UT Martin NIT Postseason Guide by Matthew Maxey

The University of Tennessee at Martin Ohio Valley Conference

CHAMPIONS SKYHAWK QUICK HITS SKYHAWKS IN THE POSTSEASON The NIT invitation is the first in school history since playing in the NCAA’s Division I. However, UT Martin has made two trips to the NCAA Division II tournament (1982 and 1983). UT Martin (22-9) clinched the NIT bid by winning the OVC regular season championship, and had a chance to punch a ticket to the NCAA Tournament by winning the OVC Tournament. Like Auburn, UT Martin fell in the semifinals of the tournament - to Morehead State last Saturday.

TOP OFFENSE IN THE OVC The Ohio Valley Conference Champs

A Look back at the Regular Season ..... 2-7 Leading the Way

Skyhawk Coaches & Staff ............. 8-11 Meet the 2008 Skyhawks

UT Martin Roster .......................... 12-26 Notes from the 2008-09 Season

411 on Skyhawk Basketball ........ 27-29 Looking at the Numbers

Game-By-Game Recaps ............... 30-45 Setting the Record Straight

UT Martin History Books .............. 46-47 Hot Off the Presses

2008-09 Press Clippings.............. 48-60 The 2008-09 UT Martin Men’s Basketball Postseason Media Guide is published by The University of Tennessee at Martin Athletic Communications Office, a division of The University of Tennessee at Martin Athletic Department. The guide was edited by Joe Lofaro. Cover artwork provided by BlandAid Graphic Design and Matthew Maxey. Primay layout and design by Matthew Maxey. Content provided by Joe Lofaro, Ryne Rickman and Matthew Maxey. Photography provided by Trevor Ruszkowski. The postseason guide was printed by Roundtree Business of Martin, Tenn. The University of Tennessee at Martin does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or veteran status in provision of educational opportunities or employment opportunities and benefits. UT Martin does not discriminate on the basis of sex or disability in the education programs and activities which it operates, pursuant to requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as codified in 42 U.S.C. 2000D; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92 318; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1900, Public Law 101-336; and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This policy extends to both employment by and admission to the university. Inquiries concerning Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act should be directed to the Office of Equity and Diversity, 240 Gooch Hall, UT Martin, Martin, TN 38238-5002, 731-881-7202. Charges of violation of the above policy also should be directed to the Equity and Diversity Officer. E05-0416a-029-09

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UT Martin led the Ohio Valley Conference in four statistical categories en route to becoming the top ranked oﬀense in the OVC: scoring oﬀense (78.7 points per game); scoring margin (+9.2); free throw percentage (.736); three-point field goal percentage defense (.328).

5+4+4+2 = HUDSON AND LANE There are only 12 players in NCAA Division-I basketball who average 5+ points, 4+ rebounds, 4+ assists, and 2+ steals per game – and UT Martin boasts two of those players in Lester Hudson and Delrico Lane. The other 10 include: VMI’s Travis Holmes, Cleveland State’s Cedric Jackson, Coppin State’s Tywain McKee, Centenary’s Chase Adams, Davidson’s Stephen Curry, Harvard’s Jeremy Lin, Louisville’s Terrence Williams, Belmont’s Alex Renfroe, Marquette’s Jerel McNeal, and Florida’s Nick Calathes.

FROM THE PRESEASON -The Skyhawks were picked to win the OVC by Athlon Sports’ in the 2008-09 Season Preview. -Lindy’s College basketball 2008-09 edition also picked the Skyhawks to win the OVC. -Blue Ribbon Magazine picked the Skyhawks to win the league championship as well. -In its annual college basketball preview, Sports Illustrated predicted the Skyhawks would finished among the top 65 teams in the nation and earned their first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament. SI had the Skyhawks picked at No. 58.

SKYHAWKS IN PRINT The name of our institution is the University of Tennessee at Martin and if abbreviated, should be referred to as UT Martin. The University of Tennessee at Martin should be used as the first reference in a news story. UT Martin should be used in subsequent references and UTM is acceptable in headlines. Tennessee-Martin, UT-Martin, UT or Martin should never be used. The description Skyhawks should be used to represent all UT Martin athletic teams. LadySkyhawks or Hawks should never be used.

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QUICK FACTS/FINAL REGULAR SEASON POLLS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The University of Tennessee at Martin City/Zip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin, Tenn. 38238 Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1900; Senior College, 1951 Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skyhawks School Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navy Blue and Orange Arena Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skyhawk Arena Facility Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elam Center Seating Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Aﬃliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Valley Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Thomas Rakes Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Dane Athletics Department Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7660 Athletics Ticket Oﬃce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7207

HISTORY

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS Final Regular Season Standings

Team UT Martin Austin Peay Murray State Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Tennessee Tech Jacksonville State Southeast Missouri

OVC 14-4 13-5 13-5 12-6 10-8 9-9 8-10 6-12 5-13 0-18

Pct. .778 .722 .722 .667 .556 .500 .444 .333 .278 .000

Overall Pct. 22-9 .710 19-13 .594 19-12 .613 19-15 .559 18-13 .581 12-18 .400 12-18 .400 12-18 .400 11-17 .393 3-27 .100

First Year of Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951 Joined the OVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 All-Time OVC Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-182 (.355)

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Men’s Basketball Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Lofaro Oﬃce Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7632 Athletics Communications Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7624 Home Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-588-0483 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-514-2905 E-mail Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jlofaro@utm.edu Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7694 Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022 Elam Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin, Tenn. 38238 Overnight Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skyhawk Fieldhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Mt. Pelia Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin, Tenn. 38238

BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bret Campbell Alma Mater, Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valdosta State, 1983 Record at UT Martin (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125-166 (10 years) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125-166 (10th year) Basketball Oﬃce Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-881-7659 Best Time/Day to Reach Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Alma Mater, Year) Jason James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Graceland, 2000) Jay Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Christian Brothers, 1985) Zack Janus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Nebraska, 2008) Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dani Walker

MEDIA INFORMATION Flagship Radio Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WCMT- FM (101.3) Radio Contact Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Brinkley Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-587-9526 Play-By-Play Announcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Brinkley Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.utmsports.com

TEAM INFORMATION 2007-08 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-16 2007-2008 OVC Record/Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9/4th Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3

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CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Final Regular Season Standings

Team 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Record

Gonzaga (29) Butler (2) St. Mary’s Siena Western Kentucky Northern Iowa VCU Creighton Davidson Niagara North Dakota State Illinois State College of Charleston Weber State Arkansas-Little Rock Wisconsin-Green Bay American George Mason Cleveland State Old Dominion East Tennessee State Radford Morgan State Binghamton Vermont

25-5 26-4 25-5 25-7 22-8 23-10 23-9 26-7 26-6 26-7 24-6 24-6 26-7 21-8 23-7 22-10 23-7 22-9 23-10 21-10 23-10 21-11 20-11 22-8 23-8

Points 773 739 681 668 625 606 574 509 472 465 448 413 397 353 338 315 281 258 252 174 92 81 76 62 51

Previous 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 4 5 10 12 13 16 14 15 11 17 18 20 19 NR 23 22 NR 21

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: VMI 49, Robert Morris 48, Cornell 41, UT Martin 35, Stephen F. Austin 30, Liberty 26, Portland 21, Buffalo 16, Portland State 13, Bowling Green 12, Hofstra 10, Troy 9, Akron 8, Northeastern 8, South Alabama 8, Miami (OH) 7, Bradley 6, Evansville 5, The Citadel 5, Nicholls State 3, Sam Houston State 3, Morehead State 2, North Texas 2, Oakland 2, Alabama State 1, Rider 1.

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ROSTER BREAKDOWN NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 21 22 24 25 40

Name Djero Riedewald Benzor Simmons Delrico Lane Dominique Mpondo Marquis Weddle Lester Hudson Ben Congiusta Reuben Clayton MJ Brown Olajide Hay Joe Bailey Daron Hood Andres Irarrazabal Eric Massey

Pos. F G G C G G G G G F G G F C

Ht. 6-8 6-5 6-1 6-10 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-6 6-2 6-7 6-7 6-9

Wt. 220 215 190 265 185 190 175 180 170 235 185 225 235 280

Cl. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Amsterdam, Netherlands (Polk CC) Miami, Fla. (Carroll City HS) Greensboro, Fla. (Odessa College) Vire, France (Eastern Oklahoma State) Union City, Tenn. (Union City HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) Sidney, Australia (Cranbrook HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Northern Oklahoma) Union City, Tenn. (Union City HS) Henderson, Ky. (Southeastern Illinois CC) Columbia, Ky. (Pickett County HS) Bigelow, Ark. (Bigelow HS) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Sagemont HS) Memphis, Tenn. (McNeese State)

Pos. G G G G F F G F G C C F G G

Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-6 6-7 6-2 6-7 6-1 6-9 6-10 6-8 6-5 6-1

Wt. 185 170 180 175 235 235 190 235 190 280 265 220 215 185

Cl. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. So.

Hometown (Previous School) Columbia, Ky. (Pickett County, Tenn. HS) Union City, Tenn. (Union City HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Northern Oklahoma) Sidney, Australia (Cranbrook HS) Henderson, Ky. (Southeastern Illinois CC) Bigelow, Ark. (Bigelow HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Sagemont HS) Greensboro, Fla. (Odessa College) Memphis, Tenn. (McNeese State) Vire, France (Eastern Oklahoma State) Amsterdam, Netherlands (Polk CC) Miami, Fla. (Carroll City HS) Union City, Tenn. (Union City HS)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 22 20 15 10 21 24 5 25 2 40 3 0 1 4

Name Joe Bailey MJ Brown Reuben Clayton Ben Congiusta Olajide Hay Daron Hood Lester Hudson Andres Irarrazabal Delrico Lane Eric Massey Dominique Mpondo Djero Riedewald Benzor Simmons Marquis Weddle

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Assistant Coaches:

Bret Campbell (Valdosta State, 1983) Jason James (Graceland, 2000) Jay Bowen (Christian Brothers, 1985) Zack Janus (Nebraska, 2008)

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Name Pronunciation Reuben Clayton . . . . . . . . . . Roo-ben Clay-ton Ben Congiusta . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Con-juice-ta Olajide Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O-lie-ja-day Hay Daron Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dare-on Hood Andres Irarrazabal . . An-draes Ear-ra-rasa-bal Delrico Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Del-ree-co Lane Eric Massey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Mass-ee Dominique Mpondo . . Dom-ah-neek Pond-oh Djero Riedewald . . . . . . . . Jer-ow Rite-a-wald Benzor Simmons . . . . . . . Ben-zore Simm-ons Marquis Weddle . . . . . . . . Mar-kees Wedd-el

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SKYHAWKS BY THE NUMBERS

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UT Martin’s finish in the Ohio Valley Conference regular season, the program’s first outright OVC title.

UT Martin’s preseason Ohio Valley Conference rank, as voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. The number was the highest UT Martin had ever been ranked in the preseason since joining the OVC before the 1992-1993 season.

Rank of Olajide Hay on the OVC career field goal percentage list. Hay has hit 64.2 percent (140-of-218) of his field goal attempts in his two years in a Skyhawk uniform.

Twenty-win seasons in program history, as UT Martin also won 20 or more games during the 1981-82, 198283, 1984-85, and 1987-88 seasons.

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Finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, a list that includes Lester Hudson.

Weekly OVC honorees the Skyhawks received this season. Lester Hudson was named Player of the Week seven times, Delrico Lane was named Newcomer of the Week twice, and Reuben Clayton was named Newcomer of the Week once.

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Consecutive wins by the Skyhawks from Jan. 10 through Feb. 18, a UT Martin record.

Number of OVC postseason honorees the Skyhawks received, as Lester Hudson was named OVC Player of the Year, Bret Campbell was named OVC Coach of the Year, and Delrico Lane was named to the All-OVC Newcomer Team.

Points Marquis Weddle needs to accumulate 1,000 points for his career, after playing in just 64 career games. Weddle will be the 14th member of the prestigious club.

Statistical categories in which the Skyhawks led the OVC: scoring oﬀense (78.7 points per game); scoring margin (+9.2); free throw percentage (.736); three-point field goal percentage defense (.328).

Number of times Lester Hudson was named OVC Player of the Week in his twoyear career; Number of times Hudson was named OVC Player of the Week during the 2008-2009 season; Number of consecutive weeks Hudson was named OVC Player of the Week from Dec. 22, 2008 through Jan. 19, 2009 – all of which are OVC records.

Amount of team or individual game/season school records the Skyhawks have tied or broken this season.

Number of NCAA Division-I basketball players who average 5+ points, 4+ rebounds, 4+ assists, and 2+ steals per game. UT Martin boasts two of those players in Lester Hudson and Delrico Lane.

The number of three-point field goals – in 25 attempts – that Lester Hudson has hit in his last two games.

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Wins by the Skyhawks in which the final margin exceeded 10 points.

Wins, in 16 chances, when leading at halftime.

27.3

Points per game average for Lester Hudson, who has trailed only Davidson’s Stephen Curry for the majority of the season for the NCAA Division-I scoring title.

Number of games it took Lester Hudson to reach 1,000 points for his career, as he accomplished the feat on Dec. 6, 2008 at Eastern Kentucky.

Number of wins in the last 24 games.

40.6

Percentage of Delrico Lane’s teamleading 155 assists that have resulted in a basket from teammate Lester Hudson (63 assists).

Career double-doubles for Lester Hudson.

Wins the Skyhawks put together in 20082009, the most in program history.

Number of games in which Lester Hudson began the season by scoring 20 or more points. Hudson was the only Division-I player in the nation to score 20-plus in every game throughout the streak.

52.4 124

Percentage of UT Martin scoring from guards Lester Hudson and Marquis Weddle.

Number of victories in head coach Bret Campbell’s career, the second-most out of any active OVC head coaches.

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REGULAR SEASON IN REVIEW

HISTORIC SEASON ENDS WITH FIRST-EVER REGULAR SEASON OVC CROWN The most highly anticipated season in The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball history didn’t begin quite as planned. The Skyhawks, who had been picked as the preseason No. 2 team in the Ohio Valley Conference – the highest they had ever been selected – found themselves sitting at 2-5 overall and 0-2 in the OVC after their fourth straight loss at Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 6. The schedule wasn’t going to get any easier, as four of the next five games were on the road against two teams from the Sun Belt Conference, and one each from the Atlantic 10 and Southland Conferences. But amidst the 2-5 start, there was one thing head coach Bret Campbell was looking forward to – fielding a full rotation of players. Junior point guard Delrico Lane had played sparingly in the first six games before getting one start under his belt against Eastern Kentucky and finally appeared healthy from an offseason stress fracture surgery. Also due to join the mix was senior power forward Olajide Hay, who had to sit out the first seven games because he was academically ineligible. Throw in those two players with Preseason All-American Lester Hudson and Preseason All-OVC honoree Marquis Weddle, and Campbell thought the Skyhawks would look like a different team. The first test with the “new look” Skyhawks came on the road in a historically-tough matchup with Middle Tennessee State, who was fresh off a Sun Belt Conference Championship appearance in 2007-2008. UT Martin came out hot early – shooting 60 percent in the first half – and never looked back, leading for all but 3:10 of clock time in a 72-65 win. After that game, the Skyhawks knew that if they played like that, few teams could beat them.

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For the rest of the season, that was just the case. UT Martin took care of business to close out the 2008 calendar year, earning yet another road victory at Central Arkansas on New Year’s Eve behind a 41 point effort by Hudson. Entering 2009 with a 7-5 overall record, the Skyhawks were about to face the bulk of their conference slate – with the first three OVC games coming at home in a one-week span against the preseason No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 teams, in that order. UT Martin downed the preseason No. 1 team in arch-rival Murray State, 75-71. Three days later, the Skyhawks suffered a defensive letdown in an 85-76 loss against Austin Peay, but little did anybody know that the agonizing feeling of a loss wouldn’t be felt by any member of the UT Martin squad for another 44 days. What UT Martin did over the next 11 games had only been done two other times in the program’s history – which was win every single contest. The Skyhawks’ 11-game winning streak – all over OVC opponents by an average scoring margin of +15.1 points per game – put the Skyhawks square in the middle of the OVC title hunt, culminating with the last win of the streak, a 76-60 road win at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 18. That win put the Skyhawks in first place in the OVC for the first time all season, as the Skyhawks had dug out of an early 0-2 OVC start to build up a 12-3 conference record. The Skyhawks streak ended just three days later in the ESPN BracketBusters game, as a 10-foot floater at the buzzer resulted in a 79-77 loss to Missouri State of the Missouri Valley Conference. Perhaps still feeling the effects of a heartbreaking loss, the Skyhawks then lost at Murray State just two days later, 74-59, evening up the conference race with Morehead State heading into the final week of the regular season. A convincing 74-55 win over Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 26 coupled with a Morehead State loss at Murray State gave the Skyhawks at least a share of the regular season OVC championship. UT Martin then had to face the very team that sat atop the OVC standings since Dec. 4, 2008 in Morehead State at home on Feb. 28 to close out the season. Just as UT Martin had done numerous times throughout the season, the Skyhawks built up an early lead and kept the pressure at a premium, leading for the last 34:51 of the game in a 79-65 triumph that gave Campbell and the Skyhawks their first-ever outright OVC championship since they joined the league in time for the 1992-1993 season. Entering the OVC Tournament as the No. 1 seed, UT Martin got a performance for the ages from Hudson in his last game on the Elam Center floor. The senior from Memphis tallied a career-high 42 points on 15-of-24 shooting (8-of-13 from three-point range) in a 93-75 win over Tennessee Tech. The 42 points was just two shy of the all-time UT Martin single game record of 44, set by Okechi Egbe against Bethel on Nov. 20, 2000, and just one shy of the all-time single game record for an OVC Tournament game, set by Austin Peay’s Bubba Wells against Morehead State in 1997. The Skyhawks entered the Sommet Center in Nashville for the OVC Tournament quarterfinals against Morehead State confident, as they had won 20 out of their last 23 games, including a 14 point drubbing of the same Morehead State team just six days earlier. Hudson did his best to ensure the team would enter the OVC Tournament championship the next day – hitting seven three-pointers and accumulating 34 points and 10 rebounds for his 21st career double-double – but the Skyhawk supporting cast was silenced in a disappointing 63-55 loss. Morehead State, the No. 4 seed, went on to defeat the No. 2 seed Austin Peay in the championship the next day to qualify for the league’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid. The Skyhawks knew that their season wasn’t yet over, as the regular season title guaranteed a spot in the National Invitational Tournament. On the eve of the semifinal matchup against Morehead State, the OVC named Hudson their Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The 6-2 guard became just the 11th player in the history of the OVC to repeat as back-to-back Player of the Year, and the first since Murray State’s Marcus Brown did it in 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Hudson finished the regular season with a 27.3 point per game average, trailing only Davidson’s Stephen Curry for the NCAA Division-I scoring title, as he also was the only NCAA Division-I player to score at least 20 points or more in every game through the season’s first 26 games. Hudson wasn’t the only UT Martin member honored, as Lane was one of five players to be named to the All-OVC Newcomer squad, and Campbell also was tabbed as OVC Coach of the Year.

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NIT BRACKET

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HEAD COACH BRET CAMPBELL

BRET CAMPBELL Head Coach • Tenth Season 2009 OVC Coach of the Year

Campbell’s Coaching Career at a glance ... 1999-present • Head Coach at UT Martin • 2009 OVC Coach of the Year • Led Skyhawks to first winning season as Division I program • Led Skyhawks to four consecutive OVC postseason tournaments • Recruited Freshman of the Year or OVC Newcomer of the Year in four of the past sevenseasons • Recruited 2007-08 OVC Player of the Year (Lester Hudson)

1999-1992 • Assistant coach at Austin Peay • Named assistant head coach at APSU in 1997 • Played an an integral role in Austin Peay’s recruiting success that included an NCAA tournament appearance and a share of 1997 OVC championship

1992-1989 • Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Central Florida

1989-1987 • Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Birmingham Southern

1987-1985 • Assistant coach at Kennesaw State

1985-1983 • Graduate Assistant at Valdosta State

Bret Campbell begins his tenth year as Anderson High School state title runnerhead basketball coach at The University of up team. He played college basketball at Tennessee at Martin. In nine seasons he has Valdosta State, a former opponent and rival led his Skyhawk squads to six Ohio Valley of UT Martin from the Gulf South Conference Conference (OVC) tournament appearances of Division II. He was a three-year starter at and has coached two OVC Newcomers guard and served as team co-captain. He left of the Year, two Freshmen of the Year and Valdosta State as the school’s all-time assists one Player of the Year. During his tenure leader. After receiving his undergraduate Campbell has graduated 89 percent of his degree in 1983, he remained at the school as players and coached 12 athletes who have a graduate assistant for two seasons (1983moved on to play professionally. 85). Campbell led the Skyhawks to a 17-16 record He moved to Kennesaw College and a fourth-place finish during the 2007-08 from 1985-87 to help initiate the school’s season. The Skyhawks advanced to the OVC intercollegiate basketball program before tournament semifinals where they lost to moving to Birmingham Southern in 1987. eventual champion Austin Peay by just one Bret and his wife, Marcia, a Florida point. native, have three children: daughter Caitlin In 2001-02 Campbell led the UT Martin (14), and sons Cannon (11) and Carter (9). men’s basketball team to its first winning The Campbells reside near the UT Martin season as a Division I program. Entering campus. the 2006-2007 season his team CAMPBELL vs. ALL OPPONENTS held the nation’s fifth longest Alabama A&M 1-1 Miami (Fla.) 0-1 non-conference home winning Arkansas-Little Rock 0-1 Middle Tennessee 2-3 streak at 28. Arkansas State 1-4 Mississippi State 0-2 Campbell, 47, came to UT Austin Peay 5-15 Mississippi Valley State 1-1 1-0 Missouri 0-1 Martin in March,1999 from Berry (Ga.) Bethel (Tenn.) 5-0 Missouri State 0-1 Austin Peay, credited with Birmingham Southern 0-1 Missouri Valley 1-0 helping build the conference- Brescia (Ky.) 1-0 Morehead State 6-15 1-1 Murray State 2-19 rival Governors into a Butler Centenary 1-1 North Texas 0-1 successful OVC program. Central Baptist (Ark.) 2-0 Northern Arizona 1-1 He played an integral role Central Arkansas 1-1 Ole Miss 0-2 in Austin Peay’s recruiting Central Florida 1-1 Portland State 1-1 1-0 Purdue 0-1 success which led to an NCAA Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 0-1 Reinhardt (Ga.) 1-0 tournament appearance and a Cincinnati Concordia (Wis.) 1-0 Rochester (Mich.) 1-0 share of the OVC championship Covenant (Ga.) 1-0 Saint Louis 1-1 0-1 Saint Mary’s (Mich.) 2-0 in 1997. He joined the APSU Duke 11-9 Saint Peter’s 2-0 staﬀ in 1992 and was elevated Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky 9-11 Samford 3-6 to the associate head coaching Elon 2-0 San Francisco 0-1 position in 1997. Evansville 1-3 Southeast Missouri 11-10 1-0 Southern Illinois 0-1 Campbell moved to Austin Florida International 1-0 Southern Miss 0-1 Peay after three seasons as Fordham Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 1-0 Spalding (Ky.) 1-0 a Central Florida assistant. Hawaii 0-2 Tennessee 0-2 1-0 Tennessee State 15-5 He served five seasons as High Point 0-1 Tennessee Tech 6-15 recruiting coordinator for Joe Howard Illinois 0-1 UAB 0-1 Dean Jr., first at Birmingham Illinois State 0-2 Union (Tenn.) 1-0 Southern (1987-89) and then Indiana State 0-1 UNLV 0-2 1-0 USC 0-1 at Central Florida (1989-92). IPFW State 0-1 Vanderbilt 0-3 Birmingham Southern won Jackson Jacksonville State 7-3 Webster (Mo.) 2-0 the 1990 NAIA national title Lipscomb 2-0 West Virginia State 1-0 0-1 Western Illinois 1-0 with players Campbell helped Louisville LSU 0-1 Winthrop 0-1 recruit. Maine 1-0 Yale 1-0 A native of Anderson, Maryville (Mo.) 1-0 TOTALS 125-167 Ind., he was captain of the 1979 Memphis 0-4

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ASSISTANT COACH JASON JAMES

JASON JAMES

Assistant Coach • Seventh Season “Jason is a tireless worker. He has a number of recruiting contacts throughout the Southeast, and he has been instrumental in helpin us to become one of the top performers in the OVC.” -Head Coach Bret Campbell

Jason James, a native of St. Louis, begins his seventh year as assistant men’s basketball coach and his first season as assistant head coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin. James came to UT Martin in 2002 from Forest Park Community College in St. Louis where he was an assistant men’s basketball coach for two years. The team finished second in the region James’ first year, and many FPCC players during James’ tenure went on to play Division I and Division II basketball. Prior to his time at FPCC, James taught physical education and health for one year at Ritenour Middle School in St. Louis. He also coached a high school all-star team from the state of Michigan that placed third out of 54 teams at the USA Junior Nationals. James earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health with a coaching endorsement from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, in 2000. For two seasons he served as captain of the Graceland University basketball team. He was voted Graceland Freshman Basketball Player of the Year for the 199697season and was named the Most Valuable Team Player during the 1999-2000 season. “Jason is a valuable asset to our program,” says UT Martin head coach Bret Campbell. “He has immersed himself in the recruiting process and has done an excellent job. He has a bright future in this profession.” James’s primary coaching responsibilities at UT Martin include coordinating recruiting, scouting and team travel. He is also involved in on-the-floor coaching and player development, especially of the Skyhawk’s perimeter players.

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ASSISTANT COACH JAY BOWEN

JAY BOWEN

Assistant Coach • First Season “Jay is known throughout the Southeast for his recruiting expertise. He is a valuable asset to our staﬀ because of his head coaching experience.” -Head Coach Bret Campbell

Jay Bowen begins his first season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Bowen, who has more than 17 years collegiate coaching experience, enjoyed stops at Ole Miss, Georgia State, East Central Community College and Austin Peay. Bowen graduated from Christian Brothers University in Memphis in 1985 and went on to serve as an assistant coach after graduation. He helped the 1986-87 squad to a second-place finish at the National Catholic Tournament. He moved to Armstrong State College in Savannah, Ga., in 1987, where he served as an assistant coach. After a two-year stay at Armstrong, Bowen served two years at the University of Mississippi from 1988-89. Following Ole Miss, Bowen moved to East Central Community College, where he recruited 12 freshmen to help rebuild the ECCC program. In 1990-91, ECCC posted a 21-6 record, which was the program’s best record in 30 years. He was voted Area Coach of the Year in 1991 and guided ECCC to its first state championship in 1992. Bowen left ECCC to become an assistant at Georgia State in 1993. While at Georgia State he met UT Martin head coach Bret Campbell who was an assistant at the University of Central Florida. The two schools competed in the same conference. In 1994, Bowen was promoted to the top assistant coaching spot at Georgia State. In June of 1998, Bowen returned to Mississippi where he served as the head coach at ECCC. This time around Bowen had 12 players sign NCAA Division I scholarships in three seasons. Bowen was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Austin Peay in 2001. His 2001-02 recruiting class went on to win back-to-back OVC championships, including an undefeated conference record in 2003-04. Because of his recruiting success at Austin Peay, Bowen had an opportunity to go back to Ole Miss where he served as the director of basketball operations. He was promoted to an assistant coach at Ole Miss in 2004. While an assistant, he recruited Todd Abernathy the starting point guard and the Southeastern Conference’s Sixth Man of the Year for the Rebels. Bowen earned his master’s degree in education from then-Memphis State in 1988. He and his wife, Cristy, have two daughters, Ashleigh (19) and Katelyn (14).

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ASSISTANT COACH ZACK JANUS

ZACK JANUS

Graduate Assistant • First Season “Zack is young and aggressive and will help our program in all areas.” -Head Coach Bret Campbell

Zach Janus will begin his first season as an assistant coach with the UT Martin men’s basketball team Janus will be involved in all facets of the men’s basketball program, including recruiting, scouting, player development and video exchange. “We are pleased to have Zach join our basketball staff,” said Bret Campbell, UT Martin’s head coach. “He was recommended highly by Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler.” Janus spent the past five years at the University of Nebraska working as a student assistant, helping the coaching staff, director of operations and the video coordinator with a variety of daily assignments. Among his many tasks, Janus oversaw the student staff during his final two seasons. He also assisted with daily workouts as assigned and gained valuable knowledge through the opponent scouting process. During game days, he played a significant role in game setup and assisted the coaching staff with statistics and game management. A native of Eustis, Neb., Janus was a student manager for the Huskers from 2003 to 2008. He graduated from Nebraska in May 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies while adding a minor in education and coaching. Janus is the son of Tony and Debbie Janus.

SKYHAWK SUPPORT STAFF

Dani Walker

Alex Boggis

Anthony Young

Ben Woods

Athletic Trainer First Season

Manager Second Season

Manager First Season

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LESTER HUDSON

LESTER HUDSON Senior • G • 6-2 • 190 Memphis, Tenn. • Southwest Tennessee CC

2008-2009: After being recognized as the Preseason OVC Player of the Year, was named the OVC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season and was named to the All-OVC Tournament team…Was named to the All-OVC First Team after also being on the Preseason All-OVC Team…Named as a Naismith Award and Wooden Award candidate…Is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award…Was named to the FoxSports.com Mid-Major All-American Team, as well as the USBWA All-District Team and the NABC All-District Team… Was named by Athlon Sports Magazine as their Preseason OVC Player of the Year, All-OVC First Team, and the second overall NCAA fantasy player…Was named by Lindy’s Magazine as the Preseason OVC Player of the Year, All-OVC First Team, “Most Versatile” Player in the OVC, and “Best NBA Prospect” in the OVC…Was a Blue Ribbon Magazine selection for Preseason OVC Player of the Year, All-OVC First Team, and along with teammate Marquis Weddle, the “Top OVC Backcourt”…Was named OVC Player of the Week seven times – including five consecutive weeks – both OVC records…Led the OVC in three categories (scoring, free throw percentage, steals), and ranked in the Top-5 in eight of the 13 statistical categories…Was the only NCAA Division-I player to score at least 20 points in every game through his first 26 games this season…Is currently one of only 12 players in NCAA Division-I to average 5+ points, 4+ rebounds, 4+ assists and 2+ steals per game…Started in all 31 games, leading the team in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocks, minutes, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals made, three-point field goals attempted, three-point field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, and free throw percentage…Led the team in scoring for the first 24 games of the season and led the team 27 times overall…Led the team in rebounding 20 times…Trails only Davidson’s Stephen Curry for the NCAA Division-I scoring title with a 27.3 point-per-game average…Ranks 18th in the NCAA in three-point field goals made per game (3.2)…Ranks 13th in the nation in free throw percentage (87.9)…Is the 22nd ranked Division-I player in steals with 2.4 per game…Ranks Eclipsed the 30-point plateau ten times, and scored 40+ points twice…Scored 41 points at Central Arkansas on 14-of-29 shooting on Dec. 31, then went oﬀ for a career-high 42 points on 15-of-24 shooting (8-of-13 from three-point range) against Tennessee Tech in the OVC Tournament quarterfinals…Tallied ten double-doubles, giving him 21 for his career…Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Morehead State on Feb. 28…Opened the season with a 27 point, seven rebound, seven assist and eight steal eﬀort against Maryville…Scored 30 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out seven assists and recorded eight steals against Tennessee State on Jan. 10…Had streaks of 21, 27, and 18 consecutive free throws made throughout the season. 2007-08: Named the 2007-2008 OVC Player of the Year, the first UTM player to win the award ... Was also named the 2007-2008 OVC Male Athlete of the Year ... 2007-2008 All-OVC First Team ... 2007-2008 All-OVC Newcomer ... CollegeInsider.com All-American ... Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American ... CollegeHoops.net Second Team All-American ... First UT Martin player to garner NCAA Division-I All-American status ... Ranked in NCAA Top Ten in points per game (25.7; 4th), steals (2.8; 4th), and 3-pointers made per game (3.8;10th) ... Became the first Division-I men’s basketball player to ever record a quadruple-double in a game (25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals in a 116-74 win over Central Baptist on Nov. 13) ... Recorded a triple-double against Southeast Missouri in a 98-85 win on Feb. 16 (26 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists) ... Shot a combined 25-for-51 (.490), 14-for-24 (.583) from 3-point range, for 69 points (34.5 per game), 21 rebounds (10.5 per game), seven assists (3.5 per game), and three steals (1.5 per game) in games against nationally-ranked Memphis and Vanderbilt ... Collected eight double-doubles ... Scored double-figures in all but one game ... Cracked the 30-point plateau 12 times, including a career-high of 38 ... His 124 3-point field goals made and 320 3-point field goals attempted set new OVC records ... Made a 3-pointer in all but two games ... Ranks in the Top Three in four OVC single season categories ... Led the OVC in four statistical categories (scoring, steals, 3-point field goals made, minutes per game) ... Was in the OVC Top Ten in eight statistical categories ... Scored the most single season points in UT Martin history (847), 183 more than the HUDSON CAREER HIGHS previous holder ... Just 153 points shy from UTM’s 11th member of the 1,000 point club ... Earned OVC weekly honors nine times Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 vs. Tennessee Tech (3-3-09) (Four Player of the Week, Five Newcomer of the Week). Field Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 vs. Tennessee Tech (3-3-09) AN OVERVIEW: Averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, and four Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 (3 times), last vs. Morehead State (2-28-09) assists per game his sophomore year at Southwest Tennessee 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (twice), last vs. Tennessee Tech (3-3-09) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 vs. Austin Peay (1-8-09) Community College ... Earned first team All-TJCCA honors and first team all-region honors ... Named MVP of TJCCA ... Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 vs. Fordham (12-28-08) Named Region 7 MVP ... Earned All-American Honorable Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (twice), last vs. Fordham (12-28-08) Mention honors ... Led team to a 24-5 won-loss record, Region 7 Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 vs. Morehead State (2-28-09) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 (twice), last vs. SEMO (2-16-08) Championship and the JUCO National Tournament. Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (twice), last vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) PERSONAL: Son of Lester Hudson Jr. and Evelyn Hill ... Majoring Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 vs. Central Baptist (11-13-07) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 vs. Samford (3-4-08) in university studies ... Born on Aug. 7, 1984.

Lester Hudson Career Stats Season

gp-gs

Total fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

33-32 1219/36.9 291-627 31-31 1113/35.9 301-673 64-63 2332/36.4 592-1300

.464 .447 .455

min/avg

3-Point fg-fga

124-320 100-282 224-602

F-Throws ft-fta pct

pct

.388 .355 .372

141-169 145-165 286-334

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off

Rebounds def tot

.834 72 187 .879 69 173 .856 141 360

259 242 501

avg

7.8 87 7.8 82 7.8 169

ast

0 148 126 0 128 100 0 276 226

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

22 94 847 25.7 18 73 847 27.3 40 167 1694 26.5

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HUDSON IN THE RECORD BOOKS UT MARTIN SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Most Points: 847 (2007-08 & 2008-09) Most Field Goals Made: 301 of 673 (2008-09) Most Field Goals Attempted: 673, 301 made (2008-09) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 124 of 320 (2007-08) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 320 (2007-08) Most Steals: 94 (2007-08) Most Consecutive Free Throws: 27 (12/15-12/31/08)

UT MARTIN CAREER RECORDS Most Field Goals Made: 592 Most Field Goals Attempted: 1300

UT MARTIN INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS Most Steals: 10, vs. Central Baptist College (11-13-07) Best FT %: 13-13 vs. Fordham (12-28-08)

Hudson 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals Date Opp

Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS

N14 Mryvlle 27 10-17 4-8 3-3

3-4-7

8 27

N18 @T @Tenn enn

1-3-4 1-3 -4

3 20

35 77-22 22 3-1 3-144 3-3 3-3

N22 Elon

31 11-21 1-7 6-6

0-7-7

3 29

N25 Ar Ark k St. St.

38 7-21 7-21 5-11 5-11 4-4 4-4

2-5-7 2-5-77 2-5-

2 23

N28 @USC

37 8-24 4-14 0-0

2-2-4

1 20

D04 @M @More ore

38 99-24 24 3-1 3-111 3-3 3-3 2-8 2-8-10 -10

2 24 24

D06 @EKU

34 8-17 2-6 4-7

3-4-7

2 22

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 38 10 10-15 -15 33-66 5-7 5-7

1-4-5 1-4-5

1 28

D18 Brescia

30 8-15 4-7 1-1

1-4-5

4 21

D27 @F @FIU IU

39 7-2 7-211 0-6 0-6 9-9

2-4-6 2-4-6

0 23 23

D28Fordham 34 9-15 0-3 13-13 1-6-7

1 31

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 36 1414-29 29 5-1 5-100 8-9 8-9 6-4 6-4-10 -10

1 41 41

J05 Murray 38 10-19 2-4 6-7

2-5-7

0 28

J08 APSU APSU

36 1111-27 27 5-1 5-166 7-7 7-7

2-7-9 2-7-9

1 34

J10

37 9-19 3-7 9-11 0-10-10 3

TSU

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 36 14 14-27 -27 44-10 10 6-8

1-4-5 1-4-5

8 30

1 38 38

J15 @TTU

36 14-25 1-5 0-0 3-7-10

5 29

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SEASON RECORDS

J17 @J @Jax ax St

33 9-21 9-21 4-10 4-10 3-3 3-3

5 25

Most Three-Pointers Made: 124 (2007-08) Most Three-Pointers Attempted: 320 (2007-08)

J22 SEMO

35 9-18 3-7 3-6 1-10-11 1

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 37 12 12-24 -24 55-11 11 0-0

4-4-8 4-4-88 4-41-8-9 1-8-9

3 24

0 29 29

F05 @APSU 42 8-25 3-9 11-12 4-6-10

3 30

NCAA INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS

F07 @TSU @TSU

35 1313-27 27 4-9 44-44 3-733-7-10 -7-10 10

3 34

Quadruple-Double: vs. Central Baptist College (11-13-07) * 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals

F12 Jax St

34 11-21 5-12 0-1

0-3-3

2 27

F14

3388 13-2 113-29 3-299 2-11 2-11 55-55 5-655-6-11 -6-11 11

3 33

38 6-17 5-9 5-6

1-8-9

1 22

F21 Mo St State ate 31 8-18 8-18 1-7 3-4 3-4

1-1-2 1-1-22 1-1-

0 20

HUDSON RECORD WATCH

TTU TTU

F18 @EIU

F23@Murray 37 4-20 0-10 7-7

2-6-8

2 15

UT MARTIN CAREER RECORDS

F26

1-8-9 1-8-9

0 17

Most Points: 1729, by Mike Meshede (1984-88) -Hudson (2007-present) enters NIT trailing by 35 points (1694)

F28 More

37 8-29 3-9 8-8 5-8-13

5 27

M03 TT TTU U

3377 15-2 115-24 5-244 8-13 8-13 44-55

4-5-9 44-5-5-99

2 42

Most Steals: 263, by DeWayne Powell (1992-96) -Hudson enters NIT with 167 and trails No. 2 Jeremy Kelly (2001-06) by only eight at 175.

M06 More

40 11-24 7-12 5-6 5-5-10

1 34

M17NIT M17NI M1 7NIT T

EKU EKU

3399 8-18 8-18 11-88 0-0 0-0

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CAREER RECORDS Scoring Average: 28.5 ppg, by James “Fly” Williams, Austin Peay (1971-73) -Hudson enters NIT at 26.5 ppg (currently 5th in the OVC) Free Throw Percentage: Steve Barrett, Murray State, .890 -Hudson enters NIT at .856 percent (currently 6th in the OVC)

UT MARTIN SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Most Points: 847, by Lester Hudson in 2007-08 -Hudson enters NIT tied with 847 points in 2008-09

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Most Points Scored: 878, by James “Fly” Williams, Austin Peay (1970-71) -Hudson enters NIT trailing by 31 points, currently tied with his 2007-08 season performance for third. Fly Williams’ 1972-73 season ranks No. 2 with 854 points scored.

