2015 SCAC Men's Basketball Preseason Media Guide by SCAC Sports

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about the cover Throughout the 2015-16 academic year, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) will celebrate its 25th anniversary as a co-educational NCAA Division III athletics conference. The conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s origins date to 1962 when the College Athletic Conference (CAC) was formed to provide an association through which member institutions could compete in intercollegiate sports activities among teams representative of their respective student bodies. A primary tenet of this conference was a shared commitment to the priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences. The next evolution of the conference took place prior to the 1991-92 academic year when the league moved to add womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletics as part of its sports sponsorship lineup and, as part of this rebirth, changed its name to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The idea behind the SCAC and the commitments made by those charter members in 1991 remain in place today. SCAC member institutions are committed to sponsoring a variety of varsity sports to maximize opportunities for student participation. SCAC schools also operate under the principle that participation in sports should be solely from student interest and enjoyment of athletic competition, and that no financial aid shall be given to any student which is conditional upon athletic ability or participation in intercollegiate sports. SCAC member institutions support students in their efforts to reach high levels of performance by providing them with adequate facilities, competent coaching and appropriate competitive opportunities with students from similar institutions. The SCAC is currently comprised of Austin College of Sherman, Texas; Centenary College of Shreveport, Louisiana; Colorado College of Colorado Springs, Colorado; University of Dallas of Irving, Texas; Schreiner University of Kerrville, Texas; Southwestern University of Georgetown, Texas; Texas Lutheran University of Seguin, Texas; and Trinity University of San Antonio, Texas. The SCAC office is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.

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SCAC Information SCAC Directory SCAC Staff History of the SCAC Championship Info/Results Team Pages

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Schedule & Information 2015 Staff 2015 Roster 2014 Stats Players to Watch Season Preview

Centenary College Colorado College University of Dallas Schreiner University Southwestern University Texas Lutheran University Trinity University

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All-SCAC Awards Other Awards and Honors Conference Stat Leaders NCAA Stat Leaders

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MEDIA GUIDE DESIGNED/EDITED BY: KATIE MUCCI

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AUSTIN COLLEGE

austincollege.com

Mailing Address Austin College Athletics 900 North Grand Avenue Suite 6A Sherman, TX 75090

Mailing Address Centenary College Athletics 2911 Centenary Boulevard Shreveport, LA 71104-3335

David Norman, Athletics Director.......................................................... 903-813-2401 Jeff Kelly, Sports Information Director.................................................. 903-813-2275 FAX.................................................................................................................... 903-813-3196 Email Address.......................................................................... jkelly@austincollege.edu

COLORADO COLLEGE Mailing Address Colorado College Athletics 14 East La Poudre Colorado Springs, CO 80903

CENTENARY

cctigers.com

gocentenary.com

Ronda Seagraves, Athletics Director..................................................... 318-869-5087 Matthew Lofton, Sports Information Coordinator............................ 318-869-5275 FAX.................................................................................................................... 318-869-5145 Email Address............................................................................ mlofton@centenary.edu

DALLAS

Mailing Address University of Dallas Athletics 1845 East Northgate Drive Irving, TX 75062-4736

udallasathletics.com

Ken Ralph, Athletics Director.................................................................... 719-389-6475 Jerry Cross, Director of Athletics Communications........................... 719-389-6755 Dave Reed, Asst. Director of Athletics Communications................ 719-389-6105 FAX..................................................................................................................... 719-389-6873 Email Address........................................................... jerry.cross@coloradocollege.edu

Dick Strockbine, Athletics Director......................................................... 972-721-5207 Nathan Yacovissi, Sports Information Manager................................. 972-721-5378 FAX..................................................................................................................... 972-721-5208 Email Address............................................................................... nyacovissi@udallas.edu

SCHREINER

SOUTHWESTERN

Mailing Address Schreiner University Athletics 2100 Memorial Boulevard Kerrville, TX 78028-5611

athletics.schreiner.edu

Mailing Address Corbin J. Robertson Center 1001 East University Avenue Georgetown, TX 78626-0770

southwesternpirates.com

Ron Macosko, Athletics Director.............................................................. 830-792-7482 Ryan Brisbin, Sports Information Director........................................... 830-792-7292 FAX..................................................................................................................... 830-792-0639 Email Address............................................................................ rsbrisbin@schreiner.edu

Glada Munt, Athletics Director................................................................ 512-863-1618 Megan Hardin, Sports Information Director...................................... 512-863-1254 Tony Baldwin, Asst. Sports Information Director.............................. 512-819-7316 FAX.................................................................................................................... 512-863-1393 Email Address................................................................... hardinm@southwestern.edu

TEXAS LUTHERAN

TRINITY

Mailing Address Texas Lutheran University Athletics 1000 West Court Street Seguin, TX 78155

tlubulldogs.com

Bill Miller, Athletics Director...................................................................... 830-372-8124 Tim Clark, Sports Information Director................................................. 830-372-6877 FAX..................................................................................................................... 830-372-8135 Email Address................................................................................................ tclark@tlu.edu

Mailing Address Trinity University Athletics One Trinity Place San Antonio, TX 78212-7200

trinitytigers.com

Bob King, Athletics Director...................................................................... 210-999-8272 Justin Parker, Sports Information Coordinator.................................. 210-999-8447 FAX..................................................................................................................... 210-999-8292 Email Address...................................................................................... jparker@trinity.edu

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OFFICE PHONE: 678-869-5450 OFFICE FAX: 678-869-5452 1670 McKendree Church Road Suite 200 B Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043-6676

COMMISSIONER

dwayne hanberry Dwayne Hanberry, 49, enters his 20th year with the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and his seventh as the league’s commissioner. Since the conference reorganzied in 1991, he is the league’s second full-time commissioner. Hanberry was hired by the SCAC in 1995 as the league’s sports information director. He was promoted to assistant commissioner in 2000, associate commissioner in 2005 and served as interim commissioner for six months before being named commissioner in June of 2008. Hanberry is a member of the Division III Commissioner Association (DIIICA), the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) and EMAIL ADDRESS: the College Sports Information Directors of America DHANBERRY@SCACSPORTS.COM (CoSIDA) where he has served on the Membership Services Committee. In June 2014, he was appointed PHONE: to serve a four-year term on the NCAA Division III 678-869-5450 Men’s Golf Committee.

CONTACT DWAYNE

TWITTER:

@SCACCOMMISH

Hanberry holds a B.B.A. degree from Oglethorpe University where he was a two-year starter on the Petrel basketball team for Coach Jack Berkshire. Hanberry was named team MVP his junior season and is still one of the school’s all-time leaders for single-season field goal percentage, career field goal percentage and rebounds per game - both for a season and a career. Prior to transferring to Oglethorpe, Hanberry was a two-year starter for Coach Lawrence Smithmier at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Mississippi. An All-State performer his sophomore season, Hanberry was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2009. He and his wife, Charis, reside in Suwanee, Ga. He has two sons: David (20) is a junior at Southern Polytechnic State (Ga.) University, and Daniel (16) is a junior at Collins Hill High School.

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ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER Katie Mucci, 22, enters her second year as the Assistant Director of Communications and New Media at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2015-16. Mucci is responsible for managing the conference’s social media accounts, performing sports information duties for 10 of the conference’s 19 sport and creating all of the graphic designs for online and print use. In addition, Mucci also assists the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner with championship administration and day-to-day administrative duties. After being awarded one of 18 NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority and Women’s Internship Grants, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the hiring of Katie Mucci as the league’s Assistant Director of Communications & New Media on August 1st, 2014. During her first year at the SCAC, Mucci helped boost the conference’s online presence, using social media to promote conference awards, events and other miscellaneous announcements. After Mucci took the reigns in September 2014, the @ scac_sports Instagram account quickly became the most followed among all Division III conferences (44 total), and the second-most followed among all non-Division I conferences, growing in followers by over 1000%. Mucci also spearheaded the creation of confer-

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ence pre-season media guides for eight team sports. Collectively, the guides have been read more than 4,000 times, while earning nearly 30,000 impressions -- the number of times a publication was displayed to a user. The 2015 Baseball Media Guide earned second place among conference media guides in the 2015 CoSIDA Publication Awards, while the cover of the guide earned top honors. Mucci is a 2014 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in journalism and mass communication and a minor in business administration. In her final year, she served as the school’s Sports Information Intern where she was the primary media contact for the men’s and women’s golf programs. She also assisted in other areas, including program design for the baseball, volleyball and wrestling programs as well as infographic design that was used on the school’s athletics website and social media accounts. Mucci also served as the Marketing Manager for The Mirror, the UNC student newspaper. In that capacity she was in charge of the paper’s social media strategy as well as the coordination effort to celebrate The Mirror’s 95th birthday. Her marketing strategy during this celebration helped the paper’s Facebook page realize a 30 percent increase in “likes” as well as increasing reach and engagement by 700 percent. Mucci resides in Lawrenceville.

CONTACT KATIE EMAIL ADDRESS:

KMUCCI@SCACSPORTS.COM

PHONE:

678-869-5450

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@KATIEMUCCI

SPORTS INFORMATION AND MULTIMEDIA ASSISTANT blake childers

Blake Childers, 22, will begin with the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2015 as the Sports Information and Multimedia Assistant. Childers will be the main contact for various SCAC sports, as well as handling all of the video editing, interviewing and producing duties. Childers is a 2015 graduate of Berry College in Rome, Ga. and worked with both sports information and Viking Fusion, the Berry student-run multimedia website.

With the Sports Information office, Childers assisted with game operations, including statistics, live video stream and photography. He was also the sports producer and assistant news producer for Viking Fusion. Additionally, Childers has worked with the Rome Braves as an audio-visual intern the past three seasons. Childers resides in Suwannee.

CONTACT BLAKE EMAIL ADDRESS:

BCHILDERS@SCACSPORTS.COM

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history of the scac The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) was founded and began operation on September 1, 1962, as the College Athletic Conference (CAC). Centre College of Danville, Kentucky; Southwestern at Memphis (Tennessee) (now known as Rhodes College); The University of the South of Sewanee, Tennessee; and Washington and Lee University of Lexington, Virginia, were the four charter members of the conference. Later in 1962, Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri, became the fifth member and the CAC remained unchanged until 1972. Following membership changes throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the conference went through restructuring and renaming. With the addition of Millsaps College of Jackson, Mississippi, and Trinity University of San Antonio, Texas, in 1988 and Hendrix College of Conway, Arkanasas, and Oglethorpe University of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1991, membership reached a then all-time high of eight. That same year (1991), the conference renamed itself the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, hired its first full-time commissioner Stephen P. Argo - and a permanent conference office was established in Atlanta, Georgia. As part of restructuring, the league also adopted its current primary mark and adopted blue (pms 287) and gold (pms 131) as the official colors of the conference. Membership changes continued throughout the '90s. The SCAC added Southwestern University of Georgetown, Texas, in 1993 with participation beginning in the 1994-95 academic year. In 1997-98, the SCAC added both DePauw University of Greencastle, Indiana, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology of Terre Haute, Ind., with participation beginning in 1998-99. As part of a year-long celebration in 2005-06, the league celebrated its 15th anniversary as the restructured SCAC. The league adopted a special anniversary logo (pictured left) and as part of the celebration, 15th anniversary teams were selected for all conference sponsored sports. After Rose-Hulman announced its intentions to leave the conference, Austin College of Sherman, Texas and Colorado College of Colorado Springs, Colorado, were confirmed as the 10th and 11th members of the league in 2006 with participation beginning in the 2006-07 academic year. Birmingham-Southern College of Birmingham, Alabama, a former member of the Division I Big South Conference, was approved as the 12th member of the SCAC and began play in 2007-08. Prior to the 2010-11 academic year, DePauw University announced that it would leave the conference. The University of Dallas was quickly tabbed to replace DePauw effective July 1, 2011 - maintaining the league's membership total at 12 institutions. In 2010-11, the league celebrated its 20th anniversary as the restructured SCAC. As part of the celebration, in addition to the use

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of a special mark, the league office selected the Top 20 moments for each conference-sponsored sport. Those moments were announced throughout the 2010-11 academic year. After the conclusion of the June 7, 2011 SCAC Presidents’ meeting, the conference announced that seven of its twelve member institutions would be leaving to form a new conference effective at the conclusion of the 2011-12 academic year. The schools departing include founding CAC/SCAC members Centre College, Sewanee-The University of the South, and Rhodes College, in addition to Birmingham-Southern College, Hendrix College, Millsaps College, and Oglethorpe University. With membership down to five institutions – the conference’s lowest number since the 1979-80 academic year – the “new” SCAC wasted little time in adding to its membership rolls. In 2010-11, the league celebrated its 20th anniversary as the restructured SCAC. As part of the celebration, in addition to the use of a special mark (pictured right), the league office selected the Top 20 moments for each conference-sponsored sport. Those moments were announced throughout the 2010-11 academic year. After the conclusion of the June 7, 2011 SCAC Presidents’ meeting, the conference announced that seven of its twelve member institutions would be leaving to form a new conference effective at the conclusion of the 2011-12 academic year. The schools departing include founding CAC/SCAC members Centre College, Sewanee-The University of the South, and Rhodes College, in addition to Birmingham-Southern College, Hendrix College, Millsaps College, and Oglethorpe University. With membership down to five institutions – the conference’s lowest number since the 1979-80 academic year – the “new” SCAC wasted little time in adding to its membership rolls. On September 28, 2011, Centenary College of Louisiana, a former American Southwest Conference institution, announced it would be joining the SCAC beginning in the 2012-2013 season. Two more ASC schools will join the SCAC for the 2013-14 season: Schreiner University announced their decision on January 23, 2012, and on February 16, 2012, Texas Lutheran University announced it too would join the SCAC. The addition of Texas Lutheran insured that the conference would retain its status as an active NCAA Division III conference as well as automatic bids in nine of its 14 AQ sports, including baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and volleyball. On the national athletics stage, the SCAC has had its fair share of success - both in terms of team championships (eight) and individual championships (33).

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7 In the days when the league was known at the College Athletic Conference, Chris Fugman of Centre College gave the conference its first individual title with a victory in the 400 IM at the 1980 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, and Chris Trapp of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology won the men’s javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Track Field national championships three straight years (1984-1986). Nao Kinoshita of Rhodes College won the 1996 Division III women’s tennis singles title, capturing the first individual national title in the SCAC era. Kinoshita also won the 1997 singles title and combined with Taylor Tarver to capture the ‘97 doubles title. Ryan Loftus of Rose-Hulman captured the men’s pole vault title at the 1998 Indoor Track & Field championships. Heather Stone of University of the South-Sewanee claimed both the women’s indoor and outdoor 1,500 meter titles in 2000. And later that same season, the league claimed its first team national championships as Trinity University won both the men’s and women’s tennis titles. In the winter of 2003, Matt Smith of Rose-Hulman won the 100 yard breaststroke at the Division III men’s national swimming championships, and Trinity captured the women’s basketball championship - all in the same weekend. The following fall (in 2003), the Trinity men’s soccer team gave the league title #4, and the DePauw women’s basketball team became the fifth team from the conference to win a national championship when it captured the 2006-07 Division III title. Trinity’s Christyn Schumann won the women’s high jump at three consecutive NCAA Outdoor Track & Field national championships (2004-06), and Liz Bondi of DePauw captured the 16th individual national championship won by a CAC/SCAC student-athlete when she won the 2007 women’s tennis singles title. The 2008-09 season was a banner year as one team and three individual student-athletes won national titles for the SCAC. Todd Wildman of Trinity won the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field national championships and Chrys Jones of Centre College won the triple jump at the Outdoor Track & Field national championships. On the links, the Oglethorpe University men earned the league’s sixth team title with a first-place finish at the NCAA Golf Championships. The Petrels were led by Olafur Loftsson, who earned medalist honors and the league’s 19th individual title. In 2009-10, the SCAC had four different individuals win a total of five national titles. Todd Wildman of Trinity won his second-consecutive

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indoor national title in the pentathlon. Centre’s Chrys Jones double-dipped and claimed national titles in the triple jump at the both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor national championships. At the 2010 NCAA Swimming & Diving championships, Trinity teammates Lindsay Martin and Hayley Emerick claimed individual titles in the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, respectively. In 2010-11, Chrys Jones became just the second SCAC student-athlete to win four career individual national titles as he repeated at the NCAA Indoor national championships in the triple jump. Centre’s Chris Morris earned the league its 26th individual national title when he claimed medalist honors at the 2011 NCAA Golf Championships. The 2011-12 academic year was one of the most successful in the league’s 50-year history. Tiarra Goode of Birmingham-Southern College won the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field national championships, Jordan DeGayner of Colorado College won the 200 free at the NCAA Swimming & Diving national championships and Ruth Hahn of Trinity University continued the Tigers’ diving dominanace with an individual title on the 3-meter board. Later in the spring, SCAC student-athletes earned two more individual national titles with Anthony Maccaglia of Oglethorpe University earning the league its third medalist in four years at the NCAA Men’s Golf championship and Birmingham’s Goode picked up her second individual national title with a win in the 100-meter hurdels at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field championships. In addition, Oglethorpe University earned the conference its seventh team national title with a victory at the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships. The “new” SCAC returned to national prominence in 2013-14 as Stephen Culberson of Trinity University won the 100 free at the 2014 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships and, in its first year in the conference, Schreiner University gave the conference its eighth team national championship with a victory at the 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships - the league’s third national title in the sport in six years. A bell, donated by the Norfolk and Western Railway, was adopted as the SCAC’s “President’s Trophy” and serves as the symbol for the conference. The President’s Trophy is displayed for one year on the campus of the school with the combined men’s and women’s athletics program that accumulates the highest points total in the all-sports race established by the conference. The bell is awarded at the conclusion of the spring season.

