Evansville Basketball Five National Championships | Five Ncaa D-1 Tournaments
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EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | FIVE NCAA D-1 TOURNAMENTS 2012-13 Schedule GAME THIRTY-SIX Evansville at East Carolina OCTOBER 2012 March 30, 2013 - 4:00 p.m. CT - Williams Arena Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Bob Pristash Nov. 10 at No. 22 Notre Dame $ L, 49-58 Nov. 15 Buffalo $ L, 50-56 Nov. 16 Yale $ W, 66-56 Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ W, 49-44 Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech W, 62-50 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 72-46 EVANSVILLE INFORMATION EAST CAROLINA INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2012-13 Record: 21-14, 10-8 MVC 2012-13 Record: 20-13, 11-7 MAAC Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 72-79 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Jeff Lebo Record at UE: 88-102 (6th Season) Record at East Carolina: 54-44 (3rd Season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Career Record: 186-175 (12th Season) Career Record: 265-200 (15th season) Dec. 8 Murray State L, 70-82 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State W, 80-67 Points: Colt Ryan - 20.4 PPG Points: Maurice Kemp - 18.8 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City W, 103-69 Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 7.0 RPG Rebounds: Robert Sampson - 9.1 RPG Dec. 22 at Butler L, 67-75 Assists: Troy Taylor - 137 assists Assists: Miguel Paul - 219 assists Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 59 blocks Blocks: Robert Sampson - 59 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON L, 70-87 Minutes: Colt Ryan - 33.0 MPG Minutes: Maurice Kemp - 34.1 MPG JANUARY 2013 Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE W, 62-59 OT Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS # W, 85-68 Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA W, 62-59 Troy Taylor Notes: Notched second triple-double in UE history vs. Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE W, 71-67 SR - G - 6-0 - 184 CU; tallied 19 rbs vs. MSU in next game Jan. 16 at DRAKE L, 69-83 5 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE # L, 62-72 Anderson Jan. 23 BRADLEY W, 66-56 7.0 7.0 46.6 61.0 29.5 Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE # L, 62-67 Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA W, 54-51 OT Colt Ryan Notes: Set the UE scoring record with 39 points at 11 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 Canisius; has 2,267 points in his career FEBRUARY 2013 Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE L, 61-62 Batesville 20.4 3.5 42.6 89.0 33.0 Feb. 5 at BRADLEY L, 70-76 Feb. 10 DRAKE - ESPNU W, 84-78 OT Adam Wing Notes: Has made the start in each of the last eight Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 56-65 games for UE, Aces have won six of those contests Feb. 16 CREIGHTON - ESPNU L, 68-71 12 FR - G - 6-4 - 205 Morehead, Ky. Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE W, 79-62 Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 23 at Wright State & W, 70-58 Rowan County 2.7 2.8 40.5 52.2 15.4 Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE W, 59-56 Ned Cox Notes: Became the 45th player in program history to MARCH 2013 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 score 1,000 points with 10 against Bradley Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE # W, 84-68 San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Mar. 8 vs. No. 5 Indiana State % L, 50-51 Judson Mar. 19 Tennessee State * W, 84-72 11.0 2.0 41.8 83.6 30.2 Mar. 23 Eastern Kentucky *! W, 86-72 Mar. 26 at Canisius * W, 84-83 Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Led the MVC with 2.2 blocks per game in Mar. 30 at East Carolina * 4 p.m. CT 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 league play, has 59 on the season Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. 