WILLIAM JEWELL MEN’S BASKETBALL CARDINAL BASKETBALL • GAME NOTES • GAME 18 • LEWIS Paul Worstell • Sports Information Director • [email protected] • 816-415-5959 JaeLynn Ellison • Asst. Sports Information Director • [email protected] • jewellcardinals.com 2016-17 SCHEDULE WILLIAM JEWELL vs. LEWIS Date Opponent Location Time/Results 11/15 Missouri Western Liberty, Mo. W 79-73 Thursday, February 2, 2017 11/17 Pittsburg State Liberty, MO W 81-57 7:30 p.m. 11/19 Missouri Southern Joplin, Mo. L 99-89 State Mabee Center Liberty, Mo. 11/25 Tuskegee Univ. Melbourne Fla. W 76-58 11/26 Florida Tech Melbourne Fla. L 98-83 Record: 6-12 Listen Live: Record: 13-8 12/01 Quincy Liberty, Mo. L 85-60 Streak:W2 www.glvcsn.com/jewell Streak: W2 12/03 Truman State Liberty, Mo. L 95-80 Rank: NR Rank: NR 12/07 Rockhurst Univ. Kansas City, Mo. L 83-77 Live Video: 12/10 UMKC-Exhibition Kansas City, Mo. L 93-71 http://www.glvcsn.com/jewell 12/19 Wayne State Wayne, NE L 79-52 1/02 Graceland Univ. Liberty, Mo. L 98-97 2OT 01/05 Southern Indiana Evansville, Ind. L 88-71 01/07 Bellarmine Louisville, Ky. L 93-51 PROJECTED STARTERS 01/12 Illinois Springfield Liberty, Mo. L 89-85 01/16 Avila Liberty, Mo. W 89-62 01/19 Drury Univ. Springfield, Mo. L 77-53 01/21 Missouri S&T Rolla, Mo. L 90-83 01/26 Maryville Univ. Liberty, Mo. W 66-63 01/28 Missouri-St. Louis Liberty Mo. W 69-68 02/02 Lewis Liberty, Mo. 7:30 p.m. 02/04 Wisconsin- Liberty, Mo. 3:00 p.m. 0 10 32 23 44 Parkside Jorge Perez- Matt Lassen Patrick Whelan Austin Regier Emil Ostaficiuc 02/13 McKendree Liberty, Mo. 7:30 p.m. Laham 6’6 • G • SR 6’4 • G • JR 6’6 • F • SR 6’10 • F • JR Manchester, 02/09 Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind. 7:30 p.m. 6’1 • G • SR Marion, Iowa Independence, Mo. Moldova Puerto Rico England 02/11 Saint Joseph’s (IN) Liberty, Mo. 3:00 p.m. 02/16 Truman State Kirksville, Mo. 7:30 p.m. 02/18 Quincy University Quincy, Ill. 3:00 p.m. TODAY’S MATCHUP: Today the Cardinals welcome the Flyers of 02/23 Rockhurst Liberty, Mo. 7:30 p.m. Lewis University. LAST TIME OUT Patrick Whelan hit the second of two free throws with 7.8 seconds remaining to give the William Jewell men’s basketball team a 69-68 victory over Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday afternoon. The win brings the Cards to FOLLOW THE CARDINALS 6-12 overall and 2-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Whelan and point guard Jorge Perez-Laham led the way for Jewell from tip to buzzer as each were in double- figures by the half. Perez-Laham opened the game with a jumper as Jewell built a seven point lead through the first 19:30 of the half before a shot by UMSL’s Elijah Watson made it a 35-30 ball game at the break. In the second half Jewell withstood a furious rally from the Tritons but only trailed once. The Cardinals built as much as a nine point lead at the 13:10 mark of the period after back-to-back three point plays from Emil Ostafiiciuc and Perez-Laham. UMSL went on a run and tied the game at 53 and again at 64 with 2:23 to play. @WJCCARDINALS @WJCCARDINALS A jump shot from Watson gave the Tritons their only lead of the half at 66-64 before Whelan came down the floor and nailed a three point shot from the top of the key to regain the lead for Jewell at 67-66. A foul put Watson back to line with nine seconds remaining where he tied the game at 68 after hitting both shots. However, UMSL fouled Whelan on the ensuing inbounds play to give the Cardinal junior an opportunity. Despite struggling from the foul line majority of the game, Whelan made the most important one of the night, hitting the second of two free throws to put the Cards up by one. The last second desperation shot by UMSL did not fall and the Cardinals walked away victorious. William Jewell William Jewell As a team, Jewell shot an impressive 49 percent from the floor while committing just 11 turnovers while UMSL Athletics Sports Network shot just 39 percent, including 27 percent from behind the arc. Holley Moves Up on All-Time List Whelan and Dealin Coach Holley has guided the Cardinals to Junior Guard Patrick Whelan is Location Liberty, Missouri twenty-four 20-win seasons (fourteen of his Enrollment 1,000 teams have had 25 or more wins and four have third in the GLVC in scoring thus Nickname Cardinals won 30 or more games). His 37-year record at far in 2016-17. He is averaging Colors Red/Black Jewell is 793-414 (.656). His overall record in 19.1 and is 7th in Facility Mabee