Jon Ostroff is a left-handed pitcher from Calabasas, California. Ostroff played five years of NCAA baseball, beginning with four years at George Mason University in the Atlantic 10 Conference. While with the Patriots, Ostroff appeared in 23 games. He then completed his collegiate career in 2020 at Fresno Pacific in the NCAA’s Pacific West Conference.

Last year, Ostroff began his professional career in the Pecos League with the Tucson Saguaros. In his 13 relief appearances, he had a 1-0 record and 1.98 ERA, averaging about a strikeout per inning pitched.

Tyler Prospero also joins the pitching staff, a righty from Batavia, New York. Prospero spent three years at Niagara University, where he helped the Purple Eagles to a second-place finish the in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2020. In his 27 career appearances, he clocked a 7.11 ERA and a 2-0 record.

During the summer of 2022, Prospero played in the MLB Draft League for the Williamsport Crosscutters. During this time, he appeared seven times, putting up a 3.52 ERA in just over 15 innings of work.

Amir Wright is an outfielder from Griffin, Indiana. Wright began his college career in the Division II ranks with St. Joeseph University. After a successful year, he transferred to St. Leo University, a DII school in Florida. He spend four years with the Lions, highlighted by a 2020 season when he recorded a .410 batting average in the shortened season. Wright’s collegiate career concluded in 2022 when the outfielder returned to Indiana for a season with Ball State.

In the summer of 2022, Wright played his second season in the MLB Draft League, putting together a .338 batting average across 37 games with the Frederick Keys.

Noah Myers is an outfielder from Tilbury, Ontario, Canada. Myers was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 30th round of the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel, Illinois. After spending the summer of 2019 in the Cape Cod League, Myers attended South Carolina where he played alongside Otters’ shortstop George Callil. He conclude his collegiate career in 2022 at USC Upstate, putting together a .317 batting average in his 58 games.

Game time set for 3 p.m

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Opening a 2-game homestand, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team welcomes Drake to the Ford Center on Saturday afternoon.  Tip is set for 3 p.m. CT with the Purple Aces Radio Network and ESPN+ having the coverage.

Last Time Out

– Another late rally came up just short on Tuesday at Southern Illinois

– After trailing by as many as 20 points in the first half, the Purple Aces got within six points in the final minute before falling by a score of 77-70

– Resetting his career scoring high once again was Marvin Coleman II who hit 9 of his 13 attempts to finish with 25 points

– Chris Moncrief enjoyed the top game of his career as he tallied 6 points, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds in 25:06 – all career-bests

– For the second time in his UE career, Gage Bobe reached double figures with 11 points

Another Career Best

– Hitting 9 of his 13 shots at Southern Illinois, Marvin Coleman II reset his career scoring high with 25 points

– Over his last 10 games, Coleman is averaging 15.7 points while shooting 50.9%

– Coleman had just one double figure scoring game in his first ten contests this season while averaging 5.4 points…since then, he has reached double digits in 9 of the last 10 games

– Following the first 10 games, Coleman was shooting 22.5% (20/89) from the field and 9.1% (2/22) from outside…he has hit 57 of his last 112 attempts (50.9%) and 20 of his previous 40 outside tries

– Before his 25-point game at SIU, Coleman had his first 20-point game at Missouri State, finishing with 22

Settling In

– In the road game at Southern Illinois, Chris Moncrief recorded career-bests in points (6), assists (5), steals (4), rebounds (3) and minutes (25:06)

– The game continued a recent trend that has seen the freshman become more comfortable with the college game

– Over his first 13 games, he did not play more than 17 minutes but over the last three, he has been on the floor for at least 23 minutes

– Moncrief recorded two blocks in games at Bradley and home versus Valparaiso

Another Double Digit Outing

– For the second time in his UE career, Gage Bobe reached double figures as he totaled 11 points at Southern Illinois

– Bobe hit 3 of his 6 outside attempts and is shooting 48.1% (13/27) from long range since Dec. 21

– His career game came on Dec. 21 against Bellarmine where he posted 12 points and was 4-for-7 from 3-point distance

Scouting the Opponent

– Drake heads to the Ford Center on Saturday with a 14-6 record and a 5-4 mark through their opening nine MVC contests

– The Bulldogs had a 3-game win streak halted on Wednesday when Missouri State picked up a 65-62 overtime win in Des Moines

– Prior to that, Drake defeated Murray State, Bradley and UIC

– Tucker DeVries has established himself as one of the top players in the Valley and comes into the game averaging 18.6 points per game along with 6.0 rebounds

– Roman Penn checks in with a 9.8 PPG mark

– Darnell Brodie is third with 8.8 points and leads the team with 7.4 rebounds