2010-2011 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 2010-11 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (4-2, 0-0 Horizon) Date Opponent Time/Result Game #7: Thursday, Dec. 2 - 7 p.m. Oct. 30 Olivet Nazarene ! W 93-58 Nov. 6 Aurora ! W 98-66 at UIC (4-3, 0-0 Horizon) Nov. 12 IU Northwest W 111-64 UIC Pavilion (8,000) - Chicago, Ill. Nov. 15 at #7/6 Kansas # L 79-44 Nov. 18 Purdue North Central W 98-44 Next Up in Crusader Basketball: Valparaiso continues a five-game stretch Nov. 23 at Ohio # L 78-75 away from home and opens up Horizon League play Thursday evening as the Nov. 26 vs. Northern Colorado # W 76-61 Crusaders make the short trip to the Windy City to face UIC. Nov. 27 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi # W 68-62 Dec. 2 at UIC * 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Loyola (Chicago) * 3 p.m. Last Time Out: The Crusaders captured the Upper Division Championship of Dec. 7 Purdue 8 p.m. the 2010 iBN Sports Las Vegas Invitational by defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Dec. 11 at Toledo 6 p.m. Christi, 68-62. Valpo led for the final 18 minutes of Saturday afternoon’s game Dec. 18 IPFW 7:05 p.m. and hit all eight of its free throw attempts in the final two minutes to hold off the Dec. 20 vs. Eastern Michigan $ 4 p.m. Dec. 21 vs. Oakland/Rochester College $ TBA Islanders. Howard Little represented the Crusaders on the All-Tournament Team. Dec. 28 Ball State 7:05 p.m. Jan. 1 at Butler * 1 p.m. Following the Crusaders: Every game this season will be available on the Jan. 7 Youngstown State * 6/8 p.m. Valpo Sports Radio Network, with Thursday's game broadcast live on WAKE Jan. 9 Cleveland State * 1:35 p.m. (1500 AM, Valparaiso), WEFM (95.9 FM, Michigan City) and WJOB (1230 Jan. 14 at Wright State * 6/8 p.m. Jan. 16 at Detroit * noon AM, Hammond). Todd Ickow is back for his 19th season on play-by-play, Jan. 21 Milwaukee * 6/8 p.m. while Adam Amin will handle the color commentary Thursday. The live audio Jan. 23 Green Bay * 1:35 p.m. will also be available at www.valpoathletics.com, with live stats and live video Jan. 29 Butler * 1 p.m. through the Horizon League Network available on the official Crusader website Feb. 3 at Cleveland State * 6 p.m. Feb. 5 at Youngstown State * 6:05 p.m. as well. The game will also be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Feb. 10 Detroit * 7:05 p.m. Feb. 12 Wright State * 7:05 p.m. Head Coach Homer Drew: One of only a handful of coaches at the Division Feb. 16 at Milwaukee * 7 p.m. I level coaching on a floor named in his honor, head coach Homer Drew is the Feb. 19 TBA (Bracketbuster) TBA seventh-winningest active coach in D-I men’s basketball. Drew enters Feb. 21 at Green Bay * 7 p.m. Feb. 24 Loyola (Chicago) * 7:05 p.m. Thursday’s game with a 352-295 record in 21 seasons at the helm of the Cru- Feb. 26 UIC * 7:05 p.m. sader program and a 621-417 record in 32 years overall as a head coach. Mar. 1-8 Horizon League Championship (campus sites) Series Notes: UIC leads the all-time series against the Crusaders, 29-12, and All Times Central Home games in bold and played at owns a 16-2 advantage as the home team in the series. But Valpo earned one Athletics-Recreation Center. of its two road wins in the series last year and is 3-3 overall against the Flames ! – indicates exhibition game since joining the Horizon League, including an 83-82 win at the ARC in their # – at Las Vegas Invitational (Campus sites/Las Vegas, Nev.) last meeting on Feb. 8. Ryan Broekhoff and Brandon Wood paced the Cru- $ - at Lou Henson Award Tournament (Rochester, Mich.) saders with 18 points apiece in that victory, a game in which Valpo shot 55.6% * - indicates Horizon League game from the floor and knocked down 10 3-pointers. Media Relations Information The Road Ahead: The Crusaders close their five-game stretch away from the Requests to cover home men’s basketball games should be made through Aaron Leavitt, Associate Director of Media Relations, ARC on Saturday afternoon with another trip into Chicago to take on Loyola by contacting 219.464.6953 or [email protected] . Press in Horizon League action. Valpo then returns home for one of the most antici- row seating is available at the ARC for working media only. pated home games in