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2 WESTERN ILLINOIS MEN S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Credits The Western Illinois Men s Basketball Media Guide is a production of the Western Illinois University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. It was designed by Jason Kaufman, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Services and Broadcasting and written and edited by Katie Kane, Assistant Director for Athletics Media Services. Covers were designed and created by Jessica Ruebush, Media Services intern. Additional assistance was provided by Greg Bouslog, Greg Lautzenheiser, Theresa Sullivan and Brock Wissmiller. Photography Photos by Larry Dean/WIU Visual Productions Center. Additional photo credits include Jason Kaufman, Katie Kane, Jessica Ruebush, Adam Sacasa, Minnesota Athletics, BSU Photo Services, Duke Athletics, Kansas Athletics Media Services, UNLV Athletics Media Services and Bradley Athletics Media Services. Printing Multi-Ad Services / Peoria, Ill. On the Cover Front: Seniors David DuBois and Josh Rivers. From left to right: James Granstra, and Arsenio Mims. Back from left to right: First-year head coach Jim Molinari, David Nurse, Ceola Clark. T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Media Information 4...Quick facts; 5...Western Sports Network; 6...Media Services; 7...Media outlets; Season Preview; roster Coaching Staff 12...Head Coach Jim Molinari; 16...Assistant Coach Billy Wright; 17...Assistant Coach Wade Hokenson; 18...Basketball Staff Meet the Leathernecks 20...David DuBois; 21...Josh Rivers; 22...David Nurse; 23...James Granstra; 24...Arsenio Mims; 25...Newcomers 27 Opponents Club Classic, Eureka, Cincinnati, Florida State, Global Sports Classic, IUPUI; 29...Southeast Missouri State, Eastern Illinois, Iowa, Southern Utah, UMKC, South Dakota State, North Dakota State; 30...Centenary, Oral Roberts, IPFW, Oakland, The Summit League Championship WESTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL

3 Leatherneck Basketball The Summit League 32...Summit League History; 34...Composite Schedule; 79 This Is Western Illinois University 80...Higher Values in Higher Education; Championship Information; 36...League Tournament; 37...All-Conference Honorees; 38...All-Time Summit Standings In Review 40...Season Review; 41...Superlatives; Results; Statistics; 46...Player Superlatives Record Book 48...Scoring Records; 49...Field Goal Records; 50...Three-Point Records; 51...Free Throw Records; 52...Miscellaneous Records; 54...Rebounding Records; 55...Coaching History; 56...Team Records; 57...Top Teams; ,000-Point Club; 59...All-Time Letterwinners; 63...Yearly Results; Point Games; 77...Series Records; 78...Summit League Series 82...Academic Excellence; 83...Educational Opportunity; 84...Social Responsibility; 85...Personal Growth; 86...Western Illinois University is...; 88...Dr. Al Goldfarb, President; 90...University administration; 92...Dr. Tim Van Alstine, Director of Athletics; 94...Target: Western Forward; 97...Athletics administration; 98...Marketing and promotions; 99...Media services; Athletic training; Strength and conditioning; Our traditions; Marching Leathernecks; Notable alumni

4 Quick Facts Schedule General Location... Macomb, IL Founded Enrollment... 13,331 Nickname... Leathernecks Colors... Purple and Gold Home arena... Waste Management Court in Western Hall / 5,139 Conference...The Summit League Affiliation...NCAA Division I President...Dr. Alvin Goldfarb (Queens College, 1972) Director of Athletics... Dr. Tim M. Van Alstine (St. Norbert College, 1982) History First year ( is 105th season) All-time record (.537) Last postseason opponent...none Media Services Director... Jason Kaufman Assistant SID/Men s Basketball Contact...Katie Kane ... kj-kane@wiu.edu Office phone... (309) Cell phone... (630) Graduate Assistant...Greg Bouslog Graduate Assistant... Greg Lautzenheiser Graduate Assistant... Brock Wissmiller SID fax... (309) Press box phone/fax... (309) SID mailing address Western Hall Macomb, IL Web site... Media Information Radio rights holder... Western Sports Network Originating station...wjeq-fm (102.7 Macomb) Play-by-play announcer... Michael Jones (309) Color commentator... Arlen Britton (home) (309) Video highlights contact... Sharon Evans (309) Date Opponent Location Time Nov at 100 Club Classic Kennesaw, Ga. TBA Nov. 19 Eureka Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Cincinnati cincinnati, Ohio TBA Nov. 24 at Florida State tallahassee, Fla. 6 p.m. Nov at Global Sports Classic las Vegas, Nev. TBA Dec. 6 *at IUPui indianapolis, Ind. 7 p.m. Dec. 10 Southeast Missouri State Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Eastern Illinois charleston, Ill. 