(5-7, 3-4 MWC) Vs. Grinnell College (11-2, 6-2 MWC) Saturday, Jan
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Lawrence University (5-7, 3-4 MWC) vs. Grinnell College (11-2, 6-2 MWC) Saturday, Jan. 18, 1 p.m. Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, Wisconsin 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 Point 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 Illinois 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 Midwest Conference 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 Illinois College 1:00 pm his 25th season at Grinnell and has a the Vikings, 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 layup 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 foul 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 steal 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 assist-to- School Colors Blue and White turnover 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 field goal 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 Jack Taylor 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.