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2012-13 Schedule Game One Evansville (0-0) at Notre Dame (0-0) OCTOBER 2012 November 10, 2012 - 1:00 p.m. CT - Purcell Pavilion - South Bend, Ind. Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55

NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Bob Pristash Nov. 10 at Notre Dame $ 1:00 p.m. Nov. 15 Buffalo $ 7:05 p.m. Nov. 16 Yale $ 7:35 p.m. Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ 7:35 p.m. Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26 Alabama A&M 7:05 p.m. EVANSVILLE INFORMATION NOTRE DAME INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2011-12 Record: 16-16 (9-9 MVC) 2011-12 Record: 22-12 (13-5 Big East) Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Mike Brey Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ 3:30 p.m. Record at UE: 67-88 (6th Season) Record at UND: 260-132 Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) 7:05 p.m. Career Record: 165-161 (12th Season) Career Record: 359-184 Dec. 8 Murray State 1:05 p.m. 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State 1:05 p.m. Points: Colt Ryan - 20.5 PPG Points: Jack Cooley - 12.5 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City 7:05 p.m. Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 4.9 RPG Rebounds: Jack Cooley - 8.9 RPG Assists: Troy Taylor - 112 assists Assists: - 169 assists Dec. 22 at Butler 1:00 p.m. Blocks: Kenneth Harris - 19 blocks Blocks: Jack Cooley - 52 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON 7:05 p.m. Minutes: Colt Ryan - 36.3 MPG Minutes: Eric Atkins - 37.9 MPG

JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE 7:05 p.m. Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 8:00 p.m. Ryan Sawvell Notes: Named to MVC All-Freshman team; averaged Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA 7:00 p.m. 0 SO - F/C - 6-8 - 200 6.2 PPG while making 22 starts Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE 3:35 p.m. Mundelein, Ill. Points Rebounds Shooting Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE 7:05 p.m. Mundelein 6.2 4.0 62.6 60.5 20.9 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE 7:05 p.m. Jan. 23 BRADLEY 7:05 p.m. Lewis Jones Notes: Scored career-high 24 points in road game at Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE 7:00 p.m. SR - G/F - 6-3 - 205 Missouri State last season Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA 7:05 p.m. 4 Memphis, Tenn. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes GW Carver FEBRUARY 2013 5.3 2.4 42.4 66.7 17.3 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE 2:05 p.m. Feb. 5 at BRADLEY 7:00 p.m. Troy Taylor Notes: Averaged 8.5 rebounds per game in the pre- season Feb. 10 DRAKE 2 or 7 p.m. 5 SR - G - 6-0 - 184 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7:05 p.m. Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON 2:00 p.m. Anderson 5.8 4.9 51.6 76.3 27.3 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE 7:05 p.m. Feb. 22-24 at Sears Bracketbusters & TBA Colt Ryan Notes: Missouri Valley Conference Preseason All- Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE 7:00 p.m. 11 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 Conference Team member Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes MARCH 2013 Batesville 20.5 4.2 44.2 84.4 36.3 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE TBA Mar. 7-10 at MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. Ned Cox Notes: Made three starts while playing in all 32 games, 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 named MVC Sixth Man of the Year San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Judson $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 9.2 1.6 41.4 88.2 24.6 ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge & - SEARS Bracketbuster Game Off The Bench % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 1.6 0.4 Tallied 10 pts vs. Oakland City Home Games in Bold 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 1.4 1.0 Had 13 pts and 7 rb vs. USI Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 12 Adam Wing G 6-4/205 FR - - Notched 2 pts and 2 rbs vs. UIS MVC Games in ALL CAPS 13 Jordan Jahr G 6-6/205 SO 5.8 2.6 Limited to 8 gms last season (foot) All Times Central 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.4 0.2 Scored 2 pts vs. UIS 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.2 Notched a RB vs. BRAD last season 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR - - Freshman walk-on guard 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 1.0 1.3 Played in 25 games as a freshman 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR - - Had two blocks in exh play 34 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Tallied 6 pts vs. UIS 55 Egidijus Mockevicius C 6-10/225 FR - - Had 6 pts and 6 rb vs. UIS

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Follow The Aces Current Game Notes Season Openers: Evansville is set to open its 94th season of basketball against Notre You can find the Purple Aces on Dame. The Aces are 62-31 all-time in their season-opening contests and are victorious Facebook and Twitter! Follow the UE in their last four. In last season’s opener, the Aces officially opened up the Ford in men’s basketball team on Facebook thrilling fashion, grabbing an 80-77 overtime victory over Butler. at “Aces Men’s Basketball (Official). The Aces hoops team is also on Preseason Team: It was announced that UE senior Colt Ryan had received a pair of Twitter @evansvillehoops. You can prestigious honors entering the season. In the MVC preseason release, Ryan was named also follow all of the University of Evansville athletics to the Preseason All-Conference Team after garnering First Team All-Conference honors a teams on Twitter @ueathletics and on Facebook at season ago. University of Evansville Athletic Department. Getting Some Recognition: Along with all of his other honors, Colt Ryan received some GoPurpleAces.com is the official home of University of nice recognition from CBSSports blogger Jeff Borzello. Borzello named Ryan as one of the Evansville athletics. GoPurpleAces Top 30 under-the-radar players. Ryan was No. 3 on the list as he was referred to as one of has the most info on Evansville Ath- the top shooters in the country. letics and provides daily updates on all UE sports. It is also the one place Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Evansville is proud to be associated with the Coaches vs. to find live streaming and audio Cancer Classic for the first time. The tournament began in 1995 and 1996 in a showcase from several Aces athletics contests. format before becomming a tournament in 1997 with Princeton winning the inaugural event. Since its inception, Coaches vs. Cancer has raised almost $85 million to support the fight against cancer. The Marty Simmons Radio Show Aces head coach Marty Simmons and Lance Wilkerson Scouting The Irish: Notre Dame has made it to the NCAA Tournament in the last three host the “Marty Simmons Radio Show” every Monday years and in five of the last six campaigns. They are coming off of an impressive 22-12 night at 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Turoni’s on the east side. The season, which was them go 13-5 in the Big East and 16-1 at home. Jack Cooley, a 6-9 show can be heard on WUEV 91.5 FM. The restaurant forward, led the Irish in scoring (12.5 PPG) and rebounding (8.9 RPG) last season. The Irish is located just north of the UE campus. Fans are in- return 88.7% of their scoring from a year ago along with their starting five from the last 15 vited to come out each week and get the inside scoop games of the 2011-12 season. That lineup posted an 11-4 mark over UND’s final stretch of on the latest developments with the Aces basketball the season. team! Looking Back: Evansville and Notre Dame have not met since December 6, 1992 when the Irish picked up a 76-70 victory in South Bend. The Aces held a 39-32 lead at the half Home Media Stats before UND fought back to outscore the Aces by a 44-31 margin. Andy Elkins 5-of-6 Members of the media can follow today’s game by three-pointers on his way to tying a game-high of 21 points while Parrish Casebier had 18 logging on to evansville.statbroadcast.com. You can and Scott Shreffler chipped in 17. follow it on any laptop or mobile device. This access is for media only and is available for all home contests. What A Start: UE senior Colt Ryan picked up right where he left off last year in the Aces’ two exhibition contests. After opening up with a 33-point effort versus USI, Ryan recorded a game-high 17 points in the win over Illinois-Springfield. He averaged 25.0 PPG in exhibition play while leading UE with 14 assists, six steals and 32 minutes per game. With those numbers, the senior is already in midseason form heading into the opener.

Watch Out: The Senior Class Award is a prestigious honor given to the top senior player each season and is given to someone who remains committed to their university while pursuing all of the rewards that a full college career can lead to. Just to be one of the Media Policy candidates for the award is a great honor and Colt Ryan was named one of the 30 players University of Evansville Sports Information Director Bob Pristash will on the list. He was also the lone Missouri Valley Conference representative. be serving as the primary media contact for Aces Men’s Basketball this season and all interview and media requests must be directed to his Picking Right Up: Senior Troy Taylor, UE’s starting point guard last season, led the Aces attention. He can be reached via email at [email protected] or at in 2011-12 with 4.9 rebounds per game. One would think that it would be tough for a 812-266-5288. 6-0 guard to keep up that pace once again, but those people do not know Taylor. The Head coach Marty Simmons and requested players will be available Anderson, Ind. native makes the most of his abilities and seems to be in the right spot at prior to practice each day. All requests must be made by Noon of that the right time to corral the boards. He led the Aces with an average of 8.5 boards per game day. No exceptions. All scheduled interviews will take place in the in the preseason, tallying eight against USI before hauling in nine in the win over Illinois- arena prior to practice. Please see the schedule in game notes for a full schedule of that week. Please contact Bob Pristash on the day of your Springfield. scheduled interview to confirm location. With schedules at the Ford Center possibly changing last minute, we want to make sure you end up Big Guy Makes Start: 6-10 freshman Egidijuc Mockevicius made the start in the second at the correct place. There will also be no availability on game day prior exhibition game against Illinois-Springfield. The native of Lithuania grabbed six rebounds to the contest and on scheduled off days. and scored three times in just eight minutes of action. He also blocked two shots to give Photographers (including TV and other video) are permitted to shoot the Aces a presence under the basket. during the first 10 minutes of practice. All photographers must notify Bob Pristash in advance in order to attend practice. Coach Simmons and selected players will be available following each home game in the media room of the Ford Center following a ten-minute cooling off period. Quotes from road games will be included in the post-game release.

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Settling In: Another player who turned some heads in the win over the Tale of the Tape (2011-12 Stats) Screaming Eagles was sophomore Jaylon Moore. In his freshman campaign, Evansville...... Category...... UND Moore’s top effort was a 6-point outing at Bradley. He surpassed that in a big way versus USI, notching 13 while hitting an efficient five out of eight shots. Moore 73.5 ppg...... Scoring Offense...... 66.4 showed signs of this last season and if he can keep up those efforts, it would be 72.7 ppg...... Scoring Defense...... 61.7 a welcome sight at the forward/center spot for UE. Adding to that is the fact that +0.8 ppg...... Scoring Margin...... +4.7 he hauled in seven rebounds. 46.1%...... %...... 43.4% 48.6%...... Field Goal % Defense...... 41.4% Welcome Back: The exhibition contests marked the first action this season for UE, but also marked the first in almost a year for redshirt sophomore Jordan Jahr. 76.4%...... Free Throw %...... 70.4% Limited to just eight games a season ago due to a foot injury, the sharpshooter -5.2...... Rebounding Margin...... -0.7 returned to the floor versus USI and saw 19 minutes of action while hauling 5.5/gm...... 3 Pt. FG Per Game...... 6.5 in six rebounds and hitting a pair of free throws. He upped the ante against 39.1%...... 3 Pt. FG %...... 33.2% UIS, making his first career start while scoring 10 points and grabbing seven 15.9/gm...... Assists Per Game...... 14.6 rebounds. He was also 2-3 beyond-the-arc. Jahr’s 6-6 frame combined with his long-range shooting ability will give Evansville a unique weapon as the season 1.7/gm...... Blocks Per Game...... 3.4 moves forward. 7.6/gm...... Steals Per Game...... 5.2 12.6/gm...... Turnovers Per Game...... 10.1 Preseason Poll: For the second-straight year, the University of Evansville was 21.3/gm...... Personal Fouls Per Game...... 13.8 picked to finish fifth in the Valley. Last season, UE surpassed the pick, taking the third seed for the 2012 MVC Tournament and the Aces seem poised to repeat that feat this year as they return four seniors who will be the core of UE’s squad. Evansville’s Non-Conference Record Preseason Notes Big East (Notre Dame)...... 0-0 Division II (Oakland City)...... 0-0 A Lot To Look Forward To: Fresh off of its best MVC effort in 13 years, the Aces have plenty to be excited about heading into the 2012-13 season. Evansville Horizon (Butler)...... 0-0 is set to return three starters and 11 letterwinners, which comprise 69.3% of its IVY (Yale)...... 0-0 scoring, 77.9% of its rebounding, 68.4% of the squad’s assists and over 70% of the team’s minutes from 2011-12. The Aces used an overtime win in the regular MAC (Buffalo, Miami-Ohio)...... 0-0 season finale over Missouri State to move from the possibility of being as low as Mountain West (Colorado State)...... 0-0 eighth in the league to a final finish of third. Ohio Valley (Murray State, Tennessee Tech)...... 0-0 Looking For A Record: Senior Colt Ryan is making his mark as one of the top SWAC (Alabama A&M, Alabama State)...... 0-0 players in the history of the UE program. Ryan enters his senior season with 1,594 career points, a total that is seventh on UE’s all-time list. He is just 11 points Summit (Western Illinois)...... 0-0 behind No. 6 Brad Leaf and is within striking distance of Larry Humes’ record of 2,236. Ryan is 642 points shy of the record and if he matches his productivity from last season when he scored 656 points, he can leave UE as the all-time leading scorer. Series History

Freshman Five: Evansville welcomes five freshmen to its 2012-13 team as D.J. The Aces are 4-5 against in-state rival Notre Dame. Balentine, David Howard, Mike Leazer, Egidijus Mockevicius and Adam Wing are Evansville has won three of the last four games and on campus and ready to go. is 4-1 in home games while 0-4 on the road. The last meeting, a 76-70 win for UND in South Bend, was Balentine, a 6-2 guard, is a native of Kokomo, Ind. Last season, he led Kokomo to played on December 6, 1992. the Class 4A State Championship game. In the summer of 2011, he was named to the Indiana Junior All-Stars Core 6 and was regarded as one of the best players Last Meeting in the class of 2012 in the state of Indiana. He was the third leading scorer 1959-60 W 92-87 H 2/23 in Kokomo history with 1280 points, an average of 17 per game. As a senior, 1960-61 L 83-68 A 12/5 1961-62 L 99-91 H 2/27 Balentine averaged 18.2 PPG while being named an Indiana All-Star. 1962-63 L 78-72 A 2/27 1963-64 L 91-75 A 2/25 Howard comes to Evansville from Nashville, Tenn. The 6-9, 225 lb. center played 1964-65 W 89-82 H 12/12 at Montgomery Bell Academy where he averaged 12 points and over eight 1966-67 W 105-99 OT H 12/10 rebounds per game last season. He helped lead his school to the Tennessee State 1991-92 W 74-56 H 3/9 1992-93 L 76-70 A 12/6 Championship as a sophomore where he was named an All-Tournament Player.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (subject to change) Thurs. Nov. 8 Fir. Nov. 9 Sat. Nov. 10 Sun. Nov. 11 Mon. Nov. 12 Tues. Nov. 13 Wed. Nov. 14 Practice 3:15 p.m. Travel to Season Opener at Off day Practice 3:15 p.m. Practice 3:15 p.m. Practice 3:15 p.m. 5/3 Facility Notre Dame Notre Dame NO ACCESS 5/3 Facility 5/3 Facility 5/3 Facility NO ACCESS 1 p.m. CT Access after game

