SOUTH ALABAMA MEN S BASKETBALL

South Alabama Quick Facts School Name...University of South Alabama Location... Mobile, Ala. Founded...1963 Enrollment...16,055 President... Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina 74) Athletics Director... Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. 86) National Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference...Sun Belt Home Court... Mitchell Center (10,000) Nickname...Jaguars School Colors...Blue, Red and White Coaching Staff Head Coach...Matthew Graves Alma Mater...Butler, 1998 Record at South Alabama...18-37 (2nd year) Career Record...Same Men s Basketball Office Phone...(251) 460-6104 Best Time of Day to Reach... Weekday mornings Assistant Coach...Darnell Archey Alma Mater...Butler, 2003 Assistant Coach... Dan Matic Alma Mater...Trinity International, 2007 Assistant Coach... Russ Willemsen Alma Mater...Lee, 2004 Director of Basketball Operations... Chris Coker Alma Mater... North Alabama, 1994 Assistant Athletic Trainer... Matthew Brown Athletic Media Relations Assistant Athletic Director...Brian Fremund Office...(251) 414-8032 Email...bfremund@southalabama.edu Assistant Media Relations/MBB Contact. Matt Horne Office...(251) 414-8184 Email...mhorne@southalabama.edu AMR Fax...(251) 460-7297 Press Row Phone...(251) 460-7418 AMR Mailing Address... 5950 Old Shell Rd. Mitchell Center Room 1209 Mobile, AL 36688 Basketball History First Year of Basketball...1968-69 Overall All-Time Record...756-578 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record...323-262 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last... 8/2008 NIT Tournament Appearances/Last... 4/2007 Sun Belt Tournament titles... 1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 1998, 2006 Media Relations Contacts South Alabama Matt Horne (mhorne@southalabama.edu) (251) 414-8184 (office) (912) 536-5806 (cell) Troy Kylie Murphy (knmurphy@troy.edu) (334) 670-5654 (office) (732) 513-3087 (cell) 2014-15 SOUTH ALABAMA MEN S BASKETBALL THE COACHES South Alabama Matthew Graves (Butler, 1998) Record at USA: 18-37 (2nd year) Overall Record: Same Record vs. Troy: 1-1 Troy Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville, 1990) Record at Troy: 11-20 (2nd year) Overall Record: Same LAST GAME South Alabama rallied from a 12-point deficit but let Georgia State pull away in a 65-54 loss. Troy lost 65-62 at Appalachian State. NEXT GAME The Jaguars come home to host Texas-Arlington Saturday. The Trojans take on Louisiana-Lafayette. ON THE AIR Radio: 710 AM WNTM; J.D. Byars (pxp) On the web: www.iheart.com/live/newsradio-710-wntm-1 (audio); South Alabama All-Access (video) RANKINGS (through Feb. 10) USA: #315 RPI, #304 Sagarin Troy: #297 RPI, #291 Sagarin THE SERIES USA leads 16-7. Current winning streak: South Alabama, 1 win Troy s last win in series: 79-74 (2/6/14) in Troy Last meeting: South Alabama 86, Troy 78 (2/22/14) USA s last win at Trojan Arena: 53-49 (3/2/13) USA s record at Trojan Arena: 1-1 USA s record in Troy: 6-3 USA s road streak: Lost 1 USA s longest winning / losing streak in series: 5 / 2 Notes: Despite the in-state rivals being separated by about 170 miles, the two schools have met just 23 times; all but two of the meetings came after Troy joined the Sun Belt in 2005 South Alabama won the two pre-sun Belt clashes in 1993 and 1995 The Jaguars won the first five games in the series and seven of the first eight A buzzer-beating shot gave USA a 69-67 victory in Mobile on Jan. 16, 2010 Freddie Goldstein set a new school record with nine 3-pointers in the 2011-12 season at Troy USA leads the series 2-1 in games played at the Sun Belt Tournament, including an 87-81 victory in 2011-12 in the first round Troy snapped a five-game skid last year in Troy. www.usajaguars.com @SouthAlaMBK Game 25 South Alabama Jaguars (7-17, 5-8) at Troy Trojans (9-13, 4-9) February 12, 2015 7:30 p.m. Trojan Arena (5,200) Troy, Ala. 2014-15 Schedule Date Opponent Result/Time 11/14 CARROLL W 83-64 11/17 at Southern Miss L 59-68 11/22 at Detroit L 53-66 11/28 at Miami (Fla.) L 75-87 12/2 SPRING HILL W 71-54 12/6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOT 67-68 12/15 at Pepperdine# L 68-78 12/18 at Richmond# L 54-65 12/20 at IUPUI# LOT 65-71 12/23 HOWARD# L 60-73 12/30 ARKANSAS STATE* LOT 60-63 1/3 at Texas-Arlington* L 87-99 1/5 at Arkansas-Little Rock* W 72-69 1/8 APPALACHIAN STATE* W 104-95 1/10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* L 73-81 1/15 at Texas State* L 71-82 1/17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W 89-82 1/19 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK* W 66-64 1/22 at Appalachian State* L 53-64 1/25 NJIT L 55-72 1/29 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* W 89-85 1/31 at Louisiana-Monroe* L 61-67 2/4 TEXAS STATE* L 43-63 2/7 GEORGIA STATE* L 54-65 2/12 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. 2/14 TEXAS-ARLINGTON* 4:05 p.m. 2/19 at Georgia State* 6 p.m. CST 2/21 at Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. CST 2/26 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:05 p.m. 3/5 at Arkansas State* 7:30 p.m. 3/7 TROY* 4:05 p.m. 3/12-15 at Sun Belt Tournament TBA * Sun Belt Conference game # Gotham Classic Quick Hits Record: 7-17, 5-8 Sun Belt vs. non-conf: 2-9 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 1-4 / 3-7 / 5-10 Longest winning / losing streak: 2 / 7 Wins vs. RPI Top 50 / 100: 0 / 0 SOUTH ALABAMA AT-A-GLANCE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes 1 Ken Williams G 6-2 175 So. 32.4 14.9 3.1 21.0 pts vs ULL & ULL; 23 pts at UL Monroe 2 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 165 Fr. 30.3 12.8 3.7 Team-high 17 pts vs. Ga State (15 pts in prev. 2 games combined) 4 Barrington Stevens III G 5-10 180 Jr. 33.6 7.5 2.9 1st in Sun Belt in assist/turnover ratio (3.3) 5 Abdul Lewis F 6-9 225 Fr. 28.0 6.7 6.7 Tied career high with 12 rebs vs. Ga State; 8.0 rpg last 6 games 10 Georgi Boyanov F 6-8 200 So. 17.7 5.6 4.6 14 pts, career-high 3 steals at UL Lafayette 14 Devin Epps G 5-10 160 Fr. 1.9 1.0 0.2 3-for-3 on 3-ptrs this season 20 Tafari Whittingham F 6-8 195 Jr. 12.2 4.6 3.0 Out for rest of the season, seeking medical redshirt 22 John Brown G 6-3 190 Jr. 21.0 6.2 2.3 Shot 50% or better from floor in first 5 games of SBC season 24 Dionte Ferguson F 6-6 220 Sr. 26.7 11.2 6.6 12 blocks in last 4 games; 3rd in Sun Belt in blocks (1.5) 25 Jermaine Williams G 5-7 175 Sr. 1.8 0.0 0.2 Steal vs. Texas State 32 Austin Karazsia F 6-8 220 So. 6.8 0.9 0.9 Season-high 4 points on 2-for-3 field goals vs. Howard 33 Luka Andjusic F 6-4 190 Fr. 8.4 1.8 1.0 Career-high 8 points, two 3-pointers at Texas-Arlington Probable Starters Highlighted

