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Missouri S&T Men’s Basketball www.minerathletics.com Facebook.com/MinerSports Twitter.com/MinerSports John Kean, Sports Information Director Office : (573) 341-4140 Cell: (573) 578-4582 E-mail: [email protected] Missouri S&T Miners vs. Upper Iowa Peacocks Sat., Nov. 24, 2018 • O’Reilly Family Events Center • Springfield, Mo.• 1 p.m. Missouri S&T Upper Iowa Ranking: Not ranked Ranking: Not ranked 2018-19 Records: 2-3, 0-0 GLVC 2018-19 Records: 2-2, 0-0 NSIC Head Coach: Jim Glash Head Coach: Brooks McKowen (74-166, 10th year; overall record same) (90-72, 5th year; overall record same) Game Coverage Radio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) Video & Live Stats: www.minerathletics.com (go to Video & Live Stat links). 2018-19 Schedule/Results MISSOURI S&T PROBABLE STARTERS: (2-3 overall, 0-0 GLVC) No. Name Ht. Year PPG RPG AST STL Hometown Date Opponent Time/Score 2 CJ Hedgepeth 6-0 Jr. 13.4 4.6 18 10 Evansville, Ind. Nov. 10 BLACKBURN W, 111-65 3 Jordan Newt 5-9 Jr. 12.0 3.2 13 7 San Francisco, Calif. Nov. 13 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN W, 141-52 24 Romain Louiserre 6-7 Sr. 10.0 3.8 1 1 La Ferte Alias, France Nov. 17 MISSOURI WESTERN L, 79-89 25 Juwan Miller 5-11 Sr. 11.0 5.4 16 10 Kitchener, Ont. Nov. 19 Lincoln (1) L, 63-71 Nov. 23 Newman (2) L, 81-88 32 Mitch Fairless 6-7 Fr. 7.4 3.6 7 1 St. Charles, Mo. Nov. 24 Upper Iowa (2) 1 p.m. Nov. 27 at Southeast Mo. St. (Ex.) 6:30 p.m. Officials: Kelly Hunt, Jonathan Huskisson, Tyler Porter Dec. 1 at Drury* 3 p.m. Dec. 4 LINCOLN COLLEGE 7 p.m. Dec. 17 NORTHEASTERN STATE 7 p.m. Today’s Starting Five: Dec. 30 at SIU Edwardsville (Ex.) 3 p.m. Jan. 3 at Rockhurst* 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 at William Jewell* 3 p.m. • Missouri S&T wraps up its weekend in Springfield, Mo., Saturday looking to snap a three-game Jan. 10 LEWIS* 7:30 p.m. losing streak, as it will face Upper Iowa in the Doubletree/Houlihan’s Classic at Drury Jan. 12 INDIANAPOLIS* 3 p.m. University. The Miners, 2-3 on the season, lost 88-81 Friday to Newman and will take on an Jan. 17 at Illinois Springfield* 7:30 p.m. Upper Iowa team that knocked off Drury 83-78 in the game that followed the Miners’ contest on Jan. 19 at McKendree* 3 p.m. Jan. 24 at Southern Indiana* 7:30 p.m. Friday. Upper Iowa is 2-2 coming into play on Saturday with both wins over GLVC teams. Jan. 26 at Bellarmine* 2:15 p.m. Jan. 31 TRUMAN STATE* 7:30 p.m. • The Miners were held to 79 and 63 points in their last two games after averaging 126 points Feb. 2 QUINCY* 3 p.m. in their two wins to open the campaign, but still ranked seventh in NCAA Division II in scoring Feb. 7 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS* 7:30 p.m. as of Friday with an average of 98.5 points per contest. S&T also ranks among the top 10 Feb. 9 MARYVILLE* 3 p.m. Feb. 16 DRURY* 3 p.m. nationally in scoring margin (+29.3), rebound margin (+14.0) and turnovers forced per game Feb. 21 at Maryville* 7:30 p.m. (22.0) as well as turnover margin (+9.8) Feb. 23 at Missouri-St. Louis* 3 p.m. Feb. 28 WILLIAM JEWELL* 7:30 p.m. • The Miners set a couple of single game records last week in their 141-52 win over Central Mar. 2 ROCKHURST* 3 p.m. Christian, one being the mark for the most points scored in a game. In addition, the 55 made Mar. 7-10 GLVC Tournament (3) field goals broke the mark that stood since 1992, while the victory margin of 89 points All times Central surpassed the differential of 85 in S&T’s 127-42 victory over Calvary on Dec. 8, 2003. The *Great Lakes Valley Conference game scoring and field goal marks are also the best in NCAA Division II this year. # GLVC Tournament (1) at Kansas City, Mo. • Juwan Miller, who missed the entire regular season for the Miners a year ago due to an injury, (2) at Springfield, Mo. enters Saturday’s game with 314 career assists and has moved into third place on the S&T (3) at Edwardsville, Ill. career list. Miller, who is 80 assists in back of Scott Holly for the career record, is also fifth on Rankings are from NABC coaches poll. the career steals list at S&T with 142 and is nine behind Curtis Gibson for fourth. • Another player moving up into the career records is Ervin Sarajlic, who comes into the game with 113 career three-point baskets, which includes 101 since