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TWCOverall Record: . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9Conference Record: . . . . . . . . . 0-0Home Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Away Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . Mike PoeRecord at TWC: . . . . . . . . . . 2-9Overall Record: . . . . . . . . . SameRecord vs. Samford: . . . . . . . . . 0-0

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SAMFORD vs. TWC: THE FACTS

BBUULLLLDDOOGGSS RREETTUURRNN TTOO SSEEIIBBEERRTT HHAALLLL TTOO FFAACCEE TTWWCCThe Samford University basketball team will continue its 77-year-old series against the

Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs on Thursday as the adversaries square off at 7 p.m., in SeibertHall. The series began in 1927 when Samford (3-3) picked up a 41-35 victory on the roadin Athens, Tenn.

Tennessee Wesleyan (2-9) has struggled this season and is currently in the midst of a three-game losing streak. The team is currently 0-6 on the road during the 2004-05 campaign andhas lost seven of its 11 games by at least 19 points. In its two earlier Division I contests,Tennessee Wesleyan fell at Birmingham-Southern, 113-61, on Nov. 27, and then lost on theroad against Middle Tennessee, 81-46, on Dec. 2.

Samford enters Thursday’s matchup looking to end a slight slide of its own. After open-ing the season with an unblemished 2-0 record, the Bulldogs have dropped three of theirprevious four games, including the last two. On Nov. 30, the Bulldogs lost in dramatic fash-ion versus IUPUI, 60-58, and then fell on the road against a resurgent ULM team, 63-56.

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Date Opponent Time/Result

NOVEMBER8 WEST ALABAMA (Exhibition) . . . W, 94-67 19 vs. Cal-State Fullerton $ . . . . . . . . . W, 69-57 20 at Central Connecticut $ . . . . . . . . W, 72-58 24 at South Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 52-5027 LOUISIANA-MONROE . . . . . . . . W, 76-6230 IUPUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 60-58

DECEMBER3 at Louisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 63-56 9 TENNESSEE WESLEYAN . . . . . 7:00 p.m.18 TENNESSEE-TEMPLE . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. 21 at Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. 28 at IUPUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. 30 at Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

JANUARY4 at Jacksonville State* . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. 8 TENNESSEE STATE* . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. 13 MURRAY STATE* . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. 15 TENNESSEE-MARTIN* . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. 20 at Morehead State* . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:45 p.m. 22 at Eastern Kentucky* . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 p.m. 27 at Eastern Illinois* (CSS/Comcast) 8:00 p.m.29 at Southeast Missouri* . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY3 TENNESSEE TECH* . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. 5 AUSTIN PEAY* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. 10 EASTERN KENTUCKY* . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. 12 MOREHEAD STATE* . . . . . . . . . 6:00 p.m. 17 at Austin Peay* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. 19 at Tennessee Tech* . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. 22 JACKSONVILLE STATE* . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. 24 at Tennessee State* . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m.

MARCH1 OVC Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA 4 OVC Tournament ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA 5 OVC Tournament ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA

All start times are Central and subject to change$ - Mohegan Sun Classic* - Denotes an Ohio Valley Conference game^ - Semifinal rounds to be held at the Gaylord

Entertainment Center% - Samford will play in either the 5 p.m. or 7 p.m.

game

Samford and Tennessee Wesleyan have played against each other nine times sincethe series started during the 1927-28 season. The Bulldogs won the first meeting, 41-35, and currently hold a 6-3 advantage in the all-time series. Last season, the teamsmet at Seibert Hall on Jan. 3, and Samford posted a lopsided 94-46 victory.

2 0 0 4 - 0 5 O V C S T A N D I N G SCONFERENCECONFERENCE OOVERALLVERALL

School Record Pct. Home Away Record Pct. Home Away Strk.Eastern Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-0 1.000 3-0 2-0 W5Morehead State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 3-0 0-1 W3Eastern Illinois 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-2 .600 3-0 0-2 W1Murray State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-2 .600 3-1 0-1 L1Jacksonville State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-4 .500 3-0 0-2 L2Tennessee State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-4 .500 2-0 0-4 L1Samford 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-3 .500 1-1 1-2 L2Southeast Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-3 .400 2-0 0-3 W1Tennessee Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-3 .400 2-0 0-3 W1Tennessee-Martin 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-4 .333 2-0 0-4 L2Austin Peay 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-5 .167 0-1 0-2 L5

SAMFORDOverall Record: . . . . . . . . . . 3-3Conference Record: . . . . . . . . 0-0Home Record: . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Away Record: . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Head Coach: . . . . Jimmy TilletteRecord at Samford: . . . . . 117-92Overall Record: . . . . . . . . SameRecord vs. TWC: . . . . . . . . . 1-0

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Q U I C K F A C T S

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham, Ala.Founded . . . . . . 1841, as Howard CollegeEnrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,440Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BulldogsSchool Colors . . . . . . . . . . . Red and BlueArena (Capacity) . . . . Seibert Hall (4,000)Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio ValleyPresident . . . . . . . . . Dr. Thomas E. Corts

Alma Mater . . Georgetown College, ‘63Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . Bob Roller

Alma Mater . . . . . . . . Virginia Tech, ‘83

HISTORYFirst Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901-02All-Time Record . . . . . . . . 905-1101 (.451)All-Time D-I Record . . . . . . 380-487 (.438)NCAA Tournament Appearances . . . TwoPrevious Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Last NCAA Opponent . . Syracuse L (79-65)

at the Midwest Regional in Cleveland, OhioNCAA Tournament Record . . . . . . . . 0-2

TEAM INFORMATION2003-04 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . 12-162003-04 OVC Record/Finish . . 7-9/T-5thStarters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . 8/5

COACHING STAFFHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Tillette

Alma Mater . Our Lady of Holy Cross, ‘75Record at Samford . . . 117-92 (Eighth year)Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SameAssistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Kelly

Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane, ‘87Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Maker

Alma Mater . . . . California Baptist, ‘88Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Burgess

Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . Samford, ‘00

SPORTS INFORMATIONMen’s Basketball Contact . . Zac SchrieberOffice Phone . . . . . . . . . . (205) 726-2802Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . (205) 532-3476E-mail . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joey MullinsOffice Phone . . . . . . . . . . (205) 726-4244Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . (205) 821-7493E-mail . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENTThe Samford Sports Information Department is headed up by first-year direc-

tor Joey Mullins and assistant director Zac Schrieber. Intern Tootie Taylor alsoplays an instrumental role in the day-to-day operations of the department andhandles volleyball, track and field, cross country and both men’s and women’stennis.

Schrieber serves as the primary contact for men’s basketball, women’s soccerand softball, while Mullins handles football, women’s basketball and baseball.

All members of the media working Samford men’s basketball games mustrequest credentials from Zac Schrieber. Early requests are helpful, enabling mediato receive parking passes prior to the game.

The Last Time OutSAMFORD 56ULM 63

BULLDOGS FALL SHORT ON THE ROAD AGAINST ULM, 63-556The Samford University basketball team made a late run behind the second-half scoring of J.

Robert Merritt on Dec. 3, but the Bulldogs' comeback attempt fell short versus the Louisiana-Monroe Indians, 63-56, at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

"I could say that we didn't do what we needed to do today, but actually I have to give a lot ofcredit to Louisiana-Monroe for doing the things that they needed to do," said Samford head coachJimmy Tillette. "They forced us to speed up offensively and that took us out of our rhythm a lit-tle bit."

Merritt, a 6-6 junior from Oklahoma City, Okla., scored 15 points in the second half of playto bring Samford (3-3) within four points, 57-53, with 3:04 remaining. At that point, the Indians'Adrian Harper hit a clutch three-point basket from the corner to increase ULM's lead to 60-53.

Merritt finished the contest with a game-high 20 points. He was 4-of-8 from beyond the arc.The Bulldogs then cut Louisiana-Monroe's lead to four points again as redshirt freshman Joe

Ross Merritt knocked down a key three-point shot at 2:20 remaining in the game. Samford's 6-4guard finished the contest with 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting.

Louisiana-Monroe (4-1) scored the last four points of the game as the Indians continued to hittheir free throws. ULM shot 73.7 percent from the free-throw line against the Bulldogs and priorto the game the Tribe was shooting a stellar 77.8 percent from the charity stripe.

Gary Robinson hit two free throws down the stretch and Cecil Hood added a late score to putthe game out of reach, 63-56. Robinson led the Indians with a team-high 17 points.

Randall Gulina, the Bulldogs' sophomore guard, caught fire in the first half of play and scored15 of the teams' 24 points in the opening period. The Baton Rouge, La., native shot 6-of-9 fromthe floor in the first half and was a blistering 3-of-4 from beyond the arc.

His total of 15 points was Gulina's career-high performance and he finished the game 6-of-12from the floor.

"I think that we were a little out of sync in the first half of play and it seemed like the only per-son that came to play was Randall Gulina," said Tillette. "He really played with some good fire outthere and he kept us in the game early."

