2007-08 Schedule Sat. 11/3 Oakland City (ex.) W 82-43 Sun. 11/11 Samford L 50-49 Sat. 11/17 #25 Butler L 60-47 Tue. 11/20 at S.E. Missouri L 87-77 Sat. 11/24 at Ball State W 51-50 Sat. 12/1 at Buffalo 6:00 Wed. 12/5 Princeton 7:05 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay 7:05 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso 7:05 U. Of Evansville Purple Aces (1-3) Sat. 12/15 Hanover 7:05 At Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State 2:05 U. At Buffalo Bulls (3-3)* Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * 7:05 Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * 7:05 *Buffalo hosts Tulane Nov. 30 Sun. 1/6 Drake * 2:05 Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 • 6:00 CST Wed. 1/9 at Creighton * 7:05 Sat. 1/12 at Illinois State * 7:05 Alumni Arena (6,100) • Buffalo, N.Y. Tue. 1/15 Southern Illinois * 7:05 Sat. 1/19 at Bradley * 7:05 University at Buffalo Bulls (3-3) PPG RPG Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:05 1 Andy Robinson G 6-1 190 Jr. Schenectady, N.Y. (Schenectady) 7.2 2.0 2 Byron Mulkey G 6-0 170 So. Wheatfield, N.Y. (Niagara Wheatfield) 5.3 1.0 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 3 Sean Smiley G 6-1 165 So. Erie, Pa. (McDowell) 7.8 2.0 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 12 Rodney Pierce G 6-2 190 So. Buffalo, N.Y. (Hutch Tech) 6.3 3.0 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 15 Vadim Fedotov F/C 6-9 260 Jr. Munich, Germany (Schloss Hagerhof) 6.8 3.8 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 21 Andrew Atman F 7-0 210 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Upper St. Clair) 5.4 3.2 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 22 John Boyer G 6-1 185 So. Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Hollidaysburg) 1.5 0.5 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 25 Calvin Betts G/F 6-3 225 So. Rochester, N.Y. (Rush-Henrietta) 7.0 5.0 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 32 Jawaan Alston F 6-8 220 Fr. Uniontown, Pa. (Albert Gallatin) 2.8 2.7 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA 33 Adekambi Laleye F 6-9 210 So. Ottawa, Canada (Champlain-St. Lambert) 1.3 1.5 Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 34 Greg Gamble G/F 6-4 200 Jr. Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Niagara Falls) 9.3 3.0 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 35 Brian Addison F 6-8 225 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (Monroe CC) 1.2 2.8 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA 40 Max Boudreau F 6-7 230 So. Montreal, Canada (Champlain-St. Lambert) 5.8 4.2 Probable Starters In Bold (St. Louis, Mo.) Head Coach: Reggie Witherspoon, 9th year at UB, 98-142; 11th year overall, 142-165 *MVC game All Times Central 2007-08 MVC Standings Saturday’s game will be broadcast by the UE Radio Network (WUEV 91.5 FM./wuev.evansville.edu, WSJD 110.5 FM, WNTC 103.9 FM) MVC Overall Creighton 0-0 3-0 Northern Iowa 0-0 5-1 Missouri State 0-0 4-1 U. of Evansville Purple Aces (1-3) Drake 0-0 3-1 PPG RPG Southern Illinois 0-0 3-1 Bradley 0-0 5-2 2 Kavon Lacey G 6-1 190 Fr. Alton, Illinois (Alton) 2.0 1.0 Illinois State 0-0 4-2 3 Jon Van Hoose G 6-4 167 Fr. Ashland, Kentucky (Russell) 0.0 0.0 Wichita State 0-0 3-2 4 Nate Garner F 6-5 224 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington/Tyler JC) 5.0 5.8 Indiana State 0-0 3-2 Evansville 0-0 1-3 5 Shy Ely G/F 6-4 197 Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana (Speedway) 10.0 4.3 10 Taylor Morrow G 6-2 163 So. Wadesville, Indiana (North Posey) 2.0 1.3 Upcoming MVC Games 11 Victor Gomez (Inj.) F 6-6 210 Sr. San Francisco, D.R. (Chipola CC) 0.0 0.0 Thursday 14 Trent Wargel G 5-7 160 Jr. Ridgway, Illinois (Gallatin County) 0.0 0.0 Wichita State at Appalachian State 7:05 Savannah State at Creighton 7:05 15 Jay Couisnard F 6-6 190 So. Houston, Texas (Yates) 6.0 2.0 Friday 20 Trevor Gregory G 6-2 193 So. Evansville, Indiana (Harrison) 0.0 0.0 UNC Central at Drake 7:35 21 Darin Granger G 6-2 175 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 7.8 1.5 Saturday Indiana State at Purdue 2:00 22 Jason Holsinger G 5-11 177 Jr. Lapel, Indiana (Lapel) 13.3 3.0 Creighton at Drexel 3:30 23 Jason Switzer G 6-3 175 Fr. Huntingburg, Indiana (Southridge) 0.0 0.0 Evansville at Buffalo 6:00 40 Zach House C 7-0 218 Fr. Rock Falls, Illinois (Rock Falls) 0.0 0.0 Southeast Missouri at Bradley 