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2015-16 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2015-16 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (1-0, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #2 - Sunday, November 15 - 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3 Indianapolis (exhibition) W 75-67 Nov. 13 IPFW W 78-64 Iona (0-0, 0-0 MAAC) Nov. 15 Iona ! 1:30 p.m. Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) - Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 17 at Rhode Island 9 a.m. Next Up in Crusader Basketball: With one victory already under its Nov. 18 IU Kokomo ! 7 p.m. Nov. 19 Trinity Christian ! 7 p.m. belt, the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team continues a busy Nov. 22 at Oregon 5 p.m. stretch of early-season games with a Sunday afternoon matinee against Nov. 24 at Oregon State ! 8 p.m. MAAC preseason favorite Iona. Nov. 28 at Ball State 1 p.m. Dec. 3 Belmont 7 p.m. Last Time Out: The Valparaiso men’s basketball team raised its 2014- Dec. 9 at Indiana State 6 p.m. 15 championship banners to the rafters prior to Friday night’s season Dec. 11 at Chicago State 7:05 p.m. Dec. 19 Missouri State 1:30 p.m. opener, and then the 2015-16 squad started its quest to replicate and Dec. 28 at Belmont 7 p.m. surpass the success of last year, taking down IPFW at the ARC by a 78- Jan. 2 UIC * 1 p.m. 64 fi nal. Four players scored in double fi gures for the Crusaders, led by Jan. 8 at Oakland * 6 p.m./8 p.m. 24 points from Alec Peters. Jan. 10 at Detroit * 2 p.m. Jan. 14 Milwaukee * 7 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Video - ESPN3.com - Todd Ickow (PxP), Jan. 16 Green Bay * 7 p.m. David Huseman (Color), Tommy Mantice (Sideline) Jan. 18 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. Jan. 22 at Wright State * 6 p.m. Audio – WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso) Jan. 24 at Northern Kentucky * noon Links for the audio and video, as well as live stats, will be available at Jan. 28 Cleveland State * 7 p.m. ValpoAthletics.com. Jan. 30 Youngstown State * 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at UIC * 3 p.m. Head Coach Bryce Drew: Bryce Drew (95-42) enters his fi fth season Feb. 11 Northern Kentucky * 7 p.m. at the helm of the Crusader men’s basketball program in 2015-16. In Feb. 13 Wright State * 7 p.m. his fi rst four years, Drew has led Valpo to three Horizon League regular Feb. 16 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. Feb. 19 Oakland * 7 p.m. season titles, two Horizon League tournament championships and four Feb. 21 Detroit * 1:30 p.m. postseason berths, including a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Feb. 26 at Milwaukee * 6 p.m./8 p.m. The 2012 and 2015 HL Coach of the Year, Drew ascended to the head Feb. 28 at Green Bay * 1 p.m. coaching position on May 17, 2011 after spending six seasons as an Mar. 5-8 at Horizon League Championship assistant and associate head coach with the Crusaders. (Detroit, Mich.) Series Notes: Iona has won both previous matchups between the two All times Central. Home games in bold and played at programs, with one coming in the regular season in the U.S. Virgin Athletics-Recreation Center. Islands in 2008. Most recently, the Gaels downed the Crusaders in the ! – Beaver Showcase (Campus sites) opening round of the CBI at the ARC, 85-77, on Mar. 16, 2011. Jay * - indicates Horizon League game Harris paced Valpo with 20 points in the losing effort. @ValpoBasketball Valpo Men’s #ValpoGameday Basketball #GoValpo 2015-16 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 @ValpoBasketball... - Valpo’s FG pct. (42.3%-54.2%), 3PT pct. (12.5%-50%) ...and the @HorizonLeague and FT pct. (57.9%-73.7%) all increased dramatically in the - Valpo has been picked to win the Horizon League in presea- second half. son polling, earning 36 of the 43 fi rst-place votes. - The Crusaders have not fi nished worse than their preseason ...looking ahead projection in the last fi ve years. - The Crusaders hit the road to take on Rhode Island Tuesday - Junior Alec Peters was named to the preseason First Team morning at 9 a.m. CT as part of the ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. All-League for a second straight season. - Valpo then flies home for games against IU Kokomo - Seniors Vashil Fernandez and Darien Walker and sophomore (Wednesday) and Trinity Christian (Thursday) at the ARC. Tevonn Walker all earned spots