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2016-17 Valparaiso University Men’s Basketball Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2016-17 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (9-3, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #13 - Wednesday, Dec. 28 - 7 p.m. Nov. 5 Hillsdale (exhibition) W 78-63 Nov. 11 Southern Utah ! W 79-65 Chicago State (4-10, 0-0 WAC) Nov. 12 Trinity Christian W 89-75 Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) - Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 14 Coppin State ! W 78-58 Nov. 17 at #4/4 Oregon L 76-54 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball Nov. 21 vs. Alabama ! W 68-60 team takes aim at its 10th victory of the season as it closes out non-league play Nov. 23 vs. BYU ! W 92-89 Wednesday evening at the ARC against Chicago State. Alec Peters enters the Nov. 27 Ball State W 79-73 matchup just one point shy of reaching the 2,000 point milestone for his career. Nov. 29 #21/25 Rhode Island W 65-62 Dec. 7 at #6/7 Kentucky L 87-63 Last Time Out: Valpo suffered its fi rst non-league home defeat in over two Dec. 10 at Missouri State W 84-81 years last Thursday night at the ARC, as the Crusaders fell to visiting Santa Dec. 17 Indiana State W 89-71 Clara in double overtime, 87-80. Alec Peters led the way with 35 points - 24 Dec. 22 Santa Clara L 87-80 (2ot) of which came in the second half - while Shane Hammink matched his career Dec. 28 Chicago State 7 p.m. high for the third time this year, scoring 23 points. Dec. 30 at UIC * 4 p.m. Jan. 6 Oakland * 8 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Video – ESPN3, WatchESPN and the ESPN app - Jan. 8 Detroit Mercy * noon Jan. 12 at Youngstown State * 6:45 p.m. Todd Ickow (PxP) and David Huseman (Analyst) Jan. 14 at Cleveland State * 2:30 p.m. Radio – Valpo Sports Network [WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso); WVLP (103.1 Jan. 16 Green Bay * 7 p.m. FM, Valparaiso)] Jan. 22 UIC * 2 p.m. Links for the video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. Jan. 27 Wright State * TBD Jan. 29 Northern Kentucky * 1:30 p.m. Head Coach Matt Lottich: Matt Lottich is in his fi rst season at the helm of Feb. 2 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. the Valparaiso University men’s basketball program in 2016-17 after being Feb. 4 at Green Bay * noon named the 22nd head coach in program history on April 7. Lottich previously Feb. 9 Cleveland State * 7 p.m. served as an assistant coach for the last three seasons, helping Valpo earn 78 Feb. 11 Youngstown State * 7 p.m. victories - including a school-record 30 last season - and a pair of Horizon Feb. 17 at Oakland * 6 p.m. League regular season titles. Feb. 19 at Detroit Mercy * 1 p.m. Feb. 21 Milwaukee * 7 p.m. Series Notes: Former conference foes in the Mid-Continent Conference, Feb. 24 at Wright State * 6:30 p.m. Valparaiso has dominated the all-time series against Chicago State and enters Feb. 26 at Northern Kentucky * noon Wednesday night with a 32-3 advantage all-time versus the Cougars. Includ- Mar. 3-7 at Horizon League Championship ed among the 32 wins is a perfect 15-0 record against CSU at the ARC. The (Detroit, Mich.) Crusaders have won the last six matchups between the two squads, including a 71-53 victory last season at Chicago State. Alec Peters matched a program All times Central. record, going 6-for-6 from behind the 3-point line in posting a game-high 26 Home games in bold and played at points, while Darien Walker hit four 3-pointers as well in a 12-point effort. Athletics-Recreation Center. ! – Men Who Speak Up Main Event * - indicates Horizon League game @ValpoBasketball Valpo Men’s #ValpoGameday Basketball #GoValpo 2016-17 Valparaiso University Men’s Basketball Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 @ValpoBasketball... - Sorolla and Peters nearly combined to out-rebound the Sycamores all by ...and the @HorizonLeague themselves, as Valpo fi nished with a 49-31 edge on the glass. The Crusaders - Valpo was picked to win the Horizon League in preseason polling, earning converted 15 offensive rebounds into 18 second-chance points. 