Men's Basketball Game Notes Volume 8

ARIAN @MarianUHoops BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 11: AURORA Men’s Basketball Contact: Luke Pattarozzi | Office: 920.923.8155 | Cell: 608.225.9802 | Email: [email protected] SabreAthletics.com | @MUSabres | Facebook.com/MUSabreAthletics | @MarianUHoops | Facebook.com/MarianUHoops 2013-14 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result O. 31 at UW-Milwaukee (Exh.) N. 16 MARTIN LUTHER GAME 11: MARIAN (7-3, 6-0) AT AURORA (8-3, 5-1) FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 2013 • 7:00 PM (CT) • AURORA, ILL. • THORNTON GYMNASIUM L, 52-80 MARIAN W, 79-70 N. 20 at Ripon L, 69-71 N. 23 vs. UW-Eau Claire# 2013-14 Record (NACC).............7-3 (6-0) ALL-TIME SERIES: L, 65-82 N. 22 vs. Luther# SETTING THE SCENE L, 79-81 Head Coach.......................... Mark Boyle Marian trails Aurora, 7-3 Record at MAR (Years).......331-360 (26) LAST MEETING: AURORA N. 30 DOMINICAN* W, 71-63 D. 3 MSOE* W, 62-53 Head Coach.................James Lancaster D. 5 at Wis. Lutheran* W, 84-82 OT Record at AUR (Years)........354-167 (20) D. 7 at Rockford* 2013-14 Record (NACC)..............8-3 (5-1) Marian 76, Aurora 70 Jan. 19, 2013 | Fond du Lac, Wis. WATCH/LISTEN FROM HOME LIVE STATS VIDEO W, 79-73 FIVE KEY STORYLINES D. 11 EDGEWOOD* W, 72-60 1 HOT START: The 6-0 conference start is the best Marian start in more than 20 D. 14 CONCORDIA CHI.* W, 76-61 years. Marian began the 1989-90 season with a 15-0 overall start, including a 10-0 7 PM mark in Lake Michigan Conference play for the best conference start ever. D. 20 at Aurora* J. 4 BENEDICTINE* 2 PM J. 11 ROCKFORD* 2 PM J. 14 at Concordia Wis.* 7 PM 2 SERIES NOTES: Marian trails Aurora in the all-time series, 7-3, but the Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak to the Spartans with a 76-70 home win in their last meeting back on Jan. 19, 2013. J. 16 LAKELAND* 3 SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE: The Sabres rank atop the NACC in scoring 7 PM defense, allowing opponents just 64.8 ppg through the first six league contests. J. 18 at Benedictine* 5 PM Aurora’s offense ranks second in league play at 83.7 ppg. J. 20 at Northland Int’l 6 PM J. 22 at Edgewood* 4 WELCOME TO THE CLUB: Senior Jeff Harris eclipsed 1,000 career points F 1 . at Dominican* F 5 . at MSOE* F. 8 AURORA* 7 PM last Saturday against Concordia Chicago, becoming the 16th member at Marian and joining fellow senior Cody Veleke, who accomplished the feat back on Dec. 5. 7 PM Senior Sam Koslowski is also within reach, needing just 169 points to reach 1,000. 2 PM 5 A LOOK AHEAD: Marian will take the next two weeks off over the holiday break 7 PM before jumping back into conference play with back-to-back home games against 2 PM Benedictine (Jan. 4) and Rockford (Jan. 11). F 11 . at Lakeland* 7 PM F 15 . at Concordia Chi.* 2 PM J. 28 WIS. LUTHERAN* Probable Starters Marian University Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Pts. Reb. 3 Mike Keller F 6-4 Jr. Oostburg, Wis./Oostburg 2.3 2.5 F. 19 CONCORDIA WIS.* 7 PM 14 Sam Koslowski G 6-1 Sr. Neenah, Wis./St. Mary’s Central 15.4 3.7 F 22 NACC First Round . TBA 15 Cody Veleke F 6-5 Sr. Oakfield, Wis./Oakfield 14.5 5.4 G 6-5 Sr. Port Townsend, Wash./Port Townsend 9.0 5.3 F 25 NACC Semifinals . TBA 20 Elan Solvik 23 Drew Binversie G 6-1 So. Valders, Wis./Valders 8.1 4.8 M. 1 NACC Championship TBA Aurora University Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Pts. Reb. Tyler Hall G 6-3 So. Danville, Ind./Danville 15.4 3.9 M. 6 NCAA Tournament TBA 4 11 Gavin Walker G 5-11 Jr. Clemson, S.C./Plainfield 4.3 2.9 *Denotes NACC Contest 21 Kyle Pilmer C 6-8 Sr. Aurora, Ill./West Aurora 6.2 4.6 # Bethel University Tip-Off Tournament (Arden Hills, Minn.) 22 Brandon Smith G 6-1 Jr. Berkeley, Ill./Walther Lutheran 10.6 1.8 All start times are local Marian University Athletic Communications • Sadoff Gymnasium6-5 S. National Ave. •N.C./Oswego East • 13.5 7.0 • 45 So. Huntersville, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 23 Kalmon Stokes G Ast. 1.3 2.5 1.7 1.8 2.7 Ast. 4.6 3.3 0.7 2.3 0.9