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 7:05 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay 7:05 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso 7:05 U. Of Evansville Purple Aces (1-4) Sat. 12/15 Hanover 7:05 Vs. Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State 2:05 Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * 7:05 Princeton U. Tigers (2-5) Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * 7:05 Sun. 1/6 Drake * 2:05 Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 • 7:05 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 Tigers (2-5) PPG RPG Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 4 Kyle Koncz F 6-7 200 Sr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) 8.9 4.0 Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:05 10 Matt Sargeant G 6-3 190 Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Ocean View) 5.6 1.1 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 11 Nick Lake G 6-6 200 So. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) 2.2 0.4 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 12 Jason Briggs G 6-2 190 Jr. Olympia, Wash. (Olympia) 0.0 0.0 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 15 Alex Okafor F 6-6 205 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 1.3 1.5 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 20 Kareem Maddox F 6-8 200 Fr. Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park) 0.5 2.0 21 Marcus Schroeder G 6-3 185 So. Concord, Calif. (De La Salle) 5.3 3.3 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 22 Lincoln Gunn G 6-3 180 So. Orinda, Calif. (Da La Salle) 11.4 4.6 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 24 Kevin Steuerer G 6-5 200 Sr. Ossining, N.Y. (Iona Prep) 2.2 1.0 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 25 Bobby Foley G 6-4 195 Fr. Richmond, Va. (Godwin) 0.0 1.0 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA 30 Zach Finley C 6-9 230 So. Rapid City, S.D. (St. Thomas More) 12.0 5.4 Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 32 Zach Woolridge G 6-6 215 Sr. Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) 0.0 0.0 33 Dan Mavraides G 6-3 200 Fr. San Mateo, Calif. (Phillips Exeter Academy) 0.0 0.0 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 34 Michael Strittmatter F/C 6-8 210 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 0.0 0.0 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA 35 Noah Savage F 6-5 220 Sr. Princeton, N.J. (The Hun School) 9.6 3.6 (St. Louis, Mo.) 45 Chris Petrie F 6-5 200 So. Gettysburg, Pa. (The Hun School) 0.0 0.0 *MVC game All Times Central 55 Pawel Buczak C 6-10 225 So. Moorestown, N.J. (Moorestown) 0.0 0.5 Probable Starters In Bold 2007-08 MVC Standings Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (Princeton ‘97) 1st year at PU, 2-5; 1st year overall (Through Monday) MVC Overall Wednesday’s Officials: Mike Thibodeaux, Randy Heimerman, Jeff Nichols Creighton 0-0 5-0 Northern Iowa 0-0 6-1 Wednesday’s game will be broadcast by the UE Radio Network Drake 0-0 5-1 (WUEV 91.5 FM./wuev.evansville.edu, WSJD 110.5 FM, WNTC 103.9 FM) Bradley 0-0 6-2 Illinois State 0-0 5-2 U. of Evansville Purple Aces (1-4) Missouri State 0-0 4-2 PPG RPG Wichita State 0-0 4-2 2 Kavon Lacey G 6-1 190 Fr. Alton, Illinois (Alton) 2.0 0.8 Southern Illinois 0-0 3-2 3 Jon Van Hoose G 6-4 167 Fr. Ashland, Kentucky (Russell) 0.0 0.0 Indiana State 0-0 3-3 4 Nate Garner F 6-5 224 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington/Tyler JC) 5.6 6.2 Evansville 0-0 1-4 5 Shy Ely G/F 6-4 197 Jr. , Indiana (Speedway) 12.4 4.4 Upcoming MVC Games 10 Taylor Morrow G 6-2 163 So. Wadesville, Indiana (North Posey) 1.5 1.0 11 Victor Gomez (Inj.) F 6-6 210 Sr. San Francisco, D.R. (Chipola CC) 0.0 0.0 Tuesday, Dec. 4 14 Trent Wargel G 5-7 160 Jr. Ridgway, Illinois (Gallatin County) 0.0 0.0 Illinois State at Eastern Michigan 6:00 15 Jay Couisnard F 6-6 190 So. Houston, Texas (Yates) 6.6 2.2 Indiana State at Miami (Ohio) 6:30 20 Trevor Gregory G 6-2 193 So. Evansville, Indiana (Harrison) 0.0 0.0 UMBC at Wichita State 7:05 21 Darin Granger G 6-2 175 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 7.2 1.6 Michigan State at Bradley 8:00 22 Jason Holsinger G 5-11 177 Jr. Lapel, Indiana (Lapel) 12.8 2.4 Wednesday, Dec. 5 23 Jason Switzer G 6-3 175 Fr. Huntingburg, Indiana (Southridge) 0.0 0.0 Iowa State at Drake 6:00 40 Zach House C 7-0 218 Fr. Rock Falls, Illinois (Rock Falls) 0.0 0.0 Creighton at Xavier 7:00 41 Pieter van Tongeren C 6-11 229 Fr. Driehuis, The Netherlands (Ichthus College) 6.8 6.8 UNC Wilmington at Missouri State 7:05 52 Clint Hopf F 6-8 237 Fr. Birdseye, Indiana (Forest Park) 2.8 2.5 Princeton at Evansville 7:05 Probable Starters In Bold Iowa at Northern Iowa 8:00 Friday, Dec. 7 Head Coach: (Evansville ‘87) 1st year at UE, 1-4; 7th year overall, 99-76 Texas-Arlington at Wichita State 7:05 Chicago State at Drake 7:35 www.GoPurpleAces.com BACK HOME, FINALLY EVANSVILLE FACTS Back from its longest road trip this season (three games), Evansville plays five •Nickname: Purple Aces of its next six at home, beginning Wednesday when the Aces host •Colors: Purple, White, Orange member Princeton for the first time. UE also gets to play at its own Roberts •UE Enrollment: 2,421 Stadium for five straight weekends beginning Saturday when defending Ohio •Conference: Missouri Valley Conference Valley Conference champ Austin Peay comes to Evansville. •Arena: Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,600) NOT SHY OF 20 •President: Dr. Stephen Jennings Junior forward Shy Ely now has the top two scoring totals for Evansville this •Director of Athletics: John Stanley season. He’s the only player to surpass 20 points, and he’s done it twice. Ely •Head Coach: Marty Simmons (1st year at Evansville; 7th scored a career-high 23 at Southeast Missouri two weeks ago and 22 Saturday year as a head coach). night in UE’s 81-60 loss at Buffalo. •2006-07 Record: 14-17 (6-12 MVC T7th) •Assistant Coaches: Marcus Belcher, Jimmy Elgas, Ben OUT OF THE BOOT Wierzba Evansville senior forward Victor Gomez is out of his cast after suffering a frac - •Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Sweeney tured foot two days after leading the Aces in scoring (14) and rebounding (10) •Basketball Trainer: Troy Coppus in a Nov. 3 exhibition game victory over Oakland City. He’s still expected to •Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brady Holt be kept out of the lineup for at least two more weeks before doctors allow him •Basketball Admin. Assistant: Jennifer Balentine back into uniform. Gomez is the only senior on the team. •Student Managers: Paul Bragin, Wilfredo Delgado, Chad HISTORY LESSON Harmon, Franklin Kinkaid, Robert Moreland, Alex Vetter, Wednesday’s game brings together two teams that may be struggling right now, Ben Wallace but possess plenty of history. Princeton has been in the •Team Chaplain: Pastor Larry Rascoe NCAA Tournament eight times since 1990, most recently in 2004. Evansville •D-I NCAA Tournaments: 5 (1982, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) has been there five times since moving up to the Division I level in 1977, most •NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, ‘94) recently in 1999. March of 1965 was one of the best times for both teams. Bill •Conference Regular Season Championships: 6 (1982, ‘87, Bradley, who later became a United States senator, took Princeton all the way ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) to the Division I Final Four. His 58 points against Wichita State in the 1965 •Conference Tournament Titles (MVC): 3 (1982, ‘92, ‘93) third place game are still the most points ever scored in the Final Four. That REACHING THE ACES same year, Jerry Sloan helped lead Evansville to a 29-0 record and its fourth •SID Bob Boxell: 812-488-2285 (o); 812-760-4273 (cell); Division II national championship. The Aces went on to win their fifth and 812-488-2090 (fax); [email protected] final D-II national title in 1971. •Roberts Stadium Office: (812) 476-1383 •Roberts Stadium Press Row: (812) 488-1405 A RARE FIND--IVY The University of Evansville is similar in many ways to some Ivy League ON THE AIR schools, but Wednesday’s game will be the first between the Aces and an Ivy This season, all UE fans in the Tri-State can tune in to the League team since 1997-98. That’s when Evansville beat Pennsylvania 90-66 Purple Aces’ Radio Network . 