Lawrence (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 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 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 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 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 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. The Vikings rank fifth in field ference. Gryszkiewicz goal percentage defense at 46.1 per- Joel Ungrodt 1,247 1961-64 tied his season high with six assists cent and ninth in 3-point field goal Matt Miota 1,246 1987-91 against Knox. percentage defense at 39.2 percent. Joel DePagter 1,243 1995-98 Chris Siebert 1,224 2010-now } Freshman forward Mitch Willer (Sus- SCOUTING CARROLL Ben Zagorski 1,175 1994-98 sex, Wis./Sussex Hamilton) had only }Carroll hasn’t played Mike Fogel 1,175 1975-79 two baskets against Knox, but they since last Wednesday drew loud cheers from the Lawrence when the Pioneers Reggie Geans 1,160 1985-89 faithful. Willer threw down a pair of dropped a 75-64 deci- John Dekker 1,117 2006-10 dunks late in the game as the Vikings sion at Lake Forest to Shawn Koerner 1,115 1985-89 beat the Knox full-court press. the suddenly surging Richard Schultz 1,088 1964-67 Foresters. Lake Forest led by as many Tom Steinmetz 1,073 1963-66 }Nikitas picked up one steal in the as 18 points in the second half before Jason Holinbeck 1,051 2001-05 win over Knox and continues to lead Carroll trimmed the lead to five with Strat Warden 1,042 1969-72 the league at 2.1 per game. Gryszkie- just over two minutes to go. Lake For- Bob Townsend 1,031 1966-69 wicz is third at 1.6 per game. est went 5-for-6 from the foul line in the final 1:09 to seal the victory. Jim Rasmussen 1,030 1958-61 }Lawrence ranks fifth in the Miwest Christian Shepley paced Carroll with Rob Cohen 1,005 1976-80 19 points, and Brian Madson led Lake Forest and all scorers with 22 points. LAWRENCE’S POSTSEASON HISTORY }1997 }Carroll’s twin towers of Andrew Not- Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence tling and Alec Molter are the top two Lawrence 83, Grinnell 82 (semifinals) scorers on the team. Nottling ranks Lawrence 90, Knox 79 (championship) 16th in the conference in scoring at NCAA Division III Tournament 14.9 points per game. Molter is 24th in Wabash 69, Lawrence 63 (first round at Wabash) the league at 12.6 points per contest. }1998 Midwest Conference Tournament at Monmouth Lawrence 79, Monmouth 68 (semifinals) }Molter is the top rebounder on the Ripon 73, Lawrence 60 (championship) squad and ranks second in the confer- }2000 ence at 7.3 per game. Midwest Conference Tournament at Lake Forest Lawrence 67, Lake Forest 61 (semifinals) }Nottling and Molter just don’t miss Ripon 85, Lawrence 54 (championship) shots from the field very often. Not- }2003 tling is third in the conference, shoot- Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell ing at 64.7 percent from the floor. Illinois College 86, Lawrence 77 OT (semifinals) Molter ranks fifth at 60.5 percent. }2004 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence }Guards Christian Shepley and Kevin Lawrence 68, Lake Forest 63 (semifinals) Hurd are the top playmakers on the Lawrence 82, Carroll 71 (championship) team. Shepley is eighth in the confer- NCAA Division III Tournament ence at 3.3 assists per game, and Hurd Lawrence 86, Lakeland 51 (first round at Lawrence) is 12th at 2.7. Lawrence 72, Buena Vista 66 (second round at Buena Vista) Lawrence 86, Sul Ross State 79 OT (Sweet 16 at Puget Sound) }Carroll ranks ninth in the league in UW-Stevens Point 82, Lawrence 81 OT (Elite Eight at Puget Sound) scoring offense at 69.5 points per *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title game. The Pioneers are second in }2005 the league in scoring defense at 66.6 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence points per contest. Lawrence 87, Carroll 76 (semifinals) Lawrence 82, Ripon 77 OT (championship) }With its big men leading the way, NCAA Division III Tournament Carroll is tops in the league in field Lawrence 70, Gustavus Adolphus 56 (first round at Gustavus) goal percentage at 54.7 percent. The UW-Stevens Point 79, Lawrence 45 (second round at UW-Stevens Point) *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title Pioneers are second in field goal per- }2006 centage defense at 43.5 percent. Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 88, Knox 62 (semifinals) } Carroll also is one of the top 3-point Lawrence 68, Carroll 62 (championship) shooting teams in the league as the NCAA Division III Tournament Pioneers rank third at 39.5 percent. Lawrence 63, St. Thomas 59 (second round at Lawrence) Carroll is seventh in defending the Illinois Wesleyan 71, Lawrence 68 (Sweet 16 at Lawrence) 3-pointer at 39.0 percent. }2008 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 59, St. Norbert 58 (semifinals) Lawrence 98, Carroll 95 OT (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Wheaton 93, Lawrence 83 OT (first round at UW-Whitewater) }2009 Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell Lawrence 90, Carroll 66 (semifinals) Lawrence 88, Grinnell 69 (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Washington University 67, Lawrence 65 (first round at Elmhurst) *Washington University won NCAA title 2013-14 Lawrence Basketball Lawrence University Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 27, 2014) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (7-8) (5-2) (1-5) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (5-5) (4-1) (1-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-3) (1-1) (0-1) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------24 Chris Siebert...... 15-15 497 33.1 93-188 .495 48-98 .490 42-50 .840 12 55 67 4.5 34 0 38 42 2 6 276 18.4 03 Jamie Nikitas...... 15-15 453 30.2 70-133 .526 18-48 .375 56-87 .644 12 72 84 5.6 40 1 36 24 10 32 214 14.3 11 Ryan DePouw...... 15-15 425 28.3 66-130 .508 19-50 .380 62-76 .816 14 53 67 4.5 42 1 37 33 5 5 213 14.2 12 Tyler Mazur...... 15-0 294 19.6 58-118 .492 29-84 .345 7-9 .778 6 25 31 2.1 21 0 19 11 5 6 152 10.1 20 Davis DeWolfe...... 3-2 52 17.3 9-18 .500 1-7 .143 4-5 .800 6 5 11 3.7 11 1 2 8 2 0 23 7.7 05 Brian Gryszkiewicz. 15-15 401 26.7 29-61 .475 1-9 .111 19-43 .442 8 16 24 1.6 39 1 56 19 2 24 78 5.2 22 Chase Nelson...... 15-13 291 19.4 28-40 .700 0-0 .000 9-16 .563 12 39 51 3.4 30 0 6 11 5 6 65 4.3 25 Trace Sonnleitner.. 15-0 177 11.8 23-50 .460 9-21 .429 0-0 .000 7 27 34 2.3 20 0 7 10 2 1 55 3.7 15 Max Burgess...... 14-0 158 11.3 16-37 .432 11-28 .393 5-5 1.000 7 6 13 0.9 11 0 14 4 0 3 48 3.4 04 Mitch Willer...... 7-0 29 4.1 7-12 .583 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 9 11 1.6 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 2.0 23 Peter Winslow...... 3-0 12 4.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1.7 00 Tom Antosz...... 12-0 56 4.7 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 12-15 .800 0 5 5 0.4 8 0 8 8 1 1 20 1.7 30 Troy Miller...... 10-0 46 4.6 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 3-5 .600 0 8 8 0.8 5 0 5 3 0 0 12 1.2 32 Adam Breseman...... 5-0 12 2.4 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 1.2 33 Andrew Borresen.... 12-0 72 6.0 5-12 .417 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 6 6 12 1.0 9 0 3 5 0 2 14 1.2 21 Shane Cullian...... 7-0 25 3.6 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 1 2 0.3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.6 TEAM...... 22 24 46 3.1 0 0 ------Total...... 15 3000 414-825 .502 144-367 .392 227-321 .707 115 353 468 31.2 278 4 235 181 37 86 1199 79.9 Opponents...... 15 3000 408-885 .461 109-278 .392 227-323 .703 161 341 502 33.5 282 - 174 170 35 96 1152 76.8

TEAM STATISTICS LU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1199 1152 11/15/13 WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE W 92-77 821 Points per game...... 79.9 76.8 11/16/13 at UW-Stevens Point L 73-99 1536 Scoring margin...... +3.1 - 11/23/13 ELMHURST COLLEGE L 81-96 727 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 414-825 408-885 *12/4/13 CARROLL UNIVERSITY W 76-67 671 Field goal pct...... 502 .461 *12/11/13 at L 69-75 165 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 144-367 109-278 *12/14/13 at W 92-47 225 3-point FG pct...... 392 .392 *12/16/13 ILLINOIS COLLEGE W 88-64 567 3-pt FG made per game.. 9.6 7.3 12/18/13 vs Mount Saint Vincent W 82-59 58 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 227-321 227-323 12/20/13 vs UW-Whitewater L 56-73 122 Free throw pct...... 707 .703 *1/4/14 at St. Norbert College L 68-81 892 REBOUNDS...... 468 502 *1/11/14 RIPON COLLEGE L 66-69 1067 Rebounds per game...... 31.2 33.5 *1/14/14 at L 76-83 465 Rebounding margin...... -2.3 - *1/18/14 W 111-94 1100 ASSISTS...... 235 174 *1/22/14 at Ripon College L 81-95 395 Assists per game...... 15.7 11.6 *1/25/14 KNOX COLLEGE W 88-73 645 TURNOVERS...... 181 170 Turnovers per game..... 12.1 11.3 Turnover margin...... -0.7 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.3 1.0 STEALS...... 86 96 Steals per game...... 5.7 6.4 BLOCKS...... 37 35 Blocks per game...... 2.5 2.3 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - Home win streak...... 2 - ATTENDANCE...... 5598 3858 Home games-Avg/Game.... 7-800 6-613 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-90

