Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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NCAA Player of the Year-Britton Abukar (Vanderbilt)
Mid-Major Player of the Year-Marcello Forte (Gonzaga)
Coach of the Year-Tom Crean (Marquette)
Defensive Player of the Year-Smackey Rasmussen (St. Joseph's)
Big Man of the Year-Britton Abukar (Vanderbilt)
Freshman of the Year-Patrice Crenshaw (Morehead State)

1st Team All-America
PG-Dennis Mihailovic (Auburn)
SG-Hank Vrzina (Southern California)
SF-Haim Woodards (Oregon)
PF-Britton Abukar (Vanderbilt)
C-Marcello Forte (Gonzaga)

2nd Team All-America
PG-Lubos Frazier (North Carolina State)
SG-Arden King (Stanford)
SF-Smackey Rasmussen (St. Joseph's)
PF-Arnaud Kennedy (Duquesne)
C-Lynwood Pulice (Dayton)

FR All-America
PG-Carlos Riddick (West Virginia)
SG-Jeffrey Atchinson (Georgia Tech)
SF-Cavin Mcfarlin (Washington)
PF-Lanny Alexander (Idaho)
C-Patrice Crenshaw (Morehead State)

Ohio Valley
Coach of the Year-Jay Jay Prillman (Tennessee Tech)
Player of the Year-Vince McDade (Murray State)
FR of the Year-Patrice Crenshaw (Morehead State)

1st Team All-Ohio Valley
PG-L.L. Dowling (Tennessee Tech)
SG-Chad Lambert (Samford)
SF-Dion Almons (Samford)
PF-Lester Bright (Jacksonville State)
C-Vince McDade (Murray State)

2nd Team All-Ohio Valley
PG-Von Trotter (Samford)
SG-Aly McCrommon (Samford)
SF-Bryan Dumont (Jacksonville State)
PF-Brannon Momplaisir (Southeast Missouri)
C-Patrice Crenshaw (Morehead State)

FR All-Ohio Valley
PG-Deji Galloway (Eastern Illinois)
SG-Mitchell Chambliss (Jacksonville State)
SF-Bill Wilkins (Tennessee State)
PF-Dominic McNurlin (Austin Peay)
C-Patrice Crenshaw (Morehead State)

Notable Coaching Changes
Ben Braun retired from Cal, replaced by Valparaiso coach (original George Washington coach)
Valparaiso hires Tennessee Tech coach, replaced by Richie McKay
Davidson hires Tommy Amaker
Bethune-Cookman hires Ed DeChellis

Morehead State Eagles Stats - 2019-20
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Crenshaw, P	33	686	23.2	7.5	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.8	1.5
Stokes	33	678	9.0	4.8	1.2	1.7	0.8	0.6	0.7
Crenshaw, C	33	319	6.8	2.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.7
DeJesus	33	334	6.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.8
Atako	33	758	5.9	1.5	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.4
Gomes	33	718	5.9	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.1
Ravello	33	718	3.5	1.4	3.4	1.8	0.1	1.3	1.3
Bobik	33	265	2.8	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.5
Lemons	33	373	1.8	0.4	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.6
Crosswhite	21	126	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.6

Morehead State Signees-#39 Class
Clifton McFarland (77 OVR) JR PF (transfer from Wake Forest)
Odie Buckman 3* #35 SG #108 OVR Phoenix, AZ
Bryan Borders 3* #53 PG #201 OVR Houston, TX
Jeff Brickens 3* #52 PF #316 OVR Louisville, KY
Jesse Mbanugo 3* #51 SF #309 OVR Yakima, WA
Gerardo Hollis 3* #8 C #118 OVR Glendale, CA

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Tovarich: Welcome to my favorite press conference of the season. I cut all the walkons from the roster, mostly new ones but also Bobik who played on the B team last year. A certain player I encouraged to leave decided to hold his scholarship hostage and decided to return for his SR year. I have begrudgingly left him on the roster.

