Game Notes 2-11-07
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2007-08 Schedule Sat. 11/3 Oakland City (ex.) W 82-43 Sun. 11/11 Samford L 50-49 Sat. 11/17 #25 Butler L 60-47 Tue. 11/20 at S.E. Missouri L 87-77 Sat. 11/24 at Ball State W 51-50 Sat. 12/1 at Buffalo L 81-60 Wed. 12/5 Princeton W 53-32 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay W 72-62 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso L 75-67 U. Of Evansville Purple Aces (5-11, 0-6) Sat. 12/15 Hanover W 57-44 Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State W 80-71 At Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * L 70-56 Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * L 64-51 Bradley U. Braves (8-10, 1-5) Sun. 1/6 Drake * L 71-68 Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008 • 7:05 CST Wed. 1/9 at Creighton * L 77-59 Sat. 1/12 at Illinois State * L 74-66 Carver Arena (11,060) • Peoria, Illinois Tue. 1/15 Southern Illinois * L 80-67 Sat. 1/19 at Bradley * 7:05 Bradley University Braves (8-10, 1-5) Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 PPG RPG Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:20 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 0 Tyrone Cole-Scott G 5-10 186 Jr. Waterloo, Iowa (Tyler JC) 3.6 0.8 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 4 David Collins C 7-0 240 Jr. Toronto, Ontario (Emery Coll. Institute) 4.7 3.2 5 Sam Maniscalco G 6-0 185 Fr. Chicago, Illinois (St. Patrick) 7.4 1.6 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 12 Theron Wilson G/F 6-5 197 Jr. Topeka, Kansas (Seward County CC) 8.5 6.0 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 14 Jeremy Crouch G 6-5 216 Sr. Pekin, Illinois (Pekin Community) 14.1 3.3 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 20 Daniel Ruffin (Inj.) G 5-10 162 Sr. Peoria, Illinois (Peoria Central) 14.2 3.6 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 21 Will Egolf F/C 6-9 220 Fr. Juneau, Alaska (Douglas) 2.2 1.8 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 22 Matt Salley F 6-7 230 Sr. Charlotte, North Carolina (N. Mecklenburg) 5.7 6.1 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA 24 Andrew Warren G 6-5 200 So. Indianapolis, Indiana (Brebeuf) 13.6 3.4 Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 25 Ryan Phillips G 6-3 207 So. Peoria, Illinois (Richwoods) 0.7 0.0 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 30 Cameron Sweatman F 6-7 183 Fr. Springfield, Illinois (Lake Forest Academy) 0.0 0.0 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA 32 Rashad Austin F 6-7 245 Jr. Rancho Cucamonga, Cal. (Northeastern JC) 1.5 1.5 (St. Louis, Mo.) 34 Ryan Thornton G/F 6-7 197 So. Chillicothe, Illinois (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) 0.0 0.0 *MVC game All Times Central 41 Anthony Thompson C 6-10 186 Fr. Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) 0.0 0.0 2007-08 MVC Standings 50 Brian Lavin G 6-0 174 Jr. Peoria, Illinois (Notre Dame HS) 0.0 0.5 (Through Jan. 18) 54 Sam Singh C 6-9 256 Jr. Ozark, Missouri (Ozark) 3.5 2.5 MVC Overall Probable Starters In Bold Drake 6-0 15-1 Head Coach: Jim Les, 6th year at BU, 92-83; 6th year overall, 92-83 Illinois State 6-0 14-3 Indiana State 4-2 9-7 Saturday’s game will be broadcast by the UE Radio Network Creighton 4-2 13-3 (WUEV 91.5 FM./wuev.evansville.edu, WJLT 105.3 FM, WSJD 110.5 FM, WNTC 103.9 FM) Missouri State 3-3 10-8 Southern Illinois 3-3 8-9 Northern Iowa 2-4 10-7 U. of Evansville Purple Aces (5-11, 0-6) PPG RPG Wichita State 1-5 8-9 Bradley 1-5 8-10 2 Kavon Lacey G 6-1 190 Fr. Alton, Illinois (Alton) 2.1 1.0 Evansville 0-6 5-11 3 Jon Van Hoose G 6-4 167 Fr. Ashland, Kentucky (Russell) 0.0 0.3 Upcoming MVC Games 4 Nate Garner F 6-5 224 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington/Tyler JC) 6.5 5.4 5 Shy Ely F 6-4 197 Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana (Speedway) 12.7 5.4 Saturday, Jan. 19 Evansville at Bradley 7:05 10 Taylor Morrow G 6-2 163 So. Wadesville, Indiana (North Posey) 1.6 0.6 Illinois State at Drake 7:05 11 Victor Gomez F 6-6 210 Sr. San Francisco, D.R. (Chipola CC) 5.4 5.0 Wichita State at Southern Illinois 7:05 14 Trent Wargel G 5-7 160 Jr. Ridgway, Illinois (Gallatin County) 0.0 0.5 Indiana State at Creighton 7:35 15 Jay Couisnard G/F 6-6 190 So. Houston, Texas (Yates) 4.6 1.8 Sunday, Jan. 20 20 Trevor Gregory G 6-2 193 So. Evansville, Indiana (Harrison) 1.5 0.5 Missouri State at Northern Iowa 1:05 