -0.9 6.UT Martin........... 10 325 32.5 335 33.5 -1.0 7.Samford............. 10 270 27.0 282 28.2 -1.2 8.Tennessee State..... 9 303 33.7 316 35.1 -1.4 9.Austin Peay......... 9 267 29.7 287 31.9 -2.2 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 263 26.3 302 30.2 -3.9 11.Jacksonville State.. 10 314 31.4 365 36.5 -5.1 ASSISTS ## Team G Assists Avg/G -----------------------------------------1.Jacksonville State.. 10 161 16.10 2.Austin Peay......... 9 138 15.33 3.Murray State........ 9 136 15.11 4.Morehead State...... 10 148 14.80 5.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 146 14.60 6.Tennessee State..... 9 127 14.11 7.Samford............. 10 140 14.00 8.UT Martin........... 10 134 13.40 9.Eastern Illinois.... 11 146 13.27 10.Southeast Missouri.. 10 131 13.10 11.Tennessee Tech...... 10 130 13.00 TURNOVER MARGIN ## Team G TEAM Avg OPP Avg Margin -------------------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 9 106 11.8 155 17.2 +5.44 2.Morehead State...... 10 130 13.0 163 16.3 +3.30 3.Tennessee State..... 9 124 13.8 150 16.7 +2.89 4.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 125 12.5 145 14.5 +2.00 5.Murray State........ 9 123 13.7 125 13.9 +0.22 6.Tennessee Tech...... 10 153 15.3 153 15.3 +0.00 7.UT Martin........... 10 133 13.3 117 11.7 -1.60 Jacksonville State.. 10 145 14.5 129 12.9 -1.60 9.Samford............. 10 129 12.9 107 10.7 -2.20 10.Southeast Missouri.. 10 178 17.8 152 15.2 -2.60 11.Eastern Illinois.... 11 172 15.6 122 11.1 -4.55 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G --------------------------------------1.Tennessee Tech...... 10 146 14.60 2.Southeast Missouri.. 10 128 12.80 3.Eastern Illinois.... 11 122 11.09 4.Murray State........ 9 95 10.56 5.Tennessee State..... 9 94 10.44 6.UT Martin........... 10 104 10.40 7.Austin Peay......... 9 86 9.56 8.Jacksonville State.. 10 95 9.50 Morehead State...... 10 95 9.50 10.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 71 7.10 11.Samford............. 10 66 6.60 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Team G 3FG Avg/G --------------------------------------1.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 93 9.30 2.UT Martin........... 10 91 9.10 3.Austin Peay......... 9 72 8.00 4.Samford............. 10 77 7.70 5.Jacksonville State.. 10 75 7.50 6.Tennessee State..... 9 65 7.22 7.Morehead State...... 10 68 6.80 8.Southeast Missouri.. 10 65 6.50 9.Tennessee Tech...... 10 64 6.40 10.Eastern Illinois.... 11 66 6.00 Murray State........ 9 54 6.00 BLOCKED SHOTS ## Team G Blocks Avg/G ----------------------------------------1.Southeast Missouri.. 10 47 4.70 2.Tennessee Tech...... 10 44 4.40 3.Murray State........ 9 30 3.33 Tennessee State..... 9 30 3.33 5.Jacksonville State.. 10 26 2.60 6.Morehead State...... 10 25 2.50 UT Martin........... 10 25 2.50 8.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 24 2.40 9.Eastern Illinois.... 11 21 1.91 10.Austin Peay......... 9 15 1.67 11.Samford............. 10 15 1.50 STEALS ## Team G Steals Avg/G ----------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 9 94 10.44 2.Tennessee State..... 9 89 9.89 3.Tennessee Tech...... 10 85 8.50 4.Morehead State...... 10 80 8.00 5.Southeast Missouri.. 10 76 7.60 6.Murray State........ 9 64 7.11 7.UT Martin........... 10 70 7.00 8.Jacksonville State.. 10 66 6.60 9.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 65 6.50 10.Samford............. 10 51 5.10 11.Eastern Illinois.... 11 47 4.27 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO ## Team G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio -------------------------------------------------------1.Austin Peay......... 9 138 15.3 106 11.8 1.30 2.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 146 14.6 125 12.5 1.17 3.Morehead State...... 10 148 14.8 130 13.0 1.14 4.Jacksonville State.. 10 161 16.1 145 14.5 1.11 5.Murray State........ 9 136 15.1 123 13.7 1.11 6.Samford............. 10 140 14.0 129 12.9 1.09 7.Tennessee State..... 9 127 14.1 124 13.8 1.02 8.UT Martin........... 10 134 13.4 133 13.3 1.01 9.Tennessee Tech...... 10 130 13.0 153 15.3 0.85 10.Eastern Illinois.... 11 146 13.3 172 15.6 0.85 11.Southeast Missouri.. 10 131 13.1 178 17.8 0.74 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Team G No. Avg/G --------------------------------------1.Southeast Missouri.. 10 276 27.60 2.Tennessee Tech...... 10 245 24.50 3.Murray State........ 