2009-10 Screaming Eagles Game Notes
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2009-10 Screaming Eagles Game Notes ♦ February 21, 2010♦ Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/402-643 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121; (Home) 812/303-6287 2009-10 Schedule: Listen to and watch the games: RADIO: ESPN 106.7 FM; WSWI 820 AM; WPSR 90.7 FM Date Opponents Time LIVE INTERNET AUDIO: www.usi.edu/wswi; www.wyfxfm.com/wyfxfm/ Nov. 7 at Southern Illinois (Exhib.) 69-71 LIVE INTERNET VIDEO: http://www.b2livetv.com Nov. 13 Centre (Exhib.) 88-58 (Home games aired tape-delayed on WTSN-Insight 186) Nov. 21 Harris-Stowe State 84-61 On the web: Nov. 23 Tiffin 93-73 Keep up-to-date on all the USI athletic events at www.gousieagles.com. BIll Joergen Memorial Tournament You also can listen to all the men’s and women’s basketball games at the USI Athletic Department Web site. Nov. 27 Michigan Tech 72-55 Nov. 28 Minnesota Duluth 89-52 Probable starters: Dec. 3 Bellarmine* 75-62 Pos. No. Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG Dec. 5 Northern Kentucky* 69-50 Bellarmine Invitational G 2 Jamar Smith 6’3” Sr. 21.7 4.3 3.7 G 5 Kevin Gant 5’8” Jr. 6.5 2.7 5.2 Dec. 11 vs. Indiana Southeast 84-68 C 51 Mohamed Ntumba 6’7” Jr. 7.7 6.1 0.7 Dec. 12 vs. Ohio Valley 101-35 F 1 Tyrone Bradshaw 6’8” Sr. 14.0 5.9 1.2 Dec. 14 Lake Erie 105-64 F 34 Nick Duncheon 6’7” Jr. 6.3 2.1 0.8 Dec. 19 Urbana 114-63 Dec. 29 Brevard 106-61 Top Storylines: Jan. 2 Illinois-Springfield* 110-68 USI 2nd in the national poll. The University of Southern Indiana Jan. 4 Saint Joseph's* 103-77 remained second in the latest NABC/Division II Top 25 poll released Jan. 7 at Missouri S&T* 72-59 February 16. USI has been ranked 99 of the last 131 ranking weeks Jan. 9 at Maryville* 153-88 since 2000, including 51 weeks in the top 10 and four weeks at Jan. 14 at Kentucky Wesleyan* 74-69 number one. The next poll is February 23. Jan. 21 at Indianapolis* 78-70 Jan. 28 at Wisconsin-Parkside* 78-67 Jan. 30 at Lewis* 80-57 Eagles can reach 24 wins. With a win over Quincy University, USI th Feb. 4 Missouri - St. Louis* 59-44 can reach 24 victories for the 14 time since 1993-94. Feb. 6 Rockhurst*# 78-71 Feb. 9 at Drury* 78-70 USI is 3-1 against ranked teams. USI is 3-1 against the top 25 Feb. 13 Indianapolis* 91-74 in 2009-10 with the wins over Bellarmine University and Drury Feb. 15 Kentucky Wesleyan* 68-86 University; and a split with Kentucky Wesleyan College. The Feb. 18 at Northern Kentucky* 56-68 Eagles move to 43-36 (.544) since 1992-93 versus a ranked Feb. 20 at Bellarmine* 71-81 teams. Feb. 22 Quincy*^ 7:30 p.m. Smith is tops in the GLVC. USI senior guard Jamar Smith leads *GLVC Games; #Homecoming; ^Senior Day the GLVC and the team with 21.7 points per game this season. He also has scored 30-or-more points in three games this season. He also broke the USI record for three-pointers with 104 this season. Follow the Eagles Live on Bradshaw is red hot. Senior forward Tyrone Bradshaw has become a force for the Eagles in the last six games. He is averaging 18.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 2.7 rebounds. Bradshaw also is shooting 62.9 percent from the field (44-70) and 76.7 percent from the charity stripe (23-30). 2009-10 USI Screaming Eagles #1 #2 #3 #5 Tyrone Jamar Kevin Brandon Bradshaw Smith Gant Hogg (Hawg) #10 #31 #33 #34 Marvin Brandon C.J. Nick Gray Carr Trotter Duncheon (Dun-geon) #44 #51 Isaac Mohamed Stoll Ntumba (Stow- L) (Tomb-ba) Head Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Grad. Asst. Rodney Gerad Derrick Brent Watson Good Tilmon Owen (Til-mon) 2008-09 Screaming Eagles No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Tyrone Bradshaw F 6-8 213 Sr. Cincinnati, OH (Taft/Southwestern Illinois) 2 Jamar Smith G 6-3 185 Sr. Peoria, IL (Richwood/ Illinois) 3 Kevin Gant G 5-8 155 Jr. Indianapolis, IN (North Central/Lake Michigan College) 5 Brandon Hogg G 6-1 185 So. Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville) 10 Marvin Gray G 5-10 153 Sr. Freeport, Bahamas (Sir Jack Haywood/Indian Rivers C.C.) 31 Brandon Carr F 6-7 215 Sr. Baltimore, MD (Woodlawn/C.C. Baltimore County Catonsville) 33 C.J. Trotter G 6-3 170 Jr. Hopkinsville, KY (Christian County/Rend Lake) 34 Nick Duncheon F 6-7 200 Jr. Montgomery, IN (Barr-Reeve) 44 Isaac Stoll F 6-4 220 Sr. Washington, IN (Washington/Southeast Missouri State) 51 Mohamed Ntumba C 6-7 230 Jr. Kinshasa, Congo (Mama Zoya/ Southeastern Illinois) HEAD COACH: Rodney Watson (1st season); ASSISTANT COACHES: Derrick Tilmon (1st season); Gerad Good (1st season) GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Brent Owen (1st season); STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Andrew Brochin (4th season); Justin Stewart (1st season) USI Head Coach Rodney Watson (1st year) Overall record: 23- 3 GLVC record: 14- 3 Home record: 14- 1 vs. North Division#: 4- 0 Road record: 7- 2 Neutral site record: 2- 0 vs. West Division#: 5- 3 Midwest Region record: 18- 3 vs. East Division#: 5- 0 Ranked Team: 3- 1 vs. Bellarmine 1- 1 Top 10 Team: 2- 1 vs. Drury 1- 0 Playing at night: 16- 3 Playing during the day: 7- 0 vs. Indianapolis 2- 0 Playing on Monday: 4- 1 vs. Illinois-Springfield 1- 0 Playing on Tuesday: 1- 0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 1- 1 Playing on Wednesday: 0- 0 vs. Lewis 1- 0 Playing on Thursday: 6- 1 Playing on Friday: 2- 0 vs. Maryville 1- 0 Playing on Saturday: 10- 1 vs. Missouri S&T 1- 0 Playing on Sundays: 0- 0 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 1- 0 Leading at the half: 20- 0 vs. Northern Kentucky 1- 1 Trailing at the half: 3- 3 Tied at the half: 0- 0 vs. Quincy 0- 0 Playing in overtime: 0- 0 vs. Rockhurst 1- 0 Playing in November: 4- 0 vs. Saint Joseph’s 1- 0 Playing in December: 7- 0 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 1- 0 Playing in January: 8- 0 #GLVC Regular Season Record; *Records versus GLVC institutions Playing in February: 4- 3 include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game. Playing in March: 0- 0 Outshooting opponent: 21- 0 Being outshot by opponent: 2- 3 Watson at Southern Illinois USI outrebounds opponent: 21- 1 In 21 seasons at Southern Illinois University as an assistant and USI is outrebounded: 2- 2 associate head coach, Head Coach Rodney Watson helped the Tied in rebounding: 0- 0 Shooting better than 50 %: 15- 0 Salukis to 11 Missouri Valley Conference championships, nine Shooting less than 50 %: 8- 3 trips to the NCAA Tournaments, and six NITs. SIU also compiled a Opponent has more turnovers: 19- 3 430-237 record, a .645 winnings percentage, and was ranked in USI has more turnovers: 2- 0 Teams are tied in turnovers: 2- 0 the top 15 nationally in scoring defense four times in the last five USI scores under 70 points: 2- 2 seasons. USI scores 70-79 points: 7- 1 USI scores 80-89 points: 5- 0 USI scores 90-99 points: 2- 0 USI scores 100 or more points: 7- 0 USI vs. Division II Teams: 21- 3 USI vs. non-GLVC: 7- 0 USI vs. NAIA: 2- 0 USI vs. USCAA: 0- 0 USI vs. NCCAA: 0- 0 Screaming Eagles’ Season Highs & Career Highs and GLVC rankings Players Season Highs USI Career Highs In the GLVC (as of 2/22/10) #1 Pts: 24 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (2/15/10) Pts: 22 twice (last 2/13/10) 16th Scoring; 11th rebounds; 2nd FG Reb: 17 vs. Rockhurst (2/6/10) Reb: 17 vs. Rockhurst (2/6/08) %; 1st Blocked Shots; 5th Off. Reb. Tyrone Ast: 5 vs. Tiffin (11/23/09) Ast: 5 vs. Tiffin (11/23/09) Bradshaw Stl: 2 six times (last 1/30/10) Stl: 5 vs. Quincy (2/14/09)Z #2 Pts: 40 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) Pts: 40 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) 1st Scoring; 15th FG %; 12th Assists; Reb: 7 twice (last 12/29/09) Reb: 9 vs. Missouri S&T (2/21/08) 12th 3-PT. FG%; 1st 3-pt FGM; 7th Jamar Ast: 7 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Ast: 8 vs. Drury (2/25/09) Assist/Turnover Ratio; 15th FT % Smith Stl: 3 three times (last 1/28/10) Stl: 3 six times (last 12/11/09) #3 Pts: 19 vs. Maryville (1/9/10) Pts: 14 vs. Ill.-Springfield (1/2/10) 4th Assists; 7th Steals; 1st Reb: 9 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Reb: 9 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Assist/Turnover Ratio; 8th steals Kevin Ast: 13 vs. Maryville (1/9/10) Ast: 12 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Gant Stl: 4 vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/4/10) Stl: 4 vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/4/10) #5 Pts: 10 vs. Ohio Valley (12/12/09) Pts: 12 vs. Temple Baptist (12/13/08) Reb: 3 vs. Missouri S&T (1/7/10) Reb: 5 vs. Urbana (11/15/08) Brandon Ast: 3 four times (last 2/13/10) Ast: 3 four times (last 2/13/10) Hogg Stl: 5 vs.