Emporia State Hornet Game Notes Vs. Neb.-Kearney Lopers
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Emporia State Hornet Game Notes vs. Neb.-Kearney Lopers Game #9 2019-20 Schedule & Results Emporia State Hornets (5-3, 0-0 MIAA) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT vs. Neb.-Kearney Lopers (4-3, 1-0 MIAA) Oct 25 at $Kansas State L 49-86 Thursday, Dec. 5 • 7:30 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium MIAA/GAC Challenge Series Record: UNK leads 23-20 Last Meeting: UNK 59, at ESU 53 (1/20/19) Nov 8 vs. Southwestern Okla. L 73-82 OT Radio: KFFX 104.9FM Internet Audio: kvoe.com Nov 9 at Arkansas Tech L 59-79 Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets Nov 12 Kansas Wesleyan W 87-59 Up Next: Fort Hays State • Saturday, Dec. 7 • 3:30 p.m. Nov 14 Tabor College W 82-51 Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium Nov 18 Sterling College W 94-82 Nebraska Kearney “Lopers” Nov 22 Rockhurst L 100-109 2OT Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Nov 26 vs. William Jewell W 75-67 10 R.J. Pair G 6-0 Jr. 7.3 2.7 The Colony, Texas Nov 29 Saint Mary (Kan.) W 104-63 23 Jake Walker G 6-2 Jr. 12.0 3.0 Centerville, Utah Dec 5 *Neb.-Kearney 7:30 PM 15 Morgan Soucie F 6-5 Sr. 14.4 6.3 Osawatomie, Kan. Dec 7 *Fort Hays State 3:30 PM 05 A.J. Jackson F 6-5 Sr. 11.0 3.8 Bellevue, Neb. Jan 1 Baker 7:30 PM 32 Kyle Juhl F 6-5 Sr. 9.1 6.6 Harlan, Iowa Jan 4 at *Washburn 3:30 PM Coach: Kevin Lofton (Regis 1994) 227-182 at Nebraska Kearney (14th Year) Jan 9 #1 *Northwest Missouri 7:30 PM Emporia State “Hornets” Jan 11 *Missouri Western 3:30 PM Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Jan 15 at *Fort Hays State 8:00 PM 2 Keyon Thomas G 5-10 Fr. 15.5 2.8 Bonner Springs, Kan. Jan 18 at *Neb.-Kearney 3:30 PM 10 Jumah’Ri Turner G 6-2 Jr. 14.4 4.5 Minneapolis,Minn. Jan 22 *Newman 7:30 PM 32 Devin Rottweiler C 6-8 So. 7.1 3.6 Sierra Vista, Ariz. Jan 26 *Central Oklahoma 3:30 PM 14 Duncan Fort F 6-6 Jr. 4.1 3.5 Osage City, Kan. Jan 29 at *Central Missouri 7:30 PM 24 Brenden Van Dyke F 6-8 Jr. 10.0 7.6 Avaondale, Ariz. Feb 1 at *Lincoln 3:30 PM Coach: Craig Doty (Morningside 2010) 19-19 at ESU (2nd Year); 68-41 overall (4th Year) Feb 5 *Pittsburg State 7:30 PM Feb 8 #15 *Missouri Southern 5:00 PM MIAA OPENER ABOUT THE HORNETS Feb 13 at *Rogers State 7:30 PM Emporia State begins MIAA play on Thursday Emporia State is 5-3 on the season with two Feb 15 at *Northeastern State 3:30 PM night against Neb.-Kearney. The Hornets are overtime losses. They are third in the MIAA in Feb 20 at *Newman 7:30 PM 14-14 all-time in MIAA openers with a 10-6 scoring at 84.3 points per game with six players Feb 22 at *Central Oklahoma 3:30 PM record in White Auditorium. This is the fifth averaging at least 7.0 points per game while a Feb 27 *Northeastern State 7:30 PM straight year Emporia State has opened MIAA total of nine players have scored at least ten Feb 29 *Rogers State 3:30 PM play against Neb.-Kearney with three of the points in a game. Keyon Thomas is the leading MIAA Tournament previous four in Kearney. scorer for the Hornets at 15.5 points per game, March 4 Opening Round Games Jumah’Ri Turner is scoring 14.4 points and (Seeds 7-10) LAST TIME OUT Brenden Van Dyke is averaging 10.0 points and March 5 Quarterfinals Emporia State used a 19-0 run in the first half a team high 7.6 rebounds per game. (Seeds 1-2 vs Opening Round Winners) to take control on the way to a 104-63 win over March 6 Quarterfinals (Seeds 3-6) Saint Mary (Kan.) on Friday in White Auditorium. ABOUT THE LOPERS March 7 Semifinals Zac Owens had a game and career high 24 Neb.-Kearney is 4-3, 1-0 in the MIAA and have March 8 Championship Game points on six of seven shooting while Keyon won three straight. They are third in the league in NCAA Central Regional Thomas had his fourth straight 20 point game assists at 15.4 per game despite ranking 11th in March 14-15, 17 TBA with 21 points and six steals. They were joined scoring at 71.9 points per game. Morgan Soucie NCAA Elite Eight in double figures by Justin Balcome with 14 averages 14.4 points per game to lead four Lop- March 26 & 28 Evansville, IN points while Brenden Van Dyke added 12 points ers in double figures. NCAA Championship Game and three blocks. Mason Thiessen had a game April 5, 2020 Atlanta,GA high nine rebounds while Justin Williams dished SERIES HISTORY $ - Exhibition Game * - MIAA Game six assists. This will be the 44th meeting between the two Home Game teams with Nebraska Kearney holding a 23-20 THE COACHES advantage. They have split 12 games as MIAA Craig Doty is 19-19 in his second season at foes. Media Contacts Emporia State. In his eighth season as a head ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD coach at the D2, NAIA, and NJCAA level he is LAST TIME VS NEB.