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2015-16 Standings (thru Sunday, Jan. 31) Non-Conf: 66-58

Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A t25 Streak RPI Wichita State 10 0 1.000 78.2 57.9 16 5 .762 74.7 61.7 10-0 6-2 1-0 Won 11 32 Evansville 7 3 .700 71.6 64.7 18 5 .783 77.6 67.3 11-1 5-3 0-1 Lost 1 77 Southern Illinois 7 3 .700 72.7 69.9 18 5 .783 76.3 69.3 9-3 8-1 0-0 Lost 2 129 Indiana State 6 4 .600 73.9 71.1 12 10 .545 70.8 69.0 8-2 2-7 0-1 Lost 1 120 Illinois State 6 4 .600 68.1 66.6 12 11 .522 66.8 67.7 9-3 3-6 0-2 Lost 1 147 Missouri State 5 5 .500 64.5 68.1 9 13 .409 66.8 71.0 5-6 4-4 0-1 Won 1 213 UNI 4 6 .400 64.6 60.5 12 11 .522 69.9 65.8 7-3 3-7 2-0 Won 2 142 Loyola Chicago 3 7 .300 62.2 66.3 10 12 .455 64.1 65.1 8-4 1-6 0-1 Won 1 255 Drake 1 9 .100 64.0 74.8 6 16 .273 69.6 72.5 4-6 0-8 0-0 Won 1 311 Bradley 1 9 .100 50.3 70.2 3 20 .130 54.1 70.2 2-9 1-8 0-2 Lost 5 294

MVC Home Games: 31-19 Non-Conf.: 66-58 (H: 44-16; A: 12-23; N: 10-19 ) vs. Top-25: 3-6 (Non-Conf.)

Last Week’s Results Upcoming Schedule

Tuesday, Jan. 26 Tuesday, Feb. 2 Drake at Illinois State ILS, 76-64 Drake at Indiana State (ESPN3) 6:00 CT

Bradley at Missouri State (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Wednesday, Jan. 27 Missouri State at Indiana State INS, 68-59 Wednesday, Feb. 3 UNI at Bradley UNI, 68-50 Evansville at UNI (MVC TV) 6:00 CT Loyola at No. 22 Wichita State WSU, 80-54 Illinois State at Loyola (ESPN3) 7:00 CT S. Illinois at #21 Wichita St. (FS Midwest) 8:00 CT Thursday, Jan. 28 Evansville at Southern Illinois UE, 85-78 (ot) Saturday, Feb. 6 Player of the Week Saturday, Jan. 30 Missouri State at Evansville (MVC TV) 11:00 AM UNI at Drake (CBSSN) 1:00 CT Bradley at Drake DU, 80-70 Loyola at Southern Illinois (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Fred VanVleet Indiana State at Loyola LU, 104-96 (2ot) Indiana State at Bradley (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Wichita State Illinois State at Missouri State MSU, 84-81 (ot) #21 Wichita State at Illinois State (ESPN2) 9:00 CT Sr., 6-0, Gd. Sunday, Jan. 31 Tuesday, Feb. 9 Rockford (Ill.) Southern Illinois at UNI UNI, 67-58 Wichita State at Drake (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Auburn High No. 22 Wichita State at Evansville WSU, 78-65 Wednesday, Feb. 10 Coaches Calls: 877-441-0939 Southern Illinois at Indiana State (ESPN3) 6:00 CT Newcomer of the Week Loyola at Bradley (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Every Monday, Starting Jan. 4 Missouri State at UNI (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Jarred Dixon

Weekly Schedule - (times CT): Thursday, Feb. 11 Missouri State 6-2, Fr., Gd. 10:15 a.m. -- Greg Lansing, Indiana State Illinois State at Evansville (CBSSN) 8:00 CT 10:21 a.m. -- Ben Jacobson, UNI Kansas City (Mo.) 10:27 a.m. -- Ray Giacoletti, Drake Saturday, Feb. 13 10:33 a.m. -- Paul Lusk, Missouri State Lee’s Summit West High 10:39 a.m. -- Barry Hinson, Southern Illinois UNI at Wichita State (ESPN or ESPN2) 11:00 AM 10:45 a.m. -- Marty Simmons, Evansville Drake at Southern Illinois (MVC TV) 3:00 CT 10:51 a.m. -- Porter Moser, Loyola Indiana State at Missouri State (ESPN3) 3:00 CT 10:57 a.m. -- Brian Wardle, Bradley 11:03 a.m. -- Dan Muller, Illinois State Sunday, Feb. 14 11:09 a.m. -- Gregg Marshall, Wichita State Bradley at Illinois State (ESPN3) 3:00 CT On occasion, the order of Q&A sessions will be adjusted to accommodate team travel/practices. Evansville at Loyola (ESPNU) 3:00 CT

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Shockers Climb in Polls Busy Bodies MVC Player of the Week Wichita State – winners of 11-straight When UNI hosts Evansville on Wednes- games and 14 of its last 15 games -- is day (MVC TV Network), the game will Fred VanVleet ranked No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches feature six players among the top 11 in Wichita State top-25 poll and No. 21 in the Associated the MVC for total minutes played. D.J. Press rankings. In the last 14 seasons, Balentine of Evansville has played more Sr., 6-0, Gd. one or more MVC teams has been ranked minutes than any league player (841), Rockford (Ill.) while Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye is tied for Auburn High in the AP poll this late or later 10 times. 8th nationally among NCAA freshmen. • AP – No. 21 VanVleet scored a career- Balentine enters the week 12th overall in high 32 points on Sunday to • USA Today Coaches – No. 22 the NCAA for minutes played this year. • CBS Sports – No. 20 help first-place Wichita State to a powerful • ESPN BPI – No. 24 MVC Leaders, Minutes Played (2015-16) statement win at second-place Evansville. D.J. Balentine, UE 23g 841 The senior went 15-for-15 at the charity Approaching the UE Record Wes Washpun, UNI 23g 788 stripe, tying Dave Stallworth’s single-game mark for most free throw makes with- Evansville’s D.J. Balentine is the na- Anthony Beane, SIU 23g 787 Matt Bohannon, UNI 23g 780 out a miss. He also recorded his 200th tion’s active career scoring leader. The Dequon Miller, MSU 22g 753 career steal, making him just the second senior guard has 2,253 career points Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, BU 23g 735 Shocker and 17th player in MVC history to and currently is No. 8 all-time in the Egidijus Mockevicius, UE 23g 731 reach that milestone. In Wednesday’s win MVC, and is just the 16th player in MVC Devonte Brown, INS 22g 730 over Loyola, VanVleet dished out eight as- history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. Reed Timmer, DU 22g 717 sists with just one turnover. For the week, Paul Jesperson, UNI 23g 704 NCAA Active Scoring Leaders (thru 1/31) Jeremy Morgan, UNI 23g 703 he averaged 20.0 points and 5.5 assists, 1. D.J. Balentine, Evansville 2,253 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 steal with a strong 2. Juan’ya Green, Hofstra 2,100 5.50 assist-to-turnover ratio. He was a 3. John Brown, High Point 2,096 Perfect Conference Starts perfect 17-for-17 at the foul line. 4. Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette 2,059 Wichita State is off to a 10-0 start, and MVC All-Time Scoring Leaders the Shockers are 1 of 11 teams in the Newcomer of the Week 1. , Bradley (1984-88) 3,008 NCAA who haven’t lost a league game. 2. