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Table of Contents 11.12 11.17 11.29 1.6 1.13 1.24

LETOURNEAU RICE LYON COLLEGE *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN *ABILENE CHRISTIAN *NEW ORLEANS

1 Table of Contents 2 Quick Facts 3 Roster 4 Season Preview MEET THE TEAM 6 #22 Cody Cambre 8 #13 Jacob Guest 10 #3 Devonte Hall 12 #20 Ishmael Lane 14 #10 Malik Metoyer 16 #1 Iziahiah Sweeney 18 #44 Bailey Walker 20 #12 Jalan West 26 #23 Darian Dixon 26 #34 Brandon Hutton 27 #0 C.J. Jones 27 #22 DeAndre Love 28 #21 Vontay Ott 28 #42 Larry Owens 29 #15 Czar Perry 29 #2 Caleb Starks 30 36 38 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44

MEET THE COACHES AND STAFF Mike McConathy Jeff Moore Bill Lewit Jacob Spielbauer Trey McCrory Major Deacon Aaron Patrick Riley Walker Colby Koontz Stephen Kim Marcia Bolton

THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 45 Southland Conference 46 Opponents 2016-17 IN REVIEW 50

2016-17 Stats PROGRAM HISTORY

2017-18 HOME SCHEDULE 4 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 3:30 PM 3 PM 6:30 PM

53 60 64 66 68 70 71 72 74

1.27 2.3 2.7 2.14 2.24 2.28

Year-By-Year Results All-Time Lettermen All-Century Team Team and Individual Records Career Leaders Demons in the Pros NSU’s Coaching Tree Prather Coliseum Demons in the Dance

NORTHWESTERN STATE 78 Dr. Chris Maggio, President 79 Jerry Pierce, Vice President 80 Greg Burke, Director of Athletics 81 Athletic Administration 84 Sports Information 85 University Profile 86 City of Natchitoches 87 Academics 88 Campus Life 90 CHAMPS/Life Skills

DEMON SPORTS NETWORK

Natchitoches radio station KZBL-FM 100.7, owned by Baldridge-Dumas Communications, is the flagship station for all Demon broadcasts. Selected home games can be heard on 97.5 KDBH-FM. You can also hear games via the internet at www.nsudemons.com. Patrick Netherton is in his 14th season as the play-by-play announcer.

Series Results

*CENTRAL ARKANSAS *MCNEESE *LAMAR *HOUSTON BAPTIST *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA *NICHOLLS

2017-18 SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT 11.10 at Texas 11.12 LeTourneau (DH) 11.15 at SMU 11.17 Rice 11.21 at ULM 11.24 at Colorado State 11.29 Lyon College 12.9 vs. Louisiana College (Alexandria) (DH) 12.16 vs. LSU-Shreveport (Shreveport) 12.19 at Oklahoma 12.20 at Utah 12.28 *at Nicholls 12.30 *at McNeese (DH) 1.3 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.6 *Stephen F. Austin (DH) 1.13 *Abilene Christian 1.17 *at Sam Houston State 1.20 *at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 1.24 *New Orleans 1.27 *Central Arkansas (DH) 1.31 *at New Orleans 2.3 *McNeese (DH) 2.7 *Lamar 2.10 *at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 2.14 *Houston Baptist 2.21 *at Incarnate Word 2.24 *Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 2.28 *Nicholls 3.3 *at Central Arkansas (DH) 3.7 Southland Conference Tournament 3.8 Southland Conference Tournament 3.9 Southland Conference Tournament 3.10 Southland Conference Tournament Finals * -- Denotes Southland Conference game ll times Central Standard Time (CST)

3 PM 3:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 3 PM 6:30 PM

TIME 7:15 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA

CREDITS

The 2017-18 Northwestern State men’s basketball media guide is a production of the Northwestern State University Sports Information Department. It was co-edited and designed by Assistant Sports Information Director Jason Pugh with co-editing by Sports Information Director Doug Ireland and editorial assistance from NSU Assistant Director of Communication Matt Vines, sports information graduate assistants Drew Bartlett and Lloyd Courtney and SID administrative assistant Ronnette Pellegrin. Photographs provided by Chris Reich of Northwestern State Photographic Services and NSU Photographer Emeritus Gary Hardamon.

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

JACOB GUEST

Location Natchitoches, La. School Founded 1884 Enrollment 10,572 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Nickname Demons Mascot Victory “Vic” The Demon Colors Purple (492f92), White and Orange (f78426) trim President Dr. Chris Maggio Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Faculty Representative Jody Biscoe Senior Woman Administrator Dr. Haley Taitano

ARENA INFORMATION

Stadium Name Prather Coliseum Capacity 3,400 Record 423-231 Year Opened 1964 Press Row Phone 318-357-4544

COACHING STAFF/ SUPPORT STAFF DEVONTE HALL

Head Coach Mike McConathy Alma Mater Louisiana Tech, 1977 Record at NSU 280-276 (.504) Overall Record 632-435 (.592) Assistant Coach Jeff Moore Alma Mater Missouri Valley, 1995 Assistant Coach Bill Lewit Alma Mater Salisbury, 1991 Assistant Coach Jacob Spielbauer Alma Mater William Penn, 2007 Director of Basketball Operations Trey McCrory Alma Mater Northwestern State, 2016

2016-17 REVIEW 13-16 7-11 (T-8th) 7-6 5-10 1-0

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (7)

ISHMAEL LANE

YR. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

LETTERWINNERS LOST (7) F G F G F G G

Jordan Bell Josh Boyd Tanner Hamilton Tra’von Joseph Reginald Kissoonlal Sabri Thompson Zeek Woodley

Major Deacon Aaron Patrick Riley Walker

Athletic Trainer Administrative Assistant

Stephen Kim Marcia Bolton

PROGRAM HISTORY

2016-17 Overall Record Conference Record (Finish) Home Record Road Record Neutral Site Record

POS. NAME G Cody Cambre G Jacob Guest G Devonte Hall F/C Ishmael Lane G Malik Metoyer G Iziahiah Sweeney G Bailey Walker

Graduate Manager Graduate Manager Graduate Manager

Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr.

First Year of Basketball at NSU 1912-13 First Year in the Southland Conference 1987-88 All-Time Record 1,410-1,129 Southland Conference Titles 2 (2005, 2006) Southland Conference Tournament Titles 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NCAA Postseason Appearances 4 (2001, 2006, 2013, 2015)

PERCENTAGE RETURNING

GP-GS 8-0 11-0 29-28 29-28 10-0 29-20 28-0

P/G 0.3 1.1 9.8 11.0 4.3 8.4 0.6

CATEGORY Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Personal Fouls Field Goals Made 3-Pointers Made

26-0 25-1 29-0 29-28 20-2 29-27 14-11

4.1 7.8 1.1 7.9 3.3 13.3 19.2

RETURNING/TOTAL PCT. 919/2,204 42% 418/1050 40% 215/406 53% 107/196 55% 42/77 55% 251/568 44% 312/751 42% 38/203 18%

REDSHIRTS RETURNING (1) Jalan West

Sr.

Denotes Starters in 2016-17 Starters Returning (2)/Starters Lost (3)

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N/A

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2017-18 ROSTERS

NUMERICAL NO. NAME 0 C.J. Jones 1 Iziahiah Sweeney 2 Caleb Starks 3 Devonte Hall 10 Malik Metoyer 12 Jalan West 13 Jacob Guest 15 Czar Perry 20 Ishmael Lane 21 Vontay Ott 22 DeAndre Love 23 Darian Dixon 32 Cody Cambre 34 Brandon Hutton 42 Larry Owens 44 Bailey Walker

POS. G G G G G G G G F/C G G F G F C G

HT. WT. CLASS-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Monroe, La./Wossman HS 6-3 190 Sr.-1L Compton, Calif./Compton HS (Portland St./East L.A. College) 6-3 195 Fr.-HS Lafayette, La./Lafayette Christian Academy 6-1 185 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-7 200 Jr.-2L Clarence, La./Lakeview HS 5-11 185 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-4 190 So.-1L Bossier City, La./Airline HS 6-0 170 Fr.-HS El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado HS 6-8 250 Jr.-2L Port Allen, La./Port Allen HS 6-3 185 Fr.-HS Victorville, Calif./Hesperia HS 6-4 190 Jr.-TR Seattle, Wash./West Seattle HS (Eastern Arizona College) 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Bowie, Md./Mt. Zion Christian Academy 6-4 205 Jr.-2L French Settlement, La./French Settlement HS 6-5 215 So.-TR Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute (Indian Hills CC) 6-8 260 Fr.-HS Monroe, La./Carroll HS IZIAHIAH SWEENEY 6-0 180 So.-1L Florien, La./Florien HS

Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) 19th Season Assistant Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) 12th Season Assistant Coach: Bill Lewit (Salisbury, 1991) 7th Season Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) 11th Season Strength and Conditioning Coach: Aaron Potoshnik Director of Basketball Operations: Trey McCrory

ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME 32 Cody Cambre 23 Darian Dixon 13 Jacob Guest 3 Devonte Hall 34 Brandon Hutton 0 C.J. Jones 20 Ishmael Lane 22 DeAndre Love 10 Malik Metoyer 21 Vontay Ott 42 Larry Owens 15 Czar Perry 2 Caleb Starks 1 Iziahiah Sweeney 44 Bailey Walker 12 Jalan West

POS. G F G G F G F/C G G G C G G G G G

MALIK METOYER

Graduate Manager: Major Deacon Graduate Manager: Aaron Patrick Graduate Manager: Riley Walker Student Assistant Coach: Colby Koontz Athletic Trainer: Stephen Kim Administrative Assistant: Marcia Bolton

HT. WT. CLASS-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 6-4 205 Jr.-2L French Settlement, La./French Settlement HS 6-8 220 Fr.-HS Bowie, Md./Mt. Zion Christian Academy 6-4 190 Fr.-HS Bossier City, La./Airline HS 6-1 180 Jr.-2L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-5 215 So.-TR Chicago, Ill./De La Salle Institute (Indian Hills CC) 5-10 160 Fr.-HS Monroe, La./Wossman HS 6-8 250 So.-1L Port Allen, La./Port Allen HS 6-4 190 Jr.-TR Seattle, Wash./West Seattle HS (Eastern Arizona College) 6-7 200 Jr.-2L Clarence, La./Lakeview HS 6-3 185 Fr.-HS Victorville, Calif./Hesperia HS 6-8 260 Fr.-HS Monroe, La./Carroll HS 6-0 170 Fr.-HS El Dorado, Ark./El Dorado HS 6-3 195 Fr.-HS Lafayette, La./Lafayette Christian Academy 6-4 185 Jr.-TR Compton, Calif./Compton HS (Portland St./East L.A. College) 6-0 180 So.-1L Florien, La./Florien HS 5-11 185 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cody CAMBRE - COM DEVONTE Hall - Duh-VON-tay Bill LEWIT - LOU-it Mike MCCONATHY - McCON-uh-thee MALIK METOYER -- MUH-leek Muh-TWY-uhr Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bow-er IZIAHIAH Sweeney - EEZ-eye-uh CZAR Perry - ZAHR JALAN West - JAY-lun

BAILEY WALKER

NATCHITOCHES, LA - NACK-a-dish BOSSIER City, LA - BO-zuhr City FLORIEN, LA - FLOOR-een PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur

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2017-18 PREVIEW You can count on one hand the number of college basketball YOUTH MOVEMENTS NEW FACES teams with more newcomers than Northwestern State. Yet, the Most D-I Freshmen Most D-I Newcomers Demons have a veteran core, featuring one of the game’s oldest Rk Team Total FR Rk Team Total (Fr./Tr.) and most productive players, who is not among the three starters 1. Pittsburgh 7 1. Pittsburgh 11 (7/4) back from last season. Mount St. Mary’s 7 2. Little Rock 10 (4/6) Duke 7 Robert Morris 10 (5/5) Blending the eight newcomers, including six freshmen, with Kentucky 7 4. South Florida 9 (3/6) the experienced Demons is exactly what NSU’s wave substitution 5. Northwestern State 6 Austin Peay 9 (6/3) system can accomplish. Mike McConathy, beginning his 19th year Montana 6 6. NSU 8 (6/2) as head coach, has seen in preseason practice and competition California 6 VCU 8 (3/5) that subbing five-in and five-out at a time is going to be back in Idaho 6 New Mexico 8 (3/5) vogue this winter at Prather Coliseum. Holy Cross 6 Memphis 8 (3/5) “This will be more like what we’ve been accustomed to James Madison 8 (5/3) playing, being able to rotate players and competing at a high, are rotating defensively, creating chaos, and if we will continue to high energy level. That’s crucial in our system,” he said develop in that area, we can become a pretty good team.” days before the season opener at Texas. “We, coaches McConathy’s system has always pointed the Demons toward and players, have to understand that everybody has a playing their best in February and March. Injuries in the last different role that adjusts game to game, depending on two years shortened the rotation and impeded that matchups, to get more production. development. “The intensity level has been very encour The cornerstone figure may be junior center aging. We are showing willingness to do what Ishmael Lane. The catalysts will be senior guards the team needs. Devonte Hall and Jalan West, and the “glue guy,” “Our culture is really in a good place. as McConathy says, is senior swingman Iziahiah The guys are coming in hungry, and the Sweeney. guys who are here have high character “We’ve had some really good interior play and great desire. That’s helped the in preseason with (newcomers) Larry Owens, building process. It’s a lot more enjoyBrandon Hutton, Darian Dixon bringing their able to go to practice when the spirit talents to combine with Ishmael Lane, who has is good, the kids are competing really taken steps forward in his development,” and they really get after it,” said McConathy. “Ish broke out down the McConathy said. “You want stretch last season and he’s raised the level of it to be fun for them. That’s his game since.” most important.” Lane (6-8, 250) emerged in the final Combining the influx weeks of his sophomore year among the of new players with the return better interior players in the Southland of completely committed veterans has Conference. In the Demons’ last eight NSU trending very positively. Senior guard Devonte Hall games, he averaged 14.9 points, “We’re playing a lot harder, shooting 62 percent from the that’s the biggest thing. If you play floor and 77 percent at the hard, the other things come,” said free throw line, posting a McConathy, who has managed 32-point game and two nearly 1,100 games in 34 seamore 20-point outings. sons of college coaching. “We

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Hall and West were a guard tandem eight years ago when nearby Bossier High School won a state title. Hall was a freshman, West was a senior for those Bearkats. Now due to a pair of lost seasons due to knee surgeries for West, they find themselves as classmates, ready for one last run toward postseason success. West (5-11) is NSU’s career assists leader (614) and 3-pointers king (212), is third in steals (219, 45 shy of the record) and sixth all-time in scoring (1,592 points) in school history. After scoring 20 per game and leading the country in assists (7.7 pg) as a junior, he has missed the last two seasons after knee surgeries. Such is the regard for West’s flair and love for the game, and his accomplishments, that in its preseason edition, Sports Illustrated wrote “Jalan West’s return … is good for college basketball.” Hall (6-3) shouldered much of the burden with West sidelined. He’s been a double-digit scorer who has ranked among national assists leaders each of the past two years, 14th in his sophomore year when he issued 6.3 per game. With his Bossier buddy back, and adding freshmen Czar Perry and C.J. Jones in the backcourt mix, Hall is slotted to work on the wing, where he was a dynamic force as a prep senior and has flashed all-conference caliber play as a Demon. Sweeney (6-3) averaged 10.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in Southland games, while giving McConathy a versatile defensive option able to guard up and down. Asking the veteran Demons to hone in on which newcomers will make the biggest contributions is fruitless. They’re unable to narrow the field, praising each of the eight for different attributes. JUCO transfer swingman DeAndre’ Love and freshman Caleb Starks showed in the preseason scrimmages and exhibition game abilities to make impact even without posting noteworthy numbers on a box score. The Demons go from zero to 60 in a hurry, playing their first six games in 14 days, four in the first week. McConathy’s Senior guard wave system affords NSU the chance to stay Jalan West relatively fresh even while getting quality work

in during practices, vital for the newcomers. “We’ve got eight newborn horses trying to find their way,” said the coach, who credited the quote to his son, former Demon Logan McConathy. “When you’re hitting a busy stretch, as we do right out of the gate, in a short period of time, you still have a learning process going on,” he said. “You have to get reps in at practice to improve, but you don’t want to wear people out. We have a system which gives us the best opportunity to limit the physical wear and tear.” Instead, the system wears on opponents, particularly in the stretch runs at the end of each half, when it’s in gear. McConathy believes as West settles into a comfort zone in his return, the other veterans continue to evolve and the newcomers develop, the 2017-18 Demons can progressively become a contender in a hotly competitive conference race.

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2017 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

In 2017-18 • Will be redshirted after offseason hip surgery.

Cody Cambre 6-4 • 205 • Guard • Jr.-2L French Settlement, La. (French Settlement HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

2, 2x, last vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 3, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 1, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 4, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) N/A 1, 3x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) N/A 1, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 11, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

In 2016-17 • Played in eight varsity games, several more junior varsity contests. • only varsity basket, along with three rebounds, in win over Louisiana College on 12/28. • with a 3.2 GPA, qualified again for the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll. In 2015-16: • Played in 12 games, made three free throws. • posted 3.2 GPA in criminal justice to earn spot on Commissioner’s Honor Roll High School: • Averaged a state-best 32.5 points per game as a senior. • named district and parish MVP as a senior. • averaged 22 points as a junior. • scored 18 points per game as a sophomore and 12 as a freshman. • coached by John Chewning and Kenny Gautreau. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. Personal: • Born March 2, 1997. • son of Duane and Karen Cambre. • brother Corey (22) and sister Shelby (17). • criminal justice major who wants to get into federal law enforcement. • has a cumulative 3.2 GPA. • life’s ambition is to not have to check price tags.

2, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 3, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 1, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 11, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16)

CAMBRE’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 12-0 22 1.8 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 1 4 5 0.4 2 1 0.3 0 0 1 3 0.3 16-17 8-0 22 2.8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0.5 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0.3 Tot. 20-0 44 2.2 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 2 7 9 0.5 4 1 0.1 0 0 1 5 0.3

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2017 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

In 2016-17 • Played in 11 varsity games, scoring 12 points. • scored 7 points, including a 3-pointer, and added a rebound and an assist in 12/28 win over Louisiana College. • scored 12 points in the Demon junior varsity’s final outing on the August tour of Canada, helping a 94-73 win against George Brown. • with a 3.2 GPA, qualified for the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

13 Jacob Guest 6-4 • 190 • Guard • So.-1L Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

7, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 3, vs. Nicholls (1/12/17) 3, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 5, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, vs. Houston Baptist (2/9/17) 2, 2x, last vs. Lamar (2/22/17) 1, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 3, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) N/A 1, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 1, 2x, last at Lamar (1/28/17) 17, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16)

High School: • Named second-team All-District 1-5A as a senior. • played varsity golf, finishing fourth in the regional tournament as a senior. Personal: • Born Jan. 28, 1998. • full name is Jacob Price Guest. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. • biology/pre-med major with plans to attend medical school after graduation. • life’s ambition is to share Christ with others. • youngest son of Melinda, a teacher and Greg Guest, a lab director. • has three brothers Parker (21), Paxson (24), and Josh (32). Paxson is a former Demon basketball player. • is the nephew of head coach Mike McConathy, whose sister is Jacob’s mother.

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

GUEST’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 16-17 11-0 39 3.5 4-10 .400 1-7 .143 3-4 .750 1 5 6 0.5 0 1 0.1 4 0 2 12 1.1 Tot. 11-0 39 3.5 4-10 .400 1-7 .143 3-4 .750 1 5 6 0.5 0 1 0.1 4 0 2 12 1.1

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HONORS AND AWARDS • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (JAN. 30, 2017) • 2017 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

Entering 2017-18: • Has 361 career assists, 8th in school history. • his 113 career steals is 23 shy of 10th all-time at NSU. • has six career double-doubles, 33 career double-figure scoring games, five career 20-point outings.

Devonte Hall 6-1 • 180 • Guard • Sr.-3L Bossier City, La. (Bossier HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

28, at Southeastern La. (1/25/17) 8, vs. McNeese State (2/13/16) 8, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 16, 2x, last at Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 14, at Southeastern Louisiana (1/25/17) 17, at Southeastern Louisiana (1/25/17) 3, 3x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 5, at UTEP (12/3/16) 2, at McNeese State (2/14/15) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 44, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

28, at Southeastern La. (1/25/17) 6, 2x, last at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 7, 3x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 16, Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 14, at Southeastern Louisiana (1/25/17) 17, at Southeastern Louisiana (1/25/17) 3, 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 5, at UTEP (12/3/16) 1, 3x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 10, vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 4, 2x, last at Nicholls (2/18/17) 44, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17)

In 2016-17: • fourth-leading scorer at 9.8 overall, and fourth in conference play (10.7 ppg). • second in Southland in assist-turnover ratio (+1.8), fourth in assists pg (4.6), 77th nationally. • recorded 3.80 GPA in spring semester to earn third straight Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition. • 16 points on 3/2 at SFA included 2 clinching FTs with 0:09 left as Demons snapped 5-year, 45-game home win streak in Southland play by Lumberjacks. • got a key long defensive rebound on the baseline on previous possession, called time, then was fouled on inbounds pass in scramble for loose ball. • earned state player of the week award Jan. 30 after scoring a career-best 28 points, 24 after halftime, in 1/25 win at Southeastern. • went 14-17 on FTs, equaling the most made FTs this century by a Demon, in that win. • posted one double-double with 16 points, season-best 10 assists vs. Sam Houston. • three career scoring highs in last 15 games, with 22 (14 in second half) at Rice, then 23 (all in final 9:36) at UIW and 28 at SLU. • hit three clutch last-minute 3-pointers, vs. SFA (to tie with 48 seconds left in OT), at UIW (2.1 seconds left to draw NSU within two), vs. Nicholls (56 seconds left for a 4-point lead) followed by four FT makes in last 28 seconds to salt away win. • 14 double-figure scoring totals, three 20-point performances. • in August four-game exhibition trip to Toronto area, twice scored 21 points, vs. Toronto and York. In 2015-16: • Played in 27 games, starting 26, averaging 10.9 points and 6.3 assists. Missed Houston Baptist game due to his grandmother’s funeral. • led the Southland Conference in assists pg by a full dime pg, and ranked 14th nationally, taking over the point guard slot after the opening-game injury that ended Jalan West’s season. Played mostly at the point, but moved over to the shooting guard spot at times. • 14 assists at Central Arkansas was best by any Southland player and tied for the 8th-best performance in Division I last season. • fifth in the Southland with a plus 2.1 assist to turnover ratio. • 12.9 scoring average in conference games ranked 18th among all league players. • fourth in the conference in double-doubles with 5; 16 points, 11 assists vs. LSU-Alexandria, then three straight: 13/11 in 88-80 win at Nicholls, 11/10 in 91-76 win over Southeastern La., and 20/11 in win vs. UCA, then 16/14 in road loss at UCA.

• twice scored career-best 20, in home win over UCA and 84-82 road loss at SLU. • 15 points, 9 assists, career-best 5 steals at Auburn; 12 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds at No. 16 Baylor • nominated for Academic All-Southland, owning a 3.1 GPA in accounting In 2014-15: • Played in all 32 games, starting 3 as a true freshman, averaging 20 minutes and 5 points. • tallied 9 points, 5 rebounds in career-high 31 minutes in Southland Tournament semifinal battle with Stephen F. Austin. • delivered the game-clinching block of a potential game-tying 3-pointer in quarterfinal victory over McNeese. • hit the game-winning, buzzer-beating, court-length drive to hit a twisting 6-footer to beat UIW 103-101 on Jan. 10. • dropped a season-best 13 points, hitting 6-8 FGs, at A&M-Corpus Christi. • garnered two other double-digit scoring totals, 12 to key comeback win at LSU Alexandria (Nov. 20), and 11 in defeat at UL Monroe (Dec. 9). • sank 10 of 16 shots in a three-game stretch in the middle of Southland play. High School: • Academic All-State with a 3.7 GPA. • twice named All-State Class 3A. • three times first-team all-district, all-city in Shreveport-Bossier, and All-Bossier Parish. • district MVP as a senior, All-Bossier Parish MVP as a junior and senior. • averaged 20.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals as a senior. • voted Mr. Bossier High School by classmates. • helped coach Jeremiah Williams’s Bearkats to four straight Top 28 state tournament appearances and four straight unbeaten district records. • FCA president at Bossier. • in his freshman season, he played with Demon senior Jalan West on the 2011 state championship team. Personal: • Born Dec. 29, 1994. • son of Dewayne and Lorece Hall. • at age 16, lost his father in an electrical accident. • has two brothers, Thomas and Antonio Rasco, and sisters, Olympia Manning and Sherilla Hodge, both 35. • majoring in accounting. • Dean’s List student with a 3.0 GPA. • played on an Athletes In Action team on a weeklong tour of Poland in 2016, helping the squad score two wins over the Belarus national junior team. Teammates included Baylor’s King McClure, Clemson’s Legend Robertin and Arkansas State’s Christan Davis, and two players from the Polish national junior team. • along with mission work, the team toured infamous Nazi concentration camp sites at Auschwitz and Birkenau

HALL’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 14-15 32-3 641 20.0 61-177 .345 7-48 .146 30-43 .698 18 48 66 2.1 76 56 1.8 37 4 15-16 27-26 786 29.1 100-242 .413 17-51 .333 77-109 .706 16 76 92 3.4 74 171 6.3 80 2 16-17 29-28 770 26.6 86-208 .413 12-44 .273 99-128 .773 9 60 69 2.4 93 134 4.6 74 2 Tot. 88-57 2197 25.0 247-627 .393 36-143 .252 206-280 .736 43 184 227 2.6 243 361 4.1 191 8

STL. PTS. AVG. 31 159 5.0 44 294 10.9 38 283 9.8 103 736 8.4

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20 Ishmael Lane 6-8 • 250 • Forward/Center • Jr.-2L Port Allen, La. (Port Allen HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

32, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 14, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 11, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 15, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 10, vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 14, vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 1, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (2/16/17) 1, 4x, last vs. New Orleans (2/25/17) 3, 7x, last vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 4, vs. UL Monroe (12/17/16) 4, at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 36, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

32, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 13, at Nicholls (2/18/17) 11, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 15, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 9, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 11, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 1, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (2/16/17) 1, 3x, last vs. New Orleans (2/25/17) 3, vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 4, vs. UL Monroe (12/17/16) 2, 4x, last at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 36, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17)

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 NCAA’S TOP 64 FRESHMEN (COLLEGE COURT REPORT) Entering 2017-18: three occasions, including at Ole Miss in his college • Leading scorer returning from 2016-17 squad. debut. • has six career double-doubles. • scored 13 at Ole Miss to signal he was ready for • has 34 of 57 career games scoring in double figures. prime time. • three double-doubles: 20 points, 12 rebounds in In 2016-17: last-minute home loss to UNO, 17/14 in 15-point • Third-leading scorer (11.0) overall, in Southland home win over Southeastern La., 18/11 in road loss play (11.6), scoring in double digits 17 times. at A&M/Corpus Christi, his only non-start of the • top rebounder overall (6.2) and in league games season. (6.3). • scored in double figures in 17 games, including 17 • emerged in the final weeks of his sophomore year at Arkansas with 6 rebounds. among the better interior players in the Southland. • breakout game was season-best 25 points, 9 • in last eight games, averaged 14.9 points, shooting rebounds in hard-fought six-point win over Louisiana 62 percent FGs and 77 percent on FTs, and 6.9 College. rebounds. • 17 points vs. No. 16 Baylor in competitive 75-62 • posted a career-best 32-point game at ACU 2/11, loss in Waco. going 11-15 on FGs and 9-11 on FTs, making his first career 3 to beat the shot clock in a 20-point second High School: half. • All-state player as a senior. • last five Saturday games were outstanding, with • selected to The Advocate All-Metro team and was three double-doubles and averages of 20 ppg, 9.4 named a swat team captain. rebounds. • averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks as • recovered from miserable start at FT line (was una senior. der 50 percent all season until 2/4 vs. SFA, going 5-6) • helped Port Allen to the quarterfinals. by sinking 73 percent (49-67) over last 13 games. • second-team all-district as a junior. • three double-double games: 19 points, 11 rebounds vs. SFA (career-long 35 minutes, including Personal: OT); 17/13 at Nicholls, 12/10 in win over Southland • Born June 20, 1997. champ UNO. • son of Veda Ferdinand. • only non-start, for second straight year, was vs. • business administration major aims to play in the AMCC. NBA or own his own business. • despite being ill 3/2 at SFA, scored go-ahead layup • nicknames are “Ish” and “Big Dog.” with 1:34 to go in 72-67 victory snapping hosts’ 5-year, 45-game Southland home streak. In 2015-16: • Third-leading scorer for Demons (11.5 points pg), top rebounder (5.6) while starting 27 of NSU’s 28 games, averaging 25 minutes. • team-best 56.6% shooting aim ranked fifth in the Southland Conference; made 120 shots in 28 games, needed 20 more to meet NCAA minimum that would have ranked him 38th nationally. • top-ranked freshman rebounder in the Southland Conference, 17th overall. • did his best rebounding in Southland play, with a 6.2 average, 14th in the league. • with 1.0 blocks pg, ranked 12th in the Southland, third among freshmen. • led team overall with 57% shooting aim, shot 68% on FTs, getting to the line 121 times, second on the team. • blocked 27 shots, with a single-game high of 3 on

LANE’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 28-27 703 25.1 120-212 .566 0-1 .000 82-121 .678 56 102 158 5.6 86 16 0.6 44 27 20 322 11.5 16-17 29-28 740 25.5 117-223 .525 2-3 .667 83-142 .585 56 125 181 6.2 64 26 0.9 55 20 17 319 11.0 Tot. 57-55 1443 25.3 237-435 .545 2-4 .500 165-263 .627 112 227 339 5.9 150 42 0.7 99 47 37 641 11.2

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malik METOYER

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In 2016-17: • Played in 10 games before knee injury sustained in a Christmas-break pickup game back home sidelined him for the rest of the season, and forced surgery 1/18. • 10 points, 6 rebounds at Oklahoma. • career-best 10 rebounds vs. LSU-Shreveport.

10 Malik Metoyer 6-7 • 190 • Guard • Jr.-2L Clarence, La. (Lakeview HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

14, at Centenary (12/29/15) 10, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 5, 2x, last at Oklahoma (11/13/16) 5, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 6, 2x, last vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 2, 2x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) 3, 2x, last vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 2, 2x, last vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 3, 2x, last at Missouri (11/26/16) 3, vs. UL Monroe (12/17/16) 19, 2x, last at Missouri (11/26/16)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

10, at Oklahoma (11/13/16) 10, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 4, at Oklahoma (11/13/16) 5, at Oklahoma (11/13/16) 5, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 6, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 1, vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 1, 3x, last at UTEP (12/3/16) 2, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 3, 2x, last at Missouri (11/26/16) 3, vs. UL Monroe (12/17/16) 19, 2x, last at Missouri (11/26/16)

In 2015-16: • Played in all 28 games, starting 7, averaging 2.4 points pg. • season-high 14 points (5-5 FGs, 2-2 on 3s) helped spark blowout win at Centenary, when he also matched his season-best rebounding total (4), also against LSU-Alexandria earlier. • his 7-point burst in 6 first-half minutes helped Demons take control in 16-point home win over Central Arkansas. • otherwise, he did not score more than 3 points in any conference game. High School: • Played key role for a Lakeview team that appeared in consecutive Class 2A state title games. • two-time all-district player who was the MVP of I-20 All-Star Classic. • averaged 10 points and six rebounds as a senior. • led Lakeview to the quarterfinals as a sophomore. • won the hustle award as a sophomore. • coached by Brian Williams, a former Northwestern State player. • graduated from Lakeview with a 3.6 GPA. • member of the Beta Club and Healthy Youth Club. Personal: • Born April 1, 1997. • son of Brian Metoyer and Trakina Winslow. • three brothers James Metoyer (16), Mykel Slaughter (13 and Brian Metoyer Jr. (infant). • two sisters, Na’Kayla Metoyer (13) and Brilee Metoyer (7). • cousin Justice Winslow plays for Miami Heat • majoring in general studies (arts and communications emphasis) and aspires to enter the NBA Draft and play professionally. • Life’s ambition is to change the world for the better.

METOYER’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 15-16 28-7 240 8.6 22-52 .423 6-25 .240 16-24 .667 12 28 40 1.4 30 12 0.4 18 5 16-17 10-0 144 14.4 12-25 .480 1-3 .333 18-26 .692 10 27 37 3.7 13 8 0.8 10 6 Tot. 38-7 384 10.1 37-77 .481 7-28 .250 34-50 .680 22 55 77 2.0 43 20 0.5 28 11

STL. PTS. AVG. 6 66 2.4 6 43 4.3 12 109 2.9

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iziahiah SWEENEY

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1 Iziahiah Sweeney 6-3 • 190 • Guard • Sr.-1L Compton, Calif. • Compton HS (Portland State/East L.A. College)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

20, 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 10, at Incarnate Word (1/5/17) 8, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 15, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 6, vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 7, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (2/16/17) 6, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2/16/17) 3, vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 3, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 5, vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 42, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

In 2016-17: • Averaged 10.4 ppg in 18-game Southland season, two points more than his overall scoring average. • shot three percentage points better from the field, five better from 3-point range, and four better on FTs in league play. • in 10 games from 1/12 to 2/18, averaged 13.4 ppg, 4.7 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent overall (50100) and on 3s (15-30). • hadn’t made a 3-pointer all season until that streak. • 11 double-digit scoring totals, including nine of last 14 games. • twice scored season-high 20, at UCA, vs. SFA to highlight his Southland surge. • finished with a flourish, snapping a three-game skid with only 13 points by scoring 14 and grabbing five rebounds in season-ending homecourt win over UCA. Prior to NSU: • Played one season at East Los Angeles College and one season at Portland State. • helped lead East Los Angeles to a 26-4 record and was named the MVP of the Southern Conference of California junior colleges. • averaged 18 points per game for the Huskies. • named East Los Angeles College’s Male Athlete of the Year. • appeared in 25 games as a freshman at Portland State, starting two. • had a season-best 10 points against city rival Portland. High School: • Two-year letterman for coach Tony Thomas at Compton High School. • averaged 17.5 points per game and was named first-team All-Moore League and All-CIF as a senior when Compton posted a 26-7 record. • helped Compton reach the Division 2 state semifinals. • ranked the No. 44 shooting guard nationally by ESPN, the 33rd-best shooting guard on the West Coast California’s No. 19 overall prospect. • won the 2014 Ballislife All-American Dunk Contest. • first-team All-Moore League as a junior. • graduated with a 3.3 grade point average. Personal: • Born July 15, 1996. • son of Makeda and James Sweeney. • has two brothers, Imani and Josiah, and one sister, Seraiah. Imani will graduate from Northeastern University in 2017. • communications major whose career plans include working with kids in his hometown. • life’s ambition is “to glorify God and accomplish my long-term goals.”

SWEENEY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 16-17 29-20 750 25.9 87-224 .388 17-55 .309 53-77 .688 43 66 109 3.8 52 32 1.1 44 14 35 244 8.4 Tot. 29-20 750 25.9 87-224 .388 17-55 .309 53-77 .688 43 66 109 3.8 52 32 1.1 44 14 35 244 8.4

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bailey WALKER

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2017 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

44 Bailey Walker 6-0 • 180 • Guard • Jr.-2L Florien, La. (Florien HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

20, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 3, 2x, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 6, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 13, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 5, 2x, last vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 6, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 3, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 6, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 1, at Arkansas (12/1/15) 5, 3x, last vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 2, 4x, last vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 27, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15)

2016-17 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

6, at UTEP (12/3/16) 3, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 2, at UTEP (12/3/16) 6, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 1, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 2, at UTEP (12/3/16) 2, 3x, last vs. Houston Baptist (2/9/17) N/A 3, vs. New Orleans (2/25/17) 2, 2x, last vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 21, vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16)

In 2016-17: • Played in all but one game despite a painful right sublexed shoulder injury. • 6 points at UTEP, going 2-2 on 3s in Demons’ win, getting his first points of the season. • 3 assists in 4 minutes to help NSU upset eventual Southland champ UNO on 2/25 in Prather Coliseum. • nailed a key 3-pointer with 4:28 left during comeback to win at Nicholls. • with a 3.0 spring GPA, qualified for the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll. • swiped a game-high five steals to help the Demons cap their four-game Canadian tour in August with a hard-fought 85-80 victory at Toronto, who had beaten UNLV on a neutral court the previous weekend. 2015-16 Season: • Moved into backup point guard role after injury to Jalan West in season opener, played in remaining 27 games, starting at Baylor. • averaged 3.0 points, 1.3 assists in 11 minutes pg, shooting 74% on FTs • exploded for 20 points in 105-79 win vs. Missouri Valley, adding season-best 5 assists. Scored 15 in the first half and wound up 6-13 on FGs, 3-6 on 3s, 5-5 on FTs in 27 minutes off the bench. • poured in 17 points in last-second 102-99 home loss to UNO. Last-minute driving layup got NSU within 100-99. • also issued 5 assists at Houston Baptist, scoring 8 points. • posted 5 assists at Arkansas. • made Commissioner’s Honor Roll with 3.2 GPA in industrial engineering technology High School: • Two-time all-state selection, two-time all-district MVP, two-time all-parish MVP and two-time The Times All-Area team. • led Florien to consecutive Class B semifinals as a junior and senior with 40-plus wins. • added two more all-district selections and an all-parish selection. • all-academic first team for three years. • graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Personal: • Born Nov. 17, 1995. • son of Klifford and Stephanie Walker. • his father is a coach, his mother a teacher. • brother Jordan (18) and sister Maggie (14). • industrial engineering major who plans to work offshore or in a plant. • aspires to push himself as hard as he can to be as great as he can.

WALKER’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 15-16 27-1 308 11.4 26-65 .400 14-28 .500 14-19 .737 5 17 22 0.8 36 39 1.4 43 1 16-17 28-0 280 10.0 5-24 .208 5-16 .313 1-2 .500 6 6 12 0.4 27 14 0.5 22 0 Tot. 55-1 588 10.7 31-89 .348 19-44 .432 15-21 .714 11 23 34 0.6 63 53 0.9 65 1

STL. PTS. AVG. 11 80 3.0 9 16 0.6 20 96 1.7

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jalan WEST

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Return: • Will play in a regular-season game for the first time in 734 days on Nov. 17 at Prather Coliseum vs. Rice. • granted a rare seventh season of eligibility by the NCAA on 5/5/17. NCAA compliance director Dustin Eubanks and his staff found three precedents cited in the waiver request. • must sit out first three contests due to a secondary, Level III self-reported NCAA violation that occurred in the aftermath of his second knee injury last fall.

12 Jalan West 5-11 • 185 • Guard • Sr.-3L Bossier City, La. • (Bossier HS)

CAREER HIGHS

Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

36, 2x, last at New Orleans (2/21/15) 11, vs. Tennessee-Martin (3/19/15) 12, 2x, last vs. Tenn.-Marin (3/19/15) 24, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 13, at LSU-Alexandria (11/20/14) 14, 2x, last at LSU-Alexandria (11/20/14) 8, vs. Tennessee-Martin (3/19/15) 14, 2x, last vs. Tenn.-Martin (3/19/15) 3, vs. Lamar (1/14/14) 14, vs. Missouri Valley (11/29/14) 7, vs. Lamar (1/5/13) 45, at Baylor, 2OT (12/18/13)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS

Points: 25, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Rebounds: 3, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Field Goals: 8, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Field Goal Attempts: 13, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Free Throws: 3, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Free Throw Attempts: 4, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 3-Pointers: 6, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 3-Point Attempts: 10, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Blocks: N/A Assists: 6, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) Steals: N/A Minutes: 30, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) NOTE: West was injured and did not play in the 2016-17 season.

HONORS AND AWARDS

A full list of West’s career honors and awards can be found on page 23.

Recently: • Scored 20 points, had 6 assists Nov. 6 in 92-85 exhibition victory at Grambling, in his first public competition since injuring his left knee in the final minute of the opening game of the 2015-16 season 11/13/15 at Ole Miss. Career: • School single-season (246), career (614) assists leader • school single-season (86) and career (206) leader in 3-point field goals • sixth all-time at NSU in career scoring (1,592) – needs 442 to break Zeek Woodley’s record of 2,033 from 1973-77 • third all-time at NSU in career steals (219) – needs 46 to break Tyrone Mitchell’s record of 264 (2002-06) • his .863 career free throw percentage is best all-time by any Southland Conference player; second in school history but the best by a Demon with more than 41 free throw attempts per season or 82 in a career (West has attempted 459 career FTs). • also ranks in career top 10s in Southland history in assists (614, 4th), assists per game (6.4, 2nd), steals (219, 9th), steals pg (2.3, 6th), and 3-point aim (40.1%, 9th). • has three top 10 Southland Conference single-season performances, his 246 assists (2nd), 7.7 assist average (6th) and 42.2% 3-point aim (9th) in 2014-15. • at end of last season, ranked 4th among all active players in assist average (6.40 pg), 6th in assist-turnover ratio (2.60), 7th in steal average (2.28), 10th in steals (219), 12th in assists (614), 16th in FT aim (.863), 26th in scoring average (16.6 ppg), 26th among players with at least 1,500 points and 350 assists, 68th in 3-pointers (212) and 69th in points (1,592). • career assist total of 614 is second all returning NCAA Division I players. • career steals average of 2.27 pg ranks 4th among all returning players; his 219 career steals is highest total by any returner. • career assist/turnover ratio of +2.60 is 3rd among all returning players. • his career 16.6 scoring average ranks 12th nationally among all returning players with 1,000 career points. • career 1,592 points ranks 7th among all returning players. • career 2.6-to-1 assist to turnover ratio ranks him in the top 15 in NCAA history. • averaging 1.46 points per field goal attempt, compa-

rable to Duke legend J.J. Redick’s career 1.45 points per FGA average (Kerry Miller, BleacherReport.com). • 19th since 1995-96 in career assist average; on pace to finish in top 10 in career assists (since 1995-96 according to Sports-Reference.com. • Demons have either led the country in scoring (201415, 84.0 ppg) or finished second (2013-14, 86.7 ppg; 2012-13, 80.0 ppg) in his first three seasons. • NSU is 59-35 overall with two national postseason tournament appearances, 40-14 in Southland Conference regular-season play in his career. • has hit half (280-558) of his career shots inside the 3-point arc, 40% on 3s, 86% at the line. • has 9 career 30-point games, 30 career 20-point games, and 75 career double-figure scoring games. • 11 career double-doubles, 9 with points/assists, 2 with points/rebounds. • 2 career games with 10 or more rebounds. • 10 career games with 10 or more assists. • 34 career games with 8 or more assists. • 19 games in which he contributed at least 50% of NSU’s points with scoring and assists, including 7 of the last 8 in 2014-15. • has been responsible for 37% of the points scored by the Demons in his 3+ seasons (1,592 scored, 1,412 assisted on 424 2-pointers, 190 3-pointers). • only 1 career game (at Oral Roberts in his freshman year) without an assist on a 2-point bucket. • only 18 games without an assist on a 3-pointer, just 3 of those games as a junior. • has an ongoing streak of 16 games with an assist and at least one 3-pointer. • notably took part in two games of H-O-R-S-E with first-year NSU president Dr. Jim Henderson, the first on Aug. 3, 2015, on Henderson’s backyard (the Brickyard) goal; the second at the NSU Tipoff Party Oct. 22, with Lady Demon senior point guard Janelle Perez also in the mix. West won both. • graduated in May 2016 with a general studies degree. • introduced Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, the commencement speaker, at NSU’s Spring 2016 ceremonies. • 2015-16 nominee for NABC Allstate Good Works Team for leadership, character, on-court performance, community service. In 2016-17 • Served as a student coach for the second straight season, following August surgery on his left knee, the second surgery in a year for him. • re-injured the knee shortly after being cleared to resume basketball activities prior to August 2016 fourgame exhibition trip to Toronto area. In 2015-16: • It ended abruptly at the end of the opening game at Ole Miss, when a left knee injury in the final minute required reconstructive surgery. • scored 25 points, issued 6 assists at Ole Miss, hitting 8-13 shots, 6-10 on 3s.

WEST’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 12-13 32-5 804 25.1 107-254 .421 50-144 .347 61-73 .836 17 64 81 2.5 65 165 5.2 60 75 4 325 10.2 13-14 31-29 1021 32.9 184-397 .463 70-171 .409 163-186 .876 14 111 125 4.0 75 197 6.4 84 78 8 601 19.4 14-15 32-32 1104 34.5 193-423 .456 86-204 .422 169-196 .862 18 122 140 4.4 63 246 7.7 90 66 11 641 20.0 15-16 1-1 30 30.0 8-13 .615 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 0 3 3 3.0 3 6 6.0 2 0 0 25 25.0 16-17 DNP-Injured Tot. 96-67 2959 30.8 492-1087 .453 212-529 .401 396-459 .863 49 300 349 3.6 206 614 6.4 236 219 23 1592 16.6

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• had a dynamic second half, hitting 7 straight shots and 8-10, including 6-7 on 3s, pouring in 24 in the final 20 minutes. • “He went Steph Curry on us,” said Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy. • spent remainder of season as a student coach and goodwill ambassador with referees. • three days after his graduation, received a sixth-year waiver from the NCAA allowing him eligibility for 2016-17. 2014-15 Season: • led NCAA in assists pg (7.7), 16th in scoring (20.0 ppg). • with Zeek Woodley, formed the highest scoring tandem in college basketball (42.2 ppg). • they were dubbed “J-Z on Tour” early in the season by CollegeInsider.com. • top 25 in 8 NCAA season stats, Top 50 in 11, Top 100 in 17 national stats. • only college player in the NCAA top 25 in scoring, assists, and steals. • sixth in total assists (246), 23rd in total points (641), 31st in total steals (66). • 20th in 3-point FG aim (42.2%), 45th in 3-point FGs per game (2.69), 53rd in 3-point FG made (86), 90th in 3-point FG attempts (204). • 22nd in assist/turnover ratio (+2.73), 23rd in steals pg (2.06). • 22nd in FT made (169), 32nd in FT percentage (86.2), 52nd in FT attempts (196). • 96th in double-doubles (7), six with points and assists, one with points and rebounds. • 78th in FG made (193), 83rd in total FG attempts (424), 124th in FG percentage (45.5). • was responsible for 45.3% of NSU’s points (641 scored, 576 assisted – 84 3-pointers, 162 2-pointers). • responsible for a career-best 63% of Demon scoring in CollegeInsider.com game vs. UT Martin, with 34 points and 7 assists producing 16 more points. • responsible for a career-best 54 points vs. UNO on 3/7 with 33 points, 9 assists. • 7 games with 10 or more assists, high of 14 vs. Missouri Valley (11/29), also 12 vs. McNeese in Southland Tournament (with 1 turnover, 24 points). • matched career-high 36 points at UNO, hitting buzzer-beaters at the end of each half. Hit 53-footer at halftime, 27-foot fallaway 3 off glass to win the game 87-84. • the buzzer-beaters earned him No. 2 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays list for Feb. 1. • also involved in #SCTop10 with his half-court lob to Ta’Jon Welcome at SFA. • 5 games of 30 points or more, capped by 34 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists in CollegeInsider.com Tournament game vs. UT Martin (8-14 on 3s). • back-to-back 30-point games with 33 vs. Incarnate Word, 30 vs. Abilene Christian. • 7 double-doubles, including the UT Martin outing, with the others all points/rebounds: 11/14 vs. Missouri Valley, 19/10 vs. UL Lafayette, 17/11 vs. Lamar, 10/11 vs. UCA, 13/10 vs. SLU (2), 24/12 vs. McNeese (3). • five near triple-doubles: UT Martin (34 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists); McNeese (25/7/12), UNO (33/9/8); UCA (28/7/7), McNeese (25/8/8), also 0 turnovers. • 6 games with 10+ assists. • tied school single-game FT accuracy mark (100%, at least 8 attempts) by going 11-11 at SFA. • was Demons’ top rebounder in last 15 games, averaging 5.5 per game. • in last 8 games, hit 57% on 3s (34-60). • 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists in last-minute 100-92 loss at Arkansas. • became first Demon ever to record two 600-point seasons, first to post two of the top 10 season scoring totals. • broke 41-year-old NSU season assists record in Southland Tournament semifinal vs. SFA. • 8 assists at Oklahoma, 9 assists at Texas Tech. • has an ongoing streak of 15 games with an assist on at least one 3-pointer. • had career best 8 assists on 3-pointers in 3/2 win over SLU. 2013-14 Season: • Was the only player in the nation to average at least 19 points, 6 assists, 2.5 steals and 4 rebounds (averaging 19.4 points, 6.4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2.5 steals). Was first player since Hofstra’s Speedy Claxton in 1999-2000 to post such a stat line. • late in the season, BleacherReport.com rated him NCAA’s 4th-best player under 6-0. • set new school season steals record (78). • 87.6% FT aim was third-best in school history for a season, but tops all players with over 100 attempts (he had 186). • 19.4 scoring average tops at NSU since 1993-94 when Southland Player of the Year Eric Kubel (24.3) and Larry Terry (22.5) were seniors. • four double-doubles: 20 points/10 assists vs. Niagara, 13/10 vs. Abilene Christian, 27/10 vs. Incarnate Word, 12 points/10 rebounds at Sam Houston. • 29 double-figure scoring games, including 13 with 20 or more. • 11 games with 8 or more assists; 3 with 10 or more.

• 53rd in NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.35). • one of just two players in NCAA top 10 in assists and steals (eighth in both) • was 24th nationally in FT percentage (87.6), 35th in scoring. • shot 46% overall, 41%on 3-pointers. • Southland ranks: first in assists and FT aim, second in steals, third in assist-turnover ratio, fourth in scoring and 3-pointers made pg, ninth in minutes pg (32.9), 11th in 3-point aim. • fourth player in 101 years of basketball at NSU to score 600 points in a season (604). • best single-season scoring average at NSU in 20 seasons. • at his best in big games: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists at No. 12-ranked Baylor, including a 3-pointer with 14.5 seconds left to force OT; 15 points, 9 assists, 5 steals at No. 15 Memphis. • career-best 36 points, one of four 30-point outings last season, in Southland semifinals in epic outing vs. SFA, on only 16 FGA (7-14 on 3s), 11-12 on FTs • near triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists at Sam Houston (Feb. 6). • 30 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals in 111-92 win at Auburn. 2012-13 Season: • 4th-leading scorer (10.2) for Southland Tournament champs. • 11th nationally in assist/turnover ratio, 17th in steals, 55th in assist. • led SLC in steals (2.34), assist-turnover ratio (+2.75), 3rd in assists (5.2), 8th in 3-pointers per game (1.6). • hit 28 of last 31 free throws (90%) since 1/17, with streak of 21 ended at Niagara. His 83.6% aim on free throws would have led the Southland if he had made three more attempts to reach the minimum of two made per game. • posted first career double-double (11 points, 12 assists) 3/9 vs. Sam Houston, while committing no turnovers. The dozen assists were the best single-game performance in the SLC all season and there were only 40 better in NCAA in ‘12-13. • had a key steal, hit 4-4 FTs in final minute of 79-76 comeback win at SLU. • recorded 9 assists vs. McNeese and Oral Roberts among seven games with at least 8 dimes. • perfect shooting (5-5 FG, 3-3 3s, 2-2 FTs), 15 point, 7 assists in 1/19 win over SLU. • scored 17 times in double figures with a season-high 26 in a season-opening rout of East Texas Baptist. • started first five games, then moved into the 2nd wave. 2011-12 Season: • Redshirted because of NCAA Clearinghouse issues. High School: • Ranked as high as the No. 2 prospect in Louisiana by some recruiting services. • guided Bossier HS to the state championship in 2011 after a 33-2 season. • back-to-back state finalists in 2010 (38-2) and 2009 (33-7). • Bearkats went 135-21 (.865) in his career. • 2011 All-American nominee. • three-time all-state selection, twice all-city (Shreveport/Bossier) MVP. • three-time all-district selection. • averaged 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals a game in 2010. Personal: • Born April 12, 1993. • son of Janice West and George Hairston. • three brothers, Jarrien Hariston, Demetrious Hairston and Jordan Hairston. • three sisters Aneisha West, Shaquita West and Keandra West. • full name is Jalan Dominique West. • nicknames are “J Rock” and “J Dub.” • graudated in May 2016 with a general studies degree. • pursuing second undergraduate degree in addiction studies, has 3.0 GPA. • lifelong ambition is to provide a better life for his family. • immediate ambition is to be listed at 6-feet tall.