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at Southeast Missouri State cape Girardeau, Mo. 3 p.m. Dec. 27 at Iowa [ESPN-U] iowa City, Iowa 7:05 p.m. Dec. 31 *Southern Utah Macomb, Ill. TBA Jan. 2 *UMKC Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Jan. 8 *at South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. 7 p.m. Jan. 10 *at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. 7 p.m. Jan. 15 *Centenary Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Jan. 17 *Oral Roberts Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Jan. 22 *at IPFW Fort Wayne, Ind. 7 p.m. Jan. 24 *at Oakland Rochester, Mich. 6 p.m. Jan. 29 *at UMKC Kansas City, Mo. 7:05 p.m. Jan. 31 *at Southern Utah cedar City, Utah 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 *North Dakota State Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Feb. 7 *South Dakota State Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Feb. 12 *at Oral Roberts tulsa, Okla. 7:05 p.m. Feb. 14 *at Centenary shreveport, La. 5:30 p.m. Feb. 19 *Oakland Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Feb. 21 *IPFW Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Feb. 28 *IUPUI Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. March 7-10 Summit League Tournament sioux Falls, S.D. TBA *Summit League game; home games in bold; dates and times (Central) subject to change. Coaching Staff Head coach...jim Molinari Alma mater...illinois Wesleyan, 1977 Western Illinois record , first season Career record (.545), 15th season Office phone... (309) Best time to reach... Contact SID Assistant coaches: Wade Hokenson (Minnesota, 2004/first season) Billy Wright (Bradley, 1996/first season) Athletic Trainer... Michael Blackburn (Winona State, 2000) Strength Coach...Chris Anderson (Cal State Stanislaus, 1996) Team Information Overall record last year ( H 10-4 / A 2-13 / N 0-1) Conference record last year (7th) Letterwinners returning/lost...5/7 Starters returning/lost...2/3 4 WESTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL

5 Western Sports Network affiliates *WJEQ is the flagship station of the Western Sports Network. ^WIUS-FM and wiutv3 are productions of the Western Illinois University Department of Broadcasting. 4Football WGEM-FM Quincy, Ill WIUS-FM^ Macomb, Ill wiutv3^ Macomb, Ill. Ch. 3 WJEQ-FM* Macomb, Ill Men s Basketball WIUS-FM^ Macomb, Ill wiutv3^ Macomb, Ill. Ch. 3 WJEQ-FM* Macomb, Ill Women s Basketball WIUS-FM^ Macomb, Ill wiutv3^ Macomb, Ill. Ch. 3 4All other sports WIUS-FM^ Macomb, Ill wiutv3^ Macomb, Ill. Ch. 3 WJEQ-FM WJEQ, a 25,000-watt locally owned and operated station, is in its 10th season as the flagship radio station for the Western Sports Network, carrying all football and men s basketball broadcasts. Each broadcast features play-by-play announcer Michael Jones and color commentator Arlen Britton, pregame interviews with head coach Jim Molinari and other members of the coaching staff, and live postgame interviews with players and coaches. Broadcasts begin 30 minutes prior to tip-off and the postgame show wraps up approximately 30 minutes after each game. WIU Department of Broadcasting The Western Illinois University Department of Broadcasting plays a major role in the Western Sports Network, televising each and every home game live on wiutv3 (Ch. 3, Macomb). WIUS-FM (88.3, Macomb) also airs a live broadcasts of each home game. Voice of the Leathernecks WJEQ Sports Director Michael Jones is in his eighth season as play-by-play announcer. The LaHarpe, Ill., native graduated from Monmouth (Ill.) College in 1999 with a degree in communications. He began with Central Illinois Broadcasting in 1999 as the Sports Director and the Voice of the Bombers (Macomb High School football and basketball play-by-play announcer). In addition to his football and basketball play-by-play duties, he is involved in the Western Athletic Club and serves as emcee at several postseason awards banquets. On the Web All home games, all Summit League games and select non-conference road games can be seen on Rocky Vision, the web video component of www. wiuahtletics.com. In addition, all WJEQ radio broadcasts can be heard live on the internet at free of charge. 5