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1957-60) 2,973 Best Conference Starts in 2015-16 Jarred Dixon 3. , Indiana State (1976-79) 2,850 10-0: Wichita State Missouri State 4. John S. Williams, Indiana St. (1982-86) 2,374 9-0: San Diego State 5. Mitchell Anderson, Bradley (1978-82) 2,341 8-0: Houston Baptist, North Carolina, Stephen F. 6-2, Fr., Gd. 6. Colt Ryan, Evansville (2009-13) 2,279 Austin, Stony Brook, Texas Southern, VCU Kansas City (Mo.) 7. Steve Harris, Tulsa (1981-85) 2,272 7-0: North Florida 8. D.J. Balentine, Evansville 2,253 4-0: Columbia, Yale Lee’s Summit West 9. Doug McDermott, Creighton (2010-13) 2,216 Dixon had a career-high 19 10. Cleo Littleton, WSU (1951-55) 2,164 Road Runners points in the mid-week game Southern Illinois lost Sunday at UNI to at Indiana State and then took over down 10-0 Starts in MVC Play fall to 8-1 on the road this year. Notably, the stretch to help MSU topple Illinois Wichita State has become the 21st in the last three seasons combined SIU State in overtime. His 6 steals against team in the league’s 109th season to had recorded a 9-34 road record. The Illinois State -- including 2 in the final two start conference play 10-0. All but six of Salukis rank third overall in the NCAA in minutes of regulation -- were a new MSU those occurred before 1960. road winning percentage this year. freshman single-game record and matched MVC Teams w/ 10-0 or Better League Starts the third-best effort in program history. He NCAA Leaders, Road Win Pct. (2015-16) snagged two critical rebounds in the final Loss Final Saint Joseph’s (7-0, 1.000) minute of overtime and iced the win with a 18-0 Oklahoma (1927-28) --- 18-0 Providence (6-0, 1.000) Wichita State (2013-14) --- 18-0 pair of free throws with 2.3 seconds left. Southern Illinois (8-1, .889) For the week, he averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 17-0 S. Illinois (2003-04) at UNI 17-1 James Madison (7-1, .875) Missouri (1919-20) at K-State 17-1 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.5 assists and 16-0 Indiana State (1978-79) --- 16-0 converted 78 percent (14-of-18) at the line. Bradley (1985-86) --- 16-0 Road Runners II Kansas (1922-23) --- 16-0 Wichita State has built up a 9-game 13-0 Missouri (1922-23) Kansas 14-2 winning streak in Valley road contests. MVC Players of the Week Player Newcomer 13-0 Drake (2007-08) at SIU 15-3 Since, 1946, only WSU’s 2014-15 streak 12-0 Nebraska (1911-12) --- 12-0 of 13 games has been better. N16 Egidijus Mockevicius, UE Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, BU N23 Wes Washpun, UNI Mike Rodriguez, SIU Nebraska (1915-16) --- 12-0 Consecutive MVC Road Wins (All-Time) Oklahoma St. (1939-40) --- 12-0 N30 Egidijus Mockevicius, UE Kale Abrahamson, Drake Oklahoma St. (1945-46) --- 12-0 28 -- Kansas (Feb. 20, 1924 - Jan. 13, 1928 D7 D.J. Balentine, Evansville Dequon Miller, Missouri St. Cincinnati (1958-59) at Bradley 13-1 25 -- Missouri (Jan. 21, 1921 - Feb. 28, 1923 D14 Fred VanVleet, WSU Dequon Miller, Missouri St. 11-0 Missouri (1917-18) Kansas 15-1 20 -- Kansas (March 4, 1921 - Feb. 9, 1924 D21 Wes Washpun, UNI Matt Van Scyoc, Indiana St. D28 Egidijus Mockevicius, UE Kale Abrahamson, Drake Saint Louis (1946-47) Creighton 11-1 16 -- Nebraska (Jan. 19, 1912 - Jan. 22, 1915 J4 Egidijus Mockevicius, UE Dequon Miller, Missouri St. 10-0 Creighton (1942-43) --- 10-0 13 – WSU (Jan. 2, 2014 – Jan. 31, 2015) Anthony Beane, SIU Nebraska (1912-13) vs. Kansas 10-1 12 -- Kansas (Feb. 11, 1914 - Jan. 14, 1916) J11 Fred VanVleet, WSU Dequon Miller, Missouri St. Oklahoma St. (1947-48) --- 10-0 10 -- Creighton (Feb. 25, 1941 - Dec. 14, 1946) 9 – WSU (Feb. 4, 2015 – Present) J18 Egidijus Mockevicius, UE Leo Vincent, Southern Illinois Oklahoma St. (1950-51) Bradley 12-2 J25 Devonte Brown, INS Dequon Miller, Missouri St. 9 – four other times, most recent SIU (2003-04) Wichita State (2015-16) F1 Fred VanVleet, WSU Jarred Dixon, MSU

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Tops at Two Schools Off the Bench Top Performances Last Week Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall has tied Wichita State leads all MVC teams by Montel James, LU -- Averaged 19.5 points Ralph Miller (220 wins) as the all-time averaging 30.3 points from its non-start- and 8.5 rebounds per game as the Ramblers leader for WSU with Sunday’s win at ers this season. The Shockers are No. 13 split a pair of Valley games last week. James Evansville. Marshall is also the all-time in the NCAA this year. Loyola, meanwhile, had a career-high 28 points and tied his career wins leader at Winthrop (194-83). A list leads the league since its lineup shake best with 14 rebounds while also pitching in three blocks as the Ramblers beat Indiana of high profile coaches who are the wins up prior to the UNI game on Jan. 16. The State in 2OT, 104-96. leader at two NCAA schools is below (the Ramblers are 3-2 since while getting a list does not include all coaches to do it.) league best 36.4 points from its bench. MiKyle McIntosh, ILS -- Averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game during FULL SEASON G Pts. Avg. Jim Calhoun -- 873 total wins; 1973-2012 ISU’s contests against Drake (Jan. 26) and Mis- (Northeastern 248, UConn 625) souri State (Jan. 30). He shot 14-for-22 (63.6 Lou Henson -- 779 total wins; 1963-96,1998-05 Wichita State 21 636 30.3 Loyola Chicago 22 501 22.8 percent) from the field, 4-for-5 (80.0 percent) (Illinois 423, New Mexico State 289) from beyond the arc and 9-for-13 (69.2 percent) Southern Illinois 23 487 21.2 Johnny Orr -- 466 total wins; 1964-66, 1969-94 at the free throw line, while totaling three steals (Michigan 209, Iowa State 218) Missouri State 22 436 19.8 and two blocks. Indiana State 22 412 18.7 Drake 22 409 18.6 Paul Jesperson, UNI -- Dropped in a career- Most Improved Illinois State 23 413 18.0 high 28 points and tied a UNI single-game re- There are a total of 12 teams in the Bradley 23 365 15.9 cord with eight made three-pointers at Bradley. NCAA with winning percentages of .600 Evansville 23 350 15.2 He made 8-of-11 triples at Carver Arena and this year who won at a .400 or worse clip UNI 23 301 13.1 added three assists, a steal and a block. last season. Southern Illinois (.783 this year and .364 last year) is one of the top since Jan. 16 (top 5) G Pts. Avg. Reed Timmer, DU -- Scored 19 points in back- to-back games with eight assists on the week turnaround