2016-17 Northwestern State Men's Basketball Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

Table of CONTENTS 11.18 LETOURNEAU 11.22 LSU-ALEXANDRIA 12.1 LSU-SHREVEPORT 12.28 LOUISIANA COLLEGE 12.31 *MCNEESE 1.12 *NICHOLLS 1.14 *SAM HOUSTON STATE 1 Program Building Blocks 2 Table of Contents 3 Quick Facts 4 Roster 5 Roster Breakdown 6 Preview MEET THE TEAM 8 #22 Cody Cambre 10 #3 Devonte Hall 12 #0 Tra’von Joseph 14 #10 Reginald Kissoonlal 16 #20 Ishmael Lane 18 #15 Malik Metoyer 20 #21 Sabri Thompson 22 #44 Bailey Walker 24 #12 Jalan West 30 #23 Zeek Woodley 34 #34 Jordan Bell 34 #2 Josh Boyd 35 #13 Jacob Guest 35 #40 Tanner Hamilton 36 #35 Colby Koontz 36 #1 Iziahiah Sweeney 37 Student manager Levi Yancy MEET THE COACHES AND STAFF 38 Mike McConathy 44 Jeff Moore 46 Bill Lewit 48 Jacob Spielbauer 49 Luke Rogers 50 Lucas Archuleta 50 Rodney Broughton Jr. 51 Austin Harrell 51 Stephon Martinez 52 Trey McCrory 52 Riley Walker 53 Devin Thulin 53 Marcia Bolton 54 TV/Radio Roster THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 55 Southland Conference 56 Opponents 2015-16 IN REVIEW 60 2015-16 Stats

2016-17 HOME SCHEDULE 12:00 6:30 6:30 6:30 3:00 7:30 3:30

2.4 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 2.9 *HOUSTON BAPTIST 2.16 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 2.22 *LAMAR 2.25 *NEW ORLEANS 3.4 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS

HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM Series Results Year-By-Year Results All-Time Lettermen All-Century Team Team and Individual Records Career Leaders Demons in the Pros NSU’s Coaching Tree Prather Coliseum Demons in the Dance NORTHWESTERN STATE 88 A Surge of Success 90 Dr. Jim Henderson, President 91 Jerry Pierce, Vice President 92 Greg Burke, Director of Athletics 93 Athletic Administration 96 Sports Information 97 University Profile 98 City of Natchitoches 99 Academics 100 Campus Life 102 CHAMPS/Life Skills 62 63 70 74 76 78 80 81 82 84

DEMON SPORTS NETWORK

Natchitoches radio station KZBL-FM 100.7, owned by Baldridge-Dumas Communications, is the flagship station for all Demon broadcasts. The Demon Sports Network also consists of KSYR 92.1 FM (Shreveport) and KWLA-FM 103.1 (Many/ Leesville). You can also hear games via the internet at www.nsudemons.com. Patrick Netherton is in his 12th season as the play-by-play announcer.

DATE 11.11 11.13 11.18 11.22 11.26 11.28 12.1 12.3 12.17 12.19 12.28 12.31 1.5 1.7 1.12 1.14 1.21 1.25 1.28 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.11 2.16 2.18 2.22 2.25 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11

2016-17 SCHEDULE OPPONENT at Texas A&M at Oklahoma LeTourneau LSU-Alexandria at Missouri at Mississippi State LSU-Shreveport at UTEP UL Monroe (Bossier City) at Rice Louisiana College *McNeese (DH) *at Incarnate Word (DH) *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) *Nicholls (DH) *Sam Houston State (DH) *at McNeese (DH) *at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) *at Lamar (DH) *at Central Arkansas *Stephen F. Austin (DH) *Houston Baptist (DH) *at Abilene Christian (DH) *Southeastern Louisiana (DH) *at Nicholls *Lamar *New Orleans (DH) *at Stephen F. Austin (DH) *Central Arkansas (DH) Southland Conference Tournament Southland Conference Tournament Southland Conference Tournament Southland Conference Tournament Finals

CREDITS

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The 2016-17 Northwestern State men’s basketball media guide is a production of the Northwestern State University Sports Information Department. It was edited and designed by Assistant Sports Information Director Jason Pugh with ediitorial assistance provided by Sports Information Director Doug Ireland, NSU Assistant Director of Communication Matt Vines, sports information graduate assistants Drew Bartlett and Lloyd Courtney and SID administrative assistant Ronnette Pellegrin. Photographs provided by Gary Hardamon of Northwestern State Photographic Services.

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

SABRI THOMPSON

Location Natchitoches, La. School Founded 1884 Enrollment 9,819 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Nickname Demons Mascot Victory “Vic” The Demon Colors Purple (492f92), White and Orange (f78426) trim President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Faculty Representative Jody Biscoe Senior Woman Administrator Haley Blount Taitano

ARENA INFORMATION

Stadium Name Prather Coliseum Capacity 3,400 Record 410-218 Year Opened 1964 Press Row Phone 318-357-4544

TRA’VON JOSEPH

COACHING STAFF/ SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach Mike McConathy Alma Mater Louisiana Tech, 1977 Record at NSU 267-260 (.507) Overall Record 619-419 (.597) Assistant Coach Jeff Moore Alma Mater Missouri Valley, 1995 Assistant Coach Bill Lewit Alma Mater Salisbury, 1991 Assistant Coach Jacob Spielbauer Alma Mater William Penn, 2007 Assistant, Strength and Conditioning Luke Rogers Alma Mater Northwestern State, 2008

2015-16 REVIEW 8-20 5-13 (12th) 6-7 2-13 0-0

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (9)

POS. NAME G Cody Cambre G Devonte Hall G/F Reginald Kissoonlal G Tra’von Joseph F/C Ishmael Lane G Malik Metoyer G Sabri Thompson G Bailey Walker G Zeek Woodley

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

LETTERWINNERS LOST (5) G G/F G G F

Daniel Hazlewood Matt Killian Will Poole Ta’Jon Welcome Levi Yancy

Lucas Archuleta Rodney Broughton Austin Harrell Stephon Martinez Trey McCrory Riley Walker

Athletic Trainer Administrative Assistant

Devin Thulin Marcia Bolton

PROGRAM HISTORY

2015-16 Overall Record Conference Record (Finish) Home Record Road Record Neutral Site Record

ZEEK WOODLEY

Graduate Manager Graduate Manager Graduate Manager Graduate Manager Graduate Manager Graduate Manager

Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

First Year of Basketball at NSU 1912-13 First Year in the Southland Conference 1987-88 All-Time Record 1,397-1,113 Southland Conference Titles 2 (2005, 2006) Southland Conference Tournament Titles 3 (2001, 2006, 2013) NCAA Postseason Appearances 4 (2001, 2006, 2013, 2015)

PERCENTAGE RETURNING

GP-GS 12-0 27-26 22-0 23-4 28-27 28-7 28-21 27-1 28-28

P/G 0.3 10.9 3.3 4.5 11.5 2.4 12.6 3.0 22.2

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

9-0 28-9 7-0 28-16 24-0

0.3 3.4 0.0 5.2 1.6

F/C G

RETURNING/TOTAL PCT. 1,943/2,224 87% 674/919 73% 382/433 88% 141/174 86% 80/144 81% 463/561 83% 669/770 87% 179/207 86%

REDSHIRTS RETURNING (2) Colby Koontz Jalan West

Fr. Sr.

0-0 1-1

0.0 25.0

Denotes Starters in 2015-16 Starters Returning (4)/Starters Lost (1)

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2016-17 ROSTERS

NUMERICAL NO. NAME 0 Tra’von Joseph 1 Iziahiah Sweeney 2 Josh Boyd 3 Devonte Hall 10 Reginald Kissoonlal 12 Jalan West 13 Jacob Guest 15 Malik Metoyer 20 Ishmael Lane 21 Sabri Thompson 22 Cody Cambre 23 Zeek Woodley 34 Jordan Bell 35 Colby Koontz 40 Tanner Hamilton 44 Bailey Walker

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

Head Coach: Mike McConathy (Louisiana Tech, 1977) 18th Season Assistant Coach: Jeff Moore (Missouri Valley, 1995) 11th Season Assistant Coach: Bill Lewit (Salisbury, 1991) 6th Season Assistant Coach: Jacob Spielbauer (William Penn, 2007) 11th Season Strength & Conditioning: Coach: Luke Rogers (Northwestern St., 2008) 10th Season Strength and Conditioning Coach: Dustin Chadwick Graduate Manager: Lucas Archuleta Graduate Manager: Rodney Broughton

ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME 34 Jordan Bell 2 Josh Boyd 22 Cody Cambre 13 Jacob Guest 3 Devonte Hall 40 Tanner Hamilton 0 Tra’von Joseph 10 Reginald Kissoonlal 35 Colby Koontz 20 Ishmael Lane 15 Malik Metoyer 1 Iziahiah Sweeney 21 Sabri Thompson 44 Bailey Walker 12 Jalan West 23 Zeek Woodley

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

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cody CAMBRE - CAHM DEVONTE Hall - Duh-VON-tay TRA’VON Joseph - TRAY-von Reginald KISSOONLAL - Kiss-SOON-lal Bill LEWIT - LOU-it Mike MCCONATHY - McCON-uh-thee

DEVONTE HALL

HT. WT. CLASS-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 6-5 185 Sr.-3L Morrow, La./North Central HS 6-4 185 Jr.-TR Compton, Calif./Compton HS (Portland St./East L.A. College) 6-1 200 Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas/Ozen HS 6-1 180 Jr.-2L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-11 204 So.-1L Jacksonville, Fla./William M. Raines HS 5-11 185 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-4 190 Fr.-HS Bossier City, La./Airline HS 6-7 190 So.-1L Clarence, La./Lakeview HS 6-8 250 So.-1L Port Allen, La./Port Allen HS 6-3 195 Sr.-3L Newark, Del./Sanford HS 6-4 205 So.-1L French Settlement, La./French Settlement HS 6-2 209 Sr.-3L Pelican, La./Pelican All-Saints HS 6-8 225 Fr.-HS Inglewood, Calif./Inglewood HS 6-9 250 Fr.-RS Enid, Okla./Pioneer-Pleasant Vale HS 6-9 205 Fr.-HS Texarkana, Ark./Trinity Christian School 6-0 180 So.-1L Florien, La./Florien HS Graduate Manager: Austin Harrell Graduate Manager: Stephon Martinez Graduate Manager: Trey McCrory Graduate Manager: Riley Walker Student Manager: Levi Yancy Athletic Trainer: Devin Thulin Administrative Assistant: Marcia Bolton

ISHMAEL LANE

HT. WT. CLASS-EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 6-8 225 Fr.-HS Inglewood, Calif./Inglewood HS 6-1 200 Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas/Ozen HS 6-4 205 So.-1L French Settlement, La./French Settlement HS 6-4 190 Fr.-HS Bossier City, La./Airline HS 6-1 180 Jr.-2L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-9 205 Fr.-HS Texarkana, Ark./Trinity Christian School 6-5 185 Sr.-3L Morrow, La./North Central HS 6-11 204 So.-1L Jacksonville, Fla./William M. Raines HS 6-9 250 Fr.-RS Enid, Okla./Pioneer-Pleasant Vale HS 6-8 250 So.-1L Port Allen, La./Port Allen HS 6-7 190 So.-1L Clarence, La./Lakeview HS 6-4 185 Jr.-TR Compton, Calif./Compton HS (Portland St./East L.A. College) 6-3 195 Sr.-3L Newark, Del./Sanford HS 6-0 180 So.-1L Florien, La./Florien HS 5-11 185 Sr.-3L Bossier City, La./Bossier HS 6-2 209 Sr.-3L Pelican, La./Pelican All-Saints HS MALIK METOYER -- MUH-leek MUH-twy-uhr Jacob SPIELBAUER - SPEEL-bow-er IZIAHIAH Sweeney - EE-zy-uh SABRI Thompson - Sa-BREE JALAN West - JAY-lun NATCHITOCHES, LA - NACK-a-dish BOSSIER City, LA - BO-sure City PRATHER Coliseum - PRAY-thur

JALAN WEST

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Roster Breakdown

STATE

Arkansas (1) Tanner Hamilton.....................................................Texarkana California (2) Jordan Bell.............................................................Inglewood Iziahiah Sweeney..................................................... Compton Delaware (1) Sabri Thompson..........................................................Newark Florida (1) Reginald Kissoonlal..............................................Jacksonville Louisiana (9) Cody Cambre..............................................French Settlement Jacob Guest...........................................................Bossier City Devonte Hall.........................................................Bossier City Tra’von Joseph............................................................ Morrow Ishmael Lane...........................................................Port Allen Malik Metoyer........................................................... Clarence Bailey Walker...............................................................Florien Jalan West............................................................ Bossier City Zeek Woodley.............................................................. Pelican

POSITION

Guards (11) Josh Boyd................................................................ Freshman Cody Cambre........................................................ Sophomore Jacob Guest............................................................. Freshman Devonte Hall.................................................................Junior Tra’von Joseph...............................................................Senior Reginald Kissoonlal.............................................. Sophomore Malik Metoyer...................................................... Sophomore Iziahiah Sweeney..........................................................Junior Sabri Thompson............................................................Senior Bailey Walker....................................................... Sophomore Jalan West.....................................................................Senior Zeek Woodley................................................................Junior

CLASS

Senior (4) Tra’von Joseph Sabri Thompson Jalan West Zeek Woodley Junior (2) Devonte Hall Iziahiah Sweeney

Sophomore (5) Cody Cambre Reginald Kissoonlal Ishmael Lane Malik Metoyer Bailey Walker Freshman (5) Jordan Bell Josh Boyd Jacob Guest Tanner Hamilton Colby Koontz

Forwards (2) Jordan Bell.............................................................. Freshman Tanner Hamilton..................................................... Freshman Centers (2) Colby Koontz........................................................... Freshman Ishmael Lane........................................................ Sophomore

Oklahoma (1) Colby Koontz....................................................................Enid Texas (1) Josh Boyd............................................................... Beaumont

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2016-17 PREVIEW Bigger and better. That’s how the 2016-17 Northwestern State basketball team looks. No doubt, the Demons will again follow the lead of sharpshooting senior swingman Zeek Woodley, whose remarkable aim and production seems sure to

Junior Devonte Hall has two seasons of experience under his belt as he takes control of the Demons’ offense.

make him the school’s career scoring leader. NSU’s perimeter game will be formidable with senior guard Sabri Thompson and junior combo guard DeVonte Hall. But coach Mike McConathy’s 18th Demon squad will be longer and deeper up front, and that bodes well for improving defense and rebounding. Sophomore 6-8 center Ishmael Lane was one of the Southland Conference’s most productive freshmen last season. Sophomore forwards Malik Metoyer (6-7) and Reginald Kissoonlal (6-11) displayed flashes of ability in their rookie campaigns. NSU has ramped up the interior by adding a pair of freshmen, 6-8 Jordan Bell and 6-9 Tanner Hamilton, and may get 6-9 redshirt freshman Colby Koontz into action after lingering concussion issues from last preseason. Versatile 6-5 senior Tra’von Joseph has three career double-doubles (double figures in two stats) to his credit and is fully recovered from 2015 knee surgery. The Demons will count on freshman Josh Boyd, sophomore Bailey Walker and Hall to handle point guard duties likely throughout the season. Senior Jalan West, already NSU’s career assists leader and also likely to surpass the NSU career scoring mark, has undergone a second knee surgery in as many years, and may not return in time to play in 2016-17. A late add to the squad appears especially significant: Iziahiah Sweeney, a 6-3 junior college guard who was the South Coast Conference MVP at East L.A. College after being one of ESPN.com’s top 50-rated shooting guards in the nation as a prep senior. Woodley, a preseason Mid-Major All-American, is a two-time All-Louisiana, All-NABC District 23 and All-Southland Conference performer who has ranked among the nation’s top scorers in each of the past two seasons. With a 19.4 career scoring average, he is on pace to break NSU’s career scoring record of 2,009 points by Billy Reynolds (1973-77) in midseason. Woodley has scored 1,764 points in 91 career games while hitting 56.4 percent of his shots, including 40.5 percent on 3-pointers, and making 83.7 percent at the free throw line. As a junior, Woodley was the NCAA’s 11th-leading scorer at 22.2 points per game in 2015-16. He had the same average a year earlier and was second in the nation in scoring in 2014-15. In 2015-16, Woodley finished 10th in free throw aim (88.7 percent), 67th in overall shooting accuracy from the floor (56 percent), and was the only player in college hoops to have a

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

19-point or better scoring average, with at least 50 percent shooting and 40 percent on 3s (40.7). He also snagged 5.2 rebounds per game. Thompson capped the squad’s 4-0 run in an August exhibition series against Canadian foes with a 34-point eruption. As a junior the Academic All-Southland Team member Thompson averaged 12.6 points per game, 16th among all Southland players. In 18 conference games, his scoring average climbed to 13.7 per game, 12th in the league. Thompson hit 43.2 percent of his shots overall, 38.9 on 3-pointers, and drained 81.6 percent of his free throws, sixth-best in the conference. His 3-point aim was 12th among all Southland players. Hall stepped in at point guard for West and performed impressively. Hall ranked 14th nationally and first in the Southland in assists per game (6.3). Along with leading the conference by a full assist per game, Hall ranked fifth in the league with a plus 2.1 assist-turnover ratio. His 12.9 scoring average in conference games ranked 18th among all league players. Hall was fourth in the conference in double-double games with four. Lane averaged 11.5 points and 5.6 rebounds while making 57 percent of his shots in his freshman season. Typically, NSU will be challenged with a demanding out-of-conference schedule that opens with Texas A&M and 2016 NCAA Final Four entry Oklahoma, and includes Missouri, Mississippi State and UTEP. After a frustrating 8-20 downturn last year, the Demons are aiming to flip their fortunes in 2016-17.

Sophomore Ishmael Lane highlights a bigger Demons front line in 2016-17.

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cody CAMBRE

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL In 2015-16 • Played in 12 games, made three free throws. • posted 3.2 GPA in criminal justice to earn spot on Commissioner’s Honor Roll

22 Cody Cambre 6-4 • 205 • Guard • So.-1L French Settlement, La. (French Settlement HS)

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

2, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 2, at Centenary (12/29/15) N/A 1, 3x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) 2, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 4, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) N/A 1, 3x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) N/A 1, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 8, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15)

High School: • Averaged a state-best 32.5 points per game as a senior. • named District and Parish MVP as a senior. • averaged 22 points as a junior. • scored 18 points per game as a sophomore and 12 as a freshman. • coached by John Chewning and Kenny Gautreau. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. Personal: • Born March 2, 1997. • son of Duane and Karen Cambre. • brother Corey (20) and sister Shelby (15). • criminal justice major who wants to get into federal law enforcement. • life’s ambition is to not have to check price tags.

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

CAMBRE’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 12-0 22 1.8 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 1 4 5 0.4 2 1 0.3 0 0 1 3 0.3 Tot. 12-0 22 1.8 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 1 4 5 0.4 2 1 0.3 0 0 1 3 0.3 2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

devonte HALL

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

3 Devonte Hall 6-1 • 180 • Guard • Jr.-2L Bossier City, La. (Bossier HS)

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

20, 2x, last at Stouheastern La. (2/29/16) 8, vs. McNeese State (2/13/16) 8, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 12, at LSU-Alexandria (11/20/14) 7, 3x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 10, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 3, vs. McNeese State (2/13/16) 4, 5x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 2, at McNeese State (2/14/15) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 31, vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/13/15)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

20, 2x, last at Stouheastern La. (2/29/16) 8, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 8, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 16, t Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 7, 3x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 10, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 3, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 4, 3x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1, 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 38, 5x, last at Southeastern La. (2/29/16)

Recently: • Scored 21 points, 11 in the final 6:22, helping Demons finish their Canadian tour with an 85-80 win over the University of Toronto, who had beaten UNLV five days earlier on a neutral court. • scored 21 points, draining 15 of 16 at the FT line, in a 103-84 win at York University • played on an Athletes In Action team on a weeklong tour of Poland, helping the squad score two wins over the Belarus national junior team. Teammates included Baylor’s King McClure, Clemson’s Legend Robertin and Arkansas State’s Christan Davis, and two players from the Polish national junior team. • along with mission work, the team toured infamous Nazi concentration camp sites at Auschwitz and Birkenau 2015-16 Season: • Played in 27 games, starting 26, averaging 10.9 points and 6.3 assists. Missed Houston Baptist game due to his grandmother’s funeral. • led the Southland Conference in assists pg by a full dime pg, and ranked 14th nationally, taking over the point guard slot after the opening-game injury that ended Jalan West’s season. Played mostly at the point, but moved over to the shooting guard spot at times. • 14 assists at Central Arkansas was best by any Southland player and tied for the 8th-best performance in Division I last season. • fifth in the Southland with a plus 2.1 assist to turnover ratio. • 12.9 scoring average in conference games ranked 18th among all league players. • fourth in the conference in double-doubles with 5; 16 points, 11 assists vs. LSU-Alexandria, then three straight: 13/11 in 88-80 win at Nicholls, 11/10 in 91-76 win over Southeastern La., and 20/11 in win vs. UCA, then 16/14 in road loss at UCA. • twice scored career-best 20, in home win over UCA and 84-82 road loss at SLU. • 15 points, 9 assists, career-best 5 steals at Auburn; 12 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds at No. 16 Baylor • nominated for Academic All-Southland, owning a 3.1 GPA in accounting

• delivered the game-clinching block of a potential game-tying 3-pointer in quarterfinal victory over McNeese. • hit the game-winning, buzzer-beating, courtlength drive to hit a twisting 6-footer to beat UIW 103-101 on Jan. 10. • dropped a season-best 13 points, hitting 6-8 FGs, at A&M-Corpus Christi. • garnered two other double-digit scoring totals, 12 to key comeback win at LSU Alexandria (Nov. 20), and 11 in defeat at UL Monroe (Dec. 9). • sank 10 of 16 shots in a three-game stretch in the middle of Southland play. High School: • Academic All-State with a 3.7 GPA. • twice named All-State Class 3A. • three times first-team all-district, all-city in Shreveport-Bossier, and All-Bossier Parish. • district MVP as a senior, All-Bossier Parish MVP as a junior and senior. • averaged 20.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals as a senior. • voted Mr. Bossier High School by classmates. • helped coach Jeremiah Williams’s Bearkats to four straight Top 28 state tournament appearances and four straight unbeaten district records. • FCA president at Bossier. • in his freshman season, he played with Demon senior Jalan West on the 2011 state championship team. Personal: • Son of Dewayne and Lorece Hall. • has two brothers, Thomas and Antonio Rasco, and sisters, Olympia Manning and Sherilla Hodge, both 34. • born Dec. 29, 1994. • majoring in accounting. • posted a 3.0 GPA in the Spring 2015 semester and brings an overall 3.0 GPA into the 2015-16 year.

2014-15 Season: • Played in all 32 games, starting 3 as a true freshman, averaging 20 minutes and 5 points. • tallied 9 points, 5 rebounds in career-high 31 minutes in Southland Tournament semifinal battle with Stephen F. Austin.

HALL’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 14-15 32-3 641 20.0 61-177 .345 7-48 .146 30-43 .698 18 48 66 2.1 76 56 1.8 37 4 15-16 27-26 786 29.1 100-242 .413 17-51 .333 77-109 .706 16 76 92 3.4 74 171 6.3 80 2 Tot. 59-29 1427 24.2 161-419 .384 24-99 .242 107-152 .704 34 124 158 2.7 150 227 1.8 117 6

STL. PTS. AVG. 31 159 5.0 44 294 10.9 75 355 6.0

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tra’von JOSEPH

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Recently: • Described as an “energy guy who makes everybody better” by Coach McConathy after a 90-71 win over Waterloo, cited for snagging a couple of “amazing rebounds” while scoring 8 points

0 Tra’von Joseph 6-5 • 185 • Guard • Sr.-3L Morrow, La. (North Central HS)

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

15, 2x, last at New Orleans (2/21/15) 12, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 6, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 10, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 6, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (3/2/15) 8, at Lamar (1/16/16) 3, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 2, 3x, last at Arkansas (12/28/14) 4, 2x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 3, 2x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 34, at New Orleans (2/21/15)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

11, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 8, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 4, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 9, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 5, at Lamar (1/16/16) 8, at Lamar (1/16/16) 3, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 1, 3x, last at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 4, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 3, at Lamar (1/16/16) 31, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16)

2015-16 Season: • Production as a junior was reduced as he gradually regained form after knee surgery in spring 2015; averaged 4.5 points, 3.8 rebounds in 23 games, starting 4. • continued excellent FT aim that kicked in down the stretch in his sophomore year, sinking 77% at the line. • season-high 11 points in 26th game, an 84-82 loss at Southeastern La. • scored 8+ in four of final six games, matched career assists high with 4 at UNO in season finale • season-best 8 rebounds in 91-76 home win over SLU 2014-15 Season: • Breakout sophomore season ended by left knee injury in quarterfinals of Southland Tournament. • filled inside void as senior center Marvin Frazier missed eight games and played sparingly in others due to ankle and back issues. • posted his first three double-doubles, two in consecutive games, vs. UCA (13 points, 10 rebounds), at UNO (15/12). • also had 10/10 performance vs. Lyon. • had six games of seven-plus rebounds, topped by the 12 at UNO. • posted seven double-digit scoring games, including four in last eight games, twice scoring 15 as season, career best at UCA, at UNO. • found his stroke on FTs in last 10 games, going 24 of his last 31 (77%) including 12 of last 14 (86%). • 18 starts, including the last 10 games he played. 2013-14 Season: • Started his first college game and scored nine points vs. LeTourneau, a season high. • matched that nine points in 19 minutes of a double OT loss Jan. 2 to Sam Houston State, making 3-3 on FGs and 3-4 on FTs while also blocking two shots. • posted seven points twice more, against NCAA Tournament entry Louisiana-Lafayette and on March 6 in a win over Central Arkansas. • played at least 10 minutes in the Demons’ last six games and in eight of the last nine. • snagged four offensive rebounds, a season high, in Southland Tournament semifinal vs. Stephen F. Austin. • shot 45 percent overall and sank 6 of his last 11 in the season’s last nine games. High School: • First-team All-State as a senior as he averaged 25 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, and five blocks a game. • all-district four straight years, three times first team. • district Most Valuable Player as a senior. • all-state honorable mention as a sophomore and junior. • he helped his team to two straight Top 28 state semifinal appearances as a junior and senior. • named his team’s Best Offensive Player as a junior and senior. • as a junior, averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks per game. • played for AAU’s Louisiana Select team coached by Mike Theus, and Louisiana Future, coached by Titus Randle. Personal: • Born Sept. 6, 1994. • full name is Tra’von Va’shawn Joseph, and his nickname is “Peewee.” • his mom, Pamela, is a beautician, his father, Kelvin, has a managerial position. • two brothers, Kelvin and Javon. • majoring in psychology. • plans to work with kids.

JOSEPH’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 13-14 31-2 351 11.3 29-65 .446 4-18 .222 15-22 .682 17 36 53 1.7 47 14 0.5 17 9 14-15 30-19 565 18.8 66-114 .579 6-13 .462 42-64 .656 53 82 135 4.5 68 26 0.9 39 7 15-16 23-4 484 21.0 37-100 .370 8-24 .333 22-29 .759 26 62 88 3.8 60 24 1.0 21 3 Tot. 84-25 1400 14.9 132-279 .473 18-55 .327 79-115 .687 96 180 276 3.3 175 64 0.8 77 19

STL. PTS. AVG. 14 77 2.5 16 180 6.0 10 104 4.5 40 361 4.3

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reginald KISSOONLAL

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

Recently: • Led Demons in rebounding with 6 in the opening win on the August exhibition tour of Canada, helping NSU cruise by Gelph’s Gryphons.

2015-16 Season: • Twice scored season-high 9 points in home wins over Missouri Valley and Louisiana College. • averaged 3.3 points in 22 games as a redshirt freshman, making 14-18 (78%) at the FT line. • 8 points vs. UCA included 5 straight on consecutive possessions helping NSU turn 3-point edge into 10-point lead on the way to a win. • last-minute blocked shot helped seal win at Nicholls, one of 10 blocks he recorded in 8 minutes pg.

Reginald Kissoonlal 6-11 • 204 • Guard/Forward • So.-1L Jacksonville, Fla. (Raines HS)

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

9, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 5, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 4, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 8, 3x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 2, 5x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 7, at Oklahoma (11/23/14) 3, vs. Missouri Valley College (11/29/14) 2. vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 1, 6x, last vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (1/19/16) 22, at Texas A&M (11/14/14)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

9, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 5, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 4, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 8, 2x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 2, 4x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 6, 2x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 2, 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 2. vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 1, 4x, last vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (1/19/16) 19, 2x, last vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15)

2014-15 Season: • Was granted a medical hardship after appearing in eight games of his true freshman season and had surgery on his left knee. • set a career high with seven points in his first game (at Texas A&M) and equaled it at Oklahoma. • recorded nine blocks in 74 minutes, including three against Missouri Valley. • played a career-high 22 minutes at Texas A&M. • connected on two 3-pointers at Oklahoma. • buried all four of his free-throw attempts at Texas Tech. High School: • Third-team Florida Times-Union All-First Coast Team as a senior. • averaged 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 blocks and 4 assists as a senior. • was all-city and won a First Coast Athlete of the Week award in 2013-14. • team captain. • as a junior, averaged 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists while earning honorable mention allconference honors after sinking 92% on FTs as Raines went 23-7, reaching regional finals. • sophomore averages were 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist, with 86% FT aim. • among colleges that recruited him were Ivy League schools. • also lettered four years in golf, and twice in tennis, along with three basketball letters at William M. Raines HS. • played on very successful Florida Elite AAU team. • graduated with a 3.7 GPA as a National Honor Society member with an SAT score over 1,300. Personal: • Full name is Reginald Kissoonlal II, nickname is “Reggie.” • son of Hanif Kissoonlal, an entrepreneur, and Michelle Wadsworth, an educator. • born April 10, 1996. • has three sisters – Hannah, Desirae and Rhian – and a brother, Hanif Jr. Reggie is the youngest sibling. • the family has a successful restaurant that has been open since 1996. • plans are to be a professional athlete and an entrepreneur, and “to live life, not just live.” • majoring in hospitality management.

KISSOONLAL’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A 14-15 8-0 74 9.3 8-34 .235 4-24 .167 5-7 .714 4 7 11 1.4 17 2 15-16 22-0 176 8.0 22-63 .349 15-49 .306 14-18 .778 7 23 30 1.4 47 7 Tot. 30-0 250 8.3 30-97 .309 19-73 .260 19-25 .760 11 30 41 1.4 64 9

AVG. T/O BLK. STL. 0.3 4 9 2 0.3 19 10 4 0.3 23 19 6

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PTS. AVG. 25 3.1 73 3.3 98 3.3

ishmael LANE

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 NCAA’S TOP 64 FRESHMEN (COLLEGE COURT REPORT) Recently: • Scored 18 points to top NSU in a 90-71 exhibition victory over Waterloo in the third game in three nights during the August exhibition tour.

