Complete Game Notes
Following seven consecutive road games in five different states, Chicago State men's basketball (4-14) returns to the Jones Convocation Center on Monday (Jan. 14) to host the Benedictine Springfield Bulldogs (4-12) at 7 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY -
Benedictine Springfield is in their first year as a program. The Bulldogs are an NAIA member in the American Midwest Conference. The Bulldogs have 11 junior college transfers on the roster. They are coached by Ian Mckeithen. Before arriving at Benedictine Springfield, Mckeithen was an assistant at Iowa Wesleyan College and Dakota state. Saturday's contest is one of four non-conference games left on the 2012-13 slate for the Cougars.
DESTINATION: WAC 2013-14 -
Chicago State has accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference. The Cougars will join the WAC for the 2013-14 season.
FREE BASKETBALL -
Chicago State and NJIT played a three overtime contest on Saturday (Jan. 12) with NJIT winning 83-78. It was Chicago State's longest game since going four overtimes in a 123-121 loss to Utah Valley on Jan. 29, 2009.
MATCH GAME -
The Cougars' win over Toledo was their fourth of the season, already matching last season's total.
FREE FOR ALL -
In CSU's loss at UNLV on Jan. 3, the Cougars made all 12 free throw attempts. The last time Chicago State went perfect at the line was when they went 9-for-9 at UTPA on Feb. 18.
NO QUITTING ON QUINTON -
Junior
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) has scored in double-digits in six of the Cougars' last nine games.
FREE FOR A REASON -
Chicago State leads the Great West Conference in free throw percentage by making 188-of-253 (.743).
FROM BEYOND THE ARC -
Chicago State leads the Great West Conference in 3-pointers per game with 7.2. The 13 treys Chicago State made against Concordia (Ill.) on Nov. 13 are the most by a GWC team in a game this year.
RELATIVE GREATNESS -
Junior
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) is the nephew of former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen. Not surprising, Quinton wears No. 33.
RELATIVE GREATNESS X2-
Junior
Mashawn Chamberlain (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle)'s cousin is New Orleans Hornets forward Anthony Davis. The No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft Davis was in the stands to see Chamberlain when the Cougars played at Tulane on Nov. 18.
NEW AND IMPROVED -
Senior
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) was named the 2011-12 Great West Conference Newcomer of the Year last season.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES -
CollegeBasketballTalk.com and CollegeSportsMadness.com each pegged senior
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) as their 2012-13 Preseason Great West Conference Player of the Year Selection. The GWC head coaches picked Robinson as a 2012-13 All-Preseason First Team selection.
BRAINS AND BRAWN -
In the classroom,
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) was a CSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll choice last year for a GPA over 3.50.
Nate Henry (Chicago, Ill./Farragut) was named a Cougar Scholar Athlete for a GPA between 3.00 and 3.49
HOMEGROWN TALENT -
The Chicago State roster features 12 Illinois natives.
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE -
Chicago State has scheduled a challenging 2012-13 slate. The Cougars' Division I non-conference foes averaged 16.5 victories last season.
MAJOR AWARDS AT JUNIOR COLLEGE -
Junior
Jamere Dismukes (Park Forest, Ill./Rich East) earned First Team All-NJCAA Region IV Division II honors at BlackHawk College.
Nate Duhon (Lansing, Mich./Sexton) picked up Second Team NJCAA Division II All-American and Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Player of the Year honors at Lansing CC.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN -
The 2012-13 slate features road games in 11 different states.
