GAME NOTES NOV 15
at
NOV 18
ROCKFORD
NOV 21
MOUNT MERCY
7:00 PM
NOV 22
PRINCIPIA
5:00 PM
NOV 29
WEBSTER
4:00 PM
DEC 3
at
DEC 13
UW-PLATTEVILLE
DEC 16
at
DEC 20
CARROLL
DEC 28
vs
LEBANON VALLEY
6:00 PM
DEC 29
vs
OSWEGO STATE
8:00 PM
JAN 7
BUENA VISTA *
ELMHURST ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
W, 89-84 (OT) W, 88-85
7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
JAN 14
SIMPSON *
8:00 PM
JAN 17
CENTRAL *
4:00 PM
JAN 21
at
UNIV. OF DUBUQUE *
8:00 PM
JAN 24
at
LUTHER
4:00 PM
JAN 28
WARTBURG
8:00 PM
JAN 31
UNIV. OF DUBUQUE *
4:00 PM
FEB 4
at
BUENA VISTA *
8:00 PM
FEB 7
at
WARTBURG *
4:00 PM
FEB 11
LUTHER *
8:00 PM
FEB 14
COE *#
4:00 PM
FEB 18
at
CENTRAL *
8:00 PM
FEB 21
at
SIMPSON *
4:00 PM
FEB 24
IIAC TOURNAMENT
TBD
FEB 26
IIAC TOURNAMENT
TBD
FEB 28
IIAC TOURNAMENT
TBD
TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE * - IOWA CONFERENCE GAME # - SENIOR DAY
This season Mount Mercy has used a very balanced scoring attack as they have four players averaging double digits in points. Their leading scorer Dondre Osborne also leads the team in assists per game with 5.8. Mount Mercy struggles from the charity stripe however as they are currently shooting 62.9% from there. The Duhawks should not be afraid to foul if needed. Mount Mercy averages almost eight three pointers per game so the Duhawks will have to limit them from behind the arc.
2-0
W-L
4-2
88.5
PPG
79.2
46%
FG%
44.9%
43.5
RPG
37.5
9.5
APG
15.0
4.5
BLKS
3.2
4.0
STLS
7.3
LORAS vs PRINCIPIA
ABOUT PRINCIPIA
COE
*
ABOUT MOUNT MERCY
GAME 4
at
*
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 • DUBUQUE, IOWA • 7:00 PM
8:00 PM
JAN 10
*
LORAS vs MOUNT MERCY
GAME 3
2014-15 SCHEDULE EDGEWOOD
LORAS COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 • DUBUQUE, IOWA • 5:00 PM
Principia plays a very different style of basketball as four of their starters played the entire 40 minutes of their opening game against Eureka College. They are currently led in points and rebounds by Jeff Ross who notched a double-double in their opening game with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Fellow teammate Parker Davidson also notched an opening game double-double with 17 points and 13 boards. For the Duhawks to win they will have to limit the abilities of each of these players from inside of the arc.
2-0
W-L
1-0
88.5
PPG
81.0
46%
FG%
47.6%
43.5
RPG
53.0
9.5
APG
15.0
4.5
BLKS
10.0
4.0
STLS
8.0
IOWA CONFERENCE STANDINGS SCHOOL Central Dubuque Loras Luther Wartburg Buena Vista Coe Simpson
IIAC ALL
0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1
LORAS COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES // VOL. I • NO. II
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DUHAWK DEN GRCIC NAMED IIAC CO-MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ...
After turning in an outstanding 34 point and 26 rebound performance this past weekend against Edgewood, junior Mirko Grcic was named the IIAC Basketball Player of the Week. Coming off of a breakout season in 2013, Grcic looks like he has taken another step forward to becoming a true star on this team.
RECORD WHEN ...
Overall............................................. 2-0 Conference...................................... 0-0 Non-Conference.............................. 2-0 Postseason...................................... 0-0
NEXT MAN IN: INJURIES FORCE ALTERNATE LINEUPS ...
