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Tovarich · 12-22-2023, 11:27 AM

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic 1st Round
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Binghamton Bearcats at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 3, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Binghamton (0-1)	20	16	36
#4 Western Kentucky (1-0)	47	47	94

Binghamton Bearcats
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sood	19	4-13	3-9	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	11
Frazier	21	1-7	0-4	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2
Webster	23	3-11	1-6	0-0	2	0	1	1	4	7
Lamb	23	1-2	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	4
Grace	19	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Parker	8	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tolic	10	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Blackett	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Mackinson	5	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Simms	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Hill	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Caporn	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		14-49	4-23	4-4	15	7	2	1	9	36
TEAM TOTALS		14-49	4-23	4-4	15	7	2	1	9	36

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	7	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	4
Lewis	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Li	9	1-6	0-2	1-2	1	1	1	0	0	3
Jack	9	4-4	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	10
Suotamo	9	2-2	0-0	1-1	7	2	2	1	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	6-7	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	12
Pawlak	11	3-4	0-1	1-1	6	2	1	0	0	7
Camper	15	4-7	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	9
Jordan	12	4-6	2-2	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	13
Capel	19	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	4
Merriex	17	5-9	1-2	0-0	8	0	0	0	0	11
Flores	16	2-3	0-0	6-6	4	2	2	0	0	10
TEAM TOTALS		36-55	6-13	16-17	37	15	9	1	2	94

Tovarich: I'm sorry to Binghamton's coaches and players that they even had to play this game. I wish the field in this tournament was stronger. That game served no real purpose other than to get all the backups some minutes.

Reporter: You forgot to tell us about your assistants before the season coach.

Tovarich: I thought we all knew the drill on the assistants for now. I forget I even have them sometimes, let alone to bring them up at a pre-season press conference. I fired the two from last year and hired two new ones. I found a slightly better recruiter and a slightly better tape guy than last year's. That's literally all I know about them.

Reporter: +22 in rebounds, is that encouraging no matter how outmatched the opponet?

Tovarich: No. I know some of those types have outrebounded us before, but I draw no conclusions about anything from that, except that we got to see some of the skills of the backups.

Reporter: Do you have a preference between Austin Peay and Marshall?

Tovarich: I assume Marshall is considerably better. I hope to see them take care of business and maybe one of the starters can make it to 10 minutes.

Tovarich · 12-22-2023, 09:00 PM

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic Quarterfinal
FedEx Forum
Memphis, TN

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Marshall Thundering Herd
Nov 4, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Western Kentucky (2-0)	43	41	84
Marshall (1-1)	25	20	45

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	2
Lewis	13	2-3	0-1	4-4	1	2	1	0	0	8
Li	14	3-8	0-5	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	8
Jack	13	3-5	1-2	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	8
Suotamo	13	3-6	0-0	3-4	6	1	1	2	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	12	3-6	0-0	4-4	8	1	2	0	0	10
Pawlak	11	4-4	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	1	0	9
Camper	14	2-6	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Jordan	9	4-6	3-4	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	13
Capel	14	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	2
Merriex	7	2-2	0-0	1-2	3	2	1	0	0	5
Flores	7	2-4	1-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	5
TEAM TOTALS		30-57	6-17	18-22	29	18	16	3	0	84

Marshall Thundering Herd
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jeffries	21	3-5	0-1	1-2	0	8	0	0	5	7
McKrieth	24	3-8	2-6	0-0	4	1	0	1	3	8
Temple	21	3-15	2-12	0-0	6	3	0	0	7	9
Larmond	24	1-3	0-0	0-1	6	1	0	1	1	2
Shiloh	15	4-10	1-1	0-0	9	0	0	0	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kirkland	9	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Zaharias	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Torres	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hull	12	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Caldwell	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Birley	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		19-54	5-25	2-5	31	14	0	3	16	45

Tovarich: Great comeback. That's the kind of adversity this team needs to learn to overcome all over again, new season and such.

Reporter: Uhh, coach, their only lead was 2-0?

Tovarich: Yeah, and we had to come back from that. They showed great character responding to that adversity.