2020-2021 Morehead State Eagles
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
1	Gerardo Hollis	C	6'11"	274	FR	Glendale, CA
12	Antwcan Ravello	PG	6'5"	185	JR	Cincinnati, OH
13	Bryan Borders	PG	6'3"	190	FR	Houston, TX
15	Carlos Crosswhite	SG	6'6"	227	SR	Columbus, OH
25	Jesse Mbanugo	SF	6'6"	207	FR	Yakima, WA
30	Treg Atako	SG	6'3"	198	SO	Lexington, KY
32	Jeff Brickens	PF	6'5"	214	FR	Louisville, KY
33	Odie Buckman	SG	6'6"	234	FR	Phoenix, AZ
34	Johnathan Gomes	SF	6'7"	214	JR	Cincinnati, OH
41	Attarius Stivers	C	6'9"	256	RS SR	Toledo, OH
42	Clifton McFarland (T)	PF	6'8"	258	SR	Cincinnati, OH
50	Patrice Crenshaw	C	6'11"	231	SO	Cincinnati, OH

Tovarich: The depth chart:

Morehead State Eagles Depth Chart - 2020-21
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Borders (68 OVR)	Ravello (55 OVR)
SG	Buckman (73 OVR)	Atako (55 OVR)	Crosswhite (49 OVR)
SF	Mbanugo (66 OVR)	Gomes (57 OVR)
PF	Brickens (65 OVR)
C	Hollis (81 OVR)	Stivers (73 OVR)	Crenshaw (69 OVR)

Tovarich: Crenshaw will most likely be the B-team PF rather than his true C position since our transfer PF must RS. Everything else should be pretty straight forward. We'll stick to 10 players with Crosswhite probably never playing barring injury or maybe I'll let him go foul people at the end of a game somewhere. I thought starting him on SR night was a hint about what I'd like him to do.

The schedule:

Morehead State Eagles 2019-20 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 2	vs Sacred Heart
Nov 9	at North Dakota State
Nov 12	at Top of the World Classic
Nov 16	vs Elon
Nov 24	at Gonzaga
Nov 27	at Montana State Bobcat Invitational
Dec 3	vs Austin Peay
Dec 5	vs Tennessee State
Dec 10	at Michigan
Dec 15	at Jacksonville State
Dec 17	at Eastern Illinois
Dec 23	at Cincinnati
Dec 30	vs Murray State
Jan 2	at Eastern Kentucky
Jan 4	vs Tennessee Tech
Jan 9	at Tennessee-Martin
Jan 14	at Austin Peay
Jan 16	at Tennessee State
Jan 21	vs Samford
Jan 23	at Tennessee Tech
Jan 26	vs Tennessee-Martin
Jan 30	vs Southeast Missouri
Feb 4	at Samford
Feb 6	at Murray State
Feb 11	vs Eastern Kentucky
Feb 13	at Southeast Missouri
Feb 25	vs Jacksonville State
Feb 27	vs Eastern Illinois

Tovarich: Assistants are unhirable so they are still here for the 8th? or so year. I'm not sure anymore.

NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 17, 2021
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	UCLA
2	Louisville
3	Clemson
4	Marquette
5	North Carolina State
6	North Carolina
7	Pittsburgh
8	Oregon
9	Georgia Tech
10	Texas A&M
11	Maryland
12	Miami Florida
13	Providence
14	Duke
15	Georgia
16	Florida State
17	Southern California
18	Gonzaga
19	Mississippi
20	Arizona
21	Kansas
22	Louisiana State
23	Texas
24	Tennessee
25	Massachusetts

Ohio Valley Ratings:
Samford 78
Morehead State 77
Austin Peay 73
Southeast Missouri 72
Tennessee State 71
Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech 69
Tennessee-Martin 66
Jacksonville State 64
Eastern Illinois 60
Murray State 59

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Is the entire offense going to be feeding Hollis the ball? He seems like he'll dominate the conference.

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Is the entire offense going to be feeding Hollis the ball? He seems like he'll dominate the conference.

Most likely. He is the highest rated player in the conference. I know the CPU coaches hate centers but I'm still baffled he fell to me. I was hoping for a little better 3-point shooting. My SG has the exact rating from 3 as Atako does, despite the far better overall rating and that ended up in a whopping 30.3% last year. The SF is a slight improvement, but not much. The PG is easily the best shooter from outside. It'll be tough against man to get him many open 3's but the Ohio Valley coaches love the 2-3 zone, so I might be able to shoot over that a little better.

