Lawrence University (5-7, 3-4 MWC) vs. (11-2, 6-2 MWC) Saturday, Jan. 18, 1 p.m. Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton,

2013-14 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE PROBABLE STARTERS Lawrence Date Opponent Time/Res. Forward Chase Nelson Sr. 6-5 Guard Ryan DePouw Jr. 6-3 11/15 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 92-77 Guard Jamie Nikitas So. 6-0 11/16 at UW-Stevens L, 99-73 Guard Brian Gryszkiewicz Sr. 6-1 Guard Chris Siebert Sr. 6-2 11/23 Elmhurst L, 96-81

12/4 Carroll W, 76-67 Grinnell Forward Aaron Levin Sr. 6-6 12/11 at Cornell L, 75-69 Forward Nick Curta Fr. 6-5 12/14 at Knox W, 92-47 Guard Luke Yaeger Jr. 6-1 Guard Patrick Maher Sr. 6-6 12/16 College W, 88-64 Guard Julian Marx Fr. 5-11 12/18 vs. Mount St. Vincent W, 82-59

12/20 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 73-56 VIDEO WEBCAST Gymnasium last season. Lawrence has A free video webcast is available actually dominated the rivalry since 1/4 at St. Norbert L, 81-68 at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/ the Carter Administration. Lawrence client/lawrence.portal?mode=link# has a 27-14 mark against the Pioneers 1/11 Ripon L, 69-66 with Dick Knapinski and Anthony To- since the 1979-80 season. 1/14 at Lake Forest 5:30 pm toraitis on the call. A link for Lawrence webcasts is on the Lawrence basket- LAST GAME 1/18 Grinnell 1:00 pm ball page. Lake Forest pulled away late and hung on to defeat visiting Lawrence 1/22 at Ripon 5:30 pm THE COACHES 83-76 in a game 1/25 Knox 1:00 pm }Joel DePagter (Lawrence 1998), the on Tuesday. 1997 Midwest Conference Player of Jim Schick led Lake Forest with 19 1/28 at Carroll 5:30 pm the Year and 2009 Midwest Confer- points, and James Stack had 18 points. ence Coach of the Year, is in his sev- Ryan DePouw led three Lawrence 2/1 Monmouth 1:00 pm enth season at Lawrence and has a players in double figures with 18 record of 90-64 (.584). points. Jamie Nikitas added 17 points 2/5 St. Norbert 5:30 pm }David Arseneault (Colby 1976) is in and a game-high nine rebounds for 2/8 at 1:00 pm his 25th season at Grinnell and has a the , and Brian Gryszkiewicz record of 322-243 (.570). had 16 points and a game-high six as- 2/12 at Beloit 5:30 pm sists. THE SERIES The Foresters led 36-32 at the half 2/15 Cornell 3:00 pm }In a series that goes back to 1940, and put on a quick scoring surge to 2/19 Lake Forest 5:30 pm the teams are tied 49-49. The series in- take command early in the second side the series is Lawrence’s record vs. half. A 7-0 burst gave Lake Forest a 50- 2/22 at Grinnell 1:00 pm Grinnell’s “system.” The Vikings are 18- 39 lead with 16:08 remaining. 12 in games against the system. Law- The Vikings still trailed by double 2/28-3/1 MWC Tournament TBA rence snapped Grinnell’s six-game win digits when they went on a 16-6 run, Home games in bold streak in the series when the Vikings capped by Nikitas’ 3-pointer with 6:05 won 114-106 in overtime at Alexander left, to cut the lead to 62-61. The Foresters answered with a 3-pointer from Stack and a from DEPAGTER’S RECORD Brian Madson to push the lead back Lawrence head to 67-61. Lawrence never got closer coach Joel than four points after that as Lake For- DePagter is in his est went 12-for-12 from the line seventh season as in the final 1:28 to seal the victory. MWC Standings the Vikings’ coach. MWC Overall He is the only VIKINGS UPDATE person in Midwest }Lawrence dropped W L W L Conference history its fourth consecutive St. Norbert 8 0 12 1 Joel DePagter game on Tuesday at Grinnell 6 2 11 2 to be named both Lake Forest. The Vikings Ripon 6 2 9 4 Player of the Year had not lost four in a Carroll 5 4 8 6 (1997) and Coach of the Year (2009). row since the midway Illinois College 4 4 8 5 point of the 2011-12 Monmouth 4 4 5 8 Opponent Record season. Lawrence has not lost five in Lawrence 3 4 5 7 Ashford 0-1 a row since the final five games of the Cornell 3 5 6 7 Beloit* 8-3 2000-01 season. Beloit 3 5 5 8 Cal Lutheran 0-1 Lake Forest 3 5 4 9 Caltech 1-0 }Senior guard Chris Siebert (Baraboo, Knox 0 8 1 12 Carroll* 8-7 Wis./Baraboo) was limited to just Coe 1-1 eight points in the loss at Lake Forest. Concordia (Ill.) 1-0 It was the first game this season that Results Tuesday Cornell* 3-2 Siebert had not scored in double fig- Lake Forest 83, Lawrence 76 ures. Siebert had scored in double fig- Grinnell 118, Cornell 97 Dominican (Ill.) 1-0 ures in 18 consecutive games dating Carroll 67, Beloit 54 Elmhurst 0-2 back to last season. His previous low St. Norbert 102, Ripon 62 Florida College 1-0 this season was 10 Illinois College 87, Knox 81 Grinnell* 4-7 points