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Carleton College athletics carleton men’s basketball notes - jan. 16, 2004 Game contact eric sieger, sid, [email protected] 2003-04 carleton knights 14 (9-4, 6-2 MIAC) Carleton College (9-4, 6-2 MIAC) November Knights look to build on vs. 25 Upper Iowa University . .W 76-46 decisive victory, host St. John’s University (5-6, 4-4 MIAC) 28 Wisconsin Lutheran College $ . .W 73-40 Johnnies 29 University of Wisconsin, Stout $ . .L 54-61 Carleton, fresh off its fifth Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 • West Gym, Northfield, Minn. December straight road MIAC victory of the 3 p.m. • Radio: Webcast on Knights Online 3 Bethel College* . .W 69-60 season on Wednesday, hosts St. 6Augsburg College* . .W 68-51 John’s University on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. The Johnnies KNIGHT NOTES & TRENDS 8 Crown College . .W 72-24 took two of three contests from the Knights last year, includ- Individual Player Notes 10 St. Olaf College* . .W 62-50 •Tanner Schieck has scored in dou- 30 MSU, Mankato . .L 62-72 ing an upset win in the MIAC Playoff quarterfinals. January The Knights dumped St. Thomas, 75-42, on Wednesday. ble figures in eight consecutive 3 Macalester College* . .L. 44-69 The 33-point victory was the largest for the Knights over the games. His longest such streak is 10, 5St. Mary's University* . .W 59-58 Tommies and snapped an eight-game skid against St. Thomas starting with the final game of his 7 Concordia College, Moorhead* . .L 59-60 forCarleton. The Johnnies, meanwhile, shot only 39 percent first year and the start of his sopho- 10 Hamline University* . .W 58-50 while Gustavus canned 68 percent of its shots in a 72-51 loss more campaign. 14 University of St. Thomas* . .W 75-42 to the Gusties. •Anthony Baquero canned four 3- 17 St. John's University* . .3 p.m. Carleton’s victory pulled it into a second-place tie with pointers in Wednesday’s win, the 19 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .7:30 p.m. idle Bethel and Macalester, one game back of Gustavus. eighth time in 13 games this season 21 Bethel College* . .7:30 p.m. he’s made more than one triple. 24 Augsburg College* . .3 p.m. Broadcast Information •Gunnar Stapp recorded a season- 31 St. Olaf College* . .3 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast worldwide on Knights high four assists on Wednesday. February Online (www.carleton.edu/athletics/broadcasts/). KKJM 92.9- •Micah Johnson has made at least 2Macalester College* . .7:30 p.m. FM out of St. Cloud will also carry the game. one 3-pointer in 10 of Carleton’s 13 4 St. Mary's University* . .8 p.m. games. He’s averaging 1.07 3-point- 7Concordia College, Moorhead* . .3 p.m. Schieck reaches 1,000 points, joins elite group Tanner Schieck tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and four ers made game. 11 Hamline University* . .7:30 p.m. •Zak Miles scored his first varsity 14 University of St. Thomas* . .3 p.m. steals in Wednesday’s victory over St. Thomas, becoming the 17th player in Carleton history to score 1,000 career points. points on Wednesday. 18 St. John's University* . .7:30 p.m. •Dan Forkrud is averaging 13.3 21 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .3 p.m. Schieck’s milestone points came midway through the 16-0 run. His put-back bucket with 10:49 left put him two points points and 6.0 rebounds in $- UW-Stout Tournament, Menomonie, Wis. Carleton’s last four games. * - MIAC contest shy of 1,000, and on the next possession he nailed two free Team Notes bold indicates home contest throws to put him at 1,000 exactly. He's only the second Carleton player to notch 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 100 •Carleton held St. Thomas to a MIAC steals in a career, with Josh Wilehlm ‘99 being the other. season-opponent low 42 points. It The double-double was his fourth of the season and 20th of his career. His four double-doubles this season marked the seventh time this season are the third-most in the conference. a Carleton opponent has scored 50 points or less. •Carleton’s +18 rebounding margin Defense continues to carry Knights on Wednesday was its largest in con- Carleton is allowing a league-low 51.8 points per game heading into Saturday’s contest and has limited oppo- ference play this year. nents to 50 points or less in seven contests this season. Through games of Jan. 11, 2004, the Knights held a defen- •Carleton has forced more turnovers sive average of 52.6 points per game allowed, ranking them second in all of NCAA Division III, behind only fourth- than it has committed in 11 of 13 ranked Rochester (N.Y.). games. The Knights have held opponents to 40 percent shooting on the season and only two opponents (Macalester and Concordia) have made 50 percent or more of their field-goal attempts this season. This marks a major improvement over last season when Carleton opponents scored 68.3 points per game and connected on 46.5 percent of their field-goal attempts. Last time out – Carleton 75, St. Thomas 42 Anthony Baquero tallied 16 points, canning 4-of-5 three-pointers, and grabbed seven rebounds as Probable Carleton Starting Line-up Carleton snapped an eight-game losing streak to St. Thomas by handing the Tommies a 75-42 13 Anthony Baquero Jr. G 8.