Western Illinois (0-1) vs. Central Michigan (0-3) Sunday, Dec. 6 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) 2 Macomb, Ill. | Western Hall BREAKDOwN 2020-21 SCHEDULE WIU DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SERIES HISTORY Record (Summit League) 0-1 D.3 at No. 3 Iowa L, 58-99 Iowa leads, 10-0 Last Game L, at No. 3, 58-99 D. 6 vs. Central Michigan 2:30 p.m. CM leads, 24-27 D. 12 at Eastern Illinois 4 p.m. EIU leads, 83-78 Head Coach Robert Jeter III J. 2 vs. North Dakota State^ 7 p.m. NDSU leads, 21-8 WIU Record 0-1 (First Season) J. 3 vs. North Dakota State^ 7 p.m. Career Record 184-171 (11 Seasons) J. 8 at South Dakota State^ 7:30 p.m. SDSU leads, 27-5 J. 9 at South Dakota State^ 7:30 p.m. CENTRAL MICHIGAN J. 15 vs. Kansas City^ 7 p.m. Kansas City leads, 27-17 Record (Mid-American Conference) 0-3 J. 16 vs. Kansas City^ 7 p.m. Last Game L, at Flagler, 73-92 J. 22 vs. South Dakota^ 7 p.m. USD leads, 13-9 J. 23 vs. South Dakota^ 7 p.m. Head Coach Keno Davis J. 29 at North Dakota^ 7:30 p.m. UND leads, 6-3 CMU Record 135-129 (Nine Seasons) J. 30 at North Dakota^ 7:30 p.m. Career Record 209-184 (13 Seasons) F. 6 at Omaha^ 8 p.m. Omaha leads, 14-10 F. 7 at Omaha^ 8 p.m. F. 12 vs. Denver^ 7 p.m. Denver leads, 12-4 F. 13 vs. Denver^ 7 p.m. F. 27 at Oral Roberts^ 7 p.m. ORU leads, 35-11 F. 28 at Oral Roberts^ 7 p.m. SUMMIT STANDINGS ^ The Summit League League Overall Home Game Denver 0-0 1-0 Kansas City 0-0 2-2 South Dakota State 0-0 2-2 QUICK HITS Oral Roberts 0-0 1-2 Omaha 0-0 1-4 - The Rob Jeter era at Western Illinois began with a major test in No. 3 Iowa, Western Illinois 0-0 0-1 or as the history books will show, the highest-ranking opponent WIU has North Dakota 0-0 0-2 faced in the last 20 years. Jeter was named the Leathernecks’ head coach in North Dakota State 0-0 0-3 March of 2020, and most recently served as an assistant at Minnesota South Dakota 0-0 0-3 - Western Illinois went 5-21 a season ago, with 11 games decided by six points or less - The Leathernecks lost their top three scorers in Kobe Webster (17.1 PPG), Zion Young (13.2) and Ben Pyle (12.3) - Western welcomed 14 newcomers to the team, highlighted by Division III STAy CONNECTED All-American Will Carius (Monmouth College) and First Team NJCAA All- American Justin Brookens (Iowa Lake CC) Twitter - @WIU_MensHoops Television - Leatherneck All-Access - Ten made their Leatherneck debut in the season-opener at No. 3 Iowa; Rod Radio - Mixlr Johnson Jr. posted a double-double on 11 points and 10 rebounds Live Stats - GoLeathernecks.com - WIU has won 13 of its last 15 home openers western illinois basketball (2020-21) Game Notes / Miscellaneous (Fourteen) New Kids on the Block … Cameron Burrell, Adam Anhold, and J.J. Flores are In addition to a new coaching staff, Western Illinois also Highland alums who played under Boudreau welcomed 14 to its 2020-21 roster. Morgan Park - Nick Irvin headed to WIU after coaching one of the most successful boys’ basketball programs in Freshmen: Braden Lamar (Las Vegas, Nev. / Bish- Illinois history … Morgan Park was also home to Leath- op Gorman), Robert Jeter IV (Woodbury, Minn. / East ernecks’ Tamell Pearson, Cameron Burrell, and Mar- Ridge), Marcus Watson (Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park), cus Watson Jr. … Irvin won at least 20 games in all 12 Ramean Hinton (Chicago, Ill. / Curie) and Matthew seasons at the helm of the program, with two separate, Wade (Milwaukee, Wis. / Golda Meir) back-to-back IHSA Class 3A state title runs in 2013-2014 and 2017-18 … Burrell and Pearson were members of Transfers: Tamell Pearson (Chicago, Ill. / UAB); Justin the 2017 and 2018 Morgan Park state championship Brookens (Milwaukee, Wis. / Iowa Lakes); Cameron teams Burrell (Chicago, Ill. / Highland); Rod Johnson Jr. (Sun Prairie, Wis. / Chattanooga); Adam Anhold (Janesville, Father / Son - In Rob Jeter’s 20-plus year career, he has Wis. / Highland); J.J. Flores (Lake in the Hills, Ill. / never competitively coached his son, Robert Jeter IV, un- Highland); Colton Sandage (Bloomington, Ill. / Vin- til now; the two begin their Leatherneck journey togeth- cennes), Will Carius (Bettendorf, Iowa / Monmouth), er, and the 2020-21 season also marks the beginning of and Erik Talton (DeSota, Texas / Weatherford). Jeter IV’s collegiate journey. Basketball Background One Last Ride Basketball is in Rod Johnson Jr.’s DNA. His parents, Seniors Anthony Jones and Jake Weyhrich are the lone Roderick Sr. and Stacy, played collegiately returners from Western’s 2019-20 roster. Last year, in -- Stacy was a two-year letter-winner in 51 games at his first season with the team, Jones led the Leather- Wisconsin-Milwaukee where Roderick Sr. also suited up neck bench with 5.0 points per game in 24 appearances, before transferring to Southeast Missouri. He averaged while Wehyrich played limited minutes in six. 12.8 points and 6.7 rebounds in 103 collegiate games and also played professionally overseas in Poland. The Third and The Fourth There are 16 father/son duos in NCAA Division I bas- Rod Jr.’s brother Jalen is enjoying his freshman