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#KEEPTHEFAITH HONORS AND AWARDS • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (11/16/2015) • RANKED NO. 50 AMONG DRAFTEXPRESS.COM’S NCAA 2015-16 SENIORS • RANKED NO. 69 AMONG CBS SPORTS’ TOP 100 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF 2015-16 (ONLY SOUTHLAND PLAYER INCLUDED) • RANKED NO. 93 AMONG COLLEGE BASKETBALL TALK (NBC SPORTS) TOP 100 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF 2015-16 (ONLY SOUTHLAND PLAYER ) • 2015-16 KENPOM.COM #SHOOTERSCLUB, TOP FIVE 3-POINT SHOOTERS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL (VS. EXCLUSIVELY DIVISION I OPPONENTS) • 2015-16 LOU HENSON MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST • 2015-16 COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA, FIRST TEAM • 2015-16 PRESEASON MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM, COLLEGE BASKETBALL TALK/NBC SPORTS • 2015-16 “20 MOST EXCITING PLAYERS TO WATCH” BY BRIAN PEDERSON, BLEACHERREPORT.COM • 2015-16 “MOST LIKELY TO REACH 2,000 CAREER POINTS,” RANKED FIFTH BY KERRY MILLER, BLEACHERREPORT.COM • 2015-16 (WITH ZEEK WOODLEY) “BEST DUOS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL,” BRIAN PEDERSON, BLEACHERREPORT.COM • 2015-16 (WITH ZEEK WOODLEY) “TOP 10 BACKCOURTS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL,” NO. 9, REED HUNNICUTT, RANTSPORTS.COM • 2014-15 NCAA ASSIST LEADER (7.7 ASSISTS PER GAME) • 2014-15 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SELECTION • 2014-15 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM • 2015 COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICAN • 2014-15 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ALL-DISTRICT 23 TEAM, FIRST TEAM SELECTION • 2014-15 LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM, FIRST TEAM SELECTION • LOU HENSON AWARD, AMONG 30 FINALISTS PRESENTED TO COLLEGEINSIDER.COM’S 2014-15 MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR • 2014-15 COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS SECOND TEAM AMONG 20 TOP MID-MAJOR STANDOUTS • LOU HENSON AWARD MID-SEASON WATCH LIST BY COLLEGEINSIDER.COM (1/21/2015) • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK (12/29/2014) • LOUISIANA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK (12/29/2014) • 2014-15 MOST EXCITING UNDER-THE-RADAR COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS BY KERRY MILLER, BLEACHERREPORT.COM COLUMNIST • 2014-15 SBNATION.COM COLUMNIST PARKS SMITH’S THE NATION’S TOP MID-MAJOR POINT GUARDS • 2014-15 NBCSPORTS.COM PRESEASON MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM • 2014-15 PRESEASON MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA AMONG 30 CANDIDATES FOR THE LOU HENSON AWARD BY COLLEGEINSIDER.COM • 2014-15 LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST (MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR) • 2014-15 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM • 2014-15 PRESEASON MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICAN (NBCSPORTS.COM, COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS) • 2013-14 MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA (COLLEGEINSIDER.COM, COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS) • 2013-14 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • 2013-14 LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM, FIRST TEAM SELECTION • 2013-14 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM • 2012-13 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR • 2012-13 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM • 2012-13 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION • 2012-13 LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM, HONORABLE

Sports Illustrated knows West’s worth From its college basketball preview that ranked all 351 Division I men’s basketball teams, Sports Illustrated had this to say about Jalan West’s return to competition:

“Jalan West is entering a nearly unprecedented seventh year of eligibility. The former 20 points-per-game scorer’s return to action is great news for college basketball.”

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What they’re saying about Jalan West ... “Jalan West (is) a 5-10 guard who’s a blur and someone who has played his best games against the best competition. He had 30 points against Auburn, 28 against Kenneth ‘Speedy’ Smith at Louisiana Tech and 26 against Baylor when his team lost in overtime. You’re talking about a small guard who shot 41 percent from 3-point range, 46.3 percent from the 2-point range and averaged 6.4 assists and 2.5 steals a game. UTEP coach Tim Floyd said that in his own way West is as good as NBA lottery pick Elfrid Payton.” -- Seth Greenberg, former Virginia Tech head coach and current ESPN college basketball analyst

“Any player who plays some serious H-O-R-S-E with his school’s president is OK by me. According to Sports-Reference, the only player on this list who was worth more win shares than Jalan West last season: Kyle Wiltjer. West is a guy who, according to coaches I’ve spoken with in the Southland, is quite clearly the best player in the league. He led the nation in assist average, and at 5-foot-10, is one of the most entertaining guys out there. Root for his team to make the NCAA Tournament.” -- Matt Norlander, CBS Sports

“West has the skill to be the next player in the Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard club of mid-major players who become NBA stars.” -- Kerry Miller, Bleacher Report national college basketball columnist

“His numbers are inflated by Northwestern State’s uptempo style of play. That doesn’t make him any less talented though.” -- Rob Dauster, NBCSports.com analyst

“The Demons single-handedly kept last season from being the lowest-scoring in college basketball’s modern history. And West was a big reason why. He’s the rare #ShootersClub candidate that can make 3’s and get to the free throw line in decent numbers. In his three seasons at Natchitoches, West has made 40.1% of his bombs against D-I opponents. He’s also attempted 418 free throws, making 86% of those. At 5-10, he’s the shortest member of this season’s club, so don’t let size get in the way of your sharpshooting dreams, kids. He popped up on at least one top 100 list and he may find himself on an NBA summer league roster in a few months.” -- Ken Pomeroy, KenPom.com

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What’s ahead for West Jalan West has a couple of NSU milestones in range and holds significant status in NCAA career rankings among active players. Here’s where West stands entering the 2017-18 season: Scoring: Has 1,592 points, 6th in school history. That’s 408 from becoming our third 2,000-point scorer. School record, set last year by Zeek Woodley, is 2,033 – 441 away for West, who averaged 20 ppg in his last full season. Steals: Has 219, is 45 away from school record set in 2005-06 by Tyrone Mitchell (264). West has a 2.28 career per game average.

Oldest players in Division I basketball

His career totals for steals, steals pg, assists, assists pg, assist-to-turnover ratio, free throw percentage and scoring rank highly on NCAA active player lists; they did entering last season, but since he did not play in 2016-17, he was dropped from the lists but will reappear once he plays a game. • His 614 assists will rank No. 1 in the country starting the season. • 6.4 assists pg will rank at least No. 2 (Jaaron Simmons, Ohio has 7.2 pg) • 219 steals w/rank No. 1 in the country • 2.28 steals pg w/rank 4th or better •2.60 assist-to-turnover ratio will rank 3rd or better • 1,592 points will rank 6th or better •.863 FT% is 18th or better

(as of NCAA season opening Nov. 10) 25 years, 307 days old - Josh Boutte, Sam Houston State Didn’t enter college until 2017 25 years, 273 days old – Gibson Johnson, Hawai’i Served on a church mission 25 years, 143 days old – Zach Nelson, Utah Valley Served on a LDS Church mission, then had a redshirt season and a medical redshirt season 24 years, 352 days old – Isaac Neilson, Utah Valley Served on a LDS Church mission 24 years, 345 days old – Kyle Brown, Cornell Served on a LDS Church mission Only returning player to have at least 1,500 points 24 years, 296 days old – Ron Patterson, IUPUI (1,592) and 600 (614) assists. Closest appears to be Prep school in 2012-13, two years at Syracuse, sat out a season Murray State’s Johnathan Stark (1,546 points, 452 transferring to IUPUI, played last year 24 years, 282 days old – Dusty Baker, Weber State assists). Served on a LDS Church mission 24 years, 226 days old – Ronald Delph, Florida Atlantic Prep school, then redshirted at Auburn before transferring to FAU 24 years, 213 days old – Jalan West, Northwestern State Academic issue out of HS, then two right knee injuries delaying his senior season; appeal re academic issue restored one year, then got a 7thyear after second knee injury occurring in late summer 2016 2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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Before NSU: • At Mount Zion (N.C.) Christian Academy, was team MVP and captain for coach Tony Barnett. • averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds for a 24-win team. • selected by Slamonline.com as one of the top five performers in the 2017 Mount Zion Showcase of Champions Tournament. • represented Durham in the Raleigh-Durham High School All-Star Game.

23 Darian Dixon 6-8 • 220 • Forward • Fr.-HS Bowie, Md. (Mt. Zion Christian Academy)

High School: • As a senior at Scotland (Pa.) Performance Institute, helped his team win the 2016 Slam City Championship • averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds for coach Jareem Dowling. • in his junior year, playing at Bishop McNamara (Md.) HS, led team with a 7.1 rebounding average, 65 percent shooting, and also in blocked shots and free throw attempts for coach Marty Keithline. • was MVP of the Bishop McNamara Holiday Tournament, averaging 18 points and 7.5 rebounds. • first-team All-Tournament at the Kruel Classic in Coral Springs, Fla. • as a sophomore, scored 12 and had 10 rebounds in upset playoff win over Washington Catholic Athletic Association top-seeded St. John’s HS. • played tight end on the football team as a sophomore. • played AAU basketball for the DC Thunder coached by Zach Suber. • as a freshman, attended DeMatha Catholic HS and was classmate and teammate of Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Also played with Fultz for coach Corey McCrue on the DC Blue Devils. Personal: • Born September 29, 1997. • son of Cedric and Nicole Dixon. His father is an asset manager, and his mother is a nurse. • has a brother, Derrick (27) and a sister, Trinity (17). • majoring in psychology with plans to mentor kids.

34 Brandon Hutton 6-5 • 215 • Forward • So.-TR Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute/ Indian Hills CC)

Prior to NSU: • Helped Indian Hills to the 2017 NJCAA Tournament, the Region 11 championship, and a 29-5 record under coach Hank Plona. • began his college career at Iowa, redshirting in 2015-16 when the Hawkeyes reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. High School: • Four-star recruit by 24/7 Sports, which ranked him as a top 150 national recruit for 2014-15 • 2014-15 Reebok All-American at De La Salle Institute for coach Tom White. • 2015 McDonald’s High School All-America nominee. • ranked in top 10 of the Illinois high school senior prospects list. • led De La Salle to the inaugural Catholic Chicago League Tournament championship, prevailing in a 20-team field. • two-time all-conference pick, averaging 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocked shots. Personal: • Born April 19, 1997. • son of Ronnie Doss, a factory worker, and Nina Hutton, a registered nurse. • has three older sisters: Briana Hutton (28), Autumn Doss (27), Ashlee Doss (25). • majoring in communications with emphasis in broadcasting. • interested in pursuing a career in physical therapy. • nickname is “B Hutt.”

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0 C.J. Jones 5-10 • 160 • Guard • Fr.-HS Monroe, La. (Wossman HS)

High School: • was Class 3A Most Outstanding Player as a senior for second straight state finalist, coached by his father, Casey Jones. • two-time Academic All-State selection who graduated with a 4.0 GPA and was class valedictorian. • National Honor Society member. • twice LHSAA All-Top 28 Team selection at state tournament. • two-time MVP on the All-Northeast Louisiana Team chosen by the Monroe News-Star, and the All-Parish Team selected by the Ouachita Citizen. • 21.0 points per game, 8.0 assists per game, 4.0 rebounds in 2016-17 as a senior, leading Wossman to a 29-10 record. • All-state first team pick as a junior, who averaged 23.2 points, 7.2 assists, 4.0 rebounds as a junior as Wildcats finished as state runner-up with a 25-9 record. • hit a half-court shot to win 2016 state semifinal game over defending champion Alexandria-Peabody. • four-year all-district choice, twice MVP, with a career scoring high of 39 points. • played his freshman and sophomore years at Ouachita Parish HS for his father. • helped the Lions go 31-5 as a sophomore, 19-13 in his freshman year, in one of the state’s toughest Class 5A (largest classification) districts. Personal: • born November 30, 1998 • son of Casey and Keshea Jones. His mother is a middle school principal, father is a teacher and coach. • his father played point guard for three Southland Conference championship teams at UL Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana). • has a sister, Cashea (24) and a brother, Jalen (15). • majoring in health and exercise science. • wants to eventually coach college basketball. • life’s ambition is “to better the city of Monroe, LA.” Prior to NSU: • Averaged 20 points, 8 rebounds and made 51 percent of his 3-pointers in 2016-17 at Eastern Arizona. • first-team All-Region 1 and all-conference selection as a sophomore. • drained 80 percent of his free throws last season for coach Maurice Leitzke. • helped the Gila Monsters go 23-9 and reach the regional championship game in his freshman season.

High School: • two-time team MVP who played for coach Keffrey Fazio at West Seattle HS. • second-team All-Metro Seattle by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

DeAndre Love 6-4 • 190 • Guard • Jr.-TR Seattle, Wa. (West Seattle HS/ Eastern Arizona College)

Personal: • Born May 5, 1996. • son of Malcolm Love and Shemetta Younger. His mother is a nurse. • has four brothers: Malcolm Jr. (27), Melvin (22), Tori (17) and Hakeem (15). • two sisters are Tiesha Love (25) and Ashely Love (18).

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21 Vontay Ott 6-3 • 185 • Guard • Fr.-HS Victorville, Calif. (Hesperia HS)

42 Larry Owens 6-8 • 260 • Center • Fr.-HS Monroe, La. (Carroll HS)

High School: • Averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 assists and 3 steals to lead Hesperia HS to its first-ever California Interscholastic Federation playoff appearance in 2016-17. • Hesperia reached the CIF semifinals in his senior season. • helped HHS to a 47-11 record in his final two seasons, 23-7 as a senior under coach Calvin Tang. • key in Mojave River League championship seasons in 2016 and 2017, as Hesperia went 20-0 in MRL play. • won MRL MVP honor as a junior, was a repeat first-team All-League pick as a senior. • first-team All-CIF Southern Section in Division 3A as a senior. • Inland Valley All-County first-team. • chosen as Hesperia’s Male Athlete of the Year for 2016-17. • single-game highs of 30 points and 24 rebounds. • made five in-season all-tournament teams, was tourney MVP twice. • chosen Hesperia HS Student of the Month for January 2016. Personal: • Born January 19, 1999. • son of Jimmy Ott and Brickey Moore. His father is retired, his mother is a home health provider. • has three older siblings, two sisters. • full name is Jimmy Le’vonte Ott. • psychology major who has interest in a career as a forensic psychologist.

High School: • Three-time Class 3A All-State choice under coach Jesse Burnett at Carroll. • rated one of the state’s top five junior prospects. • first-team all-state pick in 2017 with a 21.0 scoring average, leading the Bulldogs to the state semifinals, where new Demon teammate C.J. Jones’ Wossman team ended the CHS season. • in his junior season, was a first-team All-State pick as he averaged 21 points and 15 rebounds, along with 2.5 blocks. • as a sophomore, averaged 18.3 points and 11.2 rebounds to earn second-team all-state honors. • four-year starter, four-year all-district choice. • as a senior was starting defensive tackle on Carroll’s football playoff team that advanced to 2nd round of playoffs. • also was district champion in the shot put. • graduated with a 3.0 GPA. • played AAU ball for Louisiana Elite under coach Jeff Jones. Personal: • Born April 19, 1997. • son of Larry Owens Sr. and Kimberly Burks. • has six brothers: Ja’terrious Burks, Sirlarrious Owens, Kilarrious Owens, Lazarus Burks, Lavion Owens and Richard Perkiens. • has two sisters: Shy’Keria Burks and Faye Burks. • majoring in business administration. • interested in becoming a minister. • nickname is “Big Larry.”

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15 Czar Perry 6-0 • 170 • Guard • Fr.-HS El Dorado, Ark. (El Dorado HS)

High School: • Two-time Class 6A All-State choice, and two-time All-State Tournament, for coach Gary Simmons. • career averages of 21 points, 5.1 assists and 2.2 steals while El Dorado went 72-18. • received recruiting notice from high major programs including Purdue, Wichita State, LSU, Texas, Kansas State and Arkansas, according to online reports. • 2016-17 All-Arkansas prep second-team chosen by USA Today editors. • three-time all-conference and El Dorado News-Times All-Area selection. • chosen Outstanding Player, winning the Mike Conley Award, in the 2017 Arkansas East-West All-Star Game. • led the Wildcats in scoring, assists and steals while helping them go 51-11 and reach the 6A state semifinals each of his final two seasons, including the state finals in his senior year. • El Dorado had an early-season No. 22 ranking in the USA Today Top 25 in 2016-17. • he shot 38 percent on 3-poitners combined (120-317) in his last two seasons. • averaged 21.5 points, 7.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 3.1 steals as a senior. • owns school career records with 1,923 points, 463 assists and 196 steals while playing both guard spots. • as a junior, averaged 20.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 3.0 steals while shooting 59 percent overall (179-304) and 45 percent (64-141) on 3s for a 23-7 team that reached the state semifinals. • competed on the AAU EYBL Nike Circuit with the Arkansas Wings and the Under Armour circuit with the Arkansas AAO squad, coached by Matt Hall, Louis Bonner and Wesley Swift. Personal: • Born September 22, 1998 • son of Ormondo Perry and Tyrhonda Modica. • has one brother, Sen’Quan Miller (15). • has three sisters: Za’diamond Cowser (13), Aaliyah Cowser (12) and Jerriona Hampton (2). • general studies major who hopes to own his own business. • nickname is “Big Czar.”

2 Caleb Starks 6-3 • 195 • Guard • Fr.-HS Lafayette, La. (Lafayette Christian Academy)

High School: • Team co-captain helped Lafayette Christian Academy (27-3) win the Louisiana Division IV state championship as a senior in 2016-17. • second-team Class 1A All-State selection with a 12.2 scoring average as a senior. • the Knights, coached by his father, Byron Starks, made four consecutive state tournament Final Four appearances in his career, two state finals berths. • LCA was unbeaten in district play in all four of his seasons. • three-year all-district selection. • National Honor Society member with a 3.6 GPA. • district and regional outstanding track performer, winning three regional and district events for coach Tommy Badon. Personal: • Born July 17, 1999. • son of Byron and Angel Starks. His father is a teacher and coach, his mother is a teacher. • has two siblings. • full name is Caleb Jeremiah Starks. • his father is one of the top players in UL Lafayette basketball history, helping the Ragin’ Cajuns to the 1992 and 1994 NCAA Tournaments. He’s in the UL Lafayette Athletics Hall of Fame (inducted 2011) ranking 10th in career scoring (1,592 points). • Byron was a two-time All-State player at Grambling Lab for back-to-back state 1A champs.

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They benefit from a big homecourt advantage. Venerable Prather Coliseum has more on-the-floor seating than any other Southland venue. The Demons average over 2,000 fans per game in league play in a tough-for-visiting teams environment. NSU is 44-21 at home overall in the past four seasons, 70-27 in the last five years, and has won 69 percent of its home games (166-74) under McConathy. Known for years as “Coach Mike” to his players, McConathy is among a select group of major college mentors. Less than two dozen Division I basketball coaches have been at their current school for 19 years. His peers in this distinction include Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Tom Izzo (Michigan State), and Jim Boeheim (Syracuse). In Southland Conference and Louisiana basketball history, Mike McConathy has a Four Division I head coaches – Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams, New Mexico’s Paul unique and remarkable place as a player and head coach. Weir, McNeese’s Dave Simmons and Mark Slessinger of New Orleans – have served on He’s regarded as one of the greatest players in state and conference history, scoring his Demon coaching staff. 2,033 points (20.7 per game) from 1973-77 at Louisiana Tech, leading the Bulldogs to “Coach Mike” is nationally respected by those who coach, and cover, the game. the 1976 conference crown as the Southland Player of the Year. For the 12th year, he is part of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 voting panel. He ranks among the greatest coaches too, entering his 19th season at NorthHe does his own ballot each week. He’s been late once in 11 years – and that was on a western State, where his father (John), his sons (Michael and Logan), and his uncles weekend the team was returning from Hawaii. He has also served a three-year term on (George and Leslie) all played. the NCAA’s coaches’ regional advisory committee assisting with the NCAA Tournament McConathy notched his 600th career collegiate coaching victory and coached his selection process. 1,000th college contest in the 2014-15 season. With 632 victories in 34 seasons, he He received the 2012 NABC Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Education is the winningest college coach in Louisiana basketball history, eclipsing legendary during NCAA Final Four weekend in New Orleans. It is among the most prestigious bench bosses such as Dale Brown, Leon Barmore, Fred Hobdy and Mike Vining. McCoawards presented by the NABC, representing one of the four core values of the Guardnathy is 632-435 overall with a 280-276 record at NSU, including 83 regular-season ians of the Game program – education, leadership, advocacy and service. “guarantee” games at non-conference foes, going 275-193 (.588) with the Demons National television and radio analysts and announcers such as Fox Sports’ Tim otherwise. Brando and Doug Gottlieb, Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery of CBS Sports, Fran His teams have scored road wins over Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, Auburn Fraschilla and Jerry Punch of ESPN, and Charles Barkley of TBS have expressed their and Oregon State, and also knocked off No. 15 Iowa in a 14 vs. 3 seed upset in the 2006 admiration of McConathy, as much for his core values as for his coaching acumen. NCAA Tournament. Demon basketball has evolved in his tenure from being nearly an afterthought He is a master of March Madness. McConathy’s Demons have made seven in the historic city of Natchitoches to providing the sports heartbeat of northwest Southland Tournament championship game appearances in their 12 conference Louisiana in February and March. tourney trips during his first 18 seasons. Only the Demons (2005-08), Stephen F. Austin His Demons have reached to the Southland Conference Tournament championship (2013-16) and Louisiana-Monroe (1990-93) have made four straight championship game seven times (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013) in his 18 seasons. game appearances in the five decades of Southland basketball competition. NSU is McConathy brought the philosophy of “Championship Basketball … with a Pur18-9 in Southland Tournament play, and captured the 2001, 2006 and 2013 Southland Tournament crowns, with McConathy in charge. That ’13 title gave NSU its third NCAA Tournament appearance under McConathy. NSU is 2-3 in the “Big Dance,” beating Winthrop (2001) and Iowa (2006). The Demons dumped a Gregg Marshall-coached Winthrop squad in the inaugural Opening Round game in Dayton in ’01 and overcame a 17-point deficit in the last 8:32 to stun Steve Alford-coached Iowa 64-63 in ’06 at Auburn Hills, Mich., in one of the most memorable games in modern March Madness history. McConathy’s core philosophies include the belief “the MVP of our team IS our team.” His use of a deep rotation, often with wave substitutions of five-for-five, is a tried-and-true method that has NSU playing its best basketball down the stretch. The Demons are toughened each season by a challenging non-conference slate of games – NSU has often been ranked among teams playing the toughest out-of-conference slate – and the combination of giving significant playing time to 10-13 Demons all year long helps produce surges like 12 wins in the final 15 games of 2013-14 and a run of 11 wins in 13 games late in 2014-15. Since the start of his 16 seasons as coach at Bossier Parish Community College in his hometown, McConathy has constantly promoted educational values for, and with, his players. Almost 90 percent of the seniors in his NSU program have graduated. The Demons received “public recognition” from the NCAA in May 2014 and in May 2006 for ranking among the nation’s top 10 percent Academic Progress Rate scores in the NCAA’s annual report. They had a perfect score in May 2011 and have consistently ranked among state, Southland Conference and even national leaders in that and the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate in McConathy’s 18 seasons. His program is #Southland Strong: The Demons are 52-38 (.578) in conference regular-season play in the last four years, 68-52 (.567) in the last six. McConathy is 189-150 (.557) against Southland foes, including 171-143 (.545) in regular-seaCoach Mike is presented a banner after becoming the winningest college basketball son matchups.

Mike McConathy Head Coach 19th season at NSU (280-276) Louisiana Tech, 1977

coach in the state of Lousisiana.

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pose!” to NSU in March of 1999. After winning 70 percent of his games in 16 seasons at Bossier Parish Community College, he took over a program that had never been to the NCAA Tournament and had just five winning seasons in 24 years of Division I history. When he arrived at his father’s alma mater, tasked with turning around a long-downtrodden program, Coach Mike didn’t run off the players in the program so he could bring in his guys right away. At the press conference announcing his hiring, he talked about bringing Demon basketball back to the level of expectation it had when his father and uncles played for Northwestern in the 1950s. Then, 20-win seasons and conference championships were standard fare. One veteran media member wondered if the new coach was from Mars, so farfetched that goal seemed. After all, NSU had had never been close to a Division I conference championship or an NCAA Tournament berth. McConathy only had two scholarships to work with, just a couple of weeks before signing day, but instead of cleaning house, he created a homelike atmosphere. This program, he told the veteran players, wasn’t his. It was theirs. His role was to shape it into something good, for them and for the players to come. His two pre-teen boys, Michael and Logan, spent as much time in Prather Coliseum as the players did. That wasn’t by accident. Coach Mike told his team that he wanted to be able to have pride in having his boys around the players. So the McConathy kids had a bunch of older brothers, and the players suddenly had a couple of younger brothers, subtly reminding them their conduct was very personal to their new coach. Deep inside, McConathy also was determined to build a program that would be solid enough that when his sons finished high school, it might appeal to them to be involved, in some way, perhaps even as players, just like their grandfather Johnny and their uncles, George and Leslie, were in the years between World War II and the Korean Conflict, when the NBA was a fledgling league with teams in Ft. Wayne and Syracuse, a decade before color television made its debut. Now, beginning his 19th season as head coach, Coach Mike’s vision has long since become reality. Sticking with the players already in the program worked. His first team posted the first winning season in eight years at Northwestern, and became the first Demon team

to reach the Southland Conference Tournament championship game. A year later, the Demons were back, and they didn’t stop there. The heart of the team he inherited and inspired worked its way to the SLC Tournament title in 2001, into the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever, and to an opening round win as the Demons became “Dayton’s Darlings” and somewhat of a national media sensation at the outset of March Madness. The swirl of national talk show appearances, the fact that the team’s opening win was the lead story on “SportsCenter” and in the next day’s USA Today sports section, was all part of the bigger picture for McConathy. It was a chance to solidify the foundation that had been established, an opportunity to springboard the NSU program into a position of being a consistent championship contender in the Southland Conference. A year later, as seven seniors went through commencement exercises, McConathy was preparing for the consequences of a surprising recruiting decision. The coach who spent 16 seasons in the junior college ranks decided against blending juco players with a few prep prospects to replace the departing senior class. Instead, McConathy and assistants Simmons and Slessinger brought in a dozen high school seniors. Those recruits were the 2005-06 seniors, except for Jermaine Spencer, who had interest from LSU and Texas, among others, but signed with McConathy and the Demons. Spencer took a medical redshirt year as a sophomore, so his senior season came in 2006-07. Behind that 2003 recruiting class, the Demons layered in a handful of talented high school players in 2004 and 2005, and added a blend of prep and junior college recruits since, averting another wholesale rebuilding. The plan worked. The youngest team in the country battled through two losing seasons, appearing ready to turn the corner in 2003-04 before some key players were sidelined. In 2004-05, the payoff began: 21 wins (the most for the Demons since 1960), a Southland Conference co-championship, homecourt advantage in the SLC Tournament and an ESPN-televised championship game at Prather Coliseum. But it was a stunning last-minute loss. That was the painful motivator for the 2005-06 team - the Demons wanted to fulfill their potential, to repeat as champs, host the SLC tournament championship game again, and win there - and in the NCAA Tournament. They did that, and much more.

McConathy T imeline: How it all got star ted AS A PLAYER... “Coach Mike” is already inducted into the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame for his career as a high school All-American at Bossier City-Airline High School and as a high scoring guard at Louisiana Tech from 1973-77. He was inducted in Louisiana Tech’s Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2011. McConathy was a gym rat. One of his personal workouts involved shooting baskets in the dark. The hard work paid off for McConathy, who was a fourth-round draft pick of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. Among his 2,033 career points were 45, still the Prather Coliseum single-game record, against Northwestern in his senior year. He was told he had made the Bulls roster, but was released on the final cut. He tried playing in Europe, but soon decided to come home and begin his coaching career. AS A COACH BEFORE NSU ... McConathy’s start in coaching came as girls basketball coach at his alma mater, Airline High School in Bossier City. Soon, he moved into the college ranks without making any kind of move at all. McConathy won 20 games or more in 11 of his 16 seasons as head coach at Bossier Parish Community College, starting the program from scratch in 1983. They didn’t have a gym or dormitories, practicing and playing at Airline when the gym was available. But his teams posted at least 23 wins in each of his last seven seasons at BPCC, and were in the top 10 of the final national junior college Top 25 rankings in each of his last three seasons. His overall 352-159 (.688) record at Bossier Parish included a remarkable 185-48 (.794) mark since the start of the 1992-93 season. His last six teams won Miss-Lou Conference championships. His 199899 club was 26-5 and ranked eighth nationally, a year after the team post-

ed a 27-3 record and finished with a No. 3 national ranking.

Coach Mike with his wife, Connie.

COACHING INFLUENCES ... His wife, Connie, is a constant presence in the lives of NSU players. They like to drop by her office in Kyser Hall, where she coordinates the Bossier Parish Community College operations on campus. She frequently attends practices, often getting in her fitness workout while watching “her boys.” She’s an invaluable advisor for Coach Mike. His father, Johnny McConathy, won a state championship at Bossier High School before he went into administration, eventually serving a long term as superintendent of schools in Bossier Parish. His first college coach was Scotty Robertson, who signed him to play at Louisiana Tech and coaching him his freshman year before becoming the first-ever head coach of the NBA’s New Orleans Jazz. Coach Robertson spent more than 20 years in the NBA, serving as head coach in New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit, and retiring as Pat Riley’s bench coach with the Miami Heat. Until he passed away in August of 2011, Coach Robertson made frequent trips to Natchitoches to visit with the Demons and to duck hunt with his good friends, including former NSU soccer coach Jimmy Mitchell. Former state Rep. Billy Wayne Montgomery was a highly successful high school coach in Bossier Parish, winning a state championship at Haughton High School before he entered politics. Coach Montgomery and Johnny McConathy were close friends. Coach’s value-centered approach to coaching and life made a huge impression on Coach Mike as he grew up in Bossier City. Coach Montgomery was named Mr. Louisiana Basketball for 2008-09 by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches. Robertson and Montgomery are in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Montgomery is also in the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.

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The Demons had a school-record 26 wins, including victories at Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, over Oregon State and No. 15 Iowa in the NCAA Tournament. Attendance records were shattered. They earned a TV game in the ESPN BracketBusters. They won the SLC by the widest margin in nine seasons. Northwestern made its fourth SLC Tournament championship game appearance in McConathy’s first seven seasons as head coach. The Demons won the Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 general scholarship prize for the most spectacular play in the NCAA Tournament. Northwestern made four national television (CBS, ESPN2, ESPNU) appearances, let alone the cascade of national coverage during their NCAA Tournament run by the Demons of Destiny. Each March, national media revisit the win over St. Patrick’s Day win over third-seeded Iowa, capped by Jermaine Wallace’s off-side rebound and fall-away 3-pointer from the corner with 0.5 left. It’s shown over and over on TV, and has continually been featured in lists of all-time NCAA Tournament great finishes and best NCAA games of the decade. In March 2011, an NCAAsports.com vote by fans tabbed the contest the greatest game in NCAA Tournament history. Seven seniors graduated. For most programs it would be back to the drawing board at that point. For the Demons, it was back to more success in 2006-07 -- starting with a jam-packed Prather Coliseum for a season-opening smackdown of Utah State, and finishing a 3-pointer shy of another NCAA Tournament berth. For the third straight year, NSU won an SLC title - this time the newly created SLC East Division crown. Again, the Demons were in the SLC Finals. It was more déjà vu in 2008. For the sixth time in nine seasons, and for the fourth consecutive year, the Demons reached the SLC Tournament championship game. Another nailbiting 3-point loss kept them from the Big Dance. But their SLC Tournament dominance was palpable to observers and the competition, who are wary of the Demons’ depth that makes them so formidable in the late-season and postseason play. That was borne out again in 2013-14. Northwestern State posted its third 20-win season in nine years. Prather Coliseum was the least liked destination for Southland teams. March Madness again enveloped the NSU faithful, and in commencement exercises in December and May, Demon players marched in cap and gown -- a recurring theme. It’s all part of Coach Mike’s plan. And it’s a home grown product. McConathy has

built with Louisiana players as about three-quarters of the Demons who have played for him are from the Bayou State. That’s fitting. The McConathy family roots, and values, are deep in the red clay hills of north Louisiana, tracing back decades to his family’s farm in hilly Bienville Parish, where his father and uncles did their chores before they used horses and bicycles to make the six-mile plus trip to basketball practice and games. During his days at Bossier Parish Community College, McConathy had chances to join his college teammate Tim Floyd as an assistant coach at Iowa State and later in the NBA, but it never came to pass. He didn’t consider taking the money and climbing the ranks, instead of raising his boys around their grandparents and uncles and aunts in north Louisiana. Now, he’s brought Northwestern State basketball back, and even beyond to a level it reached when his father played for the Demons. His dad passed after the 2015-16 season, but his mother, Corene, will be watching her son’s team from across the court in Prather Coliseum again this season. The transformation of Demon basketball has been accomplished. The challenge hasn’t ended -- competition never does -- but Mike McConathy has built a program solid enough that he was proud to have his own son as part of the team. He’s smiling even more broadly nowadays. Michael and Logan graduated with honors after finishing five years in purple and white. But there still is a roster full of “Coach Mike’s boys” who don’t happen to be McConathys, just Demons. Ask any of them, or their predecessors -- Demon basketball truly is a family thing.

Northwestern State President Dr. Jim Henderson (left) presents “Coach Mike” with a cake honoring McConathy as the first Louisiana college basketball coach to win 600 games.

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The Coach McCONATHY AT NORTHWESTERN STATE

1999-00 17-13 2000-01 19-13 2001-02 13-18 2002-03 6-21 2003-04 11-17 2004-05 21-12 2005-06 26-8 2006-07 17-15 2007-08 15-18 2008-09 11-20 2009-10 10-19 2010-11 18-14 2011-12 16-16 2012-13 23-9 2013-14 17-14 2014-15 19-13 2015-16 8-20 2016-17 13-16

18 seasons 280-276

Championship Game, CenturyTel SLC Classic; most wins at NSU in 18 years NCAA Tournament win; CenturyTel SLC Classic Win over NCAA Tournament entry Siena Youngest team in NCAA D-I; top 8 scorers freshmen Youngest team in NCAA D-I; started 5-0 in SLC First SLC title; most wins since 1974; SLC Coach of the Year SLC title, SLC tourney title, NCAA First Round win SLC East Division title; SLC tourney finalist SLC Tournament finalist 12 different starters Top 50 NCAA rankings in blocks, steals, scoring 2nd in SLC race; led nation in team blocks, 9th in steals Ranked 6th in blocks, 11th in steals per game SLC Tournament Championship; Trip to NCAA tournament SLC Tournament semifinals SLC Tournament semifinals; CollegeInsider.com Tournament Ranked 10th nationally in free-throw percentage (76.6)

Seven SLC Tournament title game appearances in the last 14 seasons

McCONATHY AT BOSSIER PARISH CC 1983-84 10-16 1984-85 16-16 1985-86 15-16 1986-87 24-8 1987-88 22-9 1988-89 19-12 1989-90 24-8 1990-91 22-11 1991-92 15-15 1992-93 28-9 1993-94 28-6 1994-95 25-7 1995-96 23-9 1996-97 28-9 1997-98 27-3 1998-99 26-5

16 seasons

NJCAA Region 23 Tournament NJCAA Region 23 Tournament NJCAA Region 23 Tournament Semifinalist NJCAA Region 23 Tournament Miss-Lou champion; NJCAA Region 23 semis

352-159

NJCAA Region 23 Tournament Semifinalist Miss-Lou, Region 23 champions, NJCAA tourney Miss-Lou champion, Region 23 runner-up Miss-Lou champion, Region 23 runner-up Miss-Lou & Region 23 champ; 7th in NJCAA tourney Miss-Lou champ; 3rd nationally in final NJCAA poll Miss-Lou champ; 8th nationally in final NJCAA poll

won 69% of his games, including 79% in last 7 years

• In 13 of his last 14 seasons, BPCC participated in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament after finishing either first or second in the Miss-Lou Conference • The Cavaliers won six straight Miss-Lou Conference championships from 1994-99 • BPCC won two NJCAA Region 23 championships • The Cavaliers were NJCAA Region 23 finalists two more times • Twice, Coach Mike led Bossier Parish to the NJCAA Tournament

1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 Career

12.3 ppg 16.8 ppg 24.7 ppg 27.5 ppg 20.7 ppg

The Player MIKE “OPIE” McCONATHY

Starter as a true freshman at Louisiana Tech All-Southland Conference, second team All-America, honorable mention; SLC Player of the Year; 13th leading scorer in NCAA D-I 1st Team All-SLC; 7th leading scorer in D-I (98 games, 2,033 points)

• Today he ranks 10th all-time in career scoring average in Southland Conference history • Tied Louisiana Tech single-game scoring record with 47 vs. Lamar, 2/23/76 (14-21 FGs, 19-20 FTs) • Set Prather Coliseum single-game scoring record with 45 vs. NSU, 12/11/76 (16-26 FGs, 13-15 FTs) • Scored 41 points vs. East Tennessee State, 11/29/76 (15-23 FGs, 11-16 FTs) • Scored 41 points vs. NSU, 2/28/77 (14-23 FGs, 13-14 FTs) • Scored 41 points vs. McNeese, 2/24/77 (15-25 FGs, 13-16 FTs) • Scored 40 points vs. Lamar, 2/13/75 (15-25 FGs, 10-11 FTs) • Holds school records for free throws made in a game (19 vs. Lamar, 2/23/76), season (200, 1976-77) and career (465), and most free throw attempts in a season (246, 1976-77) • Holds school record by hitting 16 of 16 free throws vs. Southern Mississippi, 2/9/77 • Chosen to play in Big Apple Classic, New York City, 1977 • Drafted by Chicago Bulls, 1977, fourth round of NBA Draft • Signed at La. Tech by Scotty Robertson, future NBA head coach, assistant coach and scout • Coached by Emmitt Hendricks, who was the owner of Nicky’s Mexican Restaurant in Natchitoches before his death • Inducted in the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Foundation Hall of Fame for his playing career at Airline and in college • Inducted in the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011

“Mike is remarkably relaxed in this pressure cooker. You can tell his players hold a reverence toward him. If you didn’t meet him, you’d think he was too good to be true. He’s a quality human being, more concerned about his kids getting through school and doing well in life than anything else, and they know it.” -- Bill Raftery, CBS Sports 2006 NCAA Tournament “I’ve seen and coached a lot of athletes down through the years but even today I can say that Mike McConathy is the most dedicated athlete I have ever been around. He was unrelenting in his drive to improve. He would often wear ankle weights, and he was constantly jumping rope. Even after practice, many nights he would return to the gym, calling a manager to come shag balls for him as he shot and shot and shot to improve. It was obvious to me early on that Mike was going to be a special player, but it was definitely his work ethic that set him apart over the course of his career.” -- college teammate, former Cal-Riverside coach Jim Wooldridge “I have never seen the drive Mike had in any other player on any level. Looking back, I realize that the things we coaches try to emphasize each day to our players are the things that Mike did back then. He was completely self-made and his numbers each year reflected how hard he was working. He could have started for North Carolina, UCLA or anybody else.” -- college teammate, UTEP coach Tim Floyd

A Fine 19 Mike McConathy begins his 19th season with the Demons in 2017-18. He is one of 10 active NCAA DIvision I men’s basketball coaches to spend that many seasons at their current institutions. Mike McConathy, Northwestern State Tom Izzo, Michigan State Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Bob McKillop, Davidson Phil Martelli, St. Joseph’s Fran O’Hanlon, Lafayette Greg Kampe, Oakland James Jones, Yale Rick Byrd, Belmont NOTE: Schools had to be classified as Division I for the 19 years in question

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McConathy is home: family ties to NSU span more than 50 years

by Jerry Byrd, Bossier Press-Tribune

For more than 50 years, the name of McConathy has been synonymous with Northwestern State University basketball tradition. It all started on the Bienville Parish hill farm of O. L. McConathy in 1945, the year that World War II ended. McConathy’s oldest sons, Leslie and Johnny, were plowing corn that day when their work was interrupted by an automobile winding its way up the dirt road leading to the farmhouse. The three men in the automobile were representatives from the Louisiana Normal College in Natchitoches. The Bryceland High School basketball team had defeated Coushatta in a rally at Natchitoches, and the men made the trip to Bienville Parish to offer an athletic scholarship to Leslie McConathy. One of the men was the Normal football coach and athletic director, Harry “Rags”Turpin. Another was Monty Cheeves, an assistant basketball coach. The other was Joe Webb, a chemistry professor who later became head of the alumni association. Webb’s son, Randy, is now the president of Northwestern. Legend has it that Leslie McConathy picked up his plow by one handle, pointed in the direction of the farmhouse and told them he would meet them there as soon as he and Johnny plowed their way around the hill. But Johnny’s memory is a bit foggy on that point. When they reached the house, the scholarship offer was made and accepted, sealed by a handshake, and the visitors left. A few weeks later, Leslie changed his mind after visiting Louisiana Tech at Ruston, and sent a letter to Coach Turpin informing him that he had decided to attend Tech. Turpin returned to the McConathy farm to discuss the situation with Leslie and his father. O. L. McConathy asked Leslie if he told the people from Normal that he would go to their college. “Yes, sir,” he replied. “Then you told the people at Tech you would go to their college?” “Yes, sir.” “Well, that’s a mighty poor way to do business, isn’t it? You gave your word to these people first, so that settles it.” “We lived right behind the school,” Johnny McConathy recalls. Actually, it was six miles as the crow flies -- and much longer when Leslie rode a horse and Johnny pedaled a bicycle to the gym for basketball practice and games. Two years after his older brother went to the Natchitoches college, when Johnny was a senior at Bryceland High (which had an enrollment of 69 students), no college recruiters made the trip to the McConathy farmhouse. One reason was that Johnny McConathy broke his ankle early in the season. Another was the fact that he was a 6-1, 155-pound stringbean who would grow four inches taller in the next two years. Johnny hitchhiked to Natchitoches, where he found legendary coach H. Lee Prather playing a ping pong game. “What can you do?” Prather asked him between serves. “I can play ball,” said Johnny. Prather looked at him and shook his head. “You don’t look like much of a ballplayer to me,” he said. “I don’t have anything for you.” Then he resumed his ping pong game. Johnny McConathy wasn’t easily discouraged. When classes started the following fall, he hitchhiked to Natchitoches again. Once again, Prather told him no scholarship was available. But after Johnny managed to hang around for a few days, Prather called in Leslie and told him one of the boys he was expecting hadn’t shown up. “I’ll give your brother an opportunity, one day at a time,” he said. By that time, the Natchitoches school had changed its name to Northwestern State College. Leslie and Johnny McConathy both played on the 1948-49 Demon team which posted a 23-5 record and is still regarded as Prather’s greatest team. So did another McConathy, Herschel, a distant relative from Florien. The McConathy clan was part of a group of settlers from Alabama who traveled west along the route of what is now Interstate 20 (because it was the high ground, and their wagons wouldn’t bog down in the mud.) They hung a left at Arcadia, where they founded the Alabama Baptist Church, and some stayed in Bienville Parish while others continued to Sabine, Vernon an Beauregard parishes. Johnny McConathy went from his “one day at a time” trial period to set a school scoring record and win All-America honors in 1952. After a brief stint in the National Basketball Association, he coached Bossier High to its first state basketball championship in 1960 and later served as superintendent of Bossier Parish schools. Leslie was superintendent of Richland Parish schools. By the time younger brother George McConathy was a senior at Bryceland High, the Bienville Parish school had won a couple of state championships and Prather, who was then the Northwestern president, made the trip to the McConathy farmhouse himself to complete the clean sweep for the Demons. George became an All-Gulf States Conference star for Demon teams coached by Charles “Red” Thomas. One generation (and several interviews) later, the McConathy connection led to Northwestern State. When he was a senior at Airline High, Mike McConathy was recruited by LSU, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State. He signed with Tech coach Scotty Robertson, who had coached at Shreveport’s Byrd High when Mike’s father, Johnny was coaching at Bossier High.

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After reading the preceding story, nationally acclaimed Dayton Daily News columnist Tom Archdeacon spent time with Coach McConathy, his team and his family on the opening day of the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Archdeacon told the story of McConathy’s deep ties to Northwestern in the next morning’s Dayton Daily News. Portions of that column are excerpted here:

For Cinderella team, the McConathy magic is back March 14, 2001

Two generations of McConathy brothers have played for the Demons. Shown (left to right) standing in front of the rock crib at the McConathy family farm in Bienville Parish where the older McConathys grew up - George McConathy, Logan McConathy, John McConathy, Michael McConathy, and Leslie McConathy.

McConathy became the second Tech player ever to score 2,000 points, passing the milestone in a game with Northwestern in which the Demons’ Billy Reynolds also broke the 2,000 point barrier, something only 16 other players in state history have done. Later, Mike McConathy became the first basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, and developed the team from scratch into a perennial national junior college powerhouse. Twice, he applied for coaching vacancies at Northwestern State and wasn’t selected. But Mike McConathy, like his father, is not easily discouraged. He interviewed for the Demons’ coaching position again in March 1999, and got the job. When Johnny McConathy went to Northwestern State, the Demons were in the middle of a streak of 19 straight winning seasons under Prather, Thomas and Huey Cranford. Six of those teams won 20 or more games. The Natchitoches school had only two losing basketball seasons in the first 47 years of its basketball program. That is the kind of tradition that Mike McConathy grew up hearing about from his father and uncles. That is the kind of achievement that Coach Mike McConathy had to his credit in 16 seasons as head basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College. Nowadays at Northwestern, it’s clear Coach Mike McConathy has restored the same kind of championship tradition to the Demon basketball program his family helped to shape.

The big, white-haired man in the Demon purple shirt laughed and nodded: Sure, he’d tell the story of the plow and the promise.... ....”That’s how this all began. It got me there and our brother George, one of our cousins, too, and now... it’s got Mike.” Mike McConathy is Johnny’s son and the miracle-working, second-year coach of Northwestern State. Tuesday night, that Louisiana field that was plowed 55 years ago bore its best basketball fruit at UD Arena as Northwestern State -- playing the first NCAA Tournament game in school history -- defeated Winthrop, 71-67, in the opening round game of this year’s tournament .... ....Across Blackburn Court, Doug Ireland, the Demons’ sports information director, looked out at the scene of the proud father and triumphant son -who soon would be fighting tears when he talked of his parents and how they’d driven nearly 1,000 miles to be here with him, and nodded: “The McConathy magic is back. This is just an absolute great story.” Northwestern State and the McConathys is one of those charming Cinderella tales you get early in an NCAA Tournament. It’s a story of honor, undaunted belief and success.

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#KEEPTHEFAITH Jeff Moore Assistant Coach 12th season at NSU Missouri Valley, 1995 Entering his 12th season with the Northwestern State men’s hoop squad, Jeff Moore is a cornerstone of the program. Coach Mike McConathy entrusts his staff with responsibilities that many Division I coaches don’t delegate. But with two former junior college head coaches on the bench in Moore and Bill Lewit, the Demons are blessed with high-caliber help. Moore’s in-game strategy and stewardship of all aspects of the program have weaved seamlessly with McConathy’s players-first, family values approach. Moore doesn’t have a favorite TV show, because he doesn’t watch much TV. He loves to fish, but has been out on the water only a few times in the last 11 because he’s obsessed with his family and his job. Moore’s savvy and his passion have been precious assets for Demon basketball. He has been the point man as recruiting coordinator as NSU has signed two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year, Jalan West (2013) and Zeek Woodley (2014), and the 2013 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year, DeQuan Hicks. Three of Moore’s signees -- Woodley, Koby Achane at Missouri Valley College, and Ronnie Ross at John Wood Community College -- became their program’s career scoring leaders. West owns the Demons’ career assists record and could set the school career steals mark, and might even overtake Woodley atop the Demons’ all-time scoring list. Moore helped steer the 2012-13 Demons to a 14-seed in the NCAA tournament after another Southland Tournament championship. The 23 games the Demons won in 2012-13 sits in second place for the school’s all-time history for wins in a season. NSU won 59 games across three seasons from 2012-15, while leading the nation in scoring in 2014-15 and ranking second nationally the previous two seasons. Moore’s amazing work ethic and winning personality made him the perfect choice to fill the big shoes on the Demons’ staff when he replaced current McNeese State head coach Dave Simmons in 2006. He fits into a legacy of assistant coaches that McConathy has nurtured, four who are Division I head coaches -- Buzz Williams at Virginia Tech after a great run at Marquette, Paul Weir at New Mexico after a great debut last year at New Mexico State, along with beloved Southland rivals Simmons at McNeese and Mark Slessinger at New Orleans. Remarkably, after the departure of Simmons, the Demons didn’t miss a beat. Moore’s strategic acumen and teaching skills were tremendous assets as NSU won yet another Southland Conference title in his first season on staff, capturing the SLC East Division crown. In his first two seasons, the Demons made back-to-back trips to the Southland Finals. Moore’s motto: “preparation comes face-to-face with opportunity.” “‘It’ in leadership terms is the guy that makes it all work and pulls it all together. He knows all the necessary things to do for our program. Jeff Moore has ‘it’,” said McConathy who became Louisiana’s all-time leader in college wins in 2013. “His compassion for players and passion for doing the right things are impeccable. I truly have been blessed to have him on my staff.” Before coming to NSU, he spent five years (1997-2002) as a head coach and athletic director in the junior college ranks at John Wood (Ill.) Community College. There he made a run to the NJCAA regional tournament semifinals in 2001 and coached Ronnie Ross, a Jeanerette, La., product who was ranked as a Top 10 junior college prospect at guard by TSN Basketball Magazine. Ross was the first of three Top 10 junior college prospects by position that Moore coached. Kurt Looby and Jessan Gray played for Moore at Tyler Junior College when he was an assistant from 2002-05. In his three seasons at Tyler, they qualified for the

Year School 2017-18 Northwestern State 2016-17 Northwestern State 2015-16 Northwestern State 2014-15 Northwestern State 2013-14 Northwestern State 2012-13 Northwestern State 2011-12 Northwestern State 2010-11 Northwestern State 2009-10 Northwestern State 2008-09 Northwestern State 2007-08 Northwestern State 2006-07 Northwestern State 2005-06 Bossier Parish CC 2004-05 Tyler Junior College 2003-04 Tyler Junior College 2002-03 Tyler Junior College 2001-02 John Wood CC 2000-01 John Wood CC 1999-00 John Wood CC 1998-99 John Wood CC 1997-98 John Wood CC 1996-97 Missouri Valley 1995-96 Missouri Valley

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PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1992-94 1990-92

Missouri Valley College Marshalltown Community College

PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Lake Arthur, La. High School: Lake Arthur HS College: Missouri Valley College, 1995 Wife: Amy Family: Gracie, daughter; Caige, son

regional tournament every season. After TJC, he coached at Bossier Parish Community College as an assistant for one season before Coach Mike called his number. At BPCC, the Cavaliers won the Miss-Lou Conference and Tournament Championship and qualified for the Region XXII Tournament for the first time in five years. Moore not only has a commitment to excellence on the floor, but in the classroom. Ninety percent of Demon basketball players have graduated since Moore arrived, and NSU’s APR has continued to climb including 1000 marks in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016. In 2014, the program received NCAA national recognition for ranking in the top 10 percent in Division I, and again led all conference and state public institutions in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate with a 98 percent score. He’s recruited high-producing players such as Achane from Welsh, La.; Will Mosley from Shreveport, a Demon great who is fifth all-time in NCAA Division I history in blocks and is a pro star in Italy; and NSU standout Trey Gilder of Dallas, who played with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies and was a NBA D-League All-Star. “He is a great teacher of the game, a tremendous worker, and has an extremely positive, warm personality,” said McConathy. “He’s rooted in Louisiana, which is the heartbeat of our program, and he also has contacts around basketball that broaden our network.” Moore has coached over 80 players in his career from his home state of Louisiana. “He grew up with a dad who was a great basketball coach and the game is definitely a passion for him,” said McConathy. “From being a head junior college coach for five seasons, he understands what we have to do to not only keep our program achieving at a high level, but to move forward.” Moore’s father, the late Wilbert C. “Nooky” Moore, coached for 33 seasons in Louisiana at the high school (Slidell, Rayne, Notre Dame-Crowley, Lake Arthur) and college

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(assistant coach to Ralph Ward at McNeese State) levels. The younger Moore began his college coaching career in 1995 at his alma mater, Missouri Valley College, after serving as a student assistant coach in 1994-95 following the end of his playing career. He was named an NAIA Scholar All-American at Missouri Valley after earning National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic honors at Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College, where he was also an honorable mention all-region performer. He earned a master’s degree in education, with an emphasis in athletic administration, from Northwestern State in 1997. Moore was a standout player at Lake Arthur High School and was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame. He played on the Louisiana Stars AAU state championship team and was chosen for the Louisiana Pepsi All-Stars Team that toured the Canary Islands. He continues to host summer camps in Jefferson Davis Parish starting in 1998 and also hosted senior workout camps in April in south Louisiana, providing an opportunity for hundreds of state prep players to obtain college scholarships at the junior college, NAIA and NCAA levels. His relationships with prep coaches have helped raise attendance at summer NSU camps and clinics to all-time highs. He and his wife Amy, a fourth and fifth grade math teacher at the NSU Elementary Lab School, have a beautiful and active 10 1/2-year-old daughter, Gracie, and a son, Caige (for Dad’s Cajun heritage), who will turn six in January. Amy, who played college volleyball, also serves as assistant volleyball coach at Natchitoches Central High School.