35 of the 39 fi rst-place votes. - Valpo enjoyed its best effort from the 3-point line this season, hitting 11 of its - The Crusaders have not fi nished worse than their preseason projection in the 22 attempts from downtown. Five different players hit multiple triples. last six years. - Senior Alec Peters was named the league’s Preseason Player of the Year, Valpo’s ...looking ahead fi rst league preseason player of the year since Lubos Barton (2001-02, Mid-Con). - Valpo opens Horizon League play on Dec. 30 with a quick trip across the state - Senior Shane Hammink joined Peters as a preseason All-League choice, earning line for a nationally-televised game at UIC. a spot on the Second Team. - The Crusaders then return home the following weekend to host Oakland on Friday, Jan. 6 (an ESPN2 broadcast) and Detroit Mercy on Sunday, Jan. 8. ...looking back at last year - The 2015-16 Crusader squad won a school-record 30 games, fi nishing the ...at the ARC year 30-7. - Valpo has 17 regular season home games scheduled at the ARC during the - Valpo claimed the Horizon League regular season title by going 16-2 in league 2016-17 season and is already 6-1 at home this season. play, winning the league by three games. - The Crusaders set a program record last year with 17 home victories, posting - The Crusaders were the fi rst Horizon League team to win the league title by a 17-1 mark. at least three games since 2009-10. - Valpo has recorded a 38-3 record in home games since the start of the 2014-15 season. - The regular season title was Valpo’s fourth in a fi ve-year span, a feat accom- - The Crusaders had a program-record 25-game home winning streak snapped plished only by Butler and Xavier previously within the league. Feb. 13 against Wright State, a streak which dated back to Dec. 2014. - Valpo set new Horizon League records in league-only play for scoring margin, - Over the last 21-plus years, the Crusaders own a 273-59 (.822) record on their rebounds, rebounding average and rebound margin. home court at the ARC. - The Crusaders received an automatic bid into the NIT and were awarded a 1 seed as one of the First Four Out of the NCAA Tournament. @ChicagoStateMBB - Valpo defeated Texas Southern, Florida State and Saint Mary’s at the ARC to - The Cougars enter the ARC Wednesday night with a 4-10 record on the season, advance to the semifi nals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. most recently splitting two games in Las Vegas with a 74-65 win over SEMO - The Crusaders beat BYU in a thriller at MSG before falling in the championship and an 83-65 loss to Troy. game of the NIT to George Washington. - Wednesday’s game will mark the 11th true road game already this season for - Vashil Fernandez led the nation in blocked shots, was named National Defensive CSU, which has hosted just two home games. Player of the Year and repeated as Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year. - Fred Sims Jr. paces the Cougars with 17.6 points per game, while Trayvon - Alec Peters was an AP Honorable Mention All-American and earned a spot Palmer contributes 14.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. on the All-Horizon League First Team for a second straight year. - Bryce Drew repeated as Horizon League Coach of the Year. Peters 2K - With his fi rst point versus Chicago State, Alec Peters will become the second ...notes from Santa Clara player in program history to reach 2,000 career points, joining Bryce Drew - - The Crusaders had a streak of 20 consecutive non-league home victories who reached the mark Feb. 23, 1998 against UMKC. snapped. Valpo’s last home loss outside of league play came to New Mexico - While Peters will need 118 games to reach the milestone as compared to 115 in December of 2014. for Drew, Peters has played just 3,668 career minutes while Drew reached 2,000 - The game was Valpo’s fi rst overtime affair at the ARC since falling to Mercer points in 4,025 minutes of action. in triple overtime in November of 2013. - Assuming he scores a point against Chicago State, Peters and Drew will have - Peters fi nished with 35 points in a career-high 50 minutes, not coming off the fl oor both scored their second 1,000 points in exactly 50 games. for a single second. The senior was 12-of-28 from the fl oor and made a season-best - Peters has tallied 419 career 2-pointers, 255 3-pointers and 396 free throws six 3-pointers. He also grabbed 13 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the year. for his current total of 1,999 points.