athletics carleton men’s basketball notes - jan. 9, 2004 Game contact eric sieger, sid, [email protected] 2003-04 carleton knights 12 (7-4, 4-2 MIAC) November Knights hope to shake funk in match-up with Pipers 25 Upper Iowa University ...... W 76-46 HAMLINE (6-5, 3-3 MIAC) AT CARLETON (7-4, 4-2 MIAC) 28 Wisconsin Lutheran College $ . . .W 73-40 Date: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, 7:30p.m. 29 University of Wisconsin, Stout $ . .L 54-61 Site: West Gymnasium, Northfield, Minn. (capacity 1,400) December 3 Bethel College* ...... W 69-60 Series record vs. Hamline: Carleton leads 51-39. 6Augsburg College* ...... W 68-51 Radio: KYMN 10180 AM, Northfield, Minn., Webcast on Knights Online 8 Crown College ...... W 72-24 (www.carleton.edu/athletics/broadcasts). 10 St. Olaf College* ...... W 62-50 Coaches: Carleton – Guy Kalland (Concordia-Moorhead, 1974/253-236/20th season at Carleton and 30 MSU, Mankato ...... L 62-72 overall); Hamline – Tom Gilles (Univ. of Iowa, 1986/68-147/ninth season at Hamline and overall) January Websites: Carleton (www.carleton.edu/athletics); Hamline (www.hamline.edu/cla/athletics/) 3 * ...... L. 44-69 5St. Mary's University* ...... W 59-48 Knights close out home stretch by hosting Hamline 7 Concordia College, Moorhead* . .L 59-60 Carleton ends a string of three home games out of its last four contests by hosting Hamline 10 * ...... 3 p.m. University. Both teams are fresh off close contests on Wednesday, as Carleton shot 39 percent from 14 University of St. Thomas* . . . . .7:30 p.m. the floor and 44 percent from the free-throw line in falling to Concordia-Moorhead, 60-59. The 17 St. John's University* ...... 3 p.m. Pipers, meanwhile, got a buzzer-beating jumper from Jerome Williams in edging Augsburg, 65-63. 19 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .7:30 p.m. 21 Bethel College* ...... 7:30 p.m. 24 Augsburg College* ...... 3 p.m. Schieck reaches one milestone, closes in on another 31 St. Olaf College* ...... 3 p.m. Knight senior Tanner Schieck grabbed his 600th career rebound in Wednesday’s game game February against Concordia-Moorhead, becoming only the 10th player in Carleton history with 600 rebounds. 2Macalester College* ...... 7:30 p.m. His 24-point outburst pushed his career total to 982 points, leaving him 18 points shy of 1,000 for 4 St. Mary's University* ...... 8 p.m. his career. Only 16 other players have scored 1,000 or more career points at Carleton, and only 7Concordia College, Moorhead* . . .3 p.m. seven of those have recorded 600 rebounds as well. At his current scoring pace of 14.5 points per 11 Hamline University* ...... 7:30 p.m. game, Schieck has a good chance at cracking Carleton’s all-time top 10 list in scoring and into the 14 University of St. Thomas* ...... 3 p.m. all-time top five in rebounding. 18 St. John's University* ...... 