Emporia State Hornet Game Notes vs. Pitt State Gorillas Game #21 2019-20 Schedule & Results Emporia State Hornets (10-10, 4-7 MIAA) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT vs. Pittsburg State Gorillas (8-12, 4-7 MIAA) Oct 25 at $Kansas State L 49-86 Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 • 7:30 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium MIAA/GAC Challenge Series Record: ESU leads 99-94 Last Meeting: at PSU 73, ESU 69 (02/21/2019) Nov 8 vs. Southwestern Okla. L 73-82 OT Radio: KFFX 104.9FM Internet Audio: kvoe.com Nov 9 at Arkansas Tech L 59-79 Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets Nov 12 Kansas Wesleyan W 87-59 Up Next: Missouri Southern • Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 • 5:00 p.m. Nov 14 Tabor College W 82-51 Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium Nov 18 Sterling College W 94-82 Pittsburg State “Gorillas” Nov 22 Rockhurst L 100-109 2OT Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Nov 26 vs. William Jewell W 75-67 1 A.J. Walker G 6-0 Sr. 18.1 5.2 Kansas City, Mo. Nov 29 Saint Mary (Kan.) W 104-63 3 Jah-Kobe Womack G 6-3 Sr. 13.2 3.5 St. Louis, Mo. Dec 5 *Neb.-Kearney W 78-68 11 Marcel Cherry G 6-1 Sr. 8.7 2.7 Merrillville, Ind. Dec 7 *Fort Hays State W 69-66 12 Dejon Waters, Jr. F 6-4 Jr. 9.8 3.0 Atlanta, Ga. Jan 1 Baker W 87-57 33 Christian Edmondson F 6-6 Sr. 7.5 6.9 Flower Mound, Texas Jan 4 at *Washburn L 78-80 Coach: Kim Anderson (Missouri 1979) 42-38 at Pittsburg St. (3rd Year) 343-200 overall (18th Year) Jan 9 #1 *Northwest Missouri L 56-71 Emporia State “Hornets” Jan 11 *Missouri Western W 81-68 Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Jan 15 at *Fort Hays State L 46-56 2 Keyon Thomas G 5-10 Fr. 12.8 2.4 Bonnor Springs, Kan. Jan 18 at *Neb.-Kearney L 58-85 10 Jumah’Ri Turner G 6-2 Jr. 14.7 3.4 Minneapolis, Minn. Jan 22 *Newman L 71-75 3 Gage McGuire F 6-7 Fr. 4.4 2.2 Coldwater, Mich. Jan 26 *Central Oklahoma W 92-84 14 Duncan Fort F 6-6 Jr. 5.2 4.6 Osage City, Kan. Jan 29 at *Central Missouri L 49-67 30 Mason Thiessen C 6-9 Fr. 5.3 4.8 Inman, Kan. Feb 1 at *Lincoln L 70-85 Coach: Craig Doty (Morningside 2010) 24-26 at ESU (2nd Year); 73-48 overall (4th Year) Feb 5 *Pittsburg State 7:30 PM Feb 8 #15 *Missouri Southern 5:00 PM HOME SWEET HOME ABOUT THE HORNETS Feb 13 at *Rogers State 7:30 PM Emporia State returns to White Auditorium to Emporia State is 10-10, 4-7 in the MIAA. They Feb 15 at *Northeastern State 3:30 PM play host to Pittsburg State. It will be Cancer are second in the MIAA in defensive rebounds Feb 20 at *Newman 7:30 PM Awareness Night and the AD Honor Roll will be and blocked shots. The Hornets are 9-3 in White Feb 22 at *Central Oklahoma 3:30 PM recognized as well. Auditorium. Keyon Thomas is sixth in the MIAA Feb 27 *Northeastern State 7:30 PM in steals, tenth in assists, and 20th in scoring. Feb 29 *Rogers State 3:30 PM LAST TIME OUT Jumah’Ri Turner leads the MIAA in free throw MIAA Tournament Emporia State got 25 points from Jumah’Ri percentage and is 10th in scoring. A total of 13 March 4 Opening Round Games Turner but it was not enough in an 85-70 Hornets have scored in double figures, but they (Seeds 7-10) loss at Lincoln on Saturday afternoon. The have lost three starters to injury for the year. March 5 Quarterfinals Hornets opened the scoring on a drive by Keyon (Seeds 1-2 vs Opening Round Winners) Thomas, but the Blue Tigers went on a 15-5 run ABOUT THE GORILLAS March 6 Quarterfinals (Seeds 3-6) to go up 15-7 at the first media timeout. Emporia Pittsburg State is 8-12 overall, 4-7 in the MIAA. March 7 Semifinals State got back within 15-13 but that was as close The Gorillas are third in the MIAA in offensive March 8 Championship Game as they would get. Lincoln took a 45-32 lead to rebounds. Christian Edmondson is third in the NCAA Central Regional the half and a 10-0 run gave Lincoln their biggest MIAA in rebounding and fourth in blocked shots. March 14-15, 17 TBA lead at 63-39 with 12:33 left. A 7-0 run trimmed NCAA Elite Eight the deficit to 76-62 with 3:56 remaining and the SERIES HISTORY March 26 & 28 Evansville, IN lead fluctuated between 14 and 18 the rest of This will be the 194th meeting between the NCAA Championship Game the night. Jumah’Ri Turner had a game high 25 two teams with Emporia State holding a 99-94 April 5, 2020 