Feb 28, 2019 - Western Illinois at Denver - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/28/2019 Denver v. Western Illinois Game Preview

	Western Illinois Leathernecks	(9-19, 2-13 away)
	Denver Pioneers	(8-21, 6-7 home)

February 28, 2019 at 9:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Magness Arena
Denver, Colorado

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2018-2019 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Western Illinois	31	40.2	70.9	26.4	60.0	.440	7.8	20.2	.385	10.4	14.2	.730	7.9	28.3	36.2	10.3	5.3	4.3	11.4	15.7
Denver	30	40.2	69.5	25.2	57.4	.438	7.6	20.7	.365	11.6	15.3	.759	8.8	25.2	34.0	11.8	4.7	2.6	13.6	16.9
WIU Opponents	31	40.2	73.3	26.7	60.4	.442	8.9	23.1	.385	11.0	16.3	.675	8.5	27.5	36.0	12.4	5.8	2.9	10.7	15.1
DEN Opponents	30	40.2	77.3	27.4	58.3	.470	10.6	25.3	.418	11.9	16.4	.724	7.2	24.6	31.8	14.3	5.9	2.6	10.8	16.2

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 30, 2018	Denver	Western Illinois	60 - 78	Western Illinois	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Feb 24, 2018	Denver	Western Illinois	89 - 52	Denver	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Jan 25, 2018	Western Illinois	Denver	58 - 70	Denver	Conference Regular Season	Magness Arena
Feb 14, 2017	Denver	Western Illinois	78 - 72	Denver	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Jan 11, 2017	Western Illinois	Denver	70 - 84	Denver	Conference Regular Season	Magness Arena
Feb 11, 2016	Western Illinois	Denver	63 - 60	Western Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Magness Arena
Jan 14, 2016	Denver	Western Illinois	76 - 69	Denver	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Feb 21, 2015	Denver	Western Illinois	59 - 46	Denver	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Jan 14, 2015	Western Illinois	Denver	54 - 68	Denver	Conference Regular Season	Magness Arena
Feb 20, 2014	Western Illinois	Denver	67 - 75	Denver	Conference Regular Season	Magness Arena
Jan 25, 2014	Denver	Western Illinois	67 - 55	Denver	Conference Regular Season	LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall
Dec 7, 2002	Denver	Western Illinois	75 - 48	Denver	Non-Conference Regular Season	James H. Hilton Coliseum

2018-2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	K. Webster	C. Duff	Z. Young	B. Pyle	B. Gilbeck
Rotation		J. Usiosefe	I. Johnson		J. Hughes
Lim PT	K. Montague	P. Little	J. Weyhrich	J. Claar
Lim PT	R. Maas
Lim PT	O. Dortch

2018-2019 Denver Pioneers Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Gatlin	J. Rosga	J. Townsend	A. Kurnaz	D. Nzekwesi
Rotation	E. Rodriguez		A. Murkey	A. Akintola	R. Harrell
Rotation					D. Carlisle
Lim PT			J. Lanzi		T. Miller-Stewart
Lim PT			D. Joiner
Lim PT			J. Krafka

Western Illinois Leathernecks Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
24	James Claar	PF	29	9.7	2.4	1.0	1.4	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.765	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.3	1.3
30	Otis Dortch	G	10	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.4	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.750	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4
40	C.J. Duff	PG	31	33.1	10.8	4.0	9.6	.418	1.8	4.4	.422	0.9	1.1	.818	0.5	2.4	2.8	1.6	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.4
52	Brandon Gilbeck	C	31	26.2	9.5	3.9	6.9	.565	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	3.0	.570	2.8	5.6	8.5	0.8	0.7	3.4	2.6	3.2
44	Jordan Hughes	C	21	7.2	2.3	0.9	1.4	.655	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.769	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.0
35	Isaac Johnson	G	31	26.3	11.1	4.5	10.7	.417	0.5	2.1	.266	1.6	2.1	.797	0.5	4.5	5.1	1.2	0.9	0.1	1.9	2.2
14	Perion Little	G	9	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1
25	Ryan Maas	G	11	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.667	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
11	Keshon Montague	PG	20	11.7	1.6	0.5	1.3	.385	0.3	0.9	.389	0.2	0.2	.800	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7
15	Ben Pyle	PF	30	27.7	8.5	2.8	7.1	.393	1.6	4.3	.367	1.3	1.7	.800	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.9	0.0	1.2	1.2
20	Jeremiah Usiosefe	GF	25	16.3	3.1	1.0	3.0	.316	0.4	1.4	.286	0.8	1.0	.833	0.4	2.0	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2
10	Kobe Webster	G	31	34.0	17.0	6.3	14.7	.429	2.5	5.9	.413	1.9	2.7	.706	0.5	4.0	4.4	3.1	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.9
30	Jake Weyhrich	F	7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
1	Zion Young	SG	31	17.1	6.6	2.3	5.2	.438	0.9	1.9	.458	1.2	1.5	.787	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.4

Denver Pioneers Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
32	Abiola Akintola	PF	30	19.2	3.7	1.6	3.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.1	.382	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.5
42	Javonni Bickham	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Donoven Carlisle	F	30	20.7	4.8	1.9	3.7	.505	0.5	1.3	.359	0.6	1.0	.621	1.2	3.8	5.0	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.9
4	Taelyr Gatlin	G	28	16.6	3.2	1.2	3.1	.398	0.5	1.6	.311	0.2	0.4	.600	0.1	1.0	1.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.3
25	Ronnie Harrell	G	29	27.8	12.9	4.6	11.2	.409	1.7	4.7	.368	2.0	2.6	.797	0.7	4.8	5.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	2.7	1.8
20	Drew Joiner	F	7	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.9	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
11	Jake Krafka	SF	3	29.3	4.3	1.7	4.7	.357	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	2.7	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.0
12	Alperen Kurnaz	PF	27	10.9	2.5	0.8	2.3	.349	0.4	1.0	.385	0.5	0.7	.778	0.8	1.9	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3
10	Joseph Lanzi	G	20	12.1	2.3	0.8	2.7	.315	0.3	1.6	.194	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.6
14	Tory Miller-Stewart	F	14	19.4	8.2	3.0	5.4	.560	0.3	0.6	.500	1.9	2.1	.931	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.1
0	Ade Murkey	SF	30	24.3	11.3	4.1	8.6	.475	0.5	1.3	.350	2.7	3.5	.774	1.2	2.3	3.6	2.1	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.5
1	David Nzekwesi	F	25	13.6	8.1	2.6	4.5	.589	0.5	0.9	.565	2.3	2.8	.829	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0
5	Elvin Rodriguez	G	27	9.4	3.7	1.3	3.2	.407	0.3	1.0	.296	0.9	1.2	.719	0.3	0.9	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.4
2	Joe Rosga	SG	26	31.8	12.0	4.3	10.6	.407	2.3	5.7	.415	1.0	1.1	.897	0.5	2.4	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.7
3	Jase Townsend	G	26	19.0	6.3	2.3	6.2	.364	1.2	3.3	.345	0.7	0.9	.739	0.2	1.9	2.0	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.4

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