2011-12 Cougar Basketball Men’s Basketball Contact: Joe Pott E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: 618-650-2860 November 14, 7:30 p.m., Game 1 TONIGHT’S OPPONENT 2011-2012 SIUE Cougars SIUE Illinois, of the Big Ten, is already 1-0 on the Schedule and Results Cougars season, having defeated Loyola-Chicago 67-49 Date Opponent Time/Score Friday night in Champaign. Last season the Illini NOVEMBER (8-21 in 2010-11) finished 20-14, ending the season with a third- Thu., Nov. 3 vs. Blackburn (Exh.) W, 70-56 vs. round NCAA tournament loss to Kansas. Thu., Nov. 10 vs. MacMurray (Exh.) W, 69-55 Illinois LAST MEETING Cancun Challenge Fighting Illini The Cougars and Illini last met almost two years Mon., Nov. 14 at Illinois 7:00 p.m. CT (12-13 in 2010-11) ago to the day (11/13/09) to open the 2009-2010 Thu., Nov. 17 at Illinois State 7:00 p.m. CT season in Champaign. The Illini won the game Tue., Nov. 22 vs. Lipscomb 12:30 p.m. CT THE SERIES 96-69. Three Cougars scored in double figures Wed., Nov. 23 vs. Hampton/Sacred Heart TBA Series Record: Illinois leads 2-0 Last Meeting: L 96-69 11/13/09 at Illinois that night. Zeke Schnieder, Kevin Stineman and Wed., Nov. 30 vs. Robert Morris (Spr.) 7:00 p.m. CT First Meeting: L 104-68 1/3/81 at SIUE Mark Yelovich are the only SIUE players to play Record at SIUE: 0-1 in that game. DECEMBER Record at Illinois: 0-1 Sat., Dec. 3 vs. Cal State Fullerton 2:00 p.m. CT Neutral: 0-0 VERSUS THE BIG TEN SIUE is 0-6 versus Big Ten opponents Tue., Dec. 6 vs. Ball State 7:30 p.m. CT Largest SIUE win: None Sat., Dec. 10 vs. Hannibal-LaGrange 7:00 p.m. CT under Head Coach Lennox Forrester, including Largest Illinois win: 104-68 1/3/81 at SIUE Mon., Dec. 19 at SIU Carbondale 7:05 p.m. CT 0-3 last season. SIUE is 0-10 all-time against Thu., Dec. 29 vs. Tennessee Tech * 7:00 p.m. CT Current Streak: Lost 2 members of the Big Ten. SIUE lost games at Sat., Dec. 31 vs. Jacksonville State * 3:30 p.m. CT PROBABLE STARTERS Iowa, Indiana and Northwestern last season. No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. JANUARY 5 Corey Wickware G Sr. 5-10 CONFERENCE CALL Wed., Jan. 4 vs. Eastern Illinois * 7:00 p.m. CT 13 Kevin Stineman G Sr. 6-0 SIUE officially joined the Ohio Valley Sat., Jan. 7 at UT Martin * 6:00 p.m. CT 14 Darian Shaffer F Jr. 6-7 Conference on July 1, 2008. Men’s basketball Thu., Jan. 12 at Southeast Missouri * 7:00 p.m. CT 33 Mark Yelovich F Jr. 6-6 plays a full conference schedule for the first time Sat., Jan. 14 at Tennessee State * 7:30 p.m. CT 35 Jerome Jones F Jr. 6-6 this season. The Cougars will be eligible for Thu., Jan. 19 vs. Austin Peay * 7:00 p.m. CT postseason competition in 2012-13. Sat., Jan. 21 vs. Murray State * 7:00 p.m. CT BY THE NUMBERS Sat., Jan. 28 at Jacksonville State * 4:30 p.m. CT SIUE (10-11) UI Mon., Jan. 30 at Tennessee Tech * 7:00 p.m. CT ON EXHIBITION 8-21 Record 1-0 SIUE finished 2-0 in exhibition play this season, FEBRUARY 668-1583 FGM-FGA 28-59 defeating MacMurray and Blackburn in home Thu., Feb. 2 vs. Morehead State * 7:00 p.m. CT .422 FG% .475 games. The Cougars averaged 69.5 points Sat., Feb. 4 vs. Eastern Kentucky * 7:00 p.m. CT .469 Opp FG% .353 per game over the two games. SIUE gave up Sat., Feb. 11 vs. Southeast Missouri * 7:00 p.m. CT 197-589 3FGM-3FGA 6-21 an average of 55.5 points in that time. Junior Wed., Feb. 15 at Eastern Illinois * 7:00 p.m. CT .334 3FG% .286 Transfer Jerome Jones averaged 22 points and TBA SEARS BracketBuster TBA .338 Opp 3FG% .286 13 rebounds during the two contests. Thu., Feb. 23 at Eastern Kentucky * 7:30 p.m. ET 346-517 FT-FTA 5-9 Sat., Feb. 25 at Morehead State * 7:30 p.m. ET .669 FT% .556 Wed., Feb. 29 at Chicago State 7:00 p.m. CT .706 Opp FT% .643 *Ohio Valley Conference Game 246 Reb Off 13 COUGARS ON THE AIR Home Games in Bold played at Vadalabene Center •All games are broadcast on 88.7 FM 649 Reb Def 19 WSIE. Select games also will air on 30.9 Reb/G 32.0 590 The Fan KFNS. Joe Pott provides 38.6 Opp Reb/G 31.0 the play-by-play. Adam Young provides 386 Assists 9 analysis on all home games and most 489 Turnovers 12 road games. 