2018-2019 GVSU LAKERS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA NOTES Saturday, March 16, 2019 | at Lewis Flyers | 6 ET / 5 CT | NCAA Region Quarters Neil Carey Arena | Romeoville, Illinois MBB Contact and radio broadcaster: Jake Levy (2nd season) P: (616) 331-3249 E-mail: [email protected] Team Twitter/IG: C: (856) 304-7008 Twitter: @JakeLevyVoice @GVSUBasketball 2018-19 ScHEdULE/RESULTS GAME 32 | NEUTRAL GAME 3 | POST-SEASON GAME 4 OVERALL: 19-12 GLIAc: 10-10 Grand Valley State Lakers (19-12, 10-10 GLIAC, 8-Seed) NOVEmbER (5-1) 10 at Alderson Broaddus W, 96-74 at #15 Lewis Flyers (24-5, 15-3 GLVC, 1-Seed) 11 at Davis & Elkins W, 85-68 Neil Carey Arena - Romeoville, Ill. | 6 ET / 5 CT 16 Tiffin W, 97-81 Radio: ESPN 96.1 FM (Play-by-Play: Jake Levy) 18 #16 Indianapolis L, 80-88 TV: None 21 Grace Christian W, 87-70 29 at Parkside* W, 88-77 dEcEmbER (4-2) GVSU Projected Starters 1 at Purdue Northwest* W, 79-62 # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG OTHER 6 Ashland* L, 63-74 14 Jeremiah Ferguson G 6-2 Jr. 13.9 3.9 103 Ast 8 Wayne State* W, 95-62 13 Hunter Hale G 6-2 RJr. 17.4 4.2 86 3’s 15 vs. McKendree W, 94-65 16 at Quincy W, 77-73 25 Ben Lubitz F 6-5 Jr. 4.3 2.0 5 TO 18 at Truman State L, 78-82 2 Jake Van Tubbergen F 6-6 So. 14.2 6.9 .534 FG% JANUARY (2-5) 10 Isaiah Brock C 6-8 Jr. 5.6 5.8 55 Blocks 3 Ferris State* L, 79-86 5 at Lake State* L, 72-85 10 Saginaw Valley* W, 85-78 OPENING TIPS: 12 Northwood* W, 73-60 17 at Michigan Tech* L, 87-91 (OT) • The Grand Valley State Lakers stormed through the top three seeds of the GLIAC 19 at Northern Mich.* L, 61-70 to claim their first tournament title since 2008, knocking off the top-seeded Davenport 26 at Davenport* L, 59-80 Panthers, 80-70, on Sunday. It was the seventh GLIAC Tournament title in program FEbRUARY (5-4) 1 at Wayne State* L, 78-86 history and the third under head coach Ric Wesley. 2 at #7 Ashland* W, 60-53 7 Purdue Northwest* L, 74-78 • The Lakers have won seven of their last eight games, holding their opponent to 70 9 Parkside* L, 79-80 (OT) points or fewer in all eight contests... The Lakers are 15-2 this season when their op - 14 at Saginaw Valley* W, 81-64 ponent scores 70 points or less. 16 at Northwood* W, 67-63 21 Northern Mich.* W, 85-62 • The Lakers are looking for their first 20-win season since 2009-10, when they went 23 Michigan Tech* W, 71-53 22-9 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. This is the 11th time 28 #11 Davenport* L, 67-70 mARcH (3-0) GVSU has reached the NCAA Tournament, going 9-11 all-time. 5 at #21 Ashland+ W, 72-61 9 vs. Parkside+ W, 55-53 • This is the 15th all-time meeting between the Lakers and Flyers and the first since 10 at #8 Davenport+ W, 80-70 2006... Lewis leads the all-time series, 8-6, but the Lakers have won the last three 16 at #15 Lewis& 6 ET / 5 CT meetings and four of the last five... This is the first time the two have faced off in post-season competition. * GLIAC game +GLIAC Tournament &NCAA Tournament Stats GVSU QUICK FACTS Leaders Location .........................Allendale, Mich. Hunter Hale - 17.4 PPG Kendale McCullum - 16.3 Jake Van Tubbergen - 14.2 Founded ..........................................1960 Enrollment ....................................25,460 Jake Van Tubbergen - 6.9 RPG Delaney Blaylock - 6.4 Colors ........................Black, Blue, White Isaiah Brock - 5.6 Conference ..................................GLIAC Jeremiah Ferguson - 103 Assists Kendale McCullum - 184 Home Court .....GVSU Fieldhouse Arena Hunter Hale - 93 Director of Athletics ..............Keri Becker 2017-18 Record .............................14-15 Hunter Hale - 86 3-FG Delaney Blaylock - 61 2017-18 GLIAC Record ..................9-11 Jeremiah Ferguson - 32 All-Time Record ...............921-576 (.616) Isaiah Brock - .661 FG% Donovan Oliver - .525 Head Coach ...............Ric Wesley (15th) Justin Greason - .636 Record at GVSU .............304-143 (.679) Hunter Hale - 72 Steals Kendale McCullum - 85 Asst:........J.R. Wallace, Taylor Johnson Jeremiah Ferguson - 46 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Notes | March 16, 2019 | at #15 Lewis Flyers (24-5, 15-3 GLVC, 1-Seed) 9 2018-19 Lakers Trends Last Time Out (Box score on Page 4) - At Home ...................................................7-6 GVSU 80 Hale - 20 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl On the Road ...........................................10-6 Neutral Site ...............................................2-0 dU 70 Hudson-Emery - 18 pts, 9 reb Halftime/Leads/Overtime Leading at the half, home .........................6-2 GVSU closed the GLIAC Championship on an 11-0 run to stun the top-seeded Leading at the half, road/neutral ...............7-2 Davenport Panthers on their home floor for the team’s first league title since Trailing at the half, home ..........................1-4 Trailing at the half, road/neutral ................5-2 2008. The Lakers overcame a nine-point, second-half deficit (50-41) to storm Tied at the half, home ...............................0-0 back for the upset win. Tied at the half, road/neutral .....................0-2 