UAB BLAZER BASKETBALL EXHIBITION LINDENWOOD NOVEMBER 3, 2016

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2015-16 UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Jay D Abramo Associate Athletics Communications Director Cell: (205) 234-9422 Office: (205) 934-7920 jdabramo@uab.edu www.uabsports.

Kansas^ [ESPN2] 8:30 p.m. 11.22 vs. Georgia/George Washington^ TBA 11.27 vs. Saint Mary s! 4 p.m. 11.29 ALABAMA A&M 7 p.m. DECEMBER 12.3 AUBURN [bein Sports] 7:30 p.m. 12.7 at Stephen F.

1 UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Jay D Abramo Associate Athletics Communications Director Cell: (205) Office: (205) jdabramo@uab.edu Snapchat: UAB_MBB SCHEDULE Date Opponent [TV] Time/Result NOVEMBER ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 7 p.m FURMAN 7 p.m TROY 7 p.m vs. Kansas^ [ESPN2] 8:30 p.m vs. Georgia/George Washington^ TBA vs. Saint Mary s! 4 p.m ALABAMA A&M 7 p.m. DECEMBER 12.3 AUBURN [bein Sports] 7:30 p.m at Stephen F. Austin [ESPN3] 7 p.m at Memphis [ESPN3] 12 p.m SOUTHERN 4 p.m at Texas [Longhorn Network] 7 p.m MILES COLLEGE 5 p.m. JANUARY 1.1 at Middle Tennessee* [Campus Insiders] 3 p.m. 1.5 at North Texas* [ESPN3] 7 p.m. 1.7 at Rice* 7 p.m WKU* [Campus Insiders] 7 p.m MARSHALL* 1 p.m at Florida Atlantic* [bein Sports] 7 p.m at FIU* 6 p.m LOUISIANA TECH* [ASN] 8 p.m SOUTHERN MISS* 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 2.2 at UTEP* [CBS SN] 9 p.m. 2.4 at UTSA* 3 p.m. 2.9 CHARLOTTE* [Campus Insiders] 7 p.m OLD DOMINION* [ASN] 7 p.m at Marshall* [CBS SN] 6 p.m at WKU* [CBS SN] 1 p.m MIDDLE TENNESSEE* [CBS SN] 12 p.m. MARCH 3.2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 7 p.m. 3.4 FIU* [Campus Insiders] 7 p.m. 3.8 at C-USA Tournament [Campus Insiders} TBA 3.9 at C-USA Tournament [ASN] TBA 3.10 at C-USA Tournament [CBS SN] TBA 3.11 at C-USA Tournament [CBS SN] ^ CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.)! Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) * Conference USA Game Home games in ALL CAPS All times Central and subject to change exhibition UAB BLAZERS (0-0) Head Coach: Robert Ehsan 0-0 (1st year) 0-0 (1st year) LINDENWOOD LIONS (0-0) Head Coach: Lance Randall (9th year) (2nd year) UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 VS. Thursday, November 3, :30 p.m. CST Birmingham, Ala. Bartow Arena Television: CUSA.tv Radio: None Live Stats: Snapchat: UAB_MBB OPENING TIP UAB won Conference USA last season with a 16-2 mark in league play. UAB was picked to win Conference USA in in a vote by the league s coaches. UAB returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from a team that won a school-record 26 games last season. UAB junior forward William Lee ranked eighth in the NCAA in blocked shots last season and was named the 2016 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year. UAB senior guard Dirk Williams was tabbed the 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year, marking the second straight year a Blazer has won the award. Junior Chris Cokley won the award as a freshman in UAB ranked third in the NCAA last season with 18.4 assists per game. UAB is 11-2 in its last 13 games decided by five points or less and has won eight straight decided by five points or less. UAB is when leading at halftime since the start of the season. UAB and the city of Birmingham were awarded the Conference USA Championships for the third straight year. NICK NORTON G Jr PPG RPG AST STL BLK MIN HAKEEM BAXTER G Sr PPG RPG AST STL BLK MIN UAB PROBABLE STARTERS DIRK WILLIAMS G Sr PPG RPG AST STL BLK MIN CHRIS COKLEY F Jr PPG RPG AST STL BLK MIN WILLIAM LEE F Jr PPG RPG AST STL BLK MIN

ROBERT EHSAN HEAD COACH THE ROBERT EHSAN FILE CAREER RECORD AS A HEAD COACH 0-0 (.000 winning pct. / 1st season) RECORD AS UAB S HEAD COACH 00-00 (.000 winning pct. / 1st season) HONORS Gordon S.

