LMU MEN S BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS

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1 LMU MEN S BASKETBALL SEASON PROSPECTUS

2 LMU LIONS: WORKING TOGETHER The LMU Lions will combine a talented incoming recruiting class with a group of veterans that have a full season under second-year Head Coach Mike Dunlap. With a committed offseason that saw all 14 players on campus throughout the summer, the team has taken huge strides in coming together. four-year player on this year s roster, and he took huge strides a year ago. He played in all 31 games and made 22 starts, the most of any returner. He finished second on the team with 9.9 ppg and 5.3 rpg. He finished his junior season second in the WCC with 47 blocks, giving him 93 in his career. He enters the season ranked fifth all-time in LMU history. This group of young men has been very committed to the hard work needed within this program, said Dunlap. We are very excited with the group of guys we have and they are much further along in coming together as a team. Among the 14-man roster, the Lions will have eight players that were not in an LMU uniform in , seven newcomers and Steven Haney, Jr., who sat due to transfer rules last season. Haney and the six returning players have a season under their belt within the new program, and they will be asked to lead the team into the new season. It was really important to the growth of this program to have all seven newcomers on campus this summer with our group of seven returners. All 14 arrived for summer school in June with a determination to work day-in and day-out, said Dunlap. As the summer session progressed, the group really grew together as a team. We are pleased with the progress that each individual made this summer, and as the fall semester has started, they have only continued to grow. We ask a lot of this group and they continue to work hard to answer. RETURNERS Seniors Marin Mornar and David Humphries top the list of returning leaders. Mornar is the only MARIN MORNAR Humphries was one of Dunlap s first recruits, and the junior college transfer hit his stride in West Coast Conference play last season. He also played all 31 games, starting of which came in WCC play. He averaged 6.6 ppg on the season, raising that to 8.3 ppg in conference games. He shot 39.3 percent from the field and 37.2 percent from three on the season, raising that to 42.3 and 43.1 percent, respectively, in the WCC. Junior Matt Hayes was another junior college transfer, entering the Lions program as a sophomore. The sharpshooter was ranked ninth in the WCC in hitting 40.5 percent from three on the season. He finished playing 29 games, starting seven. Injuries slowed him in the middle of the season, but like Humphries, he was leaned on more as WCC play progressed. He finished averaging 4.2 ppg, scoring a season-best 20 against Santa Clara on Feb. 21. Sophomores Joshua Spiers and Petr Herman also had opportunities in their freshmen campaigns. Both had to adjust to coming from overseas, but showed flashes of growth towards the end of the season. Also returning for the Lions are the redshirt transfer Haney and walk-on Tyler Batiste. Haney played in 24 of the 31 games as a true freshman for Central Florida before transferring to 4 LMULions

3 DAVID HUMPHRIES LMU a year ago. He averaged 4.8 minutes and 1.5 points per game at UCF. Haney was named second-team Florida Class 7A All-State after averaging 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per contest for St. Thomas Aquinas. Batiste graduated from Westchester High School in 2013 and earned letters his final two seasons for Head Coach Ed Azzam. He was a Daily Breeze All-Area, CIF All-City, and City Section All-State honoree as a senior. NEWCOMERS The recruiting class combined to post a record of (73.1 winning percentage) in each of their final two seasons at the previous institution. The incoming class includes NJ- CAA Player of the Year Brandon Brown (Phoenix College; Phoenix, Ariz.), Guyer High School (TX) all-conference selection and walk-on Miles Crawford (Denton, Tex., Elev8 Academy), 2014 CCCAA All-State forward Adom Jacko (Chaffey College; Upland, Calif.), NJCAA All-Conference