Reporter: Are you serious coach?

Tovarich: Obviously not. Another pointless game. We got outrebounded. Is that the usual speech you want me to give? You'd like to see the big guys dominate a team like that, and big shock, they didn't. We did other things well. 16 turnovers without ever pressing is good defense. The Herd shot poorly. We got to the line, and didn't foul them. Backups got lots of minutes. It would be nice if the big guys rebounded better, didn't miss so many point blank shots, if any of the starters could hit a 3. We didn't turn the ball over. That's an improvement for Capel, who usually can't handle the press. But it all means very little. It's another overmatched opponent, but that gets us ready for Samford, who hired my favorite coach. Good deal for him. Samford's probably better than Denver was. I don't know how he got a promotion. I mean, he's responsible for driving Denver's program into the ground which made it inferior to Samford, but all works out the same.

Tovarich · 12-22-2023, 09:58 PM

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Samford Bulldogs at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 7, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Samford (0-1)	22	41	63
#4 Western Kentucky (3-0)	54	50	104

Samford Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Graham	19	5-12	1-4	0-0	1	4	0	1	4	11
Leach	22	5-6	2-3	2-2	1	4	0	1	1	14
Herber	19	1-4	0-3	2-2	4	5	0	0	5	4
Goodson	20	6-11	1-2	3-4	7	2	1	0	4	16
Sidney	21	5-9	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	2	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
English	12	1-3	0-2	2-2	3	2	0	1	2	4
Higgins	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
Camper	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Perry	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Causey	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Schneider	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	2
Shiloh	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-51	4-18	9-10	22	20	3	6	18	63
TEAM TOTALS		25-51	4-18	9-10	22	20	3	6	18	63

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	11	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Lewis	13	1-6	0-5	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	4
Li	11	5-11	2-8	0-0	1	0	3	0	0	12
Jack	12	6-8	1-1	2-2	4	0	2	0	0	15
Suotamo	13	5-7	0-0	0-0	11	1	0	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	4-4	0-0	3-4	3	1	1	0	0	11
Pawlak	11	4-5	0-0	0-0	5	2	5	0	0	8
Camper	14	4-9	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	11
Jordan	7	4-4	3-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Capel	16	3-7	1-1	2-3	0	6	2	0	3	9
Merriex	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	4
Flores	10	2-7	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		42-74	11-25	9-11	31	18	16	0	5	104

Tovarich: That's the kind of dream execution that brings you such joy when it happens at the end of the game.

Reporter: Why did you go for a 3 at the buzzer coach?

Tovarich: Because they wouldn't let me go for 4.

Reporter: So revenge for 6 years ago?

Tovarich: HE STARTED IT.

Reporter: OK, coach. What did you think of the rebounding?

Tovarich: Definitely better. Suotamo had 9 rebounds in like 6 minutes at halftime. They didn't miss too many shots in the second half. We missed a ton of layups though. I was worried we wouldn't make it to 100. Li struggled from 3, Lewis struggled in general, Flores struggled. Too many misses from point blank, can't let it happen with the century mark on the line like that.

Reporter: So you're not happy just to beat him?

Tovarich: No. That's a given. Hope he enjoyed his one win against us ever and firing off a 3 up 16 or whatever. It's personal. I won't stop until I see him crying in his coaching box. And I will take the towel from the kid myself and go wipe it out and frame it in my office. Then maybe I'll let it end.

Reporter: Li is just 2/15 on 3's so far. Might you make a change there? Or Camper who is shooting 3's better than Lewis?

Tovarich: Camper's overall a better player than Lewis, but 3's is the one advantage Lewis supposed to have, so that's a possible one, maybe we'll give that a try against some of the cupcakes. We may need the team unity against the better teams like Duke and Texas.

