2014 NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT CAPSULES

NCAA Elite Eight Quarterfinal Game #3
March 26, 2014 at Ford Center, Evansville, Ind.
6 p.m., Central time

#7 West Liberty (Atlantic Regional champion) vs.
#8 Drury (Midwest Regional champion)

About the teams

West Liberty Hilltoppers
Head Coach: Jim Crutchfield (10th season at West Liberty)  
Records: 29-3, 20-2 Mountain East Conference (1st)
NCAA bid: At-Large
NCAA record: 16-5 (6th appearance; most recent 2013 -- lost to Metropolitan State 83-76 in national semifinals); 4th Elite Eight appearance, first since 2013.
vs. Top 25: 2-0
2014 Tournament results: def. Glenville State 88-72, Indiana, Pa., 86-85 (3OT) and East Stroudsburg 89-82 to win Atlantic Regional.
vs. NCAA Field: 7-1
Probable Starters:
PPG
RPG
#4 Devin Hoehn, 5-10, Fr.-R
12.0
2.6
#20 Zak Kirkbride, 6-7, Fr.
3.6
2.0
#24 Mike Lamberti, 6-5, So.
4.8
3.5
#32 Cedric Harris, 6-0, Sr.
17.9
4.2
#33 Keene Cockburn, 6-5, Sr.
12.1
6.7
Drury Panthers
Head Coach: Steve Hesser (10th season at Drury)  
Records: 28-3, 16-2 Great Lakes Valley Conference (1st, West Division)
NCAA bid: At-Large
NCAA record: 12-7 (9th appearance; most recent 2013 -- def. Metropolitan State 74-73 to win NCAA-II championship); 2nd Elite Eight appearance, first since 2013.
vs. Top 25: 7-2
2014 Tournament results: def. Wisconsin-Parkside 69-64, Lake Superior State 79-61 and Michigan Tech 71-57 to win Midwest Regional.
vs. NCAA Field: 9-2
Probable Starters:
PPG
RPG
#3 Kameron Bundy, 6-2, So.
17.6
3.6
#11 Drake Patterson, 6-4, Jr.
6.9
3.6
#14 Lonnie Boga, 6-3, Sr.
6.7
2.9
#23 Ian Carter, 6-6, Sr.
9.6
5.4
#24 Cameron Adams, 6-5, Jr.
17.5
6.1

Team Notes:

First meeting between the schools.

By capturing the Atlantic Regional, West Liberty extended the longest current streak of Elite Eight appearances to four and is seeking to advance to the championship game for the first time in school history. The Hilltoppers' three previous trips ended with two losses in the semifinal round -- including last year to Metropolitan State -- and one in the quarterfinals ... West Liberty leads the nation in scoring with an average of 101.5 points per game and have led NCAA Division II in that department for seven of the past eight seasons ... It is 18-0 this season when scoring at least 100 points and has won 58 consecutive games when reaching the century mark; the last loss came in the 2011 national semifinal game against BYU-Hawaii ... Cedric Harris leads a contingent of seven West Liberty players averaging in double figures at 17.9 points per game, while also ranking ninth in the nation in steals with 75 and 12th in assists with 180 ... Meanwhile, Keene Cockburn has the third-most blocked shots in the nation with 92, while C.J. Hester -- a Capital One Academic All-America selection -- is 20th in field goal percentage (61.6 percent) and 21st in rebounds with 274 ... With its win at East Stroudsburg to take the regional title, the Hilltoppers ended a 19-game winning streak by home teams in Atlantic Regional contests ... West Liberty, the top-ranked team in the nation for eight weeks this season -- one of only two teams to be ranked No. 1 during the 2013-14 season -- has made a national-best 399 three-point baskets this year and seven players have made at least at least one per game. With its 15th attempt, the Hilltoppers will have fired up 1,000 three-point shots this year.

WEST LIBERTY VITALS:
Scoring Offense: 101.5 (1st in Division II)
Scoring Defense: 82.0 (253rd)
Scoring Margin: +19.5 (3rd)
Rebounding Margin: +2.7 (90th)
Assist to Turnover Ratio: 1.91:1 (3rd)
Longest Winning Streak: 16 games (Nov. 9-Jan. 25)
Leading Scorer: Cedric Harris, 17.8 ppg
Leading Rebounder: C.J. Hester, 8.3 rpg

Defending NCAA Division II champion Drury is in its second Elite Eight and is on an impressive two-year run in which the Panthers have gone 59-7. They have won 51 of their last 54 contests dating back to last year, including a 34-game winning streak that included last season's national title run ... Drury is the 11th-best shooting team in the nation at 50 percent, headed by Cameron Adams' mark of 66.4 percent that ranks seventh in Division II ... Adams and Kameron Bundy, the Panthers' top scorer on the year with an average of 17.8 points per game, have been the top scorer for them in 29 of the team's 31 games this season and in each of the last 17 contests. Bundy had 24 points in the Midwest Regional championship game win over Michigan Tech ... The Panthers are also a stingy team defensively with 266 steals and in holding opposing teams to just 29.5 percent from three-point range, the nation's eighth-best mark ... Head coach Steve Hesser has the highest winning percentage of any coach at Drury (.741) and is fourth on the all-time wins list (223) at a school that went over the 1,500-win mark in its history this year ... Drury has won nine consectutive NCAA Tournament games heading into the Elite Eight. The last team to win 10 straight was Western Washington (2012-13), whose streak was ended by the Panthers in last year's national semifinals ... The Panthers have not allowed 100 points in a game since Jan. 14, 2006, a 105-83 loss at Saint Joseph's, a span of 259 games ... Drury is the seventh school with a men's and women's team playing in the NCAA's Elite Eight in the same season since 1982.

