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GAME DAY Saturday, March 1, 2014 • 4:15 p.m. Congratulations, Cedarville University Senior Brian Grant! vs. Salem International University Inside this issue.... • Today!s Game Preview 2 • Yellow Jacket Weekly Blog 2 • Stat Comparisons 3 • Probable Starting Lineups 3 • Last Time Out 5 • Looking Ahead 5 • Follow the Yellow Jackets 5 • 2013-14 CU Schedule / Results 7 • All-Time Series Records 8 • 500 Rebound / 1,000 Point Club 9 • 2013-14 Cedarville / Salem Stats 10 • Jacket / Tiger Rosters 11 • Meet Head Coach Pat Estepp 12 • G-MAC Men!s Basketball 12-13 • CU Season Top 10 Leaders 15 • CU Career Top 10 Leaders 15 • Yellow Jacket Profile 16 • NCAA II Rankings 17 • 2013-14 Cheerleaders 20 12 three-pointers combined by the Lady Jackets & Yellow Jackets today & everyone!s ticket is good for a FREE TACO at Taco Bell in Xenia or Springfield! yellowjackets.cedarville.edu Today’s Game Preview Lane Vander Hulst’s Blog The Cedarville University Yellow Jackets host the Salem February 25, 2014 International University Tigers in Great Midwest Athletic Conference action today in the Callan Athletic Center. It is also Well, here we are…the last week of regular season basketball. I the final regular season game of the 2013-14 campaign. hate to be generic and say, "This year has flown by" but it has. This Cedarville is 9-17 (6-7 G-MAC) having won three games in a past week we improved our record to 8-17. We played three games row including an 87-65 win over visiting Ohio Valley on Thursday and after our game on Tuesday we played some great basketball. night. We have no excuses for Tuesday!s loss at Salem International, Salem International is 13-12 (4-9 G-MAC) this season includ- we just didn!t show up to play and we have put that game behind ing their most recent game - a 92-73 setback at Central State on us. With that being said, we rebounded from that loss very well on Thursday evening. Thursday against Ohio Christian. The key to that win was defense. The Yellow Jackets are under the leadership of 6th-year head We defended well and we got each other shots. When we play coach Pat Estepp (127-61, .676). He has guided his alma mater together as a team, there is no better feeling. It was also really cool to an average of nearly 24 victories per season and five consec- to be back in front of our home crowd, it seemed like forever since utive national tournament appearances. we had played in front of our fans. You guys make the game fun! Three players are hitting in double-figures for On Saturday, we took on Central State in a game that had a lot Cedarville led by junior guard Marcus Reineke of meaning to us for a lot of different reasons. Of course it was a who is tossing in 19 points per game. He also conference game, but we let them get away with a win on our home leads the long-range attack with 78 three-point court last time we met and we wanted to get a win on their home field goals. Reineke has posted double figures in court. For those who weren!t there, or who didn!t get to keep up with the game, it was a good one. It was a battle from the start. We 15 straight games and hitting a team-best .845 were down by about 10 at one point but we kept going. We made from the line on 71-of-84 shooting. our run and tied the game, forcing it to overtime. We hit some big Senior center Brian Grant is adding 10.7 shots in overtime and we were fortunate to pull out a sweet win. We points to the CU offense and leads the squad in Marcus Reineke had some players step up big time in this game and it truly was a rebounding (6.5 rpg). Grant is the newest and team win. But I do want to give a shout-out to two players in par- 51st member of the Yellow Jacket 1,000 Point ticular. My boy Marcus Reineke had a career high 37 points…the Club. He ranks eighth all-time at CU with a .584 man literally doesn!t miss. The other is Brian Grant a.k.a. "BG", field goal percentage (483-of-827) and is one of a.k.a. "Pawpaw". (Because he!s old). He had a great