Evansville Basketball Five National Championships | Five Ncaa D-1 Tournaments
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EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | FIVE NCAA D-1 TOURNAMENTS 2012-13 Schedule GAME THIRTY-THREE Tennessee State at Evansville OCTOBER 2012 March 19, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. CT - Ford Center Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org - AcesTV Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Scott Shreffler Nov. 10 at No. 22 Notre Dame $ L, 49-58 Nov. 15 Buffalo $ L, 50-56 Nov. 16 Yale $ W, 66-56 Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ W, 49-44 Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech W, 62-50 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 72-46 EVANSVILLE INFORMATION TENNESSEE STATE INFORMATION 2012-13 Record: 18-14, 10-8 MVC 2012-13 Record: 18-14, 11-5 OVC DECEMBER 2012 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Travis Williams Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 72-79 Record at UE: 85-102 (6th Season) Record at TSU: 18-14 (1st Season) Career Record: 183-175 (12th Season) Career Record: 58-61 (4th Season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Dec. 8 Murray State L, 70-82 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Colt Ryan - 19.6 PPG Points: Robert Covington - 17.0 PPG Dec. 15 Alabama State W, 80-67 Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 7.1 RPG Rebounds: Kellen Thornton - 8.0 RPG Dec. 18 Oakland City W, 103-69 Assists: Colt Ryan - 121 assists Assists: Patrick Miller - 191 assists Dec. 22 at Butler L, 67-75 Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 57 blocks Blocks: M.J. Rhett - 32 blocks Minutes: Colt Ryan - 33.1 MPG Minutes: Patrick Miller - 35.9 MPG Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON L, 70-87 JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE W, 62-59 OT Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS # W, 85-68 Troy Taylor Notes: Notched second triple-double in UE history vs. Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA W, 62-59 5 SR - G - 6-0 - 184 CU; tallied 19 rbs vs. MSU in next game Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE W, 71-67 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE L, 69-83 Anderson 6.7 7.1 45.3 62.4 29.3 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE # L, 62-72 Jan. 23 BRADLEY W, 66-56 Colt Ryan Notes: Stands second on the all-time UE scoring list Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE # L, 62-67 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 with 2,181 points Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA W, 54-51 OT 11 Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Batesville FEBRUARY 2013 19.6 3.4 42.0 89.4 33.1 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE L, 61-62 Feb. 5 at BRADLEY L, 70-76 Adam Wing Notes: Has made the start in each of the last five games for UE, Aces have won three of those contests Feb. 10 DRAKE - ESPNU W, 84-78 OT 12 FR - G - 6-4 - 205 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 56-65 Morehead, Ky. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON - ESPNU L, 68-71 Rowan County 2.7 2.8 44.3 54.5 14.8 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE W, 79-62 Feb. 23 at Wright State & W, 70-58 Ned Cox Notes: Became the 45th player in program history to Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE W, 59-56 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 score 1,000 points with 10 against Bradley San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes MARCH 2013 Judson 10.9 2.0 41.5 81.8 30.7 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE # W, 84-68 Mar. 8 vs. No. 5 Indiana State % L, 50-51 Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Led the MVC with 2.2 blocks per game in Mar. 19 Tennessee State * 7:00 p.m. 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 league play, has 57 on the season Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 5.6 4.9 64.9 66.7 18.5 ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge # - Televised by MVC Networks Off The Bench & - Ramada Bracketbusters Game # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis 0 Ryan Sawvell F 6-8/200 SO 3.4 2.7 Scored 16 pts vs. OCU * - CollegeInsider.com Tournament 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 1.8 0.5 Notched career-high 11 pts vs. ISU 4 Lewis Jones F/G 6-3/200 SR 6.2 2.1 Has made 21 starts this season Home Games in Bold 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 3.6 1.9 