-KEARNEY 620-344-6190 (cell) 181-69 with three national championships. In Neb.-Kearney used a late 16-0 run to take [email protected] two seasons at Graceland, Doty went 49-22 a 59-53 victory over Emporia State in White UNK: Peter Yazvac and won the 2018 NAIA Division I National Auditorium. The Hornets led 44-33 with 9:00 308-865-8334 Championship in Municipal Auditorium. Prior left before the Lopers went on their run. Malik [email protected] to Graceland, Doty spent four years as the Hluchoweckyj led the Hornets with 16 points and : Selected head coach at Rock Valley College winning two was joined in double digits by Justin Washington POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY national championships and appearing in three with 11 points. Hornet players and Coach Doty will be straight NJCAA Division III title games to finish available in the interview room of White with a 113-28 record. He is 1-1 against Nebraska UP NEXT Auditorium after the game following a brief Kearney. The Hornets are back in action on Saturday cooling off period. Kevin Lofton is 227-182 in his 15th year at agaisnt Fort Hays State. Tip-off from White WEBSITE: esuhornets.com Neb.-Kearney, but is 71-57 in his fifth year as Auditorium is set for 3:30 p.m. TWITTER: @ESUSports sole head coach. He is 6-6 against ESU. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics Emporia State Hornets vs. Neb.-Kearney Lopers December 5, 2019 WL White Auditorium • Emporia, Kan. Page 2 ESU’S RECORD IN 2019-20 WHEN... CENTURY MARK Emporia State’s 104-63 win over Saint Mary marked the 100th time the Hornets have cracked the At Home...........................4-1 century mark in their history. It is the fifth time in 38 games they have reached 100 points under On the Road .......................0-1 Coach Doty, matching their total for the last eight seasons combined. On a Neutral Court . 1-1 The Hornets scored at least 100 points 60 times under coach Ron Slaymaker (827 total games Leading or tied at Half . .5-0 in 28 seasons), 26 times under coach David Moe (288 games in 10 seasons), three times under Trailing at Half ......................0-3 coach Gus Fish (602 games in 25 seasons) and once under coach Marc Comstock (82 games Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) ......5-2 in three seasons). Trailing or Tied with 5:00 left...........0-1 DOTY MAGIC ESU equals/outrebounds opponents....5-2 Three-time National Champion head coach Craig Doty is in his second season as head coach ESU is outrebounded ................0-1 at Emporia State. Doty is 68-41 as a head coach at four year schools with an 19-19 record since ESU commits more turnovers/equal ....1-2 taking over for the Hornets. He is 181-69 in his seventh year at the NCAA D2, NAIA and NJCAA Opponent commits more turnovers .....4-1 levels, including a 79-42 mark in conference play. ESU has more FT attempts or equal....5-2 A great builder of teams, he is 66-15 in games played in February and March with an unprecedented 29-5 record in the post-season. Two of those five post season losses were to the eventual national Opp. has more free throw attempts .....0-1 champion. ESU shoots 50% or better ............4-0 Doty led Rock Valley College and Graceland University to national prominence earlier in his ESU shoots less than 50%............1-3 career. In just two seasons at Graceland, Doty’s program had a 49-22 record and won the 2018 Opponent shoots 50% or better .......0-1 NAIA Division I National Championship in the school’s first trip to the national tournament at Opponent shoots less than 50% .......5-2 Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium. The Yellowjackets started the 2017-18 season 10-8 ESU shoots better/equal than opponent 5-0 and ended the year winning 19 of their final 21 games.