game and a 37 Yellow Jackets to grab 500+ career rebounds. veteran presence giving us 21 points and a huge 19 rebounds. Junior guard Jason Cuffee is averaging 10.6 This week we play our last two games of the regular season. points per game and is second on the team in Thursday we play Ohio Valley at home at 7:45 p.m., and Saturday rebounding at 4.3 boards per contest. Cuffee, we play Salem at 4:15 p.m. It would be great to have a big crowd who is averaging 14 ppg in his last four outings, Brian Grant at our last two home games!! You guys get us hyped and add to our tops the Jackets with 87 assists. energy on the court! Hope to see you there! Freshman J.C. Faubion is contributing 9.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. The rookie leads CU with 30 steals and is "Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as second from the free-throw line with a .733 effort (66-90). another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity Two other rookies are making significant contributions. Austin to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self- Pickett, a 6-1 guard, is second on the squad in assists with 69 starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive while adding 6.1 ppg. Easton Bazzoli, a 6-6 forward, is also scor- action that is certain to echo through your entire ing 6.1 points per game with a fourth-best 3.9 rebounds per con- day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it test. with a false start or no start at all. You were not Redshirt freshman Lane Vander Hulst, a 6-6 forward, is the born to fail." – Og Mandino team!s fifth-leading scorer at 6.3 ppg while adding a second-best 28 long-distance field goals. Lane Vander Hulst is a redshirt freshman forward Salem International, located in Salem, West Virginia, is led by from Roswell, NM. He is majoring in business Head Coach Randy Unger. management. The Tigers, the top scoring unit in the G-MAC at 92 points per game, feature three players hitting in double digits this season. Pacing the offensive attack is forward Walter Brock who is hitting 17.8 points per game. The 6-5 senior also leads Salem in rebounding at 6.4 boards per night. FAMILY of Alex Webb, a junior guard, adds 13.6 ppg and paces the Tigers with 60 three-point field goals (60-177, .339). Abel Tillman, a 6-9 junior center, is scoring 11.9 points per CARS game with a team-best 73 blocked shots. Tillman is connecting on 123-of-194 shots from the field for an impressive .634 mark. Salem leads the G-MAC with a .483 field goal percentage. Senior guard Freddy Edouard has dished out 71 assists. The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series with Salem International by a 4-1 mark. The Tigers posted an 80-55 win over Cedarville on February 18 in Salem, West Virginia. 937-426-9564 2 YELLOW JACKET BASKETBALL yellowjackets.cedarville.edu The Inside Scoop Stat Comparison Current Record 9-17 (6-7) 13-12 (4-9) Points Scored/Game 73.7 92.0 ! Points Allowed/Game 80.1 ! 87.0 FG % .427 .483 ! “Official Charter Company of 3-point FG % .328 ! .325 the Cedarville Yellow Jackets” FT % .691 .723 ! Rebounds/Game 37.0 38.7 ! Assists/Game 14.1 18.9 ! 155 W. Leffel Lane 937-879-3000 Turnovers/Game 14.6 ! 18.6 Springfield, OH 45506 8250 Expansion Way Blocked Shots/Game 2.6 5.6 ! Dayton, OH 45424 Steals/Game 6.2 12.8 ! 937-325-5356 Current Streak W3 ! L2 PROBABLE STARTERS: PROBABLE STARTERS: # Cedarville (9-17, 6-7) Pos. PPG RPG APG # Salem International (13-12, 4-9) Pos PPG RPG APG 22 Marcus Reineke (6-2 junior) G 19.0 3.3 2.6 3 Jamal Robinson (6-0 junior) G 4.3 1.2 1.3 24 J.C. Faubion (6-5 freshman) G 9.5 4.1 1.8 24 Allex Webb (6-3 junior) G 7.6 1.6 0.8 34 Jason Cuffee (6-4 junior) G 10.6 4.3 3.3 34 Darius Roper (6-4 senior) G 19.6 7.3 1.9 13 Brian Grant (6-8 senior) C 10.7 6.5 0.9 50 Abel Tillman (6-9 junior) C 4.6 2.6 0.5 5 Leighton Smith (6-7 junior) F 5.6 3.7 0.2 21 Walter Brock (6-5 senior) F 5.0 4.5 0.4 No No No Photo Photo Photo Available Available Available #22 Marcus Reineke #24 J.C.