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DJERO RIEDEWALD

DJERO RIEDEWALD Senior • F • 6-8 • 220 Amsterdam, Netherlands • Polk CC

2008-2009: Started in 26 of 29 games…Ranks second among regulars in field goal percentage, hitting 54.2 percent of his attempts (58-of-107)…Grabbed the second-most offensive rebounds on the team (62)…Tallied his third career double-double against Elon on Nov. 22, with 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds…Blocked three shots in back-to-back games against Central Arkansas on Dec. 31 and Murray State on Jan. 5…Reached doubledigit scoring totals in three games, and led the team in rebounds four times…Grabbed 10 rebounds against Tennessee on Nov. Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS 18…When he makes three or more field goals in a game, the Skyhawks are 11-0. N14 Mryvlle 17 3-3 0-0 2-2 3-3-6 1 3 0 0 2 8 2007-08: Appeared in 32 games, starting in 19 ... Averaged 5.3 points and 4.4 N18 @T @Tenn enn 29 11-10 10 0-0 22-22 7-377-3-10 -3-10 10 3 1 2 0 0 4 rebounds a game ... Tied for the team lead in field goal percentage (.611) ... Scored N22 Elon 28 5-7 0-0 2-3 8-7-15 2 1 1 0 0 12 14 points and had career-high 13 rebounds against Eastern Illinois (2/9/08) ... Earned OVC Newcomer of the Week honors for his efforts against Tennessee State N25 Ar Ark k St St 29 29 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 3-2-5 3-2-55 3 0 2 0 1 3 3-2and Eastern Illinois (2/11/08) ... Went 7-for-8 from the field and scored 15 points in N28 @USC 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 0 0 0 0 4 win over Samford (1/5/08) and followed it up with a 4-for-6 effort from the field @More ore 16 11-22 0-0 0-0 3-4 22-0-2 0-2 5 0 0 0 0 5 and 10 points in a one-point win at Tennessee State(1/7/08) ... Recorded his first D04 @M

Riedewald 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

double-double as a Skyhawk Dec. 8 against Jack-sonville State, scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in 17 minutes of action ... Was named the OVC’s Newcomer of the Week for his eﬀort against Jacksonville State. AN OVERVIEW: Riedewald prepped at Cios High School in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he earned MVP honors in 2003 ... Attended Polk Community College in Lakeland, Fla. where he played basketball for head coach Matt Furjanic ... Averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game ... Shot 56 percent from the field and 68 percent from the free throw line. PERSONAL: Son of Errol and Laura Riedewald ... Majoring in sport management ... Born on Nov. 16, 1984.

RIEDEWALD CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 vs. Jacksonville State (12-8-07) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (twice), last vs. Samford (1-5-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 at Tennessee (11-18-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 vs. Eastern Illinois (2-9-08) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 at Middle Tennessee State (12-15-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 vs. Elon (11-22-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 vs. Eastern Illinois (2-9-08) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last vs. Murray State (1-5-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (4 times), last vs. SEMO (1-22-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 vs. Samford (3-4-08)

D06 @EKU 16

1-3

0-0 1-2

2-0-2

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 24

1-1 1-1

00-0 -0 5-8

2-2-4 2-2-4

D18 Brescia 19

4-4

0-0 1-2

1-5-6

D27

2-5

0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2

0-3-3 0-3-3

D28 Fordham 28

@FIU @FIU

5-6

0-0 0-3

3-1-4

1 10

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 17

0-1

0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2

0-0-0 0-0-0

J05 Murray 26

1-3

0-0 0-0

2-3-5

J08

2-4

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

0-3

0-0 0-0

2-1-3

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 24

4-5 4-5

00-0 -0 3-4

2-3-5 2-3-5

0 11 11

J15

@TTU 32

3-5

0-0 0-0

1-2-3

J17

@Jax St 27 @Jax

3-3

0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2

3-3-6 3-3-6

J22

SEMO 18

4-5

0-0 1-1

1-6-7

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 28

1-2 1-2

00-0 -0 0-0

1-1-2 1-1-2

F05 @APSU 27

0-2

0-0 0-0

4-1-5

J10

APSU APSU 18 TSU

F07 F

@TSU @TSU 18

1-3

0-00 0-2 00-2

1-2-3 1-2 -3

F12

Jax St

3-4

0-0 1-2

5-3-8

F14 F

TTU TTU

29 29

0-1 0-1

0-0 00-00

11-6-7 1-6-6-77

F18

@EIU

3-5

0-0 1-3

1-1-2

F21 Mo St F State ate -

DNP

F23 @Murray -

DNP

F26 F

EKU EKU

25 25

2-3 2-3

0-0 00-00

00-2-2 0-2-2-22

F28

3-3

0-0 1-2

2-2-4

M03 M

TTU TT U

20 20

2-6 2-6

0-0 22-33

33-0-3 3-0-0-33

M06 More

0-1

0-0 0-0

1-1-2

M17 M

NIT NI T

Djero Riede Riedewald ald Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

32-19 649/20.3 29-26 684/23.6 61-45 1333/21.9

66-108 58-107 124-215

.611 .542 .577

0-0 0-0 0-0

.000 .000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

38-55 30-51 68-106

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off

Rebounds def tot

.691 70 71 .588 62 66 .642 132 137

141 128 269

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

4.4 72 4.4 66 4.4 138

3 3 6

21 13 34

29 18 47

14 11 25

9 13 22

170 5.3 146 5.0 316 5.2

avg

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OLAJIDE HAY

OLAJIDE HAY Senior • F • 6-6 • 235 Henderson, Ky. • Southeastern Illinois CC

2008-2009: Was academically-ineligible for the season’s first seven games…Since his return to the team in time for the Middle Tennessee game on Dec. 15, the Skyhawks are 20-4…Started in 20 of 24 games, including the last 17…Leads the OVC in field goal percentage (.667; 82-for-123) and ranks 10th in the league in blocked shots (0.8 per game)…Ranks second on the team in rebounding (5.0 per game) and third in scoring (9.6 points per game)… Also is tied for the team lead in blocks (18), along with Lester Hudson…Scored 15 or more points seven times, after entering the season with 15 points as his career-high scoring game…Set four new career- Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS DNP - - - - highs (points, rebounds, field goals made, field goals attempted) against Eastern N14 Mryvlle Kentucky on Feb. 26 with a team-high 22 points and 12 rebounds on 10-of-12 N18 @T @Tenn enn DNP - - - - shooting…Was a perfect 8-for-8 from the floor against Tennessee Tech in the OVC DNP - - - - Tournament quarterfinals on March 3…Had two double-doubles on the season, N22 Elon the first being an 18 point, 10 rebound eﬀort at Tennessee Tech on Jan. 15…Led the N25 Ar Ark k St St DNP - - DNP - - team in rebounding for four games…Hit 11 straight free throws over parts of four N28 @USC DNP - - - - games from Jan. 24 through Feb. 12. D04 @M @More ore DNP - - - - -

Hay 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

2007-08: Appeared in all 33 games, starting in 24 of the team’s first 25 games ...Averaged 4.5 points and 4.6 rebounds a game ... Tied Djero Riedewald for the team lead in field goal percentage (.611) ... Recorded his first double-double of the season against Central Baptist College with 11 rebounds and 14 points ... Scored a career-high 15 points against Jacksonville State. AN OVERVIEW: Averaged 11.3 points and 7.1 rebounds at Southeastern Illinois two seasons ago ... Shot 64 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line ... Scored a career-high 19 points on two occasions ... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in a single game ... Earned first-team all-conference honors and Region 24 NJCAA first-team honors ... Had 10 double-doubles his sophomore season ... Helped lead team to 22-8 won-loss record and regional tournament championship game ... Named to 2007 Great Rivers Athletic Conference first team. PERSONAL: Son of Rachel and Larry Hay ... Majoring in university studies ... Born on Feb. 27, 1987.

HAY CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 (twice), last vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Tennessee State (1-10-09) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 vs. Tennessee State (1-10-09) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 at Jacksonville State (1-17-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (5 times), last vs. Missouri State (2-21-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 at Murray State (2-23-09)

D06 @EKU

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 29

3-7 3-7

00-0 -0 0-0

DNP

2-4-6 2-4-6

D18 Brescia

2-2

0-0 2-3

2-1-3

D27 @F @FIU IU

1-2

0-0 3-5 0-0 3-5

3-1-4 3-1-4

D28Fordham 20

3-7

0-0 0-0

2-1-3

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 16

2-2

0-0 5-6 0-0 5-6

0-2-2 0-2-2

J05 Murray 26

6-7

0-0 4-4

3-4-7

0 16

J08 AP APSU SU

3-3

0-0 3-5 0-0 3-5

2-3-5 2-3-5

J10

3-5

0-0 9-12 4-4-8

0 15

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 24

1-1 1-1

00-0 -0 3-6

1-4-5 1-4-5

J15 @TTU

34 6-10 0-0 6-7 5-5-10

2 18

J17 @J @Jax ax St

J22 SEMO

TSU

0-0

0-0 5-9 5-9 0-0

1-4-5 1-4-5

9 5 5

5-9

0-0 6-8

2-1-3

1 16

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 32 Illinois

3-3 3-3

00-0 -0 2-4

1-2-3 1-2-3

F05 @APSU 15

1-3

0-0 2-2

1-1-2

F07 @TSU F @TSU

7-9

0-00 7-7 07-7

5-4-9 5-4 -9

0 21

F12 Jax St

21 6-12 0-0 1-2

3-2-5

1 13

F14 F

TTU TTU

27 27

1-4 1-4

0-0 00-00

22-2-4 2-2-2-44

F18 @EIU

4-5

0-0 2-3

3-4-7

1 10

F21 Mo St F State ate 28

3-4 3-4

0-0 0-0 2-2

4-1-5 4-1-5

F23@Murray 36

2-5

0-0 0-0

2-2-4

32 10-1 32 110-12 0-122 0-0 0-0 2-2 44-8-1 4-8-12 8-122

0 22

F26 F

EKU EKU

F28 More

0-1

0-0 0-0

0-2-2

M03 TT M TTU U

32 32

8-8 8-8

0-0 11-11

22-1-3 2-1-1-33

1177

M06 More

2-2

0-0 1-2

2-0-2

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Olajide Ha Hay Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

33-24 773/23.4 24-20 630/26.3 57-44 1403/24.6

58-95 82-123 140-218

.611 .667 .642

0-0 0-0 0-0

.000 .000 .000

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F-Throws ft-fta pct

34-64 66-90 100-154

off

Rebounds def tot

.531 61 90 .733 56 63 .649 117 153

151 119 270

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

4.6 96 5.0 72 4.7 168

5 3 8

19 17 36

24 23 47

10 18 28

17 16 33

150 4.5 230 9.6 380 6.7

avg

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DELRICO LANE

DELRICO LANE Junior • G • 6-1 • 190 Greensboro, Fla. • Odessa College

2008-2009: Named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team…Earned back-to-back OVC Newcomer of the Week honors for the weeks of Dec. 22 and Dec. 29…Appeared in all 31 games, starting in the last 25 games of the season… Is currently one of only 12 players in NCAA Division-I to average 5+ points, 4+ rebounds, 4+ assists and 2+ steals per game…Led the OVC and ranks 44th in the nation in assists per game (5.0)…Was 2nd in the OVC and ranks 28th in the nation in steals per game (2.2), and also 3rd in the OVC (67th in the country) in assist-turnover ratio (1.99)…Leads the team in assists (155)…Since his insertion into the starting lineup Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 6, has an assist-turnover ratio of better than 2:1 N14 Mryvlle 13 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 0 5 2 0 2 2 (138:66)…Team went 20-5 with Lane in lineup and is 15-2 when Lane hands out five N18 @T @Tenn enn 20 00-55 0-3 0-3 0-3 11-0-1 0-1 3 4 2 0 3 0 assists or more…Went 18 straight games with at least one steal from Dec. 6 through N22 Elon 23 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 0 3 Feb. 14…Nearly missed a triple-double on Jan. 8 against Austin Peay – scoring 10 points, grabbing nine rebounds and handing out eight assists…Compiled a double- N25 Ar Ark k St St 16 16 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0-3-33 4 1 2 0 0 0 0-3double against Fordham on Dec. 28, scoring 10 points and grabbing a career-high N28 @USC 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 2 2 0 3 0 10 rebounds…Reached a career-high in assists with 10 (against only one turnover) @More ore 17 22-22 0-0 0-0 0-0 33-0-3 0-3 5 4 2 0 0 4 against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 26…Snatched a career-high seven steals against D04 @M

Lane 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

FIU on Dec. 27. AN OVERVIEW: Comes to UT Martin from Odessa College in Odessa, Texas ... As a sophomore, helped lead Odessa to a record of 27-5 and the WJCAC Conference Championship by averaging 9.9 points, 6.4 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game, shooting 39 percent from beyond the 3-point line ... As a freshman, averaged 4.6 points, 3.1 assists, and nearly 2.0 steals per game ... Prepped at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala., where he helped the Cavs claim a state championship as a sophomore ... Was named First Team All State and was selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama All Star Game after his senior campaign. PERSONAL: Son of Phyllis and Derrick Lane ... Majoring in marketing with a minor in advertising ... Born on Feb. 22, 1988.

LANE CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 at Jacksonville State (1-17-09) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 at Jacksonville State (1-17-09) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (twice), last at Murray State (2-23-09) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (3 times), last vs. Jacksonville State (2-12-09) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 at Austin Peay (2-5-09) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 at Austin Peay (2-5-09) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (twice), last vs. Austin Peay (2-5-09) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 vs. Fordham (12-28-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last vs. Tennessee Tech (3-3-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 at FIU (12-27-08) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 at Austin Peay (2-5-09)

D06 @EKU 25

2-4

0-2 1-2

2-2-4

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 25

2-5 2-5

00-0 -0 3-5

1-2-3 1-2-3

D18 Brescia 20

2-2

1-1 1-2

1-3-4

D27

2-4

0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0

1-3-4 1-3-4

D28 Fordham 31

@FIU @FIU

3-5

0-0 4-4 3-7-10

4 10

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 30

2-5

1-2 1-1 1-2 1-1

2-4-6 2-4-6

J05 Murray 26

1-3

0-1 1-2

1-1-2

J08

2 10

APSU APSU 32

3-7

1-3 3-4 1-3 3-4

5-4-9 5-4-9

0-4

0-2 4-6

1-1-2

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 32

1-2 1-2

11-2 -2 4-4

3-5-8 3-5-8

J15

@TTU 35

2-4

1-2 0-0

1-5-6

J17

@Jax St 31 @Jax

5-7

2-4 2-4 4-4 4-4

1-3-4 1-3-4

2 16

J22

SEMO 30

1-5

1-3 0-0

3-1-4

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 32

2-3 2-3

11-2 -2 1-3

3-2-5 3-2-5

F05 @APSU 41

3-8

2-5 5-6

3-6-9

5 13

J10

TSU

F07 F

@TSU @TSU 33

2-4

0-11 1-2 01-2

3-1-4 3-1 -4

F12

Jax St

3-4

2-3 0-0

2-2-4

F14 F

TTU TTU

31 31

2-3 2-3

1-2 11-33

00-5-5 0-5-5-55

F18

@EIU

0-1

0-0 0-1

1-5-6

F21 Mo St F State ate 28

0-1 0-1

0-1 0-1 4-4

1-4-5 1-4-5

F23 @Murray 28

3-8

0-3 1-1

2-5-7

F26 F

EKU EKU

34 34

1-2 1-2

1-2 11-22

11-4-5 1-4-4-55

2 10 1

F28

0-1

0-1 4-4

0-4-4

M03 M

TTU TT U

32 32

0-3 0-3

0-3 00-22

11-4-5 1-4-4-55

M06 More

1-5

0-3 3-4

0-4-4

M17 M

NIT NI T

Delrico Lane Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

2008-09 TOTAL

31-25 31-25

871/28.1 871/28.1

46-110 46-110

.418 .418

3-Point fg-fga

15-54 15-54

pct

F-Throws ft-fta pct

.278 .278

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50-73 50-73

.685 .685

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

47 47

95 95

4.6 4.6

74 74

1 155 1 155

78 78

2 2

69 69

157 5.1 157 5.1

142 142

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DOMINIQUE MPONDO

DOMINIQUE MPONDO Junior • C • 6-10 • 265 Vire, France • Eastern Oalahoma State

2008-2009: Played in 20 games, including one start at FIU on Dec. 27…Hit 50 percent from the floor (6-for-12)... Grabbed at least one rebound in 13 of his first 16 games and led the team in rebounding twice…Was a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line against Brescia on Dec. 18…Blocked at least one shot in nine games, and blocked two shots on three diﬀerent occasions…Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in only 15 minutes against Missouri State on Feb. 21. AN OVERVIEW: Comes to UT Martin from Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Okla. ... Averaged 8.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.2 blocks per game for head coach Brenton Duncan ... Is known for his interior defense in the paint ... The Cameroon, Africa native prepped in St. Jean Eudes, France. ... Also played rugby at St. Jean Eudes. PERSONAL: Son of Jean Michel Mpondo and Georgette Boyogueho .. His brother, Johann, is a 6-8, 220-pound freshman, forward for the University of New Orleans basketball team ... Majoring in university studies ... Born on May 18, 1985.

Mpondo 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS N14 Mryvlle 15

1-1

0-0 1-2

1-2-3

N18 @T @Tenn enn

1-22 1-

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-4-4 04-4

N22 Elon

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-2-2

N25 Ar Ark k St St

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

N28 @USC

0-2

0-0 0-0

D04 @M @More ore

D06 @EKU

2-3

D15 @M @MTSU TSU

D18 Brescia

0-0

D27 @F @FIU IU

11-1 -1

D28Fordham D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark

J08 AP APSU SU

00-1 -1

TSU

J12 @S @SEMO EMO

Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 at Eastern Kentucky (12-6-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 at Eastern Kentucky (12-6-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 at Eastern Kentucky (12-6-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Missouri State (2-21-09) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (4 times), last at Jacksonville State (1-17-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (3 times), last vs. Missouri State (2-21-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 at Tennessee (11-18-08)

00-0 -0

J05 Murray J10

MPONDO CAREER HIGHS

0-0 1-1

2-2-4

DNP

1-2-3

DNP

0-0 4-4

1-5-6

0-0 00-00

00-0-0-00 0-0-0

0-0 00-00 -

0-0 00-00

DNP

00-0-0-00 0-0-0

DNP

11-1-1-22 1-1-2

DNP

0-1-11 0-10-1-1

J15 @TTU

J17 @J @Jax ax St

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

J22 SEMO

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois Illinois

DNP

F05 @APSU

DNP

F07 @TSU F @TSU

0-0

0-00 0-0 00-0

1-1-2 1-1 -2

F12 Jax St

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1

F14 F

TTU TTU

0-11 0-

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-1-2 11-2

F18 @EIU

DNP

1-6-7 1-6-7

2 0

F21 Mo St F State ate 15

1-1 1-1

0-0 0-0 0-2

F23@Murray 7

0-0

0-0 0-0

F26 F

EKU EKU

F28 More

0-0

M03 TT M TTU U

M06 More

0-0

0-0 0-0 -

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

DNP DN P

0-0-0

DNP DN P

0-0-0

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Dominique Dominiq e Mpondo Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2008-09 TOTAL

20-1 20-1

145/7.3 145/7.3

6-12 6-12

.500 .500

0-0 0-0

.000 .000

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F-Throws ft-fta pct

6-9 6-9

.667 .667

off

9 9

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

29 29

1.9 1.9

15 15

0 0

4 4

9 9

12 12

2 2

18 0.9 18 0.9

38 38

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JOE BAILEY

JOE BAILEY Junior • G • 6-2 • 185 Columbia, Ky. • Pickett County HS

2008-2009: Logged 23 minutes in 11 games oﬀ the bench, scoring in four of those contests…Made four field goals, three of which were from three-point range…Grabbed five rebounds and handed out one assist…Converted on a fast-break lay-up with three seconds left against Tennessee State on Feb. 7 – which gave the Skyhawks 100 points for the game, a feat they hadn’t accomplished against a Division-I opponent since they did it against the same Tennessee State team on Jan. 11, 2003. 2007-08: Saw action in 28 games, started four ... Averaged 4.0 points per game ... Was second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage(.372) ... Scored a career-high 15 points vs. Eastern Illinois and Central Baptist ... Scored double figures in back-to-back games against Maine and Central Baptist ... Converted five of his seven 3-point field goal attempts against Eastern Illinois on Jan. 10. 2006-07: Played in 30 of 31 games for the Skyhawks where he averaged 12.6 minutes per game ... Led the team in three-point field goals attempted with 136 (4.5 per game).

Bailey 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS N14 Mryvlle 6

PERSONAL: Is the son of Carl and Jamie Bailey ... Majoring in marketing ... Born on June 15, 1986.

BAILEY CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 at Eastern Illinois (1-10-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 (twice), last at Eastern Illinois (1-10-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (twice), last vs. Central Baptist (11-13-07) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 at Eastern Illinois (1-10-08) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . 9 (twice), last vs. Central Bapt. (11-13-07) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 at SEMO (12-2-06) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 at SEMO (12-2-06) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. SEMO (2-3-07) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (7 times), last at Vanderbilt (12-29-07) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 at Tennessee Tech (2-1-07) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 at Samford (1-24-08)

1-2 0-0

N18 @T @Tenn enn

N22

0-1

N25 Ar Ark k St St

N28 @USC

Elon

D04 @M @More ore 0+

DNP

0-0-0

DNP DNP

DNP

0-1 0-0

1-1-2 1-1-2

DNP

D15 @M @MTSU TSU -

DNP

D18 Brescia 5

1-5

0-1-1

3 -

D27

@FIU @FIU

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

D06 @EKU AN OVERVIEW: Bailey attended Pickett County High School in Byrdstown, Tenn. where he averaged 28 points per game for the Bobcats ... Broke the school record for threepointers in a game with 12 ... Was named district MVP two years and was named to the all-regional first team ... Helped lead Pickett County to a regional championship in 2005 and a substate championship in the same year.

1-3

00-0 -0 0-2

1-4 0-0

DNP D NP

D28 Fordham -

DNP

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 1

00-0 -0

0-1-1 00-1-1-11

J05 Murray -

DNP

J08

APSU APSU

DNP D NP

J10

TSU

DNP

J12 @S @SEMO EMO -

DNP

J15

@TTU

DNP

J17

@Jax St 2 @Jax

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-

J22

SEMO

0-1

0-1 0-0

0-0-0

0-0 00-00

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois -

DNP

F05 @APSU -

DNP

F07 F

@TSU @TSU

1-1 1-1

0-0 00-00

00-0-0 0-0-0-00

F12

Jax St

1-2

1-2 0-0

0-1-1

F14 F

TTU TTU

DNP DN P

F18

@EIU

DNP

F21 Mo St F State ate -

DNP

F23 @Murray -

DNP

F26 F

EKU EKU

0-00 0-

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 00-0

F28

0-2

0-2 0-0

0-0-0

M03 M

TTU TT U

DNP DN P

M06 More

DNP

M17 M

NIT NI T

Joe Bailey Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

30-0 28-4 11-0 69-4

378/12.6 315/11.3 23/2.1 716/10.4

46-150 37-96 4-15 87-261

.307 .385 .267 .333

3-Point fg-fga

42-136 29-78 3-12 74-226

pct

F-Throws ft-fta pct

.309 .372 .250 .327

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12-15 8-9 0-2 20-26

.800 .889 .000 .769

off

3 5 1 9

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

25 21 4 50

0.9 0.9 0.5 0.9

27 21 3 51

0 0 0 0

14 12 1 27

27 19 2 48

0 0 0 0

7 5 0 12

146 111 11 268

28 26 5 59

4.9 4.0 1.0 3.9

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ERIC MASSEY

ERIC MASSEY Junior • C • 6-9 • 280 Memphis, Tenn. • McNeese State

2008-2009: Saw action in all 31 games, starting nine – including the first eight games of the season…Averaged 6.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game through the season’s first seven games…Scored a career-high 10 points and hit six of seven free throws (both career-highs) in 19 minutes against Maryville in the season-opener… Grabbed at least five rebounds in nine games, including the game at USC on Nov. 28, in which he led the team in rebounds with a career-high eight…Made four field goals three times – each careerhighs – going a combined 12-of-16 in those Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS games…Scored in 27 of his 31 games, including the first 14 games of the season. N14 Mryvlle 19 2-4 0-0 6-7 1-5-6 2 0 0 0 1 10 AN OVERVIEW: Comes to UT Martin from McNeese State, where he played one N18 @T @Tenn enn 13 33-55 0-0 0-0 0-1 22-4-6 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 6 season in 2005-2006 ... Sat out last season to meet NCAA transfer requirements but 21 3-6 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 0 1 1 0 6 was able to practice with the team ... At McNeese State, played in 19 games and N22 Elon scored 22 points for a 1.2 points per game average ... Pulled down 13 rebounds and N25 Ar Ark k St St 19 19 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-1-2 1-1-22 1 1 0 0 1 3 1-1made nine of 12 field goals . Made four of his five free throw attempts ... Scored five N28 @USC 28 3-7 0-0 0-2 3-5-8 3 1 2 1 0 6 points and grabbed three rebounds in his collegiate debut against Mary Hardin @More ore 29 33-55 0-0 0-0 1-3 33-4-7 4-7 4 0 0 2 0 7 Baylor ... Scored four points against Auburn ... Also scored four points and had D04 @M three rebounds against LSU ... Prepped at Manassas High in Memphis for coach D06 @EKU 17 3-4 0-0 1-1 1-1-2 4 0 2 0 0 7 Gerald Harris where he was a four year letter winner ... Was the team’s most D15 @M @MTSU TSU 13 00-22 0-0 0-0 2-2 11-0-1 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 2 valuable player his senior season when he averaged 22 points and 15 rebounds per D18 Brescia 6 1-4 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 2 1 0 0 0 3 game ... Was an Honor Roll student at Manassas ... Was the MVP of the Nike Hoop Summit, where he was a First Team member ... Was ranked the 15th best player in D27 @F @FIU IU 17 1-4 00-00 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1-1 -1 3 0 2 0 0 2 the city of Memphis in 2005. D28Fordham 7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Massey 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

PERSONAL: Son of Shirley Smith and Melvin Massey ... Majoring in university studies ... Born on March 15, 1987.

MASSEY CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (3 times), last vs. Jacksonville State (2-12-09) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (twice), last at SEMO (1-12-09) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 vs. Maryville (11-14-08 Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 at USC (11-28-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (6 times), last vs. Tennessee Tech (2-14-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (twice), last at Morehead State (12-4-08) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. SEMO (1-22-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 at Morehead State (12-4-08)

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 13

1-5

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-2-5 3-2-5

J05 Murray

1-3

0-0 0-0

1-1-2

J08 AP APSU SU

2-2

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

J10

0-2

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 19

4-7 4-7

00-0 -0 0-0

1-2-3 1-2-3

TSU

J15 @TTU

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

J17 @J @Jax ax St

2-3

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-1-2 1-1-2

J22 SEMO

4-5

0-0 0-0

1-4-5

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 7 Illinois

1-3

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0-1 1-0-1

F05 @APSU 25

1-6

0-0 2-3

3-2-5

F07 @TSU F @TSU

0-0 0-0

0-0 00-00

00-1-1 0-1-1-11

F12 Jax St

4-4

0-0 1-2

1-3-4

F14 F

TTU TTU

10 10

0-3 0-3

0-0 22-22

11-0-1 1-0-0-11

F18 @EIU

1-1

0-0 0-0

3-3-6

F21 Mo St F State ate 11

2-2 2-2

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0-1 1-0-1

F23@Murray 8 F26 F

0-0

0-0 0-0

1-0-1

EKU EKU

0-00 0-

0-0 2-2 0-0

1-0-1 10-1

F28 More

0-0

0-0 3-4

1-3-4

M03 TT M TTU U

1-11 1-

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-1-2 11-2

M06 More

0-1

0-0 1-4

0-0-0

2 1

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Eric Masse Massey Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2008-09 TOTAL

31-9 31-9

413/13.3 413/13.3

44-90 44-90

.489 .489

0-0 0-0

.000 .000

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F-Throws ft-fta pct

25-39 25-39

.641 .641

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

36 36

49 49

2.7 2.7

65 65

0 0

6 6

26 26

11 11

6 6

113 3.6 113 3.6

85 85

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BENZOR SIMMONS

BENZOR SIMMONS Sophomore • G • 6-7 • 215 Miami, Fla. • Carroll City HS

2008-2009: Appeared in all 31 games, starting in six…Scored in double-figures in six games, including a seasonhigh 16 points in the season-opener against Maryville…Set three career-highs against Maryville – free throws made (7), free throws attempted (10), and steals (5)…Led the team in scoring against Murray State on Feb. 23 with 15 points…Grabbed a career-high rebounds in back-to-back games to open up the OVC season, totaling eight against Morehead State on Dec. 4 and nine against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 6.

Simmons 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

2007-08: Saw action in 27 games, starting in the last 10 games of the season ... Averaged 5.0 points and 1.8 rebounds per game, shooting .489 from the field ... Hit 84.6 of his free throw attempts ... Had 10 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes of play against Southeast Missouri State ... Scored 18 points in his first career start(against Tennessee Tech, 1/31/08) ... Played 13 minutes against Central Baptist and scored six points ... Scored eight points and had four rebounds in 74-48 loss to UNLV.

Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS

N28 @USC

2-6

1-1 1-2

0-0-0

AN OVERVIEW: Played for Miami Carroll City High School where he served as team captain ... Averaged 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists per game ... Was named MVP of the Dade County vs. Palm Beach County All-Star game and MVP of the Tracy McGrady All-Star Game ... Finished his junior year as the fourth leading rebounder and fifth leading scorer in Dade County, Fla. ... Helped lead the Chiefs to Greater Miami Athletic Championship ... Also ran track at Carroll City.

D04 @M @More ore

3-5 3-5

00-2 -2 6-8

3-5-8 3-5-8

D06 @EKU

PERSONAL: Son of Reese and Elaine Simmons ... Majoring in business management ... Born on Sept. 5, 1988

SIMMONS CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 vs. SEMO (2-16-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Tennessee Tech (1-31-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 vs. Tennessee Tech (1-31-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 vs. Arkansas State (11-25-08) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (10 times), last vs. Tenn. Tech (3-3-09) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 at Eastern Kentucky (12-6-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (5 times), last vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (7 times), last vs. Morehead State (2-28-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 at Eastern Kentucky (12-6-08)

N14 Mryvlle 16

4-9

1-1 7-10 0-4-4

5 16

N18 @T @Tenn enn

2-33 2-

0-0 1-2 0-0

0-6-6 06-6

N22 Elon

3-7

1-2 0-0

0-3-3

N25 Ar Ark k St St

1199

3-4 3-4

0-0 2-2 0-0

1-0-11 1-01-0-1

1 12 12

4-7

0-1 3-3

5-4-9

1 11

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 23

3-7 3-7

00-2 -2 1-2

1-0-1 1-0-1

D18 Brescia

4-7

1-2 5-7

2-2-4

1 14

D27 @F @FIU IU

1-3

0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

1-1-2 1-1-2

7 2

D28Fordham 11

1-4

0-1 0-0

1-2-3

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 13

2-5

0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

2-2-4 2-2-4

J05 Murray 19

1-5

0-1 2-2

2-3-5

J08 AP APSU SU

3-6

0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0

2-3-5 2-3-5

J10

1-3

0-0 0-1

2-3-5

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 14

1-3 1-3

00-0 -0 0-0

2-1-3 2-1-3

TSU

J15 @TTU

0-0

0-0 0-0

1-1-2

J17 @J @Jax ax St

0-2

0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0

1-0-1 1-0-1

J22 SEMO

2-3

1-1 0-0

2-4-6

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 12 Illinois

1-1 1-1

00-0 -0 0-0

0-2-2 0-2-2

F05 @APSU 18

3-4

0-0 0-1

1-2-3

F07 @TSU F @TSU

2-3

0-00 3-3 03-3

0-2-2 0-2 -2

F12 Jax St

3-3

0-0 6-9

3-2-5

0 12

F14 F

TTU TTU

11 11

0-0 0-0

0-0 00-22

00-3-3 0-3-3-33

F18 @EIU

0-2

0-0 2-2

0-0-0

F21 Mo St F State ate 28

2-6 2-6

1-2 1-2 6-6

3-1-4 3-1-4

0 11 11

F23@Murray 29 7-10 0-2 1-1 F26 F

3-3-6

1 15

EKU EKU

14 14

2-4 2-4

0-1 22-22

11-3-4 1-3-3-44

F28 More

2-2

0-0 1-2

0-2-2

M03 TT M TTU U

21 21

2-5 2-5

1-2 22-44

11-2-3 1-2-2-33

M06 More

3-6

0-1 1-2

0-3-3

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Benzor Ben or Simmons Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

27-10 31-6 58-16

292/10.8 539/17.4 831/14.3

44-90 67-135 111-225

.489 .496 .493

3-Point fg-fga

2-10 9-28 11-38

F-Throws ft-fta pct

off

44-52 52-73 96-125

18 31 40 69 58 100

pct

.200 .321 .289

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.846 .712 .768

Rebounds def tot

49 109 158

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

1.8 40 3.5 61 2.7 101

0 2 2

10 13 23

15 25 40

3 5 8

9 18 27

134 5.0 195 6.3 329 5.7

avg

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MARQUIS WEDDLE

MARQUIS WEDDLE Sophomore • G • 6-1 • 185 Union City, Tenn. • Union City HS

2008-2009: Stands just three points shy from becoming the program’s 14th member of the 1,000 point club after just 64 career games…Named as a Preseason All-OVC selection…Was named to the Athlon Sports Magazine Preseason All-OVC First Team…In addition to being named a Preseason All-OVC First Teamer by Lindy’s Magazine, Lindy’s also chose him as the “Best Playmaker” in the OVC…Was named a Preseason All-OVC First Team member by Blue Ribbon Magazine…Along with teammate Lester Hudson, was named as half of the Preseason “Top OVC Backcourt”…Started in 29 of 31 games…Is the second-leading scorer on the team, averaging 13.9 points per outing, which also ranks as 10th best in the OVC…Also ranks second on the team in minutes, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals made, three-point field goals attempted, and three-point field goal percentage…Scored 20 or more points on eight separate occasions, including a season-high 30 against Morehead State on Feb. 28…Ranks 30th in the nation (and 4th in the OVC) in three-point field goals made per game (2.9)… Hit three or more three-pointers on 18 diﬀerent occasions, including eight against Morehead State on Feb. 28…Led the team in scoring three Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS times – against Eastern Illinois (25) on Feb. 18, against Missouri State (26) on Feb. 18, and against N14 Mryvlle 28 9-17 6-13 2-2 0-4-4 2 4 2 0 0 26 Morehead State (30) on Feb. 28…Tied a career-high with three steals against Eastern Kentucky N18 @T @Tenn enn 31 55-16 16 5-1 5-144 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0-0 -0 0 1 5 0 1 17 on Feb. 26.

Weddle 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

2007-08: Named 2007-2008 OVC Freshman of the Year, only the second UT Martin player to ever earn that award ... Named to the 2008 CollegeInsider.com ... Freshman Mid-Major All-America Team ...Averaged 17.1 points per game, which ranked seventh by NCAA freshmen ... Netted 565 points, which ranks sixth best all-time in UT Martin history for most points in a season ... Hit an OVC Tournament record nine 3-pointers in 21 attempts in a 101-94 triple-overtime win ... Logged 55 minutes in the triple overtime win against Samford ... Scored in double-figures in 24 of 33 games ... Hit the 30-point mark three times, including a career high 39 ... Made a 3-pointer in all but four games ... Made four or more 3-pointers in eight games ... Shot a combined 20for-43 (.465), including 15-for-29 (.517) from 3-point range for 55 points in a two-game stretch against Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech ... Ranked third in the OVC in scoring (17.1 points per game) ... Ranked second in the OVC in 3-point field goals made (99; 3.0 per game) ... Ranked fifth in the OVC in minutes played (34.85 per game) ... Ranks in the OVC Top Ten in two singleseason categories, 3-pointers made (99, 10th) and 3-pointers attempted (294, 2nd) ... Was named the OVC’s Freshman of the Week six times, including three out of the first five weeks of the season. AN OVERVIEW: Named 2006 Class A Mr. Basketball ... Named MVP of 2006 State Championship Tournament ... Earned First team Associated Press All-State honors in 2006 ... Was Union City High School’s all-time leading scorer with 2,526 points ...Averaged 27 points and eight rebounds per game ... Shot 89 percent from the free throw line and 56.5 percent from the field his senior year ... Made 124 three-pointers ... Shot 44.7 percent from 3-point ange ... Four-time all-district selection ... Two-time district MVP ... Three-time all-region selection ... Two-time all-state honoree ... Ranked among Top 10 players in Tennessee and Top 500 players in the country. PERSONAL: Son of James Pirtle and Lillie Weddle ... Majoring in business administration ... Born on June 1, 1988.

WEDDLE CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 vs. Samford (3-4-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 vs. Samford (3-4-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 vs. Samford (3-4-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Samford (3-4-08) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 vs. Samford (3-4-08) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 at St. Peter’s College (12-1-07) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 at St. Peter’s College (12-1-07) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 vs. Covenant College (11-19-07) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 vs. SEMO (2-16-08) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vs. Samford (1-5-08) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 (twice), last vs. Eastern Kentucky (2-26-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 vs. Samford (3-4-08)

N22

28 3-12 1-6 0-0

0-1-1

N25 Ar Ark k St St 36 36 7-22 7-22 5-16 5-16 3-4

Elon

0-3-3 0-3-3

0 22 22

N28 @USC 17

1-7 0-0

0-0-0

D04 @M @More ore 33 44-17 17 3-1 3-122 2-2 2-2

1-0-1 1-0-1

0 13

D06 @EKU 29 5-12 3-9 3-5

0-2-2

2 16

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 18

22-5 -5 0-0

1-2-3 1-2-3

D18 Brescia 23 5-11 3-7 0-0

0-1-1

1 13

D27

1 21 21

@FIU @FIU

1-8

3-6 3-6

7 3

38 8-1 8-144 3-7 3-7 2-2

0-1-1 0-1-1

D28 Fordham 28 4-11 3-6 1-2

1-0-1

0 12

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 18

0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

J05 Murray 34 5-16 3-7 2-3

0-4-4

0 15

J08

APSU APSU 22

1-5

0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0

0-4-4 0-4-4

33 8-16 7-12 0-0

1-3-4

1 23

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 30 33-13 13 0-4 22-33

1-3-4 11-3-3-44

J15

@TTU 35 7-16 2-7 0-0

0-0-0

2 16

J17

@Jax St 35 7-14 @Jax 7-14 6-10 6-10 0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-11 0-1-

0 20

J22

SEMO 33 6-17 4-11 0-0

0-0-0

1 16

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 33 44-17 17 4-1 4-155 0-0 0-0

0-2-2 0-2-2

1 12

F05 @APSU 30 4-15 2-8 1-2

0-2-2

1 11

J10

TSU

0-5

2 0 8

F07

@TSU @TSU 26 2-1 2-100 0-6 0-6 0-0

0-0-0 00-0

F12

Jax St

18 5-11 0-3 2-2

1-0-1

0 12

F14

TTU TTU

32 5-14 32 5-14 44-99 3-4 3-4

0-2-2 0-2 -2

1 17

F18

@EIU

33 9-19 5-11 2-3

1-3-4

2 25

F21 Mo St State ate 34 9-18 9-18 4-10 4-10 4-4 4-4

0-1-1 0-1-1

1 26

F23 @Murray 34 4-17 2-8 0-0

1-1-2

2 10

F26

EKU EKU

38 6-18 38 6-18 44-13 13 0-0

1-2-3 12-3

3 16 16

F28

34 11-21 8-14 0-0

0-1-1

1 30

M03

TTU TT U

30 4-11 30 4-11 11-66 2-2 2-2

0-1-1 0-1 -1

0 11

1-3-4

M06 More M17

0-4

0-2 0-0

NIT NI T

Marquis Weddle Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

33-29 1150/34.8 31-29 917/29.6 64-58 2067/32.3

199-487 154-423 353-910

.409 .364 .388

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99-294 91-264 190-558

pct

.337 .345 .341

F-Throws ft-fta pct

68-91 33-42 101-133

.747 .786 .759

off

Rebounds def tot

13 81 10 47 23 128

94 57 151

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

2.8 1.8 2.4

38 42 80

0 0 0

59 77 27 51 86 128

1 0 1

29 25 54

565 17.1 432 13.9 997 15.6

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REUBEN CLAYTON

REUBEN CLAYTON Sophomore • G • 6-3 • 180 Memphis, Tenn. • Northern Oklahoma

2008-2009: After sitting out the season-opener, played in the last 30 games of the season, including one start against Austin Peay on Jan. 8…Was named the OVC Newcomer of the Week for the week of Feb. 9…Had a streak of scoring in 22 straight games after not scoring through his first four collegiate games…Had a break-out games in back-to-back games, scoring 18 points in 23 minutes at Austin Peay on Feb. 7, then followed that up with a 20 point eﬀort in 22 minutes at Tennessee State on Feb. 7…Combined to go 15-for-20 from the field in that two-game stretch…Also posted double-figures in the scoring column at FIU (11 points) on Dec. 27, and Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS DNP - - - - against Tennessee Tech (11 points) on Feb. 14…Handed out a career-high seven N14 Mryvlle assists against Brescia on Dec. 18. N18 @T @Tenn enn 5 0-1 00-11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 -0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Clayton 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

AN OVERVIEW: Averaged 13.2 points per game his freshman season at Northern Oklahoma College for head coach Brett Weiberg ... Named defensive MVP ... Prepped at Central High School in Memphis, the same high school current UT Martin teammate Lester Hudson attended ... Averaged 19 points, five rebounds and 3.2 steals a game his senior season at Central where he played for head coach Andre Applewhite ... Earned all-city and all-region honors his senior season at Central.

