2013-14 Missouri State Men's Basketball Guide by Missouri State Bears

Northern Iowa Panthers

Evansville Purple Aces

Saturday, Jan. 18, 12:00 p.m. Cedar Falls, Iowa - McCleod Center (6,650)

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7:05 p.m. Spring ield, Mo. - JQH Arena (11,000)

Saturday, Feb. 15, 8:00 p.m. Spring ield, Mo. - JQH Arena (11,000)

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 7:05 p.m. Evansville, Ind. - Ford Center (11,000)

B E A R

Ben Jacobson

Chip Rank

Seth Tuttle

Marty Simmons

D.J. Balentine

Ryan Sawvell

Head Coach

Senior Forward

Junior Forward

Head Coach

Sophomore Guard

Junior Center/Forward

COACHING STAFF

Last 10 Meetings (2-8) Date Result Location 1/10/09 . . . . .L, 64-78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls 1/25/09 . . . . .L, 69-78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 1/3/10. . . . . . .L, 76-84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls 1/30/10 . . . . .L, 54-55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 12/29/10 . . . .W, 58-57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls 1/30/11 . . . . .L, 59-60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 1/13/12 . . . . .L, 60-61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls 1/28/12 . . . . .W, 63-51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 2/5/13. . . . . . .L, 37-48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls 2/19/13 . . . . .L, 63-69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield

*2012-13 starter

2013-14 SCHEDULE Date N9 N11 N16 N22 N24 N25 D3 D7 D10 D14 D21 D28 J1 J5 J8 J11 J14 J18 J22 J25 J29 F1 F5 F8 F12 F15 F19 F23 F26 M1 M2 M6-9

Opponent at Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. Coe College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. vs. Loyola Marymount @ . . . 12:30 p.m. vs. Marist/Maryland @ . . . . . . . . . . . TBA vs. TBA @ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA at Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. vs. Iowa State # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Savannah State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth . . . . . . . 11 a.m. at Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Iona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Bradley * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Wichita State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. at Evansville * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Drake * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Southern Illinois * . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Missouri State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. at Bradley * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Loyola * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Evansville * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Indiana State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Illinois State *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Wichita State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m. Loyola * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Missouri State * . . . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m. at Drake * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m. Illinois State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p.m. Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Indiana State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA at Evansville * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA MVC Tournament (St. Louis) . . . . . . . . . .

* MVC games @ Paradise Jam (U.S. Virgin Islands) # Hy-Vee Big Four Classic (Des Moines, Iowa)

No. 0 2 4 5 10 12 22 23 25 31 44 50 55

COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty Simmons Alma Mater (Year) . . . . . . . . . . . Evansville (1987) Record at School . . . . . . . . .88-103 (6 seasons) Overall Record . . . . . . . . 186-176 (12 seasons) Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jimmy Elgas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carson Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Alexander

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sports Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Pristash Of ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (812) 488-2285 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (812) 266-5288 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (812) 488-2199 E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rp113@evansville.edu Shipping Address . . . . . . . . . . 1800 Lincoln Ave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evansville, IN 47722 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoPurpleAces.com

TEAM INFORMATION 2012-13 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-15 Home / Away / Neutral. . . . . . . . . 15-3 / 5-11 / 1-1 Conference Record (Finish) . . . . . . . . .10-8 (4th) Conference Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1, CollegeInsider.com Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/7 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3

SERIES HISTORY VS. EVANSVILLE MSU Series Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-27 At Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 At Spring ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-7 At Neutral Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3 Current MSU Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 Previous Meeting . . . . . . . . Missouri State, 62-61, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at Spring ield (2/2/13) Last 10 Meetings (5-5) Date Result Location 12/29/10 . . . .W, 74-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evansville 1/27/10 . . . . .W, 76-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 3/4/10. . . . . . .W, 52-46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis 1/7/11. . . . . . .W, 65-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 2/2/11. . . . . . .L, 65-77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evansville 1/15/12 . . . . .L, 82-87 OT . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield 2/25/12 . . . . .L, 70-75 OT . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evansville 3/2/12. . . . . . .L, 64-72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis 1/2/13. . . . . . .L, 59-62 OT . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evansville 2/2/13. . . . . . .W, 62-61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring ield

Name P Ryan Sawvell F Christian Benzon G Duane Gibson G Mislav Brzoja G Jaylon Moore F/C Adam Wing G Tyler Ptacek G Mike Leazer G Rokas Cesnulevisius F/C D.J. Balentine G David Howard F/C Blake Simmons G/F Egidijus Mockevicius C

Ht. 6-8 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-8 6-2 6-8 6-5 6-10

Yr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So.

