2007-08 Schedule Sat. 11/3 Oakland City (ex.) W 82-43 Sun. 11/11 Samford L 50-49 Sat. 11/17 #25 Butler L 60-47 Tue. 11/20 at S.E. Missouri L 87-77 Sat. 11/24 at Ball State W 51-50 Sat. 12/1 at Buffalo L 81-60 Wed. 12/5 Princeton 7:05 Sat. 12/8 Austin Peay 7:05 Tue. 12/11 at Valparaiso 7:05 U. Of Evansville Purple Aces (1-4) Sat. 12/15 Hanover 7:05 Vs. Sat. 12/22 Norfolk State 2:05 Sat. 12/29 Indiana State * 7:05 Princeton U. Tigers (2-5) Wed. 1/2 at Northern Iowa * 7:05 Sun. 1/6 Drake * 2:05 Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 • 7:05 CST Wed. 1/9 at Creighton * 7:05 Sat. 1/12 at Illinois State * 7:05 Roberts Stadium (11,600) • Evansville, IN Tue. 1/15 Southern Illinois * 7:05 Sat. 1/19 at Bradley * 7:05 Princeton University Tigers (2-5) PPG RPG Wed. 1/23 at Indiana State * 6:05 4 Kyle Koncz F 6-7 200 Sr. Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville) 8.9 4.0 Sat. 1/26 Missouri State * 7:05 10 Matt Sargeant G 6-3 190 Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Ocean View) 5.6 1.1 Tue. 1/29 at Southern Illinois * 7:05 11 Nick Lake G 6-6 200 So. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) 2.2 0.4 Sat. 2/2 Bradley * 7:05 12 Jason Briggs G 6-2 190 Jr. Olympia, Wash. (Olympia) 0.0 0.0 Wed. 2/6 Wichita State * 7:05 15 Alex Okafor F 6-6 205 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 1.3 1.5 Sat. 2/9 at Drake * 7:05 20 Kareem Maddox F 6-8 200 Fr. Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park) 0.5 2.0 21 Marcus Schroeder G 6-3 185 So. Concord, Calif. (De La Salle) 5.3 3.3 Wed. 2/13 Creighton * 7:05 22 Lincoln Gunn G 6-3 180 So. Orinda, Calif. (Da La Salle) 11.4 4.6 Sat. 2/16 at Missouri State * 7:30 24 Kevin Steuerer G 6-5 200 Sr. Ossining, N.Y. (Iona Prep) 2.2 1.0 Wed. 2/20 Illinois State * 7:05 25 Bobby Foley G 6-4 195 Fr. Richmond, Va. (Godwin) 0.0 1.0 Sat. 2/23 at ESPN BracketBusters TBA 30 Zach Finley C 6-9 230 So. Rapid City, S.D. (St. Thomas More) 12.0 5.4 Tue. 2/26 at Wichita State * 7:05 32 Zach Woolridge G 6-6 215 Sr. Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) 0.0 0.0 33 Dan Mavraides G 6-3 200 Fr. San Mateo, Calif. (Phillips Exeter Academy) 0.0 0.0 Sat. 3/1 Northern Iowa * 7:05 34 Michael Strittmatter F/C 6-8 210 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 0.0 0.0 3/6-9 at MVC Tournament TBA 35 Noah Savage F 6-5 220 Sr. Princeton, N.J. (The Hun School) 9.6 3.6 (St. Louis, Mo.) 45 Chris Petrie F 6-5 200 So. Gettysburg, Pa. (The Hun School) 0.0 0.0 *MVC game All Times Central 55 Pawel Buczak C 6-10 225 So. Moorestown, N.J. (Moorestown) 0.0 0.5 Probable Starters In Bold 2007-08 MVC Standings Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (Princeton ‘97) 1st year at PU, 2-5; 1st year overall (Through Monday) MVC Overall Wednesday’s Officials: Mike Thibodeaux, Randy Heimerman, Jeff Nichols Creighton 0-0 5-0 Northern Iowa 0-0 6-1 Wednesday’s game will be broadcast by the UE Radio Network Drake 0-0 5-1 (WUEV 91.5 FM./wuev.evansville.edu, WSJD 110.5 FM, WNTC 103.9 FM) Bradley 0-0 6-2 Illinois State 0-0 5-2 U. of Evansville Purple Aces (1-4) Missouri State 0-0 4-2 PPG RPG Wichita State 0-0 4-2 2 Kavon Lacey G 6-1 190 Fr. Alton, Illinois (Alton) 2.0 0.8 Southern Illinois 0-0 3-2 3 Jon Van Hoose G 6-4 167 Fr. Ashland, Kentucky (Russell) 0.0 0.0 Indiana State 0-0 3-3 4 Nate Garner F 6-5 224 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington/Tyler JC) 5.6 6.2 Evansville 0-0 1-4 5 Shy Ely G/F 6-4 197 Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana (Speedway) 12.4 4.4 Upcoming MVC Games 10 Taylor Morrow G 6-2 163 So. Wadesville, Indiana (North Posey) 1.5 1.0 11 Victor Gomez (Inj.) F 6-6 210 Sr. San Francisco, D.R. (Chipola CC) 0.0 0.0 Tuesday, Dec. 4 14 Trent Wargel G 5-7 160 Jr. Ridgway, Illinois (Gallatin County) 0.0 0.0 Illinois State at Eastern Michigan 6:00 15 Jay Couisnard F 6-6 190 So. Houston, Texas (Yates) 6.6 2.2 Indiana State at Miami (Ohio) 6:30 20 Trevor Gregory G 6-2 193 So. Evansville, Indiana (Harrison) 0.0 0.0 UMBC at Wichita State 7:05 21 Darin Granger G 6-2 175 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 7.2 1.6 Michigan State at Bradley 8:00 22 Jason Holsinger