Lawrence University (7-9, 5-6 MWC) Vs. No. 8 St. Norbert College (17-1, 13-0 MWC) Wednesday, Feb

Lawrence University (7-9, 5-6 MWC) vs. No. 8 St. Norbert College (17-1, 13-0 MWC) Wednesday, Feb. 5, 5:30 p.m. Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, 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 St. Norbert Forward Izaiah Anderson So. 6-5 12/11 at Cornell L, 75-69 Forward Garrett Thorn Sr. 6-6 12/14 at Knox W, 92-47 Guard Kam Cerroni Sr. 6-1 Guard Brandon Gries Sr. 6-1 12/16 Illinois College W, 88-64 Guard Andy Fox Sr. 6-1 12/18 vs. Mount St. Vincent W, 82-59 VIDEO WEBCAST LAST GAME 12/20 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 73-56 }A free video webcast is available Lawrence pulled away early in 1/4 at St. Norbert L, 81-68 at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/ the second half and cruised to a 67- client/lawrence.portal?mode=link#. 53 Midwest Conference victory over 1/11 Ripon L, 69-66 Dick Knapinski and Anthony Totoraitis Monmouth this past Saturday at Alex- are on the call for all Lawrence home ander Gymnasium. 1/14 at Lake Forest L, 83-76 games. A link for Lawrence webcasts Junior forward Ryan DePouw 1/18 Grinnell W, 111-94 is on the Lawrence basketball page. paced Lawrence with 20 points and connected on 4-of-5 1/22 at Ripon L, 95-81 THE COACHES shots from 3-point }Joel DePagter (Lawrence 1998), the range. Jamie Nikitas 1/25 Knox W, 88-73 1997 Midwest Conference Player of had a double-dou- 1/28 at Carroll L, 84-78 the Year and 2009 Midwest Confer- ble with 18 points ence Coach of the Year, is in his sev- and a game-high 2/1 Monmouth W, 67-53 enth season at Lawrence and has a 10 rebounds to go record of 93-66 (.585). along with a game- 2/5 St. Norbert 5:30 pm }Gary Grzesk (UWGB 1996) is in his high six steals for the Ryan DePouw 2/8 at Illinois College 1:00 pm eighth season at St. Norbert and has Vikings. Brian Grysz- a record of 137-55 (.714). He is in his kiewicz chipped in with 10 points, six 2/12 at Beloit 5:30 pm 11th season overall and has a mark of rebounds, three assists and four steals 188-86 (.686). for Lawrence. 2/15 Cornell 3:00 pm Cole Jackson led Monmouth with THE SERIES 12 points. 2/19 Lake Forest 5:30 pm }In a series that dates to 1918, St. Nor- Lawrence, which has beaten Mon- 2/22 at Grinnell 1:00 pm bert holds a 52-46 advantage, and the mouth 12 consecutive times, led only Green Knights have won the last nine 29-26 late in the first half when Nikitas 2/28-3/1 MWC Tournament TBA meetings. Prior to that, Lawrence had buried a 3-pointer. Gryszkiewicz fol- beaten St. Norbert 10 consecutive lowed with a layup off a pass from Ni- Home games in bold times and won 13 of the last 14. kitas. After a Ben Friday layup for Mon- mouth, DePouw nailed a 3-pointer at the first half buzzer to put Lawrence DEPAGTER’S RECORD up 37-28 at the break. Lawrence head Lawrence still held that nine- coach Joel point edge four-plus minutes into the DePagter is in his second half when the Vikings pulled seventh season as away for good. Chris Siebert started MWC Standings the Vikings’ coach. a 9-0 run by hitting a 3-pointer, and MWC Overall He is the only Nikitas followed with a three-point person in Midwest play for a 48-33 lead. Nikitas then hit W L W L Conference history a 3-pointer with 13:03 left for a 51-33 St. Norbert 13 0 17 1 Joel DePagter edge. Grinnell 9 4 14 4 to be named both The Scots trimmed the lead to 51- Ripon 8 4 11 6 Player of the Year 37, but a three-point play from Trace Carroll 8 5 11 7 (1997) and Coach of the Year (2009). Sonnleitner and a Tyler Mazur layup Illinois College 6 6 10 7 quickly pushed Lawrence’s lead back Lawrence 6 6 8 9 Opponent Record to 56-37. Monmouth got no closer Beloit 5 7 7 10 Ashford 0-1 than the final margin of 14 points