Lawrence University (10-10, 8-7 MWC) vs. Cornell College (8-12, 5-10 MWC) Saturday, Feb. 15, 3:00 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 Cornell Forward Nick Bobb Jr. 6-7 12/11 at Cornell L, 75-69 Forward Joey Guth Sr. 6-1 12/14 at Knox W, 92-47 Forward Tyrus Hartman Fr. 6-4 Guard Reggie Greenwood Sr. 5-8 12/16 Illinois College W, 88-64 Guard Peter Catchings So. 6-4 12/18 vs. Mount St. Vincent W, 82-59 VIDEO WEBCAST 83 Midwest Conference victory over 12/20 vs. UW-Whitewater L, 73-56 }A free video webcast is available Beloit College at Flood Arena. 1/4 at St. Norbert L, 81-68 at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/ Lawrence shot a sizzling 60.7 per- client/lawrence.portal?mode=link#. cent from the floor, including 51.9 1/11 Ripon L, 69-66 Dick Knapinski and Anthony Totoraitis percent from beyond the 3-point line. are on the call for all Lawrence home The Vikings also went 15-for-17 (88.2 1/14 at Lake Forest L, 83-76 games. A link for Lawrence webcasts percent) from the foul line. 1/18 Grinnell W, 111-94 is on the Lawrence basketball page. Chris Siebert poured in 28 points to pace the Vikings, and Ryan DePouw 1/22 at Ripon L, 95-81 THE COACHES added 21. Forward Chase Nelson }Joel DePagter (Lawrence 1998), the added 12 points, and 1/25 Knox W, 88-73 1997 Midwest Conference Player of guards Brian Grysz- 1/28 at Carroll L, 84-78 the Year and 2009 Midwest Confer- kiewicz and Jamie ence Coach of the Year, is in his sev- Nikitas had 10 points 2/1 Monmouth W, 67-53 enth season at Lawrence and has a apiece. Gryszkiewicz record of 95-67 (.586). also handed out a 2/5 St. Norbert L, 79-69 }Chad Murray (Chapman 1998) is in career-high eight 2/8 at Illinois College W, 82-79 his fifth season at Cornell and has a assists. Trace Sonn- Chris Siebert record of 42-77 (.353). leiter came off the 2/12 at Beloit W, 97-83 bench to chip in with 10 points for the THE SERIES Vikings. 2/15 Cornell 3:00 pm }In a series that stretches back to Steve McAfee and James Laz- 1924, Cornell has a 59-24 advantage. arcik both had double-doubles for 2/19 Lake Forest 5:30 pm Lawrence has won three of the last Beloit. McAfee had 28 points and 10 2/22 at Grinnell 1:00 pm five meetings with the Rams. rebounds, and Lazarcik had 21 points and 15 rebounds. 2/28-3/1 MWC Tournament TBA LAST GAME The game was tight until the lat- All five starters scored in double ter stages of the first half. Lawrence Home games in bold figures, and Lawrence rolled to a 97- led 35-32 and then outscored the Bucs 23-11 over the final 6:18 of the opening half. Lawrence went 9-for-11 DEPAGTER’S RECORD from the floor during that stretch, and Lawrence head Siebert scored 12 points during the coach Joel DePagter is in his run. seventh season as The Vikings led 58-43 at the half, the Vikings’ coach. and Lawrence never let Beloit back He is the only MWC Standings into the game. DePouw scored nine person in Midwest MWC Overall points in the opening five minutes of Conference history to be named both the second half as Lawrence stretched W L W L *St. Norbert 15 0 19 1 Player of the Year the lead to 21 at 73-52. (1997) and Coach of the Year (2009). Beloit never got closer than 12 Grinnell 11 4 16 4 points the rest of the way as Lawrence Ripon 10 5 13 7 Overall Record 95-76 has won two straight and three of its Carroll 10 6 13 8 Home 48-24 last four. Lawrence 8 7 10 10 Away 44-37 Neutral 3-6 Illinois College 8 7 12 8 VIKINGS UPDATE Beloit 6 9 8 12 Midwest Conference Record 73-44 }Lawrence’s hot shoot- Lake Forest 6 10 7 14 Home 39-21 Away 35-25 ing led it to another big Cornell 5 10 8 12 road conference vic- Monmouth 5 11 6 15 Nonconference Record 22-23 tory on Wednesday at Knox 0 15 1 19 Home 10-4 Beloit. The win keeps * Qualified for MWC Tournament Away 9-13 Lawrence in the race for Neutral 3-6 a conference tourna- ment berth. Carroll lost to St. Norbert Results Tuesday DePagter vs. the MWC on Tuesday so the Vikings pulled a Illinois College 87, Cornell 80 Beloit 9-3 