Men’S BaSketBall
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The Centrum When Southern Utah University’s 5,300seat Centrum was completed in 1985, it was hoped the state-of-the art facility would push the Thunderbirds to the highest levels of collegiate sports. Clearly, those hopes are being fulfilled. During the 26 seasons the Thunderbirds have played in the building it has been an inhospitable venue for visiting teams. The Thunderbirds have won 242 of 316 games in the building, a winning percentage of 76.6. The Centrum was a key factor in SUU’s jump to the NCAA Division I ranks in 1988 and played a large role in Southern Utah’s bid to join the Summit League, and its more recent move to the Big Sky. Since opening in November of 1985, the Centrum has attracted thousands of people to Cedar City for Thunderbird sports, concerts and numerous other athletic, academic and performing arts events. The Utah Jazz have twice called the Centrum home for fall training camp and each year the Centrum is the centerpiece venue for the Utah Summer Games. The facility – which covers six acres and cost just over $8 million to build – is part of the Sharwan Smith Center, which houses the SUU Bookstore, Grand Ballroom, food services, and all of the student services offices. The concourse of the Centrum houses studios for SUTV and Power 91 – SUU’s television and radio stations – the basketball offices, academic offices and numerous classrooms and art studios.
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Basketball Table Of Contents 2010-11 Review/Stats/Results. . . . . . . . . . . 52-53 2011-12 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 The Centrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cedar City & Iron County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Roger Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13 Ron Carling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Johnny Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Kenya Crandell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Drew Allen/Alan Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-49 Photo Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-41 President Michael T. Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67 Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-63 Results, Four-Year Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-60 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 78 SUU Athletic Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 SUU Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6973 SUU Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Southern Utah University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-75 SUU Vs. The Opposition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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SUU Quick Facts Location: Cedar City, Utah 84720 Mailing Address: 351 W. Center Enrollment: 8,066 Founded: 1897 Nickname: Thunderbirds Colors: Scarlet and White Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League President: Dr. Michael Benson Athletic Director: Ken Beazer Assoc. AD/Sports Medicine: Ricky Mendini Assoc. AD/Compliance: Todd Brown Assoc. AD/Business: Jason Norris SWA: Marlene Barth FAR: Dr. Deborah Hill Head Coach: Roger Reid (Weber State ‘68) Reid’s Career Record: 192-156 (12 seasons) Reid At SUU: 40-80 (Four seasons) Best Time To Reach Reid: Contact SID Assistant Coaches: Ron Carling (Utah ‘83) Johnny Brown (New Mexico ‘86) Kenya Crandell (Nebraska-Kearney ‘96) Basketball Office Phone: 435-865-8063 Basketball Office Fax: 435-865-8397 2010-11 Overall Record: 11-19 Home: 6-8 Away: 4-8 Neutral: 1-3 2010-11 Summit League Record: 7-11 (8th) Summit League Tournament: Lost, 82-66, to Oakland in tournament quarterfinals NCAA Tournament: None 2008-09 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 7/5 Redshirts/Eligible Transfers Returning: 1 Credits: Photos by Joey DeGraaf, Asher Swan, Inertia Sports Media and Neil Gardner.
SUU Sports Information Assistant AD, Media Relations: Neil Gardner (Men’s Basketball Contact) Office: (435) 586-7753 Cellular: (435) 559-0275 e-mail: gardner@suu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Cottam Office: (435) 586-7752 e-mail: cottam@suu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director: Kyle Newhouse Office: (435) 586-7758 e-mail: kylenewhouse@suu.edu Sports Information FAX: (435) 586-5444 Press Row: (435) 586-7858 Visiting Radio Lines: (435) 586-1900/1919 Website: www.suutbirds.com
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Covering the Thunderbirds Credentials
Thunderbird Radio Network Each of Southern Utah University’s 2010-11 men’s basketball ball games will be broadcast live on SUU’s Power 91 (91.1) and Cedar City’s KSUB AM (590 AM). Power 91’s broadcasts will also be available on the world wide web at www.suu.edu/ksuu. Between the two stations fans virtually around the globe can tune in to Thunderbird action. Dr. Art Challis, a communication professor at SUU, is in his 39th season as the voice of Thunderbird basketball. He is joined by former SUU standout Dean O’Driscoll.
Newspapers Tom Zulewski The Daily News 369 N. 100 W. Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-7646 FAX: (435) 586-7471
Sports Desk University Journal Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-5488 FAX: (435) 586-5487
Sports Desk Cedar City Review 912 Airport Road Cedar City, UT 84720 (435) 586-5678 FAX: (435) 635-7800
David Cordero – Sports The Daily Spectrum 275 E. St. George Blvd. St. George, UT 84770 (435) 674-6233 FAX: (435) 674-6265
Sports Desk Salt Lake Tribune 90 S. 400 W. Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (801) 257-8900 FAX: (801) 257-8950
Sports Desk Deseret News P.O. Box 1257 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 (801) 237-2161 FAX: (801) 237-2543
Requests for media credentials for games held in Cedar City should be made no later than two days prior to the game. To request credentials or arrange an interview with an SUU player or coach, contact SUU Athletic Media Relations Director Neil Gardner at: (435) 586-7753 or at: gardner@suu.edu.
Highlight Feeds The SUU Media Relations Office produces a 5-10 minute highlight package for selected home games. The packages are available via Southern Utah’s ftp site. For information, contact SUU Athletic Media Relations Director Neil Gardner.
Phone Lines Radio stations wishing to broadcast a game from the Centrum should alert the SUU Media Relations Office well in advance of the broadcast date. Two phone lines are available for visiting stations, but space on press row is limited. Visiting stations are asked to limit broadcast teams to three persons. All line charges are the responsibility of the visiting station unless other arrangements are made.
Press Services
Radio Stations Art Challis (play-by-play) Power 91, SUU Cedar City, UT 84721 PH (435) 586-7975 FAX (435) 865-8352
KSUB Radio P.O. Box 819 Cedar City, UT 84721 PH (435) 586-5273 FAX (435) 586-0437
KNNZ Radio P.O. Box 858 Cedar City, UT 84720 PH (435) 586-5900 FAX (435) 586-0437
KSL Radio P.O. Box 1160 Salt Lake City, UT 84180 PH (801) 575-7676 FAX (801) 575-5560
KFNZ Radio 434 W. Bearcat Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84115 PH (801) 570-5326 FAX (801) 487-5369
KALL Radio 515 S. 700 E., Suite 2R Salt Lake City, Utah 84180 PH (801) 908-1500 FAX (801) 908-1389
The Centrum Arena provides working space for properly credentialed print and electronic media personnel. Halftime statistics, final statistics and final play-by-play will be distributed. SUU provides a secure wireless internet service in the Centrum Arena.
KNZS Radio, 515 S. 700 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 801-524-2600 Fax: 801-933-4713
Wire Service Associated Press, 30 East 100 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 801-322-3405 Fax: 801-322-0051
Television Stations KCSG Sports 158 W. 1600 S., Suite 200 St. George, Utah 84770 PH (435) 986-9715 FAX (435) 986-9716
KUTV Sports (CBS) 299 S. Main, Suite 150 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 PH (801) 973-3232 FAX (801) 973-4176
KSL TV Sports (NBC) Broadcast Hse, 5 Triad Ctr. Salt Lake City, UT 84180 PH (801) 575-5535 FAX (801) 575-5560
KMYU Sports 31 East St. George Blvd. St. George, Utah 84770 PH (435) 773-6323 FAX (435) 773-6324
KSTU Sports (FOX) 5020 Amelia Earhart Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 PH (801) 536-1313 FAX (801) 537-5335
KTVX - Sports (ABC) 1760 Fremont Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84104 PH (801) 975-4427 FAX (801) 973-3349
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2011-12 Southern Utah Outlook
2011-12 Schedule Date 11-2 11-8 11-11 11-12 11-13 11-17 11-19 11-23 11-26 12-3 12-10 12-20 12-22 12-28 12-30 1-3 1-5 1-7 1-12 1-14 1-19 1-21 1-26 1-28 2-2 2-4 2-9 2-11 2-15 2-18 2-25 2-3/6
Opponent St. Martins University (EX) Colorado-Mesa College (EX) UC Davis @ San Diego State @ Bryant @ Montana State-Billings At Utah State Southern Virginia Troy At Oral Roberts At Weber State At Troy UC Davis At South Dakota* At UMKC* At IPFW* South Dakota State* North Dakota State* At IUPUI* At Western Illinois* Oakland* IPFW* UMKC* South Dakota* At North Dakota State* At South Dakota State* Western Illinois* IUPUI* At Oakland* At TBA% Oral Roberts* Summit League Tournament
Time 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Noon 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. TBA 7:30 p.m. TBA
All Times Site Of Game * Summit League games @ at BT Classic (hosted by San Diego State) % Sears Bracket Buster Game
The 2011-12 season holds promise for Southern Utah’s men’s basketball team. With seven lettermen returning from last year’s squad, including three starters, as well as another player who was a major contributor before an LDS church mission, Coach Roger Reid’s team this year is more experienced and seasoned than any in his four previous years. The three starters: senior center Matt Massey, senior point guard Ray Jones, Jr. and junior forward Jackson Stevenett, accounted for nearly half of the team’s points and a third of its rebounds last year, and just two of the team’s top contributors do not return this season, wing Ryan Brimley, who was lost to graduation, and forward Kyle Davis, who departed on an LDS church mission. Massey was tied as the team’s second-leading scorer last season with an average of 9.4 points per game and was third on the squad with 3.3 rebounds per game. Jones, who averaged 9.2 ppg – fourth on the squad – was the team’s assists leader, with 3.97 per game, and he pulled down 3.1 rebounds per game as well. Stevenett led the team in scoring with 10.1 ppg, was second in rebounds with 3.7, and was tied for third on the team – along with Massey – with a .549 shooting percentage. The returning lettermen include senior forward Ramell Taylor, senior guard Brian Cameron, junior guard Damon Heuir and junior center/forward Tyson Koehler. Also back this season is sophomore center/forward Jaren Jeffery, who earned a letter as a true freshman in 2008-09, prior to serving an LDS church mission. In addition to those players, freshman center Cal Hanks, who spent last season as a redshirt, returns to the squad this season The Thunderbirds have also added a handful of newcomers, including JC transfers Julian Scott, Wade Collie and Jordan Johnson, and freshmen Chris Nsenki, Courtney Austin, Matt Gardner and John Renfro. Walk-ons Austin and Renfro are slated to redshirt in 2011-12. “As a team and coaching staff we’re really excited about the upcoming season,” Coach Reid said. “We’ve got a group of guys who have been in the program now three and four years, so we have continuity, we have good chemistry, and we’re excited to have three starters coming back this season. “The guys we have coming back know what we want, they know what’s expected, they understand the price they have to pay conditioning and in the weight room, and the new players have picked up on that,” Coach Reid went on to say. “All that, to me, helps us to have great team chemistry and unity, and those things add up to wins. “I think this is the best continuity we’ve had in the program since we’ve been here,” he added. “We’ve got Matt Massey who has been in the program four years, Jackson Stevenett and Damon Heuir who have been here three and other guys who have been here a couple of years. We’ve got guys who know the system, who have played in the league, who know what it takes to win at this level and what it’s like to go on the road in a tough conference and win games.” The schedule is one thing that Coach Reid mentioned right away, as the Thunderbirds have some stern early road tests and are scheduled to play six of their first eight Summit League games on the road, including the first four. “I like our schedule,” he said. “We’re playing some good teams but we’ve always played a great schedule. We have San Diego State that was the No. 6 team in the country last year, we play at Utah State which is the defending WAC champion and always a power, and we play at Weber State, who has been
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2011-12 Southern Utah Outlook picked to win the Big Sky, a conference we’re excited about joining next season. Plus, our league is strong again, and if we can get off to a strong start we will get benefits down the stretch. “This will be the third straight season we’ve started with a road-heavy conference schedule,” he pointed out. “The last two years we’ve played five of our first seven [league] games on the road and this year it will be six of our first eight. That makes it difficult to get a fast start in the league, but the other side of that is we do get to finish with seven of our last nine [league games] at home.” Last year the team was able to capitalize on the favorable home schedule going down the stretch, winning five of the last eight. During that stretch the Thunderbirds swept the IUPUI/Western Illinois road trip, with a 2-point loss to Oral Roberts, a 3-point setback against UMKC and a loss to regularseason and tournament champ Oakland in the mix. “We were playing good basketball down the stretch, winning five of the last eight with two wins on the road and those two close losses,” Reid observed. “The way we were playing at the end of the season last year gives me a lot of optimism heading into this season, especially considering who is coming back. “With Ray, Matt and Jackson we have a solid foundation of starters who give us leadership, experience and ability,” the coach noted. “Ramell, Damon and Tyson all have starting experience as well, Brian is experienced, and Jaren Jeffery also knows what its like and once he gets back into shape after his mission he’s going to help us as well. “Once our newcomers learn what it takes to compete at this level – and there’s an adjustment period for everyone – we should continue to improve throughout the season,” he concluded. When making a position-by-position analysis of the squad Reid began with the guards, point guard in particular, where Jones returns after starting all 30 games last year and Nsenki is poised to provide depth. “Ray had a great year last year even thought he was coming out of junior college,” Reid noted. “It’s not easy being a point guard coming out of a JC program playing who we were playing, but what he has gone through has made him more confident and a better player. He spent the summer here working out and lifting weights and he’s improved his game. We haven’t had a point guard since we’ve been here with his experience and versatility and he’s one of the reasons for our optimism.” Scheduled to play behind Jones and learn is true freshman Chris Nsenki, who was one of the top prep players in Missouri last season. He was a first-team all-state selection and a finalist for the DiRenna Award, Kansas City’s MVP, after averaging 21.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists last season when he led Park Hill High School to a conference championship. “Chris is a talented freshman who has great credentials coming out of high school,” Reid pointed out. “He’ll learn a lot playing behind Ray as our backup point guard, and he will be capable when Ray needs a blow or if he gets into foul trouble. I really like his future, he’s a good ball handler, has great floor vision and he’s working to become a better shooter.” Heuir is a player who has point guard experience, but is also one the coaches would rather use on the wing to take advantage of his shooting ability. He averaged just 3.0 points per game last season but he showed flashes of brilliance at times, with 18 point outbursts at UC Davis and at home against Cal State Bakersfield. “Damon is more of a wing for us, but he could play point
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2011-12 Southern Utah Outlook guard if we need him to,” Reid said. “He had a few starts at the point his freshman season and he played behind Ray there last year, but we see him as a wing. He’s in his third year in the program and his confidence has grown each year. He’s shown confidence in his abilities and he has the potential to be an outside scoring threat. We have confidence in him as a perimeter shooter, but he’s also very athletic and his play on the defensive end has improved.” Stevenett began his SUU career as an undersized four-man, but he’s worked on his shot and is now considered to be a wing. He missed the first eight games last season because of off-thecourt issues, but once he joined the team he became one of the Thunderbirds’ most potent scoring threats, averaging a teamhigh 10.1 points per game overall and 11.1 ppg in Summit League match-ups. He was also the team’s second-leading rebounder, with 4.4 in league and 3.7 in all games. “Jackson is a wing who can also play the four,” Reid noted. “He’s worked hard and is just an all-around solid basketball player. Considering his size he has an uncanny ability to score inside against bigger people, he’s crafty, but he’s also a threat for 18-to-20 feet. He’s improved his outside game tremendously in the past two years, and he has really improved defensively as well. He’s a leader on the floor and also an outstanding rebounder, especially for his size.” Providing depth at the wing positions will be Cameron and Collie and Johnson, while Gardner will learn and look for his opportunities. Cameron appeared in 15 games as a reserve last year after spending the 2008-09 season with a medical redshirt. A highly recruited prep out of Las Vegas who spent a year at Air Force Prep, Collie joins the Thunderbirds after a season at Wallace State, where he earned second-team all-Alabama CC honors after averaging 12.4 points, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals last year. Johnson is a defensive specialist who averaged 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds on Eastern Wyoming’s NJCAA tournament team last year, while Gardner joins the team after returning from an LDS church mission following a successful high school career at Utah’s Spanish Fork High. “Brian Cameron is very athletic, an outstanding jumper and one of the better perimeter defenders on our team,” Reid said. “He’s probably the most athletic player we have, and when he gets confidence, once he is consistently making good decisions he will become more of a contributor for us. “Wade is another very athletic player who comes to us from the junior college ranks,” Reid pointed out. “His only real limitation is how quickly he picks up the system. He has good offensive skills around the basket and on the perimeter, but he is also an outstanding defender, with quick feet and good instincts. He’ll definitely help us on the wing as the season goes along. “Jordan Johnson is another JC player we think will help us,” Reid noted. “He brings tremendous energy, particularly on the defensive end. He will give us quality minutes because of his energy and work ethic, he’ll help us. “Matt is one of our better perimeter shooters but he’s solid in all aspects of the game,” Reid went on to say. “His dad was a high school coach, so he’s been around the game his whole life. As he gets into shape and learns he’ll earn playing time.” Up front the Thunderbirds have a handful of versatile players. Massey can play either the four or the five, as can Koehler, Jeffery and Scott. Hanks is strictly a post player, while Taylor is a four with the shooting range of a wing. Massey – who has already graduated and is working on his MBA this year – played very well early in the season last year,
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2011-12 Southern Utah Outlook earning all-tournament honors at the Great Alaska Shootout. He finished the season tied for second on the team in scoring with a 9.4 ppg average and he started all but one game. He can score inside but he can also shoot with range out to the 3-point line. “Matt has improved every season he’s been with us,” Reid said. “His confidence has grown as he’s gone through the battles in the arena. He’s got good post skills but he also has the ability to shoot from the perimeter. He’s an outstanding shooter for an inside player. He’s also worked hard to improve his post defense. Matt is one of our captains (along with Jones and Taylor), he’s a leader on the team and as long as he can stay healthy he will be a solid player for us.” Koehler started five games in the post last year but was also a contributor off the bench. He wound up averaging 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in just 13.7 minutes per game. He’s another player who can play both with his back to the basket or facing the basket. “Tyson is a lot like Matt [Massey],” Reid points out. “He’s a good shooter for a big guy, a pretty consistent outside shooter, but he can post-up and score in side as well. He has good size and strength but he has to improve his stamina and defense. When he does he’ll be able to give us a bigger contribution.” Jeffery, who is more of a true post, walked on to the team in 2008 and wound up earning a scholarship after appearing in 21 games, mostly down the stretch, and giving the Thunderbirds a reliable second option in the post. One of his most notable performances came in the Summit League tournament when he had seven rebounds in the T-Birds’ quarterfinal win over IUPUI. He returned from an LDS church mission this past summer, however, and is still working to get into basketball shape. “Jaren is a player you love to coach,” Reid said. “He came to us as a walk-on as a freshman but with hard work and dedication, by the end of the year he was playing major minutes for us. On the basis of his work ethic we wound up offering him a scholarship and we are very happy he’s back from his mission. How quickly he gets back into shave will determine how much he plays, but he’s an excellent defensive player and he has some offensive skills in the post as well.” Scott, another JC transfer, earned all-Bay Valley Conference honors last year at Yuba College, where he averaged 12.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game on a 25-6 squad. Another strong, physical player, he can play both the four and the five. “Julian has great strength but he has to learn how to use his physical tools inside at this level,” Reid pointed out. “He has some work to do learning how to transition from offense to defense, but he is very good in transition the other way. Offensively he’s talented, he has post skills and he can shoot the jump shot out to about 15 feet. He’s another player who will play more and more as he learns the system.” Hanks spent last season as a redshirt following a successful high school career playing for former T-Bird Jim Crosbie at Utah’s Mountain Crest HS. An all-state selection his senior season when he helped MCHS to an appearance in the state championship game, the coaches see him as a player with a world of potential if he has the patience to develop it. “Cal is a young man with an excellent upside,” Reid noted. “He has good size, he’s a hard worker with a great work ethic, and he got good experience as a redshirt last year. He will help us as he matures, he’s strong inside, but he needs to continue to work. He needs to be patient and let the game come to him, if he does he can be a good college basketball player.” Taylor is a player who the coaches believe can be a difference maker. One of the team’s top producers early in the season last year, his performance dropped off for a time but he finished the season strong once he learned the system and the coaches devised ways to utilize his talents. He can shoot, score and play defense, and will be a key to the team’s success. “Ramell will be a big key to us having a good year,” Reid said. “He had his ups and downs last year making the adjustment from junior college to Division I, but he has tremendous potential. He probably has the most athletic ability on the team, he is an explosives jumper off two feet, a good rebounder and he’s quick to the basket. Ramell also has a nice shot, and with his athletic ability he can shoot over you or take you to the basket, go around you and score. He also runs like a deer and changes ends of the court well, he’s a very good player in transition.” With so much versatility and depth on the squad this year, the coaches and players are confident the Thunderbirds will improve on last year’s finish and surprise many observers. “We have a team that understands what we want,” Reid pointed out. “We have good chemistry, we have good student-athletes, we have talent at every position and we have good basketball players, players who know what it takes, what sacrifices they have to make, to be successful. All those things, at least in my mind, add up to wins.”
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff
Roger Reid Head Coach
Weber State, 1968
Fifth Season At SUU 40-80 at SUU, 192-156 overall 1990, 1992 WAC and District Coach of the Year Roger Reid is in his fifth season as SUU’s head basketball coach. A 38-year veteran of the coaching ranks, Coach Reid came to Southern Utah in the spring of 2007 from Snow College, where he spent the previous two seasons as head coach. Last year, with a team made up largely of sophomores and newcomers, Coach Reid led the Thunderbirds to an 11-19 record and a spot in The Summit League tournament. The team struggled early but finished strong, winning four of its last six games, including road wins at IUPUI and Western Illinois, down the stretch heading into the tournament. The only losses during the stretch came at the hands of Summit League regular-season and tournament champion Oakland and regularseason and tournament runner-up Oral Roberts. In 2010 Coach Reid worked with a very young team that featured seven freshmen, six of whom played significant minutes. With just one senior starter the team took its lumps but the team still had its share of highlights, including an overtime win against defending Summit League regular-season and tournament champion North Dakota State and a season-finale win over Centenary that saw senior Davis Baker conclude his career as one of SUU’s all-time leading scorers. In addition to Baker’s accomplishments, freshman Matt Hodgson set the SUU single-season blocks record under Coach Reid’s tutelage last season. In 2009 Coach Reid guided the team to its first Summit League post-season win since 2003 as the T-Birds upset fourth-seed IUPUI in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament. SUU also gave eventual tournament champ North Dakota State all it wanted in the semi-finals before bowing out of the tournament. During the season SUU was one of just two league teams to beat NDSU, and the only one to do it in Fargo, N.D. SUU posted an 11-20 overall record last year, including an 8-10 mark in conference play, good for a fifth-place finish. The most notable accomplishment for Coach Reid’s Thunderbirds in 2008-09, however, was a national free throw shooting championship as SUU led all of Division I with its 79.6 percent accuracy rate. SUU also led the Summit League in 3point percentage defense, while individually, Davis Baker earned all-conference honors and John Clifford led the league in rebounding and was second in field goal percentage. In his first year at SUU, Coach Reid led the team to a 9-9 Summit League record and a fifth-place finish in the conference, despite taking over a team that returned just four lettermen from the previous season. The season started slowly for SUU, but as the team came together the wins came too. Under Reid’s leadership the Thunderbirds led the league in assists and were among the league-leaders in most major statistical categories in league games in 07-08. Senior forward Geoff Payne earned first-team all-Summit League recognition and was named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year.
Reid’s teams have performed academically year as well, as he has had players earn spots on the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Excellence each season, including and four who have also been named to the NABC’s Honors Court for their work in the classroom. During his two seasons at Snow, Coach Reid oversaw the ascent of the program from a middle-of-the-pack contender to a conference championship team. In 2007 he led the Badgers to a 23-8 record and a Scenic West Athletic Conference regular-season championship as well as No. 18 national ranking. He also coached a handful of all-Scenic West Athletic Conference performers, including 2006 SWAC Player of the Year Geoff Payne. Coach Reid’s teams at Snow excelled on the defensive end, twice finishing second in the SWAC and among the country’s leaders in scoring defense. Prior to taking over the Snow College program in the spring of 2005, Coach Reid spent seven seasons coaching in the professional ranks, including five as an assistant for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (helping the Suns to a pair of NBA playoff appearances), and two as head coach of the Hangzhou Horses in the Chinese Basketball Association, China’s professional league. At Hangzhou he took over a team with six straight losing seasons and quickly guided them to the CBA playoffs.
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff Coach Reid is probably best known for his success as head coach at Brigham Young University. While at BYU he guided the Cougars to a 152-76 record and three Western Athletic Conference championships during his seven full seasons at the program’s helm. Under Reid’s watch the Cougars earned five NCAA tournament berths as well as an NIT. Reid was named WAC and district coach of the year twice and his career winning percentage of .667 is the highest of any coach with more than two years in the position in the school’s NCAA-era history. Reid also spent 11 seasons as an assistant at BYU, working under both Frank Arnold and Ladell Anderson. While at BYU Coach Reid mentored 11 players who went on to be drafted into the National Basketball Association as well as 13 more who joined the professional ranks overseas. Included among that group are NBA standouts Danny Ainge and Fred Roberts, who each have sons who have been affiliated with the current SUU squad: former Thunderbird assistant Austin Ainge swingman Rick Roberts. In seven-plus years coaching at BYU Reid had 13 different players named all-conference and he had three in two years at Snow College. Coach Reid also coached players to 28 academic all-WAC awards, had two WAC freshmen of the year, two players named to the WAC’s all-defensive team and five allWAC tournament selections. Four of Coach Reid’s teams led the WAC in scoring average and in field goal percentage, and his teams led the conference in 3-point percentage three times. He also had one squad which led the league in free throw percentage, one which led in rebounding margin, one which led in scoring margin and one which led in field goal percentage defense. Coach Reid is justifiably proud of his players’ graduation rate. Fully 97 percent of the players who have completed their careers on his squad have received their degrees, an outstanding figure by any comparison. Coach Reid’s teams at Brigham Young averaged 22 wins per year and during his tenure he guided the squad to six straight seasons with 21 wins or more. Reid carries a career winning percentage of 69.8 in Western Athletic Conference games after winning 83 of 120 conference games during his career, and he has a home mark of 91-14, giving him wins in 87 percent of his home contests. His first team at BYU was picked to finish sixth but won the WAC regular-season title after going 11-5 in league games and 15-0 at home as he earned his first coach of the year award. He won his first WAC tournament title the following season when his team upset No. 8 Utah and in 1992 he earned his second district and conference coach of the year awards after the team went 25-7 (12-4 in the WAC) and won both the regular-season and WAC tournament titles. In 1993 he guided the team to its second straight 25-win campaign. That team won 12 straight games en route to repeating as WAC champions and also played Duke for the championship of the Maui Invitational. In the next two seasons the team won 22 and 21 games and in 1996 Coach Reid picked up his 150th win in just seven seasons. A graduate of Weber State University, where he lettered in both basketball and baseball, Coach Reid’s first head coaching job was at Payson High School and he also coached at Utah’s Clearfield High. He is also a graduate of the College of Eastern Utah, where he earned all-American honors in baseball and is enshrined in the school’s athletic hall of fame.
Reid and his wife Diane are the parents of five children: Randy, who is in business in Utah and New York City; Robbie, a former professional basketball player in both Europe and South America who is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School; David, who passed away in 1980; Darren, a graduate of Ohio State’s law school who is in practice in Utah; and Kelli, a graduate of the University of Utah.
Roger Reid Against: Air Force 15 Alabama-Birmingham 1 Arizona 0 Arizona State 3 Ball State 0 Boise State 1 Brigham Young 0 California 0 UC Riverside 1 Cal Baptist 0 Cal Poly 1 Cal State Bakersfield 2 Cal State Northridge 2 Centenary 6 Clemson 0 UC-Colorado Springs 0 UC Davis 0 Colorado State 10 Drake 0 Duke 0 Eastern Kentucky 1 E. Tennessee State 0 Eastern Washington 1 Florida 1 Fresno State 7 Cal State Fullerton 0 Georgia 1 Hawaii 10 Houston 0 Houston Baptist 1 IPFW 3 IUPUI 2 James Madison 2 Kansas 0 LaSalle 0 Louisiana State 0 Louisiana Tech 1 Louisville 1 McNeese State 2 Memphis State 1 Mesa State 1 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 Mississippi 1 Mississippi State 0 Morgan State 1 Nebraska 0 Nevada 1 New Mexico 7 Nicholls State 1
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1 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 8 1 0 6 7 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 0
NE Louisiana 1 0 North Carolina 0 1 North Dakota State 4 5 North Texas 1 0 Northern Colorado 0 1 Northwestern 1 0 Northwestern State 1 0 Oakland 3 6 Oklahoma 1 0 Oklahoma Baptist 1 0 Oklahoma State 1 0 Oral Roberts 0 8 Oregon 0 1 Oregon State 0 1 Pacific 0 1 Panhandle State 1 0 Penn State 0 1 Princeton 1 0 Rutgers 0 1 St. Johns 0 1 Sacramento State 3 0 San Diego State 12 2 San Jose State 1 0 Santa Clara 1 0 Seattle Pacific 0 1 Siena 1 0 Stetson 0 1 South Carolina 1 1 South Dakota State 2 6 Southern Methodist 1 0 Southern Utah 2 0 U. of the Southwest 1 0 Tennessee Tech 1 2 Texas Tech 1 1 Tulane 0 1 Tulsa 3 0 UMKC 4 4 UNLV 0 3 Utah 10 9 Utah State 11 5 Utah Valley 0 2 UTEP 12 3 Virginia 1 0 Wayland Baptist 1 0 Weber State 5 6 Western Illinois 4 4 Western Washington 1 0 Wyoming 10 3 0 1 Washington Total 181 137
2011-12 Southern Utah Staff Reid Notes Coach Reid’s Milestone Wins #1 # 10 # 20 # 30 # 39 # 40 # 41 # 42 # 50 # 60 # 67 # 70 # 73 # 80 # 90 # 92 # 100 # 110 # 114 # 115 # 120 # 130 # 140 # 150 # 163 # 160 # 170 # 173 # 180 #190
83-62, Sienna, 11-24-1989 – Wins first game as head coach 63-60, San Diego State, 1-6-1990 – Starts 10-game win streak 75-64, Wyoming, 2-24-1990 72-65, New Mexico, 1-12-1990 69-56, Colorado State, 3-7-1991 – First WAC Tournament win 73-71, Hawaii, 3-8-1991 – WAC Tourney 51-49 (OT), Utah, 3-9-1991 – 1991 WAC Championship 61-48, Virginia, 3-14-1991 – First NCAA Tournament win 79-73, Florida, 12-29-1991 – Red Lobster Classic Championship 58-56, Utah, 2-20-1992 73-71, UTEP, 2-14-1992 – 1992 WAC Championship 108-62, Southern Utah, 12-11-1992 – First of two wins over SUU 75-75, Oklahoma at Maui Invitational – OU was ranked No. 6 84-80, Hawaii, 1-23-1993 – No. 4 in 12-game WAC win streak 84-63, UTEP, 3-4-1993 – Clinched WAC regular-season title 80-71, SMU, 3-18-1991 – Second NCAA Tourney win 67-59, UTEP, 1-5-1994 – First WAC win of 1994 94-82, Air Force, 2-17-1994 74-67, Arizona State, 3-17-1994 – First NIT win 69-59, Oklahoma St. at Great Alaska Shootout – OSU was Top-10 80-53, Northwestern St., 12-10-1995 – Cougar Classic championship 95-89 (OT), UTEP, 1-26-1995 74-64, Louisiana Tech, 12-9-1995 – Cougar Classic championship 81-68, San Diego State, 2-15-1996 57-54, Sacramento State, 11-14-2008 – First win at SUU 72-67, North Dakota State, 2-16-2008 81-69, UMKC, 2-7-2009 53-48, IUPUI, 3-8-09 – First Summit League Tournament win 69-56, UMKC, 1-30-2010 70-49, Centenary, 2-10-2011
x In 2009 Coach Reid led the Thunderbirds to their first postseason win since 2003, a 53-48 win over IUPUI in the Summit League quarterfinals. x SUU has out-rebounded its opponents every year since Coach Reid took over the program. x Coach Reid has seen 96 percent of the student athletes he has coached receive college degrees. x Coach Reid has coached teams to four conference championships, two conference tournament championships and six post-season tournaments, including five NCAA tournament appearances. x Coach Reid guided BYU to six straight 21-plus win seasons during his tenure with the Cougars. x Coach Reid’s teams have averaged 20 wins per year throughout his coaching career. x In seven-plus years coaching at BYU Reid had 13 different players named all-conference, he had three in two years at Snow College and one in his first season at Southern Utah as well as a newcomer of the year at SUU. Eight players on last year’s team earned academic all-Summit League recognition. Coach Reid also coached players to 28 academic allWAC awards, had two WAC freshmen of the year, two players named to the WAC’s all-defensive team and five allWAC tournament selections. x Four of Coach Reid’s teams led the WAC in scoring average and in field goal percentage, and his teams led the conference in 3-point percentage three times. He also had one squad which led the league in free throw percentage, one which led in rebounding margin, one which led in scoring margin and one which led in field goal percentage defense. Coach Reid’s home record at BYU was 91-14.
The Reid Ledger Hometown: Springville, Utah Playing Experience: Lettered in both basketball and baseball at Weber State University. Was a junior college all-American in baseball at College of Eastern Utah and subsequently was inducted into the CEU Hall of Fame. Was drafted into professional baseball and spent time in the Chicago White Sox and Atlanta Braves organizations. Education: B.S., Physical Education, Weber State, 1968 Earned the Outstanding Student Teacher Award Coaching Experience: Head Coach, Southern Utah ...............2007-Present Head Coach, Snow College..........................2005-07 Head Coach, Hangzhou (Chinese League) ..2003-05 Assistant Coach, Phoenix Suns ................1998-2003 Head Coach, Brigham Young........................1989-97 Assistant Coach, Brigham Young..................1978-89 Clearfield High School, Head Coach ............1974-78 Payson High School, Head Coach................1971-74 Coaching Honors: Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, 1990 and 1992 NACBC District VII Coach of the Year, 1990 and 1992 Scenic West Coach of the Year, 2007
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Coach Reid Year-by-Year Conference
Year 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 TOTAL
W 21 21 25 25 22 22 15 1 11 11 7 11 192
L 9 13 7 9 10 10 13 5 19 20 22 19 156
Pct. .700 .618 .781 .735 .688 .688 .537 .166 .367 .355 .241 .367 .552
Finish 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th N/A 5th 5th 9th 8th
Post-Season NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament NIT NCAA Tournament None None None None None None 5 NCAA, 1 NIT
Notables Coached By Roger Reid NBA Draftees Danny Ainge – Boston Celtics Brett Applegate – Portland Trailblazers Shawn Bradley – Philadelphia 76ers Steve Craig – Philadelphia 76ers Devin Durrant – Indiana Pacers Tom Gneiting – Seattle Supersonics Greg Kite – Boston Celtics Fred Roberts – Milwaukee Bucks Timo Saarelainen – LA Lakers Michael Smith – Boston Celtics Alan Taylor – Utah Jazz
Professionals Overseas Scott Runia – Holland Steve Trumbo – Spain Jim Usevitch – Israel, Greece Jeff Chatman – Switzerland Andy Toolson – Utah Jazz, Italy, Greece, Spain Marty Haws – Belgium Gary Trost – Portugal, Argentina Ryan Cuff – Spain Jared Miller – Portugal Russell Larson – Spain Robbie Reid – Italy, Austria, Estonia Kenneth Roberts – Spain, Portugal Byron Ruffner – Sweden, Belgium
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff
Ron Carling Brigham Young ‘70 Fifth Year At SUU
Ron Carling is in his fifth season as an assistant on the Southern Utah staff. A 40-year veteran of the coaching ranks, Carling came to SUU from Snow College, where he served as Roger Reid’s top assistant for two seasons, helping the Badgers to a Scenic West Athletic Conference championship in 2006-07. He continues as the top assistant at SUU, where he works with the team’s big men as well as with scouting and recruiting. Coach Carling literally has a world of coaching experience, with stops at both the college and high school levels as well as in the international arena. He spent 24 seasons as a high school head coach, including 13 at Salt Lake City’s Alta High School where he guided the Hawks to a pair of Utah 5A state championships. He has also spent time as a college assistant, at BYU-Hawaii and Adams State as well as at Snow College, and has had a long affiliation with AAU and junior national programs in this country as well as in Australia. In Australia he also worked with both the men’s and women’s Olympic teams and served as the commissioner of the Australian National Basketball League. Carling’s international experience has also included a term as the Australian National director of coaching where, in addition to working with the Olympic teams, he was in charge of junior basketball development for Australia. He has also served as an assistant on the USA Junior National Team at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia, as well as head coach of the USA Junior National Team in the Nike Hoop Summit and head coach of the USA Select Team on a tour of Spain and Italy. Coach Carling is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a Master’s degree in physical education from the University of Utah. He and his wife Karin are the parents of four children: Shannon, Stacy, Nate and Greg.
The Carling File Coaching Experience: Assistant Coach, Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-Present Assistant Coach, Snow College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-07 Assistant Coach, Adams State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04 Head Coach, Alta High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-2002 Australian National Director of Coaching, Assistant Coach, Men’s & Women’s Olympic teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-81 Education: B.S., History/Physical Education, Brigham Young, 1970 M.A., Physical Education/Health, Utah, 1983 Family: Wife Karin; Children, Shannon, Stacy, Nate and Greg
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff
Johnny Brown
New Mexico ‘86 Fifth Year At SUU
Johnny Brown is in his fifth season as a member of the SUU coaching staff. Coach Brown works with the Thunderbird big men and guards as well as with conditioning, scouting, recruiting and on-the-floor coaching. Brown, an 18-year veteran of the college coaching ranks, came to SUU from New Mexico Junior College where he spent the 2006-07 season as an assistant. He has also worked previously at the Division I level, serving on the staffs at Fresno State, Montana State, Northern Iowa, and Texas A&MCorpus Christi during his career. Brown helped Fresno State to NIT bids in 1996, ’97 and ’98 but left the Bulldogs to help establish the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi program, which played its first season in 1999-2000. He also helped coach Eastern Oklahoma College to a regional final appearance in 2001-02 and a semi-final appearance in 2003-04. A former first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection and threetime all-star in the World Basketball League, Brown’s name is still listed four times in the Western Athletic Conference record book, for single-season scoring average, field goal percentage, field goals made and three throws attempted. After his collegiate days ended, Coach Brown played five years in the professional ranks before joining the coaching fraternity. He has coached 12 current or former professional players, including Melvin Ely of the Sacramento Kings and the New Jersey Nets’ Rafer Alston. Coach Brown is a 1986 graduate of New Mexico, with a degree in university studies, sociology and speech communication.
The Brown File Coaching Experience: Assistant Coach, Southern Utah . . . . . . . 2007-Present Assistant Coach, New Mexico Jr. College . . . . 2006-07 Assistant Coach, Montana State. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-06 Assistant Coach, Eastern Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 2003-04 Assistant Coach, Binghampton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-03 Assistant Coach, Eastern Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 2001-02 Assistant Coach, Northern Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 Assistant Coach, Texas A&M Corpus Christi . . 1998-2000 Assistant Coach, Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-98 Assistant Coach, Cal Poly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992-93 Education: BA, University Studies, Sociology and Speech Communication, New Mexico, 1986 Family: Coach Brown is the father of two girls, Talia and Jillian
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff
Kenya Crandell
Nebraska-Kearney ‘96 Fourth Year At SUU
Kenya Crandell is in his fourth year on the Southern Utah staff after joining the Thunderbirds in the summer of 2008. Coach Crandell has 15 years of coaching experience, including two as associate head coach at Nebraska-Omaha, where he spent a total of six seasons on staff. During his time at UNO, Coach Crandell helped the Mavericks to a 116-65 overall record and three NCAA Division II national tournament berths. His teams also had nine players named to all-conference teams, including a Most Valuable Player, and the Mavericks also had a Newcomer of the Year in addition to a Freshman of the Year. A native of Omaha, Neb., Coach Crandell has also spent time on the staffs at Sacramento State, Northern Colorado and his alma mater, Nebraska-Kearney, where he started as a graduate assistant before being promoted to full-time status. A four-year starter at Nebraska-Kearney, Coach Crandell set the school record for assists (525) and also finished his career second on the UNK all-time steals list (173). When he ended his career he was also 19th on the Antelopes’ all-time scoring list, with 1,119 points. A team captain, he was named the team’s MVP his senior season. Coach Crandell graduated form Nebraska-Kearney in 1996 with a degree in communication. He also holds a master’s degree in sports administration from UNK.
The Crandell File Coaching Experience: Assistant Coach, Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . 2008-Present Assistant Coach, Sacramento State . . . . . . . . . . 2007-08 Assistant Coach, Nebraska-Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . 2001-07 Assistant Coach, Northern Colorado . . . . . . . . . . 2000-01 Assistant Coach, Nebraska-Kearney . . . . . . . . 1998-2000 Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney. . . . . . . . 1997-98 Education: B.A., Communication, Nebraska-Kearney, 1996 M.A., Sports Administration, Nebraska-Kearney, 1998 Family: Coach Crandell has a son, Caden
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2011-12 Southern Utah Staff Director of Basketball Operations
Drew Allen Southern Utah ‘10
Second Year At SUU
Drew Allen joined the staff last year as director of basketball operations after two seasons as a player on the Thunderbird squad. Originally a walk-on, Allen was awarded a scholarship last year after playing in 26 games with three starts during the 2008-09 season. He played in 27 of the team’s 29 games last year, with one start, and averaged 2.6 points, one rebound and one assist per game while shooting .400 from the floor. Prior to joining the Thunderbirds, Allen spent two seasons at Colin County (Texas) College, where he earned NJCAA Academic All-America honors after ranking among the nation’s top-30 in 3-point percentage, 3-pointers per game and turnover-to-assists ratio. Allen and his wife, Chelsea, reside in Cedar City.
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Alan Bishop Utah State ‘09 Second Year At SUU
Alan Bishop joined the Thunderbirds as assistant strength & conditioning coach in January 2010 and took primary responsibility for the men’s basketball program this year. A four-year football letterman Utah State University, Coach Bishop earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from USU in 2009. While at Utah State, Coach Bishop was a four-time academic all-conference selection as well as a five-time Whiteside Scholar. A native of Ozark, Alabama, Coach Bishop is married to the former Jessica Crosbie, whose brother Jim, is a former SUU basketball letterman. Coach Bishop and Jessica are the parents of a daughter, Jayda.
Team Managers
Gus Sopena
Kayla Maxwell Southern Utah Basketball 2011-12
Ross Cooper
2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#5 Ray Jones, Jr. G, 6-3, 175, Senior Little Rock, Ark./Connors State College
SUU Provost Brad Cook with Ray
2010-11 Highlights: Carried a double-figure scoring average all season until going scoreless at South Dakota State after getting into early foul trouble and finishing without a point for the first time. Led the team and was fourth in The Summit League in assists (4.0 apg), was third in the league in steals with a teambest 1.4 per game (all games). Led or co-led team in assists 20 times, in steals 16, in scoring six, rebounds three times and in blocks twice. Led team with five assists and co-led with five rebounds in The Summit League tournament game vs. Oakland, also finished with 13 points. Scored 16 points, his most points in 11 games, and dished out four assists in the regular-season’s penultimate game, an 84-66 win over IPFW. Hit 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch to help seal the win at Western Illinois, finished with 10 points and led team with five rebounds and four assists. Scored in double figures for the first time in seven games vs. ORU when he finished with 13 points, six rebounds and three assists. Dished out a careerhigh eight assists at home vs. IUPUI. Paced team with 16 points vs. Western Illinois. Tallied six assists at ORU. Scored 18 points to lead the team vs. NDSU. Hit 7-of-8 shots, scored 16 points, vs. Weber St. Led team in scoring (15), rebounds (7) and assists (6) at IPFW where he hit 7-of-10 shots. Led team with 13 points and seven assists at Oakland, also had four rebounds, four steals. Led team with 16 points and four assists vs. Ball State. Dished out six assists vs. Drake, with five rebounds and three steals. Pulled down six rebounds, scored nine points and dished out three assists at CSUB. Led team with 22 points vs. Cal Baptist, also had all five of the team’s steals, three rebounds and two assists. At Connors State: Earned honorable-mention all-conference honors last year when he helped Coach Bill Muse’s Cowboys to their second straight conference and Region II championships. In 2009 the team finished fourth at the NJCAA national tournament. Team went 58-13 during his two seasons as the squad’s point guard, including a 30-4 mark in 2009-10. Averaged 8.4 points, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game last season when he led the region with his .838 free throw percentage. At Little Rock High School: Averaged 17.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game his senior season when he helped Coach George Cirks’ Warriors to a 6A state championship and their second straight conference title. Also earned all-conference recognition in cross country.
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players RAy JONeS, JR. – SUU STATISTICS
Totals Totals
G GS Min 30 30 951 30 30 951
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 88 188 .468 88 188 .468
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 4 17 .235 4 17 .235
FT FTA Pct 97 130 .746 97 130 .746
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 21 72 93 3.1 21 72 93 3.1
PF DQ A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 66 1 119 92 8 39 277 9.2 66 1 119 92 8 39 277 9.2
Career Highs: 22 points vs. Cal Baptist (11/15/10) 7 rebounds at IPFW (12/4/10) 8 assists vs. IUPUI (1/22/11) 5 steals vs. Cal Baptist (11/15/10) 2 blocks vs. South Dakota State (1/1/11) 2010-11 Recap Games played: 30 Minutes/game: 31.7 Points/game: 9.2 FG Pct: 46.8 3FG Pct: 23.5 FT Pct: 74.6 Rebounds/game: 3.1 Assists/game: 4.0 Turnovers/game: 3.1 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.3 Steals/game: 1.3 Blocks/game: 0.3
The Jones File Born: March 7, 1990 Birthplace: Little Rock, Ark. Parents: Lisa and Ray Jones Major: Communication School I most want to play: Kentucky Favorite BBall player: Jason Kidd Favorite player outside of hoops: Peyton Manning Favorite team: Chicago Bulls Favorite team, non-hoops: Indianapolis Colts Favorite movie: Titanic Favorite musician/group: Tupac Favorite book: The Bible
Favorite magazine: Eastbay TV show: Hey Arnold Favorite food: Pancakes Favorite pre-game meal: Pasta As a kid pretended to be: Michael Jordan Dream teammates: Ray, Sr., Michael Jordan, Dr. J, Dwight Howard Person in history would like to meet: Jesus Christ Arena I dream of playing in: Rupp Arena If I could change one thing about BBall: A 5-point shot If I could play another sport: Soccer Most famous friend or relative: Johnny Brown
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#34 Matt Massey F, 6-9, 232, Senior Brisbane, Australia/Nova Southeastern At SUU, 2010-11: Was named to the Great Alaska Shootout all-tournament team after averaging 16 points and 5.3 rebounds and hitting 18-of-31 shots (.581) in the three games. Started all but one game, at UC Davis. Team’s second-leading scorer overall (9.4 ppg), was tied for second on team in field goal percentage (.549). Led or co-led team in scoring, steals and blocks four times, in rebounds three times, and in assists twice. Scored 16 points and was one shy of his season-high with seven rebounds vs. UMKC, also led team with three assists and three steals in playing all 40 minutes vs. the ‘Roos. Dished out a career-high six assists and scored 14 points at South Dakota State. Paced team with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting at NDSU. Posted season-highs with 24 points and eight boards at UMKC where he hit 10-of-13 shots and had six offensive rebounds. Came off the bench for the only time last season at UC Davis but responded well, with 11 points, a co-team-high five rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist. Hit 10-of-16 shots and scored 20 points, pulled down four rebounds, had an assist and blocked a shot against Houston Baptist. Scored 14 points, pulled down four rebounds and had a steal against Ball State. Scored 14 points with a season-high eight rebounds and an assist in 32 minutes against Drake. Scored 15 points vs. Cal Baptist. At SUU, 2009-10: Started 25 and played in all but one game, did not play in the season finale’ against Centenary. Led the team in offensive rebounds with 1.9 per game, was third on the team in four categories, including scoring, at 7.9 ppg, in rebounding, with 4.2 per game, in 3-point percentage, at .423 and in free throw percentage, at .803. Led or co-led the team in scoring three times, in rebounds eight times, in assists three times, in steals twice and in blocks five times. Led team with 17 points and 13 rebounds, his first Division I double-double, against Northern Colorado. Scored 14 points, pulled down five rebounds, blocked a shot and dished out an assist vs. U. of the Southwest. Scored nine points with seven rebounds, a careerbest four assists and a block vs. Tennessee Tech. Scored 13 points with five boards and an assist at Centenary. Scored 12 with three boards, a block and an assist at Oral Roberts. Went without scoring for the first time in his career at Weber State but was second on the team with six rebounds. Played a season-low 16 minutes because of foul trouble vs. UNLV, still scored eight points and pulled down five rebounds. Got in foul trouble again vs. UC Riverside but still scored 10 points with a rebound and an assist in just 19 minutes on the court. Scored just two points in the win over North Dakota but they were critical free throws in overtime, also had two assists and two boards. Paced team with 15 points against IUPUI, also co-led team with five rebounds and blocked a shot. Scored 11 points and co-led team with seven rebounds vs. Western Illinois. Led team with 14 points and four assists, also pulled down five rebounds and had a steal against UMKC. Scored a career-high 18 points and tied his second-best rebounding total with a team-high nine at NDSU where he also had a steal and a block in a team-high 39 minutes.
At SUU 2008-09: Spent the season as a redshirt after transferring to SUU. At Nova Southeastern: Averaged 7.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Sharks in 2007-08 when he shot .476 from the field. Posted a pair of double-doubles, including 14 points and 14 rebounds at Tampa, also dished out a career high seven assists vs. Barry University. At Brisbane Boys College: Was a two-time team MVP and player of the year in 2004, helped his team to state and GPS championships in 2005 and a third-place finish at the national championships. Averaged 22.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game his senior season. QID Player of the Year in 05-06. Also lettered in rowing and swimming, winning a state championship and his age-division championship five times in swimming.
SUU President Michael T. Benson and Matt
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players MATT MASSey – SUU STATISTICS
2009-10 2010-11 Totals
G 28 30 58
GS 25 29 54
Min 679 726 1405
FG 75 107 182
TOTAL FGA Pct 176 .426 195 .549 371 .491
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 11 25 .440 4 15 .267 15 40 .375
FT FTA Pct 61 78 .782 64 88 .727 125 166 .753
Off 52 48 100
REBOUNDS Def Tot Avg 68 120 4.3 50 98 3.3 118 218 3.8
PF DQ A TO 79 4 24 56 87 6 35 56 79 10 59 112
Blk Stl Pts Avg 10 6 222 7.9 10 15 282 9.4 20 21 504 8.8
Career Highs: 24 points at UMKC (1/8/11)) 13 rebounds vs. Northern Colorado (11/15/09) 6 assists at South Dakota State (1/29/11) 3 steals vs. UMKC (2/5/11) 2 blocks, three times 2009-10 Recap Games played: 30 Minutes/game: 24.2 Points/game: 9.4 FG Pct: 54.9 3FG Pct: 26.7 FT Pct: 72.7 Rebounds/game: 3.3 Assists/game: 1.2 Turnovers/game: 1.9 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6 Steals/game: 0.5 Blocks/game: 0.3
The Massey File Born: Feb. 18, 1988 Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia Parents: Judy and Steve Massey Major: Finance Team I would most like to play: Duke, North Carolina Favorite athlete: Steve Waugh Favorite BBall player: Michael Jordan Favorite team: Orlando Magic Favorite team, non-hoops: Brisbane Lions Favorite movie: The Hangover, Old School Favorite musician/group: Foo Fighters Favorite book: Anything by Dan Brown
Favorite magazine: Huddle Favorite TV Show: Dexter Favorite food: Steak Favorite pre-game meal: Pasta As a kid pretended to be: Michael Jordan Dream teammates: Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley Arena would like to play in: Cameron Indoor Arena One thing I would change about basketball: Nothing If I could play another sport at SUU: Golf Most impressive person I’ve met: Steve Black My most famous friend/relative: Chris Banham
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#13 Ramell Taylor F, 6-5, 190, Senior Detroit, Michigan/Fort Scott CC
SUU AD Ken Beazer with Ramell
At SUU, 2010-11: Played well early in the season when he led or co-led team in scoring, rebounds, assists, steals and/or blocks at least once through the first three games, including team-highs of 22 points seven rebounds and a block vs. Utah State. Led or co-led team in scoring twice, in rebounds and blocks five times, in steals three times and in assists once. Scored 12 points, co-led team with five rebounds with an assist and a block in The Summit League tournament game vs. Oakland. Played 25 minutes in the regular-season finale vs. Oakland, his longest stretch on the floor since going 28 minutes at UC Davis on Dec. 21, finished with 15 points and a season-high eight rebounds. Hit 4-of-7 shots vs. IPFW, finished with nine points. Sparked the team at IUPUI when he hit 5-of-7 shots for 10 points, co-led team with five rebounds, had an assist, a block and a steal. Came of the bench for 11 points, a co-team-high six rebounds and two blocks vs. CSUB; punctuated the win with a highlight-reel dunk. Scored with 11 points, four rebounds, two blocks and an assist at IPFW. Scored a season-best 22 points and tied his high with seven rebounds vs. Utah State, also blocked a shot and hit all five of his free throws in 40 minutes on the floor. Started, scored 16 points and pulled down seven rebounds at CS Bakersfield, also had two assists and two steals in 29 minutes on the floor. Scored 12 points in 26 minutes vs Cal Baptist, also led the team with four assists and had a pair of rebounds. At Fort Scott CC: Earned academic all-America and second-team all-Jayhawk Conference honors in 2009-10 when he averaged 16.8 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting .540 from the floor. He also blocked 43 shots for Coach Mike Cook’s Greyhounds. Ranked fourth in the league in scoring, 10th in blocks and among the top-20 in rebounding last season. A Phi Beta Kappa student at FSCC.
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players RAMeLL TAyLOR – SUU STATISTICS
2010-11 Totals
G GS Min 27 11 443 27 11 443
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 69 152 .454 69 152 .454
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 3 10 .300 3 10 .300
FT FTA Pct 26 45 .578 26 45 .578
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 31 50 81 3.0 31 50 81 3.0
PF DQ A 52 1 22 52 1 22
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 43 14 6 167 6.2 43 14 6 167 6.2
Career Highs: 22 points vs. Utah State (11/20/10) 8 rebounds vs. Oakland (2/26/11) 4 assists vs. Cal Baptist (11/15/10) 2 steals at Cal State Bakersfield (11/17/10) 2 blocks, three times 2010-11 Recap Games played: 27 Minutes/game: 16.4 Points/game: 6.2 FG Pct: 45.4 3FG Pct: 30.0 FT Pct: 57.8 Rebounds/game: 3.0 Assists/game: 0.8 Turnovers/game: 1.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.5 Steals/game: 0.2 Blocks/game: 0.5
The Taylor File Born: April 9, 1986 Birthplace: Detroit, Mich. Major: Communication School I most want to play: Michigan State Favorite BBall player: Kobe Bryant Favorite team: Detroit Pistons Favorite team, non-hoops: Detroit Lions Favorite movie: Saw Favorite musician/group: Drake
Favorite book: The Bible Favorite food: Mexican egg rolls Favorite pre-game meal: Steak and potatos As a kid pretended to be: Steve Nash Dream teammates: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Zack Randolph Arena I dream of playing in: Staples Center If I could play another sport: Wrestling
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#2 Brian Cameron G, 6-3, 190, Junior Draper, Utah/Snow College
At SUU, 2010-11: Played sparingly earlier in the season then appeared in five straight games until not playing vs. ORU. Didn’t play at IUPUI or WIU but appeared against both IPFW and Oakland, the final two games of the season and also logged two minutes vs. OU in The Summit League tournament where he had an assist. Dished out two assists with a rebound and a steal in the regular-season finale vs. Oakland. Co-led team in steals three times. Had his best game of the season at UNLV where he scored a season-high five points and pulled down a career-best three rebounds in eight minutes on he floor; he had two of the highlight plays of the game, with a quick drive to the basket for a dunk in the first half and a soaring Alley Oop dunk in the second. Played four minutes at SDSU, had a steal and a basket. Made the most of his one minute on the floor at NDSU where he had four points and two rebounds. At SUU, 2009-10: Played in two games early in the season before suffering an injury, scored six points vs. University of the Southwest and 2 against Wayland Baptist, with a rebound and a block in each game and a steal vs. USW. Hit 4-of-7 shots. At Snow College: Spent the 2006-07 season playing for Coach Reid before serving an LDS church mission to Seoul, Korea. Played in 20 games with seven starts, averaged 3.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.8 steals per game. Shot .385 from the field and .818 from the free throw line. At Alta High School: A three-year letterman for Coach Tony Cannon’s Hawks, helped his team to three region titles and earned second-team all-state honors as a senior. Averaged 12.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists. Best game was vs. Taylorsville when he scored 29 points. Was also a two-year letter-winner in football and track.
Brian with SUU Faculty Athletic Rep Deb Hill
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players BRIAN CAMeRON – SUU STATISTICS
2009-10 2010-11 Totals
G GS Min 2 0 12 15 0 64 15 0 64
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 4 7 .571 4 13 .308 4 13 .308
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 3 .000
FT FTA Pct 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 3 5 .600
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 1 1 2 1.0 3 5 8 0.5 3 5 8 0.5
PF DQ 0 0 6 0 6 0
A 2 9 9
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2 1 0 8 4.0 9 0 4 11 0.7 9 0 4 11 0.7
Career Highs: 6 points vs. U. of Southwest (11/19/09) 3 rebounds at UNLV (12/18/10) 3 assists vs. Ball State (11/26/10) 1 steal, five times 1 block, twice 2010-11 Recap Games played: 15 Minutes/game: 4.3 Points/game: 0.7 FG Pct: 30.8 3FG Pct: 0.0 FT Pct: 60.0 Rebounds/game: 0.5 Assists/game: 0.6 Turnovers/game: 0.6 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0 Steals/game: 0.3
The Cameron File Born: July 27, 1987 Birthplace: Lenexa, Kansas Parents: Janet and Mitch Cameron Major: Business management Served LDS mission to: South Korea Team I most want to play: Kansas Favorite BBall player: Jackson Stevenett Favorite BBall team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, not hoops: Real Salt Lake Favorite movie: 8 Seconds Favorite musician/group: Linkin Park
Favorite Book: Harry Potter books TV show: The Office Favorite food: McDonalds Favorite pre-game meal: McDonalds When I was a kid I pretended to be: The Green Power Ranger Person in history would like to meet: George Washington Arena I dream of playing in: Naismith Fieldhouse If I could change one thing about basketball: Court Width If I could play another sport: Football My most famous friend or relative: Julianne Hough
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#3 Damon Heuir G, 6-2, 200, Jr Townsville, Australia/Ignatius Park College
2010-11 Highlights: Appeared in every game. Moved into the starting lineup at UC Davis and scored a career-high 18 points, started at home vs. NDSU and SDSU but came off the bench in each subsequent game. Led team in scoring once and in assists twice. Didn’t score but had three rebounds and two assists in 16 turnover-free minutes vs. Oakland in The Summit League tournament. Scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting and had a season-high three steals to go along with two assists at Western Illinois. Scored just seven points but played 33 turnover-free minutes, tied his seasonhigh with four assists, had three rebounds and a steal at IUPUI. Tied his career scoring high with 18 points at SDSU where he buried 4-of-5 3-pointers, also dished out a season-best four assists. Pulled down a careerhigh six rebounds vs. Western Illinois. Started and scored a team and career-high 18 points at UC Davis, also had three assists without committing a turnover. 2009-10 Highlights: Played in 25 games with eight starts, averaged 2.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Started the last seven games of the season at point guard. Led team in assists twice. Scored 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting and pulled down three rebounds vs. Oakland. One game after not playing at all against UC Riverside he scored a then-careerbest seven points, pulled down a rebound and dished out an assist at Nebraska; hit 2-of-3 shots, all 3-pointers. Played 16 minutes at Oakland, scored six points with three rebounds and three assists. At Ignatius Park College: Averaged 28 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and three steals per game his senior year at Ignatius Park College, where he helped the Phenix to the Catholic School Championship. Averaged 20.1 points and five assists last season in the Australian Under-18 championship. Was named his school’s Sportsman of the Year in 2008 after participating in basketball, track & field, rugby, football, cross country and volleyball. He was Queensland’s Mr. Basketball in 2008 and was a member of the Australian Under-19 squad that toured Italy in 2008. Heuir was selected to the Queensland Secondary School team and the Australian All-High School Team. He helped the Australian team to a fourth-place finish at the Pan-Pacific Games by averaging 20.1 points, 2.1 assist and 4.7 rebounds in the tournament. Most recently he has been competing with the national champion Queensland Under-20 team.