Home............................................... 1-0 A slew of injuries to key players in the Duhawk rotation has forced coach Gorton to Away................................................ 1-0 utilize the abilities of Justin VanWambeke and Danny Quinn. Both of these players Neutal.............................................. 0-0
will be seeing a boost in playing time this upcoming weekend. Each of these two players played well in the season opener at Edgewood. VanWambeke is proving to November........................................ 2-0 be a valuable asset to the Duhawks this season after transferring in from Highland December........................................ 0-0 January............................................ 0-0 Community College.
FOUR-GAME HOMESTAND CONTINUES ...
February.......................................... 0-0 March............................................... 0-0
When the Duhawks welcome the Mount Mercy and Principia to the Athletic & Wellness Center this weekend, they will be in front of their home crowd for the second and third Leading at halftime.......................... 2-0 Trailing at haltime............................. 0-0 consecutive game. The four-game homestand is their longest of the season. Tied at halftime................................ 0-0
GRCIC AND VANWAMBEKE PACE DUHAWKS IN WEEK ONE ...
Junior Miro Grcic and sophomore Justin VanWambeke have been integral parts to the Duhawks early success. Grcic’s outstanding performance in Loras’ season opener garnered him conference attention while VanWambeke has picked up whereever necessary. In the first two games, the duo has led in points, rebounds, assists, and steals at least once. A threat in the post, Grcic opens up opportunities for VanWambeke on the perimiter. Forcing opposing defenses to play honest, VanWambeke’s shooting ability pulls defenses outside the lane giving Grcic more room to work inside. Together the duo has complimented each other well in the early goings.
Regulation........................................ 1-0 Overtime.......................................... 1-0 Shooting 50% or better.................... 1-0 Shooting less than 50%................... 1-0 Leading in FG%............................... 1-0 Trailing in FG%................................ 1-0 Tied in FG%..................................... 0-0
RECORDS ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN ...
Leading in 3-pt FG%........................ 1-0
STRUGGLING FROM THE STRIPE ...
Trailing in Bench Points................... 1-0 Tied in Bench Points........................ 0-0
In Tuesday night’s win over Rockford, Loras earned 62 trips to the free throw line, Trailing in 3-pt FG%......................... 1-0 converting 40 of them. With the high number of attempts and makes from the line, the Tied in 3-pt FG%.............................. 0-0 Duhawks broke records that have been in place since the 1983-84 season. In that season Loras made 38 of 59 free throws in their win over Cabrini. Leading in Bench Points.................. 1-0 Over the course of the first two games of the season, the Duhawks have gotten to the free throw line a total of 97 times, but have only converted on 63 of those attempts. That’s good for a 64.9% mark. Last season Loras shot 75.2 percent from the line. In the coming games they will be looking to get back to their roots of being a solid free throw shooting team. One good thing, is that the Duhawks haven’t had any problems getting to the line, so they will have every opportunity to suceed.
GRCIC TIES SCHOOL RECORD ...
Scoring 59 points or less................. 0-0 Scoring 60-69 points........................ 0-0 Scoring 70-79 points........................ 0-0 Scoring 80-89 points........................ 2-0 Scoring 90-99 points........................ 0-0 Scoring 100+ points......................... 0-0
In the 2014-15 season opener, junior Mirko Grcic hauled in 26 rebounds, tying a Loras school record dating back to the 1954-55 season. That year, Al Carew collected 26 rebounds in a game against St. Norbert College.
