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Carleton College athletics carleton men’s basketball notes - FEB. 6, 2004 Game contact eric sieger, sid, [email protected] 2003-04 carleton knights 21 (13-7, 10-5 MIAC) Carleton hits road to face Carleton College (13-7, 10-5 MIAC) November third-place Cobbers at 25 Upper Iowa University . .W 76-46 Carleton College, who is but two Concordia College (14-6, 11-5 MIAC) 28 Wisconsin Lutheran College $ . .W 73-40 games away from clinching its third Saturday, Feb., 7, 2004 • Memorial Auditorium, Moorhead, Minn. 29 University of Wisconsin, Stout $ . .L 54-61 consecutive MIAC Playoff bid, makes 3 p.m. • Radio: KYMN 1080 AM, Webcast on Knights Online December its longest road trip of the season by 3 Bethel College* . .W 69-60 travelling to Concordia College, Moorhead, on Saturday. KNIGHT NOTES & TRENDS 6Augsburg College* . .W 68-51 The Knights have won three of their last four contests since los- Individual Player Notes 8 Crown College . .W 72-24 ing back-to-back games against Bethel College and Gustavus •Anthony Baquero is averaging 12 10 St. Olaf College* . .W 62-50 Adolphus College. The Cobbers, meanwhile, are 9-3 since starting the points per game over his last eight 30 MSU, Mankato . .L 62-72 MIAC slate 2-2 and sit in third place in the MIAC race, one-half game games. January ahead of the Knights. •Gunnar Stapp recorded a season- 3 Macalester College* . .L. 44-69 best five points against SMU. 5St. Mary's University* . .W 59-58 Broadcast Information •Tanner Schieck is averaging 16.6 7 Concordia College, Moorhead* . .L 59-60 Saturday’s game can be heard live on KYMN 1080 AM in points a game since scoring eight in 10 Hamline University* . .W 58-50 Northfield and the surrounding areas. Carleton SID Eric Sieger will be a loss to Gustavus on Jan. 19. 14 University of St. Thomas* . .W 75-42 on the call with Carleton student Rob Buchanan. The game can also be •Dan Forkrud has scored in double 17 St. John's University* . .W 70-62 heard live worldwide on Knights Online at www.carleton.edu/athlet- figures in 10 of the last 11 games. 19 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .L 51-59 ics/broadcasts. He’s averaging nearly 14 points per 21 Bethel College* . .L 63-72 24 Augsburg College* . .W 84-52 game over the last five games. 31 St. Olaf College* . .W 59-57 Baquero’s magical touch carries Knights past Oles Team Notes February Anthony Baquero set a new school record for three-point shoot- •Carleton has won all nine times it 2Macalester College* . .L 60-71 ing percentage in a game, going 5-for-5 from beyond the arc in last has held the opposition to less than 4 St. Mary's University* . .W 69-55 Saturday’s 59-57 win over St. Olaf College. The performance broke his 40 percent shooting from the floor. 7Concordia College, Moorhead* . .3 p.m. own school record for three-point percentage in a game, a mark he •The Knights are 5-2 in road MIAC 11 Hamline University* . .7:30 p.m. shared with Scott Krohn, as both players had gone 7-for-9 (77.8%) in games this season. 14 University of St. Thomas* . .3 p.m. game. [The minimum number of attempts to qualify for the record is •Carleton shot a combined 75 free 18 St. John's University* . .7:30 p.m. five.] He scored a season-high 18 points in the victory, including a throws against St. Mary’s in the two 21 Gustavus Adolphus College* . .3 p.m. clutch basket with 39 seconds left which proved to be the game win- games this year, converting on 56 of 24 MIAC Playoffs-Quarterfinals . .7:30 p.m. ner. Despite missing all five of his three-point attempts in Monday’s them. Carleton scored 72 points from 26 MIAC Playoffs-Semifinals . .7:30 p.m. loss at Macalester, Baquero canned all three of his long-range the field in two games against SMU. 28 MIAC Playoffs-Finals . .7:30 p.m. attempts on Wednesday, meaning he is 23-for-36 (63.9 percent) from •The Knights have finished with 10 $- UW-Stout Tournament, Menomonie, Wis. the arc in his last nine contests. He currently ranks second in the MIAC or more MIAC wins 13 times in its 19 * - MIAC contest in three-point percentage and eight in three-pointers made per game seasons as a MIAC member and bold indicates home contest (2.00/g). have posted a winning league mark in each of the previous 12 seasons. Schieck moves into all-time top 10 in scoring One more conference victory would Tanner Schieck's 18 points on Monday against Macalester moved him into Carleton's all-time top 10 in scoring. He passed assure Carleton of its 13th winning former teammate Scott Christensen and Dave Current '63 with Monday’s total. His 15 points