Games decided by 5 points or less ..........3-5 Games decided by 10 points or less ........6-9 Hunter Hale hit a three with 1:30 to play to break a 70-70 tie and the 7-seed Leading with 2:00 left .............................19-2 Overtime games .......................................0-2 Lakers would never look Offense Scoring 80 points or above .....................11-2 Scoring 70 points or above .....................14-7 News and Notes Scoring 60 points or above ...................15-11 When shooting 45% or better .................15-7 When shooting less than 45% ..................4-5 ALL-GLIAc HONOREES Opponent shooting 45% or better ............5-8 Opponent shooting below 45% ..............14-4 The Lakers had three All-Conference performers honored Friday night at the Player scoring 30+ points .........................0-0 tournament banquet: HUNTER HALE earned first team All-GLIAC, JAKE VAN Player scoring 20+ points .......................11-2 Two-plus players in double digits ..........18-11 TUBBERGEN was named second team All-GLIAC and ISAIAH BROCK is part of the All-Defensive team. This is the second straight year with all-conference defense Held opponents to 70 points or less .......14-2 honors for both Hale and Van Tubbergen. Held opponents to 60 points or less .........2-0 Held opponents to 50 points or less .........0-0 More steals than opponent .....................16-5 HALE STORm Fewer steals than opponent .....................1-6 Hunter Hale is the GLIAC leader in made threes (86)... His total is the fourth most Even steals ...............................................2-0 in a single season in program history... He is eight away from the all-time record Rebounding/Turnovers of 94, set by Jason Jamerson in the 2007-08 season, the last time GVSU won Outrebounded opponent ........................16-8 Outrebounded by opponent ......................2-3 the GLIAC Tournament. Even rebounding ......................................1-1 More turnovers than opponent .................8-9 Fewer turnovers than opponent ..............11-3 bROcK PARTY Even turnovers .........................................0-0 The numbers prove that Isaiah Brock has had somewhat of a defensive impact months since joining the Lakers this season but, outside of his 55 blocks, they don’t tell In November .............................................5-1 the whole story... His ability to alter shots, and opponents, has been massive for In December .............................................4-2 In January .................................................2-5 the Lakers both defensively and on the boards this season... In February ...............................................5-4 In March ...................................................3-0 HISTORY mAdE days The Lakers are the first-ever seven-seed to win the GLIAC Tournament and they On Sunday ...............................................3-1 On Monday ...............................................0-0 are the lowest seed ever to win it... Twice a 6-seed has cut down the nets, but On Tuesday ..............................................1-1 never lower than that until last weekend. On Wednesday .........................................1-0 On Thursday .............................................4-5 On Friday ..................................................1-1 TALKING TRANSFERS On Saturday .............................................9-4 The Lakers brought in several exciting transfers for the 2018-19 season including Time Division I Jeremiah Ferguson (Youngstown State), Isaiah Brock (Oakland) and Day ...........................................................7-6 Night (after 5 p.m.) .................................12-6 Chris Gilbert (Oakland)... Demitrius Lake (Schoolcraft CC) comes in after a domi - nant high school career in West Michigan... Opponents vs. ranked opponent .................................3-2 WESLEY’S WINNING WAYS vs. unranked opponent .........................16-10 vs. in-state opponent ................................9-7 Laker head coach RIC WESLEY enters his 15th season as the head coach of vs. out-of-state opponent ........................10-5 the Lakers... He has reached the GLIAC Tournament in 13 of his first 14 seasons vs. team with winning record ....................7-9 vs. team with losing record .......................9-2 and has led the Lakers to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including two vs. team with .500 record .........................3-1 Elite Eights... Wesley’s 304 victories are second most in program history while vs. non-conference opponents .................6-2 vs. GLIAC opponents ...........................13-10 his career .689 winning percentage is the best ever by a Lakers coach with more than one season in Allendale... 2 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Notes | March 16, 2019 | at #15 Lewis Flyers (24-5, 15-3 GLVC, 1-Seed) Leads & deficits Leader Trends (NOT including ties) date Opponent Largest Lead Largest deficit GVSU Leader - Points Nov. 10 at Alderson Broaddus 26 - 3:34, 2nd 1 - 19:25, 1st Greason ................................................1-1 Nov.