9 213 23.67 4.Tennessee State..... 9 209 23.22 5.Eastern Illinois.... 11 250 22.73 6.UT Martin........... 10 221 22.10 7.Jacksonville State.. 10 219 21.90 8.Samford............. 10 204 20.40 9.Austin Peay......... 9 181 20.11 10.Morehead State...... 10 196 19.60 11.Eastern Kentucky.... 10 192 19.20 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) |------CONFERENCE-------| |--------OVERALL--------| STANDINGS --------Austin Peay......... Murray State........ Southeast Missouri.. Tennessee Tech...... Morehead State...... Tennessee State..... Eastern Kentucky.... Samford............. UT Martin........... Jacksonville State.. Eastern Illinois.... TEAM SUMMARIES Team Austin Peay......... G 9 PF-PA 696-638 728-822 635-631 655-728 665-660 673-597 539-566 762-781 690-670 726-656 730-750 Avg Score 77.3-70.9 66.2-74.7 63.5-63.1 65.5-72.8 66.5-66.0 74.8-66.3 53.9-56.6 76.2-78.1 76.7-74.4 72.6-65.6 73.0-75.0 Margin +6.4 -8.5 +0.4 -7.3 +0.5 +8.4 -2.7 -1.9 +2.2 +7.0 -2.0 FG-FGA 227-473 251-578 226-499 240-546 227-501 244-489 186-422 266-595 252-537 257-572 252-554 Pct .480 .434 .453 .440 .453 .499 .441 .447 .469 .449 .455 3FG-FGA 72-175 66-175 93-243 75-196 68-172 54-128 77-216 65-188 65-188 64-187 91-256 Pct .411 .377 .383 .383 .395 .422 .356 .346 .346 .342 .355 FT-FTA 170-227 160-214 90-128 100-162 143-203 131-175 90-131 165-245 121-187 148-246 135-204 Pct RebF RebA Margin .749 .748 .703 .617 .704 .749 .687 .673 .647 .602 .662 267 372 263 314 291 308 270 404 303 391 325 287 343 302 365 300 276 282 380 316 322 335 -2.2 +2.6 -3.9 -5.1 -0.9 +3.6 -1.2 +2.4 -1.4 +6.9 -1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Eastern Illinois.... 11 Eastern Kentucky.... 10 Jacksonville State.. 10 Morehead State...... 10 Murray State........ 9 Samford............. 10 Southeast Missouri.. 10 Tennessee State..... 9 Tennessee Tech...... 10 UT Martin........... 10 ATTENDANCE Team Austin Peay Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State Morehead State Murray State Samford Southeast Missouri Tennessee State Tennessee Tech UT Martin Totals | HOME GAMES | | | | | | | | | | | 6-18066 6-5195 5-10850 5-4615 5-12218 4-12758 5-6581 4-14455 4-7674 5-8927 5-16143 Avg | AWAY GAMES 3011 | 866 | 2170 | 923 | 2444 | 3190 | 1316 | 3614 | 1918 | 1785 | 3229 | 3-8239 5-10988 5-12931 5-12939 5-12230 5-10822 5-11629 6-11173 5-9723 5-10034 5-6774 Avg | NEUT GAMES 2746 | 2198 | 2586 | 2588 | 2446 | 2164 | 2326 | 1862 | 1945 | 2007 | 1355 | 2176 | 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Avg | ALL GAMES 0 | 9-26305 Avg | 2923 | 1471 | 2378 | 1755 | 2445 | 2620 | 1821 | 2563 | 1933 | 1896 | 2292 | 2176 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0 | 11-16183 0 | 10-23781 0 | 10-17554 0 | 10-24448 0 | 9-23580 0 | 10-18210 0 | 10-25628 0 | 9-17397 0 | 10-18961 0 | 10-22917 0 | 54-117482 W-L --8-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 5-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 2-8 1-10 Pct --.889 .667 .600 .600 .600 .556 .500 .500 .400 .200 .091 PF -77.3 74.8 76.2 72.6 66.5 76.7 63.5 53.9 73.0 65.5 66.2 PA -70.9 66.3 78.1 65.6 66.0 74.4 63.1 56.6 75.0 72.8 74.7 W-L --8-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 5-4 5-5 5-5 4-6 2-8 1-10 Pct --.889 .667 .600 .600 .600 .556 .500 .500 .400 .200 .091 PF -77.3 74.8 76.2 72.6 66.5 76.7 63.5 53.9 73.0 65.5 66.2 PA -70.9 66.3 78.1 65.6 66.0 74.4 63.1 56.6 75.0 72.8 74.7 WINNING STREAK Team Murray State Morehead State Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Austin Peay Samford NO. 4 4 3 2 2 1 ------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 54-117482 2176 | 54-117482 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team's games. SCORING ## Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G -----------------------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 93 50 47 283 28.3 2.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 54 14 57 179 19.9 3.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 10 54 18 45 171 17.1 4.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 10 56 27 21 160 16.0 5.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 9 55 13 20 143 15.9 6.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 10 59 23 16 157 15.7 7.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 42 0 55 139 15.4 8.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 9 55 0 27 137 15.2 9.