Emporia State Hornet Game Notes vs. Rockhurst Game #6 2019-20 Schedule & Results Emporia State Hornets (3-2, 0-0 MIAA) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT vs. Rockhurst Hawks (1-2, 0-0 GLVC) Oct 25 at $Kansas State L 49-86 Friday, Nov. 22 • 6:30 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium MIAA/GAC Challenge Series Record: ESU leads 47-32 Last Meeting: at Rockhurst 95, ESU 90 (Dec. 15, 2018) Nov 8 vs. Southwestern Okla L 73-82 OT Radio: KFFX 104.9FM Internet Audio: kvoe.com Nov 9 at Arkansas Tech L 59-79 Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets Nov 12 Kansas Wesleyan W 87-59 Up Next: William Jewell • Tuesday, Nov. 26 • 8:15 p.m. Nov 14 Tabor College W 82-51 Kansas City, Mo. • Municipal Auditorium Nov 18 Sterling College W 94-82 Rockhurst “Hawks” Nov 22 Rockhurst 6:30 PM Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Nov 26 vs. William Jewell 8:15 PM 2 Curtis Lewis G 5-11 Jr. 18.0 4.3 Kansas City, Mo. Nov 29 Saint Mary (Kan.) 7:30 PM 20 Chris Hamil G 6-5 Jr. 9.0 3.0 Evanston, Ill. Dec 5 *Neb.-Kearney 7:30 PM 32 Walt Eckelkamp G 6-3 Jr. 1.5 1.5 Marthasville, Mo. Dec 7 *Fort Hays State 3:30 PM 13 Nick Volz F 6-8 So. 11.0 8.3 Overland Park, Kan. Jan 1 Baker 7:30 PM 44 Quinton Curry. F 6-7 Jr. 12.3 8.7 West Des Moines, Iowa Jan 4 at *Washburn 3:30 PM Coach: Drew Diener (Saint Louis 2003) 58-56 at Rockhurst (5th Year); 226-99 overall (11th Year) Jan 9 *Northwest Missouri 7:30 PM Emporia State “Hornets” Jan 11 *Missouri Western 3:30 PM Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Jan 15 at *Fort Hays State 8:00 PM 2 Keyon Thomas G 5-10 Fr. 11.6 2.4 Bonner Springs, Kan. Jan 18 at *Neb.-Kearney 3:30 PM 10 Jumah’Ri Turner G 6-2 Jr. 11.8 3.6 Minneapolis,Minn. Jan 22 *Newman 7:30 PM 30 Mason Thiessen C 6-9 Fr. 4.4 4.0 Inman, Kan. Jan 26 *Central Oklahoma 3:30 PM 3 Gage McGuire F 6-7 Fr. 5.2 2.6 Coldwater, Mich. Jan 29 at *Central Missouri 7:30 PM 24 Brenden Van Dyke F 6-8 Jr. 11.4 7.8 Avaondale, Ariz. Feb 1 at *Lincoln 3:30 PM Coach: Craig Doty (Morningside 2010) 17-18 at ESU (2nd Year); 66-40 overall (4th Year) Feb 5 *Pittsburg State 7:30 PM Feb 8 *Missouri Southern 5:00 PM FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ABOUT THE HORNETS Feb 13 at *Rogers State 7:30 PM Emporia State plays host to Rockhurst for Friday Emporia State is 3-2 on the season. Seven Feb 15 at *Northeastern State 3:30 PM night action in White Auditorium. players are averaging at least 5.0 points per Feb 20 at *Newman 7:30 PM game while a total of eight players have scored Feb 22 at *Central Oklahoma 3:30 PM LAST TIME OUT at least ten points in a game. Jumah’Ri Turner is Feb 27 *Northeastern State 7:30 PM Emporia State got a career high 30 points from the leading scorer for the Hornets at 11.8 points Feb 29 *Rogers State 3:30 PM Keyon Thomas on the way to a 94-82 win over while Brenden Van Dyke is averaging 11.4 MIAA Tournament Sterling on Monday night. The Hornets went on points and a team high 7.8 rebounds per game. March 4 Opening Round Games a 13-4 run to take a four point lead with 12:34 (Seeds 7-10) left in the half. Sterling answered with a 14-4 run ABOUT THE HAWKS March 5 Quarterfinals of their own to go up 25-19 with 7:41 left in the Rockhurst is 1-2 on the season with the one win (Seeds 1-2 vs Opening Round Winners) half. The Hornets closed the half on a 9-1 run coming against Washburn in Kansas City. They March 6 Quarterfinals (Seeds 3-6) and take a 42-39 lead into the break. Emporia are 0-2 outside of Mason Halpin Fieldhouse. March 7 Semifinals State started to pull away with a 13-2 run to take Curtis Lewis is averaging 18.0 points per game. March 8 Championship Game a 75-62 lead with 6:35 left and would reach 17 NCAA Central Regional points with 4:52 remaining. The Warriors closed SERIES HISTORY March 14-15, 17 TBA to the final spread of 12 points at 94-82 with 12 Emporia State leads the all-time series 47-32. NCAA Elite Eight seconds left. Thomas was 12 of 17 from the field The Hornets have won six straight in White March 26 & 28 Evansville, IN and five of nine from the three-point line and was Auditorium with the last loss to the Hawks NCAA Championship Game joined in double figures by Justin Williams