Lawrence University (7-8, 5-5 MWC) at Carroll University (9-7, 6-5 MWC) Tuesday, Jan
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Lawrence University (7-8, 5-5 MWC) at Carroll University (9-7, 6-5 MWC) Tuesday, Jan. 28 Van Male Fieldhouse, Waukesha, Wis. 2013-14 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE PROBABLE STARTERS Lawrence Date Opponent Time/Res. Forward Chase Nelson Sr. 6-5 Guard Ryan DePouw Jr. 6-3 11/15 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 92-77 Guard Jamie Nikitas So. 6-0 11/16 at UW-Stevens Point L, 99-73 Guard Brian Gryszkiewicz Sr. 6-1 Guard Chris Siebert Sr. 6-2 11/23 Elmhurst L, 96-81 12/4 Carroll W, 76-67 Carroll Forward Andrew Nottling Sr. 6-8 12/11 at Cornell L, 75-69 Forward Alec Molter Sr. 6-7 12/14 at Knox W, 92-47 Guard Kyle Keranen Fr. 6-1 Guard Kevin Hurd Sr. 6-0 12/16 Illinois College W, 88-64 Guard Christian Shepley Sr. 5-10 12/18 vs. Mount St. Vincent W, 82-59 VIDEO WEBCAST season, Lawrence has a 27-13 mark 12/20 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 73-56 }A free video webcast is available against the Pioneers, including a 5-0 1/4 at St. Norbert L, 81-68 at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/ mark in the Midwest Conference Tour- client/lawrence.portal?mode=link#. nament. 1/11 Ripon L, 69-66 Dick Knapinski and Anthony Totoraitis are on the call for all Lawrence home LAST GAME 1/14 at Lake Forest L, 83-76 games. A link for Lawrence webcasts Lawrence hit 15 3-pointers on Sat- 1/18 Grinnell W, 111-94 is on the Lawrence basketball page. urday on its way to an 88-73 Midwest Conference victory over Knox at Alex- 1/22 at Ripon L, 95-81 THE COACHES ander Gymnasium. }Joel DePagter (Lawrence 1998), the Lawrence went 15-for-30 from 1/25 Knox W, 88-73 1997 Midwest Conference Player of beyond the arc and 1/28 at Carroll 5:30 pm the Year and 2009 Midwest Confer- shot 53.7 percent ence Coach of the Year, is in his sev- from the field for the 2/1 Monmouth 1:00 pm enth season at Lawrence and has a game. record of 92-65 (.586). Chris Siebert 2/5 St. Norbert 5:30 pm }Paul Combs (Ripon 1993) is in his scored a team-high 2/8 at Illinois College 1:00 pm first season at Carroll and has a record 22 points for the Vi- of 9-7 (.562). He is in his 15th season kings and was 6-for- 2/12 at Beloit 5:30 pm overall and has a record of 225-167 11 from 3-point Chris Siebert (.574). range. Ryan DePouw 2/15 Cornell 3:00 pm added 21 points, hit a pair of 3-point- THE SERIES ers, and collected a team-best five 2/19 Lake Forest 5:30 pm }In a series that stretches all the way rebounds. Jamie Nikitas added 16 2/22 at Grinnell 1:00 pm back to 1907, Lawrence holds a 71-62 points and hit 4-of-8 shots from be- edge. The Vikings have done very well yond the arc. He also had five assists 2/28-3/1 MWC Tournament TBA against the Pioneers during its period and four rebounds. of success over the last 15-plus sea- David Jones hit 11-of-13 shots Home games in bold sons. Since the start of the 1996-97 from the floor on his way to a game- high 28 points for Knox. He also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. DEPAGTER’S RECORD Lawrence built a 23-13 lead in the Lawrence head first 10 minutes of the game, and the coach Joel Vikings hit six 3-pointers in their first DePagter is in his eight baskets. DePouw also had a seventh season as conventional three-point play in that MWC Standings the Vikings’ coach. stretch. Tom Antosz capped the open- MWC Overall He is the only ing stretch with a layup to give the person in Midwest Vikings the 10-point edge with 10:30 W L W L Conference history left in the opening half. St. Norbert 11 0 15 1 Joel DePagter Knox battled back and trimmed Grinnell 7 4 12 4 to be named both the lead to 38-37 on Eric Miller’s Ripon 7 4 10 6 Player of the Year 3-pointer with 46 seconds left in the Carroll 6 5 10 6 (1997) and Coach of the Year (2009). half. Troy Miller then buried a 3-point- Illinois College 6 5 10 6 er for Lawrence to give the Vikings a Lawrence 5 5 7 8 Opponent Record 41-37 lead at the break. Lake Forest 5 6 6 10 Ashford 0-1 The Vikings then opened the sec- Monmouth 4 7 5 11 Beloit* 8-3 ond half with a 20-6 scoring run to Beloit 4 6 6 9 Cal Lutheran 0-1 take command of the game. DePouw Cornell 4 7 7 9 Caltech 1-0 and Nikitas both had