STATE BOBCATS 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

GENERAL INFORMATION SOCIAL MEDIA Location San Marcos, Texas 78666 Website TXStateBobcats.com Founded 1899 Facebook Facebook.com/TexasStateMensBasketball Enrollment 38,846 Twitter @TXStateMBB Nickname Bobcats Instagram @TXStateMBB Colors Maroon & Gold (PMS 504 & 872) Affiliation NCAA Division I SPORTS INFORMATION Conference Assistant Director/MBB Contact Phillip Pongratz President Dr. Denise M. Trauth Office Phone 512-245-4387 Faculty Representative Dr. Paul Gowens Cell Phone 931-446-4001 Director of Athletics Dr. Larry Teis Email [email protected] Senior Woman Administrator Tracy Shoemake Assistant A.D. Rick Poulter Office Phone 512-245-2966 ARENA INFORMATION Email [email protected] Arena Name Strahan Coliseum SID Fax 512-245-2967 Official Capacity 7,200 Strahan Coliseum Press Row 512-245-5532 First Year 1982-83 Mailing Address 601 University Dr First Game Nov. 25, 1982 (Texas State 96, Sul Ross 66) San Marcos, TX 78666 Largest Crowd 5,591 vs. UTSA (Jan. 29, 1998) Record at Strahan Coliseum 293-174 (.627) RETURNERS (7) NAME POS HT WT CL GP/GS PPG RPG BASKETBALL HISTORY Tyler Blount G 5-11 165 Sr. 35/1 2.8 0.7 First Year of Basketball 1920 Marlin Davis G 6-2 165 So. 36/0 3.2 1.2 Overall Record 1,279-1,138-1 (.529) Deris Duncan G 6-4 185 Sr. 21/0 1.0 0.7 Conference Championships 11 Immanuel King F 6-8 220 Sr. 36/23 5.6 4.6 Two (1997 & 1999) Nijal Pearson G 6-5 195 So. 36/36 13.3 5.7 Nine (1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1974, 1979 & 1980) Nedeljko Prijovic F 6-7 210 So. 36/0 4.2 3.7 Conference Tournament Championships 2 Eric Terry F 6-8 240 R-So. Redshirted SLC Tournament Titles Two (1994 & 1997) NCAA Tournament Appearances Two (0-2/1994 & 1997) DEPARTED (7) CIT Appearances One (2-1/2017) NAME POS HT WT CL GP/GS PPG RPG NAIA National Championship One (1960) Ojai Black G 6-1 195 Sr. 36/36 8.0 2.3 Bobby Conley G 6-1 195 Sr. 36/35 8.5 3.8 COACHING STAFF Kavin Gilder-Tilbury F 6-7 210 Sr. 36/36 15.9 5.6 Head Coach Danny Kaspar Nathan Josephs G 5-10 180 So. 12/0 2.2 0.2 Alma Mater North Texas, 1978 Courtney Julien G 6-4 180 So. 18/0 0.6 0.6 Record at Texas State 59-70 (4 seasons) Maljhum McCrea F 6-7 215 Sr. 13/13 5.6 3.6 Career Division I Record 305-211 (17 seasons) Maxwell Starwood F 6-8 225 Fr. 33/0 2.1 1.3 Overall Record 524-263 (26 seasons) Basketball Office (512) 245-3832 NEWCOMERS (8) Fax Number (512) 245-8807 NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Shelby Adams G 6-3 175 Fr. Converse, Texas/Judson HS Assistant Coach Jim Shaw (Grinnell, 2003) Isaiah Gurley G 6-3 195 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y./McClennan CC Assistant Coach Terrence Johnson (Southern, 2001) Reggie Miller G 6-0 150 Fr. Houston, Texas/Klein Forest HS Assistant Coach Robert Guster (Missouri-Rolla, 1999) Tre Nottingham G 6-2 185 Jr. Moreno Valley, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto Director of Basketball Operations Alex Hausladen (Arkansas, 2006) Alex Peacock F 6-7 215 Jr. Bloomington, Ill./Iowa Western CC Athletic Trainer/Basketball Bleey Martinez Quentin Scott G/F 6-7 215 Fr. Houma, La./Conrad Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach Leo Seitz Jaylen Shead G 6-1 170 Jr. Pflugerville, Texas/Cal Poly Alonzo Sule F 6-7 200 Fr. Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record 22-14 LEADING STAT RETURNERS Sun Belt Record 11-7 Points: Nijal Pearson 13.3 Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 FG Pct: Immanuel King 56.6% Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/7 3FG Pct: Tyler Blount 34.9% Percent of scoring returning 44.0% FT Pct: Nijal Pearson 72.1% Percent of rebounding returning 48.4% Rebounds: Nijal Pearson 5.7 Assists: Nijal Pearson 2.4 Steals: Nijal Pearson 1.4 Blocks: Immanuel King 1.1 Minutes: Nijal Pearson 32.8 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Ht Wt Pos Yr./Exp. Hometown/Last School 4 Shelby Adams 6-3 175 G Fr./HS Converse, Texas/Judson HS 10 Tyler Blount 5-11 165 G Jr./TR Virginia Beach, Va./New Mexico JC 5 Marlin Davis 6-2 165 G Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian HS 3 Deris Duncan 6-4 185 G Jr./TR Fishers, Ind./Weatherford College 0 Isaiah Gurley 6-3 195 G Jr./TR Brooklyn, N.Y./McClennan CC 33 Immanuel King 6-8 220 F Jr./TR Rocky Mount, N.C./Wallace State CC 1 Reggie Miller 6-0 150 G Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Klein Forest HS 2 Tre’Larenz Nottingham 6-2 185 G Jr./TR Moreno Valley, Calif./Mt.San Jacinto 23 Alex Peacock 6-7 215 F Jr./TR Bloomington, Ill./Iowa Western CC 22 Nijal Pearson 6-5 195 G Fr./HS Beaumont, Texas/Beaumont Central HS 55 Nedeljko Prijovic 6-8 210 F Fr./HS Belgrade, Serbia/Lee Academy 14 Quentin Scott 6-7 215 G/F Fr./HS Houma, La./Conrad Academy 35 Jaylen Shead* 6-1 170 G Jr./TR Pflugerville, Texas/Cal Poly 25 Alonzo Sule 6-7 200 F Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS 45 Eric Terry 6-8 230 F So./TR Houston, Texas/Temple College

NUMERICAL No. Name Ht Wt Pos Yr./Exp. Hometown/Last School 0 Isaiah Gurley 6-3 195 G Jr./TR Brooklyn, N.Y./McClennan CC 1 Reggie Miller 6-0 150 G Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Klein Forest HS 2 Tre’Larenz Nottingham 6-2 185 G Jr./TR Moreno Valley, Calif./Mt.San Jacinto 3 Deris Duncan 6-4 185 G Sr./1L Fishers, Ind./Weatherford College 4 Shelby Adams 6-3 175 G Fr./HS Converse, Texas/Judson HS 5 Marlin Davis 6-2 165 G So./1L Houston, Texas/Westbury Christian HS 10 Tyler Blount 5-11 165 G Sr./ 1L Virginia Beach, Va./New Mexico JC 14 Quentin Scott 6-7 215 G/F Fr./HS Houma, La./Conrad Academy 22 Nijal Pearson 6-5 195 G So./1L Beaumont, Texas/Beaumont Central HS 23 Alex Peacock 6-7 215 F Jr./TR Bloomington, Ill./Iowa Western CC 25 Alonzo Sule 6-7 200 F Fr./HS Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS 33 Immanuel King 6-8 220 F Sr./ 1L Rocky Mount, N.C./Wallace State CC 35 Jaylen Shead* 6-1 170 G Jr./TR Pflugerville, Texas/Cal Poly 45 Eric Terry 6-8 230 F R-So./RS Houston, Texas/Temple College 55 Nedeljko Prijovic 6-7 210 F So./1L Belgrade, Serbia/Lee Academy * - Will redshirt 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules

COACHING STAFF Position Name Graduated From Year at Texas State Head Coach Danny Kaspar North Texas Fifth Assistant Coach Jim Shaw Grinnell Fifth Assistant Coach Terrence Johnson Southern Third Assistant Coach Robert Guster Missouri-Rolla Second Director of Operations Alex Hausladen Arkansas Fourth Graduate Assistant Cody San Miguel Texas State Third Athletic Trainer Bleey Martinez South Florida Sixth Strength Coach Leo Seitz Texas Lutheran 10th

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tyler Blount Blunt Deris Duncan DARE-is Nijal Pearson NI-gul Nedeljko Prijovic NED-el-ko / PRI-jo-vich Alonzo Sule SUE-lay Danny Kaspar CAS-per Alex Hausladen HOUSE-lay-den 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Location Time November 4 Rogers State (Exh.) San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m. November 12 at Air Force# Colorado Springs, Colo. 3 p.m. November 15 UTSA San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m. November 18 UT Rio Grande Valley San Marcos, Texas 4:30 p.m. November 22 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff# Stockton, Calif. 9 p.m. November 24 vs. Canisius# Stockton, Calif. 10:30 p.m. November 25 at Pacific# Stockton, Calif. 8 p.m. November 29 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m.

