2014-15 Bellarmine Basketball • Non-Conference Game• vs. Findlay BELLARMINE FAST FACTS Name: Bellarmine University Location: Louisville, KY Founded: 1950 KNIGHTS BASKETBALL Enrollment: 3,609 (Fall 2014) President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Bellarmine University Knights (2014-2015 record: 2-0) Athletic Director: Scott Wiegandt vs. Nickname: Knights University of Findlay Oilers (2014-2015 record: 1-0) Colors: Scarlet and Silver Affi liation: NCAA Division II Nov. 23, 2014 • 3:00 p.m. • Louisville, KY • Knights Hall Conference: Great Lakes Valley Series Record: Home Arena: Knights Hall Findlay leads 2-1 Capacity: 2,196 22013-14013-14 StatsStats Sports Info. Dir. John Spugnardi BELLARMINE PROBABLE STARTERS **fromfrom pprev.rev. sschoolchool Sports Info Phone 502-272-8078 (o) Pos. No. Player Hometown High School/Previous Ht. Cl. Pts. Rbs Ast. 502-905-0922 (c) G 3 Chris Whitehead New Albany, Ind. New Albany/Fordham 5-9 Sr. 7.0 1.5 3.5 G 5 Rusty Troutman Mr. Washington, Ky. DeSales 6-5 So. 12.5 5.0 2.5 2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS F 4 George Suggs St. Louis, Mo. Vianney 6-10 Jr. 9.0 3.5 1.5 11/3 @ Cincinnati (exh) L 79-86 F 12 Jake Thelen Edgewood, Ky. Cov. Cath./Spring Hll 6-7 Sr. 18.0 14.5 4.0 11/9 @ Louisville (exh) L 57-82 F 33 Josh Derksen Toowoomba, Australia Centenary Hts. State 6-9 So. 17.5 2.5 0.0 11/14 Northwood* W 84-67 OFF THE BENCH 11/15 @Saginaw Valley W 81-71 11/23 Findlay 3:00 PM G 10 Corbin Maynard Louisville, Ky. DeSales 5-11 Sr. 4.0 2.5 3.0 11/25 @ Christian Brothers 8:00 PM G 11 Michael Parrish Louisville, Ky. Fern Creek 5-8 Jr. 3.0 2.0 2.0 11/28 Cedarville ** 6:15 PM G 15 Brent Bach Augusta, Ky. Male 6-1 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 11/29 Indiana Univ. East ** 6:15 PM F 20 George Knott New Albany, Ind. Providence 6-5 So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 12/12 Ohio Valley 7:30 PM G 21 Jarek Coles Omaha, Neb. Omaha Central 6-0 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 12/13 Florida Southern 7:30 PM 12/20 Fairmont State 3:00 PM G 22 Billy Edelen New Albany, Ind. Clarksville 6-2 So. 0.0 1.0 0.0 1/2 Rockhurst 8:00 PM F 23 Josh Sewell Louisville, Ky. Trinity/Miami (OH.) 6-5 Sr. 11.5 3.5 0.0 1/4 William Jewell 3:15 PM G 24 Nick Fredrick Cincinnati, Ohio Covington Catholic 5-11 So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 1/8 @ Missouri S&T 8:30 PM G 32 Rhett Troutman Mt. Washington, Ky. Bullitt East 6-0 Fr.. -- -- -- 1/10 @ Drury 4:15 PM F 42 Tyler Landry Radcliff , Ky. North Hardin 6-7 So. 0.0 0.0 0.5 1/15 @ Indianapolis 7:45 PM 1/17 @ St. Joseph’s 4:00 PM COACH: Scott Davenport, 10th season (203-78, 72.2%) 1/19 @ Southern Indiana 8:30 PM Assistants: Mike Scott, Reece Gaines, Damien Anderson 1/22 Lewis University 8:00 PM 1/24 Wisconsin-Parkside 3:15 PM GAME NOTES 1/29 @ Illinois Springfi eld 8:30 PM 1/31 @ McKendree 4:00 PM HARDWARE defi cit to beat the Cardinals 81-71. The 2/5 Truman State 8:00 PM Senior Jake Thelen has accumulated Knights were led by Jake Thelen, who 2/7 Quincy 3:15 PM the fi rst Greater Lakes Valley Confer- posted 20 points and 18 rebounds. 