selection Shamar Johnson (Pensacola State College; Pensacola, Fla.), McDonald s All- American Games nominee Jeffery McClendon (Eastside HS, Pasadena, Calif.) and NJCAA All- Conference selection Buay Tuach (Northeast C.C.; Norfolk, Neb.). Jacko was a 2014 CCCAA First-Team All-State forward from Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. We started our recruiting class back in November with Adom (pronounced Autumn). He is a fierce competitor on the glass, quick for a post player, and battles on the defensive side of the ball, said Dunlap. Jacko led his team to back-to-back final fours in the state of California, and as a sophomore at Chaffey, he posted nearly 14 points a game while shooting over 61 percent. The first of six players to commit to LMU in the spring was the power-forward Johnson. He really is a load under the basket, as evident by his scholarship coming out of high school to play football at Louisville, said Dunlap. Thankfully he committed to basketball, and it really paid off. He has great size, great hands, and plays a physical game every time he takes the floor. Johnson was a 2015 NJCAA All-Conference player at Pensacola State College in Pensacola, Fla., leading them to back-to-back NJCAA tournament appearances, the first time the program has done that in 21 seasons. Arguably our most athletic transfer is Buay (pronounced Boy) Tuach, said Dunlap. The third newcomer was an all-conference player who helped lead Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb., to a winning percentage of better than 73 percent in his two seasons. He was a workhorse for NECC, starting 50 of the 52 games, scoring nearly 17 points a contest a year ago as a sophomore. Buay was an all-state selection at Omaha s South High School. The final transfer is the point guard Brown. In two seasons at Phoenix College in Arizona, he led the program to new levels of success. As a freshman he led the team to the NJCAA National Championship, and as a sophomore a year ago, they were runners-up. He is a two-time NJCAA All-American and last season he was named the NJCAA Player of the Year. He is a very mature BRANDON BROWN MATT HAYES player and he makes those around him better, said Dunlap. Joining the four junior college transfers are three incoming freshmen Tutu, McClendon and Crawford. Tutu was born in Cairo, Egypt and grew up in Windsor, Canada. He was a two-year star at Windsor s J.L. Forster High School, leading the team to a 20-1 record as a sophomore. He went on to join La Lumiere School in Indiana in La- Porte, Ind. He helped one of the nation s top programs compete for national titles, and has gained valuable experience in starting at the point for the U18 Canadian National Team, said Dunlap. He graduated a Cum Laude Honor Roll student. Another freshman joining us is Southern California product Jeffery McClendon. He is a lock down defender and is always looking for a challenge, said Dunlap. He was considered one of the best defenders in the state last year while averaging 25 points and seven rebounds at Eastside High School. McClendon was a part of two conference championships before that at Pasadena High School. The third incoming freshman is Crawford from Elev8 Sports Academy in Delray Beach, Fla. He is a fierce competitor that gained valuable experience his one season of prep school in Florida, said Dunlap. Originally from Denton, Texas, Miles attended Guyer High School and averaged 11.6 points, 2.7 assists, and 2.7 rebounds per game during his final season in LMU Men s Basketball GameDay Yearbook 5

4 LMU MEN S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location: Los Angeles, CA Founded: 1911 Enrollment: 6,064 Undergraduate 9,395 Total Nickname: Lions Primary Colors: (Pantone 202) Crimson (Pantone 2965) Navy (Pantone 279) Secondary Colors: Marymount Blue (Cool Gray 5) Gray Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: West Coast Conference Home Court: Gersten Pavilion (1981) Capacity: 4,156 President: Timothy Law Snyder Athletics Director: Dr. William Husak Alma Mater: SUNY-Cortland, 72 Ticket Office: (310) 338-LION MEN S BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Mike Dunlap Alma Mater: LMU, 80 Record