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 TEN Alabama State at Evansville OCTOBER 2012 Dec. 15, 2012 - 1:05 p.m. CT - Ford Center Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org - AcesTV Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Scott Shreffler Nov. 10 at No. 22 Notre Dame $ L, 49-58 Nov. 15 Buffalo $ L, 50-56 Nov. 16 Yale $ W, 66-56 Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ W, 49-44 Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech W, 62-50 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 72-46 EVANSVILLE INFORMATION ALABAMA STATE INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2012-13 Record: 5-4 2012-13 Record: 1-7 Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 79-72 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Lewis Jackson Record at UE: 72-92 (6th Season) Record at ASU: 110-117 (8th season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Career Record: 170-165 (12th Season) Career Record: Same Dec. 8 Murray State L, 82-70 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State 1:05 p.m. Points: D.J. Balentine - 12.1 PPG Points: Joshua Freelove - 13.9 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City 7:05 p.m. Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 6.3 RPG Rebounds: Shawntez Patterson - 6.0 RPG Assists: Troy Taylor - 33 assists Assists: Jamel Waters - 15 assists Dec. 22 at Butler 1:00 p.m. Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 13 blocks Blocks: Luther Page - 7 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON 7:05 p.m. Minutes: Troy Taylor - 30.7 MPG Minutes: Shawntez Patterson - 29.7 MPG JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE 7:05 p.m. Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 8:00 p.m. Lewis Jones Notes: Averaged 8.7 PPG in three home Coaches vs. Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA 7:00 p.m. 4 SR - F/G - 6-3 - 200 Cancer contests Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE 3:35 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE 7:05 p.m. GW Carver 5.1 1.4 34.8 43.5 21.0 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE 7:05 p.m. Jan. 23 BRADLEY 7:05 p.m. Troy Taylor Notes: Registered first UE double-double of the sea- Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE 7:00 p.m. SR - G - 6-0 - 184 son with 11 points and 12 rebounds vs. Murray State Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA 7:05 p.m. 5 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Anderson FEBRUARY 2013 5.6 6.3 45.7 56.3 30.7 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE 2:05 p.m. Feb. 5 at BRADLEY 7:00 p.m. Colt Ryan Notes: Since return, has scored 16 PPG including game- high of 18 vs. Miami OH Feb. 10 DRAKE 2 or 7 p.m. 11 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7:05 p.m. Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON 2:00 p.m. Batesville 11.6 1.4 42.9 92.3 21.4 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE 7:05 p.m. Feb. 22-24 at Sears Bracketbusters & TBA Ned Cox Notes: Most consistent UE player this season, hit Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE 7:00 p.m. 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 double figures in seven out of nine games San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes MARCH 2013 Judson 11.3 2.2 39.8 86.7 30.6 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE TBA Mar. 7-10 at MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Has grabbed five or more rebounds in the last 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 four games Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 5.0 4.4 69.0 62.5 15.9 ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge & - SEARS Bracketbuster Game Off The Bench % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES 0 Ryan Sawvell F 6-8/200 SO 3.6 3.7 Scored 10 pts at UND & vs. Yale Home Games in Bold 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 2.3 0.7 Hit 3pt and 2 FTs vs. MIA Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 5.6 2.1 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU MVC Games in ALL CAPS 12 Adam Wing G 6-4/205 FR 2.6 2.0 Notched career high 9 pts vs. MIA All Times Central 13 Jordan Jahr F 6-6/200 SO 4.4 3.0 Scored 13 pts vs. WIU 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.0 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Notched a RB vs. BRAD last season 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR 0.0 1.0 Had a rebound vs. AAMU 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 1.0 2.5 Tied career mark w/5 rb vs. AAMU 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR 12.1 1.3 Career high 26 pts at CSU, 6-10 3pt 34 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Redshirted for 2012-13 season 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 The Opening Tip Follow The Aces - Following a seven-day break, the Aces will be back on the floor Saturday evening as they face Alabama State You can find the Purple Aces on - Last weekend, UE fell by an 82-70 final to Murray State; four Aces finished in double figures Facebook and Twitter! Follow the UE led by a 16-point outing by Ned Cox men’s basketball team on Facebook - Evansville will finish up the pre-Christmas schedule by playing three games in eight days at “Aces Men’s Basketball (Official). as they face Oakland City on Dec. 18 before traveling to Butler for a Dec. 22 contest The Aces hoops team is also on Twitter @evansvillehoops. You can Preseason Honors also follow all of the University of Evansville athletics - Senior Colt Ryan has received several preseason accolades entering the 2012-13 campaign. Those include: teams on Twitter @ueathletics and on Facebook at - MVC Preseason All-Conference Team University of Evansville Athletic Department. - SENIOR Class Award Watch List - Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team GoPurpleAces.com is the official home of University of - No. 3 Under-The-Rader Player (CBSSports.com) Evansville athletics. GoPurpleAces - No. 11 shooter on Luke Winn’s Top 16 list (SI.com) has the most info on Evansville Ath- letics and provides daily updates on Hot Start all UE sports. It is also the one place - Senior Ned Cox got off to a blazing start against the Racers, connecting on his first seven to find live streaming and audio shots while scoring 16 points; all of his tallies came in the first seven minutes of the game; from several Aces athletics contests. he finished the day 7-of-11 while leading UE with his 16 points - Cox has registered double figures in seven out of nine games this season; he is third on the team with 11.3 points per game while ranking second on the squad in assists and steals The Marty Simmons Radio Show Aces head coach Marty Simmons and Lance Wilkerson Sharp Shooter - With his average of 15 PPG in the games against Miami and Murray State, freshman D.J. host the “Marty Simmons Radio Show” every Monday Balentine garnered MVC Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 10; it is the first honor for a night at 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Turoni’s on the east side. The UE player this season show can be heard on WUEV 91.5 FM. The restaurant - Since scoring nine points in UE’s first two games, Balentine has averaged 14.3 points per is located just north of the UE campus. Fans are in- contest; he has three-straight double-digit outings, averaging 18.7 points over the span vited to come out each week and get the inside scoop - Balentine has been moving up the MVC list for the season at a drastic pace as he ranks 5th on the latest developments with the Aces basketball in the league with 2.6 threes per game while ranking 8th in his long range shooting, hitting team! 46.9% of his attempts from outside - His 26-point outing against the Rams was the top effort by a freshman since Colt Ryan notched 31 at Creighton in his freshman campaign of 2009-10. It also marked the top scoring output for a UE player this season Home Media Stats - Balentine is now the top scorer for UE, averaging 11.8 points per game Members of the media can follow today’s game by - Balentine has hit all eight free throws on the year, including all four in the final minute of logging on to evansville.statbroadcast.com. You can play to seal the win over WIU follow it on any laptop or mobile device. This access is available for all home contests. He’s Back! - In four games since returning from a hip pointer, Colt Ryan has been an offensive force, posting 16 points per game, leading UE in scoring twice (Alabama A&M and Miami OH) - Ryan has been a pivotal part of Evansville’s offense; in games where Ryan has been in the game for more than ten minutes, the team has averaged 71.4 points while the four games where he has seen seven or fewer minutes of action, the Aces have posted an avearge of 56.8 tallies - As always, Ryan has been almost automatic from the line, connecting on 12 of his 13 free throws this season Media Policy Neat The Top - Evansville ranks near the top of the nation in several statistical categories thanks to its University of Evansville Sports Information Director Bob Pristash will unselfish play be serving as the primary media contact for Aces Men’s Basketball this - With an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.46, UE is at the top of the Valley and 12th in the nation season and all interview and media requests must be directed to his attention.