St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports Center - De Pere, Wisconsin 54115 920-403-4077 - phone 920-403-3128 - FAX [email protected] - e-mail Web site - www.snc.edu/athletics St. Norbert College Green Knights Men’s Basketball Preview No. 6 St. Norbert College (19-1, 15-0) vs. Grinnell College (16-4, 11-4) Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 1 p.m. Schuldes Sports Center (2,100) - De Pere, Wisconsin Game Overview: St. Norbert, ranked No. 6 in the D3hoops.com Top 25, hosts second-place 2013-2014 Results Grinnell Saturday at Schuldes Sports Center. The Green Knights are look- Date Opponent Result ing to tie the Midwest Conference record for conference wins in a season at 16. N 16 at North Park W 101-68 N 20 UW-Oshkosh W 63-53 Broadcast: The game will be broadcast online with video streaming at N 26 UW-Whitewater (5) L 73-62 http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/snc.portal# D 4 Lake Forest * W 71-56 Live stats will be posted online at http://www.snc.edu/athletics/team- files/livestats/xlive.htm D 7 at Grinnell * W 121-115/ot D 14 at Cornell * W 81-70 The Series: St. Norbert leads Grinnell 24-16 in an all-time series dating back to the D 18 Carroll * W 76-69 1983-84 season. The Green Knights are 15-4 all-time at home in the series, D 29 Alma % W 103-69 although the Pioneers claimed last season’s meeting in De Pere 105-94 on Dec. 8, 2012. D 30 Viterbo % W 70-63 J 4 Lawrence * W 81-68 Last Meeting: St. Norbert pulled out a pulsating 121-115 overtime win at Grinnell on J 8 Beloit * W 68-48 Dec. 7, with the Green Knights scoring 22 points in overtime. Six players J 11 at Monmouth * W 81-58 reached double figures for St. Norbert, with Brandon Gries netting 30 points. Kam Cerroni added 22 points, while Andrew Schwoerer totaled 18 J 14 Ripon * W 102-62 points and 10 rebounds. Jack Taylor led Grinnell with 40 points, while J 18 at Illinois College * W 76-53 Julian Marx added 20 points. J 22 at Beloit * W 76-56 The Coaches: J 25 Cornell * W 84-62 St. Norbert coach Gary Grzesk (UW-Green Bay, 1996) is 139-55 in his eighth season in De Pere. He was 51-31 in three seasons at Lakeland before J 28 at Lake Forest * W 72-52 arriving at St. Norbert to give him an overall mark of 190-86. F 1 Knox * W 87-51 Grinnell coach David Arseneault (Colby, 1976) is 327-245 in his 25th sea- F 5 at Lawrence * W 79-69 son in Grinnell. F 11 at Carroll * W 68-62 About the Green Knights: F 15 Grinnell * 1 p.m. St. Norbert enters the game 19-1 overall and 15-0 in the Midwest Conference, capturing its fourth league championship in five years. The F 19 at Ripon * 5:30 p.m. Green Knights, ranked No. 6 in the D3hoops.com Top 25, set a school F 22 Illinois College * 1 p.m. record Tuesday with their 17th consecutive win, a 68-62 win at Carroll. Senior guard Kam Cerroni leads the Green Knights in scoring at 16.9 F 28-M 1MWC Tournament TBA points per game, and leads Division III in three-point field-goal percentage * - Midwest Conference game; % - Nicolet at 57.6 percent. Senior guard Brandon Gries is averaging 15.6 points per game with 4.8 rebounds per game. Junior forward Andrew Schwoerer is National Bank Holiday Tournament - De Pere, netting 14.9 points per game with a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game. Wis. Note: Home games in bold; (rankings) by Junior guard Austin Elliott is averaging 10.2 points per game off the bench. - MORE - D3hoops.com. St. Norbert is scoring an average twice. of 81.1 points per game, and is St. Norbert’s 20 wins in 2013 Head Coach Gary Grzesk shooting 52.0 percent from the marked just the fifth time in school floor, 44.2 percent on 3-pointers and history it won at least that many in Education: Bachelor’s 78.9 percent at the free-throw line. a season. The Green Knights won 21 degree in Spanish at Opponents are scoring an average games twice (1984 and 2002) and a UW-Green Bay (1996); of 63.8 points per game while school-record 23 games in 2010. St. master’s degree in shooting 42.3 percent from the Norbert