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Valdosta State Men’s Basketball •

Valdosta State Blazers

# Name POS. HT. WT. CL. HOmeTOWN / PreviOuS SCHOOL1 Cameron Cox G 6-2 185 Fr. Canton, Ga. / Naval Prep Academy2 LatrellTidwell F 6-7 190 Jr. Cincinnati,Ohio/KankakeeCC3 BryanChalifoux G 6-5 200 R-So. Gainesville,Fla./BuchholzHS4 MarvinJones G 6-4 195 Sr. Decatur,Ga./SheltonStateCC5 ShondellJackson F 6-5 185 Jr. Warren,Ohio/OwensCC10 MoterDeng G 6-6 200 Sr. Elgin,Ill./CollegeofDuPage11 RashaanBenson G 6-0 185 Jr. Memphis,Tenn./HomeLifeAcad.14 BrettCarterJr. G 6-2 170 R-Fr. Huntersville,N.C./SouthlakeChristianAcad.21 DarrylTucker F 6-7 205 Sr. MountVernon,N.Y./CentralGeorgiaTech23 JarrettHenderson F 6-6 190 Jr. SanMarcos,Texas/JacksonvilleCollege24 DJThorpe G 6-4 180 Sr. Dallas,Texas/WesternTexasCollege34 ConorFlanagan F 6-8 200 Fr. Auckland,N.Z./AucklandGrammarSchool40 HenriVentoniemi F 6-10 235 Jr. Hyvinkaa,Finland/PatrickHenryCC

Head Coach:JeffBurkhamer(3rdYear) Assistant Coach: Brian Benator Graduate Assistant Coach: JasonLaatsch

# Name POS. HT. WT. CL. HOmeTOWN / PreviOuS SCHOOL0 TylerJohnson G 6-4 180 Jr. Howell,Mich./SchoolcraftCollege1 MaxHarris F 6-5 190 Jr. Titusville,Fla./AvaMarie2 CarlosJones G 5-11 170 So. Decatur,Ga./StephensonHS3 WinstonMorgan G 6-0 175 Jr. Manchester,Conn./MississippiGulfCoast4 ClayGuillozet G 6-4 190 So. Greenville,Ohio/WestLibertyState12 BeauJustice G 6-2 175 Jr. Peebles,Ohio/WestLibertyState20 KJJames F 6-5 175 Sr. Charelston,S.C./ArmstrongAtlantic21 LabrianShiflet G 6-3 180 Sr. Taylors,S.C./FloridaSouthern23 JimmyKodet F 6-7 208 Sr. Williamston,Mich./LansingCC24 GregZuppas F 6-6 240 Jr. Orlando,Fla./DaytonaState34 JustinMcBride F 6-11 350 Sr. Starke,Fla./CentralFloridaHead Coach:MikeHelfer(13thYear) Assistant Coach:BlakeJustice(1stYear) Graduate Assistant Coaches:JoshLemons,BrycelandBrown

Valdosta state Blazers (25-2, 18-1 GsC)

west florida arGonauts (24-3, 16-3 GsC)

thursday February 22nd • 8:00 p.m. Valdosta, Ga. • the Complex

Vs.vaLDOSTa STaTe BLaZerS

RECORD: .................... 25-2,18-1GSCHEADCOACH: ................. MikeHelferYEARATVSU: ..............................13thRECORDATVSU: ....253-125,124-84GSCSTREAK ...................................... W18

WeST fLOriDa argONuaTS(pensacola, Fla.)

RECORD: ................... 24-3,16-3GSCHEADCOACH: ..............JeffBurkhamerYEARATUWF: ...............................3rdVSUALL-TIMEVS.UWF: ...........34-20STREAK ........................................ W6



Valdosta state Blazers season statistiCs

west florida arGonauts season statistiCs

@Blazerathletics #Blazernation

#3 Winston morGan #4 Clay Guillozet #12 beau JustiCe #20 KJ James #23 Jimmy Kodet

Overall: 25-2 Conf: 18-1 Home: 13-0 Away: 10-2 Neutral: 2-0 -MINUTES- -TOTAL- -3-PTS- -F-THROWS- -REBOUNDS- -SCORING-## PLAYER GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A-AVG TO STL BLKPTS-AVG12 Justice,Beau 27-27 957-35.4 179-373.480 81-187 .433 121-134.903 27 71 98 3.6 45 98-3.6 58 32 2 560-20.705 Sam,Tyrone 9-6 206-22.9 52-97 .536 11-21 .524 52-61 .852 15 27 42 4.7 22 15-1.7 15 10 4 167-18.620 James,KJ 27-26 782-29.0 140-232.603 28-58 .483 96-128 .750 64 139 203 7.5 69 52-1.9 47 33 27 404-15.003 Morgan,Winston 27-27 884-32.7 109-261.418 92-213 .432 29-41 .707 2 67 69 2.6 49 87-3.2 54 17 0 339-12.604 Guillozet,Clay 27-21 835-30.9 136-239.569 13-49 .265 56-100 .560 67 94 161 6.0 47 88-3.3 35 25 3 341-12.623 Kodet,Jimmy 27-27 573-21.2 104-215.484 55-136 .404 17-21 .810 31 132 163 6.0 68 16-0.6 17 12 42 280-10.434 McBride,Justin 19-0 216-11.4 47-82 .573 0-0 .000 35-57 .614 30 59 89 4.7 45 7-0.4 30 3 16 129-6.824 Zuppas,Greg 27-1 520-19.3 54-104 .519 1-9 .111 38-56 .679 47 105 152 5.6 64 29-1.1 34 13 10 147-5.421 Shiflet,Labrian 27-0 256-9.5 38-108 .352 23-75 .307 17-25 .680 4 25 29 1.1 18 12-0.4 10 5 3 116-4.30 Johnson,Tyler 27-0 278-10.3 18-57 .316 16-51 .314 2-5 .400 3 24 27 1.0 15 26-1.0 9 5 0 54-2.001 Harris,Max 6-0 14-2.3 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 2 0-0.0 0 1 0 5-0.802 Jones,Carlos 16-0 54-3.4 2-15 .133 0-8 .000 1-3 .333 2 4 6 0.4 17 6-0.4 4 2 0 5-0.3 Total 27 5575-206.5 881-1787 .493 321-808 .397 464-631 .735 321 789 1110 41.1 461 436-16.1 327 158 107 2547-94.33 Opponents 5575-206.5 824-1876 .439 219-644 .340 346-498 .695 338 662 1000 37.0 501 338-12.5 323 153 74 2213-81.96

proJeCted blazer starters

Overall: 24-3 Conf: 16-3 Home: 13-1 Away: 9-2 Neutral: 2-0 -MInUTes- -ToTal- -3-pTs- -F-THRoWs- -ReBoUnDs- -scoRInG-

## playeR Gp-Gs MIn-avG FG-FGa pcT 3FG-FGa pcT FT-FTa pcT oFF DeF ToT avG pF a-avG. To sTl BlK pTs-avG21 Tucker,Darryl 27-1 653-24.2 169-256.660 3-8 .375 102-152.671 91 167 258 9.6 79 20-0.7 58 22 39 443-16.404 Jones,Marvin 17-16 531-31.2 78-180 .433 37-98 .378 36-49 .735 18 50 68 4.0 39 28-1.6 25 24 12 229-13.510 Deng,Moter 27-27 796-29.5 128-263.487 19-67 .284 68-86 .791 66 109 175 6.5 66 45-1.7 52 15 18 343-12.724 Thorpe,DJ 27-27 842-31.2 112-223.502 39-90 .433 56-95 .589 16 71 87 3.2 75 56-2.1 41 72 13 319-11.811 Benson,Rashaan 27-27 907-33.6 87-244 .357 30-74 .405 62-91 .681 15 49 64 2.4 50 150-5.660 41 2 266-9.940 Ventoniemi,Henri 27-26 465-17.2 80-156 .513 0-1 .000 47-78 .603 57 59 116 4.3 48 14-0.5 38 15 12 207-7.705 Jackson,Shondell 21-0 233-11.1 33-76 .434 14-41 .341 11-16 .688 6 12 18 0.9 23 6-0.3 20 4 1 91-4.323 Henderson,Jarrett 15-0 166-11.1 20-36 .556 0-1 .000 13-26 .500 17 28 45 3.0 10 4-0.3 14 8 7 53-3.503 Chalifoux,Bryan 24-0 310-12.9 26-67 .388 20-53 .377 1-2 .500 12 31 43 1.8 24 20-0.8 15 9 1 73-3.002 Tidwell, Latrell 24-11 301-12.5 25-58 .431 5-14 .357 10-24 .417 17 35 52 2.2 34 14-0.6 22 9 1 65-2.714 CarterJr.,Brett 15-0 105-7.0 8-26 .308 6-21 .286 5-7 .714 1 10 11 0.7 5 10-0.7 7 3 0 27-1.801 Cox, Cameron 24-0 163-6.8 7-18 .389 1-5 .200 4-6 .667 4 17 21 0.9 21 21-0.9 13 11 1 19-0.8 Total 27 5475-202.8 773-1603 .482 174-473 .368 415-632 .657 339 677 1016 37.6 475 388-14.4 375 233 107 2135-79.07 Opponents 5475-202.8 622-1495 .416 213-617 .345 349-492 .709 265 619 884 32.7 547 342-12.7 463 176 61 1806-66.89



University InformationName .............................................. ValdostaStateUniversityLocation ............................................................. Valdosta,Ga.Founded ......................................................................... 1906Enrollment ................................................................... 12,300Nickname ................................................................... BlazersSchoolColors ....................................................RedandBlackHomeArena ...................................................... TheComplexCapacity ......................................................................... 5,300Affiliation ...................................................... NCAADivisionIIConference ............................................................GulfSouthUniversityPresident ................................Dr.RichardCarvajalAthleticDirector ..............................................HerbReinhard

program InformationFirstYearofBasketball ................................................... 1954All-TimeRecord .......................................................1022-639All-TimeGulfSouthConferenceRecord ....................293-233 GSCTournamentRecord..................................................8-10

2016-17 Finish OverallRecord ........................................................26-6 HomeRecord .........................................................13-2 AwayRecord ..........................................................10-3 NeutralRecord .........................................................3-1 GulfSouthConferenceRecord ...............................19-3 GSCFinish ............................................................... 2ndLetterwinnersR/L ..............................................................1/4StartersReturning/Lost .....................................................1/4Newcomers........................................................................... 8

Blazer staffHeadCoach .......................................MikeHelfer(13thYear)AssistantCoach ..................................BlakeJustice(1stYear)GraduateAssistantCoach ....................JoshLemons(1stYear)StudentAssistant ............................BrycelandBrown(2ndYear)Men’sBasketballAthleticTrainer .......................OliviaSpuler Alma Mater ............................................................. LeeStrength/ConditioningCoach ..............................GabbyFelps

contact InformationMikeHelfer .....................................................(229)333-5893BasketballFax ................................................ (229)-333-5972BlakeJustice ...................................................(229)333-5904JoshLemons ...................................................(229)245-6514AthleticDepartmentPhone............................(229)333-5980

Valdosta state Blazer Quick facts•VSU improved to 13-0 on their home

floor,pickeduptheir18thconsecutivevictory,andclaimedtheirsecondconsecutiveregularseasonGSCChampionship,thankstoa98-75winover rival North Alabama on Saturday nightatTheComplex.

•Ontheheelsofoneofthebiggestweeksofhistwo-yearcareerwiththemen’sbasketballprogram,seniorJimmyKodetpickedupGulfSouthConferencePlayeroftheWeekhon-ors,asannouncedonTuesday.

•TheVSUmen’sbasketballteamcamefrombehindinthefinalminutesoflastSaturday’sthrillingGSCshowdownwithAuburn-Montgomerytoclaima94-92winandgiveHeadCoachMikeHelferhis250thcareervictoryatVSU.

•VSUjumpedtoNo.8ontheNCAANationalRankingsasvotedonbytheNABCCoachesthisweek.TheBlazers 25-2 record earned them 285 totalvotesinthepolls.FellowGSCteamWestFloridamadethenationalrankingsatNo.15.Furthermore,VSUearnedtheNo.2spotintheregionalrankings.

•Withathrilling68-67overtimevictoryover Montevallo on the road last Wednesday,theValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteambecamethefirstteaminprogramhistorytorecord17consecutivewinsinasingleseason.

•JuniorgaurdBeauJusticeranksamoungtheleaguestopscorersintheGulfSouthConference.Hestands3rdinthescoringcategory,averaging20.7pointspergameinhis27starts.Furthermore,heleadstheconferencein3-pointpercentage(43.3%),3-pointerspergame(3.0),andfreethrowpercentage(90.3%).Justicehas missed just 13 free throws in 134 attemptsfromtheline.

QuiCK notes:

pronunCiation Key:

Team gSC Cpct. Overall Pct.VSU * (1) 18-1 0.947 25-2 0.926 UWF * (2) 16-3 0.842 24-3 0.889 UWA * (3) 13-6 0.684 19-8 0.704 CBU * 11-8 0.579 19-8 0.704 LU * 10-9 0.526 15-11 0.577 UM * 10-9 0.526 15-13 0.536 DSU * 10-9 0.526 12-15 0.444 UNA * 9-10 0.474 14-12 0.538 UAH 8-11 0.421 15-12 0.556 UWG 8-11 0.421 13-13 0.500 UU 6-13 0.316 12-15 0.444 MC 6-13 0.316 9-15 0.375 AUM^ 5-14 0.263 9-18 0.333 SU 3-16 0.158 3-24 0.111 ^ not eligible for postseason*- clinched a GSC Championship berth () GSC Championship seed

standinGs

#4ClayGuillozet .................. Jee-OH-zee#15LabrianShiflet ............Luh-BRY-uhn#23JimmyKodet .....................Coe-DET#24GregZuppas ........................ZOO-Pahs



Overall .............................................25-2GSC ..................................................18-1Non-Conference ...............................7-0Home ..............................................13-0Away ...............................................10-2Neutral ..............................................2-0InNovember ....................................6-0InDecember .....................................3-2InJanuary .........................................9-0InFebruary .......................................6-0InMarch ...........................................0-0Daygames ........................................5-0Nightgames ...................................22-2Aheadathalftime ..........................20-0Trailingathalftime ...........................5-2Tiedathalftime ................................0-0InOvertime ......................................5-0Gamesby5orless ...........................7-0Gamesby6-10points ......................3-1Gamesby11-15points....................7-1Gamesby16-20points....................0-0Gamesby20+points .......................8-0VSUscores75+points ...................23-1VSUscoresunder75points ............2-1 VSUmakesmoreFG ......................18-0OpponentmakesmoreFG ..............3-2Tied in FG ..........................................4-0VSUhasabetterFGpercentage ...20-0OpponenthasabetterFGpct. .......4-2TiedinFGpercentage ......................1-0Shooting40%orbetter .................23-1Shootinglessthan40% ..................2-1VSUmakesmore3FG ....................20-1Opponentmakesmore3FG ............4-1Tied in made 3FG .............................1-0VSUhasabetter3FGpercentage .18-1Opponenthasabetter3FGpct. .....7-1Tiedin3FGpercentage ....................1-0VSUattemptsmorefreethrows ...20-1Opponentattemptsmorefreethrows ..5-1Tiedinfreethrowattempts ............0-0VSUmakesmorefreethrows .......20-1Opponentmakesmorefreethrows .....5-1Tiedinmadefreethrows ................0-0VSUshootsbetterthan70pct.FT ....16-2VSUshootslessthan70pct.FT ......8-0VSUshoots70percentFT ...............1-0Opp.shootsbetterthan70pct.FT .10-0Opp.shootslessthan70pct.FT ...15-2Opp.shoots70pct.FT .....................0-0VSUhasmorerebounds ................20-0Opponenthasmorerebounds .......4-2Tiedinrebounds ..............................1-0VSUhasmoredefensiverebounds .24-0Opponenthasmoredef.rebounds...1-2Tiedindefensiverebounds .............0-0VSUhasmoreoffensiverebounds 15-0Opponenthasmoreoff.rebounds ...9-2Tiedinoffensiverebounds ..............1-0VSUhasmoreassists .....................17-0Opponenthasmoreassists .............8-1Tiedinassists ....................................0-1VSUhasmoreturnovers .................9-1Opponenthasmoreturnovers .....14-1Tiedinturnovers ..............................2-0VSUhasmoreblocks .....................18-0Opponenthasmoreblocks .............4-2Tiedinblocks ....................................3-0VSUhasmoresteals ......................19-0Opponenthasmoresteals ..............5-2Tiedinsteals .....................................1-0

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2 vs.Georgia~ Athens,Ga. L,74-11211 vs.FortValleyState# Pensacola,Fla. W,83-818 vs.AlbanyState# Pensacola,Fla. W,100-7618 vs.Tuskegee Tuskegee,Ala. W,75,6121 coasTal GeoRGIa THe coMplex W, 121-8225 FayeTTevIlle sTaTe THe coMplex W, 94-8826 WeBBeR InT. THe coMplex W, 104-68

2 vs.Lee* Cleveland,Tenn. W(OT),93-824 vs.Shorter* Rome,Ga. W,91-777 DeLTa STaTe* THe COmPLeX W, 81-699 miSSiSSiPPi COLLege* THe COmPLeX W, 101-7813 vs.ChristianBrothers* Memphis,Tenn. W,72-7015 vs.Union* Jackson,Tenn. W,83-6919 auBurN mONTgOmery* THe coMplex W, 104-8121 WeST geOrgia* hof THe coMplex W, 114-9225 vs.Alabama-Huntsville*Huntsville,Ala. W(OT),97-9327 vs.NorthAlabama* Florence,Ala. W(OT),101-99

January

1 sHoRTeR* THe coMplex W, 104-983 lee* THe coMplex W, 81-708 vs.WestGeorgia* Carrollton,Ga. W,106-7710 vs.AuburnMontgomery* Montgomery,Ala. W,94-9414 vs.Montevallo* Montevallo,Ala. W(OT),68-6717 noRTH alaBaMa* THe coMplex W, 98-7522 WeST fLOriDa*^ THe COmPLeX 8 P.m. 27 GSCTournamentQuarterfinals THe COmPLeX 8 P.m.

3-4 GSCTournamentSemi-Finals Birmingham,Ala. TBA10-13 NCAA SouthRegional TBA TBA20 NCAAEliteEight SiouxFalls,S.D. TBA22 NCAAFinalFour SiouxFalls,S.D. TBA24 NCAAChampionship SiouxFalls,S.D. TBA

*-GulfSouthConferenceMatch#-Neutral^- ESPN3Game HOme gameS~-ExhibitionGame hof-HallofFameWeekendAllTimesEastern AllDatesandTimesSubjecttoChange

2 vs.WestFlorida* Pensacola,Fla. L, 88-975 TUsKeGee THe coMplex W, 107-8112 vs.FortValleyState FortValley,Ga. L,68-8216 mONTevaLLO* THe COmPLeX W (oT), 139-13518 WesT alaBaMa* THe coMplex W, 80-73

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Entering his 13th yearwith Valdosta State, MikeHelferhasestablishedhimselfas one of the top coaches inthenation.Afterall,inhisfirst12 years, he has compiled a201-119 record, includingwinningseasonsinnineofhis11 years, and repeatedly es-tablishedhisprogramasoneofthemostexcitingteamsintheGulf SouthConference, SouthRegion,andnationwide.

The Blazers returnedtoformin2015-16witha17-11 overall record and a 13-9 conferencerecord.Theseasonincludedaslewofnear-misses,

asVSUtookteamsintoovertimeseventimesandfellinfiveofthosehard-foughtcontests.ValdostaState’srunlastseasonledtoareturntotheGulfSouth Conference Tournament,marking Helfer’s 10th appearance in theplayoffsasaheadcoachatVSU.

