National Championship Game
Saturday, March 20
1:00 PM
Salem [VA] Civic Center
Wisconsin – Stevens Point (28-4)
Vs.
Williams (30-1)
Williams will play the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
in the national championship game Saturday at 1 p.m.
The game will be televised live on the CBS College Sports
Network.
The CBS College Sports Network is available on DirecTV (Ch.
613), Dish Net (152) and Bell TV (Ch. 413).
Check your local listings for channel availability. (In Berkshire
County, TimeWarner Cable carries the network on Channel 663.)
Probable Starters:
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
Matt Moses – Sr. – Guard
Jared Jenkins – Jr. Guard
Louis Hurd – Jr. -- Forward
Nick Krull – Jr -- Forward
Scott Hoelzell – Jr. – Forward
Williams College Ephs
Alex Rubin – Sr. – Guard
James Wang – Soph. – Guard
Joe Geoghegan – Sr. – Center
Blake Schultz – Sr. Forward
Harlan Dodson – Jr. – Forward
COACHES:
W-SP – Bob Semling -- 145-33 (.815)
Williams – Mike Maker – 47-10 (.825)
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
W-SP in the NCAA Tournament:
Appearances: 9
Appearances Finals: 3rd (2-0)
Record: 24-6 (.800)
Williams in NCAA Tournament:
Appearances: 11
Appearances in Finals: 3 (1-1)
Record: 30-9 (.769)
STREAKS: W-SP enters with a 7-game win
streak, while the Ephs are riding a school record in-season 21-game
streak.
MOST VISITS to SALEM: This is the fifth
time the Ephs have advanced to the National Semifinals and Finals
at the Salem Civic Center. No other team has made as many trips to
Salem as has Williams.
Ephs are 6-3 in Salem
1997 – 3rd
1998 – 3rd
2003 -- Champions
2004 – 2nd-- Lost 84-82 to W-SP
2010 – 1-0
THIRD TIME EPHS WON 30 GAMES IN A SEASON: 31-1 (2003) and
30-2 (2004) and this season.
W-SP
vs.
WILLIAMS
73.9
PPG
85.6
59.6 Pts. Allowed 65.3
+14.3 Avg. Margin of Victory +20.4
1102 (34.4) Rebounds (Avg.) 1173 (37.8)
920 (28.8) Opp’s Rebounds (Avg.) 959 (30.9)
+5.7 Rebound Margin +6.9
885-1790
(.494)
FG %
(Avg.)
913-1732 (.527)
686-1672
(.410)
FG Defense %
(Avg.)
760-1923 (.395)
168-431 (.373) 3-pt FG % (Avg.) 310-670 (.463)
185-574 (.322) Opp’s 3-pt FG% (Avg.) 195-605 (.322)
427-577 (.740) FT % (Avg.) 518-671 (.772)
424 (13.3) Assists (Avg.) 489 (15.8)
216 (6.8) Steals (Avg.) 160 (5.2)
93 (2.9) Blocks (Avg.) 363 (11.7)
+3.1 Turnover Margin -1.2
481 (15.0) Fouls (Avg.) 453 (14.6)
Top Scorer
Matt Mose
14.6
Blake Schultz 19.0
Louis Hurd
12.5
James
Wang
17.3
Top Rebounders:
Scott Hoelzell 5.2 Joe Geoghegan 8.2
Martin Stephenson 3.9 Troy Whittington 6.0
HIGHEST SCORING EPH DUO in ONE SEASON: Blake Schultz (595) and James Wang (530) need five more points to become the highest scoring duo in a single season in Eph history.
Michael Nogelo ’98 (599) and Matt Hunt ’99 (530) in 1998 combined for 1129.
FIRST EPH NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER at FINAL
FOUR:
Ben Coffin '04, 2003
FIRST EPH NAMED to ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM at FINAL
FOUR:
Michael Nogelo '98, 1996-97 & 1997-98
NCAA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM at FINAL FOUR:
1997: Michael Nogelo '98
1998: Michael Nogelo '98
2003: Ben Coffin '04 & Michael Crotty '04
2004: Michael Crotty '04 & Tucker Kain '05
MOST POINTS IN ONE NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME:
Michael Nogelo '98, 38
vs. Wilkes, 3/21/98.
MOST POINTS ONE TOURNAMENT: Michael Nogelo
'98, 178 in six games -- an
NCAA record.
MOST REBOUNDS IN ONE NCAA GAME: 21, Ben
Coffin '04 vs. Keene State,
3/13/04.
MOST ASSISTS IN ONE NCAA GAME: 14, Michael
Crotty '04 vs. Salem State
3/6/2004.
MOST REBOUNDS IN ONE NCAA TOURNAMENT: 65,
Michael Nogelo '98,in
six games 1998.
MOST ASSISTS IN ONE NCAA TOURNAMENT: 48, Michael
Crotty '04, in
five games in 2003
Williams has participated in all three NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournaments:
NCAA Division I Tournament, 1959 (0-1):
Canisius 73, Williams 60 (Madison Square Garden)
NCAA Division II Tournament, 1959 & 1961
(2-3):
1959
LeMoyne 72, Williams 66
Buffalo 78, Williams 52
1961
Williams 74, Rochester 72
Williams 75, Bates 68 (Regional Champions)
Wittenberg 64, Williams 51 (Quarterfinals)
NESCAC: Prior to the 1993-94 academic year was NESCAC teams, by agreement, were not permitted to play in NCAA team postseason events. In the 17 years that NESCAC teams have been “dancing,” the conference has made 10 appearances in Salem -- Williams 5, Amherst 3, Connecticut College 1, and Trinity 1.
EPHNOTES: In advancing to Salem Mike Maker’s Ephs set a Williams record for consecutive in-season wins and have upped that total to 21 with the win over Guilford.
This is only the third time the Ephs have won 30 games in a season: 2003 (31-1/NCAA Champions), 2004 (30-2/NCAA Runner-up).
EPH MILESTONES: With 25 points vs. Guilford Bale Schultz became just the 4th Eph to go over 1500 points and now has 1508. Joe Geoghegan snared six rebounds vs. Guilford to move into 3rd place all-time on the Eph list with 749.
HONORS: Senior forward and co-captain Blake Schultz (Atherton, CA) is the second Eph to win the Jostens Trophy. Michael Nogelo ’98 was the first Eph to win the Jostens Trophy. Schultz will graduate ranked in the top ten all-time at Williams in points and rebounds.
NATIONAL LEADERS: Williams has won 13 of the 14 Directors’ Cups for overall athletic excellence awarded in NCAA Division III, including the last 11 in a row.
