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Carleton College athletics carleton men’s basketball notes - dec. 30, 2003 Game contact eric sieger, sid, [email protected] 2003-04 carleton knights 8 (6-1, 3-0 MIAC) November Knights end year with road tilt against Division II Mavs 25 Upper Iowa University . .W 76-46 28 Wisconsin Lutheran College $ . .W 73-40 CARLETON AT MSU-MANKATO 29 University of Wisconsin, Stout $ . .L 54-61 Date: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 7 p.m. December Site: Bresnan Arena at Taylor Center, Mankato, Minn. (capacity 4,800) 3 Bethel College* . .W 69-60 Series record vs. MSU-Mankato: MSU-Mankato leads 2-0. 6Augsburg College* . .W 68-51 Radio: MSU/Linder Radio Network, KTOE 1420 AM; webcast on MSU website at www.msumaver- 8 Crown College . .W 72-24 10 St. Olaf College* . .W 62-50 icks.com 30 MSU, Mankato . .7 p.m. Coaches: Carleton – Guy Kalland (Concordia-Moorhead, 1974/252-233/20th season at Carleton and January overall); MSU – Matt Margenthaler (Western Illinois, 1991/32-32/3rd season at MSU and overall) 3 Macalester College* . .3 p.m. Websites: Carleton (www.carleton.edu/athletics); MSU-Mankato (www.msumavericks.com) 5St. Mary's University* . .8 p.m. Carleton faces Division II Minnesota State, Mankato in final game of 2003 7 Concordia College, Moorhead* 7:30 p.m. 10 Hamline University* . .3 p.m. The Knights play their final non-conference foe of the season when they travel to Mankato to 14 University of St. Thomas* . .7:30 p.m. face North Central Conference member Minnesota State, Mankato. The Knights are 0-2 all-time 17 St. John's University* . .3 p.m. against MSU (formerly known as Mankato State University). The Knights have won six of their first 19 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .7:30 p.m. seven games to open the season and are currently tied with Gustavus Adolphus College atop the 21 Bethel College* . .7:30 p.m. 24 Augsburg College* . .3 p.m. MIAC standings ate 3-0. The Mavericks have won six of their last seven and nine consecutive home 31 St. Olaf College* . .3 p.m. games, a Bresnan Arena record. February Last night, sophomore Luke Anderson tied a career-high with 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting as 2Macalester College* . .7:30 p.m. the Mavericks defeated NAIA opponent, the University of Sioux Falls, 81-72. Anderson’s night 4 St. Mary's University* . .8 p.m. 7Concordia College, Moorhead* . .3 p.m. included a season-high four three-point buckets. Jamel Staten scored 15 of his 21 points in the sec- 11 Hamline University* . .7:30 p.m. ond half alone as the Mavs opened the second half with an 11-3 run to erase a 40-35 halftime 14 University of St. Thomas* . .3 p.m. deficit. Minnesota State shot a blistering 61.9 percent from three-point range on the game in mak- 18 St. John's University* . .7:30 p.m. ing 13-of-21 shots from beyond the arc. Included in that long-range barrage was a 7-of-8 second half 21 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .3 p.m. $- UW-Stout Tournament, Menomonie, Wis. forMSU. In the second half alone, the Mavericks shot 55.6% from the floor while limiting the * - MIAC contest Cougars to just 36.4 percent from the field. bold indicates home contest Knights complete first leg of quest to reclaim Goat Trophy Head Coach Guy Kalland Tanner Schieck and Kyle Beste scored 17 points each and Carleton's defense forced 17 Ole GuyKalland enters his 20th season as Carleton’s head coach. He has led the turnovers as the Knights beat host St. Olaf, 62-50, on Dec. 10. Knights to the MIAC Playoffs 11 times in the The Knights shot 50 percent in the second half and used a 9-0 run midway through the half to past 14 seasons and is Carleton’s all-time winningest coach, as he surpassed prede- snap a three-game losing streak to their cross-town rival. The Knights must now beat St. Olaf at cessor Jack Thurnblad during the the 2002- West Gym on Jan. 31, 2004, to reclaim possession of the infamous Goat Trophy. The Oles hold the 03 season. His previous coaching stops include the University of Minnesota, Inver Hills (Minn.) Community "Goat", as they swept Carleton last season to wrest the prized possession away from the Knights College, Eagle Bend (Minn.) High School and Cannon Falls forthe first time in 14 years. (Minn.) High School. Carleton basketball quick facts Head Coach: Guy Kalland Assistant Coach: Dan Larson Assistant Coach: Ross Peterson Location: Northfield, Minn. Probable Carleton Starting Line-up Enrollment: 1,850 Nickname: Knights 13 Anthony Baquero G Jr. 7.