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Season Summary . . . |
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Overall Record: 22 - 11
Final NAIA Rating: # 7
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MCC Record: 12 - 4
MCC Standing: #1 Conference Champions!
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Huntington captured the 2004-05 MCC Conference Championship with a 12-4 record, matching the conference record of Taylor, but beating the Trojans twice during the regular season. In a disappointing MCC championship game, Huntington lost to Taylor by 1 point on a lucky three-point shot with 4 seconds left. The Foresters went on to the NAIA national tournament as the #9 seed but ran into a deep and experienced (11 seniors) Newman University team, dropping the opener for the first time in their NAIA tournament history.
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The Foresters finished the season with a +5.6 scoring margin and +1.1 rebounding margin per game. Shooting percentages bested opponents 45% to 44% from the field overall, 36% to 35% beyond the arc, and 76% to 68% from the line. They enjoyed margins of +3.4 assists/game, +0.3 blocks/game and -0.9 turnovers/game. Their made-free-throws/game was +3.8 better, with +3.2 attempted-free-throws/game. They got to the line more often, and made it count.
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In fact, Huntington finished #1 in the MCC in free-throw shooting percentage and #4 in all of NAIA D2, hitting 75.8% for the season. They were also #1 in the MCC and #4 in the NAIA with an assist/turnover ratio of 1.28. They finished #1 in the MCC in fewest turnovers per game, and #2 in the MCC (and #23 in the NAIA) in assists per game, averaging 16.5 per outing. Their field goal percentage of 48.3% placed them #19 in the NAIA.
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The strength of this team proved to be its flexibility, unselfish play, and intensity. There were at least five and as many as eight players who led the team in key statistical categories in a game (bear in mind, they had just 10-12 players for any game). Four players had double doubles. Eight players scored in double digits 125 times, six scored 15 points or more 55 times, four scored 20 points or more 23 times, and two scored 30 points or more in five games. Five different players led the team in scoring in a game, five led in rebounds, eight led in assists, and seven different guys led in three-point shots made in a game.
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The scoring leaders were Alex Kock with 603 points (18.3 a game; #3 in the MCC), Kyle Ganton with 469 points (14.2 a game; #10 in the MCC), Steve Snider with 407 point (12.3 a game; #17 in the MCC), Doug Sheckler with 336 (12.0 a game; #18 in the MCC) and Chase Verba with 252 point (7.6 a game). The same five guys led in rebounding: Alex Kock had 273 rebounds (8.3 a game; #1 in the MCC and #11 in the NAIA), Chase Verba had 179 rebounds (5.4 a game, #14 in the MCC), Steve Snider had 162 rebounds (4.9 a game; #17 in the MCC), Doug Sheckler had 110 (3.9 a game) and Kyle Ganton had 87 rebounds (2.6 a game).
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From three-point range, Alex Kock put in 66 (2.0 a game with 36.7% shooting), Kyle Ganton put in 45 (1.4 a game with 39.8% shooting), Jared Yoder put in 27 (1.1 a game with 42.2% shooting), Adam Bontreger put in 21 (0.6 a game with 32.8% shooting) and Doug Sheckler put in 13 (0.5 a game with 23.6% shooting). From the line, Kyle Ganton had 112 points (86.8% shooting; #2 in the MCC and #7 in the NAIA), Steve Snider had 103 points (72.5% shooting), Chase Verba had 103 points (72.5% shooting), Alex Kock had 81 points (83.5% shooting; #5 in the MCC) and Doug Sheckler had 65 points (73.0% shooting).
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Adam Bontreger led the team in assists with 3.4 a game and finished his final year with 2.38 assist/turnover ratio (#4 in the MCC; #12 in the NAIA). James Haifley led the team in with a 2.73 assist/turnover ratio (#1 in the MCC; #9 in the NAIA), endearing fans with 7 rebounds in 9 minutes versus Marian. James also shot 48.5% from the field, including 53.3% from three-point range. Jared Yoder and Seth Lochmueller emerged as capable floor leaders. Both had nearly 2 assists/turnover; Seth shot 47.4% from the field and Jared hit 42.2% from three-point range.
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Season Highs in a Game:
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» Points: 36 - Alex Kock vs Bethel
» Field Goals: 14 - Alex Kock vs Bethel
» 3Pt Field Goals: 5 - Kyle Ganton vs Rio Grande, Alex Kock vs Urbana and St Francis.
» Free-Throws: 14 - Kyle Ganton vs St Francis
» Assists: 11 - Adam Bontreger vs Spring Arbor
» Total Rebounds: 14 - Alex Kock vs Indiana Tech
» Offensive Rebounds: 6 - Chase Verba vs Trinity International
» Blocks: 4 - Doug Sheckler vs Taylor
» Steals: 5 - Doug Sheckler vs Taylor
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See the Statistical Leaders page for the top five leaders by statistical category. For all 2004-05 player statistics (and MCC rankings), click Player Statistics.
(Photos Courtesy of Huntington University) |
2004-05 Season