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2015-16 SCAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP DATES SPORT

DATE

SITE

HOST

Cross Country Volleyball

October 31 November 6-7

McKinney, Texas Georgetown, Texas

Austin College Southwestern University

Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Swimming & Diving Men’s and Women’s Basketball Men’s Lacrosse Men’s and Women’s Golf Men’s and Women’s Track Softball Men’s and Women’s Tennis Baseball

November 6-8 November 6-8 February 10-13 February 26-28

Colorado Springs, Colorado Irving, Texas Lewisville, Texas Shreveport, Louisiana

Colorado College University of Dallas SCAC Centenary College

April 15-16 April 18-19 April 22-23

Irving, Texas Blanco, Texas Seguin, Texas

University of Dallas SCAC Texas Lutheran University

April 22-24 April 22-24

San Antonio, Texas Kerrville, Texas

Trinity University Schreiner University

April 29-May 1

TBD

2014-15 SCAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS SPORT

REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION

TOURNAMENT CHAMPION

Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country Volleyball Football Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Men’s Swimming & Diving Women’s Swimming and Diving Men’s Basketball

N/A N/A Trinity University Texas Lutheran Trinity University Trinity University N/A N/A Texas Lutheran Unviersity/Centenary College Southwestern University, Texas Lutheran University, Trinity University N/A N/A N/A N/A Texas Lutheran University N/A N/A Centenary College

Colorado College Colorado College Trinity University N/A Trinity University Trinity University Trinity University Trinity University Texas Lutheran University

Women’s Basketball Men’s Golf Women’s Golf Men’s Track and Field Women’s Track and Field Softball Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Baseball

Southwestern University Schreiner University Schreiner University Trinity University Trinity University Texas Lutheran University Trinity University Trinity University Trinity University

2015 Championship schedule/2014 recap #1 SEED WINNER OF G3

#4 SEED

GAME 3

GAME 1

WINNER OF G1

CONFERENCE CHAMPION

#5 SEED

GAME 5

#3 SEED WINNER OF G2 GAME 2 GAME 4

#6 SEED

WINNER OF G4

#2 SEED

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, February 26

SCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament – Day One – hosted by Centenary College Game 1: #4 Seed vs. #5 Seed - 1 p.m. Game 2: #3 Seed vs. #6 Seed - 3 p.m.

Saturday, February 27

SCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament – Day Two – hosted by Centenary College Game 3: No. 1 seed vs. Winner of Game 1 - 1 p.m. Game 4: No. 2 seed vs. Winner of Game 2 - 3 p.m.

Sunday, February 28

SCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament – Day Three – hosted by Centenary College Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner (Championship) - Noon

2015 SCAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Jordan Kouremetis Donte McGee Sterling Holmes Travion Kirkendoll James Sapp Ryan Ogden

Texas Lutheran MVP Texas Lutheran Texas Lutheran Centenary Centenary Southwestern

2015 SCAC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Friday, february 27 Game 1: #4 Dallas def. #5 Colorado College, 50-47 P: Sarrat (UD) - 21 R: Wyatt (UD) - 8 A: Berardino (COLO) - 5

Game 2: #3 Southwestern def. # 6 Schreiner P: Guerrero (SCH) - 20 R: Pena (SCH) - 11 A: Johnson (SU) - 5

Saturday, february 28 game 3: #1 Texas Lutheran def. Dallas, 82-65 P: Holmes (TLU) - 21 R: Two tied with 9 A: Holmes (TLU) - 7

game 4: #2 Centenary def. Southwestern, 87-80 P: Sapp (CENT) - 28 R: Sapp (CENT) - 9 A: Three tied with 4

Sunday, Championship game Texas Lutheran def. Centenary, 80-75 P: Kouremetis (TLU) - 20 R: Sapp (CENT) - 9 A: Holmes (TLU) - 6

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QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Sherman, Texas FOUNDED: 1849 ENROLLMENT: 1,350 NICKNAME: Kangaroos COLORS: Crimson and gold STADIUM: North Field PRESIDENT: Dr. Marjorie Hass ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: David Norman ATHLETIC TRAINER: Evan Gumpert MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH Rodney Wecker

President Dr. Marjorie Hass

Sports Information Coordinator Jeff Kelly

Athletic Director David Norman

Athletic Trainer Evan Gumpert

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Nov. 14 NOV. 19 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 DEC. 5 DEC. 12 DEC. 14 Dec. 16 DEC. 29 DEC. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 JAN. 15 JAN. 16 JAN. 22 JAN. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 FEB. 12 FEB. 13 FEB. 20 FEB. 21

Letourneau HOWARD PAYNE Hendrix (Shreveport, La.) Millsaps (Shreveport, La.) HENDRIX BACONE PAUL QUINN Millsaps LETOURNEAU LUTHER Dallas* Southwestern* Texas Lutheran* CENTENARY* COLORADO COLLEGE* SCHREINER* TRINITY* Schreiner* Trinity* Centenary* Colorado College* SOUTHWESTERN* TEXAS LUTHERAN* DALLAS* RUST

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2015 STAFF

RODNEY WECKER

Rodney Wecker will enter his ninth season as the head coach of the Austin College men’s basketball team in 201516. During his first season at the helm, Wecker guided the ‘Roos to their first postseason berth in a decade when the team reached the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, and has continued this success by leading the ‘Roos to the SCAC Tournament in each of his first six seasons. Since taking over the program, Wecker has led the ‘Roos on a steady climb and coached the team to a program record 20 wins and a 20-7 overall record, including a SCAC best 12-4 conference mark and the SCAC West regular season crown in 2009-10. Wecker was named the SCAC

Coach of the Year for these achievements. Wecker came to Austin College from Whitworth College, where he served as an assistant coach from 1991-2004, and associate head coach from 2005-2007. During his time at Whitworth, Wecker helped guide the team to a 280-146 record and 12 post-season appearances, including four national tournaments. The team also won five conference titles during Wecker’s time there. In 2003, Wecker was named the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year. Along with serving as Head Coach at Austin College, Wecker also serves as the assistant athletic director for operations and is directly responsible for the man-

agement of the Robert T. Mason Athletic-Recreation Complex. Wecker played collegiately at Metropolitan State College in Denver, where he earned a degree while double majoring in secondary education and sports communication. He received his Master’s degree in teaching from Whitworth in 1995. Wecker and his wife Trina have three children: daughter Cameron, son Paxson, and daughter London.

austin college -Centenary College - Colorado College - University of DALLAS - SChreiner

# 00 1 3 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 31 32 33 40 41 42

2015 roster

Player Name James Buck Brian Baehl Cedric Hudson Chris Essien Patrick Johnson Stephen Igbinosa Jeremy Swisher Alan Sullivan Jordan Rosinbaum Christian Chiles Jacob Nemec Josh Garrett JP Feider Josh Dickerman Andres Rivera Cody Meyers Justin Wade Austin Freet John Pass Will Kollet

Pos. F G G/F G/F G F G F G G G/F G/F F G G G/F F F F G/F

Cl. Fr Jr Sr So Fr Jr Jr Jr Jr Fr Fr So Fr Jr Jr Jr Fr Jr So Jr

Ht. 6-7 6-2 6-5 6-4 5-11 6-8 6-3 6-7 5-10 5-10 6-3 6-3 6-7 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-9 6-5 6-6 6-3

Hometown Houston, Texas The Woodlands, Texas Round Rock, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas Norwood, Texas Bellaire, Texas The Woodlands, Texas Dallas, Texas Celina, Texas Dallas, Texas Coppell, Texas Athens, Texas Schertz, Texas Dallas, Texas Albuquerque, N.M. Austin, Texas Greenville, Texas Highland Village, Texas Austin, Texas Broaddus, Texas

University - Southwestern university - texas lutheran university - trinity university

2014 results and stats

2014-15 RESULTS (8-17, 3-11 SCAC) 11/21/2014 11/22/2014 11/25/2014 11/29/2014 11/30/2014 12/06/2014 12/18/2014 12/19/2014 12/29/2014 12/30/2014 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/18/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015 01/31/2015

SUL ROSS STATE HOWARD PAYNE BACONE vs Illinois Wesleyan at Rhodes College HENDRIX COLLEGE at Millsaps at Hendrix College ILLINOIS COLLEGE NEBRASKA WESLEYAN DALLAS TRINITY SCHREINER at Colorado College at Centenary TEXAS LUTHERAN SOUTHWESTERN at Texas Lutheran at Southwestern

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77-73 72-64 75-84 57-85 61-90 69-76 77-47 52-54 74-66 79-102 69-68 60-48 71-66 65-90 72-82 54-66 64-69 79-87 48-50

02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/14/2015 02/13/2015 02/21/2015 02/22/2015

COLORADO COLLEGE CENTENARY at Schreiner at Trinity at Dallas UC-SANTA CRUZ

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64-71 68-72 63-66 41-55 66-83 68-58

POINTS PER GAME Player Brian Baehl Jeremy Swisher Cedric Hudson Alan Sullivan Kevin Graham

PPG 10.7 10.2 8.0 7.9 6.3

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Harry Hampden-Smith Eghosa Igbinosa Cedric Hudson Brian Baehl Alvin Michael

Player Kevin Graham Alan Sullivan Andres Rivera Aaron Anwary Austin Freet

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Austin Freet Brian Baehl Cedric Hudson Jeremy Swisher Eghosa Igbinosa

Player Andres Rivera Austin Freet Jeremy Swisher Brian Baehl Kevin Graham

RPG 6.6 4.2 3.6 3.4 3.1

FG% .552 .517 .447 .433 .413

3FG% .333 .299 .275 .270 .267

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 23 18 17 15 13

Player Alvin Michael Eghosa Igbinosa Austin Freet Alan Sullivan Jeremy Swisher Aaron Anwary

BLOCKS 25 18 15 9 5 5

austin college -Centenary College - Colorado College - University of DALLAS - SChreiner

2014 results and stats

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

01 12 03 21 02 40 15 31 10 41 05 00 32 14 33 22 20 11 23 13 42

Brian Baehl Jeremy Swisher Cedric Hudson Alan Sullivan Kevin Graham Austin Freet Eghosa Igbinosa Andres Rivera Ryan Reibly Josh Dickerman Aaron Anwary Alvin Michael Cody Meyers Christopher Essien H. Hampden-Smith Josh Quinn John Pass Jimmy King Roman Manikowski Josh Garrett Will Kollet

90 73 67 68 40 45 46 24 10 16 21 19 14 1 16 6 4 4 4 0 0

208 185 150 181 113 125 89 80 36 48 75 46 40 1 29 22 7 19 13 0 6

# 01 12 03 21 02 40 15 31 10 41 05 00 32 14 33 22 20 11 23 13 42

Player Brian Baehl Jeremy Swisher Cedric Hudson Alan Sullivan Kevin Graham Austin Freet Eghosa Igbinosa Andres Rivera Ryan Reibly Josh Dickerman Aaron Anwary Alvin Michael Cody Meyers Christopher Essien H. Hampden-Smith Josh Quinn John Pass Jimmy King Roman Manikowski Josh Garrett Will Kollet

A 72 32 13 30 36 24 2 11 16 6 25 7 7 0 5 4 0 8 0 1 0

TO 30 43 55 46 23 31 13 11 11 7 22 25 10 1 11 3 2 8 11 1 1

3-PTS % .433 .395 .447 .376 .354 .360 .517 .300 .278 .333 .280 .413 .350 1.000 .552 .273 .571 .211 .308 .000 .000

BLK 4 5 4 9 0 15 18 0 0 0 5 25 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 0

3FG 10 18 1 26 26 8 1 19 3 7 17 0 7 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 0

STL 15 17 9 10 13 18 4 23 4 4 11 12 7 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0

FGA 46 80 6 87 78 30 5 69 13 21 63 0 28 0 9 18 4 15 7 0 6

PTS 268 203 199 197 125 129 104 78 34 49 68 58 38 2 40 19 10 13 10 1 0

AVG 10.7 10.2 8.0 7.9 6.3 5.9 5.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 0.0

F-THROWS % .217 .225 .167 .299 .333 .267 .200 .275 .231 .333 .270 .000 .250 .000 .111 .333 .500 .133 .143 .000 .000

FTA

78 39 64 35 19 31 11 11 11 10 9 20 3 0 7 1 0 3 1 1 0

106 61 100 53 34 60 17 12 18 14 15 28 6 0 11 2 0 7 2 4 0

% .736 .639 .640 .660 .559 .517 .647 .917 .611 .714 .600 .714 .500 .000 .636 .500 .000 .429 .500 .250 .000

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AVG 28 22 35 13 9 51 25 4 7 3 14 29 7 1 13 1 0 2 4 1 1

Team Statistics

76 46 56 55 23 95 37 10 26 12 20 39 16 2 34 8 4 10 9 2 1

104 68 91 68 32 146 62 14 33 15 34 68 23 3 47 9 4 12 13 3 2

4.2 3.4 3.6 2.7 1.6 6.6 3.1 0.6 3.0 0.9 1.4 3.0 1.4 3.0 2.1 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.3

OPP

1645

1772

Points-per-game

65.8

70.9

Field goal pct.

.386

.401

3-point FG pct.

.265

.346

Free Throw pct.

.644

.684

934

1007

37.4

40.3

299

331

12.0

13.2

374

376

15.0

158

160

6.3

6.4

3.9

2.5

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

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#12

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 20 19 73-185 .395 39-61 .639 203 10.2 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 68 22 46 3.4 5 17 32

GP 25

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 24 90-208 .433 78-106 .736 268 10.7

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 104 28 76 4.2 4 15 72

#13

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 25 18 68-181 .376 35-53 .660 197 7.9 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 68 13 55 2.7 9 10 30

#40

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 22 21 45-125 .360 31-60 .517 129 5.9 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 146 51 95 6.6 15 18 24

GP 25

junior | g junior | g junior | f senior | g/f

junior | f

FREET

cedric

austin

HUDSON

alan

SULLIVAN

brian

BAEHL

jeremy

SWISHER

players to watch

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts 3 67-150 .447 64-100 .640 199

ppg 8.0

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 91 35 56 3.6 4 9 13

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2015 season preview

With 13 players returning from last year’s team, including six players who started at least one game over course of the year, the Austin College men’s basketball team will be looking to get back to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in 2015-2016. The ‘Roos finished the year with an overall record of 8-17, missing the postseason for the first time under head coach Rodney Wecker. The ‘Roos feature a lot of returning experience this year, but only one senior on the roster in Cedric Hudson. Hudson, along with juniors Brian Baehl, Alan Sullivan, and Jeremy Swisher, will be looking to lead the team to the top of the SCAC in the upcoming year. Baehl earned All-Conference honors after averaging 10.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists-per-game. The 6-foot-2 guard can play either guard position, and is one of the team’s most versatile scorers in addition to being its top facilitator. Swisher joined Baehl in double-digits, as the 6-foot-3 swing player averaged 10.2 points-per-game on the year, and Hudson came on strong down the stretch to provide another scoring and rebounding option. The 6-foot-5 forward finished the season averaging 8.0 points and 3.6 rebounds-per-game, with his scoring average rising to 8.6 points-per-game in SCAC play. The 6-foot-7 Sullivan is another All-SCAC performer who offers a matchup problem for opposing forwards, as he can play either forward position and stretch the floor with his jumper. Last season, Sullivan averaged 7.9 points-per-game, and knocked down 26 three pointers on the year. Helping out up front will be 6-foot-5 junior forward Austin Freet, another All-SCAC player who averaged 5.9 points and 6.6 rebounds-per-game a year ago, with his rebounding numbers jumping to 7.2 per-game against SCAC schools. Junior center Stephen Igbinosa, an athletic 6-foot-8 player whose ability to

run the floor makes him dangerous in transition, is an outstanding shot blocker and finished last year averaging 5.2 points while shooting 51.7% from the field. This year Wecker will be looking to a strong group of freshman post players to take some of the rebounding burden off of Freet and Igbinosa, led by 6-foot-9 Justin Wade. Fellow freshmen James Buck and JP Feider will also help out down low, with each player checking in at 6-foot-7. One of the strengths of this year’s team will be its perimeter shooting, with Baehl, Swisher, and Sullivan all capable of getting hot from deep, in addition to junior guards Andres Rivera and Josh Dickerman. Last season the 5-foot-10 Rivera connected on 19 three pointers, while Dickerman knocked down triples at a clip of 33% for the year. Another threat from long distance is 6-foot-3 swingman Cody Meyers, while 6-foot-6 forward John Pass also has the ability to stretch the floor. With 20 players on the roster, depth won’t be an issue for Wecker’s team. Junior swingman Will Kollet returns, as do sophomores Chris Essien and Josh Garrett. Jordin Rosinbaum adds another shooter off the bench, while freshman guards Patrick Johnson and Christian Chiles will bolster the point guard position for Wecker’s team this season and allow Baehl to spend some time playing off the ball. This year’s team features a good combination of size and skill, and could very well find themselves climbing the SCAC ladder in the quest for a conference title in 2015-2016. The ‘Roos kick off the regular season with a road game at LeTourneau on November 14. • The ‘Roos will be led by Head Coach Rodney Wecker in his ninth season

QUICK NOTES

•

The 2015-16 squad will feature 13 returners, including four starters

•

The team will only have one senior, Cedric Hudson, while the leading scorer, Brian Baehl

•

The top four scorers from the 2014-15 team will be back on the roster this year

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gents

QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Shreveport, La. FOUNDED: 1825 ENROLLMENT: 760 NICKNAME: Gents COLORS: Maroon and White STADIUM: Mayo Field PRESIDENT: Dr. David Rowe ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Ronda Seagraves ATHLETIC TRAINER: Stephanie Culbertson MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SOCCER HEAD COACH: Emmett Rutkowski

President Dr. David Rowe

Sports Information Director

Matthew Lofton

Interim Athletic Director Adam Walsh

Athletic Trainer Stephenaie Culbertson

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 24 Nov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 20

Texas-Dallas East Texas Baptist Millsaps Hendrix Hendrix McMurry Millsaps Belhaven Howard Payne Texas-Dallas Colorado College* Colorado College* Schreiner* Trinity* Austin College* Dallas* Southwestern* Texas Lutheran* Southwestern* Texas Lutheran* Austin College* Dallas* Schreiner* Trinity* Dallas Christian

3 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 p.m.