20 Ishmael Lane 6-8 • 250 • Forward/Center • So.-1L Port Allen, La. (Port Allen HS)

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

25, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 14, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 9, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 12, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 8, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 10, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) N/A 1, at Arizona (11/22/15) 3, 6x, last at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 2, 5x, last at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 4, at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 33, at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

2015-16 Season: • Third-leading scorer for Demons (11.5 points pg), top rebounder (5.6) while starting 27 of NSU’s 28 games, averaging 25 minutes. • team-best 56.6% shooting aim ranked fifth in the Southland Conference; made 120 shots in 28 games, needed 20 more to meet NCAA minimum that would have ranked him 38th nationally. • top-ranked freshman rebounder in the Southland Conference, 17th overall. • did his best rebounding in Southland play, with a 6.2 average, 14th in the league. • with 1.0 blocks pg, ranked 12th in the Southland, third among freshmen. • led team overall with 57% shooting aim, shot 68% on FTs, getting to the line 121 times, second on the team. • blocked 27 shots, with a single-game high of 3 on three occasions, including at Ole Miss in his college debut. • scored 13 at Ole Miss to signal he was ready for prime time. • three double-doubles: 20 points, 12 rebounds in last-minute home loss to UNO, 17/14 in 15-point home win over Southeastern La., 18/11 in road loss at A&M/Corpus Christi, his only non-start of the season. • scored in double figures in 17 games, including 17 at Arkansas with 6 rebounds. • breakout game was season-best 25 points, 9 rebounds in hard-fought six-point win over Louisiana College. • 17 points vs. No. 16 Baylor in competitive 75-62 loss in Waco. High School: • All-State player as a senior. • selected to The Advocate All-Metro team and was named a swat team captain. • averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks as a senior. • helped Port Allen to the quarterfinals. • second-team all-district as a junior. Personal: • Born June 20, 1997. • son of Veda Ferdinand. • business administration major aims to play in the NBA or own his own business.

LANE’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 28-27 703 25.1 120-212 .566 0-1 .000 82-121 .678 56 102 158 5.6 86 16 0.6 44 27 20 322 11.5 Tot. 28-27 703 25.1 120-212 .566 0-1 .000 82-121 .678 56 102 158 5.6 86 16 0.6 44 27 20 322 11.5

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malik METOYER

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

Recently: • Scored 24 points, making 10 of 14 shots from the floor, and grabbed 7 rebounds in 31 minutes to lead Demons’ junior varsity team to an 83-69 exhibition win over York during the August tour around Toronto. • posted 12 points in a junior varsity victory over George Brown on the last night of the Canadian tour, then had a key bucket in NSU’s rally past the Toronto Varsity Blues varsity, 85-80.

15 Malik Metoyer 6-7 • 190 • Guard • So.-1L Clarence, La. (Lakeview HS)

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

14, at Centenary (12/29/15) 4, 2x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 5, at Centenary (12/29/15) 4, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 6, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 2, 2x, last at Centenary (12/29/15) 3, 2x, last vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 2, vs. UL Monroe (11/19/15) 2, at McNeese (1/23/16) 1, 6x, last at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 18, at Ole Miss (11/13/15)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

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

METOYER’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 28-7 240 8.6 22-52 .423 6-25 .240 16-24 .667 12 28 40 1.4 30 12 0.4 18 5 6 66 2.4 Tot. 28-7 240 8.6 22-52 .423 6-25 .240 16-24 .667 12 28 40 1.4 30 12 0.4 18 5 6 66 2.4

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sabri THOMPSON

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016-17 NOMINEE, NABC ALLSTATE GOOD WORKS TEAM • 2016-17 NOMINEE, COACH WOODEN CITIZENSHIP CUP • 2015-16 NSU JUNIOR CLASS MALE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR • 2015-16 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES HONORS COURT • 2015-16 ACADEMIC ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2014 ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA AWARD FOR PERFECT 4.0 GPA

21 Sabri Thompson 6-3 • 195 • Guard • Sr.-3L Newark, Del. (Sanford HS)

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

25, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 8, vs. Louisiana College (12/31/14) 7, 5x, last vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 18, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 7, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 8, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 6, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 3, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 7, at Baylor (12/8/15) 3, 3x, last vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 38, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

25, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 7, vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1/19/16) 7, 5x, last vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 18, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 7, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 8, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 6, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 3, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 7, at Baylor (12/8/15) 3, 2x, last vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 38, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16)

Recently: • Erupted for 34 points, sinking 12 of 15 shots, all 7 of his 3-point tries and 3-4 on FTs, adding 3 steals as Demons topped Toronto 85-80 to end the Canadian tour. Scored 24 points by halftime.

backup point guard coming down the stretch, finishing with a 1.1 assist/turnover ratio. • had zero turnovers in 21 minutes at point guard March 1 at UNO when Jalan West got into early foul trouble. • shot well from distance (35.7% on 3s) and at the FT line (74.1%). 2015-16 Season: • drained 25 3-pointers, including 4-6 in season-best • Averaged 12.6 points in 28 games, starting 21, averaging 16-point outing in double OT loss Jan. 2 vs. Sam Houston as 27 minutes. Scoring average ranked 16th in the Southland he played a season best 25 minutes. Conference. • drilled consecutive 3s on back-to-back possessions to • in 18 conference games, his scoring average rose to 13.7 break 78-all tie in gritty win at Oral Roberts Jan. 25. ppg, 12th in the Southland. • made 2 or more 3-pointers in five games. • earned Academic All-Southland second-team and NABC • his 3 double-figure scoring games included back-to-back Honors Court recognition with his 3.71 cumulative GPA. performances of 13, shooting 5-7, in a win over Niagara • knocked down 56 3-pointers, second on the NSU squad, Nov. 30 and a loss to No. 12 Memphis on Dec. 7. making 39%, 12th in the conference. • recorded perfect 4.0 GPA, winning the team’s Academic • 81.6% FT aim was sixth in the Southland. Award. • career-best 25 points, including 6 3-pointers, at UCA • 22 points on 7-11 FGs, including 5-8 on 3s, vs. Sam Houston High School: • 18 points, hitting 4-6 on 3s, with 3 steals, 4 assists in win • Gatorade Player of the Year for 2013 in Delaware. at Nicholls • ranked No. 2 recruit in Delaware by MaxPreps. • 7 assists at No. 16 Baylor • nationally ranked No. 376 recruit. • 19 double-figure scoring games, raising career total to 31 • first-team all-state as a senior for Sanford School. • scored in double digits in 11 of final 13 games • two-time all-conference selection as a junior and senior. • team’s representative on Student-Athlete Advisory Council • helped his team play in four straight state championship games, winning three straight from 2010-12, under coach 2014-15 Season: Stan Waterman. • Averaged 12.2 points in final six games, beginning with • team was 88-9 in four seasons with three conference titles. career-high 18 points vs. SLU on March 3, when 16 points • averaged 14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.6 steals a came after halftime. game as a senior when the team finished 19-5. • in closing six-game stretch, shot 46% (22-48) on FGs, 47% • one of six teammates who signed to play at the NCAA Divi(14-30) on 3s. sion I level, including Trevor Cooney, formerly of Syracuse. • over the final 18 games, 47% (55-117) FGs, 43% (27-63) • played for AAU’s Helping Hands team, coached by Tye Tayon 3s. lor, and WE R 1, coached by Terrell Myers. • has 12 career double-figure scoring games, nine as a • received Achievement in Literature Award. sophomore, including the last four. • member of the National Spanish Honor Society. • is third-leading returning scorer with his season’s 7.1 • graduated with a 3.6 GPA. average. • career-best 8 rebounds vs. Louisiana College on New Year’s Personal: Eve afternoon. • Full name is Sabri Nadije Thompson, nickname is “Breezy.” • career-best 6 assists at ULM, despite going 0-9 on FGs, in • majoring in accounting. the first of his 11 starts. • born March 24, 1995. • highly-reliable at the FT line, with 77% aim on 44 at• son of Marjorie Madison, who is an accountant. tempts. • one sister, Ashlynn Dunn. • remained on honor roll in both semesters. • a native of Philadelphia. • toured China after the season, playing games and leading • plans to get a job as an accountant or play pro basketball Bible study through the Sports Reach organization. overseas after graduation, and his ambition is to be hard working and successful. 2013-14 Season: • is team’s representative on the NSU Student-Athlete Advi• Four starts while playing in every game as a true freshsory Committee. man, averaging 13 minutes per game. • posted a 3.8 GPA in Spring 2015 semester and owns a 3.8 • handled both point and shooting guard roles, and was overall GPA.

THOMPSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. 13-14 31-4 385 12.4 41-116 .353 25-70 .357 20-27 .741 15 29 44 1.4 41 27 0.9 25 3 14-15 31-11 624 20.1 75-186 .403 36-93 .387 34-44 .773 31 69 100 3.2 54 49 1.6 37 9 15-16 28-21 766 27.4 118-273 .432 56-144 .389 62-76 .816 29 62 91 3.3 58 62 2.2 54 8 Tot. 90-36 1775 19.7 234-575 .407 117-307 .381 116-147 .789 75 160 235 2.6 153 138 1.5 116 20

STL. PTS. AVG. 15 127 4.1 23 220 7.1 18 354 12.6 56 701 7.8

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bailey WALKER

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL Recently: • Swiped a game-high 5 steals to help the Demons cap their four-game Canadian tour in August with a hardfought 85-80 victory at Toronto, who had beaten UNLV on a neutral court the previous weekend.

44 Bailey Walker 6-0 • 180 • Guard • So.-1L Florien, La. (Florien HS)

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

20, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 3, at Incarnate Word (1/9/16) 6, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 13, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 5, 2x, last vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 6, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 3, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 6, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 1, at Arkansas (12/1/15) 5, 3x, last vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 2, 2x, last at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 27, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

2015-16 Season: • Moved into backup point guard role after injury to Jalan West in season opener, played in remaining 27 games, starting at Baylor. • averaged 3.0 points, 1.3 assists in 11 minutes pg, shooting 74% on FTs • exploded for 20 points in 105-79 win vs. Missouri Valley, adding season-best 5 assists. Scored 15 in the first half and wound up 6-13 on FGs, 3-6 on 3s, 5-5 on FTs in 27 minutes off the bench. • poured in 17 points in last-second 102-99 home loss to UNO. Last-minute driving layup got NSU within 100-99. • also issued 5 assists at Houston Baptist, scoring 8 points. • posted 5 assists at Arkansas. • made Commissioner’s Honor Roll with 3.2 GPA in industrial engineering technology High School: • Two-time all-state selection, two-time all-district MVP, two-time all-parish MVP and two-time The Times All-Area team. • led Florien to consecutive Class B semifinals as a junior and senior with 40-plus wins. • added two more all-district selections and an all-parish selection. • all-academic first team for three years. • graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Personal: • Born Nov. 17, 1995. • son of Klifford and Stephanie Walker. • brother Jordan and sister Maggie. • industrial engineering major who plans to work offshore or in a plant. • aspires to push himself as hard as he can to be as great as he can.

WALKER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 27-1 308 11.4 26-65 .400 14-28 .500 14-19 .737 5 17 22 0.8 36 39 1.4 43 1 11 80 3.0 Tot. 27-1 308 11.4 26-65 .400 14-28 .500 14-19 .737 5 17 22 0.8 36 39 1.4 43 1 11 80 3.0

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jalan WEST

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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

CAREER HIGHS

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

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

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS

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

25, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 3, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 8, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 13, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 3, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 4, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 6, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 10, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) N/A 6, at Ole Miss (11/13/15) N/A 30, at Ole Miss (11/13/15))

HONORS AND AWARDS

A full list of West’s career honors and awards can be found on page 27.

Recently: • Underwent his second surgery in 9 months on his left knee in August, after reinjuring a ligament that was initially repaired in December. • rehabilitation process, in a best case scenario, could result in him being cleared to play late February or early March, so NSU will pursue a waiver for a medical redshirt season (a seventh-year waiver) hoping for his return in 2017-18. • he is pursuing his second NSU undergraduate degree, this one in psychology, and will serve as a student coach again this season. Career: • School single-season (246), career (614) assists leader • school single-season (86) and career (206) leader in 3-point field goals • sixth all-time at NSU in career scoring (1,592) – needs 418 to break Billy Reynolds’ record of 2,009 from 1973-77 • third all-time at NSU in career steals (219) – needs 46 to break Tyrone Mitchell’s record of 264 (2002-06) • his .863 career free throw percentage is best alltime by any Southland Conference player; second in school history but the best by a Demon with more than 41 free throw attempts per season or 82 in a career (West has attempted 459 career FTs). • also ranks in career top 10s in Southland history in assists (614, 4th), assists per game (6.4, 2nd), steals (219, 9th), steals pg (2.3, 6th), and 3-point aim (40.1%, 9th). • has three top 10 Southland Conference singleseason performances, his 246 assists (2nd), 7.7 assist average (6th) and 42.2% 3-point aim (9th) in 2014-15. • at end of last season, ranked 4th among all active players in assist average (6.40 pg), 6th in assistturnover ratio (2.60), 7th in steal average (2.28), 10th in steals (219), 12th in assists (614), 16th in FT aim (.863), 26th in scoring average (16.6 ppg), 26th among players with at least 1,500 points and 350 assists, 68th in 3-pointers (212) and 69th in points (1,592). • career assist total of 614 is second all returning NCAA Division I players. • career steals average of 2.27 pg ranks 4th among all returning players; his 219 career steals is highest total by any returner. • career assist/turnover ratio of +2.60 is 3rd among all returning players. • his career 16.6 scoring average ranks 12th nationally among all returning players with 1,000 career points.

• career 1,592 points ranks 7th among all returning players. • career 2.6-to-1 assist to turnover ratio ranks him in the top 15 in NCAA history. • averaging 1.46 points per field goal attempt, comparable to Duke legend J.J. Redick’s career 1.45 points per FGA average (Kerry Miller, BleacherReport.com). • 19th since 1995-96 in career assist average; on pace to finish in top 10 in career assists (since 1995-96 according to Sports-Reference.com. • Demons have either led the country in scoring (2014-15, 84.0 ppg) or finished second (2013-14, 86.7 ppg; 2012-13, 80.0 ppg) in his first three seasons. • NSU is 59-35 overall with two national postseason tournament appearances, 40-14 in Southland Conference regular-season play in his career. • has hit half (280-558) of his career shots inside the 3-point arc, 40% on 3s, 86% at the line. • has 9 career 30-point games, 30 career 20-point games, and 75 career double-figure scoring games. • 11 career double-doubles, 9 with points/assists, 2 with points/rebounds. • 2 career games with 10 or more rebounds. • 10 career games with 10 or more assists. • 34 career games with 8 or more assists. • 19 games in which he contributed at least 50% of NSU’s points with scoring and assists, including 7 of the last 8 in 2014-15. • has been responsible for 37% of the points scored by the Demons in his 3+ seasons (1,592 scored, 1,412 assisted on 424 2-pointers, 190 3-pointers). • only 1 career game (at Oral Roberts in his freshman year) without an assist on a 2-point bucket. • only 18 games without an assist on a 3-pointer, just 3 of those games as a junior. • has an ongoing streak of 16 games with an assist and at least one 3-pointer. • notably took part in two games of H-O-R-S-E with first-year NSU president Dr. Jim Henderson, the first on Aug. 3, 2015, on Henderson’s backyard (the Brickyard) goal; the second at the NSU Tipoff Party Oct. 22, with Lady Demon senior point guard Janelle Perez also in the mix. West won both. • graduated in May 2016 with a general studies degree. • introduced Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, the commencement speaker, at NSU’s Spring 2016 ceremonies. • 2015-16 nominee for NABC Allstate Good Works Team for leadership, character, on-court performance, community service.

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

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2015-16 Season: • It ended abruptly at the end of the opening game at Ole Miss, when a left knee injury in the final minute required reconstructive surgery. • scored 25 points, issued 6 assists at Ole Miss, hitting 8-13 shots, 6-10 on 3s. • had a dynamic second half, hitting 7 straight shots and 8-10, including 6-7 on 3s, pouring in 24 in the final 20 minutes. • “He went Steph Curry on us,” said Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy. • spent remainder of season as a student coach and goodwill ambassador with referees. • three days after his graduation, received a sixth-year waiver from the NCAA allowing him eligibility for 2016-17. 2014-15 Season: • led NCAA in assists pg (7.7), 16th in scoring (20.0 ppg). • with Zeek Woodley, formed the highest scoring tandem in college basketball (42.2 ppg). • they were dubbed “J-Z on Tour” early in the season by CollegeInsider.com. • top 25 in 8 NCAA season stats, Top 50 in 11, Top 100 in 17 national stats. • only college player in the NCAA top 25 in scoring, assists, and steals. • sixth in total assists (246), 23rd in total points (641), 31st in total steals (66). • 20th in 3-point FG aim (42.2%), 45th in 3-point FGs per game (2.69), 53rd in 3-point FG made (86), 90th in 3-point FG attempts (204). • 22nd in assist/turnover ratio (+2.73), 23rd in steals pg (2.06). • 22nd in FT made (169), 32nd in FT percentage (86.2), 52nd in FT attempts (196). • 96th in double-doubles (7), six with points and assists, one with points and rebounds. • 78th in FG made (193), 83rd in total FG attempts (424), 124th in FG percentage (45.5). • was responsible for 45.3% of NSU’s points (641 scored, 576 assisted – 84 3-pointers, 162 2-pointers). • responsible for a career-best 63% of Demon scoring in CollegeInsider.com game vs. UT Martin, with 34 points and 7 assists producing 16 more points. • responsible for a career-best 54 points vs. UNO on 3/7 with 33 points, 9 assists. • 7 games with 10 or more assists, high of 14 vs. Missouri Valley (11/29), also 12 vs. McNeese in Southland Tournament (with 1 turnover, 24 points). • matched career-high 36 points at UNO, hitting buzzer-beaters at the end of each half. Hit 53-footer at halftime, 27-foot fallaway 3 off glass to win the game 87-84. • the buzzer-beaters earned him No. 2 on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays list for Feb. 1. • also involved in #SCTop10 with his half-court lob to Ta’Jon Welcome at SFA. • 5 games of 30 points or more, capped by 34 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists in CollegeInsider.com Tournament game vs. UT Martin (8-14 on 3s). • back-to-back 30-point games with 33 vs. Incarnate Word, 30 vs. Abilene Christian. • 7 double-doubles, including the UT Martin outing, with the others all points/rebounds: 11/14 vs. Missouri Valley, 19/10 vs. UL Lafayette, 17/11 vs. Lamar, 10/11 vs. UCA, 13/10 vs. SLU (2), 24/12 vs. McNeese (3). • five near triple-doubles: UT Martin (34 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists); McNeese (25/7/12), UNO (33/9/8); UCA (28/7/7), McNeese (25/8/8), also 0 turnovers. • 6 games with 10+ assists. • tied school single-game FT accuracy mark (100%, at least 8 attempts) by going 11-11 at SFA. • was Demons’ top rebounder in last 15 games, averaging 5.5 per game. • in last 8 games, hit 57% on 3s (34-60). • 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists in last-minute 100-92 loss at Arkansas. • became first Demon ever to record two 600-point seasons, first to post two of the top 10 season scoring totals. • broke 41-year-old NSU season assists record in Southland Tournament semifinal vs. SFA. • 8 assists at Oklahoma, 9 assists at Texas Tech. • has an ongoing streak of 15 games with an assist on at least one 3-pointer. • had career best 8 assists on 3-pointers in 3/2 win over SLU. 2013-14 Season: • Was the only player in the nation to average at least 19 points, 6 assists, 2.5 steals and 4 rebounds (averaging 19.4 points, 6.4 assists, 4 rebounds, 2.5 steals). Was first player since Hofstra’s Speedy Claxton in 1999-2000 to post such a stat line. • late in the season, BleacherReport.com rated him NCAA’s 4th-best player under 6-0. • set new school season steals record (78).

• 87.6% FT aim was third-best in school history for a season, but tops all players with over 100 attempts (he had 186). • 19.4 scoring average tops at NSU since 1993-94 when Southland Player of the Year Eric Kubel (24.3) and Larry Terry (22.5) were seniors. • four double-doubles: 20 points/10 assists vs. Niagara, 13/10 vs. Abilene Christian, 27/10 vs. Incarnate Word, 12 points/10 rebounds at Sam Houston. • 29 double-figure scoring games, including 13 with 20 or more. • 11 games with 8 or more assists; 3 with 10 or more. • 53rd in NCAA in assist/turnover ratio (+2.35). • one of just two players in NCAA top 10 in assists and steals (eighth in both) • was 24th nationally in FT percentage (87.6), 35th in scoring. • shot 46% overall, 41%on 3-pointers. • Southland ranks: first in assists and FT aim, second in steals, third in assist-turnover ratio, fourth in scoring and 3-pointers made pg, ninth in minutes pg (32.9), 11th in 3-point aim. • fourth player in 101 years of basketball at NSU to score 600 points in a season (604). • best single-season scoring average at NSU in 20 seasons. • at his best in big games: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists at No. 12-ranked Baylor, including a 3-pointer with 14.5 seconds left to force OT; 15 points, 9 assists, 5 steals at No. 15 Memphis. • career-best 36 points, one of four 30-point outings last season, in Southland semifinals in epic outing vs. SFA, on only 16 FGA (7-14 on 3s), 11-12 on FTs • near triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists at Sam Houston (Feb. 6). • 30 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals in 111-92 win at Auburn. 2012-13 Season: • 4th-leading scorer (10.2) for Southland Tournament champs. • 11th nationally in assist/turnover ratio, 17th in steals, 55th in assist. • led SLC in steals (2.34), assist-turnover ratio (+2.75), 3rd in assists (5.2), 8th in 3-pointers per game (1.6). • hit 28 of last 31 free throws (90%) since 1/17, with streak of 21 ended at Niagara. His 83.6% aim on free throws would have led the Southland if he had made three more attempts to reach the minimum of two made per game. • posted first career double-double (11 points, 12 assists) 3/9 vs. Sam Houston, while committing no turnovers. The dozen assists were the best single-game performance in the SLC all season and there were only 40 better in NCAA in ‘12-13. • had a key steal, hit 4-4 FTs in final minute of 79-76 comeback win at SLU. • recorded 9 assists vs. McNeese and Oral Roberts among seven games with at least 8 dimes. • perfect shooting (5-5 FG, 3-3 3s, 2-2 FTs), 15 point, 7 assists in 1/19 win over SLU. • scored 17 times in double figures with a season-high 26 in a season-opening rout of East Texas Baptist. • started first five games, then moved into the 2nd wave. 2011-12 Season: • Redshirted because of NCAA Clearinghouse issues. High School: • Ranked as high as the No. 2 prospect in Louisiana by some recruiting services. • guided Bossier HS to the state championship in 2011 after a 33-2 season. • back-to-back state finalists in 2010 (38-2) and 2009 (33-7). • Bearkats went 135-21 (.865) in his career. • 2011 All-American nominee. • three-time all-state selection, twice all-city (Shreveport/Bossier) MVP. • three-time all-district selection. • averaged 16 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals a game in 2010. Personal: • Born April 12, 1993. • son of Janice West and George Hairston. • three sisters Aneisha, Shaquita and Keandra. • lifelong ambition is to provide a better life for his family. • immediate ambition is to be listed at 6-feet tall.

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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

They tweeted it No. 93 Jalan West, Northwestern State: 20.0 ppg, 7.7 apg, 4.4 rpg, 2.1 spg, 42.2% 3PT. Speaks for itself. #CBTtop100 (College Basketball Talk) No Jalan West from Northwestern State on Bob Cousy List? Ask the “high major” coaches he played against. @FranFraschilla (ESPN analyst, former coach) He should be. One of the most productive players in CBB. EXCELS IN EVERY ASPECT. @SethOnHoops (Seth Greenberg, ESPN analyst, former coach) No Nic Moore (SMU). No Jalan West. There are A LOT of good PGs this year, but those two are getting slept on. @RobDauster (College Basketball Talk/NBC Sports analyst)

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

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

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

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

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

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

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

WHERE WEST STANDS

NSU SINGLE-SEASON LISTS

NSU CAREER LISTS

AMONG ACTIVE NCAA PLAYERS

1st: Assists (246) 3-pointers made (86) 3-pointers attempted (204)

1st: Assists (614) 3-pointers made (212)

1st: Steals (219)

4th: Free throw percentage (.876)

2nd: Free throw percentage (.863) 3rd: Steals (219)

6th: Assist-to-turnover ratio (2.60)

4th: Points (641)

6th: Points (1,592)

6th: 3-pointers made (70)

4th: Assists per game (6.4) 7th: Steals per game (2.28) 10th: Steals (219) 12th: Assist (6.14)

7th: Points (601) 9th: Free throw percentage (.862)

16th: Free-throw percentage (.863)

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

zeek WOODLEY

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

23 Zeek Woodley 6-2 • 209 • Guard • Sr.-3L Pelican, La. (Pelican All Saints HS)

CAREER HIGHS

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

36, vs. Central Arkansas (2/16/15) 10, 2x, last at Arizona (11/22/15) 14, 2x, last vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 21, vs. Central Arkansas (2/16/15) 13, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 14, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 6, at Nicholls (1/25/16) 9, 2x, last at Central Arkansas (2/2/16) 3, 5x, last at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 4, 4x, last vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 6, at Central Arkansas (2/3/15) 40, at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS

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

39, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 10, at Arizona (11/22/15) 14, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 20, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 13, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 14, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 6, at Nicholls (1/25/16) 9, 2x, last at Central Arkansas (2/2/16) 3, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 4, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 3, vs. Nicholls (2/22/16) 40, at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16)

HONORS AND AWARDS • COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS MID-MAJOR PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • NCAA’S NO. 4-RANKED SHOOTING GUARD, BLEACHERREPORT.COM’S BRIAN PEDERSON, PRESEASON 2015-16 • 2015-16 FIRST-TEAM ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES FIRST-TEAM ALL-DISTRICT 23 • FIRST-TEAM LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA TEAM • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (2/15/16) • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • IN BLEACHERREPORT.COM ‘S ARTICLES “PREDICTING THE BEST DUOS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL IN THE 2015-16 SEASON,” BRIAN PEDERSEN LISTED JALAN WEST AND ZEEK WOODLEY AMONG 21 SETS OF TEAMMATES AS TOP TANDEMS IN THE GAME FOR 2015-16. • IN BLEACHERREPORT.COM’S ARTICLE “PREDICTING THE BEST SCORERS AT EACH POSITION FOR THE 2015-16 CBB SEASON,” BRIAN PEDERSEN LISTED JALAN WEST AS THE #4 SHOOTING GUARD • COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS’S PRESEASON MID-MAJOR ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM SELECTION • PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SELECTION • 2015-16 LOU HENSON MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST • 2015-16 COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA, FIRST TEAM • 2015-16 (WITH JALAN WEST) “BEST DUOS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL,” BRIAN PEDERSON, BLEACHERREPORT.COM • 2015-16 (WITH JALAN WEST) “TOP 10 BACKCOURTS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL,” NO. 9, REED HUNNICUTT, RANTSPORTS.COM • SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (12/1/2014) • LOU HENSON AWARD MID-SEASON WATCH LIST BY COLLEGEINSIDER.COM • 2014-15 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM • 2014-15 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM SELECTION • 2014-15 U.S. BASKETBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-DISTRICT VII TEAM (3/10/2015) • 2014-15 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ALL-DISTRICT 23 TEAM, SECOND TEAM • 2014-15 LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM, SECOND TEAM • 2014-15 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM • 2013-14 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR • 2013-14 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Recently: • Poured in 18 points in 20 minutes of a 103-84 exhibition win over York in August during NSU’s Canadian tour. • scored 16 one night later in a 90-71 victory at Waterloo.

he maintains his 19.4 career average this regular season. If he maintains the 22.2 he’s averaged in each of the last two years, he would be sixth all-time. • NCAA’s 2nd-leading returning career scorer; his career 19.4 average is 4th among all returners. • his 56.4% FG aim is 17th among returning major college players; his 83.7% career FT rate is 21st. Entering 2016-17: • his career 83.7 FT aim is second all-time in South• Needs 246 points to become NSU’s career scoring land history, topped only by Jalan West’s 86.4%. leader (2,009 by Billy Reynolds in 1973-77); has • owns a career shooting score of 180 (56% FGs, 1,764. Is 321 away from breaking into Southland 40% 3-pointers, 84% FTs), with 180 the line to the Conference career top 10. elite shooters in the game. In NBA history, only • school record holder for points in a season (711, seven players have owned a single-season 180 score, as a sophomore). His 622 points as a junior was the including Steph Curry, Larry Bird, Steve Nash and Demons’ 6th-best single-season total. Kevin Durant. • will climb to 7th on Southland’s career scoring list if • has 7 career 30-point games, 45 more career

WOODLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 13-14 31-25 746 24.1 174-282 .617 10-24 .417 73-91 .802 55 87 142 4.6 73 21 0.7 38 25 12 431 13.9 14-15 32-32 1009 31.5 262-468 .560 39-98 .398 148-182 .813 55 105 160 5.0 73 34 1.1 38 33 22 711 22.2 15-16 28-28 925 33.0 216-407 .531 57-140 .407 133-150 .887 47 98 145 5.2 67 44 1.6 55 16 27 622 22.2 Tot. 91-85 2680 29.4 652-1157 .564 106-262 .405 354-423 .837 157 290 447 4.9 213 99 1.1 131 74 61 1764 19.4

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20-point games and 79 career double-figure games in 91 games. • 29 career games with 6 or more rebounds.

A Real 180

2015-16 Season: • 5th in Southland Conference single-season history with 88.7% FT aim in 2015-16 (133-150), the 10th-best rate in the country last season. • the nation’s only player to have a 19-point or better scoring average, with at least 50% FG aim and 40% on 3-pointers (40.7). • posted a season shooting score of 186, with 180 considered exceptional. • his 622 points was the Demons’ 6th-best single-season total. • for a second straight season, led the Southland with a 22.2 scoring average, ranking 11th nationally. • his 88.7% FT aim was 10th nationally, his 56% FG aim was 67th. • fouled out for the first time as a Demon, in 87 career games, vs. UNO and then again two games later at SLU. • had 4 30-point games, with a career-high 39 in the first game without Jalan West, vs. LSU-Alexandria, when he made 14-19 FGs and tied the school record with 10-10 FT aim. • 31 vs. Sam Houston State (11-15 FGs, 8-11 FTs); 30 at Nicholls in a win (12-17 FGs, including career-best 6-8 on 3s); 30 in home win over UCA (11-19 FGs, 4-9 3s, 4-4 FTs). Nicholls game was the only one in which he didn’t get to the FT line in the entire season. • barely missed a double-double in the Nicholls game, snagging 8 rebounds. • posted his second career double-double at No. 12 Arizona, 14 points, 10 rebounds, matching his career best on the boards. • scored game-high 29 at Auburn, earning him a postgame handshake from Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley, an Auburn great who was seated on the baseline next to the NSU bench. • game-high 26 points at Arkansas on 10-15 aim, 4-5 on 3s. • posted 3.20 in general studies in spring semester 2016, earning Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for a third time.

Only seven players in pro basketball history have been “180 shooters” combining their percentages from the field, on 3s and FTs: Larry Byrd (twice), Steve Nash (four times), Mark Price, Reggie Miller, Dirk Nowitzki, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant since the NBA introduced the 3 in 1979-80. Entering the 2016-17 season, Woodley has career lines of 56.4 FG%, 40.7 3-point% and 83.7 FT% for a total of 180.8.

