Western Illinois vs. North Dakota Saturday, Feb. 15, 2019 | 7 p.m. 23 Western Hall | Macomb, Ill. 2019-20 Schedule Leatherneck Information Tip-Ins Western Illinois Kyle Arrington has started the last three contests for N. 5 at Indiana L, 65-98 Western, averaging 5.7 points and 5.7 rebounds N. 9 Stetson L, 75-77 Leathernecks N. 13 UT Martin L, 91-98 2019-20 Record (Summit) 5-17, 2-10 C.J. Duff manages 987 career points and is on the N. 20 Northern Illinois L, 81-86 Last Game L, at South Dakota, 72-85 cusp of becoming the second Leatherneck to score his N. 23 Central Christian W, 113-62 Head Coach Billy Wright (Bradley ‘96) 1,000th this season N. 26 at Ball State W, 69-62 Record at Western (6th year) 53-110 N. 30 at Kansas City L, 67-68 Career Record Same Kobe Webster has reached double-figures in every D. 4 at Evansville L, 86-90 Summit game this season; he is coming off of a ca- D. 16 Eastern Illinois L, 47-85 reer-high 29 points at South Dakota D. 19 Holy Family College W, 91-64 D. 29 *South Dakota W, 82-75 Opponent Information J. 2 *at North Dakota State L, 74-94 J. 4 *at South Dakota State L, 56-91 North Dakota J. 8 *Purdue Fort Wayne L, 77-69 J. 11 *Denver W, 86-80 Fighting Hawks Last Time Out J. 16 *Oral Roberts L, 70-87 2019-20 Record (Summit) 11-14, 5-6 J. 23 *at Omaha L, 82-87 Last Game L, at South Dakota, 68-82 J. 25 *at North Dakota L, 77-83 Head Coach Paul Sather Kobe Webster and Zion Young were forces to be reck- J. 30 *North Dakota State L, 49-70 Record at School (1st year) 11-14 oned with this past Wednesday in Vermillion. F. 1 *South Dakota State L, 61-71 F. 5 *at Purdue Fort Wayne L, 69-75 Combining to score more than half of Western Illinois’ F. 12 *at South Dakota L, 72-85 points, the two tested South Dakota all night for 29 and F. 15 *North Dakota 7 P.M. 21, respectively, in an 85-72 loss. F. 22 *Omaha 2 P.M. Broadcast Information F. 27 *at Oral Roberts 7:30 P.M. The point tally set a new career-high for Webster. F. 29 *at Denver 2 P.M. Radio: Leatherneck Sports Network M. 7 # Summit League Tournament TV: ESPN+ Home games are denoted in Bold * Summit League Game Western Illinois Averages # Summit League Tournament All times are central and subject to change No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 1 Zion Young (6’1, So.) SG 14.0 4.7 1.6 Finished 2019-20 season with seven straight starts 2 Jaeden King (6’6, Fr.) PG 3.5 2.4 -- Named a Minnesota Mr. Basketball nominee 10 Kobe Webster (6’0, Jr.) PG 16.2 3.3 3.8 The Summit League’s top returning scorer 11 Keshon Montague (6’0, Sr.) PG -- -- -- Transfer from Miles Community College Summit League Standings 14 Anthony Jones ( 6’5, Jr.) SG 4.4 2.8 -- Assisted Coffeyville CC to an appearance in the NJCAA Tournament (2019) North Dakota State 9-2, 18-7 15 Ben Pyle (6’7, Fr.) PF 12.2 5.1 1.6 Tabbed “Mr. Basketball” in the state of Kansas South Dakota State 9-2, 18-8 20 Jeremiah Usiosefe (6’5, Jr.) SF -- -- -- Appeared in 25 games with five starts South Dakota 8-3, 18-8 22 Dre’Shawn Allen (6’0, So.) PG 2.3 1.1 0.8 Averaged 21.4 PPG (14th best in NJCAA) at Gillette Omaha 5-5, 12-13 24 James Claar (6’8, Sr.) PF 7.3 5.5 -- Blocked 14 shots in inaugural season Oral Roberts 5-6, 12-12 30 Jake Weyhrich (6’7, Jr.) F 0.7 1.2 -- 2018-19 season marked first at Western Purdue Fort Wayne 5-6, 12-14 32 Roderick Smith (6’8, So.) F/C 3.4 1.8 -- Ranked a 3-star recruit by ESPN North Dakota 5-6, 11-14 34 Alex Brantley (7’0, Fr.) C -- -- -- Finished prep career Top 10 in rebounds Western Illinois 2-9, 5-16 40 C.J. Duff (6’1, Sr.) SG 10.1 2.9 1.7 Connected on 42.2 percent of his 3-point attempts Denver 1-10, 5-20 42 Kyle Arrington (6’10, Jr.) C 4.1 3.3 Helped Kirkwood CC to the NJCAA Division II national title (2019) Head Coach: Billy Wright Assistant Coaches: Jestin Anderson, Josh Jones, Chad Pecka Graduate Assistants: Grant Baker, Kamrein Street Game Notes / Miscellaneous Series History | The Fighting Hawks lead The Accuracy | Shooting 78.7 percent the all-time series 5-3 after sweeping from the line, the Leathernecks sit sixth COLLEGE INSIDER MIDMAJOR POLL both 2019 contests in their first season of in all of Division I. They went a perfect Rk Team ............................Rec Pts .... Last Summit League play. 13-for-13 at Ball State (November 26) and 1. Gonzaga (31) ...................23-1 775 ......... 1 are 247-for-314 on the year. 2. Yale .................................16-4 712 ......... 3 The first meeting of this season resulted in 3. Northern Iowa ................19-3 697 ......... 