EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | FIVE NCAA D-1 TOURNAMENTS 2012-13 Schedule GAME SIXTEEN Evansville at Northern Iowa OCTOBER 2012 Jan. 9, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. CT - McLeod Center Oct. 27 USI @ W, 73-55 NOVEMBER 2012 Live Coverage: 91.5 WUEV - www.WUEV.org Nov. 3 Illinois-Springfield @ W, 79-54 PxP: Lance Wilkerson Color: Bob Pristash Nov. 10 at No. 22 Notre Dame $ L, 49-58 Nov. 15 Buffalo $ L, 50-56 Nov. 16 Yale $ W, 66-56 Nov. 17 Western Illinois $ W, 49-44 Nov. 20 at Tennessee Tech W, 62-50 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 72-46 EVANSVILLE INFORMATION NORTHERN IOWA INFORMATION DECEMBER 2012 2012-13 Record: 9-6, 2-1 MVC 2012-13 Record: 8-7, 1-2 MVC Dec. 1 at Colorado State ^ L, 72-79 Head Coach: Marty Simmons Head Coach: Ben Jacobson Record at UE: 76-94 (6th Season) Record at UNI: 137-78 (7th season) Dec. 5 Miami (Ohio) W, 94-68 Career Record: 174-167 (12th Season) Career Record: Same Dec. 8 Murray State L, 70-82 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS 2012-13 STATISTICAL LEADERS Dec. 15 Alabama State W, 80-67 Points: Colt Ryan - 15.5 PPG Points: Seth Tuttle - 11.4 PPG Dec. 18 Oakland City W, 103-69 Rebounds: Troy Taylor - 7.5 RPG Rebounds: Jake Koch - 6.3 RPG Assists: Troy Taylor - 68 assists Assists: Deon Mitchell - 47 assists Dec. 22 at Butler L, 67-75 Blocks: Egidijus Mockevicius - 21 blocks Blocks: Jake Koch - 19 blocks Dec. 29 at CREIGHTON L, 70-87 Minutes: Ned Cox - 31.2 MPG Minutes: Anthony James - 31.9 MPG JANUARY 2013 Probable Evansville Starters Jan. 2 MISSOURI STATE W, 62-59 OT Jan. 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS # W, 85-68 Lewis Jones Notes: Posted 14 points and 4 rbs vs. MSU; shot 5-for-6 Jan. 9 at NORTHERN IOWA 7:00 p.m. 4 SR - F/G - 6-3 - 200 from free throw line Jan. 13 WICHITA STATE 3:35 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Jan. 16 at DRAKE 7:05 p.m. GW Carver 6.8 1.8 41.0 66.7 21.8 Jan. 19 at INDIANA STATE # 7:05 p.m. Jan. 23 BRADLEY 7:05 p.m. Troy Taylor Notes: Notched second triple-double in UE history vs. Jan. 26 at ILLINOIS STATE # 7:00 p.m. SR - G - 6-0 - 184 CU; tallied 19 rbs vs. MSU in next game Jan. 29 NORTHERN IOWA 7:05 p.m. 5 Anderson, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Anderson FEBRUARY 2013 5.9 7.5 45.6 56.3 29.7 Feb. 2 at MISSOURI STATE 2:05 p.m. Feb. 5 at BRADLEY 7:00 p.m. Colt Ryan Notes: Finished with season-high 26 points in win over SIU; shot 8-13 while notching 6 rb and 6 ast Feb. 10 DRAKE - ESPNU or 3 2 or 7 p.m. 11 SR - G/F - 6-5 - 210 Feb. 13 at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7:05 p.m. Batesville, Ind. Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes Feb. 16 CREIGHTON - ESPNU 2:00 p.m. Batesville 15.5 2.5 42.1 91.8 26.9 Feb. 20 ILLINOIS STATE 7:05 p.m. Feb. 22-24 at Sears Bracketbusters & TBA Ned Cox Notes: Was 5-6 from 3-pt range to notch 17 points vs. Feb. 27 at WICHITA STATE 7:00 p.m. 22 SR - G - 6-1 - 185 SIU San Antonio, Texas Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes MARCH 2013 Judson 11.0 1.9 41.1 87.0 31.2 Mar. 2 INDIANA STATE TBA Mar. 7-10 at MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. Egidijus Mockevicius Notes: Notched 18 pts, 8 rbs and 5 blocks vs. MSU; was 55 FR - C - 6-10 - 225 6-6 shooting and 6-9 FT Kursenai, Lithuania Points Rebounds Shooting Free Throw Minutes @ - Exhibition Game Lithuanian Univ. of Edu. Sci. $ - Coaches vs. Cancer 5.9 4.0 73.9 71.4 16.3 ^ - Mountain West - MVC Challenge # - Televised by MVC Networks Off The Bench & - SEARS Bracketbuster Game # Name Pos Ht/Wt Cl PPG RPG NOTES % - MVC Tournament - St. Louis 0 Ryan Sawvell F 6-8/200 SO 4.9 3.5 Scored 16 pts vs. OCU 1 Jordan Nelson G 6-0/160 SO 2.2 0.6 Finished with 7 pts, 2 rb vs OCU Home Games in Bold 10 Jaylon Moore F 6-7/230 SO 5.6 2.1 Set career high 10 pts vs. AAMU Home MVC Games in BOLD CAPS 12 Adam Wing G 6-4/205 FR 2.8 2.4 Notched career high 9 pts vs. MIA MVC Games in ALL CAPS 13 Jordan Jahr F 6-6/200 SO 4.6 2.9 Tallied 8 pts, 5 rb, 4 ast vs. OCU All Times Central 14 Andy Chinn G 6-0/165 SR 0.0 