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John Kean, Sports Information Director Office : (573) 341-4140 Cell: (573) 233-6891 E-mail: [email protected] 2015-16 Schedule/Results Missouri S&T Miners vs. Southeast Missouri State (0-0 overall, 0-0 GLVC) • • • Sat., Nov. 7, 2015 Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, Mo. 2 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Score Nov. 7 at Southeast Mo. St. (Exhib.) 2 p.m. Nov. 13 at Ashland 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Lake Erie (1) 12 p.m. Nov. 17 MISSOURI BAPTIST 7 p.m. Nov. 21 CENTRAL MISSOURI 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at St. Mary’s 3 p.m. Nov. 28 Angelo State (2) 12:45 p.m. Dec. 3 MARYVILLE* 7:30 p.m. Missouri S&T Southeast Missouri State Ranking: Not ranked Ranking: Not ranked Dec. 5 at Missouri-St. Louis* 3 p.m. 2014-15 Records: 9-17, 2-16 GLVC 2014-15 Records: 13-17, 7-9 OVC Dec. 8 BLACKBURN 5:30 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Glash (49-108, 7th year) Head Coach: Rick Ray (0-0, 1st year) Dec. 12 DRURY* 3 p.m. Dec. 20 WILLIAM WOODS 3 p.m. Dec. 31 PRINCIPIA 2 p.m. MISSOURI S&T PROBABLE STARTERS: Jan. 7 at Wisconsin-Parkside* 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at Lewis* 3 p.m. Jan. 14 SAINT JOSEPH’S* 7:30 p.m. No. Name Ht. Year PPG RPG AST STL Hometown Jan. 16 INDIANAPOLIS* 3 p.m. 12 Desmond Buerge 6-5 Sr. 13.3 5.0 24 43 Carthage, Mo. Jan. 21 at William Jewell* 7:30 p.m. 13 Danylo Zuikov 6-1 Jr. 6.1 2.5 101 24 Kiev, Ukraine Jan. 23 at Rockhurst* 3 p.m. Jan. 28 TRUMAN STATE* 7:30 p.m. 14 Juwan Miller 5-11 So. 9.5 3.0 50 33 Kitchener, Ont. Jan. 30 QUINCY* 3 p.m. 15 Rokas Paulauskas 6-8 Jr. 9.3 6.3 20 23 Talsiai, Lithuania Feb. 4 BELLARMINE* 7:30 p.m. 23 B.J. McLaughlin 6-5 Jr. 8.0 2.9 14 13 Florissant, Mo. Feb. 6 SOUTHERN INDIANA* 3 p.m. *Statistics from 2014-15 season; Paulauskas’ stats from Frank Phillips College. Feb. 11 at McKendree* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Illinois Springfield* 3 p.m. Feb. 18 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS* 7:30 p.m. Today’s Starting Five: Feb. 20 at Maryville* 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Drury* 7:45 p.m. Feb. 28 GLVC Tournament starts • Missouri S&T plays its only exhibition game of the 2015-16 season Saturday when it travels to Cape Girardeau, Mo., to face Southeast Missouri State of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Miners and All times Central Redhawks have a long history as they played together in the then Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic *Great Lakes Valley Conference game (1) at Ashland, Ohio Association from 1935-91. The schools have had 135 regular season meetings and Saturday’s (2) at San Antonio, Texas game is the fourth pre-season exhibition game between the two.

The Miners were 9-17 in the 2014-15 season, but lost 15 of their final 16 games after an 8-2 start. Game Coverage • S&T’s struggles began at the time of Juwan Miller’s season-ending injury, as he missed the last 15 Audio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) Web: www.minerathletics.com (audio link) games of the year. Missouri S&T was picked to finish seventh in the West Division of the Great Video: www.minerathletics.com (video link) Lakes Valley Conference. Live Stats: www.minerathletics.com (Live stats link) • Southeast Missouri State, who was picked fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference’s West Division, posted a 12-17 record last season. The Redhawks, under the direction of former Mississippi State head coach Rick Ray, return two starters in pre-season All-OVC selection Antonius Cleveland and Isiah Jones; Cleveland is the top returning scorer for Southeast this season as he averaged 10.8 points a game a year ago.

• Zach Ellis, the only four-year senior on the Miner roster this year, enters the 2015-16 season just 281 points away from 1,000 for his career. The 1,000-point mark has been reached previously by 23 Miners, the most recent being Bryce Foster late in the 2012-13 season. Ellis is also 25 steals away from reaching 10th place on S&T’s all-time list. Meanwhile, Danylo Zuikov comes into the year needing just eight three-point baskets to reach 100 for his career and can reach the top 10 on the S&T career list with 39 treys this season.

• Missouri S&T will open its 2015-16 regular season schedule on Nov. 13 in Ashland, Ohio against Ashland University, the pre-season favorite in the South Division of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. S&T will play Lake Erie the following day in Ashland before hosting Missouri Baptist in its home opener Nov. 17.