Tovarich · 12-23-2023, 01:56 PM

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic Semifinal
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nov 10, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#4 Western Kentucky (3-1)	30	44	74
Nebraska (4-0)	44	37	81

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	24	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	9	3	0	1	2
Lewis	24	6-11	2-6	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	14
Li	24	7-18	4-9	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	18
Pawlak	10	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	6
Suotamo	11	3-8	0-0	1-2	3	1	3	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	17	3-9	0-0	4-4	6	2	0	2	1	10
Jack	18	5-10	0-2	1-2	6	3	5	0	0	11
Camper	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jordan	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Capel	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	3	0	0	0
Merriex	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-71	6-19	6-8	26	20	17	2	3	74

Nebraska Cornhuskers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Webber	22	5-7	3-4	2-2	0	7	0	0	8	15
Merritt	24	7-15	3-6	2-2	10	3	1	3	4	19
James	21	10-12	5-6	0-0	2	5	0	1	1	25
Osborne	25	3-11	0-0	0-0	12	1	2	2	0	6
Spong	21	1-2	0-0	1-2	5	2	0	0	2	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Chadwick	12	3-7	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	8
Barro	4	0-2	0-2	1-3	0	2	0	0	0	1
Amerson	10	2-2	0-0	0-1	7	0	0	0	1	4
Phillips	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Casey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Jackette	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lenzly	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-58	13-22	6-10	36	20	3	6	18	81

Tovarich: That game was a real comedy. The 4 bigs shoot 14/32 all of which are front point blank range. 3 breakaway layups missed, a dunk that got 'blocked'. All 4 of their missed FT's they rebounded and put back in for another basket because 1 point wasn't enough. Despite all the insanity, we fight back and actually take the lead by 2. Then they call timeout and proceed to make 5 3's in a row in the next minute and a half. Literally whatever needed to happen for them to win was apparently going to happen and nothing could stop it. Their 3 point shooting was crazy, and we missed 21 point blank shots and a dunk. I guess it's because we're the 'road' team. That seems to make a big difference for some reason. Congrats to them I guess. Apparently they're amazing.

Reporter: Is the tournament a failure to not win it?

Tovarich: Yes, it's a weak field. We should beat Nebraska easily. It took a hilarious array of errors and absurd 3 point shooting for it not to happen.

Reporter: Is the game against Eastern Michigan tomorrow important to bounce back?

Tovarich: It doesn't change today. I don't really care about Eastern Michigan. Nothing that happens in that game is going to make us better or avoid games like today. They're just going to happen from time to time.

Tovarich · 12-23-2023, 02:54 PM

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2K Sports College Hoops Classic 3rd Place Game
Madison Square Garden
New York City, NY

Eastern Michigan Eagles at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 11, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Eastern Michigan (3-2)	33	49	82
#4 Western Kentucky (4-1)	42	49	91

Eastern Michigan Eagles
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Radakovich	22	5-11	4-7	0-0	0	9	1	0	3	14
Didlake	24	4-8	1-3	2-2	3	3	0	0	4	11
Broermann	22	10-16	5-9	1-2	6	2	2	0	2	26
Pleiness	23	4-9	0-3	0-0	9	2	3	0	4	8
Luz	21	4-5	0-0	0-2	7	1	2	3	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mitchell	11	4-4	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	8
Pardon	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walls	11	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	3	0	0	4	7
Brock	4	0-3	0-1	0-2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Okotie	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Coombs	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34-62	11-25	3-8	32	22	8	3	18	82
TEAM TOTALS		34-62	11-25	3-8	32	22	8	3	18	82

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-2	1-1	4-4	1	3	0	0	2	9
Lewis	13	1-3	0-2	0-2	1	0	3	0	0	2
Li	13	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	6	0	0	5
Pawlak	10	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Suotamo	15	7-21	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	3	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	13	8-10	0-0	2-2	5	3	1	0	0	18
Jack	15	8-11	1-2	0-0	7	4	2	0	1	17
Camper	15	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Jordan	13	8-11	3-4	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	19
Capel	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	6	1	0	3	0
Merriex	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Flores	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		39-70	7-14	6-8	26	24	16	0	9	91

Tovarich: I think being up 7-0 is the worst lead you can possibly have. I am pretty sure that 90% of the time we are ahead 7-0, the other team goes on a double digit run. Sure enough we're down 11-7 all of a sudden. Suotamo missed 14 point blank shots. Pawlak got blocked twice in the same possession after getting a rare rebound, because Eastern Michigan is too good to outrebound. Li couldn't shoot, Lewis couldn't shoot. Luckily the backups piled up a nice lead so I could try to work the starters through some of their numerous problems. Then tried to get the two FR on the end of the bench in up 19 and apparently that means Eastern Michigan has to shoot 100% all of a sudden, so that lead evaporated down to 8 in about a minute and a half and I had to yank them. Dumb game. I don't know what's wrong with everyone but these last two days were awful. Whatever. Off to a different tournament and we'll see if all the same things happen.

