Missouri S&T Men’s Basketball Notes www.minerathletics.com Facebook.com/MinerSports Twitter.com/MinerSports John Kean, Sports Information Director Office : (573) 341-4140 Cell: (573) 233-6891 E-mail: [email protected] 2015-16 Schedule/Results Missouri S&T Miners vs. #9 Bellarmine Knights (8-12 overall, 4-7 GLVC) • • • Thurs., Feb. 4, 2016 Billy Key Court Rolla, Mo. 7:30 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Score Nov. 7 at Southeast Mo. St. (Ex.) L, 64-93 Nov. 13 at Ashland L, 73-82 Nov. 14 Lake Erie (1) L, 89-100 Nov. 17 MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 76-73 Nov. 21 CENTRAL MISSOURI L, 73-92 Nov. 27 at St. Mary’s L, 51-62 Nov. 28 #13 Angelo State (2) L, 87-94 Dec. 3 MARYVILLE* W, 83-73 Missouri S&T Bellarmine Ranking: Not ranked Ranking: #9 NABC, #7 D2SIDA (Media) Dec. 5 at Missouri-St. Louis* W, 85-81 2015-16 Records: 8-12, 4-7 GLVC 2015-16 Records: 17-3, 10-1 GLVC Dec. 8 BLACKBURN W, 104-91 Head Coach: Jim Glash (57-120, 7th year) Head Coach: Scott Davenport (249-85, 11th year) Dec. 12 DRURY* W, 74-56 Dec. 20 WILLIAM WOODS W, 102-97 Dec. 31 PRINCIPIA W, 97-70 Jan. 7 at Wisconsin-Parkside* L, 69-89 MISSOURI S&T PROBABLE STARTERS: Jan. 9 at Lewis* L, 80-84 Jan. 14 SAINT JOSEPH’S* L, 94-101 No. Name Ht. Year PPG RPG AST STL Hometown Jan. 16 #20 INDIANAPOLIS* L, 82-98 12 Desmond Buerge 6-5 Sr. 11.0 3.7 28 13 Carthage, Mo. Jan. 21 at William Jewell* L, 89-93 13 Danylo Zuikov 6-1 Jr. 6.6 1.1 40 13 Kiev, Ukraine Jan. 23 at Rockhurst* W, 73-62 Jan. 28 TRUMAN STATE* L, 69-82 14 Juwan Miller 5-11 So. 8.6 2.8 82 35 Kitchener, Ont. Jan. 30 QUINCY* L, 96-109 15 Rokas Paulauskas 6-8 Jr. 9.0 7.1 5 14 Talsiai, Lithuania Feb. 4 #9 BELLARMINE* 7:30 p.m. 23 B.J. McLaughlin 6-5 Sr. 15.1 5.4 14 17 Florissant, Mo. Feb. 6 SOUTHERN INDIANA* 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at McKendree* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Illinois Springfield* 3 p.m. Today’s Starting Five: Feb. 18 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS* 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Maryville* 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Drury* 7:45 p.m. • Missouri S&T will face its highest-ranked opponent of the 2015-16 season Thursday as it continues Feb. 28 GLVC Tournament starts its four-game Great Lakes Valley Conference homestand by facing Bellarmine at Billy Key Court. All times Central The Knights, ranked ninth in the latest NABC/Division II coaches poll and seventh in the D2SIDA *Great Lakes Valley Conference game media poll, are 17-3 overall and lead the GLVC East Division at 10-1. The Miners enter Thursday’s (1) at Ashland, Ohio contest at 8-12 overall and 4-7 in the GLVC. (2) at San Antonio, Texas Rankings are from NABC coaches poll. • Zach Ellis, the only four-year senior on the Miner roster this year, enters the game 43 points away from 1,000 for his career. The 1,000-point mark has been reached previously by 23 Miners, the Game Coverage most recent being Bryce Foster late in the 2012-13 season. Ellis, who has more double figure Audio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) outings than any other current Miner with 46, is also three steals away from reaching 10th place on Web: www.minerathletics.com (audio link) S&T’s all-time list. Video: GLVC Sports Network via www.minerathletics.com (video link) Live Stats: www.minerathletics.com • Danylo Zuikov, who leads the Miners with 31 three-point baskets this season, tied Ike Muonelo for (Live stats link) 10th place on S&T’s all-time list for three-pointers made when he hit two on Saturday to bring his career total to 123. Zuikov has the most three-pointers of any active Miner player and is 14-of-34 from long range (41.2 percent) in S&T’s six home GLVC games to date. Next on the list is Kevin Robertson, who made 139 from 1997-00. • Desmond Buerge scored a career-high 26 points in Saturday’s game against Quincy and has 565 points in his Miner career, the fourth-highest mark for any two-year player during S&T’s GLVC era. Buerge trails only Mudi Eruteya (779 from 2012-14), Tommy Pelczynski (598 from 2010-12) and Tyrone Davidson (575 from 2005-07) among two-year players since 2005. • The Miners are 0-2 against ranked teams this season -- losing earlier in the year to No. 13 Angelo State and No. 20 Indianapolis -- and are looking to end a seven-game losing streak to teams ranked in the top 25. S&T’s last win over a ranked squad came on Feb. 15, 2014 when the Miners beat No. 16 Wisconsin-Parkside 103-101 in Rolla. The Miners own 12 wins over ranked teams in their history, including two as a member of the GLVC; the other came in 2012 at No. 2 Southern Indiana. 