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One thing I've never figured out is how to get my PG open threes. I can do it for the wings and sometimes the 4, but if I have a good shooter at PG, I'll often put him at the 2 for spells just to get shots up. Let me know if there's something you do.

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Johnson Arena
Morehead, KY

Sacred Heart Pioneers at Morehead State Eagles
Nov 2, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Sacred Heart (1-0)	47	36	83
Morehead State (0-1)	39	40	79

Sacred Heart Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gill	19	3-7	2-4	4-5	1	4	0	0	3	12
Terry	23	8-13	4-9	2-2	1	3	0	1	2	22
Truscott	19	2-4	1-3	2-3	2	4	0	1	4	7
Blount	22	5-8	0-0	0-0	8	2	1	5	2	10
Nava	14	2-3	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	1	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Steele	14	5-5	2-2	2-2	0	5	0	0	2	14
Ford	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	9
Carey	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Esterkamp	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	2
Grace	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Danley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
McGrath	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-48	10-20	11-14	23	21	2	8	17	83
TEAM TOTALS		31-48	10-20	11-14	23	21	2	8	17	83

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	25	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	5	0	1	5
Buckman	25	2-7	1-3	2-2	2	4	4	0	0	7
Mbanugo	23	2-8	2-8	0-0	0	4	3	0	0	6
Brickens	16	5-9	0-2	1-2	5	2	2	0	0	11
Hollis	20	11-21	0-0	4-6	5	0	0	0	1	26
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw, P	10	9-10	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	1	20
Stivers	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Gomes	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ravello	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atako	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-62	4-15	9-12	16	13	15	0	4	79

Tovarich: Oof. Freshmen. Am I right?

Reporter: Why don't you let us ask questions at the pre-season press confefence?

Tovarich: I wouldn't let you ask them now if it were up to me.

Reporter: Is starting 5 freshmen a good idea?

Tovarich: I'm not sure. Stivers is a C but he'd be perhaps an improvement over Brickens, the world's smallest PF. We'll see. These games luckily don't mean much to our postseason aspirations, especially since this game was meant to get us to start 1-0.

Reporter: What went wrong?

Tovarich: We couldn't rebound. All their guards shot like crazy from the outside. We couldn't keep up with the outside shooting.

Reporter: When you were down 16, did you think you could come back?

Tovarich: I hadn't seen anything to think we could, but we pressed and forced some turnovers and got back to a tie, then they just got mad and made a bunch of 3's again. We missed all ours. Hopefully this was a bad game and we'll be better at it at some point.

Reporter: What's the goal in recruiting?

Tovarich: I'm still trying to figure out how I have 4 scholarships. I was expecting 2, but I guess I cut some people on scholarship last pre-season. Ideally, I'd get one each of a PG, SG, SF and a PF. We need better outside shooting. We need more size at PF probably, though I can do a bit with that this year perhaps by starting Crenshaw or Stivers. Brickens has a little more speed to help break the press though, which came in useful the first half when they were pressing us. I also expect Ravello, Gomes and Atako to be unhappy and perhaps leave at the end of the year, so I'll do like last year, fill the board with everyone I can find who's not got an offer and have lots of backup plans and just wait and see who falls through the cracks again.

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One thing I've never figured out is how to get my PG open threes. I can do it for the wings and sometimes the 4, but if I have a good shooter at PG, I'll often put him at the 2 for spells just to get shots up. Let me know if there's something you do.

Yep, I've done that lots. The SG and SF position aren't hard to get 3's. In man, they stick to the PG like glue though. If it's 2-3 zone, I can give the SG and ball and sometimes the PG will scoot over into an open spot and I can lure both the guards over to whoever has the ball. I have a lot of experimenting to do with this group.

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How big is Hollis? Just trying to calibrate a 5 rebound performance.

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How big is Hollis? Just trying to calibrate a 5 rebound performance.

