Men's Basketball travels to play Lindenwood

February 14, 2008
Contact: Evangel University Athletics 865-2815, Ext. 7282

Game 26
No. 4 Evangel vs. Lindenwood
7:30 p.m. February 14
Hyland Arena: St. Charles, Mo.

Evangel Radio Broadcast and Webcast
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Play-by-play: Ed Beach

Crusader Notes

• Evangel’s Shane Nicholson scored 15 vs. Graceland on Feb. 9 to up his career point total over 1,000. He has now scored 1,005 points and is the 27th EU player to score over 1,000 points.
• Shane Nicholson of EU now has 420 career assists to rank No. 3 in the record book. He needs three to move into No. 2 (422, Shawn Kuhn, 1979-81) and 20 to break the record of 439 held by Brian Soukup (1995-99).
• Four players on the current EU roster have scored over 1,000 points in their careers: senior Tim Dial (1,507), junior Jackson Capel (1,409), senior Todd Simon (1,289) and junior Shane Nicholson (1,005).
• Todd Simon has 746 career rebounds to rank No. 3 in the EU record book. Jeff Zilinski (1975-79) holds the record with 991 and Barry Kemp (1994-98) is at No. 2 with 832.
• The Evangel basketball team has won 20 games this season, making it the ninth EU team and the third squad in a row to win 20 games.
• Jackson Capel has 106 career steals. He is tied at No. 20 with Ben Pitts (1988-90).

Game Capsule

Records

• EU: 20-5, 13-2 HAAC, No. 4 NAIA II
• LU: 13-13, 7-9 HAAC

Prior 2007-08 Meeting

Evangel defeated Lindenwood, 81-64, on Jan. 10 at home.

Recent Games

• EU def. visiting Graceland, 93-59, on Feb. 9.
• LU won at William Jewell, 74-71, on Feb. 11.

Coaches

• EU: Steve Jenkins (Evangel, 1974; 26th year, 463-352)
• LU: Ryan Cherepkai (Southern Illinois, 2002; 3rd year; 55-38)

Series

Evangel leads the series 37-7 and has won the last four meetings, including this season’s 81-64 win at home on Jan. 10. At Lindenwood, EU has a slight 7-6 edge, but LU has won four of the last five games in St. Charles. EU’s only win in those games was an
81-73 decision on Feb. 24, 2006 in the semis of the HAAC tournament.

Stat Leaders

• EU Points: Jackson Capel (21.4ppg), Todd Simon (10.1ppg) EU Rebounds: Todd Simon (6.2), Chad Simon (4.8)
• LU Points: Earnie Norman (17.2), Andre Dickson (12), Richard Rose (11.1) LU Rebounding: Earnie Norman (6.4)

Most Recent Games

Evangel, Feb. 9

Evangel defeated Graceland in the Ashcroft Center, 93-59, on Feb. 9. Both teams had 36 rebounds, however, that was the only team stat that favored Graceland. EU led the field goal shooting (55.2 to 37.5), the 3- point shooting (56.3, 9-16 to 30.8, 4- 13), and the free throw percentage (76.9, 20-26 to 56.5, 13-23). EU also had fewer turnovers, 14-23.

Five EU players scored in double figures, led by Spud Harbour’s 18 points. Also scoring in double-digits for EU were Shane Nicholson (15), Jackson Capel (12), Tim Dial (11) and Todd Simon (11). Chad Simon led EU’s rebounding with seven.

Graceland’s Andrew Williams and Lucas Harris each scored 10 points. Aundrae Williams brought down seven boards.

Lindenwood, Feb. 11

Lindenwood traveled to William Jewell in Liberty, Missouri, on Feb. 11 and came away with an impressive 74-71 victory.

Lindenwood’s Earnie Norman registered a double-double, scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Tyler Donaldson came off the bench to score 12 points and Andre Dickson had 10.

William Jewell’s Kyle Fisher led all scorers with 20 points and also had six rebounds. Jordan Jamestown scored 16 points and led the Cardinals with seven rebounds. Larry Mandacina chipped in 14 points.

The team stats were close with the exception of two categories. Lindenwood outscored William Jewell 14-4 off turnovers (WJ 10 turnovers, LU 8). Also, LU’s bench had a 30-16 advantage in scoring.

HAAC Standings thru 2-11-08

Rank	Team	Conference Record	Overall Record
1	Evangel	13-2	20-5
2	MidAmerica Nazarene	13-3	23-3
3	William Jewell	12-4	16-10
4	Central Methodist	12-5	17-10
5	Benedictine	7-8	12-12
6	Lindenwood	7-9	13-13
	Missouri Valley	7-9	7-18
8	Graceland	5-11	9-17
9	Avila	5-12	8-17
10	Baker	4-13	7-19
	Culver-Stockton	4-13	7-19