2007-08 Indianapolis Men's Basketball
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University of Indianapolis Sports Information *Mitch Wigness, Sports Information Director Ryan Thorpe, Assistant SID *Offi ce: (317) 788-3494 *Cell: (317) 223-5635 Jackie Paquette, SID Assistant Brescia opens slate for second straight year Hounds host NAIA opponent in season premiere 2007-08 Indianapolis Men’s Basketball GAME 1 11/1/2007 at Purdue (exh.) L, 64-89 Brescia 11/5/2007 at Wright State (exh.) L, 54-66 at 11/15/2007 BRESCIA 7:30 pm Indianapolis 11/19/2007 at Hillsdale 7:00 pm Nicoson Hall, 7:30 pm 11/21/2007 at Saginaw Valley State 7:00 pm RADIO: WICR 88.7 FM 11/26/2007 FRANKLIN 7:30 pm AUDIO WEBCAST: wicr.uindy.edu 11/29/2007 * MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 7:30 pm LIVE STATS: athletics.uindy.edu/live/mbb/xlive.htm 12/1/2007 * MISSOURI-ROLLA 3:00 pm 12/15/2007 Lander (at Queen’s University) 3:30 pm On tap: UIndy offi cially tips off its 2007-08 campaign with a home tilt 12/16/2007 at Queen’s Tournament 3:30/5:30 pm against NAIA opponent Brescia University. The Bearcats helped the Hounds 12/28/2007 GRAND VALLEY STATE 7:30 pm open last season’s schedule as well, a 56-54 UIndy win on Nov. 15, 2006 here 12/30/2007 UMASS-LOWELL 5:00 pm at Nicoson Hall. 1/3/2008 * at Wisconsin-Parkside 8:30 pm 1/5/2008 * at Lewis 8:45 pm 1/10/2008 * NORTEHRN KENTUCKY 7:30 pm Series history: UIndy has won all three meetings between the schools. The 1/12/2008 * BELLARMINE 7:30 pm three contests have all occured at Nicoson Hall. The fi rst meeting was a 77-72 win for UIndy in the 2000-01 season. 1/17/2008 * at SIU-Edwardsville 8:30 pm 1/19/2008 * at Quincy 4:15 pm 1/24/2008 * ROCKHURST 7:30 pm About the Bearcats: Brescia, located in Owensboro, Ky., competes at the 1/26/2008 * DRURY 3:00 pm NAIA level. BU already has four regular season games under its belt, compil- 2/2/2008 * at Saint Joseph’s 4:00 pm ing a 1-2 record (Nov. 13 results unavailable at print time). This will be the 2/7/2008 * at Kentucky Wesleyan 8:30 pm second trip to Indianapolis for Brescia this season as BU took on IUPUI on 2/9/2008 * at Southern Indiana 4:15 pm Nov. 5 in exhibition play. 2/14/2008 * at Bellarmine 8:00 pm 2/16/2008 * at Northern Kentucky 7:00 pm UIndy Interim Head Coach Royce Waltman: Former Head Coach Todd 2/21/2008 * LEWIS 7:30 pm Sturgeon stepped down as UIndy Head Coach on Oct. 1 and Royce Waltman 2/23/2008 * WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE 3:00 pm was named the team’s Interim Head Coach for the remainder of the season. 2/26/2008 * SAINT JOSEPH’S 7:30 pm Waltman, who had just returned to UIndy over the summer as an assistant, 2/28/2008 * KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 7:30 pm was previously the head coach of the Greyhounds from 1992-97 before leav- 3/6/2008 GLVC Tournament ing to take the head post at Indiana State from 1997-2007. Waltman owns an Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Ind. TBA impressive 323-250 lifetime record at DePauw, UIndy and Indiana State. * Great Lakes Valley Conference Home Games in CAPS All times Eastern Boiler Point: Purdue showed why its incoming freshmen class was so highly touted, scoring 62 points combined to lead the Boilers to victory. Pur- due was led in scoring by Scott Martin, whbo came off-the-bench to tally a game-high 19. Robbie Hummel added 17, JaJuan Johnson 16 and E’Twaun Moore 10 for the freshmen foursome. For the Greyhounds, DeAndre Brock led with Justin Approaching 1,000: Senior Justin Barnard goes into the 2007-08 cam- 15 points but their lone freshman also impressed as Tyler Kitchel dropped in 8 points paign with 857 career points in 80 games (10.7 ppg). Barnard is 12th all-time at the including a pair of long triples. school in 3-pointers made (93) and is third in career blocked shots (64). Wright Stuff: Senior DeAndre Brock buried six triples en route to a game-high 31 Division I Experience: Three different players dot the Greyhound roster that have points in the Nov. 5 loss at Wright State, 66-54, in exhibition play. Brock was an im- NCAA Division I experience, including junior newcomer Donald Cloutier, who spent pressive 9-of-15 from the fl oor, including 6-of-10 from long range in the contest. the last two seasons at Western Michigan University. Tyke Cockerham and Tristan Rogers each transferred from Morehead State (Ky.) before last