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Emporia State Hornet Game Notes at Pittsburg St. Gorillas Game #21 Emporia State Ticket Info Emporia State Hornets (10-10, 10-10 MIAA) at Pittsburg State at Pittsburg State Gorillas (10-10, 10-10 MIAA) Pittsburg State is restricting attendance at John Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 • 7:30 p.m. • Pittsburg, Kan. • John Lance Arena Lance Arena to 25% of capacity with social distancing Series Record: ESU leads 100-95 Last Meeting: at ESU 75, PSU 72 (1/14/2021) enforced. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at Radio: KFFX 104.9FM Internet Audio: kvoe.com the door. Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets ESU ticket info 1-877-341-NEST • tickets.emporia.edu Up Next: at Washburn • Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 • 3:00 p.m. Topeka, Kan. • Lee Arena Pittsburg State “Gorillas” 2020-21 Schedule & Results Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 5 Quentin Hardrict G 5-10 Jr. 10.8 2.5 Minneapolis, Minn. Nov 19 at Neb.-Kearney W 69-57 10 R.J. Forney G 6-3 Fr. 3.8 2.1 Broken Arrow, Okla. Nov 21 at Fort Hays State W 68-66 22 Ryan Pippins G 6-0 Gr. 8.6 4.3 Little Rock, Ark. Nov 28 at Northeastern State W 76-66 25 Cameron Huefner F 6-7 Fr. 5.9 3.1 Adelaide, Australia Dec 3 Newman ppd 34 Zach Burch F 6-6 Sr. 7.2 2.7 Butler, Mo. Dec 5 Central Oklahoma ppd Coach: Kim Anderson (Missouri 1979) 56-54 at Pittsburg St. (4th Year) 357-216 overall (19th Year) Dec 10 at Rogers State ppd Emporia State “Hornets” Dec 17 Lincoln L 78-82 Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Dec 18 at Wichita State (Exhib) L 57-73 10 Jumah’Ri Turner G 6-2 Sr. 18.5 3.2 Minneapolis, Minn. Dec 19 Central Missouri W 73-64 34 Austin Downing G 6-0 Gr. 13.1 3.0 Atchinson, Kan. 1 Dallas Bailey F 6-6 Sr. 5.8 5.5 Denver,Colo. Dec 30 Central Oklahoma 2nd ppd 14 Duncan Fort F 6-6 Sr. 3.9 3.1 Osage City, Kan. Jan 2 Newman W 76-42 30 Mason Thiessen C 6-10 So. 5.1 3.3 Inman, Kan. Jan 4 at Rogers State L 60-75 Coach: Craig Doty (Morningside 2010) 34-44 at ESU (3rd Year); 83-66 overall (5th Year) Jan 7 at #22 Missouri Western L 61-70 Jan 9 at #1 Northwest Missouri L 71-92 MARCH STARTS EARLY ABOUT THE HORNETS Jan 14 Pittsburg State W 75-72 Emporia State travels to Pittsburg State for a Emporia State is 10-10 on the season. They Jan 16 Missouri Southern L 64-75 game with huge implications for the MIAA Tour- are leading the MIAA in field goal percentage nament lineup. defense, and are second in scoring defense and Jan 21 Central Oklahoma L 59-71 defensive rebounds. Jumah’Ri Turner is sixth in Jan 23 #7 Washburn W 91-74 LAST TIME OUT the MIAA in scoring while Mason Thiessen ranks Jan 28 at Central Oklahoma L 61-73 Emporia State put six players in double figures third in blocked shots. Jan 30 at Newman W 89-59 in a 97-72 win over Northeastern State. Duncan Feb 4 Northeastern State ppd Fort and Austin Downing combined to score the ABOUT THE GORILLAS Feb 6 Rogers State L 68-78 first 15 points for the Hornets. Jumah’Ri Turner‘s Pittsburg State is 10-10 on the season and have Feb 13 at Lincoln L 58-84 jumper started a 12-3 run that would give ESU lost three in a row, all on the road. They are 6-3 Feb 16 Northeastern State 2nd ppd a 27-19 lead with 8:48 left in the half. Gage at home on the season. Bobby Arthur-Williams Feb 18 #3 Northwest Missouri L 62-69 McGuire’s tip in at the buzzer gave the Hornets is their leading scorer on the season but has not Feb 20 Missouri Western W 82-71 a 52-34 lead at the break. A 10-2 run early in played in the last three games. Feb 24 Northeastern State W 97-72 the second half turned an 18 point game into a Feb 25 at Pittsburg State 7:30 pm 26 point spread with 15:00 left. ESU took their SERIES HISTORY Feb 27 at #15 Washburn 3:00 pm biggest lead at 88-50 with 8:41 left and led 95-61 This will be the 196th meeting between the two with 2:52 remaining before the RiverHawks teams with Emporia State holding a 100-95 MIAA Tournament (Campus Sites) closed the game on an 11-2 run. Turner scored overall advantage. The home team has won 16 March 3, 5-6 20 points, Fort had 18 points, Downing added of the last 20 meetings and is 118-71 overall. NCAA Central Regional (Aberdeen, SD) 13, McGuire scored 17 points, Mayuom Buom March 13-14, 16 