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Quick Facts Wing, a 6-4, 210 lb. shooting guard was a team captain for Rowan County Senior High School in Morehead, Ky. As a junior, he was elected MVP in two games during the KY “Sweet GENERAL INFORMATION 16” Tournament en route to All-State Honorable Mention honors. Wing led his team to Name...... University of Evansville the state championship game last year, falling at the buzzer to Christian in a memorable Founded...... 1854 overtime contest. Wing scored 31 points in the title game, including seven threes. Location...... Evansville, Ind. Enrollment...... 2,822 He originally committed to playing football at Marshall University before deciding to play Nickname...... Purple Aces basketball at Oklahoma State. Colors...... Purple, White and Orange National Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Mockevicius comes to UE after winning the U20 European Championships with Lithuania. Conference...... Missouri Valley Conference The 6-10 center led his squad to a championship win over France. Leazer is a walk-on guard Home Floor/Capacity...... Ford Center/11,000 for the Aces and played at Northridge Prep prior to his arrival in Evansville. President...... Dr. Thomas Kazee Director of Athletics...... John Stanley Experience Helps: In his freshman season, Ryan Sawvell gained a great deal of experience Athletic Ticket Office...... 812-488-ACES making 22 starts while playing in 29 games. The Mundelein, Ill. native averaged 6.2 points per game, but perhaps his greatest asset came from making all of those starts at the center COACHING STAFF position. That experience will prove to be extremely beneficial as a sophomore when he is Head Coach...... Marty Simmons (Evansville, ‘87) Record at Evansville...... 67-88 (.432), 6th season also expected to see time at the No. 4 spot. Overall Record...... 165-161 (.506), 12th season Assistant Coach...... Jimmy Elgas (Illinois State, ‘93) Taking It To The Next Level: Another Ace who made great strides last season was Troy Assistant Coach...... Carson Harris (Manchester, ‘01) Taylor. The point guard set career highs in nearly every category while making two stabs Assistant Coach...... Geoff Alexander (Western Illinois, ‘00) at what would have been the second -double in program history. Taylor is a threat Director of Basketball Operations...... Kavon Lacey (Evansville, ‘11) in every facet of the game, playing extraordinary defense, having a solid scoring touch, he Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Joe Hermes found ways to tally 46 steals a season ago while leading the squad in rebounding despite his Assistant Athletic Trainer...... Troy Coppus 6-0 size. Director Of Development For Men’s Basketball...... Kim Gentry Big Shoes To Fill: Two slots in the starting lineup are available following the graduation TEAM INFORMATION of Denver Holmes and Kenneth Harris. Holmes started 89 games in his UE career before 2011-12 Overall Record...... 16-16 finishing with 975 points. The Olathe Kan. native was the top free throw shooter in the 2011-12 Missouri Valley Record/Finish...... 9-9/3rd Starters Returning/Lost...... 3/2 Valley last season, hitting 87.3% of his attempts. In two seasons with the Aces, Harris made Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 10/3 63 starts, including all 32 as a senior. He posted 617 points in his time at UE while recording Newcomers...... 5 327 rebounds. Looking to fill those slots will be seniors Ned Cox and Lewis Jones, who each played in all 32 games in their junior years. HISTORY First Year of Basketball...... 1919-20 New To The Crew: A new face will be on the Aces bench as Geoff Alexander enters his first Overall Record...... 1,262-988 (.561), 92 years season as an assistant coach for UE. Alexander comes to Evansville after spending a season NCAA College Division National Champions...... 1959, 60, 64, 65, 71 at Eastern Illinois after a five-year stint at Idaho State. Missouri Valley Record...... 136-188 (.420), 17 years Ford Center Record...... 11-7, 2nd season A Home Of Their Own: With the hectic schedule at the downtown Ford Center, the Aces Last Postseason...... 0-1 in 2012 CBI were forced to move their practices on campus to the Carson Center. With the schedules L, 95-86 vs. Princeton (2012 CBI) NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 5 (1982, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999) of other UE sports along with the university as a whole, the time that the Aces had on the Last NCAA Appearance...... L, 95-74 vs. Kansas (1999 First Round) practice floor got to be limited at times. That all will change in October with the opening of NIT Appearances...... 2 (1988, 1994) the Fifth Third Basketball Practice Facility. Built at a cost of over $3 million, the structure will Last NIT Appearance...... L, 76-63 vs. Tulane (1994 First Round) have floors for both the UE men’s and women’s teams along with new offices and a lounge CIT Appearances...... 1 (2009) for both squads. Last CIT Appearance...... L, 92-76 vs. Belmont (2009 First Round) CBI Appearances...... 1 (2011) Last CBI Appearance...... L, 95-86 vs. Princeton (2012 First Round) 2011-12 Season-In-Review Notes

SPORTS INFORMATION Playing Against The Best: The Missouri Valley Conference proved that it is one of the best Sports Information Director (MBB contact)...... Bob Pristash in the country as it sent seven out of ten teams to postseason play in 2012. Evansville was Office...... (812) 488-2285 one of those squads, advancing to its second consecutive CBI. The Aces played 32 games in Cell...... (812) 266-5288 E-Mail...... [email protected] 2011-12 with 21 of those against postseason teams. Thirteen of its opponents also advanced Assistant Sports Information Director...... Dustin Hall to the postseason. In all, seven of UE’s games came against teams that made it to the NCAA Office...... (812) 488-1152 Tournament. E-Mail...... [email protected] Graphic Design Specialist...... TBA Just The Second Time: In the 2012 Missouri Valley Tournament, the Aces went in as the No. Office...... (812) 488-2350 3 seed, the second-highest ever while advancing to Saturday’s semifinals for just the second E-Mail...... [email protected] time. It was a stark turnaround for a team that entered the tournament with just a 4-17 mark Voice of the Aces...... Lance Wilkerson in its previous 17 tries. Evansville begn with a 72-64 victory over Missouri State, earning the Office...... (812) 488-2623 season sweep of the Bears. The win marked Evansville’s fifth Arch Madness victory. With E-Mail...... [email protected] the three-game sweep of Missouri State, the Aces completed their second ever three-game Sports Information Fax...... (812) 488-2199 sweep, the other came in 1999 when UE was a perfect 3-0 over WIchita State. Mailing Address...... 1800 Lincoln Avenue ...... Evansville, In 47722 Official Athletics Website...... www.GoPurpleAces.com

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We’re Back: For the third time in four years and the tenth time since entering Evansville Stat Rankings (2011-12) Division I in 1977, the University of Evansville played in the postseason. In 2009, only Coach Simmons’ second season, he led the Aces to the CIT where they squared Conference Rank (National Rank) off against Belmont. Last year, UE picked up its first postseason win since the 1989 NCAA Tournament win over Oregon State in the opening round win over Hofstra. TEAM STATS It has been almost 20 years since UE accomplished the feat as Jim Crews led UE to CATEGORY Rank Actual three-straight postseason berths, including two NCAA tournaments, from 1992-94. Scoring Offense 3 73.5 Scoring Defense 10 72.7 Coaching Them Up: Since his arrival at UE in 2007, head coach Marty Simmons has Scoring Margin 6 +0.8 steadily turned the program around. In three of the last four years, Simmons has Free Throw Pct. 1 .764 finished in the top six in the league after the program had done so just once in the Field Goal Pct. 3 .461 eight seasons before 2009. His squads have shown vast improvement against top Field Goal Pct. Defense 10 .486 competition, winning three of his last five games versus ranked opponents. Prior to 3-Point FG Pct. 2 .391 that streak, Evansville had fallen in ten-consecutive games against top-25 squads. 3-Point FG Pct. Defense 9 .383 With a 15-14 regular season mark in 2011-12, Simmons helped UE to its first back- Rebounding Offense 10 29.0 to-back winning regular seasons since 1998-99 through 1999-2000. Rebounding Defense 8 34.2 Rebounding Margin 10 -5.2 Free Play: The Aces played six overtime games last season, shattering the previous Blocked Shots 10 1.7 mark of three, which was done on five occasions, most recently in 2001-02. Assists 2 15.9 Evansville was an even 3-3 in those contests, including two wins over Missouri State Steals 1 7.6 by five points each time. Turnover Margin 1 +4.5 /Turnover Ratio 3 1.3 Making The Adjustment: For the first time since 1956, the Purple Aces opened a Offensive Rebounds 8 8.7 home arena as they began play at the Ford Center in downtown Evansville in 2011. Defensive Rebounds 10 20.3 In their first season at the home venue, UE posted an 11-7 mark which included wins over Butler and nationally-ranked Creighton. Evansville got more comfortable INDIVIDUAL STATS with its new surroundings as the season went on, winning its final four regular Scoring season home games at the Ford Center. Colt Ryan 2 20.5

Award-Winning Performances: Field Goal Pct. Denver Holmes 9 .500 First Team Honor: Junior Colt Ryan became just the fifth player to be named to the MVC All-Conference First Team and the first to garner the honor since Shy Ely did so in 2009 Assists (Marcus Wilson was named on two occasions). Ryan led UE and was second in the MVC, Denver Holmes 6 3.5 averaging 20.5 points per game while tying for the league lead in steals, swiping two a Troy Taylor 7 3.5 game. The three-time MVC Player of the Week scored a career-high 43 points last week Colt Ryan T-9 3.3 against Creighton before tallying 12 in Saturday’s win over Missouri State. Ryan was also named to the CollegeHoops.net All-MVC Team. On Thursday, Ryan was named the MVC Free Throw Pct. Scholar Athlete fo the Year. Denver Holmes 1 .873 Colt Ryan 3 .844 Sixth Man: Coming off the bench can be a tough task, but don’t tell that to junior Ned Cox, who showed that the role suits him better than anyone else in the MVC. It is that Steals attitude that helped Cox earn Sixth Man of the Year honors. After averaging 7.3 PPG Colt Ryan 2 1.9 a season ago, Cox saw his average rise by two points. He has ten double-digit scoring Kenneth Harris 4 1.7 efforts, led by a pair of 20-point outings. In a November contest at Illinois Chicago, he Troy Taylor 6 1.4 set his career mark with 24 points as he hit 9-of-13 shots. He followed that up with a 22-point performance at Indiana State where he was a perfect 4-4 from long range. Cox Three-Point Pct. made two starts for the Aces, scoring 16 points against Oakland City before leading Colt Ryan 7 .438 Evansville with 17 points in a start in the regular season finale against Missouri State. Denver Holmes 8 .427 He is the second Aces to be honored with the award; Curt Begle picked up the award in 1999. Three-Point FG Made Colt Ryan 3 2.3 Honor For The Young Gun: Making the All-Freshman Team was Ryan Sawvell. He got better as the season went on, scoring 10 or more points in a span of seven out of 11 Assist/Turnover Ratio contests in January and February. Sawvell’s top scoring game came against Drake where Ned Cox T-3 2.4 he knocked down seven shots to score 14 points. In UE’s win at Bradley, Sawvell hauled Troy Taylor 5 1.9 in 16 rebounds, the most a UE player has had this season. He has been an extremely Denver Holmes 6 1.9 accurate shooter, hitting 61.7% of his attempts, a tally that would be in the top ten in the nation with enough tries. Sawvell is the 10th UE player to be named an All-Freshman Minutes Played player. Colt Ryan 1 36.3

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Playing Some D: One of the pleasant surprises for Evansville last season was junior Troy Taylor. The point guard, and the leading rebounder for UE, was named to Aces vs. Ranked Opponents the All-Defensive Team. Taylor leads the Aces with 5.1 rebounds per game while Since the 1948-49 season, the University of Evansville has squared off contributing in other facets as well, notching 104 assists, 43 steals and 5.4 PPG. against 54 ranked opponents, posting a 13-40 mark. The 2011-12 season Taylor has made two stabs at just the second triple-double in Evansville history, marks the third in a row that UE has topped a ranked opponent after grab- most recently in the home game against Indiana State. He fell just two assists and a bing a 65-57 win over No. 15 Creighton at the Ford Center. point short of accomplishing the feat. He is one of just three players to receive the honor for the Aces. Jeremy Stanton was named to the team each season from 1999- Date Rank Team H/A Score 2001 while Reed Jackson notched the award in 1995. 3/3/12 24 Creighton N L, 71-99 2/7/12 15 Creighton H W, 65-57 12/6/11 6 North Carolina A L, 48-97 11/27/10 23 Butler A W, 71-68 (OT) 2/23/10 25 Northern Iowa H W, 55-54 11/21/09 11 Butler H L, 60-64 12/18/08 1 North Carolina A L, 73-91 2/9/08 16 Drake A L, 65-73 11/17/07 25 Butler H L, 47-60 2/24/07 13 Southern Illinois A L, 69-76 12/22/06 16 Butler A L, 65-76 3/6/04 15 Southern Illinois N L, 67-93 2/18/04 20 Southern Illinois H L, 69-84 1/17/04 24 Creighton A L, 53-72 12/27/03 22 Purdue A L, 62-82 1/23/03 10 Creighton H W, 74-66 1/15/03 13 Creighton A L, 56-93 12/3/02 25 Western Kentucky H W, 81-76 12/21/96 13 Indiana N L, 57-75 11/27/96 22 Indiana N L, 73-74 1/22/94 22 Xavier H W, 91-61 3/18/93 10 Florida State N L, 70-82 3/13/93 22 Xavier N W, 80-69 12/18/90 21 Michigan State A L, 76-81 2/15/90 22 Xavier A L, 52-71 1/18/90 20 Xavier H W, 59-51 12/20/89 25 Michigan State H L, 66-80 3/19/89 11 Seton Hall N L, 73-87 1/21/87 6 DePaul H L, 68-78 2/28/84 5 DePaul A L, 65-96 2/10/82 3 DePaul A L, 58-59 2/9/81 3 DePaul H L, 53-61 12/15/80 3 UCLA A L, 62-69 2/26/80 1 DePaul A L, 94-105 77-78 N/A Indiana State A L, 76-102 73-74 10 Long Beach State H L, 67-75 69-70 13 Jacksonville H L, 70-100 69-70 12 Purdue H W, 80-78 69-70 17 Colorado A L, 66-97 68-69 14 New Mexico State H L, 75-86 61-62 8 Purdue H L, 77-83 60-61 6 Utah A L, 77-132 59-60 - Iowa H L, 84-86 57-58 13 UCLA H W, 83-76 53-54 - Maryland N L, 58-66 52-53 - Washington (Mo.) N/A L, 71-79 52-53 - Murray State N/A L, 79-80 51-52 19 Eastern Kentucky A L, 66-86 50-51 - Murray State N/A L, 61-70 50-51 - Dayton N/A W, 60-54 49-50 - Louisville N W, 79-61 49-50 - Western Kentucky N L, 69-73 49-50 - Bowling Green N W, 73-71 48-49 - Western Kentucky A L, 47-71