7:30 p.m. Poor shooting dooms Knights in loss to Cobbers 21 Gustavus Adolphus College* . . . . .3 p.m. Tanner Schieck scored a season-high 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting and grabbed nine $- UW-Stout Tournament, Menomonie, Wis. rebounds but visiting Concordia-Moorhead used an 8-0 spurt to open the second half and held off * - MIAC contest host Carleton down the stretch for a 60-59 victory at West Gym on Wednesday night. bold indicates home contest The Knights shot a miserable 44 percent from the foul line, making only 8 of 18 attempts, and were 39.3 percent (22-for-56) from the field. Concordia converted on 57 percent of its field goal Head Coach Guy Kalland attempts and was 10-for-14 from the free-throw line. Dan Forkrud tallied 11 points, six rebounds GuyKalland enters his 20th season as Carleton’s head coach. He has led the and three assists for Carleton, which dropped itsthird decision in its last four games. Kyle Beste Knights to the MIAC Playoffs 11 times in the added nine points, marking the first time this season he hasn't scored in double figures. past 14 seasons and is Carleton’s all-time winningest coach, as he surpassed prede- Free throws carry Knights past St. Mary’s cessor Jack Thurnblad during the the 2002- The Knights had a tough day shooting making only 28 percent of their shots, but they sunk 35 03 season. His previous coaching stops include the of 45 from the charity stripe, including 22 of 25 in the second half, to top St. Mary’s 59-48 on University of Minnesota, Inver Hills (Minn.) Community Monday. Anthony Baquero led the way with 14, and Carleton held the Cardinals starters to just 17 College, Eagle Bend (Minn.) High School and Cannon Falls points. (Minn.) High School. Terrance Smith led St. Mary’s with 11 points. Carleton basketball quick facts Head Coach: Guy Kalland Assistant Coach: Dan Larson Assistant Coach: Ross Peterson Location: Northfield, Minn. Probable Carleton Starting Line-up Enrollment: 1,850 Nickname: Knights 13 Anthony Baquero Jr.G 8.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 37.0 3-pt FG% School Colors: Maize and Blue 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 4.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 91.7 FT% , 47.4 3-pt FG% Conference: Minn. Intercollegiate (MIAC) 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 13.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.9 bpg Arena: West Gym 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 14.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 2.0 spg, 57.7 FG% Capacity: 1,400 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 10.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.9 bpg Record in West Gym: MIAC Record in West Gym: Key reserves All-time Record: 1035-815-2 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 1.7 ppg, 1.6 apg, 1.0 spg, 45.5 3-pt FG% 2002-03 Overall Record: 16-10 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 3.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 47.6 3-pt FG% 2002-03 MIAC Record: 13-7 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. F 2.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg 2002-03 MIAC finish: Third 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 4.2 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 40.6 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-suh-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