December 2 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 7 p.m. December 6 McMurry San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m. December 9 at Abilene Christian Abilene, Texas 4 p.m. December 17 at Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. 4 p.m. December 19 Ecclesia San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m. December 22 at Rice Houston, Texas 7 p.m. December 29 at Appalachian State* Boone, N.C. TBA December 31 at Coastal Carolina* Conway, S.C. TBA

January 4 South Alabama* San Marcos, Texas TBA January 6 Troy* San Marcos, Texas TBA January 11 at Arkansas State* Jonesboro, Ark. 7:30 p.m. January 13 at Little Rock* Little Rock, Ark. 5 p.m. January 18 ULM* San Marcos, Texas TBA January 20 Louisiana* San Marcos, Texas TBA January 25 at Georgia Southern* Statesboro, Ga. TBA January 27 at Georgia State* Atlanta, Ga. TBA

February 1 Coastal Carolina* San Marcos, Texas TBA February 3 Appalachian State* San Marcos, Texas TBA February 10 at UTA* Arlington, Texas 4:15 p.m. February 15 at Louisiana* Lafayette, La. TBA February 17 at ULM* Monroe, La. TBA February 22 Georgia State* San Marcos, Texas TBA February 24 Georgia Southern* San Marcos, Texas TBA

March 3 UTA* San Marcos, Texas TBA March 7-11 Sun Belt Conference Tournament% New Orleans, La. TBD

# - Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase * - Sun Belt Conference game % - Sun Belt Conference Tournament All times central Bold denotes home game 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS PRESEASON NOTEBOOK Returning Scorers & Rebounders gion V team, NTJCAC Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-NTJCAC. • For the second year in-a-row, Texas State will be having to replace • Nottingham is a point guard that played two years at Mt. San Jacinto three (Ojai Black, Bobby Conley, Kavin Gilder-Tilbury) of its top four College in California. He was a two-time First Team All-California scorers from last season. Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) and All-Pacific Coast • Unlike last season when the Bobcat returned 39 percent of their scor- Athletic Conference selection. Was the first two-time all-state selection ing and 30 percent of their rebounds, the 2017-18 squad brings back from the school since former NBA player Jamaal Tinsley. Averaged 19.2 44 percent of the scoring and 48.4 percent of rebounders. points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.3 steals as a sophomore. His 635 • Two of the top three rebounders are back. Nijal Pearson led the team points, 242 made free throws and 76 steals led the CCCAA in 2016-17. with 5.7 per game and Immanuel King was third at 4.6 per contest. Was named the PCAC North Player of the Year in 2016 after averaging • The biggest hit for TXST will be from beyond the arc. Of the seven 16.4 ppg, 4.4 apg and 3.3 rpg his freshman year. returners, they combined to make 78 of the 217 made three-pointers • Peacock averaged 10.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals in the 2016-17 season. Tyler Blount (22) and Pearson (37) combined to per game his sophomore season at Iowa Western Community College. make 59 three-pointers. Graduated from Normal Community High School in Normal, Illinois where he led the Ironmen to a 33-2 record and runner-up finish in the Who’s Back IHSA 4A State Tournament as a senior. That year he put up 19.8 ppg, • The Bobcats return seven players from the 22-win 2016-17 squad. 8.9 rpg and 5.3 apg on his way to be named Pantagraph Co-Player • Nijal Pearson started all 36 games last season as a freshman. He led of the Year and Second Team Illinois Basketball Coaches Association the team in rebounding at 5.7 per game and 49 steals and is the top 3A/4A All-State. returning scorer at 13.3 points per game. The Beaumont, Texas native • Shead is a transfer from Cal Poly. He will sit out the 2017-18 season shot 43.7 percent from the field, 34.6 percent on three-pointers and because of NCAA rules. In his year and a half with the Mustangs, he 72.1 percent at the free throw line. Over the last nine games of the sea- appeared in 38 games with 18 starts. The Pflugerville, Texas native son, Pearson connected on 17-of-38 (44.7%) shots from lone distance. averaged 5.3 points, 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game in 21.9 • The only other returning starter is Immanuel King. He netted 5.6 ppg minutes per contest. Shead also recorded a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio on a team-best 55.6 field goal percentage and grabbed 4.6 rebounds and shot 37.8 percent from the field. per game last season. His 38 blocks were the most on the team and • Adams is a 6-foot, 3-inch guard from Judson High School in Con- tied for the sixth most in a single-season in program history. The big verse, Texas that is right outside of San Antonio. Was rated a three-star man came alive in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with nine recruit by Rivals. During his senior year, he averaged 21.4 points, 3.8 blocks over the three contests to earn all-tournament honors. rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game while shooting 49.8 • Nedeljko Prijovic contributed 4.2 ppg and 3.7 rpg off the bench while percent from the field and 78.0 percent at the charity stripe. His per- averaging 17.3 minutes per game. He finished with a 42.7 field goa formance earned him TABC 6A All-Region IV and All-District 27-6A first percentage. Defensively, the Serbian totaled 23 blocks and 22 steals in team honors. During his junior season he was also named first team his freshman campaign. all-region and all-district along with being named First Team TABC 6A • Also playing in all 36 games off the bench was Marlin Davis. Last All-State. year’s back-up point guard ended his freshman season contributing • Miller was a two-year letterwinner at Klein Forest High School in 3.2 ppg, 1.5 apg and 1.2 rpg. Houston. Averaged 13.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, 5.0 rpg and 3.0 spg as he helped • Tyler Blount knocked down 22-of-63 three-point attempts during the the Golden Eagles achieve a No. 1 ranking in Texas, finish 17th in the year in 35 games. He contributed 2.8 ppg and 0.7 rpg. Also made all USA Today Boys’ Basketball Top 25 and 34-1 record. He was a TABC 6A five of his free throw attempts during the year. All-Region first team selection, All-District 15-6A first team pick and • Deris Duncan appeared in 21 games and averaged 1.0 points and 0.7 was District 15-6A Defensive MVP. rebounds a contest. • Scott played this past season at Conrad Academy in Florida. He grad- • Eric Terry redshirted the 2016-17 season. uated from A.J. Ellender High School in Houma, Louisiana. Averaged 17.4 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per Fresh Faces game to earn LSWA Class 4A All-State team honors. Also named to The • The 2017-18 Bobcats will feature eight new players with four true Courier/Daily Comet’s All-Region First Team, All-District 7-4A First Team freshmen, three junior college transfers and one NCAA Division I and District 7-4A MVP. transfer. • Sule was a two-year letterwinner at Cinco Ranch High School in • Isaiah Gurley, Tre’Larenz Nottingham, Alex Peacock and Petar Radojic- Houston. As a senior, he averaged 10.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per ic all have two years of eligibility remaining. game while helping lead the Cougars to the UIL Class 6A Region 3 • Coming in as true freshman are Shelby Adams, Reggie Miller and quarterfinals. His junior year saw him put up 7.3 ppg and 7.6 rpg in 17 Quentin Scott. contests. Prior to attended Cinco Ranch, Sule and his family lived over- • The 8-man class consists of 5 guards and 3 forwards. seas where he did not compete in a competitive basketball league. • Gurley is a 6-foot, 3-inch shooting guard and arrives to the Bobcats via McLennan Community College. During his lone season playing for Season Improvement the Highlanders, he averaged 17.5 points per game while shooting • Texas State improved its record by 4.5 games in the 2016-17 season 51.0 percent from the field, 34.7 percent on three-pointers and team- compared to its 2015-16 record. That improvement was tied for the high 81.3 percent at the free throw line. He also grabbed 5.2 rebounds 60th best in all of Division I. and handed out 2.3 assists per contest. Was named to NJCAA All-Re- • Also improving by 4.5 games was Baylor, Delaware, Illinois, Mount St. 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS PRESEASON NOTEBOOK

Mary’s, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Richmond, Samford, South- is the winningest active coach when leading a Texas-based program eastern Louisiana and Wichita State. among the Lone Star state’s 23 Division I schools with 523 victories. • The Bobcats tied for fifth among all 23 Texas programs with Baylor. • Kaspar ranks second among all active Division I coaches in Texas in Finishing ahead of TXST was TCU (9), UTSA (8.5), Lamar (6.0) and Prairie career victories. Ahead of him is Houston’s Kelvin Sampson at 556 View A&M (5). wins. • Among the 12-team Sun Belt Conference, TXST was the third most • When compared to all active coaches at all three NCAA levels in the improved team. Only Troy (10) and Arkansas State (9) had a better state of Texas, Kaspar is second when in charge of a Texas school (Lonn improvement from the 2015-16 season. Reisman; Tarleton State; 635) and third in career victories (Reisman & Sampson). Stingy Defense • Entering his 27th season as a head coach, Kaspar has compiled a win- • Texas State ended the 2016-17 season giving up 62.7 point per game, ning percentage of .666. The percentage is the fourth best among all tied for the 16th lowest in the nation with Villanova. current Division I Texas school coaches with at least five years of head • It was the highest ranking since Danny Kaspar took over as the coaching experience. Bobcats’ head coach. Both the 2014-15 and 2015-16 teams ended the season ranked 22nd in the country. 3-PT Shooting • The point average is the second lowest in the Danny Kaspar era and • When the 2017-18 season concludes, someone other than Kavin lowest since the shot clock was reduced from 35 seconds to 30. Gilder-Tilbury will lead the team in three-point shooting percentage • Texas State also finished the year in the top 100 the following defen- for the first time since the 2012-13 campaign. sive categories: • The former Bobcat was the team’s three-point shooting percentage leader each year in his collegiate career. Category Rank Statistic • Tyler Blount is the top returner having made 34.9 percent of his shots 3FG% Defense 27th 31.5 from beyond the arc. He ranks second among with returning Bobcats FG% Defense 42nd 41.2 in made three-pointers (22) behind Nijal Pearson’s 37. Blocks/game 59th 4.4 Total Steals 69th 237 Home Sweet Strahan Turnover Margin 72nd +1.7 • When playing in Strahan Coliseum, Texas State has compiled a 293- 174 record for a 62.7 winning percentage. 16-17 TXST Team Records • The Bobcats have compiled 37 wins in Kaspar’s four seasons with 23 • During the 2016-17 season, Texas State set team records in assists victories coming over the past two years. and blocks and tied the program record for games played in a season. • Prior to last season, the Bobcats had seen an increase of average • The Bobcats rejected 160 shots last season to break the previous attendance. The 2016-17 season saw TXST set a program record with a school mark of 120 by the 2005-06 team. total attendance of 37,576. • TXST players dished out 526 assists last year to best the previous season best of 520 recorded in the 1989-90 season. All-Time Best KenPom Rating • 36 games were played by Texas State in the 16-17 campaign tied the • For the second year in-a-row, Texas State recorded its best KenPom program record set by the 1978-79 team. rating in program history. • The 2016-17 squad finished ranked 174th, besting the previous mark Pearson On The Rise of 201 set by the 2015-16 team. • Nijal Pearson had an outstanding freshman season that saw him set • KenPom is an advanced analysis of college basketball. The site was the freshman record for points in a season with 477. created by Ken Pomeroy and started tracking stats for the 2001-02 • His point total was second on the team and the 24th most in program season. history. Both he and Kavin Gilder-Tilbury surpassed the 400-point barrier last season, the first Bobcat duo since the 2008-09 campaign to Non-Conference Slate accomplish the feat. • The 2017-18 season will see Texas State play 13 non-conference • Pearson lead the team in rebounding (5.7), made free throws (106), games, five of which will take place in Strahan Coliseum. free throw attempts (147) and steals (49). The season also saw him be • Before the first regular season game, the Bobcats host Rogers State named to the 2016 Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic All-Tournament for an exhibition game on November 4 at 7 p.m. team and earn Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors on • Texas State opens the season with a trip to Colorado to take on Air March 6. Force on Nov. 12. That game is the first of four that are part of the Men • The Beaumont, Texas native ended the year having played the most Against Breast Cancer Showcase that the Bobcats will be competing in. minutes ever by a player in school history at 1,182. • The other three games of the showcase takes place over the Thanks- • With another 400-point season in 2017-18, he would become the giving holiday. The Bobcats will face Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 22), 20th Bobcat to record two 400-plus point campaigns. The last TXST Canisius (Nov. 24) and Pacific (Nov. 25) in Stockton, California on the player to do so was Joel Wright in 2012-13 & 2013-14. campus of the University of the Pacific. • Division I home games this year consists of contests against Texas Kaspar Ranks Among Texas Coaches A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 29), UTSA (Nov. 15) and UT Rio Grande Valley • Entering the 2017-18 season, Texas State head coach Danny Kaspar (Nov. 18). 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS PRESEASON NOTEBOOK

• The other two home dates are against non-Division I opponents Ecclesia College (Dec. 19) and McMurry (Dec. 6). • Road trips for the Bobcats will take them to Abilene Christian (Dec. 9), Colorado State (Dec. 17), Houston Baptist (Dec. 2) and Rice (Dec. 22).