2014-15 Season: • 2nd nationally in scoring, 4th in field goals made (262), 7th in total points (711). • 22.2 scoring average tops at NSU since 1993-94 when Southland Player of the Year Eric Kubel (24.3) and Larry Terry (22.5) were seniors. • voted Southland Conference Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year (3.3 cumulative grade point average) by league’s awards committee. • with Jalan West, formed the highest scoring tandem in college basketball (42.2 ppg). • they were dubbed “J-Z on Tour” early in the season by CollegeInsider.com. • 27th nationally in FG percentage (56.0), only player under 6-4 in the NCAA top 50. • 33rd in FG attempts (468), 50th in made FTs (148), 84th in FT attempts (182), 115th in FT aim (81.3%). • youngest Demon ever, first sophomore, to score 1,000 career points. • second-fastest Demon to 1,000, doing it in 57 career games, bettered only by Vernon Wilson, who had 1,050 in 50 games from 1971-73. • set school single-season scoring record with his first basket in the Southland Tournament starting a 34-point (14-17 FGs, 3-5 on 3s) performance vs. McNeese; passed Billy Reynolds’ 686 points in 1976-77. • posted 2 30-point games, 22 20-point games and 31 double-figure games. • 12 games with 6 or more rebounds, topped by career-best 10 at Sam Houston (Jan. 5). • Career-best 36 points vs. UCA (Feb. 16). • sank 50% or better from the field in 26 of 32 games. • drained 60% on 2-pointers, 39.8% on 3s (making 39) • 2nd on team with 22 blocked shots, 33 steals, 5 rebounds per game. • first career double-double with 11 points (regular-season low), 10 rebounds on Jan. 5 at Sam Houston. • had scored 20 in 10 straight games before the SHSU contest. • only non-double-figure scoring total was 9 in CollegeInsider.com Tournament loss to UT Martin. • tied school single-game FT accuracy mark (100%, at least 8 attempts) by going

11-11 at SLU. 2013-14 Season: • Fourth nationally in FG percentage (61.7), highest by a guard or a freshman, and best in the Southland. • averages of 13.9 points (14th in Southland), 4.6 rebounds in 31 games, 25 starts, with 24.1 minutes per game. • was the league’s highest-scoring freshman since 2006. • sank 41.7 percent (10-24) on 3-pointers, 80.2 percent on FTs (sixth in Southland) • also had 25 blocked shots (0.8 pg, 20th in Southland). • was the league’s highest-scoring freshman since 2006. • led Demons in scoring four times, including a 30-point eruption Jan. 4 vs. Lamar when he shot 12-15 on FGs, 5-5 on FTs, 1-2 on 3s and did not score in final 12:38. • first Demon freshman since at least 1981 to score 30. • had 24 points (10-12 FGs), 7 rebounds vs. UCA , 22 (8-12 FGs, 2-2 3s), 5 rebs vs. Oral Roberts. • 18 points at Auburn in 111-92 win. • 15 vs. No. 12 Baylor. • 23 games in double figures, seven with 6+ rebounds (high of 8 at Sam Houston). • scored putback with 3.1 seconds left to force OT vs. UL-Monroe. • made Dean’s List both semesters. High School: • Led Pelican All-Saints High School to a pair of state championships as a junior and senior as the team went 49-15 over those seasons. • three-time Class C (smallest classification) Most Outstanding Player on All-State team at a now-defunct high school. • won Top 28 Class C Tournament MVP in both his junior and senior seasons. • averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds in his career. • scored a career total of 3,835 points. • four-year Class C All-State selection. • three-year All-Northwest Louisiana (all classifications) by the Shreveport Times. • Pelican reached the state quarterfinals in his freshman season, the Top 28 state tournament semifinals in his sophomore year, and won state the last two seasons. • coached by Richard Simmons. • lettered in baseball and basketball. • in AAU competition, played for the Louisiana Roundballers, coached by Carl Harris. Personal: • Majoring in general stidues. • son of Sholanda Woodley and Zikiteran Robinson. • two brothers, Jermany Woodley and Jaylon Woodley. • three sisters, Shaquarius Bailey, Paris Sanders, Tyra Sanders. • born July 21, 1994. • given name is Zikiteran. • carries a 3.0 overall GPA.

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WHERE WOODLEY STANDS

1st: In single-season NSU scoring (711)

2nd: Among all

returning scorers in points (1,764)

4th: Among returning Division I career scorers (19.4 points per game)

6th: In NSU

single-season FG percentage (.617)

17th: Among active Division I players in FG percentage (.564)

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34 Jordan Bell 6-8 • 225 • Guard/Forward • Fr.-HS Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood HS)

Recently: • Snatched 5 rebounds in his first game as a Demon, an exhibition win over the Guelph Gryphons in Toronto during NSU’s August Canadian tour. • contributed 18 points, 8 rebounds in an 83-69 exhibition win over York. • posted 10 points in a junior varsity victory over George Brown, 94-73, on the tour’s final night. High School: • Averaged 20 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks a game as a senior. • named Inglewood’s MVP and most outstanding player of the Bay League. • named SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week on Feb. 1, 2016. • selected first-team all-area, second-team all-state and second-team All-CIF open division. Personal: • Born March 22, 1998. • full name is Jordan Dion Bell. • majoring in general studies. • nickname is J Bell. • parents are Gail Castillo and Jesse Bell, both of whom work in law offices. • middle sibling of four sisters.

Recently: • Poured in a team-high 22 points in just 18 minutes during an exhibition win over York University in NSU’s August swing through the Toronto area. • hit 6 of 8 shots overall, 3 of 4 on 3s, and made 7-10 at the FT line against York. • added 9 points and 7 assists in a junior varsity win, 83-69, over York before the varsity contest, won by NSU 103-84. • one night later, scored 13 points in a 90-71 exhibition win over Waterloo. • capped the Canadian swing by scoring 10 in a hard-fought 85-80 triumph over Toronto, which had beaten UNLV on a neutral court a few days earlier.

2 Josh Boyd 6-1 • 200 • Guard • Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas (Ozen HS)

High School: • Named the 2016 Beaumont Enterprise Super Gold Boys Basketball Most Valuable Player as a senior. • averaged 15.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 5.4 steals and three blocks a game as a senior. • helped lead Ozen to Class 5A Region III title game where he put up a 26 point performance in the loss. • team climbed as high as No. 7 in the MaxPreps Texas Top 25 Basketball Rankings during his senior season. Personal: • Born Dec. 4, 1997. • youngest son of Gwen and Bernard Boyd. • has two brothers, Bernard and Geraud, and sister, Ashely. • criminal justice major with dreams of making it in the NBA. • full name is Joshua Xavier Boyd. • nickname is Black Mamba.

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Recently: • Scored 12 points in the Demon junior varsity’s final outing on the August tour of Canada, helping a 94-73 win over George Brown.

High School: • Named second-team All-District 1-5A as a senior. • played varsity golf, finishing fourth in the regional tournament as a senior.

Jacob Guest 6-4 • 190 • Guard • Fr.-HS Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)

Personal: • Born Jan. 28, 1998. • full name is Jacob Price Guest. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. • biology/pre-med major with plans to attend medical school after graduation. • life’s ambition is to share Christ with others. • youngest son of Melinda, a teacher and Greg Guest, a lab director. • has three brothers Parker, Paxson, and Josh. Paxson is a former Demon basketball player.

Recently: • Snatched 5 rebounds in his first game as a Demon, an exhibition win over the Guelph Gryphons in Toronto. • posted 13 points, 12 rebounds in the Demon junior varsity’s final outing on the August tour of Canada, helping a 94-73 win over George Brown.

40 Tanner Hamilton 6-9 • 205 • Guard/Forward • Fr.-HS Texarkana, Ark. (Trinity Christian)

High School: • Named all-state, all-region, all-area and district MVP as a senior. • averaged 21.8 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 6.5 blocks per game his senior season. • named Texarkana Gazette Player of the Year as a junior. • also named all-state, all-region, all-area and district MVP as a junior. • as a sophomore, named to all-state team and offensive mvp. • named Newcomer of the Year as a freshman. • lettered in track, basketball, football, and cross country in high school. Personal: • Born Sep. 24, 1997. • full name is Tanner Dean Hamilton • graduated with a 3.7 GPA. • son of Bobbi Norris-Hamilton, a foot nurse, and Rob Hamilton, a contractor. • has four brothers – Darin, Landon, Jacob, Andrew – and a sister, Payton. • majoring in biology with plans to open an oral surgery clinic. • life’s ambition is to pursue a career in basketball.

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL 2015-16 Season: • Medical redshirt due to concussion issues stemming from an early October collision in practice. • Posted perfect 4.0 in biology in his first collegiate year.

35 Colby Koontz 6-9 • 250 • Forward/Center • Fr.-RS Enid, Okla. (Pioneer-Pleasant Vale HS)

High School: • Four-year letterman in basketball and baseball. • in basketball, All-Northwest Oklahoma player of the year, all-state and CTB All-Star as a senior, averaging 15.8 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. • Three-time all-conference player and CTB All-Star. • helped team to two 20-plus win seasons and reached as far as the state quarterfinals. • has four district championships and an area quarterfinals appearance. • in baseball, four-time all-conference player. • as a senior, first-team All-Northwest Oklahoma, all-state and WOBCA all-star selection. • baseball teams had three 30-plus win seasons, including a state-runner up (senior), a state semifinals (freshman) and a state quarterfinals (junior). • graduated with a 3.98 GPA. • member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, BETA, FCCLA, STUCO vice president and class vice president. Personal: • Born July 14, 1996. • son of Brent and Angi Koontz. • two sisters Bayli (17) and Teagen (11). • one brother Holden (13). • both parents were four-year lettermen at University of Oklahoma – mom in basketball and dad in football. • biology/pre-med major plans to become an optometrist. • life’s ambition is to make a positive impact of every person that God allows to cross his path. Prior to NSU: • Played one season at East Los Angeles College and one season at Portland State. • helped lead East Los Angeles to a 26-4 record and was named the MVP of the Southern Conference of California junior colleges. • averaged 18 points per game for the Huskies. • named East Los Angeles College’s Male Athlete of the Year. • appeared in 25 games as a freshman at Portland State, starting two. • had a season-best 10 points against city rival Portland.

1 Iziahiah Sweeney 6-4 • 185 • Guard • Jr.-TR Compton, Calif. (East Los Angeles College)

High School: • Two-year letterman for coach Tony Thomas at Compton High School. • averaged 17.5 points per game and was named first-team All-Moore League and All-CIF as a senior when Compton posted a 26-7 record. • helped Compton reach the Division 2 state semifinals. • ranked the No. 44 shooting guard nationally by ESPN, the 33rd-best shooting guard on the West Coast California’s No. 19 overall prospect. • won the 2014 Ballislife All-American Dunk Contest. • first-team All-Moore League as a junior. • graduated with a 3.3 grade point average. Personal: • Born July 15, 1996. • son of Makeda and James Sweeney. • has two brothers, Imani and Josiah, and one sister, Seraiah. Imani will graduate from Northeastern University in 2017. • communications major whose career plans include working with kids in his hometown. • life’s ambition is “to glorify God and accomplish my long-term goals.”

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Levi Yancy Student Manager White Oak, Texas (Tyler JC)

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

6, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 5, vs. Louisiana College (11/25/15) 2, 4x, last vs. Missouri Valley Coll. (12/19/15) 4, 3x, last at Arizona (11/22/15) 2, 5x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 2, 5x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) N/A 1, 2x, last at Auburn (11/27/15) 1, 7x, last vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 3, 2x, last vs. Missouri Valley Coll. (12/19/15) 2, 2x, last at Lamar (1/16/16) 21, vs. Louisiana College (11/29/15)

2015-16 SEASON HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

• Begins his first season as a student manager on the Northwestern State staff. 2015-16 Season: • Appeared in 24 games off the bench in his first season as a Demon. • produced season highs of six points (vs. Missouri Valley, Dec. 19), five rebounds (vs. Louisiana College, Nov. 25) and three assists (vs. ULM, 11/19; vs. Missouri Valley). • knocked down all 10 of his free-throw attempts, going 2-for-2 in five separate games. • played a season-high 21 minutes against Louisiana College, hitting both of his field-goal attempts. Prior to NSU: • Helped Tyler Junior College to a regional tournament championship and national tournament appearance as a sophomore, averaging three points and four rebounds per game. High School: • Led White Oak to two consecutive Class 2A state titles. • won the Class 2A Player of the Year from the Texas Basketball Coaches Association. • consecutive 37-1 records in his last two seasons after a 30-4 mark and a regional semifinals. • served as a class treasurer and was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the debate team. Personal: • Born Feb. 20, 1995. • son of Retha Moore. • one sister Quita (28). • cousin Terrell Harris won an NBA championship with the Miami Heat in 2012. • education major who wants to be a high school teacher and coach in East Texas. • life’s ambition is to glorify God.

YANCY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O BLK. STL. PTS. AVG. 15-16 24-0 235 9.8 14-36 .389 0-2 .000 10-10 1.000 12 27 39 1.6 32 14 0.6 16 7 6 38 1.6 Tot. 24-0 235 9.8 14-36 .389 0-2 .000 10-10 1.000 12 27 39 1.6 32 14 0.6 16 7 6 38 1.6

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His program is #Southland Strong: The Demons are 45-27 (.625) in conference regular-season play in the last four years, 61-41 (.598) in the last six. McConathy is 182-139 (.567) against Southland foes, including 164-132 (.554) in regular-season matchups. They benefit from a big homecourt advantage. Venerable Prather Coliseum has more on-the-floor seating than any other Southland venue. The Demons average over 2,000 fans per game in league play in a tough-for-visiting teams environment. NSU is 37-15 at home overall in the past four seasons, 63-21 in the last five years, and has won 70 percent of its home games (159-68) under McConathy. In Southland Conference and Louisiana basketball history, Mike McConathy has a Known for years as “Coach Mike” to his players, McConathy is among a select group unique and remarkable place as a player and head coach. of major college mentors. Less than two dozen Division I basketball coaches have been He’s regarded as one of the greatest players in state and conference history, scoring at their current school for 18 years. His peers in this distinction include Mike Krzyzewski 2,033 points (20.7 per game) from 1973-77 at Louisiana Tech, leading the Bulldogs to (Duke), Tom Izzo (Michigan State), and Jim Boeheim (Syracuse). the 1976 conference crown as the Southland Player of the Year. Three Division I head coaches – Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams, McNeese’s Dave Sim He ranks among the greatest coaches too, entering his 18th season at Northmons and Mark Slessinger of New Orleans – have served on his Demon coaching staff. western State, where his father (John), his sons (Michael and Logan), and his uncles “Coach Mike” is nationally respected by those who coach, and cover, the game. (George and Leslie) all played. For the 11th year, he will be part of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 voting McConathy notched his 600th career collegiate coaching victory and coached his panel. He does his own ballot each week. He’s been late once in 10 years – and that 1,000th college contest in the 2014-15 season. With 619 victories in 33 seasons, he was on a weekend the team was returning from Hawaii. He has also served a threeis the winningest college coach in Louisiana basketball history, eclipsing legendary year term on the NCAA’s coaches’ regional advisory committee assisting with the NCAA bench bosses such as Dale Brown, Leon Barmore, Fred Hobdy and Mike Vining. McTournament selection process. Conathy is 619-419 overall with a 267-260 record at NSU, including 78 regular-season He received the 2012 NABC Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Education dur“guarantee” games at non-conference foes, going 262-182 (.591) with the Demons ing NCAA Final Four weekend in New Orleans. It is among the most prestigious awards otherwise. presented by the NABC, representing one of the four core values of the Guardians of the His teams have scored road wins over Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, Auburn Game program – education, leadership, advocacy and service. and Oregon State, and also knocked off No. 15 Iowa in a 14 vs. 3 seed upset in the 2006 National television and radio analysts and announcers such as Fox Sports’ Tim NCAA Tournament. Brando and Doug Gottlieb, Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery of CBS Sports, Fran He is a master of March Madness. McConathy’s Demons have made seven SouthFraschilla and Jerry Punch of ESPN, and Charles Barkley of TBS have expressed their land Tournament championship game appearances in their 12 conference tourney trips admiration of McConathy, as much for his core values as for his coaching acumen. during his first 17 seasons. Only the Demons (2005-08) and Louisiana-Monroe (1990 Demon basketball has evolved in his tenure from being nearly an afterthought 93) have made four straight championship game appearances in the five decades of in the historic city of Natchitoches to providing the sports heartbeat of northwest Southland basketball competition. NSU is 18-9 in Southland Tournament play, and Louisiana in February and March. captured the 2001, 2006 and 2013 Southland Tournament crowns, with McConathy in charge. That ’13 title gave NSU its third NCAA Tournament appearance under McConathy. NSU is 2-3 in the “Big Dance,” beating Winthrop (2001) and Iowa (2006). The Demons dumped a Gregg Marshall-coached Winthrop squad in the inaugural Opening Round game in Dayton in ’01 and overcame a 17-point deficit in the last 8:32 to stun Steve Alford-coached Iowa 64-63 in ’06 at Auburn Hills, Mich., in one of the most memorable games in modern March Madness history. McConathy’s core philosophies include the belief “the MVP of our team IS our team.” His use of a deep rotation, often with wave substitutions of five-for-five, is a tried-and-true method that annually has NSU playing its best basketball down the stretch. The Demons are toughened each season by a challenging non-conference slate of games – NSU played the nation’s fifth-toughest out-of-conference schedule three seasons ago – and the combination of giving significant playing time to 10-13 Demons all year long helps produce surges like 12 wins in the final 15 games of 2013-14 and a run of 11 wins in 13 games late in 2014-15. Since the start of his 16 seasons as coach at Bossier Parish Community College in his hometown, McConathy has constantly promoted educational values for, and with, his players. Almost 90 percent of the seniors in his NSU program have graduated. More than half the team has been on the NSU honor roll in the past three years. The Demons received “public recognition” from the NCAA in May 2014 and in May 2006 for ranking among the nation’s top 10 percent Academic Progress Rate scores in the NCAA’s annual report. They had a perfect score in May 2011 and have consistently ranked among state, Southland Conference and even national leaders in that and the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate in McConathy’s 16 seasons. In July, the National Association of Basketball Coaches gave NSU its Team Academic Excellence Award for Coach Mike is presented a banner after becoming the winningest college basketball posting a team 3.02 GPA in 2015-16.

Mike McConathy Head Coach 18th season at NSU (267-260) Louisiana Tech, 1977

coach in the state of Lousisiana.

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His Demons have reached to the Southland Conference Tournament championship game seven times in his 17 seasons (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013). McConathy brought the philosophy of “Championship Basketball … with a Purpose!” to NSU in March of 1999. After winning 70 percent of his games in 16 seasons at Bossier Parish Community College, he took over a program that had never been to the NCAA Tournament and had just five winning seasons in 24 years of Division I history. When he arrived at his father’s alma mater, tasked with turning around a longdowntrodden program, Coach Mike didn’t run off the players in the program so he could bring in his guys right away. At the press conference announcing his hiring, he talked about bringing Demon basketball back to the level of expectation it had when his father and uncles played for Northwestern in the 1950s. Then, 20-win seasons and conference championships were standard fare. One veteran media member wondered if the new coach was from Mars, so farfetched that goal seemed. After all, NSU had had never been close to a Division I conference championship or an NCAA Tournament berth. McConathy only had two scholarships to work with, just a couple of weeks before signing day, but instead of cleaning house, he created a homelike atmosphere. This program, he told the veteran players, wasn’t his. It was theirs. His role was to shape it into something good, for them and for the players to come. His two pre-teen boys, Michael and Logan, spent as much time in Prather Coliseum as the players did. That wasn’t by accident. Coach Mike told his team that he wanted to be able to have pride in having his boys around the players. So the McConathy kids had a bunch of older brothers, and the players suddenly had a couple of younger brothers, subtly reminding them their conduct was very personal to their new coach. Deep inside, McConathy also was determined to build a program that would be solid enough that when his sons finished high school, it might appeal to them to be involved, in some way, perhaps even as players, just like their grandfather Johnny and their uncles, George and Leslie, were in the years between World War II and the Korean Conflict, when the NBA was a fledgling league with teams in Ft. Wayne and Syracuse, a decade before color television made its debut.

Now, beginning his 18th season as head coach, Coach Mike’s vision has long since become reality. Sticking with the players already in the program worked. His first team posted the first winning season in eight years at Northwestern, and became the first Demon team to reach the Southland Conference Tournament championship game. A year later, the Demons were back, and they didn’t stop there. The heart of the team he inherited and inspired worked its way to the SLC Tournament title in 2001, into the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever, and to an opening round win as the Demons became “Dayton’s Darlings” and somewhat of a national media sensation at the outset of March Madness. The swirl of national talk show appearances, the fact that the team’s opening win was the lead story on “SportsCenter” and in the next day’s USA Today sports section, was all part of the bigger picture for McConathy. It was a chance to solidify the foundation that had been established, an opportunity to springboard the NSU program into a position of being a consistent championship contender in the Southland Conference. A year later, as seven seniors went through commencement exercises, McConathy was preparing for the consequences of a surprising recruiting decision. The coach who spent 16 seasons in the junior college ranks decided against blending juco players with a few prep prospects to replace the departing senior class. Instead, McConathy and assistants Simmons and Slessinger brought in a dozen high school seniors. Those recruits were the 2005-06 seniors, except for Jermaine Spencer, who had interest from LSU and Texas, among others, but signed with McConathy and the Demons. Spencer took a medical redshirt year as a sophomore, so his senior season came in 2006-07. Behind that 2003 recruiting class, the Demons layered in a handful of talented high school players in 2004 and 2005, and added a blend of prep and junior college recruits since, averting another wholesale rebuilding. The plan worked. The youngest team in the country battled through two losing seasons, appearing ready to turn the corner in 2003-04 before some key players were sidelined. In 2004-05, the payoff began: 21 wins (the most for the Demons since 1960), a Southland Conference co-championship, homecourt advantage in the SLC Tournament and an ESPN-televised championship game at Prather Coliseum.

McConathy T imeline: How it all got star ted AS A PLAYER... “Coach Mike” is already inducted into the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame for his career as a high school All-American at Bossier City-Airline High School and as a high scoring guard at Louisiana Tech from 1973-77. He was inducted in Louisiana Tech’s Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2011. McConathy was a gym rat. One of his personal workouts involved shooting baskets in the dark. The hard work paid off for McConathy, who was a fourth-round draft pick of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. Among his 2,033 career points were 45, still the Prather Coliseum single-game record, against Northwestern in his senior year. He was told he had made the Bulls roster, but was released on the final cut. He tried playing in Europe, but soon decided to come home and begin his coaching career. AS A COACH BEFORE NSU ... McConathy’s start in coaching came as girls basketball coach at his alma mater, Airline High School in Bossier City. Soon, he moved into the college ranks without making any kind of move at all. McConathy won 20 games or more in 11 of his 16 seasons as head coach at Bossier Parish Community College, starting the program from scratch in 1983. They didn’t have a gym or dormitories, practicing and playing at Airline when the gym was available. But his teams posted at least 23 wins in each of his last seven seasons at BPCC, and were in the top 10 of the final national junior college Top 25 rankings in each of his last three seasons. His overall 352-159 (.688) record at Bossier Parish included a remarkable 185-48 (.794) mark since the start of the 1992-93 season. His last six teams won Miss-Lou Conference championships. His 1998-99 club was 26-5 and ranked eighth nationally, a year after the team posted a 27-3 record and finished with a No. 3 national ranking.

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

Coach Mike with his wife, Connie.

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But it was a stunning last-minute loss. That was the painful motivator for the 2005-06 team - the Demons wanted to fulfill their potential, to repeat as champs, host the SLC tournament championship game again, and win there - and in the NCAA Tournament. They did that, and much more. The Demons had a school-record 26 wins, including victories at Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, over Oregon State and No. 15 Iowa in the NCAA Tournament. Attendance records were shattered. They earned a TV game in the ESPN BracketBusters. They won the SLC by the widest margin in nine seasons. Northwestern made its fourth SLC Tournament championship game appearance in McConathy’s first seven seasons as head coach. The Demons won the Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 general scholarship prize for the most spectacular play in the NCAA Tournament. Northwestern made four national television (CBS, ESPN2, ESPNU) appearances, let alone the cascade of national coverage during their NCAA Tournament run by the Demons of Destiny. Each March, national media revisit the win over St. Patrick’s Day win over thirdseeded Iowa, capped by Jermaine Wallace’s off-side rebound and fall-away 3-pointer from the corner with 0.5 left. It’s shown over and over on TV, and has continually been featured in lists of all-time NCAA Tournament great finishes and best NCAA games of the decade. In March 2011, an NCAAsports.com vote by fans tabbed the contest the greatest game in NCAA Tournament history. Seven seniors graduated. For most programs it would be back to the drawing board at that point. For the Demons, it was back to more success in 2006-07 -- starting with a jam-packed Prather Coliseum for a season-opening smackdown of Utah State, and finishing a 3-pointer shy of another NCAA Tournament berth. For the third straight year, NSU won an SLC title - this time the newly created SLC East Division crown. Again, the Demons were in the SLC Finals. It was more déjà vu in 2008. For the sixth time in nine seasons, and for the fourth consecutive year, the Demons reached the SLC Tournament championship game. Another nailbiting 3-point loss kept them from the Big Dance. But their SLC Tournament dominance was palpable to observers and the competition, who are wary of the Demons’ depth that makes them so formidable in the late-season and postseason play. That was borne out again in 2013-14. Northwestern State posted its third 20-win season in nine years. Prather Coliseum

was the least liked destination for Southland teams. March Madness again enveloped the NSU faithful, and in commencement exercises in December and May, Demon players marched in cap and gown -- a recurring theme that was one win shy of a repeat last season. It’s all part of Coach Mike’s plan. And it’s a home grown product. McConathy has built with Louisiana players as about three-quarters of the Demons who have played for him are from the Bayou State. That’s fitting. The McConathy family roots, and values, are deep in the red clay hills of north Louisiana, tracing back decades to his family’s farm in hilly Bienville Parish, where his father and uncles did their chores before they used horses and bicycles to make the six-mile plus trip to basketball practice and games. During his days at Bossier Parish Community College, McConathy had chances to join his college teammate Tim Floyd as an assistant coach at Iowa State and possibly to the NBA, but it never came to pass. He couldn’t put a price tag on raising his boys around their grandparents and uncles and aunts in north Louisiana. Now, as he’s brought Northwestern State basketball back, and even beyond to a level it reached when his father played for the Demons. His dad passed last spring, but his mother, Corene, will be watching her son’s team from across the court in Prather Coliseum again this season. The transformation of Demon basketball has been accomplished. The challenge hasn’t ended -- competition never does -- but Mike McConathy has built a program solid enough that he was proud to have his own son as part of the team. He’s smiling even more broadly nowadays. Michael and Logan graduated with honors after finishing five years in purple and white. But there still is a roster full of “Coach Mike’s boys” who don’t happen to be McConathys, just Demons. Ask any of them, or their predecessors -- Demon basketball truly is a family thing.

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

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The Coach C M CONATHY AT NORTHWESTERN STATE

1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

17-13 19-13 13-18 6-21 11-17 21-12 26-8 17-15 15-18 11-20 10-19 18-14 16-16 23-9 17-14 19-13 8-20

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

17 seasons 267-260 Seven SLC Tournament title game appearances in the last 13 seasons

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

16 seasons

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

352-159

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

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

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

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

12.3 ppg 16.8 ppg 24.7 ppg 27.5 ppg 20.7 ppg

The Player MIKE “OPIE” MCCONATHY

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

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

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

A Great 18 Mike McConathy begins his 18th season with the Demons in 2016-17. He is one of 14 active NCAA DIvision I men’s basketball coaches to spend that many seasons at their current institutions. Mike McConathy, Northwestern State Tom Izzo, Michigan State Mike Krzyzewski, Duke Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Scott Sutton, Oral Roberts Bob McKillop, Davidson Phil Martelli, St. Joseph’s Fran O’Hanlon, Lafayette Greg Kampe, Oakland James Jones, Yale Steve Fisher, San Diego State Dave Loos, Austin Peay Rick Byrd, Belmont Bob Williams, UC Santa Barbara NOTE: Schools had to be classified as Division I for the 18 years in question

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

by Jerry Byrd, Bossier Press-Tribune

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Jeff Moore Assistant Coach 11th season at NSU Missouri Valley, 1995 Entering his 11th season with the Northwestern State men’s hoop squad, Jeff Moore is a cornerstone of the program. Coach Mike McConathy entrusts his staff with responsibilities that many Division I coaches don’t delegate. But with two former junior college head coaches on the bench in Moore and Bill Lewit, the Demons are blessed with high-caliber help. Moore’s in-game strategy and stewardship of all aspects of the program have weaved seamlessly with McConathy’s players-first, family values approach. NSU won 59 games across three seasons from 2012-15, while leading the nation in scoring in 2014-15 and ranking second nationally the previous two seasons. Moore’s savvy and his passion have been precious assets for Demon basketball. He has been the point man as recruiting coordinator as NSU has signed two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year, Jalan West (2013) and Zeek Woodley (2014), and the 2013 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year, DeQuan Hicks. Moore helped steer the 2012-13 Demons to a 14-seed in the NCAA tournament after another Southland Tournament championship. The 23 games the Demons won in 2012-13 sits in second place for the school’s all-time history for wins in a season. Moore’s amazing work ethic and winning personality made him the perfect choice to fill the big shoes on the Demons’ staff when he replaced current McNeese State head coach Dave Simmons in 2006. He fits into a legacy of assistant coaches that McConathy has nurtured, three now Division I head coaches -- Buzz Williams at Virginia Tech after a great run at Marquette, along with beloved Southland rivals Simmons at McNeese and Mark Slessinger at New Orleans. Remarkably, after the departure of Simmons, the Demons didn’t miss a beat. Moore’s strategic acumen and teaching skills were tremendous assets as NSU won yet another Southland Conference title in his first season on staff, capturing the SLC East Division crown. In his first two seasons, the Demons made back-to-back trips to the Southland Finals. Moore’s motto: “preparation comes face-to-face with opportunity.” “‘It’ in leadership terms is the guy that makes it all work and pulls it all together. He knows all the necessary things to do for our program. Jeff Moore has ‘it’,” said McConathy who became Louisiana’s all-time leader in college wins in 2013. “His compassion for players and passion for doing the right things are impeccable. I truly have been blessed to have him on my staff.” Before coming to NSU, he spent five years (1997-2002) as a head coach and athletic director in the junior college ranks at John Wood (Ill.) Community College. There he made a run to the NJCAA regional tournament semifinals in 2001 and coached Ronnie Ross, a Jeanerette, La., product who was ranked as a Top 10 junior college prospect at guard by TSN Basketball Magazine. Ross was the first of three Top 10 junior college prospects by position that Moore coached. Kurt Looby and Jessan Gray played for Moore at Tyler Junior College when he was an assistant from 2002-05. In his three seasons at Tyler, they qualified for the regional tournament every season. After TJC, he coached at Bossier Parish Community College as an assistant for one season before Coach Mike called his number. At BPCC, the Cavaliers won the Miss-Lou Conference and Tournament Championship and qualified for the Region XXII Tournament for the first time in five years. Moore not only has a commitment to excellence on the floor, but in the classroom. Ninety percent of Demon basketball players have graduated since Moore arrived, and NSU’s APR has continued to climb including 1000 marks in 2010, 2011, 2013 and

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

COACHING EXPERIENCE

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

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1992-94 1990-92

Missouri Valley College Marshalltown Community College

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

2016. In 2014, the program received NCAA national recognition for ranking in the top 10 percent in Division I, and again led all conference and state public institutions in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate with a 98 percent score. He’s recruited big-time players such as Koby Achane from Welsh, La., Missouri Valley College’s all-time leading scorer; Will Mosley from Shreveport, who is fifth alltime in NCAA Division I history in blocks; and Trey Gilder of Dallas, who played with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies and was a NBA D-League All-Star. “He is a great teacher of the game, a tremendous worker, and has an extremely positive, warm personality,” said McConathy. “He’s rooted in Louisiana, which is the heartbeat of our program, and he also has contacts around basketball that broaden our network.” Moore has coached over 80 players in his career from his home state of Louisiana. “He grew up with a dad who was a great basketball coach and the game is definitely a passion for him,” said McConathy. “From being a head junior college coach for five seasons, he understands what we have to do to not only keep our program achieving at a high level, but to move forward.” Moore’s father, the late Wilbert C. “Nooky” Moore, coached for 33 seasons in Louisiana at the high school (Slidell, Rayne, Notre Dame-Crowley, Lake Arthur) and college (assistant coach to Ralph Ward at McNeese State) levels. The younger Moore began his college coaching career in 1995 at his alma mater, Missouri Valley College, after serving as a student assistant coach in 1994-95 following the end of his playing career. He was named an NAIA Scholar All-American at Missouri Valley after earning National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic honors at Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College, where he was also an honorable mention all-region performer. He earned a master’s degree in education, with an emphasis in athletic administration, from Northwestern State in 1997. Moore was a standout player at Lake Arthur High School and was inducted into

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the school’s athletic hall of fame. He played on the Louisiana Stars AAU state championship team and was chosen for the Louisiana Pepsi All-Stars Team that toured the Canary Islands. He continues to host summer camps in Jefferson Davis Parish starting in 1998 and also hosted senior workout camps in April in south Louisiana, providing an opportunity for hundreds of state prep players to obtain college scholarships at the junior college, NAIA and NCAA levels. His relationships with prep coaches have helped raise attendance at summer NSU camps and clinics to all-time highs. He and his wife Amy, a fourth and fifth grade math teacher at the NSU Lab School, have a beautiful and active 9 1/2-year-old daughter, Gracie, and a son, Caige (for Dad’s Cajun heritage), who will turn five in January.