N22 Elon

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

N25 Ar Ark k St St

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

N28 @USC

0-3

0-0 0-0

0-4-4

D04 @M @More ore

0-2 0-2

00-1 -1 4-6

0-0-0 0-0-0

D06 @EKU

1-4

0-0 0-0

0-2-2

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 20

2-3 2-3

00-0 -0 1-2

0-1-1 0-1-1

PERSONAL: Son of Rubye and Rozell Clayton Sr. ... Father played football at the University of Memphis, and went on to play for the Chicago Bears ... Majoring in sport management ... Born on March 2, 1989.

D18 Brescia

1-3

0-1 0-2

0-2-2

D27 @F @FIU IU

1 11

CLAYTON CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (3 times), last at Eastern Illinois (2-18-09) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 vs. Austin Peay (1-8-09) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (twice), last vs. Austin Peay (1-8-09) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Austin Peay (1-8-09) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (twice), last vs. Tennessee Tech (2-14-09) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 vs. Tennessee Tech (2-14-09) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 (twice), last vs. Jacksonville State (2-12-09)

4-5

2-3 1-1 2-3 1-1

1-0-1 1-0-1

D28Fordham 12

1-3

0-0 0-0

0-1-1

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 22

3-5

1-2 1-4 1-2 1-4

1-2-3 1-2-3

J05 Murray 21

1-4

1-3 2-2

1-3-4

J08 APSU APSU

2-9

1-4 4-7 1-4 4-7

0-1-1 0-1-1

J10

2-3

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

J12 @S @SEMO EMO 21

1-7 1-7

00-1 -1 0-0

2-3-5 2-3-5

J15 @TTU

3-7

0-2 3-5

0-0-0

J17 @J @Jax ax St

3-5

2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0

0-4-4 0-4-4

J22 SEMO

1-2

0-1 1-2

0-1-1

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois 19

1-5 1-5

11-3 -3 1-2

0-0-0 0-0-0

F05 @APSU 23

7-9

1-3 3-4

2-1-3

2 18

TSU

F07 @TSU F @TSU

22 8-1 8-111 1-3 1-3 3-4

1-2-3 12-3

3 20 20

F12 Jax St

3-6

0-2 0-0

1-1-2

F14 F

TTU TTU

19 19

4-9 4-9

0-1 33-44

22-3-5 2-3-3-55

2 11

F18 @EIU

3-5

2-3 0-0

0-0-0

6 8

F21 Mo St F State ate 22

0-4 0-4

0-1 0-1 2-2

1-1-2 1-1-2

F23@Murray 21

4-5

0-1 0-0

1-1-2

F26 F

EKU EKU

0-00 0-

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 00-0

F28 More

1-4

1-1 0-0

2-2-4

M03 TT M TTU U

20 20

4-7 4-7

0-2 00-00

00-2-2 0-2-2-22

M06 More

1-5

1-3 0-0

0-0-0

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Reuben Re ben Cla Clayton ton Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

2008-09 TOTAL

30-1 30-1

493/16.4 493/16.4

61-136 61-136

.449 .449

3-Point fg-fga

14-45 14-45

pct

F-Throws ft-fta pct

.311 .311

29-47 29-47

.617 .617

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

15 15

37 37

1.7 1.7

57 57

0 0

47 47

35 35

3 3

22 22

165 5.5 165 5.5

52 52

ON I STA, Ben

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DARON HOOD

DARON HOOD Sophomore • G • 6-7 • 225 Bigelow, Ark. • Bigelow HS

2008-2009: Appeared in 10 games oﬀ the bench, logging 36 minutes…Made three of his seven field goal attempts and two of his four free throw attempts for eight points, scattered over four games…Tied career-highs in free throws made and free throws attempted when he was a perfect 2-of-2 from the charity stripe at Tennessee State on Feb. 7…Had a memorable put-back slam dunk in front of roughly 50 family and friends at Central Arkansas on Dec. 31…Also tied a career-high with three rebounds in only six minutes at Central Arkansas on Dec. 31. Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS

Hood 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

2007-08: Appeared in 14 games, seeing limited playing time due to an oﬀseason knee injury ... Shot 44.4 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free throw line ... Finished the season strong, appearing in the last 10 games.

N14 Mryvlle 11

AN OVERVIEW: Redshirted two years ago ... Averaged 18.9 points, 6.8 rebounds a game at Bigelow High School ... Scored a career-high 45 points in a game and had career-high 15 rebounds in a game ...Helped lead Bigelow to an 89-37 won-loss record during his four-year career ... Helped team advance to three postseason tournament appearances ... Led team to a berth in state finals his junior year ... Earned all-state honors twice and was a three-time all-district selection ... Earned all-conference honors in 2005 ... Was an honorable mention McDonald’s AllAmerican. PERSONAL: Son of Persundra and Terry Hood ... Majoring in sport management ... Born on Dec. 22, 1987.

N22 Elon

0-0

N25 Ar Ark k St St

N28 @USC

0-0

D04 @M @More ore

0-0 0-2 -

0-0 0-0 -

0-2-2

DNP

0-0-0

DNP DNP

0-0-0

DNP

D15 @M @MTSU TSU

DNP

D18 Brescia

0-1

D27 @F @FIU IU

D28 Fordham 6

0-0 0-0

11-2 -2

1-1-2

DNP D NP

DNP

22-1-1-33 2-1-3

0-0 00-00

J05 Murray

DNP

J08 AP APSU SU

DNP D NP

J10

TSU

J12 @S @SEMO EMO

Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 at Austin Peay (1-17-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 at Austin Peay (1-17-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (5 times), last at Jacksonville State (1-17-09) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (twice), last at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 (4 times), last at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last at Central Arkansas (12-31-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (4 times), last vs. Jacksonville State (2-12-09) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (3 times), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 vs. Austin Peay (3-7-08)

0-0 0-0

D06 @EKU

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark

HOOD CAREER HIGHS

1-2

N18 @T @Tenn enn

DNP

0-0-00 0-00-0-0

J15 @TTU

J17 @J @Jax ax St

1-2 1-2

0-0 0-0 0-0

J22 SEMO

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-2-2

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois Illinois

DNP

F05 @APSU

DNP

F07 @TSU F @TSU

0-0 0-0

0-0 22-22

00-0-0 0-0-0-00

F12 Jax St

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

F14 F

TTU TTU

DNP DN P

F18 @EIU

DNP

F21 Mo St F State ate

DNP

F23@Murray -

DNP

F26 F

DNP DN P

F28 More

0-0

0-0-0

M03 TT M TTU U

DNP DN P

M06 More

DNP

EKU EKU

0-0 0-0

M177 NIT M1 M NIT

Daron Hood Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

14-0 10-0 24-0

70/5.0 36/3.6 106/4.4

4-9 3-7 7-16

.444 .429 .438

0-0 0-0 0-0

.000 .000 .000

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F-Throws ft-fta pct

4-5 2-4 6-9

.800 .500 .667

off

6 3 9

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

6 6 12

0.9 0.9 0.9

7 7 14

0 0 0

1 3 4

6 0 6

2 1 3

1 1 2

12 0.9 8 0.8 20 0.8

12 9 21

2008-09 UT MARTIN BASKETBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE •

ANDRES IRARRAZABAL

ANDRES IRARRAZABAL Sophomore • F • 6-7 • 235 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. • Sagemont HS

2008-2009: Played in 19 games, including the first 14 games of the season, and earning one start at Central Arkansas on Dec. 31…Began the season by hitting his first five shots and going 10-for-11 from the field over the first seven games…Hit 60.9 percent of his field goal attempts (14-for-23)…Had three straight three rebound games at Tennessee (Nov. 18), against Elon (Nov. 22), and against Arkansas State (Nov. 25)…Logged a season-high 18 minutes against Fordham on Dec. 28, also grabbing a season-high five rebounds (four oﬀensive) in just 18 minutes of playing time…Best game of the season came against Elon on Nov. 22, where he tied career- Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS highs in field goals made (three) and blocked shots (three), and scored a season- N14 Mryvlle 13 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-0-1 1 1 0 0 0 5 high eight points in only 11 minutes of action. N18 @T @Tenn enn 9 0-0 00-00 2-2 2-2 0-3 0-3-3 -3 2 1 0 0 0 2

Irarrazabal 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

2007-08: Saw action in 27 games, starting in three ... Averaged 1.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game ... Scored a career-high nine points against Arkansas State ... Pulled down five or more rebounds in seven games ... Tallied 10 blocked shots.

N22

AN OVERVIEW: Averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks per game ... Named to Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel’s all-county teams for three consecutive years ... Led all of Broward County in rebounding ... Was ninth in scoring and fifth in blocked shots ... Earned second team all-state honors ... Threetime all-conference selection ... Was a McDonald’s All- American nominee. PERSONAL: Son of Pilar and Pablo Irarrazabal ... Majoring in business ... Born on Oct. 10, 1988.

IRARRAZABAL CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 at Arkansas State (11-29-07) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last vs. Elon (11-22-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 at Arkansas State (11-29-07) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last at St. Peter’s College (12-1-07) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 at Arkansas State (11-29-07) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Central Baptist (11-13-07) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Cent. Arkansas. (11-15-07) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last vs. Elon (11-22-08) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 at St. Peter’s College (12-1-07) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 at St. Peter’s College (12-1-07)

3-3

0-0 2-2

1-2-3

N25 Ar Ark k St St 12 12

Elon

2-3 2-3

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2-3 1-2-33 1-2-

N28 @USC 11

1-1

0-0 0-0

0-1-1

D04 @M @More ore 11

1-1 1-1

00-0 -0 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

D06 @EKU

1-1

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 2

0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

D18 Brescia 10

1-3

0-0 1-1

1-2-3

D27

00-1 -1

0-0 00-00

0-1-1 00-1-1-11

D28 Fordham 18

@FIU @FIU

1-3

0-0 1-2

4-1-5

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 13

1-3

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

J05 Murray 2

0-0

0-0 0-2

0-0-0

J08

APSU APSU

00-0 -0

0-0 00-00

0-0-0 00-0-0-00

J10

TSU

DNP

J12 @S @SEMO EMO -

DNP

J15

@TTU

DNP

J17

@Jax St 2 @Jax

0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-

J22

SEMO

1-2

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

DNP

0-0-0

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois -

F05 @APSU 4

0-0

0-0 1-3

F07 F

@TSU @TSU

F12

Jax St

0-0

F14 F

TTU TTU

F18

@EIU

DNP DNP

0-0-0

DNP DN P

DNP

0-0 0-0

F21 Mo St F State ate -

DNP

F23 @Murray -

DNP

DNP DN P

0-0-0

F26 F

EKU EKU

F28

0-0

M03 M

TTU TT U

DNP DN P

M06 More

DNP

M17 M

0-0 0-0

NIT NI T

Andres Irarra Irarrazabal abal Career Stats Season

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2007-08 2008-09 TOTAL

27-3 19-1 46-4

371/13.7 131/6.9 502/10.9

12-40 14-23 26-63

.300 .609 .413

0-0 0-0 0-0

.000 .000 .000

F-Throws ft-fta pct

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13-28 8-14 21-42

.464 .571 .500

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

33 8 41

37 14 51

2.6 1.2 2.0

35 18 53

0 0 0

15 5 20

13 3 16

10 7 17

7 0 7

37 1.4 36 1.9 73 1.6

70 22 92

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BEN CONGIUSTA

BEN CONGIUSTA Freshman • G • 6-1 • 175 Sidney, Australia • Cranbrook HS

2008-2009: Came oﬀ the bench to log 32 minutes in nine games…Hit six of his 10 field goal attempts, including one three-pointer…Hit five of his six free throw attempts for an 83.3 percent rate…Tallied six rebounds, two assists, two steals, and one block…Scored in five of his nine appearances, including a career-high of seven points in only 12 minutes in the season-opener against Maryville on Nov. 14…Also scored five points in five minutes against Brescia on Dec. 18…Grabbed two rebounds in one minute of action at Tennessee State on Feb. 7. Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS

Congiusta 08-09 Game-By-Game Totals

AN OVERVIEW: Played at Cranbrook School in Sydney, Australia under Coach Stephen Whitehead ... Congiusta helped the Sutherland Sharks win the Melbourne Classic ... En route to the championship he was named the Classic’s Most Valuable Player ... Congiusta and the Sutherland Sharks also defeated UNLV this past summer as the Runnin Rebels played a six-game exhibition tour in Australia, handing them their only loss of the tour ... Was named to the NSW Metro State Team four consecutive years and played in the Australian National Tournament all four years ... Also played three seasons for the Sutherland Sharks, leading the team to the Sydney championship in 2006 and the league championship in 2007 ... As an eighth-grader, Congiusta was the youngest player in his school’s history to make the varsity basketball team ... Was a three-time team MVP, averaging 30 points a game his senior year and served as team captain ... Helped lead Cranbrook School to their first-ever championship. PERSONAL: Son of Sue and Vince Congiusta ... Majoring in business ... Born on Dec. 28, 1989.

CONGIUSTA CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (twice), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (twice), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 at Tennessee State (2-7-09) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (twice), last vs. Brescia (12-18-08) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 vs. Maryville (11-14-08)

N14 Mryvlle 12

2-3

N18 @T @Tenn enn

N22

Elon

0-1 3-4 -

0-0

0-0-0

N25 Ar Ark k St St

DNP DNP

N28 @USC

DNP

0-1-1 0-1-1

D04 @M @More ore 4 D06 @EKU

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-1-1 DNP

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

DNP

D15 @M @MTSU TSU -

DNP

D18 Brescia 5

2-3

D27

@FIU @FIU

1-1 0-0

D28 Fordham -

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 1

11-1 -1

1-0-1

DNP D NP

DNP

00-0-0-00 0-0-0

0-0 00-00

J05 Murray -

DNP

J08

APSU APSU

DNP D NP

J10

TSU

DNP

J12 @S @SEMO EMO -

DNP

0-1-11 0-10-1-1

J15

@TTU

J17

@Jax St 2 @Jax

0-1 0-1

2-2 0-0 2-2

J22

SEMO

0-1

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

J24 E. Il Illin linois ois Illinois

DNP

F05 @APSU -

DNP

11-1-2 1-1-1-22

F07 F

@TSU @TSU

0-0 0-0

0-0 00-00

F12

Jax St

1-1

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

F14 F

TTU TTU

DNP DN P

F18

@EIU

DNP

F21 Mo St F State ate -

DNP

F23 @Murray -

DNP

F26 F

EKU EKU

DNP DN P

F28

DNP

M03 M

TTU TT U

DNP DN P

M06 More

DNP

M17 M

NIT NI T

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2008-09 TOTAL

gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

9-0 9-0

32/3.6 32/3.6

6-10 6-10

.600 .600

1-2 1-2

.500 .500

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F-Throws ft-fta pct

5-6 5-6

.833 .833

off

2 2

Rebounds def tot

4 4

6 6

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

0.7 0.7

2 2

0 0

2 2

4 4

1 1

2 2

18 2.0 18 2.0

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MJ BROWN

MJ BROWN Freshman • G • 6-0 • 170 Union City, Tenn. • Union City HS

2008-2009: Was sidelined for 33 days and eight midseason games due to a nagging stress fracture in his left leg…Had a rod inserted in the left leg during a Jan. 8 surgery…Appeared in 19 games, starting in the first six of the season…Was briefly nationally ranked for having the second-best assist-turnover ratio in the nation (26:4 through first six games)…Averaged 10.0 points per game through the season’s first three games (Maryville, Tennessee, Elon), including a career-high 12 points against Maryville in the seasonopener on Nov. 14…Carries a streak of eight consecutive free throws made heading into the NIT…Hit 85.7 percent of his Date Opp Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO B S PTS free throw attempts (12-for-14)…Has a 2.33:1 assist-turnover ratio, the best on the N14 Mryvlle 23 5-9 0-3 2-3 0-6-6 0 4 1 0 3 12 team...Tallied a career-high eight assists (against one turnover) against Arkansas N18 @T @Tenn enn 26 22-10 10 1-4 33-44 1-011-0-1 -0-11 1 3 0 0 0 8 State on Nov. 25. N22 Elon 20 5-8 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 4 4 0 0 2 10

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AN OVERVIEW: A two-time Class A Mr. Basketball winner under head coach Shane Sisco who led the Tornadoes to a pair of state championships while being selected first team all-state twice by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association ... Was named the state tournament MVP after leading Union City High School back from a 17-point deficit with two minutes left in the third quarter to a thrilling 83-81 victory over Memphis Manassas in the championship game ... Scored 75 points in three state tournament games, including 26 of his 29 in the second half in UCHS’s thrilling comeback triumph in the title game ... Was also named The Union City Messenger 2008 Prep Player of the Year and was a McDonald’s AllAmerican nominee ... During his senior season, he averaged 20 points, six assists, four rebounds and 3.6 steals per game while leading the Tornadoes to a perfect 37-0 season ... As a junior, he averaged 24.4 points, six assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game ... He graduated as the No. 4 all-time leading scorer for a Union City program that has claimed five state titles with 1,810 points ... Attended same high school as current Skyhawk guard Marquis Weddle. PERSONAL: Son of Alison and Marshall Brown ... Still deciding on collegiate major ... Born on April 21, 1990.

BROWN CAREER HIGHS Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (twice), last vs. Elon (11-22-08) Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 at Tennessee (11-18-08) 3-Point Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 vs. Brescia (12-18-08) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (twice), last at USC (11-28-08) Free Throws Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 at Tennessee (11-18-08) Free Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 at Tennessee (11-18-08) Rebounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 vs. Arkansas State (11-25-08) Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 vs. Maryville (11-14-08) Minutes Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 at Tennessee (11-18-08)

N25 Ar Ark k St St 25 25

1-4 1-4

0-2 2-2 2-2

1-2-3 1-2-33 1-2-

N28 @USC 25

1-7

0-4 0-0

0-1-1

D04 @M @More ore 16

0-4 0-4

00-3 -3 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

D06 @EKU 21

1-5

0-1 0-0

2-3-5

D15 @M @MTSU TSU 8

1-2

0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

D18 Brescia 17

2-2

2-2 2-2

0-1-1

D27

1-4

0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0

0-1-1 0-1-1

D28 Fordham 8

@FIU @FIU

1-2

0-0 2-2

0-0-0

D31 @C @C.. Ark Ark 13

2-5

1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0

0-0-0 0-0-0

J05 Murray 1

0-2

0-1 0-0

0-0-0

0 -

J08

APSU APSU

DNP D NP

J10

TSU

DNP

J12 @S @SEMO EMO -

DNP

J15

@TTU

DNP

J17

@Jax St @Jax

DNP DNP

J22

SEMO

DNP

Illinois J24 E. Il Illin linois ois -

DNP

F05 @APSU -

DNP

F07 F

@TSU @TSU

1-1 1-1

0-0 11-11

00-0-0 0-0-0-00

F12

Jax St

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

F14 F

TTU TTU

DNP DN P

F18

@EIU

DNP

F21 Mo St F State ate 3

0-1

F23 @Murray -

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -

0-1-1 0-1-1

DNP

F26 F

EKU EKU

1-11 1-

1-1 0-0 1-1

0-0-0 00-0

F28

0-0

0-0 0-0

0-0-0

M03 M

TTU TT U

M06 More

0-0

M17 M

0-0 0-0

DNP DN P

0-0-0

NIT NI T

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gp-gs

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

pct

2008-09 TOTAL

19-6 19-6

223/11.7 223/11.7

24-67 24-67

.358 .358

5-27 5-27

.185 .185

F-Throws ft-fta pct

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12-14 12-14

.857 .857

off

4 4

Rebounds def tot

avg

ast

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

17 17

1.1 1.1

13 13

0 0

35 35

15 15

0 0

10 10

65 3.4 65 3.4

21 21

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2008-09 TEAM NOTES HUDSON NAMED “BALLER OF THE WEEK” UTM PLAYING ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Lester Hudson has been named the Mid-Majority Baller of the Week three times this season. The Mid-Majority is a blog about the 22½ smaller Division I college basketball conferences (and independents) by Kyle Whelliston who writes for Basketball Times, and maintains and edits Basketball State. He is currently working on a book about his travels this season.

Since 1993, UT Martin has shown no fear when it comes to scheduling. The Skyhawks have played 13 games against nationally ranked teams. Here is look back at the results against the nationally ranked teams... Date Team W/L Score 11/18/08 at #14 Tennessee L 91-64 12/29/07 at #15 Vanderbilt L 92-85 11/05/07 at #3 Memphis L 102-71 12/30/05 at #6 Illinois L 84-46 11/19/05 at #7 Louisville L 78-61 11/20/04 at #11 Duke L 88-46 11/13/01 at #8 Missouri L 89-63 12/12/97 at #12 Purdue L 87-56 12/5/96 at #9 Iowa State L 57-36 11/24/95 at #17 Virginia L 84-65 2/10/94 at #13 Cincinnati L 110-56 11/26/94 at #4 Kentucky L 124-50 12/1/93 at #20 Vanderbilt L 102-66

SKYHAWK WORKING OVERTIME WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT 11 GAMES The Skyhawks’ 11-game winning streak that was snapped against Missouri State was tied for the best in school history. It was UT Martin’s third time to win 11 straight. The first of the streaks occurred in the 1985-1986 season, beginning with a win over Grace (Ind.) on Nov. 27, and lasting through Jan. 6, a win over Livingston (West Alabama). The other streak happened during the 1986-1987 season, beginning with a Dec. 1 win over Rust and lasting through Jan. 5, a win over Mississippi College.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ON UTM ROSTER UT Martin has three international players on its roster this season -- senior forward Djero Riedewald (Amsterdam, Netherlands), junior center Dominique Mpondo (Vire, France), and freshman guard Ben Congiusta (Sydney, Australia). UT Martin is tied in the OVC with three foreignborn players on its 2008-2009 roster, along with Eastern Kentucky. The OVC has nine total foreign-born players on its 10-team rosters. Along with speaking English, Riedewald is fluent in French, Dutch, and Spanish, while Mpondo also speaks French and Spanish. There are 386 total foreign-born men’s basketball players in NCAA Division-I this season. Congiusta is one of 31 Australians in Division-I, Mpondo is one of 10 Frenchmen in Division-I, and Riedewald is one of just seven Dutchmen on a Division-I roster this season.

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The Skyhawks are 9-13 in overtime games and 6-6 in overtime games in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Date Opponent W/L Score Overtimes 2/5/09 Austin Peay W 87-82 1 12/27/08 FIU W 77-76 1 3/4/08 Samford W 101-94 3 1/3/08 Austin Peay L 90-85 1 1/14/06 Morehead State W 71-66 1 1/12/06 Eastern Illinois L 80-70 1 12/1/05 Arkansas State W 80-77 1 2/10/05 Austin Peay L 67-63 1 2/5/05 Eastern Illinois L 96-91 1 2/7/04 Eastern Illinois L 83-79 1 1/2/04 Portland State W 76-65 1 1/31/02 Austin Peay L 69-68 1 1/24/02 Eastern Kentucky L 108-100 4 1/19/02 Eastern Illinois W 81-79 1 1/17/98 Eastern Illinois L 70-65 1 1/15/98 Southeast Missouri W 91-82 2 1/13/98 Morehead State W 68-66 1 2/10/97 Tennessee State L 86-84 2 1/25/97 Tennessee Tech L 64-62 1 1/9/97 Southeast Missouri L 82-71 1 2/19/94 Morehead State L 101-98 1 1/3/94 Middle Tennessee W 70-64 1 12/11/92 Texas Christian L 75-67 2

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2008-09 TEAM NOTES POSTING 20+ WINS IN A SEASON

MILESTONE VICTORIES FOR CAMPBELL

The 2008-2009 Skyhawks hold the all-time record for season wins with 22. This season also marks the fifth 20-win season in program history, as UT Martin also accumulated 20 wins in the 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85, and 1987-88 seasons.

Besides leading the UT Martin Skyhawks to their best NCAA Division-I record to date and their best OVC finish ever this season, head coach Bret Campbell reached two coaching milestones last season. With his 82-79 Valentine’s Day win at Tennessee Tech in 2008; UT Martin’s Bret Campbell won his 100th game as a collegiate head coach, all at UT Martin. Only Tom Hancock (1982-1991, 132 wins) and Floyd Burdette (1952-1971, 197 wins) have won more games than Campbell at UT Martin. Also in that Tennessee Tech game, Campbell became the second-longest tenured coach at UT Martin, by games coached (260 games). Last season was Campbell’s ninth season at the helm, and with that TTU game he passed Hancock, who coached 254 games for UT Martin. Only Burdette (398 games) has coached more games than Campbell in UT Martin program history. Campbell has coached 291games for UT Martin.

1981-82: 1982-83: 1984-85: 1987-88: 2008-09:

20-11 21-10 20-9 20-8 22-9

SKYHAWK ADD PAIR IN EARLY SIGNING UT Martin head coach Bret Campbell announced that James Jackson and Zach Jones signed National Letters of Intent to intent UT Martin and play for the Skyhawks beginning in the 2009-10 season. Jackson, a 6-6, 205-pound forward averaged 20.2 points and 10.7 rebounds a game as a junior. He is the first person at Cypress Bay High School to average a double-double. Jackson also set a school record when he pulled down 22 rebounds in one game. Jackson was named to the All-Broward County second team. Jones is a 6-6, 190pound small forward from Memphis. He will graduate this spring from Craigmont High School. Jones saw action in 29 games as a junior and he averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game. Jones, the 12th player out of Memphis to sign a Division I scholarship this year, helped lead Craigmont to a 24-12 overall record.

UT MARTIN PICKED No. 2 IN OVC The University of Tennessee at Martin basketball team was picked to finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference standings in a poll voted on by the league’s head basketball coaches and sports information directors. The Skyhawks garnered 142 points and six first-place votes in the preseason ballot, which was just behind predicted winner Murray State, who accumulated 149 points and 11 first-place votes. This marks the highest that UT Martin has been ranked in the preseason since joining the OVC in 1992.

ESPNU BRACKET BUSTER SERIES The University of Tennessee at Martin hosted the Missouri State Bears in the 2009 ESPNU BracketBusters Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. UT Martin, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, made its fourth consecutive appearance in the ESPNU BracketBusters. The Skyhawks are 3-1 in BracketBuster games with victories over Evansville, Saint Peter’s and Elon. This is the second time in four years the Skyhawks met an opponent from the Missouri Valley Conference. The Skyhawks claimed a road victory over Evansville in 2006.

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CRACKING THE MID-MAJOR TOP 25 After winning a school-record 11 straight games, the Skyhawks finally cracked the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll for the first time ever on Feb. 23. The Skyhawks came in at No. 25 in the poll, which is in its tenth season of existence.

SKYHAWKS WIN FIU HOLIDAY TOURNEY The Skyhawks won two games in the three-team FIU Holiday Tournament in Miami. The Skyhawks needed overtime to claim a 77-76 victory over host FIU on Saturday, Dec. 27. Sophomore Marquis Weddle hit two free throws with nine seconds left in overtime to win the game for the Skyhawks. Senior Lester Hudson scored 23 points and was perfect at the free throw line on nine attempts. Junior Reuben Clayton was 4-for-5 from the field and tossed in 11 points. Weddle finished the game with 21 points. Junior Delrico Lane netted four points and had four rebounds to go along with eight assists and seven steals. The Skyhawks sealed the victory at the free throw line where they made 16-of-19 attempts. Hudson scored 31 points and was 13-of-13 free throws to lead the Skyhawks to an 82-70 victory over Fordham on Sunday, Dec. 28. Lane recorded his first double-double as a Skyhawk with 10 rebounds and 10 points. The Skyhawks shot 50 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free throw line (23-of-28).

RIVALRY ON “ICE” The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball game against Murray State was rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 23, because of issues associated with a winter ice storm that moved through the west Kentucky region. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31. The Skyhawks played three games in six days.

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2008-09 TEAM NOTES WITH THE EYES OF AMERICA WATCHING

SKYHAWKS POSTING 40+ IN A GAME

The Tennessee game marked the eighth time UT Martin has played in front of a national audience. The Skyhawks are 5-5 in front of a national television audience and 2-0 on ESPNU this season... Network Date Team Score W/L Fox Sports 11/20/04 at Duke 88-46 L Fox Sports 1/27/05 at Morehead State 75-69 L Fox Sports 1/13/05 at Jacksonville State 75-71 W ESPNU 2/2/06 vs. Tennessee Tech 88-78 W ESPNU 2/6/07 at Tennessee State 76-74 W ESPNU 11/5/07 at Memphis 102-71 L ESPNU 1/12/08 vs. Morehead State 81-79 L Sports South 11/18/08 at Tennessee 91-64 L ESPNU 1/15/09 at Tennessee Tech 83-72 W ESPNU 2/5/09 at Austin Peay 87-82 (OT) W

Senior Lester Hudson scored a career-high 42 points against Tennessee Tech (March 3, 2009). It was Hudson’s second 40point game as a Skyhawk. He is only the fourth played in UT Martin history to ever score 40 points or more in a game. Here’s a look at UT Martin’s 40-point scorers … Name Pts. Opponent Site Date Okechi Egbe 44 Bethel H 11/20/2000 Lester Hudson 42 Tennessee Tech H 3/3/09 Mike Meschede 42 Mississippi College H 1/16/1988 Mike Meschede 42 Troy State A 2/22/1988 Lester Hudson 41 Central Arkansas A 12/31/2008 Mike Hansen 40 LSU A 12/20/1988

CONNECTING FROM THREE-POINT LAND UT Martin has played 232 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer. The streak started Feb. 6, 2001 in a 93-77 win over Tennessee State. The last time the Skyhawks played a game and did not make at least one from behind the arc was Feb. 3, 2001 against Murray State. The 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in 1986-87.

AGAINST THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE UT Martin played three games against schools from the Sun Belt Conference -- Arkansas State (Lost 76-67); Middle Tennessee State (won 72-65) and FIU (won 77-76). The Skyhawks, under the direction of head coach Bret Campbell, are 4-7 against Sun Belt teams.

HITTING THE CENTURY MARK The Skyhawks are 11-1 when they score 100 points or more in a game. The lone loss was to Eastern Kentucky (108-100) Jan. 24, 2002. Here is a list of the 100-point Skyhawk victories... Date Opponent Score W/L 11/20/00 Bethel 121-65 W 1/29/01 St. Mary’s 112-64 W 11/29/01 St. Mary’s 109-38 W 1/7/02 Berry 108-74 W 1/24/02 Eastern Kentucky 108-100 L 12/14/02 Bethel 116-57 W 1/11/03 Tennessee State 106-86 W 11/24/03 Central Baptist 105-78 W 11/13/07 Central Baptist 116-74 W 11/19/07 Covenant College 103-77 W 11/14/08 Maryville (St. Louis) 121-56 W 2/7/09 at Tennessee State 100-73 W

SKYHAWK ROAD WARRIORS

TAKING BACK THE VOLUNTEER STATE The Dec. 15, 72-65, win at Middle Tennessee State was the Skyhawks’ first non-conference road win at an in-state school since Dec. 7, 2002, when Bret Campbell’s Skyhawks defeated Lipscomb on its home floor, 99-90.

“NOTE” WORTHY The Skyhawks were picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference by Athlon Sports’ in the 2008-09 Season Preview. Lindy’s College basketball 2008-09 edition also picked the Skyhawks to win the OVC. Blue Ribbon Magazine picked the Skyhawks to win the league championship as well.

UT Martin won nine road games this season, the most in any one year since Bret Campbell has been the head coach. Overall the Skyhawks are 37-113 on the road under Campbell’s direction. Here’s a look at their year-by-year record on the road … 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000

9-5 8-9 2-13 3-12 3-12 1-13 5-10 3-10 1-14 2-15

In its annual college basketball preview, Sports Illustrated predicted the Skyhawks would finished among the top 65 teams in the nation and earned their first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament. SI had the Skyhawks picked at No. 58.

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FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

Overall Record 22-9 • OVC Record 14-4 Home 12-3 • Away 9-5 • Neutral 1-1

05 04 21 01 15 02 00 40 20 10 25 22 03 24

Pla er

gp-gs

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben LANE, Delrico RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric BROWN, MJ CONGIUSTA, Ben IRARRAZABAL, Andr BAILEY, Joe MPONDO, Dominique HOOD, Daron Team Total.......... Opponents......

31-31 31-29 24-20 31-6 30-1 31-25 29-26 31-9 19-6 9-0 19-1 11-0 20-1 10-0

1113 917 630 539 493 871 684 413 223 32 131 23 145 36

31 31

6250 6250

TEAM STATISTI S SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-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 b Periods UT Martin Opponents

min avg

35.9 29.6 26.3 17.4 16.4 28.1 23.6 13.3 11.7 3.6 6.9 2.1 7.3 3.6

TM 2441 78.7 +9.2 870-1931 .451 238-714 .333 7.7 463-629 .736 14.9 1139 36.7 +0.8 456 14.7 394 12.7 +3.6 1.2 257 8.3 89 2.9 51200 15-3413 -

st nd 1112 1303 1012 1123

OT 26 20

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

301-673 154-423 82-123 67-135 61-136 46-110 58-107 44-90 24-67 6-10 14-23 4-15 6-12 3-7

.447 .364 .667 .496 .449 .418 .542 .489 .358 .600 .609 .267 .500 .429

100-282 91-264 0-0 9-28 14-45 15-54 0-0 0-0 5-27 1-2 0-0 3-12 0-0 0-0

.355 .345 .000 .321 .311 .278 .000 .000 .185 .500 .000 .250 .000 .000

F-Throw ft-fta pct

Rebounds def tot avg

Totals 2441 2155

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Date 11-14-08 11/18/08 11-22-08 11-25-08 11/28/08 12-4-08 12/06/08 12/15/08 12-18-08 12/27/08 12/28/08 12/31/08 1-5-09 1-8-09 1-10-09 01/12/09 1/15/09 1/17/09 1-22-09 1-24-09 02/05/09 02/07/09 2-12-09 2-14-09 2/18/09 2-21-09 2-23-09 2-26-09 2-28-09 3-3-09 03/06/09

.879 .786 .733 .712 .617 .685 .588 .641 .857 .833 .571 .000 .667 .500

pf dq

69 173 242 7.8 82 10 47 57 1.8 42 56 63 119 5.0 72 40 69 109 3.5 61 15 37 52 1.7 57 47 95 142 4.6 74 62 66 128 4.4 66 36 49 85 2.7 65 4 17 21 1.1 13 2 4 6 0.7 2 8 14 22 1.2 18 1 4 5 0.5 3 9 29 38 1.9 15 3 6 9 0.9 7 60 44 104 870-1931 .451 238-714 .333 463-629 .736 422 717 1139 36.7 577 771-1770 .436 193-588 .328 420-631 .666 395 719 1114 35.9 565 OPP 2155 69.5 771-1770 .436 193-588 .328 6.2 420-631 .666 13.5 1114 35.9 416 13.4 507 16.4 0.8 190 6.1 112 3.6 54597 14-3887 2-86

145-165 33-42 66-90 52-73 29-47 50-73 30-51 25-39 12-14 5-6 8-14 0-2 6-9 2-4

off

Opponent MARYVILLE at Tennessee ELON ARKANSAS STATE at USC at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky at Middle Tennessee BRESCIA at FIU vs Fordham at Central Arkansas MURRAY STATE AUSTIN PEAY TENNESSEE STATE at Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS at Austin Peay at Tennessee State JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Eastern Illinois MISSOURI STATE at Murray State EASTERN KENTUCKY MOREHEAD STATE TENNESSEE TECH vs Morehead State

pts

avg

0 128 100 18 73 847 0 27 51 0 25 432 3 17 23 18 16 230 2 13 25 5 18 195 0 47 35 3 22 165 1 155 78 2 69 157 3 13 18 11 13 146 0 6 26 11 6 113 0 35 15 0 10 65 0 2 4 1 2 18 0 5 3 7 0 36 0 1 2 0 0 11 0 4 9 12 2 18 0 3 0 1 1 8 5 9 456 394 89 257 2441 - 416 507 112 190 2155

27.3 13.9 9.6 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 3.6 3.4 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.8

W L W L L L L W W Wot W W W L W W W W W W Wot W W W W L L W W W L

to blk stl

Score 121-56 64-91 82-65 67-76 43-70 71-80 75-78 72-65 97-44 77-76 82-70 84-65 75-71 76-85 78-65 81-67 83-72 92-73 86-73 65-51 87-82 100-73 99-74 71-62 76-60 77-79 59-74 74-55 79-65 93-75 55-63

78.7 69.5

Att 4121 19761 3286 3261 3376 2899 1350 2806 2144 384 173 1027 3771 3251 3736 2320 2094 2698 4047 4231 4735 4987 3629 3311 1773 3231 4214 4355 4826 0 0

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Overall Record 22-9 • OVC Record 14-4 Home 12-3 • Away 9-5 • Neutral 1-1

05 04 21 15 02 01 00 40 20 24 10 25 22 03

Pla er

gp-gs

min avg

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide CLAYTON, Reuben LANE, Delrico SIMMONS, Benzor RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric BROWN, MJ HOOD, Daron CONGIUSTA, Ben IRARRAZABAL, Andr BAILEY, Joe MPONDO, Dominique Team Total.......... Opponents......

18-18 18-17 16-15 18-1 18-17 18-3 17-15 18-3 7-1 5-0 5-0 9-0 7-0 9-0

660 562 449 323 551 297 407 226 44 8 11 29 10 48

18 18

3625 3625

TM 1427 79.3 +9.3 512-1133 .452 138-417 .331 7.7 265-360 .736 14.7 681 37.8 +2.3 271 15.1 227 12.6 +2.7 1.2 145 8.1 54 3.0 35157 9-3906 -

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36.7 31.2 28.1 17.9 30.6 16.5 23.9 12.6 6.3 1.6 2.2 3.2 1.4 5.3

OT 20 15

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

176-407 95-268 58-89 45-97 33-72 35-63 32-56 26-48 3-13 1-2 1-3 3-4 2-6 2-5

.432 .354 .652 .464 .458 .556 .571 .542 .231 .500 .333 .750 .333 .400

55-164 57-162 0-0 10-32 13-38 1-10 0-0 0-0 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-0

.335 .352 .000 .313 .342 .100 .000 .000 .167 .000 .000 .000 .200 .000

F-Throw ft-fta pct

81-95 17-24 52-71 24-36 31-44 28-38 13-22 12-17 1-1 2-2 2-2 1-5 0-2 1-1

.853 .708 .732 .667 .705 .737 .591 .706 1.000 1.000 1.000

.200 .000 1.000

512-1133 .452 138-417 .331 265-360 .736 452-1032 .438 120-341 .352 236-361 .654

OPP 1260 70.0 452-1032 .438 120-341 .352 6.7 236-361 .654 13.1 640 35.6 244 13.6 276 15.3 0.9 109 6.1 61 3.4 27070 9-3008 0-0

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Date 12-4-08 12/06/08 1-5-09 1-8-09 1-10-09 01/12/09 1/15/09 1/17/09 1-22-09 1-24-09 02/05/09 02/07/09 2-12-09 2-14-09 2/18/09 2-23-09 2-26-09 2-28-09

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Rebounds def tot avg

pf dq

40 119 159 8.8 49 7 30 37 2.1 19 39 52 91 5.7 50 12 24 36 2.0 37 35 56 91 5.1 44 28 43 71 3.9 36 30 37 67 3.9 42 20 26 46 2.6 42 2 4 6 0.9 0 0 2 2 0.4 1 1 3 4 0.8 1 0 1 1 0.1 6 1 2 3 0.4 2 4 8 12 1.3 4 32 23 55 251 430 681 37.8 333 219 421 640 35.6 319

Opponent at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky MURRAY STATE AUSTIN PEAY TENNESSEE STATE at Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS at Austin Peay at Tennessee State JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Eastern Illinois at Murray State EASTERN KENTUCKY MOREHEAD STATE

0 81 0 13 2 15 0 31 1 100 2 9 3 6 0 3 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

to blk stl

65 26 15 24 46 14 6 16 5 0 4 0 1 2 3 8 271 227 - 244 276

L L W L W W W W W W Wot W W W W L W W

pts

avg

488 264 168 124 110 99 77 64 8 4 4 7 5 5

27.1 14.7 10.5 6.9 6.1 5.5 4.5 3.6 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6

54 145 1427 61 109 1260

79.3 70.0

11 0 16 2 1 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 5

46 18 9 16 37 7 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Score 71-80 75-78 75-71 76-85 78-65 81-67 83-72 92-73 86-73 65-51 87-82 100-73 99-74 71-62 76-60 59-74 74-55 79-65

Att 2899 1350 3771 3251 3736 2320 2094 2698 4047 4231 4735 4987 3629 3311 1773 4214 4355 4826

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Totals 1427 1260

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Home Games Only (12-3) 05 04 21 01 00 02 20 15 40 10 25 22 03 24

Pla er

gp-gs

min avg

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico BROWN, MJ CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric CONGIUSTA, Ben IRARRAZABAL, Andr BAILEY, Joe MPONDO, Dominique HOOD, Daron Team Total.......... Opponents......

