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2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES TEXAS STATE BOBCATS TEXAS STATE (20-11, 13-7 SBC) vs. Appalachian State (18-14, 11-9 SBC) Wednesday, March 11, 2020 • 7 p.m. 32 San Marcos, Texas. • Strahan Arena (10,000) TEXAS STATE OPENING TIPS TUNING IN Overall SBC SCENE SETTER VIDEO STREAM ............ ESPN+ 20-11 13-7 Record • The Bobcats are the No. 3 seed in the tournament. The winner AUDIO STREAM ............ AM 1300, 89.9 KTSW, TuneIn App of this game against No. 6 Appalachian State will go on to 14-3 8-2 Home ........................................ Bill Culhane (PxP) 6-8 5-5 Away face No. 2 South Alabama. TXST has made the Sun Belt Tournament in six consecutive seasons. LIVE STATS .................... Statbroadcast 0-0 0-0 Neutral TWITTER UPDATES ...... @TXStateMBB • Texas State will host its first Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Championship game at Strahan Arena in program Danny Kaspar Head Coach history. TXST is 14-3 at home this season and ended the 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 7th 118-109 Texas State regular-season on a six-game winning streak on its home 20-11, 13-7 SUN BELT 28th 582-302 Career court. NOVEMBER (6-2) • The Bobcats are 6-5 all-time in the Sun Belt tournament, 5 TEXAS LUTHERAN W, 103-45 including a and are 5-0 in their opening round of the 9 at Air Force L, 78-71 Statistical Leaders tournament. N. Pearson 19.5 Points 12 PRAIRIE VIEW W, 75-48 I. Small 5.9 Rebounds • Texas State leads the Sun Belt Conference with a 64.2 scoring 15 at Baylor L, 72-63 M. Davis 4.4 Assists defense and rank No. 2 in field goal percentage defense 18 JACKSON STATE ^ W, 73-58 (.404). E. Terry/ I. Small 0.9 Blocks 20 at UNLV ^ W, 64-57 N. Pearson 1.2 Steals • TXST is ranked No. 23 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major 25 ABILENE CHRISTIAN ^ W, 61-56 Top 25 poll and rank No. 94 in the latest Pomeroy College Basketball 30 HARTFORD ^ W, 69-55 Ratings. TXST has achieved a No. 92 ranking in the KenPom Team Statistics rankings (highest in program history). They also lead the league at DECEMBER (1-4) Offense 72.7 No. 123 in the NET rankings and their highest ranking has been 118. 4 at Houston L, 68-60 Defense 64.2 7 UTSA L, 77-71 • Senior guard Nijal Pearson is the Sun Belt Conference Player of Scoring Margin +8.5 the Year and is the program’s all-time leading scorer and leads the 15 BETHANY COLLEGE W, 117-65 Rebounds 34.7 league with 19.3 points per game. His 2,099 career points rank No. 7 19 at Georgia Southern * L, 67-64 Rebound Margin +1.0 in the Sun Belt record book and his 578 total points this season rank 21 at Georgia State* L, 81-69 FG Pct. .453 No. 53 in the nation. JANUARY (6-3) 3-PT FG Pct. .325 FT Pct. .755 TXST VS.APPALACHIAN STATE 2 at Little Rock * L, 72-68 • This is the first Sun Belt Tournament meeting between the two 4 at Arkansas State * W, 70-67 FG Pct. Defense .404 programs. 3-Pointers 5.2 • Texas State leads Appalachian State 7-6 in the all-time series 6 TROY * L, 71-63 Assists 14.0 and split this season’s regula-season series. 9 COASTAL CAROLINA * W, 78-66 Turnovers 11.1 • In the first meeting, TXST defeated APP at home 82-57 (Jan. 11 APPALACHIAN STATE * W, 82-57 11) but fell 60-57 in Boone, N.C. (Feb. 8). Turnover Margin +3.5 16 at ULM * W, 64-63 Steals 6.3 • Neither team has faced each other with their full roster this 18 at Louisiana * W, 68-59 Blocks 3.0 year. In game one, App was without seniors Isaac Johnson and O’Showen Williams and in game two, TXST was without 25 UT ARLINGTON * L, 64-62 Nijal Pearson. 30 ULM * W, 71-51 TEXAS STATE PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY (7-1) No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr./Exp. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 01 LOUISIANA * W, 71-66 1 Isiah Small 6-8 170 F Jr./TR 7.5 6.5 1.1 1.0 0.9 06 at Coastal Carolina * W, 100-63 4 Shelby Adams 6-3 175 G Jr./2L 3.6 2.1 0.7 0.4 0.1 08 at Appalachian State * L, 60-57 5 Marlin Davis 6-2 165 G R-Jr./2L 5.9 2.5 3.9 1.1 0.2 13 LITTLE ROCK * W, 74-66 22 Nijal Pearson 6-5 200 G Sr./3L 19.3 5.4 2.4 1.2 0.3 45 Eric Terry 6-8 230 F Sr./2L 8.3 3.7 1.1 0.4 0.9 15 ARKANSAS STATE * W, 69-64 20 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * W, 70-55 TEXAS STATE OFF THE BENCH 22 GEORGIA STATE * W, 86-76 No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr./Exp. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 28 at UTA * W, 87-85 (3OT) 0 Deshawn Davidson 6-3 200. G Jr./TR 2.5 0.7 0.7 0.2 - MARCH (0-1) 2 Caleb Asberry 6-3 170 G So./TR 6.9 2.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 3 at South Alabama * L, 58-54 3 Chandler Davis 6-8 235 F Sr./1L - - - - - 11 vs. # 7 p.m. 10 Drew Tennial 6-5 210 G Fr./HS 2.4 1.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 11 Ryan Boormann 5-10 165 G Fr./HS 1.1 0.4 0.1 - - AT STRAHAN ARENA AT UNIVERSITY EVENTS CENTER 12 Mason Harrell 5-9 145 G So./1L 9.1 1.8 3.0 0.9 0.1 14 Quentin Scott 6-7 215 F Jr./2L 3.5 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 ^ - Southwestern Showdown (MTE) 21 Garrett Shaw 6-4 200 G Jr./TR 1.0 0.7 0.1 - - * - Sun Belt Conference Game 25 Alonzo Sule 6-7 200 F R-So./1L 8.2 4.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 # - Sun Belt Conference Championship (New Orleans, La.) TEXAS STATE SPORTS INFORMATION - KEONTE’ HERRERA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/MBB CONTACT Email: [email protected] Office: 512-245-2988 Cell: 254-338-7609 2019-20 TXST MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES TEXAS STATE QUICK FACTS Name of Institution Texas State University Location San Marcos, Texas Founded 1899 Enrollment 38,644 Nickname Bobcats School Colors Maroon (PMS 504) & Metallic Gold (PMS 872) Arena (Capacity) Strahan Arena (10,000) Year Opened 1982 Conference Sun Belt President Dr. Denise M. Trauth (College of Mount St. Joseph, 1971) Director of Athletics Dr. Larry Teis (TCU, 1988) SWA Tracy Shoemake (Texas, 1990) Faculty Representative Dr. Vicki Brittain (Washburn, 1977) Athletic Department Phone 512.245.2114 Ticket Office Phone 512.245.2272 MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Front Row (L to R): Nijal Pearson, Caleb Asberry, Deshawn Davidson, Ryan Bormann, Mason Harrell, First Year of Basketball 1920 Marlin Davis, Shelby Adams, Garrett Shaw All-Time Record * 1,321-1,166-1 (.531) Back Row (L to R): Drew Tennial, Isiah Small, Chandler Davis, Eric Terry, Alonzo Sule, All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record * 49-63 (.543) Quentin Scott, Jules Moor All-Time Western Athletic Conference Record 5-13 (.278) All-Time Southland Conference Record 196-222 (.469) 2019-20 ROSTER All-Time Gulf Star Conference Record 8-20 (.286) No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Previous School All-Time Lone Star Conference Record 312-162 (.658) Conference Regular Season Championships 11 0 Deshawn Davidson Jr. G 6-3 200 Waukegan, Ill. / Des Moines Area CC LSC (1950-52, ‘55, ‘59, ‘60, ‘74, ‘79, ‘80), SLC (1997, ‘99) 1 Isiah Small Jr. G 6-8 170 Jersey City, N.J. / Seward County CC Conference Tournament Championships 2 2 Caleb Asberry So. G 6-3 170 Pflugerville, Texas / Ranger College SLC (1994, ‘97) 3 Chandler Davis Sr. F 6-8 235 Conyers, Ga. / Snead State CC NCAA Tournament Appearances/Record 2/0-2 4 Shelby Adams Jr. G 6-3 175 Converse, Texas / Judson HS Years 1994 • 1997 5 Marlin Davis R-Jr. G 6-2 165 Houston, Texas / Westbury Christian HS Last NCAA Postseason Opponent/Result 10 Drew Tennial Fr. G 6-5 210 Edmond, Okla. / Edmond Memorial HS Lost vs. Minnesota, 78-46 (March 14, 1997) 11 Ryan Bormann Fr. G 5-10 165 Austin, Texas / Lake Travis HS CIT Appearances 2/2-2 12 Mason Harrell So. G 5-9 145 Midwest City, Okla. / Carl Albert HS Year 2017 • 2019 13 Jules Moor So. G 6-5 200 Houston, Texas / Stony Brook Last CIT Postseason Opponent/Result 14 Quentin Scott Jr. F 6-7 215 Houma, La. / Ellender HS Lost vs. Floorida International, 87-81 (March 23, 2019) NAIA National Champions 1 21 Garrett Shaw Jr. G 6-4 200 Mansfield, Texas / McLennan CC Year 1960 22 Nijal Pearson Sr. G 6-5 200 Beaumont, Texas / Beaumont Central HS * = Entering the 2019-20 season 25 Alonzo Sule R-So. F 6-7 200 Houston, Texas / Cinco Ranch HS 45 Eric Terry Sr. F 6-8 230 Houston, Texas / Temple College MEDIA INFORMATION STRAHAN ARENA 2019-20 COACHING STAFF Press row for Texas State basketball games is located on Head Coach: Danny Kaspar (North Texas, 1978) - Seventh Season the south side concourse level on the baseline. The media Assistant Coach: Jim Shaw (Grinnell, 2003) - Seventh Season entrance to the arena is Gate 4 (northeast corner of the Arena) and the Gate 4 entrance is also used for Will Call Assistant Coach: Robert Guster (Missouri-Rolla, 1999) - Fourth Season pick up of credentials.