Despite Gulina's first-half heroics, Samford trailed the Indians, 32-24, at intermission. TheBulldogs shot 37 percent from the floor in the first half, while Louisiana-Monroe connected on54.5 percent of its shots.

The Tribe was led by a trio of scorers in the first half, who all finished the period with sixpoints. DeAndre Alexander, Gary Robinson and Daryl Mason each tallied six points in the firsthalf of play to pace Louisiana-Monroe.



Samford’s Record When . . .

Controlling the Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Scoring First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Leading at Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Trailing at Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Leading with 5:00 Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Trailing with 5:00 Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Tied with 5:00 Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Playing Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

Out-rebounding an Opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Getting Out-rebounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3Rebounds are Even . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Committing More Turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Forcing More Turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Turnovers are the Same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0Attempting More Free Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Allowing More Free-Throw Attempts . . . . . . . . . 2-3Free-Throw Attempts are the Same . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

Shooting Above 50% from Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Shooting Below 50% from Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3Opponent Shoots Above 50% from the Field . . . 0-2Opponent Shoots Below 50% from the Field . . . 3-1Shooting Better than their Opponent . . . . . . . . .3-1Opponent Shoots Better from the Field . . . . . . . 0-2

Shooting Better than 40% from 3-point Range . . 3-0Shooting Less than 40% from 3-point Range . . . 0-3Shooting Better than Opponent from 3-point . . 3-1Shooting Better than 80% from the Line . . . . . . 1-0Shooting Less than 80% from the Line . . . . . . . 2-3

Bench Outscores the Opponents’ . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Opponents’ Bench Outscores Samford’s . . . . . . . 0-1Bench Scoring is the Same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Following a Samford win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Following a Samford loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

3-or-more Players Score in Double Figures . . . . . 2-14-or-more Players Score in Double Figures . . . . . 2-05-or-more Players Score in Double Figures . . . . . 2-0

Wearing White Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Wearing Blue Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

In November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2In December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1In January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0In February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0In March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

On Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0On Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1On Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1On Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0On Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1On Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0On Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

SAMFORD’S PROBABLE STARTERSNO. POS. NAME HT. WT. CL./EXP. HOMETOWN STATISTICS14 F Jon Mills 6-6 228 Sr./3VL Winfield, Ala. 8.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg31 F Bryan Boerjan 6-7 228 Sr./3VL Rock Falls, Ill. 6.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg4 G J. Robert Merritt 6-6 214 Jr./2VL Oklahoma City, Okla. 17.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg25 G Jerry Smith 6-2 178 So./1VL Picayune, Miss. 6.0 ppg, 5.0 apg34 G Randall Gulina 6-1 204 So./1VL Baton Rouge, La. 9.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg

SSAAMMFFOORRDD OOFFFF TTHHEE BBEENNCCHHNO. POS. NAME HT. WT. CL./EXP. HOMETOWN STATISTICS42 F Josh Hare 6-5 227 Sr./2VL Cleveland, Tenn. 5.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg5 G Joe Ross Merritt 6-4 200 Fr./RS Oklahoma City, Okla. 5.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg12 F Ryan Woolsey 6-7 215 Fr./RS Valliant, Okla. 2.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg22 G Curtis West 6-0 180 Fr./HS Baton Rouge, La. 1.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg55 G Anthony LoPiano 6-1 177 Jr./2VL Long Island, N.Y. 0.0 ppg, 0.5 rpg10 G Beau Green 6-0 174 Sr./1VL Owensboro, Ky. - - - - - - - - - - -23 G Jason Black 6-4 190 Fr./HS Martin, Tenn. - - - - - - - - - - -40 C Travis Peterson 6-10 205 Fr./RS Glendale, Ariz. - - - - - - - - - - -

B U L L D O G B I T E SMERRITT NAMED OVC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

J. Robert Merritt, Samford’s junior forward from Oklahoma City, Okla., was named the OhioValley Conference's Player of the Week on Nov. 29, as the Bulldogs' sharpshooter averaged 24 pointsper game last week. The honor, which is awarded to the top player in the conference each week, is thefirst of Merritt's career and Samford's first since Jerry Smith was named the OVC Freshman of theWeek on Jan. 19.

Merritt scored a career-high 30 points on the road against South Alabama on Nov. 24. During theintra-state matchup, he tallied 21 of the Bulldogs' final 23 points and finished the game 10-of-19 fromthe floor, including a sizzling 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. Merritt also scored a game-high 18 points inthe Bulldogs' 76-62 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 27 and currently leads the team in scoringaverage with 17.2 points per game.

BATON ROUGE BACKCOURTSamford guards Randall Gulina and Curtis West, both natives of Baton Rouge, La., started in the

backcourt to open two of the Bulldogs’ previous three games. Gulina, a 6-1 sophomore who prepped atCentral Private High School, has started all six games this season and is averaging 9.3 points and 2.2rebounds per game. West, a graduate of Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge, was in the startinglineup against both Louisiana-Monroe and IUPUI and is averaging 12.3 minutes per game.

BROTHERLY LOVEThe Bulldogs boast a pair of brothers on this season’s squad in junior forward J. Robert Merritt

and redshirt freshman guard Joe Ross Merritt. J. Robert is the oldest of four Merritt boys and current-ly leads Samford in scoring with 17.7 points per game. Joe Ross is the second-born of the four brothersand is averaging 5.5 points in 16.7 minutes a contest.

The Merritt Brothers hail from Oklahoma City, Okla., and played together at Bishop McGuinnessHigh School. J. Robert earned All-State honors as a senior and led BMHS to its third-consecutive statechampionship in 2000. Joe Ross was also a First-Team All-Oklahoma performer and helped guideBishop McGuinness to a pair of state championship titles.

JON OF ALL TRADESSenior forward Jon Mills has been doing it all for the Samford Bulldogs this season. He currently

leads the team in rebounds with 4.2 per game and is shooting a stellar 47.6 percent from three-pointland. He has led the Bulldogs in rebounding five times this season and was named the MVP of the2004 Mohegan Sun Classic after scoring a game-high 18 points on 6-of-6 shooting.

S T A T I S T I C A L C O M P A R I S O N

Samford Category Tennessee Wesleyan3-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-963.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Points Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.258.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Points Allowed Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1

.480 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

.443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opponents Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

.457 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

.364 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opponents 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

.726 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free Throw Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72123.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebound Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1-8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebound Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12.79.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-Pts. Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.76.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opponents 3-Pts. Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.51.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.77.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steals Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.614.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assists Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.812.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turnovers Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.315.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turnovers Forced Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0



When it’s close . . .Samford’s record in ... 2004-05 Under TilletteOvertime . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 4-7One-point games . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 5-3Two-point games . . . . . 0-2 . . . . . 4-12Three-point games . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 6-9Four-point games . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 5-1Five-point games . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 1-46-9 point game . . . . . . . 0-1 . . . . . 28-21

When it’s not . . .Samford’s record in ... 2004-05 Under Tillette10-19 point games . . . . 3-0 . . . . . 38-2420-29 point games . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 14-1030-39 point games . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 7-340-49 point games . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 5-050-59 point games . . . . 0-0 . . . . . 1-0

L A R G E S T M A R G I N O F V I C T O R Y

All-Time70, Samford 118, Covenant 48 . . . . . . .12/8/1964

Seibert Hall70, Samford 118, Covenant 48 . . . . . . .12/8/1964

Under Tillette57, Samford 92, North Georgia 35 . . 12/18/1999

L A R G E S T M A R G I N O F D E F E A T

All-Time61, Alabama 105, Samford 44 . . . . . . . .1/27/1958

Seibert Hall37, Western Kentucky 94, Samford 57 . . .12/13/1986

Under Tillette32, Richmond 70, Samford 38 . . . . . . 12/5/199732, Alabama 83, Samford 51 . . . . . . . 11/14/2001

M O S T P O I N T S S C O R E D

All-Time131, Samford 131, Miss. College 95 . . .2/22/1971

Seibert Hall131, Samford 131, Miss. College 95 . . . .2/22/1971

Under Tillette110, Samford 110, Troy State 64 . . . . . 1/31/1998

M O S T P O I N T S A L L O W E D

All-Time116, Lamar 116, Samford 60 . . . . . . . .11/23/1990

Seibert Hall109, UMKC 109, Samford 77 . . . . . . . .2/12/1990

Under Tillette94, UCF 94, Samford 70 . . . . . . . . . . . 2/26/1998

BENCHMARK FOR SUCCESSAfter receiving a season-low four points from its bench in a 52-50 loss on the road against

South Alabama, the Bulldogs tweaked their starting five a bit by inserting freshman guard CurtisWest into the lineup at the point guard postion. Since the change, Samford has averaged 25.3points per game from its non-starters, including 8.0 per contest from the ever-improving Joe RossMerritt. Merritt, the Bulldogs’ redshirt freshman guard from Oklahoma City, Okla., hasincreased his minutes per game average to 16.7 and has scored in double digits in two of the pre-vious three games.