15-15 15-14 12-11 15-2 14-13 15-12 9-3 14-1 15-4 5-0 9-0 7-0 10-0 6-0

525 456 325 255 329 411 94 237 176 24 57 19 68 24

15 15

3000 3000

Score b Periods UT Martin Opponents

35.0 30.4 27.1 17.0 23.5 27.4 10.4 16.9 11.7 4.8 6.3 2.7 6.8 4.0

st 562 461

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

150-320 87-226 50-70 33-65 31-51 16-41 14-27 20-56 22-40 5-8 9-13 3-14 2-4 1-3

F-Throw ft-fta pct

Rebounds def tot avg

28 91 119 3 29 32 29 31 60 19 37 56 32 42 74 20 41 61 1 11 12 7 16 23 14 23 37 1 1 2 4 6 10 0 2 2 5 19 24 1 5 6 22 14 36 443-938 .472 133-368 .361 221-300 .737 186 368 554 358-841 .426 96-286 .336 184-290 .634 178 350 528

nd 678 535

.469 52-138 .377 59-68 .385 54-145 .372 18-21 .714 0-0 .000 32-43 .508 8-16 .500 31-45 .608 0-0 .000 11-17 .390 8-25 .320 23-36 .519 3-11 .273 6-7 .357 4-19 .211 13-21 .550 0-0 .000 16-21 .625 1-2 .500 3-4 .692 0-0 .000 4-7 .214 3-12 .250 0-0 .500 0-0 .000 5-8 .333 0-0 .000 0-2

off

.868 .857 .744 .689 .647 .639 .857 .619 .762 .750 .571 .000 .625 .000

7.9 2.1 5.0 3.7 5.3 4.1 1.3 1.6 2.5 0.4 1.1 0.3 2.4 1.0

pf dq

37 19 38 26 29 34 7 27 35 1 5 3 10 5

36.9 276 35.2 266

pts

avg

49 14 41 411 23 0 11 246 8 9 8 132 9 3 10 105 9 6 8 73 34 2 30 63 4 0 7 37 21 3 9 57 7 6 5 60 1 1 2 14 0 5 0 22 2 0 0 9 3 5 1 9 0 1 1 2 2 2 259 172 55 133 1240 - 189 248 51 85 996

27.4 16.4 11.0 7.0 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 2.8 2.4 1.3 0.9 0.3

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

to blk stl

71 16 10 9 8 81 20 30 4 2 3 1 1 3

82.7 66.4

Totals 1240 996

Away Games Only (9-5) 05 04 21 15 01 02 00 40 20 24 25 03 10 22

Pla er

gp-gs

min avg

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide CLAYTON, Reuben SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric BROWN, MJ HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andr MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben BAILEY, Joe Team Total.......... Opponents......

14-14 14-13 10-7 14-0 14-4 14-11 13-11 14-5 8-3 4-0 9-1 8-1 4-0 4-0

514 407 260 225 246 395 313 218 120 12 56 72 8 4

14 14

2850 2850

Score b Periods UT Martin Opponents

36.7 29.1 26.0 16.1 17.6 28.2 24.1 15.6 15.0 3.0 6.2 9.0 2.0 1.0

st 482 491

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

131-314 63-182 27-44 39-72 30-60 26-59 22-49 22-49 9-38 2-4 4-7 4-8 1-2 1-1

F-Throw ft-fta pct

.417 41-129 .318 68-78 .346 34-111 .306 14-19 .614 0-0 .000 33-45 .542 9-23 .391 16-26 .500 1-10 .100 20-26 .441 7-26 .269 20-29 .449 0-0 .000 19-31 .449 0-0 .000 6-12 .237 2-16 .125 4-5 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 .571 0-0 .000 3-5 .500 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2

.872 .737 .733 .615 .769 .690 .613 .500 .800 1.000

.600 1.000 1.000

.000

381-889 .429 94-315 .298 208-283 .735 371-818 .454 86-253 .340 198-290 .683

nd 556 515

OT 26 20

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Rebounds def tot avg

35 71 106 5 15 20 23 31 54 8 20 28 20 27 47 24 43 67 26 22 48 22 26 48 3 6 9 2 1 3 0 7 7 4 10 14 1 3 4 1 2 3 34 25 59 208 309 517 183 334 517

7.6 1.4 5.4 2.0 3.4 4.8 3.7 3.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.8

pf dq

41 20 26 26 30 33 34 28 5 2 11 5 1 0

36.9 262 36.9 257

to blk stl

pts

avg

46 2 30 24 0 14 12 9 8 11 0 12 14 2 8 36 0 33 8 5 4 19 5 1 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 182 191 31 114 - 210 230 55 89

371 174 87 103 81 79 63 50 24 6 11 9 4 2

26.5 12.4 8.7 7.4 5.8 5.6 4.8 3.6 3.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.5

1064 1026

76.0 73.3

0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 11 6 17 4 67 5 2 15 0 2 3 0 0

Totals 1064 1026

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NEUTRAL AND LAST 10 STATISTICS

Neutral Games Only (1-1) Pla er 05 02 04 21 00 01 25 15 20 40 03

HUDSON, Lester LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide RIEDEWALD, Djero SIMMONS, Benzor IRARRAZABAL, Andr CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ MASSEY, Eric MPONDO, Dominique Team Total.......... Opponents......

gp-gs

min avg

2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0

74 65 54 45 42 38 18 31 9 19 5

2 2

400 400

Score b Periods UT Martin Opponents

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

37.0 20-39 32.5 4-10 27.0 4-15 22.5 5-9 21.0 5-7 19.0 4-10 18.0 1-3 15.5 2-8 4.5 1-2 9.5 0-1 2.5 0-0

st 68 60

7-15 0-3 3-8 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

.467 18-19 .000 7-8 .375 1-2 .000 1-2 .000 0-3 .000 1-2 .000 1-2 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 .000 3-6 .000 0-0

.947 .875 .500 .500 .000 .500 .500 .000

46-104 .442 11-31 42-111 .378 11-49

.355 34-46 .224 38-51

.739 .745

nd 69 73

.513 .400 .267 .556 .714 .400 .333 .250 .500 .000 .000

F-Throw ft-fta pct

1.000

.500 .000

off

6 3 2 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 28 34

Rebounds def tot avg

11 11 3 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 40 35

17 14 5 5 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 9 68 69

pf dq

to blk stl

pts

avg

8.5 7.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 5.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

4 7 3 8 3 5 2 4 1 2 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

65 15 12 11 10 9 3 5 4 3 0

32.5 7.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 0.0

34.0 34.5

39 42

1 -

15 17

5 8 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 31 29

3 10 137 6 16 133

68.5 66.5

to blk stl

2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 137 133

Last 10 Games Only (7-3) 05 04 21 01 15 02 00 40 22 20 10 24 03 25

Pla er

gp-gs

min avg

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben LANE, Delrico RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric BAILEY, Joe BROWN, MJ CONGIUSTA, Ben HOOD, Daron MPONDO, Dominique IRARRAZABAL, Andr Team Total.......... Opponents......

10-10 10-10 10-10 10-2 10-0 10-10 8-8 10-0 4-0 6-0 2-0 3-0 7-0 2-0

366 305 293 180 195 309 183 103 6 10 3 4 40 3

97-227 55-143 43-62 23-41 28-56 12-32 14-26 8-12 2-5 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0

10 10

2000 2000

Score b Periods UT Martin Opponents

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36.6 30.5 29.3 18.0 19.5 30.9 22.9 10.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 5.7 1.5

st 351 324

F-Throw ft-fta pct

.427 36-100 .360 41-46 .385 28-82 .341 13-15 .694 0-0 .000 16-19 .561 2-8 .250 24-33 .500 5-17 .294 8-10 .375 4-19 .211 15-23 .538 0-0 .000 5-12 .667 0-0 .000 9-14 .400 1-4 .250 0-0 .667 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0

.891 .867 .842 .727 .800 .652 .417 .643 .000 1.000

.000 1.000

.000 .000

286-610 .469 77-231 .333 134-177 .757 242-571 .424 59-197 .299 137-198 .692

nd 432 356

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Rebounds def tot avg

27 57 84 5 14 19 27 26 53 11 21 32 8 12 20 11 38 49 14 17 31 10 11 21 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 9 12 0 0 0 22 14 36 139 222 361 138 206 344

8.4 1.9 5.3 3.2 2.0 4.9 3.9 2.1 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.0 1.7 0.0

pf dq

27 12 34 16 18 26 15 21 2 1 1 1 5 0

36.1 179 34.4 176

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

48 4 9 5 20 53 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0

25 14 12 4 16 25 5 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 146 114 - 122 141

pts

avg

10 19 271 0 11 151 12 7 102 3 5 72 3 8 69 1 18 43 4 2 33 4 1 25 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 0

27.1 15.1 10.2 7.2 6.9 4.3 4.1 2.5 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.0

42 72 783 38 60 680

78.3 68.0

Totals 783 680

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LAST 10 MINUTES STATISTICS

Last 10 Minutes Only (22-9) 05 04 21 02 15 10 01 20 00 25 22 40 24 03

Pla er

gp-gs

HUDSON, Lester WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico CLAYTON, Reuben CONGIUSTA, Ben SIMMONS, Benzor BROWN, MJ RIEDEWALD, Djero IRARRAZABAL, Andr BAILEY, Joe MASSEY, Eric HOOD, Daron MPONDO, Dominique Team Total.......... Opponents......

31-31 31-29 24-20 31-25 30-1 9-0 31-6 19-6 29-26 19-1 11-0 31-9 10-0 20-1

31 31

Score b Periods UT Martin Opponents

min avg

st 1112 1012

Total 3-Point fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct

F-Throw ft-fta pct

84-188 29-70 20-31 18-38 22-37 6-10 19-27 11-21 9-14 6-9 3-12 7-12 2-5 2-3

69-76 13-20 19-26 31-48 11-19 5-6 14-16 2-3 11-18 4-6 0-2 7-11 2-4 2-2

OT 26 20

.341 .380 .000 .286 .636 .500 .429 .167 .000 .000 .200 .000 .000 .000

.908 .650 .731 .646 .579 .833 .875 .667 .611 .667 .000 .636 .500

Rebounds def tot avg

13 46 59 2 11 13 14 17 31 14 29 43 3 9 12 2 2 4 5 16 21 2 2 4 8 16 24 1 8 9 1 4 5 4 7 11 1 4 5 1.000 4 10 14 16 31 47 - 238-477 .499 65-182 .357 190-257 .739 90 212 302 - 201-467 .430 44-165 .267 181-272 .665 119 192 311

nd 1303 1123

.447 28-82 .414 19-50 .645 0-0 .474 4-14 .595 7-11 .600 1-2 .704 3-7 .524 1-6 .643 0-0 .667 0-0 .250 2-10 .583 0-0 .400 0-0 .667 0-0

off

1.9 0.4 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7

pf dq

26 14 22 21 18 2 13 5 23 9 2 12 5 3

9.7 175 10.0 175

pts

avg

25 2 12 265 8 0 4 90 8 6 5 59 19 0 21 71 4 2 4 62 2 1 2 18 3 2 7 55 1 0 3 25 6 3 4 29 0 5 0 16 2 0 0 8 4 2 0 21 0 0 1 6 2 5 0 6 3 0 134 87 28 63 731 - 95 114 21 45 627

8.5 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

33 6 8 45 14 2 4 12 1 2 1 2 3 1

to blk stl

23.6 20.2

Totals 2441 2155

Lester Hudson leads the Skyhawks in the clutch, scoring on average 8.5 points in the last 10 minutes of each game. He also shoots over 90 percent from the charity stripe in the final 10 minutes, including a pair at Austin Peay with only three seconds remaining to force overtime in a game UT Martin won 87-82.

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 121 • Maryville (St. Louis) 56 Nov. 14, 2008 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - More than 4,000 screaming students from area primary, elementary, middle and high schools helped lead The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team to a 121-56 victory over visiting Maryville University from St. Louis Friday morning in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Skyhawks showed up with a cast of characters which included sophomore Marquis Weddle and senior Lester Hudson. Hudson, one of 50 preseason nominees in the nation for the prestigious John Wooden Award, led all scorers with 27 points, eight steals, seven rebounds and seven assists. Hudson only played 27 minutes in the game. Weddle, last year’s Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, tossed in 26 points and a half dozen 3-pointers. Sophomore Benzor Simmons came oﬀ the bench to score 16 points, while true freshman MJ Brown dropped in 12 points and Eric Massey added 10 points. The Skyhawks enjoyed a 59-20 advantage at the half. The lead at the break was triggered by a 21-2 run to open the game. In the second half, the Skyhawks opened with a 12-2 spurt and enjoyed a 50-point lead with 16:50 to go. Hudson and others played sparingly in the second half, and Maryville was able to score some from the perimeter. Kyle Winters led the visiting Saints with 15 points. With the victory the Skyhawks are now 16-1 in home openers since joining Division I in 1992. The team is 9-1 in home openers under Campbell, who started in 1999.

UT Martin 64 • Tennessee 91 Nov. 18, 2008 • Knoxville, Tenn. • Thompson Boling Arena KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Bret Campbell, the head men’s basketball coach at The University of Tennessee at Martin, called Tuesday night’s game at Tennessee “A Tale of Two Halves.” Some might say that is nothing but a cliché, but the truth of the matter is Campbell was right on the money with his observation. The host Volunteers (2-0) opened the game with a 29-9 run and led 57-31 at halftime. The Vols, ranked 14th in the nation, cruised to a 91-64 victory over the Skyhawks (1-1). The tenacious Tennessee defense forced 15 UT Martin turnovers in the first half and kept preseason All-American Lester Hudson in check. The Skyhawk senior was 1-for-7 from the field and scored two points in the first half. The second half was diﬀerent. Tennessee out-scored the Skyhawks by a point, 34-33. Hudson scored 18 second-half points and knocked down three 3-pointers to finish the game with 20 points. Sophomore Marquis Weddle drained five 3-pointers and tallied 17 points. Brian Williams came oﬀ the bench and led the Vols with 21 points, while Tyler Smith tossed in 19 points. Wayne Chism and J.P. Prince scored 11 points each, while Cameron Tatum netted 10 points. The Vols dominated the boards, out-rebounding the Skyhawks 58-41. Williams led the Vols with a dozen rebounds, while Chism grabbed 10 boards. Senior Djero Riedewald led the Skyhawks with 10 rebounds. The Skyhawks only committed three turnovers in the second half.

UT Martin 82 • Elon 65 Nov. 22, 2008 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Djero Riedewald grabbed a career high 15 rebounds and scored 12 points to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin to a 82-65 men’s basketball victory over visiting Elon University Saturday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. After three games, Riedewald leads the Skyhawks in rebounding. He opened the season with six rebounds in 17 minutes against Maryville University. Against No. 14 Tennessee, he struggled offensively against the bigger Vols, but he grabbed 10 rebounds in a disappointing setback. With 15 boards against Elon, Riedewald will enter the week against Arkansas State and Southern Cal averaging 10.3 rebounds per game. While Riedewald has been cleaning the boards, senior Lester Hudson has been showing off his inside prowess. Hudson was 11-for-21 from the field against Elon with 29 points. He was a disappointing 1-for-7 from 3-point range. Hudson netted 20 points against the Vols, but struggled from behind the arc where he was 3-for-14. In the season opener the Memphis native was 4-for-8 from 3-point range but scored 27 points. Hudson is averaging 25.3 points per game. Hudson acknowledged his struggle from the perimeter against Elon, but said it wasn’t a concern. The Skyhawks jumped out to a 37-20 lead at halftime against Elon. Hudson scored nine points in the first half, while Riedewald had nine first-half rebounds. The Skyhawks were 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the second half and 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) from behind the arc in the game. The Skyhawks (2-1) return to action Tuesday night when they host Arkansas State in the Elam Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

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Player

04 40 50 01 05 10 11 15 22 23 25 32 33 34 44

STEINKE, Aaron BAKER, Matt DULLE, Jacob MCCOY, Jared GRUENEWALD, Eric KOOPMAN, Ben SAXTON, Tyler NEHM, Eric REBUCK, Chris WILLIMANN, Jordan SIMMONS, Drew GOODWIN, Curtis VEALE, Zoe WINTERS, Kyle SIMMONS, Jason Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 7-31 3FG % 1st Half: 3-20 FT % 1st Half: 3-3

22.6% 15.0% 100.0

f f c g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 4 2-4 0-1 0-1 1 4 5 4 1-6 0-4 2-2 0 0 0 4 1-1 0-0 6-6 1 2 3 0 1-6 0-4 2-2 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0-5 0-3 0-0 2 3 5 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0-3 0-2 1-4 0 1 1 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 5-11 4-10 1-1 1 0 1 1 2-6 0-1 0-0 0 7 7 1 1 3 4 19-59 6-31 12-16 10 24 34 25

2nd half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 9-13 69.2%

TP 2 2 4 4 4 8 4 0 0 5 1 3 0 15 4

A TO Blk Stl 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 1 2 0

56 11 31

Game: 19-59 32.2% Game: 6-31 19.4% Game: 12-16 75.0%

Min 12 10 16 18 23 6 12 8 16 15 16 5 6 19 18

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,4

UT Martin 121 • 1-0 ##

Player

00 40 04 05 20 01 02 03 10 22 24 25

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 20-41 48.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 8-19 42.1% FT % 1st Half: 11-15 73.3%

f c g g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 3-3 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 1 8 3 0 0 2 17 2-4 0-0 6-7 1 5 6 2 10 0 0 0 1 19 9-17 6-13 2-2 0 4 4 2 26 4 2 0 0 28 10-17 4-8 3-3 3 4 7 2 27 7 3 0 8 27 5-9 0-3 2-3 0 6 6 0 12 4 1 0 3 23 4-9 1-1 7-10 0 4 4 1 16 1 0 0 5 16 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 13 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 1 1 15 2-3 0-1 3-4 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 12 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 11 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 40-70 12-28 29-37 10 33 43 17 121 27 10 1 24 200

2nd half: 20-29 69.0% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 18-22 81.8%

Game: 40-70 57.1% Game: 12-28 42.9% Game: 29-37 78.4%

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

Officials: Ted Kessler, Mark Morrison, David Mason Technical fouls: Maryville-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 4121 Score by periods Maryville UT Martin

1st 2nd

Total

20 59

56 121

36 62

UT Martin 64 • 1-1, 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

40 04 05 20 01 02 03 15 25

FG % 1st Half: 10-37 27.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-15 26.7% FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0%

f f g g g

1-10 3-5 5-16 7-22 2-10 2-3 0-5 1-2 0-1 0-0

0-0 0-0 5-14 3-14 1-4 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0

21-74

9-36

2-2 0-1 2-2 3-3 3-4 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-2

7 3 10 3 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 6 6 3 1 0 1 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 4 2 6 13-19 16 25 41 19

2nd half: 11-37 29.7% 2nd half: 5-21 23.8% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7%

A TO Blk Stl

4 6 17 20 8 5 0 2 0 2

1 0 1 5 3 1 4 0 0 1

Min

2 1 5 4 0 1 2 3 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

0 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0

64 16 18

8 200

Game: 21-74 28.4% Game: 9-36 25.0% Game: 13-19 68.4%

29 13 31 35 26 14 20 18 5 9

Deadball Rebounds 3

Tennessee 91 • 2-0, 0-0 SEC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Smith, Tyler Chism, Wayne Woolridge, Renaldo Maze, Bobby Hopson, Scotty Negedu, Emmanuel Pearl, Steven Tatum, Cameron Tabb, Josh Prince, J.P. Williams, Brian Team Totals

04 00 03 32 05 22 23 25 30 33

FG % 1st Half: 22-43 51.2% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% FT % 1st Half: 11-15 73.3%

f f g g g

7-12 4-10 2-6 2-3 2-5 0-3 1-1 4-10 0-3 5-9 8-10

0-0 0-3 1-4 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-2 1-1

35-72

2-17

5-5 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-3 1-3 4-4

1 3 4 4 3 7 10 1 0 4 4 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 5 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 3 9 12 2 2 2 4 19-26 18 40 58 18

2nd half: 13-29 44.8% 2nd half: 0-7 0.0% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

A TO Blk Stl

19 11 5 4 5 2 2 10 1 11 21

3 2 1 7 0 1 0 1 4 2 2

Min

3 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 4

1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

91 23 18

6 200

Game: 35-72 48.6% Game: 2-17 11.8% Game: 19-26 73.1%

26 20 17 22 18 10 6 21 14 28 18

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Tony Greene, Anthony Jordan and Ron Groover Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Tennessee-None. Attendance: 19761 Score by periods UT Martin Tennessee

1st 2nd

31 57

Total

33 34

64 91

Elon 65 • 1-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

CONSTANTINE, Adam DOUGLAS, TJ BONNEY, Josh JAMES, Brett LONG, Chris SPRADLIN, Drew BIRDETTE, Terrance CARTER, Devan SANDERS, Monty ATOYEBI, Ola Team Totals

44 00 10 13 01 02 05 15 23

FG % 1st Half: 9-25 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 FT % 1st Half: 0-4

36.0% 40.0% 0.0%

f f g g g

1-5 1-3 3-8 6-11 2-10 5-10 0-0 1-2 0-1 6-11

0-0 1-3 0-1 2-4 2-6 4-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-8

25-61

9-21

6-12

2nd half: 16-36 44.4% 2nd half: 7-16 43.8% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0%

2 3 5 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 3 4 0 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 7 3 3 0 3 13 21 34 13

A TO Blk Stl

2 3 7 14 6 14 0 2 0 17

1 0 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 1

Min

1 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 4

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

65 18 16

6 200

Game: 25-61 41.0% Game: 9-21 42.9% Game: 6-12 50.0%

21 18 18 30 33 23 3 13 14 27

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

UT Martin 82 • 2-1 ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

40 04 05 20 01 02 03 10 15 22 24 25

FG % 1st Half: 15-30 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 5-7 c 3-6 g 3-12 g 11-21 g 5-8 3-7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 3-3 34-66

0-0 0-0 1-6 1-7 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-18

8 7 15 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 3 0 7 7 3 0 1 1 4 0 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 11-15 11 28 39 19

2nd half: 19-36 52.8% 2nd half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0%

2-3 0-0 0-0 6-6 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-2

Game: 34-66 51.5% Game: 3-18 16.7% Game: 11-15 73.3%

A TO Blk Stl

12 6 7 29 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 8

1 0 1 6 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

1 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min

82 16

7 200

28 21 28 31 20 14 23 9 3 8 1 3 11

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Lee Kluttz, Rick Riddenhour, Archibald Whaley Technical fouls: Elon-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3286 Score by periods Elon UT Martin

1st 2nd

20 37

45 45

Total

65 82

2008-09 UT MARTIN BASKETBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE •

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 67 • Arkansas State 76 Nov. 25, 2008 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - For the second time in seven days, The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team dug itself in a deep hole. And for the second time in seven days, the Skyhawks staged a second-half comeback to no avail. Visiting Arkansas State ended the Skyhawks’ six-game home winning streak Tuesday night by stifling sharpshooters Marquis Weddle and Lester Hudson. The backcourt tandem was limited to 15 total points in the first half and a frustrating 3-for-11 effort from behind the arch. Arkansas State (3-1) posted a 76-67 victory over the Skyhawks Tuesday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Red Wolves opened the game with a 25-7 lead, while the Skyhawks made a run with 5:12 to play in the first half as Weddle made a layup to cut the deficit to 19 points. The 11-2 run was capped off by Benzor Simmons who drained a jumper with 1:03 to play in the half. The Skyhawks shot 36 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from 3-point range. Hudson and Weddle were a combined 10-for-27 from behind the arch. However Hudson led all scorers with 23 points and Weddle tossed in 22 points to account for 45 of the Skyhawks’ 67 points. The Skyhawks cut the lead to eight points three times in the last two minutes of the game, but that was as close as they could get. Arkansas State, under the direction of new head coach John Brady, was led by Mike Lance and Ifeanyi Koggu with 13 points each. The Skyhawks return to action Friday when they play at the University of Southern California. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. CT.

UT Martin 43 • Southern California 70 Nov. 28, 2008 • Los Angeles, Calif. • Galen Center LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The University of Tennessee at Martin senior guard Lester Hudson led all scorers tonight with 20 points, but two crucial first half runs by the University of Southern California Trojans and another oﬀ-night shooting the ball for the Skyhawks ended in a 70-43 loss at the Galen Center. Although the Skyhawks were only outscored 30-26 in the second half, UT Martin shot 29 percent from the floor (18-for62), and 23 percent from behind the three-point arc (6-for-26) for the game. Eric Massey finished with six points and eight rebounds, while Benzor Simmons also finished the night with six points. Djero Riedewald (four points), Marquis Weddle (three), MJ Brown (two) and Andres Irarrazabal (two) completed the scoring for UT Martin. For USC, Taj Gibson led the way, finishing the night with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Dwight Lewis and DeMar DeRozan also finished in double-figures with 13 and 12 points, respectively. A Brown jumper was the first Skyhawks field goal of the night at the 17:26 mark of the first half, making the score 4-3 in USC’s favor. After two free throws and a made jumper by DeRozan, Simmons nailed a three-pointer from the right wing to cut the USC lead to 8-6. After a made jumper from Lewis, Hudson answered right back with a layup at the 14:19 mark, cutting the deficit to two once again for the Skyhawks. USC then went on a 15-2 run over the next 5:58, before a layup by Massey at the 8:21 mark made the score 25-12 in the Trojans’ favor. Another big run was brewing for the Trojans, as they scored 13 unanswered points to pad their lead out to 26 before a layup by Hudson at the 2:50 mark ended the drought for the Skyhawks and made the score 38-14. Donte Smith made two free throws for the Trojans, and Hudson hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds left to end the scoring for the first half, with USC leading 40-17 at the break. A Simmons jumper with 17:11 left in the second half cut the deficit to 19 at 42-23, but USC gradually began making shots and Lewis’ third three-pointer of the second half extended the Trojan lead to 60-30 with 6:31 left in the game. UT Martin immediately came back with a 10-2 run over the next 4:13, with a tip-in by Massey, three-pointers from Weddle and Hudson, and a layup by Irarrazabal to make the score 62-40 with 2:18 left. An 8-0 USC run that was ended by a Hudson three-pointer from the left wing ended the scoring for the night and ended in a 70-43 final score.

UT Martin 71 • Morehead State 80 Dec. 4, 2008 • Morehead, Ky. • Ellis T. Johnson Arena MOREHEAD, Ky. - Three Morehead State players combined to go five-for-six from the free throw line in the last two minutes, and The University of Tennessee at Martin offense was held scoreless for the last 2:36 that resulted in a tough 80-71 loss tonight at Ellis T. Johnson Arena. Senior guard Lester Hudson led all scorers with 24 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to lead UT Martin, who also placed Marquis Weddle and Benzor Simmons in double figures with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Simmons also grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and Eric Massey contributed with seven points and seven rebounds for the Skyhawks, who fall to 2-4 on the season. Djero Riedewald (five points), Delrico Lane (four), Reuben Clayton (four) and Andres Irarrazabal (two) completed the scoring for the Skyhawks, who shot 37 percent from the floor for the game, and 21 percent from beyond three-point range. Both teams shot 28 free throws and committed 17 turnovers, and the latter was a cause for concern for UT Martin head coach Bret Campbell. Morehead State had four players reach double figures, led by Demonte Harper’s 22 points. Leon Buchanan finished the night with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Maze Stallworth scored 13 points. Kenneth Faried posted a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 13 rebounds for the Eagles. Morehead State came out hot to begin the second half, hitting two three-pointers and a mid-range jumper on three of their first four possessions. Hudson answered with a four-point play to cut the Eagle lead to two with 17:24 left. After the Eagles hit four consecutive free throws, the teams swapped baskets until Hudson scored again off a steal to make the score 47-45 in Morehead State’s favor. Morehead State then went on a 9-2 run in 2:57, topped off by an alley-oop slam dunk by Hill that caused Campbell to call a timeout with 13:02 left. A pair of Simmons free throws extended the Skyhawk lead to three at 57-54 with 5:32 left, but a 6-0 run by the Eagles led to a timeout by Campbell at the 4:09 mark. Lane grabbed an offensive rebound for a put-back just 13 seconds later, cutting the Morehead State lead to 70-69. Coming out of the media timeout, Harper hit one of two free throws for Morehead State to push their lead to 71-69. Buchanan then hit two free throws to make the score 73-69 with 2:46 left, but Massey answered that with a lay-up just 10 seconds later to cut the deficit back to two. Massey’s basket turned out to be the last points for UT Martin, as Faried, Harper, and Stallworth combined to hit five out of six free throws down the stretch to give Morehead the 80-71 win.

36 •2008-09 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Arkansas State 76 • 3-1 ##

Player

Morgan, Shawn Brown, JeJuan McKinney, Eric Koggu, Ifeanyi Boone, Donald Bryant, Daniel Thomas, Jeremy Ayers, Brandon Handy, Larry Lance, Mike Keaton, P.J. Team Totals

31 32 22 23 03 05 10 20 33 34

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f f g g

FG % 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

3-4 4-8 3-4 2-6 2-4 2-4 0-0 4-7 0-1 3-5 1-3

0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-5 0-0 1-2 1-2

2-2 1-2 0-0 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 6-7 1-3

24-46

8-15

20-26

2nd half: 11-21 52.4% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd half: 14-18 77.8%

1 7 8 3 0 5 5 0 1 4 5 1 0 5 5 1 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 30 37 16

A TO Blk Stl

8 11 6 13 4 5 0 12 0 13 4

0 0 1 3 6 3 1 0 1 0 2

2 3 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 76 17 18

Min

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0

9 200

Game: 24-46 52.2% Game: 8-15 53.3% Game: 20-26 76.9%

35 27 19 28 25 12 4 15 6 20 9

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

UT Martin 67 • 2-2 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

40 04 05 20 01 02 03 15 25

FG % 1st Half: 8-32 3FG % 1st Half: 3-15 FT % 1st Half: 6-8

25.0% 20.0% 75.0%

f c g g g

1-3 1-1 7-22 7-21 1-4 3-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-3

0-0 0-0 5-16 5-11 0-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 1-2 3-4 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

22-60 12-32 11-14 2nd half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 9-17 52.9% 2nd half: 5-6 83.3%

3 2 5 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 2 2 5 7 4 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 9 18 27 21

A TO Blk Stl

3 3 22 23 4 8 0 0 0 4

0 1 2 2 8 0 1 0 0 0

Min

2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

67 14 13

5 200

Game: 22-60 36.7% Game: 12-32 37.5% Game: 11-14 78.6%

29 19 36 38 25 19 16 3 3 12

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Kevin Mathis, Andrew Walton, Craig Murley Technical fouls: Arkansas State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3261 Score by periods Arkansas State UT Martin

1st 2nd

37 25

Total

39 42

76 67

UT Martin 43 • 2-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric SIMMONS, Benzor HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique WEDDLE, Marquis CLAYTON, Reuben HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

40 01 05 20 02 03 04 15 24 25

FG % 1st Half: 7-26 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 FT % 1st Half: 1-4

26.9% 18.2% 25.0%

f c g g g

2-4 3-7 2-6 8-24 1-7 0-0 0-2 1-8 0-3 0-0 1-1

0-0 0-0 1-1 4-14 0-4 0-0 0-0 1-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

18-62

6-26

1-4

2nd half: 11-36 30.6% 2nd half: 4-15 26.7% 2nd half: 0-0 0.0%

1 2 3 3 3 5 8 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 1 7 14 20 34 14

A TO Blk Stl

4 6 6 20 2 0 0 3 0 0 2

0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

7 15

0 2 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 0 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0

Min

22 28 22 37 25 15 13 17 8 2 11

2 10 200

Game: 18-62 29.0% Game: 6-26 23.1% Game: 1-4 25.0%

Deadball Rebounds 2,1

USC 70 • 4-2 ##

Player

DeRozan, DeMar Lewis, Dwight Gibson, Taj Hackett, Daniel Simmons, Marcus Washington, Leonard Diarra, Mamadou Miller, Percy Wilkinson, Keith Smith, Donte Team Totals

21 22 13 20 04 14 15 23 35

FG % 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f f g g

6-10 5-10 7-10 2-5 1-4 2-5 1-2 1-1 2-5 2-7

0-0 3-6 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5

0-1 0-0 1-2 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-2

29-59

6-12

6-10

2nd half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0%

0 3 3 1 0 4 4 1 3 5 8 2 2 4 6 3 1 1 2 2 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 13 31 44 11

A TO Blk Stl

12 13 15 8 2 4 2 2 4 8

1 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 2 2

Min

4 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1

1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

70 15 16

4 200

Game: 29-59 49.2% Game: 6-12 50.0% Game: 6-10 60.0%

28 29 24 32 22 20 3 2 20 20

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Ken Ditty Technical fouls: UT Martin-HUDSON, Lester. USC-Hackett, Daniel. Attendance: 3376 Score by periods UT Martin USC

1st 2nd

17 40

Total

26 30

43 70

UT Martin 71 • 2-4/0-1 OVC ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester BROWN, MJ MASSEY, Eric SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BAILEY, Joe IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

04 05 20 40 01 02 10 15 22 25

FG % 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% FT % 1st Half: 12-17 70.6%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

1-2 4-17 9-24 0-4 3-5 3-5 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1

0-0 3-12 3-11 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

23-62

6-29

3-4 2-2 3-3 0-0 1-3 6-8 0-0 0-0 4-6 0-2 0-0

2 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 2 8 10 4 0 1 1 0 3 4 7 4 3 5 8 1 3 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 19-28 18 22 40 24

2nd half: 13-37 35.1% 2nd half: 3-18 16.7% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6%

A TO Blk Stl

Min

5 13 24 0 7 12 4 0 4 0 2

0 1 3 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 0

16 33 38 16 29 25 17 4 11 0+ 11

0 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 4 0 0

0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

71 14 17

6 200

Game: 23-62 37.1% Game: 6-29 20.7% Game: 19-28 67.9%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Morehead State 80 • 2-6/1-0 OVC ##

Player

STALLWORTH, Maze HARPER, Demonte LAMB, John BUCHANAN, Leon FARIED, Kenneth BROWN, Cecil MURRY, Robert HILL, Terrance COLEMAN, Andreas Team Totals

22 25 33 35 02 10 11 12

FG % 1st Half: 14-38 36.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-16 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

4-11 8-19 0-6 5-8 2-6 1-1 2-4 3-8 0-0

3-7 3-6 0-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-3 0-0

25-63

8-24

2 2 4 3 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 4 5 3 8 3 4 8 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 1 22-28 21 26 47 21

2nd half: 11-25 44.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 19-24 79.2%

2-3 3-4 2-2 6-7 6-8 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0

Game: 25-63 39.7% Game: 8-24 33.3% Game: 22-28 78.6%

A TO Blk Stl

13 22 2 16 10 2 8 7 0

1 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1

2 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 1

80 15 17

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min

0 33 4 37 0 20 1 402 23 1 3 2 22 0 20 0 2

2 10 200 Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Steve Pyatt, Bill Lopina, James Breeding Technical fouls: UT Martin-HUDSON, Lester. Morehead State-TEAM. Attendance: 2899 Score by periods UT Martin Morehead State

1st 2nd

35 35

36 45

Total

71 80

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 75 • 2-5, 0-2 OVC

UT Martin 75 • Eastern Kentucky 78 Dec. 6, 2008 • Richmond, Ky. • McBrayer Arena

Player

MASSEY, Eric SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester RIEDEWALD, Djero MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

MARTIN, Tenn. - With two seconds showing on the clock and the ball underneath their own basket for the inbounds play, senior Lester Hudson had a 3-point attempt in the right corner of the court to tie the game at 75-all and force an overtime period. Hudson’s shot was oﬀ and junior Eric Massey grabbed the rebound as the horn sounded. The University of Tennessee at Martin suﬀered a heart-breaking 78-75 setback to host Eastern Kentucky (5-3, 1-1 OVC) Saturday night in McBrayer Arena. With the loss the Skyhawks fall to 0-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference standings and 2-5 overall. The Skyhawks, led by Hudson’s 22 points and seven rebounds, trailed 75-68 with 2:29 remaining in the game. Eric Massey made a layup with 1:42 to play and the Skyhawks made it a five-point game. Massey was fouled on the layup and made the bonus to make it a four-point game. The Skyhawks managed to get a stop, but Hudson was fouled on a 3-point attempt. He missed the first of the three free throws, but made the second two to make it a two-point game, 75-73, with 27 seconds to play. The Skyhawks were forced to foul and Eastern Kentucky’s Mike Rose made 3-of-4 free throws in the to stretch the Colonels’ lead to five points, 78-73 with 10 seconds remaining. Sophomore Benzor Simmons made it a two-point game with a tip-in with five seconds to play. He was fouled on the play, but the free throw attempt was negated because of a double-lane violation. The Skyhawks were given possession of the ball as a result of the possession arrow to set up the inbounds pass. Rose led all scorers with 24 points and 11 rebounds. He was one of four EKU players to net double-digit points. Rose was 5-of-9 from 3-point range and as a team EKU connected on 14-of-31 3-pointers. The Colonels shot 45 percent from behind the arch in the game, while UT Martin hit 26 percent (5-of-19) of its 3-point attempts. EKU also edged the Skyhawks at the free throw line by hitting 10-of-12 for 83 percent. The Skyhawks shot 67 percent from the charity stripe, making 14-of-21 attempts. Hudson, who entered the game as the nation’s leading free throw shooter (19-for-19), was 4-for-7 from the free throw line against EKU. While Hudson led the Skyhawks in scoring, sophomore Marquis Weddle tossed in 16 points, 13 in the first half, and Simmons finished the game with 11 points.

UT Martin 72 • Middle Tennessee 65 Dec. 15, 2008 • Murfreesboro, Tenn. • Murphy Center MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team entered tonight’s game shooting 38 percent from the floor against Division-I opponents. By taking better shots, the Skyhawks left the Murphy Center with a 52.1 shooting percentage and their biggest win to date of the 2008-2009 season, a 72-65 decision against Sun Belt Conference member and in-state rival Middle Tennessee State. With the win, the Skyhawks (3-5) ended a four-game slide and defeated a Middle Tennessee squad who only lost to Tennessee by ten points and only lost to Vanderbilt by eight points earlier this season. Senior guard Lester Hudson extended his own streak of scoring more than 20 points in every game so far this season, with a game-high 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Hudson remains as the only statistically ranked NCAA Division-I men’s basketball player to score at least 20 points in every game they had played. The Skyhawks received eight points from Marquis Weddle, and also got seven points apiece from Benzor Simmons, Delrico Lane, and Djero Riedewald. Olajide Hay, appearing in his first game of the season, added six points, six rebounds, and two steals in 29 minutes, as UT Martin also got contributions from Reuben Clayton (five points), Eric Massey (two points), and MJ Brown (two points). Lane also made a major impact on the game with a game-high six assists and four steals, also a game-high. Middle Tennessee was led by the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year in Desmond Yates, who scored 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting. Kevin Kanaskie added 16 points and four assists, and Demetrius Green scored 11 points to lead the Blue Raiders, who fall to 4-4. For the first half, the Skyhawks shot a scorching 60 percent from the field (15-for-25), a season-high against a Division-I opponent. UT Martin’s 40 points scored in the first half were also a season-high against a Division-I opponent, as Hudson led all scorers with 14 first half points. The Blue Raiders came out of the locker room hot to begin the first half, as Kanaskie scored the first seven points of the second half to make the score 40-36 in UT Martin’s favor, causing Campbell to call a timeout at the 18:31 mark. The Skyhawks didn’t panic, however, going on an 8-0 run over the next 3:10, a stretch that included a powerful one-handed slam by Hudson oﬀ a fast break that caused Davis to call his first time out of the second half with 8:57 left. After a UT Martin defensive stand, Hay got a reverse lay-up to go from underneath the basket to extend the Skyhawk lead to 54-47 at the 8:01 mark. After a Haddock jumper, Hudson answered with a deep, high-arching trey over Yates to make the Skyhawk lead 67-60 with 2:21 left. It would be the last field goal the Skyhawks would make, but that’s all they would need to win the game - as a pair of Hudson free throws with 16 seconds left sealed the Skyhawks biggest win so far in the 2008-2009 season.