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Lawrence University...... 597 602 - 1199 Opponents...... 545 607 - 1152 2013-14 Lawrence Basketball Lawrence University Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Jan 27, 2014) All games

00 03 04 05 11 12 15 20 21 Opponent Date Score WL ANTOSZ,TO NIKITAS,J WILLER,MI GRYSZKIEW DEPOUW,RY MAZUR,TYL BURGESS,M DEWOLFE,D CULLIAN,S ------WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLL11/15/13 92-77 W 0- 0- 0 12- 9- 2 2- 0- 0 12- 1- 3 14- 6- 3 3- 3- 0 0- 2- 2 11- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 at UW-Stevens Point 11/16/13 73-99 L 2- 0- 1 11- 2- 3 DNP 0- 2- 2 15- 7- 1 10- 2- 0 2- 0- 0 10- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 ELMHURST COLLEGE 11/23/13 81-96 L 5- 0- 0 7- 3- 1 0- 0- 0 3- 2- 6 2- 5- 4 8- 3- 0 6- 0- 0 2- 2- 1 2- 0- 0 CARROLL UNIVERSITY 12/4/13 76-67 W 0- 1- 1 22- 6- 4 DNP 1- 3- 4 18- 1- 1 21- 2- 0 0- 0- 1 DNP DNP at Cornell College 12/11/13 69-75 L 3- 0- 1 17- 7- 2 DNP 0- 1- 0 17- 1- 3 8- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP at Knox College 12/14/13 92-47 W 3- 1- 1 9-10- 6 2- 4- 1 2- 2- 4 8- 2- 0 7- 1- 2 11- 0- 2 DNP 2- 1- 0 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 12/16/13 88-64 W 0- 0- 0 13- 2- 5 4- 1- 0 1- 0- 6 12- 3- 3 16- 4- 1 6- 1- 0 DNP 0- 1- 0 vs Mount Saint Vincent 12/18/13 82-59 W 0- 1- 0 13- 8- 1 0- 1- 0 6- 1- 4 15- 3- 3 17- 2- 1 7- 3- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UW-Whitewater 12/20/13 56-73 L DNP 14- 8- 4 DNP 3- 2- 0 17- 4- 2 5- 2- 1 3- 1- 0 DNP DNP at St. Norbert College 1/4/14 68-81 L DNP 22- 2- 0 DNP 6- 1- 5 16- 4- 0 8- 3- 1 0- 1- 4 DNP DNP RIPON COLLEGE 1/11/14 66-69 L 0- 0- 0 4- 6- 2 DNP 6- 2- 5 9- 7- 2 16- 1- 0 3- 1- 0 DNP DNP at Lake Forest College 1/14/14 76-83 L DNP 17- 9- 0 DNP 16- 2- 6 18- 5- 1 5- 1- 0 7- 2- 0 DNP DNP GRINNELL COLLEGE 1/18/14 111-94 W 3- 1- 2 22- 6- 1 2- 5- 0 12- 5- 5 17-11- 4 18- 4- 5 DNP DNP DNP at Ripon College 1/22/14 81-95 L 2- 1- 2 15- 2- 0 DNP 2- 0- 0 14- 3- 7 7- 1- 6 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP KNOX COLLEGE 1/25/14 88-73 W 2- 0- 0 16- 4- 5 4- 0- 0 8- 0- 6 21- 5- 3 3- 1- 1 3- 2- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0

22 23 24 25 30 32 33 Opponent Date Score WL NELSON,CH WINSLOW,P SIEBERT,C SONNLEITN MILLER,TR BRESEMAN, BORRESEN, ------WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLL11/15/13 92-77 W 2- 1- 0 DNP 30- 3- 4 0- 4- 1 0- 0- 2 0- 0- 0 6- 1- 0 at UW-Stevens Point 11/16/13 73-99 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 15- 7- 3 0- 0- 0 5- 1- 0 DNP 3- 3- 0 ELMHURST COLLEGE 11/23/13 81-96 L 2- 2- 0 DNP 26- 5- 4 12- 5- 2 3- 0- 0 DNP 3- 1- 0 CARROLL UNIVERSITY 12/4/13 76-67 W 2- 7- 2 DNP 12- 4- 4 0- 1- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 at Cornell College 12/11/13 69-75 L 11- 7- 0 DNP 13- 8- 3 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 DNP 0- 1- 0 at Knox College 12/14/13 92-47 W 7- 2- 0 1- 1- 1 25- 3- 4 9- 4- 0 0- 1- 1 6- 0- 0 0- 2- 0 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 12/16/13 88-64 W 6- 5- 0 2- 1- 0 22- 1- 1 4- 2- 1 0- 3- 1 0- 0- 1 2- 0- 1 vs Mount Saint Vincent 12/18/13 82-59 W 4- 6- 1 2- 0- 0 10- 7- 2 7- 4- 1 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 vs UW-Whitewater 12/20/13 56-73 L 0- 3- 0 DNP 14- 1- 0 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 2- 0 at St. Norbert College 1/4/14 68-81 L 0- 3- 1 DNP 14- 1- 1 2- 3- 0 DNP DNP DNP RIPON COLLEGE 1/11/14 66-69 L 2- 3- 0 DNP 24- 5- 2 2- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 1 at Lake Forest College 1/14/14 76-83 L 5- 2- 0 DNP 8- 4- 3 0- 1- 0 DNP DNP DNP GRINNELL COLLEGE 1/18/14 111-94 W 14- 3- 0 DNP 23-11- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 1 0- 1- 0 at Ripon College 1/22/14 81-95 L 4- 2- 0 DNP 18- 4- 3 19- 4- 1 DNP DNP DNP KNOX COLLEGE 1/25/14 88-73 W 6- 5- 2 DNP 22- 3- 3 0- 3- 0 3- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 1 2013-14 GAME