Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Media Guides 2013-14 Men's Basketball Media Guide | Page 52

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Numerical Roster
No. Name

Yr. Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Hometown / Last School

0 Ryan Sawvell

Jr. F/C 6-8

210

Mundelein (Ill.) High

2 Christian Benzon

Fr.

G

6-4

205

Gainesville (Fla.) The Rock School

3 Jaylon Brown

Fr.

G

6-0

185

Fishers (Ind.) High

4 Duane Gibson

Fr.

G

6-3

195

Cleveland (Ohio) Villa Angela-St. Joseph

5 Mislav Brzoja*

So.

G

6-4

205

Zagrab (Croatia) Traders Point Christian Acad.

10 Jaylon Moore

Jr. F/C 6-7

230

Olive Branch (Miss.) High

12 Adam Wing

So.

205

Morehead (Ky.) Rowan County

G

6-4

22 Tyler Ptacek

Fr.

G

6-3

175

Parma (Ohio) Padua Franciscan

23 Mike Leazer

So.

G

6-3

180

Mount Prospect (Ill.) Northridge Prep.

25 Rokas Cesnulevicius

Jr. F/C 6-8

210

Alytaus (Lithuania) Hawaii Preparatory Acad.

31 D.J. Balentine

So.

205

Kokomo (Ind.) High

44 David Howard

Fr. F/C 6-8

245

Nashville (Tenn.) Montgomery Bell

50 Blake Simmons

Fr. G/F 6-5

210

Newburgh (Ind.) Castle

55 Egidijus Mockevicius

So.

G

C

6-2

6-10 225

*not eligible in 2013-14

Kursenai (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Univ. of Educational Sciences

Jaylon Moore

Marty Simmons
Head Coach

At A Glance

EvansvillE

Alma Mater: Evansville (‘87)
Overall Record: 186-176 (12 yrs.)
Record at UE: 88-103 (6 years)
2012-13: 21-15 / 10-8 (4th)

Year-By-Year Record
Season School

Overall
W
L

Conf.
W L

Conf.
Place Tourn.

1996-97
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13

10
9
16
23
25
15
9
17
9
16
16
21

7
5
11
15
14
10
3
8
3
9
9
10

5th
t-8th
5th
2nd
3rd-W
5th-W
10th
t-5th
10th
6th
t-3rd
4th

--0-0
0-1
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-1
1-1
0-1

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1-6
3-9

Wartburg
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
Evansville
Evansville
Evansville
Evansville
Evansville
Evansville

14
18
12
9
8
12
21
14
21
16
16
15

School Totals (6 years)
88 103
Career Totals (12 years) 186 176

9
15
9
5
5
9
15
10
15
9
9
8

42 66
97 108

2012-13: 21-15; 10-8 MVC (4th)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/7
Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
NOTEWORTHY
? •? Evansville?wrapped?up?its?best?season?in?14?years,?
finishing?21-15?with?a?trip?to?the?CIT?semifinals.??Eight?
players who began the 2012 season with UE have
moved?on,?opening?the?door?for?five?new?freshmen?to?
immediately step in and make an impact.
? •? D.J.?Balentine?is?the?top?returning?scorer?as?he?posted?
8.1?points?per?game?last?season,?third?behind?Colt?Ryan?
and Ned Cox. He was one of two UE players voted to
the MVC All-Freshman team in 2013 while earning a
nod to the All-Bench squad.
? •? In?four?of?the?last?five?years,?Marty?Simmons?has?finished in the top six in the league after the program had
done so just once in the eight seasons before 2009.
? •? Egidijus?Mockevicius?joined?Balentine?on?the?MVC?AllFreshman unit and was the top shot-blocking freshman
in the Valley (No. 2 overall and tops in MVC games
only) with 64 rejections in 2012-13.

Basketball Support Staff

Jimmy Elgas
Asst. Coach

50

Carson Harris
Asst. Coach

Geoff Alexander
Asst. Coach

Kavon Lacey
Graduate Asst.

Troy Coppus
Athletic Trainer

Dr. Andrew
Saltzman
Team Doctor