Helfer’splanfortheValdostaStateprogramnearlyreacheditspinnaclein2009-10ashisteamadvancedfurtherthananysquadinschoolhistory.Enroutetoadvancingtothenationalquarterfinals,Helferdirectedhisteamtoaschoolrecord28victories,againstjustfivedefeats,andclaimedashareoftheprogram’ssecondstraightGulfSouthConferenceEastDivisiontitle.TheBlazersreachedashighasNo.2inthenationalpollsduringtheyear,thehigh-estVSUhaseverbeenrankednationally,andtwicedefeatedtheNo.1teaminthenation,thefirstincidentcominginan81-75victoryoverAugustaStateduring the regular seasonand the secondoccurringwhenValdostaStatedefeatedArkansasTech72-60inthesemifinalsoftheNCAASouthRegionTournament.The28victoriesontheyearmarkedthesecond-highestwintotalinasingleseasonforHelferinhis13-yearcoachingcareer.

PersonalhonorswerehandedouttovariousBlazersattheconclusionoftheseason,ledbyTyroneCurnellwhowasnamedtheGulfSouthConfer-enceandSouthRegionPlayeroftheYearwhileearningAll-Americahonorsforthesecondstraightseason.HelfersharedtheGSCEastDivisionCoachoftheYearhonors,earningtheawardforthesecondstraightyear.RicardoLewiswasalsohonoredbytheGulfSouthConferenceashejoinedCurnellonthefirstteamAll-Conferencesquad.

ThesingleseasonwinsrecordwasnottheonlyBlazerschoolrecordtofallduringtheseasonasValdostaStatealsoestablishedanewschoolmarkforpointsinaseason,finishingtheyearwith2,666tosurpasstheoldmarkof2,591setduringthe1967season.TheaggressiveBlazersalsoestablishedanewschoolmarkoffreethrowattemptsinaseason,tallying812attemptsontheyear,whileCurnellsettheindividualrecordinbothfreethrowsmadeandfreethrowattempts,connectingon156-of-226attemptsontheseasontobestbotholdschoolmarksbytwo.ValdostaStatefelljustonewinshyoftyingtheschoolrecordforconsecutivevictoriesinaseasonasitwent15games,astretchthatlastedfromDecember15untilFebruary18,withoutlosingacontest.

Thesuccessofthe2009-10seasonwasnotanovernightoccurrence

asHelferspentfouryearspriortothatyearestablishingtheBlazersasoneofthetopschoolintheNCAADivisionIIranks.HisfirstfouryearswithValdostaStatesawhisteamsplayinapairofNCAASouthRegionTournamentswhiletheBlazerswontheGulfSouthConferenceEastDivisiontitlein2008-09,justthethirdtimeinschoolhistorythattheBlazersfinishedfirstintheleague’sdivision.

Helfer’sabilitytoteachthegameofbasketballwasnevermoreevidentthanthe2008-09season,wheninadditiontotheGSCEastDivisiontitleandaNCAASouthRegionalappearance,heledhissquadtoa24-7record,despitelosing fourstarters fromthepreviousyear.Thesquad,which featured10newplayers,went9-3inconferenceplayandadvancedtothechampionshipgameof the league tournament.Helfer’sdirectionhelped severalBlazersearnindividualhonors,ledbyCurnell,whoearnedAll-AmericastatusfromtheNationalAssociationofBasketballCoacheswhilealsobeingnamedtotheAll-GulfSouthConferencesquad.CurnellandLewiseachearnedGSCAll-TournamenthonorsduringtheseasonwhileHelferwasnamedtheGSCEastDivisionCoachoftheYearattheconclusionoftheseason.

Helfer turned in perhaps his finest coaching performance the yearafterthemagical2009-10seasonasheagaindirectedhissquadtoa20-winseason,despitehavingtocompletelyretoolandreloadhissquadaftermassivelossesfromthepreviousyear’steam.The2010-11ValdostaStateteamlostnineoutofthe12playersthatledtheteamtothethe2009-10EliteEight,whichaccountedfor78.3percentoftheteam’sscoringand83.0percentofitsrebounding.

Withanentirelynewsquad,Helferledhissquadtoa21-9recordandasecondplacefinishintheGSC’sEastDivision.TwoBlazers,KevinHarrisandChristianHunter,earnedAll-GulfSouthConferencehonorswhiletheteamtallied277three-pointersontheseason,anewschoolrecord.The21victo-riesgaveValdostaStateitsthirdstraightseasonof20ormorewins,markingjustthesecondtimeinschoolhistoryVSUaccomplishedthatfeat,withtheotheroccurrencecomingduringbetween1965and1968.

Aftergoing11-16in2011-12,Helferonceagainprovedhisabilityasateambuilderashereturnedjustoneplayerforhis2012-13squad.ThejobHelferturnedinduringhisseventhyearwasnothingshortofmaster-fulashemoldedacollectionofnewplayersintoateamthatimprovedwitheachpassinggame.The2012-13Blazersfinishedtheyearwitha19-10re-cord,includinga9-9markinGSCplay,butsavedtheirbestforlastastheycharged through theGSCTournament, includinganupsetof sixth-rankedAlabama-Huntsville,beforefalling65-62toChristianBrothersintheCham-pionshipgame.

ThreeBlazersearnedAll-GulfSouthConferencehonorsattheendofthe2012-13season, includingJoshSparks,whoearnedAll-RegionhonorsaftersettinganewVSUandGSCrecordwith100blocksontheseason.HewasjoinedontheAll-GSCteambyguardPatrickDiopandforwardJamesAnacreon.

Helferinheritedateamthataveraged68.0pointsagamein2004-05andledittoa17-11markwhileaveraging83.5pointsagamein2005-06,hisfirstseasonatthehelmoftheBlazers.Helfer’sfirstsquadwent7-7inGulfSouthConferenceplayandfinishedtiedforfourthintheleague’sEastDivision.TwoofHelfer’splayers,JonRogers(First)andMichaelCrane(Sec-ond),werenamed to theAll-GSC teamwhileRogersalsoearnedAll-GSCTournamenthonorsafterVSUadvancedtothetournament’squarterfinals.

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blaKe JustiCe(2nd season)

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BryCeland Brown(2nd season)

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Josh lemons(1st season)

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2017-18 Game high leaders

scoRe ResUlT FG-FGa pcT 3FG-FGa pcT FT-FTa pcT oFF DeF ToT avG pF a To BlK sTlValdostaState 83-81 W 27-51 .529 13-29 .448 16-24 .667 6 26 32 32.0 16 15 16 0 5at Fort Valley State 31-71 .437 7-24 .292 12-18 .667 19 22 41 41.0 19 17 9 1 8ValdostaState 100-76 W 36-64 .563 16-28 .571 12-18 .667 11 26 37 34.5 16 23 14 3 11at Albany State 29-70 .414 8-18 .444 10-13 .769 16 20 36 38.5 17 18 14 2 5ValdostaState 75-61 W 22-55 .400 4-20 .200 27-36 .750 16 29 45 38.0 18 6 13 2 6at Tuskegee 22-52 .423 8-18 .444 9-15 .600 5 23 28 35.0 25 11 15 2 3ValdostaState 121-82 W 42-79 .532 20-39 .513 17-26 .654 9 34 43 39.3 21 24 5 6 12vs. Coastal Georgia 27-67 .403 4-20 .200 24-29 .828 8 32 40 36.3 16 12 16 1 2ValdostaState 94-88 W 32-62 .516 8-25 .320 22-29 .759 8 32 40 39.4 17 18 7 5 2vs. Fayetteville State 34-77 .442 9-28 .321 11-16 .688 13 27 40 37.0 24 8 7 0 5ValdostaState 104-68 W 33-75 .440 12-35 .343 26-31 .839 15 37 52 41.5 24 18 16 3 8vs. Webber Int’l 21-66 .318 5-22 .227 21-32 .656 12 26 38 37.2 21 6 19 4 6ValdostaState 88-97 L 30-62 .484 12-24 .500 16-20 .800 10 23 33 40.3 26 13 11 2 1at West Florida* 34-65 .523 6-18 .333 23-33 .697 14 24 38 37.3 19 15 8 4 3ValdostaState 107-81 W 39-71 .549 9-22 .409 20-28 .714 14 27 41 40.4 13 9 9 4 6vs. Tuskegee 27-60 .450 11-23 .478 16-22 .727 7 24 31 36.5 21 10 17 2 3ValdostaState 68-82 L 22-68 .324 4-27 .148 20-28 .714 12 35 47 41.1 17 12 16 5 6at Fort Valley State 32-83 .386 10-31 .323 8-14 .571 21 40 61 39.2 19 16 17 10 10ValdostaState 139-135W(OT) 46-81 .568 20-38 .526 27-36 .750 17 24 41 41.1 29 27 16 6 8vs Montevallo 45-88 .511 17-34 .500 28-32 .875 19 21 40 39.3 27 14 17 4 7ValdostaState 80-73 W 28-56 .500 11-26 .423 13-14 .929 9 34 43 41.3 20 11 26 4 4vsWest Alabama* 26-71 .366 7-20 .350 14-20 .700 14 20 34 38.8 17 5 14 4 11ValdostaState 93-82 W(OT) 31-69 .449 9-25 .360 22-27 .815 13 24 37 40.9 17 17 17 4 9at Lee* 32-67 .478 9-26 .346 9-19 .474 14 25 39 38.8 20 22 23 4 10ValdostaState 91-77 W 29-55 .527 7-18 .389 26-31 .839 7 30 37 40.6 16 11 21 3 9at Shorter* 31-70 .443 6-24 .250 9-14 .643 12 22 34 38.5 21 13 18 1 8ValdostaState 81-69 W 27-55 .491 10-30 .333 17-22 .773 11 23 34 40.1 16 11 9 6 3vs Delta State* 26-55 .473 8-21 .381 9-15 .600 8 17 25 37.5 19 7 7 2 3ValdostaState 101-78 W 35-75 .467 15-37 .405 16-21 .762 16 34 50 40.8 17 20 5 7 6vs Mississippi College* 31-67 .463 7-19 .368 9-15 .600 6 27 33 37.2 16 13 10 1 5ValdostaState 72-70 W 26-67 .388 10-26 .385 10-16 .625 15 28 43 40.9 20 13 9 2 4at Christian Brothers* 26-59 .441 7-24 .292 11-17 .647 8 26 34 37.0 16 16 8 9 3ValdostaState 83-69 W 28-67 .418 11-31 .355 16-20 .800 13 25 38 40.8 16 14 10 5 8at Union* 26-59 .441 5-18 .278 12-18 .667 10 22 32 36.7 15 8 12 5 7ValdostaState 104-81 W 41-72 .569 15-37 .405 7-12 .583 10 27 37 40.6 11 23 4 5 6vs Auburn Montgomery* 29-70 .414 10-26 .385 13-16 .813 16 24 40 36.9 12 9 9 1 2ValdostaState 114-92 W 41-66 .621 20-39 .513 12-19 .632 8 37 45 40.8 18 16 11 5 0vs West Georgia* 34-82 .415 7-28 .250 17-23 .739 14 21 35 36.8 15 10 2 0 6ValdostaState 97-93 W(OT) 36-75 .480 13-39 .333 12-19 .632 16 31 47 41.1 16 12 13 2 7at Alabama-Huntsville* 36-78 .462 11-39 .282 10-13 .769 13 26 39 36.9 18 15 10 4 7ValdostaState 101-99 W 37-75 .493 8-26 .308 19-26 .731 11 32 43 41.2 16 14 11 7 10at North Alabama* 37-84 .440 14-31 .452 11-15 .733 18 31 49 37.5 20 26 13 3 4ValdostaState 104-98 W 41-73 .562 11-30 .367 11-18 .611 15 30 45 41.4 12 20 12 1 4vs Shorter* 37-70 .529 14-34 .412 10-18 .556 8 21 29 37.1 14 16 10 1 6ValdostaState 81-70 W 23-49 .469 8-21 .381 27-39 .692 10 29 39 41.3 14 10 10 2 5vs Lee* 26-63 .413 7-24 .292 11-13 .846 9 23 32 36.9 30 6 7 0 3ValdostaState 106-77 W 39-68 .574 11-29 .379 17-22 .773 11 32 43 41.3 13 22 12 3 5at West Georgia* 30-68 .441 5-18 .278 12-17 .706 8 20 28 36.5 16 7 11 0 2ValdostaState 94-92 W 35-68 .515 19-41 .463 5-7 .714 14 24 38 41.2 12 24 14 6 5at AUM* 37-78 .474 9-24 .375 9-10 .900 17 21 38 36.6 9 17 7 4 12ValdostaState 81-70 W(OT) 23-62 .371 11-28 .393 11-16 .688 12 24 36 41.0 14 13 12 4 7at Montevallo* 29-65 .446 3-9 .333 6-13 .462 17 29 46 36.9 18 13 19 3 7ValdostaState 98-75 W 32-67 .478 14-38 .368 20-26 .769 12 32 44 41.1 16 20 8 5 1vs North Alabama* 29-71 .408 5-23 .217 12-18 .667 12 28 40 37.0 17 8 4 2 5

valdosta State 881-1787 .493 321-808 .397 464-631 .735 321 789 1110 41.1 461 436 327 107 158Opponents 824-1876 .439 219-644 .340 346-498 .695 338 662 1000 37.0 501 338 323 74 153

2017-18 Game-by-Game statistics

opponenT ResUlT RecoRD HIGH scoReR HIGH ReBoUnDs HIGH assIsTs HIGH sTeals HIGH BlocKsatFortValleyState W,83-81 1-0 25-Justice 8-Zuppas 4-Justice 2-Justice -atAlbanyState W,100-76 2-0 21-Justice 9-Guillozet 7-Morgan 3-Justice 2-KodetatTuskegee W,75-61 3-0 20-Sam 12James 2-Justice2-Justice1-Kodetvs.CoastalGeorgia W,121-82 4-0 30-Shiflet 11-Zuppas 5-Justice 3-Justice 2-Kodetvs.FayettevilleState W,94-88 5-0 33-Sam 9-James 8-Morgan 2-Justice 1-Justicevs.WebberInt’l W,104-68 6-0 20-Justice 11-Kodet 5-Justice 3-Justice 1-KodetatWestFlorida* L,88-97 6-1 20-Sam 7-Kodet 5-Justice 1-Guillozet 2-Kodetvs.Tuskegee W,107-81 7-1 25-Justice 8-Sam 3-James 2-Sam 2-ZuppasatFortValleyState L,68-82 7-2 15-Sam 9-Guillozet 4-Justice 2-Guillozet 3-McBridevsMontevallo* W,139-135 8-2 24-Morgan 9-James 9-Guillozet 2-Justice 3-Jamesvs.WestAlabama* W,80-73 9-2 24-James 9-Guillozet 3-Morgan 1-Justice 1-KodetatLee* W,93-82 10-2 29-Justice 8-James 6-Morgan 5-Guillozet 2-McBrideatShorter* W,91-77 11-2 32-James 8-Guillozet 6-Guillozet 3-Morgan 2-Kpdetvs.DeltaState* W,81-69 12-2 18-Guillozet 9-McBride 4-Justice 1-Morgan 5-Kpdetvs.Miss.College* W,101-78 13-2 27-Morgan 11-James 5-Johnson 2-McBride 3JamesatChristianBrothers* W,72-70 14-2 20-Justice 10-James 5-Morgan 2-Justice 1-JamesatUnion* W,83-69 15-2 16-Justice 10-James 5-Guillozet 2-Justice 3-JamesvsAUM* W,104-81 16-2 32-Justice 8-Kodet 6-Guillozet 2-Guillozet 2-KodetvsWestGeorgia* W,114-92 17-2 40-Justice 10-James 4-Guillozet - 1-KodetatUAH* W,97-93 18-2 28-James 8-Guillozet 3-Justice 2-Guillozet 1-KodetatNorthAlabama* W,101-99 19-2 24-Guillozet 9-Kodet 5-Morgan 3-Guillozet 3-KodetvsShorter* W,104-98 20-2 26-Guillozet 16-Zuppas 7-Guillozet 2-James 1-JamesvsLee* W,81-70 21-2 22-Justice 15-Kodet 3-Justice 3-James 1-GuillozetatWestGeorgia* W,106-77 22-2 24-Justice 11-Kodet 5-Justice 3-Morgan 2-KodetatAUM* W,94-92 23-2 21-Justice 9-James 10-Justice 2-Justice 2-McBrideatMontevallo* W,68-67 24-2 20-Kodet 7-James 4-Morgan 4-James 3-KodetvsNorthAlabama* W,98-75 25-2 25-Kodet 10-Kodet 5-Justice 1-James 4-Kodet

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Blazers Outlast fvSu for 83-81 Win in Season OpenerValdosta State Wins, 83-81VALDOSTA,Ga.–TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketball teamsurvivedascaredownthestretchtolockupan83-81winoverFortValleyStateattheGulfSouthConference/SouthernIntercollegiateAthleticConferenceCrossoveronSaturdayinPensacola,Fla. FortValleyState’sproductioninthepaintprovedtobeproblematicfortheBlazersthroughoutthenight,astheWildcatsputup40pointsontheinside.ValdostaStateusedasolideffortoffthebench,however,tohelpeventhingsout.LedbyClayGuillozet’s10-pointperformance,ValdostaStatebenefitedfrom26pointsoffthebench. Byhalftime,theBlazerswerewellincontrolofthecontestwitha48-32lead.Inthatfirstperiod,VSUshot63.0percentfromthefieldandcon-nectedon9-of-17frombeyondthearcforasizzling52.9percentthree-pointshootingpercentage.Meanwhile,theBlazerdefenseheldFVSUtojusta36.4shootingpercentagefromthefieldpriortothehalf. Thesecondhalfwasabitofadifferentstory,astheBlazerscooledofffrom the fieldwhile theWildcats rackedup 19 field goals on 38 triesfora50percentsecond-halfshootingeffort.TheoffensiveperformancehelpedFortValleystringtogethera10-2runinthefinaltwominutesofthegame,buttheWildcatsmisfiredonalastsecondshottoallowVSUtoescapewiththewin. Overall,theBlazersoutshottheWildcatsbyover10percentagepointsfromthefield,anda25-pointperformancebyPreseasonAll-GSCselec-tion Beau Justice helped lead theway. Justice finished 7-of-10 overalland5-of-7fromthethreepointline,whilebothKJJamesandWinstonMorganeachadded12. FortheWildcats,TylerEdwardsdidamajorityoftheoffensivedamagewith 21 points,while three other players reacheddouble-digit figuresin the scoringcolumn.ValdostaStatepickedup thewindespitebeingoutrebounded41-32onthenight.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% fort valley State 32 49 - - = 81 43.7% 29.2% 66.7% valdosta State 48 35 - - = 83 52.9% 44.8% 66.7% Pts inthePaint:FVSU-40,VSU-24 PtsoffTurnovers:FVSU-16,VSU-182ndChancePts: FVSU-21,VSU-8 FastBreakPts: FVSU-4,VSU-0BenchPts: FVSU-23,VSU-26 Tied-2Times,LeadChanged-2TimesFVSULargestLead:4in1st-18:39 VSULargestLead:18in1st-:48

Valdosta state 112Fort Valley state 74

the uWF Fieldhouse in pensaCola, Fla. fOrT vaLLey (0-1) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 Edwards* 6-13 3-4 6-6 3-7 10 2 21 4 2 04 310 Barnes* 7-9 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 1 14 1 2 00 2511 McMillan* 4-11 2-7 1-2 2-0 2 2 11 3 0 0 1 221 Garror* 3-6 1-2 3-4 1-1 2 3 10 0 0 00 2025 Ford* 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 00 1015 Banks 4-6 1-2 0-2 2-0 2 0 9 0 1 02 155 Foster 3-7 0-0 1-2 4-3 7 3 7 2 0 10 2624Hollaway 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 4 0 0 00 912 Bryant 1-5 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 203 Barfield 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 0 1 2 1 00 610 Elliott 0-4 0-4 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 0 00 820 Smoak 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 2 2 00 8Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS - 31-71 7-24 12-18 19-22 41 19 81 17 9 1 8 200

1nov. 11, 2017

valdosta State (1-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 7-10 5-7 6-8 0-0 0 2 25 4 2 02 323 Morgan* 4-8 4-8 0-0 0-2 2 3 12 2 1 00 3320 James* 4-6 1-2 3-5 0-6 6 3 12 1 5 00 325 Sam* 3-5 0-1 2-3 0-2 2 3 8 0 1 00 1723 Kodet* 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-4 4 0 0 1 2 02 134 Guillozet 3-6 0-2 4-7 3-0 3 3 10 3 1 00 2921 Shiflet 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-2 2 0 9 0 0 01 1524 Zuppas 3-9 0-2 1-1 3-5 8 2 7 3 2 00 180 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 1 1 00 11Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0TOTaLS - 27-51 13-29 16-24 6-26 32 16 83 15 16 0 5 200

Valdosta state 100albany state 76

the uWF Fieldhouse in pensaCola, Fla.