54 Games - 13-41 against ranked opponents

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Polls INDIVIDUAL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS AP Top 25 (Preseason) Most Points Most Points Game: 65, Scott Haffner vs. Dayton (1988-89) Game: 136, vs. Butler (1990-91) Team Record Points Season: 941, Larry Humes (1964-65) Season: 2,748 (1964-65) 1 Indiana (43) 0-0 1,592 Career: 2,236, Larry Humes (1964-66) 2 Louisville (20) 0-0 1,568 3 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1,453 Most Field Goals Most Field Goals 4 Ohio State 0-0 1,292 Game: 23, Scott Haffner vs. Dayton (1988-89) Game: 53, vs. DePauw (1964-65) 5 Michigan 0-0 1,290 Season: 357, Larry Humes (1964-65) Season: 1,113 (1964-65) 6 North Carolina State 0-0 1,270 Career: 865, Larry Humes (1964-66) 7 Kansas 0-0 1,210 8 Duke 0-0 1,094 Highest Field Goal Percentage 9 Syracuse 0-0 1,062 Highest Field Goal Percentage Game: .725, vs. Western Kentucky (1981- 10 Florida 0-0 936 Game (min. 12 att.): .929, Sascha Hupmann: 13- 82) 11 North Carolina 0-0 904 14 vs. Butler (1990-91) Season: .529 (1987-88 and 1988-89) 12 Arizona 0-0 902 Season: .648, Brian Hill: 180-278 (1989-90) 13 UCLA 0-0 840 Career: .631, Brian Hill: 424-672 (1987-90) 14 Michigan State 0-0 789 Highest Scoring Average 15 Missouri 0-0 664 Highest Scoring Average Season: 94.7 (1964-65) 16 Creighton 0-0 622 17 Memphis 0-0 539 Season: 32.5, Larry Humes (1964-65) 18 UNLV 0-0 488 Career: 26.4, Larry Humes (1964-66) Most 3-Point Field Goals 19 Baylor 0-0 486 Game: 17, vs. Southern Illinois (1996-97) 20 San Diego State 0-0 463 Most 3-Point Field Goals Season: 244 (1993-94) 21 Gonzaga 0-0 384 Game: 11, Scott Haffner vs. Dayton (1988-89) 22 Notre Dame 0-0 297 Season: 98, Scott Haffner (1988-89) Highest 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 23 Wisconsin 0-0 285 Career: 284, Jason Holsinger (2006-09) 24 Cincinnati 0-0 120 (min. 10 attempts) 25 Florida State 0-0 101 Highest 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .833: 10-12 vs. Butler (1990-91) Game (min. 8 att.): 1.000,MarcusWilson: 9-9 vs. 10-12 vs. Southern Illinois (1995-96) OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES UT-Martin (1998-99) Season: .444: 213-480 (1988-89) Murray State 59, Virginia Commonwealth 58, Texas 46, Season: .558, Brian Jackson: 53-95 (1994-95) Saint Louis 46, Minnesota 40, Butler 33, Pittsburgh 32, Saint Career: .431, Scott Haffner: 245-569 (1986-89) Most Free Throws Joseph’s 25, Marquette 23, Tennessee 15, Oklahoma State 14, Game: 46 vs. N. Carolina A&T (1958-59); Kansas State 12, Georgetown 9, New Mexico 9, Ohio 9, Miami Most Free Throws 46 vs. Butler (FL) 8, Saint Mary’s 6, West Virginia 6, Davidson 5, Drexel 5, Game: 20, Matt Webster vs. Lipscomb (2006-07) Northern Iowa 5, Valparaiso 3, Stanford 2, Lehigh 2, Colo- (1990-91) rado State 1, Oral Roberts 1 Season: 227, Larry Humes (1964-65) Career: 533, Matt Webster (2004-07) Attempts: 63 vs. Butler (1990-91) ESPN/USA Today Top 25 (Preseason) Season: 587 (1959-60) Highest Free Throw Percentage Team Record Points Game (min. 15 att.): 1.000, Shy Ely 18-18 vs. Highest Free Throw Percentage (min. 20 1 Indiana (21) 0-0 761 Creighton (2007- attempts) 2 Louisville (5) 0-0 738 08); Marcus Wilson 15-15 vs. Drake (1998-99) Game: .955 (21-22), vs. Indiana State 3 Kentucky (5) 0-0 718 Season: .918, Scott Shreffler: 78-85 (1991-92) 4 Ohio State 0-0 617 (1958-59) 5 Michigan 0-0 605 Career: .887, Marcus Wilson: 455-513 (1996-99) .955 (21-22), vs. Charleston Southern 6 North Carolina State 0-0 581 (1997-98) Most Rebounds 7 Kansas 0-0 563 Season: .772 (515-667 in 1998-99) 8 Duke 0-0 516 Game: 31, Jim Smallins vs. Ky. Wesleyan (1956- 9 Syracuse 0-0 502 57) 10 Florida 0-0 422 Dale Wise vs. Ky. Wesleyan & Ball State (1959- Most Rebounds 11 Arizona 0-0 411 60) Game: 87, vs. St. Joseph's (1958-59) 12 North Carolina 0-0 401 Season: 496, Dale Wise (1959-60) Season: 1,835 (1959-60) 13 UCLA 0-0 396 14 Michigan State 0-0 391 Career: 1,197, Dale Wise (1958-60) 15 Creighton 0-0 325 Highest Average 16 Memphis 0-0 307 Highest Rebounding Average Season: 63.3 (1959-60) 17 Missouri 0-0 289 Season: 17.1, Dale Wise (1959-60) 18 Baylor 0-0 266 Career: 14.6, Dale Wise (1958-60) 19 UNLV 0-0 203 Most Blocked Shots 20 San Diego State 0-0 196 Most Assists Game: 11 vs. Alcorn State (1988-89); 11 vs. 21 Wisconsin 0-0 191 Game: 15, Jeremy Stanton vs. Illinois State (2000- Indiana State 22 Gonzaga 0-0 166 (1990-91) 23 Notre Dame 0-0 122 01); 24 Florida State 0-0 61 Tyrone Scott vs. Oklahoma City (1983-84) Season: 145 (1988-89) 24 Texas 0-0 61 Season: 211, Reed Crafton (1988-89) Career: 601, Jeremy Stanton (1998-01) Most Assists Game: 32, vs. Chicago State (1992-93) OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Most Blocked Shots Season: 638 (1988-89) Saint Louis 58, Virginia Commonwealth 40, Cincinnati 33, Game: 8, Dan Godfread vs. Alcorn State (1988- Murray State 30, Kansas State 13, Saint Mary’s 11, New Mexi- 89) co 10, Tennessee 10, Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 9, Marquette 8, Stanford 7, Oklahoma State 6, Butler 6, Colorado State 8, Mark Jewell vs. Indiana State (1990-91) 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Saint Joseph’s 2, Drexel 2, Georgia 2, Season: 92, Dan Godfread (1988-89) Miami (FL) 2, Marshall 1 Career: 226, Dan Godfread (1985-90)

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Around The Valley 2012-13 Evansville Starting Lineups Missouri Valley Final 2011-12 Standings USI (exh) Taylor Cox Ryan Jones Sawvell UIS (exh) Taylor Cox Ryan Jahr Mockevicius SCHOOL CONF OVERALL at Notre Dame Wichita State 16-2 27-6 Buffalo Creighton 14-4 29-6 Yale Illinois State 9-9 21-14 Northern Iowa 9-9 20-14 Western Illinois Drake 9-9 18-16 at Tennessee Tech Evansville 9-9 16-16 Alabama A&M Missouri State 9-9 16-16 at Colorado State Indiana State 8-10 18-15 Miami (OH) Southern Illinois 5-13 8-23 Murray State Bradley 2-16 7-25 Alabama State MVC Preseason Poll - 2012-13 Oakland City at Butler School (First Place Votes) TOTAL at Creighton 1 Creighton (38) 398 Missouri State 2 Illinois State (2) 327 Southern Illinois 3 UNI 316 at Northern Iowa 4 Wichita State 298 Wichita State 5 Evansville 240 6 Drake 184 at Drake 7 Indiana State 165 at Indiana State 8 Missouri State 122 Bradley 9 Bradley 84 at Illinois State 10 Southern Illinois 66 Northern Iowa at Missouri State at Bradley Preseason All-Conference Team Drake Preseason All-Conference at Southern Illinois Doug McDermott, Creighton Creighton (Pre-Season Player of the Year) Illinois State at Sears BB (TBA) Colt Ryan, Evansville at Wichita State Jackie Carmichael, Illinois State Indiana State Jake Odum, Indiana State Ben Simons, Drake

Honorable Mention Gregory Echenique, Creighton Anthony James, UNI Carl Hall, Wichita State Seth Tuttle, UNI

Evansville’s Record Against The Valley

School Overall Home Away Neutral Bradley 17-23 13-7 3-15 1-1 Creighton 10-27 8-10 2-15 0-2 Drake 19-18 10-7 9-9 0-2 Illinois St. 16-29 12-10 3-17 1-2 Indiana St. 76-80 49-29 26-49 1-2 Missouri St. 26-30 17-8 8-18 1-4 UNI 21-19 15-5 6-12 0-2 Southern Ill. 49-65 34-22 13-40 2-3 Wichita St. 14-22 9-8 4-14 1-0

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Evansville’s Record When.... Home Court Advantage

Conference ...... 0-0 In 55 seasons at Roberts Stadium, the Aces amassed an amazing .723 win- Home...... 0-0 ning percentage, capturing 604 games. Below is a rundown of the Aces Away...... 0-0 home history at Roberts Stadium and the first year in the Ford Center. Neutral...... 0-0 Year W-L Win % Attend. Avg. Leading at Half...... 0-0 1956-57 13-2 .867 34,172 2,278 Trailing at Half...... 0-0 1957-58 17-2 .895 120,902 6,363 Tied at Half...... 0-0 *1958-59 17-2 .895 136,841 7,202 Overtime Game...... 0-0 *1959-60 19-1 .950 168,361 8,418 MVC Home Game...... 0-0 1960-61 8-6 .572 91,525 6,538 MVC Road Game...... 0-0 1961-62 9-7 .563 113,901 7,119 1962-63 12-3 .800 124,636 8,309 MVC Tournament...... 0-0 *1963-64 17-2 .895 185,112 9,743 Non- MVC Home Game...... 0-0 *1964-65 17-0 1.000 185,310 10,901 Non- MVC Road Game...... 0-0 1965-66 11-3 .768 129,604 9,257 Non- MVC Neutral Game...... 0-0 1966-67 4-11 .267 109,628 7,309 vs. Ranked Opponents...... 0-0 1967-68 14-2 .875 112,700 7,044 Leading-5 min. left...... 0-0 1968-69 8-7 .533 87,772 5,852 1969-70 10-4 .714 104,219 7,444 Trailing-5 min. left...... 0-0 *1970-71 16-4 .800 134,867 6,743 Score Tied-5 min. left...... 0-0 1971-72 15-2 .882 122,749 7,221 UE outrebounds opp...... 0-0 1972-73 9-5 .643 68,773 4,585 UE outrebounded by opp...... 0-0 1973-74 14-3 .824 109,074 7,271 Team rebounds are even ...... 0-0 1974-75 8-5 .615 63,066 4,505 UE shoots 50% from floor...... 0-0 1975-76 13-3 .813 82,107 5,132 1976-77 9-5 .643 64,063 5,339 UE shoots -50% from floor...... 0-0 1977-78 1-1 .500 13,086 6,543 Opp. shoots 50% from floor...... 0-0 1978-79 5-9 .357 112,214 8,015 Opp. shoots -50% from floor...... 0-0 1979-80 12-4 .750 123,760 7,735 UE makes more FTs...... 0-0 1980-81 13-2 .867 126,726 8,448 UE makes less FTs...... 0-0 1981-82 12-1 .923 130,099 10,008 FTs the same...... 0-0 1982-83 10-8 .556 152,243 8,458 1983-84 11-6 .647 135,572 7,975 UE has more TOs...... 0-0 1984-85 10-5 .667 93,675 6,245 Opp. has more TOs...... 0-0 1985-86 7-7 .500 91,224 6,516 TOs even...... 0-0 1986-87 12-2 .857 110,923 7,923 UE scores 60 points or less...... 0-0 1987-88 15-1 .938 145,959 9,122 Opp. scores 60 points or less...... 0-0 1988-89 15-0 1.000 139,201 9,280 UE scores 61-69 points...... 0-0 1989-90 11-5 .688 154,362 9,648 1990-91 9-6 .600 161,757 10,784 Opp. scores 61-69 points...... 0-0 1991-92 15-1 .938 163,168 10,198 UE scores 70-79 points...... 0-0 1992-93 11-2 .846 152,616 11,740 Opp. scores 70-79 points...... 0-0 1993-94 13-4 .765 173,904 10,230 UE scores 80-89 points...... 0-0 1994-95 12-2 .857 146,843 10,489 Opp. scores 80-89 points...... 0-0 1995-96 9-5 .643 146,400 10,457 UE scores 90 points or more...... 0-0 1996-97 12-4 .750 133,561 8,348 1997-98 10-5 .667 122,655 8,177 Opp. scores 90 points or more...... 0-0 1998-99 10-3 .769 111,625 8,587 Two or less score in double digits...... 0-0 1999-00 12-3 .800 125,061 8,337 Three or more score in double digits...... 0-0 2000-01 10-4 .714 100,070 7,148 On Monday...... 0-0 2001-02 6-8 .429 81,503 5,822 On Tuesday...... 0-0 2002-03 9-5 .643 93,398 6,671 On Wednesday...... 0-0 2003-04 4-8 .333 79,421 6,618 2004-05 10-5 .667 94,777 6,318 On Thursday...... 0-0 2005-06 7-7 .500 84,351 6,025 On Friday...... 0-0 2006-07 10-5 .667 82,407 5,494 On Saturday...... 0-0 2007-08 7-8 .467 82,292 5,486 On Sunday...... 0-0 2008-09 15-4 .789 111,400 5,863 On Television...... 0-0 2009-10 7-9 .438 77,314 4,832 In November...... 0-0 2010-11 12-3 .800 77,269 5,151 In December...... 0-0 55 Years 604-231 .723 6,280,218 7,521 In January...... 0-0 2011-12 11-7 .611 92,431 5,135 In February...... 0-0 1st Year 11-7 .611 92,431 5,135 In March...... 0-0 Game decided by 5 pts or less...... 0-0 *NCAA Championship Season Game decided by 6-10 pts...... 0-0 Game decided by 11-20 pts...... 0-0 Game decided by 21 pts or more...... 0-0 Exhibition Games...... 2-0

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Career Stats

POINTS 2011-12 Career THREE POINTERS 2011-12 Career Colt Ryan 656 1594 Colt Ryan 74 199 Ned Cox 287 730 Ned Cox 32 88 Troy Taylor 184 391 Jordan Jahr 8 26 Lewis Jones 170 328 Jordan Nelson 12 12 Ryan Sawvell 180 180 Lewis Jones 2 6 Jordan Jahr 46 161 Troy Taylor - 3 Jordan Nelson 44 44 Jaylon Moore 30 30 STARTS 2010-11 Career Rokas Cesnulevicius 25 25 Colt Ryan 32 94 Andy Chinn 2 2 Troy Taylor 32 41 Ryan Sawvell 22 22 REBOUNDS 2011-12 Career Ned Cox 3 13 Colt Ryan 134 370 Rokas Cesnulevicius 1 1 Troy Taylor 158 342 Lewis Jones - 1 Lewis Jones 78 166 Jaylon Moore 1 1 Ned Cox 52 144 Ryan Sawvell 116 116 GAMES PLAYED 2010-11 Career Jordan Jahr 21 86 Colt Ryan 32 94 Rokas Cesnulevicius 33 33 Troy Taylor 32 93 Jaylon Moore 23 23 Ned Cox 32 91 Jordan Nelson 10 10 Lewis Jones 32 87 Andy Chinn 1 1 Jordan Jahr 8 38 Brandon Williams 1 1 Ryan Sawvell 29 29 Jordan Nelson 27 27 ASSISTS 2011-12 Career Rokas Cesnulevicius 25 25 Troy Taylor 112 276 Jaylon Moore 22 22 Colt Ryan 105 269 Andy Chinn 5 9 Ned Cox 96 202 Brandon Williams 5 7 Lewis Jones 13 25 Jordan Jahr 2 11 Ryan Sawvell 10 10 Rokas Cesnulevicius 7 7 Jordan Nelson 2 2 Jaylon Moore 1 1

STEALS 2011-12 Career Colt Ryan 60 133 Troy Taylor 45 94 Ned Cox 13 35 Lewis Jones 11 24 Ryan Sawvell 18 18 Rokas Cesnulevicius 4 4 Jordan Jahr 3 4 Jordan Nelson 3 3 Jaylon Moore 3 3

BLOCKS 2011-12 Career Colt Ryan 7 18 Lewis Jones 2 9 Jordan Jahr 2 6 Ned Cox 3 6 Ryan Sawvell 6 6 Troy Taylor 2 6 Rokas Cesnulevicius 5 5 Jordan Nelson 1 1

