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Ashland University
Eagles
The Eagles take their longest trip of the year this week, visiting Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State. Ashland trails in the all-time series with Michigan Tech, 9-6 while the series with the Lakers is tied, 6-6. A year ago, AU defeated both teams in Ashland … in their last five games in the Upper Peninsula the Eagles are 2-3. Three of those games have been decided by two points or less…the Eagles begin the week with a three-game losing streak. Two of those setbacks came in overtime…senior guard Brett Bartlett (LaGrange, OH/Kent State) has 966 career points.
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Ferris
State University
Bulldogs
FSU scored the first 16 points of the second half in Saturday’s (Jan. 19) 63-58 league home win over Mercyhurst. The Bulldogs trailed 31-19 at the break, but netted 22 of the initial 26 points of the second stanza and never trailed the rest of the way... Freshman forward/center Justin Keenan (Grand Rapids/Ottawa Hills) tallied 57 points and 32 rebounds in three outings last week for the Bulldogs. Keenan averaged 19 points and 10.7 rebounds per game in the stretch while making 28 of his 33 (.848) free throw attempts. He totaled a contest-high tying 20 points and pulled down 14 boards in the Bulldogs’ win over Mercyhurst... Keenan has reached double-figure scoring in 17 of 19 outings this campaign and has netted six double-double (points & rebounds) efforts. He has also scored 20 points or more six times this season... Prior to last Monday’s loss to Northwood, FSU also had suffered an 86-68 setback to NU in the first matchup between the two teams earlier this year (Dec. 1) in Midland, Mich. One common factor from those two games – the Bulldogs had exactly 27 turnovers and Northwood scored 39 points off those turnovers in both of the meetings.
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University
of Findlay
Oilers
The Oilers won a pair of games last week to improve to 15-3 on the season…Findlay defeated Central State 71-64 on the road and then won 95-77 over Lake Superior State at home… Findlay’s win over Central State gave head coach Ron Niekamp his 500th career win with the Oilers…Coach Niekamp’s first win at Findlay came during his first collegiate game as he guided the Oilers to a 101-88 victory over Tri-State (Ind.) on Nov. 23, 1985….In between Niekamp’s 400th and 500th career victories was his 431st, which came on Mar. 13, 2005 and allowed him to move past Dr. James Houdeshell for the most wins ever at UF…The 63-49 win over Wayne State sent them to the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional finals where they defeated Ferris State 94-73 and earned their first ever trip to the Elite Eight… Junior forward Josh Bostic led the #15 Oilers to a pair of wins last week by averaging 18.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game…His 19 points and 11 rebounds against Lake Superior State marked his fourth double-double of the season…In the same game, junior guard Tyler Evans tied a career-high by making 6-of-8 three pointers…The Oilers have now won 54 straight regular season games at home…Junior center Lee Roberts continues to lead the GLIAC and the nation in field goal shooting percentage at 73.3 percent.
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Gannon
University
Golden Knights
Gannon extended its winning streak to a season-high nine games before falling 64-58 at second-ranked Grand Valley State … it was Gannon’s longest winning streak since the 2001-02 team won its first 14 contests … the Golden Knights were ranked 13th in the January 8th NABC/Division II national rankings … Tyler Stoczynski (Erie, Pa./McDowell) tied a season-high with 17 points at Ferris State, all coming 8:50 of the game … Ferris State became the first team in Gannon’s last 17 games dating back to last season to win the rebounding battle with a 35-34 edge … Kyle Goldcamp (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) recorded his 55th block of the season at GVSU, equaling the sixth-highest single-season total in school history … Gannon is in the midst of a four-game road swing that concludes this week at Wayne State and Hillsdale
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Grand
Valley State University
Lakers
Grand Valley State is ranked #2 in the latest NABC Coaches’ poll...GVSU set a DI-DII state of Michigan record by winning its 20th straight game to start a season. Western Michigan previously held the record with 19 straight wins to open a season (1975-76)... GVSU’s current 23-game home winning streak tied the school record established from 1990-91...The Grand Valley State senior class improved to 94-19 during their careers...GVSU is 76-9 since the 2005-06 season overall, including a 39-5 record in GLIAC action. The Lakers are 55-4 at home under Wesley...GVSU is holding opponents to just 53.5 points per game and Laker opponents are shooting 37.2 percent from the floor...GVSU has held 13-of-its-last-18 foes under 55 points, including seven under 50 points...Senior guard Jason Jamerson ranks 1st in Laker annals in three-pointers made (254), 6th in all-time steals (161), and 6th in points scored with 1,452...Callistus Eziukwu is 10th in all-time points scored with 1,391. Eziukwu is 7th in career rebounds with 761 and first in all-time blocks with 289...His 289 blocked shots is 10th all-time in DII...