In-Season Tournament • This is the second straight year that Texas State will play in a tourna- ment during the regular season. Last year saw the team make the trip to Hawai’i and take home the Rainbow Classic title. • The Men Against Breast Cancer Showcase will see the Bobcats face Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo. to open the season. • Texas State will conclude the showcase over Thanksgiving with a trip to Stockton, Calif. There the team faces Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Canisius and Pacific. • It will be the first time the Bobcats have played in a tournament in back-to-back seasons since playing in seven straight from the 2006-07 season to the 2012-13 campaign.

SBC Schedule • The Sun Belt Conference slate will feature an 18 games per team for the second year in-a-row. • Texas State will play seven schools twice and four schools once. • All games will be played on a Thursday/Saturday schedule this year. • The four single games for the Bobcats will be at Arkansas State (Jan. 11) and Little Rock (Jan. 13) and home games against South Alabama (Jan. 4) and Troy (Jan. 6). • Bobcats will play home-and-home games with Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana, ULM and UTA.

SBC Tournament • The Sun Belt Conference Tournament will again take place in New Orleans at Lakefront Arena. • It will be the second straight year that all 12 teams will compete in the conference tournament. • The tournament will be played March 7-11 with a day off on the 8th between the first round and quarterfinals. Seeds 1-4 will receive a bye into the quarterfinals. • All games of the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN3. The championship game will air on ESPN or ESPN2 at a time to be determined. 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

TYLER BLOUNT 10 GUARD Sr. // 1L // 5-11 // 165 Virginia Beach, Va. // Green Run HS New Mexico Junior College Major: Applied Arts & Sciences 2016-17: Played in 35 games, starting one... Averaged 2.8 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game in 9.2 minutes per contest... Made 38.0% from the field... Was 22-for-63 (34.9%) on three-pointers... Converted all five free throw attempts... Finished with two rebounds, an assists and a steal in Bobcat debut versus Florida Atlantic (11/11)... Made a three-pointer at Hawaii (11/13)... Went 3-for-3 from the field with two treys to score season-high eight points versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Scored three points and recorded a steal in lone start of the season against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/21)... Scored six points on 2-of-2 shooting from long distance against McNeese (11/29)... Finished with six points, two rebounds and an assist in season-high 20 minutes against Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1)... Had five points and season-high two steals at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7)... Went for six points and grabbed three rebounds against Howard Payne (12/20)... Scored five points and dished out two assists against UTA (1/7)... Netted seven points on 3-of-6 shooting against Louisiana (1/21)... Made two three-pointers at Appalachian State (1/30)... Was 2-for-4 from beyond the arc at Georgia Southern (2/18)... Finished with five points against Troy (2/25)... Hand- ed out a season-high three assists against South Alabama (2/27)... Scored five points and grabbed two rebounds at ULM (3/4)... Had two points and rebounds in CIT Second Round against Idaho (3/22).

Previous School: Played two seasons for Head Coach Brian Lohrey... Named First Team All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference as a sophomore... Played in 29 games with 25 starts... Averaged 15.0 points, 2.1 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game in 2015-16... Converted 43.8 percent of his three-point attempts with 85 makes... Shot 45.0 percent from the field... Nailed 87.3 percent of his free throw attempts... Helped lead Thunderbirds to 21-10 record his sophomore season... Scored a career-high 23 points against the University of the Southwest JV (11/7) and matched against South Plains College (2/8)... Netted 20 points three other times during the season... Made 30 appearances off the bench in 2014-15... Averaged 4.4 points and 0.9 rebounds per game... Finished 31-for-74 (41.9%) shooting from beyond the arc... Scored 10 or more points four times CAREER HIGHS Category No. Opponent (Date) High School: Graduated from Green Run High School... Coached by Keeneth Points 8 vs. SIU-Edwardsville (11/14/16) Harris... Scored over 1,000 points in his career... Finished with a school record Assists 3 South Alabama (2/27/17) 236 made three-pointers... Was a First Team All-Virginia 5A selection... Earned Rebounds 3 Howard Payne (12/20/16) All-Tidewater and All-Group 5A First Team as a senior... Averaged 19 points and FG Made 3 vs. SIU-Edwardsville (11/14/16) three steals per game his senior year... Made 88 three-pointers... Holds school re- FG Attempts 7 Howard Payne (12/20/16) cord for most three-pointers made in a game with nine... Was also a wide receiver FT Made 2 2x, last at UTA (2/4/17) on the football team... Earned First Team All-Beach District on the gridiron. FT Attempts 2 2x, last at UTA (2/4/17) 3 FG Made 2 4x, last at Georgia Southern (2/18/17) Personal: Son of Ivy and Ron Blount... Has a sibling, Rashamell... Majoring in 3 FG Attempts 5 2x, last Howard Payne (12/20/16) health & exercise science... Played AAU basketball with Boo Williams travel team... Steals 2 at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7/16) Favorite teams are the and Kansas City Chiefs. Minutes 20 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16)

Blount’s Career Statistics

I------TOTAL ------I I------3 PTS ------I I------REBOUNDS ------I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 35 1 321 9.2 35 92 .380 22 63 .349 5 5 1.000 1 22 23 0.7 15 0 13 8 0 4 97 2.8 TOTAL 35 1 321 9.2 35 92 .380 22 63 .349 5 5 1.000 1 22 23 0.7 15 0 13 8 0 4 97 2.8 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

DERIS DUNCAN 3 GUARD Sr. // 1L // 6-4 // 185 Fishers, Ind. // Noblesville HS Weatherford College Major: Applied Arts & Sciences Career Accolades - 2016-17 Texas State Cream of the Crop Recipient

2016-17: Played in 21 games... Averaged 1.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game... Finished 7-of-26 (26.9%) from the field... Was 2-for-11 (18.2%) on three-point- ers... Converted 4-of-6 (66.7%) free throw attempts... Scored two points, grabbed two rebounds, handed out an assist and recorded a steal against SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Made a three-pointer in home opener versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/21)... Recorded a season-high two steals against McNeese (11/29)... Set ca- reer-highs in points (6), rebounds (4), blocks (1) and minutes (14) against Oklaho- ma Panhandle State (12/1)... Netted a point and blocked a shot at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7)... Grabbed three rebounds and had a steal at Tulsa (12/17)... Scored two points against South Alabama (2/27)... Finished with two points and a rebound in eight minutes versus ULM (3/1) in SBC Tournament Quarterfinals... Had a steal versus UTA (3/11) in SBC Tournament Semifinals... Scored three points on 1-of-2 shooting from beyond the arc, grabbed a rebound and credited with an assist in 14 minutes in CIT Quartfinal contest against St. Peter’s (3/25).

Previous School: Attended Weatherford College for two years... Named All-North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Second Team as a sophomore... Led team in scoring at 15.8 points per game... Made 48.5 percent of his shots... Grabbed 6.6 rebounds per contest... Finished sophomore season with 56 assists, 40 steals and 13 blocks... Put up 18.3 ppg on 50.3 shooting percentage and retrieved 7.7 rpg during conference play... Posted two 30-point gmaes in his career (35 vs. Temple College and 30 vs. McClennan).

High School: Attended Don Bosco Prep in Crown Point, Indiana for a year... Let- tered at Noblesville High School under coach David McCollough... Was a wide re- ceiver on the football team... Graduated with honors diploma. CAREER HIGHS Personal: Son of Derrick Duncan and Karmen Andrews... Favorite NBA team is the Category No. Opponent (Date) Oklahoma City Thunder... Favorite NBA players is Russell Westbrook... Favorite hob- Points 6 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) by is reading. Assists 1 4x, last Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) Rebounds 4 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) FG Made 2 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) FG Attempts 7 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) FT Made 2 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) FT Attempts 2 2x, last at UTA (2/4/17) 3FG Made 1 2x, last Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) 3FG Attempts 3 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) Steals 2 McNeese (11/29/16) Blocks 1 2x, last at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7/16) Minutes 14 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16)

Duncan’s Career Statistics I------TOTAL ------I I------3 PTS ------I I------REBOUNDS ------I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 21 0 113 5.4 7 26 .269 2 11 .182 4 6 .667 5 10 15 0.7 5 0 4 2 2 5 20 1.0 TOTAL 21 0 113 5.4 7 26 .269 2 11 .182 4 6 .667 5 10 15 0.7 5 0 4 2 2 5 20 1.0 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

IMMANUEL KING 33 FORWARD Sr. // 1L // 6-8 // 230 Rocky Mount, N.C. // Rocky Mount HS Wallace State Community College Major: Business Career Accolades - 2016-17 Texas State Academic Achievement Recipient - 2017 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team