Coach Moore stands with his family: daughter, Gracie; son, Caige; and wife, Amy

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#KEEPTHEFAITH Bill Lewit Assistant Coach Seventh season at NSU Salisbury, 1991 Bill Lewit won a national championship as a junior college head coach and has predictably made tremendous impact on the Northwestern State program as the Demons have re-emerged as a nationally relevant mid-major over his six seasons on Mike McConathy’s staff. In just his second season, Lewit helped the Demons reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. NSU led the nation in scoring during the regular season (83.3 ppg), and finished second in that stat, and sixth (9.8 pg) in steals. The Demons went 23-9, the second-best win total in a century of basketball at NSU, winning the Southland Conference Tournament. The resulting NCAA Tournament berth was extra special for Lewit when the Demons drew the Florida Gators in a second-round matchup, and then battled nosefor-nose into the middle of the second half before Billy Donovan’s powerhouse squad pulled away. Lewit’s dad, who passed away this summer, and Donovan’s father grew up together in Rockville Center, N.Y., and Billy’s uncle, Don Sullivan, was the best man in Lewit’s parents’ wedding. Despite significant graduation departures, the 2013-14 Demons made their own mark. The Demons Hoop Squad blew out Auburn 111-92 on the road and was again among NCAA Top 10 leaders in scoring, steals and blocked shots, and took eventual Southland champ Stephen F. Austin down to the wire twice. The 2014-15 Demons captured the national scoring championship, averaging 84 points per game and extending Northwestern State’s history of high-scoring squads. NSU returned to the postseason after a one-year absence, garnering a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In each of the past two seasons, despite going without dynamic point guard Jalan West, NSU was in the national spotlight chiefly due to the remarkable scoring and shooting of 2017 senior Zeek Woodley. When Woodley returned from a 14-game absence due to a broken wrist, the 2016-17 Demons won their last three games, ending a five-year, 45-game homecourt Southland Conference win streak by SFA before beating eventual league champion and NCAA Tournament entry New Orleans. Lewit’s deeply insightful scouting reports, bench acumen, and player development are vital elements of Demon basketball. His breakdowns of practice and game video results in steady improvement by the NSU players, who regularly make their way up the aisle on the team bus on road trips to sit with Lewit and glean his precise observations and video breakdowns on their individual games. His impact has been immense as well in social development, academic goal setting, and expanding NSU’s recruitment base. His contributions helped the Demon program earn two NCAA academic plaudits in 2014 – national public recognition in May for ranking among the country’s top 10 percent on the Academic Progress Rate study, and then in October, No. 1 rankings in the Southland Conference and among Louisiana’s public institutions (again) on the NCAA Graduation Success Rate with a near-perfect 98 percent. Yet in his understated way, Lewit says he is getting the better part of the deal as a Demon basketball family member. “I am truly blessed to be an assistant coach on Coach McConathy’s staff,” Lewit said. “He is a proven winner who has built a very special basketball program, and most importantly empowers his staff and players to perform on and off the court with the same championship qualities he possesses. I know, just like all the players and coaches before me, I am better because of my experience with him.” Before coming to NSU, Lewit spent the previous two years at the University of New Orleans, where he was associate head coach while the Privateers were in the Sun Belt Conference.

COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School 2017-18 Northwestern State 2016-17 Northwestern State 2015-16 Northwestern State 2014-15 Northwestern State 2013-14 Northwestern State 2012-13 Northwestern State 2011-12 Northwestern State 2010-11 New Orleans 2009-10 New Orleans 2008-09 Cecil College 2007-08 Cecil College 2006-07 Cecil College 2005-06 Cecil College 2004-05 Cecil College 2003-04 Cecil College 2002-03 Cecil College 2001-02 Cecil College 2000-01 Cecil College 1999-00 Cecil College 1998-99 Cecil College 1997-98 Cecil College 1996-97 Cecil College 1995-96 Cecil College 1994-95 Snow Hill (MD) HS 1993-94 Wicomico (MD) HS 1987-91

Position Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Salisbury University

PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Little Silver, N.J. High School: Red Bank Regional HS

Like McConathy did at Bossier Parish Community College, Lewit built a perennial junior college national power at Cecil College in Maryland. Lewit’s 2005-06 team won a national championship, going 33-2. He guided the team to the No. 1 spot in the final regular season polls three times, and top-7 finishes in each of his final 11 seasons. The 2006 team was the first team in NCJAA history to start as the No. 1 ranked team at the start of the season, end as the No. 1 ranked team in the final regular season poll, and go on to win the national title. Lewit earned the National NJCAA Coach of the Year award in 2006. He maintained 100 percent eligibility for his players across his 14 years and over 90 percent graduation of his sophomores. Additionally, Lewit’s Cecil teams won six Maryland JUCO regular-season conference championships, five Maryland JUCO State Tournament Championships, six Region Championships, and 354 games. He was selected conference and region Coach of the Year a combined 15 times. Even before coaching, sports and competition had always been a big driving force for Lewit. He was a football and basketball standout from 1987-91 at Salisbury University (Md.). In his senior season (1990-91), he served as the football team captain, led the team in receptions and receiving yards, held the basketball team’s highest free throw and 3-point shooting percentage, and won the overall Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. To this day, Lewit is still the only athlete at Salisbury to earn four varsity letters in both football and basketball. One of his biggest collegiate highlights was when he recorded 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in the conference championship game to help lead Salisbury to an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Lewit earned a Bachelor’s in Communications in 1991, and Master’s in Education/ Counseling in 1993, both from Salisbury. In high school, Lewit earned a combined nine varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball at Red Bank Regional HS (N.J.). As a senior, he was named to the

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all-county team in all three sports. Some of his biggest high school accolades were winning three division titles in basketball, being selected for the Vince Lombardi Rock and Granite award as one of Monmouth County’s elite football players, and being honored as Red Bank Regional’s Most Outstanding Male Athlete in 1987. Furthermore, Lewit became the youngest Red Bank Regional Alumni to be inducted into the Red Bank Regional Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in April 2010. Lewit is an avid New York sports fan and roots for the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders, and is very knowledgeable on the Mets and Jets. He enjoys sports trivia. His basketball teammate at Salisbury, Russell Springmann, is a scout for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. One of Lewit’s college football teammates, Dan Quinn, is the head coach of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Jareem Dowling, one of Lewit’s athletes and former assistants at Cecil, is an assistant coach at North Texas. Lewit is the son of the late Bob and Maureen Lewit. His mother and two brothers, Bob Jr. and Greg, live in New Jersey. His grandmother, Angela Lewit, currently resides in Tampa, Fla. His family has always been his biggest inspiration in life as they stressed Catholic faith, family, education, athletics, work ethic and serving others.

One-on-one with Bill Lewit You bring a championship background to NSU, having coached Cecil College to a national championship. What have you taken from that experience into your career at the Division I level? Lewit: “I learned so many things about building and sustaining a program during my time as head JUCO coach that has helped me add value to any Division I program. First, it is about a plethora of responsibilities outside the lines, such as fundraising, budgeting, scheduling, recruiting, academics, community service, student services, camps, public relations, managing people, etc. Second, I learned the value of player, person, student, development, such as making players better with persistent skill improvement and better understanding of the game by breaking down and analyzing film with them, teaching life skills during teachable moments, life skills workshops with guest presenters, academic improvement by utilizing existing and developing resources. Thirdly, I understand the premium you must put on relationships and how to be resourceful especially at schools that are not funded nearly as well as the competition. You have to show your players how much you care about them before they can appreciate how much you know. You have to develop relationships with people so you can connect the dots when a problem calls for an immediate solution or a long-term solution. You have to make sacrifices and stretch a dollar as far as you can. As a small college coach, you learn to be versatile as you have to wear many hats and that makes you that much more of a sustainable employee. All the skills I was able to hone at the junior college level as a head coach has prepared me to assist or lead at any level.” How would you describe your personal coaching philosophy? Lewit: ” It is vital that you communicate effectively to your players that they need to accept being part of something bigger than themselves. The team takes precedence over their individual needs and when the team succeeds then they will succeed. I believe it was JFK who said: “When the sea rises all the ships rise with it.” You have a finite amount of time to develop your players and team and you need to plan your work and work your plan. Strength and conditioning, individual skill improvement through repetition of the fundamentals, demanding effort while teaching team execution are essential building blocks between the lines. I’m a proponent of the five laws of teaching: 1) Tell them, 2) show them, 3) have them demonstrate, 4) correct 5) repeat.”

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#KEEPTHEFAITH Jacob Spielbauer Assistant Coach 11th season at NSU William Penn, 2007 Jacob Spielbauer, a master of multi-tasking, enters his 11th season as an assistant coach under 19th-year coach Mike McConathy. Previously NSU’s director of basketball operations, Spielbauer, 33, now assists in recruiting and scouting duties along with skill development, practice planning and overseeing student managers for the Demons. He is the program’s liaison for housing and equipment, and is camp director, a role that keeps him especially busy in the spring and summer. The NSU program hosts a team camp for about 100 high schools each summer, along with several other camps designed for youth ranging from 4 up to high school seniors. “Spiel” has been key to a pair of national postseason tournament trips by the Demons, the 2013 NCAA Tournament and the 2014 CIT, and has been integral to the success of some of the more remarkable players in school history. In his first season with the Demons, he helped NSU reach its league-record fourth straight Southland Conference Tournament championship game. In 2010, he was part of a staff that led NSU to a second-place finish in the conference race. A year later, he aided in the recruitment of Southland Conference 2013 Newcomer of the Year DeQuan Hicks and 2013 SLC Freshman of the Year Jalan West. He helped lead the Demons to a 23-9 finish while winning a Southland Conference Tournament championship and earning a 14th seed in the 2013 NCAA tournament. He assisted in the recruitment of 2013-14 Southland Freshman of the Year Zeek Woodley, who finished his career last season as NSU’s all-time scoring leader (2,033 points). While the Demons finished with a 17-14 record, they were the fastest team in Division I basketball. NSU ranked second in nation in points per game (86.6), seventh in nation in steals per game (8.7), and eighth in nation in assists per game (16.5). In the 2014-15 season, NSU led the nation in scoring (84 points per game) as Spielbauer helped mentor West, who led the nation in assists per game at 7.7. “Jacob has earned each step forward with us,” McConathy said. “He came to us with a great basketball background and he immediately became a very valued member of our program. He has excelled at everything he’s done and has been very good for us in this expanded role, particularly as it relates to recruiting. “He’s a quality person and has a great future in the profession.” Spielbauer was an NAIA honorable mention All-American point guard in 2007 and an Academic All-American at William Penn University in 2006 and 2007 along with earning all-conference honors for three seasons. He scored 1,300 points during his four seasons as a Statesman. Spielbauer was team captain in his last three years and helped the Statesmen post back-to-back conference championships before they reached the NAIA Division II national tournament in his senior season. He was inducted into the William Penn Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2016. Spielbauer, a Wapello, Iowa, native, earned a master’s of sport administration from NSU. He is also a teacher at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. At Wapello High, playing for his father Ken, he was a 2003 Iowa All-State pick. Spielbauer was born Sept. 18, 1984. His father was an All-American basketball player at William Penn and is also a member of the William Penn Athletic Hall of Fame. His parents, Ken and Karen, have another son, Davis, and a daughter, Emily. His father has been head basketball coach at Wapello for 32 seasons. Jacob is married to the former Shircarra Dobin, and they have a charming daughter, Maci Jean, who celebrated her third birthday April 22.

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Position Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Director of Operations Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2003-07

William Penn University

PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Wapello, Iowa High School: Wapello HS Family: Wife, Shircarra; daughter, Maci

Coach Spielbauer, his wife, Shircarra, and daughter Maci Jean

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#KEEPTHEFAITH Trey McCrory Director of Operations Fourth season at NSU Northwestern State, 2015

Major Deacon Graduate Manager First season at NSU South Alabama, 2011

In the past three years, Trey McCrory has added responsibility after responsibility since joining the Northwestern State men’s basketball staff as a student coach. After ascending to graduate manager following the completion of his undergraduate studies, McCrory enters his first season as the Demons’ director of basketball operations. McCrory spent the 2014-15 season as a student assistant on coach Mike McConathy’s staff before graduating in May 2015 with a dual degree in psychology and addiction studies. McCrory, who is legally blind, graduated with a 3.4 grade point average and currently is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration. Because of his remarkable time on McConathy’s staff, McCrory was named a finalist for the United States Basketball Writers Association’s Most Courageous Award in January. McCroy was one of 10 finalists for the award. McCrory is the son of Johnny and Tammy McCrory of Coushatta and has one sister, Britney Tingle.

Former high school basketball coach Major Deacon is in his first season as a graduate manager with the Northwestern State men’s basketball program. Deacon spent the past three seasons as a head coach at Baker High School in Mobile, Alabama. In the past two seasons, Deacon led his alma mater’s boys basketball team to a combined 40-23 record, back-to-back area championships and consecutive regional playoff appearances. A year before taking over the Baker boys team, Deacon was the girls coach at Baker. Deacon turned the Hornets from a 3-21 team into a regional playoff participant. Deacon played two seasons at the University of Mobile, helping the Rams finish 17th nationally before completing his undergraduate degree in secondary education at the University of South Alabama. Decaon began his coaching career while in college, spending one season as the head coach of the UMS-Wright Middle School boys basketball team. From 2011-14, he was the head coach of the UMS-Wright junior varsity team before taking over the Baker High girls team. A 2011 graduate of South Alabama, Deacon is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration at Northwestern State.

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#KEEPTHEFAITH Aaron Patrick Graduate Manager First season at NSU Mount Aloysius, 2014

Riley Walker Graduate Manager Second season at NSU Northwest, 2016

Former Howard College assistant coach Aaron Patrick enters his first season as a graduate manager with the Northwestern State men’s basketball program. After completing a four-year career at Mount Aloysius College, Patrick spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Howard, a junior college in Big Spring, Texas. While at Howard, Patrick was responsible for coordinating school and home visits between coaches, players and families, scouting all conference opponents, developing and implementing practice and game plans, supervising team academics and developing film edits, breakdowns and analysis. In addition to coaching at Howard, Patrick has extensive experience in camp settings, working events at Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) and St. Bonaventure as well as serving as Howard’s camp director where he coordinated the Hawk Maniac Fun Night. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Patrick was a four-year letterman at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania. While at Mount Aloysius, Patrick set a school record for single-season 3-point percentage (.541) and was a four-year member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s All-Academic Team. During his college career, Patrick was an AllState NABC Good Works Team honoree and received the NABC Honors Court Award for his academic work and offthe-court character. Patrick, a 2014 Mount Aloysius College graduate in middle level education, currently is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration from Northwestern State.

After spending seven years in various positions with several professional sports franchises, Riley Walker is in his second season as a graduate manager with the Northwestern State men’s basketball team. Walker spent the 2016-17 assisting the Demons staff, working closely with assistant coach Jeff Moore. A 2016 graduate of Northwest University, Walker spent the 2015-16 season on Northwest’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. While with the Eagles, Walker worked closely with video editing through the Synergy Sports system, managed the team’s academics, tutored players and assisted with team scouting and daily basketball operations. A native of Kirkland, Washington, Walker assisted with promotions for the Cougar Hardwood Classic and the Comcast Battle in Seattle in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, he coordinated the promotions staff for the games in Seattle. Walker also worked with the Seattle Mariners in marketing and production, helping run in-game promotions and coordinating the Mariners’ Salute to Kids and Salute to Volunteers promotions. Walker began working with the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics and the WNBA’s Seattle Storm’s promotions departments. He began his coaching career while in college, working with his high school alma mater, Christ Church High School as an assistant coach. Walker, who is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration, has volunteered his time with the Jamal Crawford Foundation in Seattle, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and other various charities. Walker and his wife, Maika, are the proud parents of a newborn girl, London.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH Colby Koontz Student Coach Third season at NSU

Stephen Kim Athletic Trainer First season at NSU Baylor, 2016

After longstanding concussion symptoms forced him to retire from athletic competition, Colby Koontz is in his first season as a student assistant coach with the Northwestern State basketball team. Koontz signed with Northwestern State as a two-sport student-athlete (basketball and baseball) and arrived on campus in the summer of 2015. During preseason workouts that fall, Koontz suffered a concussion during practice and was never cleared to resume competition. Koontz maintained a presence around both the Demon basketball and baseball teams as he worked to return to competition. A Dean’s List student, who is a two-time member of the Southland Conference Comissioner’s Spring Honor Roll, Koontz posted a 4.0 grade-point average in his first year of college. A biology/pre-med major, Colby is the son of Brent and Angi Koontz and enjoyed a standout high school athletic career at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School in Enid, Oklahoma. At Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Koontz earned four letters each in baseball and basketball. He was named the All-Northwest Oklahoma Player of the Year in basketball and was a CTB All-Star, averaging 15.8 points, 10 rebounds and four assists per game He was a four-time all-conference baseball player and graduated with a 3.98 GPA.

After spending three seasons as a student athletic trainer at Baylor University, Stephen Kim enters his first season as the graduate assistant athletic trainer for the Northwestern State men’s basketball team. As an undergraduate at Baylor, Kim worked with the football, men’s basketball, baseball, track and field and cross country teams. During his tenure, he worked with the 2015-16 men’s basketball team, which reached the NCAA Tournament. Kim evaluated and diagnosed acute and chronic injuries, developed and prescribed rehabilitation protocols for injured student-athletes, assisted with pre- and post-game treatments and mentored fellow athletic training students. Kim, a 2017 Baylor graduate with a bachelor of science in athletic training, was a member of the Baylor Athletic Training Student Association and the InterVarsity Campus Ministry. He was part of the STARS Mentors Program at Antioch Community Church in Waco, which provided tutoring to elementary-age students. A Salem, Oregon, native, Kim is a Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) and is athletic trainer certified. Additionally, Kim is certified in CPR and a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Kim is pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance at Northwestern State.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH Marcia Bolton Administrative Assistant Sixth season at NSU Northwestern State, 1988

Administrative assistant Marcia Bolton is part of the heartbeat of the Demon basketball staff. Her office management keeps operations smooth for coaches, staff and most importantly, for the players, who she considers “her boys.” She is affectionately known as “Little Ducky” as nicknamed by the iconic Demon, “Coach Black,” Harris Wilson Jr. A native of Natchitoches, she graduated from Natchitoches Central High School and is a 1988 alumna of Northwestern State. She worked in the private sector for more than 30 years as an office manager/ administrator. She is the daughter of Dr. Dick T. Stalling, who is retired from NSU as department head of the biology department. Marcia is very active in her church, Trinity Baptist. She also loves to work in the yard and be on the water. She is married to Shelby Bolton, who is an avid NSU basketball fan.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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Well into its sixth decade of service, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions and approximately 4,200 student-athletes. Having commemorated its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 13 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into the 21st Century. The successful transformation continues, as the Southland Conference welcomed four additional members in 2013: Abilene Christian University, Houston Baptist University, the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and the University of New Orleans. In addition to its newest members, the Southland also consists of the University of Central Arkansas, Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. An original Southland member from 1963-73, Abilene Christian rejoined the league as one of the most decorated athletic programs in NCAA history, and the addition of Houston Baptist, UIW and New Orleans gives the Southland a regular competitive presence in the key metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio and New Orleans. Southland cities encompass approximately 14 million people, and six of its television markets rank among the top 100 in the U.S. All told, the membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of nearly 800,000. Famous alums from current Southland Conference schools include former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), Ma-

2017-18 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Jordan Howard Sr. G Central Arkansas Chandler, Ariz. Colton Weisbrod Sr. F Lamar Nederland, Texas Ehab Amin Sr. G Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Alexandria, Egypt TJ Holyfield Jr. F Stephen F. Austin Albuquerque, N.M. Jalin Hart Sr. G Incarnate Word Houston, Texas SECOND TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Josh Ibarra Sr. C Houston Baptist Angleton, Texas Marlain Veal Jr. G Southeastern Louisiana New Orleans, La. John Dewey III Jr. G Sam Houston State The Bronx, N.Y. Jalone Friday So. C Abilene Christian Oklahoma City, Okla. Jaylen Franklin Jr. G Abilene Christian Little Rock, Ark.

jor League Baseball star Wade Miley (Southeastern Louisiana), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), and track and field Olympians Kenta Bell (Northwestern State), and Bobby Morrow and Billy Olson (both Abilene Christian). Other notable alums from current members include Grammy Award-winning musicians Frank Ocean (New Orleans), Don Henley and Rodney Crowell (both Stephen F. Austin), and Ronnie Dunn (Abilene Christian), television personality and actress Ellen DeGeneres (New Orleans), current NFL standouts Lardarius Webb (Nicholls State), Terrence McGee (Northwestern State), and Daniel Manning (Abilene Christian), professional golfers Shawn Stefani and Chris Stroud (both Lamar) and Colin Montgomerie (HBU), award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater (Sam Houston State), American Idol winner Kris Allen (Central Arkansas), NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Harris (Northwestern State), former NFL standouts Bobby Hebert (Northwestern State), Gary Barbaro (Nicholls State), Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian) and Gary Reasons (Northwestern State), former MLB stars Darryl Hamilton (Nicholls State) and Kevin Millar (Lamar), NCAA football coach Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas), actors John Larroquette (New Orleans), Ricardo Chavira (UIW) and Jesse Borrego (UIW), and the late NFL coaching legend O.A. “Bum” Phillips (Lamar and Stephen F. Austin). The Southland sponsors 17 full championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The Southland Bowling League, an affiliated Conference sport, originated in 2015, and four of its members filled out half of the eight-team bracket, with Stephen F. Austin advancing to the national title match.

2017-18 PRESEASON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POLL PLACE TEAM (FIRST PLACE VOTES) 1. Stephen F. Austin (14) 2. Lamar (5) 3. Southeastern Louisiana (3) 4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2) 5. Sam Houston State (1) 6. New Orleans (1) 7. Abilene Christian 8. Northwestern State 9. Houston Baptist 10. Nicholls 11. Central Arkansas 12. Incarnate Word 13. McNeese

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

TOTAL 268 234 209 204 192 178 172 130 119 116 108 56 42

AT TEXAS

GAME 1 • NOV. 10 • 7:15 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... Austin, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 51,334 Colors......................................................................... Burnt Orange and White President...............................................................................Gregory L. Fenves Athletics Director........................................................................... Mike Perrin Conference.............................................................................Big 12 (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)................................................... Frank Erwin Center (16,540) Website.................................................................................. TexasSports.com HEAD COACH Shaka Smart (Kenyon College, 1999) Record at Texas/Overall..................... 31-35 (3rd season)/194-91 (9th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 11-22/4-14 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

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2017-87 SCHEDULE 11.10 Northwestern State 11.18 Lipscomb 11.23 vs. Butler (at Portland, Ore.) 11.24 vs. Duke/Portland State (at Portland, Ore.) 11.26 vs. TBA (at Portland, Ore.) 11.29 Florida A&M 12.5 at VCU 12.12 Michigan 12.16 Louisiana Tech 12.18 Tennessee State 12.22 vs. Alabama (at Birmingham, Ala.) 12.29 Kansas 1.1 at Iowa State 1.6 at Baylor 1.10 TCU 1.13 at Oklahoma State 1.17 Texas Tech 1.20 at West Virginia 1.22 Iowa State 1.27 Ole Miss 1.31 at Texas Tech 2.3 Oklahoma 2.7 Kansas State 2.10 at TCU 2.12 Baylor 2.17 at Oklahoma 2.21 at Kansas State 2.24 Oklahoma State 2.26 at Kansas 3.3 West Virginia

MEDIA RELATIONS Scott McConnell Office.........................................................................................512-471-1345 Cell................................................................................................................... SERIES INFORMATION Email.....................................................scott.mcconnell@athletics.utexas.edu Overall.................................................... 0-4

LETOURNEAU

GAME 2 • NOV. 12 • 4 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................. Longview, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 2,721 Colors......................................................................................... Blue and Gold Presidend...............................................................................Dr. Dale Lunsford Athletics Director.............................................................................Terri Deike Conference.................................................... American Southwest (NCAA DIII) Arena (Capacity)............................................................Solheim Arena (1,200) Website............................................................................... LETUAthletics.com HEAD COACH Dan Miller (Minnesota State-Mankto, 2000) Record at LeTourneau/Overall.................................. 39-40 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 22-6/12-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................12/2 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.12 at Northwestern State 11.15 Austin College 11.16 at Stephen F. Austin 11.18 vs. Johns Hopkins (at Memphis, Tenn.) 11.19 vs. Vassar/at Rhodes (at Memphis, Tenn.) 11.25 at Centenary 11.27 at Austin College 11.30 Mary Hardin-Baylor 12.2 Concordia 12.9 at Sul Ross State 12.11 at Howard Payne 12.29 vs. Texas Lutheran (at Kerrville, Texas) 12.30 at Schreiner 1.4 at McMurry 1.6 at Hardin-Simmons 1.13 Texas-Dallas 1.15 East Texas Baptist 1.18 at Belhaven 1.20 at Louisiana College 1.25 University of the Ozarks 1.27 Texas-Tyler 2.1 at Texas-Tyler 2.3 at University of the Ozarks 2.8 Louisiana College 2.10 Belhaven 2.12 at East Texas Baptist 2.15 at Texas-Dallas

MEDIA RELATIONS Matt Kinney Office.........................................................................................903-233-3736 Cell.............................................................................................903-736-7669 SERIES INFORMATION Email..............................................................................mattkinney@letu.edu Overall.................................................... 6-0

AT SMU

GAME 3 • NOV. 15 • 7 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................................. Dallas Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,739 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Blue President................................................................................. R. Gerald Turner Athletics Director...............................................................................Rick Hart Conference........................................................................American (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity).........................................................Moody Coliseum (7,000) Website..............................................................................SMUMustangs.com HEAD COACH Tim Jankovich (Kansas State, 1982) Record at SMU/Career.....................39-5 (2nd season)/196-126 (11th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 30-5/17-1 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................4/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 UMBC 11.12 UL Monroe 11.15 Northwestern State 11.18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 11.22 vs. Northern Iowa (at The Bahamas) 11.23 vs. Arizona/N.C. State (at The Bahamas) 11.24 vs. TBD (at The Bahamas) 11.28 UTRGV 12.2 USC 12.5 at TCU 12.13 New Orleans 12.18 Boise State 12.19 Cal Poly 12.27 UCF 12.31 USF 1.4 at Tulane 1.7 at Cincinnati 1.10 Temple 1.17 at Wichita State 1.20 Tulane 1.25 at Connecticut 1.28 East Carolina 2.1 at Tulsa 2.8 at Houston 2.11 Cincinnati 2.14 Memphis 2.17 at UCF 2.21 at East Carolina 2.24 Wichita State 2.28 Houston 3.4 at USF

MEDIA RELATIONS Herman Hudson Office.........................................................................................214-768-1304 Cell.............................................................................................214-924-0358 SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................................. hermanh@smu.edu Overall.................................................... 0-0

RICE

GAME 4 • NOV. 17 • 6:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................. Houston Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,628 Colors..........................................................................................Blue and Gray President............................................................................... David W. Leebron Athletics Director........................................................................Joe Karlgaard Conference.............................................................. Conference USA (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)........................................................ Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) Website...................................................................................... RiceOwls.com HEAD COACH Scott Pera (Penn State, 1989) Record at Rice/Overall...................................................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 23-12/11-7 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Eastern Kentucky 11.14 Georgia State 11.17 at Northwestern State 11.20 vs. UNLV (at Las Vegas) 11.22 vs. Ole Miss/Utah (at Las Vegas) 11.25 St. Thomas (Texas) 11.29 at UT Arlington 12.2 UTRGV 12.9 at Stephen F. Austin 12.14 St. Edward’s 12.16 at Texas Tech 12.19 at New Mexico 12.22 Texas State 12.28 at UTSA 12.30 at UTEP 1.4 Old Dominion 1.6 Charlotte 1.13 North Texas 1.18 at Southern Miss 1.20 at Louisiana Tech 1.25 Florida International 1.27 Florida Atlantic 2.3 at North Texas 2.8 at Middle Tennessee 2.10 at UAB 2.15 Marshall 2.17 Western Kentucky 2.22 at Florida Atlantic 2.24 at Florida International 3.1 UTEP 3.3 UTSA

MEDIA RELATIONS Tim Andrzejewski Office.........................................................................................713-348-3929 Cell.............................................................................................662-312-7663 SERIES INFORMATION Email......................................................................tim.andrzejewski@rice.edu Overall.................................................... 0-5

AT UL MONROE

GAME 5 • NOV. 21 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................................... Monroe Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,290 Colors.................................................................................... Maroon and Gold President.................................................................................... Dr. Nick Bruno Athletics Director............................................................................. Nick Floyd Conference..........................................................................Sun Belt (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)..................................................Fant-Ewing Coliseum (7,000) Website.............................................................................ULMWarhawks.com HEAD COACH Keith Richard (ULM, 1982) Record at ULM/Overall................ 78-142 (8th season)/228-259 (17th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 10-24/2-16 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at TCU 11.12 at SMU 11.16 Southeastern Louisiana 11.21 Northwestern State 11.26 Rust College 11.28 Jackson State 12.2 at Stephen F. Austin 12.8 at Jacksonville State 12.12 Grambling State 12.18 Millsaps 12.20 Centenary 12.29 at Arkansas State 12.31 at Little Rock 1.3 Coastal Carolina 1.6 Appalachian State 1.13 at UL Lafayette 1.18 at Texas State 1.20 at UT Arlington 1.25 Troy 1.27 South Alabama 2.3 UL Lafayette 2.8 at Georgia Southern 2.10 at Georgia State 2.15 UT Arlington 2.17 Texas State 2.22 at South Alabama 2.24 at Troy 3.1 Little Rock 3.3 Arkansas State

MEDIA RELATIONS John Lewandowski Office.........................................................................................318-342-5461 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email........................................................................... lewandowski@ulm.edu Overall................................................ 47-72

AT COLORADO STATE

GAME 6 • NOV. 24 • 8 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................... Fort Collins, Colorado Enrollment............................................................................................ 33,190 Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President.......................................................................... Dr. Anthony A. Frank Athletics Director............................................................................. Joe Parker Conference.............................................................. Mountain West (NCAA D1) Arena (Capacity)................................................................Moby Arena (8.745) Website......................................................................................CSURams.com HEAD COACH Larry Eustachy (Long Beach State, 1979) Record at Colorado St./Career...... 111-60 (6th season)/513-318 (27th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 24-12/13-5 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Sacramento State 11.14 Winthrop 11.17 vs. Tulane (at Montego Bay, Jamaica) 11.19 vs. Florida State (at Montego Bay, Jamaica) 11.22 at New Mexico State 11.24 Northwestern State 11.28 at Missouri State 12.2 Colorado 12.5 at Arkansas 12.8 at Oregon 12.17 Texas State 12.19 Arkansas-Fort Smith 12.23 Long Beach State 12.27 at Boise State 12.30 at San Jose State 1.2 San Diego State 1.6 Fresno State 1.10 at Utah State 1.13 at Wyoming 1.17 Air Force 1.20 UNLV 1.24 at San Diego State 1.27 at New Mexico 1.31 Wyoming 2.3 Nevada 2.6 at Air Force 2.10 San Jose State 2.17 at Fresno State 2.21 Boise State 2.25 at Nevada 2.28 New Mexico

MEDIA RELATIONS John Martin Office.........................................................................................970-491-5300 Cell.............................................................................................540-476-1259 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................. john.a.martin@colostate.edu Overall.................................................... 0-1

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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LYON COLLEGE

GAME 7 • NOV. 29 • 6:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Batesville, Arkansas Enrollment................................................................................................. 715 Colors........................................................................Navy, Crimson and White President...................................................................................... Dr. Joey King Athletics Director........................................................................ Kevin Jenkins Conference............................................ American Midwest Conference (NAIA) Arena..................................................................Becknell Gymnasium (1,600) Website.....................................................................................LyonScots.com HEAD COACH Chad Tapp (Taylor University, 2005) Record at Lyon College/Overall........ 57-64 (5th season)/104-111 (8th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................. 16-15/11-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2017-18 SCHEDULE 10.29 St. Thomas-Houston 11.3 at Central Methodist 11.4 at Missouri Valley College 11.11 College of the Ozarks 11.16 Hannibal-LaGrange 11.25 Roosevelt (at Joliet, Illinois) 11.26 at University of St. Francis 11.29 at Northwestern State 12.2 Park University 12.5 Ecclesia College 12.9 at Drury University 12.17 at St. Louis College of Pharmacy 12.19 at Missouri Baptist 12.22 at Crowley’s Ridge 12.28 at Freed-Hardeman 12.30 Williams Baptist 1.2 at Central Baptist 1.4 at Columbia College 1.6 at William Woods 1.11 Lindenwood University-Belleville 1.13 Harris-Stowe State 1.18 at Hannibal-LaGrange 1.27 at Park University 2.1 Missouri Baptist 2.3 St. Louis College of Pharmacy 2.8 Freed-Hardeman 2.10 at Williams Baptist 2.13 Central Baptist 2.15 Columbia College 2.17 at William Woods 2.22 at Lindenwood University-Belleville 2.24 at Harris-Stowe State

MEDIA RELATIONS Matt Jagodzinski Office.........................................................................................870-307-7516 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email.............................................................. matthew.jagodzinski@lyon.edu Overall.................................................... 1-0

VS. LA. COLLEGE (ALEXANDRIA)

GAME 8 • DEC. 9 • 4 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..............................................................................................Pineville Enrollment.............................................................................................. 1,126 Colors..................................................................................... Orange and Blue President...................................................................................Dr. Rick Brewer Athletics Director...........................................................................Reni Mason Conference..................................................... American Southwest (NCAA D3) Arena (Capacity).............................................Rapides Parish Coliseum (8,500) Website..................................................................................... LCWildcats.net HEAD COACH Reni Mason (New Orleans, 1994) Record at Louisiana College/Overall......................... 23-27 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 9-14/5-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at UTEP 11.14 at UL Lafayette 11.16 vs. Sul Ross State (at Marshall, Texas) 11.27 Centenary 11.30 McMurry 12.2 Hardin-Simmons 12.9 vs. Northwestern State 12.11 at Birmingham-Southern 12.14 Sul Ross State 12.16 Howard Payne 12.28 vs. Milwaukee Engineering (at Belton, Texas) 12.29 vs. Millsaps (at Belton, Texas) 1.4 at Mary Hardin-Baylor 1.6 at Concordia 1.11 at Texas-Tyler 1.13 at University of the Ozarks 1.18 East Texas Baptist 1.20 LeTourneau 1.22 at Belhaven 1.27 at Texas-Dallas 2.1 Texas-Dallas 2.5 Belhaven 2.8 at LeTourneau 2.10 at East Texas Baptist 2.15 University of the Ozarks 2.17 Texas-Tyler

MEDIA RELATIONS Brad Welborn Office.........................................................................................318-487-7987 Cell.............................................................................................318-393-0936 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................brad.welborn@lacollege.edu Overall.............................................. 118-37

VS. LSU-S (SHREVEPORT)

GAME 9 • DEC. 16 • 5 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..........................................................................................Shreveport Enrollment.............................................................................................. 5,797 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gold Chancellor........................................................................................Larry Clark Athletics Director........................................................................Lucas Morgan Conference................................................................ Red River Athletic (NAIA) Arena (Capacity).................................................................... The Dock (1,000) Website............................................................................... LSUSAthletics.com HEAD COACH Kyle Blankenship (Tulsa, 2006) Record at LSUS....................................................... 107-51 (6th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 20-10/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2017-18 SCHEDULE 10.30 Centenary 11.6 at Texas Wesleyan 11.7 at Dallas Christian 11.10 East Texas Baptist 11.14 Ecclesia 11.16 Loyola 11.21 Texas Wesleyan 11.28 Crowley’s Ridge 12.4 at Loyola 12.7 University of the Southwest 12.9 Langston 12.13 LSU-Alexandria 12.14 Paul Quinn 12.16 vs. Northwestern State (at the Gold Dome) 1.5 at Jarvis Christian 1.6 at Wiley 1.11 Texas College 1.13 St. Thomas-Houston 1.19 at Our Lady of the Lake 1.20 at Huston-Tillotson 1.25 at University of the Southwest 1.27 at Langston 1.31 at LSU-Alexandria 2.3 at Paul Quinn 2.8 Jarvis Christian 2.10 Wiley 2.15 at Texas College 2.17 at St. Thomas-Houston 2.19 Dallas Christian 2.23 Our Lady of the Lake 2.24 Huston-Tillotson

MEDIA RELATIONS Mark Cantrell Office.........................................................................................318-795-2475 Cell.............................................................................................318-393-7702 SERIES INFORMATION Email........................................................................... mark.cantrell@lsus.edu Overall.................................................... 6-2

AT OKLAHOMA

GAME 10 • DEC. 19 • 7 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................Norman, Oklahoma Enrollment............................................................................................ 31,250 Colors.................................................................................Crimson and Cream President....................................................................................David L. Boren Athletics Director......................................................................Joe Castiglione Conference.............................................................................Big 12 (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)................................................... Lloyd Noble Center (11,562) Website................................................................................SoonerSports.com HEAD COACH Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 195) Record at Oklahoma/Overall.......122-77 (7th season)/601-381 (32nd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 11-20/5-13 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.12 Nebraska-Omaha 11.15 Ball State 11.23 vs. Arkansas (at Portland, Ore.) 11.24 vs. North Carolina/at Portland 11.26 TBD (at Portland, Ore.) 11.30 North Texas 12.4 UTSA 12.8 vs. USC (at Staples Center) 12.16 at Wichita State 12.19 Northwestern State 12.22 Northwestern 12.30 at TCU 1.3 Oklahoma State 1.6 at West Virginia 1.9 Texas Tech 1.13 TCU 1.16 at Kansas State 1.20 at Oklahoma State 1.23 Kansas 1.27 at Alabama 1.30 Baylor 2.3 at Texas 2.5 West Virginia 2.10 at Iowa State 2.13 at Texas Tech 2.17 Texas 2.19 at Kansas 2.24 Kansas State 2.27 at Baylor 3.2 Iowa State

MEDIA RELATIONS Ben Coldagelli Office.........................................................................................405-325-7014 Cell.............................................................................................405-246-5663 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................bcoldagelli@ou.edu Overall.................................................... 0-6

AT UTAH

GAME 11 • DEC. 20 • 8 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................... Salt Lake City Enrollment............................................................................................ 31,515 Colors........................................................................................ Red and White President.........................................................................Dr. David W. Pershing Athletics Director.........................................................................Dr. Chris Hills Conference............................................................................ Pac-12 (NCAA DI) Arena.......................................................... Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) Website...................................................................................... UtahUtes.com HEAD COACH Larry Krystkowiak (Montana, 1996) Record at Utah/Overall.................. 105-85 (7th season)/157-105 (9th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 20-12/11-7 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/4

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Prairie View A&M 11.13 Mississippi Valley State 11.16 Missouri 11.20 vs. Ole Miss (at Las Vegas) 11.22 vs. Rice/UNLV (at Las Vegas) 11.24 Eastern Washington 12.2 Hawaii 12.5 at Butler 12.9 vs. Utah State (at Vivint Smart Home Arena) 12.16 at BYU 12.20 Northwestern State 12.29 at Oregon 12.31 at Oregon State 1.4 Arizona 1.7 Arizona State 1.11 at UCLA 1.14 at USC 1.18 Washington 1.21 Washington State 1.25 at Arizona State 1.27 at Arizona 2.2 at Colorado 2.8 Stanford 2.10 California 2.15 at Washington 2.17 at Washington State 2.22 UCLA 2.24 USC 3.3 Colorado

MEDIA RELATIONS Dameon Myres Office.........................................................................................801-587-7298 Cell.............................................................................................801-201-4834 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................. dmyres@huntsman.utah.edu Overall.................................................... 0-0

NICHOLLS

(A) GAME 12 • DEC. 28 • 7 P.M. (H) GAME 28 • FEB. 28 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Thibodaux Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,300 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Gray President............................................................................... Dr. Bruce Murphy Athletics Director.............................................................................Matt Roan Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)...............................................................Stopher Gym (3,800) Website..............................................................................GeauxColonels.com HEAD COACH Richie Riley (Eastern Kentucky, 2002) Record at Nicholls/Career.........................................14-17 (2nd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 14-17/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................3/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at UTRGV 11.14 at Villanova 11.17 Spring Hill 11.19 at Western Kentucky 11.23 vs. Presbyterian (at Baltimore) 11.24 vs. UMBC/Chicago State (at Baltimore) 11.27 Blue Mountain 12.1 UL Lafayette 12.3 Idaho 12.16 Culver-Stockton 12.18 at Tulane 12.20 Mobile 12.23 at Seattle 12.28 Northwestern State 12.30 Incarnate Word 1.3 at Stephen F. Austin 1.6 at Houston Baptist 1.10 McNeese 1.13 Central Arkansas 1.16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.24 at Lamar 1.27 Southeastern Louisiana 2.3 at New Orleans 2.7 at Abilene Christian 2.10 Houston Baptist 2.14 Sam Houston State 2.17 at Central Arkansas 2.21 at McNeese 2.24 New Orleans 2.28 at Northwestern State 3.3 at Southeastern Louisiana

MEDIA RELATIONS Jordan Bergeron Office.........................................................................................985-448-4282 Cell.............................................................................................985-414-5359 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................jordan.bergeron@nicholls.edu Overall................................................ 71-41

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

MCNEESE

(A) GAME 13 • DEC. 30 • 3:30 P.M. (H) GAME 22 • FEB. 3 • 3:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................Lake Charles Enrollment.............................................................................................. 7,638 Colors.............................................................................Royal Blue and Yellow President................................................................................ Dr. Daryl Burckel Athletics Director..................................................................... Bruce Hemphill Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity) ........................................................Burton Coliseum (8,000) Website............................................................................ McNeeseSports.com HEAD COACH Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1981) Record at McNeese/Overall..... 143-194 (12th season)/170-223 (14th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 7-22/4-14 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

#KEEPTHEFAITH

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at Houston 11.13 Ecclesia College 11.17 at San Diego State 11.19 at Loyola Marymount 11.22 Champion Christian 11.25 Southern-New Orleans 11.18 at UL Lafayette 12.9 North Texas 12.14 at North Carolina Central 12.16 at Pittsburgh 12.19 Texas College 12.28 Incarnate Word 12.30 Northwestern State 1.3 at Abilene Christian 1.6 New Orleans 1.10 at Nicholls 1.13 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.20 at Houston Baptist 1.27 at Lamar 1.30 Sam Houston State 2.3 at Northwestern State 2.8 Stephen F. Austin 2.10 Southeastern Louisiana 2.14 at Central Arkansas 2.17 at New Orleans 2.21 Nicholls 2.24 Houston Baptist 2.28 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.3 Lamar

MEDIA RELATIONS Jessica Roberson Office.........................................................................................337-475-2499 Cell.............................................................................................325-203-8260 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................. jsimms@mcneese.edu Overall................................................ 64-61

AT A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI

GAME 14 • JAN. 3 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................Corpus Christi, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,202 Colors...................................................................Royal Blue, Green and White President........................................................................... Dr. Kelly Quintanilla Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Lazenby Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)..American Bank Center (8,000)/Dugan Wellness Center (1,000) Website.................................................................................. GoIslanders.com HEAD COACH Willis Wilson (Rice, 1982) Record at AMCC/Overall.................99-97 (7th season)/317-343 (23rd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 24-12/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Our Lady of the Lake 11.13 at Baylor 11.15 UTRGV 11.19 at Georgia 11.24 at UTSA 1129 at Texas State 12.1 Texas Lutheran 12.6 at UTRGV 12.15 ST. Mary’s (Texas) 12.19 at Ole Miss 12.28 at Central Arkansas 12.30 Lamar 1.3 Northwestern State 1.10 Sam Houston State 1.13 at New Orleans 1.16 at Nicholls 1.24 Abilene Christian 1.27 Houston Baptist 1.31 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.3 at Incarnate Word 2.7 at Sam Houston State 2.10 New Orleans 2.14 Stephen F. Austin 2.17 at Lamar 2.21 at Abilene Christian 2.24 Incarnate Word 2.28 McNeese 3.3 at Houston Baptist

MEDIA RELATIONS Jacob Bell Office.........................................................................................361-825-3410 Cell.............................................................................................316-549-3900 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................jacob.bell@tamucc.edu Overall.................................................... 5-7

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

(H) GAME 15 • JAN. 6 • 3:30 P.M. (A) GAME 24 • FEB. 10 • 6 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12.742 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................ Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director.............................................................................Robert Hill Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)......................................William R. Johnson Coliseum (7,203) Website.......................................................................................SFAJacks.com HEAD COACH Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State, 1990) Record at SFA/Career................................................18-15 (2nd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 18-15/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Longwood 11.15 St. Edward’s 11.16 LeTourneau 11.18 Howard Payne 11.22 at Mississippi State 11.26 Florida A&M 11.28 North Dakota State 12.2 UL Monroe 12.6 at Louisiana Tech 12.9 Rice 12.16 at LSU 12.19 at Missouri 12.21 Arlington Baptist 12.28 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.3 Nicholls 1.6 at Northwestern State 1.10 New Orleans 1.13 Incarnate Word 1.17 at Abilene Christian 1.24 at Central Arkansas 1.27 Sam Houston State 1.31 Houston Baptist 2.3 at Lamar 2.8 at McNeese 2.10 Northwestern State 2.14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.21 Central Arkansas 2.24 Lamar 2.28 Abilene Christian 3.3 Sam Houston State

MEDIA RELATIONS Charlie Hurley Office.........................................................................................936-468-2606 Cell.............................................................................................218-341-5113 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................hurleycp@sfasu.edu Overall................................................ 63-61

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

GAME 16 • JAN. 13 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Abilene, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 5,000 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................Dr. Phil Schubert Athletics Director.......................................................................... Lee De Leon Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity).........................................................Moody Coliseum (4,500) Website.................................................................................... ACUSports.com HEAD COACH Joe Golding (Abilene Christian, 1998) Record at ACU/Overall............................................ 71-105 (7th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 13-16/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/2 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Randall 11.13 at Arkansas State 11.16 Howard Payne 11.20 Lipscomb 11.24 at Campbell 11.25 vs. USC-Upstate (at Buies Creek, N.C.) 11.26 vs. Bowling Green (at Buies Creek, N.C.) 12.2 Schreiner 12.6 at Air Force 12.9 Texas State 12.17 at Lipscomb 12.19 Arlington Baptist 12.22 at Texas Tech 12.28 at New Orleans 12.30 Sam Houston State 1.3 McNeese 1.6 Southeastern Louisiana 1.10 at Houston Baptist 1.13 at Northwestern State 1.17 Stephen F. Austin 1.20 at Central Arkansas 1.24 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.31 Lamar 2.3 at Sam Houston State 2.7 Nicholls 2.10 Incarnate Word 2.17 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.24 Central Arkansas 2.28 at Stephen F. Austin 3.3 at Incarnate Word

MEDIA RELATIONS Lance Fleming Office.........................................................................................325-674-2693 Cell.............................................................................................325-665-3542 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................flemingl@acu.edu Overall.................................................... 1-3

AT SAM HOUSTON STATE

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.11 UT Tyler 11.14 Hardin Simmons 11.18 at Idaho 11.22 vs. Central Michigan (at Anchorage, Alaska) GENERAL INFORMATION 11.23 vs. Cal Poly/Charleston (at Anchorage, Alaska) Location................................................................................. Huntsville, Texas 11.25 TBA (at Anchorage, Alaska) Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,477 11.28 Schreiner St. Thomas (Texas) Colors...................................................................................Orange and White 11.30 12.4 at Baylor President.....................................................................................Dr. Dana Hoyt 12.13 at Ole Miss Athletics Director.....................................................................Bobby Williams 12.15 Little Rock at LSU Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) 12.19 Utah Valley Arena (Capacity)..................................... Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum (6,100) 12.22 12.30 at Abilene Christian Website.................................................................................... GoBearkats.net 1.3 Central Arkansas 1.6 at Incarnate Word 1.10 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi HEAD COACH 1.13 Houston Baptist Jason Hooten (Tarleton State, 1993) 1.17 Northwestern State Record at Sam Houston State/Overall..................... 119-82 (7th season)/Same 1.20 at Lamar 1.24 Southeastern Louisiana 1.27 at Stephen F. Austin TEAM INFORMATION 1.30 at McNeese 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 21-13/10-8 2.3 Abilene Christian Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/7 2.7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3 2.10 Lamar 2.14 at Nicholls 2.17 at Houston Baptist MEDIA RELATIONS 2.21 New Orleans 2.28 at Central Arkansas Ben Rikard 3.3 Stephen F. Austin

GAME 18 • JAN. 17 • 6:30 P.M.