in Lawrence’s Games Saturday Illinois College* 10-2 blowout win against Grinnell at Lawrence Johnson and Wales (Fla.) 1-0 Mount St. Vincent. St. Norbert at Illinois College Knox* 11-1 Carroll at Knox Lake Forest* 7-4 }Siebert did move Lakeland 1-0 past Reggie Geans Cornell at Ripon Lake Forest at Monmouth Manchester 0-1 (1,160) for 11th place Marian 2-2 on Lawrence’s career Chris Siebert Monmouth* 11-0 scoring list. Siebert }Siebert missed all three of his 3-point Mount St. Vincent 1-0 now has 1,161 points. Next up would attempts at Lake Forest and is now at Nova Southeastern 1-0 be Mike Fogel and Ben Zagorski, who 50.7 percent from beyond the arc this are tied for ninth place at 1,175 points. season. St. Norbert’s Kam Cerroni is Ripon* 6-7 first at 52.7 percent. St. Mary’s (Md.) 0-1 }Siebert leads the team and ranks St. Norbert* 5-9 sixth in the Midwest Conference }Nikitas picked up Southeastern (Fla.) 0-1 in scoring at 17.8 points per game. one against Trinity (Fla.) 1-0 Siebert is one of four Vikings averag- Lake Forest and Washington (Mo.) 0-1 ing double figures in points. Sopho- continues to lead Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 more guard Jamie Nikitas (Glenview, the Midwest Confer- Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 Ill./Glenbrook South) and junior for- ence at 2.3 steals per UW-Oshkosh 1-3 ward Ryan DePouw are both aver- game. Nikitas also UW-Stevens Point 1-6 aging 13.4 points per game. Senior is the team’s top re- Jamie Nikitas UW-Whitewater 0-1 swingman Tyler Mazur (Reedsburg, bounder at 6.0 per Totals 90-64 Wis./Reedsburg) is at 10.3 points per game, and that ranks contest. 10th in the Midwest Conference. *MWC opponent }Senior guard Bri- an Gryszkiewicz Lawrence University Basketball Facts (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Sussex Hamil- Location Appleton, Wis. ton) handed out six Founded 1847 assists against Lake Enrollment 1,450 Forest and leads President Mark Burstein the team at 3.8 per Brian Gryszkiewicz game. That is tied for Affiliation NCAA Division III third in the Midwest Conference and Conference Midwest Conference leads the team. Gryszkiewicz ranks Nickname Vikings second in the conference in -to- School Colors Blue and White ratio at 3.5. Gryszkiewicz also Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium is averaging 1.9 steals per game, and (1929, capacity 1,100) that is tied for second in the league. Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski First season of basketball 1896 }Lawrence ranks fifth in the Miwest Seasons of basketball 110 Conference in scoring offense at All-time record 945-1044-1 (.475) 76.6 points per game. The Vikings are fourth in scoring defense at 74.2 Midwest Conference titles 8 points per contest. 1924-25, 1942-43, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09 }The Vikings are fifth in the league MWC Tournament titles 6 percentage at 46.1 percent 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and fourth in 3-point shooting at 38.6 NCAA Tournament appearances 6 percent. The Vikings rank fifth in field 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 goal percentage defense at 46.1 per- cent and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage defense at 40.1 percent. nents sport an overall recofrd of 44-29 this season and include two top-10 1,000 POINT CLUB SCOUTING GRINNELL ranked squads, including No. 1 UW- Player Points Years }Grinnell won its Stevens Point. Chris Braier 1,565 2002-06 fourth consecutive Joel Dillingham 1,554 1989-93 game with a 118-97 }Junior guard continues Ryan Kroeger 1,537 2005-09 victory at Cornell on to draw national attention and leads Tuesday. Aaron Levin NCAA Division III in scoring at 36.5 Doug Fyfe 1,342 1972-76 went 13-for-19 from points per game. The Pioneers have Adam LaVoy 1,273 1997-2001 the floor, including 5-for-9 from five players averaging double figures Joel Ungrodt 1,247 1961-64 3-point range, on his way to a game- in points. Matt Miota 1,246 1987-91 high 33 points. The Pioneers shot 42.5 Joel DePagter 1,243 1995-98 percent (17-for-40) from beyond the }Grinnell has four of the top eight Ben Zagorski 1,175 1994-98 arc, and when they do that, they are scorers in the league. In addition to Mike Fogel 1,175 1975-79 almost unbeatable. Taylor, Aaron Levin is fourth in the Chris Siebert 1,161 2010-now league at 18.7 points per game, and }Because of their unique style of Patrick Maher and Luke Yaeger are Reggie Geans 1,160 1985-89 play, the Pioneers do find it difficult tied for seventh at 17.5. John Dekker 1,117 2006-10 to schedule quality nonconference Shawn Koerner 1,115 