2016-17: Played in 36 games, starting 23... Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team se- lection... Averaged 5.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game... Led team with 56.6 field goal percentage... Was 36-for-73 (49.3%) at the free throw line... Blocked team-high 38 shots, tied for sixth most in a single-season in program history... Finished with two points, three rebounds and a steal in Bobcat debut versus Florida Atlantic (11/11)... Went for eight points and seven rebounds at Hawaii (11/13)... Scored eight points and handed out two assists versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Posted 6-point, 5-rebound performance against Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1)... Grabbed season-high 10 rebounds and scored six points at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/7)... Netted 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and retrieved five boards against Howard Payne (12/20)... Finished with four points, two rebounds and season-high three steals against Appalachian State (12/31)... Totaled nine points and six rebounds in first start of the season against Coastal Carolina (1/2)... Ended with six points, six rebounds and two steals against UTA (1/7)... Scored eight points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots at South Alabama (1/14)... Netted 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Troy (1/16)... Finished with six points, four rebounds and two blocks against ULM (1/23)... Recorded 7-point, 8-rebound performance at Coastal Carolina (1/28)... Posted back-to-back games of four points and seven rebounds at Appalachian State (1/30) and UTA (2/4)... To- taled six points, six rebounds, two assists and a block against Arkansas State (2/13)... Scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds at Georgia Southern (2/18)... Had a 7-point, 6-re- bound, 2-block performance at Louisiana (3/2)... Finished with season-high three assists and rejected two shots at ULM (3/4)... Scored six points, grabbed four boards and rejected four shots in SBC Quarterfinals versus ULM (3/10)... Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting and grabbed five rebounds in SBC Semifinal contest versus UTA (3/11)... Went for 11 points, eight rebounds and season-high five blocks in SBC Championship game versus Troy (3/12)... Totaled six points, three rebounds and three rejections in CIT First Round against Lamar (3/16)... Finished with seven points and eight rebounds in CIT Second Round against Idaho (3/22)... Ended the season with five points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals CAREER HIGHS in CIT Quarterfinals against St. Peter’s (3/25). Category No. Opponent (Date) Points 13 vs. UTA (3/11/17) Previous School: Attended Wallace State Community College for two years... Coached by Assists 3 at ULM (3/4/17) John Meeks... Averaged 8.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game as a sophomore... Rebounds 10 at UT Rio Grande Valley (12/1/16) Made 51.2 percent of his shot attempts... Helped lead team to an Alabama Community Col- FG Made 6 2x, last vs. UTA (3/11/17) lege Conference regular season championship and appearance in the ACCC/Region 22 Tour- FG Attempts 8 3x, last vs. UTA (3/11/17) nament. FT Made 5 2x, last at Coastal Carolina (1/28/17) FT Attempts 8 Coastal Carolina (1/2/17) High School: Attended Rocky Mount High School... Played for head coach Mike Gainey... Steals 3 Appalachian State (12/31/16) Averaged 13.4 points and 12.9 rebounds per game his senior year. Blocks 5 vs. Troy (3/12/17) Minutes 36 at South Alabama (1/14/17) Personal: Son of Christine Robinson and Bernard King... has an older sibling, Israel... Ma- joring in business.

Gilder-Tilbury’s Career Statistics

I------TOTAL ------I I------3 PTS ------I I------REBOUNDS ------I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 36 23 777 21.6 82 145 .566 0 0 .000 36 73 .493 71 95 166 4.6 89 1 25 43 38 16 200 5.6 TOTAL 36 23 777 21.6 82 145 .566 0 0 .000 36 73 .493 71 95 166 4.6 89 1 25 43 38 16 200 5.6 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

MARLIN DAVIS 5 GUARD

So. // 1L // 6-2 // 165 Houston, Texas // Westbury Christian HS Major: Exercise and Sport Science

2016-17: Played in all 36 games... Averaged 3.2 points, 1.5 assists and 1.2 re- bounds per game... Made 37.4% from the field... Finished 10-for-43 (23.3%) on three-pointers... Was 18-for-35 (51.4%) at the free throw line... Was 3-for-3 with a three-pointers to score seven points in collegiate debut versus Florida At- lantic (11/11)... Handed out a season-high seven assists versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Dished out three assists against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/21)... Went for nine points on 4-of-7 shooting with a three-pointer, two assists and a steal at Tu- lane (12/23)... Had four assist with no turnovers and three rebounds against Coastal Carolina (1/2)... Scored seven points, grabbed season-high seven rebounds and had two assists at South Alabama (1/14)... Finished with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting and season-high two steals at Appalachian State (1/30)... Scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting at Georgia Southern (2/18)... Finished with a season-high 11 points and blocked lone shot of the year against South Alabama (2/27)... Was 3-for-4 at the charity stripe and 2-for-4 from the field to score seven points in SBC Quarterfi- nals versus ULM (3/10)... Finished with five points, four assists and two steals in a season-high 22 minutes in CIT First Round game against Lamar (3/16).

High School: Lettered four years at Westbury Christian High School for head coach Trey Austin... First team all-state selection in 2016 and 2015... Named to the 2016 All-TAPPS 4A Tournament team... Selected as the TAPPS District 5-4A MVP... Helped lead the Wildcats to four consecutive TAPPS 4A state championships... Averaged 20 points and five assists per game his senior year.

Personal: Son of Vicki Charlot and Marlin Davis... Has a sibling, Maddox... Major- ing in kinesiology... Favorite NBA team is the Houston Rockets... Favorite basketball player is Jamal Crawford... Choose Texas State over offers from UTSA, Lamar and Stephen F. Austin.

CAREER HIGHS Category No. Opponent (Date) Points 11 South Alabama (2/27/17) Assists 7 vs. SIU-Edwardsville (11/14/16) Rebounds 5 at South Alabama (1/14/17) FG Made 5 South Alabama (2/27/17) FG Attempts 7 at Tulane (12/23/16) 3FG Made 1 10x, last South Alabama (2/27/17) 3FG Attempts 3 3x, last at South Alabama (1/14/17) FT Made 3 vs. ULM (3/10/17) FT Attempts 4 3x, last vs. ULM (3/10/17) Blocks 1 South Alabama (2/17/17) Steals 2 2x, last Lamar (3/16/17) Minutes 22 Lamar (3/16/17)

Davis’ Career Statistics I----- TOTAL ----I I------3 PTS -----I I-----REBOUNDS ----I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 36 0 477 13.3 43 115 .374 10 43 .233 18 35 .514 5 38 43 1.2 30 0 54 31 1 16 114 3.2 TOTAL 36 0 477 13.3 43 115 .374 10 43 .233 18 35 .514 5 38 43 1.2 30 0 54 31 1 16 114 3.2 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

High School: Attended Beaumont Central High School... Named to TABC Class 5A All-State NIJAL PEARSON team... Picked to All-Region 3-5A team... Selected Co-District 22-5A MVP his senior year... First Team Super Gold pick... Averaged 18.5 points, 9.0 assists and 7.0 rebounds per game as 22 GUARD a senior... Led team to 28-7 overall record, 13-1 district mark and co-district championship... Graduated Magna Cum Laude. So. // 1L // 6-5 // 200 Beaumont, Texas // Beaumont Central HS Major: Business Management Personal: Son of Stephanie Pearson... Has two older sibling, Nicholas and Elijah... Majoring in business management... Favorite basketball players are James Hardin and Lance Stephen- son... Favorite NBA team is the Houston Rockets. Career Accolades - 2016-17 Texas State Academic Achievement Recipient - 2016 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Mar. 6) - 2016 Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic All-Tournament Team

2016-17: Played and started all 36 games... Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team se- lection... Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Mar. 6)... Picked to Outrigger Re- sorts Rainbow Classic All-Tournament Team... Averaged 13.3 points, team-high 5.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game... Played a team-high and program single-season record 1,182 minutes, 70th most in the nation... Made 43.7% from the field... Converted 34.6% of three-point attempts... Second on the team with 72.1 free throw percentage... Began colle- giate career with 18-point, 4-rebound, 3-steal performance versus Florida Atlantic (11/11)... Scored 14 points, grabbed four rebounds and handed out four assists at Hawaii (11/13)... Netted 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, grabbed four rebounds, dished out two assists and credited with two steals versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Finished with seven points, nine rebounds and two steals at UTSA (11/25)... Nearly recorded a triple-double with season-high 23 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists against McNeese (11/29)... Had 15 points on 7-of- 11 shooting, grabbed eight boards, handed out five assists and had two steals against Okla- homa Panhandle State (12/1)... Went 7-for-8 at the charity stripe to finish with 14 points and retrieved nine rebounds against Prairie View A&M (12/10)... Tallied 14 points, nine rebounds, four steals and two assists against Howard Payne (12/20)... Recorded 14-point, 7-rebound, 4-steal performance at South Alabama (1/14)... Posted second double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds along with three assists and steals at Troy (1/16)... Was 8-for- 15 shooting to finish with 18 points against Louisiana (1/21)... Scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds against ULM (1/23)... Made game-winning shot and finished with nine points and seven boards at Coastal Carolina (1/28)... Totaled 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals at Appalachian State (1/30)... Scored 15 points, retrieved six rebounds, dished out four assists and blocked season-high two shots against Arkansas State (2/13)... CAREER HIGHS Scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed five boards at Georgia State (2/20)... Re- Category No. Opponent (Date) trieved 10 rebounds and handed out four assists against Troy (2/25)... Scored 15 points and Points 23 McNeese (11/29/16) dished out four assists against South Alabama (2/27)... Netted 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting Assists 7 McNeese (11/29/16) with three made three-pointers at Louisiana (3/2)... Posted 17-point, 4-rebound, 4-assist Rebounds 12 Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) performance at ULM (3/4)... Filled the stat sheet with 16 points, six rebounds, five assists and FG Made 9 vs. SIU-Edwardsville (11/14/16) season-high five steals in SBC Quarterfinals versus ULM (3/10)... Was 6-for-8 on free throws FG Attempts 16 at Louisiana (3/2/17) on way to 14-point contest in SBC Semifinals versus UTA (3/11)... Had seven points and 3FG Made 5 Lamar (3/16/17) rebounds in SBC Championship Game versus Troy (3/12)... Finished with 18 points behind 3FG Attempts 8 Lamar (3/16/17) a season-high five made three-pointers and five assists in CIT First Round contest against FT Made 8 UTA (1/7/17) Lamar (3/16)... Scored 16 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out four assists and credited FT Attempts 13 Arkansas State (2/13/17) with two steals in CIT Second Round against Idaho (3/22)... Concluded season with 9-point, Blocks 2 2x, last Arkansas State (2/13/17) 12-rebound, 3-steal performance in CIT Quarterfinals against St. Peter’s (3/25). Steals 5 vs. ULM (3/10/17) Minutes 39 2x, last at South Alabama (1/14/17)

Pearson’s Career Statistics

I------TOTAL ------I I------3 PTS ------I I------REBOUNDS ------I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 36 36 1182 32.8 167 382 .437 37 107 .346 106 147 .721 67 139 206 5.7 84 2 88 79 13 49 477 13.3 TOTAL 36 36 1182 32.8 167 382 .437 37 107 .346 106 147 .721 67 139 206 5.7 84 2 88 79 13 49 477 13.3 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

NEDELJKO PRIJOVIC 55 FORWARD

So. // 1L // 6-8 // 210 Belgrade, Serbia // Lee Academy Major: Entrepreneur Business

2016-17: Played in all 36 games... Averaged 4.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.6 blocks per game... Shot 42.7% from the field... Made 68.1% of his free throws... Nailed seven three-pointers... Scored five points and grabbed two re- bounds in first collegiate game against Florida Atlantic (11/11)... Finished with five points, three rebounds, a block and steal versus SIU-Edwardsville (11/14)... Grabbed career-high 13 rebounds and handed out three assists against Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1)... Finished with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, retrieved six rebounds and blocked two shots against Prairie View A&M (12/10)... Totaled five points, eight rebounds and two assists against Howard Payne (12/20)... Netted seven points and blocked two shots against Appalachian State (12/31)... Finished with three points, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks against ULM (1/23)... Ended up with six points, four rebounds, two steals and a rejection at UTA (2/4)... Recorded a 6-point, 6-rebound performance against Little Rock (2/11)... Scored nine points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out three assists against Troy (2/25)... Netted 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting and converted all four charity stripe attempts along with finishing with seven rebounds, three assists and two steals against South Al- abama (2/27)... Played career-high 31 minutes to finish with eight points, three assists, two steals and a block at Louisiana (3/2)... Went for seven points and five rebounds in SBC Quarterfinals versus ULM (3/10)... Was 5-for-5 on free throws and 3-of-6 from the field to score 11 points in SBC Semifinals versus UTA (3/11)... Fin- ished with seven points and two rebounds versus Troy (3/12) in SBC Tournament Championship game... Scored a career-high 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting with a made three-pointer in CIT First Round against Lamar (3/16)... Finished season with 4-point, 5-rebound and 3-steal performance against St. Peter’s in CIT Quarterfinals (3/25).

