FRIENDS UNIVERSITY FALCONS BLUEJAYS

GAME 19 VS FEB. 4, 2021

(6-12, 6-9 KCAC) (8-8, 6-8 KCAC) LAST TIME OUT: The (RV) Wesleyan University Eagles outscored the Friends Uni- versity Falcons 51-40 in the second half to win 89-84 in a KCAC matchup Monday (Feb. 1) in Bartlesville, Okla. FRIENDS UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER 0 TJ Williams SR G 6-0 Arlington, Texas 1 Ian Konek SO G 6-3 Long Beach, Calif. 2 Trey Reid FR G 6-1 Wichita, Kan. “As we prepare for Tabor our 3 Elijah Conley FR F 6-5 San Antonio, Texas message has been to play 5 Tim Barbieri SO F 6-7 Abilene, Kan. with the energy we have been exhibiting in our previous handful 10 Marquan Shakur SR C 6-9 Largo, Md. of games. We cleaned up a few 11 Davonte Pack SR G 6-2 Sumter, S.C. issues but slipped in another. Our 12 Tazmine Dunn FR G 6-3 Asheboro, N.C. squad understands this and we 13 Chance Sanger FR G 6-2 Hutchinson, Kan. will be ready on Thursday night.” 15 Nick Rumbo JR G 6-2 City, Kan. -Head Coach, Dale Faber 21 Bryant Rodgers SR F 6-5 Kansas City, Kan. 23 PJ Medrano SR F 6-5 San Antonio, Texas 30 Elcid Smith FR G 5-10 Temple, Texas 32 CR Curless SR F 6-5 Haysville, Kan. FALCONS BLUEJAYS 35 Josh Osborn FR C 7-0 Wichita, Kan. RANK TOTAL ‘20-’21 STATS TOTAL RANK Head Coach: Dale Faber, (Wichita State 18th Season) 7th 75.6 OFFENSE 75.2 11th Assistant Coaches: Anthony White, Alex Martin, King Mudambanuki 10th 82.3 DEFENSE 76.5 5th A FALCON WIN WOULD... 10th -6.7 SCORING MARGIN -1.4 9th » ...improve them to 7-12 overall this season. 8th -0.5 RB MARGIN +3.6 4th 11th 11.9 ASSISTS/GM 13.9 5th » ...make them 19-23 against Tabor since 2003-04. 12th 1.7 BLOCKS/GM 3.0 3rd » ...put Dale Faber three wins from 300 at Friends. 7th 7.1 STEALS/GM 6.3 13th » ...extend their win streak against Tabor to six games. 12th -3.6 TO MARGIN -2.3 9th 13th +0.68 A:TO RATIO +0.84 8th A FALCON LOSS WOULD... 10th 41.6 FG% 43.5 6th » ...drop them to 6-13 overall this season. 11th 45.6 FG% DEFENSE 42.6 4th » ...make them 18-24 against Tabor since 2003-04. 4th 9.0 3-POINT FG/GM 6.3 11th » 5th 32.2 3-POINT % 31.5 8th ...snap a five-game winning streak against the Bluejays. T-9th 33.9 3-PT % DEF. 32.3 4th » ...be less good than a Falcon win. 3rd 73.4 FT% 63.5 13th *Out of 13 KCAC Teams www.friendsathletics.com Twitter: @FriendsFalcons Instagram: @FriendsFalcons TABOR COLLEGE BLUEJAYS ROSTER 0 Noah Brown IV SR G/F 6-7 180 Hollywood, Fla. BY THE NUMBERS 2 Bobby Shanks JR G 6-3 185 Halls, Tenn. The Falcons are... 3 Tyriek Johnson JR PG 6-0 200 Indianapolis, Ind. » 6-12 overall this season 4 Jack Taylor FR G 6-5 175 Wichita, Kan. » 4-4 at home this season 5 Nashom Carter JR PG/G 5-10 170 San Diego, Calif. » 2-8 on the road this season 10 Montel Stewart SR G 6-2 180 Palm Bay, Fla. » 11 Kade Hemmert SO G/F 6-4 180 Oakley, Kan. 0-1 at neutral sites 13 Darian Ratzlaff FR G 6-1 190 Hillsboro, Kan. » 0-0 in overtime this season 15 Spencer Askew SO PG 5-9 175 Springfield, Va. » 4-3 when leading at halftime 20 Nathan Ahrens SR G/F 6-4 215 Newton, Kan. » 2-8 when trailing at halftime 21 Myles Jeffries FR PG/G 6-4 190 Oklahoma City, Okla. » 0-1 when tied at halftime 22 Elias Werth JR G 6-0 175 Hillsboro, Kan. » 23 Andre Nelson SR G 6-2 195 Jacksonville, Fla. 18-23 vs. Tabor since 2003-04 31 Mark Emmanuel, Jr. SR F 6-8 230 Bahamas 33 James Aboaba FR G/F 6-6 205 United Kingdom 35 Leon Marcikic JR F 6-7 200 Serbia Head Coach: Micah Ratzlaff (14th Season) KCAC Standings Asisstant Coaches: Lance Carter Team KCAC Overall Graduate Assistant: Spencer Hemmert Student Assistant: Jacob Ketcherside, Preston Loewen 22Bethel 14-3 14-4 SERIES: The Falcons swept both meetings over Tabor last year and have now won RVOkla. Wesleyan 11-4 13-5 five straight overall in the series. The Bluejays hold an 18-23 lead in the series since McPherson 12-6 14-6 2003-04. Southwestern 9-6 13-8 Ottawa 8-7 11-7 Bethany 7-8 8-9 SEASON INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Avila 5-6 10-7 POINTS 32 — Ian Konek CONCORDIA (10/31/20) Tabor 6-8 8-8 FG MADE 12 — Ian Konek CONCORDIA (10/31/20) FG ATT 23 — Ian Konek CONCORDIA (10/31/20) FRIENDS 6-9 6-12 3-PT MADE 8 — Ian Konek AVILA (1/30/21) Kansas Wesleyan 5-9 7-11 3-PT ATT 16 — Ian Konek AVILA (1/30/21) York 3-7 3-9 REBOUNDS 15 — Davonte Pack 2x Last: AVILA (1/30/21) O REBOUNDS 7 — Marquan Shakur CONCORDIA (10/31/20) Sterling 4-12 6-13 ASSISTS 7 —TJ Williams ST. MARY (1/27/21) St. Mary 1-6 1-7 STEALS 6 — TJ Williams 2x. Last: STERLING (12/14/20) BLOCKS 4 — Marquan Shakur BETHANY (11/4/20) * As of 2/3/2021 2020-21 FALCONS SCHEDULE 10/25 Peru State L 84-92 12/17 @ Avila* PPD 10/30 @ Hastings L 89-119 1/8 @ Benedictine Canceled 10/31 @ Concordia L 82-102 1/13 Bethany* L 63-66 11/4 @ Bethany* L 76-85 1/16 @ Southwestern* W 81-74 11/6 Southwestern* L 60-72 1/20 McPherson* L 74-87 11/17 St. Mary* PPD 1/23 @ 25Bethel* L 64-73 11/24 Oklahoma Wesleyan* PPD 1/27 @ St. Mary* W 81-73 11/28 @ Tabor* PPD 1/30 Avila* W 84-64 12/2 York* PPD 2/1 @ RVOklahoma Wesleyan* L 84-89 12/2 14Ottawa* W 81-73 2/4 Tabor* 8:00 PM 12/5 McPherson* W 91-81 2/6 @ York* 7:00 PM 12/7 Bethel* L 63-73 2/10 St. Mary* 7:00 PM 12/9 @ 14Ottawa* L 76-87 2/13 Ottawa* 7:00 PM 12/12 @ Kansas Wesleyan* L 69-87 2/17 Kansas Wesleyan* 8:00 PM 12/14 Sterling* W 76-73 2/20 @ Sterling* 7:00 PM » Head coach Dale Faber announced in January that this » Junior guard Nick Rumbo has provided a spark off season would be his last for the Friends University Falcons, the bench for the Falcons, scoring 9.0 points per game as he’s retiring from coaching and transitioning into a and connecting on 38.8 percent of his shots from the fundraising role within the athletic department. Faber has perimeter. been quite the staple on the Falcon bench for the past 18 seasons, guiding the team to 297 victories and seven NAIA » Senior guard TJ Williams is averaging 2.7 takeaways per National Tournament appearances while twice being named game, a mark that ranks him second in the KCAC and the KCAC Coach of the Year. eighth in the NAIA (min. 5 games). Williams has 13 steals over the last 4 contests. » Senior Davonte Pack has been on a man on a mission this season. He has scored 10+ points in all but one game, UP NEXT: The Falcons travel to York to take on the Panthers on including five contests with 20 or more. His 18-game Saturday (Feb. 6). double-digit streak (including the last four games in 2019- 20) was snapped at Bethel on Jan. 23 when he finished with just four points. Pack’s 16 games of 10 or more points are the most on the team. He is the Falcons leading scorer this season with 18.3 ppg and ranks third in the KCAC. » Sophomore guard Ian Konek tied a school record for most three-pointers in a game (8) in the win over Avila on Saturday (Jan. 30). Konek leads the KCAC in both total threes made (67) and threes per game (3.9). He ranks third and fourth in the NAIA in both categories, respectively. Over the last five games, Konek is shooting 46.0 percent from the three-point line and has connected on 29 shots (5.8 per game). Konek is second on the team with 16.2 ppg. Friends University Athletics is excited to have Home2 Suites by Hilton as an official sponsor this season! For more on what they can offer, clickHERE to visit their official webpage.