SOUTH ALABAMA S LAST GAME Georgia State 65, South Alabama 54 February 7, 2015 MOBILE, Ala. Georgia State went on a 13-4 run late in the second half and shot 60 percent after halftime in a 65-54 win over the University of South Alabama men s basketball team Saturday afternoon at the Mitchell Center. The Panthers win for the fifth time in six games and go to 16-8 overall and 9-4 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jaguars fall to 7-17 and 5-8. USA rallied from a 12-point deficit in the first half and led by as many as four early in the second but GSU proved to be too tough in the late stages. The one thing I told the guys is that teams are going to make runs, Jaguar head coach Matthew Graves said. We re going to make a run, they re going to make a run. Right now what we re running into is our runs, whether it s 8-2, 12-4 or whatever kind of run you want to put together, that run is to put us back in the game. We re not making that run when it s a tie game and going up six or eight, and kind of putting some pressure on them. I m certainly very proud of how resilient the guys are and we need to figure out a way, when we re not scoring, to really get some stops and dig in so we don t dig ourselves such a hole. The Jaguars shot a season-low 27.8 percent from the floor, including 25.9 percent in the second half, while the Panthers hit 42.9 percent for the game and 60.0 percent after halftime. A couple of those shots late were rushed to try to catch back up, Graves said. I felt, especially in the first half, we got some really good looks from the 3-point line. We started rushing them a little bit as the score kind of got away from us. Guys got a little bit tighter. We just needed to get that one or two in a row to settle us down. It all really starts with if we get out in transition and get some free throws, we start feeling good about ourselves a little bit. We struggled to do that in the first half, and that s one of the reasons we got behind. R.J. Hunter led all players with 19 points, and added five assists and three blocks and steals each. Kevin Ware had 15 points and Markus Crider added 14. Freshman Taishaun Johnson (Indianapolis, Ind.) had 17 points on three 3-pointers for the Jags, and senior Dionte Ferguson (Prattville, Ala.) had 12 and three blocks. I think (Taishaun) did a very solid job, Graves noted. Taishaun is one of our most competitive guys. He needs to continue to play like that and practice like that all the time as well and be competitive and stay focused. He scored the ball well. Again, I thought he did a really great job on R.J., who got 19 points. Sophomore Ken Williams (Houston, Texas) scored all 11 of his points in the second half and junior Barrington Stevens III (Allen, Texas) poured in 10 points. Freshman Abdul Lewis (Newark, N.J.) tied his career high with 12 rebounds. The two teams traded a couple of big runs early in the second half and stood at 45-45 halfway through the period. From there, Ware started the game-changing run with a layup, five different Panthers contributed points, and almost seven minutes later, Georgia State led 58-49. GSU s defense held USA to just one field goal in almost 10 minutes, as the Jags went 1-for-9 with four turnovers and trailed by eight with just under two minutes left. Williams hit a 3-pointer his only one of the night with 56.7 seconds left to pull South Alabama within 59-54, but Georgia State went 6-for-6 at the foul line in the final minute and the Jags missed their last three shots. I thought it was a great team win, I thought the guys really buckled down defensively, Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter said. I thought the guys just did a nice job. We willed ourselves to win; we had to have this one. This was a must win for us, we knew that and we got it and now we move on and get back to Atlanta. USA missed their first seven shots from the floor and fell behind 24-12 with 3:31 left after a Hunter 3-pointer, but reeled off the next 12 points going 4-for-5 from the floor over a 3:14 stretch and two free throws from Hunter were the only thing that prevented a tie game at halftime. TROY S LAST GAME Appalachian State 65, Troy 62 February 7, 2015 BOONE, N.C. The Troy men s basketball team tied the game up with just under four minutes to go after an 11-0 run, but couldn t score until the one second mark as it fell to Appalachian State, 65-62, at Holmes Center on Saturday afternoon. Four Trojans tallied double figures in an equally balanced attack. Kevin Thomas led Troy with 13 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor. Chris Bilbo, who was 2-of-2 from long range, chipped in 12 points. Musa Abdul-Aleem and Wesley Person added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Abdul-Aleem and Thomas each reeled in a game-high nine boards. Troy (9-13, 4-9) relentlessly fought back throughout the game, but was unable to take the final lead of the contest. Trailing 39-31, Troy went on a 10-3 run to chip away at App State s lead at 42-39 with 13:09 to play. The squads traded buckets until the Trojans went on an 11-0 run to tie the game at 59. Chris Burgess and Griffin Kinney hit a pair of baskets to put the game just out of reach for the Trojans as it fell at App State, 65-62. To open the game, App State jumped out to a quick lead with its free throw shooting, but Troy battled back on an 8-2 run to take its first and only lead of the contest at 12-11 with 12 minutes to go in the first. Appalachian State responded with a 10-2 run 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 2 OPENING TIP South Alabama is averaging 53.2 points in its last five losses. In the Jaguars five Sun Belt Conference wins they average 84.0 points, but only 62.8 points in eight losses. USA has scored 53, 55, 61, 43 and 54 points in its last five defeats. After scoring 18 points apiece in the first half at Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State, the Jaguars scored 24 before halftime Saturday. Twelve of those points came in a span of 2:52, a 12-0 first-half run that tied the game at 24-24. Freshman Taishaun Johnson led the Jaguars with 17 points vs. Georgia State; he scored 15 points in the previous two games combined. Sophomore Ken Williams scored all 11 points Saturday in the second half, going 6-for-6 at the free-throw line, and tied his career high with seven rebounds. He had one 3-pointer, his fewest in a game since going 0-for-5 at Appalachian State on Jan. 22. Williams is averaging 2.6 treys per game since the start of January, and 2.4 per game on the season, fourth best in the conference. He needs three triples to tie for 10th all time at South Alabama. Williams is seventh in the league in scoring average at 14.9 ppg. Williams averaged 15.5 points against Troy last season, shooting 48.0 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from 3-point land. He had 18 on four triples with four assists in Mobile. Freshman Abdul Lewis tied his career high with 12 rebounds Saturday, grabbing five offensive and seven defensive boards. He did that without attempting a single field goal. Lewis 12 boards moved him up to a