Damon with Ben Davidson, Professor of Physical Education and Human Performance
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players DAMON HeUIR – SUU STATISTICS
2009-10 2010-11 Totals
G GS Min 25 8 324 30 3 396 55 11 720
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 19 56 .339 35 92 .380 54 148 .365
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 7 16 .438 8 23 .348 15 39 .385
FT FTA Pct 17 33 .515 13 30 .433 30 63 .476
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 10 30 40 1.6 17 22 39 1.3 27 52 79 1.4
PF DQ A 32 0 32 44 1 40 76 1 72
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 53 2 2 62 2.5 27 1 11 91 3.0 80 3 13 153 2.8
Career Highs: 18 points at UC Davis (12/21/10) at South Dakota State (1/29/11) 7 rebounds vs. U. of Southwest (11/19/09) 8 assists vs. U. of Southwest (11/19/09) 3 steals at Western Illinois (2/19/11) 1 block, three times 2010-11 Recap Minutes/game: 13.2 Points/game: 3.0 FG Pct: 38.0 3FG Pct: 34.8 FT Pct: 43.3 Rebounds/game: 1.3 Assists/game: 1.3 Turnovers/game: 0.9 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.5 Steals/game: 0.4 Blocks/game: 0.0
The Heuir File Born: May 21, 1991 Birthplace: Townsville, Queensland, Australia Parents: Kerry and Wayne Heuir Major: Secondary education School I most want to play: Baylor Favorite Athlete: Charlie Doyle Favorite BBall player: Charlie Doyle Favorite BBall team: Flint Michigan Tropics Favorite movie: Paul Favorite musician/group: John Williamson Favorite book: The Line Formation Favorite magazine: Slam
Favorite food: Meat pie Favorite pre-game meal: Toasted Sandwiches As a kid pretended to be: Larry Bird Dream teammates: Michael Jordan, Charlie Doyle, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson Person in history would like to meet: John Wooden Arena I dream of playing in: The Swamp (Townsville) One thing I would change about basketball: 35 second shot clock If I could play another sport: Football The most impressive person I’ve met is: Charlie Doyle My most famous friend or relative is: Keegan Tudehope
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#33 Tyson Koehler F, 608, 250, Jr Draper, Utah/Grayson County College
2010-11 Highlights: Came off the bench in 13 of the last 17 games after starting the previous five. Team’s leading scorer off the bench three times, with nine at Centenary, eight vs. WIU and six vs. IUPUI. Led or coled the team in rebounds three times, in steals twice and in blocks three times. Scored five points and had an assist on a critical second-half basket as SUU completed its comeback at WIU. Came off the bench to score eight points and pull down three boards with an assist vs. WIU. Had one of his best games in conference play at Centenary where he came off the bench to score nine points, pull down five rebounds, dish out two assists and block two shots. Got his first start vs. Panhandle St., responded with six points, six rebounds, two blocks, two assists, a steal an no turnovers in 18 minutes. Tied his career-high with six boards, also scored eight points and blocked a shot vs. Weber St. Dished out a career-high four assists, blocked a shot, had two steals and two rebounds and hit 5-of-7 shots against IPFW to finish with 10 points. Came off the bench for 25 minutes to give the team a spark with a career-best 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting at Oakland, also had a rebound and an assist. Scored six points, co-led team with four rebounds, had two assists and blocked a shot against Ball State. At Grayson County: Earned first-team all-conference honors his freshman season when he averaged 9.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and a block per game for Coach Pat Rafferty’s Vikings. At Alta High School: Earned Utah 5A all-state honors his senior season when he averaged 13 points, nine rebounds and nearly three blocks per game and helping Coach Tony Cannon’s Hawks to their second straight region championship. Also earned a pair of golf letters at AHS.
Tyson with Robert Eves, Dean of the College of Science
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players TySON KOeHLeR – SUU STATISTICS
2010-11 Totals
G GS Min 27 5 370 27 5 370
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 39 74 .527 39 74 .527
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 0 2 .000 0 2 .000
FT FTA Pct 23 32 .719 23 32 .719
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 21 42 63 2.3 21 42 63 2.3
PF DQ A 47 0 23 47 0 23
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 14 11 8 101 3.7 14 11 8 101 3.7
Career Highs: 12 points at Oakland (12/2/10) 6 rebounds, three times 4 assists at IPFW (12/4/10) 2 steals at IPFW (12/4/11) 2 blocks, three times 2010-11 Recap Games played: 27 Minutes/game: 13.7 Points/game: 3.7 FG Pct: 52.7 3FG Pct: 0.0 FT Pct: 71.9 Rebounds/game: 2.3 Assists/game: 0.9 Turnovers/game: 0.5 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.6 Steals/game: 0.3 Blocks/game: 0.4
The Koehler File Born: Aug. 22, 1988 Birthplace: Cottonwood, Utah Parents: Becky and Jeff Koehler Major: Exercise science
Served LDS mission To: Raleigh, N.C. Favorite BBall player: Shaquille O’Neal Favorite player outside of hoops: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods Favorite team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, non-hoops: Red Sox, Steelers Favorite movie: The Gladiator Favorite musician/group: Van Halen, Ozzy Osborne Favorite magazine: Muscle & Fitness
TV show: SportsCenter, Sienfeld Favorite food: Sushi Favorite pre-game meal: Whatever sounds good As a kid pretended to be: Shaq or Karl Malone Dream teammates: Ray Jones, Damon Heuir, Matt Massey, Dwight Howard Person in history would like to meet: Bobby Jones Arena I dream of playing in: Cameron Indoor Arena If I could change one thing about BBall: Git would be played on a golf course. If I could play another sport: Golf
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#21 Jackson Stevenett F, 6-4, 190, Jr Kaysville, Utah/Davis HS
At SUU, 2010-11: Started the last 15 games and was one of the team’s most consistent players. Finished the season by scoring in double figures six straight times. Led the team in scoring at 10.1 ppg, was second in rebounding with 3.7 boards per game and was tied for second on the team in field goal percentage at .549. Had a three-game stretch (vs. SDSU, UMKC and Oral Roberts) when he averaged 19.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Sat out fall semester because of issues with the NCAA’s progress toward degree requirements. Led or coled team in scoring three times, including in The Summit League tournament, where he finished with a career-high 24 points vs Oakland. Also led the T-Birds in rebounds and assists three times and in blocks five times. Tied his career-high with four assists vs. Oakland, also scored 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds vs. the Grizzlies. Scored in double-figures for the fourth straight game when he finished with 15 vs IPFW, also blocked a career-high four shots and had five rebounds. Scored a team-high 15 points at Western Illinois, hitting 4-of-5 shots and 7-of-8 free throws, also had four rebounds and dished out a pair of assists. Was the only starter in doublefigures at IUPUI , where he scored 14 points with four boards, two assists and a block. Scored 10 points and pulled down four rebounds vs. ORU Had two blocks for the second straight game vs. CSUB, also had three assists, five boards and eight points with a steal. Led team with five rebounds and two blocks at SDSU, where he scored 12 points to get back into doublefigures for the first time in five games. Scored 17 points, pulled down seven rebounds and tied his career-high with four assists at UMKC. Posted career scoring, rebounding and assists highs vs. SDSU when he came off the bench for 19 points, eight rebounds and two assists; hit 7-of-12 shots and had five offensive boards in the game. Scored a then-season-high eight points, also dished out two assists and blocked a shot vs. NDSU. At SUU, 2009-10: Walked on to the team and earned a spot in the playing rotation, appeared in 21 games with four starts. Finished the season sixth on the team’s scoring list at 4.0 ppg, and fifth in rebounding, with 3.0 caroms per game, and tied for second in offensive rebounds with 1.3 rpg. Led or co-led team in steals four times, in blocks twice and assists once. Saw limited action through the first third of the season but got into the rotation at Weber State and played significant minutes in most of the remaining games. Got the first start of his career at IPFW, responded with seven rebounds, four points and two steals. Hit all five of his shots and all three of his free throws vs. Oakland for a then-career-high 13 points, also had two rebounds, an assist and a steal in 25 minutes on the court. At Davis High School: Earned Utah’s 5A Most Valuable Player honors in 2008 after leading the Darts to a 20-0 regularseason record and their third consecutive region championship. Helped lead DHS to the semi-finals of the state tournament where they lost in overtime to eventual state champ Lone Peak by a 57-55 margin. Averaged 18 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.6 assist and 1.8 blocks per game his senior season for Coach Jay Welk. In addition to his 5A MVP honors he was also all-area MVP and earned first-team all-region recognition.
Jackson and SUU Vice President Dorian Page
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players JACKSON STeVeNeTT – SUU STATISTICS
2009-10 2010-11 Totals
G GS Min 21 4 382 22 15 555 43 19 937
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 29 67 .433 84 153 .549 113 220 .514
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 1 1 1.000 2 3 .667 3 4 .750
FT FTA Pct 26 39 .667 52 70 .743 78 109 716
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 25 35 60 2.9 32 50 82 3.7 57 85 142 3.3
PF DQ A 36 1 16 60 4 28 96 5 44
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 9 5 7 85 4.0 30 16 5 222 10.1 39 21 12 307 7.1
Career Highs: 24 points vs. Oakland (3/5/11) 8 rebounds vs. South Dakota State (1/1/11) at Oral Roberts (1/13/11) 4 assists, three times 2 steals, vs. IUPUI (1/22/11) 4 blocks, vs. IPFW (2/24/11) 2010-11 Recap Games played: 22 Minutes/game: 25.2 Points/game: 10.1 FG Pct: 54.9 3FG Pct: 66.7 FT Pct: 74.3 Rebounds/game: 3.7 Assists/game: 1.3 Turnovers/game: 1.4 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 Steals/game: 0.2 Blocks/game: 0.7
The Stevenett File Born: March 8, 1990 Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah Wife: Jadie Parents: Jodi Asay and Daryl Stevenett Major: Accounting Favorite BBall player: Mehmet Okur Favorite team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, non-hoops: San Diego Padres Favorite movie: The Departed Favorite musician/group: Thrice
Favorite book: Berenstein Bears Favorite magazine: Game Informer Favorite TV show: One Tree Hill As a kid pretended to be: Indiana Jones Dream teammates: Mehmet Okur, Mark Eaton, Greg Ostertag, Olden Poylynice The person in history I would like to meet: John Wayne Arena would like to play in: Townsville Murray Stadium One thing I would change about basketball: Trampolines The most impressive person I’ve met: Chris Mullen
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#42 Jaren Jeffery C, 6-9, 205, So Delta, Utah/Delta HS
2008-09/Career Highs: 12 points, 8 rebounds at South Dakota State; 1 assist at Centenary, South Dakota State, vs. IUPUI 2008-09 Highlights: Played in 21 games, including 16 of the last 17 and 15 conference contests, averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds. Led or co-led team in rebounding and blocks twice, in steals once. Had seven rebounds in the team’s quarterfinal win over IUPUI in The Summit League tournament. Posted career scoring and rebounding highs with 12 points and eight boards at SDSU, where he also had a steal in a career-high 27 minutes on the floor. Posted career-highs of six points, five rebounds (which co-led the team) and one assist at Centenary, where he also played a season-high 20 minutes, then tied or bettered all those numbers at ORU, where he had 10 points, five boards, and an assist in 20 minutes. Tied his then-career-high with three points vs. Sacramento St. Hit two free throws, blocked a shot and pulled down a rebound in a season-high 12 minutes at Utah Valley. Played two minutes vs. Weber State, hit 3-of-4 free throws for his first collegiate points; also had a rebound vs. the Wildcats. Had one rebound in two minutes vs. IPFW. Played six minutes against Oakland, got one steal.
Jaren with Teshia Williams and Susie Rowley of the SUU Athletics Staff
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players JAReN JeFFeRy – SUU STATISTICS
2008-09 Totals
G GS Min 21 0 156 21 0 156
TOTAL FG FGA Pct 13 28 .464 13 28 .464
3-PTS 3FG FGA Pct 0 0 .000 0 0 .000
FT FTA Pct 15 21 .714 15 21 .714
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot Avg 12 23 35 1.7 12 23 35 1.7
PF DQ 15 0 15 0
A 4 4
TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 6 2 2 41 2.0 6 2 2 41 2.0
Career Highs: 12 points at South Dakota State (2/12/09) 8 rebounds at South Dakota State (2/12/09) 1 steal, twice 2 blocks at Oakland (2/26/09) 2008-09 Recap Games played: 21 Minutes/game: 7.4 Points/game: 2.0 FG Pct: 46.4 FT Pct: 71.4 Rebounds/game: 1.7 Assists/game: 0.2 Turnovers/game: 0.3 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7 Steals/game: 0.1 Blocks/game: 0.1
The Jeffery File Born: June 11, 1990 Birthplace: Payson, Utah Parents: Lynn and Robert Jeffery Major: Education Served LDS mission to: Brazil Recruited by: Weber State, Eastern Wyoming Favorite BBall player: Kobe Bryant Favorite team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, non-hoops: Chicago Bears Favorite movie: Saving Private Ryan Favorite musician/group: Brad Paisley Favorite Book: Hunger Games
Favorite magazine: Sports Illustrated Favorite TV show: The Office, The Simpsons Favorite food: Rice and beans Favorite pre-game meal: Pasta As a kid pretended to be: My older brother Arena would like to play in: Any Olympic arena Dream teammates: Jordan Johnson, Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade, Jimmer Ferdette The person in history I would like to meet: Winston Churchill If I could play another sport: Track Most impressive person I’ve met: Karl Malone My most famous friend or relative: Patrick Farrington
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#25 Jordan Johnson G, 6-3, 175, Jr Delta, Utah/eastern Wyoming
At Eastern Wyoming: Averaged 9.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists last season for Coach Casey Jones' Lancers. Shot .457 from the field and .711 from the line. His freshman season he helped EWC to a 25-13 record and a conference tournament championship, participated in the NJCAA national tourney. Was named team's defensive player of the year and to the region's alldefensive team. At Delta HS: Averaged 13 points, 4.0 rebounds three assists and three steals per game as a senior for Coach Jared Smith's Rabbits. Helped the team to its first state tournament appearance in 17 years his senior season, when he was an all-state and all-region performer. Also lettered in football and soccer and was an academic all-state honoree. High school teammate of SUU teammate
Jordan with SUU Vice President Dean O’Driscoll
The Johnson File Born: March 10. 1989 Birthplace: Delta, Utah Parents: Julie and David Johnson Major: Exercise science Served LDS mission to: Puerto Rico Team I most want to play: BYU Favorite Athlete/BBall player: Dwayne Wade Favorite BBall team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, not hoops: San Francisco 49ers
Favorite musician/group: Country Favorite magazine: ESPN TV show: ESPN Favorite food: Chicken Alfredo Favorite pre-game meal: Chicken Alfredo As a kid pretended to be: John Stockton Dream teammates: Dwayne Wade, Jimmer Fredette, Dwight Howard, Jaren Jeffery Would like to meet: Steve Young
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#44 Julian Scott F, 6-8, 260, Jr Marysville, California/yuba College
At Yuba College: An all-Bay Valley Conference performer at Yuba College last season after averaging 12.6 points and 6.0 rebounds. He helped the team to a 25-6 overall mark and a conference championship after the 49ers finished a perfect 110 in league play. Yuba then went on to win the conference tournament. Appeared in all 31 of the 49ers’ games, shot 58.6 percent from the field, blocked 25 shots and averaged over an assist per game. At Inderkum HS: Was an all-league performer and a McDonalds All-American nominee his senior season when he averaged 17.6 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks per game for Coach Eric Feng's Tigers. Julian with SUU Strength Coach Alan Bishop
The Scott File Born: August 26, 1990 Birthplace: Roseville, California Mother: Tawnya Major: Physical science Favorite Athlete/BBall player: Kobe Bryant Favorite BBall team: Los Angeles Lakers Favorite team, not hoops: Dallas Cowboys Favorite movie: He Got Game Favorite Musician/Group: Lil’ Wayne, Young Money Favorite Book: Harry Potter books Favorite magazine: ESPN
TV show: The Game Favorite food: Enchiladas Favorite pre-game meal: PB&J As a kid pretended to be: Michael Jordan Dream teammates: Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Dwight Howard Person would like to meet: Lil’ Wayne, Drake Dream of playing in: Staples Center If I could play another sport: Football My most famous friend or relative: Roger Reid
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#32 Wade Collie F, 6-6, 200, So Las Vegas, Nevada/Wallace State
At Wallace State: Spent one year at Wallace State College, in Hanceville, Ala., where he earned second-team all-Alabama Community College honors. Collie averaged 12.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game last year for Coach John Meeks' Lions. At Silverado HS: Averaged 22.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game his senior year for Coach Ron Childress at Silverado High. He also spent one year at Air Force Prep, prior to attending Wallace State. Wade with SUU Senior Woman Administrator Marlene Barth and Financial Aid Counselor Malinda Rhodes
The Collie File Born: April 23, 1991 Birthplace: Seattle, Washington Father: Wade Collie Major: Accounting Team I most want to play: Washington Favorite Athlete/BBall player: Magic Johnson Favorite team, not hoops: Saints, Ravens, Red Sox Dream teammates: Julian Scott, Ray Jones, Jr., Cal Hanks,
Damon Heuir Person in history would like to meet: Bob Marley Dream of playing in: The Centrum If I could change anything in basketball: No traveling in the NBA If I could play another sport: Football The most impressive person I’ve met is: Johnny Brown My most famous friend or relative: Johnny Brown
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#22 Matt Gardner G, 6-3, 180, Fr Spanish Fork, Utah/Spanish Fork HS
At Spanish Fork HS: Averaged 14 points his senior season for former T-Bird Mark Bailey's Spanish Fork Dons. Was a McDonalds All-America nominee and second-team all-region performer. Was an academic all-stater in both basketball and football, he also lettered in track & field, helping his team to state tournament appearances in all three sports. Matt with SUU Associate Athletic Director Todd Brown
The Gardner File Born: Oct. 4, 1989 Birthplace: Payson, Utah Parents: Shauna and Michael Gardner Major: Business Served LDS Church mission to: Geneva, Switzerland Favorite Athlete: Misty May Favorite BBall player: Jason Kidd Favorite BBall team: Utah Jazz Favorite team, not hoops: Olympic Lyonais Favorite movie: Troy Favorite musician/group: Carrie Underwood
Favorite magazine: La Liahona TV show: Happy Endings Favorite food: French pattisseries Favorite pre-game meal: Fruity Pebbles As a kid I pretended to be: The local high school players Dream teammates: Dirk Noctilio, Pete Maravich, Jason Kidd, Dwight Howard Person in history would like to meet: Achilles Arena I dream of playing in: Madison Square Garden If I could change one thing about basketball: Flopping! If I could play another sport: Football
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#50 Cal Hanks C, 6-11, 235, Fr Logan, Utah/Mountain Crest HS
At SUU: Spent the 2010-11 season as a redshirt. At Mountain Crest HS: All-state selection in 2010 and a two-time all-region performer for Coach Jim Crosbie, a former SUU standout. Helped his team to the state semi-finals his sophomore season and to the championship game as a senior, where he led his team with 12 points, five rebounds and two assists.
Cal with Bryant Swenson, SUU Facilities Management
The Hanks File Born: April 12, 1992 Birthplace: Logan, Utah Parents: Rachelle and Del Hanks Major: Hospitality managment School I most want to play: Utah State Favorite BBall player: Lebron James Favorite team: Boston Celtics Favorite movie: Rush Hour Favorite musician/group: Timbaland
TV show: Prison Break, Heroes Favorite food: Italian Favorite pre-game meal: Pizza or pasta As a kid pretended to be: A Super Hero Dream teammates: Ray, Roe, Kyle, Brimley Person in history would like to meet: Abraham Lincoln Most impressive person I’ve met: President Monson Most famous friend or relative: Johnny Brown
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#12 Chris Nsenki G, 6-2, 180, Fr Kansas City, Missouri/Park Hill HS
At Park Hill HS: Averaged 21.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game for Coach David Garrison’s Trojans at Park Hill High, helping lead the team to a conference championship. He was named first-team all-state, all-conference and all-district as well as the conference player of the year. Was a DiRenna Award finalist, the award honoring the Kansas City-area MVP. An honor roll student and academic letterman, Nsenki also lettered in football and soccer at PHHS. He also served on the student council. Chris with SUU Professors of Communication Brian Huett and Art Challis
The Nsenki File Born: Sept. 21, 1992 Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Father: Roger Nsenki Major: Undecided Favorite athlete/BBall player: Kobe Bryant Favorite BBall team: Los Angeles Lakers Favorite team, not hoops: Kansas City Chiefs Favorite movie: Coach Carter
Favorite musician/group: Drake, J. Cole TV show: Supernatural Favorite food: Bacon burger Dream teammates: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durrant, Amare Stoudamire, Dwight Howard Dream of playing in the: Sprint Center If I could play another sport: Football
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#4 Courtney Austin G, 6-0, 165, Fr Dallas, Texas/Kimball HS
Prior to SUU: Attended Justin F. Kimball HS, spent one season at Trinity Christian, both schools in the Dallas, Texas area. Helped Kimball HS to a state championship last season when he was a first-team all-academic team honoree. His junior season he was a first-team all-district and secondteam all-state performer at Trinity Christian. He also played football at Trinity.
Courtney with James McDonald, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Austin File Born: Oct. 3, 1993 Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Mich. Parents: Downwie and Kim Austin Major: Business administration Favorite Athlete: Michael Jordan Favorite BBall player: LeBron James, Kevin Durrant Favorite BBall team: Pistons, Heat, Thunder Favorite team, not hoops: Detroit Lions Favorite movie: He Got Game Favorite musician/group: Eminem Favorite Book: The Bible
Favorite Magazine: ESPN, Rise TV show: The Office Favorite food: Mama’s food Favorite pre-game meal: McDonalds As a kid pretended to be: Tracy McGrady Dream teammates: Ramell, Ray, Tyson, Damon Person in history would like to meet: Martin Luther Kind, Jr. Arena I dream of playing in: Staples Center If I could play another sport: Football The most impressive person I’ve met is: LeBron James My most famous friend or relative: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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2011-12 Southern Utah Players
#23 John Renfro F, 6-6, 185, Fr Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley HS
At West Valley HS: Averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a block per game last season for Coach Tong Chiu's Wolfpack. Helped the squad to a region title his sophomore year. Also lettered in swimming where he helped the team to a region title his junior year.
John with SUU Professor of Managerial Economics Joe Baker
The Renfro File Born: June 30, 1993 Birthplace: Fairbanks, Alaska Parents: Carol and John Major: Undecided Favorite BBall player: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durrant Favorite BBall team: Los Angeles Lakers Favorite movie: Friday
Favorite pre-game meal: Pasta As a kid pretended to be: Michael Jordan Dream teammates: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, LaMarcus Aldridge, Yao Ming Personal note: Sisters Cashana and KayKay play volleyball for the Thunderbirds
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2011-12 Southern Utah Basketball
The 2011-12 Thunderbirds Sitting, from left: Ross Cooper, manager; Gus Sopena, manager; Brian Cameron, Jackson Stevenett, Matt Massey, Ray Jones, Jr.; Ramell Taylor, Tyson Koehler, Damon Heuir, Strength Coach Alan Bishop, Kayla Maxwell, manager. Standing: Head Coach Roger Reid, Coach Ron Carling, Courtney Austin, Chris Nsenki, Matt Gardner, Julian Scott, Cal Hanks, Jaren Jeffery, Wade Collie, John Renfro, Jordan Johnson, Coach Johnny Brown, Director of Basketball Operations Drew Allen, Coach Kenya Crandell.