Senior Josh Hare has also played well coming off of the bench in Samford’s previous threegames. Against Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 27, Hare finished with 12 points and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the free-throw line. The Bulldogs’ native of Cleveland, Tenn., followed up that perfor-mance with a solid, five-points and three-assists outing against IUPUI.

SAMFORD IN THE OVC RANKINGSThe Bulldogs lead the Ohio Valley Conference in three statistical rankings and currently stand

among the top three teams in five additional categories. Samford is currently ranked first in thefollowing three statistical standings: Scoring defense (58.7 ppg), 3-point field goal percentage(.457) and 3-point field goals made (9.67 avg/g). The Bulldogs are also second in assist/turnoverratio (1.17) and rebounding defense (32.0 avg/g). To add to those stats, Samford is also rankedthird in the conference in free throw percentage (.726), field goal percentage (.480) and turnovermargin (+2.50).

Individual members of the Bulldog basketball team are also listed among the top-10 players inthe conference. J. Robert Merritt is currenlty ranked second in 3-point field goals made (3.00avg/g), while sophomore point guard Jerry Smith is in second place in assist/turnover ratio(2.14). Senior forward Bryan Boerjan is the No. 7-ranked player in OVC in steals (1.83 avg/g),while Smith (.538), Merritt (.529), Randall Gulina (.500) and Jon Mills (.476) are all among thetop-10 players in 3-point field goal percentage.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITIONTennessee Wesleyan heads into Thursday’s contest with a 2-9 overall record on the season. The

Bulldogs have lost their previous three games, including a heartbreaking 63-61 defeat versus theUniv. of Virginia College at Wise on Tuesday. Tennessee Wesleyan opened the 2004-05 seasonwith a five-game losing streak and seven of the Bulldogs’ nine losses have been by at least 19points. UTW’s pair of victories this season came against Milligan College, 79-69, and VirginiaIntermont College, 84-78. Freshman Zach Conner leads the team in scoring with 9.6 points pergame and is followed by Mark Riden (9.2), John Ferguson (8.9) and Brandon Newton (7.1).



TRACKING THE THREESWest Alabama (Exhibition) . 14-24 (.583), WCal-State Fullerton . . . . . . . . 11-22 (.500), WCentral Connecticut . . . . . . . 11-17 (.647), W South Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21 (.333), LLouisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . 11-17 (.647), WIUPUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25 (.360), L Louisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . 9-25 (.360), LTennessee WesleyanTennessee-TempleBradleyIUPUINotre DameJacksonville State*Tennessee State*Murray State*Tennessee-Martin*Morehead State*Eastern Kentucky*Eastern Illinois*Southeast Missouri*Tennessee Tech*Austin Peay*Eastern Kentucky*Morehead State*Austin Peay*Tennessee Tech*Jacksonville State*Tennessee State*

TRACKING THE LAYUPSWest Alabama (Exhibition) . . . . . . . . 22, WCal-State Fullerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, WCentral Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, W South Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, LLouisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, WIUPUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, LLouisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, LTennessee WesleyanTennessee-TempleBradleyIUPUINotre DameJacksonville State*Tennessee State*Murray State*Tennessee-Martin*Morehead State*Eastern Kentucky*Eastern Illinois*Southeast Missouri*Tennessee Tech*Austin Peay*Eastern Kentucky*Morehead State*Austin Peay*Tennessee Tech*Jacksonville State*Tennessee State*

Shot SelectionSo far this season, Samford is attempting nearly as many shots from 3-point range as it is from

inside the arc. In six games, the Bulldogs have taken 146 two-point shots as compared to 127 attemptsfrom beyond the arc. Samford, which has only been to the line 84 times this season, is shooting astellar 45.7 percent from 3-point land and 50.0 percent from 2-point range.

The MavenThe Feb. 17, 2003 issue of Sports Illustrated labels Samford’s Jimmy Tillette as “The Maven”, the

first outsider to learn the intricate “Princeton Offense”. The article details how Tillette learned theoffense under then Princeton coach Bill Carmody and how his adaptation of the offense helped leadSamford to back-to-back NCAA appearances in 1999 and 2000.

Samford’s Tough At Home In Seibert HallSince Coach Tillette took control of the Samford basketball program in 1997, the Bulldogs have

accumulated a phenomenal 65-19 overall record while playing in Seibert Hall. Samford currentlyowns a 117-91 all-time record under Tillette with 65 of his 117 victories coming at home. Last year, inthe Bulldogs’ inaugural season in the Ohio Valley Conference, Samford posted a brilliant 9-3 mark inSeibert Hall. The Bulldogs’ all-time record on the main floor of Seibert Hall is 325-162 for a .668winning percentage.

SAMFORD SHOOTING PERCENTAGE

FGM FGA Pct.

Two-point shots 73 146 50.0Three-point shots 58 127 45.7Free Throws 61 84 72.6

• Samford won its first Division I game on Nov.24, 1972, against Abilene Christian, 81-73. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs finished with a 5-20 record in their inaugural D-I season.

• The Bulldogs played all of their home games at the newly-built BJCC in downtown Birmingham during the 1976-77 season.

• Samford’s first winning season in D-I came in 1983-84 when the Bulldogs posted a stellar 22-8 overall record under Mike Hanks.

• From 1983-86, Samford rallied for three-con-secutive winning seasons and combined for a 56-33 record.

• Samford’s all-time scorer, Craig Beard, tallied 703 points during the 1984-85 season. He fin-ished his career with 1,925 points in just three seasons. In 1985, he was a fourth-round draft pick of the Chicago Bulls.

• Third-year head coach John Brady posted a consecutive 16-11 season and the Bulldogs fin-

ished as co-champions in the TAAC’s WesternDivision.

• Brady and the Bulldogs shocked LSU, 53-50, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La., on Dec. 3, 1996. Samford won the TAAC’s Western Division for a con-secutive season with a 19-9 record.

• The Bulldogs posted a school-record 13-straight victories and won the TAAC regular-season title with a brilliant 24-6 overall record.

• Samford defeats UCF, 89-61, in the TAAC Championship game to earn its first NCAA Tournament bid. The Bulldogs fell to St. John’s, 69-43, in the NCAA South Regional held in Orlando, Fla.

• The Bulldogs avenge their NCAA Tournament loss to St. John’s with a 68-60 victory over the Red Storm on Nov. 19, 1999.

• On Feb. 15, 2003, Tillette wins the 100th game of his career, 78-74, at Georgia State.

BRIEF HISTORY OF DIVISION I SAMFORD BASKETBALL



GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS

MARGINS OF WINS/LOSSES

STATISTICAL LEADERS

Date Opponent Result Score Overall OVC Top Scorer Top Rebounder Top Assists Att.Nov. 19 vs. Cal-State Fullerton $ W 69-57 1-0 0-0 J. Robert Merritt - 20 J. Robert Merritt - 6 Jerry Smith - 3 984Nov. 20 at Central Connecticut $ W 72-58 2-0 0-0 Jon Mills - 18 Jon Mills - 7 Jerry Smith - 7 1,347 Nov. 24 at South Alabama L 52-50 2-1 0-0 J. Robert Merritt - 30 Merritt, Mills - 3 Boerjan, Smith - 3 2,219Nov. 27 LOUISIANA-MONROE W 76-62 3-1 0-0 J. Robert Merritt - 18 Jon Mills - 5 Jerry Smith - 9 527Nov. 30 IUPUI L 60-58 3-2 0-0 Jerry Smith - 10 Boerjan, Merritt, Mills - 5 Jerry Smith - 4 1,173Dec. 3 at Louisiana-Monroe L 63-57 3-3 0-0 J. Robert Merritt - 20 Gulina, Merritt, Mills - 4 Jerry Smith - 4 758Dec. 9 TENNESSEE WESLEYANDec. 18 TENNESSEE-TEMPLEDec. 21 at BradleyDec. 28 at IUPUIDec. 30 at Notre DameJan. 4 at Jacksonville State*Jan. 8 TENNESSEE STATE*Jan. 13 MURRAY STATE*Jan. 15 TENNESSEE-MARTIN*Jan. 20 at Morehead State*Jan. 22 at Eastern Kentucky*Jan. 27 at Eastern Illinois*Jan. 29 at Southeast Missouri*Feb. 3 TENNESSEE TECH*Feb. 5 AUSTIN PEAY*Feb. 10 EASTERN KENTUCKY*Feb. 12 MOREHEAD STATE*Feb. 17 at Austin Peay*Feb. 19 at Tennessee Tech*Feb. 22 JACKSONVILLE STATE*Feb. 24 at Tennessee State*

HOME GAME* Ohio Valley Conference Game$ 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic

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WINS 1 2LOSSES 2 1

Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists Leader 30-Point Games 20-Point Games 10-Point Games 10-Rebound GamesJ. Robert Merritt - 4 Jon Mills - 5 Jerry Smith - 6 J. Robert Merritt - 1 J. Robert Merritt - 3 J. Robert Merritt - 5Jon Mills - 1 J. Robert Merritt - 4 Bryan Boerjan - 1 Randall Gulina - 3Jerry Smith - 1 Bryan Boerjan - 1 Josh Hare - 2

Randall Gulina - 1 Joe Ross Merritt - 2Jon Mills - 2Jerry Smith - 2Bryan Boerjan - 1

2004-005 SAMFORD BASKETBALL GAME NOTES

Head Coach Jimmy Tillette

Samford's all-time win-ningest coach, JimmyTillette, is currently in his

eighth season at the helm of theBulldogs' men's basketball pro-gram. During his highly-produc-tive tenure at Samford, Tillettehas led the Bulldogs to a pair ofNCAA Tournaments and hasregistered an impressive 76-46

record against conference opponents.Tillette quickly climbed the school's career wins list and

rapidly became the only coach in Samford history to recordconsecutive 20-win seasons. In 1999 and 2000, Tillette guidedthe Bulldogs to 24 and 21 wins, respectively, and led his teamto back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.