stories in the nation. Loyola Chicago 5 182 36.4 … at Illinois State, he was 6-of-15 from the Team 14-15 15-16 +Diff Wichita State 5 154 30.8 field and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line for 19 Drake 5 129 25.8 points … also had four assists to one turnover Tennessee State 5-26 15-6 +15.0 Missouri State 5 118 23.6 in that loss … in the win over Bradley, he got Southern Illinois 12-21 18-5 +11.0 Southern Illinois 5 107 21.4 to the free-throw line 12 times and made 11 to Ball State 7-23 13-8 +10.5 again finish with 19 points. Charleston 9-24 13-8 +10.0 USC 12-20 17-5 +10.0 Going Downtown D.J. Balentine, UE -- Registered 25 points in Nevada 9-22 13-8 +9.0 D.J. Balentine of Evansville now ranks the OT win over the Salukis, hitting 8 of his 18 15th all-time in league history for three- attempts while going 6/6 from the line. At the (2015-16 wins minus last year’s wins + 2014-15 end of the first half, he nailed a long three at losses minus this year’s losses/divided by two) pointers made in a career. He and UNI’s Matt Bohannon continue to climb the the buzzer to send the squad to the break down league’s all-time leaderboard. just three. In the final seconds of regulation, No Sophomore Slumps Balentine struck again. Trailing by three, Balen- Sophomores Reed Timmer of Drake MVC Leaders, Career 3-Point FGs tine sent the game to OT at the buzzer before the Aces won in the extra session. (17.6 ppg, 3rd) and Brenton Scott of 1. , Creighton 371 Indiana State (15.9 ppg, 6th) both rank 2. Shane Hawkins, SIU 314 Brenton Scott, INS -- Averaged 19.0 points among the league’s top scorers. In the 3. Jason Holsinger, UE 284 and 4.0 rebounds per game as well as five last three games, both, along with Illinois assists and three steals against Missouri State 12. Marcus Wilson, UE 250 and Loyola. Scott hit 42.9 percent of his shots State’s MiKyle McIntosh, rank among the 13. Kent Williams, SIU 249 from the field, including eight 3-pointers over Top 50 sophomore scorers in the NCAA. 14. Randy Burns, WSU 248 the two-game stretch. Player, School G FG-A PPG 15. D.J. Balentine, UE 247 0.382 17. Matt Bohannon, UNI 242 0.391 Antoine Pittman, BRAD -- Matched his 1. Matt Scott, Niagara 3 27-57 28.3 Ron Baker, Wichita State 217 0.377 season-best with 14 points Wednesday vs. UNI, then followed up with a career-best 17 points 2. Ben Bentil, Providence 3 27-49 27.3 Anthony Beane, SIU 173 0.364 3. Elijah Brown, N Mex. 3 22-38 26.7 Saturday at Drake ... Pittman made 6-of-11 Devon Turk, Loyola* 172 0.385 (.545) 3-point field goal attempts. 19. Brenton Scott, INS 3 21-42 20.7 *does not include 65 made as a freshman when 23. MiKyle McIntosh, ILS 3 20-33 19.7 Everett Clemons, INS -- Posted 9.5 points Loyola was participating in the Horizon League 50. Reed Timmer. Drake 3 15-35 16.3 and 8.5 rebounds as well as six assists and two steals in the Sycamores’ pair of games Best Since 2010-11 against Missouri State and Loyola. Clemons hit Super Shooters Wichita State has the best winning per- 9-of-15 shots from the field (60 percent) over Evansville ranks third in the nation centage in Division I since the start of the the two-game stretch. in field goal percentage, and the Aces 2010-11 season (thru Sunday, Jan. 31). hold three of the top four spots among Graham Woodward, DU -- Matched a career- Since 2010-11 (Last 5+ Yrs.) W-L Pct. high with 23 points in the win over Bradley on individual leaders in the MVC. Egidijus 7-of-11 shooting and a 4-of-5 showing from the Mockevicius (67.1) is threatening the Wichita State, MVC 167-34 .831 three-point arc … scored 12 points on 4-of-4 league’s all-time record of 67.4, set by Gonzaga, WCC 164-35 .824 shooting and 2-of-2 from the arc in the loss at Duke, ACC 165-37 .817 Illinois State with five assists. Vernon Davis of Creighton in 1984-85. Kansas, Big 12 167-39 .811 MVC Individual Leaders (FG Pct.), 2015-16 Kentucky, SEC 171-40 .810 Markis McDuffie, WSU -- Averaged 6.5 points, Arizona, Pac-12 164-42 .796 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and played key 1. Egidijus Mockevicius, UE 139-207 . 671 Louisville, ACC 165-44 .789 defensive minutes against Evansville’s D.J. 2. Jaylon Brown, UE 93-164 .567 San Diego State, MTN 157-42 .789 Balentine, helping hold MVC’s leading scorer 3. Bennett Koch, UNI 71-129 .550 Stephen F. Austin, SLand 141-41 .775 to a 5-of-19 shooting performance in a 78-65 4. Adam Wing, UE 69-127 .543 Ohio State, Big Ten 157-49 .762 Shocker victory.

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MVC vs. Other Conferences Leading the Nation Beane Counters Non-Conference Records Egidijus Mockevicius leads the nation Only four players in the NCAA have vs. American...... 0-4 vs. MEAC...... 3-0 with 14.3 rebounds per game. The last scored 450 or more points, and reached vs. Atlantic 10...... 4-2 vs. Mtn. West...... 5-7 MVC player to top 10.0 for a season was minimums of 44.0 FG pct; 39.0 3FG vs. ACC...... 1-2 vs. OVC...... 8-3 Joe Breakenridge of UNI (10.5 in 2001). pct; and 76.0 FT pct. Anthony Beane of vs. Big 12...... 2-2 vs. Pac-12...... 2-2 Xavier McDaniel of Wichita State led the Southern Illinois is among the four. vs. Big East...... 1-6 vs. SEC...... 0-5 nation in 1985 with a 14.8 figure, and Player, Team FG% 3FG FT% Pts. PPG vs. Big Sky...... 1-2 vs. Southland...... 4-1 he’s the last MVC player with a figure vs. Big South...... 1-1 vs. SWAC...... 3-0 more than 11.0 per game. Only five play- Buddy Hield, OU .528 .524 .905 524 26.2 vs. Big Ten...... 0-4 vs. Summit...... 3-3 Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga .500 .445 .854 483 22.0 ers in the NCAA have hit 14.0 rebounds vs. Big West...... 1-1 vs. Sun Belt...... 0-1 Dallas Moore, N. Fla. .515 .404 .784 483 20.1 vs. CAA...... 1-2 vs. West Coast...... 4-1 per game in the past 20 seasons. All Anthony Beane, SIU .448 .394 .766 451 19.6 vs. C-USA...... 5-3 vs. WAC...... 0-1 five are currently playing professionally.* vs. Horizon...... 4-3 vs. Non D-I...... 9-0 Player, Team (Season) G TOT Avg. 20-Somethings vs. MAC...... 4-2 A player in the MVC has reached 20 , Wake Forest (96-97) 31 457 14.7 TOTAL...... 