2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2 Ervin Sarajlic F 6-5 205 So. St. Louis, Mo./Oakville HS 10 Brooks Gerrity G 6-2 170 Fr.-R Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS 12 Desmond Buerge G 6-5 185 Sr. Carthage, Mo./Cameron University 13 Danylo Zuikov G 6-1 175 Jr. Kiev, Ukraine/LaLumiere School 14 Juwan Miller G 5-11 165 So. Kitchener, Ont./Huron Heights HS 15 Rokas Paulauskas F 6-8 230 Jr. Telsiai, Lithuania/Frank Phillips College 20 Telloy Simon G 6-3 170 Fr. Kitchener, Ont./St. Mary’s HS 21 Quinn Poythress F 6-7 210 Fr. Jackson, Mo./Notre Dame Regional HS 22 Zach Ellis G 6-0 180 Sr. St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School 23 B.J. McLaughlin F 6-5 190 Sr. Florissant, Mo./Moberly Area CC 25 Jay Corwin F 6-6 210 Jr. Independence, Mo./Crowder College 31 Allen Billinger G 5-11 160 Fr. Murphysboro, Ill./Carbondale HS 40 Tyler Anderson F 6-4 210 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit North HS 44 Luke Schnieders F 6-8 170 Fr. O’Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic HS

HEAD COACH: Jim Glash ASSISTANT COACHES: Marques Baldwin, Tyrone Davidson

MINER TIDBITS: #2 Ervin Sarajlic: Second season in the Miner program...averaged #22 Zach Ellis: Only four-year senior on the 2015-16 S&T roster... 4.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in his freshman year before missing the was the Miners’ second-leading scorer as a junior at 12 points a final seven games due to an injury...scored a season-best nine points game...had 15 double figure games a year ago and has 34 in his on three occasions. career, with a high of 29 vs. Ozark Christian...averaged 8.6 points as a freshman and 7.8 as a sophomore. #10 Brooks Gerrity: Was redshirted last season...avearged 16.2 points and connected on 36.4 percent of his three-point attempts as a #23 B.J. McLaughlin: Averaged eight points a game in his first high school senior...averaged nearly 13 points in his junior year. season at S&T...shot 85.7 percent at the line and also had eight blocks...scored a career-high 17 against William Jewell and #12 Desmond Buerge: Led the Miners in scoring in the 2014-15 finished with eight double figure scoring efforts...played one season season at 13.3 points per game...also led S&T in steals with 43... at UT-Martin and one at Moberly Area Community College before registered a career-high 23 points at Rockhurst and was in double joining the Miners. figures 19 times...played eight games at Cameron in 2013-14; averaged 8.2 per game in 2012-13 at MSU-West Plains. #25 Jay Corwin: Newcomer to the S&T program...scored more than 1,000 points at Blue Springs High School and averaged 17 points as #13 Danylo Zuikov: Led the GLVC in -to-turnover ratio at 3.16- a senior...attended Crowder College after graduation; school does not to-1 last season...finished third in the GLVC with 101 assists, which sponsor a men’s basketball program. included an S&T single-game record 13 vs. McKendree...scored 6.1 points per game and led the Miners with 37 three-point baskets... #31 Allen Billinger: Newcomer who averaged better than 18 points a averaged 7.2 points a game in his freshman season in 2013-14. game as a high school senior and posted 561 points, the 11th-highest in a year at Carbondale High School...named as the region’s player of #14 Juwan Miller: Averaged 9.5 points, three rebounds and 4.5 the year following the 2014-15 season. assists per game in the first 11 contests before suffering a season- ending injury...had 33 steals in those 11 games which led the GLVC #40 Tyler Anderson: Third year in the S&T program...scored a at the time of the injury...had a season-high 20 points vs. William career-best six points in last year’s finale at Drury and had eight Woods and was in double figures six times. rebounds vs. Ozark Christian.

#15 Rokas Paulauskas: Transfer from Frank Phillips College, where #44 Luke Schnieders: Newcomer to the Miners who averaged 9.1 he averaged 9.3 points and 6.3 rebounds a game a year ago...had points as a high school senior and named as his league’s defensive marks of 4.4 points and 5.6 rebounds as a freshman...averaged a player of the year...recorded 122 blocked shots in 27 games last year. double-double at Hamilton Heights Academy in Chattanooga as a high school senior. PRONUNCIATIONS: #20 Telloy Simon: Incoming freshman who averaged 26 points and #2 Ervin Sarajlic -- Suh-RYE-lick five rebounds per game as a high school senior...was a two-time #12 Desmond Buerge -- Burr-GEE most valuable player in his league...played in summer leagues along #13 Danylo Zuikov -- ZOO-koff with current Miner Juwan Miller. #15 Rokas Paulauskas -- Puh-LAW-skuss