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 44 31 33 152 15.2 10.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 9 49 15 18 131 14.6 11.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 9 38 29 18 123 13.7 12.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 51 2 29 133 13.3 McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 48 2 35 133 13.3 14.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 9 37 30 15 119 13.2 15.HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 10 42 8 40 132 13.2 16.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 9 38 11 29 116 12.9 17.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 44 12 36 136 12.4 18.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 10 42 15 24 123 12.3 19.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 42 0 38 122 12.2 20.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 47 11 16 121 12.1 21.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 39 2 28 108 12.0 22.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 33 17 23 106 11.8 23.CHANNELS, Wes-APSU....... SO 9 34 12 24 104 11.6 24.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 43 2 15 103 11.4 25.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 40 0 33 113 11.3 26.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 34 14 18 100 11.1 27.WESLEY, J.J.-JSU......... FR 10 34 28 12 108 10.8 DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 10 38 27 5 108 10.8 29.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 10 38 9 22 107 10.7 30.MOORE, Kenard-SEMO....... 10 32 26 16 106 10.6 FIELD GOAL PCT (Min. 3.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.COX, Darius-TSU.......... FR 9 29 44 .659 2.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 10 39 64 .609 3.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 9 34 58 .586 4.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 9 55 94 .585 5.BOGAN, Will-SEMO......... FR 9 28 48 .583 6.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 9 49 91 .538 BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 42 78 .538 8.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 43 80 .538 9.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 39 73 .534 10.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 48 90 .533 11.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 51 99 .515 12.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 93 186 .500 FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 44 88 .500 14.HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 10 42 85 .494 15.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 34 69 .493 FREE THROW PCT (Min. 2.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.ANTHONY, Julio-EIU....... SR 11 38 42 .905 2.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 8 16 18 .889 3.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 23 26 .885 4.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 38 43 .884 5.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 9 19 22 .864 6.THOMAS, Danero-MUR....... SO 9 29 35 .829 7.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 33 40 .825 8.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 28 34 .824 9.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 36 44 .818 10.HERRING, Jaycen-SEMO..... JR 10 40 49 .816 11.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 47 58 .810 12.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 10 22 28 .786 13.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 9 18 23 .783 WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 18 23 .783 15.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 55 71 .775 REBOUNDING ## Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 36 64 100 10.0 2.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 37 58 95 9.5 3.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 32 47 79 7.9 4.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 8 14 44 58 7.3 5.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 17 48 65 7.2 6.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 20 49 69 6.9 7.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 23 38 61 6.8 8.CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 11 26 47 73 6.6 9.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 10 24 40 64 6.4 10.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 9 26 28 54 6.0 11.