2 ROBERT EHSAN HEAD COACH THE ROBERT EHSAN FILE CAREER RECORD AS A HEAD COACH 0-0 (.000 winning pct. / 1st season) RECORD AS UAB S HEAD COACH (.000 winning pct. / 1st season) HONORS Gordon S. Baranco Award (2005) Team Captain (2005) COACHING CAREER Season School Position Record/Postseason Maryland Graduate Assistant 19-13/NIT Maryland Graduate Assistant 25-9/NCAA Tournament Maryland Assistant Recruiting Director 19-5/NIT Maryland Assistant Coach 21-14/NCAA Tournament Maryland Assistant Coach 24-9/NCAA Tournament Maryland Assistant Coach Virginia Tech Assistant Coach UAB Assistant Coach UAB Assistant Coach UAB Assistant Coach 20-16/NCAA Tournament UAB Associate Head Coach 26-7/NIT UAB Head Coach 0-0 UAB ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST Coach (Seasons) Wins Years Gene Bartow ( ) Mike Davis ( ) Murry Bartow ( ) Mike Anderson ( ) Jerod Haase ( ) Robert Ehsan (2016-pres.) Robert Ehsan begins his first season as head coach of the UAB men s basketball program and his fifth season on the staff after serving as associate head coach under former Blazer head coach Jerod Haase. Ehsan played a key role in the resurgence of UAB basketball, as he helped the Blazers capture the 2015 Conference USA Tournament championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. UAB would go on to make shockwaves in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, as the 14th-seeded Blazers knocked off No. 3 seed Iowa State, 60-59, to advance to the NCAA Round of 32. Ehsan and UAB enjoyed more success the following season when the Blazers won the 2016 Conference USA Championship with a 16-2 record inside the league. Additionally, UAB set school records for overall wins (26), Conference USA wins, road wins (10) and consecutive wins (14). Individually, Robert Brown, Chris Cokley, William Lee and Nick Norton were named all-conference, while Lee was tabbed the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and Dirk Williams the Sixth Man of the Year. A second consecutive trip to the postseason capped the year when the Blazers earned a berth in the NIT for the 12th time in school history. Prior to his time at UAB, Ehsan spent a season as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech University under Seth Greenberg and six seasons under Gary Williams at the University of Maryland, where he was heavily involved with many aspects of the program, including coaching, player development, recruiting, academics, scouting, scheduling and fundraising. At Maryland, Ehsan was instrumental in securing two Top 25 recruiting classes, and developed players like Jordan Williams, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year Greivis Vasquez. He was also involved in the recruitment of Brown, who was originally recruited by Ehsan at Virginia Tech before transferring to rejoin him at UAB, as well as UAB standout Lee and others. Ehsan played four seasons at the University of California, Davis. He started his last two seasons for the Aggies and was the team captain in his senior year. Ehsan finished 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage as a junior for UC Davis, which was in a transition period while moving from NCAA Division II to Division I. At UC Davis, Ehsan received the Gordon S. Baranco Award, symbolizing exceptional leadership, unselfishness, work ethic and commitment to the team. Ehsan earned a bachelor s degree in economics at UC Davis and completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Maryland. Ehsan is a native of Sacramento, Calif., and is married to the former Lindsey Rattray. They have one daughter, Katelyn, and a son, Davis UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