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.3 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS MVC Games in ALL CAPS 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Played 3 min vs. OCU All Times Central 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR 0.0 1.0 Had a rebound vs. AAMU and OCU 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 1.0 2.0 Tied career mark w/5 rb vs. AAMU 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR 8.1 1.6 Registered 18 pts at Wright State 44 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Redshirted for 2012-13 season Contact: Bob Pristash Office: 812-488-2285 Cell: 812-266-5288 Email: [email protected] 2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 2012-13 PURPLE ACES GAME NOTES The Opening Tip Aces In The Postseason - For the fourth time in five seasons, the Aces will make a trip to the postseason as they are set to take on Tennessee State in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com In its storied NCAA history, the Aces have participated in 62 postseason games, accu- Tournament on Tuesday at the Ford Center mulating an impressive 43-20 mark. That includes a 40-10 record in what was at the - Both squads enter Tuesday’s matchup with an 18-14 record time called the NCAA College Division as the Aces won five national championships. - This will mark the third meeting between the two schools, each team has won on Since entering Division I in 1977, Evansville has played in 13 postseason tournament its home floor games, winning on three occasions. Two years ago, UE defeated Hofstra in the first round of the CBI to grab their first postseason win since 1989 against Oregon State. The CIT DIVISION I - 2013 will mark the fifth annual CollegeInsider.com Tournament, which started in Date Tourney Opponent W/L Score 2009 2012 CBI Princeton L 86-95 - Past winners of the tournament include: Mercer (2012), Santa Clara (2011), 2011 CBI at Boise State L 69-75 Missouri State (2010), Old Dominion (2009) 2011 CBI vs. Hofstra W 77-70 - Evansville played in inaugural event in 2009, falling to Belmont in a home game 2009 CIT vs. Belmont L 76-92 at Roberts Stadium by a 92-76 final; the Bruins scored 49 in the first half before 1999 NCAA Kansas L 74-95 outscoring UE by a 43-41 margin in the second half to take the win 1994 NIT vs. Tulane L 63-76 - Other MVC teams who have played in the tournament include Bradley (2009), 1993 NCAA Florida State L 70-82 Creighton (2010), Drake (2009 and 2012) Indiana State (2012), Missouri State (2010) 1992 NCAA UTEP L 50-55 and Northern Iowa (2011) 1989 NCAA Seton Hall L 73-87 - UE is one of three MVC teams in this year’s tourney as UNI and Bradley have also 1989 NCAA Oregon State W 94-90 OT accepted bids 1988 NIT vs. Boston College L 81-86 1988 NIT vs. Utah W 66-55 1982 NCAA Marquette L 62-67 Back In The Postseason - Since arriving at UE, Marty Simmons has led the Aces to four postseason berths in NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION (now Division II) his six years including two appearances in the CIT 1976 NCAA vs. Eastern Illinois L 73-75 - In three career postseason games, Colt Ryan has averaged an even 20 points per 1976 NCAA vs. Wright State W 85-75 game, his high of 29 came versus Princeton last season 1974 NCAA vs. Wisc.-Green Bay W 87-75 - Ned Cox has also registered double figures in his three postseason outings, 1974 NCAA vs. Wittenberg L 55-59 OT tallying ten vs. Hofstra, 17 at Boise State and 15 against Princeton last season, an 1972 NCAA vs. Eastern Michigan L 88-93 average of 14 per game 1972 NCAA vs. Wittenberg W 81-73 - Last year, the Aces participated in the CBI, taking on Princeton at the Ford Center; 1971* NCAA vs. Old Dominion W 97-82 the Tigers came away with a 95-86 win, shooting 60% on its way to the win; UE was 1971* NCAA vs. SW Louisiana W 93-74 also stellar from the floor, hitting 59.6% of their shots 1971* NCAA vs. Hartwick W 105-69 1971* NCAA vs. Central Michigan W 78-60 Against Tennessee State 1971* NCAA vs. Ashland W 82-74 1968 NCAA vs. Trinity (Texas) L 77-93 - Tennessee State makes the short trek from Nashville to Evansville for the third 1968 NCAA at Missouri State W 79-73 meeting in program history 1968 NCAA at Lincoln (Mo.) W 95-80 - In the 2000-01 campaign, UE took down the Tigers in overtime, 86-80, as Adam 1966 NCAA at Southern Illinois L 77-90 Seitz tallied 21 points and Craig Snow finished the contest with 20 1966 NCAA at Lamar Tech W 111-103 - A year later in Nashville, the Tigers defended their home floor, winning by a 101- 1965* NCAA vs.