RECAPS November 15 lead the No. 4 UW-Stevens Point men’s 21st player in school history to top the Lawrence 92, Wisconsin Lutheran 77 basketball team to a 99-73 nonconfer- 1,000-point plateau. Siebert now has APPLETON, ence win over Lawrence University at 1,019 points in his career and moved Wis. — Chris Quandt Fieldhouse. past Rob Cohen (1,005) into 20th Siebert poured in Hass went 13-for-17 from the place on the career scoring list. 30 points to lead floor and hit all seven of his 3-point at- Lawrence made several runs at the Lawrence tempts, but he did miss all four of his the Bluejays in the second half, but University men’s basketball team to shots from the foul line. Tyler Tillema Elmhurst was deadly from long-range a 92-77 nonconference victory over added 23 points as he went 9-for-11 after the break. The Bluejays went Wisconsin Lutheran College in the from the field. The Pointers shot 36- 6-for-8 from beyond the arc in the sec- season opener for both teams. for-60 from the floor for a red-hot 60 ond half and hit 52.4 percent (11-21) Siebert, a senior guard, hit 11 of percent. for the game. 15 shots from the floor, including 4 Lawrence (1-1) got a balanced at- Ackerman went 10-for-15 from of 7 from 3-point range. Siebert, who tack with five players scoring in dou- the floor, including 7-for-10 from matched the career high for points he ble figures. Chris Siebert and Ryan 3-point range. set last season at , DePouw scored 15 points apiece to The Vikings trailed by 10 at the also had three rebounds, four assists pace the Vikings. Jamie Nikitas added half and were still down by that mar- and a steal. 11 points, and Tyler Mazur and Davis gin after a 3-pointer from Ackerman All five starters scored in double DeWolfe chipped in with 10 points with 14:19 left. Lawrence then reeled figures for Lawrence (1-0), and the apiece. off eight consecutive points, six com- starters combined to shoot 30-for-50 Stevens Point (1-0) jumped out to ing on back-to-back 3-pointers from (60 percent) from the floor. Ryan De- a double-digit lead early in the game Siebert, to cut the margin to 58-56 Pouw added 14 points for the Vikings, and held that type of advantage un- with 12:47 left. and Jamie Nikitas had 12 points, a til the second half. The Vikings trailed The Bluejays answered with a game-high nine rebounds and a 64-48 before going on a 13-3 scoring conventional three-point play from game-high seven steals. Brian Grysz- run. Wuest, five consecutive points from kiewicz also had 12 points, and Davis Siebert scored five points in that Ackerman and a layup from Will Nixon DeWolfe had 11. stretch and Mazur drilled a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 68-58. Jake Jarnigo led Wisconsin Lu- during the run. Tom Antosz finished After a Wuest free throw moved theran (0-1) with 25 points and eight the outburst and cut the Pointers’ lead the lead to 72-59 with 9:19 left, Law- rebounds. to 67-61 with 11:29 left in the contest. rence made another run. Troy Miller The Warriors led only once in the The Pointers bounced right back drilled a 3-pointer and Trace Sonnleit- first half, by one point, and Lawrence and scored the game’s next six points ner followed with another 3-pointer got a jumper from Siebert to post a over the next 1:25 to grab a 73-61 to cut the margin to 72-65 with 8:13 41-36 lead at the break. edge. Lawrence never got closer than left. The Vikings pulled away early in eight points the rest of the way. Sanford then hit a jumper and the second half with a 7-0 run to push Ackerman made another 3-pointer to the advantage to 53-44 with 16:26 re- November 23 answer for the Bluejays. Sonnleitner, maining. Lawrence then went on an- Elmhurst 96, Lawrence 81 who finished with 12 points and five other 7-0 spurt, capped by DeWolfe’s APPLETON, Wis. rebounds, buried another 3-pointer 3-pointer, to build a 65-49 lead with — Bryant Ackerman for Lawrence, but Elmhurst scored the 13:30 left. came off the bench to next five points to push the margin Lawrence maintained that advan- score 29 points and back to 82-68. tage for the rest of the game. The Vi- lead the Elmhurst Lawrence didn’t get closer than kings led by as many as 22 points and College men’s basket- 10 points the rest of the way. never led by less than 14 points the ball team to a 96-81 nonconference rest of the way. victory over Lawrence University at December 4 Alexander Gymnasium. Lawrence 76, Carroll 67 