22001133--1144 SSCREAMING EEAGLES GGAME NNOTES March 2: vs. Maryville (First Round GLVC Tournament) February 28, 2014 Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/626-6435; (Cell) 812/760-9582 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121; ‘Alohi Bikle, Graduate Assistant (Office 812/465-7094) TToopp SSttoorryyllliiinneess::: LLiiisstteenn ttoo aanndd wwaattcchh tthhee ggaammeess::: RADIO: ESPN 106.7 FM; WPSR 90.7 FM USI in the 2013 GLVC Tournament. USI advanced to the LIVE INTERNET AUDIO: wyfxfm.com/wyfxfm/; wpsrhd.com GLVC Championship game for the third-straight year last spring, falling to the eventual NCAA Division II National Champion Drury O Onn tthhee wweebb::: University. The Eagles had advanced to the finals after defeating Lewis University, 88-80, in overtime, and the University of USI Athletics: gousieagles.com; Facebook: facebook.com/usiathletics Twitter: twitter.com/USI_Athletics; Youtube: youtube.com/usiathletics Wisconsin-Parkside, 81-62. USI in the GLVC Tournament. USI won the 2005, 2007, and TTeennttaattiiivvee SSttaarrtteerrss::: 2012 GLVC Tournaments and has reached the GLVC Tournament Championship game in nine of the last 16 seasons, Pos. No. Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG building a record of 26-11 in tournament play. G 1 Gavin Schumann 6-2 Jr. 9.7 3.3 2.8 C 2 Aaron Nelson 6-8 Sr. 19.7 12.8 2.3 th Eagles falls to 25 in latest poll. The University of Southern G 12 Lawrence Thomas 5-9 Sr. 10.2 2.8 3.7 Indiana fell to 25th in the 14th NABC/Division II poll of 2013-14. The F 21 Orlando Rutledge 6-6 Sr. 12.4 5.0 0.9 Screaming Eagles have been ranked 165 of the last 188 Division II F 32 Taylor Wischmeier 6-8 Sr. 8.4 6.2 1.8 ranking weeks since 2000, including 81 weeks in the top 10 and four weeks at number one. 22001133---1144 SScchheedduulllee::: Eagles look to finish strong in February. USI finished strong in February by winning the final two regular season games and six of Date Opponents Time their last eight. Oct. 26 at Indiana (Exhibition) L 68-83 Nov. 7 at Tennessee (Exhibition) L 47-78 USI sweeps Bellarmine. The Eagles completed a season sweep of Nov. 19 at Kentucky Wesleyan W 70-61 Bellarmine University with a 72-69 victory in the season finale. This Nov. 23 LAKE ERIE W 90-89 marked the first season sweep of Bellarmine since 2004-05. Bill Joergens Memorial Tournament Nelson dominated the final minute. USI senior forward Aaron Nov. 29 KING W 94-72 Nelson dominated the final two minutes in the win over Bellarmine, Nov. 30 INDIANA SOUTHEAST W 89-87 scoring the final five points. Dec. 7 KENTUCKY STATE W 92-69 Number 20 rings up for USI. The USI victory over Saint Joseph’s Bellarmine University Classic (in Louisville, KY) st marked the 21 time in last 22 years that the Eagles have reached Dec. 13 vs. Ohio Valley W 98-66 the 20-win plateau. Dec. 14 vs. Virginia Union W 102-80 USI’s leaders last week. Senior forward Orlando Rutledge led the Dec. 21 KENTUCKY WESLEYAN W 80-68 Eagles last week by averaging 22.0 points. Rutledge, who had a Jan. 3 at Rockhurst* W 86-68 season-best 30 points at Saint Joseph’s, was followed by senior Jan. 5 at William Jewell* W 88-66 Jan. 9 MISSOURI S&T* W 81-69 forward Aaron Nelson, who had 17 points and 12 rebounds per Jan. 11 #3 DRURY* L 56-64 contest, and junior guard Gavin Schumann, who posted 11.0 points Jan. 16 SAINT JOSPEH'S* W 97-78 per outing. Jan. 18 #14 INDIANAPOLIS* W 73-64 Jan. 20 at #2 Bellarmine* W 68-66 (ot) Thomas ranks all-time at USI in assists. Senior guard Lawrence Jan. 23 at #19 Lewis* L 63-73 Thomas is currently sixth all-time at USI with 343 career assists. Jan. 25 at Wisconsin-Parkside* L 71-82 Jan. 30 ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD* W 90-72 Wischmeier moving up the rebound list. Senior forward Taylor Feb. 1 MCKENDREE* W 90-74 Wischmeier is rising on USI’s all-time rebounding list and is 12th Feb. 6 at Truman State* L 68-71 (ot) Feb. 8 at Quincy* W 96-69 th with 494 career boards. He is on pace to become the 12 Eagle all- Feb. 13 MARYVILLE* W 64-61 time to grab 500 rebounds. Feb. 15 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS*+ W 75-58 Feb. 20 at Indianapolis* L 67-92 Maryville in 2013-14. The Saints of Maryville finished the season at Feb. 22 at Saint Joseph's* L 103-92 .500 with a 13-13 overall mark, 7-11 in the GLVC. Maryville lost its Feb. 27 BELLARMINE*% 7:30 p.m. season finale at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 68-66. Mar. 2 Maryville University (GLVC 1st Round) 3:15 p.m. Mar. 9 GLVC Tournament Finals Evansville, IN USI versus Maryville. USI leads the all-time series with Maryville, Mar. 16-19 NCAA II Midwest Regional TBA 6-0, after defeating the Saints, 64-61, at the PAC on February 13. Mar. 26-29 NCAA II Elite Eight Evansville, IN *GLVC Games; +Homecoming; %Senior Day; The Eagles also are 5-0 versus the Saints at the PAC since 2000. 