3 WE RE GOING STREAKING UAB enters the season riding one of the longest winning streaks in the NCAA. The Blazers have won 25 consecutive home games and own the fifth-longest such streak in the country. UAB has not lost inside Bartow Arena since falling to LSU on Dec. 18, In addition, UAB has won 18 consecutive home games against Conference USA competition. Kansas owns the longest home winning streak in the NCAA with 42 straight. Ironically, UAB and Kansas meet Nov. 21 in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., in a neutral site game. BLAZERS ARE BACK! UAB returns all but one player from its 2016 Conference USA regular-season championship team. Among the 11 returners are four starters, led by juniors Chris Cokley, William Lee and Nick Norton. Cokley was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team last season, while Lee and Norton both earned All-Conference USA Third Team accolades. Additionally, Lee was selected as the 2016 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and secure a spot on the league s all-defensive team. UAB also returns 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year Dirk Williams. Overall, the Blazers return 82.3 percent of their scoring and 92.8 percent of their rebounding. DYNAMIC DUO Blazer posts William Lee and Tosin Mehinti and both moving up the charts on UAB s career blocked shots list. Lee will enter the season second all-time at UAB with 146 rejections and will need 121 blocks over his final two seasons to surpass the 266 of Alan Ogg to become the school s all-time leader. Mehinti begins the season fourth all-time at UAB with 134 rejections and is only four shy of moving into third place. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING Statistic UAB LU Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Field Goal Pct point Pct Opp. 3-Point Pct Free Throw Pct Rebounds Per Game Opp. Rebounds Per Game Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Opp. Turnovers Per Game Turnover Margin Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game WELCOME TO BLOCKINGHAM UAB transformed Birmingham into Blockingham last season by finishing the year ranked second in the NCAA with 6.1 blocked shots per game. UAB ended the season with 202 blocks to record the sixth-most in the country. In addition, the 202 rejections were the highest single-season total in school history, surpassing the previous record of 187 set during the season. Individually, junior William Lee finished the season with 95 blocks and ranked eighth in the NCAA with 2.9 per game. Lee, who blocked at least one shot in all but one game, was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year while earning a spot on the All-Defensive Team as well. Lee s 95 rejections rank as the second-most in school history for a single season. Only Alan Ogg had more single-season blocks than Lee when he tallied 129 during the season. ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS UAB turned in one of its greatest seasons in school history in en route to its first Conference USA regular-season championship since season. The Blazers finished the season with a 26-7 overall record and a 16-2 mark in league play. During the season, UAB set school records for overall wins, Conference USA wins, consecutive wins (14) and road wins (10). The Blazers would go on to earn a bid to the NIT to mark the 12th time in school history UAB has participated in the postseason tournament. ALL-CONFERENCE QUARTET UAB made school history at the end of the regular season when four of its student-athletes were named All-Conference USA. Blazers Robert Brown (first team), Chris Cokley (second team), William Lee (third team) and Nick Norton (third team) became the first UAB quartet to be named All-Conference USA in the same season, breaking the previous school record of three selections set during the season. The All-Conference USA teams were selected by a vote of the league s coaches and a select panel of media representatives. NORTON LENDS A HELPING HAND UAB junior guard Nick Norton established himself as one of the top point guards in the nation through his first two years in a Blazer uniform. In fact, Norton led Conference USA and ranked 18th in the NCAA with a 3.0 assist/turnover ratio. Norton also stood third in the league in steals (1.6 spg) and fifth in assists (5.1 apg). The Bloomington, Ill., native enters his junior season with 294 career assists and needs only 35 more helpers to move into 10th place on UAB s all-time list. Last season, Norton finished with 162 assists to record the 11th-most in a single season in school history. UAB QUICK FACTS Name...UAB Nickname... Blazers Location... Birmingham, Ala. Founded Enrollment... 19,535 Colors... Forest Green & Old Gold Conference... Conference USA Home Court... Bartow Arena Capacity... 8,500 President... Dr. Ray Watts Athletic Director...Mark Ingram Head Coach... Robert Ehsan Overall record/years (1) UAB record/years (1) First year of men s basketball Overall all-time record overall record Conference record/finish /1st Starters returning/lost...4/1 Letterwinners returning/lost... 10/2 Newcomers... 2 UAB ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Ted Feeley Associate AD/Athletics Communications tfeeley@uab.edu Jay D Abramo Associate Athletics Communications Director Men s Basketball Contact (o) (c) jdabramo@uab.edu Kathryn Langley Athletics Communications Associate Secondary Men s Basketball Contact (o) (c) langleyk@uab.edu MEDIA INTERVIEWS: All interviews with players and or members of the UAB men s basketball coaching staff must be arranged through JAY D ABRAMO and the UAB Athletics Communications Office. No interviews will be granted on gameday until competition is over. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: Both team locker rooms will be CLOSED to the media following the game. Coach Ehsan will address the media approximately 10 minutes after the game. Selected players will be escorted into the media interview room following the head coaches. Visiting coach and player interviews will be coordinated through the visiting team s athletics communications contact UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 3