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 10 22 37 59 5.9 12.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 19 33 52 5.8 13.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 16 46 62 5.6 14.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 19 37 56 5.6 HAY, Olajide-UTM......... JR 10 17 39 56 5.6 BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 16 40 56 5.6 17.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 9 9 36 45 5.0 18.REMBERT, Michael-SEMO.... SR 10 23 26 49 4.9 19.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 11 37 48 4.8 20.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 9 14 29 43 4.8 PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 6 37 43 4.8 ASSISTS ## Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G ------------------------------------------------1.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 10 78 7.80 2.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 10 59 5.90 3.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 52 5.78 4.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 9 48 5.33 5.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 43 4.78 6.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 38 3.80 7.WRIGHT, Carlos-UTM....... JR 8 29 3.63 8.PEARSON, Sam-UTM......... FR 10 33 3.30 9.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 29 3.22 10.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 10 32 3.20 11.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 10 31 3.10 12.WILLHITE, Jon'Tee-EIU.... SR 11 33 3.00 DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 30 3.00 14.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 29 2.90 15.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 10 28 2.80 STEALS ## Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G -----------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 39 3.90 2.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 26 2.89 3.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 22 2.44 4.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 10 24 2.40 5.ERVIN, Reiley-TSU........ SR 9 18 2.00 6.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 9 17 1.89 7.DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 10 18 1.80 8.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 10 16 1.60 STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 10 16 1.60 10.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 9 14 1.56 11.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 15 1.50 BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 10 15 1.50 13.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 13 1.44 LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 13 1.44 15.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 10 14 1.40 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) 3-POINT FG PCT (Min. 1.0 made per game) ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct ---------------------------------------------------1.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 10 11 21 .524 2.WEAVER, LaDarious-TSU.... SR 9 19 38 .500 3.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 31 63 .492 4.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 14 29 .483 5.CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 9 15 32 .469 6.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 12 26 .462 ERVIN, Reiley-TSU........ SR 9 12 26 .462 8.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 17 37 .459 9.ANTHONY, Julio-EIU....... SR 11 11 24 .458 10.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 50 111 .450 11.BEDWELL, Josh-SAM........ FR 10 19 43 .442 12.STOMMES, Justin-EKU...... FR 10 11 25 .440 13.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 9 30 69 .435 14.TAYLOR, Josh-EKU......... SO 10 14 33 .424 15.BAILEY, Joe-UTM.......... SO 9 11 26 .423 BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G -----------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 30 3.00 2.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 13 1.44 3.MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 10 14 1.40 4.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 10 13 1.30 5.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 9 11 1.22 6.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 11 1.10 7.