91.5 F.M.-WUEV will at the San Juan Shootout. serve as the flagship station, with both 100.5 F.M.-WSJD ABOUT THE TIGERS in Mt. Carmel, Illinois and 103.9 F.M.-WNTC in Under first-year coach Sydney Johnson, a former Princeton player and Madisonville, Kentucky on board to expand UE’s coverage Georgetown assistant coach, the Tigers won their first two games, over Central throughout the Tri-State. NEWS 25 televises Inside Aces Connecticut and Iona. Since then, however, Princeton has lost five in a row. Basketball on Sunday night at 10:35, hosted by News 25’s Other than a loss to homecourt team Chaminade in the Maui Invitational, the Lance Wilkerson. Aces All-Access (Triple A) allows fans to losses have come against strong competition--Duke, Arizona State, Seton Hall watch UE’s MVC road games live on your home computer. and Rutgers. Sophomore guard Lincoln Gunn led the Tigers in Saturday’s 54- The TripleA sign-up link is at GoPurpleAces.com. 50 loss at Rutgers with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Fans can take part in the Marty Tuesdays from 6:30-7:00 on the NUMBERS IN COMMON Simmons Show on Mondays Purple Aces’ Radio Network. They may not be the stats that first-year head coaches Marty Simmons and from 6-7 p.m. CST, the Tricia Just e-mail your questions to: Sydney Johnson are happy about, but they’re very similar. Evansville is aver - Cullop Show on Tuesdays from [email protected] aging 56.8 points and giving up 65.6, while Princeton is averaging 57.6 and 6-6:30, and the Aces Sports [email protected] giving up 64.6. The Aces are shooting 41.0 percent and their opponents are Report with John Stanley on [email protected] m shooting 47.8. The Tigers are shooting 41.6 percent and their opponents are shooting 46.5. UE’s D-I Record : Here is UE’s year-by-year record at the COACH SIMMONS AT 99 Division I level, plus the above or below .500 number. New Evansville coach Marty Simmons is one victory away from his 100th. ‘78 1-3 -2 ‘90 17-15 +2 ‘02 7-21 -14 Now in his seventh year as a head coach, he’s 99-76. His first six years as a ‘79 13-16 -3 ‘91 14-14 0 ‘03 12-16 -4 head coach include Warburg (Iowa) University in 1996-97, and Southern ‘80 18-10 +8 ‘92 24-6 +18 ‘04 7-22 -15 Illinois-Edwardsville from 2002-03 through 2006-07. As a player, Simmons ‘81 19-9 +10 ‘93 23-7 +16 ‘05 11-17 -6 led the Aces to two rounds of the NIT as a senior in 1987-88, when he was the ‘82 23-6 +17 ‘94 21-11 +10 ‘06 10-19 -9 nation’s sixth leading scorer with a 25.9 average. He was a UE assistant coach ‘83 13-16 -3 ‘95 18-9 +9 ‘07 12-13 -1 under Jim Crews for 11 seasons, including three NCAA Tournament years ‘84 15-14 +1 ‘96 13-14 -1 ‘08 1-4 -3 (1992, 1993, 1999) and one NIT year (1994). In his five seasons as head coach ‘85 13-16 -3 ‘97 17-14 +3 at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and led the Cougars to the NCAA Division ‘86 8-19 -11 ‘98 15-15 0 UE’s 31-year D- II Tournament in 2005 and 2006. He was the Great Lakes Valley Conference ‘87 16-12 +4 ‘99 23-10 +13 I record is: Coach of the Year in 2005. Simmons is a 1987 Evansville graduate. ‘88 21-8 +13 ‘00 18-12 +6 462-390 +72 ‘89 25-6 +19 ‘01 14-16 -2 Purple Aces’ Career Records Points 2. Parrish Casebier (1991-93) 509 Assists (beginning 1973-74) 1,000 1. Larry Humes (1964-66) 2,236 FT Percentage (min. 300 att.) 1. Jeremy Stanton (1998-01) 601 2. Marcus Wilson (1996-99) 2,053 1. Marcus Wilson (1996-99) .8869 2. Scott Shreffler (1989-93) 521 Scoring Average 2. Scott Haffner (1987-89) .8866 Blocked Shots (beginning 1977-78) Club 1. Larry Humes (1964-66) 26.4 Rebounds 1. Dan Godfread (1986-90) 226 1. Larry Humes 2,236 2. Marty Simmons (1987-88) 24.3 1. Dale Wise (1959-61) 1,197 2. Sascha Hupmann (1990-93) 193 FG Percentage (min. 100 FGs/year) 2. Jerry Sloan (1963-65) 1,053 Steals (beginning 1977-78) 2. Marcus Wilson 2,053 1. Brian Hill (1987-90) .631 Rebounding Average 1. Reed Jackson 150 3. Ed Smallwood 1,898 2. Dan Godfread (1986-90) .600 1. Dale Wise (1959-61) 14.6 2. Jeremy Stanton 129 Free Throws Made 2. Jerry Sloan (1963-65) 12.4 4. Andy Elkins 1,761 1. Matt Webster (2004-07) 533 5. Scott Haffner 1,686 6. Brad Leaf 1,605 3-Point Shooting Records Highs/Lows This Season 7. Parrish Casebier 1,535 Team, Single Game Most Points By Evansville: 8. Craig Snow 1,530 Most attempts by UE: 35 vs. Southern Illinois 1-7-97 77 at Southeast Missouri (11-20) Most attempts by OPP: 39 by Western Kentucky 12-3-02 9. John Harrawood 1,479 Fewest Points By Evansville: Most shots made by UE: 17 vs. Southern Illinois 1-7-97 10. Scott Shreffler 1,454 Most shots made by OPP: 15 by Drake 3-1-07 & Clemson 12-27-93 47 vs. Butler (11-17) Best pct. by UE (min. 10 attempts): .833 (10-12 vs. Butler 2-9-91, Most Points By Opponent: 11. Matt Webster 1,451 10-12 vs. Southern Illinois 2-24-96) 87 by Southeast Missouri (11-20) 12. Don Buse 1,426 Individual, Single Game Most attempts by UE: 15, Stuart Sullivan vs. Wichita State 12-9-95 Fewest Points By Opponent: 13. Dan Godfread 1,386 Most attempts by OPP: 16, Lou Richie of Clemson 12-27-93 50 by Samford (11-11) & Ball State (11-24) 14. Bob Barnett 1,356 Most shots made by UE: 11, Scott Haffner vs. Dayton 2-18-89 UE’s Biggest Winning Margin: Most shots made by OPP: 9, Darrin Fitzgerald of Butler 1-17-87, 15. Buster Briley 1,335 1, at Ball State (11-24) Dedric Taylor of Fla. International 1-2-96 16. Bubby Mukes 1,327 Best pct. by UE (min. 8 attempts): 1.000 (9-9) Marcus Wilson vs. UE’s Biggest Losing Margin: Tennessee-Martin 11-18-98 21, at Buffalo (12-1) 17. Jeff Frey 1,324 Team, Season Top ‘07-08 Scoring Totals By UE: 18. Jerry Sloan 1,320 Most attempts by UE: 602, 2004-05 Most attempts by OPP: 669, 2006-07 1. Shy Ely at Southeast Missouri (11-20) 23 19. Clint Cuffle 1,307 Most shots made by UE: 244, 1993-94 2. Shy Ely at Buffalo (12-1) 22 20. Sam Watkins 1,287 Most shots made by OPP: 231, 2006-07 Last UE Player To Score 30+ Points: Best pct. by UE: .444 (213-480) 1988-1989 21. Richie Johnson 1,282 Matt Webster 33 vs. Lipscomb (12/16/06) 22. Marty Simmons 1,265 Individual, Season Last UE Player To Score 35+ Points: Most attempts: 214, Scott Haffner 1988-89 23. John Wellemeyer 1,200 Most shots made: 98, Scott Haffner 1988-89 Andy Elkins 36 vs. LaSalle (94-95) Best pct. (min. 75 attempts): .558 (53-95) Brian Jackson 1994-95 T op ‘07-08 Scoring Total By Opponent: 24. Dale Wise 1,197 22, A.J. Graves of Butler (11-17) 25. Gus Doerner 1,182 Top 10 3-Point Shooters 22, Peyton Stovall of Ball State (11-24) 26. Adam Seitz 1,155 Single Game 1. Scott Haffner 11 2-18-89 7. Jason Holsinger 8 3-1-07 Top ‘07-08 Rebounding Total By UE: 27. Mike Platt 1,135 2. Kyle Anslinger 9 2-11-06 Jason Holsinger 8 2-21-07 13, Pieter van Tongeren vs. Samford (11-11) 28. Marv Pruett 1,122 Marcus Wilson 9 11-18-98 Marcus Wilson 8 12-16-98 Stuart Sullivan 9 12-9-95 Andy Elkins 8 1-9-94 Top ‘07-08 Total By UE: 29. Mel Lurker 1,114 Brent Kell 9 1-31-94 Parrish Casebier 8 3-9-92 8, Jason Holsinger at Ball State (11-24) 30. Theren Bullock 1,107 Marty Simmons 9 3-6-88 Scott Haffner 8 1-21-87 Top ‘07-08 3-Pt. FG Total By UE: 4, Darin Granger at Ball State (4-for-7 11-24) 31. Reed Jackson 1,101 Single Season Top ‘07-08 Total By UE: 32. Jerry Conrad 1,075 1. Scott Haffner 98 1988-89 6. Scott Haffner 74 1987-88 2. Andy Elkins 88 1993-94 7. Scott Haffner 73 1986-87 3, Shy Ely at Southeast Missouri (11-20) 33. Brian Hill 1,069 3. Jason Holsinger 87 2006-07 8. Jason Holsinger 69 2005-06 Top ‘07-08 Total By UE: 34. Bradley Strickland 1,068 4. Marcus Wilson 85 1998-99 9. Clint Cuffle 67 2002-03 5. Scott Shreffler 75 1989-90 10. Andy Elkins 65 1994-95 1, Shy Ely at Ball State (11-24) 35. Steve Welmer 1,059 Top ‘07-08 Total By UE: 36. Kyle Anslinger 1,045 8, Shy Ely at Southeast Missouri (11-20) 37. Bob Walker 1,044 Career 1. Marcus Wilson 250 1996-99 6. Clint Cuffle 184 2001-04 38. Hugh Ahlering 1,032 2. Scott Haffner 245 1987-89 7. Kyle Runyan 177 1998 -01 39. Howard Pratt 1,030 3. Scott Shreffler 211 1989-93 8. Craig Snow 176 1998 -01 4. Kyle Anslinger 213 2004-07 9. Jason Holsinger 167 2006- 40. Chris Hollender 1,029 5. Andy Elkins 199 1992-95 10. Todd Cochenour 153 1991-94 41. Clyde Cox 1,010