UT Martin 97 • Brescia 44 Dec. 18, 2008 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team (4-5) opened Thursday night’s game against visiting Brescia University (7-5) from Owensboro, Ky., with an 11-0 run and closed out the first half with a 14-2 run. The two runs were enough for the host Skyhawks to post a decisive 97-44 victory over the Bearcats. The victory was the second straight for the Skyhawks, and it featured a solid shooting eﬀort and a tenacious defensive front for head coach Bret Campbell’s team. The Skyhawks used the two first-half runs and 13 first-half points from Lester Hudson en route to a 44-25 advantage at halftime. The Skyhawks shot 52 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. Freshman MJ Brown knocked down both of his first-half attempts from behind the arch, while Hudson was 2-for-4 from beyond the 3-point line. Against MTSU Monday night, the Skyhawks shot 52 percent from the field and held the Blue Raiders to 29 points in the first half. Hudson led all scorers with 21 points. While sophomore Benzor Simmons tossed in 14 points and sophomore Marquis Weddle added 13 points. Thirteen of 14 Skyhawks scored against Brescia. Newcomer Reuben Clayton led the team with seven assists, while Delrico Lane had five assists and four steals. The Skyhawks put together a 16-3 run early in the second half and cruised to victory. Brescia had 11 of 13 players score, but no one player scored more than seven points.

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Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

02 04 05 00 03 15 20 25

FG % 1st Half: 13-24 54.2% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%

c g g g g

3-4 4-7 2-4 5-12 8-17 1-3 2-3 1-4 1-5 1-1

0-0 0-1 0-2 3-9 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

28-60

5-19

1-1 3-3 1-2 3-5 4-7 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 1 2 4 5 4 9 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 1 3 4 7 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 14-21 19 20 39 14

2nd half: 15-36 41.7% 2nd half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3%

A TO Blk Stl

7 11 5 16 22 3 5 2 2 2

0 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 2 0

Min

2 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

75 12 13

6 200

Game: 28-60 46.7% Game: 5-19 26.3% Game: 14-21 66.7%

17 31 25 29 34 16 14 12 21 1

Deadball Rebounds 2

Eastern Kentucky 78 • 5-3, 1-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

WIERSMA, Ryan OPPONG, Papa ROSE, Mike ELLIS, Dayvon STOMMES, Justin JONES, Joshua LEWIS, Mike CAMACHO, Jorge TAYLOR, Josh HUNTER, Deveyon Team Totals

11 20 23 31 05 10 15 24 33

FG % 1st Half: 14-25 56.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3% FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

f g g g g

0-0 5-9 7-13 2-3 5-9 2-5 1-3 1-3 4-8 0-2

0-0 1-4 5-9 0-1 3-5 2-4 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-1

0-0 0-0 5-6 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

27-55 14-31 10-12 2nd half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd half: 5-17 29.4% 2nd half: 9-10 90.0%

0 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 3 8 11 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 18 26 19

A TO Blk Stl

0 11 24 4 17 6 3 3 10 0

1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 1

2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0

78 17

8 200

Game: 27-55 49.1% Game: 14-31 45.2% Game: 10-12 83.3%

Min

10 31 36 28 27 17 9 14 21 7

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Jeb Hartness, John Campbell, Jason Baker Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Eastern Kentucky-None. Attendance: 1350 Score by periods UT Martin Eastern Kentucky

1st 2nd

37 38

Total

38 40

75 78

UT Martin 72 • 3-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester MASSEY, Eric RIEDEWALD, Djero CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ HAY, Olajide IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

02 04 05 40 00 15 20 21 25

FG % 1st Half: 15-25 60.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

* 3-7 * 2-5 * 3-6 * 10-15 * 0-2 1-1 2-3 1-2 3-7 0-0

0-2 0-0 2-5 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

25-48

5-14

1-2 3-5 0-0 5-7 2-2 5-8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 5 4 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 17-26 10 19 29 17

2nd half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd half: 11-18 61.1%

A TO Blk Stl

7 7 8 28 2 7 5 2 6 0

0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0

2 5 1 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 9 20

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0

8 200

Game: 25-48 52.1% Game: 5-14 35.7% Game: 17-26 65.4%

23 25 18 38 13 24 20 8 29 2

Deadball Rebounds 7

Middle Tennessee 65 • 4-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Kanaskie, Kevin Johnson, Nigel Green, Demetrius Yates, Desmond Hudson, Theryn Allen, Eric ONeil, Calvin Williams, Demario Hair, Dino Haddock, Montarrio Boyd, Antwaun Team Totals

11 23 31 45 01 04 10 21 24 35

FG % 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 5-5 100.0

* * * * *

5-16 1-2 4-6 9-14 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-0 3-10 0-1

1-10 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0

24-56

4-16

0 0 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 4 0 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 8 4 1 0 1 4 3 1 4 13-18 16 15 31 22

2nd half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 8-13 61.5%

5-5 0-0 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0

A TO Blk Stl

16 3 11 21 2 0 4 0 0 8 0

4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Min

3 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0

2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0

65 10 19

8 200

Game: 24-56 42.9% Game: 4-16 25.0% Game: 13-18 72.2%

39 25 29 40 14 2 12 2 4 18 15

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Bret Smith, John Hampton, Brett Miles Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Middle Tennessee-None. Attendance: 2806 Score by periods UT Martin Middle Tennessee

1st 2nd

40 29

32 36

Total

72 65

Brescia 44 • 7-5 ##

Player

13 30 21 20 24 03 04 05 10 15 23 32 34 44

INGRAM, Anthony MCNEAL, Anthony WEISKITTEL, Hugh DENTON, Doug HOWARD, Andrew GRUBBS, Jason WOOLDRIDGE, Logan GARDNER, William DAVIS, Jeff GARRETT, Bryce TANDY, Aaron HART, Seth MORRIS, Brad WEST, Nate Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 8-28 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 FT % 1st Half: 7-9

28.6% 18.2% 77.8%

f f c g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 1-6 0-2 5-6 2 1 3 3 2-9 0-3 0-2 0 2 2 1 1-1 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 3-11 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-1 0 1 1 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 3-7 0-1 1-1 4 1 5 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 7 9 15-52 3-17 11-18 11 18 29 21

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

7-24 1-6 4-9

29.2% 16.7% 44.4%

TP 7 4 4 3 7 0 2 1 0 3 2 7 0 4

A TO Blk Stl 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 19

Game: 15-52 28.8% Game: 3-17 17.6% Game: 11-18 61.1%

Min 19 22 15 17 23 8 5 6 2 13 20 27 3 20

8 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,5

UT Martin 97 • 4-5 ##

Player

00 21 02 04 05 01 03 10 15 20 22 24 25 40

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 16-31 51.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% FT % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6%

f f g g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 4-4 0-0 1-2 1 5 6 2 2-2 0-0 2-3 2 1 3 1 2-2 1-1 1-2 1 3 4 1 5-11 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 2 8-15 4-7 1-1 1 4 5 2 4-7 1-2 5-7 2 2 4 1 0-0 0-0 4-4 1 5 6 2 2-3 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-2 0 2 2 2 2-2 2-2 2-2 0 1 1 0 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 1 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 33-62 13-25 18-26 14 30 44 18

2nd half: 17-31 54.8% 2nd half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3%

Game: 33-62 53.2% Game: 13-25 52.0% Game: 18-26 69.2%

TP 9 6 6 13 21 14 4 5 2 8 3 0 3 3

A TO Blk Stl 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

97 24 13

Min 19 11 20 23 30 17 11 5 20 17 5 6 10 6

5 14 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Ted Kessler, Johnny Pearson, Eric Ward Technical fouls: Brescia-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 2144 Score by periods Brescia UT Martin

1st 2nd

25 44

19 53

Total

44 97

2008-09 UT MARTIN BASKETBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE •

GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 77 • Florida International 76 (OT) Dec. 27, 2008 • Miami, Fla. • FIU Arena

UT Martin 77 • 5-5

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico MPONDO, Dominique WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ HAY, Olajide IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

MIAMI - Marquis Weddle made two free throws with nine seconds left in overtime to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin (5-5) to a 77-76 victory over host FIU (4-10) Saturday night at the US Century Bank Arena in the first round of the FIU Holiday Tournament. Olajide Hay also hit a pair of free throws in the overtime period to tie the game at 74-all and give the Skyhawks a 75-74 leads with 58 seconds to play. FIU’s Harley Fuller made a layup with 32 seconds left to give FIU a 76-75 advantage. He had a chance to extend FIU’s lead by he missed two free throws with 14 seconds to play in the game. The visiting Skyhawks cashed in at the free throw line where they made 16-of-19 attempts. Senior Lester Hudson, who led all scorers with 23 points, went 9-for-9 at the free throw line. He scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half and in the overtime period. With four seconds left in regulation, Hudson made three free throws to tie the game at 71-all and force the overtime period. Michael Dominguez’s jumper at the buzzer drew iron but missed the mark. Dominguez led the host Golden Panthers with 21 points and five assists. While the Skyhawks thrived at the free throw line, FIU struggled making just 17-of-35 attempts from the line. The Skyhawks’ defense also forced 24 turnovers. UT Martin’s Delrico Lane had seven of the Skyhawks’ 12 steals in the game. FIU built a 33-28 lead in the first half. Hudson was limited to two points and two rebounds in the first half. The score was tied twice in the first half and the lead changed five times in the first 20 minutes. The Skyhawks shot a disappointing 43 percent from the field and 25 percent from 3-point range. Despite the shooting percentages, Weddle chipped in 21 points. He was 8-for-14 from the field and 3-for-7 from behind the arch. Newcomer Reuben Clayton came oﬀ the bench for the Skyhawks and tossed in 11 points. Clayton was 4-for-5 from the field and 2-for-3 from behind the arc. With the victory the Skyhawks extended their winning streak to three games and evened their worksheet at 5-5. The Skyhawks return to action at 6 p.m. CT, Sunday, Dec. 28, when they play Fordham in the FIU Holiday Invitational.

UT Martin 82 • Fordam 70 Dec. 28, 2008 • Miami, Fla. • FIU Arena MIAMI - Lester Hudson scored a season-high 31 points and made 13 straight free throws to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin to an 82-70 victory over Fordham University in the FIU Holiday Tournament at US Century Bank Arena Sunday night. The Skyhawks improve to 6-5 overall, while Fordham falls to 2-8. With back-to-back wins over tournament host FIU and Fordham the Skyhawks claimed the FIU Holiday Tournament title. Junior Delrico Lane scored 10 points and had 10 rebounds to record his first career doubledouble as a Skyhawk. Sophomore Marquis Weddle added 12 points and senior Djero Riedewald tossed in 10 points to round out the double-digit scoring. Lane had four assists and four steals to go with his double-double. The Skyhawks jumped out to a 21-7 lead when Weddle drained a 3-pointer with 13:06 to play in the first half. The Skyhawks never looked back en route to their fourth consecutive victory. Hudson had 14 of his 31 points in the first 20 minutes. The Skyhawks dominated every phase of the ballgame. At the free throw line, the Skyhawks were 23-of-28 for 82 percent. Hudson hit all 13 of his attempts. The Skyhawks shot 50 percent from the field and out-rebounded Fordham 41-29. Jio Fontain led Fordham with 17 points, while Mike Moore scored 16 points and Alberto Estwick had 14 points. The Skyhawks close out 2008 and their three-game road swing with a non-conference game at Central Arkansas in Conway. Tipoﬀ is set for 4 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 31.

UT Martin 84 • Central Arkansas 65 Dec. 31, 2008 • Conway, Ark. • Farris Center CONWAY, Ark. - On Nov. 15, 2007, Lester Hudson scored his second-lowest point output of the 2007-2008 season, scoring 13 points against Central Arkansas in a 78-75 buzzer-beating loss at home. Tonight, the 6’2” senior guard from Memphis perhaps got his vengeance on the Bears, scoring a career-high 41 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in an 84-65 Skyhawk victory at the Farris Center. The win was the Skyhawks’ fifth straight, as they improve to 7-5 on the season. The 41 points scored by Hudson came one game after his season-best 31 points against Fordham on Sunday, and the performance left Hudson just three points shy of breaking the UT Martin all-time single game scoring record set by Okechi Egbe (44 points) set against Bethel College on Nov. 20, 2000. Hudson converted on 14 of his 29 field goal attempts, including 5-of-10 from three-point range. Hudson also went 8-of-9 from the free throw line in the process of extending his own record of being the only statistically-ranked NCAA Division-I men’s basketball player to score at least 20 points in every game played this season. Olajide Hay scored nine points for the Skyhawks, and Reuben Clayton added eight to the Skyhawk attack. Delrico Lane had a statistical line of six points, six rebounds, and three assists, while MJ Brown chipped in with five points. Benzor Simmons had four points, and Andres Irarrazabal, Marquis Weddle, Ben Congiusta, Daron Hood, and Eric Massey each tallied two points. Djero Riedewald’s one point rounded out the scoring for UT Martin. Marcus Pillow led the Bears (6-5) with 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting (5-for-9 from three-point range). Chris Brown, Mitch Rueter, and Mike Pouncy all reached double figures by scoring 11 points apiece for Central Arkansas. Hudson had 19 points at the break, on 7-of-14 shooting, including 3-for-5 from three-point range. Hudson’s five rebounds also tied a game-high at the half. Central Arkansas got on the scoreboard just seven seconds into the second half, on a Mike Pouncy back-door lay-up, but the Skyhawks answered 39 seconds later. Lane converted on a fast break three-pointer on a feed from Weddle that gave UT Martin a 39-28 lead. The Bears would cut the lead to six when Pillow converted on a four-point play with 10:44 left, but a UT Martin 7-0 run over the next 1:20 made the score 62-49 before Central Arkansas head coach Rand Chappell called a timeout with 9:22 left in the game. UT Martin wouldn’t allow the Bears to get any closer than 11 points the rest of the way, as a Hudson pull-up 30-foot threepointer put the Skyhawks up 79-63 with 1:55 left. Congiusta hit a jumper from the left wing to give the Skyhawks their biggest lead of the game at 84-63 with 37 seconds left, and an Imad Qahwash lay-up at the buzzer ended the game with the Skyhawks getting the 84-65 victory.

38 •2008-09 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

03 04 05 01 15 20 21 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 13-29 44.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0%

* * * * *

2-5 2-4 1-1 8-14 7-21 1-3 4-5 1-4 1-2 0-1 1-4

0-0 0-2 0-0 3-7 0-6 0-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

28-64

5-20

1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 9-9 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0

0 3 3 2 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 4 6 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 16-19 11 16 27 26

2nd half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd half: 12-14 85.7%

OT: OT: OT:

1-5 0-1 4-4

20.0% 0.0% 100.0

A TO Blk Stl

5 4 2 21 23 2 11 2 5 0 2

0 8 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 2

77 14 11

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Min

30 33 7 38 39 17 11 10 20 3 17

0 12 225

Game: 28-64 43.8% Game: 5-20 25.0% Game: 16-19 84.2%

Deadball Rebounds 1

FIU 76 • 4-10 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Asprilla, Freddy Fuller, Harley Gacesa, Nikola Taylor, Nick Dominguez, Michael Witter, Conroy Essola, Cedric Bright, Marlon Crawford, Marcus Team Totals

11 15 23 34 04 21 31 44

FG % 1st Half: 11-21 52.4% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0 FT % 1st Half: 8-16 50.0%

* * * * *

7-10 4-7 1-5 4-8 7-12 0-0 1-1 2-4 0-0

0-0 0-0 1-3 0-1 5-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0

26-47

7-10

5-11 0-2 3-4 1-5 2-5 0-0 2-2 4-6 0-0

4 6 10 3 1 6 7 1 0 5 5 1 0 3 3 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17-35 11 27 38 18

2nd half: 13-22 59.1% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 9-17 52.9%

OT: OT: OT:

2-4 1-1 0-2

50.0% 100.0 0.0%

A TO Blk Stl

19 8 6 9 21 0 4 9 0

1 2 1 5 5 0 0 2 0

5 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 76 16 24

Min

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0

6 225

Game: 26-47 55.3% Game: 7-10 70.0% Game: 17-35 48.6%

33 40 23 39 43 13 10 21 3

Deadball Rebounds 12

Officials: John Pipkin, Steven Pyatt, Danny Leasure Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. FIU-None. Attendance: 384 Score by periods UT Martin FIU

1st 2nd

28 33

43 38

Total

6 5

77 76

UT Martin 82 • 6-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

02 04 05 21 01 03 15 20 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% FT % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8%

* * * * *

5-6 3-5 4-11 9-15 3-7 1-4 0-0 1-3 1-2 1-3 0-0

0-0 0-0 3-6 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

28-56

3-10

0-3 4-4 1-2 13-13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-2 2-2

3 1 4 2 3 7 10 3 1 0 1 1 1 6 7 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 23-28 17 24 41 19

2nd half: 12-22 54.5% 2nd half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd half: 14-17 82.4%

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10 10 12 31 6 2 0 2 4 3 2

0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 5 3 4 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 82 10 22

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 200

Game: 28-56 50.0% Game: 3-10 30.0% Game: 23-28 82.1%

28 31 28 34 20 11 3 12 8 18 7

Deadball Rebounds 3

Fordham 70 • 2-8 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

FONTAN, Jio TANNER, Herb MOORE, Mike DEVINE, Luke BETHEL, Chris BLUE, Trey THOMAS, Lamar BECK, Matt ESTWICK, Alberto WING, Zach GREEN, Jacob Team Totals

04 23 44 50 03 15 20 21 25 32

FG % 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-13 15.4% FT % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0%

* * * * *

7-15 0-2 3-16 2-2 3-6 1-6 0-0 0-0 5-10 0-0 1-4

1-6 0-1 2-9 0-0 1-2 1-6 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-0

22-61

7-30

1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 2 5 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 19-22 16 13 29 22

2nd half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd half: 5-17 29.4% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7%

2-4 0-0 8-8 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 3-4

A TO Blk Stl

Min

17 0 16 4 7 7 0 0 14 0 5

2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

40 14 33 26 21 12 1 0+ 32 0+ 21

4 2 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 19

0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2

4 10 200

Game: 22-61 36.1% Game: 7-30 23.3% Game: 19-22 86.4%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Steve Pyatt, Danny Leasure, Brandon Pipkin Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Fordham-BETHEL, Chris. Attendance: 173 Score by periods UT Martin Fordham

1st 2nd

44 30

38 40

Total

82 70

UT Martin 84 • 7-5 ##

Player

00 25 02 04 05 01 03 10 15 20 21 22 24 40

RIEDEWALD, Djero IRARRAZABAL, Andres LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ HAY, Olajide BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 15-36 41.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% FT % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

f f g g g

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2-5 1-2 1-1 2 4 6 3 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 14-29 5-10 8-9 6 4 10 1 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3-5 1-2 1-4 1 2 3 4 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2-2 0-0 5-6 0 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 2 2 4 30-68 8-20 16-22 18 21 39 19

2nd half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 13-15 86.7%

TP 1 2 6 2 41 4 0 2 8 5 9 0 2 2

A TO Blk Stl 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

84 13

Game: 30-68 44.1% Game: 8-20 40.0% Game: 16-22 72.7%

Min 17 13 30 18 36 13 1 1 22 13 16 1 6 13

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 3

Central Arkansas 65 • 6-5 ##

Player

31 34 32 05 22 02 03 11 20 21 24

Brown, Chris Rueter, Mitch Marks, Brian Pouncy, Mike Pillow, Marcus Taylor, Brooks Clayborn, Dewan Henson, Chris Qahwash, Imad Brewer, Landrell Cannon, King Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 8-24 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 7-12

f f c g g

33.3% 37.5% 58.3%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 5-7 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 3 4-9 0-2 3-5 1 1 2 4 0-0 0-0 2-4 2 8 10 5 3-10 0-1 5-6 0 2 2 1 7-13 5-9 3-3 0 3 3 1 3-8 0-3 0-0 2 1 3 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-3 0 1 1 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 23-52 5-16 14-23 10 23 33 21

2nd half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6%

Game: 23-52 44.2% Game: 5-16 31.3% Game: 14-23 60.9%

TP 11 11 2 11 22 6 0 0 2 0 0

A TO Blk Stl 2 3 2 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

65 14 15

Min 29 32 27 30 32 22 5 1 8 11 3

4 200 Deadball Rebounds 7

Officials: Gary Vaughn, Sean Casey, Jeff Campbell Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Central Arkansas-None. Attendance: 1027 Score by periods UT Martin Central Arkansas

1st 2nd

36 26

48 39

Total

84 65

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 75 • Murray State 71 Jan. 5, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center

Murray State 71 • 6-7 (1-2 OVC) ##

Player

THOMAS, Danero McCLAIN, Jeffery MILES, Isacc HOLLOWAY, Tyler THOMAS, Kevin FRALIEX, Matt POOLE, Donte ASKA, Ivan EASLEY, Tony FOTSO, Georges Team Totals

MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Lester Hudson made four free throws and junior Delrico Lane drove the lane for layup in the final 51 seconds of play to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin to a 75-71 Ohio Valley Conference victory over arch-rival Murray State Monday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The victory was the Skyhawks sixth consecutive win. The Skyhawks are 8-5 overall and 1-2 in the OVC race, while Murray State falls to 6-7 on the year and 1-2 in the league standings. With 2:26 left in the game, Lane managed to take the ball away from Murray State’s Ivan Aska. Lane found Hudson with the basketball who fed Djero Riedewald the ball for an easy 10-foot jumper in the lane. The bucket, with 2:09 to play, gave the Skyhawks a 69-66 advantage. Murray State made it a one-point game, 69-68, when Tyler Holloway knocked down two free throws with 1:26 to go. Lane answered the free throws - this time with his ability to drive the lane much like a New York cab driver navigating traffic in rush hour - with a layup. The basket gave the Skyhawks a 71-68 lead with 51 seconds to play. Hudson was fouled by Isacc Miles with 14 seconds left and Hudson made both free throws to give the Skyhawks a 73-68 lead. Miles added a 3-pointer with three seconds on the clock, but Kevin Thomas fouled Hudson with one second left on the clock and Hudson canned both freebies to give the Skyhawks the 75-71 victory. Hudson led all scorers with 28 points, while Olajide Hay tossed in 16 points and Marquis Weddle added 15 points. Lane finished the game with three points, four assists and the one steal. Murray State’s effort was led by Kevin Thomas with 21 points and Miles with 18 points. The Racers won the rebounding battle, edging the Skyhawks 38-37 on the glass. Aska led the Racers with nine rebounds. Hudson and Hay led the Skyhawks rebounding charge with seven boards each. The difference in the game for the Skyhawks was a healthy (Olajide) Hay and (Delrico) Lane. Both players suffered injuries before the season and were finally at 100 percent as the semester came to an end. Hudson’s ability to score and get to the free throw line also helps out. Hudson scored 17 of his 28 points in the first half and was 10-of-19 from the field. He also hit 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Hudson entered the game shooting 90.2 percent from the line and was ranked 10th in the nation. The Skyhawks hit 17-of-22 free throws for 77.3 percent against the Racers. Ironically, the Racers, who entered the game ranked 15th in the nation in free throw shooting percentage (76.1 percent), hit 10-of-20 from the line for 50 percent. The Skyhawks entered the game ranked 58th in the nation (72.6 percent).

UT Martin 76 • Austin Peay 85 Jan. 8, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Junior Delrico Lane flirted with a triple-double while senior Lester Hudson scored 34 points and grabbed nine rebounds, but the tandem’s eﬀort was not enough for The University of Tennessee at Martin to extinguish visiting Austin Peay’s red-hot start. The Govs (8-7, 4-1 OVC) ended the Skyhawks (8-6, 1-3 OVC) winning streak at six games Thursday night with an 85-76 Ohio Valley Conference victory. Austin Peay jumped out to a 46-30 halftime lead by shooting 58.6 percent from the field and knocking down 9-of-13 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes of play. Wes Channels led the Govs with 13-first-half points. The Skyhawks tied the game at 24-all in the first half when Reuben Clayton made a free throw with 9:23 on the clock. Austin Peay closed out the half with a 22-6 run. The Govs stretched their 16-point halftime lead to 29 points, 64-35 with 10:52 to play in the game. However, the Skyhawks outscored the Govs 21-6 in the final three minutes of the game. For Hudson the 34 points marked the third time in the last four games that he has scored 31 points or more. Lane scored 10 points and had nine rebounds and eight assists. Olajide Hay and Clayton added nine points each. Channels led Austin Peay with 23 points, while Drake Reed scored 17 points and Caleb Brown added 13 points.

00 04 10 02 11 42 43 50

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

1-8 4-8 8-14 3-8 7-7 0-2 1-3 4-7 0-1 0-0

0-2 0-0 1-3 2-6 2-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

28-58

5-15

0-0 2-8 1-2 2-2 5-7 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

0 2 2 5 3 1 4 3 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 5 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 10 10-20 14 24 38 20

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1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0

2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

71 14 10

8 200

Game: 28-58 48.3% Game: 5-15 33.3% Game: 10-20 50.0%

2nd half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5%

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero MASSEY, Eric LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ HAY, Olajide IRARRAZABAL, Andres Team Totals

26 31 30 28 35 3 8 31 4 4

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

40 02 04 05 01 15 20 21 25

FG % 1st Half: 13-37 35.1% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 1-3 c 1-3 g 1-3 g 5-16 g 10-19 1-5 1-4 0-2 6-7 0-0 26-62

0-0 0-0 0-1 3-7 2-4 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 6-17

0-0 0-0 1-2 2-3 6-7 2-2 2-2 0-0 4-4 0-2

2 3 5 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 2 5 7 3 2 3 5 4 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17-22 13 24 37 17

2nd half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 11-14 78.6%

A TO Blk Stl

2 2 3 15 28 4 5 0 16 0

2 0 4 1 5 0 2 0 0 0

Min

0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 1 0

3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

75 14 10

3 200

Game: 26-62 41.9% Game: 6-17 35.3% Game: 17-22 77.3%

26 7 26 34 38 19 21 1 26 2

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Andrew Walton, Greg Rennegarbe, Mike Litzelfelner Technical fouls: Murray State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3771 Score by periods Murray State UT Martin

1st 2nd

31 35

Total

40 40

71 75

Austin Peay 85 • 8-7 (4-1 OVC) ##

Player

REED, Drake FIELDS, Ernest BROWN, Caleb CHANNELS, Wes DUNCAN, Kyle WILLIAMS, Marcel CALDWELL, Tyrone STEPP, Clark FRALEY, John HARRIS, James CAMPBELL, Anthony ROBERSON, Duran Team Totals

10 03 22 24 04 05 12 21 23 25 42

FG % 1st Half: 17-29 58.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% FT % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

8-12 3-4 5-9 5-13 3-6 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2

1-1 0-0 3-4 5-9 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

0-0 2-4 0-0 8-9 0-3 2-4 2-4 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-2

29-53 10-17 17-30 2nd half: 12-24 50.0% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd half: 14-23 60.9%

1 8 9 1 0 3 3 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 5 4 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 6 28 34 20

A TO Blk Stl

17 8 13 23 7 2 4 1 0 2 6 2

6 1 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Min

1 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

85 20 10

2 200

Game: 29-53 54.7% Game: 10-17 58.8% Game: 17-30 56.7%

34 20 30 34 27 16 11 1 3 1 16 7

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

UT Martin 76 • 8-6 (1-3 OVC) ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico HUDSON, Lester CLAYTON, Reuben SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique WEDDLE, Marquis IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 05 15 01 03 04 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 2-4 f 3-3 g 3-7 g 11-27 g 2-9 3-6 0-1 0-5 0-0 2-2

0-0 0-0 1-3 5-16 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0

26-64

7-28

0-0 3-5 3-4 7-7 4-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 5 4 9 3 2 7 9 2 0 1 1 4 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 17-23 13 25 38 23

2nd half: 15-37 40.5% 2nd half: 4-16 25.0% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0%

A TO Blk Stl

4 9 10 34 9 6 0 0 0 4

0 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 0

Min

0 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

76 13 10

3 200

Game: 26-64 40.6% Game: 7-28 25.0% Game: 17-23 73.9%

18 26 32 36 27 20 5 22 2 12

Deadball Rebounds 0,6

Officials: Bret Smith, Rick Shoulders, John St. Clair Technical fouls: Austin Peay-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3251 1st 2nd

46 30

Total

39 46

Points APSU UTM

85 76

In Paint 30 36

Last FG - APSU 2nd-04:47, UTM 2nd-00:17. Largest lead - APSU by 29 2nd-10:25, UTM None.

MARTIN, Tenn. - Sophomore Marquis Weddle busted out of his shooting slump and senior Lester Hudson scored 30 points for the fourth time in five games to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin (9-6, 2-3 OVC) to a 78-65 Ohio Valley Conference victory over visiting Tennessee State (5-11, 3-3 OVC) Saturday night in the Elam Center. Weddle, who went scoreless for the first time in his collegiate career (46 games) Thursday night against Austin Peay, scored 23 second-half points. He hit 7-of-8 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes of the game. Weddle knocked down his first 3-pointer with 19:15 to play in the game. He missed his second attempt from behind the arch, but hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Skyhawks a 39-32 advantage with 16:05 to play. The Skyhawks and Tigers battled throughout the first half. The game was tied three times and the lead changed six times in the first 20 minutes. The Tigers grabbed a 27-26 halftime lead when Parker Smith hit a jumper in the paint with seven seconds left on the clock. UT Martin outscored Tennessee State 52-38 in the second half. Hudson scored 30 points and had 10 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Hudson also came close to his second career quadruple double. He added eight steals and seven assists to his stat line. Tennessee State’s eﬀort was paced by Gerald Robinson Jr. who netted 14 points and Darius Cox who netted 10 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. While Hudson and Weddle had no trouble igniting the oﬀensive fireworks for the Skyhawks, Campbell said his team’s defense was outstanding. In nine wins this season the Skyhawks are limiting opponents to 64 points per game, while scoring 85.3 points. The Skyhawks are also forcing teams to commit 19.4 turnovers per game. Campbell said it was nice to get back in the win column after seeing his team’s six-game winning streak come to an end Thursday night against visiting Austin Peay.

A TO Blk Stl

3 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0

UT Martin 75 • 8-5 (1-2 OVC)

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UT Martin 78 • Tennessee State 65 Jan. 10, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center

2 10 18 10 21 0 2 8 0 0

Off T/O 7 10

2nd Fast Chance Break 11 4 11 4

Bench 17 10

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.

Tennessee State 65 • 5-11 (3-3 OVC) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

HOUSTON, Jerrell f 4-12 COX, Darius f 5-9 GAITER, Emanuel f 3-5 EVANS, Stephen f 2-7 ROBINSON, JR., Geral g 6-13 CRUTCHER, Jeremiah 2-4 FUNDERBURKE, Lonnie 0-0 PETERS, Wil 1-1 SMITH, Parker 2-4 JORDAN, Gershom 2-2 Team Totals 27-57

20 33 40 22 04 05 10 30 42

FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-6 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

1-3 0-0 3-4 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2

4-11

7-15

2nd half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5%

2 6 8 3 4 9 13 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 4 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 12 29 41 20

A TO Blk Stl

Min

9 10 9 4 14 6 0 2 5 6

2 1 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0

34 34 22 17 30 24 0+ 12 12 15

4 5 0 1 3 7 0 0 0 2

2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

65 16 22

4 200

Game: 27-57 47.4% Game: 4-11 36.4% Game: 7-15 46.7%

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

UT Martin 78 • 9-6 (2-3 OVC) ##

Player

HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester RIEDEWALD, Djero CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

01 02 04 05 00 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 7-26 26.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% FT % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f g g g g

3-5 1-3 0-4 8-16 9-19 0-3 2-3 0-2

0-0 0-0 0-2 7-12 3-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

9-12 0-1 4-6 0-0 9-11 0-0 0-0 0-0

4 4 8 4 2 3 5 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 0 10 10 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23-55 10-21 22-30 10 22 32 18

2nd half: 16-29 55.2% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd half: 12-17 70.6%

Game: 23-55 41.8% Game: 10-21 47.6% Game: 22-30 73.3%

A TO Blk Stl

15 2 4 23 30 0 4 0

1 0 4 1 7 0 0 0

2 2 1 4 6 0 2 0

78 13 17

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 3 1 8 0 1 0

Min

34 16 35 33 37 26 13 6

2 13 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,4

Officials: Brandon Pipkin, Jason Baker, Gene Menees Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3736 UT Martin's Benzor Simmons has jersey changed from #1 to #33 (blood on jersey) Score by periods Tennessee State UT Martin

1st 2nd

27 26

38 52

Total

65 78

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 81 • Southeast Missouri 67 Jan. 12, 2009 • Cape Girardeau, Mo. • Show Me Center

UT Martin 81 • 10-6(3-3 OVC)

Player

WEDDLE, Marquis HAY, Olajide RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Senior guard Lester Hudson scored 22 of his game-high 38 points in the second half, including 16 in one crucial four-minute stretch, as The University of Tennessee at Martin scored an 81-67 road win at the Show Me Center tonight to improve to 10-6 (3-3 Ohio Valley Conference) on the 2008-2009 season. Hudson finished the night going 14-for-27 from the field (4-of-10 from three-point range), and Djero Riedewald scored 11 points to pace UT Martin to their third win in the last four chances in Cape Girardeau. Delrico Lane had another great all-around night, scoring seven points, grabbing a team-high eight rebounds, and handing out five assists, as every UT Martin player who saw the court scored at least one field goal. SEMO was led by Kenard Moore, who scored 21 points. Johnny Hill and Jaycen Herring each netted 15 points apiece for the Redhawks, who stayed in the game until the final minutes by shooting 52 percent (17-for-33) in the second half. After both teams traded the first four points of the game, Hudson got the Skyhawks started with crossover dribble to create an open three-pointer that began a 10-0 run that lasted a total of 3:17. UT Martin would lead by as many as 16 in the first half, after a pair of Olajide Hay free throws at the 5:24 mark put the Skyhawks up 34-18. The Skyhawks would match the margin of 16 just 44 seconds later when Eric Massey (eight points) made a spinning left-handed hook shot in the lane to make the score 36-20 in UT Martin’s favor. Moore converted on a deep three-pointer to cut the Skyhawk lead to 38-27 with 1:52 left in the first half, but a Marquis Weddle eight-foot bank shot jumper off four consecutive offensive rebounds gave UT Martin the 40-27 lead they would take into halftime. At the break, Hudson led all scorers with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, his sixth consecutive double-digit scoring effort in the first half. The Skyhawks hit the 40-point mark in the first half for the fourth time this season by shooting an even 50 percent (16-for-32) from the field. The Skyhawks matched their biggest first half lead on their first possession of the second half, as Lane buried a deep trey in front of the UT Martin bench to put the Skyhawks on top 43-27 just 30 seconds into the half. After SEMO cut the lead to 13 at the 18:49 mark, Hudson scored the next 16 points for the Skyhawks, hitting three treys, two lay-ups, and converting on 3-of-3 free throws in a span of 4:12 to put UT Martin on top by 18 at 60-42 with 14:17 left in the game. UT Martin would push their lead out to 18 three more times as late as 10:54 in the second half, but the Redhawks wouldn’t quit. A 7-0 Redhawk run in 2:19 was capped off by a Herring three-pointer that made the score 76-66 with 1:37 left, but UT Martin made 5-of-6 free throws from that point on to seal the 81-67 victory.

UT Martin 83 • Tennessee Tech 72 Jan 15, 2009 • Cookeville, Tenn. • Eblen Center COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Lester Hudson gave a national television audience quite a show tonight by almost collecting a triple-double, and Olajide Hay set a new career-high in scoring en route to The University of Tennessee at Martin’s second straight victory at the Eblen Center, a 83-72 decision over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. The Skyhawks (11-6, 4-3 OVC) shot 57.1 percent (20-for-35) from the field in the second half, outscoring Tennessee Tech 46-35 after the two teams were knotted at 37-all at the half on a game that was featured on ESPN-U. Hudson, the nation’s No. 2 scorer behind Davidson’s Stephen Curry, ended the night with 29 points (14-of-25 shooting), 10 rebounds, seven assists, and five steals, extending his own streak as being the nation’s only statisticallyranked NCAA Division-I player to score at least 20 points in every game played in 2008-2009. Hay snatched his second career double-double with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds, and is now shooting 75 percent (21-for-28) from the field over his last six games. UT Martin was also led by Marquis Weddle, who scored 16 points, and got significant contributions from Reuben Clayton (nine points), Djero Riedewald (six points), and Delrico Lane (five points, six rebounds, six assists). Tennessee Tech placed four in double figures, led by Daniel Northern’s 11 points and 10 rebounds. DJ Lindsay led the Golden Eagles with 15 points, as Will Barnes added 14 points and Zach Bailey chipped in 10 points for the Golden Eagles, who fell to 8-8 (2-4 OVC). At the half, Hudson led all scorers with 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting, while Tennessee Tech’s Barnes was the games’ only other double-digit scorer with ten points. Tennessee Tech scored the first bucket of the second half to take a brief lead, but the Skyhawks came roaring back, going on a 18-4 run over the next 5:29 to go on top by 12, a margin they would match three more times in the next 4:14 of action. The Golden Eagles made a push, cutting the lead to six on three diﬀerent occasions, as late as 6:02 when Northern made two free throws. UT Martin quickly erased any chance of a comeback, going on a 6-0 run over the next 1:24 to make the score 75-63. The Skyhawks pushed their lead out to as many as 14 twice more before the final margin of 83-72 gave UT Martin their ninth win in the last 10 games.