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QUICK FACTS LORAS COLLEGE Location................................................................Dubuque, Iowa Founded ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1839 Enrollment ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,570 Nickname....................................................................... Duhawks School Colors.................................. Purple (60-100-0-60 / 262C) ...............................................Rah Rah Gold (0-25-100-0 / 123C) .................................................Metallic Gold (0-22-50-30 / 874C) Field Name.........................................Athletic & Wellness Center Capacity ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 1,800 Affiliation............................................................NCAA Division III Conference............................. Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic (IIAC) President......................................................................Jim Collins Alma Mater..................................................................Loras (’84) Interim Director of Athletics ������������������������������Denise Udelhofen Alma Mater..................................................................Loras (’90) Athletic Dept. Phone ���������������������������������������������� 563.588.7112
SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter..............................................................@LorasAthletics ........................................................................ @DuhawkHoops Facebook.............................................. Loras College Athletics .................................................Loras College Men’s Basketball Instagram.........................................................@LorasAthletics HISTORY First Year of Basketball ������������������������������������������������1909-10 Overall all-time record ������������������������������������������������1282-995 Conference Championships ��������������������������������������������������� 8 Years.............................................. 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 ....................................................... 1949-50, 1950-51, 1970-71 .......................................................................1972-73, 2006-07
COACHING STAFF Head Coach ���������������������������������������������������������� Greg Gorton Record at Loras ���������������������������������������������������������������86-72 Career Record �����������������������������������������������������������������86-72 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director / Primary Contact �������������������������������������� Jim Naprstek Office Phone ������������������������������������������������������� 563.588.7738 Alma Mater..................................................................Loras (’13) Email..................................................... greg.gorton@loras.edu Office Phone........................................................... 563.588.7407 Cell Phone.............................................................. 815.207.9168 Assistant Head Coach ��������������������������������� Buddy Sodemann Email.................................................. james.naprstek@loras.edu Assistant Head Coach �����������������������������������������Darin Schultz Mailing Address.................................................... 1450 Alta Vista Athletic Trainer ������������������������������������������������������ Chris Kamm ....................................................................... Dubuque, IA 52001 Website...........................................................www.duhawks.com TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Overall Record �������������������������������������������������������� 15-11 MEDIA INFORMATION 2013 Conference Record �����������������������������������������������������8-6 Telegraph Herald ��������������������������������������������������� 563.588.5783 Home/Away ������������������������������������������������������������������7-5 / 7-6 Sports Editor............................Jim Leitner (jleitner@wcinet.com) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ������������������������������������������� 12 / 4 Video Stream........................................... www.duhawks.com/live
NUMERICAL ROSTER # 10 12 15 20 21 22 23 24 30 31 32 34 41 42 44 50
Name Aaron Schueller Patrick Schmelzle Luke Barry Bobby Harmening Justin VanWambeke Mirko Grcic Danny Quinn Regan Takes Luke Potnick Nathaniel Smith Domonique Criss Justin Schneider Dylan Humpal Sean Bourke Parish Mason Jake Brock
Pos. G G G G G F F F G G G F G F G G
Ht. 5-11 5-8 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-6 6-6 6-4 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-9 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2
Wt. 180 170 185 190 190 235 215 180 180 215 160 265 205 230 185 175
Yr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr.