4. Larry Humes 46 Valparaiso H 2-9-66 Aces Who Scored 40 Points 5. Larry Humes 45 Louisiana St. H 12-19-64 John Harrawood 42 Ky. Wesleyan A 2-20-57 Or More In A Game 6. Larry Humes 44 Purdue H 12-18-65 13. Parrish Casebier 41 Notre Dame H 3-9-92 Ed Smallwood 44 Tennessee Tech H 12-27-58 Ed Smallwood 41 American H 3-9-60 Name Pts. Opponent Site Date Parrish Casebier 44 Illinois St. H 12-12-93 Ed Smallwood 41 Wheaton H 3-14-58 1. Scott Haffner 65 Dayton H 2-18-89 9. Dan Godfread 43 Loyola A 2-25-89 16. Larry Humes 40 DePauw A 1-26-66 2. Larry Humes 48 Ball State A 1-2-65 10. Buster Briley 42 Los Angeles St. H 12-23-61 Buster Briley 40 N. Carolina A&T H 3-8-62 3. Ed Smallwood 47 Butler H 2-10-60 Ed Smallwood 42 Wabash H 3-4-60 PURPLE ACES’ PLAYER PROFILES KAVON LACEY 1,499 points...second team selection on school IBCA all-state team, third team selection 6-1 freshman guard on AP all-state squad •Born July 27, 1989 in Alton, Ill. Alton, Illinois •Averaged 16.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 CAREER HIGHS (Alton H.S.) steals as a senior...set school record with 176 3-pointers 3 points vs. Samford & SEMO •Pronounced kuh-VONN 2 rebounds vs. Butler & SEMO •Belleville News-Democrat Player of the 1 assist three times •Made his first start Nov. 20 at Southeast Year...chosen as one of top five players in 0 3-pointers Missouri...played 20 minutes in season metro St. Louis by the St. Louis Post- opener Nov. 11 vs. Samford and scored 3 Dispatch 0 steals 2 points...has played an average of 12 min - •Member of Upward Bound, Student utes off the bench in the last two games Ambassador, Peer Leader and Good Kavon •Alton’s all-time leading scorer with Friend Mentor organizations in high Lacey

