2010-11 Screaming Eagles Game Notes
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2010-11 Screaming Eagles Game Notes December 31, 2010 Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/626-643 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121; (Home) 812/303-6287 2010-11 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. 2 at Illinois (Exhibition) L 67-76 LIVE INTERNET VIDEO: http://www.b2livetv.com Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt (Exhibition) L 40-77 HOME GAMES TELEVISED LIVE: News 25 Sports Channel Nov. 12 OHIO DOMINICAN W 80-63 On the web: Nov. 14 KING COLLEGE W 78-70 Keep up-to-date on all the USI athletic events at www.gousieagles.com. Nov. 16 MCKENDREE W 90-68 You also can listen to all the men’s and women’s basketball games at the Nov. 23 BRESCIA W 98-62 USI Athletic Department Web site. Dec. 2 at Northern Kentucky* W 76-63 Probable starters (2009-10 Statistics): Dec. 4 BELLARMINE* L 60-69 Bellarmine Invitational Pos. No. Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG Dec. 10 vs. Indiana-Southeast W 105-96 G 3 Kevin Gant 5-8 Sr. 9.8 4.8 4.9 G 5 Brandon Hogg 6-1 Jr. 8.4 4.7 3.1 Dec. 11 vs. West Virginia State W 78-67 G 33 C.J. Trotter 6-3 Sr. 16.6 3.3 1.9 Bill Joergens Memorial Tournament C 51 Mohamed Ntumba 6-7 Sr. 13.4 8.0 1.3 DEC. 29 HARRIS-STOWE STATE W 105-76 F 34 Nick Duncheon 6-7 Sr. 6.9 3.5 0.8 DEC. 30 ST. CATHERINE W 65-64 Jan. 2 at Saint Joseph's* 7:30 p.m. Top Storylines: Jan. 4 at Illinois-Springfield* 7:30 p.m. Eagles continue to climb in national poll. The Screaming Eagles rose to Jan. 6 MARYVILLE* 7:30 p.m. 12th in the NABC/ Division II Top 25 this week. USI has been ranked 104 of Jan. 8 MISSOURI S&T* 3:15 p.m. the last 137 ranking weeks since 2000, including 52 weeks in the top 10 Jan. 13 DRURY* 7:30 p.m. and four weeks at number one. Next poll is January 4. Jan. 15 at Quincy* 3:15 p.m. Jan. 17 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN* 7:30 p.m. GLVC East may be best in nation. The GLVC East Division may be the Jan. 22 INDIANAPOLIS* 3:15 p.m. best in the NCAA Division II with three of the five teams ranked in the top 15 (top-ranked Bellarmine University, 10th-ranked Kentucky Wesleyan Jan. 27 LEWIS* 7:30 p.m. College, 12th-ranked USI). Jan. 29 WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE*# 3:15 p.m. Feb. 3 at Rockhurst* 7:30 p.m. USI goes 2-0 in Bill Joergens Tournament. USI went 2-0 in the Bill Feb. 5 at Missouri - St. Louis* 3 p.m. Joergens Memorial Tournament, defeating Harris-Stowe State University, Feb. 12 at Indianapolis* 6:45 p.m. (CST) 105-76, and St. Catharine College, 65-64. Senior guard C.J. Trotter led the Feb. 14 at Kentucky Wesleyan* 7:30 p.m. Eagles with 16.0 points per game, while senior center Mohamed Ntumba Feb. 17 at Bellarmine* 7 p.m. (CST) averaged a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds per contest. Feb. 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY*^ 3:15 p.m. Hogg steps up at the line. Junior guard Brandon Hogg stepped up at the Feb. 26-Mar. 7 GLVC Tournament line for USI in the win over St. Catharine, hitting 11-of-12 free throws and Mar. 12-15 NCAA II Midwest Regional the game winner. Hogg was shooting 56.4 percent from the line (22-39) Mar. 23-26 NCAA Division II Elite Eight prior to game with St. Catharine. *GLVC Games; #Homecoming; ^Senior Day Eagles unusually cold from long range. USI did not hit a three-point field goal in the win over St. Catharine, marking the first time since February 8, 1996, when the Eagles defeated the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Follow the Eagles Live on without the aid of a long-range basket. Eagles makes first trip to UI-Springfield. USI is making its first trip to the University of Illinois-Springfield on Tuesday. The Prairie Stars have visited the Eagles the previous six times. USI had success at Saint Joseph’s. The Eagles are 4-3 against the Pumas in their last seven trips to Rensselaer, Indiana, including a win over top-seeded Saint Joseph’s College in the 2003 Midwest Regional. 