Emporia State Hornet Game Notes at NW Missouri Bearcats Game #9 Emporia State Ticket Info Emporia State Hornets (5-3, 5-3 MIAA) at Northwest Missouri at #1 Northwest Missouri Bearcats (5-1, 5-1 MIAA) NWMSU is currently limiting capacity to 400 Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 • 2:00 p.m. • Maryville, Mo. • Bearcat Arena season ticket holders/players pass list. There will Series Record: NWMSU leads 44-24 Last Meeting: NWMSU 71, at ESU 56 (1/9/2020) be no sales to the general public. Radio: KFFX 104.9FM Internet Audio: kvoe.com For ESU ticket info call toll free Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets 1-877-341-NEST Up Next: Pittsburg State • Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 • 7:30 p.m. tickets.emporia.edu Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium #1 Northwest Missouri “Bearcats” 2020-21 Schedule & Results Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 1 Diego Bernard G 6-0 Jr. 12.2 6.2 St. Joseph, Mo. Nov 19 at Neb.-Kearney W 69-57 10 Wes Dreamer F 6-7 So. 11.7 4.7 Alvo, Neb. Nov 21 at Fort Hays State W 68-66 12 Trevor Hudgins G 6-0 Jr. 19.0 2.5 Manhattan, Kan. Nov 28 at Northeastern State W 76-66 33 Ryan Hawkins F 6-7 Sr. 19.7 7.5 Atlantic, Iowa Dec 3 Newman ppd 42 Luke Waters F 6-6 So. 7.2 2.5 Olathe,Kan. Dec 5 Central Oklahoma ppd Coach: Ben McCollum (Northwest Missouri 2002) 277-77 at Northwest Missouri (12th Year) Emporia State “Hornets” Dec 10 at Rogers State ppd Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Dec 17 Lincoln L 78-82 5 Austin Downing G 6-0 Gr. 12.5 2.6 Atchinson, Kan. Dec 18 at Wichita State (Exhib) L 57-73 10 Jumah’Ri Turner G 6-2 Sr. 16.1 3.3 Minneapolis, Minn. Dec 19 Central Missouri W 73-64 1 Dallas Bailey F 6-6 Sr. 7.6 5.8 Denver,Colo. Dec 30 Central Oklahoma 2nd ppd 3 Gage McGuire F 6-6 So. 9.9 5.0 Coldwater,Mich. Jan 2 Newman W 76-42 22 Mayuom Buom C 6-10 Fr. 4.6 2.6 Lincoln, Neb. Coach: Craig Doty (Morningside 2010) 29-37 at ESU (3rd Year); 78-59 overall (5th Year) Jan 4 at Rogers State L 60-75 Jan 7 at Missouri Western L 61-70 STRENGTH ON STRENGTH PART 2 ABOUT THE HORNETS Jan 9 at Northwest Missouri 2:00 pm Emporia State takes on #1 Northwest Missouri in Emporia State is 5-3 on the season. ESU leads Jan 14 Pittsburg State 7:30 pm a battle of the top ranked offensive and defensive the MIAA in scoring defense and field goal field goal percentage teams in the MIAA. percentage defense. Jumah’Ri Turner is ninth Jan 16 Missouri Southern 3:30 pm in the MIAA in scoring, steals and field goal Jan 24 Washburn 3:30 pm LAST TIME OUT percentage. Emporia State’s bench production Jan 28 at Central Oklahoma 7:30 pm Emporia State outshot #22 Missouri Western is third in the MIAA at 26.5 points per game. Jan 30 at Newman 3:30 pm from the field, had twice as many three-pointers Feb 4 Northeastern State 7:30 pm and outrebounded them but 26 points off 28 ABOUT THE BEARCATS Feb 6 Rogers State 3:30 pm Hornet turnovers gave the Griffons a 70-61 Northwest Missouri is 5-1 on the year and Feb 11 Central Oklahoma 7:30 pm victory on Thursday night in St. Joseph, Mo. ranked #1 in the NABC National Poll. They lead Feb 13 at Lincoln 3:00 pm Emporia State trailed by just three points despite the MIAA in scoring margin, field goal percent- giving up 26 points off 20 turnovers in the age, opponents rebounding, and assist to turn- Feb 18 Northwest Missouri 7:30 pm opening 20 minutes. Emporia State trailed 40-38 over ratio. Ryan Hawkins is second in the league Feb 20 Missouri Western 7:00 pm with 16:55 remaining in the game when Missouri in scoring. The loss to Washburn snapped a 35 Feb 25 at Pittsburg State 7:30 pm Western went on a 9-0 run to take an 11 point game home court winning streak. They have not Feb 27 at Washburn 3:00 pm lead with 14:01 left. A Gage McGuire put back lost back to back home games since 2011. MIAA Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) with 4:26 left pulled the Hornets within 59-54. March 4-7 The Griffons scored the next four points to get SERIES HISTORY separation and the Hornets could not get back This will be the 69th meeting between the two NCAA Central Regional (TBA) within seven the rest of the game. Turner had teams with the Bearcats leading 44-24 overall. March 13-14, 16 26 points and was joined in double figures by NCAA Elite Eight (Evansville, Ind.) Austin Downing with 11 points. Dallas Bailey LAST TIME VS NW MISSOURI March 24-25, 27 had a career high 13 rebounds for the Hornets. Emporia State outscored #2 Northwest Missouri by one from the field but the Bearcats went 19 of Media Contacts THE COACHES 21 from the free throw line to post a 71-56 win. ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD Craig Doty is 29-37 in his third season at A Zac Owens three-pointer pulled the Hornets 620-344-6190 Emporia State. In his ninth season as a head within 46-44 with 14:04 left. After a Bearcat [email protected] coach at the D2, NAIA, and NJCAA level he is turnover Owens had a chance to give Emporia NWMSU: Colin McDonough 191-86 with three national championships. In State the lead but his three-pointer was off (660) 562-1118 two seasons at Graceland, he was 49-22 and the mark. The Bearcats then went on a 12-2 [email protected] won the 2018 NAIA National Championship run to take a 58-46 lead with 7:47 remaining. POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY: Selected in Municipal Auditorium. Prior to Graceland, Jumah’Ri Turner scored 22 points, Brenden Van Hornet players and Coach Doty will be Doty spent four years as the head coach at Dyke had 14 points while Dallas Bailey had 11 available via zoom call following a brief Rock Valley College winning two national rebounds. cooling off period. championships and appearing in three straight : esuhornets.com NJCAA Division III title games to finish with a UP NEXT WEBSITE 113-28 record. He is 0-3 against NWMSU. The Hornets return to White Auditorium on TWITTER: @ESUSports Ben McCollum is 277-77 in his 12th year at January 14 to take on Pittsburg State. Tip-off is FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics NWMSU. He is 13-4 against Emporia State. set for 7:30 p.m. Emporia State Hornets at #1 Northwest Missouri Bearcats Bearcat Arena • Maryville, Mo. January 9, 2021 Page 2 ESU’S RECORD IN 2020-21 WHEN... BRIEF BURSTS AROUND LONG DELAYS Emporia State is their fourth game in eight days. The first game of this stretch came 14 days At Home...........................2-1 after playing three games in three days from December 17-19. That burst came after going On the Road .......................3-2 19 days without a game due to COVID protocols. On a Neutral Court . 0-0 Leading or tied at Half . .5-0 HOT START Trailing at Half ......................0-3 Emporia State’s 5-1 start in the MIAA was their best since going 5-1 to open the 2010-11 Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) ......4-0 season. The Hornets started MIAA play with three road wins for the first time in their 30 Trailing or Tied with 5:00 left...........1-3 years as a conference member. The last time Emporia State started conference play 3-0 was during the 2010-11 season against Northwest Missouri, Missouri Western and Neb.- ESU equals/outrebounds opponents....4-1 Omaha, all in White Auditorium. The best start to MIAA play for the Hornets came in 2006-07 ESU is outrebounded ................1-2 as they won their first seven conference games on the way to a 16-0 start to the season. ESU commits more turnovers/equal ....4-2 Opponent commits more turnovers .....1-1 DOTY MAGIC ESU has more FT attempts or equal....2-3 Three-time National Champion head coach Craig Doty is in his third season as head coach Opp. has more free throw attempts .....3-0 at Emporia State. He is 191-87 in his ninth year at the NCAA D2, NAIA and NJCAA levels, including an 88-58 mark in conference play. Doty is 78-59 as a head coach at four year ESU shoots 50% or better ............1-1 schools with a 29-37 record since taking over for the Hornets. ESU shoots less than 50%............4-2 A great builder of teams, he is 66-24 (.733) in games played in February and March with an Opponent shoots 50% or better .......0-1 unprecedented 29-5 record in the post-season. Two of those five post season losses were to Opponent shoots less than 50% .......5-2 the eventual national champion. ESU shoots better/equal than opponent 5-2 Doty led Rock Valley College and Graceland University to national prominence earlier in Opponent shoots better than ESU......0-1 his career. In just two seasons at Graceland, Doty’s program had a 49-22 record and won ESU bench outscores opps or equal....2-2 the 2018 NAIA Division I National Championship in the school’s first trip to the national tournament at Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium.