TRUMAN BULLDOGS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 Game Notes | Men’s Basketball Contact: Cooper Weidenthaler | [email protected] | 660-341-8971 Truman vs. Indianapolis - Thursday, February 2 - 7:30 p.m. WEEK 13 Truman vs. Saint Joseph’s - Saturday, February 4 - 3 p.m. Kirksville, Mo. - Pershing Arena (3,000) 2016-17 Schedule The Opponent Date Opponent Time Indianapolis Greyhounds (11-8, 8-3 GLVC) Nov. 11 at Cedarville^ W, 82-70 Track, Watch, Listen Nov. 12 vs. Trevecca Nazarene^ W, 92-55 Nov. 16 at Lindenwood L, 83-94 SERIES INFORMATION Nov. 19 Upper Iowa W, 87-76 Series vs. UI: 0-3 Nov. 22 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 99-68 First Meeting: Feb. 13, 2014 (73-75) Nov. 26 at Lincoln W, 72-71 Dec. 1 at Rockhurst* W, 72-58 Last Meeting: Feb. 6, 2016 (86-87) Dec. 3 at William Jewell* W, 95-80 Current Streak: L3 Dec. 6 Central Methodist W, 98-67 Last 10: 0-3 Dec. 10 at Quincy* L, 90-91 Chris Foster vs. UI: 0-2 Dec. 16 vs. Benedict% W, 79-71 (OT) Stan Gouard vs. Truman: 3-0 Dec. 17 at Kentucky Wesleyan% L, 73-74 Dec. 31 Central Christian W, 122-35 • The 2016-17 season marks year No. nine for Stan Gouard at the helm of Jan. 5 at Illinois Springfield* W, 83-72 Indianapolis Greyhound men’s basketball. In those eight-plus seasons, UIndy has an overall record of 161-88 (.647 winning percentage) with six appearances in the Jan. 7 at McKendree* W, 95-79 NCAA Tournament, including the Sweet 16 in 2014-15. Gouard was also named Jan. 12 #10 Southern Indiana* L, 89-111 the GLVC Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the 2013-14 campaign thanks in Jan. 13 #9 Bellarmine* W, 77-72 part to leading Indianapolis to an overall record of 24-5. Jan. 14 at #8 Creighton (Exhibition) L, 69-101 • Just like the Bulldogs, there are four Greyhounds putting up at least 10 points Jan. 19 at Maryville* W, 97-81 per game including Eric Davidson (15.6/13th in the GLVC), Jesse Kempson (14.4), Jan. 21 at Missouri-St. Louis* W, 86-82 (OT) DJ Davis (10.8), and Jimmy King (10.4). Davidson and King are both shooting over Jan. 26 Drury* W, 93-60 50 percent from the floor at 50.6 percent and 50.3 percent, respectively. On the glass, Kempson is the team’s leading rebounder with 6.4 per contest (11th in the Jan. 28 Missouri S&T* L, 91-96 GLVC). Feb. 2 Indianapolis* 7:30 PM • As a team, Indianapolis is middle of the road when it comes to scoring offense Feb. 4 Saint Joseph’s* 3 PM and scoring defense. The Greyhounds are ninth in points per game with 81.0 and Feb. 9 at Lewis* 7:30 PM 10th in points allowed per contest with 76.2. Feb. 11 at Wisconsin-Parkside* 3 PM Saint Joseph’s Pumas (9-12, 3-8 GLVC) Feb. 16 William Jewell* 7:30 PM Track, Watch, Listen Feb. 18 Rockhurst* 3 PM Feb. 23 Quincy* 7:30 PM SERIES INFORMATION Feb. 26 GLVC Tournament - First Round TBA Series vs. SJC: 3-1 ^ - Don Callan Classic (Hosted by Cedarville) in Cedarville, Ohio % - The Wesleyan Way Invitational (Hosted by KWC) in Owensboro, Ky. First Meeting: Dec. 2, 1994 (87-91 OT) * - Great Lakes Valley Conference Game Last Meeting: Feb. 4, 2016 (98-94) Bold - Home game in General John J. Pershing Arena Current Streak: W3 This Week in Truman Basketball... Last 10: 3-1 • After having its four-game winning streak snapped by Missouri S&T on Chris Foster vs. SJC: 2-0 Saturday, 96-91, the Truman men’s basketball team will look to rebound against Indianapolis on Thursday (7:30 p.m.) and Saint Joseph’s on Saturday (3 p.m.) inside Tom Church vs. Truman: 0-3 Pershing Arena. With the five-point loss to the Miners, the Bulldogs are now tied • Saint Joseph’s is led by head coach, Tom Church, in his fourth season. Church with Quincy for first place in the West Division. The Greyhounds (11-8, 8-3 GLVC) and Pumas (9-12, 3-8 GLVC) are fifth and sixth in the East Division, respectively. has accumulated an overall mark of 28-77 (.267) and a record of 11-54 in the • Going back to last week, Truman rolled past Drury on Thursday by GLVC (.169). With that being said, the Pumas have won more games each season 33 points, 93-60, and handed the Panthers their worst lost since 2008. In that since Church has been at the helm (4, 6, 9, and 9) and they already have as many beatdown, the Bulldogs connected on 17 of their 32 three-point attempts (53.1 victories this year as they did for all of 2015-16. percent) and 32 of their 57 looks from the field (56.1 