recent history as the Crusaders host Purdue Tuesday Updated statistics and notes from both schools will be available night on ESPNU. in the media room. During the week, all player and coach interview requests should Scouting UIC: Under first-year head coach Howard Moore, the Flames are be directed to Aaron Leavitt. Media planning to attend practice 4-3 so far this season, including a 74-68 neutral-site victory over Rhode Is- should call ahead to confirm practice time. Game-day interviews land. UIC boasts three starters in double figures, led by 17.6 ppg from Robo prior to the contest are not permitted. Coach Drew and requested players will be available following the game in the media room. Kreps. Minnesota transfer Paul Carter is averaging 15.1 ppg and 8.1 rpg, the latter mark good for third in the Horizon League. 2010-2011 Crusader Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Office: 219.464.6953 Valpo Sports Media Relations [email protected] Cell: 219.476.6680 Athletics-Recreation Center www.valpoathletics.com 1009 Union Street Valparaiso IN 46383 Bringing Home the Hardware: Valparaiso captured the Upper Division Championship at the Las Vegas Invitational with victories over Northern Colo- Horizon League Standings rado and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last weekend. It marked the first time (through games of Nov. 29) the Crusaders had won all of their games at a tournament site since November Overall Horizon of 2007, when Valpo defeated Maryland Eastern Shore and Austin Peay on Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. South Padre Island at the SPI Invitational. Cleveland State 8-0 1.000 0-0 .000 Loyola 7-0 1.000 0-0 .000 Coming From Behind: Two of Valpo’s three games last week saw it erase Youngstown State 4-1 .800 0-0 .000 double-digit deficits in relatively short order. At Ohio, the Crusaders trailed Valparaiso 4-2 .667 0-0 .000 31-16 with 4:11 to go in the first half before going on a 16-0 run to go into the Butler 3-2 .600 0-0 .000 half up a point. Then, against Northern Colorado, Valpo trailed by as many as Detroit 4-3 .571 0-0 .000 12 in the first half and by 10 with 4:08 to go in the opening period before UIC 4-3 .571 0-0 .000 going on an 18-6 run over the next 6:12 to take the lead. Green Bay 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 Wright State 3-3 .500 0-0 .000 Second-Half Shooters: Through six games this year, the Crusaders are aver- Milwaukee 3-4 .429 0-0 .000 aging nearly eight points more per game in the second half of play as com- pared to the first half (43.2-35.5). Valpo is shooting over 14% better from the Around the Horizon League floor in the final 20 minutes (.550-.407) and over 20% better from behind the 3-point arc (.406-.197). Wednesday, Dec. 1 Akron at Detroit, 6 p.m. Wright State at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Hitting From the Stripe: This year’s Valpo squad has been solid at the free *Butler at Loyola, 7 p.m. throw line so far, as the Crusaders rank second in the Horizon League, hitting at a 73.1% clip from the stripe. Four different players are hitting at least 87% Thursday, Dec. 2 of their freebies as well. In Las Vegas over the weekend, the Crusaders were *Valparaiso at UIC, 7 p.m. a perfect 14-of-14 over the final three minutes of their two victories, and over- *Youngstown State at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. all were 47-of-57 (82.5%) in the two wins. *Cleveland State at Green Bay, 7 p.m. A Big Victory: Valpo easily handled Purdue North Central Nov. 18, limiting the Saturday, Dec. 4 *Wright State at Detroit, 11 a.m. Panthers to just 44 points in a 98-44 victory. The 54-point margin of victory ties *Youngstown State at Green Bay, 1 p.m. for the sixth-highest differential in program history, matching the winning mar- Butler vs. Duke, 2:15 p.m. gin in a 66-12 win against Chicago Tech back in the 1920-1921 season. Akron at UIC, 3 p.m. *Valparaiso at Loyola, 3 p.m. Offensive Explosion...: The Crusaders lit up the scoreboard throughout their sea- *Cleveland State at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. son opener against IU Northwest, scoring 59 first-half points and adding 52 sec- ond-half points. A short-range flip up and in by Cory Johnson with 5:49 to play Tuesday, Dec.