22001133--1144 UUSSII SSccrr eeaammiinngg EEaagglleess #1 #2 #3 #10 #12 Gavin Aaron Ben Bobo Lawrence Schumann Nelson Jones Drummond Thomas (Shoe-man) #13 #20 #21 #23 #24 Manny Austin Orlando Alex Zach Ogunfulo Davis Rutledge Marzette Watson (Oh-Goon-Fu-lou) (Mar-zette) #30 #32 #35 #50 #55 DeAndre Taylor Evan Nick Chuck McCamey Wischmeier Brinkmeyer Hutcheson Jones (Mc-CAME-ee) (Wish-myer) (Hutch-S-on) Head Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Asst. Coach Rodney Gerad Stetson Blake Watson Good Hairston Woodard 22001133---1144 SSccrreeaammiiinngg EEaaggllleess::: No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Gavin Schumann G 6-2 160 Jr. Cincinnati, OH / Roger Bacon / Sinclair 2 Aaron Nelson F 6-8 249 Sr. Chicago Heights, IL / Bloom / Highland Community College 3 Ben Jones G 6-0 195 Sr. Robinson, IL / Robinson / Lincoln Land C.C. 10 Bobo Drummond G 5-10 170 So. Peoria, IL / LaLumiere Academy / Wright State 12 Lawrence Thomas G 5-9 145 Sr. Springfield, IL / Southeast 13 Manny Ogunfolu F 6-7 213 Sr. Rockville, MD / Rockville / Frederick Community College 20 Austin Davis F/G 6-8 175 Jr. Freeport, IL / Freeport 21 Orlando Rutledge* F 6-6 200 Sr. Louisville, KY / Fern Creek Traditional / Lakeland Community 23 Alex Marzette G/F 6-5 185 Jr. Racine, WI / Case / Volunteer State 24 Zach Watson F 6-5 170 So. Carterville, IL / Carterville 30 DeAndre McCamey G 6-1 180 Sr. Bellwood, IL / St. Joseph / South Suburban 32 Taylor Wischmeier F 6-8 225 Sr. Brownstown, IN / Brownstown Central 35 Evan Brinkmeyer G 6-2 190 So. Evansville, IN / Reitz 50 Nick Hutcheson F 6-7 215 Fr. Greencastle, IN / Greencastle 55 Chuck Jones F/C 6-9 250 Sr. Madisonville, KY / Hopkins County HEAD COACH: Rodney Watson (5th season); th nd th ASSISTANT COACHES: Gerad Good (5 season); Stetson Hairston (2 season); Blake Woodard (4 season) *Returns to the team 2nd semester. UUSSII HHeeaadd CCooaacchh RRooddnneeyy WWaattssoonn Overall record: 116- 29 GLVC record: 65-21 Home record: 69- 8 Road record: 31- 15 vs. West Division#: 25- 4 Neutral site record: 16- 6 vs. East Division#: 42-19 Midwest Region record: 92- 27 vs. Bellarmine 6- 7 Ranked Team: 19- 14 vs. Drury 4- 2 Top 10 Team: 11- 7 Playing at night: 67- 18 vs. Indianapolis 7- 4 Playing during the day: 48- 9 vs. Illinois-Springfield 3- 1 Playing on Monday: 9- 2 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan= 5- 4 Playing on Tuesday: 6- 0 vs. Lewis 6- 2 Playing on Wednesday: 1- 0 Playing on Thursday: 28- 13 vs. Maryville 5- 0 Playing on Friday: 13- 1 vs. Missouri S&T 3- 1 Playing on Saturday: 52- 10 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 4- 0 Playing on Sundays: 7- 3 vs. McKendree 4- 0 Leading at the half: 102- 9 Trailing at the half: 13- 20 vs. Quincy 4- 0 Tied at the half: 0- 0 vs. Rockhurst 4- 0 Playing in overtime: 3- 2 vs. Saint Joseph’s 8- 0 Playing in November: 20- 0 vs. Truman State 0- 1 Playing in December: 25- 2 Playing in January: 38- 9 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 6- 3 Playing in February: 26- 13 vs. William Jewell 2- 0 Playing in March: 7- 6 #GLVC Regular Season Record; *Records versus GLVC institutions include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game;=KWC left the GLVC in 2013-14. Outshooting opponent: 98- 3 Being outshot by opponent: 15- 23 Tied in shooting: 0- 1 USI outrebounds opponent: 108- 19 WWaattssoonn aatt UUSSII USI is outrebounded: 7- 7 Tied in rebounding: 1- 2 Shooting better than 50 %: 63- 3 Head Coach Rodney Watson, the 2010 GLVC Coach of the Shooting less than 50 %: 53- 25 Opponent has more turnovers: 52- 6 Year, has won over 100 games in his five seasons at the helm. USI has more turnovers: 49- 21 He started his head coaching career with 23 straight wins, during Teams are tied in turnovers: 15- 2 his first season at the helm in 2009-10. USI scores under 70 points: 20- 21 USI scores 70-79 points: 39- 7 USI scores 80-89 points: 23- 1 USI scores 90-99 points: 21- 0 USI scores 100 or more points: 13- 0 USI vs.