Hometown Mundelein, Ill. Gainesville, Fla. Cleveland, Ohio Zagrab, Croatia Olive Branch, Miss. Morehead, Ky. Parma, Ohio Mount Prospect, Ill. Alytaus, Lithuania Kokomo, Ind. Nashville, Tenn. Newburgh, Ind. Kursenai, Lithuania

TOP RETURNERS Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PPG. . . . . . .RPG Egidijus Mockevicius* . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 . . . . . . . . 5.0 D.J. Balentine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 . . . . . . . . 1.7 * 2012-13 starter

2013-14 SCHEDULE Date N9 N12 N18 N21 N23 N26 N30 D4 D7 D10 D14 D21 D28 J1 J4 J8 J11 J15 J18 J21 J26 J29 F1 F5 F9 F12 F16 F19 F22 F25 M1 M6-9

Opponent Martin Methodist . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. at IUPUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Valparaiso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. at Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. at Murray State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. Miami (Ohio). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 p.m. at Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05 p.m. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05 p.m. Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 p.m. at Drake * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Indiana State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. Northern Iowa * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. at Southern Illinois * . . . . . . . . 3:05 p.m. at Illinois State *. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Loyola * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 p.m. at Missouri State * . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Bradley * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. at Northern Iowa * . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. at Wichita State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. Missouri State * . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. at Bradley * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Illinois State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Wichita State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 p.m. at Indiana State * . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:05 p.m. Southern Illinois * . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. Drake * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 p.m. at Loyola * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA MVC Tournament (St. Louis) . . . . . . . . . .

* MVC games

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MSU Series Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-25 At Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-13 At Spring ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-10 At Neutral Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Current MSU Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L2 Previous Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UNI, 69-63, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Spring ield (2/19/13)

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PPG. . . . . . .RPG Deon Mitchell* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 . . . . . . . . 2.3 Seth Tuttle* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.4 . . . . . . . . 6.6

2013-14 ROSTER

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evansville, Ind. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,822 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Thomas Kazee Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stanley Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple Aces Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple, White and Orange Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ford Center Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,000 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Missouri Valley Conference Website. . . . . . . . . . . . mvc-sports.com

SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHERN IOWA

TOP RETURNERS

GENERAL INFORMATION

2012-13 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-15 Home / Away / Neutral. . . . . . . . . . 16-4 / 5-6 / 0-5 Conference Record (Finish) . . . . . . . . 11-7 (3rd) Conference Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1, CollegeInsider.com Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . 9/4 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3

Hometown P lugerville, Texas Waverly, Iowa Ankeny, Iowa Cedarburg, Wis. Marion, Iowa Shef ield, Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa St. Louis Park, Minn. Charles City, Iowa Pella, Iowa Coralville, Iowa Solon, Iowa Mundelein, Ill. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Ashwaubenon, Wis. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Merrill, Wis. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

TEAM INFORMATION

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

Athletics Communications . . . Colin McDonough Of ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (319) 273-5456 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (319) 415-4059 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (319) 273-3602 E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . .Colin.McDonough@uni.edu Shipping Address . . . . . . .NW UNI-Dome Upper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314 Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (319) 273-4121 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNIPanthers.com

Ht. 6-1 6-7 6-9 6-6 6-4 6-8 6-1 6-6 6-9 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-9 6-4 6-6 6-1

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

P G F C F G F G F F G G G G G F G G G

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Jacobson Alma Mater (Year) . . . . . . . . North Dakota (1994) Record at School . . . . . . . . .150-86 (7 seasons) Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.J. Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Crawford

Name Deon Mitchell Klint Carlson Ted Friedman Chip Rank Matt Bohannon Seth Tuttle Wes Washpun Marvin Singleton Nate Buss Nate Buchheit Jeremy Morgan Matt Morrison Robert Knar Max Martino Bennett Koch Matt MacDougall Paul Jesperson Kasey Semler

No. 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 32 # #

2013-14 ROSTER

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Falls, Iowa Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,273 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Bill Ruud Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy Dannen Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panthers Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple and Old Gold Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McLeod Center Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,650 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Missouri Valley Conference Website. . . . . . . . . . . . mvc-sports.com

GENERAL INFORMATION