With a current overall record of 117-92 at Samford, Tillettepassed current LSU head coach John Brady atop the Samfordvictory list with a 70-61 victory over Arkansas State in thesecond game of the 2002-03 season. The win helped Tillettereach the top of the list in only five years, compared to sixseasons for Brady. In seven full seasons coaching theBulldogs, Tillette accumulated a winning percentage of .562,which ranks seventh overall in Samford's 87 years of men'sbasketball history.

Tillette earned the 100th victory of his career on Feb. 15,2002, as the Bulldogs posted a thrilling 78-74 double-overtimewin on the road against Georgia State. With the victory,Tillette became the first men's basketball coach in Samfordhistory to reach the century mark in wins.

Over the years, the Bulldogs have excelled under the tute-lage of Coach Tillette and under his guidance Samford ownsa stellar 48-12 record against conference opponents at homein Siebert Hall. During the 2003-04 campaign, the Bulldogsposted a brilliant 9-3 home record, including an unblemished4-0 mark against non-conference opponents.

As head coach, Tillette immediately made his mark on theSamford program, incorporating the Princeton-style offense,which relies on precision cuts and three-point shooting.Under Tillette, the Bulldogs have distinguished themselvesstatistically among the nation's best, finishing third in thenation in three-pointers made per game during the 1998-99season.

In 1999, the Bulldogs finished No. 1 in the nation in field-goal percentage (50.3 percent) and second in the nation inthree-pointers made per game. During the 2002-03 season,Samford again performed well nationally, finishing third inthree-pointers made per game (9.8) and 19th overall in scor-ing defense (62.7 ppg).

Prior to becoming a full-fledged member of the Ohio ValleyConference in 2003, Samford was a perennial leader in the

Atlantic Sun Conference since the 1978 campaign. In 2000-01,Tillette's squad set a conference record for three-pointersmade in a game (23), breaking the previous mark establishedby the 1995 Samford team. At the conclusion of the 2000 sea-son, the Bulldogs ranked either first or second in a total ofnine of the 15 A-Sun statistical categories.

In his first season at the helm, Tillette guided the Bulldogs,then the youngest team in Division I, to a 14-13 overall recordand a 9-7 mark against A-Sun opponents. Tillette's first teamfeatured a starting lineup that consisted of one senior and

four sophomores, with the remainder of the 11-man squadbeing totally comprised of underclassmen.

After being picked to finish third in the 1998-99 A-Sun pre-season poll, the Bulldogs went on a magical run that culmi-nated with a 24-6 overall record and the school's first NCAATournament berth. The 24-win season was Samford's bestsince joining Division I in the early 1970s and came withinone game of tying the school record of 25 victories set in the

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Tillette is Samford’s all-time winningest coach with 117 career victories.

1938-39 season. During the 1998-99 season, Tillette guidedSamford to a remarkable 15-1 record in conference play,which was highlighted by a 13-game winning streak. For hisefforts, Tillette was named the Atlantic Sun Coach of theYear.

In 1999, Tillette's Bulldogs were preseason favorites to winthe A-Sun title, but finished third in the regular season with a12-6 conference record and a 21-11 overall mark. The 1999-00season marked Tillette's second 20-win campaign and includ-ed groundbreaking wins over both St. John's and Alabama.The Bulldogs also rallied to win the Atlantic Sun Tournamentchampionship and earned their second NCAA Tournamentappearance.

Before being named the school's 27th head coach in 1997,Tillette spent eight seasons as an assistant coach, includingsix years at Samford, where he helped the Bulldogs earn a co-championship in 1995-96 and the A-Sun's West Division titlein 1996-97.

In Tillette's six years as an assistant coach with theBulldogs, he was a key factor in Samford's 89-77 overallrecord and Atlantic Sun West Division titles. Tillette is wide-ly respected in coaching circles for his teaching of the motionoffense, which has been the cornerstone of the Bulldogs'offense.

Tillette also served as an assistant coach at Tulane (1990-91)under Perry Clark and at Mississippi State (1989-90) underRichard Williams.

A New Orleans native, Tillette proved himself for a num-ber of years as a head coach in the high school ranks. He ledhometown De La Salle High School to an impressive 196-55overall record over seven seasons. He was named theLouisiana High School Coach of the Year after De La Salle seta state record for wins with a 40-1 mark and won the Class4A state championship. His first coaching job was a seven-year stint as an assistant at New Orleans' Jesuit High School.There, he served under his close friend and currentBirmingham-Southern head coach Duane Reboul.

Tillette is a graduate of Holy Cross College in New Orleansand earned a master's degree in history from the Universityof New Orleans.

He is married to the former Diane Cibulski of New Orleansand the couple has one son, Tristan, whose wife, Kendra,gave birth to their first grandson, Shea, in 2003.

All-Time Coaching Records

WINSNAME TENURE W-L PCTJimmy Tillette 1997-present 117-92 .560John Brady 1991-97 89-77 .536Earl Gartman 1950-55 71-73 .493Walt Barnes 1959-63 61-40 .604Jim Stuart 1938-42 58-37 .611Virgil Ledbetter 1955-59, 1963-65 56-83 .403Billy Bancroft 1934-38 50-37 .575Mike Hanks 1981-84 46-38 .548Van Washer 1968-72 46-55 .455Herman Roberson 1947-50 42-37 .532

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Tillette coached under current LSU head coachJohn Brady at Samford for six seasons.

SAMFORD vs. TENNESSEE WESLEYAN

Tillette’s Year-by-YearYEAR OVERALL CONFERENCE

1997-98 14-13 9-71998-99^ 24-6 15-1*1999-00^ 21-11 12-6*2000-01 15-14 12-82001-02 15-14 12-82002-03 13-15 9-72003-04 12-16 7-92004-05 3-3 0-0

TOTALS 117-92 76-46

* Atlantic Sun Tournament Champions^ NCAA Tournament Appearance

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J. Robert MerrittForward, 6-6, 214 - JuniorOklahoma City, Okla. - Bishop McGuinness HS

The Bulldogs' most experienced returner . . . will becounted on to provide consistent offensive production . .

. excellent shooter with deep range.

BIO UPDATES• Named the Ohio Valley Conference’s Player of the Week on

Nov. 29. The honor, the first of his career, is awarded to the top player in the conference each week.

• Ranks fifth in the OVC in scoring with 17.7 points per game.• Made 27-consecutive free throws until he missed his final

attempt on the road against South Alabama on Nov. 24.• Currently ranked second in the conference with 3.00 3-point

baskets per game. He has made 18-of-34 (.529) this season.• Scored a career-high 30 points against South Alabama on Nov.

24. He finished the contest 10-of-19 from the floor and 4-of-9 from beyond the arc.

BULLDOG BITESBorn July 16, 1982 . . . son of Paul and Suzy Merritt . . . fatherplayed football at Panhandle State College . . . brother, JoeRoss, is a freshman on the Samford basketball team . . . major-ing in business management.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 30, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 6, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 3, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 10, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 7, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 20043-point Field Goals . 4, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 40, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 30, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . . 11, vs. Tennessee State, Feb. 26, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 6, at Troy State, Jan. 26, 2003Field Goals . . . . . . . 10, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 7, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 20043-point Field Goals . . 6, vs. Tennessee Tech, Feb. 21, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 4, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 44, at Tennessee Tech, Feb. 5, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?J. Robert Merritt is the Bulldogs’ top returning scorerfrom last season (11.1 ppg).

A very good athlete with great stamina . . . can knockdown the perimeter jumper . . . has developed a consis-

tent shot off the dribble.

BIO UPDATES• Has not played this season.

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Beau GreenGuard, 6-0, 174 - SeniorOwensboro, Ky. - Kentucky Wesleyan

BULLDOG BITESBorn July 6, 1981 . . . son of Tom and Jennifer Green . . . fatherplayed basketball at Miami (Fla.) . . . brother Jason plays tennisat Florida State . . . majoring in business.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . 0Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . 0Free Throws . . . . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . . . . 0Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 5, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 0Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 0Field Goals . . . . . . . 2, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . 1, Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Covenant College, Dec. 20, 2003Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 6, vs. Covenant College, Dec. 20, 2003

DID YOU KNOW ?Beau Green is the oldest player on Samford’s basketballteam. The Bulldogs’ senior turned 23 on July 6.