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Keeping An Eye On The Record Book

THE 1,000 POINT CLUB CAREER RECORDS

1. Larry Humes 2,236 TOP 10 SCORERS 2. Marcus Wilson 2,053 No. Name Years Pts. 1. Larry Humes 1964-66 2,236 3. Ed Smallwood 1,898 2. Marcus Wilson 1996-99 2,053 4. Andy Elkins 1,761 3. Ed Smallwood 1958-60 1,898 5. Scott Haffner 1,686 4. Andy Elkins 1992-95 1,761 5. Scott Haffner 1987-89 1,686 6. Brad Leaf 1,605 6. Brad Leaf 1979-82 1,605 7. Colt Ryan 1,594 7. Colt Ryan 2009- 1,594 8. Parrish Casebier 1991-93 1,535 8. Parrish Casebier 1,535 9. Craig Snow 1998-01 1,530 9. Craig Snow 1,530 10. John Harrawood 1954-57 1,479

10. John Harrawood 1,479 TOP 10 AVERAGES 11. Scott Shreffler 1,454 (Minimum 50 games) No. Name Years Avg. 12. Matt Webster 1,451 1. Larry Humes 1964-66 26.4 13. Jason Holsinger 1,442 2. Marty Simmons 1987-88 24.3 3. Ed Smallwood 1958-60 23.1 14. Don Buse 1,426 4. Parrish Casebier 1991-93 20.2 15. Shy Ely 1,423 5. Scott Haffner 1987-89 19.4 16. Dan Godfread 1,386 6. John Harrawood 1954-57 18.9 7. Buster Briley 1962-64 18.2 17. Bob Barnett 1,356 8. Marcus Wilson 1995-99 17.3 18. Buster Briley 1,335 9. Colt Ryan 2009- 17.0 10. Don Buse 1970-72 16.9 19. Bubby Mukes 1,327 11. Jerry Sloan 1963-65 15.7 20. Jeff Frey 1,324

21. Jerry Sloan 1,320 TOP 10 FIELD GOAL MAKERS 22. Clint Cuffle 1,307 No. Name Years FGs. 1. Larry Humes 1964-66 865 23. Sam Watkins 1,287 2. Ed Smallwood 1958-61 702 24. Richie Johnson 1,282 3. Marcus Wilson 1996-99 674 4. Brad Leaf 1979-82 621 25. Marty Simmons 1,265 5. Andy Elkins 1992-95 612 26. John Wellemeyer 1,200 6. Buster Briley 1962-64 594 7. Scott Haffner 1987-89 572 27. Dale Wise 1,197 8. Dan Godfread 1986-90 572 28. Gus Doerner 1,182 9. Bubby Mukes 1983-86 571 29. Adam Seitz 1,155 10. Jeff Frey 1974-77 547 - Colt Ryan 2009- 489 30. Mike Platt 1,135 31. Marv Pruett 1,122 TOP 10 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Minimum 300 attempts) 32. Mel Lurker 1,114 No. Name Years FT-FTA Pct. 33. Theren Bullock 1,107 1. Marcus Wilson 1996-99 455-513 .869 2. Scott Haffner 1987-89 297-335 .866 34. Reed Jackson 1,101 3. Scott Shreffler 1989-93 315-365 .863 35. Jerry Conrad 1,075 4. Colt Ryan 2009- 417-491 .849 5. Jason Holsinger 2006-09 266-318 .836 36. Brian Hill 1,069 5. Brad Leaf 1979-82 363-451 .805 37. Bradley Strickland 1,068 6. Adam Seitz 1999-02 306-385 .795 7. Don Buse 1970-72 364-464 .785 38. Steve Welmer 1,059 8. Theren Bullock 1979-82 283-362 .782 39. Kyle Anslinger 1,045 9. Buster Briley 1962-64 235-303 .776 40. Bob Walker 1,044 10. Parrish Casebier 1991-93 509-657 .747 41. Hugh Ahlering 1,032 42. Howard Pratt 1,030 43. Chris Hollender 1,029 44. Clyde Cox 1,010

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Ford Center Records Team Game Highs Opp. Game Highs Points - 90 vs. Bradley 1/18/12 Points - 95 by Princeton 3/13/12 FGM - 32 (Twice) FGM - 36 by Princeton 3/13/12 Ford Center Firsts FGA - 63 vs. Bradley 1/18/12 FGA - 60 by Princeton 3/13/12 FG% - .596 31-52 vs. Princeton 3/13/12 FG% - .614 27-44 by Drake 1/13/12 Game - UE 80, Butler 77 - 11/12/11 3 Made - 12 (Twice) 3 Made - 11 by Indiana 11/16/11 Overtime game - vs. Butler - 11/12/11 3 Att - 21 vs. Bradley 1/18/12 3 Att - 28 by Alabama State 11/29/11 3% - .583 7-12 by Drake 1/13/12 UE win - vs. Butler - 11/12/11 3% - .632 12-19 vs NCAT 12/10/11 FTM - 32 vs. Butler 11/12/11 FTM - 22 by Bradley 1/18/12 UE loss - vs. Indiana - 93-74 - 11/16/11 FTA - 43 vs. Butler 11/12/11 FTA - 31 by NCAT 12/10/11 FT% - .929 26-28 vs. NCAT 12/10/11 FT% - .846 11-13 by Wichita State 1/4/12 Single Game Ind. UE Records RB - 36 (3 times) RB - 50 by Missouri State 2/25/12 Assists - 26 vs. Bradley 1/18/12 Assists - 24 by Indiana 11/16/11 Steals - 11 by Indiana State 1/29/12 Points - 39 (Colt Ryan vs. BRAD 1/18/12) Steals - 13 vs. Oakland City 11/19/11 Blocks - 5 vs. Indiana 11/16/11 Blocks - 5 (6 times) FGM - 12 (Colt Ryan vs. BRAD 1/18/12) Turnovers - 18 vs. SIU 12/29/11 Turnovers - 28 by Oakland City 11/19/11 FGA - 23 (Colt Ryan vs. ILST 1/21/12) Fouls - 27 vs. NCAT 12/10/11 Fouls - 30 by Missouri State 2/25/12 3 Made - 8 (Colt Ryan vs. BRAD 1/18/12) 3 Att. - 14 (Colt Ryan vs. BRAD 1/18/12) Team Game Lows Opp. Game Lows Points - 45 by Western Illinois 2/18/12 FT Made - 14 (Twice) Points - 60 vs. Drake 1/13/12 FGM - 18 vs. TCU 12/3/11 FGM - 16 by Western Illinois 2/18/12 FT Att - 18 (Colt Ryan vs. BUT 11/12/11) FGA - 46 vs. ALST 11/29/11 FGA - 39 by Western Illinois 2/18/12 RB - 11 (3 times) FG% - .353 18-51 vs. TCU 12/3/11 FG% - .351 20-57 by Alabama State 11/29/11 Assists - 8 (5 times) 3 Made - 2 vs. Drake 1/13/12 3 Made - 2 by SIU 12/29/11 Steals - 5 (Twice) 3 Att - 8 vs. Creighton 2/7/12 3 Att - 8 by Western Illinois 2/18/12 3% - .133 2-15 by SIU 12/29/11 Blocks - 3 (Twice) 3% - .162 2-12 vs. Drake 1/13/12 FTM - 2 vs. Northern Iowa 2/15/12 FTM - 6 by Oakland City 11/19/11 FTA - 7 vs. Northern Iowa 2/15/12 FTA - 9 (Twice) Single Game Ind. Opp. Records FT% - .286 2-7 vs. Northern Iowa 2/15/12 FT% - .421 8-19 by Drake 1/13/12 RB - 20 vs. Wichita State 1/4/12 RB - 24 by Tennessee Tech 12/17/11 Points - 31 (Douglas Davis PRIN 3/13/12) Assists - 9 vs. Butler 11/12/11 Assists - 7 by Northern Iowa 2/15/12 Steals - 3 by Creighton 2/7/12 FGM - 12 (Garrett Stutz WSU 1/4/12) Steals - 3 vs. Tennessee Tech 12/17/11 Blocks - 0 (Twice) Blocks - 1 by Western Illinois 2/18/12 FGA - 19 (Chrishawn Hopkins BUT 11/12/11) Turnovers - 9 (3 times) Turnovers - 10 by Princeton 3/13/12 3 Made - 5 (Douglas Davis PRIN 3/13/12) Fouls - 12 (3 times) Fouls - 13 by Northern Iowa 2/15/12 3 Att. - 9 (Ivory White ALST 11/29/11) FT Made - 8 (Douglas Davis PRIN 3/13/12) FT Att. - 12 (Andrew Smith BUT 11/12/11) RB - 14 (Adrick McKinney TCU 12/3/11) Assists - 9 (Jeff Middlebrooks ALST 11/29/11) Steals - 4 (4 times) Blocks - 4 (Andrew Smith BUT 11/12/11)

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The Last Time Evansville... UE Scored 60 or More Points In A Half (* - denotes program record) 61 in second half at Hawaii Hilo, 11/28/98

TRIPLE DOUBLE SHOOTING Reed Jackson vs. New Hampshire, 1/3/95, 13 pts, 10 rbs, 12 ast UE Player had 15 Field Goals Made only triple double in program history 17, Colt Ryan (17-of-24) at Creighton, 2/21/12 UE Player had 10 Field Goals Made BEAT A RANKED OPPONENT 11, Colt Ryan (11-of-12) vs. Princeton, 3/13/12 vs. No. 15 Creighton, 2/7/12, 65-57 UE Player had 20 Field Goals Attempted BEAT A RANKED OPPONENT AT HOME 24, Colt Ryan (17-of-24) at Creighton, 2/21/12 vs. No. 15 Creighton, 2/7/12, 65-57 UE Player Shot 90% of Higher (Min. 10 att.) BEAT A RANKED OPPONENT ON THE ROAD .917, Colt Ryan (11-of-12) vs. Princeton, 3/13/12 at No. 23 Butler, 11/27/10, 71-68 (OT) UE Player Missed All FG Attempts (Min. 10 att.) Jason Holsinger, at Missouri, 0-11, 12/3/06 MARGINS UE Had 40 Field Goals Made UE won by 30 points or more 41 at Bradley, 2/1/12 at Bradley, 2/1/12 (92-62) UE Had 75 Field Goals Attempted UE won by 40 Points or more 78 at Miami (Ohio), 12/9/87 vs. Oakland City, 11/13/10 (82-42) UE Shot 60% From the Floor UE won by 30 or more on the road .603 at Bradley, 2/1/12 at Bradley, 2/1/12 (92-62) UE Shot Below 25% From the Floor UE won by double digits on the road .234 (11-47) at Southern Illinois, 1/11/06 at Bradley, 2/1/12 (92-62) UE won in overtime THREE-POINT SHOOTING vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12 (75-70) UE Player had 10 3-Point Field Goals Made UE won in overtime on the road 11 by Scott Haffner vs. Dayton, 2/18/89* at Missouri State, 1/15/12 (87-82) UE Player had 8 3-Point Field Goals Made UE won in double overtime 8, Colt Ryan vs. Bradley, 1/18/12 at Tennessee Tech, 12/1/09 (91-90) UE Player had 10 3-Point Field Goals Attempted UE played in double overtime 14, Colt Ryan vs. Bradley, 1/18/12 vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12 (L, 81-90) UE had 10 3-Point FG’s Made UE won/played in triple overtime 12 vs. Bradley, 1/18/12 at St. Joesph’s, 1957-58 (78-70) UE Shot 70% From 3-Point Distances (Min. 10 attempts) UE lost by 40 points 80% (8-10) vs. Middle Tennessee State, 12/18/10 at North Carolina, 12/6/11 (97-48) UE Did Not Make A Three-Pointer UE lost by 25 points at home at Missouri State, 1/7/11 vs. North Carolina, 12/8/10 (76-49) FREE THROWS SCORING UE Player had 20 Free Throws Made UE Player had 30 Points 20, Matt Webster vs. Lipscomb, 12/16/06 43, Colt Ryan at Creighton, 2/21/12 UE Player had 15 Free Throws Made UE Player had 40 Points 19, Colt Ryan vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10 43, Colt Ryan at Creighton, 2/21/12 UE Player Shot 100% From Free Throw Line (min. 10 att.) UE Player had 60 Points Kenneth Harris (11-11) and Colt Ryan (10-10) vs. Indiana St., 1/29/12 65, Scott Haffner vs. Dayton, 2/18/89 UE Player had 20 Free Throws Attempted UE Player Had Two Consecutive 20 Point Games 18, Colt Ryan vs. Butler, 11/12/11 Colt Ryan - 2/18-2/21/12 vs. Western Illinois (20), at Creighton (43) UE Player had 15 Free Throws Attempted UE Player Had Three Consecutive 20 Point Games 18, Colt Ryan vs. Butler, 11/12/11 Colt Ryan - 2/15-2/21/12 - vs. UNI (20), vs. WIU (20), at Creighton (43) UE had 30 Free Throws Made UE Player Had Four Consecutive 20 Point Games 32 vs. Butler, 11/12/11 Colt Ryan - 12/29/11-1/7/12 - vs. SIU, at UNI, vs. Wichita St., at Ill. St. UE had 40 Free Throws Made UE Had Five Players In Double Figures 43 vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10 Five vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12 UE had 40 Free Throws Attempted Cox (17), Ryan (12), Taylor (12), Harris (11), Sawvell (11) 43 vs. Butler, 11/12/11 UE Had One Player In Double Figures UE had 50 Free Throws Attempted Denver Holmes (14 points) at North Carolina, 12/6/11 54 vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10 UE Had No Players In Double Figures UE Made Less Than Five Free Throws vs. North Carolina, 12/8/10 1 vs. Missouri State, 3/6/08 UE Scored 100 Points In A Game UE Attempted Less Than Five Free Throws 100 vs. Central Michigan, 11/19/04 4 at Ball State, 11/24/07 UE Scored 100 Points At Home UE Shot 90% From Free Throw Line (min. 10 att.) 100 vs. Central Michigan, 11/19/04 24-of-26 (92.3%) vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12 UE Scored 100 Points On The Road UE Shot 100% From Free Throw Line (min. 10 att.) 115 at Hawaii Hilo, 11/28/98 16-16 at Morehead State, 12/29/98 UE Scored Under 50 Points In A Game 48 at North Carolina, 12/6/11 UE Scored 20 or Fewer Points In A Half 18 in 1st half vs. Southern Illinois, 1/29/11 UE Scored 50 or More Points In First Half 53 at Bradley, 2/1/12 UE Scored 50 or More Points In Second Half 55 at UNI, 1/1/12

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REBOUNDS SHOOTING UE Player had 20 Rebounds Player had 10 Field Goals Made 21, Richie Johnson at Western Kentucky, 12/11/84 10 by Dwayne Lathan, Indiana State, 1/29/12 UE Player had 15 Rebounds Player had 20 Field Goals Attempted 16, Nate Garner vs. Western Kentucky, 12/13/08 21 by Anthony Winchester, Western Kentucky, 12/6/05 UE had 40 Rebounds Player Missed All FG Attempts (10 att.) 40 vs. Southern Illinois, 1/29/11 Boo Richardson, Illinois State, 0-11, 12/9/06 UE had 50 Rebounds Team had 40 Field Goals Made 61 vs. SIU Edwardsville, 12/2/08 40 by Missouri State, 1/9/07 Team had 75 Field Goals Attempted ASSISTS 86 by Southern Illinois, 1/7/98 UE Player had 10 Assists Team Shot 60% From The Floor 11, Denver Holmes at Bradley, 2/1/12 .600 by Princeton, 3/13/12 UE Had Five or Fewer Assists Team Shot 25% From The Floor Or Under 5 at Northern Iowa, 1/1/10 .250 (16-64) by Coastal Carolina, 1/3/94 UE Had 30 or More Assists 31 at Bradley, 2/1/12 THREE-POINT SHOOTING Player had 8 3-Point Field Goals Made STEALS 9 by , Creighton, 1/15/03 UE Player had 5 Steals Player had 15 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 5, Troy Taylor vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12 15 by Phillip Gilbert, Bradley, 3/1/03 Team had 10 3-Point Field Goals Made TURNOVERS 12 by Creighton, 3/3/12 UE Forced 25 or More Turnovers Team Shot 70% From 3-Point Distances (Min. 10 attempts) 28 vs. Oakland City, 12/19/11 Wichita State, 7-10, 1/2/97 UE Had 25 or More Turnovers Team Did Not Make A Three-Pointer 25 vs. Alabama State, 12/4/09 Bradley, 2/17/99