November 16 Kyle Wuest added 25 points, and APPLETON, Wis. — No. 4 UW-Stevens Point 99, Nick Sanford had a double-double Jamie Nikitas and Tyler Lawrence 73 with 13 points and 11 rebounds for Mazur led four Law- STEVENS POINT, the Bluejays (2-2). rence University men’s Wis. — Trevor Hass Chris Siebert scored 26 points to basketball players in scored 33 points to lead Lawrence (1-2) and became the double figures as the 2013-14 GAME RECAPS Vikings downed Carroll University 76- Ryan DePouw and Jamie Nikitas percent from beyond the arc, jumped 67 in a Midwest Conference game at scored 17 points apiece to lead Law- to a big early lead and never looked Alexander Gymnasium. rence (2-3, 1-1). Chris Siebert had back. Nikitas scored a game-high 22 an off-night shooting but finished The Vikings scored the first eight points and Mazur added 21 as Law- with 13 points and grabbed eight re- points of the game and were up by rence (2-2, 1-0 MWC) rallied past the bounds for the Vikings. Chase Nelson double digits just over seven min- Pioneers (3-2, 1-1) in the second half. added 11 points, seven rebounds and utes into the contest. Sonnleitner’s Ryan DePouw added 18 points and three steals for Lawrence. 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in the Chris Siebert chipped in with 12 for The Rams led by as many as 13 first half gave Lawrence a 45-27 lead Lawrence. points in the first half and were still at the break. DePouw went 4-for-4 from up by 10 with 15 minutes left in the The Vikings pushed the lead early 3-point range, and Mazur hit 4 of 9 contest. The Vikings began slicing into in the second half to 25 points and from beyond the arc. Nikitas added the lead and got as close as two points steadily pulled away from there. Law- six rebounds, five steals and four as- before falling behind 69-60 with 2:48 rence’s largest lead of the game was sists for the Vikings. left. the 45-point final margin. Bryan Nagy paced Carroll with 17 Lawrence went on a 7-1 run, get- points and was one of four Pioneers in ting a layup from DePouw, a 3-pointer December 16 double figures. from Tyler Mazur and a layup from Ni- Lawrence 88, Illinois College 64 Carroll led 33-28 at the half, but the kitas to cut the lead to 70-67 with 44 APPLETON, Wis. Vikings pulled away midway through seconds left. — The Lawrence Uni- the second half. The score was tied at After Reggie Greenwood made versity men’s basket- 41-41 when Lawrence went on a 9-0 one free throw, Nikitas countered with ball team shot 64.7 run. Mazur scored five points in the a layup to cut the lead to 71-69 with percent from the floor run, including a 3-pointer to finish it, 29 seconds left. Tabari Carter then and rolled to an 88-64 and Nikitas added four. made four consecutive free throws, Midwest Conference win over Illinois The Pioneers whittled the lead sandwiched around a Lawrence turn- College at Alexander Gymnasium. back down to 54-51 with 5:31 remain- over, to seal the victory. Lawrence (4-3, 3-1 MWC) made ing, but DePouw buried a 3-pointer 33-of-51 shots from the floor and from the corner to answer for the Vi- December 14 went 14-for-27 (51.9 percent) from kings. Lawrence still led by six at the Lawrence 92, Knox 47 3-point range. 2:23 mark when Mazur converted a GALESBURG, Chris Siebert led Lawrence and all three-point play off a fastbreak to give Ill. — Chris scorers with 22 points. Siebert went the Vikings a 68-59 lead. Siebert poured 7-for-11 from the floor, including After a Carroll layup, Mazur bur- in 25 points as 6-for-8 from beyond the arc. Tyler Ma- ied another 3-pointer late in the shot the Lawrence zur added 16 points for the Vikings, clock to push Lawrence’s lead to 71-61 University men’s basketball team Jamie Nikitas had 13 and Ryan De- with 1:56 remaining. Carroll never got rolled to a 92-47 Midwest Conference Pouw chipped in with 12 points. Brian closer than nine points the rest of the win at Knox College. Gryszkiewicz handed out six assists way. Siebert hit 10-of-15 shots from and picked up five steals for the Vi- the floor, including 4-of-6 from kings, and Chase Nelson had a team- December 11 3-point range to lead Lawrence (3-3, high five rebounds. Cornell 75, Lawrence 69 2-1 MWC) to the victory. Max Burgess Spencer Campbell came off the MOUNT VERNON, came off the bench to score 11 points bench to lead Illinois College (3-3, 1-3) Iowa — The Lawrence in just 10 minutes for the Vikings. with 19 points, and