Lawrence University (7-9, 5-6 MWC) vs. No. 8 St. Norbert College (17-1, 13-0 MWC) Wednesday, Feb. 5, 5:30 p.m. Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, Wis. 2013-14 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE PROBABLE STARTERS Lawrence Date Opponent Time/Res. Forward Chase Nelson Sr. 6-5 Guard Ryan DePouw Jr. 6-3 11/15 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 92-77 Guard Jamie Nikitas So. 6-0 11/16 at UW-Stevens Point L, 99-73 Guard Brian Gryszkiewicz Sr. 6-1 Guard Chris Siebert Sr. 6-2 11/23 Elmhurst L, 96-81 12/4 Carroll W, 76-67 St. Norbert Forward Izaiah Anderson So. 6-5 12/11 at Cornell L, 75-69 Forward Garrett Thorn Sr. 6-6 12/14 at Knox W, 92-47 Guard Kam Cerroni Sr. 6-1 Guard Brandon Gries Sr. 6-1 12/16 Illinois College W, 88-64 Guard Andy Fox Sr. 6-1 12/18 vs. Mount St. Vincent W, 82-59 VIDEO WEBCAST LAST GAME 12/20 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 73-56 }A free video webcast is available Lawrence pulled away early in 1/4 at St. Norbert L, 81-68 at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/ the second half and cruised to a 67- client/lawrence.portal?mode=link#. 53 Midwest Conference victory over 1/11 Ripon L, 69-66 Dick Knapinski and Anthony Totoraitis Monmouth this past Saturday at Alex- are on the call for all Lawrence home ander Gymnasium. 1/14 at Lake Forest L, 83-76 games. A link for Lawrence webcasts Junior forward Ryan DePouw 1/18 Grinnell W, 111-94 is on the Lawrence basketball page. paced Lawrence with 20 points and connected on 4-of-5 1/22 at Ripon L, 95-81 THE COACHES shots from 3-point }Joel DePagter (Lawrence 1998), the range. Jamie Nikitas 1/25 Knox W, 88-73 1997 Midwest Conference Player of had a double-dou- 1/28 at Carroll L, 84-78 the Year and 2009 Midwest Confer- ble with 18 points ence Coach of the Year, is in his sev- and a game-high 2/1 Monmouth W, 67-53 enth season at Lawrence and has a 10 rebounds to go record of 93-66 (.585). along with a game- 2/5 St. Norbert 5:30 pm }Gary Grzesk (UWGB 1996) is in his high six steals for the Ryan DePouw 2/8 at Illinois College 1:00 pm eighth season at St. Norbert and has Vikings. Brian Grysz- a record of 137-55 (.714). He is in his kiewicz chipped in with 10 points, six 2/12 at Beloit 5:30 pm 11th season overall and has a mark of rebounds, three assists and four steals 188-86 (.686). for Lawrence. 2/15 Cornell 3:00 pm Cole Jackson led Monmouth with THE SERIES 12 points. 2/19 Lake Forest 5:30 pm }In a series that dates to 1918, St. Nor- Lawrence, which has beaten Mon- 2/22 at Grinnell 1:00 pm bert holds a 52-46 advantage, and the mouth 12 consecutive times, led only Green Knights have won the last nine 29-26 late in the first half when Nikitas 2/28-3/1 MWC Tournament TBA meetings. Prior to that, Lawrence had buried a 3-pointer. Gryszkiewicz fol- beaten St. Norbert 10 consecutive lowed with a layup off a pass from Ni- Home games in bold times and won 13 of the last 14. kitas. After a Ben Friday layup for Mon- mouth, DePouw nailed a 3-pointer at the first half buzzer to put Lawrence DEPAGTER’S RECORD up 37-28 at the break. Lawrence head Lawrence still held that nine- coach Joel point edge four-plus minutes into the DePagter is in his second half when the Vikings pulled seventh season as away for good. Chris Siebert started MWC Standings the Vikings’ coach. a 9-0 run by hitting a 3-pointer, and MWC Overall He is the only Nikitas followed with a three-point person in Midwest play for a 48-33 lead. Nikitas then hit W L W L Conference history a 3-pointer with 13:03 left for a 51-33 St. Norbert 13 0 17 1 Joel DePagter edge. Grinnell 9 4 14 4 to be named both The Scots trimmed the lead to 51- Ripon 8 4 11 6 Player of the Year 37, but a three-point play from Trace Carroll 8 5 11 7 (1997) and Coach of the Year (2009). Sonnleitner and a Tyler Mazur layup Illinois College 6 6 10 7 quickly pushed Lawrence’s lead back Lawrence 6 6 8 9 Opponent Record to 56-37. Monmouth got no closer Beloit 5 7 7 10 Ashford 0-1 than the final margin of 14 points the Cornell 5 8 8 10 Beloit* 8-3 rest of the way. Lake Forest 5 8 6 12 Cal Lutheran 0-1 Monmouth 4 9 5 13 Caltech 1-0 VIKINGS UPDATE Knox 0 12 1 16 Carroll* 8-8 } Lawrence’s hopes for a Coe 1-1 berth in the four-team Concordia (Ill.) 1-0 Midwest Conference