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

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Bill Lewit Assistant Coach Sixth season at NSU Salisbury, 1991 Bill Lewit won a national championship as a junior college head coach and has predictably made tremendous impact on the Northwestern State program as the Demons have re-emerged as a nationally relevant mid-major over his first five seasons on Mike McConathy’s staff. In just his second season, Lewit helped the Demons reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. NSU led the nation in scoring during the regular season (83.3 ppg), and finished second in that stat, and sixth (9.8 pg) in steals. The Demons went 23-9, the second-best win total in a century of basketball at NSU, winning the Southland Conference Tournament. The resulting NCAA Tournament berth was extra special for Lewit when the Demons drew the Florida Gators in a second-round matchup, and then battled nosefor-nose into the middle of the second half before Billy Donovan’s powerhouse squad pulled away. Lewit’s dad and Donovan’s father grew up together in Rockville Center, N.Y., and Billy’s uncle, Don Sullivan, was the best man in Lewit’s parents’ wedding. The 2014-15 Demons captured the national scoring championship, averaging 84 points per game and extending Northwestern State’s history of high-scoring squads. NSU returned to the postseason after a one-year absence, garnering a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Despite significant graduation departures, the 2013-14 Demons made their own mark. The Demons Hoop Squad blew out Auburn 111-92 on the road and was again among NCAA Top 10 leaders in scoring, steals and blocked shots, and took eventual Southland champ Stephen F. Austin down to the wire twice. His deeply insightful scouting reports, bench acumen, and player development are vital elements of Demon basketball. His breakdowns of practice and game video results in steady improvement by the NSU players, who frequently make their way up the aisle on the team bus on road trips to sit with Lewit and glean his precise observations on their games. His impact has been immense as well in social development, academic goal setting, and expanding NSU’s recruitment base. His contributions helped the Demon program earn two NCAA academic plaudits in 2014 – national public recognition in May for ranking among the country’s top 10 percent on the Academic Progress Rate study, and then in October, No. 1 rankings in the Southland Conference and among Louisiana’s public institutions (again) on the NCAA Graduation Success Rate with a near-perfect 98 percent. Yet in his understated way, Lewit says he is getting the better part of the deal as a Demon basketball family member. “I am truly blessed to be an assistant coach on Coach McConathy’s staff,” Lewit said. “He is a proven winner who has built a very special basketball program, and most importantly empowers his staff and players to perform on and off the court with the same championship qualities he possesses. I know, just like all the players and coaches before me, I am better because of my experience with him.” Before coming to NSU, Lewit spent the previous two years at the University of New Orleans, where he was associate head coach while the Privateers were in the Sun Belt Conference. Like McConathy did at Bossier Parish Community College, Lewit built a perennial junior college national power at Cecil College in Maryland. Lewit’s 2005-06 team won a national championship, going 33-2. He guided the team to the No. 1 spot in the final regular season polls three times, and top-7 finishes in each of his final 11 seasons. The 2006 team was the first team in NCJAA history to start as the No. 1 ranked team at the start of the season, end as the No. 1 ranked team in the final regular season poll, and go on to win the national title.

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

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

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Salisbury University

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

Lewit earned National Coach of the Year in 2006, and he maintained 100 percent eligibility for his players across his 14 years and over 90 percent graduation of his sophomores. Additionally, Lewit’s Cecil teams won six Maryland Juco regular-season conference championships, five Maryland JUCO State Tournament Championships, six Region Championships, and 354 games. He was selected conference and region Coach of the Year a combined 15 times. Even before coaching, sports and competition had always been a big driving force for Lewit. He was a football and basketball standout from 1987-91 at Salisbury University (Md.). In his senior season (1990-91), he served as the football team captain, led the team in receptions and receiving yards, held the basketball team’s highest free throw and 3-point shooting percentage, and won the overall Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. To this day, Lewit is still the only athlete at Salisbury to earn four varsity letters in both football and basketball. One of his biggest collegiate highlights was when he recorded 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in the conference championship game to help lead Salisbury to an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Lewit earned a Bachelor’s in Communications in 1991, and Master’s in Education/ Counseling in 1993, both from Salisbury. In high school, Lewit earned a combined nine varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball at Red Bank Regional HS (N.J.). As a senior, he was named to the all-county team in all three sports. Some of his biggest high school accolades were winning three division titles in basketball, being selected for the Vince Lombardi Rock and Granite award as one of Monmouth County’s elite football players, and being honored as Red Bank Regional’s Most Outstanding Male Athlete in 1987. Furthermore, Lewit became the youngest Red Bank Regional Alumni to be inducted into the Red Bank Regional Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in April, 2010. Lewit is an avid New York sports fan and supports the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders. His connections in sports to this day are outstanding.

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His basketball teammate at Salisbury, Russell Springmann, is an assistant coach at the University of San Diego. One of Lewit’s college football teammates, Dan Quinn, is the head coach of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Jareem Dowling, one of Lewit’s athletes and former assistants at Cecil, is an assistant coach at Arkansas State. Lewit is the son of Bob and Maureen Lewit. His parents and two brothers, Bob Jr. and Greg, live in New Jersey. His grandmother, Angela Lewit, currently resides in Tampa, Fla. His family has always been his biggest inspiration in life as they stressed Catholic faith, family, education, athletics, work ethic and serving others.

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

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Jacob Spielbauer Assistant Coach 10th season at NSU William Penn, 2007 One of the newest members of the WIlliam Penn University Athletics Hall of Fame, Jacob Spielbauer enters his sixth season as an assistant coach under 17th-year coach Mike McConathy. Previously NSU’s director of basketball operations, Spielbauer now assists in recruiting and scouting duties along with skill development, practice planning and overseeing student managers for the Demons. He stands as liaison for housing and equipment and as camp director as well and has been part of the NSU program for close to a decade. Spielbauer, a 32-year-old Wapello, Iowa, native, earned a master’s of sport administration during his time at Northwestern State. In his first season with the Demons, he helped NSU reach its league-record fourth straight Southland Conference Tournament championship game and, in 2010, he was part of a staff that led NSU to a second place finish in the conference race. In his second season as an assistant he aided in the recruitment of Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year DeQuan Hicks and SLC Freshman of the Year Jalan West. He helped lead the Demons to a 23-9 finish while winning a Southland Conference Tournament championship and earning a 14-seed into the 2013 NCAA tournament. In his third season, he assisted in the recruitment of 2013-14 Southland Freshman of the Year Zeek Woodley. While the Demons finished with a 17-14 record; they were the fastest team in Division I basketball. NSU ranked second in nation in points per game (86.6), seventh in nation in steals per game (8.7), and eighth in nation in assists per game (16.5). In the 2014-15 season, Northwestern State led the nation in scoring (84 points per game) and Spielbauer helped mentor point guard Jalan West, who led the nation in assists per game at 7.7. “Jacob has earned the opportunity,” McConathy said. “He came to us with a great basketball background and he immediately became a very valued member of our program. He has excelled at everything he’s done and has already shown that he is going to be very good for us in this expanded role, particularly as it relates to recruiting. “He’s a quality person and has a great future in the profession.” Spielbauer was an NAIA honorable mention All-American point guard in 2007 and an Academic All-American at William Penn University in 2006 and 2007 along with earning all-conference honors for three seasons. He scored 1,300 points during his four seasons as a Statesman. Spielbauer was team captain in his last three years and helped the Statesmen post back-to-back conference championships before they reached the NAIA Division II national tournament in his senior season. He was inducted into the William Penn Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 15. At Wapello High, playing for his father Ken, he was a 2003 Iowa All-State pick. His parents, Ken and Karen, have another son, Davis, and a daughter, Emily. His father has been head basketball coach at Wapello for 31 seasons. Spielbauer was born Sept. 18, 1984. His father was an All-American basketball player at William Penn and a member of the William Penn Athletic Hall of Fame. Jacob is married to the former Shircarra Dobin, and they have a stunning daughter, Maci Jean, who celebrated her second birthday April 22, 2016.

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

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2003-07

William Penn University

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

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

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Luke Rogers Strength and Conditioning Coach 10th season at NSU Northwestern State, 2008 Chicago Public League Hall of Famer Luke Rogers has helped Northwestern State into the NCAA Tournament as a coach and a player. The Chicago native, who had a dynamic two-year playing career for the Demons from 2005-07, is in his 10th year as part of the full-time NSU basketball staff, serving as assistant to head coach Mike McConathy along with working as a strength and development coach. He entered an elite group of coaches who have been part of March Madness as players when he helped the 2012-13 Demons into the NCAA Tournament. Rogers was a starting guard on the 2005-06 “Demons of Destiny” who won the Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles, finishing 26-8 after an NCAA Tournament first-round win over 15th-ranked Iowa. The Chicago native dished 8 assists and hit a pair of clutch free throws in the final minute to bring NSU within a basket and to help set the stage for the last-second 64-63 win. The Demons’ 2013 Southland Conference Tournament championship and subsequent NCAA Tournament berth allowed Rogers the unique status of being a rare Demons coach to have been part of NCAA second-round teams as both a Northwestern State player and coach. In Rogers’ first nine years as part of the NSU program as a player and coach, the Demons have compiled a .539 winning percentage (153-131). As a junior at Chicago’s Von Steuben High, he was named the Chicago Tribune Player of the Year with a 29.6 scoring average. His points dropped to 19.2 as a senior, but Von Steuben made the school’s first Chicago Public League Final Four appearance. His standout career at Von Steuben led Rogers to be inducted into the Chicago Public League Hall of Fame in May 2015. After two years at Eastfield College, “Luke Juke” quickly emerged as one of the most spirited of the 2005-06 Demons, helping coin the phrase “Hoop Squad” and the chant “Bus Number 2” after the Demons’ trip to Hawaii. He averaged 9.6 points and was runner-up in voting for the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year, starting all 34 games. As a senior, he led NSU with 13.5 ppg in 32 games (31 starts), finishing with career totals of 750 points (11.3 ppg), 77 3-pointers (35 percent), 72 percent free throw aim (169 makes), 209 assists, 100 steals and 12 blocked shots. His performance in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons landed him on the NSU Fab 50, honoring the top 50 Demons players from 1976-2013. He is the son of the late Verbena Rogers and has 7 older siblings: Jake (46), Floyd (44), Lloyd (39), Denise (45), Lashal (44), Latonya (41) and Bena (38). He has three children -- sons Luke Jr. and Martell Rogers and daughter London Denise Johnson -and has 21 nieces and nephews altogether. He earned his bachelor’s degree in general studies in 2008.

Position Strength & Conditioning Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Strength & Conditioning Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2005-07 2004-05

Northwestern State Eastfield College

PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Chicago High School: Von Steuben HS Family: sons, Luke Jr. and Martell Rogers; daughter, London Denise Johnson

As a Demons player, Luke Rogers’ career led him to be named to the Fab 50, honoring the top NSU players from 1976-2013.

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Lucas Archuleta Graduate Manager Second season at NSU Fort Lewis College, 2015

Rodney Broughton Jr. Graduate Manager Second season at NSU South Alabama, 2012

Following a two-year career at nationally ranked Division II power Fort Lewis College, Lucas Archuleta enters his second season as a graduate manager with the Northwestern State basketball team. Archuleta was a team captain his senior year at Fort Lewis, helping the Skyhawks achieve a No. 17 national ranking. Fort Lewis won at least 20 games in each of his two seasons at the Durango, Colorado, school. Archuleta scored a career-high 15 points against Texas-Permian Basin in November 2014 and handed out a career-best six assists against Colorado-Mesa in December 2014. Prior to playing at Fort Lewis, Archuleta spent two seasons at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado. Archuleta scored 530 points in two seasons at Otero, leaving as the No. 30 all-time scorer in program history. His play helped the Rattlers win their first Region IX championship and pushed them into the Elite Eight of the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. The Rattlers finished the season with a No. 12 national ranking. Archuleta graduated from Fort Lewis with a bachelor’s degree in business finance in May 2015. He earned his associate’s degree in business administration from Otero in May 2012. Archuleta played two seasons at Rio Rancho (N.M.) High School, earning all-conference honors both seasons. As a high school senior, he led the state of New Mexico in scoring at 25 points per game, was named district Player of the Year, first-team all-state, first-team all-metro and participated in the Class 5A North-South All-Star Game. He spent his first two seasons at Santa Fe (N.M.) High School where he was a second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore and an honorable mention pick as a freshman. Archuleta is the son of Cindy and Johnny Archuleta and has one brother (Dustin) and one sister (Kalie). He currently is pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance.

Rodney Broughton Jr. is in his second season as a graduate manager at Northwestern State, coming to Natchitoches after a stint at the University of Mobile. During the 2014-15 season, Broughton helped the Rams allow an average of just 62 points per game and earn numerous top-10 national defensive rankings. Broughton worked with both the varsity and junior varsity teams at Mobile where his duties also included recruiting, overseeing team academics, camps and organizing the program’s Alumni Day. Before coaching at Mobile, Broughton spend two years coaching at Mary G. Montgomery High School in Semmes, Alabama. There Broughton was the head coach of the Vikings freshman team and a varsity assistant. Prior to his coaching career, Broughton earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of South Alabama. He is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration. He played basketball at Bishop State Community College in Mobile, Alabama, after his high school playing career at John L. Leflore Magnet School in Mobile. Broughton is a Mobile native and the son of Rodney and Diane Broughton.

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Austin Harrell Graduate Manager First season at NSU Harding, 2016

Stephon Martinez Graduate Manager Second season at NSU Lyon College, 2014

Austin Harrell begins his first season as a graduate manager with the Northwestern State men’s basketball program. Harrell comes to Natchitoches after spending three seasons working as a student assistant at Harding University. Prior to that, Harrell spent one season as a student assistant with the women’s basketball team at Faulkner University. Harrell, a Montgomery, Alabama, native, is a 2016 graduate of Harding with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. He is pursuing a master’s in sport administration. At Harding, Harrell was responsible for managerial duties and assisted with drills in practice, clipping game film and developing scouting reports. Harding reached two NCAA Tournaments during Harrell’s tenure and produced the 2014 Great American Conference Freshman of the Year and the 2016 GAC Player of the Year. During his one season at Faulkner, Harrell helped the Lady Eagles post the best record in program history, reach the second round of the NAIA National Tournament and produce a first-team All-American. Harrell was responsible for uploading film for game tape exchange, assisting on recruiting trips and with practice drills. Harrell has worked a large number of camps at Northwestern State, Samford, Texas A&M and Baylor among others. Harrell and his wife, Hannah, were married in the summer of 2016.

Stephon Martinez is in his second season as a graduate manager at Northwestern State, following a playing and coaching career at Lyon College. Martinez played his final two seasons at Lyon (2012-14) before spending the 2014-15 as an assistant coach with the Scots. As a player, Martinez ranked nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 49 percent of his shots from long range, and assist-to-turnover ratio. Prior to playing at Lyon, Martinez spent two seasons at Illinois Central College, contributing to a team that earned a top-10 national ranking and finished 21-9. Upon completion of his playing career, Martinez joined the Lyon College staff as an assistant coach and was involved in preseason workouts, practices, recruiting, player development and handling team travel arrangements. Martinez earned his business administration degree from Lyon in 2014 and currently is pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration. Martinez is the founder and owner of DigDeep Basketball, a skill-development company he began in 2014. DigDeep offers targeted skill development at all levels from youth to professional. Martinez has worked with numerous collegiate players as well as Julian Wright (NBA), Kevin Dillard (EuroCup) and various other professional players along with hosting camps and clinics across the country. Martinez was a two-sport athlete at North St. Francis County (Mo.) High School, playing basketball and soccer. Martinez is the son of Stacy and Ray Collier and has one brother, Parker.

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Trey McCrory Graduate Manager Third season at NSU Northwestern State, 2015

Riley Walker Graduate Manager First season at NSU Northwest, 2016

Trey McCrory is in his third season with the Northwestern State men’s basketball program, his second as a graduate assistant. McCrory spent the 2014-15 season as a student assistant on coach Mike McConathy’s staff before graduating in May 2015 with a dual degree in psychology and addiction studies. McCrory, who is legally blind, graduated with a 3.4 grade point average and currently is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration. McCrory is the son of Johnny and Tammy McCrory of Coushatta and has one sister, Britney Tingle.

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

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Devin Thulin Athletic Trainer Second season at NSU Kansas, 2011; 2015

Marcia Bolton Administrative Assistant Fifth season at NSU Northwestern State, 1988

Devin Thulin joined the Northwestern State sports medicine staff as a graduate assistant athletic trainer in 2015, and is continuing his education working towards his M.S. in sports administration. His primary clinical responsibilities involve working with the men’s basketball team, which he will handle for a second straight season. Thulin owns two degrees from the University of Kansas - a B.S. in athletic training (2015) and a B.A. in psychology with a minor in business (2011). While serving as an athletic training student from 2012-2015, he worked with Haskell Indian Nations, the Kansas football, women’s rowing and track and field teams, and Eudora High School. With Haskell, Thulin worked with all school sports including volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, football, and track and field. As a psychology student in Lawrence, Kansas, Thulin worked as a suicide counselor from 2010-2012. He also completed an summer internship with Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City in 2014. He spent the summer of 2016 working with PRISM in Natchitoches, providing outpatient rehabilitation and physical therapy. Thulin, a native of Shawnee, Kansas, has been a licensed NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) since 2015 and a Certified First Aid & CPR/AED Instructor for the Professional Rescuer since 2014. He received his Graston M1 Certification in 2013.

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

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Tra’von Joseph

Guard

Jacob Guest

Jordan Bell

Guard/Forward

Mike McConathy

Iziahiah Sweeney

Guard

35 Colby Koontz

Forward/Center

Jeff Moore

Head Coach

Assistant Coach

Lucas Archuleta

Rodney Broughton Jr.

Graduate Manager

Josh Boyd

Graduate Manager

Devonte Hall

Guard

Malik Metoyer

Ishmael Lane

Guard

42 Tanner Hamilton Guard/Forward

Bill Lewit

Assistant Coach

Austin Harrell

Graduate Manager

Reginald Kissoonlal

Guard/Forward

Forward/Center

Sabri Thompson

Guard

Jalan West Guard

Cody Cambre

Guard

Zeek Woodley Guard

44 Bailey Walker Guard

Jacob Spielbauer Assistant Coach

Stephon Martinez Graduate Manager

Levi Yancy

Student Manager

Luke Rogers

Assistant Coach

Trey McCrory

Graduate Manager

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Harris Wilson Jr. All-Sports Coach

Riley Walker

Graduate Manager

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

2016-17 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Rashawn Thomas Sr. F Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Oklahoma City Zeek Woodley Sr. G Northwestern State Pelican, La. Jordan Howard Jr. G Central Arkansas Chandler, Ariz. Jaylen Franklin So. G Abilene Christian Jacksonville, Ark. Aurimas Majauskas Sr. F/C Sam Houston State Marijampole, Lithuania SECOND TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Dakarai Henderson Sr. G Sam Houston State Pearland, Texas Jamaya Burr Sr. G McNeese State Ruston, La. Christavious Gill Sr. G New Orleans Alexandria, La. Paul Baxter Sr. G Sam Houston State Austin, Texas Ty Charles Jr. G Stephen F. Austin Kennedale, Texas

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

2016-17 PRESEASON MEN’S BASKETBALL POLLS

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

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

TOTAL 138 137 123 93 91 75 66 64 63 58 49 33 24 TOTAL 137 135 123 92 77 75 68 65 64 62 54 34 28

AT TEXAS A&M

GAME 1 • NOV. 11 • 8 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location..........................................................................College Station, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 59,000 Colors.................................................................................. Maroon and White President..................................................................................Michael K. Yong Athletics Director................................................................... Scott Woodward Conference...............................................Southeastern Conference (NCAA D1) Arena............................................................................................. Reed Arena Website...............................................................................aggieathletics.com HEAD COACH Billy Kennedy (Southeastern Louisiana, 1986) Record at Texas A&M/Overall......... 99-70 (6th season)/310-249 (19th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 28-9/13-5 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Northwestern State 11.14 American 11.18 Southern California 11.24 vs. Cal State Northridge (Fullerton, Calif.) 11.25 vs. New Mexico/Va. Tech (Fullerton, Calif.) 11.27 TBD (at Anaheim, Calif.) 12.5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12.7 Denver 12.10 South Carolina State 12.17 vs. Arizona (Houston) 12.21 St. Francis 12.29 Tennessee 1.3 at Kentucky 1.7 South Carolina 1.11 LSU 1.14 at Mississippi State 1.17 Arkansas 1.21 Georgia 1.25 at Ole Miss 1.28 at West Virginia 1.31 Vanderbilt 2.4 at LSU 2.8 Missouri 2.11 at Florida 2.16 at Vanderbilt 2.18 Auburn 2.22 at Arkansas 2.25 Alabama 2.28 at Missouri 3.4 Kentucky

MEDIA RELATIONS Adam Quisenberry Office.........................................................................................979-845-5453 Cell.............................................................................................713-582-5135 SERIES INFORMATION Email...........................................................aquisenberry@athletics.tamu.edu Overall.................................................... 2-6

AT OKLAHOMA

GAME 2 • NOV. 13 • 4 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................Norman, Oklahoma Enrollment............................................................................................ 30,813 Colors.................................................................................Crimson and Cream Presidend...................................................................................David L. Boren Athletics Director......................................................................Joe Castiglione Conference............................................................................Big 12 (NCAA D1) Arena..................................................................................Lloyd Noble Center Website................................................................................SoonerSports.com HEAD COACH Lon Kruger (Kansas State, 1975) Record at Oklahoma/Overall........111-57 (6th season)/590-361 (31st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 29-8/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.13 Northwestern State 11.17 vs. Tulane (Orlando) 11.18 vs. Arizona State/Northern Iowa (Orlando) 11.20 TBD (Orlando) 11.25 Abilene Christian 11.29 Northern Colorado 12.3 at Wisconsin 12.7 Oral Roberts 12.10 vs. Wichita State (Oklahoma City) 12.17 Memphis 12.21 vs. Auburn (Uncasville, Conn.) 12.30 Baylor 1.3 at TCU 1.7 at Kansas State 1.10 Kansas 1.14 Texas Tech 1.18 at West Virginia 1.21 Iowa State 1.23 at Texas 1.28 Florida 1.30 Oklahoma State 2.4 at Texas Tech 2.8 West Virginia 2.11 at Iowa State 2.14 Texas 2.18 at Oklahoma State 2.21 at Baylor 2.25 Kansas State 2.27 at Kansas 3.4 TCU

MEDIA RELATIONS Ben Coldagelli Office.........................................................................................405-325-7014 Cell.............................................................................................405-246-5663 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................bcoldagelli@ou.edu Overall.................................................... 0-5

LETOURNEAU

GAME 3 • NOV. 18 • 12:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Longview, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 2,796 Colors......................................................................................... Blue and Gold President............................................................................Dr. Dale A. Lunsford Athletics Director.............................................................................Terri Deike Conference..................................................... American Southwest (NCAA D3) Arena........................................................................................ Solheim Arena Website................................................................................. letuathletics.com HEAD COACH Dan Miller (Minnesota State-Mankato, 2000) Record at LeTourneau/Career.................................... 17-34 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 12-14/8-8 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................8/11 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.12 at Sam Houston State 11.15 at Austin College 11.18 at Northwestern State 11.19 at Texas College 11.26 Centenary 11.29 Rust College 12.1 at Howard Payne 12.3 at Sul Ross State 12.10 McMrruy 12.12 Hardin-Simmons 12.17 Austin College 12.19 Texas-Tyler 12.29 Schreiner 12.30 Texas Lutheran 1.2 at Texas-Tyler 1.5 Concordia (Texas) 1.7 Mary-Hadin Baylor 1.12 University of the Ozarks 1.14 Texas-Dallas 1.19 at Belhaven 1.26 East Texas Baptist 1.28 Louisiana College 2.2 at Louisiana College 2.4 at East Texas Baptist 2.11 Belhaven 2.16 at Texas-Dallas 2.18 at University of the Ozarks

MEDIA RELATIONS James Wallace Office.........................................................................................903-233-3735 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email..........................................................................JamesWallace@letu.edu Overall.................................................... 4-0

LSU-ALEXANDRIA

GAME 4 • NOV. 22 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................... Alexandria Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,227 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gold Interim Chancellor.........................................................Dr. Haywood B. Joiner Athletics Director........................................................................ Adam Jonson Conference................................................................ Red River Athletic (NAIA) Arena.................................................................................................. The Fort Website.................................................................................lsuagenerals.com HEAD COACH Larry Cordaro (LSU, 2002) Record at LSUA/Overall.............................................. 52-8 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 29-4/17-1 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/8 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 10.29 at Loyola-New Orleans 11.2 at Southeastern Louisiana 11.3 at Southern-New Orleans 11.9 at Xavier (La.) 11.12 Southern-New Orleans 11.15 Dillard 11.19 at Southwestern Assemblies of God 11.22 at Northwestern State 11.26 at McNeese 11.29 Xavier (La.) 12.8 at Langston 12.10 at University of the Southwest 12.14 LSU-Shreveport 12.16 at Paul Quinn 12.17 at Dallas Christian 12.30 at Dilliard 1.6 Wiley College 1.7 Jarvis Christian 1.12 at St. Thomas 1.14 at Texas College 1.20 Huston-Tillotson 1.21 Our Lady of the Lake 1.26 Langston 1.28 University of the Southwest 2.1 at LSU-Shreveport 2.3 Paul Quinn 2.10 at Wiley College 2.11 at Jarvis Christian 2.16 St. Thomas 2.18 Texas College 2.24 at Huston-Tillotson 2.25 at Our Lady of the Lake

MEDIA RELATIONS Richard Thiberville Jr. Office.........................................................................................318-473-6597 Cell.............................................................................................504-430-2801 SERIES INFORMATION Email.............................................................................. rthiberville@lsua.edu Overall.................................................... 1-1

AT MISSOURI

GAME 5 • NOV. 26 • 2 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.....................................................................................Columbia, Mo. Enrollment............................................................................................ 32,777 Colors..................................................................................Old Gold and Black Interim System President.........................................................Mike Middleton Athletics Director...............................................................................Jim Sterk Conference...............................................Southeastern Conference (NCAA D1) Arena..........................................................................................Mizzou Arena Website.......................................................................................mutigers.com HEAD COACH Kim Anderson (Missouri, 1979, 1981) Record at Missouri/Overall.............19-44 (3rd season)/293-139 (15th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 10-21/3-15 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................5/0

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.13 Alabama A&M 11.17 vs. Xavier (Orlando) 11.18 vs. Clemson/Davidson (Orlando) 11.20 TBD (Orlando) 11.26 Northwestern State 11.28 North Carolina Central 12.3 Western Kentucky 12.6 Miami (Ohio) 12.10 Arizona 12.17 Eastern Illinois 12.21 vs. Illinois (St. Louis) 12.29 Lipscomb 1.4 LSU 1.7 at Georgia 1.10 Auburn 1.14 at Arkansas 1.18 at Alabama 1.21 Ole Miss 1.25 at Mississippi State 1.28 South Carolina 2.2 at Florida 2.4 Arkansas 2.8 at Texas A&M 2.11 Vanderbilt 2.15 Alabama 2.18 at Tennessee 2.21 Kentucky 2.25 at Ole Miss 2.28 Texas A&M 3.4 at Auburn

MEDIA RELATIONS Patrick Crawford Office.........................................................................................573-882-2531 Cell.............................................................................................573-808-6050 SERIES INFORMATION Email.......................................................................crawfordpa@missouri.edu Overall.................................................... 0-2

AT MISSISSIPPI STATE

GAME 6 • NOV. 28 • 6 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................Starkville, Miss. Enrollment............................................................................................ 20.873 Colors.................................................................................. Maroon and White President............................................................................Dr. Mark E. Keenum Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Stricklin Conference...............................................Southeastern Conference (NCAA D1) Arena................................................................................Humphrey Coliseum Website.......................................................................................hailstate.com HEAD COACH Ben Howland (Weber College, 1979) Record at Mississippi St./Career..... 14-17 (2nd season)/415-223 (21st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 14-17/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................3/10 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Norfolk State 11.17 vs. UCF (Charleston, S.C.) 11.18 vs. Boise State/at Charleston 11.20 TBD (Charleston, S.C.) 11.25 Lehigh 11.28 Northwestern State 12.1 Oregon State 12.4 Georgia State 12.14 East Tennessee State 12.19 vs. Southern Miss (Jackson, Miss.) 12.22 Morehead State 12.29 UMKC 1.3 Alabama 1.7 at LSU 1.10 at Arkansas 1.14 Texas A&M 1.17 Kentucky 1.21 at Tennessee 1.25 Missouri 1.28 at Alabama 1.31 at Ole Miss 2.4 Tennessee 2.7 at Auburn 2.11 South Carolina 2.14 at Georgia 2.18 Florida 2.21 Ole Miss 2.25 at Vanderbilt 2.28 at South Carolina 3.4 LSU

MEDIA RELATIONS Gregg Ellis Office.........................................................................................662-325-3595 Cell.............................................................................................662-322-0145 SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................... gellis@athletics.msstate.edu Overall.................................................... 1-6

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

LSU-SHREVEPORT

GAME 7 • DEC. 1 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..........................................................................................Shreveport Enrollment.............................................................................................. 4,300 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gold Chancellor........................................................................................Larry Clark Athletics Director........................................................................Lucas Morgan Conference................................................................ Red River Atlhetic (NAIA) Arena................................................................................................. The Dock Website................................................................................. lsusathletics.com HEAD COACH Kyle Blankenship (Tulsa,2006 ) Record at LSUS/Overall............................................. 87-41 (5th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 18-14/10-8 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 10.29 St. Gregory’s 11.7 Dallas Christian 11.9 East Texas Baptist 11.21 at Tougaloo 11.25 at St. Gregory’s 11.26 vs. Oklahoma City (Shawnee, Okla.) 11.29 Tougaloo 12.1 at Northwestern State 12.3 at Sam Houston State 12.8 at University of the Southwest 12.10 at Langston 12.14 at LSU-Alexandria 12.17 at Paul Quinn 12.18 at Stephen F. Austin 12.22 at Louisiana Tech 1.5 Jarvis Christian 1.7 Wiley College 1.12 at Texas College 1.14 at St. Thomas 1.20 Our Lady of the Lake 1.21 Huston-Tillotson 1.26 University of the Southwest 1.28 Langston 2.1 LSU-Alexandria 2.4 Paul Quinn 2.9 at Jarvis Christian 2.11 at Wiley College 2.17 Texas College 2.18 St. Thomas 2.24 at Our Lady of the Lake 2.25 @Huston-Tillotson