LAST GAME STATS FRIENDS UNIVERSITY No. Player FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST TO BLK STL PF PTS 1 I. Konek 6 - 14 5 - 12 2 - 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 19 23 P. Medrano 8 - 12 5 - 9 0 - 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 21 11 D. Pack 10 - 16 1 - 1 3 - 4 1 5 6 2 4 0 1 0 24 10 M. Shakur 1 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 3 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 4 5 0 T. Williams 2 - 8 1 - 3 0 - 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 5 5 T. Barbieri 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 E. Conley 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 32 C. Curless 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 T. Reid 1 - 4 1 - 2 0 - 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 15 N. Rumbo 1 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 13 C. Sanger 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals 31-62 15-31 7-10 2 19 21 12 11 3 9 15 84 50.0% 48.4% 70.0% OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN No. Player FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST TO BLK STL PF PTS 13 K. Ammons 2 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 4 5 3 B. Haddock 4 - 10 2 - 5 0 - 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 10 32 J. Lietzke 2 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 0 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 T. Miller 5 - 9 1 - 3 1 - 2 1 3 4 6 6 0 4 1 12 10 K. Stokes 11 - 16 4 - 6 7 - 7 2 9 11 4 3 2 0 1 33 2 B. Bird 1 - 4 0 - 0 0 - 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 K. 2 - 6 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 23 D. Phillip 3 - 7 1 - 4 2 - 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 3 9 4 L. Ramey 1 - 3 1 - 2 2 - 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 21 V. Van Putten 2 - 4 0 - 1 0 - 0 3 4 7 1 1 0 1 0 4 Team Totals 33-64 11-25 12-14 14 31 45 18 15 2 8 12 89 51.6% 44.0% 85.7%