Series record Carleton holds a 51-39 edge in the series with the Pipers and has won 28 of the 42 games on its home floor. The Knights have won seven in a row against the Pipers, including a sweep of last MIAC season’s games. Jan. 11, 2003, Carleton 78, at Hamline 65: Kyle Beste scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds as Carleton beat host Hamline. Anthony Baquero added 17 points, connecting on 5-of-9 three-point Standings attempts, and Scott Christensen was also in double figures with 12. Dan Forkrud added 10. Jerome Williams led Hamline with 20 points. Ryan Montgomery had nine points for the Pipers. MIAC Overall Feb. 12, 2003, at Carleton 81, Hamline 77: Tanner Schieck scored a conference season-high 23 Gustavus 5-1 7-4 points and Scott Christensen ‘03 added 11 points to move past 1,000 for his career as host Carleton Bethel 5-2 10-2 clinched an MIAC Playoff spot by holding off Hamline.The win was Carleton head coach Guy Carleton 4-2 7-4 Kalland’s 245th, moving him past his predecessor, Jack Thurnblad, as Carleton’s all-time win- Macalester 4-2 5-6 ningest coach. Dan Forkrud added 15 points and seven boards, canning all four of his long-range St. John’s 4-2 6-5 attempts. Kyle Beste chipped in with 11 points. Josh Hanson paced Hamline with 22 points, includ- Concordia 4-3 7-4 ing six 3-pointers. Jerome Williams added 14 points and five assists. Hamline 3-3 6-5 Scouting Hamline St. Thomas 2-4 4-7 The Pipers are coming off a thrilling 65-63 win over Augsburg on Wednesday, as Jerome Augsburg 2-5 5-7 Williams drilled a 12-foot leaner to beat the buzzer, pushing Hamline’s MIAC record to 3-3 in the St. Olaf 1-5 4-7 process. Tom Gilles’ squad is led by senior forward Josh Hanson. The junior-college transfer leads St. Mary's 1-6 2-9 his club in scoring (17.1 ppg), rebounding (6.1 rpg), assists (2.1 apg), steals (1.1 spg), three-point Results shooting (30 made, 49.2%) and field-goal shooting (66 made, 46.8%). Senior point guard Williams Jann 7 makes the Pipers go and is their second-leading scorer at 10.8 points per game. He’s also a much- Concordia 60, Carleton 59 improved perimeter shooter, knocking down 42.9 percent of his three-point attempts, including 4- Gustavus 70, St. Thomas 61 of-7 in MIAC play. The Pipers have struggled to find a consistent third scorer to go with Hanson and St. Mary's 66, Macalester 57 Williams, though, as their 58.7 points scored in conference games ranks ninth. The Pipers have con- Bethel 77, St. Olaf 68 verted only 38.8 percent if their field-goal attempts, but have knocked down 43.5 percent of their Hamline 65, Augsburg 63 three-point shots. Jan. 5 Carleton 59, St. Mary’s 48 Baquero nears century mark for triples Concordia 55, St. Thomas 51 Carleton junior guard Anthony Baquero recently surpassed 90 career three-pointers, pushing Macalester 66, Gustavus 54 his way onto Carleton’s all-time top 10 list in the process. He enters the contest against Hamline St. John’s 86, St. Olaf 58 with 91 career three-pointers, trailing Sam Richardson ‘98 by seven. Bethel 77, Augsburg 62 Knights’ shooting struggles continue Upcoming contests Carleton canned a meager 39 percent of its shots in Wednesday’s loss and scored less than 60 Jan. 10 points for the third consecutive contest. Over the last three games, Carleton is shooting 34.2 per- Gustavus at St. Mary's, 3 p.m. cent from the floor and 23.4 percent from the three-point arc. In their first eight games, Carleton Bethel at St. John's, 3 p.m. shot 44.8 percent from the floor, including 39.1 percent from three-point range. Hamline at Carleton, 3 p.m. Quick hits Augsburg at St. Olaf, 3 p.m. Macalester at St. Thomas, 3 p.m. The Knights currently rank first in the MIAC in steals per game (11.5) and in turnover margin Jan 17 (+4.5) and second in scoring defense (56.3 ppg allowed)… Carleton has held opponents to 50 points Concordia at Hamline, 7:30 p.m. or less in five of its 11 games… In his first collegiate start against St. Mary’s on Monday, Jake Phillips Carleton at St. Thomas, 7:30 p.m. hit 6-of-7 free throws and scored eight points, a career high. He added six points, two assists and St. Mary's at Augsburg, 7:30 p.m. two steals against Concordia… Carleton 20 steals against St. Mary’s was the third-highest total in St. John's at Gustavus, 7:30 p.m. school history...Kyle Beste had his string of double-figure scoring games snapped at 19, dating St. Olaf at Macalester, 7:30 p.m. back to last year. He tallied nine points against the Cobbers. He scored in double figures in Carleton’s final nine games of 2002-03… Tanner Schieck ranks sixth in the MIAC in rebounding at 6.5 rebounds per game, and Dan Forkrud is seventh at 6.0 boards a contest. The pair ranks second and third, respectively, in steals. Carleton Men’s Basketball 2003-04 Season and Career Highs Updated 1/9/04