4 C-USA STANDINGS C-USA Pct All Pct Charlotte FIU Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech Marshall Middle Tennessee North Texas Old Dominion Rice Southern Miss UAB UTEP UTSA WKU THIS WEEK IN C-USA NOVEMBER 11 (FRIDAY) Milligan at Middle Tennessee 11 a.m. Louisiana Tech at South Carolina 5:30 p.m. Florida Memorial at FIU 6 p.m. James Madison at Old Dominion 6 p.m. Sul Ross State at North Texas 7 p.m. Tougaloo at Southern Miss 7 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at UAB 7 p.m. Newberry at Charlotte 7 p.m. UTSA at Fresno State 9 p.m. Texas State vs. Florida Atlantic TBD SIX SHOOTER UAB sharp shooter Dirk Williams came off the bench last season to shoot 48.2 percent from the field, 38.4 percent from three-point range and 89.8 percent from the free throw line while averaging 9.3 points per game. For his efforts, Williams was selected as the 2016 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year, making it two straight years in which a Blazer has won the award. Forward Chris Cokley won the award in 2015 as a freshman. In addition, Williams helped UAB to a 14-1 record when he scored in double figures. FINDING A WAY UAB turned in a three-point victory March 5 when the Blazers defeated Florida Atlantic in the final game of the regular season. The Blazers have enjoyed a great deal of success when playing close games. In fact, UAB is 11-2 in its last 13 games decided by five points or less and has won eight straight decided by five points or less. TRIPLES AND DIMES UAB finished the season with one of its best seasons in school history in total three-pointers made and total assists. The Blazers sunk 250 three-pointers last season for the second-most in school history for a single season. UAB averaged 7.6 triples per game. The Blazers also finished the season with the second-most single-season assists in school history with 608. UAB paced Conference USA and ranked third in the NCAA with 18.4 assists per game. 80 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER UAB scored 80 points nine different times last season and went undefeated in those contests. The Blazers enter the season having won 14 straight games when scoring at least 80 points. DEFENSE DOMINATES UAB held FIU to 60 points last season in a victory on the final weekend of the regular season. The Blazers have been very successful since the start of the season when holding an opponent to 70 points or less. In fact, the Blazers are since when allowing less than 70 points. HALFTIME HIGH UAB went 20-2 last season when leading at halftime and enter the season when leading at halftime since the start of the season. UAB SELECTED TO INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT Caymax Sports Ltd., in conjunction with Global Sports Management, has announced that Cincinnati, Iowa, UAB and Wyoming will headline the inaugural eightteam Cayman Islands Classic college basketball multiteam event that will start in November of The remaining four participating teams will be released later. NOVEMBER 12 (SATURDAY) North Carolina Central at Marshall 11 a.m. Alabama State at WKU 7 p.m. Louisiana College at UTEP 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 13 (SUNDAY) Rice at James Madison 1 p.m. UTSA at Oregon State 4 p.m. SIUE vs. Florida Atlantic 6:30 p.m. NOVEMBER 14 (MONDAY) FIU at Stetson 6 p.m. Old Dominion at Richmond 6 p.m. Furman at UAB 7 p.m. Charlotte at Elon TBD NOVEMBER 15 (TUESDAY) Hawaii vs. Florida Atlantic 3:15 a.m. Murray State at Middle Tennessee 6:30 p.m. North Texas at Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss at LSU 7 p.m. UAB ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Last School 0 Hakeem Baxter G Sr. Philadelphia, Pa./Maryland Eastern Shore 1 Denzell Watts G Sr. Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth HS 2 Nick Norton G Jr. Bloomington, Ill./Central Catholic HS 3 Chris Cokley F Jr. Savannah, Ga./Savannah HS 5 Deion Lavender G So. Alton, Ill./Southern Illinois 10 Javien Williams G Fr. Birmingham, Ala./Woodlawn HS 13 Nate Darling G Fr. Halifax, Nova Scotia/DeMatha Catholic HS 11 Dirk Williams G Sr. Homewood, Ala./Tallahassee (Fla.) CC 21 Tosin Mehinti F Sr. Lagos, Nigeria/Greenforest Academy 22 Tyler Madison G Sr. Columbiana, Ala./Shelby County HS 33 Thomas Smallwood F So. Bordeaux, France/Saint John Perse 34 William Lee F Jr. Plantersville, Ala./Dallas County HS 35 Lewis Sullivan F Jr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Head Coach: Robert Ehsan, first season (UC Davis, 2005) Associate Head Coach: Turner Battle, third season (Buffalo, 2005) Assistant Coach: Dannton Jackson, first season (Xavier [New Orleans], 1992) Assistant Coach: Kevin Devitt, first season (DePaul, 2010) Director of Operations: Zavier Anderson, third season (Clemson, 2011) Assistant to the Head Coach: DJ Black, third season (Penn State, 2006) UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