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 10 1.00 HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 10 1.00 COX, Darius-TSU.......... FR 9 9 1.00 BOGAN, Will-SEMO......... FR 9 9 1.00 11.REMBERT, Michael-SEMO.... SR 10 8 0.80 12.WILLIAMS, Marvin-MUR..... SO 9 7 0.78 13.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 7 0.70 14.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 6 0.60 BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 6 0.60 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 37 3.70 2.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 36 3.60 3.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 32 3.20 4.EASLEY, Tony-MUR......... SO 9 26 2.89 5.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 23 2.56 6.WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 10 24 2.40 7.CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 11 26 2.36 8.REMBERT, Michael-SEMO.... SR 10 23 2.30 9.RIEDEWALD, Djero-UTM..... JR 10 22 2.20 MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 10 22 2.20 11.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 19 2.11 12.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 20 2.00 NIXON, Rashaud-TTU....... SR 10 20 2.00 COX, Darius-TSU.......... FR 9 18 2.00 15.BYRNE, Jake-EIU.......... SR 11 21 1.91 3-POINT FG MADE ## Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 50 5.00 2.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 9 30 3.33 3.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 9 29 3.22 4.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 31 3.10 5.WESLEY, J.J.-JSU......... FR 10 28 2.80 6.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 10 27 2.70 DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 10 27 2.70 8.MOORE, Kenard-SEMO....... 10 26 2.60 9.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 10 23 2.30 10.WEAVER, LaDarious-TSU.... SR 9 19 2.11 11.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 10 20 2.00 12.BEDWELL, Josh-SAM........ FR 10 19 1.90 13.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 17 1.89 14.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 10 18 1.80 GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 10 18 1.80 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Min. 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio --------------------------------------------------------------1.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 52 5.8 17 1.9 3.06 2.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 10 78 7.8 26 2.6 3.00 3.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 29 3.2 12 1.3 2.42 4.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 9 48 5.3 20 2.2 2.40 5.WRIGHT, Carlos-UTM....... JR 8 29 3.6 13 1.6 2.23 6.BRAY, DeAndre-JSU........ JR 10 59 5.9 29 2.9 2.03 7.PEARSON, Sam-UTM......... FR 10 33 3.3 17 1.7 1.94 8.WILLHITE, Jon'Tee-EIU.... SR 11 33 3.0 21 1.9 1.57 9.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 30 3.0 21 2.1 1.43 10.TOLES, Jonathan-JSU...... JR 10 31 3.1 24 2.4 1.29 11.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 38 3.8 34 3.4 1.12 12.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 43 4.8 42 4.7 1.02 13.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 10 32 3.2 35 3.5 0.91 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS ## Player-Team Cl G No. Avg/G ---------------------------------------------1.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 64 6.40 2.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 58 5.80 3.FOUST, Brandon-SEMO...... SR 8 44 5.50 4.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 48 5.33 5.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 49 4.90 6.FARIED, Kenneth-MOR...... FR 10 47 4.70 7.CISSE, Ousmane-EIU....... SO 11 47 4.27 8.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 38 4.22 9.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 46 4.18 10.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 37 4.11 11.BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 40 4.00 WILLIAMS, Calvin-SEMO.... SO 10 40 4.00 CARTER, Bruce-MUR........ SR 9 36 4.00 14.HAY, Olajide-UTM......... JR 10 39 3.90 15.