at LMU: 8-23/ Overall Record: /16th Season Assistant Coach: John Peterson Alma Mater: UC Santa Barbara, 91 Assistant Coach: Patrick Sandle Alma Mater: San Francisco St., 84 Assistant Coach: Ray Johnson Alma Mater: California Baptist, 74 Director of Operations: Brannon Hays Alma Mater: Cal Lutheran, 93 Special Asst. to Head Coach: Jack Doran Alma Mater: CS East Bay, 14 Strength Coach: Patrick Dixon Alma Mater: UConn, 02 Athletics Trainer: Keith Ellison Alma Mater: LMU, 87 21st Season Basketball Office Phone: (310) Basketball Office lmuhoops@lmu.edu TEAM FACTS Record: WCC Record/Finish: 4-14/t-9th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/9 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Newcomers/Redshirts Returning: 8/1 POSTSEASON INFORMATION WCC League Championships (3): 1961, 1988, 1990 WCC Tournament Championships (2): 1988, 1989 NCAA Appearances (5): 1961, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990 NIT Appearances (1): 1986 CIT Appearances (2): 2010, 2012 MEDIA SERVICES Assoc. AD (MBB Contact): John Shaffer Office Phone: (310) jshaffer@lmu.edu Asst. AD - Media: Tyler Geivett Office Phone: (310) tgeivett@lmu.edu Media Director: Sarah Finney Office Phone: (310) sfinney1@lmu.edu New Media Coordinator: Philip George Office Phone: (310) philip.george@lmu.edu Media Office Fax: (310) Press Row Phone: (310) Hotline/Tickets: (310) 338-LION Radio: KXLU 88.9 FM Play-by-Play: Jesse Kass (4th Season) Website: Tickets Office: LMULions.com/Tickets MAILING ADDRESS: Loyola Marymount University Athletic Media Services Gersten Pavilion 1 LMU Drive - MS 8505 Los Angeles, CA West Coast Conference Phone: (650) Fax: (650) Website: PREVIEW... STARTERS RETURNING: 2 NO NAME Pos. Cl. Ht. Highlights 42 Marin Mornar F Sr ppg, 5.3 rpg, 47 blocks 45 David Humphries G Sr ppg, 4.1 rpg, 37.2% 3FG OTHERS RETURNING: 3 NO NAME Pos. Cl. Ht. Highlights 02 Joshua Spiers F So games, 7.3 mpg, 37.5% 3FG 05 Matt Hayes G Jr games, 14.5 mpg, 4.2 ppg, 40.5% 3FG 11 Petr Herman F So games, 9.7 mpg, 1.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg REDSHIRTS RETURNING: 1 NO NAME Pos. Cl. Ht. Redshirt Reason 12 Steven Haney, Jr. G/F So.-TR 6-6 Transfer from Central Florida (St. Thomas Aquinas) NEWCOMERS: 6 NO. NAME Pos. Cl-Yr Ht. Hometown Last School 10 Brandon Brown G Jr.-TR 5-11 Laveen, AZ Phoenix College (AZ) 04 Adom Jacko F Jr.-TR 6-8 Upland, CA Chaffey College (CA) 24 Shamar Johnson F Jr.-TR 6-7 Pensacola, FL Pensacola St. College (FL) 25 Jeffery McClendon F Fr.-HS 6-3 Pasadena, CA Eastside HS (CA) 22 Buay Tuach G Jr.-TR 6-6 Omaha, NE Northeast C.C. (NE) 03 Munis Tutu G Fr.-HS 6-1 Windsor, Canada La Lumiere School (IN) WALK-ONS: 3 NO. NAME Pos. Cl-Yr Ht. Hometown Last School 33 Tyler Batiste G So.-1V 5-11 Los Angeles, CA Westchester HS 13 Miles Crawford G Fr.-HS 6-1 Dallas, TX John H. Guyer HS (TX) 20 Jalen Ward G Jr.-TR 6-0 Seattle, WA Bellevue College LMU Men s Basketball GameDay Yearbook 7

5 ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr-Exp Hometown (Previous School) Major 2 Joshua SPIERS F So.-1V Townsville, Queensland, Australia (Pimlico St. HS) Business - Accounting 3 Munis TUTU G Fr.-HS Windsor, Canada (La Lumiere School IN) Sociology 4 Adom JACKO F Jr.-TR Upland, CA (Chaffey College/Alta Loma HS) Urban Studies 5 Matt HAYES G Jr.-1V Elk Grove, CA (Santa Rosa JC/Pleasant Grove HS) Liberal Arts Undeclared 10 Brandon BROWN G Jr.-TR Laveen, AZ (Phoenix College AZ/Cesar Chavez HS) Sociology 11 Petr HERMAN F So.-1V Central Bohemian, Czech Republic (CBA-Spain) Economics 12 Steven HANEY, JR. F So.-TR^ Lansing, MI (Central Florida/St. Thomas Aquinas) Communication Studies 13 Miles CRAWFORD G Fr.-HS Dallas, TX (Elev8 Sports Inst./John H. Guyer HS) Communication Studies 20 Jalen WARD G Jr.-TR Seattle, WA (Bellevue College/O Dea HS) Communication Studies 22 Buay TUACH G Jr.-TR Omaha, NE (Northeast C.C. NE/South HS) Sociology 24 Shamar JOHNSON F Jr.-TR Pensacola, FL (Pensacola St. College/Pine Forest HS) Urban Studies 25 Jeffery McCLENDON G Fr.-HS Pasadena, CA (Eastside HS) Sociology 33 Tyler BATISTE G So.-1V Los Angeles, CA (Westchester HS) Liberal Arts Undeclared 42 Marin MORNAR F Sr.-3V Zagreb, Croatia (Consortium College Prep) Civil Engineering 45 David HUMPHRIES G Sr.