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 41.4 3-pt FG% School Colors: Maize and Blue 15 Khalid Lakanwal G Jr. 5.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 58.3 FG%, 55.6 3-pt FG% Conference: Minn. Intercollegiate (MIAC) 31 Kyle Beste F Jr. 14.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.7 spg, 83.3 FT% Arena: West Gym 33 Tanner Schieck F Sr. 13.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.4 spg, 61.5 FG% Capacity: 1,400 41 Dan Forkrud F So. 11.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.1 bpg, 43.9 FG% Record in West Gym: MIAC Record in West Gym: Key Carleton reserves All-time Record: 1035-814-2 21 Jake Phillips G Fy. 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.1 spg, 41.7 3-pt FG% 2002-03 Overall Record: 16-10 23 Gunnar Stapp G Sr. 2.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg 2002-03 MIAC Record: 13-7 35 Micah Johnson G So. 5.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 50.0 FG%, 50.0 3-pt FG% 2002-03 MIAC finish: Third more… 2003-04 carleton college knights No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 6-0 Rosemount, Minn. KOOT-si-kis 13 Anthony Baquero Jr. G 6-1 Rosemount, Minn. BAH-kar-oh 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 5-9 Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson) KAH-lid LAH-kan-wal 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 6-2 Brainerd, Minn. 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. G 6-1 Minong, Wis. (Northwood) 25 Danny Greenberger So. G 6-1 Evanston, Ill. 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 6-5 St. Louis Park, Minn. BEST-ee 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 6-8 Austin, Minn. SHEEK 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 6-1 Pine River, Minn. (Pine River-Backus) 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 6-5 Rosemount, Minn. FORK-rood 43 ZakMiles Fy. G 6-1 Blairstown, Iowa (Benton) 45 Brian Sharkey So. G 6-1 Bow, N.H. (St. Paul's School) SHAR-kee 51 Andrew Knap Sr. F 6-9 Bay Village, Ohio (Bay) 53 Steve Portschy Jr. F 6-4 Clarendon Hills, Ill. (Hinsdale Central) PORTCH-ee 55 Tucker Schieck Fy. F 6-5 Austin, Minn. SHEEK Coaching milestone Carleton head coach Guy Kalland, with Carleton’s victory over Augsburg on Dec. 6, reached the 250-win mark for his career. He’s now 252-233 in 20 seasons as the Knights’ head man. Kalland is MIAC one of only three active MIAC coaches with 250 or more victories; Steve Fritz of St. Thomas and Jim Smith of St. John’s are the other two. Standings Series record MIAC Overall The Mavericks lead the all-time series with Carleton, 2-0. The Mavs beat the Knights 83-66 on Carleton 3-0 6-1 Gustavus 3-0 5-3 Dec. 30, 1999, in Otto Arena. The two teams met on Dec. 29, 1990, with the Mavs prevailing 74-54. Macalester 2-1 2-5 Concordia 2-2 5-3 Scouting Minnesota State Bethel 2-2 7-2 The Mavericks brings a 15-game home winning streak over non-conference foes into tonight’s Augsburg 2-2 5-3 game after defeating Sioux Falls last night, and have won nine straight home games. The Mavericks Hamline 2-2 5-4 are paced by junior Jamel Staten’s 18.2 points per game. He cans 51.2 percent of his field goal St. John's 2-2 3-4 attempts and 48.1 percent (13-for-27) from beyond the arc. Sophomore Luke Anderson is the team’s St. Thomas 1-2 3-4 second-leading scorer at 15.3 points per game while converting on 44.7 percent of his three-point St. Olaf 1-3 4-4 attempts. The Mavericks are outrebounding opponents by more than nine boards per game and St. Mary's 0-4 1-7 hold a +3.6 turnover margin on the opposition. MSU attacks the basket, leading to an average of Results Dec. 29 28 free-throw attempts per game, compared to 18 for their opponents. UW-Superior 59, St. Thomas 57 OT Cal Lutheran 67, St. Olaf 50 Quick hits Dec. 21 Carleton has held opponents to an average of 47.4 points per game and has limited opponent Gustavus 84, Thomas More (Ky.) 72 to 50 points or less in four of its seven games. The most an opponent has scored against the Knights Dec. 20 Concordia (Calif.) 80, Gustavus 79 this season is 61 points… The Knights have committed only 19 turnovers in the last two games com- Dec. 19 bined… Carleton’s last three opponents have shot a combined 15 free throws, making seven, giving Concordia 85, Mayville St. 67 the Knights a 31-7 edge in free throw points over those three contests… Carleton reserve guards St.