MEDIA RELATIONS Mark Cantrell Office.........................................................................................318-795-2475 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email........................................................................... mark.cantrell@lsus.edu Overall.................................................... 5-2

AT UTEP

GAME 8 • DEC. 3 • 8 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................El Paso, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 23,079 Colors........................................................Dark Blue, Orange and Silver accent President............................................................................. Dr. Diana Natalicio Athletics Director............................................................................... Bob Stull Conference............................................................. Conference USA (NCAA D1) Arena.................................................................................Don Haskins Center Website................................................................................utepathletics.com HEAD COACH Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech, 1977) Record at UTEP/Overall................122-77 (7th season)/450-257 (23rd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 19-14/10-8 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.12 Louisiana College 11.17 vs. Wake Forest (Charleston, S.C.) 11.18 vs. Villanova/W. Michigan (Charleston, S.C.) 11.20 TBD (Charleston, S.C.) 11.23 Southeastern Louisiana 12.3 Northwestern State 12.7 at New Mexico 12.13 New Mexico State 12.17 Northern Arizona 12.21 Maryland-Eastern Shore 12.22 Akron/UC Irvine 12.30 at New Mexico State 1.1 at UT-San Antonio 1.5 at Louisiana Tech 1.7 at Southern Miss 1.12 Florida International 1.14 Florida Atlantic 1.21 Texas-San Antonio 1.26 at Western Kentucky 1.28 at Marshall 2.2 UAB 2.4 Middle Tennessee 2.9 Louisiana Tech 2.11 Southern Miss 2.16 at North Texas 2.18 at Rice 2.23 at Florida Atlantic 2.25 at Florida International 3.2 Old Dominion 3.4 Charlotte

MEDIA RELATIONS Jeff Darby Office.........................................................................................915-747-6652 Cell.............................................................................................915-204-0642 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................................... jdarby@utep.edu Overall.................................................... 1-4

UL MONROE (BOSSIER CITY)

GAME 9 • DEC. 17 • 4:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................................... Monroe Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,854 Colors.................................................................................... Maroon and Gold Chancellor.................................................................................. Dr. Nick Bruno Athletics Director.............................................................. Dr. Brian Wickstrom Conference.........................................................................Sun Belt (NCAA D1) Arena............................................................................. Fant-Ewing Coliseum Website.............................................................................ULMWarhawks.com HEAD COACH Keith Richard (ULM, 1982) Record at ULM/Career................. 68-118 (7th season)/218-235 (16th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 20-14/15-5 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Centenary 11.14 at Texas 11.17 at Colorado 11.21 vs. Seattle (Cheney, Wash.) 11.22 vs. Bryant/at Eastern Washington 11.28 Stephen F. Austin 12.3 at Chattanooga 12.10 Jacksonville State 12.12 Blue Mountain 12.17 vs. Northwestern State (Bossier City) 12.20 at Coppin State 12.22 at VCU 12.28 Grambling 12.31 at Arkansas-Little Rock 1.2 at Arkansas State 1.7 at UL Lafayette 1.14 Georgia State 1.16 Georgia Southern 1.21 at Texas-Arlington 1.23 at Texas State 1.28 Arkansas State 1.30 Little Rock 2.4 at Georgia Southern 2.6 at Georgia State 2.11 South Alabama 2.13 Troy 2.18 UL Lafayette 2.25 at Appalachian State 2.27 at Coastal Carolina 3.2 Texas-Arlington 3.4 Texas State

MEDIA RELATIONS Greg Hartlage Office.........................................................................................318-342-5461 Cell.............................................................................................704-236-3538 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................................hartlage@ulm.edu Overall................................................ 46-72

AT RICE

GAME 10 • DEC. 19 • TBA GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................Houston, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,628 Colors..........................................................................................Blue and Gray President............................................................................... David W. Leebron Athletics Director.........................................................................Joe Karlgarrd Conference............................................................. Conference USA (NCAA D1) Arena.....................................................................................Tudor Fieldhouse Website...................................................................................... RiceOwls.com HEAD COACH Mike Rhoades (Lebanon Valley, 1995) Record at Rice/Overall....................24-40 (3rd season)/221-116 (13th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 12-20/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/1 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.13 at James Madison 11.16 Texas Southern 11.19 at Nebraska-Omaha 11.21 Montana State 11.23 Delaware State 11.26 at Incarnate Word 11.30 Houston Baptist 12.3 at Texas Tech 12.10 Stephen F. Austin 12.15 St. Edward’s 12.17 at Pittsburgh 12.19 Northwestern State 12.21 St. Thomas 12.31 at Old Dominion 1.2 at Charlotte 1.5 Middle Tennessee 1.7 UAB 1.14 North Texas 1.19 at Louisiana Tech 1.21 at Southern Miss 1.26 Old Dominion 1.28 Charlotte 2.4 at North Texas 2.9 at Florida International 2.11 at Florida Atlantic 2.16 UT-San Antonio 2.18 UTEP 2.23 Southern Miss 2.25 Louisiana Tech 3.2 at Marshall 3.4 at Western Kentucky

MEDIA RELATIONS Tim Andrzejewski Office...........................................................................................713-348-392 Cell.............................................................................................662-312-7663 SERIES INFORMATION Email......................................................................tim.andrzejewski@rice.edu Overall.................................................... 0-4

LOUISIANA COLLEGE

GAME 11 • DEC. 28 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..............................................................................................Pineville Enrollment.............................................................................................. 1,126 Colors..................................................................................... Blue and Orange President...................................................................................Dr. Rick Brewer Athletics Director......................................................................... Dennis Dunn Conference..................................................... American Southwest (NCAA D3) Arena...............................................................................H.O. West Fieldhouse Website...................................................................................... lcwildcats.net HEAD COACH Reni Mason (New Orleans, 1993) Record at Louisiana College/Overall.........................14-13 (2nd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 14-13/11-7 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/8 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.7 at UL Monroe 11.12 at UTEP 11.15 at McNeese 11.26 vs. Rhodes 11.27 vs. Millsaps 12.1 at McMurry 12.3 at Hardin-Simmons 12.8 at Centenary 12.10 Rust College 12.17 at Mary Hardin-Baylor 12.19 at Concordia (Texas) 12.28 at Northwestern State 1.3 Howard Payne 1.5 Sul Ross State 1.7 at East Texas Baptist 1.10 Concordia (Texas) 1.12 Belhaven 1.19 at University of the Ozarks 1.21 at Texas-Dallas 1.26 at Texas-Tyler 1.28 at LeTourneau 2.2 LeTourneau 2.4 Texas-Tyler 2.6 East Texas Baptist 2.9 Texas-Dallas 2.11 University of the Ozarks 2.18 at Belhaven

MEDIA RELATIONS Brad Welborn Office.........................................................................................318-487-7987 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email......................................................................... bwelborn@lacollege.edu Overall.............................................. 117-37

MCNEESE STATE

(H) GAME 12 • DEC. 31 • 3 P.M. (A) GAME 17 • JAN. 21 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................Lake Charles Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,162 Colors................................................................................Royal Blue and Gold President.......................................................................... Dr. Philip C. Williams Athletics Director..................................................................... Bruce Hemphill Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................................... Burton Coliseum Website.............................................................................mcneesesports.com HEAD COACH Dave Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1981) Record at McNeese St./Career.. 136-172 (11th season)/163-201 (13th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 9-20/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Purdue 11.15 Louisiana College 11.20 Southern-New Orleans 11.22 at Memphis 11.26 LSU-Alexandria 11.29 at Texas State 12.3 UL Lafayette 12.14 at SMU 12.17 North Carolina Central 12.19 at Tulane 12.22 at North Carolina State 12.31 at Northwestern State 1.2 Stephen F. Austin 1.5 Sam Houston State 1.7 at Houston Baptist 1.15 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.18 Central Arkansas 1.21 Northwestern State 1.26 at New Orleans 1.28 at Nicholls 2.2 at Incarnate Word 2.4 at Lamar 2.9 New Orleans 2.11 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.16 Abilene Christian 2.23 Houston Baptist 2.25 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.2 at Sam Houston State 3.4 Lamar

MEDIA RELATIONS Matthew Bonnette Office.........................................................................................337-475-5207 Cell.............................................................................................337-263-4822 SERIES INFORMATION Email.......................................................................wbonnette@mcneese.edu Overall................................................ 62-61

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

AT INCARNATE WORD

GAME 13 • JAN. 5 • 7:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................. San Antonio, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,940 Colors.............................................................................. Red, Black and White President......................................................................... Dr. Louis J. Agnese Jr. Athletics Director........................................................................John Williams Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA D!) Arena.............................................................. McDermott Convocation Center Website.................................................................................uiwcardinals.com HEAD COACH Ken Burmeister (St. Mary’s, 1970) Record at UIW/Overall............. 183-101 (11th season)/309-225 (20th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 17-12/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Texas 11.15 St. Edward’s 11.21 Howard Payne 11.26 Rice 11.30 at Texas Tech 12.3 LIU-Brooklyn 12.7 Texas Lutheran 12.9 Texas A&M-International 12.14 at UNLV 12.17 at Loyola Marymount 12.21 at Memphis 12.31 at Nicholls 1.2 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.5 Northwestern State 1.7 New Orleans 1.11 at Lamar 1.14 Houston Baptist 1.21 Stephen F. Austin 1.26 Abilene Christian 1.28 at Central Arkansas 2.2 McNeese 2.4 at Houston Baptist 2.9 at Stephen F. Austin 2.11 at Sam Houston State 2.15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.18 Sam Houston State 2.23 Nicholls 3.1 at Abilene Christian 3.4 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

MEDIA RELATIONS Zack Carlton Office.........................................................................................210-805-3071 Cell.............................................................................................210-896-8694 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................zcarlton@uiwtx.edu Overall.................................................... 2-1

AT A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI

GAME 14 • JAN. 7 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................Corpus Christi, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,000 Colors...................................................................Royal Blue, Green and White President...........................................................................Dr. Flavius Killebrew Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Lazenby Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................................American Bank Center Website...................................................................................goislanders.com HEAD COACH Willis Wilson (Rice, 1982) Record at AMCC/Overall................75-85 (6th season)/293-331 (22nd seasno) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 25-8/15-3 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.13 University of the Southwest 11.17 Howard Payne 11.22 at Portland 11.24 at Colorado State 11.27 vs. Florida A&M 11.28 vs. Oakland or Alcorn State 12.3 New Hampshire 12.5 at Nebraska 12.12 Schreiner 12.18 UC Riverside 12.20 at TCU 12.22 at Drake 12.30 Hillsdale Baptist 1.2 at Central Arkansas 1.9 at Nicholls 1.12 Northwestern State 1.16 at Stephen F. Austin 1.19 McNeese State 1.23 at Incarnate Word 1.25 at Sam Houston State 1.30 Lamar 2.2 Houston Baptist 2.6 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.8 at Lamar 2.15 Sam Houston State 2.18 at Houston Baptist 2.21 Southeastern Louisiana 2.23 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi 2.27 New Orleans 3.3 Incarnate Word 3.5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

MEDIA RELATIONS Jacob Bell Office.........................................................................................361-825-3410 Cell.............................................................................................316-549-3900 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................jacob.bell@tamucc.edu Overall.................................................... 5-6

NICHOLLS

(H) GAME 15 • JAN. 12 • 7:30 P.M. (A) GAME 25 • FEB. 18 • 7:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Thibodaux Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,300 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Gray President............................................................................... Dr. Bruce Murphy Athletics Director.............................................................................Matt Roan Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena....................................................................................Montagne Center Website.............................................................................. geauxcolonels.com HEAD COACH Richie Riley (Eastern Kentucky, 2005) Record at Nicholls/Career..............................................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 11-23/6-12 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Boston College 11.14 at Central Florida 11.17 Mississippi Colege 11.20 at San Diego 11.22 at New Mexico State 11.25 Bethune-Cookman 11.27 at Samford 12.1 at UL Lafayette 12.8 at Florida State 12.11 Thomas University (Ga.) 12.14 at Texas Tech 12.18 Mobile 12.28 Spring Hill 12.31 Incarnate Word 1.2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.7 at Sam Houston State 1.12 at Northwestern State 1.14 at Stephen F. Ausitn 1.19 Abilene Christian 1.21 Lamar 1.26 at Houston Baptist 1.28 McNeese 2.1 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.4 at New Orleans 2.11 at Central Arkansas 2.16 Central Arkansas 2.18 Northwestern State 2.23 at Incarnate Word 2.25 Southeastern Louisiana 3.2 at Lamar 3.4 New Orleans

MEDIA RELATIONS TBD Office.........................................................................................985-448-4282 Cell.............................................................................................................TBD SERIES INFORMATION Email..........................................................................................................TBD Overall................................................ 69-41

SAM HOUSTON STATE

GAME 16 • JAN. 14 • 3:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Huntsville, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,279 Colors...................................................................................Orange and White President.................................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt Athletics Director.....................................................................Bobby Williams Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum Website................................................................................... gobearkats.com HEAD COACH Jason Hooten (Tarleton State, 1993) Record at Sam Houston State/Overall..................... 116-85 (7th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 18-16/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................5/0

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.12 LeTourneau 11.14 at Ohio 11.17 Southern 11.20 at Tennessee Tech 11.22 at Georgia Tech 11.25 Idaho 11.30 at Baylor 12.3 LSU-Shreveport 12.10 at Southern Illinois 12.13 Sul Ross State 12.17 North Texas 12.19 Randall 12.22 at Arkansas 12.29 Houston Baptist 12.31 at Central Arkansas 1.5 at McNeese 1.7 Nicholls 1.12 at New Orleans 1.14 at Northwestern State 1.19 Lamar 1.21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.28 Southeastern Louisiana 2.2 Stephen F. Austin 2.4 at Abilene Christian 2.9 at Lamar 2.11 Incarnate Word 2.16 at Houston Baptist 2.18 at Incarnate Word 2.25 Abilene Christian 3.2 McNeese 3. at Stephen F. Austin

MEDIA RELATIONS Ben Rikard Office.........................................................................................936-294-1764 Cell.............................................................................................936-554-2077 SERIES INFORMATION Email...............................................................................ben.rikard@shsu.edu Overall................................................ 31-28

SOUTHEASTERN LA.

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Millsaps 11.14 at Tulane 11.16 Jackson State 11.21 Xavier (La.) GENERAL INFORMATION 11.23 at UTEP Location...........................................................................................Hammond 11.25 at Colorado State at California Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,096 11.27 Maryland-Eastern Shore Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold 11.30 12.3 at Louisiana Tech President.....................................................................................Dr. John Crain 12.12 Florida A&M Athletics Director.......................................................................... Jay Artigues 12.17 at Toledo at North Texas Conference.......................................................................................Southland 12.20 at Southern Arena.....................................................................................University Center 12.28 12.31 Abilene Christian Website...................................................................................... lionsports.net 1.2 Incarnate Word 1.5 at Houston Baptist 1.7 at Lamar HEAD COACH 1.12 at Abilene Christian Jay Ladner (Southern Miss, 1988) 1.15 McNeese Record at Southeastern Louisiana/Overall................ 21-44 (3rd season)/Same 1.21 Houston Baptist 1.25 Northwestern State 1.28 at Sam Houston State TEAM INFORMATION 2.1 Nicholls 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 12-21/9-9 2.4 at Central Arkansas at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/2 2.8 New Orleans Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1 2.11 2.16 at Northwestern State 2.18 Stephen F. Austin MEDIA RELATIONS 2.22 Central Arkansas 2.25 at Nicholls Mike Kiral 3.2 at New Orleans

(A) GAME 18 • JAN. 25 • 7:30 P.M. (H) GAME 24 • FEB. 16 • 8 P.M.

Office.........................................................................................985-549-2142 Cell.............................................................................................985-320-8812 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................. michael.kiral@southeastern.edu Overall.............................................. 103-58

LAMAR

(A) GAME 19 • JAN. 28 • 4:30 P.M. (H) GAME 26 • FEB. 22 • 8 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 14,996 Colors........................................................................................ Red and White President.......................................................................... Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Athletics Director...................................................................Jason Henderson Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena....................................................................................Montagne Center Website............................................................................. lamarcardinals.com HEAD COACH Tic Price (Virginia Tech, 1979) Record at Lamar/Career..................27-38 (3rd season)/194-160 (12th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 11-19/3-15 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Howard Payne 11.16 at Oregon State 11.19 at Fresno State 11.22 UT-San Antonio 11.25 at Prairie View 11.29 at Idaho State 12.2 at San Francisco 12.6 at DePaul 12.10 Austin College 12.16 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 12.19 Liberty 12.21 Arlington Baptist 12.29 Huston-Tillotson 1.2 at Central Arkansas 1.5 New Orleans 1.7 Southeastern Louisiana 1.11 Incarnate Word 1.14 at Abilene Christian 1.19 at Sam Houston State 1.21 at Nicholls 1.25 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.28 Northwestern State 2.4 McNeese State 2.9 Sam Houston State 2.11 at Houston Baptist 2.16 at Stephen F. Austin 2.18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.22 at Northwestern State 2.25 Houston Baptist 3.2 Nicholls 3.4 at McNeese State

MEDIA RELATIONS James Dixon Office.........................................................................................409-880-8329 Cell.............................................................................................936-552-1171 SERIES INFORMATION Email.......................................................................... james.dixon@lamar.edu Overall................................................ 28-25

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

(A) GAME 20 • FEB. 2 • 7 P.M. (H) GAME 29 • MARCH 4 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................Conway, Ark. Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,900 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gray President....................................................................................Tom Courtway Athletics Director.....................................................................Dr. Brad Teague Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena............................................................................................Farris Center Website..................................................................................... ucasports.com HEAD COACH Russ Pennell (Central Arkansas, 1984) Record at Central Arkansas/Overall... 9-48 (3rd season)/121-121 (9th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 7-21/6-12 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Wisconsin 11.14 at Oklahoma State 11.19 vs. TBA (Maui Invitational Regional) 11.20 vs. TBA (Maui Invitational Regional) 11.26 at Western Michigan 11.29 Little Rock 12.1 at Southeast Missouri State 12.3 at Butler 12.10 at Little Rock 12.13 at Michigan 12.16 Arkansas State 12.19 at Morehead State 12.22 at Arizona State 12.31 Sam Houston State 1.2 Lamar 1.5 at Abilene Christian 1.12 at Houston Baptist 1.14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.18 at McNeese State 1.21 New Orleans 1.25 at Stpehen F. Austin 1.28 Incarnate Word 2.2 Northwestern State 2.4 Southeastern Louisiana 2.9 Abilene Christian 2.11 Nicholls 2.16 at Nicholls 2.18 at New Orleans 2.22 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.25 Stephen F. Austin 3.4 at Northwestern State

MEDIA RELATIONS Steve East Office.........................................................................................501-450-5743 Cell.............................................................................................501-339-8215 SERIES INFORMATION Email.........................................................................................seast@uca.edu Overall.................................................. 18-3

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

(H) GAME 21 • FEB. 4 • 3 P.M. (A) GAME 28 • MARCH 2 • 7:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,742 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................ Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director.............................................................................Robert Hill Conference.......................................................................................Southland Arena.................................................................. William R. Johnson Coliseum Website.......................................................................................SFAJacks.com HEAD COACH Kyle Keller (Oklahoma State, 1990) Record at Stephen F. Austin/Overall..............................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 28-6/18-0 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/8 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Kentucky 11.15 Longwood 11.18 Northeastern State 11.28 at UL Monroe 12.1 at Arkansas 12.3 Centenary 12.7 UAB 12.10 at Rice 12.18 LSU-Shreveport 12.22 vs. Tulsa (Honolulu, Hawaii) 12.23 vs. Southern Miss/San Diego St. (Honolulu) 12.25 vs. TBD (Honolulu) 12.31 Houston Baptist 1.2 at McNeese 1.7 at Abilene Christian 1.11 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.14 Nicholls 1.19 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.21 at Incarnate Word 1.25 Central Arkansas 1.28 New Orleans 2.2 at Sam Houston State 2.4 at Northwestern State 2.9 Incarnate Word 2.16 Lamar 2.18 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.23 at New Orleans 2.25 at Central Arkansas 3.2 Northwestern State 3.4 Sam Houston State

MEDIA RELATIONS Charlie Hurley Office.........................................................................................936-468-5800 Cell.............................................................................................218-341-5113 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................hurleycp@sfasu.edu Overall................................................ 62-60

HOUSTON BAPTIST

GAME 22 • FEB. 9 • 7:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................Houston, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,160 Colors..................................................................................... Blue and Orange President.........................................................................Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. Athletics Director....................................................................... Steve Moniaci Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................................................. Sharp Gym Website...................................................................................hbuhuskies.com HEAD COACH Ron Cottrell (Arkansas, 1988) Record at Houston Baptist/Career...................... 452-350 (26th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 17-17/10-8 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

(A) GAME 23 • FEB. 20 • 3:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Abilene, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 4,910 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................Dr. Phil Schubert Athletics Director.......................................................................... Lee De Leon Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................................... Moody Coliseum Website..................................................................................... acusports.com HEAD COACH Joe Golding (Abilene Christian, 1998) Record at Abilene Christian/Overall.......................... 58-89 (6th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 13-18/8-10 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Schreiner 11.17 at New Hampshire 11.22 Charleston Southern 11.25 at Oklahoma 11.27 Howard Payne 11.30 at New Mexico 12.3 at Charleston Southern 12.10 Northern New Mexico 12.14 Randall 12.17 at Sacramento State 12.19 at San Francisco 12.29 at New Orleans 12.31 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.5 Central Arkansas 1.7 Stephen F. Austin 1.12 Southeastern Louisiana 1.14 Lamar 1.19 at Nicholls 1.26 at Incarnate Word 1.28 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.1 New Orleans 2.4 Sam Houston State 2.9 at Central Arkansas 2.11 Northwestern State 2.16 at McNeese State 2.22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.25 at Sam Houston State 3.1 Incarnate Word 3.4 at Houston Baptist

MEDIA RELATIONS Lance Fleming Office.........................................................................................325-674-2693 Cell.............................................................................................325-665-3543 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................flemingl@acu.edu Overall.................................................... 1-2

NEW ORLEANS

GAME 27 • FEB. 25 • 3:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... New Orleans Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,423 Colors...............................................................................Royal Blue and Silver President................................................................................ Dr. John Nicklow Athletics Director.......................................................................... Derek Morel Conference.......................................................................................Southland Arena...................................................................................... Lakefront Arena Website...............................................................................unoprivateers.com HEAD COACH Mark Slessinger (Aurora, 1996) Record at New Orleans/Overall.......... 57-86 (6th season)/93-112 (8th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 10-20/6-12 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................5/0

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 LaGrange College 11.16 at Oklahoma State 11.19 at Tulsa 11.22 at Southern California 11.25 Florida College 11.29 Tulane 12.3 at Washington State 12.11 at Northwestern 12.17 UL Lafayette 12.19 at Utah State 12.21 Williams Baptist 12.29 Abilene Christian 12.31 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.5 at Lamar 1.7 at Incarnate Word 1.12 Sam Houston State 1.19 Houston Baptist 1.21 at Central Arkansas 1.26 McNeese 1.28 at Stephen F. Austin 2.1 at Abilene Christian 2.4 Nicholls 2.9 at McNeese 2.11 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.18 Central Arkansas 2.23 Stephen F. Austin 2.25 at Northwestern State 3.2 Southeastern Louisiana 3.4 at Nicholls

MEDIA RELATIONS Richie Weaver Office.........................................................................................504-280-6284 Cell.............................................................................................504-352-5802 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................................rweaver2@uno.edu Overall.................................................... 4-5

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Texas Tech 11.14 at New Mexico 11.18 Dallas Christian 11.22 Ecclesia College 11.26 at Marquette 11.30 at Rice 12.7 St. Peter’s 12.10 at Indiana 12.17 Arlington Baptist 12.22 at Northwestern 12.29 at Sam Houston State 12.31 at Stephen F. Austin 1.5 Southeastern Louisiana 1.7 McNeese State 1.12 Central Arkansas 1.14 at Incarnate Word 1.19 at New Orleans 1.21 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.26 Nicholls 2.1 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.4 Incarnate Word 2.9 at Northwestern State 2.11 Lamar 2.16 Sam Houston State 2.18 Randall 2.23 at McNeese State 2.25 at Lamar 3.1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.4 Abilene Christian

MEDIA RELATIONS Russ Reneau Office.........................................................................................281-649-3098 Cell.............................................................................................281-923-0813 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................rreneau@hbu.edu Overall................................................ 15-14

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2015-16 OVERALL STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG. TO BLK STL PTS AVG. West, Jalan 1-1 30-30.0 8-13 .615 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 0 3 3 3.0 3-0 6-6.0 2 0 0 25 25.0 Woodley, Zeek 28-28 925-33.0 216-407 .531 57-140 .407 133-150 .887 47 98 145 5.2 67-2 44-1.6 55 16 27 622 22.2 Thompson, Sabri 28-21 766-27.4 118-273 .432 56-144 .389 62-76 .816 29 62 91 3.3 58-0 62-2.2 54 8 18 354 12.6 Lane, Ishmael 28-27 703-25.1 120-212 .566 0-1 .000 82-121 .678 56 102 158 5.6 86-3 16-0.6 44 27 20 322 11.5 Hall, Devonte 27-26 786-29.1 100-242 .413 17-51 .333 77-109 .706 16 76 92 3.4 74-2 171-6.3 80 2 44 294 10.9 Welcome, Ta’Jon 28-16 436-15.6 53-129 .411 16-64 .250 23-30 .767 12 31 43 1.5 31-0 26-0.9 26 4 9 145 5.2 Joseph, Tra’von 23-4 484-21.0 37-100 .370 8-23 .333 22-29 .759 26 62 88 3.8 60-1 24-1.0 2 3 10 104 4.5 Killian, Matt 28-9 468-16.7 33-88 .375 11-33 .333 18-27 .667 20 41 61 2.2 33-0 10-0.4 23 7 18 95 3.4 Kissoonlal, Reginald 22-0 176-8.0 22-63 .349 15-49 .306 14-18 .778 7 23 30 1.4 47-2 7-0.3 19 10 4 73 3.3 Walker, Bailey 27-1 308-11.4 26-65 .400 14-28 .500 14-19 .737 5 17 22 0.8 36-0 39-1.4 43 1 11 80 3.0 Metoyer, Malik 28-7 240-8.6 22-52 .423 6-25 .240 16-24 .667 12 28 40 1.4 30-0 12-0.4 18 5 6 66 2.4 Yancy, Levi 24-0 235-9.8 14-36 .389 0-2 .000 10-10 1.000 12 27 39 1.6 32-0 14-0.6 16 7 6 38 1.6 Hazlewood, Daniel 9-0 15-1.7 1-4 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 1 5 5 0.6 1-0 1-0.1 1 0 0 3 0.3 Cambre, Cody 12-0 22-1.8 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 3-6 .500 1 4 5 0.4 20 1-0.1 0 0 1 3 0.3 Poole, Will 7-0 6-0.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 28 5600 770-1687 .456 207-578 .358 477-623 .766 286 633 919 32.8 561 433 407 90 174 2224 79.4 Opponents 5600 870-1798 .484 203-581 .349 470-662 .710 393 709 1102 39.4 565 475 389 91 236 2413 86.2

2015-16 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG. TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Woodley, Zeek 18-18 603-33.5 134-257 .521 35-94 .372 86-97 .887 35 60 95 5.3 45-2 31-1.7 35 8 21 389 21.6 Thompson, Sabri 18-18 527-29.3 82-187 .439 41-105 .390 42-51 .824 21 39 60 3.3 36-0 42-2.3 35 6 14 247 13.7 Hall, Devonte 17-17 535-31.5 73-182 .401 12-37 .324 62-89 .697 10 50 60 3.5 51-2 113-6.6 57 2 32 220 12.9 Lane, Ishmael 18-17 453-25.2 75-132 .568 0-0 .000 54-80 .675 38 73 111 6.2 53-2 9-0.5 25 16 17 204 11.3 Welcome, Ta’Jon 18-16 311-17.3 40-92 .435 14-45 .311 15-20 .750 7 24 31 1.7 26-0 17-0.9 18 3 7 109 6.1 Joseph, Tra’von 18-2 400-22.2 33-83 .398 7-20 .350 18-23 .783 20 53 73 4.1 47-1 22-1.2 20 3 10 91 5.1 Killian, Matt 18-2 270-15.0 18-50 .360 8-24 .333 12-18 .667 10 27 37 2.1 20-0 5-0.3 17 4 9 56 3.1 Walker, Bailey 18-0 177-9.8 14-39 .359 7-15 .467 9-12 .750 3 10 13 0.7 27-0 21-1.2 24 0 7 44 2.4 Kissoonlal, Reginald 16-0 91-5.7 12-37 .324 10-30 .333 5-9 .556 5 12 17 1.1 30-0 3-0.2 10 3 2 39 2.4 Metoyer, Malik 18-0 120-6.7 11-25 .440 1-9 .111 7-11 .636 7 13 20 1.1 16-0 7-0.4 8 2 3 30 1.7 Yancy, Levi 14-0 96-6.9 2-14 .143 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 6 12 18 1.3 16-0 4-0.3 5 4 4 8 0.6 Hazlewood, Daniel 7-0 6-0.9 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.4 0-0 1-0.1 0 0 0 3 0.4 Cambre, Cody 7-0 6-0.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 0.1 0-0 1-0.1 0 0 0 1 0.1 Poole, Will 6-0 5-0.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 18 3600 495-1100 .450 136-381 .357 315-416 .757 193 412 605 33.6 368 276 256 51 126 1441 80.1 Opponents 3600 552-1124 .491 144-373 .386 296-425 .696 229 467 696 38.7 377 319 270 63 149 1544 85.8

Team

2015-16 SUPERLATIVES

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

115, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 38, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 74, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) .585 (31-53), Centenary (12/29/15) 16, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 43, at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 28, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 36, at Lamar (1/16/16) 1.000 (12-12), vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 43, vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1/19/16) 25, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 17, vs. Nicholls (2/22/16) 7, at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 7, vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 7, vs. UL Monroe (11/19/15) 25, at Arkansas (12/1/15) 27, at Lamar (1/16/16)

Points: Field Goals Made: Field Goal Attempts: Field Goal Percentage: 3-Pointers Made:

39, Zeek Woodley vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 14, Zeek Woodley vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 20, Zeek Woodley vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 1.000 (6-6), Ishmael Lane at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 1.000 (5-5), Malik Metoyer at Centenary (12/29/15) 6, Sabri Thompson at Central Arkansas (2/15/16)

Individual

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

6, Zeek Woodley at Nicholls (1/25/16) 6, Jalan West at Ole Miss (11/13/15) 14, Sabri Thompson at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 1.000 (4-4), Ta’Jon Welcome vs. A&M-Corpus Christi (1/19/16) 1.000 (2-2), done seven times 13, Zeek Woodley at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 14, Zeek Woodley at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 14, Ishmael Lane vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 1.000 (10-10), Zeek Woodley vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/16/15) 1.000 (8-8), Ishmael Lane vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 1.000 (6-6), Zeek Woodley at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1.000 (6-6), Zeek Woodley at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 1.000 (6-6), Zeek Woodley at Stephen F. Austin (2/8/16) 1.000 (6-6), Zeek Woodley vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 1.000 (6-6), Sabri Thompson at Baylor (12/8/15) 14, Ishmael Lane vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 14, Devonte Hall at Central Arkansas (2/15/16) 6, Devone Hall at New Orleans (3/5/16) 3, Ishamel Lane at Southeastern Louisiana (2/29/16) 3, Sabri Thompson, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 3, Ishmael Lane vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 3, Zeek Woodley at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 3, Ishmael Lane at Abilene Christian (1/12/16) 3, Ishmael Lane vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 3, Ishmael Lane vs. Missouri Valley College (12/19/15) 3, Ishmael Lane vs. UL Monroe (11/19/15)

