Game Notes ♦ January 25, 2011♦ Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/626-6435 Dan Mcdonnell, Asst
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2010-11 Screaming Eagles Game Notes ♦ January 25, 2011♦ Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/626-6435 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121 2010-11 Schedule: Listen to and watch the games: RADIO: ESPN 106.7 FM; WSWI 820 AM; WPSR 90.7 FM Date Opponents Time LIVE INTERNET AUDIO: www.820theedge.com; www.wyfxfm.com/wyfxfm/ Nov. 2 at Illinois (Exhibition) L 67-76 LIVE INTERNET VIDEO: http://www.b2livetv.com Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt (Exhibition) L 40-77 HOME GAMES TELEVISED LIVE: News 25 Sports Channel Nov. 12 OHIO DOMINICAN W 80-63 On the web: Nov. 14 KING COLLEGE W 78-70 Keep up-to-date on all the USI athletic events at www.gousieagles.com. Nov. 16 MCKENDREE W 90-68 You also can listen to all the men’s and women’s basketball games at the Nov. 23 BRESCIA W 98-62 USI Athletic Department Web site. Dec. 2 at Northern Kentucky* W 76-63 Dec. 4 BELLARMINE* L 60-69 Probable starters: Bellarmine Invitational Pos. No. Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG Dec. 10 vs. Indiana-Southeast W 105-96 G 3 Kevin Gant 5-8 Sr. 9.6 4.4 4.8 G 5 Brandon Hogg 6-1 Jr. 10.5 4.9 3.4 Dec. 11 vs. West Virginia State W 78-67 G 33 C.J. Trotter 6-3 Sr. 14.3 3.1 1.8 Bill Joergens Memorial Tournament C 51 Mohamed Ntumba 6-7 Sr. 13.1 8.6 1.3 DEC. 29 HARRIS-STOWE STATE W 105-76 F 34 Nick Duncheon 6-7 Sr. 5.8 2.9 0.6 DEC. 30 ST. CATHERINE W 65-64 Jan. 2 at Saint Joseph's* W 58-53 Top Storylines: Jan. 4 at Illinois-Springfield* W 78-61 Eagles fall in national poll. The Screaming Eagles fell to ninth in the Jan. 6 MARYVILLE* W 76-50 NABC/ Division II Top 25 this week. USI has been ranked 108 of the last Jan. 8 MISSOURI S&T* W 76-56 141 ranking weeks since 2000, including 56 weeks in the top 10 and four Jan. 13 DRURY* W 75-65 weeks at number one. Next poll is February 1. Jan. 15 at Quincy* W 80-68 Jan. 17 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN* W 93-64 Hogg in January. Junior guard Brandon Hogg is having the best month Jan. 22 INDIANAPOLIS* L 68-70 of his career at USI in January. Hogg is posting 13.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.0 steals per contest since the start of 2011. He also Jan. 27 LEWIS* 7:30 p.m. dropped in a career-high 25 points against the University of Illinois- Jan. 29 WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE*# 3:15 p.m. Springfield. Feb. 3 at Rockhurst* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Missouri - St. Louis* 3 p.m. Winning streak snapped at 11. The Eagles had its season-best 11-game Feb. 10 at Indianapolis* 6:45 p.m. (CST) winning streak snapped by the University of Indianapolis, 70-68. Senior Feb. 14 at Kentucky Wesleyan* 7:30 p.m. guard C.J. Trotter led the Eagles during the winning streak with 13.5 points Feb. 17 at Bellarmine* 7 p.m. (CST) per game, while senior center Mohamed Ntumba is dropping in 13.0 points Feb. 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY*^ 3:15 p.m. and grabbing 8.4 rebounds per contest. Feb. 26-Mar. 7 GLVC Tournament Eagles fall two games behind Bellarmine. USI’s loss to Indianapolis Mar. 12-15 NCAA II Midwest Regional dropped the Eagles two games behind Bellarmine in the GLVC East Mar. 23-26 NCAA Division II Elite Eight Division. The Eagles remain in second with a game lead over Indianapolis *GLVC Games; #Homecoming; ^Senior Day and Northern Kentucky University. Homecoming is a good week for the Eagles. Homecoming week has been good for USI over the last 11years with the Eagles going 20-2. Follow the Eagles Live on Rehmel giving the Eagles a spark. After averaging just 5.4 points per appearance and reaching double digits once in the first 10 games, senior guard Jared Rehmel has become a spark plug for the Eagles. Rehmel is averaging 8.3 points per game and has reached double digits in scoring four times in the last eight games. USI number one in rebound margin. USI is ranked number second nationally in rebound margin (+12.7 per game). 