2011-12 SUU Men’s Basketball Roster No 2 3 4 5 12 13 21 22 23 25 32 33 34 42 44 50
Player Brian Cameron Damon Heuir Courtney Austin Ray Jones, Jr. Chris Nsenki Ramell Taylor Jackson Stevenett Matt Gardner John Renfro Jordan Johnson Wade Collie Tyson Koehler Matt Massey Jaren Jeffery Julian Scott Cal Hanks
Ht 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-3 6-6 6-8 6-9 6-8 6-8 6-10
Wt 190 200 180 195 180 190 185 180 185 175 200 250 232 210 260 235
Yr Jr Jr Fr Sr Fr Sr Jr Fr Fr Jr So Jr Sr So Jr Fr
Pos G G G G G F F G F G F F/C C C F C
Hometown Draper, Utah Townsville, Australia Dallas, Texas Little Rock, Arkansas Kansas City, Missouri Detroit, Michigan Kaysville, Utah Spanish Fork, Utah Fairbanks, Alaska Delta, Utah Las Vegas, Nevada Salt Lake City, Utah Brisbane, Australia Delta, Utah Marysville, California Logan, Utah
Experience 1VL/Snow JC/Alta HS 2VL/Ignatius Park College HS/Kimball HS 1VL/Connors State/Hall HS HS/Park Hill HS 1VL/Ft. Scott College 2VL/Davis HS HS/Spanish Fork HS HS/West Valley HS JC/Eastern Wyoming/Delta HS JC/Wallace State/Silverado HS 1VL/Grayson County/Alta HS 2VL/Nova Southeastern 1VL/Delta HS JC/Yuba College/Inderkum HS RS/Mountain Crest HS
Head Coach: Roger Reid (Weber State ‘68) Assistants: Ron Carling (Brigham Young ‘70), Johnny Brown (New Mexico ‘86), Kenya Crandell (Nebraska-Kearney ‘96) Director of Basketball Operations: Drew Allen (Southern Utah ‘10) Managers: Gus Sopena, Ross Cooper, Kayla Maxwell
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SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents UC DAVIS
SAN DIeGO, Calif. – Nov. 11 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Dec. 22
SAN DIeGO STATe SAN DIeGO, Calif. Nov. 12
General InformatIon location: Davis, California nickname: Aggies Colors: Yale Blue & Gold enrollment: 32,290 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big West arena: The Pavilion (7,100)
General InformatIon location: San Diego, California nickname: Aztecs Colors: Scarlet & Black enrollment: 32,396 affiliation: NCAA Divison I Conference: Mountain West arena: Viejas Arena (12,414)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: JIm Les (Bradley ‘86) record at UC davis: 0-0 (First year) Career record: 154-140 (Nine years) Phone: Contact SID assistant Coaches: Kevin Nosek Chris Davis Gus Argenal
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Steve Fisher (Illinois State ‘67) record at SdSU: 232-152 (12 years) Career record: 416-324 (20 years) Phone: 619-594-6249 assistant Coaches: Brian Dutcher Mark Fisher Tony Bland
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: UCD leads, 1-0 2010-11 record: 10-20 2010-11 Conf./finish: 4-12 (9th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 9/3 PlayerS returning Starters Mike Kurtz, C, 7-0, So, 2.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg Eddie Miller, G, 6-5, Sr, 12.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg Ryan Sypkens, G, 6-4, Jr, 9.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg returning lettermen Ryan Howley, G, 6-5, Jr, 3.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg Tyler Les, G, 6-2, So, 2.4 ppg, 0.4 rpg Mike Kurtz, F, 7-0, So, 2.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg Josh Ritchart, F, 6-9, So, 7.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg Ryan Silva, F, 5-10, Sr, 3.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg Alex Tiffin, F, 6-9, So, 2.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg returning redshirts/eligible transfers Tyrell Corbin, G, 6-0, So (Utah) Harrison Dupont, F, 6-5, So (The Citadel) Adam Malik, F, 6-8, Sr newcomers John Adenrele, F, 6-6, Fr Dominic Lippi, G, 6-0, Fr Paolo Macasola, G, 6-1, Jr (Shasta College) medIa Info Basketball Contact Mike Robles merobles@ucdavis.edu 530-752-3680 Website: www.ucdavisaggies.com
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 2-1 2010-11 record: 34-3 2010-11 Conf./finish: 14-2 (T-1st)) Starters returning/lost: 1/4 lettermen returning/lost: 6/6 PlayerS returning Starters Chase Tarpley, G, 6-2, Jr, 8.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg returning lettermen Jamaal Franklin, G, 6-5, So, 2.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg LaBradford Franklin, G, 6-2, So, 2.1 ppg, 1.4 apg James Rahon, G, 6-5, Jr, 7.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg Tim Shelton, F, 6-7, Sr, 1.6 ppg, 1.5 rog Alec Williams, F, 6-6, Jr, 2.1 ppg, 1.4 rpg returning redshirts Xavier Thames, G, 6-3, So (Washington St.) newcomers Garrett Green, F, 6-11, Sr (LSU) Deshawn Stevens, F, 6-8, Jr (Santa Monica) medIa Info Basketball Contact Mike May mmay@mail.sdsu.edu 619-594-5547 Website: www.GoAztecs.com
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BRyANT
SAN DIeGO, Calif. Nov. 13
General InformatIon location: Smithfield, Rhode Island nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Black, Gold & White enrollment: 3,347 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Northeast Conference arena: Chace Athletic Center (2,600) CoaChInG Staff Coach: Tim O’Shea (Boston College ‘84) record at Bryant: 18-71 (Three years) Career record: 138-166 (10 years) Phone: 401-232-6701 assistant Coaches: Happy Dobbs Dwayne Pina Mike Kelly BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: First meeting 2010-11 record: 9-21 2010-11 Conf./finish: 7-11 (8th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 6/5 PlayerS returning Starters Frankie Dobbs, G, 6-3, Jr, 12.4 ppg, 5.3 apg Alex Francis, F, 6-6, So, 14.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg Vlad Kondratyev, F/C, 6-8, 5.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg returning lettermen Daniel Calandrillo, 6-3, 195, Jr, 1.7 ppg, 0.8 rpg Raphael Jordan, G, 6-1, So, 5.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg Corey Maynard, G, 6-3, So, 4.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg Erick Smith, G, 6-3, Jr, 0.2 ppg, 0.6 rpg Alex Herzing, C, 7-0, So, 0.3 ppg, 0.1 rpg Jordan Harris, G, 6-5, So, 1.2 ppg, 0.6 rpg returning redshirts Claybrin McMath, F, 6-8, So, 1.4 ppg, 0.6 rpg newcomers Troy Robinson, F, 6-6, Fr Ben Altit, F, 6-10, Fr Patrick Matthews, F, 6-6, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Allie Weinberger aweinbe1@bryant.edu 401-232-6558 Website: www.bryantbulldogs.com
SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents MSU-BILLINGS CeDAR CITy, Utah NOV. 17
UTAH STATe LOGAN, Utah Nov. 19
SOUTHeRN VIRGINIA CeDAR CITy, Utah NOV. 23
General InformatIon location: Billings, Montana nickname: Yellowjackets Colors: Navy & Gold enrollment: 5,335 affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Great Northwest arena: Alterowitz Gymnasium (3,500)
General InformatIon location: Logan, Utah nickname: Aggies Colors: Navy Blue & White enrollment: 25,767 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Western Athletic arena: Smith Spectrum (10,270)
General InformatIon location: Buena Vista, Virgnia nickname: Knights Colors: Green & Greener enrollment: 800 affiliation: NAIA, USCAA Conference: Independent arena: Knight Sports Arena (525)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Jamie Stevens (MSUB ‘99) record at mSUB: 0-0 (First season) Career record: 53-39 (Three years) Phone: 406-657-2371 assistant Coaches: Justin Wetzel Marty Birky
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Stew Morrill (Gonzaga ‘74) record at Utah State: 234-103 (13 years) Career record: 542-241 (25 years) Phone: 435-797-2060 assistant Coaches: Tim Duryea Chris Jones Tarvish Felton
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Brian Pendleton (Central Washington) record at Southern Va.: 57-29 (Four years) Career record: 57-29 (Four years) Phone: 951-343-4453 assistant Coaches: Tony Caputo
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: MSUB leads, 1-2 2010-11 record: 8-18 2010-11 Conf./finish: 6-12 (8th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 5/7
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: Utah State leads, 5-0 2010-11 record: 30-4 2010-11 Conf./finish: 15-1 (1st) Starters returning/lost: 1/4 lettermen returning/lost: 4/8
PlayerS returning Starters Emery Henning, C, 6-11, Sr, 8.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg Robert Mayes, F, 6-7, Sr, 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg Jaxon Myaer, G, 5-10, Sr, 11.6 ppg, 5.0 apg returning lettermen Robby Trabing, G, 6-3, So Andrew Hickman, C, 6-7, Jr returning redshirts Jimmy Hook, G, 6-2, So newcomers Chase Richards, G, 6-2, Sr (UC Colo. Springs) Antoin Proctor, G, 6-3, Sr (Sacramento St.) David Arnold, G, 6-2, Jr (Northern Colorado) Cameron Cusworth, F, 6-7, Jr (C. Wyoming) Preston Richards, G, 6-3, So (C. Wyoming) Taylor Stevens, F, 6-7, Sr (Seattle U.) Nikola Mandic, C, 6-7, Jr (Gillette College)
PlayerS returning Starters Brockeith Pane, G, 6-2, Sr, 11.8 ppg, 4.4 apg returning lettermen E.J. Farris, G, 6-2, Jr, 1.9 ppg, 0.6 apg Morgan Grimm, F, 6-8, Sr, 2.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg Brady Jardine, G/F, 6-7, Sr, 7.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg returning redshirts Antonio Bumpus, G, 6-3, Jr Ben Clifford, F, 6-7, Fr Preston Medlin, G, 6-3, So newcomers Danny Berger, G/F, 6-6, So (Chemeketa CC) Mitch Bruneel, F, 6-5, So (Southern Idaho) David Collette, F, 6-8, Fr Sam Orchard, G, 6-1, Fr Igor Premasunac, F, 6-8, Jr (Lon Morris JC) Kyisean Reed, F, 6-6, Jr (Antelope Valley) Jordan Stone, C, 6-10, Fr Steven Thornton, G, 6-3, Fr Adam Thoseby, G/F, 6-4, Fr
medIa Info Basketball Contact Justin Kesterson justin.kesterson@msubillings.edu 406-896-5917 Website: www.msubsports.com
medIa Info Basketball Contact Doug Hoffman doug.hoffman@usu.edu 435-797-3714 Website: www.UtahStateAggies.com
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BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 1-0 2010-11 record: 24-8 2010-11 Conf./finish: NA Starters returning/lost: 4/1 lettermen returning/lost: 7/7 PlayerS returning Starters Spencer Briggs, G, 6-2, Sr, 16.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg Anders Jacobson, G, 6-1, So, 11.7 ppg, 2.2 apg Isaac Jacobson, G, 6-1, Jr, 11.2 ppg, 2.8 apg Travis Van Noy, C, 6-8, Sr, 3.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg returning lettermen Patrick Dillon, F, 6-3, Sr, 1.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg Ed Greenhalgh, G, 6-1, Jr, 2.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg Casey Nye, G, 6-2, Jr, 13.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg newcomers Payton Brooks, G, 5-10, Jr Antonio Falls, G, 6-1, Jr Jeff Grigg, G, 6-3, Fr Jonathan Jacobson, F, 6-4, So Justin Langford, F, 6-5, Fr Skyler Sims, G, 6-2, Fr Justin Wolf, C, 6-7, Fr Jaden Welsh, G, 6-2, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Chris Pendleton chris.pendleton@svu.edu 951-343-4297 Website: athletics.svu/edu
SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents TROy
CeDAR CITy, Utah – Nov. 23 TROy, Ala. – Dec. 20
ORAL ROBeRTS
TULSA, Okla. – Dec. 3 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Feb. 25
WeBeR STATe OGDeN, Utah Dec. 10
General InformatIon location: Troy, Alabama nickname: Trojans Colors: Cardinal, Silver & Black enrollment: 30,564 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Sun Belt (East) arena: Sartain Hall (4,000)
General InformatIon location: Tulsa, Oklahoma nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Vegas Gold, Navy & White enrollment: 3,259 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Mabee Center (10,575)
General InformatIon location: Ogden, Utah nickname: Wildcats Colors: Purple & White enrollment: 25,300 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big Sky arena: Dee Events Center (12,000)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Don Maestri (Southern Mississippi ‘69) record at troy: 485-357 (29 years) Career record: 485-357 (29 years) Phone: 334-670-3229 (SID) assistant Coaches: David Felix Michael Curry Ben Fletcher
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Scott Sutton (Oklahoma St. ‘94) record at orU: 223-155 (13 years) Career record: 223-155 (13 years) Phone: 918-495-7153 assistant Coaches: Tom Hankins Conley Phillips Sean Sutton
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Randy Rahe (Buena Vista ‘82) record at WSU: 95-61 (Five years) Career record: 95-61 (Five years) Phone: 801-626-7292 assistant Coaches: Eric Duft Tim Gardner Phil Beckner
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: Tied, 1-1 2010-11 record: 8-21 2010-11 Conf./finish: 6-10 (5th, East) Starters returning/lost: 2/3 lettermen returning/lost: 3/8
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: ORU leads, 28-8 2010-11 record: 20-13 2010-11 Conf./finish: 13-5 (3rd) Starters returning/lost: 5/0 lettermen returning/lost: 8/5
BaSketBall Info Series WSU leads: 21-6 2010-11 record: 18-14 2010-11 Conf./finish: 11-5 (3rd) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 7/4
PlayerS returning Starters Will Weathers, G, 6-0, Jr, 12.0 ppg, 6.6 apg Steven Cunningham, G , 6-4, Sr, 4.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg returning lettermen Tim Owens, F, 6-10, Sr, 1.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg returning redshirts RJ Scott, G/F, 6-4, So Brian Feldman, G, 5-10, Fr Nic Combs, G, 5-10, So newcomers Deonata Jethroe, G, 6-4, So (Ala. Southern) Justin Wright, G/F, 6-5, Jr (Pensacola St.) Emil Jones, G/F, 6-3, Jr (Pearl River) Alan Jones, G, 6-0, Jr (SE Illinois) Daronte Clark, G, 6-2, So (NW Florida St.) Breon Dixon, F, 6-7, Fr Westley Hinton, G, 6-8, Jr (West Plains) Raymond Chambers, F, 6-6, Jr (Lakeland) Sidki Muwallif, F, 6-8, Fr
PlayerS returning Starters Damon Bell-Holter, F/C, 6-10, Jr, 13.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg Dominque Morrison, F, 6-6, Sr, 19.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg Warren Niles, G, 6-4, Jr, 14.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg Roderick Pearson, G, 6-2, Sr, 5.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg Steven Roundtree, F, 6-8, So, 12.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg returning lettermen Ken Holdman, 6-0, 180, Sr, 5.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg Robert Aery, G, 6-0, Jr, 1.3 ppg, 0.5 rpg returning redshirts Michael Craion, F, 6-5, Jr, 13.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg Mickey Manghum, G, 6-1, So, 1.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg Jake Lliteras, G, 6-5, Fr newcomers D.J. Jackson, G, 5-11, Fr Kris Obaseke, G, 6-9, Fr Korey Billbury, G, 6-1, Fr Shawn Glover, G/F, 6-6, Fr
PlayerS returning Starters Scott Bamforth, G, 6-2, Jr, 12.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg Kyle Bullinger, F, 6-6, Sr, 11.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg Darin Mahoney, F, 6-8, Jr, 4.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg returning lettermen Blake Davis, F, 6-6, So, 0.2 ppg, 0.4 rpg Byron Fulton, F, 6-7, So, 7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg Jordan Richardson, G, 6-1, So, 3.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg Kyle Tresnak, C, 6-10, So, 3.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg returning redshirts Damian Lillard, G, 6-1, Jr, 19.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg James Hajek, C, 6-10, Fr newcomers Shai Fields, G/F, 6-4, Fr Gelaun Wheelwright, G, 6-1, Fr Logan Foster, G, 6-3, Fr Frank Otis, F, 6-6, Jr (SMU) Mike Brown, G, 6-2, Fr Ryan Van Pelt, F/C, 6-10, Fr
medIa Info Basketball Contact Matt Mays mtmays@troy.edu 334-670-3229 Website: www.troytrojans.com
medIa Info Basketball Contact Blake Freeland bfreeland@oru.edu 918-495-7181 Website: www.orugoldeneagles.com
medIa Info Basketball Contact Paul Grua pgrua@weber.edu 801-626-7414 Website: www.weberstatesports.com
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SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents SOUTH DAKOTA
VeRMILLION, S.D. – Dec. 28 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 28
UMKC
KANSAS CITy, Mo. – Dec. 30 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 26
General InformatIon location: Vermillion, South Dakota nickname: Coyotes Colors: Red & White enrollment: 10.151 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Summit arena: DakotaDome (10,000)
General InformatIon location: Kansas City, Mo. nickname: Kangaroos Colors: Blue & Gold enrollment: 14,221 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Swinney Recreation Center (1,504)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Dave Boots (Augsburg ‘79) record at USd: 483-196 (23 years) Career record: 598-259 (29 years) Phone: (605) 677-5927 (SID) assistant Coaches: Joey James Chris Kassin Shawn Dirden
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Matt Brown (Shippensburg ‘94) record at UmkC: 46-77 (Four years) Career record: 46-77 (Four years) Phone: 816-235-1036 assistant Coaches: Wendell Moore Martin Unger Steve Brough
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: First meeting 2010-11 record: 18-15 2010-11 Conf./finish: 7-5 (4th, Great West) Starters returning/lost: 4/1 lettermen returning/lost: 7/5 PlayerS returning Starters Charlie Westbrook, G, 6-4, Sr, 16.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg Louie Krogman, G, 6-1, Sr, 14.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg Trevor Gruis, C, 6-9, So, 9.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg Ricardo Andreotti, F, 6-8, Sr, 5.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg returning lettermen Jordan Boots, G, 6-1, Jr, 6-1 ppg, 1.3 rpg Steve Tecker, G, 6-5, So, 5.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg Jared Bartling, C, 6-8, So, 0.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg returning redshirts Jake Krogman, G, 6-2, Fr Jack Foley, G, 6-1, Fr newcomers Juevol Myles, G, 6-1, Jr (Talahassee CC) Nimrod Hilliard IV, G, 6-1, Fr Brandon Bos, G, 6-1, Fr Terrell Brown, G, 6-4, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Kit Strief kit.strief@usd.edu (605) 677-5927 Website: www.troytrojans.com
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: SUU leads, 17-15 2010-11 record: 16-14 2010-11 Conf./finish: 9-9 (6th) Starters returning/lost: 2/3 lettermen returning/lost: 8/4 PlayerS returning Starters Reggie Chamberlain, G, 6-0, Sr, 11.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg Bernard Kamwa, F/C, 6-8, Sr, 3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg returning lettermen Dustin Dibble, G, 6-4, Sr, 2.7 ppg, 1.0 rpg Michael Gholston, F, 6-0, Sr, 2.7 ppg, 0.8 rpg Trinity Hall, F, 6-7, So, 7.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg Trevor Mason, G, 5-10, Sr, 0.7 ppg, 0.2 rpg returning redshirts Fred Chatmon, F/C, 6-9, So, 2.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg Kirk Korver, F/C, 6-7, So, 4.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg newcomers Trevor Franklin, G/F, 6-6, Fr Jordan Payton, G/F, 6-5, Jr (Gulf Coast CC) Brad Reid, C, 6-11, Jr (Roane State CC) Thomas Staton, G/F, 6-6, Jr (Independence CC) Estan Tyler, G, 6-1, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Rob McCutcheon mccutcheonrb@umkc.edu 816-235-1034 Website: www.umkckangaroos.ocsn.com
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IPFW
FT. WAyNe, Ind. – Jan. 3 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 21
General InformatIon location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana nickname: Mastodons Colors: Royal Blue & White enrollment: 14,156 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Memorial Coliseum (5,800) CoaChInG Staff Coach: Tony Jasick (Mars Hill ‘00) record at IPfW: 0-0 (First year) Career record: 0-0 (First year) Phone: 260-481-6646 assistant Coaches: Jon Coffman Dane Bere Azeez Ali BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: IPFW leads, 6-3 2010-11 record: 18-12 2010-11 Conf./finish: 11-7 (4th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 6/4 PlayerS returning Starters Frank Gaines, G, 6-4, Jr, 14.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg Trey McCorkle, F, 6-10, Sr, 8.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg John Peckinpaugh, F, 6-5,Sr, 2.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg returning lettermen Jason Smeathers, F, 6-8, Sr, 3.4 ppg, 1.7 rpg Michael Kibiloski, F, 6-7, So, 3.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg Antwaun Boyd, G, 6-3, Sr, 4.3 ppg, 2.0 rpg returning redshirts Hichem Benayad-Cherif, F, 6-7, Fr newcomers Jonny Martin, G, 5-10, Fr Herbert Graham, G, 6-4, Fr Isaiah McCray, G, 6-1, Fr Justin Jordan, G, 5-9, So (St. Louis) Demario Hines, F, 6-8, Jr (Trinity Valley CC) Micahel Onourah, G, 6-2, Fr Joseph Edwards, G, 6-4, Fr Logan Shipley, G, 6-1, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Bill Salyer salyerw@ipfw.edu 260-481-0729 Website: www.go mastodons.com
SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents SOUTH DAKOTA ST.
CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 5 BROOKINGS, S.D. – Feb. 4
NORTH DAKOTA ST.
CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 7 FARGO, N.D. – Feb. 2
IUPUI
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Jan. 12 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Feb. 11
General InformatIon location: Brookings, S.D. nickname: Jackrabbits Colors: Yellow & Blue enrollment: 12,816 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Frost Arena (6,500)
General InformatIon location: Fargo, N.D. nickname: Bison Colors: Yellow & Green enrollment: 14,399 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Bison Sports Arena (5,830)
General InformatIon location: Indianapolis, Indiana nickname: Jaguars Colors: Red, Gold & Black enrollment: 30,566 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: The Jungle (1,215)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Scott Nagy (Delta St. ‘88) record at SdSU: 289-190 (16 years) Career record: 289-190 (16 years) Phone: 605-688-5626 assistant Coaches: Rob Klinkefus Austin Hansen Brian Cooley
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Saul Phillips (Wisconsin-Platteville ‘96)) record at ndSU: 67-53 (Four years) Career record: 67-53 (Four years) Phone: 701-231-7805 assistant Coaches: David Richman Will Ryan Jason Kemp
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Todd Howard (Louisville ‘93) record at IUPUI: 0-0 (First year) Career record: 0-0 (First year) Phone: 317-278-5247 assistant Coaches: Matt Crenshaw David Padgett Matt Whinrey
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: SDSU leads, 6-2 2010-11 record: 19-12 2010-11 Conf./finish: 10-8 (5th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 8/3 PlayerS returning Starters Griffan Callahan, G, 6-4, Sr, 8.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg Tony Fiegen, G, 6-7, Jr, 5.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg Nate Wolters, G, 6-3, Jr, 19.5 ppg, 6.1 apg returning lettermen Brayden Carlson, G, 6-4, So, 2.8 ppg, 1.7 rpg Jordan Dykstra, F, 6-8, So, 11.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg Marcus Heemstra, F, 6-9, So, 1.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg Aireus Stephenson, G, 6-0, Sr, 2.5 ppg, 0.3 rpg Chad White, G, 6-6, So, 3.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg newcomers Austin Hennings, G, 6-6, So (Mid-Am. Nazarene) Joey Feilmeier, G, 6-1, Fr Samuel Francis, G, 6-3, Fr Zach Horstman, G/F, 6-5, Fr Cory Jacobsen, G, 6-1, Fr Zach Monaghan, G, 6-2, Fr Alex Olson, G, 6-1, Fr Taevaunn Prince, G, 6-3, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Ryan Sweeter Ryan.Sweeter@sdstate.edu 605-688-5999 Website: www.GoJacks.com
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: NDSU leads, 5-4 2010-11 record: 14-15 2010-11 Conf./finish: 8-10 (7th) Starters returning/lost: 4/2 lettermen returning/lost: 8/2 PlayerS returning Starters Marshall Bjorklund, F, 6-8, So, 8.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg Taylor Braun, G, 6-7, So, 8.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg Eric Carlson, F, 6-6, Sr, 10.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg Drew Lundberg, G, 6-2, Sr, 8.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg returning lettermen Mike Felt, G, 6-3, So, 6.3 ppg, 0.9 rpg Andy Nagel, F, 6-9, Jr, 1.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg Fred Newell, G, 5-8, So, 1.4 ppg, 0.6 rpg TrayVonn Wright, F, 6-7, So, 5.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg Nate Zastrow, G, 6-0, Jr, 3.7 ppg, 1.2 apg returning redshirts Jordan Aaberg, F, 6-9, So Dylan Hale, G, 6-1, So (Texas State) newcomers Joel Lindberg, G, 6-2, Fr Lawrence Alexander, G, 6-3, Fr Chris Kading, F, 6-8, Fr Basketball Contact Ryan Perrault Ryan.Perrault@ndsu.edu 701-231-8331 Website: www.gobison.com
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BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: IUPUI leads, 19-11 2010-11 record: 19-14 2010-11 Conf./finish: 12-6 (3rd) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 9/5 PlayerS returning Starters Stephen Thomas, G, 6-1, Sr, 11.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg Christian Siakam, F, 6-7, Jr, 9.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg Alex Young, F, 6-5, Sr, 19.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg returning lettermen Sean Esposito, G, 6-3, Jr, 3.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg Donovan Gibbs, F, 6-7, So, 2.6 ppg, 2.0 P.J. Hubert, G, 6-5, So, 2.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg Nick Kitcoff, G/F, 6-7, Jr, 0.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg Mitchell Patton, F/C, 6-9, So, 2.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg Greg Rice, G, 5-11, Jr, 1.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg newcomers Nick Achille, G, 6-3, So (Grace College) Marcellus Barksdale, G/F, 6-5, Fr Ian Chiles, G, 6-1, So (Wabash Valley) Lyonell Gaines. G, 6-6, Fr Cameron Loepker, F/C, 6-9, Jr (IU South Bend) Jordan Shanklin, G, 6-0, Fr medIa Info Basketball Contact Ed Holdaway eholdawa@iupui.edu 317-274-2725 Website: www.iupuijags.com
SUU’s 2011-12 Opponents WeSTeRN ILLINOIS
MACOMB, Ill. – Jan. 14 CeDAR CITy, Utah – Feb. 9
OAKLAND
CeDAR CITy, Utah – Jan. 19 ROCHeSTeR, Mich. – Feb. 15
General InformatIon location: Macomb, Illinois nickname: Leathernecks Colors: Purple & Gold enrollment: 13,331 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League arena: Western Hall (5,139)
General InformatIon location: Rochester, Michigan nickname: Golden Grizzlies Colors: Black, Gold & White enrollment: 19,053 affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Summit arena: Athletics Center O’Rena (3,000)
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Jim Molinari (Illinois Wesleyan ‘77) record at WIU: 29-60 (Three years) Career record: 252-245 (18 years) Phone: 309-298-1515 assistant Coaches: Billy Wright Wade Hokenson Kyle Vogt
CoaChInG Staff Coach: Greg Kampe (Bowling Green ‘78) record at oU: 470-333 (27 years) Career record: 470-333 (27 years) Phone: 248-370-4005 assistant Coaches: Jeff Tungate Darren Sorenson Saddi Washington
BaSketBall Info Series W/SUU: SUU Leads, 19-12 2010-11 record: 7-23 2010-11 Conf./finish: 2-16 (9th) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 5/8
BaSketBall Info Series oUU leads: 15-13 2010-11 record: 25-10 2010-11 Conf./finish: 17-1 (1st) Starters returning/lost: 3/2 lettermen returning/lost: 7/5
PlayerS returning Starters Ceola Clark, G, 6-3, Sr, 10.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg Jack Houpt, G, 6-7, Jr, 7.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg Tommie Tyler, G, 6-3, Sr, 7.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg returning lettermen David Gebru, C, 6-10, Jr, 6.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg Billy Molinari, G, 6-2, So, 2.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg returning redshirts None newcomers Obi Emegano, F, 6-3, Fr Don McAvoy, F, 6-6, Jr (Black Hawk) Jeremy McDonald, F, 6-7, Fr Jalen Parks, G, 6-2, Fr Terell Parks, F/C, 6-7, 215, Jr (Iowa Central) Remy Roberts-Burnett, G, 6-0, Fr
PlayerS returning Starters Travis Bader, G, 6-4, So, 10.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg Reggie Hamilton, G, 5-11, Sr, 17.6 ppg, 5.3 apg Drew Valentine, F, 6-5, Jr, 7.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg returning lettermen Jordan Howenstine, G, 6-1, Jr, 1.4 ppg, 0.0 rpg Ryan Bass, G, 5-10, So, 2.0 ppg, 1.4 apg Joey Asbury, F, 6-7, So, 0.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg returning redshirts Blake Cushingberry, G, 6-4, Jr, 4.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg* Corey Petros, C, 6-10, Fr Kyle Sikora, C, 7-0, Fr newcomers Dante Williams, 6-6, 170, Fr Korab Imami, C, 6-10, Fr Mat Pcjes, G, 6-3, Fr * 2009-10 statistics
Basketball Contact Kyle Bradt ka-bradt2@wiu.edu 309-298-1133 Website: www.wiu.edu/athletics
medIa Info Basketball Contact Scott McDonald macdona2@oakland.edu 248-370-4008 Website: www.ougrizzlies.com
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Southern Utah’s All-Time Series OPPONENT..................W Adams State .................26 Akron .............................1 Albuquerque ..................0 Alaska-Anchorage .........1 Ambassador ..................1 American U. ...................0 Arizona State .................0 Arkansas........................0 Azusa Pacific .................2 Ball State .......................0 Baptist (S.C.) .................1 Baylor ............................0 Biola...............................1 Boise State ....................1 Boston College ..............0 Brigham Young ..............0 BYU-Hawaii ...................3 Buffalo............................0 Butler .............................2 Cal. Baptist ....................6 Cal. Lutheran .................6 CS Bakersfield ...............2 CS Dominquez Hills.......4 Cal State Fullerton .........0 CS Hayward ..................1 CS Los Angeles .............1 CS Northridge ...............13 CS Sacramento ............13 CS San Bernardino........1 CS Stanislaus ................2 Cal Poly Pomona ...........4 Cal Poly ........................9 Carroll College ...............1 Carson College ..............1 Centenary .....................10 Central Methodist ..........1 Central Oklahoma..........1 Central Washington .......1 Chapman College ..........1 Chicago State ...............20 Chihuahua U..................2 Cincinnati .......................0 Claremont-Mudd ............5 Cleveland State .............1 Colorado ........................1 Colorado College ...........2 UC-Colorado Springs ......2 UC Davis .......................0 Colorado Mines ............32 Concordia College .........1 Creighton .......................0 Dayton ...........................1 Denver ..........................5 Drake ............................1 Eastern Montana ...........1
L 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 1 1 9 1 11 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 5 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15 0 1 0 3 3 2
OPPONENT..................W E. New Mexico...............2 Eastern Washington ......3 Evansville ......................1 Fairfield ..........................0 Florida............................0 Florida International .......2 Fort Hays State..............1 Fort Lewis .....................27 Fresno Pacific ................6 Fresno State ..................0 Gonzaga ........................1 Grand Canyon ..............15 Great Falls College ........1 Greenville College .........1 Hastings.........................1 Hawaii ............................0 Hawaii-Hilo ....................1 Houston Baptist .............1 Humboldt State ..............1 Idaho..............................8 Idaho State ...................12 Illinois-Chicago ..............0 Illinois State ...................2 Iowa State......................0 IUPUI ............................11 IPFW..............................3 Johnson & Wales ..........1 Kansas State .................0 LaVerne .........................4 Lewis & Clark ................1 Lewis-Clark State ..........1 Long Beach State ..........2 Los Angeles Baptist .......1 Louisiana Tech...............0 Loyola (MD) ...................1 Loyola-Marymount .........0 Magic Valley...................1 Masters College.............2 McNeese State ..............1 Mesa State ...................14 Metropolitan State .........0 Minot State ....................0 Mississippi .....................0 Montana.........................5 Montana State ...............3 Montana St.-Northern ....2 Montana Tech ................7 Morehead State .............1 National College ............1 Nebraska .......................0 Nebraska Wesleyan.......1 Nevada-Reno ................0 NM Highlands ...............27 New Mexico ...................1 New Mexico State..........0
L 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 3 1 37 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 1 0 1 19 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 1 1 5 9 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 9 3 3
OPPONENT..................W New Orleans ..................0 North Central (Ill.) ..........0 North Dakota State ........4 NE Louisiana .................3 NE Illinois.......................5 Northern Arizona............8 Northern Colorado .........0 Northern Iowa ................1 NW Nazarene ................2 Notre Dame ...................0 Coll. of Notre Dame .......2 Oakland ........................13 Occidental......................2 Oklahoma ......................0 Oklahoma Christian .......0 Oklahoma State .............0 Oral Roberts ..................8 Oregon State .................0 Pacific Christian .............1 Panhandle State ............1 Pepperdine ....................1 Point Loma Nazarene ......1 Portland .........................1 Portland State ................0 Principia College............1 Redlands .......................4 Regis ............................18 Richmond ......................0 Rocky Mountain ............1 St. Cloud State ..............0 St. Francis (NY) .............1 St. Mary’s (CA) ..............0 Saint Louis .....................0 San Diego ......................1 San Diego State ............2 San Francisco................0 San Francisco St. ..........1 Santa Clara....................0 Seattle Pacific ................0 Seattle University...........1 South Alabama ..............1 South Carolina St. .........0 South Dakota State .......2 Southeast Missouri ........1 So. California Coll. .........4 Southern Colorado .......13 Southwest Baptist ..........1 Missouri State ................0 Southwestern College ...1 SW Louisiana ................0 SW Oklahoma ...............0 Stanford .........................0 Stephen F. Austin...........2 Tahoe-Paradise .............4 Tennessee Tech.............0
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L 1 1 5 1 3 13 1 1 3 1 0 15 0 1 1 2 28 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 12 1 0 1 0 5 1 9 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 1 0 9 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 2
TOPPONENT................W L Texas .............................0 1 Texas A&M Intl. ..............1 0 Texas-El Paso................0 3 Texas State ....................1 1 Texas Wesleyan.............4 0 Troy State ......................1 1 Tulsa ..............................0 1 UC Irvine........................1 2 UC Riverside .................2 6 UC San Diego................2 0 UC Santa Barbara .........0 1 UC Santa Cruz ..............1 0 UMKC ...........................17 15 UNLV .............................0 20 Univ.of the Southwest ....1 0 U.S. International ...........5 3 Utah ...............................2 8 Utah State......................0 4 Utah Valley ....................1 2 Valparaiso ......................7 16 Va. Commonwealth........0 1 Washington....................0 1 Washington State ..........1 1 Wassuk College.............1 1 Wayland Baptist.............2 0 Weber State...................6 21 West Texas State...........2 3 Western Illinois .............19 12 Western Kentucky..........0 1 Western Michigan ..........1 0 Western Montana ..........3 2 W. New Mexico .............25 26 Western Oregon ............3 0 Western State ...............30 11 Westminster..................21 17 Westmont.......................2 1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee.......3 2 Wisconsin-Green Bay ......0 1 Wright State ...................1 4 Wyoming........................0 2 Youngstown State..........3 4 Xavier ............................1 0 Total ..........................644 593
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Celebrating its 30th season in Division I athletics
“Ascending” and “improving” are adjectives frequently used in media coverage of The Summit League as it continues a renaissance on the playing field and in the classroom. As The Summit League celebrates its 30th anniversary season as an NCAA Division I athletics conference, the level of performance and achievement among the 11 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes in 19 championship sports continues to grow. Since 2007, The Summit League has produced 39 All-Americans and 28 Academic All-America selections along with three NCAA Champions, two NBA Draft choices and one Olympic Silver medalist. Headlining The Summit League’s most recent history were the additions of the University of South Dakota and the University of Nebraska Omaha to its membership. USD joined in 2009 and the 2011-12 academic year marks its first year of full league competition. UNO’s membership took effect on July 1, 2011 and it will begin league competition in 2012-13. The Summit League’s visibility continues to expand on several fronts. The 2011 Baseball Championship drew a record 5,128 fans, topping the previous high by almost 1,500. Another successful Summit League Basketball Championship totaled a combined attendance of over 32,000 which ranked as the second-highest figure in league history while the men’s tournament was one of just six outside the traditional “power conferences” to average 4,400 or better per session. Television exposure also increased with the broadcasts of four Summit League sport championships in 2010-11. For the second consecutive season, all 14 men’s and women’s basketball tournament games were televised live, including the women’s championship on ESPNU and the men’s on ESPN2. Furthermore, The Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships were televised for the first time and the league’s entire Baseball Tournament was carried live, marking another first. The national reach of The Summit League was furthered when three member institutions hosted 2010-11 NCAA Championship events. IUPUI was a quad-host for the Women’s Basketball Final Four, UMKC co-hosted the Volleyball Championship and Oakland hosted the Great Lakes Cross Country Regional Championship. In 2013, Oakland will host the Men’s Basketball Second and Third Rounds and IUPUI will serve as co-host for a Men’s Basketball Regional. In men’s basketball, The Summit League ranked No. 18 in the Sagarin Ratings, placing four teams among the top 150 and six in the top 200. In the Mid-Major Top 25 poll, league champion Oakland ranked No. 5 with two first-place votes entering the NCAA Tournament, putting them ahead of two Final Four participants, including the national runner-up. The Summit League set a leaguerecord by playing 16 games against AP nationally-ranked teams, the highest total among mid-majors, including seven top-10 opponents, highlighted by Oakland’s win at then-No. 7 Tennessee. Women’s basketball joined the men in sending multiple teams to the postseason with three teams advancing for the second-straight year, including Oral Roberts, which reached the WNIT’s round of 16 to match the league’s deepest run in that tournament. Summit League teams combined to record four victories over “power six” conference foes during the season.