2015 staff

ADAM WALSH

TOM JACKSON Volunteer Assistant Coach

Going from one of the youngest NCAA Division I coaches to leading Centenary men’s basketball to the most decorated team in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference the past three years, head coach Adam Walsh is looking to lead the Gents to new heights for his sixth season in 201516. The honors achieved by the Gents under Walsh’s tutelage are staggering the past three seasons: Threestraight Conference Players of the Year, three-straight Newcomers of the Year, four All-Americans, four All-District selections, 12 All-Conference honors, and 12 SCAC Player of the Week recognitions. In 2014-15, the Centenary College men’s basketball team claimed its first conference title in 25 years. The Gents also finished as SCAC Tournament runners-up in both 2014 and 2015. Coach Walsh captured 2013-2014 SCAC Coach of the Year honors, helping the Maroon and White finish second in the conference after being slated to finish sixth in the preseason by the conference coaches. Centenary improved from a 9-15 record the season before to an 18-10 record in 13-14. He is the first men’s basketball coach at Centenary to earn a conference Coach of the Year honor since Tommy Vardeman was named the Trans America Athletic Conference (now Atlantic Sun Conference) Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Walsh holds a 56-75 record in his five seasons with the Gents, including a 55-46 record after a 1-29 record during in his first season in 2010-2011. The 2014-15 squad finished 17-10 and 11-3 in the SCAC, claiming the conference crown despite selected to finish third in the preseason by the conference coaches. The Gents also began the year 1-2 in conference, winning 10-of-11 games to finish the regular season. James Sapp – an Honorable Mention All-American, a two-time All-District selection, and SCAC Player of the Year – captured All-Conference First Team honors along with Travion Kirkendoll. The Maroon and White boasted five All-Conference honorees. In 2013-14, Centenary boasted an 18-10 overall mark (10-4 SCAC), secured the second seed in the Conference Tournament, and finished as the runner-up in the SCAC Tournament. Individually, Blount repeated

as an All-American and SCAC Player of the Year. That season, the Maroon and White finished the year with the program’s first winning season since 2003-04. For his accomplishments, Walsh took home SCAC Coach of the Year Honors. The SCAC Tournament finals appearance was the first for Centenary in 23 years. Following the difficult 2010-11 season, Walsh has led the Gents to a 38-37 overall mark the next two seasons. In 2012-2013, Centenary claimed both the Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors and three All-Conference selections. Blount captured All-American and All-District accolades as well as the first Player of the Week award for a Gent since Alexander Staff on February 12, 2007 in the Summit League. Brett Bell won SCAC Newcomer of the Year, joining Caden Cheramie on the Honorable Mention squad. siana “Freshman of the Year” and Third-Team honors, respectively in the 2009-10 season. Walsh joined Centenary in 2007 directly from Paris Junior College where he assisted the Dragon program from 2006-07. He was in charge of recruiting, post-skill development, and strength and conditioning among other duties. During his stint at Paris Junior College, Walsh helped first-year head coach Ross Hodge lead the Dragons to a 26-4 record and TEAC “Coach of the Year” honors. There he also helped developed two junior college All-American forwards in Ramon Clemente (06-07) and Eric Tramiel (07-08) and recruited Raymond Sims, among others, who would lead the Dragons to 57 wins in two years at the point guard position. Prior to his time at Paris, Walsh spent the 2005-2006 season as the assistant at Odessa College under Dennis Helms. From 2003-05, Walsh took on the role as assistant coach under Ronnie Arrow at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. For the 2001-2003 seasons Walsh was an assistant coach for the Division II program, Barton College, under Ron Lievense. Walsh hails from Winchester, Virginia and is the son of Nancy and Phil Walsh. He was a 2000 graduate of High Point University and graduated from James Wood High School. Walsh recently married Nicole Rapagnani. He and his wife are active in Athletes in Action, the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

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# 2 5 12 14 20 23 30 32 33 34 35

2015 roster

Player Name Brandon Campbell Travion Kirkendoll Justin Cueto James Sapp Kendall Demouchet Dyllon Weaver Donovan Williams Deavonte (DJ) Hicks Trey Barstow Kane Kershaw Johnathan Page Dominique Kennedy Treylan Matthews Grant Miller Mitchell Tarantolo

Pos. G G G F F G F F G F G G G F F

Cl. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Ht. 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-8 6-5

Wt. 160 192 180 175 175 190 230 210 175 195 175 160 175 235 180

Hometown Mansfield, La. Campti, La. Carrollton, Texas Shongaloo, La. Lafayette, La. Natchitoches, La. Sulphur, La. Denton, Texas Dallas, Texas Jennings, La. Dallas, Texas Shreveport, La. Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Austin, Texas

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2014 results & statistics

2014-15 RESULTS (17-10, 11-3 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/16/2014 11/20/2014 11/22/2014 11/29/2014 11/30/2014 12/02/2014 12/07/2014 12/10/2014 12/12/2014 02/19/2015 01/02/2015 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/18/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015

at Lewis & Clark Univ. vs Linfield MCMURRY at East Texas Baptist at Rhodes College vs Illinois Wesleyan at LSU-Shreveport HENDRIX COLLEGE TEXAS-DALLAS RUST COLLEGE at McMurry COLORADO COLLEGE COLORADO COLLEGE at Texas Lutheran at Southwestern DALLAS AUSTIN COLLEGE at Trinity at Schreiner

L W L L W L L W L W W Lot W L W W W Wot W

69-71 70-66 89-94 64-78 65-57 71-92 59-66 93-63 81-84 104-88 86-85 76-83 64-52 70-75 70-65 70-53 82-72 79-74 62-58

01/30/2015 02/01/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/15/2015 02/28/2015 03/01/2015

TRINITY SCHREINER at Dallas at Austin College TEXAS LUTHERAN SOUTHWESTERN vs Southwestern vs Texas Lutheran

W W Lot W W W W L

77-64 78-71 84-87 72-68 66-65 68-64 87-80 75-80

POINTS PER GAME Player James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll Kendall Demouchet Caden Cheramie Brandon Campbell

PPG 16.4 12.9 12.8 8.5 7.9

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Kendall Demouchet James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll Saro Ntagha Justin Cueto

Player Donovan Williams Justin Cueto Travion Kirkendoll Brandon Campbell Jacob Broussard

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player James Sapp Kendall Demouchet Travion Kirkendoll Caden Cheramie Donovan Williams

Player Caden Cheramie Kendall Demouchet James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll Saro Ntagha

RPG 8.0 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.0

FG% .525 .523 .448 .420 .410

3FG% .407 .386 .372 .366 .362

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 42 42 35 30 21

Player Kendall Demouchet Saro Ntagha Donovan Williams James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll

BLOCKS 47 12 11 9 4

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2014 results & statistics

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

14 05 20 00 22 02 11 04 12 30 44 13 23 33 32 24 34

James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll Kendall Demouchet Brooks Pawsat Caden Cheramie Brandon Campbell Jacob Broussard Isiaiah Whitaker Justin Cueto Donovan Williams Saro Ntagha Ben Ashworth Dyllon Weaver Trey Barstow Deavonte (DJ) Hicks Hayward Martin Kane Kershaw

136 116 134 7 67 68 20 39 32 28 21 2 3 1 3 0 0

260 259 255 16 170 169 52 97 78 71 50 2 17 5 11 2 1

# 14 05 20 00 22 02 11 04 12 30 44 13 23 33 32 24 34

Player James Sapp Travion Kirkendoll Kendall Demouchet Brooks Pawsat Caden Cheramie Brandon Campbell Jacob Broussard Isiaiah Whitaker Justin Cueto Donovan Williams Saro Ntagha Ben Ashworth Dyllon Weaver Trey Barstow Deavonte (DJ) Hicks Hayward Martin Kane Kershaw

A 35 51 27 3 84 50 10 42 9 9 12 1 1 1 1 0 0

TO 75 40 53 2 55 45 6 36 9 26 13 1 7 4 1 1 1

3-PTS % .523 .448 .525 .438 .394 .402 .385 .402 .410 .394 .420 1.000 .176 .200 .273 .000 .000

BLK 9 4 47 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 12 0 1 1 0 0 0

3FG 5 32 3 5 22 26 17 7 22 11 0 1 2 1 0 0 0

STL 35 30 42 1 42 17 6 18 9 17 21 0 0 0 0 0 0

FGA 16 86 11 12 73 71 47 34 57 27 0 1 7 3 0 1 0

PTS 442 348 346 23 222 214 59 117 94 82 53 5 13 4 9 0 0

AVG 16.4 12.9 12.8 11.5 8.5 7.9 5.9 5.6 5.2 3.3 2.0 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0

F-THROWS % .313 .372 .273 .417 .301 .366 .362 .206 .386 .407 .000 1.000 .286 .333 .000 .000 .000

FTA

165 84 75 4 66 52 2 32 8 15 11 0 5 1 3 0 0

219 113 115 4 110 63 2 57 12 23 26 0 8 2 4 2 0

REBOUNDS

% .753 .743 .652 1.000 .600 .825 1.000 .561 .667 .652 .423 .000 .625 .500 .750 .000 .000

OFF DEF TOT AVG 58 35 31 1 28 13 3 9 6 19 24 0 2 0 6 1 0

Team Statistics

157 67 88 3 63 38 9 52 19 56 29 0 8 3 6 3 1

215 102 119 4 91 51 12 61 25 75 53 0 10 3 12 4 1

8.0 3.8 4.4 2.0 3.5 1.9 1.2 2.9 1.4 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.3

CENT

OPP

2031

1955

Points-per-game

75.2

72.4

Field goal pct.

.447

.439

3-point FG pct.

.345

.333

Free Throw pct.

.688

.649

923

1056

34.2

39.1

336

392

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS 12.4 TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

14.5 380

488

14.1

18.1

238

150

8.8

5.6

3.3

2.9

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#14

GP GS FG 27 21 135-259 reb oreb dreb 215 58 157

#20

GP 27

FG% FT FT% pts .521 165-219 .753 440

ppg 16.3

rpg BLK stl ast 8.0 9 35 36

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 5 134-255 .525 75-115 .652 346 12.8

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 119 31 88 4.4 47 42 27

GP 27

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 18 116-259 .448 84-113 .743 348 12.9

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 102 35 67 3.8 4 30 51

GP 27

junior | f junior | f soph. | g junior | g

brandon

travion

kendall

CAMPBELL KIRKENDOLL DEMOUCHET

SAPP

james

players to watch

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 14 68-169 .402 52-63 .825 214 7.9

reb oreb dreb rpg stl ast 51 13 38 1.9 17 50

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season preview

In 2015-16 after finishing last season as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season champions, the Gents will take their turn as the favorite in the Preseason Conference Poll. “It gives us a good idea of expectations for the season,” remarked Head Coach Adam Walsh, who will begin his sixth year with Centenary. “In case our guys did not already know, we’re expected to have a solid season this year and it puts a bulls-eye on our back. It’s something for our guys to remember every day, and it’s something to challenge our guys. I hope we can use it in a good way. You would rather be picked last and finish first rather than the other way around, but I hope the daily challenge is there for our guys to live up to the standards that others see in our program.” The Maroon and White return 76.3 percent of its scoring from the 2014-15 season. The list of returners includes junior forward James Sapp (Shongaloo, La./ULM) and sophomore guard Travion Kirkendoll (Campti, La./Lakeview HS), who received SCAC Player and Newcomer of the Year recognition last season. With those accolades, Centenary is the first school in the history of men’s basketball in teams’ respective conference to win both awards three consecutive seasons. In 2014-15, Sapp became only the second sophomore in conference history, and the first in 23 years, to be named Player of the Year. Sapp, who was one of only 24 players named Preseason All-America by DIII News, also received Honorable Mention All-American laurels from the organization last season. Other accolades include All-South Region honors from D3hoops.com, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District hon-

ors, and was also the only non-Division I men’s basketball player named to the All-Louisiana Team. Sapp led the conference with 16.3 points per game for 2014-15. Kirkendoll, despite playing on a squad where four different players averaged double-digit scoring, finished fourth in the SCAC with 12.9 points per game. Kirkendoll took Freshman All-America honors from DIII News. The Gents also return junior forward Kendall Demouchet (Lafayette, La./Northside Senior HS), who led the conference in steals and been in the top two in blocks his first two seasons with the Gents. Last season, Demouchet finished sixth in scoring in the conference with 12.8 points per game in 2014-15. Receiving Third Team honors in 2013-14 and Second Team last season, Demouchet is the only junior this season to appear on the First, Second or Third Team All-Conference the past two seasons. Another player to watch for the Gents this season is junior guard Brandon Campbell (Mansfield, La./Mansfield HS), who finished second on the team last year (and is the leading Gent returner) with 1.85 assists per game. He also contributed 7.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. The Gents add four players for this season in guard Treylan Matthews (Houstin, Texas/Summer Creek HS), Shreveport-native and guard Dominique Kennedy (Shreveport, La./Loyola College Prep), and forwards Mitchell Tarantolo (Austin, Texas/L.C. Anderson HS) and Grant Miller (Dallas, Texas/Dallas Academy). • The Gents will return after earning the regular season title during the 2014-15 season

QUICK NOTES

•

2015 SCAC Player of the Year James Sapp will return for his junior season, while 2015 Co-Newcomer of the Year, Travion Kirkendoll, will also be back

•

The Gents will return over 75% of their scoring from last season

•

Four new faces will be on the Gents’ squad this season

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tigers

QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Colorado Springs, Colo. FOUNDED: 1874 ENROLLMENT: 1,950 NICKNAME: Tigers COLORS: Black and gold FACILITY: Stewart Field PRESIDENT: Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Ken Ralph ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ian Wood MEN’S SOCCER HEAD COACH: Scott Palguta

President Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler

Sports Information Director

Dave Reed

Athletic Director Ken Ralph

Athletic Trainer Ian Wood

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME (MT)

Nov. 22 NOV. 24 NOV. 27 NOV. 28 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 DEC. 28 DEC. 29 DEC. 30 JAN. 1 JAN. 2 JAN. 8 JAN. 10 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 JAN. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 JAN. 29 JAN. 31 FEB. 5 FEB. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 12

Grinnell REGIS HOWARD PAYNE WHITWORTH Johnson & Wales Whitworth George Fox CONCORDIA (TX) DOMINICAN WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER CENTENARY* CENTENARY* TRINITY* SCHREINER* Dallas* Austin College* JOHNSON & WALES Texas Lutheran* Southwestern* TEXAS LUTHERAN* SOUTHWESTERN* DALLAS* AUSTIN COLLEGE* Trinity* Schreiner*

Noon 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 P.M. 6 P.M. 1 P.M. 6 P.M. 6 P.M. 6 P.M. 2 P.M. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 P.M. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 P.M. 11 A.M. 6 P.M. NOON 5 p.m. 5 p.m.

2015 staff

ANDY partee

Andy Partee, now in his 10th season as head coach at Colorado College, has guided the program to its most successful run since the mid-1990s. The Tigers recorded double-digit victories during each of the last six seasons, posting a combined 84-70 record. That stretch includes five consecutive trips to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament, including back-toback appearances in the championship game. To understand how successful the program has become, one must consider where it came from during Partee’s second season when he played his initial recruiting class during a winless 2007-08 campaign. It paid off with those same players defeating Division I Air Force Academy to start a 2010-11 season that ended with a 14-12 record, a second-place finish in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference West Division, and the program’s first trip to the league postseason tournament. The foundation is in place for many successful seasons to come thanks to strong recruiting. Partee has brought in some of the best players to ever don a Tigers uniform, including SCAC Player of the Year Nick Rose, a two-time first-team all-conference selection.

WES KOSEL Assistant Coach

Partee brought more than 15 years of coaching and recruiting experience to the Tigers when he was named as head coach in April 2006. He had served as an assistant on the men’s staff at Brown since June 1998, coordinating national recruiting efforts and helping guide Brown to three runner-up finishes in the Ivy League. He earlier spent four seasons (199498) as an assistant coach at Monmouth University, another NCAA Division I program, as well as two campaigns (1992-94) in the Division II ranks, at the University of Northern Colorado. Partee lettered four years at Monmouth, playing point guard his senior year (1991-92) when the Hawks won 20 games for the first time. After he returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach, the team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by claiming a Northeast Conference championship in 1995-96. Partee lives in Monument with his wife Kendra, daughter Halle, and sons Tre and Zevien, who shares May 11 as a birthday with his father.