66-58 , Morehead (10-11) 35 508 14.5 points in a game 108 times this year. , OU (08-09) 35 504 14.4 D.J. Balentine of Evansville has the most, John Bryant, Santa Clara (08-09) 33 467 14.2 reaching 20 points 14 times this year. MVC Men’s Basketball Egidijus Mockevicius, UE 23 325 14.1 Darren Phillip, Fairfield (99-00) 29 405 14.0 MVC Leaders, 20-Point Games (2015-16 only) Preseason Poll 14 D.J. Balentine, Evansville *Current Professional Team: Duncan (San Antonio Spurs); 11 Anthony Beane, Southern Illinois School (First-Place Votes) Total Faried (Denver Nuggets); Griffin (L.A. Clippers); Bryant 10 Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville 1. Wichita State (42) 429 (Bayern Munich); Phillip (Juventud Sionista) 8 Devonte Brown, Indiana State 2. Evansville 350 7 Reed Timmer, Drake 3. UNI 336 The New Guys 6 Brenton Scott, Indiana State 4. Illinois State 323 A league player has hit 23 or more 5. Loyola (1) 267 6. Indiana State 218 points in a game 60 times this season. Leading at the Half 7. Drake 165 Most of the time, it’s been accomplished Wichita State has led at halftime in 8. Missouri State 127 by a returning MVC player. Only four 15-straight games (winning 14 of them). 9. Southern Illinois 101 MVC newcomers have done it, including Aside from the Dec. 19 Seton Hall game, 10. Bradley 49 Drake’s Graham Woodward last week. WSU hasn’t trailed in the second half of Poll determined by panel of league sports infor- MVC Newcomers to Score 23+ Points This Year any contest since Dec. 1. Notably, the mation directors, media, and coaches. Kale Abrahamson, Drake vs. W. Kentucky 41 Shockers haven’t faced a halftime deficit Kale Abrahamson, DU vs. Abilene Christian 30 on their home floor in over a year, lead- Leo Vincent, SIU vs. Illinois State 24 ing at the midway point in 16-consecutive Kale Abrahamson, Drake vs. UIC 23 home games. Bradley is the last visitor Dequon Miller, Missouri State vs. Drake 23 to claim a halftime lead (28-27 on Jan. 7, Graham Woodward, Drake vs. Bradley 23 2015), though WSU ultimately won that Graham Woodward, DU vs. Abilene Christian 23 game by a comfortable 20-point margin. Phenomenal Fred Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet ranks Working Overtime second nationally in Assist:TO ratio in the The first half of the conference season Shockers’ last eight games (since Jan. 6). ended Thursday, Jan. 28, with an OT win by Evansville (at SIU). Two games on Saturday, Name, School GP A:TO March 3-6, 2016 Jan. 30, went overtime, marking only the Amadi Udenyi, Pepperdine 8 5.63 third time in the past 10 years the MVC has Fred VanVleet, Wichita State 8 5.44 had 2 OT games on the same date. Josh Brown, Temple 7 5.00 Bryce Alford, UCLA 7 4.22 Feb. 25, 2015 Eric Garcia, Wofford 8 4.17 Loyola 80, Drake 75 (1OT); MSU 80, Bradley 75 (3OT) Dec. 28, 2008 *minimum 35 total assists (games since Jan. 6) Indiana St. 85, UNI 84 (2OT); Illinois St. 72, MSU 69 (1OT) Additionally, VanVleet notched his Jan. 30, 2016 200th career steal against Evansville on MSU 84, Illinois St. 81 (OT); LUC 104, Indiana St. 96 (2OT) Jan. 31, becoming just the 17th player in MVC history to reach the plateau. Only 200 Points six in MVC history have reached 500 The 200 combined points by Loyola- career assists and 200 career steals. Indiana State on Jan. 30 was the most in an MVC game since Evansville beat Illinois Name, School Ast. Stl. State 104-98 (202 total points) in OT on Jake Odum, INS (2010-14) 603 204 Feb. 12, 2014. Loyola’s 104 points are tied Fred VanVleet, WSU (2012-pres.) 555 201 Ryan Sears, CU (1997-01) 570 283 for the fourth most by a team in an MVC Bryan Mullins, SIU (2005-09) 509 254 game in the past 10 years – and the most Daniel Ruffin, BRAD (2004-08) 644 207 for the Ramblers in an MVC game. Billy Wright, BRAD (1992-96) 595 219

BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • UNI • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • WICHITA STATE Bradley (3-20, 1-9) Drake (6-16, 1-9) National Leaders Racking Up Career Highs Bradley’s freshman statistics have focused Sophomore Ore Arogundade has been on Missouri Valley Conference compari- racking up career highs recently. Against Mis- sons most of the season, but Bradley’s 10 souri State and Loyola he scored a career- freshmen are believed to lead the nation in high 12 points. At Illinois State he hauled cumulative production. In total, Bradley’s 10 in a then career-high eight rebounds to only freshmen have logged 3,871 minutes (83.2 percent of the team’s avail- better that with nine boards against Bradley. able playing time), while scoring 1,001 points (80.4 percent of team total) and snaring 576 rebounds (.749). Offensive Production Surge Freshman center Dominik Olejniczak has also seen his offensive Suggs Takes Over Top Spot production surge as he is 17-of-19 from the field in the last five With 23 points in Bradley’s two games last week, guard Ronnie games and averaging 7.8 points per game during that span. Drake’s Suggs has taken over the distinction as the league’s highest-scoring leading scorer, Reed Timmer, has two 20-point and two 19-point freshman. Suggs is averaging 8.3 points per game. Bradley actually outings in the last five games. He has now scored 20 or more points boasts four of The Valley’s top five scoring freshmen. While Wichita seven times this season and scored 19 points in five other games. State’s Markis McDuffie is second at 8.1 ppg, the next three are Bradley’s Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (8.0 ppg), Luuk van Bree (7.8) and Antoine Pittman (7.7). 80 Points a Key With Saturday’s 80-point performance, the Bulldogs improved to Van Bree Closing the Gap 12-0 over the last three seasons when scoring 80 or more points. Bradley forward Luuk van Bree drained 5-of-8 3-point field goal at- tempts in Bradley’s two games last week to become the fifth fresh- Second Halves Important in Wins man in program history to make at least 30 3-pointers in a season. In the second half of Drake’s last four wins, the Bulldogs have held Currently leading all MVC freshmen with 34 treys, van Bree is on pace opponents to 31.3 points and outscored opponents by 10.3 points. to tie 2016 MVC Hall of Fame inductee (47) for the Defensively, the Bulldogs have held those opponents to 35.8 percent second-best Bradley freshman total through the team’s first game in shooting in the second half and 22.6 percent from three-point range. the MVC Tournament. Sam Maniscalco holds the Bradley freshman Meanwhile, Drake is shooting 48.3 percent from three-point range record with 55 3-pointers in 2007-08. during that same span.