Looking to have a breakout season after an injury-plagued junior year . . . has complete knowledge of the

offensive system . . . can play the wing, strong forward orcenter positions.

BIO UPDATES• Named the MVP of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic after scor-

ing a team-high 18 points in the championship game against host Central Connecticut on Nov. 20.

• Finished the game a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor including a sizzling 4-of-4 from beyond the arc.

• Ranked ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference in 3-point shoot-ing percentage with a mark of .476 (10-of-21).

• Leads the team in rebounding (4.2 avg/g) and has tallied a team-high total of rebounds in five of the Bulldogs’ games this season.

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Jon MillsForward, 6-6, 228 - SeniorWinfield, Ala. - Winfield HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Oct. 21, 1981 . . . son of Lowell and Carol Mills . . . uncleEd McGraw played football at Austin Peay . . . has already grad-uated with a degree in accounting . . . currently enrolled in amaster’s degree program at Samford.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . 18, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . 7, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . 2, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . 6, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 20043-point Field Goals . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 2, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . 32, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, vs. Stetson, Feb. 6, 2003Rebounds . . . . . . . . . 9, vs. Stetson, Feb. 6, 2003Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 6, vs. UCF, Dec. 19, 2001Field Goals . . . . . . . . 9, vs. Stetson, Feb. 6, 2003Free Throws . . . . . . . 6, at Belmont, Feb. 28, 20033-point Field Goals . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. Covenant College, Dec. 20, 2003Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 38, at Troy State, Dec. 1, 2001

DID YOU KNOW ?Jon Mills was named the Atlantic Sun Conference’sFreshman of the Year in 2002.

Returning point guard who will be counted on to expandhis leadership role . . . has improved his ball-handlingskills . . . possesses great vision on the court and has a

competitive personality.

BIO UPDATES• Registered a career-high nine assists in the team’s 76-62 victory

at home against Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 27.• Led the Bulldogs in assists in all six games this season and is

currently averaging a team-high 5.0 assists per game.• Ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in

assist/turnover ratio (2.14) and third in total assists (30).• Also ranked fifth in the conference in 3-point field goal per-

centage with a team-high .538 average (7-of-13).• Scored a team-high 10 points against IUPUI on Nov. 30.• Dished out seven key assists against Central Connecticut in

the championship game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic held in New Britain, Conn.

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Jerry SmithGuard, 6-2, 178 - SophomorePicayune, Miss. - Picayune HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Jan. 4, 1984 . . . son of Jerry and Ophelia Smith . . .majoring in sports medicine.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 11, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 5, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 9, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 33, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 13, vs. Tennessee-Temple, Dec. 18, 2003Rebounds . . . . . . . . 8, vs. Austin Peay, Feb. 19, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . 9, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 5, vs. Tennessee-Temple, Dec. 18, 2003Free Throws . . . . . . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, at Eastern Kentucky, March 2, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 41, vs. Eastern Kentucky, Jan. 24, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?As a freshman, Jerry Smith led the Bulldogs in assistslast season with 3.4 per game.

A senior post player and gritty defender . . . will becounted on to improve his offensive production . . . the

team’s strongest physical presence in the paint.

BIO UPDATES• Pulled down a career-high five rebounds at home against

IUPUI on Nov. 30.• Grabbed a career-high four steals versus Louisiana-Monroe on

Dec. 3, and is currently ranked seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference in steals with 1.83 per game.

• Tied for the team-lead in assists with three on the road against South Alabama on Nov. 24.

• Has started all six games this season at forward.• Scored 11 points against Central Connecticut in the champi-

onship game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic on Nov. 20.• Shot 5-of-6 from the floor and added four rebounds and two

assists in the contest.

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Bryan BoerjanForward, 6-7, 228 - SeniorRock Falls, Ill. - Rock Falls HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Sept. 1, 1982 . . . son of Tom and Robin Boerjan . . .majoring in exercise science.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 11, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 5, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . 4, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 5, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 4, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 4, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . 30, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 15, vs. Jacksonville State, Jan. 20, 2003Rebounds . . . . . . . . 5, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . 4, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 5, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 5, vs. Jacksonville State, Jan. 20, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 4, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 33, at Belmont, Jan. 12, 2002

DID YOU KNOW ?Bryan Boerjan is the cousin of T. J. Pugh, formerKansas basketball player.

Very competitive guard with a great first step to the bas-ket . . . athleticism allows him to score close to the goalamongst bigger players . . . consistently improving his

total game.

BIO UPDATES• Is coming off of the best game of his career on Dec. 3, as he

scored a personal-best 15 points against Louisiana-Monroe.• In the game, he set career-highs in rebounds (4), assists (2),

field goals (6), 3-point field goals (3) and minutes (29).• He scored all 15 of his points versus ULM in the first half.• Currently ranks eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference in 3-

point field goal percentage with a .500 shooting average from beyond the arc. He has made 9-of-18 3-point attempts.

• Is second on the team in scoring with a 9.3 points per game average this season.

• Has started all six games at the shooting guard position.

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Randall GulinaGuard, 6-1, 204 - SophomoreBaton Rouge, La. - Central Private HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Sept. 19, 1983 . . . son of Carlo Gulina and Barbara Cook. . . brother Mark played basketball for Southeastern La. . . .undeclared major.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 15, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 4, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 2, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 6, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 2, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 20043-point Field Goals . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 29, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 15, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 4, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 6, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 2, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 20043-point Field Goals . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 29, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Randall Gulina led the Blue squad to a 56-49 come-from-behind victory in Samford’s 2004 Red-BlueScrimmage. He scored 19 points in the win.

Has a leadership personality and a determined presencearound the basket . . . worked extremely hard in the off-season . . . has the ability to muscle the ball inside or to

step out for the 3-point shot.

BIO UPDATES• Is generally one of the first players off of the bench for the

Bulldogs and currently ranks sixth on the team in minutes played (19.2 avg/g).

• Has not missed a free throw attempt this season and is a per-fect 11-of-11 from the charity stripe.

• Scored a season-high 12 points in the team’s 76-62 victory at home against Louisiana-Monroe. He finished with an unblem-ished 8-of-8 mark from the free throw line.

• Tallied 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting versus Central Connecticut in the championship game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic on Nov. 20.

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Josh HareForward, 6-5, 227 - SeniorCleveland, Tenn. - Appalachian State

BULLDOG BITESBorn Nov. 13, 1981 . . . son of Lidelle and Jolene Hare . . .father played baseball at Berry College . . . majoring in sportsmedicine.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 12, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 5, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 8, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 24, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 19, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 7, vs. North Georgia, Nov. 27, 2002Assists . . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 8, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 8, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 20043-point Field Goals . 3, at Oklahoma State, Dec. 30, 2003Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 1, at Murray State, Jan. 15, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 24, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Josh Hare was named Mr. Basketball in the state ofTennessee following the 2000 season.

An excellent ball-handler and passer . . . will be countedon for leadership and experience at the point guard posi-tion . . . has worked hard during the offseason at improv-

ing his 3-point shooting.

BIO UPDATES• Played the final seconds in the Bulldogs’ 72-58 victory over

Central Connecticut in the title game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic.

• Approximately 50 of his family members and friends made thetwo-hour trek from Long Island, N.Y., to New Britain, Conn., to watch Samford play in the tournament. They were all donned in red tee-shirts with No. 55 LoPiano on the back.

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Anthony LoPianoGuard, 6-1, 177 - JuniorLong Island, N.Y. - St. Dominic HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Aug. 29, 1983 . . . son of Anthony and Eileen LoPiano . .. undeclared major.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Rebounds . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 0Field Goals . . . . . . . . 0Free Throws . . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . . 0Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Lousiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, at New Orleans, Nov. 29, 2003Rebounds . . . . . . . . . 4, at Tennessee Tech, Feb. 5, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 7, vs. Bryan College, Nov. 25, 2003Field Goals . . . . . . . . 2, at New Orleans, Nov. 29, 2003Free Throws . . . . . . . 3, vs. Jacksonville State, Jan. 6, 20043-point Field Goals . . 1, at Tennessee Tech, Feb. 5, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, Jan. 3, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 28, at New Orleans, Nov. 29, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Anthony LoPiano is one of only three players in theOhio Valley Conference that was raised in New YorkCity.

Very competitive freshman who redshirted last season . . .a hard-nosed defender . . . has worked hard to improve

his ball-handling skills.

BIO UPDATES• Typically one of the first reserves to see playing time.• Has scored a career-high 11 points twice this season, both

times coming against Louisiana-Monroe.• Registered the top game of his collegiate career on Dec. 3, as

he set four personal-best marks on the road versus ULM.• At Fant-Ewing Coliseum, he set or tied career-highs in the fol-

lowing four categories: points (11), rebounds (3), free throws (1) and 3-point field goals (2).