Individually on the hardwood, Oakland’s Keith Benson was selected in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks and Oral Roberts’ Steven Roundtree was named Mid-Major Freshman of the Year by CollegeInsider.com. On the women’s side, ORU’s Kevi Luper became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in both points per game and steals per game in the same season. Several teams continued impressive championship streaks within the league in 2010-11. Oral Roberts, which finished the season nationally-ranked, won its 14th-straight baseball title, tying for the second-longest streak in NCAA history. Oakland captured its 12thconsecutive men’s and women’s swimming and diving titles while North Dakota State won its fourth-straight men’s and women’s indoor track and field championships and its third softball crown in a row. South Dakota State became the first women’s basketball team to win three consecutive league championships. The Summit League enjoyed a successful track and field season with eight All-Americans, including six at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Oral Roberts’ Jack Whitt finished as runner-up in the pole vault at the Outdoor Championships after placing third indoors. North Dakota State’s Whitney Carlson became the first female athlete in league history to earn All-America honors in two events at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships during the same year. Two Summit League student-athletes received the prestigious NCAA Elite 88 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA championships. Amy Anderson (women’s golf) and Carlson (outdoor track and field), both from North Dakota State, the lone non-FBS public university to have multiple recipients, were presented with the honor and added All-America honors for their athletic performances. Anderson led the league’s individual accomplishments, placing 12th at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships, the highest finish ever by a Summit League player, and competing as an amateur in the U.S. Women’s Open. IPFW’s Amy Recht claimed her fourth consecutive Women’s Tennis Player of the Year honor and became the first Summit League athlete to win the sport’s top award in each season of eligibility. Academically, six Summit League student-athletes received Academic All-America honors and six teams were bestowed with the NCAA Public Recognition Award, an honor given to teams that have a Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The accomplishments of 2010-11 came on the heels of the exceptional success the previous two years. In 2009-10, IUPUI’s Chen Ni became The Summit League’s first female NCAA Champion when she took first in the platform dive. Oakland’s Keith Benson was named the Lou Henson Award winner as the nation’s Mid-Major Player of the Year. The preceding year, Oral Roberts track star Andretti Bain won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
340 W. Butterfield Rd., Suite 3D Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: (630) 516-0661 Fax: (630) 516-0673
www.thesummitleague.org
Tom Douple Commissioner
Commissioner .................................................................Tom Douple Associate Commissioner .....................................Myndee Kay Larsen Assistant Commissioner .................................................Angie Torain Director of Communications .......................................... David Brauer Director of Marketing ..............................................Vanessa Quimpo Associate Director of Communications ............................ Greg Mette Assistant Director of Compliance & Administration ....Matthew Boyer Communications Assistant .............................. Stephanie Sabaduquia
SUMMIT LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP
One of the Summit League’s most iconic moments came when Valparaiso’s Bryce Drew hit “the shot”, a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer, to top Mississippi in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. Valpo’s story captivated the nation as they became the league’s second team to reach the “Sweet 16.” Bahamas’ 4x400-meter relay team after winning both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor 400meter titles and IUPUI’s George Hill became The Summit League’s second NBA first round draft pick. Originally formed in 1982 as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities and later known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League is in its fifth year of rebranding that followed its 25th anniversary and coincided with the Summit Plan, a strategic plan that places a renewed emphasis on improving the academic and athletic performances of all league student-athletes. Included in the plan was the league’s new name, the creation of a new image and the addition of three member institutions. The Summit League has a combined enrollment of over 135,000 at 11 universities, five of which are located in the top 76 U.S. media markets (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Tulsa and Omaha). Member institutions include: IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue UniversityFort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City), the University of Nebraska Omaha (which begins league competition in 2012-13), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota (in its first year as a full member), South Dakota State University, Southern Utah University and Western Illinois University. Eastern Illinois University is an associate member in swimming and diving and men’s soccer. These member institutions pride themselves on providing quality athletic, academic and social experiences for their student-athletes. The Summit League sponsors 19 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The league champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in all applicable sports. Since its inception in 1982, The Summit League has had several transcendent moments on the national stage. In 1986, Cleveland State upset third-seeded Indiana in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on its way to a berth in the Sweet 16. A decade later, Valparaiso captured the nation’s attention when Bryce Drew hit “the shot” to defeat No. 4 seed Mississippi in an NCAA first-round game and spark its Sweet 16 run. More recently, Oral Roberts’ baseball program finished the 2004 campaign with a nationalranking and became the first Summit League school to reach an NCAA Super Regional in 2006. Three years later, North Dakota State’s 2009 softball team became the first League member to win an NCAA regional and advance to the Super Regional round. During the 2008-09 basketball season, South Dakota State’s women’s team was nationally-ranked throughout the year and capped its season with an NCAA Tournament first round victory. The League has produced five NCAA champions, four Olympic athletes and several AllAmericans in the sports of track and field, swimming and diving and cross country. Numerous professional athletes and several draft choices have come directly from The Summit League, including three Major League Baseball first round picks, a pair of NBA first rounders, and one WNBA selection. Former Summit Leaguer Kevin Duckworth (NBA) was a two-time all-star during his professional career. Recent and historical success coupled with an increased growth among its membership base gives The Summit League a promising future on the landscape of college athletics.
IPFW Nickname: Mastodons Location: Fort Wayne, Ind. Enrollment: 14,193 Founded: 1964 Joined League: 2007 IUPUI Nickname: Jaguars Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Enrollment: 30,566 Founded: 1969 Joined League: 1998 UMKC Nickname: Kangaroos Location: Kansas City, Mo. Enrollment: 14,221 Founded: 1933 Joined League: 1994 NEBRASKA OMAHA Nickname: Mavericks Location: Omaha, Neb. Enrollment: 15,448 Founded: 1908 Joined League: 2011 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Nickname: Bison Location: Fargo, N.D. Enrollment: 14,407 Founded: 1890 Joined League: 2007 OAKLAND Nickname: Golden Grizzlies Location: Rochester, Mich. Enrollment: 19,053 Founded: 1957 Joined League: 1997 ORAL ROBERTS Nickname: Golden Eagles Location: Tulsa, Okla. Enrollment: 3,140 Founded: 1963 Joined League: 1997 SOUTH DAKOTA Nickname: Coyotes Location: Vermillion, S.D. Enrollment: 9,617 Founded: 1862 Joined League: 2011 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Nickname: Jackrabbits Location: Brookings, S.D. Enrollment: 12,816 Founded: 1881 Joined League: 2007 SOUTHERN UTAH Nickname: Thunderbirds Location: Cedar City, Utah Enrollment: 8,066 Founded: 1897 Joined League: 1997 WESTERN ILLINOIS Nickname: Fighting Leathernecks Location: Macomb, Ill. Enrollment: 13,331 Founded: 1899 Joined League: 1982 (charter member) ASSOCIATE MEMBER: Eastern Illinois University competes as an associate member in swimming and diving and men’s soccer.
SUMMIT LEAGUE NOTABLES The Summit League has produced the following notable studentathletes during its 30 seasons at the Division I level ... Brian Anderson (Baseball): No. 3 pick in1993 Draft, World Series Champion Andretti Bain (Track & Field): 2-time NCAA Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist Tony Bennett (Basketball): NBA Draft pick, head coach at Virginia Liza Brown (Softball): 1st Team All-American, 2-time All-America selection Bryce Drew (Basketball): NBA Draft 1st Round pick, head coach at Valparaiso Kevin Duckworth: 2-time NBA All-Star, NBA Most Improved Player Award George Hill (Basketball): NBA Draft 1st Round pick Jim Maton (Track & Field): NCAA Champion Bill Mueller (Baseball): World Series and American League batting champion Prince Mumba (Track & Field): 2-time NCAA runner-up, Olympian Chen Ni (Swimming & Diving): NCAA Champion Anita Rapp (Soccer): 1st Team All-American, Olympic Gold Medalist Tony Sanneh (Soccer): 2nd Team All-American, U.S. National Team Dan Steele (Track & Field): NCAA Champion, Olympic Bronze Medalist (bobsled)
2010-11 In Review SUMMIT LeAGUe STANDINGS (Final Regular Season) Conference Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Oakland 17 1 .944 22 9 .710 Oral Roberts 13 5 .722 17 14 .548 IUPUI 12 6 .667 18 13 .581 IPFW 11 7 .611 18 11 .621 So. Dakota St. 10 8 .556 18 11 .621 UMKC 9 9 .500 16 13 .552 No. Dakota St. 8 10 .444 14 14 .500 Southern Utah 7 11 .389 11 18 .379 Western Illinois 2 16 .111 7 22 .241 Centenary 1 17 .056 1 21 .033
SUU IN THe SUMMIT LeAGUe (Final Regular Season) Rank Avg. Team: Scoring Offense . . . . . . . . . . . 6th . . . . 73.8 Scoring Defense . . . . . . . . . . 8th . . . . 75.7 Scoring Margin. . . . . . . . . . . . 7th . . . . -1.8 Free Throw Percentage . . . . . 5th . . . . .719 Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . 3rd . . . . .494 FG Percentage Defense . . . . 4th . . . . .458 3-pt FG Percentage . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . .393 3-pt FG Pct. Defense . . . . . . . 7th . . . . .373 3-pt FG Made . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . 3.7 Rebounding Margin . . . . . . . . 4th . . . . +2.4 Blocked Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd . . . . 4.6 Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . 14.4 Steals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th. . . . . 5.3 Turnover Margin. . . . . . . . . . . 8th . . . . -1.67 Assist/Turnover Ratio. . . . . . . 7th. . . . . 1.0 Offensive Rebounds . . . . . . . 6th . . . . 10.9 Defensive Rebounds . . . . . . . 4th . . . . 22.2 Individual
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(For ranking players must appear in 75% of games)
Scoring (top-20) None Rebounding (top-20) Kyle Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 12th . . . . 6.0 Field Goal Percentage (top-10) Kyle Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . .649 Matt Massey . . . . . . . . . 9th . . . . .556 Assists (top-10) Ray Jones, Jr. . . . . . . . . 4th. . . . . 3.8 Free Throw Percentage (top-10) Ryan Brimley . . . . . . . . . 5th . . . . .849 Steals (top-10) Jake Nielson . . . . . . . . T10th. . . . 1.2 3-pt Percentage (Min 1.3 per game) (top-10) None 3-pt FG Per Game (top-10) Ryan Brimley . . . . . . . . T8th . . . . 2.1 Blocked Shots (top-10) Kyle Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd. . . . . 1.3 Matt Hodgson . . . . . . . . 6th. . . . . 1.1 Assists/Turnover Ratio (top-10) Ray Jones, Jr. . . . . . . . . 6th. . . . . 1.4 Offensive Rebounds (top-10) None Defensive Rebounds (top-10) Kyle Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 6th. . . . . 4.7
Quick Review Of 2011-12 Southern Utah had its ups and downs through the early season but found its groove down the stretch when the team wrapped up the regular season winning five of eight games, with two of the losses coming by two and three points. During that stretch drive the Thunderbirds picked up their first road sweep in six years when they came from behind to win at IUPUI, 80-68, and at Western Illinois, 68-63. The only blemishes down the stretch were a 71-68 loss to UMKC, a 71-69 loss to Oral Roberts and an 82-68 loss to regular-season and conference tournament champion Oakland. After a one-year hiatus the Thunderbirds returned to The Summit League tournament last year, where they gave Oakland all it wanted before eventually coming up short in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. Highlights of the season included an appearance in the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, where junior forward Matt Massey earned a spot on the all-tournament team after averaging 16.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in the three games. The team also combined to block a school-record 132 shots, including 13 against Panhandle State, another SUU watermark.
2011-12 SUU Starters, Game-By-Game Game Cal Baptist At Cal State Bakersfield Utah State Drake Ball State Houston Baptist Oakland IPFW Weber State Panhandle State UNLV UC Davis North Dakota St. South Dakota St. UMKC Oral Roberts Centenary Western Illinois IUPUI North Dakota St. South Dakota St. Cal State Bakersfield UMKC Centenary Oral Roberts IUPUI Western Illinois IPFW Oakland Oakland *Starting line-up record
1 Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones
2 Brimley Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Weirick Heuir Heuir Heuir Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley Brimley
3 Nielson Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Nielson Nielson Nielson Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett Stevenett
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4 Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Davis Massey Massey Massey Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis
5 Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Hodgson Koehler Koehler Koehler Koehler Koehler Hodgson Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey Massey
W-L/Record* L/0-1 W/1-0 L/1-1 L/1-2 L/1-3 W/2-3 L/2-4 L/2-5 L/2-6 W/1-0 L/1-1 L/0-1 W/1-0 L/1-1 L/0-2 L/0-1 W/1-1 W/2-1 L/2-2 L/2-3 L/2-4 W/3-4 L/3-5 W/4-5 L/4-6 W/5-6 W/6-6 W/7-6 L/7-7 L/7-8
2010-11 Statistics and Results Overall Statistics RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE ## 21 10 34 05 25 13 32 44 22 33 03 02 TM
OVERALL 11-19 7-11 4-8
Player STEVENETT, Jackson BRIMLEY, Ryan MASSEY, Matt JONES, Ray DAVIS, Kyle TAYLOR, Ramell WEIRICK, Jordan HODGSON, Matt NIELSON, Jake KOEHLER, Tyson HEUIR, Damon CAMERON, Brian TEAM................ Total.......... Opponents......
SCORE BY PERIODS: Southern Utah Opponents
GP 22 30 30 30 30 27 27 29 30 27 30 15
GS 15 17 29 30 16 11 10 10 4 5 3 0
HOME 6-8 4-5 2-3 Min 555 701 726 951 592 443 392 380 430 370 396 64
Avg 25.2 23.4 24.2 31.7 19.7 16.4 14.5 13.1 14.3 13.7 13.2 4.3
30 30
AWAY 4-8 3-6 1-2 FG 84 86 107 88 93 69 49 43 39 39 35 4
NEUTRAL 1-3 0-0 1-3
TOTAL FGA Pct 153 .549 246 .350 195 .549 188 .468 168 .554 152 .454 114 .430 81 .531 96 .406 74 .527 92 .380 13 .308
736 1572 .468 719 1598 .450
3-PTS 3FG FGA 2 3 50 142 4 15 4 17 4 14 3 10 18 37 0 0 4 18 0 2 8 23 0 3
Pct .667 .352 .267 .235 .286 .300 .486 .000 .222 .000 .348 .000
97 284 .342 195 521 .374
FT 52 61 64 97 65 26 8 44 52 23 13 3
FTA 70 74 88 130 97 45 11 58 76 32 30 5
REBOUNDS Off Def Tot 32 50 82 14 48 62 48 50 98 21 72 93 39 119 158 31 50 81 8 44 52 43 58 101 15 54 69 21 42 63 17 22 39 3 5 8 48 57 105 340 671 1011 334 596 930
Pct .743 .824 .727 .746 .670 .578 .727 .759 .684 .719 .433 .600
508 716 .709 559 801 .698
Avg 3.7 2.1 3.3 3.1 5.3 3.0 1.9 3.5 2.3 2.3 1.3 0.5 3.5 33.7 31.0
PF 60 59 87 66 47 52 42 69 71 47 44 6 1 651 646
FO 4 0 6 1 2 1 1 3 3 0 1 0
Avg 2.4 4.4 6.0 3.2 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 1.5 1.2 1.6 0.4 3.7 33.1 30.7
PF 42 46 34 54 43 43 24 34 28 28 22 5 1 404 402
A 28 31 35 119 36 22 25 8 47 23 40 9
Blk 16 3 10 8 31 14 1 35 5 11 1 0
22 21
TO 30 35 56 92 53 43 23 45 42 14 27 9 10 423 479 355 397
Stl 5 16 15 39 14 6 7 8 28 8 11 4
FO 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
A 21 24 25 27 69 34 5 3 15 22 11 4
Blk 0 11 23 5 7 3 7 18 6 1 1 0
Stl 15 4 4 10 20 21 2 1 4 8 4 2
82 54
95 125
135 161 90 225
Pts 222 283 282 277 255 167 124 130 134 101 91 11 0 2077 2192
Avg 10.1 9.4 9.4 9.2 8.5 6.2 4.6 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.0 0.7
Pts 204 177 195 180 162 97 65 72 63 58 50 6 0 1329 1362
Avg 11.3 11.1 10.8 10.0 9.0 5.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 3.2 3.1 0.8
69.2 73.1
1st 2nd Total 968 1109 2077 1033 1159 2192
Summit League Statistics ## 10 21 25 34 05 22 13 44 33 03 32 02 TM
Player BRIMLEY, Ryan STEVENETT, Jackson DAVIS, Kyle MASSEY, Matt JONES, Ray NIELSON, Jake TAYLOR, Ramell HODGSON, Matt KOEHLER, Tyson HEUIR, Damon WEIRICK, Jordan CAMERON, Brian TEAM................ Total.......... Opponents......
GP 18 16 18 18 18 18 15 17 15 18 16 8
GS 14 13 13 18 18 3 2 3 2 2 2 0
Min 469 453 376 445 545 289 170 179 193 264 188 29
Avg 26.1 28.3 20.9 24.7 30.3 16.1 11.3 10.5 12.9 14.7 11.8 3.6
18 18
FG 61 67 72 69 54 26 29 23 26 22 19 2
TOTAL FGA 164 124 111 124 111 63 61 39 41 59 47 7
Pct .372 .540 .649 .556 .486 .413 .475 .590 .634 .373 .404 .286
470 951 .494 444 970 .458
3-PTS
3FG 37 2 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 6 8 0
FGA 91 2 6 8 10 13 2 0 1 13 16 1
Pct .407 1.000 .500 .375 .200 .231 .000 .000 .000 .462 .500 .000
64 163 .393 120 322 .373
FT 45 41 48 39 52 42 7 26 11 8 4 2
FTA 53 52 71 55 70 54 18 35 14 19 7 4
REBOUNDS
Pct .849 .788 .676 .709 .743 .778 .389 .743 .786 .421 .571 .500
Off 9 27 24 28 12 7 19 20 7 10 3 2 29 197 202
325 452 .719 354 491 .721
Def 35 44 84 29 43 35 18 24 15 11 23 1 37 399 350
Tot 44 71 108 57 55 42 37 44 22 21 26 3 66 596 552
TO 19 21 35 33 50 30 16 23 7 16 10 4 5 260 269 212 239
14 15
73.8 75.7
Game-by-Game Statistics Opponent CAL BAPTIST at CSU Bakersfield UTAH STATE vs Drake vs Ball State vs Houston Baptist at Oakland at IPFW WEBER STATE PANHANDLE ST. at UNLV at UC Davis NO. DAKOTA ST. SO. DAKOTA ST. at UMKC at Oral Roberts at Centenary WESTERN ILLINOIS IUPUI at No. Dakota St. at So. Dakota St. CSU BAKERSFIELD UMKC CENTENARY ORAL ROBERTS at IUPUI at Western Illinois IPFW OAKLAND vs Oakland Southern Utah Opponents
Date 11/15/10 11.17.10 11/20/10 11/24/10 11/26/10 11/27/10 12/02/10 12/04/10 12/11/10 12/14/10 12/18/10 12/21/10 12/30/10 1/1/11 1/8/11 01/13/11 1/15/11 1/20/11 1/22/11 01/27/11 1/29/11 2/2/11 2/5/11 2/10/11 2/12/11 02/17/11 2/19/11 2/24/11 2/26/11 3/5/11
Score 69-79 66-58 53-66 59-78 54-73 64-61 65-81 66-76 71-77 68-51 50-72 65-74 77-68 95-105 76-82 71-87 88-75 69-48 61-87 75-87 79-96 63-59 68-71 70-49 69-71 80-68 68-63 84-66 68-82 66-82 2077 2192
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FG 26 24 13 19 19 26 24 27 26 25 17 25 28 32 28 26 29 23 22 26 30 22 21 21 24 31 20 30 28 24 736 719
TOTAL FGA 54 63 36 50 44 59 55 46 54 62 49 55 59 59 56 64 50 56 52 50 52 43 52 48 55 50 32 50 65 52 1572 1598
Pct .481 .381 .361 .380 .432 .441 .436 .587 .481 .403 .347 .455 .475 .542 .500 .406 .580 .411 .423 .520 .577 .512 .404 .438 .436 .620 .625 .600 .431 .462 .468 .450
3FG 1 1 4 3 1 2 5 2 4 4 2 6 2 8 4 4 1 3 5 3 10 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 97 195
3-PTRS FGA 12 5 8 9 13 10 7 8 14 11 11 12 6 12 12 11 5 12 13 9 15 9 11 8 9 6 4 6 9 7 284 521
Pct .083 .200 .500 .333 .077 .200 .714 .250 .286 .364 .182 .500 .333 .667 .333 .364 .200 .250 .385 .333 .667 .333 .182 .125 .444 .500 .500 .333 .333 .286 .342 .374
FT 16 17 23 18 15 10 12 10 15 14 14 9 19 23 16 15 29 20 12 20 9 16 24 27 17 15 26 22 9 16 508 559
FTA 18 21 25 29 23 15 19 15 22 20 29 11 30 28 24 19 34 30 16 25 12 30 31 44 22 21 34 33 15 21 716 801
Pct .889 .810 .920 .621 .652 .667 .632 .667 .682 .700 .483 .818 .633 .821 .667 .789 .853 .667 .750 .800 .750 .533 .774 .614 .773 .714 .765 .667 .600 .762 .709 .698
Off 10 18 5 14 8 20 12 3 12 15 11 14 9 10 16 16 15 14 10 8 9 5 16 10 14 11 2 10 12 11 340 334
REBOUNDS Def Tot 16 26 29 47 20 25 25 39 21 29 26 46 19 31 27 30 13 25 31 46 26 37 16 30 23 32 22 32 16 32 23 39 26 41 28 42 16 26 16 24 16 25 28 33 20 36 28 38 27 41 19 30 23 25 25 35 25 37 21 32 671 1011 596 930
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Avg 26.0 36.5 32.7 34.2 33.2 35.3 34.7 34.1 33.1 34.4 34.6 34.2 34.1 33.9 33.8 34.1 34.5 34.9 34.5 34.0 33.5 33.5 33.6 33.8 34.1 33.9 33.6 33.6 33.8 33.7 33.7 31.0
PF 25 20 21 22 12 27 14 26 21 17 25 18 30 33 20 18 34 21 23 20 22 22 19 28 22 16 22 11 25 17 651 646
A 10 9 10 14 14 20 16 15 13 18 9 15 17 16 10 14 11 16 18 13 18 16 10 13 13 13 14 19 14 15 423 355
TO 18 12 18 18 19 22 17 16 16 17 22 15 10 16 12 12 28 11 13 13 20 20 13 17 16 12 16 12 15 13 479 397
Blk 1 2 2 4 3 8 2 5 5 13 1 4 8 5 0 5 4 5 7 5 3 7 4 3 1 8 3 7 7 3 135 90
Stl 5 7 3 6 4 6 7 2 7 7 3 10 8 3 2 4 12 9 2 3 5 6 8 11 3 3 5 2 6 2 161 225
Pts 69 66 53 59 54 64 65 66 71 68 50 65 77 95 76 71 88 69 61 75 79 63 68 70 69 80 68 84 68 66 2077 2192
Avg 69.0 67.5 62.7 61.8 60.2 60.8 61.4 62.0 63.0 63.5 62.3 62.5 63.6 65.9 66.5 66.8 68.1 68.1 67.7 68.1 68.6 68.4 68.3 68.4 68.4 68.9 68.9 69.4 69.3 69.2 69.2 73.1
SUU Year-by-Year Results Roger Reid 2007-2008 4 Seasons 40-80 (.333) 2010-11 (11-19) Coach: Roger Reid H 69-79 Cal Baptist Cal St. Bakersfield A 66-58 H 53-66 Utah State Drake@ N 59-78 N 54-73 Ball State@ Houston Baptist@ N 64-61 A 65-81 Oakland* IPFW* A 66-76 H 71-77 Weber State Panhandle State H 68-51 A 50-72 UNLV UC Davis A 65-74 H 77-68 North Dakota State* South Dakota State* H 95-105 A 76-82 UMKC* A 71-87 Oral Roberts* A 88-75 Centenary* H 69-48 Western Illinois* H 61-87 IUPUI* North Dakota State* A 75-87 South Dakota State* A 79-96 Cal State Bakersfield H 63-59 UMKC* H 68-71 Centenary* H 70-49 Oral Roberts* H 69-71 IUPUI* A 80-68 Western Illinois* A 68-63 IPFW* H 84-66 Oakland* H 68-82 Oakland# N 66-82 * Summit League Game @ Great Alaska Shootout # Summit League Tournament
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2009-10 (7-22) Coach: Roger Reid Hawaii@ A 48-65 L Northern Colorado@ N 51-73 L McNeese State@ N 68-59 W Univ. of the Southwest H 111-51 W Wayland Baptist H 79-61 W Tennessee Tech H 65-72 L Utah State A 49-89 L Centenary (OT)* A 85-93 L Oral Roberts* A 53-68 L Weber State A 66-84 L UNLV H 59-77 L UC Riverside H 76-65 W Nebraska A 61-94 L UMKC* A 50-53 L North Dakota State (OT)*H 85-79 W South Dakota State* H 62-72 L IPFW* A 56-61 L Oakland* A 53-99 L IUPUI* H 60-75 L Western Illinois* H 54-67 L UMKC* H 69-56 W South Dakota State* A 60-84 L North Dakota State* A 59-79 L Oakland* H 72-85 L IPFW (OT)* H 65-72 L Western Illinois* A 49-63 L IUPUI* A 61-77 L Oral Roberts* H 65-85 L Centenary* H 70-67 W Oakland* H 68-82 L Oakland# N 66-82 L * Summit League Game @ Hawaii Rainbow Classic
2008-09 (11-20) Coach: Roger Reid H 85-73 Mesa State A 50-64 Florida A 68-69 Tennessee Tech H 65-75 Seattle Pacific Boise State A 59-62 H 82-66 Oakland* IPFW* H 78-62 A 63-67 UC Riverside Weber State H 62-66 H 65-72 Utah State Utah Valley A 72-78 A 60-73 UNLV Sacramento State H 76-51 A 53-61 Western Illinois* IUPUI* A 54-59 A 66-50 UMKC* North Dakota State* H 53-76 South Dakota State (OT)*H 85-80 Centenary* A 56-81 A 51-67 Oral Roberts* IUPUI* H 65-79 H 66-65 Western Illinois* UMKC* H 81-69 A 69-74 South Dakota State* North Dakota State* A 74-69 Oral Roberts* H 46-64 Centenary* H 79-68 Oakland* A 62-78 IPFW A 52-69 IUPUI# N 53-48 N 67-79 North Dakota State# *Summit League Game #Summit League Tournament
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2007-08 (11-19) Coach: Roger Reid Utah State A 49-60 Sacramento State A 57-54 Cal State Fullerton H 63-78 Cal Poly H 66-73 Boise State (OT) H 73-75 New Mexico A 48-57 UC-Coorado Springs H 78-79 IPFW* A 66-74 Oakland* A 82-73 Utah Valley (2OT) H 88-91 Cal State Fullerton A 63-99 Brigham Young A 55-70 Cal Poly A 61-53 Western Illinois* H 73-60 IUPUI* H 61-78 UMKC* A 60-63 North Dakota State* A 54-75 South Dakota State* A 62-66 Centenary* H 82-79 Oral Roberts* H 75-80 IUPUI* A 66-88 Western Illinois* A 74-80 UMKC* H 78-73 South Dakota State* H 77-71 North Dakota State* H 72-67 Oral Roberts* A 62-71 Centenary* A 94-98 Oakland* H 68-59 IPFW* H 99-89 IPFW# N 62-66 * Summit League Game # Summit League Tournament
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Bill Evans 1992-2007 14 Seasons 193-209 (.480) 2006-07 (16-14) Coach: Bill Evans Utah A 76-73 A 74-68 Denver Boise State A 68-77 H 67-50 Idaho Brigham Young A 61-80 Denver H 73-63 Utah Valley State H 68-60 A 72-50 Idaho Washington A 72-87 H 75-63 Weber State Texas A&M International H 74-48 A 57-59 Weber State Utah Valley State A 55-64 H 84-66 Chicago State Western State H 66-55 UMKC A 62-66 Oral Roberts H 61-69 Centenary H 78-57 Oakland A 69-77 IUPUI A 56-53 H 68-65 Western Illinois Valparaiso H 76-60 UMKC H 66-59 Centenary A 63-70 Oral Roberts A 57-79 IUPUI (OT) H 74-75 Oakland (OT) H 87-85 Valparaiso A 48-75 Western Illinois A 48-51 IUPUI# N 59-71 * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament 2005-06 (10-20) Coach: Bill Evans Mississippi@ South Carolina State@ New Mexico@ Arizona State Brigham Young Weber State Idaho Utah Sacramento State Weber State Drake UNLV UMKC* Oral Roberts* IUPUI* Oakland* Centenary* Western Illinois* Valparaiso* Johnson & Wales Chicago State* Oral Roberts* Valparaiso* Chicago State* Centenary* Western Illinois* UMKC* Oakland* IUPUI* Valparaiso#