UT Martin 92 • Jacksonville State 73 Jan. 17, 2009 • Jacksonville, Ala. • Pete Mathews Coliseum JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - The University of Tennessee at Martin led for the last 35 minutes of the game tonight at the Pete Mathews Coliseum, placing three players in double-figures en route to a 92-73 win over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The win gave UT Martin its 10th victory in its last 11 games to improve to 12-6, with a 5-3 Ohio Valley Conference mark. Lester Hudson had game-highs of 25 points, eight rebounds, and five steals to lead the Skyhawks, and Marquis Weddle tallied 20 points (6-of-10 shooting from three-point range) to close out the win for UT Martin. Delrico Lane continued his strong play by reaching six career-highs in tonight’s game, including 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor. Lane also had a game-high six assists to pace the Skyhawks. The Gamecocks were led by Jonathan Toles’ 21 points, as Nick Murphy and Jeremy Bynum each chipped in 15 points for Jacksonville State, who has dropped seven of its last nine to fall to 8-8 (2-5 OVC). After Hay made one of two from the charity stripe just 16 seconds into the game, the Skyhawks found themselves down by six early, when DeAndre Bray made a jumper in the paint at the 18:07 mark. UT Martin scrambled back by going on a 9-2 run over the next 2:26 to take a 10-9 lead. The Gamecocks came back on the next possession and got a bucket from Murphy to go back ahead by one, but UT Martin used a 14-3 run over a stretch of 4:22 to go ahead by 13 points. After Jacksonville State cut the UT Martin lead to seven, the Skyhawks went on a tear from the field, ending the half on a 13-1 run over the last 3:00 to take a 50-31 lead to the locker room. It was the second time the Skyhawks had broken the 50-point barrier in the first half this season, and first time against a Division-I opponent (UT Martin also scored 59 points in the first half against Maryville on Nov. 14). The Skyhawks went 17-for-27 from the field in the first half, including nine for 15 from beyond the three-point line. The 63 percent from the field was a season-high for UT Martin, and the 60 percent accuracy from behind the three-point arc tied a season-high, as the Skyhawks also hit 60 percent (three out of five attempts) against Fordham on Dec. 28. Hudson had a game-high 16 points at the break, as Weddle also had 12 points on four three-pointers to lead UT Martin. The Skyhawks picked up in the second half where they left oﬀ in the first, scoring the first seven points to take a 57-31 lead with 17:35 left in the game. The Gamecocks then went on an 11-2 run to cut the UT Martin lead to 16 points, but UT Martin answered right back with an 11-3 run of its own over 3:56 to push the lead back out to 24. A Weddle three-pointer oﬀ a high screen at the 7:46 mark gave UT Martin a 25-point lead - the biggest of the night - and Jacksonville State wouldn’t get any closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

40 •2008-09 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

00 02 05 01 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 16-32 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%

f 3-13 c 1-1 g 4-5 g 1-2 g 14-27 1-3 1-7 4-7

0-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 4-10 0-0 0-1 0-0

29-65

5-17

2-3 3-6 3-4 4-4 6-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 3 4 1 1 4 5 2 2 3 5 2 3 5 8 2 1 4 5 4 2 1 3 1 2 3 5 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 18-25 14 26 40 17

2nd half: 13-33 39.4% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 11-16 68.8%

A TO Blk Stl

8 5 11 7 38 2 2 8

1 0 0 5 3 0 5 0

2 0 0 3 2 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

81 14

3 200

Game: 29-65 44.6% Game: 5-17 29.4% Game: 18-25 72.0%

Min

30 24 24 32 36 14 21 19

Deadball Rebounds 6

Southeast Missouri 67 • 3-14 (0-6 OVC) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

HILL, Johnny RUSSELL, LaMont MAXWELL, Jajuan MOORE, Kenard HERRING, Jaycen KIRK, Israel JONES, Bijon Team Totals

34 45 00 02 03 05

FG % 1st Half: 8-22 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 FT % 1st Half: 9-10

36.4% 25.0% 90.0%

f f c g g

7-12 2-2 2-5 8-20 6-14 0-1 0-1

0-0 0-0 0-2 2-9 2-4 0-0 0-1

1-2 3-4 3-4 3-4 1-2 0-0 2-2

25-55

4-16

13-18

2nd half: 17-33 51.5% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0%

1 3 4 4 5 5 10 5 0 4 4 5 0 5 5 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 6 23 29 20

A TO Blk Stl

15 7 7 21 15 0 2

2 4 0 1 1 0 1

3 1 0 5 4 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 2 1 0 0

9 13

5 200

Game: 25-55 45.5% Game: 4-16 25.0% Game: 13-18 72.2%

Min

38 34 24 40 38 13 13

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Tom Eades, Steve Pyatt, Kevin Mathis Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Southeast Missouri-None. Attendance: 2320 Connect Rite Player of the Game : Kenard Moore Score by periods UT Martin Southeast Missouri

1st 2nd

40 27

Total

41 40

81 67

UT Martin 83 • 10-7, 4-3 OVC ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

02 04 05 21 01 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* 3-5 * 2-4 * 7-16 * 14-25 * 6-10 0-0 3-7 0-0 35-67

0-0 1-2 2-7 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 6-7 0-0 3-5 0-0

4-16

9-12

2nd half: 20-35 57.1% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 4-6 66.7%

1 2 3 2 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 10 4 5 5 10 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 12 24 36 15

A TO Blk Stl

6 5 16 29 18 0 9 0

0 6 1 7 0 0 1 0

0 4 0 5 3 1 0 0

83 15 13

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 2 5 2 0 1 0

Min

32 35 35 36 34 9 13 6

1 12 200

Game: 35-67 52.2% Game: 4-16 25.0% Game: 9-12 75.0%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Tennessee Tech 72 • 8-8, 2-4 OVC ##

Player

NORTHERN, Daniel BARNES, Will DAVIS, Alex LINDSAY, DJ DAVIS, Frank MUHAMMAD, Elijah WALKER, Zac INAMETI, Bassey JONES, Alfred BAILEY, Zach BRYANT, Ra'shun MURPHY, Kevin Team Totals

21 22 23 30 10 12 32 34 42 45 55

FG % 1st Half: 16-29 55.2% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

* * * * *

3-4 6-12 2-8 5-10 2-5 2-10 1-1 1-1 0-0 4-6 0-0 1-4

0-0 1-3 0-0 3-5 1-4 0-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

27-61

6-17

5-6 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2

2 8 10 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 3 6 12-14 12 21 33 12

2nd half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 11-13 84.6%

A TO Blk Stl

11 14 4 15 5 4 3 2 0 10 0 4

1 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3

Min

2 2 0 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

72 14 19

6 200

Game: 27-61 44.3% Game: 6-17 35.3% Game: 12-14 85.7%

30 25 20 25 17 19 1 19 8 22 3 11

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Tennessee Tech-None. Attendance: 2094 Score by periods UT Martin Tennessee Tech

1st 2nd

37 37

Total

46 35

83 72

UT Martin 92 • 11-6, 4-3 OVC ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 03 10 15 22 24 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 17-27 63.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 9-15 60.0% FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

3-3 0-0 5-7 7-14 9-21 0-2 0-0 0-1 3-5 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-3

0-0 0-0 2-4 6-10 4-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2-2 5-9 4-4 0-0 3-3 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3 3 6 3 1 4 5 5 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 30-58 14-27 18-22 13 23 36 21

2nd half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd half: 11-13 84.6%

A TO Blk Stl

8 5 16 20 25 2 0 2 8 0 2 0 4

0 4 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Min

1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2

0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

92 16 14

9 200

Game: 30-58 51.7% Game: 14-27 51.9% Game: 18-22 81.8%

27 27 31 35 33 10 2 2 16 2 2 2 11

Deadball Rebounds 3,1

Jacksonville State 73 • 8-7, 2-4 OVC ##

Player

CRAWFORD, Brandon MURPHY, Nick TOLES, Jonathan BRAY, DeAndre BYNUM, Jeremy ROBINSON, Geddes BARNES, John MBODJI, Amadou LEEDS, Jacques Team Totals

13 03 05 14 11 21 22 33

FG % 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

1-2 6-11 6-15 1-6 6-14 2-4 2-9 0-1 0-1

0-1 0-0 2-6 0-0 3-7 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

24-63

6-17

2-3 3-4 7-12 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-2

2 0 2 3 3 1 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 2 4 6 2 0 3 3 3 5 0 5 19-27 19 16 35 18

2nd half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 13-19 68.4%

Game: 24-63 38.1% Game: 6-17 35.3% Game: 19-27 70.4%

A TO Blk Stl

4 15 21 2 15 6 7 2 1

1 1 4 3 1 0 4 1 0

2 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 73 15 13

Min

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1

23 28 40 19 31 9 21 16 13

8 200 Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: R-James Hicks, U1-Ted Kessler, U2-John Dillon Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 2698 Score by periods UT Martin Jacksonville State

1st 2nd

50 31

42 42

Total

92 73

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 86 • Southeast Missouri 73 Jan. 22, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center

Southeast Missouri 73 • 3-17 (0-9 OVC) ##

Player

HERRING, Jaycen RUSSELL, LaMont WILLIAMS, Calvin MOORE, Kenard HILL, Johnny KIRK, Israel JONES, Bijon Team Totals

MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin used a 21-6 run in the first half en route to its fifth consecutive victory and its 11th win in 12 games with an 86-73 decision over visiting Southeast Missouri State Thursday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Senior Lester Hudson scored 24 points and had 11 rebounds and six assists to record his fifth doubledouble of the season. Olajide Hay and Marquis Weddle added 16 points each in the game. The Skyhawks built a nine-point lead, 17-8, when sophomore Benzor Simmons had a dunk with 11:19 to play in the first half. Southeast Missouri State made it a two-point game when Kenard Moore hit back-toback 3-pointers with 7:55 to play. Moore led all scorers with 28 points in the game. Hudson triggered the 21-6 run with a jumper to give the Skyhawks a 26-22 advantage with 6:58 to play before the intermission. Hudson had 11 of the 21 points in the run, while junior Eric Massey went 4-for-5 from the field and scored all eight of his points in the first half. Massey also had five rebounds and three steals in the game. Southeast Missouri State trailed at the half 45-29. In the second half, the visiting Redhawks outscored the host Skyhawks 44-41. Jaycen Herring scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half and Calvin Williams, who did not play in the first game because of an ankle injury, finished the game with 11 points and 13 rebounds. The Skyhawks enjoyed their biggest lead of the game, 26 points, when Hay made a layup oﬀ an assist from Delrico Lane and drew the foul. Hay made the free throw to complete the old fashion 3-point play and the Skyhawks led 80-54 with 7:23 to play in the game. The Skyhawks are 11-1 with Hay in the starting lineup. The Skyhawks are 13-6 overall and 6-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. With the victory over Southeast Missouri State (3-17, 0-9 OVC) and Murray State’s win over Eastern Illinois the Skyhawks move up to thirdplace in the league standings.

UT Martin 65 • Eastern Illinois 51 Jan. 24, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team battled back from a six-point deficit to knock oﬀ a feisty Eastern Illinois team, 65-51, and earn its sixth consecutive victory Saturday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Skyhawks, who have won 12 of 13 games since Dec. 15, are now 14-6 on the year and 7-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. Eastern Illinois falls to 8-11 overall and 5-4 in the league standings. The Skyhawks jumped out to a quick 16-9 lead when Eric Massey made a layup with 13:02 to play in the first half. EIU made an 8-3 run capped oﬀ by a Roman Martin 3-pointer with 9:50 to play that made it a one-point game, 19-18. The visiting Panthers took the lead, 23-22, with 5:19 to play before the break when Tyler Laser knocked down a 3-pointer. The Panthers stretched that lead to six points but retreated to the locker room at the break with a one-point lead, 31-30. Laser opened the second half with a 3-pointer and Ousmane Cisse added a layup to give the Panthers a 36-30 advantage with 18:08 to play. The Skyhawks answered back with vengeance and a 25-4 run that senior Lester Hudson ignited with a 3-pointer with 17:40 to play in the game. Delrico Lane put the exclamation point on the run with a layup that gave the Skyhawks a 5540 lead with 6:43 to play in the contest. The Skyhawks never looked back. Hudson led all scorers with 29 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Marquis Weddle added 12 points to the Skyhawks’ total, while Lane tossed in six points and had eight assists. Laser led the Panthers with 21 points

00 24 03 05

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% FT % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3%

1-6 0-0 0-1 5-10 0-0 0-0 0-1

27-62

6-18

4-8 2-4 3-8 1-2 0-2 1-3 2-2

0 3 3 4 2 7 9 4 2 11 13 3 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 3 5 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 4 13-29 12 30 42 16

2nd half: 16-37 43.2% 2nd half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 10-20 50.0%

A TO Blk Stl

17 4 11 28 4 5 4

2 2 2 1 1 0 2

Min

3 3 8 0 1 2 1

1 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 1 0 1 0 0 1

73 10 18

3 200

Game: 27-62 43.5% Game: 6-18 33.3% Game: 13-29 44.8%

40 19 33 36 28 15 29

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

UT Martin 86 • 13-6 (6-3 OVC) ##

Player

21 02 04 05 01 03 10 15 22 24 25 40

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

FG % 1st Half: 19-34 55.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

4-5 5-9 1-5 6-17 9-18 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 4-5

0-0 0-0 1-3 4-11 3-7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

33-68

9-24

1-1 6-8 0-0 0-0 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 6 7 4 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 11 1 2 4 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 2 11-17 11 31 42 24

2nd half: 14-34 41.2% 2nd half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

A TO Blk Stl

9 16 3 16 24 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 8

0 2 5 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1

1 0 4 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

86 22 17

0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

Min

18 23 30 33 35 19 4 2 13 2 2 4 15

2 11 200

Game: 33-68 48.5% Game: 9-24 37.5% Game: 11-17 64.7%

Deadball Rebounds 0,7

Officials: Rick Shoulders, Barry Mathis, Mike Litzelfelner Technical fouls: Southeast Missouri-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 4047 Score by periods Southeast Missouri UT Martin

1st 2nd

29 45

Total

44 41

73 86

Eastern Illinois 51 • 8-11 (5-4 OVC) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

PARRISH, Billy CISSE, Ousmane LASER, Tyler MARTIN, Romain MARION, T.J. WRIGHT, Jr., Dewayne HAMILTON, Will SMITH, Jay GRANGER, Jeremy DORLACK, Matt SULJIC, Edin Team Totals

45 02 10 30 05 13 20 23 32 41

FG % 1st Half: 11-20 55.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-5 100.0 FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0%

f c g g g

3-4 1-4 7-11 2-11 3-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 2-3 19-45

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-0 0-0 5-7 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0

7-13

6-9

8-25 2-8 2-4

32.0% 25.0% 50.0%

2 7 9 1 3 2 5 3 0 3 3 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 1 1 4 5 9 27 36 13

A TO Blk Stl

6 2 21 6 7 0 0 0 5 0 4

0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1

1 4 3 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

9 20

4 200

Game: 19-45 42.2% Game: 7-13 53.8% Game: 6-9 66.7%

Min

26 34 31 29 26 6 4 3 21 7 13

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

UT Martin 65 • 14-6 (7-3 OVC) ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-17 29.4% FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 1-2 f 3-3 g 2-3 g 4-17 g 12-24 1-1 1-5 1-3

0-0 0-0 1-2 4-15 5-11 0-0 1-3 0-0

0-0 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0

25-58 11-31

4-9

2nd half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9%

1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 5 2 0 2 2 2 1 8 9 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 9 19 28 11

A TO Blk Stl

2 8 6 12 29 2 4 2

1 1 8 1 2 1 0 0

0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0

65 14

9 200

Game: 25-58 43.1% Game: 11-31 35.5% Game: 4-9 44.4%

Min

28 32 32 33 37 12 19 7

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

Officials: Danny Leasure, Brandon Pipkin, Gene Menees Technical fouls: Eastern Illinois-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 4231 Score by periods Eastern Illinois UT Martin

1st 2nd

31 30

Total

20 35

51 65

UT Martin 87 • 15-6, 8-3 OVC

UT Martin 87 • Austin Peay 82 (OT) Feb. 5, 2009 • Clarksville, Tenn. • Dunn Center CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin senior guard Lester Hudson sank two free throws with three seconds left in regulation to force overtime tonight at the Dunn Center. In the overtime period, the Skyhawks never trailed and avenged a home loss to Austin Peay earlier this season by downing the Governors, 87-82, on a game that was aired on national television on ESPNU. With the win, the Skyhawks improve to 15-6 and 8-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. UT Martin had to overcome foul-outs by three forwards, and a four-point deficit with under two minutes to play in regulation to defeat the Governors in Clarksville. The win was the Skyhawks’ seventh straight OVC victory, and 13th in their last 14 tries. Although Hudson ended the night with 30 points and 10 rebounds, the win was a total team effort - as the Skyhawks placed four in double figures. A pair of junior guards gave the Skyhawks a big boost - as Reuben Clayton stepped up big off the bench to erupt for a career-high 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and Delrico Lane compiled another great all-around game (13 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals). Marquis Weddle also chipped in 11 points for the Skyhawks, who catapulted into second place in the OVC, just one game behind Morehead State, who lost 57-52 at Jacksonville State tonight. For the Governors, Drake Reed earned game-highs of 35 points, 18 rebounds, and five blocks. Anthony Campbell scored 12 points and Wes Channels had 10 points for Austin Peay, who falls to 12-10 (8-4 OVC). Much like the two teams’ first meeting in which Austin Peay shot 58.6 percent in the first half on Jan. 8, the Governors shot 57.7 percent in the first half. Meanwhile, six of the first 11 UT Martin field goals were three-pointers, as the Skyhawks ripped the nets to shoot 42.9 percent from beyond the three-point line in the first 20 minutes. Out of the break, the Skyhawks slowly clawed back and took a brief one-point lead on a pair of Hudson free throws stemming from a technical foul on the Austin Peay bench with 15:59 left. Reed immediately came back to hit a pair of free throws to put the Governors back on top by one, but UT Martin took a 44-43 lead off a Hudson lay-up with 14:37 left. Despite Austin Peay calling two back-to-back timeouts to try and ice Hudson, the senior was unfazed, calmly sinking two free throws to knot the score at 67-all with :03 seconds remaining. Caldwell then was able to throw up a one-handed off-balance 20-footer as time expired, but the ball caromed off the rim, forcing overtime at the Dunn Center - the Skyhawks’ second overtime contest of the season. In the extra period, Simmons got the Skyhawks started with a reverse lay-up at the 4:29 mark to make the score 69-67. Although the Skyhawks led by as many as nine points with 1:25 left, the Governors cut the lead to three on a Channels threepointer with 20 seconds left. Hudson and Clayton hit five of six free throw attempts in the last 18 seconds to seal the 87-82 victory.

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Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 6-15 f 1-1 c 4-12 g 11-19 g 2-6 2-5 1-4

Player

LANE, Delrico HAY, Olajide RIEDEWALD, Djero WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 00 04 05 01 15 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 14-39 35.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

3-8 1-3 0-2 4-15 8-25 3-4 7-9 0-0 1-6

2-5 0-0 0-0 2-8 3-9 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

27-72

8-25

5-6 2-2 0-0 1-2 11-12 0-1 3-4 1-3 2-3

3 6 9 2 1 1 2 5 4 1 5 5 0 2 2 0 4 6 10 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 3 3 4 7 25-33 21 25 46 25

2nd half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd half: 13-16 81.3%

A TO Blk Stl

13 4 0 11 30 6 18 1 4

7 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0

1 0 1 2 5 2 1 0 3 1 87 13 16

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0

41 15 27 30 42 18 23 4 25

1 11 225

Game: 27-72 37.5% Game: 8-25 32.0% Game: 25-33 75.8%

OT: 4-5 80.0% OT: 1-1 100.0 OT: 11-15 73.3%

Min

Deadball Rebounds 3

Austin Peay 82 • 12-10, 8-4 OVC ##

Player

REED, Drake DUNCAN, Kyle FIELDS, Ernest BROWN, Caleb CHANNELS, Wes WILLIAMS, Marcel CALDWELL, Tyrone FRALEY, John CAMPBELL, Anthony Team Totals

24 10 03 22 04 05 21 25

FG % 1st Half: 15-26 57.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-6 100.0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 11-16 f 1-5 c 3-5 g 0-5 g 4-15 1-1 4-6 0-0 5-9 29-62 2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

3-6 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-9 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-6 7-27

9-23 1-5 9-16

10-13 3-4 2-3 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0

6 12 18 3 2 1 3 5 0 6 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 17-25 13 29 42 23

39.1% 20.0% 56.3%

OT: OT: OT:

5-13 3-10 2-3

38.5% 30.0% 66.7%

A TO Blk Stl

35 5 8 0 10 2 9 1 12

2 3 1 2 1 1 5 0 1

Min

8 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 3

5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2

82 16 20

6 225

Game: 29-62 46.8% Game: 7-27 25.9% Game: 17-25 68.0%

44 28 38 20 34 8 25 1 27

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Craig Murley (R), James Breeding, Brett Miles Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Austin Peay-TEAM. Attendance: 4735 APSU's Drake Reed moves into 4th place in all time school scoring (1719). Score by periods UT Martin Austin Peay

1st 2nd

Total

35 39

20 15

87 82

32 28

Last FG - UTM OT-01:31, APSU OT-00:06. Largest lead - UTM by 10 1st-14:05, APSU by 7 2nd-05:51.

Points UTM APSU

In Paint 26 28

Off T/O 27 14

2nd Fast Chance Break 11 0 17 0

Bench 29 24

Score tied - 8 times. Lead changed - 8 times.

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 100 • Tennessee State 73 Feb. 7, 2009 • Nashville, Tenn. • Gentry Center NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After leading by only four points against Tennessee State at the halftime break, The University of Tennessee at Martin shot 57.6 percent from the floor in the second half and broke away - thanks to career nights from senior forward Olajide Hay and sophomore guard Reuben Clayton - in a 100-73 victory at the Gentry Center tonight. The win was the Skyhawks’ eighth straight win and 14th out of their last 15 tries. Guard Lester Hudson continued his All-American campaign with 34 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists - all game-highs - but it was the contributions from Hay and Clayton that helped the Skyhawks (16-6, 9-3 Ohio Valley Conference) extend their lead to as much as 28 points in the second half. Hay went 7-for-9 from the field and a perfect 7-for-7 from the charity stripe for a career-high 21 points. The Skyhawks are now 14-1 since the senior from Henderson, Ky. returned to the team after the fall semester, as Hay also pulled down nine rebounds (five offensive). Just two days after setting a new career-high in points with 18 at Austin Peay, Clayton went 8-for-11 from the field for a brand new career-high - 20 points - in only 22 minutes played. UT Martin made good on their chances from the free throw line, going 21-for-25 from the charity stripe (84 percent). The Skyhawks also held a 50-20 point advantage from the paint. The Tigers (6-17, 4-9 OVC) placed four in double-figures, led by Jeremiah Crutcher’s 18 points. Emanuel Gaiter (14 points) and Darius Cox (13 points) came off the bench and performed well for Tennessee State, while Jerrell Houston added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. At the break, Crutcher had collected a game-high 13 points, while Hay had 12 points and Hudson had 11 points to lead UT Martin, who shot 50 percent (18-for-36) from the floor despite Hudson’s late trey being the only three-point field goal the Skyhawks had made in nine attempts. The Skyhawks came out of the locker room to score the half’s first seven points, with the second of two Hudson free throws giving UT Martin a 46-35 advantage with 17:20 left. A jumper by Tennessee State’s Derek Shoecraft with 11:44 left cut the UT Martin lead to 62-52, but that’s as close as the Tigers would get. UT Martin went on a 23-6 run that was capped off by a Hudson trey at the 5:38 mark that made the score 85-58. The Skyhawks landed right on the 100 point barrier with three seconds left, when Joe Bailey put in a fast break lay-up off a feed from Eric Massey that left the Gentry Center scoreboard reading 100-73 in UT Martin’s favor. The game marked the first time the Skyhawks had gone off for 100 points since the season-opening 121-56 win over Maryville, and the first time UT Martin had scored 100 or more points against a Division-I opponent since their 106-86 win against the same Tennessee State team at home on Jan. 11, 2003.

UT Martin 99 • Jacksonville State 74 Feb. 12, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Lester Hudson scored 19 points in the second half to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin to a 99-74 victory over visiting Jacksonville State tonight in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Ohio Valley Conference victory was the Skyhawks’ ninth consecutive win and 15th in their last 16 games. The Skyhawks are now 17-6 on the year and 10-3 overall. The 17 victories this season matches last year’s 17 wins, the most the Skyhawks have ever won in a single season since playing NCAA Division I basketball. The game was never in question as the Skyhawks jumped out to a 17-5 advantage when senior Olajide Hay made a layup with 15:09 to play in the first half. The Skyhawks stretched the lead to 20 points with Reuben Clayton’s dunk with 5:56 to play before the break. The Skyhawks led 48-31 at the half. Hudson finished the first half with eight points, while sophomore Marquis Weddle added 10 points. The Skyhawks blew the game open when Clayton hit a layup with 3:59 to play. The layup gave the Skyhawks a 29-point lead, 92-63. Hudson finished the game with 27 points, while Hay added 13 points. Weddle tossed in a dozen points and sophomore Benzor Simmons finished the game with 12 points. Jeremy Bynum and Nick Murphy scored 12 points each to lead Jacksonville State (11-13, 5-10 OVC).

UT Martin 100 • 16-6, 9-3 OVC ##

Player

00 02 04 05 21 01 03 10 15 20 22 24 40

RIEDEWALD, Djero LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester HAY, Olajide SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CONGIUSTA, Ben CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 18-36 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin overcame a dismal shooting performance in the first half and rallied from a two-point deficit to hold off visiting Tennessee Tech (11-15, 5-11 OVC), 71-62, Saturday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Senior Lester Hudson recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 33 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Skyhawks to their tenth consecutive Ohio Valley Conference victory. Sophomore Marquis Weddle tossed in 17 points, while sophomore Reuben Clayton came off the bench to add 11 points. The Skyhawks are 18-6 overall and 11-3 in the OVC race. The 18 wins are the most in a single season for the Skyhawks since they began playing NCAA Division I basketball in 1992. The ten consecutive wins equal streaks set back in 1982 and 1983. The Skyhawks fell behind early as Tech jumped out to a 23-10 lead when freshman Kevin Murphy sank two free throws with 12:05 to play in the first half. Delrico Lane ignited an 11-2 run with a steal and a layup with 11:26 to go in the half. Hudson capped off the run with a jumper at 6:01 that cut Tech’s lead to four points, 25-21. The Skyhawks tied the game at 30-all with two Weddle free throws, and Hudson added a layup to put the home team up 33-32 with 1:58 to play before the intermission. Tech’s Frank Davis knocked down a 3-pointer with 25 seconds on the clock and the Skyhawks trailed 35-33 at the break. The halftime deficit marked the ninth time this season the Skyhawks were behind at the break. The Skyhawks are now 5-4 on the year when they trail at halftime. Tech shot 48 percent from the field in the first half and made four 3-pointers. Murphy scored 12 of his team-high 23 points in the first half, while Daniel Northern grabbed eight of his game-high 17 rebounds in the half. The Skyhawks shot 33 percent from the field and only hit 5-of-15 3-pointers in the first half. The Skyhawks opened the second half with a Hudson jumper that knotted the game at 35-all. Hudson tied the game again at 41-all and Weddle tied it at 45-45 when he drained a 3-pointer with 10:41 to play in the game. Olajide Hay had a stick back with 10:22 to play that gave the Skyhawks a 47-45 advantage. With 33 seconds left in the contest, Clayton put the exclamation point on the win with a thundering dunk to give the Skyhawks a 68-60 advantage.

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Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 18 2-4 0-1 1-2 3 1 4 2 5 4 4 0 2 33 2-10 0-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 26 13-27 4-9 4-4 3 7 10 4 34 8 2 0 3 35 7-9 0-0 7-7 5 4 9 3 21 0 2 3 0 34 2-3 0-0 3-3 0 2 2 1 7 0 1 0 2 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8-11 1-3 3-4 1 2 3 4 20 0 1 0 3 22 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 37-69 5-19 21-25 17 22 39 19 100 14 12 5 12 200 Game: 37-69 53.6% Game: 5-19 26.3% Game: 21-25 84.0%

2nd half: 19-33 57.6% 2nd half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 19-23 82.6%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Tennessee State 73 • 6-17, 4-9 OVC ##

Player

03 04 10 30 42 05 20 22 24 32 33 40

HOUSTON, Jerrell CRUTCHER, Jeremiah PETERS, Wil SMITH, Parker JORDAN, Gershom FUNDERBURKE, Lonnie COX, Darius ROBINSON, JR., Geral GREGORY, Joshua SHOECRAFT, Derek GAITER, Emanuel EVANS, Stephen Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 14-32 43.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%

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Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF 6-10 0-0 0-0 4 6 10 4 7-13 4-9 0-0 1 2 3 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 1-6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1-8 0-0 2-4 4 0 4 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 4-5 1-1 4-7 1 4 5 3 1-5 0-2 4-4 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 5-6 0-0 4-7 1 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 2 5 27-61 5-17 14-22 15 16 31 21

TP 12 18 2 2 4 0 13 6 0 2 14 0

A TO Blk Stl 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 4 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

73 14 19

Game: 27-61 44.3% Game: 5-17 29.4% Game: 14-22 63.6%

2nd half: 13-29 44.8% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 10-15 66.7%

Min 29 30 23 22 15 5 22 23 4 7 17 3

7 200 Deadball Rebounds 5

Officials: R-Darnell Spann, U1-Mark Morrison, U2-Jeff O'Malley Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 4987 Score by periods UT Martin Tennessee State

1st 2nd

Total

39 35

100 73

61 38

Jacksonville State 74 • 11-13 (5-10 OVC) ##

Player

HALL, Stephen ROBINSON, Geddes TOLES, Jonathan BRAY, DeAndre BYNUM, Jeremy CRAWFORD, Brandon MURPHY, Nick BARNES, John MBODJI, Amadou LEEDS, Jacques Team Totals

11 03 05 14 01 13 21 22 33

FG % 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

5-5 0-1 2-6 1-4 4-7 3-11 3-7 3-5 2-3 2-4

0-0 0-0 1-3 1-3 2-4 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0

25-53

7-17

1-2 2-4 3-3 1-2 2-2 0-0 6-6 1-2 0-0 1-4

1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 6 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 17-25 12 16 28 16

2nd half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd half: 8-12 66.7%

A TO Blk Stl

11 2 8 4 12 7 12 9 4 5

0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

9 12

5 200

Game: 25-53 47.2% Game: 7-17 41.2% Game: 17-25 68.0%

Min

18 9 31 24 19 32 22 11 12 22

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

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Player

21 02 04 05 01 03 10 15 20 22 24 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 20-32 62.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 3-4 f 6-12 g 3-4 g 5-11 g 11-21 3-3 0-0 1-1 3-6 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 4-4

0-0 0-0 2-3 0-3 5-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

40-68

8-22

1-2 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2

5 3 8 1 3 2 5 4 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 3 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 2 3 11-18 17 20 37 20

2nd half: 20-36 55.6% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0%

A TO Blk Stl

7 13 8 12 27 12 0 2 6 0 3 0 0 9

0 0 7 0 6 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 99 23 10

Min

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

7 200

Game: 40-68 58.8% Game: 8-22 36.4% Game: 11-18 61.1%

20 21 28 18 34 20 3 2 27 4 3 2 3 15

Deadball Rebounds 0,4

Officials: Gene Menees, James Hicks, Rick Shoulders Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3629 Score by periods Jacksonville State UT Martin

UT Martin 71 • Tennessee Tech 62 Feb. 14, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center

* * * * *

1st 2nd

31 48

Total

43 51

74 99

Tennessee Tech 62 • 11-15 (5-11 OVC) ##

Player

JONES, Alfred MURPHY, Kevin NORTHERN, Daniel MUHAMMAD, Elijah DAVIS, Frank WALKER, Zac BARNES, Will DAVIS, Alex LINDSAY, DJ INAMETI, Bassey BAILEY, Zach Team Totals

55 20 10 30 12 21 22 23 32 42

FG % 1st Half: 11-23 47.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

2-4 5-14 5-8 3-9 3-7 0-0 1-4 0-2 0-4 1-1 0-2

0-2 2-5 0-0 0-3 3-7 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0

20-55 2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

5-20

9-32 1-10 8-12

0-0 11-12 3-7 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0

2 2 4 2 1 4 5 2 4 13 17 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 6 17-26 13 27 40 18

28.1% 10.0% 66.7%

A TO Blk Stl

4 23 13 7 9 0 2 0 2 2 0

1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 19

1 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 1

1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0

Min

28 33 36 25 31 1 10 7 12 5 12

7 13 200

Game: 20-55 36.4% Game: 5-20 25.0% Game: 17-26 65.4%

Deadball Rebounds 0,4

UT Martin 71 • 18-6 (11-3 OVC) ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 03 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 12-36 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-15 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 0-1 f 1-4 g 2-3 g 5-14 g 13-29 0-0 0-1 4-9 0-3

0-0 0-0 1-2 4-9 2-11 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

25-64

7-23

1 6 7 5 2 2 4 3 0 5 5 2 0 2 2 1 5 6 11 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 14-20 14 28 42 21

2nd half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 10-14 71.4%

0-0 0-0 1-3 3-4 5-5 0-2 0-0 3-4 2-2

Game: 25-64 39.1% Game: 7-23 30.4% Game: 14-20 70.0%

A TO Blk Stl

0 2 6 17 33 0 0 11 2

0 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 1

1 2 2 3 3 0 0 4 0

71 12 15

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1

1 1 5 1 3 0 0 2 0

Min

29 27 31 32 38 11 3 19 10

6 13 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Bill Forehand, Scott Johnson, Brandon Pipkin Technical fouls: Tennessee Tech-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3311 Score by periods Tennessee Tech UT Martin

1st 2nd

35 33

27 38

Total

62 71

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 76 • 19-6, 12-3 ovc

UT Martin 76 • Eastern Illinois 60 Feb. 18, 2009 • Charleston, Ill. • Lantz Arena CHARLESTON, Ill. - Sophomore Marquis Weddle scored 14 of his team-high 25 points in the second half tonight, as The University of Tennessee at Martin reeled oﬀ their 11th straight victory and 17th out of their last 18 tries in a 76-60 victory over the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Lantz Arena tonight. Weddle, who went 9-for-19 from the floor (5-of-11 from three-point range), came just one point shy of breaking his seasonhigh of 26 points, which was set in the season-opening victory over Maryville. Tonight’s performance also marked the first time since the Jacksonville State game on Jan. 17 that the Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference guard went for more than 20 points. Senior guard Lester Hudson, who had led the team in scoring in the team’s previous 25 games dating back to last season, extended his streak of being the only statistically-ranked NCAA Division-I team to score at least 20 points in every game played. Hudson finished the night with 22 points, hitting a season-high five treys on nine attempts. Hudson also led UT Martin with a team-high nine rebounds and dished out a game-high six assists. For Eastern Illinois (11-15, 8-8 OVC), Romain Martin tossed in a game-high 27 points, and junior center Ousmane Cisse recorded a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. The win matched the most consecutive victories in Skyhawk history, which has occurred two other times. The first streak took place during the 1985-1986 season, and the other 11-game win streak happened in the 1986-1987 season. The win also catapulted UT Martin (19-6, 12-3 OVC) into first place in the OVC standings, as Morehead State fell 74-70 earlier tonight at Eastern Kentucky to move their conference mark to 12-4. At the break, Martin’s 12 points led all scorers, while Weddle had 11 points on a game-high three treys. Hudson also made three treys for the Skyhawks at the break, as UT Martin was held to 33.3 shooting from the floor, while the Panthers shot 44 percent from the field. Martin and the Panthers came out on a scoring frenzy to begin the second half of play, as Martin scored five straight points in 1:08 to tie the game at 29-all. Three more ties ensued before UT Martin created some separation, going on an 11-2 run that was capped oﬀ by a Djero Riedewald lay-up at the 11:30 mark. Eastern Illinois would never get closer than 10 points the rest of the way, thanks to Weddle. The sophomore from Union City scored eight of the team’s next 10 points, putting the Skyhawks up 66-49 at the 4:37 mark. The Skyhawks would lead by as many as 21 points on the second of two Hudson free throws with 1:27 left in the game.

UT Martin 77 • Missouri State 79 Feb. 21, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Kyle Weems hit a floater that rolled around the rim before falling through net with one second on the clock to lead visiting Missouri State to a 79-77 men’s basketball victory over The University of Tennessee at Martin Saturday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The win ended UT Martin’s 11-game winning streak and Missouri State’s five-game losing slide. The setback also marks the first time in four years that UT Martin has lost an ESPNU BracketBuster game. The Skyhawks are now 19-7 overall while Missouri State improves to 11-17. Missouri State’s Spencer Laurie made a layup with 1:56 to play in the game to knot the score at 75-all. UT Martin’s Benzor Simmons answered with a bucket with 1:42 to go, but Missouri State’s Chris Cooks tied the game at 77-77 with a putback with 1:14 to play. Down the stretch both teams had a chance to score. Missouri State turned the ball over with 1:02 to play, while UT Martin’s Delrico Lane missed a 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play. Olajide Hay tried to grab the rebound, but the ball was out-of-bounds and Missouri State took the ball out. Once the Bears crossed half court they called time out with 7.2 seconds showing on the clock. Once the ball was inbounded Weems drove the left side of the lane and let go of the one-handed floater. UT Martin’s Marquis Weddle led all scorers with 26 points, while senior Lester Hudson added 20 points. Simmons finished the game with 11 points. Missouri State’s Cardell McFarland and Will Creekmore scored 15 points each, while Cooks added 14 points and Weems tossed in 11 points. UT Martin battled from behind for most of the game. Weddle tied it at 58-all with 11:40 to play and then gave the Skyhawks a 61-60 lead when he knocked down a 3-pointer. McFarland drained back-to-back 3-pointers and then completed an old fashion three-point play with 5:17 to play to account for three of those possessions. The Skyhawks enjoyed their biggest advantage, a four-point lead 75-71, when Hudson hit an eight-foot jumper in the paint. The first half was diﬀerent as the Skyhawks struggled throughout, trailing by nine points, 23-14, with 11:48. Hudson played 11 minutes in the game and was forced to the bench with three personal fouls. Despite Hudson’s departure the Skyhawks battled back and made it a one-point game, 39-38, when Simmons hit two free throws with 2:19 to go. With five seconds left in the half, Creekmore drained a 3-pointer to give Missouri State a 47-39 advantage at the half.

UT Martin 59 • Murray State 74 Feb. 23, 2009 • Murray, Ky. • Regional Special Events Center MURRAY, Ky. - The University of Tennessee at Martin high-powered oﬀense was held in check tonight, putting together their second-lowest scoring output of the season in a 74-59 loss at Murray State at the Regional Special Events Center. UT Martin (19-8, 12-4 Ohio Valley Conference) entered tonight’s game averaging 80.0 points per outing - the highest of any team in the OVC - but could only muster 59 points. In the process, UT Martin shot only eight percent from beyond the three-point arc, connecting on only two of their 24 attempts. Sophomore Benzor Simmons put in 15 points to tie a team-high for the Skyhawks, as Lester Hudson also scored 15 points for UT Martin. Marquis Weddle netted 10 points for the Skyhawks, who have dropped two straight after winning a school-record 11 straight games. For the Racers (16-11, 11-5 OVC), Isacc Miles accumulated a triple-double with 13 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds. Freshman Ivan Aska collected game-highs of 23 points and 11 rebounds, while Danero Thomas (15 points) and Tyler Holloway (13 points) also scored in double-figures. UT Martin began the game on an 8-0 run, as the Skyhawk defense held the Racers scoreless until the 15:58 mark, when Miles converted on an old-fashioned three-point play. That three-point play set the tone for a Racer 10-4 run over the next 3:39 to cut the Skyhawk lead to one possession at 12-10. After both teams combined for only one bucket over the next 5:04, Murray State tied the game at 15-all with a Thomas trey at the 6:47 mark. The Skyhawks then scored five unanswered points, but the Racers took their first lead at with 3:09 left before the break on a Miles layup. The lead would change hands four more times, with the last UT Martin lead coming on a pair of Hudson free throws with 2:24 left to make the score 28-27 in the Skyhawks’ favor. Murray State then scored 12 consecutive points to end the half, the last coming on a Matt Fraliex three-pointer from the left wing with three seconds left that left UT Martin down 40-28 at the break. At the half, Aska led all scorers with 12 points, as Hudson led the Skyhawks with nine points on 7-of-7 shooting from the charity stripe. The Racers’ 12 point halftime lead was due in large part to their three-point shooting, as they hit 6-of-14 from beyond the arc, as opposed to the Skyhawks’ 1-for-10 performance from long range. After Murray State scored the first three points of the second half, the Skyhawks broke their cold drought in a big way by scoring the next 11 points to cut the deficit to 43-39 with 15:33 left to play. The Skyhawks would again go cold from the floor - going scoreless for a span of 4:24 - while Murray State pushed the lead back out to 11 at 54-43. UT Martin cut the lead to seven on a Reuben Clayton reverse lay-up at the 6:19 mark but wouldn’t get any closer - as Murray State led by as many as 20 points on a Thomas layup with 45 seconds left.

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Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 15 40

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

3-5 4-5 0-1 9-19 6-17 0-2 3-5 1-1

0-0 0-0 0-0 5-11 5-9 0-0 2-3 0-0

1-3 2-3 0-1 2-3 5-6 2-2 0-0 0-0

1 1 2 3 3 4 7 1 1 5 6 1 1 3 4 4 1 8 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 6 0 1 1 2 26-55 12-23 12-18 11 25 36 14

2nd half: 15-22 68.2% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 11-14 78.6%

FG % 1st Half: 11-33 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% FT % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

A TO Blk Stl

7 10 0 25 22 2 8 2

0 1 4 1 6 1 4 0

Min

1 2 2 2 5 0 1 2

1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1

76 17 15

5 200

Game: 26-55 47.3% Game: 12-23 52.2% Game: 12-18 66.7%

31 25 30 33 38 8 20 15

Deadball Rebounds 2

Eastern Illinois 60 • 11-15, 8-8 ovc Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

PARRISH, Billy CISSE, Ousmane LASER, Tyler MARTIN, Romain MARION, T.J. WRIGHT, Jr., Dewayne SMITH, Jay GRANGER, Jeremy DORLACK, Matt SULJIC, Edin Team Totals

45 02 10 30 05 20 23 32 41

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%

f 1-4 c 5-9 g 3-8 g 11-19 g 2-5 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-2 23-52

0-1 0-0 0-1 4-9 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-4 0-0 2-2 4-6 0-0 0-0

4-12

10-15

2nd half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 10-13 76.9%

1 3 4 2 5 6 11 4 0 2 2 4 1 3 4 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 29 18

A TO Blk Stl

2 10 8 27 5 2 2 4 0 0

1 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 2

4 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 60 15 15

Min

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

6 200

Game: 23-52 44.2% Game: 4-12 33.3% Game: 10-15 66.7%

31 27 29 37 35 9 4 13 8 7

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Greg Rennegarbe, Dave Draucker, Rob Wolff Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Eastern Illinois-None. Attendance: 1773 EIU Senior Night - #12 Billy Parrish Score by periods UT Martin Eastern Illinois

1st 2nd

29 24

Total

47 36

Points UTM EIU

76 60

In Paint 22 24

Last FG - UTM 2nd-01:42, EIU 2nd-01:19. Largest lead - UTM by 21 2nd-01:22, EIU by 3 1st-13:46.

Off T/O 15 15

2nd Fast Chance Break 11 8 9 4

Bench 12 8

Score tied - 7 times. Lead changed - 6 times.

