Missouri S&T Men’s Basketball Notes www.minerathletics.com Facebook.com/MinerSports Twitter.com/MinerSports John Kean, Sports Information Director Office : (573) 341-4140 Cell: (573) 233-6891 E-mail: [email protected] 2015-16 Schedule/Results Missouri S&T Miners vs. McKendree Bearcats (8-14 overall, 4-9 GLVC) • • • Thurs., Feb. 11, 2016 Statham Sports Center Lebanon, Ill. 7:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Score Nov. 7 at Southeast Mo. St. (Ex.) L, 64-93 Nov. 13 at Ashland L, 73-82 Nov. 14 Lake Erie (1) L, 89-100 Nov. 17 MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 76-73 Nov. 21 CENTRAL MISSOURI L, 73-92 Nov. 27 at St. Mary’s L, 51-62 Nov. 28 #13 Angelo State (2) L, 87-94 Dec. 3 MARYVILLE* W, 83-73 Missouri S&T McKendree Ranking: Not ranked Ranking: Not ranked Dec. 5 at Missouri-St. Louis* W, 85-81 2015-16 Records: 8-14, 4-9 GLVC 2015-16 Records: 11-10, 4-9 GLVC Dec. 8 BLACKBURN W, 104-91 Head Coach: Jim Glash (57-122, 7th year) Head Coach: Harry Statham (1,099-476, 50th year) Dec. 12 DRURY* W, 74-56 Dec. 20 WILLIAM WOODS W, 102-97 Dec. 31 PRINCIPIA W, 97-70 Jan. 7 at Wisconsin-Parkside* L, 69-89 MISSOURI S&T PROBABLE STARTERS: Jan. 9 at Lewis* L, 80-84 Jan. 14 SAINT JOSEPH’S* L, 94-101 No. Name Ht. Year PPG RPG AST STL Hometown Jan. 16 #20 INDIANAPOLIS* L, 82-98 12 Desmond Buerge 6-5 Sr. 11.5 3.8 31 15 Carthage, Mo. Jan. 21 at William Jewell* L, 89-93 13 Danylo Zuikov 6-1 Jr. 6.5 1.2 43 14 Kiev, Ukraine Jan. 23 at Rockhurst* W, 73-62 Jan. 28 TRUMAN STATE* L, 69-82 14 Juwan Miller 5-11 So. 8.3 3.0 88 38 Kitchener, Ont. Jan. 30 QUINCY* L, 96-109 20 Telloy Simon 6-3 Fr. 7.6 3.2 16 19 Kitchener, Ont. Feb. 4 #9 BELLARMINE* L, 61-85 23 B.J. McLaughlin 6-5 Sr. 15.4 5.4 14 17 Florissant, Mo. Feb. 6 SOUTHERN INDIANA* L, 87-94 Feb. 11 at McKendree* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Illinois Springfield* 3 p.m. Today’s Starting Five: Feb. 18 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Maryville* 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Drury* 7:45 p.m. • Missouri S&T hits the road -- where it will play four of its final five regular season games -- for a Feb. 28 GLVC Tournament starts pair of contests this week, beginning with Thursday’s matchup with McKendree in Lebanon, Ill. All times Central The Miners, 8-14 overall and 4-9 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, have dropped four straight *Great Lakes Valley Conference game and nine of their last 10 games while the Bearcats are 11-10 overall and 4-9 in the GLVC after (1) at Ashland, Ohio downing Maryville 92-84 Saturday in St. Louis. (2) at San Antonio, Texas Rankings are from NABC coaches poll. • Zach Ellis, the only four-year senior on the Miner roster this year, enters the game 34 points away from 1,000 for his career. The 1,000-point mark has been reached previously by 23 Miners, the Game Coverage most recent being Bryce Foster late in the 2012-13 season. Ellis, who has more double figure Audio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) outings than any other current Miner with 46, is also in a tie for 10th place on the S&T career list for Web: www.minerathletics.com (audio link) steals with 105 and will move past Mudi Eruteya and Tim Holloway with his next one. Video: GLVC Sports Network via www.minerathletics.com (video link) Live Stats: www.minerathletics.com • Danylo Zuikov, who is tied for the team lead with 31 three-point baskets this season, recently tied (Live stats link) Ike Muonelo for 10th place on S&T’s all-time list for three-pointers with a career total of 123. Zuikov has the most three-pointers of any active Miner player and is 14-of-41 from long range in S&T’s eight home GLVC games to date. Next on the career three-pointer list is Kevin Robertson, who made 139 from 1997-00. • Desmond Buerge scored 23 points Saturday against Southern Indiana and has 598 points in his Miner career, tied for the second-highest mark for any two-year player during S&T’s GLVC era. Buerge is tied with Tommy Pelczynski (598 from 2010-12) and trails only Mudi Eruteya (779 from 2012-14) among two-year players since 2005. • B.J. McLaughlin currently leads the Miners with an average of 15.4 points per game, a mark that ranks 11th in the GLVC as play begins Thursday. In what is now the Miners’ 11th season in the GLVC, only one S&T player has ever ranked among the top 10 in the league in scoring at the close of a year. The one was Bryce Foster, who finished second in the GLVC in scoring in the 2013-14 campaign. McLaughlin currently trails William Jewell’s Darius Tomlin by 0.2 points for the 10th spot. 