team-best 6.7 per game, eighth in the SBC. Junior Barrington Stevens III committed three turnovers against the Panthers, his first in four games. He had 12 assists without a miscue the previous three games, including six in a win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Stevens leads the Sun Belt in assist/turnover ratio at 2.3, and is eighth in assists (3.4 apg). Stevens scored 10 points on 4 of 10 shooting vs. GSU and drilled two 3-pointers. He scored four points combined on 2 of 14 (14.3%) shooting in the previous two contests. Stevens averaged 12.0 points vs. Troy a season ago, converting 10 of his 18 attempts from the floor, including 9 of 11 inside the arc. He had nine assists with just three turnovers, including a six-assist, oneturnover performance in Troy. With three blocks Saturday, senior Dionte Ferguson now has 12 in his last four games, and ranks third in the league with 1.5 per contest. TROY AT A GLANCE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Rbs. Hometown 1 Musa Abdul-Aleem G 6-5 220 Sr. 15.0 4.3 Atlanta, Ga. 2 Jeremy Hollimon G 6-2 175 Jr. Gulfport, Miss. 3 Wesley Person G 6-3 180 Fr. 14.1 3.1 Brantley, Ala. 4 Kelton Ford G 6-0 195 So. 7.6 2.4 Horse Cave, Ky. 5 Christian Harrison G/F 6-5 180 Fr. 0.5 1.3 Atlanta, Ga. 10 Chris Bilbo G 6-2 175 Jr. 8.5 3.7 Jackson, Miss. 11 Jordan Anderson G 6-3 185 Fr. 0.8 0.0 Dothan, Ala. 12 Colin Edwards F 6-5 190 Fr. 0.0 0.0 Rainbow City, Ala. 14 Jaro Moravek F 6-8 240 So. 2.0 2.0 Handlova, Slovakia 15 Oskar Reinfelds G 6-4 195 Jr. 3.9 1.1 Riga, Latvia 21 John Walton III F 6-7 220 Jr. 7.8 5.7 Memphis, Tenn. 25 Kevin Thomas F 6-8 215 Sr. 10.2 7.7 Ajax, Ontario, Canada 30 Jordan Howard G 5-11 180 So. 0.0 0.3 Monroeville, Ala. 32 Damion Ottman F 6-8 205 Fr. Macon, Ga. 33 Aaron Ariri F/C 6-8 225 R-Fr. 1.4 3.2 Brampton, Ontario, Canada Probable Starters Highlighted STATISTICAL COMPARISON South Alabama Category Troy 68.0... Scoring Offense...66.3 72.7...Scoring Defense...68.0.415...Field Goal Percentage....418.442...Field Goal Percentage Defense....430.335... 3-Point Field Goal Percentage....333.345... 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense....312 6.3... 3-Point Field Goals Made Per Game... 6.7.696...Free Throw Percentage....674 35.0... Rebounds Per Game...34.9 36.7...Rebounds Allowed Per Game...35.9 10.8... Assists Per Game... 9.6 14.3... Turnovers Per Game...14.5 11.8...Turnovers Forced Per Game...13.1 5.1... Steals Per Game... 6.8 3.8...Blocks Per Game... 2.2 CATEGORY LEADERS South Alabama Troy Pts Ken Williams 14.9 Musa Abdul-Aleem 15.0 Rebs Abdul Lewis 6.7 Kevin Thomas 7.7 Assists Barrington Stevens III 81 Chris Bilbo 60 Steals Taishaun Johnson 28 Kelton Ford 41 Blocks Dionte Ferguson 36 Kevin Thomas 26 FG % Dionte Ferguson 52.8% Kevin Thomas 62.3% 3-Pt FG % Ken Williams 36.0% Wesley Person 38.1% 3-Pt FG s Ken Williams 58 Wesley Person 59 FT % Taishaun Johnson 78.7% Musa Abdul-Aleem 80.3%

THE JAGUARS ARE... Jaguars lead at the half...5-4; Sun Belt: 3-2 Opponent leads at the half...2-12; Sun Belt: 2-6 Game tied at the half...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-0 Jaguars lead with 5 minutes remaining...7-1; Sun Belt: 5-0 Opp. leads with 5 minutes remaining...0-14; Sun Belt: 0-7 Tied with 5 minutes remaining...0-2; Sun Belt: 0-1 Jaguars lead with 1 minute remaining...7-1; Sun Belt: 5-0 Opp. leads with 1 minute remaining...0-14; Sun Belt: 0-7 Game is tied with 1 minute remaining...0-2; Sun Belt: 0-1 Jaguars out-shoot opponent...5-3; Sun Belt: 5-3 Opponent out-shoots Jaguars...2-14; Sun Belt: 0-5 Jaguars out-rebound opponent...5-8; Sun Belt: 3-3 Opponent out-rebounds Jaguars...2-8; Sun Belt: 2-5 Rebounds are even...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-0 Jaguars shoot 50+% in the 1st half...3-3; Sun Belt: 3-2 Jaguars shoot below 50% in the 1st half...4-14; Sun Belt: 2-6 Jaguars shoot 50+% in the 2nd half...5-2; Sun Belt: 4-2 Jaguars shoot below 50% in the 2nd half...2-15; Sun Belt: 1-6 Jaguars shoot 50+% in the game...3-2; Sun Belt: 3-2 Jaguars shoot below 50% in the game...4-15; Sun Belt: 2-6 Opp. shoots 50+% in the 1st half...1-4; Sun Belt: 1-3 Opp. shoots below 50% in the 1st half...6-13; Sun Belt: 4-5 Opp. shoots 50+% in the 2nd half...1-7; Sun Belt: 1-4 Opp. shoots below 50% in the 2nd half...6-10; Sun Belt: 4-4 Opp. shoots 50+% in the game...1-4; Sun Belt: 0-3 Opp. shoots below 50% in the game...6-13; Sun Belt: 5-5 Jaguars make 15+ free throws...6-8; Sun Belt: 5-5 Jaguars make less than 15 free throws...1-9; Sun Belt: 0-3 Opp. makes 15+ free throws...5-8; Sun Belt: 4-3 Opp. makes less than 15 free throws...2-9; Sun Belt: 1-5 Jaguars have more turnovers than opp....4-13; Sun Belt: 4-6 Opp. has more turnovers than Jaguars...3-4; Sun Belt: 1-2 Turnovers are the same...0-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 Jaguars bench out-scores opp. bench...1-6; Sun Belt: 1-1 Opp. bench out-scores Jaguars bench...5-9; Sun Belt: 3-5 Bench points are even...1-2; Sun Belt: 1-2 When a USA player has a double-double...3-5; Sun Belt: 2-1 Jaguars score less than 50 points...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-1 Jaguars score between 50-59 points...0-6; Sun Belt: 0-2 Jaguars score between 60-69 points...1-6; Sun Belt: 1-2 Jaguars score between 70-79 points...2-3; Sun Belt: 1-2 Jaguars score between 80-89 points...3-1; Sun Belt: 2-1 Jaguars score between 90-99 points...0-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 Jaguars score 100+ points...1-0; Sun Belt: 1-0 Opp. scores less than 50 points...0-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 Opp. scores between 50-59 points...1-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 Opp. scores between 60-69 points...3-9; Sun Belt: 2-5 Opp. scores between 70-79 points...0-4; Sun Belt: 0-0 Opp. scores between 80-89 points...2-3; Sun Belt: 2-2 Opp. scores between 90-99 points...1-1; Sun Belt: 1-1 Opp. scores 100+ points...0-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 Games decided by one point...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-0 Games decided by 2-3 points...2-1; Sun Belt: 2-1 Games decided by 4-5 points...1-0; Sun Belt: 1-0 Games decided by 20+ points...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-1 Games decided in overtime...0-3; Sun Belt: 0-1 November games...1-3; Sun Belt: 0-0 December games...1-6; Sun Belt: 0-1 January games...5-6; Sun Belt: 5-5 February games...0-2; Sun Belt: 0-2 March games...0-0; Sun Belt: 0-0 On Mondays...2-2; Sun Belt: 2-0 On Tuesdays...1-2; Sun Belt: 0-1 On Wednesdays...