2010-11 USI Screaming Eagles #3 #5 #10 #12 #20 Kevin Brandon Jared Lawrence Austin Gant Hogg Rehmel Thomas Davis (Hawg) #21 #23 #24 #31 #32 Isaac Collin Nick Eduardo Taylor McClure Grantz Evans Gallina Wischmeier (Grants) (Gal-ena) (Wish-myer) #33 #34 #51 #55 Head Coach C.J. Nick Mohamed Wacey Rodney Trotter Duncheon Ntumba Hall Watson (Dun-geon) (Tomb-ba) (Way-see) Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Student Student Gerad Derrick Brent Asst. Asst. Good Tilmon Owen Justin Blake (Til-mon) Stewart Woodard 2010-11 Screaming Eagles No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 3 Kevin Gant G 5-8 155 Sr. Indianapolis, IN / North Central / Lake Michigan College 5 Brandon Hogg G 6-1 185 Jr Edwardsville, IL / Edwardsville 10 Jared Rehmel G 6-0 155 Sr. Jasonville, IN / Shakamak / Central Arkansas 12 Lawrence Thomas G 5-9 145 So. Springfield, IL / Southeast 20 Austin Davis F/G 6-8 175 Fr. Freeport, IL / Freeport 21 Isaac McClure F 6-6 215 Jr. Paducah, KY / Paducah Tilghman 23 Collin Grantz G 6-1 176 Fr. Evansville, IN 24 Nick Evans C 6-11 238 Jr. Carbondale, IL / Carbondale / Southern Illinois 31 Eduardo Gallina G 6-4 195 Fr. Florianopolis, Brazil / Riverside Academy 32 Taylor Wischmeier F 6-8 210 Fr. Brownstown, IN / Brownstown Central 33 C.J. Trotter G 6-3 170 Sr. Hopkinsville, KY / Christian County / Rend Lake 34 Nick Duncheon F 6-7 200 Sr. Montgomery, IN / Barr-Reeve 51 Mohamed Ntumba C 6-7 230 Sr. Kinshasa, Congo / Mama Zoya / Southeastern Illinois 55 Wacey Hall C 6-10 228 Fr. Evansville, IN / Mater Dei HEAD COACH: Rodney Watson (2nd season); ASSISTANT COACHES: Derrick Tilmon (2nd season); Gerad Good (2nd season); Brent Owen (2nd season); STUDENT ASSISTANT: Blake Woodard (1st season) USI Head Coach Rodney Watson (2nd year) Overall record: 33- 4 GLVC record: 16- 4 Home record: 21- 2 vs. North Division#: 4- 0 Road record: 8- 2 Neutral site record: 4- 0 vs. West Division#: 5- 0 Midwest Region record: 21- 4 vs. East Division#: 7- 4 Ranked Team: 4- 2 vs. Bellarmine 1- 2 Top 10 Team: 2- 2 vs. Drury 1- 0 Playing at night: 26- 4 Playing during the day: 7- 0 vs. Indianapolis 2- 0 Playing on Monday: 5- 1 vs. Illinois-Springfield 1- 0 Playing on Tuesday: 3- 0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 1- 1 Playing on Wednesday: 1- 0 vs. Lewis 1- 0 Playing on Thursday: 8- 1 Playing on Friday: 4- 0 vs. Maryville 1- 0 Playing on Saturday: 11- 2 vs. Missouri S&T 1- 0 Playing on Sundays: 1- 0 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 1- 0 Leading at the half: 30- 0 vs. Northern Kentucky 2- 1 Trailing at the half: 3- 4 Tied at the half: 0- 0 vs. Quincy 1- 0 Playing in overtime: 0- 0 vs. Rockhurst 1- 0 Playing in November: 8- 0 vs. Saint Joseph’s 1- 0 Playing in December: 12- 1 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 1- 0 Playing in January: 8- 0 #GLVC Regular Season Record; *Records versus GLVC institutions Playing in February: 5- 3 include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game. Playing in March: 0- 0 Outshooting opponent: 29- 0 Being outshot by opponent: 4- 4 Watson at USI USI outrebounds opponent: 31- 2 Head Coach Rodney Watson was named the GLVC Coach of the USI is outrebounded: 2- 2 Tied in rebounding: 0- 0 Year after leading the Screaming Eagles to a 24-3 overall, Shooting better than 50 %: 22- 0 including 23 straight wins, during his first season at the helm. Shooting less than 50 %: 11- 4 Opponent has more turnovers: 23- 3 USI has more turnovers: 7- 1 Teams are tied in turnovers: 3- 0 USI scores under 70 points: 3- 3 USI scores 70-79 points: 11- 1 USI scores 80-89 points: 6- 0 USI scores 90-99 points: 4- 0 USI scores 100 or more points: 9- 0 USI vs. Division II Teams: 27- 4 USI vs. non-GLVC: 8- 0 USI vs. NAIA: 6- 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 12/31/10) #3 Pts: 17 vs. IU Southeast (12/10/10) Pts: 19 vs. Maryville (1/9/10) 3rd Assists;7th Assist/Turnover Ratio; Reb: 8 vs. IU Southeast (12/10/10) Reb: 9 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) T-7th Steals Kevin Ast: 8 twice (last 11/16/10) Ast: 12 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Gant Stl: 4 twice (12/10/10) Stl: 4 three times (last 12/10/10) #5 Pts: 13 vs. St. Catharine (12/30/10) Pts: 12 twice (last 11/12/10) 14th Assists; 12th Assist/Turnover Reb: 8 twice (last 11/14/10) Reb: 8 twice (last 11/14/10) Ratio; T-13th Off.