Hometown/Previous School Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert Catholic Freeport, Ill./Aquin Catholic Oak Lawn, Ill./St. Rita Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice Machesney Park, Ill./Harlem Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South Cascade, Iowa/Cascade Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln Community Milwaukee, Wis./Brookfield Academy Lindenhurst, Ill./Lakes Community Ridgeway, Iowa/South Winneshiek Elk Grove Village, Ill./Conant Peoria, Ill./Richwoods Algonquin, Ill./Huntley
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MEDIA ROSTER
10
12
15
20
21
22
Aaron Schueller Sr. • G 5-11 • `180 Dubuque, Iowa Wahlert Catholic
Patrick Schmelzle Jr. • G 5-8 • 170 Freeport, Ill. Aquin Catholic
Luke Barry Sr. • G 6-2 • 185 Oak Lawn, Ill. St. Rita
Bobby Harmening Sr. • G 6-2 • 190 Chicago, Ill. Brother Rice
Justin VanWambeke So. • G 6-0 • 190 Machesney Park, Ill. Harlem
Mirko Grcic Jr. • F 6-6 • 235 Lake Zurich, Ill. Lake Zurich
23
24
30
31
32
34
Danny Quinn So. • F 6-6 • 215 Park Ridge, Ill. Maine South
Regan Takes Sr. • G 6-4 • 180 Cascade, Iowa Cascade
Luke Potnick So. • G 5-11 • 180 Arlington Heights, Ill. Buffalo Grove
Nathaniel Smith Sr. • G 6-4 • 215 Lincoln, Ill. Lincoln
41
42
44
50
Dylan Humpal Jr. • G 6-2 • 205 Ridgeway, Iowa South Winneshiek
Sean Bourke Jr. • F 6-4 • 230 Elk Grove Village, Ill. Conant
Parish Mason Jr. • G 6-3 • 185 Peoria, Ill. Richwoods
Domonique Criss So. • G 5-11 • 160 Milwaukee, Wis. Brookfield
Justin Schneider Jr. • F 6-9 • 265 Lindenhurst, Ill. Lakes
Jake Brock Jr. • G 6-2 • 175 Algonquin, Ill. Huntley
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
10
Aaron Schueller Sr. • G
20
Bobby Harmening Sr. • G
21 Justin VanWambeke
So. • G
22
Mirko Grcic Jr. • F
23
Danny Quinn So. • F GAME NOTES
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SEASON RECORD BOOK
Points No. Player (Yr.) 1 Chris Jans (1990-91) 2 Jim McCabe (1950-51) 3 Jim McCabe (1949-50) 4 Mike Lambe (1994-95) 5 Jeff Howard (1977-78)
Total 707 688 677 642 634
Three-Pointers Made No. Player 1 Chris Jans (1990-91) 2 Jason Driscoll (1997-98) 3 Jason Randl (1995-96) 4 Jason Driscoll (1996-97) 5 Mike Gleason (2009-10)
Total 133 97 72 69 65
Assists No. Player 1 Mike Meyer (1976-77) 2 Mike Meyer (1975-76) 3 Troy Cicero (1982-83) 4 Mike Collins (1991-92) 5 Mike Collins (1990-91)
Total 289 239 198 143 143
GREG GORTON Greg Gorton is beginning his tenth year at Loras College; seventh season as head coach. The team’s success includes the Iowa Conference Championship in 2006-07 and the IIAC Tournament Championship in the 2007-08 season. The team has represented the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in the NCAA Division III Championships two of the past six seasons. Over the past five seasons the Duhawks have had 18 Academic All-Conference selections which positions the Duhawks second in the Iowa Conference. Over that same period the team has a Conference record of 64-36. In his nine seasons at Loras the team’s overall record is 143-95 with a Conference record of 91-53. The 22-win season, his first as a head coach, was the highest win total in the previous 25-year period at Loras College. Coach Gorton’s record as a head coach is 71-61. The team also spent its sixth season in the brand new Athletic and Wellness Center - which is considered one of the top basketball arenas and weight training facilities in the Midwest. In addition to his basketball duties, Greg was the Athletic Department’s academic liason, serving over 550 campus student-athletes.
Rebounds Coach Gorton adds, “As a student-athlete, if you are interested in competing on a No. Player Total 1 Tommy Jackson (1968-69) 376. 376 national scale in basketball, utilizing the best facilities, and can balance that with a 2 Jeff Carter (1978-79) 299 desire to achieve great things in the classroom...there is not a better school like ours 3 Tommy Jackson (1967-68) 296. 296 in the country.” 4 Laddie Sula (1966-67) 292 5 Jeff Carter (1979-80) 288 Gorton came to Loras College from the University of St. Thomas (Minn.), where he
played for and coached with Steve Fritz. The Tommies are a Minnesota Intercollegiate
Steals Athletic Conference power and, during Gorton’s eight years as a member of the No. Player Total coaching staff, St. Thomas posted a 155-58 overall record and a 121-39 league mark, 1 Dick Breitbach (1984-85) 66. 66with four MIAC titles. 2 Dick Breitbach (1985-86) 59. 59 3 Troy Cicero (1983-84) 54 The Staples, Minn., native graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 1991 with K. Schemmerhorn (1991-92).54 a degree in mathematics. Greg and his wife, Kris, have three daughters, Kate (12), 5 Greg Rovansek (1984-85) 53. 53Isabelle (9), and Emily (5).
