2013-14 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2013-14 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (3-3, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #7 - Tuesday, November 26 - 7:05 p.m. Oct. 26 Hillsdale (exhibition) W 69-60 Nov. 2 Robert Morris (exhibition) W 90-82 UCF (3-1, 0-0 American) Nov. 8 Murray State W 77-74 Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000) - Valparaiso, Ind. Nov. 10 North Park W 113-50 Nov. 13 at #--/RV Illinois L 64-52 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: Valparaiso looks to continue its undefeated Nov. 17 at Ohio ! L 76-72 start to the 2013-14 home slate on Tuesday night at the ARC, as the Crusaders Nov. 20 at Evansville ! L 100-92 host UCF. The game is the first of an same-season home-and-home series Nov. 23 James Madison W 81-49 against the Knights. Nov. 26 UCF 7:05 p.m. Nov. 29 Mercer ! 7:05 p.m. Last Time Out: Valparaiso surrendered just four points to James Madison over Nov. 30 Cincinnati Christian ! 7:05 p.m. the final 12:22 of the first half Saturday afternoon in non-league action at the Dec. 4 at Ball State 6 p.m. ARC, turning a six-point deficit into a 13-point halftime lead en route to an 81- Dec. 7 Saint Louis 7:05 p.m. 49 victory over the Dukes. The Crusaders trailed 18-12 with 12:22 to go in the Dec. 14 Loyola Marymount 2:05 p.m. first half, but out-scored JMU 23-4 from that point to close out the half, and Dec. 21 vs. Southeastern # 5:30 p.m. then opened the second half with a 13-2 run. Jordan Coleman led four Crusad- Dec. 22 at UCF # 1:30 p.m. ers in double figures with 16 points. Dec. 29 at East Tennessee State 3 p.m. Jan. 2 UIC * 7:05 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Audio - Valpo Sports Radio Network (WVUR, 95.1 Jan. 4 at Oakland * 5 p.m. FM, Valparaiso; WEFM, 95.9 FM, Michigan City; WJOB, 1230 AM, Hammond) Jan. 10 Wright State * 8 p.m. - Todd Ickow (PxP) and David Huseman (Color) Jan. 15 at Detroit * 6 p.m. Video - Horizon League Network Jan. 18 Milwaukee * 1 p.m. Links for the audio and video, as well as live stats, will be available at Jan. 23 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. Jan. 25 at Cleveland State * 1 p.m. ValpoAthletics.com. Jan. 29 Green Bay * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 1 at UIC * 3 p.m. Head Coach Bryce Drew: Bryce Drew (51-23) is in his third season at the helm Feb. 7 Detroit * 8 p.m. of the Valparaiso men’s basketball program in 2013-14. Over his first two-plus Feb. 9 Oakland * 1:35 p.m. seasons, Drew has led the Crusaders to 51 victories, including a school-record Feb. 15 at Milwaukee * TBD 26 last season, as well as two Horizon League regular season titles and one Feb. 20 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. tournament championship. The 2012 HL Coach of the Year, Drew ascended to Feb. 22 Youngstown State * 7:05 p.m. the head coaching position on May 17, 2011 after spending six seasons as an Feb. 25 at Wright State * 6 p.m. assistant and associate head coach with the Crusaders. Mar. 1 Cleveland State * 1:35 p.m. Mar. 4-11 Horizon League Championship Series Notes: Valparaiso and UCF have met on three occasions on the hard- (campus sites) wood, with the Crusaders holding a 2-1 edge. Most recently, the two teams played a same-season home-and-home series in 2008-09, with both schools All times Central. winning on their home court (Valpo 69-52, UCF 85-60). UCF eventually vacated Home games in bold and played at Athletics- that win as part of multiple seasons worth of wins it vacated due to NCAA Recreation Center. violations, but that does not affect the result as it pertains to Valpo’s series ! – Ohio Classic (Campus sites) record. # - at Jackson Hewitt UCF Holiday Classic (Orlando, Fla.) * - indicates Horizon League game @ValpoBasketball Valpo Men’s #ValpoGameday Basketball #GoValpo 2013-14 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 @ValpoBasketball... Lopsided Wins ...and the @HorizonLeague - @ValpoBasketball earned its largest win over a D-I school in nearly - @ValpoBasketball has won the #HLMBB regular season title each four years with its 81-49 win last time out over James Madison. of the last two years and claimed the tournament title last year. - The 32-point win was the Crusaders’ largest against a D-I school - The Crusaders were