five points in Knox 0 10 1 14 Carroll* 8-7 that stretch, and Siebert capped the Coe 1-1 outburst with, what else, a 3-pointer Concordia (Ill.) 1-0 to give Lawrence a 61-43 lead with Games Tuesday Cornell* 3-2 13:29 remaining. Lawrence at Carroll Knox trimmed the lead to 11 Grinnell at Monmouth Dominican (Ill.) 1-0 points on a pair of occasions but got St. Norbert at Lake Forest Elmhurst 0-2 no closer. Lawrence stretched the Beloit at Ripon Florida College 1-0 lead to as many as 19 points as the Vi- Knox at Cornell Grinnell* 5-7 kings beat Knox for the fifth consecu- Games Saturday Illinois College* 10-2 tive time and 21st time in the last 24 Monmouth at Lawrence Johnson and Wales (Fla.) 1-0 games. Grinnell at Lake Forest Knox* 12-1 Knox at St. Norbert Lake Forest* 7-4 VIKINGS UPDATE Illinois College at Carroll Lakeland 1-0 }After seeing Ripon Beloit at Cornell Manchester 0-1 shoot the lights out Marian 2-2 in the second half last Monmouth* 11-0 Wednesday, the Vikings }Senior guard Chris Siebert (Baraboo, Mount St. Vincent 1-0 rebounded nicely to de- Wis./Baraboo) is closing in on eighth Nova Southeastern 1-0 feat Knox on Saturday. place on the career scoring list. Tuesday’s game could Siebert now has 1,224 points, and he Ripon* 6-8 be critical in deciding which of these is 20 points away from passing head St. Mary’s (Md.) 0-1 teams make the Midwest Conference coach Joel DePagter, who scored St. Norbert* 5-9 Tournament. Carroll is currently tied 1,243 points in just three seasons with Southeastern (Fla.) 0-1 for fourth place with Illinois College, the Vikings. Trinity (Fla.) 1-0 and Lawrence is one-half game be- Washington (Mo.) 0-1 hind in sixth place. }Siebert leads the team and ranks Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 fourth in the Midwest Conference Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 }Lawrence went 15-for-30 from in scoring at 18.4 points per game. UW-Oshkosh 1-3 3-point range against Knox and Siebert is one of four Vikings averag- UW-Stevens Point 1-6 scored 18 of their first 21 points via ing double figures in points. Sopho- UW-Whitewater 0-1 the 3-pointer. The 15 3-pointers was more guard Jamie Nikitas (Glenview, Totals 92-65 three shy of the school record, which Ill./Glenbrook South) is at 14.3 points Lawrence has done twice. per game, and junior forward Ryan DePouw (Oconto, Wis./Oconto) is at *MWC opponent 14.2. Senior swingman Tyler Mazur (Reedsburg, Wis./Reedsburg) is at 10.1 Lawrence University Basketball Facts points per contest. Location Appleton, Wis. }DePouw was qui- Founded 1847 etly effective against Enrollment 1,450 Knox on his way President Mark Burstein to a season-high 21 points. DePouw Affiliation NCAA Division III went 7-for-11 from Conference Midwest Conference the floor, grabbed Nickname Vikings five rebounds, had School Colors Blue and White Ryan DePouw three assists and Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium picked up a pair of (1929, capacity 1,100) steals. DePouw has scored in double Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski figures in eight of his last nine games, First season of basketball 1896 and he had nine points in the other Seasons of basketball 110 contest. All-time record 947-1045-1 (.475) }Nikitas also leads Midwest Conference titles 8 the team in rebound- 1924-25, 1942-43, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, ing at 5.6 per game 2007-08, 2008-09 is one of the top re- MWC Tournament titles 6 bounding guards in 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 the league. He ranks NCAA Tournament appearances 6 13th in the confer- 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 ence in rebounds Jamie Nikitas per game. Conference in scoring offense at 79.9 }Senior guard Bri- points per game. The Vikings are fifth 1,000 POINT CLUB an Gryszkiewicz in scoring defense at 76.8 points per Player Points Years (Menomonee Falls, contest. Chris Braier 1,565 2002-06 Wis./Sussex Hamil- Joel Dillingham 1,554 1989-93 ton) is tops on the }The Vikings are fourth in the league Ryan Kroeger 1,537 2005-09 squad in assists at field goal percentage at 50.2 percent 3.7 per game, which and fourth in 3-point shooting at 39.2 Doug Fyfe 1,342 1972-76 Adam LaVoy 1,273 1997-2001 ranks fifth in the con- Brian Gryszkiewicz percent.