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. Indianapolis Greyhounds (7-8 overall, 3-3 GLVC) • • • Sat., Jan. 16, 2016 Billy Key Court Rolla, Mo. 3 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 Indianapolis Ranking: Not ranked Ranking: #20 NABC Dec. 5 at Missouri-St. Louis* W, 85-81 2015-16 Records: 7-8, 3-3 GLVC 2015-16 Records: 10-3, 4-1 GLVC Dec. 8 BLACKBURN W, 104-91 Head Coach: Jim Glash (56-116, 7th year) Head Coach: Stan Gouard (139-75, 8th 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 INDIANAPOLIS* 3 p.m. 12 Desmond Buerge 6-5 Sr. 9.3 3.1 20 10 Carthage, Mo. Jan. 21 at William Jewell* 7:30 p.m. 13 Danylo Zuikov 6-1 Jr. 7.9 1.3 31 11 Kiev, Ukraine Jan. 23 at Rockhurst* 3 p.m. Jan. 28 TRUMAN STATE* 7:30 p.m. 14 Juwan Miller 5-11 So. 7.7 2.9 65 26 Kitchener, Ont. Jan. 30 QUINCY* 3 p.m. 15 Rokas Paulauskas 6-8 Jr. 9.4 7.9 5 12 Talsiai, Lithuania Feb. 4 BELLARMINE* 7:30 p.m. 23 B.J. McLaughlin 6-5 Sr. 15.7 5.5 8 15 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 closes its brief two-game homestand against the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s Feb. 28 GLVC Tournament starts East Division, hosting 20th-ranked Indianapolis at Billy Key Court. The Miners are looking to snap All times Central a three-game losing streak as they come in at 7-8 overall and 3-3 in the GLVC, while the 10-3 *Great Lakes Valley Conference game Greyhounds are seeking to rebound from their first league loss; UIndy is 4-1 in the GLVC. (1) at Ashland, Ohio (2) at San Antonio, Texas • The Miners had a six-game home winning streak snapped with Thursday’s 101-94 loss to Saint Rankings are from NABC coaches poll. Joseph’s, their longest winning streak at Billy Key Court since taking seven in succession to begin the 1996-97 campaign. Game Coverage Audio: KTTR Radio (99.7 FM, Rolla) • Zach Ellis, the only four-year senior on the Miner roster this year, enters the game 108 points away Web: www.minerathletics.com (audio link) from 1,000 for his career. The 1,000-point mark has been reached previously by 23 Miners, the Video: GLVC Sports Network via most recent being Bryce Foster late in the 2012-13 season. Ellis, who has more double figure www.minerathletics.com (video link) Live Stats: www.minerathletics.com outings than any other current Miner with 42, is also five steals away from reaching 10th place on (Live stats link) S&T’s all-time list. • Danylo Zuikov, who is tied for the team lead with 27 three-point baskets this season, has 119 for his career and is 12 away from catching Bryce Foster for the 10th spot on S&T’s all-time list. Zuikov has the most three-pointers of any active Miner player. • Missouri S&T has had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in eight of its last 10 games, with 154 assists against 109 turnovers. The Miners have averaged only 10.9 turnovers per game during that span. 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 Regional to a third place finish in Missouri Class 4...earned all-state 4.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in his freshman year before missing the honors in his senior year. final seven games due to an injury...scored a season-best nine points on three occasions. #22 Zach Ellis: Scored a season-high 24 points vs. Lewis...only four-year senior on the 2015-16 S&T roster...was the Miners’ second- #10 Brooks Gerrity: Was redshirted last season...scored a career- leading scorer as a junior at 12 points a game...had 15 double figure high eight points vs. Principia...averaged 16.2 points and connected games a year ago and has 41 in his career, with a high of 29 vs. on 36.4 percent of his three-point attempts as a high school senior... Ozark Christian...averaged 8.6 points as a freshman and 7.8 as a averaged nearly 13 points in his junior year. sophomore. #12 Desmond Buerge: Has scored in double figures eight times, in- #23 B.J. McLaughlin: Scored a career-high 27 vs. Maryville...had his cluding 15 vs. MBU...led the Miners in scoring in the 2014-15 season first career double-double vs. MBU with 21 points and 15 boards... at 13.3 points per game...also led S&T in steals with 43...registered averaged eight points a game in his first season at S&T...shot 85.7 a career-high 23 points at Rockhurst and was in double figures 19 percent at the free throw line and also had eight blocks...scored a times...played eight games at Cameron in 2013-14; averaged 8.2 per career-high 17 against William Jewell and finished with eight double game in 2012-13 at MSU-West Plains. figure scoring efforts...played one season at UT-Martin and one at Moberly Area Community College before joining the Miners. #13 Danylo Zuikov: Scored a season-high 18 points Thursday vs SJC...led the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.16-to-1 a year #25 Jay Corwin: Newcomer to the S&T program who scored his first ago...finished third in the GLVC with 101 assists, which included an points of the year vs. UCM...scored more than 1,000 points at Blue S&T single-game record 13 vs. McKendree...led S&T with 37 three- Springs High School and averaged 17 points as a senior...attended point baskets last year...averaged 7.2 points a game in his freshman Crowder College after graduation; school does not sponsor a men’s season in 2013-14. basketball program. #14 Juwan Miller: Scored a season-high 19 vs. Blackburn...matched #31 Allen Billinger: Led S&T in assists in three of his first four his career high with eight assists vs. ASU...averaged 9.5 points, three games at S&T...scored 13 vs. UMSL...averaged better than 18 points rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in the first 11 contests before suf- a game as a high school senior and posted 561 points, the 11th- fering a season-ending injury...had 33 steals in those 11 games which highest in a year at Carbondale High School...named as the region’s led the GLVC at the time of the injury...had a season-high 20 points player of the year following the 2014-15 season. vs. William Woods and was in double figures six times. #40 Tyler Anderson: Third year in the S&T program...recorded #15 Rokas Paulauskas: Has led S&T in rebounds 12 times this his first double figure game with 10 points against Blackburn... has season...transfer from Frank Phillips College, where he averaged 9.3 picked up 17 offensive rebounds this season.