picked to finish in sixth place in the league since an identical 81-49 win over Toledo on Dec. 12, 2009. standings in 2013-14 in preseason polling. - The 63-point win earlier this year over North Park was the fourth- - After having a pair of All-League honorees the last two years, largest margin of victory in @ValpoBasketball history. Valpo was one of just two teams not to have a preseason All- - The Crusaders’ only bigger win since moving to Division I came in League choice. November of 2005, a 70-point win over IU-South Bend. - The 113 points was the most scored by a Crusader squad since a ...looking back at last year 118-83 win over Chicago State in March of 1996. - @ValpoBasketball won its first #HLMBB tournament champion- - Valpo shot 70.2% (40-of-57) from the floor in the win over the Vi- ship last year and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first kings, the team’s best single-game shooting pct. in at least 20 years. time since 2004. - The Crusaders claimed their second straight Horizon League regu- Efficient Offense lar season title in 2012-13, going 13-3 in league play. - The Crusaders have been extremely efficient with their offensive - Valpo earned a 14 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tour- possessions in each of their last two games. nament, falling to Michigan State in second round action, 65-54. - Last Wednesday at Evansville, Valpo averaged 1.29 points/pos- - The Crusaders set new program records for total wins (26), home session, shooting 61.4% from the floor and 48% from 3-point range. wins (16) and Division I true road wins (10) last year. - Then, in the win over JMU, the Crusaders averaged 1.34 ppp and - Ryan Broekhoff was a First Team All-League and All-Region hon- shot 58% from the field. oree, while Kevin Van Wijk earned Second Team honors both places. - The 1.34 ppp were the most against a D-I opponent since Valpo posted - LaVonte Dority was tabbed the Horizon League’s Sixth Man of the Year. 1.38 ppp in a season-opening win over Georgia Southern last year. - Defensively, the Crusaders surrendered 1.41 ppp to Evansville, ...looking ahead but lowered that to 0.81 ppp in the win over JMU. - @ValpoBasketball concludes its four-game homestand this com- ing weekend with the final two games of the Ohio Classic. High Scoring Affair - The Crusaders will take on Mercer Friday evening before hosting - It was a high-scoring game for @ValpoBasketball last Wednesday Cincinnati Christian on Saturday night. at Evansville, as the Crusaders fell 100-92. - Both the points scored (92) and given up (100) by Valpo were the most ...at the ARC against a D-I opponent since a 103-102 win at Oakland on Dec. 21, 2010. - @ValpoBasketball has 16 regular season home games scheduled - The 92 points in a losing effort were the most in a regulation loss for the ARC in 2013-14. #ValpoGameday by the Crusaders since Jan. 15, 1996 - a 115-104 loss at Troy. - The Crusaders set a new record for home victories in 2012-13, going 16-2 at the ARC last season. Fastest to #50 - Valpo has opened the season 3-0 at home, defeating Murray State, - With the win over North Park, head coach Bryce Drew has won 50 North Park and James Madison. games in his coaching career, needing just 70 games to get there. - Over the last 19+ years, @ValpoBasketball owns a 226-50 (.819) - Drew is the ninth coach in @ValpoBasketball history to lead the record on its home court. Crusaders to at least 50 victories. - Drew became the quickest Crusader coach to 50 wins, surpassing Standout Freshman Performance Loren Ellis and Gene Bartow, both of whom earned it in their 79th game. - Freshman Alec Peters put together one of the top performances by a rookie in @ValpoBasketball history Wednesday at Evansville. Change to the Lineup - Peters scored 30 points, going 10-of-15 from the floor and hitting - For the first time this year, @ValpoBasketball ran out a different 7-of-11 3-pointers. starting five last time out against James Madison. - Peters’ 30 points were the most by a Crusader freshman since - Adekoya and Williams joined Peters, Dority and Gueye in the lineup. Raitis Grafs scored 30 against Belmont on Jan. 10, 2000. - It marked the first time the Crusaders had started three freshmen - The 30 points were also the most by any #HLMBB freshman since since Dec.