1985-89 opponents. Grinnell did take on Iowa }Maher leads the nation in assists at Richard Schultz 1,088 1964-67 Conference teams Wartburg and 10.1 per game. Maher set the NCAA Tom Steinmetz 1,073 1963-66 Simpson this season, but the overall game record with 37 assists in a 164- Jason Holinbeck 1,051 2001-05 record of this season’s nonconfer- 144 victory over the College of Faith, a Strat Warden 1,042 1969-72 ence rivals (Finlandia, Crossroads, West Memphis, Ark., school and mem- Bob Townsend 1,031 1966-69 Wartburg, Simpson, College of Faith) ber of the American Small College is a combined 19-55. By contrast, Athletic Association. Maher broke the Jim Rasmussen 1,030 1958-61 Lawrence’s nonconference oppo- record of 34, which had been set by Rob Cohen 1,005 1976-80 current associate head coach David Arseneault back in 2007. LAWRENCE’S POSTSEASON HISTORY }1997 }Maher also is tied for second in the Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence league at 1.9 steals per game. Lawrence 83, Grinnell 82 (semifinals) Lawrence 90, Knox 79 (championship) }Levin is the top rebounder on the NCAA Division III Tournament squad and ranks third in the league at Wabash 69, Lawrence 63 (first round at Wabash) 6.8 per game. }1998 Midwest Conference Tournament at Monmouth Lawrence 79, Monmouth 68 (semifinals) }Grinnell leads the nation in scoring Ripon 73, Lawrence 60 (championship) at 128.3 points per game. The Pio- }2000 neers rank last in the league in scoring Midwest Conference Tournament at Lake Forest defense at 112.1 points per game. Lawrence 67, Lake Forest 61 (semifinals) Ripon 85, Lawrence 54 (championship) }Grinnell ranks eighth in the confer- }2003 ence in field goal percentage at 46.0 Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell percent. The Pioneers are last in field Illinois College 86, Lawrence 77 OT (semifinals) goal percentage defense at 61.6 per- }2004 cent. Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 68, Lake Forest 63 (semifinals) }The Pioneers have made a league- Lawrence 82, Carroll 71 (championship) best 281 3-pointers and rank sixth in NCAA Division III Tournament the conference in 3-point shooting at Lawrence 86, Lakeland 51 (first round at Lawrence) 37.0 percent. The Pioneers are 10th in Lawrence 72, Buena Vista 66 (second round at Buena Vista) the conference in 3-point field goal Lawrence 86, Sul Ross State 79 OT (Sweet 16 at Puget Sound) percentage defense at 42.4 percent. UW-Stevens Point 82, Lawrence 81 OT (Elite Eight at Puget Sound) *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title }2005 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 87, Carroll 76 (semifinals) Lawrence 82, Ripon 77 OT (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Lawrence 70, Gustavus Adolphus 56 (first round at Gustavus) UW-Stevens Point 79, Lawrence 45 (second round at UW-Stevens Point) *UW-Stevens Point won NCAA title }2006 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 88, Knox 62 (semifinals) Lawrence 68, Carroll 62 (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Lawrence 63, St. Thomas 59 (second round at Lawrence) Illinois Wesleyan 71, Lawrence 68 (Sweet 16 at Lawrence) }2008 Midwest Conference Tournament at Lawrence Lawrence 59, St. Norbert 58 (semifinals) Lawrence 98, Carroll 95 OT (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Wheaton 93, Lawrence 83 OT (first round at UW-Whitewater) }2009 Midwest Conference Tournament at Grinnell Lawrence 90, Carroll 66 (semifinals) Lawrence 88, Grinnell 69 (championship) NCAA Division III Tournament Washington University 67, Lawrence 65 (first round at Elmhurst) *Washington University won NCAA title 2013-14 Lawrence Basketball Lawrence University Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 16, 2014) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (5-7) (3-2) (1-4) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (3-4) (2-1) (1-3) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-3) (1-1) (0-1) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------24 Chris Siebert...... 12-12 396 33.0 71-146 .486 35-69 .507 36-42 .857 9 40 49 4.1 27 0 31 32 1 5 213 17.8 03 Jamie Nikitas...... 12-12 358 29.8 56-104 .538 10-31 .323 39-61 .639 10 62 72 6.0 32 1 30 19 7 28 161 13.4 11 Ryan DePouw...... 12-12 338 28.2 49-103 .476 16-42 .381 47-59 .797 11 37 48 4.0 33 1 23 23 4 2 161 13.4 12 Tyler Mazur...... 12-0 235 19.6 46-99 .465 26-74 .351 6-7 .857 5 20 25 2.1 18 0 7 7 2 5 124 10.3 20 Davis DeWolfe...... 3-2 52 17.3 9-18 .500 1-7 .143 4-5 .800 6 5 11 3.7 11 1 2 8 2 0 23 7.7 05 Brian Gryszkiewicz. 12-12 312 26.0 22-50 .440 1-8 .125 11-31 .355 7 12 19 1.6 32 1 45 13 1 23 56 4.7 15 Max Burgess...... 