BLOCKS FREE THROWS UE Player had 7 Blocks Player had 10 Free Throws Made 8, Mark Jewell, vs. Indiana State, 1990-91 11 by Garrett Stutz, Wichita State, 2/17/10 UE had 10 Blocks Team had 30 Free Throws Made 11 vs. Indiana State, 1990-91 31 by Butler, 11/21/09 UE had No Blocks Team Shot 100% Free Throws (min. 10 attempts) at Bradley, 2/1/12 Northern Iowa, 16-16, 1/1/10 Team Shot 90% Free Throws (min. 10 attempts) Northern Iowa, 17-18 (94.4%), 2/23/10 The Last Time An Opponent... Team had 40 Free Throws Attempted 43 by North Carolina, 12/6/11 SCORING Team Made Less Than Five Free Throws Player had 30 Points 1 by Western Kentucky, 12/13/08 31 by Douglas Davis, Princeton, 3/13/12 Team Attempted Less Than Five Free Throws Player had 40 Points 2 by Western Kentucky, 12/13/08 40 by Henry Domercant, Eastern Illinois, 11/30/02 Team Had Five Players In Double Figures REBOUNDS 5 by Drake, 2/12/12 Player had 15 Rebounds Team Had One Player In Double Figures 16 by Matt Shaw, Southern Illinois, 1/29/08 Western Illinois, 2/18/12 Team had 50 Rebounds Team Had No Players In Double Figures 50 by Missouri State, 2/25/12 Illinois State, 1/15/11 Team Had 100 Points ASSISTS 101 by Drake, MVC Tournament, 3/1/07 Team Had Five or Fewer Assists Team Had 100 Points In Evansville 5 by Northern Iowa, 1/1/10 103 by Oral Roberts, 1/9/84 Player Had 10 or more Assists Team Scored 50 Points Or Fewer In A Game 10 by Demetric WIlliams, Wichita State, 1/25/12 45 by Western Illinois, 2/18/12 Team Had 30 Point or Fewer STEALS 26 by Northwestern, 11/26/99 Player had 5 Steals Team Scored 20 or Fewer Points In A Half 5 by Jeff Early, Southern Illinois, 2/4/12 14 by Western Illinois, 1st Half, 2/18/12 Team Scored 10 or Fewer Points In A Half BLOCKS 8 by Northwestern, 11/26/99 Player had 7 Blocks Team Scored 50 or More Points In A Half 7 by Josh Crawford, Indiana State, 1/31/10 50 by Creighton, 2nd Half, 3/3/12 Team had No Blocks Drake, 2/27/10

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Ryan Sawvell Jordan Nelson Lewis Jones Troy Taylor Jaylon Moore F - 6-8/200 - So. G - 6-0/160 - So. G/F - 6-3/205 - Sr. G - 6-0/184 - Sr. F/C - 6-7/230 - So. 0 Mundelein, Ill. 1 Lincoln, Ill. 4 Memphis, Tenn. 5 Anderson, Ind. 10 Olive Branch, Miss.

Colt Ryan Adam Wing Jordan Jahr Andy Chinn Brandon Williams G/F - 6-5/210 - Sr. G - 6-4/205 - Fr. G/F - 6-6/205 - r-So. G - 6-0/165 - Sr. G - 6-0/170 - Sr. 11 Batesville, Ind. 12 Morehead, Ky. 13 Austin, Texas 14 Tell City, Ind. 20 Charlotte, Tenn.

Ned Cox Mike Leazer Rokas Cesnulevicius D.J. Balentine David Howard G - 6-1/185 - Sr. G - 6-3/170 - Fr. F - 6-8/215 - So. G - 6-2/210 - Fr. F - 6-8/225 - Fr. 22 San Antonio, Texas 23 Mount Prospect, Ill. 25 Alytaus, Lithuania 31 Kokomo, Ind. 44 Nashville, Tenn.

Egidijus Mockevicius Marty Simmons Jimmy Elgas Carson Harris Geoff Alexander C - 6-10/225 - Fr. Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 55 Kursenai, Lithuania

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Evansville Roster Information (2011-12 Stats) # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/School Pts. Reb. FT% 0 Ryan Sawvell F/C 6-8 200 So. Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein 6.2 4.0 60.5 4 Lewis Jones G/F 6-3 205 Sr. Memphis, Tenn./GW Carver 5.3 2.4 66.7 5 Troy Taylor G 6-0 184 Sr. Anderson, Ind./Anderson 5.8 4.9 76.3 11 Colt Ryan G/F 6-5 210 Sr. Batesville, Ind./Batesville 20.5 4.2 84.4 22 Ned Cox G 6-1 185 Sr. San Antonio, Texas/Judson 9.2 1.6 88.2

1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0 160 So. Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln Community 1.6 0.4 0.00 10 Jaylon Moore F/C 6-7 230 So. Olive Branch, Miss./Olive Branch 1.4 1.0 52.6 12 Adam Wing G 6-4 205 Fr. Morehead, Ky./Rowan County - - - 13 Jordan Jahr G/F 6-6 205 r-So. Austin, Texas/Lake Travis 5.8 2.6 60.0 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0 165 Sr. Tell City, Ind./Tell City 0.4 0.2 - 20 Brandon WIlliams G 6-0 170 Sr. Charlotte, Tenn,/Creek Wood 0.0 0.2 - 25 Rokas Cesnulevicius F/C 6-8 215 So. Alytaus, Lithuania/Hawaii Prep. 1.0 1.3 41.2 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2 210 Fr. Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo - - - 44 David Howard F 6-8 225 Fr. Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell - - - 55 Egidijus Mockevicius C 6-10 225 Fr. Kursenai, Lithuania/Lith. Univ. of Edu. Sci. - - -

Notre Dame Roster Information (2011-12 Stats) # Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Class Hometown/School Pts. Reb. FT% 0 Eric Atkins 6-2 182 G JR Columbia, MD/Mt. Saint Joseph 12.1 3.2 71.3 1 Cameron Biedscheid 6-7 186 F FR St. Louis, MO/Cardinal Ritter Prep - - - 2 6-10 230 F FR Marlborough, MA/New Hampton - - - 4 Patrick Crowley 6-3 195 G JR Los Gatos, CA/St. Francis 0.4 0.2 0.00 11 Garrick Sherman 6-10 246 C SR Kenton, OH/Kenton/Michigan State - - - 14 Scott Martin 6-8 218 G GS Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso/Purdue 9.5 5.7 66.7 15 Eric Katenda 6-9 222 F FR Paris, France/Sunrise Christian Acad - - - 20 Austin Burgett 6-9 214 F FR Avon, IN/Avon - - - 22 Jerian Grant 6-5 202 G JR Bowie, MD/DeMatha 12.3 2.9 81.9 24 Pat Connaughton 6-5 212 G/F SO Arlington, MA/St. John’s Prep 7.0 4.4 75.7 25 Tom Knight 6-10 258 F SR Dixfield, ME/Dirigo 2.9 1.5 60.9 32 Joey Brooks 6-6 223 G SR Houston, TX/Strake Jesuit Prep 3.2 1.9 58.0 33 Mike Broghammer 6-9 243 F SR Orono, MN/Hopkins 1.7 1.4 20.0 45 Jack Cooley 6-9 246 F SR Glenview, IL/Glenbrook South 12.5 8.9 67.6

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The 2012-13 University of Evansville Men’s Basketball Roster

# Name Cl. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown/Previous School 0 Ryan Sawvell So. F/C 6-8 200 Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein 1 Jordan Nelson So. G 6-0 165 Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln Community 4 Lewis Jones Sr. G 6-3 200 Memphis, Tenn./GW Carver 5 Troy Taylor Sr. G 6-0 185 Anderson, Ind./Anderson 10 Jaylon Moore So. F/C 6-7 230 Olive Branch, Miss./Olive Branch 11 Colt Ryan Sr. G 6-5 200 Batesville, Ind./Batesville 12 Adam Wing Fr. G 6-4 205 Morehead, Ky./Rowan County 13 Jordan Jahr r-So. G/F 6-6 200 Austin, Texas/Lake Travis 14 Andy Chinn Sr. G 6-0 165 Tell City, Ind./Tell City 20 Brandon Williams Sr. G 6-0 170 Charlotte, Tenn./Creek Wood 22 Ned Cox Sr. G 6-1 170 San Antonio, Texas/Judson 23 Mike Leazer Fr. G 6-3 170 Mount Prospect, Ill./Northridge Prep. 25 Rokas Cesnulevicius So. F/C 6-8 225 Alytaus, Lithuania/Hawaii Preparatory Acad. 31 D.J. Balentine Fr. G 6-2 210 Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo 44 David Howard Fr. F/C 6-8 225 Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell 55 Egidijus Mockevicius Fr. C 6-10 225 Kursenai, Lithuania/Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences

Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville, ‘87) Assistant Coaches: Jimmy Elgas (Illinois State, ‘93). Carson Harris (Manchester, ‘01), Geoff Alexander (Western Illinois, ‘00) Director of Basketball Operations: Lucious Wagner (Evansville, ‘05) Assistant Athletic Trainer: Troy Coppus Strength and Conditioning Coach: Joe Hermes Director of Development for Men’s Basketball: Kim Gentry

(11) Returning Letterwinners/Players (2011-12 Stats) Name Cl. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. GP/GS PPG RPG Note Rokas Cesnulevicius So. F/C 6-8 225 25/1 1.0 1.3 Career high 7 pts came at WSU Andy Chinn Sr. G 6-0 165 5/0 0.4 0.2 Hit first FG vs. Western Illinois Ned Cox Sr. G 6-1 170 32/3 9.2 1.6 Named MVC 6th Man of the Year Jordan Jahr r-So. G/F 6-6 200 8/0 5.8 2.6 Limited to 8 games due to injury Lewis Jones Sr. G 6-3 200 32/0 5.3 2.4 Had career high 24 pts at MSU Jaylon Moore So. F/C 6-7 230 22/1 1.4 1.0 Hit 71.4% of shots as a freshman Jordan Nelson So. G 6-0 165 27/0 1.6 0.4 Had a pair of 3’s vs. Bradley Colt Ryan ^ Sr. G 6-5 200 32/32 20.5 4.2 Named All-MVC First Team Player Ryan Sawvell ^ So. F/C 6-8 200 29/22 6.2 4.0 Made MVC All-Freshman Team in 2012 Troy Taylor ^ Sr. G 6-0 185 32/32 5.8 4.9 Earned MVC All-Defensive Team honors Brandon Williams Sr. G 6-0 170 5/0 0.0 0.2 Grabbed a rebound vs. Bradley ^returning starter

(5) Newcomers Name Cl. Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown Previous School D.J. Balentine Fr. G 6-2 200 Kokomo, Ind. Kokomo David Howard Fr. F/C 6-8 225 Nashville, Tenn. Montgomery Bell Mike Leazer Fr. G 6-3 170 Mount Prospect, Ill. Northridge Prep Egidijus Mockevicius Fr. C 6-10 225 Kursenai, Lithuania Lithuanian Univ. of Educational Sciences Adam Wing Fr. G 6-4 205 Morehead, Ky. Rowan County

Pronunciation Guide Jaylon Moore - JAY-lin Jordan Jahr - JAR Mike Leazer - LEE-zer Rokas Cesnulevicius - row-KISS chez-NUH-lah-VICH-us D.J. Balentine - BAL-in-tine Egidijus Mockevisius - EE-gid-EE-us muh-SKA-VICH-US

By Class By State/Country Senior (6): Andy Chinn, Ned Cox, Lewis Jones, Colt Ryan, Troy Taylor, Brandon Williams Indiana (4): D.J. Balentine, Andy Chinn, Colt Ryan, Troy Taylor Junior (0): None Illinois (3): Mike Leazer, Jordan Nelson, Ryan Sawvell Kentucky (1): Adam Wing

Mississippi (1): Jaylon Moore Sophomore (5): Rokas Cesnulevicius, Jordan Jahr, Tennessee (3): David Howard, Jaylon Moore, Jordan Nelson, Ryan Sawvell Lewis Jones, Brandon Williams Texas (2): Ned Cox, Jordan Jahr Freshman (5): D.J. Balentine, David Howard, Lithuania (2): Rokas Cesnulevicius, Egidijus Mockevicius Mike Leazer, Egidijus Mockevisiuc, Adam Wing

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Marty Simmons - Head Coach - 6th Year Hometown - Lawrenceville, Ill. Education - Evansville ‘87

