NCAA-II Midwest Regional Men's Team Capsules


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DRURY PANTHERS
COACH: Steve Hesser (Tenth season)
RECORD: 25-3
TOP PLAYERS: G Kameron Bundy, 6-2 so. (17.5 ppg, 3.5 apg); F Cameron Adams, 6-5 jr. (17.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg) 
FAST FACTS: Panthers are defending NCAA-II national champions and hosting Midwest Regional for second straight year. ... Drury has won 23 consecutive games (and 36 of last 37) at the O'Reilly Family Event Center, where the Panthers are 56-5 all-time. ... Drury was ranked No. 8 in the final NABC/Division II Top 25 poll of the season released this week. 




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INDIANAPOLIS GREYHOUNDS
COACH: Stan Gouard (Sixth season)
RECORD: 23-4
TOP PLAYERS: F Joe Lawson, 6-7 jr. (15.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg); G Reece Cheatham, 5-11 sr. (15.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg)
FAST FACTS: Greyhounds are facing Bellarmine for the fourth time this season - and third time in the last two and a half weeks - having lost to the Knights 90-74 in the GLVC tourney quarterfinals last Friday in Evansville after splitting two regular season meetings. ... Indianapolis is No. 12 in this week's final NABC/Division II Top 25 national poll. ... Indy is 2-8 in eight NCAA tourney appearances. ... 





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SOUTHERN INDIANA SCREAMING EAGLES
COACH: Rodney Watson (Fifth season)
RECORD: 25-5
TOP PLAYERS: C Aaron Nelson, 6-8 sr. (19.4 ppg, 12.9 rpg); F Orlando Rutledge, 6-6 sr. (13.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
FAST FACTS: The Screaming Eagles are No. 14 in this week's final NABC/Division II Top 25 national poll. ... USI, which won its 12th GLVC basketball title last weekend in Evansville, is in the NCAA tourney field for the fourth straight season, 19th time in the last 22 years and 24th time overall. The Screaming Eagles, 1995 national champions, are 31-26 overall in NCAA play. ... Nelson, who leads the nation in rebounding, was named the Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year. ... 




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 FINDLAY OILERS
COACH: Charlie Ernst (Third season)
RECORD: 24-5
TOP PLAYERS: F Greg Kahlig, 6-6 sr. (24.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg); G Dylan Kaufman, 6-5 so. (10.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
FAST FACTS: The Oilers, returning to The O' for a second straight year, are ranked 21st in the final NABC/Division II Top 25 Poll of the year. ... Kahlig was the GLIAC Player of the Year and the GLIAC Tournament Most Valuable Player after leading Findlay to a third straight league title. He made 10 3-pointers in 17 tries and scored a tournament-record 55 points in a 104-74 semifinal win over Walsh. ... Kahlig ranks fourth all-time at Findlay in scoring with 1,855 points. ... 




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LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS
COACH: Steve Hettinga (Seventh season)
RECORD: 26-5
TOP PLAYERS: G Derek Billing, 6-2 sr. (21.1 ppg); F Cameron Metz, 6-6 sr. (16.4 ppg, 5.3 rpg)
FAST FACTS: The 25th-ranked Lakers were upset by No. 8 seed Malone in the GLIAC Tournament quarterfinals. ... Billing is a Daktronics All-Midwest Region First Team selection. He's scored 1,769 points and has a school-record 280 3-pointers made in his career. ... 




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MICHIGAN TECH HUSKIES
COACH: Kevin Luke (20th season)
RECORD: 22-7
TOP PLAYERS: G Austin Armga, 6-3 sr. (23.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg); G Ben Stelzer, 6-1 jr.  (17.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg)
FAST FACTS: Armga is a First Team Daktronics All-Midwest Region selection who's scored 1,515 points in his career at MTU. ... Stelzer is fifth nationally in 3-pointers made per game (3.72). ... Tech, which lost to Drury in last year's regional semifinals at The O', leads the nation in free-throw percentage (.809) and is fifth in fewest turnovers per game (9.1). ... Tech lost 69-63 to Findlay in the GLIAC post-season tournament championship game. ...




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 BELLARMINE KNIGHTS
 COACH: Scott Davenport (Ninth season)
 RECORD: 23-7
 TOP PLAYERS: G Keisten Jones, 6-3 sr. (15.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg); F Jake Thelen, 6-6 jr. (15.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg)
 FAST FACTS: The Knights, 2011 NCAA-II national champions, are in the field for the sixth consecutive year. They lost to Drury 67-61 in last year's regional finals at The O'. ... Thelen leads the nation in FG percentage (.740), as does Bellarmine as a team (.530). ... The Knights snapped Drury's school-record, 34-game winning streak with an 85-77 win over the Panthers in Louisville on January 9.



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  UW-PARKSIDE RANGERS
  COACH: Luke Reigel (11th season)
  RECORD: 23-6
  TOP PLAYERS: F Zygimantas Riauka, 6-9 sr. (16.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg); G Jimmy Gavin, 6-2 so. (16.2 ppg, 3.1 apg)
FAST FACTS: Rangers are the last team to beat Drury in The O', 23 games ago (90-88 OT win on January 5, 2013). ... Zygimantas was a First Team All-GLVC and Daktronics All-Midwest Region selection. ... Rangers lost to Bellarmine 90-78 in semifinals of GLVC post-season tourney last Saturday in Evansville. ... UWP shared GLVC East regular season title with Indy, both with 15-3 marks in league play. ...