• Scored seven points in 16 minutes of play against Cal-State Fullerton in the opening game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic. Shot 3-of-6 from the floor and 1-of-3 from 3-point range.

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Joe Ross MerrittGuard, 6-4, 200 - Redshirt FreshmanOklahoma City, Okla. - Bishop McGuiness HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn March 1985 . . . father played football at Panhandle StateCollege . . . older brother, J. Robert, is a junior on the Samfordbasketball team . . . undeclared major.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 11, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 5, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 21, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 11, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 3, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 5, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 20043-point Field Goals . 2, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . 21, at South Alabama, Nov. 24, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Joe Ross Merritt won two Oklahoma StateChampionship titles during his prep career at BishopMcGuinness High School.

Athletic post player who redshirted last season . . . canknock down the perimeter jumper . . . has developed a

consistent shot off the dribble.

BIO UPDATES• Scored a career-high six points against IUPUI on Nov. 30.• Played 15 minutes against Central Connecticut in the champi-

onship game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic and pulled down a career-high four rebounds.

• Hit a clutch 3-point shot versus Cal-State Fullerton in the opening game of the 2004 Mohegan Sun Classic on Nov. 19.

• Logs key minutes for the Bulldogs and is averaging 12.3 min-utes per game this season.

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Ryan WoolseyForward, 6-7, 215 - Redshirt FreshmanValliant, Okla. - Valliant HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Aug. 22, 1984 . . . son of Bill and Kathy Woolsey . . .undeclared major.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . 6, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . 1, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . . 15, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . 6, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . 4, at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Nov. 27, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . 1, vs. Cal-State Fullerton, Nov. 19, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . 1 at Central Connecticut, Nov. 20, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Minutes . . . . . . . . . 15, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Ryan Woolsey was named the 2002 PreseasonOklahoma 3A Player of the Year by the Oklahoma Tip-off Magazine.

One of the Bulldogs’ quickest players . . . smart defenderwho can disrupt an opponent’s offensive rhythm . . . fin-

ishes well around the goal for a player his size.

BIO UPDATES• Started two games this season (Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 27

and IUPUI on Nov. 30) and is averaging 12.3 minutes per game.

• Provides key playing time off of the bench for the Bulldogs and has handled the ball well at the point guard position. He has only committed four turnovers this season.

• Registered the best game of the collegiate career on Nov. 30 against IUPUI. He finished the contest with seven career-highsincluding points (9), assists (2), field goals (3), free throws (1), 3-point field goals (2), steals (2) and minutes played (20).

• Played 13 quality minutes against West Alabama in the Bulldogs’ lone exhibition game of the preseason and scored 10points on 4-of-4 shooting from the floor.

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Curtis WestGuard, 6-0, 180 - FreshmanBaton Rouge, La. - Redemptorist HS

BULLDOG BITESFull name is Curtis Wayne West, Jr. . . . born April 29, 1986 . .. parents are Janice and Curtis West, Sr. . . . undeclared major.

SEASON HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . . . 1, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 20043-point Field Goals . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004

CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . 1, at Louisiana-Monroe, Dec. 3, 2004Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Field Goals . . . . . . . . . 3, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Free Throws . . . . . . . . 1, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 20043-point Field Goals . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . 20, vs. IUPUI, Nov. 30, 2004

DID YOU KNOW ?Curtis West was named the MVP of the Louisiana StateChampionship tournament as a junior in high school.

A versatile guard with excellent court vision . . . has greatquickness to the goal and sound instincts for the game . .

. a very intelligent and unselfish player.

BIO UPDATES• Has not played this season.

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Jason BlackGuard, 6-4, 190 - FreshmanMartin, Tenn. - Westview HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn Sept. 20, 1986 . . . parents are Ruby and Frank Black . . .undeclared major.


CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . 0Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . 0Free Throws . . . . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . . . . 0Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

DID YOU KNOW ?Jason Black is the youngest player on Samford’s basket-ball team. The Bulldogs’ true freshman recently turned18 on Sept. 20.

A big body that will log minutes at both the wing andcenter positions . . . possesses great guard skills for a play-er his size . . . quick decision-maker with an outstanding

comprehension of the game.

BIO UPDATES• Proved to be a force in the paint against West Alabama on

Nov. 8, as he blocked three shots in nine minutes of play.• Fell into early foul trouble and ended up fouling out with four

points, a rebound and an assist.

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Travis PetersonCenter, 6-10, 205 - Redshirt FreshmanGlendale, Ariz. - Mountain Ridge HS

BULLDOG BITESBorn May 18, 1985 . . . son of Randy and Karen Peterson . . .undeclared major.


CAREER HIGHSPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Rebounds . . . . . . . . . . . 0Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Field Goals . . . . . . . . . . 0Free Throws . . . . . . . . . 03-point Field Goals . . . . 0Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

DID YOU KNOW ?Travis Peterson is one of the tallest players in the OhioValley Conference. He is one of only five players listedat 6-10 and above.

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULTNov. 8 WEST ALABAMA (Exhibition) BIRMINGHAM W, 94-67Nov. 19 vs. Cal-State Fullerton $ New Britain, Conn. W, 69-57Nov. 20 at Central Connecticut $ New Britain, Conn. W, 72-58Nov. 24 at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. L, 52-50Nov. 27 LOUISIANA-MONROE BIRMINGHAM W, 76-62Nov. 30 IUPUI BIRMINGHAM L, 60-58

Dec. 3 at Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, La. L, 63-56Dec. 9 TENNESSEE WESLEYAN BIRMINGHAM 7:00 p.m.Dec. 18 TENNESSEE-TEMPLE BIRMINGHAM 2:00 p.m.Dec. 21 at Bradley Peoria, Ill. 7:05 p.m.Dec. 28 at IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind. 7:00 p.m.Dec. 30 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 6:00 p.m.

Jan. 4 at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. 7:30 p.m.Jan. 8 TENNESSEE STATE* BIRMINGHAM 2:00 p.m.Jan. 13 MURRAY STATE* BIRMINGHAM 7:00 p.m.Jan. 15 TENNESSEE-MARTIN* BIRMINGHAM 2:00 p.m.Jan. 20 at Morehead State* Morehead, Ky. 6:45 p.m.Jan. 22 at Eastern Kentucky* Richmond, Ky. 6:30 p.m.Jan. 27 at Eastern Illinois* Charleston, Ill. 7:35 p.m.Jan. 29 at Southeast Missouri* Cape Girardeau, Mo. 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 TENNESSEE TECH* BIRMINGHAM 7:00 p.m.Feb. 5 AUSTIN PEAY* BIRMINGHAM 2:00 p.m.Feb. 10 EASTERN KENTUCKY* BIRMINGHAM 7:00 p.m.Feb. 12 MOREHEAD STATE* BIRMINGHAM 2:00 p.m.Feb. 17 at Austin Peay* Clarksville, Tenn. 7:30 p.m.Feb. 19 at Tennessee Tech* Cookeville, Tenn. 7:30 p.m.Feb. 22 JACKSONVILLE STATE* BIRMINGHAM 7:00 p.m.Feb. 24 at Tennessee State* Nashville, Tenn. 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 1 OVC Tournament Campus Sites TBAMar. 4 OVC Tournament ^ Nashville, Tenn. TBAMar. 5 OVC Tournament ^ Nashville, Tenn. TBA

Home games are in BOLD & ALL CAPS- All start times are Central and subject to change$ - Central Connecticut Tournament* - Denotes an Ohio Valley Conference game^ - Semifinal rounds to be held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center


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No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. Hometown/Previous School4 J. Robert Merritt 6-6 214 F Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS 5 Joe Ross Merritt 6-4 200 G RFr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS10 Beau Green 6-0 174 G Sr. Owensboro, Ky./Kentucky Wesleyan 12 Ryan Woolsey 6-7 215 F RFr. Valliant, Okla./Valliant HS14 Jon Mills 6-6 228 F Sr. Winfield, Ala./Winfield HS22 Curtis West 6-0 180 G Fr. Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist HS23 Jason Black 6-4 190 G Fr. Martin, Tenn./Westview HS25 Jerry Smith 6-2 178 G So. Picayune, Miss./Picayune HS31 Bryan Boerjan 6-7 228 F Sr. Rock Falls, Ill./Rock Falls HS34 Randall Gulina 6-1 204 G So. Baton Rouge, La./Central Private HS40 Travis Peterson 6-10 205 C RFr. Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS42 Josh Hare 6-5 227 F Sr. Cleveland, Tenn./Appalachian State 55 Anthony LoPiano 6-1 177 G Jr. Long Island, N.Y./St. Dominic HS