Simmons vs. All Opponents Air Force...... 0-1 Alabama State...... 2-0 Austin Peay...... 2-1 Bringing the University of Evansville basketball program back to glory was the goal for Marty Simmons when he took the Ball State...... 2-0 head coaching position at UE in 2007. Five years into the process, it can be said that Simmons is well on his way to bringing Belmont...... 0-1 the Purple Aces back onto the national scene. In three of the past four seasons, he has led the Aces to the postseason, Boise State...... 0-1 including berths in the College Basketball Invitational in each of the last two years. He helped Evansville to its top MVC Bradley *...... 5-6 finish in over ten years, leading UE to a third place finish in 2012 while leading the Aces into the seimfinals for just the Buffalo...... 1-1 second time since entering the league in 1994. While last season was a roller coaster ride, it is obvious to everyone that Butler...... 2-3 the UE program is on its way back to the top. Creighton...... 2-9 Drake...... 4-6 With a 15-14 regular-season mark in 2011-12, Simmons helped the Aces finish the regular season over .500 for the third Eastern Illinois...... 2-0 time in four seasons, something that had not been done since the 1990’s. Evansville has also enjoyed success against the Georgia Southern...... 1-0 top competition in the nation, winning three of its last five games against ranked opponents after failing to defeat one in the Hanover...... 1-0 ten years prior. Hofstra...... 1-0 Illinois-Chicago...... 0-2 Simmons’ success has been noticed by his peers. In three of the past four years, he has finished among the top four in voting Illinois State...... 3-8 for Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year. Most recently, he finished second in the voting in 2012 after leading Indiana...... 0-2 UE to a third-place finish in the league. That came after 2011 when Simmons’ Purple Aces finished 9-9 in the MVC and in Indiana State...... 4-7 sixth place after being voted 10th in the pre-season poll. The Aces went on to achieve their first post-season victory since Maryland Eastern Shore...... 1-0 1989 by defeating Hofstra in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. Miami (Ohio)...... 2-1 Middle Tennessee State...... 1-1 Simmons returned to his alma mater as head coach in the spring of 2007. His first squad finished 9-21, but one year Missouri State...... 6-7 later, in 2008-09, Simmons led his Aces to a 17-14 record and a berth in the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Post-season Monmouth *...... 1-0 Tournament. For his efforts, Simmons finished third in balloting for MVC Coach of the Year, trailing only the coaches Murray State ***...... 0-4 who led their teams to a co-championship. The 2008-09 Aces achieved Evansville’s best winning percentage since 2000, and Norfolk State...... 2-0 first post-season appearance since 1999, when Simmons was an assistant coach with the Aces. Senior Shy Ely was second North Carolina...... 0-3 in voting for Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, and senior Jason Holsinger earned Academic All-America North Carolina A&T...... 2-0 honors. Northern Iowa...... 4-6 Oakland City **...... 6-0 Prior to his return to Evansville in 2007, Simmons served as head coach for five years at Division II Southern Illinois Princeton...... 1-1 University-Edwardsville, where he took over a program that had not won 10 games since 1999 and led the Cougars to 23 Purdue *...... 0-1 wins in 2005 and 25 in 2006. SIUE reached the NCAA Tournament in 2005 for the first time in 15 years, and Simmons Samford...... 0-1 was chosen as Great Lakes Valley Coach of the Year. His 2006 squad did even better, winning three games in the NCAA SIU Edwardsville...... 2-0 Division II Great Lakes Regional Championships and advancing to the Elite Eight. SIUE appeared in the national rankings Southeast Missouri State...... 0-1 16 weeks. Southern Illinois...... 3-7 UT-Martin...... 1-0 A native of Lawrenceville, Ill., Simmons led Lawrenceville High School to back to back Class A state championships and Tennessee Tech...... 1-1 became one of the most celebrated players in Illinois prep history. Simmons spent his first two years of college at Indiana. It TCU...... 0-1 was during Indiana’s NIT in 1985 when Indiana University assistant coach Jim Crews was chosen as Evansville’s head UTSA...... 1-0 coach. Two months later, Simmons transferred to Evansville. Already designated as the Aces’ team captain while sitting Valparaiso...... 0-1 out his redshirt season, Simmons immediately helped turn around the UE program when he became eligible in 1986-87. Western Illinois...... 1-0 He averaged 22.4 points as a junior and led Evansville to a first place tie in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. As a Western Kentucky...... 1-1 senior, he finished sixth in the nation in scoring at 25.9, and finished ninth in balloting for the Associated Press College Wichita State...... 3-7 Basketball Player of the Year. Despite playing only two seasons at Evansville, he ranks 22nd with 1,265 points. each * indicates a game coached against Marty and his wife, Angie, who grew up in nearby Newburgh, have four children: Brittany, Kelsey, Blake, and Cole. opponent while at SIUE

Year-by-Year Record as Assistant Coach Year-by-Year Record as Head Coach Year School Record Conf. Postseason Year School Overall Conf. Postseason 1990-91 Evansville 14-14 7-7 1996-97 Wartburg 10-14 7-9 1991-92 Evansville 24-6 8-2 NCAA FIrst Round 2002-03 SIUE 9-18 5-15 1992-93 Evansville 23-7 12-2 NCAA First Round 2003-04 SIUE 16-12 11-9 1993-94 Evansville 21-11 6-4 2004-05 SIUE 23-9 15-5 NCAA D-II Tournament 1994-95 Evansville 18-9 11-7 2005-06 SIUE 25-8 14-5 NCAA D-II Elite Eight 1995-96 Evansville 13-14 9-9 2006-07 SIUE 15-12 10-9 1997-98 Evansville 15-15 9-9 2007-08 Evansville 9-21 3-15 1998-99 Evansville 23-10 13-5 NCAA First Round 2008-09 Evansville 17-14 8-10 CollegeInsider.com 1999-00 Evansville 18-12 9-9 Tournament 2000-01 Evansville 14-16 9-9 2009-10 Evansville 9-21 7-9 2001-02 Evansville 7-21 4-14 2010-11 Evansville 16-16 9-9 CBI - Second Round Record 11 Years 190-135 97-77 2011-12 Evansville 16-16 9-9 CBI Tournament Record 10th year 165-161 98-104 Year-by-Year Record as Player Year School Record Postseason 1983-84 Indiana 22-9 NCAA Tournament - 2nd round 1984-85 Indiana 19-14 NIT Finals 1986-87 Evansville 16-12 1987-88 Evansville 21-8 NIT - 2nd round

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Simmons Era Highs and Lows

BY UE HIGH LOW Points 92 3x, last at Creighton, 2/21/12 39 at Southern Illinois, 1/29/08 Field goals 41 at Bradley, 2/1/12 13 (2x) last vs. Missouri State, 2/16/08 Attempts 69 at North Carolina, 12/18/08 35 vs. Middle Tennessee State, 12/18/10 Shooting Percentage 66.7% vs. Oakland City, 11/13/10 25.8% at North Carolina, 12/6/11 3-Pointers 12 Twice, last vs. Bradley, 1/18/12 0 (3x) last at Missouri State, 1/7/11 3-Point Attempts 27 at North Carolina, 12/6/11 2 at Indiana State, 1/23/08 3-Point Percentage 80% (8-10) vs. Middle Tennessee, 12/18/10 0% (3x) last at Missouri State, 1/7/11 Free Throws made 43 vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10 2 at Ball State, 11/24/07 Free Throws attempted 54 vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10 4 at Ball State, 11/24/07 FT Pct. (min. 10 att.) 93.8% (30-32) vs. Creighton, 2/13/08 30.8% (4-13) vs. Princeton, 12/5/07 Total Rebounds 61 vs. SIUE, 12/2/08 19 (2x) last at Northern Iowa, 1/4/11 Assists 31 at Bradley, 2/1/12 3 vs. Samford, 11/11/07 Turnovers 25 vs. Alabama State, 12/4/09 6 (3x) last vs. Creighton, 1/9/11 Blocked Shots 8 vs. UT-Martin, 12/19/09 0, numerous times, last vs Missouri St, 2/25/12 Steals 16 vs. Oakland City, 11/18/08 1 (9x) last at Bradley 2/1/12 Scoring Margin +40 (82-42) over Oakland City, 11/13/10 -49 (97-48) at North Carolina, 12/6/11

OPPONENT HIGH LOW Points 99 by Creighton, 3/3/12 32 by Princeton, 12/5/07 Field goals 36 by Princeton, 3/13/12 12 by Southern Illinois, 1/29/11 Attempts 69 by Tennessee Tech, 12/1/09 39 by Princeton, 12/5/07 Shooting Percentage 66.7% by Creighton, 2/3/10 26.1% (12-46) by Southern Illinois, 1/29/11 3-Pointers 14 by Illinois State, 12/31/08 1 by Buffalo, 11/22/08 3-Point Attempts 30 by Butler, 11/17/07 6 by Buffalo, 11/22/08 3-Point Percentage 69.2% (9-13) by UIC, 11/23/11 9.5% (2-21) by SIUE, 12/2/08 Free Throws made 31 by Butler, 11/21/09 1 (1-2) by Western Kentucky, 12/13/08 Free Throws attempted 44 by Butler, 11/21/09 2 by Western Kentucky, 12/13/08 FT Pct. (min. 10 att.) 100% (16-16) by Northern Iowa, 1/1/10 42.1% (8-19) by Buffalo, 11/22/08 Total Rebounds 62 by North Carolina, 12/6/11 18 by Samford, 11/11/07 Assists 24 (2x) last by Indiana, 11/16/11 3 by Princeton, 12/5/07 Turnovers 28 by Oakland City, 11/19/11 7 (3x) last by Indiana State, 1/26/11 Blocked Shots 11 (2x) last by Indiana State, 1/4/09 0 (3x) by Drake, 2/27/10 Steals 14 by Missouri State, 2/16/08 1 (4x) last by Butler, 11/27/10

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Ryan Sawvell Sophomore - 6-8 - 200 0 Mundelein, Ill. / Mundelein

CAREER AND 2012-13 SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______14 (vs. Drake, 1/13/12) FG:______7 (vs. Drake, 1/13/12) FGA:______9 (Twice, last at Bradley, 2/1/12) 2011-12: Named to the 2012 MVC All-Freshman Team…averaged 6.2 PPG 3-Pt FG:______playing in 29 contests while starting 22…hit 62.6% of his shots, would 3-Pt FGA:______have been 2nd in the MVC with enough attempts…missed three of first FT:______4 (vs. Creighton, 2/7/12) FTA:______5 (vs. Creighton, 2/7/12) four games of the season due to a bout with mono…made first career Rebounds:______16 (at Bradley, 2/1/12) start against Tennessee Tech, tallying six points…recorded first double- Assists:______3 (vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12) digit effort at Miami (OH) hitting 5-7 shots to tally 11 points…chipped in Steals:______2 (6x, last vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) a season-high 14 points in home game vs. Drake, hit 7-of-9 shots against Blocked Shots:______1 (6x, last vs. Western Illinois, 2/18/12) the Bulldogs…hit double figures in seven out of 11 games in January and Minutes Played:______35 (vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) February…finished with his first double=double at Bradley, hauling in a career-best 16 boards while scoring 12 points…in regular season finale vs. Season Points:______Missouri State, played season-high 35 minutes, scoring 11 points. FG:______FGA:______At Mundelein: Third team selection on the IBCA all-state team as a senior... 3-Pt FG:______Pioneer Press Lake Shore Player of the Year as a senior, when he averaged 3-Pt FGA:______20 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 1.8 steals per game for the 29-5 FT:______Mundelein Mustangs...averaged 19 points and eight rebounds per game as FTA:______Rebounds:______a junior, and signed with the Aces in November of his senior year...played Assists:______for the Rising Stars AAU program. Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Coach Simmons On Sawvell: “Ryan really gets up and down the court Minutes Played:______well for his size. He jumps well, moves well; he has a lot of bounce, and he can help on the perimeter as well as inside.” 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI &* 13 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 0 4 Why UE? “Great opportunity to further my basketball playing career and UIS & 11 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 0 1 0 1 11 get a degree.” *Starter & Exhibition Personal: Parents: Ray and Christine Sawvell Siblings: Two older brothers, Adam and Ray Hometown: Mundelein, Ill. High School: Mundelein Major: Special Education

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Jordan Nelson Sophomore - 6-0 - 165 1 Lincoln, Ill. / Lincoln Community

CAREER AND 2011-12 SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______10 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) FG:______4 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) FGA:______8 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) 2011-12: Played in 27 games as a freshman, averaging 6.4 minutes per 3-Pt FG:______2 (3x, last vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) game…finished the year with 12 three-pointers, fourth on the squad… 3-Pt FGA:______5 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) top outing came against Oakland City where he chipped in a season-high FT:______10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, hit a pair of treys while hauling in three FTA:______2 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) Rebounds:______3 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) rebounds and notching two steals in 20 minutes of playing time…notched Assists:______1 (Twice, last at Miami (OH), 12/20/11) six points in win at Bradley, connecting on two out of three three-pointers. Steals:______2 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) Blocked Shots:______1 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) At Lincoln Community: Second team all-state selection on both the AP Minutes Played:______20 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) 3A and IBCA teams as a senior...Central State Eight Conference Player of the Year...scored 1,933 career points...averaged 21.4 points and shot 39 percent Season from three-point range as a senior....of his 205 field goals as a senior, 111 Points:______FG:______were three-pointers...chosen second team all-state...his 346 career three- FGA:______pointers were the sixth most in Illinois high school history. 3-Pt FG:______3-Pt FGA:______Coach Simmons On Nelson: “Jordan is a gym rat, and he’s a great FT:______perimeter shooter with the ability to stretch a defense.” FTA:______Rebounds:______Why UE? “Great community, atmosphere and people.” Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Personal: Minutes Played:______Parents: Jeff and Sheila Nelson Siblings: One younger sister, Abbey, and a younger brother, Camden 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Hometown: Lincoln, Ill. Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 High School: Lincoln Community UIS & 11 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 3

Major: Sports Management *Starter & Exhibition

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Lewis Jones Senior - 6-3 - 200 4 Memphis, Tenn. / G.W. Carver

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______24 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) FG:______9 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) FGA:______14 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) 2011-12: Came off the bench to see action in all 32 games of junior 3-Pt FG:______2 (vs. Creighton, 2/7/12) campaign…chipped in 5.3 points per game in an average of 17.3 minutes 3-Pt FGA:______2 (8x, last vs. Creighton, 2/7/12) per outing…began the year with a 12-point effort in win over Butler, hit FT:______6 (Twice, last at Missouri State, 1/15/12) 5-of-8 attempts…set career marks in seven categories in overtime win at FTA:______8 (vs. Missouri State, 2/2/11) Missouri State, scored 24 points on 9-14 shooting, hit all six free throws Rebounds:______7 (3x, last at Missouri State, 1/15/12) while hauling in seven rebounds over the course of 34 minutes of action… Assists:______2 (Twice, last at SIU, 2/4/12) tallied ten points in home win over Northern Iowa, shot 5-7 while playing Steals:______2 (Twice, last at Missouri State, 1/15/12) 20 minutes…Evansville was 9-1 when Jones scored eight points or more. Blocked Shots:______3 (vs. UT Martin, 12/19/09) Minutes Played:______34 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) 2010-11: Nominated for the MVC Most Improved Team...became a significant player off the bench as a sophomore...UE’s ninth leading scorer Season with a 3.6 average...averaged 11 minutes of playing time per game...UE’s Points:______second leading scorer Feb. 26 with a career-high 13 points vs. Illinois State... FG:______totaled 9 points, 4 rebounds Feb. 12 at Bradley... had an 8-point, 7-rebound FGA:______3-Pt FG:______game Feb. 8 vs. Northern Iowa...tied his career high with 10 points vs. 3-Pt FGA:______Southern Illinois Jan. 29 and Missouri State Feb. 2...also scored 10 points vs. FT:______Md. Eastern Shore Dec. 11...hit all 3 shots and scored 6 points in 11 minutes FTA:______at Indiana State Jan. 26...scored 7 points and helped start UE’s comeback Rebounds:______in Jan. 1 win over Indiana State... key player against Final Four team Butler, Assists:______scoring 6 of team’s final 8 points of the first half...made his first collegiate Steals:______3-pointer at Butler...totaled 4 points in 17 minutes off the bench Nov. 13 vs. Blocked Shots:______Oakland City. Minutes Played:______

2009-10: Showed the potential to become an important player in the future at UE...the only player on the team to three shots in a game, 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts Dec. 19 against Tennessee-Martin...despite his size, often used in the USI &* 19 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 1 4 frontcourt defensively because of his leaping ability...scored six points in UIS & 12 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 2 4 three games: at Western Kentucky Dec. 8, at Missouri State Jan. 27 and *Starter & Exhibition at home against Illinois-Chicago Feb. 20...grabbed five rebounds against Alabama State Dec. 4 and in MVC Tournament against Missouri State March 4...made his only start Jan. 31 against Indiana State...played at least 11 minutes in six games, including four of the Aces’ final eight games.

At George Washington Carver: One of the top high school scorers and rebounders in Memphis in 2008-09...became the fifth newcomer on the Purple Aces’ 2009-10 roster when he signed a national letter of intent on April 21, 2009...second leading scorer in the city of Memphis as a senior with 21.9 points per game at GW Carver High School, where he also averaged 9.1 rebounds and shot 47 percent from three-point range...led his team to a 20-12 record...scored a season-high 39 points against Mitchell... member of the 15-player All-Metro Team as a junior and senior, and was the only player in the city in 2008-09 who ranked in the top five in both scoring and rebounding.

Why UE? “Great school and great coaching staff.”