#21 Quinn Poythress: Freshman who averaged 20.5 points as a high school senior, helping lead Notre Dame Regional to a third place finish in Missouri Class 4...earned all-state honors in his senior year. 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 3 GLVC Standings About the Opponent (Through Nov. 3, 2015) Southeast Missouri State: Saturday’s game will also mark the first and only exhibition game for the Redhawks, who WEST DIVISION GLVC Overall changed head coaches following a 2014-15 campaign in which it finished at 12-17. Rick Drury 0-0 0-0 Ray, who spent the last three seasons as the head coach at Mississippi State, took over Maryville 0-0 0-0 the Southeast program in April. Missouri S&T 0-0 0-0 Missouri-St. Louis 0-0 0-0 Quincy 0-0 0-0 Antonius Cleveland, the only returning double figure scorer for Southeast this season with Rockhurst 0-0 0-0 an average of 10.8 points a game a year ago, was named to the Ohio Valley Conference’s Truman State 0-0 0-0 William Jewell 0-0 0-0 pre-season all-conference team. He heads a roster with a number of returners on the perimeter – but new faces on the front line -- as the Redhawks look to improve during Ray’s EAST DIVISION GLVC Overall first year at the helm. Bellarmine 0-0 0-0 Illinois Springfield 0-0 0-0 Indianapolis 0-0 0-0 Isiah Jones averaged 9.8 points a game last season and is the only senior on the Redhawk Lewis 0-0 0-0 roster, while Marcus Wallace averaged just under five points per contest. However, McKendree 0-0 0-0 Southeast has only one player at forward, Florida A&M transfer Trey Kellum, with Saint Joseph’s 0-0 0-0 experience at the NCAA level in a group that includes three freshmen. Southern Indiana 0-0 0-0 Wisconsin-Parkside 0-0 0-0