CAREER COACHING RECORD
Blocks No. Player Total Year 1 Joel Cornilsen (2001-02) 51. 51 2006-07 2 Joel Cornilsen (2002-03) 47. 47 2007-08 3 Mark Maxson (1997-98) 36. 36 2008-09 4 Kevin Heilers (1987-88) 31. 31 2009-10 Jordan Harrelson (2011-12).31
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
W 21 22 16 15 11 7 8 15
L Pct. Postseason 7 .750 First Round NCAA Tournament 7 .759 Second Round NCAA Tournament 11 .593 11 .577 14 .440 18 .280 17 .320 11 .577 First Round IIAC Tournament
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2013-14 COMBINED STATISTICS Loras College Basketball Loras College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 19, 2014) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
##
10 20 21 22 23 24 31 32 34 42
Player
2-2 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 2-2 1-0 2 2
TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Loras College Opponents
HOME 1-0 0-0 1-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
Schueller, Aaron Harmening, Bobby VanWambeke, Justin Grcic, Mirko Quinn, Danny Takes, Regan Smith, Nathaniel Criss, Domonique Schneider, Justin Bourke, Sean Team Total.......... Opponents......
OVERALL 2-0 0-0 2-0
71 43 66 81 26 3 34 42 54 5
35.5 11-21 21.5 3-7 33.0 10-24 40.5 15-28 13.0 2-3 3.0 0-0 34.0 2-7 21.0 4-12 27.0 4-10 5.0 2-3
425 425
53-115 60-139
LORASM 177 88.5 +4.0 53-115 .461 8-27 .296 4.0 63-97 .649 31.5 87 43.5 +3.5 19 9.5 27 13.5 -1.0 0.7 8 4.0 9 4.5 435 1-435 -
1st 2nd 68 96 62 99
OT 13 8
.524 .429 .417 .536 .667 .000 .286 .333 .400 .667
AWAY 1-0 0-0 1-0
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
8-14 0-4 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-4 0-0 0-0
.571 9-12 .000 5-8 .000 15-18 .000 16-27 .000 3-6 .000 0-0 .000 1-4 .000 8-12 .000 4-7 .000 2-3
.750 .625 .833 .593 .500 .000 .250 .667 .571 .667
.461 8-27 .432 10-37
.296 63-97 .270 39-50
.649 .780
OPP 169 84.5 60-139 .432 10-37 .270 5.0 39-50 .780 19.5 80 40.0 23 11.5 25 12.5 0.9 10 5.0 7 3.5 424 1-424 0-0
Date 11/15/14 11/18/14
off
0 1 1 5 3 0 1 1 5 1 5 23 22
NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0
Rebounds def tot avg
5 2 8 30 3 0 3 5 7 0 1 64 58
5 3 9 35 6 0 4 6 12 1 6 87 80
pf dq
a
2.5 1.5 4.5 17.5 3.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 1.0
4 10 3 5 6 1 3 5 4 5
0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
0 2 4 2 3 0 3 3 2 0
43.5 40.0
46 66
4 -
19 23
Opponent at Edgewood College ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY
Wot W
to blk stl
5 1 0 7 1 0 5 6 1 1
27 25
0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0
0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
pts
avg
39 11 35 46 7 0 5 16 12 6
19.5 5.5 17.5 23.0 3.5 0.0 5.0 8.0 6.0 6.0
9 8 177 7 10 169
88.5 84.5
Score 89-84 88-85
Att. 424 435
* - Conference game
Totals 177 169
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