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MCNEESE BASKETBALL CONTACT: Jessica Roberson, Asst. Sports Information Director O: (337) 475-5941 | C: (325) 203-8260 COWBOYS [email protected] | @JH_Roberson 2017-18 SCHEDULE McNeese (8-12, 5-5) vs Stephen F Austin (18-5, 7-3) DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/SCORE Thursday, February 8th 2018 • 6:35PM • Lake Charles • Burton Coliseum Nov. 10 at Houston ESPN3 L 81-53 Radio: CajunRadio 1470/1290 • ElevenSports-CoxSports • Series: 42-40, SFA Nov. 13 Ecclesia College - W 101-54 Head Coach: Dave Simmons Head Coach: Kyle Keller Nov. 17 at San Diego State - L 83-52 Alma Mater: Louisiana Tech (‘81) Alma Mater: Oklahoma State (‘90) Nov. 19 at Loyola Marymount - L 92-86 OT Career/Years: 178-235/14th Career/Years: 36-19, 2nd Nov. 22 Champion Christian - W 85-48 at McNeese/Years: 151-206/12th at SFA/Years: Same Nov. 25 Southern- NO - W 103-79 vs. SFA: vs.McNeese: 0-1 Nov. 28 at UL-Lafayette - L 89-78 Dec. 9 at North Texas - L 85-47 2017-18 TEAM STATS THE SERIES 2017-18 TEAM STATS Dec. 14 at NC Central - L 77-71 74.1 Points per game Thursday’s contest will be ther 83rd Points per game 81.2 Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh - L 72-51 39.1 Rebounds per game meeting between the Cowboys and Rebounds per game 35.0 Dec. 19 Texas College - W 84-68 10.5 Assists per game Jacks, the series dates back to 1951-1952 Assists per game 14.2 season where McNeese first defeated Dec. 28 *Incarnate Word - W 85-62 4.8 Steals per game Steals per game 10.7 4.9 Blocks per game Stephen F Austin 83-61 in Lake Charles. Blocks per game 2.6 Dec. 30 *Northwestern St - W 72-63 SFA leads the all-time series by a 42- 13.8 Turnovers per game 40 margin and has won five of the last Turnovers per game 16.3 Jan. 3 *at Abilene Christian - L 79-74 42.6 FG % six outings. McNeese head coach Dave FG % 48.8 Jan. 6 *New Orleans - L 82-75 OT 35.6 3pt % Simmons is just 3-11 against the Jacks. 3pt % 34.9 Jan. 10 *at Nicholls - L 85-80 70.7 FT % After losing five straight, the Cowboys’ FT % 71.2 75.4 Points allowed per game claimed a big 69-54 win over SFA to start Points allowed per game 69.8 Jan. 13 *at Southeastern La. - W 71-62 42.8 Opponent’s FG % Southland Conference play 2-0 during Opponent’s FG % 44.4 Jan. 20 *at Houston Baptist - W 86-81 33.3 Opponent’s 3pt % the 2016-17 season. Opponent’s 3pt % 36.9 McNeese is only 2-8 over the last ten Jan. 27 *at Lamar ESPN3 L 86-80 12.3 Turnovers forced per game meetings, being outscored by the Jacks Turnovers forced per game 21.0 Jan. 30 *Sam Houston St - L 67-57 by 145 points with the Cowboys losing by INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE LEADERS five or less only once. The Cowboys’ wins INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE LEADERS Feb. 3 *at Northwestern St ESPN3 W 75-62 Kaleb Ledoux, 15.6 ppg Scoring were both of 10 or more points and both Scoring Kevon Harris, 16.1 ppg Feb. 8 *Stephen F Austin ElevenSports 6:30 p.m. Quatarrius Wilson, 9.9 rpg Rebounding home games. Rebounding TJ Holyfield, 6.5 rpg Feb. 10 *Southeastern La. - 3:30 p.m. Jarren Greenwood, 2.5 apg Assists The most points ever scored on SFA by Assists Aaron Augustin, 3.9 apg McNeese was 103 in a 17-point win over Feb. 14 *at Central Arkansas - 7 p.m. Jacob Ledoux, 1.2 spg Steals Steals Ican Canete, 1.6 spg LaBarrius Hill, 1.7 bpg Blocks the Jacks during the 1998-99 season, the Blocks TJ Holyfield, 1.1 bpg Feb. 17 *at New Orleans - 4:15 p.m. least amount of points allowed by the Kalob Ledoux, 41.1 3pt% Cowboys was in a nine-point, 27-18 win 3pt % Kevon Harris, 45.3% Feb. 21 *Nicholls - 6:30 p.m. Kalob Ledoux, 84.6 FT% during the 1959-1960 season. FT % Shannon Bogues, 83.6% Feb. 24 *Houston Baptist - 3:30 p.m. Feb. 28 *at Texas A&M-CC - 7 p.m. • After 20 games, McNeese trails opponents on average by 1.4 points- its biggest win was by 47 points vs Ecclesia, biggest loss was by 38 points at UNT. Mar. 3 *Lamar - 3:30 p.m. • The Cowboys’ 85-80 win at HBU was the smallest win margin for the Cowboys this year (5 pts). Mar. 7-11 SLC Tournament • The Cowboys have already surpassed last seasons win records