High School: Attended Lee Academy... Coached by Igor Vrzina... Rated the second best player in Maine by ESPN... Averaged 15.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game his senior year... Served a team captain his senior season... Recorded sev- CAREER HIGHS en 20-plus scoring games... Posted season-high performance of 34 points and 12 Category No. Opponent (Date) rebounds against Prestige Prep Academy. Points 13 Lamar (3/16/17) Assists 3 5x, last at Louisiana (3/2/17) Personal: Son of Tode and Shezana Prijovic... Favorite hobby is fishing... Choose Rebounds 13 Oklahoma Panhandle State (12/1/16) Texas State over Marist, Quinnipiac and Seattle... Majoring in entrepreneur business. FG Made 4 4x, last Lamar (3/16/17) FG Attempts 11 Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) 3FG Made 1 7x, last Lamar (3/16/17) 3FG Attempts 3 4x, last Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) FT Made 5 vs. UTA (3/11/17) FT Attempts 7 Lamar (3/16/17) Blocks 2 4x, last Lamar (3/16/17) Steals 3 Saint Peter’s (3/25/17) Minutes 31 at Louisiana (3/2/17)

Prijovic’s Career Statistics I----- TOTAL ----I I------3 PTS -----I I-----REBOUNDS ----I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 36 0 624 17.3 56 131 .427 7 43 .163 32 47 .681 31 102 133 3.7 61 2 36 24 23 22 151 4.2 TOTAL 36 0 624 17.3 56 131 .427 7 43 .163 32 47 .681 31 102 133 3.7 61 2 36 24 23 22 151 4.2 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

ERIC TERRY 45 FORWARD R-So. // RS // 6-8 // 230 Houston, Texas // Westfield HS Temple College Major: Applied Arts & Sciences 2016-17: Redshirted

Previous School: Attended Temple College for one year... Played in all 31 games, starting 30... Averaged 8.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game as a fresh- man... Made 58.7 percent of his shots... Converted 64.9 percent of his free throw attempts... Posted season best performance of 23 points, on 9-of-13 shooting, 12 rebounds and four blocks against Hill College (2/6)... Finished season fourth in the NJCAA Region 5 with 43 blocks... Posted 13 games of two or more blocks... Had season-high five rejections at Richland College (11/19).

High School: Did not play basketball his senior year at Westfield High School in Houston, Texas.

Personal: Son of Eric and Michelle Terry... Has two siblings, Nicholle adn Joshua... Majoring in Hospitality... Favorite NBA team is the Houston Rockets... Favorite bas- ketball player is Hakeem Olajuwon.

Terry’s Career Statistics

I------TOTAL ------I I------3 PTS ------I I------REBOUNDS ------I YEAR GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 REDSHIRTED TOTAL ------2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS NEWCOMERS

Shelby Adams - 6’ 3” - Guard Hometown: Converse, Texas High School: Judson High School Freshman guard from Converse, Texas. A swing player that can play both the shooting guard and small forward positions. Coach- ing staff hopes he makes an impact similar to Nijal Pearson last season. Averaged 21.4 points. 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game his senior season. Made 49.8 percent of his shots, 32.1 percent from beyond the arc and 78.0 percent at the free throw line. Was named TABC 6A All-Region IV First Team and All-District 27-6A First Team in leading Judson HS to the second round of the UIL 6A Playoffs. Selected to the TABC 6A All-State First Team as a junior. Also picked to the TABC 6A All-Region IV and All-Dis- trict 27-6A first teams in 2016. Recorded 1,537 points, 384 rebounds, 208 assists and 162 steals in three years on the varsity squad.

Isaiah Gurley - 6’ 3” - Guard Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Previous School: McLennan Community College High School: George Washington High School Played one season at McLennan Community College. Gurley is a versatile offensive player that can shoot and drive to the hole to score. Named NJCAA All-Reigon V, NTJCAC Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-NTJCAC after averaging 17.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Recorded 20 or more points in 12 games with a season-high 28 coming against North Lake College. Prior to arriving in the Lone Star State, Gurley attended Canisius, a member of the MAAC, in Buffalo, New York for two years. He put up 2.8 ppg and 1.9 rpg in 30 games off the bench in 2015-16 after redshirting during the 2014-15 campaign.

Reggie Miller - 6’ 0” - Guard Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Klein Forest High School Freshman point guard helped lead Klein Forest High School to a No. 1 ranking in Texas and finish 17th in theUSA Today Boys’ Basketball Top 25 with a 34-1 record and appearance in the UIL 6A State semifinals. A very smart player with a great basketball IQ and a great leader for his team over the last two years. As a senior, averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game on his way to earning TABC 6A All-Region First Team, All-District 15-6A First Team and District 15-6A Defensive MVP honors. Was a Second Team All-District 15-6A recipient as a junior after contributing 11.0 ppg, 4.0 apg and 1.5 spg.

Alex Peacock - 6’ 7” - Forward Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana Previous School: Iowa Western Community College High School: Normal Community High School Junior college transfer that will play at the power forward position. Has the personality and basketball abilities to be a good leader and player for the Bobcats. Scored 10.5 points per game while shooting 48.6 percent from the field, 31.3 percent on three-pointers and 75.5 percent at the free throw line in helping the Reivers to a 25-7 record and NJCAA Region XI Finals in 2016-17. Also grabbed 5.9 rebounds, handed out 1.6 assists and was credited with 1.2 steals per game. Was named co-Player of the Year by Pantagraph and Second Team Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 3A/4A All-State as a senior in high school. That year Peacock recorded 19.8 ppg, 8.9 repg and 5.3 apg. 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS NEWCOMERS

Tre’Larenz Nottingham - 6’ 1” - Guard Hometown: Moreno Valley, Calif. Previous School: Mt. San Jacinto College High School: Rancho Verde HS Junior college transfer that plays the point. A good offensive player that handles the ball and sees the floor well. Nottingham -av eraged 19.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a sophomore. His freshman season saw him produce 16.4 ppg, 4.6 apg and nailing 80 three-pointers while shooting 40 percent from long range. He also recorded 61 steals, the 10th most in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). Both years he was named First Team All-CCCAA and All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC). Following his freshman campaign. Nottingham was also selected as the PCAC North Player of the Year.

Quentin Scott - 6’ 7” - Forward Hometown: Houma, La. Previous School: Conrad Academy (Fla.) High School: A.J. Ellender High School Attended prep school at The Conrad Academy in Orlando, Florida for one year. Graduated from Ellender Memorial High School in 2016. Averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and two blocks per game to be named District 7-4A MVP as a senior. Was also selected to The Courier/Daily Comet’s All-Region First Team and the LSWA Class 4A All-State First Team. Can play both the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Jaylen Shead - 6’ 1” - Guard Hometown: Pflugerville, Texas Previous School: Cal Poly High School: Connally High School Played two seasons at Cal Poly. Played in nine of first 10 games of the 2016-17 season before leaving the team. Averaged 8.0 points, 5.2 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game as a sophomore. Appeared in 29 games with nine starts his freshman year. Contributed 4.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 2.9 apg. Was a TABC All-Region 3-5A First Team selection his senior year at Connally High School. Also named District 17-5A MVP and was All-District 17-5A Academic First Team pick while averaging 17.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 7.0 apg. Was also a First Team All-District 17-4A selection as a junior and the District 17-4A Newcomer of the Year in the 2012-13 season as a sophomore.

Alonzo Sule - 6’7” - Forward Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Cinco Ranch HS A late addition to the 2017 signing class, Alonzo Sule lettered two years at Cinco Ranch High School in Houston. Averaged 10.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a senior. Made 135-of-239 (56.5%) shots from the field. Helped the Cougars advance to the UIL 6A Region 3 quarterfinals. Played in 17 games as a junior. Recorded 7.3 ppg on 54-of-90 (60.0%) shooting and grabbed 7.6 rpg during the 2015-16 season. Finished high school career with 44 blocks, 37 steals and 25 assists. 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