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2015-16 MISSOURI S&T MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2 Ervin Sarajlic F 6-5 205 So. St. Louis, Mo./Oakville HS 10 Brooks Gerrity G 6-2 170 Fr.-R Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS 12 Desmond Buerge G 6-5 185 Sr. Carthage, Mo./Cameron University 13 Danylo Zuikov G 6-1 175 Jr. Kiev, Ukraine/LaLumiere School 14 Juwan Miller G 5-11 165 So. Kitchener, Ont./Huron Heights HS 15 Rokas Paulauskas F 6-8 230 Jr. Telsiai, Lithuania/Frank Phillips College 20 Telloy Simon G 6-3 170 Fr. Kitchener, Ont./St. Mary’s HS 21 Quinn Poythress F 6-7 210 Fr. Jackson, Mo./Notre Dame Regional HS 22 Zach Ellis G 6-0 180 Sr. St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School 23 B.J. McLaughlin F 6-5 190 Sr. Florissant, Mo./Moberly Area CC 25 Jay Corwin F 6-6 210 Jr. Independence, Mo./Crowder College 31 Allen Billinger G 5-11 160 Fr. Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale HS 40 Tyler Anderson F 6-4 210 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit North HS 44 Luke Schnieders F 6-8 170 Fr. O’Fallon, Mo./St. Dominic HS HEAD COACH: Jim Glash ASSISTANT COACHES: Marques Baldwin, Tyrone Davidson MINER TIDBITS: #2 Ervin Sarajlic: Second season in the Miner program...averaged scored 20.5 points as a high school senior, helping lead Notre Dame 4.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in his freshman year before missing the Regional to a third place finish in Missouri Class 4...earned all-state final seven games due to an injury...scored a season-best nine points honors in his senior year. on three occasions. #22 Zach Ellis: Scored a season-high 24 points vs. Lewis...only four- #10 Brooks Gerrity: Was redshirted last season...scored a career- year senior on the 2015-16 S&T roster...is 43 points away from 1,000 high eight points vs. Principia...averaged 16.2 points and connected for his career...was the Miners’ second-leading scorer as a junior at on 36.4 percent of his three-point attempts as a high school senior... 12 points a game...had 15 double figure games a year ago and has averaged nearly 13 points in his junior year. 41 in his career, with a high of 29 vs. Ozark Christian...averaged 8.6 points as a freshman and 7.8 as a sophomore. #12 Desmond Buerge: Has scored in double figures 11 times with a career-high 26 vs. Quincy...led the Miners in scoring in the 2014- #23 B.J. McLaughlin: Scored a career-high 27 vs. Maryville...had his 15 season at 13.3 points per game...also led S&T in steals with 43... first career double-double vs. MBU with 21 points and 15 boards... registered a career-high 23 points at Rockhurst and was in double fig- averaged eight points a game in his first season at S&T...shot 85.7 ures 19 times...played eight games at Cameron in 2013-14; averaged percent at the free throw line and also had eight blocks...scored a 8.2 per game in 2012-13 at MSU-West Plains. career-high 17 against William Jewell and finished with eight double figure scoring efforts...played one season at UT-Martin and one at #13 Danylo Zuikov: Scored a season-high 18 points vs. SJC...led Moberly Area Community College before joining the Miners. the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.16-to-1 a year ago...finished third in the GLVC with 101 assists, which included an S&T single- #25 Jay Corwin: Newcomer to the S&T program who scored his first game record 13 vs. McKendree...led S&T with 37 three-point baskets points of the year vs. UCM...scored more than 1,000 points at Blue last year...averaged 7.2 points a game in his freshman season in Springs High School and averaged 17 points as a senior...attended 2013-14. Crowder College after graduation; school does not sponsor a men’s basketball program. #14 Juwan Miller: Scored a season-high 19 vs. Blackburn...matched his career high with eight assists vs.