had 12 and Mason Thiessen added 11 points. LAST TIME VS PITTSBURG STATE NCAA Elite Eight (Evansville, Ind.) In a game that saw 18 ties and 15 lead March 24-25, 27 THE COACHES changes Emporia State scored the final six Craig Doty is 34-44 in his third season at points to pull out a 75-72 victory over Pittsburg Media Contacts Emporia State. In his ninth season as a head State in White Auditorium. Ryan Pippins put ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD coach at the D2, NAIA, and NJCAA level he is the Gorillas up 72-69 with 1:34 remaining, but 620-344-6190 196-93 with three national championships. He it would be the last score of the night for Pitt [email protected] was 49-22 in two seasons at Graceland, and State. Jumah’ri Turner and Austin Downing PSU: Dan Wilkes, Assoc. AD won the 2018 NAIA National Championship. scored the final six points for Emporia State. (620) 235-4147 (Office) Prior to Graceland, Doty spent four years as the Turner led Emporia State with a game high [email protected] head coach at Rock Valley College winning two 24 points. Mayuom Buom scored a career POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY: Selected national championships and appearing in three high 17 while Downing added 14 points and Hornet players and Coach Doty will be straight NJCAA Division III title games to finish seven assists. available in the White Auditorium Interview with a 113-28 record. He is 1-2 against Pittsburg room and via zoom call following a brief State. UP NEXT cooling off period. Kim Anderson is 56-54 in his fourth season The Hornets travel to Topeka to wrap up the at Pittsburg State and 357-216 in his 19th year regular season with the Turnpike Tussle. Tip-off WEBSITE: esuhornets.com overall. He is 3-1 against Emporia State while at from Lee Arena on the Washburn campus is set TWITTER: @ESUSports Pitt State and 17-11 in his career. for 3:00 p.m. FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics Emporia State Hornets at Pittsburg State Gorillas John Lance Arena • Pittsburg, Kan. February 25, 2021 Page 2 ESU’S RECORD IN 2020-21 WHEN... BRIEF BURSTS, LONG DELAYS AND RESCHEDULES Between various COVID protocols at both Emporia State and their opponents, and the At Home...........................6-5 weather the Hornets have had six games postponed. Due to Northeastern State being in On the Road .......................4-5 COVID protocols at the time, the Rogers State on February 13 was the only game in a 13 On a Neutral Court . 0-0 day window for the Hornets. Emporia State has had periods where they played four games in Leading or tied at Half . 10-2 eight days, three games in three days and stretches of 14 days and 19 days without a game. Trailing at Half ......................0-8 Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) ......8-0 HOT START Trailing or Tied with 5:00 left..........2-10 Emporia State’s 5-1 start in the MIAA was their best since going 5-1 to open the 2010-11 season. The Hornets started MIAA play with three road wins for the first time in their 30 years ESU equals/outrebounds opponents....8-3 as a conference member. The last time Emporia State started conference play 3-0 was during ESU is outrebounded ................2-7 the 2010-11 season against Northwest Missouri, Missouri Western and Neb.-Omaha, all in ESU commits more turnovers/equal ....7-8 White Auditorium. The best start to MIAA play for the Hornets came in 2006-07 as they won Opponent commits more turnovers .....3-2 their first seven conference games on the way to a 16-0 start to the season. ESU has more FT attempts or equal....5-7 Opp. has more free throw attempts .....5-3 DOTY MAGIC Three-time National Champion head coach Craig Doty is in his third season as head coach ESU shoots 50% or better ............5-2 at Emporia State. He is 196-94 in his ninth year at the NCAA D2, NAIA and NJCAA levels, ESU shoots less than 50%............5-8 including an 93-63 mark in conference play. Doty is 82-66 as a head coach at four year Opponent shoots 50% or better .......0-4 schools with a 34-44 record since taking over for the Hornets. Opponent shoots less than 50% ......10-6 He is 68-27 (.716) in games played in February and March with an unprecedented 29-5 (.853) ESU shoots better/equal than opponent 10-3 record in the post-season.