2015-16 Basketball Schedule 2015-16 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record Date Opponent Result Record N13 Ball State W, 54-53 1-0, 0-0 N16 at #10 Arizona L, 60-90 1-1, 0-0 N13 Simpson W, 97-52 1-0, 0-0 N16 Tulane L, 74-79 (ot) 1-1, 0-0 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic (Charleston, S.C.) N21 UMKC L, 73-79 1-2, 0-0 N19 vs. #6 Virginia L, 57-82 1-2, 0-0 Gulf Coast Showcase N20 vs. Seton Hall L, 59-67 1-3, 0-0 N23 vs. Western Kentucky W, 81-79 (ot) 2-2, 0-0 N22 vs. Towson L, 60-62 1-4, 0-0 N24 vs. Weber State L, 58-74 2-3, 0-0 N25 vs. Pepperdine W, 69-53 3-3, 0-0 N25 New Orlean L, 51-64 1-5, 0-0 N28 Mississippi L, 54-67 1-6, 0-0 N28 UIC W, 83-62 4-3, 0-0 D1 at Delaware L, 47-70 1-7, 0-0 D5 at Bowling Green State L, 63-75 4-4, 0-0 D5 North Dakota L, 59-65 (2ot) 1-8, 0-0 D9 DePaul L, 71-74 4-5, 0-0 D8 at UT-Arlington L, 61-97 1-9, 0-0 D12 +at Nevada L, 71-79 4-6, 0-0 D17 Maryville W, 61-53 2-9, 0-0 D20 +at Boise State L, 70-90 2-10, 0-0 Big Four Classic D23 TCU L, 49-53 2-11, 0-0 D19 vs. Iowa L, 64-70 4-7, 0-0 D30 *at UNI L, 44-80 2-12, 0-1 D22 Abilene Christian W, 87-70 5-7, 0-0 J3 *Wichita State L, 58-85 2-13, 0-2 D31 *at Wichita State L, 47-67 5-8, 0-1 J6 *Southern Illinois L, 44-65 2-14, 0-3 J9 *at Evansville L, 35-67 2-15, 0-4 J3 *Illinois State L, 62-67 5-9, 0-2 J13 *at Loyola W, 54-53 3-15, 1-4 J6 *Indiana State L, 69-79 5-10, 0-3 J16 *Missouri State L, 42-61 3-16, 1-5 J9 *at UNI L, 44-77 5-11, 0-4 J20 *Illinois State L, 52-55 3-17, 1-6 J12 *at Evansville L, 65-84 5-12, 0-5 J23 *at Wichita State L, 54-88 3-18, 1-7 J17 *Southern Illinois L, 76-81 5-13, 0-6 J27 *UNI L, 50-68 3-19, 1-8 J20 *Missouri State L, 70-79 5-14, 0-7 J30 *at Drake L, 70-80 3-20, 1-9 J23 *at Loyola L, 63-68 5-15, 0-8 J26 *at Illinois State L, 64-76 5-16, 0-9 F2 *at Missouri State (TV TBD) Springfield, Mo. 7:05 p.m. J30 *Bradley W, 80-70 6-16, 1-9 F6 *Indiana State (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F10 *Loyola (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F2 *at Indiana State (ESPN3) Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F14 *at Illinois St. (ESPN3) Normal, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F6 *UNI (CBSSN) Des Moines, Iowa 1:00 p.m. F17 *at Southern Illinois (ESPN3) Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F9 *Wichita State (Cox) Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F20 *Drake (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F13 *at Southern Illinois (MVC TV) Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F23 *Evansville (MVC TV) Peoria, Ill. 8:00 p.m. F17 *Evansville (MVC TV) Des Moines, Iowa 8:00 p.m. F27 *at Indiana State (TV TBD) Terre Haute, Ind. TBD F20 *at Bradley (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F24 *at Missouri State (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 7:05 p.m. M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F27 *Loyola (TV TBD) Des Moines, Iowa TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series Evansville (18-5, 7-3) Illinois State (12-11, 6-4) Up to Second Sophomore Standout Senior D.J. Balentine moved up to second Sophomore MiKyle McIntosh has increased place on in the UE record books, passing all- his offensive productivity in league play, time great Larry Humes in UE’s game against averaging 12.4 points per game vs. league Wichita State on Sunday. The Kokomo, Ind. foes compared to 9.8 points per game during product now has 2,253 points in his career the non-conference season. He has averaged and trails record-holder Colt Ryan by just 26 points heading into the a team-best 16.4 points through ISU’s last six contests, netting 16 Aces’ game at UNI on Wednesday. Balentine also ranks 8th in MVC or more points in five of the last seven. He scored a career-high 25 history and is just 106 points away from moving into the top five. points twice this season, most recently with an 8-for-11 shooting per- formance from the field against Drake. He also had 25 points at SIU. Great Week Mislav Brzoja had the best game of his career at Southern Illinois McCloud’s Makes In Illinois State’s last three contests, Justin McCloud has averaged and averaged 18 points per game over the last week for UE. Brzoja 12.0 points per game, a dramatic increase from his season average posted a career-high 25 points in the win at SIU, nailing 4 of his 5 of 3.6 points per game. He scored in double figures in back-to-back 3-point attempts and 9 of his 12 shots overall. A great all-around games for the first time in his career, netting 12 points, shooting game saw him record 5 rebounds and 4 assists. 4-for-7 from three-point range, in Illinois State’s win over Drake (Jan. 26). He was also instrumental in ISU’s victory against Northern Iowa Closing In (Jan. 23), netting a season-high 15 points while matching a career Another all-time Purple Aces record may fall this season as senior high with five 3-pointers on 5-for-6 shooting from beyond the arc. Egidijus Mockevicius is less than 100 rebounds away from setting the Evansville mark. Mockevicius currently has 1,109 career boards, just Double-Digit DeVaughn 88 behind Dale Wise’s mark, which was set in 1961. DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell reached double figures in ISU’s first 20 games of the season before being held to seven points versus UNI (Jan. 23). Dating back to last season, Akoon-Purcell has scored in 2015-16 Basketball Schedule double figures in 29 of the last 31 games. He has recorded 20 or more points four times in 2015-16 and is averaging 14.9 points (sev- Date Opponent Result Record enth in the MVC) and 4.9 rebounds per contest (15th in the MVC). N15 SE Missouri State W, 80-65 1-0, 0-0 Akoon-Purcell has led ISU in scoring 12 times this season, most N17 Marian (Ind.) W, 84-59 2-0, 0-0 recently scoring a team-high 18 points at Missouri State (Jan. 30). N21 Belmont W, 93-88 3-0, 0-0