with coming in the 1987-88 season. The two teams April 5, 2020 Atlanta,GA 18, Devin Rottweiler with 15 and Zac Owens met in the 1964 NAIA National Semifinals. $ - Exhibition Game * - MIAA Game with 12 points. Home Game LAST TIME VS ROCKHURST THE COACHES Emporia State allowed Rockhurst to shoot over Craig Doty is 17-18 in his second season at 60% in the second half as the Hornets fell 95-90. Media Contacts Emporia State. In his eighth season as a head The Hornets had a 17 points first half lead. The ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD coach at the D2, NAIA, and NJCAA level he is Hawks used a 14-2 run to pull within 53-51 620-344-6190 (cell) 179-68 with three national championships. In with 12:39 remaining and took an 85-77 lead [email protected] two seasons at Graceland, Doty went 49-22 with 3:15 left. Rockhurst hit four of four free RU: John Dodderidge and won the 2018 NAIA Division I National throws in the final :29.2 to secure the win. Justin (816) 501-4850 Championship in Municipal Auditorium. Prior Washington had 18 points with nine rebounds. [email protected] to Graceland, Doty spent four years as the He was joined in double figures by Kooper Glick, : Selected head coach at Rock Valley College winning Malik Hluchoweckyj and Julius Jackson with 16 POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY two national championships and appearing in points each. Hornet players and Coach Doty will be three straight NJCAA Division III title games to available in the interview room of White finish with a 113-28 record. He is 0-1 against UP NEXT Auditorium after the game following a brief Rockhurst. The Hornets travel to Kansas City to take on cooling off period. Drew Diener is 58-56 in his fifth season at William Jewell in Municipal Auditorium. Tip-off WEBSITE: esuhornets.com Rockhurst and 226-99 in his 11th year as a head for the final game of the MIAA Men’s Basketball TWITTER: @ESUSports coach. He is 2-2 against Emporia State. Challenge is set for 8:15 p.m. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics Emporia State Hornets vs. Rockhurst Hawks November 22, 2019 Slaymaker Court/White Auditorium • Emporia, Kan. Page 2 ESU’S RECORD IN 2019-20 WHEN... INSIDE THE NUMBERS The Hornets 127 points against Bethel is a school record, breaking the old mark of 124 At Home...........................3-0 against Midwestern State in four overtimes in the 2007-08 season and against Mid-America On the Road .......................0-1 Nazarene in 1985. On a Neutral Court . 0-1 Last year the Hornets won six games in which they have trailed by at least six points and also Leading or tied at Half . .3-0 lost eight games when leading by at least eight points. Trailing at Half ......................0-2 Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) ......3-1 DOTY MAGIC Three-time National Champion head coach Craig Doty is in his second season as head coach Trailing or Tied with 5:00 left...........0-1 at Emporia State. Doty is 66-40 as a head coach at four year schools with a 17-18 record ESU equals/outrebounds opponents....3-1 since taking over for the Hornets. He is 179-68 in his seventh year at the NCAA D2, NAIA and ESU is outrebounded ................0-1 NJCAA levels, including a 79-42 mark in conference play. ESU commits more turnovers/equal ....0-1 A great builder of teams, he is 66-15 in games played in February and March with an Opponent commits more turnovers .....3-1 unprecedented 29-5 record in the post-season. Two of those five post season losses were to ESU has more FT attempts or equal....3-2 the eventual national champion. Doty led Rock Valley College and Graceland University to national prominence earlier in his Opp. has more free throw attempts .....0-0 career. In just two seasons at Graceland, Doty’s program had a 49-22 record and won the ESU shoots 50% or better ............3-0 2018 NAIA Division I National Championship in the school’s first trip to the national tournament ESU shoots less than 50%............0-2 at Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium. The Yellowjackets started the 2017-18 season Opponent shoots 50% or better .......0-0 10-8 and ended the year winning 19 of their final 21 games.