percent). Individually, Truman • Saint Joseph’s has been on the losing end in three straight and four of its last was led by a trio of scorers in double-figures including Nathan Messer (23), Kyle Kanaskie (19) and Jake Velky (13). Messer was an absurd 7-of-11 from range while five including a 98-75 loss at Indianapolis on Jan. 16 in the Greyhounds’ Bankers Kanaskie was 5-for-7 in his own right. In Saturday’s loss to Missouri S&T, four Life Fieldhouse. However, five of those 12 defeats have come by 10 points or less Bulldogs had 10+ including Velky (24), Dwight Sistrunk Jr. (19), Cory Myers (13), including a nine-point loss to No. 17 Southern Indiana, 122-113, in triple overtime and Nikola Pesic (10). on Jan. 26 in the Pumas’ Scharf Fieldhouse. • The Purple and White continue to be led by Velky’s 17.9 points per • The Pumas have the worst scoring defense in the league and are giving up game, which are good for fourth in the league behind Jeril Taylor of Southern Indiana (21.6), Joe Tagarelli of Quincy (19.6) and Patrick Whelan of William Jewell 89.4 points per game. However, on the offensive end, they have proven to be (19.1). Velky is also first in three-pointers made per game (3.6), first in three-point more than capable. Saint Joseph’s is scoring the third-most points per contest at field goal percentage (49.3), third in free throw percentage (89.3), and eighth in 86.7 per game with the fourth-most overall points at 1,820. field goal percentage (50.7). Follow Truman Basketball: TrumanBulldogs.com • Twitter.com/TrumanAthletics Twitter.com/TSUBulldogHoops • Facebook (search for Truman Athletics) 2016-17 Game Notes | Men’s Basketball Contact: Cooper Weidenthaler | [email protected] | 660-341-8971 Head Coach Chris Foster Third Season Northern Iowa ‘05 @CoachFoster_TSU Chris Foster begins his third season as the Truman men’s basketball head coach in 2016-17, marking his fourth season overall as part of the Bulldog family. In 2015-16, Foster led the Bulldogs to their third-consecutive 20-win campaign as they went 21-9 overall and 12-6 in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play. Those 21 overall wins were the most for Truman since 1998-99 (26-7). The season ended in the quarterfinal round of the GLVC tournament with a 77-62 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin-Parkside. In his first year as the program’s head coach, Foster led the Bulldogs to a 20-10 record, which culminated with a trip to the GLVC tournament quarterfinals. He is the 12th coach in program history, having spent one season as the associate head coach under Matt Woodley, who resigned in August 2014 to accept a position in the NBA Developmental League. Prior to Truman, Foster served as the men’s basketball video coordinator at the University of Northern Iowa. He rejoined the UNI staff in December 2011 following time as a varsity head coach and instructor at both North County High School and Jefferson High School in the St. Louis area. He was a four-year standout for UNI as an undergraduate, helping lead the Panthers to the 2003 and 2004 NCAA tournament, while also ranking amongst the program’s top 10 all time in games played, assists and three-pointers. He scored 1,027 career points and was a member of the 2002 Missouri Valley Conference all-Freshman team before graduating in 2005. Foster then served three different roles in three seasons for the Panther coaching staff, beginning as a graduate manager in 2005. He was then named the program’s director of basketball operations in 2006 before moving into a full-time assistant coaching position for the 2007-08 season. Foster and his wife, Kylie, have three children – a son, Jase and two daughters, Avery and Riley. Truman State University Year Record Pct. Conf. Pct. Finish 2014-15 20-10 .667 11-7 .611 7/2 W 2015-16 21-9 .700 12-6 .667 5/2 W 2016-17 16-5 .762 8-3 .727 - Totals 57-24 .704 31-16 .660 - Assistant Coaches Mike Annese Second Season Colorado State ‘10 @Coach_Annese 2016-17 marks the second season as an assistant coach for Mike Annese (uh-KNEE-see) since he rejoined the Truman men’s basketball coaching staff prior to the 2015-16 season. Prior to that, he spent one season as an assistant coach at Minnesota-Crookston in 2014-15. He served as an assistant under former men’s basketball head coach Matt Woodley in 2013-14 following two seasons at Iowa Lakes CC.