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 TWENTY-SIX Evansville at Southern Illinois OCTOBER 2012 Feb. 13, 2013 - 7:05 p.m. CT - SIU Arena Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Bob Pristash 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 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2012-13 Record: 14-11, 7-6 MVC 2012-13 Record: 9-15, 2-11 MVC Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 72-79 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Barry Hinson Record at UE: 81-99 (6th Season) Record at SIU: 9-15 (1st Season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Career Record: 179-172 (12th Season) Career Record: 214-155 (12th season) Dec. 8 Murray State L, 70-82 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State W, 80-67 Points: Colt Ryan - 18.8 PPG Points: Desmar Jackson - 15.9 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City W, 103-69 Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 7.6 RPG Rebounds: Jeff Early - 7.4 RPG Assists: Troy Taylor - 101 assists Assists: Kendal Brown-Surles - 56 assists Dec. 22 at Butler L, 67-75 Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 46 blocks Blocks: Dantiel Daniels - 20 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON L, 70-87 Minutes: Ned Cox - 31.8 MPG Minutes: Desmar Jackson - 30.3 MPG JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE W, 62-59 OT Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS # W, 85-68 Lewis Jones Notes: Has started the last 18 games for UE while Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA W, 62-59 4 SR - F/G - 6-3 - 200 making a total of 20 starts this season Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE W, 71-67 Memphis, Tenn. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE L, 69-83 GW Carver 6.3 2.1 38.8 67.2 23.3 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE # L, 62-72 Jan. 23 BRADLEY W, 66-56 Troy Taylor Notes: Notched second triple-double in UE history vs. Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE # L, 62-67 SR - G - 6-0 - 184 CU; tallied 19 rbs vs. MSU in next game Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA W, 54-51 OT 5 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Anderson FEBRUARY 2013 6.6 7.6 45.1 61.6 30.1 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE L, 61-62 Feb. 5 at BRADLEY L, 70-76 Colt Ryan Notes: Scored his 2,000th career point in win over Drake, tallied season-high 33 against the Bulldogs Feb. 10 DRAKE - ESPNU W, 84-78 OT 11 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7:05 p.m. Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON - ESPNU 2:00 p.m. Batesville 18.8 3.0 42.1 90.2 31.6 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE 7:05 p.m. Feb. 23 at Wright State & 1:00 p.m. Ned Cox Notes: Became the 45th player in program history to Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE 7:00 p.m. 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 11.4 2.1 41.8 81.6 31.8 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE TBA Mar. 7-10 at MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Stands as the No. 3 shot blocker in the MVC; 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 has recorded 17 blocks in the last 4 games Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 5.4 4.7 63.9 65.2 18.8 ^ - 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 3.3 2.7 Scored 16 pts vs. OCU 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 1.5 0.5 Finished with 7 pts, 2 rb vs OCU Home Games in Bold 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 4.4 2.0 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 12 Adam Wing G 6-4/205 FR 2.2 2.1 Notched career high 9 pts vs. MIA MVC Games in ALL CAPS 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.5 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS All Times Central 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Played 3 min vs. OCU 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 8.2 1.5 Registered 13 pts at Bradley 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 The Opening Tip Follow The Aces - Overtime has been good to the Aces and it happened once again on Sunday as UE topped Drake by a final of 84-78 at the Ford Center You can find the Purple Aces on - Down by nine at the half, UE opened the second frame up on a 7-0 run while Colt Ryan hit Facebook and Twitter! Follow the UE the game-tying three with 30 seconds remaining men’s basketball team on Facebook - It marked the end of a three-game slide against the Bulldogs while improving Evansville’s at “Aces Men’s Basketball (Official). overall record at home to 12-2 and 7-0 in MVC games The Aces hoops team is also on Twitter @evansvillehoops. You can Preseason Honors also follow all of the University of Evansville athletics - Senior Colt Ryan has received several preseason accolades entering the 2012-13 teams on Twitter @ueathletics and on Facebook at campaign. Those include: University of Evansville Athletic Department. - MVC Preseason All-Conference Team - SENIOR Class Award Watch List - Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team GoPurpleAces.com is the official home of University of - No. 3 Under-The-Rader Player (CBSSports.com) Evansville athletics. GoPurpleAces - No. 11 shooter on Luke Winn’s Top 16 list (SI.com) has the most info on Evansville Ath- letics and provides daily updates on Making History all UE sports. It is also the one place - Since coming to the University of Evansville in 2009, Colt Ryan has produced numerous to find live streaming and audio special moments and that continued on Sunday against Drake as he reached 2,000 points from several Aces athletics contests. in his career with a season-high 33-point outing - He is just the 14th player in Missouri Valley Conference history and the third to do so for Evansville - Ryan’s tally currently stands at 2,027 placing him third on the UE list, just 26 points away The Marty Simmons Radio Show from passing Marcus Wilson for 2nd on the list; his tally in MVC history is 13th overall Aces head coach Marty Simmons and Lance Wilkerson - Against Drake, Ryan surpassed the 2,000-point mark in style, recording a season-high 33 host the “Marty Simmons Radio Show” every Monday points; in the 14 games since facing Butler, he has posted an average of 22.9 points per night at 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Turoni’s on the east side. The game after struggling to begin the year as he averaged 12.4 points in the first 11 contests show can be heard on WUEV 91.5 FM. The restaurant - In two games versus the Bulldogs this year, Ryan drained 30 out of 31 free throws; for the is located just north of the UE campus. Fans are in- season, he is shooting a league-leading 90.2% from the line and is 91.1% in MVC play; his vited to come out each week and get the inside scoop percentage on the season is seventh in the country on the latest developments with the Aces basketball - Already the career leader for steals at UE, Ryan has continued to add to his mark and did team! so in a big way in the win over Drake, setting a career-high with seven swipes; he now has 173 for his career after breaking Reed Jackson’s record of 150 against Butler - Colt also ranks second on the squad with 91 assists, when he finishes with five or more Home Media Stats assists, the Aces have won six out of eight contests Members of the media can follow today’s game by logging on to evansville.statbroadcast.com. You can Defending The Ford Center follow it on any laptop or mobile device. This access is - In just its second season, the Ford Center has proven to be a tough place for the available for all home contests. opposition to play; last season, UE was 11-7 at home before winning 12 of its first 14 home contests this season - Winning at home has become a regular occurrence for the Aces as they are 12-2 at the Ford Center this season; the last time UE lost two or fewer at home came in the 1994-95 campaign when the Aces were 12-2, the top record since that time was in 2010-11 and 1999-00 when UE was 12-3 Exclusive Company - With 10 points at Bradley, senior Ned Cox became just the 45th player in program history Media Policy to record 1,000 points for his career, his outing against Drake put him at 1,021 for his career - Cox followed that up with his best offensive outing of the season as he posted 21 in the University of Evansville Sports Information Director Bob Pristash will overtime win against Drake; he stands at 44th on the all-time list having passed Clyde Cox’s be serving as the primary media contact for Aces Men’s Basketball this season and all interview and media requests must be directed to his total of 1,010; next up for Cox is former UE player and assistant coach Chris Hollender who attention.