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2015-16 COMPARISON STATISTICS

OPPONENTS SCORE MAR FG/A PCT. 3FG/A PCT. FTM/A PCT. REB MAR AS TO BLK STL PF NORTHWESTERN STATE 76 -14 25-70 .357 8-30 .267 18-21 .857 36 -8 13 9 1 4 22 Ole Miss 90 29-61 .475 8026 .308 24-28 .857 44 16 11 5 8 26 NORTHWESTERN STATE 97 -2 34-66 .515 5-15 .333 24-36 .667 36 5 17 10 2 4 24 LSU-Alexandria 99 29-54 .537 5-18 .278 36-41 .878 31 11 15 5 6 26 NORTHWESTERN STATE 64 -16 24-57 .421 7-17 .412 9-10 .900 27 -21 13 15 7 5 13 UL Monroe 80 35-74 .473 2-12 .167 8-11 .727 48 17 12 4 10 15 NORTHWESTERN STATE 42 -19 16-44 .364 2-10 .200 8-8 1.000 30 -9 4 18 3 2 19 Arizona 61 22-60 .367 5-22 .227 12-24 .500 39 13 6 2 11 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 6 28-55 .509 9-22 .409 21-29 .724 37 -1 21 14 3 6 19 Louisiana College 80 27-66 .409 8-22 .364 18-26 .692 38 10 12 0 6 25 NORTHWESTERN STATE 81 -38 27-62 .435 6-22 .273 21-24 .875 24 -21 14 19 4 10 20 Auburn 119 43-74 .581 17-32 .531 16-23 .696 45 23 17 2 11 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 78 -39 29-62 .468 10-29 .345 10-16 .625 29 -16 21 25 5 2 24 Arkansas 117 44-79 .557 6-15 .400 23-30 .767 45 24 10 2 13 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 62 -13 23-49 .469 3-13 .231 13-14 .929 18 -29 16 9 2 2 15 Baylor 75 31-67 .463 1-13 .077 12-14 .857 47 19 10 3 3 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 105 26 38-69 .551 12-24 .500 17-19 .895 37 4 18 15 7 11 20 Missouri Valley College 79 30-65 .462 3-21 .143 16-25 .640 33 11 17 2 11 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 92 23 31-53 .585 9-15 .600 21-30 .700 40 4 20 17 5 5 17 Centenary 69 28-74 .378 4-27 .148 9-15 .600 36 12 9 3 8 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 -26 22-57 .386 5-15 .333 24-33 .727 32 -10 13 13 5 3 19 Houston Baptist 99 34-66 .515 10-23 .435 21-24 .875 42 19 9 6 8 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 79 -15 27-54 .500 7-19 .368 18-28 .643 29 -2 12 17 1 7 21 Sam Houston State 94 35-61 .574 13-26 .500 11-17 .647 31 19 16 2 10 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 56 -14 21-54 .389 3-16 .188 11-13 .846 29 -3 10 13 5 7 17 Incarnate Word 70 24-48 .500 10-19 .526 12-15 .800 32 18 16 2 6 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 -15 24-56 .429 3-17 .176 21-26 .808 29 -14 12 13 7 4 21 Abilene Christian 87 26-63 .413 6-19 .316 29-35 .829 43 16 12 2 9 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 82 -4 25-63 .397 7-27 .259 25-36 .694 36 -5 14 13 0 9 27 Lamar 86 29-56 .518 6-18 .333 22-33 .667 41 21 18 4 6 27 NORTHWESTERN STATE 79 -10 27-69 .391 7-25 .280 18-26 .692 43 -5 15 15 2 10 22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 89 30-67 .448 10-29 .345 19-27 .704 48 16 13 10 12 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 74 -1 29-64 .453 8-17 .471 8-12 .667 29 -20 17 8 1 7 18 McNeese 75 27-63 .429 6-18 .333 15-24 .625 49 16 13 5 3 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 88 8 33-68 .485 13-25 .520 9-11 .818 38 2 20 13 4 8 18 Nicholls 80 29-62 .468 11-28 .393 11-17 .647 36 16 18 6 8 18 NORTHWESTERN STATE 91 15 33-63 524 13-28 .464 12-12 1.000 41 13 25 20 3 5 14 Southeastern Louisiana 76 30-66 .455 4-18 .222 12-16 .750 28 20 13 2 10 12 NORTHWESTERN STATE 91 16 33-69 .478 10-25 .400 15-16 .938 39 7 18 10 2 4 24 Central Arkansas 75 26-53 .491 7-19 .368 16-30 .533 32 113 13 2 6 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 -11 25-51 .490 4-12 .333 18-22 .818 30 -3 13 23 3 9 22 Stephen F. Austin 83 35-65 .538 3-13 .214 10-17 .588 33 27 16 6 11 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 87 9 33-62 .532 9-22 .409 12-20 .600 35 -7 20 9 5 2 19 McNeese 78 29-73 .397 8-28 .286 12-18 .677 42 11 11 2 4 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 94 -13 27-68 .391 16-43 .372 24-28 .857 34 -15 19 9 3 3 22 Central Arkansas 107 38-69 .551 8-18 .444 23-36 .639 49 24 9 1 5 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 99 -3 32-74 .432 7-16 .438 28-34 .824 42 -5 14 13 0 11 23 New Orleans 102 35-75 .467 5-17 .294 27-34 .794 47 13 14 1 8 27 NORTHWESTERN STATE 81 14 27-58 .466 5-16 .313 22-33 .667 33 6 9 16 0 17 22 Nicholls 67 25-44 .568 5-13 .385 12-19 .632 27 13 29 4 13 26 NORTHWESTERN STATE 82 -2 31-69 .449 8-28 .286 12-17 .706 33 -10 15 13 4 8 21 Southeastern Louisiana 84 30-64 .469 8-20 .400 16-21 .762 43 20 19 3 6 16 NORTHWESTERN STATE 55 -40 19-46 .413 3-9 .333 14-18 .778 25 -15 13 21 6 2 15 Stephen F. Austin 95 36-69 .522 13-24 .542 10-15 .667 40 18 11 3 12 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 -11 27-54 .500 8-21 .381 24-31 .774 28 -5 17 17 0 10 23 New Orleans 97 34-60 .567 11-22 .500 18-27 .667 33 19 20 2 12 25

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

Won 1 1 18 15 2 28 4 117 46 1 5 62 1 0 4 69 0 0 31 103 62 2 5 1

Lost 2 9 3 14 1 25 0 37 73 1 2 61 6 2 5 41 5 4 28 58 60 6 6 4

First 2013-14 1952-53 1975-76 1967-68 2013-14 1950-51 1991-92 1914-15 1951-52 2014-15 2003-04 1951-52 1981-82 2005-06 1972-73 1958-59 1984-85 1969-70 1951-52 1938-39 1925-26 1952-53 2006-07 1960-61

against

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Last 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2013-14 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2010-11 2015-16 2011-12 2011-12 2015-16 2015-16 2014-15 1999-2000 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2013-14

NSU NSU First Last Won Lost Game Game Opponent 1 2 2013-14 2015-16 Hannibal-Lagrange 0 1 1980-81 1980-81 Hanover (IN) 0 2 1985-86 1993-94 Hardin-Simmons 0 1 1991-92 1991-92 Harding 1 0 2008-09 2008-09 Harvard 2 0 1951-52 1952-53 Hawaii 1 0 1993-94 1993-94 Henderson State 1 0 1954-55 1954-55 Hendrix College 0 1 2015-16 2015-16 Houston 1 9 1953-54 2015-16 Houston Baptist 2 0 1986-87 1992-93 Huston-Tillotson 1 0 1968-69 1968-69 Illinois 1 0 1954-55 1954-55 Incarnate Word 4 9 1980-81 2011-12 Indiana 2 0 1996-97 2001-02 Iowa 2 6 1950-51 2011-12 Iowa State 2 0 1949-50 1980-81 Jackson State 0 1 1967-68 1967-68 Jacksonville State(AL) 1 1 2013-14 2015-16 Jarvis Christian 2 0 1948-49 1949-50 Kansas State 9 1 1945-46 1949-50 Kentucky 1 6 1945-46 2015-16 Kentucky Wesleyan 2 0 1997-98 1998-99 Lake Charles AFB 0 1 1979-80 1979-80 Lamar 1 1 1948-49 1994-95 LaSalle Oilers 0 1 2007-08 2007-08 LeTourneau 3 1 1977-78 2012-13 Livingston College 1 1 2010-11 2010-11 Louisiana Christian 65 75 1921-22 2015-16 Louisiana College 18 3 1975-76 2015-16 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 0 2010-11 2010-11 Louisiana-Monroe 1 0 2011-12 2011-12 Louisiana Tech 3 0 1953-54 1955-56 Louisville 1 0 1948-49 1948-49 Loyola (LA) 0 1 1984-85 1984-85 LSU 0 2 1904-05 1911-12 LSU-Alexandria 0 1 1978-79 1978-79 LSU-Shreveport 0 3 1995-96 1997-98 Lyon College 0 1 1989-90 1989-90 Marquette 1 0 1992-93 1992-93 Marshall 1 0 1955-56 1955-56 Maryville (MO) 0 1 2004-05 2004-05 McNeese State 7 5 1947-48 1975-76 Memphis 0 1 2006-07 2006-07 Mercer 1 0 1988-89 1988-89 Mexico Oil Company 0 1 1984-85 1984-85 Miami (OH) 0 1 2010-11 2010-11 Mississippi 1 0 1994-95 1994-95 Mississippi State 1 0 1950-51 1950-51 Missouri 1 0 1971-72 1971-72 Missouri Valley 17 3 1947-48 2012-13 Nevada Las Vegas 8 4 1955-56 1986-87 New Mexico 1 1 1959-60 1961-62 New Orleans 1 0 1952-53 1952-53 Niagara 1 0 1987-88 1987-88 Nicholls 1 0 1953-54 1953-54 North Alabama 0 1 2012-13 2012-13 Northwest Oklahoma 1 0 1985-86 1985-86 North Texas 3 0 1945-46 1953-54 Northern Iowa 0 1 1960-61 1960-61 Northwestern 0 1 1960-61 1960-61 Ohio State 1 0 1959-60 1959-60 Oklahoma State 4 5 1966-67 1983-84 Oklahoma 2 0 1976-77 1976-77 Oklahoma City 7 15 1968-69 2009-10 Ouachita Baptist 1 0 1961-62 1961-62 Oglethorpe

opponents

Noteworthy Soph stars Lane (NSU), Franklin (ACU) meet Teams meet for 3rd straight season Top scorers Woodley (NSU), Howard (UCA) collide Huskies have won last 2 Former Demon staffer Snack Smith is at UIW Cards snapped 5-game series skid in 2015 YellowJackets also face Sam Houston State LC coach Mason, Coach Mike are buds CenturyLink Center will host contest NSU alum Adam Jonson is Generals AD NSU continues facing Shreveport foes Cowboys coach Simmons formerly at NSU Demons won in OT at State in 2005 NSU took train to Columbia in 2005 Former Demon assistant Mark Slessinger (2000-11) coaches UNO Demons have won 6 of last 7 vs. Colonels after sweeping 2014-15 season series OU was one of Coach Mike’s visits as a player Owls gym named for Pineville’s Tudor Kats’ radio man Kooter Robertson, Coach Mike are pals Each team won at home in 2015 series Lumberjacks have won 15 of the last 18; 6 of last 13 matchups settled in final minute Aggie baseball coach Rob Childress former NSU assistant NSU alum Dr. Randy Bonnette chairs AMCC kinesiology department UTEP coach Floyd, Coach Mike were college teammates NSU Won 1 0 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 15 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 28 1 4 3 0 117 78 46 61 0 5 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 62 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 1 69 2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1

NSU First Last Lost Game Game Opponent 0 2012-13 2012-13 Oral Roberts 1 1973-74 1973-74 Oregon State 3 1956-57 1986-87 Pepperdine 0 1991-92 2005-06 Peru State (NE) 1 2007-08 2007-08 Phillips University 4 2001-02 2009-10 Portland State 1 1950-51 2006-07 Princeton 0 1975-76 1975-76 Puget Sound 2 1970-71 1988-89 Quantico Marines 14 1967-68 2015-16 Regis College 0 2003-04 2004-05 Rice 2 2000-01 2004-05 St. Joseph’s (ME) 0 2013-14 2014-15 Samford 3 2008-09 2010-11 Sam Houston State 0 2005-06 2005-06 Selmon Field 1 2005-06 2005-06 Siena 2 1983-84 1991-92 South Alabama 2 1973-74 2011-12 Southeastern La. 0 2004-05 2004-05 Southeastern Okla. 1 1999-00 1999-00 Southern Methodist 1 1985-86 1988-89 Southern Mississippi 1 1961-62 1961-62 Southern Arkansas 0 1953-54 1953-54 Southern 25 1950-51 2015-16 Southern (N.O.) 1 1945-46 1945-46 SW Baptist (TX) 0 1991-92 2013-14 Southwestern (KN) 0 1973-74 1975-76 Southwest Missouri 1 1995-96 1995-96 Spring Hill College 37 1914-15 2015-16 Stanford 46 1912-13 2014-15 Stephen F. Austin 73 1951-52 2015-16 Stetson 76 1915-16 2014-15 Tarleton State 1 2006-07 2006-07 Tennessee-Martin 7 1925-26 1956-57 Tennessee Tech 18 1915-16 2013-14 Texaco Town 1 2014-15 2015-16 Texas 2 2003-04 2010-11 Texas A&I 0 2014-15 2014-15 Texas A&M 1 2006-07 2006-07 Texas A&M-CC 2 1988-89 2011-12 Texas-Arlington 1 1950-51 1950-51 Texas Christian 61 1951-52 2015-16 Texas-ElPaso 6 1955-56 2013-14 Texas Lutheran 4 1980-81 1983-84 Texas-San Antonio 0 1952-53 1952-53 Texas Southern 2 2008-09 2008-09 Texas State 2 1997-98 2015-16 Texas Tech 6 1981-82 2011-12 Toledo 2 2005-06 2011-12 Troy 0 2009-10 2015-16 Tulane 2 1971-72 1977-78 Tulsa 2 2002-03 2003-04 Univ. of Ozarks 5 1972-73 2015-16 Utah State 1 2012-13 2013-14 Valparaiso 41 1958-59 2015-16 Washburn 1 1973-74 1975-76 Wiley College 0 1959-60 1975-76 Western Illinois 20 1953-54 1995-96 Western Kentucky 1 2004-05 2004-05 West Texas State 2 2003-04 2006-07 West Virginia 1 1979-80 1979-80 Wheaton 9 1998-99 2008-09 Whittier College 5 1984-85 2014-15 Wichita State 1 1947-48 1947-48 Wyoming 1 1969-70 1993-94 Xavier (LA) 1 1964-65 1965-66

NSU Won 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 31 2 1 4 103 17 0 18 11 6 2 2 3 0 10 0 62 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 23 0 1 2 17 1 25 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

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NSU First Last Lost Game Game 1 1987-88 2013-14 0 2005-06 2005-06 1 1980-81 1980-81 0 1946-47 1946-47 0 1948-49 1948-49 0 1980-81 1980-81 1 2006-07 2006-07 0 1948-49 1948-49 1 1955-56 1955-56 1 1948-49 1948-49 4 1969-70 1999-00 0 1982-83 1982-83 5 1980-81 1997-98 28 1951-52 2015-16 0 1945-46 1945-46 0 2001-02 2001-02 3 1968-69 1994-95 58 1938-39 2015-16 7 1945-46 1965-66 4 1953-54 1985-86 25 1948-49 1989-90 2 1952-53 1971-72 8 1970-71 2006-07 1 2007-08 2009-10 0 1968-69 1974-75 0 1948-49 2004-05 2 1995-96 1996-97 6 1947-48 1967-68 1 2007-08 2007-08 60 1925-26 2015-16 1 1977-78 1977-78 0 1993-94 1993-94 2 1973-74 2014-15 2 1959-60 2007-08 0 1949-50 1949-50 4 1979-80 1988-89 0 1992-93 1992-93 6 1952-53 2014-15 6 2006-07 2015-16 28 1972-73 2011-12 4 1962-63 2010-11 4 1960-61 2013-14 0 1967-68 1992-93 22 1991-92 2011-12 0 1986-87 1986-87 25 1958-59 2011-12 4 1989-90 2014-15 1 1978-79 1978-79 5 1973-74 2008-09 2 1970-71 2004-05 2 1949-50 2004-05 0 2007-08 2007-08 1 2005-06 2006-07 1 2004-05 2004-05 1 1950-51 1950-51 0 1986-87 1997-98 1 1948-49 1948-49 3 1946-47 1962-63 2 1948-49 1962-63 1 2005-06 2005-06 0 1953-54 1953-54 1 1946-47 1946-47 1 2005-06 2005-06 2 1989-90 1999-00 3 1947-48 1973-74

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

NSU’S ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES

Red Thomas

Wayne Yates

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

La. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Champions

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

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

Don Beasley

Coach Tenure Seasons Won Lost Pct. H. Lee Prather 1913-50 36 473 169 .737 Prather becomes NSU’s president in 1951 Charles “Red” Thomas 1951-57 7 138 77 .624 Thomas served as an NSU vice president and a scout for the New York Knicks Huey W. Cranford 1957-65 8 116 98 .542 Cranford led two of his first three teams to championships Tynes Hildebrand 1965-80 15 191 199 .490 Also a former Demon star, Hildebrand later became athletic director Wayne Yates 1980-85 5 48 92 .343 Yates steered NSU to a 19-9 record in his second year Don Beasley 1985-88 3 42 41 .506 A former Demon football quarterback, Beasley played on the 1966 unbeaten team Dan Bell 1988-94 6 68 98 .410 The former Demon guard coached NSU over Kentucky in his first year J.D. Barnett 1994-99 5 55 79 .410 Veteran coach netted wins over Baylor and South Alabama Mike McConathy 1999-active 18 267 260 .507 Has led NSU to a 2-3 record in three NCAA Tournament appearances

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

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

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

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

Dan Bell

J.D. Barnett

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

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Tynes Hildebrand

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

Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1957-58 (20-7)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1976-77 (17-9)

FIRST YEAR AS NCAA DIVISION I PROGRAM

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 1988-89 Demons defeated Kentucky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2000-2001 (19-13)

SLC TOURNAMENT Champions • NCAA Tournament • Opening Round Winner

Score Opponent Date 69-102 @TCU 11/17/00 57-53 @Southern 11/21/00 71-59 Oral Roberts (@Bossier City) 12/5/00 59-73 @Oklahoma St. 12/16/00 85-78 @Oral Roberts 12/18/00 47-115 @Arkansas 12/20/00 77-75 *Sam Houston 12/28/00 62-43 *Lamar 12/30/00 63-61 *@UL-Monroe 1/4/01 77-96 *McNeese 1/8/01 59-72 *@UTA 1/11/01 64-63 *@S. F. Austin 1/13/01 74-81 *UTSA 1/20/01 76-70 *SW Texas 1/22/01 74-88 *@Nicholls State 1/25/01 92-65 *La.-Monroe 1/27/01 71-63 *@SE La. 1/29/01 71-88 *@Sam Houston 2/3/01 73-81 *@Lamar 2/5/01 60-58 *SE La. 2/10/01 72-77 *Nicholls State 2/12/01 74-84 *@UTSA 2/15/01 87-76 *@SW Texas 2/17/01 80-78 @Centenary 2/21/01 92-103 *@McNeese 2/24/01 68-62 *S.F. Austin 3/1/01 87-69 *UTA 3/3/01 68-61 !@Nicholls State 3/6/01 86-73 !UTSA 3/9/01 72-71 !McNeese 3/10/01 71-67 $NCAA-Winthrop 3/13/01 54-96 $NCAA-Illinois 3/16/01 Pts: NSU-2292 OPPONENTS-2397 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament, Bossier City $ - NCAA Tournament Dayton, Ohio 2001-2002 (13-18) Score Opponent Date 79-93 @ TCU 11/16/01 69-97 @ Memphis 11/18/01 60-66 !UTEP 11/19/01 107-86 !Ark-Monticello 11/20/01 99-91 !Siena (2 ot) 11/21/01 58-60 @ Hawaii 11/27/01 54-91 @ LSU 12/2/01 88-91 @ Grambling 12/8/01 44-79 @ Oklahoma St. 12/17/01 65-82 *@ Lamar 12/29/01 66-73 *S. F. Austin 1/3/02 79-65 *@ UTA 1/5/02 89-72 @ Centenary 1/7/02 73-66 *@ Nicholls State 1/10/02 72-63 *@ SE La. 1/12/02 90-63 *SW Texas 1/17/02 88-86 *UTSA 1/19/02 77-81 *Lamar 1/24/02 83-98 *Sam Houston 1/26/02 64-72 **UL-Monroe 1/31/02 63-67 *McNeese State 2/2/02 79-74 *@ Sam Houston 2/4/02 69-85 *@ SW Texas 2/8/02 67-77 *@UTSA 2/10/02 93-72 *Nicholls State 2/14/02 62-52 *SE La. 2/16/02 65-57 Centenary 2/19/02 58-66 *@ SF Austin 2/21/02 70-65 *Texas-Arlington 2/23/02 53-75 *@ McNeese 2/28/02 83-96 *@ UL-Monroe 3/2/02 Pts: NSU-2266 OPPONENTS-2361 * - SLC Games !Las Vegas Tournament (Las Vegas, NV) **at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City

2016-17 Northwestern State Men’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 2004-05 • 2005-06 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2001 • 2006 • 2013

2002-2003 (6-21) Score Opponent Date 56-60 @New Mexico 11/25/02 54-82 @Baylor 11/27/02 63-64 @Centenary 11/30/02 55-74 @Wichita State 12/7/02 51-77 @Oklahoma St. 12/8/02 71-74 Grambling 12/14/02 49-51 *@SE La. 12/30/02 76-67 *UTSA 1/2/03 62-71 *Texas State 1/4/03 56-71 *@McNeese 1/9/03 72-83 Centenary 1/13/03 65-59 *SE La. 1/16/03 70-61 *Nicholls State 1/18/03 63-79 *@Lamar 1/23/03 62-76 *@Sam Houston 1/25/03 66-75 *Texas-Arlington 1/30/03 59-71 *Stephen F. Austin 2/1/03 73-63 *@UTSA 2/6/03 62-95 *@Texas State 2/8/03 57-70 *McNeese State 2/13/03 63-75 *UL-Monroe 2/15/03 62-53 *@Nicholls State 2/20/03 83-78 *@UL-Monroe 2/22/03 47-62 *Lamar 2/27/03 72-83 *Sam Houston St. 3/1/03 50-68 *@UTA 3/5/03 63-75 *@S. F. Austin 3/7/03 Pts: NSU-1682 OPPONENTS-1917 * - SLC Game 2003-2004 (11-17) Score Opponent Date 62-90 @ Oklahoma St. 11/21/03 49-78 @ Tulsa 11/22/03 88-80 LSU-Shreveport 11/25/03 61-69 @ Northwestern 11/29/03 67-90 @ Centenary 12/02/03 66-83 @ Tulane 12/09/03 80-59 Loyola-NO 12/13/03 76-78 ^Troy State 12/20/03 51-87 !@ New Mexico 12/28/03 77-80 !Arkansas State 12/29/03 64-63 *Stephen F. Austin 1/8/04 84-78 *@ McNeese 1/10/04 90-55 *Nicholls State 1/15/04 88-68 *Lamar 1/17/04 87-77 *@Sam Houston 1/22/04 82-84 *@UTSA (ot) 1/24/04 97-82 Huston-Tillotson 1/28/04 64-67 *Texas State 1/31/04 92-81 *McNeese State 2/5/04 97-110 *@ Lamar 2/7/04 78-77 *@ Nicholls 2/12/04 78-85 *@ SE Louisiana 2/18/04 70-72 *Sam Houston St. 2/21/04 68-77 *Texas-Arlington 2/26/04 72-80 *UTSA 2/28/04 59-69 *@ SF Austin 3/2/04 67-59 *@ UL-Monroe 3/5/04 64-72 #@ SE La. 3/8/04 Pts: NSU-2078 OPPONENTS - 2150 * - SLC Games # - SLC Tournament ^ at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City * at Lobo Invitational, Las Cruces, NM 2004-2005 (21-12)

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

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

64-62 *SF Austin 2/26/05 82-63 *Sam Houston 3/2/05 103-73 *McNeese 3/4/05 81-67 ! UT-Arlington 3/8/05 90-75 ! Lamar 3/10/05 42-49 ! SE Louisiana 3/13/05 Pts: NSU-2466 OPPONENTS-2317 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Las Vegas Holiday Classic 2005-2006 (26-8)

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

Score Opponent Date 77-74 E. TEXAS BAP. 11/18/05 72-81 @ Missouri 11/20/05 76-75ot @ Miss. St. 11/26/05 76-74 @ Centenary 11/29/05 55-57 @ Wichita St. 12/3/05 68-64 @ Oklahoma St. 12/5/05 89-61 HARDING 12/10/05 92-82 LSU-Shreveport 12/14/05 72-61 #vs. Oregon St. 12/21/05 77-81ot #vs. Iowa St. 12/22/05 76-80 #@Hawaii 12/23/05 61-73 @ Texas A&M 12/31/05 79-67 *@ UT-Arlington 1/5/06 81-68 *@ UL-Monroe 1/7/06 70-60 * SE LOUISIANA 1/11/06 73-80 *@ Sam Houston 1/14/06 60-58 *@ SE Louisiana 1/21/06 70-59 *UTSA 1/26/06 89-71 * TEXAS STATE 1/28/06 77-68 * SAM HOUSTON 2/2/06 72-66 *@S. F. Austin 2/4/06 82-79 * UT-ARLINGTON 2/9/06 81-65 * UL-MONROE 2/11/06 79-70 *@ Nicholls 2/16/06 63-66 %@ Utah St. 2/18/06 80-67 * LAMAR 2/23/06 97-79 * MCNEESE ST. 2/25/06 76-71 *@ Texas State 3/1/06 85-64 *@ UTSA 3/3/06 75-61 ! UTSA 3/7/06 80-66 ! LAMAR 3/9/06 95-87 ! SAM HOUSTON 3/12/06 64-63 $ vs. Iowa 3/17/06 54-67 $ vs. West Virginia 3/19/06 Pts: NSU-2573 OPPONENTS-2365 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Rainbow Classic $ - NCAA Tournament Auburn HIls, Michigan 2006-2007 (17-15)

SLC EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS SLC TOURNAMENT FINALIST

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

The 2005-06 SLC Champs beat Iowa in the NCAA Tournament 2007-08 (15-18)

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Score Opponent Date 71-92 #vs. UCSB 11/8/07 58-97 #vs. at Stanford 11/10/07 60-90 #vs. Harvard 11/11/07 66-72 UNO 11/14/07 93-78 UNIV. OF OZARKS 11/16/07 105-96 HOUSTON BAPT. 11/20/07 96-76 TENN. TECH 11/24/07 90-105 at Centenary 11/27/07 96-76 SUNO 12/4/07 73-79 LSUS 12/8/07 58-82 at LSU 12/15/07 59-90 at Arkansas 12/19/07 71-95 at Texas Tech 12/29/07 36-82 at Oklahoma St. 12/31/07 86-82 *UTA 1/5/08 95-84 *TEXAS STATE 1/10/08 67-58 *at A&M-CC 1/17/08 78-81ot *at UTSA 1/19/08 74-85 *at McNeese 1/23/08 82-91 *at Lamar 1/26/08 70-67 *NICHOLLS 1/31/08 60-55 *at SE La. 2/2/08 67-66ot *at UCA 2/9/08 78-69 *at Sam Houston 2/13/08 59-67 *S. F. AUSTIN 2/16/08 81-71 *MCNEESE 2/21/08 95-103 *at Lamar 2/23/08 60-82 *at Nicholls 2/28/08 72-75 *SE LA 3/1/08 75-74 *UCA 3/8/08 71-51 ! vs SE La. 3/13/08 69-66 ! vs. S. F. Austin 3/14/08 79-82 ! vs. UTA 3/16/08 Pts: NSU-2437 OPPONENTS-2624 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament # - Stanford Classic 2008-2009 (11-20) Score Opponent Date 65-83 at Indiana 11/15/08 87-65 E. Texas Bapt. 11/18/08 69-66 !vs. Centenary 11/21/08 60-91 !at LSU 11/23/08 77-65 !vs. Alcorn St. 11/28/08 63-100 !vs. Troy 11/29/08 90-84 ot Centenary 12/1/08 66-94 at Miami (OH) 12/6/08 85-64 LSUS 12/13/08 83-79 at Grambling 12/17/08 84-76 at Houston Bapt. 12/20/08 92-63 SUNO 12/22/08 56-95 at Arkansas 12/27/08 68-69 Miami (OH) 12/30/08 73-122 at Okla. State 1/3/09 60-69 *Nicholls 1/10/09 59-84 *at SE La. 1/14/09 68-69 *TAMUCC 1/17/09 69-85 *at Nicholls 1/24/09 45-73 *at S.F. Austin 1/28/09 80-64 *UCA 1/31/09 75-81 *at McNeese 2/4/09 66-85 *UTA 2/7/09 51-59 *S.F. Austin 2/11/09 79-77 *at UCA 2/14/09 74-88 *McNeese 2/18/09 67-89 *at Lamar 2/21/09 77-74 *UTSA 2/25/09 65-98 *at Texas State 2/28/09

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

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

SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS • NCAA Tournament •

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

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

2012-13 Southland Conference Tournament Champions and NCAA Tournament participant W 86-70 *Central Arkansas 2/16/15 W 87-84 *at New Orleans 2/21/15 W 79-57 *at Nicholls 2/23/15 W 92-79 *Southeastern La. 3/2/15 L 92-66 *at Stephen F. Austin 3/5/15 W 88-78 *New Orleans 3/7/15 W 96-89 !McNeese State 3/12/15 L 91-79 !Stephen F. Austin 3/13/15 L 104-79 ^Tennessee-Martin 3/19/15 Pts: NSU-2687 OPPONENTS-2656 * - SLC Games ! - SLC Tournament ^-CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2015-16 (8-20) Score Opponent Date L 90-76 at Ole Miss 11/13/15 L 99-97 LSU-Alexandria 11/16/15 L 80-64 UL Monroe 11/19/15 L 61-42 at Arizona 11/22/15 W 86-80 Louisiana College 11/25/15 L 119-81 at Auburn 11/27/15 L 117-78 at Arkansas 12/1/15 L 75-62 at Baylor 12/8/15 W 105-79 Missouri Valley 12/19/15 W 92-79 at Centenary 12/29/15 L 99-73 *Houston Baptist 1/2/16 L 94-78 *Sam Houston St. 1/4/16 L 70-56 *at Incnarnate Word 1/9/16 L 87-72 *at Abilene Christian 1/12/16 L 86-82 *at Lamar 1/16/16 L 89-79 *A&M-Corpus Christi 1/19/16 L 75-74 *at McNeese 1/23/16 W 88-80 *at Nicholls 1/25/16 W 91-76 *Southeastern La. 1/30/16 W 91-75 *Central Arkansas 2/2/16 L 83-72 *at Stephen F. Austin 2/8/16 W 87-78 *McNeese 2/13/16 L 107-94 *at Central Arkansas 2/15/16 L 102-99 *New Orleans 2/20/16 W 81-67 *Nicholls 2/22/16 L 84-82 *at Southeastern La. 2/29/16 L 95-55 *Stephen F. Austin 3/3/16 L 97-86 *at New Orleans 3/5/16 Pts: NSU-2224 OPPONENTS-2413 * - SLC Games