the Cornell 5 8 8 10 Beloit* 8-3 rest of the way. Lake Forest 5 8 6 12 Cal Lutheran 0-1 Monmouth 4 9 5 13 Caltech 1-0 VIKINGS UPDATE Knox 0 12 1 16 Carroll* 8-8 } Lawrence’s hopes for a Coe 1-1 berth in the four-team Concordia (Ill.) 1-0 Midwest Conference Games Wednesday Cornell* 3-2 Tournament took a hit St. Norbert at Lawrence Saturday when Grinnell Illinois College at Monmouth Dominican (Ill.) 1-0 won on the road and Grinnell at Knox Elmhurst 0-2 Carroll took a victory at Carroll at Ripon Florida College 1-0 home. The Vikings aren’t in must-win Lake Forest at Beloit Grinnell* 5-7 territory yet, but they are close. Games Saturday Illinois College* 10-2 Lawrence at Illinois College Johnson and Wales (Fla.) 1-0 }Senior guard Chris Monmouth at Ripon Knox* 12-1 Siebert (Baraboo, Cornell at Carroll Lake Forest* 7-4 Wis./Baraboo) Beloit at Grinnell Lakeland 1-0 scored nine points Lake Forest at Knox Manchester 0-1 against Monmouth Marian 2-2 and moved into Monmouth* 12-0 sixth place on Law- he scored a game-high 20 points in Mount St. Vincent 1-0 rence’s career scor- the win over Monmouth. DePouw Chris Siebert Nova Southeastern 1-0 ing list. Siebert now posted a season-high 21 points vs. stands at 1,252 points and went past Knox on Jan. 25. DePouw is now 17th Ripon* 6-8 Matt Miota (1,246) and Joel Ungrodt in the conference in scoring at 14.6 St. Mary’s (Md.) 0-1 (1,247) this past Saturday. Siebert is points per game. St. Norbert* 5-9 22 points away from passing former Southeastern (Fla.) 0-1 MWC Player of the Year Adam LaVoy }Sophomore guard Trinity (Fla.) 1-0 (1,273) for fifth place. Jamie Nikitas (Glen- Washington (Mo.) 0-1 view, Ill./Glenbrook Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 }Siebert leads the team and ranks South) had his first Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 eighth in the Midwest Conference in career double-dou- UW-Oshkosh 1-3 scoring at 17.9 points per game. ble against Mon- UW-Stevens Point 1-6 mouth with 18 points UW-Whitewater 0-1 }Junior forward Ryan DePouw (Ocon- and 10 rebounds. Ni- Jamie Nikitas Totals 93-66 to, Wis./Oconto) turned in his second kitas is now averag- 20-point game of the season and his ing 14.1 points and second in the last three games when a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game. *MWC opponent }Nikitas posted his second-high steals total of the season with six against Lawrence University Basketball Facts Monmouth. Nikitas had a career-high seven steals in the season opener Location Appleton, Wis. against Wisconsin Lutheran. Nikitas Founded 1847 leads the Midwest Conference at 2.4 Enrollment 1,450 steals per game. President Mark Burstein }Senior guard Bri- Affiliation NCAA Division III an Gryszkiewicz Conference Midwest Conference (Menomonee Falls, Nickname Vikings Wis./Sussex Hamil- School Colors Blue and White ton) is tops on the Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium team and ranks (1929, capacity 1,100) fourth in the Mid- Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski west Conference at Brian Gryszkiewicz First season of basketball 1896 3.7 assists per game. Seasons of basketball 110 He also ranks third in the league in All-time record 948-1046-1 (.475) steals at 1.7 per game after picking up four against Monmouth. Midwest Conference titles 8 1924-25, 1942-43, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, }Gryszkiewicz also had his fourth dou- 2007-08, 2008-09 ble-figure scoring game of the season MWC Tournament titles 6 against Monmouth. With the Scots 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 defense backing off Gryszkiewicz, he NCAA Tournament appearances 6 took advantage by hitting open shots 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and getting to the foul line.