2nov. 12, 2017

stellar shooting leads to 100-76 Blazer WinValdosta State Wins, 100-76

PENSACOLA,Fla.–TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamconnectedninetimesfromthethreepointlineon11attemptsinthesecondhalftorunawaywitha100-76winovertheAlbanyStateGoldenRamsinsouthregionNCAAbasketballactionattheSIAC/GSCCrossoveronSundayaf-ternooninPensacola,Fla. JimmyKodetconstructedabreakoutoffensiveeffortwithacareer-high18pointson7-of-12shootingfromtheflooranda4-of-6performancefrom three-point range.Meanwhile,Beau Justicedeliveredhis secondstraight 20-plus point effortwith 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting and a5-of-7effortfromlongdistance. ThesharpshootingdisplayoftheBlazeroffensewasn’tjustlimitedtothesecondhalf,asValdostaStateconnectedon16-of-28fromlongdistanceoverthecourseoftheentiregamefora57.1percentthree-pointshoot-ingeffort.ThepercentagemarkedthehighestfortheprogramsinceFeb-ruary18,2016,whenformerBlazerJeremiahHillconnectedonaschoolrecord 11 threes in Livingston, Ala. NewcomersWinstonMorgan andTyroneSamroundedoutthelongdistanceassaultwithfourandthreetreys,respectively. ValdostaState’soffenseproducedabalancedattack,with sixdifferentplayersreachingdouble-digitfiguresinthescoringcolumn.KJJamesandClayGuillozetwereamongthosesix,andbothfinishedjustshyofadou-ble-doublewithninereboundseach. Withthevictory,theBlazersimprovedto2-0ontheyoungseason,whiletheGoldenRamsfellto0-2.AsrepresentativesoftheGulfSouthCon-ference in theweekend crossover, bothWest Florida andVSUwere aperfect3-0againstFortValleyStateandAlbanyStateheadingintothefi-nalmatchupbetweenWestFloridaandFVSUlateronSundayafternoon.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% albany State 27 49 - - = 76 41.0% 44.4% 76.9% valdosta State 43 57 - - = 100 56.5% 57.7% 66.5% Pts inthePaint:ASU-38,VSU-36 PtsoffTurnovers:ASU-16,VSU-262ndChancePts: ASU-16,VSU-18 FastBreakPts: ASU-10,VSU-13BenchPts: ASU-11,VSU-46 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-4TimesASULargestLead:2in1st-19:37 VSULargestLead:25in2nd-14:05

albany State (0-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 Hughes* 5-9 0-0 2-2 3-3 6 0 12 3 3 02 233 Harris* 4-5 0-0 1-1 1-3 4 3 9 1 3 11 1834 Washington* 2-5 0-1 0-0 3-1 4 4 4 2 0 00 1523 Gresham* 1-6 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 1 3 4 3 01 2824 Walker* 1-9 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 2 1 0 00 2522 Davis 7-15 2-5 5-5 1-1 2 1 21 0 1 00 2021 Ross 5-9 3-4 0-0 2-2 4 4 13 3 1 00 1744 Jackson 2-5 0-0 2-4 1-1 2 2 6 0 0 10 1315 Snearl 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 0 0 00 1412 High 1-2 1-1 0-0 3-1 4 0 3 3 1 01 1211 Henderson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 810 Harrington 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 00 330 Cloud 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 3Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0TOTaLS - 29-70 8-18 10-13 16-20 3 6 17 76 18 14 25 200

valdosta State (2-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 7-11 5-7 2-2 0-2 2 2 21 5 2 03 325 Sam* 6-12 3-4 5-5 1-3 4 2 20 4 2 13 2723 Kodet* 7-12 4-6 0-1 2-2 4 2 18 0 2 20 2020 James* 7-9 0-1 3-3 6-3 9 1 17 2 1 02 293 Morgan* 4-10 4-8 1-2 0-4 4 2 13 7 4 01 364 Guillozet 5-6 0-0 1-5 2-7 9 3 11 3 1 01 3024 Zuppas 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 2 2 00 150 Johnson 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 00 721 Shiflet 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 01 4Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS 36-64 16-28 12-18 11-26 37 16 100 23 14 3 11 200



Blazer Basketball Stays Perfect With 75-61 WinValdosta State Wins, 75-61TUSKEGEE,ALA. -TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamoutlastedapeskyTuskegee teamtoextend theirearly seasonwinning streak tothreewitha75-61wininnon-conferenceactiononSaturdayafternooninTuskegee,Ala.

The Blazers didn’t perform at their full potential on offense in theclose-quartersarena,buta strongdefensiveeffortandagrittyperfor-mance in the remaining facetsof thegameallowedHeadCoachMikeHelfer’screwtocompensateforabelow-averageshootingperformance.

ValdostaState’sreboundingeffortwasindeedakeytotheBlazerssuc-cessontheafternoon,andthestatisticsbackedupthatsentiment.Tus-kegee(0-4)hauledinjust28reboundsinthecontest,anumberdwarfedbyVSU’snumberof45totalboards.Furthermore,16oftheBlazers’re-boundswereontheoffensiveend,whichledValdostaStateto20secondchancepoints.Incomparison,theGoldenTigersscoredjustsevenput-backpointsonfiveoffensiverebounds.

TheBlazersbenefited fromagutsyperformancebyGregZuppas,whocameoffthebenchandnearlyputupadouble-doublewith12reboundsandninepoints.KJJamesreachedthedouble-doublemarkforthefirsttimethisseasonwith12boardsand12pointsinthegame,andTyroneSam led the teamoffensivelywithhis secondstraight20-pointperfor-mance.

Asateam,theBlazersshotjust40percent(22-of-55)fromthefloorand20percent(4-of-20)frombeyondthearc.Theredandblacksoftenedtheblowfromthefreethrowline,however,with27pointsanda75percent(27-of-36)shootingeffortfromthestripe.

“Wehavealongwaytogo,butwearegettingbetterinareasofconcern,”addedHelfer.“WearecertainlylookingforwardtoplayinginTheCom-plexonTuesdayforourfirsthomegameoftheyear.”

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Tuskegee 30 31 - - = 61 42.3% 44.4% 60.0% valdosta State 34 41 - - = 75 40.0% 20.0% 75.0% Pts inthePaint:TU-26,VSU-28 PtsoffTurnovers:TU-14,VSU-182ndChancePts: TU-7,VSU-20 FastBreakPts: TU-4,VSU-4BenchPts: TU-22,VSU-22 Tied-2Times,LeadChanged-2TimesTULargestLead:5in1st-18:41 VSULargestLead:16in2nd-00:29

Valdosta state 75tuskegee 61

daniel James Center in tusKeGee, ala. Tuskegee (0-4) FG-a 3G-a FT-a o-D TR pF pts. a To B s Min.13 Eads* 4-13 1-4 4-5 0-2 2 3 13 4 4 01 354 Shelton* 4-9 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 4 9 1 2 01 2923 Thomas* 4-9 0-3 0-3 2-4 6 3 8 2 1 00 282 Flagg* 2-3 1-1 2-3 0-2 2 5 7 0 0 00 1712 Massey* 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 5 2 1 1 10 3020 Boyd 6-13 5-9 1-2 0-4 4 3 18 3 2 0 1 365 Pasley 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 2 4 0 2 10 25Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0TOTaLS - 22-52 8-18 9-15 5-23 28 25 61 11 15 2 3 200

3nov. 18, 2017

valdosta State(3-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.5 Sam* 5-9 3-4 7-8 2-4 6 4 20 0 2 01 2620 James* 4-10 0-0 4-6 3-9 12 1 12 1 1 10 3312 Justice* 2-9 0-5 8-8 0-3 3 4 12 2 4 00 313 Morgan* 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 2 5 1 2 00 1523 Kodet* 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 0 0 10 174 Guillozet 5-11 0-3 1-3 5-0 5 1 11 0 0 02 2424 Zuppas 2-2 0-0 5-8 5-7 12 2 9 1 4 02 2321 Shiflet 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 00 150 Johnson 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 01 132 CarlosJones 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 00 3Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS - 22-55 4-20 27-36 16-29 45 18 75 6 13 2 6 200

Valdosta state 121Coastal Georgia 82

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga.

4nov. 21, 2017

Blazers unload on mariners for 121-82 victoryValdosta State Wins, 121-82

VALDOSTA,Ga. - Another sharp shooting effort by the Valdosta Statemen’sbasketballteamledtoa121-82routoftheCoastalGeorgiaMari-nersinTuesdaynight’shomeopenerinValdosta,Ga.

LabrianShifletcameoffthebenchfor30oftheBlazers’51benchpoints,whichhelpedfuelVSUtotheconvincingnon-conferencewin.Shifletshot10-of-12fromthefieldandconnectedon5-of-7fromthethreepointlinetohighlight a 51.3percent (7-of-17) long range shootingperformancefromHeadCoachMikeHelfer’ssquad.Furthermore,theBlazersburied42-of-79fromthefieldfor53.2percent.

“Oneofthegreatthingsaboutthisteam,isthatwehavesomanyguysthat canmake threes,” saidHelferafter the team’s fourth consecutivewin.“It’shardforteamstodefend,becauseyouneverknowwho’sgoingtogetitgoingonanygivennight.Tonight,Labrianhaditgoing,WinstonMorganhitabunchofthrees,andBeauJusticehitabunchofthrees,andeventhoughJimmyKodetwasn’tontargettonight,hecanreallyshootitgreattoo.Thisisgoingtobeateameffortallyear,andwejusthavetokeepthemindsetofteamoverindividual,likewedidtonight.”

Four additional players reached double figures on offense, includingMorganwith21,Justicewith19,TyroneSamwith15,andKJJameswith11.Jamesalsopulleddowneightrebounds,fallingjustshortofadou-ble-double.

The Blazers’ defensive effort complemented the performance, as theteamrackedup12stealswhileforcing16Marinerturnoversandaddingsixblockedshots.

Withthewin,ValdostaStateimprovedto4-0ontheyear,whiletheMar-inersfellto5-4.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% coastal Georgia 28 54 - - = 82 40.3% 20.0% 82.8%valdosta State 54 67 - - =121 53.2% 51.3% 65.4%Pts inthePaint:CG-34,VSU-36 PtsoffTurnovers:CG-2,VSU-222ndChancePts:CG-13,VSU-8 FastBreakPts: CG-0,VSU-2BenchPts: CG-34,VSU-51 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-0TimesCGLargestLead:-- VSULargestLead:43in2nd-05:07

Coastal ga. (5-3) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.0 Washington* 6-15 2-6 10-12 1-5 6 1 24 4 3 00 3013 Martin* 4-13 1-7 3-3 0-5 5 1 12 0 2 10 3311 Wade* 3-8 0-1 1-2 1-5 6 1 7 0 2 01 2732 Applegate* 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-3 3 3 5 0 0 00 122 Canada* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 3 01 1134 Green 3-8 0-0 4-4 1-10 11 1 10 1 1 0 0 224 Kaciuska 4-7 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 9 2 2 00 1822 Smallwood 4-8 0-3 0-0 2-1 3 3 8 0 0 00 151 Gibson 0-4 0-0 4-4 1-0 1 0 4 2 0 00 1424 Sarazine 1-1 0-0 1-3 1-1 2 4 3 0 1 00 614 Goins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 00 12Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS 27-67 4-20 24-29 8-32 40 16 82 12 16 1 2 200

valdosta State(4-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.3 Morgan* 7-11 7-11 0-0 0-3 3 2 21 4 2 01 3012Justice* 6-13 5-7 2-2 0-3 3 1 19 5 1 03 285 Sam* 7-14 1-3 0-1 0-4 4 1 15 5 0 13 2120 James* 4-7 0-2 3-6 4-4 8 2 11 2 1 23 1923 Kodet* 1-2 0-1 2-2 1-4 5 5 4 0 0 21 1421 Shiflet 10-12 5-7 5-6 0-5 5 2 30 1 0 10 184 Guillozet 3-8 0-1 2-3 0-2 2 2 8 4 0 00 2424 Zuppas 2-5 0-1 3-6 4-7 11 3 7 2 1 00 210 Johnson 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 01 132 Jones 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 00 81 Harris 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 00 4Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS 42-79 20-39 17-26 9-34 43 21 121 24 5 6 12 200



sam’s career High leads Basketball to 94-88 WinValdosta State Wins, 94-88VALDOSTA,Ga.-TyroneSamdropped33pointsandBeauJusticepouredin22tohelpleadtheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamtoa94-88victoryoverFayettevilleStateinnon-conferencemen’sbasketballactiononSaturdayafternoonatTheComplex.

TheBlazers (5-0)enteredSaturday’s contestas theGulfSouthConfer-ence leaders in points scored per game with an average of 94.5 percontest.ValdostaStateneededeverybitofthatoffensiveproductiontooutlasttheBroncos(1-3),whoshot44.2percentfromthefieldandwereledbythe27pointsofJoshBryant.

Valdosta Statewasn’t as productive from the three point line as theyhavegrownaccustomedtoduringtheyoungseason,buta51.6percentshootingeffortfromthefieldhelpedevenouttheafternoonforHelfer’ssquad.

AftertheBroncosoutscoredtheBlazers14-4duringthefinalfourmin-utesofthefirsthalftocloseVSU’sleadto35-33,VSUcameoutofthebreakwithgunsblazingfora20-5runinthefirstsixminutesofthesec-ondhalf.ThesurgegavetheBlazerstheirbiggestleadoftheafternoonat55-38,butFayettevilleStaterefusedtobackdown.

ApeskyBroncossquadclosedthegaptojusteightnearthetenminutemarkinthesecondhalf,butValdostaStateweatheredthestormduringthefinaltenminutestoholdtheoppositionatbay.

KJJamescomplementedSamandJusticeonoffensewith13points,whileWinstonMorganefficientlymanagedthedistributionwitheightassistsontheafternoon.

Sam’scareerhighperformanceincludeda10-of-13effortfromthefield.Twelveofhis33pointscamefromthefreethrowline,asthejuniorshot12-of-14fromthestripe.Meanwhile,Justiceconnectedon8-of-13fromthefieldand3-of-6fromthethreepoint line. Justice isnowaveraging19.8pointspergame,whichplaces the junior5thon thecurrentGSCleaderboard.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Fayetteville st. 33 55 - - = 88 44.2% 32.0% 68.8% valdosta State 35 59 - - = 94 51.6% 32.9% 75.8% Pts inthePaint:FSU-40,VSU-36 PtsoffTurnovers:FSU-12,VSU-82ndChancePts: FSU-9,VSU-6 FastBreakPts: FSU-6,VSU-2BenchPts: FSU-21,VSU-15 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-1TimeFSULargestLead:3in1st-18:02 VSULargestLead:17in2nd-14:32

Fayetteville state 88 Valdosta state 94

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga. Fayetteville state ( 1-3) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.20 Bryant* 11-19 0-2 5-6 1-5 6 5 27 1 1 02 330 McNeill* 8-11 0-0 3-4 6-3 9 3 19 0 1 00 383 Gilmore* 3-12 1-4 3-4 1-3 4 3 10 4 3 01 344 Smith* 3-8 3-6 0-0 1-3 4 1 9 1 0 00 2614 Brown* 1-3 0-0 0-2 0-3 3 3 2 0 0 00 1610 Hosch 5-15 4-13 0-0 0-2 2 1 14 2 0 02 2224 Pope 3-5 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 4 7 0 1 0 0 135 Tibbs 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 511 Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 00 51 McClain 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 430 Joyner 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Cummings 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 00 2Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS - 34-77 9-28 11-16 13-27 40 24 88 8 7 0 5 200

5nov. 25, 2017

valdosta State (5-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.5 Sam* 10-13 1-2 12-14 1-6 7 2 33 1 3 10 3212 Justice* 8-13 3-6 3-4 1-1 2 2 22 2 2 12 2720 James* 4-7 0-0 5-7 2-7 9 3 13 2 0 10 283 Morgan* 2-6 2-6 1-2 0-1 1 2 7 8 1 00 3223 Kodet* 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 3 4 0 1 00 1121 Shiflet 2-8 2-7 0-0 0-4 4 0 6 1 0 10 164 Guillozet 2-6 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 0 5 2 0 00 2224 Zuppas 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 4 2 1 0 10 190 Johnson 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 00 62 Jones 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 00 7Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS 32-62 8-25 22-29 8-32 40 17 94 18 7 5 2 200

Webber int. 68Valdosta state 104

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga.

6nov. 26, 2017

Blazers Torch Warriors to cap off classicValdosta State Wins, 104-68VALDOSTA,Ga.-TheNo.20rankedBlazersofValdostaStatedeliveredanotherimpressiveoffensiveeffortina104-68non-conferencewinoverWebberInternationalinmen’sbasketballactiononSundayafternoonatTheComplexinValdosta,Ga.TheBlazersenjoyedanotherbalancedoutingontheattack,asfivedif-ferentplayersreacheddouble-digitfiguresinthescoringcolumn.JuniorBeau Justicepaced the teamwith20pointson6-of-11 shooting fromthe field and a 3-of-8 display from beyond the arc. The performancemarkedJustice’sfourthgameinwhichhehasscored20ormorepoints.Hisaverageof19.8pointspergamecurrentlyplaceshimfifthintheGulfSouthConference.Justicedidalittlebitofeverythinginthegame,add-ingthreesteals,fiveassists,fiverebounds,andoneblocktoroundouthisperformance.ValdostaStaterippedoff35points inthefirsttenminutesofthecon-test,allwhileallowingtheWarriorstoscorejustfourbucketsandtwofreethrowsfor11totalpoints.AdroughtensuedfortheBlazeroffense,however,whichallowedWebbertostringtogethera19-6runandpulltowithin11at41-30with4:29toplayinthefirsthalf.WinstonMorganhelpedrighttheshipthough,withatimelythreeballthatsparkeda14-7runinthefinalminutesoftheopeningframeforVSUandaffordedtheBlazersa55-37leadatthebreak.ValdostaState’soffensiveonslaughtcontinuedafterthebreak,whiletheBlazerdefenseheldWebberInternationaltojust31pointson11-of-34shooting(32.4percent)fromthefieldinthesecondhalf.Furthermore,theWarriorswere able to connect just once on 11 second half threepointerattemptsinthefinal20minutes.OneofthebrightestspotsofthegameforValdostaStatewastheteam’sefficiencyatthefreethrowline.In31attempts,theBlazershit26,whichresultedina83.9percentshootingeffortfromthestripethroughouttheafternoon.JimmyKodetandClayGuillozetteamedupfor21ofValdostaState’s52reboundsinthecontest,andeachreacheddouble-digitfiguresinboththereboundingandscoringcolumns.Thedouble-doubleswerethefirstoftheseasonforbothplayers.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Webber int. 31 37 - - = 68 31.8% 22.7% 65.6% valdosta State 55 49 - - = 104 44.0% 34.3% 83.9% Pts inthePaint:WIU-30,VSU-40 PtsoffTurnovers:WIU-15,VSU-242ndChancePts: WIU-13,VSU-7 FastBreakPts: WIU-0,VSU-10BenchPts: WIU-38,VSU-36 Tied0Times,LeadChanged0TimesWIULargestLead:N/A VSULargestLead:41in2nd3:44

Webber int. (3-3) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.23 Vaughn* 4-16 0-4 2-2 1-1 2 2 10 0 3 00 2332 Childs* 2-7 1-2 5-8 3-3 6 3 10 0 0 30 1612 Evans* 3-6 0-0 2-3 1-3 4 0 8 0 5 00 2410 Serrano* 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 01 1621 Etienne* 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 1 1 00 172 Williams 4-9 0-3 4-6 1-1 2 2 12 0 0 01 174 Jean-Louis 3-6 2-4 3-4 0-2 2 2 11 0 1 00 1924 Woodmansee 2-4 1-2 0-1 0-3 3 1 5 0 1 01 160 Luke 1-60-1 2-2 0-0 0 2 4 3 3 1 21620 Orap 1-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 4 0 3 00 123 Blocker 0-2 0-1 2-5 2-6 8 4 2 2 2 01 175 Brooks 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 00 7 TOTaLS - 21-66 5-22 21-32 12-26 38 21 68 6 19 4 6 200

valdosta State (6-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min12 Justice* 6-11 3-8 5-6 2-3 5 1 20 5 3 13 323 Morgan* 5-9 4-7 2-2 0-3 3 1 16 3 6 01 285 Sam* 4-11 0-1 7-7 3-1 4 2 15 3 0 11 1623 Kodet* 3-10 2-7 2-2 1-10 11 2 10 0 1 11 2920 James* 3-4 0-0 1-2 0-4 4 4 7 0 2 00 154 Guillozet 6-14 1-4 4-4 6-4 10 4 17 2 1 01 2724 Zuppas 1-3 0-0 4-6 2-5 7 3 6 2 2 00 2121 Shiflet 2-6 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 5 1 0 00 100 Johnson 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-1 1 1 4 1 0 00 122 Jones 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 1 1 01 71 Harris 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 00 3 TOTaLS 33-75 12-35 26-31 15-37 52 24 104 18 16 3 8 200



argonauts escape With 97-88 Win in league openerWest Florida Wins, 97-88pensacola, Fla. - A latepushby theValdosta Statemen’sbasketballteamcameupshort,astheWestFloridaArgonautsheldofftheBlazersfora97-88victoryovertheBlazersinSaturday’sGulfSouthConferenceopenerattheUWFFieldHouseinPensacola,Fla.