season ketball. The Jeters joined the list ahead of the 2020-21 at Duke and his brother Kobe recently committed to season -- their first at WIU. play for USC. School Head Coach Son Boise State Leon Rice Max Rice The Connections UConn Dan Hurley Andrew Hurley Rob Jeter & Chad Boudreau - coached together at the Detroit Mercy Mike Davis Antoine Davis University of Milwaukee from 2005-16, where Boudreau Illinois Brad Underwood Tyler Underwood served as an assistant on Jeter’s staff … the Panthers Iowa Fran McCaffery Connor/Patrick won the Horizon League Championships in 2006, 2011, Liberty Ritchie McCay Luke McCay and 2014, and qualified for six postseason tournaments Memphis Penny Hardaway Jayden Hardaway during the 11-year stretch Michigan State Tom Izzo Stephen Izzo USC Upstate Dave Dickerson Dave Dickerson III Highland Community College - Boudreau spent three Southern Sean Woods DeSean Woods seasons as the head coach at Highland and Kyle Heik- Syracuse Jim Boeheim Buddy Boeheim kinen was his assistant … together, they led the Cou- Texas SouthernJohnny Jones John Jones gars to three consecutive Arrowhead Conference titles Utah Larry Krystkowiak Luc Krystkowiak with undefeated conference records in 2019 and 2020 Western Illinois Rob Jeter III Rob Jeter IV W. Kentucky Rick Stansbury Noah Stansbury MEDIA REQUESTS Wright State Scott Nagy TJ Nagy To request an interview with head coach Rob Jeter, or any WIU student-athlete, please contact Monyae Williamson at 309-298-1133. Please make all requests 24 hours in advance. The Athletic Communications department at Western Illinois will make every effort to arrange interviews with coaches and student-athletes. All interviews for the 2020-21 season will be conducted virtually. Thank you in advance. western illinois basketball (2020-21) Game Notes / Miscellaneous COLLEGE INSIDER COACHES POLL TEAM COMPARISONS Rk Team ........................................................... Rec WIU STATS CMU 1 Gonzaga (31) ...................................................2-0 58.0 PPG 73.7 2 Furman ...........................................................2-0 99.0 OPP. PPG 87.3 3 BYU .................................................................3-0 30.0 FG% 40.2 4 Loyola Chicago ................................................0-0 47.1 OPP. FG% 50.0 5 Belmont ..........................................................3-0 19.4 3-FG% 30.6 6 Georgia State ..................................................2-0 34.8 OPP. 3-FG% 39.5 7 Saint Mary’s ....................................................2-1 40.0 FT% 62.6 8 Little Rock .......................................................1-1 44.0 RPG 32.7 9 Northern Iowa .................................................0-3 17.0 APG 9.0 10 Murray State ...................................................1-0 14.0 TPG 13.3 11 Austin Peay .....................................................2-1 6.0 SPG 10.0 12 UNCG ..............................................................1-0 5.0 BPG 2.0 13 South Dakota State .........................................1-2 14 Winthrop .........................................................0-0 15 Liberty .............................................................2-2 16 Eastern Washington .......................................0-1 17 Vermont ..........................................................0-0 what is a LEATHERNECK 18 Bradley ............................................................2-1 Western Illinois holds the distinction of being the 19 Bowling Green ................................................1-1 only non-military institution to officially have its 20 New Mexico State ...........................................1-0 nickname derived from a branch of the military 21 San Francisco .................................................2-2 service. The school began use of the Marine Corps’ 22 Drake ..............................................................2-0 official nickname, “The Fighting Leathernecks”, in 23 Siena ...............................................................0-0 1927 when then-athletic director and head base- 24 Abeline Christian ............................................3-0 ball, basketball and football coach Ray “Rock” Han- 25 Wright State ....................................................0-0 son was granted permission by the U.S. Navy, based on his status as a Marine hero, to use the nickname. OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Pepperdine 83, Stephen F Austin 80, Ohio 51, Boston University 45, UCSB 45, Pacific 40, Santa Clara 34, Hofstra 33, UC Irvine 33, Mercer 31, Toledo 28, Army 18, Texas State 18, Wofford 17, Saint Peter’s 15, Akron 14, Norfolk State 13, Yale 13, Buffalo 12, ETSU 11, South Alabama 10, UMBC 10, Colgate 7, Grand Canyon 6, Northern Kentucky 5, Stetson 4, Delaware 3, Elon 3, Valparaiso 3, UIC 2, Youngstown State 2, Lipscomb 1, New Hampshire 1. A Scorer WIU grad transfer Will Carius has covered all three divisions the NCAA has to offer and arrived in Macomb with 1,277 ca- reer points after stops at Northern Michigan (DII) and Monmouth College (DIII).