Men's Basketball Game Notes Volume 10

ARIAN @MarianUHoops BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 13: ROCKFORD 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 13: MARIAN (8-4, 7-1) VS ROCKFORD (8-6, 4-5) SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2014 • 2:00 PM (CT) • FOND DU LAC, WIS. • SADOFF 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).............8-4 (7-1) ALL-TIME SERIES: L, 65-82 N. 22 vs. Luther# L, 79-81 Head Coach.......................... Mark Boyle BENEDICTINE W, 71-63 D. 3 MSOE* W, 62-53 Head Coach......................Ryan Rebsom D. 5 at Wis. Lutheran* W, 84-82 OT Record at ROCK (Years)..........88-133 (9) D. 7 at Rockford* D. 14 CONCORDIA CHI.* D. 20 at Aurora* Marian trails Rockford, 9-8 Record at MAR (Years).......332-361 (26) LAST MEETING: N. 30 DOMINICAN* D. 11 EDGEWOOD* SETTING THE SCENE 2013-14 Record (NACC)..............8-6 (4-5) Marian 78, Rockford 70 Dec. 7, 2013 | Rockford, Ill. WATCH/LISTEN FROM HOME LIVE STATS VIDEO W, 79-73 FIVE KEY STORYLINES W, 72-60 1 LEADERS OF THE PACK: The Sabres are off to their fastest NACC start in W, 76-61 program history with a 7-1 league mark heading into Saturday’s match-up with L, 101-106 Rockford. Marian holds a one game lead on second-place Lakeland in the standings. J. 4 BENEDICTINE* W, 82-74 J. 11 ROCKFORD* 2 PM J. 14 at Concordia Wis.* 7 PM 2 SERIES NOTES: Marian trails Rockford in the all-time series, 9-8, but has a chance to knot things up if it can beat the Regents for a third time in a row, while trying to secure the first-ever regular season sweep of two games or more. J. 16 LAKELAND* 3 BUCKETS: The Sabres rank fourth in the NACC in scoring during league play 7 PM (78.2 ppg) and are averaging 91.5 points over the last two games, while the Regents J. 18 at Benedictine* 5 PM rank 10th in points allowed (84.6 ppg), while surrendering 92 ppg over their last four. J. 20 at Northland Int’l 6 PM J. 22 at Edgewood* 4 WELCOME TO THE CLUB: Seniors Jeff Harris and Cody Veleke have already F 1 . at Dominican* F 5 . at MSOE* F. 8 AURORA* 7 PM eclipsed the 1,000 career points milestone this season. Senior Sam Koslowski is also within reach, needing just 145 points to reach 1,000. Should he do so, Marian 7 PM would be only the fifth known team to accomplish the feat since the 1996-97 season. 2 PM 5 A LOOK AHEAD: Marian will embrace possibly its most difficult week of the 7 PM season when they do battle with Concordia Wisconsin (Jan. 14) and Benedictine 2 PM (Jan. 18) on the road, while also playing host to second-place Lakeland (Jan. 16). 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 2.7 2.2 F. 19 CONCORDIA WIS.* 7 PM 14 Sam Koslowski G 6-1 Sr. Neenah, Wis./St. Mary’s Central 17.5 3.8 F 22 NACC First Round . TBA 15 Cody Veleke F 6-5 Sr. Oakfield, Wis./Oakfield 13.9 5.2 G 5-9 So. Oostburg, Wis./Oostburg 4.5 0.0 F 25 NACC Semifinals . TBA 22 Alex Stecker 23 Drew Binversie G 6-1 So. Valders, Wis./Valders 9.2 2.8 M. 1 NACC Championship TBA Rockford University Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Pts. Reb. Marlon Sykes G 6-0 Jr. Chicago, Ill./John Marshall 13.1 3.1 M. 6 NCAA Tournament TBA 1 2 Scott Suchy G 6-0 Sr. Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston 14.6 3.5 *Denotes NACC Contest 22 David Dixon F 6-4 Sr. Bellwood, Ill./St. Joseph 22.1 8.9 # Bethel University Tip-Off Tournament (Arden Hills, Minn.) 33 Phil Andrade F 6-4 Sr. South Chicago Hts., Ill/Bloom Trail 6.2 4.6 All start times are local Marian University Athletic Communications • Wallace Gymnasium6-8 S. National Ave. • Fond du Lac, WI • 54935 4.4 • 45 Fr. Rockford, Ill./Belvidere 43 Zach Sadoff F 7.1 Ast. 1.2 2.5 1.8 2.5 3.0 Ast. 4.9 2.1 2.7 0.8 0.4