5.7 4.8 66.5 69.5 18.1 $ - Coaches vs. Cancer ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge Off The Bench # - Televised by MVC Networks & - Ramada Bracketbusters Game # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis 0 Ryan Sawvell F 6-8/200 SO 3.4 2.8 Scored 16 pts vs. OCU * - CollegeInsider.com Tournament 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 2.1 0.5 Notched career-high 11 pts vs. ISU *! - CIT game at USI 4 Lewis Jones F/G 6-3/200 SR 6.1 2.4 Recorded career high 9 rbs vs. EKU 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 3.6 1.9 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU Home Games in Bold 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.3 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Played 3 min vs. OCU MVC Games in ALL CAPS 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR 0.0 1.0 Had a rebound vs. AAMU and OCU All Times Central 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 0.8 1.6 Tied career mark w/5 rb vs. AAMU 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR 8.2 1.7 Registered 18 pts at Wright State 44 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Redshirted for 2012-13 season Contact: Bob Pristash Office: 812-488-2285 Cell: 812-266-5288 Email: [email protected] 2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 2012-13 PURPLE ACES GAME NOTES The Opening Tip Aces In The Postseason - It is on to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament for the Purple Aces as they travel to East Carolina on Saturday In its storied NCAA history, the Aces have participated in 62 postseason games, accu- - With a win, Evansville will advance to the championship game, which will be mulating an impressive 46-20 mark. That includes a 40-10 record in what was at the hosted by either Northern Iowa or Weber State time called the NCAA College Division as the Aces won five national championships. - A hard-fought win over Canisius propelled the Aces into the semis as they took Since entering Division I in 1977, Evansville has played in 14 postseason tournament games, winning on four occasions. Two years ago, UE defeated Hofstra in the first down the Golden Griffins by a final of 84-83 on Tuesday round of the CBI to grab their first postseason win since 1989 against Oregon State. - Colt Ryan set the all-time UE scoring record en route to 39 points in the win, Ryan scored 30 of UE’s 56 second-half points in the win DIVISION I - UE is just two wins away from taking top honors in the CollegeInsider.com Date Tourney Opponent W/L Score Tournament 2013 CIT at Canisius W 84-83 2013 CIT Eastern Kentucky W 86-72 Colt Sets The Record 2013 CIT Tennessee State W 84-72 - Colt Ryan is the all-time leading scorer in University of Evansville program history; 2012 CBI Princeton L 86-95 his 3-pointer with 1:56 remaining in the first half at Canisius gave him the mark 2011 CBI at Boise State L 69-75 2011 CBI vs. Hofstra W 77-70 - He passed Larry Humes, who set the mark in 1966 with 2,236 points 2009 CIT vs. Belmont L 76-92 - Ryan tallied 39 in the record-breaking performance and stands at 2,267 in his 1999 NCAA Kansas L 74-95 illustrious career with the Aces 1994 NIT vs. Tulane L 63-76 1993 NCAA Florida State L 70-82 Ryan In The UE Record Book 1992 NCAA UTEP L 50-55 - Since his arrival at UE in 2009, Colt Ryan has made his mark on the UE record 1989 NCAA Seton Hall L 73-87 book; below is where he stands in several career categories: 1989 NCAA Oregon State W 94-90 OT - Scoring - #1 - 2,267 (7th in MVC history) 1988 NIT vs. Boston College L 81-86 - Steals - #1 - 182 (6th in MVC history) 1988 NIT vs. Utah W 66-55 1982 NCAA Marquette L 62-67 - Free Throws Made - #1 - 595 (4th in MVC history) - Field Goals - #2 - 705 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION (now Division II) - 3-Pointers - #2 - 262 (T-8th in MVC history) 1976 NCAA vs. Eastern Illinois L 73-75 - Free Throw Percentage - #4 - 86.1% 1976 NCAA vs. Wright State W 85-75 - Assists - #6 - 402 1974 NCAA vs. Wisc.-Green Bay W 87-75 - Scoring Average - #8 - 17.9 1974 NCAA vs. Wittenberg L 55-59 OT 1972 NCAA vs. Eastern Michigan L 88-93 Moving On In The Postseason 1972 NCAA vs. Wittenberg W 81-73 1971* NCAA vs. Old Dominion W 97-82 - Play keeps going for UE as they have won their first three games of the CIT; it is 1971* NCAA vs. SW Louisiana W 93-74 the first time UE has won more than one postseason game in a season since the 1971* NCAA vs. Hartwick W 105-69 1971 championship 1971* NCAA vs. Central Michigan W 78-60 - If UE can go 4-0 in the CIT, they will be in great company; every University of 1971* NCAA vs. Ashland W 82-74 Evansville team that has won four postseason games has also won a championship 1968 NCAA vs.