JON VAN HOOSE •Averaged 22 points, 8 rebounds for CAREER HIGHS Russell High School as a senior 6-4 freshman guard 0 points •Suffered a season-ending knee injuy in 0 rebounds Ashland, Kentucky March and underwent surgery later in the 0 assists (Russell H.S.) spring...almost back to full strength by 0 3-pointers the start of practice at UE in October 0 steals •Made his first regular season appearance Saturday at Buffalo, playing the final four •Led Russell to its first trip in the last 34 minutes years to the Kentucky state finals at Rupp Arena in his junior year...averaged 19.7 •First team Kentucky all-state...Street & ppg as a junior and made nine 3-pointers Smith’s Honorable Mention All- in one game 3 American...four-time Eastern Kentucky Conference all-league player...two-time •Born Sept. 15, 1987 in Ashland, Ky. Jon EKC Offensive Player of the Year Van Hoose

NATE GARNER at 6.2 per game CAREER HIGHS 6-5 junior forward •Second team all-region, all-conference, 10 points vs. Samford Nov. 11 and team’s MVP at Tyler Junior College 10 rebounds twice Cedar Rapids, Iowa last season 2 assists twice (Geo. Washington H.S.) •Averaged 14 points, 8 rebounds and shot 0 3-pointers (Tyler, Texas J.C.) 62 percent in 2006-07 at Tyler 1 steal at Buffalo Dec. 1 •First team all-state as a senior at George •Totaled 10 points and 10 rebounds in Washington H.S. in Cedar Rapids, Sept. 11 loss to Samford...also had 10 Iowa...qualified academically to attend a rebounds at Ball State Nov. 24...totaled 8 four-year college out of high school, but 4 points, 8 rebounds in Saturday’s loss at elected to follow AAU teammate Tyrone Buffalo Cole-Scott to Tyler J.C. Nate •Now second on the team in rebounding •Born June 22, 1987 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Garner