Wooden Legacy 2015-16 Basketball Schedule N26 vs. Providence L, 64-74 3-1, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N27 vs. Santa Clara W, 69-57 4-1, 0-0 N29 vs. UC Irvine W, 75-56 5-1, 0-0 N13 +at San Diego State L, 60-71 0-1, 0-0 N16 Morehead State W, 67-66 1-1, 0-0 D1 Alabama State W, 88-56 6-1, 0-0 D5 at Murray State W, 85-81 (ot) 7-1, 0-0 Cancun Challenge D8 at Arkansas L 76-89 7-2, 0-0 N19 South Dakota State L, 67-83 1-2, 0-0 D12 Mississippi Valley State W, 95-60 8-2, 0-0 N21 Houston Baptist W, 72-56 2-2, 0-0 D17 Norfolk State W, 84-70 9-2, 0-0 N24 vs. #2 Maryland L, 66-77 2-3, 0-0 D20 +at Fresno State W, 85-77 10-2, 0-0 N25 vs. TCU L, 60-71 2-4, 0-0 D22 Alabama A&M W, 91-70 11-2, 0-0 D30 *Indiana State W, 70-62 12-2, 1-0 N27 Quincy W, 73-63 3-4, 0-0 J2 *at Missouri State W, 76-59 13-2, 2-0 N30 at #1 Kentucky L, 63-75 3-5, 0-0 J6 *at Wichita State L, 64-67 13-3, 2-1 D5 UAB L, 61-74 3-6, 0-0 J9 *Bradley W, 67-35 14-3, 3-1 D13 Murray State W, 63-61 4-6, 0-0 J12 *Drake W, 84-65 15-3, 4-1 J15 *at Illinois State W, 66-55 16-3, 5-1 D16 at Illinois-Chicago W, 72-60 5-6, 0-0 J19 *Loyola W, 74-66 17-3, 6-1 D19 at Saint Joseph’s L, 65-79 5-7, 0-0 J24 *at Indiana State L, 65-80 17-4, 6-2 D22 Tennessee State W, 66-55 6-7, 0-0 J28 *at Southern Illinois W, 85-78 (ot) 18-4, 7-2 D30 *Missouri State W, 74-61 7-7, 1-0 J31 *#22 Wichita State L, 65-78 18-5, 7-3 J3 *at Drake W, 67-62 8-7, 2-0 F3 *at UNI (MVC TV) Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:00 p.m. J6 *Loyola W, 54-52 9-7, 3-0 F6 *Missouri State (MVC TV) Evansville, Ind. 11:00 a.m. J9 *at Indiana State L, 65-77 9-8, 3-1 F11 *Illinois State (CBSSN) Evansville, Ind. 8:00 p.m. J12 *at Southern Illinois L, 78-81 9-9, 3-2 F14 *at Loyola (ESPNU) Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J15 *Evansville L, 55-66 9-10, 3-3 F17 *at Drake (MVC TV) Des Moines, Iowa 8:00 p.m. F20 *Southern Illinois (MVC TV) Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. J20 *at Bradley W, 55-52 10-10, 4-3 F23 *at Bradley (MVC TV) Peoria, Ill. 8:00 p.m. J23 *UNI W, 76-67 11-10, 5-3 F27 *UNI (TV TBD) Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. J26 *Drake W, 76-64 12-10, 6-3 J30 *at Missouri State L, 81-84 (ot) 12-11, 6-4 M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series F3 *at Loyola (ESPN3) Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F6 *Wichita State (ESPN2) Normal, Ill. 9:00 p.m. F11 *at Evansville (CBSSN) Evansville, Ind. 8:00 p.m. F14 *Bradley (ESPN3) Normal, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F17 *Indiana State (ESPN3) Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *at UNI (CBSSN) Cedar Falls, Iowa 3:00 p.m. F24 *Southern Illinois (MVC TV) Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F27 *at Wichita State (TV TBD) Wichita, Kan. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series Indiana State (12-10, 6-4) Loyola (10-12, 3-7) Milestone Week Rejoining the Century Club Several players reached career milestones Despite the fact that it took two overtimes, over the course of the last two games. Loyola broke a long drought by topping the Devonte Brown was the first as he went over 100-point mark in the win over Indiana State. the 1,000 career points scored mark as he The offensive explosion marked the first time tossed in 15 against Missouri State. Brown that the Ramblers had cracked triple digits is the 37th member of the Indiana State Basketball 1,000 Point Club since a 106-84 win over Robert Morris (Ill.) in the opening game of and the 13th member that has been either coached or recruited by the 1997-98 season (571 games ago) and it was the first time that Greg Lansing (the most by any one coach in program history). Then they reached the century mark against a Division I opponent since at Loyola, Khristian Smith pulled down eight rebounds to become just Dec. 4, 1996 (107 vs. Chicago State), the 17th Sycamore to ever record at least 1,000 career points and pull down 500 rebounds. Finally, Matt Van Scyoc went over the 1,000 collegiate points scored mark when you combine his two seasons at Plenty in Reserve Still riding the success of a revamped starting lineup, Loyola’s The Citadel with his work through 22 contests at Indiana State. bench has plenty of firepower and it was on display against the Sycamores. Led by Montel James (28), Devon Turk (22) and Milton 1-2 Scoring Punch Doyle (14), Loyola’s reserves accounted for 69 points on Saturday In league games, Devonte Brown ranks second with an 18.9 ppg and James’ and Turk’s production marked the first time that two Ram- average while Brenton Scott is tied with him as he also owns an 18.9 blers scored 20 or more off the bench since Jan. 17, 1983 against ppg mark. Brown and Scott are the only teammates in the league to Oklahoma City. In addition, the 69 bench points are third-most in the both rank in the Valley’s Scoring Top Five during league play. During NCAA this season against Division I opposition (Texas – 76 vs. UTSA; league play, both Brown and Scott have reached double figures scor- LSU – 73 vs. Houston). ing in all 10 league games while Brown has four 20-point scoring efforts and Scott now has five including a 30-point outburst against Northern Iowa and this week’s 28-point showing at Loyola. Been Here Before With the win over Indiana State, Loyola enters the month of Febru- Success at the Line ary with a 3-7 MVC record. The Ramblers were in the exact same Devonte Brown was a perfect 14-of-14 at the free throw line at position last season before turning in a 5-3 month of February, with Saint Louis, which is a new Indiana State single-game record topping that momentum carrying them to the semifinals of Arch Madness and Jake Odum’s previous best of 13-of-13 at Bradley in 2014. For the the CBI postseason title. season, Brown is ranked seventh nationally with 139 free throw makes and is sixth nationally with 180 free throw attempts. He leads the MVC in both categories. He only trails Howard’s James Daniel by 2015-16 Basketball Schedule 25 free throw attempts for the nation’s lead while he is less than 20 Date Opponent Result Record free throws made away from entering the Top 5 in that category. N13 UT-San Antonio W, 76-64 1-0, 0-0 2015-16 Basketball Schedule N14 Eureka W, 84-51 2-0, 0-0 N18 +at New Mexico L, 51-75 2-1, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N21 Toledo W, 69-62 3-1, 0-0 N13 IUPUI L, 70-72 0-1, 0-0 N16 +Wyoming W, 70-55 1-1, 0-0 GSI Great Alaska Shootout N26 vs. San Diego W, 67-57 4-1, 0-0 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam N27 vs. Toledo L, 74--82 4-2, 0-0 N20 vs. Norfolk State W, 70-61 2-1, 0-0 N28 vs. UNC Asheville L, 48-59 4-3, 0-0 N22 vs. Tulsa L, 59-67 2-2, 0-0 N23 vs. Hofstra W, 67-66 3-2, 0-0 D5 Creighton W, 68-65 5-3, 0-0