Office.........................................................................................936-294-1764 Cell.............................................................................................936-554-2077 SERIES INFORMATION Email...............................................................................ben.rikard@shsu.edu Overall................................................ 31-29

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

(A) GAME 19 • JAN. 20 • 5 P.M. (H) GAME 27 • FEB. 24 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Hammond Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,403 Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President.....................................................................................Dr. John Crain Athletics Director.......................................................................... Jay Artigues Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)........................................................ University Center (7,500) Website..................................................................................... LionSports.net HEAD COACH Jay Ladner (Southern Miss, 1988) Record at SLU/Career................................................ 37-60 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 16-16/9-9 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Centenary 11.13 at Tulane 11.16 at UL Monroe 11.19 at Valparaiso 11.21 at Kent State 11.24 at Samford 11.25 vs. Mississippi Valley St. (at Birmingham, Ala.) 11.28 vs. Loyola 12.12 at UCF 12.14 Southern-New Orleans 12.16 at Grambling 12.19 at UL Lafayette 12.21 at Notre Dame 12.28 Stephen F. Austin 12.31 at Central Arkansas 1.6 at Abilene Christian 1.10 at Lamar 1.13 McNeese 1.17 Houston Baptist 1.20 Northwestern State 1.24 at Sam Houston State 1.27 at Nicholls 1.31 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.3 Central Arkansas 2.7 at Incarnate Word 2.10 at McNeese 2.14 New Orleans 2.17 Abilene Christian 2.24 at Northwestern State 2.28 at New Orleans 3.3 Nicholls

MEDIA RELATIONS Mike Kiral Office.........................................................................................985-549-2142 Cell.............................................................................................985-320-8812 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................. michael.kiral@southeastern.edu Overall.............................................. 104-59

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

NEW ORLEANS

(H) GAME 20 • JAN. 24 • 6:30 P.M. (A) GAME 22 • JAN. 31 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... New Orleans Enrollment.............................................................................................. 7,976 Colors...............................................................................Royal Blue and Silver President................................................................................ Dr. John Nicklow Athletics Director.......................................................................... Derek Morel Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)..........................................................Lakefront Arena (8,785) Website..............................................................................UNOPrivateers.com HEAD COACH Mark Slessinger (Aurora, 1995) Record at New Orleans/Overall................................. 77-98 (7th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 20-12/13-5 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

#KEEPTHEFAITH

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at St. John’s 11.13 at Oakland 11.21 at Memphis 11.24 Spring Hill 11.26 at South Alabama 11.29 at Houston 12.2 Williams Baptist 12.13 at SMU 12.16 at UL Lafayette 12.18 Oklahoma Panhandle State 12.20 at UAB 12.28 Abilene Christian 12.30 at Houston Baptist 1.3 Lamar 1.6 at McNeese 1.10 at Stephen F. Austin 1.13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.17 Central Arkansas 1.20 Incarnate Word 1.24 at Northwestern State 1.27 at Incarnate Word 1.31 Northwestern State 2.3 Nicholls 2.10 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.14 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.17 McNeese 2.21 at Sam Houston State 2.24 at Nicholls 2.28 Southeastern Louisiana

MEDIA RELATIONS Kelvin Queliz Office.........................................................................................504-280-6284 Cell.............................................................................................917-683-6517 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................................... kqueliz@uno.edu Overall.................................................... 5-5

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

(H) GAME 21 • JAN. 27 • 3 P.M. (A) GAME 29 • MARCH 4 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................... Conway, Arkansas Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,750 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gray President...............................................................................Dr. Houston Davis Athletics Director.....................................................................Dr. Brad Teague Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)................................................................Farris Center (5,000) Website....................................................................................UCASports.com HEAD COACH Russ Pennell (Pittsburg State, 1989) Record at UCA/Overall................... 17-72 (4th season)/110-130 (10th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 8-24/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at Baylor 11.12 University of the Ozarks 11.15 at UCLA 11.19 Alcorn State 11.21 at South Carolina State 11.25 at Tulsa 11.27 Morehead State 11.29 at Little Rock 12.4 at San Francisco 12.6 at California 12.9 Little Rock 12.17 at Morehead State 12.20 at Oregon 12.28 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12.31 Southeastern Louisiana 1.3 at Sam Houston State 1.6 at Lamar 1.10 Incarnate Word 1.13 at Nicholls 1.17 at New Orleans 1.20 Abilene Christian 1.24 Stephen F. Austin 1.27 at Northwestern State 2.3 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.7 at Houston Baptist 2.14 McNeese 2.17 Nicholls 2.21 at Stephen F. Austin 2.24 at Abilene Christian 2.28 Sam Houston State 3.3 Northwestern State

MEDIA RELATIONS Steve East Office.........................................................................................501-450-5743 Cell.............................................................................................501-339-8215 SERIES INFORMATION Email.........................................................................................seast@uca.edu Overall.................................................. 19-4

LAMAR

GAME 22 • FEB. 7 • 6:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 14,103 Colors........................................................................................ Red and White President.......................................................................... Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Athletics Director...................................................................Jason Henderson Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)......................................................Montagne Center (10,080) Website............................................................................ LamarCardinals.com HEAD COACH Tic Price (Virginia Tech, 1979) Record at Lamar/Career................. 46-53 (4th season)/213-175 (13th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 19-15/10-8 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

HOUSTON BAPTIST

GAME 24 • FEB. 14 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................. Houston Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,160 Colors............................................................................Royal Blue and Orange President.............................................................................Dr. Robert B. Sloan Athletics Director....................................................................... Steve Moniaci Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)..................................................................Sharp Gym (1,000) Website..................................................................................HBUHuskies.com HEAD COACH Ron Cottrell (Arkansas, 1985) Record at Houston Baptist/Overall..................... 469-364 (27th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 17-14/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/8 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at Providence 11.14 Arlington Baptist 11.18 at Belmont 11.19 vs. Seattle/Detroit (at Nashville) 11.21 at Virginia Tech 11.26 at Oklahoma State 11.28 Dallas Christian 12.2 Texas State 12.6 at St. Peter’s 12.9 at UTSA 12.15 Barclay 12.18 at Michigan State 12.20 at Vanderbilt 12.28 at Lamar 12.30 New Orleans 1.6 Nicholls 1.10 Abilene Christian 1.13 at Sam Houston State 1.17 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.20 McNeese 1.24 Incarnate Word 1.27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.31 at Stephen F. Austin 2.7 Central Arkansas 2.10 at Nicholls 2.14 at Northwestern State 2.17 Sam Houston State 2.21 Lamar 2.24 at McNeese 2.28 at Incarnate Word 3.3 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

MEDIA RELATIONS Jeff Sutton Office.........................................................................................281-649-3208 Cell.............................................................................................512-426-3275 SERIES INFORMATION Email.....................................................................................jsutton@hbu.edu Overall................................................ 15-15

INCARNATE WORD

GAME 27 • FEB. 21 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................ San Antonio Enrollment............................................................................................ 10,984 Colors.............................................................................. Red, Black and White President............................................................................... Dr. Thomas Evans Athletics Director.............................................................. Dr. Brian Wickstrom Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena (Capacity)..................................McDermott Convocation Center (2,000) Website................................................................................UIWCardinals.com HEAD COACH Ken Burmeister (St. Mary’s, 1970) Record at UIW/Overall..............176-135 (12th season)/304-259 (21st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record............................................... 12-17/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 Southwestern 11.13 Trinity 11.17 McMurry 11.22 Loyola Marymount 11.25 at Houston 11.29 at Gonzaga 12.2 Sacramento State 12.5 Texas Lutheran 12.16 UMKC 12.19 at UTEP 12.22 at Florida 12.28 at McNeese 12.30 at Nicholls 1.6 Sam Houston State 1.10 at Central Arkansas 1.13 at Stephen F. Austin 1.17 Lamar 1.20 at New Orleans 1.24 at Houston Baptist 1.27 New Orleans 2.3 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.7 Southeastern Louisiana 2.10 at Abilene Christian 2.14 at Lamar 2.17 Stephen F. Austin 2.21 Northwestern State 2.24 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.28 Houston Baptist 3.3 Abilene Christian

MEDIA RELATIONS Mary Ellen Leisering Office.........................................................................................210-805-5819 Cell.............................................................................................832-623-8660 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................................leiserin@uiwtx.edu Overall.................................................... 2-2

2017-18 SCHEDULE 11.10 at Tulsa 11.14 Coastal Carolina 11.16 Jarvis Christian 11.19 CSU-Bakersfield 11.22 Southern-New Orleans 11.27 at UTEP 12.2 at Coastal Carolina 12.5 St. Thomas (Texas) 12.9 Howard Payne 12.17 at Southern Illinois 12.19 at Duquesne 12.22 vs. UC Davis (at Las Vegas) 12.23 Radford/N.C. A&T (Las Vegas) 12.28 Houston Baptist 12.30 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.3 at New Orleans 1.6 Central Arkansas 1.10 Southeastern Louisiana 1.17 at Incarnate Word 1.20 Sam Houston State 1.24 Nicholls 1.27 McNeese 1.31 at Abilene Christian 2.3 Stephen F. Austin 2.7 at Northwestern State 2.10 at Sam Houston State 2.14 Incarnate Word 2.17 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.21 at Houston Baptist 2.24 at Stephen F. Austin 3.3 at McNeese

MEDIA RELATIONS James Dixon Office.........................................................................................409-880-8329 Cell.............................................................................................936-552-1171 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................jdixon@lamar.edu Overall................................................ 28-27

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH 2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG. TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Woodley, Zeek 14-11 412-29.4 91-179 .508 27-62 .435 60-69 .870 22 27 49 3.5 30-0 10-0.7 14 2 11 269 19.2 Thompson, Sabri 29-27 874-30.1 128-308 .416 76-177 .429 53-79 .671 36 90 126 4.3 41-0 41-1.4 52 4 26 385 13.3 Lane, Ishmael 29-28 740-25.5 117-233 .525 2-3 .667 83-142 .585 56 125 181 6.2 64-1 26-0.9 55 20 17 319 11.0 Hall, Devonte 29-28 770-26.6 86-208 .413 12-44 .273 99-128 .773 9 60 69 2.4 93-2 134-4.6 74 2 38 283 9.8 Sweeney, Iziahiah 29-20 750-25.9 87-224 .388 17-55 .309 5377 .688 43 66 109 3.8 52-1 32-1.1 44 14 35 244 8.4 Joseph, Tra’von 29-28 724-25.0 87-167 .521 9-34 .265 47-65 .723 46 114 160 5.5 84-3 51-1.8 50 10 22 230 7.9 Boyd, Josh 25-1 448-17.9 58-150 .387 25-74 .338 55-88 .625 22 42 64 2.6 71-1 57-2.3 65 2 15 196 7.8 Metoyer, Malik 10-0 144-14.4 12-25 .480 1-3 .333 18-26 .692 10 27 37 3.7 13-0 8-0.8 10 6 6 43 4.3 Bell, Jordan 26-0 302-11.6 42-95 .442 9-32 .281 13-20 .650 18 66 84 3.2 40-2 16-0.6 18 11 8 106 4.1 Kissoonlal, Reginald 20-2 171-18.6 20-54 .370 14-35 .400 12-16 .750 6 22 28 1.4 33-0 5-0.3 13 6 5 66 3.3 Hamilton, Tanner 29-0 175-6.0 13-29 .448 5-12 .417 2-7 .286 8 11 19 0.7 18-0 11-0.4 13 0 2 33 1.1 Guest, Jacob 11-0 39-3.5 4-10 .400 1-7 .143 3-4 .750 1 5 6 0.5 0-0 1-0.1 4 0 2 12 1.1 Walker, Bailey 28-0 280-10.0 5-24 .208 5-16 .313 1-2 .500 6 6 12 0.4 27-0 14-0.5 22 0 9 16 0.6 Cambre, Cody 8-0 22-2.8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0.5 2-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 2 0.3 Team 53 49 102 Total 29 5850 751-1698 .442 203-554 .366 499-723 .690 337 713 1050 36.2 568 406 439 77 196 2204 76.0 Opponents 5850 816-1738 .470 228-606 .376 441-663 .665 329 736 1065 36.7 628 478 424 94 203 2301 79.3

2016-17 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG. TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Woodley, Zeek 4-1 138-34.5 26-51 .510 9-19 .474 32-35 .914 4 15 19 4.8 8-0 8-2.0 5 0 3 93 23.3 Thompson, Sabri 18-18 617-34.3 93-217 .429 58-130 .446 40-54 .741 21 51 72 4.0 26-0 27-1.5 37 3 19 284 15.8 Lane, Ishmael 18-17 470-26.1 74-135 .548 2-3 .667 58-86 .674 37 76 113 6.3 46-1 15-0.8 27 12 12 208 11.6 Hall, Devonte 18-18 488-27.1 61-138 .442 8-31 .258 62-79 .785 6 39 45 2.5 64-2 80-4.4 56 2 22 192 10.7 Sweeney, Iziahiah 18-17 557-30.9 69-167 .413 17-48 .354 32-44 .727 27 55 82 4.6 37-1 23-1.3 33 12 21 187 10.4 Joseph, Tra’von 18-17 453-25.2 60-107 .561 6-23 .261 33-45 .733 27 63 90 5.0 56-2 29-1.6 35 6 16 159 8.8 Boyd, Josh 14-0 290-20.7 33-91 .363 14-47 .298 31-52 .596 14 29 43 3.1 46-1 37-2.6 33 1 9 111 7.9 Bell, Jordan 17-0 240-14.1 36-78 .462 6-24 .250 11-16 .688 15 51 66 3.9 34-2 15-0.9 15 9 7 89 5.2 Kissoonlal, Reginald 11-2 92-8.4 8-32 .250 5-17 .294 9-10 .900 3 8 11 1.0 21-0 4-0.4 7 2 0 30 2.7 Hamilton, Tanner 18-0 110-6.1 9-17 .529 5-7 .714 2-4 .500 3 9 12 0.7 9-0 8-0.4 8 0 0 25 1.4 Guest, Jacob 8-0 21-2.6 1-5 .200 0-4 .000 3-4 .750 1 4 5 0.6 0-0 0-0.0 2 0 1 5 0.6 Walker, Bailey 18-0 163-9.1 3-11 .273 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0.2 14-0 10-0.6 14 0 4 9 0.5 Cambre, Cody 5-0 10-2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 32 33 65 Total 18 3650 473-1049 .451 133-362 .367 313-429 .730 191 437 628 34.9 361 256 273 47 114 1492 77.3 Opponents 3650 502-1076 .467 138-359 .384 314-451 .696 210 454 664 36.9 379 301 258 52 130 1456 80.9

Team

2016-17 SUPERLATIVES

Points: Field Goals Made: Field Goal Attempts: Field Goal Percentage: 3-Pointers Made: 3-Pointers Attempted: 3-Point Percentage: Free Throws Made: Free Throws Attempted: Free Throw Percentage: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocked Shots: Turnovers: Fouls:

97, vs. Central Arkansas (3/4/17) 97, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 35, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 69, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/22/16) .615 (32-52), vs. Central Arkansas (3/4/17) 13, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 26, at UTEP (12/3/16) .556 (5-9), vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 30, vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 44, vs. McNeese (12/31/16) .846 (22-26), vs. Central Arkansas (3/4/17) 57, vs. LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 25, at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 12, at Lamar (1/28/17) 6, vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 19, at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 19, vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/4/17) 19, vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 19, at Mississippi State (11/28/16) 34, at Incarnate Word (1/5/17)

Points: Field Goals Made: Field Goal Attempts:

38, Sabri Thompson vs. Nicholls (1/12/17) 11, Ishmael Lane at Abilene Christian (2/11/17) 21, Sabri Thompson vs. Nicholls (1/12/17)

Individual

Field Goal Percentage: 3-Pointers Made: 3-Pointers Attempted: 3-Point Percentage: Free Throws Made: Free Throws Attempted: Free Throw Percentage: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocked Shots:

1.000 (6-7), Ishmael Lane vs. Central Arkansas (3/4/17) 7, Sabri Thompson at Central Arkansas (2/2/17) 7, Sabri Thompson vs. Nicholls (1/12/17) 14, Sabri Thompson vs. Nicholls (1/12/17) 1.000 (4-4), Sabri Thompson vs. Louisiana College (12/28/16) 1.000 (2-2), done seven times 14, Devonte Hall at Southeastern Louisiana (1/25/17) 14, Josh Boyd vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 18, Josh Boyd vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 1.000 (9-9), Zeek Woodley vs. Central Arkansas (3/4/17) 1.000 (8-8), Devonte Hall at Incarnate Word (1/5/17) 1.000 (8-8), Zeek Woodley vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 1.000 (6-6), Tra’von Joseph vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/22/16) 1.000 (6-6), Iziahiah Sweeney vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 1.000 (5-5), Tra’von Joseph at Nicholls (2/18/17) 1.000 (5-5), Tra’von Joseph at Central Arkansas (2/217) 1.000 (5-5), Iziahiah Sweeney vs. McNeese (12/31/16) 14, Tra’von Joseph vsl LSU-Shreveport (12/1/16) 10, Devonte Hall vs. Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 5, Iziahiah Sweeney vs. LeTourneau (11/18/16) 3, Ishamel Lane at Sam Houston State (1/14/17) 3, Iziahiah Sweeney vs. McNeese (12/31/16)

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#KEEPTHEFAITH 2016-17 COMPARISON STATISTICS

OPPONENTS SCORE MAR FG/A PCT. 3FG/A PCT. FTM/A PCT. REB MAR AS TO BLK STL PF NORTHWESTERN STATE 44 -28 12-43 .279 5-13 .385 15-24 .625 29 -17 8 18 1 7 21 at Texas A&M 72 28-61 .459 5-24 .208 11-22 .500 46 19 12 9 7 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 61 -36 21-64 .328 4-15 .267 15-25 .600 32 -9 11 17 0 8 15 at Oklahoma 97 37-63 .587 9-18 .500 14-23 .609 41 19 14 7 7 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 92 5 30-62 .484 5-9 .556 27-37 .730 44 12 12 13 4 9 9 LeTourneau 87 34-70 .486 15-27 .556 4-7 .571 32 22 14 2 9 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 82 13 27-69 .391 7-23 .304 21-27 .778 41 1 14 11 2 7 24 LSU-Alexandria 69 24-53 .453 6-19 .316 15-25 .600 40 12 24 5 2 28 NORTHWESTERN STATE 60 -24 24-67 .358 5-25 .200 7-14 .500 38 -2 12 18 4 5 22 at Missouri 84 32-62 .516 7-20 .350 13-17 .765 40 19 14 2 9 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 59 -6 21-54 .389 9-21 .429 8-10 .800 33 2 8 19 0 5 18 at Mississippi State 65 24-52 .462 2-15 .133 15-20 .750 31 9 13 7 11 13 NORTHWESTERN STATE 88 14 29-65 .446 6-19 .316 24-34 .706 57 25 16 17 4 6 12 LSU-Shreveport 74 28-71 .394 11-34 .324 7-11 .636 32 13 10 1 9 26 NORTHWESTERN STATE 79 12 27-53 .509 12-26 .462 13-27 .481 37 -1 18 11 3 8 21 at UTEP 67 24-56 .429 8-25 .320 11-21 .524 38 14 15 3 3 27 NORTHWESTERN STATE 68 4 26-49 .531 3-8 .375 13-27 .481 38 9 16 15 3 7 16 UL Monroe 64 25-59 .424 9-21 .429 5-13 .385 29 17 12 2 3 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 93 -7 30-62 .484 6-16 .375 27-35 .771 32 -4 13 12 4 9 22 at Rice 100 38-64 .594 12-21 .571 12-21 .571 36 24 14 2 7 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 20 31-61 .508 8-17 .471 16-34 .471 41 5 22 15 5 11 27 Louisiana College 66 20-51 .392 6-23 .261 20-32 .625 36 9 24 2 6 27 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 -7 20-66 .303 2-17 .118 30-44 .682 45 1 4 13 6 8 23 McNeese 79 25-57 .439 5-14 .357 24-32 .750 44 11 20 5 5 30 NORTHWESTERN STATE 80 -4 25-56 .446 3-12 .250 27-36 .750 47 13 10 18 2 3 34 at Incarnate Word 84 25-58 .431 8-25 .320 26-44 .591 34 10 10 3 8 27 NORTHWESTERN STATE 82 -17 27-61 .443 7-22 .318 21-32 .656 30 -15 16 15 5 5 20 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 99 33-63 .524 7-13 .538 26-31 .839 45 18 14 4 10 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 5 25-65 .385 8-22 .364 28-36 .778 47 8 15 17 3 3 22 Nicholls 81 27-66 .409 11-32 .344 16-22 .727 39 17 16 6 9 28 NORTHWESTERN STATE 68 -9 27-59 .458 3-19 .158 11-17 .647 36 0 15 19 4 9 13 Sam Houston State 77 26-60 .433 11-21 .524 15-16 .875 36 18 16 2 6 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 78 13 29-53 .547 11-20 .550 9-17 .529 34 3 18 17 1 4 20 at McNeese 65 21-54 .389 8-24 .333 15-21 .714 31 11 18 0 7 18 NORTHWESTERN STATE 85 14 28-55 .509 4-19 .211 25-31 .806 39 16 8 17 0 7 24 at Southeastern Louisiana 71 22-47 .468 4-12 .333 23-34 .676 23 15 14 0 5 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 64 -21 21-49 .429 8-19 .421 14-18 .778 21 -18 13 18 2 12 16 at Lamar 85 33-60 .550 10-25 .400 9-14 .643 39 23 19 1 8 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 97 -10 35-66 .530 13-25 .520 14-20 .700 35 3 25 12 0 7 23 at Central Arkansas 107 36-64 .563 11-25 .440 24-35 .686 32 26 8 2 6 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 -2 28-60 .467 9-21 .429 8-10 .800 32 -1 15 19 2 9 18 Stephen F. Austin 75 28-56 .500 5-16 .313 14-21 .667 33 17 19 5 8 15 NORTHWESTERN STATE 69 -17 23-58 .397 8-19 .421 15-19 .789 27 -16 12 13 1 8 17 Houston Baptist 86 33-64 .516 10-25 .400 14-19 .737 43 20 14 4 7 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 -4 26-51 .510 7-13 .538 13-20 .650 29 -8 15 19 4 9 18 at Abilene Christian 76 26-60 .433 9-18 .500 15-26 .577 37 18 18 4 10 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 66 -7 22-57 .386 10-24 .417 12-18 .667 30 -16 15 12 4 5 19 Southeastern Louisiana 73 28-58 .483 5-12 .417 12-21 .571 46 16 17 4 7 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 80 2 28-63 .444 8-22 .364 16-22 .727 39 2 16 9 5 5 17 at Nicholls 78 26-59 .441 11-27 .407 15-21 .714 37 18 12 4 4 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 68 -20 23-56 .411 4-20 .200 18-23 .783 30 -9 10 13 3 6 19 Lamar 88 31-62 .500 9-23 .391 17-24 .708 39 17 11 1 8 23 NORTHWESTERN STATE 83 1 29-63 .460 7-23 .304 18-23 .783 33 -6 16 11 2 8 23 New Orleans 82 28-59 .475 4-14 .286 22-31 .710 39 14 14 3 4 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 5 25-59 .424 10-24 .417 12-17 .706 40 3 13 16 1 5 18 at Stephen F. Austin 67 24-60 .400 3-16 .188 16-20 .800 37 16 10 4 9 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 97 14 32-52 .615 11-21 .524 22-26 .846 34 4 20 15 2 1 17 Central Arkansas 83 30-69 .435 11-29 .379 12-19 .632 30 16 8 0 9 23

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Demons Abilene Christian Colorado State Central Arkansas Houston Baptist Incarnate Word Lamar LeTourneau Louisiana College Louisiana-Monroe LSU-Shreveport Lyon College McNeese New Orleans Nicholls Oklahoma Rice Sam Houston State Southeastern Louisiana SMU Stephen F. Austin Texas Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Utah Opponent Abilene Christian Akron Alabama Alabama State Alcorn State Alex. Air Force Ambassador Anderson (IN) Arizona Arkansas Arkansas Baptist Arkansas A&M Arkansas College Arkansas-Little Rock Arkansas -Monticello Arkansas State Arkansas Tech Athens (AL) Auburn Austin Barksdale Air Force Baylor Belhaven Bowling Green Brigham Young Cal-Santa Barbara Campbell Canisius Centenary Central Arkansas Central Baptist Central Methodist Central Missouri Central State (OK) Chicago State Cincinnati Cleveland State Colorado Colorado State Dallas David Lipscomb Dayton Delta State DePaul Drake Drexel Duquesne Emporia State East Cen. State (OK) E. Tennessee State E. Texas Baptist E. Texas State Eastern Kentucky Eastern New Mexico Eastern Washington Findlay Florida Florida A&M Fort Polk Fredonia State (NY) Georgetown George Washington Georgia Southern Georgia State Grambling Hamline

#KEEPTHEFAITH against

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Won Lost First Last 1 3 2013-14 2016-17 0 1 1989-90 1989-90 19 4 1975-76 2016-17 15 15 1967-68 2016-17 2 2 2013-14 2016-17 28 27 1950-51 2016-17 5 0 1991-92 2016-17 118 37 1914-15 2016-17 49 73 1951-52 2016-17 6 2 2003-04 2016-17 1 0 2014-15 2014-15 63 62 1951-52 2016-17 5 5 1972-73 2016-17 71 41 1958-59 2016-17 0 6 1984-85 2016-17 0 5 1969-70 2016-17 31 29 1951-52 2016-17 104 59 1938-39 2016-17 0 4 1953-54 1985-86 63 61 1925-26 2016-17 0 4 1979-80 1988-89 5 7 2006-07 2016-17 FIRST MEETING

NSU NSU First Last Won Lost Game Game Opponent 1 3 2013-14 2016-17 Hannibal-Lagrange 0 1 1980-81 1980-81 Hanover (IN) 0 2 1985-86 1993-94 Hardin-Simmons 0 1 1991-92 1991-92 Harding 1 0 2008-09 2008-09 Harvard 2 0 1951-52 1952-53 Hawaii 1 0 1993-94 1993-94 Henderson State 1 0 1954-55 1954-55 Hendrix College 0 1 2015-16 2015-16 Houston 1 9 1953-54 2015-16 Houston Baptist 2 0 1986-87 1992-93 Huston-Tillotson 1 0 1968-69 1968-69 Illinois 1 0 1954-55 1954-55 Incarnate Word 4 9 1980-81 2011-12 Indiana 2 0 1996-97 2001-02 Iowa 2 6 1950-51 2011-12 Iowa State 2 0 1949-50 1980-81 Jackson State 0 1 1967-68 1967-68 Jacksonville State(AL) 1 1 2013-14 2015-16 Jarvis Christian 2 0 1948-49 1949-50 Kansas State 9 1 1945-46 1949-50 Kentucky 1 6 1945-46 2015-16 Kentucky Wesleyan 2 0 1997-98 1998-99 Lake Charles AFB 0 1 1979-80 1979-80 Lamar 1 1 1948-49 1994-95 LaSalle Oilers 0 1 2007-08 2007-08 LeTourneau 3 1 1977-78 2012-13 Livingston College 1 1 2010-11 2010-11 Louisiana Christian 65 75 1921-22 2015-16 Louisiana College 19 4 1975-76 2016-17 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 0 2010-11 2010-11 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 2011-12 2011-12 Louisiana Tech 3 0 1953-54 1955-56 Louisville 1 0 1948-49 1948-49 Loyola (LA) 0 1 1984-85 1984-85 LSU 0 2 1904-05 1911-12 LSU-Alexandria 0 1 1978-79 1978-79 LSU-Shreveport 0 3 1995-96 1997-98 Lyon College 0 1 1989-90 1989-90 Marquette 1 0 1992-93 1992-93 Marshall 1 0 1955-56 1955-56 Maryville (MO) 0 1 2004-05 2004-05 McNeese State 7 5 1947-48 1975-76 Memphis 0 1 2006-07 2006-07 Mercer 1 0 1988-89 1988-89 Mexico Oil Company 0 1 1984-85 1984-85 Miami (OH) 0 1 2010-11 2010-11 Mississippi 1 0 1994-95 1994-95 Mississippi State 1 0 1950-51 1950-51 Missouri 1 0 1971-72 1971-72 Missouri Valley 17 3 1947-48 2012-13 Nevada Las Vegas 8 4 1955-56 1986-87 New Mexico 1 1 1959-60 1961-62 New Orleans 1 0 1952-53 1952-53 Niagara 1 0 1987-88 1987-88 Nicholls 1 0 1953-54 1953-54 North Alabama 0 1 2012-13 2012-13 Northwest Oklahoma 1 0 1985-86 1985-86 North Texas 3 0 1945-46 1953-54 Northern Iowa 0 1 1960-61 1960-61 Northwestern 0 1 1960-61 1960-61 Ohio State 1 0 1959-60 1959-60 Oklahoma State 4 5 1966-67 1983-84 Oklahoma 2 0 1976-77 1976-77 Oklahoma City 7 15 1968-69 2009-10 Ouachita Baptist 1 0 1961-62 1961-62 Oglethorpe

opponents

Noteworthy Wildcats escaped after big NSU rally last year Boyd Grant was CSU coach in first meeting Scoreboards light up in NSU-UCA series Huskies have won last 3 Former Demon staffer Snack Smith is at UIW Cards have won last 3 YellowJackets visit for second straight season LC coach Mason, Coach Mike are buds Demons held off Warhawks rally in Bossier City last year NSU continues facing Shreveport foes NSU won only prior matchup, 75-64 Cowboys coach Simmons formerly at NSU (1999-2007) Former Demon assistant Mark Slessinger (2000-11) coaches UNO Demons have won 8 of last 9 vs. Colonels after sweeping season series OU was one of Coach Mike’s visits as a player Owls gym named for Pineville’s Tudor Kats’ radio man Kooter Robertson, Coach Mike are pals Each team won on the other’s homecourt last year Dave Bliss was Mustangs coach in last meeting Demons snapped SFA’s 5-year home win streak last March NSU alumnae Angela Ortego is women’s basketball operations director at UT NSU alum Dr. Randy Bonnette chairs AMCC kinesiology department First visit to Utah since 2006 BracketBusters game at Utah State NSU Won 1 0 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 15 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 28 1 5 3 0 118 78 47 61 0 5 7 2 6 1 0 0 0 63 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 5 1 71 2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1

NSU First Last Lost Game Game Opponent 0 2012-13 2012-13 Oral Roberts 1 1973-74 1973-74 Oregon State 3 1956-57 1986-87 Pepperdine 0 1991-92 2005-06 Peru State (NE) 1 2007-08 2007-08 Phillips University 4 2001-02 2009-10 Portland State 1 1950-51 2006-07 Princeton 0 1975-76 1975-76 Puget Sound 2 1970-71 1988-89 Quantico Marines 15 1967-68 2016-17 Regis College 0 2003-04 2004-05 Rice 2 2000-01 2004-05 St. Joseph’s (ME) 0 2013-14 2014-15 Samford 3 2008-09 2010-11 Sam Houston State 0 2005-06 2005-06 Selmon Field 1 2005-06 2005-06 Siena 2 1983-84 1991-92 South Alabama 2 1973-74 2011-12 Southeastern La. 0 2004-05 2004-05 Southeastern Okla. 1 1999-00 1999-00 Southern Methodist 1 1985-86 1988-89 Southern Mississippi 1 1961-62 1961-62 Southern Arkansas 0 1953-54 1953-54 Southern 27 1950-51 2016-17 Southern (N.O.) 1 1945-46 1945-46 SW Baptist (TX) 0 1991-92 2016-17 Southwestern (KN) 0 1973-74 1975-76 Southwest Missouri 1 1995-96 1995-96 Spring Hill College 37 1914-15 2016-17 Stanford 46 1912-13 2014-15 Stephen F. Austin 73 1951-52 2016-17 Stetson 76 1915-16 2014-15 Tarleton State 1 2006-07 2006-07 Tennessee-Martin 7 1925-26 1956-57 Tennessee Tech 18 1915-16 2013-14 Texaco Town 1 2014-15 2016-17 Texas 2 2003-04 2016-17 Texas A&I 0 2014-15 2014-15 Texas A&M 1 2006-07 2006-07 Texas A&M-CC 2 1988-89 2011-12 Texas-Arlington 1 1950-51 1950-51 Texas Christian 62 1951-52 2016-17 Texas-ElPaso 6 1955-56 2013-14 Texas Lutheran 4 1980-81 1983-84 Texas-San Antonio 0 1952-53 1952-53 Texas Southern 2 2008-09 2008-09 Texas State 2 1997-98 2015-16 Texas Tech 7 1981-82 2016-17 Toledo 3 2005-06 2016-17 Troy 0 2009-10 2015-16 Tulane 2 1971-72 1977-78 Tulsa 2 2002-03 2003-04 Univ. of Ozarks 5 1972-73 2016-17 Utah State 1 2012-13 2013-14 Valparaiso 41 1958-59 2016-17 Washburn 1 1973-74 1975-76 Wiley College 0 1959-60 1975-76 Western Illinois 20 1953-54 1995-96 Western Kentucky 1 2004-05 2004-05 West Texas State 2 2003-04 2006-07 West Virginia 1 1979-80 1979-80 Wheaton 9 1998-99 2008-09 Whittier College 6 1984-85 2016-17 Wichita State 1 1947-48 1947-48 Wyoming 1 1969-70 1993-94 Xavier (LA) 1 1964-65 1965-66

NSU Won 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 31 2 1 4 104 17 0 18 11 6 2 2 3 0 10 0 63 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 23 0 2 2 17 1 25 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

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NSU First Last Lost Game Game 1 1987-88 2013-14 0 2005-06 2005-06 1 1980-81 1980-81 0 1946-47 1946-47 0 1948-49 1948-49 0 1980-81 1980-81 1 2006-07 2006-07 0 1948-49 1948-49 1 1955-56 1955-56 1 1948-49 1948-49 5 1969-70 2016-17 0 1982-83 1982-83 5 1980-81 1997-98 29 1951-52 2016-17 0 1945-46 1945-46 0 2001-02 2001-02 3 1968-69 1994-95 59 1938-39 2016-17 7 1945-46 1965-66 4 1953-54 1985-86 25 1948-49 1989-90 2 1952-53 1971-72 8 1970-71 2006-07 1 2007-08 2009-10 0 1968-69 1974-75 0 1948-49 2004-05 2 1995-96 1996-97 6 1947-48 1967-68 1 2007-08 2007-08 61 1925-26 2016-17 1 1977-78 1977-78 0 1993-94 1993-94 2 1973-74 2014-15 2 1959-60 2007-08 0 1949-50 1949-50 4 1979-80 1988-89 0 1992-93 1992-93 7 1952-53 2016-17 6 2006-07 2015-16 28 1972-73 2011-12 4 1962-63 2010-11 4 1960-61 2016-17 0 1967-68 1992-93 22 1991-92 2011-12 0 1986-87 1986-87 25 1958-59 2011-12 4 1989-90 2014-15 1 1978-79 1978-79 5 1973-74 2008-09 2 1970-71 2004-05 2 1949-50 2004-05 0 2007-08 2007-08 1 2005-06 2006-07 1 2004-05 2004-05 1 1950-51 1950-51 0 1986-87 1997-98 1 1948-49 1948-49 3 1946-47 1962-63 2 1948-49 1962-63 1 2005-06 2005-06 0 1953-54 1953-54 1 1946-47 1946-47 1 2005-06 2005-06 2 1989-90 1999-00 3 1947-48 1973-74

#KEEPTHEFAITH YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1912-13 (3-0) Score Opponent 37-35 Southwestern 32-10 Coushatta 28-24 Southwestern Pts: Normal-97 Opponents-69 1913-14 No records available. 1914-15 (5-2) Score Opponent 30-14 Goldonna 57-7 Boyce 25-22 Lafayette 9-5 Lafayette 15-18 Louisiana College 21-18 Louisiana College 5-16 Louisiana College Pts: Normal-162 Opponents-110

NSU’S ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES

Red Thomas

Wayne Yates

1915-16 Score Opponent 22-24 LSU 17-15 Louisiana College 27-19 Louisiana College 24-23 Louisiana College Remaining records not available. 1916-17 (14-1) Score Opponent 57-7 Goldonna 22-13 LSU 26-13 Louisiana College 47-12 Louisiana College 68-11 St. Charles 56-12 St. Charles 34-18 Southwestern 35-23 Southwestern 35-18 Southwestern 27-22 Southwestern 33-20 Ruston 42-22 Ruston 43-22 Louisiana College 47-25 Louisiana College 15-38 Tulane Pts: Normal-587 Opponents-276 1917-18 No records available. World War I. 1918-19 (10-1) Score Opponent 54-5 Southwestern 29-6 Southwestern 57-11 Southwestern 52-12 Southwestern 25-19 Louisiana College 36-22 Louisiana College 42-20 Louisiana College 37-6 Louisiana College 68-9 St. Charles 54-5 St. Charles 25-38 Louisiana State Pts: Normal-479 Opponents-153 1919-20 No records available. 1920-21 (10-3) Score Opponent 25-29 LSU 18-28 Southwestern 9-12 Southwestern 34-19 Louisiana College 27-14 Louisiana College 33-15 Ruston 26-15 Ruston 47-23 Southwestern 37-27 Southwestern 69-14 Louisiana College 35-20 Louisiana College 33-16 St. Charles 29-18 St. Charles Pts: Normal-422 Opponents-250 1921-22 (10-5)

La. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions

Score Opponent 42-8 NHS 24-18 Centenary 19-27 Centenary 15-31 LSU 30-40 LSU 32-16 LSI 24-12 LSI

Date 1/12/22 1/14/22 1/15/22 1/20/22 1/21/22 1/22/22 1/23/22

Don Beasley

Coach Tenure Seasons Won Lost Pct. H. Lee Prather 1913-50 36 473 169 .737 Prather becomes NSU’s president in 1951 Charles “Red” Thomas 1951-57 7 138 77 .624 Thomas served as an NSU vice president and a scout for the New York Knicks Huey W. Cranford 1957-65 8 116 98 .542 Cranford led two of his first three teams to championships Tynes Hildebrand 1965-80 15 191 199 .490 Also a former Demon star, Hildebrand later became athletic director Wayne Yates 1980-85 5 48 92 .343 Yates steered NSU to a 19-9 record in his second year Don Beasley 1985-88 3 42 41 .506 A former Demon football quarterback, Beasley played on the 1966 unbeaten team Dan Bell 1988-94 6 68 98 .410 The former Demon guard coached NSU over Kentucky in his first year J.D. Barnett 1994-99 5 55 79 .410 Veteran coach netted wins over Baylor and South Alabama Mike McConathy 1999-active 18 280 276 .504 Has led NSU to a 2-3 record in three NCAA Tournament appearances

13-10 LBC 1/24/22 14-20 LBC 1/25/22 32-16 SLI 2/8/22 27-25 SLI 2/9/22 31-16 LBC 2/10/22 31-20 LBC 2/11/22 21-27 Centenary 2/17/22 21-17 Centenary 2/18/22 Pts: Normal-349 Opponents-303 1922-23 (8-7) Score Opponent W Centenary W Centenary L Centenary L Centenary W Marshall W Jefferson College W Jefferson College W Louisiana College L Louisiana College W Louisiana College L Louisiana College W Southwestern W Southwestern L Southwestern W Southwestern 1923-24 No records available. 1924-25 (10-5) Score Opponent Date 32-15 Glasco 1/10/25 29-25 LSU 1/16/25 27-37 LSU 1/17/25 21-10 La. College 1/21/25 21-36 La. College 1/22/25 48-23 Marshall Coll. 1/28/25 42-23 Marshall Coll. 1/29/25 28-25 @ La. College 2/4/25 43-22 @Southwestern 2/5/25 25-30 @Southwestern 2/6/25 17-39 @La. College 2/7/25 28-26 Southwestern 2/12/25 27-28 Southwestern 2/13/25 54-25 Centenary 2/19/25 36-25 Centenary 2/20/25 Pts: Normal-478 Opponents-369 1925-26 (13-1) Score Opponent Date 40-15 S’port YMCA 1/8/26 52-31 @ Southwestern 1/13/26 27-33 @ Southwestern 1/14/26 45-33 @ La. College 1/15/26 38-31 @ La. College 1/16/26 50-17 Southwestern 1/21/26 31-27 Southwestern 1/22/26 38-17 La. Tech 1/23/26 29-28 La. College 2/1/26 41-22 La. College 2/2/26 37-27 @ LSU 2/11/26 33-31 @ LSU 2/12/26 45-18 SFA 2/18/26

45-24 SFA 2/19/26 Pts: Normal-551 Opponents-354 1926-27 (20-2) Score Opponent 54-20 Desoto Cranes 34-22 Louisiana Tech 49-3 Rusk College 54-14 Rusk College 61-20 Magnolia Aggies 50-6 Magnolia Aggies 56-11 Southwestern 17-23 Southwestern 30-28 Louisiana College 34-18 Southwestern 50-22 Centenary 36-25 Southwestern 19-28 Louisiana College 61-9 Stephen F. Austin 54-12 Stephen F. Austin 32-19 Louisiana College 32-23 Louisiana College 49-23 Stephen F. Austin 38-16 Stephen F. Austin 42-20 Louisiana Tech 44-17 Magnolia Aggies 89-24 Magnolia Aggies Pts: Normal-973 Opponents-403 1927-28 (11-2) Score Opponent 63-13 Marshall College 73-17 Marshall College 30-23 Louisiana College 40-21 Louisiana College 39-27 Southwestern 26-16 Southwestern 35-29 Louisiana College 32-15 Louisiana College 40-27 Shreveport Lorecos 43-21 Birmingham Southern 31-32 Louisiana Tech 24-34 Louisiana Tech 24-34 Louisiana Tech 44-20 Shreveport YMCA Pts: Normal-533 Opponents-295 1928-29 (16-6) Score Opponent 56-20 Marshall 62-19 Marshall 43-19 Southwestern 29-32 Southwestern 39-44 Louisiana College 32-21 Southwestern 32-20 Southwestern 39-47 Louisiana College 27-24 Louisiana Tech 42-30 Louisiana Tech 33-34 Louisiana College 50-37 Stephen F. Austin 31-43 Stephen F. Austin 36-33 Louisiana College 39-28 S.P.U. 39-30 Centenary

31-29 Mississippi 36-30 Stephen F. Austin 34-29 Stephen F. Austin 44-30 Centenary 26-29 Louisiana Tech 43-31 Louisiana Tech Pts: Normal-840 Opponents-659 1929-30 (8-11) Score Opponent 29-36 Tulane 20-28 Southwestern 21-27 BLI 35-17 Louisiana College 40-27 Louisiana College 8-29 Centenary 30-31 Centenary 25-50 Southwestern 12-29 Southwestern 21-39 Centenary 24-35 Louisiana Tech 34-33 Centenary 21-26 Louisiana Tech 6-25 Southwestern 30-31 Louisiana Tech 34-32 Southwestern 39-30 Union 39-30 Union 33-24 Louisiana College 26-34 Louisiana College Pts: Normal-542 Opponents-613 1930-31 (17-6) Score Opponent 46-18 Tulane 49-41 Louisiana College 49-37 Louisiana College 63-35 Loyola 62-52 Millsaps 33-36 Centenary 46-38 Southwestern 55-24 Southwestern 44-37 Mississippi College 50-48 Louisiana Tech 37-21 Louisiana Tech 26-28 Loyola 51-29 Loyola 33-48 Southwestern 41-49 Louisiana Tech 25-30 Louisiana Tech 52-43 Louisiana College 45-38 Louisiana College 30-22 Centenary 45-43* SW of Memphis 39-38* Mississippi College 39-34* Western Kent. Teachers 24-35* Centenary Pts: Normal-977 Opponents-824 *SIAA Tourney 1931-32 (15-1) Score Opponent 49-23 Louisiana College 35-29 Stephen F. Austin 32-28 Louisiana College

35-31 Louisiana Tech 30-29 Mississippi College 57-28 Mississippi Teachers 29-33 Millsaps College 45-38 Louisiana Tech 37-33 Union University 49-31 Southwestern 37-28 Louisiana College 33-20 Centenary College 29-24 Millsaps College 39-15 Southwestern 51-30 Louisiana College 42-25 Centenary College Pts: Normal-625 Opponents-445 1932-33 (12-7) Score Opponent 53-28 Lon Morris 52-36 Lon Morris 23-30 Stephen F. Austin 46-35 Stephen F. Austin 51-42 Southwestern 39-34 Louisiana College 38-31 Union University 52-27 Southwestern 49-44 Mississippi Teachers 63-32 Louisiana College 44-33 Mississippi Teachers 44-46 Mississippi College 44-48 Millsaps College 53-38 Louisiana Tech 34-45 Centenary 51-53 Louisiana Tech 39-41 Centenary W* Eastern KY Teachers L* Millsaps Pts: Normal-775 Opponents-643 *SIAA Tourney 1933-34 (12-10) Score Opponent 34-45 Magnolia A&M 35-48 Magnolia A&M 52-22 Lon Morris 36-22 Lon Morris 29-33 West Kentucky 50-44 Mississippi Teachers 43-49 Mississippi College 51-32 Millsaps College 44-38 Stephen F. Austin 44-47 Stephen F. Austin 49-38 Southwestern 49-28 Louisiana College 45-36 Mississippi College 47-42 Millsaps College 48-49 Louisiana Tech 40-44 Centenary 48-41 Birmingham Southern 46-47 Mississippi Teachers 36-31 Louisiana Tech 47-44 Centenary 26-44 Centenary 41-43* Berea College Pts: Normal-940 Opponents-877 *SIAA Tourney

Dan Bell

J.D. Barnett

1934-35 (8-6) Score Opponent W na W na W na L na W Southwestern W Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech L Centenary L Louisiana College L Louisiana College L Southwestern W Stephen F. Austin W Union University 38-35 Centenary 1935-36 (12-6) Score Opponent L Magnolia A&M L Commerce TX Teachers L na W na W na W Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Louisiana College W Louisiana College W Southwestern W Southwestern W Centenary W Miss. State Teachers 46-64 Stephen F. Austin 51-32 Stephen F. Austin L Centenary W Mississippi College L Murray State Teachers 1936-37 (15-7) Score Opponent L Centenary L Centenary 48-34 Stephen F. Austin Remaining records not available. 1937-38 No records available. 1938-39 (16-4) Score Opponent L Louisiana Tech W Centenary W Centenary W Centenary W Louisiana College W Louisiana College W Southwestern W Alabama Teachers W Mississippi Delta W Miss. St. Teachers W Stetson University W Murray Teachers 39-35 Stephen F. Austin W Southeastern

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Tynes Hildebrand

#KEEPTHEFAITH

The 1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions. Known as Louisiana Normal at the time, the team finished the season 19-2 overall. W Magnolia A&M W Magnolia A&M L Southwestern L Centenary L Louisiana Tech L Western Kentucky* * SIAI Tournament 1939-40 (19-2)

Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions

Score Opponent 47-30 Arkansas St. Teachers 25-21 Arkansas St. Teachers 41-34 Louisiana Tech 56-33 Louisiana College 56-24 Louisiana College 26-51 SW Louisiana 46-36 Delta Teachers 45-40 Stephen F. Austin 56-25 Louisiana Tech 56-37 Louisiana Tech 53-49 Centenary 58-32 Louisiana College 36-32 SW Louisiana 67-43 Louisiana College 64-46 Centenary 36-45 Southwestern 28-21 Louisiana College 42-30 Centenary 42-37 Southwestern 47-46 Centenary 64-51 Southeastern Pts: Normal-991 Opponents-763 1940-41 (17-2) Score Opponent W Southeastern W* Stetson L* Western Kentucky *SIAA Tourney Remaining records not available. 1941-42 (5-11) Score Opponent 30-38 Oklahoma 35-42 Oklahoma 52-28 Arkansas 46-22 Arkansas 32-38 Louisiana Tech 30-35 Centenary 38-32 Centenary 59-56 Louisiana College 47-56 Louisiana Tech 38-42 Southeastern 32-46 Loyola 49-54 Southwestern 33-38 Southwestern 56-60 Southeastern 48-62 Loyola 53-31 Louisiana College Pts: Normal-678 Opponents-730 1942-43 (13-11) Score Opponent 37-70 Camp Claiborne 38-35 Pollock Air Base 60-59 Alexandria Air Base 46-44 Essler Field 48-54 Selman Field

52-47 Louisiana College 38-37 Camp Livingston 58-37 Camp Beauregard 42-40 Louisiana College 43-36 Southwestern 49-51 Louisiana Tech 49-48 Louisiana Tech 36-33 Southwestern 35-72 Camp Claiborne 48-23 Essler Field 38-58 Selman Field 38-90 Alexandria Air Base 50-51 Louisiana Tech 44-45 Louisiana Tech 43-54 Camp Livingston 56-40 Camp Beauregard 48-36 Pollock Air Base 40-44 Louisiana State 36-70 Louisiana State Pts: Normal-1072 Opponents-1174 1943-44, 1944-45 No records available. World War II. 1945-46 (18-9) Score Opponent Date 60-51 Selman Field 12/01/45 51-31 Barksdale AFB 12/08/45 53-23 SE Okla. 12/11/45 29-37 SE Okla. 12/12/45 78-51 @ Fort Polk 12/13/45 38-42 LaSalle 12/17/45 49-67 Baylor 1/03/46 66-46 Selman Field 1/07/46 62-43 Stephen F. Austin 1/11/46 51-27 @ LaSalle 1/14/46 78-48 Mississippi Coll. 1/16/46 54-19 Louisiana Tech 1/19/46 49-51 @ Miss. Coll. 1/26/46 57-59 @ Barksdale AFB 1/30/46 67-48 Southwestern La. 2/02/46 53-55 @ S.F. Austin 2/04/46 63-31 Southeastern La. 2/08/46 71-42 @ La. College 2/11/46 54-36 @ SWLA 2/15/46 71-42 @ SELA 2/16/46 56-42 @ La. Tech 2/20/46 64-28 Centenary 2/23/46 74-25 La. College 2/25/46 64-40 @ Centenary 2/26/46 36-38 Louisiana Tech 3/01/46 41-39 @ La. Tech 3/02/46 45-52 @La. Tech 3/06/46 Pts: NSU-1534 Opponents-1128 1946-47 (15-5) Score Opponent Date 55-57 @ S.F. Austin (ot) 12/06/46 71-36 Barksdale AFB 12/10/46 65-31 @ Mississippi Coll. 12/14/46 52-50 Stephen F. Austin 12/16/46 82-52 Peru (Nebraska) 12/19/46 73-27 Louisiana College 1/07/47 88-24 @ Southeastern La. 1/10/47 60-54 @ Southwestern La. 1/11/47 44-35 @ Centenary 1/14/47 65-48 Southeastern La. 1/25/47 78-52 @ Barksdale AFB 1/31/47 37-48 @ Louisiana Tech 2/04/47 56-53 Louisiana Tech 2/08/47