Personal: Parents: Lewis and Barbara Jones Siblings: Two older brothers and one older sister Hometown: Memphis, Tenn. High School: G.W. Carver Major: Sociology

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Troy Taylor Senior - 6-0 - 185 5 Anderson, Ind. / Anderson

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______14 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) FG:______5 (Twice, last at Missouri State, 1/15/12) FGA:______8 (vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12) 2011-12: Taylor’s career year helped earn him a spot on the MVC All-Defensive 3-Pt FG:______1 (3x, last at Creighton, 2/5/11) Team in 2012…led UE with 4.9 rebounds per game as a point guard, while also 3-Pt FGA:______1 (6x, last at Creighton, 2/5/11) leading the team in assists with 112…was third on the squad with 46 steals… FT:______5 (4x, last vs. Princeton 3/3/12) recorded first double-double of his career with 1 points and 11 boards while FTA:______8 (Twice, last at Austin Peay, 12/22/09) playing 30 minutes against Oakland City, hit 4-5 shots…excellent effort against Rebounds:______14 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) Indiana State helped him come close to a triple-double, scored 12 points to go Assists:______10 (vs. UT Martin, 12/19/09) along with ten rebounds and seven assists…made another stab at a triple- double in home contest against the Sycamores, notched ten rebounds, nine Steals:______5 (Twice, last vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) points and eight assists…set career-highs in points and boards with 14 of each Blocked Shots:______2 (vs. Oakland City, 11/14/09) in victory at Missouri State…tallied 12 points in regular season finale against Minutes Played:______45 (vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12) the Bears before hauling in 13 boards in the MVC Tournament game against MSU….completed his junior campaign with 13 points in CBI outing versus Season Princeton. Points:______FG:______2010-11: Gave the Aces a spark off the bench, especially in second half of FGA:______season...fourth on team and #15 in MVC in assists with 2.3 per game despite 3-Pt FG:______averaging only 14 minutes of playing time per game...#10 on the team in 3-Pt FGA:______scoring at 2.8 ppg...UE’s assist leader in 3 of the final 6 games...totaled 7 points, FT:______8 rebounds, 4 assists in MVC Tournament loss to Indiana State....had a season- FTA:______high 8 assists and 7 rebounds Feb. 23 at Drake... led UE with 6 assists and 3 Rebounds:______steals Feb. 19 at Murray State... tied his career high with 12 points on 5-for-5 Assists:______shooting Feb. 2 vs. Missouri State; also made his second career 3-pointer vs. Steals:______Missouri State Feb. 2 to put UE ahead for good...grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds and made 2 steals and 2 assists Jan. 12 against Drake...totaled 7 Blocked Shots:______points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals at Missouri State Jan. 7... helped start UE’s Minutes Played:______comeback with 4 points and a in Jan. 1 win over Indiana State...led team with 5 assists in 17 minutes Dec. 11 against Md. Eastern Shore... totaled 3 points, 1 assist vs. North Carolina... scored 2 points, made 2 assists in 9 minutes at 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Butler Nov. 27...made 3 assists, 2 steals in 16 minutes Nov. 21 at Indiana...made 4 Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts assists in win over UTSA Nov. 17...had 4 points, 4 assists off the bench in season USI &* 33 0-1 0-0 5-7 1-7-8 4 3 0 4 5 opener Nov. 13 vs. Oakland City. UIS &* 30 3-8 0-0 2-3 3-6-9 1 0 0 1 8 *Starter & Exhibition 2009-10: Ranked #6 in MVC in assists (3.1) and #7 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5)...best penetrator on the team...fifth on the team in minutes played...led the Aces in assists, and finished fourth in rebounding (3.6) and seventh in scoring (3.9)...came close to a triple-double with 7 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds Dec. 19 against Tennessee-Martin...worked hard to improve at the free throw line, and hit 19 of his final 22 attempts (.864) after starting out the season 28-for-54 (.519)...scored a career-high 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting at Missouri State Jan. 27...grabbed 10 or more rebounds three times...only player on the team to reach double figures during the season in scoring, rebounding and assists.

At Anderson: First player to sign with the University of Evansville during the spring signing period in 2009...10th leading scorer in Anderson High School’s rich basketball history with 1,128 points... Anderson Herald Bulletin Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009... honorable mention on the 2009 Associated Press All-State Team... averaged 21.1 points and 9.8 rebounds as a senior... three-year starter for Coach Ron Hecklinski’s team, and produced 14 double-doubles as a senior...also led the Indians to a sectional championship in 2009, their first in six years.

Why UE? “Because when I came on my visit to UE, they made me feel at home.”

Personal: Parents: Troy Taylor and Shauntel Peak Hometown: Anderson, Ind. High School: Anderson Major: Sport Communication

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Jaylon Moore Sophomore - 6-7 - 230 10 Olive Branch, Miss. / Olive Branch

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______6 (at Bradley, 2/1/12) FG:______3 (at Bradley, 2/1/12) FGA:______3 (Twice, last vs. Creighton, 3/3/12) 2011-12: Made appearances in 22 games as a freshman while making a 3-Pt FG:______start against North Carolina A&T…hit 10 out of 14 shots on the season 3-Pt FGA:______while averaging 1.4 PPG and 1.0 rebounds…scored five points against FT:______4 (vs. Princeton, 3/13/12) Southern Illinois hitting both field goal attempts…set season mark with six FTA:______4 (Twice, last vs. Princeton, 3/13/12) Rebounds:______4 (Twice, last at Creighton, 2/21/12) points on a perfect 3-3 day vs. Bradley while tying mark with four boards… Assists:______1 (vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) also had four rebounds in road game at Creighton where he played a Steals:______1 (3x, last at Creighton, 2/21/12) career-best 21 minutes. Blocked Shots:______1 (vs. Creighton, 3/3/12) Minutes Played:______21 (at Creighton, 2/21/12) At Olive Branch: Averaged 16.9 points, 9.6 rebounds and four blocked shots per game as a senior at Olive Branch High School, and was a second Season team all-state selection as a senior...an all-conference and all-region Points:______FG:______selection as a junior and senior...four-year letterwinner...helped lead Olive FGA:______Branch Conquistadors to three District championships. 3-Pt FG:______3-Pt FGA:______Coach Simmons On Jaylon: “Jaylon is athletic, with great hands and a FT:______good touch around the basket. We think he has a very strong future in our FTA:______program.” Rebounds:______Assists:______Steals:______Why UE? “Great atmosphere, great academics, great coaches, great Blocked Shots:______everything.” Minutes Played:______

Personal: 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Parent: Dereesha Bowens Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 19 5-8 0-0 3-6 2-5-7 0 2 2 1 13 Siblings: Younger brother, Jonathan Bowens UIS & 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 3 0 0 4

Hometown: Olive Branch, Miss. *Starter & Exhibition High School: Olive Branch Major: Undeclared

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Colt Ryan Senior - 6-5 - 200 11 Batesville, Ind. / Batesville

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______43 (at Creighton, 2/21/12) FG:______17 (at Creighton, 2/21/12) FGA:______24 (at Creighton, 2/21/12) 2011-12: Garnered 2012 MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors…named UE’s winter 3-Pt FG:______8 (vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) winner for the State Farm Good Neighbor Award…earned a berth on the MVC All- 3-Pt FGA:______14 (vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) Conference First Team…earned MVC Player of the Week honors on three occasions in FT:______19 (vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10) 2011-12…led UE and was second in the MVC, averaging 20.5 points per game, a total that FTA:______23 (vs. Norfolk State, 12/23/10) was also 11th in the nation…tallied a team-high 60 steals, was second in the MVC in that Rebounds:______9 (Twice, last vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) category…third on the Aces in rebounding with 4.2 per game…finished the season as the Assists:______9 (at Bradley, 2/1/12) No. 3 free throw shooter in the league, hitting 84.4% of his attempts…scored in double figures in all but three contests…led the MVC in minutes played, averaging 36.3 per game, Steals:______5 (3x, last at Creighton, 2/21/12) played 40 minutes or more eight times…started all 32 games for Evansville…recorded 23 Blocked Shots:______2 (at UIC, 11/23/11) points in season opener versus Butler, hit 14 out of 18 free throws…finished with 31 points Minutes Played:___47 (Twice, last vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12) against TCU while grabbing eight rebounds before matching that feat in a home loss to Wichita State…temporarily set career mark at Bradley, notching 39 while tying career mark Season with nine boards, hit 12-of-21 shots and eight three-pointers…surpassed that effort in the Points:______road game at Creighton, scoring 43 points on 17-24 shooting…matched career mark with FG:______five steals in two contests, including road game against Bluejays…played season-high 47 FGA:______minutes in home loss to Indiana State. 3-Pt FG:______3-Pt FGA:______2010-11: Second team all-MVC and second team NABC all-district as a sophomore... FT:______ranked #1 in MVC in FT% (.874), #3 in scoring (15.7), #5 in steals (1.3), #5 in 3-pointers per FTA:______game (2.0) and #6 in 3-point percentage (.406)....has 938 points in his career going into Rebounds:______his junior year; on target to finish among top 4 scorers in UE history...UE scoring leader in Assists:______7 of final 8 games, including a career-high 32 Feb. 26 vs. Illinois State...hit 25 consecutive Steals:______FTs mid-season... made 9 FGs, his most in an MVC game this season, Feb. 5 at Creighton... made a career-high 5 steals in Feb. 2 win over Missouri State... led UE’s comeback Jan. 29 Blocked Shots:______vs. So. Illinois with 15 of his game-high 23 points in second half...totaled 28 points Dec. Minutes Played:______23 vs. Norfolk State, with 19 coming at FT line (one shy of school record)...scored 20 of UE’s 56 points Dec. 5 at Air Force, including 5-for-7 from 3-point range...MVC Player of the 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Week Nov. 29-Dec. 5 after scoring 31 points at Middle Tenn. and 14 in win over #23 Butler... Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts chosen in October as pre-season honorable mention all-MVC. USI &* 35 11-20 3-3 8-8 2-7-9 5 4 0 2 33 UIS &* 29 5-13 1-3 6-6 3-3-6 9 4 1 4 17

2009-10: CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshman Of The Year...MVC Freshman of the *Starter & Exhibition Year...MVC’s highest scoring freshman in the last 10 years, with 435 points...the only freshman on the MVC All-Newcomer Team...#2 scorer in MVC at 14.5 ppg...strong all- around player who ranked #1 in MVC in minutes played (35.3), #6 in 3-pointers per game (2.0), #7 in free throw percentage (.828), #10 in steals (1.1) and #10 in assists (3.0)...first freshman since Marcus Wilson in 1996 to lead the Aces in scoring...broke Jason Holsinger’s UE freshman scoring record of 365 points, set in 2006...MVC Newcomer of the Week Dec. 7 after scoring 19 and 17 in wins over Tennessee Tech and Alabama State...scored 20 or more seven times, including a season-high 31 at Creighton Feb. 3...went to the free throw line more than any other player.

At Batesville: Indiana’s second leading scorer with 21 points (12, 9) in the 2009 Indiana- Kentucky All-Star two-game series, helping lead the Hoosier team to a sweep...fourth in the state in scoring as a senior at Batesville High School with a 25.6 average...fifth in the state with 61 three-point field goals...third team AP All-State selection...led Batesville to a 19-3 record...broke the BHS scoring record of 1,700 points, set by Indiana State standout Michael Menser in 1997...scored a game-high 28 points and added seven assists and two steals in the South’s victory in the North-South All-Star Classic held at Batesville in April... the second Indiana All-Star on the UE roster, joining 2007 All-Star Clint Hopf.

Why UE? “I felt that UE was a great fit academically, and for the basketball.”

Personal: Parents: Phil and Pam Ryan Siblings: Two sisters and a brother Hometown: Batesville, Ind. High School: Batesville Major: Accounting

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Adam Wing Freshman - 6-4 - 205 12 Morehead, Ky. / Rowan County

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______FG:______FGA:______At Rowan County: Lettered in basketball and football in all four years at 3-Pt FG:______Rowan...named First Team All-State in 2011-12...was a First Team All-Region 3-Pt FGA:______player in three years while making the First Team All-District squad in all FT:______four years while garnering a pair of MVP honors...nominated for Kentucky’s FTA:______Rebounds:______Mr. Basketball award, one of only five players in the state...led Rowan to Assists:______state championship game as a junior where he tallied 31 points and 13 Steals:______rebounds while hitting 7-of-8 three-pointers. Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______Why UE? “High graduation rate and an opportunity to play big-time Season basketball.” Points:______FG:______FGA:______Personal: 3-Pt FG:______Parents: Greg and Paula Wing 3-Pt FGA:______Siblings: Two brothers - Shawn and Jeremy FT:______Hometown: Morehead, Ky. FTA:______High School: Rowan County Rebounds:______Major: Sports Management Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______

2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 UIS & 13 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 2

*Starter & Exhibition

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Jordan Jahr r-Sophomore - 6-6 - 200 13 Austin, Texas / Lake Travis

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______16 (at Indiana State, 1/26/11) FG:______5 (3x, last vs. Butler, 11/12/11) FGA:______14 (at UNC, 12/6/11) 2011-12: Received a medical redshirt and will return in 2012…played in 3-Pt FG:______3 (Twice, last vs. Butler, 11/12/11) eight games in 2011-12 before injury ended his season…began the season 3-Pt FGA:______5 (vs. Butler, 11/12/11) with 15 points against Butler, hitting five out of seven shots, including three FT:_____ 4 (Twice, last vs. Middle Tennessee State, 12/18/10) treys in a career-high 28 minutes of action…notched 12 points at UIC as he FTA:______5 (at Indiana State, 1/26/11) Rebounds:______14 (at Indiana State, 1/26/11) hit a pair of threes. Assists:______2 (vs. Hofstra, 3/15/11) Steals:______1 (Twice, last vs. Oakland City, 11/19/11) 2010-11: UE’s eighth leading scorer at 3.8 ppg; fourth in 3-pointers with Blocked Shots:______2 (vs. Indiana State, 3/4/11) 18...averaged 10 minutes of playing time per game...key player in March 15 Minutes Played:______28 (vs. Butler, 11/12/11) CBI victory over Hofstra, with 13 points and 5 rebounds off the bench; tied his career high with 5 FGs in that game...one of UE’s best outside shooters... Season suffered a concussion Feb. 12 at Bradley, and had to sit out the Wichita Points:______FG:______State and Murray State games...scored 10 points Feb. 5 at Creighton... FGA:______scored a career-high 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds (most by a UE 3-Pt FG:______player this season) in 66-63 win at Indiana State Jan. 26; 13 points and 11 3-Pt FGA:______rebounds came in second half...key player in the first half against Bradley FT:______Jan. 23 when he came off the bench to hit a pair of 3-pointers...scored FTA:______career-high 10 points Dec. 18 vs. Middle Tennessee...UE’s top rebounder Rebounds:______twice in December...totaled 9 points, 6 rebounds Dec. 11 vs. Md. Eastern Assists:______Steals:______Shore...scored 5 points and grabbed 6 rebounds Dec. 8 vs. North Carolina... Blocked Shots:______came off the bench Nov. 17 against UT-San Antonio to score 10 points Minutes Played:______for his second straight double-digit game...second leading scorer with 11 points in Nov. 13 season opener vs. Oakland City. 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 19 0-3 0-1 2-3 0-6-6 2 1 1 0 2 At Air Force Prep School: Averaged 15 points and 6.0 rebounds at Air UIS &* 20 4-8 2-3 0-0 0-7-7 2 0 0 1 10 Force Prep School in Colorado Springs...signed with UE in the spring of *Starter & Exhibition 2010...has four years of eligibility with the Aces.

At Lake Travis: Earned first team all-state honors in 2008-09 as a senior at Lake Travis High School...averaged 16 points, 9.3 rebounds, and shot 41 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent at the free throw line...first team All-Region, District Player Of The Year, and a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star.