12-0 131 10.9 15-34 .441 10-26 .385 5-5 1.000 6 5 11 0.9 8 0 12 4 0 3 45 3.8 22 Chase Nelson...... 12-10 238 19.8 18-29 .621 0-0 .000 5-10 .500 10 31 41 3.4 24 0 4 8 4 5 41 3.4 25 Trace Sonnleitner.. 12-0 137 11.4 15-37 .405 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 6 20 26 2.2 13 0 5 8 2 1 36 3.0 23 Peter Winslow...... 3-0 12 4.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1.7 04 Mitch Willer...... 5-0 17 3.4 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 4 6 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 1.6 32 Adam Breseman...... 4-0 11 2.8 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.5 00 Tom Antosz...... 9-0 37 4.1 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 0 3 3 0.3 4 0 4 7 1 1 13 1.4 33 Andrew Borresen.... 10-0 66 6.6 5-11 .455 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 5 6 11 1.1 8 0 2 5 0 2 14 1.4 30 Troy Miller...... 8-0 41 5.1 2-9 .222 2-8 .250 3-5 .600 0 7 7 0.9 5 0 4 3 0 0 9 1.1 21 Shane Cullian...... 6-0 19 3.2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 1 2 0.3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.7 TEAM...... 19 17 36 3.0 0 0 ------Total...... 12 2400 317-655 .484 112-290 .386 173-247 .700 97 272 369 30.8 221 4 172 139 25 75 919 76.6 Opponents...... 12 2400 317-687 .461 83-207 .401 173-249 .695 129 281 410 34.2 224 - 134 140 34 73 890 74.2

TEAM STATISTICS LU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 919 890 11/15/13 WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE W 92-77 821 Points per game...... 76.6 74.2 11/16/13 at UW-Stevens Point L 73-99 1536 Scoring margin...... +2.4 - 11/23/13 ELMHURST COLLEGE L 81-96 727 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 317-655 317-687 *12/4/13 W 76-67 671 Field goal pct...... 484 .461 *12/11/13 at L 69-75 165 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 112-290 83-207 *12/14/13 at W 92-47 225 3-point FG pct...... 386 .401 *12/16/13 ILLINOIS COLLEGE W 88-64 567 3-pt FG made per game.. 9.3 6.9 12/18/13 vs Mount Saint Vincent W 82-59 58 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 173-247 173-249 12/20/13 vs UW-Whitewater L 56-73 122 pct...... 700 .695 *1/4/14 at St. Norbert College L 68-81 892 REBOUNDS...... 369 410 *1/11/14 RIPON COLLEGE L 66-69 1067 Rebounds per game...... 30.8 34.2 *1/14/14 at L 76-83 465 Rebounding margin...... -3.4 - ASSISTS...... 172 134 Assists per game...... 14.3 11.2 TURNOVERS...... 139 140 Turnovers per game..... 11.6 11.7 Turnover margin...... +0.1 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.2 1.0 STEALS...... 75 73 Steals per game...... 6.3 6.1 BLOCKS...... 25 34 Blocks per game...... 2.1 2.8 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 3853 3463 Home games-Avg/Game.... 5-771 5-657 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-90

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Lawrence University...... 444 475 - 919 Opponents...... 427 463 - 890 2013-14 Lawrence Basketball Lawrence University Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Jan 16, 2014) All games

00 03 04 05 11 12 15 20 21 Opponent Date Score WL ANTOSZ,TO NIKITAS,J WILLER,MI GRYSZKIEW DEPOUW,RY MAZUR,TYL BURGESS,M DEWOLFE,D CULLIAN,S ------WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLL11/15/13 92-77 W 0- 0- 0 12- 9- 2 2- 0- 0 12- 1- 3 14- 6- 3 3- 3- 0 0- 2- 2 11- 4- 1 0- 0- 0 at UW-Stevens Point 11/16/13 73-99 L 2- 0- 1 11- 2- 3 DNP 0- 2- 2 15- 7- 1 10- 2- 0 2- 0- 0 10- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 ELMHURST COLLEGE 11/23/13 81-96 L 5- 0- 0 7- 3- 1 0- 0- 0 3- 2- 6 2- 5- 4 8- 3- 0 6- 0- 0 2- 2- 1 2- 0- 0 CARROLL UNIVERSITY 12/4/13 76-67 W 0- 1- 1 22- 6- 4 DNP 1- 3- 4 18- 1- 1 21- 2- 0 0- 0- 1 DNP DNP at Cornell College 12/11/13 69-75 L 3- 0- 1 17- 7- 2 DNP 0- 1- 0 17- 1- 3 8- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP at Knox College 12/14/13 92-47 W 3- 1- 1 9-10- 6 2- 4- 1 2- 2- 4 8- 2- 0 7- 1- 2 11- 0- 2 DNP 2- 1- 0 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 12/16/13 88-64 W 0- 0- 0 13- 2- 5 4- 1- 0 1- 0- 6 12- 3- 3 16- 4- 1 6- 1- 0 DNP 0- 1- 0 vs Mount Saint Vincent 12/18/13 82-59 W 0- 1- 0 13- 8- 1 0- 1- 0 6- 1- 4 15- 3- 3 17- 2- 1 7- 3- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UW-Whitewater 12/20/13 56-73 L DNP 14- 8- 4 DNP 3- 2- 0 17- 4- 2 5- 2- 1 3- 1- 0 DNP DNP at St. Norbert College 1/4/14 68-81 L DNP 22- 2- 0 DNP 6- 1- 5 16- 4- 0 8- 3- 1 0- 1- 4 DNP DNP RIPON COLLEGE 1/11/14 66-69 L 0- 0- 0 4- 6- 2 DNP 6- 2- 5 9- 7- 2 16- 1- 0 3- 1- 0 DNP DNP at Lake Forest College 1/14/14 76-83 L DNP 17- 9- 0 DNP 16- 2- 6 18- 5- 1 5- 1- 0 7- 2- 0 DNP DNP

