12/3/2015 Southern Utah v. La Verne Game Preview

La Verne Leopards (0-1, 0-1 away)
Southern Utah Thunderbirds (1-5, 1-2 home)
December 3, 2015 at 9:00 PM ET
Non-Conference Regular Season

America First Events Center
Cedar City, Utah

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2015-2016 La Verne Leopards Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Mason C. Head H. Arnold A. White C. Mertens
Rotation     K. McClain N. Lewis B. Stiver
Rotation     J. Stokes E. Gustafson  
Lim PT T. Warwick R. McHenry B. Rice   D. McElligott
Lim PT J. Willis V. Costa B. Williams    
Lim PT B. Langley C. Wirth      
Lim PT   J. Eason II      

2015-2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Major T. Langston T. Kennedy R. Parsons C. Oliverson
Rotation J. McGee     A. Hess  
Rotation J. Marshall     C. Thompson  
Lim PT A. Saltes P. Davis W. Joyce D. Melifonwu  
Lim PT   M. Johnson      

La Verne Leopards Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Hakim Arnold G 24 27.2 15.3 6.2 12.2 .509 0.1 0.4 .300 2.8 4.2 .670 1.4 5.5 6.9 2.1 0.7 0.2 2.4 2.7
1 Victor Costa G 19 6.4 1.6 0.6 1.9 .324 0.2 0.8 .200 0.2 0.5 .444 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.0
11 Juan Eason II G 4 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.5 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
25 Evan Gustafson F 25 11.1 4.8 1.7 3.1 .551 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .654 1.1 1.6 2.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.9
35 Connor Head G 23 18.7 5.4 2.2 5.5 .402 0.1 0.7 .188 0.9 1.9 .465 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.7 0.4 0.2 1.7 1.9
4 Max Karim F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 Brandon Langley G 9 4.9 0.8 0.3 1.7 .200 0.1 1.2 .091 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6
25 Nicholas Lewis F 25 15.1 4.9 1.8 4.6 .388 0.7 2.0 .347 0.6 1.0 .615 0.6 1.7 2.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.0
5 Khaneal Mason G 24 24.0 7.2 2.5 5.3 .472 0.6 1.4 .441 1.6 2.6 .629 0.5 1.8 2.3 3.8 1.0 0.1 2.0 1.9
13 Kendall McClain GF 24 19.6 5.0 1.8 4.3 .408 1.2 3.2 .372 0.2 0.3 .750 0.8 1.4 2.1 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1
22 Dylan McElligott C 3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
21 Ryan McHenry G 11 6.5 1.4 0.4 1.0 .364 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 1.2 .538 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.5
10 Cruz Mertens G 25 27.0 9.8 3.0 7.9 .374 2.6 6.9 .384 1.2 1.6 .732 0.7 2.1 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.6 2.6
3 Brandon Rice F 5 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
23 Brian Stiver FC 21 10.2 2.8 1.2 2.0 .605 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .462 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.4
34 Jordan Stokes F 22 14.2 5.4 2.1 4.2 .495 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.5 .482 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.2
14 Tony Warwick G 18 7.6 1.7 0.4 1.2 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.5 .630 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.0
32 Anthony White G 23 25.0 10.8 4.0 10.3 .384 2.1 5.7 .371 0.7 1.3 .586 1.0 3.2 4.1 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.9 2.0
12 Blake Williams F 2 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
12 Jamaal Willis G 8 5.4 2.2 0.8 2.9 .261 0.5 1.4 .364 0.2 0.5 .500 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.9
2 Colton Wirth G 5 3.4 1.8 0.6 1.6 .375 0.6 1.0 .600 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8

Southern Utah Thunderbirds Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
24 Paris Davis GF 23 8.4 3.3 1.1 2.4 .473 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.7 .641 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.4
35 A.J. Hess G 6 21.0 8.3 3.2 6.3 .500 1.5 3.7 .409 0.5 0.7 .750 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.2
35 Brayden Holker PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 Matthew Johnson G 9 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.9 .125 0.1 0.6 .200 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
11 Will Joyce SF 24 6.3 2.2 0.9 1.8 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.1 .462 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.3
4 Trey Kennedy G 25 27.4 11.3 3.8 9.9 .387 1.2 3.7 .323 2.4 3.2 .772 0.4 2.3 2.7 2.6 1.0 0.4 2.0 2.1
3 Travon Langston G 27 24.9 11.3 3.9 8.0 .481 0.5 1.8 .265 3.1 4.3 .718 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.9 0.9 0.1 2.3 2.6
15 Juwan Major G 29 20.5 4.7 1.7 4.4 .391 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.9 .625 0.7 1.6 2.2 1.2 0.7 0.4 1.9 2.6
5 John Marshall G 29 20.8 6.0 1.9 4.3 .435 0.4 1.0 .429 1.9 2.6 .743 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.1 1.2 2.1
14 James McGee G 28 27.5 12.1 3.7 8.7 .428 2.7 6.5 .418 2.0 2.2 .889 0.2 1.7 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.1 1.4 2.0
12 Daniel Melifonwu F 28 9.2 1.2 0.5 1.1 .452 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.5 .400 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 2.1
32 Casey Oliverson F 29 25.7 9.1 3.9 7.1 .551 0.0 0.2 .200 1.2 1.7 .680 1.4 2.6 4.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.7
13 Race Parsons G 24 28.1 8.4 2.7 6.6 .409 1.6 4.1 .388 1.4 1.9 .717 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.5 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.3
10 Adonis Saltes G 3 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
44 Joel Swallow FC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 Christian Thompson FC 28 12.6 4.2 1.4 4.2 .328 0.7 2.3 .308 0.7 1.0 .741 0.3 2.1 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.7