Southeast was picked to finish fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference’s West Division. Upcoming GLVC schedule: . Saturday, Nov. 7 Series vs. Southeast Missouri State: Missouri S&T at Southeast Missouri St. (X), 2 p.m. The Miners and Redhawks have a long series dating back over a century, with Southeast William Jewell at Missouri State (X), 2:05 p.m. leading the regular season series 103-32. The teams have played three times in exhibition McKendree at Drake (X), 4 p.m. games since Southeast moved to the NCAA Division I level in 1991, with the Redhawks Bellarmine at Cincinnati (X), 6 p.m. Saint Joseph’s at Butler (X), 7 p.m. winning twice and the Miners winning in the 2003-04 season. They also played once in a countable game in 2000, a 87-63 Redhawk win. Sunday, Nov. 8 Illinois Springfield at Illinois (X), 2 p.m. In the exhibition meetings, Southeast beat S&T 77-53 in 2002, then the Miners won 66-61 Southern Indiana at Illinois State (X), 2 p.m. the following year. The most recent exhibition meeting between the schools came in 2007, Monday, Nov. 9 when the Redhawks came away with an 80-43 win. Bellarmine at Indiana (X), 7 p.m. Saint Joseph’s at Bradley (X), 7 p.m. Maryville at Southern Illinois (X), 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 Missouri-St. Louis at Saint Louis (X), 7 p.m. St. Louis Christian at McKendree (X), 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 13 Missouri S&T at Ashland, 6:30 p.m. Truman State vs. Trevecca Nazarene, 1 p.m. Ohio Dominican at Maryville, 3 p.m. Indianapolis vs. Lake Erie, 4:30 p.m. Illinois Springfield vs. Lake Superior State, 6 p.m. Lewis at Cedarville, 6:45 p.m. Baker at William Jewell, 7 p.m. Southwestern (Kan.) at Drury, 7:45 p.m. Southern Indiana vs. Findlay, 8:30 p.m. Comparing the Teams (2014-15 season): Saturday, Nov. 14 Missouri S&T vs. Lake Erie, 12 p.m. Missouri S&T Southeast Missouri State Missouri-St. Louis vs. Ferris State, 1 p.m. Calvary Bible at Rockhurst, 2 p.m. NCAA II Rank NCAA-I Rank Indianapolis at Ashland, 2 p.m. Scoring Offense...... 80.9...... 41 Scoring Offense...... 69.6...... 111 Quincy at Grand Valley State, 3 p.m. Scoring Defense...... 83.2...... 283 Scoring Defense...... 68.8...... 241 St. Xavier at Wisconsin-Parkside, 3 p.m. Scoring Margin...... -2.3...... 209 Scoring Margin...... +0.8...... 176 Truman State vs. Ohio Dominican, 3 p.m. Illinois Springfield vs. Findlay, 4 p.m. Pct...... 42.0...... 254 Field Goal Pct...... 44.0...... 131 Lewis vs. Davis & Elkins, 4 p.m. Field Goal Defense...... 49.6...... 286 Field Goal Defense...... 43.6...... 208 Saint Joseph’s vs. Saginaw Valley State, 5 p.m. 3-pointers/Game...... 7.3...... 125 3-pointers/Game...... 6.3...... 186 Trevecca Nazarene at Maryville, 5 p.m. Southern Indiana vs. Lake Superior State, 6 p.m. 3-pt Percentage...... 32.9...... 241 3-pt Percentage...... 34.2...... 182 Northwood at Bellamine, 7 p.m. 3-pt Defense...... 38.7...... 276 3-pt Defense...... 39.8...... 345 Free Throw Pct...... 73,7...... 52 Free Throw Pct...... 66.7...... 257 Sunday, Nov. 15 Margin...... +0.2...... 160 Rebound Margin...... +0.4...... 176 Quincy vs. Ferris State, 1 p.m. Missouri-St. Louis at Grand Valley State, 3 p.m. Assists/Game...... 13.3...... 134 Assists/Game...... 12.6...... 168 Saint Joseph’s vs. Northwood, 4:30 p.m. Turnovers/Game...... 16.0...... 272 Turnovers/Game...... 13.1...... 234 William Jewell at UMKC, 6 p.m. Assist/Turnovers...... 0.83...... 228 Assists/Turnovers...... 0.96...... 204 Saginaw Valley State at Bellarmine, 6:30 p.m. Steals/Game...... 10.2...... 9 Steals/Game...... 7.3...... 59 *Great Lakes Valley Conference game (X) - Exhibition game (All times Central) 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 4 Scoring at a higher clip: NABC/Division II Rankings Missouri S&T finished the 2014-15 season averaging 80.9 points per game, which ranked (2015-16 Pre-Season) 41st in NCAA Division II a year after S&T was fifth nationally in scoring at 88.6 points per Record Points game. It was the first time since the 1991-92 and 1992-93 campaigns that the Miners have 1. Augustana, S.D. 31-3 387 averaged 80 or more points in back-to-back seasons; S&T has never done that in three 2. Tarleton State, Texas 31-4 374 3. West Liberty, W.Va. 28-4 369 consecutive years. 4. Bellarmine, Ky. 31-4 357 5. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. 30-3 300 The Miners have scored at least 100 points 11 times over the past two years and 90 or 6. Mount Olive, N.C. 31-4 266 7. Indiana, Pa. 31-7 244 more on 18 occasions. 8. Indianapolis, Ind. 25-6 240 9. Minnesota St.-Moorhead 35-4 227 Stealing the ball: 10. Colorado School of Mines 23-5 215 11. California Baptist 26-7 189 The Miners were one of the top teams in NCAA Division II in steals a year ago, ranking 12. Alabama-Huntsville 23-9 185 ninth in the nation with an average of 10.2 per game as they set a school record with 265 13. UNC Pembroke 26-6 152 steals. Desmond Buerge ranked sixth in the GLVC with his 43 steals, while Zach Ellis 14. Northwest Missouri State 25-7 141 finished 13th with 28. Meanwhile, Juwan Miller had 33 steals in the first1 games of the 15. Western Washington 20-11 131 16. Drury, Mo. 21-9 126 year before he suffered a season-ending injury. 17. Chico State, Calif. 22-8 121 18. Metropolitan State, Colo. 26-6 119 The 265 steals last season came as part of 498 turnovers forced by the Miners during the 19. Southern Connecticut St. 24-8 116 20. Montevallo, Ala. 26-9 99 year. Over the last two years,S&T has forced its foes into 930 turnovers, including 36 in a 21. Western Oregon 23-7 88 game against William Woods which was the most in a game in 10 seasons. 22. Midwestern State, Texas 22-9 80 23. Augusta, Ga. 23-7 73 24. Barry, Fla. 25-6 64 Protecting the rock: 25. Philadelphia, Pa. 24-8 63 Danylo Zuikov finished the 2014-15 season as the GLVC leader in assist-to-turnover ratio, handing out 101 assists against just 32 turnovers (3.16-to-1) which was good for seventh at GLVC teams & 2015-16 S&T opponents the NCAA Division II level. Zuikov’s mark last year was the second-best in school history receiving votes: Angelo State, Central Missouri. for players with at least 100 assists, exceeded only by Michael McClain’s mark in the 1995- Records are final from 2014-15 season. 96 campaign. McClain had a mark of 4.53-to-1 with a school record 231 assists against 51 turnovers. Division II Bulletin (2015-16 Pre-Season) In the 11 games he played last year, Juwan Miller has a 2-to-1 ratio with 50 assists against Record 25 turnovers. 1. Augustana, S.D. 31-3 2. West Liberty, W.Va. 28-4 3. Tarleton State, Texas 31-4 Miners at charity stripe: 4. Mount Olive, N.C. 31-4 Missouri S&T finished last season as one of the top free throw shooting teams in the GLVC, 5. Bellarmine, Ky. 31-4 ending up third with a mark of 73.7 percent. The Miners had eight regulars all connect on at 6. Colorado School of Mines 23-5 7. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. 30-3 least 70 percent of their attempts, with B.J. McLaughlin leading the way at 85.7 percent. 8. Indiana, Pa. 31-7 9. Minnesota St.-Moorhead 35-4 S&T hit better than 90 percent of its tries in the February games with Illinois Springfield and 10. UNC Pembroke 26-6 Wisconsin-Parkside, the first time it had shot 90 percent or better in consecutive contests at 11. Delta State, Miss. 15-14 12. Indianapolis, Ind. 25-6 the line since late in the 2008-09 season. 13. Southern Connecticut St. 24-8 14. Chico State, Calif. 22-8 Over the last three seasons, Miner teams have made 72.5 percent (1,396 of 1,926) of their 15. Alabama-Huntsville 23-9 16. Northwest Missouri State 25-7 tries at the free throw line. 17. Augusta, Ga. 23-7 18. Western Oregon 23-7 Three-Point shooting: 19. Drury, Mo. 21-9 20. Philadelphia, Pa. 24-8 The Miners have made at least one three-point basket in 765 of the 768 games they have 21. Western Washington 20-11 played since the three-point shot went into effect at the start of the 1986-87 season. At one 22. Bentley, Mass. 15-12 point in the stretch, S&T had made at least one three-pointer in 597 consecutive games. 23. California Baptist 26-7 24. Bridgeport, Conn. 24-7 25. East Central, Okla. 21-10 Missouri S&T finished with 190 three-pointers a year ago -- seven different players made at last 10 -- after hitting 250 a year earlier that was the second-highest single season total in school history. Pre-Season Polls S&T Non-Conference Opponents