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-1 On Thursdays...2-3; Sun Belt: 2-2 On Fridays...1-1; Sun Belt: 0-0 On Saturdays...1-7; Sun Belt: 1-4 On Sundays...0-1; Sun Belt: 0-0 During the day...0-7; Sun Belt: 0-3 At night...7-10; Sun Belt: 5-5 of its own to claim a 21-14 lead. The Trojans and Mountaineers went bucket for bucket until the end of the half until free throws by Christian Harrison and Kelton Ford allowed Troy to go into the half trailing 33-27. Appalachian State (9-12, 6-6) was led by Chris Burgess and Frank Eaves as each tallied 15 points on the night. The duo shot 6-of-10 from beyond the arc. Tommy Spagnolo and Eaves led the Mountaineers on the glass with eight rebounds apiece. In the game, Troy s big men out scored App State in the paint, 30-24, despite early foul trouble. The Trojans shot 22-of-55 (40 percent) from the floor and was just 5-of-17 (29.4) from 3-point range. The Trojans forced 15 Mountaineer turnovers, while only turning the ball over nine times, which allowed Troy to outscore App state 20-6 in points off turnovers. In the second half, the Trojans outscored the Mountaineers, 35-32. In the game, Troy led for just two minutes. THE LAST TIME THEY MET South Alabama 86, Troy 78 February 22, 2014 MOBILE, Ala. The University of South Alabama men s basketball team jumped out to a 26-point lead in the first half and got a double-double from senior Augustine Rubit (Houston, Texas) to hold off Troy 86-78 Saturday night at the Mitchell Center. The Jaguars win for the second time in three games and move to 9-18 overall and 3-11 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans drop to 9-17, 4-10. Troy twice cut the lead down to six in the final eight minutes but the Jags answered each time to pull away. What I told our guys was, this is a must win game, USA head coach Matthew Graves said. If you want to compete in New Orleans for a conference championship you have to win tonight. I thought our energy and effort from the opening tip was outstanding. We got off to a great start. The first half was as well-played a first half that we ve had all year, on both ends of the floor. Then, in the second half, we really played to protect the lead instead of just playing the game and keep attacking. We got really conservative and I thought Troy got on a great run there. They have some tremendous shooters. Certainly if you give up 54 points in a half, you don t expect to win very often, but our guys made enough plays down the stretch. Rubit recorded team-high totals of 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. The five helpers are a new career high and he shot 8-for-15 from the floor with two blocks. I think we re going to have to go back and make sure he did get five assists, Graves said. It s probably some kind of record for him. He s doing a better job of when teams come to double and being strong with the ball. Earlier in the season, he probably had three or four turnovers in that post-double stuff. He did a great job of being strong with the ball, picking his spots on the kickouts and our guards were ready to shoot the basketball. South Alabama placed a season-high five players in double-digit scoring, with freshman Ken Williams (Manvel, Texas) pouring in 18 one shy of his career high with four assists, senior Antoine Allen (Baltimore, Md.) adding 15 off the bench, and sophomore Barrington Stevens III (Allen, Texas) and junior Mychal Ammons (Vicksburg, Miss.) tallying 11 apiece. Williams tallied 14 in the first half alone on 4-for-6 shooting from 3-point land. He didn t score again until the 6:39 mark of the second half but the buckets came at key junctures to keep the Jags on top. I thought he played with a lot of confidence and he was really relaxed, Graves said. I thought our guys got him the ball in positions where he could score and he mixed in: he attacked off the bounce, he was spotted up, he was ready to shoot the basketball. He had a really breakout performance with 18 points and four assists. I was really excited to see him do that. Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the early moments to spark a 26-7 South Alabama run to open the game. The Jags made 11 of their first 17 attempts and finished off the spurt with nine unanswered points in a threeminute stretch. An 8-2 outburst pushed the advantage to 26 late in the first half and South Alabama led by 23 early in the second after a pair of buckets from freshmen Georgi Boyanov (Lovech, Bulgaria) before Troy made its move. The Trojans scored the next 12 points and took advantage of five missed shots and two Jaguar turnovers. Later, Troy went on a 12-3 run as USA went almost six minutes without a field goal to trail by six after a 3-pointer from Hunter Williams with 7:29 to play. The Jaguars answered with the next five points, and after Tevin Calhoun singlehandedly got the Trojans back within six, Rubit hit two free throws and got a tip-in for a 10-point advantage and Troy got only as close as eight the rest of the way. I do think fatigue played a little bit of a factor, Graves said of Troy s comeback attempt. We were on the road Thursday and with the quick turnaround and Aakim s (Saintil) limited minutes due to foul trouble. I think those guys got tired, but at the same time, Troy has a couple guys that can really shoot the basketball. When they get feeling good and get in a rhythm, they re certainly capable of making shots. We missed a couple switches and a couple things on our rotation. In large part, it was due to our fatigue and you have to credit Troy because they could have easily rolled over, but they kept fighting until the end. The Trojans got a game-high 24 points from Williams, who made five 3-pointers. Calhoun and Antoine Myers added 14 points each. THE JUICE IS LOOSE After a slump that saw him average 9.0 points and shoot 24.4 percent from the floor over four games, Ken Juice Williams broke out of that dry spell in grand fashion by averaging 24.0 points over his next five games, including four in a row with 23 or more, becoming the first USA player since Jeff Hodge in 1988-89 to score 23 or more in four straight games The streak included a career-high 28 at Louisiana-Lafayette (1/17) on 9 of 14 shooting from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and a then personal-best 26 on 8 of 12 shooting and 5 of 6 from distance vs. Appalachian State The 23-point streak was broken against Arkansas-Little Rock (1/19) with 20, making him the first Jaguar since Demetric Bennett in the 2007-08 campaign to have 20 or more in five straight outings In this five game stretch, Williams converted 59.3 percent (35-59) of his shots overall and 66.7 percent (18-27) of his 3-point attempts, averaging 3.6 triples per contest Prior to his outburst, he was shooting 30.6 percent overall and 31.2 percent from 3. 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 3