Missouri State 79 • 11-17 ##

Player

Cooks,Chris Weems,Kyle Knapp,Wade Fuehrmeyer,Justin McFarland,Cardell Creekmore,Will Laurie,Spencer Jehle,Ryan Rhine,Isaiah Team Totals

34 15 00 23 02 10 30 50

FG % 1st Half: 16-32 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-15 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 10-11 90.9%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

5-9 3-11 2-5 0-0 5-7 6-7 3-7 3-5 1-2

2-5 1-6 0-0 0-0 2-3 1-1 1-4 0-1 0-0

28-53

7-20

2-2 4-4 3-4 0-0 3-3 2-5 2-2 0-1 0-0

1 5 6 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 16-21 11 17 28 23

2nd half: 12-21 57.1% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0%

A TO Blk Stl

14 11 7 0 15 15 9 6 2

4 4 0 1 1 0 5 1 0

3 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 79 16 14

Min

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

5 200

Game: 28-53 52.8% Game: 7-20 35.0% Game: 16-21 76.2%

34 30 22 15 22 28 31 13 5

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

UT Martin 77 • 19-7 ##

Player

SIMMONS, Benzor HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 03 15 20 40

FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% FT % 1st Half: 13-15 86.7%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

2-6 3-4 0-1 9-18 8-18 1-1 0-4 0-1 2-2

1-2 0-0 0-1 4-10 1-7 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

25-55

6-21

6-6 2-2 4-4 4-4 3-4 0-2 2-2 0-0 0-0

3 1 4 2 4 1 5 4 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 6 7 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 21-24 14 17 31 21

2nd half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd half: 8-9 88.9%

A TO Blk Stl

11 8 4 26 20 2 2 0 4

0 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 0

Min

2 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

77 10 11

4 200

Game: 25-55 45.5% Game: 6-21 28.6% Game: 21-24 87.5%

28 28 28 34 31 15 22 3 11

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

Officials: David Maracich, Mark Mayhood, Sean Casey Technical fouls: Missouri State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 3231 Score by periods Missouri State UT Martin

1st 2nd

47 39

Total

32 38

79 77

UT Martin 59 • 19-8, 12-4 OVC ##

Player

SIMMONS, Benzor HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 03 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 10-30 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% FT % 1st Half: 7-7 100.0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f g g g

7-10 2-5 3-8 4-17 4-20 0-0 4-5 0-0

0-2 0-0 0-3 2-8 0-10 0-0 0-1 0-0

1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 7-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

24-65

2-24

9-9

2nd half: 14-35 40.0% 2nd half: 1-14 7.1% 2nd half: 2-2 100.0

3 3 6 4 2 2 4 3 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 1 2 6 8 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 14 21 35 18

A TO Blk Stl

15 4 7 10 15 0 8 0

0 1 2 0 4 0 1 0

1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1

1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0

8 12

7 200

Game: 24-65 36.9% Game: 2-24 8.3% Game: 9-9 100.0

Min

29 36 28 34 37 7 21 8

Deadball Rebounds 0

Murray State 74 • 16-11, 11-5 OVC ##

Player

THOMAS, Danero McCLAIN, Jeffery EASLEY, Tony MILES, Isacc HOLLOWAY, Tyler FRALIEX, Matt THOMAS, Kevin ASKA, Ivan FOTSO, Georges Team Totals

22 43 00 04 02 10 42 50

FG % 1st Half: 15-34 44.1% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

6-14 2-3 1-1 4-14 4-11 1-2 0-1 9-14 0-0

3-5 0-0 0-0 1-7 3-8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

27-60

8-21

0 4 4 2 3 3 6 1 1 2 3 3 3 7 10 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 6 5 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 12-17 14 27 41 15

2nd half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

0-0 1-2 0-0 4-6 2-2 0-0 0-0 5-7 0-0

Game: 27-60 45.0% Game: 8-21 38.1% Game: 12-17 70.6%

A TO Blk Stl

15 0 5 0 2 0 13 11 13 1 3 1 0 3 23 0 0 1

Min

3 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0

25 25 16 35 35 8 20 35 1

74 17 13

5 200 Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Ted Kessler, John St. Clair, Mike Litzfelner Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Murray State-None. Attendance: 4214 Score by periods UT Martin Murray State

1st 2nd

28 40

31 34

Total

59 74

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS UT Martin 74 • Eastern Kentucky 55 Feb. 26, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Olajide Hay turned in a career night with 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team to a 74-55 victory over Eastern Kentucky University and a share of the Ohio Valley Conference regular season title Thursday night in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. UT Martin will close out its regular season at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, against visiting Morehead State. If UT Martin wins Saturday night’s contest it will claim the OVC regular season championship outright and grab the league’s No. 1 seed in next week’s postseason tournament. A loss would still guarantee the Skyhawks a home game in the first round of the tournament. The Skyhawks scored the first four points of the game and stretched their lead to 11 points, 17-6, with senior Djero Riedewald’s dunk with 9:56 to play in the first half. The Skyhawks enjoyed three 11-point advantages in the first half. Hay scored 12 first-half points and had seven rebounds as the Skyhawks led 32-23 at the break. The Skyhawks stretched their lead to 24 points in the second half when senior Lester Hudson made a layup with 12:12 to play in the game. Hudson finished the game with 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists, while sophomore Marquis Weddle tossed in 16 points. The Skyhawks shot 51 percent from the field and out-rebounded EKU 40-27. Papa Oppong led the visiting Colonels with 11 points. The Skyhawks enter Saturday’s game against Morehead State with a 20-8 overall record and a 13-4 OVC worksheet.

UT Martin 79 • Morehead State 65 Feb. 28, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center MARTIN, Tenn. - Sophomore Marquis Weddle scored a season-high 30 points while senior Lester Hudson netted 27 points to lead The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team to a 79-65 victory over visiting Morehead State and its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship. “This is very rewarding,” said Bret Campbell the Skyhawks’ head coach. “I am extremely proud of our players and coaching and the focus they maintained throughout the season. It’s been a longtime coming. It’s very rewarding that it is here and we can embrace the moment.” The Skyhawks will advance to the OVC tournament as the No. 1 seed and host No. 8 Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m., Tuesday in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The winner advances to the semifinals at the Sommet Center in Nashville. “Our goal is to go the NCAA tournament,” Campbell said. “We have some more work to do.” The Skyhawks jumped out to a 31-13 lead with 5:39 to play in the first half and never looked back although Morehead State threatened with a 13-5 run to close the half. Of the 31 points, Weddle and Hudson combined for 28, and finished the first half with 14 points each. They were a combined 6-for-15 from 3-point range. The Skyhawks led 36-26 at the break. In the second half the Skyhawks stretched their lead to 20 points, 53-33, when Eric Massey hit two free throws with 14:40 to play. Kenneth Faried led Morehead State’s eﬀort with 14 points and 15 rebounds. He helped Morehead State win the battle on the boards, 41-38. Despite being out-rebound, Hudson led the Skyhawks’ charge with a career-high 13 rebounds. Hudson also had five steals and five assists and two blocks in the game. UT Martin 93 • Tennessee Tech 75 OVC Tournament First Round Mar. 3, 2009 • Martin, Tenn. • Kathleen and Tom Elam Center

Eastern Kentucky 55 • 18-11 (10-7 OVC)

Player

TAYLOR, Josh WIERSMA, Ryan JONES, Joshua ROSE, Mike STOMMES, Justin MESTDAGH, Robin OPPONG, Papa GILKEY, Antonio CAMACHO, Jorge ELLIS, Dayvon HUNTER, Deveyon Team Totals

44 05 20 31 03 11 12 15 23 33

FG % 1st Half: 8-31 3FG % 1st Half: 4-16 FT % 1st Half: 3-4

44 •2008-09 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

25.8% 25.0% 75.0%

f f g g g

2-10 0-0 2-6 3-14 2-7 0-1 3-7 3-5 2-4 1-2 0-0

1-7 0-0 1-3 1-4 2-5 0-1 3-6 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0

18-56

9-27

2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 2-3 0-0 0-0

1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 10-11 10 17 27 12

2nd half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 7-7 100.0

A TO Blk Stl

7 0 5 7 8 0 11 8 6 3 0

1 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0

1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 55 13 10

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0

7 200

Game: 18-56 32.1% Game: 9-27 33.3% Game: 10-11 90.9%

16 14 26 32 30 10 27 8 23 13 1

Deadball Rebounds 0

UT Martin 74 • 20-8 (13-4 OVC) ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ BAILEY, Joe MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 15 20 22 40

FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-12 16.7% FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 2-3 f 10-12 g 1-2 g 6-18 g 8-18 2-4 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 1-2 4-13 1-8 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2

30-58

7-25

7-8

2nd half: 15-26 57.7% 2nd half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd half: 7-8 87.5%

0 2 2 0 4 8 12 3 1 4 5 2 1 2 3 0 1 8 9 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 4 12 28 40 13

A TO Blk Stl

4 1 22 2 4 10 16 0 17 6 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 74 22 11

Min

2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 200

Game: 30-58 51.7% Game: 7-25 28.0% Game: 7-8 87.5%

25 32 34 38 39 14 7 1 1 9

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

Officials: Rick Shoulders, Rick O'Neill, Rob Kruger Technical fouls: Eastern Kentucky-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 4355 Score by periods Eastern Kentucky UT Martin

1st 2nd

23 32

Total

32 42

55 74

Morehead State 65 • 16-15 (12-6 OVC) ##

Player

STALLWORTH, Maze BUCHANAN, Leon FARIED, Kenneth SHINGLES, Brandon HARPER, Demonte BROWN, Cecil HILL, Terrance COLEMAN, Andreas ECHOLS, Derick LAMB, John PETERSON, Steve Team Totals

33 35 15 22 02 11 12 24 25 32

FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

4-7 5-10 6-10 5-7 3-17 0-1 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4

3-6 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-6 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3

25-61

5-21

1-1 2-4 2-6 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

2 1 3 4 3 4 7 2 3 12 15 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 3 1 4 10-18 16 25 41 17

2nd half: 14-35 40.0% 2nd half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0%

A TO Blk Stl

12 13 14 10 9 0 3 0 0 2 2

2 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Min

1 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

65 12 17

2 200

Game: 25-61 41.0% Game: 5-21 23.8% Game: 10-18 55.6%

30 38 36 35 34 1 12 1 1 1 11

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

UT Martin 79 • 21-8 (14-4 OVC) ##

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ BAILEY, Joe HOOD, Daron IRARRAZABAL, Andres MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 03 15 20 22 24 25 40

FG % 1st Half: 12-35 34.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-15 40.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 3-3 f 0-1 g 0-1 g 11-21 g 8-29 2-2 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-1 8-14 3-9 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 0-0 4-4 0-0 8-8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4

2 2 4 4 0 2 2 4 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 5 8 13 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 3 1 4 25-63 12-27 17-20 13 25 38 19

2nd half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7%

A TO Blk Stl

Min

7 0 4 30 27 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3

0 2 5 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

26 33 31 34 37 9 0+ 18 0+ 1 0+ 0+ 11

1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

79 15 10

0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

5 10 200

Game: 25-63 39.7% Game: 12-27 44.4% Game: 17-20 85.0%

Deadball Rebounds 0,3

Officials: Bret Smith, Greg Rennegarbe, James Durham Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 4826 UTM: Clinches outright regular-season Ohio Valley Conference Championship. Score by periods Morehead State UT Martin

1st 2nd

26 36

Total

39 43

65 79

Tennessee Tech 75 • 12-18 ##

Player

INAMETI, Bassey MURPHY, Kevin NORTHERN, Daniel MUHAMMAD, Elijah DAVIS, Frank WALKER, Zac BARNES, Will DAVIS, Alex LINDSAY, DJ JONES, Alfred BAILEY, Zach Team Totals

55 20 10

MARTIN, Tenn. - Senior Lester Hudson scored a career-high with 42 points as The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team posted a 93-75 victory over Tennessee Tech Tuesday night in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. The Skyhawks (22-8), seeded No. 1 in the eight-team tournament, will advance to the semifinals at the Sommet Center in Nashville where they will face No. 4 seed Morehead State. Tipoff is set for Friday at 6 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPNU. This will be UT Martin’s second consecutive trip to the OVC Tournament semifinals. The Skyhawks, seeded fourth, suffered a 78-77 lost to No. 1 seed Austin Peay in last year’s tournament. “We talked about how this was the last game on our home court for the seniors and how special this was for Lester to have a night like this,” the Skyhawks head coach Bret Campbell said. “Somebody said Lester was in a shooting slump, but he came out of it tonight.” En route to his career high in scoring, Hudson tied his own mark for most 3-pointers made in a game (8); and set a new school record for most field goals attempted (1,276). Hudson’s eight 3-pointers was one off the tournament record set by UT Martin teammate Marquis Weddle in last year’s triple overtime victory over Samford. The Skyhawks jumped out to a 43-33 lead at halftime. Hudson netted 18 points in the first half and was 6-of-11 from the field and 4-of-8 from behind the arch. Senior Olajide Hay was 5-for-5 from the field and added 10-first half point to the tally. Hay finished the game with 17 points. He was perfect from the field on eight attempts. Hay’s layup with six minutes to play in the game gave the Skyhawks an 87-64 advantage. The 23-point cushion was the biggest of the game for the home team. “We played extremely well, very hard, and very focused,” Campbell said. Tech was paced by Daniel Northern who scored 18 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Freshman Kevin Murphy scored 14 points, while Alfred Jones added 13 points. Hudson said the key to the game was the Skyhawks’ defense. “We played very hard and played good defense early,” he said.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

30 12 21 22 23 34 42

FG % 1st Half: 14-36 38.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f f c g g

2-3 5-15 7-12 0-6 2-6 0-0 1-5 1-3 4-9 5-7 2-4

0-0 1-5 0-0 0-3 2-5 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-3 1-2 0-1

29-70

5-23

1 0 1 3 3 2 5 1 5 7 12 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 5 12-14 22 17 39 16

2nd half: 15-34 44.1% 2nd half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd half: 9-10 90.0%

0-0 3-4 4-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2

A TO Blk Stl

4 14 18 0 7 0 3 2 8 13 6

1 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

1 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 12

Min

1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0

0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 200

Game: 29-70 41.4% Game: 5-23 21.7% Game: 12-14 85.7%

16 29 34 23 25 1 17 7 14 16 18

Deadball Rebounds 0,1

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Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor CLAYTON, Reuben MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 15 40

FG % 1st Half: 17-35 48.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-15 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

f 2-6 f 8-8 g 0-3 g 4-11 g 15-24 2-5 4-7 1-1

0-0 0-0 0-3 1-6 8-13 1-2 0-2 0-0

3 0 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 5 9 3 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 8 36-65 10-26 11-17 16 20 36 14

2nd half: 19-30 63.3% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0%

2-3 1-1 0-2 2-2 4-5 2-4 0-0 0-0

Game: 36-65 55.4% Game: 10-26 38.5% Game: 11-17 64.7%

A TO Blk Stl

6 17 0 11 42 7 8 2

0 0 9 1 6 0 4 0

2 0 3 1 2 0 1 0

0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1

0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0

Min

93 20

5 200

20 32 32 30 37 21 20 8

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

Officials: Kevin Mathis, Brandon Pipkin, Craig Murley Technical fouls: Tennessee Tech-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Quarterfinals: (8) Tennessee Tech at (1) UT Martin UTM: Advances to OVC semifinals to face Morehead State on Friday at 6 pm. Score by periods Tennessee Tech UT Martin

1st 2nd

33 43

42 50

Total

75 93

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GAME-BY-GAME RECAPS/RECORDS Morehead State 63 • 18-15

UT Martin 55 • Morehead State 63 OVC Tournament Semifinals Mar. 6, 2009 • Nashville, Tenn. • Sommet Center

Player

STALLWORTH, Maze BUCHANAN, Leon FARIED, Kenneth SHINGLES, Brandon HARPER, Demonte BROWN, Cecil MURRY, Robert HILL, Terrance COLEMAN, Andreas ECHOLS, Derick LAMB, John PETERSON, Steve Team Totals

33 35 15

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lester Hudson put in a game-high 34 points on 11-of-24 shooting, but it ultimately wasn’t enough for The University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawks, who fell 63-55 to the Morehead State Eagles in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals at the Sommet Center tonight. Three nights after Hudson scored a career-high 42 points and nailed eight three-pointers against Tennessee Tech in the OVC Tournament quarterfinals, the senior from Memphis hit seven of his 12 three-point attempts tonight. Hudson also led the team with 10 rebounds for his 21st career double-double. Benzor Simmons was the next-leading scorer for the Skyhawks (22-9), scoring seven points. Olajide Hay and Delrico Lane each poured in five points, and Reuben Clayton (three points) and Eric Massey (one point) also contributed to round out the scoring for UT Martin. For Morehead State, Kenneth Faried scored 22 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds. Maze Stallworth (13 points) was the only other player to reach double-figures for the Eagles, who advance to the OVC Finals tomorrow at 7 p.m. against the winner of the Austin Peay/Murray State semifinal matchup later tonight. The start of the game was a back-and-forth affair between two All-OVC First Teamers in Hudson and Faried, as the two combined to score 14 of the game’s first 18 points. UT Martin held the lead until Morehead State used a 16-3 run over the next 7:52 to push their lead out to 22-13 with 7:48 left before the half. At the half UT Martin trailed 30-24 and it was Hudson’s 16 points that led all scorers, but the rest of the Skyhawks had only combined for eight points on 2-for-10 shooting. The 24 point halftime total was the second lowest first half output for the Skyhawks this season, as UT Martin scored 17 points in the first 20 minutes at USC on Nov. 28, 2008. Faried had 11 points and six rebounds at the break to pace Morehead State. Morehead State opened up their lead to 10 twice in the first five minutes of the second half, but the Skyhawks clawed their way back. Thanks to a 10-1 run capped off by a Clayton trey on the right wing, UT Martin had sliced the Morehead State lead to one at 41-40 with 12:14 left to play. The Skyhawks went cold from the floor once again, allowing Morehead State to go on a 7-0 run that made the score 48-40 with 10:01 left in the game. After Morehead State led by nine at the 7:36 mark, the Skyhawks went on a 5-0 run that was capped off by a pair of Hudson free throws that made the score 53-49 with 4:31 left. However, that was the closest the Skyhawks would get the rest of the way, as Morehead State hit just enough free throws - six out of 12 - to take the game by a final margin of 63-55.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

22 02 10 11 12 24 25 32

FG % 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0%

f f c g g

4-11 2-6 9-14 3-5 2-9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-3

3-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2

20-50

4-19

2-3 5-8 4-6 3-4 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2

2 4 6 2 2 3 5 4 8 9 17 4 1 0 1 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 2 2 4 19-29 18 22 40 20

2nd half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 12-19 63.2%

A TO Blk Stl

Min

13 9 22 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

39 35 32 36 34 6 0+ 1 0+ 1 1 15

9 10

6 200

Game: 20-50 40.0% Game: 4-19 21.1% Game: 19-29 65.5%

Deadball Rebounds 6

UT Martin 55 • 22-9 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

RIEDEWALD, Djero HAY, Olajide LANE, Delrico WEDDLE, Marquis HUDSON, Lester SIMMONS, Benzor MPONDO, Dominique CLAYTON, Reuben BROWN, MJ MASSEY, Eric Team Totals

21 02 04 05 01 03 15 20 40

FG % 1st Half: 8-23 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 FT % 1st Half: 4-6

34.8% 36.4% 66.7%

f 0-1 f 2-2 g 1-5 g 0-4 g 11-24 3-6 0-0 1-5 0-0 0-1

0-0 0-0 0-3 0-2 7-12 0-1 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

18-48

8-21

1 1 2 1 2 0 2 5 0 4 4 4 1 3 4 2 5 5 10 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 11-18 11 16 27 20

2nd half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3%

0-0 1-2 3-4 0-0 5-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4

A TO Blk Stl

0 5 5 0 34 7 0 3 0 1

0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

4 200

Game: 18-48 37.5% Game: 8-21 38.1% Game: 11-18 61.1%

Min

14 25 34 26 40 27 2 19 1 12

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Kevin Mathis, Gary Rennegarbe, Bret Miles Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: Morehead State advances to 2009 OVC Men's Tournament Championship game vs. winner Austin Peay/Murray State 3-7, 7 p.m. Score by periods Morehead State UT Martin

1st 2nd

30 24

33 31

Total

63 55

Points MOR UTM

In Paint 30 16

Off T/O 11 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 18 3 11 3

Bench 2 11

UT MARTIN RECORD BOOK AT A GLANCE Team Game Records

Individual Season Records

Most Points: 129 vs. Miles (12-17-86) Most Field Goals Made: 51, of 91, vs. Union (2-27-73); vs. Lambuth (11-22-82) Most Field Goals Attempted: 98 vs. North Central (12-3-80) Best Field Goal Percentage: .672, 41 of 61 vs. Tennessee State (1-11-03) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 15 of 31 vs. Morehead State (12-17-07) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 37, 14 made vs. Samford 3-4-08) Most Free Throws Made: 48, of 67, vs. Cumberland (11-30-87) Most Free Throws Attempted: 67, 48 made, vs. Cumberland (11-30-87) Best Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, 16 of 16, vs. Christian Brothers (11-29-99) & 16 of 16, at Southeast Missouri (2-26-05) Most Rebounds: 68 vs. Union (2-19-74); vs. Troy State (2-24-79) Most Assists: 37 vs. Bethel (12-14-02) Most Blocks: 11 vs. Bethel (12-3-01) Most Steals: 24 vs. Maryville University (11-14-08) Largest Victory: 76 points, 113-37 vs. St. Louis Christian (1-5-91) Largest Defeat: 74 points, 124-50 at Kentucky (11-26-94)

Most Points: 847, Lester Hudson (2007-08); 847, Lester Hudson (2008-09) Most Field Goals Made 301-of-673, Lester Hudson (2008-09) Most Field Goals Attempted: 673, 301 made, Lester Hudson (2008-09) Best Field Goal Percentage: .693, 169 of 244, Sam Cherry (1983-84) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 124 of 320, Lester Hudson (2007-08) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 320, Lester Hudson (2007-08) Most Free Throws Made: 150, of 210, Marcus Glass (1985-86) Most Free Throws Attempted: 210, 150 made, Marcus Glass (1985-86) Best Free Throw Percentage: .879, 145-of-165, Lester Hudson (2008-09) Most Rebounds: 320, Marcus Glass (1985-86) Most Assists: 209, Larry Martin (1982-83) Most Blocked Shots: 78, Jack Bendure (1969-70) Most Steals: 94, Lester Hudson (2007-08)

Individual Career Records Most Points: 1,729, Mike Meschede (1984-88) Most Field Goals Made: 592, of 1,300, Lester Hudson (2007-present) Most Field Goals Attempted: 1300, 592 made Lester Hudson (2007-present) Best Field Goal Percentage: .685, 265 of 387, Sam Cherry (1983-85) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 302, of 763, DeWayne Powell (1992-96) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 763, 302 made, DeWayne Powell (1992-96) Most Free Throws Made: 415, of 510, Mike Meschede (1984-88) Most Free Throws Attempted: 510, 415 made, Mike Meschede, (1984-88) Best Free Throw Percentage: . 856, 286 of 334 Lester Hudson (2007-present) Most Rebounds: 794, Mike Rudolphi (1967-70) Most Assists: 397, Kyle Herrin (1983-87) Most Blocked Shots: 183, Jack Bendure (1969-72) Most Steals: 263, DeWayne “Pooh” Powell (1992-96)

Team Season Records Most Points: 2,560 (2007-08) Most Field Goals Made: 933, of 1,799 (1982-83) Most Field Goals Attempted: 2,031, 892 made (2007-08) Best Field Goal Percentage: .521, 826 of 1,585 (1984-85) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 309 of 897 (2007-08) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 897, 309 made (2007-08) Most Free Throws Made: 557 of 776 (1983-84) Most Free Throws Attempted: 776, 557 made (1983-84) Best Free Throw Percentage: 74.1, 554 of 748 (1985-86) Most Rebounds: 37.2 avg., 33 games, 1,227 total (2007-08) Most Assists: 472 (1985-86); (2001-02) Most Blocks: 133 (1969-70) Most Steals: 310 (2001-02)

Miscellaneous Records

Individual Game Records Most Points: 44, Okechi Egbe vs. Bethel (11-20-00) Most Field Goals Made: 18, of 25, Larry Carter vs. Freed-Hardeman (1-29-76) Most Field Goals Attempted: 31, 15 made, Jim Martin vs. UT Chattanooga (2-13-74) Best Field Goal Percentage: 1.000, 10 of 10, Jack King vs. Christian Brothers (11-27-57) Most 3-Point Field Goals Made: 10, of 14, Mike Meschede vs. Mississippi College (1-16-88) Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 21, 9 made, Marquis Weddle vs. Samford (3-4-08) Most Free Throws Made: 17, of 19, Mitch Steinford vs. Southeast Missouri State (1-3-84) Most Free Throws Attempted: 24, Marcus Glass vs. Bethel (12-2-85) Best Free Throw Percentage: 1.000, 13-for-13 Lester Hudson vs. Fordham (12-28-08) Most Rebounds: 27, Darrell Smith vs. Maryville (12-20-80) Most Assists: 16, Kyle Herrin vs. Miles (12-17-86) Most Blocked Shots: 11, Jack Bendure vs. Union (1-17-70) Most Steals: 10, Lester Hudson vs. Central Baptist (11-13-07)

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Most Consecutive Free Throws: 27, Lester Hudson (2008-09) Widest Winning Margin: 76 vs. St. Louis Christian (1-5-91) Most Victories in a Season: 22 (2008-09) Longest Winning Streak at Home: 25 (1981-82 to 1982-83, 1983-84 to 1984-85) Highest Scoring Average: 84.4 (1985-86) Lowest Scoring Average: 57.4 (1981-82) Lowest Scoring Game: UT Martin 17, Delta State 11 (3-1-83) Most Home Wins in a Season: 18 (1985-86) School’s Longest Winning Streak: 11 (2008-09) *Includes only performances against four-year colleges.

2008-09 UT MARTIN BASKETBALL POSTSEASON GUIDE •

THE RECORD BOOKS INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS Points t1. t1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

847 847 664 625 616 573 565 546 528 527

Free Throws Attempted Lester Hudson Lester Hudson Mike Meschede Marcus Glass Michael Hart Jerry Davis Marquis Weddle Mitch Stentiford Gus Rudolph Jared Newson

2008-09 2007-08 1987-88 1985-86 1995-96 1982-83 2007-08 1983-84 1982-83 2005-06

Field Goals Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. t6. t6. t8. t8. 10.

301 291 246 235 227 214 214 213 213 209

Lester Hudson Lester Hudson Michael Hart Marcus Glass Jerry Davis Mitch Stentiford Gus Rudolph Larry Carter Don McDonald Mike Meschede

673 627 506 487 469 456 449 436 420 415

Lester Hudson Lester Hudson Marcus Glass Marquis Weddle Mike Meschede Don McDonald Mitch Stentiford Michael Hart Gus Rudolph Fred Sanders

124 100 99 98 94 91 91 77 77 76

Lester Hudson Lester Hudson Marquis Weddle Earl Bullock Mike Meschede Marquis Weddle DeWayne Powell Mike Hansen DeWayne Powell DeWayne Powell

320 294 282 278 264 251 223 201 178 178 173

Lester Hudson Marquis Weddle Lester Hudson Earl Bullock Marquis Weddle DeWayne Powell Mike Meschede DeWayne Powell Mike Hansen DeWayne Powell Jason Ohlsen

Points 1985-86 2004-05 1991-92 1987-88 2005-06 1982-83 2005-06 1995-96 1986-87 2007-08

1. 2. 3. t4. t4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

320 315 313 305 305 291 267 262 259 255

Marcus Glass Gus Rudolph Mike Rudolphi Darrell Smith Mike Rudolphi Fred Sanders Roy Cotton Darrell Smith Lester Hudson Ryan DeMichael

1985-86 1982-83 1968-69 1980-81 1969-70 1972-73 1987-88 1981-82 2007-08 1997-98

1. t2. t2. 4. t5. t5. t7. t7. 9. 10.

209 160 160 159 155 155 148 148 146 143

Larry Martin Eric Rivers Larry Martin Kyle Herrin Delrico Lane Jair Peralta Ryan Owens Lester Hudson Tyler George Arthur Boykin

1982-83 1985-86 1981-82 1984-85 2008-09 2001-02 1995-96 2007-08 2003-04 1974-75

Jack Bendure Jeremy Sargent Jack Bendure Ryan DeMichael Jeremy Sargent Roy Cotton Ryan DeMichael Jack Bendure Fred Sanders Roy Cotton Marcus Glass Fred Sanders

1969-70 2001-02 1970-71 1997-98 2000-01 1987-88 1998-99 1971-72 1971-72 1986-87 1985-86 1972-73

Blocks 2007-08 2008-09 2007-08 2002-03 1987-88 2008-09 1995-96 1988-89 1994-95 1993-94

3-Pt FGA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. t9. t9. 10.

Marcus Glass Jared Newson Tim Britt Mike Meschede Jared Newson Jerry Davis Jeremy Kelly Michael Hart Roy Cotton Lester Hudson

Assists 2008-09 2007-08 1985-86 2007-08 1987-88 1969-70 1983-84 1995-96 1982-83 1972-73

3-Pt FGM 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. t6. t6. t8. t8. 10.

210 190 188 182 182 176 173 172 169 169

Rebounds 2008-09 2007-08 1995-96 1985-86 1982-83 1983-84 1982-83 1976-77 1969-70 1987-88

Field Goals Attempted 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. 2. 3. t4. t4. 6. 7. 8. t9. t9.

2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2002-03 2008-09 1995-96 1987-88 1993-94 1988-89 1994-95 1997-98

1. 78 2. 74 3. 66 t4. 52 t4. 52 6. 50 7. 49 t8. 39 t8. 39 t10. 38 t10. 38 t10. 38

94 74 74 73 73 69 69 68 65 61

Lester Hudson William McFadden Andrae Betts Lester Hudson Larry Martin Delrico Lane DeWayne Powell DeWayne Powell DeWayne Powell DeWayne Powell

2007-08 1996-97 1999-00 2008-09 1981-82 2008-09 1993-94 1994-95 1992-93 1995-96

Free Throws Made 1. 2. 3. t4. t4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

150 147 145 141 141 133 129 125 123 119

Marcus Glass Mike Meschede Lester Hudson Jared Newson Lester Hudson Jeremy Kelly Jared Newson Tim Britt Michael Hart Jerry Davis

1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1729 1694 1626 1347 1332 1213 1119 1115 1094 1075

Free Throws Attempted Mike Meschede 1984-88 Lester Hudson 2007-present DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Jared Newson 2003-06 Mitch Stentiford 1981-84 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Michael Hart 1994-96 Marcus Glass 1984-86 Cleve Woodfork 2003-07 Don Hubbard 1978-82

1985-86 1987-88 2008-09 2004-05 2007-08 2005-06 2005-06 1991-92 1995-96 1982-83

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1. 2. 3. 4. t5. t5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

526 510 412 378 348 348 344 342 334 324

Jared Newson 2003-06 Mike Meschede 1984-88 Cleve Woodfork 2003-07 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Tim Britt 1991-93 Don Hubbard 1978-82 Mitch Stentiford 1981-84 Marcus Glass 1984-86 Lester Hudson 2007-present Michael Hart 1994-96

Field Goals Made

Rebounds

1. 592 Lester Hudson 2007-present 2. 575 Mike Meschede 1984-88 3. 525 Mitch Stentiford 1981-84 4. 522 DeWayne Powell 1992-96 5. 452 Jared Newson 2003-06 6. 443 Michael Hart 1994-96 7. 432 Don Hubbard 1978-82 8. 431 Marcus Glass 1984-86 9. 421 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 10. 414 Ryan DeMichael 1995-99

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Field Goals Attempted

Assists

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1300 1272 1206 1054 1016 1003 913 910 871 862

Lester Hudson 2007-present Mike Meschede 1984-88 DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Mitch Stentiford 1981-84 Jared Newson 2003-06 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Don Hubbard 1978-82 Marquis Weddle 2007-present Demarko Wright 1993-97 Okechi Egbe 2000-03

3-Pt FGM

Steals 1. t2. t2. t4. t4. t6. t6. 8. 9. 10.

CAREER RECORDS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. t8. t8. 10.

302 224 190 152 147 144 122 89 89 80

DeWayne Powell Lester Hudson Marquis Weddle Earl Bullock Demarko Wright Mike Meschede Jeremy Kelly Marcus Washington Okechi Egbe Gerald Robinson

763 602 558 470 423 368 335 249 245 242

397 369 359 339 330 287 276 260 257 244

Mike Rudolphi 1967-70 Ryan DeMichael 1995-00 Will Lewis 2003-07 Darrell Smith 1980-82 Marcus Glass 1984-86 Cleve Woodfork 2003-07 Jared Newson 2003-06 Roy Cotton 1986-88 Lester Hudson 2007-present Jack Bendure 1969-72

Kyle Herrin 1983-87 Larry Martin 1981-83 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Arthur Boykin 1972-75 DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Terry Pearcy 1974-78 Lester Hudson 2007-present Andrae Betts 1998-00 Mike Meschede 1984-88 Ryan Owens 1995-97

Blocks 1992-96 2007-08 2007-08 2002-05 1993-97 1984-88 2001-06 1988-92 2000-03 2006-08

3-Pt FGA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

794 649 592 567 564 545 535 503 501 500

DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Lester Hudson 2007-present Marquis Weddle 2007-present Earl Bullock 2002-05 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Demarko Wright 1993-97 Mike Meschede 1984-88 Okechi Egbe 2000-03 Marcus Washington 1988-92 Gerald Robinson 2006-08

1. 183 2. 126 - 126 4. 88 5. 77 6. 70 7. 64 8. 60 9. 47 t10. 43 t10. 43

Jack Bendure 1969-72 Jeremy Sargent 2000-02 Ryan DeMichael 1995-99 Roy Cotton 1986-88 Fred Sanders 1971-73 Marcus Glass 1984-86 Will Lewis 2003-07 Kenan Asceric 2000-04 Sam Cherry 1983-85 Jerry Davis 1982-83, 84-85 Jared Newson 2003-06

Steals 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

263 175 167 154 132 131 128 120 117 114

DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Lester Hudson 2007-present Mike Meschede 1984-88 Andrae Betts 1998-00 Larry Martin 1981-83 Jared Newson 2003-06 Marcus Washington 1988-92 Jon Roos 1999-03 Willie Forbes 1982-86

Free Throws Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

415 378 286 284 282 280 263 249 248 240

Mike Meschede 1984-88 Jared Newson 2003-06 Lester Hudson 2007-present Cleve Woodfork 2003-07 Mitch Stentiford 1981-84 DeWayne Powell 1992-96 Don Hubbard 1978-82 Jeremy Kelly 2001-06 Marcus Glass 1984-86 Tim Britt 1991-93

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POSTSEASON HISTORY First Team All-OVC

Division II All-Americans

Michael Hart ............................... 1995-96 Ryan DeMichael ......................... 1997-98 Jared Newson ............................. 2005-06 Lester Hudson ............................ 2007-08 Lester Hudson ............................ 2008-09

Marcus Glass............................... 1985-86 Basketball Times Third Team

Second Team All-OVC Tim Brit ........................................ 1992-93 DeWayne Powell ........................ 1993-94 DeWayne Powell ........................ 1994-95 Michael Hart ............................... 1994-95 DeWayne Powell ........................ 1995-96 Ryan DeMichael ......................... 1998-99 Brian Foster ................................. 2000-01 Brian Foster ................................. 2001-02 Gerald Robinson......................... 2007-08

Third Team All-OVC Jeremy Sargent ........................... 2001-02 Earl Bullock ................................. 2002-03 Joey Walker ................................. 2002-03 Jared Newson ............................. 2003-04

OVC All-Newcomer DeWayne Powell ........................ 1992-93 Michael Hart ............................... 1994-95 Gerald Robinson......................... 2006-07 Lester Hudson ............................ 2007-08 Marquis Weddle ......................... 2007-08 Delrico Lane ................................ 2008-09

OVC All-Tournament Lester Hudson ............................ 2007-08 Lester Hudson ............................ 2008-09

OVC Player of the Year

Division I All-Americans Lester Hudson ............................ 2007-08 Associated Press Honorable Mention CollegeInsider.com CollegeHoops.net Second Team Lester Hudson ............................ 2008-09 FoxSports.com Mid-Major

Fred Sanders ............................... 1972-73 Jim Martin ................................... 1973-74 Larry Carter ................................ 1976-77 Larry Brooks ............................... 1981-82 Darrell Smith............................... 1981-82 Jerry Davis................................... 1982-83 Gus Rudolph ............................... 1982-83 Mitch Stentiford ......................... 1982-83 Marcus Glass............................... 1985-86 Mike Meschede........................... 1986-87 Mike Meschede........................... 1987-88 Roy Cotton .................................. 1987-88 Shannon Redmond .................... 1989-90

Regular-Season Championships 2008-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Overall: 22-9, OVC: 14-4

Gulf South Conference 1982-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall: 21-10, GSC: 11-3 1987-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overall: 20-8, GSC: 12-4

All-GSC Second Team Jack Bendure ............................... 1971-72 Marcus McLemore ..................... 1971-72 Vic Quinn .................................... 1972-73 Joe Boddie ................................... 1977-78 Don Hubbard.............................. 1979-80 Don Hubbard.............................. 1980-81

GSC Coach of the Year Tom Hancock.............................. 1982-83

GSC Player of the Year

OVC Freshman of the Year

Jerry Davis................................... 1982-83 Mike Meschede........................... 1987-88

OVC Newcomer of the Year

Ohio Valley Conference

Regular-Season Championships

All-GSC First Team

Lester Hudson ............................ 2007-08 Lester Hudson ............................. 2008-09

Okechi Egbe ................................ 1999-00 Marquis Weddle ......................... 2007-08

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

GSC Rookie of the Year Shannon Redmond .................... 1989-90

Michael Hart ............................... 1994-95 Brian Foster ................................. 2000-01 Earl Bullock ................................. 2002-03

OVC Coach of the Year Cal Luther ................................... 1995-96 Bret Campbell ............................. 2008-09

NOTABLE UT MARTIN BASKETBALL ALUMNI Leonard Hamilton (1969-71)

Jared Newson (2003-06)

Leonard Hamilton, who is the current head coach of the Florida State men’s basketball team, was the first African-American athlete to compete at The University of Tennessee at Martin. In his two years with the men’s basketball program he put together a Hall of Fame worthy career and was inducted as part of the inaugural UT Martin Hall of Fame class in 1983. Hamilton graduated with the program’s all-time assist record (206), which has since been broken. As a senior Hamilton averaged 11.7 ppg, was named the team’s most valuable player and best defensive player, was selected to the all-conference first team along with being selected to play on the Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star Team. Hamilton was also very popular on campus being voted “Mr. UTM” by the student body.

Jared Newson played three seasons for The University of Tennessee at Martin and is currently playing professionally in Germany for the Brose Baskets Bamberg Club. Newson has been a two-time German All-Star and won the 2007 German All-Star Day Slam Dunk Contest. At UT Martin Newson played three seasons and graduated as the third all-time leading scorer with 1,347 career points. He also ranked No. 7 on the career rebound charts and No. 4 all-time in field goals made and attempted. Newson also ranked No. 2 in career free throws made with 378 while also still holding the record for free throws attempted.

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NEWS CLIPPINGS Rivals.com, David Fox 3/3/09

HUDSON MAKING MOST OF DECISION TO STAY IN SCHOOL MARTIN, Tenn. – NBA scouts and front-oﬃce personnel dissected UT Martin guard Lester Hudson in the weeks leading up to last year’s draft, but his toughest tests came in his hometown of Memphis. His family and friends in a crime-ridden area of Memphis hoped he would make the jump to the NBA. But Hudson, who averaged 25.7 points as a junior, told them they would have to wait.

“Everything didn’t go too well because everyone was coming down to see Lester Hudson explode and score and do what I did in college,” he said. “I didn’t have an agent, so I didn’t know what was going on in the NBA. When I started going to the individual workouts, they said it hurt me that I was just distributing the ball. They said they saw what I was doing, but they wanted to see me scoring.”

Lester Hudson ignored the pleas of family and friends who wanted him to turn pro last year.

Hudson and Campbell said NBA personnel oﬃcials still are divided as to whether he projects as a point guard or a combo guard at the next level. Campbell said he believes Hudson can excel in the pros the same way he does in college – as a scoring combo guard.

“They wanted me to go big-time and wanted me to make money,” Hudson said. “I wanted to do that, too, to help my family and friends out and the people that helped me. … [But] I didn’t want to rush myself out into a fast life and mess myself up because my family and friends were struggling.” Hudson – who is 6 feet 2 and 190 pounds – told them what NBA people told him: He needed more polish and thus wasn’t a guaranteed first-round pick. He also wanted to get a college degree. Eventually, his family and friends changed their minds. “We’ve been broke all this time,” Hudson said. “I told them another year wouldn’t hurt.” Hudson won’t find out until June’s NBA draft whether the decision pays oﬀ, but in the interim, he is leading UT Martin into unfamiliar territory. Hudson ranks among the nation’s leading scorers – at 26.6 points per game, he trails only Davidson’s Stephen Curry nationally – and the Skyhawks are hoping to earn their first NCAA tournament bid. UT Martin won the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title and is the top seed in the league tournament, which begins tonight with a game against Tennessee Tech in Martin. The tourney’s firstround games are on campus sites; the semifinals and final will be played this weekend in Nashville. Until this season, UT Martin’s only claim to basketball fame was that the school produced Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt. “Lester Hudson has put UT Martin basketball on the college map,” Skyhawks coach Bret Campbell said. “The publicity we’ve gotten through Lester Hudson has been unbelievable. … He’s got a pretty good story to sell.” Over the past two years, reporters from across the country have stopped by Martin, a small town in northwest Tennessee of about 11,000 people, to tell Hudson’s story. He grew up in gang-infested south Memphis, shuttling from one family member’s house to another’s. He steered clear of trouble – but also steered clear of classes at times, too. When he was eligible, basketball gave him focus. But he was ruled ineligible as a senior at Memphis’ Central High because he already had played four seasons of high school basketball – he repeated ninth grade – and fell back into old habits, skipping classes before dropping out of high school. Eventually he realized he had made a mistake and set about earning his GED. He then enrolled at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis at the urging of his high school coach. There, UT Martin assistant Jason James found him. When Hudson arrived at UT Martin, he had to pay his own way for the first year as a partial qualifier. But unlike his senior year in high school, Hudson maintained his focus on school. He was given a scholarship for the 2007-08 season and announced his arrival by scoring 35 points against Memphis in his first college game. In his third college game, he recorded the only quadrupledouble (25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals) in Division I history, against Central Baptist (Ark.).

