UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS MEN’S BASKETBALL University of Sioux Falls Sports Information | 1101 W. 22nd St. | Sioux Falls, SD 57105 | Fax: 605-331-6792 Sports Information Director Dan Genzler (MBB Contact) | [email protected] Office: 605-331-6774 | Cell: 605-670-8591 | Athletics: 605-331-6791 - [email protected] Cougars 2016-17 Schedule Game Notes - Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 Sioux Falls, S.D. (Stewart Center) Sun., Nov.. 6 Iowa State (exhibition) L, 101-57 USF Men’s BB heads to Upper Iowa, Winona State Dec. 2-3 Sat., Nov. 12 vs. Emporia State L, 101-94 SIOUX FALLS -- The University of Sioux Falls Men’s Basketball Team (3-5, 0-1 NSIC) will stay on the road to Sun., Nov. 13 vs Fort Hays State L, 80-78 open first week of the NSIC part of the schedule as the Cougars head to Upper Iowa (3-3, 0-0, NSIC) on Friday, Tue, Nov. 15 Presentation College W, 87-56 Dec. 2 at 8 p.m., and Winona State (3-1, 0-0 NSIC) Saturday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.. Sat., Nov. 19 Concordia-Wisconsin W, 100-65 USF opened the season 0-2 and has won three of six games since. The Cougars have been a bit snake-bit with four Wed., Nov. 23 PR-Rio Piedras L, 56-52 of five losses coming by a combined 10 points. On their trip to Puerto Rico, USF dropped a 56-52 decision to UPR- Thur., Nov. 24 Saint Rose (NY) L, 44-42 Rio Piedra and a 44-42 decision to St. Rose. They rebounded with a 69-52 win over UPR-Mayaguez as sophomore Fri, Nov. 25 PR-Mayaquez W, 69-52 forward Drew Guebert recorded his first career double double of 19 points and 14 rebounds. It was Guebert’s best Tues., Nov. 29 at Southwest Minn. State* L, 74-72 rebounding effort of his career.. Guebert had 26 points including four 3’s in a 74-72 loss to SMSU Tuesday night Fri., Dec. 2 at Winona State* 8 pm Winona State, led by veteran head coach Todd Eisner, is a very squad with four starters back. They have opened Sat., Dec. 3 at Upper Iowa* 6 pm 3-1 including a 73-69 decision over Carson Newman. Their only loss was to Kentucky Wesleyan, 77-61. They Fri., Dec. 9 St. Cloud State* 8 pm opened the NSIC season with their home opener against USF. They are led by seniors Riley Bambenek and Kyle Sat., Dec. 10 Minnesota Duluth 6 pm Baumann, who are averaging 15.3 ppg. Tue., Dec. 13 Mount Marty 7 pm Sat., Dec. 17 Southwest Minn. State 6 pm Upper Iowa, coached by third year coach Brooks McKowen, will be led by Jimmy Roth, a senior averaging 16.6 Fri. Dec. 30 at Wayne State* 8 pm SIOUX FALLS COUGARS (3-5, 0-1 NSIC) Sat., Dec. 31 at Augustana* 6 pm Head Coach: Chris Johnson (Central College ‘98) Fri., Jan. 6 Upper Iowa* 8 pm Sat., Jan. 7 Winona State* 6 pm Career Record: 160-125 (10th Season) Record at USF: 144-110 (9th Season) Fri., Jan. 13 at Bemidji State* 8 pm Probable Starters Sat., Jan. 14 Minnesota Crookston* 6 pm Fri., Jan. 20 Minnesota State* 8 pm Sat., Jan. 21 Concordia-St. Paul 6 pm Fri., Jan. 27 Northern State* 8 pm Sat, Jan. 28 MSU Moorhead 6 pm Fri, Feb. 3 at U-Mary* 8 pm Sat., Feb. 4 at Minot State* 6 pm #11 Zach Wessels #3 Mack Johnson #23 Drew Guebert #34 Clint Thomas #15 Daniel Hurtt Fri., Feb. 10 Augustanaa * 8 pm 6-2, 182, Jr., G 6-3, 189, Sr., G 6-8, 200, So., F 6-3 , 210, Sr., F 6-6 , 245, Sr., F Sat., Feb. 11 Wayne State* 6 pm Austin, Minn. Roseville, Minn. Apple Valley, Minn.. McCall, Idaho Kansas, City Mo Fri., Feb. 17 at Concordia St. Paul* 8 pm 5.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg 12.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg 16.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg 12.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg 14.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg Sat., Feb. 18 at Minnesota State* 6 pm 2.0 apg, 8/6 G/S 2.9 apg, 8/7 G/S 1.5 apg, 8/8 G/S 2.5 apg, 8/8 G/S 0.4 bpg, 8/8 G/S * Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest VS 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, Winona, Minn. Bold indicates a home game Inside Cougars Basketball Winona State Warriors (3-1, 0-0 NSIC) Head Coach: Todd Eisner Creighton ‘91 (19th year Last Postseason berth............2015-16 (2nd Rd. NSIC) Career Record: 436-179 (19th Season) Record at WSU: 19-14 (2ndSeason) First Year of Basketball ..........................................1906 Series Tally: Winona State leads, 6-3 All-Time Record (Years) ..................1,048-1082 (110th) Winona State Conference Championships (Last) ...................2 (2006) and Sioux Winona State Probable Starters All-Americans................................................................5 Falls have split # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG GP/GS Scholar Athletes..........................................................20 games in