DRURY VITALS:
Scoring Offense: 77.4 (113rd in Division II)
Scoring Defense: 67.2 (29th)
Scoring Margin: +10.2 (25th)
Rebounding Margin: +3.2 (75th)
Assist to Turnover Ratio: 0.99:1 (154th)
Longest Winning Streak: 11 games (Nov. 8-Jan. 5 & Jan. 11-Feb. 15; first 11-game streak was part of a 34-game winning streak extending back to last season.)
Leading Scorer: Kameron Bundy, 17.6 ppg
Leading Rebounder: Cameron Adams, 6.1 rpg

2013-14 Results

West Liberty Hilltoppers
Date Opponent  
  Record(s)
11/9 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST
W
107-60
1-0
11/15 @Nova Southeastern
W
100-86
2-0
11/18 POINT PARK
W
141-105
3-0
11/23 @Charleston
*
W
89-76
4-0, 1-0
11/25 WEST VIRGINIA STATE
*
W
128-69
5-0, 2-0
12/5 @Notre Dame (Ohio)
*
W
125-103
6-0, 3-0
12/7 URBANA
*
W
108-83
7-0, 4-0
12/17 CEDARVILLE
W
132-86
8-0
1/4 CONCORD
*
W
97-92
9-0, 5-0
1/6 VIRGINIA-WISE
*
W
116-79
10-0, 6-0
1/9 @Shepherd
*
W
120-89
11-0, 7-0
1/11 @West Virginia Wesleyan
*
W
108-81
12-0, 8-0
1/13 GLENVILLE STATE
*
W
107-88
13-0, 9-0
1/18 FAIRMONT STATE
*
W
77-60
14-0, 10-0
1/23 @Wheeling Jesuit
*
W
93-89
15-0, 11-0
1/25 @Urbana
*
W
133-92
16-0, 12-0
1/30 NOTRE DAME (OHIO)
*
L
87-89
16-1, 12-1
2/1 CHARLESTON
*
W
103-71
17-1, 13-1
2/3 @West Virginia State
*
W
105-85
18-1, 14-1
2/6 @Concord
*
W
97-76
19-1, 15-1
2/8 @Virginia-Wise
*
W
105-92
20-1, 16-1
2/13 SHEPHERD
*
W
106-97
21-1, 17-1
2/15 @Fairmont State
*
L
81-93
21-2, 17-2
2/20 WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
*
W
77-61
22-2, 18-2
2/22 @Glenville State
*
W
109-97
23-2, 19-2
3/1 WHEELING JESUIT
*
W
70-50
24-2, 20-2
3/7 Notre Dame (Ohio)
C
W
107-86
25-2
3/8 Fairmont State
C
W
97-87
26-2
3/9 Charleston
C
L
60-63
26-3
3/15 Glenville State
R
W
88-72
27-3
3/16 #15 Indiana (Pa.)
R
W
86-85
3OT
 28-3
3/18 @#2 East Stroudsburg
R
W
89-82
29-3
3/26 #8 Drury
QF
 
   
 
Drury Panthers
Date Opponent  
  Record(s)
11/8 WEBSTER
W
87-63
1-0
11/12 @Southwest Baptist
W
97-70
2-0
11/22 SOUTHWESTERN (KAN.)
W
95-52
3-0
11/29 NORTHWEST MISSOURI ST.
W
74-72
4-0
11/30 CAMERON
W
70-66
OT
 5-0
12/5 MISSOURI S&T
*
W
96-86
6-0, 1-0
12/7 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN
W
92-63
7-0
12/18 #13 Livingstone (@Nova SE)
W
81-80
8-0
12/19 @Nova Southeastern
W
75-71
9-0
1/3 SAINT JOSEPH'S
*
W
80-66
10-0, 2-0
1/5 #16 INDIANAPOLIS
*
W
83-69
11-0, 3-0
1/9 @#2 Bellarmine
*
L
77-85
11-1, 3-1
1/11 @#8 Southern Indiana
*
W
64-56
12-1, 4-1
1/16 ROCKHURST
*
W
104-69
13-1, 5-1
1/18 WILLIAM JEWELL
*
W
79-56
14-1, 6-1
1/23 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
*
W
76-73
15-1, 7-1
1/25 MARYVILLE
*
W
61-58
16-1, 8-1
1/30 @Quincy
*
W
92-87
OT
 17-1, 9-1
2/1 @Truman State
*
W
88-78
18-1, 10-1
2/6 @McKendree
*
W
78-74
19-1, 11-1
2/8 @Illinois Springfield
*
W
66-59
20-1, 12-1
2/13 #16 WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
*
W
54-52
21-1, 13-1
2/15 #19 LEWIS
*
W
56-53
22-1, 14-1
2/20 @William Jewell
*
L
60-65
22-2, 14-2
2/22 @Rockhurst
*
W
77-73
OT
 23-2, 15-2
2/27 @Missouri S&T
*
W
88-67
24-2, 16-2
3/7 Illinois Springfield
C
W
72-64
25-2
3/8 #20 Southern Indiana
C
L
57-75
25-3
3/15 #22 WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
R
W
69-64
26-3
3/16 #25 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
R
W
79-61
27-3
3/18 MICHIGAN TECH
R
W
71-57
28-3
3/26 #7 West Liberty
QF
 
   
 

 

 

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