Evansville Basketball Five National Championships | Five Ncaa D-1 Tournaments
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EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | FIVE NCAA D-1 TOURNAMENTS 2012-13 Schedule GAME THIRTY Evansville at Wichita State OCTOBER 2012 Feb. 27, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. CT - Koch Arena Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Bob Pristash Nov. 10 at No. 22 Notre Dame $ L, 49-58 Nov. 15 Buffalo $ L, 50-56 Nov. 16 Yale $ W, 66-56 Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ W, 49-44 Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech W, 62-50 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 72-46 EVANSVILLE INFORMATION WICHITA STATE INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2012-13 Record: 16-13, 8-8 MVC 2012-13 Record: 24-5, 12-4 MVC Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 72-79 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Gregg Marshall Record at UE: 83-101 (6th Season) Record at WSU: 133-66 (6th Season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Career Record: 181-174 (12th Season) Career Record: 327-149 (15th Season) Dec. 8 Murray State L, 70-82 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State W, 80-67 Points: Colt Ryan - 19.2 PPG Points: Cleanthony Early - 14.7 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City W, 103-69 Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 7.2 RPG Rebounds: Carl Hall - 7.2 RPG Assists: Troy Taylor - 109 assists Assists: Malcolm Armstead - 117 assists Dec. 22 at Butler L, 67-75 Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 52 blocks Blocks: Ehimen Orukpe - 47 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON L, 70-87 Minutes: Colt Ryan - 32.5 MPG Minutes: Carl Hall - 28.2 MPG JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE W, 62-59 OT Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS # W, 85-68 Troy Taylor Notes: Notched second triple-double in UE history vs. Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA W, 62-59 5 SR - G - 6-0 - 184 CU; tallied 19 rbs vs. MSU in next game Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE W, 71-67 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE L, 69-83 Anderson 6.8 7.2 44.9 63.6 29.7 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE # L, 62-72 Jan. 23 BRADLEY W, 66-56 Colt Ryan Notes: Stands second on the all-time UE scoring list Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE # L, 62-67 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 with 2,113 points Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA W, 54-51 OT 11 Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Batesville FEBRUARY 2013 19.2 3.3 41.5 89.8 32.5 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE L, 61-62 Feb. 5 at BRADLEY L, 70-76 Adam Wing Notes: Has started the last three games for the Aces setting career marks in most categories Feb. 10 DRAKE - ESPNU W, 84-78 OT 12 FR - G - 6-4 - 205 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 56-65 Morehead, Ky. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON - ESPNU L, 68-71 Rowan County 2.6 2.8 42.6 50.0 13.4 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE W, 79-62 Feb. 23 at Wright State & W, 70-58 Ned Cox Notes: Became the 45th player in program history to Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE 7:00 p.m. 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 score 1,000 points with 10 against Bradley San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes MARCH 2013 Judson 11.4 2.1 42.6 81.1 31.1 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE # 4:00 p.m. Mar. 7-10 at MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Is third in the MVC with 1.8 blocks per game; 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 has notched 52 on the season Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 5.5 4.8 67.0 65.2 18.8 ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge # - Televised by MVC Networks Off The Bench & - Ramada Bracketbusters Game # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis 0 Ryan Sawvell F 6-8/200 SO 3.3 2.7 Scored 16 pts vs. OCU 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 1.3 0.5 Finished with 7 pts, 2 rb vs OCU Home Games in Bold 4 Lewis Jones F/G 6-3/200 SR 6.3 2.0 Has made 21 starts this season Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 4.0 2.0 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU MVC Games in ALL CAPS 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.5 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS All Times Central 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Played 3 min vs. OCU 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR 0.0 1.0 Had a rebound vs. AAMU and OCU 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 1.0 2.0 Tied career mark w/5 rb vs. AAMU 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR 8.1 1.5 Registered 18 pts at Wright State 44 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Redshirted for 2012-13 season Contact: Bob Pristash Office: 812-488-2285 Cell: 812-266-5288 Email: [email protected] 2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 The Opening Tip Follow The Aces - In the final installment of the BracketBusters series, the Purple Aces finished on a high note, defeating Wright State by a 70-58 final at the Nutter Center on Saturday in Dayton, Ohio You can find the Purple Aces on - Colt Ryan led the way with 21 points while D.J. Balentine finished the day with 18 Facebook and Twitter! Follow the UE - The game ended 10 years of BracketBusters action as UE finished with an even 5-5 mark; men’s basketball team on Facebook the Aces won three out of five road games, including Saturday’s triumph over WSU at “Aces Men’s Basketball (Official). The Aces hoops team is also on Preseason Honors Twitter @evansvillehoops. You can - Senior Colt Ryan has received several preseason accolades entering the 2012-13 campaign. Those include: also follow all of the University of Evansville athletics - MVC Preseason All-Conference Team teams on Twitter @ueathletics and on Facebook at - SENIOR Class Award Watch List University of Evansville Athletic Department. - Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team - No. 3 Under-The-Rader Player (CBSSports.com) GoPurpleAces.com is the official home of University of - No. 11 shooter on Luke Winn’s Top 16 list (SI.com) Evansville athletics. GoPurpleAces So What Is The Difference? has the most info on Evansville Ath- - After a 4-1 start in league play, the Aces won three of their next nine games, however, letics and provides daily updates on since then, the Aces have won two out of three games while nearly topping Creighton in all UE sports. It is also the one place the other to find live streaming and audio - The primary stats that jumps out when you compare both streaks have been scoring and from several Aces athletics contests. rebounding - Evansville is +8.7 in the last three games in scoring while falling by an average of 2.9 per game in the nine prior to it - On the boards, the last three outings have seen the Aces outrebound the opposition by The Marty Simmons Radio Show 7.0 per game; the earlier nine games in the 3-6 slide saw UE outrebounded by 1.0 Aces head coach Marty Simmons and Lance Wilkerson host the “Marty Simmons Radio Show” every Monday Second On The List And Top Ten In The Valley night at 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Turoni’s on the east side. The - With his 13-point effort against Creighton, Colt Ryan moved up to No. 2 on the UE all-time show can be heard on WUEV 91.5 FM. The restaurant scoring list, passing Marcus Wilson; Wilson finished his career at Evansville with 2,053 points is located just north of the UE campus. Fans are in- while Ryan now stands at 2,113; he is just the third player for the Aces to ever reach 2,000 points in his career vited to come out each week and get the inside scoop - Ryan has his sights set on the top spot, which is occupied by all-time great Larry Humes, on the latest developments with the Aces basketball who set the school record with 2,236 points in his career, which lasted from 1963-66 team! - Along with his rise up the UE list, Ryan has also made his mark on the all-time MVC scoring list as his tally puts him in 10th place, just three points away from tying Rodney Buford of Creighton, who played from 1995-99 Home Media Stats MVC Free Throws Members of the media can follow today’s game by - One of the top free throw shooters in MVC and UE history, Colt Ryan is sixth in all-time free logging on to evansville.statbroadcast.com. You can throws made with 549 in his career; he is just five away from moving into the top five to tie follow it on any laptop or mobile device. This access is Roger Phegley of Bradley, who played from 1974-78 available for all home contests. - His 9-for-12 outing against Illinois State helped him jump four spots on the list, most notably passing Larry Bird’s tally of 542 set in his career at Indiana State, which spanned from 1976-79 Wing Making Impact In Starting Lineup - Since entering the starting lineup against Creighton, freshman Adam Wing has made an impact in each of his three games since - The Morehead, Ky.