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ALL-TIME NORTHWESTERN STATE LETTERMEN Adams, Austin (F), 2012-14, Slidell, LA Adams, Dustin (F), 2012-14, Slidell, LA Adekunle, Deji (F), 2014-15, London, England Adkins, Jimmy (C/F), 1956-60, Gibsland, LA Alexander, Kenta (G), 1996-97, Atlanta, TX Alexander, Sam (G), 1996-98, St. Peters, MO Allen, Byron (C),2002-06, Leland, MS Anglin, John (G), 2005-08, Shreveport, LA Anthony, Robert (F/C), 1983-84, Birmingham, LA Arthur, Bobby (G), 1973-75, Natchitoches, LA Arthur, Kenny (G), 1962-66, Natchitoches, LA Arthur, Raymond (C), 1962-64, Natchitoches, LA Ashworth, Don (G), 1965-69, Oakdale, LA Ashlock, Greg (G),1989-90, Malakoff, TX Baggett, Ray (G), 1980-81, Oberlin, LA Bailey, Andre (F), 1978-80, Minden, LA Ball, Perry (F), 1969-72, Baton Rouge, LA Baker, Devon (G), 2009-11, Harlen, NY Bamer, Frank (F), 1965-66, Dover, NJ Banks, Roman (G), 1987-92, Shreveport, LA Bankston, Mixon (G), 1952-53, Dry Prong, LA Baptiste, Thurman (F), 1969-72, Natchitoches, LA Bargeman, Colby (G), 2004-08, Lafayette, LA Barnes, Stephen (C), 1995-97, Birmingham, England Bates, Buddy (G), 1947-50, Winnfield, LA Bates, Sonny (G), 1952-53, Coushatta, LA Beard, Marche’ (G), 1996-98, Jena, LA Beaubouef, Tony (F), 1990-94, Berwick, La Bell, Dan (G), 1975-77, Huntsville, AL Bell, Demetrius (F), 2003-08, Summerfield, LA Bivens, Larry (F), 1973-75, Tampa, FL Bloodworth, Charles (F), 1968-70, Natchitoches, LA Blunt, Canfield (F), 1973-76, Colfax, LA Bonnette, Buddy (G), 1950-51, Natchitoches, LA Booras, Sam (G), 1950-53, Shreveport, LA Bozeman, James (G), 1944-45, Belmont, LA Bradley, Darnell (F), 2001-02, Leesville, LA Brey, Mike (G), 1977-80, Rockville, MD Bray, Virgil (F), 1963-64, Pocasset, OK Briscoe, John (G), 2011-12, Longview, TX Brinson, Doug (G), 1973-74, Morgan City, LA Britton, Claude (G), 1973-75, Calhoun, LA Brock, Judson (F), 1971-72, Milwaukee, WI Brooks, Aramie (F) 2008-09, Earle, AR Brown, A.E. (F), 1944-45, Minden, LA Brown, Clifton (G), 1984-85, Lafayette, LA Brown, David (C), 1958-59, Jonesboro, LA Brown, Dick (G), 1953-57, Converse, LA Brown, Robbie (G), 1982-83, Lafayette,LA Brown, Tarius (G), 1990-93, 1994-95, Birmingham, AL Brownwell, George (G), 1944-45, Corpus Christi, TX Bryant, Brooks (F) 1990-93, Huntsville, AL Bundy, Ryan (G), 1994-98, Peoria, IL Burch, Stephen (G), 2001-04, Mansfield, LA Burks, Will (F), 1998-2001, Decatur, AL Bush, Gerald (F), 1985-87, Birmingham, AL Byars-Dawson, Michael (G), 2000-02, Fort Worth, TX Byrd, Ronald (F), 1950-53, Shreveport, LA Calcote, Craig (G), 1984-87, Baton Rouge, LA Cambre, Cody (G) - 2015-present, French Settlement, LA Calloway, David (F), 1960-61, Cheneyville, LA Cavanaugh, Joe (G), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Charles, Guy (F), 1978-80, Port Arthur, TX Clark, C.J. (F), 2007-09, Houston, TX

Clark, Charles (F) 2008-11, Alexadria, LA Clark, David (G), 1963-67, Natchitoches, LA Clemmons, Pete (G), 1960-62, Brownsville, TX Collie, Glenn (G/F), 1961-62, Calvert City, KY Collins, Bolton (G), 1951-53, Coushatta, LA Collinsworth, Bill (G), 1951-55, Bryceland, LA Conine, John, (C) 2007-10, Natchitoches, LA Cooper, Zaveon (G), 1993, Jackson, MS Covington, Ken (F), 1971-72, Haughton, LA Crawford, Eugene (F), 1949-50 Crnkovic, Mickey (G), 1955-58, Zwolle, LA Culbreath, A.J. (F), 1982-83, Nacogdoches, TX Davis, Bruce, 1948-49 Davis, George (G), 1950-54, Florien, LA Davis, Isiah (G/F), 1989-90, Houston, TX Davis, Lester (G), 1974-78, Natchitoches, LA Davis, Pooh (G), 1999-2001, Shreveport, LA Davis, Shamir (G), 2009-13, Shreveport, LA Dillon, Mark (G), 1991-93, Fort Gay, WV Dobbinson, Tony (G), 2014-15, Stamford, CT Dorcheus, Robert (F), 1944-48, Portland, OR Duncan, Charles (G), 1994-98, Trenton, TN Dunn, Benjamin (C), 1978-79, Grambling, LA Dunnavant, Dale (F), 1973-77, Miami, FL Duplessis, Ryan (G), 1998-2002, New Orleans, LA Dyer, Alfonse(C), 2002-06, Marrero, LA Ebarb, Glendale (G), 1952-53, Zwolle, LA Edens, Tom (F), 1975-77, Phoenix, AZ Edwards, Michael (G), 2000-04, Rowlett, TX Elie, Lester (F), 1974-78, Cloutierville, LA Ellis, Louis (G), 2010-11, Shreveport, LA Enloe, James (G), 1952-56, Pineville, LA Evans, O.J. (C), 2009-13, Mansfield, LA Faust, Odis (F), 1965-69, Many, LA Fischer, D’or (C), 2000-02, Philadelphia, PA Fisher, Kenton (F), 1998-2000, Madison, AL Fleming, Earl (F), 1989-91, Tuscaloosa, AL Fletcher, James (C), 1962-63, Montgomery, LA Flinn, Paul (C/F), 1957-58, New York, NY Fontenot, Larry (C/F), 1955-59, DeQuincy, LA Forges, Kerwin (G/F), 2003-2006, Marrero, LA Foshee, Buddy (F), 1954-55, Logansport, LA Francis, Harry (G), 1979-83, St. Martinville, LA Frazier, Marvin (C), 2011-15, Zwolle, LA French, Anthony (C), 1981-84, Shreveport, LA French, Googy (G), 1973-75, Lecompte, LA Fyler, Mike (G), 1977-80, Scott City, KS Garner, Darron (F), 1994-96, Zwolle, LA Garris, Robert (C), 1982-84, Pine Bluff, AR Gesing, E.J. (G), 1944-45, Brooklyn, NY Gibson, Lester (F), 1944-45, Hammond, LA Gilder, Trey (G), 2006-08, Dallas, TX Glasco, Alex (F), 1988-89, Loreauville, LA Goleman, Rick (F), 1979-81, Longview, TX Gooden, Scott, (G), 1993-94, Akron, OH Goodson, Donnie (G), 1979-80, Baton Rouge, LA Grace, Reggie (C), 1973-75, Sunshine, LA Gray, Peter (G), 1965-69, Marthaville, LA Grays, Robin (F), 1982-84, Ft. Worth, TX Green, John (F), 1975-77, Natchitoches, LA Greene, Mike (G), 1977-81, Pleasant Hill, LA Grimsley, Dexter (F), 1989-93, Abbeville, AL Guest, Paxson (G), 2014-15, Bossier City, LA Haile, Harrell (G), 1946-49, Ansley, LA

Dan Bell was a flashy guard for a 17-win Demon team in 1976-77 and coached the Demons to a win at Kentucky on Dec. 7, 1989 Hale, Kenny (G), 1982-84, Memphis, TN Haley, Phillip (F/C), 1957-61, Belmont, LA Hall, Devonte (G), 2014-present, Bossier City, LA Hancock, Josh (G), 1997-2001, Kountze, TX Hancock, Keithan (G), 2004-09, Kountze, TX Hancock, Tramaine (G), 2003-2005, Kountze, TX Harden, Gregg (G) 1989-90, Baton Rouge, LA Hardin, James (F), 1960-64, Tioga, LA Harris, Dadrian (G), 2012-14, Castor, LA Harris, Jerry (G), 1980-85, Memphis, TN Harris, Mark (F), 1981-82, Mansfield, LA Hatch, Gayle (F), 1960-62, Baton Rouge, LA Hayes, Ronald (F), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Haynie, Steve (G), 1965-66, Reedville, VA Hazlewood, Daniel (G), 2015-16, Huntsville, TX Hearn, Lazar (F), 1988-89, Haughton, LA Henderson, Gary (F), 1995-96, West Memphis, AK Hendricks, Emmett (G), 1961-65, Marthaville, LA Henry, Skeeter (G), 1965-68, Natchitoches, LA Herrick, Drew (F), 1981-82, Lafayette, LA Hicks, DeQuan (F), 2012-14, Racine, WI Hildebrand, Tynes (F/C), 1950-54, Florien, LA Hildebrand, Tynes Jr. (G) 1969-73, Natchitoches, LA Hill, John (F), 1971-72, Mudville, TN Holder, Bernard (F), 1973-76, Brooklyn, NY Holder, Walter (G), 1945-46, Brooklyn, NY Hollins, Gerald (F), 1995-97, Many, LA Hoops, Jim (F), 1977-81, Deshler, OH Hoops, Mike (F), 1978-79, Deshler, OH Howell, Alan (G), 1986-88, Natchitoches, LA Howell, J.C. (F/G), 1954-56, Bossier City, LA Hughes, Edward (G), 1973-75, Hudson, NY Hulbin, James (F), 2008-13, Shreveport, LA Hunt, Errick (G), 1970-75, Coushatta, LA Hunter, Ed (G/F), 1958-61, Coushatta, LA James, Larry (G), 1971-72, Minden, LA

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EX-NSU POINT GUARD MIKE BREY BEGINS 16TH YEAR COACHING NOTRE DAME While answering the first question at the July 15, 2000, press conference announcing his hiring as basketball coach at Notre Dame, Mike Brey talked about his days playing college basketball for Tynes Hildebrand at Northwestern State. Brey, a two-year starter for the Demons, still ranks eighth at NSU in career assists with 311 from 1977-80, an average of 4.3 per game. He led the team as a sophomore with 180, still the fifth-best single-season total in school history. In the moments after being introduced as the new Notre Dame coach, Brey listed Hildebrand alongside Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Morgan Wooten, the legendary DeMatha High School coach, as major influences in his basketball philosophies. Brey played for Wooten, who helped Hildebrand recruit him. After college, Brey coached under Wooten, then moved to Duke and helped the Blue Devils reach six Final Fours and win two NCAA titles. Brey then took over as head coach at Delaware and was 99-52 there in five years before taking the Notre Dame job. When Brey took over, the Irish hadn’t been to the NCAA Tournament in 11 seasons. Beginning his 16th season coaching the Irish, Brey has led Notre Dame to 11 NCAA Tournaments, including back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 2015 and 2016 -- along with four NIT appearances. In 2010-11, Brey won the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award as the national coach of the year after leading the Fighting Irish to a No. 4 national ranking and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Incuding his time at Delaware, Brey has delivered his team to postseason play 17 times. Brey owns an overall 455-229 career record, 356-177 at Notre Dame.

Janese, Johnny (G), 1967-71, LaGrange, LA Jenkins, DeShon (G), 1982-84, Jena, LA Johnson, Charlie (G), 1994-96, Sugarland, TX Johnson, Ed (F), 1971-75, Natchitoches, LA Johnson, Payton (C), 1971-72, Detroit, MI Johnson, Lovick (F), 1957-61, Natchitoches, LA Johnson, Rhon (G), 1984-85, Little Rock, AR Johnson, Truman (F), 1968-69, Plainview, LA Johnston, Dick (G), 1958-59, Astoria, NY Jones, Buddy (G), 1959-60, Mississippi Jones, Carl (F), 2001-03, Humble, TX Jones, Damon (G), 2006-09, Winnfield, LA Jones, George (C), 1984-88, Shreveport, LA Jones, Kennan (G), 2003-07, Opelousas, LA Jones, Lemuel (G), 1995-97, Tallulah, LA Jones, Rodney (F) 1989-90, Birmingham, AL Jolivette, Brian (G), 1982-83, Lafayette, LA Joseph, Tra’von (G), 2013-present, Morrow, LA Kemp, Kesse (G), 1973-74, Fort Worth, TX Kennedy, Chris (G), 1996-97, Las Vegas, NV Killian, Matt (F), 2012-16, Hornbeck, LA King, Harold (G), 1945-46, Hometown unknown King, Leotis (G), 1984-85, Bastrop, LA King, Ryan (F), 2013-15, Greensboro, NC Kissoonlal, Reginald (G/F), 2014-present, Jacksonville, FL Knight, Dominic (G), 2007-11, Alexandria, LA Knighten, Merrill (F), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Koonce, Charles (P), 1992-93, Gasden, AL Krajefska, Jim (C), 1969-71, Bossier, LA Kranz, Bob (G), 1962-63, Brooklyn, NY Kubel, Eric (F), 1990-94, Moreno Valley, CA Lampkin, Frank (F), 1946-48, Tioga Lane, Ishmael (F/C), 2015-present, Port Allen, LA Langston, Loopy (C), 1953-56, Pollock, LA Larson, Chris (F), 1996-97, Boone, IA Leach, Jimmie (G), 1955-59, Florien, LA LeBato, Matt (F), 2014-15, Sulphur, LA Lebo, Ronnie (G), 1954-56, Winamac, IN Ledet, Walter (F), 1961-64, Natchitoches, LA

Lee, Clifton (F), 2002-06, Boyce, LA Lee, Lester (G), 1964-66, Natchitoches, LA Lee, Stanley (G), 1969-72, West Jefferson, LA Lee, Wayne, (G), 1965-69, Florien, LA LeGrand, Al (F), 1962-64, Coushatta, LA LeGrand, Seth (C), 1994-98, Nebraska City, NE Lewis, Dennis (F), 1964-65, Henderson, KY Lewis, Jerry (G), 1977-79, Grambling, LA Lilley, Waple (F), 1951-55, Belmont, LA Lively, Robert (C), 1976-79, Port Allen, TX Lloyd, Sutton (G), 2005-06, Bossier City, LA Lynch, Chris (F), 2000-02, Cedar Hill, TX Lynch, Jerry (G), 1978-82, Leesville, LA Madlock, Calvin (F), 1981-83, Sardis, MS Martin, Johnny (F/C), 1981-83, Shady Grove, LA Marusak, Andrew (F), 1967-70, Virginia Masters, Jerry (F), 1966-70, Florien, LA Mathis, Tommy (G), 1960-64, Hanna, LA Mays, Donald (F), 1982-85, Logansport, LA McCall, Greg (G), 1989-90, Birmingham AL McCann, Elvin (F/C), 1956-59, Cheneyville, LA McConathy, George (C/F), 1952-56, Bryceland, LA McConathy, Hershel (F), 1947-51, Florien, LA McConathy, Johnny (C), 1948-51, Gibsland, LA McConathy, Leslie (G), 1945-49, Bryceland, LA McConathy, Logan (G), 2007-11, Natchitoches, LA McConathy, Michael (G), 2006-09, Natchitoches, LA McCrimon, Jimmy (G), 1986-87, Kissimmee, FL McGowan, Paul (F), 1954-56, Washington, DC McKellar, Bill (G),1973-77, Bossier City, LA McLaurin, Jerry (F), 1973-77, Bossier City, LA McMillon, Kenny (G), 1991-94, Logansport, LA McQuarters, Dameon (F), 1995-98, Leavenworth, KS McRae, Jerrold (F), 1998-2002, Nashville, TN Melancon, Darren (C), 1984-89, Loreauville, LA Metoyer, Malik (G), 2015-present, Clarence, LA Mitchell, Roy (F), 1981-82, Many, LA Mitchell, Tyronn (G), 2001-06, New Iberia, LA Moody, Dwight (G/F), 1984-86, Memphis, TN

Moody, Jerry (F), 2006-08, Bossier City, LA Moody, Kenneth (F), 1983-84, Memphis, TN Moore, Edward (C), 1948-50, Natchitoches, LA Moran, Ken (F), 1959-63, Natchitoches, LA Morris, George, 1947-48, Hometown unknown Mosley, William (F), 2008-11, Shreveport, LA Murphy, Kenneth (F), 1944-45, Natchitoches, LA Nash, Charles (G), 1983-84, Birmingham, AL Nears, Kevans (F), 1984-85, Winnfield, LA Neely, Mike (G), 1970-73, Detroit, MI Netterville, B.J. (G), 1999-2003, Zachary, LA Nickelberry, Cedric (F), 1997-98, Pearl, MS Nix, Max (F), 1960-61, Bossier City, LA Nolan, Roger (C), 1977-78; 80-81, Benton, LA Nooen, Bill (G), 1945-46, Hometown unknown Norris, Ronnie (F), 1966-68, Doyline, LA Norton, John J. (C), 1944-45, Phillipsburg, NJ Oatley, Don (F), 1956-57; 1959-60, Baton Rouge, LA Outz, Linwood, (G), 1948-52, Minden, LA Owens , Jethro (G) 1989-93, Houston, TX Palmer, William (F), 1955-56, Mansfield, LA Patten, DeWitt (G), 1948-50, Bossier City, LA Pearre, Hulon (G), 1984-85, Jonesboro, LA Peffer, Jim (G), 1967-69, Hempfield, PA Pender, Bob (F), 1950-51, Hometown unknown Petravicius, Deividas (F), 2007-09, Klaipeda, Lithuania Piper, Frederick (C), 1976-81, Alexandria, LA Polk, Alann (G), 1997-2002, Emerson, AR Poole, Dan (F), 1949-50, Natchitoches, LA Poole, Will (G), 2015-16, Shreveport, LA Porterie, Kalem (F), 2005-09, Marksville, LA Posey, Allen (G), 1967-71, Natchitoches, LA Powell, Charlie (F), 1949-50, Hometown unknown Powell, Walter (C), 1949-50, Hometown unknown Prather, Randy (G), 1969-73, Crowley, LA Prather, Wallace (G), 1945-48, Natchitoches, LA Pratt, Will (F), 2009-11, Harlem, NY Presson, Jim (G), 1955-56, Cario, IL Prestwich, Spencer (G), 1993, Sterling, CO

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

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

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

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

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

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

FANTASTIC 50

1912-1919 W.H. “Red” Beeson, 1913-15 1920-29 Cecil “Lightning” Miller, F, 1925-27, DeRidder 1930-39 Josh Briley, C, 1938-41 Wiley Cummings, F, 1938-41 John Elkins, G, 1936-39 Tandy Jackson, F, 1936-40, Coushatta Bill Loftin, G, 1935-38, Coushatta --Outstanding player who was team captain for his final two seasons under Coach Prather. Served for Gen. Patton in WWII. Graduate N Club HOF. Howard “Emma” Moorman, F, 1930-33 Jimmy “Faye” Perkins, F, 1937-41 C.L. Starnes, F, 1938-40 Charles “Red” Thomas, G, 1939-41, Texarkana, Ark. Clarence Tullos, C, 1930-33, Olla 1940-49 Frank Lampkin, F, 1946-48, Tioga Herschel McConathy, F, 1947-51, Florien John McConathy, F/C, 1947-51, Bryceland J.L. “Leslie” McConathy, F, 1945-49, Bryceland Linwood Outz, G, 1948-51, Minden Ocie Ritchie, F, 1945-47, Natchitoches Claude “Jodie” Stoutamire, F, 1946-50, Tallahassee, Fla. --All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a sophomore, then All-Gulf States Conference as a junior and senior. Was top GSC scorer in each of his final two seasons (428 points, 23 games in 1948-49, when he shot 57.1% from the field, going 173-303 Bernard Waggoner, C, 1944-49, Logansport Jim Willis, G, 1944-45, 1947-50, Doyline 1950-59 Sammy Booras, G, 1951-53, Shreveport Dick Brown, G, 1953-57, Converse --All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a sophomore, then All-Gulf States Conference as a junior and senior. Was top GSC scorer in each Bill Collinsworth, G, 1950-55, Bryceland Mickey Crnkovic, G, 1955-58, Zwolle Phillip Haley, F/C, 1957-61, Belmont Tynes Hildebrand, F, 1950-55, Florien Jimmy “Red” Leach, G, 1954-59, Florien --No. 4 scorer (1,736 points, 109g, 15.9 ppg). School single-game records with 54

points, 20-23 FTs vs. Southwestern Louisiana 2/27/59. Had 43 to set singlegame record two nights earlier vs. Southeastern. Elvin McCann, F/C, 1955-59, Cheneyville George McConathy, F, 1952-56, Bryceland Ken Shaw, G, 1950-54, Holton, Ind. Larry Skinner, G, 1957-61, Belmont Bill Stewart, F, 1956-60, Doyline Jim “Buddy” Thomas, F, 1951-55, Martin Truitt Weldon, C, 1958-62, Florien Gene Wright, G, 1958-52, Negreet 1960-69 Thurmand Baptiste, F/C, 1969-72, Natchitoches Charles Bloodworth, F, 1968-70, Natchitoches David Clark, F, 1963-67, Natchitoches --No. 5 in scoring (1,583 points, 95g, 16.7 ppg). No. 3 in career FT% (83.8, 382456). 20.4 ppg as a senior. Pete Gray, G, 1965-69, Marthaville Gayle Hatch, F/C, 1960-62, Baton Rouge Johnny Janese, G, 1967-71, Lake Charles Lester Lee, G, 1964-66, Natchitoches Tommy Mathis, G, 1960-64, Hanna Doug Watts, G, 1966-70, French Settlement Sam Watts, C/F, 1961-65, Saline James Wyatt, C, 1965-69, Belmont --Career rebounding leader (1,549 in 102g, 15.2 pg). No. 2 scorer (1,874 points, 18.4 average). 1966, 1968, 1969 All-Gulf States Conference. 1970-76 Reginald Grace, F, 1972-75, Sunshine --No. 10 rebounding (709, 75g, 9.5 pg). No. 23 single-season scorer (476, 197374). 15.9 ppg, 10.2 rpg in 1973-74 when he led Demons to NAIA Tournament in Kansas City. Howard Hughes, G, 1973-75, Hudson, NY Vernon Wilson, G, 1971-73, Logansport

FAB 50

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

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Billy Reynolds, F, 1973-77, Calhoun --career scoring leader, 2,009 points (18.8 ppg), No. 2 rebounder (1,150, 10.7 pg). 1980-89 Roman Banks, G, 1987-92, Shreveport Gerald Bush, F, 1985-87, Birmingham, Ala. Dexter Grimsley, F, 1989-93, Abbeville, Ala. --No. 3 blocked shots (153. 1.4 pg), No. 8 scoring (1,437, 13.1 ppg), No. 14 rebounding (664, 6.0 pg) Kenny Hale, G, 1981-83, Memphis, Tenn. George Jones, 1984-88, F, Shreveport Calvin Madlock, F, 1981-83, Sardis, Miss. Johnny Martin, C, 1981-83, Shady Grove Dwight Moody, G/F, 1984-86, Memphis, Tenn. Jethro Owens, G/F, 1989-93, Houston, Tex. Terrence “Bo” Rayford, F/C, 1986-89, Quitman, Ga. Pernell Smith, G, 1987-89, Braxton, Ga. Wayne Waggoner, G, 1980-82, Logansport Victor Willis, 1985-87, Monroe 1990-99 Sam Alexander, G, 1996-98, St. Peters, Mo.; Tarius Brown, G-F, 1990-95, Birmingham, Ala. Ryan Bundy, G, 1994-98, Peoria, Ill. -- Career assists leader (552, 5.4 pg). No. 5 in assists (160, 1.57 pg). Four-year starter. Charles Duncan, G, 1994-98, Trenton, Tenn. Ryan Duplessis, G, 1998-2002, New Orleans Josh Hancock, G, 1997-2001, Kountze, Tex. Eric Kubel, C, 1990-94, Moreno Valley, Cal. --Southland Conference Player of the Year, 1993-94 … first SLC player to average a double-double (20.7 points, 13.1 rebounds) since John Rudd of McNeese in the late 1970s. Seth LeGrand, C, 1994-98, Nebraska City, Neb. Alann Polk, G, 1997-2002, Emerson, Ark. Jay Scherer, G, 1990-92, Huntsville, Ala. Richard Taylor, G, 1998-2000, East Tallassee, Ala. Larry Terry, G/F, 1990-94, Ponchatoula Chris Thompson, F, 1999-2001, Bossier City --Helped Demons to 2 straight SLC Championship Game appearances, 2001 NCAA Tournament win.

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

HONORARY CAPTAINS

Legends Era Benny Arthur, Manager, 1957-61 Don Ashworth, Guard, 1965-69 Charles “Buddy” Bates, Guard, 1947-50 Perry Ball, Forward, 1969-72 Odis Faust, Forward, 1965-69 Dr. William Haile, Guard, 1936-40 Dr. Jessie Horner, Forward, 1970-72 Ronnie Lebo, Guard, 1954-56 Billy Montgomery, Guard, 1960 Ken Moran, Forward, 1959-63 Jimmy Stewart, Forward, 1967-70 Modern Era Demetress Bell, Center, 2003-07 Kyle Bobbitt, Manager, 2001-03 Kerwin “Fat Daddy” Forges, Forward, 2002-06 Jerrold McRae, Forward, 1998-02 B.J. Netterville, Guard, 1999-03 Jeff “Rainman” Raymond, Manager, 1990-96 John “Lil Snack” Smith, Manager, 2003-06 Steve Stroud, Supporter Patrick Wesley, Guard, 1985-89 Forrest White, Manager, 1999-02

2000-09 Byron Allen, C, 2002-06, Leland, Miss. Devon Baker, G, 2009-11, Harlem, N.Y. Colby Bargeman, F, 2004-08, Lafayette Michael Byars-Dawson, G, 2000-02, Fort Worth, Tex. --Miami transfer who was top scorer in both seasons, the first the 2000-01 team that reached the NCAA Tournament. Averaged 14.5 ppg in 63 games, 15.8 as a senior. Tied single-game school record with 8 steals. Trey Gilder, F, 2006-08, Dallas, Tex. Damon Jones, G, 2006-10, Winnfield Kennan Jones, G, 2003-07, Opelousas

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BIlly Reynolds 1973-77

Geroge Jones 1984-88

Kenny McMillon 1991-95

Jay Scherer 1990-92

NORTHWESTERN STATE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SCORING

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

Most Points Scored Game: 54 Jimmy Leach vs. Southwestern La., 2/27/59 Season: 711 Zeek Woodley, 2014-15 Career: 2,009 Billy Reynolds, 1973-77

FIELD GOALS

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

Dick Brown 1953-57

Vernon Wilson 1971-73

Dwight Moody 1984-86

John Martin 1981-83

FREE THROWS

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

REBOUNDS

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

ASSISTS

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

BLOCKED SHOTS

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

William Mosley 2008-11

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

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STEALS

FREE THROWS

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

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

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

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

PERSONAL FOULS

REBOUNDS

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

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

SCORING

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

ASSISTS

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

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

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

FIELD GOALS

BLOCKED SHOTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STEALS

PERSONAL FOULS

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

Michael Bryars-Dawson 2000-02

Larry Terry 1990-94

Eric Kubel 1990-94

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

Roman Banks 1987-92

D’or Fisher 2000-02

Earnest Reliford 1977-82

Jethro Owens 1989-93

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Byron Allen 2002-06

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

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

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

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

Pts. G 2,009 107 1,874 102 1,802 116 1,764 91 1,736 109 1,592 96 1,583 95 1,548 75 1,454 118 1,437 110 1,436 116 1,427 120 1,416 103 1,391 117 1,352 121 1,348 107 1,342 102 1,325 96 1,289 103 1,213 103 1,184 78 1,136 125 1,129 78 1,116 102 1,092 67 1,078 111 1,073 108 1,046 127 1,040 105

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Career Steals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Single Season Free Throw Percentage (min. 2 FT pg) Player 1. Carlton Walding 2. Zeek Woodley 3. Stan Lee 4. Jalan West 5. Jimmy Leach 6. Mark Dillon 7. Wayne Waggoner Tyrone Mitchell 9. Jalan West Kenny Arthur

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

Career Free Throw Percentage Player 1. Carlton Walding 2. Jalan West 3. Wayne Waggoner 4. David Clark 5. Zeek Woodley 6. Kenny Hale 7. Dan Bell 8. Michael McConathy 9. Keithan Hancock 10. Stan Lee

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

FT-FTA Pct. 55-61 .902 133-150 .887 50-57 .877 163-186 .876 158-182 .868 58-67 .866 77-89 .865 77-89 .865 169-196 .862 50-58 .862 FT-FTA Pct. 72-82 .878 396-459 .863 141-165 .855 382-456 .838 354-423 .837 142-173 .821 117-143 .818 194-242 .802 110-138 .797 84-107 .785

Single Season 3-Point FG Made Player 1. Jalan West 2. Jay Scherer 3. Eric Scanlan 4. Charles Dawson 5. Patrick Wesley 6. Jalan West 7. Jermaine Wallace Jay Scherera Pernell Smith 10. Louis Ellis

Year 2014-15 1991-92 1989-90 1996-97 1988-89 2013-14 2005-06 1990-91 1988-89 2011-12

No. 86 80 78 77 73 70 66 66 66 60

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

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

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

YEAR SCORING FIELD GOAL % 3PT FG % FREE THROW % 1989-90 Banks-425 Owens-55.7% Jones-81.6% 1990-91 Scherer-477 Owens-71.4% Scherer-74.5% 1991-92 Banks-454 Owens 59.9% Stapler-78.6% 1992-93 Kubel-539 Owens-61.6% Dillon-86.6% 1993-94 Kubel-632 Trailer-56.5% McMillon-79.3% 1994-95 Brown-488 Whittaker-48.7% Johnson-82.2% 1995-96 Johnson-314 Barnes-54.1% Johnson-80.7% 1996-97 Duncan-414 Barnes-54.6% S.Alexander-86.0% 1997-98 LeGrand-372 LeGrand-54.3% McQuarters-75.9% 1998-99 Polk-319 Sardinea-52.0% Polk-78.4% 1999-00 Taylor-367 Thompson-48.8% Shropshire-79.2% 2000-01 Byars-Dawson - 423 Thompson-49.4% Byars-Dawson - 75.5% 2001-02 Byars-Dawson - 491 Lynch - 54.8% Fischer - 75.2% 2002-03 Wallace - 299 Dyer - 46.5% Wallace - 34.0% Burch - 75.7% 2003-04 Wallace - 434 Allen - 50.9% Mitchell - 52.4% Forges - 75.0% 2004-05 Wallace - 380 Spencer - 62.0% K. Jones - 63.2% Mitchell - 83.6% 2005-06 Lee - 482 Allen - 57.1% K. Jones - 54.5% Mitchell - 86.5% 2006-07 Rogers - 433 Moody - 53.1% K. Jones - 44.2% Gilder - 80.8% 2007-08 Gilder - 542 White - 57.5% Knight - 60.0% M. McConathy - 82.3% 2008-09 Jones - 378 Mosley -67.2% D. Jones - 35.9% M. McConathy - 82.1% 2009-10 Jones - 394 Mosley - 56.5% M. McConathy - 41.8% M. McConathy - 79.7% 2010-11 Pratt - 568 Mosley - 63.4% Stewart - 43.8% L. McConathy - 87.5% 2011-12 Davis- 426 Mosley- 60.0% Washington- 36.6% Davis- 72.1% 2012-13 Hicks-406 Hicks- 58.3% Hulbin- 36.4% West- 83.6% 2013-14 West-601 Woodley- 61.7% Stewart- 42.9% West-87.6% 2014-15 Woodley-711 Joseph-57.9% West-42.2% West-86.2% 2015-16 Woodley-622 Lane-56.6% Woodley-40.7% Woodley-88.7%

