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Men's basketball NCAA notes

University of Indianapolis Greyhounds (20-9) vs. Findlay Oilers (24-6) in NCAA Tournament Games: Sat., Mar. 13, Indianapolis vs. Findlay, 3:30 p.m. EST, Neil Carey Arena (1,200), Romeoville, Illinois. Sun., Mar. 14, UIndy-Findlay winner vs. Kentucky Wesleyan-So. Indiana winner, 6 p.m. EST, Neil Carey Arena. Tue., Mar. 16, Regional Championship Game, 8 p.m. EST, Neil Carey Arena, Romeoville. Radio: Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN 950 (WXLW-AM) or on-line at http://www.espn950.com/. All other UIndy games will be live on WICR-FM 88.7 or on-line at http://wicr.uindy.edu, Sports Director Scott Manning play-by-play. University of Indianapolis Greyhounds by the numbers Pos # Player Ht Wt Yr Pts Reb Ast F 23 Lawrence Barnes 6'5 188 Jr. 9.0 3.8 1.2 F 25 Ryan Hixson 6'4 215 Sr. 9.2 6.3 2.9 C 51 Jason Wright 6'6 265 Sr. 12.7 9.8 0.7 G 12 David Logan 6'1 165 Jr. 20.5 3.1 3.3 G 20 Cory Bennett 6'0 175 Jr. 4.2 1.6 2.1 F 33 Rodney Rollins 6'5 215 Sr. 12.2 3.7 1.5 G 11 Mickey McGill 6'3 190 Jr. 6.5 1.3 1.0 G 5 Luke Blank 6'3 210 Fr. 4.9 0.8 0.3 C 42 Ryan Petty 6'6 220 Sr. 1.6 1.8 0.8 C 44 Doug Dybzinski 6'8 220 Sr. 1.5 1.3 0.3 Coach Todd Sturgeon: (DePauw '88), 115-79 (.593), seventh year. Sturgeon joins Royce Waltman (1996, 97) as the only coaches in UIndy history to guide two teams to NCAA II Tournament berths. Sturgeon became the third coach in UIndy history to win 100 games with the Hounds' win vs. SIU-E in December. He is fourth among UIndy coaches in winning percentage, trailing only Harry Good, Royce Waltman, and Angus Nicoson. Series: Indianapolis holds a 2-1 lead in the all-time series against Findlay, though the two teams haven't met since 1990. The Hounds beat the Oilers in 1962-63 (91-90) and 1974-75 (77-73), before falling at Findlay in 1990 (82-79). UIndy Men's Basketball Best NCAA II Records Year Record Pct. Notes 1996-97 23-5 .821 GLVC champs, NCAA 1995-96 20-9 .690 First NCAA Tournament 2003-04 20-9 .690 Beat #1 USI, #11 Lewis 1999-2000 18-10 .643 GLVC Tournament Semi's 2002-03 18-11 .621 NCAA Tournament Back-to-back! UIndy has earned NCAA II Tournament berths in consecutive years for the second time in school history! The current Hounds matched the 1995-96 and 1996-97 squads as the only ones to achieve this. NCAA history: Indianapolis is making its fourth trip to the NCAA II Tournament. The Greyhounds are 1-3 in tournament games, winning their first-ever NCAA II Tournament contest vs. Lake Superior State in 1996, 105-81. They then lost a second-round game to host Southern Indiana, 75-71. A year later, the Great Lakes Valley Conference-champion Greyhounds hosted the Great Lakes Regional for the only time in school history. After a first-round bye, the top-seeded Hounds were upset by Oakland, 75-72. UIndy returned to the NCAA's in 2003, falling to top seed and host Michigan Tech, 90-75. Season review: Indianapolis completed the 2003 portion of its schedule with a perfect 11-0 mark. The Greyhounds opened the campaign by winning the Ron Logsdon Classic at Sonoma State [CA] with a five-point win over Seattle and a three-point victory against host Sonoma. The "Cardiac Hounds" followed with a one-point triumph at Grand Valley State. UIndy then won four GLVC contests to improve to 7-0. U of I added four non-conference victories and a 95-92 overtime win at Northern Kentucky to go to 12-0. After suffering its first loss at Bellarmine on January 4, Indianapolis responded with an 88-87 upset of top-ranked Southern Indiana in front of a capacity crowd of 3,750 at Nicoson Hall. The 15-1 Greyhounds were ranked seventh in the January 13 NABC/Division II Bulletin PollÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½the schoolÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s highest ranking since finishing third in 1997! The once-beaten Hounds then dropped a hard-fought 66-63 decision at once-beaten Lewis on January 17. That started a stretch of five losses in six contests. A 65-64 upset of 11th-ranked Lewis on February 12 at home began a three-game winning streak for U of I that improved its ledger to 19-6. The Greyhounds then lost an epic 121-118 overtime game at Kentucky Wesleyan and they fell at Southern Indiana to finish the regular season 19-8. The post-season began last Friday in the GLVC Tournament at Evansville, with UIndy reaching the 20-win plateau with a 77-71 triumph over SIU Edwardsville. The Hounds dropped a conference semifinal to Lewis on Saturday to give them their current 20-9 mark. University of Indianapolis Men's Basketball Starts Year Start Final Record Notes 1996-97 18-0 23-5 GLVC champs 1941-42 16-0 16-0 Undefeated 1937-38 12-0 16-4 Beat Ball St., Butler, ISU 2003-04 12-0 20-9 Beat #1 S. Indiana, #11 Lewis Logan All-Region! Junior guard David Logan (Indianapolis/North Central) was voted to the 2003-04 