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 37 3.70 PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 37 3.70 MBODJI, Amadou-JSU....... SO 10 37 3.70 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL STATISTICS Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (Conference games only) MINUTES PLAYED ## Player-Team Cl G Minutes Avg/G ------------------------------------------------1.ROSE, Mike-EKU........... JR 10 378 37.80 2.HUDSON, Lester-UTM....... JR 10 377 37.70 3.LEONARD, Adam-EKU........ SO 9 338 37.56 4.MERRITT, Joe Ross-SAM.... SR 10 352 35.20 5.PRICE, Bruce-TSU......... SR 9 316 35.11 6.WEDDLE, Marquis-UTM...... FR 10 351 35.10 7.STOJAKOVIC, Nikola-MOR... SR 10 343 34.30 8.FISHER, Anthony-TTU...... SR 10 340 34.00 9.MONTGOMERY, Trey-SAM..... SO 10 338 33.80 10.DIALLS, Darnell-EKU...... SR 10 333 33.30 11.MURPHY, Nick-JSU......... FR 9 298 33.11 12.REED, Drake-APSU......... JR 9 297 33.00 13.PETERSON, Travis-SAM..... SR 10 327 32.70 14.STEWARD, Jamyron-MOR..... SR 10 325 32.50 15.LOCKETT, Fernandez-APSU.. SR 9 291 32.33 16.WRIGHT, Derek-APSU....... SR 9 288 32.00 17.GINN, Will-JSU........... SR 10 319 31.90 18.McKENZIE, Amadi-TTU...... SR 10 311 31.10 19.HOLLOWAY, Tyler-MUR...... JR 9 277 30.78 20.BABINGTON, Todd-APSU..... SR 9 273 30.33 21.DAVIS, Frank-TTU......... SO 10 299 29.90 22.STALLWORTH, Maze-MOR..... SO 10 294 29.40 BUCHANAN, Leon-MOR....... JR 10 294 29.40 24.ROBINSON, Gerald-TSU..... FR 9 260 28.89 25.NORTHERN, Daniel-TTU..... JR 10 285 28.50 26.HOUSTON, Jerrell-TSU..... JR 9 253 28.11 27.CATCHINGS, Bobby-EIU..... SR 11 309 28.09 28.THOMAS, Kevin-MUR........ JR 9 249 27.67 29.ERVIN, Reiley-TSU........ SR 9 248 27.56 30.ANTHONY, Julio-EIU....... SR 11 302 27.45 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference Conference Team Highs Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------POINTS................... FIELD GOALS MADE......... FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... 3 PT FG MADE............. 117 116 45 43 88 80 .596 (28-47) .585 (24-41) 19 15 15 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS......... 3 PT PERCENTAGE.......... FREE THROWS MADE......... FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 43 38 .706 (12-17) .647 (11-17) 38 31 49 44 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (14-14) 1.000 (4-4) 1.000 (2-2) REBOUNDS................. 54 53 53 ASSISTS.................. 29 28 28 STEALS................... 21 20 20 BLOCKED SHOTS............ 9 9 9 TURNOVERS................ FOULS.................... 31 28 37 31 31 Tennessee Tech vs BLUEFIELD COLLEGE (11/27/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) Tennessee Tech vs BLUEFIELD COLLEGE (11/27/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) Jacksonville State at Georgia (11/09/07) Eastern Illinois at Morehead State (12/19/07) Samford at Eastern Kentucky (01/19/08) Jacksonville State vs TENNESSEE TEMPLE (11/12/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) UT Martin at Morehead State (12/17/07) Jacksonville State vs TENNESSEE TEMPLE (11/12/07) Eastern Kentucky at East Tennessee State (11/17/07) Morehead State vs EASTERN ILLINOIS (12/19/07) Eastern Illinois at Morehead State (12/19/07) Tennessee Tech vs UNION COLLEGE (11/13/07) Austin Peay at Middle Tennessee (12/29/07) Tennessee Tech vs UNION COLLEGE (11/13/07) Southeast Missouri vs TENNESSEE STATE (12/06/07) Murray State vs AUSTIN PEAY (01/10/08) Samford at Eastern Kentucky (01/19/08) Jacksonville State at Samford (12/06/07) Murray State vs INDIANA-SOUTH BEND (01/15/08) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) Tennessee Tech vs BLUEFIELD COLLEGE (11/27/07) Jacksonville State vs BERRY COLLEGE (11/20/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) Tennessee Tech vs BLUEFIELD COLLEGE (11/27/07) UT Martin vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) Tennessee Tech vs UNION COLLEGE (11/13/07) Tennessee State vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (01/17/08) Southeast Missouri at Xavier (11/10/07) Southeast Missouri vs TENNESSEE TECH (12/08/07) UT Martin at Vanderbilt (12/29/07) Eastern Kentucky at Duke (11/25/07) Morehead State at Houston (11/09/07) Southeast Missouri vs Coppin State (11/23/07) Murray State at Western Kentucky (11/17/07) Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri (12/06/07) 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference Conference Individual Highs Through games of Jan 21, 2008 (All games) INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------POINTS................... FIELD GOALS MADE......... 36 36 13 12 12 12 12 12 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.... 