Tuesday, Jan. 22 21 Darin Granger G 6-2 175 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 7.2 1.7 Drake at Creighton 7:05 22 Jason Holsinger G 5-11 177 Jr. Lapel, Indiana (Lapel) 12.9 2.6 Wednesday, Jan. 23 23 Jason Switzer G 6-3 175 Fr. Huntingburg, Indiana (Southridge) 0.0 0.0 Evansville at Indiana State 6:05 40 Zach House C 7-0 218 Fr. Rock Falls, Illinois (Rock Falls) 0.0 0.0 Northern Iowa at Wichita State 7:05 41 Pieter van Tongeren C 6-11 229 Fr. Driehuis, The Netherlands (Ichthus College) 7.9 5.4 Southern Illinois at Missouri State 7:05 52 Clint Hopf F 6-8 237 Fr. Birdseye, Indiana (Forest Park) 4.1 2.9 Illinois State at Bradley 7:05 Saturday, Jan. 26 Probable Starters In Bold Northern Iowa at Drake 5:00 Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville ‘87) 1st year at UE, 5-11; 7th year overall, 103-83 Missouri State at Evansville 7:05 Bradley at Wichita State 7:05 Creighton at Southern Illinois 8:00 www.GoPurpleAces.com BRADLEY 6-FOR-7 VS. EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FACTS Bradley took over the series lead against Evansville two years ago. The •Nickname: Purple Aces Braves have won four in a row and six of the last seven against UE, and •Colors: Purple, White, Orange Bradley now leads the series 17-13. Bradley has won four in a row over the •UE Enrollment: 2,421 Aces at Carver Arena. •Conference: Missouri Valley Conference •Arena: Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,600) COACH MERFELD •President: Dr. Stephen Jennings Bradley assistant coach Steve Merfeld was Evansville’s head coach the past •Director of Athletics: John Stanley five seasons before resigning from UE last March. Many of the Aces’ key •Head Coach: Marty Simmons (1st year at Evansville; 7th players this season under first-year coach Marty Simmons played for or were year as a head coach). recruited by Coach Merfeld. Those players include the lone senior, Victor •2006-07 Record: 14-17 (6-12 MVC T7th) Gomez, juniors Shy Ely and Jason Holsinger, sophomores Darin Granger and •Assistant Coaches: Marcus Belcher, Jimmy Elgas, Ben Jay Couisnard, and redshirt freshman center Pieter van Tongeren. Wierzba •Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Sweeney ELY’S OFFENSE •Basketball Trainer: Troy Coppus Junior forward Shy Ely has scored 20 points or more four times in his career, •Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brady Holt and all four have come this season. He is coming off his first back-to-back •Basketball Admin. Assistant: Jennifer Balentine 20-point games, with a career-high 28 last Saturday at Illinois State and 21 •Student Managers: Paul Bragin, Wilfredo Delgado, Chad Tuesday against Southern Illinois. The first time Ely ever scored 15 points Harmon, Franklin Kinkaid, Robert Moreland, Alex Vetter, or more was at Carver Arena against Bradley two years ago as a freshman. Ben Wallace •Team Chaplain: Pastor Larry Rascoe HOLSINGER BY THREE •D-I NCAA Tournaments: 5 (1982, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) Junior guard Jason Holsinger has 206 points this season for a 12.9 average, •NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, ‘94) three ahead of number two scorer Shy Ely (12.7). Holsinger is close to •Conference Regular Season Championships: 6 (1982, ‘87, becoming only the fifth Evansville player to make 200 three-pointers in a ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) career. He goes into Saturday’s game with 195 treys in just two-and-a-half •Conference Tournament Titles (MVC): 3 (1982, ‘92, ‘93) seasons at UE. The only four with 200 or more are Marcus Wilson (250), REACHING THE ACES Scott Haffner (245), Kyle Anslinger (213) and Scott Shreffler (211). •SID Bob Boxell: 812-488-2285 (o); 812-760-4273 (cell); 812-488-2090 (fax); [email protected] DISHING OUT, TOO •Roberts Stadium Office: (812) 476-1383 Jason Holsinger is a rare player (and not just because he has close to a 4.0 •Roberts Stadium Press Row: (812) 488-1405 grade point average). Holsinger leads the team in scoring, and is also the team leader in assists. In fact, he has more than twice as many assists as ON THE AIR anyone else on the team. Holsinger has 72 assists for a 4.5 average. All UE fans in the Tri-State can tune in to the Purple Aces’ Radio Network . 91.5 FM-WUEV will serve as the OF ALL TEAMS flagship station, with 105.3 FM-WJLT in Evansville, 100.5 Despite struggling all season with its field goal accuracy, Southern Illinois on FM-WSJD in Mt.