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION South Alabama reached the 100-point plateau for the first time in over three seasons on Jan. 8 in its 104-95 victory over Appalachian State It was the most points by the program since scoring 123 vs. William Carey on Feb. 25, 2003, the first 100-point game since putting up 102 vs. Alcorn State on Dec. 11, 2011, and the first 100-point game against a league opponent since a 101-76 win vs. Florida Atlantic on Jan. 6, 2007 Six players scored double-digit points the first time that had occurred since Feb. 24, 2011 vs. UALR led by sophomore Ken Williams game- and career-high 26 points The Jaguars shot 61.2 percent from the floor the first 60-percent shooting game since 2008-09 and 58.8 percent (10-for-17) from 3-point land USA also made 44 trips to the free-throw line, converting 34 times The Jags scored 48 points in the first half and 56 in the second, season highs in both halves. QUADRUPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE Over a four-game stretch in November and December, the Jaguars had a different player record a double-double in each contest It was the first career double-double for each player and they also set new career highs in both categories in the process Freshman Taishaun Johnson had the first in the run, a 15-point, 10-rebound performance in a 66-53 loss at Detroit He also led the team in assists (3) and steals (2) against the Titans Senior Dionte Ferguson had 12 points and 14 rebounds at Miami, tying the most rebounds by a USA player since February 2013 Nine of his 14 boards on the night came on the offensive end Sophomore Georgi Boyanov posted gamehigh totals of 14 points and 10 rebounds in USA s win over Spring Hill, shooting 5 of 7 from the floor and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line Freshman Abdul Lewis came off the bench to score 17 points with 12 rebounds vs. Middle Tennessee, shooting 7-for-11 from the field. FRESHMAN LONG-DISTANCE RECORD SET Ken Williams set a freshman class 3-point record with 55 last year, obliterating the previous mark of 41 set by Emmett Thomas in the 2000-01 season Williams was second on the team in triples last season, and ranked 10th in the Sun Belt with 1.8 per game He led the team with a.342 long-range percentage and hit a career-high five in a game twice Williams averaged 1.9 treys and shot 35.7 percent from the floor in conference games He leads the team with 57 triples including a career-best six at IUPUI (12/20) in 2014-15, fourth in the Sun Belt. QUITE THE DEBUT John Brown wasted little time in making an impact for the Jaguars, scoring 22 points in his USA debut against Carroll Brown went 4-for-6 from 3-point land and 6-for-6 from the foul line Fourteen of those points came after halftime and he made all four of his 3-point attempts in the second half He led the team in scoring his second time out at Southern Miss with 14 points of 7 of 12 shooting. JAGUARS SIGN TWO IN EARLY PERIOD Shaqueille Calhoun and Nikola Marijan signed letters of intent in November and will join the team for the 2015-16 season Calhoun, a shooting guard, is a sophomore at Iowa Western Community College, and Marijan, a forward, enrolled in classes at South Alabama in January and is sitting out the season as a redshirt Calhoun was an Honorable Mention All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference performer his first season at Iowa Western, after averaging 13.3 points per game including 16.2 ppg in conference play and ranking third on the team in 3-pointers with 43 Marijan, a 7-foot post from Serbia, played with the Tampa Bay Warriors AAU team over the summer, and averaged 18 points and eight rebounds, to lead the team to a top-15 finish at the AAU national tournament. USA s Averages In... WINS Points...82.0 Scoring margin... +8.7 Field goal percentage....496 Three-point field goal percentage....457 Three-point field goals...8.3 Free throw percentage....694 Free throws...21.7 Rebounds...34.6 Assists...13.0 Turnovers...12.7 Steals...5.0 Blocks...4.0 Opponent points...73.3 Opponent field goal percentage....428 Opponent three-point field goal percentage....363 Opponent three-point field goals...5.9 Opponent free throw percentage....715 Opponent free throws...16.9 Opponent rebounds...34.9 Opponent assists...10.4 Opponent turnovers...11.6 Opponent steals...4.1 Opponent blocks...2.7 LOSSES Points...62.2 Scoring margin... (-10.2) Field goal percentage....384 Three-point field goal percentage....287 Three-point field goals...5.5 Free throw percentage....698 Free throws...13.3 Rebounds...35.2 Assists...9.8 Turnovers...14.9 Steals...5.2 Blocks...3.8 Opponent points... 72.5 Opponent field goal percentage....449 Opponent three-point field goal percentage....338 Opponent three-point field goals...5.6 Opponent free throw percentage....720 Opponent free throws...14.4 Opponent rebounds...37.5 Opponent assists...14.2 Opponent turnovers...11.9 Opponent steals...7.1 Opponent blocks...3.9 WHITTINGHAM APPLYING FOR MEDICAL REDSHIRT Junior Tafari Whittingham will miss the rest of the 2014-15 season due to injuries and is applying for a fifth year of eligibility The Brooklyn, N.Y. native averaged 4.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in five appearances, and has not played since Dec. 6 against Middle Tennessee Whittingham underwent two surgeries in the offseason and suffered an aggravation of a previous injury Nov. 28. JAGUARS LOOKING TO REPLACE SCORING AND REBOUNDING South Alabama not only loses three starters and eight letterwinners, but those three starters accounted for 53.8 percent of its scoring and 53.1 percent of its rebounding Departing senior Augustine Rubit led the team with 17.0 points and 9.4 rebounds per game and was voted Second Team All-Sun Belt Mychal Ammons, who left to pursue a professional career, was second on the team behind Rubit in rebounding (7.2 rpg) and third in scoring (9.3) Antoine Allen averaged 10.7 ppg, second on the team, and knocked down a team-best 66 3-pointers. THREE TRANSFERS TO SIT OUT 2014-15 Nick Stover, B.J. Fisher and Nick Davis all transferred into the South Alabama men s basketball program during the offseason and are ineligible to play until the 2015-16 campaign Stover, a junior, spent his freshman and sophomore years at Loyola Mary- 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 4 Tracking South Alabama s Non-Conference Opponents (records through 2/10; RPI through 2/10) Record RPI Carroll...15-8 Southern Miss...6-16 304 Detroit...11-15 228 Miami (Fla.)...15-8 55 Spring Hill...7-16 Middle Tennessee...13-11 160 Pepperdine...15-9 137 Richmond...12-11 90 IUPUI...8-16 251 Howard...12-12 278 NJIT...15-10 172