GLVC Pre-Season Poll Southeast Missouri...... 4th (OVC, West) Ashland...... 1st (GLIAC, South) West Division East Division Lake Erie...... 6th (GLIAC, South) 1. Drury (11 first place votes) 115 1. Bellarmine (14 first place votes) 119 Missouri Baptist...... 7th (AMC) 2. Truman State (2) 92 2. Indianapolis (1) 101 Central Missouri...... 2nd (MIAA) 3. Quincy (2) 91 3. Southern Indiana (1) 87 4. Missouri-St. Louis (1) 82 4. Lewis 81 St. Mary’s...... 2nd (Heartland) 5. Maryville 70 5. Wisconsin-Parkside 71 Angelo State...... 3rd (LSC) 6. William Jewell 45 6. Illinois Springfield 41 Blackburn...... 10th (SLIAC) 7. Missouri S&T 38 7. McKendree 35 William Woods...... 8th (AMC) 8. Rockhurst 35 8. Saint Joseph’s 33 Principia...... 9th (SLIAC)

2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 5 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 6 Missouri S&T Season/Career Highs & Stats #2 Ervin Sarajlic 6-5, 205, So., St. Louis, Mo./Oakville HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 9 on three occasions (last on 1/10/2015 vs. Southern Indiana) Rebounds: 8 vs. Quincy (1/29/2015) Assists: 2 on five occasions (last on 1/29/2015 vs. Quincy)

#10 Brooks Gerrity 6-2, 170, Fr.-R, Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A

#12 Desmond Buerge 6-5, 185, Sr., Carthage, Mo./Cameron University Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 23 vs. Rockhurst (1/17/2015) Rebounds: 9 on three occasions (Last on 1/2/2015 vs. Saint Joseph’s) Assists: 3 vs. Ozark Christian (12/1/2014) & vs. Illinois Springfield (2/7/2015)

#13 Danylo Zuikov 6-1, 175, Jr., Kiev, Ukraine/LaLumiere School (Ind.) Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 18 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (11/30/2013) Rebounds: 7 vs. Missouri-St. Louis (1/22/2015) Assists: 13 vs. McKendree (2/5/2015) 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 7 Missouri S&T Season/Career Highs & Stats

#14 Juwan Miller 5-11, 165, So., Kitchener, Ont./Huron Heights HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 20 vs William Woods (12/31/2014) Rebounds: 6 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State (12/3/2014) Assists: 8 vs. William Woods (12/31/2014)

#15 Rokas Paulauskas 6-8, 230, Jr., Talsiai, Lithuania/Frank Phillips College Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A

#20 Telloy Simon 6-3, 170, Fr., Kitchener, Ont./St. Mary’s HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A

#21 Quinn Poythress 6-7, 210, Fr., Jackson, Mo./Notre Dame Regional HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 8 Missouri S&T Season/Career Highs & Stats #22 Zach Ellis 6-0, 180, Sr., St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 29 vs. Ozark Christian (12/1/2014) Rebounds: 8 vs. Trevecca Nazarene (11/25/2014) Assists: 8 vs. Trevecca Nazarene (12/12/2014)

#23 B.J. McLaughlin 6-5, 190, Sr., Florissant, Mo./Moberly Area CC Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 17 vs. William Jewell (2/21/2015) Rebounds: 8 vs. Central Arkansas (12/5/2012) Assists: 4 vs. Missouri Baptist (11/15/2014) & Trevecca Nazarene (12/12/2014)

#25 Jay Corwin 6-6, 210, Jr., Independence, Mo./Crowder College Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A

#31 Allen Billinger 5-11, 160, Fr., Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 9 Missouri S&T Season/Career Highs & Stats #40 Tyler Anderson 6-4, 210, Jr., Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit North HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: 6 vs. Drury (2/26/2015) Rebounds: 8 vs. Ozark Christian (12/1/2014) Assists: 2 on three occasions (last on 1/24/2015 vs. Maryville)