season. All told, UIndy has six transfers on its 2007-08 squad, three coming from the junior college Brock Solid: UIndy’s leading scorer from a year ago returns for his senior season ranks (Myron Jackson, DeAndre Brock, Keith Radcliff). in the hopes to return the Hounds to the postseason after a two-year hiatus. Brock, an All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Honorable Mention selection in 2006-07, av- eraged 16.7 points and was the Hounds leading scorer in 20 of 26 ballgames. University of Indianapolis Athletics GLVC Standings (as of Mon., Nov. 12) GLVC Upcoming Schedule EAST School GLVC Pct. Div Overall Pct Streak 11/15/2007 Hillsdale at Bellarmine 7:00 PM 1. Kentucky Wesleyan 0-0 .000 0-0 2-1 .667 W2 11/15/2007 St. Mary’s (Kan.) at Drury 7:00 PM 11/15/2007 Harris-Stowe at SIU Edwardsville 7:30 PM Bellarmine 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/15/2007 Brescia at Indianapolis 7:30 PM Indianapolis 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- Lewis 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/16/2007 Lake Superior St. at Lewis 3:00 PM Northern Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/16/2007 Blackburn at Missouri-Rolla 7:00 PM Saint Joseph’s 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/16/2007 Michigan Tech at UW-Parkside 7:30 PM 11/16/2007 UC-Clermont at No. Kentucky 7:45 PM UW-Parkside 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Rockhurst at William Jewell 2:00 PM West 11/17/2007 SIU Edwardsville at Wayne State 3:00 PM School GLVC Pct. Div Overall Pct Streak 11/17/2007 Saint Joseph’s at Saginaw Valley 3:00 PM 1. Drury 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Michigan Tech at Lewis 3:00 PM 11/17/2007 Mo.-St. Louis at Grand Valley State 4:30 PM Missouri-Rolla 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Bellarmine at Tusculum 6:00 PM Missouri-St. Louis 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Indiana-East at Ky. Wesleyan 7:00 PM Quincy 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Southwest Baptist at Drury 7:00 PM Rockhurst 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Harris-Stowe at Southern Indiana 7:30 PM SIU Edwardsville 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- 11/17/2007 Lake Superior St. at UW-Parkside 7:30 PM 11/17/2007 Findlay at No. Kentucky 7:45 PM Southern Indiana 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 .000 --- “Welcome back” could be the hip phrase uttered about player was an impressive 77.8-percent free throw shoot- the role left by UIndy’s lone loss to graduation. the 2007-08 men’s basketball squad. Not only do the er last season, and did not miss a freebie after Dec. 21. Hounds return 10 letterwinners and four starters from He has starting experienced and will be key to defending Jordan Barnard returned from a year off to average nearly last season, but they are led by a familiar face in Royce some of the top-notch posts that the GLVC has to offer. six points and three boards off-the-bench for the Hounds Waltman, the UIndy head coach of a decade ago who’s in ‘06-07. The 6-foot-6 perimeter shooter can cause returned to campus as the team’s Interim Head Coach. DeAndre Brock, who transferred in from Spoon River havoc to opposing defenders by knocking down long- Community College prior to last season, leads the bunch range shots. Just two weeks prior to the offi cial start of practice, then- as the Hounds’ leading scorer from a year ago. Brock head coach Todd Sturgeon announced his resignation, impressed from the get-go, leading the Greyhounds in Braxton Mills has posted solid numbers in his two sea- and UIndy Director of Athletics Dr. Sue Willey needed to points in 20 of UIndy’s 26 games last season. The 6- sons in a Greyhounds uniform. He enters the season look no further than down the hall to summon Waltman 2 guard earned All-GLVC honorable mention accolades already fi rmly entrenched in the UIndy record books. to guide the team for the season. Waltman had just re- after averaging 16.4 points per game as a junior. The junior ranks third all-time in blocks and is already arrived on campus in an assistant coaching role in July, just 154 rebounds shy of 500 in his young career. His after a 10-year term as the head coach at NCAA Division I Myron Jackson also transferred to UIndy for his junior .578 career fi eld goal percentage ranks sixth all-time at Indiana State.