SHY ELY •Suffered a chipped bone in his kneecap ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS early in the fall; came back to play in 6-4 junior forward/guard 23 points at Southeast Missouri (11-20) Nov. 3 exhibition game vs. Oakland City 9 rebounds at Southeast Missouri (11-20) Indianapolis, Indiana •UE’s sixth man most of last 3 assists at Southeast Missouri (11-20) (Speedway) season...averaged 6.9 points and 2.9 2 3-pointers at Buffalo (12-1) rebounds...scored a career-high 18 points 3 steals at Southeast Missouri (11-20) •Pronounced E-lie last season in win over Missouri State •Team co-captain...the only player to •Member of five-man 2006 MVC All- CAREER HIGHS reach 20 points this season –scoring 23 in Freshman Team along with teammate 23 points 11/20/07 at S.E. Missouri Nov. 20 loss at SEMO and 22 in Dec. 1 Jason Holsinger 10 rebounds 2/4/06 vs. Illinois State 5 loss at Buffalo...currently second in scor - •Born July 16, 1987 in Washington, Pa. 6 assists 3/1/07 vs. Drake ing behind Jason Holsinger at 12.4 ppg. 2 3-pointers five times Shy 3 steals four times Ely PURPLE ACES’ PLAYER PROFILES TAYLOR MORROW •Redshirted in 2005-06. ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS 6-2 sophomore guard •All-district guard in 2004-05 at North 4 points at Southeast Missouri (11-20) Posey High School...averaged 17 ppg 2 rebounds twice Wadesville, Ind. 3 assists at Ball State (11-24) •Father, John, played basketball at USI (North Posey) 0 3-pointers •Born July 31, 1986 in Evansville 1 steal at Ball State (11-24) •Starter at guard in each of UE’s last two games...scored his first four points of the season Nov. 20 at Southeast Missouri... CAREER HIGHS has scored two points since then...one of 7 points 11/27/06 vs. SE Missouri the quickest players on the team 2 rebounds three times 10 •Played in 29 of the 31 games last sea - 4 assists 11/19/06 vs. Buffalo Taylor son, and scored a total of 11 points 1 3-pointer 11/27/06 vs. SE Missouri 2 steals Nov. 27 vs. SE Missouri Morrow

