Game Notes 2-11-07
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2007-08 Schedule Sat. 11/3 Oakland City (ex.) W 82-43 Sun. 11/11 Samford L 50-49 Sat. 11/17 #25 Butler L 60-47 Tue. 11/20 at S.E. Missouri L 87-77 Sat. 11/24 at Ball State W 51-50 Sat. 12/1 at Buffalo L 81-60 Wed. 12/5 Princeton W 53-32 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay W 72-62 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso L 75-67 U. Of Evansville Purple Aces (5-7, 0-2) Sat. 12/15 Hanover W 57-44 Vs. Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State W 80-71 Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * L 70-56 Drake U. Bulldogs (11-1, 2-0) Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * L 64-51 Sun. 1/6 Drake * 2:05 Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 • 2:05 CST Wed. 1/9 at Creighton * 7:05 Sat. 1/12 at Illinois State * 7:05 Roberts Stadium (11,600) • Evansville, IN Tue. 1/15 Southern Illinois * 7:05 Sat. 1/19 at Bradley * 7:05 Drake University Bulldogs (11-1, 2-0) Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 PPG RPG Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:05 2 Alex White F 6-6 235 Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. (Cochise College) 3.8 3.1 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 4 Brent Heemskerk F 6-8 225 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Christian) 7.1 3.4 5 Leonard Houston G 6-3 175 Sr. Holland, Mich. (West Ottawa) 14.9 4.0 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 11 Jacob Baryenbruch G 6-0 170 Jr. Spring Green, Wis. (River Valley) 1.6 0.7 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 13 Kit Avery G 6-2 185 Fr. Deephaven, Minn. (Southwest Chrisitian) 0.0 0.7 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 15 Adam Emmenecker G 6-1 189 Sr. Saginaw, Mich. (Arthur Hill) 3.6 4.3 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 20 Josh Young G 6-1 170 So. Lawton, Okla. (Lawton Christian) 17.9 2.8 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 22 Bill Eaddy F 6-5 215 So. Ypsilanti, Mich. (Massanutten Military Academy) 1.8 0.6 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 23 Josh Parker G 6-0 165 Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Thornton) 2.7 1.3 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA 24 Klayton Korver F 6-5 210 Sr. Pella, Iowa (Pella) 8.7 3.8 Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 31 Jonathan Cox C/F 6-8 225 Jr. Barrington, Ill. (Barrington) 10.8 8.6 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 32 Ryan Daniels G 6-1 165 So. Albuquerque, N.M. (Butler CC) 0.0 0.0 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA 34 Tyson Dirks G 6-2 185 Fr. Reinbeck, Iowa (Gladbrook Reinbeck) 0.0 0.2 (St. Louis, Mo.) 50 John Michael Hall G 6-5 205 Jr. Moultrie, Ga. (Abraham Baldwin College) 4.3 2.0 Probable Starters In Bold *MVC game All Times Central Head Coach: Keno Davis (Iowa ‘95) 1st year at DU, 11-1; 1st year overall, 11-1 2007-08 MVC Standings Sunday’s game will be broadcast by the UE Radio Network (Through Jan. 4) (WUEV 91.5 FM./wuev.evansville.edu, WJLT 105.3 FM, WSJD 110.5 FM, WNTC 103.9 FM) MVC Overall and televised by the MVC on FSN Midwest, FSN Indiana, Comcast Chicago, Metro Sports K.C. Drake 2-0 11-1 Illinois State 2-0 10-3 Sunday’s Officials: John Higgins, Mark Whitehead, Tom Eades Northern Iowa 2-0 10-3 Indiana State 2-0 7-5 U. of Evansville Purple Aces (5-7, 0-2) Missouri State 1-1 8-6 PPG RPG Southern Illinois 1-1 6-7 Creighton 0-2 9-3 2 Kavon Lacey G 6-1 190 Fr. Alton, Illinois (Alton) 1.8 1.2 Wichita State 0-2 7-6 3 Jon Van Hoose G 6-4 167 Fr. Ashland, Kentucky (Russell) 0.0 0.3 Bradley 0-2 7-7 4 Nate Garner F 6-5 224 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington/Tyler JC) 7.1 5.8 Evansville 0-2 5-7 5 Shy Ely F 6-4 197 Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana (Speedway) 11.5 5.4 Upcoming MVC Games 10 Taylor Morrow G 6-2 163 So. Wadesville, Indiana (North Posey) 1.3 0.7 Saturday, Jan. 5 11 Victor Gomez F 6-6 210 Sr. San Francisco, D.R. (Chipola CC) 7.3 5.7 Creighton at Missouri State 7:05 14 Trent Wargel G 5-7 160 Jr. Ridgway, Illinois (Gallatin County) 0.0 0.0 Southern Illinois at Illinois State 7:05 15 Jay Couisnard G/F 6-6 190 So. Houston, Texas (Yates) 5.2 1.8 Northern Iowa at Indiana State 7:05 20 Trevor Gregory G 6-2 193 So. Evansville, Indiana (Harrison) 0.0 0.0 Wichita State at Bradley 7:05 