84-37 @Louisiana Coll. 2/13/47 61-76 Southwestern La. 2/19/47 52-38 Centenary 2/22/47 58-45 Loyola 2/28/47 38-36 Centenary 3/01/47 50-82 !Western Kent 3/06/47 56-70 #Whittier College 3/10/47 Pts: NSU-1225 Opponents-951 !-SIAA Tourn. #-NAIB Tourn. 1947-48 (19-6) Score Opponent Date 62-42 E.t Texas Bapt.12/10/47 56-38 @ Okla. City 12/15/47 32-27 @ Okla. City 12/16/47 114-44 @ Barksdale AFB 12/19/47 54-41 @ Spring Hill Col. 1/03/48 40-45 @ Loyola 1/05/48 74-49 Barksdale AFB 1/06/48 77-40 @ La. College 1/08/48 63-41 Southwestern La. 1/10/48 44-54 @ Centenary 1/13/48 65-27 Southeastern La. 1/17/48 55-46 Centenary 1/26/48 36-40 Okla. City (ot) 1/28/48 48-41 Louisiana Tech 1/31/48 51-63 @ Delta State 2/03/48 43-26 La. Colllege 2/06/48 62-39 E. Texas Bapt. 2/07/48 42-40 Delta State 2/11/48 67-34 @ SE La. 2/13/48 49-50 @ La. Tech 2/16/48 59-52 @SW La. 2/19/48 48-31 !Centenary 2/26/48 62-37 !SE La. 2/27/48 57-33 #Louisiana Tech 2/28/48 43-67 #Xavier 3/09/48 Pts: NSU-1403 Opponents-1047 !-NAIB Playoffs #-NAIB Tourn 1948-49 (23-5)

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Score Opponent 99-35 Barksdale AFB 65-60 @ Spring Hill 63-49 Central State 82-34 @ Barksdale AFB 43-57 @ Loyola 53-56 Western Illinois 56-50 Western Illinois 75-49 vs. SW KS 42-51 vs. West Texas 61-53 vs. Phillips Univ. 52-48 @SW La. 69-49 @ SE La. 61-39 @ Southern Miss 77-40 Spring Hill 73-47 @ La. College 40-45 @ La. Tech 61-35 Loyola 68-49 Southeastern La. 54-43 Southwestern La. 57-46 Louisiana Tech 70-36 Louisiana College 66-34 Austin College 58-34 Southern Miss 54-49 Centenary 53-50 @ Centenary 70-58 !Puget Sound

Date 12/04/48 12/06/48 12/09/48 12/10/48 12/13/48 12/16/48 12/17/48 12/28/48 12/29/48 12/30/48 1/08/49 1/15/49 1/17/49 1/22/49 1/29/49 1/31/49 2/04/49 2/09/49 2/12/49 2/16/49 2/17/49 2/18/49 2/22/49 3/02/49 3/04/49 3/08/49

59-57* !Brigham Young 3/09/49 51-52* !Regis 3/10/49 Pts: NSU-1730 Opponents-1305 *NAIB Tournament 1949-50 (18-8) Score Opponent Date 111-46 Barksdale AFB 11/21/49 70-66 Texaco Town 11/28/49 70-56 vs. S.F. Austin 12/01/49 87-57 @ Barksdale AFB 12/06/49 67-40 @ Austin College 12/10/49 64-45 Spring Hill 12/15/49 57-51 vs. Ark. Tech 12/20/49 40-45 vs. Tulsa 12/28/49 69-66 vs. Centenary 12/29/49 58-49 vs. NW Okla. 12/30/49 57-32 Southwest La. 1/09/50 54-46 @ La. College 1/10/50 65-51 Loyola 1/13/50 61-40 @ Loyola 1/30/50 72-50 @ SE La. 1/31/50 71-64 @ Spring Hill 2/03/50 40-47 @ Southern Miss 2/04/50 43-41 Louisiana Tech 2/07/50 54-57 @ Southern Miss 2/10/50 54-62 @ Centenary 2/14/50 57-61 @ SW La. 2/17/50 44-49 Southeast La. 2/18/50 55-60 @ La. Tech 2/20/50 53-58 @ Southeast La. 2/27/50 60-55 Centenary 3/03/50 Pts: NSU-1609 Opponents-1352 1950-51 (15-11) Score Opponent Date 87-55 @ Lamar 12/04/50 83-61 Lamar 12/05/50 56-52 SE Okla. 12/11/50 49-41 SE Okla. 12/12/50 60-42 Henderson 12/19/50 50-59 vs. Washburn 12/27/50 69-64 vs. East Central 12/28/50 79-84 vs. Maryville 12/29/50 62-79 vs. Ark. State 1/04/51 84-71 @ Henderson 1/07/51 56-74 @ SW La. 1/09/51 58-68 Loyola 1/13/51 61-63 Centenary 1/15/51 76-57 Louisiana Tech 1/17/51 65-80 @ SE La. 1/19/51 56-53 @ Loyola 1/20/51 75-19 La. College 1/27/51 51-56 Spring Hill 2/03/51 68-66 @ La. Tech 2/08/51 71-52 Southwestern La. 2/10/51 67-65 @ La. College 2/13/51 50-53 @ Spring Hill 2/16/51 75-83 @ Southern Miss 2/17/51 76-80 Southeastern La. 2/20/51 54-51 @ Centenary 2/23/51 80-70 Southern Miss 2/28/51 Pts: NSU-1718 Opponents-1698 Score 81-49 76-62 62-60 62-37

1951-52 (17-14) Opponent Date Alexandria AFB 11/23/51 Sam Houston 11/27/51 @ Alexandria AFB 11/28/51 Lamar Tech 12/03/51

48-67 @ McNeese 12/04/51 50-52 @ Lamar Tech 12/05/51 82-58 @Sam Houston 12/06/51 60-68 Northeast La. 12/08/51 94-72 McNeese 12/18/51 71-49 @Northeast La. 12/29/51 45-48 Spring Hill 1/04/52 66-54 @La. College 1/05/52 76-60 Southwestern La. 1/12/52 48-52 Loyola 1/15/52 63-69 @SE La. 1/18/52 53-73 @ Loyola 1/19/52 57-60 @ Centenary 1/30/52 55-73 @Southern Miss. 2/01/52 59-58 @ Spring Hill 2/02/52 48-55 Centenary 2/06/52 57-58 Southern Miss. 2/08/52 41-46 Southeastern La. 2/09/52 49-47 Louisiana Tech 2/11/52 72-62 La. College 2/14/52 67-57 @SW La. 2/21/52 78-74 @ Louisiana Tech 2/25/52 81-54 @ Louisiana Tech 2/27/52 69-54 @ McNeese 2/28/52 74-77 @ South. Miss. (OT) 2/29/52 66-48 !Southeastern La. 3/03/52 53-54 !Centenary 3/04/52 Pts: NSU-1963 Opponents-1807 !NAIB Tourn. 1952-53 (22-10) Score Opponent Date 60-64 @ Lamar Tech 11/29/52 61-48 Lamar Tech 12/02/52 91-51 Northeast La. 12/05/52 73-64 @ Southern Ark. 12/09/52 58-53 @ Texas A&M 12/12/52 85-69 @ Sam Houston 12/13/52 67-64 Southern Ark. 12/16/52 80-67 E. New Mexico 12/17/52 86-64 Sam Houston 12/20/52 59-70 vs. SW La. 12/29/52 66-46 vs. McNesse 12/30/52 53-51 vs. Northeast La. 12/31/52 53-54 McNeese State 1/03/53 78-60 @ Northeast La. 1/06/53 77-75 Southern Miss. 1/17/53 79-71 Mexico Oil Co. 1/21/53 57-52 @ Fort. Polk 1/24/53 66-46 @ La. College 1/29/53 67-59 Southeastern La. 1/30/53 59-73 Centenery 1/31/53 54-73 @ SW La. 2/03/53 80-74 La. College 2/05/53 59-69 @ SE La. 2/07/53 62-70 @ Louisiana Tech 2/09/53 77-64 @ McNeese 2/12/53 83-62 Southwestern La. 2/14/53 64-71 Spring Hill 2/16/53 50-55 @ Southern Miss. 2/20/53 76-72 @ Spring Hill 2/21/53 80-78 Louisiana Tech 2/24/53 72-64 @ Centenary 2/27/53 59-63 vs. Centenary 3/02/53 Pts: NSU-2191 Opponents-2016 1953-54 (23-9)

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Score 73-79 71-90 99-55 61-71 85-54 79-68 56-63 81-58 70-62 80-78 71-68 69-73 82-65 58-51 76-69 81-66 89-71 81-73 64-69 109-89 75-65 92-67 80-62 87-82 71-60 62-38 76-83 77-70 70-62 60-64 67-63

Opponent @ North Texas @ SMU @ L.C. AFB @ Arkansas Southern State SE Oklahoma SE Oklahoma Central Missouri vs. Wheaton vs. MO Central vs. Findlay @Spring Hill Northeast La. @ McNeese @La. Tech Centenary @ La. College La. Tech (OT) @ Loyola !@ Fort Polk @ SW La. Louisiana College Northeast La. SW La. (2OT) Spring Hill McNeese State Southeastern La. @ Centenary Southeastern La. Southeastern La. @ SE La.

Date 11/30/53 12/01/53 12/05/53 12/08/53 12/11/53 12/14/53 12/15/53 12/17/53 12/28/53 12/29/53 12/30/53 12/31/53 1/06/54 1/08/54 1/14/54 1/16/54 1/19/54 1/23/54 1/30/54 2/02/54 2/03/54 2/06/54 2/08/54 2/11/54 2/13/54 2/16/54 2/20/54 2/22/54 2/27/54 3/01/54 3/03/54

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50-54 @SE La. 3/04/54 Pts: NSU-2403 Opponents-2142 !-March of Dimes 1954-55 (20-9)

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Score Opponents Date 74-68 Arkansas 11/29/54 71-53 @ North Texas 12/04/54 86-99 @ SMU 12/06/54 79-65 Southern State 12/09/54 54-72 S. F. Austin 12/11/54 79-104 SE Oklahoma 12/16/54 64-60 SE Oklahoma 12/17/54 89-75 vs. C. Missouri 12/28/54 62-61 vs. Ark. Coll. 12/29/54 65-59 vs. Anderson 12/30/54 91-74 North Texas 1/3/55 80-84 Lousiana Tech 1/6/55 101-94 Northeast La. 1/10/55 94-91 Centenary 1/15/55 73-78 @ SF Austin 1/18/55 91-55 Southwestern La. 1/22/55 80-72 @ La. College 1/25/55 84-82 @ SE La. 1/29/55 82-69 McNeese State 2/01/55 106-78 Southeastern La. 2/05/55 99-94 @ SW La. 2/08/55 59-60 @ McNeese 2/12/55 98-85 Louisiana College 2/15/55 79-76 Centenary (OT) 2/17/55 72-93 Louisiana Tech 2/22/55 92-69 @ Northeast La. 2/26/55 93-91 @ Louisiana Tech 3/01/55 80-83 Louisiana Tech 3/02/55 93-95 @La. Tech 3/03/55 Pts: NSU-2375 Opponents-2239 1955-56 (18-10) Score Opponent Date 76-81 @North Texas 12/03/55 85-77 Central Missouri 12/08/55 61-78 @SF Austin 12/08/55 79-63 North Texas 12/10/55 68-58 E. Texas State 12/12/55 75-72 Midwestern 12/13/55 50-49 SE Oklahoma 12/15/55 76-69 SE Oklahoma 12/16/55 61-55 @East Texas St 12/19/55 61-86 @Midwestern 12/20/55 67-90 vs. Qauntico 12/28/55 78-112 @Memphis St. 1/02/56 74-69 @Northeast La. 1/06/56 62-72 Centenary 1/09/56 78-66 McNeese State 1/14/56 67-56 @SE La. 80-66 Stephen F. Austin 1/18/56 79-58 Southwestern La. 1/21/56 60-65 @Centenary 1/25/56 67-86 @McNeese 1/27/56 74-57 Southeastern La. 1/30/56 87-77 Louisiana Tech 2/04/56 84-63 Northeast La. 2/07/56 60-53 @SW La. 2/10/56 85-59 La. College 58-76 @Louisiana Tech 2/21/56 82-78 @La. College 2/25/56 65-78 Memphis State 2/28/56 Pts: NSU-1990 Opponents-1969 1956-57 (14-13) Score Opponent Date 66-70 S. F. Austin 11/27/56 55-58 @East Texas St 12/07/56 49-59 @SF Austin 12/08/56 71-64 Centenary 12/10/56 71-61 East Tex. State 12/12/56 53-66 SE Oklahoma 12/14/56 67-78 SE Oklahoma 12/15/56 70-53 SW La. 12/17/56 63-74 @Southern Ark. 12/20/56 54-39 vs. Hardin Simmons 12/27/56 83-86 vs. Loyola (NO) 12/28/56 103-73 vs. LSU 12/29/56 60-59 North Texas (OT) 1/02/57 87-85 @La. College 1/05/57 96-74 Southern Ark. 1/07/57 41-52 McNeese State 1/11/57 43-56 @Louisiana Tech 1/15/57 83-86 @Northeast La. 1/19/57 86-81 @North Texas 1/26/57 85-93 @Centenary 1/29/57 55-82 @McNeese 2/02/57 90-85 Louisiana College 2/05/57 58-72 @SW La. 2/08/57 56-43 Louisiana Tech 2/12/57 70-57 Northeast La. 2/23/57 66-59 @SE La. 2/26/57 89-70 Southeastern La. 3/01/57 Pts: NSU-1970 Opponents-1835

1957-58 (20-7)

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Score Opponent Date 53-64 @La. College 12/02/57 51-53 @East Texas St 12/04/57 48-59 @SF Austin 12/05/57 42-40 SF Austin 12/11/57 57-50 Southern Ark. 12/12/57 49-45 SE Oklahoma 12/13/57 67-60 SE Oklahoma 12/14/57 57-54 East Texas State 12/16/57 60-51 @Southern Ark. 12/17/57 84-60 @Southern Miss. 2/21/57 69-66 vs. W. Texas St. 12/27/57 71-68 vs. Centenary 12/27/57 40-41 vs. La. Tech 12/28/57 75-66 Louisiana College 1/11/58 70-71 Centenary 1/14/58 69-54 Northeast La. 1/18/58 66-60 Louisiana Tech 1/25/58 56-47 @McNeese St. 2/01/58 47-42 Southern Miss. 2/05/58 81-66 Southeastern La. 2/10/58 71-72 @Centenary 2/13/58 54-64 McNeese State 2/15/58 90-75 Southwestern La. 2/18/58 95-80 @Northeast La. 2/22/58 71-65 @Southeastern La. 67-65 @SW La. 2/28/58 72-66 @Louisiana Tech 3/03/58 Pts: NSU-1732 Opponents-1604 1958-59 (18-10) Score Opponent Date 78-57 !Nicholls State 50-64 S. F. Austin 12/02/58 65-85 @E. Texas St. 12/04/58 79-70 @Southern State 12/06/58 63-60 @La. College 12/08/58 72-66 @SF Austin 12/12/58 66-65 East Tex. State 12/15/58 71-69 @E. Texas Bapt 12/18/58 60-48 SE Oklahoma 12/19/58 69-71 SE Oklahoma 12/20/58 92-57 Missouri Valley 12/27/58 72-65 vs. North Texas 12/29/58 72-77 vs. La. Tech 12/30/58 72-81 vs. Centenary 12/31/58 77-72 @SE La. 1/07/59 82-79 McNeese State 1/10/59 83-68 Louisiana College 1/13/59 78-60 @Northeast La. 1/17/59 59-88 @Louisiana Tech 1/24/59 59-61 @Centenary 1/31/59 96-83 Northeast La. 2/05/59 90-95 Southwestern La. 2/07/59 50-52 @McNeese (OT) 2/14/59 78-62 Southern State 2/17/59 65-89 Louisiana Tech 2/21/59 86-69 Centenary 2/24/59 92-77 Southeastern La. 2/25/59 110-84 @SW La. 2/27/59 Pts: NSU-2086 Opponents1974 ! - Exhibition Game 1959-60 (23-5)

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Score Opponent Date 85-62 Nicholls State 11/25/59 88-86 @Murray State 12/03/59 60-89 @Western Kent. 12/05/59 82-84 @Tenn. Tech 12/07/59 64-67 @Middle Tenn. 12/08/59 5-55 @E. Tex. Bapt. 12/12/59 79-52 S. F. Austin 12/14/59 68-49 @La College 12/15/59 91-80 Lipscomb 12/19/59 80-61 vs. Hardin-Simmons 12/28/59 64-51 vs. George Wash. 2/29/59 60-59 vs. Eastern Kent. 12/30/59 59-66 @SW La. 1/04/60 84-69 @S. F. Austin 1/05/60 75-61 Southeastern La. 1/08/60 59-57 @McNeese 1/12/60 78-67 Northeast La. 1/15/60 80-73 East Texas State 1/16/60 79-71 @Nicholls State 1/28/60 83-70 Louisiana College 2/02/60 72-56 Southwestern La. 2/05/60 90-71 Louisiana Tech 2/08/60 68-65 @SE La. 2/09/60 59-57 @Centenary 2/11/60 69-59 McNeese State 2/13/60 73-61 @Northeast La. 2/17/60 78-57 Centenary 2/23/60 47-50 @Louisiana Tech 2/27/60 Pts: NSU-2405 Opponents-2370

1960-61 (16-11) Score Opponent Date 87-53 Southern Ark. 11/29/60 63-66 @SF Austin 12/05/60 58-70 vs. Southern Miss. 12/12/60 70-55 vs. SW Texas 12/13/60 79-64 vs. Nicholls State 12/16/60 85-83 S. F. Austin 12/19/60 66-62 SE Oklahoma 12/20/60 60-57 SE Oklahoma 12/21/60 74-81 vs. Middle Tenn. 12/28/60 65-90 vs. Georgetown 12/29/60 80-79 vs. UTEP 12/30/60 61-69 @Northeast La. 1/04/61 42-41 Louisiana Tech 1/07/61 58-63 @McNeese 1/10/61 76-69 @SE La. 1/27/61 65-71 @Nicholls State 1/28/61 79-57 Louisiana College 1/31/61 83-63 Northeast La. 2/02/61 60-59 McNeese State 2/06/61 63-50 @Centenary 2/08/61 57-66 @Louisiana Tech 2/11/61 71-68 Southwestern La. 2/14/61 52-63 @La College 2/16/61 54-68 Southern Miss. 2/18/61 65-91 @SW La. 2/23/61 73-60 Centenary 2/25/61 62-54 Southeastern La. 2/28/61 Pts: NSU-1808 Opponents-1712 1961-62 (10-17) Score Opponent Date 114-109 @Miss. Coll. (OT) 12/02/61 125-102 Mississippi Col. 12/08/61 75-93 @Murray State 12/11/61 66-93 @Western Kent. 12/13/61 82-106 @Kent. Wesleyan 12/14/61 77-102 @Eastern Kent. 12/15/61 72-71 S. F. Austin 12/19/61 66-73 vs. Hamline 12/28/61 83-103 vs. Memphis 12/29/61 65-63 vs. La. Tech 12/30/61 71-79 @ SF Austin 1/02/62 76-81 Southwestern La. 1/04/62 79-89 @Centenary (OT) 1/06/62 70-72 @Louisiana Tech 1/08/62 83-74 Southeastern La. 1/12/62 60-64 Northeast La. 1/16/62 88-72 Louisiana College 1/20/62 56-73 @McNeese 1/26/62 61-63 @Nicholls State 1/27/62 63-65 @SW La. 2/02/62 61-58 McNeese State 2/06/62 57-56 Nicholls State 2/07/62 79-75 @Louisiana Tech 2/09/62 58-59 @Centenary 2/14/62 78-77 @SE La. 2/16/62 81-88 @Northeast La. 2/20/62 61-63 @La College 2/22/62 Pts: NSU-1755 Opponents-1783 1962-63 (8-17) Score Opponent Date 87-91 SF Austin (OT) 12/03/62 73-69 Nicholls State 12/08/62 60-71 @ SF Austin 12/11/62 53-54 E. Texas Baptist 12/13/62 88-72 La. College 12/17/62 71-85 vs. Southern Miss. 12/27/62 70-80 vs. TCU 12/28/62 77-85 vs. West Texas St. 12/29/62 67-71 Northeast La. 1/03/63 61-82 @SE La. 1/07/63 88-66 @Southern Miss. 1/08/63 61-66 McNeese State 1/11/63 82-80 Louisiana Tech 1/19/63 78-91 @Nicholls State 1/26/63 53-67 @McNeese 1/28/63 75-82 @SW La. 2/01/63 87-86 Southern Miss. 2/05/63 92-78 Southeastern La. 2/08/63 73-79 @La College 2/12/63 72-87 @E. Texas Bapt. 2/16/63 69-62 SW La. (OT) 2/18/63 85-78 Centenary 2/20/63 73-89 @Louisiana Tech 2/26/63 68-79 @Northeast La. 3/01/63 74-110 @Centenary 3/04/63 Pts: NSU-1837 Opponents-1960 Score 79-89 79-92 71-84 96-73 63-53 77-72 100-88

1963-64 (12-14) Opponent Date SE Oklahoma 11/25/63 SE Oklahoma 11/26/63 @SF Austin 12/02/63 Nicholls State 12/07/63 McNeese 12/12/63 @E. Tex. Bapt. 12/14/63 S. F. Austin 12/16/63

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The 1965-66 Demons posted an 18-7 record 77-70 E. Texas Baptist 12/19/63 54-83 vs. SW La. 12/27/63 88-80 vs. La. Tech 12/28/63 75-79 @SW La. 1/07/64 74-113 Centenary 1/11/64 53-79 @Louisiana Tech 1/14/64 79-75 Northeast La. 1/18/64 87-103 @Nicholls State 1/25/64 54-63 @McNeese 1/27/64 74-76 Louisiana College 1/30/64 61-59 Southwestern La. 2/03/64 91-92 Southern Miss. 2/05/64 79-75 Louisiana Tech 2/10/64 89-98 @Northeast La. 2/15/64 90-83 @SE La. 2/17/64 78-112 @Southern Miss. 2/18/64 71-81 @Centenary 2/21/64 96-76 Southeastern La. 2/25/64 98-96 @Louisiana Coll. 2/27/64 Pts: NSU-2033 Opponents-2144 1964-65 (9-17) Score Opponent Date 62-53 SE Oklahoma 11/27/64 59-46 SE Oklahoma 11/28/64 72-62 Nicholls State 12/01/64 62-57 La. College 12/05/64 72-101 @Lamar Tech 12/07/64 76-69 S. F. Austin 12/09/64 64-53 @Nicholls State 12/12/64 59-78 @Delta State 12/14/64 79-71 Lamar Tech 12/17/64 67-86 @ SF Austin 12/30/64 77-80 Southeastern La. 1/05/65 72-87 Southern Miss. 1/06/65 58-62 McNeese State 1/08/65 81-104 @Northeast La. 1/12/65 81-67 Oglethorpe Univ. 1/16/65 84-89 Centenary 1/23/65 68-83 Louisiana Tech 1/28/65 72-79 Southwestern La. 2/02/65 80-118 @Southern Miss. 2/04/65 70-78 @SE La. 2/06/65 84-112 @Centenary 2/08/65 76-62 McNeese State 2/13/65 72-76 Northeast La. 2/16/65 55-85 @Louisiana Tech 2/23/65 76-91 @SW La. 2/26/65 64-75 @La. College 3/01/65 Pts: NSU-1832 Opponents-2024 Score 40-36 65-61 61-65 71-69 83-79 63-70 94-92 73-68 61-56 66-67 53-48 58-54 76-70 91-59 70-69 61-71 90-88 69-86 87-68

1965-66 (18-7) Opponent Date SE Oklahoma 11/22/65 SE Oklahoma 11/23/65 @Oglethorpe 12/02/65 Delta State 12/10/65 SE La. 12/17/65 Springhill 12/20/65 @SF Austin 12/30/65 @Louisiana Tech 1/03/66 Centenary 1/06/66 Southwestern La. 1/08/66 @Nicholls State 1/11/66 McNeese State 1/15/66 @Southern Miss. 1/18/66 Louisiana College 1/22/66 @McNeese 1/28/66 @La. College 1/29/66 Northeast La. 2/01/66 @SE La. 2/05/66 Louisiana Tech 2/08/66

77-75 @ SW La. (OT) 2/12/66 68-66 Nicholls State 2/15/66 74-88 @Centenary 2/18/66 100-75 Southern Miss. 2/21/66 77-88 @Northeast La. 2/26/66 61-57 @La College 2/28/66 Pts: NSU-1789 Opponents-1715 1966-67 (8-17) Score Opponent Date 70-96 @Delta State 12/01/66 95-70 Ga. Southern 12/03/66 62-46 @Springhill 12/05/66 71-63 McNeese 12/08/66 61-60 @SE La. 12/15/66 63-65 Delta State 12/17/66 64-75 @La College 12/19/66 71-93 @SF Austin 12/29/66 71-79 Northeast La. 1/04/67 64-66 @Louisiana Tech 1/07/67 83-84 Centenary 1/10/67 61-79 @SW La. 1/14/67 107-89 Nicholls State 1/21/67 70-82 @Southern Miss. 1/23/67 68-72 @Arkansas St. 1/26/67 78-90 @Norhteast La. 1/27/67 86-80 Southeastern La. 1/30/67 58-75 @Northeast La. 2/02/67 63-75 Louisiana Tech 2/06/67 82-84 @Nicholls State 2/09/67 65-75 Southwestern La. 2/13/67 102-99 Southern Miss. 2/16/67 74-64 @McNeese 2/20/67 75-83 @Centenary 2/23/67 84-103 Louisiana College 2/28/67 Pts: NSU1848 Opponents 1947 1967-68 (12-13) Score Opponent Date 95-102 @Ga Southern 12/02/67 108-120 Southern Miss. 12/07/67 102-76 Springhill 12/09/67 93-81 @Houston Bapt. 12/11/67 90-91 SE La. 12/14/67 69-78 S. F. Austin 12/18/67 87-74 Texas Lutheran 12/20/67 101-106 Centenary 12/30/67 58-93 @McNeese 1/03/68 104-99 Northeast La. 1/06/68 87-97 @Louisiana Tech 1/07/67 82-128 Southwestern La. 1/13/67 103-75 Louisiana College 1/20/68 91-77 @Nicholls State 1/22/68 87-101 @Southern Miss. 1/27/68 99-89 @SE La. 1/29/68 86-99 McNeese State 2/01/68 114-111 @Northeast La. 2/05/68 97-89 Louisiana Tech 2/08/68 79-92 @SW La. 2/12/68 91-85 Nicholls State 2/15/68 115-75 Houston Baptist 2/19/68 97-95 @Centenary 2/20/68 83-107 @Louisiana Coll. 2/26/68 79-81 vs. Athens 3/01/68 Pts: NSU-2297 Opponents-2324 Score 84-114 91-98 86-94 60-73

1968-69 (16-13) Opponent Date @North Texas 11/30/68 S. F. Asutin 12/03/68 Lamar Tech 12/06/68 @SW La. 12/09/68

77-78 @Lamar Tech 12/12/68 99-83 Southwest Texas 12/14/68 72-67 @La College 12/16/68 105-85 Southwest Bapt. 12/20/68 69-80 vs. Henderson St. 12/27/68 122-102 vs. Arkansas A & M 12/28/68 85-66 McNeese State 1/03/69 86-76 @Louisiana Tech 1/07/69 78-73 South Alabama 1/11/69 61-65 Centenary 1/18/69 88-69 Northeast La. 1/21/69 106-99 @Southern Miss. 1/27/69 88-76 @SE La. 1/29/69 82-80 Nicholls State 2/01/69 86-84 Southwestern La. 2/04/69 66-65 @McNeese State 2/07/69 84-86 Louisiana Tech 2/11/69 89-97 Louisiana College 2/15/69 80-107 @Northeast La. 2/19/69 106-92 Southeastern La. 2/22/69 77-74 @Nicholls State 2/25/69 75-77 @Centenary 2/27/69 56-73 Grambling 3/01/69 68-62 Grambling 3/05/69 79-85 Grambling 3/06/69 Pts: NSU-2405 Opponents-2370 1969-70 (13-13) Score Opponent Date 90-96 North Texas 12/01/69 73-71 @Texas A & M 12/04/69 78-80 @Rice 12/05/69 82-88 @East Texas St. 12/08/69 72-71 @McNeese 12/11/69 74-75 Louisiana Tech 12/15/69 102-80 La College 12/18/69 101-79 vs. Ouachita Bapt. 12/29/69 95-94 vs. Northeast La. 12/30/69 74-81 @Arkansas 1/02/70 83-109 Southern Miss. 1/05/70 78-75 Centenary 1/10/70 72-69 Henderson State 1/19/70 115-86 @Nicholls State 1/24/70 102-81 @South Alabama 1/26/70 81-86 @Northeast La. 1/28/70 88-90 Southwestern La. 2/02/70 63-59 McNeese State 2/05/70 66-70 @Louisiana Tech 2/09/70 79-86 @Louisiana Coll. 2/12/70 89-92 Northeast La. 2/16/70 85-90 @SE La. 2/19/70 97-73 Nicholls State 2/23/70 109-69 Southeastern La. 2/25/70 85-81 @SW La. 2/28/70 86-93 vs. La College 3/03/70 Pts: NSU-2221 Opponents-2124 Score 88-77 68-81 87-86 62-88 61-69 88-82 117-77 78-84 85-74 89-88 100-88 73-72 85-78

1970-71 (14-11) Opponent Date @Tulane 12/1/70 @Houston 12/03/70 E. Texas Baptist 12/07/70 @La. Tech 12/10/70 @SW La. 12/14/70 Nicholls State 12/17/70 E. Texas Baptist 12/21/70 @SF Austin 12/23/70 Southern 12/29/70 @Southern 12/30/70 Northeast La. 1/04/71 @SW La. 1/07/71 @McNeese 1/18/71

73-90 @Southern State 1/20/71 103-85 @Southern Miss. 1/27/71 97-83 @Centenary 1/29/71 80-70 McNeese State 2/01/71 59-68 Lousiana Tech 2/04/71 53-61 @La College 2/08/71 69-97 @Northeast State 2/11/71 72-65 Southeastern La. 2/15/71 82-89 @Nicholls State 2/18/71 21-25 Southwestern La. 2/22/71 75-73 La. College 2/25/71 57-69 @Grambling 2/28/71 Pts: NSU-1922 Opponents-1919 1971-72 (11-14) Score Opponent Date 66-71 S. F. Austin 12/01/71 75-91 @Texas A&M 12/04/71 83-90 @ Nevada 12/07/71 89-70 La. College 12/09/71 97-82 @Southern Miss. 12/13/71 60-79 @Northeast La. 2/16/71 96-98 @Southern 12/20/71 83-58 Grambling 12/21/71 72-70 vs. East Tenn St 12/29/71 89-82 @Centenary 12/30/71 76-67 SE La. 1/03/72 99-92 Centenary 1/04/72 74-80 @Nicholls State 1/06/72 88-101 Southwestern La. 1/10/72 71-85 @McNeese 1/13/72 87-77 Southern State 1/22/72 70-72 @La College 1/24/72 68-76 Louisiana Tech 1/31/72 74-78 @Centenary 2/02/72 70-76 Northeast La. 2/07/72 75-69 @SE La. 2/10/72 108-88 Nicholls State 2/14/72 92-80 McNeese State 2/21/72 75-81 @Louisiana Tech 2/24/72 73-90 @SW La. 2/28/72 Pts: NSU 2010, Opponents 2003 1972-73 (6-19) Score Opponent Date 86-78 Nicholls State 11/27/72 76-90 @SF Austin 11/29/72 29-45 @UTEP 12/2/72 81-82 @UTA 12/04/72 63-81 @La. Tech 12/06/72 67-81 S. F. Austin 12/08/72 74-85 Louisiana Tech 12/12/72 63-65 @Grambling 12/20/72 87-101 @New Orleans 1/06/73 69-81 @Xavier 1/08/73 63-82 @McNeese 1/11/73 87-106 Centenary 1/13/73 87-74 Houston Baptist 1/22/73 65-73 @Northeast La. 1/25/73 107-88 Southern Miss. 1/29/73 70-76 Northeast La. 2/01/73 79-60 La. College 2/05/73 75-84 @Nicholls State 2/07/73 82-100 @Houston Bapt. 2/10/73 96-86 Xavier 2/12/73 75-55 @La. College 2/17/73 64-70 McNeese State 2/19/73 65-66 @SE La. 2/24/73 75-87 @Centenary 2/26/73 84-92 Southeastern La. 3/01/73 Pts: NSU-2103 Opponents-2023

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1973-74 (21-9) Score Opponent Date 86-73 Lamar 11/30/73 74-70 Delta State 12/03/73 101-103 @Northeast La. 12/06/73 79-80 @McNeese 12/08/73 72-86 @Centenary 12/19/73 95-84 Southern 12/20/73 91-83 S. F. Austin 12/29/73 88-65 E. Texas Baptist 1/04/74 77-73 McNeese State 1/07/74 81-71 @SE La. 1/10/74 77-90 Centenary 1/14/74 66-68 @Nicholls State 1/17/74 75-86 Northeast La. 1/19/74 79-66 Louisiana College 1/21/74 72-69 Mississippi Coll. 1/25/74 89-73 Livingston College 1/26/74 73-61 @Miss. Coll. 1/31/74 82-60 @Delta State 2/02/74 81-79 Texas-Arlington 2/05/74 81-69 @Jacksonville St. 2/09/74 77-82 @Troy State 2/11/74 72-68 Southeastern La. 2/14/74 84-79 Nicholls State 2/18/74 100-83 Tennessee-Martin 2/23/74 78-71 Florence State 2/25/74 66-79 @Xavier (NO) 90-76 Xavier (NO) 78-69 Xavier (NO) 95-76 @Millersville (PA) 76-85 @Hanover (IN) Pts: NSU-2435 Opponents-2277 1974-75 (13-14) Score Opponent Date 107-57 SE TX 11/30/74 76-70 McNeese 12/02/74 75-86 @La. College 12/05/74 89-102 @Centenary 12/09/74 84-104 @Southern 12/19/74 89-84 @Lamar 12/21/74 78-95 @SF Austin 12/30/74 73-77 @McNeese 1/03/75 86-72 Delta State 1/06/75 56-53 Southeastern La. 1/09/75 76-73 Nicholls State 1/13/75 70-74 Northeast La. 1/16/75 57-81 @La. College 1/20/75 56-53 Misissippi College 1/12/75 70-61 @Livingston 1/25/75 69-90 @Miss. Coll. 1/27/75 77-100 @Northeast La. 1/30/75 75-71 @Delta State 2/01/75 81-101 Centenary 2/04/75 78-76 Jacksonville State 2/08/75 93-83 Troy State 2/10/75 74-75 @SE La. 2/13/75 72-68 @Nicholls State 2/17/75 74-90 @Tenn-Martin 2/22/75 69-79 @North Alabama 2/24/75 75-64 @Louisiana Coll. 2/27/75 74-87 @Alcorn State Pts: NSU-2053 Opponents-2126 1975-76 (14-10) Score Opponent Date 82-79 @OBU 11/28/75 73-66 La. College 12/01/75 67-82 @Centenary 12/04/75 79-65 UCA 12/18/75 89-81 Hendrix (AR) 12/19/75 79-88 McNeese State 12/22/75 79-84 @McNeese 1/13/76 100-69 NW State (OK) 1/05/76 77-83 @Nicholls (OT) 1/10/76 60-66 @Delta State (OT) 1/15/76 62-66 Southeastern La. 1/17/76 82-84 Centenary 1/19/76 81-71 @Miss. Coll. 1/22/76 76-73 Livingston 1/24/76 80-64 Delta State 1/26/76 69-80 Northeast La. 1/31/76 75-67 Mississippi Coll. 2/02/76 83-76 @Troy State 2/07/76 67-69 @Jacksonville St 2/09/76 89-84 Nicholls Stae 2/14/76 102-78 North Alabama 2/16/76 75-71 @Northeast La. 2/19/76 69-61 @Louisiana Coll. 2/21/76 71-76 @Southeastern La. Pts: NSU-1866 Opponents-1783

1976-77 (17-9)

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Score Opponent Date 81-86 McNeese State 11/30/76 92-97 @Lamar 12/04/76 70-67 Centenary 12/06/76 88-82 Louisiana Tech 12/11/76 97-81 Nicholls State 12/14/76 78-80 @McNeese 12/18/76 86-81 @UTA 12/20/76 81-67 Northeast La. 1/03/77 90-85 Louisiana College 1/07/77 75-76 Arkansas State 1/10/77 101-82 Lamar 1/15/77 122-84 Georgia State 1/17/77 65-84 @Arkansas St. 1/20/77 73-91 @South Alabama 1/24/77 71-79 @Centenary 1/27/77 95-86 Texas-Arlington 1/29/77 62-60 @Georgia State 1/31/77 89-81 South Alabama 2/05/77 72-99 @North Texas 2/07/77 74-72 @Northeast La. 2/10/77 77-63 @Houston Bapt. 2/14/77 80-78 @Southern Miss. 2/17/77 75-63 Southeastern La. 2/21/77 83-79 @Louisiana Coll. 2/24/77 108-88 Houston Baptist 2/26/77 99-115 @Louisiana Tech 2/28/77 Pts: NSU-2184 Opponents-2106 1977-78 (12-15) Score Opponent Date 80-85 @ UNLV 11/26/77 69-66 Arkansas State 11/30/77 91-89 @Nicholls State 12/03/77 80-93 @Centenary 12/05/77 90-84 S. F. Austin 12/10/77 110-99 Campbell College 12/14/77 69-72 Hardin-Simmons 12/17/77 93-88 La. Coolege 12/21/77 78-75 @Morehead State 12/29/77 77-112 @Northeast La. 12/30/77 46-51 @McNeese 1/02/78 55-59 @Louisiana Tech 1/05/78 89-81 McNeese State 1/07/78 67-74 East Texas Bapt. 1/10/78 71-68 @Hardin-Simmons 1/14/78 67-64 Louisiana Tech 1/16/78 76-89 Centenary 1/23/78 65-88 @SW La. 1/26/78 73-71 @Houston Bapt. 1/28/78 62-69 @SE La. 1/31/78 96-101 Southern Miss. 2/02/78 56-57 Northeast La. 2/06/78 71-69 @Southern Miss. 2/09/78 70-67 Houston Baptist 2/11/78 72-79 @Northeast La. 2/13/78 65-80 @La College 2/14/78 70-85 @Stetson Univ. 2/18/78 Pts: NSU-2008 Opponents-2115 1978-79 (7-19) Score Opponent Date 81-93 @Centenary 11/25/78 61-72 @McNeese 11/27/78 65-72 Northeast La. 11/30/78 62-66 La. College 12/06/78 66-79 South Alabama 12/09/78 48-64 @Toledo 12/13/78 63-72 @Cleveland State 12/14/78 71-72 Grambling 12/18/78 81-75 Nicholls State 12/20/78 63-61 Southeastern La. 1/03/79 80-79 Centenary 1/08/79 58-66 @Louisiana Tech 1/13/79 66-76 McNeese State 1/15/79 60-73 @Northeast La. 1/18/79 60-51 Hardin-Simmons 1/22/79 63-60 @S. F. Austin 1/24/79 64-67 @Campbell College 1/27/79 64-73 @Grambling 1/31/79 70-72 Southern Miss. 2/03/79 51-50 Houston Baptist 2/05/79 60-61 @Arkansas State 2/07/79 63-58 @Hardin-Simmons 2/10/79 59-67 @Houston Baptist 2/12/79 58-67 @La. College 2/17/79 76-85 @Southern Miss. 2/26/79 97-98 @South Alabama 2/28/79 Pts: NSU-1704 Opponents-1828

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1979-80 (5-20) Score Opponent Date 76-83 @Texas 11/30/79 73-98 @SW La. 12/03/79 52-69 McNeese 12/05/79 61-72 La. College 12/08/79 41-51 Louisiana Tech 12/10/79 54-64 @Bowling Green 12/15/79 46-71 @Ohio State 12/29/79 55-68 @Louisiana Tech 1/03/80 57-62 Centenary 1/07/80 64-63 East Texas Bapt. 1/10/80 46-59 @McNeese 1/14/80 61-74 Southern Miss. 1/17/80 69-63 @Northeast La. 1/23/80 63-68 Grambling 1/23/80 61-49 Southeastern La. 1/26/80 55-53 @Houston Bapt. 1/28/80 66-78 @Southern Miss. 1/31/80 59-74 @Nicholls State 2/04/80 56-69 Southwestern La. 2/07/80 52-60 Houston Baptist 2/09/80 73-80 Northeast La. 2/16/80 55-61 @Grambling 2/20/80 58-67 @Centenary 2/23/80 50-52 @SE La. 2/25/80 79-69 Nicholls State 2/28/80 Pts: NSU-1484 Opponents-1677 1980-81 (11-17) Score Opponent Date 68-71 Louisiana Tech 12/01/80 67-79 @La. Tech 12/05/80 97-70 @La. College 12/08/80 71-63 @ UALR 12/18/80 77-87 vs. Pepperdine 12/29/80 70-86 vs. Akron 12/30/80 65-66 Northeast La. 1/08/81 51-52 Houston Baptist 1/10/81 71-73 Grambling 1/12/81 71-72 @Centenary 1/17/81 90-71 Southeastern La. 1/19/81 67-65 Southern Miss. 1/22/81 77-72 Georgia Southern 1/24/81 78-70 Hardin-Simmons 1/26/81 63-66 @Grambling 1/28/81 92-69 Portland State 1/31/81 60-71 @SE La. 2/02/81 58-60 @Houston Baptist 2/05/81 67-79 @Northeast La. 2/07/81 91-81 Centenary 2/12/81 59-67 @Nicholls State 2/14/81 71-81 @Southern Miss. 2/17/81 66-94 @Mercer 2/19/81 84-72 Samford 2/21/81 91-84 Nicholls State 2/23/81 60-64 @Hardin-Simmons 2/28/81 88-92 vs. Hardin-Simmons 2/04/81 73-79 vs. Northeast La. 3/05/81 Pts: NSU-2046 Opponents-2252 Score 105-78 81-86 77-62 81-82 63-79 74-68 76-63 89-73 74-54 77-64

1981-82 (19-9) Opponent Date Arkansas Tech 11/28/81 @ UALR 12/01/81 E. Texas Baptist 12/12/81 @Louisiana Tech 12/14/81 @Houston Baptist 12/18/81 Houston Baptist 1/02/82 Nicholls State 1/04/82 New York State 1/09/82 Louisiana College 1/11/82 @Hardin-Simmons 1/16/82

73-75 Centenary 1/19/82 98-86 Mercer 1/23/82 87-79 Southeastern La. 1/25/82 83-72 @Samford 1/28/82 53-62 @Georgia Southern 1/30/82 65-57 Louisiana Tech 2/03/82 76-85 @Northeast La. 2/06/82 60-54 @Nicholls State 2/08/82 75-56 Hardin-Simmons 2/11/82 96-86 UA-Little Rock 2/13/82 84-80 Northeast La. 2/15/82 82-86 @Mercer 2/17/82 101-80 Samford 2/20/82 90-88 @Centenary 2/22/82 64-59 Georgia Southern 2/25/82 65-66 @SE La. 2/17/82 85-74 vs. Mercer 3/04/82 64-81 @Northeast La. 3/05/82 Pts: NSU-2199 Opponents-2114 1982-83 (9-19) Score Opponent Date 76-79 UA-Little Rock 12/01/82 59-97 @Miss. State 12/04/82 44-55 @Northeast La. 12/06/82 72-84 @La. College 12/09/82 72-96 McNeese State 12/11/82 79-84 Louisiana Tech 12/13/82 55-65 @Louisiana Tech 12/15/82 59-74 Houston Baptist 12/18/82 93-68 St. Joseph’s (ME) 1/03/83 43-44 @Houston Bapt. 1/08/83 46-72 @McNeese 1/10/83 64-67 Hardin-Simmons 1/15/83 77-75 Centenary 1/17/83 64-67 @Nicholls State 1/19/83 65-61 Mercer 1/22/83 47-50 @UA-Little Rock 1/25/83 70-90 Samford 1/27/83 78-62 Georgia Southern 1/29/83 53-56 Northeast La. 2/01/83 65-47 @Hardin-Simmons 2/07/83 81-63 Mississippi College 2/10/83 78-90 @Georgia Southern 2/16/83 74-90 @Mercer 2/17/83 67-84 @Samford 2/19/83 76-102 @Centenary 2/22/83 82-66 Louisiana College 2/24/83 75-66 Nicholls State 2/26/83 65-80 @Houston Bapt. 3/05/83 Pts: NSU-1879 Opponents-2030 Score 66-96 55-79 69-56 61-77 89-61 66-90 54-57 65-81 63-79 50-65 75-55 59-57 50-73 68-81 70-85 66-89 76-59 75-70 78-80

1983-84 (6-22) Opponent Date Northeast La. 11/28/83 @Louisiana Tech 11/30/83 Louisiana College 12/06/83 Louisiana Tech 12/08/83 E. Texas Baptist 12/15/83 vs. SE La. 12/29/83 vs. Jackson State 12/30/83 @Mercer 1/05/84 @Ga. Southern 1/07/84 Houston Baptist 1/12/84 Hardin-Simmons 1/14/84 @La. College 1/16/84 Nicholls State 1/18/84 @Centenary 1/21/84 @Samford 1/26/84 @UA-Little Rock 1/28/84 Southeastern La. 1/31/84 Mercer 2/02/84 Georgia Southern 2/04/84

62-80 @Hardin-Simmons 2/09/84 67-91 @Houston Baptist 2/11/84 53-80 @Northeast La. 2/13/84 46-65 Centenary 2/18/84 59-83 Samford 2/23/84 75-83 UA-Little Rock 2/25/84 57-60 @Nicholls State 2/27/84 60-76 @SE La. 2/29/84 53-71 @Houston Bapt. 3/03/84 Pts: NSU-1787 Opponents-2079 1984-85 (3-25) Score Opponent Date 52-87 @Texas 11/29/84 57-89 @SMU 12/01/84 66-85 vs. Northeast La. 12/05/84 72-62 vs. Centenary 12/06/84 69-72 vs. SE La. 12/14/84 82-92 vs. Drexel 12/15/84 78-90 Chicago State 12/16/84 50-78 Louisiana Tech 12/17/84 76-79 Southern Univ. 12/19/84 52-68 @UA-Little Rock 12/23/84 67-68 @Centenary 1/03/85 63-92 @Louisiana Tech 1/05/85 71-88 Northeast La. 1/07/85 62-98 @Oklahoma 1/12/85 56-59 @S. F. Austin 1/19/85 65-72 @Northeast La. 1/21/85 66-73 UA-Little Rock 1/22/85 77-72 Sam Houston 1/24/85 69-75 Southeastern La. 1/28/85 79-112 @Southern Univ. 1/30/85 56-76 @SW Texas 2/02/85 71-84 @Sam Houston 2/04/85 57-55 S. F. Austin 2/14/85 70-80 @Nicholls State 2/16/85 84-87 Centenary 2/18/85 62-67 Southwest Texas 2/21/85 47-70 Nicholls State 2/25/85 81-89 @SE La. 2/28/85 Pts: NSU-1857 Opponents-2219 1985-86 (11-16) Score Opponent Date 58-77 @Kentucky 11/22/85 77-82 @Alabama 11/25/85 59-77 @SMU 11/27/85 49-62 McNeese 11/30/85 63-69 Louisiana Tech 12/02/85 60-69 @Northeast La. 12/04/85 76-75 vs. Florida A&M 12/05/85 64-60 Northeast La. 12/09/85 61-64 @McNeese 12/19/85 53-58 @Rice 12/21/85 47-61 @Lamar 12/23/85 68-61 UA-Little Rock 12/30/85 50-70 @Louisiana Tech 1/07/86 44-75 @UA-Little Rock 1/11/86 64-82 @Northeast La. 1/18/86 54-55 Stephen F. Austin 1/20/86 63-71 @Sam Houston 1/25/86 71-55 @SW Texas 1/27/86 80-62 Centenary 1/30/86 70-53 Nicholls State 2/01/86 64-61 Southeastern La. 2/03/86 57-61 @SF Austin 2/08/86 66-70 @Centenary 2/10/86 84-68 @Nicholls State 2/15/86 65-62 @SE La. 2/17/86 74-70 Sam Houston 2/22/86 75-70 Southwest Texas 2/24/86 Pts: NSU-1716 Opponents-1800

The 1988-89 Demons defeated Kentucky

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1986-87 (15-13) Score Opponent Date 93-70 Wiley College 11/29/86 79-72 @Centenary 12/01/86 84-63 East Tex. State 12/02/86 79-70 vs.TX Southern 12/05/86 45-48 @Rice 12/06/86 75-80 @Texas 12/08/86 78-72 @NE La. (OT) 12/13/86 57-71 vs. UNO 12/19/86 68-59 vs. Hardin-Simmons 12/20/86 67-58 @East Texas State 1/03/87 54-63 @Lamar 1/06/87 91-66 Arkansas Baptist 1/10/87 56-51 @McNeese 1/14/87 57-60 Northeast La. 1/17/87 62-69 @S. F. Austin 1/19/87 81-77 Southern Univ. 1/21/87 69-67 Sam Houston (OT) 1/23/87 81-84 Southwest Texas 1/25/87 65-57 @Nicholls State 1/31/87 56-64 @SE La. 2/02/87 52-58 Stephen F. Austin 2/07/87 77-63 Centenary 2/09/87 61-75 McNeese State 2/11/87 66-60 Nicholls State 2/14/87 88-70 Southeastern La. 2/16/87 66-78 @Sam Houston 2/21/87 69-82 @SW Texas 2/23/87 73-102 @Southern Univ. 2/25/87 Pts: NSU-1949 Opponents-1910 1987-88 (16-12) Score Opponent Date 54-53 vs. SF Austin 11/27/87 74-59 @Centenary 11/28/87 80-70 Centenary 11/30/87 55-77 @Arkansas 12/03/87 61-63 @Texas A&M 2/07/87 67-74 @SW La. 12/18/87 68-63 vs. E. Wash. 12/19/87 54-70 @Baylor 12/30/87 82-76 @Oral Roberts 1/04/88 68-45 Southeastern La. 1/09/88 65-52 Nicholls State 1/11/88 60-58 @Northeast La. 1/16/88 75-87 @North Texas 1/21/88 64-65 @UTA 1/23/88 82-61 McNeese State 1/28/88 55-54 Stephen F. Austin 1/30/88 92-65 @Nicholls State 2/01/88 77-71 Southwest Texas 2/04/88 74-66 Sam Houston 2/06/88 72-78 @SW Texas 2/11/88 59-68 @Sam Houston 2/13/88 59-63 @S. F. Austin 2/18/88 83-76 @McNeese (OT) 2/20/88 61-59 Texas-Arlington 2/25/88 71-76 North Texas 2/27/88 66-48 @SE La. 2/29/88 64-66 Northeast La. 3/03/88 71-76 Texas-Arlington 3/05/88 Pts: NSU-1912 Opponents-1839 1988-89 (13-16) Score Opponent Date 76-69 vs. Drake 11/25/88 102-80 @Centenary 11/26/88 81-97 @Mississippi 11/30/88 104-109 @Texas 12/03/88 78-96 @Houston 12/05/88 85-82 @Kentucky 12/07/88 84-64 SE La. 12/19/88

