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Men's Basketball Weekly Notes: at WU/vs. UCM

Game 15: TRUMAN (5-9, 2-4 MIAA) at #10 Washburn (10-2, 3-1 MIAA)
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm CT
Location: Topeka, Kan. || Lee Arena
Radio: 104.7 KRES-FM (Moberly, Mo.) || Listen Online
Video: Watch Online
Live Stats: Regular || Media/Mobile
Game Notes: Truman || Washburn
Statistics: Truman || Washburn || MIAA
Social Media: @TrumanAthletics
 
Game 16: TRUMAN vs. Central Missouri (10-3, 4-1 MIAA)
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2013
Time: 3:00 pm CT
Location: Kirksville, Mo. || Pershing Arena
Radio: 104.7 KRES-FM (Moberly, Mo.) || Listen Online
Video: Watch Online
Live Stats: Regular || Media/Mobile
Game Notes: Truman || Central Missouri
Statistics: Truman || Central Missouri || MIAA
Social Media: @TrumanAthletics
 
For Starters:
Looking to snap a three-game skid, the Truman men's basketball team heads to nationally-ranked Washburn on Wednesday (Jan. 16) night before returning home to face co-MIAA leader Central Missouri on Saturday (Jan. 19) afternoon.
 
The Bulldogs (5-9, 2-4 MIAA) suffered a pair of five-point home defeats last Thursday and Saturday, falling 85-80 to Central Oklahoma on January 10 before dropping a 65-60 decision to Emporia State on January 12. Truman will play No. 10 Washburn for the only time this season on Wednesday night before the first of two scheduled meetings with the Mules on Saturday afternoon.
 
Probable Starters:
G – #2 – Seth Jackson – 6'3” – 200 – SO – 10.7 ppg | 3.9 rpg | 1.9 apg | '12 MIAA FOY
F – #5 – Mike Carlson – 6'9” – 200 – JR – 16.9 ppg | 6.4 rpg | 2.3 apg | 17 blocks
G – #11 – Cole Myers – 6'3” – 190 – FR – 5.4 ppg | 2.6 rpg | 2.0 apg | 22 steals
G – #12 – Cory Myers – 6'3” – 190 – FR – 7.2 ppg | 2.9 rpg | 4.1 apg | 19 steals
G – #22 – Tom Norton – 5'9” – 170 – SR – 13.0 ppg | 1.1 rpg | 1.0 apg | 3.4 3FG/gm
 
Off the Bench:
G – #3 – Isaac Gardner – 6'4” – 205 – JR – 6.1 ppg | 1.4 rpg | 0.4 apg | 26 3FG
G – #10 – Matt Patterson – 5'10” – 165 – SR – 2.9 ppg | 0.9 rpg | 1.2 apg | 50% 3FG
F – #15 – Jaylon Jones – 6'5” – 230 – FR – 5.9 ppg | 2.1 rpg | 0.3 apg | 47% FG
G – #20 – Dominic Kacich – 6'3” – 170 – SO – 6.0 ppg | 0.0 rpg | 1.0 apg | 1 GP
C – #21 – Marek Bush – 6'6” – 245 – JR – 3.3 ppg | 4.5 rpg | 0.2 apg | 21 O-Reb
F – #33 – Tyler Anderson – 6'5” – 210 – SO – 6.3 ppg | 4.2 rpg | 0.4 apg | 58% FG
C – #35 – Patrick Burmester – 6'9” – 235 – SO – 0.8 ppg | 2.7 rpg | 0.5 apg | 3 blocks
 
2013 Redshirts:
C – #24 – Kiefer Starbird – 6'10” – 200 – FR
G – #30 – Andrew Vander Zwaag – 6'3” – 185 – SO
F – #32 – Connor Erickson – 6'8” – 190 – FR
 
Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: Matt Woodley
Career Record: 13-29 || .310 || 2nd season
At Truman: Same
MIAA: 7-19 || .269
Assistant Coaches: Todd Lorensen (2nd season), Matt Fitzpatrick (2nd season)
 
Bulldog Buckets:
  • The Bulldogs are scoring 72.5 ppg on the season (72.2 MIAA), shooting 45.1% from the field (43.8% MIAA), and 36.1% from three-point range (37.9% MIAA). The Bulldogs are connecting at a 71.3% clip from the foul line through all 14 games.
  • Truman has already matched its 2012 road win total (2-12) through four road contests and is three wins away from matching the 2012 home win total (6-7) with five to play within the friendly confines of Pershing Arena.
  • Entering this past weekend, the Bulldogs ranked second in the MIAA in three-pointers per game, third in assist/turnover ratio and fifth in turnover margin.
  • Mike Carlson has inked his name all over the MIAA stat sheets, ranking amongst league leaders in free throw shooting (87.3%), scoring (16.9), steals (24), blocks (17), rebounds (6.4) and field goal percentage (53.7%).
 
Mr. 1K:
Tom Norton is inching closer to the 1,000-point club, as he sits with 982 career points entering this week's action. There are 24 members of Truman's 1,000-point club, with the most recent inductees including 2011 graduates Alex Henderson (22nd; 1,031) and Ethan Freeman (24th; 1,008).
 
Carlson Posts Massive Week:
Despite a pair of team losses last week, Mike Carlson had a great week on both ends of the court statistically, averaging 20.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. He shot 58% from the field (14-for-24) and hit 11-of-14 free throws (78.6%). He recorded his fifth 20+ point game of the season and eighth of his career with 24 against UCO and has now reached double-figures offensively in 13 of the team's 14 games this year.
 