BRIAN GUSTAFSON Assistant Coach

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2015 roster

Player Name

Pos.

Cl.

Ht.

Hometown

00 3 4 5 11 12 15 21 22 24 30 33 34 43 44 45 55

Conner Walden Eric Houska Juwan Rohan Bobby Roth Tyler Jonas Reed Nakakihara Luke Winfield Jake Miller Justin Berardino John Hatch James Lonergan Ryan Young Andrew Maddock Chris Martin Yiannis Margetis Edmund Pendleton Gabe Chavez Carter Gates

G G G G F G G/F G G F F G/F F F F G/F F F

Fr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So.

6-1 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-7 5-9 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-7 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-6 6-3 6-6 4-11

Wildwood, MO Wilton, CT Berkeley, CA Atherton, CA Highlands Ranch, CO Tustin, CA Berkeley, CA Mount Orab, OH Fairfield, CT Lodi, WI Dallas, TX San Carlos, CA St. Louis, MO Sandia Park, NM Miami, FL Arlington, VA Albuquerque, NM Colorado Springs, CO

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2014 results & statistics

2014-15 RESULTS (13-13, 7-7 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/16/2014 11/21/2014 11/22/2014 11/25/2014 11/28/2014 11/29/2014 12/16/2014 12/28/2014 12/30/2014 01/02/2015 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/18/2015 01/20/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/15/2015 02/27/2015

BLACKBURN COLLEGE GEORGE FOX UNIV. vs Colorado Mesa at UC-Colorado Springs at Regis University NORTHWESTERN (MINN.) UNIV. OF DUBUQUE JOHNSON & WALES vs Clark University vs Willamette at Centenary at Centenary at Southwestern at Texas Lutheran AUSTIN COLLEGE DALLAS at Johnson & Wales at Schreiner at Trinity SCHREINER TRINITY at Austin College at Dallas SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS LUTHERAN vs Dallas

POINTS PER GAME Player Chris Lesnansky Justin Berardino Luke Winfield Russell Clark Eric Houska

PPG 14.8 10.1 9.8 6.8 6.5

81-64 98-90 70-71 55-76 69-80 70-61 68-77 61-57 64-71 67-65 83-76 52-64 68-81 59-74 90-65 65-58 88-74 66-70 54-74 68-56 70-65 71-64 59-65 65-59 58-61 47-50

W W L L L W L W L W Wot L L L W W W L L W Wot W L W Lot L

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Russell Clark Mitch Carter Chris Lesnansky John Hatch Tyler Jonas

Player Chris Lesnansky Luke Winfield Justin Berardino Eric Houska Ryan Kell

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Chris Lesnansky James Lonergan Luke Winfield Russell Clark Justin Berardino

Player Eric Houska Justin Berardino Chris Lesnansky Russell Clark John Hatch

RPG 6.0 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8

FG% .562 .525 .487 .469 .464

3FG% .452 .432 .368 .363 .326

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 32 25 20 14 13

Player Chris Lesnansky Russell Clark John Hatch Three tied with....

BLOCKS 24 15 11 7

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2014 results & statistics

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

3-PTS %

3FG

FGA

F-THROWS %

FTA

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AVG

45 22

Chris Lesnansky Justin Berardino

127 46

261 124

.487 .371

19 25

42 68

.452 .368

113 45

164 56

.689 50 .804 8

105 53

155 61

6.0 3.8

15 00 03 11 24 21 12 30 55 04 34 05 33 43 44

Luke Winfield Russell Clark Eric Houska Tyler Jonas John Hatch Mitch Carter Ryan Kell James Lonergan Andrew Maddock Juwan Rohan Chris Martin Bobby Roth Ryan Young Joe Howard Wes Miller

80 68 58 52 38 21 33 20 30 18 5 8 4 2 1

187 121 146 112 81 40 76 46 72 58 11 33 8 10 4

.428 .562 .397 .464 .469 .525 .434 .435 .417 .310 .455 .242 .500 .200 .250

41 0 29 13 2 0 14 4 4 7 0 7 1 0 0

95 1 80 47 6 6 43 11 14 25 0 24 3 0 0

.432 .000 .363 .277 .333 .000 .326 .364 .286 .280 .000 .292 .333 .000 .000

34 40 25 16 16 10 17 19 16 13 6 5 0 3 0

45 58 31 23 24 12 22 28 27 17 16 10 1 6 0

.756 .690 .806 .696 .667 .833 .773 .679 .593 .765 .375 .500 .000 .500 .000

75 67 34 49 39 21 20 53 36 22 10 9 4 3 0

93 100 46 76 51 35 27 65 50 28 13 9 4 5 1

3.9 3.8 1.8 3.0 2.8 3.2 1.2 4.3 1.9 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.3

# 45 22 15 00 03 11 24 21 12 30 55 04 34 05 33 43 44

Player Chris Lesnansky Justin Berardino Luke Winfield Russell Clark Eric Houska Tyler Jonas John Hatch Mitch Carter Ryan Kell James Lonergan Andrew Maddock Juwan Rohan Chris Martin Bobby Roth Ryan Young Joe Howard Wes Miller

A 53 44 30 13 44 13 8 14 29 29 8 28 0 9 1 2 0

TO 76 41 32 39 29 27 13 10 27 16 17 23 4 6 3 2 2

BLK 24 0 7 15 2 7 11 1 0 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 0

STL 20 25 8 14 32 11 13 9 8 9 3 5 1 4 1 0 0

PTS 386 162 235 176 170 133 94 52 97 63 80 56 16 28 9 7 2

AVG 14.8 10.1 9.8 6.8 6.5 5.3 5.2 4.7 4.2 4.2 3.1 2.2 1.6 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.7

18 33 12 27 12 14 7 12 14 6 3 0 0 2 1

Team Statistics

COLO

OPP

1766

1768

Points-per-game

67.9

68.0

Field goal pct.

.440

.426

3-point FG pct.

.357

.347

Free Throw pct.

.700

.665

894

906

34.4

34.8

325

351

12.5

13.5

374

372

14.4

14.3

163

168

6.3

6.5

3.0

2.8

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

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GP 16

GS 16

FG 46-124

FG% .371

FT 45-56

FT% .804

pts 162

ppg 10.1

reb oreb dreb rpg stl ast 61 8 53 3.8 25 44

#30

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 26 8 58-146 .397 25-31 .806 170 6.5 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 46 12 34 1.8 2 32 44

GP GS FG 15 9 20-46 reb oreb dreb 65 12 53

GP 24

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senior | g senior | f senior | g/f

soph. | g

james

luke

eric

justin

WINFIELD LONERGAN HOUSKA BERARDINO

players to watch

FG% FT FT% pts ppg .435 19-28 .679 63 4.2 rpg blk stl ast 4.3 3 9 29

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 20 80-187 .428 34-45 .756 235 9.8

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 93 18 75 3.9 7 8 30

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season preview

Coaches are often compared to professors because of the amount of teaching they do. Some years, coaches need a background in psychology. Other times, it comes down to physics. This year, head coach Andy Partee will need to be a professor of chemistry since that will be the key to success for the Colorado College men’s basketball team during the 2015-16 season. With four starters and 11 veterans returning, the Tigers have the necessary elements to turn hard work in the gymnasium/laboratory into victories on the court. Before the season tips off on Sunday, Nov. 22 at Grinnell College, the coaching staff must experiment with possible lineups to figure out what combination will yield the desired results. “The question becomes how quickly these guys can establish chemistry,”Partee said.“Not many of our returners have been on the court together for a long period of time. During the initial stages of the season, CC will depend on its most experienced players – the five returning seniors. Leading the way is co-captain Justin Berardino, who averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists a year ago. The point guard’s importance to the team was clearly evident during a 10-game absence last year when the Tigers posted a 4-6 record. “Justin’s leadership and basketball IQ far exceeds any of our returning players,” Partee said.“He is an extension of the staff on the court and we’ll expect a lot out of him this year.” In similar fashion, fellow co-captain James Lonergan missed 12 of 26 games with a hand injury during the 2014-15 campaign. Colorado College’s versatile forward scored double-digit points during the first two contests of the season, but never was able to replicate those performances during the final seven games. “James has the ability to contribute inside and outside at both ends of the court,” Partee said.“More than likely he will be a starting four-man, but he’s a tough match-up for bigger guys.” CC’s top scoring threat from behind the arc is the versatile Luke Winfield, who can play either guard or forward, depending on if the Tigers need to go big or small. Last year, he led the team by hitting 41 of 95 long-range attempts, which was good for a .432 percentage. “Luke has the ability to ignite a scoring run with his outside shooting,”Partee said. “He has the ability to be a three-guard with the flexibility of going to the two spot if we need a bigger lineup.” Point guard Juwan Rohan will see time both as a backup point guard and a defensive stopper, while power forward Tyler Jonas will be brought along slowly as he recovers from surgery during the offseason. “During their first three seasons, our five seniors have gotten a lot of experience and we’re going to lean on them heavily,”Partee said.“Our success will depend on their ability to contribute more than they did last year.” With no juniors on the team, the sophomore class will have a chance to get valuable minutes this season.

Eric Houska had a solid freshman season averaging 6.5 points and 1.7 assists per game, and his performance at both ends of the court will likely put him in the starting lineup this year. Another second-year starter will likely be Andrew Maddock, who will give the Tigers a physical presence in the middle. “Eric is a guy who can defend, but can also get to the rim and score,”Partee said.“Andrew brings more versatility to that spot than Chris Lesnansky did as a sophomore.” Two other sophomores who figure to be in an early eight-player rotation are forwards John Hatch and Chris Martin. “John is our best athlete and Chris is our best rebounder,”Partee said.“Hatch could be a starter, but he’s only played a half year of college basketball. As the best athlete on the team, he needs to be on the court as much as possible.” Sophomores Bobby Roth and Ryan Young, along with the six newcomers, could see more playing time as the season develops. But with seasoned veterans at their positions, they likely are a year away from seeing the court on a consistent basis. “This year’s sophomores will lead the program for the next two seasons”Partee said.“The freshmen have enough ability and potential to become the future of the program two years from now.” The first block of the schedule has Colorado College playing three of its first four games at home, including a visit from Division II Regis University on Nov. 24. After three consecutive road contests, highlighted by a neutral-site showdown with Whitworth University, the Tigers tip-off the second half of the season with three games in the 2015 Pikes Peak Holiday Classic at Reid Arena, highlighted by a visit from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “The schedule will challenge us because we have historically strong programs like Wisconsin-Whitewater and Whitworth coming here,”Partee said.“Win or lose, it gets us playing at a high level that hopefully we can take into conference play. “Just like playing BYU or Air Force, competing against the best Division III opponents allows us to bring the experience back into our own practices which should help us develop as we prepare for our conference schedule.” CC plays eight of its 14 conference games at home, beginning on Jan. 1-2 when Centenary College invades Reid Arena for back-to-back games. The four-game home stand continues the following week against Trinity University and Schreiner University. A solid start to the conference play could put the Tigers in a solid position to earn a spot in the 2015 SCAC Championship, which will be played Feb. 26-28 in Shreveport, La. “It will be important to establish chemistry sooner than later,”Partee said.“That’s why we teach, why we coach and why we enjoy what we do. We have to get our players around that learning curve as soon as • The Tigers will be possible.”

QUICK NOTES under the leadership of Head Coach Andy Partee in his 10th season

•

Four of the team’s five starter will be returning from last season

•

There are five seniors on the team, while they bring in six freshmen

•

Colorado College will look to Co-Captains Justin Berardino and James Lonergan to lead

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crusaders

QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Irving, Texas FOUNDED: 1955 ENROLLMENT: 1,302 NICKNAME: Crusaders COLORS: Navy and white STADIUM: Crusader Field PRESIDENT: Dr. Thomas W. Keefe ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Dick Strockbine ATHLETIC TRAINER: Robb Leibold MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH: Jarred Samples

President Athletic Director Dr. Thomas W. Keefe Dick Strockbine

Sports Information Director

Nathan Yacovissi

Athletic Trainer Robb Leibold

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 6 Dec. 12 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 20

Hendrix Roanoke TBA Curry College Eastern Nazarene Hendrix Sul Ross State Luther Austin College* Texas Lutheran* Southwestern* Dallas Christian Colorado College* Centenary* Trinity* Schreiner* Southwestern Adventist Trinity* Schreiner* Colorado College* Centenary* Texas Lutheran* Southwestern* Arlington Baptist Austin College*

4 p.m. 2:30 p.m. TBA 2 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA 2 p.m.

2015 staff

JARRED SAMPLES Jarred Samples (‘01) enters his eighth season as University of Dallas men’s basketball head coach. He guided the 2014-15 squad to match a program record 18 victories, which matched 2000-01 and 2002-03. Dallas went 7-0 to start to year, the second-best undefeated run since 2000-01 when that unit rattled off 12 in a row. The final record was a six-win improvement overall and two contests better within conference action. After going 18-9 (7-7 SCAC), the Crusaders notched the fourth-seed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and won their first tournament affair since joining the league four seasons ago. It was the first SCAC Semi-finals trip as UD topped Colorado College in the opening tilt of the conference tournament hosted in Irving, Texas. In the Semi-finals, the Navy and White were unable to get past Texas Lutheran University, who eventually claimed the championship. Coach Samples has helped his alma mater produce 11 All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Men’s Basketball selections, including seniors Aaron Wyatt, Kym Malone, and Mark Promberger being most recently. Wyatt earned All-SCAC Second Team, while Malone and Promberger received Third Team and Honorable Mention, respectively. In addition, he has seen six Crusaders named to the Association of Division III Independents’ (AD3I) All-Independent Men’s Basketball Team, two tabbed to the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) All-Conference Men’s Basketball Team and three pegged as United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Men’s Basketball All-Americans. Ross Davidson was heralded as the 2010-11 AD3I Men’s Basketball Rookie-of-the-Year. Dallas has made the SCAC Men’s

Basketball Championship Tournament in each of their four seasons competing in the league. In their 2012-13 campaign, the squad reached the SCAC Quarterfinals as the No. 3 seed - a school-best ranking in the bracket. The 2008-09 and 2009-10 teams netted a combined 2-1 record in the NEAC Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament. Coach Samples spent two seasons (2006-08) as men’s basketball assistant coach at the University of Chicago. The Maroons won back-to-back University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships and appeared in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Samples was part of a men’s basketball staff which was named UAA Coaching-Staff-of-the-Year for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. He was men’s basketball assistant coach for five seasons (2001-06) at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. The Pirates were 2004-05 SCAC Men’s Basketball regular-season Co-Champions (11-3), had the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year, three All-SCAC Men’s Basketball First Team honorees and the university’s first National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-American. Coach Samples has served as a men’s basketball camp instructor at Princeton University (2008), Harvard University (2008), Southwestern University (Texas; 2002-05), the University of North Carolina (2005), Georgetown University (2005) and the University of Kansas (2000-05). A four-year letterwinner in basketball and golf at the University of Dallas, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History. Also the assistant athletics director, he resides in Carrollton, Texas, with wife Sarah, daughter Addison and son Max.

matt grahn Assistant Coach

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# 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 15 20 21 22 23 25 31 32 33 34 35 44 55

Player Name Emmanuel Calton Victor Garate Solomon Berezin Alex Borse Sean Bambace TJ Cooks Michael Sarrat CJ Brown Lorenzo Gonzalez Sean Whitney Austin DiCambio Kyle Poe Ronnie Horner Chris Sarrat Darrius Colvin Tom Kaiser Rory MacCallum Prince Giadolor Sayon Rhodes Eli Martinez Ben Norton

2015 roster

Pos. G G G G G G G G G G G/F G F G G F/C F G G F G

Cl. So. Jr. So. So. Sr, Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr, So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Ht. 6'1'' 5'9" 5'11'' 6'2'' 5'10'' 6'0'' 6'3" 5'10'' 5'9" 6'4'' 6'5'' 5'8'' 6'5'' 6'4'' 6'4'' 6'7" 6'7'' 6'2'' 6'0'' 6'6'' 6'4''

Hometown Keller, TX Austin, TX League City, TX Denver, IN San Antonio, TX Jenks, OK Colleyville, TX Rochester, NY San Antonio, TX Boerne, TX Huntington Beach, CA Ventura, CA Forney, TX Colleyville, TX Waco, TX Nashville, TN Golden, CO Rockwall, TX Wichita Falls, TX Brownsville, TX Louisville, KY

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2014 results & statistics

2014-15 RESULTS (18-9, 7-7 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/16/2014 11/21/2014 11/22/2014 11/28/2014 11/29/2014 12/03/2014 12/06/2014 12/30/2014 01/03/2015 01/05/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/18/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/14/2015 02/19/2015 02/21/2015

at UC-Santa Cruz vs Redlands vs Howard Payne vs Sul Ross State at Linfield at Portland Bible Col. S'WESTERN ADVENTIST at Millsaps ILLINOIS COLLEGE at Austin College HENDRIX COLLEGE SCHREINER TRINITY at Centenary at Colorado College SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS LUTHERAN at Southwestern at Texas Lutheran CENTENARY COLORADO COLLEGE at Schreiner at Trinity ARLINGTON BAPTIST AUSTIN COLLEGE

02/27/2015 vs Colorado College 02/28/2015 vs Texas Lutheran

POINTS PER GAME Player Aaron Wyatt Michael Sarrat Mark Promberger Kym Malone Blaine Blackburn

PPG 11.8 11.4 8.9 8.7 7.8

W Wot W Wot W W W L W L W L W L L L W W L Wot W W L W W

64-57 75-73 71-56 79-76 61-51 72-60 85-62 57-63 80-66 68-69 73-56 61-64 67-53 53-70 58-65 77-87 73-68 72-66 74-80 87-84 65-59 87-77 73-80 107-93 83-66

W L

50-47 65-82

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Mark Promberger Tom Kaiser Aaron Wyatt Victor Garate Blaine Blackburn

Player Victor Garate Lorenzo Gonzalez Michael Sarrat Kym Malone Blaine Blackburn

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Aaron Wyatt Mark Promberger Tom Kaiser Kym Malone Michael Sarrat

Player Kym Malone Michael Sarrat Blaine Blackburn Aaron Wyatt Lorenzo Gonzalez

RPG 6.3 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.7

FG% .534 .527 .512 .451 .435

3FG% .468 .421 .406 .388 .381

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 40 22 19 18 17

Player Aaron Wyatt Tom Kaiser Anthony Johnson Michael Sarrat Kym Malone

BLOCKS 16 14 5 3 3

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2014 results & statistics

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

23 12 21 02 22 32 15 35 10 31 04 55 25 34 33 20 05 11 55 44 03

Aaron Wyatt Michael Sarrat Mark Promberger Kym Malone Blaine Blackburn Tom Kaiser Lorenzo Gonzalez Anthony Johnson Victor Garate Emmanuel Calton Solomon Berezin Bo Nielson Michael Hampson Sean Whitney Rory MacCallum Chris Sarrat Alex Borse Kyle Poe Bo Nielsen Cedric Ranaivo Zach Royal

111 102 101 68 74 77 50 39 23 12 3 3 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

217 239 189 159 170 146 121 95 51 31 4 9 24 5 4 3 0 2 0 1 2

# 23 12 21 02 22 32 15 35 10 31 04 55 25 34 33 20 05 11 55 44 03

Player Aaron Wyatt Michael Sarrat Mark Promberger Kym Malone Blaine Blackburn Tom Kaiser Lorenzo Gonzalez Anthony Johnson Victor Garate Emmanuel Calton Solomon Berezin Bo Nielson Michael Hampson Sean Whitney Rory MacCallum Chris Sarrat Alex Borse Kyle Poe Bo Nielsen Cedric Ranaivo Zach Royal

A 48 36 16 120 36 17 65 7 4 7 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5

TO 65 35 29 79 22 25 35 29 8 10 1 2 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 5

3-PTS % .512 .427 .534 .428 .435 .527 .413 .411 .451 .387 .750 .333 .417 .200 .750 .333 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

BLK 16 3 0 3 0 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

3FG 7 56 0 19 37 0 16 0 22 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

STL 18 22 15 40 19 4 17 7 5 9 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

FGA 18 138 0 49 97 0 38 0 47 9 2 0 10 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1

PTS 319 309 240 234 211 191 154 112 74 38 8 7 28 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0

AVG 11.8 11.4 8.9 8.7 7.8 7.1 5.7 4.1 3.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

F-THROWS % .389 .406 .000 .388 .381 .000 .421 .000 .468 .444 1.000 .000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

FTA

90 49 38 79 26 37 38 34 6 10 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

122 53 60 101 30 72 52 56 8 16 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

REBOUNDS

% .738 .925 .633 .782 .867 .514 .731 .607 .750 .625 .000 .500 .500 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

OFF DEF TOT AVG 51 15 54 12 13 70 7 13 3 5 0 3 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

Team Statistics

118 58 83 88 54 66 56 30 17 13 0 1 14 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 2

169 73 137 100 67 136 63 43 20 18 0 4 19 2 5 4 0 1 1 1 4

6.3 2.7 5.1 3.7 2.5 5.0 2.3 1.6 0.9 1.1 0.0 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.6

OPP

1937

1830

Points-per-game

71.7

67.8

Field goal pct.

.461

.409

3-point FG pct.

.406

.409

Free Throw pct.

.712

.711

954

895

35.3

33.1

371

317

13.7

11.7

366

362

13.6

13.4

165

146

6.1

5.4

1.6

3.1

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

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GP 22

GS 0

FG 23-51

FG% .451

FT 6-8

FT% .750

pts 74

ppg 3.4

reb oreb dreb rpg stl ast 20 3 17 0.9 5 4

#15

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 27 0 50-121 .413 38-52 .731 154 5.7 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 63 7 56 2.3 2 17 65

#32

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 27 0 77-146 .527 37-72 .514 191 7.1 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 136 70 66 5.0 14 4 17

GP 27

#12

junior | g junior | g junior | f/c junior | g

GONZALEZ SARRAT

michael

tom

lorenzo

KAISER

victor

GARATE

players to watch

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts 26 102-239 .427 49-53 .925 309

ppg 11.7

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 73 15 58 2.7 3 22 36

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season preview

Coming off one of the most historic seasons in program history, the University of Dallas men’s basketball team looks to bring another breath of excitement to the 2015-16 campaign. The Crusaders earned a trip to their first season Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) semi-final in four seasons since joining the league. Dallas boasted an 18-9 overall record, which tied the 2000-01 and 2002-03 win totals. UD also would open the year with seven-straight victories, which is the second longest undefeated start since the 2000-01 squad launched a 12-0 start. Dallas would go 9-2 at the Maher Center, which helped the SCAC Tournament’s host get a first round upset by defeating the fourth-seeded Colorado College team, 50-47. The Crusaders managed a 7-7 record against conference foes, but went 1-1 against each program. This included home wins against the co-conference champions, Texas Lutheran University and Centenary College of Louisiana. Entering his eighth season at the helm for the University of Dallas men’s basketball program, Jarred Samples brings a roster of 21 players for the upcoming winter season. 10 of those guys are returners from the previous year’s unit. “This is a new team this year, so we are trying to stay focused on the day-to-day process,” Coach Samples stated. “It’s important for us to stay focused on the details and be consistent. We want to continue to work hard every single day and get better.” Four of UD’s starting five from last season have departed from this year’s roster due to graduation. Among the quartet included: Kym Malone, Aaron Wyatt, Mark Promberger, and Blaine Blackburn. Three of the players reached an All-SCAC Team, and Malone was the league leader in assists. None of the names mentioned in this group missed a start, suiting up in all 27 contests. Junior Michael Sarrat was the lone non-graduate that had his name etched in the starting lineup the majority of the season, making all but one start (Senior Day) for the Crusaders. He was the team’s leading three-point shooter with 56 connected on and second on the team in points-per-game averaged.

“We expect Mike Sarrat to have another good year for us and probably has the most playing experience of anyone,” Coach Samples praised. “Mike has always been a terrific shooter, but we believe he has really improved his overall game, and people will be able to see that during the season.” Other players that were among the supporting cast in UD’s semi-finals run include juniors Lorenzo Gonzalez, Tom Kaiser, and Victor Garate. Sophomore Emmanuel Calton also gained experience in his rookie year and will provide a boost with his athleticism on the court. “Lorenzo Gonzalez is another player who has been part of our rotation the last two years and has worked extremely hard in the offseason both on his skills and in weight, so we believe he is set to have a great year as well,” Coach Samples explained. “Lorenzo is like a coach on the floor because he has such a high basketball IQ and understands what we are trying to execute. Tom Kaiser is another player who put up good numbers last year, and his role will expand this year as we expect him to anchor our front court.” 11 newcomers are on the roster as well, including eight freshmen. Coach Samples referenced them as “a talented group. It will be interesting to see how they adjust to the college game. Our returners have been great helping them with everything to speed up their learning process.” Dallas has scheduled 25 games this season, including 11 at home in the Maher Center. On the ledger, the Crusaders will make trips to Roanoke, Virginia, and Boston, which Coach Samples “Is looking forward to, because it gives an opportunity to compete against teams that we typically do not see.” The excitement begins for the Crusaders on November 15, at • The Crusaders Hendrix College. UD will be on posted the second the road for the first five contests, before its home opener on Delongest undefeated cember 6 against the same foe. start in program history last season, beginning the year 7-0

QUICK NOTES

•

Dallas performed well at home, going 9-2 while playing in the Maher Center

•

Of the 21 players on the roster this year, 10 are returners

•

Junior Michael Sarrat is one of the only starters returning to the team after a large graduating class last year

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MOUNTAINEERS

43 QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Kerrville, Texas FOUNDED: 1923 ENROLLMENT: 1,260 NICKNAME: Mountaineers COLORS: Maroon and white STADIUM: Mountaineer Field PRESIDENT: Dr. Tim Summerlin ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Ron Macosko ATHLETIC TRAINER: Janel Carlile MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH: Connor Kuykendall

President Athletic Director Dr. Tim Summerlin Ron Macosko

Sports Information Director

Ryan Brisbin

Athletic Trainer Janel Carlile

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

NOV. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 24 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 14 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 DEC. 30 DEC. 31 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 JAN. 15 JAN. 16 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 JAN. 29 JAN. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 FEB. 12 FEB. 13 FEB. 20

HARDIN-SIMMONS Angelo State McMurry Hardin-Simmons East Texas Baptist LeTourneau Mary Hardin-Baylor Kalamazoo Ripon UW-PLATTEVILLE MCMURRY Centenary* Colorado College* SOUTHWESTERN* TEXAS LUTHERAN* Trinity* Austin College* Dallas* AUSTIN COLLEGE* DALLAS* Southwestern* Texas Lutheran* CENTENARY* COLORADO COLLEGE* TRINITY*

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2015 staff

CONNOR KUYKENDALL

Connor Kuykendall was named as the new head coach for the Schreiner Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball program on Monday, April 14, 2014, replacing Jimmy Smith who left the Mountaineers for another opportunity. Connor spent the last two seasons as the assistant coach for the Mountaineers under Smith. During his two seasons, Kuykendall helped build a strong foundation for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball program. The 2013-14 team finished 15-12 overall, 10-4 in SCAC conference play, and won their first conference tournament game, all school records (in NCAA era). In his two seasons, SU has qualified for conference tournament play both seasons. Prior to coming to Schreiner, Kuykendall had a very successful season as assistant coach at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND. The Wildcats finished the year with a 27-5 overall record, were Region 13 champions, won the Mon-Dak Conference title and finished 11th in NJCAA national polls. Connor was involved in all aspects of recruiting, performed on-floor coaching, was involved with preparing scouting reports, game day prep, breaking down film and developing offensive and defensive strategies. He was also Academic Advisor for the program. One of his players, Tommy Woolridge, earned NJCAA All-Ameri-

can honors. He also taught courses for NDSCS in Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Prior to going north to NDSCS, Connor was graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division II Angelo State University from 2009-11. During his tenure, the team was 28-26 overall and the 2010 team qualified for the Lone State Conference Tournament. One of his players, LaMarshall Corbett, was named a 2010 NCAA Division II All-American.. He also helped run the Fred Rike summer basketball camp. For the 2008-09 season, he was a volunteer assistant coach for his alma mater, UMHB. In 2007-08, he served as a student assistant coach for the Crusaders who won the ASC championship tournament. He played four years for Mary Hardin-Baylor from 2003-07. Connor was a standout player at Midlothian HS and holds the school single-season record for made three-pointers (93), made free throws (135) and free throw percentage (.840) and is the career leader in three pointers (267).

chris mcguire Assistant Coach

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2015 roster

Player Name Blake Kelley Christian Pena Josh Bashford Blake Watkins Keenan Gumbs Jared Thompson Nathan Robbins Luis Mancillas Quentin Lenard Chris Rouche’ Seth Levy Cody Schneider Bo Molina Andrew Logan Erick McCollum Dustin Bercutt Joseph Dauphin Wes Miller Trey Justice Phillip Kee

Pos. F G G G G G G G G G G G G G G F F F F F

Cl. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr.

Ht. 6’7” 6’1” 6’3” 6’4” 6’4” 6’1” 6’1” 5’10” 6’0” 6’0” 6’1” 6’0” 5’11” 6’2” 5’10” 6’7” 6’5” 6’6” 6’5” 6’8”

Hometown El Paso, Texas (Chapin) Fischer, Texas (Canyon Lake) San Antonio, Texas (Reagan ) Lago Vista, Texas (Lake Travis) Cibolo, Texas (Steele) San Antonio, Texas (Brandeis) Round Rock, Texas (Westwood) San Juan, Texas (PSJA) Boerne, Texas (Champion) Savannah, Georgia (San Antonio Christian) Devine, Texas (Devine) Pasadena, Texas (First Baptist Christian Academy) San Antonio, Texas (Johnson) Leander, Texas (Rouse) Hondo, Texas (Hondo) Plano, Texas (Plano) Castroville, Texas (Medina Valley) San Antonio, Texas (Alamo Heights) Utopia, Texas (Utopia) Killeen, Texas (Ellison)

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2014 results & statistics

2014-15 RESULTS (12-14, 5-9 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/16/2014 11/22/2014 11/24/2014 12/01/2014 12/15/2014 12/19/2014 12/20/2014 12/30/2014 12/31/2014 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/17/2015 01/20/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015

at Pacific (Ore.) at Willamette CONCORDIA (TEXAS) HARDIN-SIMMONS TEXAS-TYLER at McMurry vs Pacific Lutheran vs Anderson at Texas-Tyler vs LeTourneau at TAMU-Kingsville at Dallas at Austin College TEXAS LUTHERAN SOUTHWESTERN TRINITY COLORADO COLLEGE CENTENARY at Colorado College

W W L L W W W W W L L W L W L W W L L

65-58 69-57 86-103 58-59 79-78 60-53 79-68 65-62 72-60 74-76 56-64 64-61 66-71 77-72 54-74 81-66 70-66 58-62 56-68

02/01/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/14/2015 02/21/2015 02/27/2015

at Centenary at Texas Lutheran at Southwestern DALLAS AUSTIN COLLEGE at Trinity vs Southwestern

L L L L W L Lot

71-78 77-80 62-69 77-87 66-63 66-70 76-81

POINTS PER GAME Player Stevan Guerrero Wes Miller Christian Pena Jared Thompson Phillip Kee

PPG 11.1 11.0 9.7 7.7 7.6

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Phillip Kee Christian Pena Maverick Harris Ryan Evans Hollis Robinson

Player Maverick Harris Christian Pena Wes Miller Jared Thompson Keenan Gumbs

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Stevan Guerrero Hollis Robinson Christian Pena Phillip Kee Wes Miller

Player Stevan Guerrero Hollis Robinson Jared Thompson Keenan Gumbs Christian Pena Maverick Harris

RPG 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.2 3.0

FG% .567 .504 .490 .488 .487

3FG% .448 .431 .393 .383 .367

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 24 19 16 13 10 10

Player Hollis Robinson Maverick Harris Wes Miller Christian Pena Dustin Bercutt

BLOCKS 12 4 2 2 2

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2014 results & statistics TOTAL

Player

3-PTS

FGA

3FG

FGA

F-THROWS %

FTA

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AVG

Stevan Guerrero

100

237

.422

.277

105

.676

140

155

6.0

Wes Miller

179

.480

.393

122

.754

3.0

Christian Pena

115

.504

.431

.845

100

5.0

Jared Thompson

148

.419

.383

.722

2.8

Phillip Kee

.567

.000

.286

4.2

Keenan Gumbs

134

.448

.367

.600

2.0

Maverick Harris

102

.490

.448

.769

2.0

Hollis Robinson

119

.487

.346

.655

148

5.7

Dustin Bercutt

.412

.156

.690

2.5

Charlie Nunez

.368

.237

.625

1.1

Ryan Evans

.488

.000

.600

2.6

Nathan Robbins

.344

.381

1.000 1

0.6

Adrian Marin

.231

.000

.444

0.5

Blake Kelley

.500

.000

.667

1.4

Luis Mancillas

.300

.261

.400

0.9

Dustin Linder

.333

.250

.000

0.7

Bo Molina

.000

0.0

Player

Stevan Guerrero

289 11.1

Wes Miller

275 11.0

Christian Pena

Jared Thompson

Phillip Kee

Keenan Gumbs

Maverick Harris

Hollis Robinson

TO BLK STL PTS AVG

Team Statistics

SCH

OPP

1784

1806

Points-per-game

68.6

69.5

193 9.7

Field goal pct.

.446

.452

199 7.7

3-point FG pct.

.350

Free Throw pct.

.702

.689

159 7.2

169 7.0

909

776

144 5.5

35.0

29.8

Dustin Bercutt

105 4.2

310

289

Charlie Nunez

3.7

11.9

11.1

Ryan Evans

3.4

349

302

Nathan Robbins

1.8

13.4

11.6

Adrian Marin

1.7

117

179

Blake Kelley

1.4

4.5

6.9

Luis Mancillas

1.3

Dustin Linder

0.6

1.0

2.0

Bo Molina

0.0

SCORING

7.6

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

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GP 22

GS 2

FG 60-134

FG% .448

FT 21-35

FT% .600

pts 159

ppg 7.2

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 45 8 37 2.0 1 13 24

#55

GP GS FG FG% pts ppg 5 5 17-30 .567 38 7.2 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 21 6 15 4.2 1 2 2

#35

GP 25

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 25 86-179 .480 92-122 .754 275 11.0

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 75 33 42 3.0 2 6 14

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 20 9 58-115 .504 49-58 .845 193 9.7 reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 100 25 75 5.0 2 10 21

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 26 12 62-148 .419 52-72 .722 199 7.7

#10

jared

THOMPSON

PENA

christian

wes

MILLER

KEE

phillip

GUMBS

keenan

players to watch

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 73 40 33 2.8 1 16 19

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season preview

The 2015-16 Schreiner Mountaineers Men’s Basketball team will be looking for consistency with its good mix of returners and newcomers. Head Coach Connor Kuykendall, who enters his second season as Head Coach, will look to improve on their 12-14 overall, 5-9 SCAC record from the ’14-15 campaign. Schreiner came out of the gates last season with a 7-4 non-conference record before finishing with a tough double overtime loss in the first round of the SCAC tournament against Southwestern. With the loss of starters Stevan Guerrero (11.1 ppg/6 rpg) and Hollis Robinson (5.5 ppg/5.7 rpg) from last year’s squad, Kuykendall will be looking for solid performances from key returners like Juniors Wes Miller (11ppg/3rpg), Jared Thompson (7.7ppg/2.8 rpg), Phillip Kee (7.6 ppg/4.2 rpg), Sophomore Keenan Gumbs (7.2ppg/2rpg), and Senior Christian Pena (9.7ppg/5rpg). Some of the new faces looking to make their mark for

Schreiner will be transfers Quentin Lenard (Palomar CC), Andrew Logan (Oklahoma Wesleyan), along with freshmen Chris Rouche’ (SA Christian), Blake Watkins (Lake Travis HS), Josh Bashford (Reagan HS), and Seth Levy (Devine HS). The Mountaineers non-conference schedule will include tough match ups against the likes of Hardin-Simmons, Angelo State, East Texas Baptist, Wisconsin-Platteville, McMurry, and Mary-Hardin Baylor. Schreiner will begin conference play in Shreveport, Louisiana versus Centenary on January 8th.

QUICK NOTES •

The Mountaineers will be led by second-year Head Coach Connor Kuykendall

•

Returning for Schreiner are four of the team’s top five scorers from last season

•

Wes Miller, an AllSCAC Third team selection will return for the Mountaineers

•

SU brings in two transfers this year, along with four freshmen

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pirates

QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Georgetown, Texas FOUNDED: 1873 ENROLLMENT: 1,265 NICKNAME: Pirates COLORS: Black and gold STADIUM: Varsity Field PRESIDENT: Edward Burger ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Dr. Glada Munt ATHLETIC TRAINER: Glenn Schwab MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH: Janson Hightower

President Edward Burger

Sports Information Director

Megan Hardin

Athletic Director Dr. Glada Munt

Director of Athletic Training Services Glenn Schwab

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Nov. 13 Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Nov. 28 Dec. 2 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 19 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19

Howard Payne St. Edward’s Hardin-Simmons Texas-Tyler Mary Hardin-Baylor Hardin-Simmons Concordia (TX) Wayland Baptist Illinois Wesleyan Hendrix East Texas Baptist Texas-Tyler Texas Lutheran* Austin College* Dallas* Schreiner* Trinity* Centenary* Colorado College* Centenary* Colorado College* Schreiner* Trinity* Austin College* Dallas* Texas Lutheran*

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coaching staff

JANSON HIGHTOWER

Janson Hightower begins his second season as head coach of the Pirates. In his first season, Hightower led the Pirates to a 15-11 record and berth in the SCAC Championship where they advanced to the semifinals. Hightower had four players earn All-SCAC honors, one Second Team, one Third Team and two Honorable Mentions. Hightower joined the Southwestern staff in August of 2012 as the assistant men’s basketball coach and assistant golf coach. During his two seasons, Southwestern players earned six All-SCAC honors and the Pirates made the SCAC Conference Tournament both seasons. Hightower is no stranger to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference basketball. He was a standout at Hendrix College and team captain his senior season. He led the team in assists three seasons and was the Hendrix College NCAA Division III assists leader. Hightower also led the Warriors in steals his senior year and was a member of the teams that advanced to the SCAC Conference Tournament semi-finals in 2008 and 2009. Hightower was also selected as

the Carl Babcock Award Winner, awarded to one Hendrix College male athlete for character and leadership in athletics. He graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and business. Prior to Southwestern, Hightower was a graduate assistant and operations director for the men’s basketball program at the University of Central Arkansas where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration in May 2012. Hightower has been a head coach for the Georgetown Fury Select Club Basketball Program for two summers, coaching 20 junior varsity and varsity level players to numerous tournament championships statewide.

ZAC GRAHAM Assistant Coach

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# 1 2 4 5 10 11 12 15 20 22 23 24 25 32 45

2015 roster

Player Name Tyler Bault Jt Williams Ryan Ogden Joseph Cromeens Chris Lee Connor Kim Zachary Whitlock Nnamdi Akabogu Chris Molina Roosevelt Odidi Karrey Sanders Dimitri Christie Benjamin Stiver Randy Flowers Stan Kannegieter

Pos. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr.

Cl. F G F G G G F F G F G F G C/F F

Ht. 6-5 6-0 6-3 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-5 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-8 6-8

Hometown San Antonio, Texas Houston, Texas Bellaire, Texas El Paso, Texas San Antonio, Texas Atascadero, Calif. San Angelo, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas Southampton, N.Y. DeSoto, Texas Houston, Texas Fullerton, Calif. Athens, Texas Meteren, Gelderland, Netherlands

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2014 results & stats

2014-15 RESULTS (15-11, 8-6 SCAC) 11/22/2014 11/24/2014 12/01/2014 12/13/2014 12/16/2014 12/19/2014 12/20/2014 12/30/2014 12/31/2014 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/17/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 02/06/2015

HARDIN-SIMMONS TEXAS LUTHERAN at Mary Hardin-Baylor at Hardin-Simmons WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY vs SUNYIT vs Pacific Lutheran vs LeTourneau at Texas-Tyler TEXAS LUTHERAN COLORADO COLLEGE CENTENARY at Trinity at Schreiner at Dallas at Austin College DALLAS AUSTIN COLLEGE TRINITY

L W L L L W W W W L W L W W W W L W W

57-70 55-53 68-71 63-81 57-77 87-65 53-49 79-74 73-71 76-81 81-68 65-70 74-69 74-54 87-77 69-64 66-72 50-48 60-54

02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/15/2015 02/20/2015 02/21/2015 02/27/2015 02/28/2015

SCHREINER at Colorado College at Centenary at Texas Lutheran UC-SANTA CRUZ vs Schreiner vs Centenary

W L L L W Wot L

69-62 59-65 64-68 63-75 74-56 81-76 80-87

POINTS PER GAME Player Ryan Ogden Chris Lee Zach Whitlock Blake Scott Travis Kurtz

PPG 10.6 10.2 9.9 7.7 7.3

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Zach Whitlock Ryan Ogden Danny Kellum Chris Lee Travis Kurtz

Player Ryan Ogden Chris Molina Ben Stiver Travis Kurtz Chris Lee

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Ryan Ogden Zach Whitlock Blake Scott Travis Kurtz Ben Stiver

Player Chris Lee Adrian Johnson Travis Kurtz Chris Molina Ryan Ogden Zach Whitlock

RPG 6.1 5.4 4.6 3.3 2.4

FG% .528 .504 .446 .425 .417

3FG% .457 .440 .375 .366 .351

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 26 23 22 19 16 16

Player Blake Scott Zach Whitlock Ryan Ogden Chris Lee Three tied...

BLOCKS 40 9 9 8 3

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2014 results & stats

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

3-PTS %

3FG

FGA

F-THROWS %

FTA

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AVG

33 03

Ryan Ogden Chris Lee

68 82

135 193

.504 .425

21 34

46 97

.457 .351

65 57

86 69

.756 40 .826 12

89 42

129 54

6.1 2.2

12 01 15 20 05 25 45 11 02 23 32 04 24 44 10

Zach Whitlock Blake Scott Travis Kurtz Chris Molina Adrian Johnson Ben Stiver Danny Kellum Connor Kim Brandyn Hawk Kerry Sanders Nnamdi Akabogu Carson Severson Josh Mann Jared McAda Eric Garza

102 79 55 56 36 39 25 13 15 15 9 2 4 0 0

193 194 132 150 103 101 56 45 42 47 19 10 15 1 1

.528 .407 .417 .373 .350 .386 .446 .289 .357 .319 .474 .200 .267 .000 .000

3 6 30 37 20 24 3 8 7 4 0 0 1 0 0

11 20 82 84 65 64 7 31 20 18 3 3 4 1 1

.273 .300 .366 .440 .308 .375 .429 .258 .350 .222 .000 .000 .250 .000 .000

50 35 42 28 40 20 8 7 13 9 0 2 2 0 0

87 73 58 36 53 29 16 8 19 16 4 8 4 0 0

.575 .479 .724 .778 .755 .690 .500 .875 .684 .563 .000 .250 .500 .000 .000

105 81 67 31 45 47 33 7 30 19 16 4 5 2 2

140 119 83 38 50 61 41 10 39 23 31 8 5 3 2

5.4 4.6 3.3 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.0 0.6 2.0 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.4 1.0 2.0

# 33 03 12 01 15 20 05 25 45 11 02 23 32 04 24 44 10

Player Ryan Ogden Chris Lee Zach Whitlock Blake Scott Travis Kurtz Chris Molina Adrian Johnson Ben Stiver Danny Kellum Connor Kim Brandyn Hawk Kerry Sanders Nnamdi Akabogu Carson Severson Josh Mann Jared McAda Eric Garza

A 18 37 24 43 29 25 58 10 9 21 59 11 2 3 0 0 0

TO 44 34 45 51 19 28 37 20 8 15 31 15 14 4 3 0 0

BLK 9 8 9 40 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

STL 16 26 16 10 22 19 23 7 2 3 14 6 8 2 1 0 2

PTS 222 255 257 199 182 177 132 122 61 41 50 43 18 6 11 0 0

AVG 10.6 10.2 9.9 7.7 7.3 6.8 5.1 4.9 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.0

35 38 16 7 5 14 8 3 9 4 15 4 0 1 0

Team Statistics

OPP

1776

1757

Points-per-game

68.3

67.6

Field goal pct.

.418

.407

3-point FG pct.

.355

.295

Free Throw pct.

.668

.675

933

971

35.9

37.3

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

349

293

13.4

11.3

374

14.4

177

193

6.8

7.4

3.1

2.6

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#11

GP 16

#10

GS 0

FG 12-43

FG% .279

FT 6-7

FT% .857

pts 37

ppg 2.3

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 9 3 6 0.6 1 3 21

GP 25

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 25 82-193 .425 57-69 .826 255 10.2

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 54 12 42 2.2 8 26 37

#20

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 26 2 56-150 .373 28-36 .778 177 6.8 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 38 7 31 1.5 3 19 25

GP 21

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 6 68-136 .500 65-86 .756 222 10.6

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 129 40 89 6.1 8 16 18

GP 26

#12

ZACH

WHITLOCK

RYAN

OGDEN

CHRIS

MOLINA

LEE

CHRIS

KIM

CONNOR

players to watch

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts 24 105-196 .536 50-87 .575 263

ppg 10.1

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 141 36 105 5.4 9 17 24

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2015 season preview

Southwestern men’s basketball head coach Janson Hightower enters his second season with high hopes. Hightower guided the Pirates to a 15-11 overall record, 8-6 in conference play last season, and an SCAC Championship bid where SU fell in the semifinals. Hightower returns seven from last year’s team including two starters and the top three scorers. Those scorers include SU’s lone senior, Chris Lee, junior Zach Whitlock and sophomore Ryan Ogden. Ogden led the way averaging 10.6 points per game while Lee and Whitlock were close behind at 10.2 and 10.1 respectively. Also returning are Southwestern’s best deep threats, Chris Molina and Ben Stiver. Molina shot 44 percent from three point range, draining a team-high 37 three-pointers last year. Stiver shot 38.6 percent from the floor last season, averaging one per game. Last season, the Pirates averaged 68.6 points per game, which ranked fourth in the conference. The team also shot .419 from

teh field, and .355 from beyond the arc. SU ranked third in the SCAC, pulling down 36.0 rebounds and dishing out 13.5 assists per game. They also had the third best mark in blocks and steals with 3.1 and 6.8, respectively. Much needed height has been added to the roster this season with six first-years, three listed 6’5” or taller. Southwestern opens the season at home on Friday, November 13th, hosting Howard Payne University. The Pirates don’t face an SCAC opponent until the new year, kicking off conference play against Texas Lutheran University in Seguin on January 2nd.

QUICK NOTES •

Head Coach Janson Hightower will enter his second season atop the program after helping the Pirates to a semifinal berth in the 2015 tournament

•

The Pirates will have just one senior on the roster

•

The three top scorers for the 2014-15 squad will be returning this season

•

Hightower has brought in six ffirstyear players, including three listed at 6’5” or taller

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bulldogs

QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Seguin, Texas FOUNDED: 1891 ENROLLMENT: 1,300 NICKNAME: Bulldogs COLORS: Black and gold FACILITY: Gustafson Field PRESIDENT: Stuart Dorsey ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Bill Miller ATHLETIC TRAINER: Matt Matocha MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH: Jimmy Smith

President Stuart Dorsey

Sports Information Director

Tim Clark

Athletic Director Bill Miller

Athletic Trainer Matt Matocha

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Nov. 15 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 29 Dec. 20 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 19

Texas-Tyler Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Hardin-Simmons LeTourneau East Texas Baptist Mary Hardin-Baylor Illinois Wesleyan Alma College Lamar East Texas Baptist Southwestern* Dallas* Austin College* Trinity* Schreiner* Colorado College* Centenary* Colorado College* Centenary* Trinity* Schreiner* Dallas* Austin College* Southwestern*

7 p.m. 6 p.m. 10 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.

coaching staff

JIMMY smith Jimmy Smith starts his second season as head coach of Texas Lutheran Men’s Basketball after leading the Bulldogs to the 2014-15 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships (tournament and regular-season titles) and to the program’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament. Smith is 44-37 overall as a head coach (one year at Texas Lutheran, two years at Schreiner). He is 29-18 in conference play (one year in the American Southwest Conference and two years in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference). Smith came to TLU from Schreiner University, where served as head coach for two seasons. Smith was announced as the head coach at TLU on April 7, 2014. He is the ninth head coach in the history of TLU Men’s Basketball. Smith was named the 2014-15 SCAC Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to an 18-10 overall record and an 11-3 mark in the SCAC. TLU entered the SCAC Men’s Basketball Tournament as the No. 1 seed and defeated University of Dallas and Centenary in the tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament. TLU lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, played at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas. The 18-10 overall record and 11-3 conference mark were significant improvements from the season prior to Coach Smith’s arrival. The Bulldogs were 9-17 overall and 3-11 in 2013-14. In his first year with the Bulldogs, Smith engineered a nine-win turn-around in the overall record and an eight-win turn-around in the conference mark. TLU went from three total wins over NCAA Division III opponents in 2013-14 to 18 wins against DIII opponents in 2014-15 (a 15win improvement). In addition to his Coach of the Year honor, Smith guided Jordan Kouremetis to SCAC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors and to a First Team All-SCAC Award. Senior forward Donte McGee was named to the 2014-15 SCAC First Team and was named SCAC Defensive Player of the Year. Smith came to Seguin after spending the last

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two years at the helm of the Schreiner program, where he helped lead a quick turnaround for the Mountaineers, amassing a 26-27 record in those two years. Before Smith came to Schreiner, the Mountaineers’ record in their Division III era was 92-253 (.270 win pct.). In just his second season, Smith guided Schreiner to its first winning season since joining the NCAA Division III, finishing 15-12 overall and 10-4 in the SCAC. Smith’s squad finished second in the SCAC standings and reached the semifinals of the SCAC Championship. Two seasons ago, Smith’s Mountaineers set school records (NCAA-era) for wins (15), winning percentage (.556), conference winning percentage (.714) and points per game allowed (68.9). He also coached the 2013-14 SCAC Co-Player of the Year and SCAC Defensive Player of the Year AJ Myres. Before coming to Schreiner, Smith spent three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. As both a player and coach at UMHB, Smith was part of a winning culture. During his three years as an assistant coach, the Cru racked up a 70-18 record and qualified for three NCAA Tournaments. He also enjoyed an outstanding playing career for UMHB, earning the school’s Male Athlete of the Year award and All-ASC West Division recognition. He was also the first Cru basketball player to receive Academic All-District VI First Team honors. Smith began his coaching career at Sam Houston State University. He joined the Bearkats as an assistant coach in 2004 and spent two years with the basketball program, helping the Bearkats to a 40-21 record during that span. Smith is a husband and a father. Smith and his wife, Lori, are the parents of three young children - two girls and a boy.

thomas orr Assistant Coach

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2015 roster

Player Name

Pos.

Cl.

Ht.

Hometown

1 2 3 4 5 10 11 13 21 22 23 24 30 32 35 41 42 50 55

Sterling Holmes Patrick Jimenez Jordan Kouremetis Paris Marquez Kendall Holmes Blake Ray Michael Sullivan Ray Walker Jacob Kouremetis Aris Qadash Williams Zach Behr Alex Cage Elijah Sobers Shawn Hamilton Jackson Willoughby Harris Jowell Matthew Gillette Kelby Kaiser Matt Gauna

G G G G G G G G G F F G G F G F F F F

Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr.

