Complete Game Notes
YOU'RE NEW, AREN'T YOU? - The Cougars and Jacksonville State Gamecocks have never meet before.
UP NEXT - The Cougars travel to instate rival Bradley on Friday (Nov. 15) for a 7 p.m. start. The game will be heard on WVON 1690 AM with Emil Williams Jr. on the call.
THE GLOBAL SPORTS INVITATIONALÂ - Tuesday's game is the first of four for the Cougars as part of the Global Sports Invitational. Chicago State's next four opponents (Jacksonville State, Bradley, Alabama State and Illinois) are all part of the invite. Jacksonville State lost at Bradley on Friday (Nov. 8) 72-65 and at Illinois on Sunday (Nov. 10) 86-62.
SHOOT! - The 81 field goal attempts Chicago State had against Indiana was the most since the Cougars took 84 in a 3 OT contest at NJIT (Jan. 12, 2013).
TURN, TURN, TURN - The 19-turnovers Chicago State forced in the game against Indiana matched the most turnovers Indiana committed in a game last season. The Cougars came back the next day and forced 27 Urbana turnovers.
FOR (HOME) OPENERS - Chicago State is 4-0 in home openers under head coach
Tracy Dildy thanks to Saturday's 77-52 win over Urbana.
CLARKE CAN - The 27 points
Clarke Rosenberg (Skokie, Ill./Evanston Township) scored at Indiana on Friday (Nov. 8) stands as the most by a WAC player this year. It was a career high for Rosenberg and the most points for a Cougar in a single game since
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) scored 29 against St. Francis (Ill.) on Jan. 15, 2012.
REJECTED - The six blocks
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) recorded Nov. 8 at Indiana are the most for a Cougar in a single game during the
Tracy Dildy era (2010-11-present).
QP IS A PRESEASON PICK -
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) was named to the Preseason All-WAC Second Team by a vote of the league's coaches.
RELATIVE GREATNESS -
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) is the nephew of former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen. Not surprising, Quinton wears No. 33.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP X8 - The Cougars have eight seniors on the 2013-14 squad.
EDDIE IS READY - The final addition to the 2013-14 roster was senior
Eddie Denard (Chicago, Ill./Foreman). The 6-6 forward played last year at New Orleans University but was allowed to transfer without sitting out a season due to New Orleans' APR penalties barring them from postseason play this year. Denard started all 26 games last season at UNO, averaging 5.4 points and 3.8 rebounds. Denard is from Chicago, Ill. and played high school basketball at Foreman HS. He attended UIC his freshman year of college.
THE WAC IS WHERE IT'S AT - Chicago State became an all-sport member of the WAC on July 1, 2013. The WAC is Chicago State's first conference with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament since 2006 as a member of the Mid-Continent (now Summit League).
DEFENSE! - Chicago State limited opponents to just 69.0 points per game last season. It was the best defensive performance for a Chicago State team during the NCAA Division I era (1984-85 - present).
TIME FOR MORE FIRSTS - Chicago State earned the program's first ever conference tournament championship and first ever postseason tournament berth last season by winning the Great West Conference Tournament and earning a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The Cougars fell to crosstown rival UIC in the CIT first round 80-69.
WHAT ARE PROBABLE STARTERS? - Chicago State used 15 different starting lineups last season.
TAKING IT AWAY - The Cougars ranked seventh in the nation in steals per game last season by averaging 9.4 swipes a contest. The last time the Cougars finished a season ranking in the top 10 in the nation in a category was in 2008-09 when CSU ranked third in both scoring (84.2) and steals per game (10.0).
AWARDS FOR NEWCOMERSÂ - Chicago State head coach Tracy DIldy made a name for himself as an accomplished recruiter during his time as an assistant coach. He's continued that success at Chicago State. Dildy's recruits took home Great West Conference Newcomer of the Year Awards in each of the final two seasons of the GWC.
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) picked up GWC Newcomer of the Year honors in 2011-12 and
Nate Duhon (Lansing, Mich./Sexton) earned the award last year.
FOREIGN TOUR - The Cougars traveled to Costa Rica August 10-16 to play three exhibitions against international clubs. As per NCAA rules the team earned 10 extra practices to prepare for the trip. In between basketball the team went rafting, ziplined and volunteered at a local school.