mount and averaged 4.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 62 career games He ll have two years of eligibility remaining Fisher, a junior, played two years at NCAA Division II Tusculum (Tenn.) College and appeared in 36 games Davis saw action in five games for Alabama State as a freshman in 2013-14. JAGUARS PICKED NINTH IN PRESEASON POLL In a poll of the league s coaches, the Jaguars were voted to finish in a tie for ninth with Georgia Southern with 38 points Defending champion Georgia State earned all 11 first-place votes and received 121 points Louisiana- Lafayette, the reigning SBC Tournament title holders, was second with 110 points Arkansas-Little Rock (94), Texas-Arlington (75) and Arkansas State (73) rounded out the top five, and Louisiana-Monroe (69) was voted sixth Texas State (43) was seventh, Troy (42) finished eighth and SBC newcomer Appalachian State was 11th (23). ACCURACY IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS South Alabama is 85-19 when compiling a higher shooting percentage than its opponent since the start of the 2008-09 campaign (52-14 vs. SBC schools) but 16-85 (8-52 vs. Sun Belt teams) when being outshot In 2012-13 the Jags posted a 13-1 record (11-1 vs. Sun Belt) when outshooting their opponent In 2010-11, the Jaguars were 11-2 with the shooting advantage and 1-14 without it South Alabama was 14-3 in 2011-12 when outshooting its opponent and 3-9 when outshot by its opponent. THAT 70s SHOW When scoring 70 or more, the Jaguars are 88-27 since the start of the 2007-08 season The Jags went 12-3 (9-0 in Sun Belt play) in 2012-13 USA opened the 2009-10 season with 10 straight wins when hitting at least 70 before dropping an 86-78 decision at North Texas (1/21), and did not reach 70 the rest of the season The Jags were 10-2 in 2011-12, with one of those losses coming in overtime. AT HOME IN THE MITCHELL CENTER Since the facility opened in 1999, the Jaguars have established a winning tradition on their home floor, the Mitchell Center In 15 seasons, South Alabama has a 159-70 (.694) record and has eight seasons of 10 or more wins In 2007-08 the Jags posted a 17-1 slate in front of their home fans (17-0 in the regular season), the second-most home wins in school history (19, 1973-74). HOME OPENING SUCCESS In the 45 years of the program, the Jaguars have a history of successful home openers USA sports a 39-8 record in its home opening contests and has won 23 in a row The last loss was 81-75 to Southern Miss in 1991 The streak was extended on Nov. 14 with an 83-64 win over Carroll Spring Hill is the most frequent victim during the streak, losing three times The Jaguars have defeated Abilene Christian, Alabama State, Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M twice each in season lid-lifters. SPANNING THE COUNTRY Nine different states and three countries are represented on the USA roster There are three players from Alabama, two players each from Indiana, Texas and Alabama, and one each from Tennessee, North Carolina, New Jersey and California Sophomore Georgi Boyanov is from Lovech, Bulgaria, and freshman Luka Andjusic is a native of Belgrade, Serbia. NICE TO MEET YOU South Alabama will be taking on six first-time opponents The Jags will face Carroll in the regular-season Sun Belt Conference Standings East SBC Overall Louisiana-Monroe 10-3 16-8 Georgia Southern 9-3 16-5 Georgia State 9-4 16-8 Texas-Arlington 7-5 13-9 Louisiana-Lafayette 7-6 13-11 Appalachian State 6-6 9-12 Texas State 5-8 11-11 SOUTH ALABAMA 5-8 7-17 Arkansas State 4-9 9-13 Troy 4-9 9-13 Arkansas-Little Rock 4-9 9-14 PREVIOUS GAMES Saturday, January 31 Georgia State 74, Arkansas State 43 UL Monroe 67, South Alabama 61 UL Lafayette 72, Texas State 63 Georgia Southern 76, UALR 61 Troy 55, UT Arlington 54 Wednesday, February 4 Texas State 63, South Alabama 43 Thursday, February 5 Georgia Southern 58, Georgia State 54 UL Lafayette 81, Appalachian State 66 UL Monroe 77, UALR 61 Troy 69, Arkansas State 64 Saturday, February 7 Appalachian State 65, Troy 62 Georgia State 65, South Alabama 54 UALR 69, Texas State 61 UL Monroe 71, Georgia Southern 68 OT UT Arlington 84, UL Lafayette 69 TODAY S GAMES Thursday, February 12 UALR at Appalachian State*, 6:30 p.m. Arkansas State at Georgia Southern*, 6:30 p.m. UL Lafayette at UL Monroe*, 7 p.m. UT Arlington at Texas State*, 7:30 p.m. South Alabama at Troy*, 7:30 p.m. UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, February 14 Appalachian State at UL Monroe*, 4 p.m. UT Arlington at South Alabama*, 4:05 p.m. Georgia State at Texas State*, 4:30 p.m. Georgia Southern at UALR*, 5 p.m. UL Lafayette at Troy*, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 19 South Alabama at Georgia State*, 6 p.m. Troy at Georgia Southern*, 6:30 p.m. Texas State at UL Lafayette*, 7:15 p.m. Appalachian State at UT Arlington*, 7:15 p.m. Arkansas State at UALR*, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 21 Appalachian State at Georgia State*, 1 p.m. South Alabama at Georgia Southern*, 6:30 p.m. UL Monroe at Arkansas State*, 7:05 p.m. UL Lafayette at UT Arlington*, 7:15 p.m. UALR at Troy*, 7:30 p.m. 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 5 Career Watch POINTS 1. Jeff Hodge 2,221 1985-89 2. Augustine Rubit 1,917 2010-14 3. Terry Catledge 1,866 1982-85 4. Ed Rains 1,801 1977-81 5. Rory White 1,726 1978-82 Junie Lewis 1,726 1986-89 7. Demetric Bennett 1,405 2005-08 8. Andy Denny 1,352 1969-72 9. Demetrice Williams 1,350 1999-03 10. Roger Webb 1,309 1968-71 Ken Williams 639 2013-PR REBOUNDS 1. Augustine Rubit 1,183 2010-14 2. Terry Catledge 932 1983-85 3. Rory White 737 1978-82 4. Ed Rains 720 1978-81 5. Henry Williams 684 2001-04 Dionte Ferguson 243 2013-PR ASSISTS 1. Cedric Yelding 566 1989-93 2. Jeff Hodge 461 1985-89 3. Demetrice Williams 429 1999-03 4. Scott Williams 400 1977-81 5. Junie Lewis 390 1986-89 Barrington Stevens III 195 2012-PR BLOCKS 1. Kelly Blaine 213 1982-85 2. Javier Carter 204 2009-13 3. Augustine Rubit 139 2010-14 4. Brandon Davis 114 2006-09 5. John May 111 1978-81 Dionte Ferguson 51 2013-PR STEALS 1. Cedric Yelding 241 1989-93 2. Jeff Hodge 223 1985-89 3. Demetrice Williams 223 1999-03 4. Ed Rains 162 1977-81 5. Carlos Smith 133 2003-07 Barrington Stevens III 50 2012-PR FIELD GOALS 1. Jeff Hodge 876 1985-89 2. Rory White 732 1977-82 3. Terry Catledge 721 1982-85 4. Junie Lewis 711 1986-89 5. Augustine Rubit 673 2010-14 Ken Williams 208 2013-PR 3-POINT FIELD GOALS 1. Derek Turner 249 1988-92 2. Demetric Bennett 208 2005-08 3. Chris Young 188 2002-04 4. Richard Law 161 2002-06 5. Carlos Smith 153 2003-07 Ken Williams 113 2013-PR 3-POINT ATTEMPTS 1. Derek Turner 600 1988-92 2. Demetric Bennett 500 2005-08 3. Chris Young 496 2002-04 4. Carlos Smith 431 2003-07 5. Richard Law 428 2002-06 Ken Williams 322 2013-PR Active leader in italics

