2018-19 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 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 2018-19 Schedule and Results Valparaiso (14-17, 7-11 MVC) Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 1 Indianapolis [exhibition] L 60-57 Game #32 - Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 6 p.m. Nov. 6 Concordia University Chicago W 121-65 First Round - State Farm MVC Tournament Nov. 15 vs. Western Kentucky ! L 83-71 Nov. 16 vs. Monmouth ! W 64-53 vs. Indiana State (15-15, 7-11 MVC) Nov. 18 vs. Wake Forest ! L 69-63 Enterprise Center (17,625) - St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 21 SIUE W 75-70 (ot) Next Up in Valpo Basketball: The Valparaiso University men’s basketball Nov. 24 at West Virginia # L 88-76 Nov. 28 at UNLV $ W 72-64 team opens Arch Madness Thursday evening as the tournament’s ninth seed, Dec. 2 UC Riverside W 82-73 taking on eighth-seeded Indiana State in a fi rst-round matchup. Valpo will have Dec. 4 High Point L 55-53 to win four games in four days to claim the tournament title. Dec. 8 at George Washington W 82-79 Dec. 17 Ball State L 77-61 Last Time Out: Valpo held a nine-point lead with seven minutes remaining in Dec. 19 at Texas A&M L 71-49 its regular season fi nale at the ARC Saturday afternoon against Evansville, but Dec. 29 Purdue Northwest W 97-61 the Purple Aces rallied as Valpo fell by a 65-63 fi nal. Derrik Smits and Bakari Jan. 2 Illinois State * W 58-56 Evelyn came off the bench to pace Valpo with 15 and 13 points, respectively. Jan. 5 at Missouri State * W 82-66 Jan. 8 Bradley * W 61-50 Following Valpo Basketball: TV – MVC TV Network (FOX Sports Midwest/ Jan. 12 at Southern Illinois * W 65-61 Indiana/Kansas City; NBC Sports Chicago Plus) – Mitch Holthus and Kevin Jan. 15 at Loyola * L 71-54 Jan. 19 UNI * W 75-66 Lehman Jan. 23 at Indiana State * L 70-53 Video – ESPN+ (blacked out within MVC TV Network footprint) Jan. 26 Drake * L 70-59 Radio – WVUR (95.1 FM, Valparaiso) – Todd Ickow and David Huseman Jan. 29 Missouri State * L 55-54 (ot) Links for the video, audio and live stats will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. Feb. 2 at Evansville * L 64-53 Feb. 5 at Illinois State * W 69-53 Head Coach Matt Lottich: Matt Lottich (53-43) is in his sixth season overall Feb. 10 Loyola * L 56-51 at Valpo and third as head coach in 2018-19. Lottich led Valpo to 15 victories Feb. 13 Indiana State * L 87-82 (ot) in his second season in charge in 2017-18 and guided the the program through Feb. 16 at Drake * L 84-79 the transition to the MVC, which ended the campaign ranked eighth nationally Feb. 20 Southern Illinois * W 55-52 in conference RPI. In his fi rst year as head coach, Lottich guided Valpo to its Feb. 23 at UNI * L 64-53 fi fth Horizon League regular season championship in the last six years as he Feb. 27 at Bradley * L 67-42 Mar. 2 Evansville * L 65-63 led the team to 24 wins and an at-large berth into the NIT. Mar. 7-10 at State Farm MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) Series Notes: The fourth-most common opponent in Valpo men’s basketball history, Indiana State holds a 53-32 advantage in the all-time series. Valpo All times Central. claimed non-conference wins over the Sycamores in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Home games in bold and played at seasons, but Indiana State has won three of four meetings between the two Athletics-Recreation Center. squads in Valpo’s fi rst two years in The Valley, including a season sweep this ! – Myrtle Beach Invitational (Conway, S.C.) year - 70-53 in Terre Haute and 87-82 in overtime in Valparaiso. # - Myrtle Beach Invitational non-bracketed game $ - Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge * - indicates Missouri Valley Conference game Valpo Men’s Basketball @ValpoBasketball #GoValpo 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Contact: AARON LEAVITT Offi ce: 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 @ValpoBasketball... Tournament semifi nal, 99-92 in overtime, and by Milwaukee in the 2017 Horizon ...in the road loss at Indiana State League Tournament quarterfi nal, 43-41. - A pair of free throws from junior Markus Golder 3:34 into the game tied it at 8-8, - Prior to that stretch, Valpo won the 2013 and 2015 Horizon League Tournaments but ISU’s Tyreke Key nailed a 