Player Points Rebounds Assists Baquero, Anthony Season 14 at MSU-Mankato, 12/30/03 6 vs. St. Mary’s, 1/5/04 4 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 14 at St. Mary’s 1/5/04 Career 25 vs. Augsburg, 12/7/02 9 at Macalester, 12/8/01 5 on three occasions

Beste, Kyle Season 19 at Bethel, 12/3/03 7 at UW-Stout, 11/29/03 6 atMSU-Mankato, 12/30/03 Career 24 at Gustavus, 1/20/03 11 vs. Macalester 2/3/03 6 on four occasions

Forkrud, Dan Season 20 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, 11/28/03 11 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, 11/28/03 4 on fouroccasions Career 22 at St. Olaf, 12/11/02 12 at St. Mary’s, 2/5/03 9 at Crown, 11/23/02

Greenberger, Danny Season 3 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 1 on two occasions 0 Career 3 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 1 on three occasions 0

Johnson, Micah Season 9 at Bethel, 12/3/03 3 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 3 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 Career 12 at Chicago, 11/24/01 5 at Aurora, 11/20/01 5 at Chicago, 11/24/01 5 vs. Pillsbury, 11/27/01

Knap, Andrew Season 0 2 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 2 vs. Wis. Lutheran, 11/28/03 Career 12 at Macalester, 12/9/00 6 vs. Concordia, 1/6/01 2 on four occasions

Kootsikas, Mike 8 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 2 on two occasions 4 vs. St. Olaf, 12/30/03

Lakanwal, Khalid Season 11 at Augsburg, 12/6/03 6 at MSU-Mankato, 12/30/03 5 vs. Wis. Lutheran, 11/28/03 Career 11 at Augsburg, 12/6/03 6 at MSU-Mankato, 12/30/03 5 vs. Wis. Lutheran, 11/28/03

Miles, Zak 000

Phillips, Jake 8 at St. Mary’s, 1/5/04 4 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 5 vs. Crown, 12/8/03

Portschy, Steve Season 2 on two occasions1 on two occasions 0 Career 2 on four occasions 2 on two occasions 1 at Crown, 11/23/02

Schieck, Tanner Season 24 vs. Concordia, 1/7/04 14 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 4 at Augsburg, 12/6/03 Career 25 at Chaminade, 11/30/02 21 vs. Augsburg, 1/19/02 6 vs. Crown, 11/20/00

Shcieck, Tucker 2 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 2 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 1 vs. Crown, 12/8/03

Sharkey, Brian Season 0 1 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 0 Career 0 1 vs. Crown, 12/8/03 0

Stapp, Gunnar Season 4 on three occasions 3 on four occasions 3 vs. Upper Iowa, 11/25/03 Career 19 at St. Olaf, 1/20/01 6 on two occasions 5 at Crown, 11/23/02 miscellaneous 2003-04 statistics carleton’s record when… Games as leading scorer Season/Career Home … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2-2 Anthony Baquero … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/4 Away… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 4-2 Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 6/17 Neutral… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1-0 Dan Forkrud … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/4 Carleton leads at the half … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 7-3 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 7/19 Carleton trails at the half … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-1 Gunnar Stapp … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/1 Tied at the half … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-0 Overtime … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-0 Games as leading rebounder Season/Career Carleton shoots 50 percent or better from the floor … … … … … … … 2-0 Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 8/9 Carleton shoots 40-49.9 percent from the floor … … … … … … … … … 4-1 Dan Forkrud … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 4/13 Carleton shoots less than 40 percent from the floor … … … … … … … 1-3 Khalid Lakanwal … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/1 Opponent shoots 50 percent or better from the floor … … … … … … … 0-2 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 8/48 Opponent shoots 40-49.9 percent from the floor … … … … … … … … 2-2 Anthony Baquero… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/1 Opponent shoots less than 40 percent from the floor … … … … … … 5-0 Carleton has more rebounds … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 4-1 Games as leading in assists Season/Career Opponent has more rebounds … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 3-3 Anthony Baquero … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/5 Teams have same number of rebounds … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-0 Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/7 Carleton commits more turnovers… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-2 Dan Forkrud … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 5/9 Opponent commits more turnovers … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 7-2 Micah Johnson … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/1 Teams have equal turnovers … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0-0 Mike Kootsikas … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/1 Carleton scores 70 or more points … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 3-0 Khalid Lakanwal… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/2 Carleton scores less than 70 points … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 4-4 Jake Phillips… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/1 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/5

Double-Doubles (not including triple-doubles) Season/Career Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/4 Dan Forkrud… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/3 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/18

Double-figure scoring games Season/Career Anthony Baquero … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 3/19 Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 10/42 Dan Forkrud … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 6/22 Micah Johnson … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/2 Khalid Lakanwal… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/2 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 8/49 Gunnar Stapp … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/6

20-point games Season/Career Anthony Baquero … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/1 Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/4 Dan Forkrud… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/2 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 3/10

10-rebound games Season/Career Kyle Beste … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 0/5 Dan Forkrud… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 1/3 Tanner Schieck … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 2/21

10-assist game Season/Career none