each 11 Riley Bambanek G 6-5 210 Sr. 15.3 3.5 4/4 All-Conference Selections...........................................40 of the past three 24 Kyle Baumann F 6-8 225 Sr. 15.3 7.8 4/4 Broadcast Information seasons with the 03 Corey Jeffs G 6-7 205 Jr. 9.8 4.8 4/3 victor on home 04 Charlie Koontz F 6-7 202 So. 8.0 4.8 4/3 floor each time. 20 Isaiah Gray G 6-0 170 Sr. 7.5 2.0 4/3 Live Video: Stretch Internet portal.stretchinternet.com/siouxfalls VS 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, Fayette, Iowa. Upper Iowa Peacocks (3-3, 0-0 NSIC) Live Audio: at KWSN AM 1230, 98.1 FM Head Coach: Northern Iowa ‘70 (3rd year Career Record: 28-22 (19th Season) Record at UIU: 28-22 (3rd Season) Live Stats: USFCougars.com Series Tally: Upper Iowa leads, 8-3 Links to all live stats available on Last year, the two squads Upper Iowa Probable Starters MBB page and USFCougars.com home split the season # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG GP/GS page (right side under live video) series with each 10 Jimmy Roth G 6-5 205 Sr. 16.6 2.0 6/6 winning on the 23 Dennis Austin, III G 6-3 200 RSo. 10.5 6.0 6/6 other’s home 24 Jordan Hay F 6-8 215 R-Sr. 10.3 6.8 6/6 floor 03 Carson Parker G 6-3 185 Jr. 8.7 4.8 6/6 00 Luke Lenhart G 6-0 160 Sr. 8.3 2.5 6/6 ppg. The Peacocks have opened 3-3 but this weekend is their first foray into NSIC play this QUICK FACTS weekend. UIU has won two straight games, including a 91-76 decision over Saint Joseph’s UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS (Ind.). They opened the season with a 87-52 setback to #6 Northwest Missouri State. Location..............................................................Sioux Falls, S.D. Cougar Tracks Founded................................................................................1883 ~ USF has outshot its opponents in 7-of-8 games with a 3-4 record in those games. Enrollment.............................................................................1,519 ~ The NSIC leader in rebounds as a squad at 42.0 per game, USF has won the rebound Nickname........................................................................Cougars battle in seven-of-eight games, including five games with the margin of 11 or better. The Colors................................................................Purple and White Cougars have a league-high 10.5 rebounding margin. Affiliation.............................................................NCAA Division II ~ In total, USF has had 26 double digit scoring games with Clint Thomas, Daniel Hurtt and Drew Guebert registering six each.. Conference...................Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference ~ Senior forward Daniel Hurtt has the Cougars’ top offensive performance with 31 points President........................................................Dr. Mark Benedetto against Concordia-Wisconsin. In that game, Hurtt scored 27 points by halftime and also Director of Athletics..................................................Josh Snyder established a career-best with five three points on just eight shots. Guebert had a career high Arena (capacity).......................................Stewart Center (2,000) 30 points in the opener, a loss to Emporia State. Guebert is coming of a double double of 19 points and 14 rebounds in a 69-52 win over Puerto Rico-Mayaquez and had 26 points in the NSIC opening 74-72 road loss to SMSU. Guebert has three 20-point games this season TEAM FACTS and six in his career. ~ USF ranks second in the NSIC scoring defense at 66.0 ppg, and second in field goal per- 2016-17 Overall Record ..................................................3-5, 0-1 centage defense at 38.5 while leading the league in two rebounding categories including overall rebounds at 42.0; and rebound margin at 10.5. ~ Clint Thomas ranks seventh in the league in three point shooting at 54.8 percent on 23- Assistant Coaches of-42 conversions. Assoc. Head Coach................................................Nate Kaeding ~ Guebert leads the team in scoring at 16.6 and rebounding at 7.4 while Hurtt is averaging (U-Mary, 2007) 14.1 ppg and 6.1 rpg with M. Johnson at 12.8 ppg and Thomas at 12.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Assistant Coach..................................................Troy Odegaard ~ Guebert (19 points, 14 rebounds vs. Puerto Rico-Mayaquez) and Thomas (13 points and (Dakota Wesleyan, 1987) 10 rebounds, Presentation College) have recorded double doubles this season. USF won Assistant Coach.....................................................Kevin Fopma both games. ~ USF has made 10 or more three-pointers in a game four times this season with a high of (Dordt, 2012) 13 on 26 attempts against Concordia-Wisconsin on Nov.