2009-10 Screaming Eagles Game Notes
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2009-10 Screaming Eagles Game Notes ♦ February 15, 2010♦ Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/402-643 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121; (Home) 812/303-6287 2009-10 Schedule: Listen to and watch the games: RADIO: ESPN 106.7 FM; WSWI 820 AM; WPSR 90.7 FM Date Opponents Time LIVE INTERNET AUDIO: www.usi.edu/wswi; www.wyfxfm.com/wyfxfm/ Nov. 7 at Southern Illinois (Exhib.) 69-71 LIVE INTERNET VIDEO: http://www.b2livetv.com Nov. 13 Centre (Exhib.) 88-58 (Home games aired tape-delayed on WTSN-Insight 186) Nov. 21 Harris-Stowe State 84-61 On the web: Nov. 23 Tiffin 93-73 Keep up-to-date on all the USI athletic events at www.gousieagles.com. BIll Joergen Memorial Tournament You also can listen to all the men’s and women’s basketball games at the USI Athletic Department Web site. Nov. 27 Michigan Tech 72-55 Nov. 28 Minnesota Duluth 89-52 Probable starters: Dec. 3 Bellarmine* 75-62 Pos. No. Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG Dec. 5 Northern Kentucky* 69-50 Bellarmine Invitational G 2 Jamar Smith 6’3” Sr. 22.2 4.2 3.7 G 5 Kevin Gant 5’8” Jr. 6.5 5.4 3.0 Dec. 11 vs. Indiana Southeast 84-68 C 51 Mohamed Ntumba 6’7” Jr. 8.1 5.9 0.6 Dec. 12 vs. Ohio Valley 101-35 F 1 Tyrone Bradshaw 6’8” Sr. 13.4 6.0 1.1 Dec. 14 Lake Erie 105-64 F 34 Nick Duncheon 6’7” Jr. 6.7 2.1 0.9 Dec. 19 Urbana 114-63 Dec. 29 Brevard 106-61 Top Storylines: Jan. 2 Illinois-Springfield* 110-68 USI 2nd in the national poll. The University of Southern Indiana remained second Jan. 4 Saint Joseph's* 103-77 in the latest NABC/Division II Top 25 poll released February 9. USI has been ranked Jan. 7 at Missouri S&T* 72-59 98 of the last 130 ranking weeks since 2000, including 50 weeks in the top 10 and Jan. 9 at Maryville* 153-88 four weeks at number one. The next poll is February 16. Jan. 14 at Kentucky Wesleyan* 74-69 Eagles and Wonder Boys tied at 23. The 2009-10 Screaming Eagles are tied with Jan. 21 at Indianapolis* 78-70 NCAA Division II top-ranked Arkansas Tech University for the NCAA’s best record Jan. 28 at Wisconsin-Parkside* 78-67 (23-0) and longest winning streak (23). Jan. 30 at Lewis* 80-57 Feb. 4 Missouri - St. Louis* 59-44 Watson ties best start by a rookie. USI Head Coach Rodney Watson tied the Feb. 6 Rockhurst*# 78-71 best start by a rookie head coach, 23-0, with the win over the University of Indianapolis. University of North Carolina’s Norman Shepherd led the Tar Heels to Feb. 9 at Drury* 78-70 an undefeated 23-0 record in 1924. Feb. 13 Indianapolis* 91-74 Feb. 15 Kentucky Wesleyan* 7:30 p.m. USI is 3-0 against ranked teams. USI is 3-0 against the top 25 in 2009-10 with Feb. 18 at Northern Kentucky* 6:45 p.m. the wins over Bellarmine University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, and Drury Feb. 20 at Bellarmine* 7 p.m. University. The Eagles move to 43-35 (.551) since 1992-93 versus a ranked teams. Feb. 22 Quincy*^ 7:30 p.m. Smith is tops in the GLVC. USI senior guard Jamar Smith leads the GLVC and *GLVC Games; #Homecoming; ^Senior Day the team with 22.2 points per game this season. He also has scored 30-or-more points in four games this season. He also needs three three-point field goals to tie Melvin Hall’s school record of 103 in 2006-07. Follow the Eagles Live on Bradshaw is red hot. Senior forward Tyrone Bradshaw has been doing it all the last 16 games. He is averaging 14.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.9 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game. Bradshaw has scored in double-figures 15 times in the last 16 contests, shooting 65.5 percent from the field (91-139). Gray heats up. Senior guard Marvin Gray has heated offensively in the last four games, averaging 12.5 points per game off the bench. 2009-10 USI Screaming Eagles #1 #2 #3 #5 Tyrone Jamar Kevin Brandon Bradshaw Smith Gant Hogg (Hawg) #10 #31 #33 #34 Marvin Brandon C.J. Nick Gray Carr Trotter Duncheon (Dun-geon) #44 #51 Isaac Mohamed Stoll Ntumba (Stow- L) (Tomb-ba) Head Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Grad. Asst. Rodney Gerad Derrick Brent Watson Good Tilmon Owen (Til-mon) 2008-09 Screaming Eagles No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Tyrone Bradshaw F 6-8 213 Sr. Cincinnati, OH (Taft/Southwestern Illinois) 2 Jamar Smith G 6-3 185 Sr. Peoria, IL (Richwood/ Illinois) 3 Kevin Gant G 5-8 155 Jr. Indianapolis, IN (North Central/Lake Michigan College) 5 Brandon Hogg G 6-1 185 So. Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville) 10 Marvin Gray G 5-10 153 Sr. Freeport, Bahamas (Sir Jack Haywood/Indian Rivers C.C.) 31 Brandon Carr F 6-7 215 Sr. Baltimore, MD (Woodlawn/C.C. Baltimore County Catonsville) 33 C.J. Trotter G 6-3 170 Jr. Hopkinsville, KY (Christian County/Rend Lake) 34 Nick Duncheon F 6-7 200 Jr. Montgomery, IN (Barr-Reeve) 44 Isaac Stoll F 6-4 220 Sr. Washington, IN (Washington/Southeast Missouri State) 51 Mohamed Ntumba C 6-7 230 Jr. Kinshasa, Congo (Mama Zoya/ Southeastern Illinois) HEAD COACH: Rodney Watson (1st season); ASSISTANT COACHES: Derrick Tilmon (1st season); Gerad Good (1st season) GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Brent Owen (1st season); STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Andrew Brochin (4th season); Justin Stewart (1st season) USI Head Coach Rodney Watson (1st year) Overall record: 23- 0 GLVC record: 14- 0 Home record: 14- 0 vs. North Division#: 4- 0 Road record: 7- 0 Neutral site record: 2- 0 vs. West Division#: 5- 0 Midwest Region record: 18- 0 vs. East Division#: 5- 0 Ranked Team: 3- 0 vs. Bellarmine 1- 0 Top 10 Team: 2- 0 vs. Drury 1- 0 Playing at night: 16- 0 Playing during the day: 7- 0 vs. Indianapolis 2- 0 Playing on Monday: 4- 0 vs. Illinois-Springfield 1- 0 Playing on Tuesday: 1- 0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 1- 0 Playing on Wednesday: 0- 0 vs. Lewis 1- 0 Playing on Thursday: 6- 0 Playing on Friday: 2- 0 vs. Maryville 1- 0 Playing on Saturday: 10- 0 vs. Missouri S&T 1- 0 Playing on Sundays: 0- 0 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 1- 0 Leading at the half: 20- 0 vs. Northern Kentucky 1- 0 Trailing at the half: 3- 0 Tied at the half: 0- 0 vs. Quincy 0- 0 Playing in overtime: 0- 0 vs. Rockhurst 1- 0 Playing in November: 4- 0 vs. Saint Joseph’s 1- 0 Playing in December: 7- 0 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 1- 0 Playing in January: 8- 0 #GLVC Regular Season Record; *Records versus GLVC institutions Playing in February: 4- 0 include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game. Playing in March: 0- 0 Outshooting opponent: 21- 0 Being outshot by opponent: 2- 0 Watson at Southern Illinois USI outrebounds opponent: 21- 0 In 21 seasons at Southern Illinois University as an assistant and USI is outrebounded: 2- 0 associate head coach, Head Coach Rodney Watson helped the Tied in rebounding: 0- 0 Shooting better than 50 %: 15- 0 Salukis to 11 Missouri Valley Conference championships, nine Shooting less than 50 %: 8- 0 trips to the NCAA Tournaments, and six NITs. SIU also compiled a Opponent has more turnovers: 19- 0 430-237 record, a .645 winnings percentage, and was ranked in USI has more turnovers: 2- 0 Teams are tied in turnovers: 2- 0 the top 15 nationally in scoring defense four times in the last five USI scores under 70 points: 2- 0 seasons. USI scores 70-79 points: 7- 0 USI scores 80-89 points: 5- 0 USI scores 90-99 points: 2- 0 USI scores 100 or more points: 7- 0 USI vs. Division II Teams: 21- 0 USI vs. non-GLVC: 7- 0 USI vs. NAIA: 2- 0 USI vs. USCAA: 0- 0 USI vs. NCCAA: 0- 0 Screaming Eagles’ Season Highs & Career Highs and GLVC rankings Players Season Highs USI Career Highs In the GLVC (as of 2/14/10) #1 Pts: 22 twice (last 2/13/10) Pts: 22 twice (last 2/13/10) 18th Scoring; 10th rebounds; 3rd FG Reb: 17 vs. Rockhurst (2/6/10) Reb: 17 vs. Rockhurst (2/6/08) %; 1st Blocked Shots; 5th Off. Reb. Tyrone Ast: 5 vs. Tiffin (11/23/09) Ast: 5 vs. Tiffin (11/23/09) Bradshaw Stl: 2 six times (last 1/30/10) Stl: 5 vs. Quincy (2/14/09)Z #2 Pts: 40 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) Pts: 40 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) 1st Scoring; 15th FG %; 11th Assists; Reb: 7 twice (last 12/29/09) Reb: 9 vs. Missouri S&T (2/21/08) 8th 3-PT. FG%; 1st 3-pt FGM; 7th Jamar Ast: 7 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Ast: 8 vs. Drury (2/25/09) Assist/Turnover Ratio; 13th FT % Smith Stl: 3 three times (last 1/28/10) Stl: 3 six times (last 12/11/09) #3 Pts: 19 vs. Maryville (1/9/10) Pts: 14 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) 2nd Assists; 7th Steals; 1st Reb: 9 vs.