#44 Luke Schnieders 6-8, 170, Fr., O’Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic HS Season: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A Career: Points: N/A Rebounds: N/A Assists: N/A

Missouri S&T Single-Game Highs (2014-15 Season)

Miners Opponents Points: 111 vs. Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 2) 99, Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 2) Rebounds: 50 vs. Culver-Stockton (Nov. 22) 44, William Woods (Dec. 31) 44, Wisconsin-Parkside (Feb. 12) Field Goal %: 51.5% vs. Trevecca Nazarene (Dec. 12) 64.3%, Truman State (Jan. 31) Three-Point FG: 15 vs. Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 2) 11, on three occasions (last on Feb. 12, UW-Parkside) Three-Point %: 61.1% vs. Maryville (Jan. 24) 69.2%, Truman State (Jan. 31) Free Throw %: 91.7% vs. Illinois Springfield (Feb. 7) 88.6%, Rockhurst (Feb. 19) Assists: 26 vs. Ozark Christian (Dec. 1) 25, Wisconsin-Parkside (Feb. 12) Turnovers: 26 vs. Drury (Dec. 6) 36, William Woods (Dec. 31) Steals: 23 vs. Ozark Christian (Dec. 1) 11, Drury (Dec. 6), Truman State (Jan. 31) 11, McKendree (Feb. 5)

Individual Highs (Miners): Points: 29, Zach Ellis vs. Ozark Christian (Dec. 1) Rebounds: 10, Marcus Walden vs. Culver-Stockton (Nov. 22) & vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State (Dec. 3) 10, Curtis Okafor vs. Ozark Christian (Dec. 1) 10, Michael Nesbitt vs. Wisconsin-Parkside (Feb. 12) Assists: 13, Danylo Zuikov vs. McKendree (Feb. 5) Steals: 6, Juwan Miller vs. Indianapolis (Jan. 4)

Individual Highs (Opponents): Points: 38, Cameron Vines, Saint Joseph’s (Jan. 2) Rebounds: 12, by six players (Last: D’Vante Mosby, William Jewell, Feb. 21) Assists: 10, Rakeem Dickerson, Central Missouri (Nov. 18) 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 10 Missouri S&T Specialty Stats (2014-15 Season) 2014-15 Trends Crunch Time Free Throws 2014-15 By the Numbers

