Mockevicius led nation in rebounds and double-doubles
With the 2015-16 NCAA men’s basketball season coming to a close, University of Evansville senior Egidijus Mockevicius has officially clinched the top spot in a pair of statistical categories this season.
Posting 14.0 rebounds per game, Mockevicius finished a full rebound ahead of his nearest competition as Rokas Gustys of Hofstra notched an average of 13.0. Mockevicius’ final tally was the most for any player at the Division I level since Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried hauled in 14.5 per game in the 2010-11 campaign.
Mockevicius set the all-time University of Evansville rebounding record at Bradley in February and finished his career with a total of 1,260. The previous record, set by Dale Wise in 1960, was 1,197.
The native of Lithuania also finished the year with a total of 27 double-doubles in 34 games. His total was tied with Pascal Siakam of New Mexico State for the most in the country.
Equally impressive was the career of D.J. Balentine. He finished his career with a school record 2,464 points. His tally also saw him leave the program as the active leading scorer in the NCAA. Balentine’s career put him among the best-ever to play at Division I programs in Indiana. In his final game, he passed IUPUI’s Aldray Gibson to finish his illustrious career 7th in that statistic.
UE’s senior class, which also included Adam Wing, finished with 20 or more wins in three out of four years with the program. Evansville, along with UNI and Wichita State, are the only three programs with that type of record over the last four years in the Missouri Valley Conference.