Game-By-Game Starting Lineups Opponents Forward Forward Guard Guard Guard 11/14 Carroll Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 11/17 at Southern Miss Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 11/22 at Detroit Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 11/28 at Miami Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 12/2 Spring Hill Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 12/6 Middle Tennessee Ferguson Boyanov Brown Williams Stevens 12/15 at Pepperdine Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 12/18 at Richmond Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 12/20 at IUPUI Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 12/23 Howard Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 12/30 Arkansas State Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 1/3 at Texas-Arlington Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 1/5 at UALR Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/8 Appalachian St. Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/10 Ga. Southern Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/15 at Texas State Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/17 at La.-Lafayette Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/19 UALR Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/22 at Appalachian St. Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/25 NJIT Ferguson Lewis Brown Johnson Stevens 1/29 La.-Lafayette Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 1/31 at La.-Monroe Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 2/4 Texas State Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 2/7 Georgia State Ferguson Lewis Williams Johnson Stevens 2/12 at Troy 2/14 Texas-Arlington 2/19 at Georgia State 2/21 at Ga. Southern 2/26 La.-Monroe 3/5 at Arkansas State 3/7 Troy Starting Combos & W-L Marks: All Games Sun Belt Ferguson, Boyanov, Brown, Williams, Stevens 2-4 0-0 Ferguson, Lewis, Brown, Johnson, Stevens 0-6 0-2 Ferguson, Lewis, Williams, Johnson, Stevens 5-7 5-6 USA Among The Sun Belt and NCAA Leaders TEAM SBC NCAA Scoring Offense (68.0) 6 165 Scoring Defense (72.7) 11 316 Scoring Margin (-4.7) 10 286 Free Throw Percentage (.696) 8 147 Field Goal Percentage (.415) 7 261 FG Percentage Defense (.442) 10 254 3-Point Field Goal Pct. (.335) 3 200 3-Point FG Pct. Defense (.345) 10 211 Rebounding Offense (35.0) 7 Rebounding Defense (36.7) 9 Rebounding Margin (-1.7) 9 260 Blocked Shots (3.8) 4 130 Assists (10.8) 9 290 Steals (5.1) 10 301 Turnover Margin (-2.5) 11 313 Assist/Turnover Ratio (0.8) 10 309 Offensive Rebounds (11.3) 6 135 Defensive Rebounds (23.8) 8 179 Defensive Rebounding Pct. (.664) 9 Offensive Rebounding Pct. (.314) 6 3-Point Field Goals Made (6.3) 5 171 INDIVIDUAL Scoring SBC NCAA Ken Williams (14.9) 7 198 Taishaun Johnson (12.8) 14 Dionte Ferguson (11.2) 18 Rebounding SBC NCAA Abdul Lewis (6.7) 8 191 Dionte Ferguson (6.6) 9 205 Field Goal Percentage SBC NCAA Dionte Ferguson (.528) 5 Assists Per Game SBC NCAA Barrington Stevens III (3.4) 8 243 Free Throw Percentage SBC NCAA Taishaun Johnson (.787) 7 181 Ken Williams (.778) 11 205 Dionte Ferguson (.730) 15 3-Point Percentage SBC NCAA Ken Williams (.360) 10 3-Pointers Per Game SBC NCAA Ken Williams (2.4) 4 98 Blocked Shots Per Game SBC NCAA Dionte Ferguson (1.5) 3 114 USA Start Chart Player 2014-15 Current Streak Career Georgi Boyanov...6 8 John Brown... 12 12 Dionte Ferguson... 24 24 25 Taishaun Johnson... 18 18 18 Abdul Lewis... 18 18 18 Barrington Stevens III... 24 35 56 Ken Williams... 18 4 49 Assist/Turnover Ratio SBC NCAA Barrington Stevens III (2.3) 1 63 Offensive Rebounds SBC NCAA Dionte Ferguson (3.0) 2 62 Defensive Rebounds SBC NCAA Abdul Lewis (5.0) 4 130 Note: SBC stats through games of Feb. 7; NCAA stats through games of Feb. 10. 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 6

Matthew Graves Head Coach Butler, 1998 2nd Season From the moment he was hired in March 2013, University of South Alabama men s basketball head coach Matthew Graves made it a top priority to change the culture at South Alabama. After spending 17 years at Butler University as both a student-athlete and coach, Graves set out to take the Butler philosophy and install that in the Jaguar men s basketball program. Entering his second season, Graves is laying the foundation for success. From revamping academics and a greater involvement in community service activities, to restructuring off-season workouts and practices to emphasize skill development, to the style of play during games, every aspect of the program has been evaluated and fine-tuned to Graves standards. The process aims to establish long-term prosperity both on and off the court, contending for championships while graduating student-athletes year in, and year out. Overhauling the academic program resulted in the team s highest GPA in over five years, and both seniors, Antoine Allen and Augustine Rubit earned their degrees. On the court, his first year in charge resulted in an 11-20 record with a roster that included 10 first- or second-year players, with inexperience rearing its ugly head in the 11 times the Jags let a second-half lead slip away. However, Rubit set both school and conference records for rebounds and became the first Jaguar to earn All-Sun Belt recognition four times. Rubit finished in the top 10 in five different individual categories and ranked third in the league in rebounding (9.4 rpg) and sixth in scoring (17.0 ppg). Graves style of play and work on the court helped Barrington Stevens III go from a 0.7 assist-turnover ratio his freshman campaign to a 2.0 as a sophomore, the best ratio by a South Alabama player since 1988-89. Graves spent the previous 10 seasons as an assistant on the staff at Butler, where his efforts helped the Bulldogs advance to back-to-back NCAA Tournament The Graves Ledger 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 7 championship games and appear in the event in six of the last seven years. During his tenure at Butler, Graves helped the program to an overall record of 244-98 (71.3%), a berth in national postseason tournaments each of the last eight seasons and eight straight years with 20-plus victories. Following the 2009-10 campaign that saw the Bulldogs finish 33-5 after falling to Duke 61-59 in the national title contest, he was promoted to associate head coach; in his first year in that role, Butler returned to the NCAA Tournament championship game after defeating Pittsburgh, Florida and Wisconsin the first, second and fourth seeds in the Southeast Region while going on to post a 28-10 record. In 2012-13, the Bulldogs first in the Atlantic 10 Conference, they went 27-9 including an 11-5 mark in league action. In addition to advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, Butler defeated two of the four No. 1 seeds in the event Indiana and Gonzaga during the regular season. Graves first helped lead Butler back to postseason play in 2005-06, when the school went 20-13 after earning a first-round win in the National Invitation Tournament. The following year, the Bulldogs won the NIT Season Tip-Off and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before falling to eventual champion Florida en route to a final record of 29-7. Butler finished 30-4 after claiming the Horizon League Tournament title and a first-round NCAA win in 2007-08, advancing to the NCAA Tournament again the next season while posting a 26-6 mark. While on the Butler staff, Graves was listed No. 2 on CollegeInsider.com s ranking of top 25 mid-major assistants in 2009 while the previous year FoxSports.com recognized him as one of the top 10 mid-major