DANNY KASPAR THE DANNY KASPAR FILE HEAD COACH PERSONAL Wife: Deborah Child: Nicole Fifth Season at Texas State Education: North Texas (1978) 27th Season Overall North Texas, 1978 COACHING EXPERIENCE Years Schools Position Danny Kaspar is in his fifth season at Texas State, after coaching 13 seasons 1980-81 Lamar Assistant Coach as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin, where he guided the Lumberjacks to a 1981-83 Midwestern State Assistant Coach 246-141 record that included seven 20-win seasons. Kaspar enters his 27th season 1983-86 Stephen F. Austin Assistant Coach as a head coach ranked among the Top 25 winningest active Division I coaches 1986-91 Baylor Assistant Coach with an overall career record of 524-263 and has the 29th highest winning 1991-00 Incarnate Word Head Coach percentage. 2000-13 Stephen F. Austin Head Coach The 2016-17 season saw Texas State finish 22-14 to achieve the first winning 2013- Texas State Head Coach season in program history in 14 years. The campaign also saw the Bobcats make its first postseason tournament appearance in 20 years with a berth in the CollegeIn- HEAD COACHING RECORD sider.com Tournament and reach the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Years Schools Record to come within a victory of making the NCAA Tournament. 1991-00 Incarnate Word 219-52 Texas State’s win total gave the program its second 20-win season in pro- 2000-13 Stephen F. Austin 246-141 gram history since becoming a Division I program and first since 1993-94. During 2013- Texas State 59-70 the Bobcats’ run to the CIT quarterfinals, the team won its first postseason game as a NCAA program, picked up the first postseason win since 1980 and won two COACHING NOTES postseason contests for the first time since 1979. A trip to the SBC Tournament Championship game saw Texas State defeat 25th Winningest Active Division I Coach ULM in the quarterfinals and shock No. 1 seed UTA in the semifinals before falling Second Winningest Active NCAA Division I Coach in Texas to Troy in the finals. It was the program’s first conference tournament finals Third Winningest Active NCAA Coach in Texas appearance since 1999. Performances by Kavin Gilder-Tilbury and Immanuel King Winningest Division I Coach in Texas from 2007-13 saw the duo be selected to the SBC All-Tournament team. Second Winningest Division I Coach in Texas from 2001-13 Following the conclusion of the 2016-17 regular season Gilder-Tilbury was Led Incarnate Word to six NAIA National Tournaments selected All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, the first all-conference first team Ranked No. 1 at the end of the 1998-99 regular season selection since 2003, and NABC All-District 24 Second Team. A four-year player for Won eight conference championships Kaspar, Gilder-Tilbury ended Won six conference or district tournament championships “Thank the heavens for Danny his career sixth in school histo- Posted an overall record of 219-52, the best record for any four-year institution in Kaspar. He’s saving the game of ry with 1,385 points and is the Texas in the1990s. basketball. I love him.” only player in Bobcat history to finish with 1,000+ points, COACHING HONORS 500+ rebounds, 100+ steals 1999 Sporting News National Small College Coach of the Year -Bill Walton, former NBA player/ and 50+ blocks in a career. 2008 Southland Conference Coach of the Year TV sports commentator Another standout member of 2009 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Division I Coach of the Year the 2016-17 team was Nijal 2013 Southland Conference Coach of the Year Pearson, who set the freshmen program record for points in a season with 477. In the 2015-16 season, Kaspar guided the Bobcats to a 15-16 record and the TABC Division I Coach of the Year program’s second straight appearance in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Confer- NABC District 23 Coach of the Year ence Tournament. Thirteen of the 15 victories came against Division I opponents, defensive performance in over 15 years and the third best performance since 1982- the most by a Texas State team since the 2010-11 season. He became the 25th 83, allowing just 66.0 points per game. The Bobcats led the Sun Belt in scoring active head coach to reach the 500-career win mark when the Bobcats defeated defense. Their best single-game performance was at UL Monroe, when the Bobcats Troy 78-57 at home on Mar. 3. allowed just 36 points, the fewest by an opponent since 1985. Kaspar is the third coach in program history to increase his win total each of Shortly after he was named Texas State’s head coach, Kaspar received the his first three seasons. The seven-win increase from his first season to third year is National Association of Basketball Coaches’ (NABC) Hugh Durham Award, which the largest in Bobcat history. is given to the nation’s top mid-major coach, and was named the 2012-13 NABC The 2014-15 season season saw Kaspar guide Texas State to a six-win District 23 Coach of the Year, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ (TABC) Coach improvement, the most in a single season since the 2006-07 year. The Bobcats also of the Year, and Southland Conference Coach of the Year after leading SFA to its best made their first appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, and earned NCAA Division I record at the time with a 27-5 overall record. The Lumberjacks won their first win in the event by beating UT Arlington 68-62 in the quarterfinals. their third Southland Conference championship in six years and a berth to the NIT. Defensively, Kaspar improved on an impressive 2013-14 season by lowering It was the second time Kaspar was named SLC Coach of the Year. He also earned the the Bobcats points allowed to 59.8 per game, which is the lowest average in a honor in 2007-08. single season at Texas State since 1982-83. The 59.8 points per game were the “In the end, the relationships with all the high school coaches in Texas, AAU fewest points allowed in the Sun Belt Conference and ranked among the Top 23 coaches and everyone in general was what we were really looking for,” said athletics defenses in the country. Individually, Emani Gant was named All-Sun Belt Confer- director Larry Teis, when introducing Kaspar as Texas State’s head coach. “We talked ence Second Team and Second Team TABC All-District 24. to former players, mainly Jeff Foster, who we relied upon to help us look at some In his first season at Texas State, Kaspar led the Bobcats to their best candidates. Jeff did a great job, and his number one pick was Danny Kaspar. Gregg 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

Popovich from the is very high on In 2008-09, Kaspar led SFA to the SLC Tournament Kaspar served as an assistant coach at SFA under Danny and his coaching abilities, which really helped. championship to earn the school’s first NCAA Tourna- Miller from 1983 through the 1986 seasons. During In the end, in the State of Texas, nobody won more ment berth in school history after winning its second his three seasons as an assistant, the Lumberjacks games in the last six years (2007-13) than Danny consecutive SLC title with a 13-3 league record. Overall, recorded two 20-win seasons, won 16 games in the Kaspar.” the Lumberjacks compiled a 24-7 record. other season, and never finished lower than third in the Stephen F. Austin’s winning percentage of 84.4 During his tenure at SFA, Kaspar turned the Lum- conference. percent, Kaspar’s last season, ranked fourth among berjack struggling program into one of the Southland A 1978 graduate of the University of North Texas, NCAA Division I teams entering the NCAA Final Four. Conference’s most consistent winners. He guided SFA Kaspar is no stranger to winning. He spent nine seasons to the SLC Tournament in 11 of his 13 seasons as coach, as the head coach at the University of the Incarnate “I have followed Danny Kaspar and his and advanced to the championship game five times. Word in San Antonio. During his tenure, Incarnate Word teams for many years. He has been one The program Kaspar left behind at SFA was very posted an overall record of 219-52, which was the different from the one he inherited. During the two best record for any four-year Texas institution during of the most successful coaches, not only seasons prior his arrival, the Lumberjacks recorded just the 1990s. In 1999, The Sporting News named him in the State of Texas, but nationally four and six wins, respectively. Beginning in his second National Small College Coach of the Year. as well. You win championships with season, the Lumberjacks became a competitive force in His teams at Incarnate Word posted nine straight defense, and he is a defensive master- the SLC. 20-win seasons, including five seasons where his teams That year, SFA finished the regular season with a won 25 or more games. Kaspar’s Incarnate Word teams mind. I am proud to support this great 13-14 record in the regular season, was fifth in the SLC also won or shared five regular season conference titles University and to be a part of the Texas standings with a 10-10 league record and qualified for as well as four conference tournament titles. He was State Basketball family.” the SLC tournament for the first time in five years. The tabbed the Heart of Texas Conference Coach of the Year fifth-place finish was the best finish in league standings four times during that span. In August of 2014, Kaspar since the 1996-97 campaign. was honored by Incarnate Word by being placed into its -Jeff Foster, former Texas State Bobcat In 2002-03, the Lumberjacks posted their first Hall of Fame. and NBA player 20-win season since 1986-87 with a 21-8 overall record Prior to becoming a head coach, Kaspar served as and a 16-4 league mark to finish in second place. The an assistant for some of the legends of college basket- The Lumberjacks’ 27 wins included victories over team advanced to the finals of the SLC Tournament, ball coaching. In addition to working under Miller, he teams from the Big XII (Oklahoma), Big West (Long both firsts since SFA had joined the SLC. also was on the staffs of Billy Tubbs, Gene Iba and Dr. Beach State), Conference USA (Tulsa) and the Sun Belt In the 2003-04 campaign, the Lumberjacks once Gerald Stockton. Conference (Florida International). again won 21 games and made their second straight During his one season with Tubbs at Lamar, the SFA led the nation in scoring defense after allow- SLC tournament finals appearance. The second straight Cardinals won the Southland Conference title and ing just 51.2 points per game. The Lumberjacks also 20-plus-win season marked the first time since the advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in were the best in the nation in scoring defense in 2010- mid-1980s the Lumberjacks had put together two 1980. 11 with 56.7 points per game and had the second-best straight seasons with 20 or more wins. In 32 years as a collegiate coach, Kaspar has only average in 2007-08 and 2008-09 with 56.4 and 56.1 SFA posted a 17-12 mark in 2005-06, including a been associated with six teams with losing records. In points per game respectively. In 2012-13 SFA ranked 9-7 fourth-place finish in Southland Conference play. two of those seasons, the teams were one win away seventh in field goal percentage defense with 38.0 The Lumberjacks entered the SLC Tournament as the No. from .500 records. percent and 18th in three-point field goal percentage 4 seed and defeated McNeese State, 72-70, in the first Kaspar and his wife, Deborah, have a daughter, defense. Offensively, SFA ranked 29th in field goal round, advancing to the semifinals for the third time in Nicole, who graduated from Texas State in December, percentage with 46.8 percent and was among the top four years. 2013. 24 teams in assists. The Lumberjacks were sixth in scoring margin “Danny Kaspar is a very good basketball after winning games by an average of 13.6 points and coach and you can see how much were among the top 13 teams in rebounding margin with a 6.9 advantage. Kaspar led SFA to back-to-back he loves the game from being Southland Conference Championships in 2007-08 around him. Having spent and 2008-09. The Lumberjacks finished the time with Danny you walk 2007-08 season with a 26-6 record, which was the previous best mark as a NCAA away being very impressed Division I program, and earned the team a with him as both a person berth to the NIT. The mark would later be and coach, and also with surpassed in Kaspar’s final year with his 27-5 record in 2012-13. his basketball knowl- The 2007-08 league title edge and passion for was SFA’s first-ever Southland improving.” Conference Championship and marked the first league title -Brad Stevens, for the program since SFA won Head Basketball the in the Coach 1986-87 season, under Harry Boston Celtics Miller, one of Kaspar’s mentors. 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