26 26 .889 (8-9) .833 (10-12) .833 (10-12) 3 PT FG MADE............. 8 8 8 8 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS......... 16 15 15 15 15 15 3 PT PERCENTAGE.......... FREE THROWS MADE......... .833 (5-6) .833 (5-6) 17 15 15 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 22 19 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE.... 1.000 (15-15) 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (9-9) 1.000 (8-8) 1.000 (8-8) 1.000 (8-8) 1.000 (8-8) 1.000 (8-8) REBOUNDS................. ASSISTS.................. 16 15 13 13 13 STEALS................... 10 7 7 7 BLOCKED SHOTS............ 5 5 5 TURNOVERS................ 9 9 9 HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Morehead State (12/17/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Vanderbilt (12/29/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Vanderbilt (12/29/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Memphis (11/05/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) vs Maine (11/06/07) WEDDLE, Marquis (UT Martin) vs COVENANT COLLEGE (11/19/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) vs COVENANT COLLEGE (11/19/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Morehead State (12/17/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Arkansas State (11/29/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Vanderbilt (12/29/07) REED, Drake (Austin Peay) at Memphis (11/27/07) BROWN, Dorien (Jacksonville State) at Kennesaw State (11/16/07) BUCHANAN, Leon (Morehead State) at Bowling Green (11/17/07) GINN, Will (Jacksonville State) vs TENNESSEE TEMPLE (11/12/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Morehead State (12/17/07) STALLWORTH, Maze (Morehead State) vs EASTERN ILLINOIS (12/19/07) WESLEY, J.J. (Jacksonville State) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (12/20/07) GINN, Will (Jacksonville State) vs TENNESSEE TEMPLE (11/12/07) BYNUM, Jeremy (Jacksonville State) vs TENNESSEE TEMPLE (11/12/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) at Arkansas State (11/29/07) WEDDLE, Marquis (UT Martin) at Morehead State (12/17/07) WESLEY, J.J. (Jacksonville State) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (12/20/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) vs MURRAY STATE (01/19/08) ANTHONY, Julio (Eastern Illinois) at Austin Peay (01/07/08) WEAVER, LaDarious (Tennessee State) vs EASTERN ILLINOIS (01/19/08) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) vs CUMBERLAND (11/09/07) BUCHANAN, Leon (Morehead State) at Bowling Green (11/17/07) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) at Murray State (01/05/08) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) vs CUMBERLAND (11/09/07) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) at Murray State (01/05/08) BUCHANAN, Leon (Morehead State) at Bowling Green (11/17/07) LOCKETT, Fernandez (Austin Peay) vs BELMONT (11/17/07) LASER, Tyler (Eastern Illinois) vs MURRAY STATE (01/03/08) ANTHONY, Julio (Eastern Illinois) vs UT MARTIN (01/10/08) DAVIS, Josh (Samford) vs REINHARDT (12/15/07) ANTHONY, Julio (Eastern Illinois) vs MURRAY STATE (01/03/08) FOUST, Brandon (Southeast Missouri) at Eastern Illinois (01/05/08) THOMAS, Kevin (Murray State) vs AUSTIN PEAY (01/10/08) BUCHANAN, Leon (Morehead State) at UT Martin (01/12/08) ROBINSON, Gerald (UT Martin) vs COVENANT COLLEGE (11/19/07) NORTHERN, Daniel (Tennessee Tech) vs EASTERN ILLINOIS (01/17/08) BRAY, DeAndre (Jacksonville State) at UT Martin (12/08/07) STOJAKOVIC, Nikola (Morehead State) vs UT MARTIN (12/17/07) BRAY, DeAndre (Jacksonville State) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (12/20/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) vs CENTRAL BAPTIST (11/13/07) LOCKETT, Fernandez (Austin Peay) vs BELMONT (11/17/07) HUDSON, Lester (UT Martin) vs SAMFORD (01/05/08) ERVIN, Reiley (Tennessee State) vs SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (01/17/08) BOGAN, Will (Southeast Missouri) at Xavier (11/10/07) NORTHERN, Daniel (Tennessee Tech) vs UNION COLLEGE (11/13/07) MBODJI, Amadou (Jacksonville State) vs BERRY COLLEGE (11/20/07) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) at Alaska-Fairbanks (11/15/07) FISHER, Anthony (Tennessee Tech) vs AUSTIN PEAY (12/01/07) PRICE, Bruce (Tennessee State) at Southeast Missouri (12/06/07)