-1V Kadina, South Australia (Northern Iowa Area C.C.) Sociology ^ - Has used redshirt season. - Walk-on HEAD COACH: Mike Dunlap (2nd Year, Loyola Marymount, 80) ASSISTANT COACH: John Peterson (2nd Year, UC Santa Barbara, 91) ASSISTANT COACH: Patrick Sandle (2nd Year, San Francisco St., 84) ASSISTANT COACH: Ray Johnson (2nd Year, California Baptist, 74) DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Brannon Hays (2nd Year, Cal Lutheran, 93) ASST. AD - STRENGTH/CONDITIONING: Patrick Dixon (2nd Year, UConn, 02) ASST. AD - ATHLETIC MEDICINE: Keith Ellison (21st Year, LMU, 87) SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO HEAD COACH: Jack Doran (2nd Year, CS East Bay, 14) MEN S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (schedule subject to change): DATE DAY OPPONENT BROADCAST LOCATION TIME Nov. 8 Sun. CS Dominguez Hills (Exhbition) LMUSN Gersten Pavilion 5:00 pm Nov. 13 Fri. CS Fullerton LMUSN Gersten Pavilion 7:00 pm Nov. 15 Sun. at UC Irvine Irvine, CA 5:00 pm Nov. 19 Thur. at Colorado St. MW Net. Fort Collins, CO 6:00 pm Nov. 22 Sun. Univ. of Antelope Valley (Alumni Family Day) LMUSN Gersten Pavilion 3:00 pm Nov. 25 Wed. CSU Northridge (5th Annual Holiday Classic) LMUSN Gersten Pavlion 6:00 pm Nov. 28 Sat. at SE Missouri St. Cape Girardeau, MO 12:00 pm Dec. 2 Wed. at Oregon St. Pac-12 Corvallis, OR 7:00 pm Dec. 6 Sun. UC Riverside LMUSN Gersten Pavilion 3:00 pm Dec. 9 Wed. at Boise St. Boise, ID 6:00 pm Dec. 12 Sat. at CSU Fullerton Fullerton, CA 6:00 pm Dec. 18 Fri. Jacksonville St. LMUSN Gersten Pavlion 6:00 pm Dec. 21 Mon. at Portland ROOT Portland, OR 6:00 pm Dec. 23 Wed. at Gonzaga ROOT Spokane, WA 6:00 pm Jan. 2 Sat. at Pepperdine TWCSN Malibu, CA 5:00 pm Jan. 7 Thur. Saint Mary s TheW.tv Gersten Pavilion 7:00 pm Jan. 9 Sat. Pacific TWCSN Gersten Pavilion 3:00 pm Jan. 14 Thur. at San Francisco TheW.tv San Francisco, CA 7:00 pm Jan. 16 Sat. at Santa Clara CSNBA Santa Clara, CA 8:00 pm Jan. 21 Thur. BYU TWCSN Gersten Pavilion 8:00 pm Jan. 23 Sat. San Diego (2016 Homecoming) TWCSN Gersten Pavilion 3:00 pm Jan. 28 Thur. at BYU ESPNU Provo, UT 8:00 pm Jan. 30 Sat. at San Diego TWCSN San Diego, CA 1:00 pm Feb. 4 Thur. Gonzaga ROOT Gersten Pavilion 7:00 pm Feb. 6 Sat. Portland TheW.tv Gersten Pavilion 3:00 pm Feb. 11 Thur. at Pacific TheW.tv Stockton, CA 7:00 pm Feb. 13 Sat. at Saint Mary s CSNBA Moraga, CA 8:00 pm Feb. 18 Thur. Santa Clara TheW.tv Gersten Pavilion 7:00 pm Feb. 20 Sat. San Francisco (2016 Family Weekend) TWCSN Gersten Pavilion 1:00 pm Feb. 27 Sat. Pepperdine (Wells Fargo PCH Cup) TWCSN Gersten Pavilion 1:00 pm Mar. 3-8 WCC Championships ESPN $ Las Vegas, NV TBA Bold - Denotes Home Games. * - Denotes West Coast Conference Games.! Exhibition game. ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC. All Games Broadcast Live on KXLU 88.9 FM and LMULions.com. ALL DATES, OPPONENTS, AND GAME TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. TV LISTINGS: $ - ESPN Family of Networks. ^ - WCC Game of the Week on all regional networks (TWC SportsNet, Comcast, Root, TheW.tv). For full listings and outlets, visit the schedule on LMULions.com. Updated: Oct. 12, 2015 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Joshua SPIERS Speers Adom JACKO Autumn Jack-oh Munis TUTU Mun-iz Too-Too Buay TUACH Boy TAH-tch Tyler BATISTE BA-teest Marin MORNAR Mar-rin More-nar 8 LMULions

6 SPEED CHART 2 JOSHUA SPIERS 3 MUNIS TUTU 4 ADOM JACKO 5 MATT HAYES 10 BRANDON BROWN G/F So.-1V Townsville, Australia G Fr.-HS Windsor, Canada F Jr.-TR Upland, CA G Jr.-1V Elk Grove, CA G Jr.-TR Laveen, AZ 11 PETR HERMAN 12 STEVEN HANEY, JR. 13 MILES CRAWFORD 20 JALEN WARD 22 BUAY TUACH F So.-1V Central Bohemian, Czech Republic G/F So.-TR Lansing, MI G Fr.-HS Dallas, TX G Jr.-TR Seattle, WA G/F Jr.-TR Omaha, NE 24 SHAMAR JOHNSON 25 JEFFERY McCLENDON 33 TYLER BATISTE 42 MARIN MORNAR 45 DAVID HUMPHRIES F Jr.-TR Pensacola, FL G Fr.-HS Pasadena, CA G So.-1V Los Angeles, CA F Sr.-3V Zagreb, Croatia G Sr.-1V Kadina, South Australia MIKE DUNLAP JOHN PETERSON RAY JOHNSON PAT SANDLE BRANNON HAYS HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIR. OF OPERATIONS LMU Men s Basketball GameDay Yearbook 9