2010-11 USI Screaming Eagles #3 #5 #10 #12 #20 Kevin Brandon Jared Lawrence Austin Gant Hogg Rehmel Thomas Davis (Hawg) #21 #23 #24 #31 #32 Isaac Collin Nick Eduardo Taylor McClure Grantz Evans Gallina Wischmeier (Grants) (Gal-ena) (Wish-myer) #33 #34 #51 #55 Head Coach C.J. Nick Mohamed Wacey Rodney Trotter Duncheon Ntumba Hall Watson (Dun-geon) (Tomb-ba) (Way-see) Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Student Student Gerad Derrick Brent Asst. Asst. Good Tilmon Owen Justin Blake (Til-mon) Stewart Woodard 2010-11 Screaming Eagles No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 3 Kevin Gant G 5-8 155 Sr. Indianapolis, IN / North Central / Lake Michigan College 5 Brandon Hogg G 6-1 185 Jr Edwardsville, IL / Edwardsville 10 Jared Rehmel G 6-0 155 Sr. Jasonville, IN / Shakamak / Central Arkansas 12 Lawrence Thomas G 5-9 145 So. Springfield, IL / Southeast 20 Austin Davis F/G 6-8 175 Fr. Freeport, IL / Freeport 21 Isaac McClure F 6-6 215 Jr. Paducah, KY / Paducah Tilghman 23 Collin Grantz G 6-1 176 Fr. Evansville, IN 24 Nick Evans C 6-11 238 Jr. Carbondale, IL / Carbondale / Southern Illinois 31 Eduardo Gallina G 6-4 195 Fr. Florianopolis, Brazil / Riverside Academy 32 Taylor Wischmeier F 6-8 210 Fr. Brownstown, IN / Brownstown Central 33 C.J. Trotter G 6-3 170 Sr. Hopkinsville, KY / Christian County / Rend Lake 34 Nick Duncheon F 6-7 200 Sr. Montgomery, IN / Barr-Reeve 51 Mohamed Ntumba C 6-7 230 Sr. Kinshasa, Congo / Mama Zoya / Southeastern Illinois 55 Wacey Hall C 6-10 228 Fr. Evansville, IN / Mater Dei HEAD COACH: Rodney Watson (2nd season); ASSISTANT COACHES: Derrick Tilmon (2nd season); Gerad Good (2nd season); Brent Owen (2nd season); STUDENT ASSISTANT: Blake Woodard (1st season) USI Head Coach Rodney Watson (2nd year) Overall record: 40- 5 GLVC record: 23- 5 Home record: 25- 3 vs. North Division#: 6- 0 Road record: 11- 2 Neutral site record: 4- 0 vs. West Division#: 9- 0 Midwest Region record: 28- 5 vs. East Division#: 8- 5 Ranked Team: 5- 2 vs. Bellarmine 1- 2 Top 10 Team: 2- 2 vs. Drury 2- 0 Playing at night: 30- 4 Playing during the day: 10- 1 vs. Indianapolis 2- 1 Playing on Monday: 6- 1 vs. Illinois-Springfield 2- 0 Playing on Tuesday: 4- 0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 2- 1 Playing on Wednesday: 1- 0 vs. Lewis 1- 0 Playing on Thursday: 10- 1 Playing on Friday: 4- 0 vs. Maryville 2- 0 Playing on Saturday: 13- 3 vs. Missouri S&T 2- 0 Playing on Sundays: 2- 0 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 1- 0 Leading at the half: 37- 1 vs. Northern Kentucky 2- 1 Trailing at the half: 3- 4 Tied at the half: 0- 0 vs. Quincy 2- 0 Playing in overtime: 0- 0 vs. Rockhurst 1- 0 Playing in November: 8- 0 vs. Saint Joseph’s 2- 0 Playing in December: 12- 1 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 1- 0 Playing in January: 15- 1 #GLVC Regular Season Record; *Records versus GLVC institutions Playing in February: 5- 3 include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game. Playing in March: 0- 0 Outshooting opponent: 36- 1 Being outshot by opponent: 4- 4 Watson at USI USI outrebounds opponent: 37- 3 Head Coach Rodney Watson was named the GLVC Coach of the USI is outrebounded: 3- 2 Year after leading the Screaming Eagles to a 24-3 overall, Tied in rebounding: 0- 0 Shooting better than 50 %: 25- 0 including 23 straight wins, during his first season at the helm. Shooting less than 50 %: 15- 5 Opponent has more turnovers: 27- 3 USI has more turnovers: 8- 2 Teams are tied in turnovers: 5- 0 USI scores under 70 points: 4- 4 USI scores 70-79 points: 15- 1 USI scores 80-89 points: 7- 0 USI scores 90-99 points: 5- 0 USI scores 100 or more points: 9- 0 USI vs. Division II Teams: 34- 5 USI vs. non-GLVC: 8- 0 USI vs. NAIA: 6- 0 USI vs. USCAA: 0- 0 USI vs. NCCAA: 0- 0 Screaming Eagles’ Season Highs & Career Highs and GLVC rankings Players Season Highs USI Career Highs In the GLVC (as of 1/24/11) #3 Pts: 17 vs. IU Southeast (12/10/10) Pts: 19 vs. Maryville (1/9/10) T-2nd Assists;4th Assist/Turnover Reb: 8 vs. IU Southeast (12/10/10) Reb: 9 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Ratio; 11th Steals; 3rd 3-Pt. FG% Kevin Ast: 8 three times (last 1/2/11) Ast: 12 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Gant Stl: 4 twice (12/10/10) Stl: 4 three times (last 12/10/10) #5 Pts: 25 vs. Illinois-Springfield (1/4/11) Pts: 12 twice (last 11/12/10) 13th Assists; 12th Assist/Turnover Reb: 8 twice (last 11/14/10) Reb: 8 twice (last 11/14/10) Ratio Brandon Ast: 8 vs. King (11/14/10) Ast: 8 vs. King (11/14/10) Hogg Stl: 2 three times (last 11/23/10) Stl: 5 vs.