CRUSADER GAME NOTES Valparaiso at Legends Classic November 27-29 - Statesboro, Ga
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CRUSADER GAME NOTES Valparaiso at Legends Classic November 27-29 - Statesboro, Ga. Men’s Basketball Contact: Aaron Leavitt [email protected] 219.464.6953 (phone) * 219.464.5762 (fax) 1009 Union Street * Valparaiso, IN * 46383 www.valpoathletics.com 2009-2010 CRUSADER SCHEDULE The Matchup: Valparaiso takes part in the Statesboro subre- gional of the Legends Classic, spending Thanksgiving week- DATE OPPONENT TIME RESULT end on the campus of Georgia Southern University as the Nov. 1 Indianapolis ! 4 p.m. L 88-83 Nov. 13 at Ball State 6 p.m. L 88-78 Crusaders face the host Eagles on Friday before taking on Nov. 15 at #6/4 North Carolina 3 p.m. L 88-77 Troy on Saturday and Arkansas-Fort Smith on Sunday. Nov. 19 IU-South Bend 7:05 p.m. W 78-56 Nov. 22 at #2/2 Michigan State # 11 a.m. L 90-60 Last Time Out: A game-high 24 points from Brandon Wood Nov. 27 at Georgia Southern # 6:30 p.m. Nov. 28 vs. Troy # 2 p.m. were not enough Sunday afternoon, as Valparaiso fell to #2/ Nov. 29 vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith # noon 2 Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. 90-60 in the Crusad- Dec. 5 at Butler * 6 p.m. ers’ Legends Classic opener. After being tied at 5, the Spar- Dec. 9 at Purdue 6 p.m. Dec. 12 Toledo 2 p.m. tans went on a 24-6 run to extend the lead to 18 points and Dec. 19 Concordia (Wis.) 7:05 p.m. Valpo would get no closer than 14 the rest of the way. Cory Dec. 22 at IPFW 6 p.m. Johnson was the only other Crusader to reach double figures Dec. 27 at Akron 1 p.m. in the scoring column, tallying 16 points for the second straight Dec. 31 Milwaukee * 7:05 p.m. Jan. 2 Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. game, while four MSU players hit double digits, led by 22 points Jan. 8 at Detroit * 6 p.m. by Chris Allen. Jan. 10 at Wright State * 3 p.m. Jan. 14 Youngstown State * 7:05 p.m. Series History: This weekend will mark the first meeting on Jan. 16 Cleveland State * 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at UIC * 7 p.m. the hardwood for the Crusaders against both Georgia South- Jan. 23 at Loyola * 3 p.m. ern and Arkansas-Fort Smith. However, Troy is a familiar Jan. 29 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. rival, as the two teams spent three seasons together in the Jan. 31 at Green Bay * 1 p.m. Mid-Continent Conference. The two teams split the six meet- Feb. 4 Wright State * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 6 Detroit * 1 p.m. ings over the three year span from 1994-95 to 1996-97, with Feb. 8 UIC * 7:05 p.m. the Trojans earning the win in the last meeting, a 72-69 over- Feb. 11 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. time decision at the ARC on Feb. 24, 1997. Bryce Drew led Feb. 13 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. all players with 24 points in that game, but went just 8-of-25 Feb. 17 Loyola * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 20 at TBA (BracketBusters) TBA from the floor, while Jamie Sykes added 19 points. Bill Jenkins Feb. 26 Butler * 8 p.m. ripped down 21 rebounds as well. Mar. 2-9 at Horizon League Championships All times Central. Home games in bold and played at Athletics-Recreation Center. Following the Crusaders: This weekend’s games, as always, ! - indicates exhibition game can be heard live on the Valpo Sports Radio Network (WAKE, # - at Legends Classic (Campus sites/Statesboro, Ga.) 1500 AM, Valparaiso; WEFM, 95.9 FM, Michigan City). Vet- * - indicates Horizon League game eran broadcaster Todd Ickow returns for his 19th season on play-by-play for the Crusaders, while Valpo alumnus Andy Viano will handle the color commentary. WLPR (89.1 FM, 2009-2010 CRUSADER ROSTER Lowell) will also be carrying the VSRN broadcast of the games # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School [Prev. School] on Friday and Sunday as well. Links for live audio and live 1 Michael Rogers G 6’6" 215 Jr. Kingston, Jamaica/Redemption [N.Y.] Christian 3 Hrvoje Vucic C 7’1” 220 Fr. Split, Croatia/Faust Vrancic statistics can be found at www.valpoathletics.com. 4 Cory Johnson F 6’7” 225 R-Jr. Duluth, Minn./Duluth East (Iowa State) 5 Cameron Witt F 6’9” 215 So. Launceston, Tasmania, Australia/Launceston SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS 10 Brandon McPherson G 6’1" 210 R-Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 11 Nick Shelton G 5’11” 150 So. Frankenmuth, Mich./Frankenmuth Requests to cover home games should be made through 14 Howard Little G 6’3” 205 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Stoneridge [Calif.] School Aaron Leavitt, Associate Director of Sports Media Relations, 15 Erik Buggs G 5’10” 155 So. Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell by contacting 219-464-6953. Seating is available courtside at 20 Tommy Kurth G 6’1” 175 Fr. Osceola, Ind./Penn 23 Matt Kenney G 6’3” 205 Fr. Mooresville, Ind./Mooresville the ARC for working media. Media guides, game notes and 32 Brandon Wood G 6’2” 190 R-So. Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo (Highland C.C./Southern Ill.) statistics from both schools will be available to working media. 33 Chris Halvorsen F 6’8” 190 Fr. St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley During the week, all player and coach interview requests 42 Milos Milosevic F 6’7” 235 So. Bar, Montenegro/Oakmont [Calif.] H.S. (Yuba College) should be directed to Aaron Leavitt. Media planning to attend 45 Ryan Broekhoff G 6’6” 185 Fr. Frankston, Victoria, Australia/Australian Institute of Sport Head Coach: Homer Drew (William Jewell ‘66) - 21st season practice should call ahead to Leavitt to confirm practice time. Associate Head Coach: Bryce Drew (Valparaiso ‘98) - 5th season Game-day interviews prior to the match are not permitted. Assistant Coaches: Luke Gore (Bethel [Tenn.] ‘01) - 8th season; Coach Drew and requested players, as well as requested visiting rd Chris Sparks (Valparaiso ‘00) - 3 season personnel, will be available following the game. Student Assistant: Jake Diebler (Valparaiso ‘09) - 1st season Graduate Assistant: Dan Hartfield (Green Bay ‘09) - 1st season CRUSADER GAME NOTES Valparaiso at Legends Classic November 27-29 - Statesboro, Ga. Men’s Basketball Contact: Aaron Leavitt [email protected] 219.464.6953 (phone) * 219.464.5762 (fax) 1009 Union Street * Valparaiso, IN * 46383 www.valpoathletics.com Legends Classic: Valparaiso opened Legends Classic play at #2/2 Michi- HORIZON LEAGUE gan State on Sunday prior to this weekend’s subregional action in Statesboro. HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS (as of Nov. 24) It marks the second time in the last three seasons that the Crusaders have STATISTICS (as of Nov. 24) taken part in an event run by the Gazelle Group, as Valpo took part in the TEAM HL OVR SCORING PPG inaugural CBI in March of 2008, defeating Washington before falling to Butler 0-0 3-0 1. Brandon Wood - Valpo 22.8 Detroit 0-0 4-1 Houston in the quarterfinal. This weekend will be the first time that the 2. Norris Cole - CSU 21.0 Cleveland State 0-0 3-1 Crusaders have played on three straight days since four straight games 3. Todd Brown - WSU 19.0 Loyola 0-0 3-1 Dec. 28-31, 2004, when Valpo took on Penn State and Arizona State in 4. James Eayrs - UWM 18.4 Green Bay 0-0 4-2 the Arizona State Classic before concluding play in the Las Vegas Holiday 5. Brandon McPherson - Valpo 16.3 Wright State 0-0 2-1 Classic against Northern Iowa and Longwood. Milwaukee 0-0 3-2 REBOUNDING RPG Youngstown State 0-0 2-2 1. Eli Holman - Detroit 11.2 UIC 0-0 1-2 Dropping 25: Valpo received big individual efforts on the offensive 2. Andy Polka - Loyola 10.0 Valparaiso 0-0 1-3 end in each of its first three games of the year. Brandon Wood scored 3. Gordon Hayward - Butler 8.0 SCHEDULE 25 points against Ball State in the opener before registering 30 points 4. Matt Howard - Butler 7.7 at UNC, and Brandon McPherson followed with a 25-point effort 5. James Eayrs - UWM 7.4 Friday, November 27 versus IU-South Bend. Entering this season, the last time the Crusad- ASSISTS APG Valparaiso at Georgia Southern, 6:30 p.m. ers had a 25-point scorer in three consecutive games was Jan. 20-27, Green Bay at North Dakota State, 7:30 p.m. 1. Courtney Stanley - Loyola 6.0 Butler vs. UCLA/Portland, TBA 1997, when Bryce Drew scored 34 at Oral Roberts and 38 against 2. Shelvin Mack - Butler 5.0 Western Illinois before Tony Vilcinskas dropped 28 on Northland. 3. N’Gai Evans - WSU 4.7 Saturday, November 28 4. Robo Kreps - UIC 4.0 Youngstown State at Pitt, 11 a.m. Dual 20 Point Scorers: Wood’s efforts in the season’s first two games were 5. Rahmon Fletcher - UWGB 3.8 Detroit at DePaul, 1 p.m. joined by 21 points from Cory Johnson against Ball State and 20 points FIELD GOAL PCT. FG% Milwaukee at Bowling Green, 1 p.m. from McPherson at UNC. Prior to this season, the last time two Crusaders 1. Randy Berry - UWGB .704 Wichita State at Cleveland State, 1 p.m. had scored 20 or more in a regulation game was Dec. 22, 2006 against 2. Todd Brown - WSU .629 Wright State at Northeastern, 1 p.m.