Evansville Basketball Five National Championships | Five Ncaa D-1 Tournaments
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EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | FIVE NCAA D-1 TOURNAMENTS 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: Jerian Grant - 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 Free Throw 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 Contact: Bob Pristash Office: 812-488-2285 Cell: 812-266-5288 Email: [email protected] 2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 2012-13 PURPLE ACES GAME NOTES 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 Center 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 hit 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.