Games Wednesday Cornell* 3-2 Tournament took a hit St. Norbert at Lawrence Saturday when Grinnell Illinois College at Monmouth Dominican (Ill.) 1-0 won on the road and Grinnell at Knox Elmhurst 0-2 Carroll took a victory at Carroll at Ripon Florida College 1-0 home. The Vikings aren’t in must-win Lake Forest at Beloit Grinnell* 5-7 territory yet, but they are close. Games Saturday Illinois College* 10-2 Lawrence at Illinois College Johnson and Wales (Fla.) 1-0 }Senior guard Chris Monmouth at Ripon Knox* 12-1 Siebert (Baraboo, Cornell at Carroll Lake Forest* 7-4 Wis./Baraboo) Beloit at Grinnell Lakeland 1-0 scored nine points Lake Forest at Knox Manchester 0-1 against Monmouth Marian 2-2 and moved into Monmouth* 12-0 sixth place on Law- he scored a game-high 20 points in Mount St. Vincent 1-0 rence’s career scor- the win over Monmouth. DePouw Chris Siebert Nova Southeastern 1-0 ing list. Siebert now posted a season-high 21 points vs. stands at 1,252 points and went past Knox on Jan. 25. DePouw is now 17th Ripon* 6-8 Matt Miota (1,246) and Joel Ungrodt in the conference in scoring at 14.6 St. Mary’s (Md.) 0-1 (1,247) this past Saturday. Siebert is points per game. St. Norbert* 5-9 22 points away from passing former Southeastern (Fla.) 0-1 MWC Player of the Year Adam LaVoy }Sophomore guard Trinity (Fla.) 1-0 (1,273) for fifth place. Jamie Nikitas (Glen- Washington (Mo.) 0-1 view, Ill./Glenbrook Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 }Siebert leads the team and ranks South) had his first Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 eighth in the Midwest Conference in career double-dou- UW-Oshkosh 1-3 scoring at 17.9 points per game. ble against Mon- UW-Stevens Point 1-6 mouth with 18 points UW-Whitewater 0-1 }Junior forward Ryan DePouw (Ocon- and 10 rebounds. Ni- Jamie Nikitas Totals 93-66 to, Wis./Oconto) turned in his second kitas is now averag- 20-point game of the season and his ing 14.1 points and second in the last three games when a team-high 5.8 rebounds per game. *MWC opponent }Nikitas posted his second-high steals total of the season with six against Lawrence University Basketball Facts Monmouth. Nikitas had a career-high seven steals in the season opener Location Appleton, Wis. against Wisconsin Lutheran. Nikitas Founded 1847 leads the Midwest Conference at 2.4 Enrollment 1,450 steals per game. President Mark Burstein }Senior guard Bri- Affiliation NCAA Division III an Gryszkiewicz Conference Midwest Conference (Menomonee Falls, Nickname Vikings Wis./Sussex Hamil- School Colors Blue and White ton) is tops on the Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium team and ranks (1929, capacity 1,100) fourth in the Mid- Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski west Conference at Brian Gryszkiewicz First season of basketball 1896 3.7 assists per game. Seasons of basketball 110 He also ranks third in the league in All-time record 948-1046-1 (.475) steals at 1.7 per game after picking up four against Monmouth. Midwest Conference titles 8 1924-25, 1942-43, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, }Gryszkiewicz also had his fourth dou- 2007-08, 2008-09 ble-figure scoring game of the season MWC Tournament titles 6 against Monmouth. With the Scots 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 defense backing off Gryszkiewicz, he NCAA Tournament appearances 6 took advantage by hitting open shots 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and getting to the foul line. }Lawrence ranks fifth in the league urday. Andrew Schwoerer, starting in in scoring offense at 79.1 points per place of the injured Kam Cerroni, had 1,000 POINT CLUB game. The Vikings are sixth in scoring a huge game for the Green Knights Player Points Years defense at 75.8 points per game. with a double-double of 26 points Chris Braier 1,565 2002-06 and 12 rebounds in just 26 minutes of Joel Dillingham 1,554 1989-93 }Lawrence held Monmouth to just 53 action. David Jones scored 12 points Ryan Kroeger 1,537 2005-09 points, which is the lowest point to- to lead Knox. tal for an opponent this season. The Doug Fyfe 1,342 1972-76 Scots shot just 37.3 percent from the }St. Norbert, which is on a 15-game Adam LaVoy 1,273 1997-2001 floor, and Lawrence forced the Scots win streak, remains at No.