Grand Valley State senior center Callistus Eziukwu led #2 Grand Valley State to a pair of home wins, claiming a 67-48 victory over Mercyhurst on Thursday, then a 64-58 victory over #13 Gannon on Saturday. Eziukwu, who recorded back-to-back double-doubles, averaged 17.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.0 blocked shots and 2.0 assists for the week. In addition, he shot 66.7 percent from the floor (14-21) and pulled down 11 offensive rebounds. Eziukwu tallied a season-high's in points (23) and blocked shots (7) versus #13 Gannon in 34 minutes of action. He hit on 10-of-14 shots from the floor, pulled down six offensive and five defensive rebounds, while also dishing out two assists. Eziukwu scored 12 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and blocked three shots in 27 minutes of action versus Mercyhurst. Eziukwu moved into the 10th spot all-time in DII for blocked shots (289) versus Gannon .
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Hillsdale
College
Chargers
The Chargers hit double figures in wins over the weekend, defeating Michigan Tech, 83-77, for its 10th win of the season … The win was the first for the Chargers over the Huskies in Houghton in more than a decade…Sunday, the team lost its second game in two days, 67-66 to Northern Michigan… Junior Tony Gugino set a team season-high with 13 rebounds Sunday against NMU…Tim Homan moved into 19th place on Hillsdale’s all-time scoring list over the weekend, and now has more than 1,200 points for his career … Homan has scored 18 or more points in five straight games, and has four games of 30 or more points this season…he had one 30-plus point game in his career coming into this season…NMU held Hillsdale to its second-lowest point total of the season Sunday (66)…Findlay was the only other team to hold the Chargers below 70 points in a game this season, and that came on Jan. 5.
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Lake
Superior State University
Lakers
Junior center Ryan Kuhl (Rochester, Mich.) totaled 19 points and five rebounds to lead four LSSU double-figure scorers during Saturday’s 95-77 loss at Findlay…UF’s 95 points was a season high allowed by the Lakers this season…LSSU hopes to avenge a 50-49 early-January loss to the Cardinals when it travels to SVSU on Thursday. Both teams shot 32 percent from the field in that contest…LSSU first-year head coach Steve Hettinga will be trying for his 100th career victory this week. He has an overall mark of 99-118…Kuhl is ranked 21st in the GLIAC in scoring (13.5 ppg), 13th in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and 14th in field-goal percentage (.419)…Sophomore guard Scott Perkins (Perrysburg, Ohio) is ranked sixth in the league in assists (3.87 apg), and 10th in free-throw percentage (.784), three-point field goal percentage (.432) and average three-point field goals per game (2.33)…LSSU is 0-3 in its last three games, but 4-4 in its last eight contests.
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Mercyhurst
College
Lakers
Mercyhurst dropped both road GLIAC contests against Grand Valley State and Ferris State during the week, giving the Lakers three-straight losses and four in their last five games. Mercyhurst is now 1-4 on the road this year, with its lone road victory coming at Slippery Rock on Nov. 20. In the last six games, the Lakers have struggled to score, posting more than 60 points just once (81-75 OT win over Ashland on Jan. 10). In the five losses, Mercyhurst has averaged just 52.6 points per game. Against Grand Valley, the Lakers shot 31 percent from the field and 36 percent against Ferris State.
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Michigan
Technological University
Huskies
Robby Springborn (Fond du Lac, Wis.) tallied 28 points including 26 in the second half of last Saturday’s (Jan. 19) game vs. Hillsdale. The 5-11 guard went 10-of-17 from the field and 7-of-7 from the foul line in the contest. Over the last seven games, Springborn is averaging 20.4 points per game … Tim Strom (Marquette, Mich.) notched his 1,000th career point last Thursday (Jan. 17) as the Huskies defeated Wayne State. The 6-7 senior forward had 23 points in the game for his fourth 20+ point outing this season. Strom was the 21st player in school history to reach the milestone. Strom also owns 499 career rebounds. With one more, he will become the 12th player in school history with both 1,000 points and 500 rebounds … Head Coach Kevin Luke owns a 256-139 career record in 14 seasons with the Huskies. He will coach in his 400th career game on Feb. 9 at Ferris State … Tech has played 11 of its 17 games on the road this season. The Huskies have nine more on the schedule with six of those scheduled for the SDC Gym.
