Privateer Basketball Schedule NEW ORLEANS PRIVATEERS (3-11
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- UNO Athletic Media Relations Director/MBB Contact • Jason Plotkin E-mail • [email protected] Office • (504) 280-6284 14 Postseason Appearances • 8 Conference Titles • 4 NCAA Division I Tournaments • Six NIT Appearances • Eight NBA Players NEW ORLEANS PRIVATEERS (3-11, Division I Independent) UNO Stat Leaders - Quick Glance vs. Points | Lovell Cook, 13.6 ppg CHAMPION BAPTIST TIGERS (4-17) Rebounds | Cory Dixon, 4.4 rpg Assists | Rarlensee Nelson, 6.4 apg Jan. 12, 2013 | Time 12 p.m. CT | Lakefront Arena (8,933) | New Orleans, La. Steals | Corey Blake, 1.9 spg Stats: UNOPrivateers.com | Audio: WGSO.com | Video: UNOPrivateers.com Minutes | Rarlensee Nelson, 29.6 mpg Radio: WGSO 990 AM |Twitter @UNOPrivateers Privateers Return Home to Lakefront Arena on Saturday Privateer Basketball Schedule NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers will be back in the friendly confines of Lakefront Arena for the first time in a month on Saturday at 12 p.m. for a contest November (2-4 • 2-3 H • 0-1 A • 0-0 N) against Champion Baptist. Nov. 9 San Jose State W, 72-68 Nov. 12 Southern Illinois L, 55-72 UNO (3-11) last played at home on Dec. 12 in a 79-76 victory over Nicholls State. Nov. 15 Bethune Cookman L, 65-71 Since that game, the Privateers dropped six straight contests including defeats at nation- Nov. 20 Blue Mountain College W, 99-51 ally-ranked Butler (57-44) and San Jose State (71-64) in their last two outings. Nov. 26 at Nicholls State L, 79-92 Nov. 29 Southeast Missouri State L, 67-83 Under head coach Mark Slessinger, UNO has performed well at home by posting a 16-5 record over two seasons. Slessinger often touts the success of the Privateers on the December (1-4 • 1-0 H • 0-3 A • 0-1 N) Lakefront where the program has won at a 76.9 percent clip historically with just one Dec. 8 at Duquesne L, 70-88 sub .500 record in 27 previous seasons. Dec. 12 Nicholls State W, 79-76 Dec. 17 at Southern Illinois L, 61-74 This year’s UNO squad is led by Lovell Cook, who narrowly missed his first career Dec. 19 at Southeast Missouri State L, 74-91 double-double with a 20-point, nine rebound effort against SJSU on Tuesday. Cook is Dec. 23 vs. Boise State (Las Vegas) L, 51-67 averaging 13.6 points an outing and shot 66.7 percent from the field versus the Spar- tans, his sixth time topping the 60 percent plateau in the team’s 14 contests. January (0-3 • 0-1 H • 0-2 A • 0-0 N) Jan. 3 at Mississippi State L, 46-97 While Cook was finding success on the glass by match a career mark with nine re- Jan. 5 at #17 Butler L, 44-57 bounds, the Privateers as a whole were flourishing. Jan. 8 at San Jose State L, 64-71 Jan. 12 Champion Baptist (Ark.) 12 p.m. The team gained a 52-39 advantage in the rebound column in Tuesday’s game led by Jan. 19 at Rice 7 p.m. Corey Blake’s 10 rebounds, a career-high. Cory Dixon fell one short of his career-best Jan. 21 NJIT 7 p.m. mark with seven rebounds while Evans Ganapamo provided an example of the contri- Jan. 23 at Air Force 8 p.m. butions throughout the lineup by setting a new career standard with three rebounds. February (0-0 • 0-0 H • 0-0 A • 0-0 N) Defensively, the team has rounded into form against some of the top players in the Feb. 6 UT-Pan American 7 p.m. country as of late. Feb. 9 Houston Baptist 12 p.m. Feb. 18 Central Baptist (Ark.) 7 p.m. SJSU’s James Kinney ranked No. 8 nationally in scoring before being held to a 3 of 18 Feb. 21 at Bowling Green 6 p.m. performance from the field by the Privateers. A few days earlier, Butler’s Rotnei Feb. 23 at NJIT 1 p.m. Clarke only