Nathan Kohler University men’s bas- Jamie Nikitas and Trace Sonnleit- added 17. ketball team trailed by ner added nine points apiece for the Lawrence jumped on the Blue- double digits in the Vikings, who had 13 players score boys early and the Vikings never took second half but rallied in the game. Nikitas also grabbed a their foot off the gas. The Vikings hit to within two points before dropping game-high 10 rebounds to go with six their first five shots from the floor and a 75-69 Midwest Conference decision assists and three steals. led by double digits at 18-8 on Nikitas’ at Cornell College. David Jones led Knox (1-7, 0-4) layup with 13:03 left in the first half. Joey Guth led Cornell (4-2, 2-1 with 10 points. The Vikings went on a 25-5 mid- MWC) with 18 points and was one of Lawrence, which shot 64.8 per- way through the first half and led four Rams in double figures. cent from the floor, including 52.4 by 25 at 38-13 with seven minutes 2013-14 GAME RECAPS remaining in the opening half. The whittle the lead down to 16 points January 4 Vikings would lead by as many as 31 at 52-36 at the 12:23 mark of the sec- No. 14 St. Norbert 81, Lawrence 68 points in the first half and were up 53- ond half, but Lawrence removed any DE PERE, Wis. — 24 at the break. doubt of the next seven minutes. The The No. 14 St. Nor- Illinois College never made a run Vikings went on a 20-10 run as Ma- bert College men’s at the Vikings in the second half and zur scored seven points and DePouw basketball team used got no closer than 25 points after the added four to give Lawrence a 72-46 a scoring surge late in break. Lawrence shot a sizzling 72.2 lead with 5:09 remaining. the first half to build percent (13-18) from the floor in the a double-digit lead second half and led by as many as 32 December 20 and then maintained that advantage points. No. 12 UW-Whitewater 73 in an 81-68 Midwest Conference win Lawrence 56 over Lawrence University at Schuldes December 18 FORT LAU- Sports Center. Lawrence 82, Mount St. Vincent 59 DERDALE, Fla. St. Norbert (9-1, 5-0 MWC) went FORT LAUDER- — The Lawrence on a 13-2 run over the final 3:36 of the DALE, Fla. — The University men’s first half to build a 41-30 lead at the Lawrence Univer- basketball team gave No. 12 UW- break. Lawrence (5-5, 3-2) closed to sity men’s basket- Whitewater all it could handle for 30- within eight points early in the second ball team took over plus minutes before the Warhawks half, but the Green Knights were able the game midway finally pulled away for a 73-56 non- to keep the Vikings at arm’s length the through the first half and rolled to an conference victory at the Cruzin Clas- rest of the way. 82-59 nonconference win over the sic. St. Norbert led by as many as 15 College of Mount St. Vincent at the Whitewater (7-2) used a balanced points until the final minute. Lawrence Cruzin Classic. attack to pick up the win, and the couldn’t get closer than 12 points in Tyler Mazur came off the bench Warhawks had four players score in the final 10 minutes of the game as to lead Lawrence (5-3) with 17 points. double figures. Eric Bryson paced the the teams traded baskets consistently Mazur went 6-for-9 from the floor, in- Warhawks with 16 points, Quardell during the second half. cluding 4-for-7 from 3-point range. Young had 15 and KJ Evans added 14. UW-Green Bay transfer Kam Cer- Ryan DePouw added 15 points, and Ryan DePouw led Lawrence (5-4) roni hit seven 3-pointers on his way Jamie Nikitas had 13 points and a and all scorers with 17 points. Jamie to a game-high 23 points. The Green team-high eight rebounds for the Nikitas and Chris Siebert both added Knights went 11-for-19 (57.9 percent) Vikings. Lawrence’s Chris Siebert 14 points, and Nikitas had a game- from beyond the arc in the game. chipped in with 10 points and seven high eight rebounds, four assists and Jamie Nikitas paced Lawrence rebounds. two steals. with 22 points. The sophomore guard Brandon Serrano led Mount St. The teams traded the lead went 6-for-10 from the floor, including Vincent (1-7) with 17 points and nine throughout the first half, and Law- 4-for-5 from 3-point range. Junior for- rebounds. rence trailed 32-31 after a DePouw ward Ryan DePouw added 16 points, The Dolphins scored the first six 3-pointer with 3:15 left in the first half. and Chris Siebert had 14 points for points of the game and led 10-6, but The Warhawks then scored the final the Vikings. Lawrence