Monmouth 93, Knox 76 Carroll 8-8 little closer to the Pioneers. Lawrence Cornell 3-2 plays its next two games at home, and Ripon 61, Lake Forest 58 Grinnell 5-7 Carroll has two games left, at home vs. St. Norbert 68, Carroll 62 Illinois College 11-2 Monmouth and at Beloit. Results Wednesday Knox 12-1 Lake Forest 7-4 Lawrence 97, Beloit 83 } Monmouth 12-0 The 97 points Lawrence scored at Games Saturday Ripon 6-8 Beloit was the most for the Vikings Cornell at Lawrence St. Norbert 5-10 against a team other than Grinnell Ripon at Illinois College since a 97-90 win at Cornell on Feb. 9, DePagter vs. Nonconference Opponents Grinnell at St. Norbert 2013. Ashford 0-1 Monmouth at Carroll Cal Lutheran 0-1 Beloit at Knox Caltech 1-0 }One game after struggling mightily Coe 1-1 at the foul line, Lawrence has nearly Concordia (Ill.) 1-0 perfect from the stripe on Wednesday }The Vikings have been a hot-shoot- Dominican (Ill.) 1-0 at Beloit. Lawrence, which made just ing group in the last two games. Law- Elmhurst 0-2 24-of-40 free throws in the win at Illi- rence is shooting 56.9 percent from Florida College 1-0 Johnson and Wales (Fla.) 1-0 nois College, made 15-of-17 (88.2 per- the floor, including 47.1 percent on Lakeland 1-0 cent) against the Bucs. That was the 3-pointers in the two wins. Manchester 0-1 third-highest game percentage of the Marian 2-2 season, eclipsed only by the games at }Lawrence’s modest two-game win Mount St. Vincent 1-0 Carroll (12-13, 92.3 percent) and vs. streak were both road victories, mark- Nova Southeastern 1-0 UW-Whitewater (10-11, 90.9 percent. ing the first time this season the Vi- St. Mary’s (Md.) 0-1 Southeastern (Fla.) 0-1 kings have won back-to-back road Trinity (Fla.) 1-0 }Senior guard Chris Siebert (Baraboo, contests. Washington (Mo.) 0-1 Wis./Baraboo) has been on fire in the Wheaton (Ill.) 0-1 last two games. Siebert has averaged }Siebert’s big game at Beloit on Wisconsin Lutheran 3-0 27 points while shooting 61.5 percent Wednesday moved him ever closer UW-Oshkosh 1-3 UW-Stevens Point 1-6 (16-26) from the floor, including 65 to fourth place on the career scoring UW-Whitewater 0-1 percent (13-20) from 3-point range. list. Siebert now has 1,311 points and is just 32 points away from passing Doug Fyfe, who is fourth on the list af- Lawrence University Basketball Facts ter scoring 1,342 points from 1972-76. Location Appleton, Wis. }Siebert leads the team and ranks Founded 1847 seventh in the Midwest Conference Enrollment 1,450 in scoring at 18.2 points per game. President Mark Burstein Siebert is shooting 48.6 percent from the floor and leads the team in 3-point Affiliation NCAA Division III shooting at 48.1 percent. Conference Midwest Conference Nickname Vikings }Siebert has made 65 3-pointers this School Colors Blue and White season, and that is the fourth-highest Home Arena Alexander Gymnasium season total in school history. John (1929, capacity 1,100) Dekker set the record of 75 in 2009- Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski 10. First season of basketball 1896 Seasons of basketball 110 }Lawrence has made 202 3-pointers this season and is closing in on the All-time record 950-1047-1 (.476) school record. The 2008-09 team hit Midwest Conference titles 8 230 3-pointers to set the mark. 1924-25, 1942-43, 1996-97, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09 }Junior forward Ryan MWC Tournament titles 6 DePouw (Oconto, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 Wis./Oconto) contin- NCAA Tournament appearances 6 ued his hot shooting 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 over the last month. DePouw is averaging 16.8 points per game }Nikitas also leads Lawrence in re- while shooting 58.3 1,000 POINT CLUB Ryan DePouw bounding at 5.6 per game, which percent from the ranks 14th in the conference. He is Player Points Years floor, including 48.6 second in the league in defensive re- Chris Braier 1,565 2002-06 percent from 3-point range. DePouw bounding at 5.0 per game.