21 Darin Granger G 6-2 175 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 7.5 1.8 Sunday, Jan. 6 22 Jason Holsinger G 5-11 177 Jr. Lapel, Indiana (Lapel) 13.2 2.9 Drake at Evansville 2:05 Tuesday, Jan. 8 23 Jason Switzer G 6-3 175 Fr. Huntingburg, Indiana (Southridge) 0.0 0.0 Wichita State at Missouri State 6:00 40 Zach House C 7-0 218 Fr. Rock Falls, Illinois (Rock Falls) 0.0 0.0 Bradley at Southern Illinois 6:00 41 Pieter van Tongeren C 6-11 229 Fr. Driehuis, The Netherlands (Ichthus College) 8.3 6.3 Northern Iowa at Illinois State 7:05 52 Clint Hopf F 6-8 237 Fr. Birdseye, Indiana (Forest Park) 3.3 1.9 Wednesday, Jan. 9 Probable Starters In Bold Indiana State at Drake 7:05 Evansville at Creighton 7:05 Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville ‘87) 1st year at UE, 5-7; 7th year overall, 103-79 www.GoPurpleAces.com ANOTHER FIRST PLACE OPPONENT EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FACTS Drake is Evansville’s third Missouri Valley Conference opponent, and those •Nickname: Purple Aces three (Indiana State, UNI, Drake) are each 2-0 in the MVC going into this •Colors: Purple, White, Orange weekend’s games. Illinois State is the only other 2-0 team in the Valley, and •UE Enrollment: 2,421 that’s Evansville’s opponent next Saturday. Evansville leads Drake 15-12 in •Conference: Missouri Valley Conference their series, but Drake has won seven of the last nine. •Arena: Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,600) •President: Dr. Stephen Jennings WHAT A START •Director of Athletics: John Stanley At 11-1, Drake comes into Sunday’s MVC TV game with 10 straight victo - •Head Coach: Marty Simmons (1st year at Evansville; 7th ries, the first time the Bulldogs have done that since the 1969-70 team under year as a head coach). legendary Maury John won 11 straight. Drake ended a 17-game losing •2006-07 Record: 14-17 (6-12 MVC T7th) streak against Southern Illinois with its most recent victory, 61-51 at Des •Assistant Coaches: Marcus Belcher, Jimmy Elgas, Ben Moines on Wednesday. Wierzba •Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Sweeney GOOD DEFENSE AGAINST A STRUGGLING OFFENSE •Basketball Trainer: Troy Coppus Drake has held its last 10 opponents to a combined 38.8 percent shooting •Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brady Holt (199-for-512). The Bulldogs will be facing an Evansville team that shot just •Basketball Admin. Assistant: Jennifer Balentine 29 percent in Wednesday’s 64-51 loss at UNI. The Aces have scored less •Student Managers: Paul Bragin, Wilfredo Delgado, Chad than 60 points in seven of their 11 games this season. UE is averaging 60 Harmon, Franklin Kinkaid, Robert Moreland, Alex Vetter, points per game this season, compared to Drake’s 75 points per game. Ben Wallace •Team Chaplain: Pastor Larry Rascoe •D-I NCAA Tournaments: 5 (1982, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) MAYBE HOLSINGER CAN HEAT UP THE ACES •NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, ‘94) Evansville junior guard Jason Holsinger had two of his biggest games late •Conference Regular Season Championships: 6 (1982, ‘87, last season against Drake. He scored a career-high 29 points on Feb. 21 at ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) Drake, hitting 8 of 12 3-pointers in an 82-79 loss. Then in the MVC •Conference Tournament Titles (MVC): 3 (1982, ‘92, ‘93) Tournament, Holsinger was 8-for-15 from 3-point range and scored 26 points REACHING THE ACES in Drake’s 101-96 overtime victory. Holsinger was the MVC Player of the •SID Bob Boxell: 812-488-2285 (o); 812-760-4273 (cell); Week last month, on Dec. 24, and twice was the Prairie Farms/MVC Male 812-488-2090 (fax); [email protected] Scholar-Athlete of the Week in December. Jason leads the Aces in scoring •Roberts Stadium Office: (812) 476-1383 this season at 13.2, and is shooting 47 percent from 3-point range (29-for- •Roberts Stadium Press Row: (812) 488-1405 62). ON THE AIR THE SENIOR FORWARD IS PLAYING WELL... All UE fans in the Tri-State can tune in to the Purple Evansville’s lone senior is 6-6 forward Victor Gomez, who tied his career Aces’ Radio Network . 91.5 FM-WUEV will serve as the scoring high with 12 points and pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds in flagship station, with 105.3 FM-WJLT in Evansville, 100.5 Wednesday’s loss at UNI. Gomez also had a double-double in a November FM-WSJD in Mt.