on the preseason Second - In all to start the season, Valpo will play fi ve games in the Team. fi rst seven days and seven in the fi rst 12 days. ...looking back at last year ...at the ARC - Valpo won a program-record 28 games en route to the Hori- - Valpo has 15 regular season home games scheduled for the zon League regular season and tournament titles. Athletics-Recreation Center in 2015-16. - The Crusaders advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the - The Crusaders posted a 15-1 record at the ARC last season, ninth time since 1996 and the 14th time overall. the second-most home wins in a single season since the - Valpo has won two of the last three Horizon League Cham- building opened. pionships and three of the last four HL regular season titles. - Valpo’s .938 home winning percentage last year was also - The Crusaders are one of just four programs in league history the second-best since the ARC opened. to capture at least three regular season titles in a four-year - Over the last 21 years, the Crusaders own a 251-57 (.815) span. winning percentage on their home court. - Bryce Drew was named Horizon League Coach of the Year for the second time, as well as NABC District Coach of the @IonaGaelsMBB Year. - Iona has been picked to win the MAAC this season. - Alec Peters was a First Team All-League selection and an - The Gaels will be playing their fi rst regular season contest NABC First Team All-District choice. of the year on Sunday. - Vashil Fernandez was named HL Defensive Player of the - Iona boasts the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year in guard Year and a member of the All-Defensive Team. A.J. English, who averaged 20.1 ppg a season ago. - Jubril Adekoya claimed Sixth Man of the Year honors, while - The two-time defending MAAC regular season champions Tevonn Walker earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team. return four starters in all from a 26-win team last year. ...notes from IPFW Taking Advantage of Charity - The Crusaders took the lead for good with 9:23 to play in - Valpo enjoyed 38 free throws in the season opener versus the fi rst half, falling into a tie just once in the second half. IPFW, going 25-of-38 from the foul line. - Alec Peters paced Valpo with 24 points and tied with David - The Crusaders attempted 23 more free throws than the Skara and Jubril Adekoya for game-high honors with seven Mastodons, after attempting 87 more foul shots than their boards. opponents all last year. - Peters was one of four Crusaders in double fi gures - Skara - The 38 FTA for Valpo was the team’s most since attempting (14), Shane Hammink and Keith Carter (10 apiece). 43 in last year’s season opener versus East Tennessee State. - Hammink scored in double fi gures in his fi rst regular season - Alec Peters tied a career high for free throws made, going game in a Valpo uniform. 9-of-10 from the stripe. - Valpo enjoyed 32 points from its bench, the most against a D-I opponent since receiving 34 bench points in last year’s season opener. 2015-16 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Pickpockets Horizon League Standings - Valpo tallied 10 steals in the season-opening win over IPFW, (through Nov. 13) forcing a total of 18 Mastodon turnovers. Horizon Overall - The Crusaders out-scored IPFW in points off turnovers by Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. a 21-9 margin. Valparaiso 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 - Valpo reached double digits in steals after doing so just twice Milwaukee 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 all last season against D-I competition. Wright State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Oakland 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Detroit 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 What’s Back This Season Cleveland State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 - If you said “everything”, you’d be close – the Crusaders Youngstown State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 return nearly all their players from last year’s record-setting Green Bay 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 squad. Northern Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 - 10 of last year’s 11 letterwinners are back for Valpo in UIC 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2015-16, comprising 98.8% of its scoring and rebounding and 98.3% of its minutes played from last year’s squad.