very comfortable with his knowledge of the game and all that goes along with creating a successful JIM SHAW collegiate basketball program.” While at Samford, Johnson coached three players to All-Conference honors, including two players ASSISTANT COACH he recruited to the All-Southern Conference Freshman team in 2012. Johnson has worked with some standout players during his career, most notably Langston Gallo- Fifth Season at Texas State 13th Season Overall way who played collegiately at St. Joseph’s and currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans after being Grinnell, 2003 named to the NBA All Rookie Second Team in 2014-15 with the New York Knicks. Johnson also conducted individual workouts with some of the best players in the re- gion including Amos Olatayo of ULM, Jarvis Ray of TCU, Elridge Moore of UL Lafayette, and Jim Shaw is in his fifth season at Texas State and third as an assistant coach. He served as the Hollis Price of Oklahoma among others. director of basketball operations for the Bobcats during the 2013-14 season. Johnson developed his relationships as one of the most noted AAU coaches in the Southwest. He Shaw helped guide the Bobcats to one of the top turnarounds in program history when the founded Hollis Price Elite AAU and was the head coach from 2006-10. During that time he won the 2008 Bobcats improved from eight wins in 2013-14 to 14 victories in 2014-15. Louisiana State Championship On the court, he works with the Bobcat guards. He is also in charge of scheduling and helping to Most notably, Johnson was the head coach of Texas PRO 17-U where he coached standout players coordinate the team’s offensive and defensive game plans. like McDonald’s All-American Jarret Allen (Texas), Galen “G” Robinson (Houston), Alex Hobbs (Boise As director of operations, Shaw coordinated travel, practice, equipment and setting up Danny State), Jarrey Foster (SMU and current Bobcats Nijal Pearson and Marlin Davis. Kaspar’s basketball camp. “We will look forward to him recruiting mainly in the Houston, and I-10 corridor as he is from He came to Texas State after serving one season as director of operations at Texas Tech. While with New Orleans,” Kaspar said. “We hope to expand our recruiting with his knowledge of these areas.” the Red Raiders, Shaw was in charge of coordinating practice times, team travel and meals, recruiting Johnson received his bachelor of science degree in microbiology at Southern University in 2001 travel, making the weekly schedule for the team, as well as assisting with compliance, life skills, and and earned his master of art degree in education administration at Prairie View A&M in 2011. academic monitoring. In his lone season at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders won their first Big 12 Tournament game since 2010, and tripled their conference win total from the season before. ROBERT GUSTER Prior to going to Texas Tech, Shaw spent six years as the video coordinator at Nebraska, where he oversaw all aspects of the video operations, including video exchange, taping workouts and games, ASSISTANT COACH breaking down video and organizing the video library. Second Season at Texas State He also helped coordinate Nebraska’s player appearances in the community and assist with the 19th Season Overall team’s efforts in NU’s Life Skills Team Award challenge. During the offseason, he played an integral role Missouri-Rolla, 1999 with the Doc Sadler Basketball Camps by assisting with all phases of camp planning and supervision. While with the Huskers, Shaw helped three squads advance to postseason play. In 2008-09, the Robert Guster is in his second season as an assistant coach at Texas State after serving 10 years Huskers were 18-13 and earned a berth into the National Invitational Tournament (NIT). It was the sec- as an assistant coach at UTSA. ond straight year that culminated with a postseason NIT appearance for the Huskers and included a .500 During his tenure with the Roadrunners, Guster assisted with recruiting, academics and schedul- finish (8-8) in Big 12 Conference play, both firsts in a decade for the program. Previously, Shaw helped ing, in addition to on-the-floor coaching duties. He helped lead UTSA to its first-ever NCAA postseason Sadler guide UTEP to an NCAA berth in 2004 and an appearance in the 2005 NIT. victory in any sport, captured one conference championship and made two conference tournament Shaw joined Nebraska’s staff after serving as a graduate assistant at UTEP under Sadler and Billy title game appearances. The Roadrunners broke 20 school records and had eight players earn All-Con- Gillispie. Shaw handled all duties surrounding the Miners’ video system during his three years in El Paso, ference honors with three being tabbed the league’s Freshman of the Year. and was heavily involved with directing camps and clinics, including serving as director for the Doc Sadler Guster went to UTSA after a two-year stint at Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau, Mis- Basketball Camps each of his last two years. He also has significant experience in recruiting efforts and all souri, where he was an assistant coach under head coach Gary Garner. While at SEMO, he was heavily areas of player development. involved in the Redhawks’ recruiting efforts and also oversaw the program’s academic affairs. A native of San Antonio, Shaw earned his undergraduate degree in economics at Grinnell (Iowa) Prior to his stint at SEMO, Guster was an assistant coach for five seasons at Missouri State-West College in 2003. He added a master’s degree in business administration from UTEP in 2005. Plains Community College under head coach Tom Barr from 1999-2004. The Grizzlies posted a 120- Shaw was a four-year letterwinner at Grinnell, helping lead the Pioneers to four straight Division 36 record during that span, and 10 players that he directly recruited signed to play NCAA Division I III national scoring titles, including an all-division scoring record of 124.9 points per game in 2002-03. basketball. He led Grinnell to a league title as a sophomore and senior, and in 2001, paced the conference in made Top players during Guster’s tenure at West Plains included NJCAA All-Americans Jason Detrick, three-pointers while pushing the Pioneers to the NCAA Tournament. who played in the Final Four with Oklahoma, Tevoris Thompson, who made a junior college record 29 three-pointers in a two-game span, and Terrell Everett, an All-Big 12 player at Oklahoma. TERRENCE JOHNSON As a standout player, Guster was the starting point guard for two seasons at West Plains before finishing his collegiate career as a starter at Missouri-Rolla, now known as Missouri S&T. He helped the ASSISTANT COACH Miners post back-to-back winnings seasons while leading the team in assists both seasons and pacing the MIAA conference in assist-to-turnover ratio. Third Season at Texas State Guster is a native of West Monroe, Louisiana and earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Mis- Ninth Season Overall Southern, 2001 souri-Rolla in 1999. He received his master’s degree in elementary education from Missouri State in 2002. He and his wife, Melissa, have one daughter, Alivia, and a son, Shiloh. Terrence Johnson is in his third season as an assistant coach at Texas State. Johnson arrived in San Marcos after coaching at Samford University and serving as an AAU coach in Houston. “I’m very happy to have Terrence Johnson join us,” head coach Danny Kaspar said. “He is a very personable, hardworking and enthusiastic person who I think relates very well to basketball players at the collegiate and high school level. Terrence and I have known each other for a long time and I feel 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS

ALEX HAUSLADEN PHILLIP PONGRATZ ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION

Fourth Season at Texas State Third Season at Texas State 11th Season Overall Sixth Season Overall Arkansas, 2006 Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2009 & 2011

Alex Hausladen is in his fourth season as the director of men’s basketball operations at Phillip Pongratz is in his third year as an assistant director of sports information at Texas Texas State after serving five seasons as an assistant coach at Southeastern Louisiana. State and serving as the men’s basketball contact. He previously worked for a year as the A practitioner of advanced analytical statistics, Hausladen’s primary responsibilities with assistant sports information director at Texas A&M-Kingsville. the Bobcats includes scheduling, scouting, recruiting, serving as the compliance liaison as well During his time at in South Texas, Pongratz was the main contact for softball, volleyball, as coaching and academic support. women’s basketball, women’s golf, cross country and track & field. He covered the men’s He also has experience with coordinating summer camps, a role he performs at Texas track & field team’s fourth place performance at the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Nation- State. Camps he has worked include: Arkansas, Arkansas State, Kentucky, Marquette, Mary- al Championships and promoted javelin thrower Javan Gray to earn Capital One Academic land, Memphis, Wake Forest and Wisconsin. All-America First Team honors. While Hausladen was at Southeastern, the Lions produced five All-Southland Conference Previously Pongratz served as the assistant director of athletic communications at fel- players, four All-Louisiana players and three National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) low Lone Star Conference school Eastern New Mexico University for two years. His primary All-District players. sports he covered were baseball, men’s basketball, men’s soccer and volleyball, while assist- His career has also included stops at Christian Brothers University and the University of ing with all other sports as well. the Ozarks. During his time at Christian Brothers he helped the Bucs to a two-year record of Before working at ENMU, he served as a media relations assistant at Louisiana Tech. 47-17, the 2009 South Region Championship and a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament berths. Pongratz was the main contact for men’s basketball, women’s soccer and women’s tennis. While there, he coached one First Team All-American selection, four All-Region selections, During his tenure, he covered the Bulldog basketball program that made their one and only as well as the 2009 South Region and Gulf South Conference-West Division Player of the Year. appearance in the Western Athletic Conference basketball championship game. At University of the Ozarks, he coached post players in addition to film exchange, recruit- Pongratz worked in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Media Relations De- ing and scouting. One of the players he signed was named to the American Southwest Confer- partment from January 2009 to May 2011 where he served as a student assistant and intern. ence All-Freshman team, and finished as one of the top three-point shooters in school history. During his time at UTC, he assisted with all phases of the Mocs’ public relations including He began his career in collegiate basketball as a student manager and video coordinator serving on the statcrews for a number of sports while also assisting with promotions and at Arkansas when the Razorbacks played in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. There, he worked with game operations. former NBA player Ronnie Brewer, who was the 14th overall pick in the 2006 draft by the Utah Pongratz has also assisted with media operations for the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS Jazz. Championship game, the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships, the 2009 and Hausladen graduated from Arkansas in 2006 with a bachelor of arts degree in history. He 2011 Southern Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships and the 2009 and completed his master of education degree at Christian Brothers in December of 2008. Hauslad- 2010 Southern Conference Softball Championships. en attended Marquette University High School in Milwaukee and spent three seasons as a stu- He earned his bachelor’s degree from Tennessee-Chattanooga in sport and leisure ser- dent assistant coach. vices administration in 2009 and his master’s of business administration in 2011. Pongratz has been an active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) since 2011. CODY SAN MIGUEL GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH

Third Season at Texas State Third Season Overall Texas State, 2016

Cody San Miguel is in his third season as a graduate assistant at Texas State after serv- Leo Seitz Matt Phelps ing two years as the head coach at Hill Country Christian School in San Marcos. One of his Strength & Conditioning Coach Student Development Specialist main duties is serving as the video coordinator. San Miguel led Hill Country to the second round of the TAPPS playoffs and an undefeat- ed district record in 2014-15. He also was a director and coach for the Hoops 101 Basketball Camp for youth that ranged from grades 2-12 from 2011-15, and coached multiple teams with Hoops 101 Select Basketball program during the same span. In addition, he was a student assistant coach at Lehman High School in 2012-13 and was a coach for Dripping Springs summer league team. San Miguel began his coaching career after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2006- 11. Bleey Martinez Athletic Trainer 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS Texas State Combined Team Statistics (as of May 31, 2017) 2016-17 OVERALLAll games STATS

