Men's basketball

  • 16 Iowa Conference championships
  • Eight NCAA Div. III playoff berths
  • more than any Iowa Conference school

2010 Central seniorsCoach Mike Boschee and the seniors on Central College's 2010 Iowa Conference
men's basketball championship team.

Individual record leaderboards

Scoring
Rebounds

Assists
Blocks
Steals

Team history

Team records
All-time series
All-time scores
Year-by-year records

Iowa Conference history

All-Americans


Central individual records

Most points

Game - 45, tie, Jeff Verhoef vs. Wartburg, 1978-79;
Steve Kraayenbrink vs. Upper Iowa, 1980-81
Season - 666, John Carle, 1959-60
Season average - 29.0, John Carle, 1959-60
Career - 1,575, Jeff Verhoef, 1976-80
Career average - 24.6, Dana Snoap, 1971-73

Most field goals

Game - 18, Steve Kraayenbrink vs. Upper Iowa, 1980-81
Season - 252, John Carle, 1959-60
Career - 592, Jeff Verhoef, 1976-80

Most field goal attempts

Game - 31, Dana Snoap at Chapman (Calif.), Dec. 22, 1972
Season - 533, John Carle, 1959-60
Career -1,285, Miguel Ley, 2006-10

Most free throws

Game - 18, Dana Snoap vs. Buena Vista, 1971-72
Season - 162, John Carle, 1959-60
Career - 391, Jeff Verhoef, 1976-80
Consecutive - 31, Chad Ryan, Dec. 3, 1994-Jan. 14, 1995

Most free throw attempts

Game - 25, Dana Snoap vs. Buena Vista, 1971-72
Season - 226, John Carle, 1959-60
Career - 520, Jeff Verhoef, 1976-80

Most 3-point goals

Consecutive - 9, Kevin Carlson, Jan. 6-13, 1996
Game - 9, Wade Vander Molen, vs. Coe, Dec. 7, 1999
Season - 70, Wade Vander Molen, 1999-2000
Career - 175, Zak Clark, 2004-08

Highest field goal percentage

Game - 100 percent (13-13), Keith Pedersen vs. William Woods (Mo.), 2007-08;
(10-10), Keith Pedersen vs. Loras, 2007-08
Season - 69.6 percent (114-171), Keith Pedersen, 2007-08
Career - 61.1 percent (346-556), Keith Pedersen, 2004-08

Highest free throw percentage

Game (10 att.) - 100 percent, tie, (16-16) Mike Valster, vs. Loras, 1994-95;
(13-13) LeRoy Timmer vs. Buena Vista, 1957-58; (11-11) Joe Jaspers, vs. William Penn, 1986-87; (11-11) Bruce Hanson vs. Calvin (Mich.), 1980-81; (10-10) Demarco Turner vs. Wartburg, 2010-11
Season - 91.1 percent (41-45), Bruce Hanson, 1981-82
Career - 84.8 percent (112-132), Bruce Hanson, 1978-82

Highest 3-point percentage

Game (min. 5 attempts) - 100 percent (6-6), Demarco Turner, vs. Faith Baptist, Dec. 6, 2010; at Dubuque, Jan. 17, 2011
Season - 54.2 percent (39-72), Chris Robertson, 1991-92
Career - 47.4 percent (141-297), Pat Rangel, 1984-88

Most rebounds

Game - 29, Vern Den Herder, vs. St. Mary's, 1970-71
Season - 397, Vern Den Herder, 1970-71
Season average - 16.5, Vern Den Herder, 1970-71
Career - 1,144, Vern Den Herder, 1967-71
Career average - 12.4, Vern Den Herder, 1967-71

Most blocks

Game - 8, Jeff Verhoef vs. Macalaster (Minn.), 1978-79
Season - 54, Jeff Verhoef, 1978-88
Season average - 2.2, Jeff Verhoef, 1978-79
Career - 119, Make Valster, 1992-96
Career average - 1.5, Loren Liming, 2006-07; 2008-10

Most steals

Season - 66, Mark Holan, 2009-10
Season average - 2.4, Mark Holan, 2009-10
Career - 161, Pat Rangel, 1984-88
Career average - 1.9, Mark Holan, 2006-07, 2008-10


Most assists

Game - 13, Brett DeHoogh, vs. Viterbo (Wis.), Nov. 18, 2005
Season - 141, tie, Brett DeHoogh, 2005-06; Miguel Ley, 2009-10
Career - 465, Brett DeHoogh, 2004-08

Statistical triple-double

Game - 23 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, Jeff Verhoef, vs. Dubuque, 1977-78


Games

Played, career - 103, tie, Jeff Verhoef, 1976-80; Miguel Ley, 2006-10
Started, career - 90, Zak Clark, 2004-08

 

Games started, career (since 1998)

No. Player Games Year
1. Zak Clark 90 2004-08
2. Brett DeHoogh 81 2004-08
3. Miguel Ley 80 2006-10
4. Zach Cooper 74 2006-10
5. Clint Driftmier 69 2003-07
6. Tony Polito 63 1999-2003
7. Chris Nelson 62 2002-06
8. Keith Pedersen 61 2004-08
9. Justin Madsen 53 2006-10
10. Jack Bruns 52 2009-12


Games played, career (since 1970)

No. Player Games Year
1. Jeff Verhoef 103 1976-80
  Miguel Ley 103 2006-10
3. Tosh Dillinger 100 1996-2000
4. Tony Polito 99 1999-2003
  Mike Valster 99 1992-96
6. Karl Korver 98 1975-79
7. John Slinkman 97 1974-78
8. Steve Muller 96 1981-85
9. Pat Rangel 94 1984-88
10. Matt Melvin 92 1986-90
  Denny Van Wyk 92 1973-77

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