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 42.6 3-pt FG% defeat. Tanner Schieck tallied 12 points, 10 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 3.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 1.0 spg, 47.6 3-pt FG% rebounds and four steals and Kyle Beste added 13 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 13.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.4 spg points, six rebounds and four assists for Carleton, 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 14.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.4 spg, 53.6 FG% which held a decisive 47-29 rebounding edge, 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 11.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.6 spg which translated into a 24-4 spread in second- chance points. Carleton counted 21 offensive Key reserves boards among its 47 collections. The Knights also 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 1.7 ppg, 1.6 apg, 46.2 3-pt FG% forced 17 Tommie turnovers, leading to an 18-5 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 3.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.8 agp, 48.0 3-pt. FG% advantage in points off turnovers. 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. G 2.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 3.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 38.9 3-pt FG% more… 2003-04 carleton college knights No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 6-0 Rosemount, Minn. KOOT-si-kis 13 Anthony Baquero Jr. G 6-1 Rosemount, Minn. BAH-kare-oh 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 5-9 Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson) KAH-lid LAH-kan-wal 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 6-2 Brainerd, Minn. 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. G 6-1 Minong, Wis. (Northwood) STAP 25 Danny Greenberger So. G 6-1 Evanston, Ill. 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 6-5 St. Louis Park, Minn. BEST-ee 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 6-8 Austin, Minn. SHEEK 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 6-1 Pine River, Minn. (Pine River-Backus) 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 6-5 Rosemount, Minn. FORK-rued 43 ZakMiles Fy. G 6-1 Blairstown, Iowa (Benton) 45 Brian Sharkey So. G 6-1 Bow, N.H. (St. Paul's School) SHAR-kee 51 Andrew Knap Sr. F 6-9 Bay Village, Ohio (Bay) NAP 53 Steve Portschy Jr. F 6-4 Clarendon Hills, Ill. (Hinsdale Central) PORTCH-ee 55 Tucker Schieck Fy. F 6-5 Austin, Minn. SHEEK Dan Forkrud was also in double figures for Carleton with 11 points. Neal Anderson paced the Tommies with 12 points, all on 3-point baskets. The Knights never trailed in the game, racing to a quick 13-4 advantage and rattling off 16 unan- MIAC swered points midway through the first half in taking a commanding 42-17 halftime lead. The Knights limited the Tommies to 15 total field goals in posting their biggest win ever over the Tommies. Standings SJU Series MIAC Overall St. John’s leads the series with Carleton, 35-23, and has wins in nine of the last 12 meetings. Gustavus 7-1 9-4 In the last 10 seasons, SJU leads the series 13-9. Carleton is 16-12 at home all-time against the Bethel 6-2 11-2 Johnnies. Carleton 6-2 9-4 Macalester 6-2 7-6 About St. John’s Concordia 5-3 8-4 With the MIAC’s rotation of conference games reaching the end of the first round, the Johnnies St. John’s 4-4 6-7 find themselves in the thick of the post-season hunt despite losing the conference’s leading scor- er from a year ago in Kevin Buth and the team’s leading rebounder in Shaun McGuire. Sophomore Hamline 3-5 6-7 post Paul Henrichs has used last year’s monster MIAC Playoff game against Carleton to springboard Augsburg 3-6 6-8 his game this season, as he paces the Johnnies in scoring (17.1 ppg) and rebounding (9.9 rpg). His St. Thomas 2-6 4-9 five double-doubles lead the league this year. Rookie Matt Ohme is the team’s second-leading scor- St.