Thevictory improved theArgonauts toaperfect8-0 starton the sea-son,whiletheBlazerssufferedtheirfirstlossoftheseasontofallto6-1overall.

WestFloridaledformostoftheeveningandextendedtheirleadtoasmanyas12pointswithundereightminutestoplay inregulation.TheBlazersremainedresolute,however,andusedthenextfiveminutestowhittleawayattheArgonauts’lead.ValdostaStatepulledtowithintwopointsafteraWinstonMorganlayupatthe2:25markinthesecondhalf,butUWFmanagedtoholdoffthesurgingBlazerslongenoughtoscoreatthe1:08markandopenupatwo-possession,90-86lead.TheArgonautsusedfreethrowsdownthestretchtoholdVSUatbay.

TyroneSamdeliveredanothersolidoutingfortheBlazerswith20pointson6-of-10shootingfromthefieldanda7-of-8nightfromthefreethrowline. Inaddition,WinstonMorganadded16points, thanks toa4-of-6effortfrombeyondthearc.

DarrylTucker,wholeadstheUWFsquadinbothscoringandrebounds,wasthedifferencemakerfortheArgonauts.Theforwardpouredin27pointsafteranearlyperfect11-of-12shootingeffortfromthefield.Fur-thermore,MoterDengadded22points,10ofwhichcamefromthefreethrowline.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% valdosta State 43 45 - - = 88 48.4% 50.0% 80.0% West florida 48 49 - - = 97 53.3% 33.3% 69.7% Pts inthePaint:UWF-44,VSU-30 PtsoffTurnovers:UWF-16,VSU-72ndChancePts: UWF-15,VSU-13 FastBreakPts: UWF-2,VSU-7BenchPts: UWF-40,VSU-36 Tied-2Times,LeadChanged-2TimesUWFLargestLead:12in2nd-07:28 VSULargestLead:-

Valdosta state 88West Florida 97

uWF Fieldhouse in pensaCola, Fla. West florida (8-0) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.10 Deng* 6-11 0-1 10-11 3-7 10 1 22 3 0 10 3811 Benson* 5-11 3-6 2-3 1-3 4 1 15 3 1 00 3424 Thorpe* 3-8 1-2 1-3 0-2 2 4 8 5 0 01 3540 Ventoniemi* 3-8 0-0 1-2 3-1 4 1 7 2 0 00 122 Tidwell* 1-2 1-1 2-4 1-1 2 2 5 1 0 00 1421 Tucker 11-12 0-1 5-5 4-5 9 4 27 0 2 10 265 Jackson 4-8 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 5 10 0 1 01 1823 Henderson 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 20 43 Chalifoux 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 00 101 Cox 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 614 Carter Jr 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 34-65 6-18 23-33 14-24 38 19 97 15 8 4 3 200

7dec. 2, 2017

valdosta State(6-1) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.3 Morgan* 6-8 4-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 16 3 2 00 3412 Justice* 5-17 3-11 2-2 0-3 3 4 15 5 2 00 394 Guillozet* 4-5 1-1 2-4 0-4 4 3 11 1 1 01 1924 Zuppas* 2-8 0-1 1-2 1-6 7 3 5 2 2 00 2723 Kodet* 1-2 1-1 2-2 1-6 7 4 5 0 0 20 195 Sam 6-10 1-1 7-8 3-0 3 2 20 1 3 00 2420 James 4-10 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 5 10 0 0 00 190 Johnson 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 1 0 00 1421 Shiflet 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 00 52 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 30-62 12-24 16-20 10-23 33 26 88 13 11 2 1 200

Blazers Roll to 107-81 Win over TuskegeeValdosta State Wins, 107-81valDosTa, Ga.-TheValdostaStateBlazersreturnedtoformonTuesdaynightandcruisedtoadominant107-81winoverTuskegeeinnon-confer-enceactionatTheComplex.

The Blazer offense reached the centurymark in points scored for thefourthtimethisseason,thanksinparttotheeffortsofBeauJustice,KJJames,andTyroneSam,whoeachscored20-pluspointsinthecontest.Justiceledthewaywith25,whileJamesandSamadded22and21,re-spectively.

“KJ isasenior thisyearand I thinkhesees thatseniorcliff, in thatheknowshiscollegiatecareeriscomingtoanend,”saidHeadCoachMikeHelferof James,whodeliveredwhatwasarguablyhismostaggressiveeffortoftheseason.“Ithinkhe’stryingsqueezeeverythinghecanoutofeveryminute.He’splayinghard,he’splayingsmart,andhe’splayingaggressive,andIenjoyedseeingthatfromhimtonight.”

Despite fallingbehind40-19a littleovermidway through theopeningperiod, theTigersmanaged to keep thegame respectable throughoutthenightandevenpulledtowithinasfewas10threedifferenttimesinthefirst10minutesofthesecondhalf.

ValdostaStateuseda54.9percentshootingefforttomaintaincontrolofthecontestandeventuallyrunawaywiththeconvincingwin.TheBlazersalsowonthereboundingbattle41-31,which led to16secondchancepoints,andVSUalsoenjoyedanimpressive41-pointperformanceoffthebenchbythereserves.

Withthewin,theBlazersremainedperfectathomeandimprovedto7-1overall.Meanwhile,theTigersdroppedto1-8ontheseason.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Tuskegee 37 44 - - = 81 45.0% 47.8% 72.7% valdosta State 53 54 - - = 107 54.9% 40.9% 71.4% Pts inthePaint:TU-30,VSU-52 PtsoffTurnovers:TU-12,VSU-172ndChancePts:TU-10,VSU-16 FastBreakPts: TU-0,VSU-2BenchPts:TU-46,VSU-41 Tied-1Time,LeadChanged-1TimeTULargestLead:- VSULargestLead:30in2nd-02:23

tuskegee 81Valdosta state 107

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga. Tuskegee (1-8) FG-a 3G-a FT-a o-D TR pF pts. a To B s Min.2 Flagg* 5-10 2-2 5-7 1-4 5 3 17 3 1 0 1 3023 Thomas* 3-7 1-3 2-2 2-1 3 2 9 1 1 1 0 3113 Eads* 3-8 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 1 7 1 2 0 0 304 Shelton* 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 1522 Young* 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-5 5 3 0 0 6 0 0 163 Boyd 8-13 5-8 4-6 0-1 1 3 25 0 4 0 1 2110 Grepke 4-11 0-2 3-5 0-2 2 1 11 1 1 0 1 275 Pasley 3-5 2-3 2-2 2-5 7 4 10 3 1 1 0 30

Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

TOTaLS 27-60 11-23 16-22 7-24 31 21 81 10 17 2 3 200

8dec. 5, 2017

valdosta State(7-1) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 7-14 4-9 7-8 3-0 3 2 25 2 0 01 3420James* 10-14 1-1 1-4 2-6 8 2 22 3 0 11 2923 Kodet* 5-8 2-4 0-0 1-4 5 0 12 0 1 10 183 Morgan* 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 4 1 2 00 204 Guillozet* 1-4 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 0 3 2 2 00 225 Sam 8-14 1-2 4-5 3-5 8 3 21 1 1 02 2324Zuppas 3-4 0-0 6-6 1-6 7 2 12 0 1 22 2221 Shiflet 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 3 0 0 00 62 Jones 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 3 0 0 00 30 Johnson 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 00 201 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 39-71 9-22 20-28 14-27 41 13 107 9 9 4 6 200



Blazers Fall to FvsU after Rare shooting DroughtFort Valley State Wins, 82-68FoRT valley, Ga. - TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamsufferedararescoringdroughtinthesecondhalf,whichresultedinan82-68losstotheFortValleyStateWildcatsonTuesdaynightinFortValley,Ga.

TheBlazersusedaquick layupandathreeballbyWinstonMorgan inthefirstminuteofthecontesttojumpouttoa5-0leadovertheWild-cats.TheadvantagewasonetheBlazerswouldhangontoforthefirsteightminutesofthegame,untiltheWildcatsturnedthegamearoundmidwaythroughthefirsthalfandtooka27-19leadwiththreestraightthree-pointers.

With thehelpofa strong13-pointfirsthalfby JimmyKodet,ValdostaStatewhittledFVSU’s leadaway throughout the remainderof thefirsthalfandpulledevenwithafastbreakdunkbyKJJameswithjust14sec-ondsleftintheframe.However,atwo-handedput-backdunkbyGlennHollowayinthefinalsecondsputFVSUbackinfrontfora36-34leadatintermission.

ThesecondhalfprovedtobethebeginningoftheendfortheBlazers,thanks in largeparttoadownwardspiralonoffenseforVSU.ValdostaStateshotjust8-of-31fromthefieldfor25.8percentinthesecondhalfand connectedon just1-of-11 from threepoint range for apaltry9.1percent.Asaresult,theWildcatsoutscoredtheBlazers46-34inthefinalperiodtorunawaywiththevictory.

TyroneSamledthewayfortheBlazerswith15points,whileJustinMc-BridemadehisBlazerdebutwithninereboundstotieClayGuillozetfortheteamleadontheboards.

Withtheloss,ValdostaStatefellto7-2overall.Meanwhile,theWildcatsimprovedto6-4ontheseason.

Valdosta Statewill return to Gulf South Conference action this Satur-day at 4:00 p.m. against the visitingMontevallo Falcons. The contestwillmarkthefirstconferencegameoftheseasontotakeplaceatTheComplex.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% fort valley St. 36 46 - - = 82 32.4% 14.8% 71.4% valdosta State 34 34 - - = 68 38.6% 32.3% 57.1% Pts inthePaint:FVSU-32,VSU-26 PtsoffTurnovers:FVSU-12,VSU-102ndChancePts: FVSU-17,VSU-7 FastBreakPts: FVSU-6,VSU-16BenchPts: FVSU-25,VSU-25 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-3TimesFVSULargestLead:17in2nd-12:36 VSULargestLead:9in1st-15:45

Fort Valley state 82 Valdosta state 68

Fort Valley, Ga. fort valley State ( 6-5) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 EDWARDS* 5-13 0-3 5-7 2-3 5 2 15 3 5 2 3 280 BARNES* 6-11 1-1 0-1 7-6 13 3 13 2 2 1 1 2811 MCMILLAN* 5-13 2-7 1-1 1-0 1 1 13 2 0 0 1 275 FOSTER* 4-15 0-1 0-0 3-12 15 4 8 2 4 3 1 331 GARROR* 3-11 1-4 1-2 4-3 7 3 8 2 1 1 1 2115 BANKS 3-7 2-5 1-2 1-4 5 0 9 0 0 1 1 1210 ELLIOTT 2-5 2-5 0-0 1-1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1424 HOLLAWAY 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 1 4 0 0 1 1 1212 BRYANT 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-5 5 3 3 4 4 1 1 1320 SMOAK 1-3 1-3 0-1 0-1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1113 MCCLENDON 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS - 32-83 10-31 8-14 21-40 61 19 82 16 17 10 10 200

9dec. 12, 2017

valdosta State (7-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.23 Kodet* 6-10 1-4 0-0 1-4 5 3 13 1 1 2 1 2420 James* 5-13 0-2 3-4 1-3 4 1 13 1 2 0 1 194 Guillozet* 3-5 0-1 1-2 2-7 9 2 7 2 4 0 2 303 Morgan* 2-8 2-7 0-0 0-2 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 2712 Justice* 0-8 0-6 4-4 1-3 4 0 4 4 3 01 345 Sam 3-9 1-3 8-10 2-2 4 3 15 0 3 0 0 2034 McBride 2-6 0-0 4-8 1-8 9 3 8 0 1 30 2021 Shiflet 1-6 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 1 0 00 724 Zuppas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 130 Johnson 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 32 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3TM TEAM 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS - 22-68 4-27 20-28 12-35 47 17 68 12 16 5 6 200

Historic night Results in Triple overtime WinValdosta State Wins,139-135valDosTa, Ga. -TheValdostaStateBlazers rackedupmorepoints thananyothergameinBlazerbasketballhistorywithahistoric139-134tripleovertimevictoryoverMontevallo inGulf SouthConference actionat TheComplexonSaturdaynight.

TheFalconschippedawayata15-pointValdostaStateleadthroughoutthefirsthalfof thesecondperiodbeforepullingevenat85-85ona layupby JamaarTaylorwith7:32toplayinregulation.Thecontestthentransformedintoaback-and-forthaffair,asthetwoteamstradedbucketsdownthestretch.

Insidetheoneminutemark,VSUtooka100-97leadonajumperbyBeauJus-tice,butTylerBroughconnectedononeofhisseventhreepointersatthe0:30marktosendthegameintoovertime.Theinitialovertimeperiodfeaturedfivelead changes, beforeMontevallo used a circus three-point shot by Taylor toopenupa113-109leadwith12secondsremaining.WhenallseemedlostfortheBlazers,KJ Jamesdrewa foulat the0:04markandpulled theBlazers towithin a single possessiondeficit on thefirst of two free throws.On James’secondfreethrow,theseniortransferpurposelymissedtheshottogiveVSUanattemptatanoffensiverebound.GregZuppaswastheretosavethepos-session,andthrewtheballoffofaMontevalloplayerasherecovered it justbeforefallingoutofbounds.Withtwosecondstogo,theinboundspassfromunderneathendedupinthehandsofZuppas,whoburiedhisfirstthreeoftheseasonfromtherightcornerastimeexpiredtotiethegameat113-113andforcedoubleovertime.

Double overtimewasmore of the same, as the two teamswent toe-to-toethroughouttosendthegametoyetanotherovertimeperiod.Withthescoreknottedat124-124,ValdostaStatefinallymanagedtoextendthegamebeyondtheFalcons’reach,thanksinlargeparttoapairoftimelythreepointshotsbyJimmyKodet,whofinishedwithacareer-high21pointsinthegame.

Taylorrackedupagame-high40pointsinthegameona14-of-28performancefromthefield,andChrisWilliamsscored36points,17ofwhichcameon19attemptsfromthefreethrowline.ValdostaStatecounteredtheduo,howev-er,withabalancedoffensiveeffortthatsawsevendifferentplayerspostdou-ble-digitfiguresinthescoringcolumn.Furthermore,Justice,Kodet,andWin-stonMorganeachscored20-plus.All24ofMorgan’spointscameonthreepointshooting,asthejuniorshot8-of-10fromthefieldandconnectedoneachofhisfivethreepointattemptsinthefirsthalf.

Thewin,whichreplaceda136-pointnightagainstTroyStatein1991-92foranewschoolrecord,markedValdostaState’sfirstGulfSouthConferencevictoryofthe2017-18seasonandmovedtheBlazersto8-2overalland1-1inleagueplay.Meanwhile,theFalconsdroppedto6-6ontheyearandfellto1-2againstconferenceopponents.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% montevallo 46 54 13 11 = 135 51.1% 50.0% 87.5% valdosta State 50 50 13 11 = 139 56.8% 52.6% 75.0% Pts inthePaint:UM-46,VSU-42 PtsoffTurnovers:UM-29,VSU-272ndChancePts: UM-8,VSU-16 FastBreakPts: UM-2,VSU-2BenchPts: UM-30,VSU-40 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-3TimesUMLargestLead:4inOT-00:12 VSULargestLead:15in2nd-17:45

montevallo 135 Valdosta state 139

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga. montevallo ( 6-6) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.5 Taylor* 14-28 5-9 7-7 3-5 8 4 40 1 2 0 0 492 Williams* 9-21 1-8 17-19 4-7 11 2 36 7 7 0 3 550 Jackson* 6-11 0-1 1-2 2-1 3 3 13 2 4 01 3210 Jones* 4-9 1-2 3-4 2-3 5 5 12 1 0 0 1 3013 Guity* 2-4 0-0 0-0 4-4 8 2 4 0 1 3 0 4912 Brough 7-11 7-11 0-0 0-0 0 5 21 2 1 0 1 371 Gilbert 3-4 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 5 9 1 1 1 1 2120 Updike 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 45-88 17-34 28-32 19-21 40 27 135 14 17 4 7 275

10dec. 16, 2017

valdosta State (8-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 7-13 2-6 8-9 1-0 1 2 24 4 6 02 493 Morgan* 8-11 8-10 0-0 0-3 3 5 24 2 2 0 1 4223 Kodet* 7-12 5-9 2-2 1-3 4 4 21 1 0 2 1 2320 James* 6-9 1-1 6-7 4-5 9 4 19 4 2 3 0 434 Guillozet* 4-10 1-4 2-6 4-3 7 3 11 9 1 0 1 4224 Zuppas 4-8 1-2 5-6 2-3 5 2 14 3 1 0 1 3534 McBride 6-9 0-0 2-3 3-3 6 5 14 2 2 11 1521 Shiflet 3-7 1-4 2-3 0-0 0 0 9 1 1 00 130 Johnson 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 92 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 46-81 20-38 27-36 17-24 41 29 139 27 16 6 8 275



Blazers Take Down Tigers, 80-73Valdosta State Wins, 80-73valDosTa, Ga.-TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamusedanoth-erbalancedefforttooutlasttheWestAlabamaTigersinan80-73GulfSouthConferencevictoryonMondaynightatTheComplex.

“WestAlabamaisalotbetterthantheyplayedtonight,”saidHeadCoachMikeHelfer,whosawhisteam’srecordliftto9-2overalland2-1inGSCplayafterthewin.“Ithoughtwedidareallygoodjobdefensivelyasateam.Oneplayerdidgoalittlebananasoffensively,butIthoughtwedidaprettygoodjoblimitingtherestoftheirteam.”

The contest was tightly contested throughout the first eightminutes,which ledtoa16-16tieat the11:56mark in theopening frame.Lessthanoneminutelater,however,JustinMcBrideconnectedonashotatpointblankrangetoignitetheBlazersforsevenunansweredpoints,andVSUusedthatmomentumtoextendtheirleadto41-28atintermission.

Inthesecondhalf,theBlazersreallygotitgoing,particularlyinthefirstfive minutes of the second half, when VSU outscoredWest Alabama15-10.ThestretchgaveValdostaStatetheirbiggestleadofthegameat56-38with14:49leftinregulation.Theleadprovedtobeinsurmount-ableforthevisitingTigers,whowereledoffensivelybythe37pointsofCharlesEaton.

KJJamesdeliveredaseason-high24pointsinthegameon9-of-15shoot-ingfromthefieldandaperfect5-of-5effortfromthefreethrowline.TheseniorprovidedtheBlazerswithastrongpresenceinside,whichledto26pointsinthepaintfortheredandblack.Furthermore,BeauJusticepouredin16,despiteacleareffortbytheTigerstolimitthejuniorguard’sopportunities.