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The 2000-01 Southland Conference Tournament Champs and NCAA Opening Round Winner 91-101 vs. Marshall 12/30/88 104-105 vs. Southern 12/31/88 96-109 @Centenary 1/04/89 77-78 @Nicholls State (OT) 1/09/89 102-108 Northeast La. (2 OT) 1/14/89 81-86 North Texas 1/19/89 80-66 Texas-Arlington 1/21/89 87-69 @McNeese 1/26/89 74-84 @SF Austin 1/28/89 86-83 @SW Texas 2/02/89 82-80 @Sam Houston 2/04/89 92-85 Southwest Texas 2/09/89 80-85 Sam Houston St. 2/11/89 77-62 Stephen F. Austin 2/16/89 110-100 McNeese State 2/18/89 81-82 @SE La. (OT) 2/20/89 82-90 @Texas-Arlington 2/23/89 101-113 @North Texas 2/25/89 111-83 Nicholls State 2/27/89 88-93 @Northeast La. 3/02/89 82-81 Southwest Texas 3/04/89 77-100 @North Texas 3/07/89 Pts: NSU-2551 Opponents-2540 1989-90 (10-19) Score Opponent Date 72-97 @Southern 11/25/89 69-72 @Grambling 11/27/89 87-65 Grambling 12/1/89 80-84 Southern 12/4/89 61-94 @Colorado State 12/7/89 68-80 @Wyoming 12/9/89 71-86 @Lamar 12/16/89 63-73 @LSU 12/20/89 67-79 @Texas Tech 12/30/89 67-96 @Southern Miss. 1/3/90 95-89 @S. F. Austin 1/11/90 71-74 McNeese 1/13/90 93-76 Nicholls 1/15/90 51-63 Texas Arlington 1/18/90 118-94 North Texas 1/20/90 81-106 @Sam Houston 1/25/90 90-111 @SW Texas 1/27/90 86-76 @Jackson State 1/31/90 75-83 Northeast La. 2/3/90 109-96 Sam Houston 2/8/90 64-66 @McNeese 2/10/90 99-83 @Nicholls 2/12/90 69-72 @Texas Arlington 2/15/90 77-69 @North Texas 2/18/90 102-82 Stephen F. Austin 2/22/90 90-92 Southwest Texas 2/24/90 67-82 @Northeast La. 3/1/90 82-58 !Southwest Texas 3/5/90 61-63 !North Texas 3/6/90 Pts: NSU-2284 Opponents-2361 ! - SLC Tournament Score 82-93 60-77 90-102 86-91 97-101 88-59 44-60 71-88 91-82 56-64 74-76 66-71

1990-91 (6-22) Opponent Date Centenary 11/26/90 @Baylor 11/30/90 vs. Delaware St. 12/01/90 @Centenary 12/08/90 OBU (2OT) 12/10/90 Wiley College 12/12/90 Colorado State 12/17/90 @Fresno State 12/20/90 @U.S. International 1/03/91 @Rice 1/05/91 Sam Houston 1/10/91 @McNeese 1/12/91

65-66 Northeast. La. 1/14/91 84-80 @Texas-Arlington 1/17/91 77-88 North Texas 1/19/91 58-55 S. F. Austin (OT) 1/24/91 72-76 Southwest Texas 1/26/91 66-65 Southeastern La. 1/31/91 76-95 @Northeast La. 2/2/91 68-74 @S. F. Austin 2/7/91 76-77 McNeese State 2/8/91 85-76 @Nicholls State 2/11/91 77-98 Texas-Arlington 2/14/91 85-90 North Texas 2/16/91 56-71 @SE La. 2/18/91 72-67 @Sam Houston 2/21/91 59-72 @SW Texas 2/23/91 72-78 Nicholls State 2/25/91 Pts: NSU-2113 Opponents-2194 1991-92 (15-13) Score Opponent Date 131-107 Harding 11/23/91 124-71 E. Texas Baptist 11/25/91 116-89 Ouachita Baptist 11/30/91 123-73 Grambling 12/2/91 85-90 vs. Ala. State 12/6/91 91-93 vs. Jackson St. 12/7/91 88-117 @Nevada 12/19/91 79-81 @Nicholls State 1/2/92 101-92 @McNeese State 1/4/92 112-77 @Centenary 1/9/92 88-109 @Northeast La. 1/11/92 86-72 Southwest Texas 1/16/92 77-94 UTSA 1/18/92 140-51 LeTourneau 1/20/92 74-64 @Sam Houston 1/23/92 76-73 @S. F. Austin 1/25/92 79-94 North Texas 1/30/92 95-91 Texas-Arlington 2/1/92 93-85 Northeast La. 2/8/92 87-97 Nicholls State 2/10/92 99-104 @UTSA 2/13/92 68-81 @SW Texas 2/15/92 89-83 Stephen F. Austin 2/20/92 83-81 Sam Houston 2/22/92 86-102 @Grambling 2/24/92 82-97 @UTA 2/27/92 86-95 @North Texas 2/29/92 122-90 McNeese State 3/2/92 Pts. NSU-2660 Opponents-2453 1992-93 (13-13) Score Opponent Date 94-70 Univ. of Dallas 12/2/92 118-68 Texas Lutheran 12/4/92 81-91 @Tulane 12/12/92 127-92 Arkansas Bapt. 12/15/92 113-102 Centanary 12/19/92 91-80 Texas A&I 12/21/92 79-93 @LSU 12/29/92 78-89 @North Texas 1/2/93 75-89 @Texas-Arlington 1/4/93 79-72 Nicholls State 1/7/93 94-96 McNeese State 1/9/93 68-65 @SF Austin (OT) 1/16/93 82-84 @Sam Houston (OT) 1/19/93 99-105 UTSA 1/21/93 65-67 Southwest Texas 1/23/93 94-71 @SEn La. 1/26/93 79-89 Northeast La. 1/30/93 81-100 @McNeese State 2/4/93 79-74 @Nicholls State 2/6/93 121-97 North Texas 2/8/93

79-73 Stephen F. Austin 2/11/93 114-89 Sam Houston 2/13/93 87-99 @SW Texas 2/18/93 117-108 @UT-SanAntonio 2/20/93 73-94 @Northeast La. 2/27/93 90-93 Texas-Arlington 3/1/93 Pts: NSU-2357 Opponents-2250 1993-94 (11-15) Score Opponent Date 97-69 Ouachita Baptist 11/26/93 63-59 Tarleton State 12/1/93 76-111 @Arkansas 12/4/93 116-71 Ambassador 12/6/93 84-85 @Alabama 12/9/93 118-123 @Troy State 12/11/93 89-82 SE La. 12/18/93 95-81 Henderson St. 12/20.93 72-69 UTSA 12/28/93 92-82 SW Texas (OT) 12/30/93 90-93 @SF Austin (OT) 1/6/94 81-88 @Sam Houston 1/8/94 77-92 Nicholls State 1/13/94 75-71 McNeese State 1/15/94 81-89 @UTA 1/20/94 65-88 @North Texas 1/22/94 87-95 Northeast La. 1/29/94 93-64 Sam Houston 2/3/94 83-80 S. F. Austin 2/5/94 64-76 @SW Texas 2/7/94 58-72 @McNeese 2/10/94 95-100 @Nicholls State (OT) 2/12/94 90-91 North Texas 2/17/94 123-101 Texas-Arlington 2/19/94 80-88 @Northeast La. 2/26/94 79-87 @UTSA 2/28/94 Pts: NSU-2223 Opponents-2201 1994-95 (13-14) Score Opponent Date 61-91 @Baylor 11/25/94 102-63 Emporia State 11/26/94 100-82 Troy State 11/29/94 77-73 @SE La. 12/3/94 89-76 Henderson State 12/5/94 100-86 vs. South Ala. 12/9/94 53-80 @BYU 12/10/94 69-66 *Northeast La. 1/2/95 75-68 *@Texas-Arlington 1/5/95 52-77 *@North Texas 1/7/95 87-78 *McNeese 1/12/95 71-86 *Nicholls State 1/14/95 58-98 @Miss. State 1/16/95 78-101 *@SF Austin 1/19/95 57-55 *@Sam Houston 1/21/95 74-65 *UTSA 1/26/95 63-64 *SW Texas 1/28/95 59-64 *North Texas 2/2/95 67-75 *UTA 2/4/95 79-100 *@Nicholls State 2/9/95 76-70 *@McNeese 2/11/95 74-73 *S. F. Austin 2/18/95 67-70 *Sam Houston St. 2/20/95 78-73 *@SW Texas 2/23/95 81-91 *@UTSA 2/25/95 72-75 *@Northeast La. 3/2/95 79-89 **@UTSA 3/6/95 Pts: NSU-1996 Opponents-2089 * - SLC Games ** - SLC Tournament

1995-96 (5-21) Score Opponent Date 73-81 La. Christian 11/25/95 82-85 @Colorado 11/27/95 67-88 @ UTEP 12/2/95 46-50 @New Mexico State 12/4/95 90-75 SE La. 12/12/95 68-79 @SW Missouri 12/16/95 61-91 @La. Tech 12/18/95 89-69 Grambling 12/30/95 75-94 @*McNeese St. 1/4/96 67-75 @*Nicholls 1/6/96 74-94 @*Northeast La. 1/13/96 56-62 *UTSA 1/18/96 72-61 *SW Texas 1/20/96 68-83 *S. F. Austin 1/22/96 62-68 @*North Texas (OT) 1/25/96 63-61 @*UTA 1/27/96 59-63 *Nicholls State 2/1/96 57-80 *McNeese State 2/3/96 70-80 *Northeast La. 2/9/96 57-41 @*SW Texas 2/15/96 84-95 @*UTSA 2/17/96 69-70 *Sam Houston 2/19/96 64-73 *Texas-Arlington 2/22/96 58-73 *North Texas 2/24/96 70-76 @*SF Austin 2/27/96 64-85 @*Sam Houston 2/29/96 Pts: NSU-1760 OPPONENTS-1957 * - SLC Games 1996-97 (13-15) Score Opponent Date 61-78 @Miss. State 11/23/96 116-77 Ark-Monticello 11/25/96 83-77 @Centenary 12/2/96 56-77 Louisiana Tech 12/5/96 73-75 SW Missouri St. 12/10/96 58-46 Samford 12/14/96 69-71 @Grambling 12/19/96 92-87 @SE La. 12/21/96 56-65 @Baylor 12/28/96 70-82 @Colorado 12/30/96 63-47 @*Sam Houston 1/4/97 75-66 @*S. F. Austin 1/6/97 77-59 *UTSA 1/9/97 58-65 *SW Texas 1/11/97 71-86 @*Nicholls State 1/16/97 77-97 @*McNeese 1/18/97 58-53 *Texas-Arlington 1/25/97 65-70 *Northeast La. 1/27/97 77-87 @*SW Texas 1/30/97 64-89 @*UTSA 2/1/97 87-67 *Sam Houston 2/6/97 69-63 *Stephen F. Austin 2/8/97 90-73 *Nicholls State 2/13/97 96-88 *McNeese State 2/15/97 75-87 @*Northeast La. 2/22/97 65-73 @*Texas-Arlington 3/1/97 85-74 vs. **SF Austin 3/5/97 54-72 vs. **Northeast La. 3/7/97 Pts: NSU-2040 OPPONENTS-2041 * - SLC Games ** - SLC Tournament Score 83-52 58-76 65-60 84-73 76-66

1997-98 (13-14) Opponent Date Belhaven 11/18/97 @Colorado 11/22/97 @Baylor 11/25/97 @Miss. State 11/29/97 @Samford 12/2/97

58-69 Centenary 12/8/97 104-83 Wiley College 12/10/97 57-60 Grambling 12/16/97 64-78 @La. Tech 12/18/97 52-99 @Mississippi 12/30/97 68-60 *UTSA 1/3/98 96-85 @*S. F. Austin 1/5/98 70-60 *McNeese State 1/8/98 78-69 *Sam Houston 1/10/98 85-75 *Northeast La. 1/15/98 72-69 @*UTA 1/17/98 83-89 @*Northeast La. 1/24/98 77-67 @*SE La. 1/29/98 62-71 @*Nicholls State 1/31/98 68-71 *UTA 2/5/98 84-61 *S. F. Austin 2/7/98 96-84 @*McNeese 2/12/98 78-79 @*UTSA 2/19/98 82-80 @*SW Texas (0t) 2/21/98 80-68 *SE La. 2/26/98 74-84 *Nicholls State 2/28/98 72-77 **UTA 3/6/97 Pts: NSU-1993 OPPONENTS-1998 * - SLC Games ** - SLC Tournament 1998-99 (11-15) Score Opponent Date 55-75 @Oklahoma 11/14/98 65-90 @Okla. State 11/16/98 46-75 @Miss. State 11/21/98 66-65 @Grambling (ot) 11/24/98 41-63 Louisiana Tech 11/30/98 70-73 @Centenary 12/6/98 97-37 Belhaven 12/17/98 92-71 La. College 12/30/98 84-77 *Sam Houston 1/4/99 63-69 *@McNeese 1/7/99 79-60 *Lamar 1/9/99 66-78 *@UTA 1/14/99 66-63 *@S. F. Austin 1/16/99 65-70 *Nicholls State 1/21/99 63-62 *Northeast La. 1/23/99 72-75 *@SW Texas 1/28/99 53-60 *@UTSA 1/30/99 81-79 *Southeastern La. 2/1/99 66-65 *Southwest Texas 2/4/99 68-77 *UTSA 2/6/99 60-68 *@Sam Houston 2/9/99 58-78 *@Northeast La. 2/13/99 60-71 *UTA 2/18/99 97-70 *S. F. Austin 2/20/99 72-69 *@SE La. 2/25/99 65-70 *@Lamar 2/27/99 Pts: NSU- 1770 OPPONENTS- 1810 * - SLC Games 1999-2000 (17-13)

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Score Opponent Date 54-92 @Wyoming 11/19/99 71-76 @Kansas St. 11/21/99 61-58 La. College 11/23/99 79-93 @Troy State 11/27/99 61-97 @TCU 11/30/99 49-52 @Rice 12/2/99 81-65 Southern 12/14/99 83-48 SW Kansas 12/20/99 63-60 *@McNeese 12/28/99 58-70 *@Lamar 12/30/99 64-94 *Texas-Arlington 1/6/99 50-60 *Sam Houston 1/8/99 65-56 *@S. F. Austin 1/13/99 62-52 Centenary 1/15/99 63-61 *@UL-Monroe 1/17/99 57-55 *UTSA 1/20/99 64-44 *Southeastern La. 1/27/99 63-66 *@Nicholls State 1/29/99 76-63 *McNeese 2/3/00 65-63 *Lamar 2/5/00 77-78 *@UTA 2/10/00 62-63 *@Sam Houston 2/12/00 60-48 *Nicholls State 2/14/00 58-56 *@SW Texas 2/17/00 70-73 *@UTSA 2/19/00 80-75 *SF Austin (ot) 2/24/00 81-76 *La.-Monroe 3/4/00 88-83 *@UTA (ot) 3/7/00 70-64 **Sam Houston 3/9/00 55-62 **Lamar 3/11/00 Pts: NSU- 1990 OPPONENTS- 2003 * - SLC Games ** - SLC Tournament

2000-01 (19-13)

SLC TOURNAMENT Champions • NCAA Tournament • Opening Round Winner

Score Opponent Date 69-102 @TCU 11/17/00 57-53 @Southern 11/21/00 71-59 Oral Roberts (@Bossier City) 12/5/00 59-73 @Oklahoma St. 12/16/00 85-78 @Oral Roberts 12/18/00 47-115 @Arkansas 12/20/00 77-75 *Sam Houston 12/28/00 62-43 *Lamar 12/30/00 63-61 *@UL-Monroe 1/4/01 77-96 *McNeese 1/8/01 59-72 *@UTA 1/11/01 64-63 *@S. F. Austin 1/13/01 74-81 *UTSA 1/20/01 76-70 *SW Texas 1/22/01 74-88 *@Nicholls State 1/25/01 92-65 *La.-Monroe 1/27/01 71-63 *@SE La. 1/29/01 71-88 *@Sam Houston 2/3/01 73-81 *@Lamar 2/5/01 60-58 *SE La. 2/10/01 72-77 *Nicholls State 2/12/01 74-84 *@UTSA 2/15/01 87-76 *@SW Texas 2/17/01 80-78 @Centenary 2/21/01 92-103 *@McNeese 2/24/01 68-62 *S.F. Austin 3/1/01 87-69 *UTA 3/3/01 68-61 !@Nicholls State 3/6/01 86-73 !UTSA 3/9/01 72-71 !McNeese 3/10/01 71-67 $NCAA-Winthrop 3/13/01 54-96 $NCAA-Illinois 3/16/01 Pts: NSU-2292 OPPONENTS-2397 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament, Bossier City $ - NCAA Tournament Dayton, Ohio 2001-02 (13-18) Score Opponent Date 79-93 @ TCU 11/16/01 69-97 @ Memphis 11/18/01 60-66 !UTEP 11/19/01 107-86 !Ark-Monticello 11/20/01 99-91 !Siena (2 ot) 11/21/01 58-60 @ Hawaii 11/27/01 54-91 @ LSU 12/2/01 88-91 @ Grambling 12/8/01 44-79 @ Oklahoma St. 12/17/01 65-82 *@ Lamar 12/29/01 66-73 *S. F. Austin 1/3/02 79-65 *@ UTA 1/5/02 89-72 @ Centenary 1/7/02 73-66 *@ Nicholls State 1/10/02 72-63 *@ SE La. 1/12/02 90-63 *SW Texas 1/17/02 88-86 *UTSA 1/19/02 77-81 *Lamar 1/24/02 83-98 *Sam Houston 1/26/02 64-72 **UL-Monroe 1/31/02 63-67 *McNeese State 2/2/02 79-74 *@ Sam Houston 2/4/02 69-85 *@ SW Texas 2/8/02 67-77 *@UTSA 2/10/02 93-72 *Nicholls State 2/14/02 62-52 *SE La. 2/16/02 65-57 Centenary 2/19/02 58-66 *@ SF Austin 2/21/02 70-65 *Texas-Arlington 2/23/02 53-75 *@ McNeese 2/28/02 83-96 *@ UL-Monroe 3/2/02 Pts: NSU-2266 OPPONENTS-2361 * - SLC Games !Las Vegas Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) **at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2002-03 (6-21) Score Opponent Date 56-60 @New Mexico 11/25/02 54-82 @Baylor 11/27/02 63-64 @Centenary 11/30/02 55-74 @Wichita State 12/7/02 51-77 @Oklahoma St. 12/8/02 71-74 Grambling 12/14/02 49-51 *@SE La. 12/30/02 76-67 *UTSA 1/2/03 62-71 *Texas State 1/4/03 56-71 *@McNeese 1/9/03 72-83 Centenary 1/13/03 65-59 *SE La. 1/16/03 70-61 *Nicholls State 1/18/03 63-79 *@Lamar 1/23/03 62-76 *@Sam Houston 1/25/03 66-75 *Texas-Arlington 1/30/03 59-71 *Stephen F. Austin 2/1/03 73-63 *@UTSA 2/6/03 62-95 *@Texas State 2/8/03 57-70 *McNeese State 2/13/03 63-75 *UL-Monroe 2/15/03 62-53 *@Nicholls State 2/20/03 83-78 *@UL-Monroe 2/22/03 47-62 *Lamar 2/27/03 72-83 *Sam Houston St. 3/1/03 50-68 *@UTA 3/5/03 63-75 *@S. F. Austin 3/7/03 Pts: NSU-1682 OPPONENTS-1917 * - SLC Game 2003-04 (11-17) Score Opponent Date 62-90 @ Oklahoma St. 11/21/03 49-78 @ Tulsa 11/22/03 88-80 LSU-Shreveport 11/25/03 61-69 @ Northwestern 11/29/03 67-90 @ Centenary 12/02/03 66-83 @ Tulane 12/09/03 80-59 Loyola-NO 12/13/03 76-78 ^Troy State 12/20/03 51-87 !@ New Mexico 12/28/03 77-80 !Arkansas State 12/29/03 64-63 *Stephen F. Austin 1/8/04 84-78 *@ McNeese 1/10/04 90-55 *Nicholls State 1/15/04 88-68 *Lamar 1/17/04 87-77 *@Sam Houston 1/22/04 82-84 *@UTSA (ot) 1/24/04 97-82 Huston-Tillotson 1/28/04 64-67 *Texas State 1/31/04 92-81 *McNeese State 2/5/04 97-110 *@ Lamar 2/7/04 78-77 *@ Nicholls 2/12/04 78-85 *@ SE Louisiana 2/18/04 70-72 *Sam Houston St. 2/21/04 68-77 *Texas-Arlington 2/26/04 72-80 *UTSA 2/28/04 59-69 *@ SF Austin 3/2/04 67-59 *@ UL-Monroe 3/5/04 64-72 #@ SE La. 3/8/04 Pts: NSU-2078 OPPONENTS - 2150 * - SLC Games # - SLC Tournament ^ at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City * at Lobo Invitational, Las Cruces, NM 2004-05 (21-12)

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Score Opponent 53-91 @ Oklahoma St. 54-63 @ Tulsa 107-80 LSU-Shreveport 91-58 SW Kansas 83-76 Centenary 72-46 Jarvis Christian 85-72 Tulane 74-83 @ LSU 61-74 #@ Valparaiso 65-81 #@ Cincinnati 55-64 @ Dayton 51-69 #vs. Illinois 62-69 #vs. Northern Iowa 86-46 Huston-Tillotson 69-63 *@SF Austin 71-66 *UT-San Antonio 69-58 *@ UT-Arlington 65-63 *SE Louisiana 72-69 *@ Texas State 78-86 *@UTSA 65-77 *@ Sam Houston 84-89 *Lamar 92-73 *@ McNeese 95-93ot *Nicholls State 88-71 *UL-Monroe 90-83 *@ Lamar 67-65 *@ Nicholls State

Date 11/19/04 11/21/04 11/24/04 11/26/04 11/30/04 12/1/04 12/6/04 12/11/04 12/16/04 12/18/04 12/20/04 12/30/04 12/31/04 1/3/05 1/6/05 1/8/05 1/12/05 1/15/05 1/20/05 1/22/05 1/29/05 2/3/05 2/5/05 2/10/05 2/12/05 2/16/05 2/23/05

64-62 *SF Austin 2/26/05 82-63 *Sam Houston 3/2/05 103-73 *McNeese 3/4/05 81-67 ! UT-Arlington 3/8/05 90-75 ! Lamar 3/10/05 42-49 ! SE Louisiana 3/13/05 Pts: NSU-2466 OPPONENTS-2317 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Las Vegas Holiday Classic

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2005-06 (26-8)

SLC CHAMPIONS SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS • NCAA Tournament • First Round Winner

Score Opponent Date 77-74 E. TEXAS BAP. 11/18/05 72-81 @ Missouri 11/20/05 76-75ot @ Miss. St. 11/26/05 76-74 @ Centenary 11/29/05 55-57 @ Wichita St. 12/3/05 68-64 @ Oklahoma St. 12/5/05 89-61 HARDING 12/10/05 92-82 LSU-Shreveport 12/14/05 72-61 #vs. Oregon St. 12/21/05 77-81ot #vs. Iowa St. 12/22/05 76-80 #@Hawaii 12/23/05 61-73 @ Texas A&M 12/31/05 79-67 *@ UT-Arlington 1/5/06 81-68 *@ UL-Monroe 1/7/06 70-60 * SE LOUISIANA 1/11/06 73-80 *@ Sam Houston 1/14/06 60-58 *@ SE Louisiana 1/21/06 70-59 *UTSA 1/26/06 89-71 * TEXAS STATE 1/28/06 77-68 * SAM HOUSTON 2/2/06 72-66 *@S. F. Austin 2/4/06 82-79 * UT-ARLINGTON 2/9/06 81-65 * UL-MONROE 2/11/06 79-70 *@ Nicholls 2/16/06 63-66 %@ Utah St. 2/18/06 80-67 * LAMAR 2/23/06 97-79 * MCNEESE ST. 2/25/06 76-71 *@ Texas State 3/1/06 85-64 *@ UTSA 3/3/06 75-61 ! UTSA 3/7/06 80-66 ! LAMAR 3/9/06 95-87 ! SAM HOUSTON 3/12/06 64-63 $ vs. Iowa 3/17/06 54-67 $ vs. West Virginia 3/19/06 Pts: NSU-2573 OPPONENTS-2365 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Rainbow Classic $ - NCAA Tournament Auburn HIls, Michigan 2006-07 (17-15)

SLC EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS SLC TOURNAMENT FINALIST

Score Opponent Date 88-71 UTAH STATE 11/10/06 76-79 at Oklahoma St. 11/15/06 87-100 at Louisville 11/18/06 84-64 HENDERSON ST. 11/22/06 71-67 at UNO 11/25/06 89-86 CENTENARY 11/28/06 67-83 #at Marquette 12/1/06 51-53 #vs. Princeton 12/2/06 64-57 SOUTHERN 12/5/06 78-89 at Hawai’i 12/16/06 67-97 at DePaul 12/29/06 59-85 at Northwestern 12/31/06 81-85 *at Texas State 1/4/07 78-65 *at UT-Arlington 1/6/07 57-69 *TAMU-CC 1/11/07 82-62 *UTSA 1/13/07 98-90ot *MCNEESE ST. 1/18/07 81-68 *at Lamar 1/20/07 98-88 *at Nicholls 1/25/07 98-91 *SE LOUISIANA 1/27/07 78-66 *CENTRAL ARK. 2/3/07 80-90 *SAM HOUSTON 2/8/07 67-57 *at S.F. Austin 2/12/07 81-83 *at McNeese 2/14/07 84-85ot at Tenn. Tech 2/17/07 92-93 *NICHOLLS 2/22/07 71-65 *at SE Louisiana 2/24/07 89-82 *LAMAR 2/27/07 86-92 *at Central Ark. 3/3/07 85-76 !vs. S.F. Austin 3/8/07 78-65 !vs. Lamar 3/9/07 78-81 !vs. TAMU-CC 3/11/07 Pts: NSU-2523 OPPONENTS-2484 * - SLC Games # - Marquette Classic ! - SLC Tournament ouston, Texas)

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Score Opponent Date 71-92 #vs. UCSB 11/8/07 58-97 #vs. at Stanford 11/10/07 60-90 #vs. Harvard 11/11/07 66-72 UNO 11/14/07 93-78 UNIV. OF OZARKS 11/16/07 105-96 HOUSTON BAPT. 11/20/07 96-76 TENN. TECH 11/24/07 90-105 at Centenary 11/27/07 96-76 SUNO 12/4/07 73-79 LSUS 12/8/07 58-82 at LSU 12/15/07 59-90 at Arkansas 12/19/07 71-95 at Texas Tech 12/29/07 36-82 at Oklahoma St. 12/31/07 86-82 *UTA 1/5/08 95-84 *TEXAS STATE 1/10/08 67-58 *at A&M-CC 1/17/08 78-81ot *at UTSA 1/19/08 74-85 *at McNeese 1/23/08 82-91 *at Lamar 1/26/08 70-67 *NICHOLLS 1/31/08 60-55 *at SE La. 2/2/08 67-66ot *at UCA 2/9/08 78-69 *at Sam Houston 2/13/08 59-67 *S. F. AUSTIN 2/16/08 81-71 *MCNEESE 2/21/08 95-103 *at Lamar 2/23/08 60-82 *at Nicholls 2/28/08 72-75 *SE LA 3/1/08 75-74 *UCA 3/8/08 71-51 ! vs SE La. 3/13/08 69-66 ! vs. S. F. Austin 3/14/08 79-82 ! vs. UTA 3/16/08 Pts: NSU-2437 OPPONENTS-2624 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Stanford Classic 2008-09 (11-20) Score Opponent Date 65-83 at Indiana 11/15/08 87-65 E. Texas Bapt. 11/18/08 69-66 !vs. Centenary 11/21/08 60-91 !at LSU 11/23/08 77-65 !vs. Alcorn St. 11/28/08 63-100 !vs. Troy 11/29/08 90-84 ot Centenary 12/1/08 66-94 at Miami (OH) 12/6/08 85-64 LSUS 12/13/08 83-79 at Grambling 12/17/08 84-76 at Houston Bapt. 12/20/08 92-63 SUNO 12/22/08 56-95 at Arkansas 12/27/08 68-69 Miami (OH) 12/30/08 73-122 at Okla. State 1/3/09 60-69 *Nicholls 1/10/09 59-84 *at SE La. 1/14/09 68-69 *TAMUCC 1/17/09 69-85 *at Nicholls 1/24/09 45-73 *at S.F. Austin 1/28/09 80-64 *UCA 1/31/09 75-81 *at McNeese 2/4/09 66-85 *UTA 2/7/09 51-59 *S.F. Austin 2/11/09 79-77 *at UCA 2/14/09 74-88 *McNeese 2/18/09 67-89 *at Lamar 2/21/09 77-74 *UTSA 2/25/09 65-98 *at Texas State 2/28/09

66-84 *at Sam Houston 3/4/09 69-79 *SE La. 3/7/09 Pts: NSU-2188 OPPONENTS-2475 * - SLC Games ! - LSU Classic 2009-10 (10-19) Score Opponent Date 77-54 East Tex. Bapt. 11/13/09 75-94 at Texas Tech 11/19/09 92-61 Houston Bapt. 11/24/09 72-90 at Indiana 11/28/09 83-80 at Centenary 11/30/09 70-98 at La. Tech 12/5/09 83-73 LSU-Shreveport 12/8/09 62-73 at LSU 12/16/09 62-63 Grambling 12/16/09 77-68 Mo. Valley 12/19/09 62-81 at Hawai’i 12/28/09 63-89 at Texas A&M 1/2/10 89-95 ot Southern-N.O. 1/4/10 72-79 *at Nicholls 1/9/10 64-70 *SLU 1/13/10 83-98 *at A&M-CC 1/16/10 99-98 2ot *Nicholls 1/23/10 56-66 *SFA 1/27/10 74-68 *at UCA 1/30/10 85-92 *McNeese St. 2/3/10 80-81 *at UTA 2/6/10 59-69 *at SFA 2/10/10 82-76 *UCA 2/13/10 82-72 *at McNeese St. 2/17/10 82-79 *Lamar 2/20/10 74-88 *at UTSA 2/24/10 75-89 *Texas St. 2/27/10 75-103 *Sam Houston 3/3/10 77-86 *at SLU 3/6/10 Pts: NSU-2186 OPPONENTS-2333 * - SLC Games 2010-11 (18-14) Score Opponent Date L 87-78 at LSU 11/12/10 W 87-78 Houston Baptist 11/15/10 L 94-79 at Memphis 11/17/10 W 103-94 Tennessee-Martin 11/20/10 W 83-70 at Centenary 11/22/10 L 100-66 at Indiana 11/26/10 W 82-55 Centenary 11/30/10 W 78-56 Central Baptist 12/2/10 W 85-78 Louisiana Tech 12/7/10 W 79-64 Missouri Valley 12/15/10 W 86-74 Canisius 12/19/10 L 96-79 at TCU 12/21/10 L 85-52 at Canisius 12/29/10 L 91-64 at Duquesne 12/31/10 L 86-83 LSU-Shreveport 1/4/11 L 84-71 *at Texas State 1/8/11 W 73-64 *Nicholls State 1/12/11 W 80-79 ot *at Central Arkansas 1/15/11 L 63-58 *UTSA 1/19/11 W 87-77 ot *McNeese State 1/22/11 W 79-69 *at Lamar 1/26/11 L 93-84 *at Southeastern La. 1/29/11 W 85-78 *Central Arkansas 2/2/11 W 72-66 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 2/5/11 W 70-68 *Lamar 2/10/11 L 76-68 *Southeastern La. 2/12/11 W 64-63 *at Sam Houston State 2/23/11 W 78-71 ot *Texas-Arlington 2/26/11 L 83-81 ot *at Nicholls State 3/2/11 W 70-65 *Stephen F. Austin 3/5/11

L 97-96 !UTSA 3/9/11 Pts: NSU-2462 OPPONENTS-2482 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament 2011-12 (16-16) Score Opponent Date W 87-61 Letourneau 11/11/11 L 72-66 at Arkansas-Little Rock 11/13/11 W 67-60 at Alabama State 11/17/11 L 83-61 at Marshall 11/19/11 L 71-43 at Cincinnati 11/21/11 W 66-61ot Jacksonville State 11/25/11 W 80-65 Arkansas-Litte Rock 11/30/11 L 90-56 at Missouri 12/2/11 L 94-93 o2 at Louisiana Tech 12/6/11 W 76-65 at ULM 12/15/11 W 76-63 Missouri Valley 12/17/11 W 89-79 Central Methodist 12/19/11 L 82-67 at Mississippi State 12/22/11 L 83-63 at Oklahoma 12/31/11 W 83-68 *Texas State 1/7/12 W 80-79 *at Nicholls 1/11/12 L 77-73 *Central Arkansas 1/14/12 L 80-62 *at UTSA 1/18/12 W 64-61 *at McNeese State 1/21/12 W 74-62 *Lamar 1/25/12 W 55-38 *Southeastern La. 1/28/12 W 79-68 *at Central Arkansas 2/1/12 W 82-68 *A&M-Corpus Christi 1/29/11 L 85-66 *at Lamar 2/8/12 L 66-61 *at Southeastern La. 2/11/12 L 70-61 *McNeese 2/13/12 W 100-86 Campbell 2/19/12 L 50-37 *Sam Houston State 2/22/12 L 79-70 *at Texas-Arlington 2/25/12 W 92-61 *Nicholls State 2/29/12 L 62-52 *at Stephen F. Austin 3/3/12 L 76-69 !Lamar 3/7/12 Pts: NSU-2259 OPPONENTS-2239 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament 2012-13 (23-9)

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Score Opponent Date W 118-77 E. Texas Bapt. 11/9/12 W 71-67 at Campbell 11/12/12 W 92-43 Hanniball-Lagrange 11/17/12 L 102-95 at LSU 11/20/12 L 78-65 at Texas A&M 11/26/12 L 69-65 at Oklahoma 11/30/12 W 89-83 Louisiana Tech 12/4/12 W 95-78 Missouri Valley 12/15/12 L 79-61 at Arkansas 12/29/12 W 102-52 LeTourneau 12/31/12 W 78-63 *McNeese State 1/3/13 W 86-58 *Lamar 1/5/13 W 73-64 *at Sam Houston 1/7/13 L 80-74 *at Oral Roberts 1/10/13 W 100-88 *at Central Arknsas 1/12/13 L 93-78 *Nicholls 1/17/13 W 103-68 *Southeastern La. 1/19/13 W 61-57 *Stephen F. Austin 1/26/13 W 85-63 *at Lamar 1/31/13 W 86-74 *at McNeese State 2/3/13 W 85-73 *Oral Roberts 2/7/13 W 93-73 *Central Arkansas 2/9/13 W 79-76 *at Southeastern La. 2/14/13 W 84-79 *at Nicholls State 2/16/13 W 82-71 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 2/19/13

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

L 92-76 at Nigara 2/23/13 L 64-63 *at Stephen F. Austin 3/2/13 W 66-51 *A&M-Corpus Christi 3/7/13 W 84-73 *Sam Houston 3/9/13 W 55-52 !Sam Houston 3/15/13 W 68-66 !Stephen F. Austin 3/16/13 L 79-47 $Florida 3/22/13 Pts: NSU-2559 OPPONENTS-2285 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament $ - NCAA Tournament Austin, Texas 2013-14 (17-12) Score Opponent Date W 92-76 LeTourneau 11/8/13 W 111-92 at Auburn 11/15/13 L 88-74 at LSU 11/16/13 L 84-80 Louisiana-Monroe 11/21/13 L 105-74 at La.-Lafayette 11/27/13 W 107-100 Niagara 11/30/13 L 96-76 at #15 Memphis 12/7/13 L 93-71 at Louisiana Tech 12/11/13 W 116-76 Louisiana College 12/14/13 L 91-84 at #15 Baylor 12/18/13 L 84-74 at Texas-El Paso 12/19/13 L 107-104 *Sam Houston State 1/2/14 W 99-85 *Lamar 1/4/14 L 101-87 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 1/9/14 L 98-97 *at Houston Baptist 1/11/14 L 74-58 *Stephen F. Austin 1/16/14 W 76-68 *at Central Arkansas 1/23/14 W 87-83 *at Oral Roberts 1/24/14 W 100-86 *Incarnate Word 1/30/14 W 86-84 *Abilene Christian 2/1/14 W 85-74 *McNeese State 2/6/14 W 86-73 *Nicholls 2/8/14 L 67-64 *at Sam Houston 2/13/14 W 87-67 *at Lamar 2/15/13 L 70-68 *at Stephen F. Austin 2/22/14 W 88-83 *Southeastern La. 2/27/14 W 84-71 *at New Orleans 3/1/14 W 119-102 *Central Arkansas 3/6/14 W 88-82 *Oral Roberts 3/8/14 W 88-72 !Nicholls 3/13/14 L 85-78 !Stephen F. Austin 3/4/14 Pts: NSU-2686 OPPONENTS-2599 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament 2014-15 (19-13) Score Opponent Date L 109-68 at Texas A&M 11/14/14 W 75-64 Lyon College 11/17/14 W 89-79 at LSU-Alexandria 11/20/14 L 90-68 at Oklahoma 11/23/14 L 75-64 at Texas Tech 11/25/14 W 87-76 Missouri Valley 11/29/14 L 99-88 Louisiana Tech 12/2/14 L 82-74 at UL Monroe 12/9/14 W 89-85 UL Lafayette 12/20/14 L 100-92 at Arkansas 12/28/14 W 94-68 Louisiana College 12/31/14 W 99-78 *at Houston Baptist 1/3/15 L 75-64 *at Sam Houston St. 1/5/15 W 103-101 *Incarnate Word 1/10/15 L 95-81 *Abilene Christian 1/13/15 W 96-84 *Lamar 1/17/15 L 88-76 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 1/20/15 W 93-67 *McNeese State 1/24/15 W 80-51 *Nicholls 1/26/15 W 88-73 *at Southeastern La. 1/31/15 W 110-108 *at Central Arkansas 2/3/15 L 93-82 *Stephen F. Austin 2/9/15 W 75-72 *at McNeese State 2/14/15

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2012-13 Southland Conference Tournament Champions and NCAA Tournament participant W 86-70 *Central Arkansas 2/16/15 W 87-84 *at New Orleans 2/21/15 W 79-57 *at Nicholls 2/23/15 W 92-79 *Southeastern La. 3/2/15 L 92-66 *at Stephen F. Austin 3/5/15 W 88-78 *New Orleans 3/7/15 W 96-89 !McNeese State 3/12/15 L 91-79 !Stephen F. Austin 3/13/15 L 104-79 ^Tennessee-Martin 3/19/15 Pts: NSU-2687 OPPONENTS-2656 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament ^-CollegeInsider.com Tournament

L 88-68 *Lamar 2/22/17 W 83-82 *New Orleans 2/25/17 W 72-67 *at Stephen F. Austin 3/2/17 W 93-83 *Central Arkansas 3/4/17 Pts: NSU-2204 OPPONENTS-2301 * - SLC Games ! - at Bossier City

2015-16 (8-20) Score Opponent Date L 90-76 at Ole Miss 11/13/15 L 99-97 LSU-Alexandria 11/16/15 L 80-64 UL Monroe 11/19/15 L 61-42 at Arizona 11/22/15 W 86-80 Louisiana College 11/25/15 L 119-81 at Auburn 11/27/15 L 117-78 at Arkansas 12/1/15 L 75-62 at Baylor 12/8/15 W 105-79 Missouri Valley 12/19/15 W 92-79 at Centenary 12/29/15 L 99-73 *Houston Baptist 1/2/16 L 94-78 *Sam Houston St. 1/4/16 L 70-56 *at Incarnate Word 1/9/16 L 87-72 *at Abilene Christian 1/12/16 L 86-82 *at Lamar 1/16/16 L 89-79 *A&M-Corpus Christi 1/19/16 L 75-74 *at McNeese 1/23/16 W 88-80 *at Nicholls 1/25/16 W 91-76 *Southeastern La. 1/30/16 W 91-75 *Central Arkansas 2/2/16 L 83-72 *at Stephen F. Austin 2/8/16 W 87-78 *McNeese 2/13/16 L 107-94 *at Central Arkansas 2/15/16 L 102-99 *New Orleans 2/20/16 W 81-67 *Nicholls 2/22/16 L 84-82 *at Southeastern La. 2/29/16 L 95-55 *Stephen F. Austin 3/3/16 L 97-86 *at New Orleans 3/5/16 Pts: NSU-2224 OPPONENTS-2413 * - SLC Games 2016-17 (13-16) Score Opponent Date L 72-44 at Texas A&M 11/11/16 L 97-61 at Oklahoma 11/13/16 W 92-87 LeTourneau 11/18/16 W 82-69 LSU-Alexandria 11/22/16 L 84-60 at Missouri 11/26/16 L 65-59 at Mississippi State 11/28/16 W 88-74 LSU-Shreveport 12/1/16 W 79-67 at UTEP 12/3/16 W 68-64 !UL Monroe 12/17/16 L 100-93 at Rice 12/19/16 W 86-66 Louisiana College 12/28/16 L 79-72 (OT)*McNeese 12/31/16 L 84-80 *at Incarnate Word 1/5/17 L 99-82 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 1/7/17 W 86-81 *Nicholls 1/12/17 L 77-68 *Sam Houston State 1/14/17 W 78-65 *at McNeese 1/21/17 W 85-71 *at Southeastern La. 1/25/17 L 85-64 *at Lamar 1/28/17 L 107-97 *at Central Arkansas 2/2/17 L 75-73 (OT) *Stephen F. Austin 2/4/17 L 86-69 *Houston Baptist 2/9/17 L 76-72 *at Abilene Christian 2/11/17 L 73-66 *Southeastern La. 2/16/17 W 80-78 *at Nicholls 2/18/17

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH ALL-TIME NORTHWESTERN STATE LETTERMEN Adams, Austin (F), 2012-14, Slidell, LA Adams, Dustin (F), 2012-14, Slidell, LA Adekunle, Deji (F), 2014-15, London, England Adkins, Jimmy (C/F), 1956-60, Gibsland, LA Alexander, Kenta (G), 1996-97, Atlanta, TX Alexander, Sam (G), 1996-98, St. Peters, MO Allen, Byron (C),2002-06, Leland, MS Anglin, John (G), 2005-08, Shreveport, LA Anthony, Robert (F/C), 1983-84, Birmingham, LA Arthur, Bobby (G), 1973-75, Natchitoches, LA Arthur, Kenny (G), 1962-66, Natchitoches, LA Arthur, Raymond (C), 1962-64, Natchitoches, LA Ashworth, Don (G), 1965-69, Oakdale, LA Ashlock, Greg (G),1989-90, Malakoff, TX Baggett, Ray (G), 1980-81, Oberlin, LA Bailey, Andre (F), 1978-80, Minden, LA Ball, Perry (F), 1969-72, Baton Rouge, LA Baker, Devon (G), 2009-11, Harlen, NY Bamer, Frank (F), 1965-66, Dover, NJ Banks, Roman (G), 1987-92, Shreveport, LA Bankston, Mixon (G), 1952-53, Dry Prong, LA Baptiste, Thurman (F), 1969-72, Natchitoches, LA Bargeman, Colby (G), 2004-08, Lafayette, LA Barnes, Stephen (C), 1995-97, Birmingham, England Bates, Buddy (G), 1947-50, Winnfield, LA Bates, Sonny (G), 1952-53, Coushatta, LA Beard, Marche’ (G), 1996-98, Jena, LA Beaubouef, Tony (F), 1990-94, Berwick, La Bell, Dan (G), 1975-77, Huntsville, AL Bell, Demetrius (F), 2003-08, Summerfield, LA Bell, Jordan (G/F), 2016-17, Inglewood, CA Bivens, Larry (F), 1973-75, Tampa, FL Bloodworth, Charles (F), 1968-70, Natchitoches, LA Blunt, Canfield (F), 1973-76, Colfax, LA Bonnette, Buddy (G), 1950-51, Natchitoches, LA Booras, Sam (G), 1950-53, Shreveport, LA Boyd, Josh (G), 2016-17, Beaumont, TX Bozeman, James (G), 1944-45, Belmont, LA Bradley, Darnell (F), 2001-02, Leesville, LA Brey, Mike (G), 1977-80, Rockville, MD Bray, Virgil (F), 1963-64, Pocasset, OK Briscoe, John (G), 2011-12, Longview, TX Brinson, Doug (G), 1973-74, Morgan City, LA Britton, Claude (G), 1973-75, Calhoun, LA Brock, Judson (F), 1971-72, Milwaukee, WI Brooks, Aramie (F) 2008-09, Earle, AR Brown, A.E. (F), 1944-45, Minden, LA Brown, Clifton (G), 1984-85, Lafayette, LA Brown, David (C), 1958-59, Jonesboro, LA Brown, Dick (G), 1953-57, Converse, LA Brown, Robbie (G), 1982-83, Lafayette,LA Brown, Tarius (G), 1990-93, 1994-95, Birmingham, AL Brownwell, George (G), 1944-45, Corpus Christi, TX Bryant, Brooks (F) 1990-93, Huntsville, AL Bundy, Ryan (G), 1994-98, Peoria, IL Burch, Stephen (G), 2001-04, Mansfield, LA Burks, Will (F), 1998-2001, Decatur, AL Bush, Gerald (F), 1985-87, Birmingham, AL Byars-Dawson, Michael (G), 2000-02, Fort Worth, TX Byrd, Ronald (F), 1950-53, Shreveport, LA Calcote, Craig (G), 1984-87, Baton Rouge, LA Cambre, Cody (G) - 2015-present, French Settlement, LA Calloway, David (F), 1960-61, Cheneyville, LA Cavanaugh, Joe (G), 1945-46, Hometown unknown

Charles, Guy (F), 1978-80, Port Arthur, TX Clark, C.J. (F), 2007-09, Houston, TX Clark, Charles (F) 2008-11, Alexadria, LA Clark, David (G), 1963-67, Natchitoches, LA Clemmons, Pete (G), 1960-62, Brownsville, TX Collie, Glenn (G/F), 1961-62, Calvert City, KY Collins, Bolton (G), 1951-53, Coushatta, LA Collinsworth, Bill (G), 1951-55, Bryceland, LA Conine, John, (C) 2007-10, Natchitoches, LA Cooper, Zaveon (G), 1993, Jackson, MS Covington, Ken (F), 1971-72, Haughton, LA Crawford, Eugene (F), 1949-50 Crnkovic, Mickey (G), 1955-58, Zwolle, LA Culbreath, A.J. (F), 1982-83, Nacogdoches, TX Davis, Bruce, 1948-49 Davis, George (G), 1950-54, Florien, LA Davis, Isiah (G/F), 1989-90, Houston, TX Davis, Lester (G), 1974-78, Natchitoches, LA Davis, Pooh (G), 1999-2001, Shreveport, LA Davis, Shamir (G), 2009-13, Shreveport, LA Dillon, Mark (G), 1991-93, Fort Gay, WV Dobbinson, Tony (G), 2014-15, Stamford, CT Dorcheus, Robert (F), 1944-48, Portland, OR Duncan, Charles (G), 1994-98, Trenton, TN Dunn, Benjamin (C), 1978-79, Grambling, LA Dunnavant, Dale (F), 1973-77, Miami, FL Duplessis, Ryan (G), 1998-2002, New Orleans, LA Dyer, Alfonse(C), 2002-06, Marrero, LA Ebarb, Glendale (G), 1952-53, Zwolle, LA Edens, Tom (F), 1975-77, Phoenix, AZ Edwards, Michael (G), 2000-04, Rowlett, TX Elie, Lester (F), 1974-78, Cloutierville, LA Ellis, Louis (G), 2010-11, Shreveport, LA Enloe, James (G), 1952-56, Pineville, LA Evans, O.J. (C), 2009-13, Mansfield, LA Faust, Odis (F), 1965-69, Many, LA Fischer, D’or (C), 2000-02, Philadelphia, PA Fisher, Kenton (F), 1998-2000, Madison, AL Fleming, Earl (F), 1989-91, Tuscaloosa, AL Fletcher, James (C), 1962-63, Montgomery, LA Flinn, Paul (C/F), 1957-58, New York, NY Fontenot, Larry (C/F), 1955-59, DeQuincy, LA Forges, Kerwin (G/F), 2003-2006, Marrero, LA Foshee, Buddy (F), 1954-55, Logansport, LA Francis, Harry (G), 1979-83, St. Martinville, LA Frazier, Marvin (C), 2011-15, Zwolle, LA French, Anthony (C), 1981-84, Shreveport, LA French, Googy (G), 1973-75, Lecompte, LA Fyler, Mike (G), 1977-80, Scott City, KS Garner, Darron (F), 1994-96, Zwolle, LA Garris, Robert (C), 1982-84, Pine Bluff, AR Gesing, E.J. (G), 1944-45, Brooklyn, NY Gibson, Lester (F), 1944-45, Hammond, LA Gilder, Trey (G), 2006-08, Dallas, TX Glasco, Alex (F), 1988-89, Loreauville, LA Goleman, Rick (F), 1979-81, Longview, TX Gooden, Scott, (G), 1993-94, Akron, OH Goodson, Donnie (G), 1979-80, Baton Rouge, LA Grace, Reggie (C), 1973-75, Sunshine, LA Gray, Peter (G), 1965-69, Marthaville, LA Grays, Robin (F), 1982-84, Ft. Worth, TX Green, John (F), 1975-77, Natchitoches, LA Greene, Mike (G), 1977-81, Pleasant Hill, LA Grimsley, Dexter (F), 1989-93, Abbeville, AL

Dan Bell was a flashy guard for a 17-win Demon team in 1976-77 and coached the Demons to a win at Kentucky on Dec. 7, 1989 Guest, Jacob (F), 2016-present, Bossier City, LA Guest, Paxson (G), 2014-15, Bossier City, LA Haile, Harrell (G), 1946-49, Ansley, LA Hale, Kenny (G), 1982-84, Memphis, TN Haley, Phillip (F/C), 1957-61, Belmont, LA Hall, Devonte (G), 2014-present, Bossier City, LA Hamilton, Tanner (G/F), 2016-17, Texarkana, AR Hancock, Josh (G), 1997-2001, Kountze, TX Hancock, Keithan (G), 2004-09, Kountze, TX Hancock, Tramaine (G), 2003-2005, Kountze, TX Harden, Gregg (G) 1989-90, Baton Rouge, LA Hardin, James (F), 1960-64, Tioga, LA Harris, Dadrian (G), 2012-14, Castor, LA Harris, Jerry (G), 1980-85, Memphis, TN Harris, Mark (F), 1981-82, Mansfield, LA Hatch, Gayle (F), 1960-62, Baton Rouge, LA Hayes, Ronald (F), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Haynie, Steve (G), 1965-66, Reedville, VA Hazlewood, Daniel (G), 2015-16, Huntsville, TX Hearn, Lazar (F), 1988-89, Haughton, LA Henderson, Gary (F), 1995-96, West Memphis, AK Hendricks, Emmett (G), 1961-65, Marthaville, LA Henry, Skeeter (G), 1965-68, Natchitoches, LA Herrick, Drew (F), 1981-82, Lafayette, LA Hicks, DeQuan (F), 2012-14, Racine, WI Hildebrand, Tynes (F/C), 1950-54, Florien, LA Hildebrand, Tynes Jr. (G) 1969-73, Natchitoches, LA Hill, John (F), 1971-72, Mudville, TN Holder, Bernard (F), 1973-76, Brooklyn, NY Holder, Walter (G), 1945-46, Brooklyn, NY Hollins, Gerald (F), 1995-97, Many, LA Hoops, Jim (F), 1977-81, Deshler, OH Hoops, Mike (F), 1978-79, Deshler, OH Howell, Alan (G), 1986-88, Natchitoches, LA Howell, J.C. (F/G), 1954-56, Bossier City, LA Hughes, Edward (G), 1973-75, Hudson, NY

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#KEEPTHEFAITH EX-NSU POINT GUARD MIKE BREY BEGINS 18TH YEAR COACHING NOTRE DAME While answering the first question at the July 15, 2000, press conference announcing his hiring as basketball coach at Notre Dame, Mike Brey talked about his days playing college basketball for Tynes Hildebrand at Northwestern State. Brey, a two-year starter for the Demons, still ranks eighth at NSU in career assists with 311 from 1977-80, an average of 4.3 per game. He led the team as a sophomore with 180, still the fifth-best single-season total in school history. In the moments after being introduced as the new Notre Dame coach, Brey listed Hildebrand alongside Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Morgan Wooten, the legendary DeMatha High School coach, as major influences in his basketball philosophies. Brey played for Wooten, who helped Hildebrand recruit him. After college, Brey coached under Wooten, then moved to Duke and helped the Blue Devils reach six Final Fours and win two NCAA titles. Brey then took over as head coach at Delaware and was 99-52 there in five years before taking the Notre Dame job. When Brey took over, the Irish hadn’t been to the NCAA Tournament in 11 seasons. Beginning his 18th season coaching the Irish, Brey has led Notre Dame to 12 NCAA Tournaments, including back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 2015 and 2016 -- along with four NIT appearances. In 2010-11, Brey won the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award as the national coach of the year after leading the Fighting Irish to a No. 4 national ranking and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Incuding his time at Delaware, Brey has delivered his team to postseason play 17 times. Brey owns an overall 481-239 career record, 382-187 at Notre Dame.