dominated the rest of the eight points of the first half to lead 40- Austin Elliott added 15 points for half. The Vikings went on a 36-8 tear 32 at the break. St. Norbert, and Andrew Schwoerer over the final 12 minutes of the first Whitewater’s lead hovered be- had 11 points and a game-high nine half to lead 42-18 at the half. tween five and 12 points through the rebounds. DePouw scored 11 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half. first half, and Mazur added seven to The Warhawks were up 58-46 when January 11 pace the Vikings. Lawrence also put the Vikings got back-to-back layups Ripon 69, Lawrence 66 the clamps on Mount St. Vincent de- from Nikitas and Tyler Mazur to cut APPLETON, Wis. fensively and held the Dolphins to the margin to eight. — Tyler Ketz hit a just 27.6 percent shooting (8-for-29) Whitewater countered with a la- 3-pointer with 30 sec- from the floor in the first half. The Dol- yup from Young and a 3-pointer from onds left to lift the phins shot 39.3 percent for the game, Bryson to finally take control for good Ripon College men’s including 11.8 percent (2-for-17) from with 6:20 left. Lawrence didn’t get basketball team to a beyond the arc. closer than 11 points the rest of the 69-66 Midwest Conference victory Mount St. Vincent did manage to way. over Lawrence University at Alexan- 2013-14 GAME RECAPS der Gymnasium. Stack had 18 points. trimmed the lead back to three at 33- Kyle Loughrin led Ripon (8-4, 5-2 Ryan DePouw led three Lawrence 30, but the Vikings then took control. MWC) with 25 points, and Ketz fin- players in double figures with 18 Lawrence outscored the Pioneers ished with 19 points. Ty Sabin added points. Jamie Nikitas added 17 points 26-13 over the final 4:45 of the first 12 points for the Red Hawks. and a game-high nine rebounds for half to grab a 67-48 lead at the break. Chris Siebert paced Lawrence (5- the Vikings (5-7, 3-4), and Brian Grysz- Mazur scored 10 points during that 6, 3-3) with 24 points, and Tyler Mazur kiewicz had 16 points and a game- stretch and Nikitas had five for the Vi- came off the bench to score 16 points. high six assists. kings. Ryan DePouw added nine points and The Foresters led 36-32 at the half The Vikings then stretched that a team-high seven rebounds. and put on a quick scoring surge to lead over the first seven minutes of The game, which featured six ties take command early in the second the second half. After Yeager made a and nine lead changes, was tied at 36 half. A 7-0 burst gave Lake Forest a 50- 3-pointer to start the half for Grinnell, at the half. Neither team led by more 39 lead with 16:08 remaining. Lawrence went on a 22-6 run and led than four points in the second half, The Vikings still trailed by double 89-57 with 12:35 remaining. Nelson but Lawrence led 64-61 with 2:25 left digits when they went on a 16-6 run, scored eight points during that run, on Jamie Nikitas’ layup. capped by Nikitas’ 3-pointer with 6:05 including a dunk, and Siebert scored Loughrin countered with a layup left, to cut the lead to 62-61. six during that stretch. for Ripon, and after Mazur missed a The Foresters answered with a Grinnell, which stopped its sig- 3-pointer, the Red Hawks took a 65-64 3-pointer from Stack and a layup from nature pressing defense in the final lead on Loughrin’s layup with 1:21 re- Brian Madson to push the lead back seven minutes, never got closer than maining. to 67-61. Lawrence never got closer the final margin of 17 points. Siebert came back with a layup than four points after that as Lake For- with 1:04 left that gave Lawrence a est went 12-for-12 from the foul line January 22 66-65 edge. Loughrin drove into the in the final 1:28 to seal the victory. Ripon 95, Lawrence 81 lane and was falling to the court when RIPON, Wis. — his pass found Ketz in the corner. Ketz January 18 The Ripon College hit the 3-pointer with 30 seconds left Lawrence 111, Grinnell 94 men’s basketball team to give Ripon a 68-66 lead. APPLETON, Wis. — missed just seven Siebert went to the basket on the Six players scored in shots from the floor ensuing possession and had his layup double figures as the in the second half and blocked. Siebert got the rebound but Lawrence University rallied for a 95-81 Midwest Confer- had the ball stripped by Ketz, who men’s basketball team ence victory over Lawrence University was fouled with four seconds left. He rolled to a 111-94 Mid- at the Storzer