Asateam,ValdostaStatepostedanotherstrongoffensiveoutingwitha50.0percentperformance(28-of-56)fromthefieldanda42.3percenteffort (11-of-26) from the threepoint line.Most impressive, however,was the team’s free throw shooting display, which resulted in a sea-son-high92.9percentagefromthestripe.ValdostaStateisnowshooting74.5percentfromthefreethrowlinethisseason,whichplacestheBlaz-ers3rdoverallintheGulfSouthConference.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% West alabama 28 45 - - = 73 36.2% 35.0% 70.0% valdosta State 41 39 - - = 80 50.0% 42.3% 92.9% Pts inthePaint:UWA-24,VSU-26 PtsoffTurnovers:UWA-22,VSU-102ndChancePts: UWA-16,VSU-11 FastBreakPts: UWA-2,VSU-4BenchPts:UWA-3,VSU-12 Tied-0Times,LeadChanged-5TimesUWALargestLead:5in1st-12:02 VSULargestLead:18in2nd-14:32

West alabama 73 Valdosta state 80

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga. West alabama ( 9-4) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.23 Eaton* 13-26 2-5 9-13 1-3 4 1 37 2 4 04 3914 Fleming* 8-19 3-8 5-6 2-2 4 2 24 1 3 11 371 Alexander* 3-6 0-0 0-0 5-4 9 3 6 0 0 20 334 Cranney* 1-4 1-1 0-0 1-4 5 3 3 1 1 03 2312 Robinson* 0-6 0-0 0-1 0-4 4 3 0 1 3 00 2721 Jobling 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 3 0 0 00 2015 Harper 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 0 2 12 163 Petty 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 01 324 Tripp 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 26-71 7-20 14-20 14-20 34 17 73 5 14 4 11 200

11dec. 18, 2017

valdosta State (9-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.20 James* 9-15 1-2 5-5 3-6 9 2 24 2 2 11 2612 Justice* 5-10 2-4 4-4 0-3 3 2 16 2 4 01 3723 Kodet* 3-8 2-5 2-2 1-4 5 3 10 0 2 10 263 Morgan* 3-7 3-7 0-0 0-5 5 1 9 3 5 00 334 Guillozet* 4-7 1-4 0-1 3-6 9 1 9 2 1 00 3021 Shiflet 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 5 0 1 11 1034 McBride 1-3 0-0 2-2 2-6 8 3 4 0 6 1 0 140 Johnson 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 1 00 1024 Zuppas 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 0 1 3 01 14 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 28-56 11-26 13-14 9-34 43 20 80 11 26 4 4 200

lee 82Valdosta state 93

WalKer arena in CleVeland, tenn.

12Jan. 02, 2018

Blazers prevail again; Defeats lee in overtimeValdosta State Wins, 93-82CLEVELAND,Tenn.- The“CardiacKids”ofValdostaStatemen’sbasket-ballprevailedfortheirthirdstraightGulfSouthConferencevictorywiththeirlatestovertimewin,a93-82roadtriumphovertheLeeFlamesonTuesdaynightinCleveland,Tenn.Thecontestfeatured10tiesandsevenleadchanges,butLeeheldtheadvantage forover30of the40minutesof regulationthroughout thefirstandsecondhalves.ValdostaStateremainedresilient,however,andhungaroundlongenoughtokeepthegamecloseasthefinalminutestickedawayinthesecondhalf.With2:02remainingLee’sLeviWoodburiedalongthreepointertoputtheFlamesup76-69.TheshotlookedlikeapotentialdaggerintheheartoftheBlazers,butWinstonMorganalteredthenarrativewithaclutchthreeball30secondslatertopullVSUbacktowithinfour.Valdosta State’s defense stepped up on the ensuing possession andforcedaBryceCopeland turnover,whichallowedMorgana chance todrawafoulinsidetheoneminutemark.Morganconvertedonbothfreethrows tonarrowthedeficit to76-74,andyetanotherdefensive stopby theBlazers set the stage for a potential game-tying shot.With 7.2seconds on the clock, Beau Justice drove the lane to draw in the Leedefendersbeforedishingoff toKJ James foraneasy layup frompointblankrange.James’ game-saving bucket forced an overtime period for the secondtimeinthreegames,andtheBlazersusedtheextraminutestooutscoretheFlames17-6andrunawaywiththegutsywin.BeauJusticeservedasthetopoffensiveperformerforValdostaStateandproducedthehighestpoint totalofhiscareeragainstaGSCopponentwith29pointson9-of-18shootingfromthefieldanda3-of-4effortfromthethreepointline.TheonlytimeJusticescoredmorepointsinasinglegamewasinanon-conferenegameagainstLynnonNovember26,2016.ClayGuillozet complemented Justice’s performancewith a career-best24pointson10-of-17shootinganda4-of-4performancefromthefreethrowline.EachofGuillozet’sfreethrowswerecriticalshotsdownthestretch,andsixoftheOhionative’soverallpointtotalrepresentedthefirstpointsscoredbyeitherteamduringtheovertimeperiod.Guillozetperformedparticularlywellafterthehalfwith10points inthesecondhalfand10pointsinovertime,asHeadCoachMikeHelfercontinuouslycalledonhisWestLibertytransferwhileLeestruggledtosolvethe6’4”guard.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Lee 40 36 6 - = 82 47.8% 34.6% 47.5% valdosta State 37 39 17 - = 93 44.9% 36.6% 81.5% Pts inthePaint:LU-44,VSU-38 PtsoffTurnovers:LU-20,VSU-282ndChancePts: LU-12,VSU-17 FastBreakPts: LU-2,VSU-4BenchPts: LU-26,VSU-7 Tied6Times,LeadChanged1TimeLULargestLead:8in1st-13:23 VSULargestLead:11inOT-00:11

Lee (8-4) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.30 Blevins* 8-14 0-3 3-4 1-3 4 2 19 3 2 10 285 Montgomery* 5-11 0-2 5-10 2-3 5 4 15 3 8 12 3314 Suedekum* 5-12 1-4 0-0 2-3 5 2 11 7 2 04 393 Woods* 4-8 3-5 0-2 0-3 3 2 11 0 6 00 270 Jones* 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 3 0 00 1010 Copeland 3-5 3-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 9 2 1 0 2 2725 McGuirk 3-6 2-4 0-1 0-2 2 1 8 0 1 00 1521 Cullen 2-3 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 2 5 0 1 10 1533 Landman 1-4 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 1720 RidgewayJr 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 1 1 02 14 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 32-67 9-26 9-19 14-25 39 20 82 22 23 4 10 225

valdosta State (10-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min12 Justice* 9-18 3-4 8-8 0-2 2 2 29 4 2 01 384 Guillozet* 10-17 0-2 4-4 4-3 7 1 24 3 1 05 373 Morgan* 6-14 5-10 2-2 0-4 4 2 19 6 2 00 4020 James* 5-8 0-2 4-7 2-6 8 3 14 1 2 01 3623 Kodet* 0-4 0-2 0-2 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 11 1621 Shiflet 1-4 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 0 5 1 2 00 724 Zuppas 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 4 2 1 3 11 2734 McBride 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 110 Johnson 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 00 102 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 1 00 3 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 31-69 9-25 22-27 13-24 37 17 93 17 17 4 9 225



valdosta state Wins Fourth straightValdosta State Wins, 91-77valDosTa, Ga. - TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketball teamstayedredhotonThursdaynightwiththeirfourthconsecutiveGulfSouthConfer-encewin,afterdefeatingtheShorterHawks91-77ontheroadatWin-throp-KingCenterinRome,Ga.

KJ James served as the gamebreaker forValdosta Stateon thenight,pouring in a career high 32 points, which eclipsed his 24-point effortagainstWestAlabamaonDecember18thtosetanewcareer-high fortheseniorforward.

Shorter(1-13,1-5GSC)gavetheBlazers(11-2,4-1GSC)troublethrough-outthefirsthalfofthecontest,andDrewThomasclosedouttheframewithalongthreeinsidethefinalfivesecondsofthefirsthalftoputtheHawksontop34-33atthebreak.

TheBlazersweatheredthestorm,however,andwiththesparkofaJim-myKodetthreeballduringthefirstminuteofthesecondhalf,theBlazerstookaleadthattheywouldneveragainrelinquish.

BeauJustice,whowasnamedtheGSCPlayeroftheWeekafewhoursprior to tipoff, delivered another 20-plus point performance with 23pointson7-of-10shootingfromthefieldanda3-of-4effortfromlongdistance.Inaddition,Justicehit6-of-6fromthefreethrowline,extend-inghistotalofconsecutivefreethrowsto19straightandimprovinghisfree throwpercentage to91.5on theyear. Justice leads the league infreethrowshootingandrepresentstheonlyplayertohaveapercentageabove90percent.

Despiteallowing33pointstoforwardJoshBurnett,theBlazerdefenseheldtheHawkstojust6-of-24fromthethreepointlinefor25.0percent.Perimeterdefense,alongwithpoorfreethrowshootingbyShorter,al-lowedtheBlazerstoretainmomentumheadingintotheweekend.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Shorter 34 43 - - = 77 44.3% 25.0% 64.3% valdosta State 33 58 - - = 91 52.7% 38.9% 83.9% Pts inthePaint:SU-42,VSU-42 PtsoffTurnovers:SU-14,VSU-222ndChancePts: SU-14,VSU-10 FastBreakPts: SU-0,VSU-0BenchPts:SU-8,VSU-12 Tied-6Times,LeadChanged-4TimesSULargestLead:8in1st-12:02 VSULargestLead:16in2nd-04:32

shorter 77 Valdosta state 91

Winthrop-KinG Centre in rome, Ga. Shorter (1-13) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.15 Burnett* 13-22 2-6 5-7 3-5 8 4 33 1 6 02 380 Potter* 6-17 2-8 2-2 2-3 5 1 16 2 2 02 401 Thomas* 4-10 2-7 2-3 1-2 3 2 12 3 3 02 3510 Major* 3-7 0-2 0-1 0-4 4 4 6 2 2 01 3433 Bobbitt* 1-5 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 3 2 3 2 10 1722 Newman 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1334 Mason 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 1 5 2 0 2 00 154 Russell 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 0 1 01 8 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 31-70 6-24 9-14 12-22 34 21 77 13 18 1 8 200

13Jan 4th, 2018

valdosta State (11-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.20 James* 10-15 2-4 10-12 2-4 6 1 32 0 3 12 3412 Justice* 7-10 3-4 6-6 0-4 4 3 23 2 5 01 334 Guillozet* 4-6 0-0 4-5 2-6 8 3 12 6 3 02 333 Morgan* 2-7 1-5 2-2 0-2 2 1 7 2 1 03 3623 Kodet* 2-7 1-4 0-0 2-1 3 2 5 1 0 21 1534 McBride 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-3 4 1 7 0 3 0 0 924 Zuppas 1-3 0-0 3-5 0-6 6 3 5 0 1 00 2221 Shiflet 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 0 1 00 140 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 00 4 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 29-55 7-18 26-31 7-30 37 16 91 11 21 3 9 200

Blazers Knock off Top Ranked Delta stateValdosta State Wins, 81-69valDosTa, Ga. -TheDeltaStateStatesmencametoTheComplexastheleague’stopteamonSundayafternoon,buttheBlazersofValdostaStatesentDSUhomewithalossafteroutscoringtheStatesmen81-69atTheComplexinValdosta,Ga.TheStatesmen,whoenteredthecontesthavingallowedjust56pointsorlessintheirlastthreegames,wereunabletosolvetheBlazers,thankstoabalancedeffortbyValdostaStatethatincludeda46.2percentshoot-ingeffortfromthefield.Inaddition,VSUoutreboundedtheStatesmen34-25. Despite an early jumpby the Blazers in the first eightminutes of theopeninghalf,theStatesmenputtogetheran11-5runinafourminutespantopulltowithinaonepointdeficitat18-19with8:50toplayintheperiod.ValdostaStateremainedresilient,however,andnevercoughedupthelead,thankstosometimelyshotsthatincludedanearth-shakingputbackdunkbyGregZuppasinthefinal17secondsofthehalf.ValdostaStateheldmomentuminthesecondhalf,startingwithaquickthree-pointerbyJimmyKodetthatputVSUup41-35ontheBlazers’firstsecondhalf possession. The shot sparkedanextensive27-15 run thatlastedjustunder10minutesandhelpedVSUopenupa65-50advantagefortheirlargestleadofthenight.The Statesmenmanaged to whittle away at VSU’s lead and pulled towithin seven with just under three minutes to play, but the Blazersweatheredthestormandusedan86.7percentshootingeffort (13-of-15)fromthefreethrowlineinthesecondhalftomaintaintheleadandsecuretheteam’sfifthconsecutivewin.ClayGuillozet,whodeliveredacareerhigh24pointsagainstLeeontheroad lastweek, put up another strong offensive effortwith 18 pointsscoredon7-of-12shootingfromthefield.Guillozetenjoyedastrongsup-portingcastthatincludedBeauJustice,KJJames,andWinstonMorgan,whoeachposteddouble-digitfiguresinthescoringcolumnwith17,15,and13points,respectively.ValdostaStateimprovedto12-2overalland5-1inGulfSouthConferenceplayforatiewithWestFloridaatthetopoftheleaguestandings.Mean-while,DeltaStatedroppedto7-8overallandfellto5-2against leagueopponents.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Delta State 35 34 - - = 69 47.3% 38.1% 60.0% valdosta State 38 43 - - = 81 49.1% 33.3% 77.9% Pts inthePaint:DSU-26,VSU-26 PtsoffTurnovers:DSU-12,VSU-92ndChancePts:DSU-7,VSU-6 FastBreakPts:DSU-6,VSU-2BenchPts:DSU-15,VSU-10 Tied1Time,LeadChanged2TimesDSULargestLead:2in1st-19:15 VSULargestLead:15in2nd-10:32

delta state 69Valdosta state 81

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga.Dellta State (7-8) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.3 Davis* 5-15 1-5 7-9 3-4 7 1 18 1 2 00 3910 Warner* 6-12 3-7 0-0 1-4 5 3 15 1 0 00 3824 McIntosh* 4-9 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 9 1 1 10 2121 Benford* 3-4 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 4 7 4 2 03 3433 Keller* 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 1 5 0 0 00 185 Wilson 4-8 2-3 0-0 0-3 3 3 10 0 0 10 2112 Burkett 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 5 0 0 00 1432 Taylor 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 811 Monix 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 26-55 8-21 9-15 8-17 25 19 69 7 7 2 3 200

14Jan 7th, 2018

valdosta State (12-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 Guillozet* 7-12 2-5 2-3 1-2 3 0 18 0 1 01 3712 Justice* 4-9 1-3 8-8 0-3 3 1 17 4 2 00 3820 James* 5-6 3-4 2-2 0-5 5 5 15 2 1 10 263 Morgan* 4-13 2-11 3-5 0-2 2 1 13 2 2 01 3123 Kodet* 3-6 2-5 0-0 1-5 6 2 8 2 1 50 2924 Zuppas 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 6 0 0 01 1234 McBride 1-4 0-0 2-4 6-3 9 4 4 0 2 0 0 130 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 00 721 Shiflet 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 00 7 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 27-55 10-30 17-22 11-23 34 16 81 11 9 6 3 200



Blazers extend Streak With Win over ChoctawsValdosta State Wins, 101-78valDosTa, Ga. - WinstonMorganlitupTheComplexwithninethreesand27points ina101-78routof the MississippiCollegeChoctaws inGulfSouthConferenceactiononTuesdaynightinValdosta,Ga.

The victory marked VSU’s sixth consecutive victory and boosted theBlazerstoa13-2overallrecord.ValdostaStatehasnotlostaconferencegamesincetheirGSCopeneragainstWestFloridainearlyDecemberandnowholdsa6-1recordagainstconferenceopponents.ThelossfortheChoctawsdroppedMCto7-7overalland4-5againsttheGSC.

Morganset the toneearlyonoffenseandcameoutswingingwithhisfirstthreepointerofthenightwithinthefirst20secondsofthegame.Withthehelpofaraucouscrowd,thejuniorusedthemomentumtohitshotaftershot,andhecarriedhisperformancewellintothesecondhalftotophispreviousseasonhighofeightthrees,whichcameinawinoverMontevallobeforetheChristmasbreak.

AsofTuesdaynight,Morganrankedsixth in thecountry in total threepointersmadewith56,andhis49.1shootingpercentagefrombeyondthearcplacedhiminatiefor13thamongallDIIplayers.

ValdostaState’sbarrageofoffensedidn’tstopatMorgan,asthreeotherplayersposteddouble-digitfigures.Theadditional contributors includ-ed JustinMcBride, who delivered a breakout performancewith a ca-reer-high20points.The6’-11”bigmanalsocameupjustonereboundshyofadouble-double,whileKJJamesreachedthemarkwith13pointsand11rebounds.

TheBlazerscontrolledthegamethroughout,thanksinlargeparttoapal-tryfiveturnovertotalonthenight.ValdostaStaterecordedmorestealsthanturnoverswithsix,andtheredandblackdefensetoppedbothofthosenumberswithawhoppingsevenblocks.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Miss. college 35 43 - - = 78 46.3% 36.8% 60.0% valdosta State 57 44 - - = 101 46.7% 40.5% 76.2% Pts inthePaint:MC-30,VSU-38 PtsoffTurnovers:MC-7,VSU-92ndChancePts: MC-6,VSU-22 FastBreakPts: MC-0,VSU-4BenchPts:MC-7,VSU-25 Tied0Times,LeadChanged1TimeMCLargestLead:1in1st-18:02 VSULargestLead:28in2nd-13:32

mississippi College 78 Valdosta state 101

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga. Miss. college (7-7) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.20 Ham* 10-19 4-8 1-4 1-6 7 4 25 1 4 00 382 Boston* 10-18 0-0 2-4 2-8 10 4 22 3 1 00 3311 Johnson* 5-8 2-5 5-5 1-5 6 2 17 3 3 01 3021Harding* 3-8 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 6 0 0 11 233 Harvey* 0-3 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 2 0 01 2532 Campbell 2-6 1-3 0-0 1-3 4 1 5 1 0 01 2424Johnson 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 2 2 01 1714 Fisher 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 00 10 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 31-67 7-19 9-15 6-27 3 3 16 78 13 10 15 200

15Jan 9th, 2018

valdosta State (13-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.3 Morgan* 9-15 9-13 0-0 0-3 3 3 27 0 1 01 3612 Justice* 7-18 2-9 2-2 2-4 6 2 18 5 0 01 3220 James* 3-8 2-4 5-7 5-6 11 1 13 2 0 31 294 Guillozet* 3-7 0-2 3-6 3-4 7 4 9 5 0 00 2823 Kodet* 4-12 1-5 0-0 3-6 9 1 9 0 0 30 1834 McBride 8-9 0-0 4-4 3-6 9 2 20 1 2 1 2 190 Johnson 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 3 5 0 00 1521 Shiflet 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 00 724 Zuppas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 00 132 Jones 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 00 21 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 01 1 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 35-75 15-37 16-21 16-34 50 17 101 20 5 7 6 200

Blazers score Huge Road Win over cBUValdosta State Wins, 72-70MeMpHIs, Tenn. -TheValdostaStateBlazerstrailedformostofthesec-ondhalf,buttooktheleadwhentheyneededtoinordertoclaimamas-sive72-70GulfSouthConferencewinovertheChristianBrothersBucsonSaturdaynightinMemphis,Tenn.

AlthoughtheBlazerstrailedformostofthesecondhalf,ValdostaStatepulledtowithinonepointninedifferenttimesintheperiod.AlayupbyBeau Justiceat the1:58mark trimmedCBU’s lead to70-69,andeachteamheld theother scorelessduring thenext twopossessionswithaseriesofkeydefensivestops.

