2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team

The 2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 5–13 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.

2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Division	West Division
2017–18 record	10–21 (5–13 OVC)
Head coach	Anthony Stewart (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jermaine Johnson (4th season) DeAndre Walker (4th season) Zach Carpenter (1st season)
Home arena	Skyhawk Arena

2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Murray State †	16	–	2		.889			26	–	6		.813
Belmont	15	–	3		.833			24	–	9		.727
Austin Peay	12	–	6		.667			19	–	15		.559
Jacksonville State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	13		.639
Tennessee Tech	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Tennessee State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Southeast Missouri State*	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Eastern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
SIU Edwardsville	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
UT Martin	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Eastern Kentucky	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Morehead State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	21		.276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2018 OVC Tournament winner

Previous season

The Skyhawks finished the 2016–17 season 22–13, 10–6 in OVC play to win the West Division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the OVC Tournament, they defeated Murray State before losing to Jacksonville State in the championship game. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing in the second round to Campbell.

Preseason

In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, UT Martin was picked to finish in eighth place in the OVC. Senior guard Matthew Butler was named to the All-OVC Team.[1]

After five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017–18 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.[1]

Roster

2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Preston Parks 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So The Citadel Greenville, South Carolina G 1 Matthew Butler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Rhode Island Memphis, Tennessee G 2 Defincko Bogan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Moberly Area CC Charleston, Missouri G 4 Parrish Hewitt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Douglass HS Memphis, Tennessee C 5 Terrence Parker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Three Rivers CC Wilson, North Carolina G 10 Kevin Little 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Colorado State Wyandanch, New York G 11 Darius Thompson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Mineral Area CC Memphis, Tennessee F 12 Fatodd Lewis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Raleigh-Egypt HS Memphis, Tennessee F 13 Mike Fofana 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Whitehaven HS Memphis, Tennessee F 14 Julian Thompson-Clay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS Jr Rossview HS Clarksville, Tennessee G 15 Dominique Williams 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Radford Washington, D.C. G 22 Kahari Beaufort 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Angelina CC Hartford, Connecticut F 24 Jerome Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr John A. Logan CC Waukegan, Illinois C 25 Dalen Victor 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS Jr Eastern Oklahoma State CC Orlando, Florida F 30 Jailen Gill 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Antelope Valley CC Kansas City, Missouri G 55 Lorenzen Wright, Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Robert Morris Memphis, Tennessee	Head coach Anthony Stewart (Mount Union) Assistant coach(es) Jermaine Johnson (United States Sports Academy) DeAndre Walker (Fairmont State) Zack Carpenter (Lee) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non–conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm	at Marshall Global Sports Invitational	L 91–102 ^OT	0–1	Cam Henderson Center (5,754) Huntington, WV
Nov 12, 2017* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	at Illinois Global Sports Invitational	L 74–77	0–2	State Farm Center (11,882) Champaign, IL
Nov 15, 2017* 7:00 pm, OVCDN	North Carolina Central Global Sports Invitational	W 74–57	1–2	Skyhawk Arena (1,274) Martin, TN
Nov 18, 2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	at Akron	L 59–76	1–3	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,713) Akron, OH
Nov 22, 2017* 7:00 pm	at Southern Global Sports Invitational	L 66–69	1–4	F. G. Clark Center (225) Baton Rouge, LA
Nov 26, 2017* 4:00 pm, OVCDN	UMKC	L 55–65	1–5	Skyhawk Arena (1,338) Martin, TN
Nov 29, 2017* 7:00 pm, SECN	at LSU	L 60–84	1–6	Maravich Center (7,396) Baton Rouge, LA
Dec 2, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3	at Chattanooga	L 63–66	1–7	McKenzie Arena (3,676) Chattanooga, TN
Dec 5, 2017* 7:30 pm	at Arkansas State	W 92–78	2–7	First National Bank Arena (2,116) Jonesboro, AR
Dec 10, 2017* 2:00 pm, OVCDN	UC Clermont	W 127–92	3–7	Skyhawk Arena (1,014) Martin, TN
Dec 16, 2017* 7:00 pm, SECN+	at Mississippi State	L 61–92	3–8	Humphrey Coliseum (6,709) Starkville, MS
Dec 20, 2017* 7:00 pm, OVCDN	Blue Mountain	W 84–76	4–8	Skyhawk Arena (1,080) Martin, TN
Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm, OVCDN	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 74–68	5–8	Skyhawk Arena (814) Martin, TN
Ohio Valley Conference regular season
Dec 28, 2017 6:00 pm, CBSSN	Tennessee State	W 63–60 ^OT	6–8 (1–0)	Skyhawk Arena (2,009) Martin, TN
Dec 30, 2017 6:00 pm, OVCDN	Belmont	L 58–65	6–9 (1–1)	Skyhawk Arena (1,347) Martin, TN
Jan 4, 2018 6:00 pm, CBSSN	at Austin Peay	L 69–75	6–10 (1–2)	Dunn Center (1,737) Clarksville, TN
Jan 6, 2018 7:00 pm, OVCDN	at Murray State	L 68–82	6–11 (1–3)	CFSB Center (4,781) Murray, KY
Jan 11, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	Eastern Kentucky	L 70–78	6–12 (1–4)	Skyhawk Arena (1,576) Martin, TN
Jan 13, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	Morehead State	L 67–71	6–13 (1–5)	Skyhawk Arena (1,013) Martin, TN
Jan 18, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	at Eastern Illinois	L 60–80	6–14 (1–6)	Lantz Arena (1,245) Charleston, IL
Jan 20, 2018 1:00 pm, FSMW/OVCDN	at SIU Edwardsville	W 70–69	7–14 (2–6)	Vadalabene Center (1,234) Edwardsville, IL
Jan 25, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	at Jacksonville State	W 67–63	8–14 (3–6)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,482) Jacksonville, AL
Jan 27, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	at Tennessee Tech	L 55–63	8–15 (3–7)	Eblen Center (2,283) Cookeville, TN
Feb 1, 2018 7:30 pm, OVCDN	Austin Peay	L 57–59	8–16 (3–8)	Skyhawk Arena (1,971) Martin, TN
Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm, OVCDN	Murray State	L 53–66	8–17 (3–9)	Skyhawk Arena (3,247) Martin, TN
Feb 8, 2018 7:00 pm, OVCDN	at Eastern Kentucky	W 70–69	9–17 (4–9)	McBrayer Arena (1,120) Richmond, KY
Feb 10, 2018 6:00 pm, OVCDN	Southeast Missouri State	L 77–81 ^OT	9–18 (4–10)	Skyhawk Arena (1897) Martin, TN
Feb 15, 2018 7:00 pm, OVCDN	SIU Edwardsville	L 69–70	9–19 (4–11)	Skyhawk Arena (1,001) Martin, TN
Feb 17, 2018 6:00 pm, OVCDN	Eastern Illinois	L 57–64	9–20 (4–12)	Skyhawk Arena (1,469) Martin, TN
Feb 22, 2018 6:30 pm, OVCDN	at Morehead State	L 53–70	9–21 (4–13)	Ellis Johnson Arena (1,873) Morehead, KY
Feb 24, 2018 4:15 pm, OVCDN	at Southeast Missouri State	W 72–66	10–21 (5–13)	Show Me Center (1,702) Cape Girardeau, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source[2]

References

1. "Belmont Picked As 2017-18 OVC Men's Basketball Favorites; Murray State's Stark Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
2. http://www.utmsports.com/schedule.cfm?sport=Men%27s%20Basketball