2012-13 BELLARMINE BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE ASIHENE B U R T O N CLEMONS DOWE EDELEN HALL JOHNSON JONES L O V E L E S S Ma YN A R D PARRISH PRITCHETT R O S S SCHAFER SUGGS THELEN CHRIS DOWE JELANI JOHNSON BELLARMINE SENIOR BELLARMINE SENIOR BELLARMINE TELEVISION/RADIO CHART Vance Hall George Suggs Chris Dowe Corbin Maynard Garett Ross 6-3 • Guard 6-8 • Forward 6-3 • Guard 5-10 • Guard 6-3 • Guard 3 Jr. • Frankfort, Ky. 4 Fr. • St. Louis, Mo. 5 Sr. • Louisville, Ky. 10 So. • Louisville, Ky. 11 R-So. • Corydon, Ind. Jake Thelen Cole Schafer Michael Parrish Stephen Asihene Billy Edelen 6-6 • Forward 6-2 • Guard 5-7 • Guard 6-7 • Forward 6-2 • Guard 12 So. • Edgewood, Ky. 14 Fr.•Evansville, Ind. 20 Fr. • Louisville, Ky. 21 So. • Freehold, N.J. 22 Fr. • Clarksville, Ind. Keisten Jones Ryan Burton Max Clemons Jelani Johnson Stevie Loveless 6-3 • Guard 6-8 • Forward 6-4 • Guard 6-4 • Guard 6-6 • Forward 23 Jr. • Louisville, Ky. 24 So. • Bedford, Ind. 25 Fr. • Louisville, Ky. 32 Sr. • Aurora, Ill. 33 R-Jr. • Frankfort, Ind. Alphabetical Roster PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 21 Stephen Asihene 33 Stevie Loveless Bellarmine: 24 Ryan Burton 10 Corbin Maynard bell-UHR-men 25 Max Clemons 20 Mike Parrish Asihene As-uh-HE-nee 5 Chris Dowe 42 Alex Pritchett Dowe DOW Jelani juh-LAH-nee 22 Billy Edelen 11 Garett Ross Keisten KEES-tun 3 Vance Hall 14 Cole Schafer Suggs SUGS Thelen THEE-lynn 32 Jelani Johnson 4 George Suggs Alex Pritchett Scott Davenport 6-8 • Forward Head Coach, 8th season 23 Keisten Jones 12 Jake Thelen 42 R-Fr. • Bedford, Ind. 154-62 (.713) TABLE OF CONTENTS BELLARMINE FAST FACTS Name: Bellarmine Fast Facts 1 Bellarmine University Location: Louisville, KY 2011-12 Season Review 2 Founded: 1950 2012-13 Season Preview 3 Enrollment: 3,500 (Fall 2012) President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Coaching Staff 4 Director of Athletics: Scott Wiegandt Roster 5 Nickname: Knights Colors: Scarlet and Silver Player Profiles 6 Affiliation: NCAA Division II 2011-12 Season Stats 14 Conference: Great Lakes Valley GLVC Information and Standings 15 Home Arena: Knights Hall Capacity: 2,222 2012-13 Opponents 16 Athletics Phone: 502-272-8380 Program Records 18 Athletics FAX line: 502-272-8450 Mailing Address: 2001 Newburg Road, Honor Roll 20 Louisville, KY 40205 All-Time Series Records 22 Year-By-Year Results 23 Men’S basKetball Historical datA First Year of Men’s Basketball: 1950 University Administration 28 Overall All-Time Record: 880-748 Bellarmine Athletics Staff 29 NCAA Appearances: 13 Athletics Facilities 30 Last NCAA Postseason Appearance: 2012 NCAA Tournament Record: 18-16 Bellarmine University and Louisville, KY 31 NCAA National Championships: 1 (2011) BELLARMINE ATHletics There are 21 varsity sports at Bellarmine, all competing at the NCAA Dvision II level, except men’s lacrosse, which plays at the NCAA Division Men’S BasKetball I level in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Those teams include: men’s and women’s basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, CoacHing Staff Information tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), men’s baseball, and women’s field hockey, softball, and volleyball. Head Coach: Scott Davenport MEDIA INFORMATION Alma Mater: University of Louisville For information regarding media passes and seating location for the media, please contact the sports information office at School Record (Yrs.): 154-62 (7) 502.272.8078. Interviews with coaches can be set up through Career Record (Yrs.): 154-62 (7) the sports information office or by calling the coaches directly. To arrange an interview with a student-athlete, media should Office Phone: 502-272-8380 contact the sports information office to set up a time. Email: [email protected] Knights Hall is equipped with wireless capability. Assistant Coaches: Drew Cooper, Michael Data/Phone/FAX lines are available on request. Scott, and Reece Gaines SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS: John Spugnardi, Chris Cooper, Sports Information Director Assistant S.I.D. [email protected] [email protected] ON THE COVER: office: 502-272-8078 office: 502-272-8464 Bellarmine seniors Chris Dowe and Jelani Johnson cell: 502-905-0922 cell: 502-494-6753 2011-2012 SEASON REVIEW 2011-12: A Season in Review The 2011-12 basketball season is in the record books as the second Bellarmine would go on to drop just one more regular season game best season ever for the Knights, falling just short of the accomplish- (at Southern Indiana) to finish 24-2 and win the regular season GLVC ments of the national championship season just two years ago. crown with a 16-2 record. Along the way, the Knights enjoyed the nation’s No. 1 