ValdostaStateheldpossessionwithlessthanoneminuteremaining,andGregZuppasnarrowlymissedawellcontestedlayupfromtheleftside.Zuppascorralledinhisownrebound,however,andmanagedtocalltimeoutashefelltowardthesidelinetokeeptheballinVSU’shands.Follow-ingthetimeout,WinstonMorganmissedathree,butJusticehauledintheoffensiveboardtogiveValdostaStateyetanotherscoringopportuni-ty.Thistime,theBlazerswouldn’tmiss,asMorganmadetheadjustmentforhisonlythreeofthegame,ago-aheadbucketfromtheleftcorneronVSU’sfinalpossession,whichgaveVSUatwopointedgeandprovedtobethedecidingbasket.

Priortotheshot,Morganwasanuncharacteristic0-of-5fromthethreepointline.Thesharpshootercreditedhisteammates,however,forgivinghimthementaledgeheneededtofireupthegame-winnerduringthefinal30seconds.

KJJamespouredin15pointsandrackedup10reboundsforhisseconddouble-doubleoftheweekandhisthirdoftheseason.Meanwhile,Jus-ticehitthe20-pointmarkagainwithan8-of-17shootingeffortfromthefieldanda4-of-7performancefromthethreepointline.ThepointtotalrepresentedJustice’sninthgameoftheseasoninwhichthejuniorhasscored20ormorepointsinasinglegame.JimmyKodetalsoadded11points,includingtwohugethreepointersinthesecondhalfthathelpedkeeptheBlazerswithinstrikingdistance.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% christian Brothers 33 37 - - = 70 44.1% 29.2% 64.4% valdosta State 30 42 - - = 72 38.8% 38.5% 62.5% Pts inthePaint:CBU-34,VSU-26 PtsoffTurnovers:CBU-7,VSU-72ndChancePts: CBU-13,VSU-14 FastBreakPts: CBU-6,VSU-15BenchPts:CBU-19,VSU-13 Tied1Time,LeadChanged5TimesCBULargestLead:8in2nd-09:28 VSULargestLead:7in1st-06:45

Christian Brothers 70 Valdosta state 72

Canale arena in memphis, tn. CBu (13-3) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.11Laravie* 7-14 3-6 2-4 1-2 3 0 19 2 1 00 3733 Dieball* 6-12 1-4 2-3 0-1 1 5 15 5 3 51 335 Larkin* 5-12 0-2 2-4 3-8 11 2 12 6 1 21 4034 Trentman* 1-5 0-2 3-4 2-8 10 0 5 1 1 10 2420 Garbuzinski* 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 00 722 Mays 3-5 1-3 2-2 1-1 2 2 9 1 0 00 203 Miller 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 2124 Rudy 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 0 0 10 1544Lyons 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 00 314 Estep 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 26-59 7-24 11-17 8-26 34 16 70 16 8 9 3 200

16Jan 13th, 2018

valdosta State (14-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 8-17 4-7 0-1 1-4 5 0 20 2 1 02 3720 James* 4-7 1-1 6-8 2-8 10 3 15 2 2 10 3523 Kodet* 4-8 3-6 0-0 1-3 4 5 11 1 0 01 154 Guillozet* 3-9 0-1 2-2 4-4 8 2 8 3 1 01 343 Morgan* 2-12 1-6 0-0 0-2 2 2 5 5 1 00 3234 McBride 3-3 0-0 2-5 2-2 4 4 8 0 3 0 0 110 Johnson 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 0 00 1924 Zuppas 1-6 0-0 0-0 4-1 5 3 2 0 0 10 1321 Shiflet 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 1 00 4Tm Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTaLS 26-67 10-26 10-16 15-28 43 20 72 13 9 2 4 200



valdosta state Tames BulldogsValdosta State Wins, 83-69JacKson, Tenn. - TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamusedstrongcontribu-tionsoffthebenchinthefirsthalftorunawaywithan83-69GulfSouthConfer-enceroadwinoverUniononMondaynightinJackson,Tenn.

Ofthe47pointsscoredbytheBlazers in theopeninghalf,33camefromVSUnon-starters.TylerJohnsonledthechargewith13firsthalfpointsanda4-of-7shootingeffort fromthethreepoint line.LaBrianShifletalsoprovidedasparkwiththreetriplesofhisownforninepoints,andJustinMcBrideteamedupwithGregZuppastopourinsevenandfourpoints,respectively.

ValdostaStateusedthemomentumofa7-0runduringthefinaltwominutesofthefirsthalftoopenupa47-40lead,andBeauJusticeconnectedforfivepointsintheopeningminuteofthesecondhalftoretaintheedgefortheBlazers.JusticewentontogiveVSU14secondhalfpointsenroutetoagame-hightotalof16,astheBlazersranawaywiththegamefortheireighthstraightvictory.

KJJameswasaforcetobereckonedwithinnearlyeveryfacetofthegame,thankstoanaggressive,hustle-driveneffortonbothendsofthefloor.Jamesfinishedthenightwith15pointsona6-of-10performancefromthefield,andtheseniorclosedoutthenightwith10reboundsforhisthirdconsecutivedouble-double.Jamesalsoaddedthreeblocksandtwotimelystealsinthegame.

Asateam,ValdostaStateshot41.8percentfromthefieldandremainedsolidatthefreethrowlinewithan80percent(16-of-20)effortfromthestripe.TheBlaz-ersalsomadeeveryUnionturnovercountwith23pointson12Bulldogmiscues.VSUoutreboundedUnion38-32andused13offensivereboundsfor21putbackpointsinthecontest.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Union 40 29 - - = 69 44.1% 27.8% 6.3%valdosta State 47 36 - - = 83 41.8% 35.5% 80.0%Pts inthePaint:VSU-37,UU-36 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-23,UU-132ndChancePts:VSU-21,UU-5 FastBreakPts:VSU-5,UU-6BenchPts:VSU-36,UU-32 Tied3Times,LeadChanged2TimesUULargestLead:6in1st-18:01 VSULargestLead:18in2nd-12:02

Valdosta state 83union 69

Fesmire Fieldhouse in JaCKson, tn.Union(8-9) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.22 Goodwin* 4-8 0-1 2-4 2-1 3 2 10 3 1 13 3213 Barnes* 4-11 1-4 1-1 1-5 6 3 10 0 3 10 2924 DaSilva* 4-8 0-1 1-2 3-5 8 5 9 0 2 00 2223 Wilson* 3-7 0-1 0-0 0-5 5 1 6 0 3 00 205 Velasquez* 0-4 0-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 1 1 00 1611 Boykin 8-14 4-7 2-2 0-3 3 1 22 1 0 13 2420 Florent 3-3 0-0 4-7 3-0 3 2 10 0 2 0 0 283 Hawkins 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 1 0 10 1833 Keel 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 2 0 11 11

Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTaLS 26-59 5-18 12-18 10-22 32 15 69 8 12 5 7 200

17Jan. 15 2018

valdosta State (15-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 4-13 2-7 6-6 1-1 2 2 16 2 1 02 2920 James* 6-10 1-2 2-2 4-6 10 2 15 0 3 32 323 Morgan* 3-11 1-6 3-4 1-1 2 2 10 1 1 01 304 Guillozet* 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 4 5 0 00 2723 Kodet* 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 3 2 0 1 00 150 Johnson 4-8 4-7 1-2 0-3 3 1 13 3 0 01 2134 McBride 3-3 0-0 3-4 1-5 6 2 9 2 0 1 0 1421Shiflet 3-8 3-6 0-0 1-0 1 1 9 0 1 00 1324 Zuppas 2-5 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 0 5 1 2 12 19 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS - 28-67 11-31 16-20 13-25 38 16 83 14 10 5 8 200

Blazer Basketball lights Up Warhawks Valdosta State Wins, 104-81

valDosTa, Ga. - ValdostaStatepouredin15three-pointersandBeauJusticehitanewcareermarkinBlazerbasketball’s104-81GulfSouthConferencewinoverAuburnMontgomeryonFridaynightatTheComplexinValdosta,Ga.

ThevictorymarkedtheninthstraightfortheBlazersandaddedtoastreakof19consecutivehomewinsdatingbacktothe2016-17season.TheBlazersimprovedto16-2withthewinandliftedtheirGSCrecordto9-1inGulfSouthConferenceplay.Meanwhile, theWarhawks fell to7-10overalland3-7against leagueop-ponents.

Justicehitfourshotswithinthefirstfourminutesofthegametoaccountfor10ofValdostaState’sfirst12points.TheearlysurgebytheBlazerjuniorwasasignofthingstocome,asthePeebles,OhionativefueledVSU’sattackallnightlongandfinishedwithacareerhigh32points.Thepoint total toppedhisprevioushighmarkof31points,whichhescoredagainstLynnduringthefirstmonthofhissophomoreseasononNovember26th,2016againsttheLynnFightingKnights.Justicefinished thenightwith13field goalson22attempts, and sixof thosemakeswerefromlongdistance.

FourotherBlazersreacheddoubledigitsinthescoringcolumn,asJimmyKodetscored17,ClayGuillozetandKJ Jamesnotched16each,andWinstonMorganadded11.Asateam,theBlazerscommittedjustfourturnoversonthenightandshotforawhopping56percentinfrontofalarge,livelycrowdof1,831.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% AUM 37 44 - - = 81 41.1% 38.5% 81.3%valdosta State 44 60 - - =104 56.9% 40.5% 53.3%Pts inthePaint:VSU-42,AUM-26 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-19,AUM-72ndChancePts:VSU-16,AUM-12 FastBreakPts:VSU-6,AUM-0BenchPts:VSU-12,AUM-24 Tied0Times,LeadChanged0TimesAUMLargestLead:- VSULargestLead:24in2nd-12:14

auburn montgomery 81 Valdosta state 104

the Complex in Valdosta, GaAUM(7-10) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.3 DeRamus* 6-12 2-6 6-7 1-6 7 3 20 2 2 00 3812 Croff* 6-13 0-1 2-2 3-6 9 0 14 2 2 10 2920 Eubanks* 4-11 1-4 4-5 2-4 6 2 13 1 2 01 380 Keith* 3-9 2-4 0-0 3-0 3 1 8 2 1 00 2122 James-Core* 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 00 152 Taylor 4-8 3-5 0-0 1-1 2 1 11 1 0 0 1 1825 Ferguson 4-9 2-3 0-0 3-4 7 1 10 1 1 00 231 Hornbuckle 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 2 0 1 00 85 Brooks 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 00 210 Bryant 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Pitts 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 00 232 Jackson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 24 Merriweather 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 29-70 10-26 13-16 16-24 40 12 81 9 9 1 2 200

18Jan. 19, 2018

valdosta State (16-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 13-22 6-13 0-1 2-3 5 0 32 2 0 01 3423 Kodet* 7-14 3-10 0-0 2-6 8 5 17 2 1 21 304 Guillozet* 8-11 0-1 0-0 3-3 6 2 16 6 0 02 3620 James* 4-5 2-2 6-6 0-7 7 1 16 6 1 12 303 Morgan* 4-9 3-7 0-0 1-2 3 0 11 5 1 00 3324 Zuppas 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 1 6 1 0 00 1234 McBride 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 81 Harris 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 00 20 Johnson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 621 Shiflet 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 62 Jones 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 00 3 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 41-72 15-37 7-12 10-27 37 11 104 23 4 5 6 200



Blazer Defeat UWG; Justice posts second straight career nightValdosta State Wins, 114-92valDosTa, Ga.- Forthesecondtimeinthreedays,BeauJusticetoppedacareerhighpointtotaltofueltheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamina114-92GulfSouthConferencevictoryovertheWestGeorgiaWolvesonSundayafternoonatTheComplexinValdosta,Ga.

AfterscoringwhatwasatthetimeacareerhighonFridaynightagainstAuburnMontgomery,Justicedidn’tsettleandproceededtorackupawhopping40pointsagainst one of VSU’s biggest rivals on Sunday. Justice literally could not missthroughoutthemajorityofthecontest. Infact,thePeebles,Ohionativewasaperfect9-of-9fromthethreepoint linebeforehefinallymissedfromlongdis-tancewith6:49leftinthegame.

Justice finished the night 10-of-11 from beyond the arc and added fivemorebucketsalltotalfora15-of-19performancefromthefield.Theeffortcappedoffaweekinwhichthejunioraveraged29.3pointspergameand4.7reboundspergame.SincetheBlazerssquaredoffagainstUniononMonday,Justicehascon-nectedon18-of-31threepointersfor58.1percent.Ontopofthat,hehasturnedtheballoverjusttwice.

TheBlazersopenedupthescoringduringthefirstminutewithalayupfromClayGuillozet,beforetheWolvesreturnedfirewithalayupbyMarquillSmith,whoenteredthecontestrankedsecondintheGSCwithanaverageof21.6pointspergame.Guillozetstruckagainoneminutelater,however,withanotherbucket,andValdostaStateneverlookedback.Infact,theBlazerstookcompletecontrolofthegameduringthefirsttenminutesafterathreeballbyWinstonMorgangaveVSUadouble-digit,leadatthe11:19mark.TheBlazerswouldneverallowtheWolvestopullthedeficitbacktowithinsingledigitsonthescoreboard.

OthercontributorsfortheBlazersincludedKJJames,whoscored20andrippeddown10reboundsforhisfifthdouble-doubleoftheyearandhisfourthinthelastfivegames.Additionally,Morganadded17,whileGuillozetandJimmyKodetpickedup15and11,respectively.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% WestGeorgia 35 57 - - = 92 41.5% 25.0% 73.3%valdosta State 51 63 - - =114 62.1% 51.3% 63.3%Pts inthePaint:VSU-34,UWG-44 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-2,UWG-162ndChancePts:VSU-13,UWG-19 FastBreakPts:VSU-4,UWG-4BenchPts:VSU-11,UWG-28 Tied1Times,LeadChanged1TimesUWGLargestLead:- VSULargestLead:27in2nd-17:22

West Georgia 92 Valdosta state 114

the Complex in Valdosta, GaUWG(8-10) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.13 Smith* 7-18 1-6 7-8 2-6 8 3 22 2 2 01 283 Sides* 6-18 3-10 2-2 1-0 1 0 17 2 0 00 2911 Odum* 6-9 1-1 1-2 2-3 5 3 14 0 0 01 234 Turner* 3-10 0-0 2-3 0-3 3 3 8 2 0 00 2430 James* 1-5 1-3 0-0 2-1 3 2 3 2 0 00 2525 Magbegor 4-4 0-0 2-3 1-4 5 0 10 0 0 00 191 Ross 3-5 1-1 3-5 1-1 2 3 10 0 0 01 1823 Perry 3-8 0-3 0-0 1-1 2 0 6 1 0 0 2 1110 Robinson 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 01 1912 Reeves 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 00 4 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 34-82 7-28 17-23 14-21 35 15 92 10 2 0 6 200

valdosta State (17-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 15-1910-11 0-0 2-5 7 3 40 2 1 00 3520 James* 7-9 3-4 3-4 1-9 10 3 20 2 2 10 283 Morgan* 5-12 5-12 2-2 0-2 2 2 17 3 4 00 354 Guillozet* 7-7 0-0 1-5 3-5 8 1 15 4 2 10 3423 Kodet* 4-7 1-4 2-2 1-6 7 4 11 1 1 10 1934 McBride 1-3 0-0 2-4 1-3 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 1121 Shiflet 1-4 0-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 00 50 Johnson 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 3 1 00 1924 Zuppas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 0 0 10 122 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 41-66 20-39 12-19 8-37 45 18 114 16 11 5 0 200

19Jan. 21, 2018

Blazer extend streak With overtime Win over uaHValdosta State Wins, 97-93HUnTsvIlle, ala. - TheValdosta Statemen’s basketball team survived a slowstartontheroadtoclaimathrillingovertimeGulfSouthConferencevictoryoverAlabama-Huntsville,as theBlazers tookdowntheChargers97-93onThursdaynightatSpraginsHallinHuntsville,Ala.

SeniorforwardKJJamesshowedoffhisversatilitywithsixthreepointersinthecontest,includingtwotreysinValdostaState’s22-pointovertimeperiod.James’28-pointperformanceledtheBlazersinthescoringcolumnandhelpedVSUover-comeasix-pointhalftimedeficit.

ValdostaStatetookaone-pointleadonaClayGuillozetfreethrowwith2:34togoinregulation,andtheBlazersextendedtheleadtothreeat75-72whenGuillozetfinisheda fastbreakwitha righthand jamtwopossessions later.TheChargershadanopportunitytotiethegameonthefinalpossession,andUAHguardSethSwalvedeliveredwithadesperationthreefromthetopofthekeyastimeexpired.

The Blazers remained calm and collective during the extra frame, and Jameshelped VSU reclaim momentum with a three in the first 15 seconds of theovertimeperiod.ThoughtheChargerskeptthegameclose,theshotgaveVal-dostaStatealeadtheywouldnotrelinquishthroughoutthefulldurationoftheovertimeperiod.WinstonMorgan,whofinishedwithfourthreesand15points,helpedkeepVSUinfrontwithtwotimelytriplesduringthefinalfiveminutes.

BeauJustice,thereigningGSCPlayeroftheWeek,added18inthegame,Guil-lozet poured in 17, andGreg Zuppas delivered 25qualityminuteswith sevenreboundsand12points.

Withthewin,thefirstplaceBlazersimprovedto18-2overallandliftedtheircon-ferencerecordto11-1.ValdostaStatehasnowwon11straightgames.Evenmoreimpressive,isthefactthattheBlazershavewon30oftheirlast34gamesagainstGulfSouthConferenceopponents.Alabama-Huntsville’s lossmarkedonlytheirsecondoftheyearatSpraginsHallanddroppedtheteamto12-8ontheyear,5-7againstleagueopponents.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% UAH 39 36 18 - = 93 46.2% 28.2% 76.9%valdosta State 33 42 22 - = 97 48.1% 33.3% 63.2%Pts inthePaint:VSU-40,UAH-46 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-12,UAH-142ndChancePts:VSU-22,UAH-11 FastBreakPts:VSU-4,UAH-4BenchPts:VSU-19,UAH-29 Tied3Times,LeadChanged2TimesUAHLargestLead:11in1st-11:00 VSULargestLead:9inOT-01:07

alabama-huntsville 93 Valdosta state 97

spraGins hall in huntsVille, alUAH(12-8) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.12 Swalve* 7-14 2-7 0-0 0-3 3 1 16 5 3 00 401 Elliott* 5-11 1-5 3-4 0-8 8 3 14 3 4 00 3034 Ward* 5-13 3-9 1-2 2-2 4 3 14 0 1 00 2515 Finley* 5-10 3-8 0-0 1-4 5 3 13 0 0 12 3730 Owens* 2-6 0-4 3-3 3-2 5 1 7 7 0 12 2613 Orf 7-14 2-3 0-0 3-1 4 5 16 0 0 13 2735 Barkley 2-3 0-1 2-2 2-2 4 1 6 0 2 00 1821 Lane 2-4 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 1025 Kaplan 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 0 0 00 103 Anderson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 36-78 11-39 10-13 13-26 39 18 93 15 10 4 7 225

valdosta State (18-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.20 James* 9-14 6-8 4-5 3-2 5 4 28 3 3 12 3612 Justice* 7-14 2-7 2-2 3-3 6 2 18 3 3 01 434 Guillozet* 8-11 0-2 1-2 3-5 8 1 17 1 2 02 423 Morgan* 4-12 4-10 3-5 0-4 4 0 15 2 1 01 3723 Kodet* 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-3 4 1 0 1 1 10 1624 Zuppas 5-8 0-1 2-5 2-5 7 4 12 1 1 01 2534 McBride 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 3 4 1 2 0 0 70 Johnson 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 0 00 1221 Shiflet 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 7 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 36-75 13-39 12-19 16-31 47 16 97 12 13 2 7 225

20Jan. 25, 2018



Blazers survive overtime Win over UnaValdosta State Wins, 101-99

FLORENCE,Ala.-TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteampickeduptheir12thconsecutivevictory ina101-99overtimewinoverrivalNorthAlabama inGulfSouthConferenceactiononSaturdayafternooninFlorence,Ala.

TheovertimecontestmarkedVSU’sfourthoftheseason,eachofwhichhavere-sultedinBlazerwins.Furthermore,ValdostaStateextendedtheircurrentwinningstreakandpickeduptheir31stwinintheprogram’slast35GSCmatchupsdatingbackthroughthe2016-17season.