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Northern
Michigan University
Wildcats
Last week, the Wildcats defeated Wayne State (61-54) and Hillsdale (67-66) from the GLIAC South Division… For the first time this season, the ‘Cats won back-to-back games. Three of the four NMU wins on the season have been in the past four games…NMU shot 61.5 percent (16-26) in the first half against the Warriors and 46.2 percent (24-52)for the game…The big three for the ‘Cats led the team against Wayne State as Jake Suardini had 13 points, Jerard Ajami 12 points and Tyler Kazmierkoski 10 points…Sunday against Hillsdale, Suardini scored the first 14 points of game for NMU as the score at the time was 18-14 in favor of the Chargers…Suardini ended the game with a career-high 32 points and 10 rebounds…Ajami added 20 points against the Chargers…Kazmierkoski pulled down 11 boards against the Chargers…Suardini leads the team by averaging 15.9 ppg, Ajami is next (13.4 ppg) and then Kazmierkoski (12.8 ppg).
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Northwood
University
Timberwolves
Northwood had a strong week, finishing 3-0 with a pair of GLIAC road victories … the Timberwolves claimed a 77-62 win at Ferris State before downing Saginaw Valley 63-59 … NU then came home and defeated Rochester 65-54 in non-conference action … Northwood just completed a portion of the schedule that saw them play five games in a nine day stretch – they went 4-1 in those contests … Junior guard Aaron Simpson (Detroit, Mich./U of D Jesuit) reached the 1,000 point mark for his career last week while averaging 22.7 points per game last week ... he became the 26th player in program history to reach the 1,000 point mark for his career against Rochester … Simpson has scored at least 20 points in four straight games … Mark Barnes (Saginaw, Mich.) was the hero of the Saginaw Valley game, scoring a Northwood career-high 27 points … he scored eight straight points in the second half with Northwood trailing to give the Timberwolves back the lead … Barnes went 7-10 from 3-point range for the week, including 5-7 against Saginaw Valley.
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Saginaw
Valley State University
Cardinals
The Cardinals fell to Northwood, 63-59, on Thursday and defeated Tiffin on the road, 73-62, on Saturday in their two games last week… Dante Williams (Romulus, Mich./East Tenn St.) dropped in back-to-back career highs in points, scoring 26 against Northwood and then trumping that with a 27 point performance at Tiffin…. Mike Zuiderveen (Kalamazoo, Mich./KVCC) had another huge rebound week as he pulled down 21 rebounds against Northwood, one off the school record and followed that up with a 15 rebound effort at Tiffin…Zuiderveen currently leads the GLIAC in rebounds per game (12.8) and is the only person in the GLIAC averaging double digits in rebounds, he also ranks second in the nation (1-13-08) in rebounds…Lawrence Ross (Battle Creek, Mich./Miami, Ohio) ranks eleventh in the GLIAC in points per game (15.2) and 15th in rebounds per game (5.9)…Zuiderveen is shooting nearly 62 percent from the floor on the season, which is the fourth highest percentage in the GLIAC…Dante Williams (Romulus, Mich./E. Tenn. St.) is third in the GLIAC in three-pointers made per game with 2.94…Mario Mackey (Auroa, Colo./Idaho) (39.33) and Ross (38.27) lead the GLIAC in minutes played per game, Williams ranks fourth (36.69).
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Wayne
State University
Warriors
Wayne State has lost all five conference road games this season after getting swept in its U.P. road trip last weekend … on the other hand, the Warriors have won 10 straight at home and entertain Gannon and Mercyhurst this weekend … senior Jason Saddler (Detroit, Mich./Cody) had a double-double in Saturday’s loss at Northern Michigan with team-high totals of 15 points and 10 rebounds … it was his fourth double-double of the campaign … Saddler has scored in double figures in the last three games and four of the last five contests … the 21 turnovers committed by WSU at NMU was the second-most in a game this season … the Warriors had a season-low five assists in the setback at Michigan Tech … WSU had two of its lowest three scoring outputs of the season last week and its lowest two totals in free throws made in a game this year.
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