7:05 Illinois-Chicago at Illinois State 7:05 41 Pieter van Tongeren C 6-11 229 Fr. Driehuis, The Netherlands (Ichthus College) 8.0 7.8 Loyola at Northern Iowa 7:05 52 Clint Hopf F 6-8 237 Fr. Birdseye, Indiana (Forest Park) 3.3 1.3 Drake vs. Duquesne or CS-Northridge 7:35 Probable Starters In Bold Indiana at Southern Illinois 8:30 Monday Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville ‘87) 1st year at UE, 1-3; 7th year overall, 99-75 Missouri State at Arkansas 7:05 www.GoPurpleAces.com QUIET WEEK FOR THE ACES...BUSY FOR THE BULLS EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FACTS Saturday’s 6:00 CST game at the University At Buffalo will be Evansville’s •Nickname: Purple Aces first since last Saturday’s 51-50 victory at Ball State. It will be the third this •Colors: Purple, White, Orange week for the Bulls. They beat Canisius on Tuesday, 68-59, and host Tulane on •UE Enrollment: 2,421 Thursday before playing their third home game in five days on Saturday •Conference: Missouri Valley Conference against the Aces. One aspect that will help Buffalo is depth. Coach Reggie •Arena: Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,600) Witherspoon has 11 players this season averaging at least 10 minutes of play - •President: Dr. Stephen Jennings ing time per game. The top nine scorers average between 5.3 and 9.3 points •Director of Athletics: John Stanley per game. •Head Coach: Marty Simmons (1st year at Evansville; 7th COACH’S WIN #2 WILL BE WIN #100 year as a head coach). Head coach Marty Simmons is one victory away from the 100th in his head •2006-07 Record: 14-17 (6-12 MVC T7th) coaching career. His record going into the Buffalo game is 99-76, and includes •Assistant Coaches: Marcus Belcher, Jimmy Elgas, Ben one year at Wartburg (Iowa) University, five seasons at Southern Illinois- Wierzba Edwardsville, and four games in his first season at Evansville. Simmons’ •Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Sweeney coaching record after his first two seasons as a head coach was 19-32. In his •Basketball Trainer: Troy Coppus four full seasons since then, his record was 79-41. •Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brady Holt •Basketball Admin. Assistant: Jennifer Balentine MARTY’S BACKGROUND •Student Managers: Paul Bragin, Wilfredo Delgado, Chad New Evansville coach Marty Simmons led the Aces to two rounds of the NIT Harmon, Franklin Kinkaid, Robert Moreland, Alex Vetter, as a senior in 1987-88, when he was the nation’s sixth leading scorer with a Ben Wallace 25.9 average. He was a UE assistant coach under Jim Crews for 11 seasons, •Team Chaplain: Pastor Larry Rascoe including three NCAA Tournament years (1992, 1993, 1999) and one NIT year •D-I NCAA Tournaments: 5 (1982, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) (1994). He spent the past five seasons as head coach at Southern Illinois- •NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, ‘94) Edwardsville, and led the Cougars to the NCAA Division II Tournament in •Conference Regular Season Championships: 6 (1982, ‘87, 2005 and 2006. He was the Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) in 2005. Simmons is a 1987 Evansville graduate. •Conference Tournament Titles (MVC): 3 (1982, ‘92, ‘93) REACHING THE ACES WIN NUMBER ONE Evansville used a comeback in the final minutes on the road last Saturday to •SID Bob Boxell: 812-488-2285 (o); 812-760-4273 (cell); earn the Aces’ first victory. Evansville was down by nine points at Ball State 812-488-2090 (fax); [email protected] with less than five minutes to play, at 47-38, but four different players scored •Roberts Stadium Office: (812) 476-1383 for UE in the 13-3 stretch run –Shy Ely (4), Pieter van Tongeren (4), Jason •Roberts Stadium Press Row: (812) 488-1405 Holsinger (3) and Nate Garner (2). It was van Tongeren’s basket with 10 sec - onds remaining that won the game. ON THE AIR This season, all UE fans in the Tri-State can tune in to the UE’S NUMBERS Purple Aces’ Radio Network . 91.5 F.M.-WUEV will It’s not been easy for the Aces to score points, with an average of 56 per game, serve as the flagship station, with both 100.5 F.M.-WSJD but they did get plenty of balance in their offense last week. In the 87-77 loss in Mt. Carmel, Illinois and 103.9 F.M.-WNTC in at Southeast Missouri and 51-50 win at Ball State, Shy Ely led the way with a Madisonville, Kentucky on board to expand UE’s coverage total of 32 points.