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2004-05 (13-15) Coach: Bill Evans Montana-Western H 88-70 Sacramento State A 67-74 Idaho State (OT) H 71-70 Utah A 45-65 A 57-69 Montana A 62-56 Weber State A 82-79 Idaho State (OT) H 82-53 Idaho H 94-74 Drake A 52-77 Brigham Young H 75-49 Adams State Oral Roberts* A 67-73 UMKC* A 78-88 Chicago State* H 78-71 IUPUI* H 56-85 Centenary* A 63-54 Oakland* A 60-81 Valparaiso* H 77-93 Western Illinois* (OT) H 98-91 H 66-72 Oral Roberts* Chicago State* A 68-81 A 66-85 IUPUI* Oakland* H 67-65 H 70-63 Centenary* Valparaiso* A 76-82 A 50-70 Western Illinois* UMKC* H 80-75 N 59-82 Oral Roberts# * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament
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2003-04 (10-18) Coach: Bill Evans Brigham Young A 54-88 Lewis & Clark H 71-49 Washington State H 55-36 Weber State H 68-82 Denver A 53-66 Drake A 56-71 Montana Tech H 78-41 Long Beach State A 60-59 Stanford A 37-67 Utah A 45-78 Denver H 82-88 Oral Roberts* H 64-75 Centenary* (OT) H 65-67 Chicago State* H 63-66 Oakland* A 74-73 IUPUI* A 68-63 Western Illinois* (OT) A 75-83 Valparaiso* A 69-76 UMKC* H 73-63 Oakland* H 78-68 IUPUI* H 80-84 Chicago State* A 59-73 Centenary* A 44-86 Western Illinois* H 63-55 Valparaiso* H 75-58 UMKC* A 62-74 Oral Roberts* A 73-84 IUPUI# N 60-74 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-Con Tournament
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2002-03 (11-17) Coach: Bill Evans Utah Washington State Sacramento State Long Beach State Boise State Montana State-Northern Northern Arizona
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SUU Year-by-Year Results Montana Tech H 77-34 New Mexico A 69-57 Brigham Young A 60-93 Montana A 61-81 Northern Arizona A 68-85 Oral Roberts* H 73-58 H 82-78 UMKC* A 44-74 Valparaiso* A 69-74 Western Illinois* H 65-64 Chicago State* H 53-56 IUPUI* H 83-85 Oakland* A 69-91 UMKC* Oral Roberts* A 73-86 Western Illinois* H 78-75 Valparaiso* H 61-69 Chicago State* A 70-54 IUPUI* A 58-77 Oakland* A 77-92 Oakland# N 66-55 IUPUI# N 67-72 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-Con Tournament 2001-02 (11-16) Head Coach: Bill Evans Fort Lewis H 86-69 A 63-81 Stanford Idaho State (OT) A 71-73 H 67-57 Adams State Oregon State A 63-73 Sacramento State A 61-72 UC Riverside H 64-66 Idaho State H 68-51 Boise State A 49-67 Utah A 47-71 Weber State A 64-70 Brigham Young A 58-79 IUPUI* A 67-80 Oakland* A 57-58 Valparaiso* H 78-62 Western Illinois* H 68-63 Chicago State* H 69-49 Oral Roberts* (OT) A 71-70 UMKC* A 54-49 Oakland* H 60-84 IUPUI* H 61-53 Western Illinois* A 70-81 Valparaiso* A 64-71 Chicago State* A 57-35 UMKC* (OT) H 71-72 Oral Roberts* H 82-75 UMKC# N 57-70 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-ConTournament 2000-01 (25-6) Coach: Bill Evans Arizona State Weber State Idaho State Southern Virginia Oral Roberts UMKC Sacramento State Montana Brigham Young Western Oregon Utah Idaho State Chicago State* Western Illinois* At Oakland* At Youngstown State* Valparaiso*
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72-94 78-69 82-64 70-61 60-56 47-67 85-71 89-87 52-58 70-50 77-70 67-63 75-64 71-56 77-68 67-73 70-66
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IUPUI* H 86-74 UMKC* H 61-50 UC Riverside A 77-58 Western Illinois* A 80-70 Chicago State* A 70-57 Valparaiso* A 58-61 A 69-62 IUPUI* H 85-58 Youngstown State* H 91-73 Oakland* H 91-73 Oral Roberts* N 66-53 Western Illinois# N 73-62 Oral Roberts# N 62-59 Valparaiso# Boston College$ N 65-68 * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament $ NCAA Tournament 1999-2000 (16-13) Coach: Bill Evans Western State H 96-78 A 58-65 CS Sacramento Brigham Young A 64-92 H 85-75 Montana Youngstown State* A 72-76 A 65-78 Oakland* Idaho State H 67-66 A 57-62 New Mexico Weber State A 59-69 H 57-70 Boise State Carroll College H 72-68 Utah A 56-73 Valparaiso* H 86-79 IUPUI* H 87-69 UMKC* A 70-79 Western Illinois* H 75-60 Chicago State* H 90-69 UMKC* H 96-77 Oral Roberts* H 89-66 IUPUI* A 76-73 Valparaiso* A 62-76 Oakland* H 68-58 Youngstown State* H 85-76 Oral Roberts* A 66-86 Western Illinois* A 58-72 Chicago State* A 84-62 Western Illinois# N 78-68 UMKC# N 72-54 Valparaiso# N 62-71 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-Continent Tournament 1998-99 (13-17) Coach: Bill Evans Weber State Montana Tech Montana Cincinnati # St. Mary’s # Notre Dame # Youngstown State * Idaho State CS Northridge @ Louisiana Tech @ Cal Baptist UNLV Valparaiso * IUPUI * UMKC * Denver Western Illinois * Chicago State * (OT) UMKC * (OT) Oral Roberts * IUPUI *
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Valparaiso * H 52-62 Oakland * A 66-77 Youngstown State * A 57-75 Oral Roberts * H 83-77 Denver A 69-65 Western Illinois * H 89-79 H 78-55 Chicago State * H 104-79 Oakland * N 56-78 Youngstown State $ * Mid-Continent Conference game # Carrs Great Alaska Shootout @ BYU Cougar Classic $ Mid-Con Tournament 1997-98 (7-20) Coach: Bill Evans Buffalo* H 75-85 Idaho State (OT) H 85-83 Utah A 48-66 Oklahoma State A 58-79 Wyoming A 47-75 A 63-70 Texas-El Paso Oral Roberts* H 83-88 H 59-84 San Diego Montana H 52-76 H 94-79 Alaska-Anchorage Loyola-Marymount A 72-82 H 70-64 Lewis-Clark State Valpariaso* H 70-79 Youngstown State* (OT) H 86-80 Western Illinois* A 60-75 UMKC* A 51-80 Chicago State* (OT) H 79-81 Northeastern Illinois* H 91-69 Buffalo* A 48-57 Youngstown State* A 50-66 Valparaiso* A 56-66 UMKC* H 71-62 Chicago State* A 95-76 Western Illinois* (OT) H 73-77 Northeastern Illinois* A 72-73 Oral Roberts* A 69-86 Oral Roberts# (2OT) N 84-94 * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament 1996-97 (9-17) Coach: Bill Evans Gonzaga H 71-47 Va. Commonwealth A 59-81 CS Hayward H 65-46 Utah A 40-60 Oral Roberts* N 58-59 American University* N 68-72 Northern Arizona H 73-82 Nevada-Las Vegas A 59-72 Arkansas A 52-92 Fairfield H 51-78 Portland H 76-70 San Diego A 56-80 Tulsa A 48-80 Seattle University H 73-42 Saint Louis University A 52-56 Creighton A 49-60 Western Illinois A 75-71 Northern Arizona A 58-61 Montana Tech H 89-50 Weber State A 80-84 Western Oregon H 70-58 Montana State H 68-62 Oral Roberts H 53-70 Idaho State A 59-67 UC Irvine H 76-65 Oral Roberts A 81-54 *Montana KYLT/Coca-Cola Classic
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SUU Year-by-Year Results Montana Tech H 77-34 New Mexico A 69-57 Brigham Young A 60-93 Montana A 61-81 Northern Arizona A 68-85 Oral Roberts* H 73-58 H 82-78 UMKC* A 44-74 Valparaiso* A 69-74 Western Illinois* H 65-64 Chicago State* H 53-56 IUPUI* H 83-85 Oakland* A 69-91 UMKC* Oral Roberts* A 73-86 Western Illinois* H 78-75 Valparaiso* H 61-69 Chicago State* A 70-54 IUPUI* A 58-77 Oakland* A 77-92 Oakland# N 66-55 IUPUI# N 67-72 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-Con Tournament 2001-02 (11-16) Head Coach: Bill Evans Fort Lewis H 86-69 A 63-81 Stanford Idaho State (OT) A 71-73 H 67-57 Adams State Oregon State A 63-73 Sacramento State A 61-72 UC Riverside H 64-66 Idaho State H 68-51 Boise State A 49-67 Utah A 47-71 Weber State A 64-70 Brigham Young A 58-79 IUPUI* A 67-80 Oakland* A 57-58 Valparaiso* H 78-62 Western Illinois* H 68-63 Chicago State* H 69-49 Oral Roberts* (OT) A 71-70 UMKC* A 54-49 Oakland* H 60-84 IUPUI* H 61-53 Western Illinois* A 70-81 Valparaiso* A 64-71 Chicago State* A 57-35 UMKC* (OT) H 71-72 Oral Roberts* H 82-75 UMKC# N 57-70 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-ConTournament 2000-01 (25-6) Coach: Bill Evans Arizona State Weber State Idaho State Southern Virginia Oral Roberts UMKC Sacramento State Montana Brigham Young Western Oregon Utah Idaho State Chicago State* Western Illinois* At Oakland* At Youngstown State* Valparaiso*
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72-94 78-69 82-64 70-61 60-56 47-67 85-71 89-87 52-58 70-50 77-70 67-63 75-64 71-56 77-68 67-73 70-66
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IUPUI* H 86-74 UMKC* H 61-50 UC Riverside A 77-58 Western Illinois* A 80-70 Chicago State* A 70-57 Valparaiso* A 58-61 A 69-62 IUPUI* H 85-58 Youngstown State* H 91-73 Oakland* H 91-73 Oral Roberts* N 66-53 Western Illinois# N 73-62 Oral Roberts# N 62-59 Valparaiso# Boston College$ N 65-68 * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament $ NCAA Tournament 1999-2000 (16-13) Coach: Bill Evans Western State H 96-78 A 58-65 CS Sacramento Brigham Young A 64-92 H 85-75 Montana Youngstown State* A 72-76 A 65-78 Oakland* Idaho State H 67-66 A 57-62 New Mexico Weber State A 59-69 H 57-70 Boise State Carroll College H 72-68 Utah A 56-73 Valparaiso* H 86-79 IUPUI* H 87-69 UMKC* A 70-79 Western Illinois* H 75-60 Chicago State* H 90-69 UMKC* H 96-77 Oral Roberts* H 89-66 IUPUI* A 76-73 Valparaiso* A 62-76 Oakland* H 68-58 Youngstown State* H 85-76 Oral Roberts* A 66-86 Western Illinois* A 58-72 Chicago State* A 84-62 Western Illinois# N 78-68 UMKC# N 72-54 Valparaiso# N 62-71 * Mid-Continent Conference Game #Mid-Continent Tournament 1998-99 (13-17) Coach: Bill Evans Weber State Montana Tech Montana Cincinnati # St. Mary’s # Notre Dame # Youngstown State * Idaho State CS Northridge @ Louisiana Tech @ Cal Baptist UNLV Valparaiso * IUPUI * UMKC * Denver Western Illinois * Chicago State * (OT) UMKC * (OT) Oral Roberts * IUPUI *
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Valparaiso * H 52-62 Oakland * A 66-77 Youngstown State * A 57-75 Oral Roberts * H 83-77 Denver A 69-65 Western Illinois * H 89-79 H 78-55 Chicago State * H 104-79 Oakland * N 56-78 Youngstown State $ * Mid-Continent Conference game # Carrs Great Alaska Shootout @ BYU Cougar Classic $ Mid-Con Tournament 1997-98 (7-20) Coach: Bill Evans Buffalo* H 75-85 Idaho State (OT) H 85-83 Utah A 48-66 Oklahoma State A 58-79 Wyoming A 47-75 A 63-70 Texas-El Paso Oral Roberts* H 83-88 H 59-84 San Diego Montana H 52-76 H 94-79 Alaska-Anchorage Loyola-Marymount A 72-82 H 70-64 Lewis-Clark State Valpariaso* H 70-79 Youngstown State* (OT) H 86-80 Western Illinois* A 60-75 UMKC* A 51-80 Chicago State* (OT) H 79-81 Northeastern Illinois* H 91-69 Buffalo* A 48-57 Youngstown State* A 50-66 Valparaiso* A 56-66 UMKC* H 71-62 Chicago State* A 95-76 Western Illinois* (OT) H 73-77 Northeastern Illinois* A 72-73 Oral Roberts* A 69-86 Oral Roberts# (2OT) N 84-94 * Mid-Continent Conference Game # Mid-Con Tournament 1996-97 (9-17) Coach: Bill Evans Gonzaga H 71-47 Va. Commonwealth A 59-81 CS Hayward H 65-46 Utah A 40-60 Oral Roberts* N 58-59 American University* N 68-72 Northern Arizona H 73-82 Nevada-Las Vegas A 59-72 Arkansas A 52-92 Fairfield H 51-78 Portland H 76-70 San Diego A 56-80 Tulsa A 48-80 Seattle University H 73-42 Saint Louis University A 52-56 Creighton A 49-60 Western Illinois A 75-71 Northern Arizona A 58-61 Montana Tech H 89-50 Weber State A 80-84 Western Oregon H 70-58 Montana State H 68-62 Oral Roberts H 53-70 Idaho State A 59-67 UC Irvine H 76-65 Oral Roberts A 81-54 *Montana KYLT/Coca-Cola Classic
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1995-96 (15-13) Coach: Bill Evans CS Stanislaus H 84-49 W Northern Iowa A 64-77 L Arizona State A 76-82 L Gonzaga A 60-77 L H 71-56 W Idaho A 71-64 W Boise State A 51-81 L Montana State H 97-80 W Pepperdine H 72-49 W Idaho State H 91-63 W Western Oregon A 75-81 L New Mexico State Portland A 83-88 L Oral Roberts H 74-77 L CU-Colo. Springs H 68-40 W Northern Iowa H 81-70 W Colorado (OT) A 82-80 W Oral Roberts A 67-69 L CS Northridge* (OT) H 72-65 W Weber State H 73-78 L H 94-37 W UC Santa Cruz UC Irvine A 75-85 L H 78-91 L Cal Poly* CS Northridge* A 75-96 L H 87-59 W Sacramento State* Sacramento State* A 70-82 L A 85-84 W Cal Poly* (3OT) CS Northridge# A 57-54 W N 55-53 W Cal Poly# *American West Conference Game #American West Conference Tourney 1994-95 (17-11) Coach: Bill Evans Humboldt St. H 84-60 W Southwest Texas H 83-49 W Cleveland St. H 87-82 W Brigham Young A 67-82 L South Alabama A 140-72 W Pepperdine A 69-84 L Utah State N 63-76 L Montana State H 88-89 L Northern Arizona H 79-65 WWeber State A 85-94 L Idaho State A 73-87 L Idaho A 72-86 L CU-Colo. Springs H 72-58 W Montana Tech H 76-53 W Southwest Texas A 62-64 L Wisconsin-GB A 58-65 L Dayton A 73-68 W Cal Poly* H 91-62 W Cleveland State (OT) A 65-70 L Texas Wesleyan H 96-55 W CS Northridge* H 77-53 W Sacramento State* H 93-64 W CS Northridge* A 75-72 W Northern Arizona A 67-68 L Sacramento State* A 89-55 W Cal Poly* A 66-49 W Cal Poly# H 93-63 W CS-Northridge# H 83-82 W *American West Conference Game #American West Conference Tourney 1993-94 (16-11) Coach: Bill Evans Western State Central Washington Montana* Northeast Louisiana* Northern Arizona San Diego State Northwest Nazarene
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81-52 94-68 54-79 73-71 81-73 69-70 69-61
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SUU Year-by-Year Results Texas-El Paso A New Mexico State A Eastern Washington H Idaho H Butler H Nebraska A A Montana State A Eastern Washington H Idaho State A Troy State (OT) A Sacramento State A Butler H Troy State San Francisco St. H CS Northridge H UMKC A CS Northridge A Sacramento State A Northern Arizona (2OT) A UMKC H *Montana Coca-Cola Classic
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1992-93 (14-13) Coach: Bill Evans Montana A 60-55 H 74-76 Grand Canyon Brigham Young* A 62-108 N 76-85 Santa Clara* Weber State A 62-73 H 100-74 Northern Arizona Eastern Washington A 70-68 Loyola, MD# N 81-71 Boise State# A 69-75 Montana State (3OT) H 79-70 Nebraska A 85-100 Idaho State A 79-63 Texas Wesleyan H 87-63 SE Missouri St. A 74-91 Iowa State A 63-91 Sacramento State H 87-68 CS Northridge H 90-65 Northeastern Illinois H 80-57 Western Kentucky A 73-96 CS Northridge A 63-65 Eastern Washington H 87-67 Wisconsin-Milwaukee H 81-80 Northeastern Illinois A 66-72 Wisconsin-Milwaukee A 56-66 Western New Mexico H 81-64 Eastern Montana H 95-52 Northern Arizona A 75-84 * BYU Cougar Classic # Boise St., Albertson’s Classic 1991-92 (20-8) Coach: Neil Roberts 14-6, Bill Evans, 6-2 Stephen F. Austin A New Mexico State A Nebraska H SE Missouri St. H Illinois State A Evansville A Weber State H Montana H Montana State A Cal Poly Pamona H San Diego State A Stanford A Fort Lewis H San Diego State A CS Northridge A Kansas State A Texas Wesleyan H Northeastern Illinois H
79-62 80-87 101-106 98-62 84-81 98-93 102-89 74-65 91-103 93-77 104-82 71-89 109-71 87-78 90-76 74-84 133-76 100-73
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West Texas State Chicago State Idaho Chicago State Northeastern Illinois Northern Arizona Sacramento State UTEP CS Northridge Idaho
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Neil Roberts 1987-92 5 Seasons 70-63 (.526) 1990-91 (16-12) Coach: Neil Roberts Northeastern Illinois Weber State San Diego Fresno State Denver Wisconsin-Milwaukee Morehead State Montana State Arizona Sate Northeastern Illinois Illinois-Chicago SF Austin Chicago State Illinois State Colorado College Florida International Morehead State Wright State Chicago State Idaho San Diego Wright State Sacramento State SW Louisiana Wisconsin-Milwaukee CS Northridge Montana State CS Northridge
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123-78 88-92 91-102 77-87 112-102 89-80 95-71 96-74 71-100 90-91 90-91 85-60 77-69 77-61 125-67 72-71 75-88 93-96 124-81 72-83 81-86 105-109 132-105 82-94 106-105 100-79 71-74 115-98
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1989-90 (14-15) Coach: Neil Roberts Cal Poly Pomona Montana State Xavier West Texas State SW Missouri St.* Western Michigan * Idaho Wright State Weber State Richmond Idaho State St. Mary's CS Northridge Kansas State Chicago State Oklahoma State US International Nevada Biola Chicago State US International Wright State Akron
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112-94 88-89 97-90 75-84 76-91 96-81 73-94 99-81 65-66 83-95 90-88 91-96 94-79 56-102 83-78 68-92 97-109 73-74 91-78 83-78 110-109 93-108 86-96
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Idaho State H 90-71 Florida International H 114-78 San Diego A 91-100 Akron H 91-83 Montana State H 78-92 *Southwest Missouri/Mazzio's Pizza Classic 1988-89 (10-18) Coach: Neil Roberts H 82-62 NE Louisiana H 83-67 NE Louisiana H 73-78 Weber State Northern Arizona A 80-66 UC Santa Barbara A 55-88 Wyoming A 74-85 Idaho* N 60-75 Washington State* A 73-95 Texas A 78-117 Oklahoma A 64-132 Baylor A 70-77 H 82-81 Idaho Fresno State A 50-72 H 91-79 Baptist (SC) N. Arizona H 80-50 H 109-58 St. Francis (NY) St. Mary's A 54-80 H 69-71 West Texas State Kansas State A 75-84 A 76-109 Arkansas Chicago State A 82-95 New Orleans A 58-72 NE Louisiana A 71-88 US International A 82-91 Akron A 53-79 Wright State A 81-87 Chicago State H 72-71 Sacramento State H 109-89 *Washington State Palouse Classic 1987-88 (16-10) Coach: Neil Roberts *West Texas State H 81-83 *CS Stanislaus H 117-90 #Chapman A 87-102 #CS Stanislaus N 73-79 Southwest Baptist H 113-80 @West Texas State A 74-88 @Eastern New Mexico N 101-62 Texas Wesleyan H 100-68 Arizona State A 74-89 $Colorado Mines H 107-89 $Adams State H 117-73 Weber State A 91-103 CS Dominguez Hills H 85-73 Fresno Pacific H 121-66 Cal Lutheran A 112-94 Pacific Christian H 106-78 Nebraska Wesleyan H 105-83 National College H 95-77 US International A 102-97 Grand Canyon H 101-121 Eastern Montana H 55-60 College of Notre Dame H 86-59 Metro State H 78-84 UC San Diego H 122-92 Grand Canyon A 92-113 Eastern Montana A 75-77 Masters College H 90-73 *Tipoff Tournament #Chapman Doubletree Tournament @West Texas State Tournament $Color Country Classic
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Bob Schermerhorn 1983-87 4 Seasons 68-42 (.618) 1986-87 (21-6) Coach: Bob Schermerhorn H 85-68 *CS Dominguez Hills *Cal Baptist (OT) H 69-67 Southwestern College H 107-77 #Colorado Mines N 118-98 #Montana Tech A 88-70 Weber State (OT) A 92-90 A 58-100 CS Fullerton A 59-85 Boise State A 101-73 Masters College H 106-66 @Western State H 107-82 @Colorado Mines A 101-79 Cal Baptist CS San Bernardino A 103-89 Central Methodist H 103-78 H 105-86 Concordia H 97-78 Mesa Cal Lutheran H 90-88 H 78-85 Sacramento State H 119-77 Wassuk Adams State H 89-71 Grand Canyon A 91-105 Wayland Baptist H 75-73 College of Notre Dame H 80-70 Metro State A 88-91 Mesa A 64-79 Grand Canyon H 130-97 US International A 113-100 *McDonalds Tipoff Tournament #Copper Cage Classic @Color Country Classic 1985-86 (16-11) Coach: Bob Shermerhorn *LaVerne H 83-67 *Chapman H 66-61 Weber State A 50-80 Grand Canyon H 75-73 Wassuk H 116-50 #North Central Illinois N 55-47 #St. Cloud N 55-81 Biola A 46-55 @Cal Poly Pomona H 70-66 @UC Riverside H 51-79 Western State H 77-67 Adams State (OT) A 67-79 Ft. Lewis A 59-60 Colorado Mines H 78-61 S Colorado H 69-67 Western State A 59-62 New Mexico Highlands A 95-78 Western New Mexico A 69-71 Mesa H 79-74 Adams State (OT) H 90-85 Ft. Lewis H 86-77 Colorado Mines A 77-64 S Colorado A 62-97 Mesa A 71-77 Western New Mexico H 67-58 New Mexico Highlands H 98-90 *McDonalds Tipoff Tournament #Budweiser Tipoff Tournament @Capco Color Country Classic
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SUU Year-by-Year Results 1984-85 (17-11) Coach: Bob Shermerhorn Grand Canyon (OT) H 70-71 Western New Mexico H 73-67 Grand Canyon A 67-74 UC Riverside A 63-65 A 72-66 Cal Poly-Pomona A 59-95 UC Irvine A 62-65 Nevada H 90-82 *California Baptist H 77-73 *Cal State-LA A 80-70 Colorado Mines A 48-60 Southern Colorado Mesa State H 64-50 Western State H 95-72 New Mexico Highlands H 92-77 Adams State A 81-80 Ft. Lewis A 59-71 Western New Mexico A 55-57 New Mexico Highlands A 76-72 Mesa State A 82-85 A 91-81 Western State Southern Colorado H 71-56 H 77-68 Colorado Mines (OT) Adams State H 104-79 H 59-76 Ft. Lewis #Adams State H 83-71 H 86-77 #Southern Colorado #Mesa State A 92-101 A 64-73 @Grand Canyon *Color Country Classic #RMAC Tournament @NAIA District Seven Playoff 1983-84 (13-15) Coach: Bob Schermerhorn Cal Poly-Pomona A 86-108 Regis A 58-91 Colorado Mines A 84-65 Mesa State H 86-66 Weber State A 60-97 Idaho State A 78-99 New Mexico Highlands H 99-80 BYU-Hawaii N 68-66 BYU-Hawaii H 74-83 Grand Canyon H 76-80 Western New Mexico H 72-74 Chapman A 66-86 Cal State-LA A 55-83 *CS Dominguez Hills H 58-55 *UC Riverside H 53-69 Colorado Mines A 86-77 Southern Colorado A 71-100 Western State H 94-59 Mesa State H 59-101 Adams State A 78-74 Ft. Lewis A 72-65 W New Mexico (Forfiet) A 56-80 New Mexico Highlands A 82-87 Grand Canyon A 41-43 Mesa State (OT) A 80-77 Western State A 60-64 Southern Colorado H 74-58 Colorado Mines H 110-81 Adams State H 91-83 Ft. Lewis H 57-46 #Denver A 45-67 *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Seven Playoff
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Tom McCracken 1980-83 3 Seasons 51-30 (.630) 1982-83 (19-9) Coach: Tom McCracken New Mexico Highlands A 81-69 Western New Mexico A 61-58 Weber State A 50-84 Boise State A 62-75 Montana A 53-80 Montana State A 56-77 Adams State H 101-64 H 78-67 Cal Ploy-Pomona H 84-63 Ft. Lewis *So. California College H 114-90 H 80-74 *CS Dominguez Hills H 78-53 Regis Colorado Mines H 87-63 St. Mary's A 72-90 A 67-73 Mesa State Grand Canyon A 56-76 Western New Mexico H 72-64 New Mexico Highlands H 85-76 A 97-72 Adams State Ft. Lewis A 72-65 Southern Colorado H 80-75 Western State H 76-69 Regis College A 71-54 Regis A 71-54 Colorado Mines A 78-56 Mesa State H 92-66 S. Colorado A 58-81 Western State A 61-59 #Southern Colorado H 72-76 *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Seven Playoff 1981-82 (18-10) Coach: Tom McCracken Grand Canyon H 66-59 Montana State A 74-89 San Francisco A 66-78 Weber State A 59-76 Idaho State A 74-90 *Occidental H 91-57 *Claremont-Mudd H 75-44 Regis H 69-66 Colorado Mines H 80-74 Adams State A 91-76 Ft. Lewis A 88-71 Western New Mexico H 64-74 New Mexico Highlands H 90-81 Mesa State H 75-68 Western State A 71-65 Southern Colorado A 44-38 Mesa State A 60-67 Grand Canyon A 64-82 Regis A 75-59 Colorado Mines A 68-80 Adams State H 100-77 Ft. Lewis H 85-61 Western New Mexico A 58-56 New Mexico Highlands A 104-98 Western State H 84-73 Southern Colorado H 83-71 #Western State H 64-53 #Western New Mexico A 67-80 *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Seven Playoff
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1980-1981 (14-12) Coach: Tom McCracken So. Cal. College H 116-90 W St. Mary's A 75-86 L Mesa State H 66-56 W Grand Canyon H 78-68 W A 77-83 L Northern Arizona H 96-68 W *UC San Diego H 70-69 W *Cal Poly H 91-70 W Regis H 65-60 W Colorado Mines A 90-105 L Adams State A 95-94 W Ft. Lewis Western New Mexico H 44-54 L New Mexico Highlands H 109-80 W Western State A 70-73 L Southern Colorado A 77-99 L Mesa State A 74-72 W Grand Canyon A 67-70 L Regis A 63-68 L Colorado Mines A 74-89 L H 93-90 W Adams State Ft. Lewis H 91-79 W A 46-56 L Western New Mexico New Mexico Highlands A 84-72 W H 80-63 W Western State Southern Colorado H 72-59 W A 48-64 L #W New Mexico *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Tournament
Stan Jack 1971-80 9 Seasons 145-90 (.620) 1979-80 (10-16) Coach: Stan Jack Grand Canyon *CS-Northridge *Principia CS-Bakersfield Mesa State #Rocky Mountain #Oklahoma Christian Regis CS-Bakersfield Western State Southern Colorado New Mexico Highlands Western New Mexico Ft. Lewis Adams State Western State Southern Colorado Regis Colorado Mines Grand Canyon NM Highlands W New Mexico Adams State Ft. Lewis Mesa State *Westmont Tournament #Color Country Classic 1978-79 (20-6) Coach: Stan Jack Montana-Northern La Verne Southern Colorado Westminster
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*Claremont-Mudd H Cal Lutheran H Regis H Colorado Mines H Mesa State A Western State A A Southern Colorado H Western New Mexico New Mexico Highlands H A Ft. Lewis (2OT) A Adams State H Western State H Mesa State Regis (OT) A Colorado Mines A New Mexico Highlands A Adams State H Ft. Lewis H Westminster H #W. New Mexico (6OT) H #Grand Canyon A *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Tournament 1977-78 (20-8) Coach: Stan Jack Western State H A *US International *Cal Baptist A A *Westminster #Redlands H #Southern Cal College H Adams State H Ft. Lewis H Grand Canyon H Southern Colorado A Westminster H Western New Mexico A New Mexico Highlands A Regis H Colorado Mines H Western Sate A Mesa State A Adams State A Ft. Lewis A Southern Colorado (OT) H Westminster A Western New Mexico H NM Highlands (Forfiet) H Grand Canyon A @Grand Canyon A *Redlands Tournament #Color Country Classic @NAIA District Tournament 1976-77 (21-7) Coach: Stan Jack Grand Canyon Western State Westminster *Occidental *Grand Canyon #LA Baptist #Westminster Colorado Mines Regis Western State Adams State Ft. Lewis New Mexico Highlands Western New Mexico Ft. Lewis Adams State Mesa State Regis
100-60 106-76 72-59 94-80 93-99 97-94 67-75 64-57 111-81 102-107 89-82 91-66 74-52 64-67 69-67 92-83 78-74 80-71 110-75 93-92 72-86
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88-66 68-56 94-79 67-55 99-74 93-79 95-74 76-78 71-73 80-73 96-61 59-52 101-95 92-74 118-70 95-70 82-85 89-85 75-81 78-77 78-106 83-76 0-0 73-82 66-81
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SUU Year-by-Year Results Colorado Mines A Southern Colorado A Southern Colorado H New Mexico Highlands A Western New Mexico A Westminster A A Mesa State A @Grand Canyon A @Mesa State A $SW Oklahoma *Grand Canyon Classic #Color Country Classic @NAIA District Tournament $NAIA National Tournament 1975-76 (19-9) Coach: Stan Jack Hastings H Ambassador H Grand Canyon H Montana Tech H A Northern Arizona *Claremont-Mudd H H *Redlands Regis H H Colorado Mines Adams State A A Ft. Lewis Westminster H H Adams State Ft. Lewis H Western State A Mesa State A Regis A Colorado Mines A Western New Mexico H New Mexico Highlands H Westminster A Western State H Mesa State H New Mexico Highlands A Western New Mexico A Grand Canyon A #Mesa State A #Grand Canyon A *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Tournament 1974-75 (15-12) Coach: Stan Jack Grand Canyon Northern Arizona New Mexico Highlands Northern Arizona Claremont-Mudd Montana Tech Western Montana Western Montana *Cal Baptist *Westminster Grand Canyon Colorado Mines Adams State Western New Mexico Westminster Ft. Lewis Western State Regis Colorado Mines New Mexico Highlands Adams State Western New Mexico Regis Westminster Western State