G 5-11 177 Jr. Lapel, Indiana (Lapel) 12.8 2.4 Wednesday, Dec. 5 23 Jason Switzer G 6-3 175 Fr. Huntingburg, Indiana (Southridge) 0.0 0.0 Iowa State at Drake 6:00 40 Zach House C 7-0 218 Fr. Rock Falls, Illinois (Rock Falls) 0.0 0.0 Creighton at Xavier 7:00 41 Pieter van Tongeren C 6-11 229 Fr. Driehuis, The Netherlands (Ichthus College) 6.8 6.8 UNC Wilmington at Missouri State 7:05 52 Clint Hopf F 6-8 237 Fr. Birdseye, Indiana (Forest Park) 2.8 2.5 Princeton at Evansville 7:05 Probable Starters In Bold Iowa at Northern Iowa 8:00 Friday, Dec. 7 Head Coach: Marty Simmons (Evansville ‘87) 1st year at UE, 1-4; 7th year overall, 99-76 Texas-Arlington at Wichita State 7:05 Chicago State at Drake 7:35 www.GoPurpleAces.com BACK HOME, FINALLY EVANSVILLE BASKETBALL FACTS Back from its longest road trip this season (three games), Evansville plays five •Nickname: Purple Aces of its next six at home, beginning Wednesday when the Aces host Ivy League •Colors: Purple, White, Orange member Princeton for the first time. UE also gets to play at its own Roberts •UE Enrollment: 2,421 Stadium for five straight weekends beginning Saturday when defending Ohio •Conference: Missouri Valley Conference Valley Conference champ Austin Peay comes to Evansville. •Arena: Roberts Municipal Stadium (11,600) NOT SHY OF 20 •President: Dr. Stephen Jennings Junior forward Shy Ely now has the top two scoring totals for Evansville this •Director of Athletics: John Stanley season. He’s the only player to surpass 20 points, and he’s done it twice. Ely •Head Coach: Marty Simmons (1st year at Evansville; 7th scored a career-high 23 at Southeast Missouri two weeks ago and 22 Saturday year as a head coach). night in UE’s 81-60 loss at Buffalo. •2006-07 Record: 14-17 (6-12 MVC T7th) •Assistant Coaches: Marcus Belcher, Jimmy Elgas, Ben OUT OF THE BOOT Wierzba Evansville senior forward Victor Gomez is out of his cast after suffering a frac - •Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Sweeney tured foot two days after leading the Aces in scoring (14) and rebounding (10) •Basketball Trainer: Troy Coppus in a Nov. 3 exhibition game victory over Oakland City. He’s still expected to •Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brady Holt be kept out of the lineup for at least two more weeks before doctors allow him •Basketball Admin. Assistant: Jennifer Balentine back into uniform. Gomez is the only senior on the team. •Student Managers: Paul Bragin, Wilfredo Delgado, Chad HISTORY LESSON Harmon, Franklin Kinkaid, Robert Moreland, Alex Vetter, Wednesday’s game brings together two teams that may be struggling right now, Ben Wallace but possess plenty of college basketball history. Princeton has been in the •Team Chaplain: Pastor Larry Rascoe NCAA Tournament eight times since 1990, most recently in 2004. Evansville •D-I NCAA Tournaments: 5 (1982, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) has been there five times since moving up to the Division I level in 1977, most •NIT Appearances: 2 (1988, ‘94) recently in 1999. March of 1965 was one of the best times for both teams. Bill •Conference Regular Season Championships: 6 (1982, ‘87, Bradley, who later became a United States senator, took Princeton all the way ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘99) to the Division I Final Four. His 58 points against Wichita State in the 1965 •Conference Tournament Titles (MVC): 3 (1982, ‘92, ‘93) third place game are still the most points ever scored in the Final Four. That REACHING THE ACES same year, Jerry Sloan helped lead Evansville to a 29-0 record and its fourth •SID Bob Boxell: 812-488-2285 (o); 812-760-4273 (cell); Division II national championship. The Aces went on to win their fifth and 812-488-2090 (fax); [email protected] final D-II national title in 1971. •Roberts Stadium Office: (812) 476-1383 •Roberts Stadium Press Row: (812) 488-1405 A RARE FIND--IVY The University of Evansville is similar in many ways to some Ivy League ON THE AIR schools, but Wednesday’s game will be the first between the Aces and an Ivy This season, all UE fans in the Tri-State can tune in to the League team since 1997-98.