22 23 24 25 30 32 33 Opponent Date Score WL NELSON,CH WINSLOW,P SIEBERT,C SONNLEITN MILLER,TR BRESEMAN, BORRESEN, ------WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLL11/15/13 92-77 W 2- 1- 0 DNP 30- 3- 4 0- 4- 1 0- 0- 2 0- 0- 0 6- 1- 0 at UW-Stevens Point 11/16/13 73-99 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 15- 7- 3 0- 0- 0 5- 1- 0 DNP 3- 3- 0 ELMHURST COLLEGE 11/23/13 81-96 L 2- 2- 0 DNP 26- 5- 4 12- 5- 2 3- 0- 0 DNP 3- 1- 0 CARROLL UNIVERSITY 12/4/13 76-67 W 2- 7- 2 DNP 12- 4- 4 0- 1- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 at Cornell College 12/11/13 69-75 L 11- 7- 0 DNP 13- 8- 3 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 DNP 0- 1- 0 at Knox College 12/14/13 92-47 W 7- 2- 0 1- 1- 1 25- 3- 4 9- 4- 0 0- 1- 1 6- 0- 0 0- 2- 0 ILLINOIS COLLEGE 12/16/13 88-64 W 6- 5- 0 2- 1- 0 22- 1- 1 4- 2- 1 0- 3- 1 0- 0- 1 2- 0- 1 vs Mount Saint Vincent 12/18/13 82-59 W 4- 6- 1 2- 0- 0 10- 7- 2 7- 4- 1 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 vs UW-Whitewater 12/20/13 56-73 L 0- 3- 0 DNP 14- 1- 0 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 2- 0 at St. Norbert College 1/4/14 68-81 L 0- 3- 1 DNP 14- 1- 1 2- 3- 0 DNP DNP DNP RIPON COLLEGE 1/11/14 66-69 L 2- 3- 0 DNP 24- 5- 2 2- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 1 at Lake Forest College 1/14/14 76-83 L 5- 2- 0 DNP 8- 4- 3 0- 1- 0 DNP DNP DNP 2013-14 GAME RECAPS November 15 lead the No. 4 UW-Stevens Point men’s 21st player in school history to top the Lawrence 92, Wisconsin Lutheran 77 basketball team to a 99-73 nonconfer- 1,000-point plateau. Siebert now has APPLETON, ence win over Lawrence University at 1,019 points in his career and moved Wis. — Chris Quandt Fieldhouse. past Rob Cohen (1,005) into 20th Siebert poured in Hass went 13-for-17 from the place on the career scoring list. 30 points to lead floor and hit all seven of his 3-point at- Lawrence made several runs at the Lawrence tempts, but he did miss all four of his the Bluejays in the second half, but University men’s basketball team to shots from the foul line. Tyler Tillema Elmhurst was deadly from long-range a 92-77 nonconference victory over added 23 points as he went 9-for-11 after the break. The Bluejays went Wisconsin Lutheran College in the from the field. The Pointers shot 36- 6-for-8 from beyond the arc in the sec- season opener for both teams. for-60 from the floor for a red-hot 60 ond half and hit 52.4 percent (11-21) Siebert, a senior guard, hit 11 of percent. for the game. 15 shots from the floor, including 4 Lawrence (1-1) got a balanced at- Ackerman went 10-for-15 from of 7 from 3-point range. Siebert, who tack with five players scoring in dou- the floor, including 7-for-10 from matched the career high for points he ble figures. Chris Siebert and Ryan 3-point range. set last season at , DePouw scored 15 points apiece to The Vikings trailed by 10 at the also had three rebounds, four assists pace the Vikings. Jamie Nikitas added half and were still down by that mar- and a steal. 11 points, and Tyler Mazur and Davis gin after a 3-pointer from Ackerman All five starters scored in double DeWolfe chipped in with 10 points with 14:19 left. Lawrence then reeled figures for Lawrence (1-0), and the apiece. off eight consecutive points, six com- starters combined to shoot 30-for-50 Stevens Point (1-0) jumped out to ing on back-to-back 3-pointers from (60 percent) from the floor. Ryan De- a double-digit lead early in the game Siebert, to cut the margin to 58-56 Pouw added 14 points for the Vikings, and held that type of advantage un- with 12:47 left. and Jamie Nikitas had 12 points, a til the second half. The Vikings trailed The Bluejays answered with a game-high nine rebounds and a 64-48 before going on a 13-3 scoring conventional three-point play from game-high seven steals. Brian Grysz- run. Wuest, five consecutive points from kiewicz also had 12 points, and Davis Siebert scored five points in that Ackerman and a layup from Will Nixon DeWolfe had 11. stretch and Mazur drilled a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 68-58. Jake Jarnigo led Wisconsin Lu- during the run. Tom Antosz finished After a Wuest free throw moved theran (0-1) with 25 points and eight the outburst and cut the Pointers’ lead the lead to 72-59 with 9:19 left, Law- rebounds. to 67-61 with 11:29 left in the contest. rence made another run. Troy Miller The Warriors led only once in the The Pointers bounced right back drilled a 3-pointer and Trace Sonnleit- first half, by one point, and Lawrence and scored the game’s next six points ner followed with another 3-pointer got a jumper from