Hulbin, James (F), 2008-13, Shreveport, LA Hunt, Errick (G), 1970-75, Coushatta, LA Hunter, Ed (G/F), 1958-61, Coushatta, LA James, Larry (G), 1971-72, Minden, LA Janese, Johnny (G), 1967-71, LaGrange, LA Jenkins, DeShon (G), 1982-84, Jena, LA Johnson, Charlie (G), 1994-96, Sugarland, TX Johnson, Ed (F), 1971-75, Natchitoches, LA Johnson, Payton (C), 1971-72, Detroit, MI Johnson, Lovick (F), 1957-61, Natchitoches, LA Johnson, Rhon (G), 1984-85, Little Rock, AR Johnson, Truman (F), 1968-69, Plainview, LA Johnston, Dick (G), 1958-59, Astoria, NY Jones, Buddy (G), 1959-60, Mississippi Jones, Carl (F), 2001-03, Humble, TX Jones, Damon (G), 2006-09, Winnfield, LA Jones, George (C), 1984-88, Shreveport, LA Jones, Kennan (G), 2003-07, Opelousas, LA Jones, Lemuel (G), 1995-97, Tallulah, LA Jones, Rodney (F) 1989-90, Birmingham, AL Jolivette, Brian (G), 1982-83, Lafayette, LA Joseph, Tra’von (G), 2013-17, Morrow, LA Kemp, Kesse (G), 1973-74, Fort Worth, TX Kennedy, Chris (G), 1996-97, Las Vegas, NV Killian, Matt (F), 2012-16, Hornbeck, LA King, Harold (G), 1945-46, Jena, LA King, Leotis (G), 1984-85, Bastrop, LA King, Ryan (F), 2013-15, Greensboro, NC Kissoonlal, Reginald (G/F), 2014-17, Jacksonville, FL Knight, Dominic (G), 2007-11, Alexandria, LA Knighten, Merrill (F), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Koonce, Charles (P), 1992-93, Gasden, AL Krajefska, Jim (C), 1969-71, Bossier, LA Kranz, Bob (G), 1962-63, Brooklyn, NY Kubel, Eric (F), 1990-94, Moreno Valley, CA Lampkin, Frank (F), 1946-48, Tioga Lane, Ishmael (F/C), 2015-present, Port Allen, LA Langston, Loopy (C), 1953-56, Pollock, LA Larson, Chris (F), 1996-97, Boone, IA

Leach, Jimmie (G), 1955-59, Florien, LA LeBato, Matt (F), 2014-15, Sulphur, LA Lebo, Ronnie (G), 1954-56, Winamac, IN Ledet, Walter (F), 1961-64, Natchitoches, LA Lee, Clifton (F), 2002-06, Boyce, LA Lee, Lester (G), 1964-66, Natchitoches, LA Lee, Stanley (G), 1969-72, West Jefferson, LA Lee, Wayne, (G), 1965-69, Florien, LA LeGrand, Al (F), 1962-64, Coushatta, LA LeGrand, Seth (C), 1994-98, Nebraska City, NE Lewis, Dennis (F), 1964-65, Henderson, KY Lewis, Jerry (G), 1977-79, Grambling, LA Lilley, Waple (F), 1951-55, Belmont, LA Lively, Robert (C), 1976-79, Port Allen, TX Lloyd, Sutton (G), 2005-06, Bossier City, LA Lynch, Chris (F), 2000-02, Cedar Hill, TX Lynch, Jerry (G), 1978-82, Leesville, LA Madlock, Calvin (F), 1981-83, Sardis, MS Martin, Johnny (F/C), 1981-83, Shady Grove, LA Marusak, Andrew (F), 1967-70, Virginia Masters, Jerry (F), 1966-70, Florien, LA Mathis, Tommy (G), 1960-64, Hanna, LA Mays, Donald (F), 1982-85, Logansport, LA McCall, Greg (G), 1989-90, Birmingham AL McCann, Elvin (F/C), 1956-59, Cheneyville, LA McConathy, George (C/F), 1952-56, Bryceland, LA McConathy, Hershel (F), 1947-51, Florien, LA McConathy, Johnny (C), 1948-51, Gibsland, LA McConathy, Leslie (G), 1945-49, Bryceland, LA McConathy, Logan (G), 2007-11, Natchitoches, LA McConathy, Michael (G), 2006-09, Natchitoches, LA McCrimon, Jimmy (G), 1986-87, Kissimmee, FL McGowan, Paul (F), 1954-56, Washington, DC McKellar, Bill (G),1973-77, Bossier City, LA McLaurin, Jerry (F), 1973-77, Bossier City, LA McMillon, Kenny (G), 1991-94, Logansport, LA McQuarters, Dameon (F), 1995-98, Leavenworth, KS McRae, Jerrold (F), 1998-2002, Nashville, TN Melancon, Darren (C), 1984-89, Loreauville, LA

Metoyer, Malik (G), 2015-present, Clarence, LA Mitchell, Roy (F), 1981-82, Many, LA Mitchell, Tyronn (G), 2001-06, New Iberia, LA Moody, Dwight (G/F), 1984-86, Memphis, TN Moody, Jerry (F), 2006-08, Bossier City, LA Moody, Kenneth (F), 1983-84, Memphis, TN Moore, Edward (C), 1948-50, Natchitoches, LA Moran, Ken (F), 1959-63, Natchitoches, LA Morris, George, 1947-48, Hometown unknown Mosley, William (F), 2008-11, Shreveport, LA Murphy, Kenneth (F), 1944-45, Natchitoches, LA Nash, Charles (G), 1983-84, Birmingham, AL Nears, Kevans (F), 1984-85, Winnfield, LA Neely, Mike (G), 1970-73, Detroit, MI Netterville, B.J. (G), 1999-2003, Zachary, LA Nickelberry, Cedric (F), 1997-98, Pearl, MS Nix, Max (F), 1960-61, Bossier City, LA Nolan, Roger (C), 1977-78; 80-81, Benton, LA Noonan, Bill (G), 1945-46, Baton Rouge, LA Norris, Ronnie (F), 1966-68, Doyline, LA Norton, John J. (C), 1944-45, Phillipsburg, NJ Oatley, Don (F), 1956-57; 1959-60, Baton Rouge, LA Outz, Linwood, (G), 1948-52, Minden, LA Owens , Jethro (G) 1989-93, Houston, TX Palmer, William (F), 1955-56, Mansfield, LA Patten, DeWitt (G), 1948-50, Bossier City, LA Pearre, Hulon (G), 1984-85, Jonesboro, LA Peffer, Jim (G), 1967-69, Hempfield, PA Pender, Bob (F), 1950-51, Hometown unknown Petravicius, Deividas (F), 2007-09, Klaipeda, Lithuania Piper, Frederick (C), 1976-81, Alexandria, LA Polk, Alann (G), 1997-2002, Emerson, AR Poole, Dan (F), 1949-50, Natchitoches, LA Poole, Will (G), 2015-16, Shreveport, LA Porterie, Kalem (F), 2005-09, Marksville, LA Posey, Allen (G), 1967-71, Natchitoches, LA Powell, Charlie (F), 1949-50, Florien, LA Powell, Walter (C), 1949-50, Florien, LA Prather, Randy (G), 1969-73, Crowley, LA

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Procell, Greg (G), 1972-74, Ebarb, LA Pullig, Richard, (C), 1957-59, Gibsland, LA Ragland, Bill (F), 1965-67, Paducah, KY Ranew, Artie (F), 1948-52, Tallahassee, FL Randles, Travis (F), 1952-55, Fort Worth, TX Ray, Bill (F), 1962-65, Ringgold, LA Rayford, Terrence (F), 1986-89, Quitman, GA Raynor, Bryan (F), 1998-2000, Bossier City, LA Reass, Rick (F/C), 1974-76, Winter Haven, FL Redd, Tom (F), 1952-53, Pineville, LA Reliford, Earnest, 1977-82, Ashland, LA Reynolds, Billy (F), 1973-77, Calhoun, LA Richardson, Darius,(F) 2008-10, Fort Worth TX Ringham, Jeff (C), 1982-83, Evansville, TN Ritchie, Ocie (F), 1945-47, Natchitoches, LA Roach, Roy (G), 1982-86, Monterey, LA Roberson, Gary (G/F) 2011-13, Natchitoches, LA Roberts, Melvin (F), 2000-02, Quitman, MS Robertson, Anthony (G), 1977-79, Natchitoches, LA Robinson, Patrick (F), 2010-14, Baton Rouge, LA Rogers, Donald “Pookie” (C), 1944-45, Natchitoches, LA Rogers, Luke (G), 2005-07, Chicago, IL Ross, D.J. (G), 2002-06, Lena, LA Ross, Marcellas (G), 2004-07, Glenmora, LA Saint Cyr, Toby, (F), 1997-98, New Roads, LA Sanders, Nelson (F), 1972-75, Palmetto, FL Sanders, Richard (G), 1991-93, Alexanderia, LA Sandlin, Bill (F), 1952-53, Bienville, LA Sardinea, Amidd (F), 1998-99, Houston, TX Scanlan, Eric (G), 1989-90, Houston, TX Scherer, Jay (G), 1990-92, Huntsville, AL Scott, Ray (G), 1946-48, Natchitoches, LA Simmons, Kenneth (G), 1964-65, Converse, LA Shaw, Ken (G), 1950-54, Holton, IN Shover, Dale (F), 1944-45, Kansas City, MO Shropshire, Brentt (G), 1998-2000, Grand Prairie, TX Skinner, Larry (G), 1957-61, Belmont, LA Smith, Lee Arthur (F), 1976-77, Castor, LA

Will Mosley shattered NSU’s blocked shots record with 460 from 2008-12. In 2010-11, he led the nation with 4.9 per game and ranked second in 2011-12 with 4.1 a game

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Smith, Byron (G), 1987-88, Bossier City, LA Smith, Johnny (C), 1986-87, Atlanta, GA Smith, Pernell (G), 1987-89, Broxton, GA Smith, Sylvester (F), 1983-85, Memphis, TN Smith, Trevor (C), 1988-90, Atlanta, LA Speed, Mike (G-F), 1992-93, Tioga, LA Spencer, Jermaine (F), 2002-07, New Iberia, LA Stafford, Marquis (F), 1994-95, Arlington, TX Stapler, Scott (G), 1991-92, Huntsville, AL Stelter, Robert (C/F), 1958-59, Orange, TX Stewart, Corrie (G), 1986-87, Atlanta, GA Stewart, Gary (G), 2010-14, Vidalia, LA Stewart, Tommy (F), 1962-65, Doyline, LA Stewart, William (F), 1957-60, Doyline, LA Stokes, Bill (G), 1960-64, Anacoco, LA Stoutamire, Claude (F), 1946-50, Tallahassee, FL Sullens, Rod (F), 1973-74, Richland, MO Sutherland, Rob (F), 1973-76, Hales Corners, WI Sweeney, Iziahiah (G), 2016-present, Compton, CA Taylor, Richard (G-F), 1998-2000, East Tallassee, AL Terry, Larry (F), 1990-94, Ponchatoula, LA Thomas, Gerrell (F), 2006-08, Oklahoma City, OK Thomas, James (C/F), 1951-55, Martin, LA Thompson, Charles (C), 1997-2000, Grand Prairie, TX Thompson, Chris (F), 1999-2001, Bossier City, LA Thompson, Delbert (C), 1965-67, Marthaville, LA Thompson, Sabri (G), 2013-17, Newark, DE Thornton, Mike (F), 1988-1992, Tallulah, LA Tisdell, Keith (G), 1993-95, Aurora, CO Toms, Larry (G), 1955-56, Saline, LA Touhy, Edward (G), 1976-78, New Orleans, LA Trailer, Chris (F), 1993-95, Abbeville, AL Triplet, Hubert Lee (G), 1944-45, Minden, LA Tull, Phil (F), 1968-70, DeRidder, LA Turner, Darrin (C), 1985-86, Natchitoches, LA Turner, Duane (F), 1986-88, Atlanta, GA Turner, Troy (F), 1984-85, Monroe, LA Tyer, Greg (F), 2003-05, Bossier City, LA Ulak, David (F), 2011-13, Livingston, NJ Van, Tim (F), 2001-04, Crockett, TX Venzant, Don (G), 1992-93, Saline, LA Veuleman, Randy (G), 1968-72, Many, LA Voss, Clarence (F), 1968-70, Fair Park, LA Waggoner, Bernard (C), 1944-49, Tullos, LA Waggoner, Wayne (G), 1980-82, Logansport, LA Walding, Carlton (G), 1968-70, Bolton, LA Walker, Fred (G), 1981-83, Lansing, MI Walker, Murrell (F), 1951-55, Dry Prong, LA Wallace, Jermaine (G), 2002-06, Dubberly, LA Walker, Bailey (G), 2015-present, Florien, LA Walpole, Pete (G/F), 1955-59, Bossier City, LA Ward, Ralph (G), 1946-47, Natchitoches, LA Warrell, Cliff (G/F), 1977-78, Candor, NY Washington, Tyler (G), 2010-14, Port Allen, LA Watkins, DeWayne (G), 1986-89, Chattanooga, TN Watkins, Dwayne, (G), 2008-10, Tickfaw, LA Watts, Doug (G), 1966-70, French Settlement, LA Watts, Sam (C/F), 1961-65, Saline, LA Weaver, Billy (G), 1945-48, Natchitoches, LA Welcome, Ta’Jon (G), 2014-16, Houston, TX Weldon, Truitt (C), 1958-52, Florien, LA West, Jalan (G), 2012-15, present, Bossier City, LA West, Jerry (F), 1945-46, Natchitoches, LA Wesley, Patrick (G), 1985-89, Grambling, LA White, Brison (G), 2012-14, Wichita, KS White, Devin (F), 2007-09, New Orleans, LA Whittaker, J.R. (F), 1994-96, Beggs, OK

Wicker, Bobby (G/F), 1955-59, Baton Rouge, LA Williams, Brandon (F), 2012-14, West Palm Beach, FL Williams, Larry (F), 1957-58, New York, NY Williams, Freeman (G), 1985-89, West Monroe, LA Williams, Shun (F), 1987-88, Peoria, IL Williams, Walt (T), 1993, Florien, LA Willett, Marvin (F), 1969-71, Eminence, IN Willett, Robert (C), 1965-68, Dry Prong, LA Willis, James (G), 1944-45, 1947-50, Doyline, LA Willis, Victor (G), 1985-87, Monroe, LA Wilson, Bob (G), 1952-53, Pineville, LA Wilson, Kory (G), 2000-02, Fort Worth, TX Woodley, Zeek (F), 2013-17, Pelican, LA Woods, Dennis (G), 1976-78, Oakman, AL Wright, Gene (G), 1958-62, Negreet, LA Wyatt, James (C), 1965-69, Belmont, LA Yarbrough, Cedric (G), 1985-86, Birmingham, AL Yancy, Levi (F), 2015-16, White Oak, TX Yergler, Jim (G), 1949-53, Cissna Park, IL Young, Aubin (G), 2006-08, Pineview, LA Young, William (G), 1984-87, Shreveport, LA Youngblood, Melvin (G), 1980-82, Shreveport, LA Zabst, Bruce (C), 1966-68, Fulton, IN

Trey Gilder (2006-08) became the first former Demon to reach the NBA in more than five decades when he played for the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2009-10 season.

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#KEEPTHEFAITH TOP 100 DEMONS OF THE CENTURY (1912-2012) CHOOSING THE TOP 100: To commemorate the Centennial Celebration of Demon Basketball for the 2012-13 season, a Top 100 Demon Basketball Players of the Century roster was selected. Selections were made by a blue-ribbon panel of media, coaches, former players and longtime observers of the NSU program. Players from this 2012-13 team were not eligible for consideration. The group was split into two different groups, the “Fantastic 50,” that spans from 1912-13 until 1975-76 and the “Fab 50” that spans from 1976-77 until 2012-13. The honorary captains were chosen by the panel as their stories emerged during the Top 100 selection process.

FANTASTIC 50

1912-1919 W.H. “Red” Beeson, 1913-15 1920-29 Cecil “Lightning” Miller, F, 1925-27, DeRidder 1930-39 Josh Briley, C, 1938-41 Wiley Cummings, F, 1938-41 John Elkins, G, 1936-39 Tandy Jackson, F, 1936-40, Coushatta Bill Loftin, G, 1935-38, Coushatta Outstanding player who was team captain for his final two seasons under Coach Prather. Served for Gen. Patton in WWII. Graduate N Club HOF. Howard “Emma” Moorman, F, 1930-33 Jimmy “Faye” Perkins, F, 1937-41 C.L. Starnes, F, 1938-40 Charles “Red” Thomas, G, 1939-41, Texarkana, Ark. Clarence Tullos, C, 1930-33, Olla 1940-49 Frank Lampkin, F, 1946-48, Tioga Herschel McConathy, F, 1947-51, Florien John McConathy, F/C, 1947-51, Bryceland J.L. “Leslie” McConathy, F, 1945-49, Bryceland Linwood Outz, G, 1948-51, Minden Ocie Ritchie, F, 1945-47, Natchitoches Claude “Jodie” Stoutamire, F, 1946-50, Tallahassee, Fla. All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a sophomore, then All-Gulf States Conference as a junior and senior. Was top GSC scorer in each of his final two seasons (428 points, 23 games in 1948-49, when he shot 57.1% from the field, going 173-303 Bernard Waggoner, C, 1944-49, Logansport Jim Willis, G, 1944-45, 1947-50, Doyline 1950-59 Sammy Booras, G, 1951-53, Shreveport Dick Brown, G, 1953-57, Converse All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a sophomore, then AllGulf States Conference as a junior and senior. Was top GSC scorer in each Bill Collinsworth, G, 1950-55, Bryceland Mickey Crnkovic, G, 1955-58, Zwolle Phillip Haley, F/C, 1957-61, Belmont Tynes Hildebrand, F, 1950-55, Florien Jimmy “Red” Leach, G, 1954-59, Florien No. 4 scorer (1,736 points, 109g, 15.9 ppg). School single-game records

with 54 points, 20-23 FTs vs. Southwestern Louisiana 2/27/59. Had 43 to set single-game record two nights earlier vs. Southeastern. Elvin McCann, F/C, 1955-59, Cheneyville George McConathy, F, 1952-56, Bryceland Ken Shaw, G, 1950-54, Holton, Ind. Larry Skinner, G, 1957-61, Belmont Bill Stewart, F, 1956-60, Doyline Jim “Buddy” Thomas, F, 1951-55, Martin Truitt Weldon, C, 1958-62, Florien Gene Wright, G, 1958-52, Negreet 1960-69 Thurmand Baptiste, F/C, 1969-72, Natchitoches Charles Bloodworth, F, 1968-70, Natchitoches David Clark, F, 1963-67, Natchitoches No. 5 in scoring (1,583 points, 95g, 16.7 ppg). No. 3 in career FT% (83.8, 382-456). 20.4 ppg as a senior. Pete Gray, G, 1965-69, Marthaville Gayle Hatch, F/C, 1960-62, Baton Rouge Johnny Janese, G, 1967-71, Lake Charles Lester Lee, G, 1964-66, Natchitoches Tommy Mathis, G, 1960-64, Hanna Doug Watts, G, 1966-70, French Settlement Sam Watts, C/F, 1961-65, Saline James Wyatt, C, 1965-69, Belmont Career rebounding leader (1,549 in 102g, 15.2 pg). No. 2 scorer (1,874 points, 18.4 average). 1966, 1968, 1969 All-Gulf States Conference. 1970-76 Reginald Grace, F, 1972-75, Sunshine No. 10 rebounding (709, 75g, 9.5 pg). No. 23 single-season scorer (476, 1973-74). 15.9 ppg, 10.2 rpg in 1973-74 when he led Demons to NAIA Tournament in Kansas City. Howard Hughes, G, 1973-75, Hudson, NY Vernon Wilson, G, 1971-73, Logansport

FAB 50

1970-79 Dan Bell, G, 1975-77, Huntsville, Ala. Mike Brey, G, 1977-80, Rockville, Md. Lester Davis, G, 1974-78, Natchitoches Lester Elie, F, 1974-78, Cloutierville Jim Hoops, F, 1977-81, Deshler, Ohio Frederick Piper, C, 1976-81, Alexandria No. 4 career rebounder (941, 9.1 pg), No. 18 career scorer (1,213, 11.8 ppg), longtime pro player in Europe. Ernest Reliford, F, 1977-82, Ashland

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Billy Reynolds, F, 1973-77, Calhoun Left as career scoring leader, 2,009 points (18.8 ppg), No. 2 rebounder (1,150, 10.7 pg).

1980-89 Roman Banks, G, 1987-92, Shreveport Gerald Bush, F, 1985-87, Birmingham, Ala. Dexter Grimsley, F, 1989-93, Abbeville, Ala. No. 3 blocked shots (153. 1.4 pg), No. 8 scoring (1,437, 13.1 ppg), No. 14 rebounding (664, 6.0 pg) Kenny Hale, G, 1981-83, Memphis, Tenn. George Jones, 1984-88, F, Shreveport Calvin Madlock, F, 1981-83, Sardis, Miss. Johnny Martin, C, 1981-83, Shady Grove Dwight Moody, G/F, 1984-86, Memphis, Tenn. Jethro Owens, G/F, 1989-93, Houston, Tex. Terrence “Bo” Rayford, F/C, 1986-89, Quitman, Ga. Pernell Smith, G, 1987-89, Braxton, Ga. Wayne Waggoner, G, 1980-82, Logansport Victor Willis, 1985-87, Monroe

Clifton Lee, F, 2002-06, Boyce Leading scorer, only first-team All-Southland choice on 2005-06 Demons of Destiny NCAA Tournament team Chris Lynch, F, 2000-02, Cedar Hill, Tex. Michael McConathy, G, 2006-10, Natchitoches Tyronn Mitchell, G, 2002-06, New Iberia William Mosley, C, 2008-12, Shreveport No. 1 blocks (460, 3.7 pg), fifth-best in NCAA history. First-team All-Southland, All-Louisiana, LABC state MVP as a senior. Led NCAA in blocks as a junior, was No. 2 as a senior. Had fourth triple-double in school history. Will Pratt, F, 2009-11, Bronx, N.Y. Luke Rogers, G, 2005-07, Chicago, Ill. Jermaine Spencer, F, 2003-07, New Iberia Jermaine Wallace, G, 2002-06, Dubberly

HONORARY CAPTAINS

Legends Era Benny Arthur, Manager, 1957-61 Don Ashworth, Guard, 1965-69 Charles “Buddy” Bates, Guard, 1947-50 Perry Ball, Forward, 1969-72 1990-99 Odis Faust, Forward, 1965-69 Sam Alexander, G, 1996-98, St. Peters, Mo.; Dr. William Haile, Guard, 1936-40 Tarius Brown, G-F, 1990-95, Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Jessie Horner, Forward, 1970-72 Ryan Bundy, G, 1994-98, Peoria, Ill. Ronnie Lebo, Guard, 1954-56 Left as career assists leader (552, 5.4 pg). No. 5 in steals (160, 1.57 pg). Four- Billy Montgomery, Guard, 1960 year starter. Ken Moran, Forward, 1959-63 Charles Duncan, G, 1994-98, Trenton, Tenn. Jimmy Stewart, Forward, 1967-70 Ryan Duplessis, G, 1998-2002, New Orleans Josh Hancock, G, 1997-2001, Kountze, Tex. Modern Era Eric Kubel, C, 1990-94, Moreno Valley, Cal. Demetress Bell, Center, 2003-07 Southland Conference Player of the Year, 1993-94 … first SLC player to aver- Kyle Bobbitt, Manager, 2001-03 age a double-double (20.7 points, 13.1 rebounds) since John Rudd of McNeese in Kerwin “Fat Daddy” Forges, Forward, 2002-06 the late 1970s. Jerrold McRae, Forward, 1998-02 Seth LeGrand, C, 1994-98, Nebraska City, Neb. B.J. Netterville, Guard, 1999-03 Alann Polk, G, 1997-2002, Emerson, Ark. Jeff “Rainman” Raymond, Manager, 1990-96 Jay Scherer, G, 1990-92, Huntsville, Ala. John “Lil Snack” Smith, Manager, 2003-06 Richard Taylor, G, 1998-2000, East Tallassee, Ala. Steve Stroud, Supporter Larry Terry, G/F, 1990-94, Ponchatoula Patrick Wesley, Guard, 1985-89 Chris Thompson, F, 1999-2001, Bossier City Forrest White, Manager, 1999-02 Helped Demons to two straight SLC Championship Game appearances, 2001 NCAA Tournament win. 2000-09 Byron Allen, C, 2002-06, Leland, Miss. Devon Baker, G, 2009-11, Harlem, N.Y. Colby Bargeman, F, 2004-08, Lafayette Michael Byars-Dawson, G, 2000-02, Fort Worth, Tex. Miami transfer who was top scorer in both seasons, the first the 2000-01 team that reached the NCAA Tournament. Averaged 14.5 ppg in 63 games, 15.8 as a senior. Tied single-game school record with 8 steals. Trey Gilder, F, 2006-08, Dallas, Tex. Damon Jones, G, 2006-10, Winnfield Kennan Jones, G, 2003-07, Opelousas

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Kenny McMillon 1991-95

Jay Scherer 1990-92

NORTHWESTERN STATE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SCORING

Highest Scoring Average Season: 26.4 Billy Reynolds, 1976-77 Career: 20.6 Vernon Wilson, 1970-73

Most Points Scored Game: 54 Jimmy Leach vs. Southwestern La., 2/27/59 Season: 711 Zeek Woodley, 2014-15 Career: 2,033 Zeek Woodley, 2013-17

FIELD GOALS

Highest Field Goal Percentage Game: 100% Jethro Owens (10-10) vs. Centenary, 12/8/90 91.7 Zeek Woodley (11-12) at Texas Tech, 11/25/2014 85.7 Gayle Hatch (18-21) vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 12/31/61 Season: 71.4 Jethro Owens (135-185), 1990-91 Career: 58.7 George Jones (546-930), 1984-88 Most Field Goals Made Game: 18 Victor Willis vs. Alabama, 11/23/85; Billy Reynolds vs. Houston Baptist, 2/26/77; Gayle Hatch vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 12/13/61 Season: 270 Billy Reynolds, 1976-77 Career: 829 Billy Reynolds, 1973-77 Most Field Goals Attempted Game: 35 Billy Reynolds vs. Houston Baptist (made18), 2/26/77 Season: 599 Billy Reynolds (made 270), 1976-77 Career: 1,904 Billy Reynolds (made 829),1973-77 Most 3-pt. Goals Game: 9 Kenny McMillon vs. Texas-San Antonio (att.10), 2/20/93 Season: 86 Jalan West (att. 204), 2014-15 Career: 212 Jalan West (att. 519), 2012-present Most 3-pt. Goals Attempted Game: 17 Eric Scanlan (made 7), 12/9/89 Season: 206 Jalan West (made 86), 2014-15 Career: 584 Jermaine Wallace (made 200), 2002-06 Highest 3-pt fg Percentage Game: 90.0 Kenny McMillon vs. Texas-San Antonio (9 of 10), 2/20/93 Season (min. 50 att): 45.7 Greg Harden (32-70), 1989-90 Career (min. 100 att): 41.4 Tarius Brown (53-128), 1990-95; Pernell Smith (84-203), 1987-89

Dick Brown 1953-57

Vernon Wilson 1971-73

Dwight Moody 1984-86

John Martin 1981-83

FREE THROWS

Highest Free Throw Percentage Game (min. 8 att): 100% Roman Banks (12-12) vs. Centenary 12/8/90 Jalan West (11-11) vs. Stephen F. Austin, 2/9/2015 Zeek Woodley (11-11) at SE Louisiana, 1/26/2015 Zeek Woodley (10-10) vs. LSU-Alexandria, 11/16/2015 Jalan West (9-9) at Arkansas, 12/18/2014 Kerwin Forges (8- 8) vs. Texas-San Antonio, 3/3/2006 Damon Jones (8- 8) vs. LSUS, 12/8/2009 Ishmael Lane (8-8) vs. New Orleans, 2/20/2016 Season: .902 by Carlton Walding, 1969-70 Career: .878 by Carlton Walding, 1968-70 Most Free Throws Made Game: 20 by Jimmy Leach vs. Southwestern La., 2/27/59 Season: 248 by Dick Brown, 1956-57 Consecutive: 32 by Mark Dillon, 1992-93 Career: 616 by Dick Brown, 1953-57 Most Free Throws Attempted Game: 23 by Jimmy Leach vs. Southwestern La., 2/27/59 Season: 304 by Dick Brown, 1956-57 Career: 793 by Dick Brown, 1953-57

REBOUNDS

Highest Rebound Average Season: 19.6 James Wyatt (490 in 25 games) 1965-69 Career: 15.2 James Wyatt (1549 in 102 games) 1965-69 Most Rebounds Game: 30 James Wyatt vs. Northeast La., 1968-69 30 James Wyatt vs. Nicholls State, 1968-69 Season: 497 James Wyatt (29 games), 1968-69 Career: 1,549 James Wyatt (102 games), 1965-69

ASSISTS

Highest Assist Average Season: 7.9 Dwight Moody (198 in 25 games), 1985-86; Howard Hughes (236 in 30 games), 1973-74 Career: 7.5 Dwight Moody (323 in 43 games), 1984-86 Most Assists Game: 16 Dwight Moody vs. Sam Houston, 1/25/86 Season: 246 Jalan West (32 games), 2014-15 Career: 614 Jalan West (96 games), 2012-present

BLOCKED SHOTS

Highest Blocked Shot Average Season: 4.9 William Mosley (156 in 32 games), 2010-11 Career: 3.26 D’or Fischer (202 in 52 games), 2000-02

William Mosley 2008-11

Most Blocked Shots Game: 13 D’or Fischer vs. SW Texas, 1/22/2001 Season: 156 William Mosley (32 games), 2010-11 Career: 460 William Mosley (124 games), 2008-11

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STEALS

FREE THROWS

Highest Steals Average Season: 2.94 Lester Davis (76 in 26 games), 1976-77 Career: 2.52 Richard Taylor (116 in 46 games), 1999-00

Highest Free Throw Percentage Season: 78.4 (489 of 624), 1981-82 Most Free Throws Made Game: 41 vs. Texas-San Antonio, 2/20/93 Season: 647 (att. 1033), 1965-66

Most Steals Game: 8 Tyrone Mitchell vs. Lamar, 2/27/2003 Michael Byars-Dawson vs. SW Texas, 2/17/2001; Pernell Smith vs. UTA, 1/21/89 & Houston, 12/05/89 Season: 78 Jalan West (31 games), 2013-14 Career: 264 Tyrone Mitchell (120 games), 2002-06

Most Free Throws Attempted Game: 53 vs. vs. Campbell, 2/19/12 Season: 1,033 (made 647), 1965-66

PERSONAL FOULS

REBOUNDS

Most Personal Fouls Season: 120 Charles Bloodworth (29 games), 1968-69 Career: 413 Byron Allen (121 games), 2002-06

Highest Rebounding Average Season: 52.4 (1,415 in 27 games), 1974-75 Most Rebounds Game: 85 vs. Southwest Texas, 11/30/74 Season: 1,497 (29 games), 1968-69

SCORING

Highest Scoring Average Season: 95.0 2,660 points (28 games), 1991-92 Game: 140 vs. LeTourneau (140-51), 1991-92 Season: 2,687; (32 games), 2014-15

ASSISTS

Highest Assist Average Season: 18.0 (432 in 24 games), 1975-76

Widest Margin of Victory Game: 89 vs. LeTourneau, 1/20/92 On the road: 35 vs. Centenary (112-77), 1/9/92 Over Division I team: 50 vs. Grambling (123-73), 12/2/91

Most Assists Game: 37 vs. Grambling, 12/2/91 Season: 589 (34 games), 2005-06

FIELD GOALS

BLOCKED SHOTS

Highest Field Goal Percentage Game: 70.3 vs. Stephen F. Austin (26 of 37), 1/19/85 Season: 52.9 (703 of 1328), 1985-86

Highest Blocked Shot Average Season: 7.03 (225 in 32 games), 2010-11

Most Field Goals Made Game: 55 vs. LeTourneau, 1/20/92 Season: 1,046 (att. 2,325), 1973-74

Most Blocked Shots Game: 17 vs Ouachita Baptist, 11/30/91 Season: 225 (32 games), 2010-11

Most Field Goals Attempted Game: 105 vs. LeTourneau, 1/20/92 Season: 2,325 (made 1,046), 1973-74

Highest Steals Average Season: 11.85 (332 in 28 games), 1991-92

Most 3-pt. Goals Game: 17 vs. Texas-San Antonio (att. 34), 2/20/93 Season: 259 (att. 683), 1991-92

Most Steals Game: 34 vs. LeTourneau, 1/20/92 Season: 332 (28 games), 1991-92

STEALS

PERSONAL FOULS

Most 3-pt. Goals Attempted Game: 34 vs. UTSA, SFA, SHSU, 1993; vs. Southeastern La., 3/2/15 Season: 740 (made 264), 2014-15

Michael Bryars-Dawson 2000-02

Larry Terry 1990-94

Eric Kubel 1990-94

Most Personal Fouls Game: 42 vs. Northeast La., 1/11/92 Season: 721 (28 games), 1984-85

Roman Banks 1987-92

D’or Fisher 2000-02

Earnest Reliford 1977-82

Jethro Owens 1989-93

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#KEEPTHEFAITH NORTHWESTERN STATE CAREER LEADERS AND CLUBS Career 1,000 Point Club Player 1. Zeek Woodley 2. Billy Reynolds 3. James Wyatt 4. Dick Brown 5. Jimmy Leach 6. Jalan West 7. David Clark 8. Vernon Wilson 9. Roman Banks 10. Dexter Grimsley 11. George McConathy 12. Jermaine Wallace 13. Lester Elie 14. Clifton Lee 15. Bill Collinsworth 16. George Jones 17. Larry Terry 18. Eric Kubel 19. Truit Weldon 20. Frederick Piper 21. Ken Shaw 22. Shamir Davis 23. Terrance Rayford 24. Lester Davis 25. Johnny McConathy 26. Sabri Thompson 27. Jethro Owens 28. Charles Duncan 29. Colby Bargeman 30. Tarius Brown

Years 2013-17 1973-77 1965-69 1952-57 1954-59 2012-present 1962-67 1969-73 1987-92 1989-93 1951-56 2002-06 1973-78 2002-06 1950-55 1984-88 1991-94 1991-94 1957-62 1975-81 1950-54 2009-13 1986-89 1973-78 1947-51 2013-17 1989-93 1994-98 2004-07 1990-95

Single Season 400 Point Club Player 1. Zeek Woodley 2. Billy Reynolds 3. Jimmy Leach 4. Jalan West 5. Eric Kubel 6. Zeek Woodley 7. Jalan West 8. Terrance Rayford 9. Will Pratt 10. Johnny McConathy 11. Pernell Smith 12. James Wyatt 13. Vernon Wilson 14. Trey Gilder 15. Eric Kubel 16. James Wyatt 17. Dick Brown 18. Dick Brown 19. David Clark 20. Vernon Wilson 21. Billy Reynolds 22. Vernon Wilson 23. Ken Shaw 24. Wayne Waggoner 25. Michael Byars-Dawson 26. Clifton Lee 27. Kenny Hale 28. DeQuan Hicks 29. Roman Banks 30. Larry Terry 31. Wayne Waggoner 32. Larry Terry 33. Jermaine Wallace 34. Luke Rogers 35. Zeek Woodley 36. George Jones 37. Shamir Davis 38. Michael Byars-Dawson 39. Charles Duncan 40. DeQuan Hicks 41. Brison White

Years 2014-15 1976-77 1958-59 2014-15 1993-94 2015-16 2013-14 1988-89 2010-11 1950-51 1988-89 1967-68 1971-72 2007-08 1992-93 1968-69 1956-57 1955-56 1966-67 1970-71 1975-76 1972-73 1952-53 1981-82 2001-02 2005-06 1982-83 2013-14 1987-92 1993-94 1980-82 1992-93 2003-04 2006-07 2013-14 1984-85 2011-12 2000-01 1996-97 2012-13 2013-14

Pts. G 2,033 105 2,009 107 1,874 102 1,802 116 1,736 109 1,592 96 1,583 95 1,548 75 1,454 118 1,437 110 1,436 116 1,427 120 1,416 103 1,391 117 1,352 121 1,348 107 1,342 102 1,325 96 1,289 103 1,213 103 1,184 78 1,136 125 1,129 78 1,116 102 1,092 67 1,086 119 1,078 111 1,073 108 1,046 127 1,040 105

Avg. 19.4 18.8 18.4 15.5 15.9 16.6 16.7 20.6 12.3 13.1 12.4 11.9 13.7 11.9 11.2 12.6 13.2 13.8 12.5 11.8 15.2 9.1 14.5 10.9 16.3 9.1 9.7 9.9 8.3 9.9

Pts. G 711 32 686 26 675 28 641 32 632 26 622 28 601 31 591 29 568 32 562 26 559 29 556 25 543 25 542 33 539 26 535 29 534 27 519 28 510 25 507 25 499 24 498 25 498 32 493 28 491 31 482 34 471 28 469 31 454 29 449 20 446 28 439 26 434 28 433 32 431 31 429 28 426 32 423 32 414 28 406 39 405 31

Avg. 22.2 26.4 24.1 20.0 24.3 22.2 19.4 20.4 17.8 21.6 19.3 22.2 21.7 16.4 20.7 18.5 19.8 18.5 20.4 20.3 20.8 19.9 15.6 17.6 15.8 14.2 16.8 15.1 14.7 22.5 15.9 16.9 15.5 13.5 13.9 15.3 13.3 13.2 14.8 14.0 13.1

Single Game Top Scorers Player 1. Jimmy Leach 2. Gayle Hatch 3. Jimmy Leach 4. Billy Reynolds 5. Larry Terry Zeek Woodley 7. Billy Reynolds Larry Terry Sabri Thompson 9. Vernon Wilson Jimmy Leach 11. Victor Willis Vernon Wilson Damon Jones Jalan West Zeek Woodley Jalan West

Career 500 Rebound Club Player 1. James Wyatt 2. Billy Reynolds 3 William Mosley 4. Frederick Piper 5. Truitt Weldon 6. Ken Shaw 7. Lester Elie 8. Clifton Lee 9. George McConathy 10. Reggie Grace 11. Eric Kubel 12. George Jones 13. Sam Watts 14. Dexter Grimsley 15. Jethro Owens 16. Philip Haley 17. Seth LeGrand 18. Jim Hoops 19. William Stewart 20. Thurman Baptiste 21. Charles Bloodworth 22. James Hulbin 23. Byron Allen

Opponent Southwestern La. Kentucky Wesleyan Southeastern La. Lamar North Texas LSU-Alexandria Houston Baptist Arkansas Baptist Nicholls Univ. of New Orleans Southern State Alabama Southern Miss. Central Arkansas Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas New Orleans Years 1965-69 1973-77 2008-12 1976-81 1958-62 1951-54 1974-78 2002-06 1952-56 1972-75 1991-94 1984-88 1962-65 1989-93 1989-93 1957-61 1994-98 1977-81 1956-60 1969-72 1968-70 2008-13 2002-06

Single Season 300 Rebound Club Player 1. James Wyatt 2. James Wyatt 3. Bill Stewart 4. Ken Shaw 5. Eric Kubel 6. Ken Shaw 7. Frederick Piper 8. Charles Bloodworth 9. James Wyatt 10. Billy Reynolds 11. Billy Reynolds 12. William Mosely

Year 1968-69 1967-68 1959-60 1952-53 1993-94 1953-54 1977-78 1969-70 1966-67 1976-77 1975-76 2011-12

G 102 107 124 103 103 78 103 117 116 75 96 107 76 110 111 110 108 108 76 71 55 133 121

Avg. 15.2 10.7 9.0 9.1 9.0 11.4 9.6 6.2 6.2 9.5 7.3 6.6 8.8 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.5 7.5 8.0 10.3 4.2 4.1

Reb. 497 490 379 373 341 333 332 319 316 315 308 307

G 29 25 28 32 26 31 27 26 23 26 24 32

Avg. 17.1 19.6 13.8 11.6 13.1 10.7 12.3 12.3 13.7 12.1 12.8 9.6

Opponent Southwestern La. Nicholls State Northeast La. Southeastern La. Northeast La. Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La. McNeese State Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. Northeast La. Stephen F. Austin Spring Hill

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Pts. 54 44 43 42 39 39 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 36

Reb. 1,549 1,150 1,118 941 928 888 885 722 715 709 702 701 699 664 655 631 617 582 569 567 564 560 502

Single Game Top Rebounders Player 1. James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt 4. Eric Kubel 5. Guy Charles Reggie Grace James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt 10. Charles Bloodworth James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt

Date 2/27/59 12/13/61 2/25/59 12/4/76 2/17/94 11/16/15 2/26/77 12/15/92 1/12/17 1/6/73 2/17/59 11/25/85 1/29/73 1/31/09 3/14/14 2/16/15 2/21/15

Date 2/5/68 2/15/69 2/19/69 12/18/93 3/5/81 12/29/73 1/29/69 1/3/68 12/18/68 2/2/70 1/21/69 12/3/68 12/9/67

Reb. 30 30 30 26 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24

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Career Assists 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Player Jalan West Ryan Bundy Roman Banks Tyrone Mitchell Kennan Jones Lester Davis Michael McConathy Dwight Moody Mike Brey Josh Hancock

Years 2012-present 1994-98 1987-92 2002-06 2003-07 1974-78 2006-09 1984-86 1977-80 1997-2001

Asst. Avg. 614 6.4 552 5.4 515 4.4 509 4.2 468 3.8 466 4.6 397 3.2 323 7.5 311 4.3 307 2.7

Player Jethro Owens D’or Fischer D’or Fischer William Mosley

Date, Opponent 12/2/91, Grambling (W 123-73) 1/22/01, SW Texas (W 76-70) 11/21/01, Siena (W 99-91, 2 OT) 1/4/11, LSU-Shreveport (L 86-83)

Career Blocked Shots Player 1. William Mosley 2. D’or Fischer 3. Marvin Frazier 4. Dexter Grimsley 5. Jethro Owens 6. George Jones 7. Lester Elie 8. Jermaine Spencer 9. Johnny Martin 10. Larry Terry

Career Steals

Player 1. Tyrone Mitchell 2. Lester Davis 3. Jalan West 4. Roman Banks 5 Colby Bargeman 6. Ryan Bundy 7. Jethro Owens 8. Ryan Duplessis 9. Michael McConathy 10. Billy Reynolds

Player 1. Jethro Owens 2. William Mosley 3. George Jones 4. Jermaine Spencer 5. Gerald Bush 6. Zeek Woodley 7. George Jones 8. Jethro Owens 9. Sam Watts 10. Lester Lee

Years 1990-91 2008-09 1985-86 2004-05 1985-86 2013-14 1986-87 1991-92 1962-63 1965-66

FG-FGM 132-185 80-119 120-207 114-184 153-247 174-282 130-211 106-177 99-166 72-121

Pct. .714 .672 .628 .620 .619 .617 .616 .599 .596 .595

Single Season Free Throw Percentage (min. 2 FT pg)

Single Game Triple Doubles 1. 2. 3. 4.

Single Season Field Goal Percentage

Performance 19 pts., 10 reb., 11 asst. 11 pts., 14 reb., 13 blk. 22 pts., 15 reb., 12 blk 10 pts., 12 reb., 11 blk.

Years 2008-12 2000-02 2011-15 1989-93 1989-93 1984-88 1974-78 2002-07 1981-83 1991-94

Blk. Avg. 460 3.70 202 3.26 160 1.21 153 1.39 111 1.00 107 1.00 106 1.02 94 0.78 91 1.63 91 0.89

Years 2002-06 1974-78 2012-present 1987-92 2004-08 1994-98 1989-93 1998-2002 2006-09 1973-77

Stls. Avg. 264 2.20 251 2.46 219 2.28 190 1.53 167 1.31 160 1.57 152 1.37 149 1.26 146 1.17 136 1.78

Player 1. Carlton Walding 2. Zeek Woodley 3. Stan Lee 4. Jalan West 5. Zeek Woodley 6. Jimmy Leach 7. Mark Dillon 8. Wayne Waggoner Tyrone Mitchell 10. Jalan West Kenny Arthur

Years 1969-70 2015-16 1971-72 2013-14 2016-17 1957-58 1992-93 1981-82 2005-06 2014-15 1962-63

Career Free Throw Percentage Player 1. Carlton Walding 2. Jalan West 3. Wayne Waggoner 4. Zeek Woodley 4. David Clark 6. Kenny Hale 7. Dan Bell 8. Michael McConathy 9. Keithan Hancock 10. Stan Lee

Years 1968-70 2012-present 1980-82 2013-17 1963-67 1981-83 1975-77 2006-09 2004-09 1969-72

FT-FTA Pct. 55-61 .902 133-150 .887 50-57 .877 163-186 .876 60-69 .870 158-182 .868 58-67 .866 77-89 .865 77-89 .865 169-196 .862 50-58 .862 FT-FTA Pct. 72-82 .878 396-459 .863 141-165 .855 414-492 .841 382-456 .838 142-173 .821 117-143 .818 194-242 .802 110-138 .797 84-107 .785

Single Season 3-Point FG Made Player 1. Jalan West 2. Jay Scherer 3. Eric Scanlan 4. Sabri Thompson 5. Charles Dawson 6. Patrick Wesley 7. Jalan West 8. Jermaine Wallace Jay Scherera Pernell Smith

Year 2014-15 1991-92 1989-90 2016-17 1996-97 1988-89 2013-14 2005-06 1990-91 1988-89

No. 86 80 78 76 77 73 70 66 66 66

NORTHWESTERN STATE’S YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS YEAR SCORING FIELD GOAL % 3PT FG % 1961-62 Hatch-218 Hatch-57.7% 1962-63 Mathis-437 Watts-59.6% 1963-64 Mathis-339 Clark-49.7% 1964-65 Clark-383 Lee-48.2% 1965-66 Clark-435 Clark-46.1% 1966-67 Clark-510 Clark-47.0% 1967-68 Wyatt-556 Gray-57.4% 1968-69 Wyatt-535 Bloodworth-50.8% 1969-70 Bloodworth-461 Bloodworth-53.0% 1970-71 Wilson-507 Baptiste-52.4% 1971-72 Wilson-543 Baptiste-52.7% 1972-73 Wilson-498 Hunt-52.6% 1973-74 Grace-476 Holder-52.4% 1974-75 Reynolds-415 Elie-46.0% 1975-76 Reynolds-499 Elie46.9% 1976-77 Reynolds-686 Elie-53.2% 1977-78 Elie-488 Elie-55.8% 1978-79 Lewis-402 Charles-52.4% 1979-80 Piper-325 Piper-56.4% 1980-81 Waggoner-446 Piper-56.0% 1981-82 Waggoner-493 Reliford-57.7% 1982-83 Hale-471 Madlock-58.2% 1983-84 Walker-293 Mays-52.9% 1984-85 Jones-429 Mays-57.7% 1985-86 Willis-391 Jones-62.8% 1986-87 Willis-423 Jones-61.6% 1987-88 B. Smith-354 Jones-59.0% 1988-89 Rayford-591 Rayford-56.5%

FREE THROW % Weldon-69.0% Arthur-86.2% Mathis-74.0% Clark-86.1% Clark-84.5% Clark-85.0% Watts-80.6% Watts-72.4% Walding-90.2% Willett-77.6% Lee-87.7% Procell-79.7% Grace-59.0% Reynolds-74.4% Davis-76.5% Bell-85.9% Lewis-81.4% Charles-80.0% Francis-84.0% Waggoner-84.2% Waggoner-86.5% Hale-82.3% Harris-72.3% Harris-76.9% Willis-70.2% McCrimmon-74.6% Rayford-76.5% Wesley-87.5%

REBOUNDING ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS Weldon-299 Watts-231 Watts-157 Watts-192 Wyatt-246 Wyatt-316 Wyatt-490 Wyatt-497 Watts-94 Bloodworth-319 Watts-89 Baptiste-244 Janese-145 Horner-222 Veuleman-71 Grace-185 Wilson-84 Grace-306 Hughes-236 Reynolds-26 Hunt-100 Hunt-25 Hunt-57 Reynolds-308 Davis-121 Elie-27 Davis-64 Reynolds-315 Davis-110 Elie-34 Davis-76 Piper-332 Davis-183 Elie-26 Davis-70 Charles-164 Brey-180 Charles-18 Lewis-41 Piper-171 Brey-107 Reliford-21 Francis-40 Piper-198 Youngblood-97 Reliford-25 Martin-28 Martin-244 Waggoner-111 Martin-66 Martin-30 Martin-166 Hale-81 Martin-29 Francis-56 Mays-175 Walker-64 Mays-27 Walker-47 Jones-214 Moody-125 Jones-34 Moody-29 Bush-145 Moody-198 Jones-30 Moody-61 Jones-201 McCrimmon-81 Jones-81 Jones-33 Rayford-197 Smith-115 Jones-15 Rayford-37 Rayford-237 P. Smith-118 P. Smith-9 P.Smith-68

YEAR SCORING FIELD GOAL % 3PT FG % FREE THROW % REBOUNDING ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS 1989-90 Banks-425 Owens-55.7% Jones-81.6% Grimsley-200 Banks-157 Grimsley-38 Banks-50 1990-91 Scherer-477 Owens-71.4% Scherer-74.5% Grimsley-215 Beaubouef-98 Grimsley-48 Scherer-38 1991-92 Banks-454 Owens 59.9% Stapler-78.6% Terry-178 Banks-108 Grimsley-42 Banks-65 1992-93 Kubel-539 Owens-61.6% Dillon-86.6% Kubel-252 Dillon-135 Terry-36 Dillon-51 1993-94 Kubel-632 Trailer-56.5% McMillon-79.3% Kubel-341 McMillon-87 Terry-25 Terry-31 1994-95 Brown-488 Whittaker-48.7% Johnson-82.2% Brown-204 Bundy-127 Whittaker-15 McMillon-26 1995-96 Johnson-314 Barnes-54.1% Johnson-80.7% Barnes-132 Bundy-106 Hollins-17 Bundy-39 1996-97 Duncan-414 Barnes-54.6% S.Alexander-86.0% LeGrand-198 Bundy-163 LeGrand-15 Bundy-58 1997-98 LeGrand-372 LeGrand-54.3% McQuarters-75.9% LeGrand-192 Bundy-154 LeGrand-14 Bundy-40 1998-99 Polk-319 Sardinea-52.0% Polk-78.4% Burks-163 Hancock-99 Sardinea-9 Sardinea-43 1999-00 Taylor-367 Thompson-48.8% Shropshire-79.2% Thompson-210 Hancock-69 Thompson-38 Taylor-76 2000-01 Byars-Dawson - 423 Thompson-49.4% Byars-Dawson - 75.5% Thompson-196 Hancock-89 Fischer-69 Thompson-58 2001-02 Byars-Dawson - 491 Lynch - 54.8% Fischer - 75.2% Fischer - 216 Duplessis - 116 Fischer - 133 Byars-Dawson 61 2002-03 Wallace - 299 Dyer - 46.5% Wallace - 34.0% Burch - 75.7% Lee - 156 Mitchell - 89 Spencer - 26 Mitchell - 70 2003-04 Wallace - 434 Allen - 50.9% Mitchell - 52.4% Forges - 75.0% Lee - 194 Mitchell - 107 Lee - 27 Mitchell - 49 2004-05 Wallace - 380 Spencer - 62.0% K. Jones - 63.2% Mitchell - 83.6% Lee, Spencer - 160 Mitchell - 142 Spencer - 28 Mitchell - 70 2005-06 Lee - 482 Allen - 57.1% K. Jones - 54.5% Mitchell - 86.5% Lee - 212 Mitchell - 171 Spencer - 23 Mitchell - 75 2006-07 Rogers - 433 Moody - 53.1% K. Jones - 44.2% Gilder - 80.8% Moody - 142 Jones - 200 Moody - 37 Bargeman - 60 2007-08 Gilder - 542 White - 57.5% Knight - 60.0% M. McConathy - 82.3% Gilder - 204 M. McConathy - 111 White, Moody - 33 Bargeman - 61 2008-09 Jones - 378 Mosley -67.2% D. Jones - 35.9% M. McConathy - 82.1% Mosley - 263 M. McConathy - 124 Mosley - 76 M. McConathy - 51 2009-10 Jones - 394 Mosley - 56.5% M. McConathy - 41.8% M. McConathy - 79.7% Mosley - 268 M. McConathy - 100 Mosley - 98 M. McConathy - 43 2010-11 Pratt - 568 Mosley - 63.4% Stewart - 43.8% L. McConathy - 87.5% Mosley - 280 Davis - 87 Mosley - 156 Baker - 47 2011-12 Davis- 426 Mosley- 60.0% Washington- 36.6% Davis- 72.1% Mosley-307 Davis- 100 Mosley- 130 Mosley- 45 2012-13 Hicks-406 Hicks- 58.3% Hulbin- 36.4% West- 83.6% Hulbin- 183 West- 165 Frazier- 41 West- 75 2013-14 West-601 Woodley- 61.7% Stewart- 42.9% West-87.6% Hicks- 226 Frazier- 56 West -78 2014-15 Woodley-711 Joseph-57.9% West-42.2% West-86.2% Woodley-160 West-246 Frazier-51 West-66 2015-16 Woodley-622 Lane-56.6% Woodley-40.7% Woodley-88.7% Lane-158 Hall-171 Lane-27 Hall-44 2016-17 Thompson-385 Lane-52.5% Woodley-43.5% Woodley-87.0% Lane-181 Hall-134 Lane-20 Hall-38

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ALL-CONFERENCE DEMONS

All-SIAA or All-LIAA (1913-48) Southern/Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Josh Briley John Elkins Tandy Jackson Frank Lampkin Ray Miller Leroy Miller Howard Moorman Ocie Richie Ted Roberts Vernon Roberts Cara Lee Starnes Claude Stoutamire Charles Thomas Ed Tullos

Shown (l-r) are Demons whose jersey numbers have been retired: Vernon Wilson, Dr. Charles “Red” Thomas, and Johnny McConathy

CHARLES “RED” THOMAS

Northwestern State’s first All-America basketball player, winning that honor in 1941. He later became head basketball coach at NSU and guided the Demons to an outstanding 129-76 (.629) record in seven years at the helm, never experiencing a losing season during his entire tenure. Also an excellent trackman, Thomas was enshrined into the Northwestern State Graduate “N” Club Hall of Fame in 1971.

