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2020-21 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2020-21 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (6-9, 3-3 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result at Evansville (6-8, 4-4 MVC) Nov. 27 at Vanderbilt SEC Network L 77-71 Game No. 16 – Sunday, Jan. 31 – 3 p.m. CT Dec. 1 at UIC! ESPN3 L 66-50 Game No. 17 – Monday, Feb. 1 – 6 p.m. CT Dec. 4 at Purdue Big Ten Network L 68-61 Ford Center (11,000) – Evansville, Ind. Dec. 6 Judson ESPN3 W 85-45 Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball team Dec. 9 SIUE ESPN3/+ W 80-58 will look to continue its winning ways as the program heads to Evansville to Dec. 12 at Central Michigan! ESPN3 L 84-79 Dec. 17 Purdue Northwest ESPN3 W 89-71 clash with the Purple Aces for a Sunday-Monday Missouri Valley Conference Dec. 19 at Toledo ESPN3 L 71-57 series. This will close out a stretch of six games in 13 days and continue a 34- Jan. 9 Missouri State* ESPN3/+ L 81-68 day stretch that features 14 Valpo contests. The Brown & Gold won all three Jan. 10 Missouri State* ESPN3/+ L 78-68 meetings with Evansville last season, but each of those victories were by three Jan. 16 at DePaul FS1 L 77-58 points or fewer. Jan. 20 Loyola* Valley on ESPN+ Exclusive L 75-39 Jan. 23 at Illinois State* Marquee, ESPN3 W 69-60 : Valpo registered a memorable, topsy-turvy win on Thursday Jan. 24 at Illinois State* Marquee, ESPN3 W 70-66 Last Time Out Jan. 28 Bradley* Valley on ESPN3 Exc. W 91-85(2ot) night at the Athletics-Recreation Center, besting Bradley 91-85 in a double- Jan. 31 at Evansville* Valley on ESPN3 Exclusive3 p.m. overtime affair. Valpo erased a 14-point first-half deficit to come away victorious, Feb. 1 at Evansville* ESPN3 6 p.m. extending its winning streak to three after opening Missouri Valley Conference Feb. 6 Drake* ESPN3/+ 1 p.m. play with three straight setbacks. Five Valpo players finished in double figures, Feb. 7 Drake* ESPN3/+ 1 p.m. four of whom were freshmen or sophomores. Ben Krikke and Sheldon Edwards Feb. 10 Bradley* ESPN3/+ 6 p.m. led the way with 18 points apiece, and 11 of Edwards’ 18 came in the overtime Feb. 13 at UNI* MVC TV Network (NBCSCH) 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at UNI* NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN3/+ 6 p.m. sessions. Valpo pulled out the victory despite its top two scorers fouling out Feb. 17 at Loyola* MVC TV Network (NBCSCH) 7 p.m. of the game. Feb. 21 at SIU * Marquee & ESPN3/+ 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at SIU* Valley on ESPN Exclusive (E3/+) 6 p.m. Following Valpo Basketball: Television/Streaming (Sunday) – The Valley Feb. 26 Indiana State* Valley on E3/+ Exclusive 6 p.m. on ESPN Exclusive (ESPN3) – Harry Schroeder (play-by-play) and Marcus Feb. 27 Indiana State* ESPN3/+ 5 p.m. Wilson (analyst) March 4-7 MVC Tournament% (St. Louis) Television/Streaming (Monday) – ESPN3 All times Central. Radio – WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso) – Todd Ickow (play-by-play) and Home games in bold and played at Brandon Vickrey (analyst) Athletics-Recreation Center. Twitter updates - @ValpoBasketball ! – multi-team event Links for video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. % - 2021 MVC Tournament (St. Louis) * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference game Head Coach Matt Lottich: Matt Lottich (79-69) is in his eighth season overall at Valpo and fifth as head coach in 2020-21. Just two years removed from finishing in last place and being knocked out in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament as a first-year Valley member, Lottich’s team did more than hold its own in 2019-2020, ascending into a tie for sixth in the league standings before finishing as the conference tournament runner-up. Valpo became the first team in the history of Arch Madness to reach the title game after playing in the opening round. Lottich, hired as the 22nd head coach of the Valpo men’s basketball program in April 2016, graduated from Stanford University in 2004 and New Trier High School (Illinois) in 2000. @ValpoBasketball #GoValpo 2020-21 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2020-21 Valparaiso Men’s Basketball Roster # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School [Prev. School] 0 Goodnews Kpegeol G 6-5 200 R-So. St. Paul, Minn./North [Southwest Mississippi CC/Kansas St] 1 Sigurd Lorange G 5-11 185 So. Trondheim, Norway/Metis Videregaende Skole 2 Zion Morgan G 6-5 190 R-Sr. Chicago, Ill./Kenwood [Wabash Valley College/UNLV] 3 Steven Helm G 6-2 180 R-So. Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso [Carroll] 4 Daniel Sackey G 5-9 175 Jr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada/Thornlea 5 Donovan Clay G/F 6-7 205 So. Alton, Ill./Alton 10 Eron Gordon G 6-3 205 R-Sr. Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral [Seton Hall] 11 Emil Freese-Vilien C 6-10 255 So. Copenhagen, Denmark/Falkonergarden Gymnasium 12 Tyler Fricke G/F 6-1 170 Fr. Arlington Heights, Ill. / Buffalo Grove 13 Sheldon Edwards G 6-4 180 Fr. West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes[TLAP Sports Academy] 15 Luke Morrill G 6-2 200 So. Lombard, Ill./Montini Catholic 20/21 Brock Pappas F 6-4 205 Jr. Valparaiso, Ind./Washington Township 22 Mileek McMillan F 6-8 230 Sr. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 23 Ben Krikke F 6-9 230 So. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada/Jasper Place 25 Nick Robinson* G 6-5 215 R-Sr. Chicago, Ill./Kenwood [Saint Joseph’s] 34 Jacob Ognacevic F 6-8 210 Fr. Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan Area Lutheran 35 Connor Barrett G/F 6-6 200 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy *Opted out of the remainder of the 2020-21 season on Jan. 21. Coaching Staff val-puh-RAY-zo Pronunciation Guide Head Coach: Matt Lottich (Stanford, 2004) – 5th season Matt Lottich - lot-ICK Associate Head Coach: Luke Gore (Bethel [Tenn.], 2001) – 19th season Mileek McMillan - muh-LEEK Assistant Coaches: Rob Holloway (Eastern Illinois, 2005) – 3rd season Emil Freese-Vilien – uh MEAL FRACE Vil-ee-EN and Matt Bowen (Indiana, 1995) – 3rd season, 2nd stint Ben Krikke – Crick-E (last part is like the letter E) Director of Basketball Operations: Jason Karys (Valparaiso 2017) – 2nd season Sigurd Lorange – SIG-erd Lor-ANG Graduate Assistant: Peter Funk (Valparaiso 2019) – 2nd season Eron Gordon – Aaron Kpegeol – Peh-gay-OLE (K is silent, last syllable rhymes with mole) Valpo vs. Evansville Jacob Ognacevic – Og-NOSS-uh-vic All-time series: Evansville leads 70-20 Tyler Fricke – Frick-E (last part is like the letter E) At Valpo: Evansville leads 28-13 At Evansville: Evansville leads 41-6 At neutral site: Tied 1-1 Among the MVC Leaders Current streak: Valpo W3 (Through 1/28) Current streak at Valpo: Valpo W1 Individual Leaders Current streak at Evansville: Valpo W1 Player Category Rank Value Last 10 meetings: Evansville leads 6-4 Ben Krikke Points/G 14th 12.1 Last 10 Meetings Donovan Clay Rebounds/G 12th 5.4 Date Site W/L Score Daniel Sackey Assists/G 2nd 4.5 Daniel Sackey FT% 8th 85.2 March 5, 2020 St. Louis, Mo. W 58-55 Daniel Sackey Steals/G T-8th 1.2 Jan. 26, 2020 Valparaiso, Ind. W 67-65 Connor Barrett 3pt FG% 8th .397 Jan. 4, 2020 Evansville, Ind. W 81-79(ot) Donovan Clay Blocks/G 1st 1.6 March 2, 2019 Valparaiso, Ind. L 65-63 Feb. 2, 2019 Evansville, Ind. L 64-53 Team Leaders (among top 3) Feb. 7, 2018 Evansville, Ind. L 63-59 Category Rank Value Jan. 24, 2018 Valparaiso, Ind. L 75-65 Free Throw % 2nd .744 Nov. 20, 2013 Evansville, Ind. L 100-92 Blocked Shots/G 2nd 3.9 Steals/G 2nd 7.6 Dec. 11, 2007 Valparaiso, Ind. W 75-67 Dec. 5, 2006 Evansville, Ind. L 69-64 2020-21 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: BRANDON VICKREY Office: 219.464.5396 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] www.valpoathletics.com Athletics-Recreation Center 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 quarterfinal. With a Victory on Sunday at Evansville, Valpo Would… - Win back-to-back games at Evansville after previously losing 22 Party Like It’s the 90s straight when visiting the Aces. - In the Jan. 28 91-85 win vs. Bradley, Valpo reached 90 for the first - Win a fourth consecutive game, marking the team’s longest time since last season’s home date with the Braves (90 on Feb. 22). winning streak of the season and longest since stringing together - The 91 points accounted for Valpo’s highest scoring output since five straight wins from Dec. 29, 2018 to Jan. 12, 2019. 98 on Nov. 27, 2019 vs. Trinity Christian. It was the team’s most - Win its first three conference road games of a season for the first prosperous scoring showing against a Division-I opponent since 94 time since joining the Missouri Valley Conference. Valpo started at SIUE on Nov. 15, 2017. 4-0 in road conference games in 2016-17, its final season in the - Valpo’s 91 points marked its highest total in a league game Horizon League and first year under Matt Lottich.