REBOUNDING Grimsley-200 Grimsley-215 Terry-178 Kubel-252 Kubel-341 Brown-204 Barnes-132 LeGrand-198 LeGrand-192 Burks-163 Thompson-210 Thompson-196 Fischer - 216 Lee - 156 Lee - 194 Lee, Spencer - 160 Lee - 212 Moody - 142 Gilder - 204 Mosley - 263 Mosley - 268 Mosley - 280 Mosley-307 Hulbin- 183 Hicks- 226 Woodley-160 Lane-158

ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS Banks-157 Grimsley-38 Banks-50 Beaubouef-98 Grimsley-48 Scherer-38 Banks-108 Grimsley-42 Banks-65 Dillon-135 Terry-36 Dillon-51 McMillon-87 Terry-25 Terry-31 Bundy-127 Whittaker-15 McMillon-26 Bundy-106 Hollins-17 Bundy-39 Bundy-163 LeGrand-15 Bundy-58 Bundy-154 LeGrand-14 Bundy-40 Hancock-99 Sardinea-9 Sardinea-43 Hancock-69 Thompson-38 Taylor-76 Hancock-89 Fischer-69 Thompson-58 Duplessis - 116 Fischer - 133 Byars-Dawson 61 Mitchell - 89 Spencer - 26 Mitchell - 70 Mitchell - 107 Lee - 27 Mitchell - 49 Mitchell - 142 Spencer - 28 Mitchell - 70 Mitchell - 171 Spencer - 23 Mitchell - 75 Jones - 200 Moody - 37 Bargeman - 60 M. McConathy - 111 White, Moody - 33 Bargeman - 61 M. McConathy - 124 Mosley - 76 M. McConathy - 51 M. McConathy - 100 Mosley - 98 M. McConathy - 43 Davis - 87 Mosley - 156 Baker - 47 Davis- 100 Mosley- 130 Mosley- 45 West- 165 Frazier- 41 West- 75 West- 197 Frazier- 56 West -78 West-246 Frazier-51 West-66 Hall-171 Lane-27 Hall-44

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RETIRED NUMBERS • ALL-CONFERENCE DEMONS • DEMONS IN THE PROS

ALL-CONFERENCE DEMONS

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

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

CHARLES “RED” THOMAS

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

JOHNNY MCCONATHY

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

VERNON WILSON

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

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

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

DEMONS IN THE PROS

NBA 2009 1994-95 1982 1977 1952

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

NBDL 2011 2008-09 2006 2006

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

ABA 1970 1969 1967

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

USBL 2002-03

Ryan Duplessis, St. Louis

UPBL 2003

Jerrold McRae, Louisville

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

ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE 1974 - Reggie Grace 1975 - Billy Reynolds

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

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

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

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

ALUMNI

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

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

FORMER DEMON COACHES

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

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

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NORTHWESTERN STATE RECORD IN PRATHER COLISEUM

51 SEASONS, 416 WINS - 225 LOSSES (.649)

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

HALL OF FAME MEMBERSHIPS

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

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

1/23/10 12/11/76 2/27/10 1/10/72 12/21/77 11/16/15 2/17/94 2/26/77 2/2/70 12/15/92 2/26/77 2/2/16 2/8/93 12/15/92 1/10/72 12/16/72 12/16/72 1/31/09 1/29/73 2/16/15 2/8/93 1/29/77 12/15/92

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

N-CLUB Roman Banks, 2011 Thurman Baptiste, 2004 Billy Baucum, 1977 Charles Bloodworth, 2015 Sammy Booras, 1991 Dick Brown, 1974 Jerry Byrd, 2005 David Clark, 1987 Bill Collingsworth, 1985 Coach Huey Cranford, 1998 Mickey Crnkovic, 2004 Wiley Cummings, 1991 John Elkins, 1986 Reginald Grace, 2002 Dexter Grimsley, 2012 Phillip Haley, 2001 Gayle Hatch, 2002 Tynes Hildebrand, 1985 Jessie Horner, 2004 Tandy Jackson, 1983 George Jones, 2016 Frank Lampkin, 1996 Jimmy “Red” Leach, 1976 Bill Loftin, 2005 Tommy Mathis, 1994 Elvin McCann, 2006 George McConathy, 1982

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

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

Johnny McConathy, 1972 J.L. “Leslie” McConathy, 1998 Leroy Miller, 1976 Linwood Outz, 1995 Frederick Piper, 2006 Coach H. Lee Prather, 1969 Billy Reynolds, 1989 Ocie Richie, 1980 V.M. Robert, 1977 J.A. Rockhold, 1981 Murphy Rogers, 1968 Ken Shaw, 1988 Larry Skinner, 1986 C.L. Starnes, 1972 Bill Stewart, 2004 Tommy Stewart, 1981 R.J. Stoker, 1980 Jodie Stoutamire, 1980 Charles “Red” Thomas, 1970 Jim “Buddy” Thomas, 1990 Bernard Waggoner, 1982 Murrell “Doak” Walker, 1973 Murrell Walker, 1992 Truitt Weldon, 2009 Jim Willis, 1976 Vernon Wilson, 1988 Gene Wright, 1989 James Wyatt, 1981

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

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PONTIAC GAME CHANGING PERFORMANCE

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

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

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Dr. Jim Henderson

Northwestern State President

He opened his introductory press conference in September 2014 playfully asking why the student newspaper -- that he edited two decades ago -played the story covering his selection as presidentelect on Page 3. Then Dr. Jim Henderson held up the Current Sauce, with a full front page photo and headline commemorating the previous weekend’s landmark Demon football victory over old rival Louisiana Tech, and deadpanned: “they got it right.” The proud alumnus has shown tremendous passion for every aspect of Northwestern State University. He officially assumed the office of university U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N president Jan. 1, 2015, upon the President: retirement of Dr. Randall J. Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Henderson Chief Academic Officer, Dean of Graduate School who led NSU since the summer of 1996. and Dean of Gallaspy College of Education and Henderson’s NSU tenure will Human Development: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Vickie Gentry end Jan. 1, 2017, in the same way Vice President for External Affairs: it began as he realizes the promise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce of opportunity on a much bigger Vice President for Student Experience: scale. In October, Henderson was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Maggio unanimously selected to become Vice President for Business Affairs: the new president of the Univer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones sity of Louisiana System, which Vice President for University Affairs: governs nine public four-year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones universities in Louisiana, includVice President for Technology, Innovation and ing Southland Conference memEconomic Development: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams bers NSU, McNeese, Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana. The son of a college football and basketball competitor and state championship-winning basketball coach, NSU’s president is an avid sports fan who was a state meet-qualifying sprinter as a prep athlete in northwest Arkansas. He places high value on the role of athletics in higher education, and specifically, at Northwestern. Henderson includes “athletic prominence” as one of the key planks in the strategic vision for the university’s advancement to become “the nation’s premiere regional institution of higher education.” That bold goal illustrates the dynamic, collaborative leadership style he’s used since his selection as president. He’s already overseen a dramatic burst of enrollment and expansion in his previous campus leadership role, over six years at Bossier Parish Community College. His inclusive, transparent management style blends with a seemingly ever-present persona across the Natchitoches campus and anywhere Demons, or prospective Demons, may be. Henderson spent a significant part of his first year as NSU’s leader establishing new bonds within the region, on the path to grow Northwestern State into the area’s leading university. He immediately made reaching out to students and student-athletes a priority, gaining valuable feedback that helps Henderson redefine the NSU brand. Quickly the university presented the slogan “Dedicated to one goal: yours.” Broad student-oriented initiatives implemented have even included launching “Café DeMon” coffee shop, serving Starbucks products, next to the enhanced Student Success Center in Watson Library. His dynamic leadership has steered NSU through the statewide threats of serious budget cuts, with Henderson’s active lobbying contributing to the successful and remarkable preservation of current budget levels for each of the first two fiscal years of his presidency. Henderson was honored at the spring 2016 commencement ceremony with a resolution from Northwestern State’s Faculty Senate for his “multiple creative and innovative efforts to revitalize the life of the university.” In his first full year as president, the university increased overall enrollment and improved its retention rate by nearly three percent, bucking regional and national trends. Northwestern State is strategically developing new programs that give students access to high demand skills and give employers in the region a competitive advantage. NSU has developed a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Louisiana Department

of Economic Development to develop a trained workforce for CSC, a global leader of next-generation technology services and solutions at the Cyber Research Park in Bossier City. Through this partnership, NSU will triple the size of the renowned computer information systems program. The university has signed several new 2 + 2 agreements with community and technical colleges throughout Louisiana to make it easier for students with an associate degree to obtain a bachelor’s degree. Northwestern State reached an Articulation of Credit agreement with the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts that will allow LSMSA students to earn an associate degree from NSU along with their diploma. Northwestern State continued to be a leader in online education as the RN to BSN program, along with bachelor’s programs in computer information systems, criminal justice and psychology were ranked first in the country by a higher education website. The online bachelor’s in accounting was rated as the number two program in the nation. Prior to NSU, Henderson served as chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College since 2009. In that time, BPCC expanded enrollment by more than 84 percent and increased annual certificate and degree completions by 90 percent. From 2011-13, BPCC was among the five fastest growing community colleges in the nation with enrollments of between 5,000 and 9,999. Under Henderson’s leadership, the college created market responsive programs in nursing, oil and gas technology, construction management, industrial technology and engineering. Henderson was senior vice president, workforce and economic development/career & technical education for the Louisiana Community & Technical College System from 2005 to 2009. He served as appointing authority and chief executive officer of the LCTCS comprised of eight regional technical colleges serving more than 26,000 students. Under his leadership, the statewide technical college system with 42 individually accredited campuses was transitioned into eight regionally accredited technical colleges. During Henderson’s tenure, LCTCS enrollment grew by 98 percent and helped obtain more than $65 million in grants, appropriations and private funding to enhance workforce development. In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, Henderson helped create Louisiana FastStart, the nation’s top-ranked state workforce training program. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of administration and director of workforce development for the Louisiana Department of Labor. After graduating from NSU with a journalism degree in 1994, Henderson was in the private sector for 10 years in hotel management. He worked for Mississippi Management, Inc., Kemmons Wilson Companies and Ryco Management, playing a leadership role as each company achieved record growth in profitability. A native of Shreveport, Henderson met his wife Tonia at NSU and they married before both graduated. His mother, Martha, is a former administrator at NSU. His late father, Clem, was a World War II veteran and a revered high school coach and principal in Shreveport. NSU’s president earned a Master of Science in Administration from the University of West Florida and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland – University College. The Hendersons have three children, Reagan, a college student in Dallas; high school senior Nicholas, a football lineman at Shreveport’s Loyola Prep; and local schoolboy Alexander, a skilled pianist and budding basketballer.

The Henderson family (Left to Right): Nicholas, Reagan, Tonia, Jim and Alexander.

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Only a handful of people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 51st year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 26th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce, an avid tennis player, has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he overNSU Athletic Council sees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists President Dr. Jim Henderson in governJody Biscoe (Chair) mental affairs activities. Many of those duties were his since the 1970s as Hall Adams Kwan Adkins (Student-Athlete) he worked under five previous presidents as Northwestern advanced from LaCarsha Babers NAIA to NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Brittany Blackwell A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Angela Bolton for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Sid Hall legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Natalie Jaeger (Student-Athlete) went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Aaron Johnson and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Lori LeBlanc In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Chris Lyles to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau Dr. Charles Pellegrin director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletChristie Price ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Ex-Officio Members Greg Burke Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity creDustin Eubanks ated in 1958. He established annual induction activities that remain in Roxanne Freeman place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 Betsy Nohavitza years until his promotion to vice president in April 1990 forced him to step Dr. Patrice Moulton aside from the volunteer post. Dr. Vicki Parrish He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Jerry Pierce America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I status in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the conference through other offices and committee positions. In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate nearly three decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education system. He is also a sought-after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a tenured member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a recently retired teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 27, and Miranda, 16, along with two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. He’s a doting “Poppy” to Natalie’s preschool daughters.

DEMONS’ DELIGHTS

Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 94 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s outdoor track and field 44 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 26 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 83 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (34), football (26), baseball (3). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1), women’s tennis (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.

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Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 60 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1978-85; administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96; director of athletics, Northwestern State, 1996-present. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings.

In the midst of his 21st year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke is highly regarded due to the work he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke, a native Ohioan still beaming about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA title, has been the Demons’ athletics director since Aug. 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in a dozen of the school’s 14 NCAA Division I sports. Highlights in Burke’s two decades as athletic director include 41 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 67 All-America and Academic All-America student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty-five NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or other postseason competition. All of the school’s athletic facilities have undergone over $7 million in improvements in the past few years. Burke spearheaded a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues; the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues; a $500,000 softball grandstand project; and a $600,000 upgrade of chairback seating at Turpin Stadium for the 2016 football season. Fundraising initiatives reached new levels in 2015-16. Formalizing the endowed giving program, branded as “Perpetually Purple,” generated an influx of over $100,000, while overall revenue generated by donations and sponsorships cracked $2 million. Competitively, milestones continue. One of the biggest under Burke: NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke has a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Anchors of the department are current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader; softball coach Donald Pickett, and track and field coach Mike Heimerman, a trio with nearly 50 combined years on staff at NSU. Two former student-athletes in Burke’s tenure are now NSU head coaches: third-year tennis coach Olga Bazhanova, and first-year baseball coach Bobby Barbier. Numerous Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Over 100 former NSU student-athletes, coaches and support staff members, most of them here with Burke as AD or assistant AD (1986-92), are working in college athletics at some level. Former Demons are head coaches in the SEC, Big XII, ACC, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, SWAC, and Southland Conference. Five others hold Associate AD positions in the SEC, PAC 12, and American Athletic conferences. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. Tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. Just in the past three years, Lady Demon basketball (2014, 2015), softball (2013, 2014), tennis (2013, 2015) and volleyball (2015) have reached NCAA Tournaments. Burke established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and has remained at that level. The Southland Conference created the “Southland Strong” Community Service award to recognize the member institution whose student-athletes compile the most service hours each year. NSU won the inaugural prize in 2014-15 and was second in 2015-16. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” During Feb. 2013, he was presented the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the North Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Six years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Burke was the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. He serves on the year-old NCAA Committee on Academics, a 20-person group replacing the Committee on Academic Performance, which included Burke. He also has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. Burke previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. He has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. At the time, Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. Burke serves on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and on the board of directors for the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. He is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former member of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 22-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and is entering graduate school at UL Lafayette after earning her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine Tech.

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Esi ATINKAH

ASSOCIATE HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Alabama, 2013 • Northwesten State, 2015 3rd season at NSU After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah was promoted to associate head athletic trainer in July.. In her new role, Atinkah supervises two assistant athletic trainers and all graduate assistant athletic trainers. She also is responsible for the administrative duties of the NSU athletic training room. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and will continue that role in the spring. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She worked for six months at Central High School in Tuscaloosa along with the University Orthopedic Center. At Central, she evaluated upper and lower extremity injuries and assisted with practice and game coverage for basketball, softball, baseball, track and soccer. At University Orthopedic, she assisted in rehabilitation with patients and applied therapeutic modalities. While working with the Tide baseball team she aided in athlete rehabilitation, concussion testing, therapy and participation physicals. She has worked the Alabama Relays, Nick Saban football camps, tennis tournaments, and the BCS National Championship Game. The Fayetteville, Georgia, native is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is first-aid certified.

Jody BISCOE

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

Joseph (Jody) Biscoe has served as Northwestern State University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 2006, which includes the role as chairperson for the NSU Athletic Council. Currently, Jody serves as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance and Awards Committees. Additionally, Jody holds a tenured faculty position in the Psychology Department. Jody also is the Coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies program and the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Biscoes have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife, Roni, is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is a graduate of Northwestern’s Nursing program (BSN). You might often see Jody and Roni spending time with 2-year-old Jaxson, who already is training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete whose favorite character is “Vic.”

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

Jasmine CHIEVOUS

Jasmine Chievous is in her first year as Northwestern State’s Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development, joining the department in August. Chievous spent the previous two-plus years as Troy’s Life Skills and Academic Coordinator, where she served as the academic coordinator for women’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s tennis and developed and supervised the life skills program. Chievous’ other duties included advising the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, conducting the athletic department’s first full awards ceremony, offering career counseling and was the department liaison for the regional and state Special Olympics. Chievous spent more than two years at the University of Missouri, where she earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology. Her work experience as an intern then a graduate assistant included serving as the academic coordinator for basketball, volleyball, track and field, cross country, wrestling and swimming and diving at different points in her tenure. Those duties included helping at-risk student-athletes with course selection, time management and study strategies. A Provost Scholar at Fisk University, Chievous earned a Spanish degree in 2010, also serving as an administrative assistant to the athletic director. Chievous was an adjunct instructor in psychology at Troy. She also has been a committee member for the National Association of Student-Athlete Development and a member of the National Association for Athletic Academic Advisors. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS

Andrew CLAUSEN

Andrew Clausen returned to his graduate school alma mater in May as the director of marketing and promotions. After earning a master’s degree in sport administration from Northwestern State in May 2015, Clausen spent a year at Harvard University as a marketing and promotions

assistant. While at Harvard, Clausen directed in-game promotions for Crimson football games, coordinated social media efforts for the Harvard athletics marketing department, produced online graphics and printed materials, developed marketing and promotional plans for men’s and women’s basketball and helped lead group ticket sales for men’s and women’s basketball. Clausen’s first stint in the Northwestern State athletic department came as a marketing and promotions associate while he completed his master’s degree. For three semesters, Clausen was responsible for implementing a marketing plan for Northwestern State softball and implementing and executing promotional plans for soccer and volleyball. Clausen also coordinated tailgating activities and sales for NSU football. Clausen earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in sport management from Colorado Mesa University in 2013. He began his career as a marketing intern at Texas-San Antonio.

ASSISTANT NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Demetrus CALDWELL

Demetrus Caldwell enters his first full year in the Northwestern State athletic department, serving as the assistant director for NCAA compliance. Caldwell, a Bastrop native, joined the NSU staff in November 2015 spent the past eight years as a master coordination center officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration in St. Rose. Caldwell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from the University of New Orleans and his master’s in sport management studies from California University of Pennsylvania. He is completing a dissertation toward a doctorate in athletic administration from Northcentral University. During his time as an undergraduate at New Orleans, Caldwell served as an academic and compliance intern with the school’s athletic department. HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Dustin CHADWICK Pacific Lutheran, 2011 Second Season at Northwestern State

Dustin Chadwick is in his second year as head strength and conditioning coach for Northwestern State where he assists with strength and conditioning for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball and tennis. In his first year, Chadwick helped train the Southland Conference Tournament champion Northwestern State women’s basketball team. Prior to NSU, Chadwick interned with TCU where he worked with the strength and conditioning program including women’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and women’s golf. Chadwick was a competitor in the NANBF bodybuilding and AAPF power lifting competitions in 2012 and 2013. He received a bachelor’s in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran in 2011 where he was a three-sport athlete competing in football, rugby and lacrosse.

Jerica COLEMAN

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Texas A&M-Commerce, 2010 • Sam Houston State, 2012 1st season at NSU Jerica Coleman is in her first year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State Athletic training staff. She’s serving as the head athletic trainer for women’s basketball. Coleman came to NSU after completing an athletic training residency at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. Along with rehabilitating and treating sports injuries, she participated in community outreach and case studies. She has spent time in a university setting as an assistant athletic trainer at Austin College, an intern at Yale and Sam Houston State. Coleman obtained her masters of education in curriculum and instruction with a minor in exercise science from Sam Houston State in 2012. She graduated cum laude from Texas A&M-Commerce in 2010 with a bachelor of science in athletic training. Coleman obtained her masters of education in curriculum and instruction with a minor in exercise science from Sam Houston State in 2012. The Denton, Texas, native has worked with football, track and field, squash, women’s gymnastics, women’s soccer, volleyball, softball, and women’s basketball. Her duties included game and practice coverage, injury rehabilitation, record maintenance and student trainer coordination. Coleman holds certifications from Louisiana, Texas, the American Heart Association and NATABOC.

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ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

Cody CRUMP

Cody Crump begins his first year as the Northwestern State Director of Equipment Operations. Crump spent the past year as an equipment intern at the University of Oregon where he assisted in day-to-day operations of the program’s three equipment rooms, helped oversee game day equipment operations for 19 sports, served as the point of contact for equipment during the Women’s NIT and was an active member of the NCAA track and field and softball postseason host committees. Additionally, Crump was the liaison for visiting football teams and managed practice and game laundry for all sports. Crump, an August 2015 graduate of Louisiana Tech in kinesiology, spent four seasons as a student equipment manager for the Bulldogs football team. During his time as an undergraduate, Crump was instrumental in fitting, issuing, repairing, inventorying and storing all football equipment. He was responsible for setting up the coaches’ communication headsets during game day. Crump, a Belcher native, is married to the former Lindsey Crook. HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Jason DRURY

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 9th season at NSU Now in his ninth season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Ind. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie. ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Dustin EUBANKS

Dustin Eubanks is in his 20th year in the NSU athletic department and his 17th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. Eubanks was inducted into the N-Club Hall of Fame in October 2015, becoming just the fourth noncompetitor to do so. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 43-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to full-time status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Emilie and Taylor Nicole. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the Associate Director of Financial Aid at NSU, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary this summer. ATHLETICS BUSINESS MANAGER

Roxanne FREEMAN

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

Alexis GUESS

Alexis Guess began her first year as Northwestern State’s assistant academic coordinator in July. Guess brings a varied background, having worked in numerous facets of studentathlete development at both LSU and Duquesne. As a student services graduate assistant at Duquesne, Guess conducted individual study sessions for at-risk student-athletes, compiled mid-term grade reports for various coaching staffs, coordinated studentathlete tutoring in the spring and summer 2016 semesters, oversaw study hall for incoming and transfer student-athletes and helped create and execute the “Student-Athlete Career Seminar.” As an undergraduate at LSU, Gross spent two years as a content tutor in the Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes where she tutored student-athletes, composed tutor reports, met with athletic advisors and attended NCAA, SEC and LSU compliance and tutor training sessions. She also completed ethics training for public servants. As an intern at the Baton Rouge Community College athletic department, Gross oversaw the men’s basketball study table, verified student-athlete eligibility and observed student-athlete advising. Gross has been involved with the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Summit on Sportsmanship and has taken part in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.

Mike JACKLICH

DIRECTOR OF TICKETING

Mike Jacklich made an immediate impact on the NSU athletic department after being named director of ticketing in October 2014, increasing basketball ticketing revenue by more than 60 percent from the 2013-14 season. Jacklich, beginning his third year on staff, spearheaded the re-seating project at Turpin Stadium, which saw the installation of 2,360 uniformly purple chairback seats that will debut during the 2016 season. Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumburg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boomers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, while training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a tour guide at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder and who can totally do better than him.

Dr. Steven KAUTZ

HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Steven Kautz begins his second season as the head team physician for Northwestern State athletics. Kautz is board certified in orthopedic medicine and serves as medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine and PRISM Sports Medicine and outpatient comprehensive therapy services. He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of California-Irvine and attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at LAC and USC Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Kautz has been in private practice since 2000 and has worked with athletes on the professional, collegiate and high school level. He is affiliated with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Sabine Medical Center, DeSoto Regional Medical Center and University Hospital (LSU) in Shreveport. Addtionally, Kautz serves as an adjunct professor at LSU School of Medicine and is a member of the medical team for NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is the team doctor for Many High School and enjoys coaching local youth basketball and soccer teams. Kautz’s wife, Kathleen, is an internal medicine physician with the Natchitoches Medica Specialists Group. The couple has three children - Carissa, Andrew and Peter.

Dr. James KNECHT

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. James Knecht has been a Northwestern State team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football

player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. At the 2016

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university commencement, Knecht was presented an honorary doctorate in recognition of his long service to the university by NSU President Dr. Jim Henderson. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern State and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades. His brother, Brett, is a three-year football letterman who served as Joe Delaney’s fullback. Knecht’s wife, Liz, is a CPA and an internal auditor at NSU. The couple has three chilrden - Ashley, Amanda and Landon - and two grandchildren, Ryder and Ian.

Ashley LEGGETT

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 9th season at NSU Ashley Leggett is in her first season with the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Leggett spent the past year interning at Samford, where she served the softball and volleyball programs. She organized physical examinations, SCAT3 and ImPACT testing for softball and volleyball student-athletes along with the rehabilitation, management and treatment of injuries. In addition, she implemented postsurgical SLAP repair protocol and a return-to-play throwing program. After graduating from Alabama in 2013 with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training, she completed a master’s at Iowa in leisure and recreational sports management in 2015. As a graduate assistant trainer at Iowa, she worked with the softball program. Leggett managed all aspects of daily medical needs including prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of studentathletes. As an athletic training student at Alabama, she aided the football, softball, swimming and diving programs as well as the rowing team. She traveled with the football team to the SEC and national championships and worked the Women’s College World Series. Leggett has also worked with the Alabama Patrick Murphy Softball School, the Nick Saban Football Camp, and the Big Ten Cross Country Championship among other events. Her professional memberships and certifications include the states of Louisiana, Iowa and Alabama athletic training boards, a, NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer, a National Athletic Trainers’ Association member, a Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association member, and an American Heart Association CPR Health Care provider. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND GAME OPERATIONS

Luke MASHBURN

Luke Mashburn was named Northwestern State’s Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations in July. Mashburn spent 2015 at the University of Kentucky, serving as Assistant Director of Event Management and Championships. He was the point man for all home volleyball, women’s basketball and gymnastics contests, drawing crowds up to 6,000. His duties and events included facility maintenance and arena conversion, tournament manager for NCAA volleyball regional, overseeing the Joe Craft Welcome Center and managing guest services stations on football game days. He has previous Southland Conference experience with a stint at Sam Houston State from 2013-15 as the athletic facilities coordinator. On top of routine facility maintenance and set up, he oversaw a staff of 50 student workers and was a game administrator for home events such as FCS playoff games. Other duties included handling facility rentals, coordinating facility repair projects such as bleacher and scoreboard renovations and operating parking lots on game days. Mashburn served as the interim athletics event and facilities coordinator at Kennesaw State from 201113 after completing internships at Erskine and Shorter colleges. Building a foundation for many of his duties later in his career, Mashburn also coordinated renovation projects such as new basketball goal systems and other major equipment purchases. He pitched in as a game clock operator and as a fan fest coordinator for the 2011 Division I Women’s College Cup. A South Carolina graduate, Mashburn has a sport and entertainment management degree and is pursuing a master’s in sport management from Morehead State. ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Zack NIELSEN

Eastern Washington-Cheney, 2014 First Season at Northwestern State Zack Nielsen is in his first full season with the Northwestern State strength and conditioning staff after being hired as an assistant this past March. He is the lead trainer for men’s basketball and also develops comprehensive strength programs for women’s soccer and softball. Nielsen assists in designing the football strength program. Nielsen, who earned his bachelor’s degree at Eastern Washington-Cheney in 2014, spent nearly two years as a graduate assistant strength coach at his alma mater. At EWU-Cheney, he implemented comprehensive programs for cross country and jumpers and throwers

on the track team. He served as an assistant to soccer, volleyball and basketball as well. Nielsen, a four-year letter winner in throws and won the 2014 Big Sky Conference hammer title, designed warm-up activities for a variety of sports at EWU-Cheney. He served as an assistant to soccer, volleyball and basketball. Nielsen assisted USA Weightlifting Coach Pat Corbet in instructional sessions. Nielsen is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Level 1 USA Weightlifting coach. Nielsen is enrolled in NSU’s graduate program for Health and Human Performance. ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR DIRECTOR OF ENHANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Betsy NOHAVITZA

Betsy Nohavitza enters her second full academic year as part of the Northwestern State athletics academic services staff and her first leading NSU’s Enhanced Academic Program. Nohavitza arrived in Natchitoches in February 2015 after earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M. She manages NCAA academic eligibility requirements for four Northwestern State athletic programs, provides assistance to student-athletes and tutors in NSU’s Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center and facilitates meetings and activities with NSU’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. While at Texas A&M, Nohavitza was a graduate assistant instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology while pursuing her master’s in sport management. As an undergraduate, Nohavitza interned in the Aggies athletic department in the life skills department. There she assisted student-athletes with creating resumes and cover letters, planned informational business meetings for student-athletes and organized and hosted three student-athlete banquets in the Spring 2013 semester. Nohavitza was named Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Student in Spring 2012 and was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll in Fall 2012. ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Haley Blount TAITANO

Haley Blount Taitano, a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete, enters her third year as NSU’s assistant athletic director for development and marketing and her first as NSU’s Senior Woman Administrator. Taitano has overseen the rebranding and the revamping the N-Club, Northwestern State’s association of former athletic letterwinners, and helped coordinate the annual N-Club Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Additionally, she increased funding to the Demons Unlimited Foundation Annual Fund by 16 percent, setting records for funding to the fund, which supports the Northwestern State athletic department. Taitano, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach at NSU. Taitano is actively engaged in community service organizations, serving as a board member and officer in three prominent local organizations. She earned her master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Tech. Taitano was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. Blount was included on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for academic achievement each season from 2002-06. Taitano is a past president of the women’s service organization Les Amies of Natchitoches and has been a board member since 2009. She has coordinated Les Amies community service activities and assisted with fundraising. She currently is the president of the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches. Blount also has been the fundraising coordinator and a board member for the Natchitoches Hope for Paws organization. She’s also been a team captain for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Natchitoches, has assisted with the Natchitoches Parish Special Olympics and is the Chair of the Natchitoches Young Professionals group. As an undergraduate, Taitano won the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority highest grade point average award in 2005 and 2006, and earned the NSU Health and Human Performance Department’s Hall of Fame Award in 2006 for being the outstanding student-athlete of the year. Taitano and her husband Jesse, an assistant chief with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, were married in July, and the couple has one son, Jesse Jr. (13).

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DOUG IRELAND

Assistant AD/ Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. He was chosen as the 2016 recipient of the Southland Conference’s Louis Bonnette Sports Media Award, named for the iconic retired McNeese SID. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a CoSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won dozens of awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, including 27 this century. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana (now UL Lafayette), working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana (now UL Monroe) before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. In 2008, he was awarded the Northwest Louisiana’s National Football Foundation “Distinguished American” award and in 2012 he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk by being named the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” award for his work as an SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne presented a special award to Ireland at the grand opening of the museum on June 28, 2013, for his “tireless work and dedication to the creation” of the museum. The Louisiana Association of Museums gave him its Lois Wyatt Bannon “Heart and Soul” Service Award in April 2014 for his work with the museum. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by the late Don Shows.

JASON PUGH

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

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

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

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

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

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

SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF

Davey Antilley Statistician/ Video

David Antilley Statistician

Drew Bartlett Graduate Assistant

Lloyd Courtney Graduate Assistant

MATT VINES

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

Stacy Morgan Statistician

Dr. Charles Pellegrin Statistician

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