5 4. Saint Mary’s ....................19-5 695 ......... 2 an 83-77 decision for UND. Zion Young ranks 27th in the nation*, 5. ETSU ...............................19-4 636 ......... 4 and second in the Summit, in free-throw 6. Liberty ............................21-3 605 ......... 7 Top 5 Active Scoring Leaders in the percentage (87.3). 7. Furman ...........................18-5 567 ......... 8 Summit 8. Stephen F. Austin ...........19-3 524 ......... 9 Emmanuel Nzekwesi (Sr.), ORU (1,393) *minimum of 2.5 per game 9. UNCG ..............................17-6 519 ......... 6 Tyson Ward (Sr.), NDSU (1,353) 10. BYU .................................17-7 515 ........13 11. New Mexico State ...........17-6 434 ........14 Kobe Webster (Jr.), WIU (1,328) Protect the Rock | Out of 350 Division I 12. Wright State ...................19-5 377 ........10 J.T. Gibson (Sr.), Omaha (1,196) programs, Western ranks fourth in fewest 13. Murray State ..................17-5 329 ........19 Tyler Hagedorn (Sr.), USD (1,157) turnovers committed (239). The Leather- 14. Kent State .......................16-6 326 ........16 necks tabbed a season-low four versus 15. Bowling Green ................17-5 324 ........18 Down, But Not Out | The Leathernecks UT Martin (November 13) and recently 16. Akron ..............................16-4 303 ........12 17. Austin Peay.....................16-7 295 ........21 nearly pulled off a pair of remarkable recorded five versus South Dakota State 18. Vermont ..........................17-6 200 ........20 comebacks in recent outings against South (February 2). 19. Little Rock ......................17-7 176 ........25 Dakota State and Purdue Fort Wayne. 20. Colgate ...........................17-6 152 ........15 They average 10.9 turnovers per game. 21. Winthrop .........................16-7 146 ........24 Western trimmed a 20-point deficit down 22. Santa Clara.....................18-6 132 ........17 23. Harvard...........................13-6 111 ........11 to one with 3:01 left versus the former and The Road to Zion | Zion Young has 24. Hofstra............................14-7 96 ........ NR trailed by as many as 17 against the latter. emerged as a power player on the Leath- 25. William & Mary ..............16-8 81 ..........23 The PFW matchup fell within five points ernecks’ 2019-20 roster. After starting until the last 2:14. just seven games a season ago, he has OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: San Francisco been a regular fixture in the starting five 77, Loyola Chicago 50, Belmont 41, Bradley 33, Mr. Consistency | In his four-year tenure, this year. Georgia State 27, South Dakota State 25, Eastern Washington 19, Northern Colorado 15, Charleston C.J. Duff has appeared and started in 108 14, Indiana State 13, Pacific 7, Hawaii 5, Northern games. He has missed just one outing in Young has scored in double-figures a Kentucky 5, UC Irvine 5, Merrimack 4, Toledo 2, his career -- the November 20 matchup team-high 16 times this season. Delaware 1, Drake 1, Oral Roberts 1, Princeton 1, versus UT Martin earlier this season -- Southern Illinois 1, Stony Brook 1. after requiring oral surgery for an injury 2018-19 Stats | 6.6 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 17.1 MPG suffered at Indiana. 2019-20 | 14.0 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 28.5 MPG Joe Dykstra (1978-83) holds the program NBA Ties | The New York Knicks named record for most games started at 112 while Mike Miller as their interim head coach Ceola Clark III (2008-13) is the record hold- in December (2019) and the Monmouth, er for 124 games played. Ill., native has ties to Leatherneck men’s basketball. He served as an assistant Mr. 1000 | Kobe Webster’s journey to 1,000 coach during the 1989-90 season and career points took three years (just 62 helped the team to a third-place finish in games). Heading into the Leathernecks’ the MidCon (6-6) with an overall record of Media Guidelines home matchup against UT Martin (Novem- 16-13. To request an interview with head coach ber 13), the junior was a point shy of the Billy Wright, or any WIU men’s student-athlete, mark and went on to finish the game with a contact Monyae Williamson at 309-298-1133 previous career-high 28. or 904-755-3669. Please make all requests 24 hours in advance. The Athletic Communica- Webster currently sits 14th all-time with tions department at Western Illinois will make 1,328 points.