When leading at the half ...... 6-3 #2 Ervin Sarajlic ...... 0-0 (0%) (Returning Players) When trailing at the half ...... 2-13 #10 Brooks Gerrity ...... 0-0 (0%) Double Figure scoring #12 Desmond Buerge ...... 0-0 (0%) When tied at the half ...... 1-1 2014-15 Career #13 Danylo Zuikov ...... 0-0 (0%) In overtime ...... 0-0 Desmond Buerge...... 19 . . .19 #14 Juwan Miller ...... 0-0 (0%) When scoring 59 points or less . . . . . 0-1 Zach Ellis...... 15 . . .34 #15 Rokas Paulauskas ...... 0-0 (0%) When scoring 60-69 points ...... 0-4 B.J. McLaughlin...... 8 . . . 8 #20 Telloy Simon ...... 0-0 (0%) When scoring 70-79 points ...... 0-8 Juwan Miller...... 6 . . . 6 #21 Quinn Poythress ...... 0-0 (0%) When scoring 80-89 points ...... 3-3 Danylo Zuikov...... 4 . . . 11 When scoring 90 or more ...... 6-1 #22 Zach Ellis ...... 0-0 (0%) At home ...... 6-8 #23 B.J. McLaughlin ...... 0-0 (0%) Games with 20+ points #25 Jay Corwin ...... 0-0 (0%) On the road ...... 3-9 2014-15 Career #31 Allen Billinger ...... 0-0 (0%) At neutral sites ...... 0-0 Desmond Buerge...... 3 . . . 3 #40 Tyler Anderson ...... 0-0 (0%) When out-shooting opponent . . . . . 4-0 Zach Ellis...... 3 . . . 6 #44 Luke Schnieders ...... 0-0 (0%) When out-shot by opponent ...... 5-17 Juwan Miller...... 1 . . . 1 When tied in shooting ...... 0-0 TOTALS ...... 0-0 (0%) When out-rebounding opponent . . . . 7-5 Double-Doubles Crunch time free throws are all attempts in the When out-rebounded by opponent . . . 1-11 None by current players When tied in rebounding ...... 1-1 final five minutes of regulation time and any When having fewer turnovers . . . . . 7-9 overtime period, with a margin of 10 points or Games Led (or shared lead) in Scoring When having more turnovers . . . . . 1-7 less when the player goes to the free throw line. 2014-15 Career When tied in turnovers ...... 1-1 Desmond Buerge...... 9 . . . 9 When shooting 50% or better from field . 1-0 Last season: Missouri S&T was at 77.2% at Zach Ellis...... 6 . . . 11 When shooting under 50% ...... 8-16 the line in crunch time situations. Juwan Miller...... 2 . . . 2 When shooting 70% or better from FT line 7-14 B.J. McLaughlin...... 1 . . . 1 When shooting under 70% from FT line . 2-3 When shooting 30% or better 3FG . . . 7-8 Games Led (or shared lead) in Rebounding When shooting under 30% 3FG . . . . 2-8 2014-15 Career Desmond Buerge...... 6 . . . 6 Danylo Zuikov...... 2 . . . 2 Tyler Anderson...... 1 . . . 1 The Last Time it Happened Zach Ellis...... 1 . . . 3 Ervin Saraljic...... 1 . . . 1 The Miners scored 80 or more points...... 91 vs. William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 (91-95) Opponent scored 80 or more points...... 95, William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 (91-95) Games Led (or shared lead) in Assists The Miners scored 90 or more points...... 91 vs. William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 (91-95) 2014-15 Career Opponent scored 90 or more points...... 95, William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 (91-95) Danylo Zuikov...... 16 . . .18 The Miners scored 100 or more points...... 111 vs. Saint Joseph’s, Jan. 2, 2015 (111-99) Juwan Miller...... 7 . . . 7 Opponent scored 100 or more points...... 103, Missouri-St. Louis, March 2, 2014 (79-103) Zach Ellis...... 2 . . . 4 A Miner scored 20 or more points...... 21, Desmond Buerge vs. Illinois Springfield, Feb. 7, 2015 Desmond Buerge...... 1 . . . 1 A Miner scored 30 or more points...... 30, Bryce Foster vs. Drury, Feb. 27, 2014 Ervin Sarajlic...... 1 . . . 1 A Miner scored 40 or more points...... 40, Scott Holly vs. Pittsburg State, Feb. 6, 2002 The Miners had 40 or more rebounds...... 40 vs. William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 Games Led (or shared) in Blocked Shots Opponent had 40 or more rebounds...... 40, William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 2014-15 Career A Miner had 10 or more rebounds...... 10, Michael Nesbitt vs. Wisconsin-Parkside, Feb. 12, 2015 Desmond Buerge...... 6 . . . 6 A Miner had 15 or more rebounds...... 16, Mudiaga Eruteya vs. Lindenwood, Dec. 16, 2013 B.J. McLaughlin...... 4 . . . 4 A Miner had 20 or more rebounds...... 21, Brian Westre vs. Harris-Stowe, Dec. 7, 2002 Tyler Anderson...... 2 . . . 2 The Miners had 15 or more assists...... 20 vs. William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 Ervin Sarajlic...... 1 . . . 1 Opponent had 15 or more assists...... 15. Lewis, Feb. 14, 2015 Danylo Zuikov...... 1 . . . 1 A Miner had 10 or more assists...... 13, Danylo Zuikov vs. McKendree, Feb. 5, 2015 Zach Ellis...... 0 . . . 3 The Miners had 10 or more steals...... 11 vs. William Jewell, Feb. 21, 2015 Opponent had 10 or more steals...... 10, Wisconsin-Parkside, Feb. 12, 2015 A Miner had five or more steals...... 6, Juwan Miller vs. Indianapolis, Jan. 4, 2015 A Miner had a double-double...... Marcus Walden vs. SEOSU, Dec. 3, 2014 (14 pts./10 reb.) A Miner had a triple-double...... Bryce Foster vs. Webster, Dec. 8, 2013 (22 pts./10 reb./10 ast.) 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 11 2014-15 Missouri S&T Game-By-Game Date Opponent Score Top Scorer Top Rebounder Record(s) Nov. 15 MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 102-70 Michael Nesbitt 16 Michael Nesbitt 8 1-0 Nov. 18 at Central Missouri L, 70-93 Zach Ellis 19 Marcus Walden 8 1-1 Nov. 22 CULVER-STOCKTON W, 97-88 Michael Nesbitt 17 Marcus Walden 10 2-1 Nov. 25 at Trevecca Nazarene W, 88-78 D. Buerge/M. Walden 16 D. Buerge/Z. Ellis 8 3-1 Dec. 1 OZARK CHRISTIAN W, 106-46 Zach Ellis 29 Curtis Okafor 10 4-1 Dec. 3 at Southeastern Okla. St. W, 80-68 Clement Bonardo 15 Marcus Walden 10 5-1 Dec. 6 #14 DRURY L, 63-79 Desmond Buerge 14 Michael Nesbitt 9 5-2, 0-1 Dec. 12 TREVECCA NAZARENE W, 107-97 Zach Ellis 26 Michael Nesbitt 8 6-2 Dec. 31 WILLIAM WOODS W, 98-76 Juwan Miller 20 Desmond Buerge 9 7-2 Jan. 2 at Saint Joseph’s W, 111-99 D. Buerge/M. Nesbitt 22 Desmond Buerge 9 8-2, 1-1 Jan. 4 at #7 Indianapolis L, 74-98 Juwan Miller 16 Michael Nesbitt 7 8-3, 1-2 Jan. 8 #6 BELLARMINE L, 62-81 Desmond Buerge 14 Desmond Buerge 6 8-4, 1-3 Jan. 10 SOUTHERN INDIANA L, 58-84 Zach Ellis 14 Michael Nesbitt 5 8-5, 1-4 Jan. 15 at William Jewell L, 71-81 Marcus Walden 14 Curtis Okafor 6 8-6, 1-5 Jan. 17 at Rockhurst L, 89-94 Desmond Buerge 23 M. Nesbitt/T. Anderson 6 8-7, 1-6 Jan. 22 at Missouri-St. Louis L, 74-88 Marcus Walden 21 Danylo Zuikov 7 8-8, 1-7 Jan. 24 at Maryville L, 71-75 Clement Bonardo 13 M. Nesbitt/D. Zuikov 5 8-9, 1-8 Jan. 29 QUINCY L, 70-87 Desmond Buerge 15 Ervin Saraljic 8 8-10, 1-9 Jan. 31 TRUMAN STATE L, 74-96 Clement Bonardo 19 M. Nesbitt/C. Okafor 6 8-11, 1-10 Feb. 5 McKENDREE W, 85-72 Desmond Buerge 18 Desmond Buerge 7 9-11, 2-10 Feb. 7 ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD L, 80-89 Desmond Buerge 21 Danylo Zuikov 6 9-12, 2-11 Feb. 12 at #12 Wisconsin-Parkside L, 70-94 Desmond Buerge 18 Michael Nesbitt 10 9-13, 2-12 Feb. 14 at Lewis L, 64-77 Clement Bonardo 14 Desmond Buerge 8 9-14, 2-13 Feb. 19 ROCKHURST L, 81-87 Zach Ellis 24 Michael Nesbitt 8 9-15, 2-14 Feb. 21 WILLIAM JEWELL L, 91-95 (OT) B.J. McLaughlin 16 Clement Bonardo 8 9-16, 2-15 Feb. 26 at Drury L,67-70 Zach Ellis 15 Curtis Okafor 7 9-17, 2-16