Nevertheless, Hudson has used his senior season to improve his ball-handling and defense, another area where he struggled in the pre-draft camp. Hudson’s draft stock varies wildly. He was projected by most as a late first or early second-round pick when he pulled out in June. ESPN projects him in the same area this year. DraftExpress.com projects Hudson as the 22nd pick in the second round. NBADraft. net does not project him to be drafted at all. Hudson is unsure if he will attend the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a seniors-only event in April. Skipping the event could affect his draft stock, but much can happen between now and the June 25 draft - especially once Hudson begins working with individual teams. “At 6-0, 6-1 maybe, he’s going to have to play [point guard],” said Ryan Blake, the assistant director of scouting with Marty Blake and Associates, a basketball scouting firm; Marty Blake is the director of scouting services for the NBA. “I know in our league we don’t have set positions, but to maximize your skills and versatility, he has to play the point. Hudson’s age and experience could turn out to be a plus for him in the NBA. “I feel he’s more of a weapon with the ball in his hands and surrounded by good players. It’s going to be tough for him as a 6-0, 6-1 ‘2 guard.’ “ Another area that draws interest is Hudson’s age. In a time of oneand-done college players, Hudson will be 24 when he enters the draft. He’s older than three of the top 10 scorers in the NBA right now – LeBron James, Al Jefferson and Kevin Durant. Though he may be nearing his athletic peak, some teams may look at Hudson’s age and his experience as a plus. “I think it’s great,” Blake said. “You take the adversity he faced and he comes out of it. He wants to prove he’s going to go to school and get his degree. He has that will. He has a drive to improve and get better.” Coaches say his maturity served him well during his decisionmaking for the draft. Hudson has insulated himself with a small circle of confidants – Campbell and James from UT Martin, his high school and junior college coaches and a friend from high school. A Memphis-based attorney also advised Hudson during the early entry process. “He’s learned who to trust and who not to,” James said. “He can make those logical decisions. … I give him a lot of credit. He made the decision by himself. He made a difficult decision that was better from him.” If the NBA is a short-lived dream, Hudson said he will be able to fall back on his education. He is 16 credits shy of a University Studies degree, with plans to be a physical education teacher and coach if the NBA is not in his future. First, though, there is some more work to be done, like getting the Skyhawks into the NCAA tournament for the first time. “I think I made the right decision,” Hudson said.

Hudson said sitting out the 2006-07 season was a turning point. “I learned to be responsible for my own self,” he said. “My mom and dad – they tried their best, but the only thing they can do is give birth to me and teach me right from wrong, which they did. I wanted to take it in my own hands and be a man and try to do stuﬀ on my own. I did that that year, and it paid oﬀ.”

David Fox is a national writer for Rivals.com. He can be reached at dfox@rivals.com.

Hudson leaned on lessons learned that season when he had to make the decision to stay or go pro last year. He struggled in his workouts at the NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Orlando, Fla., in May. He plays shooting guard at UT Martin, but played the point at the camp in Orlando.

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TheBracketBusters.com, Justin Kundrat, 1/24/09 ALL MID-MAJOR SG: LESTER HUDSON Lester Hudson truly is one of the most remarkable players in the country. A juniorcollege transfer who arrived at TennesseeMartin in the 2007-08 season and then declared for the NBA draft, but weeks after returned to school. However, it is very easy to overlook Hudson, who plays for a school like Tennessee-Martin (who?!?) in one of the worst conferences, one that never gets more than one bid. Mr. Hudson has everything working for him though and don’t expect that to change over the course of the season. Ohio Valley Conference play has been a breeze for him, and although the Skyhawks were off to a rough start, Hudson has helped them back onto their feet with five straight wins by an average of 14 points per game. He has also led them to the best overall record in the conference and put them in an excellent position to win the OVC championship bid. To rephrase what I am trying to say, there is no stopping Lester Hudson. Tennessee couldn’t do it, USC couldn’t do it, and nobody else in the conference can do it. Hudson’s lowest scoring total this season has been 20 points, which would help us understand how he is second in the country in scoring with 27.2 points per game. For a 6-2, 190 guard, he also rebounds at an unusually high rate. Somehow, even against bigger opponents, he pulls down 7.3 rebounds per game and 3.9 assists complemented by more than 2.5 steals and a block or two. In fact, last year he recorded a quadruple-double in points, rebounds, assists, and steals, the only one in Division 1 history. I have never seen someone do so much for his team on offense while still putting himself on the line on defense. Hudson has the body, athleticism, shooting skills, strength, and intangible instincts to be a successful NBA point guard and scouts are finally beginning to realize it. Think about it this way. Lester Hudson is as important to Tennessee-Martin as Stephen Curry is to Davidson. He is a scoring machine and their primary source for offense, and without him they are a mediocre team. There is no such thing as a night off for Hudson because the Skyhawks cannot afford to rest him for more than six minutes a game, as goes with Curry who is responsible for a majority of the scoring load. This will not be the last time you see me write about Hudson, because if there is anyone more deserving of national recognition, it is him.

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The Mid-Majority.com/Kyle Whelliston, Feb. 23, 2009

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HELP WANTED FOR HUDSON

HUDSON LEADS FAVORITE UT MARTIN INTO OVC TOURNEY

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NASHVILLE - UT Martin piggybacked on senior guard Lester Hudson for most of Friday’s Ohio Valley Conference semifinal game, but Hudson could not carry the Skyhawks to their firstever conference championship contest. But Hudson pulled, pushed, prodded and tried everything else in the 63-55 loss to Morehead State in the Sommet Center. The OVC Player of the Year scored 34 of UTM’s 55 points and grabbed 10 of the Skyhawks’ paltry 27 rebounds. “I am more upset for No. 5 (Hudson) than anybody else,” said UTM coach Bret Campbell. “He came to play, and he didn’t get any help. “Lester makes his teammates better, but his teammates didn’t allow that to happen.” With the loss, UTM’s storybook run to what would have been its first OVC championship game and potentially first NCAA tournament appearance comes to an end. “After everything he has done for this program, we couldn’t let him dance,” Campbell said. “It is disappointing that the country won’t see him in the NCAA’s field of (65).” Because UTM secured the OVC regular-season title, the Skyhawks get an automatic spot in the National Invitation Tournament. Those brackets will be determined after the NCAA field is selected on March 15. “Our main goal was the NCAA (tournament),” Hudson said. “But all I can say is that we have to keep our head up and keep putting God first. “We just have to go out and play our best in the NIT.” Hudson hopes that his team’s “best” will be a lot better than Friday’s performance. The Skyhawks’ 55 points were their lowest total in OVC play, and the second-lowest total of the season (43 points against Southern Cal). Hudson shot 11-of-24, including 7-of-12 from 3-point range, while his teammates mustered just 7-of-24 and 1-of-9, respectively. Sophomore guard Marquis Weddle, who dropped 30 points in a 15-point win against MSU six days before, was held scoreless on 0-of-4 shooting. The rest of the team couldn’t even help from the free-throw line. Hudson drained 5-of-6 while the others shot 6-of-12. But most importantly, the Skyhawks missed of 3-of-4 attempts when they were down 57-51 with two minutes remaining. With the Skyhawks trailing 57-52, Morehead State gutted the comeback attempt with eight rebounds in the final four minutes. Several of those extended Eagles’ possessions and limited the Skyhawks offensive chances. Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried led the way with 22 points and 17 rebounds - part of a 40-27 rebounding edge, including 18 offensive rebounds. “We always think we can come back, and we thought we would, but Faried grabbed almost every rebound down the stretch,” Campbell said. Hudson was forced to play a do-it-himself style for most of the game, but Hudson attempted just three shots in the last four minutes of the game, making a 3-pointer to pull to 61-55 with 16 seconds remaining. “Lester is great player, and he still scored 35 points when it was our plan to crowd him,” said MSU coach Donnie Tyndall. “But we went to a zone and cheated toward him the last five minutes. “We figured the other players would be reluctant to shoot in a high-pressure, tournament environment.” Tyndall said Weddle and Reuben Clayton were capable guards, and Clayton’s 3-pointer capped a 10-1 run that sliced the Eagle lead to 41-40 ar the 12-minute mark. But MSU answered quickly with a 7-0 spurt, and the Skyhawks never got closer than four points. Tyndall said fewer turnovers and physical post play were the main difference’s in Friday’s win and the recent loss to the Skyhawks. MSU had just 10 turnovers Friday compared to 17 on Feb. 28, cutting UTM’s points off turnovers from 30 points to just 12. “They weren’t able to get out in transition offense, which means Hudson doesn’t get easy baskets and shooters like Weddle can’t get going,” Tyndall said. “When Hudson scored, he was shooting over us or creating his own shot.” UTM sprinted to its characteristically fast start with a 7-2 run in the first three minutes, but scored just 11 points in the next 13 minutes to trail 29-18. The Skyhawks ended the half on a 6-1 run close the gap to 30-24.

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UTM IN THE FAST (LANE) UP LEAGUE LADDER Having Lester Hudson as a teammate has more than the obvious privileges. Delrico Lane is reaping some of those little-known benefits. “Having to defend against Lester Hudson in practice some times surely will make you better,” Lane grinned after helping UT Martin beat Eastern Illinois 65-51 Saturday night for its sixth straight victory. “It certainly helps you with your cardio.”

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LESTER HUDSON: CollegeHoops.net Interview 10 Questions.. with Tennessee-Martin star Lester Hudson. The senior do-everything guard is a statistical machine who burst onto the D1 scene last year. The reigning OVC Player of the Year is hoping to be a 2009 Lottery pick. 1. How does a 6’3” guard get so many rebounds? LH. I have a strong desire for the ball, and my wingspan (6’9”) helps too. I can also jump a bit, while timing the ball well and figuring out where it is going. I am a shooter, so I know how the ball comes oﬀ the rim. 2. What specific part of your game are you most proud of?

The junior college transfer continued to be an unsung hero in a hot stretch that has seen UTM win 12 of its last 13 games to rise to third place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings (7-3) and 14-6 overall. Inserted into the starting lineup at point guard 14 games ago, his latest stat line against EIU Saturday included eight assists, five steals, five rebounds and six points in 32 minutes of playing time. While Hudson rightfully garners the majority of the headlines for his all-around play and 27.2 points-per-game scoring average that is second in the nation, Lane’s contributions and UT Martin’s 12-2 record during that time have not gone unnoticed. “His production and what he’s brought to the team is immeasurable,” UTM head coach Bret Campbell said of Lane after Saturday’s triumph. “He gives us so many good things, and his aggressiveness is contagious. “It’s not a coincidence that we’ve been playing our best basketball lately with him in the lineup.” Lane, who underwent virtually the same surgical procedure in the preseason for a stress fracture in his leg that sidelined ex-Union City star MJ Brown two weeks, ago, has obviously fully recovered. He credited Campbell with stressing conditioning during his rehabilitation and said assistant coach Jason James has described his job as one similar to a “hunting dog.” “Your good hunting dogs don’t come in until everything is done, and they’re always hungry,” Lane said. “That’s how I see myself, I want to always be hungry to get everything done — be it passing the ball, rebounding or playing defense.” Lane also undertook the role of stopper on the Panthers’ Tyler Laser Saturday night, holding him to eight points in the second half after the EIU guard had put in 13 before intermission to help his club to a 31-30 halftime lead. “We made that switch to go with ’Rico on Laser in the second half and really challenged him at halftime,” Campbell confirmed. “He would’ve held him to five if he hadn’t have slipped down on one of his 3-pointers.” An overall second half defensive effort that saw UTM hold the visitors to just 20 points on 8-of-25 (32 percent) shooting was most telling in the Skyhawks’ Saturday victory. After falling behind 36-30 in the opening minutes of the second half, UT Martin limited EIU to just one field goal over a nearly 10-minute span when it outscored the Panthers 19-2 to take over the contest. The second of three Hudson 3-pointers during that span gave the Skyhawks the lead for good at 38-36 with 14:30 to play, and Lane’s trey then capped a flurry of 11 unanswered points. UTM went on to lead by as many as 16. Hudson finished just one rebound shy of his sixth double-double of the season — ending up with 29 points and nine rebounds — extending his streak of being the only Division I player to score 20 or more points in every game this season. Easily the highlight of his latest stellar effort came with just less than five minutes to go when he soared high to grab an offensive rebound and crammed home the stickback dunk before coming back to the floor. Former UCHS standout Marquis Weddle struggled with his shooting touch (4-of-17), though still reached double figures with 12 points as all of his buckets were from beyond the arc. UT Martin won’t play this week until Saturday when it ventures to Murray, where it will try to complete a season sweep for the first time ever against a Racer team it edged 75-71 at the Elam Center on Jan. 5.

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LH. I think I am a good all-around player, so no specific part. 3. What do you have left to prove after being named OVC player of the year last season? LH. I would like to repeat as OVC player of the year, and try to be an AP All-American (1st-team, specifically). I also want to be a leader to my teammates in the right way: working hard every day, not taking days off, etc. I would also like to win the OVC and win at least 2 games in the NCAA Tournament. 4. What was it like last year when you became the first D-I player to ever record a quadruple-double (25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals vs. Central Baptist)? LH. I was just playing my regular game and doing everything as usual, and did not realize I was close to doing that: in fact, I think the only time I had even heard of the term was when David Robinson did it once. My coach (Bret Campbell) was going to take me out towards the end, but the guy on our bench who keeps our stats told him to keep me in, and the rest of the bench told me to get 1 more steal. The guy I was guarding used a crossover a lot, so I just waited for it and then got the steal to finish it off, and then Coach took me out and congratulated me. 5. What impact has Coach Campbell had on you? LH. Coach Campbell is a great guy, and had a part in everything I am doing. He had a lot to do with last year’s success: he told me I needed a better jump shot to become a complete player, so I worked on my jumper during my redshirt year, and it worked out for me well last year. 6. What were the reasons for your academic problems before you got to TennesseeMartin? LH. I was kind of lazy and just did not like school, and I put basketball first before anything else. As I got older, I realized that I had to do the schoolwork in order to play basketball, so I have tried my best to make the best grades I can. I love basketball, and did not like when it was taken away from me because of academics. 7. What happened with the NBA draft last summer? LH. I wanted to test the draft waters: sometimes you only get one chance to fulfill your dream and play in the NBA. I thought it over some more as the deadline rolled around: everyone told me I would go early in the second round, and the teams that liked me in the first round could not promise to draft me in the first round. Coach Campbell told me that I could come back and definitely get drafted in the second round next year. In the end, I just did not want to leave until it was the way I wanted to: by winning a ring and getting my degree. It is very important for me to graduate I might even start crying when I get my diploma. My family/coaches/friends are very happy for me to have a chance to graduate, and I just feel blessed right now. 8. What do you feel is your best skill? LH. I am a scorer, but the coaches have told me to play ball. I got noticed for scoring, but the quadruple-double really took it to another level. I think another “skill” I have is just being an all-around player. It is rare for a guard my size to be able to do everything I do: some guys are good shooters or passers, but I try to do it all. If I get drafted, I will play whatever they want me to: I think I can play either the 1 or 2, both now and in the future. 9. What was it like growing up in Memphis? LH. It was really rough: kids want a lot of things but they cannot always get them, so it is easy to get into bad things like drugs and crime to get some money. However, you can also end up in jail and lose your dream, and I wanted to give myself a chance to play ball, so I am glad I got out of there and am happy with the outcome so far. My mom could not afford to buy me decent shoes, so I had to get cheap shoes, and kids would talk about them when they saw me on the court, so that is one reason why I have stayed strong. 10. Has it been very different this year after not getting to practice with the team this summer due to NBA pre-draft camp? LH. I did not get to work out like I wanted to, because I had to travel so much for workouts, but I do not think it will affect me too much.

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DenNews.com, Dan Cusack, 2/18/09

HUDSON PRESENTS THREAT FOR EIU MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM The Eastern men’s basketball team will have its hands full against Tennessee Martin on Wednesday night at Lantz Arena. Not only will the Panthers be playing against the top team in the Ohio Valley Conference - the Skyhawks - but they also have the task of trying to contain one of the nation’s top scorers. Skyhawk senior guard Lester Hudson is second in the nation in scoring, behind Davidson guard Stephen Curry, with 27.9 points per game. More impressively, Hudson is the only player in the nation to score 20 points a game. In addition to being a force on the scoreboard, Hudson is also a force in the paint averaging 7.6 rebounds per game and 4.1 assists per game. Hudson is projected by draftexpress.com as a late second round pick in this year’s NBA draft and the 18th best senior in the country. In Eastern’s 65-51 loss to the Skyhawks on Jan. 18 in Martin, Tenn., Hudson finished with a game-high 29 points. The senior ignited the Skyhawks on a 19-2 second half run in the second to come back and put away the Panthers after Eastern had led the game 31-20 at halftime. Eastern coach Mike Miller said one of the most impressive things about Hudson is that he makes his teammates better. He knows the Panthers will not be able to shut him down 100 percent, but it is important to limit Hudson’s teammates from scoring. The Skyhawks are averaging a league high 81.1 points per game, which means, although Hudson is a huge part of the Martin’s game, the rest of the team is also a threat to score a lot of points. The Panthers and the Skyhawks are entering the games on diﬀerent streaks. The Skyhawks have won their last 10 games, which ranks third in the nation. The Panthers have lost their last three games. The Panthers will not limit Hudson completely as no team in the nation has been able to so far. Eastern’s coaching staﬀ is right on keeping an eye on Hudson, while trying to limit the Skyhawks’ other players in giving them the best chance to win the game. It will also be important for the Panthers to get going early and get out to a lead because Martin can score in bunches and get up quick. And the Panthers don’t want to continue their losing steak. Eastern has qualified for the OVC Tournament, and can finish no worse then seventh. But the Panthers have an opportunity to win out and possibly host a first-round game in the conference tournament.

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NEWS CLIPPINGS MidMajority.com, Kyle Whelliston, 2/9/09

MMBOW #13: Lester Hudson, UT Martin Sure, we have our favorites. There are players who we enjoy watching endlessly, the mid-major stars who have stood in this space for the past five years and have gone on to great and lucrative levels. The next one in that class could be the 6-2 senior guard from a little school in the Tennessee backlands who has received three of these mentions this season, who’s lifted his team from obscurity to strong contention for a 2009 NCAA Tournament spot. Lester Hudson is our eighth, tenth and now 13th Mid-Majority Baller of the Week for the 200809 season. We didn’t have to tip the scales, employ confirmation bias or use questionable methods to come to this decision. Mr. Hudson really did have the best week of any mid-major player last week. He started with a 30 point, 10 rebound double-double on sorta-national television last Thursday at Austin Peay in our G!O!T!N! -- he shot 8 for 25, but hit 11 of 12 free throws to eclipse his season scoring average and lead the Skyhawks to an overtime win over the league champs. But his best single-game performance of the year came on Saturday. Against a deflated Tennessee State squad playing its first game with an interim coach, the Memphis native exploded for 34 points on 13-for-27 shooting, hit four 3’s and came within two assists of a triple-double with eight assists in a blowout 27-point win. The two-game swing came after a 12-day break that came about when a Jan. 28 game at Murray State was postponed due to weather, and of course, this all happened in the Skyhawks’ snappy dark blue jerseys, pictured above. After losing its first two OVC games away from home in December, Martin’s eight game win streak contains five road victories, and the team is now just a half-game behind Morehead State for first place at 9-3. Now, five of their last seven are at Skyhawk Arena, giving UTM a great chance to pull a top seed for the league tourney; it also gives what few home fans there are plenty of time to get one last glimpse of a future pro. (Our Bally contest of the week, which will be announced tomorrow, will also feature him -- so this is just part of the saturation bombing campaign.) This 64-point week drew him to within a single point of national scoring leader Stephen Curry, who’s averaging 28.7 ppg to the Skyhawk star’s 27.7. And while his assist-toturnover ratio would be a lot better if he’d just stop slashing to the hole and scoring all those damn points, we’re closely monitoring his 1.1:1 mark, which is just oﬀ last year’s 1.2:1; that’s what scouts have told us he needs to improve. But between now and NBA Pre-Draft Camp, he’s got a lot of stats to put up and some potential NCAA glory to grab. Congratulations on a great week, Mr. Hudson, our MIdMajority Baller of the Week.

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SportsIllustrated.com, John Gasaway, 1/30/09

THE ALL-UNDERRATED TEAM Well, that was fast. I know the season’s still young but that sound you just heard was the 2009 AllAmerica team already being locked into place. We all know who’s going to be on it, so let us not mention their names. Instead let’s look for the nation’s most underappreciated talent. We’ll call it the All-Underrated Team and the criteria are simple: 1. You must be having a phenomenal season while playing a major role on your team. 2. You must be someone who should be but is not usually included in any garden variety discussion of the best players in the country at your position. Let’s get to it, in alphabetical order. John Bryant, Santa Clara (6-10, 305, Sr.) Meet the best defensive rebounder in the country, better than Blake Griffin or DeJuan Blair. When he’s on the floor, Bryant gets to 35 percent of opponents’ misses. He’s also a very good shot-blocker. That’s enough to merit consideration for my team right there, but Bryant’s also a load for opponents on offense, hitting 59 percent of his twos and dominating the offensive glass. While Bryant might be All-Underrated nationally, he’s no secret in the WCC and faces constant double- and even tripleteams, making his production all the more impressive. Lee Cummard, BYU (6-7, 185, Sr.) Cummard has the astronomical scoring efficiency of a dutiful role player but he’s actually one third of the Cougars’ “big three” on offense, along with Jonathan Tavernari and Jimmer Fredette. His shots just go in, whether from the perimeter (he’s shooting 42 percent on his threes) or in the paint (he makes 59 percent of his twos). LaceDarius Dunn, Baylor (6-4 195, So.) Dunn is just about perfectly situated to be underrated. On the one hand he fits what I call the “Daequan Cook Criterion”, in honor of the former Ohio State shooting guard who would come off the bench, well, shooting. Same with Dunn. The casual fan will say “He doesn’t even start!” but the truth is Dunn, like Cook, was an elite recruit who chose to sign at a school with a deep and experienced backcourt. Dunn doesn’t start but during his minutes he shoots way more often than any other Bear. He should: Dunn is far and away Scott Drew’s most efficient scoring option. Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin (6-2, 190, Sr.) You might be vaguely aware of Hudson as the “L. Hudson” you always see right below the “S. Curry” on the list of the nation’s scoring leaders. He is indeed Curry-esque; or maybe Stephen Curry is Hudson-esque. One thing I know: Lester Hudson can play. Hudson not only averages 27 points a game, he does so efficiently, making a respectable 35 percent of his threes and 54 percent of his twos. An occasional point guard (again like Curry), Hudson has an excellent assist rate and shoots 87 percent from the line. Despite being just 6-2, he is his team’s best defensive rebounder and his steal rate puts him among the national leaders. Aaron Jackson, Duquesne (6-4, 185, Sr.) Jackson’s case is interesting because it demonstrates how a player that flourishes as a senior is almost always overlooked. If you’re going to play the way Jackson is playing point guard this season, better to do it as a freshman or even as a sophomore, so that you can get your name out there. Here’s how Jackson stacks up this year against a certain high-profile sophomore: The mystery player is Wake Forest’s Jeff Teague. Teague should be given a bit of a break here because he plays a more prominent role in his offense than Jackson does in his. My purpose here, however, is not to ding a great player like Teague but merely to suggest that Jackson too is having a great year. Jerome Jordan, Tulsa (7-0, 240, Jr.) Jordan is widely projected to be a late first-round pick, so if you haven’t heard his name yet, you will soon. He ranks among the national leaders in both defensive rebounding and shot-blocking. Jordan’s per-game stats tend to under-sell his ability because he spends so much time sitting due to fouls. When he’s not in foul trouble Jordan shines. See, for example, his game against Memphis a couple weeks ago, where he had 20 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Patrick Patterson, Kentucky (6-9, 235, So.) I realize it may seem odd to see Patterson here. He was, after all, the high-profile recruit that Billy Gillispie landed for the Wildcats in the coach’s first days at his new job. Playing in Rupp Arena in front of a hoops-mad fan base, Patterson is not what you’d call obscure. He’s just underrated. The justifiable fuss over Jodie Meeks in Lexington this season has obscured what Patterson is doing: making his shots at an incredible rate. Meeks is so prominent in this offense that unless you look a little closer you might think Patterson’s a mere supporting player. In fact his role in the offense would be that of a featured player on any “normal” team without Meeks. In that role Patterson is incomparably efficient, taking care of the ball and making two out of every three shots from the field. A fair defensive rebounder and shot-blocker, Patterson’s also a 78 percent free throw shooter. Jerome Randle, Cal (5-10, 160, Jr.) After a 4-0 start in the Pac-10, the Golden Bears have dropped two of their last three games. But Randle has continued to shine. He is a rare under-six-foot point guard who can finish on the inside. Randle’s having an outstanding season across the board, showing excellent improvement in assists, turnover rate, shooting accuracy from inside and outside. What’s more Randle has done it while taking on a significantly larger role in the offense. Jermaine Taylor, UCF (6-4, 205, Sr.) Here’s some scouting for teams about to play Central Florida: Jermaine Taylor will shoot a lot. No player in the country takes a higher percentage of his team’s shots during his minutes than Taylor. Not Stephen Curry, not Lester Hudson, nobody. So it’s beyond impressive that Taylor’s actually accurate on all those shots (56 percent of his twos, 41 percent of his threes). It’s not like opponents don’t know what’s coming when they play the Knights. Taylor excels anyway.

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NEWS CLIPPINGS BleacherReport.comr, Ari Kramer, 10/25/00

The Sporting News, Mike DeCourcy, 11/12/08

ENOUGH WITH STEPHEN CURRY: MEET LESTER HUDSON

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Don’t let the headline mislead you: Stephen Curry is one of the finest college basketball players in the country. We all know what he has accomplished in his two seasons at Davidson, yet articles about this Wildcat’s magic continue to circulate ESPN, Fox Sports, and even our own site, Bleacher Report. Even with the departures of Reggie Williams (27.8 ppg), Charron Fisher (27.6 ppg), and Michael Beasley (26.5 ppg), Curry’s regular season 25.1 points per game is not the best among returning players. Lester Hudson, a 6’3” Skyhawk from the University of Tennessee-Martin, bested Curry by six-tenths of a point. Curry raised his average to 25.9 ppg during the Tournament, but Hudson didn’t have that opportunity. Not only is Hudson the NCAA’s top returning scorer, but he also ranked fifth in steals (2.8 per game) last season and first among guards in rebounds (7.8 per game). The guard also averaged 4.5 assists per game and shot 38.8 percent from beyond the arc. Over the course of last season, Hudson tallied eight double-doubles, one triple-double, and scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished 10 dimes, and accumulated 10 steals en route to the NCAA’s first quadruple-double. Playing for a small school, Hudson made the most of his opportunities against power teams. He posted double-doubles against Memphis (35 points, 10 rebounds), Mississippi State (27 points, 11 rebounds), and UNLV (26 points, 11 rebounds). He dropped 36 points at Vanderbilt and only fell one rebound shy of a double-double. Born and raised in a poor section of Memphis, Hudson went through childhood with a negative attitude towards school. He rarely showed up to class, and his grades suﬀered. To Hudson, basketball was the only part of life that mattered, yet he never played on an AAU team. He primarily played on the streets of Memphis and was a member of his high school’s Varsity squad as a junior. His coach, Andre Applewhite, was able to convince him to keep his grades up so he could play on the team. He averaged double-figures in scoring as a junior but was ineligible to play as a senior. In Memphis, all members of high school basketball teams need to be 18 years old or younger, and Hudson turned 19 before his senior season because he needed to repeat an earlier grade. The 19-year-old still had to graduate from high school before he could go to college but did not finish his senior year with grades deserving of a diploma. No college was permitted to take a high schooler who did not graduate, so Applewhite exhorted his alma mater, Southwest Tennessee Community College, to let Hudson try out. Hudson dominated the tryout, and STCC immediately signed him. At STCC, the Memphis streetballer earned his high school diploma, had a 2.5 GPA, and transcended what was expected of him as a basketball player. However, he did not graduate from the junior college because he was unable to meet all of his educational requirements. Jason James, an assistant coach at Tennessee-Martin, knows that UTM was able to ink Hudson for his last two years of collegiate eligibility because the power schools that he could be “helping get to the Final Four” lost interest when he didn’t graduate from STCC. At 22 years old, Hudson began his academic studies at Tennessee-Martin, but had to sit out for one year as a result of failing to graduate from STCC. He was forced to pay his tuition on his own and has done so by applying for financial aid and taking out studentloans. Happy to have one more chance, Hudson complied with all the regulations in order to reach his goal of playing Division I basketball. The game against Memphis was Hudson’s debut with the Skyhawks and proved that he was worth the risk that the coaching staﬀ took to sign him. His junior campaign continued to be impressive, and he was awarded with the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year award. The Associated Press listed Hudson as an honorable mention for their All-American teams. Hudson decided to enter the NBA draft but withdrew before he signed with an agent. Now 24, he is back at UTM, looking to stay in school, compete with Curry and other guards to be America’s best collegiate guard, and continue his climb from an unpromising life to one with tremendous potential.

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Watching Arizona State sophomore James Harden play pickup games this summer at the LeBron James Skills Academy left no doubt he’d be joining Tyler Hansbrough, Blake Griﬃn and Stephen Curry on the Sporting News preseason All-American team.

A whole lot of AP voters need more exposure to Harden, apparently, because he was left off their preseason first team. By March, they’ll be sorry. Harden is one of the five best players in college basketball, and certainly the tops at the shooting guard position: 1. James Harden, Arizona State. The level of impact Harden had upon ASU basketball is rare among freshman. He didn’t score as many points as O.J. Mayo or Michael Beasley, and he didn’t lead his team to the Final Four as Derrick Rose did at Memphis. But Harden was the single biggest reason the Sun Devils mattered last season, for one of the few times in their history. Harden penetrates the lane as though he’s trying to pile up frequent driver miles. He earned only 55 fewer free throws last season than Beasley, who played inside and got the ball often enough to take 205 more shots. And Harden is not one of those one-trick wings. He was judicious with his 3-point attempts, but made 40.7 percent. Arizona State is expected to take the next step this season, into the Top 25 and the NCAA Tournament. Harden likely will become a 20-point scorer and first-team All-American as it happens. 2. Jack McClinton, Miami. He never will be the prettiest player. His game is rugged, tough, compact. That sort of grit fits in perfectly with the Hurricanes’ style, though. McClinton averaged just short of 18 points last year and shot 42.7 percent from 3-point range. He does an excellent job as a position-oriented man-to-man defender. For a guy who also plays some point, though, it wouldn’t hurt McClinton to penetrate more and draw fouls--especially given that he shoots 92 percent from the line. 3. Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin. What would Hudson do if he were playing against bigtime teams? A fair question. Well, let’s see: 35 points at Memphis, 27 points at Mississippi State, 26 points at UNLV, 36 points at Vanderbilt. Every one of those teams made last season’s NCAA Tournament. Memphis nearly won it. So this isn’t just about taking advantage of lesser competition. Hudson gets more shots than most other wings, but he makes good use of those opportunities: 46.4 percent from the field, 38.8 percent on 3-pointers. 4. Robert Vaden, UAB. For someone with impressive athletic ability, Vaden has allowed himself to be a bit too narrowly defined. Of his 220 field goals as a junior, 142 were 3-pointers. He is an excellent foul shooter and could become even more productive as a scorer if he would attack the goal more frequently. Expanding his game would make his team better, as well. 5. Jeff Teague, Wake Forest. What makes Teague exciting is that he is only too happy to drive the ball through the heart of an opposing defense, something so few collegians are comfortable attempting. They like to sit on the outside, safe from turnovers and body contact, and fire 3-pointers that juice up their scoring averages. Teague can shoot, too--39.5 percent on 3-pointers--but at his best he is either converting layups or racking up free throws. Teague does well as a point guard, also, but his point production could help restore Wake to the ACC elite. 6. Wayne Ellington, North Carolina. A team couldn’t ask a shooting guard to be more efficient. He makes 3-pointers, he finishes fast breaks, he doesn’t turn it over often and he makes big shots. Ellington is not a great driver of the ball, which is why he rarely gets fouled, but he is effective on quick, one- or two-dribble moves that lead to mid-range shots. He could afford to be more consistent--perhaps more insistent. There were four ACC games last season in which he finished out of double-figures. That’s about 20 percent of the schedule, which is a lot for a guy who averaged 16.6 points. 7. A.J. Price, Connecticut. We haven’t really seen what Price will look like operating as a shooting guard, so it’s hard to know precisely where to rank him. Among players currently operating at this position, he’s certainly the best point guard. Price showed enough of a scorer’s instinct when playing off the ball last season that it seems certain he’ll be productive. He was better at making big 3-pointers, though, than consistently converting them. To star at this position, he’ll have to shoot better than 36.9 percent. 8. Jrue Holiday, UCLA. If the question were which of the players on this list would be drafted earliest by the NBA, Holiday might rank at the top. He is an astonishing athlete and, frankly, has even a stronger competitive streak than Russell Westbrook demonstrated playing the same position last season. Westbrook became the No. 4 pick in the 2008 NBA draft, so that’s quite a compliment. However, Westbrook averaged only 12.7 points per game. Those certainly were 12.7 very loud points, but don’t expect Holiday to produce much more than that. He’ll be an essential player on a team that could reach a fourth consecutive Final Four. 9. Dionte Christmas, Temple. As versatile as any wing on this list, Christmas might be the most important to his team. Christmas has been a 20-point scorer two years running and should become a 2,000-point career scorer--even though he barely played as a freshman. 10. E’Twaun Moore, Purdue. After Moore tore up the competition on the Boilermakers’ summer trip to Australia, his teammates are predicting a breakout season. He can’t shoot it much better than he did a year ago, so a big leap forward would require him to be more attack-oriented. Driving the ball to the rim hasn’t really been Purdue’s style. Honorable mention: Marcus Thornton, LSU: Eric Devendorf, Syracuse; Kyle McAlarney, Notre Dame; Jon Scheyer, Duke; Jerel McNeal, Marquette; Henry Dugat, Baylor; Wink Adams, UNLV; Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton; Josh Young, Drake; Patrick Christopher, California; Ben Uzoh, Tulsa; Stefon Jackson, UTEP; Scottie Reynolds, Villanova.

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NEWS CLIPPINGS ESPN.com, Kyle Whelliston, 12/24/08 Where do the mid-majors stand as we near the end of nonconference play? How did they get to this point? Here’s the breakdown: Best players: Stephen Curry, Davidson: The brightest star in mid-majordom may be struggling under the expectations and seemingly endless hype, but he has assumed the weight with class and dignity. The nation’s runaway leading scorer (30 points per game) has led the Elite Eight Wildcats to wins over North Carolina State and West Virginia and inspired Loyola (Md.) head coach Jimmy Patsos to double-team him all over the court. Take out that scoreless performance, and he’d be averaging 33.3 ppg -- enough to lead the pros, eclipsing NBA BFF LeBron James. Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin: His Skyhawks may have been overwhelmed in TV showcases against USC and Tennessee, but the muscular 6-foot-2 senior is putting up numbers similar to last season, which concluded with an impressive trip to the pre-draft camp and a lastsecond early-entry withdrawal. Tennessee-Martin’s Lester Hudson has picked up where he left oﬀ last season. Hudson is the nation’s seventh-leading scorer at 23.8 ppg and hasn’t scored fewer than 20 in UTM’s first nine games. His rebound numbers might be down a board and a half to 6.2 rpg (other Skyhawks have been picking up the slack), but he’s picking up more steals (2.9) and has improved his free-throw shooting to 85.3 percent.

Philadelphia Daily News, Dick Jerardi, 12/24/08 Dick Jerardi: No Durants, Roses or Mayos in this class This and that... * It won’t be easy to find him on TV, but the best unknown player in America is Lester Hudson, the star of the Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks of the Ohio Valley Conference. Hudson averages 23.8 points, which is actually down from 25.7 points last season. On Nov. 13, 2007, Hudson did something that had never been done. He had a quadruple double - 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. Now, it was against Central Baptist, which is something less than a powerhouse. But Hudson did it in 31 minutes. And he didn’t just pick on no-hopers. He had 35 against Memphis and 36 against Vanderbilt last season.

Union City Messenger, Mike Hutchens, 3/4/09

HUDSON’S ELAM EXIT SHOWCASE LIFTS UT MARTIN Having recorded the only quadruple-double in college basketball history in his first-ever UT Martin home game last season, Lester Hudson’s Elam Center debut was indeed one for the record books. His last game on the UTM campus just narrowly missed those same standards. Hudson’s 42 points were a career-high and just two oﬀ the school record as he led the top-seeded Skyhawks to a 93-75 victory over Tennessee Tech Tuesday night in the opening round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The win — a program-best 22nd this season — propels UTM (22-8) to the tourney semifinals, where it will face No. 4 seed Morehead State in the first of two semifinals Friday at 6 p.m. at the Sommet Center in Nashville. Second-seeded Austin Peay faces No. 3 Murray State in the second game, with the two winners then playing Saturday night at 7 for the OVC Tournament title and the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament berth. Friday’s two games will be televised live on ESPNU, while Saturday’s championship game will be broadcast by ESPN2. Hudson, whose twoyear UTM legacy will likely include a pair of OVC Player of the Year Awards, left the season’s largest home crowd (5,233) with one final lasting pleasant memory of his remarkable talents. Snapping out of a recent six-game shooting slump, the nation’s No. 2 scorer (26.6 ppg) made 15-of-24 field goals in all, including 8-of-13 from 3-point range. Hudson — who actually missed his first two attempts — was just one point oﬀ the OVC Tournament singlegame record for points, but dribbled out the final 19 seconds of the contest rather than trying to set that individual mark as well as the school record for points in a game. His eight made 3-pointers matched his personal high for a game and his final point total marked the second time this year he’d scored 40 or more and the 21st time he’d tallied 30 or more in a game in his short Skyhawk career. Lest anyone think Hudson was one-dimensional Tuesday night, he continued the trend of regularly filling up the stat box with nine rebounds, six assists, two steals and a pair of blocked shots. UT Martin head coach Bret Campbell could only shake his head in awe while reviewing Hudson’s final numbers afterward. “He’s just such a special player,” the Skyhawk skipper acknowledged. “It was great that he got to go out this way at home, in front of the season’s biggest crowd and on the big stage of the OVC Tournament. “Good for him. And good for our fans who showed up and were a real factor for us tonight.”

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Afterward, a humble Hudson claimed he couldn’t have scripted a better final home act for his UTM playing days. “I didn’t play that well on Senior Night, and I really wanted to have a good game in my last time on this court and in front of the fans who’ve been so good to me here,” he said. “I’d been struggling some the last few games with my shot, but I’ve spent some extra time in the gym and I really started feeling it tonight. And my teammates just kept finding me.” And on the matter of not going for both the tournament and school single-game scoring records? “It never really entered my mind. I just wanted the clock to run out and for us to win and advance to Nashville,” Hudson added. Though the obvious leading man, Hudson was not the Skyhawks’ lone star of the show. Center Olajide Hay made every one of his eight field goal attempts and his lone free throw to finish with 17 points and provide UTM with a solid inside presence. Hay was especially critical during a brief sequence near the end of the half when Hudson went to the bench with his third personal foul and still 2:38 showing before halftime. Hay picked up the oﬀensive slack with consecutive buckets inside and also drew a critical charge on defense to help the Skyhawks maintain their double-figure lead heading into halftime. “My role changes a little without Lester or Marquis (Weddle) in the game,” Hay insisted. “Normally, I just set picks and rebound because we’re perimeter oriented. But when one of them goes out, I look for the ball a little more inside and look to score more. “It’s just my job to be ready to do anything this team needs.” UT Martin also got another steady all-around eﬀort from point-guard Delirco Lane. Though he didn’t score a single point, Lane continued to be unquestionably the team’s sparkplug with endless energy that showed up in the final stats in the form of nine assists, five rebounds, one steal and a blocked shot in 32 minutes. “He just brings such great tenacity every night and he makes all the hustle plays,” Campbell said of Lane. Weddle, the former Union City prep standout, gave UTM a third double-figure scorer with 11 points. UTM trailed only once in the contest — after Tech made the game’s opening basket — and led by as many as 24 points late in the contest.