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2017-18 GREEN BAY MEN’S BASKETBALL • SEASON PROSPECTUS • @GBPHOENIXMBB - #RP40 2017-18 GREEN BAY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 2017-18 QUICK FACTS Monday, Oct. 30 RIPON (EXHIBITION) RESCH CENTER 100-70 Location ......................................... Green Bay, Wis. Sunday, Nov. 5 at Minnesota (Exhibition) Minneapolis, Minn. 86-115 Founded ......................................................... 1965 Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Northern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Enrollment .................................................... 6,900 Friday, Nov. 17 LAKELAND RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Nickname .................................................. Phoenix Monday, Nov. 20 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 7:00 p.m. Colors ..........................................Green and White Friday, Nov. 24 FLORIDA A&M RESCH CENTER 6:00 p.m. Conference .................................... Horizon League Monday, Nov. 27 STETSON RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Chancellor ................................... Dr. Gary L. Miller Saturday, Dec. 2 at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 1:00 p.m. Director of Athletics ...................... Charles Guthrie Wednesday, Dec. 6 EASTERN ILLINOIS RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 8:00 p.m. COACHING STAFF Tuesday, Dec. 12 at Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. Head Coach ..........................................Linc Darner Saturday, Dec. 16 UW-PARKSIDE RESCH CENTER 6:00 p.m. Record at Green Bay/Years .........41-27/3rd Season Monday, Dec. 18 ROCKFORD RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Alma Mater ..........................Purdue University ‘95 Thursday, Dec. 21 BOWLING GREEN RESCH CENTER 6:00 p.m. Associate Head Coach .....................Randall Herbst Saturday, Dec. 23 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 4:30 p.m. Alma Mater ................Winona State University ‘93 Thursday, Dec. 28 DETROIT MERCY* RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coach .................................Richard Davis Saturday, Dec. 30 OAKLAND* RESCH CENTER 12 noon Alma Mater ........................ Ashland University ‘01 Tuesday, Jan. 2 IUPUI* RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coach .....................................Ben Swank Thursday, Jan. 4 at Cleveland State* Cleveland, Ohio 6:00 p.m. Alma Mater .......................Edinboro University ‘11 Saturday, Jan. 6 at Youngstown State* Youngstown, Ohio 6:00 p.m. Director of Player Deevlopment .............Tyler Kelly Wednesday, Jan. 10 at UIC* Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Alma Mater .............Florida Southern Collegee ‘15 Friday, Jan. 12 at IUPUI* Indianapolis, Ind. 6:00 p.m. Basketball Office Phone ................... 920.465.5046 Monday, Jan. 15 MILWAUKEE* RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 WRIGHT STATE* RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION Saturday, Jan. 20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY* RESCH CENTER 12 noon 2016-17 Record ............................................. 18-14 Thursday, Jan. 25 CLEVELAND STATE* RESCH CENTER 7:00 p.m. Horizon League Record ................................... 12-6 Saturday, Jan. 27 YOUNGSTOWN STATE* RESCH CENTER 12 noon Horizon League Finish .......................................3rd Friday, Feb. 2 at Milwaukee* Milwaukee, Wis. 7:00 p.m. Home Record................................................... 10-3 Thursday, Feb. 8 at Wright State* Dayton, Ohio 6:30 p.m. Home Horizon League Record ...........................7-2 Saturday, Feb. 10 at Northern Kentucky* Highland Heights, Ky. 6:00 p.m. Road Record ...................................................... 7-9 Friday, Feb. 16 UIC* KRESS CENTER 8:00 p.m. Road Horizon League Record ............................5-4 Thursday, Feb. 22 at Oakland* Rochester, Mich. 6:00 p.m. Postseason .....................................CBI First Round Saturday, Feb. 24 at Detroit Mercy* Detroit, Mich. 1:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...........................3/8 March 2-6 Motor City Madness Detroit, Mich. TBD Starters Returning/Lost .....................................1/4 RETURNERS Newcomers ........................................................ 10 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG MPG Notes 3 Khalil Small G Sr. 6-2 215 10.1 5.1 28.0 Named to HL All-Defensive team last season 21 Kameron Hankerson G So. 6-5 200 3.1 0.8 8.0 Shot 50% from the field in 24 games BASKETBALL HISTORY 42 David Jesperson F RSr. 6-8 220 2.4 1.6 8.6 Appeared in 30 of 32 games; shot 46.2% First Year of Basketball ..............................1969-70 1 Sandy Cohen III G RJr. 6-6 200 Transfered to GB last season; eligible to play Dec. 21 vs. BGSU First Year at Division I Level .......................1981-82 NEWCOMERS First Year in Horizon League ......................1995-96 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Notes All-Time Record .........................................862-572 0 TJ Parham F RSo. 6-7 210 Averaged 15.4 PPG and 5.4 RPG at Wabash Valley College (Ill.) NCAA Tournament Appearances (Div. I) ............... 