He' 6'11" and 274. He didn't play very big against mighty Sacred Heart's 4 JR's. He got stuffed regularly and was grossly out of position on defense and on the boards.

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Oooof. Not playing to his size at all.

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Bison Sports Arena
Fargo, ND

Morehead State Eagles at North Dakota State Bison
Nov 9, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Morehead State (1-1)	28	37	65
North Dakota State (0-1)	31	11	42

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	22	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	2	1	0	0	4
Buckman	23	2-6	1-4	0-0	3	7	2	0	0	5
Mbanugo	22	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Brickens	19	1-2	1-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	3
Hollis	18	15-20	0-0	3-6	10	0	0	0	1	33
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw, P	10	2-5	0-0	1-1	7	0	1	1	0	5
Stivers	9	6-9	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	12
Gomes	6	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ravello	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Atako	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-52	3-10	6-9	30	11	4	1	1	65

North Dakota State Bison
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Anderson	23	6-15	1-5	3-4	3	4	0	0	0	16
Sanchez	22	4-15	2-7	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	10
Deng	22	1-5	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Dalgarn	20	1-4	0-0	0-0	9	2	0	1	1	2
Lindsey	19	1-4	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	1	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kandji	8	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Walker	11	4-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	8
Zamore	10	1-6	0-3	0-2	1	2	0	0	0	2
Niang	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sokolov	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Santos	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Payne	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		18-57	3-18	3-6	29	12	1	3	4	42

Tovarich: I guess we're lucky we had a game to work out some things and they didn't yet.

Reporter: What did you change at halftime?

Tovarich: I put a voodoo hex on them so they'd shoot badly.

Reporter: But really coach?

Tovarich: Nothing. Just two bad teams playing bad basketball and their second half was extra extra bad.

Reporter: Why was Crenshaw less a part of the gameplan?

Tovarich: He stuck to PF this time since we were ahead. Last game we put him at C more because of the familiarity while we were in desperation comeback mode. You can experiment when you start the second half on a 23-2 run.

Reporter: What improvement did you see?

Tovarich: Rebounding was better obviously. Hollis played more like his size. Maybe it was just nerves for his first game last time out. Maybe it was our improving team unity. Considering we start 5 FR, you'd think it would have been zero the first time out. Not sure how that works, but it sure is important. I need more of a sample size still.

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vs.

Top of the World Classic Quarterfinal
Carlson Center
Fairbanks, AK

Howard Bison at Morehead State Eagles
Nov 12, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Howard (1-2)	25	34	59
Morehead State (2-1)	43	41	84

Howard Bison
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Valentine	19	1-8	0-6	0-0	1	2	0	1	3	2
Samabaly	25	4-6	1-2	3-3	3	6	0	0	4	12
Haney	21	4-12	2-6	1-2	2	1	0	0	6	11
Erwin	19	7-8	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	14
Pritchard	17	4-6	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ogunoye	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Randolph	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Tamayo	16	3-5	2-3	0-0	1	6	1	0	0	8
Anrin	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cottrill	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Costello	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Casey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-48	5-18	4-5	20	19	1	4	14	59
TEAM TOTALS		25-48	5-18	4-5	20	19	1	4	14	59

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	23	4-6	1-1	0-0	0	3	5	0	0	9
Buckman	23	5-10	3-3	0-0	5	4	3	0	1	13
Mbanugo	21	6-10	3-5	1-2	2	3	1	0	0	16
Brickens	19	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	2
Hollis	18	13-19	0-0	4-5	12	2	3	0	0	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw	11	3-5	0-0	4-4	3	1	2	1	0	10
Stivers	9	1-4	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	2
Gomes	7	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	2
Ravello	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atako	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-63	7-12	9-13	27	21	14	1	2	84

Tovarich: We won.

Reporter: Can you see the improvement each game so far?

Tovarich: It was a mix as it almost always will be. We shot well from the outside. That makes offense so much easier when you don't have to force it down low and can feel some confidence of some kind in an outside shot. The rebounding was nice, although a lot of that was our own misses we got back. I've probably experienced the 3 missed layups, 3 offensive rebounds and finally putback on the 4th shot, but 95% of the time, we're on the wrong side of it. I have some mixed feelings about being on the right side. It's a little embarrassing watching all the point blank misses, but we get two points in the end to make it a little less embarrassing.