ranking for seven weeks and stayed in the top five all Last season, the Knights compiled a 29-4 record and made a return season long. trip to the Elite 8 and final four. It also marked the first time in school history that a Knight has been selected as a National Player of the The postseason Year, an honor bestowed upon opened with a vic- Braydon Hobbs by both the Na- tory over Lewis in tional Association of Basketball the GLVC Cham- Coaches and Basketball Times pionship Tourna- at season’s end. One of Hobbs’ ment, but Bellar- backcourt mates, Jeremy Kendle, mine missed the also earned All-America honors GLVC “3-peat” from several organizations, in- when they fell to cluding the NABC, which made Southern Indiana Kendle the first Bellarmine player in the conference to become an NABC All-American tourney semifi- two years in a row. nals. Bellarmine opened its 2011-12 season in one of the most storied Bellarmine still earned the Midwest Region’s No. 1 seed and hosted arenas in all of college basketball—Cameron Indoor Stadium—for an the NCAA Regional Tournament in Knights Hall, where they posted exhibition contest against the Duke Blue Devils. Although the Knights wins over Findlay, Lewis and Kentucky Wesleyan in front of sellout were competitive, Duke pulled away in the end for a 25-point win. crowds to win their second consecutive Midwest Regional crown. The Knights also had quality exhibition showing against the Univer- Bellarmine’s second trip to the Elite 8 was just a quick bus ride up I-71 as Northern Kentucky University hosted the event at the Bank of Ken- tucky Center. The Knights opened with the only team ranked higher in the na- tional polls—the University of Alabama at Huntsville, sity of Louisville and Xavier University before opening the regular and after falling behind by season with an 85-71 victory over Saginaw Valley in Knights Hall. nine at halftime came back and outscored the Chargers Two more GLIAC schools awaited the Knights on a road trip to Michi- 50-32 in the second half to gan with Bellarmine overcoming a 21-point deficit to win at Wayne win 82-73. State and picking up a quality victory at Grand Valley State. Bellar- mine coasted to easy victories in both games of Southern Indiana’s In the semifinals, Bellarm- Bill Joergens Classic before starting its GLVC season with two road ine fell victim to poor sec- games in early December. ond-half shooting and were outrebounded 43-28 as the After dropping a gut-wrenching double overtime game at Indianapo- Knights dropped a 79-72 lis, the Knights recovered to defeat St. Josesph’s and start a school- decision to Montevallo. record 17-game winning streak. 2 2012-2013 SEASON PREVIEW The 2012-13 The Bellarmine backcourt--de- Bellarmine Knights spite losing two of the best players in will again be a tal- the country--will remain a strength ented squad that for the Knights. Chris Dowe, who should compete for was Most Outstanding Player another conference of the Midwest Regional and a and regional title. 2nd-team All-GLVC perform- The preseason na- er last year, returns and will tional polls have look to increase his scoring looked favorably role. Already a member on the Knights with of the Bellarmine 1,000 Basketball Times point club, Dowe is a and the DII Bulle- tough match-up because tin ranking them in he has shown he can con- their preseason top sisently hit the deep jumper 10s. while his “bread and butter” Heading into remains using his outstanding 2012-13, Coach leaping ability to attack the Scott Davenport basket. probably has more Keisten Jones, who questions than an- earned a spot in the starting swers, however. No lineup a season ago, also re- doubtedly sitting turns, and he, too, provides No. 1 on Daven- a great inside-outside threat. port’s list of ques- Last year, the Louisville native tions is how do you netted 43 of 89 treys to lead replace a backcourt the GLVC in 3-point shoot- that featured a ing at 48.3 percent, and like guard who was the Dowe, possesses the athlet- national player of the year and another guard who was a two-time ic ability to be a formidable All-American? attacker of the basket. Davenport has a full cast of characters waiting to fill those roles Another forerunner to with eight new faces for the 2012-12 season. One way, Davenport start in the backcourt is junior may cope with the loss of such a talented senior class is to beef up transfer Vance Hall, who started his squad and in the process help eliminate last year’s Achilles heel: 17 games for Wright State a year rebounding. ago. The 6-3 Frankfort, Ky., native Although the Knights are still likely to go with a 3-guard lineup, looks to share point guard duties inside play should be a lot more solid with the progression of sopho- with Dowe.