Men's Basketball Game Notes: Volume XVIII

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ARIAN

Men’s Basketball Contact: Luke Pattarozzi | Office: 920.923.8155 | Cell: 608.225.9802 | Email: lepattarozzi55@marianuniversity.edu SabreAthletics.com | @MUSabres | Facebook.com/MUSabreAthletics | @MarianUHoops | Facebook.com/MarianUHoops

2013-14 Schedule/Results Date Opponent

Time/Result

O. 31 at UW-Milwaukee (Exh.) N. 16 MARTIN LUTHER

L, 52-80

NACC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL GAME 27: #1 MARIAN (20-6) VS. #4 AURORA (18-8)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 2014 • 7:00 PM • FOND DU LAC, WIS. • SADOFF GYMNASIUM MARIAN

W, 79-70

N. 20 at Ripon

L, 65-82

2013-14 Record (NACC)..................................20-6 (17-3)

N. 22 vs. Luther#

L, 69-71

Head Coach................................................... Mark Boyle

N. 23 vs. UW-Eau Claire#

L, 79-81

N. 30 DOMINICAN*

W, 71-63

D. 3

MSOE*

W, 62-53

D. 5

at Wis. Lutheran*

D. 7

at Rockford*

Record at MAR (Years)................................344-363 (26) AURORA 2013-14 Record (NACC)...................................18-8 (14-6) Head Coach..........................................James Lancaster

W, 84-82 OT

Record at AUR (Years).................................364-172 (20)

W, 79-73

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

D. 11 EDGEWOOD*

W, 72-60

SERIES HISTORY

D. 14 CONCORDIA CHI.*

W, 76-61

All-Time Series: Aurora leads, 9-3 Streak: Aurora has won 2 straight

D. 20 at Aurora*

L, 101-106

J. 4

BENEDICTINE*

W, 82-74

J. 11

ROCKFORD*

W, 83-70

J. 14

at Concordia Wis.*

W, 75-55

J. 16 LAKELAND*

W, 83-75

J. 18 at Benedictine*

W, 81-75

Aurora Takes Regular Season Meetings • Aurora 106, Marian 101 - Dec. 20, 2013 Thornton Gymnasium | Aurora, Ill. • Aurora 78, Marian 73 - Feb. 8, 2014 Sadoff Gymnasium | Fond du Lac

Marian NACC Tournament Record 2-4 (5 Appearances) Best NACC Finish 3rd Place (2008) Wisconsin Lutheran NACC Tournament Record 15-3 (8 Appearances) Best NACC Finish NACC Champions (‘07, ‘09, ‘10, ‘13)

FIVE KEY STORYLINES

1 NACC FINAL FOUR: Eight Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference teams earned the right

J. 20 at Northland Int’l

W, 76-67 OT

J. 22 at Edgewood*

W, 67-63 OT

2 HOME SWEET SADOFF: Marian captured its first regular season title since 1999-2000

J. 28 WIS. LUTHERAN*

W, 69-58

and secured the top seed and home court through the tournament. The Sabres are 11-1 inside

F. 1

at Dominican*

W, 84-51

Sadoff Gymnasium this season and looks to avenge lone loss to Aurora back on Feb. 8.

F. 5

at MSOE*

L, 66-77

F. 8

AURORA*

L, 73-78

F. 11

at Lakeland*

W, 79-64

F. 15

at Concordia Chi.*

W, 81-64

F. 19

CONCORDIA WIS.*

W, 73-71

F. 22 WIS. LUTHERAN $

W, 83-63

F. 26 AURORA $ M. 1

NACC Championship

M. 6

NCAA Tournament

* Denotes NACC Contest # Bethel University Tip-Off Tournament (Arden Hills, Minn.) $ NACC Tournament All start times are local

7 PM 7 PM TBA

to play in the postseason. The winner will represent the league in the NCAA Tournament.

3 MAGIC NUMBER: The Sabres are 17-3 when scoring 70 points or more this season. As a team, Marian is averaging 76.6 ppg in NACC play, which ranks fifth in the league.

4 RARE FEAT: Seniors Cody Veleke, Sam Koslowski and Jeff Harris each eclipsed the 1,000-career-point mark in a Sabre uniform this season. Marian became just the fourth known team since the 1996-97 season to have three players reach this feat in the same year.

5 WHAT’S AT STAKE:

The winner of Wednesday’s semifinal will advance to the

championship game Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. against the winner of Lakeland/Edgewood.

Probable Starters Marian University 03 Mike Keller 14 Sam Koslowski 15 Cody Veleke 22 Alex Stecker 23 Drew Binversie Aurora University 11 Gavin Walker 21 Kyle Pilmer 22 Brandon Smith 23 Kalmon Stokes 33 Sean Gant

Pos. F G F G G Pos. G C G G G

Ht. 6-1 6-1 6-5 5-9 6-0 Ht. 5-11 6-8 6-1 6-5 6-0

Yr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Yr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr.

Hometown/Previous School Oostburg, Wis./Oostburg Neenah, Wis./St. Mary’s Central Oakfield, Wis./Oakfield Oostburg, Wis./Oostburg Valders, Wis./Valders Hometown/Previous School Clemson, S.C./Plainfield Aurora, Ill./West Aurora Berkeley, Ill./Walther Lutheran Huntersville, N.C./Oswego East Oswego, Ill./Oswego

Pts. Reb. Ast. 4.1 2.3 1.2 13.6 3.7 2.5 13.0 4.5 1.7 7.4 2.6 3.2 8.9 4.5 3.0 Pts. Reb. Ast. 5.8 3.3 4.7 8.8 6.3 0.6 14.6 2.5 2.2 13.2 6.5 0.8 3.0 2.3 1.4


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