on Wednesday pushed him past conference record. sharpshooter Jim Lovrien '98 for ninth on Carleton’s all-time scoring list with 1,115 career points. He needs 22 points to move past Jim Tolf ‘82 for eighth. Defense tops in conference, third in nation Carleton continues to lead the MIAC in scoring defense, allowing a meager 55.0 points per game. That statistic continues to rank the Knights third nationally, through games of Jan. 31, 2004. The Knights have held opponents to 40.9 percent shooting on the season. This marks a major improvement over last season when Carleton opponents scored 68.3 points per game and connected on 46.5 percent of their field-goal attempts. Carleton is 9-0 when holding the opposition to less than 40 percent shooting and only Probable Carleton Starting Line-up two MIAC teams have managed to score 70 or more 13 Anthony Baquero Jr. G 9.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.4 apg, 48.8 3-pt FG% points against the Knights this season. 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 4.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 50.0 3-pt FG% Assistant Larson to miss rest of season 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 11.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.2 apg Long-time assistant coach Dan Larson will miss 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 14.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2.4 spg, 53.2 FG% the remainder of the 2003-04 season after undergoing 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 11.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.6 spg successful quadruple by-passsurgery last week. Larson returned to his Northfield home last Sunday Key reserves and is doing well. Larson, a member of Carleton’s staff 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 1.5 ppg, 1.5 apg, 38.9 3-pt FG% forthe last 21 years, is also an elementary school 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 2.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, 39.4 3-pt FG% teacher at Northfield’s Sibley Elementary. His impact 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. G 2.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 1.1 apg on the program has been more than evident, as 18 of 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 4.3 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 42.3 3-pt FG% Carleton’s 23 All-MIAC players over the past 20 seasons have worked under his tutelage. In addition, 12 team 2003-04 carleton college knights No. Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School) Pronunciation 11 Mike Kootsikas Fy. G 6-0 Rosemount, Minn. KOOT-si-kis 13 Anthony Baquero Jr. G 6-1 Rosemount, Minn. bah-KARE-oh 15 Khalid Lakanwal Jr. G 5-9 Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson) KAH-lid LAH-kan-wal 21 Jake Phillips Fy. G 6-2 Brainerd, Minn. 23 Gunnar Stapp Sr. G 6-1 Minong, Wis. (Northwood) STAP 25 Danny Greenberger So. G 6-1 Evanston, Ill. 31 Kyle Beste Jr. F 6-5 St. Louis Park, Minn. BEST-ee 33 Tanner Schieck Sr. F 6-8 Austin, Minn. SHEEK 35 Micah Johnson Jr. G 6-1 Pine River, Minn. (Pine River-Backus) 41 Dan Forkrud So. F 6-5 Rosemount, Minn. FORK-rued 43 ZakMiles Fy. G 6-1 Blairstown, Iowa (Benton) 45 Brian Sharkey So. G 6-1 Bow, N.H. (St. Paul's School) SHAR-kee 51 Andrew Knap Sr. F 6-9 Bay Village, Ohio (Bay) NAP 53 Steve Portschy Jr. F 6-4 Clarendon Hills, Ill. (Hinsdale Central) PORTCH-ee 55 Tucker Schieck Fy. F 6-5 Austin, Minn. SHEEK MVPs, all three of the program’s all-region players and its lone All-American over the last two decades have worked with Larson. Last time out – Carleton 69, St. Mary’s 55 MIAC Dan Forkrud scored 16 points and blocked three shots and Tanner Schieck added 15 points and six rebounds as host Carleton shot 54 percent from the floor in beating St. Mary's University, 69-55. Anthony Baquero added 12 points, canning all three of his three-point attempts, and grabbed six rebounds Standings forCarleton. The Knights outscored the Cardinals 21-9 from the free-throw line as SMU was whistled for 28 per- MIAC Overall sonal fouls, leading to 30 free-throw attempts for the Knights. Carleton made as many field goals as free throws in the contest and held the Cardinals to only 33 percent shooting from the floor. Gustavus - x 14-1 16-4 Macalester - x 12-3 13-7 Concordia - x 11-5 14-6 Concordia Series Carleton 10-5 13-7 Carleton leads the all-time series with Concordia-Moorhead, 34-24, but has won only 11 times in 28 games at Memorial Auditorium and three times in their last 11 trips to the northern-most school in the conference.