Atlanta,GA points and and Justin Williams added 13 points. overall advantage. The home team has won 15 $ - Exhibition Game * - MIAA Game of the last 18 meetings and is 117-70 overall. Home Game THE COACHES Craig Doty is 24-26 in his second season at LAST TIME VS PITTSBURG STATE Emporia State. In his eighth season as a head The Hornets had a 14 point lead, only to see Pitt Media Contacts coach at the D2, NAIA, and NJCAA level he is State shoot 58.3% from the field and go nine of ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD 186-76 with three national championships. In ten from the free line in the final ten minutes of a 620-344-6190 (cell) two seasons at Graceland, Doty went 49-22 73-69 Gorilla win. The Hornets used an 11-2 run [email protected] and won the 2018 NAIA Division I National to take a 56-43 lead with 12:34 left and led by 14 PSU: Dan Wilkes, Assoc. AD Championship in Municipal Auditorium. Prior with 10:18 remaining. Pitt State went on an 8-0 (620) 235-4147 to Graceland, Doty spent four years as the run before Julius Jackson hit a jumper with 5:22 [email protected] head coach at Rock Valley College winning two left. It would be the last field goal for Emporia : Selected national championships and appearing in three State until Malik Hluchoweckyj scored inside POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY straight NJCAA Division III title games to finish with eight seconds left. Jackson had 22 points Hornet players and Coach Doty will be with a 113-28 record. He is 0-1 against Pittsburg for Emporia State while Hluchoweckyj added 16 available outside their locker room after the State. second half points. game following a brief cooling off period. Kim Anderson is 42-38 in his third season at WEBSITE: esuhornets.com Pittsburg State and 343-200 in his 17th year UP NEXT TWITTER: @ESUSports overall. He is 2-0 against Emporia State while at Emporia State plays host to Missouri Southern FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics Pitt State and 16-10 in his career. on Alumni Saturday. Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m. Emporia State Hornets vs. Pittsburg State Gorillas WL White Auditorium • Emporia, Kan. February 5, 2020 Page 2 ESU’S RECORD IN 2019-20 WHEN... CENTURY MARK Emporia State’s 104-63 win over Saint Mary marked the 100th time the Hornets have cracked At Home...........................9-3 the century mark in their history. They have reached 100 points five times in 50 games under On the Road .......................0-6 Coach Doty, matching their total for the last eight seasons combined. On a Neutral Court . 1-1 The Hornets scored at least 100 points 60 times under coach Ron Slaymaker (827 total games Leading or tied at Half . .9-3 in 28 seasons), 26 times under coach David Moe (288 games in 10 seasons), three times under Trailing at Half ......................1-7 coach Gus Fish (602 games in 25 seasons) and once under coach Marc Comstock (82 games Leading with 5:00 left (regulation) ......9-3 in three seasons). Trailing or Tied with 5:00 left...........1-7 DOTY MAGIC ESU equals/outrebounds opponents...10-5 Three-time National Champion head coach Craig Doty is in his second season as head coach ESU is outrebounded ................0-5 at Emporia State. Doty is 73-48 as a head coach at four year schools with a 24-26 record since ESU commits more turnovers/equal ....4-9 taking over for the Hornets. He is 186-76 in his seventh year at the NCAA D2, NAIA and NJCAA Opponent commits more turnovers .....6-1 levels, including an 83-48 mark in conference play. ESU has more FT attempts or equal....9-4 A great builder of teams, he is 66-16 in games played in February and March with an unprecedented 29-5 record in the post-season. Two of those five post season losses were to Opp. has more free throw attempts .....1-6 the eventual national champion. ESU shoots 50% or better ............6-1 Doty led Rock Valley College and Graceland University to national prominence earlier in his ESU shoots less than 50%............4-9 career. In just two seasons at Graceland, Doty’s program had a 49-22 record and won the Opponent shoots 50% or better .......1-3 2018 NAIA Division I National Championship in the school’s first trip to the national tournament Opponent shoots less than 50% .......9-7 at Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium.