Game 31 | No. 8 TEXAS STATE vs. No. 4 UL Lafayette | Lakefront Arena | New Orleans, La. | March 13, 2015 | 5:00 p.m. Rob Beuerlein Men’s Basketball SID Office: 512-245-4692 l Cell: 832-279-0327 l Email: rb60@txstate.edu www.txstatebobcats.com l Twitter: @TXStateMBB; @TxStateSID_Rob Facebook: TexasStateMensBasketball
2014-15 Texas State
MEN’S BASKETBALL
AT A GLANCE Date ------------------------- Friday, March 13 Time -----------------------------------5:00 p.m. Location:--------------------New Orleans, La. Venue:------------------------- Lakefront Arena Capacity:.---------------------------------- 8,933 Radio--------------------------89.9 FM KTSW ---------------------www.txstatebobcats.com Streaming:-------------------------------ESPN 3 Live Stats: ---------- www.sunbeltsports.org Series Record:--------- UL Lafayette leads 4-0
2014-15 SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Nov. 7
Texas Wesleyan (Exh.)
Time/Result
Nov. 14 at Seattle
TV
W 76-57 W 62-53
Nov. 19 Lamar
W, 65-55
Nov. 22 at UTSA
L, 80-67
Nov. 30 Howard Payne
W, 68-39
Dec. 3
Texas Lutheran
W, 72-31
Dec. 6
Prarie View A&M
W, 81-65
Dec. 13 at Texas
L, 59-27
Dec. 17 at Stephen F. Austin
L, 66-60
Dec. 20 Huston-Tilloston
Texas State (14-16, 7-13)
BOBCATS LHN
W, 90-56
Sun Belt Conference Dec. 30 at Troy
W, 57-46
Jan. 3
at Georgia Southern
Jan. 5
at Georgia State
Jan. 8
UALR
L, 40-36 W, 77-74 (2 OT)
W, 77-74 (2 OT)
Jan. 10 ULM
COACHING MATCHUP
W, 82-71
KBVO
Jan. 17 at Arkansas State
L, 78-73 (OT)
ESPN3
Jan. 19 at UT Arlington
L, 66-55
Jan. 22 Georgia Southern
L, 45-43
Jan. 24 Appalachian State
L, 64-58
KBVO
Jan. 31 UL-Lafayette
L, 72-63
KBVO
Feb. 4
at South Alabama
W, 63-43
Feb. 7
at UALR
L, 69-61
Feb. 12 UT Arlington
L, 70-61
KBVO
Feb. 14 Georgia State
L, 53-41
ESPN 2
L, 64-42
Feb. 26 Troy
W, 67-61
KBVO
Feb. 28 Arkansas State
W, 70-60
KBVO
March 5 at Appalachian State March 7 at ULM
RAGIN CAJUNS
STORYLINES TO WATCH • Texas State looks to continue its trend of beating an opponent that swept it in the regular season after beating UT Arlington 68-62 Thursday night. • Texas State led the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense last year at 66.0 points per game, its third lowest since 1983-84. The Bobcats are even better this year allowing just 60.0, its lowest since 1982-83. • Head coach Danny Kaspar is 21st among active NCAA coaches with 487 overall wins in his 24-year career. • Texas State brings in nine newcomers to this year’s team, with three freshmen, five junior college transfers and one four-year transfer. • Did you know: Danny Kaspar (Stephen F. Austin) and Bob Marlin (Sam Houston) coached against each other for nearly 10 seasons in the Southland Conference.
L, 62-59
Jan. 15 South Alabama
Feb. 19 at UL-Lafayette
UL Lafayette (16-14, 10-10)
L, 64-61 L, 56-53
$March 12 vs. UT Arlington
W, 68-62
ESPN3
$March 13 vs. UL Lafayette
5:00 p.m.
ESPN3
Home games in BOLD at Strahan Coliseum All times are Central $ - denotes Sun Belt Conference Tournament game (New Orleans, La.)
Danny Kaspar______________________ North Texas, 1978___________________ 22-39/2nd season___________________ 487-232/24th season________________
HEAD COACH____________________________ Bob Marlin ALMA MATER____________________ Mississippi State, 1981 EXP/RECORD AT SCHOOL______________ 85-75/5th season EXP/CAREER RECORD_____________ 433-241/22nd season
TEXAS STATE PROJECTED STARTERS Name D.J. Brown Wes Davis Kavin Gilder-Tilbury Cameron Naylor Emani Gant
Pos. G G F F F
Class Sr Jr So Jr Jr
PPG 7.2 7.7 7.9 8.3 12.8
APG 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.5 1.6
RPG 2.6 3.2 3.5 5.0 6.9
Hometown/Prev. School Los Angeles, Calif./San Jose State Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Summit Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS Tallahassee, Fla./Tallahassee CC Los Angeles, Calif./Barstow CC
BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS 55 - Wes Davis now has 55 steals this season, most on the team and third most in the league both in total steals and in average per game (2.0).
63 - Texas State has won each of its last four games when scoring 63 or more points. The Bobcats scored 68 in the tournament opener against UT Arlington on Thursday.
In Texas State history, his 55 steals in a season ranks fifth alltime.
189 - Wes Davis currently has 189 steals in his career, just three shy of tying the all-time record at Texas State, held by David Sykes with 192. Wes had four steals in the opening round victory Thursday night against UT Arlington.
STAT COMPARISON
Category Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Rebound Margin 3-pointers per game 3-point percentage Turnovers per game Turnover margin Steals per game Assists per game Free Throw percentage
TXST
No. 62.1 60.0 -2.0 5.1 31.2 12.9 2.7 7.2 11.2 69.2
SBC NCAA 11 302 1 29 10 265 9 281 10 287 5 211 3 29 3 70 7 272 8 180
UL Lafayette
No. SBC 78.1 1 69.6 7 6.6 1 6.8 3 36.0 1 14.5 10 -0.9 7 6.8 5 14.5 1 70.0 7
NCAA 17 266 19 126 97 316 247 103 56 136