Siebert to post a over the next 1:25 to grab a 73-61 to cut the margin to 72-65 with 8:13 41-36 lead at the break. edge. Lawrence never got closer than left. The Vikings pulled away early in eight points the rest of the way. Sanford then hit a jumper and the second half with a 7-0 run to push Ackerman made another 3-pointer to the advantage to 53-44 with 16:26 re- November 23 answer for the Bluejays. Sonnleitner, maining. Lawrence then went on an- Elmhurst 96, Lawrence 81 who finished with 12 points and five other 7-0 spurt, capped by DeWolfe’s APPLETON, Wis. rebounds, buried another 3-pointer 3-pointer, to build a 65-49 lead with — Bryant Ackerman for Lawrence, but Elmhurst scored the 13:30 left. came off the bench to next five points to push the margin Lawrence maintained that advan- score 29 points and back to 82-68. tage for the rest of the game. The Vi- lead the Elmhurst Lawrence didn’t get closer than kings led by as many as 22 points and College men’s basket- 10 points the rest of the way. never led by less than 14 points the ball team to a 96-81 nonconference rest of the way. victory over Lawrence University at December 4 Alexander Gymnasium. Lawrence 76, Carroll 67 November 16 Kyle Wuest added 25 points, and APPLETON, Wis. — No. 4 UW-Stevens Point 99, Nick Sanford had a double-double Jamie Nikitas and Tyler Lawrence 73 with 13 points and 11 rebounds for Mazur led four Law- STEVENS POINT, the Bluejays (2-2). rence University men’s Wis. — Trevor Hass Chris Siebert scored 26 points to basketball players in scored 33 points to lead Lawrence (1-2) and became the double figures as the 2013-14 GAME RECAPS Vikings downed Carroll University 76- Ryan DePouw and Jamie Nikitas percent from beyond the arc, jumped 67 in a Midwest Conference game at scored 17 points apiece to lead Law- to a big early lead and never looked Alexander Gymnasium. rence (2-3, 1-1). Chris Siebert had back. Nikitas scored a game-high 22 an off-night shooting but finished The Vikings scored the first eight points and Mazur added 21 as Law- with 13 points and grabbed eight re- points of the game and were up by rence (2-2, 1-0 MWC) rallied past the bounds for the Vikings. Chase Nelson double digits just over seven min- Pioneers (3-2, 1-1) in the second half. added 11 points, seven rebounds and utes into the contest. Sonnleitner’s Ryan DePouw added 18 points and three steals for Lawrence. 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in the Chris Siebert chipped in with 12 for The Rams led by as many as 13 first half gave Lawrence a 45-27 lead Lawrence. points in the first half and were still at the break. DePouw went 4-for-4 from up by 10 with 15 minutes left in the The Vikings pushed the lead early 3-point range, and Mazur hit 4 of 9 contest. The Vikings began slicing into in the second half to 25 points and from beyond the arc. Nikitas added the lead and got as close as two points steadily pulled away from there. Law- six rebounds, five steals and four as- before falling behind 69-60 with 2:48 rence’s largest lead of the game was sists for the Vikings. left. the 45-point final margin. Bryan Nagy paced Carroll with 17 Lawrence went on a 7-1 run, get- points and was one of four Pioneers in ting a layup from DePouw, a 3-pointer December 16 double figures. from Tyler Mazur and a layup from Ni- Lawrence 88, Illinois College 64 Carroll led 33-28 at the half, but the kitas to cut the lead to 70-67 with 44 APPLETON, Wis. Vikings pulled away midway through seconds left. — The Lawrence Uni- the second half. The score was tied at After Reggie Greenwood made versity men’s basket- 41-41 when Lawrence went on a 9-0 one free throw, Nikitas countered with ball team shot 64.7 run. Mazur scored five points in the a layup to cut the lead to 71-69 with percent from the floor run, including a 3-pointer to finish it, 29 seconds left. Tabari Carter then and rolled to an 88-64 and Nikitas added four. made four consecutive free throws, Midwest Conference win over Illinois The Pioneers whittled the lead sandwiched around a Lawrence turn- College at Alexander Gymnasium. back down to 54-51 with 5:31 remain- over, to seal the victory. Lawrence (4-3, 3-1 MWC) made ing, but DePouw buried a 3-pointer 33-of-51 shots from the floor and from the corner to answer for the Vi- December 14 went 14-for-27 (51.9 percent) from kings. Lawrence still led by six at the Lawrence 92, Knox 47 3-point range. 