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63-43 73-62 74-58 77-76 76-77 77-74 69-80 66-64 58-51 89-99
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110-67 102-65 86-83 100-91 56-59 76-73 77-78 55-71 96-82 74-84 89-79 96-75 89-77 81-82 69-77 105-92 72-59 104-80 77-71 76-91 92-65 95-116 106-85 114-87 67-92 92-99 113-93 48-62
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1972-73 (16-9) Coach: Stan Jack U. of San Diego A 80-84 L UC Riverside A 54-75 L Grand Canyon A 77-97 L U. of Chihuahua H 111-82 W U. of Chihuahua H 93-61 W Western Montana H 99-71 W *Chapman College H 79-68 W *Azusa Pacific H 81-84 L Ft. Lewis H 92-65 W Western State H 104-85 W Colorado Mines H 99-78 W Regis H 86-66 W Grand Canyon H 63-54 W Adams State A 67-79 L W New Mexico (OT) A 72-75 L Regis (Forfiet) A 78-95 W Colorado Mines A 81-85 L Westminster H 96-109 W La Verne H 92-59 W La Verne H 74-63 W Western State A 77-83 W Ft. Lewis A 61-62 L Westminster A 88-84 W W New Mexico (2OT) H 84-79 W Adams State H 94-70 W #Westminster A 65-58 L *Color Country Classic #NAIA District Tournament 1971-72 (11-13) Coach: Stan Jack Grand Canyon Western Montana New Mexico Highlands Montana Tech Carroll College
A H H A A
71-83 L 76-90 W 93-76 W 85-93 L 80-85 L
Great Falls Great Falls Regis Colorado Mines U. of San Diego Adams State Western New Mexico Grand Canyon Regis Colorado Mines Westminster Western State Ft. Lewis Western New Mexico New Mexico Highlands Adams State Westminster Western State Ft. Lewis
A 82-84 L A 93-112 L H 67-82 L H 95-84 W H 68-73 L H 87-96 L H 89-77 W H 82-61 W A 88-94 L A 72-76 L A 90-67 W H 94-83 W H 71-68 W A 88-93 L A 82-81 W A 78-97 L H 105-69 W A 83-84 L A 80-72 W
Boyd Adams 1963-71 8 Seasons 84-98 (.462) 1970-71 (8-11) Coach: Boyd Adams New Mexico Highlands Redlands San Diego US International Regis Colorado Mines Adams State Western New Mexico Regis Colorado Mines Westminster Western State Ft. Lewis Western New Mexico New Mexico Highlands Adams State Westminster Western State Ft. Lewis
H H A A H H H H A A A H H A A A H A A
90-93 81-62 75-92 67-72 88-84 81-87 110-89 107-90 99-126 83-87 88-98 108-93 87-79 88-98 97-99 92-103 84-74 98-110 85-75
1969-70 (11-12) Coach: Boyd Adams New Mexico Highlands H 98-71 College of Great Falls H 85-98 College of Great Falls H 98-93 Seattle Pacific A 70-91 Portland State A 93-107 *Ft. Hays H 90-85 *Grand Canyon H 88-81 Colorado Mines A 92-88 Regis A 77-84 Westminster A 97-89 Adams State H 90-92 Western New Mexico H 108-96 Grand Canyon H 108-101 Colorado Mines H 110-83 Regis H 78-79 Grand Canyon A 86-125 Western New Mexico A 76-91 Adams State A 79-90 Western State H 83-101 Ft. Lewis H 80-75 Westminster H 143-106 Western State A 89-104 Ft. Lewis A 96-110 *RMAC Holiday Tournament
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1968-69 (16-9) Coach: Boyd Adams Tahoe-Paradise Tahoe-Paradise Adams State New Mexico Highlands *Cal State-LA *Redlands *CS-Fullerton Western New Mexico Westminster UNLV Ft. Lewis Western State UNLV Colorado Mines Regis Grand Canyon New Mexico Highlands Adams State Grand Canyon Western New Mexico Westminster Western State Ft. Lewis Regis Colorado Mines *Irvine Tournament 1967-68 (10-11) Coach: Boyd Adams Colorado Mines Colorado Mines Fresno State Cal-Poly Greenville, Ill. Ft. Lewis* Univ. of Albuquerque* Tahoe-Paradise Tahoe-Paradise Grand Canyon Western New Mexico UNLV Westminster Ft. Lewis New Mexico Highlands Grand Canyon Univ. of Albuquerque Fresno Pacific Western New Mexico UNLV Westminster *Color Country Classic 1966-67 (9-16) Coach: Boyd Adams NM Highlands NM Highlands Univ. of Albuquerque Carson College *Cal-Poly (Pomona) *Azusa Pacific *Fresno Pacific #So. California College #UNLV Grand Canyon College @Southwest Oklahoma @Minot State @Adams State UNLV Fresno Pacific Ft. Lewis Grand Canyon College Western New Mexico UC San Diego
H H A A A A A H H A H H H A A H H H A A A A A H H
88-78 105-119 89-95 86-82 83-93 69-60 63-68 105-72 79-97 91-125 97-85 110-85 96-98 96-81 102-89 87-78 115-74 125-111 77-101 115-103 88-105 71-81 78-65 113-92 104-78
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A A A A H H H H H A A A H A A H H H H H A
89-99 78-95 74-85 81-80 119-74 86-82 75-77 89-77 89-94 84-94 94-108 92-114 105-110 77-91 94-88 72-78 84-86 69-86 92-87 106-109 96-109
L L L W W W L W W W L L L L W W L W W L L
H 87-92 L A 62-86 L A 67-79 L H 101-72 W A 67-70 L A 96-93 W A 79-77 W H 88-93 W H 70-84 L H 96-92 W A 45-79 L A 88-92 L A 81-106 L H 75-93 L A 76-60 W A 68-73 L A 67-78 L A 93-83 L A 55-44 W
SUU Year-by-Year Results/Record Holders UNLV A H Western New Mexico H Westminster Fresno Pacific H Westminster A A Fresno Pacific *Pasadena Tournament #Color Country Classic @Top of Nation Tournament 1965-66 (10-13) Coach: Boyd Adams H Alumni A Westminster Azusa Pacific H H Azusa Pacific A San Diego Navy US International A Grand Canyon College H A Central Oklahoma* Southwest Missouri* A Western New Mexico* A A Western New Mexico Grand Canyon College A UNLV H Westmont A A Azusa Pacific W New Mexico H H Colorado Mines Colorado Mines H Wisconsin-Milwaukee A H Cal Poly H Westminster UNLV A Westmont H *Top of Nation Tournament
75-92 L 82-87 L 65-80 L 82-67 W 85-87 L 63-57 W
Individual Records Points Scored Game: Season: Career:
51 by Skip Mead vs Westminster, 1969-70 659 by Davor Marcelic, 1991-92 1,710 by Davor Marcelic, 1988-92
Field Goals Game: 105-88 81-96 105-87 87-107 70-79 71-79 96-86 91-84 67-83 91-106 90-112 63-99 96-99 83-99 94-113 106-99 100-68 94-67 84-100 95-93 99-93 82-108 132-111
1964-65 (12-13) Coach: Boyd Adams Alumni H 115-108 Colorado Mines A 48-53 Colorado Mines A 55-58 Northwest Nazarene H 95-103 Northwest Nazarene H 73-72 CS Northridge A 78-110 Azusa Pacific A 75-78 San Diego* A 58-69 Colorado College* A 73-60 San Diego Marines* A 63-57 Western New Mexico A 89-85 Eastern New Mexico A 86-89 New Mexico Highlands A 87-82 Westminster H 95-98 UNLV A 68-95 Western New Mexico H 83-79 Westminster A 86-109 UNLV A 84-97 Northern Arizona H 106-99 New Mexico Highlands H 93-110 Eastern New Mexico H 91-84 Grand Canyon A 83-76 Northern Arizona A 77-89 Westmont H 80-72 California Lutheran H 74-71 *California Western Tournament 1963-64 (8-13) Coach: Boyd Adams Alumni Point Loma La Verne UNLV Northwest Nazarene Northwest Nazarene Magic Valley Snow College Colorado Mines Colorado Mines La Verne Northern Arizona Western New Mexico Snow College Westminster Northern Arizona UNLV Westminster Grand Canyon Western New Mexico California Lutheran
Southern Utah Record Holders
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Season: Career:
23 by Rod Oliver vs Westmont, 1965-66 240 by Robert Lee, 1975-76 599 by Davor Marcelic, 1988-92
Field Goal Attempts Game: Season: Career:
30 by Skip Mead vs. Westminster, 1969-70 466 by Doug Rhodus, 1971-72 1,246 by Davor Marcelic
Field Goal Accuracy Game: Season: Career:
Record:1.000, (9-9), Monte Widdison vs. Redlands, 1978 (min. 150 att.) .624 (108-173) John Clifford, 2008-09 (min. 375 att.), .568 (361 of 636) Dana Achtzehn, 1990-92
3-Pt. Field Goals Game:
Season: Career:
8 by David Palmer at Denver, 12/6/03 8 by Jason Baker vs UMKC, 1/29/04 8 by Kelvin Lee vs. Cal Poly Pomona, 11/25/89 84 by Davor Marcelic, 1992 256 by Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001
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Game:
Season: Career:
3-Pt. Field Goal Accuracy Game: Season: Career:
(min. 4 att.) 1.000, (7-7) Dave Marek vs. IUPUI, 1/29/09 (min. 75 att.) .496 (62-125) by David Palmer, 2004 (min 150 att.) .476 (120-252) by David Palmer, 2002-04
Free Throws Game: Season: Career:
24 by Skip Mead vs Westminster, 1970 177 by Ted Thomas, 1987-88 413 by Richard Barton, 1987, 1990-93
Free Throw Attempts Game: Season: Career:
28 by Skip Mead vs. Westminster, 1970 258 by Ted Thomas, 1987-88 518 Richard Barton, 1987, 1990-93
Free Throw Percentage Game:
H 102-95 W A 59-81 L A 74-87 L A 61-74 L A 76-82 L A 69-79 L H 83-58 W A 77-92 L H 56-53 W H 52-62 L H 96-87 W A 72-77 L H 92-85 W H 96-89 W A 66-115 L H 85-96 L A 66-77 L H 95-83 W A 77-84 L A 88-101 L H 92-81 W
13 by Jeff Monaco vs. Boston College, 3/15/01 13 by Davor Marcelic vs. New Mexico State, 11/27/92 205 by Davor Marcelic, 1992 657 by Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001
Season: Career:
(min. 10 att.) 1.000 (19-19) by Skip Mead, 1970 (min. 50 att.) .910 (61-67) by Jeff Monaco, 1998-99 (min. 125 att.) .870 (300-345) by Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001
Rebounds Game: Season: Career:
27 by Mel Wadsworth vs. Azusa Pacific, 1966 312 by Eddie Owens, 1969-70 (13.6 rpg) 808 by Gil Mullen, 1965, 1968-70 (9.3 rpg)
Assists Game
Season: Career:
15 by Jeff Monaco at Western Illinois, 2/1/01 15 by Steve Hoagland vs. Regis, 1980-81 178 by Jay Collins, 2002-03 547 by Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001
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Blocked Shots Game: Season: Career:
10 by Brad Kanis at Utah Valley, 12/22/06 64 by Matt Hodgson, 2009-10 113 by Sean Allen 1993-95
Team Records Points Scored Game: Season: Avg:
143 vs. Westminster, 2/17/70 2,604, 1990-91 94.8, 1987-88
Fewest Points Allowed Game:
Season: Avg:
34 vs. Montana Tech, 12/19/02 (vs. all opponents) 35 at Chicago State, 2/16/02 (vs. Division I opponent) 1,711, 1970-71 62.6, 1996-97
Field Goals Made Game: Season:
58 vs. South Alabama, 12/10/94 1,024, 1973-74
Field Goal Attempts Game: Season:
106 vs. Cal Baptist, 1976-77 2,176, 1973-74
Field Goal Percentage Game:
Season:
.780 vs. Montana Tech, 12/19/02 (vs. all opponents) .696 vs. Cal State Northridge, 1/30/93 (vs. Division I opponent) .533, 1978-79
3-Pt. Field Goals Game:
Season:
14 vs. South Alabama, 12/10/94 14 at Chicago State, 2/26/00 14 vs. Oakland, 2/23/06 244, 1994-95
3-Pt. Field Goal Attempts Game: Season:
30 vs. Cal Poly SLO, 2/8/96 30 at Sacramento State, 11/22/99 598, 1999-2000
3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Game: Season:
(min. 10 attempts) .833 (10-12) at CS Northridge, 3/1/91 .448 (158-353), 1990-91
Free Throws Made Game: Season:
44 vs. Weber State, 12/14/91 623, 1990-91
Free Throw Attempts Game: Season:
51 vs. Cal State Los Angeles, 1984-85 51 vs. Weber State, 12/14/91 835, 1990-91
Free Throw Percentage Game: Season:
1.000 (14-14) vs. Western New Mexico, 1980-81 .796 (484-608), 2008-09 (NATIONAL CHAMPIONS)
Rebounds Game:
98 vs. Greenville, 1967-68 98 vs. Los Angeles Baptist, 1976-77 Season: 1,462, 1966-67 Average: 58.7, 1969-70
Assists Game:
36 vs. South Alabama, 1994-95 36 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 1980-81 Season: 586, 1990-91 (20.9 apg) Average: 20.9, 1990-91
Southern Utah Record Book
Davor Marcelic, SUU’s all-time leading scorer Points – Career 1710 Davor Marcelic, 89-92 1568 Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001 1419 Richard Barton, 87, 90-93 1275 Skip Mead, 68-70 1249 Robert Lee, 74-77 1205 Davis Baker, 07-10 1198 Kerry Rupp, 75-77 1101 Gary Crosby, 70, 73-75 1087 Ted Thomas, 86-88 1077 Russell Otis, 84-86 Points – Season 659 Davor Marcelic, 91-92 618 Geoff Payne, 07-08 611 Ted Thomas, 87-88 589 Dana Achtzehn, 91-92 568 Dave Pinamonti, 68-69 559 Robert Lee, 75-76 553 Frederick House, 00-01 549 Richard Barton, 92-93 541 Russell Otis, 85-86 540 Davis Baker, 08-09 Points – Game 51 Skip Mead, ‘70, vs. Westminster 49 Rod Oliver, ‘66, vs. Westmont 43 Davor Marcelic, 91, vs. Cal St. Northridge 42 Richard Barton, ‘91, vs. Denver 42 Doug Rhodus,’72, vs. Westminster 41 Tim Lewis, ‘70, vs Ft. Lewis 41 Doug Rhodus, ‘71, vs Ft. Lewis 40 John Johnson, ‘66, vs Ft. Lewis 39 Ted Thomas, ‘88 vs US International 38 David Palmer, 04 vs Denver rebounds – Career 808 Gil Mullen, 65, 68-70 652 Robert Lee, 74-77 618 Mel Wadsworth, 64-66 557 Richard Barton, 87, 90-93 514 John Carey, 66-68 508 Jim Wilding, 73-75 505 Tarvish Felton, 96-99 498 Lew Christensen, 65-69 492 Dana Achtzehn, 90-92 452 Marc Wilson, 77-79
Richard Barton, top-10 in scoring & rebounding
Frederick House, SUU’s steals king
rebounds – Season 312 Eddie Owens, 69-70 308 John Carey, 66-67 282 Gil Mullen, 69-70 269 Jim Wilding, 72-73 264 Mel Wadsworth, 65-66 261 Dana Achtzehn, 91-92 257 Robert Lee, 75-76 254 John Clifford, 08-09 245 Dan Beus, 00-01
assists – Game 15 Jeff Monaco, 00-01, at W. Illinois 15 Steve Hoagland, 79-80 14 Rod Dixon, 90-91, vs. Denver 13 Jeff Monaco, 98-99, vs IUPUI 13 Maz Trakh, 85-86, vs. Grand Canyon 12 Jay Collins, 02-03, vs Long Beach State 12 Maz Trakh, 85-86, vs LaVerne 12 Trent Scarlet, 84-85 vs Adams St. 11 Geoff Payne, 07-08, vs Centenary*
rebounds – Game 27 Mel Wadsworth, 1966 25 Gil Mullen, 1970 23 Al Winfield, 1971 23 Eddie Owens, 1970 22 Quinton Davis, ‘76 vs LA Baptist 22 Eddie Owens, 1970 22 John Carey, 1967 20 Kerry Sherwood, ‘91 vs Wisconsin-Milwaukee 19 Butch Douglas, ‘79 vs Western State 17 Jim Crosbie, ‘96 vs Cal Poly*
Steals – Career 225 Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001 191 Frederick House, 1999-2001 158 Willie Hicks, 81-83 149 Jimmy Faulkner, 93-95, 98-00 139 Tarvish Felton, 96-99 131 DeAngelo Newsom, 04-05 118 Reggie Ingram, 93-96 116 Rand Janes, 02-06 115 Jerry Naulls, 87-89 111 Keith Berard, 93-95
assists – Career 547 Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001 440 Steve Barnes, 2004-07 326 Steve Hoagland, 81-82 313 Reggie Ingram, 92-96 282 Rod Dixon, 91-92 270 Davor Marcelic, 89-92 267 Steve Barnes, 04-06 243 Jerry Naulls, 87-89 242 Jay Collins, 01-03 241 Maz Trakh, 84-86
Steals – Season 98 Frederick House, 1999-2000 96 Willie Hicks, 82-83 93 Frederick House, 00-01 80 Jeff Monaco, 1999-2000 66 DeAngelo Newsom, 2003-04 65 DeAngelo Newsom, 2004-05 62 Willie Hicks, 81-82 59 Jeff Monaco, 00-01 59 Rod Dixon, 91-92 59 Jerry Naulls, 88-89
assists – Season 178 Jay Collins, 02-03 172 Steve Barnes, 06-07 169 Steve Hoagland, 81-82 162 Jeff Monaco, 00-01 162 Rod Dixon, 90-91 159 Steve Hoagland, 80-81 149 Steve Barnes, 05-06 149 Jeff Monaco, 1999-2000 149 Jeff Monaco, 98-99 136 Jerry Naulls, 87-88
Steals – Game 9 Frederick House, vs Western Oregon, 12-19-00 9 Frederick House, vs Idaho State, 11-25-00 8 Jeff Monaco, at Utah, 1-1-00 7 Dana Achtzehn, at Stanford, 1-2-92 7 Keith Berard, vs Humbold State, 11-25-94 7 Frederick House, vs Western Illinois, 3-5-00 7 Frederick House, vs Oakland, 2-10-00 7 Frederick House, vs Montana, 11-29-99 6 Geoff Payne at UMKC, 1-12-08* *Mark reached many times, most recent is listed
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Dana Achtzehn shot .568 for his career fG Pct – Career (375 attempts min.) .569 Scott Brown, 77-78, 83-84 .568 Dana Achtzehn, 91-92 .567 Geoff Payne, 07-08 .563 Dean O’Driscoll, 81-82 .553 Dave Knudsen, 80-81 .552 Norman Adams, 81-82 .551 Marc Wilson, 77-79 .539 Nate Janes, 04-06 .531 Monte Widdison, 76-78 .531 Steve Hoagland, 80-82 fG Pct –Season (150 attempts min.) .624 John Clifford, 08-09 .603 Scott Brown, 78-79 .584 Butch Douglas, 78-79 .579 Marc Wilson, 78-79 .577 Scott Brown, 77-78 .575 Dana Achtzehn, 91-92 .574 Dean O’Driscoll, 80-81 .573 Monte Widdison, 77-78 .571 Brian Devincenzi, 82-83 .569 Nate Janes, 05-06 ft Pct – Career (125 attempts min.) .870 Jeff Monaco, 1997-2001 .857 Davis Baker, 07-10 .854 Davor Marcelic, 89-92 .850 Steve Hoagland, 81-82 .848 Skip Mead, 68-70 .845 Karl Anderson, 82-83 .824 Steve Barnes, 04-07 .818 Jerry Naulls, 87-89 .815 Hal Welch, 80-82 .810 Maz Trakh, 83-86 ft Pct – Season (50 attempts min.) .910 Jeff Monaco, 98-99 .892 Hal Welch, 80-81 .886 Steve Barnes, 06-07 .882 Davor Marcelic, 91-92 .877 Davis Baker, 08-09 .871 Davor Marcelic, 90-91
Sean Allen, career blocks leader .870 .867 .867 .867
Steve Hoagland, 81-82 Jeff Monaco, 00-01 Jerry Naulls, 87-88 Skip Mead, 69-70
3-Pt. fG Pct. – Career (150 attempts min.) .476 David Palmer, 02-04 .453 Jason Baker, 01-05 .443 Steve Barnes, 04-07 .437 Jon Gaines, 95-96 .434 Davor Marcelic, 88-92 .427 Dave Marek, 05-09 .427 Jim Crosbie, 94-96 .417 Jerry Naulls, 87-89 .409 Keith Berard, 93-95 .402 Reggie Ingram, 92-96 3-Pt. fG Pct – Season (75 attempts min.) .496 David Palmer, 03-04 .489 Steve Barnes, 05-06 .487 Jason Baker, 04-05 .487 Davor Marcelic, 90-91 .473 Daryl Christopher, 94-95 .458 Andy Ward, 93-94 .457 David Palmer, 02-03 .454 Rhet Parsons, 86-87 .437 John Gaines, 95-95 .434 Dave Marek, 08-09 .434 Jim Crosbie, 95-96 Blocked Shots – Game 10 Brad Kanis, at Utah Valley St., 2007 7 Sean Allen, vs. Northwest Nazarene 1994 6 Matt Hodgson vs. IPFW, 2010 6 Sean Allen, at Cal Poly, 1995 6 Sean Allen vs Sac St., 1995 5 Kenyatta Clyde vs. Weber St., 1998 5 Sean Allen vs Eastern Washington, 1993 4 Matt Hodgson vs. Oakland, 2010* Blocked Shots – Season 64 Matt Hodgson, 2009-10 60 Sean Allen, 94-95 53 Sean Allen, 93-94 48 Kenyatta Clyde, 98-99
Jeff Monaco holds the assists, FT% marks 39 34 34 33 30 29
Kenyatta Clyde, 97-98 Kerry Sherwood, 91-92 Bryan Olson, 83-84 Donnie Jackson, 02-03 Norman Adams, 81-82 Brad Kanis, 2006-07
Blocked Shots – Career 113 Sean Allen, 93-95 85 Kenyatta Clyde, 97-99 68 Tarvish Felton, 96-99 64 Matt Hodgson, 09-10 59 Kerry Sherwood, 89-91 55 Donnie Jackson, 01-03 46 Frederick House, 1999-2001 45 Richard Barton, 86-87, 90-93 34 John Williams, 96-98 34 Bryan Olson, 83-84 34 John Pierce, 83-85 *By many. Instance listed is most recent Note: Blocks, assists and steals not kept prior to 81-82
Single-Game team records high Score: 143 vs. Westminster, 2/17/70 (SUU 143, Westminsters 106) – H high road Score: 140 vs. S. Ala., 12/10/94 (SUU 140, USA 72) – N high opp. Score: 132 by Oklahoma, 12/20/88 at Oklahoma (SUU 64) high opp. Score at home: 121 by Grand Canyon, 1987-88 (SUU 101) high losing Score: 106 vs. UNLV, 2/12/68 (UNLV 109, SUU 106) opp. high losing Score: 111 by Westmont (1965-66) and Adams State (1968-69) (SUU 132, Westmont 111 and SUU 125, Adams State 111) largest Winning margin: 68 vs. S. Ala.,12/10/94 (SUU 140, USA 72) largest losing margin: 68 vs. Okla. 12/20/88 (Okla. 132, SUU 64) highest Combined Score: 249, SUU 143, Westminster 106, 2/17/70
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Steve Barnes, 06-07 scoring & assists leader Scoring leaders By Season 1964 John Johnson, 262 (12.5 ppg) 1965 Rod Oliver, 360, (16.4 ppg) 1966 Rod Oliver, 395 (18.8 ppg) 1967 John Carey, 436 (17.4 ppg) 1968 Skip Mead, 340 (20.0 ppg) 1969 Dave Pinamonti, 538 (22.4 ppg) 1970 Skip Mead, 435 (27.2 ppg) 1971 Al Winfield, 431 (23.9 ppg) 1972 Doug Rhodus, 496 (20.7 ppg) 1973 Kohn Smith, 328 (13.1 ppg) 1974 Kohn Smith, 502 (17.9 ppg) 1975 Robert Lee, 415 (15.4 ppg) 1976 Robert Lee, 559 (20.0 ppg) 1977 Kerry Rupp, 465 (16.6 ppg) 1978 Marc Wilson, 511 (18.9 ppg) 1979 Butch Douglas, 420 (16.2 pg) 1980 Dave Knudsen, 380 (14.6 pg) 1981 Norman Adams, 314 (12.2 pg) 1982 Dean O’Driscoll, 341 (12.2 pg) 1983 Karl Anderson, 382 (13.6 pg) 1984 Shawn Daniels, 517 (18.5 pg) 1985 Russell Otis, 536 (19.1 pg) 1986 Russell Otis, 541 (20.0 pg) 1987 Ted Thomas, 476 (17.6 pg) 1988 Ted Thomas, 611 (22.6 pg) 1989 Jerry Naulls, 416 (16.6 pg) 1990 Richard Barton, 427 (15.8 pg) 1991 Davor Marcelic, 494 (17.6 pg) 1992 Davor Marcelic, 659 (23.5 pg) 1993 Richard Barton, 549 (20.3 pg) 1994 Sean Allen, 453 (16.8 pg) 1995 Sean Allen, 410 (15.2 pg) 1996 Jon Gaines, 440 (15.7 pg) 1997 Mark Schweigert, 378 (14.5 pg) 1998 Kenyatta Clyde, 331 (14.4 ppg) 1999 Kenyatta Clyde, 496 (16.6 ppg) 2000 Frederick House, 429 (14.8 ppg) 2001 Frederick House, 553 (17.8 ppg) 2002 Dan Beus, 351 (13.5 ppg) 2003 David Palmer, 327 (11.5 ppg) 2004 David Palmer, 416 (15.4 ppg) 2005 Tim Gainey, 376 (13.9 ppg) 2006 Henry Uhegwu, 391 (13.5 ppg) 2007 Steve Barnes, 387 (12.9 ppg) 2008 Geoff Payne, 618 (20.6 ppg) 2009 Davis Baker, 540 (17.4 ppg) 2010 Davis Baker, 490 (16.9 ppg) 2011 Ryan Brimley, 283 (9.4 ppg)
Davis Baker, 08-10 scoring, 09-10 rebounds leader rebounding leaders By Season 1964 Jerry Chambers, 177 (8.4 rpg) 1965 Mel Wadsworth, 194 (10.2 rpg) 1966 Mel Wadsworth, 264 (14.7 rpg) 1967 John Carey, 308 (12.3 rpg) 1968 John Carey, 206 (9.8 rpg) 1969 Dave Pinamonti, 245 (10.2 rpg) 1970 Eddie Owens, 312 (13.6 rpg) 1971 Al Winfield, 214 (11.9 rpg) 1972 Chuck Anderson, 222 (.7 rpg) 1973 Jim Wilding, 269 (10.4 rpg) 1974 Steve Laing, 196 (7.0 rpg) 1975 Jim Wilding, 239 (8.9 rpg) 1976 Robert Lee, 257 (9.2 rpg) 1977 Kerry Rupp, 235 (8.4 rpg) 1978 Marc Wilson, 243 (9.0 rpg) 1979 Butch Douglas, 235 (9.0 rpg) 1980 Russ Hafen, 213 (8.2 rpg) 1981 Russ Hafen, 201 (7.7 rpg) 1982 Dean O’Driscoll, 178 (6.4 rpg) 1983 Todd Christensen, 182(6.5 rpg) 1984 Shawn Daniels, 227 (8.1 rpg) 1985 Russell Otis, 176 (6.4 rpg) 1986 Trent Scarlett, 152 (5.6 rpg) 1987 Ted Thomas, 170 (6.3 rpg) 1988 Ted Thomas, 218 (8.1 rpg) 1989 Randy Simkins, 184 (6.6 rpg) 1990 William Allen, 189 (9.0 rpg) 1991 Dana Achtzehn, 233 (8.3 rpg) 1992 Dana Achtzehn, 261 (9.3 rpg) 1993 Richard Barton, 180 (6.7 rpg) 1994 Sean Allen, 178 (6.6 rpg) 1995 Sean Allen, 158 (5.9 rpg) 1996 Don Faux, 203 (7.5 rpg) 1997 Don Faux, 195 (7.8 rpg) 1998 Tarvish Felton, 197 (7.6 rpg) 1999 Kenyatta Clyde 217 (7.2 rpg) 2000 Frederick House, 170 (5.9 rpg) 2001 Dan Beus, 245 (7.9 rpg) 2002 Dan Beus, 191 (7.3 rpg) 2003 Donnie Jackson, 147 (5.3 rpg) 2004 DeAngelo Newsom, 192 (6.9 rpg) 2005 DeAngelo Newsom, 197 (7.0 rpg) 2006 Lubor Olsovsky, 124 (5.2) 2007 Orlando Greigo, 126 (4.2 rpg) 2008 Geoff Payne, 204 (6.8 rpg) 2009 John Clifford, 254 (8.2 rpg) 2010 Davis Baker, 156 (5.4 rpg) 2011 Kyle Davis, 158 (5.3 rpg)
Geoff Payne, 07-08 scoring & rebounding leader assists leaders By Season 1976 Steve Hodson, 118 (4.2 apg) 1977 Steve Hodson, 92 (3.3 apg) 1978 Paul Pratt, 124 (4.6 apg) 1979 Ron Harrell, 104 (4.0 apg) 1980 Russ Hafen, 87 (3.3 apg) 1981 Steve Hoagland, 157 (6.3 apg) 1982 Steve Hoagland, 169 (6.0 apg) 1983 Willie Hicks, 98 (3.5 apg) 1984 Eddie Benson, 100 (3.6 apg) 1985 Eddie Benson, 125 (4.5 apg) 1986 Maz Trakh, 124 (4.6 apg) 1987 Rhet Parsons, 113 (4.2 apg) 1988 Jerry Naulls, 136 (5.0 apg) 1989 Kelvin Lee, 124 (4.4 apg) 1990 Kelvin Lee, 130 (4.6 apg) 1991 Rod Dixon, 162 (5.8 apg) 1992 Rod Dixon, 120 (4.4 apg) 1993 Kyle Christensen, 63 (2.3 apg) 1994 Keith Berard, 91 (3.4 apg) 1995 Keith Berard, 97 (3.5 apg) 1996 Reggie Ingram, 104 (3.7 apg) 1997 Andy Newman, 97 (3.7 apg) 1998 Tyrone Ellis, 94 (3.5 apg) 1999 Jeff Monaco, 149 (5.0 apg) 2000 Jeff Monaco, 149 (5.1 apg) 2001 Jeff Monaco, 162 (5.4 apg) 2002 Dan Beus, 83 (3.2 apg) 2003 Jay Collins, 178 (6.4 apg) 2004 Dallas Rensch, 77 (2.9 apg) 2005 Steve Barnes, 118 (4.5 apg) 2006 Steve Barnes, 149 (5.0 apg) 2007 Steve Barnes, 172 (5.7 apg) 2008 Dave Marek, 112 (3.7 apg) 2009 Dave Marek, 90 (2.9 apg) 2010 Jake Nielson, 95 (2.9 apg) 2011 Ray Jones, Jr, 119 (4.0 apg)z
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142 TEAMS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TENTH ANNUAL A record total of 142 teams – representing 16 collegiate athletic conferences – will compete in the three-day event (February 17-19), with the entire SEARS BracketBusters slate of matchups to be announced in late January. Of the 71 games, a minimum of 13 will be televised, with six contests on ESPN2 which are simulcast on ESPN3. An additional five games will be aired on ESPNU and two exclusive games on ESPN3. Please consult your local listings for start times. HOME TEAMS: Albany, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Montana, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Sacramento State, Weber State, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, Radford, Virginia Military Institute, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Pacific, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Delaware, George Mason, Georgia State, Hofstra, Northeastern, Virginia Commonwealth, Butler, Cleveland State, Detroit, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Canisius, Iona, Loyola (Md.), Manhattan, Saint Peter’s, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Ohio, Morgan State, Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Missouri State, Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Murray State, SIU-Edwardsville, Appalachian State, Davidson, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin, Missouri-Kansas City, North Dakota State, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Utah State and Loyola Marymount. AWAY TEAMS: Binghamton, Boston University, Hartford, Maryland-Baltimore County, Stony Brook, Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana State, Portland State, Campbell, High Point, Liberty, Presbyterian, UNC-Asheville, Winthrop, Cal Poly, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Drexel, James Madison, UNC-Wilmington, Old Dominion, Towson, William & Mary, Illinois-Chicago, Loyola (Ill.), Valparaiso, Wright State, Youngstown State, Fairfield, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Siena, Akron, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Western Michigan, Delaware State, Hampton, Drake, Indiana State, UNI, Southern Illinois, Wichita State, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri State, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, College of Charleston, Wofford, Central Arkansas, Lamar, Texas-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, IUPUFW, IUPUI, Oakland, Southern Utah, Western Illinois, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Jose State and St. Mary’s.
Southern Utah Mission Statement