made 1 of 7 attempts from the field, including a 1 of 6 shooting effort Feb. 26 at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. from beyond the arc after entering the game shooting 44.3 percent from long-range to rank as one of the nation’s top three-point shooters. March (0-0 • 0-0 H • 0-0 A • 0-0 N) Mar. 3 at UT-Pan American 2 p.m. Saturday, UNO will face another strong offensive weapon in CBC (4-17) standout Brandon Likins. (Continue reading at UNOPrivateers.com) All times Central & subject to change Home games to be played at Lakefront Arena This Date in Privateer Basketball History On Jan. 12, 1987... UNO defeated Lamar 78-60 at Lakefront Arena as part of a 14-game winning streak for head coach Benny Dees' 26- 4 team. The meeting was the first at Lakefront Arena between the two schools, which will become Southland Conference rivals next year. Dees' squad reached the 2nd round of the 1987 NCAA tournament and ranked No. 16 in the final AP poll. Privateer Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr-Exp GP/GS PPG RPG Etc 3 Rarlensee Nelson G 5-8 Sr-1L 14/14 8.8 3.4 4 asst or more in 13 of 14 games 0 Tradarrius McPhearson G 6-1 Jr-Tr 13/10 5.6 2.0 Avg 8.5 ppg over last two contests 1 Corey Blake G 6-5 Jr-Tr 14/13 7.7 3.9 Career-high 10 reb vs SJSU 32 Lovell Cook F 6-6 Sr-2L 14/14 13.6 2.9 20 pt, 9 reb performance vs SJSU 5 Eddie Denard F 6-5 Jr-Tr 14/14 5.2 3.4 Career-high nine rebs vs Miss State Privateer Top Reserves No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr-Exp GP/GS PPG RPG Etc 4 Cory Dixon F 6-7 Jr-Tr 14/0 8.2 4.4 Seven rebs vs SJSU, Most since 8 vs BC-U 11 Isaac Mack G 6-1 Jr-Tr 14/3 4.4 1.8 Career-high 11 pts vs Nicholls (12/12) 12 Max Banchy G 5-10 Jr-2L 14/1 2.6 0.9 8/15 from 3-PT range 15 Kevin Hill F 6-7 Fr-HS 14/0 3.9 3.4 Posted a block in last three contests 20 Evans Ganapamo G/F 6-5 Fr-HS 12/1 4.5 1.2 3/5 FG, 2/3 3-PT FG vs SJSU Privateer Notes Last Time On the Floor San Jose St 71-64 UNO • UNO completed a six-game road swing in a 71-64 loss to SJSU. !"## $%#&' ( % ) • UNO led only twice in the contest with the Spartans taking a 37- *+, 27 edge into the half before being outscored 37-34 in the second half. !" #$ # % $ $ # $# $ &'!"() *+ ## ,+ $ , + # $ $ • Lovell Cook scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for -. ! / # ## # # % , $ $ $ $* # ('!"& / %#% % % * # # 0 $ # # # $0 the Privateers in the game. 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" -: -" 8" ;" 9" "< " ; !" 49 - 8"##% • SJSU's James Kinney was the second scorer in two games #8$*"#".""/ "#" " "5 "## ranked amongst the nation's leaders to face the Privateer defense. ." / 0/ 1 $ ;" $, , *+ ? &: - -: 5 $* + # * #* • Kinney shot 3 of 18 from the field to follow a 1-of-7 effort by "< " , % <5 %* $* 0 # ## ("""5 "$ 8*!"<5"$ $8#$9 - " ""$"6 9 Butler's Rotnei Clarke. Combined, the duo shot 4 of 25 against ( / " ""5 " "$"##080!"<5" "##"##8$9 ( "-: / ""$"6 9 UNO over the last two games. • Kinney entered the game vs UNO ranked eighth nationally with Hill’s String of Games with a Block 21.5 points per game and a 43.4 percent clip from the field. • Clarke was averaging 17.2 points and 41.9 percent from the •Kevin Hill has five blocks this season and enters the game against field, including a .443 shooting percentage from beyond the arc. Champion Baptist with a string of three straight. •Hill's blocks have been able to come in limited minutes as the freshman registered just two minutes against Butler (1.5.13) and seven at San Jose State (1.8.13) •The last player to register a block in three or more consecutive games was Antonio Wertz with a seven-game string with blocks be- tween Nov.