2015-16 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 18, 2016) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 26-7 16-0 10-4 0-3 CONFERENCE 16-2 9-0 7-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-5

5 UAB Men's Basketball UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 18, 2016) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 BROWN, Robert COKLEY, Chris LEE, William WILLIAMS, Dirk NORTON, Nick BAXTER, Hakeem MEHINTI, Tosin SULLIVAN, Lewis WATTS, Denzell SMALLWOOD, Thoma MADISON, Tyler LOVE, Lionel Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UAB OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals UAB Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/13/15 at Auburn L /16/15 ALABAMA STATE W /19/15 at Troy W /22/15 JACKSONVILLE STATE W ^ 11/27/15 vs Illinois L ^ 11/28/15 vs Virginia Tech Lot /01/15 GEORGIA STATE W /05/15 at Illinois State W /13/15 SEATTLE W /16/15 USC UPSTATE W /19/15 at USF W /22/15 HIWASSEE W /29/15 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W * 01/03/16 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W * 01/07/16 UTSA W * 01/09/16 UTEP W * 01/14/16 at Old Dominion Wot * 01/16/16 at Charlotte W * 01/21/16 RICE W * 01/23/16 NORTH TEXAS W * 01/28/16 at WKU L * 01/30/16 at Marshall W * 02/04/16 FIU W * 02/06/16 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W * 02/11/16 at Southern Miss Wo * 02/13/16 at Louisiana Tech L * 02/21/16 at Middle Tennessee W * 02/25/16 MARSHALL W * 02/27/16 WKU W * 03/03/16 at FIU W * 03/05/16 at Florida Atlantic W /10/16 vs WKU L # 03/16/16 at BYU L ^ = Emerald Coast Classic (Niceville, Fla.) * = Conference = Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) UAB MEN S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 5

UAB BLAZERS (5-5) Head Coach: Robert Ehsan 5-5 (1st year) 5-5 (1st year)

UAB BLAZERS (5-5) Head Coach: Robert Ehsan 5-5 (1st year) 5-5 (1st year) Jay D Abramo Associate Athletics Communications Director Cell: (205) 234-9422 Office: (205) 934-7920 jdabramo@uab.edu www.uabsports.com Twitter: @UAB_MBB Instagram: @blazerhoops Snapchat: UAB_MBB 2016-17