assistants in the country. Graves started as an assistant coach at North Central and Ben Davis High Schools in Indianapolis, joining the Bulldog staff as coordinator of men s basketball operations in 2001. During his first two seasons at Butler, the Bulldogs won 53 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2003 NCAA Tournament. As a player, Graves lettered four years at Butler and was part of a program that posted a 95-54 (63.8%) mark while he was in school. He was team captain each of his final two seasons, when the Bulldogs went 23-10 and 22-11, respectively, after winning the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. Graves was the third-leading scorer on the team in 1996-97 when Butler made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 35 years, while as a senior he was chosen the squad s most valuable player and was named to the MCC all-tournament team after recording 18 points in the championship contest. Year School Overall Conference Finish Postseason Player 1993-94 Butler 16-13 6-4 T-2nd 1994-95 (redshirt) Butler 15-12 8-7 5th 1995-96 Butler 19-8 12-4 2nd 1996-97 Butler 23-10 12-4 1st NCAA First Round 1997-98 Butler 22-11 8-6 3rd NCAA First Round Director of Operations 2001-02 Butler 26-6 12-4 1st NCAA First Round 2002-03 Butler 27-6 14-2 1st NCAA Sweet 16 Assistant Coach 2003-04 Butler 16-14 8-8 6th 2004-05 Butler 13-15 7-9 7th 2005-06 Butler 20-13 11-5 2nd NIT Second Round 2006-07 Butler 29-7 13-3 T-1st NCAA Sweet 16 2007-08 Butler 30-4 16-2 1st NCAA Second Round 2008-09 Butler 26-6 15-3 1st NCAA First Round 2009-10 Butler 33-5 18-0 1st NCAA Runner-Up Associate Head Coach 2010-11 Butler 28-10 13-5 T-1st NCAA Runner-Up 2011-12 Butler 22-15 11-7 T-3rd CBI Semifinals 2012-13 Butler 27-9 11-5 T-3rd NCAA Third Round Head Coach 2013-14 South Alabama 11-20 5-13 9th 2014-15 South Alabama 7-17 5-8 Head Coach (2) 18-37 10-21 Player (5) 95-54 46-25 3 Midwestern Collegiate Championships Director of Operations (2) 53-12 26-6 2 Horizon League Championships Assistant/Associate Head Coach (10) 244-98 123-47 8 Horizon League Championships

SOUTH ALABAMA ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School/High School) 1 Ken Williams G 6-2 175 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Episcopal HS) 2 Taishaun Johnson G 6-0 165 Fr.-HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Quakerdale Prep/Pike HS) 4 Barrington Stevens III G 5-10 180 Jr.-2L Allen, Texas (St. Thomas More Prep/Allen HS) 5 Abdul Lewis F 6-9 225 Fr.-HS Newark, N.J. (Newark East Side HS) 10 Georgi Boyanov F 6-8 200 So.-1L Lovech, Bulgaria (General Vladimir Stoychev Sports School) 14 Devin Epps G 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murfreesboro-Oakland HS) 20 Tafari Whittingham F 6-8 195 Jr.-JC Brooklyn, N.Y. (Hutchinson CC/Abraham Lincoln HS) 22 John Brown G 6-3 190 Jr.-JC Charlotte, N.C. (Olney Central/Olympic HS) 24 Dionte Ferguson F 6-6 220 Sr.-1L Prattville, Ala. (Morehead State/Prattville HS) 25 Jermaine Williams G 5-7 175 Sr.-RS Saint Stephens, Ala. (Jefferson Davis CC/Leroy HS) 32 Austin Karazsia F 6-8 220 So.-1L Linton, Ind. (Linton-Stockton HS) 33 Luka Andjusic G 6-4 190 Fr.-RS Belgrade, Serbia (Borislav Petrov Braca) * Nick Davis G 6-5 180 So.-TR Mt. Vernon, Ala. (Alabama State/McIntosh HS) * B.J. Fisher G 6-3 190 Jr.-TR Decatur, Ga. (Tusculum/Decatur HS) * Nikola Marijan F 7-1 230 Fr.-HS Backi Brestovac, Serbia (Borislav Petrov Braca) * Nick Stover F 6-6 195 Jr.-TR Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola Marymount/Windward HS) * Will redshirt the 2014-15 season Head coach: Matthew Graves (Butler 98), second season Pronunciation Guide Assistant coaches: Darnell Archey (Butler 03), second season Luka Andjusic LOO-ka Ahn-JOO-Shitch Georgi Boyanov GEORGE-ee BOY-ahn-ov Dan Matic (Trinity International 07), second season Dionte Ferguson Dee-ON-tay Russ Willemsen (Lee 04), second season Taishaun Johnson TY-shawn Austin Karazsia Care-uh-ZEE-uh Director of operations: Chris Coker (North Alabama 94), eighth season Tafari Whittingham Tuh-FAR-ee Assistant athletic trainer: Matthew Brown (Indiana State 06), sixth season Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Keith Swift (Tennessee Tech 07), first season SOUTH ALABAMA RESULTS AND LEADERS Date Opponent Time/Result Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks 11/14 CARROLL W 83-64 Brown-22 Lewis-10 Stevens-4 Brown-2 Three players-1 11/17 at Southern Miss L 59-68 Brown-14 Lewis-6 Stevens/Williams-3 Stevens/Johnson-2 Boyanov-2 11/22 at Detroit L 53-66 Johnson-15 Johnson-10 Johnson-3 Johnson-2 Whittingham-3 11/28 at Miami (Fla.) L 75-87 Williams-16 Ferguson-14 Stevens-5 Williams-4 Williams/Whittingham-1 12/2 SPRING HILL W 71-54 Boyanov-14 Boyanov-10 Stevens-4 Brown-3 Lewis-2 12/6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOT 67-68 Lewis-17 Lewis-12 Johnson-6 Johnson-2 Three players-1 12/15 at Pepperdine# L 68-78 Ferguson-16 Lewis-10 Stevens/Williams-4 Johnson-2 Ferguson-2 12/18 at Richmond# L 54-65 Three players-9 Lewis-9 Lewis/Williams-2 Ferguson-2 Ferguson-2 12/20 at IUPUI# LOT 65-71 Williams-23 Ferguson-9 Johnson-6 Stevens/Ferguson-2 Ferguson/Brown-2 12/23 HOWARD# L 60-73 Johnson-17 Ferguson-8 Williams-4 Johnson-4 Boyanov-2 12/30 ARKANSAS STATE* LOT 60-63 Ferguson-18 Ferguson-13 Johnson/Stevens-2 Johnson-3 Ferguson-5 1/3 at Texas-Arlington* L 87-99 Williams-18 Lewis-9 Stevens-7 Six players-1 Lewis/Williams-1 1/5 at Arkansas-Little Rock* W 72-69 Ferguson-25 Boyanov-13 Stevens-6 None Ferguson-3 1/8 APPALACHIAN STATE* W 104-95 Williams-26 Lewis-9 Stevens/Williams-5 Johnson-2 Lewis-1 1/10 GEORGIA SOUTHERN* L 73-81 Williams-23 Boyanov-9 Stevens-5 Three players-1 None 1/15 at Texas State* L 71-82 Williams-23 Ferguson-7 Johnson-4 Four players-1 Ferguson-3 1/17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W 89-82 Williams-28 Johnson-10 Stevens-4 Boyanov-3 Ferguson-3 1/19 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK* W 66-64 Williams-20 Ferguson/Williams-7 Williams-4 Stevens/Ferguson-2 Boyanov-2 1/22 at Appalachian State* L 53-64 Williams-16 Lewis-8 Williams-2 Ferguson/Brown-2 Stevens-1 1/25 NJIT L 55-72 Ferguson/Johnson-12 Ferguson-12 Stevens/Brown-2 Three players-1 Four players-1 1/29 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE* W 89-82 Johnson-23 Lewis/Stevens-7 Stevens-6 Johnson-1 Ferguson-4 1/31 at Louisiana-Monroe* L 61-67 Williams-23 Lewis/Ferguson-5 Stevens-4 None Ferguson-4 2/4 TEXAS STATE* L 43-63 Williams-9 Lewis/Boyanov-6 Stevens/Johnson-2 Johnson/Williams-2 Ferguson/Boyanov-1 2/7 GEORGIA STATE* L 54-65 Johnson-17 Lewis-12 Stevens/Williams-3 Three players-1 Ferguson-3 2/12 at Troy* 7:30 p.m. 2/14 TEXAS-ARLINGTON* 4:05 p.m. 2/19 at Georgia State* 6 p.m. CST 2/21 at Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. CST 2/26 LOUISIANA-MONROE* 7:05 p.m. 3/5 at Arkansas State* 7:30 p.m. 3/7 TROY* 4:05 p.m. 2014-15 South Alabama Men s Basketball Game Notes - Page 8