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2 Ervin Sarajlic F 6-5 205 So. St. Louis, Mo./Oakville HS 10 Brooks Gerrity G 6-2 170 Fr.-R Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS 12 Desmond Buerge G 6-5 185 Sr. Carthage, Mo./Cameron University 13 Danylo Zuikov G 6-1 175 Jr. Kiev, Ukraine/LaLumiere School 14 Juwan Miller G 5-11 165 So. Kitchener, Ont./Huron Heights HS 15 Rokas Paulauskas F 6-8 230 Jr. Telsiai, Lithuania/Frank Phillips College 20 Telloy Simon G 6-3 170 Fr. Kitchener, Ont./St. Mary’s HS 21 Quinn Poythress F 6-7 210 Fr. Jackson, Mo./Notre Dame Regional HS 22 Zach Ellis G 6-0 180 Sr. St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School 23 B.J. McLaughlin F 6-5 190 Sr. Florissant, Mo./Moberly Area CC 25 Jay Corwin F 6-6 210 Jr. Independence, Mo./Crowder College 31 Allen Billinger G 5-11 160 Fr. Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale HS 40 Tyler Anderson F 6-4 210 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit North HS 44 Luke Schnieders F 6-8 170 Fr. O’Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic HS HEAD COACH: Jim Glash ASSISTANT COACHES: Marques Baldwin, Tyrone Davidson MINER TIDBITS: #2 Ervin Sarajlic: Second season in the Miner program...averaged #21 Quinn Poythress: Scored a career-high 21 against Blackburn... 4.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in his freshman year before missing the scored 20.5 points as a high school senior, helping lead Notre Dame final seven games due to an injury...scored a season-best nine points Regional to a third place finish in Missouri Class 4...earned all-state on three occasions. honors in his senior year. #10 Brooks Gerrity: Was redshirted last season...scored a career- #22 Zach Ellis: Scored a season-high 24 points vs. Lewis...only four- high eight points vs. Principia...averaged 16.2 points and connected year senior on the 2015-16 S&T roster...is 34 points away from 1,000 on 36.4 percent of his three-point attempts as a high school senior... for his career...was the Miners’ second-leading scorer as a junior at averaged nearly 13 points in his junior year. 12 points a game...had 15 double figure games a year ago and has 46 in his career, with a high of 29 vs. Ozark Christian...averaged 8.6 #12 Desmond Buerge: Has scored in double figures 13 times with points as a freshman and 7.8 as a sophomore. a career-high 26 vs. Quincy...led the Miners in scoring in the 2014- 15 season at 13.3 points per game...also led S&T in steals with 43... #23 B.J. McLaughlin: Scored a career-high 27 vs. Maryville...had his registered a career-high 23 points at Rockhurst and was in double fig- first career double-double vs. MBU with 21 points and 15 boards... ures 19 times...played eight games at Cameron in 2013-14; averaged averaged eight points a game in his first season at S&T...shot 85.7 8.2 per game in 2012-13 at MSU-West Plains. percent at the free throw line and also had eight blocks...scored a career-high 17 against William Jewell and finished with eight double #13 Danylo Zuikov: Scored a season-high 18 points vs. SJC...led figure scoring efforts...played one season at UT-Martin and one at the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.16-to-1 a year ago...finished Moberly Area Community College before joining the Miners. third in the GLVC with 101 assists, which included an S&T single- game record 13 vs. McKendree...led S&T with 37 three-point baskets #25 Jay Corwin: Newcomer to the S&T program who scored his first last year...averaged 7.2 points a game in his freshman season in points of the year vs. UCM...scored more than 1,000 points at Blue 2013-14. Springs High School and averaged 17 points as a senior...attended Crowder College after graduation; school does not sponsor a men’s #14 Juwan Miller: Scored a season-high 19 vs.