6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-7 6-3

San Antonio, Texas Kerrville, Texas San Antonio, Texas Humble, Texas Houston, Texas Kerrville, Texas Frisco, Texas The Woodland, Texas San Antonio, Texas Pelham, Alab. Temple, Texas Round Rock, Texas Lawton, Okla. San Antonio, Texas Port Aransas, Texas Brock, Texas Spring, Texas Kerrville, Texas La Vernia, Texas

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2014 results & stats

2014-15 RESULTS (18-10, 11-3 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/18/2014 11/24/2014 11/25/2014 11/28/2014 12/02/2014 12/06/2014 12/19/2014 12/20/2014 12/29/2014 12/31/2014 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/17/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015 01/31/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/13/2015 02/15/2015 02/20/2015 02/28/2015 03/01/2015 03/06/2015

at Texas-Dallas CONCORDIA (TEXAS) at Southwestern HUSTON-TILLOTSON at Millsaps MCMURRY EAST TEXAS BAPTIST vs Anderson vs Wheaton (Ill.) at Hardin-Simmons MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR at Southwestern CENTENARY COLORADO COLLEGE at Schreiner at Trinity at Austin College at Dallas AUSTIN COLLEGE DALLAS SCHREINER TRINITY at Centenary at Colorado College SOUTHWESTERN vs Dallas vs Centenary vs Claremont-M-S

POINTS PER GAME Player Jordan Kouremetis Sterling Holmes Donte McGee Zach Behr Garrett Wilkins

PPG 14.3 12.5 10.7 7.5 6.0

L L L L W W L W W W L W W W L Wot W L W W W W L Wot W W W L

77-92 93-109 53-55 72-96 73-67 80-66 73-80 80-76 63-56 77-54 50-55 81-76 75-70 74-59 72-77 90-84 66-54 68-73 87-79 80-74 80-77 81-67 65-66 61-58 75-63 82-65 80-75 55-79

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Thomas Verm Harris Jowell Donte McGee Austin Pickens Sterling Holmes

Player Austin Pickens Jordan Kouremetis Sterling Holmes Donte McGee Josh Sanchez

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Donte McGee Sterling Holmes Thomas Verm Jordan Kouremetis Harris Jowell

Player Sterling Holme Josh Sanchez Garrett Wilkins Donte McGee Zach Behr Troy Guajardo

RPG 8.3 4.3 3.1 3.1 3.1

FG% .535 .507 .498 .434 .431

3FG% .516 .425 .394 .354 .339

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 26 21 18 18 13 13

Player Donte McGee Thomas Verm Harris Jowell Jordan Kouremetis Sterling Holmes

BLOCKS 22 6 6 5 5

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2014 results & stats

TOTAL #

Player

FGA

03 01 15 23 11 50 02 41 55 35 10 22 04 32 42 13 21 30 05 33

Jordan Kouremetis Sterling Holmes Donte McGee Zach Behr Garrett Wilkins Thomas Verm Josh Sanchez Harris Jowell Austin Pickens Michael Davis Joseph Richardson Aris Qadash Williams Louis Garza Blake Ray Matthew Gillette Joshua Alderman Troy Guajardo Elijah Sobers Kendall Holmes Keaton Fontenot

117 97 103 66 43 53 39 36 23 4 17 1 4 4 15 8 8 3 3 3

280 225 207 155 135 99 102 71 53 12 43 1 4 13 37 31 31 5 7 6

# 03 01 15 23 11 50 02 41 55 35 10 22 04 32 42 13 21 30 05 33

Player Jordan Kouremetis Sterling Holmes Donte McGee Zach Behr Garrett Wilkins Thomas Verm Josh Sanchez Harris Jowell Austin Pickens Michael Davis Joseph Richardson Aris Qadash Williams Louis Garza Blake Ray Matthew Gillette Joshua Alderman Troy Guajardo Elijah Sobers Kendall Holmes Keaton Fontenot

A 44 95 22 25 45 12 35 6 10 0 25 0 5 1 5 6 11 0 2 1

TO 39 72 39 36 49 35 19 32 14 3 22 0 12 4 6 6 14 2 4 2

3-PTS %

3FG

.418 .431 .498 .426 .319 .535 .382 .507 .434 .333 .395 1.000 1.000 .308 .405 .258 .258 .600 .429 .500 BLK 5 5 22 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

79 26 28 15 8 0 21 0 16 3 3 0 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 1

STL 12 26 18 13 18 5 21 9 4 1 7 0 0 2 9 2 13 2 3 1

FGA 186 66 79 50 36 0 62 0 31 5 9 0 1 3 0 27 14 2 0 3

PTS 399 350 299 209 155 138 111 93 78 13 53 2 22 11 39 33 32 9 8 9

AVG 14.3 12.5 10.7 7.5 6.0 4.9 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.6

F-THROWS % .425 .394 .354 .300 .222 .000 .339 .000 .516 .600 .333 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .222 .143 .500 .000 .333

FTA

86 130 65 62 61 32 12 21 16 2 16 0 13 3 9 11 14 2 2 2

104 160 90 97 92 48 17 31 20 2 30 0 21 4 17 14 19 3 9 6

REBOUNDS

% .827 .813 .722 .639 .663 .667 .706 .677 .800 1.000 .533 .000 .619 .750 .529 .786 .737 .667 .222 .333

OFF DEF TOT AVG 12 29 67 17 17 39 10 25 9 0 3 0 1 11 18 0 2 0 1 2

Team Statistics

74 90 166 55 52 48 47 61 25 6 20 0 2 4 22 12 5 0 6 5

86 119 233 72 69 87 57 86 34 6 23 0 3 15 40 12 7 0 7 7

3.1 4.3 8.3 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.0 3.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 2.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.4

TLU

OPP

2063

2002

Points-per-game

73.7

71.5

Field goal pct.

.427

.417

3-point FG pct.

.366

.339

Free Throw pct.

.713

.687

1058

974

37.8

34.8

350

375

12.5

13.4

414

395

14.8

14.1

166

189

5.9

6.8

103

1.7

3.7

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS Steals/game BLOCKS Blocks/game

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GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 28 3 66-155 .426 62-97 .639 209 7.5 reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 72 17 55 2.6 1 13 25

GP 28

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts 28 97-225 .431 130-160 .813 350

ppg 12.5

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 119 29 90 4.3 5 26 95

#41

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 28 1 36-71 .507 21-31 .677 93 3.3 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 86 25 61 3.1 6 9 6

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% 3fg 3fg% 28 27 117-280 .418 86-104 .827 79-186 .425

junior | f junior | G soph. | F junior | g

JORDAN

KOUREMETIS

HARRIS

JOWELL

HOLMES

STERLING

ZACH

BEHR

players to watch

pts ppg Reb oreb dreb rpg stl ast 399 14.3 86 12 74 3.1 12 44

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2015 season preview

After engineering magical runs to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships and to a first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament, the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs and second-year Head Coach Jimmy Smith enter the 2015-16 season with lofty expectations and a few targets on their backs. Smith took over a Bulldog squad that finished last in the SCAC in 2013-14. In one year, Smith and his squad went 18-10 overall and 11-3 in conference play. The team shared the regular-season crown with Centenary College (La.) and then defeated the Gents in the SCAC title game, played at the University of Dallas. (TLU defeated host Dallas in the SCAC semifinal.) The Bulldogs lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) and said goodbye to three senior starters Thomas Verm (center), Donte McGee (forward) and Garrett Wilkins (guard). McGee was named the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year and was selected to the SCAC First Team and to the SCAC All-Tournament Team. “Last year was a great experience for everyone involved,” said Smith. “It was a big step for the program just to get to that point. The big thing for us this year is that now that we have enjoyed success, we have to build on it. But we have to turn the page and understand that this is a new team and have to do it a different way. We have to figure out who those new people will be to have that success again.” The Bulldogs return SCAC Tournament Most Valuable Player Jordan Kouremetis, a shooting guard who also claimed SCAC First Team All-Conference honors last year. Kouremetis aver-

aged 14.3 points per game, shot 42.5 percent from the arc, and made 79 three-pointers. Kouremetis is joined in the Bulldog backcourt by junior point guard Sterling Holmes, the SCAC’s Co-Newcomer of the Year last season. Holmes averaged 12.5 points per game and started all 28 contests. He hit 43.1 percent of his total shots, 39.4 percent of his threes, and dished out 3.4 assists per game. He also pulled down 4.3 rebounds per contest. Kouremetis scored 14 points in the SCAC Tournament semifinal win over University of Dallas and had 20 points, with five three-pointers, in the championship game victory over Centenary. Kouremetis and the Bulldogs relied heavily on senior leadership last season – with McGee, Verm, Wilkins and back-up guards Joseph Richardson and Joshua Alderman. For 2015-16, the Bulldogs have one senior – reserve guard Kendall Holmes. “It will definitely be different with just one senior,” said Smith. “Last year’s senior group had been through a lot of situations. Now, really, it is only Jordan, Sterling and Zach (Behr) that played a lot of minutes from last year’s team.” “We are depending on guys that were in the program to fill the roles, but also some freshman to step up. We’re going to put out a lot of different lineups and see what people can do well. We are going to use these early games to figure that out. We have the pieces to fill. It’s about who is going to step up.”

QUICK NOTES

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The Bulldogs will return this season after winning their first SCAC championship and earning a berth to the NCAA tournament for the first time

•

Returning for the Bulldogs is Co-Newcomer of the Year, Sterling Holmes

•

SCAC Tournament MVP, Jordan Kouremetis, will also be returning this year for his junior season

•

There will be only one senior on the roster this year, Kendall Holmes

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tigers

67 QUICK FACTS LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas FOUNDED: 1869 ENROLLMENT: 2,700 NICKNAME: Tigers COLORS: Maroon and white FACILITY: McGinlay Soccer Field PRESIDENT: Dr. Danny Anderson ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Bob King ATHLETIC TRAINER: Marc Powel MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH: Pat Cunningham

President Dr. Danny Anderson

Athletic Director Bob King

Sports Information Director

Athletic Trainer Marc Powel

Justin Parker

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Nov. 14 NOV. 17 NOV. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 DEC. 1 DEC. 18 DEC. 19 DEC. 20 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 JAN. 15 JAN. 16 JAN. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 JAN. 29 JAN. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 FEB. 12 FEB. 13 Feb. 20

Mary Hardin-Baylor CONCORDIA (TX) HARDIN-SIMMONS Puget Sound Pacific Lutheran TEXAS-DALLAS HENDRIX KALAMAZOO RIPON Buena Vista TBD (Depauw Invitational) Colorado College* Centenary* TEXAS LUTHERAN* SOUTHWESTERN* SCHREINER* Dallas* Austin College* DALLAS* AUSTIN COLLEGE* Texas Lutheran* Southwestern* COLORADO COLLEGE* CENTENARY* Schreiner*

6 p.m. 7 P.M. 3 P.M. 8 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 P.M. 6 P.M. 7 P.M. 4 P.M. 5 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 P.M. 4 P.M. 6 P.M. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 P.M. 4 P.M. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 P.M. 4 P.M. 4 p.m.

Coaching staff

PAT cunningham The 2015-16 campaign marks the 17th season Pat Cunningham has served as Trinity’s head men’s basketball coach. He is also the Associate Director for Compliance. Coach Cunningham is the winningest men’s basketball coach in Trinity history. Since joining the Trinity staff in 1999, Coach Cunningham has amassed a record of 298-145 (.673). He has guided the Tigers to nine NCAA Division III Playoff appearances, and seven Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Trinity stands at 175-70 (.714) in SCAC competition under Coach Cunningham’s leadership. Trinity advanced to the Elite Eight in 2005, and won a school-record 25 games. Coach Cunningham’s squads have produced eight 20-win season over 16 years. Respected by his peers, Coach Cunningham has been elected SCAC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year on six occasions, in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, and 2014. Coach Cunningham was elected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Board of Directors in May 2015. He was honored at the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four in Houston, Texas, as a Guardian of the Game by the NABC. Coach Cunningham was the recipient of the Advocacy Award, which recognizes leadership and guidance on issues affecting the basketball community. Coach Cunningham is a former member of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship Committee.

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He was instrumental in starting the NABC All-Star Game. Prior to coming aboard at Trinity, Coach Cunningham was head coach at the University of Chicago from 19911999. His Chicago Maroons advanced to the Sweet 16 of the DIII Championships twice in a three-year period. Coach Cunningham was elected the University Athletic Association (UAA) Coach of the Year in three of his last four seasons at Chicago. During that time period, Coach Cunningham’s teams compiled an 82-23 record (.781). Chicago captured two UAA Championships, and had two runner-up finishes. Coach Cunningham was the head coach at Manchester (IN) University from 1987-1991, and was an assistant at Illinois State University from 1981-1987. Over a period of 28 years, Coach Cunningham has chalked up a 450-311 (.591) overall record, placing him in the top-30 of active Division III coaches by victories. Coach Cunningham earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from Kalamazoo (MI) College in 1974. An outstanding student-athlete, he was a captain of the Hornets men’s basketball team. Coach Cunningham later received a Master of Science degree in athletic administration from Illinois State. Coach Cunningham and his wife, Mary Jo, are the parents of a son and daughter, fraternal twins Casey and Claire, who are both college students.

David Smith Assistant Coach

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# 10 11 14 20 24 25 30 33 34 42 50

2015 roster

Player Name Brian Blum Nik Oakes Joseph Thomas Jimmy Clark Matt Jones Khambrel Roach Lorenzo Garza AJ Pulliam Aaron Knopp Matthew Bender Josh Ingram

Pos. G G G G G G F F F F F

Cl. SO SO JR SR SO JR SO JR SO SO JR

Ht. 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-7 6-7 6-4

Hometown Houston, Texas Humble, Texas Friendswood, Texas Rockford, Ill. Austin, Texas Miami, Fla. Brownsville, Texas Bryan, Texas Sugar Land, Texas Dallas, Texas Flagstaff, Ariz.

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2014 results & stats

2014-15 RESULTS (5-20, 4-10 SCAC) 11/15/2014 11/17/2014 11/21/2014 11/22/2014 12/01/2014 12/05/2014 12/06/2014 12/18/2014 12/19/2014 12/20/2014 01/03/2015 01/09/2015 01/10/2015 01/16/2015 01/17/2015 01/20/2015 01/23/2015 01/24/2015 01/30/2015

at Hardin-Simmons MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR at Claremont-M-S at Pomona-Pitzer at Concordia (Texas) vs Emory at Washington (Mo.) WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY WHEATON (ILL.) SUNYIT at Texas-Dallas at Austin College at Dallas SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS LUTHERAN at Schreiner CENTENARY COLORADO COLLEGE at Centenary

L L L L L L L L L W L L L L Lot L Lot W L

74-100 51-78 54-64 59-63 55-81 74-83 77-79 52-67 63-68 65-61 60-73 48-60 53-67 69-74 84-90 66-81 74-79 74-54 64-77

01/31/2015 02/06/2015 02/07/2015 02/14/2015 02/13/2015 02/21/2015

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Lot L L W W W

65-70 54-60 67-81 80-73 55-41 70-66

POINTS PER GAME Player A.J. Pulliam Matt Selling Brian Blum Jimmy Clark Aaron Knopp

PPG 13.9 12.5 7.0 6.2 4.2

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE

Player Aaron Knopp A.J. Pulliam Matt Selling Matt Jones Nik Oakes

Player Matt Jones Jimmy Clark Matt Selling A.J. Pulliam Brian Blum

REBOUNDS PER GAME

STEALS

Player Matt Selling Matt Jones A.J. Pulliam Jimmy Clark Aaron Knopp

Player Craig Saltarelli Matt Selling A.J. Pulliam Matt Jones Nik Oakes

RPG 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.7

FG% .564 .490 .435 .425 .407

3FG% .394 .393 .393 .375 .353

BLOCKED SHOTS STEALS 25 25 22 21 17

Player A.J. Pulliam Matt Selling Aaron Knopp Brian Blum Josh Ingram Khambrel Roach

BLOCKS 17 9 9 7 5 5

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2014 results & stats

TOTAL #

Player

3-PTS

FGA

3FG

FGA

F-THROWS %

FTA

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT AVG

A.J. Pulliam

118

241

.490

.375

110

.664 24

3.5

Matt Selling

114

262

.435

140

.393

.600 23

102

4.1

Brian Blum

158

.373

102

.353

.625 8

2.3

Jimmy Clark

124

.379

.393

.685 29

3.2

Aaron Knopp

.564

.667

.333 15

2.7

Matt Jones

.425

.394

.677 31

3.5

Craig Saltarelli

105

.324

.278

.525 10

2.0

Nik Oakes

.407

.341

.308 24

2.0

Joseph Thomas

.390

.320

.609 13

1.5

Josh Ingram

.382

.200

.625 19

2.0

Khambrel Roach

.250

.111

.722 8

1.5

William Young

.357

.000

.520 9

1.8

Vinay Reddy

.333

.000

.333 4

2.3

Matthew Bender

.556

.000

.500 14

2.2

Lorenzo Garza

.000

.000 1

0.4

Cal Miller

.000

.000 0

0.0

Player

A.J. Pulliam

333 13.9

Matt Selling

313 12.5

Brian Blum

Jimmy Clark

Aaron Knopp

Matt Jones

Craig Saltarelli

Nik Oakes

TO BLK STL PTS AVG

Team Statistics

OPP

1607

1790

Points-per-game

64.3

71.6

174 7.0

Field goal pct.

.409

.441

155 6.2

3-point FG pct.

.338

.403

4.2

Free Throw pct.