VICTOR GOMEZ •Reserve forward last season who scored ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS 18 points in 16 games...played a total of Has not played because of foot injury 6-6 senior forward 69 minutes. San Francisco, D.R. •Underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in CAREER HIGHS (Central Park Christian) September of 2006...missed 11 games 12 points 12/3/05 vs. Purdue during 2005-06 season with a foot injury 5 rebounds 12/6/05 at Western Ky. (Chipola College) •Starting forward in five consecutive 1 assist 13 times games in ‘05-06 from Nov. 26 through 2 3-pointers three times •Totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds in Dec. 17 1 steal five times Nov. 3 exhibition game vs. Oakland City, then suffered a fracture in his right foot •Transfer from Chipola (Fla.) College 11 three days later...due back in the lineup •Born Oct. 14, 1983 in the Dominican around the end of December Victor Republic Gomez

TRENT WARGEL as a freshman at Southeastern ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS 5-7 junior guard •In his third season on the team at Has not played through first 5 games UE...played in a total of 13 games Ridgway, Illinois through his first two seasons CAREER HIGHS (Gallatin County H.S.) •Greater Egyptian Conference MVP in 3 points 11/19/06 vs. Buffalo (Southeastern Ill. College) 2004-05, averaging 19 points per game as 0 rebounds a senior at Gallatin County 0 assists •Pronounced WAR-gull •Born July 3, 1986 in Evansville 1 3-pointer 11/19/06 vs. Buffalo 1 steal 12/9/06 vs. Illinois State •Played a total of nine minutes in five games last season...scored four points 14 •Transferred to UE after one year at Trent Southeastern Illinois College...redshirted Wargel

JAY COUISNARD •Averaged 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS last season...the only newcomer to start in 6-6 soph. forward 12 points at S.E. Missouri (11-20) a majority of games (19) 3 rebounds three times Houston, Texas •Spent first two prep years at Westbury 4 assists at S.E. Missouri (11-20) (Yates H.S.) Christian in Houston, Texas, leading team 2 3-pointers at S.E. Missouri (11-20) to two state titles 1 steal four times •Pronounced COOZ-nard •Older brother P.J. plays at MVC rival •Starter in all five games...scored a Wichita State and was chosen for the pre- CAREER HIGHS career-high 12 points and made a team- season all-MVC team 12 points 11/20/07 at S.E. Missouri high 4 assists Nov. 20 at S.E. Missouri 5 rebounds twice •Born April 10, 1988 in Houston, Texas 15 •7-for-10 (.700) at free throw line this 4 assists twice season after going 5-for-20 (.250) at the 2 3-pointers 11/20/07 at S.E. Missouri Jay line all of last season 4 steals 1/13/07 at Wichita State Couisnard PURPLE ACES’ PLAYER PROFILES TREVOR GREGORY •Averaged 9.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS steals at Harrison High School as a senior 6-2 soph. guard 0 points in 2005-06... academic all-city in basket - 0 rebounds ball and football Evansville, Indiana 0 assists (Harrison H.S.) •Helped lead Harrison to back to back 0 3-pointers sectional titles 0 steals •Has played one minute this season, •Harrison High School valedictorian against Butler Nov. 17 CAREER HIGHS •Born January 17, 1988 in Evansville •Joined the Aces’ squad last summer, 0 points prior to 2006-07 season 1 twice 20 0 assists •Played in a total of five games last sea - Trevor son as a freshman 0 3-pointers 1 steal 11/19/06 vs. Buffalo Gregory

DARIN GRANGER season...broke into the starting lineup in ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS February, and started in six of the final 6-2 soph. guard 16 points at Ball State (11/24) eight games 4 rebounds at Ball State (11/24) Indianapolis, Indiana •22 of his 39 field goals as a freshman 1 assist three times (Lawrence Central H.S.) were 3-pointers 4 3-pointers at Ball State (11/24) •All-conference, all-Marion County as a 0 steals •Led UE in scoring with a career-high 16 senior at Lawrence Central, where he points Nov. 24 at Ball State, tying his averaged 18.1 points career high in 3-pointers with 4...hit 4 of CAREER HIGHS 7 3-pointers after hitting 3 of his first 13 •AAU teammate of national player of the 16 points 11/24/07 at Ball State 3-pointers this season year Greg Oden 4 rebounds five times 21 •Led UE’s newcomers in scoring with 3.3 •Born July 17, 1987 in Indianapolis 2 assists twice points per game last season...one of UE’s 4 3-pointers twice Darin first players off the bench most of the 2 steals 1/30/07 at Illinois State Granger