*Great Lakes Valley Conference game # Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament

Game-by-Game Data

Date/Opponent ------Game Starters ------Bench Pts. Ast/TO FG% Opp. FG% Nov. 15/Missouri Baptist Miller Buerge Bonardo Nesbitt McLaughlin 44 20/18 .450 .455 Nov. 18/Central Missouri Miller Buerge Bonardo Nesbitt McLaughlin 41 6/9 .371 .615 Nov. 22/Culver-Stockton Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 32 13/25 .446 .412 Nov. 25/Trevecca Nazarene Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 29 11/25 .404 .431 Dec. 1/Ozark Christian Miller Zuikov Buerge Walden Nesbitt 53 26/8 .494 .340 Dec. 3/Southeastern Okla. Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 25 18/13 .433 .365 Dec. 6/Drury Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 33 9/26 .400 .471 Dec. 12/Trevecca Nazarene Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden McLaughlin 52 21/17 .515 .571 Dec. 31/William Woods Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 42 18/23 .441 .458 Jan. 2/Saint Joseph’s Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 29 21/15 .474 .550 Jan. 4/Indianapolis Miller Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 34 6/12 .370 .600 Jan. 8/Bellarmine Ellis Buerge Bonardo Walden Nesbitt 22 12/18 .346 .566 Jan. 10/Southern Indiana Zuikov Buerge Bonardo McLaughlin Nesbitt 45 6/19 .361 .474 Jan. 15/William Jewell Zuikov Bonardo Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 26 7/12 .354 .490 Jan. 17/Rockhurst Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 29 13/8 .403 .533 Jan. 22/Missouri-St. Louis Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 26 12/18 .469 .566 Jan. 24/Maryville Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 33 16/20 .453 .565 Jan. 29/Quincy Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 28 11/16 .348 .565 Feb. 5/McKendree Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 20 20/24 .492 .389 Feb. 7/Illinois Springfield Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 25 13/10 .423 .465 Feb. 12/Wisconsin-Parkside Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 22 8/16 .358 .479 Feb. 14/Lewis Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 21 10/12 .339 .491 Feb. 19/Rockhurst Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 42 14/8 .455 .466 Feb. 21/William Jewell Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 51 20/16 .430 .500 Feb. 26/Drury Zuikov Buerge Walden McLaughlin Nesbitt 41 5/12 .431 .460

Records by starting five: Miller/Buerge/Bonardo/Nesbitt/McLaughlin 1-1 Miller/Buerge/Bonardo/Walden/Nesbitt 5-2 Miller/Zuikov/Buerge/Walden/Nesbitt 1-0 Miller/Buerge/Bonardo/Walden/McLaughlin 1-0 Ellis/Buerge/Bonardo/Walden/Nesbitt 0-1 Zuikov/Buerge/Bonardo/McLaughlin/Nesbitt 0-1 Zuikov/Bonardo/Walden/McLaughlin/Nesbitt 0-1 Zuikov/Buerge/Walden/McLaughlin/Nesbitt 1-10 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 12