}Lawrence ranks fifth in the league urday. Andrew Schwoerer, starting in in scoring offense at 79.1 points per place of the injured Kam Cerroni, had 1,000 POINT CLUB game. The Vikings are sixth in scoring a huge game for the Green Knights Player Points Years defense at 75.8 points per game. with a double-double of 26 points Chris Braier 1,565 2002-06 and 12 rebounds in just 26 minutes of Joel Dillingham 1,554 1989-93 }Lawrence held Monmouth to just 53 action. David Jones scored 12 points Ryan Kroeger 1,537 2005-09 points, which is the lowest point to- to lead Knox. tal for an opponent this season. The Doug Fyfe 1,342 1972-76 Scots shot just 37.3 percent from the }St. Norbert, which is on a 15-game Adam LaVoy 1,273 1997-2001 floor, and Lawrence forced the Scots win streak, remains at No. 8 in this Chris Siebert 1,252 2010-now into 20 turnovers, which is a season- week’s D3hoops.com Top 25. Joel Ungrodt 1,247 1961-64 worst for a Vikings opponent. Matt Miota 1,246 1987-91 }Senior transfer Kam Cerroni, who Joel DePagter 1,243 1995-98 }The Vikings are fourth in the league came to St. Norbert from UW-Green Ben Zagorski 1,175 1994-98 field goal percentage at 49.7 percent Bay, is the team’s leading scorer at Mike Fogel 1,175 1975-79 and fourth in 3-point shooting at 39.7 17.2 points per game, which ranks percent. The Vikings rank sixth in field 10th in the league. Reggie Geans 1,160 1985-89 goal percentage defense at 46.1 per- John Dekker 1,117 2006-10 cent and eighth in 3-point field goal }Senior guard Brandon Gries is sec- Shawn Koerner 1,115 1985-89 percentage defense at 39.1 percent. ond on the squad in scoring at 15.6 Richard Schultz 1,088 1964-67 points per game, and forward Andrew Tom Steinmetz 1,073 1963-66 SCOUTING ST. NORBERT Schwoerer is averaging 14.9 points Jason Holinbeck 1,051 2001-05 }St. Norbert rolled to per game coming off the bench. Strat Warden 1,042 1969-72 an 87-51 victory over Schwoerer also is the team’s top re- Bob Townsend 1,031 1966-69 visiting Knox, the bounder at 6.1 per game. last-place team in the Jim Rasmussen 1,030 1958-61 league, this past Sat- }The Green Knights are the top re- Rob Cohen 1,005 1976-80 bounding team in the conference with a plus-9.6 in rebounding mar- LAWRENCE’S POSTSEASON HISTORY gin. St. Norbert is first in defensive re- }1997 bounding percentage (75.3 percent) Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence and offensive rebounding percentage Lawrence 83, Grinnell 82 (semifinals) (36.1 percent). Lawrence 90, Knox 79 (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament }Cerroni is the top 3-point shooter in Wabash 69, Lawrence 63 (first round at Wabash) the nation at 57.7 percent. Cerroni is }1998 71-for-123 from beyond the arc on the Midwest Conference Tournament at Monmouth Lawrence 79, Monmouth 68 (semifinals) season. Cerroni ranks seventh in the Ripon 73, Lawrence 60 (championship) league in overall field goal percentage }2000 at 58.0 percent. Schwoerer is second Midwest Conference Tournament at Lake Forest in the conference in field goal per- Lawrence 67, Lake Forest 61 (semifinals) centage at 67.9 percent. Ripon 85, Lawrence 54 (championship) }2003 }Gries ranks in the top four in the con- Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell ference in both assists and steals per Illinois College 86, Lawrence 77 OT (semifinals) game. Gries is third at 3.7 assists per }2004 game and fourth at 1.5 assists per con- Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence test. Lawrence 68, Lake Forest 63 (semifinals) Lawrence 82, Carroll 71 (championship) }St. Norbert ranks third in the Mid- NCAA Division III Tournament west Conference in scoring offense Lawrence 86, Lakeland 51 (first round at Lawrence) at 81.9 points per game. Not surpris- Lawrence 72, Buena Vista 66 (second round at Buena Vista) ingly, the Green