JASON HOLSINGER ratio (+2.57), fourth in 3-poiners per ‘07-08 SEASON HIGHS game (2.8), fifth in assists (5.0), sixth in 5-11 junior guard 19 points vs. Samford (11-11) 3-point percentage (.437) 4 rebounds vs. Butler & S.E. Missouri Lapel, Indiana •First team selection on 2007 MVC 8 assists at Ball State (11-24) (Lapel H.S.) Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete 3 3-pointers at S.E. Missouri (11-20) Team...majoring in both economics and 1 steal twice •UE’s leading scorer in first two games social studies education (19 vs. Samford, 16 vs. Butler)...scored •Member of 25-man CollegeInsider.com 13 at Southeast Missouri, 5 at Ball State CAREER HIGHS Freshman All-America Team in 2005-06 and 11 at Buffalo 29 points 2/21/07 at Drake •Set the UE Division I freshman scoring 7 rebounds 1/19/06 vs. Wichita State •Goes into Princeton game with 787 record in 2005-06 with 365 points 22 career points and 167 career 3-pointers 10 assists Twice •Indiana All-Star in 2005...led Lapel to 8 3-pointers twice Jason •Co-captain in 2007-08...finished third in 2005 class A state title 2 steals nine times MVC last season in assist-to-turnover Holsinger •Born July 22, 1986 in Anderson, Ind. JASON SWITZER •Averaged 15.1 ppg and 5.1 rpg as a sen - CAREER HIGHS ior, and led Raiders to sectional title and Has not played through first 5 games 6-3 freshman guard 16-8 record...sectional MVP as a senior Huntingburg, Indiana •Head coach at Southridge is Gary (Southridge H.S.) Duncan and assistant is former UE All- American Don Buse, who played for Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns. •Pronounced SWITE-zer •Lettered four years in basketball, four in track, two in cross country and two in •Newest member of the team...joined the football squad in September, 2007 23 •First team all-Pocket Athletic •Born July 9, 1988 in Jasper, Indiana Conference as a junior and senior at Jason Southridge High School Switzer PURPLE ACES’ PLAYER CAPSULES ZACH HOUSE •Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds, 6 CAREER HIGHS blocked shots as a senior 7-0 freshman center Has not played through first 5 games •Signed national letter of intent last Rock Falls, Illinois November with Northern Illinois, but was (Rock Falls H.S.) released from the letter of intent after NIU’s coaching staff changed following the 2006-07 season •Coaching staff has said he is likely to redshirt this season •Born Nov. 13, 1988 in Clinton, Iowa •Second team all-state last season by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 40 and Special Mention all-state by AP...Sauk Valley Newspaper Player of the Zach Year House

PIETER van TONGEREN •Totaled 4 points and 13 rebounds in his CAREER HIGHS first regular season game, Nov. 11 vs. 6-11 freshman center 10 points vs. Butler (11-17) Samford...the 13 rebounds were the most 13 rebounds vs. Samford (11-11) Driehuis, The Netherlands by a UE player since Ian Hanavan grabbed 14 against Bradley in 2002-03 1 assist twice (Ichthus College) 0 3-pointers •Redshirted in 2006-07...played a total of 0 steals •Pronounced Peter von Tahn-guh-run 5 minutes in an exhibition game in 2006- 07...did not play in any regular season •Starter in all 5 games...scored the win - games last season ning bucket with 10 seconds remaining vs. Ball State...totaled 9 points, 9 •Averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds two 41 rebounds vs. Ball State years ago in Dutch second league Pieter van •UE’s leading rebounder at 6.8 •Born August 27, 1987 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tongeren

CLINT HOPF rebounds...pulled down a career-high 6 •Born February 6, 1989 in Jasper, Indiana rebounds in 19 minutes Saturday at 6-8 freshman forward Buffalo CAREER HIGHS Birdseye, Indiana •IBCA all-state selection in 2006 and 8 points at Southeast Missouri (11-20) (Forest Park H.S.) 2007...led Forest Park to 2A state cham - 6 rebounds at Buffalo (12-1) pionships in 2005 and 2006...2007 team 0 assists •Almost fully recovered from a knee was on track to win its third straight title 0 3-pointers injury last March that required surgery in before Hopf went down with the knee the spring injury in post-season play 1 steal at Buffalo (12-1) •Saw his first action vs. Butler Nov. 17, •Totaled 1,330 career points and 799 playing the last three minutes...played 19 rebounds at Forest Park...averaged 18 52 minutes three days later at Southeast points and 9.7 rebounds in 2006-07 and Clint Missouri, totaling 8 points and 4 led Rangers to 20-2 record Hopf