The Reliables:
Mike Carlson and Seth Jackson are the only two Bulldogs to start all 14 games this season, while both freshman guards Cole and Cory Myers have started 13 of the team's 14 contests.
 
“Free”bies:
Overall in six MIAA games, the Bulldogs are shooting 78.6% (99-for-126) from the charity stripe. Helping contribute to those numbers was a 40-for-44 (90.9%) performance against LU and LWU two weeks ago in which Seth Jackson was 11-for-11, both Mike Carlson and Tom Norton went 6-for-8, and Cory Myers went 5-for-5.
 
Making a Splash from Downtown:
The Bulldogs have made at least one three-pointer in every game since Feb. 12, 2003, a stretch of 266 consecutive games.
 
Five Peas in an MIAA Pod:
For the 2012-13 season, the MIAA will be invoking a “pod” system for basketball scheduling, resulting in 18 league matches for all 15 of the conference's schools. While all 15 teams will fall under set of standings with no delineation between pods, Truman will play Central Missouri, Lincoln, Southwest Baptist and newcomer-Lindenwood twice each as part of one five-team grouping.
 
Emporia State, Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State will join with newcomers Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State as a second pod, while Northwest Missouri, Missouri Western, Washburn and Fort Hays will align with the final newcomer, Nebraska-Kearney, in a third pod.
 
At the end of the season, the top 12 teams will compete for the MIAA men's basketball championship. First-round games will be played on Monday, March 4 on campus sites with the top-4 teams and the first-round winners advancing to Kansas City for the remainder of the tournament as usual.
 
For a full game-by-game breakdown of MIAA standings and schedules, check the full set of printable game notes linked at the top of this page.
 
Series Notes vs. Washburn:
Series Record: Washburn leads 40-17; 58th meeting
Last Meeting: WU-66, TSU-45 (Feb. 1, 2012 || Kirksville, Mo.)
Series Streak: Washburn W-3
Record in Topeka: Washburn leads 26-3 (WU W-6)
Last TSU win in Topeka: TSU-81, WU-72 (Jan. 28, 2006)
Woodley vs. Washburn: 0-2
 
Scouting the Ichabods:
Nationally-ranked Washburn enters Wednesday night's contest with a 10-2 overall (3-1 MIAA) mark, having most recently downed Fort Hays State (70-69) and Nebraska-Kearney (72-56) on the road last weekend. The Ichabods are 5-0 at home this season but will be playing just their second MIAA game in Lee Arena.
 
Will McNeill (19.1 ppg/6.8 rpg) is the team's offensive leader, with Martin Mitchell (15.6 ppg) adding additional support behind 46% three-point field goal shooting. Bobby Chipman is the team's top balanced player at 9.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per outing.
 
As a team, WU is shooting 45% from the floor, 32% from three-point range and 70% from the charity stripe. They are outrebounding opponents by 2.6 per game and have turned their opponents over 72 more times than they've given it away.
 
Bob Chipman is in his 34th season at WU and has a 731-298 record at the school.
 
Notably vs. WU:
  • Mike Carlson averaged 6.5 ppg/3.0 rpg in two games last season.
  • Isaac Gardner is 10-for-21 from 3-pt range in four career games.
  • Seth Jackson averaged 9.0 ppg/4.5 rpg in two games last season.
  • Tom Norton is 20-for-44 from 3-pt range in six career games (11.5 ppg).
 
Series Notes vs. Central Missouri:
Series Record: Central Missouri leads 125-66; 192nd meeting
Last Meeting: UCM-82, TSU-79 (Feb. 25, 2012 || Warrensburg, Mo.)
Series Streak: Central Missouri W-15
Record in Kirksville: Central Missouri leads 62-46 (UCM W-9)
Last TSU win in Kirksville: TSU-58, UCM-54 (Feb. 4, 2002)
Woodley vs. Central Missouri: 0-2
 
Scouting the Mules:
Central Missouri (10-3, 4-1 MIAA) enters the week on a four-game win streak, having just won three straight in Warrensburg following a 1-1 trip to Las Vegas before the Christmas holiday. The Mules travel to Nebraska-Kearney on Wednesday night prior to their afternoon trip to Kirksville on Saturday. UCM is just 0-1 in true road games this season.
 
Dominique Long (14.5 ppg), Widgett Washington (11.6 ppg) and Charles Hammork (10.2) are the top three scorers for the Mules, although two other players average more than nine points per night.
 
As a team, UCM is shooting 45% from the floor, 32% from three-point range and 69% from the charity stripe. The are out-rebounding opponents by 0.7 per game and have nearly made more free throws (220) than their opponents have taken (225).
 
Kim Anderson is in his 11th season at UCM and has a 232-85 record at the school.
 
Notably vs. UCM:
  • Mike Carlson averaged 21.5 ppg/8.0 rpg in two games last season.
  • Seth Jackson averaged 17.5 ppg/5.5 rpg in two games last season.
  • Tom Norton is 8-for-26 from 3-pt range in five career games (7.2 ppg).
 
Up Next:
The Bulldogs close a three-game homestand next weekend by hosting MIAA-newcomer Nebraska-Kearney on January 24 (7:30 pm) before welcoming Fort Hays State on January 26 (3:00 pm).
 
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