Knights are first in Lawrence 86, Sul Ross State 79 OT (Sweet 16 at Puget Sound) the league in scoring defense at 63.7 UW-Stevens Point 82, Lawrence 81 OT (Elite Eight at Puget Sound) points per game. *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title }2005 }St. Norbert is shooting an impres- Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence sive 52.3 percent from the floor, which Lawrence 87, Carroll 76 (semifinals) ranks second in the conference. The Lawrence 82, Ripon 77 OT (championship) Green Knights are tops in field goal NCAA Division III Tournament percentage defense at 41.7 percent. Lawrence 70, Gustavus Adolphus 56 (first round at Gustavus) UW-Stevens Point 79, Lawrence 45 (second round at UW-Stevens Point) *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title }St. Norbert is the top 3-point shoot- }2006 ing team in the league at 45.5 percent. Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence St. Norbert is fourth in 3-point defense Lawrence 88, Knox 62 (semifinals) at 37.2 percent. Lawrence 68, Carroll 62 (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Lawrence 63, St. Thomas 59 (second round at Lawrence) Illinois Wesleyan 71, Lawrence 68 (Sweet 16 at Lawrence) }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 Feb 03, 2014) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (8-9) (6-2) (1-6) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (6-6) (5-1) (1-5) (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...... 17-17 563 33.1 103-214 .481 51-111 .459 47-56 .839 13 60 73 4.3 36 0 44 49 2 7 304 17.9 11 Ryan DePouw...... 17-17 484 28.5 79-151 .523 25-59 .424 66-81 .815 17 60 77 4.5 46 1 40 34 7 5 249 14.6 03 Jamie Nikitas...... 17-17 520 30.6 79-154 .513 22-57 .386 60-94 .638 12 86 98 5.8 46 1 41 32 10 41 240 14.1 12 Tyler Mazur...... 17-0 319 18.8 61-129 .473 31-90 .344 9-11 .818 6 28 34 2.0 21 0 20 11 5 7 162 9.5 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. 17-17 457 26.9 33-70 .471 1-9 .111 23-49 .469 11 20 31 1.8 42 1 63 23 2 29 90 5.3 25 Trace Sonnleitner.. 17-0 222 13.1 31-63 .492 14-29 .483 4-5 .800 9 33 42 2.5 24 0 8 15 2 1 80 4.7 22 Chase Nelson...... 17-15 326 19.2 28-40 .700 0-0 .000 12-20 .600 15 41 56 3.3 35 0 6 12 6 7 68 4.0 15 Max Burgess...... 16-0 186 11.6 18-41 .439 12-31 .387 5-5 1.000 7 6 13 0.8 14 0 16 4 0 3 53 3.3 04 Mitch Willer...... 8-0 30 3.8 7-12 .583 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 9 11 1.4 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 1.8 00 Tom Antosz...... 14-0 62 4.4 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 12-17 .706 0 5 5 0.4 9 0 9 8 1 2 20 1.4 23 Peter Winslow...... 4-0 13 3.3 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1.3 30 Troy Miller...... 11-0 50 4.5 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 3-5 .600 0 9 9 0.8 6 0 6 3 0 0 12 1.1 33 Andrew Borresen.... 13-0 77 5.9 5-12 .417 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 6 6 12 0.9 9 0 3 5 0 2 14 1.1 32 Adam Breseman...... 6-0 13 2.2 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 1 0 0 6 1.0 21 Shane Cullian...... 8-0 26 3.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 1 2 0.3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.5 TEAM...... 24 25 49 2.9 0 0 ------Total...... 17 3400 463-932 .497 165-416 .397 253-358 .707 129 396 525 30.9 308 4 262 207 40 104 1344 79.1 Opponents...... 17 3400 460-997 .461 120-307 .391 249-354 .703 185 392 577 33.9 321 - 202 201 41 110 1289 75.8

TEAM STATISTICS LU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1344 1289 11/15/13 WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE W 92-77 821 Points per game...... 79.1 75.8 11/16/13 at UW-Stevens Point L 73-99 1536 Scoring margin...... +3.2 - 11/23/13 ELMHURST COLLEGE L 81-96 727 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 463-932 460-997 *12/4/13 CARROLL UNIVERSITY W 76-67 671 Field goal pct...... 497 .461 *12/11/13 at Cornell College L 69-75 165 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 165-416 120-307 *12/14/13 at Knox College W 92-47 225 3-point FG pct...... 397 .391 *12/16/13 ILLINOIS COLLEGE W 88-64 567 3-pt FG made per game.. 9.7 7.1 12/18/13 vs Mount Saint Vincent W 82-59 58 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 253-358 249-354 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...... 525 577 *1/11/14 RIPON COLLEGE L 66-69 1067 Rebounds per game...... 30.9 33.9 *1/14/14 at Lake Forest College L 76-83 465 Rebounding margin...... -3.1 - *1/18/14 GRINNELL COLLEGE W 111-94 1100 ASSISTS...... 262 202 *1/22/14 at Ripon College L 81-95 395 Assists per game...... 15.4 11.9 *1/25/14 KNOX COLLEGE W 88-73 645 TURNOVERS...... 207 201 *1/28/14 at Carroll University L 78-84 284 Turnovers per game..... 12.2 11.8 *2/1/14 MONMOUTH COLLEGE W 67-53 688 Turnover margin...... -0.4 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.3 1.0 STEALS...... 104 110 Steals per game...... 6.1 6.5 BLOCKS...... 40 41 Blocks per game...... 2.4 2.4 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - Home win streak...... 3 - ATTENDANCE...... 6286 4142 Home games-Avg/Game.... 8-786 7-566 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-90

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Lawrence University...... 664 680 - 1344 Opponents...... 613 676 - 1289 2013-14 Lawrence Basketball Lawrence University Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Feb 03, 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 at Carroll University 1/28/14 78-84 L 0- 0- 0 8- 4- 3 DNP 2- 1- 4 16- 6- 1 5- 1- 1 5- 0- 2 DNP DNP MONMOUTH COLLEGE 2/1/14 67-53 W 0- 0- 1 18-10- 2 0- 0- 0 10- 6- 3 20- 4- 2 5- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 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 at Carroll University 1/28/14 78-84 L 2- 2- 0 DNP 19- 5- 2 21- 5- 0 DNP DNP DNP MONMOUTH COLLEGE 2/1/14 67-53 W 1- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 9- 1- 4 4- 3- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 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 Monmouth College, 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 pushed the lead to 49-34 with 15:54 Ripon’s hot shooting in the sec- left in the opening half. remaining. Lawrence then scored the ond half allowed it to erase Lawrence’s Knox battled back and trimmed game’s next 13 points, including the lead in less than eight minutes. Ripon the lead to 38-37 on Eric Miller’s final seven from Siebert, to trim the tied the game at 57-57 at the 12:46 3-pointer with 46 seconds left in the lead to 49-47 with 11:03 remaining. mark, and the Red Hawks slowly built half. Troy Miller then buried a 3-point- After an Alec Molter layup a lead to as many as seven points over er for Lawrence to give the Vikings a stopped the run for Carroll, Sonnleit- the next five minutes. 41-37 lead at the break. ner hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to Lawrence trimmed the margin to The Vikings then opened the sec- 51-50. Carroll led 54-52 when the Pio- four points with just under five min- ond half with a 20-6 scoring run to neers scored nine consecutive points utes left, but Ripon then put the game take command of the game. DePouw to push the lead to 63-52. away at the foul line. Ripon went 8-for- and Nikitas both had five points in Lawrence again battled back and 8 from the line in the final 2:23 to seal that stretch, and Siebert capped the cut the lead to 80-76 on a Jamie Ni- the win. outburst with, what else, a 3-pointer kitas layup with 1:17 left. Nikitas then Ripon had an enormous advan- to give Lawrence a 61-43 lead with stole the ball on the ensuing posses- tage at the line, going 19-for-23. Law- 13:29 remaining. sion but his layup