Thistimeout,ClayGuillozetservedasthefuelforValdostaState’shigh-octaneof-fense.ThesophomorescoredthefirstfivepointsofthegamefortheBlazersandproceededtodrop24ontheLionsinthecontesttomatchapreviousseasonhigh,whichGuillozetreachedinanovertimeroadwinoverLeebackonJanuary2nd.TheOhionativeburied11-of-14fromthefieldand2-of-4fromthefreethrowline,whileaddingsixrebounds,fiveassists,andthreesteals.

ValdostaStatetrailedbyasmanyas13with15-plusminutestoplayinthesecondhalf,beforeVSUbeganaslow,methodicalcomeback.Forthenext10minutes,theBlazersusedtheirfirepowertotaketheirfirstleadofthesecondhalfwithatwo-handedKJJamesdunkintransition.

Fiveleadchangesandfourtiesensuedduringthefinalfiveminutesofthecon-test,andVSUmanagedtothwartapotentialgamewinnerforUNAonthefinalpossessionofregulationtoforceovertime.

NorthAlabamascoredthefirsttwopointsoftheovertimeperiodonapairofSharwynMcGeefreethrows,buttheBlazersreturnedfirewithathreepointplaybyBeauJusticetotakeaone-pointlead.KendallStaffordputUNAbackinfrontwithatip-inontheensuingpossession,butVSUscoredeightunansweredpointswithback-to-backthreesbyWinstonMorganandJimmyKodet,beforeGuillozetaddedafastbreaklayup.TheleadwasonetheBlazerswouldnotrelinquish,de-spiteabarrageofUNAthreepointersdownthestretch.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% NorthAlabama 45 37 17 - = 99 44.0% 45.2% 73.3%valdosta State 37 45 19 - =101 49.3% 30.8% 73.1%Pts inthePaint:VSU-50,UNA-42 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-18,UNA-92ndChancePts:VSU-11,UNA-16 FastBreakPts:VSU-19,UNA-26BenchPts:VSU-13,UNA-15 Tied6Times,LeadChanged10TimesUNALargestLead:13in2nd-15:49 VSULargestLead:8inOT-00:27

north alabama 99Valdosta state 101

flowers hall in florenCe, alN.Alabama(10-10) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.11 Smith* 8-19 6-13 2-2 0-3 3 5 24 5 2 01 4224Stafford* 8-19 4-9 2-4 3-7 10 2 22 6 2 11 4235 McGee* 6-16 0-0 7-9 10-7 17 3 19 1 1 00 363 Hodge* 5-9 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 3 12 8 1 02 3822 Tolliver* 3-8 1-3 0-0 0-6 6 4 7 4 3 00 2632 Ndahiro 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-5 5 1 8 0 3 20 1410 Smith 3-7 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 7 2 1 00 27 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 37-84 14-31 11-15 18-31 49 20 99 26 13 3 4 225

valdosta State (19-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 Guillozet* 11-14 0-0 2-4 1-5 6 1 24 5 3 03 4212 Justice* 4-16 0-4 9-11 1-1 2 1 17 2 0 01 3823 Kodet* 7-10 3-5 0-0 0-9 9 3 17 1 0 31 333 Morgan* 5-14 4-12 2-2 0-1 1 1 16 5 3 01 4120 James* 4-8 1-2 5-6 3-5 8 1 14 1 3 23 2724 Zuppas 4-7 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 5 8 0 0 11 2134 McBride 2-3 0-0 1-3 1-1 2 2 5 0 2 1 0 90 Johnson 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 00 821 Shiflet 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 00 42 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 37-75 8-26 19-26 11-32 43 16 101 14 11 7 10 225

21Jan. 27, 2018

Men’s Basketball Defeats shorter; clinches post-season Berth Valdosta State Wins, 104-98

VALDOSTA,Ga.-Blazerbasketball’sincredible2017-18campaigncontinuedonThursdaywitha104-98GulfSouthConferencevictoryovertheShorterHawksatTheComplexinValdosta,Ga.

Thewin,alongwithalossbyMississippiCollegeatnearlythesamemomentonThursdaynight,madeNo.12rankedValdostaStatethefirstteamintheGSCtosecureapositioninthe2017-18GulfSouthConferencepostseasontournament.TheBlazersarenow20-2ontheyearand13-1againstleagueopponents,whileShorterdroppedto3-19overallandfellto3-11inGSCplay.ThevictorymarkedVSU’s21stconsecutivehomevictoryandextendedtheBlazers’currentwinstreakto 13.

Forthesecondstraightgame,sophomoreClayGuillozetpostedateam-highpointtotal in a single gameand toppedhisprevious seasonhighwith26pointson10-of-14shootingfromthefield.Guillozetnarrowlymissedatripledoubleafteraddingsevenassistsandeightrebounds.

TheBlazersalsosawkeycontributionsfromBeauJustice,whoscored25pointstoremainoneoftheleague’stopthreescorers,andGregZuppascomplementedastout16reboundtotalwith15pointsforhisfirstdouble-doubleoftheseason.

LedbyAmontePotter,whopostedagame-high31pointson12-of-21shooting,theHawksheldclosethroughoutthenight,buta56.2percentshootingeffortbyVSU,alongwitha45-29edgeinthereboundingcolumn,provedtobetoomuchforShortertoovercome.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Shorter 52 46 - - = 98 52.8% 41.2% 55.6%valdosta State 54 50 - - =104 56.2% 36.7% 61.6%Pts inthePaint:VSU-48,SU-40 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-17,SU-202ndChancePts:VSU-18,SU-12 FastBreakPts:VSU-2,SU-4BenchPts:VSU-21,SU-11 Tied3Times,LeadChanged2TimesSULargestLead:3in1st-18:50 VSULargestLead:15in2nd-12:51

shorter 98 Valdosta state 104

the Complex in Valdosta, GaShorter(3-19) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.0 Potter* 12-21 5-11 2-4 1-0 1 0 31 0 1 03 3822 Newman* 8-12 2-3 1-2 0-2 2 1 19 2 2 00 3810 Major* 6-12 4-7 0-1 0-6 6 3 16 3 3 01 3715 Burnett* 5-10 0-3 6-9 2-4 6 5 16 4 2 10 261 Thomas* 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-5 6 2 5 4 1 00 2834Mason 3-6 2-5 1-2 1-3 4 2 9 2 0 00 204 Russell 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 2 1 0 02 13 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 37-70 14-34 10-18 8-21 29 14 98 16 10 1 6 200

valdosta State (20-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.4 Guillozet* 10-14 2-3 4-7 4-4 8 1 26 7 2 00 3712 Justice* 10-15 2-6 3-4 1-3 4 1 25 4 4 00 3823 Kodet* 5-10 4-8 0-0 1-5 6 4 14 0 0 00 2620 James* 5-8 1-2 1-2 2-3 5 1 12 4 1 12 273 Morgan* 2-10 2-8 0-0 0-3 3 2 6 4 3 01 3424 Zuppas 7-11 0-1 1-2 6-10 16 3 15 1 0 00 2321 Shiflet 2-4 0-2 2-3 0-1 1 0 6 0 0 01 80 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 00 434 McBride 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 41-73 11-30 11-18 15-30 45 12 104 20 12 1 4 200

22Feb. 1, 2018



lee 70Valdosta state 81

the Complex in Valdosta, Ga

23Feb. 3, 2018

Blazers Basketball Wins again; Takes Down leeValdosta State Wins, 81-70VALDOSTA,Ga. - Despitebeingheldwellbelowtheirseasonaveragepointtotal,theValdostaStateBlazersuseda strongdefensiveeffort topickup their14thconsecutivewinwithan81-70triumphoverthevisitingLeeFlamesinfrontofacrowdof3,114onSaturdaynightatTheComplex.

BeauJustice,whofinishedwithateam-high22pointsonthenight,openedupthescoringwithathreepointerduringthefirsttwominutesofthegame.Leefiredback,however,andthetwoteamsproceededtotradeleadssevendifferenttimesinthefirsthalf.

ValdostaStateusedalayupbyJusticeatthe2:18markinthefirsthalf,however,totakea32-30lead.Withapairofthree-pointplaysbyKJJamesandJimmyKodetinthefinaltwominutesoftheframe,VSUopenedupa38-32leadatthebreak.

Inthesecondhalf,ValdostaStateheldtheFlamesatbaywithabalancedeffortonoffensethatincludedpointsfromeightdifferentplayers.Theoffensivesurge,alongwithareboundingeffortthatincluded39Blazerreboundsagainst32forLee,helpedtheBlazerskeeptheirperfecthomerecordintact.Furthermore,VSUwasabletostifletheFlames’longrangeshootingeffortbyholdingtheteamtojust7-of-24frombeyondthearc.

JusticewasjoinedbyJames,Kodet,andClayGuillozetonoffense,eachofwhichposteddouble-digitfiguresinthescoringcolumn.Inaddition,Kodethauledinaseasonhigh15reboundstocomplementa12-pointperformance,whichresultedinthesenior’sseconddouble-doubleoftheseason.

TheNo.12rankedBlazers,whohavenowwon22consecutivegamesontheirhomefloor,improvedto21-2overallontheseasonandliftedtheirGSCrecordto14-1.TheFlamesfellto12-10overallanddroppedbelow.500at7-8incon-ferenceplay.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% Lee 32 38 - - = 70 41.3% 29.2% 84.5% valdosta State 38 43 - - = 81 46.9% 38.1% 69.2% Pts inthePaint:LU-24,VSU-22 PtsoffTurnovers:LU-13,VSU-92ndChancePts: LU-8,VSU-8 FastBreakPts: LU-0,VSU-0BenchPts: LU-44,VSU-15 Tied2Times,LeadChanged5TimesLULargestLead:7in1st-05:23 VSULargestLead:12in2nd-17:27

Lee (12-10) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.14Suedekum* 4-10 1-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 9 2 1 01 3121 Cullen* 3-6 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 2 8 0 0 00 930 Blevins* 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 5 6 1 0 00 2010 Copeland* 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 00 143 Woods* 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 0 0 00 2025 McGuirk 7-14 4-7 5-6 2-3 5 3 23 0 2 00 245 Montgomery 5-10 1-3 2-3 2-4 6 3 13 0 3 01 2820 RidgewayJr 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 2 0 00 120 Jones 0-5 0-3 2-2 0-4 4 1 2 0 0 00 2233 Landman 1-6 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 1823 Merian 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 212 Dotson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0+ Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 26-63 7-24 11-13 9-23 32 30 70 6 7 0 3 200

valdosta State (21-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min12 Justice* 6-10 3-4 7-9 0-1 1 1 22 3 1 02 3720 James* 4-7 1-3 5-8 5-7 12 3 14 1 3 03 3323 Kodet* 4-8 1-4 3-3 3-12 15 3 12 0 0 00 274 Guillozet* 3-6 0-0 4-7 1-2 3 1 10 1 1 10 263 Morgan* 2-8 2-6 2-5 0-2 2 2 8 2 1 00 3134 McBride 2-5 0-0 3-3 1-3 4 1 7 1 0 1 0 1121 Shiflet 1-4 1-4 1-2 0-1 1 1 4 1 0 00 1724 Zuppas 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 2 4 1 3 00 130 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 5 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TOTaLS 23-49 8-21 27-39 10-29 39 14 81 10 10 2 5 200

Balanced effort Gives Men’s Basketball 15th straight WinValdosta State Wins, 106-77caRRollTon, Ga. - TheNo.9rankedValdostaStateBlazersusedanotherstrongoffensiveouting,alongwithasoliddefensivesecondhalfperformance,torouttheWestGeorgiaWolvesontheirhomefloorwitha106-77GulfSouthConfer-encevictoryonThursdaynightatTheColiseuminCarrollton,Ga.

WestGeorgiajumpedouttoa7-3leadearlyinthecontest,beforeJimmyKodet,who delivered his second straight double-double upon the night’s conclusion,buriedback-to-backthreeballstopullVSUtowithinoneat7-6.TheBlazersover-tooktheWolveslessthanoneminutelaterwithalayupbyClayGuillozet,andVSUnevertrailedagainfortherestofthenight.

ValdostaStatesawpositivecontributionsfromeveryplayerthatsteppedonthefloor.JustinMcBridescored18pointsinjust11minutesofplayingtime,andBeauJusticepouredin24forhisthirdstraight20-pluspointperformance.Inaddition,Kodet,Guillozet,KJJames,andWinstonMorganallposteddouble-digitoffensivenumbers.

ValdostaState improvedto22-2overallontheseasonand liftedtheirGSCre-cordto15-1.Meanwhile,theWolvesfellto11-12overallanddroppedto6-10inleagueplay.

Thewinmarkedthe15thconsecutivevictoryforValdostaStateandmovedtheBlazersonestepcloser toaclinchof thetheNo.1seed in theupcomingGSCTournament.ThecurrentstreakmarksthelongestsinceVSUreachedthesamemilestonein2010,andVSUhasalreadyclinchedapositionasoneoffourhostsonTuesday,February27thinthequarterfinalroundofthepostseasontournament.

Thevictorymarkedthe249thwinforHeadCoachMikeHelfersincehetookoverastheheadmanatValdostaStatein2005.Furthermore,Justice’s24pointsputhimjust37pointsawayfrombecomingamemberofValdostaState’s1,000pointclub.

ValdostaStatereturnstoactiononSaturdayat5:00p.m.ESTatAuburnMont-gomeryinMontgomeryinAlabama.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% WestGeorgia 44 33 - - = 77 44.5% 27.8% 70.6%valdosta State 59 47 - - =106 57.4% 37.9% 77.3%Pts inthePaint:VSU-48,UWG-40 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-11,UWG-132ndChancePts:VSU-17,UWG-12 FastBreakPts:VSU-8,UWG-2BenchPts:VSU-26,UWG-20 Tied4Times,LeadChanged1TimesUWGLargestLead:5in1st-18:27 VSULargestLead:30in2nd-00:50

West Georgia 77 Valdosta state 106

the Coliseum in Carrollton, GaUWG(11-12) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.4 Turner* 9-20 2-4 8-8 4-7 11 0 28 1 1 01 3713 Smith* 6-14 3-7 0-0 0-6 6 1 15 0 4 01 330 Ulmer* 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 6 2 3 00 253 Sides* 2-8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 1 1 00 3311 Odum* 1-1 0-0 2-4 0-2 2 2 4 0 0 00 1422 Glavan 5-7 0-0 0-1 2-2 4 3 10 1 0 0 0 1825 Magbegor 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 2 5 0 0 00 923 Perry 1-6 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1610 Robinson 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 00 71 Ross 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 00 612 Reeves 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 30-68 5-18 12-17 8-20 28 16 77 7 11 0 2 200

valdosta State (17-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 15-1910-11 0-0 2-5 7 3 40 2 1 00 3520 James* 7-9 3-4 3-4 1-9 10 3 20 2 2 10 283 Morgan* 5-12 5-12 2-2 0-2 2 2 17 3 4 00 354 Guillozet* 7-7 0-0 1-5 3-5 8 1 15 4 2 10 3423 Kodet* 4-7 1-4 2-2 1-6 7 4 11 1 1 10 1934 McBride 1-3 0-0 2-4 1-3 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 1121 Shiflet 1-4 0-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 00 50 Johnson 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 3 1 00 1924 Zuppas 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 0 0 10 122 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 41-66 20-39 12-19 8-37 45 18 114 16 11 5 0 200

24Feb. 8, 2018



Blazer Come from Behind to give Helfer 250th WinValdosta State Wins, 94-92MonTGoMeRy, ala. - TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamcamefrombe-hindinthefinalminutesofSaturday’sthrillingGulfSouthConferenceshowdownwithAuburn-Montgomerytoclaima94-92winandgiveHeadCoachMikeHelferhis250thcareervictoryatValdostaState.

ThewinimprovedNo.9rankedVSUto23-2overallandliftedtheBlazersto16-1inGulf SouthConferenceplay.ValdostaStatehasnowwon16 straight,whichmatchesa1961-62markforthemostconsecutivewinseverrecordedinasingleseasonbytheprogram.ThelossforAUMdroppedtheteamto9-16overalland5-12inconferenceplay.

With11three-pointersinthefirsthalf,theBlazersledbyasmanyas10pointsbeforeintermission.TheWarhawkswereresilient,however,andslowlychippedawayinthesecondhalfwitha17-10runoverthefirstsixminutesofthefinalperiod.

AuburnMontgomeryovertooktheBlazersatthe10:44markandextendedtheirlead toasmanyaseightpoints twodifferenttimes in thefinal10minutesofregulation,buttheBlazersbegantheirmiraculouscomebackwithaclutchthreeballbyWinstonMorganat the2:25mark.Theshotmarkedoneofsix for thejuniorandpulledVSUtowithinfour,andClayGuillozetmatchedMorganonVSU’sensuingpossessionwithhis second three-pointerof the contest to cutAUM’sleadto92-91.AfteramissedthreebyWarhawkguardMichaelBryant,GuillozethauledinthedefensivereboundandsetupMorganforthegamewinner,atriplefromtheleftwingwith31secondstoplay.

AuburnMontgomerymissedanattemptbyReaganEubanksforthegamewin-ner,andafterastealbytheWarhawks,Eubanksmisfiredagainonagame-tyingattemptfromcloserangeastimeexpired.

TheBlazersburied19threeson41attemptsinthegamefor46.3percent,andBeauJusticegavetheBlazersateam-high21pointson8-of-15fromthefieldwithfivethrees.Guillozet,Morgan,andJimmyKodetadded19,18,and13,respective-ly,andKJJamesledthereboundingeffortwithnineinthegame.

Justiceisnowjust16pointsawayfromthe1,000thofhiscareer.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% AUM 46 46 - - = 92 47.1% 37.5% 90.0%valdosta State 51 43 - - = 94 51.5% 46.3% 71.4%Pts inthePaint:VSU-30,AUM-50 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-20,AUM-52ndChancePts:VSU-22,AUM-18 FastBreakPts:VSU-10,AUM-18BenchPts:VSU-18,AUM-26 Tied2Times,LeadChanged5TimesAUMLargestLead:8in2nd-07:16 VSULargestLead:10in1st-11:47

aum 92 Valdosta state 94

the athletiCs Complex in montGomery, alAUM(9-16) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.12 Croff* 9-16 0-2 3-3 6-6 12 1 21 1 1 01 360 Keith* 6-12 1-4 3-3 2-0 2 2 16 5 0 02 263 DeRamus* 7-18 1-4 0-0 4-1 5 2 15 4 1 04 4022 James-Core* 3-7 1-2 1-2 0-3 3 0 8 1 1 00 1620 Eubanks* 2-10 2-6 0-0 1-6 7 2 6 1 2 31 4010 Bryant 6-9 3-5 0-0 1-3 4 1 15 0 1 0 3 242 Taylor 4-6 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 1 11 5 1 0 1 141 Hornbuckle 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 37-78 9-24 9-10 17-21 38 9 92 17 7 4 12 200

valdosta State (23-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.12 Justice* 8-15 5-11 0-0 2-3 5 1 2110 3 02 404 Guillozet* 7-13 2-4 3-4 3-4 7 1 19 4 3 11 313 Morgan* 6-14 6-14 0-0 0-2 2 2 18 3 2 00 3023 Kodet* 5-8 3-5 0-0 1-4 5 1 13 0 2 10 1920 James* 2-4 1-3 0-0 3-6 9 2 5 4 3 11 3124 Zuppas 4-7 0-0 1-1 3-5 8 3 9 1 1 11 230 Johnson 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 0 00 921 Shiflet 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 00 934 McBride 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 82 Jones 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0+ Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 35-68 19-41 5-7 14-24 38 12 94 24 14 6 5 200

25Feb 10, 2018

Blazer set new single season Record With 17th straight victoryValdosta State Wins, 68-67

MonTevallo, ala. - Withathrilling68-67overtimevictoryoverMontevalloontheroadonWednesday,theValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteambecamethefirstteaminprogramhistorytorecord17consecutivewinsinasingleseason.