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No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Cl. Hometown/Previous School23 Jason Black 6-4 190 G Fr. Martin, Tenn./Westview HS31 Bryan Boerjan 6-7 228 F Sr. Rock Falls, Ill./Rock Falls HS10 Beau Green 6-0 174 G Sr. Owensboro, Ky./Kentucky Wesleyan34 Randall Gulina 6-1 204 G So. Baton Rouge, La./Central Private HS42 Josh Hare 6-5 227 F Sr. Cleveland, Tenn./Appalachian State55 Anthony LoPiano 6-1 177 G Jr. Long Island, N.Y./St. Dominic HS4 J. Robert Merritt 6-6 214 F Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS 5 Joe Ross Merritt 6-4 200 G RFr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS14 Jon Mills 6-6 228 F Sr. Winfield, Ala./Winfield HS40 Travis Peterson 6-10 205 C RFr. Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS25 Jerry Smith 6-2 178 G So. Picayune, Miss./Picayune HS22 Curtis West 6-0 180 G Fr. Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist HS12 Ryan Woolsey 6-7 215 F RFr. Valliant, Okla./Valliant HS

Head Coach: Jimmy Tillette (Our Lady of Holy Cross, ‘75)Assistant Coaches: Lee Burgess (Samford, ‘00), Paul Kelly (Tulane, ‘87) and Mike Maker (California Baptist, ‘88)

R O S T E R B R E A K D O W NBY STATEAlabama (1): Jon Mills (Winfield). Arizona (1): Travis Peterson (Glendale). Illinois (1): Bryan Boerjan (Rock Falls).Kentucky (1): Beau Green (Owensboro). Louisiana (2): Randall Gulina (Baton Rouge), Curtis West (Baton Rouge).Mississippi (1): Jerry Smith (Picayune). New York (1): Anthony LoPiano (Long Island). Oklahoma (3): J. RobertMerritt (Oklahoma City), Joe Ross Merritt (Oklahoma City), Ryan Woolsey (Valliant). Tennessee (2): Jason Black(Martin), Josh Hare (Cleveland).

BY CLASSSeniors (4): Bryan Boerjan, Beau Green, Josh Hare, Jon Mills. Juniors (2): Anthony LoPiano, J. Robert Merritt.Sophomores (2): Randall Gulina, Jerry Smith. Freshmen (5): Jason Black, Joe Ross Merritt, Travis Peterson, CurtisWest, Ryan Woolsey.


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Samford Men's Basketball Samford Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 06, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0) CONFERENCE.......... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04 MERRITT, J. Robert. 6-6 198 33.0 33-58 .569 18-34 .529 22-24 .917 2 19 21 3.5 10 0 10 12 3 7 106 17.7 34 GULINA, Randall.... 6-6 151 25.2 21-47 .447 9-18 .500 5-9 .556 4 9 13 2.2 16 0 11 8 0 7 56 9.3 14 MILLS, Jon......... 6-6 150 25.0 16-34 .471 10-21 .476 7-8 .875 6 19 25 4.2 6 0 6 7 1 5 49 8.2 31 BOERJAN, Bryan..... 6-6 163 27.2 16-34 .471 4-9 .444 5-12 .417 4 13 17 2.8 17 1 14 10 0 11 41 6.8 25 SMITH, Jerry....... 6-4 174 29.0 10-25 .400 7-13 .538 9-14 .643 1 13 14 2.3 8 0 30 14 0 3 36 6.0 42 HARE, Josh......... 6-0 115 19.2 10-21 .476 3-6 .500 11-11 1.000 4 10 14 2.3 9 0 6 11 0 4 34 5.7 05 MERRITT, Joe Ross.. 6-0 100 16.7 14-28 .500 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 3 2 5 0.8 11 0 2 6 0 2 33 5.5 12 WOOLSEY, Ryan...... 6-0 74 12.3 8-17 .471 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 3 5 8 1.3 12 0 6 0 2 1 17 2.8 22 WEST, Curtis....... 6-2 74 12.3 3-9 .333 2-7 .286 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 0.7 2 0 3 4 0 4 9 1.5 55 LoPIANO, Anthony... 2-0 1 0.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 7 13 20 3.3 0 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 6 1200 131-273 .480 58-127 .457 61-84 .726 35 107 142 23.7 91 1 88 75 6 44 381 63.5 Opponents.......... 6 1200 124-280 .443 36-99 .364 68-99 .687 67 125 192 32.0 99 3 55 90 22 33 352 58.7

TEAM STATISTICS SAM OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND --------------------------------------------------- ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ SCORING.................. 381 352 11/19/04 vs Cal-State Fullerton W 69-57 984 Points per game........ 63.5 58.7 11/20/04 at Central Connecticut W 72-58 1347 Scoring margin......... +4.8 - 11/24/04 at Univ of South Alabama L 50-52 2219 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 131-273 124-280 11/27/04 LOUISIANA-MONROE W 76-62 527 Field goal pct......... .480 .443 11/30/04 IUPUI L 58-60 1173 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 58-127 36-99 12/03/04 at Louisiana-Monroe L 56-63 758 3-point FG pct......... .457 .364 3-pt FG made per game.. 9.7 6.0 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 61-84 68-99 Free throw pct......... .726 .687 REBOUNDS................. 142 192 Rebounds per game...... 23.7 32.0 Rebounding margin...... -8.3 - ASSISTS.................. 88 55 Assists per game....... 14.7 9.2 TURNOVERS................ 75 90 Turnovers per game..... 12.5 15.0 Turnover margin........ +2.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.2 0.6 STEALS................... 44 33 Steals per game........ 7.3 5.5 BLOCKS................... 6 22 Blocks per game........ 1.0 3.7 WINNING STREAK........... 0 - Home win streak........ 0 - ATTENDANCE............... 1700 5308 Home games-Avg/Game.... 2-850 3-1441 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 1-984

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------------------------------ ---- ---- ---- Samford....................... 190 191 - 381 Opponents..................... 171 181 - 352

Samford Men's Basketball Samford Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Dec 06, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0) CONFERENCE.......... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0)

DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/19/04 6:00 p.m. vs Cal-State Fullerton W 69-57 984 (20)MERRITT, J. Robert (6)MERRITT, J. Robert 11/20/04 8:20 p.m. at Central Connecticut W 72-58 1347 (18)MILLS, Jon (7)MILLS, Jon 11/24/04 7:05 p.m. at Univ of South Alabama 50-52 L 2219 (30)MERRITT, J. Robert (3)MERRITT, J. Robert (3)MILLS, Jon 11/27/04 2:00 p.m. LOUISIANA-MONROE W 76-62 527 (18)MERRITT, J. Robert (5)MILLS, Jon 11/30/04 7:00 p.m. IUPUI 58-60 L 1173 (10)SMITH, Jerry (5)BOERJAN, Bryan (5)MILLS, Jon (5)MERRITT, J. Robert 12/03/04 7:00 PM at Louisiana-Monroe 56-63 L 758 (20)MERRITT, J. Robert (4)MERRITT, J. Robert (4)GULINA, Randall (4)MILLS, Jon

* - Conference game

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG/GAME HOME.................... 2 1700 850 AWAY.................... 3 4324 1441 NEUTRAL................. 1 984 984 TOTAL................... 6 7008 1168

Samford Men's Basketball Samford Season Box Score (as of Dec 06, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES........... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0)CONFERENCE.......... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)NON-CONFERENCE...... (3-3) (1-1) (1-2) (1-0)

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## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg

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04 MERRITT, J. Robert. 6-6 198 33.0 33-58 .569 18-34 .529 22-24 .917 2 19 21 3.5 10 0 10 12 3 7 106 17.7

34 GULINA, Randall.... 6-6 151 25.2 21-47 .447 9-18 .500 5-9 .556 4 9 13 2.2 16 0 11 8 0 7 56 9.3

14 MILLS, Jon......... 6-6 150 25.0 16-34 .471 10-21 .476 7-8 .875 6 19 25 4.2 6 0 6 7 1 5 49 8.2

31 BOERJAN, Bryan..... 6-6 163 27.2 16-34 .471 4-9 .444 5-12 .417 4 13 17 2.8 17 1 14 10 0 11 41 6.8

25 SMITH, Jerry....... 6-4 174 29.0 10-25 .400 7-13 .538 9-14 .643 1 13 14 2.3 8 0 30 14 0 3 36 6.0

42 HARE, Josh......... 6-0 115 19.2 10-21 .476 3-6 .500 11-11 1.000 4 10 14 2.3 9 0 6 11 0 4 34 5.7

05 MERRITT, Joe Ross.. 6-0 100 16.7 14-28 .500 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 3 2 5 0.8 11 0 2 6 0 2 33 5.5

12 WOOLSEY, Ryan...... 6-0 74 12.3 8-17 .471 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 3 5 8 1.3 12 0 6 0 2 1 17 2.8

22 WEST, Curtis....... 6-2 74 12.3 3-9 .333 2-7 .286 1-1 1.000 1 3 4 0.7 2 0 3 4 0 4 9 1.5

55 LoPIANO, Anthony... 2-0 1 0.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

TEAM............... 7 13 20 3.3 0 3

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Total.............. 6 1200 131-273 .480 58-127 .457 61-84 .726 35 107 142 23.7 91 1 88 75 6 44 381 63.5