the start of the 2016-17 campaign. Sarajlic -- who was third in the GLVC in three-point percentage as a redshirt sophomore -- needs 26 more treys to reach Kevin Robertson’s mark of 139 for 10th place all- time at S&T. 2018-19 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2018-19 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2 CJ Hedgepeth G 6-0 180 Jr. Evansville, Ind. / Vincennes University 3 Jordan Newt G 5-9 150 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. / Pierce College 5 Dulan Scott G 6-3 225 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Farragut Academy 12 Ervin Sarajlic F 6-5 205 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. / Oakville HS 13 Nathan Elmer G 6-1 175 Fr. Nixa, Mo. / Nixa HS 15 Yahmir Muhammad G 6-0 145 Fr. Rockford, Ill. / Auburn HS 22 Brooks Gerrity G 6-2 175 Sr. Chesterfield, Mo. / Marquette HS 23 Nikola Andric F 6-6 225 Jr. Uzice, Serbia / Vincennes University 24 Romain Louiserre F 6-7 210 Sr. La Ferte Alais, France / Snow College 25 Juwan Miller G 5-11 175 Sr.-R Kitchener, Ont. / Huron Heights HS 30 Jalen Myers G 6-2 190 Sr.-R Shorewood, Ill. / South Suburban College 32 Mitch Fairless F 6-7 190 Fr. St. Charles, Mo. / Duchesne HS 44 Kyle Bushman F 6-8 190 Fr. Mount Vernon, Mo. / Mount Vernon HS HEAD COACH: Jim Glash ASSISTANT COACHES: Marques Baldwin, Dakota Fortner, Tyrone Davidson MINER TIDBITS: #2 CJ Hedgepeth: Has led S&T in scoring in the last two games, #23 Nikola Andric: Had 14 points and nine rebounds vs. Central including a 25-point effort vs. LU...averaged 5.8 points and 3.4 re- Christian...transfer to the S&T program from Vincennes University... bounds per game last season while playing at Vincennes University... averaged 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game last season for a averaged 5.2 points as a freshman...scored 15.3 points per game in team that finished fourth in the NJCAA Tournament...played in 50 his senior year at Harrison High School in Evansville, Ind. games during his two sesons at Vincennes. #3 Jordan Newt: Had 23 points and went 7-12 from three-point #24 Romain Louiserre: Led the Miners in scoring in his first season range vs. Central Christian...led Pierce College in scoring last season at S&T with 13.5 points per game...was among the top free throw with an average of 20.7 points per game...made 104-of-237 shots shooters in the GLVC at 83.5 percent...scored a career-high 24 points (43.9 percent) from three-point range...all-conference selection at the vs. UIS & HSSU...had seven double-doubles...transferred to S&T junior college level in each of his two seasons at Pierce...made 152 from Snow College in Utah, where he averaged 6.7 points and 3.1 three-point baskets in those two years. rebounds per game as a sophomore. #5 Dulan Scott: Scored a team-high 21 points in the season opener #25 Juwan Miller: Returns after missing the 2017-18 season due to vs. Blackburn...posted a career-high 24 points vs. William Woods & an injury...ranks third for career assists at S&T with 314...is 80 away Quincy last season...averaged 10 points per game in his sophomore from the S&T career record...tied the S&T single-game assist record year...had 12 double-figure games a year ago...hit two free throws with 13 vs. McKendree as a junior...was third in the GLVC in 2016-17 with 0.8 seconds left in the 2OT win over Emporia State in his fresh- with 145 assists, the second-most in a year in school history...mem- man season...was a third-team All-Chicago area player after averag- ber of the league’s all-defensive team in 2016-17. ing 16 points and six rebounds per game in the 2015-16 campaign. #30 Jalen Myers: Returns after missing the 2017-18 season due to #12 Ervin Sarajlic: Fifth season in the Miner program; missed most an injury...led the Miners in scoring during the 2016-17 campaign with of the 2015-16 season due to an injury...has 112 career three-point an average of 14.8 points per game...connected on 73-of-173 (42.4 baskets at S&T., 27 away from 10th place all-time..scored a season- percent) attempts from three-point range; the 73 made treys were high 17 points on three occasions...averaged 9.5 points and 6.6 the 10th-most in a season in S&T history...had 21 games in double rebounds per game in the 2017-18 season...ranked third in the GLVC figures, including five with at least 20 points.