6 Media Services Jason Kaufman Assistant Athletics Director for Media Services & Broadcasting Katie Kane Assistant Director/MBB Contact cell: Greg Bouslog Graduate Assistant Greg Lautzenheiser Graduate Assistant Brock Wissmiller Graduate Assistant Bill Ford Student Assistant S t a f f D i r e c t o r y Credentials Please request credentials through the Athletics Media Services office at least 24 hours prior to a home game. For road games, please request credentials at least one week in advance. Passes for home games may be picked up at the Will Call window near the north entrance to Western Hall. Press Row Services Statistics, game notes, game programs and media guides will be available on press row. Stats will be distributed at each media timeout and final stats will be available immediately following the game. PRINT: A limited amount of seats is available for print media on press row. Every effort will be made to grant one seat per outlet. Priority will be given to outlets covering Western on a regular basis. RADIO: One complimentary phone line will be provided for the visiting team s primary radio affiliate. The visiting radio station will be seated in the two seats on the west end of press row, nearest the visitors bench. Requests for Video The Western Illinois University broadcasting department is capable of supplying video footage to requesting media outlets. Please contact Sharon Evans or Buzz Hoon at (309) Filing Stories Space and phone lines for filing stories will be provided in Western Hall following the game. Wireless internet is available throughout the building and phone lines will be accessible in the Media Services office (213 Western Hall). Media Parking Parking on the Western Illinois campus is open on weekends and after 5 p.m. weekdays. No parking credentials are required. The large lot adjacent to Western Hall (Q-Lot) provides the easiest access to Western Hall. Weekday Interviews Please contact the Athletics Media Services Department by phone or to schedule midweek interviews with players or coaches. On the Web Follow the Leathernecks on the Internet at www. wiuathletics.com. The official site of Western Illinois Athletics contains updated stats, player bios, the latest releases, game notes, schedules, photos and rosters of all 20 Western Illinois sports. All radio broadcasts will be available live on the internet at All home games, all Summit League games and select non-conference road games can be seen on Rocky Vision, the web video component of www. wiuahtletics.com. Monday Luncheon Coach Molinari, or one of his assistants, will speak each Monday at the Macomb Downtown Athletic Club luncheon, held at Parkside at noon. Members of the media are invited to attend. A fee is charged to all attendees for the lunch portion. Quotes will be available to the media late Monday afternoon by contacting the Athletics Media Services office. Theresa Sullivan Student Assistant 213 Western Hall Macomb, IL Phone: (309) Fax: (309) Press Box Phone: (309) SID@wiu.edu WESTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL

7 Primary Media Outlets Print Associated Press Chicago, Ill. PHONE: (800) Chicago Sun-Times Chicago, Ill. PHONE: (312) Chicago Tribune Chicago, Ill. PHONE: (847) The Hawk Eye Burlington, Iowa SPORTS EDITOR: John Bohnenkamp PHONE: (319) Macomb Eagle Macomb, Ill. SPORTS EDITOR: Matt Muilenburg PHONE: (309) Macomb Journal Macomb, Ill. SPORTS EDITOR: Shelby Burget PHONE: (309) Moline Dispatch Moline, Ill. PHONE: (309) Peoria Journal Star Peoria, Ill. BEAT: Kevin Capie PHONE: (800) Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa SPORTS EDITOR: Don Doxsie PHONE: (563) Quincy Herald-Whig Quincy, Ill. BEAT: Matt Schuckman PHONE: (217) St. Louis Post Dispatch St. Louis, Mo. SPORTS EDITOR: Larry Starks PHONE: (314) Springfield State Journal Springfield, Ill. SPORTS EDITOR: Jim Ruppert PHONE: (217) Western Courier Macomb, Ill. SPORTS EDITOR: Ken Woods PHONE: (309) Radio WGEM (105.1 FM) Quincy, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Ben Marth PHONE: (217) WIUS (88.3 FM) WIU Department of Broadcasting SPORTS DIRECTOR: Buzz Hoon PHONE: (309) WJEQ (102.7 FM) Macomb, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Michael Jones PHONE: (309) WKAI (100.1 FM) Macomb, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Beau Spencer PHONE: (309) Television KHQA-TV (CBS, ch. 7) Quincy, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Chris Duerr PHONE: (217) KLJB-TV (Fox, ch. 9) Davenport, Iowa SPORTS ANCHOR: Nathan O Leary PHONE: (563) noleary@kljb.com KWQC-TV (NBC, ch. 6) Davenport, Iowa SPORTS DIRECTOR: Thom Cornelis PHONE: (563) sports@kwqc.com WEEK-TV (NBC, ch. 25) Peoria, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Lee Hall PHONE: (800) sports@week.com WGEM-TV (NBC, ch. 10) Quincy, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Ben Marth PHONE: (217) sports@wgem.com WHOI-TV (ABC, ch. 19) Peoria, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Jim Mattson PHONE: (309) jmattson@whoitv.com WMBD-TV (CBS, ch. 31) Peoria, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Kurt Pegler PHONE: (309) kurtp@wmbd.com WQAD-TV (ABC, ch. 8) Moline, Ill. SPORTS DIRECTOR: Mick Moninghoff PHONE: (309) sports@wqad.com wiutv3 (ch. 3) WIU Department of Broadcasting SPORTS DIRECTOR: Buzz Hoon PHONE: (309) wg-hoon@wiu.edu 7

8 Season Preview T he Western Illinois University men s basketball schedule for the season will include two regular-season tournaments and opponents from 10 conferences in addition to The Summit League. The Leathernecks open the regular season, Nov , at the 100 Club Classic, hosted by Kennesaw State, then open the home schedule against Eureka, Nov. 19. Western will face Cincinnati out of the Big East and Florida State out of the Atlantic Coast Conference on the road before entering the Global Sports Classic, hosted by UNLV, Nov Western opens conference play at IUPUI, Dec. 6, before playing back-to-back Ohio Valley opponents Southeast Missouri State and Eastern Illinois. Big Ten team Iowa hosts Western Illinois, Dec. 27, live on ESPNU. Wrapping up the non-conference schedule against the Hawkeyes, the Leathernecks will face each conference team twice. The Summit League Tournament is scheduled for March 7-10 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Our schedule is very exciting, Western Illinois head basketball coach Jim Molinari said. It is tremendously challenging when you have the likes of Cincinnati, Florida State and Iowa in addition to The Summit League, which is loaded with veteran players this year. We also only have 10 home games, which adds greatly to the difficulty. The Coaching Staff The Leathernecks enter the season under first-year head coach Jim Molinari. With 28 years of experience as a Division I coach, Molinari has compiled a career record in 14 years as a head coach. Molinari has coached in 19 postseason tournaments, including 12 NCAA Tournaments. After two years as an assistant at Big Ten Minnesota, Molinari took over seven games into the season as the interim head coach of the Gophers. Before Minnesota, Molinari spent 11 years as the head coach at Bradley where he totaled 174 wins, including a 22-8 season in , and qualified for the 1996 NCAA Tournament. Just before the Braves, Molinari received his first head coaching position at Northern Illinois in He found instant success with the Huskies, only losing 17 games in his two-year stint. The Huskies won the 1991 Mid-Continent Conference (now The Summit League) championship while setting a school record for wins in a season, with a 25-6 record. Working alongside Molinari are first-year assistants Wade Hokenson (Minnesota, 2004) and Billy Wright (Bradley, 1996). Wright comes to Western with 12 years of coaching experience at the high school level, including the last two as head coach, in addition to four years of playing experience as an all-conference point guard at Bradley. Prior to Western Illinois, Hokenson served as the first assistant at Bellevue University in Nebraska for two years, helping the team to the NAIA Division II National Tournament as the No. 1 seed both seasons and landing the runner-up spot in The team won the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title and tournament title in both 2007 and 2008 with records of 32-2 and 33-4 respectively. As a player, Hokenson was a point guard on Minnesota s basketball team from When building a program, I stress character, academics and winning on the court, Molinari said. These two coaches have all three of these factors in their own lives and have been in programs that have those things as well. The Returners Western Illinois returns two starters in David Nurse and David DuBois. Others returning include Ceola Clark, James Granstra, Arsenio Mims and Josh Rivers. DuBois was named to the Summit League All-Newcomer team as the leading rebound for Western in 10 games and the leading scorer in five with a season-best 20 points twice in the season. Nurse returns as the leading scorer in five games as well, with a career-high 26 points at Centenary. The pair combined for 28 games with double-digit scoring and four 20-plus point games. DuBois is one of only three players from the season to earn a start in all 30 games and combines with Nurse for a total of 1,578 minutes played. Clark returns to after taking a medical redshirt for the season. Granstra, Mims roster breakdown by class Seniors (2) David DuBois Josh Rivers Juniors (3) Quenton Kirby David Nurse Rodney Williams, Jr. Sophomores (3) James Granstra Julian Jones Arsenio Mims Freshmen (2) Ceola Clark Tommie Tyler Returning senior David DuBois grabbed the most rebounds in onethird of last season s games for Western. 8 WESTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL

9 Season Preview roster breakdown by state California Rodney Williams, Jr. Illinois Ceola Clark Arsenio Mims Minnesota James Granstra Nevada Josh Rivers Texas Quenton Kirby Tommie Tyler Wisconsin David DuBois Missouri David Nurse Julian Jones, Jr. and Rivers return with a combined 545 minutes of time in the season. The returners helped last year s team to the best home record since the season with 10 wins in Western Hall. Off the court, DuBois, Nurse, Granstra and Mims were each named to the 2008 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team with a GPA of 3.6 or better. The Newcomers The team has also added four newcomers to the roster in junior college transfers Julian Jones, Jr., Quenton Kirby, Rodney Williams, Jr., and true freshman Tommie Tyler. The Guards Tyler is a 6-foot-3 true freshman from Houston, Texas, and Kirby is a 6-foot-2 junior transfer from Welmar, Texas. The pair of newcomers join Clark, DuBois, Nurse and Rivers for a total of six guards on the roster. The Forwards Williams, Jr., is a 6-foot-5 transfer from Los Angeles, Calif. He spent his freshman season at Kent State where he appeared in seven games before playing one season at Mt. San Jacinto College. Jones, Jr., is a 6-foot-8 sophomore added to the lineup of forwards for the season. Joining returners Granstra, a 6-foot-10 sophomore and Mims, at 6-foot-3, Western has four forwards on the roster. We are not trying to build a season; we are trying to build a program, Molinari explained. So, we are very much focused on the intangibles. I believe that you tie your goals to your values. The values of our program are going to be effort, discipline, unity, humility and the passion for being a student-athlete at Western Illinois. We will be playing this schedule with only two players that have had extensive experience (DuBois, Nurse), so we really don t know how the others will adapt to the challenges ahead. I am thrilled as we have blended the new players with the returnees and I have been pleased with the returnees overall effort and focus in every area. Guard David Nurse returns after earning 25 starts in 29 games in his first season at Western Illinois. 9

10 Roster alphabetical roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/Last School 23 Ceola Clark G R-Fr Gurnee, Ill. Warren Township 45 David Dubois G Sr Madison, Wis. Lafollette/Indian Hills C.C. 52 James Granstra F So Heron Lake, Minn. Southwest Star Concept 33 Julian Jones, Jr. F So St. Louis, Mo. Warren Township/College of Lake County 32 Quenton Kirby G Jr Welmar, Texas Welmar/McLennan C.C. 10 Arsenio Mims F So Peoria, Ill. Woodruff 5 David Nurse G Jr Kearney, Mo. Kearney/Kansas City C.C. 11 Josh Rivers G Sr Las Vegas, Nev. Valley/Southeastern Illinois C.C. 3 Tommie Tyler G Fr Houston, Texas Langham Creek 22 Rodney Williams, Jr. F Jr Los Angeles, Calif. Compton-Dominguez/Kent State/Mt. San Jacinto numerical roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/Last School 3 Tommie Tyler G Fr Houston, Texas Langham Creek 5 David Nurse G Jr Kearney, Mo. Kearney/Kansas City C.C. 10 Arsenio Mims F So Peoria, Ill. Woodruff 11 Josh Rivers G Sr Las Vegas, Nev. Valley/Southeastern Illinois C.C. 22 Rodney Williams, Jr. F Jr Los Angeles, Calif. Compton-Dominguez/Kent State/Mt. San Jacinto 23 Ceola Clark G R-Fr Gurnee, Ill. Warren Township 32 Quenton Kirby G Jr Welmar, Texas Welmar/McLennan C.C. 33 Julian Jones, Jr. F So St. Louis, Mo. Warren Township/College of Lake County 45 David Dubois G Sr Madison, Wis. Lafollette/Indian Hills C.C. 52 James Granstra F So Heron Lake, Minn. Southwest Star Concept pronunciation guide Ceola Clark... see-oh-la David DuBois... Do-BOYS Wade Hokenson...HO-KIN-sun Jim Molinari... MAH-lynn-AIR-ee Head coach: Jim Molinari (Illinois Wesleyan, 1977) Career Record: (.545), 15th season Western Illinois Record: First season Assistant coaches: Wade Hokenson (Minnesota, 2004) Billy Wright (Bradley, 1996) 10 WESTERN ILLINOIS BASKETBALL