Center 43 years is 883-542. His 883 career wins ranks Affiliation NCAA Division II him: field goal percentage and 3rd Conference GLVC #1 all-time among Missouri 4-year college in 3-point shooting percentage. coaches President Elizabeth MacLeod Walls Whelan was also named the GLVC #3 among all active NCAA Division II Athletic Director Dr. Darlene Bailey Player of the week on January 30.It Sports Information Paul Worstell coaches #10 all-time among NCAA coaches at all was the first time since joining the Asst. Sports Information JaeLynn Ellison levels (Divisions I, II, III) GLVC that Jewell had a men’s Athletic Phone 816-415-7634 #13 all-time among NCAA and NAIA coaches Website jewellcardinals.com at all levels (nearly 1300 schools) his next win player of the week. Head Coach Larry Holley will tie him with former North Carolina Tarheels Alma Mater William Jewell College coach Dean Smith. Career Record 883-542 Conference Games 2015-16 Record 9-17 The Cards have won two straight Conference/Finish 4-14/8th West Series With Lewis GLVC games. It is their first two Since joining the GLVC Jewell trails CARDINAL QUICK FACTS QUICK CARDINAL game winning streak since the Lewis 1-3 in the series. Jewell lost opening two games of the season. 93-89 last February in Romeoville. Location Romeoville, Ill. Enrollment 4613 Nickname Flyers Colors Red and White Facility Neil Carey Arena Affiliation NCAA Conference GLVC President Dr. David J. Livingston Dishing Out Athletic Director Dr. John Planek Senior guard Jorge Perez-Laham is Sports Information Matt Brendich GLVC Shooting 12th in the GLVC in assists Athletic Phone 815-836-5247 In the latest NCAA statistical report averaging 3.8 a game. Website lewisflyers.com released Monday, a number of GLVC Head Coach Scott Trost teams and student-athletes currently Alma Mater Minnesota-Morris rank among the nation’s best in select Career Record 341-193 categories. The GLVC remains the hottest 2015-16 Record 24-9 shooting league in NCAA Division II, Conference Record 12-6 holding down the nation’s top field goal percentage this week. FLYERS QUICK FACTS QUICK FLYERS BY THE NUMBERS SCOUTING THE FLYERS The Lewis University trio of Miles Simelton (Oswego, Ill./Oswego), Delaney Blaylock (Wyoming, Mich./Godwin Heights) and Cristen Wilson (Cleveland, Ohio/John Hay) combined WJC LU for 64 points as the Flyer men’s basketball team scored 90+ points for the second-straight game on their way to the 94-73 win over Illinois Springfield at Neil Carey Arena on Saturday (Jan. 28) afternoon. Points/Game 74.6 76.9 Simelton and Blaylock both scored 20+ points for the second-straight contest. Simelton Rebounds 37.4 36.4 recorded 25 points on 10-for-19 shooting, including three trifectas and a game-high five assists, while Blaylock was 8-for-15 from the field with three treys to finish with 20 points. Assists 12.7 12.0 Wilson finished with a season-high 19 points and grabbed a game-high nine ebounds.r Lewis sophomore center Frank Vukaj (Davison, Mich./Davison) finished with 10 points and a Steals 5.7 6.0 career-high six blocks. It is the most blocks by a Flyer player since Marty Strus achieved that feat on February 12, 2009. Turnovers 14.9 12.0 With the win, Lewis improves to 13-8 overall and 8-3 in GLVC action, while the Prairie Stars Field Goal Pct. .459 .461 fall to 7-13 on the campaign and 2-9 in conference play. The Flyers shot 52.2% (36-for-69) from the field and 38.5% (10-for-26) from three-point 3 Field Goal Pct. .352 .350 range, while committing a season-low six turnovers. Lewis forced 15 UIS turnovers and held the Prairie Stars to a 39.3% (22-for-56) shooting performance and a 41.7% (10-for-24) from Free Throw Pct. .709 .749 beyond the arc. Opponent Field Goal Pct. .446 .432 Opponent Scoring Average 80.7 73.6 DIVISION II POLL January 31, 2017 Team Record Points Prev WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE 1 Northwest Missouri State (12) 396 19-0 1 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 Fairmont State (4) 388 20-0 2 The Cardinals are 56-75 overall since officially joining NCAA Division II in the fall 2011. As an NAIA member, Holley guided 3 West Liberty 367 19-1 3 eleven Jewell squads to HAAC Regular Season Conference 4 California Baptist 353 19-1 4 Titles, and fourteen teams to the NAIA National Tournament with four of them reaching the Final Four (1993, 1995, 1996, 5 Indiana (Pa.) 323 19-2 6 1997) and three reaching the Elite Eight (1988, 1992, 2004).