0.5 Recorded 2 pts vs. UIS 20 Brandon Williams G 6-0/170 SR 0.0 0.0 Played 3 min vs. OCU 23 Mike Leazer G 6-3/170 FR 0.0 1.0 Had a rebound vs. AAMU and OCU 25 Rokas Cesnulevisius F 6-8/215 SO 1.0 2.0 Tied career mark w/5 rb vs. AAMU 31 D.J. Balentine G 6-2/210 FR 8.9 1.3 Career high 26 pts at CSU, 6-10 3pt 34 David Howard F/C 6-8/225 FR - - Redshirted for 2012-13 season Contact: Bob Pristash Office: 812-488-2285 Cell: 812-266-5288 Email: [email protected] 2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 The Opening Tip Follow The Aces - For the second year in a row, the Purple Aces have started league play with a 2-1 mark; after a 2-0 start last season, UE lost four in a row You can find the Purple Aces on - On Saturday, Evansville took an 85-68 win over Southern Illinois marking its third home Facebook and Twitter! Follow the UE win in a row over the Salukis men’s basketball team on Facebook - The win marked the 100th conference win in the head coaching career of Marty Simmons; at “Aces Men’s Basketball (Official). prior to his arrival at UE, Simmons coached at Wartburg and SIU Edwardsville The Aces hoops team is also on - Evansville has lost six games this season, but it has been to stout competition; the Twitter @evansvillehoops. You can combined record of the teams UE has fallen to is an impressive 68-18 also follow all of the University of Evansville athletics teams on Twitter @ueathletics and on Facebook at Preseason Honors University of Evansville Athletic Department. - Senior Colt Ryan has received several preseason accolades entering the 2012-13 campaign. Those include: - MVC Preseason All-Conference Team GoPurpleAces.com is the official home of University of - SENIOR Class Award Watch List Evansville athletics. GoPurpleAces - Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team has the most info on Evansville Ath- - No. 3 Under-The-Rader Player (CBSSports.com) letics and provides daily updates on - No. 11 shooter on Luke Winn’s Top 16 list (SI.com) all UE sports. It is also the one place to find live streaming and audio Senior Achievement from several Aces athletics contests. - In Saturday’s victory, all four senior starters (Ned Cox, Lewis Jones, Colt Ryan and Troy Taylor) scored in double figures; it marked the first time in their careers that each finished a game with 10 or more tallies - Since the beginning of the 2011-12 campaign, UE has had 17 games where four or more The Marty Simmons Radio Show players have reached double figures in scoring; the Aces were 9-2 when doing that last Aces head coach Marty Simmons and Lance Wilkerson season and are 4-2 thus far in 2012 host the “Marty Simmons Radio Show” every Monday night at 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at Turoni’s on the east side. The Call Him “Triple T” show can be heard on WUEV 91.5 FM. The restaurant - Troy Taylor notched 10 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on Saturday against Southern is located just north of the UE campus. Fans are in- Illinois; with the effort, he moved up to 5th overall in the league in rebounding and No. 1 in vited to come out each week and get the inside scoop league play; in three MVC games, the senior has averaged 12 rbeounds per contest on the latest developments with the Aces basketball - While it is hard to go up from having a triple-double, Troy Taylor gave it his best shot on January 5 versus Missouri State as he finished with 19 boards; it marked the first time a UE team! player grabbed 15 or more since Nate Garner did so vs. Western Kentucky on 12/13/08 - Taylor recorded 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on his way to just the second triple- double in UE history versus Creighton; it marked the 36th triple-double in MVC history and Home Media Stats the second in as many seasons as Jake Odum of Indiana State had one a year ago Members of the media can follow today’s game by - The only other time it happened in program history was when Reed Jackson did so vs. logging on to evansville.statbroadcast.com. 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