Opponents.......... 6 1200 124-280 .443 36-99 .364 68-99 .687 67 125 192 32.0 99 3 55 90 22 33 352 58.7

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total------------------------------ ---- ---- ----Samford....................... 190 191 - 381Opponents..................... 171 181 - 352

DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL------------------------------ --- ----- -----Samford....................... 4 1 5Opponents..................... 12 0 12

Samford Men's Basketball Samford Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 06, 2004) All games

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist TOver Block Steal Fouls

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Cal-State Fullerton........... 38/29 31/28 69-57 +12 20-43/22-49 .465/.449 11-22/ 7-16 .500/.438 18-27/ 6-7 .667/.857 23/32 (9) 13/10 13/19 0/2 9/4 8/23

Central Connecticut........... 39/34 33/24 72-58 +14 24-41/19-60 .585/.317 11-17/ 6-25 .647/.240 13-16/14-21 .813/.667 31/36 (5) 17/8 12/7 0/2 4/5 19/18

Univ of South Alabama......... 25/20 25/32 50-52 (2) 18-48/19-37 .375/.514 7-21/ 4-18 .333/.222 7-9 /10-15 .778/.667 20/33 (13) 10/7 10/19 0/6 10/7 16/15

LOUISIANA-MONROE.............. 43/27 33/35 76-62 +14 25-42/21-42 .595/.500 11-17/ 5-11 .647/.455 15-19/15-21 .789/.714 16/28 (12) 18/8 12/19 2/6 7/4 15/17

IUPUI......................... 21/29 37/31 58-60 (2) 21-45/21-51 .467/.412 9-25/ 9-21 .360/.429 7-10/ 9-16 .700/.563 29/33 (4) 16/11 14/11 2/1 4/8 19/16

Louisiana-Monroe.............. 24/32 32/31 56-63 (7) 23-54/22-41 .426/.537 9-25/ 5-8 .360/.625 1-3 /14-19 .333/.737 23/30 (7) 14/11 14/15 2/5 10/5 14/10

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICSSamford University vs Louisiana-Monroe12/03/04 7:00 PM at Fant-Ewing Coliseum; Monroe, Louisiana--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: Samford University 3-3 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN04 MERRITT, J. Robert.. * 8-13 4-8 0-1 0 4 4 0 20 1 3 1 1 3914 MILLS, Jon.......... * 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1725 SMITH, Jerry........ * 0-6 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 3231 BOERJAN, Bryan...... * 3-9 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 1 6 2 2 0 4 2934 GULINA, Randall..... * 6-12 3-6 0-0 0 4 4 3 15 2 1 0 3 2905 MERRITT, Joe Ross... 4-5 2-3 1-2 2 1 3 2 11 0 1 0 0 2012 WOOLSEY, Ryan....... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1122 WEST, Curtis........ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 842 HARE, Josh.......... 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 15 TEAM................ 2 1 3 1 Totals.............. 23-54 9-25 1-3 10 13 23 14 56 14 14 2 10 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 13-27 48.1% Game: 42.6% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 36.0% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 33.3% 0,1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: Louisiana-Monroe 4-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN01 Harper, Adrian...... * 4-5 1-1 2-2 1 4 5 1 11 2 2 0 2 2804 Alexander, DeAndre.. * 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 8 1 0 0 0 3205 Branch, Aaron....... * 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 5 2 4 0 1 2121 Mason, Daryl........ * 3-9 0-0 1-4 1 4 5 1 7 1 2 0 0 3534 Robinson, Gary...... * 4-9 2-3 7-8 3 7 10 1 17 2 1 4 0 3623 Hood, Cecil......... 2-5 0-0 4-5 0 5 5 1 8 3 4 1 2 3133 Gay, Isaac.......... 3-3 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 1642 Bynum, Darien....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ Totals.............. 22-41 5-8 14-19 7 23 30 10 63 11 15 5 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-22 54.5% 2nd Half: 10-19 52.6% Game: 53.7% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 62.5% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 6-6 100 % 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 73.7% 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: R-Rick Randall, U1-Hal Lusk, U2-Mike ThibodeauxTechnical fouls: Samford University-None. Louisiana-Monroe-None.Attendance: 758Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalSamford University............ 24 32 - 56Louisiana-Monroe.............. 32 31 - 63

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICSIUPUI vs Samford11/30/04 7:00 p.m. at Birmingham, Ala.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: IUPUI 3-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN01 BOOYER, James....... f 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4 4 1 0 0 1 2803 HILL, George........ g 2-9 2-4 3-4 1 2 3 2 9 3 4 0 0 3424 MILLER, Johnny...... g 5-10 0-1 0-1 1 2 3 4 10 3 2 0 2 3230 COLE, Brandon....... g 4-8 2-6 4-4 3 11 14 2 14 0 3 1 3 3833 CLARK, Akeem........ g 5-16 3-7 0-1 1 1 2 1 13 3 0 0 2 3905 BYLES, Maushae...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 BARLOW, David....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 412 VAVREK, Michal...... 1-2 0-0 2-6 4 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 1220 SHANKS, Troy........ 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 522 CRAWFORD, Blair..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 TEAM................ 1 1 1 Totals.............. 21-51 9-21 9-16 13 20 33 16 60 11 11 1 8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-23 52.2% 2nd Half: 9-28 32.1% Game: 41.2% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 42.9% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 56.3% 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: Samford 3-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN04 MERRITT, J. Robert.. f 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 5 5 0 5 2 1 2 0 3514 MILLS, Jon.......... f 1-5 1-5 3-4 1 4 5 1 6 2 4 0 0 2631 BOERJAN, Bryan...... f 3-4 0-1 1-2 1 4 5 3 7 2 3 0 0 2522 WEST, Curtis........ g 3-4 2-3 1-1 0 0 0 1 9 2 2 0 2 2034 GULINA, Randall..... g 3-7 2-3 0-1 1 1 2 4 8 1 0 0 0 1805 MERRITT, Joe Ross... 1-6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1712 WOOLSEY, Ryan....... 3-6 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 1525 SMITH, Jerry........ 3-6 2-4 2-2 0 2 2 2 10 4 3 0 1 2542 HARE, Josh.......... 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 2 5 3 1 0 1 19 TEAM................ 2 3 5 Totals.............. 21-45 9-25 7-10 7 22 29 19 58 16 14 2 4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-20 40.0% 2nd Half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 46.7% DEADB3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 36.0% REBSF Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 70.0% 0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: Mike Nance, Kevin Scott and Ernie PhealTechnical fouls: IUPUI-None. Samford-None.Attendance: 1173Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalIUPUI......................... 29 31 - 60Samford....................... 21 37 - 58

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICSLouisiana-Monroe vs Samford11-27-04 2:00 p.m. at Birmingham, Ala.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------VISITORS: Louisiana-Monroe 2-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN04 Alexander, DeAndre.. f 3-6 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 2 1 3321 Mason, Daryl........ f 4-6 0-0 2-4 2 0 2 0 10 2 4 0 0 3034 Robinson, Gary...... f 5-6 1-1 4-5 3 6 9 2 15 0 2 3 1 3101 Harper, Adrian...... g 1-5 1-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 2505 Branch, Aaron....... g 2-6 2-5 2-2 1 0 1 1 8 1 2 0 1 2910 Helton, Tony........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 412 Brown, Gabriel...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 Hood, Cecil......... 4-6 0-1 6-6 1 4 5 2 14 2 6 0 0 2731 Jacobs, RoShon...... 2-4 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 0 1 1033 Gay, Isaac.......... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 TEAM................ 1 1 1 Totals.............. 21-42 5-11 15-21 10 18 28 17 62 8 19 6 4 200


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOME TEAM: Samford 3-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN04 MERRITT, J. Robert.. f 5-8 4-6 4-4 0 1 1 2 18 1 4 0 1 2814 MILLS, Jon.......... f 5-9 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 0 13 0 1 1 1 2931 BOERJAN, Bryan...... f 2-6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 5 4 4 1 0 1 2622 WEST, Curtis........ g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1034 GULINA, Randall..... g 1-4 1-1 0-1 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 2705 MERRITT, Joe Ross... 5-6 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 1 1312 WOOLSEY, Ryan....... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 1325 SMITH, Jerry........ 3-3 2-2 3-4 0 3 3 0 11 9 2 0 1 2942 HARE, Josh.......... 2-3 0-0 8-8 0 1 1 1 12 0 3 0 1 2455 LoPIANO, Anthony.... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 25-42 11-17 15-19 2 14 16 15 76 18 12 2 7 200


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Officials: Carlos Reyes, Tony Turner and Ernie MurryTechnical fouls: Louisiana-Monroe-None. Samford-None.Attendance: 527Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalLouisiana-Monroe.............. 27 35 - 62Samford....................... 43 33 - 76

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