Why UE? “It’s a place where I can see myself flourishing, not just on the court but in the classroom as well.”

Personal: Parents: Sean and Lisa Jahr Siblings: Two younger brothers, Spencer & Dominic Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Lake Travis Major: Management

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Andy Chinn Senior - 6-0 - 165 14 Tell City, Ind. / Tell City

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______2 (vs. Western Illinois, 2/18/12) FG:______1 (vs. Western Illinois, 2/18/12) FGA:______1 (3x, last vs. Western Illinois, 2/18/12) 2011-12: Played in five games as a junior…scored first bucket at UE in win 3-Pt FG:______N/A over Western Illinois, also hauled in first rebounds against the Leathernecks. 3-Pt FGA:______1 (at UNC, 12/6/11) FT:______N/A 2010-11: Suffered a fractured jaw in practice Feb. 13, and missed the rest FTA:______N/A Rebounds:______1 (vs. Western Illinois, 2/18/12) of the season...saw 2 minutes of action at end of Oakland City game and Assists:______1 (vs. Oakland City, 11/13/10) totaled 1 assist, 1 steal...played 1 minute vs. North Carolina and Drake. Steals:______1 (vs. Oakland City, 11/13/10) Blocked Shots:______N/A 2009-10: Joined the basketball team as a walk-on during the summer... Minutes Played:______2 (Twice, last vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) played briefly in one game, against Tennessee-Martin Dec. 19. Season At Tell City: Averaged 22.8 points as a senior in 2008-09 at Tell City High Points:______FG:______School, located 40 miles east of Evansville...first team all-Pocket Athletic FGA:______Conference as a senior... averaged 4.1 rebounds and 2.2 steals, shot 46 3-Pt FG:______percent from the field, 83 percent from the free throw line, and made 71 of 3-Pt FGA:______175 three-point attempts for 41 percent accuracy in his senior year...scored FT:______a career-high 34 points against Crawford County, and 32 against South FTA:______Spencer and Cannelton...set Tell City High School single season and career Rebounds:______records for three-point shooting... also lettered in tennis and baseball. Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Why UE? “The chance to continue playing basketball close to home while Minutes Played:______getting a good education.” 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Personal: Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & Did not play Parents: Bruce and Sarah Chinn UIS & 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Sibling: Twin sisters, Katie and Kelly Hometown: Tell City, Ind. *Starter & Exhibition High School: Tell City Major: Elementary Education

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Brandon Williams Senior - 6-0 - 170 20 Charlotte, Tenn. / Creek Wood

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______N/A FG:______N/A FGA:______1 (Twice ,last vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) 2011-12: Saw time in five contests, playing a career-high two minutes 3-Pt FG:______N/A in home win over Bradley…grabbed a rebound against the Braves while 3-Pt FGA:______N/A attempting a shot. FT:______N/A FTA:______N.A Rebounds:______1 (vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) 2010-11: Played in his first collegiate game Dec. 8 vs. North Carolina, Assists:______N/A missing his only FG attempt...joined the University of Evansville basketball Steals:______N/A team as a walk-on in September of 2010 after attending UE for the past two Blocked Shots:______N/A years. Minutes Played:______2 (vs. Bradley, 1/18/12)

At Creek Wood: All-District and All-Conference selection as a senior at Season Creek Wood High School in 2007-08...team’s offensive player of the year... Points:______FG:______averaged 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and one blocked shot per FGA:______game...scored a career-high 28 points...helped lead Creek Wood to a 22-9 3-Pt FG:______record and to the sub-state in the high school state tournament. 3-Pt FGA:______FT:______Why UE? “Graphic design program and basketball..” FTA:______Rebounds:______Personal: Assists:______Steals:______Parent: Phyllis Williams Blocked Shots:______Sibling: Older sister, Desiree Williams Minutes Played:______and younger brother, Kris Gibbs Hometown: Charlotte, Tenn. 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME High School: Creek Wood Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & Did not play Major: Visual Communication UIS & 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0

*Starter & Exhibition

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Ned Cox Senior - 6-1 - 170 22 San Antonio, Texas / Judson

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______24 (at UIC, 11/23/11) FG:______9 (at UIC, 11/23/11) FGA:______15 (vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) 2011-12: Earned 2012 MVC Sixth Man of the Year award…averaged 9.2 points 3-Pt FG:______4 (4x, last at Indiana State, 1/10/12) per game to rank fourth on the team…hit double digits in 12 games as a junior… 3-Pt FGA:______7 (3x, last vs. Princeton, 3/13/12) tallied 16 points against Oakland City before posting a career effort at UIC where FT:______7 (vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) he tallied 24 points on 9-13 shooting…put forth a solid effort at Indiana State as he FTA:______8 (vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) notched 22 points while hitting four treys…dished out career-best eight assists in Rebounds:______5 (at Miami (OH), 12/20/11) win at Bradley, also notched 16 points against the Braves…in season finale win over Assists:______8 (vs. Bradley, 1/18/12) Missouri State, Cox scored 17 points while hitting 7 out of 8 free throws. Steals:______2 (5x, last vs. Alabama State, 11/29/11) 2010-11: Member of the five-man MVC All-Bench Team...came off the bench in 30 of Blocked Shots:______1 (5x, last vs. Northern Iowa, 2/15/12) UE’s 32 games...fourth leading scorer at 7.3 ppg...hit 87 of 204 shots (.426), including Minutes Played:__ 39 (Twice, last vs. Missouri State, 2/25/12) 24-for-82 (.293) from 3-point range...fifth on the team in assists with 49 and steals with 14...played an average of 22 minutes per game...UE’s leading scorer in season Season finale at Boise State with a season-high 17 points; hit 6 of 11 shots, including 3 of Points:______5 from 3-point range at Boise State...totaled 10 points and 4 assists off the bench FG:______in March 15 CBI win over Hofstra... scored 16 points Feb. 8 vs. UNI... starter in two FGA:______February games because of Kenneth Harris’s concussion... left-handed...great leaper... 3-Pt FG:______led UE in scoring (15) and assists (4) in Jan. 12 win over Drake, and earned the #8 3-Pt FGA:______Play of the Day on ESPN for his tomahawk dunk vs. Drake...also led UE in scoring with FT:______10 points Jan. 7 at Missouri State... scored 12 points Jan. 4 at UNI...scored 11 Dec. FTA:______29 at Wichita State, and also made three assists...played a season-high 33 minutes Rebounds:______Dec. 18 vs. MTSU and totaled 8 points and team-high 4 assists... scored 7 points Assists:______in 23 minutes vs. North Carolina Dec. 8...played 30 minutes in win over #23 Butler, Steals:______and scored 9 points...came off the bench to score 11 points in 21 minutes in season opener vs. Oakland City; hit 5 of 6 shots in that game. Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______2009-10: Outstanding addition who was a contender for the MVC All-Freshman Team and MVC All-Bench Team...double-figure scorer in three of UE’s final six games, 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME including a career-high 23 in an OT loss at Wichita State...scored 22 in double- Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI &* 29 3-6 1-2 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 2 1 7 overtime win at Tennessee Tech...led all scorers with 18 in UE’s 56-53 win at Drake to UIS &* 23 6-9 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 12 end the regular season...ranked #8 in MVC in 3-point shooting percentage (.390)... UE’s fourth leading scorer (7.7) and fourth in assists (2.1)...lefthander who was second *Starter & Exhibition on the team with 32 3-pointers...82 of his 170 field goal attempts were three- pointers...best leaper on the team...starting guard in six mid-season games, and in each of the final two.

At Judson: Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-Star guard...fifth newcomer added to the 2009-10 Purple Aces’ roster, after signing a national letter of intent April 25, 2009...leading scorer as a senior at Converse Judson High School... helped lead Judson to a 36-2 overall record in Texas’ Class 5A (largest public school class) and a spot in the state’s Sweet 16...District MVP...first team all-conference, all- region, and all-state...named to the San Antonio Express-News All-City Super Team... played in the prestigious TABC All-Star Game on May 8...averaged 15.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.2 steals per game on 40 percent shooting from three- point range as a senior...cleared 6’8” in the high jump in placing second in the region track meet.

Why UE? “Great education to get me started toward my career, as well as a basketball program that has great coaches and teammates who will make me a better person and player.”

Personal: Parents: Ned and Pamela Cox Siblings: One older sister, Tiffany Nealy and one younger sister, Cydni Hometown: San Antonio, Texas High School: Judson Major: Management

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Mike Leazer Freshman - 6-3 - 170 23 Mount Prospect, Ill. / Northridge Prep

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______FG:______FGA:______At Northridge Prep: Earned three letters in basketball, two in soccer and 3-Pt FG:______one involleyball...was named All-Conference as a junior and senior while 3-Pt FGA:______playing in the Illinois All-State game...was named to the All-State Fourth FT:______Team while earning MVP honors as a senior...averaged 16 points per FTA:______game as a senior while scoring 28 points in the Grant Christmas Tourna- Rebounds:______ment.. Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Why UE? “To get a great education while playing basketball.” Minutes Played:______

Personal: Season Parents: John and Ann Leazer Points:______Siblings: Three sisters (Emily, Maggie, Carolina) and a brother (Stephen) FG:______Hometown: Mount Prospect, Ill. FGA:______High School: Northridge Prep 3-Pt FG:______3-Pt FGA:______Major: Mechanical Engineering FT:______FTA:______Rebounds:______Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______

2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & Did not play UIS & 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0

*Starter & Exhibition

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Rokas Cesnulevicius Sophomore - 6-8 - 225 25 Alytaus, Lithuania / Hawaii Prep.

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______7 (at Wichita State, 1/25/12) FG:______3 (at Wichita State, 1/25/12) FGA:______3 (4x, last vs. Indiana State, 1/29/12) 2011-12: Played in 25 games as a freshman while making a start against 3-Pt FG:______Oakland City…was on the floor for 13 minutes versus Indiana, tallied four 3-Pt FGA:______points…in win at Missouri State, played season-high 18 minutes while FT:______2 (Twice, last at Missouri State, 1/15/12) recording a steal and hitting a pair of free throws…top game came at FTA:______4 (3x, last at Wichita State, 1/25/12) Rebounds:______5 (Twice, last at Illinois State, 1/7/12) Wichita State where he notched career-high seven points on a perfect 3-3 Assists:______2 (Twice, last at SIU, 2/4/12) day from the floor. Steals:______1 (4x, last at Wichita State, 1/25/12) Blocked Shots:______1 (5x, last vs. Creighton, 3/3/12) In High School: Hawaii Preparatory Academy standout who earned the Minutes Played:______18 (at Missouri State, 1/15/12) 2011 West Division Player of the Year award in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation...native of Lithuania...dominant player in the West Division Season while averaging 25 points and 15 rebounds per game for the Division II Ka Points:______FG:______Makani...enrolled at Hawaii Prep in January, 2010...averaged 17 points and FGA:______12 rebounds in 2009-10 and made the All-Big Island Conference team...also 3-Pt FG:______played AAU basketball this year for Maryland 3-D. 3-Pt FGA:______FT:______Coach Simmons On Rokas: “Rokas is an athletic player who’s good on the FTA:______perimeter and can also play inside. He has great hands, and does all the Rebounds:______little things we look for. Plus, Rokas really wants to reach his potential as a Assists:______Steals:______basketball player.” Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______Why UE? “Awesome coaching staff, good team chemistry, good education, great opportunity to further basketball skills.” 2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & Did not play Personal: UIS & 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 1 0 0 0

Parents: Gintaras and Odeta Cesnulevicius *Starter & Exhibition Siblings: Younger brother, Mikolas Hometown: Alytuas, Lithuania High School: Hawaii Preparatory Major: Biology

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D.J. Balentine Freshman - 6-2 - 210 31 Kokomo, Ind. / Kokomo

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______FG:______FGA:______At Kokomo: Played basketball for four years at Kokomo and left as the No. 3-Pt FG:______3 scorer at the school...scored 1280 points in HS, an average of 17 PPG... 3-Pt FGA:______averaged 18.2 PPG as a senior along with four rebounds and three assists... FT:______named an Indiana All-Star while being nominated for Mr. Basketball in the FTA:______Rebounds:______state of Indiana...won the Pittsburgh Jamfest in his junior campaign. Assists:______Steals:______Why UE? “It is a great fit and felt right. I really like the players and Blocked Shots:______coaches.” Minutes Played:______

Personal: Season Parents: Dennis and Joy Balentine Points:______FG:______Siblings: Desmond Balentine FGA:______Hometown: Kokomo, Ind. 3-Pt FG:______High School: Kokomo 3-Pt FGA:______Major: Sports Management FT:______FTA:______Rebounds:______Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______

2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 19 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-0-1 1 2 1 1 3 UIS & 17 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-2-2 3 1 1 0 2

*Starter & Exhibition

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David Howard 44 Freshman - 6-8 - 225 Nashville,

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______FG:______FGA:______At Montgomery Bell: Attended Montgomery Bell Academy where he let- 3-Pt FG:______tered all four years in basketball...was a Mr. Basketball nominee in Tennes- 3-Pt FGA:______see as a senior...was named a First Team All Mid-State and All-Region as a FT:______senior while garnering All-Region honors in his junior year...helped team to FTA:______Rebounds:______a 25-6 mark en route to a state championship as a sophomore...top season Assists:______was his senior campaign where he averaged 17 pts and 8 rbs per game. Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Why UE? “Everything was a great fit; the players, coaches, program, Minutes Played:______closeness to home and the academic opportunity.” Season Personal: Points:______FG:______Parents: Todd and Susan Howard FGA:______Siblings: One brother Trey and a younger sister Ava 3-Pt FG:______Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. 3-Pt FGA:______High School: Montgomery Bell FT:______Major: Undeclared FTA:______Rebounds:______Assists:______Steals:______Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______

2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 UIS & 8 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 1 1 0 6

*Starter & Exhibition

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Egidijus Mockevicius Freshman - 6-10 - 225 55 Kursenai, Lithuania / Lithuanian Univ. of Educational Sci.

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS Career Points:______FG:______FGA:______Prior To UE: In one season as Vilnius Antaklanis, played in 17 games while 3-Pt FG:______averaging 18.1 points per game...played in the NKL in Lithuania for last 3-Pt FGA:______two seasons...in 2010-11 averaged 12.7 points per game, shooting 53.7% FT:______while hitting 62.8% of his free throws and a three-pointer, averaged 10.5 re- FTA:______bounds per contest...last year (2011-12) put forth 14.3 PPG while shooting Rebounds:______an amazing 71.0% from the floor and improved his free throw shooting to Assists:______74.5%...averaged 7.6 boards...played for the Lithuania U20 National Team, Steals:______Blocked Shots:______winning the U20 European Championship in July of 2012 in Ljubljana, Minutes Played:______Slovenia...scored 20 points against Spain while leading the team with 11 in the championship win over France where his squad won by a 50-49 final... Season averaged 7.3 PPG in the tournament while shooting 61.4%. Points:______FG:______Why UE? “Great basketball program and a great university.” FGA:______3-Pt FG:______3-Pt FGA:______Personal: FT:______Parents: Vaclovas Mockevicius, Alma Mockeviciene FTA:______Siblings: One brother - Mindaugas Rebounds:______Hometown: Kursenai Assists:______High School: Vilnius Antaklanis Secondary School Steals:______Major: Sports Management Blocked Shots:______Minutes Played:______

2012-13 GAME-BY-GAME Opponent MP FG 3FG FT O-D-R A TO Bl St Pts USI & 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 2 UIS &* 8 3-5 0-0 0-0 4-2-6 0 2 2 0 6

*Starter & Exhibition

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