2008-09 Final Game Notes ♦ March 19, 2009♦ Media Contacts: Ray Simmons, Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1622; (Home) 812/402-643 Dan McDonnell, Asst. Sports Information Director (Office) 812/465-1121; (Home) 812/303-6287 2008-09 Schedule: Listen to and watch the games: RADIO: ESPN 106.7 FM; WSWI 820 AM; WPSR 90.7 FM Date Opponents Time LIVE INTERNET AUDIO: www.usi.edu/wswi; www.wyfxfm.com/wyfxfm/ Nov. 1 at Evansville (Exhibition) L 67-71 On the web: Disney’s Division II Men’s Tip-Off Classic (East Coast) Keep up-to-date on all the USI athletic events at www.usi.edu/sports. You Nov. 7 vs. Saint Martin’s W 99-95 (ot) also can listen to all the men’s and women’s basketball games at the USI Athletic Department Web site. Nov. 8 vs. Minnesota State L 60-68 Nov. 9 vs. Bentley L 54-56 Probable starters: Nov. 15 Urbana University W 93-54 Pos. No.Player Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG G 2 Jamar Smith 6’3” Jr. 18.5 2.5 2.5 Nov. 18 Harris-Stowe State W 103-58 G 10 Marvin Gray 5’10” Jr. 3.4 1.5 1.6 Nov. 22 Saint Francis W 102-58 C 23 Brandon Russ 6’8” Jr. 12.8 4.6 0.9 Nov. 24 Missouri Baptist W 83-39 F 24 Anthony Pimble 6’6” Sr. 12.0 4.0 2.9 F 31 Brandon Carr 6’6” Jr. 7.4 5.2 1.1 Bill Joergens Memorial Tournament Top Storylines: Nov. 28 King College W 87-64 Nov. 29 #3 Florida Southern W 89-88 Smith named to Daktronics All-Region team. USI junior guard Jamar Smith was named to the Daktronics second team All-Midwest Region in a Dec. 4 at Lewis* W 73-67 vote of the region’s Division II College Sports Information Directors of Dec. 6 at Wisconsin-Parkside* W 83-58 America. Dec. 13 Temple Baptist W 130-57 Dec. 20 Maryville W 92-55 USI had three named All-GLVC. USI had three players named All-GLVC Dec. 30 Tiffin W 107-58 in a vote of the conference head coaches. Junior guard Jamar Smith was Jan. 2 Saint Joseph’s* W 81-62 named to the first team, while senior forward Anthony Pimble and junior Jan. 4 Indianapolis* W 87-74 forward Brandon Russ were named second team and third team, Jan. 8 #19 Northern Kentucky* W 83-78 respectively. Jan. 10 at #5 Bellarmine* L 82-68 Jan. 15 Kentucky Wesleyan* L 63-69 Smith named to All-Tournament team. USI junior guard Jamar Smith Jan. 22 Missouri-St. Louis* W 93-86 was named to the GLVC All-Tournament team after averaging 17.0 points Jan. 24 Rockhurst* W 98-92 (2 ot) per game in the win over Lewis University and the loss to Bellarmine Jan. 26 Lake Erie W 100-58 University. Jan. 29 at Drury* PPD to Feb. 25 Jan. 31 at Missouri S&T* W 74-63 Smith hitting from long range. USI junior guard Jamar Smith hit 81 Feb. 5 Quincy* W 85-64 three-point field goals in 21 games since joining the team at the end of Feb. 7 Drury*= W 84-71 December 2008. Smith averaged 3.9 three-point field goals per game and Feb. 14 at Quincy* L 71-74 dropped in five-or-more long range shots in a game eight times. Feb. 19 at Missouri-St. Louis* W 81-54 Herdes gets number 200. Head Coach Rick Herdes won his 200th career Feb. 21 Missouri S&T* W 94-73 game with the Eagles victory over Rockhurst University in the NCAA II Feb. 25 at Drury* W 76-69 Tournament . Herdes is 200-59, a .772 winning percentage. Feb. 28 at Rockhurst* W 76-56 GLVC Tournament (at USI) Mar. 6 vs. Lewis+ W 67-61 Mar. 7 vs. Bellarmine+ L 50-54 NCAA Tournament (at Findlay) Mar. 14 vs. Rockhurst! W 76-72 Mar. 15 vs. Findlay! L 59-81 Mar. 17 Championship Game! 6 p.m. *GLVC Games; =Homecoming; All times are Central +GLVC Tournament; !NCAA II Tournament 2008-09 Screaming Eagles No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Tyrone Bradshaw F 6’8” 210 Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Taft/Southwestern Illinois) 2 Jamar Smith G 6’3” 185 Jr. Peoria, IL (Richwood/Illinois) 3 Kevin Gant G 5’8” 155 So. Indianapolis, IN (North Central/Lake Michigan College) 5 Brandon Hogg G 6’1” 185 Fr. Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville) 10 Marvin Gray G 5’11” 150 Jr. Freeport, Bahamas (Jack Haywood/Indian River CC) 23 Brandon Russ F 6’8” 250 Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Taft/St. Catherine) 24 Anthony Pimble F 6’6” 185 Sr. Bronx, NY (Bronx Regional/ Ventura C.C.) 30 Levi Holscher G 6’0” 160 Fr. Vincennes, IN (South Knox) 31 Brandon Carr F 6’5” 208 Jr. Baltimore, MD (Woodlawn/Baltimore County) 33 Brent Owen G 6’3” 200 Jr. Chrisman, IL (Chrisman) 34 Nick Duncheon F 6’7” 200 So. Montgomery, IN (Barr-Reeve) 40 Jeron Lewis F 6’8” 270 Jr. Ft. Wayne, IN (Northeastern J.C.) 44 Isaac Stoll F 6’4” 220 Jr. Washington, IN (Washington/SE Missouri) 51 George Cunningham F 6’7” 235 Jr. San Diego, CA (Steele Canyon) HEAD COACH: Rick Herdes (8th season); ASSISTANT COACHES: Aaron Brothers (5th season); Tyson Schnitker (1st season) GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Brandon Fisher (1st season); MANAGERS: Andrew Brochin (3rd season); Cassie Parsley (2nd season) USI Head Coach Rick Herdes (8th year) Overall record: 200-59 GLVC record: 114-40**# Home record: 117-14 vs. West Division#: 31-14 Road record: 50-32 vs. East Division#: 19- 9 Neutral site record: 33-13 vs. Bellarmine 9- 4 Midwest Region record: 154-51 Playing at night: 142-36 vs. Drury 5- 4 Playing during the day: 58-23 vs. Indianapolis 11- 2 Playing on Monday: 8- 3 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 9- 7 Playing on Tuesday: 10- 2 vs. Lewis 10- 5 Playing on Wednesday: 9- 0 vs. Missouri S&T 8- 0 Playing on Thursday: 62-13 vs. Missouri-St. Louis 15- 2 Playing on Friday: 14- 4 vs. Northern Kentucky 12- 4 Playing on Saturday: 85-33 vs. Quincy 12- 5 Playing on Sundays: 12- 4 Leading at the half: 164-21 vs. Rockhurst 9- 1 Trailing at the half: 26-35 vs. Saint Joseph’s 11- 5 Tied at the half: 10- 3 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside 9- 3 Playing in overtime: 5- 5 #GLVC Regular Season Record. Playing in November: 34- 8 *Records versus GLVC institutions include NCAA II and GLVC Tournaments game.**Record includes game with SIU Edwardsville (9-5) Playing in December: 44- 9 which left the GLVC in 2008-09. Playing in January: 52-18 Playing in February: 49-14 Playing in March: 21-10 Herdes enters 08-09 ranked in NCAA Outshooting opponent: 175-15 Winningest Active Coaches in NCAA Division II Being outshot by opponent: 25-44 USI outrebounds opponent: 164-32 1. Greg Zimmerman, Alderson-Broaddus (.778) USI is outrebounded: 26-25 2. Rick Herdes, Southern Indiana (.769) Tied in rebounding: 10- 3 Shooting better than 50 %: 140- 4 Winningest Active Coaches in NCAA Overall Shooting less than 50 %: 61-55 1. Roy Williams, North Carolina (.807) (Division I) Opponent has more turnovers: 117-16 2. Mark Few, Gonzaga (.797) (Division I) USI has more turnovers: 63-39 Teams are tied in turnovers: 20- 4 3. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee (.785) (Division I) USI scores under 70 points: 14-29 4. Greg Zimmerman, Alderson-Broaddus (.778) (Division II) USI scores 70-79 points: 43-13 5. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin (.773) (Division I) USI scores 80-89 points: 67-15 6. Rick Herdes, Southern Indiana (.769) (Division II) USI scores 90-99 points: 42- 2 USI scores 100 or more points: 34- 0 USI vs. Division II Teams: 182-58 USI vs. non-GLVC: 73-13 Herdes on the radio USI vs. NAIA: 16- 1 Head Coach Rick Herdes chats with Dan Egierski on the “Rick USI vs. USCAA: 1- 0 Herdes on Basketball” show every Monday at 7 p.m. on ESPN USI vs. NCCAA: 1- 0 106.7FM. Fans also can catch The Rick Herdes Show each Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on WTSN Insight Cable 19 and WOW Cable 3. Screaming Eagles’ Season Highs & Career Highs and GLVC rankings Players Season Highs USI Career Highs In the GLVC (as of 3/15) #1 Pts: 18 vs. Saint Francis (11/22/08) Pts: First Year with USI 2nd Blocked Shots; 5th FG % Reb: 12 vs. Rockhurst (1/24/08) Reb: First Year with USI Tyrone Ast: 4 vs. Harris-Stowe (11/18/08) Ast: First Year with USI Bradshaw Stl: 5 vs. Quincy (2/14/09) Stl: First Year with USI # 2 Pts: 29 twice (last 2/21/09) Pts: First Year with USI Reb: 9 vs. Missouri S&T (2/21/08) Reb: First Year with USI Jamar Ast: 8 vs. Drury (2/25/09) Ast: First Year with USI Smith Stl: 3 four times (2/21/09) Stl: First Year with USI #3 Pts: 11 vs. UW-Parkside (12/6/08) Pts: First Year with USI Reb: 4 twice (last 12/6/08) Reb: First Year with USI Kevin Ast: 7 vs. Temple Baptist (12/13/08) Ast: First Year with USI Gant Stl: 3 four times (last 1/2/09) Stl: First Year with USI #5 Pts: 12 vs.