1990-91 DENVER STATE PROWLERS
The Prowlers had a breakout season and made the NCAA tournament as a #8 seed. First up, Loyola out of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Code:
Denver State 63, Loyola (IL) 56
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Loyola (IL) (21-12, 11-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Sid Sipes C 23 0-3 0-0 2 3 1 5 0
Z. Villasenor PF 30 1-1 0-0 1 5 2 4 2
Clarence Suber SF 34 5-18 6-8 0 4 0 1 18
Matthaus Schoepf SG 35 4-6 4-6 2 5 0 3 14
Victor Kroeger PG 34 3-3 2-3 0 2 6 5 10
Steven Martin PG 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
R. Hollenbeck C 19 1-3 1-3 1 4 0 1 3
Eric Smith SG 3 1-1 4-4 0 1 0 0 7
Jim Martinez PF 8 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Wenzel Haun C 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Arnold Rains SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Turnovers: 14 (S.Sipes 1, Z.Villasenor 1, C.Suber 4,
M.Schoepf 1, V.Kroeger 5, A.Rains 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (S.Sipes 2, Z.Villasenor 2)
Steals: 4 (C.Suber 2, J.Martinez 1, W.Haun 1)
3P FGs: 7-20 (C.Suber 2-14, M.Schoepf 2-3, V.Kroeger
2-2, E.Smith 1-1)
Denver State (27-5, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Anton Thornton C 28 1-5 0-0 4 5 0 3 2
Reece Porter PF 30 4-12 8-9 2 5 0 2 16
Harvey Elliott SF 24 4-9 0-0 1 8 0 5 10
Zac Sutton SG 26 1-2 4-4 0 3 6 3 7
Harry Gill PG 24 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 5 2
Archie Johnston PG 21 4-7 2-4 1 1 1 3 10
Caleb Jordan C 18 0-1 1-2 0 4 0 2 1
Eli Hancock PF 7 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Iziah Thompson SF 12 3-4 2-4 2 5 0 2 9
Cody Burnside SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Cruise SG 9 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 3 3
Turnovers: 12 (A.Thornton 2, R.Porter 3, H.Elliott 1,
Z.Sutton 1, H.Gill 1, A.Johnston 2, C.Jordan 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (A.Thornton 3, Z.Sutton 2, C.Jordan 1)
Steals: 8 (H.Elliott 1, Z.Sutton 4, H.Gill 1,
A.Johnston 1, I.Thompson 1)
3P FGs: 5-13 (R.Porter 0-1, H.Elliott 2-3, Z.Sutton
1-2, H.Gill 0-1, C.Jordan 0-1, I.Thompson 1-1,
K.Cruise 1-4)
Player of Game: SG Zac Sutton (DENST)
In the Round of 32, we fall to top-seed Creighton to end our season.
Code:
Creighton 86, Denver State 78
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Denver State (27-6, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Anton Thornton C 24 1-3 0-1 1 4 0 4 2
Reece Porter PF 18 4-8 4-7 2 3 0 5 15
Harvey Elliott SF 19 2-6 4-5 0 2 0 4 8
Zac Sutton SG 35 5-6 4-6 1 5 8 3 17
Harry Gill PG 34 5-10 4-6 1 3 9 4 16
Archie Johnston SF 22 5-9 3-4 0 1 0 3 14
Caleb Jordan C 26 1-3 0-0 0 7 2 2 2
Eli Hancock PF 11 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Iziah Thompson SF 8 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Cedric Sadowski C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Cruise SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 18 (A.Thornton 3, Z.Sutton 4, H.Gill 5,
A.Johnston 2, C.Jordan 2, I.Thompson 2)
Blocked Shots: 7 (A.Thornton 2, H.Elliott 1, Z.Sutton
1, C.Jordan 2, E.Hancock 1)
Steals: 12 (A.Thornton 1, Z.Sutton 6, H.Gill 3,
C.Jordan 2)
3P FGs: 9-18 (R.Porter 3-5, H.Elliott 0-1, Z.Sutton
3-4, H.Gill 2-7, A.Johnston 1-1)
Creighton (29-6, 14-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Milan Jarvis C 30 3-4 2-2 3 7 0 0 8
Barry Glover PF 34 3-7 0-4 1 7 1 3 6
Ronald Laliberte SF 13 5-7 0-0 1 3 0 2 12
Freddy Damico SG 27 4-7 4-6 0 3 8 3 13
Daniel Karp PG 14 5-6 2-3 0 0 0 4 15
Kevin Oxley SF 11 0-4 0-0 0 3 1 5 0
Brian Batts SG 18 2-8 0-2 1 1 1 5 6
Merlin Fisher PG 16 5-5 2-2 2 2 1 2 15
Chris Harris C 12 1-1 0-1 3 8 0 0 2
Dave Ussery SF 20 3-5 3-8 3 4 2 1 9
Phillip Brown PF 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Truman Heyer SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 18 (M.Jarvis 1, B.Glover 1, F.Damico 2,
D.Karp 2, K.Oxley 2, B.Batts 3, M.Fisher 2, C.Harris
1, D.Ussery 4)
Blocked Shots: 3 (M.Jarvis 1, R.Laliberte 1, C.Harris 1)
Steals: 6 (M.Jarvis 1, F.Damico 2, D.Karp 2, B.Batts 1)
3P FGs: 11-22 (R.Laliberte 2-3, F.Damico 1-3, D.Karp
3-4, K.Oxley 0-1, B.Batts 2-7, M.Fisher 3-3, T.Heyer
0-1)
Player of Game: SG Zac Sutton (DENST)
Code:
#8 DENVER STATE PROWLERS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Reece Porter SF 33 33 25.3 15.8 0.8 3.0 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.6 3.5 11.6
Archie Johnston PG 33 23 23.8 14.0 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.6 0.2 2.0 3.8 7.6
Harry Gill PG 33 33 27.4 7.6 0.7 2.3 6.3 1.3 0.1 1.6 3.6 12.5
Harvey Elliott SG 32 4 14.0 7.6 0.9 2.3 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.3 2.7 5.0
Eli Hancock PF 33 0 20.5 5.4 1.5 5.2 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.1 2.2 6.5
Iziah Thompson SF 33 0 17.3 5.2 1.5 3.5 0.7 1.4 0.1 1.0 2.2 5.0
Zac Sutton SG 21 10 15.6 5.1 0.9 2.6 3.0 1.5 0.4 1.3 1.6 7.6
Caleb Jordan C 33 29 29.7 4.7 1.4 5.9 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.0 2.1 11.7
Anton Thornton PF 33 33 29.4 4.7 3.0 7.3 0.8 0.3 1.4 1.8 2.6 12.0
Cody Burnside SF 10 0 2.9 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 2.3
Kevin Cruise SG 9 0 3.4 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.6
Cedric Sadowski C 15 0 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Dexter Gibson C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ezra Carroll SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jon Dean SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Harry Porter and Archie Johnston are both seniors, but Reece Porter comes back with a loaded freshman class and we'll have high hopes for next year.