Reporter: Gomes, Ravello and Atako already seem unhappy.

Tovarich: Everyone is when they start one year and don't the next. I encourage them all to transfer.

Reporter: But they started for you last year, coach.

Tovarich: George Costanza might've started for this team last year if he were on it. The rules require me to start 5 players, so we did. There's little chance of them seeing meaningful minutes ever again. It'd be best for everyone.

Reporter: Have you figured out why you have 4 scholarships yet?

Tovarich: Nope. We have 12 players on the rosters, none are walkons. The PF from Wake Forest is RS'ing because he's a transfer. Crosswhite and Stivers are SR's, so we have 10 scholarships coming back next year and that means we should have 3. I'm not sure if I won some kind of bonus scholarship from the NCAA, but it doesn't really add up.

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vs.

Top of the World Classic Semifinal
Carlson Center
Fairbanks, AK

Stanford Cardinal at Morehead State Eagles
Nov 13, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Stanford (2-0)	29	52	81
Morehead State (2-2)	35	31	66

Stanford Cardinal
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Porter	25	5-14	2-9	0-0	1	10	1	1	3	12
Jordan	25	7-11	3-5	0-0	5	1	0	0	4	17
Lawsom	20	6-6	3-3	2-3	5	0	0	0	2	17
Ballinger	21	7-9	0-0	5-5	11	4	1	1	1	19
Ricks	16	0-2	0-0	0-0	7	4	0	0	2	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Pleick	9	2-3	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Bass	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	0
Sims	8	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Lamb	7	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Hoyer	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Guzman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Davidson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32-55	10-23	7-8	37	23	2	2	14	81
TEAM TOTALS		32-55	10-23	7-8	37	23	2	2	14	81

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	23	3-4	2-2	1-2	1	7	1	0	2	9
Buckman	23	2-9	1-7	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	5
Mbanugo	23	1-9	0-7	1-3	1	1	1	0	0	3
Brickens	20	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	5	0	0	4
Hollis	20	14-23	0-0	2-4	6	0	2	0	1	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw	8	3-4	0-0	1-2	4	1	1	0	0	7
Stivers	8	4-8	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	8
Gomes	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ravello	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Atako	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-62	3-18	5-11	20	12	14	1	3	66

Tovarich: Freshman, am I right?

Reporter: You said that already.

Tovarich: It won't be the last time.

Reporter: What went wrong tonight?

Tovarich: They're way better than we are.

Reporter: At what?

Tovarich: Rebounding, shooting, defending.

Reporter: Did you like anything tonight?

Tovarich: The first half.

Reporter: What about it?

Tovarich: We scored more than them.

Reporter: Why couldn't you again in the second?

Tovarich: We couldn't make a basket, get a rebound or stop anyone.

Reporter: Why do you think they shot a 3 with 20 seconds left when they could've run the clock out?

Tovarich: There's a lot of O'Bannon's out there, like at Murray State. Trent Johnson probably won't live long enough for me to be in a position to get him back for it though.

[Tovarich]

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Top of the World Classic 3rd Place Game
Carlson Center
Fairbanks, AK

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Morehead State Eagles
Nov 14, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Florida Gulf Coast (2-2)	28	37	65
Morehead State (3-2)	36	40	76

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Higgins	21	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	8	0	0	3	6
Holt	24	3-9	0-5	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	6
Brittian	19	7-15	3-10	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	17
Shaw	20	6-12	1-2	3-4	19	1	0	0	1	16
Forney	19	2-6	1-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Andrews, H	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2
Andrews, D	7	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Perkins	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fardner	11	4-9	1-4	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	11
Madera	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Poole	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Booker	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-62	8-30	5-6	33	16	3	0	7	65
TEAM TOTALS		26-62	8-30	5-6	33	16	3	0	7	65

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	23	4-5	2-3	1-1	2	3	1	0	1	11
Buckman	23	2-6	1-4	3-4	2	3	2	0	0	8
Mbanugo	22	4-9	2-6	0-3	2	0	1	0	1	10
Brickens	20	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	3	0	0	1	0
Hollis	20	11-17	0-0	2-6	12	1	2	1	0	24
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw	11	5-7	0-0	5-6	4	1	1	0	0	15
Stivers	6	4-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	8
Gomes	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ravello	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atako	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-50	5-15	11-20	26	12	7	1	3	76

Tovarich: Rough start. Rough free throw shooting. That's going to be the death of me in a close game some time.

