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Cooper Weidenthaler, Assistant Manager of Athletic Communications 6191 Kraft Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49512 O: (616) 554-5133 • C: (641) 431-0479 E: [email protected] www.dupanthers.com GAME NOTES UPCOMING SCHEDULE • Davenport 73, Wayne State 65: The Panthers defeated the Warriors 73-65, DAVENPORT PANTHERS (12-5, 4-3 GLIAC) scored 21 points on 10 takeaways and held the home team to just 26.1 percent (6-for-23) shooting from behind the arc. Davenport was led by a trio of players that JAN. 16 SAGINAW VALLEY STATE 7:30 P.M. scored in double-figures including both Janeau Joubert and Chris Rollins with 17 points apiece along with Tafari Beckford’s 11. Beckford also tied the game high in Jan. 18 at Northwood 6 p.m. rebounds with 10 for his second double-double of the season and first since the JAN. 23 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:30 P.M. season-opening win over USC Aiken (19 points, 11 rebounds). Joubert stuffed the stat sheet as he added to those 17 points with seven rebounds, four assists and JAN. 25 MICHIGAN TECH 3 P.M. three steals. Rollins was the team’s ringleader in assists with six. • Davenport 61, Ashland 48: Davenport outscored Ashland by 15, 37-22, in Jan. 30 at Parkside 8:30 p.m. (ET) the second half en route to a 61-48 victory. The Panthers held the Eagles to their Feb. 1 at Purdue Northwest 4 p.m. (ET) lowest point total in nearly six years since they scored that many at Findlay on Jan. 23, 2014. Tafari Beckford finished with a second-consecutive double-double and third of the season thanks to 10 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two blocks, THE OPPONENTS and a steal. Beckford has accounted for 10 or more boards in a game five times SAGINAW VALLEY STATE CARDINALS (11-4, 5-2 GLIAC) this season and is bringing down 6.7 per contest, which is tied for 10th in the conference. Also scoring in double-figures for the Panthers were Evan Hines with 12 and Chris Rollins with 11. Janeau Joubert also notched three assists while he SERIES INFORMATION and Rollins each racked up four steals. Series vs. SVSU: 3-2 • Tale of Two Offenses: This week’s two opponents have had opposite results Series Streak: W3 on the offensive end of the floor. Starting with Saginaw Valley State, the Cardinals First Meeting: 11/15/07 (74-84) are second in the GLIAC in free throw percentage (77.4 percent), third in scoring Last Meeting: 2/16/19 (75-68) offense (78.9 PPG), third in field goal percentage (46.5), and third in three- Burt Paddock vs. SVSU: 3-1 point field goal percentage (37.4). Meanwhile, Northwood is last in the league in three-point percentage (28.0), last in field goal percentage (42.2), second to last Randy Baruth vs. DU: 1-3 in points per game (67.6), and second to last in free throw percentage (67.6). Davenport will look to dig in defensively as its held the opponent to 65 points or • Saginaw Valley State boasts two of the GLIAC’s top-five scorers in less eight times this season including the last six in a row. sophomore guard, Myles Belyeu, and junior guard, Malik Ellison. Belyeu • Settling In: Redshirt-junior wing, Tafari Beckford, has really begun to hit his stride in his first season as an everyday starter for Davenport. Beckford has is second in the league in points per game with a 20.6 clip while Ellison is scored 10 or more points in 10 games this season including the last six in a row. tied for fifth with 18.3 per contest. The third Cardinal averaging in double- During that six-game stretch, the Skokie, Ill. native is putting up 11.5 points and figures and also a guard is junior, Darnell Hoskins Jr., at 10.7 points per 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the field (25-for-56). outing. Those three lead the conference’s third-best scoring offense at Last week, Beckford finished with a double-double in each game to give him three 78.9 points per game. Belyeu also tops the team in rebounding with 7.0 for the season. The current roster has accounted for five double-doubles just this boards per contest, which is good for seventh in the GLIAC. Ellison is the season with the other two coming from Chris Pearl. floor general with 3.5 assists per outing, which ranks 10th in the league. • Familiar Face: Saginaw Valley State’s junior guard, Delano Smith, starred for the Panthers as a freshman and sophomore during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. As a freshman, Smith led Davenport in scoring with 13.5 points per game and was putting up 13 points per contest as a sophomore before transferring to the Cardinals in the middle of the season. The Novi, Mich. native racked up NORTHWOOD TIMBERWOLVES (8-7, 3-4 GLIAC) 509 total points with the Panthers (13.4/game) and played for the first time as a Cardinal last week with his first Saginaw Valley State start coming against No. 11 SERIES INFORMATION Ferris State on Sunday. Series vs. NU: 3-3 PROJECTED STARTERS Series Streak: W3 First Meeting: 12/29/05 (54-91) Last Meeting: 3/5/19 (85-84) Burt Paddock vs. NU: 3-2 Jeff Rekeweg vs. DU: 2-3 • Northwood has won just three of its last eight games after reeling off five-straight victories at the end of November and beginning of December. Chris Janeau Evan Tafari Robbie Five of the Timberwolves eight wins have come at home where they ROLLINS JOUBERT HINES BECKFORD BRAMHILL average over 10 points more per game than when on the road (73.9- #2 | R-Jr. | PG #5 | R-Sr. | PG #24 | R-Jr. | W #11 | R-Jr. | W #10 | Sr. | F 62.4). Overall, Northwood has struggled to score points as its 67.7 scoring Detroit, Mich. Belleville, Mich. Skokie, Ill. Skokie, Ill. Fordwich, Ontario average is second to last in the GLIAC. Individually, the Timberwolves PPG .........13.2 PPG ...........9.6 PPG .........13.2 PPG ........10.9 PPG ........10.1 are paced by a pair of scorers averaging at least 10 points per game in RPG ...........1.8 RPG ...........2.9 RPG ...........4.3 RPG ..........6.7 RPG ..........3.1 senior guard, Trey McBride (11.5 PPG), and sophomore guard, Ja’Kavien APG ............4.3 APG ............2.3 APG ............0.9 APG ...........1.7 APG ...........0.9 Lewis (11.4 PPG). The team’s top rebounder is senior forward, Bruno FG% ..........468 FG% ..........462 FG% ..........381 FG% .........508 FG% .........464 Solomun (6.6/game), and its top passer is Lewis (3.9 APG). Those last 3FG% ........357 3FG% ........457 3FG% ........353 3FG% .......320 3FG% .......338 two averages are good for 11th and sixth in the conference, respectively. FT% ...........826 FT% ...........818 FT% ...........640 FT% ..........667 FT% ..........846 MIN/G .....28.1 MIN/G .....29.4 MIN/G ..... 27.4 MIN/G ....25.6 MIN/G ....20.3 FOLLOW DAVENPORT ATHLETICS: Twitter: @duathletics • Facebook: duathletics • Instagram: duathletics FOLLOW DAVENPORT MEN’S BASKETBALL: Twitter: @DU_MensBBALL • Facebook: DavenportMBB • Instagram: du_mensbball 2019-20 ROSTER HEAD COACH BURT PADDOCK NUMERICAL 12th season at DU # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous Manchester College ’97 0 Zach Pangborn W 6-1 180 Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Northview/Grand Rapids C.C. @DUCoachPaddock 1 Jarrin Randall W 6-0 170 R-Jr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park/Western Michigan 2 Chris Rollins PG 6-0 167 R-Jr. Detroit, Mich./East English Village/IPFW Burt Paddock enters his 12th season 3 Avery Hudson W 5-10 160 Jr. Wayland, Mich./Wayland Union as the head coach of the Davenport 4 Chris Pearl F 6-5 210 R-Sr. Otsego, Mich./Otsego/Siena Heights/Grand Valley State University men’s basketball program in 2019-20. Season No. 11 was full of 5 Janeau Joubert PG 6-2 170 R-Sr. Belleville, Mich./Ypsilanti/Central Michigan highs for Paddock and the Panthers as 10 Robbie Bramhill F 6-8 200 Sr. Fordwich, Ontario/FE Madill Secondary they won the school’s first ever GLIAC 11 Tafari Beckford W 6-5 193 R-Jr. Skokie, Ill./Niles North/Oakton C.C. Regular Season Championship, not 21 Chaz Birchfield F 6-5 187 So. Fort Wayne, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern just in basketball, but in any sport. DU 22 Alonzo Chatman C 6-8 220 R-Jr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park/Morehead State went 27-4 overall, 17-3 in league play, won a program best 14 games in 23 Scott Ulaneo C 6-10 225 Sr. Rome, Italy/St. George’s International/Seattle/Hawaii Pacific a row at one point, and finished No. 12 in the final National Association 24 Evan Hines W 6-5 205 R-Jr. Skokie, Ill./Niles West/Minnesota State-Moorhead of Basketball Coaches (NABC) rankings. Davenport hosted the GLIAC 30 Case Conley W 6-6 175 Fr. Williamston, Mich./Williamston Postseason Championship Tournament and came one win away from claiming that title too. 34 Elijah Belle PG 5-10 180 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Detroit Voyageur Not only was Paddock named the GLIAC Coach of the Year, but Dyllon Hudson-Emory took home First-Team All-GLIAC, GLIAC Player of the Year Head Coach: Burt Paddock (Manchester College ’97) - 12th season and NABC First-Team All-Region honors. Also featured on the league’s Assistant Coach: Ethan Leasher (Central Michigan ‘14) - 5th season postseason honors were Avery Hudson (First-Team All-GLIAC), Janeau Assistant Coach: Robbie Harman (Central Michigan ‘11) - 3rd season Joubert (Second-Team All-GLIAC) and Chris Rollins (GLIAC All-Defensive Team).