.591

.683

4.2

104 4.2

823

954

3.9

32.9

38.2

Joseph Thomas

3.6

362

Josh Ingram

3.4

14.5

Khambrel Roach

2.3

318

346

William Young

1.9

12.7

13.8

Vinay Reddy

1.8

176

141

Matthew Bender

1.4

7.0

5.6

Lorenzo Garza

0.0

Cal Miller

0.0

2.7

2.5

SCORING

REBOUNDS Rebounds/game ASSISTS Assists/game TURNOVERS Turnovers/game STEALS BLOCKS Blocks/game

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#20

GP 25

GS 7

FG 47-124

FG% .379

FT 50-73

FT% .685

pts 155

ppg 6.2

reb oreb dreb rpg BLK stl ast 81 29 52 3.2 3 16 27

#24

GP GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 23 12 31-73 .425 21-31 .677 96 4.2 reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 81 31 50 3.5 3 21 79

GP 24

#33

senior | g soph. | g junior | f

a.j.

PULLIAM

matt

JONES

jimmy

CLARK

players to watch

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts ppg 19 118-241 .490 73-110 .664 333 13.9

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 84 24 60 3.5 17 22 18

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2015 season preview

The Trinity Tigers men’s basketball team is ready to start the 2015-16 campaign with a renewed enthusiasm. Last season, Trinity finished with a 5-20 overall record, and a 4-10 mark in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Tigers finished on a high note, winning their last three games of the season. Three seniors were lost to graduation: William Young, Craig Saltarelli, and All-SCAC Third Team honoree Matt Selling. The good news is that 11 returning players will take the floor November 14 when the Tigers open the season at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. Trinity tips off its home schedule November 17 by hosting Concordia University. “We are excited about the coming season,” said Head Coach Pat Cunningham, in his 17th year at the Tigers helm. “We do have some experienced players back, who we hope will use that experience to add to this season’s success.” Jimmy Clark is a fifth-year senior guard who will be playing his fourth season, while earning a master’s degree in health care administration. A hard worker, the 6-foot-3 Clark shot over 39 percent in 3-point range, and averaged 6.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season. Four juniors will be joining Clark, in bringing playing experience to this year’s team. Forward AJ Pulliam is back, and was the leading scorer last season. The 6-foot-5 Pulliam accounted for nearly 14 points per matchup, along with 3.5 rebounds, while shooting 49 percent from the field. He also made 22 steals, and blocked 17 shots. The remaining junior class consists of 6-foot-3 guard Khambrel Roach, along with 6-foot-4 forward Josh Ingram. Each played in over 20 games, and started five. Also back is 6-foot-3 guard Joseph Thomas. The sophomore group is a talented list, many who contributed much during last year’s season. Brian Blum, a 6-foot-5 guard, accounted for seven points per game, while shooting over 37 percent. Guard Matt Jones, who stands 5-foot-10, is the leading returner in assists per game, with an average of 3.4 per contest. He also pulled in 3.5 rebounds per game, and was one of the leaders in steals. Nik Oakes, a 6-foot-3 guard, started in eight games a year ago and shot nearly 41 percent from the field. Returning 6-foot-7 forward Aaron Knopp started 12 games, and Matthew Bender, who is also 6-foot-7, played significant minutes on the front line. Jayden Holden, a 6-foot-4 forward, was also a member of the Tigers football team last season. “We are taller than we were a year ago,” Coach Cunningham

commented. “We are working on all aspects of the game, and are hoping to be more of an up-tempo team, as well as being more efficient on the offensive end of the floor.” Height is definitely a characteristic of the six first-year players who are now Trinity Tigers. Winning the height contest is 6-foot-9 forward Ben Beatie of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Kevin Owens is a 6-foot-8 forward from Austin, Texas; and Danny Rivara, who hails from Horseshoe Bay, Texas, comes in at 6-foot-7 in the front court position. Matthew Colliflower is a 6-foot-6 forward from League City, Texas; and Isaiah Specks, from Pearland, Texas, checks in at 6-foot-4. In the backcourt, a newcomer is 6-foot guard Taylor Kim from Atascadero, California. Assistant Coach Ross Burt has been impressed with the preseason work of the returning players and the first-year Tigers. Coach Burt believes a balance of the group will turn out to be a successful venture for the coming year. “The newcomers have brought terrific energy to practice each day, and are accepting the challenge of adjusting to the college level,” said Coach Burt, in his eighth season on the staff. “Our returners have come back with a strong focus on improvement this season, and have been working very hard. Our season will rely heavily on whether or not we can get back to playing strong, Trinity-style defense that has brought us success in the past.” Also back is second-year Assistant Coach David Smith, who retired from the U.S. Army in April 2015. Coach Smith earlier coached the All-Army Team. A total of 13 games are set for the friendly confines of Sams Gym. A big event will be the Trinity Invitational Tournament, to be held December 18-20. The Tigers will take on Hendrix College, Kalamazoo College, and Ripon College. The first of seven conference home games is slated for January 15, when Texas Lutheran University comes to campus. The final regular-season home game is slated for February 13 with Centenary College. Centenary will host the SCAC • Head Coach Pat CunChampionship February 26-28 at ningham will enter Shreveport, Louisiana. The winner receives an automatic bid to the his 17th year at the NCAA Division III Playoffs. helm of the Tigers’ program this year

QUICK NOTES

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The Tigers lost three seniors from teh 2014-15 squad

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The new class will bring in new height, including five players 6-foot-4 or taller

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Trinity will look to re-enter the conference title race after finishing seventh last season

University - Southwestern university - texas lutheran university - trinity university

2014 review - all-conference

CENT

GP 27

GS 21

FG FG% 135-259 .521

FT 165-219

FT% .753

pts 440

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 215 58 157 8.0 9 35 36

ppg 16.3

player of the year TLU

GP 28

GS FG FG% FT FT% 25 103-207 .498 65-90 .722

pts 299

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 233 67 166 8.3 22 18 22

ppg 10.7

CENT

defensive player of the year GP 27

GS FG FG% FT FT% 18 116-259 .448 84-113 .743

pts 348

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 102 35 67 3.8 4 30 51

ppg 12.9

TLU

co-newcomer of the year GP 28

GS FG FG% FT FT% pts 28 97-225 .431 130-160 .813 350

reb oreb dreb rpg blk stl ast 119 29 90 4.3 5 26 95

ppg 12.5

co-newcomer of the year TLU

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HOOKER

horst

theo

RICHARDSON RICHARDSON

andrew

WORTHINGTON

SAPP

james

major awards

• • •

first season at Texas Lutheran tied for first place in the regular season before winning scac tournament turned around a team that went 9-17 (3-11 scac) in 2013-14

Coach of the year

2014 review - all-conference first team

James Sapp Donte McGee Chris Lesnansky Jordan Kouremetis Travion Kirkendoll

Centenary Texas Lutheran Colorado College Texas Lutheran Centenary

second team So Sr Sr So Fy

F F F G G

Schreiner Austin College Dallas Trinity Southwestern

Schreiner Dallas Texas Lutheran Southwestern Centenary

Sr Sr So So So

G F G F F

honorable mention

third team Wes Miller Brian Baehl Kym Malone Matt Selling Blake Scott

Stevan Guerrero Aaron Wyatt Sterling Holmes Zach Whitlock Kendall Demouchet

So So Sr Sr Sr

F G G G F

Alan Sullivan Austin Freet Caden Cheramie Brandon Campbell Russell Clark Justin Berardino Luke Winfield Mark Promberger Hollis Robinson Chris Lee Ryan Ogden Thomas Verm Garrett Wilkins

Austin College Austin College Centenary Centenary Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College Dallas Schreiner Southwestern Southwestern Texas Lutheran Texas Lutheran

So So Sr So Sr Jr Jr Sr Sr Jr Fy Sr Sr

F F G G F G G/F F F F F C G

2014 review - awards & honors SCAC - ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL AUSTIN COLLEGE Austin Freet Harrison Hampden-Smith Cody Meyers Alvin Michael John Pass Andres Rivera Jeremy Swisher

Centenary Justin Cueto James Sapp Isaiah Whitaker

Colorado Col. Justin Berardino Russell Clark Joe Howard Ryan Kell James Lonergan Andrew Maddock Chris Martin Robin Roth Luke Winfield

Dallas

Solomon Berezin Alex Borse Lorenzo Gonzalez Thomas Kaiser Rory McCallum Mark Promberger Zachary Royal

Schreiner Keenan Gumbs Luis Mancillas Wes Miller Nathan Robbins

Southwestern Nnamdi Akabogu Brandyn Hawk Connor Kim Travis Kurtz Christopher Molina Ryan Ogden Carson Severson Lucas Smith

TEXAS LUTHERAN Josh Alderman Matthew Gillette Troy Guajardo Jordan Kouremetis Thomas Verm

TRINITY

Matthew Bender James Clark Matthew Jones Matthew Selling William Young

d3hoops.com - ALL south region centenary F

James Sapp

Second Team

NABC - ALL south region centenary F

James Sapp

First Team

diii news - postseason honors centenary F G

James Sapp Honorable Mention All-America Travion Kirkendoll All-Freshman Team

nabc - honors court Austin COllege Alvin Michael Harry Hampden-Smith

Sr Sr

Colorado College Justin Berardino Russell Clark Joe Howard Tyler Jonas Ryan Kell James Lonergan Luke Winfield

Southwestern Travis Kurtz Carson Severson Lucas Smith

Texas Lutheran Joshua Alderman Joseph Richardson

trinity

James Clark Matt Selling William Young

Business Administration History

Jr Sr Sr Jr Sr Jr Jr

Economics Biology Mathematics Biology History/Political Science Economics Art

Sr Sr Sr

Business/Environmental Studies

Sr Sr

Education Pre-Med

Sr Sr Sr

Finance Finance Accounting

Political Science Business

cosida/capital one - academic all american

Austin College Colorado College Southwestern Trinity

2014 review - awards & honors

scac - sportsmanship team Alvin Michael Isaiah Whitaker Joe Howard Kym Malone Stevan Guerrero Adrian Johnson Joshua Alderman William Young

Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr

Austin College Centenary Colorado College Dallas Schreiner Southwestern Texas Lutheran Trinity

SCAC - Players of the week November 17 - week 1 Chris Lesnansky

Colorado College

November 24 - week 2 Aaron Wyatt

Dallas

December 1 - week 3 Travion Kirkendoll

Centenary

december 8 - week 4 AJ Pulliam

Trinity

december 15 - week 5 James Sapp

Centenary

december 22 - week 6 Sterling Holmes Maverick Harris

Teas Lutheran Schreiner

January 5 - week 7 James Sapp

Centenary

January 12 - week 8 James Sapp

Centenary

January 19 - week 9 Ryan Ogden Kendall Demouchet

Southwestern Centenary

january 26 - week 10 James Sapp

Centenary

february 2 - week 11 Jordan Kouremetis

Texas Lutheran

february 9 - week 12 James Sapp

Centenary

february 16 - week 13 Mark Promberger

Dallas

february 23 - week 14 Donte McGee

Texas Lutheran

2014-15 review - team statistic leaders TEAM SUMMARIES GP

PF-PA

AVG SCORE

+/-

FGA

FTA

AUSTIN COLLEGE

1645-1772

65.8-70.9

-5.1

568

1473

.386

155

585

.265

354

550

.644

934

1007

-2.9

CENTENARY

2031-1955

75.2-72.4

+2.8

677

1515

.447

154

446

.345

523

760

.688

923

1056

-4.9

COLORADO COLLEGE

1766-1768

67.9-68.0

-0.1

611

1390

.440

166

465

.357

378

540

.700

894

906

-0.5

DALLAS

1937-1830

71.7-67.8

+4.0

678

1472

.461

168

414

.406

413

580

.712

954

895

+2.2

SCHREINER

1784-1806

68.6-69.5

+0.8

602

1350

.446

175

500

.350

405

577

.702

909

776

+5.1

SOUTHWESTERN

1784-1757

68.6-67.6

+1.0

600

1437

.418

198

557

.355

378

566

.668

933

971

-1.5

TEXAS LUTHERAN

2063-2002

73.7-71.5

+2.2

647

1517

.427

210

574

.366

559

784

.713

1058

974

+3.0

TRINITY

1607-1790

64.3-71.6

-7.3

564

1378

.409

183

541

.338

296

501

.591

823

954

-5.2

FGA

SCORING OFFENSE TEAM

3FG FGA

REBF REBA

field goal percentage PTS

AVG/GAME

TEAM

FGM

Centenary

2031

75.2

Dallas

678

1472

.461

Texas Lutheran

2063

73.7

Centenary

677

1515

.447

Dallas

1937

71.7

Schreiner

602

1350

.446

Schreiner

1784

68.6

Colorado College

611

1390

.440

Southwestern

1784

68.6

Texas Lutheran

647

1517

.427

600

1437

.418

Colorado College

1766

67.9

Southwestern

Austin College

1645

65.8

Trinity

564

1378

.409

Trinity

1607

64.3

Austin College

568

1473

.386

assists

REBOUNds

TEAM

GOALS AVG/GAME

Trinity

362

14.5

Texas Lutheran

1058

37.8

Dallas

371

13.7

Austin College

934

37.4

Southwestern

349

13.4

Southwestern

933

35.9

Texas Lutheran

350

12.5

Dallas

954

35.3

Colorado College

325

12.5

Schreiner

909

35.0

Centenary

336

12.4

Colorado College

894

34.4

Austin College

299

12.0

Centenary

923

34.2

Schreiner

310

11.9

Trinity

823

32.9

SAVES

BLOCKED SHOTS TEAM

TEAM

REB

AVG/GAME

steals GP

BLOCKS AVG/GAME

TEAM

AVG/GAME

Austin College

3.9

Centenary

238

8.8

Centenary

3.3

Trinity

176

7.0

Southwestern

3.1

Southwestern

177

6.8

Colorado College

3.0

Austin College

158

6.3

Trinity

2.7

Colorado College

163

6.3

Texas Lutheran

1.7

Dallas

165

6.1

Dallas

1.6

Texas Lutheran

166

5.9

Schreiner

1.0

Schreiner

117

4.5

+/-

2014-15 review - individual stat leaders

Points per game

rebounds per game

NAME-SCHOOL

POINTS PPG

NAME-SCHOOL

James Sapp - CENT

442

Chris Lesnansky - COLO

386

Jordan Kouremetis - TLU

AJ Pulliam - TU Travion Kirkendoll - CENT

16.4

Donte McGee - TLU

233

8.3

14.8

James Sapp - CENT

215

8.0

399

14.3

Austin Freet - AC

146

6.6

333

13.9

Aaron Wyatt - UD

169

6.3

348

12.9

Ryan Ogden - SU

129

6.1

assists per game

REBOUNDS RPG

field goal percentage

NAME-SCHOOL

ASSISTS APG

NAME-SCHOOL

Kym Malone - UD

120

4.4

Mark Promberger - UD

101

189

.534

Stevan Guerrero - SCH

3.5

Zach Whitlock - SU

102

193

.528

Matt Jones - TU

3.4

Kendall Demouchet - CENT

134

255

.525

Sterling Holmes - TLU

3.4

James Sapp - CENT

136

260

.523

Caden Cheramie - CENT

3.2

Aaron Wyatt - UD

111

217

.512

FGA

FG%

free throw percentage

3pt field goal percentage FGA

FGM

3FG%

NAME-SCHOOL

FTM

FTA

FT%

NAME-SCHOOL

FGM

Victor Garate - UD

.468

Christian Pena - SCH

.845

Ryan Ogden - SU

.457

Jordan Kouremetis - TLU

104

.827

Maverick Harris -SCH

.448

Chris Lee - SU

.826

Chris Molina - SU

.440

Sterling Holmes - TLU

130

160

.813

Luke Winfield - COLO

.432

Kym Malone - UD

101

.782

blocks NAME-SCHOOL Kendall Demouchet - CENT

steals NAME-SCHOOL

STEALS

SPG

BLOCKS

BPG

1.7

Caden Cheramie - CENT

1.6

Blake Scott - SU

1.5

Kendall Demouchet - CENT

Alvin Michael - AC

1.1

Kym Malone - UD

1.5

Chris Lesnansky - COLO

0.9

James Sapp - CENT

1.3

5. Eghosa Igbinosa - AC

0.9

Eric Houska - COLO

1.2

To be ranked, a player must appear in at least 75% of their teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games

2014 review - ncaa statistical leaders

team - Free throw attempts

individual - Assist Turnover ratio

National Leader: Albertus Magnus................................. 642 4. Texas Lutheran.............................................................................. 784 6. Centenary....................................................................................... 760

National Leader: Tyreek Peeples, Keystone................... 3.91 5. Matt Jones, Trinity...................................................................... 3.33

team - free throws made

individual - Free Throw ATTEMPTS

National Leader: Albertus Magnus................................. 642 3. Texas Lutheran............................................................................. 559 10. Centenary....................................................................................... 523

National Leader: Jay Howard, Catholic............................ 257 8. James Sapp, Centenary............................................................. 219

team - three point fg defense

individual - free throws made

National Leader: MIT....................................................... 27.5 8. Dallas............................................................................................... 29.2 19. Southwestern............................................................................... 29.9

National Leader: Jammal Coleman, Medaille................. 203 12. James Sapp, Centenary............................................................. 165

team - three point fg%

individual - total 3-pt fg made

National Leader: St. Norbert........................................... 42.9 12. Dallas.............................................................................................. 40.6

National Leader: Jack Taylor, Grinnell............................. 126 25. Jordan Kouremetis, Texas Lutheran........................................ 79

team - turnover margin National Leader: Pine Manor............................................. 9.6 18. Centenary........................................................................................ 4.0

predicted order of finish

48 (6)

centenary college

43 (2)

texas lutheran university

colorado college

trinity university

southwestern university

schreiner university

university of dallas

austin college