Southern Utah University Athletics Mission Statement Southern Utah University’s Athletic Department is dedicated to providing quality programs that assist in complimenting and fulfilling the University’s educational objectives and mission. The athletic program adheres to the policies and procedures of the NCAA and the rules of any conference, league or association of which it is a member. The Athletic Department is committed to excellence in academics as well as athletics and focuses on fielding competitive teams at the Division I level. Participation in intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the student’s overall educational experience. The University strives to reach the highest possible graduation rate for all of its student-athletes while focusing on their social, cultural and intellectual development. The Athletic Department recognizes the importance of equity in all of its programs and promotes diversity in both student-athletes and staff. Student-athletes, coaches and all others associated with intercollegiate athletics are expected to embrace the principles of sportsmanship and ethical conduct.
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Southern Utah Administration DR. MICHAEL T. BENSON SUU PRESIDENT Michael T. Benson is in his fourth year as president of Southern Utah University He was appointed the 15th president of SUU on November 10, 2006, by the Utah State Board of Regents. Dr. Benson came to SUU from Snow College where he served as president for five years. Prior to his tenure in Ephraim, Dr. Benson was special assistant to the president and secretary to the University of Utah, a cabinet-level position on that campus. During his presidency at Snow, athletic teams excelled, winning several conference championships and finishing near the top of national rankings. He was instrumental in establishing America’s premier junior college football bowl game, the Zions Bank Top of the Mountains Bowl, played each December in Salt Lake City. Dr. Benson currently serves as Chair of the Presidents’ Council for the Summit League. President Benson is the father of four children, Emma, Samuel, Truman Taft, and Tatum Anne. He and his wife Debi, along with the kids, are regularly seen around campus and at all types of sporting events. An accomplished athlete, Dr. Benson was captain of the East High School basketball team and one of four sophomores on the team that won the 1981 Utah State championship. He turned down track scholarships as a senior at East to enroll at Brigham Young University on a leadership scholarship, eventually earning a bachelor’s degree in political science, English, and history while playing on the junior varsity basketball team. He has also competed in the worlds oldest rivalry, serving as a player/coach in leading Oxford University over Cambridge in the 1994 Varsity Basketball Match. President Benson has completed several marathons with his best time (2:41) winning his age division at the St. George Marathon. In 1984, Michael was one of only 19 teenagers to compete in the Boston Marathon, with his finishing time of 2:52 placing him in the top 15% of all registered runners. While President of Snow College, he ran the St. George Marathon again, this time raising over $50,000 for the athletic department. He currently maintains a seven handicap in his favorite sport, golf. Dr. Benson holds a doctorate in modern Middle Eastern History from Oxford University. His critically-acclaimed book, Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel has led to many lecturing and consulting opportunities. Michael regularly leads tour groups to the Middle East where he is eager to share his love for and knowledge of the region. This past summer he completed coursework and was awarded a master’s degree in non-profit administration at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. The Bensons are delighted to be at Southern Utah University and look forward to supporting Thunderbird student-athletes for many years to come.
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Southern Utah Administration
The President’s Council: Front, from left: Donna Eddleman, VP of Student Services; Bradley Cook, Provost; President Michael T. Benson; Ken Beazer, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Back, from left: Dorian Page, VP for Finance and Facilities; Michael Carter, Assistant Attorney General; Dean O’Driscoll, VP for University Relations; Dialea Adams, President’s Administrative Assistant; Stuart C. Jones, VP for Institutional Advancement.
Dear Thunderbird Fans and Supporters: One of America’s great coaches once said, “The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.” All of us at Southern Utah University are committed to helping our student-athletes as they prepare to win on their respective fields and courts of competition. But more importantly, we are committed to helping them acquire those tools, experiences, and skills that will help them succeed in life and their life’s work. I thank you for your continued commitment to SUU and its many outstanding athletic programs which now number 17 – the second highest number of Division I sports programs offered in the entire State of Utah. For all those who enjoy a football Saturday on a beautiful fall day in the shadow of Cedar Mountain, the benefits of Division I athletics in our community are innumerable. From the dollars spent by visiting teams and fans in our local places of business to the positive media coverage generated by our student-athletes, the University is the beneficiary of these and other positive by-products of the substantial investment in our athletic program. Donors and alumni are even more proud of their association with the University when they see a return on their donated dollars in the form of success on the field and in the classroom.
Excellence in athletics will continue to be an investment we are willing to make at Southern Utah University. In addition to those student-athletes who learn invaluable lessons in both the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,” athletics provide excellent participation opportunities for students in bands, cheer squads, dance teams, trainers, marketing interns, and many more. Our student athletes also represent a large percentage of the geographic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious diversity on campus which, I believe, enhances and enriches the academic and social experience of ALL our students. I heartily commend our athletic director, Ken Beazer, and his able and committed staff for their superb stewardship of the funds directed toward athletics. I also wish to thank all the academic and support staff who regularly monitor the progress of our student-athletes to ensure their commitment to “prepare to win” while at SUU and well beyond. Thank you for your support of Southern Utah University and the proud Thunderbird tradition. Yours sincerely, SUU President Michael Benson
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Southern Utah Administration KEN BEAZER
KEN BEAZER ON SUU ATHLETICS:
SUU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ken Beazer was named Southern Utah’s Athletic Director on Dec. 21, 2005 and took the reins of the program Jan. 2, 2006. Beazer came to Southern Utah from Utah State University, where he had served as director of athletic development for the past four-plus years. While at USU, Beazer developed and initiated the largest capital campaign in the history of the school’s athletic department, including fund-raising for a planned $25 million renovation of Romney Stadium. Prior to his time at Utah State, Beazer spent nine years at Snow College, the first three as defensive coordinator on the football coaching staff and the final six – from 1995 to 2001 – as the school’s director of athletics. As a coach his teams ranked among the NJCAA’s top five defenses two of his three seasons, while as AD at Snow he implemented the college’s first Athletic Foundation Board as well as an annual giving program. He also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant football coach at Washington State University. Beazer is a 1989 graduate of Weber State University with a degree in broadcast communication. He also holds a master of arts degree in communication from Washington State, as well as an associate of arts in the same field from Snow College. Beazer and his wife, Cidnee, are the parents of four children: Rhett, Adrienne, Jadon and Harrison.
Southern Utah University is truly a place where academics come first. The strong academic commitment of the staff and coaches is manifest in the overall academic accomplishments our teams achieve on an annual basis. The University’s strong academic emphasis, coupled with the dedicated efforts of the student athletes, allows the Athletics Department to continually post high marks in the classroom. The academic climate offered at SUU enables the institution to attract and retain high quality student athletes with sound character and a clear understanding of personal responsibility. Thunderbird Athletics was recently rewarded by its fellow institutions with an unprecedented, fourth consecutive Mid-Continent Conference Sportsmanship Award, setting a new standard by which all institutions are now measured. Southern Utah is fortunate to have a great relationship with the community, bringing new meaning to the term, “campus community.” Cedar City residents are hospitable, friendly and eager to serve, creating an ideal setting for personal growth. Thunderbird student athletes readily accept their responsibility of role models and spent countless hours in the local schools mentoring children. Southern Utah University’s commitment to athletics is manifest in its first class athletic facilities, providing the necessary amenities for a student athlete to achieve his/her athletic goals and compete at higher levels. Southern Utah University is an ideal place to achieve academic and athletic excellence and reach the high expectations we all have. Southern Utah University is one of the best locations to experience a true college atmosphere.
deborah Baker
marlene Barth
nick Bartlett
Scott Bauman
richard Church
kyle Cottam
todd Brown
head Volleyball Coach
SWa/academic Coordinator
Promotions
head Gymnastics Coach
head Golf Coach
media relations
assoc. ad/Compliance
david eldredge
neil Gardner
dr. deborah hill
eric houle
kit Janes
ed lamb
lenny lee
head Baseball Coach
asst. ad/media relations
faculty athletic rep.
head track Coach
operations
head football Coach
head tennis Coach
kyle magnusson
kyle newhouse
Jason norris
ricky mendini
Jr Payne
Shon Spevak
teshia Williams
head Softball Coach
media relations
assoc. ad/Business
assoc. ad/Sports medicine
head Basketball Coach (W)
ticket manager
administrative assistant
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Southern Utah Athletics Elise Wheeler, an All-American, as well as the 2009 NCAA Regional and WAC Gymnast of the Year
Fred House, Mid-Continent Conference MVP
Kristy Koplin competed at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the hammer
SUU alumnus David Palmer was named the Japan Baskeball League’s MVP
Challis Pascucci, a 2010 all-Summit League honoree
Nick Miller led the FCS in all-purpose yards in 2008. He now plays for the St. Louis Rams
T-time first-team all-Summit League performer Ksusha Nazarova
2009 Summit League Freshman of the Year and two-time all-Summit League selection Ana Pelaez-Mailoto
Cameron Levins earned all-American honors after placing fourth at the 2011 NCAA cross country championships
Nate Page competed at the 2009 NCAA Golf Championships
Kristin Fronk, a two-time allSummit League performer Nick Freitas, two-time all-Summit League performer and 2009 draft pick of the Minnesota Twins
Two-time Summit League Player of the Year Marci Pratt
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Southern Utah Athletic Facilities
Southern Utah basketball, volleyball and gymnastics call the 5,300-seat Centrum Arena home.
SUU’s physical education complex houses an olympicsized pool, an indoor running track and a weight/workout room open to all athletes.
Eccles Coliseum is the home to Southern Utah Football. The stadium, one of the nicest at the I-AA level, was renovated in 1997 and houses a modern press box, luxury suites, coaches offices, locker rooms and a newly remodeled training facility. Practice fields are to the west while the athletics offices, the weight room and the gymnastics training facility are housed in adjacent buildings to the south. Cedar Ridge Golf Course is home to the SUU golf team. Cedar Ridge also hosts SUU’s cross country meets, including the 2009 Summit League championships.
The Thunderbird Tennis Courts were completely rebuilt in the spring of 2010
SUU baseball, softball and soccer compete at the picturesque Thunderbird Park complex.
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Southern Utah Basketball Facilities
Southern Utah’s basketball facilities are among the finest in the Summit League. With newly re-modeled coaches offices and locker rooms, as well as a new floor, the Centrum Arena is a beautiful facility. SUU basketball athletes work out in the Norton Strength & Conditioning Center, a 3,300 square foot facility containing over 4.5 tons of strength and conditioning equipment.
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Southern Utah Athletic Training Facilities
Southern Utah’s training facilities include a recently expanded training room in Eccles Coliseum as well as a fully-equipped medical and training facility locatedin the Centrum Arena. SUU’s training facilities also include an olympic-sized pool. With a fully-certified staff as well as a student training program SUU is prepared to handle all the training needs of its 17 sports’ student-athletes.
Head Athletic Trainer Ricky Mendini
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Southern Utah Academics Athletics is an important part of your life right now but what’s next when your playing days are over? Southern Utah University can help you prepare for a successful career in a variety of fields. SUU offers eight master’s programs and over 120 bachelor’s programs in its five schools and colleges, as well as a range of certificates, associate and pre-professional degrees in a wide variety of disciplines.
School of Business In addition to master’s degrees in accountancy and business administration, the SUU School of Business offers bachelor’s degrees in seven majors, with eleven additional areas of specialization. In the 2010-11 academic year, SUU’s graduating seniors scored at the 85th percentile on the ETS Major Field Exam in Business, placing them in the top 15 percent of the nation’s graduates. Business students at SUU have had many great opportunities to hone their skills in the real world by working with local businesses to provide services, coordinate special events and participate in strategic assessment and planning activities. In addition to business studies, SUU offers a military science program through Army ROTC. Southern Utah is justifiably proud of its academic record. This past year over 100 SUU student-athletes carried cumulative GPAs above 3.20 and during fall semester 51 SUU athletes earned Dean’s List recognition. Last year the athletics department as a whole carried a 3.07 GPA. SUU’s women’s gymnastics team has claimed seven academic national championships, including a run of six straight from 2001 trough 2006, and the team has not finished out of the top-three since 1991! In addition, the men’s track & field and women’s softball teams have each won a pair of academic national championships in recent years and the 2002 women’s cross country team was second-best in the nation. This past season SUU’s football team was honored by the NFCA for showing the best APR improvement in the Great West Conference, while the men’s basketball team received a similar award from The Summit League. SUU’s athletes have access to an academic center which houses individual and group study areas, a computer lab and a full-time academic coordinator.
College of Education and Human Development The SUU College of Education offers two master’s degrees as well as seven primary majors and five areas of licensure. The SUU physical education department – known as ‘The Coaching Factory’ because of the success of its graduates – is housed in one of the finest facilities of its kind in the West. The Sorenson Physical Education Building houses an Olympicsized swimming pool, three basketball courts, five racquetball courts, state-of-the-art kinesiology and exercise laboratories and technologyequipped classrooms. The college offers its students many opportunities for hands-on learning, including field experience and study abroad programs.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences SUU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers two master’s degrees and 21 undergraduate degrees with an expanse of study in 25 different areas. SUU’s campus newspaper, The University Journal, has won more awards over the past 12 years than any university newspaper in 14 Western states. Students of humanities and social sciences are offered a variety of internship opportunities in most disciplines of the college. Interns are able to gain valuable practical educational experience, academic credit and often financial compensation. The Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service places numerous interns each semester at the local, state and federal level.
College of Performing and Visual Arts The College of Performing and Visual Arts at SUU offers a Master of Fine Arts in arts administration as well as bachelor’s degrees in the areas of art and design, music, and theatre arts & dance. The MFA program is the only one of its kind in the western USA. Professional affiliations include the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, the American Folk Ballet and the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery.
College of Science & Engineeringz SUU’s College of Science is home to studies in agriculture, biology, chemistry, geography, geology, nursing and nutrition. The college has seen 90 percent of its graduates applying to professional pharmacy schools and 87 percent of applicants to medical schools accepted. In 2011, the Center for Health and Molecular Sciences building opened, offering students updated lab facilities, a five-room rooftop greenhouse and expanded facilities for SUU’s emerging nursing program. Also housed in the college are studies in computing, integrated engineering and technology. The college of CIET at SUU prepares students to compete on a global level in careers related to computer science, information systems, mathematics, technology and engineering. The college offers 14 bachelor’s degrees and associates degrees in eight different areas of study.
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This is Southern Utah University Academic programs in business, teacher education, industrial education, broadcasting and theatre arts have received wide acclaim for their excellence. Affiliated with the university are a number of cultural arts and performing groups, which support the mission of SUU.
Southern Utah University is a comprehensive institution offering programs for students with many interests and goals. The University provides undergraduate liberal education in the arts, humanities and sciences; authorized professional work in teacher education, business and technology; and specialized training in vocational teacher education. SUU has been accorded a host of outstanding academic honors in recent years. Consumers Digest has consistently named the University among the Top Ten in its list of quality and value in colleges and universities in America. The Princeton Review has tabbed SUU as a Best Value Institution, while U.S. News and World Report has listed the University as one of America’s Best Colleges. The Princeton Review has also named SUU as one of its “Best In The West” for the past 10 years. SUU students select their courses from departments and programs in the School of Business; the College of Science and Engineering; the School of Continuing & Professional Studies; the College of Education & Human Development; the College of Humanities & Social Sciences; and the College of Performing & Visual Arts. More than 600 faculty and staff members serve SUU’s 8,066 undergraduate and graduate students.
SUU is also home to the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival with its Adams Memorial Theatre, based upon the original Globe Theatre, and the Randall Jones Theatre, one of the finest indoor theatres in the West. Campus facilities range from the traditional ivy-covered Old Main and Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center – built in 1898 and 1899 – to the multi-use Sharwan Smith Center, a facility which houses the Centrum Arena – SUU’s basketball and gymnastics venue – as well as classrooms, a ballroom, the University’s student union, its bookstore and various offices. State-of-the-Art campus facilities that have opened recently include the Emma Eccles Jones Education Building and a new phase of apartment-style on-campus housing; while the Carter Carillon Tower has become, almost overnight, a characteristic landmark of the campus. Another exciting development on campus was the ground-breaking for construction of the University’s new Science Center. The University also owns and operates a 1,000-acre farm in western Cedar Valley and a 3,700-acre ranch in Cedar Canyon.
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SUU is host to the Tony Awardwinning Utah Shakespearean Festival.
This is Southern Utah University Because of their proximity and grandeur, Zion National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument are claimed by SUU’ students as part of their campus. Geology and life science field trips take advantage of these national treasures, in addition to Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Capitol Reef and Great Basin National Parks, which are also close by. The University’s skiing classroom is at the 11,300-foot Brian Head Ski Resort, less than an hour away, while the recreational opportunities offered by Lake Powell are less than two hours away. SUU has a history unique in the annals of American higher education. In 1897, the entire population of Cedar City, then a small pioneer town, engaged in the building of Old Main, the first building of the University. Beginning the project in mid-winter because of a harsh deadline imposed by the legislature, the men and women of the community donated materials, money and labor to complete the building on time. Today the university campus has grown to comprise 133 acres, landscaped with fountains, tall spruce and pine trees, plazas, statuary, latticed walkways and expansive lawns, offering the kind of education you’d expect to receive at a small, private school at the low price of a public institution.
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Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services and Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, a Cedar City native and an SUU alumnus.
Cedar City and Iron County Located in the heart of southern Utah’s Color Country, Cedar City has received numerous “Best Places To Live In The USA” awards over the years. A vital, growing mountain community with four distinct seasons, Cedar City boasts 310 clear days a year. Cedar City has a population of 22,000 while surrounding Iron County has 35,000 residents. The home of Southern Utah University, Cedar City is also home to the American Folk Ballet and the Utah Shakespearean Festival (both affiliated with the University), as well as the Iron Mission State Park, Cedar Ridge Golf Course and a variety of recreational facilities including four city parks, two baseball/softball complexes and a bicycle/walking path, all within minutes of the SUU campus.
Within an easy day’s drive are five national parks – Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Great Basin and Capitol Reef – several state parks and recreation areas and a host of hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational opportunities, including Brian Head Ski Resort, just a 45-minute drive from campus. Cedar City is also one of the safest places in the country, as Utah is consistently rated as one of the nation’s safest states and Iron County is perennially one of the state’s safest counties.
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TV-Radio Roster
#2 Brian Cameron W, 6-3, 190, Jr. Draper, UT Snow JC
#3 Damon Heuir W, 6-2, 200, Jr. Townsville, Aus. Ignatius Park
#5 Ray Jones, Jr. G, 6-2, 175, Sr. Little Rock, AR Connors State
#12 Chris Nsenki G, 6-2, 180, Fr. Kansas City, MO Park Hill HS
#13 Ramell Taylor W, 6-5, 190, Sr. Detroit, MI Fort Scott JC
#21 Jackson Stevenett F, 6-4, 185, Jr. Kaysville, UT Davis HS
#23 Matt Gardner W, 6-3 180, Fr. Spanish Fork, UT Spanish Fork HS
#25 Jordan Johnson G, 6-3, 175, Jr. Delta, UT Eastern Wyoming
#32 Wade Collie W, 6-6, 200, So. Las Vegas, NV Wallace State
#33 Tyson Koehler F/C, 6-7, 250, Jr. Salt Lake City, UT Grayson County
#34 Matt Massey F, 6-9, 232, Sr. Brisbane, Aus. Nova Southeastern
Roger Reid Weber State ‘68 5th year at SUU
#42 Jaren Jeffery C, 6-9, 205, So. Delta, UT Delta HS
Ron Carling BYU ‘70 5th Year at SUU
#44 Julian Scott F, 6-8, 260, Jr. Marysville, CA Yuba College
Johnny Brown New Mexico ‘86 5th Year at SUU
#50 Cal Hanks C, 6-11, 235, RFr. Logan, UT Mountain Crest HS
Kenya Crandell Nebraska-Kearney ‘96 4th Year at SUU
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Drew Allen SUU ‘10 2nd Year at SUU
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Opponent St. Martin’s University (EX) Mesa State College (EX) UC Davis @ San Diego State @ Bryant @ Montana State-Billings At Utah State Southern Virginia Troy At Oral Roberts At Weber State At Troy UC Davis At South Dakota* At UMKC* At IPFW* South Dakota State* North Dakota State* At IUPUI* At Western Illinois*
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Opponent Time Oakland* 7:00 p.m. IPFW* 7:30 p.m. UMKC* 7:00 p.m. South Dakota* 7:30 p.m. At North Dakota State* 7:00 p.m. At South Dakota State* 7:30 p.m. Western Illinois* 7:00 p.m. IUPUI* 7:30 p.m. At Oakland* 7:00 p.m. At TBA% TBA Oral Roberts* 7:30 p.m. Summit League Tourney# TBA
Home Games * Summit League games @ at BTE Classic, hosted by San Diego State % ESPN Bracket Buster Game # at Sioux Falls. S.D. All Times Site Of Game