2:23 mark when Mazur converted a GALESBURG, Chris Siebert led Lawrence and all three-point play off a fastbreak to give Ill. — Chris scorers with 22 points. Siebert went the Vikings a 68-59 lead. Siebert poured 7-for-11 from the floor, including After a Carroll layup, Mazur bur- in 25 points as 6-for-8 from beyond the arc. Tyler Ma- ied another 3-pointer late in the shot the Lawrence zur added 16 points for the Vikings, clock to push Lawrence’s lead to 71-61 University men’s basketball team Jamie Nikitas had 13 and Ryan De- with 1:56 remaining. Carroll never got rolled to a 92-47 Midwest Conference Pouw chipped in with 12 points. Brian closer than nine points the rest of the win at Knox College. Gryszkiewicz handed out six assists way. Siebert hit 10-of-15 shots from and picked up five steals for the Vi- the floor, including 4-of-6 from kings, and Chase Nelson had a team- December 11 3-point range to lead Lawrence (3-3, high five rebounds. Cornell 75, Lawrence 69 2-1 MWC) to the victory. Max Burgess Spencer Campbell came off the MOUNT VERNON, came off the bench to score 11 points bench to lead Illinois College (3-3, 1-3) Iowa — The Lawrence in just 10 minutes for the Vikings. with 19 points, and Nathan Kohler University men’s bas- Jamie Nikitas and Trace Sonnleit- added 17. ketball team trailed by ner added nine points apiece for the Lawrence jumped on the Blue- double digits in the Vikings, who had 13 players score boys early and the Vikings never took second half but rallied in the game. Nikitas also grabbed a their foot off the gas. The Vikings hit to within two points before dropping game-high 10 rebounds to go with six their first five shots from the floor and a 75-69 Midwest Conference decision assists and three steals. led by double digits at 18-8 on Nikitas’ at Cornell College. David Jones led Knox (1-7, 0-4) layup with 13:03 left in the first half. Joey Guth led Cornell (4-2, 2-1 with 10 points. The Vikings went on a 25-5 mid- MWC) with 18 points and was one of Lawrence, which shot 64.8 per- way through the first half and led four Rams in double figures. cent from the floor, including 52.4 by 25 at 38-13 with seven minutes 2013-14 GAME RECAPS remaining in the opening half. The whittle the lead down to 16 points January 4 Vikings would lead by as many as 31 at 52-36 at the 12:23 mark of the sec- No. 14 St. Norbert 81, Lawrence 68 points in the first half and were up 53- ond half, but Lawrence removed any DE PERE, Wis. — 24 at the break. doubt of the next seven minutes. The The No. 14 St. Nor- Illinois College never made a run Vikings went on a 20-10 run as Ma- bert College men’s at the Vikings in the second half and zur scored seven points and DePouw basketball team used got no closer than 25 points after the added four to give Lawrence a 72-46 a scoring surge late in break. Lawrence shot a sizzling 72.2 lead with 5:09 remaining. the first half to build percent (13-18) from the floor in the a double-digit lead second half and led by as many as 32 December 20 and then maintained that advantage points. No. 12 UW-Whitewater 73 in an 81-68 Midwest Conference win Lawrence 56 over Lawrence University at Schuldes December 18 FORT LAU- Sports Center. Lawrence 82, Mount St. Vincent 59 DERDALE, Fla. St. Norbert (9-1, 5-0 MWC) went FORT LAUDER- — The Lawrence on a 13-2 run over the final 3:36 of the DALE, Fla. — The University men’s first half to build a 41-30 lead at the Lawrence Univer- basketball team gave No. 12 UW- break. Lawrence (5-5, 3-2) closed to sity men’s basket- Whitewater all it could handle for 30- within eight points early in the second ball team took over plus minutes before the Warhawks half, but the Green Knights were able the game midway finally pulled away for a 73-56 non- to keep the Vikings at arm’s length the through the first half and rolled to an conference victory at the Cruzin Clas- rest of the way. 82-59 nonconference win over the sic. St. Norbert led by as many as 15 College of Mount St. Vincent at the Whitewater (7-2) used a balanced points until the final minute. Lawrence Cruzin Classic. attack to pick up the win, and the couldn’t get closer than 12 points in Tyler Mazur came off the bench Warhawks had four players score in the final 10 minutes of the game as to lead Lawrence (5-3) with 17 points. double figures. Eric Bryson paced the the teams traded baskets consistently Mazur went 6-for-9 from the floor, in- Warhawks with 16 points, Quardell during the second half. cluding 4-for-7 from 3-point range. Young had 15 and KJ Evans added 14. UW-Green Bay transfer Kam Cer- Ryan DePouw added 15 points, and Ryan DePouw led Lawrence (5-4) roni hit seven 3-pointers on his way Jamie Nikitas had 13 points and a and all scorers with 17 points. Jamie to a game-high 23 points. The Green team-high eight rebounds for the Nikitas and Chris Siebert both added Knights went 