Reporter: How is recruiting going?

Tovarich: Awful.

Reporter: How do you get Suotamo out of his slump?

Tovarich: Bench him.

Reporter: Are you frustrated with the team's play coach

Tovarich: Yes.

Tovarich · 12-23-2023, 10:17 PM

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Wooden Tradition Quarterfinal
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Northern Illinois Huskies at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 20, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Northern Illinois (0-2)	27	37	64
#7 Western Kentucky (5-1)	55	56	111

Northern Illinois Huskies
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Washburn	22	8-11	3-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	8	19
Elias	21	1-5	0-2	4-4	1	6	0	0	4	6
Toussaint	24	8-19	2-8	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	18
Stafford	22	4-6	0-0	0-0	9	1	1	0	1	8
Olson	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	6	4	1	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Grady	8	2-6	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Ricks	10	2-5	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	5
Cuffe	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Falls	14	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Fanning	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Appleby	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Elsey	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	6-21	4-4	24	20	4	1	21	64
TEAM TOTALS		27-57	6-21	4-4	24	20	4	1	21	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	4	3	0	2	6
Lewis	13	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Li	10	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	8
Pawlak	10	5-7	0-0	2-2	7	1	1	0	1	12
Shehan	13	4-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	12	6-8	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	0	0	13
Jack	9	2-6	0-1	1-2	4	1	3	0	0	5
Camper	11	2-3	2-3	4-4	0	1	3	0	1	10
Jordan	14	2-5	1-3	1-2	0	0	3	0	0	6
Capel	15	3-3	0-0	2-2	0	5	0	0	0	8
Merriex	11	8-11	0-0	4-5	7	3	3	0	1	20
Flores	11	3-3	0-0	3-3	0	0	3	0	1	9
TEAM TOTALS		42-64	7-15	20-24	28	20	21	0	6	111

Tovarich: Another good game for the backups. Yippee.

Reporter: What went into the decision to start Shehan over Suotamo?

Tovarich: Shehan just shot 7/21 on point blank shots in the last game. That'll get ya benched.

Reporter: Are you happy with how he responded?

Tovarich: It's pretty meaningless to play well against Northern Illinois. Next up we're the road team in a tournament semifinal. Those are apparently the world's hardest games.

Reporter: Other than trying to catch up against Nebraska and embarrass Samford's coach, you haven't pressed even occasionally, why not?

Tovarich: That's only for when you need to. And yes, I need to against Coach O'Bannon. These other 3 lopsided games, it's unnecessary to press. Besides, Northern Illinois turned it over plenty without it from playing too fast.

Reporter: Your team unity was much better with this starting lineup. Does that contribute to the performance?

Tovarich: Apparently (rolls eyes)

Tovarich · 12-24-2023, 01:57 PM

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Wooden Tradition Semifinal
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Pepperdine Waves
Nov 21, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#7 Western Kentucky (6-1)	47	37	84
Pepperdine (3-2)	35	33	68

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	3-7	0-3	1-1	0	6	1	0	1	7
Lewis	17	3-8	3-7	0-0	3	3	2	0	0	9
Li	17	1-11	1-6	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Jack	17	6-11	1-3	3-4	5	1	6	0	0	16
Shehan	17	9-11	0-0	3-3	5	0	0	0	1	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	7	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	1	0
Pawak	11	3-6	1-2	0-0	6	0	2	1	0	7
Camper	11	0-2	0-2	2-2	1	3	0	0	0	2
Jordan	8	3-3	2-2	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	9
Capel	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	1	0	1	4
Merriex	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Flores	3	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		32-67	8-25	12-14	29	17	14	3	4	84