Reporter: Why did you choose Buckman as the FT shooter there at the end?

Tovarich: He's supposed to be the best. I've never seen such a collection of long, complicated drawn out free throw motions. I had no idea I had so many lefties. The FT shooting was embarrassing. I may take Crenshaw off the bench and have him handle the ball at the end of games and shoot the FT's because his motion is the least ridiculous on this team. Everyone else is so herky jerky, some of them are leaning like they may as well shoot sideways.

Reporter: Brickens didn't score, is that a concern?

Tovarich: His main scoring will be against the press, more specifically the 1-2-1-1 which is most common. This was a man to man press, so it was a little different. I like his speed to take advantage of the press, but in the half court, he's so undersized, I'm not going to rely on him.

Reporter: Mbanugo and Buckman have been very up and down with their shooting.

Tovarich: Yeah, freshman, am I right?

Reporter: (rolls eyes)

Tovarich: I know, I know. It didn't even make sense against Stanford. We lost because they have better talent, not because we start 5 FR.

Reporter: How about the crowd support here?

Tovarich: Incredible. We had 3,500 or so at our first home game. We started last year with such sparse crowds that I think we were an approved venue for people in witness protection. It got better as the season went on, but we can fill up an arena on the other side of the country, crazy.

[Tovarich]

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Johnson Arena
Morehead, KY

Elon Phoenix at Morehead State Eagles
Nov 17, 2020	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Elon (0-3)	26	30	56
Morehead State (4-2)	45	47	92

Elon Phoenix
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Zuzak	23	3-10	2-5	0-0	1	6	0	0	2	8
Dunn	21	3-10	1-8	0-0	3	1	0	0	3	7
Stevenson	21	5-12	1-5	0-0	4	4	2	0	1	11
Smalls	21	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	0
Sommerville	21	912	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Domercant	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	4
Mitchell	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Newby	11	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	2
Bradley	7	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Gilbert	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wilson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Feeney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-57	5-23	1-2	20	16	4	0	10	56
TEAM TOTALS		25-57	5-23	1-2	20	16	4	0	10	56

Morehead State Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Borders	22	5-8	3-4	0-0	2	3	3	0	2	13
Buckman	24	2-2	0-0	1-2	5	7	2	0	0	5
Mbanugo	22	5-9	4-8	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	14
Brickens	20	8-11	0-2	3-3	2	1	1	1	0	19
Hollis	19	11-14	0-0	3-5	8	1	2	0	0	25
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw	11	4-5	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	8
Stivers	5	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	6
Gomes	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ravello	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0
Atako	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Crosswhite	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		39-55	7-14	7-10	28	19	9	1	5	92

Tovarich: We didn't look much like freshmen today.

Reporter: No chance you'll play Crosswhite even in a blowout?

Tovarich: Him playing accomplishes nothing for the future of this program. I'll toss him out there for a minute on senior night.

Reporter: What about Atako, Ravello and Gomes? Why so few minutes in a blowout for them?

Tovarich: Because they're also less relevant for the future of the program. I'm hopeful they all choose to leave. Regardless of who is a starter or not, the 5 FR need to be out there to develop whether it's a close game or a blowout. So the minutes go mostly to them.

Reporter: You tried one possession of 2-3 zone defense?

Tovarich: Yeah, and they hit a 3 immediately. I think that's the end of that.

Reporter: Is there any reason to think you can win @ Gonzaga?

Tovarich: No. That's a learning experience. We have a weak field in Montana for this tournament it looks like, so hopefully we take care of those two games. Compared to Gonzaga, our two conference games ought to be easy, so we'll see what we can and can't do again with an elite opponent. Our un-elite conference should feel like a breeze comparatively.