11-for-19 (57.9 percent) Vikings. Lawrence’s Chris Siebert 14 points, and Nikitas had a game- from beyond the arc in the game. chipped in with 10 points and seven high eight rebounds, four assists and Jamie Nikitas paced Lawrence rebounds. two steals. with 22 points. The sophomore guard Brandon Serrano led Mount St. The teams traded the lead went 6-for-10 from the floor, including Vincent (1-7) with 17 points and nine throughout the first half, and Law- 4-for-5 from 3-point range. Junior for- rebounds. rence trailed 32-31 after a DePouw ward Ryan DePouw added 16 points, The Dolphins scored the first six 3-pointer with 3:15 left in the first half. and Chris Siebert had 14 points for points of the game and led 10-6, but The Warhawks then scored the final the Vikings. Lawrence dominated the rest of the eight points of the first half to lead 40- Austin Elliott added 15 points for half. The Vikings went on a 36-8 tear 32 at the break. St. Norbert, and Andrew Schwoerer over the final 12 minutes of the first Whitewater’s lead hovered be- had 11 points and a game-high nine half to lead 42-18 at the half. tween five and 12 points through the rebounds. DePouw scored 11 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half. first half, and Mazur added seven to The Warhawks were up 58-46 when January 11 pace the Vikings. Lawrence also put the Vikings got back-to-back Ripon 69, Lawrence 66 the clamps on Mount St. Vincent de- from Nikitas and Tyler Mazur to cut APPLETON, Wis. fensively and held the Dolphins to the margin to eight. — Tyler Ketz hit a just 27.6 percent shooting (8-for-29) Whitewater countered with a la- 3-pointer with 30 sec- from the floor in the first half. The Dol- yup from Young and a 3-pointer from onds left to lift the phins shot 39.3 percent for the game, Bryson to finally take control for good Ripon College men’s including 11.8 percent (2-for-17) from with 6:20 left. Lawrence didn’t get basketball team to a beyond the arc. closer than 11 points the rest of the 69-66 Midwest Conference victory Mount St. Vincent did manage to way. over Lawrence University at Alexan- 2013-14 GAME RECAPS der Gymnasium. Stack had 18 points. Kyle Loughrin led Ripon (8-4, 5-2 Ryan DePouw led three Lawrence MWC) with 25 points, and Ketz fin- players in double figures with 18 ished with 19 points. Ty Sabin added points. Jamie Nikitas added 17 points 12 points for the Red Hawks. and a game-high nine rebounds for Chris Siebert paced Lawrence (5- the Vikings (5-7, 3-4), and Brian Grysz- 6, 3-3) with 24 points, and Tyler Mazur kiewicz had 16 points and a game- came off the bench to score 16 points. high six assists. Ryan DePouw added nine points and The Foresters led 36-32 at the half a team-high seven rebounds. and put on a quick scoring surge to The game, which featured six ties take command early in the second and nine lead changes, was tied at 36 half. A 7-0 burst gave Lake Forest a 50- at the half. Neither team led by more 39 lead with 16:08 remaining. than four points in the second half, The Vikings still trailed by double but Lawrence led 64-61 with 2:25 left digits when they went on a 16-6 run, on Jamie Nikitas’ layup. capped by Nikitas’ 3-pointer with 6:05 Loughrin countered with a layup left, to cut the lead to 62-61. for Ripon, and after Mazur missed a The Foresters answered with a 3-pointer, the Red Hawks took a 65-64 3-pointer from Stack and a layup from lead on Loughrin’s layup with 1:21 re- Brian Madson to push the lead back maining. to 67-61. Lawrence never got closer Siebert came back with a layup than four points after that as Lake For- with 1:04 left that gave Lawrence a est went 12-for-12 from the foul line 66-65 edge. Loughrin drove into the in the final 1:28 to seal the victory. lane and was falling to the court when his pass found Ketz in the corner. Ketz hit the 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to give Ripon a 68-66 lead. Siebert went to the basket on the ensuing possession and had his layup blocked. Siebert got the but had the ball stripped by Ketz, who was fouled with four seconds left. He made one free throw to put Ripon up 69-66 but missed the second. Lawrence grabbed the rebound and called a timeout with 2.5 seconds left. The Red Hawks fouled Nikitas, who missed the first free throw. Ripon grabbed the rebound and ran out the clock.

January 14 Lake Forest 83, Lawrence 76 LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Lake For- est College men’s basketball team pulled away late and hung on to defeat Lawrence Uni- versity 83-76 in a Midwest Conference game. Jim Schick led Lake Forest (4-9, 3-5 MWC) with 19 points, and James