D1 at Eastern Illinois L, 62-68 3-3, 0-0 D13 Notre Dame L, 61-81 5-4, 0-0 D5 at #25 Butler L, 71-85 3-4, 0-0 D16 Cleveland State L, 54-60 5-5, 0-0 D9 Valparaiso L, 63-69 3-5, 0-0 D19 UIC W, 64-47 6-5, 0-0 D13 at Western Kentucky L, 62-75 3-6, 0-0 D21 Western Illinois W, 72-67 7-5, 0-0 D16 Illinois-Springfield W, 75-60 4-6, 0-0 D30 *Southern Illinois L, 62-72 7-6, 0-1 D19 at Saint Louis W, 76-68 5-6, 0-0 D22 Ball State W, 73-61 6-6, 0-0 J2 *at Indiana State L, 58-73 7-7, 0-2 D30 *at Evansville L, 62-70 6-7, 0-1 J6 *at Illinois State L, 52-54 7-8, 0-3 J9 *Missouri State L, 54-56 7-9, 0-4 J2 *Loyola W, 73-58 7-7, 1-1 J6 *at Drake W, 79-69 8-7, 2-1 J13 *Bradley L, 53-54 7-10, 0-5 J9 *Illinois State W, 77-65 9-7, 3-1 J16 *at UNI W, 51-41 8-10, 1-5 J13 *UNI W, 74-60 10-7, 4-1 J19 *at Evansville L, 66-74 8-11, 1-6 J17 *at Wichita State L, 62-82 10-8, 4-2 J23 *Drake W, 68-63 9-11, 2-6 J20 *at Southern Illinois L, 66-79 10-9, 4-3 J27 *at #22 Wichita State L, 54-80 9-12, 2-7 J24 *Evansville W, 82-65 11-9, 5-3 J30 *Indiana State W, 104-96 (2ot) 10-12, 3-7 J27 *Missouri State W, 68-59 12-9, 6-3 J30 *at Loyola L, 96-104 (2ot) 12-10, 6-4 F3 *Illinois State (ESPN3) Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F6 *at Southern Illinois (ESPN3) Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F2 *Drake (ESPN3) Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 ET F10 *at Bradley (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F6 *at Bradley (ESPN3) Peoria, Ill. 8:00 ET F10 *Southern Illinois (ESPN3) Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 ET F14 *Evansville (ESPNU) Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F13 *at Missouri State (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 4:05 ET F17 *UNI (CSN Chicago+) Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F17 *at Illinois State (ESPN3) Normal, Ill. 8:00 ET F21 *at Missouri St. (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. F21 *Wichita State (ESPNU) Terre Haute, Ind. 4:00 ET F24 *Wichita State (CSN+/Cox) Chicago, Ill. 8:00 p.m. F24 *at UNI (ESPN3) Cedar Falls, Iowa 8:00 ET F27 *at Drake (TV TBD) Des Moines, Iowa TBD F27 *Bradley (TV TBD) Terre Haute, Ind. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series Missouri State (9-13, 5-5) UNI (12-11, 4-6) Shoot it While It’s Hot Single-Game 3-Point Mark The Bears are coming off their second-best Paul Jesperson tied a UNI single-game shooting effort of the season in Saturday’s record with eight made three-pointers and win over Illinois State when they converted a career-high 28 points vs. Bradley (1/27). 28 of their 57 shots (.491). This season, He drained 8-of-11 three-point shots vs. MSU is 9-1 when shooting at a higher field the Braves. Jesperson’s eight made three- goal percentage than their opponents and 0-12 when they do not. The pointers ties him with Cam Johnson, who also knocked in eight Bears also knocked down a season-high 10 3-pointers against the three-pointers at Drake on Feb. 12, 1994. Johnson was 8-of-13 from Redbirds in the overtime win, their most since Dec. 17, 2014. three-point land that night. Jesperson’s eight made three-pointers in a single game ranks tied for No. 14 in the country this season. Miller Time It wasn’t the game-winner, but Dequon Miller’s 24-footer just before Morgan is Making Plays the horn at the end of regulation tied Saturday’s game against Il- Jeremy Morgan ranks first on the team in rebounds (115), steals linois State and forced overtime. The hot completed an improbably (46) and blocks (13). He ranks fourth on the team in scoring (10.0 comeback by MSU as they trailed by 6 points in the final minute. The ppg). Morgan recorded a career-high seven steals at Bradley (1/27). junior transfer from Motlow (Tenn.) College has now converted four The seven steals is the most by a Panther in an MVC game since buzzer-beating shots this season, including three game winners, while Andy Woodley had eight steals vs. SIU (2/17/01). His seven steals earning MVC Newcomer of the Week honors five times. He averaged vs. Bradley are tied for No. 9 in the nation in a single game this year. 17.0 points, 2.5 assists and 3.0 3-pointers per game last week. Koch Notches First Career Double-Double Kendrix Converts Bennett Koch recorded his first career double-double with a trifecta Sophomore Chris Kendrix emerged with a 17-point effort over the of career-highs in points (22), rebounds (11) and blocks (3) in a 67- weekend, making 6-of-12 shots to go with a team-high 8 rebounds in 58 win over Southern Illinois. Koch drained 8-of-9 field goals against the overtime win over Illinois State. He also went 4-for-4 at the line the Salukis - including a perfect 6-of-6 in the second half. Koch is and converted a 3-pointer in a 31-minute appearance off the bench. averaging 11.1 points per game in Missouri Valley Conference play. It was his 11th double-figure scoring game of the season and fourth in Valley play. 2015-16 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record 2015-16 Basketball Schedule N14 +Colorado State L, 78-84 0-1, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N17 Stephen F. Austin W, 70-60 1-1, 0-0 N13 at Oral Roberts L, 65-80 0-1, 0-0 N21 #1 North Carolina W, 71-67 2-1, 0-0 N25 Dubuque W, 83-63 3-1, 0-0 Puerto Rico Tip-Off N28 at North Dakota W, 97-51 4-1, 0-0 N19 vs. #20 Butler L, 59-93 0-2, 0-0 N30 North Texas W, 93-70 5-1, 0-0 N20 vs. Minnesota L, 69-74 0-3, 0-0 N22 vs. Mississippi State L, 70-84 0-4, 0-0 D5 at Richmond L, 67-82 5-2, 0-0 D8 at George Mason W, 73-65 6-2, 0-0 N27 William Woods W, 77-56 1-4, 0-0 D12 at New Mexico L, 57-76 6-3, 0-0 D1 +Utah State L, 68-69 1-5, 0-0 Big Four Classic D5 at Oklahoma State W, 64-63 2-5, 0-0 D19 vs. #2 Iowa State W, 81-79 7-3, 0-0 D10 IUPUI W, 88-74 3-5, 0-0 D13 Tulsa L, 61-70 3-6, 0-0 D16 Oral Roberts W, 85-66 4-6, 0-0 Diamond Head Classic D19 at Valparaiso L, 45-74 4-7, 0-0 D23 at Hawai’i L, 68-52 7-4, 0-0 D22 SE Missouri State L, 74-78 4-8, 0-0 D23 vs. Washington State W, 63-59 8-4, 0-0 D30 *at Illinois State L, 61-74 4-9, 0-1 D25 vs. BYU L, 76-84 8-5, 0-0 J2 *Evansville L, 59-76 4-10, 0-2 J6 *UNI W, 59-58 5-10, 1-2 D30 *Bradley W, 80-44 9-5, 1-0 J9 *at Loyola W, 56-54 6-10, 2-2 J2 *at Southern Illinois L, 73-75 9-6, 1-1 J13 *Wichita State L, 62-78 6-11, 2-3 J6 *at Missouri State L, 58-59 9-7, 1-2 J16 *at Bradley W, 61-42 7-11, 3-3 J9 *Drake W, 77-44 10-7, 2-2 J20 *at Drake W, 79-70 8-11, 4-3 J13 *at Indiana State L, 60-74 10-8, 2-3 J24 *Southern Illinois L, 65-80 8-12, 4-4 J16 *Loyola L, 41-51 10-9, 2-4 J27 *at Indiana State L, 59-68 8-13, 4-5 J30 *Illinois State W, 84-81 (ot) 9-13, 5-5 J20 *Wichita State L, 55-74 10-10, 2-5 J23 *at Illinois State L, 67-76 10-11, 2-6 F2 *Bradley (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 7:05 p.m. J27 *at Bradley W, 68-50 11-11, 3-6 F6 *at Evansville (MVC TV) Evansville, Ind. 11:00 a.m. J31 *Southern Illinois W, 67-58 12-11, 4-6 F10 *at UNI (ESPN3) Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F13 *Indiana State (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 3:05 p.m. F3 *Evansville (MVC TV) Cedar Falls, Iowa 6:00 p.m. F18 *at Wichita State (CBSSN) Wichita, Kan. 6:00 p.m. F6 *at Drake (CBSSN) Des Moines, Iowa 1:00 p.m. F21 *Loyola (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. F10 *Missouri State (ESPN3) Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F24 *Drake (ESPN3) Springfield, Mo. 7:05 p.m. F13 *at Wichita State (ESPN or E2) Wichita, Kan. 11:00 a.m. F27 *at Southern Illinois (TV TBD) Carbondale, Ill. TBD F17 *at Loyola (CSN Chicago+) Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F20 *Illinois State (CBSSN) Cedar Falls, Iowa 3:00 p.m. *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series F24 *Indiana State (ESPN3) Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F27 *at Evansville (TV TBD) Evansville, Ind. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series Southern Illinois (18-5, 7-3) Wichita State (16-5, 10-0) Vincent a Spark off Bench The Marshall Plan G Leo Vincent (is a leading contender for Sunday’s win tied Gregg Marshall (220-81 the league’s Sixth Man award. He has not in nine seasons at WSU) for first-place on the started a game, but is the team’s second- school’s all-time wins list alongside hall of leading scorer in conference games (10.9). famer Ralph Miller (220-133 from 1951-64). Against Illinois State on Jan. 12, he became Marshall will look to take the record outright the first Saluki guard other than Anthony Beane to reach 20 points during WSU’s next home contest, Wednesday night against SIU. since Desmar Jackson in 2014. He had 24 points and made the game-winning 3-pointer with 24 seconds left. Longest Active Home Streak With Arizona’s home loss to Oregon on Sunday, WSU now owns the Dawg Bites nation’s longest active home winning streak at 42-games (39-straight • The 18-5 start is SIU’s best since Chris Lowery’s 2007 NCAA Tourna- at Charles Koch Arena, plus three home wins at downtown INTRUST ment Sweet 16 squad started the season 27-5. Bank Arena). The Shockers have won 23-consecutive MVC home • After 23 games last season, the Salukis were 9-14 — making this contests – two shy of the school record. Both streaks date back to season a nine-game improvement over last year. the tail end of the 2012-13 season. • Leo Vincent had a streak of 26-straight FTs made snapped at UNI. The school record is 50, set by Greg Starrick during the 1971-72 season. Other known streaks at SIU include 42 by John Garrett (1972), 31 by Star- Special Second Half rick (1970) and 29 by Kent Williams (2001). Fred VanVleet’s 24-point second half on Sunday was the high- • Anthony Beane needs 11 points to pass Darren Brooks into 5th place est single-half output for a Shocker in nine seasons under Gregg all-time in scoring at SIU. Marshall, besting the 23 scored by Cleanthony Early in a Jan. 9, 2013, win over Southern Illinois. VanVleet’s 32-point effort was also Smithpeters a 3-Point Threat just the fourth 30-point game of the Marshall Era. Early had 39 in At his current pace, Tyler Smithpeters will threaten Doug Novsek’s the aforementioned SIU game and 31 against Kentucky in the 2014 single-season record for 3-point FG percentage at SIU. In 1986-87, NCAA Tournament. Joe Ragland scored 31 in a Dec. 4, 2011, home Novsek was 87-of-184 (.473). Smithpeters is 39-of-83 (.470). Sev- win over No. 18 UNLV. enty percent of his shots have come from 3-point range this season, and 67 percent of his career shot attempts have been behind the arc. Streaking Wichita State enters the week with an 11-game winning streak – Beane Can Get His Own Shot tied for the fifth-longest in school history. When Anthony Beane makes a basket, his teammates contribute an assist 31 percent (47-of-152) of the time. When his teammates make a basket, an assist is involved 52 percent of the time. 2015-16 Basketball Schedule 2015-16 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record N13 Charleston Southern W, 88-63 1-0, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N17 at Tulsa L, 67-77 1-1, 0-0 N13 +Air Force W, 77-75 1-0, 0-0 N21 Emporia State W, 76-54 2-1, 0-0 N15 Florida A&M W, 81-51 2-0, 0-0 N18 Kent State W, 72-69 3-0, 0-0 AdvoCare Invitational (Orlando, Fla.) N21 at Sam Houston State W, 86-81 (ot) 4-0, 0-0 N26 vs. USC L, 69-72 2-2, 0-0 N27 vs. Alabama L, 60-64 2-3, 0-0 Corpus Christi Coastal Challenge N24 vs. Oakland W, 97-88 5-0, 0-0 N29 vs. Iowa L, 61-84 2-4, 0-0 N27 vs. UTEP L, 66-71 5-1, 0-0 D5 at Saint Louis W, 68-53 3-4, 0-0 N28 vs. Portland W, 80-79 6-1, 0-0 D9 +UNLV W, 56-50 4-4, 0-0 D2 SEMO W, 74-50 7-1, 0-0 D12 #24 Utah W, 67-50 5-4, 0-0 D5 at North Texas W, 95-63 8-1, 0-0 D19 at Seton Hall L, 76-80 (ot) 5-5, 0-0 D9 SIUE L, 76-74 8-2, 0-0 D22 Nevada W, 98-69 6-5, 0-0 D12 North Texas W, 74-66 9-2, 0-0 D31 *Drake W, 67-47 7-5, 1-0 D18 at Murray State W, 88-73 10-2, 0-0 D21 at Saint Louis W, 65-52 11-2, 0-0 J3 *at Bradley W, 85-58 8-5, 2-0 D30 *at Loyola W, 72-62 12-2, 1-0 J6 *Evansville W, 67-64 9-5, 3-0 J9 *at Southern Illinois W, 83-58 10-5, 4-0 J2 *Northern Iowa W, 75-73 13-2, 2-0 J6 *at Bradley W, 65-44 14-2, 3-0 J13 *at Missouri State W, 78-62 11-5, 5-0 J9 *Wichita State L, 58-83 14-3, 3-1 J17 *Indiana State W, 82-62 12-5, 6-0 J12 *Illinois State W, 81-78 15-3, 4-1 J20 *at UNI W, 74-55 13-5, 7-0 J17 *at Drake W, 81-76 16-3, 5-1 J23 *Bradley W, 88-54 14-5, 8-0 J20 *Indiana State W, 79-66 17-3, 6-1 J27 *Loyola W, 80-54 15-5, 9-0 J24 *at Missouri State W, 80-65 18-3, 7-1 J31 *at Evansville W, 78-65 16-5, 10-0 J28 *Evansville L, 78-85 (ot) 18-4, 7-2 J31 *at UNI L, 58-67 18-5, 7-3 F3 *Southern Illinois (FSN) Wichita, Kan. 8:00 p.m. F6 *at Illinois State (ESPN2) Normal, Ill. 9:00 p.m. F3 *at Wichita St. (FOX Midwest) Wichita, Kan. 8:00 p.m. F9 *at Drake (Cox) Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F6 *Loyola (ESPN3) Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F13 *UNI (ESPN/ESPN2) Wichita, Kan. 11:00 a.m. F10 *at Indiana State (ESPN3) Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F13 *Drake (MVC TV) Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F15 New Mexico State (Cox) Wichita, Kan. 7:05 p.m. F17 *Bradley (ESPN3) Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F18 *Missouri State (CBSSN) Wichita, Kan. 6:00 p.m. F20 *at Evansville (MVC TV) Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F21 *at Indiana St. (ESPNU) Terre Haute, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F24 *at Illinois State (MVC TV) Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F24 *at Loyola (Cox/CSN Chi+) Chicago, Ill. 8:00 p.m. F27 *Missouri State (TV TBD) Carbondale, Ill. TBD F27 *Illinois State (TV TBD) Wichita, Kan. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M3-6 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series *denotes conference game; +Mountain West-MVC Challenge Series