was blocked at the rence shot only five free throws dur- Knox trimmed the lead to 11 other end. ing the game. points on a pair of occasions but got Keranen then hit four consecutive no closer. Lawrence stretched the free throws in the final 29 seconds to January 25 lead to as many as 19 points as the Vi- seal the victory. Lawrence 88, Knox 73 kings beat Knox for the fifth consecu- APPLETON, tive time and 21st time in the last 24 February 1 Wis. — The Law- games. Lawrence 67, Monmouth 53 rence University APPLETON, Wis. men’s basket- January 28 — The Lawrence ball team hit 15 Carroll 84, Lawrence 78 University men’s 3-pointers on its way to an 88-73 Mid- WAUKESHA, Wis. basketball team pulled away early in west Conference victory over Knox — The Lawrence Uni- the second half and cruised to a 67- College at Alexander Gymnasium. versity men’s basket- 53 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence (7-8, 5-5 MWC) went 15- ball team rallied from Monmouth College at Alexander for-30 from beyond the arc and shot a double-digit deficit Gymnasium. 53.7 percent from the field for the in the second half, but Junior forward Ryan DePouw game. Carroll University hung on for an 84- paced Lawrence (8-9, 6-6 MWC) with Chris Siebert scored a team-high 78 Midwest Conference victory at Van 20 points and connected on 4-of-5 22 points for the Vikings and was Male Fieldhouse. shots from 3-point range. Jamie Ni- 6-for-11 from 3-point range. Ryan De- The Vikings trailed by 15 points kitas had a double-double with 18 Pouw added 21 points, hit a pair of early in the second half, but Lawrence points and a game-high 10 rebounds 3-pointers, and collected a team-best trimmed the margin to one before to go along with a game-high six five rebounds. Jamie Nikitas added 16 Carroll recovered. The Pioneers built steals for the Vikings. Brian Gryszkie- points and hit 4-of-8 shots from be- the lead back to double digits and wicz chipped in with 10 points, six re- yond the arc. He also had five assists then had to hold on in the final min- bounds, three assists and four steals and four rebounds. utes. for Lawrence. David Jones hit 11-of-13 shots Trace Sonnleitner paced Law- Cole Jackson led Monmouth (5- from the floor on his way to a game- rence (7-9, 5-6 MWC) and all scor- 13, 4-9) with 12 points. high 28 points for Knox (1-14, 0-10). ers with a career-high 21 points. The Lawrence, which has beaten Mon- He also pulled down a game-high sophomore forward went 7-for-9 mouth 12 consecutive times, led only nine rebounds. from the floor, including 5-for-5 from 29-26 late in the first half when Niki- Lawrence built a 23-13 lead in the 3-point range. tas buried a 3-pointer. Gryszkiewicz first 10 minutes of the game, and the Chris Siebert added 19 points for followed with a layup off a pass from Vikings hit six 3-pointers in their first the Vikings, and Ryan DePouw had 16 Nikitas. After a Ben Friday layup for eight baskets. DePouw also had a points and a team-high six rebounds. Monmouth, DePouw nailed a 3-point- conventional three-point play in that Kyle Keranen led Carroll (10-7, er at the first half buzzer to put Law- stretch. Tom Antosz capped the open- 7-5) with 18 points. rence up 37-28 at the break. ing stretch with a layup to give the Carroll, which led by 10 at the half, Lawrence still held that nine- 2013-14 GAME RECAPS point edge four-plus minutes into the second half when the Vikings pulled away for good. Chris Siebert started a 9-0 run by hitting a 3-pointer, and Nikitas followed with a three-point play for a 48-33 lead. Nikitas then hit a 3-pointer with 13:03 left for a 51-33 edge. The Scots trimmed the lead to 51- 37, but a three-point play from Trace Sonnleitner and a Tyler Mazur layup quickly pushed Lawrence’s lead back to 56-37. Monmouth got no closer than the final margin of 14 points the rest of the way.