also won 20 games in 2011. education administra- floor, 37.5 percent on 3-pointers and St. Norbert’s 79-25 record from tion at Youngstown 65.9 percent at the free-throw line. 2010 to 2013 marks the best four- State (1998). year total in school history. Playing Experience: About the Pioneers: Since starting the 2007-08 season Four-year letterman at Grinnell enters the game with a 2-5, St. Norbert is a solid 128-37. St. UW-Green Bay (1993- 16-4 overall record and is in second Norbert reached its highest national 96). place in the Midwest Conference at ranking in the 13-year history of the 11-4. The Pioneers have won five Coaching Experience: D3hoops.com Top 25 with a No. 6 Assistant coach at Youngstown State (1996- consecutive games, including a 111- ranking the week of Dec. 6, 2010, 98 win over Beloit last Saturday at which it matched this week. 2002); assistant coach at UW-Green Bay (2002- home. 03); head coach at Lakeland (2003-06); head Junior guard Jack Taylor is Gries is the Word: coach at St. Norbert (April 13, 2006 to present). Division III’s leading scorer at 32.1 St. Norbert senior guard Brandon Grzesk’s Head Coaching Record points per game. Senior forward Gries, who is averaging 15.6 points Aaron Levin is second on the team per game this season, became the Lakeland in scoring at 18.3 points per game, 26th player in school history to Year Overall LMC Place NCAA but has missed the last three games. reach the 1,000-point mark for his 2003-04 16-13 8-4 3rd First Rd. Senior guard Patrick Maher is aver- career on Jan. 4 against Lawrence. 2004-05 14-12 7-5 T3rd aging 17.6 points per game, while Gries, who has made 412 career 2005-06 21-6 13-1 1st junior guard Luke Yeager is averag- Totals 51-31 28-10 ing 16.2 points per game. Freshman free throws, needs six made free guard Julian Marx is netting 12.9 throws to become the St. Norbert points per game. career leader in made free throws. St. Norbert Grinnell is scoring an average of Jack Gebler owns the St. Norbert Year Overall MWC Place NCAA 119.7 points per game, and is shoot- record with 417 from 1966-70. 2006-07 9-13 8-8 6th ing 44.2 percent from the floor, 36.6 Gries currently has 1,128 career 2007-08 14-10 10-6 T3rd percent on 3-pointers and 74.0 per- points to sit in 16th place all-time at 2008-09 18-6 12-4 T3rd cent at the free-throw line. St. Norbert in career scoring. 2009-10 23-4 14-2 1st Second Rd. Opponents are scoring an average 2010-11 20-6 14-4 1st First Rd. of 108.5 points per game while Jump Shots: 2011-12 16-9 12-6 3rd shooting 59.3 percent from the * - St. Norbert is 30-1 in its last 31 2012-13 20-6 15-3 1st First Rd. floor, 41.1 percent on 3-pointers and games against Midwest Conference 2013-14 19-1 15-0 70.3 percent at the free-throw line. opponents. The only loss was a 104- Totals 139-55 100-33 99 overtime loss at Grinnell on Feb. Career 190-86 Building a Winner: 9, 2013. In his first eight seasons, head * - St. Norbert senior guard Kam Grzesk vs. MWC at St. Norbert coach Gary Grzesk turned the St. Cerroni is leading Division III in Team Overall Home Away Neutral Norbert men’s basketball program three-point field-goal percentage at Beloit 12-4 7-1 5-3 0-0 into an annual contender for the 57.6 percent. He has an active streak Carroll 12-7 8-2 4-4 0-1 Midwest Conference champi- of 41 consecutive made free throws, Cornell 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 onship, winning the MWC title a school record. Grinnell 9-7 6-1 2-6 1-0 three times in the last four seasons. * - St. Norbert is averaging 81.1 Illinois Coll. 13-0 6-0 7-0 0-0 The Green Knights have won 20 points per game. The Green Knox 12-2 6-1 6-1 0-0 games three times in the last four Knights have not averaged 80 Lake Forest 11-3 5-2 6-1 0-0 years under Grzesk. In the points per game in a season since Lawrence 10-7 5-3 5-4 0-0 program’s previous 86 seasons, St. the 1975-76 squad netted 84.0 Monmouth 11-1 6-0 5-1 0-0 Norbert had 20-win seasons just points per game. Ripon 14-4 10-1 4-3 0-0 Totals 107-36 61-11 45-24 1-1 St.