2/12 @ Maryville 8:30 PM ence Player of the Week honors. In his 2/14 @ Missouri- St. Louis 4:00 PM fi rst two games, Thelen has averaged 18 Postseason Rivals: Of the three times 2/19 St. Joseph’s 8:00 PM points, 14.5 rebounds and 4 assists per the teams have played, two of the 2/21 Indianapolis 8:00 PM contest. This is Thelen’s second time re- matchups were in the NCAA tourna- 2/26 Southern Indiana 8:00 PM ceiving the award. ment. Findlay was victorious over Bel- 3/1-8 GLVC Tourney TBA larmine in 2009 with a 89-86 victory in 3/14-16: NCAA Regionals TBA Saturday Knight’s All Right: The Bel- overtime of the 3rd round. Bellarmine 3/25-28: NCAA Elite 8 TBA larmine Knights claimed victory over was able to get revenge in 2012, when All Times Eastern GLIAC opponent Saginaw State on the Knights beat the Cardinals 86-63 in * @ Saginaw Valley Saturday, November 15th. The Knights the 2nd round. ** @ USI overcame a sluggish start and halftime GAME NOTES CONTINUED NEXT PAGE 2014-15 Bellarmine Basketball • Non-Conference Game • vs. Findlay GAME NOTES (continued from previous page) NCAANCAA DII Media Poll BREAKING BAD Basketball Times The Knights had to cut their open- RankRank School (First(First Place Votes)Votes) ing day of practice to just half-court 1 West Liberty (W. Va.) (9) 2014-15 Pre-Season Top 20 Teams drills after 6-10 junior transfer Yasin 2 Southern Connecticut State (1) NCAA Division II Kolo shattered a Knights Hall back- 3 Metropolitan State (Colo.)(Colo.) board with a follow dunk attempt. T4T4 CentralCentral Missouri (2) 1. West Liberty, W. Va. (31-4) It’s the third backboard the native T4T4 Cal PolyPoly Pomona 2. Southern Connecticut State (30-3) of Goettingen, Germany has broken 6 Bellarmine (Ky.) 3. Cal Poly Pomona (22-7) with the trail of broken glass starting 7 Florida Southern 4. East Stroudsburg, Pa. (30-2) 8 Christian Brothers (Tenn.) in Germany and continuing to high 5. Metropolitan State, Colo. (32-2) 9 Drury (Mo.)(Mo.) 6. Minnesota State (30-5) school in North Carolina to Bellarm- 1010 TarletonTarleton State (Texas) ine this year. Kolo, a transfer from 1111 Lewis (Ill.)(Ill.) 7. Montevallo, Ala. (26-6) Hartford, could become eligible in the 1212 Western WashingtonWashington 8. Philadelphia, Pa. (25-7) second semester pending the NCAA 1313 LincolnLincoln MemoriaMemoriall (Tenn.) 9. Indiana, Pa. (24-5) decision on a transfer waiver fi led by 1414 IndianaIndiana (Pa.) 10. USC Aiken, S.C. (33-4) Bellarmine. 15 MinnesotaMinnesota State-MoorheadState-Moorhead 11. Drury, Mo. (28-4) 1616 Chico State (Cali(Calif.)f.) 12. Delta State, Miss. (26-7) 1717 Saint AnselmAnselm (N.H.)