Up Next: Evansville

[Moose39]

Northern Iowa Panthers 7-7 (1-1)

No.....Name..................Ht..Yr.....Ppg....Apg ....Rpg.....Mpg
#1 Deon Mitchell..........6-1 Jr.....13.4....3.2.....2.7.....29.9
#4 Chip Rank..............6-6 Sr......7.8.....0.4.....3.1.....21.0
#5 Matt Bohannon.......6-4 So.....7.6.....1.4.....3.1.....26.1
#10 Seth Tuttle..........6-8 Jr......12.8....2.0.....8.1.....28.3
#11 Wes Washpun.......6-1 So.....7.7.....3.4.....4.1.....30.7

Off the Bench:
#3 Ted Friedman........6-9 Fr
#14 Nate Buss...........6-9 Jr
#20 Jeremy Morgan....6-5 Fr
#21 Matt Morrison......6-0 Sr
#24 Max Martino........6-5 Jr

Vs. Evansville Aces 7-8 (0-2)

No.....Name.....................Ht..Yr.....Ppg.... Apg....Rpg.....Mpg
#4 Duane Gibson.............6-3 Fr.....7.6.....4.7.....3.9.....27.0
#12 Adam Wing..............6-4 So....8.7.....1.8.....3.8.....30.3
#31 D.J. Balentine...........6-2 So...22.7....4.1.....2.3.....36.5
#50 Blake Simmons..........6-5 Fr.....8.3.....2.3....2.9......29.6
#55 Egidijus Mockevicius..6-10 So...9.0.....0.4....7.3......22.4

Off the Bench:
#2 Christian Benzon.........6-4 Fr
#3 Jaylon Brown..............6-0 Fr
#10 Jaylon Moore............6-7 Jr
#22 Tyler Ptacek.............6-3 Fr
#44 David Howard...........6-8 Fr

Gametime:
Wednesday, January 8, 7:05 p.m. CT in Evansville, Indiana

Media:
Tv: None
Radio: Panther Sports Radio Network
Internet: Panther Inside Access (Audio)

Official Website:

http://www.gopurpleaces.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Message Board:
PurpleAcesFans

Notes:
•Evansville is coached by Marty Simmons (Evansville '88) and is in his 6th year at Evansville
•Coach Marty Simmons currently has a career record of 95-111 (.46) as an NCAA Div. 1 head coach
•The Aces average 72.7 ppg while the Panthers give up an average of 68.1 ppg
•Freshman Blake Simmons is the son of head coach Marty Simmons
•Four players are from outside the United States
•Zero players are from Iowa
•The Evansville Aces appear to run 10 players deep. Ten players have seen action in 10 of their 15 games
•The official Twitter page for Evansville Aces Athletics is @UEAthletics
•The Evansville Purple Aces hail from Evansville, Indiana. They compete in the Missouri Valley Conference and play their home games at the Ford Center

Breaking it Down:
•Three players are 6-8 or taller
•Four/Five players are listed as Forward or Center
•Nine/Eight players are listed as Guard
•Evansville consists of 6 Fr, 5 So, 2 Jr, and 0 Sr
•Evansville returns 28.2% of their scoring from last season
•One player averages double digit ppg

Around The Valley:
Illinois State at #6 Wichita State...7:00 p.m. ESPN3
Southern Illinois at Loyola............7:00 p.m.
Missouri State at Bradley.............7:00 p.m. ESPN3
Indiana State at Drake................7:05 p.m.

..........TEAM........CONF....GB....OVR
#6 Wichita State....2-0.....--....15-0
Indiana State.........2-0....--.....11-3
Missouri State........1-1.....1.....11-3
Drake...................1-1.....1.....10-4
Illinois State..........1-1.....1......8-6
Northern Iowa........1-1.....1.....7-7
Loyola (IL)............1-1.....1.....6-8
Bradley.................1-1.....1.....6-9
Evansville.............0-2.....2.....7-8
Southern Illinois.....0-2.....2.....4-11

[panther-state]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Id rather play PurpleBasketball

[achrist70]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

What happened to the Evansville Message Board the Purple Code?

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Is there a reason Marvin isn't listed in our "off the bench" or is it just a cut and paste from early on when he got zero minutes? I hope it is the latter and not something else.

[panther-state]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

What happened to the Evansville Message Board the Purple Code?

Crashed or something along those lines. MVCFans.com should have the new one listed...maybe.

[Moose39]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

What happened to the Evansville Message Board the Purple Code?

According to the mods on MVCFans.com, the site had too many viruses and got taken down or something. I have the latest forum listed under "Message Board:"

Is there a reason Marvin isn't listed in our "off the bench" or is it just a cut and paste from early on when he got zero minutes? I hope it is the latter and not something else.

I cut and paste from the previous game. Plus, with Marvin only playing in 7 of our 14 games, he's one that I wouldn't really list as a player who normally comes off the bench. But as of late, he's seen more playing time than Friedman. I'm thinking if he sees the floor on Wednesday, I'll list him too.

[achrist70]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

I really don't feel Balentine is as good as his stats, good player, but I think we can slow him down.

I glad what's his face finally graduated

They're 0-2 in conference, it would be nice to get a win in the state of Indiana

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Anyone going? My brother works in Evansville and I was thinking about it.

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Now THAT is a young team! Wow.

[panther-state]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

I really don't feel Balentine is as good as his stats, good player, but I think we can slow him down.

I glad what's his face finally graduated

They're 0-2 in conference, it would be nice to get a win in the state of Indiana

I've started to realize that Simmons simply sets a ton of screens for his best player and just has them fire up shots. In the next 2 games he'll probably surpass his shots attempted and made from last season. That's crazy.

This kept them alive in games with Colt 45 but they're hurting a bit more when it's just Ballentine. He's good but he's not quite Colt Ryan and he doesn't have as much to support him. If they tried some balance and actually utilized Mockegingervitis in the post they'd be a halfway decent team. Their best games have been when they use their post play.

Now THAT is a young team! Wow.

When all of your upper class men get sick of setting screens and leave the team, it tends to drive the average age down. I think they've lost a handful of juniors in the past year like Ryan Sawvell a few weeks back for various reasons.

[Kyle]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Baltentine is averaging 36 MPG?!?

Good way to guarantee a kid will have no legs in February and March.

[panther-state]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Baltentine is averaging 36 MPG?!?

Good way to guarantee a kid will have no legs in February and March.

Why would an Evansville player need legs in March?

[orangetennis]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

they're on a slide. we need to snag this one.

[Kyle]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

Yep. This is a great opportunity to steal one on the road.

[UNIGrainer]

Re: Up Next: Evansville

The last time we beat these guys Lucas O'Rear and Kwadzo Ahelegbhe were in the starting 5. We've lost 6 of 7 to them dating back to a 55-54 loss in February 2010.....or next loss was to Michigan State in the Sweet 16.

Colt Ryan was 6-2 against UNI. Good riddance to him.