Overall record: 22-14 Conf: 11-7 Home: 13-4 Away: 5-9 Neutral: 4-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 Gilder-Tilbury, K. 36-36 1103 30.6 205-415 .4 9 4 71-187 .3 8 0 92-140 .6 5 7 37 165 202 5.6 103 2 64 69 35 43 573 15.9 22 Pearson, Nijal 36-36 1182 32.8 167-382 .4 3 7 37-107 .3 4 6 106-147 .7 2 1 67 139 206 5.7 84 2 88 79 13 49 477 13.3 00 Conley, Bobby 36-35 1077 29.9 104-251 .4 1 4 45-134 .3 3 6 54-84 .6 4 3 14 121 135 3.8 66 1 71 35 8 35 307 8.5 05 Black, Ojai 36-36 998 27.7 90-201 .4 4 8 13-45 .2 8 9 96-128 .7 5 0 19 62 81 2.3 89 2 144 66 11 37 289 8.0 03 McCrea, Maljhum 13-13 219 16.8 33-67 .4 9 3 0-1 .0 0 0 7-13 .5 3 8 21 26 47 3.6 40 2 7 13 10 3 73 5.6 33 King, Immanuel 36-23 777 21.6 82-145 .5 6 6 0-0 .0 0 0 36-73 .4 9 3 71 95 166 4.6 89 1 25 43 38 16 200 5.6 55 Prijovic, Nedeljko 36-0 624 17.3 56-131 .4 2 7 7-43 .1 6 3 32-47 .6 8 1 31 102 133 3.7 61 2 36 24 23 22 151 4.2 23 Davis, Marlin 36-0 477 13.3 43-115 .3 7 4 10-43 .2 3 3 18-35 .5 1 4 5 38 43 1.2 30 0 54 31 1 16 114 3.2 10 Blount, Tyler 35-1 321 9.2 35-92 .3 8 0 22-63 .3 4 9 5-5 1.000 1 22 23 0.7 15 0 13 8 0 4 97 2.8 02 Josephs, Nathan 12-0 42 3.5 8-16 .5 0 0 8-13 .6 1 5 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 0.2 6 0 3 2 1 3 26 2.2 13 Starwood, Maxwell 33-0 271 8.2 32-74 .4 3 2 0-1 .0 0 0 6-12 .5 0 0 18 24 42 1.3 48 0 11 18 16 3 70 2.1 12 Duncan, Deris 21-0 113 5.4 7-26 .2 6 9 2-11 .1 8 2 4-6 .6 6 7 5 10 15 0.7 5 0 4 2 2 5 20 1.0 04 Julien, Courtney 18-0 71 3.9 3-17 .1 7 6 2-8 .2 5 0 2-4 .5 0 0 1 9 10 0.6 6 0 6 4 2 1 10 0.6 Team 54 52 106 29 Total...... 36 7275 865-1932 .4 4 8 217-656 .3 3 1 460-696 .6 6 1 344 867 1211 33.6 642 12 526 423 160 237 2407 66.9 Opponents...... 36 7275 780-1892 .4 1 2 213-677 .3 1 5 483-673 .7 1 8 353 844 1197 33.2 656 12 369 483 134 198 2256 62.7

TEAM STATISTICS TXST OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2407 2256 ^ 11/11/16 vs FAU W 61-57 0 Points per game 66.9 62.7 ^ 11/13/16 at Hawai'i L 68-74 5309 Scoring margin +4.2 - ^ 11/14/16 vs SIU Edwardsville W 86-58 110 FIELD GOALS-ATT 865-1932 780-1892 11/21/16 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L 69-73 1797 Field goal pct .4 4 8 .4 1 2 11/25/16 at UTSA L 48-63 1057 3 POINT FG-ATT 217-656 213-677 11/29/16 MCNEESE W 80-68 1590 3-point FG pct .3 3 1 .3 1 5 12/01/16 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE ST W 75-44 1418 3-pt FG made per game 6.0 5.9 12/7/16 at UT Rio Grande Valley L 61-72 1126 FREE THROWS-ATT 460-696 483-673 12/10/16 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M W 64-57 2117 Free throw pct .6 6 1 .7 1 8 12/17/16 at Tulsa L 59-74 3990 F-Throws made per game 12.8 13.4 12/20/16 HOWARD PAYNE W 87-37 1306 REBOUNDS 1211 1197 12/23/16 at Tulane Wot 69-66 1087 Rebounds per game 33.6 33.2 * 12/31/16 APPALACHIAN STATE W 67-58 1318 Rebounding margin +0.4 - * 01/02/17 COASTAL CAROLINA L 53-60 1209 ASSISTS 526 369 * 01/07/17 UTA W 81-73 1667 Assists per game 14.6 10.3 * 01/14/17 at South Alabama L o t 67-72 2076 TURNOVERS 423 483 * 1/16/17 at Troy W 75-71 1176 Turnovers per game 11.8 13.4 * 01/21/17 LOUISIANA L 73-79 2826 Turnover margin +1.7 - * 01/23/17 ULM W 63-57 1824 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.8 * 01/28/17 at Coastal Carolina W 52-50 2070 STEALS 237 198 * 1/30/17 at Appalachian State W 68-55 1123 Steals per game 6.6 5.5 * 2/4/17 at UTA L 61-76 3483 BLOCKS 160 134 * 02/11/17 LITTLE ROCK W 56-49 2435 Blocks per game 4.4 3.7 * 02/13/17 ARKANSAS STATE W 62-58 1953 ATTENDANCE 35292 35118 * 02/18/17 at Georgia Southern L 67-70 2281 Home games-Avg/Game 17-2076 14-2222 * 02/20/17 at Georgia State L 51-67 1406 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 5-801 * 02/25/17 TROY W 63-59 3057 * 02/27/17 SOUTH ALABAMA W 90-64 3527 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 03/02/17 at Louisiana L o t 84-94 3427 Texas State 1102 1279 26 2407 * 03/04/17 at ULM W 70-65 1504 Opponents 985 1233 38 2256 % 3/10/17 vs ULM W 63-51 1201 % 3/11/17 vs UTA W 83-62 1609 % 3/12/17 vs Troy L 53-59 1083 # 03/16/17 LAMAR W 70-60 1255 # 03/22/17 IDAHO W 64-55 3086 # 03/25/17 SAINT PETER'S L 44-49 2907

^ = Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic * = Conference game % = SBC Tournament game # = CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2017-18 TEXAS STATE PRESEASON PROSPECTUS Texas State Combined Team Statistics (as of May 31, 2017) 2016-17 SUNConference BELT CONFERENCE games STATS

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 11-7 7-2 4-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 11-7 7-2 4-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 Gilder-Tilbury, K. 18-18 597 33.2 115-218 .5 2 8 43-99 .4 3 4 45-70 .6 4 3 16 81 97 5.4 47 1 33 36 22 24 318 17.7 22 Pearson, Nijal 18-18 598 33.2 82-194 .4 2 3 21-58 .3 6 2 50-70 .7 1 4 28 65 93 5.2 43 2 35 33 9 23 235 13.1 05 Black, Ojai 18-18 514 28.6 57-112 .5 0 9 8-25 .3 2 0 57-77 .7 4 0 6 30 36 2.0 41 1 78 30 5 14 179 9.9 00 Conley, Bobby 18-18 557 30.9 49-128 .3 8 3 20-70 .2 8 6 19-37 .5 1 4 6 60 66 3.7 39 0 38 19 3 17 137 7.6 33 King, Immanuel 18-17 440 24.4 41-78 .5 2 6 0-0 .0 0 0 18-32 .5 6 3 39 46 85 4.7 48 0 18 20 17 9 100 5.6 55 Prijovic, Nedeljko 18-0 335 18.6 29-65 .4 4 6 2-17 .1 1 8 15-19 .7 8 9 20 45 65 3.6 33 1 19 10 9 11 75 4.2 03 McCrea, Maljhum 1-1 11 11.0 2-7 .2 8 6 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 3 2 5 5.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 23 Davis, Marlin 18-0 250 13.9 23-62 .3 7 1 5-21 .2 3 8 11-24 .4 5 8 3 24 27 1.5 19 0 27 13 1 10 62 3.4 02 Josephs, Nathan 3-0 6 2.0 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.7 10 Blount, Tyler 18-0 153 8.5 17-41 .4 1 5 10-26 .3 8 5 2-2 1.000 1 7 8 0.4 9 0 8 5 0 0 46 2.6 13 Starwood, Maxwell 17-0 156 9.2 17-45 .3 7 8 0-1 .0 0 0 2-6 .3 3 3 15 15 30 1.8 26 0 8 11 6 0 36 2.1 12 Duncan, Deris 8-0 24 3.0 1-2 .5 0 0 0-1 .0 0 0 1-2 .5 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.4 04 Julien, Courtney 5-0 9 1.8 0-2 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 0.4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 28 22 50 14 Total...... 18 3650 435-956 .4 5 5 111-320 .3 4 7 222-341 .6 5 1 165 401 566 31.4 312 5 268 192 72 108 1203 66.8 Opponents...... 18 3650 415-943 .4 4 0 112-334 .3 3 5 235-331 .7 1 0 179 418 597 33.2 321 5 182 229 60 95 1177 65.4

TEAM STATISTICS TXST OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1203 1177 * 12/31/16 APPALACHIAN STATE W 67-58 1318 Points per game 66.8 65.4 * 01/02/17 COASTAL CAROLINA L 53-60 1209 Scoring margin +1.4 - * 01/07/17 UTA W 81-73 1667 FIELD GOALS-ATT 435-956 415-943 * 01/14/17 at South Alabama L o t 67-72 2076 Field goal pct .4 5 5 .4 4 0 * 1/16/17 at Troy W 75-71 1176 3 POINT FG-ATT 111-320 112-334 * 01/21/17 LOUISIANA L 73-79 2826 3-point FG pct .3 4 7 .3 3 5 * 01/23/17 ULM W 63-57 1824 3-pt FG made per game 6.2 6.2 * 01/28/17 at Coastal Carolina W 52-50 2070 FREE THROWS-ATT 222-341 235-331 * 1/30/17 at Appalachian State W 68-55 1123 Free throw pct .6 5 1 .7 1 0 * 2/4/17 at UTA L 61-76 3483 F-Throws made per game 12.3 13.1 * 02/11/17 LITTLE ROCK W 56-49 2435 REBOUNDS 566 597 * 02/13/17 ARKANSAS STATE W 62-58 1953 Rebounds per game 31.4 33.2 * 02/18/17 at Georgia Southern L 67-70 2281 Rebounding margin -1.7 - * 02/20/17 at Georgia State L 51-67 1406 ASSISTS 268 182 * 02/25/17 TROY W 63-59 3057 Assists per game 14.9 10.1 * 02/27/17 SOUTH ALABAMA W 90-64 3527 TURNOVERS 192 229 * 03/02/17 at Louisiana L o t 84-94 3427 Turnovers per game 10.7 12.7 * 03/04/17 at ULM W 70-65 1504 Turnover margin +2.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.4 0.8 ^ = Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic STEALS 108 95 * = Conference game Steals per game 6.0 5.3 % = SBC Tournament game BLOCKS 72 60 # = CollegeInsider.com Tournament Blocks per game 4.0 3.3 ATTENDANCE 19816 18546 Home games-Avg/Game 9-2202 9-2061 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Texas State 531 655 17 1203 Opponents 508 637 32 1177