Center. made one free throw to put Ripon up west Conference victory over Grinnell Ripon (10-5, 7-3 MWC) went 22- 69-66 but missed the second. College at Alexander Gymnasium. for-29 (75.9 percent) from the floor in Lawrence grabbed the rebound Chris Siebert posted a double- the second half to rally from a 45-33 and called a timeout with 2.5 seconds double with 23 points and 11 re- halftime deficit. Kyle Loughrin hit 13- left. The Red Hawks fouled Nikitas, bounds to lead Lawrence (6-7, 4-4 of-18 shots from the floor on his way who missed the first free throw. Ripon MWC). Ryan DePouw also had a dou- to a game-high 31 points for the Red grabbed the rebound and ran out the ble-double with 17 points and 11 re- Hawks. clock. bounds, and he added four assists. Sophomore forward Trace Sonn- Jamie Nikitas picked up 22 points leitner came off the bench to score a January 14 for the Vikings, and Tyler Mazur had career-high 19 points for Lawrence (6- Lake Forest 83, Lawrence 76 18. Chase Nelson chipped in with 14 8, 4-5), which shot 56.1 percent from LAKE FOREST, points, and Brian Gryszkiewicz had 12 the floor for the game. Chris Siebert Ill. — The Lake For- points and five assists. added 18 points for the Vikings, Jamie est College men’s The nation’s scoring leader, Grin- Nikitas had 15 points and Ryan De- basketball team nell’s Jack Taylor, led the Pioneers Pouw picked up 14. pulled away late (11-3, 6-3) with 31 points. Aaron Levin Lawrence jumped out to an early and hung on to defeat Lawrence Uni- added 17 points, and Luke Yaeger had 10-points lead and led by as many as versity 83-76 in a Midwest Conference 16 for Grinnell. 15 points in the first half. Ripon cut game. Lawrence jumped to an early the margin to six points late in the Jim Schick led Lake Forest (4-9, lead, using an 11-4 run to build a 20- first half, but the Vikings got 3-point- 3-5 MWC) with 19 points, and James 10 advantage with 13:39 left. Grinnell ers from Siebert and Tyler Mazur to 2013-14 GAME RECAPS push the lead back to 12 at the half. Vikings the 10-point edge with 10:30 Ripon’s hot shooting in the sec- left in the opening half. ond half allowed it to erase Lawrence’s Knox battled back and trimmed lead in less than eight minutes. Ripon the lead to 38-37 on Eric Miller’s tied the game at 57-57 at the 12:46 3-pointer with 46 seconds left in the mark, and the Red Hawks slowly built half. Troy Miller then buried a 3-point- a lead to as many as seven points over er for Lawrence to give the Vikings a the next five minutes. 41-37 lead at the break. Lawrence trimmed the margin to The Vikings then opened the sec- four points with just under five min- ond half with a 20-6 scoring run to utes left, but Ripon then put the game take command of the game. DePouw away at the foul line. Ripon went 8-for- and Nikitas both had five points in 8 from the line in the final 2:23 to seal that stretch, and Siebert capped the the win. outburst with, what else, a 3-pointer Ripon had an enormous advan- to give Lawrence a 61-43 lead with tage at the line, going 19-for-23. Law- 13:29 remaining. rence shot only five free throws dur- Knox trimmed the lead to 11 ing the game. points on a pair of occasions but got no closer. Lawrence stretched the January 25 lead to as many as 19 points as the Vi- Lawrence 88, Knox 73 kings beat Knox for the fifth consecu- APPLETON, tive time and 21st time in the last 24 Wis. — The Law- games. rence University men’s basket- ball team hit 15 3-pointers on its way to an 88-73 Mid- west Conference victory over Knox College at Alexander Gymnasium. Lawrence (7-8, 5-5 MWC) went 15- for-30 from beyond the arc and shot 53.7 percent from the field for the game. Chris Siebert scored a team-high 22 points for the Vikings and was 6-for-11 from 3-point range. Ryan De- Pouw added 21 points, hit a pair of 3-pointers, and collected a team-best five rebounds. Jamie Nikitas added 16 points and hit 4-of-8 shots from be- yond the arc. He also had five assists and four rebounds. David Jones hit 11-of-13 shots from the floor on his way to a game- high 28 points for Knox (1-14, 0-10). He also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Lawrence built a 23-13 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game, and the Vikings hit six 3-pointers in their first eight baskets. DePouw also had a conventional three-point play in that stretch. Tom Antosz capped the open- ing stretch with a layup to give the