Daktronics All-NCAA II Great Lakes Region first team by sports information directors! Logan moved up after being an all-region second-team selection in 2003. He now advances to the All-America ballot, with that honor squad being announced at the NCAA II Elite Eight in Bakersfield, California, later this month. The GLVC scoring leader joined former great Perrell Lucas (1995 and 1996) as the only UIndy players to be All-GLVC first-team twice! Logan repeated on the 2004 first team as voted by the 11 league coaches. Logan leads the GLVC in scoring (20.5) and treys per game (3.03). He also is fourth in steals (1.83), 12th in free throw percentage (.786) and assists (3.31), and 13th in assist/turnover ratio (1.02). Logan needs one point to become the 13th player in UI history to reach the 1,500-point mark. His season total of 594 points is fifth all-time and he is six points shy of becoming the third player in school history to have 600 in a season! Logan scored a career-high 47 points at Kentucky Wesleyan (third-highest in school history) and he had 44 at Northern Kentucky (tied for fifth all time). University of Indianapolis All-Time Scoring Leaders # Player Years Points 12. Todd Jones 1967-71 1,546 13. David Logan 2001-04 1,499 University of Indianapolis Season Scoring Leaders # Player Season Points 3. Bailey Robertson 1956-57 659 4. Gary Paul 1989-90 597 5. David Logan 2003-04 594 Wright All-GLVC: Senior center Jason Wright (Martinsville/Logan JC) was voted to the 2003-04 All-GLVC second team by league coaches. The 6'6, 265-pound Wright had been an All-GLVC honorable mention pick last season. He had a game-high 21 points in 23 minutes in the win over SIU Edwardsville last Friday. The two-year standout leads the conference in rebounding (9.8), double-doubles (12), and offensive boards (4.79). He is tied for second in field goal accuracy (.675), sixth in defensive caroms (4.97), and 15th in scoring (12.7). Wright is ahead of his season school-record field goal shooting of .671 set in 2002-03. His career numbers (274-407, .673) are well ahead of the UIndy standard of .571 by Phil Honnold from 1962-67. Homecoming: Senior forward Rodney Rollins (Harvey, IL/Triton JC/Thornton Fractional South) is return to his home area for the NCAA Tournament. Rollins is tied for 20th in the GLVC in scoring (12.2) with 17 double-figure scoring games this season. Trey bien: Indianapolis broke its season school record for three-pointers by hitting eight against Lewis last Saturday to increase its 2003-04 output to 243. That surpassed the previous standard of 238 set in 2001-02. Individually, freshman guard Luke Blank (Terre Haute/North) is fourth in the GLVC in three-point accuracy (.469), junior forward Lawrence Barnes (Bossier City, LA/Rend Lake JC) is 11th (.425), and junior guard Mickey McGill (Rossville) is 15th (.409). NCAA stats: Indianapolis is ranked among NCAA II leaders in four team and four individual categories in the March 9 national statistics. The Greyhounds are 28th in D-II in three-point accuracy (.394), 34th in treys per game (8.4), 37th in scoring (81.1), and 39th in field goal percentage (.481). Individually, senior center Jason Wright (Martinsville) is 21st in rebounding (9.8) and junior guard David Logan (Indianapolis/North Central) is 31st in treys per game (3.0), 33rd in scoring (20.5), and 41st in trey accuracy (.413). Making the grade! Eight UIndy players recorded semester grade point averages over 3.0 during the 2003 fall semester! Jason Wright led the way at 3.37, followed by senior forward Ryan Hixson (Sunman/Milan/Vincennes JC) at 3.36, senior center Derrick Miller (Indianapolis/Warren Central) at 3.25, junior guard Mickey McGill (Rossville) at 3.20, junior guard Triston Jointer (Indianapolis/Ben Davis) and senior forward Ryan Petty (New Castle) at 3.18, freshman guard Luke Blank (Terre Haute/North) at 3.12, and rookie guard Adam Martin (Bloomington/South) at 3.03. Hixson is sixth in the GLVC in steals (1.72) and 11th in both rebounding (6.3) and defensive boards (4.38). Double double: The University of Indianapolis is one of two institutions in the NCAA II Great Lakes Region to have both its men's and women's basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament. The Greyhound men's and women's teams have each won 20 games in the same season for the first time in the school's NCAA II history! UIndy also tied the NCAA II record by sending all seven of its winter teams into NCAA post-season competition this week! Miscellaneous Stats 10+ scoring games: Logan 26, Wright 21, Rollins 17, Hixson 12, Barnes 12, McGill 9, Blank 4, Bennett 4, Team 105. 20-point games: Logan 15, Rollins 4, Wright 3, Barnes 2. 30-point games: Logan 4 40-point games: Logan 2 10+ Rebound games: Wright 16, Hixson 4, Barnes 1. Double Doubles: Wright 12, Hixson 2, Barnes 1, Team 15.

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