with eight contests to go. • Despite being 2nd in the league in rebounds, the Cowboys have been outrebounded in six of the last seven games. * - Southland Conference Games • This season, McNeese has outscored opponents by 41 points in the first half, but have been outscored by 56 in the second half. McNeese led at the half in three of its five SLC losses. • All Home Games Played in Burton Coliseum • Against NWST, McNeese shot a season best .519 in the victory, .600 from long range. To put into perspective how • All Times Listed are Central Time the Cowboys have progressed since game one, they began the season shooting .293 and .222 respectively. • Games can be heard on Cajun Radio 1470 and 1290 AM • The Cowboys have posted two 100+ point performances this year, for the first time since 2001. and on CajunRadio.com • Four Cowboys have earned 20+ point performances: Kalob Ledoux, Ugochukwu, Wilson, and Greenwod; double the number of Cowboys on the 2016-17 roster. • McNeese is experiencing serious road-woes, going 3-10 on the road this season, its only road wins were against SLC opponents. SFA is fairing just a little better than the Cowboys, going 5-5 on the road this season, 2-3 against other SLC teams. STARTERS AND FIRST SUBS COWBOY RESERVES No Player Ht/Wt Class GP/GS PPG FG% RPG No Player Ht/Wt Class GP/GS PPG FG% RPG 0 Q. Wilson 6’8 - 200 JR 20-19 10.5 .519 9.9 3 R. Laku 6’8 - 190 RSO 16-0 2.3 .375 1.0 1 K. Ledoux 6’3 - 215 SO 20-20 15.6 .417 4.5 5 F. Haywood 6’5 - 186 RFR 8-0 0.8 .400 0.8 2 J. Harvey 6’2 - 172 JR 20-20 10.9 .398 2.2 11 M. Hutchinson 6’0 - 170 FR 8-0 1.5 .300 0.5 10 J. Greenwood 6’2 - 172 JR 19-19 12.8 .409 3.9 13 J. Bonnington 6’11 - 228 RFR 6-0 0.7 .286 0.8 31 S. Ugochukwu 6’7 - 220 SR 19-19 7.8 .406 5.4 20 K. Henry Jr 6’0 - 202 RFR 10-0 0.5 .182 0.7 11 J. Ledoux 6’3-177 SO 20-1 7.4 .426 2.2 30 A. Brown 6’7 - 211 JR 17-0 2.2 .448 1.2 15 L. Hill 6’8-199 SR 18-2 3.6 .583 3.8 33 D. Owens 6’8 - 260 JR 12-0 3.0 .324 2.2 MCNEESE BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 2017-18 McNeese State Numerical Roster Location. .Lake Charles, La. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. L Hometown/Previous School Founded. .1939 0 Quatarrius Wilson F 6-8 200 Jr. 0 Mobile, Ala./Moberly Area Community College Enrollment . 8,162 1 Kalob Ledoux G 6-3 215 So. 1 Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Nickname . .Cowboys 2 James Harvey G 6-2 172 Jr. 2 Amite, LA/Amite High School Affiliation . Southland Conference 3 Richard Laku F 6-8 190 R-So. 1 Dallas, TX/Sachse High School Colors . Blue (PMS 287) and Gold (PMS 116) 5 Fred Haywood SF 6-5 186 R-Fr. 0 Mound Bayou, Miss./John F. Kennedy HS Arena . Burton Coliseum 10 Jarren Greenwood G 6-2 172 Jr. 2 Houston, TX/Bellaire High School Available Capacity . 8,000 11 Myles Hutchinson PG 6-0 170 Fr. 0 Abbeville, La./Acadiana HS President . .Dr. Darrell Burkyl 12 Jacob Ledoux G 6-3 177 So. 1 Port Barre, La./Lafayette Christian Academy Athletic Director . Bruce Hemphill 13 Jacob Bonnington PF 6-11 228 R-Fr. 0 Sugar Land, Texas/Clements HS Ticket Office Phone . (337) 562-4MSU 15 LaBarrius Hill F 6-8 199 Sr. 1 Parrish, Ala./Parrish HS/Itawamba CC Website . www.McNeeseSports.com 20 Kelvin Henry, Jr. G 6-0 202 R-Fr. 0 Lake Charles, La./St. Louis Catholic HS 30 Adrian Brown F 6-7 211 Jr. 2 Houston, TX/Northshore Senior HS Twitter. @McNeeseSports 31 Stephen Ugochukwu F 6-7 220 Sr. 3 Lewisville, TX/Argyle Liberty Christian Academy . .@McNeeseMBB 33 Demarco Owens P 6-8 260 Jr. 0 St. Louis, Mo./Moberly Area Community College Men’s Hoops SID . Jessica Roberson Phone . (337) 475-5491 Head Coach: Dave Simmons (12th season) Cell . (325) 203-8260 Assistant Coach: David Dumars (17th season) Email . [email protected] Assistant Coach: Preston David (7th season) Assistant Coach: Eric Willis (7th season) HISTORY 2016-17 Record . 7-22 PRONUNCIATIONS: SLC Record/Finish . .4-14/13th Richard LAKU lah-koo First Year of Basketball . 1946 Stephen UGOCHUKWU you-go-chew-coo All-Time Record . .1,023-909 BY STATE: NCAA Touney Appearances, Last. 2, 2001-02 Alabama | Quatarrius Wilson, LaBarrius Hill, James Harvey All-Time NCAA Record.