5 2 PJ Pipes G Fr. 6-2 195 Averaged a career high of 22.5 PPG as a senior at Lemont HS Last Appearance/Result ..............2016/First Round 4 Simeon Parker G Fr. 5-9 170 Walk-on from Madison West HS, averaged 15.4 PPG senior year 11 Sukhjot Bains F Jr. 6-6 205 Played last 2 seasons at Northwest College in Powell, Wyo. 13 Trevian Bell G Fr. 6-6 220 Earned a place on many All-State teams during high school career RESCH CENTER 15 Manny Patterson F Fr. 6-8 220 Averaged nearly 15.0 PPG and 9.0 RPG at Kenwood Academy (Ill.) Capacity ......................................................... 9,906 30 Hunter Crist G Fr. 6-3 190 Shot 40% from behind the arc at Don Bosco Prep (Ind.) Year Opened .............................................. 2002-03 33 Cody Schwartz G Jr. 6-8 210 Played in all 30 games last season with San Jose St.; will sit 17-18 season Home Record (Winning Pct.) .............156-48 (.765) 34 Will Chevalier F Fr. 6-8 225 Averaged 20.0 PPG and 6.2 RPG senior year 35 Tyrone Powell F Fr. 6-5 210 Walk-on who averaged 9.6 PPG SID: Joey Daniels; [email protected] 2017-18 GREEN BAY MEN’S BASKETBALL • SEASON PROSPECTUS • @GBPHOENIXMBB - #RP40 --- TEAM NOTES --- SEASON-OPENERS The 2017-18 season-opener will only mark just the second time in the last 8 years that Green Bay will play its first regular season game on the road. Over the past seven years, Green Bay has opened the season 1-0 in six of those seasons, and will look to make it seven wins in eight seasons on Tuesday night. LATE TO THE PARTY When the Phoenix and Huskies tip off on Tuesday night, they will be two of the remaining five teams left in NCAA Division I to play their first official game this season. NIU was originally scheduled to play last Friday, but did not play due to poor court conditions, which would have left GB as one of only four teams left in the nation. Manhat- tan, Florida State and Temple are the three others to have not yet played this year. SERIES HISTORY vs NIU Despite the short distance between the two schools (237 miles), this will be the first meeting since 2007. Green Bay has dominated the series all-time, owning a 24-5 all-time record and winners of 12-straight in the series. The two teams met twice a year from 1987 to 1997, when they competed against one another in the Mid-Continent Conference. DARNER DANDY In his first two seasons at the helm, Darner has won 41 games, the most in the first two seasons by any Green Bay men’s basketball coach in the history of the school. Darner led the Phoenix to its fifth-consecutive postseason berth, after his team was invited to the 2017 College Basketball Invitational. In 2016-17, his team finished third in the Horizon League with a 12-6 record and an 18-14 overall mark. Darner coached four players to the Horizon All-League teams, the most in program history. Despite losing his starting point guard early in the conference season, Darner coached the Phoenix to 12 league wins, with five of them coming on the road. His team went 10-3 at home, including big wins over Valparaiso, Northern Kentucky, Wright State and Milwaukee. RECAPPING EX2: MINNESOTA The 15th-ranked Golden Gophers showed why they are ranked in the Top 25 of the preseason polls, winning 115-86 in an exhibition matchup benefiting Hurricane Relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Despite the score, it was another opportunity for a young Green Bay squad to get live game experience, against a formidable opponent. All 10 players to play for the Phoenix scored in the game, led by Khalil Small’s double-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. TJ Parham, Trevian Bell and Will Chevalier also finished in double figures, scoring 17, 12 and 10 points respectively. Green Bay shot much better in the second half, improving to 46.3 percent from its 35.7 percent in the first half. The team also finished a perfect 7-for-7 at the free throw line and went 11-for-26 from 3-point range. RECAPPING EX1: RIPON Six players scored in double figures on Monday night, as Green Bay rolled to a 100-70 victory at the Resch Center in the team’s first exhibition game of the season. The Phoenix scored an even 50 points in each half, while Khalil Small, Kameron Hankerson and PJ Pipes each scored 15 points in their first live game action of the season. Han- kerson also dished out eight assists, with fellow backcourt mate Small finishing with five assists. Green Bay enjoyed a nice 26-14 assist to turnover ratio on the night and shot 14-for-27 from the 3-point line in the winning effort. Three other players reached double figures, with Sukhjot Bains, TJ Parham and Hunter Crist- scoring 10 points. Manny Patterson grabbed eight rebounds and David Jesperson and Will Chevalier combined for another 17 points. 2017-18 GREEN BAY MEN’S BASKETBALL • SEASON PROSPECTUS • @GBPHOENIXMBB - #RP40 --- TEAM NOTES --- GREEN BAY BASKETBALL IS BACK The 49th season of Green Bay Phoenix basketball will take place in 2017-18, the third season under the direction of head coach Linc Darner.