167 Steals 10 •Live audio is available online at 83 Blocks 13 webradio.siue.edu 64.8 Points/G 67.0 •Live video of home games is available at 77.5 Opp Points/G 49.0 SIUEtv.com SIUE Men’s Basketball Season and Career Leaders/Notes 2010-2011 /Career Leaders Cornelius Chatt 6 6 TOURNAMENT CHAMPS Corey Wickware 3 3 The Cougars won the Upper Division Starting Assignments 10-11 Career Nikola Bundalo 1 2 Championship at the IBN Las Vegas Classic Nikola Bundalo 28 77 Michael Messer 1 1 Dec. 22 and 23 last season, finishing with a pair Mark Yelovich 1 49 of wins at the Orleans Arena. SIUE defeated Kevin Stineman 20 37 10-Rebound Games 10-11 Career Longwood and The Citadel en route to the Michael Messer 24 24 Nikola Bundalo 5 9 title. It was the second consecutive in-season Cornelius Chatt 21 21 Dobrivoje Mavrak 1 1 tournament title for SIUE. Corey Wickware 21 21 Mark Yelovich 0 1 David Boarden 13 17 TOURNAMENT CHAMPS PART II Cody Rincker 6 9 Double-Doubles 10-11 Career SIUE won its first Division I era tournament, Anthony Mitchell 7 7 Nikola Bundalo 3 5 claiming the Drake Hy-Vee Classic in December Dobrivoje Mavrak 2 4 Mark Yelovich 0 2 2009. The Cougars defeated host Drake and UT LeShaun Murphy 1 4 Arlington enroute to the championship. 5+ Three-Pointers 10-11 Career Scoring Leader 10-11 Career Mark Yelovich 0 3 FREE BASKETBALL Mark Yelovich 1 29 Corey Wickware 2 2 After not playing an overtime game since 2008, Nikola Bundalo 6 11 Cornelius Chatt 1 1 the Cougars played overtime in three straight Cornelius Chatt 9 9 home games last season. The Cougars won Corey Wickware 8 8 3+ Steals 10-11 Career Jan. 8 over South Dakota 94-85. SIUE also Cody Rincker 0 2 Mark Yelovich 0 5 prevailed over Kennesaw State 77-76 on David Boarden 1 2 Cornelius Chatt 4 4 Dec. 11. The Cougars fell at home to Middle Michael Messer 2 2 Corey Wickware 3 3 Tennessee 73-64 on Dec. 4. LeShaun Murphy 1 2 Cody Rincker 2 3 Anthony Mitchell 1 1 Michael Messer 1 1 COUNTING ON COREY Kevin Stineman 1 1 Kevin Stineman 1 2 Point guard Corey Wickware was second in scoring with an average of 11.6 points a Rebounding Leader 10-11 Career SCHEDULE STUFF game last season. The transfer from Wabash Nikola Bundalo 15 29 The 2011-12 slate features seven, and perhaps Community College scored a career-high 26 Mark Yelovich 0 24 as many as nine, games against teams that points Jan. 8 against South Dakota. It was Anthony Mitchell 5 6 advanced to the postseason in 2011. That his third 20-plus point effort of the season. Dobrivoje Mavrak 5 5 includes at least three, and as many as five, Wickware scored in double figures in 19 games Michael Messer 4 4 teams that played in last season’s NCAA last year. He was named to the IBN Las Vegas Kevin Stineman 1 2 tournament. SIUE could face Hampton in the Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 18 Cornelius Chatt 3 3 Cancun Challenge. The Pirates were NCAA points over the two games. LeShaun Murphy 2 2 tournament participants last season. SIUE Corey Wickware 2 2 could also face an NCAA team in the SEARS MISSING THE MARK BracketBuster game in February. Forward Mark Yelovich missed all but one game Double-Digit Scoring 10-11 Career last season after suffering a foot injury in the Mark Yelovich 1 39 MORE SCHEDULE STUFF opener against IPFW. Yelovich returned to game Nikola Bundalo 15 37 This season’s schedule includes teams from action Thursday, for the first time in almost a Corey Wickware 19 19 seven different Division I conferences. year, to score 17 points in the exhibition win. Cornelius Chatt 17 17 Cody Rincker 4 10 TOURNAMENT TESTED PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kevin Stineman 6 10 This season’s Cancun Challenge represents Wickware: WICK-wear Michael Messer 9 9 the fourth consecutive year SIUE has played in Stineman: STEIN-men LeShaun Murphy 2 7 an in-season tournament. The Cougars opened Derian Shaffer: Dare-ee-an SHAY-fur David Boarden 1 3 the Division I era by playing in the inaugural Yelovich: YELLOW-vitch Anthony Mitchell 1 1 Chareston Classic in 2009. In 2010 SIUE was a part of the Drake Hy-Vee Classic, while last Zeke: ZEEK 20-Point Games 10-11 Career season’s schedule included the IBN Las Vegas Laur: LAR (as in car) Mark Yelovich 0 12 Classic.