Inadditiontothemilestonewinfortheteam,BeauJusticeproduced16pointsinthegametolifthiscareertotalatVSUtoaneven1,000points.HejoinedEddieBrownandTyroneCurnellas just thethirdplayer inVSUhistorytotally1,000careerpointsintwoyearsorless.

JimmyKodetdeliveredsomeofthebestminutesofthenightfortheBlazers,par-ticularlyinthesecondhalf.Afterhalftime,theMichigannativegavetheBlazersthreebigblocksondefenseandpouredin18ofhis20pointson6-of-9shootingfromthefieldanda5-of-8effortfrombeyondthearc.Oneofhisthreeblockscamewith just38seconds left inovertime,aftertheBlazershadtakenaone-point lead.

ValdostaState,whoappearedatNo.2inWednesday’sfirstreleaseofthe2017-18NCAADivisionIISouthRegionalrankings,improvedtoanincredible24-2overallwiththewinandliftedtheirconferencerecordto17-1.Montevallo’slossdroppedtheFalconsto14-13overallandeveneduptheteam’sconferencerecordat9-9.

ThevictorymarkedthefifthovertimegameoftheseasonforValdostaState.TheBlazershavewoneachofthoseextendedmatchups.

ValdostaStatereturnstoTheComplexonSaturdayfora4:00p.m.GSCshowdownagainsttherivalLionsofNorthAlabama.Coverageofthegamewillbeavailableatwww.vstateblazers.com.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% montevallo 29 32 6 - = 67 44.6% 33.3% 46.2% valdosta State 26 35 7 - = 68 37.1% 39.3% 68.8% Pts inthePaint:UM-48,VSU-20 PtsoffTurnovers:UM-8,VSU-102ndChancePts: UM-14,VSU-10 FastBreakPts: UM-2,VSU-2BenchPts: UM-14,VSU-6 Tied-5Times,LeadChanged-5TimesUMLargestLead:7in1st-02:40 VSULargestLead:5in2nd-03:49

montevallo 67 Valdosta state 68

trustmarK arena in monteVallo, alMontevallo(14-13) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.2 Williams* 6-14 1-4 5-6 0-6 6 4 18 4 3 03 3210 Jones* 6-18 0-0 0-0 4-4 8 2 12 7 8 00 3633 Curtis* 5-11 0-0 1-4 4-0 4 2 11 0 1 00 2313 Guity* 5-8 0-0 0-0 7-9 16 2 10 1 2 31 401 Gilbert* 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 2 00 1312 Brough 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-4 4 4 6 0 1 01 370 Jackson 3-3 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 2 6 0 2 01 1720 Updike 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 00 144 Medenica 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 29-65 3-9 6-13 17-29 46 18 67 13 19 3 7 225

valdosta State (24-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.23 Kodet* 7-13 5-10 1-2 2-4 6 1 20 1 0 30 2512 Justice* 5-17 2-7 4-4 1-5 6 2 16 3 0 00 434 Guillozet* 4-9 1-2 2-4 1-2 3 1 11 4 2 00 393 Morgan* 3-7 3-5 0-1 0-2 2 1 9 4 1 01 3920 James* 2-6 0-3 2-3 2-5 7 4 6 1 3 14 3734 McBride 1-4 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 3 4 0 3 0 0 924 Zuppas 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 0 2 0 2 00 2021 Shiflet 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 01 82 Jones 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 01 40 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 00 1 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 23-62 11-28 11-16 12-24 36 14 68 13 12 4 7 225

26Feb. 14, 2018



Blazers Defeat Una; claim Gsc Regular Season ChampionshipValdosta State Wins, 98-75

VALDOSTA,Ga.-TheValdostaStatemen’sbasketballteamimprovedto13-0ontheirhomefloor,pickeduptheir18thconsecutivevictory,andclaimedtheirsecondcon-secutiveregularseasonGulfSouthConferenceChampionship,thankstoa98-75winoverrivalNorthAlabamaonSaturdaynightatTheComplex.

NorthAlabama tookanearly leadoutof thegate,buta10-4 runby theBlazersputValdostaStatebackontop10-9atthe17:00minutemark.Theback-and-forthcontinuedthroughouttherestofthefirsthalf,whichfeatureda50percentshootingeffortfromthefieldbytheLionsandeightthreesbytheBlazers.Asaresult,theopeningperiodincluded12leadchangesbeforeVSUusedaJimmyKodetlayupinthepainttoadda13thleadchangeandputVSUup46-45atthebreak.

Inthesecondhalf,ValdostaStateusedaKJJameslayupwithapairofClayGuillozetbucketsandaWinstonMorganthree-pointerinthefirstfourminutesfora9-4runthatopenedupa55-49advantage.JimmyKodetthenflushedhomeatwo-handeddunkandfollowedwithathreetoputVSUup60-50atthe14:58mark,forwhatwasVSU’sbiggestleadofthegameuptothatpoint.

Kodet’soffensivecontributions ledtoadouble-double,which includeda25-pointperformance.Thepoint total camebywayof somesharp shooting frombeyondthearcthatledtoa7-of-12effortfromlongrange.Furthermore,Kodetwent9-of-15overallfromthefieldandpulleddown10reboundsenroutetohisfourthdou-ble-doubleoftheyear.Thesenior’sperformanceledtoacareer-high,whichtoppledhisprevioushighof21scoredagainstMontevalloonDecember16th.

Kodetledallscorersandreboundersinthegame,whileBeauJusticeadded19,andClayGuillozetpouredin15.Meanwhile,bothKJJamesandandLaBrianShifletadded11and10points,respectively.Asateam,theBlazersshot47.8percent(32-of-67)fromthefieldandconnectedon36.8threepointers(14-of-38).

Withthewin,VSUimprovedto25-2overalland18-1inGSCplay.TheLions,currentlyfightingforashotataGSCpostseasonberth,fellto14-12ontheyearanddroppedto9-10inleagueaction.

1st 2nd OT 2OT Tot fg% 3fg% fT% NorthAlabama 45 30 - - = 75 40.8% 21.7% 66.7%valdosta State 46 52 - - = 98 47.8% 36.8% 76.9%Pts inthePaint:VSU-34,UNA-40 PtsoffTurnovers:VSU-4,UNA-102ndChancePts:VSU-15,UNA-10 FastBreakPts:VSU-4,UNA-4BenchPts:VSU-20,UNA-20 Tied4Times,LeadChanged10TimesUNALargestLead:5in1st-18:59 VSULargestLead:24in2nd-01:02

north alabama 75Valdosta state 98

the Complex in Valdosta, GaN.Alabama(14-12) FG-A 3G-A FT-A O-D TRPFPts.ATO BSMin.11 Smith* 6-13 1-6 2-2 2-3 5 4 15 4 0 04 3124 Stafford* 4-11 1-4 2-6 0-4 4 2 11 1 1 00 353 Hodge* 4-13 2-9 0-0 0-2 2 1 10 2 0 00 3522 Tolliver* 5-10 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 2 10 0 3 00 3335 McGee* 4-9 0-0 1-2 5-6 11 2 9 0 0 01 250 Clayton 5-7 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 4 12 1 0 1 0 1610 Smith 1-5 1-2 5-6 0-1 1 2 8 0 0 10 1723 Card 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Boy 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 230 Scott 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 232 Ndahiro 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 29-71 5-23 12-18 12-28 40 17 75 8 4 2 5 200

valdosta State (25-2) fg-a 3g-a fT-a O-D Tr Pf Pts. a TO B S min.23 Kodet* 9-15 7-12 0-0 2-8 10 3 25 0 0 4 0 3012 Justice* 5-16 1-7 8-8 1-2 3 1 19 5 5 0 0 334 Guillozet* 5-6 1-2 4-4 2-1 3 2 15 2 1 0 0 2420 James* 4-6 0-1 3-3 2-3 5 4 11 3 0 0 1 223 Morgan* 2-8 2-7 2-3 0-5 5 1 8 2 1 0 0 3121 Shiflet 3-8 3-7 1-2 0-1 1 0 10 3 0 0 0 1434 McBride 3-5 0-0 1-4 1-4 5 3 7 0 0 0 0 1324 Zuppas 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-3 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 200 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 82 Jones 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTaLS 32-67 14-38 20-26 12-32 44 16 98 20 8 5 1 200

27Feb. 17, 2018



Alabama-Birmingham...................0-1Alabama-Huntsville..................28-26Alaska-Anchorage.........................1-1Albany State.............................36-20American......................................1-0Anderson......................................0-1Appalachian State....................33-20Arkansas-Monticello.....................2-1ArkansasTech...............................1-3ArmstrongAtlantic...................34-21AthensStte...................................1-0Auburn-Montgomery...................4-3Augustana(Ill.).............................1-0

Ball State......................................1-0Barry............................................6-0Barton..........................................0-1Benedict.......................................0-1Bethune-Cookman........................1-0BirminghamSouthern..................1-0BostonCollege..............................0-1Bradley.........................................0-1Brewton-Parker............................3-0Bristol...........................................1-0BrockportState............................1-0BuffaloState.................................1-0

Cambellsville................................2-0Capital(Ohio)...............................1-0Carson-Newman...........................1-0Carver Bible................................15-0CentralFlorida..............................4-3CentralIowa.................................0-1Central State.................................0-1Charleston Southern.....................6-0ChristianBrothers.........................9-8Claflin...........................................0-1ClarkAtlanta.................................2-0Clayton State................................8-3ClinchValley(Va.).........................1-0CoastalGeorgia............................4-0CollegeofCharleston....................6-0Columbus State........................36-17Covenant(Tenn.)..........................1-0Cumberland..................................1-1

DavidLipscomb............................1-0DeltaState...............................22-21DeVry...........................................1-0Drury............................................1-0

EarlPaulk.....................................1-0Earlham........................................0-1Eckerd..........................................3-2Edward Waters.............................8-0Elizabeth City State.......................1-1Emory and Henry..........................2-0Emmanuel....................................2-0

Faulkner.......................................1-0FayettevilleState..........................1-2Findlay(Ohio)...............................0-1Fisk...............................................1-0Flagler..........................................4-1Florida..........................................0-1FloridaAtlantic.............................1-0FloridaGulfCoast.........................2-0FloridaInternational.....................2-3FloridaMemorial..........................9-0FloridaSouthern.........................8-16

FloridaState...............................0-14FloridaTech..................................6-3FortValleyState.........................16-2Frederick(Va.)..............................1-1Friendship(S.C.)...........................1-0

Gannon........................................1-0Georgetown(Ky.)..........................3-0Georgia........................................0-5GeorgiaCollege............................4-8GeorgiaRegentsAugusta..........19-12GeorgiaSouthern.......................8-23GeorgiaSouthwestern................19-8GeorgiaState..............................14-3Grace(Ind.)..................................1-0Greenville(Ill.)..............................1-0Guilford........................................1-1

Hanover(Ind.)..............................1-1Harding........................................1-3Hawthorne(Ind.)..........................1-0Henderson State...........................1-0Hiwassee......................................1-0

Indiana(Pa.).................................0-1

Jacksonville................................1-12JacksonvilleState.......................8-22James Madison.............................1-0JohnsonC.Smith..........................1-0

Kennesaw State............................2-3KentuckyState.............................1-1KentuckyWesleyan......................1-1

LaGrange..................................27-12LakeSuperiorState.......................1-0Lambuth.......................................4-0Lane.............................................1-0Lee...............................................8-2LincolnChristian(Ill.)....................1-0LincolnMemorial.....................14-13Lynn.............................................8-1

Mars Hill.......................................1-0Memphis State.............................0-1Mercer.........................................1-2Mercy...........................................1-0MiddleTennesseeState................0-2Millersville....................................1-0MississippiCollege...................16-19Mississippi Valley State.................1-0Montevallo...............................21-12Morehouse...................................2-2Morris Brown...............................3-1MountUnion(Ohio).....................1-0

Newberry.....................................0-1New Orleans.................................0-1North Alabama.........................38-39North Carolina Central..................0-1NorthFlorida................................4-4NorthGeorgia..........................16-10NorthPark(Ill.).............................1-0Nova Southeastern.......................4-2

Oakwood......................................1-0Oglethorpe...............................13-20OklahomaBaptist.........................0-1OralRoberts.................................0-1

OuachitaBaptist...........................1-0

Paine............................................2-0PalmBeachAtlantic......................6-1PembrokeState............................0-1Pfeiffer.........................................1-1Piedmont...................................29-9Pikeville(Ky.)................................0-1Point............................................2-0PuertoRico-Bayamon...................2-0PuertoRico-Cayey........................6-0PuertoRico-Mayaguez..................1-0PuertoRico-RioPiedras................4-0

Quincy..........................................1-1Quinnipiac....................................1-0Randolph-Macon..........................0-1Reinhardt.....................................1-0Rollins..........................................7-5Roosevelt(Ill.)..............................1-0

St.Bernard(Ala.)..........................2-0SaintLeo....................................16-8St.Thomas...................................3-2Savannah State.............................7-2Selma...........................................1-0Shaw............................................2-1Shippensburg...............................2-0Shorter.....................................34-14SienaHeights(Mich.)....................1-0South Alabama.............................0-2Southeastern................................4-0SouthernTech............................14-1Southern Wesleyan......................4-0Southwest Missouri State.............0-1Stetson.........................................0-1

Tampa........................................9-14Taylor(Ind.)..................................1-0TennesseeTech.............................2-1TennesseeTemple........................1-0TennesseeWesleyan.....................3-1Thomas........................................2-1TrinityBaptist...............................1-0TroyState.................................12-19Tuskegee......................................7-1

UNCCharlotte..............................1-0UNCWilmington...........................3-0USCSpartanburg..........................0-1UTChattanooga............................1-2UTMartin...................................10-9Union...........................................7-5

Valparaiso(Ind.)...........................0-1VirginIslands................................2-0Voorhees......................................1-0

Warner Southern..........................1-0WebberInternational...................4-0West Alabama..........................45-29WestFlorida.............................34-20WestGeorgia............................74-56WestLibertyState........................1-0Western Carolina..........................1-0WesternIllinois............................1-0Westmar(Iowa)............................1-0Wilmington(Del.).........................1-0Winston-Salem State....................1-0

Valdosta state Blazersrecord vs. all opponents



Tyler

Johnson0position: Guard • heiGht: 6-4Class: Junior • hometoWn: hoWell, miCh. preVious sChool: sChoolCraft ColleGe

Johnson’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Max

harris1position: forward • heiGht: 6-5Class: Junior • hometoWn: titusVille, Fla. preVious sChool: aVa maria uniVersity

harris’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --



Winston

morgan3position: Guard • heiGht: 6-0Class: Junior • hometoWn: manChester, Conn. preVious sChool: mississippi GulF Coast

morGans Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

PriOr TO vaLDOSTa STaTe: All-ConferenceplayerwhileatMississippiGulfCoastandAll-StateplayerwhileinhighschoolunderHeadCoach

LukeReillyatEastCatholicHighSchoolinManchester,CT...LedECHStoStateChampionshipin2014...Averaged21.0pointspergameand

6.0reboundspergameduringseniorseasonatECHS,whichcappedoffa1,000-pluspointcareer...NamedFab15PlayerinstateofConnecti-

cutandearnedaspotamongNewHavenTop-25players...

Carlos

Jones2position: Guard • heiGht: 5-11Class: sophomore • hometoWn: deCatur, Ga. preVious sChool: stephenson hs

Jones’ Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --



Clay

Guillozet4position: Guard • heiGht: 6-4Class: sophomore • hometoWn: GreenVille, ohio preVious sChool: west liBerty state

Guillozet’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

PriOr TO vaLDOSTa STaTe: MultitalentedathletewhoalsoproducedanAll-GreaterWesternOhioConferencecareeratquarterbackwhileatWestLibertyUniversity...Inbasketball,twicenamedGreaterWesternOhioConferencePlayeroftheYear...Ledtheprograminpoints,assists,andthreepointersmade...NamedDistrict9PlayeroftheYear...LedWestLibertyUniversitytoaGWOCChampionship...MemberoftheNationalHonorsSocietyandNationalTechnicalHonorsSociety...

Beau

JustiCe12position: Guard • heiGht: 6-2Class: Junior • hometoWn: peebles, ohio preVious sChool: west liBerty state

JustiCe’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVG2016-17 32-32 1076-33.6 161-349 .461 87-216 .403 50-59 .847 22 68 90 2.8 70 57 51 27 4 459-14.3

Total 32-32 1076-33.6 161-349 .461 87-216 .403 50-59 .847 22 68 90 2.8 70 57 51 27 4 459-14.3

iN 2016-17 (SOPHOmOre): Hadasensationalsophomoreseasonstartingall32gamesfortheBlazers,andaveraging33.6minutespergame....Hit161of349field-goals(.461%)....LedtheBlazersfromthearcdraining87three-pointersontheseason....Producedanaston-ishing.847free-throwpercentagemissingjust9of59attempts....Pulleddown90boardsfortheBlazers(22Offensive,68Defensive)....Finishedtheseasonwith57assists....Defensively,combinedfor27stealsand4blocks....Tallied459pointsontheseasonproducingsix20-pluspointperformances....Rankedamongthetop20scorersintheleagueaveraging14.3pergame....EarnedaspotontheGulfSouthConferenceFireseedsWinterAll-AcademicTeam....



KJ

James20position: forward • heiGht: 6-5Class: senior • hometoWn: Charleston, s.C.preVious sChool: armstronG atlantiC

James’ Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to b s pts-aVG

Total -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

PriOr TO vaLDOSTa STaTe: StandoutatArmstrongStateunderHeadCoachEvansDavis...Averaged15pointspergameand6.0reboundspergamewhileatArmstrong...PlayedatHighPointpriortoArmstrongState,wherehehelpedearntheteamaBigSouthregularseasonchampionship...AlsoearnedMillisScholarAthletehonorsandservedontheStudentAthleteAdvisoryCommitteewhileatHighPoint...Scoredaschoolrecord2,400pointsduringHighSchoolcareeratPorterGaudinCharleston,S.C....Currentlyholdstheschoolrecordformostpointsscoredinasinglegamewith46...

Labrian

shiflet21position: Guard • heiGht: 6-3Class: senior • hometoWn: taylors, s.C. preVious sChool: florida southern

shiflet’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --



Jimmy

Kodet23position: forward • heiGht: 6-7Class: senior • hometoWn: Williamston, mi preVious sChool: lansinG CC

Kodet’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVG2016 32-1 409-12.8 67-141 .475 27-74 .365 8-12 .667 27 94 121 3.8 45 7 16 7 26 169-5.3

Total 32-1 409-12.8 67-141 .475 27-74 .365 8-12 .667 27 94 121 3.8 45 7 16 7 26 169-5.3

iN 2016-17 (JuNiOr): BecametheBlazersgo-tosixthman,appearinginall32games....Totaled409minutesaveraging12.8minutes

pergame....Went67-for-141insidethearc(.475FG%)....Drained27three-pointers....Fromtheline,went8-12producinga.667free-

throwpercentage....Broughtdown121boardsfortheBlazers,94defensiveand27offensive....Defensivelyproduced7steals....Hada

team-high27blocks....Totaled169pointsontheseasonaveraging5.3pointspergame....

Greg

zuppas24position: forward • heiGht: 6-6Class: Junior • hometoWn: orlando, Fla.preVious sChool: daytona state

zuppas’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVG

Total -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

PriOr TO vaLDOSTa STaTe:Hasplayedonwinningteamseverywherehehasbeen...BegancollegecareeratEmbryRiddle,wheretheprogramwonSunConferenceregularseasonandpostseasonchampionshipsduringhisfreshmanseasonasaredshirt...TransferredtoDaytonaSate,wherehehelpedleadhisteamtoback-to-backconferencechampionshipsinbothfreshmanandsophomoreseasons...InhighschoolatFaithChristianAcademy,histeamwonadistrictchampionship...



Justin

mcbride34position: forward • heiGht: 6-11Class: senior • hometoWn: starKe, Fla. preVious sChool: Central florida

sam’s Vsu Career statistiCs -----minutes----- --------------totals---------------- --F-throWs-- -----rebounds----- sCorinGyear Gp-Gs min-aVG FG-FGa pCt 3FG-FGa pCt Ft-Fta pCt oFF deF tot aVG pF a to s b pts-aVGTotal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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