EVANSVILLE’S 2007-08 RECORD WHEN THE ACES... Play At Home 0-2 Shoot A Higher FG Percentage 1-0 Make Fewer Turnovers 0-2 Play On The Road 1-2 Shoot A Lower FG Percentage 0-4 Make More Turnovers 1-2 Play At A Neutral Site 0-0 Attempt More FTs Than Opponent 0-3 Make Same Number of Turnovers 0-0 Play A Non-Conference Opponent 1-4 Attempt Fewer FTs Than Opponent 1-0 Lead At Halftime 1-0 Play An MVC Opponent 0-0 Attempt Same Number of FTs 0-1 Trail At Halftime 0-4 Make More 3-Pointers 1-0 Tied At Halftime 0-0 Score 70 Points Or More 0-1 Make Fewer 3-Pointers 0-4 Score 69 Points Or Fewer 1-3 Lead With 5 Minutes To Play 0-0 Make Same Number 0-0 Trail With 5 Minutes To Play 1-4 Shoot 50 Percent Or Better 0-0 Outrebound Opponent 1-1 Shoot Less Than 50 Percent 1-4 Get Outrebounded 0-3 Games Decided By 5 Points Or Less 1-1 2007-08 GAME-BY GAME POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS Van van OPPONENT Couisnard Ely Garner Gomez Granger Gregory Holsinger Hopf Lacey Morrow Switzer Hoose Tongeren Wargel 11/3...UE 82, Oakland City 43 (Ex.) 7-1-1 11-2-3 8-6-4 14-10-1 7-0-1 DNP 11-4-5 DNP 9-3-3 0-0-2 DNP 3-1-0 12-5-0 DNP 11/11...Samford 50, UE 49 6-0-1 4-1-0 10-10-0 Inj. 3-0-0 DNP 19-2-1 DNP 3-0-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-13-0 DNP 11/17...#25 Butler 60, UE 47 4-2-0 4-5-1 6-2-2 Inj. 7-1-0 0-0-0 16-4-4 0-0-0 0-2-0 DNP DNP DNP 10-6-0 DNP 11/20...S.E. Missouri 87, UE 77 12-3-4 23-9-3 0-1-0 Inj. 5-1-1 DNP 13-4-2 8-4-0 3-2-1 4-2-1 DNP DNP 9-3-1 DNP 11/24...UE 51, Ball State 50 2-3-0 9-2-0 4-10-2 Inj. 16-4-1 DNP 5-2-8 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-2-3 DNP DNP 9-9-1 DNP 12/1...Buffalo 81, UE 60 9-3-3 22-5-0 8-8-0 Inj. 5-2-1 DNP 11-0-5 1-6-0 2-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 2-3-0 DNP

Wed. 12/5 Princeton 7:05 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay 7:05 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso 7:05 Sat. 12/15 Hanover 7:05 Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State 2:05 Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * 7:05 Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * 7:05 Sun. 1/6 Drake * 2:05 Wed. 1/9 at Creighton * 7:05 Sat. 1/12 at Illinois State * 7:05 Tue. 1/15 Southern Illinois * 7:05 Sat. 1/19 at Bradley * 7:05 Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:05 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA (St. Louis, Mo.) *MVC game All Times Central University of Evansville At Buffalo Dec. 1, 2007 Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Evansville vs Buffalo 12/01/07 7:00 pm at Alumni Arena (Buffalo, NY)

Evansville 60 • 1-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 15 COUISNARD, Jay f 2-10 0-1 5-6 1 2 3 4 9 3 2 0 1 28 41 VAN TONGEREN, Pieter f 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 21 05 ELY, Shy g 10-16 2-3 0-3 1 4 5 1 22 0 4 0 1 34 10 MORROW, Taylor g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 HOLSINGER, Jason g 3-7 3-5 2-2 0 0 0 3 11 5 2 0 1 29 02 LACEY, Kavon 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 12 03 VAN HOOSE, Jon 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 04 GARNER, Nate 2-5 0-0 4-6 6 2 8 4 8 0 1 0 1 22 21 GRANGER, Darin 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 19 52 HOPF, Clint 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 19 Team 0 0 0 Totals 21-53 6-13 12-19 12 15 27 21 60 10 14 0 5 200

FG%1stHalf: 10-21 47.6% 2nd half: 11-32 34.4% Game: 21-53 39.6% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 6-13 46.2% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 12-19 63.2% 4 Buffalo 81 • 5-3 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 34 GAMBLE, Greg f 4-5 0-0 1-1 0 4 4 1 9 1 1 0 1 17 40 BOUDREAU, Max f 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 2 6 2 2 1 2 20 15 FEDOTOV, Vadim c 3-4 0-0 2-2 5 2 7 0 8 1 1 0 1 18 01 ROBINSON, Andy g 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 9 1 2 0 1 15 12 PIERCE, Rodney g 1-4 0-1 2-3 0 3 3 2 4 6 2 0 1 23 02 MULKEY, Byron 4-8 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 17 03 SMILEY, Sean 4-6 4-5 2-3 0 7 7 2 14 1 1 0 0 26 21 ATMAN, Andrew 2-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 6 2 1 1 0 10 25 BETTS, Calvin 1-3 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 5 1 3 1 2 23 32 ALSTON, Jawaan 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 33 LALEYE, Kambi 3-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 3 8 1 0 2 1 18 35 ADDISON, Brian 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 Team 0 0 0 Totals 29-49 7-15 16-19 8 23 31 18 81 18 15 5 9 200

FG%1stHalf: 13-23 56.5% 2nd half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 29-49 59.2% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 7-15 46.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 16-19 84.2% 0 Officials: Willie Pullman, John LaRocca, David Walker Technical fouls: Evansville-None. Buffalo-None. Attendance: 2023

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Evansville 28 32 60 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UE 22 13 10 4 16 Buffalo 37 44 81 UB 28 17 8 2 45

Last FG - UE 2nd-03:19, UB 2nd-00:25. Score tied - 4 times. Largest lead - UE by 2 1st-06:43, UB by 21 2nd-00:25. Lead changed - 4 times.