3-pointer on the Sycamores’ next possession to give and went 1-1 at the 2014 Horizon League Tournament. Indiana State the lead for good. - Indiana State outscored Valpo 17-5 over a stretch of 10 minutes in the fi rst half to Valpo in St. Louis extend its lead to 13 points, and would eventually lead 32-21 at the half. - Last year’s Arch Madness game was not Valpo’s fi rst time playing in what is now - Valpo would get no closer than 10 points in the second half. known as the Enterprise Center. - Valpo gave up 70 points to the Sycamores on just 59 possessions, the third-worst - Valpo’s Sweet Sixteen game against Rhode Island in 1998 was played at the building, defensive effi ciency for Valpo this season, only coming in ahead of the West Virginia which was then known as the Kiel Center. and Western Kentucky defeats. - Valpo also appeared in 2002 NCAA Tournament action in St. Louis, but that year’s - Valpo committed 14 turnovers against the Sycamores’ eight as Indiana State held a fi rst round game against Kentucky was played at the Edward Jones Dome. 22-6 advantage in points off turnovers. ISU also outscored Valpo in the paint, 40-30. - Derrik Smits and Golder tied for team-high honors with 14 points apiece, while 3rd Time the Charm? Deion Lavender added 10 points and a game-high seven rebounds off the bench. - Valpo’s matchup against Indiana State is the fourth time in the last 15 years that the Crusaders have faced a team in conference tournament play it has lost to twice ...in the home loss to Indiana State in the regular season. - Neither team led by more than three points for the fi nal nine minutes of regulation. - It’s a case of history repeating itself, as Valpo played two such games in its fi rst two - Holding the lead inside the fi nal four minutes, Valpo misfi red on fi ve consecutive years in the Horizon League (Cleveland State, 2007-08; Wright State, 2008-09) and free throw attempts to allow Indiana State to stay within striking distance. now is playing its second in its fi rst two years in the MVC (Missouri State, 2017-18). - Valpo’s Ryan Fazekas hit two free throws with 46 seconds to play in regulation to - Valpo is 0-3 in those previous third matchups of the season. give the Crusaders a two-point lead, but Indiana State hit a pair with 33.4 to play to tie. - On the fl ip side, Valpo has played a team for a third time which it has beaten twice - Valpo got a pair of looks on its fi nal possession, but could not knock either down in the regular season 14 times in the last 15 years, and is just 8-6 in those games. as the game headed to overtime. - Indiana State went on top for good 12 seconds into the extra period. The Sycamores Record Book Watch pulled out to a seven-point advantage at 79-72 with 2:53 to play, and Valpo could - Three Crusaders are making their mark on Valpo’s record books this year. get no closer than three the rest of the way. - Junior Jaume Sorolla has blocked 30 shots this year, giving him 92 career blocked - The overtime loss was the second in a three-game home span for Valpo, as the shots through three years - seventh-most in program history and just two shy of Crusaders fell to Missouri State in overtime on Jan. 29. Harry Bell in sixth position. - The foul line proved to be the difference, as Valpo went just 27-for-40 (67.5%) from - Junior Derrik Smits just surpassed the minimum 500 fi eld goal attempts needed to the stripe as compared to a 25-of-28 (89.3%) mark for Indiana State. qualify for Valpo’s career fi eld goal percentage chart last time out - his career clip - Valpo also committed a season-worst 21 turnovers which the Sycamores turned of 566% over his fi rst three years ranks third in program history. into 29 points. - Smits is shooting at a 59.9% mark from the fi eld this season, a percentage which would be seventh-best on Valpo’s single-season chart should he maintain it for the ...looking ahead duration. - With a win in its fi rst-round game, Valpo would advance to play Loyola in the - Freshman Javon Freeman broke Valpo’s freshman record for steals in a season quarterfi nals Friday at noon. earlier this year at Drake. With 56 steals on the year, Freeman is currently tied with - The Ramblers have won all four matchups with the Crusaders since Valpo joined Stalin Ortiz’s 2002-03 campaign for sixth in a single season in program history.