JOHNNY MCCONATHY

Northwestern State’s second All-America selection, the father of Demon baskeball coach Mike McConathy earned that distinction for his play during the 1951 season. McConathy set a school record for most points scored in a single season with 562 and a 21.6 average. He was invited to play in the College All-Star Game in Chicago and was the fifth pick in the first round of the 1951 NBA Draft by Syracuse. McConathy, who also participated in track at NSU, was a member of the 1973 class that was enshrined into the Graduate “N” Club Hall of Fame.

VERNON WILSON

Named as an All-America in 1973, Wilson remains NSU’s all-time leader in scoring average with a career figure of 20.6 ppg, scoring 1,548 points in just 75 games. Wilson led the Demons in scoring during each of the 1971, ’72 and ’73 seasons, earning team MVP honors for those three years. Named the 1971 Gulf States Conference Rookie of the Year, first team all-Louisiana in ’72 and ’73, he was chosen to the first team of the NAIA District 30 squad that toured Israel while playing against that country’s Olympic team.

ALL-GULF STATES CONFERENCE 1949 - Claude Stoutamire, Bernard Waggoner 1950 - Claude Stoutamire 1951 - Johnny McConathy 1953 - Ken Shaw 1954 - Bill Collingsworth 1956 - Dick Brown, George McConathy 1957 - Dick Brown 1958 - Jimmy Leach, Mickey Crnkovic 1959 - Jimmy Leach 1960 - Larry Skinner, Gene Wright 1961 - Truitt Weldon 1962 - Truitt Weldon, Sam Watts 1963 - Tommy Mathis, Sam Watts 1964 - Tommy Mathis 1965 - David Clark 1966 - David Clark, James Wyatt 1967 - David Clark 1968 - James Wyatt, Pete Gray 1969 - James Wyatt, Charles Bloodworth 1970 - Charles Bloodworth 1971 - Vernon Wilson 1972 - Vernon Wilson

ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE 1974 - Reggie Grace 1975 - Billy Reynolds ALL-SOUTH INDEPENDENT, NCAA DIVISION I 1977 - Billy Reynolds ALL-TRANS AMERICA CONFERENCE 1981 - Wayne Waggoner 1982 - Wayne Waggoner 1983 - Kenny Hale, Johnny Martin All-Gulf Star Conference 1985 - George Jones 1986 - George Jones, Victor Willis, Dwight Moody 1987 - George Jones, Victor Willis ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 1988 - Terrence “Bo” Rayford 1989 - Terrence “Bo” Rayford, Pernell Smith 1990 - Roman Banks 1991 - Dexter Grimsley, Jay Scherer 1993 - Eric Kubel 1994 - Eric Kubel (Player of the Year), Larry Terry 1995 - Tarius Brown 1997 - Charles Duncan 1998 - Seth LeGrand 2001 - Chris Thompson, Michael Byars-Dawson 2002 - Michael Byars-Dawson 2004 - Jermaine Wallace, Clifton Lee 2005 - Jermaine Wallace, Jermaine Spencer 2006 - Clifton Lee, Tyronn Mitchell, Jermaine Wallace, Byron Allen 2008- Trey Gilder 2011- Will Pratt, William Mosley 2012- Will Mosley, Shamir Davis 2013- DeQuan Hicks, Jalan West, Shamir Davis, James Hulbin 2014- Jalan West, DeQuan Hicks, Zeek Woodley 2015- Jalan West, Zeek Woodley 2016- Zeek Woodley

DEMONS IN THE PROS

NBA 2009 1994-95 1982 1977 1952

Trey Gilder, Memphis, Utah Larry Terry, New Jersey, Boston Wayne Waggoner, Dallas Billy Reynolds, Seattle Johnny McConathy, Syracuse Charles “Red” Thomas, Scout, New York

NBDL 2011 2008-09 2006 2006

Will Pratt, Sioux City Trey Gilder Clifton Lee D’or Fisher

ABA 1970 1969 1967

Charles Bloodworth, Virginia James Wyatt, New Orleans David Clark, New Orleans

USBL 2002-03

Ryan Duplessis, St. Louis

UPBL 2003

Jerrold McRae, Louisville

CBA 1995-2002 Eric Kubel, Connecticut, Gary 1990 Terrance Rayford, Sioux Falls 1986 Dwight Moody, Cedar Rapids

Overseas 2014-now 2014-now 2014-now 2014-15 2012-now 2010-now 2009 2008-now 2008-now 2006-now 2003-now 2002-now 2002-05 2002-03 2002-03 2001 2001 1997-now 1996-now 1992 1991-01 1990 1983 1981-97

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Shamir Davis, Spain James Hulbin, Germany Brison White, Czech Republic DeQuan Hicks, Iraq Will Mosley, Italy Aramie Brooks Dominican Republic Tim Van, Mexico Colby Bargeman, England Clifton Lee, Japan, Australia D’or Fisher, Germany, Poland, Israel Melvin Roberts, Australia, Portugal, South America Michael Byars-Dawson, France (2) Chris Lynch, Australia Chris Thompson, Ireland Kory Wilson, Mexico Josh Hancock, China Alann Polk, China Stephen Barnes, Europe (Portugal) Turkey (past and current), Venezuela, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Ukraine Tyrone Mitchell, Romania Dwight Moody, Europe Terrance Rayford, Europe (Portugal) Pernell Smith, Greece Johnny Martin, Europe Frederick Piper, Europe (France)

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Northwestern State has a long, proud tradition of producing highly successful basketball coaches

Northwestern State University’s long tradition of producing educators is easily traced back to 1884. It was then that Louisiana State Normal School was formed and dedicated to the preparation of teachers. Coaches are, in the most fundamental sense of the word, teachers. They issue highly technical instructions, they constantly test their students, and they seek to inspire them. Basketball coaches at Northwestern have been doing it for almost a century now. These “teachers” have turned out hundreds of great students who have become successful coaches. The tradition of producing basketball coaches from within the Demon program goes back to: H. Lee Prather, Charles”Red” Thomas, Huey Cranford, Tynes Hildebrand, Wayne Yates, Don Beasley, Dan Bell, J.D. Barnett and continues today under Mike McConathy. NSU’s acclaimed School of Health and Human Performance has produced many notable high school and college coaches. These coaches were taught by the likes of Buddy Bonnette and Jim Simmons. At last count the list of NSU graduates in the coaching ranks (past and present) in the sport of basketball is well over 500. Here is a partial list of some notable former Demon players and NSU graduates who have made impact in the coaching profession (please submit additions via e-mail to ireland@nsula.edu):

ALUMNI

(Top, left to right) Micah Coleman, two-time state champion coach at Natchitoches Central HS; former Demon player Tynes Hildebrand early in his 15-year reign as NSU’s coach; one of Hildebrand’s Demons, Mike Brey, led Notre Dame to the 2001 NCAA Tournament in his first season coaching the Fighting Irish; former Demon player Dan Bell who coached his 1991-92 NSU team to an NCAA-leading 95 points per game average; (Right) former Demons player Emmett Hendricks, then coach at Louisiana Tech, with future Demon coach Mike McConathy.

Charlie Alexander - Head Coach Hornbeck High School Lucas Archuleta - assistant coach, Otero (Colo.) Junior College Roman Banks - former head coach Southern University, current Southern director of athletics Thurman Baptiste - former head coach, Natchitoches Central High School Dan Bell - former NSU head coach; head coach, Huntsville (Ala.) High School the late Buddy Bonnette - former head coach, Springhill HS (state champion 1959, runner-up 1954); former assistant, LSU Mike Brey - head coach, Notre Dame; former asst. coach, Duke; former asst. coach, DeMatha HS Rodney Broughton - assistant coach, Meridian (Miss.) Community College the late Dick Brown - former head coach, Many High School Stephen Burch - head coach Pleasant Hill High School Tree Burks - head coach, York (Nebraska) College Billy Carter - head coach Quitman High School Gabe Carter - former assistant coach, Loyola Marymount Micah Coleman - head coach, Natchitoches Central HS (state champion 2014, 2016), asst. 2001 NSU NCAA tourney team Clay Corley - former head coach Florien HS, Many HS, Hornbeck HS (Top 28 with each team) Brandon Cowart - assistant coach, Little Rock Christian HS Mickey Crnkovic - former head coach, Florien High School Davey Davis - former head coach, Baton Rouge Trevor Davis - head coach, Hill-Murray (Minnesota) High School Darrin Dyess - head girls coach, Ebarb High School; former girls and boys head coach, Many High School Kenton Fisher - former assistant coach, Natchitoches Central High School Kerwin Forges - assistant coach, St. Augustine HS Rocky French - former assistant coach, Bossier Parish Community College Mike Greene - former head coach, DeRidder High School Josh Hancock - former head coach Lakeview High School Keithan Hancock - assistant coach Kountze (Texas) High School Tramaine Hancock - head coach East Chambers High School the late Emmett Hendricks - former head coach, Louisiana Tech University Vincent Hicks - head coach David Thibodeaux Magnet High School Tynes Hildebrand - former head coach, Natchitoches High School, NSU Adrian Hill - assistant coach Ruston High School J.C. Howell - former head coach Airline High School Johnny Janese - former head coach, Beauregard High School Casey Johnson - assistant coach Pitkin High School Lem Jones - assistant coach, Piney Woods HS (Miss.) Jason Kern - head coach, St. Mary’s High School Roland LaComb - head girls basketball coach, Elton HS the late Frank Lampkin - former head coach, Bossier High School Jeremy Leach - former head coach Ebarb High School Jimmy “Red” Leach - former head coach, Florien High School (4 state champions) Matt LeBato - assistant women’s coach, McNeese State University Taylor Lee - head boys basketball coach, Ebarb HS Nick Long - director of women’s basketball operations, Louisiana Tech University the late Johnny McConathy - former head coach, Bossier High School (state champions 1960) Kenny McMillon - former head coach, Stanley High School Terry Mercer - former head coach Converse High School Tyrone Mitchell - assistant coach Xavier University of New Orleans Billy Wayne Montgomery - former head coach, Haughton HS (state champions, 1968 & 1969) Jeff Moore - assistant coach, NSU; former head coach, John Wood Community College Joe O’Brien - former head coach Idaho State; Southeastern CC, 2000, ‘03 NJCAA national champion; former assistant coach Detroit Pistons Tim Parker - head coach Hornbeck High School girls team Lason Perkins - head boys basketball coach, Cary (N.C.) Academy Alann Polk - Building Basketball Academy (Dallas, TX) Brian Rayner - assistant coach, Parkway High School Luke Rogers - head coach, Urban Prep (Chicago) Academy David Sanders - head boys basketball coach, New Summerfield (Texas ) HS Matt Sherman - assistant coach, Central Methodist University Dale Skinner - Principal Natchitoches Central High School Larry Skinner - former Many HS (state champion 1967) John “Snack” Smith - assistant coach, Incarnate Word Jacob Spielbauer - assistant coach, NSU Scott Stapler - Alabama Basketball Academy, former assistant coach, Coastal Carolina the late Bill Stewart- former coach, Westlake High School (state champions 1964) Gary Stewart - assistant girls coach, Vidalia High School the late Jimmy Stewart - former head coach, Minden High School Joe St. Andre - former head coach Bossier Parish Community College Gerrell Thomas - head coach, Northwest (Okla.) Academy Gett Thomas - assistant boys basketball coach, Pickering HS the late Red Thomas - former NSU head coach and New York Knicks scout Chris Thompson - assistant coach, Airline High School Larry Toms- former coach, Jonesboro-Hodge (state champions 1964); former coach, Bossier HS David Ulak - assistant coach, Broward Community College Bernard Waggoner - former head coach, Logansport High School the late Murrell Walker - former head coach, Dry Prong High School (state champions 1974) Paul Weir - head coach, New Mexico Brian Williams - former head coach Pleasant Hill High School (2011 State Champions); former head coach Lakeview HS Gene Wright - “N” Club Hall of Fame, head coach Grant High School

FORMER DEMON COACHES

Bob Austin - head women’s baketball coach Louisiana State University-Alexandria J.D. Barnett - former head coach, Hawaii Pacific, Tulsa, VCU, La. Tech Kevin Johnson - assistant coach Louisiana-Lafayette Tynes Hildebrand - officials observer, Big 12 Conference, SLC, Sun Belt, WAC, retired Billy Kennedy - head coach Texas A&M University Rick McCormick - former head coach, Arkansas Tech; 2001 NJCAA Division III Coach of the Year, national champions, Cedar Valley College Steve Payne - head coach Tennessee Tech University Dave Simmons - head coach, McNeese State Mark Slessinger - head coach University of New Orleans Jason Tinsley - former head coach Northeastern Oklahoma State Buzz Williams - head coach Virginia Tech Kurt Young - former assistant coach, Northern Kentucky

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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PRATHER COLISEUM Perhaps the toughest arena to play in the Southland Conference, Prather Coliseum is now in its sixth decade of hosting Northwestern State basketball and is named after H. Lee Prather, the all-time winningest coach in Demon Basketball history. The 3,400-seat multi-purpose facility was constructed in 1963 and sits on the banks of Chaplin’s Lake, just south of Turpin Stadium. The coliseum houses offices for men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, the NSU news bureau, sports information, compliance, athletic facilities and vice president of external affairs offices. The arena was given a major facelift before the 2012-13 season with the addition of a permanent wood floor that fits three basketball courts, attractive new courtside purple seating that includes end-zone bleachers and new interior signage and banners.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH NORTHWESTERN STATE RECORD IN PRATHER COLISEUM

52 SEASONS, 423 WINS - 231 LOSSES (.647)

PRATHER COLISEUM RECORDS SCORING 46 Anatoly Bose, Nicholls 45 MIKE MCCONATHY, La. Tech 42 J.B. Conley, Texas State 42 Dwight Lamar, USL 40 Paul Poe, La. College 39 Zeek Woodley, NSU 39 Larry Terry, NSU 39 Vernon Freeman, Houston Baptist 39 Marvin Winkler, USL 38 Sabri Thompson, NSU 38 Larry Terry, NSU 38 Billy Reynolds, NSU 37 Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas 37 Jesse Ratliff, North Texas 37 Raymond Lawrence, Ark. Baptist 37 Roy Ebron, USL 37 Vernon Wilson, NSU 36 Melvin Henderson, Southern 36 Damon Jones, NSU 36 Vernon Wilson, NSU 36 Zeek Woodley, NSU 35 Eric Kubel, NSU 35 Billy Reynolds, NSU

HALL OF FAME MEMBERSHIPS

LOUISIANA SPORTS Coach H. Lee Prather, 1965 Charles “Red” Thomas, 1969 Lee Arthur Smith, 2003 Gayle Hatch, 2008 Tynes Hildebrand, 2014

LOUISIANA BASKETBALL Dick Brown, 1988 David Clark, 1994 Tynes Hildebrand, 1992 Jimmy Leach, 1985 Johnny McConathy, 1982 George McConathy, 1993 Coach H. Lee Prather, 1977 Billy Reynolds, 1988 Charles “Red” Thomas, 1979 James Wyatt, 1987 MR. LOUISIANA BASKETBALL Tynes Hildebrand, 1981 Jerry Byrd, 1992 Eugene “Doc” Christmas, 1998 Billy Montgomery, 2009 N-CLUB Roman Banks, 2011 Thurman Baptiste, 2004

35 Jimmy Critten, Ark. Baptist 1/23/10 12/11/76 2/27/10 1/10/72 12/21/77 11/16/15 2/17/94 2/26/77 2/2/70 1/12/17 12/15/92 2/26/77 2/2/16 2/8/93 12/15/92 1/10/72 12/16/72 12/16/72 1/31/09 1/29/73 2/16/15 2/8/93 1/29/77

REBOUNDS 30 James Wyatt, NSU 29 Wendell Lanier, So. Miss. 26 Eric Kubel, NSU 25 Guy Charles, NSU 25 Reggie Grace, NSU 25 James Wyatt, NSU 24 James Wyatt, NSU 24 James Wyatt, NSU 24 Charles Bloodworth, NSU 24 Roy Ebron, USL

Billy Baucum, 1977 Charles Bloodworth, 2015 Sammy Booras, 1991 Dick Brown, 1974 Jerry Byrd, 2005 David Clark, 1987 Bill Collingsworth, 1985 Coach Huey Cranford, 1998 Mickey Crnkovic, 2004 Wiley Cummings, 1991 John Elkins, 1986 Reginald Grace, 2002 Dexter Grimsley, 2012 Phillip Haley, 2001 Gayle Hatch, 2002 Tynes Hildebrand, 1985 Jessie Horner, 2004 Tandy Jackson, 1983 George Jones, 2016 Eric Kubel, 2017 Frank Lampkin, 1996 Jimmy “Red” Leach, 1976 Bill Loftin, 2005 Tommy Mathis, 1994 Elvin McCann, 2006 George McConathy, 1982 Johnny McConathy, 1972 J.L. “Leslie” McConathy, 1998

12/15/92 2/15/68 1/27/68 12/18/93 2/22/80 12/29/73 2/20/67 12/3/68 1/21/69 2/2/70 1/10/72

ATTENDANCE 3,930 Sam Houston St. (W 95-87) 3,800 Grambling (L 73-71) 3,721 Utah State (W 88-71) 3,623 SE Louisiana (L 49-42) 3,612 Stephen F. Austin (L, 93-82) 3,580 Northeast La. (L 95-87) 3,500 Centenary (W 91-88 ot) 3,461 Northeast La. (L 89-79) 3,403 Lamar (W 80-66) 3,299 McNeese (W 103-73) 3,200 La. Tech (W 65-57) 3,130 Lamar (W 90-75) 3,114 Northeast La. (W 93-85) 3,023 Texas-Arlington (W 81-67) 3,020 Stephen F. Austin (L 95-55)

3/12/06 1/12/81 11/10/06 3/13/05 2/9/15 1/29/04 2/12/81 1/30/93 3/9/06 3/4/05 2/3/82 3/10/05 2/8/92 3/8/05 3/3/16

Leroy Miller, 1976 Linwood Outz, 1995 Frederick Piper, 2006 Coach H. Lee Prather, 1969 Terrance “Bo” Rayford, 2017 Billy Reynolds, 1989 Ocie Richie, 1980 V.M. Robert, 1977 J.A. Rockhold, 1981 Murphy Rogers, 1968 Ken Shaw, 1988 Larry Skinner, 1986 C.L. Starnes, 1972 Bill Stewart, 2004 Tommy Stewart, 1981 R.J. Stoker, 1980 Jodie Stoutamire, 1980 Charles “Red” Thomas, 1970 Jim “Buddy” Thomas, 1990 Bernard Waggoner, 1982 Murrell “Doak” Walker, 1973 Murrell Walker, 1992 Truitt Weldon, 2009 Jim Willis, 1976 Vernon Wilson, 1988 Gene Wright, 1989 James Wyatt, 1981

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH PONTIAC GAME CHANGING PERFORMANCE

General Motors Regional Director Tim Hughes (right) presents a check to Demon head coach Mike McConathy, NSU President Dr. Randy Webb and the Demons.

One shot, years in the making, and making a difference for years to come. There’s obvious historic sports significance of the game-winning 3-point basket just before the buzzer by NSU’s Jermaine Wallace in the 2006 NCAA Tournament win over 15th-ranked Iowa. It’s burned into the history of March Madness and is sure to reappear for years to come, in anticipation of more magic by underdog teams, and in comparison to fantastic finishes yet to be achieved. But the shot also has a more tangible impact at Northwestern State, thanks to General Motors and its sponsorship of the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance contests awarding $100,000 to the university whose moment in each March Madness is voted by fans as the most spectacular play of that year’s NCAA Tournament. There is a $5,000 winner for each of the four weeks in the tournament, and the “final four” winners compete against each other before the fans vote determines the top prize winner during the national championship game. The funds are designated for use in the university’s general scholarship fund. Fans in 2006 picked the Wallace game-winner as the play of the tournament. GM Regional director Tim Hughes came to the NSU campus to present the $100,000 check to President Dr. Randy Webb, Coach Mike McConathy and the Demons. McConathy and a committee including university faculty and administrators set up guidelines for the money. McConathy and the group set up an endowment with the money, so that it would benefit students for decades to come. The “Wallace Pontiac Game Changing Performance Scholarship” is dedicated to undergraduate students who have attended college for at least four years in pursuit of their first undergraduate degree. The $750 per/semester award goes to students who meet criteria including: • Leadership outside of the classroom • Participation and leadership in recognized student organizations, spirit groups, marching band, club sports or intercollegiate sports for athletes who have completed their eligibility • Community and university service Already, dozens of NSU students have been helped by the scholarship. One grateful recipient is Sandra Shirah, a non-traditional student from Pineville. She was a criminal justice major and single mother who graduated in December of 2007. Her daughter was a student at Louisiana College while her mother attended Northwestern State. Shirah took her classes online as many NSU students do. She saw an e-mail notice about the scholarship sent to all NSU undergraduates and applied for the scholarship. She had been affiliated with the Pineville police department for 20 years. She had a long list of community service activities, including teaching resume development to inner city residents. “If not for the Wallace Pontiac scholarship, I would not have been able to complete getting my undergraduate degree without taking out another student loan,” she said. That’s just one shining example of how the shot that made Demons’ dreams come This photo by Gary Hardamon captured Jermaine Wallace getting ready to fire the winning shot. true in March Madness will do the same thing for generations of NSU students.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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Dr. Chris Maggio

Northwestern State President

Chris Maggio is a competitor for all seasons. Northwestern State’s new president was an all-sports athlete in high school, a college distance runner at NSU, and a high school football, basketball and track coach. He became a college coach in track and field for the Demons and Lady Demons. He even spent a few years as a high school basketball referee. Today, you can find him making early-morning runs, and you might see him on the tennis courts. He’s made memorable putts in scramble tournaments at Demon Hills Golf Course. His zeal for competition makes him a dynamic recruiter and fund raiser for NSU, and his ability to mentor staff U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N members and students comPresident: bined with his warmth and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Chris Maggio sincerity to produce a tremenInterim Provost & VP for Academic Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Vickie Gentry dously effective university adVice President for External Affairs: ministrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce Those traits, along with Vice President for Business Affairs: Dr. Maggio’s deep roots and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones Vice President for University Affairs: far-reaching relationships, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones made him an ideal choice to Interim VP for the Student Experience: take over the presidency at his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frances Conine alma mater. Vice President for Technology, Innovation and Economic Development: Dr. Maggio was appointed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams as acting president of Northwestern State effective January 1, and named to the position permanently May 4 after a national search. He succeeded Dr. Jim Henderson, whose dynamic tenure spearheaded significant growth and achievement in two years as president. Henderson moved up to run the University of Louisiana System, which includes Northwestern and eight other state universities. Maggio, 53, is a lifelong resident of Natchitoches and long-time faculty and staff member at Northwestern State. He is the university’s 19th president since its founding in 1884, and the first one who is homegrown, along with the first to be a four-year athletic letterwinner as a Demon competitor. Maggio was named vice president for the student experience at Northwestern State last September after serving as interim vice president for just over a year. He maintained his role as vice president for the student experience while serving as acting president. When the NSU Student Services building opened a couple of years ago, designers had a lovely office location for Maggio on the second floor. He asked instead for the room just inside the front door to the building, not connected to any administrative wing, but envisioned as a conference space. His reasoning: Maggio wanted to see everybody who walked in the door, and providing the ability to immediately engage them or at least be easily accessible for anyone who needed help. As vice president, Maggio led the Dean of Students and the Offices of Admissions, Recruiting, Financial Aid, Student Activities and Organizations, First Year Experience and Leadership Development, Judicial Services, Counseling and Career Services, Student Life, the Student Activities Board, Student Government Association, Student Support Services, and Greek Life. Northwestern State has recorded enrollment increases for the past two years, including a school-record number of 10,572 students in the Fall 2017 semester. That mark comes one year after Maggio and his staff helped deliver a 7-percent increase from the Fall 2015 semester to the Fall 2016 term. Maggio served as assistant vice president of external affairs for university ad-

vancement from 2013 until 2015, when he was promoted by Dr. Henderson. He has been a staff member at Northwestern State since 1988, when he joined the track and field coaching staff. After several years as director of admissions and recruiting during record-setting enrollment for NSU, Maggio was selected as director of alumni affairs in 1999, director of alumni and development in 2003, executive director of the NSU Foundation in 2005 and Dean of Students and assistant provost for student success in 2007. During his career at NSU, Maggio also served as director of enrollment services. Under Maggio’s leadership, the NSU Foundation completed its first capital campaign in Northwestern’s history, exceeding a campaign goal of $18.84 million and raising $31 million to support the university. He has also been a faculty member in the Department of Health and Human Performance for more than 20 years as an instructor, assistant professor and associate professor. Maggio came on board the NSU staff in 1988 as assistant track and field coach, then became head women’s coach a year later. After a very successful five years in that capacity, in 1994 Maggio moved into administration as the fundraiser for NSU Athletics before quickly being snapped up to become the university’s director of admissions and recruiting. Maggio is a 1985 summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern State. He won Gulf Star Conference All-Academic honors in track and field and helped the Demons win the 1985 GSC championship. As a senior, he was elected Mr. NSU by his fellow students. Maggio earned his master’s of education at NSU. He received a doctorate in developmental education from Grambling State University. His parents helped run a family business in Natchitoches. His father, Buddy, was honored as a “Natchitoches Treasure” in 2015 by the City of Natchitoches. As a young boy, Maggio became playmates with future Basketball Hall of Fame member Joe Dumars, whose home was near one of the Maggio’s stores. Dr. Maggio’s wife, Jennifer, was formerly on the NSU staff as Coordinator of Adult Education Initiatives. They have three children, Melanie, Scott, and Emily. Emily is a high school student at St. Mary’s Catholic School of Natchitoches, while her older siblings attend other colleges.

The Maggio family (from left): Melanie, Jennifer, Chris, Emily and Scott.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Only a couple of people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 52nd year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 27th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce, an avid tennis player, has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he NSU Athletic Council oversees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists President Dr. Chris Maggio in governJody Biscoe (Chair) mental affairs activities. Many of those duties were his since the 1970s as Hall Adams Kwan Adkins (Student-Athlete) he worked under six previous presidents as Northwestern advanced from Angela Bolton NAIA to NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Sid Hall A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Aaron Johnson for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Damon Jones legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Dr. Theresa Kyzar went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Lori LeBlanc and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Chris Lyles In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Jacqueline Manza to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau di(Student-Athlete) rector two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletics, Dr. Jim Mischler alumni affairs and other areas through the years. Christie Price He created, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Ex-Officio Members Greg Burke Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity Dustin Eubanks founded by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in 1958. He estabRoxanne Freeman lished annual induction activities that remain in place nearly five decades Dr. Chris Maggio later, serving as director of the Hall for 19 years until his promotion to vice Dr. Patrice Moulton president in April 1990 forced him to step aside from the volunteer post. Dr. Vicki Parrish He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Jerry Pierce America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I status in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the conference through other offices and committee positions. In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate nearly three decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education system. He has been also a master of ceremonies and speaker who has enlivened hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a tenured member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a retired teacher and also a tennis buff, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 28, and Miranda, 17; and two great-grandchildren; he has two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. He’s a doting “Poppy” to Natalie’s preschool daughters.

DEMONS’ DELIGHTS

Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 94 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s outdoor track and field 44 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 26 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 82 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (34), football (26), baseball (3). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1), women’s tennis (1), women’s basketball (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH

Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 61 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1978-85; administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96; director of athletics, Northwestern State, 1996-present. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings.

In the midst of his 22nd year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke is highly regarded far past the 318 area code due to the work he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke, a native Ohioan and avid fan of all Cleveland pro sports teams, has been the Demons’ athletics director since Aug. 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/ Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution, and is believed to be the longest-serving AD in state history. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in a dozen of the school’s 14 NCAA Division I sports. Highlights in Burke’s two decades as athletic director include 41 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 68 All-America and Academic All-America student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty-five NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or other postseason competition. All of the school’s athletic facilities have undergone over $7 million in improvements in the past few years, with another $1 million of enhancements to Turpin Stadium’s video board and sound system due before the 2017 home opener. Burke spearheaded a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues; the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues; a $500,000 softball grandstand project; and a $600,000 upgrade of chairback seating at Turpin Stadium for the 2016 football season. Fundraising initiatives reached new levels in 2015-16. Formalizing the endowed giving program, branded as “Perpetually Purple,” generated an influx of over $100,000, while overall revenue generated by donations and sponsorships cracked $2 million. Competitively, milestones continue. One of the biggest under Burke: NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke has a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Anchors of the department are current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader; softball coach Donald Pickett, and track and field coach Mike Heimerman, a trio with nearly 50 combined years on staff at NSU. Three former student-athletes in Burke’s tenure have become NSU head coaches, including second-year baseball coach Bobby Barbier. Numerous Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Former baseball coach John Cohen is beginning his first full year as AD at Mississippi State. Over 100 more former NSU student-athletes, coaches and support staff members, most of them here with Burke as AD or assistant AD (1986-92), are working in college athletics at some level. Former Demons are head coaches in the SEC, Big XII, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, Ohio Valley, SWAC, and Southland Conference. Five others hold Associate AD positions in the SEC, PAC 12, and American Athletic conferences. Former Burke lieutenants Todd Garzarelli (Wisconsin-Whitewhater), Jason Horn (Xavier-NO) and Adam Jonson (LSU Alexandria) are now athletics directors, while Kurt Gulbrand is senior associate AD for development at Tennessee and Jodie Libadisos is associate AD for student-athlete enhancement at South Florida. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. Tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. Just in the past four years, Lady Demon basketball (2014, 2015), softball (2013, 2014), tennis (2013, 2015) and volleyball (2015) have reached NCAA Tournaments. Burke established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and has remained at that level. The Southland Conference created the “Southland Strong” Community Service award to recognize the member institution whose student-athletes compile the most service hours each year. NSU won the inaugural prize in 2014-15 and was second in 2015-16.

Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” During Feb. 2013, he was presented the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the North Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Six years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Burke was the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. He serves on the NCAA Committee on Academics, a 20-person group replacing the Committee on Academic Performance, which included Burke. He also has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. Burke previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. He has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. At the time, Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. Burke serves on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and on the board of directors for the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. He is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former member of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He has been involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 23-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in May of 2012 and is in graduate school at UL Lafayette after earning her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech.

Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH ESI ATINKAH

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah is in her third year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State Sports Medicine staff. Atinkah is hired through Northwestern State’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. She was promoted to associate director of sports medicine in July 2016. In that role, Atinkah supervises two full-time athletic trainers and all of NSU’s graduate assistant athletic trainers. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and has remained in that role after completing her master’s degree. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She has worked the Alabama Relays, Nick Saban football camps, tennis tournaments, and the BCS National Championship. Atinkah is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and is first-aid certified.

JODY BISCOE

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE Joseph (Jody) Biscoe has served as Northwestern State University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 2006, which includes the role as chairperson for the NSU Athletic Council. Currently, Jody serves as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance and Awards Committees. Additionally, Jody holds a tenured faculty position in the Psychology Department. Jody also is the Coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies program and the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Biscoes have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife, Roni, is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is a graduate of Northwestern’s Nursing program (BSN). You might often see Jody and Roni spending time with 3-year-old Jaxson, who already is training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete whose favorite character is “Vic.”

KOLLEEN BROWN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE Kolleen Brown joined the Northwestern State sports medicine staff in August after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Uitca College during the 2016-17 academic year. Brown will be Northwestern State’s primary athletic trainer for women’s basketball. A former all-conference lacrosse player at Morrisville State, Brown earned her undergraduate degree in human performance and health promotion before collecting her master’s degree in athletic training from Daemen College. While at Utica College, Brown was the primary athletic trainer for women’s ice hockey and women’s lacrosse. Brown worked with Niagra University’s men’s hockey team in 2016 and with the University of Buffalo’s women’s soccer team in 2014. She also worked with the Buffalo football team during spring practice in 2015. Brown also performed occupational medical clearance physicals at Heatlhworks in Buffalo. A Licensed Athletic Trainer, Brown is BOC certified and holds a CDC concussion certification. She is first-aid/CPR/AED certified and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

MIKE DOTY

DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES/EVENT MANAGEMENT Mike Doty joined the NSU Athletics department in July as the director of athletic facilities and event management. Prior to arriving in Natchitoches, Doty spent the past two years as the athletic facilities coordinator at Missouri Southern State in Joplin, Missouri. While there, Doty managed all the university’s athletic facilities, coordinated logistics of all events held in those facilities, maintained the

athletic facilities and grounds and wrote all event and facility contracts. A 2010 political science and international studies graduate of the University of Nebraska, Doty spent four years as an admissions counselor at Nebraska. After two years, he was promoted to senior admissions counselor, a position he held for two years before attending graduate school at Ohio University. While earning his master’s of spots administration from Ohio in 2015, Doty was an operations graduate assistant in Ohio’s Event Services department. He also served as the manager of game day operations and promotions for the Southern Ohio Copperheads, a member of the Great Lakes Summer League.

SETH DOUGET

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES Seth Douget is in his fourth year on the Northwestern State athletics facilities staff. Douget, a Lafayette native, has been the interim director of special facilities and operations since April. Prior to assuming his current role, Douget spent his first two years at Northwestern State as the assistant director of special facilities and operations. Douget is responsible for handling game management staff during football, basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball games as well as preparing Prather Coliseum, the Lady Demon Softball Complex and Brown-Stroud Field. Douget earned his bachelor of science degree in sports management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2010. He began his career as an intern in the UL Lafayette athletic department and spent three years with the Cajuns staff. While at his alma mater, Douget assisted game management staff at football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball games, wrote scripts and itineraries for soccer events, oversaw volleyball game management staff and prepared the football and volleyball complexes on game days.

JASON DRURY

DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE Now in his 13th season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to director of sports medicine in 2012 after the retirement of long-time athletic trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Indiana. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for 14 years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

DUSITN EUBANKS

ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR Dustin Eubanks is in his 21st year in the NSU athletic department and his 18th year at the helm of NSU’s compliance department, keeping all athletics personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. Eubanks was inducted into the N-Club Hall of Fame in October 2015, becoming just the fourth non-competitor to do so. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 44-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to full-time status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Taylor (11) and Emilie (22), the latter being a recent summa cum laude graduate of NSU. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the associate bursar at NSU, celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary this summer.

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH ROXANNE FREEMAN

ATHLETIC BUISNESS MANAGER Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletics department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also a NSU alum.

ALEXIS GUESS

ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

ASHLEY LEGGETT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Ashley Leggett is in her second season with the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Leggett spent the past year interning at Samford, where she served the softball and volleyball programs. She organized physical examinations, SCAT3 and ImPACT testing for softball and volleyball student-athletes along with the rehabilitation, management and treatment of injuries. In addition, she implemented post-surgical SLAP repair protocol and a return-to-play throwing program. After graduating from Alabama in 2013 with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training, she completed a master’s at Iowa in leisure and recreational sports management in 2015. As a graduate assistant trainer at Iowa, she worked with the softball program. Leggett managed all aspects of daily medical needs including prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of student-athletes. As an athletic training student at Alabama, she aided the football, softball, swimming and diving programs as well as the rowing team. She traveled with the football team to the SEC and national championships and worked the Women’s College World Series. Leggett has also worked with the Alabama Patrick Murphy Softball School, the Nick Saban Football Camp, and the Big Ten Cross Country Championship among other events. Her professional memberships and certifications include the states of Louisiana, Iowa and Alabama athletic training boards, a, NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer, a National Athletic Trainers’ Association member, a Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association member, and an American Heart Association CPR Health Care provider.

Alexis Guess is in her second year as Northwestern State’s assistant academic coordinator. Guess brings a varied background, having worked in numerous facets of student-athlete development at both LSU and Duquesne. As a student services graduate assistant at Duquesne, Guess conducted individual study sessions for at-risk student-athletes, compiled mid-term grade reports for various coaching staffs, coordinated student-athlete tutoring in the spring and summer 2016 semesters, oversaw study JARED MYATT hall for incoming and transfer student-athletes and helped create and execute the “Student-Athlete Career Seminar.” DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING As an undergraduate at LSU, Guess spent two years as a content tutor in the Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes where she tutored student-athletes, composed tutor reports, met with athletic advisors and attended NCAA, SEC and LSU compliance and tutor training Jared Myatt joined the Northwestern State athletics department as the director of strength sessions. and conditioning in June after a short stint at Appalachian State University. A Shreveport native and former football letterman at Louisiana College, Myatt brings with him a variety of experience in the strength and conditioning industry. Upon completing his four-year career as an all-conference defensive lineman at Louisiana ASST. AD/TICKETING AND SPECIAL EVENTS College in 2014, Myatt was the head strength and conditioning intern at his alma mater from January-May 2015. After completing his undergraduate degree in exercise science in May 2015, Myatt served as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana Tech before becoming Mike Jacklich made an immediate impact on the NSU athletic department after being a graduate assistant at Mercer University. named director of ticketing in October 2014, increasing basketball ticketing revenue by more While at Mercer, Myatt was the strength and conditioning coach for softball, men’s and than 60 percent from the 2013-14 season. women’s tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball while assisting with men’s and women’s la After spearheading the re-seating project at Turpin Stadium, which saw the installation crosse, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s of 2,360 uniformly purple chairback seats that debuted during the 2016 season, Jacklich was soccer. promoted to assistant athletic director for ticketing and special events. Myatt completed his master’s degree in higher education leadership from Mercer in Decem Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing ber 2016 and spent the next three months as a volunteer assistant at LSU, working with football, for the Schaumburg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boom- baseball and volleyball. He oversaw conditioning for Tigers baseball players during position-speers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects cific training and pitchers. of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, Immediately before coming to Natchitoches, Myatt was an assistant strength and conditionwhile training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. ing coach at Appalachian State where he was the primary wrestling strength and conditioning Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a coach and assisted with the creation and implementation of workouts for the Mountaineers tour guide at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. football team. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Myatt, Louisiana College’s Defensive Lineman of the Year in both 2013 and 2014 and a Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as first-team Academic All-American Southwest Conference pick in 2014, is a National Strength the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While and Conditioning Association certified strength and conditioning specialist. He is a Level 1 and 2 with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. certified USA Weightlifting advanced sports performance coach. Additionally, Myatt is CPR and Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder and AED certified and holds a level 1 exercise nutrition certification from Precision Nutrition. who can totally do better than him.

MIKE JACKLICH

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

#KEEPTHEFAITH PRESLEY OWENS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE Former Northwestern State women’s basketball letterwinner Presley Owens returned to her alma mater in August as its assistant director of compliance. Owens was a two-year starter for the Lady Demons, helping lead Northwestern State to backto-back Southland Conference Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament berths. She will assist Assistant Athletic Director/NCAA Compliance Director Dustin Eubanks will all facets of student-athlete eligibility, financial aid and more. Following the completion of her career, Owens spent one season as an assistant coach on the NSU women’s basketball staff before spending the spring 2017 semester as a marketing intern at Mississippi State. In her two seasons as a Northwestern State player, Owens started 67 of 68 games, including all 34 games in her senior season. Owens averaged 7.4 points per game as a senior, helping Northwestern State capture its second straight Southland Conference Tournament championship and earn the first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in school history. For her career, Owens averaged 5.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Owens came to Northwestern State after two seasons at Mississippi Guif Coast Community College where she averaged 12.5 points and 8.2 rebounds as a sophomore en route to earning Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges All-State and All-Star honors.

AARON POTOSHNIK

the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach at NSU. Taitano is actively engaged in community service, serving as a board member for several prominent area organizations including the Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches, Natchitoches Young Professionals and Ladies for Law Enforcement. She earned a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Teach in 2016 and a master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007. Taitano was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. Blount was included on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for academic achievement each season from 2002-06 and earned the NSU Health and Human Performance Department’s Hall of Fame Award in 2006 for being the outstanding student-athlete of the year. Taitano and her husband Jesse, an assistant chief with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, were married in July of 2016. Taitano has one step-son, Jesse Jr. (14) and three rescue dogs, Patch, Cece, and Leia.

TORI THOMPSON

ASSISTANT DIR. OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND DIGITAL MEDIA

After more than year as a graduate assistant, Aaron Potoshnik was named Northwestern State’s assistant director of strength and conditioning in August. Potoshnik, who spent part of his first season at NSU guiding the staff through a coaching transition, runs the strength and conditioning programs for NSU football, men’s basketball, softball and soccer. A 2015 graduate of Washington State in exercise science, Potoshnik spent the early part of 2016 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Washington sports performance complex. As an undergraduate, Potoshnik was a strength and conditioning intern from August 2014-December 2015 at Washington State, working primarily with the Cougars soccer, swimming, rowing, baseball and track and field teams. During that time, Potoshnik also was an exercise physiology and performance laboratory research assistant. A Renton, Washington, native, Potoshnik is an NSCA certificed strength and conditioning specialist, a certified USA Weightlifting sports performance coach (level 1) and is American Heart Association CPR/AED certified.

After serving her alma mater as a recruiter, Tori Thompson joined the Northwestern State athletics department as the director of marketing and digital media in July. Before joining the university recruiting office, Thompson, a 2015 NSU graduate in business administration, spent the 2015-16 academic year as an athletics marketing associate/graduate assistant. During that time, she was instrumental in handling marketing and promotion efforts for soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. Thompson planned and directed a pair of long-running basketball fundraisers – the Gumbo and Chili cook-offs – while also helping to implement the student tailgate experience at home football games. Thanks to Thompson’s promotional efforts, the 2015 soccer opener produced the highest attendance in program history. Following her year as a graduate assistant, Thompson became NSU’s out-of-state recruiter. Working primarily in her home state of Texas, Thompson visited high schools throughout the state to recruit potential students, to market Northwestern State and to help build brand awareness for the university. Northwestern State’s 2012 Miss Lady of the Bracelet, Thompson is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration from Northwestern State.

DR. HALEY TAITANO

ASSOCIATE AD FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS Senior Woman Administrator Haley Taitano, Ed.D., a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete, was promoted to associate athletic director for external affairs in September 2016. Taitano, who is in her second year as NSU’s Senior Woman Administrator, has overseen the rebranding and the revamping the N-Club, Northwestern State’s association of former athletic letterwinners, and helps coordinate the annual N-Club Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and alumni team reunions throughout the year. Additionally, she serves as the executive director of the Demons Unlimited Foundation, setting records for increasing funding for the athletic department through both sponsorship acquisition and individual donations, which provides additional support for all 14 Division I programs at NSU. Taitano, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and

JOE TOLBERT

DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS Joe Tolbert is in his first year as Northwestern State’s director of equipment operations. Tolbert, a 2014 South Alabama graduate in leisure studies/recreation administration, joined the NSU athletics staff in July after previously working at his alma mater and at Towson University. Tolbert was a student manager for the South Alabama football team for four seasons, serving as the head student assistant for his final three seasons. During those years, Tolbert supervised all student managers, coordinated equipment duties during practices and games, coordinated loading the equipment truck for all games, assisted with design and selection of team uniforms and apparel for coaches and players and assisted the South Alabama coaching staff with on-campus recruiting visits and preparation and administration of summer football camps. During a one-year internship at Towson, Tolbert worked with the Tigers’ football, men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s field hockey teams. He coordinated the packing of all equipment and apparel for each team, assisted in the hiring and supervision of all student managers, assisted with the ordering of apparel and equipment for all teams, interacted with equipment vendors and conducted equipment and apparel inventory for all teams. A graduate of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School in Alabama, Tolbert is a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA) and is AEMA certified.

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DOUG IRELAND

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Assistant AD/ Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. He was chosen as the 2016 recipient of the Southland Conference’s Louis Bonnette Sports Media Award, named for the iconic retired McNeese SID. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a CoSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won dozens of awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, including 31 this century. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in sports. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, associate commissioner for operations of the Southland Conference; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, former co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, former SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, senior associate AD for communications at Kansas State; Matthew Bonnette, assistant AD and SID at McNeese, and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU’s assistant AD/director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the full-time assistant, and Adam Jonson, athletics director at LSU-Alexandria, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana (now UL Lafayette), working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana (now UL Monroe) before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. In 2008, he was awarded the Northwest Louisiana’s National Football Foundation “Distinguished American” award and in 2012 he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk by being named the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” award for his work as an SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum.

JASON PUGH

Assistant Sports Information Director A 12-year veteran of The (Shreveport) Times newsroom, Jason Pugh is in his fourth year as the assistant sports information director at Northwestern State after joining the department in October 2014. During his Times tenure, Pugh was the Northwestern State football and men’s basketball beat writer from 2010-2013 and covered the 2012-13 NSU team that captured the program’s third NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to covering area college athletics, Pugh was the primary high school sports writer at The Times, during which he covered several athletes whose careers led them to Northwestern State, including All-Southland Conference men’s basketball performers Jalan West and Zeek Woodley and former All-Southland Conference third baseman Chase Daughdrill (baseball). At The Times, Pugh had the opportunity to cover all three World Series that have taken place in Texas, one College World Series, one NCAA Men’s Final Four and Super Bowl XLV. He has won first-place awards in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Story from the Louisiana Press Association and first place in Best Prep Feature from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. While a student at Louisiana-Lafayette, Pugh was the sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Vermilion, for two years and was a part of the sports information office for three years. In 2000-01, Pugh was the primary media contact for the inaugural season of Lady Cajuns soccer and for the nationally ranked Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, which made its lone College World Series appearance the previous year. A 1997 graduate of Airline High School in Bossier City, Pugh was named the 2001 Louisiana-Lafayette Department of Communication Outstanding Graduate. He completed requirements for a master’s of science in sport management from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts in 2015.

They cover the Demons: primary media outlets

Daily Newspapers -LaMar Gafford, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Scott Ferrell, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, 4250 Viking Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) -Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - Trey Mongrue, Colin Cody, Nicole Feyh, KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Casey Viera, Rashad Johnson, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Tim Owens, Brad Cesak, Jori Parys, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tatum Everett, Alex Anderson, Daniel Brown, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-TV, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices - Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - J.D. Hamilton, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-9774540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) Follow us on Twitter -@NSUDemons & @NSUDemonsWBB (Basketball) Facebook -Northwestern State Demons

SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF

Davey Antilley Statistician/ Video

David Antilley Statistician

Drew Bartlett Graduate Assistant

Lloyd Courtney Graduate Assistant

MATT VINES

Assistant Director of Communication Former sports journalist Matt Vines is in his third year in the Northwestern State sports information office. Vines, a sports writer at The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, The (Monroe) News-Star and The (Shreveport) Times, began his sports information career as a graduate assistant during the 2015-16 academic year before joining the university as its assistant director of communications. Vines, a 2008 LSU journalism graduate, serves as the primary media contact for the NSU soccer and softball teams and is the secondary contact for the men’s basketball team. Vines is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from C.E. Byrd High School. He completed his master’s degree in sport administration at NSU in May 2016.

Stacy Morgan Statistician

Dr. Charles Pellegrin Statistician

2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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2017-18 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013