(N.H.) 13. Bellarmine, Ky. (23-8) 1818 MinnesotaMinnesota StateState 14. Western Washington (20-8) 1919 GeorgiaGeorgia Regents 15. Tarleton State, Texas (28-3) 20 FindlayFindlay (Ohio) 21 Texas A&M-CommerceA&M-Commerce 16. Florida Southern (26-5) 22 Barry (Fla.)(Fla.) 17. Lewis, Ill. (21-6) 23 Delta State (Miss.) 18. UC Colorado Springs (21-9) 24 East StroundsburgStroundsburg (Pa.) 19. Kentucky Wesleyan (22-9) 25 Bowie State ((Md.)Md.) 20. Dixie State, Utah (21-7) NABC DII Bulletin Preseason Top 25 2014-15 Pre-Season Top 25 Teams 1. West Liberty 1. West Liberty, WV (31-4) 2. So. Connecticut 2. So. Connecticut State (30-3) 3. Metro StateState 2014-15 3. Metropolitan State, CO (32-2) 4. MontevallMontevalloo GLVC Men’s Basketball 4. East Stroudsburg, PA (30-2) 55.. East StrouStroudsburgdsburg Preseason Coaches Poll 5. Montevallo, AL (26-6) 66.. FFloridalorida SSouthernouthern 6. Drury, MO (28-4) Rank East Division Points 7. DrurDruryy 7. Minnesota State (30-5) 88.. FinFindlaydlay 1. Bellarmine (6) 102 8. Cal Poly Pomona (22-7) 2. Lewis (5) 96 9. Western WasWashingtonhington 9. Florida Southern (26-5) 110.0. TarletonTarleton StateState 3. Indianapolis (3) 93 10. Bellarmine, KY (23-8) 4. UW-Parkside (2) 90 11. LewisLewis 11. Western Washington (20-8) 12. DeltaDelta StateState 5. Southern Indiana 79 12. Tarleton State, Texas (28-3) 6. Illinois Springfi eld 39 113.3. SSaintaint AnselmAnselm 13. Delta State, MS (26-7) 14. MinnesotaMinnesota St. MankatoMankato 7. Saint Joseph’s 36 14. Philadelphia, PA (25-7) 8. McKendree 33 115.5. ChicoChico StateState 15. Indiana, PA (24-5) 16. BeBellarminellarmine 16. Findlay, OH (24-5) 17. UC CoColoradolorado SprinSpringsgs Rank West Division Points 17. Lewis, IL (21-6) 1. DRURY (15) 120 18. PPhiladelphiahiladelphia 18. UC Colorado Springs (21-9) 19. CaCall PolyPoly Pomona 2. Missouri-St. Louis (1) 95 19. Chico State, CA (25-8) 3. Quincy 79 20. InIndianadiana (Pa.) 20. South Caronlina Aiken (33-4) 21. LimLimestoneestone 4. Truman State 77 21. Saint Anselm, NH (22-8) 5. Maryville 72 22. SeattleSeattle PPacifiacifi c 22. Seattle Pacifi c, WA (26-6) 23. GeorGeorgiagia RegentsRegents 6. William Jewell 53 23. Lincoln Memorical, TN (28-3) 7. Missouri S&T 42 24. CaCall Baptist 24. Cal Baptist (24-4) 225.5. LinLincolncoln MMemorialemorial 8. Rockhurst 30 25. Dixie State, Utah (21-7) 2014-15 Bellarmine Basketball • Non-Conference Game • vs. Findlay NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL (PREV. SCHOOL) 3 Chris Whitehead Sr. G 5-9 190 New Albany, IN New Albany (Fordham) 4 George Suggs Jr. F 6-10 215 St. Louis, MO Vianney 5 Rusty Troutman So. G 6-5 190 Mt. Washington, KY Bullitt East 10 Corbin Maynard Sr. G 5-11 170 Louisville, KY DeSales 11 Michael Parrish Jr. G 5-8 140 Louisville, KY Fern Creek 12 Jake Thelen Sr. F 6-7 205 Edgewood, KY Covington Catholic (Spring Hill) 14 Josh Stoner So. G 6-1 170 Louisville, KY Male 15 Brent Bach Fr. G 6-1 160 Augusta, KY Augusta 20 George Knott So. F 6-5 190 New Albany, IN Providence 21 Jarek Coles Fr. G 6-0 175 Omaha, NE Omaha Central 22 Billy Edelen Jr.