Pepperdine Waves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Dukes	21	3-7	0-2	1-2	1	9	0	0	4	7
Clinton	19	9-11	4-6	2-3	4	0	1	2	3	24
Chadwick	23	5-8	0-0	3-3	7	2	1	1	2	13
Nwoke	24	2-6	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	3	4
Mikaluaskas	18	2-6	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	2	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Christensen	12	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	7
Chavez	8	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Skipworth	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Kone	12	1-5	0-1	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	2
Wheeler	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Radford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Del Rosario	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-56	5-16	7-10	29	15	2	5	15	68

Tovarich: Great to overcome the 'home' team in a tournament semifinal. They were relentless with the press at first, but it wasn't going well for them. They were wise to stop. Great night by Shehan, only 2 misses were his so-called basket interferences on his own shots, which I just can't even describe the non-sense. Suotamo was awful. Li was worse. The 3-point shooting was not great all around. So-so rebounding. Shame not to get Stanford here rather than Pepperdine. Now Southern Illinois in the final, not really the array of teams I was hoping to get, as usual.

Reporter: Will Shehan start permanently now?

Tovarich: Nothing's permanent. In a week, Shehan might forget how to make a layup and it'll be Suotamo's turn again if he can remember how to make one.

Reporter: Jack also started for Pawlak?

Tovarich: That may go back and forth as well. We'll see. Such is life when most of the positions on the team are dead even.

Reporter: We didn't notice your win over Northern Illinois was your 200th of your career. Congratulations Coach!

Tovarich: Thanks.

Tovarich · 12-24-2023, 03:27 PM

vs.

Wooden Tradition Championship
Honda Center
Anaheim, CA

Southern Illinois Salukis at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Nov 23, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Southern Illinois (3-1)	34	34	68
#7 Western Kentucky (7-1)	46	34	80

Southern Illinois Salukis
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
James	21	4-5	1-2	0-0	0	3	1	0	5	9
Prillman	22	1-5	1-2	0-0	2	4	1	0	4	3
Grizzard	22	8-12	3-5	0-0	1	3	0	0	2	19
Head	21	3-4	0-0	2-2	4	2	0	1	0	8
Shiloh	21	3-7	0-0	1-2	12	2	0	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Klein	6	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	10
Moss	6	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Mattox	14	1-2	0-0	2-2	6	3	0	0	0	4
Christian	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Conroy	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Whitney	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Matthews	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-45	9-14	5-6	25	18	2	1	16	68
TEAM TOTALS		27-45	9-14	5-6	25	18	2	1	16	68

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	20	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	10	4	0	1	8
Lewis	20	3-8	2-4	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	8
Li	18	9-18	4-11	1-2	1	1	3	0	0	23
Jack	18	5-6	3-3	1-1	4	1	2	0	0	14
Shehan	21	3-5	0-0	0-0	6	1	1	3	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	7	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	2	1	6
Pawlak	9	2-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	4
Camper	8	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Jordan	9	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Capel	8	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Merriex	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flores	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		34-64	10-26	2-3	18	22	15	5	3	80

Tovarich: Pretty ho-hum performance. Outrebounded, allowed 60% shooting. All around just...meh.

Reporter: Does winning a trophy make it less ho-hum?

Tovarich: Not when you beat Northern Illinois, Pepperdine and Southern Illinois, the last unimpressively. This team is above that. With 7 seniors, next year's quite a rebuild. Maybe next year doing something like that would matter.

Reporter: Was it important to get Li going?

Tovarich: If he's off, we'll usually find someone else, unless we're the road team in a tournament semifinal, then no one's going to score apparently.

Reporter: Now the meat of the schedule with 5 of 6 power schools coming up. How do you think you stack up against them?

Tovarich: On paper, we're better than most of them, but we were Nebraska too, so that doesn't mean much. We have to learn how to get a damn rebound, or we may go about 1-5. Someone will probably score. We could do without allowing 60% shooting, or we'll have to force 16 turnovers every game and those big schools aren't going to do that like a freshman @ Southern Illinois.

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